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Vol. XLIII.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JULY 25, 1914.

'/'/s3 ,2, No. 1364

TheMerican Florist

Established 1885.
Copyright, 1914. by American Florist Company
Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11. 1891.
at the Post Ofiice at Chicago. Illinois,
under act of March 3. 1879.
Published Every Saturday by
AMEMCAN FLORIST COMPANY,
440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
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in Postal Union. $2,50. Subscriptions
accepted only from the trade. Vol-
umes half yearly from .August 3, 1901.

Address all correspondence, subscriptions, etc..
American Florist Co.. 440 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago,

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis.
Minn., President; P. Welch. Boston, Mass,, Vice
President; John Yo'ung. 53 W. 28tb St., New
York, Secretary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y.,
Treasurer. Next annual convention at Boston,
Mass.. August. 1914. opening the 18th.

RAIL'WAY GARDENING ASSOCIATION.

Eighth annual convention. Hotel Breslin. Broad-
way and 29th St.. New York. .August 11-14, 1**14.
F. W. Vail, Dunellin, N. J. President; W. F.
Hutchinson. Sewickley, Pa.. Secretary,

AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY.

Next annual meeting and exhibition at Boston.
Mass.. August IS 22, 1914. Montague Chamber-
lain. Boston. Mass., President; L. Merton Gage,
South Natick, Mass.. Sec'y.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Next annual convention and exhibition at
BuSalo. N. Y.. 1915. S. J. Goddard. Framing-
ham, Mass., President; A. F. J. Baur. Thirty
eighth St. and Rockwood .^ve., Indianapolis,
Ind,, Secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual convention and exhibition at Indianap-
olis. Ind.. November 6-S, 1914. Wm. Klbinheinz,
Ogontz. Pa. President; C. W. Johnson, Morgan
Park, 111.. Secretary,

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Next annual meeting Newburgh. N. Y,, August
1914 Harry S. Richards. Chicago, President.
I. J. Levison. Brooklyn, N. Y., Secretary-
Treasurer

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Twenty-eighth annual convention to be held
at St. Louis. Mo.. 1914. M. P. Brazil. St. Louis.
President-Elect; Bellett Lawson. Jr.. Kiver
Grove. 111.. Sec'y-Treasurer.

f'SE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.

By The University of Illinois.

Rose and Carnation Tests

The University of Illinois has just
sent to press the report of experimental
investigations on the use of commer-
cial fertilizers in growing carnations
and roses. This material has been
brought together by the floricultural
division of the department of horticul-
ture, and embraces the research work
in floriculture which has b'een in prog-
ress at the experiment station during
the past six years. Since the reports
are voluminous, they will probably not
be ready for distribution before the
first of next October. In the mean-
time, the department pf horticulture is
giving to the press, for the immediate
information of the growers, some of
the conclusions which have been
reached as a result of this experimental
work.

It has been shown without doubt
that excellent carnations can be pro-
duced in as large quantity by the use
of commercial fertilizers as with farm-
yard manure. The quality of the flow-
ers, as measured by their size, length
of stem, strength of stem and keeping
quality, is not changed by the use of
commercial fertilizers. The splitting
of carnations cannot be directly traced
to the application of commercial fer-
tilizers in moderate amounts. The re-
sults show that commercial fertilizers
may be successfully used for the pro-
duction of carnations; whether it is de-
sirable to use them, depends in large
part on the cost of manure and of la-
bor. A careful florist will calculate the
relative cost of manure and commercial
fertilizer by figuring the plant food con-
tent of manure (averaging ten pounds
nitrogen, two to three pounds phos-
phorus, and eight pounds potassium per
ton) at the market price of these ele-
ments in commercial fertilizers. These
are fl) for nitrogen purchased in dried
blood (13 per cent nitrogen) or am-
monium sulphate (20 per cent nitro-
gen), about 18 cents per pound; (2)
for phosphorus in acid phosphate (6',4
per cent phosphorus). 12 cents per
pound: and (3) for potassium in sul-
phate of potash (40 per cent potas-

sium), about six cents per pound. At
this rate, a ton of manure supplies
plant food costing as commercial fer-
tilizer about $2.50, In the case of pre-
pared manures, which contain less
water than barnyard manure, the
value in terms of commercial fei^
tilizers can be calculated from tha
guaranteed analysis which should be
required of the dealer. The method
outlined for the use of commercial
fertilizers involves a preliminary prep-
aration of the soil followed by three
applications of fertilizer throughout
the year. Comparison of the labor in-
volved in these operations with that In
the weeklj' application of liquid manure
will show a saving of labor where com-
mercial fertilizers are used. No at-
tempt has been made to grow carna-
tions without the addition of manure
to the soil, because it was believed that
some additional humus would be neces-
sary. Whether or not this is true has
not been proved; but the amounts rec-
ommended below are based upon a
small addition of well rotted manure.

From the past experiments it seems
certain that dried blood or sulphate
of ammonia (supplying nitrogen to the
plant) is the commercial fertilizer most
needed by the carnation. Some indi-
cations, which are being tested during
this year, have been found that acid
phosphate, applied with one of the
above, results in still further increased
production. No benefit has been ob-
served up to the present time from the
use of sulphate of potash. Before these
conclusions were reached, the mixture
of manure, dried blood, acid phosphate,
and sulphate of potash given below was
tried and found to produce excellent
flowers in as large quantAy as by
culture with natural manure. The
amounts are as follows :

Manure — Per cu. yd. soil, 80 lbs,; per

100 sq. ft. bench (5 in. deep), 125 lbs.

_Dried blood (13 per cent nitrogen) —

Per cu. yd. soil, 5 lbs.; per 100 sq. ft.

bench (5 in. deep). S lbs.

Acid phosphate (7 per cent phos-
phorus)— Per cu. yd. .soil, 1% lbs.: per
100 sq. ft. bench (5 in. deep), 2 lbs.

The American Florist.

July 25,

Sulphate of potash (40 per cent pot-
assium)— Per cu. yd. soil. H4 lbs.: per
100 sq. ft. bench (5 in. deep). 2 lbs.

All of the above were mixed with the
soil before setting in the plants, with
the exception of the dried blood, which
was applied in four installments — two
pounds with the other.'', and two pounds
at each of three different periods
throughout the year.

No exceptional crops of carnations
have been produced by the use of com-
mercial fertilizers. Good crops have
been produced, however, by the use of
moderate amounts of them. The use
of excessive amounts will result in
marked lessening of production and in-
jury to the flowers, so that warning
must be given not to attempt to pro-
duce larger crops by the use of more
fertilizer than the trials have shown
to be safe. Those commercial fer-
tilizers from which there is greatest
danger, when used excessively, are in
the order mimed: (1) sulphate of am-
monia, (2) sulphate of potash, and (3)
dried blood. Up to the present time
no injury has resulted from heavy ap-
plications of acid phosphate. During
the experiments an attempt was made
to regulate the time of heavy crop
production by variation in the time of
application of the fertilizers. No
change in the time followed, showing
that the time of application of the fer-
tilizers does not influence the time of
heavy crop production.

^ complete report on the rose ex-
periments, which have been in prog-
ress since 1910, is now nearly com-
plete, and may be summarized /it this
time. During seven months (Novem-
ber to May inclusive) of 1910-11. and
eight months (October to May inclu-
sive) of 1911-12 and 1912-13, 3.840 first
year rose plants were grown with vary-
ing quantities of commercial fertilizers
and record kept on the number of
flowers produced and the length of
stem of each flower. The amount per
mil square feet of bench space of dried
blood was varied in different sections
from none to 32 pounds, of acid rdios-
phate from none to eight pounds, and
of potassium sulphate from none to
eight pounds. In addition, well rotted
manure was added to each section at
the rate of 11.5 pounds per 100 square
feet of bench space, regardless of the
amount of commercial fertilizer ap-
plied. One-half the number of roses
each year was Killarney. the other half
Bride. Of these, one-half the number
was own-root stock and one-half graft-
ed. During the three seasons men-
tioned above, 95,013 roses were pro-
duced, an average of about 2.5 flowers
per plant per season, which is to he
considered a satisfactory vield for first
year plants, a large number of which
were injured in the cour.se of the ex-
periment by overfeeding in the attempt
to determine the maximum amount of

fertilizer that might safely be used. Of
these 95.013 flowers, 4.5,135 were Kil-
larneys and 40.S7S Brides, showing a
larger production of Brides under the
conditions of the experiment. Of the
flowers produced by Killarney. 21.297
were produced from own-root stock and
23.838 from grafted, showing a larger
production from grafted stock. Of the'
Brides, similarly. 23,1119 were produced
from own-root stock and 2('i.S.59 from
grafted stock. Results indicate, then,
that in the order of production the
plants rank as follows : Grafted Bride,
grafted Killarney, own-root Bride, own-
root Killarney.

The average length of stem of the
own-root Killarneys was II'.G inches:
of grafted Killarneys, 10.5 inches; of
own-root Brides, 14.6 inches: and of

Professor J. C. Blair.
l)i-|)l. .ir Uuili.-iiltiTiT. liih.Msilv (if Illinois

grafted Brides. 14.9 inches. The qual-
ity of the flowers, measured in this
manner, is about the same in the Kil-
larneys. whether own-root or grafted,
and is somewhat superior in grafted
Brides to own-root Brides. The ques-
tion whether it pays to grow grafted
stock may be answered by the figures
given above, and the average price for
flowers of such quality. With grafted
Killarney. for instance, the excess pro-
duction over own-root stock of 900
plants was 2..541 flowers. The average
wholesale price of Killarney of this
quality would range around $t> per 100:
the excess production of these 9G0
plants would sell for .$1. 52.40 at this
price — twice the difference in cost be-
tween .own-root and grafted Killarney

per thousand. This, of course, is for
the first year after planting alone.

Those sections to which manure
alone was applied are compared in the
figures given below for the average
number of flowers produced per l(i
plants with those sections to which
eight pounds of dried blood, two pounds
of acid phosphate and two pounds of
potassium sulphate per 100 square feet,
and with sections to which 32 pounds
of dried blood with amounts of acid
phosphate and potassium sulphate as
named in the sections previous had
been applied.

No commercial fertilizer — Killarney
own-root. 327.4; Killarney grafted, 389;
Bride own-root. 325: Bride grafted.
388.5.

Eight pounds dried blood, two pounds
acid phosphate, two pounds potassium
sulphate — Killarney own-root. 349.7:
Killarney grafted. 410.4; Bride own-
root. .191.0; Bride grafted. 428.S.

Thirty-two pounds dried blood, two
pounds acid phosphate, two pounds
potassium sulphate — Killarney own-
root. .391.0: Killarney grafted, 3,S3.fi;
Bride own-root, ,3.39.3; Bride grafted,
40.5.6.

These figures show that 32 pounds
of dried blood per 100 square feet is
excesisive for all the roses excepting
Killarney own-root. These plants have
a smaller root system than Killarney
grafted, and probably this is the rea-
son they produce more flowers with
heavy applications of dried blood in
contrast to the grafted stock. On the
whole, it is inadvisable to apply more
than 8 pounds of dried blood per 100
square feet. On the other hand, appli-
cations of acid phosphate up to eight
pounds iier 100 square feet Cthe largest
amount used in the experiment) gave
increasingly larger numbers of flowers
as the application was increased, show-
ing that the roses responded to appli-
cations of this fertilizer. No benefit
was observed from applications of
potassium sulphate, as was the case
with carnations also. These results
lead to the recommendation of commer-
cial fertilizers in the following amounts
for first year roses :

Fertilizer. Per 100 sq. ft.

Dried blood Eight lbs.

.\cid phosphate Eight lbs.

Experiments are being carried on
with still heavier applications of acid
phosphate; when they are completed,
the advisability of heavy applications
of this fertilizer will be determined.

Exiieriments have been made during
the year 1913-14 in regard to the use
of sulphate of ammonia in place of
dried blood on roses. It is found to be
,a satisfactory source of plant food, but
much more difficult to use successfully,
since roses are particularly susceptible
to overfeeding with it. No experiments

FLORICULTURAL RANGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, FOLEY CONSTRUCTION.

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1'he American Florist.

FLORAL DESIGNS AT EX-MAYOR BUSSES FUNERAL, CHICAGO, JULY 12.

A. I,;niuc- s c'iu Il.-ill I'i in (VntiT.

have yet been made with nitrate of
soda. Acid phosphate was used dur-
ing the experiment as a source of phos-
phorus. It is quite probable that finely
ground steamed bone meal could ha\e
been used in equal amounts with as
good results, although its value was
not tested. The dried blood should not
be applied in full amount at the time
of preparation of the soil, but one-
fourth should be mixed with the soil
and manure at this time, followed by
three further applications as top dress-
ings during the season, at times when
the roses are coming into heavy crop.
On no account should application lie
made during the off season, or the
period of little growth, during the dark
days of winter. Care should be taken
not to scratch the dried bldod into the
soil deeper than one-half inch, as deeper
cultivation will cause the breaking of
many small roots, and dropping of the
older leaves, as a result of the dis-
turbance of the root system.

The results given in this summary
■were obtained by applying fertilizer to
the type of soil known as the brown
silt loam, common throughout the
"corn belt." On account of the mod-
erate amount of dried blood recom-
mended, and the small tendency of
acid phosphate to produce injury from
overfeeding, these amounts are un-
doubtedly safe for use on any Illinois
soil. The fertilizers recommended will
supply the elements lacking in most
soils also, with the exception of those
peaty and sandy soils of northern Illi-
nois which have been shown to be de-
ficient in potassium.

H. B. Dorner.
I'rofcssn]- of I'lurii'iilturc, Oniversily of Illinois,

LINCOLN. ILL. — The firm of W. H.
Gullett & Sons, which will next year
celebrate its fiftieth anni\ersary. is
preparing to further branch out and
within a short time will erect a new
range to care for the firm's wholesale
business. This will be located in the
Mayfleld addition.

THE CARNATION.

Planting In.

Men differ in their opinions on all
things and carnation growers are no
exception to the rule, especially on the
question of early or late planting in
from the field. One grower will claim
that he has the best results from early
planting and backs up his statement
by producing high-grade stock year in
and year out; another will swear by
late planting and is equally as success-
ful as the man who plants early. All
of which goes to show that a great
deal depends on the man. and the way
he works out the conditions that he
has to deal with. Climatic conditions
under which the field plants have been
growing are an important factor in de-
ciding whether to bring the plants in
July 20 or August 20. If they had
the benefit of two or three good rains
with good growing weather directly
after planting and got to be a good
size before the hot weather set in. fol-
lowed up by a month or six weeks of
seasonable summer weathef, they
should be in the best of shape for
planting in by the last of July or the
first week in August. They will be
sturdy and hard and fit to go right
ahead after they get inside, but if these
plants are left out longer it is likely
that heavy rains and thunder storms
will be more frequent, starting them
on the way to a soft growth which
causes them to suffer a great deal
more in the transplanting.

The American Florist.

Being' located In the central western
states, we find early planting the best
for our conditions and aim to com-
mence about July 20, so that- every-
thing is finished up the first week of
August. Years ago when Daybreak,
Tidal Wave, Lizzie McGowan. etc..
were the standard varieties, September
was the month for bringing in the field
plants, but with the advent of the
variety Mrs. T. W. Lawson we found
that September planting was too late
to get the best results from that va-
riety and early planting was started.

through the season, giving the inside
a good coat of lime wash and every-
thing is then ready to receive tlie soil.
Before bringing this in put a mud
shading on the glass. It will le much
more pleasant to work under and is
needed for the plants when freshly
planted. Sometimes the rain will wash
the mud shade off before you are ready
for it. but is easily put on ag-ain and-
is more satisfactory than ;i lime or
other shade, which is much harder to
get off when the time comes that the
plants need the full light.

PETER FISHER'S NEW CAkNAliON ALICE IN THE FIELD.

It did not take the early planted plants
long to demonstrate that for an early
crop and more flowers during the win-
ter months they were far ahead of the
late planted stock, and the same has
been the rule with the standard va-
rieties of today. It is well before be-
ginning to bring in the plants from
the field to make sure that they have
received every attention that they need.
One of the most important things to
follow up close, is that of topping the
plants; this ought to be finished up
close several days before lifting, so that
tlie pl.ants can recuperate and the
smaller shoots harden up before the
plants are dug. It is a very poor policy
to have to do any topping during the
planting, and equally so, to plant with
long, lengthy shoots. Do not let up
any on the cultivating or keeping the
land clean of weeds because the plant-
ing has commenced, but get after these
parts of the work right up to the time
the last plant is taken out. After all
your own requirements are supplied
take care of any surplus plants and
advertise them, for there is bound to
be a demand for good field-grown car-
nations this year, a number of the va-
rieties being short in the supply of
cuttings last spring. If your plants
are right they will sell, but grade them
up — do not send out medium for first
size or small plants for medium size.

After everything has been taken care
of in the field, preparations should go
forward in the houses to receive the
plants, the first thing in order being
to thoroughly clean out the houses, re-
moving all the old soil from the
benches, cleaning nut any rubbish
from underneath. Then give the In-
side of the house a thorough washing
out, using plenty of force to get all
the corners clean. After this repair
any benches that need it, making sure
that they are strong enough to go

Good live soil and liglit airy houses
are two very important factors in the
culture of. the carnation; it should
therefore be borne in mind that the
best soil obtainable is none too good.
Carnations do best in a medium soil;
a heavy clay soil is too stiff for the
roots to work freely during the dark
months of winter, and a very light
soil causes the plants to make too
rapid growth, particularly at the start
of the season and it has insufficient
retaining qualities to enable the plant
to produce long stiff stem flowers, with
sound calyces over a long season. The
carnation requires a reasonably rich
soil, but owing to its rapid growth
when taking hold of the fresh soil di-

rectly after planting, it is very sus-
ceptible to disease and stem rot. and
a soil containing a large amount of
fresh manure causes the plant to make
a soft growth so that it is not able to
withstand the attack of stem rot or
other diseases. Therefore, it is safer
to be under the mark rather than to
overdo it as regards putting manure
in the soil. Any deficiency can be
added later when the plant is better
able to take care of it and be very
careful to make the compost open or
porous, so that the water will pass
through it quickly. One of the secrets
of fine flowers early in the season is.
to get the soil in the condition that it
will take the water freely.

Deep planting must be avoided — it
is just as easy to plant right as it is
to plant wrong. Spread the roots out
to their full extent and make sure the
plants are not being set i.ny deeper
than they were while growing in the
field. After planting the watering is
the most important item until the
plants get well established, but water
the plant only at time of planting and
keep the plants from wilting by syring-
ing or light sprayings two or three
times a day. After the plants are well
established in the soil they need more
water, making sure that the soil is as
near as possible of the same degree of
moisture clear through. Common sense
methods should be exercised on the
plants from the start, keep the soil
clear of weeds and pay strict attention
to keeping the plants free from insects.
C. W. JOIINSOX.

Chicagfo Florists' Club Picnic.

The Chicago Florists' CUib picnic
which was held at St. Paul Park,
Morton Grove, last Sunday, July 19,
was a great social and financial suc-
cess and was the largest event of
the kind in the history of the organi-
zation. Over .son people made the trip
by train and fully twice as many
came in automobiles and carriages.
Peter Reinberg's store and greenhouse
employes came in a body in two large
trucks and two automobiles, and
caused quite a commotion when tliey
arrived at ' tlie grounds with horns
blowing and the machines all deco-
rated with large signs. There were
over CO people in the Reinberg crowd.

NEW CARNATION ALICE AT PETER FISHER'S, ELLIS, MASS.

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l-'iirnishi!it: l-'ni-l\ 'j'hn

liiMii'lK',-. Giviiiy Profiisitm ,if Klowi'i's
s.-nicl Ciitliii'js fur tliis SraMiii's I'lniili

!■ L:iti' .ScpleinbiT. )9m. Ui-sidc
SlioxMi in the l<'iold .\bove.

1914.

The a mer ica n Fl grist.

SNAPSHOTS OF THE CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB PICNIC AT MORTON GROVE. JULY 19.

6

The American Florist.

luly 2S,

which was headed by Peter Reinberg.
Henry Zender, Emil . Reichling, su-
perintendent of the greenhouses, and
Felix Reichling. manager at the store.
A little German band in uniform ac-
companied the crowd on the first train
and met all the other picnic trains and
led the crowds over to the grove.
They also rendered music in the grove
and, at the races, and at the ball game,
and this made quite a hit with the
crowd. The ball game was \ery in-
teresting and the crack baseball play-
ers from Maywood that represented
the Florists' Club won from the fast
Morton Grove team in a close and ex-
citing seven-inning game by a score
of T to 3. The long list of sporting
events was also very interesting.
Roland Poehlmann. Willard Asmus.
Rudolph Juergens and Luke Schrer
were the stars in the races for the
young men and Paul Klingsporn. Frank
Potocka, Fritz Simons. Michael Fink.

Sam Seligman. P. J. Foley. Jr.,

Fairchild and F. Smith were the win-
ners in the fat men and married
men's races. Emil Reichling won the
lemon-eating contest by a wide mar-
gin. There w-ere numerous other events
for the ladies and boys on the pro-
gram and the prizes that were given
away were all donated to the club.

The dance was largely attended and
the music was furnished by B. Zima's
crack orchestra, which played until
nearly midnight, when the delightful
outing came to a close. The picnic
ajd the sports committees, which con-
sisted of President French. W. J. Kei-
mel. James Morton. Ed. Enders. M.
Moore. James Foley. Richard Salm.
E. F. Winterson. Jr.. Tony* Gabel.
Frank Potocka. Leonard H. Vaughan
and E. A. Ollinger. worked early and
late and spared neither time nor ex-
pense to make things as pleasant as
possible for all those that were in at-
tendance. Paul Klingsporn. Michael
Fink. Art, Keenan. C. G. Anderson,
and many others ably assisted the
committee on the grounds. The Mor-
ton Grove people did a great deal of
missionary work for the committee,
especially August Poehlmann. .\dolph
Poehlmann, John Poehlmann and the
greenhouse employes, who helped con-
siderably in assisting the committee at
the picnic. The committee felt well
repaid for their efforts when they
saw such a large crowd present, and
wish to thank all those who were in
attendance for their kind support,
which made it possible for them to
make the affais such a brilliant suc-
cess.

Notes of the Chicago Parks.

LINCOLN PARK.
Apart from the perfectly natural
beauty of this park, made further in-
teresting to citizens and visitors with
the animals, boating, etc.. there is the
horticultural side of interest, making
it well worth a special visit. The
outdoor attractions at the present time
are the bedding out and water lily
pftnds. Whilst the beds are not at
their best, by any means, enough may
be seen to convey to the mind the
future beauty in the design and color
effect. Some beds contain double and
single stocks in a riot of color and
there are other beds of petunias in
equally charming confusion. The
cannas, particularly the bronze-foli-
aged, play a very large part, border-
ed by Carex Japonica. Mention must
also be made of the cockscombs ( Celo-
sia). Although rather dwarfed and
the combs and plumes small, the dis-

play is pleasing and somewhat of a
departure from the orthodox .style of
bedding out. Two beds of deep maroon-
red border carnations are very fine.
Scarlet geraniums are in great evi-
dence, as usual, still, not too much,
considering the combination with so
many other varied plants. Th^ peren-
nial border is past its best ;is far as,
the early flowering subjects are con-
cerned, but later a fine display may
be expected.

The water lilies are a feature. Here
are lovely Nymphaea dentata splen-
dens (white). N: Zanzibariensis (blue),
and N. Devoniesis (pink I. the latter a
fine variety, with its deep l>ronze fol-
iage, making a striking contrast to the
green foliaged varieties. In the houses
the orchids. Cattleya Mossiae. C. gi-
gas. Odontoglossum citrosmum and
Vanda tricolor are in flower. The two

P. A. Chorin.
Pres. New Orlejins Ibtrtifiiltiiral .Soriot,\.

former contain some rather good types
and will improve. Gloxinias are beau-
tiful, so are the hydrangeas, although
a bit wanting in color; hibiscus are
rarely better seen and begonias and
fuchsias are very fine. Pelargoniums
are past blooming but show evidence
of good culture. Allamanda Hender-
soni, growing on the roof, is in splen-
did bloom. Other things noticeable are
Clerodendron Fallax, some fine palm.s,
especially Phoenix Roebeleni kentias,
and the rare Cocoloba pubescens, all
of which make it well worth a visit.
We saw many plants of our "Youth"
and met them -as one meets an old
friend. The park is full of inte'rest
and we urge a visit.

J.\CKSON P.\RK.
At the time of our vi-sit everything
was in perfect condition and order,
but unlike most of the other parks,
there does not appear to be any bed-
dtng out. This feature is not alto-
gether to be regretted as the matter
of beauty and laying put from, a land-
scape point of view does not require
this embellishment to make the park
very interesting. One of the most
striking features is undoubtedly the
lake and islands, all covered with lux-
uriant shrubbery and trees. The only
formal garden is one laid out in roses
and perennials. Very few subjects
were in flower, beyond such sorts as
Marshall P. Wilder. Gruss an Teplitz.
Tom Wood. Countess of Gosford. etc..

although all seem to do remarkably
well. It is a pity that the labels were
allowed to become defaced, as many
amateurs and lovers of roses could
gain information from the labels. In
the perennial border all the early flow-
ering varieties were over, with the ex-
ception of some very fine Delphinium
Transcenda Reflaxa, Hollyhock, Golden
Rain, Spiraea Gladstone, Hemerocallis
flava. monardas, yuccas, etc. We also
noticed some very pretty iris. This
department, too. seems rather neg-
lected in the label line. There are no
particularly fine specimens of either
trees or shrubs, neither could we dis-
cover anything out of the ordinary
among the ornamental flowering and
deciduous stocks. The combination of
honeysuckles, barberry, philadelphus,
syringa. weigelia. etc.. all planted in
a well thought out plan, undoubtedly
make a grand display of bloom at va-
rious times. The ornamental and
shade trees are not of any great age,
consequently we cannot call attention
to anything of specimen nature. Catal-
pas. box elders, maples, elms, oaks,
ailanthus, silver birch and other pop-
ular sorts seem to predominate through-
out the park.

Having just slightly touched upon
the landscape aspect of the park, I
should like to add that considering the
many thousands of visitors who par-
ticipate in the various games, rarely
does one find the lawns in such excel-
lent condition. The walks and drive-
ways, too, are particularly clean, show-
ing the greatest care and attention to
the smallest details. It seems to us
somewhat of a pity that many who
were trying to get information for
their home plots could not do so ow-
ing to the lack of labels. At a small
expense and little labor a wonderful
amount of horticultural and arboricul-
tural knowledge could be given to vis-
itors. H. N.

New Orleans Horticultural Society.

ANNUAL .MEETING.

P. A. Chopin was re-elected presi-
dent of the New Orleans Horticultural
Society after a spirited contest be-
tween him and Henry Scheurmann in
Association of Commerce Hall July
10. The thirtieth annual meeting of
the society opened with a record mem-
bership in attendance. E. Farley was
elected vice-president by the narrow
margin of two votes over his oppo-
nent. H. Dresel. John Eblen was se-
lected as treasurer, and begins his
thirtieth term. Col. Charles R. Panter
was re-elected as secretary, and 1914
begins his twelfth term in this oftice.

Secretary Panter in his annual re-
port showed that $1,000 was to the
credit of the society. .$600 of which
was invested in State bonds. Fifty
members, including the principal flor-
ists of the city, constitute the mem-
bership.

He urged upon all business houses
and others who contributed to the
Exposition of Big Ideas to stand by
their original donations and carry out
the new proposition that has been pro-
posed— the Southern States Fair — to
their fullest extent. His resolution to
let the horticulturist's original dona-
tion stand carried. He said afterwards
that there was still hope of holding
a chrysanthemum fair here, and that
the florists would aid such a fair.

Otto Abele reported on his recent
visit to the Saengerfest in Louisville,
held in a convention liall that quar-
tered more than 12,000 people, and
told of the need of a convention hall
of similar dimensions in New Orleans.
"The Association of .'American Flor-
ists will come here for a convention."
Mr. Abele said, "if assured of a build-
ing that will hold their large member-
ship." C. R. Panter, Sec'y.

I9I4.

The American Florist.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS.

Programme of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting and Exhibition to be Held in the Mechanics
Building, Boston, Mass., August 18-20, 1914.

TUESDAY. AUGUST 18.
FIRST DAY— OPENING SESSION, 2 P. M.

(ipenlDg Exei'cises in I'aul Revere Hall. .Meclnniii'S Buihliug,

Address of Welcome— By Hon. James M. Curley. Mayor.

Response — By Frank R. Pierson.

President Wirtb's Address.

Reports of Ollli-ers.

Reports of State Vice-Presidents.

ConsiderHtioii of Invitations for Meeting Place for 1915.

EVENING SESSION— 8 P. M.
Reception to President Wirtli — Copley I'laza Hotel.
Music. Dancing. Refresh men ts— Strictly Informal.
Bailoting for Meeting Place for I'.H'..

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19.
SECOND DAY— MORNING SESSION. 9 A. M.
Meeting of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Meeting of the American Sweet Pea Society.

10 a. m.— Annual Meeting of the Ladies' Society of American Florists.
10 a. m. — Morning Session S. A. F. & 0. H. — Report of the National

Flower Show Committee, by Chairman George Asmus— Discussion.
Nomination of Officers for liU5.

Report of the Judges of Trade Exhibition and the Convention Garden.
Report of Committee on President's Address — Discussion.
Affiliation — Special Report of Board of Directors.

At the morning session of Friday. Aug. 22, of the Minneapolis Con-
vention, the following recommendation of the Board of Directors was
adopted; "That the fee for members of any regular Horists' clubs who
wish to join the S. A. F. & O. H. as a body will be reduced to Three
Dollars for the tirst year, and the annual dues thereafter to be Two
Dollars per year for each member thereof. These dues must be paid to
the S. A. F. & O. H. by the Treasurer of each club and not by the
members individually, and we further recommend that our constitution
and by-laws be amended to comply with this recommendation."

At the meeting of the Board of Directors, held in Boston. March 17-
18. 1914, the matter of Affiliation was again very thoroughly discussed
by the full Board, with the result that the recommendation was cuu-
sidered to be rather indefinite. It was therefore voted that a special
committee of three be appointed to work out a definite plan of x\ttilia-
tion. the same to be presented as an amendment to the constitution and
by-laws. The Committee, consisting of Messrs. George Asmus. Chairman.
Wm. F. Kasting and J. J. Hess, ultimately submitted the following
amendment, which has been approved and is now recommended for .adop-
tion by the Board of Directors in place of the recommendation offered at
Minneapolis:

Amendment to Paragraph (b) of Section 2 of Article II —

1. That clubs, societies or kindred organizations of professional
florists, gardeners and horticulturists, having a paid-up membership of
one hundred or more members in the S. A. F. & O. H.. shall be en-
titled to one representative on the Board of Directors of Ihe S. A. F. & O. H.

2. Such representative shall be the president of such organization
and must be a member of the S. -A. P. & O. H.

.3. Any elei-tive officer or appointed director of the S. A. F. & O. H.
shall not be eligible as a representative of such organization.

4. When the president of any such organization is already a direc-
tor, the vice-president shall be eligible for the office.

5. Any organization applying for representation shall submit to the
secretary of the S. A. P. & O. H. a complete list of its membership.
It shall be the secretary's duty to confirm same and submit it to the
president for final confirmation. Such list shall be in the hands of the
secretary by December first of each year. Announcement of such direc-
tor shall be made by the president elect on .Tanunry first of each year.

SECOND DAY— AFTERNOON SESSION. 2 P. M.
Essay — "What Should the Society of American Florists Do for the Pri-
vate Gardener?" by Arthur E. Thatcher.
Discussion.

Bow ling Contest. Ladies' S. A. F.. at New Boston Alleys. 1G7 Wash-
ington Street.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20.

THIRD DAY— MORNING SESSION, 9 A. M.

Automobile Ride for the Ladies, Starting From the Ctipley Plaza Hotel.

to the North Shore.
Meeting of the Florists' Hail Association.
Meeting of the American Carnation Society.

10 a. m. — Meeting of the American Gladiolus Society,
l'> a. m. — Meeting of the American Rose Society.

11 a. m. to 12 m.— Pulls Op.-u fnr the Fiction of Officers.

THIRD DAY— AFTERNOON SESSION. 2 P. M.
Question Box.

Essay — "Adaptation of Plants to Soil," by Prof. Geo. S. Stone, Am-
herst. Mass.
Annual Bowling Tournament, S. A. F. & O. H.. at New Boston Alleys.
167 Washington Street.

THIRD DAY— EVENING SESSION. 8:45 P. M.
The Ladies' Societv of American Florists will entertain at the Copley
Plaza Hotel.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21.
FOURTH DAY.
Guests of the Hiirticnllnral Interests of Boston.

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS FOR 1914.

President Theo. Wirth. Minneapolis. Minn.

Vice-President Patrick Welch. Boston, Mass.

Secretary John Young. 53 W. 28th St., New York City.

Treasurer Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y.

EXECUTIVE BOARD.
For One Year. For Two Years.

Chas. H. Totty. Madison. N. J. Thomas Roland. Nahant. Mass.
.Tohn A. Evans. Richmond. Ind. -Vu^. P. Poehlmann, Morton Grove.

For Three Years. 111.

J. J. Hess. Omaha. Neb. Ex-Officio.

J. A. Peterson. Cincinnati. Ohio. J. K. M. L. F^rquhar. Boston. Mass.

Washington Representative Wm. F. Gude.

NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE.
W. P. Craig. Philadelphia. Pa. < has. 13. Totty. Madison. N. J.

W. N. Rudd. Morgan Park. III. George Asmus. Chairman. Chicago.

Thomas Roland, Nahant. Mass. III.

.\dnliili Farenwald. Roslyn. Pa.
STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS.
Alabama — W. B. Patterson, Jr., Connecticut— John F. Huss, 1103

Montgomery. Asylum St.. Hartford.

California (North)— Daniel Mac- ^^^^'^''^ ^^ Columbia-Elmer C.
Rorie San Franoiqro Mayberry. Washington.

Korie. ban ttancisco. Florida— C. D. Mills. Jacksonville.

California (South)— Edwin Lons- Georgia— A. C. Oelsehig. Savan-

dale, Lompoc. Dab.

Colorado — John Edward Johnson, Idaho — J. W. C. Deake. Twin

Colorado Springs. Falls.

H. Pepper.

H.

P.

K noble

Imliaun (North)— J. S. Stuart. New York IEii,ti-_T

Anderson. Xew Vork

'"l^S,o„r""''-"'^ "• "'"• '^'i^^^j;,'' <^-<^^"-«- A- Amlerso...

...wj^Ro. r. Wilcox. Co„„.i. >^-th_^^^^Caro„„a-W.„. ReUUer.

Kcinsas— Chas. P. Mueller. Wklil- Ohio INorth'i

,-"■?• , ^ ^ Cleveland.

Keiitucky--George E. .Schnllz. Oliio I.South)_C. E. Critchell Cin

Louisville. finn-iti ^"icueii. Lm-

^oJleaSs.""""''' P''P"«''"'' ^■"^' Okial„j,„a_George Stiles. Oklaho-

Maiuo-.i: E. Thatcher. Bar Hai- Oregon-^E! T. Mische. Portland

Mi , r. ,r ■ „ Pennsylvania (East)— Fred Hah

Marj-laml-George Morrison. Car- man. Philadelphia

roll P. O.. Baltimore. Pennsylvania (West) — w 4

Massac-hnsetts (Easti-Wm. I{. Clarke. Pittsburgh ' ■*•

Nicholson. Pramingham. Riiode Island— Fred f c.reor,

:\lassa.husetts (West)— Alfred J. Providence '

l.i.vcless. Lenox. South Carolina— C A Moss Sm,.

Mi.li.Kan (East)^Frank Danzer. tanburg ' "^

Detroit. South Dakota

Michigan (West)— Henry Smith, Mitchell

Mi'jS'ta^-^g!"^F. Uice. Minneap- ^r'^lfl^irn'^y ^F. '^^''i^^e '^^'-

Mi°si'ssippi-S. W. Crowell, Rose-, ^fgl^^a-p; il*'?h*'e'lan':" Mt." Ver-

W.

March.

acres.

non.

jregg.

Missouri (East)— Robert J. Wind- Washington— J. W Duncan Snr
ler. St. Louis. kane. ' '

Missouri (West)— W. L. Rock. West Virginia — S A Or
Kansas City. Charleston.

Montana— J. C. Ring. Helena. Wisconsin— F. H. Holton, Milwau-

.\clu-aska — Irwin F. Fre.y. Lincoln. kee.

CANADA.
Alberta— A. M. Terrill, Calgary. Ontario— H. Dillemuth. East On-

Manitoba — H. E. Phllpott, Winni- tario.

!"'S. Quebec— George A. Robinson. Mon-

treal
1914 CONVENTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

Patrick Welch Boston, Mass.

Thomas Roland Nahant. Mass.

J. K. .M. L. Farquhar Boston. Mass.

OTHER OFFICERS.
Botanist— Prof. J. F. Cowell, Buffalo Gardens. Buffalo, N. Y.
Pathologist— Prof. E. M. Freeman, Plant Pathologist, University Farm.

.Minneapolis. Minn.
Entomologist— Prof. W. E. Britton. State Entomologist. New Haven. Conn.
Chairman, Committee, on Sports— Chas, E. Critchell, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Superintendent of Trade Exhibition— John Young. 53 West 28th St..

New York.
Superintendent of Convention Garden— James B. Shea, Dept. of Parks.
Boston, Mass,

TARIFF AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
Wm. F. Gude. Chairman. 1214 F Buffalo^ N. Y.

St.. Washington. D. C. R. M. Ward. 71 Murray St.. New

.Tas. McHutchlson. 17 Murray St.. York City.

New York City. Julius Roeiirs. Rutherford. N J.

W. P. Kasting. 383.^87 Ellicott St.. A. L. .Miller. Brooklyn, N. Y.

COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL GARDENS.
Benjamin Hammond. Chairman, Gust. X. Ainrbvn. .Supt. of Parks.

Beacon. N. Y. .New Haven. Conn.

Irwin Bertermann. 241 Massachu- Michael Barker. 440 So. Dearborn
setts Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. St.. Chicago. 111.

Leonard Barron. Garden City. N. Y.
JUDGES FOR THE TRADE EXHIBITION.
Sections A. B and F.
M. .v. Patten. Tewksbury. -Mass. .Joliii R. Potherlugham. Tarrvtown

Wm. Sim, Cliftondale. Mass. N. Y.

Sections E and G.
Thomas P. Galvin. Boston. Mass. Dlaf J. Olson. St. Paul. Minn.

Wm. P. Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y.

Sections C and D.
Wm. H. Siebrecbt. Sr.. Chappaqua. Jos. A. Manda. West Orange. N. J.
N. Y. Prank H. Traendly. New York.

JUDGES OF THE CONVENTION GARDEN.
Robert Cameron. Cambrideie. Mass. Ne\\' Haven. Conn.

J. P. Huss. Hartford. Conn. .rciliii N. Champion. New Haven.

Harry A. Bunyard. New Y'ork. ( 'onn,

(Justav X. .\mrhyn. Supt. of Parks.

PAST PRESIDENTS.
•1K84 Tolin Thorpe. IHi)." Edwin Lonsdale. IDiiO Wm. F. Kasting.

l•^^.■. lohii Thnnii.. MsdC, Wm. Scott. 1907 Wm. J. Stewart.

issc, .InlMj Th,,i|><-. 1N!I7 Adam Graham. 1908 F. H. Traendly.

iss, l!,,liHrt Craig. Isiis w. P. Glide. 1909 J. A. Valentine.

isss i:. G. Hill. 1.S99 W. N. Rudd. 1910 P. R. Plerson.

18S9 John X. May. *190o E. M. Wood. 1911 George Asmus.

•1890 J. .M. Jordan. 19"! Patrick ICMara. 1912 Richard Vincent.

1,S91 M. H. Norton. 1902 John Burton. Jr.

1892 .Tas. Dean. 1903 .Tolin Burton. 1913 J. K. M. L. Far-

•1S9.-! Wm. R. Smith. 1904 Philip Breitmeycr. quhar.

•1894 J. T. .iiithony. 190.O J. C. Vaughan. 'Deceased.

Ladies' Society of American Florists Convention ProgfraAme.

TUESDAY. AUGUST 18.
FIRST DAY. 8 P, M.
I'rcsiileiit Wirtli's Roceptiim— ( ..plcy I'hiza Ilc.fel. .Music. Dancing Re-
fieslinielits; strictl.v iiif.irmal.

WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19.
SECOND DAY, 10 A, M,
Thirteenth -Vniiual .Meeting — Meclianics' Buildinir. Committee Room.
2 P. M. — Bowling Contest, at New Boston Alleys, 167 Washington St.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 20.
THIRD DAY, 9 A. M.
.\utomobile Ride — Starting from the Copley Plaza Hotel to the North Shore.
8:4.T P. M.. Reception— Copley Plaza Hotel.
9:45 P. M. — Dancing. Refreshments.

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The American Florist.

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Lancaster County Florists' Club.

CLUB OUTING.

Thursday, July 16, about 200 of us
left Lancaster for Mt. Gretna, a noted
summer resort adjacent to Lancaster,
Harrisburg and Lebanon, the attrac-
tions of which are the parade grounds
where tlie National Guards encamp
each year, the camp meeting grounds
•with their numerous array of hand-
some cottages and the Chautauqua
with its particular settlement, the
noted Conawago Inn, and the lake
with its boating and bathing resorts.
The committee consisting of Elmer
Weaver. Frank Kohr and J. Moore,
managed the details of the affair and
managed them so well that it was im-
possible to find a disgruntled mortal
on the return trip home. Philadelphia
was represented by Messrs. Pennock,
Meehan. Fancourt, Ligett. Leo Nies-
sen. Mosgrove. Fierstein. Connor, and
the botanist. George Watson, to whom
the immense flora of the mountain was
an open book. Other visitors were :
A. Nolan, of the King Construction
Co., No. Tonawanda. N. Y.; A. B. Car-
ter, A. C. Marshall and Wm. Swayn-
cand, from Harrisburg; M. Brenneman
and Jas. S. Brown, of Coatesville.

There was so much to see that a
regular programme was dispensed
with, but a rain storm just before sup-
per sent us back to the hotel, and
card games and children's sports were
in order for an hour or more, and there
was more human enjoyment piled into
each minute than Mt. Gretna ever saw
befpre. from the time it was created
until G p. m.. July 16. 1914. A por-
tion of the party made it a basket
picnic, and the balance took their
meals at the Kauftman House. .

There was such a strong co-opera-
tion toward all having a good time
that little of individual effort is to
be noted, the most noted event being
the winning of a hotly contested game
of quoits by Mrs. .\ M Herr and
S. S. Pennock. with Jas. Brown from
Coatesville as referee. The strangers
were very much interested in the ath-
letic development of the bathers from
Lancaster and Dauphin counties. We
Lancaster people, accustomed to our
own superiority, of course, would have
overlooked this attraction if our at-
tention had not been called to it.

Chas. Edgar, of the B. F. Barr Co.,
kindly took charge of the visitors
when they came back to Lancaster,
and saw them oft on their various
trains during the night.

The club meeting was called off for
July and the next event is likely to
be a visiting trip to see the Weaver
asters and the Landis gladioli.

We all missed Rudolph Nagle and
his quaint humor, and were more than
sorry to learn that he has taken up
his abode at a hospital for an indefi-
nite time with a very annoying strain
of his back. A. M. Herk, Sec'y.

State Florists' Association of Indiana.

ANNUAL OUTING.

The annual outing of the State Flor-
ists' Association took place at Winona
Lake, Indiana, July 15-16 , and was
fai-rly well attended. President W. W.
Coles, of Kokomo, opened the business
meeting at 2 :.30 p. m. on July 15. and
after the minutes had been read and
approved, a motion was carried to
recommend for state vice-presidents of
the S. A. F., W. J. Vesey, Jr.. of Ft.
Wayne, for northern Indiana, and G.
R. Gause, of Richmond, for southern
Indiana. It was also voted to extend
an invitation to the Illinois State
Florists' Association to be guests at
the fall meeting in Indianapolis, tio-
vember 6, 1914. Several new members
were elected.

Following the adjournment of the
business meeting, a delightful boat ride

on Lake Winona was followed by a
supper at the Winona Hotel. The ban-
quet room had been prettily derorated
for this occasion, Hoosier Beauty and
Killarney Queen roses, Gloriosa carna-
tions and asparagus sprengeri being
prominent in the tasteful arrange-
ment. The second day of the outing
was given over .entirely to sports and
recreation, a ball game between two
picked nines being one of the features
of the morning program. Boating,
bathing and fishing, together with ten-
nis, quoits and races also added to the
enjoyment of the day.

Larry Holland, of Vaughan's Seed
Store. Chicago, and R. E. Hall, of
Wertheimer Bros.. New York, were
noted among the visitors. ,

Montreal, Can.

USUAL SUMMER INACTIVITY EXISTS.

Trade has arrived at the usual mid-
summer quietness. with occasional
rushes to remind one of what it is to
be busy. Cut flowers are none too
plentiful. Outdoor roses were very
good this year, but are just about over.
Rambler roSes are in full bloom and
make a great display. Sweet peas are
just coming in, but seem to be low in
price, selling at 25c per hundred. As-
ters will soon be plentiful and promise
to be of good qualify. All perennial
plants that are in bloom are splendid
just now and the borders look their
gayest at this time. We have suc-
cessfully passed over last week's 'hot
spell, but feel the change to cooler
weather rather severe. AH the grow-
ers are about finished planting with
roses and 'mums and look towards
taking a holiday before the busy fall
days commence.

NOTES.

A. C. Wilshire has built a fine place
at Ahuncic. This place is about 2 acres
in extent and situated on the grand
Back River. The five houses consider-
ing the short time they have been built
are well stocked and the grounds ar-
tistically laid out and planted with
perennials and other florists' stock.
The sweet peas growing are a remark-
ably fine lot.

The Canadian Horticultural Associa-
tion has completed arrangements for
their convention to be held Aug. 4-7 in
Toronto. The programme has been
mailed to all members iji good stand-
ing. Others desiring to have one should
apply to J. Luck, 1018 Queen Mary Rd„
Montreal, and one will be mailed
cheerfully.

Wm. C. Hall was found an enthusi-
astic lawn bowler. At his place in Mon-
treal "West he is producing some splen-
did stock. Two houses in 'mums looked
fine; also a house of carnations and
the display of outdoor pansies are
worthy of note. He also has a batch
of monstrous cyclamen.

E. J. Hayward and family are on an
extended trip through Europe, and were
given a hearty send off by some mem-
bers of the club on boarding the Allan
line steamer Ionian.

The Montreal Gardeners' and Flor-
ists' Club presented Wm. Cotter with a
splendid clock on the occasion of his
marriage.

Jas. McKenna surprised his many
friends suddenly by getting married,
and is spending his honeymoon in trav-
eling. J, L-

BALTIMORE, Md. — St. . Joseph's House
of Industrv will erect a greenhouse 12
x68 feet, to cost $2..5O0.

Macon. Ga.— The Georgia State
Horticultural Society will meet in
Griflin on Wednesday and Thursday,
August 4 and 5, in its second summer
session.

Trinidad, Colo. — The directors of the
Chamlier of Commerce met July 16 and
definitely decided to conduct an agri-
cultural and horticultural exhibit in
Trinidad on Sept. 22-25.

OBITUARY.

Mrs. Frank Beu.

Members of trade in and near Chi-
cago were shocked on July 17 to hear
of the death of Mrs. Frank Beu, one
of the leading lady florists of that
city. She died of cancer of the stom-
ach and while she was ailing fof
some time she was up and around
until a few days previous to her death.
She was a very industrious woman and
personally took charge of her whole-
sale stand in the Great Central Mar-
ket while her husband looked after the
store and greenhouses at 4435 North
Crawford avenue. She was 45 years
of age and had a host of friends in
the trade in the city where she was
engaged in business as well as else-
where. The funeral was held from
the residence on Crawford avenue on
July 21 at 3 p. m. and the body was
laid to rest in Montrose cemetery.
Quite a number in the trade attended
the funeral services and the floral of-
ferings from them were numerous and
beautiful. The late Mrs. Beu is sur-
vived by her husband and son. Frank.

Mrs. Sarah Taplin.

Sarah Taplin, widow of the late
Stephen Taplin, died at her home in
Detroit. Michigan. July 5, aged 73
years. She had been an invalid for
many years, and was not able to take
an active part in the business of her
late husband. She is survived by a
daughter, Emily. and two sons,
Thomas and William. Among the
many floral tributes in her memory,
was a beautiful wreath sent by the
Detroit Florists' Club. The funeral
was held from her late residence, 123
Shroeder avenue, Tuesday, July 7.

NEWS NOTES.

St. Louis, Mo. — The A. Brix Floral
Co., has increased its capital from
$15,000 to .^20,000.

PIERRE, S. D. — The Gurney Green-
house Company has incorporated with
capital stock of $25,000.

• Chatsworth, ill. — Thomas Pepper-
dine has sold his greenhouse and flor-
ist business to William Edwards, of
Freeport.

PiiiLADELPHiA, PA.— Samuel S. Fretz.
Jr., has a permit for the erection of an
addition 10 by 25 feet, to his green-
house, to cost $400.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry W. Al-
lerson has a permit to erect a green-
house at Benjamin avenue and Dun-
ham street, to cost $650.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Eli Cross, the
florist, will move to the Morton House
block when he vacates his present
quarters in the Wonderly building.

Hutchinson, Kas. — John Stamm,
florist, is to open a flower store in the
business part of town this fall, in or-
der better to handle the local retail
trade.

Charlotte, Mich. — The greenhouses
known as Roseacres have changed
hands, having been sold by Mrs. Wil-
liam Breitmeyer to Ray A. Weitzke
of Owosso, Mich.

College Station, Tex. — Much of the
program of the annual meeting of the
Texas Experiment Association, to be
held at College Station July 27-28. will
be devoted to the discussion of Sudan
grass.

MOLINE, III. — Three times since
June 4 damage mounting up in the
thousands of dollars has been suffered
by J. Staack & Sons in the flooding of
their greenhouses, as a result of the
hea\y rainfalls.

igi4. The American Florist.

CONVFNTION NIM6ER

The American Florist

WILL GO TO PRESS

.^U01J:ST 11.

A FTER 30 years' service in the Florist, Nursery
and Seed Trades, we have won a host of
staunch business friends at home and abroad and
hope to see them all well represented in the adver-
tising pages of the

Thirtieth Annual Convention Number

No Change in Prices, Single Column Inch, $1.00; Page of 30
inches, $30.00, with the usual discounts on a series of insertions.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

For thirty years the representative paper of the Florists, Seedsmen
and Nurserymen of the United States and Canada.

'Please send your copy for this issue as early as possible.

10

The American Florist.

July 23,

The American Florist

Established 1885.

Subscription. United States and Mexico. $1.00 a

year; Canada $2.00; Europe and Countries

in Postal Union. $2.50. Subscr'plions

accepted only from ttiose in the trade.

When sending: us change of address always send
the old address at the same time.

Advertising rates on application.

From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
opinions of our correspondents.

TBE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Use of commercial fertilizers 1

— Rose and carnation tests 1

—Professor J. C. Blair (portrait) 2

— Floriculture range at Univ. of III. (illus.) 2

. — Professor H. B. Dorner (portrait) 3

Designs at Ex-Mayor Busse's funeral (Illus.). S

The carnation o

— Planting in 3

— Peter Fisher's new carnation Alice (illus.) 4

Chicago Florists' Club picnic (illus.) 4

Notes of the Chicago parks 6

New Orleans Horticultural Society '. . 6

—P. A. Chopin (portrait) 6

Society of American Florists' programme 7

Lanccister County Florists' Club 8

State Florists' Assn. of Indiana.. 8

Montreal. Can 8

Obituary — Mrs. Frank Beu 8

— Mrs. .Sarah Taplin 8

Borax -prevents typhoid fly from breeding 10

Twin Cities to Boston 10

Chicago to Boston K)

Philadelphia to Boston 10

Milwaukee ^ . .12

Chicago 16

St. Louis 20

Philadelphia 22

Cleveland 23

Boston 24

Buffalo 2.1

Massachusetts Horticultural Society 25

Toledo 20

Steamship sailings 27

Cincinnati 30

Washington 30

Prince Albert, Sask 30

Tlip seed trade 32

— German seed crops !..!!!!!!!!!! 32

— ^'isconsin potatoes 32

. — Formosa lily bulb crops V.^1

— .\rmy worm damage to lettuce (Illus.) 32

The nursery trade 3(5

— Heavy importations of nursery stock !.!3fi

Market gardeners 38

— "rices of indoor fruits and vegetables.' .'..! isS

—Irrigation notes 38

Florists' coal .'!.'." [45

— News notes of the week .'.*.'.'..'! .45

We have received from James
Vick's .Sons. Rochester, N. Y., some
very beautiful spikes of this firm's
Rochester White gladiolus.

Greenhoxjsemen should take advan-
tage of the present coal prices and
insist upon prompt delivery of their
full winter's supply as the threatened
strilie of railroad enginemen may ma-
terially advance the prices or render it
imi)Ossible to secure fuel later in the
season.

Personal.

Stephen D. Dysinger. of Holm & Ol-
son, St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. Mary
M. Chalmers were recently married
and will he at home after August first,
17ti .Summit avenue.

Important to Subscribers.

The date on yellow address label on
your copy of The American Florist
will show when your subscription ex-
pires. Please renew subscriptions
promptly on expiration to make cer-
tain of receiving your copy of each
issue.

Borax Prevents Typhoid Fly From Breeding;.

As a result of experiments, tlie spe-
cialists of the department of agricul-
ture have discovered that a small
amount of ordinary borax sprinkled
daily on manure, will effectively Pre-
vent the breeding of the typhoid or
house fly. Similarly, the same sub-
stance applied to garbage, refuse, open
toilets, damp floors and crevices in
stables, cellars or markets, will pre-
vent fly eggs from hatching. Borax
will not kill the adult fly nor prevent it
from laying eggs, but its thorough use
will prevent any further breeding.

As a result of experiments carried
on at the Arlington Farm, in Virginia,
and New Orleans. La., the investigators
found that 0.62 of a pound at borax, or
().7.5 of a pound of calcined colemanite
(crude calcium borate) would kill the
maggots and prevent practically all of
the flies ordinarily breeding in eight
bushels of horse manure from develop-
ing. This was proved by placing ma-
nure in cages and comparing the re-
sults from piles treated with borax and
from untreated piles.

While it can be safely stated that no
injurious action has followed the ap-
plication of manure treated with borax
at the rate of .02 pounds for eight
bushels or even larger' amounts in the
case of some plants, nevertheless borax-
treated manure has not been studied
in connection with the growth of all
crops, nor has its cumulative effect been
determined. It is therefore recom-
mended that not more than ].% tons of
the borax-treated manure should be
applied per acre to the field. As truck
growers use considerably more than
this amount, it is suggested that all
cars containing borax-treated manure
be so marked, and that public health
officials stipulate in their directions for
this treatment that not over .62 (62-
100) of a pound for eight bushels of
manure be used, as it has been shown
that larger amounts of borax will in-
jure most plants. The details of the
experiments with borax and other lar-
vacides will be found in T^ S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture Bulletin No. U.S.

Twin Cities to Boston.

The Minnesota State Florists' Asso-
ciation and the St. Paul and Minne-
apolis Florists' Clubs have appointed
a joint transportation committee to at-
tend to the comfort and interests of
the delegates' from this part of the
country to the Boston convention of
the Society of American Florists, Au-
gust 18-22. The committee, working in
conjunction with the Chicago Florists'
Club, which has arranged for the Pres-
ident's Special from Chicago on. has
selected the ChicagOj Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway as the official line be-
tween the Twin Cities and Chicago
and hopes to secure enough delegates
to fill at least two sleeping cars. The
party will leave Minneapolis at 8 :00
p. m., St. Paul at 8 :40 p. m.. Saturday,
August 1.5. on the Pioneer Limited.
The special cars will be detached at
Morton Grove about 0 :00 a. m.. Sun-
day, August 16. and arrangements will
be made to visit the extensive green-
houses of the Poehlmann Bros. Co.
The trip will be continued at noon,
arriving in Chicago at 1 :00 p. m.,
giving the delegates all afternoon for
a visit to the Chicago parks and other
places of interest. The special cars
will be transferred to the President's
^ Special while the delegates are tak-
ing in the sights of Chicago, and every
known comfort to travelers is so as-
sured, making it unnecessary for them

to transfer their baggage and secure
other accommodations.

The fare from the Twin Cities to
Boston and return, good 30 days, is
$46, via Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, Lake Shore & Michigan South-
ern, New York Central & Hudson River
and Boston & Albany, $8 for lower,
$6.40 for upper berths, and $28 for
drawing room. As the national society
held its last convention in Minne-
apolis, it is hoped that the middle
west will return the compliment with
a strong delegation to this year's con-
vention in the east.

For reservations and further infor-
mation communicate with C. F. Rice,
chairman of the transportation com-
mittee, 218 North Fifth street. Min-
neapolis, Minn.; C. R. Lewis, C. P. &
T. A., Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway. 328 Nicollet avenue, Minne-
apolis, Minn, or F. H. Thorn, city
ticket agent, 365 Robert street, St.
Paul, Minn.

Chicago to Boston.

President Wirth of the Society of
American Florists will leave Chicago
Sunday evening. August 16. on special
train over the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad, La Salle street sta-
tion, at 8 :00 o'clock, wjth the Chicago
Florists' Club and others desirous of
joining the convention party on the
President's Special.

This train is due at Niagara Falls
Monday noon at 12 :04 o'clock and sev-
eral hours will be spent there, the
party leaving again at 3 :50 p. m. the
same day and due in Boston Tuesday,
August 18, at 7:05 a. m. The fare
from Chicago to Boston and return is
.$30, good for 30 days. Berths, Chica-
go to Boston (one way), lower, $5.50;
upper, $4.40. The foregoing rates ap-
ply only to Boston and return. Many
extended tours and side trips may be
arranged returning, on application to
local transportation agents at equally
low rates, including New York, Phila-
delphia. Boston. Thousand Islands,
Hudson River, etc.

All members of the Society of Amer-
ican Florists and their friends from
points north, west and south of Chi-
cago, who wish to join the President's
party at Chicago should secure tickets
reading over the Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern Railroad and New York
Central, Chicago to Boston and return.

Reservations will be made on appli-
cation to G. K. Thompson, 100 South
Clark street, Chicago. 111., telephone
Randolph 5300, who will cheerfully sup-
ply all other Information regarding this
trip.

Philadelphia to Boston.

At a meeting of the Florists' Club
of Philadelphia, held Tuesday, July 7,
the selection of the route to be taken
by the club in attending the conven-
tion of the S. A. F. at Boston, August
18-20, was the subject of spirited dis-
cussion, each member of a committee
of three favoring a different route. It
was finally decided that the club will
go to New York via the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad, thence to Bos-
ton by Metropolitan line boat, leaving
Murray street. New York, at five
o'clock p. m. The fare will be $12.50,
Philadelphia to Boston and return,
state rooms extra.

As the New York Florists' Club will
go to Boston on the same boat there
should he a merry crowd. Leo Nles-
sen was chosen chairman of a com-
mittee to see the party safely on board
the boat.

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The ' Amer ican Fl orist.

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Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this office
euciose lOcents extra to cover postage, etc.

Situation Wanted— As gardener: liie experience
with roses, carnations and general stock.
T. Hawkes.
121 Cambridk^e Ave., E. Hamilton. Ont.

Sitaation Wanted— Good storeman. Chicago or
Middle West pn-ferred. Readv to start at once.
Best of ffferencos. Address.

Key 4,^2. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By single young man: well
up in cut flowers and plants: also store work.
Would like permanent place in Ohio, but would
considerany good place. Address

Key 421. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted-By German Horist. as work-
ing foreman or for section: good propagator and
grower of cut fiowors; Chicago or nearby pre-
ferred; strictly sober. Address

Key 43ti. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a yi>ung man. 18 years of
age. who has just arrived from Sweden; experi-
enced in greenhouse work; commercial or private
Dlace in or near Chicago preferred: cannot speak
Enelish. For further particulars address
Phone. Normal 7'»27. (^009 S.Wood St . Chiccgo.

Situation Wanted— As foreman to take entire
charge by a first-class grower of cut fiowers and
plants, over 30 years' experience: commercial or
institution. Has first-class reference as to ability,
etc. D. P. Nelson. 640 Front st .

Ripley. Hancock. P. O.. Mich.

Situation Wanted— By gardener and florist
single, capable of taking cfiarge of gentleman's
private place, greenhouses, flowers, fruits, veget-
ables, hotbeds, lawns: good houseman. Steady
and reliable, gaod reference- stat"^ wages, board
and room. J. G. Dickinson.

471 West 21st St , New York . N. V

Situation Wanted -As foreman or manager, by
a German: married; 32 years old. Has 12 years
practical experience. First class grower of roses,
carnations and chrysanthemums: southern and
northern experience; best of references. State
full particulars in first letter; good wages expect-
ed. .Address Key 423. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted-By energetic floiist as a
working foreman; single; German; strictly sober;
25 years of age; li(e experience; first-class grower
of cut flowers and potted plants; good hustler
and good designer, and decorator. Can produce
the goods, handle help. etc. Wages $20.00 per
week. Address.

Key 418. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — By experienced grower;
married, two children; age 36; for many years
grower with the largest cut flower establishments:
know the business in all its branches: is of good
working capacity; can fill position as foreman;
good wages expected; state particulars in first
letter. Address

Key 437. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young man of 19, who

was employed in Nurseries in the Netherlands for
4 years. Doss not speak English fluently. Pre-
fers situation in greenhouses or nurseries in or
near Chicago Has letters of reference. Address
as soon as possible, stating wages.

C. M. OUDIJK,

%S Bridge St.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Help Wanted— An experienced young lady to
make up floral work. Wages $10.00 per week, to
start. Key 419. care American Florist.

Help Wantfd— An A-No. 1 first-class carnation
grower, wages $55.00 per month.

Edw.'^rd TATRO.407E. Iron Ave..

Salina. Kans.

Help Wanted— An expeii-nced grower of gen-
eral stock, 7 000 feet of glass. Must be good on
carnations and potted plants. - Good room, clean
bed. good fo<id. $40.00 with room and board to
start. Must be a liood worker and steady. Steadv
position guaranteed a good man. No booker
wanted. Address.

R, & S. Flower Store.

Box 1323, Missoula. Montana.

Belp Wanted— Head gardener married, without
children, 10 take charge of country place of about
100 acres composed of flnwer gardens, lawn and
woods; situated on Lake Erie, twenty miles from
Buffalo. Presrnt bead gardener leaving to go in
farmingfor himselt, after ten years service. State
ai:e. nationality, religion, and experience. Must
have best of references. Address,

Kry 434. care American Florist.

Wanted— To rent for 5 years with option to buy.
about 10.000 ft. of glass in good repair.

J. R. Johnston, Greensburg. Ind.

Wanted— Party with a few thousand dollars to
invest in a wholesale rose and carnation range in
the State of Washington, Guaranteed O. K. Ad-
dress. Key 414, care American Florist.

Wanted— To lease. 15.000 feet of glassin good
condition. for5 years with option to buy. Must
be in good condition. Address,

Key 412, care American Florist.

For Sale— Three greenhouses, 7700 ft. glass,
well equipped, also modern dwelling. Demand
for everything grown. Good shipping point. For
further particulars address.
J. M. Smith, Milford.lll.

For Sale -5.000 feet of glass, well stocked, with
downtown store, doing a fine business. Esta-
blished trade for 24 years. Possession now or later.
A BARGAIN.

Capit.^l City Floral Co.
291 East 7th Street. St. Paul. Minn.

For Sale— 3 greenhouses 22x100. in good condi-
tion; good heating plant. Lath bouse. To be
removed or the ground can be rented for a few
years at $10 per month. Price $300. Some stock.
Good chance for young man. I am getting too old
to do the work. M. T. Shaw.

129 W Magnolia St.. Stockton. Cal.

For Sale — Well established retail florist
business on a busy thoroughfare in Chicago.
Easy terms to the right party. Reason for selling
wish to retire. Anyone desiring to secure a fine
paying business in a good locality would do well
to investigate this offer for it is a splendid buy
and an unusual offering Address.

Key 430. care American Florist

For Sale— Iron frame greenhouse (30x70) of very
best construction; built last year. Store and
dwelling of 13 rooms: modern. In the heart of
the largest and most prosperous city in S. Dakota.
Two minutes walk from post office. Last month's
business $2749.83. Five railroads. Good shipping
trade. Good seed business In connection. No
better bargain in the West for an enterprising
florist. Sickness in family compels Immediate
sale. For particulars address

G. A. T.. Lock Bock 144. Sioux Falls. S, Dak.

GROWER WANTED.

I wish to get in touch with a good
grower of roses, carnationsand pot plants
who has two or three thousand dollars to
invest and wishes to get into business
(wholesale) for himself. I can offer the
opportunity of a lifetime. Address,

Key 427, care American Florist.

Large place in New Jersey, near New York City
30.0iJ0 feet of glass, large dwelling, and furniture
barn, horses and automobile. Well established
business, local and wholesale also large landscape
business. Place Is near railroad and trolley. Is in
first class condition all up-to-date improvements.
Price very reasonable; owner must sell at once
going west. Particulars.

CHAS. MILLANG,
55 W. 26th St., New York City.

Nursery at Sacrifice

Here Is an unusual opportunity to acquire a
completi-. up-to-date Nursery, with modern equip-
ment in thriving city of the Northwest. Business
well established. Good terms. Will take part
payment in stock. Best reasons for selling. A
snap if taken at once. Address,

Key 439, care American Florist.

EXPERIENCED GARDENER

Seeks re-engagement this fall, "any-
where east of the Mississippi," as head
of commercial or private estate; expert
greenhouse manager, market gardener,
orchardist, farmer; what can you offer
me? Married. State wages. Address,
Key 440, care American Florist.

FOR SALE.

One of the oldest and best located
Nurseries in the U. S. Has been
doing a large and profitable wholesale
end retail business for many years in
avery state in the Union, Canada and
Mexico. Greenhouse in connection.
For full particulars address,

Key 429, care American Florist
NOTICK

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

CHICAGO, .lul.v 18, 1914.

Stockholders of the American Florist Company

Ynu :irelM'ii'bv iiolilii-ii tli;it tlieuunual meeting
of the sUH-kliii'UU-rs of llie American Florist
CoiiipMiiv will bo hold ill the Parker House.
Hoston, Mass., WiHlnesda,v. August 19, 1914, at 3
oi-lool< p. ni.. for tho purpose of electing directors
iind oHiccrs for the ensuing terra and for the
tr.'Uisaclion of such other business as may come
ln'1'ore the meeting.

.1. C. VAl-GHAN. Pres.
M. HAKKKR. Sec'.v.

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TRADE DIRECTORY

Florists^ Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AIV1ERICAN FLORIST CO.

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The American Florist.

July 2S,

Announcement

We are now cutting heavily from a big crop of

SUMMER ROSES

Grown specially for hot weather use and as such they are possessed of Better Keeping Qualities, color
and foliage then the average stock seen on this market. Our cut includes fine BeaUtiCS, Pink Killamcy,

Bulgarie, Mrs. Russell, Sunburst and last but not least a goodly supply of Double White Killamey,

which is noted for its superiority over all other white roses, in that during the hot weather months, it retains
its true color. If you are really looking for good white roses without that undesirable pinkish color you will make
no mistake by sending us your orders for our DOUble White KiUamCy and other summer roses, besides

BLUE RIBBON VALLEY Always Best

and in fresh supply daily.

Carnations, Gladioli, Asters, Harrisii, Auratums,
Asparagus, Smilax, Galax and Perns.

Honest Dealings OUR MOTTO:— Good Values

We aim to please in every respect and out-of town customers will be benefited by sending us their
orders; by so doing you will find we can SaVC yOU HlOnCy.

We grow the bulk of our own stock, thereby assuring you of getting absolutely fresh stock,
besides. Saving you the commission man's profit.

Buy
Direct
from the
Grower

J. A. BUDLONG

82-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

ROSES, VALLEY
and CARNATIONS
A Specialty

WHOLESALE

Grower of

GUT FLOWERS

L. D.

Phone

Central

3120

Reiiieinber, when ordering we close at 5 p. m. during the summer months.

Milwaukee.

STOCK AFFECTED BY HEAT.

Plenty of all kinds of stock. Sweet
peas are coming in very heavily, both
the out-door and greenhouse stock.
Owing to the hot weather stock has
not had the keeping quality, especially
roses. Carnations will shorten up as
most the growers are planting young
stock and each day there are less car-
nations in the market. Valley is in
abundance and is selling very reason-
able. Plenty of greens to fill all or-
ders.

CLUB OUTING.
The Milwaukee Florists' Club held
their annual picnic at Keipper's Park,
Wedne.sday. July 15, but sorry to say
a very small crowd attended. It seems
too bad that the florists cannot get to-
gether and take a half holiday for a
little recreation, especially in tiie sum-
mer when things are quiet. It would
create a much better feeling if such
would be the case and the gathering
would be much better in general as
there are only a few who attend this
event each year and this certainly do'es
not encourage giving an annual picnic
at all. It can be done if everybody
would close a half a day as is done in
other trades and which would give the

employes a chance to attend and
would make things more lively. Let's
get together. The following prizes were
awarded at the picnic :

Young men's racex-E. Haasch, 1st;
P. Much, 2nd.

Ladies' race — Miss Stanley, 1st; Miss
Tamms, 2nd.

Small boys' race — Victor Hunkel, 1st ;
Wm. Kroseberg. 2d.

Small girls' race — Annie Robinson,
1st; Gertrude Helwig. 2nd.

Men's sack race — E. Haasch, 1st; H.
Kummer. 2nd.

Potato race — Miss Halliday, 1st;
Miss Schneider, 2nd.

Special race for young men — Joe Eur-
inper won.

Tug of war — Captain Welke's team
won.

XOTES.

Gust Rusch & Co. have leased the
ad.ioinin." store south of them and ex-
pert to get same in shape for their
fall trade, as they have been somewhat
crowded for room in their location and
by joining the two stores they will have
plenty of room and enable them to
handle the additional stock which will
be consigned to them from the new
plant at Cudahv, Wis.

F. F. Delventhal. of Rusch & Co.. has
returned frfim a week's automoliile trip

through northern Wisconsin. Henry
Schimmel has also returned to the job
after a week through Wisconsin and
Illinois.

H. W. Koerner is consigning some
fine gladioli, the first of the season, to
Rusch & Co., which find ready sale.

C. C. Pollworth returned from a two
weeks' vacation and is back on the
job. His firm reports business fair.

Holton & Hunkel t'o. are cutting some
fine Ward and Russell roses, which
find ready sale.

Miss Gertrude Sommers and Miss
Gumz. from J. M. Fox & Sons, are on
their vacation.

R. Lietz has moved his family to
Cedar Lake, where he has erected a
cottage.

Walter Halliday left for Lake Five
foi- a two weeks' vacation.

G. R. ■

Kalamazoo, Mich. — Negotiations
were opened July 17 for the construc-
tion of a new city greenhouse to cost

.$12.(X)0.

Kew.inee, III. — Extensive improve-
ments are being made at the Home
Nursery in LaFayette, owned by Irvin
Ingles.

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900 MILES

From New Castle, Ind., to Fargo, N. Dakota

Yet SMEDLEY, the Florist there, writes us as follows:

"Your regular shipments arrive in very satisfactory
condition in spite of extremely hot weather."

These roses shipped from here when it's 104 in the shade, pass
through Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota and part of N. Dakota.

We also ship daily through Ohio, Kentucky, and part of Georgia
to Atlanta.

You, Mr. Florist, know that these roses must be grown right, cut
right and handled right to ship so far and be satisfactory.

Dealers tell us that our roses make them more clear money than any they
have ever handled, because of reaching them in better condition. No re-
handling from the time they are cut till they reach the store man.

Let us ship you $5 or $10 worth per week, or any amount you can handle.
Or if you have a rush order wire it to us.

BEAUTIES, which are the best of all summer roses are cutting freely now of
the lengths most salable, 10-inch, 15-inch to 30-inch, and sell at 5 cents to 15
and 20 cents.

SUNBURST is a splendid summer rose and sell at 3 to 6 cents.

We are also cutting good Taft, Killarney, Ward, Kaiserin, Shawyer and

Hadley, priced at 3 cents to 6 cents.

ASSORTED ROSES,
$2 to $4 per 100.

We have growing, 85,000 roses in perfect condition.

Give us a trial, and see the difference in prices and service.

South Park Floral Co;,

(MYER HELLER)

NEW CASTLE, IND.

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poehlmTn

72-74 E. Randolph St,

NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

During the Summer Month

Our Roses Are Cut Tight

Especially for long distance shipments. They are the kind that you want.

We Offer the MRS. CHAS. RUSSEL^, Killarney Brilliant, SHAWYER, Sunburst,
Ward, Milady, Killarney, White KiUarney and Cecile Brunner Roses.

Gladioli, Shasta Daisies, Cattleya Gigas and C. Gaskelliai

Easter Lilies ^^oLupX' I Lily of the Valley ourISaSe i

W^ We Close During July, August and September at 5 p. m.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

Qreen Cycas Leave.

8 to 12 inches, very flexible, just what you want for
Bases and Wreaths, $1.50 per 100.

ALSO IN BROWN.

100 assorted sizes, 16 to 44 inciies, $7.0

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The American Florist.

15

M BROS. CO

g Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

^ere are Three New ^IVfums You Ought to Grow,

Alice Salomon.

, urc white. Larger than Chadwick, easy to grow.
y to cut October 10 to October 25. IVi'm..
per 100.

Golden Salomon.

.\ sport of .Mice Salomon. The same in every re-
spect except in color, which is as its name implies, a
golden yellow, VA-m.. $10.00 per iOO.

Chieftain.

A pink described by the E. G. Hill Co., as a Pink
Bonnatfon ready to cut about 10 days earlier than
Enguehard, 2Vi\n.. J6.00 per 100.

j^We believe that the above 'mums are valuable additions to the list of commercial varieties and recommend them as such.

Have in Quantily the Following Varieties. ORDER TODAY.

2H-in., $3.O0 per 100; $25.00 per 1000

White. Yellow Pink

th's Advance

Chrysolora

McNiece

ober Frost

Crocus

Enguehard

,s. Razer

Bonnaffon

R. E. Loeben

iiaia Poehlmann

Ramapo

Maud Dean

ite EatoD

Yellow Eaton

dwick

Pompons

21

-Inch, $3.50 per 100;
$30.00 per 1000.

White

Waco

Alva

Helen Newberry

Kemmit

Red

Lagravere

Yellow

Krut

Skibo

Madge

Big Baby

Baby

Quinola

Pink

Nellie Ely
."Mvina

Bronze

Madam Laporte
Mrs. Beu

SINGLES

Mrs. John Fisher

Light pink.

Dark Pink

Single.

Parkinson

Single yellow.

i«:b>^w isiivoivE&J^

21/2-lnch, $6.00 per 100.

J, — ^ J-. J-- This is the splendid white that attracted so much atten-
^^5nS^M ''°° *' ""^ ^^" Flow'sr Shows and is considered the
'^^ ^i^m* j^gg^ sink'lf white in the market for cut flowers or plants.

Pauline

This variety sported with us. It is a dark single
bronze, very attractive and is a splendid grower.
Order now of these and you will not be disappointed

SUPREME QUALITY ROSE STOCK

IBEST PLANTS THAT MONEY CAN BUY. Growers are always on the lookout for quality rose stock. They realize that the best at the start is the cheapest in
id. When buying plants it is always best to secure your stock from people that have a reputation for producing the best there is to be had. Vou cannot get
etter stoi. k than that which we are offering, for we always aim to give the purchaser the best that our long years of experience enable us to do.

ilLADY

jsing out price. Bargain.
Grafted Plants.

Hinch $ 80.0D per 1000

Hinch lOO.CO per 1000

Own Root.

Vi inch $50.00 per 1000

Hinch 80.00 per 1000

tragood values— Order today.

GRAFTED ROSES.

2i2-in. Plants.

KlUamey Qiieen, Mrs. Aaron Ward,
Mrs. Taft (Bul^arie or Antoine
Revoir), at $12.00 per 100; $100.00
per lOOO.

Killarney Brilliant, grafted. 2H'in.. at
$30.00 per 100: $250.00 pur 1000: 3H-in.
$35.00 per ICO; $300.00 per 1000.

aVs-in. Grafted.

Bulgarie, 500 Killarney Queen,
Aaron Ward, $15.00 per 100; $135.00
per lOiX).

OWN ROOT ROSES.

2!/2-ln. Plants.
Killarney, Mrs. Taft, (Bulgarie or

Antoine Revoir) Wards, at $6.00 per

10(1: $55 00 per 1000.
Sunburst. .$7.50 per 100; $70 per 1000.

3V2-in. Plants.

Mrs. Ward, at $8,50 per 100: $75.00
per 1000.

Bulgarie.

3'/!-in. , O. R $7.50 per 100.

Sunburst.

3H-in., O. R .$9.00 per 100.

FIELD GROWN

Carnation Plants

Ward, Perfection, Scarlet

Glow, Beacon, $55 per 1000.

Winsor lawson. May Day,

$50 per 1000.

FINE HEALTHY STOCK.

These prices are in effect now; 396 for
cash in 10 days.

Kentia Belmoreana

Single Plants

1 pots,
1 pots,
,1 pots,
1 pots,
1 tubs,
h tubs.

1 pots,
1 pots,
1 pots,
1 pots.

5 to 6 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

18 in.

24 in.

2H to 30 in.
32 to 34 in.
36 in.

44 to 48 in.

Kentia Forsterlana

Single Plants

5 to 6 leaves, 18 to 20 in.

6 to 7 leaves, 28 to 30 in.
5 to 6 leaves 34 to 36 in.
5 to 6 leaves. 38 to 42 in.

high
high
high
high
high
high

high
high
high
high

Each

$0.35

1.00

1.50

2.00

3.00

5.00

0 35

1.00

1.50

2.00

F* iv Xv im: s .:

Kentia Forsterlana— Continued

Single Plants Each

7 inch tubs, 6 to 7 leaves, 46 to 48 in. high $ 3.50

S inch tubs. 6 to 7 leaves, 50 to 54 in. high 5.00

10 inch tubs. 6 to 7 leaves, 5 ft. high 8.00

10 inch tubs, 6 to 7 leaves, 5H to 6 ft. high 10.00

Specimens of Belmoreana and Forsterlana

$15.00 to $25.00 each.

8 inch tubs.
10 inch tubs.
12 inch tubs,
12 inch tubs.

Kentia Belmoreana

Made-up Plants
4 plants in a tub, 34 to 36 in.

5 plants in a tub,

4 plants in a tub.

5 plants in a tub.

45 to 50 in.

5 ft. high

5 ft. high

high 4.00

high 8 00

1200

15.00

Kentia Forsterlana

Made-upPIants

7 inch pots. 5 plants in a pot. 34 to 38 in. high

7 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 in. biyh

7 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 40 in. high

8 inch tubs, 6 plants in a tub, 42 to 46 in, high
8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54 in. high
Sinchtubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56 in. high
9-inch tubs, 5 plants in a tub, 4H to 5 ft. high

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5H ft. high
12-inch tubs, 7 plants in a tub. 6 to 6!i ft. high
Grand Specimens. $18.00 to $25.00 each.

Phoenix Roebelenll

6 inch pots. 20 in. high, 26 in. spread

7 inch pots. 2 It. high. 28 in. spread

7 inch pots. 2 ft. higfi, 32 to 36 in. spread

Each

$2.50

3.00

3 00

5.00

5.00

6 00

8 00

10.00

15.00

1.30
2.00
2.50

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.

anus VeltChll, highly colored,

ich at 50c each. 6-iuch at 75c each.

ichat $1.25 to $1.50 each.

nch at 2 00 to 2.50 each.

xagusSprengeri Baskets, extra strong.

00, $2.(J0 and $2.60 each.

an Hanging Baskets, very fine.

50, $2,011 and $2. .50 each.

)ns, in variety. 3-in., 25c; 4-in., 60c.

Ish Ivy, strong, 20c to 36c each.

nlas. Tuberous, single and double.

00 per dozen.

Peppers. Chinese and cluster.

$2 511 per 100; $20.00 per 1000
Primula Obconica. GrandifloraandGigantea

strain. 3inch, $6.00 per 100. 4-inch, 8c.
Cyclamen, choice strain, 3-in., $7.00per loO.

Glory of Wandsbek. 3 in., S.OOperlOO.

4-inch, choice stock, $20.00 per IOO.

4-inch, Glory of Wandsbek, $25.00per 100.
Smllax, strong, new stock.

214-inch, $2.60 per 100; $22.00 per 1000.

3-inch, $6.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

WhitmaniandElegantlssima Ferns

July Delivery. ^

5-in. pots, 26 cents. 7-in. pots, 75 cents.
6-in. pots, 60 cents. 8-in. pots, $1.00.
Dracaena Indivisa, strong.

4-inch at 15c and 20c each.
Begonia, Glory d'Chatelaine,

3-in,, $8.00 per 100.
Asparagus Sprengeri.

2'4-in.,$3 Of) per 100. 3-in., $5.00per IOO.
Asparagus Plumosus.
• 3-in, at $7,00; 4-in, at $12.00 per 100.

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The American Florist.

July 25,

THE BEST SUMMER ROSES

American Beauties, Hillingdon, Sunburst, Shawyer,
Bulgarie, Rhea Reid and Cecile Brunner.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of flowers of the advantages
of buying direct of the grower. We make a specialty of growing roses for summer.

CURRENT PRICE LIST. fn^S.^i.^i^r"""**

Hillingdon, Sunburst,'
Bulgarie and Shawyer Her 100

ExtraloDg $6.00

Medium 5.00

Short , 3,00

White and Pink Killamey,
Richmond £c Rhea Reid. p r loo

Extra Select $6.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Short •. 3.00

ROSES, in lots of 600 or more at the rate of $20.00 per 1000.

We Close on Week Days During July and August at 5 P. M.
All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

American Beauties

Per Dozen

Specials, extra long stems

$2.50

Extra long seconds

1.00

2.C0

24-inch stems

1.50

l.OO

Shorter

50

Cecile Brunner, per bunch, 25c

Per doz. ' Per 100

EASTER LILIES, $1.00; $6.00

Auratum Lilies 8.00

Rubruin " s.oo

Lily of the Valley $ 3.00 to $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengerl 3.00

New Eastern Ferns, per 1000. ..$1.50

Adiantum i.oo

Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

- LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, 111.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago.

A.\IEIUC.\N BE.\UTY RO.SES SELLING BETTEIt.
Trade was as good as could be ex-
pected the past week and stock at
times sold fairly well. The supply of
American Beauty roses is not as large
as it has been and this stock is now
in good demand at advanced prices.
There is still a good supply of Mrs.
Chas. Russell roses arriving, but the
variety is in good demand and is nearly
always pretty well disposed of before
the day's business is over. Several of
the stores are now receiving a good
supply of the new rose. Hadley, which
is attracting considerable attention
amongst the local buyers. Some fine
Sunburst and Bulgarie are now to be
had and some very fine Double White
Killarney roses were seen at one of the
wholesale houses this week. My Mary-
land roses are being offered in limited
quantities and are sold at an early
hour. The little corsage rose. Cecile
Brunner is having a good call and is
making new friends each day. Glad-
ioli are arriving in larger Quantities
and some of the varieties noted are
Mrs. Francis King. Myrtle, Chicago
White. Pink Beauty. Augusta and
Brenchleyensis. .-\slei-s are more plen-
tiful and some chniro stock is now ob-
tainable. Orchids are in good crop
now and some magnificent lilooms of
Cattleya gigas and C. Gaskelliana are
arriving. Lilies are in good supply and
the same can be said of lily of the
valley. Carnations are seen in limited
supply, but there is very little good
stock to be had. The out-of-town trade
should bear in mind that the wholesale
houses are now all closing at ."i P. M.
and have their orders arrive in the
afternoon as early as possible. One
dealer reports that the out-of-town
buyers seem to pay no attention to the
fact that 5 P. M. is the closing hour
for a few continue lo send in their or-
ders late which either means that the
order must be filled after the regular

N. j Wietor and John Sinner,
('iiinpiui; Mild Kisliing in the Wisconsin Wilds.

closing time, or that the customer
must be disajipoinled.

THE CONVENTION SPECIAL.

President Wirth of the .Society of
-American Florists will leave Chicago
Sunday evening, August 10. on special
train over the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railroad. LaSalle street sta-
tion, at .S :00 o'clock, with the Chicago
Florists' Club and others desirous of
.ioining ihe convention party on the
President's Special.

- This train is due at Niagara Falls
Monday noon at 12:0-1 o'clock and sev-
eral hours will be spent there, the

One Week More

Silk Netting

I Guaranteed Best on the Market i

6-inch, 3'2C a yard
12-inch, 6' -c a yard

4-in. Plain Chiffon, 2c a yd.
6-in. PJain Chiffon, 3c a yd.

lO-in. Plain Chiffon, 4'2c a yd.

4''c off for cash.

You will save money by writing us
before buying elsewhere.

PERCY JONES

56 EAST RANDOLPH ST.,
CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist irhen tvritinfi

part.v leaving again at 3:50 p. m. the
same day. and due in Boston Tuesday,
August 18, at 7:05 a. m. The fare
from Chicago to Boston and return is
.$30, good for 30 days. Berths. Chicago
to Boston (one w.ay). lower. 5.^0;
upper. $4.40. The foregoing rates ap-

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PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

rviVK^OE> cxjo:^

KILLARNEY— RUSSELL— MARYLAND ROSES

Order your supply from us. Our stock is fine and
costs no more than the ordinary run of stock.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Exti a long stems $2 50 to $3 00

3u-inch stems 2 CO

24-inch stems 1 76

20-itich stems 1 50

16-inch stems 1 25

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 35 to 50

Richmond

KlUarney

White KlUarney...

My Maryland

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward.

Select....
Medium .
Short

Per 100

6 00
6 00

■ 4 00

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Carnations, Good $1 (W to $2 60

Harrlsll per doz., $1 50 to $2 00

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00-—

Adlantum I 00

Asparagus per bunch, 60c

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

We Close During July, August and September at 5 p. m.

BEAUTIES-GLADIOLI

ROSES - VALLEY -- LILIES

We can fill your order for anything that is seasonable with the right kind of stock — stock that
will please both you and your customers — and that is the kind of stock that you want. Order today.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N. Wabash Ave.,

(NOT IMC.)

I Central 2571

TELEPHONKS: \ " 2572

' Auto. 48-734

CHICAGO

uly only to Boston and return. Many
extended tours and side trips may be
arranged returning, on application to
local transportation agents at equally
low rates, including New York. Phila-
delphia, Boston, Thousand Islands.
Hudson River, etc.

All members of the Society of
American Florists and their friends
from points north, west and south of
Chicago, who wish to Join the Presi-
dent's party at Chicago should secure
tickets reading over the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Railroad and New
York Central, Chicago to Boston and
return.

Re.servations will be made on appli-
cation to G. K. Thompson, 100 South
Clark street, Chicago, 111., telephone
Randolph 5300, who will cheerfully
supply all other information regarding
this trip.

NOTES.

P. W. Peterson, superintendent of
the Thompson Carnation Co.'s range,
and Frank Fisher, superintendent of
the Chicago Carnation Co.'s range at
Joliet, were in the city on July 16. Mr.
Peterson says that his firm has sold
more chrysanthemum cuttings this
year so far than it ever did in any one
season before, and there is still some
surplus stock to dispose of. He will
attend the S. A. F. convention at Bos-
ton in August.

One floral piece that attracted atten-
tion at the recent Busse funeral was a
beautiful Masonic emblem. At the
time of the funeral no one in the trade
knew who arranged it. but it has just
been called to our attention that it
came from the California Floral Shop.

Art Keenan donated his services to
the Chicago Florists' Club on Sunday,
.Tuly 19. when the annual picnic was

held. The committee wishes to thank
him for his kindness and is pleased
to learn that he is soon to be a mem-
ber of their organization.

Frank Johnson, who manages af-
fairs at the A. L. Randall Co.'s store,
and wife, will spend their vacation in
the east this year taking in the S. A.
F. convention at Boston at the same
time.

The final meeting of the creditors of
the Geo. M. Garland Co., is scheduled
to be held in Referee S. C. Kastman's
office, 'M7 Monadnock block. No. 53
Jackson boulevard, at 10 o'clock, July
27.

Miss K. N. Cooper of the Auburndalo
Goldfish Co. is back from a much
needed rest at Excelsior Springs, Mo.

Henry Shimmels, with Gust Rusch
& Co., Milwaukee, Wis., is spending his
vacation here with relatives.

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The American Florist.

July 2j,

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IWIETOR BROS. I

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

' L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

FANCY BEAITIES AND ROSES

American Beauties

doz.

48-in. stems $3.00

30 to 36-in. stems 2.50

24-in. stems 2.00

CURRENT PRICE LIST:

Subject to change without notice.

KiUarney p„ ^oo

Fancy $6.00

Medium 6.00

Richmond p^^ ^qo

Selects $6.00

Fancy 6.00

Medium 4.00

Per doz.

26-in. stems...'. $1.50

15-in. stems 1.25

Short stems 75

Per 100

Good $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good.: $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Sunburst p„ioo

Fancy $ 6.00 Short

Good, 18-in 5.00

White KiUarney

Per 100

Fancy $6 00 Good

Medium 5.00 Short stems.,

Roses, our selection

LIUES

FERNS, per 1000

SMIIvAX, per doz

ADIANTUM

GALAX, per 1000

vSPRENGERI, per bunch

ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch

Per 100

$4.00

...$10

Per 100

$4.00

3.00

$3.00

00-$12.00
2.00
2.00

1.00
1.00
.50
.60

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N. J. Wietor, John Sinner and Frank
Kneip are back from a delightful fish-
ing trip at Hazelhurst and Tomahawk
Lake, Wis. The trio had a fine time
and shipped home several nice messes
of fish to their family and friends. It
is rumored that a certain member of
the Piker's Club by the name of Grif-
fin, had better not put in an appear-
ance at headquarters for some time,
or his friends will find it necessary to
send a funeral piece to his home. This
is a friendly tip. Griff, so make your-
self kind of scarce for at least a month.

C. L. Washburn and wife and a few
friends started for the Chicago Flor-
ists' Club picnic at Morton Grove last
Sunday by automobile, and were
caught in the rain just as they were
passing through Elmhurst. Mr. Wash-
burn says his party was so drenched
that they thought it best to return
home for a change of clothing. The
genial wholesaler was greatly missed
at the picnic. Mrs. Horton of the store
force has returned from a well-earned
rest in Evanston, and is again attend-
ing to her duties at the store.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion met at the Tavern, West Wash-
ington street, on Thursday, July 10,
with President N. P. Miller in the
chair. The application of Michael
Frefes was read. J. F. Amman, of
Edwardsville, wrote that he was very
sorry that he could not attend the club
excursion to Michigan City, given re-
cently. A.s it was an extremely hot
evening and there was nothing further
before the club, only a short session
was held.

A. L. Glaser ana wife and two sons
of Diibuque, la., have been here for
about a, week on a vacation. Mrs.
Glaser has not been feeling well of lato
and Mr. Glaser thought that a change
of scenery and ,a ride in an automobile
ihrough the city parks and the sur-
rounding rnvintry would be very bene-

ficial to her health. The visit here was
a very enioyable one, and we are
pleased to report that she is feeling
better after her visit here.

At Poehlmann Bros. Co.'s store one
can now see a fine supply of choice
orchids arriving daily. The blooms of
Cattleya gigas and C. Gaskelliana are
magnificent and deserve ' immediate
sale. Russell roses continue to attract
attention at this store and John Poehl-
mann says that the new rose Hadley is
also arriving in their daily shipments
now.

Eugene Oestreicher, secretary of the
Milwaukee f'lorists' Club, attended the
Chicago Florists' Club picnic at Mor-
ton Grove, on Sunday, July 10. He has
a host of friends here as well as else-
where, and is always welcome. Henry
Schimmels also of Milwaukee and Wm.
J. Jaap, of Duluth. Minn., also attend-
ing the outing given by the local club.

The only disappointment at the Chi-
cago Florists' Club picnic last Sunday
was the failure of the members of the
Milwaukee Florists' Club to put in an
appearance. Everyone knnw's what
fine fellows the Cream City fiorists are
and would have given almost anything
to have had them here to help cele-
brate.

The J. B. Deamud Co. is receiving a
good supply of gladioli among which
are seen a large number of the variety
Myrtle, which was named in honor of
Mrs. Wilder S. Deamud. Other vari-
eties seen at this store are Brenchen-
leyensis. Chicago White, Mrs. Francis
King and Augusta.

Albert Fuchs was robbed one day
last week when a young lady took $220
and checks aggregating .$1,218 from his
office while she was talking about rent-
ing an anartment in the building at
823 Sheridan road, of which he is the
proprietor.

Adolph Poehlmann's many friends
had to look at him twice at the Flor-

ists' Club picnic last Sunday before
they recognized him. He always was a
handsome looking fellow with his mus-
tache on, but you just ought to see
how, fine he looks with it shaved off.

John Michelsen, of the E. C. Amling
Co., is enjoying a few days vacation.
A. C. Kohlbrand and family will leave
on August J for Torch Lake. Mich,
for a few weeks' rest. Clarence Hoff-
mann is now or the list of absentees
at this store.

The Garland Greenhouse Manufactur-
ing Co. is shipping material for a new
house to E. F. Hollowel, Red Lodge,
Minn. This firm has delivered all the
material for the nevi^ range of B. Yon-
kers at Grand Rapids, Mich.

Miss McNulty, who keeps the Peter
Reinberg books, is spending her vaca-
tion at Munising. Mich. Herbert Han-
sen, of the Reinberg shipping depart-
ment, is visiting friends in the south-
ern part of the state.

E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co..
says that trade has not been as good
as it might be since May 21, but looks
for a betterment of conditions soon.
At present his firm is featuring large
quantities of gladioli.

Bids for the proposed greenhouse at
Chicago Normal College were rejected
by the buildings and grounds commit-
tee of the board of education on ac-
count of insufficient funds.

Art Pasternik, of the Bassett &
Washburn store force, will leave next
week to spend his vacation at Sauga-
tuck, Mich.

Philip L. McKee, of the John C. Mon-
inger Co., has returned from a business
trip to Lincoln, 111. and Cincinnati, O.

Chas. Bond of Naperville is building
a new bungalow which will be known
as the "Orchid."

George Wagner injured his wrist this
week while cranking his auto.

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19

Ef A
H N

Summer Beaufies

LONG-MEDIUM-SHORT

We still maintain that we are headquarters for the best Summer
Beauties that are arriving in this market, and that we are prepared at
all times to fill your wants. We have added several Beauty buyers to
our list during the past week, but lyilh our unlimited supply we are
still able to take care of a few more; so jump on the band wagon, be
a satisfied customer and make money along with the rest of our
patrons. Do it now.

GLADIOLI -ASTERS-ROSES

We are also handling large quantities of these, and can supply the best
that this market affords. For anything seasonable in Cut Flowers
and Greens, be sure that your order always goes to Zech & Mann.

We close at 5 p. m. during July, Angast and September.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

i

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

L. D. Phone
RaniiolDh 5449

176 T^.Micl\i(58J> Ava.

CKice>>.^o

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, i- ». Phone, Randolph esis CHICAGO, ILL.

At the regular weekly luncheon of
the Association of Commerce, held at
the La Salle hotel, July 22, President
Rudd, of the Horticultural Society,
spoke of the city's asset in her splen-
did public park system and J. C.
Vaughan talked of the improving aspect
of the use of plants and flowers in our
commercial buildings, urging a closer
union of architecture and floriculture
in city adornment.

Quite a number of the florists and
their friends who made the trip to the
Chicago Florists' Club picnic at Morton
Grove by auto last Sunday, July 19,
were entertained by Chas. W. McKellar
and wife at their new country home in
Niles township. J. P. Langdan, the well
known candy dealer, a neighbor of the
McKellars, also did much to make
things pleasant for the visitors.

John Zech is doing extra work at
Zech & Mann's store this week while
his son Allie is away on his vacation.
He and his partner. Matt Mann and
Fred Ottenbacher, attended the Florists'
Club picnic at Morton Grove last Sun-
day, July 19, making the trip by auto.
Mr. Zeoh was very much interested in
the ball game and thought that the
contest was a r>retty good one.

F. K. Schleider, of Chas. W. Mc-
Kellar store force, created much enthu-
siasm around Portage Lake, Mich.,
where he spent his vacation, by his
swimming ability, having swum across
the lake several times. One day he
crossed the water in 37 minutes, which

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Send for $5.01) or $10.00 sample assortment.

RAEDLEIN BASKET CO.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

is very fast swimming, as the distance
is said to be l&i miles at that point.

Florian D. Wallace, the greenhouse
windstorm insurance expert, has paid
two losses to growers during the past
few months to the entire satisfaction
of all concerned. Mr. Wallace has a
good proposition for the grower and
all those that are contemplating tak-
ing out insurance of this kind would
do well to see him first.

Percy Jones had a special sale on
ribbon and chiffon last week when a
large number of orders for this stock
was filled. Trade has been good at
this establishment all season. Box-
wood will be handled again in large
(|ii:intities by this firm this fall.

F. A. Varrelman, who has been on
our oflice staff for some time, leaves
for California this week, where he will
take up the work of instructor in en-
tomology at the state university. Mr.
Varrelman has our best wishes for
succe.ss in his new location.

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for lull particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

SELDEN TRUCKS.

Made by a factory building but one size truck, a
ton and one-half. Every bit of knowledge and ex-
perience is put in that "one" track to make it the
very best and strongest IVj ton truck on the Amer-
ican market. To back up the "selden guarantee
and as positive "evidence" of that guarantee we
offer to all purchasers of "Selden Trucks" our
SHECI.'\L PLAN OF PAYMENT.

THE RALPH TEMPLE AUTOMOBILE CO.
1219 Michigan Ave., near 12th St.. Chicago. III.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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The American Florist.

July 25,

The Flowers That
Withered Yesterday

might have been sold today had your refrigerator kept them in
Condition. Turn vour loss into profit without delay, by installing a

McCray

Florists Display Refrigerator

The McCray keeps flowers fresh longer than any other. Its
system of refrigeration maintains an even temperature of the
proper degree for the preservation of cut flowers and entirely
eliminates the great loss that is caused by imperfect refrigeration.
The McCray is built to permit an attractive and inviting dis-
play of your flowers, its various compartments being of different
sizes to accommodate the different lengths of cut flowers.
The interior linings are of either opal glass, bevel plate mirror or white enamel and are very handsome and easy to clean.
The exterior may be in any finish desired to match the interior of your woodwork or other fixtures.

The handsome appearance of the McCray is an improvement to any store and is a great stimulant for increased sales and
pleased customers. Investigate the McCray and ascertain why they are the best for florists.

Send Now For Any of the Following Free Catalogs:

No. 73— For Florists. No. 50— For Hotels, Clubs and Institutions.

No. 69— For Grocers. No. 91— Regular sizes for Residences.

No. 60-For Meat Markets. ' No. AH-Built to order for residences.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO., 670 Lake St, KendallviUe, Ind.

For Branch Salesrooms in Principal Cities See your Local Phone Directory.

Chas. Henegesch of Rogers Park has
placed an order for a new hot water
boiler with the Nic Krier Boiler Works.
The new boiler will heat 35,000 feet of
glass. Business at the Krier shop is
very encouraging at present and from
present outlook promises to be good.

A. T. Pyfer, of the Chicago Carna-
tion Co., is moving his family and
household goods from Joliet to Wil-
mette this week. Wilmette is the
home of the Pyfer & Olsem range, and
also of N. P. Miller, president of the
Cook County Florists' Association.

J. A. Budlong is cutting a good
supply of Double White Killarney
roses which are in good demand at
the store. This firm is receiving a
fresh supply of lily of the valley daily
from its own greenhouses.

Charles H. Fisk and daughter have
returned from an enjoyable visit with
relatives in California. Mr. Fisk is
located at l.^)Sl Ogden avenue, and is
one of the leading retail florists of
this city.

The grand summer • show of the
North Shore Horticultural Society is
In progress at the Durand Art Insti-
tute, Lake Forest, 111., July 22. as we
go to press. The Wilmette exhibition
will be held next month.

The Chicago Florists' Club picnic,
held at Morton Grove, July 10. was
genersflly voted the most successful in
the history of the organization and a
record breaker in point of attendance.

Interest in the coming Boston con-
vention of the Society of American
Florists is increasing daily and there
is every promi.se of a banner delega-
tion from this city.

A. L. Vaughan, of A. L. Vaughan
& Co., left on July 18 for Clarksdale,
MisSi, to attend a family reunion.,'
Wm. Johnson is in charge at the store
during his absence.

A. T. Eichel, the Irving Park Flor-
ist, is building a new two-story brick

residence. It is rumored that he v/ill
be married shortly after his home is
completed.

The first Golden Glow chrysanthe-
mums of the season were seen at the
A. L. Randall Co.'s store on Monday,
July 20.

Eddie Schultz, of the E. C. Amling
Co.j is all smiles this week. .His wife
presented him with a baby girl on
July 15.

Harry Garland is figuring on start-
ing in the florist business in the state
of V/ashington next fall.

Window boxes in the downtown dis-
trict are a very prominent and attrac-
tive feature this season.

Vaughan's Seed Store is making fine
displays of cut blooms of hardy peren-
nials and gladioli.

Visitors : Henry Shimmels. Milwau-
kee, Wis.; Frank Fisher and P. W.
Peterson. Joliet; Edward R. Giddings,
Tulsa, Okla.; Wm. Blackmann, Evans-
ville, Ind.; O. P. Hariey and G. H. Gif-
ford, Hartford, Mich.; A. L. Glaser, Du-
auque, la.; Eugene Oestreicher, Milwau-
kee. Wis.; Wm. J. Jaap, Duluth, Minn.

St. Louis.

DEMAND FAIliLY GOOD.

The warm weather with but slight
change continues and summer dullness
is noticed everywhere, a few prominent
funerals having helped some. There
was quite a demand for stock July 10
and 11. and the wholesalers were pretty
well cleaned out. Roses are arriving
in fair condition. Carnations are
scarce. American Beauty roses are of
fairly good quality and selling well.
There is a good demand for lilies,
sprengeri and plumosu.s.
NOTES.

H. G. Berning will make out weekly
reports and issue weekly checks to the
growers. He decided to do this owing

Preserve Cut Flowers In

BUCIIBINDER

Florists^ Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUGHBINDER BROS.

518 MUwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. ILL.

to the urgent request of some of his
growers.

E. P. Cijzkowski, Cass avenue florist,
has renovated and beautified his store
and reports trade good. He expects to
go on vacation shortly.

Will Seeger, of the MuUanphy Flor-
ists, advocates the placing of window
boxes along the streets, thus beauti-
fying the city.

Bob Newcomb, of Vaughan's Seed
Store, Chicago, is here and will join
the boys at the picnic at Pamona Park.

Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co.
and Windier Wholesale Floral Co.. are
receiving fine carnations and gladioli.

Frank Windier, Al Gumz and Will
Osseck have had their hands full com-
pleting arrangements for the picnic.

The wholesalers are a Very confident
bunch, as they expect to wipe up the
retailers with ease.

The Riessen Floral Co. had large
funeral orders during the week,

Andrew Meyer has returned from a
pleasant fishing trip.

Alterations are being made at the
West End stores.

igj4.

The American Florist.

21

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

W. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lonff Distance Phone. Raodolpb 3619

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROS£Sand CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

_^c_r CPt^WERS — SHIPPERS .

TT'CUT FLOWERC

^ ^1*4 NO. WABASH AVE. *V#

B^ONECENTTUaWl

DEiivmu ,

Henry Kahrs has returned after two
weeks' vacation.

C. A. Kuehn has some good lilies
and roses.

The Kelly Floral Co. reports trade
good.

W. F.

Red Wing, Minn. — Four hundred
state florists and their families plan
to hold their annual outing at Colvill
Park some time during August.

Bloomington, III. — A. M. Augustine,
of Normal, state president of the Hor-
ticultural Society of Central Illinois,
has selected September ,'! and 4 as the
dates for their annual summer meet-
ing.

tOLOKADO Spbings, Colo. — The Deich-
man & Douglass Floral Company has
been purchased by C. E. Mealy, former-
ly of the Pike's Peak Floral Company,
who will continue the business at the
same location.

J. a. BUDLONG

82>84-86 East Randolph Street, cmCAOO.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALK

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS cDnu/cp nc
A Specialty onUntn Ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRAIvLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

cur FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

VlioMe Ro¥erMM*KeU

Chicago, July 22. Ferdoz.

Roses. Beaaty, specials 3 00

36-in 2 50

30m 2 00

24 in 1 50

20-in 1 25

15in . I 00

12-in 75

Per 100

•• Killarney Brilliant 3 OOfg l5 CO

■• Killarney 3 0U(9 8 00

■' White K-illarney 3 00@ 8 00

" Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

" Prince de BulBarie 3 00@10 00

'• RheaReid 3 00@ S 00

" My Maryland 3 00@ 8 00

•• Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00020 00

Mrs. Geo. Sbawyer 3 00<S10 00

" Milady 3 00@10 00

" Sunburst 3 00@10 00

•• Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 00@10 (10

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...perdoz... 3.00@4.00

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gladioli 4 00@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00®12 50

Peonies 2 00@ 8 00

Sweet Peas 50® 1 00

Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ t 00

New Ferns.... " 1 50@2 00

Galax " 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy. . ..per 1000. 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each. 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00@2 50

Spreneeri. Plumosus Sprays 3 00® 4 00

Andebson, Ind. — A fire in the pot-
house at the Stuart & Haugh green-
house did $200 damage July 9.

Nevada, Mo. — The fair directors de-
cided to build a substantial and im-
posing floral hall. The new building
will be constructed of either brick or
hollow tile with a metal roof.

BOTJLDEB, Colo. — A great success was
scored by the annual flower carnival
held today under the Associated Chari-
ties auspices in the Cook building.
Generous Boulder citizens donated the
best flowers of their gardens.

A. L. Randall Co.,

i^mi^^ 66 E.Randolph St., ^^«^=a
^iS^ CHICAGO, ILL. e^!!^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Rein berg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White KUlamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try as.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS

Growerg of ■

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

HOERBER BROS.

Wholesale Cut Flowcrs

Growers of *'""* rmwcia
Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave.,CmCAG0

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Cor New Catalog

HUCKLEBERRY F0LIA6E

$2.50 per case.

Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns. 1.25 per 1000
Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

4

E. A. BEA VEN. Evertt^'een. Ala.

Huckleberry Foliage

$2.50 per case.
Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns, $1.25 per 1000.
Natural and Perpetuated Moss

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Sverythlng in Southern Evergreens
EVXRORIEN. ALABAMA.

22

The American Florist.

July 23^

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers^
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

1316 Pine St.,
Botb L. D. Phones,

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

(VHOLESALE FLORISTS

ST. LOUIS, MO.

supplies aid Evetytiilie li seasoa always 01 liajid

Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310 9ine street ST. LOUIS. MO.

Philadelphia.

BUSINESS NORMAL.

After a very dry June there has
been an excess of rain the past two
weeks accompanied by higli winds
which combined forces have beaten
down the asters and other outside
stock, doing considerable damage.
Business is normal for the season,
those who are not on vacations being
kept in a measure busy with the rou-
tine and taking care of orders as they
come. The stock of flowers is good
for the season. There are still some
fair American Beauty roses wliich
may hold out until the new crop comes
in next month. All the summer roses
appear better than usual and there
are plenty of Easter lilies as good as
seen at any time of year. Valley is
in abundance. Asters are coming in
though damaged by the heavy rains.
Gladioli are on hand in good variety,
and a few carnations are to be seen.

NOTES.

The coming convention of the S. A.
F. is now an active subject of discus-
sion. There will be a large delegation
from this city of at least fifty and
perhaps more. Those who will have
charge of the exhibits from this city
will number 25 or more. The plant
men will be largely represented, Henry
A. Dreer, Robert Craig Co., Joseph
Heacock, Charles D. Ball and the Lem-
uel Ball Estate, have all taken quite
large spaces. H. F. Michell Co. will
also have an exhibit. The supply men
will also be out in force. H. Bayers-
dorfer ^ Co.. M. Rice Co.. and J. G.
Neidinger, will make exhibits that will
be an important feature of the show.
The proposal to cut out all except dis-
plays of nature plants and flowers in
these annual exhibits, which was pro- '
posed some time ago, would be to rob
it of one of the chief features of in-
terest to many people, who find here
the very latest and best in florists'
supplies, many of them fresh from
European centers, all placed In com-
petition, with the incentive that their
stock must contain as many good
features as their competitor.

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245

448 Mil-
waukee Stc

P. O. Box 206.

, Mllwaiikee,Wls.

Prompt Shipments at
' the Right Price

NEW FANCY FERNS-
Sphagnum MosS'^Good and Clean.

C. A. KUEHN,

Wholesale Florist.

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VloMeHowcrMM'lteU

Philadelphia, July 22. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@IS 00

Brides and Maids 2 00@ 8 00

■• Killaroey i 2 00@10 00

White Killarney 2 00@10 00

" Liberty 4 00@10 00

Mock 10 00

Bulgaria 3 00® 6 00

" Sunburst 3 00® h 00

Kaiserine 2 tUM 6 00

Carnations 1 00@ 3 00

Cattleyas 25 00050 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00@ 8 00

Lily of the Valley. 3 00@ 4 00

SnapdraeoDs 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 50@ I 00

Gladiolus 2 00@ 8 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, July 22. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 25 00

fancy 20 00

extra 15 00

No. 1 „ 8 00

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 2 000 6 00

Richmond 2 00@ (. 00

Sunburst 2 00@ 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00@ 6 00

Carnations 1 50

Cattleyas 35 00

Lilium Giganteum 6 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum 1 00@ 1 25

Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35@40

Sprays per bunch. 35@40

Sweet Peas 50

Gladiolus 4 00«* 6 00

Asters ' 5C@ 3 00

Thomas Roland, the noted grower of
Nahant, Mass., and John K. M. L.
Farquhar of Boston, who visited Rob-
ert Craig's great plant factory in Nor-
wood, as all plant pilgrims do when
they strike this city, were much de-
lighted with what they saw. Mr. Row-
land, a cyclamen expert, said he never
saw a finer stock of these plants and

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing

order. Guarantee satisfaction.

Mention the American Florist when writino'

H. G. BEKJVING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, M0»

mFlD*ER RnXFS Mai"' o' Green-UnecJi
riuncn DUACO Molsture-Proof Board.

Sizes Per 100

4-in.x 24-in.x8-in. . .$4.60
5-in.x28-in.xS-in.. ~ ~

5-in.x36-in.x8-in..

S.7S
7.50

Sizes Per 100

3 -in xl8-in.x5-in.$2.50

3 -in.x 21-in.x5in. 2.75

3H in x2i-in,x5-in. 3.60

3!''2-in.x2t-in.x7 in. 3.90

(2S boxes of a size billed at 100 rate.)
Printing free on orders of 500 boxes.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wholesale Florist. 1324 Pine St. ST. LOUIS. MO.

Milwaukee, July 22. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per doz.. I 50® 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

Ward. Tail. Sunburst 3 00@I0 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0n@20 00

Carnations 1 OOw 3 00

Lilies , 6 Or@10 00

Sweet Peas 25® 75

Snapdragon, per bunch. 50c, 75c. $1.00

I9H-

The American Florist.

23

P^leld Or-o^w^n C^clviolclWqx^ I^la^rxtsft

AlmaWai-d Per 100. $7 50 Perl000.$6500

Mrs. c. w. ward •;. ';. 750. ;; ;; wco

Enchantress 700 , „ M.on

W hite Enchantress 8.(0 7500

White Perfection Per 100, $8 00 Per 1000. $75.00

Beacon " " 800 " " 7O0O

Comlort " ■' 7.00 " " 60.00

Some of these plants arc in condition for immediate sliipment. and all varieties wo can furnish previous to .■\uKust 1st. We examine all plants
in the field, before we otter them, and we know them to be in good condition. We advise placing your order now (or future delivery.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. 1 2th and Race Stg.

Philadelphia, Pa.

LILIES

All year round grown by

Hoffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties, RusseUs,

Mock, Kalserlne, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 P. M.

1619-21 RansteadSl. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

the condition of the place pleased him
immensely. Mr. Farquhar admired a
particularly beautiful seedling croton,
and Robert Craig immediately named
it in his honor. Both of the visitors
declared they had never before seen
such splendid crotons.

John C. Gracey of 21st and Colum-
bia avenue, an up-to-date retailer,
hopes soon to see all stock sold by the
wholesaler in original packages. He
believes the handling that cut flowers
receive when arriving in bulk is very
injurious. If packed in boxes and sold
by the lot particularly when they were
a bit plentiful, many storekeepers
would, if prices were right, take a
chance and by carrying a large stock
increase their business. They could,
when it is possible, keep quantities of
stock to be sold at quick moving prices
and in this way keep the trade from
the street venders.

Walter P. Stokes is to sell his busi-
ness and property at 219 Market
street and confine himself to the rais-
ing of seeds, mostly vegetable, on a
large farm recently purchased in the
vicinity of his Floracroft gardens at
Moorestown, N. J., a commodious up-
to-date seed house for the storing and
packing of the stock being now in
process of erection. The retail busi-
ness will continue at 219 Market street,
under the name of Stokes Seed Farms
Company.

Godfrey Aschmann Is no believer in
hard times; he claims that good stock
is sure to bring business and points to
his success in moving araucarias the
past month as an evidence that busi-
ness is all right. The stock here is cer-
tainly fine.

Robert Craig was in Boston this
week looking up his space in the out-
side garden of the S. A. F. exhibition,
where he will have a speciman croton
bed that is certain to be one of the
features. ^•

aeveland.

TRADE GOOD CONSIDERINQ SEASON.

The counters in the local wholesale
houses are well stocked with a large
variety of excellent stock, such as
Easter lilies, which are very plentiful.
snapdragons, phlox in pink, white, red
and blue, gladioli, sweet peas, water
lilies, auratum lilies, a goodly supply
of carnations and some coreopsis, cen-
taurea. etc. Business has been good,
considering the time of the year.
Asters are on the market and some
good stock is shown. Roses are plenti-
ful, but -mostly in the shorter grades.
A few of the longer Maryland and

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Klllarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, LUy of the VaUey, Carnations, Orchids

2 26 Devonshire Street, : BOSTON, MASS.

VlioMeHo¥crMM'l(el^s

Boston. July 22. Per 100

Koses, Beauty 1 00@20 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

• White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 6 00
•• Double White Killarney... 1 00(8 6 00

•• Killarney Brilliant 1 00® 8 00

■■ Hadley 1 0((i?10 CO

• Cardinal lC0(«n2lO

■■ Mock 1 0U@ 8 CO

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 100(812 00

" Sunburst 100(8 8 00

■• Taft 1 00® 8 00

■ Miiady 1 0 iig) 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 1 00® 6 00

•■ My Maryland 50® 5 00

Carnations 50® 1 00

Cattleyas 10 00@3(i 00

Lilium Longiflorum and Rubrum. 3 00(8 5 00

Lilyof the Valley 3 00

Sweet Peas doz. bunches 25® 50

" Spencer type 50® 75

Buffalo. J uly 22. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00® 25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

extra 1000®12 00

No. 1 8 00®10 00

No. 2 2 00® 4 00

" Killarney 2 00® 6 00

■■ White Killarney 2 00® 6 00

•• My Maryland 2 00® 7 00

•■ Killarney Queen 2 00® 6 00

■• Hillingdon 2 On® A 00

•■ Richmond 2 00® 6 00

•' Milady 2 00® 6 00

Bonsilene 2 00

■■ Safrano 2 00® 3 00

Carnations 1 00® 2 00

Lilyof the Valley 4 00

Lilies 6 00®10 00

Cattleyas 25 Ofl®35 00

Gladiolus 2 00® 5 00

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35® SO

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Daisies SO® 1 00

Sweet Peas 20® 40

Sroilax 15 00

Asters 1 00® 2 00

Cincinnati. July 22.
. Roses. Beauty perdoz..$l 00@$3 00

•• Bride. Bridesmaid 2 00® d 00

•• Killarney 2 00® 6 00

'• My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

■■ Richmond 2 00® ft 00

•' Taft 2 00® ("> 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00®10 00

Asparagus Plumosus.. per bch., 25c ^

Carnations 1 50® 2 00

Snand aeon .' 2 00

Gladiolus 2 00® 6 00

Auratum Lilies 12 S0@15 00

Asters 2 00® 4 00

Sunburst roses arrive and are good
stock. Mock roses meet with a good
demand for the longer sizes and the
short stock is good for funeral work.
Greens of all kinds are plentiful with
only a fair demand.

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE MctlAlLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
PitUburgh, ra.

Summer Flowers

Asters, Gladiolus, Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc. Immcdiaii' service.

BERGER BROS.

Central Mar1<et,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

c. E. critcheIl

34-36 Third Ave. East. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Wholesale Commission Florist
Consignments Solicited

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and Supplies

St. Louis, July 22. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 10 00®15 00

short stems 3 00® 8 OO

■• Killarney .. 2 00® 5 OO

■• My Maryland 2 00® 5 OO

" White Killarney 2 00® 5 00

•• Aaron Ward 2 00® 5 00

■• Sunburst 3 00® 6 00

Carnations 1 00® 1 50

Valley 4 00

Gladiolus 3 CO® 4 OO

Asparagus Sprengeri 2 0(J® 3 OO

Asparagus Plumosus. per bu..35@60

Harrisii 8 00610 00

Ferns per Iflflfl. 1 2i

NOTES.
The Cleveland Florists' Club picnic
was held on Wednesday, July 22, at
Puritas Springs Park, with the usual
ball games and races. Cash prizes
were given. C. F. B.

Sacramento, CAtir.— Dr. A< J. Cook,
State Horticultural Commissioner, has
received word from the department of
agriculture that Dr. Appell, recognized
as one of the world's best experts on
potato culture, who is now in Europe,
would be able to attend the potato con-
vention proposed by Cook for August
11 at Stockton if it was postponed a
month. The dates therefore have been
set for September 8 and 9 for tho con-
I yentjon.

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The American Florist.

fuiy 25,

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Lilium Giganteums and Multmonuns,

BOHMANN S LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bnlbs,

English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms, Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

Boston.

TKADE VERY DULL.

The past week was a very quiet
one in the wholesale district, but most
of the dealers are optimists, and do
not seem to be worrying. During the
latter part of the weeic business was
particularly slow. The weather, which
had been warming up throughout the
week, reached a climax on Juiy 17
with a temperature near 90 degrees,
and humidity 21 per cent above nor-
mal. In addition to causing much
suffering and discomfort, this had a
bad effect on business. In .some in-
stances, roses, including all grades,
were cleaned out at $2 to 3!5 per 1,000
in the boxes. Orchids have also been
selling very cheap. While the carna-
tions have held out well, their finish
is at hand.

NOTES.

In the Co-operative market we find
the representatives of such well-known
growers as William Sim, Thomas
Roland. W. H. Elliott, the Budlong
Rose Co.. of Auburn. R. I.; Robert
Montgomery and many others. The
Flower Exchange also shows a long
list of good growers. Among those
we can call to mind are F. J. Dolan-
sky. of Lynn, and A. A. Pembroke, of
Beverly, both of whom are ably rep-
resented by A. G. Pembroke, a brother
of the last named; Lester Mann., of
the Mann Co.. represents a number
of well-known growers. Of the grow-
ers who sell their own products, Wm.
R. Nicholson, Framingham; Andrew
Christensen. Stoneham. and Albert
Rooer. Tewksbury, may be mentioned.

Writing of the wholesale district,
it can now be said that Boston has
one to which its residents can point
with pride. We believe that the Welch
Brothers were the pioneers in the ter-
ritory adjacent to Winthrop Square,
followed by N. P. McCarthy. In late
years and months everybody has been
moving to that locality so that now
there is a fine colony of markets and
wholesale stores where everything in
the way of cut flowers and supplies,
from a large order for orchids to a
bunch of wire, can be filled, and all
within the radius of one city square.
Nor is the plant trade neglected, the
able and active N. F. McCarthy look-
ing after that feature.

Both in the Boston Flower Ex-
change and the Boston Co-operative
Flower Market, as well as the other
wholesale establishments, the best
products of the best growers of New
England may constantly be found.
The latest to .ioin the colony is W^. H.
Elliott, who has closed his store on
Park street and is now doing business
in the Co-operative market. He says
It was getting lonesome up on Park
street. Henry M. Robinson & Co.,
who occupy the entire basement of
the Flower Exchange, continue to do
a large .business in both cut flowers
and florists' supplies, their manufac-
ture and sales of supplies being very
noteworthy.

At the store of Thos. P. Galvin, Inc.,
Tremont street, we have noticed great
activity during the past week, since
this is supposed to be a dull season.
Steamer orders and funeral work have
made considerable business. On and
before Augrust 4, they will decorate for
a notable wedding at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. Rice. Ipswich. The occa-
sion will be the marriage of their

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THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5!.S5

daughter. Miss Hilda Rice, to Freder-
ick Ayer, Jr., of Pride's Crossing. The
estate of the Rice family is now one
of the show places of tTie North Shore,
and under the skillful hands of the
Galvin decorators its beauty will be
greatly enhanced.

Count that day lost when Penn, of
Bromfield street, does not furnish
something to interest the passing
throng, particularly the children. His
latest is the transformation of the
space in one of his large show win-
dows into a farmhouse and farmyard
scene, including a water mill with run-
ning water. All this of itself would be
interesting, but the leading feature is
several dozen ducklings whose swim-
ming, eating and other antics furnish
endless amusement to the crowds. It
is all very clever.

The firm of McAlpine & McDonald
occupy the entire basement of the Co-
operative market. In addition to the
product of the lai'ge rose range of Mc-
Alpine Brothers. Exeter. N. H., in
which Mr. McAlpine has a large in-
vestment, they have other good grow-
ers. Near at hand is M. B. Snyder
& Co.. a comparatively new firm of
young men, but active in the busi-
ness. The New England Florists' Sup-
ply Co. is another firm of active young
men who have recently located in this
neighborhood. •

John J. Cassidy, formerly treasurer
of W. E. Doyle Co., has taken over the
store at f> Beacon street under his own
name. He started in as a boy with
W. E. Doyle at 4.3 Tremont street.
some twenty years ago. Mr. Cassidy
is also exalted ru'.er of the Boston
Lodge, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, active in club and so-
ciety life, and a good business man.

In writing of Bromfield street, we
must also mention the Boston Cut
Flower Co., over which our old friend
W. Rosenthal presides. He has a good
store, does a good business and it is
no reflection on other members of the
trade to say that he is a good man.

Rev. W. T. Hutchins, well known as
a fancier of sweet peas, visited this
city July 10 and 17 and called on a
number of old florist friends. He is
now located in Prancestown. N. H.,
where he divides his time between
prearbing and his flowers.

Philip L. CarVione. of Boylston
street, is on his annual visit to Europe,
where he will remain until dutumn.
The business In flowers, as well as
artistic statuary, is kept well in hand
by Miss Carbone and by a force of
clever employes.

JOHN YOUNG

Wliolesalc Cominission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Soaare.

I wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my DersoDal attention. Choicest stocic in America.

Though the season is well advanced,
the good quality of carnations that
came in during the past week caused
comment. The Benoras, Gloriosas and
Rosettes seen on the stand of W. R.
Nicholson were very fine, for this time
of year.

Though these- are the days of '"sum-
mer dwellers," Sidney Hoffman, of
Massachusetts avenue and Cambridge,
shows much evidence of prosperity,
and his stores are show places of their
respective localities.

A recent visit to the extensive yards
of the A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.,
Neponset. showed that they are well
"prepared to take care of orders from
florists or any other people who appre-
ciate good lumber.

At the range of Wm. Hannan & Son.
417 Codman street. Dorchester, we
found a great stock of chrysanthe-
mums coming on. Easter lilies are
also extensively grown at this range.

The Wax Brothers, 143 Tremont
street, as is quite natural this hot
weather, continue to stick to business
and their store is always neat and
attractive.

John Young. Secretarj' of the S. A.
F.. spent the greater part of the past
week in this city. From now until
the convention he will be a constant
visitor.

Thomas Stock, the grower of 231
Minot street. Dorchester, Is expected
home on July 28 from a sojourn of
several weeks at his old home in Eng-
land.

The Mann Co. Is handling a fine
stock of the gladiolus Pink Beauty,
also lilies and a variety of other stock.

A. G. Pembroke has a constant sup-
ply of fine cattleyas from P. J. Dolan-
sky.

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The American Florist.

25

Established 1878

106 West 28th Street

New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wholesale Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers.

Summer season nnw open hut still On The Job. Stiip me ^our Gladiolus,
Asters and other Summer Stock. Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guar-
anteed. Usual supply ol roses, lily of tlic valley and other ereen house stock.
Open at 6 a. m. every moroing. Phones 167 and 44S8 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card. etc.. iu black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red
Frice per 500. $2.85: per 1000 $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOfilST CO.. 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicdj^o

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN. President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 2 8th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Tears Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

f-harles Schenck

Traendly 5f Schenck

Wlnlcnlc Florists ud Col Flower Eidumge
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The store long occupied by W. E.
Doyle, 306 Boylston street, is now va-
cant, it being understood that he has
retired from business. A. F. F.

Buffalo.

SUMMER DULLNESS COXTIXUES.
Summer quiet still prevails with stock
limited as to varieties. Roses of sum-
mer quality are plentiful. Beauties are
in abundance but small call and lilies
are good and in fair demand. Gladioli
are coming in but no large shipments
are seen. Carnations are small and in-
ferior while sweet peas are plentiful
and good in quality. Funeral work has
been brisk the past week and has kept
the trade busy: otherwi.se it would be
hard to put in the time.
NOTES.

W. H. Grever. manager Palmer's
Genesee store, expects to spend his va-
cation with his family on a motor
trip through western New York, and
through the Sunkissed Hills of Colden.

Chas. Sandiford is getting his new-
place in fine shape and will be ready
for fall trade with a good stock of
plants.

There are no reports as yet of any
extensive alterations at any of the
greenhouses around Buffalo.

Harry Ast. manager for Jos. Sang-
ster. has gone to New York for two
weeks.

Oliver Klinkenmeyer of W. F. Kast-
Ing Co., is enjoying a much needed rest.

May Redmond is at Crystal Beach, a
guest at the Corconian Cottage.

E. C. Armbrust is spending his vii-
cation at New Britain, Conn.

Vacations are very much in vogue.
BI.SOX.

Massachusetts Hori. Society.

•Sweet peas were featured at the ex-
hibition of the Massachusetts Horti-
cultural Society, held in Horticultural
Hall, Boston. July 11-12. Exhibits of
flowers, fruits and vegetables from
many private estates were shown.

Public interest in flower exhibits this
year continues unabated, as was evi-
denced by the large gathering of vis-
itors. Especially on Sunday was the
Increased number of visitors notice-

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 (Vest 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

Telepbone: 3864 Madison Square

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICFTED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

""'^fassl Mad. sq. 133 W. 28tli St., New York

All tbe NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMeHoverMM'KeU

New VORK. July 22. Per lOO

Roses. Beauty, special 10 f)0(815 00

extra and fancy... 5 00@ 8 00

No. 1 and No. 2... I 00@ 2 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer. special 4 00

extra... 2 00@ 3 00

•• N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

White Killarney. special... 5 00@ 6 00

Killaroey, My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 4 00

extra 2 00@ 3 00

No. land No. 2.. 25@ 50
Queen, special. . 4 00

" Aaron Ward .50© 5 00

■' Richmond 50@ 4 00

•■ Sunburst S0@ 5 00

" Taft 50@ 4 00

■ Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@ 8 00

Milady, special 4 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00@35 00

inferior grades. 8 00@IO 00
Lilies. Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 3 0O@ 4 00

Lily of the Valley 2 00® 3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumosus doz. bchs. 2 00@ 3 00

Smilax Doz. strings, 2 00

Sweet Peas. doz. bunches. 35c@$ 50
Spencer type. 35c@ 40

Carnations 50@ 1 00

Iris per doz. 2Sc

Gladiolus, per doz.. America. 40c@
50c: other varieties. .^5@40c

ble, surpassing the general average of
previous years. This is due not only
to higher standard of exhibition, but
an increasing number of people having
gardens and estates, visit the shows,
note-book in hand, with the idea of
varying or increasing their collections.
The exhibit consisted mainly of hardy
outdoor and perennial flowers, interest
centering chiefly in the sweet peas, of
which the Spencer variety was the
feature.

The next exhibit will occur August
S and 9. and promises to be unusually
brilliant, because of the gladiolus and
phlox, which will be the main display.

JOLIET, III. — Arrangements were
completed July 9 by the West Park
Board for the immediate re-casting of
plans for the new greenhouse which Is
to be erected in West Park. Several
improvements and additions are noted
in the new plans.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,

Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28tli St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KbbbLbK

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywher«

Prompt and satisfactory. Coosi^Dments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coopan Bldg.. 6th av. and W. 26tb St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wail sp.ace to rent for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERQRBBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

1 19 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Square
Hie Urges! SUncr ud Recdrei <l Fi«k Cil FUocn

1^".^ complete assortment of tbe best in tbe
tnaricet can always be relied upon.

Columbus, O. — Prospects are favor-
able for the holding of a big winter
fair at the state fair grounds. At a
meeting held at the office of the state
agricultural commission and presided
over by A. P. Sandles. president of the
commission, a committee was appoint-
ed to work out details for the pro-
posed fair.

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The American Florist.

July 25,

Dreer's Perfect Pansies

We fully realize the importance of sending out only the best qualities of Pansies. Our stocks
are received from careful growers, and are not surpassed either for quality or germination.

60

50

Pansies in Mixture

Trade pkl.

Dreer'S Royal Exhibition. This is our finest mix-
ture. It comprises a wonderful variety of color-
ings, flowers of largest size, of perfect form and
texture. isoz.,$1.26 $0 6I>

Dreer'S Premium. This mixture comprises a large
number of coloiings and is intended to supply
the want (jf a first-class mixture at a moderate
price

Cassier'S Giant. A grand mixture of the finest
blotched varieties, splendid in every way

Masterpiece (Frilled Pansy). A remarkable type,
each petal being conspicuously curled or waved.
The range of color is very extensive; the rich,
dark velvety shades predominating 60

Mme. Ferret. A beau iful strain; flowers of largest
size and borne very freely in great diversity of
colors; especially rich in red and wine shades.
The stock we offer comes direct from the
introducer 40

Giant Trimardeau. Of strong, robust growth with .

very large flowers in a good range of colors 25

Giant Parisian. Of very large size, and containing

a great many fancy colors and color combinations. 40

English Finest Mixed. A very fine mixture 20

Good Mixed. All colors 15

Per oz.
$8 00

4 00

3 00

6 UO

2 50

1 00

2 00
75

60

Pansies in Separate Colors

Trade

$0

Cardinal. The brightest red

Emperor William. Ultramarine blue

Faust or King of the Blacks. Black

purple

Kaiser FrederiClc. Velvety brown, edged red

and yellow. Very rich

Lord Beaconsfield.' Purple shading to white...

Mahogany Color

Feacoclt. Blue, claret and white

Psyche. Purple violet, edged white

Snow Queen. Pure white

White, with dark eye

Yellow, with dark eye.

Yellow Gem, pure yellow

pkt.
26
26

Per oz.

$1 00

1 00

25 1 00

25
25
25
25
40
25
25
25
25

1 00
1 00

1 00

1 0(.»

2 60
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00

Trade pkt.
Giant Adonis. Lavender blue |0 30

Emperor William. Bright blue.

Fire King. Purple and gold, fine

Freya. Kich wine color, edged white

Goiden Queen. Rich pure yellow

Lord Beaconsfield. Purple, shading to
white

Prince Henry. Royal blue

Rainbow. Peacock blue, white and red..

Snow Queen: Pure white

Striped

White, with dark eye

Yellow, with dark eye

Trimardeau. Finest Mixed. All colors .

30
30
30
30

30
30
30
30
30
30
30
25

Per oz.

$1 50
1 60
1 60
1 50
1 50

1 50

For list of Daisies, Forget-me-nots, Cinerarias, Primulas, Etc;, see our Wholesale List.

HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Toledo.

FUNERAL WORK HELPS TRADE.

Not much change was experienced
in market conditions during the past
week except that cooler weather en-
abled florists to make a better pre-
sentation of stock. There has been a
great deal of funeral work of late, one
florist reporting that he had work for
thirteen funerals in one day. Growers
in this locality are busy repairing their
houses and getting things ship-shape
for the fall season.

NOTES.

H. Klunder, manager of the Art
Floral Company, is a great believer in
the pulling power of unique and at-
tractive window displays. When he
came to Toledo and heard that the
famous Lotus lily, which grows along
the Nile and in only one place other
than Toledo in this country, he immedi-
ately pounced upon the idea of using
this flower as a basis for a summer
■window. As a background he used cat-
tails and the trim included a lagoon
showing the Lotus as they grow in
their native state. It was a good Idea
and well carried out.

The writer stopped in to have a chat
with Paul Timm the other day and
found him up to his heels in work as
usual, for Paul is a hard working fel-
low who loves his occupation. He is
located on Monroe street in the place
formerly occupied by Sigrist. When
that florist discontinued Paul bought
him out. He found the houses in a
very dilapidated state and the business
was very much run down through con-
stant neglect. Not one whit discour-
aged, however, he immediately set to
work remedying conditions and in this
he is now succeeding very ably.

About a year ago* Schramm Bros,
formed' a service club among their em-
ployes with an idea to improve the
care, courtesy and attention received
by their patrons. They offered prizes
to the clerk receiving the highest per-
centage at the end of each month and
promised a picnic to all as a reward
for their faithful work. The annual
picnic was held last Sunday at Sylva-
nia. A ball game was the feature of
the day and other games were enjoyed,
■and it was a tired and appreciative
bunch of employees that returned to
town that night. K.

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

SEASONABLE STOCK

Cyclamen, Pepoers, Cherries. Primroses, Chi-
nese. Obconica. Forbesi" and Malocoides Mums,.
vellow. wbite and pink Smllax. T R. Beflonias.
Rex and Howerinc. Fancy Leaved Caiadiums.
Cincinnati and Glory de Lorraine Begonias.
Ferns, all kinds and si/t-s.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower, Pekin, DL

SM I L AX

strong plants, iVz inch, $1.26 per 100;
$10.00 per laiO.
Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2^ inch,.

$2.00 per IW; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

1914-

The American Florist.

27

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

btabUshed In 1857.

'mM.

noRMsr

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Pbone, Graceland 1112.

Send us your retail orderi.

WZ HAVSTHI BIST rACnmiS IN THS CITT

\ri/v^£ y^o^ <7ftPf fts

TO
^ HARRY PAPWORTH

Tlie Metoine Rid^e Nurseri^ G t-^

STORE

^135 CarondcIetSr^

F.T.D.

Oh U St. Lou.

GRIMM -GORLY

St. Louis. Mo. P. T. D.

Randolph & McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delivery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.
Washington, D. G.

GEO. H. COOKE

Connecticut Avenue and L Street
New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON. D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor 15th & H. Sts.
AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

St. Paul, Minn.

L L MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADIN6 FLORJSTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Chicago.

Des Moines.

ALPflA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabisb Ave., Cbicario.
623 Walnnt St.. Des Moines. la.

L.rEest aod most centrallr located store in the
city. All orders sriveo prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital griven special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

STEAMSHIP

FOR-

Next 'We^e^R^

FROM NEW yORK EXCEPT AS NOTED.

July 26.
Asiatic Prince. Prince LiDe.
FROM MONTREAL, Corsican. Allan.
Caletlonia, Anchor, noon.
Portuguese Pi'ince, Prince Line.
Dominion. American Line.
Finland, Red Star.

FROM MONTREAL, Teutonic, White Star-
Dominion.
FROM MONTREAL, Andania, Cunard.
Altonia, Cunard (Mediterranean).
FROM MONTREAL, Saturnia, Donaldson.
Krlstianiafjord, Nornegian-American.
Eurslr, Russian-American.

July 26.
FROM MONTREAL, Scotian, Allan (Havre).

July 28,
FROM MONTREAL, Royal George, Canadian

Northern,
Ryndam. Holland-American.
Kronprinzessin Cecille, North German Lloyd.

July 29,
Carmanla, Cunard.
La Savoie, French Line.

FROM BALTIMORE, Friedrich der Grosse, No.
German Llord.

July 80.
■FROM QriBBEC, Alsatian, Allan.
Baltic. White Star, noon.
President Grant. Hamburg-American.
Campanello, Uranium,

Gro.iser Kurfuerst. North German Lloyd.
Hellig Olav, Scandinavian-American.

July 81,
St. Louia, American Line.
Menominee, Red Star.

ALEXANDER McCONNElL

611 FIFTH AVE., COR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

npEIvEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-•- any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Casb must accompany all orders
from imlaiown correspondents.

Cable address; Alexconnell,
Western Union Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choice
Beauties, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2066 -2066 Madison Sanare.
42 West Z8th Street.

To oat-of-town florists WFE^TAr xrrvo'wr

We are in the Heart of MJ!<W lUKA

And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V.\

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD . Aadhoriun] Aoin, CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

.\nderson service means iresh. sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Nia^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Bolaod

FLORIST '

eo KEARNEY STREET

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.
Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.-

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DESI6NS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

Establiahed 1874-.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondenta in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orderi for any place in the Twin Citiei
and for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; the largest stock; the ereatest
variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
oleht and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery '

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliyerles

(faroutrhout the state and to all steamship docks
Id Hoboken, N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
— or —

"HOME GROWN FLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
Yoric cities and
to^^s.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery A85ociation|

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTEN'nON TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West S9Ui Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel

Members of the Florists' Tdegnph Deliray.

oston, Mass.

Ga.

C.

Micb.
B. C.

"Penn, The Tele^aph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n,

37-43 BROMnSLD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co.. Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Anderson, S. A.. 440 Main, Butfalo. N. Y.

Archias Floral Co.. Sedalla. Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone. Washington, D.

B^and. J. B.. San Francisco.

Braep. Ross, Rochester. Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Brellmeyer's Son. John, Detroit,

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver,

Buckbee, H. W., Rockford, 111,

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland. O.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L, Washington,

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York.

Duerr, Cbas. A., Newark. O.

Dunlop*s. 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N ,Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B.-, Toledo, O,

Friedman, Chicago,

Oalvln. Tbos. F.. Boston.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior. Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Grimm-Gorly. St. Louis.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Heinl & Son. J. G., Terre Haute. Ind.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Joy Floral Co.. Nashville. Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg F. & P. Co., Geo; M., Kansas City.

Klft, Robert, 1725 Chestnut, Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Lange. A., 25 B, Madison St., Chicago.

Leborlus, J. J. Dulutb, Minn.

London Flower Shop. The. Philadelphia.

Matthewson. J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L., St. Paul. Minn.

McConnell, Alex, New York.

McKenna, Montreal, Can,

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans, La.

Murray, Samuel, Kansas City, Mo,

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M.. Little Rock, Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co.. The, Denver, Colo.

Penn. the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St., Boston.

Pbllllps Bros.. Newark. N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta &. Baldoccbl, San Francisco,

PoUworth Co., C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements, Plttsburgfi, Pa.

Rock, Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison St., Chgo.

Schling, Mai, 22 W. 68th St., New York.

- ■ - ~ J. H., New York.

J. H.. Washington, D. O.

W., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Grand Rapids, Mich,
New York,

Small & Sons,
Small & Sons,
Smith Co., A.
Smith, Henry,
Stumpp, G. E

La.

virgin, Uriah J.. New Orleans,

Weber, F. H.. St. Lonls. Mo.

Whitted Floral Co.. Minneapolis, Minn.

Wills & Segar, London. Eng.

WIttbold, G,. Co.. 737 Buckingham PI., Chicago.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson, Los Angeles,

Yonng & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and 6ratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sectiona of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

r. H. WEBER

loilt nd Darylaml kit. ■"" "aS'"™'

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

WASHINGTON

D. C.

cuDe BRos-ca

FLORISTS
iiu r artnit

MASMintfTONAa

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Atteitioi

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

PHILADELPHIA and VICmrrY.

Cifjp SjottDoti 3Floh)pr Sboji, ffitb,

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

J. A. VALENTINE, llOral V0«
President.

Members Florists' Teleijraph Delivery
Mention the American Florist when writing

igi^.

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DESIGNS FOR CUT FLOWERS

WUl be deUvered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist ichen writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo, M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Gruid Ave. will fill all orders for Cut

linSIS City ind Flowen, Funeral Desiena.

DU....I U:il ll« Wedding and Birthday Gifts,

riCISaninill, mo. tliat may be entrusted to them.

Mention the Avierica7i Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SnilthCo.

KEENAN BLOC.

Lnrgesl Floral Establiabment in America,
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the Atnerican Florist when writiiig

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELAND

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Deliyery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPollworthCo.

WiU take proper \Viar><-knain

care oJ yonr orders In »• ao*-****™**!

Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen lar^e Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. W isconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula oi Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and hlled with strictly tresh stock.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peacbtree.

Boston — Thos. F. Galvin, Inc., 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Perm, the Florist, 43 Bromfield St.

Buffalo, N. Y. — S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.

Buiralo, N. Y. — W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago— A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago — Geo. WIttbold Co., 737 Bncliingham PI.

Cincinnati, C— Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, 0.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo.— Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit. Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Dulutb, Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Grand Rapids Floral Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Go.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London, Bug. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J.— Phillips Bros.

Newark, O. — Chas. A. Doerr.

New Orleans, La. — Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.

New Orleans, La. — Drlah J. Virgin.

New York — Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave.

New York— Alei McConncIl, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Myer, Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New York— Max Schllng, 22 W. 59th St.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. E. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda. Famam St.

Philadelphia- Robert Klft, 1725 Chestnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan BIdg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, 111. — H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Grimm-Gorly.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco— Podesta & Balrtocchl.

Sedalla, Mo. — Archias Floral Co.

Superior, Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind. — J. G. Hcinl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O.— Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dunlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke. Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gnde Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York. Estiwished i848

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.

Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbos

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

334 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. 1 can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh (luality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, o.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will till your orders for designs and cut tiowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Pbone Your Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWSRS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House in the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave^

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

nowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order,

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best Icnown and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

OS Yonae Straet.

We deliver anywhere in Canada an(| guarantee
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Boston, Mass.

Send flower orders lor delivery in

Boston and all
New England Points

TO THOMAS F. GALVIN mc

l24TRI!.MONT ST

Dunlop's

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Send yourorders^o' Chicago

and Sub-
urbs to

-^ ^am -.*, All order» carefully filled

^fc>»YllTH1*^**** under the supervision of

wire. Write or Phone West 822
Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rocbester Phone 5O6 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

LltUe Rock, Ark.

PAUL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

' AU orders carefolly 6lled and delivered to all parti
of tbecity, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, u.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Helnl)

336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Botli Ptiones, 627.

Special attention to Mail and Teleeraph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

HIS Famum St tklephones

wij 1 arnum ai. 1501 and l isbz

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, S;rri;Si"

Mem bar of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Deliveo

Kansas City, Mo.

William L. Rock
Flower Co.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Cincinnati.

DEMAND SLACKENS.

Tile inarket took soinewiiat of a turn
for the worse last week. The supply
was heavier while the call for stock
dropped off somewhat. The net result
was a very poor week. Asters are now
coming in regularly. They are good
an<3 are a welcome addition to the
supply. More fine gladioli, too, are
coming into the wholesale houses and
roses are in a still larger supply than
at the last writing, but are meeting
with a very slow market. American
Beauties as well as the other roses '
are suffering from the general slow
demand. Carnations though very small
and poor meet with a good call. A
few orchids and sweet peas are offered.

NOTES.

C. B. Critchell has been getting in
some excellent early asters.

J. C. Rutenschroer is cutting some
very fine American gladioli.

Visitors : John Evans, Richmond,
Ind.; Mrs. Gerlach. of Piqua. Oliio; Ju.
lius Dillhof, of Schloss Bros., New
York.

wasnlngfton.

TRADE AT STANDSTILL.

With the market at its lowest ebb
and with practically no good stock to
be had, the retail florists are enjoying
an enforced vacation.

NOTES.

George C. Shaffer and family are en-
joying the cool breezes at Colonial
Beach.

Z. D. Blackistone and family are at
Blackistone's Island and W. Hawley is
at Colonial Beach.

The bowlers are turning out in force
now, so there will be plenty to pick
a good team from. Some of the scores
look like old times and some of the
names are the same. Scores as follows :

G. Supper 13.5 172 165

E. Neidomansk 16.5 170 145

W. Ernest 170 201 191

S. Mastin 129 141 135

R. McLennon 168 175 162

G.Shaffer 170 159 189

G. Dalglish 162 145 164

G. C. D.

Prince Albert, Sask.

A terrific hail and electrical storm,
the worst of its kind in thirty years,
caused between $4,000 and $5,000 dam-
age July 7, done largely by hailstones
breaking glass in local greenhouses.
Many of the stones which fell were
fully two inches in diameter.

E. J. Coster, of the Saskatchewan
Greenhouses, whose loss will be over
."-1,000 through broken glass and in-
lury to growing fioral and vegetable
crops, probably suffered the greatest
loss through the storm. The unusually
large hailstones pelted down on his
thousands of square feet of glass with
terrific force and hundreds of panes
were smashed.. The noise of the stones
On the glass roofs was almost deafen-
ing. Thomas Robinson, who has a
greenhouse north of the river, also suf-
fered damage to his place.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

"

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad St

MEWAEI E I

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Remilar trade disc.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

New Orleans-

CUT FLOWERS

Delivered for Lonisiana. Mlssisiippl,

Alabama and Texas.

Wire or mail. Highest Qrade Stock Only.

SSI^^ VIRGIN, ^N»^»

ST.

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Teiegraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notice.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members o( The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telejp'aphlc orders.
H^iphidnn Orders will be carelnllj

MicniBan. ^,,gj ,^^ ^y

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRID HANNAH 8 SONS Will 611 yonr
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

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Winter Flowering Sweet Peas

Canary Bird, Early yellow $0 10

Christmas Countess
Mrs. C. H. Totty

Sky Blue.

IS

10
15
10

Earliest Of All I p;„i, „„ j wi,;i.

Christmas Pink ff^'"''^"'^ ^hite

Christmas Meteor. Bri 1 1 ian t Red

Christmas Prima Donna ( r-..,^k„,i, p;„i,

Mrs. r. J. Delansky (Daybreak Pink

Christmas White )

Mont ttlanc PureWhite 10

Florence Denzer '

Mrs. Alexander Wallace, Lavender 10

Mrs. E. Wild, brislit rose 10

M's. W. W. Smalley I c„, „ ^,„^ lo

Mrs. WUUam Sim (Salmon Pink lo

V.\h
10 35

40

35
40
35

35

30
30

30

30

30
60
30

Lb
$1 20

1 60

1 25
1 50
1 25

1 20

1 00
1 00

1 00

1 00

1 20

2 00
1 00

IS?Ue"'1vhitel Black-seeded white 10

le Marquis, Navy Blue 10

Watchun^ 20

Winter-Flowering Sweet Peas Mixed 10

Winter Flowering Spencers Mixed 2 00

MIGNONETTE

NEW YORK MARKET. This is an extra choice strainof Mignonette for greenhouse
culture. Our seed is greenhouse grown, raised by a most careful grower.
The plants grow from 2 to 3 feet high and produce flower spikes up to 20
inches long, according to the qualitj' of the soil, weather and treatment.
Trade Packet ( lOOO seeds), 50c.; '« oz., $1.00; oz., $7.00.

€hicago

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE

New York

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
deners. Florists sod
Home-makers, taught
bT Prof. Craif and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize the erowinr
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners who un-
derstand up - to - data
methods and practice
are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening is
indispensable to those who would have
the pleasantest homes,

2S0'page Catalog free. Write today.

Tbe Home Correspondence School
D£Ot. A. r., Sprln^eld. Mais.

PROF. BEAL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Asparagus Sprengerii

Per 100 Per 1000

2-in. pots $3 00 $25 (jO

2^-in. pots 4 00 35 (0

3H-in. pots 6 CO 50 00

Nephrolepis Whitmanii

2H-in. pots $1 00 $30 0"

Nephrolepis Harrisii

2H-m.pots $4 00 $30 00

Send f r descriptive book'et of our
New Carnation "Alice." to be
introduced Season 1914-15.

Peter Fisher, Ellis Mass.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - • Indiana

Mention the American Florist when writing

FIELD -GROWN

Carnation Plants

Ready for shipment. The best stock obtainable
now at the prices quoted. Order to-day.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $4.50 $40.00

Rose Pink Enchantress 4.50 40.00

Ward... 4.50 40.00

White Enchantress 4.50 40.00

Peter Reinberg,

30 East Randolph St., Chicago, IlL

Moition the American Florist when writing

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAJtiD, ORE.

Extra strong En^sh Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet hiah per 100, $25.00

Erica Mediterlana, 4 inch pots " 1500

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots "'_ 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on application.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3 inch pots. Clirysantliemnms

Carnations for fall delivery. SmUax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers, Sc'v??Jrt

American Florist Advertisements Work 24 Hours per Day.

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»=

The Seed Trade

A

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, San Francisco, Calif..
President; .J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President: E. C. Dungan.
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.. Secretary and
Treasurer; S. V. Willard, .Ir., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting, San Fran-
cisco, Calir., June 1915.

BE.4NS for late planting are in good
demand.

Most of the French bulbs used in
America are now afloat.

Reports from the southern tuberose
growing district indicate some crop in-
jury from drought.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade July 22 were as
follows : Timothy, .$4.2;j to $5.50 ' per
100 pounds.

We understand Duncan Marshall,
agricultural expert of Alberta, is in-
specting the root crops of European
specialists this season, including those
of L. Daehnfeldt. Ltd., Odense, Den-
mark.

COMO, iTAllv. — The planting of tuber-
ose bulbs in this country for commer-
cial purposes is increasing and the
output will have considerable effect on
the demand for this American article
in this -country.

iNSECTltlDK packages will require new
labels under amendment No. 3 to the
rules and regulations for carrying out
the provisions of the insecticide act of
1910 For further particulars write
the secretary of agriculture, Washing-
ton, D. C, for copy of amendment 3 to
circular 34 referring to insecticides.

Dutch bulb growers hold, from
July 1 to November 1, a weekly mar-
ket or board of trade in Haarlem at
the Concer-tzaal in Begynestraat on
Mondays. There are 300 members,
200 of whom pay 12 guilders each as
rental for a small desk room for above
term. Lists of wants and surplusses
are passed among members and many
sales are made.

THE onion set harvest at Chicago is
in full swing now. Some growers had
half their work done this week. A
heavy rainfall, July 10, aided greatly
'that portion of the crop still in the
ground. Many of the sets already
pulled are of fine quality and small to
medium in size. Harvesting is farther
advanced on the lighter lands south of
the city tlian northwest of the city.

German Seed Crops.

German reports of July 3 indicate
that the pansy seed crop promises to
be a normal one. First picking.s have
already Iieen made. Young aster plants
are still very small and require mucli
warm weather. June was so cold that
cucumbers and beans suffered a good
deal. Mangle, rutabaga, white and
red cabbage and peas promise good
crop from present appearances.

Wisconsin Potatoes.

We are in receipt of a bullt-tin on
"Potato Development Work in. Wiscon-
sin" from the Wisconsin Potato Grow-
ers' Association in which we find a
number of valuable papers including,
"Early Potato Development at Wau-
paca." "Seed Selection and Improve-
ment in Relation to Commercial Stand-
ards," "Oflicial Inspection and Certifi-
cation of Potato Seed Stocks." "The
Market Demand for Improved Stand-
ards," "Vine and Tuber Characteris-
tics of Standard Market Varieties of
Potatoes." "Higher Standards in Rela-
tion to the Wisconsin Potato Industry."
and "Potato Diseases in Relation to the
Wisconsin Seed Trade."

According to this bulletin 34 years
ago the first car of 'potatoes was
shipped out of Wisconsin. During l'.:)]3
the combined shipment of four rail-
roads amounted to approximately 35,-
(100 cars. Today, however, the future
promises a development of far greater
significance that that of the past. The
markets of the country demand atten-
tion to improved standards.

Formosa Lily Bulb Crop.

Regarding the crop of Liliiim Formo-
sum, the total crop of these bulbs this
year in the Japanese Islands, which
was_ originally estimated at 4.500,000
turned out, when packing time came
and the bulbs went into the cases, to
be only about 3,300,000. The chief
cause of this shrinkage lies in the
fact that disease affecting as high as
40 per cent of the crop prevailed in
two of the islands producing, these
bulbs. In addition to that some 20

per cent may be added for rot caused
by heavy rains following a period of
drought. The powerful heat of the sun
before the ground was thoroughly .sat-
urated with moisture caused quite a
number of good bulbs to rot at the
heart. Another cause of shortage was
the fact that quite a stock of the bulbs
was unfit for export through irregular
cultivation. Well selected bulbs this
year will be found to be extraordinarily
deeij in their measurements, so much
so that cases containing the larger
sizes will take in 10 per cent less
bulbs than last year. An attempt has
been made by one or more Japanese
growers to produce the true type of
black stemmed giganteum by shipping
down planting stock from up country,
expecting these would, by their culti-
vation in the southern islands, become
identical with the black stemmed For-
mosum there grown. This turned out
to be a failure as the northern grown
bulbs will not readily acclimatize in
the southern islands and have not
grown well at all this season. Con-
cerning the black stemmed Formosum.
this is a fine (me. Both the flower and
growth resemble mainly the ordinary
variety. It is not thought to be quite
so strong growing a plant as the ordi-
nary Formosum and it is really recom-
mendalile in that it gives a few more
flowers per bulb, and under glass forces
about 10 days earlier than the ordi-
nary Formosum. The above state--
ments are not entirely proven but must
be taken for what they are worth.
Wholesalers are offering so-called black
stem Formosum which are really only
about t>5 to 70 per cent of true stock.
The prices paid to all growers in the
districts are reported to have been
maintained reasonably firm to the end
of the season.

Pieters-Wlieeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited.

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the following Calilornia Specialties only:

ONION. LETTUCE, CARRO^. RADISH. PARSNIP, PARSLTT. CEURY.
ENDIVE. LEEK. SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growrers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

.Company

Write for 1914 Contracting Prices.

ARMY WORM DAMAGE TO LETTUCE SEED FIELDS.

l-'r.>iii Pliolo Tiikon on Oiif of the Fields of llie Hmsliiii .Seed Growers Co., Siui .t.we. Calif.

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33

ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW SEED FIRM

Stokes' Seed Farms Company

QN and after October 15th, business of the firm of Walter P. Stokes will be taken over by the above named
company, a corporation doing business under the laws of the State of New Jersey. While retail business
will still continue to be carried on at 219 Market Street, Philadelphia, a fire-proof building of steel and
concrete construction is now in the course of erection at Moorestown, N. J., where the main office and
warehouse of the new firm will be located.

Stokes' Seed Farms Company will, with a few slight exceptions, take over a!! of the outstanding
seed contracts of Walter P. Stokes. Any slight changes which will be made will be taken care of individually.

It will be the purpose of the new firm to specialize in the production and distribution of vegetable seeds-
All those who are in close touch with the situation know the enormous waste of effort and liability of error in
the overloaded list of varieties which are almost universally catalogued today. In order, therefore, to put our
business on a basis whereby the chance of error is reduced to a minimum, we expect to eliminate from our
list all unnecessary varieties.

With the purpose of knowing the pedigree of all of the vegetable seeds sold by us, we have purchased a
farm at Moorestown, N. J., on which we expect to raise a considerable part of our stock seed, as well as
conducting rather extensive trials. While we do propose making a vigorous effort in the direction of seed
improvement, all selecting and breeding work will be done with the idea of reaching the very highest develop-
ment of standard recognized types rather than the introducing of new names to further burden the list.

WALTER P. STOKES, Philadelphia, Pa.
After October 15, 1914:

STOKES^ SEED FARMS COMPANY,

Headquarters : MOORESTOWN, BURLINGTON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
Retail Store: 219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[IICALYPIIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.0.Bl»S5I, MELBOURKE. AUSTRALIA

Get Quotations From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

Bloomsdale
Farm.

Benry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

S. M. IsbeU & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato. Muskmelon.
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

VALLEY

For Every
Occasion

AND ALL THE YEAR ROUMO

BRUNS' CELEBRATED CHICAGO MARKET,

$18.00 per 1000; .$9.60 per oOO; $6.00 per 260.

FLORISTS' MONEY MAKER,

$16.00 per 1000; $9.00 per 600; $2.00 per 100.

H. N. BRUNS,

3032 Madison Street
CHICAGO

BEANS, PEAS,

flnd an Garden Seeds

RADISH

LEONARD^ glicB

SZO'**" GDniVI

CO.

ONION SETS

GROWERS FDR THE TRADt

Write ftir Pric^»

Pansy Seed

From the Oldest Pansy Specialist

C. SCHWANECKE,

Oschersleben, Germany

Established 185J
Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Trimardeau Per oz.. %\ . 50

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered IniDroved

Gassier Per oz. 3 . 75

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Germanla Per oz . 3. 75

Schwanecke's Giani Flowered Improved

Bugnots Perez. 3.00

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Imoroved

Odier Peroz. 2.50

Seedsmen requiring the very best selections of

Garden Seeds

(Vegetable and Flower), especially

Kelway's Celebrated
En^ish Strains

can get them at lowest independent wholesale
rates by sending their orders direct to

KELWAY & SON

Wholesale Seed Growers.

Lan0port, Somerset, England.

Special quotations on application.

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The American Florist.

July 23,

Is Your Supply of Effective Cut

Flowers Provided?

Lily Flowers are Daily

Breadwinners,

You make no mistake in ordering from
us a weekly or fortnightly supply of the
following from Cold Storage:

Per 1000 Per case

Valley, best grade (500 to case) . . $ 9.00
Valley, best grade (1000 to case) . . 17.00
Giganteum, 7-9in. (lOOtocase) . . 6.50

Giganteum, 7-9 in. (300 to case) ($55.00) 17.00
Giganteum, 8-9 in. (250 to case) ( 70.00) 18.00

Vaughan's Seed Store

CHICAGO
lEVV VORK.

All Seeds and Bulbs sold
by Thorburn are always
ai the very highest qual-
ity and true to name.

ASPARAGUS

Plumosus Nanus

Per 1000

1,000 $2.00

5,000 1.75

10,000 1.65

TUBEROSES

Dwarf Double Pearl

Extra large size
$7.50 per 1000

53 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THE G. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

Mention the American Florist when writing

My new list of

Winter Spencer
Sweet Pea Seed

is being mailed. If not in your
hand now, send a postal for.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, "-gJilT'

Mention the Avierican Florist when writing

MANN'S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
brinff the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

NORTHERN BROWN SEEOS

FOR THE WHOLESALE TRADE.

We Grow and Offer

BEANS

SWEET CORN
PEAS

Our stocks are carefully selected and rogued. Being grown in
the North, they are earlier in maturity.

We make a specialty of Golden Bantam and other
early varieties.

All standard varieties and many new sorts,
our personal supervision and direction.

Grown under

Timothy, Clover, Millets, etc. Samples and
prices submitted on all grades.

fT}k |\f The choicest, selected seed from the heart of the world's
\Jl\/\lll golden grain belt. Straight or mixed, car-lots.

GRASS SEED

If Interested, Write for Prices.

NORTHRUP, KING & CO.

MINNEAPOLIS,

MINN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

"1 6,000 Chrysanthemums

Which if planted at once will yive verv L'ood hlooms for Thanl:sRivine and latt-r. Tliese include such
vaneiies asNagoya, Golden ctiadwick. White Bonnaffon. Roman Gold, Ctiadwlck Supreme, W. H.
Chadwick. Helen Newberry, Yellow Katon, Antique, Harvard. Major Bonnaffon, Tim. Eaton,
Jeanne Nonln. Price. S25.i«i i" r Kicii. in any iiuaniity.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO., - Adrian, Mich.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

*^°'5oudre'd."" Swedesboro, New Jersey

Mention the American Florist when writing

H. WREDE

LinHEBURG, GERMANY

PANSY SEED

184 First Prizes, the highest

awards Chicago, Paris, London,

Bruxelles, Berl., Hamb., Rome.

1(XX) seeds, finest mixed. . .25c

1 oz, ..$2.25

E^ice list on application. Cash with order

Mention the American Florist when writing

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The KENILWORTH Giant Pansy

Seeds are all grown by myself and are offered in the following mixtures

and separate colors:

22 KENILWORTH STRAIN-The flowers are of perfect form and substance :
nian.N of the immense flowers are from 3V2 to 4 inches; it is a striking
collection of beautiful colors and markings, rich with shades of red, brown,
bronze, mahogany and many others too numerous to mention.' Light!
Medium or Dark Mixtures.

2 4 KENILWORTH SHOW— An extra fine strain of large flowers; the immense
flowers are of circular form and great substance; a beautiful collection of
colors and markings.

26 KENILWORTH CUT FLOWER MIXTURE-Is a distinct class by itself,
surpas.siug all other strains ag a cut flower or for exhibition purposes, for
inside or outside growing; the large flowers are carried erect above the
foliage on heavy stems, 7 or 8 inches long, in the most graceful manner,
and stand the hot, dry weather well.

28 MASTERPIECE — A remarkable type: the curled, wavy petals giving the
flower a double appearance, its large flowers of great substance, on long,
strong stLins.

30 GIANT THREE AND FIVE BLOTCHED PANSIES-A superb mixture.
Flowers large and of circular form and great substance. The display of
coloring is unsurpassed. A combination of almost every shade cf rich vel-
vety colors, reds are particularly conspicuous; the petals being distinctly
marked with three or five dark blotches.

NEW SEED NOW READY

All sorts ;i]id mixtures except the new Pansv Princess .'ire $5.00 per oz.; $1 25 per 'j oz

SOOOsecds, $ 1.00: trade pkt.. 1000 seeds. 25c;any Spkts., $1.00. please order bv number

PRINCESS

The New Upright Pansy

This strain is entirel.v distinct from all
others. It is absolutely compact, upright
growint;. and extremel.v weather-proof, endur-
ing; many storms without damage to its flower.
The flowers are mostly blotched and frilled
like the Masterpiece, of good form and heavy
velvety texture, on heav.v stems carried well
above the foliage, Attractive by the brilliancy
of its colors.

500 seeds, 25c: 1000, 50c;
'4 oz., $2.50, 1 oz., $10.00.

34 Bronze, bronze and copper shades mixed.

38 Fancy, rich colors, mostly margined.

38 Mme. Ferret, red and wine shades.

40 Zebra, line ?.triped mizture.

42 Aden s, iii.'lit blue, white center.

44 Black, almost coal black.

46 Black, with bronze center.

48 Lord Beaconsfield. purple, shaded wliite.

50 Bronze, l utiful bronzes.

52 Bronze, with yellow center.

54 Velvet Brown, with yellow center.

56 Havana Brown.
58 Havana Brown, vellow center.
60 Cardinal, curled bright red, dark blotch.
62 Cecily, sieel blue, margined white.
64 Goliath, large curled yellow, blotched.
66 Hero, curled deep blue, shaded white.
68 £mp. Wm., ultramarine blue, violet eye.
70 Bross, velvety brown, yellow margin.
72 Emp. Franz Joseph, white, blotched blu.i.
74 Emp. Frederich, maroon, with gold edge.
76 Fairy Queen, azure blue, white edge.
78 Freya, purplish violet, white edge.
80 Gold Edge, vi'lvcty brown, yellow edge.
84 Superba, orchid tints of red and wine.
86 Sunlight, yellow, with brown blotches.
88 Andromeda, curled apple blossom.
90 Colossa Venosa, light veined shades.
92 Almond Blossom, delicate rose.
94 Aurora, terra cotta shades.

96 Mammoth, greenish vellow shades.

97 The above 7 named orchid, mixed.

98 Indigo B!ue, deep velvety blue.
100 Light Blue Shades.

102 Minerva, red around, violet blotched.

104 Meteor, l>rii:lit red brown.

106 Pres. McKinley. yellow, dark blotched.

108 Mahogany, « ilh white margin.

1 10 Mahogany, w ith yellow margin.

112 Mourning Cloak.black. with whiteedge.

114 Purple, Large rich deep purple.

116 Peacock Blue, rosy face, wliite ed"i-

118 Psyche, cniled white, live blotches. '

120 Pres. Camot, white, live blue blotches

126 Red, it 'oiirciion of rich red shades.

128 Red Riding Hood, curled and blotched.

130 Rosy Mom. purplecrimson, whiteed"e.

132 Striped, on Iriai- ground.

134 Striped, on bronze ground.

136 Victoria, blood red, violet blotches.

138 White, large satmv white.

140 White, with violet blotch.

142 Yellow, golden yellow.

144 Yellow, with dark blotch.

146 34 to 144 luixeil in equal proportioti.

For further descriplioti send for Catalogue.

RAINBOW is .a mixture
most beautiiul. gorgeous colors,
blotched, striped, veined, mar-'
gined. etc With every $1.1
worth of Pansy Seed*, /
will send, free, 1000
seeds of Rainbow,
and with other
amounts
like pro-
por-
tion .

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

Geraniums

YOU will find summer cuttings a eood buy. if they
are rifiht. I try to have mine right and guarantee
their safe delivery as far as Chicatro west.
S. A. Nutt, $10.00; Ricard and Poitevinc, $12.50

per 1000.
Smilax, good 2-iD. pot plants at $12.50 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTEB. PA.

THE

Storrs & Harrison Co.

PAINESVILLE NURSERIES

CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS
FkEE ON APPLICATION

PAINESVILLE, - OHIO

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

P.O. BerUn. N. J. WilUamstown June, N. i.

Calla Glory of Hillegom

The finest Yellow CALLA in existence
as described in the "American Florist" of
May 30th, page 990, Large Size Bulbs,
$10.00 per 100. Order them now for
delivery in October.

Van Meerbeek, Ltd., Hillegom, Holland, Europe

\

Robert Craig Co...

PALMS

Hlsh
Claaa

I and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

llHarket and 49ih Sis,, Philadelphia, Pa.

1-yr.

ROSES

2-yr.
4-iff.

Ready to ship revised stoclc-list
^tlTl rrni rfLOMLCOHPANY»\

36

The American Florist.

J»h ^5.

The Nursery Trade

American Association of Nurserymen.

IJeDry H. (,'h;ise, (.'lias)-. Ala.. President.
E. S. AVeleh, Shenandoah, la.. ^^ice-Pretsi-
deut: John Hall, 204 Graiiiti? bldg., Rochest-
er. N. Y.. Secretary.

Fortieth annujif conventiou will be held
at Detroit. Mich.. .June 1915.

Visited Chicago : E. W. Reid. of
Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn., re-
turning from a vacation tour of the
east.

Mechanicsville, Iowa. — Fire " de-
stroyed the barn and shed of the
Graham Nursery Co. July 10, causing
a loss of $10,000.

F. S. Phoenix, son of F. K. Phoe-
nix, long well-known at Bloomington,
111, is now in the real estate business
at Davenport, la.

Philadelphia, Pa. — Fire recently de-
stroyed the packing houses and barns
of the Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut
Hill, and all their contents, including
a very valuable pair of horses.

Dallas, Tex.— The San Jose scale
which has caused the orchardists of
the entire Union much worry and cost-
ing the loss of millions of dollars' wo_rth
of fruit trees and crops, is finding un-
usually ideal breeding conditions on
many of the shade trees in this vicinity
this year-

Sturgeon Bay. Wis. — A complete
electric lighting system, consisting of
two plants operating 1-jO lights and ^.)i>
lights respectively, is being installed
by the Co-operative Orchard Co. The
lights will be distributed throughout
the orchard and roads, so that picking
can continue during the night and the
crop handled by the automobile trucks
by night as easily as' by day. This
orchard covers 640 acres and is devoted
to the raising of cherries.

Heavy Importations of Nursery Stock.

The nurserymen of Pennsylvania
during 1913, according to Enos B. En-
gle. chief state nursery inspector of
the Division of Economic Zoology, im-
ported 0,214 packages of plants and
nursery stock from Japan and five of
the countries of Europe. These bun-
dles contained 2,473,337 plants and
trees. Fourteen other packets of.
plants came from seven countries that
seldom export nursery stock, and
Spain sent 2,200 feet of dracEena canes
into the State.

These importations are the heaviest
ever made into Pennsylvania and the
packages came by way of the ports of
New York and Philadelphia, all of
them being inspected for plant fungus,
insects and diseases.

Holland leads in the number of trees
sent here, as it is the home of nursery-
men. It sent 1,09.3,049 plants into tlie
country^.in 7,043 packages. Belgium
sent over 1,610 packages, containing
108,810 plants, and Prance 182 packets
containing 792,418 plants. Great Brit-
ain shipped in 2.51 packages contain-
ing 352..'^>84 plants, and Germany 48
packages containing 109,818 plants,
while Japan exported 80 packages con-
taining 1.5,920 plants.

The other countries from which Im-
portations of stock were made sent
only from one to five packages, Spain
furnishing 27.") plants besides the dra-
oa?na canes; Italy, Denmark and Pana-

ma 100 plants each; Hungary, 56; Ven-
ezuela, 2.5, and Jamaica, 24.

In connection with this table, which
Chief Inspector Engle has compiled, it
is interesting to note that the Pennsyl-
vania inspectors found a greater vari-
ety of pests upon imported stock last
year than any other State in the
Union, according to statistics just is-
sued by the ' Federal Horticultural
Board of the United States Department
of Agriculture. The District of Co-
lumbia found more pests than Penn-
sylvania, due to the headquarters of
the Federal Horticultural Board being
located there. The statistics issued by
the board merely give the varieties
and numbers of pests found, and do
not make any comparisons or go into
any details, and the recoref of the
Pennsylvania inspectors may be due to
exceptional care or to the fact that
this State imported a great deal more
stock. New Jersey found almost as
many pests as Pennsylvania.

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —
trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

Mcvtion the American Florist uhf:n tvriting

Kewanee, III. — Hamilton & Plum-
mer, owners of the greenhouse on East
Third street for the past sixteen
years, will make an extensive change
in the range, which will consist of re-
building practically the entire struc-
ture and the erection of a fine modern
greenhouse. ,

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONARD& JONES GOm

West Grove, Penna.

Mention the American Floi-'ist when meriting

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Evergreea Specialists Largest Growers id Americi

Box 404, DUNDEE, aL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,

CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

INSPECTION INVITED.

Nurserymen and Florists.

Rutherford, N. J.

ROLKER

Azaleas, Araucaria,
Bay Trees, Boxwood,
Bulbs, Valley Pips,

AUGUST ROLKER &

IMPORTERS OF

Palms, Manetti, Maples, Planes,

Lilacs. Roses, Elms. Fruit Stocks

Rhododendron^, and Ornamentals.

SONS 51 Barclay Street or P. O. Box 7S2, New York

Bay Trees

standards.

Box Trees

Pyramid, Globes,

and some 36-inch Bush.

Cut Prices on Fancy Stock.

WRITE OR WIRE S

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago. S

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37

LOOK OVER THIS LIST

\ ou will probably find some stock that you need at prices that you want to pay.

BOSTON FERNS.

2in.
3-in.

Doz.

..$ 50

.. 1 00

1 50

100
$4 00

8 00
12 00

4 in., wood squares. 25 to a case.

$3 75 per case.
5-in , $2 40 and $3 00 per doz..

J20 00 and $25 OU per UO.
6-in.,$6 00 per doz.: $50 CO per 100
6-m.. made up at 35 and 50 cents

each (Julj).
7-in.. at 75 cents eacti: .$9 00 per doz.
8 in., at SI 00 each; $12 00 per doz.
9in . at ."Fl 50 each; 118 00 per doz.
Larger specimens at $2 00. $2 50 and up each.
Boston Fern haneinp baskets at 75 cents and

$1 00 each; $9 00 and $12 00 per doz.
Boston Fern extra large hanging baskets at

$3 (J0and$4 00 each.
Boston Fern extra large hanging baskets.

specimens. $5 00 and Sd 00 each.
Cyrtomiumfalcatum. 4 in., at $1 50 and $1 75

per doz.: $12 i«)and$14 00 per 100.

Do2. ion

Whilmanii Ferns, 3-in $1 00 $ 8 OO

4in 2 00 15 00

" 5in 3 50

" " 6-in 6 00

FERNS. Each

Adiantiun Cuneatum, tine plants,

hin.at $ 50

Adiantiun Cuneatum, larger

plants at 75

Adiantum Ferguson! 4-in

/tsplinium nidus avis, 5-in..

Each .SI 00 and 1 50

Asplinium nidus avis, larger

specimens, each $2 50 and .^ 00

,\ssorted Ferns for dishes, per 100, _
Assorted Ferns (or dishes in tlats, about 10>150

in a flat, Ic a pUnt.

Doz.
$6 00

9 f 0
1 80

$3 on.

ROSES.

Strong: pot-L:rown stock for forcing:
American Pillar— Uoz.

h-in $2 40 and $3 tO

Dorothy Perldns, 6-in 2 40

Excelsa, ,S-in. and6in 3 tO

Flower of Fairfield, 5 and 6-in.. 3 60

lady Gay, , 5-in 2 40

" 6-in 3 60

Tausendschoen, 4 in l £0

" 5-in 3 00

" 6 in 4 20

500 My Maryland, 3^ in

1000 Pink KUIamey. 3^2-in . . . .
Salleroi Geraniums for stock

plants, 3-in

100

$6 00
6 00

5 00

t^-For List of Other Stock See Ready Reference Department.

HYDRANGEAS.

We have a large, pot-yrown stock of these
splendid plants. Doz. 100

Otaksa, 4 in.. 2 leads $1 80

5-in., 3-4 leads 3 00 $24 00

'* 5-in.. made up. 3 in a pot 3 60
** 9and 10 in., extra strong
7,Scentsand$l OOeach
French Hydrangeas, nink. white and blue;
6-in $ 40 7 in $ 60

CYCLAMEN.

We grow over 20.000 of these very desirable

plants in separate colors or mixed; the finest
strains available.

Doz. 100

Deep Red. 3-in. .English strain. .$1 25 $9 00

Giant Blood Ked. 4-in 2 00 15 03

Giant Pure White. 3-in 125 9 00

Giant Pure White 4-in 2 00 15 10

Giant Rose. 4in 2 00 15 00

Persicum. 4 in.. English strain.. 2 00 15 00

Wonderof Wandsbek, 3in 150 12 00

Mixed Defiance strain. 3-in 1 00 8 00

Mixed Defiance strain. 4-in 2 00 15 00

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS.

Do7. 100
2-in $ 3 00

3 in 6 00

4 in $1 50 12 00

The Geo. Wittbold Co.,

L. D Phone, Gracelard 1 1 12

737-39 Buckingham Place,

Chicago

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! .\ few dollars invested
in Araucaria Escelsawill yield a profit of five to
six times its valut.- until fall or winter, if vou have
your eyes open and look into the fu ure and in\est
your money now. .Alt florists know we are the

boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are offering now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers.
5V2-6-in. pots. 40c 50c. 60c. 75c. $l.a). $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5Vz-6-7-in. pots.
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants. 6-in. pots. Jl CO. $1.25 to $1 50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Fa.

il/enfiou the American Florist UThen writing

SW^-'in BEGONIAS

Capacity 1,000,000 bulbs Yearly.

Wliile. red, scarlet, yellow, rose. orani;e
and copper, Slnele and Double bulbs. 1^4-
in. to 2 in., $1.00 and $1.60 per lOU.
Write for Pricis on other Sorts.

/^IrhV'iTliac wh'te. red Kaiser Wilhelm.

\TiUA.illiad K. Frederick, striped, blue,
etc., 1'4-in. to 2 in. bulbs. $1.60 per 100,
BeuoDia and Gloxinia bulbs t-incb, half
price. Autumn Delivery

Jean Van Acker,

Boschdreef, Loochrlstl, near
Ghent, Belgium

Mention the American Florist when writing
J. E. Meredith, Prhs. C, W Stout, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE :: ILLINOIS

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pot-Grown Strawberrios

AT WHOLESALE

Being thoroughly equipped with special facilities for growing
Pot Grown Strawberries, and having soil admirably adapted to
growing them, Ihave a large stock of superb plants to offer the trade.

I pack the plants carefully and I pay the freight to Philadelphia
or New York City at the following prices:

Barrymore, Brandywine, Early Ozark, Gandy, Golden Gate, Heritage,

Hundred Dollar, McKinley, Morning Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin,

Stevens' Late, Success, Three W's. U. S. King Edward, Wm. Belt,

$2.00 per 100, $16.00 per 1000.

Chesapeake, Fendall, Pearl, at $2.25 per 100, $18.00 per 1000.

Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb), $2.50 100, $20.00 1000.

Lots of 5,000 to 10,000 at Special prices.

I have been growing Pot-Grown Strawberries for 37 years and grow
and pack them right. Booklet that illustrates and describes every
variety offered and gives full cultural instructions, mailed upon
request.

J. T. LOVETT, Monmouth Nursery,

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Mention the American Florist when writing

AMERICAN FLORIST ADVERTISEMENTS
WORK 24 HOURS PER DAY.

Primros.es.

Pe r 100

Chinese, ready August 10 $2.00

Obc. Alba and Rosea, August 1 2,00

Forbes! and Malacolds, ready 2.00

Obc. Glgantea, giant flowering, ready 2.60

Pansy Seed, giant flowering oz., 4.00

Asp. Plumosus, August 1 2.00

CASH.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM,

DELAWARE, OHIO.

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Market Gardeners

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton. Ind.. Pres-
ident: H. J. Thompson, Attleboro. Mass.,
Vice-President; S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky.. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland.
O.. Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition.
1914.

ANDEESON, S. C— Mrs. Mary J. Earle
has purchased eleven acres of ground
for the purpose of growing flowers,
fruits and vegetables for the market.
Preparations for fall planting are un-
der way and a greenhouse will be com-
pleted early in August.

ELGIN, ILL.S. — D. F. Harrison, of Ot-
tawa, III., is seeking a location in or
near Elgin for a monster hothouse.
He has been looking for an eight or
ten-acre plot of land, with the pur-
pose of purchasing and building a huge
glass covered building for the grow-
ing of cucumbers.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables.

Chicago, July 21. — Mushrooms, home
grown. 1.5 cents to 20 cents per pound;
lettuce, 20 to 35 cents, small boxes;
radishes. $1,25 to $1.50 per 100 bunch-
es.

New York, July 21, — Cucumbers, fair
to fancjT 40 cents to 50 cents per doz-
en; mushrooms, 75 cents to $1.50 per
4-pound basket: tomatoes, 10 to 12
cents per pound; radishes, .$1.00 U>
$2.00 per 100 bunches.

Irrigation Notes.

Irrigation, or rather mechanical wa-
tering, is scoring another success in
this part of the country, central Ohio,
We have had no rain to amount to
anything since May 5; under such con-
dition market gardening without water
is a makeshift. There was a time
when the application of water was
made only to the more tender subjects,
such as lettuce, radishes, cabbage and
celery, but gradually coarser crops are
Included, We have used water with
telling effect on sweet corn, melons and
tomatoes. These large crops do not
need water all the time, but we find
we can approach close to maturity
when the critical times come. Thus a
week or ten days of sprinkling will
turn any of these from a doubtful issue
into a big success. There have been
a great many doubters and unbelievers
and even enemies of watering, but
their number is decreasing each year.
They see their disadvantage on the
market, the progressive fellow has the
goods and gets the money while the
old-timer can take what is left.

Therefore we see each year an in-
creasing number of installations. The
gasoline engine is the favorite power,
hut too many equipments are entirely
inadequate' to the service required. If
prospective purchasers would only fig-
ure a little before they jump, they could
save time and money. Here are a few
rough pointers : An inch of water is
about the smallest application of bene-
fit in dry weather; this means about
one thousand barrels per acre. In con-
tinued dry weather this must be ap-
plied at least weekly, often semi-week-
ly. It is therefore easily seen what
is required for any given area. We
must figure for extreme conditions,
somewhat like a fire department. If

the water is needed we must have it
quickly and plenty of it. We are op-
erating 10 acres under irrigation, but
we never water the whole area, as cer-
tain crops can always be skipped for
a time. Our pumping capacity is a
barrel per minute. However, we im-
prove every opportunity to keep water
in the soil — pump during rainy days
as well as dry — as these showers
generally are light. Often we have
fields where crops have been removed
and the subsoil moisture exhausted;
we soak these if nothing else needs it.
In other words, we pump in advance
of actual needs if we can,

Marketm.^n.

Urbana, III. — The property •recently
purchased by the University of Illinois
is being improved, and Professor S.
Forbes will place on it 5,0il0 square
feet of greenhouses that will be the
finest in the world. The buildings will
cost $14,01)0 and will be finished .Sep-
tember 1,

Seasonable Plants.

Per Per

Inches 100 1000

2H Asparagfus Plumosus Nanus $.i 00 $28.00

2H •■ •• Hatcheri.... ,v50 30 00

iVi " " Nanus* 7.00 65.00

3 •■ •■ HatchiTi... 8.00 75.00

2V^ " Sprengeri 2.50 22.50

3H " '■ ''50 6000

2H Begonia Vernon. 2 kinds 2.50 22.50

Ferns from beds asst. varieties, $10.03, $12,50
and $15.00 per 100.

Correspondence solicited forother stock.

ALONZO J. BRYAN,

Wholesale Florist,
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

DO NOT
Delay Ordering

Poinsettias, 217-in., $6.00 per lOO;

.$46.00 per 10(10.
Beg. Gloire de Lorraine, $15.00

per 100; »135 00 per lOOO.
Beg. Lonsdale, -ZVi-in., Lorraine

tvpe, but better, $14.00 per 100;

$126.00per 1000. (Readyin July)

Beg. Florence Davenport, $26.00
per 100; $226:011 per 100(1,

Beg. Glorie de Chatelaine, $6.00
per KX); $60,00 per 1000,

Rest assured your orders will be
filled to your entire satisfaction.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.^

1218BetzBldg.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Mushroom Spawn

English Imported, $6.50 per 100 lbs.

ST. LOUIS SEED CO.,

ST. LOUIS. MO.

Write for our Wholesale Bulb Catalogue. St. Louis Seed Co.

Watch tor our Trade Marie stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawi

Substitution of cheaper g^rades it

^.^^ thus easily exposed. Fresh samplt

^^T^N brick, with illustrated book, mailed

^'KJ/''^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re

ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co..St PBOl.Mlnn

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner. Ricard, Perlsins.

Poitevine, 2 in.. $2 (X) per 100; 3-in.. $5.00 per 100.
Boston and Whitmanl Fem&; 3in., 10c; 4 in.. 15c;

5-in.. 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in., $5.00; 4 in., $10.00; 5in„

$25.00 per 100.
Vinca Var,, 3-in., $5.00 per 100; 2-in., $2.00 per lOO.
Rex Begonia. 2Vi-in., $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton. N. J.

' ^.V-*

THE BOOK OF
GLADIOLUS

THE first authorita-
tive book on this
bulb ever printed in
America, or possibly
the world, issued April
1,1911. This 120- page
book, written by Mat-
thew Crawford and
Dr. Van Fleet, con-
• tains many chapters
I covering all sides of
L growing, propagating,
[storing, etc., and also
some pages of valuable
cultural notes gath-
ered from reliable
sources. A necessity
for both amateur and
grower. The book is
bound in cloth and
fully illustrated.

PRICE, POSTPAID, $1.25

&MERICAK FLORIST CO.

440 So. Dearborn St.
CHICAGO.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY IVf ETTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1787.)

SPFCIAL TIES' ^^^°^' Beets, Cabbages. Carrots. Kobl Rabi, Leek. Lettuces, Onions, Peas.
«ll LUIHLI iLUi Radishes, Spinach. Turnips Swedes, Asters, Balsams. Begonias. Carnations
Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspur. Nasturtiums. Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious.
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY M£TTE*S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz.. or $1.75 per Va oz.. $1.00 per H oz., postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

I9I4.

The American Florist.

3U

Mile High Quality

Cyclamen, Lorraine Begonias and Primula Obconicas

are our leading specialties, and our cool nights enable us to send out stock
that is sturdy and strong. All the stock offered below is of Mile High
Quality. All will be shipped in paper pots, which make a light package
that will take second-class express rate and will travel safely any distance.
Today, for example, we shipped to such widely separated states as Texas,
Utah, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Maryland, just send the order, we will
get them to you in good condition. Set that empty bench to earning money.

CYCLAMEN, in red, pink, salmon,
white and white with pink eye.

3 inch at 8c

4 inch at 20c

LORRAINE BEGONIAS.

Sturdy and strong.
2^2 inch .... at 15c

3 inch at 25c

These are surprisingly free from objectionable colors.

Remember that all stock offered is ready to shift up into larger sizes
If you buy in lots of a thousand or more, ask for special prices

PRIMULA OBCONICA.

2 inch at 4c

2^2 inch at 5c

THE PARK FLORAL COMPANY

DENVER, COLORADO

Good Carnations.

Field-Grown. Ready for Shipment.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $5.00 $45.00

May Day 5.00 45.00

Scarlet Glow 5.00 45.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward . 5.00 45 00

White Perfection .. 5.00 45.00

Washington 5.00 45.00

Winsor 5.00 45.00

J. F. WILCOX & SONS,

COUNCIL BUJFFS, IOWA.

KENTIAS.

Joseph Heacock Co.,

Wyncote, Pa.

Orchids Freshly Imported.

We have just received in fine condition the fol-
lowing: Cattleyas: Fercivalliana. Gaskelliana,
Speciosissima. Vandas: Coerulea. Luzonica,
Batemanii, Imshootiana. Dendrobioms : Nobile,
Formosum, Wardlanum densiflorum, Schutzii,
Phalaenopsis : Amabilis. Schilleriana and Spat-
haglottis plicata. Write for Special List No. 55.

LAGER a HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

EXTRA LARGE SPECIMENS FOR JULY AND AUGUST FLOWERING

We have some of the largest, finest and most perfect specimens of hydrangeas in half-
barrels that we have ever seen. Plants are just coming into bloom, and are beautiful symmetri-
cal specimens covered with bloom, each plant having from one hundred to two hundred flowers,
We have over three hundred of these fine plants in shape for immediate shipment and every
plant is a perfect specimen. Tht-re is nothing so mapniticent for summer decoration as these
large hydrangeas. They are very showy,

$7.60, $10.00 and $15.00 each— according to size and number of blooms.

WINTER-FLOWERING ROSES.

If you have not secv^red all the stock that you can use for planting for winter-flowering, we
will have a very fine stockof the following varieties, which we can offer in perfect condition,
ready for immediate shipment. Stock is gilt-edged in every way— extra strong, heavy plants
in 4-inch pots. If you can use any. we will be glad to'iuote low rates. Write us the number you
can use, and we will quote by return mail.
Killarney Brilliant, Killamey Qaeen, Pink Killarney, American Beauty, Lady Hillingdon,
Richmond, Mrs. Charles Russell, Mme. CecUe Brunner, or Mignon or Sweetheart.

F. R. PIERSON CO., larrylownon Hudson. NEW YORK

BOX WOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids. 2 -ft $1 00 each

Pyramids, 2Hlt 1.50 each

Pyramids. 3 ft 2.00 each

Pyramids. 3H.ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape. 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2-ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O. FRANZEN "^c^h~cago '*•

Poinsettia Pulcherriraa

Extra selected plants, welt rooted fiom
2/2 in pots. $6.00 per 100: $50.00 per 1000.

Cash with ordrr, pliase.

ANTON SCHULTHEIS

316 igth street, COLLEGE POINT, L. I., N. Y.

Mention llie American Florist when writing

CANNAS

Established pot plants for immediate effects.
Place your order now for your wants. Can ship
immediately. PapaNordy.Cherokee, M.COper 100.
Pres. Cleveland, Flamingo, M. Berat, .13.00 per 100.
."Issorted varieties, our selection. $2.50 per 100.

Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney, O.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mi.xed sorts, 2 in. S2.00 per 100; SIS.OO
per IdOO.

Alyssum, Giant Double. 2in.. ,$2.00 per 100.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2 in., $1.75 per 100. in any Quantity.

Good stock and Kood packing.

Elmer Rawlings,"'^o°S!rY"'"

Mention the American Florist when writing

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July

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Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... 47

Allen J K 25

Alpha Floral Co.... 27

Alwart Bros Coal Co 45

American Spawn Co 38

AmlingECCo 21

Anderson S A 27

AngermuellerG H. 22

AphineMfKCo 46

Archias Floral Co.. 30

.tschmann Godfrey. 37

Atlanta Floral Co... 28

Bassett&Washburn !(>
Batavia Greenhouse

Co 21

Baur Window Glass

Co 47

Beaven E A 21

Begerow's 2S

BergerBros 23

BerningH G 22

Blackistone Z U... 29

Bobbink & Atkins.. 36

BoddingtonAT .... II

Bodger J & Sons Co II

BolandJBCo 27

Bolgiano J& Sons... II

Bragg Ross 27

Bramley & Son 30

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 32

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 28

Brown Bros & Co.. 30

BrunsHN 33

Brunning F H 33

Bryan .Alonzo J 38

Bucbblnder Bros... 20

Buckbee H W 30

Budlong J A 12 21

Burpee W A & Co.. II
Caldwell the Woods-
man Co 21

California Florists.. 30

Camp Conduit Co .. Ill

Chicago Carn Co... I
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn ly

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 48

Clark E B Seed Co. II

Clarke's Sons David 29

Clay & Son 46

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 29

Conard & Jones Co. 36

Cooke Geo H 27

Cowee W J Ill

Coy H CSeedCo... 34

Craig RobtCo .i5

CritchellCE 23

Cunningham Jos H. 37

Dahlborn J P & Co. 48

DardsChas 28

Deamud J B Co 21

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg Co Ill

Dietsch A & Co IV

Diller Caskey &

Keen IV

DornerF&SonsCo 31

DreerHA....III 26 47

Duerr Chas A 30

DunlopJohnH 29

Eagle Wire Works. 48

Edwards Fold Box. 40

Elastic Lyke Co 46

EmmansGeoM 38

Erne & Klingel 19

Eyres H G 29

Fish Henry Seed Co 33

Fisher Peter 31

Florists' Hail Assn III
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 25

Ford William P 24

Franzen F 0 39

Freeman Mrs J B... 30

Friedman 27

Froment HE 25

FrostChas 35

Galvin Thos F 29

Gardiner Alex C ... 29
Garland Greenhouse

^MfgCo 46

Gasser J M Co 29

Giblin & Co ! 46

GodineauK&M II

Gorham & Chaoline 46
Grand Kapids

Floral Co 30

Grimm & Gorly 27

GudeBros 28

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc) 25

Hardesty & Co 27

Harley Pottery Co.. Ill

Hart George B 25

Haven Seed Co The II

HeacockJosCo 39

Heinl John G & Son 30

Henderson .'\&Co... I

Herr Albert M 35

Herrmann .'\ 46

Hess & Swoboda ... 30

Hews A H &Co.... Ill

Hilfinger Bros Ill

Hill D Nursery Co.. 36

Hoerber Bros 21

HoSmeisterFlo Co. 23

Holm & Olson 28

Holton &HunkelCo 22

Home Cor School... 31
Horticultural

Advertiser Ill

Hurfi Edgar T 34

Ickes-Braun Mill Co 45

Igoe Bros 40

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 40

Isbell S M & Co... 33

Jackson & Perkins.. 36

Johnson WW&Son II

Jones Percy 16

Joy Floral Co 30

Kasting W F Co . . . 1

Keller Geo & Sons. Ill

KellerSonsJ B 30

Kellogg Geo M 29

Kelway & Son 33

Kennicott BrosC^o.. 21
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co 46

KervanCoThe 25

Kessler Wm 25

Kift Robt 29

King Construct Co, 47

Kohr A F HI

Kramer I N & Son.. Ill
Krier Nick Boiler

Works 41.

Kroeschell BrosCo. 48

Krucbten John 21

Kuehn C A 22

Kuhl Geo A 26

Kyle & Foerster.... 21

LaCrosse Floral Co. 28

Lager & Hurrell.... 39

Landreth Seed Co.. 33

Lange A 27

LeboriusJJ 29

Leedle Floral Co . . . 35

Leonard Seed Co... 33
Lockland Lumber

Co 48

Loeber Geo W 48

London Flower Sbp 28
Lord& Burnham

Co 47

LovettJT 37

McCallum Co 23

McConnell Alex 27

McCray Refrigera-
tor Co 20

McGee Walters.... 46

McHutchison& Co.. II

McKenna P & Son. 27

McNetf-Swenson Co 19

Mann Otto 34

Matthewson] E 28

May&CoLL 27

Meconi Paul 25

Memphis Flo Shop. 30
Meredith The Flow-

er&VegCo 37

Metairie Ridge Nurs 27

Mette Henry 38

MilwaukeeBoiler Co 40

Moninger J C Co... 48
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd 24

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 24

Morehead Mfg Co... 48

Murray Samuel 28

Myers Florist ... 30

Nat Flo B of Trade. 40

N Y Cut Flower Ex. 25

Nicotine Mfg Co 46

Niessen Leo Co .. 23
Northrup King &

Co 34

Ostertag Bros .... 29

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS
Are positively ttie best. Last forever. Ovei
30,000 pounds now in use. A sure preventative of
Elass slipping. Effective on large or small glass.
Easy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes, H and
Ji. 40c perlb., by mail 16c extra; 7 lbs. for $2.60
15 lbs. for $5.00, by express. For sale by the trade

RANDOLPH 5 McCLEMENTS, Florists.
5936Peiui Ave., near Hl^land. PlttsburU.Pa

Palez Paul M ,30

Palmer W J & Son . 28
PalethorpePR &

Co 46

Park Floral Co... 28 39
Peacock Dahlia

Farms 35

PedrickG R& Son. II

Peirce E Allan Ill

Penn the Florist 28

Peters & Reed Poty III

Phillips Bros 30

Pierce FO Co 46

Pierson A N (Inc).. 26

Pierson F R C0...I 3'i
Pieters & Wheeler

Seed Co 32

Pikes Peak Floral

Co 30

Pillsbury I L 40

Podesta&Baldocchi 29
Poehlmann Bros Co

14 15

Pollworth C C Co

I 22 29

Portland Flower

Store 29

QuakerCity Machine

Works 40

Raedlein Basket

Co 19

Rahn & Herbert.,,. 31

Randall A L Co 21

Randolph & Mc

Clements 27 40

Rawlings Elmer .Vi

Ready Reference,., 41

Reed & Keller 48

Regan Ptg House... 40

Reid Edw 23

Reinberg Geo 21

Reinberg Peter... 17 31

Rice Bros 22

Rice Co. M 25

Robinson J C Seed

Co II

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co .30

Roemer Frederick.. II

Rohnert Waldo II

Rolker .'\ug & Sons. .^'>

Routzahn Seed Co . II

RuschG&Co 22

St. Louis Seed Co.. .*8

Schiller, the Florist. 30
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co I\' I

Schlatter W & Son. 40

SchlingMax 28

Schmidt J C 26

SchulthL'is Anton... 39

Schwake Chas & Co 24

Scbwanecke C 33

SharpPartridge&Co 47

Sheridan Walter F. 25

Siebrecht George C 25

Situation & Wants.. 11

SkidelskySS&Co... 38

Small J H &Sons... 27

Smith A W &Co... 29

SmithE D&Co 34

Smith & Hemenway IV

I Smith Henry 30

I Smith Wm C Flo Co 22

Smith W&T Co.,,, I
South Park Floral

Co ,,, 13

Sprague-Smith Co,, 47

Steamship Sailings. 27

Stokes Seed Store.. 33

Storrs & Harrison.. 35

StumppGEM 29

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 47
Syracuse Pottery

Co Ill

Temple KaJph

-Automobile Co. .. 19
Thompson J D

Carnation Co 39

Thorburn J M & Co 34

TottyCbasH 37

Traendly& Schenck 25

Van Acker Jean 37

Van Dorn Iron

• Works Co 47

Van Meerbeek Ltd. 35

Vaughan A L & Co. 17
Vaughan'sSeed Store

I II III 31 3* 3b 47

Vick's Sons James.. II
Vincent R Jr&Sons

Co I

Virgin U J 30

Wagner Park Cons

Ill 39

WallaceFD IV

W«berFH 28

Weiland & Risch.., 21

Welch Bros Co 23

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co JI

White Oak Coal Co, 45

Whitted Floral Co,, 27

Wietor Bros 18 21

Wilcox .1 F& Son,., 39
Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 22

Wittbold G Co... 27 37
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 30

Wood Bros ^1

Wrede H 34

Yokohama Nurs Co II

Young .•\ L & Co.. . 25

Young John 24

Young & Nugent.. 27

Zech & Mann. ...19 21

ZiskaJos 21

Zvolanek .'\ntO'n C 34

BOILERS

Milwaukee Greenhoose BoUen are be«t
for bot water heating. Made In all slsea.
Write for catalog.

MILWAUKEE BOILER CO.. Milwaukee, Wis

Mention the American Floj-ist when writing

Boiler Tubes 61

cents per foot.
New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes,

Tell Us Your Wants,

ILLINOIS PIPE a MFG. CO.,

2117 S. Jefferson Street CHICAGO, HI.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Flower Colors

Use our Color Chart

in describing them.

PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

0 » ft

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made with two oi
three circles. En-
dorsed by all the
Leading Carnation
Growersasthe beat
support on market

Pat, July 27, '97. May 17. '98

GALVANIZED WIRE

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices befort
ordering elsewhere.

Prompt ihipmant guarants««

IGOE BROS.

266 N, 9th St,
BROOKLYN. N. T.

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CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

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1\0 not let the accounts owing you re-
^ main longer unpaid. Send them to
as at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
in the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Trade

66 PINE STREET

NEW YORK

No loss ilyou
mend your
split carna-
tions with
Superior
Carnation
STAPLES
50c per 1000
postpaid.

Wm. Schlatter
i Son,

BEFORE ■" ' AFTER

422 Main St,, Sprlngtleld, Mass,

Split Carnations

Easily Mended with

Pillsbury Carnation Staple

We find it very satisfac-
tory. J. L. Dillon.

Can't get along withont
them. J. L. Johnson.
2000 for $1.00 postpaid.

I. L. PILLSBURY

Galesbiirg.Ill.

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

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OUR SPECIALTY

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Apparatus

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET. Z,

ALTERNANTHERAS.

ALTERNANTHERAS.

STRONG. WELL ROOTED CUTTINGS

FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVEHY.

P. Major (red) 50c 100; $4.00 lOOO

A. Nana (yellow) 50c 100; 4.00 lOOJ

214-INCH.

P. Major $2.00 1110; $18.00 1000

A. Nana 2.00 100; 18.00 1000

Brilllantissima 2.00 100; 18.00 1000

Davis Floral Co., Davenport, Iowa.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araucaria escelsa. 4-in., 2 and 3 tiers, 50c
each; $6 per doz. ; 5-in., 3 to 4 tiers, 75c each;
$9 per doz. : O-in., $1 each; $12 per doz. Ex-
celsa compacta, 5-in., $1.25 each; 6-in., $1.50.
Excelsa glauca. 5-in., $1.25. The Geo. Witt-
boldCo., 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago^

Araucarias, escelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
5%-6-inch. 50c to $1.50 each. Escelsa glauca
and compacta, 5i4-6-7-inch, $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St., Phila-
delphia^

Araucaria escelsa, 6-in.. 65c each. Holton &
Hunltel Co., 462 Milwaultee St.. Milwaulsee,
Wis.

Araucaries in sorts. August RollEer & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New Yorls.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus. 2y>-in., $3 per 100; $28
per 1,000. Hatcheri, ZV^in., $3.50 per 100; $30
per 1,000. Plumosus, 3%-in., $7 per 100; $65
per 1,0110. Hatcheri. 3-in., $8 per 100; $75 per
1.000. Sprengeri. 2V4-in., $2.50 per 100; $22.50
per 1,000; 3V=-in., $8.50 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
Alonzn .T. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

Asparagus plumosus, 2-in.. $3 per 100; 3In..
$6 per 100; 4-ln.. $1.50 per doz.; $12 per 100.
Sprengeri, 2-ln., $3 per 100; 3-ln.. $5 per 100;
baskets, estra large. $3 and $4 each. The Geo.
Wittbold Co.. 737 Bnckingham Place, Chicago.

ASPARAGDS PLUMOSUS. 2-in. pots, $3 per
100; $25 per 1,000. SPRENGERI, 2%-in.. $3
per 100; $25 per 1000. HBNBY SMITH, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri. • 2-in. pots. $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000: 2«.-in.. $4 per 100; $35 per
1,000; 31/4-in., $0 per 100; $50 per 1,000. Peter
Fisher. Ellis, Mass.

Asparagus, seedliugs from flats, Plumosus
nanus, 85c per 100; $6 per 1,000. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 214-ln., $3 per 100; 3-
In., $5 per 100. Plumosus. 3-in., $7 per 100;
4-ln., $12 per 100. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Mor-
ton G rove. III,

A nice lot of strong Asparagus Sprengeri, out
of 3 in., at %'> per 100. Cash with order,
please. Edgar Easterday, Nokomls, 111.

Asparagus plumosus, $2 per 100. Jos. H.
Cnnningham, Delaware, O.

Asparagus Sprengeri baskets, $1 to $2.50
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove,
111.

Asparagus Sprengeri, Seedlings, per 1000,
$3; per 10,000, $25. Vaughan's Seed Store.
Chicago.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 214-inch, $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol. Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, tall, extra fine, 10c per
leaf. Variegated, 15c per leaf. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

BAY TREES.
Standard — Per pair

2-ft. stem, 20-22-in. head $10.00

2ft. stem, 24-in. head 12 00

2-ft. 6-in. stem, 2-ft. head 12.00

3.ft. stem, 2-ft. head 12.00

4-ft. stem, 2-ft. 3-in. head 16.00

4-ft. stem, 2-tt. 6-in. head 20.00

4-ft. stem, 36-in. head 25.00

4-ft. stem. 3-ft. to 3-ft. 6-in. head 30.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.;
737-39 Buckingham PI., Chicago.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sods, 51 Barclay St.. New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIA GL. DE CHATELAINE, finest
pink, blooms all year round; good for Inside
and outside; easy to propagate, 2 in., $5.00
per 100; 3-in., $8.00 per 100. XMAS RED. $6
per 100. PRIMA DONNA, $3 per 100. LUM-
INOSA, $3 per 100. Erfordi, $3 per 100.
Beady now; all made from cuttings. ERNEST
ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

Begonias, Gloire de Lorraine, $15 per 100;
$135 per 1,000. Lonsdale, 2>4-in., $14 per 100;
$125 per 1,000. Florence Davenport. $25 per
100; $225 per l.OOO. Glorie de Chatelaine, $6
per 100; $50 per 1,000. S. S. Skidelsky & Co..
1218 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

BEGONIAS. 2%-in. pots, $3; 3-in.. $5; 4-in..
$8. Good varieties. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

Begonia Vernon, 2 kinds, 2%-ln., $2,50 per
100; $22.50 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-
ington. N. J.

Begonias, Gloire de Lorraine, 214-in.. $15 per
100; $135 per 1,000; 3-in., $25 per 100. Cin-
cinnati. 3-inch, $35. Wm. P. Kasting Co.. 383
Ellieott Street. Buffalo, N. Y.

Begonias, 'Lorraine, Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport, 2J4-ln. pots. Present delivery.
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

Begonias, tuberous, single and double, $2 per
doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. III.

Begonia Glory d'Chatelalne. 3-ln., $8 per 100.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Res Begonias. 2»4-in., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans. Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOU.

BOXWOOD.

Each

Pyramids, 3 feet $3.00

4 feet $3.50 and 4.00

Standard. 18 In. stem. 12 in. crown 1.00

Bushes, 10 ins 30

12 1ns 50

" 18 ins $0.75 and 1.00

24 Ins 1.25

Pyramids, 2% feet $1.75 and 2.00

3 feet 3.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO..
737 Buckingham Place, Cliicago.

Boswoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 each; 2% ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; 3% ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape .14sl4 inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14sl4
inch, $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-inch, 35c each. F. O. Franzen, 5319
No. Clark St., Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Lllium Giganteum, 8-9-lnch, 250 to
case. .$20 per case. Magnlflcum, 8-9-inch, 200 to
case, $11 per case. Wm. F. Kasting Co., 383-
387 Ellieott St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs, begonias: White, red, scarlet, yellow,
rose, orange, copper, single and double, IVi to
2 ins., $1 and $1.60 per 100. Gloxinias: White,
red. Kaiser Wllhelm, K. Frederick, striped
blue. etc.. 1V4 to 2-in.. $1.60 per 100. Jean
Van Acker, Boschdreef, Loochristl. near Ghent,
Belgium.

200,000 FISHER'S PURITY.
FREESIA BULBS, now ready for immediate
delivery. 1st size, $10 per 1000; 2nd size, $7
per 1000; 3rd size, $5 per lOOO. R. A. Casad,
261 River St.. Santa Cruz, Calif.

Bulbs, Lllium Harrisii, best Bermuda stock
from rogued fields: 5 to 7-inch (400 to case),
$5 per 100: $40 per 1,000; 6 to 7-inch. (335 to
case), $6.50 per 100; $47 per 1,000; 7 to 9-inch
(200 to case). $9.60 per 100; $85 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Bulbs, lilies from cold storage. Giganteum,
7-9 inch. 100 to case, $6.50 per case; 7-9-inch,
300 to case, $17 per case, $55 per 1,000; 8-9-
inch, 250 to ease, $18 per case, $70 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Bulbs, L. Giganteum. L. . Auratum and L.
Speciosum Albums, 8-9-inch. Write for prices.
The Yokohama Nursery Co., Woolworth Bldg.,
New York.

Bulbs. Japanese and Chinese lilies, French and
Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co., Ltd., 90-92
W. Broadway, New York.

Bulbs. Japan grown Callas. 1%-2%-in. Write
for prices. Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd., New
York.

Calla Glory of Hillegom, large size bulbs, $10
per 100. Van Meerbeek, Ltd., Hillegom, Hol-
land.

Tuberoses. Dwarf Double Pearl, $7.50 per
1,000. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St..
New York.

Bulbs, S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington New
York,

Bulbs. C. C. Pollworth Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.

CALLAS.

CALLAS.
Calla Bulbs, best California field-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more,
3 to 3%-inch circumference, $4 per lOO: $18
per BOO; 4 to 4%-inch circumference. $8 per
100; $38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders
will reoelve free 100 Purity treesia bulbs: $20
orders. 200 freesia bulbs. LILYDALE BDLB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

CARNATIONS.

CARNATION PLANTS.
Al stock from a sandy field, ready for de-
livery about August 1, White and Pink En-
chantress and Victory, $4.50 per lOO: $40 per
1,000. White Perfection and Winsor. $4 per
100; $35 per 1.000. Cash, C. O. D. or satis-
factory reference.

V. BEZDEK,
Gross Point, Illinois.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATK^NS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON, N. J.

Carnations. Enchantress. May Day. Scarlet
Glow. Mrs. C. W. Ward. White Perfection.
Washington, Windsor. $5 per 100; $45 per 1000.
J. F. Wilcox & Sons, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

If You Do Not Find Whs? You Need In Our Ready Reference Department. Write Us About It

42

The American Florist.

J»iy -^5.

FIELD GROWN-
Get your order in
it Is too late.

licfore

rciicbantress

\A'bite Encliantress
Wliite Lawson . . . .
Wliite Perfection ..

PAR NATION PLANTS,
early for this fine stocl£
Send It in today.

Per 100 Per lOOO

.*C,(iO
6.00
5.00
O.OU

*.50.00
.50.011
40.00
511.00

102 .\ortli

VVIETOR BROS.,

Wabasli Ai-e.,

Cliicago.

Carnations, fleldgrown. ready about August 1
Peerless Pmk. Herald, Wbite Wonder. Eucbaut-
l-ess White Enebautress. Wbite 1'erfei.tion Con-
quest Cbicago Carnation Co.. 30 East Raudolnb
Chicago.

St.,

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
Limestone land ; no stem rot. 5iX10 R P
Enchantress, 12.U00 Enchantress. 3000 Victory'
*6 per 100; $55 per lOliO. 12.000 Wbite En-
chantress. J7 per 100; .1i65 per 1000. 250
lOUO rate. W. Fargo and American
casli please.

at
Express.

JNO. P. SABRANSKY,

KENTON. OHIO.

HELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS, fine
nil.? ^^^^ °' ^'Mte Enchantress, Enchantress,
White Wonder. Wbite Perfection an.l Victory,
?4.5i) per 100: $40 |,er 1,000. Immediate ship-
"S Point.' iTl.''- °- "• •'-""'•'* I'SENICK-i,

Carnations, Enchantress, Rose Pink Bnchan-

.f.th.h'^l, VP- ''■"''■ «<"i"l*'g. 30 East Ran-
'luipii .St., Chicago.

Carnations, field-grown. Ward, W, Perfection
Scarlet Glow, Beacon. J.55 per 1.000. wSso?',

Uros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Carnations,
.loliet. 111.

J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

Carnations. Wood Bros., Fisbkill. N. Y.

CAMELLIAS.

Camellias

. ., . , without bud from February to
tilt' '^■'"' b"" f™°> August to OctoSe" '^-
stock Cqjalogue free. Victor De

tronchlennes, Ghent. Belgium.

C HRYSANTHEMUMS.

Fine
Bisschop,

CHRVSANTHEMUiMS— ROOTED CUTTINGS. '

If you are looking for the best in chrvsan-

themum cuttings always come to us f ot we

none buV'^fhe'?.''''?'"""'''^'''' ""• t"*^™ a'ld ban.Ue
none but the best paying commercial varieties

Best Stock. p„,. ,„,,

Mrs. Chas. Razer S^ on

Lynwood Hall '.'.W' o'"q

I'ei

2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

• 100
12.50
2.5u

Nagoya

Bonnaffon

Robert Halllday ....'.'.'.'.'.'

Intensity [''[

CUT BACK 'MDMS

WHITE.

Lynwood Hail

Mrs. Chas. Razer '.

YELLOW,

Robert Halllday o in

Nagoya ' ; ; ' ;-^„

Maj. Bonnaffon o'cn

RED. *°"

Intensity o 50

CUT BACK POMPONS,

Mrs, Astor (Yellow) ^''s'>\ln

Pretoria (Yellow) o'Si

Baby (Yellow) ; ; ; ; o'oo

Mary Richardson (Terra Cottal " ^'oo

Diana (White) ' .j'/vj

Hon. Mrs. Cubit (Tan) ...'..'.'..'.'.'. SioO

POMPONS— ROOTED CUTTINGS.

r. . ■ , ... „ Per 100

Pretoria (Yellow) S2 no

Baby (Yellowl ] 2'oo

.Mrs. Astor (Yellow) o'no

Emily (Pink) ; oq",

Miss Cubit (Bronze) "' o'oo

Croesus (Bronze) ''"' 2*oO

Mary Richardson (Terra Cotta I
Diana (White)

WIETOR BROTHERS,
102 NORTH WABASH AVE.,

2.00
2.00

CHICAGO.

Chrysanthemums, Surplus Stock: Dr. Engue-
hard. Pacific Supreme, Smith's Advance, Amo-
rlta. Golden Glow. Early Snow, Chrysolora
Unaka, Intensity, Glen View, Chas. Razer etc
Singles, Pompons and Anemones: Little Bar-
bee, Iva, Panama. Lida Thomas. Palermo Di-
ana, Gertrude Wilson, Beatrice. Asmus Klon-
dyke, etc. Send for complete list. R C $1 "5
per 100: $10 per 1,000; pot plants, 2V1 and's-
inch, $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1,000, Will ex-
change for small Bostons and Dracmna indlvisa
What have you? CRABB & HUNTER FLORAL
CO.. Grand Rapids, Mich. ti-whai^

CHRYSANTHEMUMS, standard varieties fine
stock, $3 per 100: $25 per 1,000. Write for
list of varieties. HENRY SMITH. Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.

CHRYSANTHEMUM CUTTINGS from sand
and soil as follows: White: Smith's .\dvance,
Oct. Frost, Miss C. Frick. Wbite Ivory,
White Eaton, Silver Wedding, W. H. Buckliec.
ieiiow: Chrysolora, Y. C. Touset. V. Ivory,
Maj. Bonnaffon. Pink: Unaka. Pacific Supreme.
Gloria. Pink Ivory. Minnie Bailey, Mauil Dean.
Jeanne Rosette. Red: Black Hawk. $1.25 per
100; $12 per 1,000. D. 11. GREEN. Bouiisbolo
.Md.

Chrysanthemums. Nagoya. Golden CliadwKk,
White Bonnaffon, Roman Gold, Chadwick Su-
|ii-eiiH'. W. H. Chadwick, Helen .Newberry,
Vclliiw Eaton, Antique, Harvard. Major Bon-
naffon. Tim Eaton, .leamie Nonin $2.'. per 1 000
in auy quantity. Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian,
Mich.

C brysanthemums, rooted ' cuttings, $1,50 per
100: 2in,, $2 per lOU; Touset, Oct. Frost,
Polly Rose, Pacific, Smith's Advance, Lincoln,
.\ppleton, Enguehard, Silver Wedding, Yel-
low Bonnaffon, White Bonnaffon, Baby Yellow
Yenobia, L. J, Rowe, Titusville. Pa.
. a

VIRGINIA POEHLMANN,
3,000 in 2M' and 3-inch pots. $30 per 1,000.
Cash with order please.

R. WITTERSTAETTEB.
Price Hill Station, , Cincinnati. O.

Chrysanthemums. All the leading varieties;
pompons and singles. See list of varieties and
prices in double page advertisement elsewhere
in this issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton
Grove. 111.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis Jackmani, hybrids assorted, pot-
grown, 6-ln,, 30c each; $3.50 per doz. Pani-
culata, 6-ln.. $1.50 per doz. The Geo. Wltt-
bold_Co.. 737 Buckingham Placy, Chicago.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. g7

COLEUS.

FERNS.

N.

COLEUS. all colors, nice stock. 2 >.'.-]
$2 per KXl. HENRY SMITH. Grand

u. pots.
Rapids,

CYCLAMEN.

Cyclamen, separate colors or mixed, deep red
3-ln.. English strain, $1.25 per doz.; $0 per
100. Giant blood red, 4-in., $2 per dnz.: $15
per 100, Giant pure white, 3 in., $1.25 per
doz,; $0 per 100; 4-in,, $2 per doz,; $15 per
100. Giant rose, $2 per doz.; $15 per 100.
Persicum, 4-in., English, $2 per doz,; $15 per
ion. Wonder of Wandsbek. 3-in,, $1,50 per
doz,; $12 per 100. Mixed Defiance strain. 3-
in., $1 per doz,; $8 per 100; 4-in,, ,?2 per doz, •
$15 per 100. The Geo, Wittbold Co., 737 Buck-
ingham Place, Chicago.

Cyclamen, my Chicago prize strain, dark red
and glowing red. 4-in.. at 15c. Wbite and
white red e.ve. 4-in.. 15c. Glory and Rose of
Wandsbek, 4-in., 15c. Victoria, fancy fringed
4in., 15c. R. J. SOUTHERTON. " Highland
Park. 111.

CY'CLAMEN — Best German strain in 5 assorted
colors, out of 2%-in. pots, good, strong plants,
$5,00 per 100, Cash, please. J. H. Flesser, 700
Hamilton Ave.. North Bergen, N. J.

Cyclamen, choice strain, 3-in., $7 per 100.
Glory of Wandsbek, 3in.. $8 per liiO: . 4-in.,
.$25 per 100. Choice stock, 4-ln.. $2(i per 100.
Pocl^liuanuBros^Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Cyclamen, 5 colors, 3-in., doz., $1.50; per 100,
$10: 4-in., doz., .$2.50; per 100. $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Cyclamens, from 3-inch pots. Finest strain.
Separate colors. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford.

Cyclamens, ready July, 3-lnch $8 and $10 per
100. Finest strain, about 10 varieties equally
divided. ERNEST ROBER. Wllmette, 111

DAISIES.

Marguerite, single and double, best varieties
2V2-ln., $3, 4-in.. $8 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids. Mich.

DRACAENAS.

DRACAENAS.

Each

Fragrans. 4-in

Lindenl. 4-in:

Massangeana. 4-ln. ..

Indlvisa. 2-ln

3-ln

4-ln

7-in $0..'iO and $0.75

7ln i.oil

THE GEO. WITTROLD CO

737 Buckingham Place.

I>raca:'na indlvisa. 4-in.. 15c and 20c
Poeiilmann Bros. Co., Morton G.-ove, 111,

Dracaena indlvisa, 3-ln,, $5: 4-in,, $loT
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Enininns. Newton.

Doz. 100
$.'!.no
0.0(1
5.00

$3.00
• ,75 5. on
1,25 1(1,110

Ferns. Boston, 2-in,, 50e doz.; $4 per 100'
3-in., $1 per doz.: $8 per 100; 4-in., $1.50 per
doz.; $12 per 100: 4-in. wood squares 25 to
(:ase. $3.75 per case: 5-in., $2.40 and $3 per
doz.; $20 and $25 per 100; 6-in., $6 per doz •
$5(1 per 100; 6-in. made-up, 35c and 50c each:
7-in., ,5e each; $9 per doz.; 8-in.. $1 each:
$12 per doz.; 9-in.. $1.50 each; $18 per doz.;
larger specimens at $2, $2.50 and up. Boston
hanging baskets, 75c and $1 each; $9 and $12
per (loz.; extra large baskets, $3, $4, $5 and
$6. Crytomlum faloatum, 4.1n.. $1.50 and .$1 75
per doz. : $12 and $14 per 100. Whitmani ferns
$1 per doz.; $8 per 100; 4in.", $2 per
$15 per 100: 5-in.. $3.50 doz.: 6-in., $6
■Tbe Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham
Chicago.

-N. Elegaiitissima,
$1. N.

3-in
doz.;
doz.
Place

Ferns,

o'/jin..

_„ „ . w - ._ ■—. 25c each; 6-

'"•' SOe': 8-in.. $1. N. Magniflca. 3V4-in.. 25c.
.N. Muscosa. 3i.i-in.. 25c; 5-in.. 50c; N. Har-
risii. 6-in., 50c: 12-in.. very large, $5 each. N
Bostouiensis, 6in., 50c; 12-in.. very large $5
Pteris WImsetti multiceps, 3V»-in., 15c each!
Small ferns for pans: fine assortment 2^-in
.^4 per liio, F, R. Pierson Co.. Tarrytown-on-
Hudson. N. Y.

Ferns, Adiantum Cuneatum, Gin, 50c each-
$6 per doz,; larger plants, 75c each: ,$0 per
doz, Adiantum Fergusoni, 4-in,. .$1.8n doz \s-
plenium nidas avis, 5-in., $1 and $1.50 eacli-
larger. $2.50 and $3. Assorted ferns for dishes
$3 per 100; in flats of about 100 to 150 in a
flat at Ic a plant. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737
Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Terns in flats, all varieties, ready for 2'A-
inch pots. $2 per flat; 20 or more flats. $1.75
each. McHutchison & Co.. 17 Murray St.. New
York^

Ferns

i.onn,

1,000,

, Whitmani, 2i;-In,. $4 per 100; $30 per
Harrisil, 214-in,, $4 per 100; $30 per
Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass-,

Ferns, Boston and
100: 4-in., $15; 5-in,.
A, Heiider.son & Co,.

Ferns :
25c: e-in.,
Bros. Co..

Roosevelt.
$25; 6-in,,
369 River

3-ln,, $7.50 per
$50; 7-in., $75.
St.. Chicago.

Whitmani and Elegantlssima. 5-ln..
50c; 7-in.. 75c; 8-ln., $1. Poehlmann
Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns from bench,
$12.50 and $15 per 100.
ington. N. J.

assorted varieties, $10,
Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-

Ferns, Boston and Whitmani, 3-in., 10c; 4-in.,
15e; 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

Boston hanging baskets, $1.50 to $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.
Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J,

FICUS.

FICDS ELASTICA, 5-in.. $0.35 each.
THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.,

737-39 Bnckingham PI.,

Chicago.

RUBBER
Big Value.

Mich.

PLANTS,
HENRY

25c, 50c
SMITH,

and 75c each.
Grand Rapids,

FREESIAS.

Freeslas. Purity (true), -y, to 1-ln.. .$2.50 per
IWi; $22.50 per 1,000: % to ^S-ln,, $1,75 per
100: $1() per 1,000; li-in, .-.nd over, $1,50 per
100; $12 per 1,000; :ij to (.Vin., $1,25 per 100;
$10 per l.tHlo. Vaugban* Improved Purity •ti-
in, and up, $2.25 per lon; $20 per 1,000; 'V.- to
aj-in.. $1,75 per 100: $10 per 1,000; %- to' V,-
In,, $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1,000, Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

FREESIAS.
PURITY FREESIAS. best California fleld-
grown. direct from grower to florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size i.', to Cl-
inch diameter, $1.50 per 100; $G per 500- 2iid
size, M to i,4inch diameter, 90c per 100- $3 50
per 50(). Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

CO

GERANIUMS.

Lady Washington, best varieties, 2l4.in. pots
$5 per 100; 4 in.. $10 per loO. HENRY SMITH
Grand Rapids. Mich. '

Geraniums, S. A.
Mme. Buchner. 2-ii
Rawlings, Clean, N.

Nutt. Dbl. Gen. Grant and
i.. ^ $1.75 per 100. Elmer

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; Hne plants out of
3i.i-in. iKits. $7 per 100, Only 800 left. Cash
with Older. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE, Minot,

N. D.

Chicago,
each.

5-in..
N. J.

Geraniums. 2-in.. $3 per
and Mary Barton, 2-in,. $3.
110 E, 49tb St.. Portland

100. Hall Caine
Rabn & Herbert.
Ore.

Perkins,
per 100.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner. Ricard
Poltevlne. 2-ln., $2 per 100: 3 in., $5
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Geraniums, Nutt, $10 per l,00n; Ricard and
Poitevlne, $12.50 per 1,000. Albert M. Herr,
Lancaster, Fa.

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Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. 4-ln., $8 per 100,
In paper pots. L. J. Rowe. Titusville. Pa.

Geraniums, leading varieties. R. Vincent,
Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsb, Md.

GRAVILLEA.

GravUlea, 2y.-ln. pots. $3 per 100. HBNKY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

HARDY PLANTS.

PERENNIAL PLANTS, good assortment, 3-lu.
pots. .$5 per lOu. HENRy SMITH. Grand
Rapids, Mich.

ORCHIDS.

HYDRANGEAS.

HYDRANGEAS— French Hydrangeas. Ava-
lanche, Mme. E. MoulUere. Mont Rose. Bou-
quet Rose, La Lorraine, Mousselline. 2'/i-ln.
pots. $5.01) per 100. Cash, please. J. H. Fles-
ser. 709 Hamilton Ave., North Bergen. N. J.

Hydrangeas, Otaksa, 4-in.. 2 leads, $1.80 per
doz.; 5-in., 3 to 4 leads, $3 per doz. ; ?24 per
100; 5-ln., made-up. 3 In a pot. $3.60 per doz.;
9- and 10-ln., extra strong. 75c and $1 each.
French hydrangeas, pink, white and blue, 6-ln.,
40c; 7-ln., 60c. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737
Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Hydrangeas, large specimens, $7.50. $10 and
$15 each, according to size and number of
blooms. F. R. Plerson Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hud-
son, N. Y.

Hi'DRANGEAS, 4-ln. in bloom, 25c each;
8-in., $1 to $1.50 each. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

Hydrangeas. C. C. PoUworth Co., Milwau-
kee, Wis.

IVIES.

English ivy. out of 6-in. pots, up to 5 ft.
high, $25 per lOii. Rahn & Herbert. 110 E.
49th St.. Portland. Ore.

English Ivy. 4-ln., 3 In a pot, $10 per 10:i.
The Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place.
Chicago.

Ivy. Boston, pot-grown. 4-in.. $1.50 per doz.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place.
Chicago.

English Ivy. strong 20c and 35c each. Poehl-
maon Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

German ivy, 2^-in., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls. Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES— Strong plants, ready

to shift out of 214-in. pots. $3.00 per 100.

Cash please. J. H. Fiesser, 709 Hamilton Ave..

North Bergen. N. J.

LAUREL.

Laurus cerasus bushes, 35c to $1 each; stand-
ard, $7.50 to $10 each; pyramids, $5 to $7.50
each. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Lily of the valley, cold storage, Bruns' Cel-
ebrated Chicago Market. $18 per 1.000; $9.50
per 50<J; $5 per 250. Florists' Money Maker.
.?16 per I.UOO; $9 per 500; $2 per 100. H. N.
Bruns, 3032 W. Madison St.. Chicago.

Lily of the valley, best grade, 500 to case,
$9 per case; 1,000 to case, $17 per case.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

To Import.

Lily of the valley. Chas. Schwake & Co..
Inc.. Horticultural Importers and Exporters. 90-
92 West Broadway. New York.

Lily of the valley, largest grower and e-v-
porter. E. Neubert. Wandsbek. nr. Hamburg.
Germany. Apply to Otto Heineckcn. 17 Bat-
tery PL. New York.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn.

Mushroom Spawn, English Imported, $6.60 per
100 lbs. St. Louis Seed Co., St. Loula, Mo.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees, Bob-
blnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co.. Dundee.

Orchids of all kinds, established and seml-
established. Lager & Hurrell. Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

Palms. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Phoenix Canarlensis. flue large plants. $7.5U
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. Joseph Heacock Co., Wyucote, Pa.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

PANDANUS.

PANDANUS VEITCHII. 4-ln.. 2oc; 5-ln.. 50c3
C-in.. $1 each. HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids.
Mich.

Pandanus Veilchll, 4-in.. 50c: 5-in.. 75c: 6-In..
$1.25 and $l.o0; 7-in.. $2 and $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Pandanus Veltchli, 4-in., $6 per doz.; 5-ln.,
$9 per doz. The Geo. Wlttbold Co.. 737 Buck-
Ingham Place, Chicago.

PANSIES.

PANSIES.
If you didn't %^\. our color plate catalog and
1914 cut prices on Mastodon Pansy Seed and
seedlings; fall delivery; write for it. Cut prices,
new crop Mastodon mixed, % oz., $1; oz.. $7.
Mastodon Greenhouse Special. same price.
STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS. Portland. Ore.

PEONIES.

Peony Festiva Maxima. Write for list of
other fine varieties. Thomas J. Oberlln, Slnk-
Ing Spring, Pa.

PEPPERS.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES.
2i2-in.. $3 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Rapids. Mich.

Peppers, Chinese and cluster, $2.50 per 100;
$2'-' per 1.000. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
lirove, 111.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, dbl. fringed, mixed. 2-in.. $2 per
100; $18 per 1,000. Elmer Rawlings, Olean,
N. Y.

POmSETTlAS.

HEADQUARTERS FOR POINSETTIAS.

True type, orders booked now for June and

later delivery, $5 per 100; $45 per 1,000; 5,000

lots or more. Write for prices. Cash please.

ERNEST ROBER, Wllmette, 111.

Poinsettlas, true t.vpe, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in 2^-lu. paper pots, $5.50 per
100; $50 per 1,000. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St.. Chicago.

Poinsettla pnlcherrlma. 2-ln., $5 per lOO; $43
per 1.000; 4-in.. $1 per doz.; for stock plants.
The Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place.
Chicago.

Poinsettla pulcherrima. 2i.4-ln. pots, $6 per
JOO: $50 per 1,000. Anton Schulthela, College
Point. L. I.. X. Y.

Poinsettias. 2Vi-in., $5 per 100; $45 per 1.000.
S. S. Skidelsky & Qo., 1218 Bctz Bldg., Phila-
tlelphia. Pa.

PRIMULAS.

lU.

Primroses. Chinese, $2 per 100. Obe. alba
and rosea, $2. Forbesl and Malacoides. $2.
Obc. Gigantea. $2.50. Jos. H. Cunningham,
Delaware, O.

Primula obconlca, 3-in.. $5 per 100; 4-in., $8
per 100. The Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Bucklng-
ham Place, CTiicago.

Primula obconlca Grandlflora and Gigantea, 3-
in., $5 per 100; 4-in., 8e. Poehlmann Bros. Co..
Morton Grove. 111.

Primula obconica assorted and Malacoides.
2i,<.-in. pot plants. $4 per 100; $35 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

ROSES.

214-INCH ROSE STOCK.
Fine, healthy plants, ready for immediate
shipment.

Per 100 Per 1000

American Beauties $5.00 $45.00

Richmond 3.00 25.00

Miladv 5.00 45.0<l

Sunburst 5.00 45.00

Pink Killarney 5.00 40.00

WIETOR BROTHERS.
162 North WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

Roses, pot-grown stock: American Pillar, 6-
in, . %'LV) aim $3 60 iier doz. Uurothy Perkinfi.
ein., $2.40 per doz. Excelsa, 5 and 6 In.,
$3.60 per doz. Flower of Fairfield, 5-ln. and
6-in.. $3.60 per doz. Lady Gay. 5-in.. $2.40;
6-ln., $3.60 per doz. Tausendschon. 4-ln.. $1.80:
5-ln.. $3: 6-ln.. $4.20 per doz. 500 My Mary-
land. 3y2-ln.. $6 per 100. 1.000 Pink Killar-
ney, Syj-ln., $6 per KX). The Geo. Wittbold
Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Roses, winter flowering, from 4-in. pots. Kil-
larney Brilliant. Killarney Queen, Pink Killar-
ney, American Beauty, Lady Hilllngdon. Rich-
mond, Mrs. Chas. Russell. Mme. Ceclle Brun-
ner or Mignon. or Sweetheart. F. R. Plerson
Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hndson. N. \.

Rose Cecile Brunner, 2i/4-in.. own roots, 85c
per doz.; $6 per 100; 3y2-in., own roots. $2.50
per doz.; $18 per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store.
Chicago and New York.

ROSE PLANTS. Kalserin. My Maryland and
Rhea Reid, 3-in.. strong. .$6 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Roses, own root and grafted. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, HI.

Roses, 1-yr., 2^-ln.; 2-yr.. 4-in. Leedle
Floral Co., Springfield, O.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

SALVIAS.

Salvias, 3^-lnch Zurich and Bonfire, $5 jjer
100. WIU trade for Bostons. Dracnena indivisa.
What have you? CRABB & HUNTER FLORAL
CO.. Grand Rapids, Mich.

SMILAX.

Smilax. 214-in., $2.50 per 100; $22 per 1.000:
3-in.. $G per 100; .$50 per 1,000. Poehlmann
liros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Smllax. 2y.-inch, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1.000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

SMILAX, 2y2-in. pots, $2 per 100; $20 per
1.000. HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

SEEDS.

CHOICE MIXED PANSY SEED.
We save the seed from our own beds, mix it
witli the best imported stock of Danish Exhl-
biti<in, Imperial German, Mammoth Butterfl.v.
Giant RulHed and Mottled. Giant Fine Spotted
and Trimardean GiaLit. making one grand mix-
ture, which we offer as follows: Trade packet.
2.')c; Vi oz.. $1; 14 oz., $1.75; 1 oz., $3.50.
Terms Cash. Safe Delivery Guaranteed.
FRANCIS BRILL CO..

Seed Growers and Dealers,
Hempstead ( lj._l. ) ^N.Y.

Seeds, Asparagus. Plumosus Nanus. 1,000,
$2; 5,000, $1.75 per 1.000; 10.000. $1.60 per
1.000. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St..
New York.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk
and Watermelons. Pumpkins and Squash.
Western Seed and Irrigation Co.. Fremont. Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelon, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds. Dreer's Perfect pansies. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras, etc.
Asters aud flower seeds In general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds. contract growers of Cucumbers.
Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet, Flint
and Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co.,
Valley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties.,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hurff. Swedesboro, N. J. _^_

Seed, pansy: Schwanecke's Giant flowered
Improved Trimardean, $1.50 per oz. ; Gassier.
$3.75; Germania, $3.75; Bugnots, $3; Odier.
$2.50. C. Schwanecke. Oschersleben, ^ermany.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrlck &
Son, contract seed growers. Pedricktown. N. J.

Seeds contract growers of beans, encumber,
tomato 'muskmelon. squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson. Mich.

Seeds, sweet peas. For varieties and prices
see advertisement elsewhere In this Issue.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

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Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport. Somerset, England.

Seeds, pansy. For varieties and prices see
advertisement elsewhere in this issue. Chas.
Frost, Kenilworth. N. J.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
Bweet com. onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford. Conn.

Seeds, Specialists: Beets, mangoes, carrots,
cabbages, celeries, parsley, parsnips, turnips.
R. & M.Godine_au,_ Angers, France.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolglano & Son. Light, Pratt and EUicott Sts..
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. C".
Zvolanek, Lompac, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per, oz. Jos.
H. Cunningliam, Delaware. O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnings, P.
O. Box 857. Melbourne, Australia.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.
SPIREA.

Spirea Van Houttel, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100:
$75 per 1,000. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown. Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozarl!, Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKinley, Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success, Three Ws, U, S. King Edward, Wm.
Belt, $2 per 100; $16 per 1,000. Clresapeake,
Fendall. Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1,000.
Everbearing (Progressive. Productive. Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1,000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmoutb Nursery, Little Silver. N. J.

Americus strawberry, $7.50 per 100. Weeber
& Don, 114 G, Chambers St., New York.

TORENIA.

TORENIA, 2%-in. pots. $3 per 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

HARDY FIELD STOCK.

Celery plants $2.50 per 1,000

Cabbage plants 1.00 per 1.000

Genuine Cauliflower 2.50 per 1,000

Parsley, triple curled 2.50 per 1,000

All Varieties.
F. M. Pattington, SciploviUe, N. Y.

Cabbage plants ready to set in the field,
strong transplanted plants, $2.50 per 1,000.
Seedlings, $1 per 1,000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO.. Danville, 111.

Celery plants. Golden Self Blanching (French
strain), fine plants ready now, $2 per 1,000.
Cash. BRILL CELERY GARDENS. Kalamazoo,
Mich.

Celery plants, all varieties, 1000, $1.25;
10,000, $10; (100, 30c; 600, 75c postpaid).
GLICK'S SEED FARMS, Smoketown. Pa,

vmcAs.

VINCA, periwinkle, 2i4-in., $3 per 100.

HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Vinca Var., 3-in., $5; 2-in., $2 per 100. Geo.
M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
bouses. Nlc. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfleld Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co., 452 W. Erie St., Cblcago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works. 846
W. Superior St., Chicago.

Boilers for greenhouses; all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Boilers, latest types of steel tubular and
cast iron for greenhouses, Geo. W. Loeber,
222 N. Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

Boilers, all sizes for greenhouses. John C.
Moninger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Hontsch boilers. J. P. Dahlbom. 217 Hack-
ensack PI. Rd.. Weehawken Heights, N, J.

Boiler tubes, 4-inch, 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk, for fumigating. Nicotine Mfff.
Co.. St. Louis Mo.

CARNATION STAPLES.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples, 50c per 1,000,
postpaid. I. L. PiUsbury, Galesburg. 111.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so lar. 50c for
1,000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUTFLOWEB EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. ' Detroit, Mich.

COAL.

Berwind's Smokeless Coals from Pocahontas
and New Kiver mines. Becwlnd-White Coal
Mining Co., 1805 People's Gas Bldg., Chicago.

"Royal" washed coal, four sizes. No. 2, No.
3. No. 4 and No. 5. Also 6-incb lump coal
and 6x1 y2 egg coal. Royal Colliery Company,
Virden. 111. Chicago Sales Office. 1646 Monad-
nock Block.

The White Oak Coal Co.. McDonald. West
Va., "White Oak" Smokeless Coal, lump, egg,
mine run, steam and smithing. C. B. Ebbert,
Mgr, Chicago oflice, People's Gas Bldg.

Perfection Franklin Co. coal. Alwart Bros.
Coal Co., 1854 Webster Ave„ Chicago.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co. , 2340 Wabansia
Ave., Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
inger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dietscb
Co., 2642 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st St. and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co., Des Plaines, 111.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O.

GLASS, rUTTy, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part^
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton. Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague
Smith Co., 164166 Randolph St., Chicago.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Aphlne, $1 per qt. , $2.50 per gal. Fungine.
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine, $1 per qt..
$3 per gal. Scaline. 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals., $10. Nikotlana. $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison. N. J,

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus, Jenning's
Improved Iron Gutters. Diller, Caskey & Keen,
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts.. Philadelphia.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London, England.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joset>h Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave., Chi-
cago.

Florists' refrigerators. Bucbblnder' Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave., Cblcago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per l.OOO. 50c;
by mall, 70c; 6,000 by express, $2.50.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. Kendallville, Ind.

Liquid — NICO-FUME— Paper, for thrips, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Kentucky
Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville, Ky.

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Herrmann,
404-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St.,
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points, % and %, 40c pe] lb. ; 7
lbs.. $2.50; 15 lbs., $5. Randolph & Mc-
Clements. 5936 Fenn Ave., Pittsburgh, P«.

"Elastlc-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner,
Mgr., The Elastlc-Lyke Co.. 30 B. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago^

Dreer'a Peerless Glazing points. 1,000. 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,

Philadelphia.

Magic Brand Fertilizer. Send for our at-
tractive prices. Chicago Feed and Fertilizer
Co., 810 Exchange Ave., Chicago.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros.. 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond, Ind.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
56 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co., Detroit. Mich.

Greenhouse windstorm Insurance. Floraln D.
Wallace, Insurance Exchange BJdg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway, 105 Chambers St.. New York.

MOTOR TRUCKS.

Selden Trucks, one size, a ton and one-half.
Special plan of payment. The Ralph Temple
Automobile Co.. 1219 Michigan Ave.. Chicago.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tlne Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz., by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Son, Cedar Rapids.
Iowa.

Pelrce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
pot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Pelrce, 400 Oaks St.. Waltham, Mass.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co.. South Zanesville, Ohio.

Neponset, flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York. ____^

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y. ^^

Standard flower pots tud bulb pans. HU-
finger Bros. Pottery, Fort Edward, N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Harley
Pottery Co.. Nashville, Tenn.

Pots, Hews* standard. A. H. Hews & Co.,
Cambridge, Mass.

Standard flower potes. A. F. Kohr, 2934-38
Leavitt St., Chicago.

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son. 2614-22 Hern-
don St., Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy.. Detroit. Mich.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet, per
100, 85c; 500, $3; $5.50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
1,000, $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

TOBACCO.

TOBACCO Dust, scraps and Waste cheap in
quantities. Grand potash fertilizer and an ef-
ficient Insecticide for foliage or soil. Used for
dusting, fumigating or spray by alert growers.
DEUTSCH. 1399 Ave. A, New York.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JUST OUT.

Send for one.

WOERNER WIRE WORKS.

Omaha, Neb.

2852 Pratt St

Floral design, wire window guards, office rail-
ings, and all fancy works, lamp shade frames.
Eagle Wire Works. 2338 Ontario St.. Cleveland.
Ohio.

If You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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20 Mines

Capacity 10,000
tons daily.

The White Oak Coal Company

MAGDONALD, WEST VIRGINIA

Sairs and OistributinK Aii'-nts for The Nt:\v River Compaov's famous

^^White Oak^* Smokeless Coal

LUMP, EGG, MINE RUN, STEAM AND SMITHING

Mined in the heart of the famous New River Smokeless coal held
of \\'est Virginia.

SERVICE, QUALITY AND PREPARATION OUR AIM

C. B. EBBERT, Chicago Office, Telephone,

Manager. People's Gas Bldg. Central 5637.

C. H. SPRAGUE & SON
Boston, Mass,

TIDEWATER .AGENTS
LONDON AGENTS

MOORE & FLETCHER
101 Leadenhall St.. S. E.

Branch Offices

CHICAGO

WASHrNGTON

NEWPORT NEWS

FLORISTS' COAL.

News Notes of the Week.

Chicago. — While a material improve-
ment has been looked for by the oper-
ators for some time, the past week
showed no evidence of any change in
general conditions worthy of mention.

In the smokeless coal market during
the past week buying of mine run
showed an increase, and orders have
been coming in liberally, due to the
announcement that mine run will he
advanced 15 cents on August 1. Lump
and egg have very little call. Rumors
refuse to be downed that railroads are
going to be short of cars this fall, and
with a congestion of orders for fall
delivery, coal men fear a coal famine
if a lack of cars should prove a reality.

In the Hocking district negotiations
have practically been completed which
will enable the mines to resume oper-
ations in about ten days.
Coal Prices.

Indiana — F. O. B. Chicago. Mines

Brazil Block $,3.00 $2.2:!

Stripping 2.50 1.73

Clinton —

Steam Lump 1.97 1.20

Screenings 1.67 .00

Mine Run 1.87 1.10

Pocahontas and New River —

Lump and Egg 4.05 2.011

Mine Run 3.30 1.2.")

Hocking Valley —

11,4 inch Lump 3.15 1.50

3 inch Lump 3.25 1.60

Thacker and Kanawha Districts —

1% inch Lump 3.15 1.2.j

Illinois —

Majestic 2..32 1.35

Virden —

Royal No. 2 Washed.. 2.12 1.30

Royal No. 3 Washed.. 2.12 1..S0

Roval No. 4 Washed.. 2.07 1.25

Royal No 5 Washed.. 1.62 .80

Franklin County^

Lump and Egg 2.45 1.40

Mine Run 2.20 1.1."

2 inch Screenings.... 1.95 .00

Harrisburg —

Steam Lump 2.25 1.20

Domestic Lump & Egg 2.25 1.20

Mine Run 2.20 1.20

Screenings 1.95 .90

Springfield —

Steam Lump 1.97 1.15

Domestic Lump 2.07 1.2."i

Mine Run 1.87 1.05

Carterville —

Washed No. 1 2.55 1.50

Washed No. 2 2.45 1.40

Lump 2.40 1 .35

Egg 2.40 1.35

Screenings 1.95 .90

Ottawa, Can. — The New Agriculture
and Horticulture Building now being
erected at Landsdowne Park will be
most modern in every way. The
main hall or lower flat is .SO by
190 feet, while the second or upper
floor, which is built to the front, is 20
by 98 feet. The style is what is known
as a modern design, and is of solid
brick and stone construction.

Rapidly taking the place of Pocahontas Mine Run for Greenhouse Coa!

Prepared in

All Sizes

COAL

To Meet

Your Individual

Condition.

Cleaning and sizing plant located on C. & N. W. R. R.. Chicago.
Prompt Shipment. Prices Right.

ALWART BROS. COAL CO.

1854 Webster Avenue, CHICAGO.

Mention the Ai}ierican Florist xchen loriting

Qreenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. CtllCagO

Mrntion the Ayyierican Florist when ivriting

Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

While the season is advancing, you want to be sure of a

PROMPT DELIVERY

for your orders in greenhouse material. Write to us for
sketches and estimate. We can satisfy you in regard to quick
delivery, first class grades and reasonable prices. Our new
factory and modern equipment enable us to accomplish this.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO.

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The American Florist.

July 2s,

LIQUID -"NICO-FUIIIIE"=pape:r

i^^sk

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING - FUMIGATING

Sood^simojtx for*

F*i?ioo«

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisviUe, Ky.

I

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

For green, black, white fly, red spider, thrips
mealy bug and soft scale. Can be used on
tender plants.

$1.00 per Quart; $2.50 per Gallon.

FUNGINE

For mildew, rust and other blights. It is
perfectly safe to apply to fruitsandvegetables,
as it is iXPD'poisonous. An iofallible remedy
for rose mildew, rarnation and chrysanthe-
mum rust. 75c per Quart; $2.00 per Gallon.

VERMINE

For eel, cut and wire worms working in the
soil. It can be applied to all vegetation,
$1.00 per Quart; $3.00 per Gallon.

SCALINE

For San Jose, oyster shell and all scale on
trees and hardy stock. An effective remedy
for red spider on evergreens.

75c per Quart. $1.50 per Gallon.

All the above products are readily soluble in
water at proportions directed on cans, and are
used as spraying matorials.

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution for fumigating and
vaporizing.

$1.50 per Quart; $4.50 per Gallon.

Manufactured by

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals.
MADISON. N. J.

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EVERYTHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Hose, Wire, Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools, Glass.

Specbl Ageol for Wizard Brand Maoores and Darling's FertflECri.

Walter S. McGee,

Phone Hyde Park 5679
6327 KIXIS AVE.. CHICAGO, ILL.

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THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not set hard, run
in liot nor heave in cold weather.
E. C. Pruner, Mrtr. THE ELASTIC-LYKE CO.

NIKOTEEN 30 °\o Strength

FOR SPRAYING

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

An Ideal

Insecticide

For Fumigating
and Spraying

Sold hv
Seedsmen and Dealers

Manufactured by

P.R.PALETHOiRPECO.

line)

Clarksville, Tenn.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give

satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse.

Write for prices and estimates. Do it now.

GARLAND MANUFACTURING CO:. DesPlaines.lll.

KRIER BOILERS

Smoke Burner— Sell Feeding— For Greenbouset
A GUARANTEED FUEL SAVING

Catalogue and Prices on Request.

Nic. Krier Boiler Works,

2725-27 N. Marshfield Ave.. CHICAGO.

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OF HIOB
GRADE..

(Not Inc.)

%

East Randolph St., Chicago.

See Our Catalogue.

Homager 6IBLIN & CO., Utlca, N. Y.

Mention the American Florist when writiyig

PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, Billheads, Statements.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate Making and Color Work.

Goriiam &. Ghapllne Prlntery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

—CLAY'S—
FERTILIZER

WILL FEED

YOUR PLANTS

And Your

BANK BALANCE

At the Same Time.
IT IS SAFE, SURE, ECONOMICAL.

Manufactured by

Clay & Son,

STRATFORD, LONDON, IKGIAND

jl/fn(io)t the American FUyrist when writino

A STIC A

I'eenhcuseqlazin^
USE IT NOW,

F.O. PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastic a is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Puttv becomes tiard and
brittle. Broken elass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

Mentinn the American Florist 7vhen writing

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

Send For Prices

♦04412 Ewt 34th SI. NEW YORK

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CEMETERY ENTRANCE AT MOUNT HOPE.

We make a specialty of Park and Cemetery Entrances and Fencing, as well as Fencing for Residences, Churches,
^ Public Institutions, Etc. We also carry a complete line of Lawn Seats, Reservoir Vases, and Flag Poles.

Wirp flnrl OmimiATitnl Trnn lAZnrlr Catalogue No. 61 for Parks and Cemeteries.

Wire ailU Wrildinclllai iruil VVUrK.. catalogue no. 48-A tor churches and Residences.

THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ADVANCE mateml is
considered the best
that can bepurchasi_d
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Sundfor
oar catalogue today.

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

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Greenhouse Glass

Superior Quality
and Right Prices

Let Us Quote You. We Can Save Yon Monev

Baur Window Glass Co.,

EATON, IND.

Mention the American Florist lohen writing

GLASS

We are leader*. Lars^e stock, good price*.

SHARP, PARTRIDfiE & CO.

CHICAGO. ILUNOIS.

Write for prices on

Greenhouse Glass

SPRAGUE-SMITH CO.

164-166 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

KING

=«

GREENHOUSES

W

Are supplitd in 3 ditterent Iron Frame
Types: also in the Semi-Iron or Pipe
Frame stj les. so we can offer you a strong,
practical Sunny House at the price you
can afford to pay.

Write US today- just tell us what
you want and we will do the rest.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

29 King's Road, North Tonawanda, N. T,

All the Sunlislit All Dar Houses.

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worics,

846-848 W. Superior St., Chicago, 111.

)reer'8 Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses

Drive easy and true, becaust
botb bevels are on the same
side. Can't twist and break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will DOi rust. No
lights or lefts.
The Peerless Clazlne Poin
Is patented. Nooiherslike
It. Order from your dealcjx
01 direct ttotn tis.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Simples free.
BEKRT A. DREEB.t
714 CbflstDQt 8t^e«t^s

riuiAdoipbib.

J

Siebert'a Ztnc
Glasing Point*.

Good for small or
arge grlass. do not rust,
easy to drive. H and H
inch. Per lb. 40c. 5-1 bs.
$1.85. 20-lbs.. $7.00

Vaughan's
Seed Store
Chicago New York

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The American Florist.

July 25

r

From the Atlantic
to the Pacific

In all parts of the country pro-
gressive, push-ahead florists are
recognizing what sluggish steam
lines mean to the temperature in
the greenhouse. Unless the pipes
are properly drained, the tempera-
ture is bound to fluctuate — result :
poor stock. With the

IZ>^ack4&Boiler4>

you can be sure that the steam
lines will not only be properly
drained, but that every inch will be
an active heating surface, for the
Morehead System returns and feeds
the condensation pure and hot to
youf boiler— placed above ground,
thus establishing a Steady, uniform
temperature for the growing stock.
It saves heat, time and fuel.'
Write today and let us tell you
more about it. It will be worth
while to know.

DEPT. "N"

MOREHEAD MFG. COMPANY

DETROIT, MICH. i,,2

Order Now

BUY DIRECT -

Factory to User Prices.

[452 W. Erie St., - CHICAGO |

1866-1914

GREENHOUSE LUMBER

"SPOT CLEAR"

HOTBED SASH PECKY CYPRESS

SQUARE AND RED CEDAR POSTS

Lockland Lumber Co., Lockland, O.

Mention the American Florist when writing

GREENHOUSE
HEATING

HOT WATER— Open tank or pressure systems designed by

us will heat perfectly and not 'blowout." ST£AM SYSTEMS

we design to meet your special conditions. Our pump or

trap return systems will prove satisfactory in all cases where

a graviiv'return is impossible. Our VACUUM systems are the last and

best wiird for heating large and modern ranges. Wc can put ECONOMY

and EFFICIENCY into your heating system. Unsatisfactory heating

systems remodeled. Heating booklet free.

Heating plans and estimates made, boilers and heating supplies furnished.

GEO. W. LOEBER,

222 North Wabash Avenue,

Phone Central 271S

Chicago, 111.

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Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
the world's largest Building M^erial Department.
Keap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overhauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, sire
l^gxZH lOOrunningft $2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
l^axZH, lOOrunningft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, pel 1000 ft., bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44— No. 1 Cypress. 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash. I^:in..x3ft.
X <i ft., without glass, 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90 to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY, Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co:,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

Ment^07i the A^nerican Florist when writing

HONTSCH
BOILERS

Water Grate
Less Coal More Heat

J. P. Dahlborn & Co.

General Agents U. S. A.

Cor. 2nd and Monroe Sts.
Hoboken, - - - N. J.

REED & KELLER,

122 W. 25th St., NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
and Novelitles, and are dealers in Glass-
Ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

GREENHOUSES

Iron Frame Flat Rafter.
Iron Frame Truss.
Semi-Iron Types.

Estimates and Plans Free

Our 384 page cloth bound
Catalog cost us $7,000.00.
You can get one free.
Please send 10c postage.

Everything for the Greenhouse

Prices are low.

John C. Moninger Co.

CHICAGO
902 Blackhawk St.

NEW YORK
Marbridge Building
34th and Broadway

EAGLE WIRE WORKS

Manufacturers of

Floral Designs, Wire Window

Guards. Office Railings,

and all Fancy Works

2338 Ontario St., Cleveland, Ohio

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

I riORIST

tradeS— 2!IIIISt^^

Smsrica is "tha Prau/ of the Uessel; there mag be morE' comfort Rmidships, but wb are the first to touch Unknnu/n Seas."

Vol. XLIII.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, AUGUST I, 1914.

No. 1365

TheMerican Florist

Established 1885.

Copyright. 1914. by American Florist Company

Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11, 1891,

at the Post Office at Chicago Illinois,

under act of March 3. 1879.

Published Every Saturd.'^y by

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

Long Distance Ptione: Harrison 7465.

Registered Cable Address: Ameno, Chicago.

Subscription, United States and Mexico, $1.00 a

year: Canada. $2.00; Europe and Countries

in Postal Union, $2.50. Subscriptions

accepted only from the trade. Vol-

umeshalf yearly from -August ?t. 1901.

Address all correspondence, subscriptions, .etc,
American Florist Co.. 440S. Dearborn St.. Chicago

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth Minneapolis.
Minn., President; P. Welch, Boston, Mass., V ice
President; John Young, 53 W. 2^th St.. New
York, Secretary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. N Y.,
Treasurer. Next annual convention at Boston,
Mass,, August, 1914, openina the 18th,

RAILWAY GARDENING ASSOCIATION.

Eighth annual convention. Hotel Breslin, Broad-
way and 29th St„ New York, August 1M4, 1914.
F. W. Vail, Dunellin, N, J, President; VV. F.
Hutchinson. Sewickley, Pa.. Secretary.

AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY.

Next annual meeting and exhibition at Boston.
Mass.. August 18-22, 1914. Montague Chamber-
lain, Boston, Mass., President; L.MertonGage,
South Natick, Mass., Sec'y.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo. N. Y., 1915. S. J. Goddard. Framing-
ham, Mass., President; A. F. J. Baur. Thirty-
eighth St. and Rockwood ."^ve., Indianapolis.
Ind., Secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual convention and exhibition at Indianap-
olis. Ind., November 6-8, 1914. Wm. Klbinhfinz,
Ogontz. Pa.. President; C. W. Johnson. Morgan
Park, Chicago, "Secretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS.

NeJCt annual meetiny Newburgfi, X. V . and New
York. August 2<-27 I'il4, Harry S. Richards,
Chicago. President; J. J. Levison. Brooklyn.
N. Y.. Secrelarv-T^ea^ure^.

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Twenty-eighth annual convention to be held
at St. Louis. Mo., 1914. M. P. Brazil, St. Louis.
President-Elect; Bellett Lawsom, Jr.. River
Grove, 111., Sec'y-Treasurer.

MASSACHISETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

A Sketch of Its History.

A Model Organization.

The history of horticulture in tlie
Tnitetl States is interwoven with that
nf the Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety. While there were se\eral ag-
ricultural societies organized after the
close of tile Revolution, tlie new era
of horticultural improvement may he
said to have begun with the organi-
zation of the New York Horticultural
Society in 1822, which, however, ceased
to exist in 1837, The next horticul-
tural society in the United .States was
the Pennsylvania .Society, founded at
Philadelphia in 1S27, which has con-
tinued witli varying degrees of suc-
cessful operation vintil the present day.
Two other societies wore formed in
New York State previous to the or-
ganization of the Massachusetts Hor-
ticultural Society, neither of which ex-
isted more than a few years.

In the year 1820 a few gentlemen
of Boston and vicinity, interested in
their gardens and orchards, founded
the Massachusetts Horticultu'-al .Socie-
ty, of which it may now be said in
the eighty-fifth year of its existence
that there appears to liave been no
period in which its work languished
for lack of interest in the ob.lects for
which it was incorporated. Men and
women have come upon the stage of
its activities and have passed on to
be succeeded by others equally de-
voted, through who.=e labors and fos-
tering care the w-ork of the society
has been continued witliout interrup-
tion and witli unceasing interest and
unabated enthusiasm. The founders
were men personally and actively in-
terested in practical horticulture, and
were accustomed to bring in to their
city business offices specimens of the
products of their gardens that- their
friends and associates miglit see and
admire them. Upon the organization
of the .society it was arranged to have
weekly displays in a room of the build-
ing on North Market street. Boston,
now occupied by the agricultural ware-
house of Joseph Breck & Sons, At
the time of the first establishment of
the Massachusetts Horticultural .So-
ciety .an experimental garden was con-

sidered indispensable to tlie full de-
velopment of its purpose. It was pro-
vided for in its charter and was es-
pecially urged by its earlier members.
The means for its establishment, how-
ever, were lacking. At about this time
tlie subject of an ornamental ceme-
tery in the vicinity of Boston was be-
ing advocated by Dr. Jacob Bigelow
and his associates, and the plan was
finally adopted of combining the ex-
perimental garden and the cemetery
under the management and ownersliip
of the Horticultural Society.

The tract of land in Tambridge. now'
known as Mount Auburn Cemetery,
comprising about 72 acres, was pur-
chased in 1S?,f), for .$t;.O00; one liun-
dred subscribers contributing .f(ll> eacli
and receiving a suitaiile burial lot in
the new cemetery. The society began
immediately the work of establisliing
the experimental garden, but it was
soon found that the interests of the lot
owners and those of tlie society were
too unlike to be succe.ssfuU.v uniterl in
one organization, consequently in 1.*>'1.".
an arrangement was made transferring
the property to the Mount Auburn
Cemetery Corporation, the Horticul-
tural Society relinquishing its interest
in consideration of the payment of
one-fourth of the future proceeds of
the sale of lots. Sulisequent years
have abundantly proved the wisdom of
this settlement, nearly .$.'5110.000 hav-
ing been received thus far under this
arrangement. and experience has
shown that the worls of an experi-
mental garden can be better carried
on by the commercial florists and niir-
serymen.

Very soon after the organization of
the society the need of a permanent
home was felt. For fifteen years the
exhibitions were held in various halls
until 1S4.T when the first horticultural
hall, located in School street, was built
at a cost of .$4(r.(l(>0. The possession
of a home of its own contributed great-
ly in extending the reputation and in-
fluence of the society and it began to
take a prominent position at home and
abroad. The School street building
was soon outgrown and an advantage-

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ouB offer of $90,000 for the property
was accepted by the society in 1859.
and a second ' horticultural hall was
soon under construction on Tremont
street. This building, considered a
monumental one in its day, was com-
pleted and occupied in 1865 at a cost
of $240,000. The following thirty-five
years, during which the society occu-
pied the Tremont street building, were
years ■ of unexampled prosperity and
activity in advancing the art and sci-
ence of horticultural pursuits.

In the year 1900 the society entered
upon the third era of its existence in
a new home, the present horticultural
hall on Massachusetts avenue. The en-
croachments of business on the previ-
ous location and the need of still fur-
ther accommodations for its library
and exhibitions rendered a sale of the
building desirable and an offer of .$(500,-
OOO being made for it the society again
took up an advanced position in new
surroundings, typical of the progress
of horticulture throughout the coun-
try. From the beginning the value
of a library as an aid to the society's
work was recognized, and through all
the years of its history has received
its fostering care so that today it is
one of. the notable horticultural li-
braries of the world. The publications
of the society, also, have been an im-
portant feature of its work, forming
an almost complete record of its activi-
ties from the year 1829 to the present
time.

" SPECIAL FUNDS.

The interest of its member.ship in
its work is shown by the accompany-
ing list of bequests and gifts estab-
lishing funds for the promotion of tJhe
various objects in which the donors
were especially interested.

1845. Samuel Appleton Fund. .$1,-
000.00. — To be invested as a perma-

nent fund, the interest accruing there-
from to be appropriated annually in
premiums for improvements in the
arts to which the society is devoted,
in such manner as it shall direct, for
producing trees good for food, and
flowers pleasant to the sight.

1846. John A. Lowell Fund.- .$!,-
000.00. — To perfect the culture of flow-
ers and fruits and to diffuse through
our state knowledge and taste in use-
ful and ornamental gardening.
• 1846. Theodore Lyman Fund, No. 1.
.$1,000.00.— The proceeds of the Invest-
ment appropriated in the shape of
lirizes for the encouragement of the

J. K. M. L. Farquhar.
Pifsidoiil MnssMchusL'llif H orlicullural Society

growth of such kind or kinds of fruit
as the government of the Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society may deem
it advisable to select.

1850. Theodore Lyman Fund, No. 2.
$10.000.00. — The whole net income of
this sum to be appropriated for the
encouragement of the growth of fruits,
or vegetables, or plants, or of all three,
by the distribution of prizes, or pre-
miums, or in the publication of use-
ful or valuable works on the general
subject of horticulture; or' if it shall
not be thought advisable so to em-
ploy the whole of the net income of
the fund, then to appropriate a part of
it in some uniform and speciiic way
for the promotion of horticulture.

1847 and 1848. Josiah Bradlee Fund.
$1,000.00.— Income to be awarded in
premiums for fruits and flowers.

1861. Benjamin V. French Fund,
No. 1. $500.00.— The income to be
forever appropriated in prizes for the
improvement of the apple.

1863. H. H. Hunnewell Fund, No. 1.
$500.00. — Income to be applied in pre-
miums and gratuities for the intro-
duction and cultivation of new ever-
green trees and shrubs, and particu-
larly new varieties of hardy rhodo-
dendrons.

1864. H. H. Hunnewell Fund, No. 2.
$i:,O00.0p. — The income to be allowed
to accumulate for periods of two,
three or more years, and distrlPuied
from time to time, after suflicient no-
tice, under such regulations as may be
deemed expedient, by a committee ap-
pointed for that purpose, in one or
more prizes to the owners of estates
of not less than three acres in ex-
tent who shall lay out and plant them
with the most rare and desirable or-
namental trees and shrubs, in the most
tasteful and effective manner, develop-
ing -the capabilities of the locations in
the highest degree, and presenting the

MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S HALL. BOSTON, INTERIOR VIEW.

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most successful examples of science.
skill and taste, as applied to the em-
bellishment of a country residence;
the trees to be under the most thor-
ough cultivation, the grounds in high
keeping, and the prizes to apply equal-
ly in cases where proprietors take pro-
fessional advice, as well as when act-
ing on their own .iudgment in their
improvements.

1S73. H. H. Hunnewell Fund, No. ?,.
$1,500.00.— The income of this fund to
be distributed in prizes for the en-
couragement of the cultivation of rho-
dodendrons and hardy azaleas.

1804. William J. Walker Fund. .$2.-
354.43. — Income to be awarded for pro-
moting the objects of the society, and
for encouraging the introduction and
cultivation of superior vegetables.

1870. Levi Whitcomb Fund. .$500.00.
—Income to be awarded for the best
seedling potato which shall be origi-
nated after Janiiarv 1, 1871, and be
exhibited before and tested by a com-
mittee of the society for at least five
years, and adjudged by the commit-
tee to be of superior quality; the first
premium not to be awarded prior to
the year 1878.

1885. Benjamin B. Davis Fund.
$500.00. — Income to be appropriated
for prizes for the best seedling grapes.

1887. Marshall P. Wilder Fund.
$1,000.00.— One-half of the income to
be offered annually in prizes for grapes
of American origin; the other half in
prizes for the T>ear.

188!!. John Lewis Russell Fund.
$1,000.00.- -The interest to be paid an-
nually to some competent person, who
shall deliver a lecture on the latest
discoveries of the connection of the
fungi with horticulture.

1808. Henry A. Gane Memorial
Fund. $1,000.00.— To pay out of the
Income of said money, or funds of
the said society, the sum of .$.50. to

Wm. P. Rich.
Secretary Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

he expended and applied in premiums,
as follows :

Prizes Offered from the Henry A.
Gane Memorial Fund. — For the best
twelve specimen blooms of any of the
seedling chrysanthemums originated
by the late Henry A. Gane,' $20.00;
second prize. .$10.00.

For the best three specimen plants
of any seedling chrysanthemums, not
less than three varieties, originated by
the late Henrv A. Gane, $12.00; sec-
ond prize, .$8.00.

For the term of three year.s — after
said three years, premiums as follows :
Prizes Offered from the Henry A.
Gane Memorial Fund. — For the best
twelve specimen blooms of any of the

seedling chrysanthemums originated
by the late Henry A. Gane, $20.00. For
the best three specimen plants of any
seedling chrysanthemums not less than
three varieties originated bv the late
Henry A. Gane $15 00.

For the best new seedling chrysan-
themum originated bv any other grow-
er $15.00.

At the end of ten years a change
in the terms of these prizes may be
made if agreed to by the donor and
the society. Prizes not awarded at
any time to be cumulative in the fund.

IflOO. John S. Farlow Fund. $2.-
,500.00. — Income to be used only for
the purchase of books for the library.

inOl. John D. Williams French
Fund. .$5,000.00.— Income to be used
for the purchase of books.

1002. Benjamin H. Pierce Fund.
$800.00. Income to be used for the
introduction of new fruits.

1905. John C. Chaffin Fund. $1-
000.00. — Income to be given annually
as a special prize for hardy perpetual
roses of unusual merit, according to
the impartial judgment and discretion
of the prize committee; but if in any
year the exhibit shall not be, in the
opinion of the committee, of sufficient'
merit to deserve the prize, the in-
come for that year, or a portion of it,
may be added to the prizes of subse-
quent years.

1907. Beniamin V. French* Fund.
No. 2. $3,000.00.— Bequeathed to the
society under the will of Charles E.
French. The income to be expended
in prizes for the best specimens of
such fruit or vegetables as may be
selected by the trustees.

1907. John Al'en French Fund.
$5.000.00. — Bequeathed to the society
under the will of Charles E. French.
The income to be distributed in prizes
for such specimens of flora as the
trustees may select.

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1909. George Robert White Meda!
or Honor Fund. .$0.000.00.— The in-
come to be devoted annually for the
specific purpose of providing a sub-
stantial gold medal to be awarded by
the executive management of the so-
ciety to the man or woman, commer-
cial firm or institution, in the t'nited
States or of some otiier country that
has done the most during the year to
advance the interest in horticulture in
its broadest sense. This award to be
known as the George Robert AVhite
Medal of Honor.

1910. John S. Farlow Newton Hor-
ticultural Society Fund. .$2,900.42.—
(Received from Lewis' H. Farlow.)
The income to be expended in prizes
and gratiuties for pear and foreign
grape culture.

While the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society is justly proud of its past
record it is by no means satisfied to
rest upon it. It aims to keep pace
with the ever-broadening interest in
horticulture, and it looks forward with
eagerness to further endeavors to pro-
mote the oljjects for which it was
established and to maintain its high
standing in the horticultural world.
The present year will be a notalile one
in the annals of American horticulture
through the thirtieth session of the So-
ciety of American Florists and Orna-
mental Horticulturists to lie held in
Boston. August IS to 20, and the Mas-
sachusetts Horticultural Society
pledges its hearty co-operation in mak-
ing^his event one or more than usual
importance.

The present officers of the society are
John K. M. L. Farquhar, president;
William P. Rich, secretary; Walter
Hunnewell. treasurer.

Pansles.

The middle of August is the best
time to obtain fine plants for the
spring sales. Get a nice strain of seed,
all the grades cost enough, but it
does not pay to grow the cheaper
grades unless they are to be grown by
the tens of thousands and disposed of
at a low price, but with a good class
of trade the customers want a large
flower and lirilliant colors. A frame in
which the soil is well forked, the lumps
all broken up and the top soil made
fine is the best place to sow the seed.
While it takes a little longer to sow
the seed in drills, yet for the handling
in the future it amply repays. Take a
stick an inch square the length of the
frame and press it into the soil to the
depth of half an inch, and in this sow
the seed rather thinly, then cover
lightly with fine soil. Make the drills
about two inches apart. After the seed
is planted water well and cover with
a shaded sa.sh that is lifted at both
top and bottom. Keep the ground
moist but do not go to the other ex-
treme and keep it soaked. When the
plants begin to make growth, remove
the sash, and if the weather is dry
keep them well watered. During an
extremely dry spell they may be at-
tacked by red spider, which will quick-
l.v ruin them. A good svrinsing in the
evening will check these insects. For
those who only grow a few thousand
the best place is in cold frames where
they can be planted from the seed bed
about five inches apart in the richest
of soil. When the cold weather comes
on cover with .sash and if frozen for
months no harm will be done, but if a
warm spell occurs during the winter
season, and they become thawed out.
raise the sash a little that they may
have ventilation.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Bobt. Kift. Ptiiladelphia, Pa.
Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

UI.SCOUNTS OX FOREIOX ORI1ER.S.

The fact that the European retail-
ers allow only 10 per cent in their
exchange of orders and expect to al-
low only 10 per Cent when transacting
business with the retailer of our coun-
try has been drawn to the attention
of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
All members are requested to arbi-
trarily deduct 20 per cent in dealing
with foreign flower shops.

In case there is any controversy
over the matter the same should be
taken up with the secretaify of the F.
T. D. and proper provision will be
made for taking care of matter. A
resolution requesting permission to
mail all foreign orders net, that is.

Mass. Hort. Society's Hall No. 2.
The OKI Tremout St. Hkls;.

with a discount of 20 per cent sub-
tracted, when dealing with foreign
houses not permitting more than 10
per cent will be offered at the Boston
meeting of the Florists' Telegraph De-
livery,

Iiiwix Bebter.max.x. Pres.

Make Retail Places Advertise the Business

We are frequently reminded of the
old story of the cobbler's shoeless wife
and children by many of the retail
greenhouse and nursery establishments
which come under our notice. The
proprietors of these establishments are
apparently without that appreciation
of the beautiful which they so much
desire in their customers, otherwise
healthy lawns ;md attractive flower
beds and borders would take the place
of the broken fences, disorderly piles
of lumber and flower pots, scattered
fragments of last winter's straw mats,
burnt-out grate bars, razoi-back hogs,
barnyard poultry, etc., which find place
in too many retail greenhouse and nur-
sery establishments. If the broken
fence cannot lie repaired it should be
covered in summer at least, when busi-
ness is dull, with d&corative vines.
Garden vases artistically filled with
good stock, studded about the prem-
ises will attract more customers than
the rusty grate bars and broken pipes.
Burn the useless straw mats and stack
the pots neatly by sizes where they
can be protected from the weather,
and loss by breakage reduced to a
minimum. Make salad of the chickens

and ham sandwiches of the razor-
backs. Put the place in order so that
it will invite rather than repel busi-
ness. In most places there is more
good stock goes to waste after the
selling season than would make them
all beautiful, but if the plants should
be cleaned out completely it would "ie
a good investment to grow or purchase
some expressly for this purpose. An
orderly place with good stock dis-
played to advantage is in itself an ad-
vertisement of the business.. which has
at least as much value as the notices
in the local papers which cost so much
good hard-earned currency. In addi-
tion to the financial advantage of this
course there is the satisfying pleasure
of it which no one will forego once
he has had the experience. In view of
the foregoing conditions we take great
pleasure in presenting herewith some
views of a well-kept commercial es-
tablishment with the details accom-
panying them.

Abour eight miles from the City
Hall, Philadelphia, and located near
Narberth. Pa., a' suburb on the main
line of the Pennsylvania railroad, is
.'ituated the estalilishment of A. E.
Wohlert. landscape gardener and ap-
propriately named by its owner. "The
Garden." The enormous traffic pass-
ing its doors is attracted by the ar-
tistic effect produced by the arrange-
ment of shade trees and shrubbery
and hedge-bordered driveways. Of
added interest is the fact that for
many years this location was main-
tained as a florists' establishment.
When it was in its prime as such, it
was in charge of Charles F. Krueger.
who has since given up growing flor-
ists' stock -and now has a flower shop
in the Reading Terminal. Philadelphia.

The greenhouses at Xarberth. al-
ready very old. suffered further liy tiie
ravages of time and elements, to such
an extent that when the present owner.
A. E. Wohlert. took hold of the prop-
erty it was beyond restoration as a
florists' range, without completely re-
building and the replacement of every
square foot of glass. As the location
seemed in every way favorable, he de-
cided to turn it into a nursery, and
the accompanying illustrations give
evidence of the. wonderful transforma-
tion that has Vieen wrought in chang-
ing a dilapidated range into a thing
of beauty.

The home grounds as shown in these
illustrations comprise only two and
one-half acres, but in addition to this
tract, the owner rents three additional
acres from property-owners on three
sides of his own area, A general line
of nursery stock is grown, but the
owner does not attempt to sell every-
thing he grows, using the grounds at
Narberth largely as a warehouse, and
transplants to this nursery, trees from
wholesale establishments where land
is much cheaper than in this high-
priced section. Evergreens appear to
be in greatest demand; shade trees,
vines and shrubbery next; and herlni-
ceous plants in comparatively small
demand.

The new office building located at
the main entrance to "The Gardens. "
is a neat little structure, reached from
the driveway entrance through a rustic
arch covered with vines. Passing down
the driveway the original office btiild-
ing is seen in the distance, with a gen-
eral view of part of the nursery and
some of the new outbuildings. On one
side of the walk is a 12-inch square
privet hedge, which has always been

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A. E. WOHLERT'S ESTABLISHMENT, NARBERTH, PA.

ill liii- Niirsor\. Looking Tnw.-irii Enti'iiiK'i-'.

kept to that height. The entire estab-
lishment shows careful attention to de-
tail and artistic taste. Care is shown
in the line of the walk.s and road, con-
veniently arranged for their purpose
and planned .so there will be no excess
of absolute requirements.

PLANT NOTES.

Violets.

It will soon be September and
time to house the plants of the double
varieties of violets that are grown in
the field, the more successful growers
being of the opinion that the plants
should be under glass before the sea-
son of heavy dews. In preparing the
beds have plenty of old leaves; it is
not necessary that they be rotted; in
fact, leaves gathered last fall are to be
preferred, for they will generate a lit-
tle heat in the soil and the violet
plants, seem to grow and push their
roots into ha'f-rotted leaves better
than in leaf-mold that is finely decom-
posed. A layer of three inches of
leaves in the bottom of the lied will
prove of great advantage in violet cul-
ture. Whatever manure is used should
be thoroughly rotted. The violet will
not root into fresh manure at all. An
old gardener, who was very successful
in violet culture, once told us how he
prepared his frames. They were made
in a similar manner to hotbeds, only
instead of manure a foot of leaves was
placed at the bottom and eight or ten
inches of soil placed on them. The
leaves will furnish a mild heat nearly
all winter and greatly assist in keep-

ing the frames warm. We tried that
method the following fall and think-
ing that the leaves would not furnish
nutriment enough we incorporated a
good quantity of half-rotted manure in
the soil, the manure still being more
or less lumpy. The violets grew finely
and produced an excellent crop of large
flowers. In the spring when we lifted
the plants we found the roots had all
gone into the leaves, there being no
feeding roots in the soil, and in mak-
ing their way through the loam had
avoided all the manure, this still be-
ing in the lumps as when placed in
the soil. In lifting the plants avoid
allowing the roots to become dry; lift
with a good clump of soil and do not
keep the plants too long in the air,
only lifting what can be handled ex-
peditiously. Plant firmly, but avoid
walking on the beds; water as soon as
planted and water well so that the
soil will be firmed around the plants.
Shade for a few days until growth
starts and then give all the air and
light possible.

Mignonette.

The plants of mignonette from seed
sown in July will have to be placed in
their winter quarters in the bench in
.September. If extra large and long
spikes, that are always so much ad-
mired, are wanted, the soil will have
to be very rich. To ordinary compost
( that is. two-thirds loam and one-third
manure), add about as much manure
again, making the soil about half and
half. The plants should be set about
12 inches apart. Water only around
the plant until the roots begin to
spread in the soil. Keep the soil free
from weeds, well scratched over and
loose, that it may not become sour.

The tops should be pinched off until
six or eight branches have been
formed. The cabbage-worm will soon
make its appearance unless this has
been guarded against, and if a leaf
is found eaten hunt for them at once.
When they first make their appearance
they are only about a quarter of an
inch long. They are green, just the
color of the foliage, but have a vel-
\ety appearance and are generally
found on the midrib of the leaf or on
the stem. Hand-picking is the only
remedy and it takes sharp eyes to find
them, but they must be got rid of or
they will soon ruin the plants.

Geranium Propagating:.

It is none too early to begin the
propagation of geraniums, especially if
it is doubtful about there being stock
enough. Any plants that have become
established and made a growth that
will furnish a cutting will not be in-
.iured by the taking of the growing
end. in fact they will be benefited, for
they will break more shoots for the
SeiJtember propagation. Many grow-
ers in making the fall propagation,
after trimming the cuttings, insert
them in 2V2-inch pots in soil, placing
the pots on shelves near the glass.
This is a very economical way of han-
dling the cuttings after cool weather
has set in, but for summer propaga-
tion the bench of sand is to'be pre-
ferred. In making the cuttings trim
off all the foliage except the small
leaves at the tip. Be sure that the
sand is pounded down hard so that it
will retain all the water possible. In
inserting the cutting use a small round
stick as a dibble, making a hole just
large enough in which to place the cut-
ting. This will disturb the bed of sand

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much less than drawing a knife or
other tool through it. After the cut-
ting is placed in the sand, press the
sand firmly and then water heavily, so
that the sand will settle firmly
around the cutting. The cuttings
should then be shaded from the
sun either by papers or by stretching
cheese cloth over them. This will
prevent wilting and evaporation. No
further watering will be necessary un-
til the plants begin to root. One of
the greatest- mistakes made by grow-
ers in the summer and fall propagation
of geraniums is the continual watering
which will invariably cause damping
off and rot. Never mind if the surface
of the sand becomes dry, if it has been
properly packed there will be mois-
ture enough below to cause them to
root. If the cuttings wilt a slight
syringing or placing wet papers over
them will revive them. A good strike
can invariably be made by following
this method.

Genistas.

The genistas should be potted by
September 1 in the pots in which they
are to bloom and a few days before
potting should be trimmed into shape.
It is a good plan with all soft wooded
plants when growing rapidly not to
cut at the top the same time the
roots are disturbed, so it is better to
do the pinching back before the shift-
ing is done and then not again until
the plants are beginning to grow in
the new soil, plainly showing that
root-action has again begun after be-
ing disturbed. The plants that are be-
ing grown in prescribed shapes should
be kept tied to the form, and as soon
as established in the new soil, pitched
back. They will stand considerable
hard cutting back for some time yet.
for the blooming shoots do not set
until well into the winter. Keep the
plants in as cool quarters as possible
until the first of the year, when if a
tew plants are wanted early they can
be brought into warmer locations but
these plants are cool growing subjects
and do not like any great amount o£
heat.

Stevia.

All stopping of stevia should cease
by the middle of August and the tall-
growing varieties should be potted in
their blooming pots, or if to be grown
in a bench, planted out. The potting
of these plants should be done careful-
ly for the plant is very brittle where
the branches break from the main
stem, and are easily broken. The bet-
ter way is to tie a piece of raffia
around the plant and if it is very large
two or three pieces before moving the
plant. As soon as potted or benched
place a stake in the center to keep
the plant erect. Pot firmly, ramming
the soil down hard with a stick or
other tool. After potting, water
thoroughly, and place in a shady
place, the plants will wilt more or less
and a light syringing will help them to
recover from this, but do not keep
the soil soaked, yet daily waterings
for those in pots will be required. As
soon as the plants begin to grow re-
move all shade and the pots can be
plunged again outside in a frame. The
dwarf varieties will not require to be
lir ttoil until early In September If
lilanu-d outside, but if grown in pnts
should be shifted in their blooming
pots, generally 6-inch, before becom-
ing badly pot-bound.

Heaths.

During the hot weather the ericas
will demand considerable attention.
The plants should be plunged in the
coolest location possible, yet where
they will get the full sunlight. The
pots are full of the very fine roots
and if these once get dry the tender
roots will burn. There is no plant the
florist grows that demands closer
watching and more careful watering
than the heaths. They are so hard
wooded that they do not show neglect
as quickly as the softer wooded plants,
but if they get once fully dried it
means absolute disaster with no flow-
ers the succeeding year. The grower
well posted in the culture • of these
plants can tell at a glance when they
should be watered and ne\^r neglects
them. If the plants are growing un-
shapely they should be pinched back

A.E. Wohlert's Establishment, Narberth, Pa.
Nurserv Office.

so that the form will be kept. The
plants that are in small pots will need
repotting in September; a fine loam
with but little fibre and with no ma-
nure is to be preferred for these plants,
for their fine roots do not like a coarse
soil, and manure of all kinds should
be omitted from the soil in which they
are grown.

Alternantheras.

The propagating bed will not be full
at this season and It is one of the best
times to procure a stock of that splen-
did carpet bedding plant, the Alter-
nanthera paronychioides major. This
plant simply refuses to grow during
the winter and it is almost impossible
to procure cuttings until late, with the
result that the plants are necessarily
small. Any amount of cuttings can be
procured now and they can be, easily
rooted either in flats of soil or in the
propagating bed. When' the cuttings
are inserted give them a good watering
and keep them shady for two or three
weeks and they will all root. They
can then be placed in flats about one
i'Th apart nn(\ plnoed in a frame out-
side or in the gieenhou.sc. Thoy can
be wintered in a warm dry house on a
.shelf near Ihf gl:is.«. .-ind potted in

April, and will make fine plants. The
other varieties are much more vigor-
ous and will thrive in a lower tem-
perature. A few old plants can be
lifted and propagated in the spring in
the usual manner.

FLORISTS' FERNS.

Potting: Off Early Stock.

Those who handle ferns in quantity
are able to find an abundance of work
during the early summer, and for that
matter, there is no shortage of work
throughout the year. The pricking out
into pans or flats of the seedling stock
is no small job, and requires not only
time but also care and patience. The
early crop of seedlings will now be
ready for potting off, and when taking
them from the flat considerable care
should be given so as to avoid break-
ing off the tender roots, for rough
handling will usually mean a loss of
time in establishing the young plants
after potting. When pricked off, the
seedlings are usually in clumps, con-
taining several plants, and while it
is good practice to pot off more than
one seedling to a pot in order to get
bushy plants that m.ay be used to
advantage in filling ferneries, yet
there will be much separating to be
done, and this portion of the work is
one in which patience is a good asset.
A pane of glass, or a smooth piece of
board, is a handy thing upon which
to lay the plants as they are divided,
and it is best not to have too many
of them exposed to the air at once,
or to do the work in a place that is
exposed to the wind, for the seedlings
soon wilt. Use fine soil and pot mod-
erately firm, then set them away in
the greenhouse and water them In
with a can with a fine rose, being care-
ful to water thoroughly, and after-
ward protect them from sun and
strong wind until the plants are es-
tablished and show signs of growth.
Strong growing species, like most of
the Pterises, for example, will soon
take hold of the soil and start to grow,
but the Adiantums will require a little
more care and protection until they
get a start.

It is not a good plan to grow too
large a list of varieties for table
ferneries, but rather to have six or
eight distinct varieties that may be
readily grown in quantity. Among
these there should be a good propor-
tion of Aspidium tsussimense. This
fern is a general favorite, and nearly
always gives satisfaction to the buyer;
also, Aspidium aristatum variegatum
and A. capense, both of which are good
species and of a hardy character,
though possibly a little slower in
growth than A. tsussimense.

Cyrtomium falcatum and C. Roch-
fordianum are also excellent, their dark
green and glossy foliage having a very
cheerful effect. Then there are several
good species of Pteris from which
to make a selection, among them being
P. Wilsonii, P. Wimsettii, P. cretica
in several varieties, one of the best of
which is P. Mayii, while P. cretica
albo-lineata, in short and bushy plants,
is also most useful. The many forma
of P. serrulata also provide some use-
ful ferns for the florist, these being
quick growers and most of them high-
ly oriianipntal, though not quite aa
hardy .ts the \arieties of 1". rrptin:i.

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If a customer insists on having
maidenhair it is safest to use the or-
dinary A. cuneatum, or for a more
elaborate job Adiantum Victoria or
A. rhodophyllum may be used, but
none of these will stand the har-dships
of a table fernery so well as the
Aspidiums or Pterises. And in passing
it may be remarked that in the in-
terests of correct information it would

Grower prize for best disiday. open
class, 10 vars., six each — Silver cup.

Class 3. Joe Coleman prize for best
collection, not less than 10 vars., six
each — Silver cup.

Class 4. The Gladiolus Society of
Ohio prize for new seedling or other
variety not before shown here, any
color, grown by exhibitor, six or more
spikes — Certificate of merit.

WOHLERTS ESTABLISHMENT, NARBERTH, PA.
New Office Building luicl Drivewai'.

be a good thing for the florist to dis-
courage the use of that common ex-
pression "Asparagus fern" when re-
ferring to Asparagus plumosus, and
so far as may be done without offense
to teach his patrons that asparagus is
not a fern, although it has finely di-
vided foliage.

But to return to our subject, after
the young ferns have become estab-
lished, it is well to gradually accus-
tom them to the full sun, thus insur-
ing a short and sturdy growth, and
at the same time giving plenty of
fresh air both night and day just as
long as the weather will allow. The
Boston ferns in their numerous va-
rieties will also be growing away
rapidly and those planted out in the
benches for stock will be producing
runners at a rapid rate. These should
be taken off and potted as soon as
they start to make roots and foliage,
and afterward may be either potted
on or planted out on the benches as
may be most convenient, the benched
plants growing a little more rapidly,
but those grown in pots being by far
the most satisfactory to the purchaser.
W. H. TAPLIN.

The Gladiolus Society of Ohio.

The premium list for the second an-
nual flower show of the Gladiolus So-
ciety of Ohio, which will be held in the
assembly rooms of the HoUenden Ho-
tel, Cleveland, Ohio, August 14-15,
1914, has been announced, and is as
follows :

Class 1. American Gladiolus Society
prizes for best display by amateur, 10
vars., six each, silver medal; second
best display by amateur, 10 vars., six
each, bronze medal.

Class 2. The Modern Gladiolus

Class 5. C. Betscher prize for best
collection Primulinus hybrids — .$5 cash.

Class 6. The H. F. Michell Co.
prize for best vase of cut gladioli, any
vars. — Bronze medal.

Class 7. The Perkins-King Co., prize
for best vase of Niagara— One hun-
dred corms of Niagara.

Class 8. Munsell & Harvey prize
for best vase of solid white — .$5 cash.
_(Classes 9 to 18, inclusive, C. Bet-
scher prizes.)

Class 9. Best vase Europa — Twelve
extra named peonies, value $12.

Clas.s 10. Best -vase of America —
Twelve extra named peonies, value
$7.50.

Class 11. Best vase of Mrs. Francis
King — Twelve extra named peonies,
value $5.

Class 12. Best vase of Panama —
Twelve hemerocallis, value $5.

Class 13. Best vase of Mrs. Francis
Pendelton, Jr. — Six hemerocallis, value
.$2..50.

Class 14. Best vase of Glory —
Twenty-five corms Europa.

Class 15. Best vase of Florists'
White — Twenty-five corms named Nan-
ceianus.

Class 16. Best vase light pink — •

Twenty-five corms named Le Moineii.

Class 17. Best vase rose pink —

Twenty-five corms Pfitzerii.

Class 18. Best vase yellow — Twenty-
live corms Childsii.

Class 19. W. Atlee Burpee & Co.,
prize for best vase red, any variety,
10 spikes — $5 cash.

Class 20. E. E. Stewart prize for
best vase Michigan, 10 spikes — $5
cash.

Class 21. E. E. Stewart prize for
best vase Black Beauty, 10 spikes — $.5
cash.

Class 22. H. J. Alford prize for best
new seedling, any color, one or more
spikes — $5 cash.

Class 23. N. L. Crawford prize for
best white seedling, one or more
spikes — $5 cash.

Class 24. Prize to be provided for
best vase of blue.

Class 25. A. H. Austin Co. prize for
best basket gladioli arranged for
funeral use — Silver cup.

American Gladiolus Society.

The following prize was offered too
late to be printed In the Boston sched-
ule:

Mrs. Francis King — Best arrange-
ment of gladioli in basket or other re-
ceptable. not less than 20 spikes with
two other flowers, $10.

L. Mebton Gage, Sec'y.

E. WOHLERTS ESTABLISHMENT. NARBERTH. PA.

Drivt'wjiy iirul Origin;il Ollice Uiiilding.

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chrysanthemum Growing: in ralifoniia.

V:\\»-r \-fM\ lirf.iiv \\\r nii-iiilM-rs ut the lli-iilii
r:irk lliirtiriiltiiiiil .Sui-ii-t.v by rci.-y Ellirifc-s,
sfcix'tary of tlie socioty.

Mr. President and Fellow Members :

I will deal principally on growing
chrysanthemums for exhibition in
greenhouses or under cheese cloth
houses, in pots or solid beds. The
stock plants are the flrst considera-
tion. After the flowers are cut the
preceding fall, it is quite a common
occurrence for the st^ick plants to be i
almc.st entirely forgotten until propa-
gating time comes around again, es-
pecially if they are in beds outside.
This is a mistake if blooms of the
highest e.xhibition quality are wanted
the next fall. After the flowers are
cut the plants should be cut to the
ground, all old leaves removed and
burned, as they are liable to breed
fungus diseases. Loosen the top soil
and give a dressing of air slacked lime
which will sweeten the soil and keep
away snails. Soils should never be
allowed to dry out, although they will
not require nearly as much water as
when in active growth.

The best time to commence propa-
gating in California is considered to
be about the first week in March, al-
though some commence a month ear-
lier with good results, and with some
varieties 1 consider advisable to get
length of stem. Maud Jeffries and
Pockett's Crimson are two notable ex-
amples. In taking the cuttings, select
the strongest sturdy shoots coming
from the base of the plant: never if
it can be possibly avoided take any
from the old stem, as they almost in-
variably make weak plants running to
bud after a few weeks. If the grow-
er has no propagating house at his
command a cold frame is the most
suitable place to root the cuttings.
Three inches of clean sand tamped
hard are sufficient; insert the cuttings
moderately close, and give a thorough
watering. They must then be covered
with sash, but never closed tight, leav-
ing about three inches of air at back
of frame. . To prevent cuttings from
damping off shade from the sun. In
bright weather a light spraying every
morning will keep them from wilting.
In about three weeks most varieties
will be calloused. Now the shade can
lie removed, and more air gradually
admitted, and in about four weeks,
or when the roots are about one-half
inch long, they should be potted in
2>4-inch pots in moderately light soil.
of about four parts good garden soil
or loam, two parts leaf mould, one-
half iiart old mushroom manure, and
one-half part coarse sand. Pot firm
but not hard.

After potting they should be put
back in cold frame and be shaded from
bright sun, and kept close for a few
days until roots begin to take hold
of 5>ew soil, after which they should
hate all the light and air possible. Pay
careful attention to watering. An-
other method is to transplant the
young plants from the cutting bed
into flats or prepared beds until their
flowering quarters are ready, but the
pot method is best as so many roots
get broken in transferring from the
flats or beds, and the plants should
not get any check at any period of
their growth. After the plants ha\ie
been in the 2'/4-inch pots for about
dne month the.v should be potted into

four-inch pots, making the soil a little
heavier, say four parts loam, one part
leaf mould, one-half part each rotten
manure and sand, and pot firmly to
jiroduce a short, stocky growth. The
lilants should be placed outside on an
ash or sand bottom, and carefully W'a-
lered until roots get a good hold of
the new soil. Have some sash c'.ose at
hand to cover the plants with. In case
of heavy rains'. They should not be
allowed to become crowded or they
will get weak arid drawn. If more
than one flower is wanted on a plant
they should be pinched about a week
after potting and two or tliree of the
strongest side shoots savec). In about
four weeks or the end of May they
should be ready for thgir flowering
quarters.

I will deal with pot culture first.
For most varieties eight-inch pots are
the best. The pots should be clean.
Place one large ihverted crock over
the hole in bottom, then place several
smaller crocks around for drainage,
covering the drainage with about one-
half inch of coarse manure to keep
fine soil from getting among the
crocks. If the drainage gets stopped
a w.eak. sickly plant will be the re-
sult. The soil for final potting should
be four parts gardea soil or loam, one
part good rotted cow manure, one part
leaf mould, one part coarse sand or
lime rublile, and one-half part char-
coal to keep soil sweet, and one hve-
inch potful of bone meal to each wheel-
barrow of soil. The soil should never
under any condition be in a wet state
when potting, or It will pack and be-
come so hard as to prevent the roots
penetrating or water passing through;
neither should it be too dry, or it
will not pack firm enough. It should
be a happy medium of both, then
it will be almost impossible to pot too
firmly. Fill the pot to within two
inches of top, so as to leave room for
future top dressing. The plants should
be then staked and placed in their
flowering positions, leaving at least
three feet between the rows. For the
flrst few weeks watering should be very
carefully attended to. To.prexent too
rapid drying out the pots should be
plunged one-half their depth in soil or
ashes. In hot weather they should
be sprayed two or three times a day.

using considerable pressure under the
foliage to keep red spider and thrip
in check. It is a good practice to
spray once a week with some approved
nicoticide preparation, adding whale
oil soap to make it more adhesive,
which will keep all insect pests in
check. Keep a sharp lookout for the
chinch and tarnished plant bugs, as
they soon wreck a whole batch of
plants. Their presence can be de-
tected by the tips of the plants having
a wilted appearance. Hand picking
is the only remedy I know.

After the first week of July if the
pots are full of roots' water the plants
once a w'eek with weak liquid cow-
manure, and an occasional dose of
lime water to keep the soil sweet and
free from worms. By the flrst week
in August the pots can -be filled within
an inch of the top with their final top
dressings, using a mixture of one part
soil, one part cow manure, and a good
sprinkling of a good fertilizer, si""b
as Clay's or Thomson's, but ine
not use bone meal at this stage,
as it would only become active when
the plants least need it. It is impos-
sible to give a definite date when to
select the buds as varieties differ so,
and some varieties show bud much
earlier some seasons than others. But
from the middle of -August to first
week in September I find is the best
time for taking the buds. Although
in some cases an earlier bud is ad-
visable. I find in California the second
crown bud usually gives the best fln-
ished flower and Ijest color in most
varieties. From the time the buds are
taken until they commence to show-
color the.v should be fed two or three
times a w'eek. using liquid cow, horse
or sheep manure, one time, and chem-
ical manure the next, but how strong
is .a matter for the grower to decide
after knowing the condition of his
plants, as some varieties are much
stronger growers than others, and con-
sequently will take more nourishment.
The foliage is a good guide to go by.
If it has a dark green appearance
and IS very brittle on being touched,
the plant has all the feeding it wants.
My experience in feeding has been : lit-
tle and often is inuch better than a
few heavy feedings. When the petals
begin to unfold the feeding should be

THE KEARNEY FLORAL CO.S DECORATED PRIZE WINNING AUTO.
In the .\uto l*in-ml«^ Koiii-ney. Nrb., .luly 4.

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stopped entlrply nr the blooiiiK are
very liable In rot nff m- burn verx-
easily, iiartiiuhirly rerls, bronzes :in<l
bright yellows. They slioulil also be
shaded from sun to iirevent burnlnp;.
and it eaiiPes slower de\elopment and
a larger and better colored llower.
Spraying the plants should also lie
disconliniied at this stage. Iiyt the>-
should never be allowed to beeome
dry at the root. When blooms are
ready for cutting they .should have the
ba.se of stem split up for 12 inches.
placed in water in a conl. dark place
for a few day.s. where they will im-
prove in size considerably.

In growing the plants in beds in
a cheese cloth house, the soil should
have been deejily trenched and some
well-rotted manure dug in. How' much
IS hard to prescribe, as much depends
on the ricliness of the soil: if on a
virgni t'oil \ ery little is required. If
it is iji.ade (oo rich the grower will be
doomed to dis^appointment when flow-
ering time comes around. Too rich a
.soil will cause large, pithy, soft stems
and immense foliage, but usually the
liuds c( me deformed and the flowers.
if they do not rot or damii off. are
very soft and of coarse finish, and are
usually of medium size. Plant about
eight inches apart if on single stem.
twelve inches if two Howers are grown
on one plant. Two rows are suf-
ficient for one bed as the more air
and sun the plants get the wood ripens
so much better, and lieeps them from
becoming drawn and spindly. Keen
surface toil hoed every week imtil July
when a mulch of rotted manure can
he applied, wliich will l<e( n roots cool,
prevent too rapid drying out. and
bring the feeding roots nearer sur-
face. Keep plants free from Insect
pests and break out all side shoots
as they appear. The grower must be
guided by the appearance of his plants
as to how often and strong lie must
feed. As roots are not restricted to
space in beds the same as they are in
pot culture, it is very easy to over-
feed. If the foliage is of a healthy
dark green color and is at all brittle
when crushed, it is a sure sign they
have all the nourishment they can as-
similate without something going
wrong. Some varieties if over fed will
break off just under the bud. Spray-
ing and shading and selecting buds
should be attended to the .same as rec-
ommended for pot culture. A tem-
porary span-shaped frame should be
erected over beds on which to stretch
canvas in case of fall rains after the
buds commence to sliow color. Atten-
tion to every little detail from the un-
rooted cutting to bloom on exhilntion
stand is neces.sary to score the extra
few points, or .sometimes only one
point, to win.

Bloom i.NtiTox, Ii,l..-^The uOtl-barrel
water tank at the Washburn green-
houses, west of the city, was destroyed
by flames July 17, although it was filled
with water when the fire started. The
fire originated when lightning struck
the ornamental work on top of the
tank,

Vi.SAl.iA. CA1.I1-. -That I..0OO acres of
Tulare County citrus groves are infect-
ed with the gray .scale is the startling
revelation made July 14 by County Hor-
ticulturist Collins. Notices have been
formally served on all orchardtsts hav-
ing Infected groves to fumigate, and
steps will immediately be taken to
eliminate the pests.

San I-raiicisco.

IMl'KOVKMK.NT I.\ lU.XllK A .M UIC.V I KP.

With the reopening of all the schools
next week, the florists are looking for-
ward to an improvement in ijusine.>.-s.
Things are still dull and unsettled,
i-'tock in many lines is beginning to
.'.-borten up consitlerablj' ami new stock
is beginning to make its aiipearance.
Asters are commencing to show them-
selves, and as the supply is rather lim-
ited, are bringing fairly gntid jjrices. It
is the opinion, liowever. that this con-
liition will hot last long, as there is a
\ ery large acreage planted,
^•OTES,

Flcwers ;ind plants are to be largely
featured at the .^an Mateo county ex-
biliit at tlie Panama-Pacific Intern;i-
tional Kxposition. Tliis was decided
upon at a meeting of the county fair
commission, which is now attempting
to interest the jieninsular florists aiui
nurserymen in the. plan. Inasmuch a.-^
this county supijlies tliis city with the
bulk of its cut flowers and plants ii
goes without saying that tlie growers
of the peninsula can be relied upoii to
make a creditable showing. They ha\ c
all been invited to confer with the fair
commission next week and excluuige
views as to the iiroper course to pur-
sue.

The regular monthls meeting of the
Pacific Coast Horticultural .Society was
held on the evening of Jul\- 11. t)wing
to the warm weather and the fact that
a great number of the members are on
their annual vacations the attendance
was rather sinall. Louis I>agier was
admitted to membership. The tickets
for the annual outing to be held at
Grand Canyon Parlv on July -'' were
on sale. The report of the outing com-
mittee showed that a splendid attend-
ance was iilready assured. Tlie games
committee has made up a sijlendid pro-
gramme for both young and old. Let
us all boost for a record crowd.

The Menio Park Horticultural So-
ciety has decided to give its fall chrys-
anthemum show Octol>er i".--.">. The
lireliminary schedule is now ready and
may be had on application to Secretary
P. Ellings at Menlo Park. Mr. Ellings
read a very instructive paper on
"(^hrysantliemum Growing in Cali-
fornia" at the last meeting. President
Goertzhain was unable to be present
and the cfiair was occupied by John M.
Daly. The exhibits of idants liy •'has.
Ehrlich and jieaches by John Daly
were excellent. Both recei\"ed Il."» jioints
eitch for their displays,

P^xpressions of jdeasure are being
heard on all sides by the action of
Mayor Rolph of this city by his ap-
pointment of Angelo J. Rossi, of the
firm of Pelicano, Rossi & Co., to be a
member of the Playground Commis-
sion. This is the first instance where
one of the trade has been so signally
honored, and we have no hesitation in
saying that Mr. Rossi will perform his
duties with credit to himself and the
profession he represents.

Again the trade offers its sympathy
to K. S. Murray in the loss of his
brother Robert. It was only one month
ago that he suffered the loss of another
brother. The deceased was a native of
Scotland and interment took place in
Cypress Lawn Cemetery. Many repre-
sentatives of the trade were present.

Henry Maier, manager of the Hills-
borough Greenhouses, and family have
left for a very extended trip through
southern Caliifornia. Mr. Maier goes
partly for pleasure and partly busi-
ness. During his alisence Martin Poss
will look after the greenhouses and
nurseries.

G. A. Dennison. the able chief of the
department of horticulture at the Pan-
ama-Pacific Kxposition visited several
of the leading peninsular growers, get-
ting a line on what he may be able to
expect from them in 1!11.">.

James Ritchie, of the Panama-Pa-
cific F:xposition staff, is leaving for

Culia this week' to superintend the
lifting of some very large palms whicli
are to be a feature of the exhibit of
that country. His duties will keeii him
in Cuba until well into the fall.

'ine of the largest consignments of
Dicksonias e\"er received in tliis
country arrived on the last New Zealand
steamer. A quantity of these are to
comprise features of the exliiliit of the
land of the Southern Cross and a fev,-
lots were for shiiunent.

.\'els Peterson of tlie Peninsula Xin-
sery has finished the planting of a'.l
his carnation houses. He reports a
very good spring trade in carnation
cuttings, having dispo.sed of all his
surplus.

M. H. Kbel and wife of Sacramento
are in town preparatory to embarking
on their .annual vacation. H. N*.

OBITUARY.

J. H. Sciinapp.

W'e lia\ e received the following coin-
uiunication from Rdward Tatro. Salina.
Kans.. dated July -~>:

I hired a man from Pine Bluff. Ark,,
to wyrk fi'i- me. who ga\'e the name
of J. H. Schnapp. about the age of
li,"i years. He started to work the fol-
I lowing morning on light work until
' my new greenhouses would be com-
pleted so he would not be exposed to
the hot sun dining the day. Becoming-
despondent ox'er .something none of us
could learn about, as all he would say
was that "his wfe died years ago and
that lie was all there was left." he toiilc
a dose of iiaris green July 24, inten-
tionally, and died the same evening
aliout seven o'clock. T telegraplied to
the concern by which lie was employed
;Lt Pine Bluff, but recei\'ed no answer,
so really have come to the conclusion
that he had no relatives and only .$2.4l1
in money besides Iiis trunk and a few
other little tilings that a man usually
has. I am sorry it happened but felt
that in the e\ent of his liaving any
relatives it was my duty to report the
case.

Theodore Bock.

Theodcre Boi-k, for 27 years in the
florist business in Hamilton. Ohio, but
who retir<'d last summer because of
failing health, killed himself by shoot-
ing Monday, July 27, at the home of
his brother, Geo. Bock, in Hamilton.
Being almost totally deaf and weak-
ened by years of illness of an asth-
matic nature, despondency prompted
him to end his life. He was one of
the best known older florists in the
United .States. He worked in the
White House greenhouses under Presi-
dents Arthur. Hayes and Garfield and
was a florist of considerable knowledge
in chry.santhemuni growing, being fre-
tjuently called upon to act as a judge
at flower shows in Chicago, Indian-
apolis and elsewhere. He was in his
earlier years a valued contributor to
trade papers. He was unmarried and
besides the brother in Hamilton, has
relatives in Germany. Canada and
elsewhere.

Thomas Mansfield

Thomas Mansfield, one of the best
known florists of western New York
state, and one of the oldest florists in
Lockport, N. Y.. died at his home Fri-
day. July 24. He was apparently in
good health, and his death, which
came suddenly, was unexpecteij. and
a shock to his many friends and
acquaintances. He was born in Eng-
land and came to this country about
.■>l> years ago. locating in Lockport,
and was the first florist to enter the
retail field in that city, when he com-
menced business 2.") years ago.

He was a member of the Masonic
and other lodges and one of the oldest
members of the Buffalo Florists' Club
which was represented at the funer.i!.

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if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
opinions ot our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

MassaoUusotts noitiL-nltuvjil Society (illus.l.49

— A model orgauizatiou "Ip

Pansies ^-

The retail trade 52

— Florists" telegraph delivery 52

— Retail places advertise the business iillus.).52

Plant notes 53

— Violets • 2^

— Mignonette -jS

— Genmium propagating 53

—Genistas .' 54

— Stevia 54

—Heaths 2-;

— Alteruantheras ■ ^^

Florists' ferns 54

— Potting off early stock 54

The Gladiolus Society of Ohio 55

Chrysanthemums -'^

^-Chrvsanthemum culture iu California 5t)

The "Kearney Floral Co.'s decorated auto

(ilhls. 1 56

Sao* Francisco 5i

Obituary— J. H. Schnapp; oi

— The<iilore Bock 5i

— Thomas Mansfield 57

New Japanese plant-iiuarantiui^ law o8

Plant quarantine act ' 58

Canadian Horticultural Ass'u 58

Oklahoma City 6 '

Buffalo ''^

Pittsburgh ';8

Tacoma ';^

North Shore Horticultural Society ;;»

Philadelphia i^I

Boston i^~

Lenox Horticultural Society i'^

Cincinnati I'j

St. Louis i^

Baltimore ' ^

The seed trade ■ ^"

— Samples of seeds for Dept. of Agric SO

— Vine seed crops 9"

— Dutch bulb crops 80

— Louisiana seed law 80

— Precanceled postage stamps 80

The nursery trade ^1

— American Ass'n of Park Superintendents. .84

Market Gardeners ^'J

— Celery culture ^''

Cleveland glj

Knoxville, Tenn J^

Providence, R. I ****

THE Sunlight Double Glass .Sash Co.,
Loui.sville, Ky., has is.sued an attrac-
tive hooklet showins how to use its
welI-l<nown specialty, the famous dou-
ble glazed fash, in both greenhouses
and frames.

New Japanese Plant-Quarantine Law.

The new Japanese plant-quarantine
law authorizes the prohibition or re-
striction of the importation or delivery
of plants shipped from, or which liave
passed through, especially designated
districts, to prevent the propagation of
disease germs or noxious insects. In
pursuance of this law the Minister of
Agriculture and Commerce issued an
ordin;ince, which came into effect on
July 1. prohibiting, for the purpose of
preventing the propagation in Japan of
the Mediterranean fruit-fly, any im-
portation and delivery, whether as
cargo, as travelers' effects, or in par-
cels, of fresh fruits, vegetables, berries,
seed-pods, etc., which have befn
shipped from Hawaii or have been
landed there.

We are in receipt of the proceedings
of the twelfth annual meeting of the
Chrysanthemum Society of America,
held at the Art Institute. Chicago, No-
vember 5-7, 1913. Members failing to
receive their copies sliould communi-
cate with the secretary, C. W. Johnson,
222G Fairfax avenue. Morgan Park, Chi-
cago.

Plant Quarantine Act.
Treasury Dept., July 11, 1914.
To Collectors and other Officers of the

Customs :

Your attention is invited to copies of
a circular entitled "Rules and regula-
tions under the plant quarantine act :
General. including nursery stock."
issued by the Department of Agricul-
ture on July 1, 1911. which have been
forwarded to you and by which you
will be governed.

The Secretary of Agriculture states
that this publication supersedes circu-
lar No. -1-t (T. D. .53Tf!.Tl; that no rad-
ical changes have been made in these
regulations, but that plant ouarantine
decision No. 4. issued July 17. 101.'!. as
an ameridment to regulation 7 is in-
cluded, and provision made under regu-
lation (1 for the cancellation of per-
mits, and the refusal to issue further
permits for importations from any for-
eign exporter who. after warning, con-
tinues to send packages not properU
certified.

Wm. p. Malbitrn, Asst. Sec'y.

Chicago to Boston.

President Wirth of the Society of
American Florists will leave Chicago
.Sunday evening. August 1(5. on special
train over the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad. L,a Salle street sta-
tion, at S :00 o'clock, with the Chicago
Florists' Club and others desirous of
.joining the convention, pfirty on the
President's Special.

This train is due at Niagara Falls
Monday noon at 12:04 o'clock and sev-
eral hours will be spent there, the
party leaving again at H :.'iO p. m. the
same day and due in Boston Tuesday.
August IS. at 7:0.") a. m. The fare
from Chicago to Boston and return is
S.W. good for .SO days. Berths. Chica-
go to Boston tone wayl. lower. .'i;.")..")0;
upper. $4.40. The foregoing rates ap-
ply only to Boston and return. Many
extended tours and side trips may be
arranged returning, on application to
local transportation agents at equally
low rates, including New York, Phila-
delphia. Boston-. Thousand Islands,
Hudson River, etc.

All members of the Society of Amer-
ican Florists and their friends from
points north, west and .south of Chi-
cago, who wish to ,ioin the President's
party at Chicago-should secure tickets
reading over the Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern Railroad and New Y'ork
Central. Chicago to Boston and return.

Reservations will be made on appli-
cation to G. K. Thompson. 100 South
Clark street. Chicago. 111., telephone
Randolph 5.300. who will cheerfully sup-
ply all other information regarding
this trip.

Philadelpliia to Boston.

At a meeting of the Flori.sts' Club
of Philadelphia, held Tuesday, July 7,
the selection of the route to be taken
by the club in attending the conven-
tion of the S, A, F. at Boston, August
18-20, was the subject of spirited dis-
cussion, each member of a committee
of three favoring a different route. It
was finally decided that the cKib will

go to New York via the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad, thence to Bos-
ton by Metropolitan line boat, leaving
Murray street. New York, at five
o'clock p. m. The fare will be .$12.50.
Philadelphia to Boston and return,
state rooms extra.

As the New York Florists' Club will
go to Boston on the same boat there
should Vie a merry crowd. Leo Nies-
sen was chosen chairman of a com-
mittee to see the party safely on board
the boat.

Canadian Horticultural Association.

ANNUAL CONVENTION.

The Canadian Horticultural Associa-
tion has completed arrangements for
their convention to be held August
4-7 in Toronto. St. George's Hall. Elm
street, near Yonge. having been se-
lected as headquarters ■ for the meet-
ings. The opening session will be^
gin Tuesday, August 4, first on the pro-
gramme being an address of welcome
by Mayor Hocker, and a response by
James McKenna, of Montreal, on be-
half of the visitors; following which
will be the address of President H. B.
Cowan. After the discussion the re-
port of Secretary-Treasurer Julius
Luck will be made. Appointment of
.iudges of the trade exhibit, the report
of the tariff committee, and announce-
ments will conclude the morning ses-
sion. At one o'clock p. m. cars will
be takfii for Miller & Sons' establish-
ment at Brackondale, where lunch will
be served, followed by a visit to the
grounds of Sir Henry M. Pellatt.

The Tuesday evening session will
start at 8 p. m.. with an illustrated
lecture by Charles Chambers. Park
Commissioner of Toronto, on the sub-
.lect "Park Systems." Other addresses
during the evening will be : "A Na-
tional Plant Register." by H. J. Moore.
Queen Victoria Park. Niagara Falls.
Ont.: "Hardy Conifers." by Prof. W.
T. Marcoun. Dominion Horticulturist.
Ottawa. Following a discussion led
by President Cowan on government
grant, the question box will end the
programme for the first day.

At the Wednesday morning session.
August 5. which will convene at 9 :.30
a. m.. the reports of .iudges of trade
exhibit and nomenclature committee
will be made. Following these will lie
the selection of the next place of meet-
ing. An address will be made l>y A.
C. Wilshire. Montreal, on "Greenhouse
Construction." followed by W. W.
Gammage. London. Ont., who will
speak on "Block Houses vs. Single."
Wednesday afternoon the members of
the association will be guests of the
Dale Estate, Brampton. Ont. The as-
sociation lianqnet will be held Wednes-
day evening .at 8 o'clock.

The fourth session. Thursday. Au-
gust <!. at 9 :.30 w. m. will be given
over to announcements, unfinished
business, election of officers and final
resolutions. The following papers will
be read : "Cyclamen." by E. O. Me-i-
stead. Ottawa; "Recent Rose Intro-
ductions." by Walter Muston. Toronto:
"New Greenhouse Plants." by E. F.
Collins. Toronto.' Thursday afternoon
the members will be guests of Rich-
mond Hill Horticultural Society.

Friday, .'\ugust 7, starting at 9
o'clock a. m., members of the asso-
ciation will enjoy a day's trin across
Lake Ontario to Niagara Falls, as
guests of the Toronto Gardeners' and
Florists' Association.

SPRiNfiFlELn. III. — The firm of Hem-
breiker & Cole, florists, successor to
the A. C. Canfleld greenhouses of South
Grand boulevard west, have remod-
eled the houses and onened a new
office on the ccrner of State street .'ind
the avenue.

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The American Florist.

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Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., Sec Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this office
euciose 10 cents extra to cover postjige, etc.

Situation Wanted— As Kardenor: life experience
with roses, carnations and greneral stock.
T. Hawkes.
121 Cambridge Ave.. E. Hamilton. Ont.

Situation Wanted— Good storeman, Chicago or
Middle West prL-ferred. Readv to start at once.
Best of roferencrs. Address.

Key 432, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By single younp man; well
up in cut flowers and plants; also store work.
Would like permanent place in Ohio, but would
consider any t'ood place. Address

Kev 421. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — By German florist, as work-
ioR foreman or for section; good propagator and
grower of cut fiowors; Chicago or nearby pre-
ferred; strictly sober. Address

Key 4.'^i>, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— As foreman to take entire
charge bv a first-class grower of cut flowers and
plants, over 30 years' experience; commercial or
institution. Has first-class reference as to ability.
etc. D. P. Nelson, 640 Front st .

Ripley. Hancock, P. O.. Mich.

Situation Wanted— By gardener and florist
single, capabir of taking charge of gentleman's
private place, greenhouses, flowers, fruits, veget-
ables, hotbeds, lawns good houseman. Steady
and reliable, gsod reference stat-* wa«es. board
and room. 1. G. Dickinson.

471 West 21st St . New York. N. Y

Situation Wanted -As foreman or manager, by
a German: married; 32 years old. Has 12 years
practical experience. First class grower of roses,
carnati'ins and chrysanthemums- southern and
uorthern experience; best of references. State
full particulars in hrst letter; good wages expect-
ed. Address Key 423. care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted-By energetic flo-ist as a
working foreman; single; German; strictly sober;
25 years of age; lite experience; first-class grower
of cut flowt-rs and potted plants; good hustler
and good designer, and decorator. Can produce
the goods, handle help, etc. Wages $20.00 per
week. Address,

Key 41S. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By experienced grower;
married, two children; age 36; for many years
grower with the largest cut flower establishments:
know the business in all its branches; is of good
working capacity: can fill position as foreman;
good wages expected; state particulars in first
letter. Address

Key '137. care American Florist

Situation Wanted — By young man of 19. who

was employed in Nurseries in the Netherlands for
4 years. Do.is not speak English fluently. Pre-
fers situation in greenhouses or nurseries in or
near Chicago Has letters of reference. Address
as soon as possible, stating wages.

C. M. OUDIJK.

968 Bridge St., Grand Rapids. Mich.

Help Wanted— Good all-'round man. grower of
roses and pot plants; yood wages; references.
\ddress K(y44l. care American Florist.

Help Wanted — Young man experienced in
roses, for a commercial place near Chicago. *25 00
per month, board, room and washing. .Address.
Key 442. care .American Florist.

Help Wanted -.An expetlrnced grower of gen-
eral stock, 7 OOO feet ol glass. Must be good on
carnations and potted plants. Good room, clean
bed. good fond, i'40.00 witit r oom and board to
start. Must be a good worker and steady. Steady
position guaranteed a good man. No boozer
wanted, Addr.-ss.

R. & S. Flower Store.

Box i32.^. Missoula, Montana.

Help Wanted— Htiid gardener married, wiihout
children, to take charge of country place of about
100 acres composed of fl Aver gardens, lawn and
woods; situated on Lake Erie twenty miles from
Buffalo Present head gardmer leaving to go in
farming for bimsell, after ten years service. .State
age. nationality, religion, and expeiience. Must
have best of references. Addr. ss

K<y 431. c;ir.- Am*i;n^:iq.J''lotUt

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Wanted— To rent for.S years' with option to buy.
about lU.OOj ft. of glass in good repair.

J. R. JOHNSTON. Greensburg, Ind^

Wanted— Party with a few thousand dollars to
invest in a wholesale rose and carnation range in
the State ol Washington, Guaranteed O. K. Ad-
dress. Key 414, care .American Florist.

Wanted— To lease, 15.000 feet of glass in good
condition. forS years with option to buy. Must
be in good condition. Address.

Key 412. care American Florist.

For Rent- ( ireenhoiise ranL;e, six houses, about
lO.OUO square fe.t of g!a.-.s. witli store and sheds
attached, in very fa\orable retail location Write
for particulaTs. giving references as to financial
responsibility, character, etc.

Ci'RRiK Br<is. Co., Milwaukee. Wis

For Sale— Three greenhouses. 7700 ft. glass,
well equipped, also modern dwelling. Demand
for everything grown. tJood shipping point. For
further particulars address.

J. M. Smith. Milford, 111.

For Sale— 7, 200 square feet of glass; range three
years old: doing splendfd flower and vegetable
business: will sell reasonably, on easy terms.
For furtlier particulars and reason for selling,
write R. & S. Flowkr Stork,

Box 1323. Missoula. Montana.

For Sale — Well established retail florist
business on a busy thoroughfare in Chicago.
Easy terms to the right party. Reason for selling
wish to retire. Anyone desiring to secure a fine
paying business in a good locality would do well
to investigate this offer for it is a splendid buy
and an unusual oftering Address.

Key 430 care American Florist

For Sale— Iron frame greenhouse (30x70) of very
best construction; built last year. Store and
dwelling of 13 rooms; modern. In the heart of
the largest and most prosperous city inS. Dakota.
Two minutes walk from post office. Last month's
business $2749.83. Five railroads. Good shipping
trade. Good seed business in connection. No
better bargain in the West for an enterprising
florist. Sickness in family compels immediate
sale. For particulars address

G. A. T., Lock Bock 144. Sioux Falls. S Dak.

GROWER WANTED.

I wish to get in touch with a good
grower of roses, carnationsand pot plants
who has two or three thonsand dollars to
invest and wishes to get into business
(wholesale) for himself. I can offer the
opportunity of a lifetime. Address,

Key 427, care American Florist.

Help Wanted At Once

A single young man as second gardener on a
private place. Must be strictly temperate, honest
and reliablu. and understand growing both outside
and under glass. Positively state age nationality
and experience; also send copies of references to

Gardener, Box 103, Green Lake, Wis'

Large place in New Jersey, near New York City
30,000 feet of glass, large dwelling, and furniture
barn, horses and automobile. Well established
business, local and wholesale also large landscape
business. I'lace is near railroad and trolley, is in
hrst class condition, all up-to-date improvements.
Price very reasonable; owner must sell at once
going west. Particulars.

CHAS. MILLANG.
55 W. 26th St., New York City.

Nursery at Sacrifice

Here is an unusual opportunity to acquire a
complete, up-to-date Nursery, with modern equip-
ment in thriving city of the Northwest. Business
well established. Good terms. Will take part
payment in stock. Best reasons for selling. A
snap if taken at once. Address.

Key 439. care American Florist.

EXPERIENCED GARDENER

Seeks re-engagement this fall, "any-
where east. of the Mississippi," as head
of commercial or private estate; expert
greenhouse manager, market gardener,
orchardist, farmer; -what can you offer
me? Married. State wages. Address,
Key 440, care American Florist.

FOR SALE.

One of the oldest and best located
Nurseries in the U. S. Has been
doing a large and profitable wholesale
end retail business for many years in
avery state in the Union, Canada and
Mexico. Greenhouse in connection.
For full particulars address.

Key 429, care American Florist
NOTICE

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

iHU'Alid. .Inly IH. 1914
Stockholders of the American Florist Company

Ynu :iro lii'ri'l)v iiolili.-il tli;il Un-;cimuiil meftiiif;
of the sli»-klniiilcrs of tlie American Florist
(•nnii>iiiiv will be lielil in llie Parker House.
Hoston, '.Mass.. Wednesday. August 19, 1914, at 3
o'cloek p. ni.. for the purpose of electing directors
'and oilicers for the ensuing term and for the
transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting. „ ,. „

.T. C. VAUGHAN, Pres.
M. BARKER, Secy.

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New Edition Just Out.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

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VAUGHAN'S PEONIES

Cut Flower Varieties

We have an exceptionally lar.ye stock of our own growing, Strictly true to name, all in strong divisions,
with from 3 to 5 eyes each. Besides these divided roots, we Can supply many of the following
varieties in plants, one, two, three and five years from division. These sizes are more suitable for private
customers. Write to us for prices on varieties you desire in large plants.

25

35

36

WHITE AND LIGHT SORTS

Each

Coronne d' Or, .^iiow white, yellow retiex. very
lart'e. Late; a splendid long-distance shipper.
Splendid cut Hovver $0 30

Duchess de Nemours (Calot). Sulphur white
with preen ish reHex, cup shape

Festiva Maxima. Flowers of immense size. 7 to
8 inches in diameter, snow-white with red
blotches on ed^'es of crnter iietals

Jeanne d' Arc. Soft pinlc. center suIpHur white
and pale pink, very (rafi-rant. Valuable for cut
llowers. \'ery similar to Golden Harvest

La Tulipe. Delicate rose fadin»^ to creamy white,
tipped with carmine: very large bloom; late.

Mme.de Vatry. Ver\ larue. high crown, lilac-
white guards and crown, sulphur white collar
of wide petals; center Hecked crimson. Fra-
grant. MIlI season

Mme. de VernervlUe. Guard petals sulphur
white, center delicate rose-white, one of the
most desirable of the white Peonies tor all
purposes

Marie lemoine. Large, compact, pure white,
cream-white ci-nter. Some carmine tipis. I-"ra
grant

M. Dupont. Clear ivory white, with brilliant
catmint- border on center petals

Queen Victoria. White, center petals tipped
carmine; large, full bloom: one or the best
cut flower sorts; early

Do 7.

$3 00
2 00

ltd

$20 00
15 00

35 3 25 22 00

3 60
3 60

25 00
25 00

35 3 60

30 2 25 15 00

35 3 60 25 00

40 4 00

30 3 00

35 3 60 25 00

30 3 00 20 00

35

50

3 60
5 50

25 00
40 00

25 2 00 15 00

UNNAMED PEONIES-Dlvlded Roots of 3 to 5 Eyes

Double Wliite, Pink and Red $150 $10 00

Double Mixed , 100 6 00

PEONIES IN CASE LOTS

For several years we ha/e sold specially packed cases. The roots art-
young, and each has 3 to 5 eyes These cases contain 67 double white.
66 double pink, and 67double red each color separate— 2' 0 roots in all.

rrice. 200— Case for $18.00. 2 cases for $35.00. We cannot
divide cases.

LIGHT AND DARK PINK AND ROSE

Each D'lE. 100

Delicati&sima. Large rose type. Pale lilac-rose.

I'Vagrant Very strong, tail grower, fine habit.

Iree bloomer. Extra good keeperand shipper,

Midse;isori

Model ol Perfection. Large cup shaped bloom.

pink maiDled rose, silvery border

Prolitei a Tricolor. Medium size. Guards Hesh-

while. collar sulphur-yellow. Pale rosecrown.

fragrant, free, late

Triomptie de L' Expos, de Lille. Shell pink with

a peculiar double crown, Midseason

RED AND CRIMSON

Andre LaurilS. Very large, very compact

globular rose-type, I3ark Tyrian-rose shading

deeper in center. Medium tall. One of the

best late yarieties

Augustin de Hour. Lirge. bomb-shaped flower.

dark briliant solferino-red with slight silvery

reflex. Medium tall, very free; midseison,

Xery fine 45 5 00 40 00

Felix Crousse. One of the best red sons, lame

double ball-sliaped llowers. Free bloomer 40 4 50 35 00

Louis van Houtte. Deep carmine-rose, tipped

silver, with fiery retiex. Semi rose-type. Fra-
grant. Late ^

Marectial Vaillant (Syn, Le. '^ Rubra Grandi

fiorat. Dark mauve-pink, very large, globular.

rose-type. Very tall heavy stem; very late.

AL;ood\ariety

M. Paul du Ribeft. Deep crimson-rose, fine

bomb-shaped llower. medium high, free

bloomer. Late 40 4 00 30 00

Officinalis Rubra Plena. This is the old

fashioned red; the most brilliant of all reds .. 20 1 80 12 00
President Roosevelt. Fine full bloom. Very

briiliiiMtred 35 3 60 25 00

We have large stocks of If) standard sorts, and
can make specially low prices on quantities.

30 3 00 20 00

45 5 00 35 00

German Iris

VALGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO,
NEW YORK.

Oklahoma City.

Tli.VUK AT A STAMJSTIIX.

The languorous lieat of .suinmer Ikih
put an end to social gaiety so far as
indoor functions are concerned and
the florists are enjoying a much need-
ed rest, for daily temperatures are
ranging anywhere Iietween 08 and lOI!
degrees regularly and under these con-
ditions cut flowers are. for tlie time
being, tabooed. There is at times a
demand for .some funeral worlv, just
enougli to lieep tlie lioys in practice.

NOTES.

From reports of other cities as seen
in THE AMKltKAN FLORIST it looks as
though there was going to be a big
attendance at the S. A. F. convention
in Boston. We are sorry to report
that there will be no delegation from
this city. We have not found a sin-
gle florist here, so far. that is expect-
ing to go to Hoston —it seems .so far
away. ,,•

Clyde Batten is batk from a three
weeks' stay in St. Paul. He says every-
thing there was ,1ust fine, especially
the "Budweiser." whatever that is.

S. S. B.

Westerly, R. I. — The King Con-
struction Co. has been awarded the
contract for S. J. Reuter & Son's new
house, 42xl7.'i feet, flat rafter constriu-
tion. and erection will be started ;it
once.

SEASONABLE STOCK-Ready Now

Polnsettlas, 214 in. pot plants, $5.00 per 100.

Asparagus PlumoSUS, 2Vi in , bushy, $3.(10 per 100; $26.00 per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns, Aspidium, Cyrtominm, Wilsoni, Mayi, etc., $3.00 per 100;

125.00 per 11)00.
Primula Malacoides, (Giant Baby Primrose), $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 10^0.
Primula Chinensis a splendid strain, in all colors, $3.00 per 100; $25 00 per 1000.
Araucaria Compacts plants, 4 in. pots, 6 to 8 in. high, 36c each; 5 in. pots,

8 to 10 in., .^flc each.
Bird's Nest Ferns (Asplenium Nidus Avis), finest condition, a grand selling

plant, 3 in. pots, $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100; 4 in. pots, $5.00 per doz.;

$35.00 per 100; 5 in. pots, $7.00 per doz.; $50,00 per 100.
Clbotiiun Schiedei, splendid stock for immediate sale or for growing on .

6 in pot plants, $1.50 each.
Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4 in. pot plants, $20.00 per 100; 6 in.

pot plants, $25.lX) per 100.

Write for Catalogue No. 6.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO. Painesville, Ohio

7o:ooo Chrysanthemums

Which if planted at once will give very food blooms lor Thankscuinc and later. These include such
varieties as Nagoys, Golden Chadwick. White Bonnaffon. Roman Gold, Cliadwick Supreme. W. H.
Chadwlck. Helen Ncwbeny, Yellow iaton. Antique, Harvard. Major Bonnaffon, Tim. laton.
Jeanne Nonln. Price. $25,(X) per 1(X)0, in any <iuaniity.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO., - Adrian, Mich.

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The Thirtieth Anniversary

CONVENTION NUMBER

of:

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WILL GO TO PRESS

ivxjous'r 11.

A FTER 30 years' service in the Florist, Nursery

and Seed Trades, we have won a host of

staunch business friends at home and abroad and

hope to see them all well represented m the ad\ er-

tising pages of the

Thirtieth Annual Convention Number

No Cliange in Prices, Single Column Inch, $1.()(); Page of 30
inches, $30.00, with the usual discounts on a series of insertions.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

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For thirty years the representative paper of the Florists, Seedsmen
and Nurserymen of the United States and Canada.

■^"Please send your copy for this issue as early as possible.

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POEHLMAN

72-74 E. Randolph St.,

NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

During the Summer Month

Our Roses Are Cut Tight i

Especially for long distance shipments. They are the kind that you want.

<i

We Offer the MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL, Killarney Brilliant, SHAWYER, Sunburst,
Ward, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner Roses.

Gladioli, Shasta Daisies, Cattleya Gigas and C. Gaskelliani

Easter Lilies g^odsupX I Lily of the Valley

We Close During July, August and September at 5 p. m.

Large Supply o

OUR EXTRA FINE St

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

Green Cycas Leave;

8 to 12 inches, very flexible, just what you want for
Bases and Wreaths, $1.50 per 100.

ALSO IN BROWN.

100 assorted sizes, 16 to 44 inciies, $7.0(

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\ BROS. CO.

I Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

►OEHLIVIANN'S 'MUMS

1 2^ -inch Pompons and Standards Now Reduced for Quick and Final Clearance.

•| 200,000 late propagated, extra fine healthy stock, all varieties listed bv us

Now $2.20 per 100; $20.00 perilOOO.

i)UR 'MUMS and be convinced that our choice commercial varieties are the ones that will bring you the largest returns for the
r it invested. We have a fine healthy lot of nice soft plants 'n splendid growing condition, but we need more room and in order to
I this stock quickly we are making A BIG REDUCTION IN PRICES. You can now buy any vartety listed by us^Pompons or Stand-
; for $20.00 per 1000, a direct saving of from 26'/; to 757r on our regular prices. Better hurry your order as this stock will not last
J it these special prices. Note the price .$2.20 per 100; $20.00 Der I'OOO.

EARLY
tTHITE YELLOW

i Advance Chrysolora
r Frost

■oehlmann PINK
a!omon McNiece

\ WHITE

Helen Newberry | Krut
Kemmit , Skibo

MIDSEASON LATE
WHITE YELLOW WHITE YE' LOW

Mrs. Chas. Razor BoBnallon Timothy Eaton Vellow Eaton
Elise Papvvorth „ „. , . , Ijolden Chadwick

PJNK Crocus Lhadwick PJNK
Enguehard Ramapo Lynwood Hall Maud Dean
Cliieftain R E. Loeben

YELLOW RED 1 BROI

Madg^e Big Baby Ouinola Rufus Lagravere 1 Madam Laporte
Klondyke Baby

NEW ONES

WHITE-.Mice Salomon PINK-Chieftain
YELLOW-Salomon

SINGLE POMPONS

WHITE-.Mensa BRONZE-Pauline
Parkinson— Sinirle pink

IZE PINK

Mrs. Bfu i Nellie Bly Fairy Queen
1 Alvina

SUPREME QUALITY ROSE STOCK

JEST PLANTS THAT MONEY CAN BUY. Growers are always on the lookout for quality rose stock. They realize that the best at the start is the cheapest in
J. When bu\ inj: plants it is always best to secure your stock from people that have a reputation for producing the best there is to be had. Vou cannot get
;iter stock tnan that which we are offering, for we always aim to k'ive the purchaser the best that our long years of experience enable us to do.

IILADY

iing out price. Bargain.
Grafted Plants.

'i inch % 80 01 per lOno

'i inch lOO.tO per 1000

Own Root.

■'2 inch $50.00 per 1000

'z inch SO.OOperlOOO

ra good values— Order today.

GRAFTED ROSES.

2 1 2-in. Plants.

Klllamey Queen, Mrs. Aaron Ward,
Mrs. Taft ( Bul^arie or Antoine
Revoir), at J12.00 per 100: $100.00
per 1000.

Killarney Brilliant, grafted. IVvm.. at
130.(10 per 100: $250.00 per lOOO; 3H-in.
$35.r0 per ICO: $300.00 per 1000.

3</2-in. Grafted.

Bulgarie, 500 Killarney Queen,
Aaron Ward, $15, (hi per mO: $l.?5.00
per 1000.

OWN ROOT ROSES.

2H-in. Plants.
Killarney, Mrs. Taft, (Bulgarie or

Antoine Revoir) Wards.at $6.00 per

lOO: $55.00 per 1000.
Sunburst. $7.50 per 100; $70 per 1000.

a^-ln. Plants.

Mrs. Ward, at $8.50 per 100; J75.0O
per ICOO.

Bulgarie.

3i4-in. , O. R $7.50 per 100.

Sunburst.

3H-in.. O. R $9.00 per 100.

FIELD GROWN

Carnation Plants

Ward, Perfection, Scarlet

Glow, Beacon, $55 per 1000.

Winsor lawson. May Day,

$50 per 1000.

FINE HEALTHY STOCK.

These prices are in effect now; 396 for
cash in 10 days.

r» ivrv aj: s

Kentia Belmoreana

Single Plants

pots.
pots,
pots,
pots,
tubs,
tubs.

pots,
pots,
pots,
pots.

5 to 6 leaves,
d to 7 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

18 in.

24 in.

28 to 30 in.
32 to 34 in.
36 in.

4t to 48 in.

Each

high

.$0.,35

high

1.00

high

1.50

high

2.(K)

high

3-00

high

5.00

Kentia Forsteriana

Single Plants

5 to 6 leaves, 18 to 20 in.

6 to 7 leaves. 28 to 30 in.
5 to 6 leaves 34 to 3(') in.
5 to 6 leaves. 38 to 42 in.

high
high
high
high

0 35
1.00
1.50
2.00

Kentia Forsteriana— Continued

7 inch
S inch
10 inch
10 inch

tubs,
tubs,
tubs,
tubs.

Single Plants
6 to 7 leaves, 46 to 48 in. high

6 to 7 leaves. 50 to 54 in. hiirh
6 to 7 leaves. 5 ft. high
6 to 7 leaves. 5H to 6 ft. high
pecimens of Belmoreana and Forsteriana
$15.00to $25.00 each.

Each
$ 3..S0
.s.on
8.00
10.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Made-up Plants
8 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 34 to 36 in.
10 inch tubs. 5 plants in a tub. 45 to 50 in.
12 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 5ft.liigh
12 inch tubs. 5 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high

high 4.0O

high 8 00

1200

15.00

7 inch pots.
7 inch tubs,

7 inch tubs.

8 inch tubs.
8 inch tubs.
S inch tubs.
V-inch tubs.

12-inch tubs,

12-inch tubs.

Grand

6 inch pots.

7 inch pots.
7 inch pots.

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-up Plants
5 plants in a pot. 34 to 38 in. high
4 plants in a tub. 38 in. high
3 plants in a tub. 38 to 40 in. high
f> plants in a tub. 42 to 46 in, high

3 plants in a tub. 48 to 54 in. high

4 plants in a tub. 52 to 56in. high

5 plants in a luh, 4H to 5 ft. high
4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5^2 ft. high
7 plants in a tub. (i to 6V^ ft. high
Specimens. tlS.(0 to $25,00 each.

Phoenix Roebelenii

20 in. high. 26 in. spread
2 ft. high, 28 in. spread
2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread

Each

$2.50

3.00

3 00

5.00

5.00

60O

8 00

10 00

15.00

1.30
2.00
2.50

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.

jnus Veitchii, highly colored,
ich at 5iic each. 5-inch at 75c each.
ich at $1.26 to $1.50 each,
ich at 2.0(1 to 2.5(1 each.

ragus Sprengeri Baskets, extra strong.

JO, $2.00 and $2.6(i each.

m Hanging Baskets, very fine.

>0, $2.00 and ,$2.50 each.'

>ns, in variety. 3-in., 25c; 4-in., 50c.
Sh Ivy, strong, 20c to 35c each.

Peppers. Chinese and cluster.

3-inch, $5.00 per Kid.
Primula Obconica, GrandifloraandGigantea

strain. 3 inch, $6.00 per 100. 4-inch, 8c.
Cyclamen, choice strain, 3-in., $7.00per 100.

Glory of Wandsbek. 3 in., 8. 00 per 100.

4-inch, choice stock, $20.00 per 100.

4-inch, Gloryof Wandsbek, $25.(l(iper KXl.
Smilax, strong, new stock.

214-inch, $2.50 per 100; $22.00 per 1000.

3-inch, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

WhitmaniandElegantissima Ferns

7-in. pots, 75 cents.

6-in. pots. 50 cents. 8-in. pots, $1.00.
Dracaena Indivisa, strong. *

4-inch at 15c and 20c each.
Begonia, Glory d' Chatelaine.

3-in., .$8.00 per lOO
Asparagus Sprengeri.

2I4-

in.,$3 00 per 10(1. 3-in., $5.00per 100.

Asparagus Plumosus.

3-in, at $7.00; 4-in. at $12.(X)per 100;
5-in. at $20.00 to $26.00 per lOO.

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The American Florist.

Aug.

THE BEST SUMMER ROSES

American Beauties, Hillingdon, Sunburst, Shawyer,
Bulgarie, Rhea Reid and Cecile Brunner.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of flowers of the advantages
of buying direct of the grower. We make a specialty of growing roses for summer.

American Beauties

Specials, extra Ions; stems

.?0 inch stems

24-inch stems

15-inch stems

Shorter

Per Dozen
$2 50

CURRENT PRICE LIST. f„"S,^a?L'r'"'"*'

Cecile Brunner, per bunch, 25c

P,r d07. Per 100

2. CO

1..50

1.00

50

Per 100
J6.00
5.00
3 00

Hillingdon, SunbursH
Bulgarie and Shawyer

Extra long

Medium

Short

White and Pink Killarney,
Richmond S Rhea Reid. Fer loo

Extra Select S1.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Short 3.00

EASTER LILIES, $1.00; !f6.00

Auratum Lilies ii.OO

Rubrum " 6 00

Lily of the Valley $ .vdO to $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri 3.00
New Eastern Ferns, per 1000...J1.50

Adiantum 1.00

Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000. ■

ROSES, in lots of 500 or more at the rate of $l.=j.00 per 1000.

We Close on Week Days During July and August at 5 P. M.
All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

. Greenhouses: Hinsdale, III., and Greggs Station, 111

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

ihnM'ni tlir Ailiii-i<<ni Flnrisl iili,ii irriliiia

Chicago.

TRAflE .STll.L IJUlr.T.

This city experienced some real hot
weather during the past week when
the thermometer for a time remained
near the 1)!>° mark. Stock was affected
l.y the warm weather to a great ex-
tent and it was impossible at times to
secure sufficient stock to fiU long dis-
tance shipping orders. The weather,
however, the opening of this week was
much cooler and stock is now reacli-
ing the market in Ijetter condition. The
supply of American Beauty roses has
gradually shortened up and the iiowers
that are" now arriving are command-
ing good prices and clean up well eaili
day. Koses are plentiful and some fin.-
Kiilarnev. White Killarney. IHiuMe
White Killarney, Killarney Brilliant.
Mrs. Chas. Russell, Sunburst, Hadley.
Mrs. Geo. Shawyer. My Maryland and
Bulgaria are seen. Gladioli are very
l.lentiful at all the stores. Some choii'e
Niagara are to be had. but are not
bringing the prices that they should.
Asters never were .so plentiful as they
are this season and jirobably never .sold
so cheap as they are being sold now.
Lllv of the valley is in good supply
and the same can be .said of lilies.
There* are a few carnations arriving
and a few peonies are still seen. The
Boston convention is the principal topic
of conversation in the market now.
and it appears as if there will be a
large delegation attend from this city.

THE COiN-VKNTION Sl'KClAl,.

President Wirth of the Society of
American Florists will leave Chicago
Sunday evening. August 1<>. on special
train over the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad. La Salle street sta-
tion, at S:00 o'clock, with the Chicago

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The Reictiling Brothers.

11(1 Kmil. Pi'lc-r KciiihcrgN Stomnrin .-md
Gri'eiiliDiisi' Su peri lite mien I.

Florists' Club and others desirous of
Joining the convention party on the
President's Special.

This train is due at Niagara Falls
Monday noon at 12:04 o'clock .and sev-
eral hours will be spent there, the
party, leaving again at .'? :.~i0 p. m. the
same day. and due in Boston Tuesday.
August IS, at 7:0.5 a. m. The fare
from Chicago to Boston and return is
.$.'jO, good for ."iO days. Berths. Chicago
to Boston (one way), lower, ."i.."!!!;
upper. .$4.40. The foregoing rates ap-
ply only to Boston and return. Many
extended tours and side trips may be
arr.anged returning, on application to
local transportation agents at ef|uatly
low rates, including New York. Phil.a-
delphia. Boston. Thousand Tsl.ands.
Hudson River, etc.

WHOLESALE coHwi^.mn VLORISTS

56 BaM B«Ddolpfc 8«rM«

caicAGo

Current Price List:

Kasler Lihes Jl.nil to $1.50 per doz.

American Beauties. . . Jl.ooto S.vKi pi-r do?.
Richmond, White and Pink Killarney,
My Maryland, Ward, Sunburst. lOO

Fancy }i>.tO to $8.00

Medium 4.(.K) to 5 00

Good Short 3.00

Roses, our sfleclion 3.00

Carnations, fancy 2.50

Carnations, firsts 2.00

Carnations, common 1.00

Orchids, Cattlcyas. per doz. . .$.5.00 toS6.00

Gladioli 4.00 to 8.00

Valley 3.00 to 4.00

Adiantum 75 to 1.00

Smilax, per doz 2.00 to 2.50

Sprengeri. Plumosus Sprays 2.00 to 4.00

Plumosus Strintjs. each .35 to .60

Ferns, per 1000 1.50

Galax, per lIKto l.ftii

Mention the A^nerican Flofist when wfitinci

All members of the Society of
American Florists and their friends
from points north, west and south of

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The American Florist.

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PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

iviVi^OE> cxjor®

KILLARNEY— RUSSELL— MARYLAND ROSES

Order your supply from us. Our stock, is fine and
costs no more than the ordinary run of stock.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra loug stems $2 60 to |3 00

30-iiich stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 76

20-inch stems 1 60

15-inch stems 1 25

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 36 to 60

Slclunond t d im

KUlarney ^" '*^'

White Klllarney... • Select 6 00

My Maryland j Medium 5 00

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward. J Short 4 00

Russell $4 00, $6.00 and 18.00 per 100

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Asters $1 00 to $3 it)

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 2.^0

Harrlsll per doz., $1 50 to $2 00

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum 1 W

Asparagus per bunch, 60c

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

2,000,000 Feet of IVfodern Glass

We Close During July, August and September at 5 p. m.

Beauties»Asters

GLADIOLI--VALLEY--LILIES--ROSES

Everything that is seasonable in Cut Flowers and Greens at prices that you will consider
reasonable. Our customers are well pleased with the treatment that they receive from us.
You will be the same if you become one of our customers. Try US todsy.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N. Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.)

I Central 2571

TXLEPHONES: \ " 2572

' Auto. 48-734

CHICAGO

dent's party at Chicago should .secure
tickets reading over the Lake .Shore &
Michigan Southern Railroad and New
York Central, Chicago to Boston and
return.

Reservations will be made on appli-
cation to G. K. Thompson, 100 South
Clark street. Chicago, 111., telephone
Randolph 5300, who will cheerfully
supply all other Information regarding
this trip.

TJOTE.S.
Bassett & Washburn are cutting
some fine roses now and are featuring
well grown Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, Mrs.
Chas. Russell and Bulgaria. C. L.
Washburn and wife leave to visit rela-
tives in California on August 1. The
members of the trade here hope that
the genial wholesaler will remember
them to his son, E. B. Washburn, and
his business partner, O. P. Bassett.

Martin Goerger says that things are
running along very smoothly at
Goerger Bros.' plant in Arlington
Heights and extends a cordial invita-
tion to the trade to drop in and see
him when they are in the neighbor-
hood. His brother Alfred is now
visiting relatives in Germany.

Poehlmann Bros. Co. is having a
special sale on chrysanthemum stock
this week and is making special prices
to the trade in order to make room.
This firm grows all the best commer-
cial varieties and is only offering those
varieties that it has found to be the
best to grow.

Percy Jones is fixing up his store In
grand style so that it will present a
good appearance when his customers
drop in to see him around convention
time. H. Van Gelder will not attend

the Boston convention, as he expected,
but will probably make a trip east a
little later.

Miss Amy Schultz has returned from
her vacation and is again attending to
her duties at the J. A. Budlong store.
Roswell Schupp of the shipping de-
partment is visiting at Manitowoc,
Wis.

Allie Zech and Joe Weis sent <iome
a nice mess of black bass from Toma-
hawk Lake, Wis., this week. They are
expected back home on August 1.

Walter S. McGee is again calling on
his customers, having just returned
from a delightful visit with his folks
at Champaign.

Art Keenan is back from a pleasant
visit at Benton Harbor. Mich.

L. R. Bohannon is fishing at Fre-
mont, Mich.

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The American Florist.

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IWIETOR BROS.!

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
RandolDh 2081

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

FANCY REALTIES AND ROSES

CURRENT PRICE LIST:

Subject to change without notice.

I American Beauties

i doz.

i 48-in. stems $3.00

I 30 to 36-in. stems 2.50

I LM-in. stems 2.00

I Killarney p,, loo

i Fancy $6.00

i Medium 6. On

I Richmond p^^ joo

i Selects $6.00

I Fancy 5.00

i Medium 4.00

Per doz.

20-in. stems $1 60

15-in. stems.... 1.26

Short stems 76

Per 100

Good $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Sunburst p,, joo

Fancy $ 6.00 Short..

Good, l8-in 5.00

White Killarney

Per 100
$4.00

Per 100
Fancy $6 00

Medium 5.00

Per 100

Good ■ $4.00

Short stems 3.00

Roses, our selection ... $3.00

LIIvIES $10.O0-$12.0O

FERNS, per 1000 2.00

SMILAX, per doz 2.00

ADIANTUM 1.00

GALAX, per 1000 1.00

SPRENGERI, per bunch 60

ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch 60

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The E. F. Winterson Co. is changing
the entrance to its basement store to
conform with the city ordinance. The
change will lie beneficial for the firm
a.s well as to the city and the alteration
will soon be completed. Mr. Winterson
is very industrious and can always be
found at the store during working
hours, but on Sundays and holidays is
either en,i()ying life at his beautiful
home on the west side or watching
President Thomas' Cubs play ball. The
lawn in front of the Winter.son home is
a beautiful sight now with all the hy-
drangeas and other flowers in bloom
and is well worth making a special trip
to see.

At Peter Reinberg's store the new
rose. Mrs. Chas. Russell, is now seen in
large (luantities and Manager Reich-
ling says that his firm is just coming
in big crop with young American
Beauty roses. This firm is growing its
own asters this year and are cutting
several thiiu.sand each day. Mrs. Reich-
ling, who recently underwent a serious
operation, was discharged from the hos-
pital last week and is doing as nicel.v
as can be expected.

Wietor Hros. are cutting large quan-
tities of Killarney and White Killarney
roses and succeed in disposing of prac-
tically all their stock each day. N. J.
Wietor has been on the .iob every day
since he has returned from his fishing
trip and is feeling fine. Gus Alles. the
firm's old reliable stiireman, and Henry
Wietor will leave ne.\t week on their
vacation, which, as usual, will be spent
in beautiful Wisconsin.

If any of the growers in this vi-
cinity have any field grown carnation
plants to offer this season. they
ought to place an advertisement in
TTIK Amiouic.^n- Fl.OHfST right away.
One grower who advertised his stoi-k
in these cohnnns re|iorts that he was
obliged to return many checks, the re-
turns I'eing so large.

E. C.Amling. H. X. Bruns, John
Michelsen- and Henry Wehrmann and
families spent the greater part of
last week touring Wisconsin in auto-
mobiles. Quite a stop was made at
Baraboo, the winter iiuarters of Ring-
ling Bros." circus and where the party
had the best time on the entire trip.

A. L. Vaughan, of .'\. I... A'aughan &
Co.. wife and daughter are making
preparations for a trip east which will
terminate at Boston, where the.v will
attend the S. A. F. convention. Mr.
Vaughan's right hand storeman. Wm.
Johnson, is enjoying his vacation this
week.

John Zec'h and Matt Mann. pro)irie-
tors of the firm of Zech & Mann will
f^ttend the convention together this
year at Boston. Mr. Zech's daughter
Carrie is still on the sick list and.
while slie is feeling considerably bet-
ter, she is recovering very slowl.v.

Adam Zender's daughter Rina and
Christopher Pchirfi were united in mar-
riage at St. Henr,\'s ciniri-h on Wednes-
day. July 'I'l. The happy young couple
are well known to a large number of
the trade, who wish them success in
their matrimonial venture.

T. E. Waters is making preparations
to leave for the Boston convention,
where he will have charge of Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.'s sui)ply exhibit. Ros-
toii is Tim's old stamping ground, and
be is quite anxious to see his old ac-
iiuaintances again.

Joe Koska is back from his vacation
and is again attending to his duties at
the Batavia (ireenhouse Co.'s store.
Since he has lieen back O. Johnson
has lieen teaching several would-lie
checker pla.vers how to play the game.

S. P. Tonner. of Aberdeen. South
Dakota, is visiting relatives here. He
was formerly in the employ of the
A. L. Randall Co.. when his sister.
Miss Ij. .\. Tonner. was in chnrge of
the sniiply department.

Une of the American Express Co.'s
horses was killed on Wabash avenue in
front of several of the wholesale stores
by a street car on July 23. The acci-
dent caused considerable excitement at
the time.

Jack Byers is giving Zech & Mann's
store a new coat of white paint. Jack
is some painter and is ready to make
contracts with all the local dealers
to beautify -their iiremises.

R. E. Dodson. of Crliana, was here
on business anc^. jjleasure combined
this week. He reports that this has
been an unusually good season with
him; in fact, the best ever.

Joe Emiweck. of the Bassett & Wash-
burn store force, and Tony Emiweck, of
the Poehliuann Bros. Co.'s store force,
are back from a jileasant vacation at
Paw Paw Lake. Mich.

Julius Kline is back from a well
earned rest and is again attending to
his duties at Wietor Bros.' store.
Julius always manages to get two va-
cations somehow.

Joe Hill, of Richmond, Ind., called
on his many friends in the trade here
this week. He is planning on soon tak-
ing quite an extended auto trip through
Michigan.

The Des Plaines Floral Co., of which
Blew itt iVi Prickett are the proprietors.
has placed an order with the Superior
Machine i!c Boiler Works for a new
boiler.

Miss Moore, with the Davidson Floral
Co., Pine Bluff. Ark., was a visitor at
Bassett & Washburn's store on July 27.

A. F. Longren is back home for a
few days and is thinking about attend-
ing the Boston convention.

A. M. Pekarek. of the California
Floral Shop, has returned from a visit
at Union Pier. Mich.

Otto Goerisch. of the A. L. Randall
Co.. leaves on August 1 to enjoy his
vacation.

1914.

The American Florist.

67

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Headquarters For

SUMMER BEAUTIES

LONG-MEDIUM-SHORT

We are handling them in large quantities and still maintain that we have
the largest supply of btst stock that there is obtainable in this market.

ROSES--GLADIOLI--ASTERS

and all othi-r seasonable Flowers and Greens. Our Pink Killarneyand White
Killarney roses are also fine and the Bulgaria that we are receiving are with-
out question the best summer roses available now. Buy from us and be one
of our many satisfied customers. Start today.

We close at 5 p. m. during July, August and September.
We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAGO, ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Florists transformed the appearau'je
of the city hail last week and the mas-
sive stone liuilding presented such a
changed appearance as to attract gen-
eral attention and also commendation.
Large boxes filled with foliage have
been placed on ever.v wdndow ledge of
the first floor along ^'est Randolph.
West Washington and North La Salle
street.*. Thirty-six boxes filled with
plants and small trees were required
to complete the display. Commissioner
of Public Works McGann gave the or-
der for the decorations before he went
to Europe. J. H. Prost. city forester.
realizetl that it was too late to put
out geraniums, petunias and other
flowering plants, and so selected the
hardiest foliage he could find to with-
stand the loop atmospheric conditions.
Selections also had to be made with
a view to conforming to the heavy
effect of the massive windows and
sills. It is the plan to put the plants
into greenhou.ses during the winter and
place small evergreen vines in the win-
dow boxes. .Among the idants to be
found in the lioxes now are aucubas,
dracaenas. coleus. phoenix, crotons.
boxwood, rutiber. English Ivy and
small bay trees. The city hopes
that it is setting an example
that will be followed by busi-
ness concerns generally," said City
Forester Prost. "Already many build-
ing owners have similarly decorated
their window ledges. It relieves the
general monotonous appearance of the
loop and is only folluwing out what is
done in Berlin and other cities."

The Chicago Florists' Club will meet
at the Bismarck Hotel. West Randolph
street, next Thursday. August 0. at
S p. m. As this is the last meeting
before the Boston convention a large
attendance is expected. The picnic
committee will make its report at this
meeting and there is no doubt but
what there will be a nice little sum
to turn over to the club.

A. ilalchow reports a very good

Send for ?5.0o or SlO.ilO sampK- assortmeot.

RAEDLEIN BASKET CO.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

business the past season. He says he
is well satisfied with the electric sign
erected by the American Sign Co. and
that the refrigerator installed by the
United Refrigerator & Ice Machine Co.
adds materially to the attractiveness
of his store.

Miss Marguerite McXulty, who keeps
the Peter Reinberg books, writes that
she is having a delightful time at
Munising. Mich. "Will you please send
me The A.\iki!K.\>- Fi.okist," she adds,
"for I want to read all about the
Florists" Club picnic."

The Retail Florists' Association will
meet at Raske's store on West Jack-
son boulevard, next Monday. August "■
The association will give an excursion
in the near future, jiarticulars to be
announced later.

A. T. Pyter is again on duty at
the Chicago Carnation Co.'s store
having just returned from a delight-
ful vacation. He reports a good de-
mand for field grown carnation
plants.

O. A. Tonner. Miss Xettie Parker
and sister Mary, will leave next week
for Elkhart Lake, Wis., where they will
spend their vacation at Crystal Lake
resort.

Kyle & Foerster were still offering
pennies this week and the stock that
was seen at their store certainly was
Hne for being in storage so long.

J. E. Kidwell and wife and M. Mc-
Gregory, of the Chalmers Motor Co.,

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today forfull particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

have returned from a delightful out-
ing at Eagle Lake. Mich.

H, E. Scheffier, West Chicago ave-
nue, is figuring on selling his store
and the deal will probably be closed
this week.

Vaughan's Seed Store is shipping
French freesias. Bermuda grown Lilium
Harrisii and Formosa lily bulbs this
week.

Miss Paradise, of, A. L. Vaughan &
Co.. leaves next week to spend her va-
cation at Phillips, Wis.

Bert Cole, of the E. C. Aftiling Co.,
and wife are liack from a delightful
visit at Montreal, Can.

Visitors: Joe Hill, Richmond. Ind.;
Harry Balsley, the Red Pot man, De-
troit, Mich.

Rrii.mo.nd, Ind.— The E. G. Hill Co.'s
barn and adjoining buildings were in-
iured bv fire to the amount of about
$.">.( MM I. julv S.'j.

68

The American Florist.

Aug. /,

L. D. Phone

RandoiDh 5449

176 N.Micl\i(j8j\ Ave. -^

CKicGw^o

Buffalo.

TRADE CONTINUES QUIET.

Ideal weather nearly every day the
past week was conducive to all ex-
cepting trade which is still wraped in
-summer quietness. Stock is still equal
to all calls. Taft and Maryland are
fine, Beauties fair and Kaiserin not
as good as they should be. Gladioli
are coming good, America and King
selling the best, while carnations are
scarce and inferior. Sweet peas are
showing the effects of warm weather.
Asters are improving daily and with
the rain today will be still better.
Many are on their vacation from each
store and the greenhouse men are
taking advantage of the Saturday
half holidays and are enjoying their
much needed rest.

CLUn OUTING.

The event for the Buffalo florists
last week was the annual picnic which
took place at the Bedell House. The
committee did everything to make it
a success, but unfortunately the only
rain last week fell on Thursday. The
day opened fine but about 11 :30 a
heavy rain set in which lasted until
about 2 :30 and prevented many froon
going who would have gone with their
families had the day been good. As
it was about 7.5 were there and en-
Joyed the ball games, running races,
dancing and many other events on
the programme. Messrs. Streit, Sang-
ster, Brucker and President Eiss were
kept busy looking out for the pleas-
ure of all and L. H. Neubeck was
there to represent the first picnickers
of the B. P. C, which only he can do.
S. A. Anderson. W. J. Palmer, "Will-
iam Legg and H. Long, the first set-
tlers, were conspicuous by their ab-
sence; even the postmaster was un-
able to be there.

NOTES.

The florists of this vicinity and the
Buffalo Florists' Club lost one of their
oldest members by death last Friday
when Thomas Mansfield of Hawley
street, Lockport, N. Y., one of the
oldest florists in Lockport, in fact the'
first to do retail work, died very sud-
denly. He had been in apparent good
health and was at his business daily.
Mr. Mansfield was born in England,
coming to Lockport nearly 50 years
ago and was employed for many years
by the Holly Mfg. Co., in their ma-
chine shop and doing greenhouse
work at spare times as many others
started. About twenty-five years ago
he resigned and devoted all his time
to the business. Together with his son
William, they were doing the largest
business in Lockport. He was a
membei- of the Masonic ,and several
other lodges, the funeral being under
the Masons' charge. The Buffalo Flor-
ists' Club were represented at the fu-
neral.

July is the month in which nearly
all florists inventory their stock and
in all cases competent help is essen-
tial. One store had the two most
accurate clerks ever known. In the
inventory, in describing the stock and
allowing of no po.ssible mistake was
one entry as follows: "One heart

pierced by two arrows nine inches."
These young men are now being
asked, "who is she?"

If anyone at Atlantic City last
week saw a slender youth with a
blue suit and straw hat on the Board-
walk it was Harry Ast, of Buffalo, N.
Y., for he sent cards from there.

The Convention will be attended
by Messrs. Kasting, Palmer, An-
derson, Streit, Sandiford and Cowell
that we know of at present.

BISON.

Pittsburgh.

TRADfi CONTINUES QUIET;

This week finds us with very little
of a variety in the line of stock in cut
flowers here and the hot sun has put a
decided crimp in the qyality of both
roses and carnations. The latter are
still holding out to some extent, but
will be mostly thrown out within a
week or so. Glodioli have glutted the
market and can be procured at very
low prices. We understand that this
prevails all over the country. A very
nice lot of local and New York state
asters have made their appearance in
limited quantities, but have not
brought their usual prices for the be-
ginning of the season, due to the ex-
tremely low prices other lines of stock
return. The growers of out-door sweet
peas this season have been unfortunate
in that there has been scarcely a ship-
ment of this stock, which has arrived
in Pittsburgh, and which could be
called good. The out-door cuts of del-
phinium, coreopsis, candytuft, etc.. are
about over now and the aforementioned
stock, along with a good supply of
giganteum lilies, are about all that go
to make up the offerings of the local
market. The vacation season is now
at its height and from the present vol-
ume of business one can well afford
to take extensive trips as there would
be very little work for them to do at
home.

NOTES.

Those having expressed their inten-
tion of attending the Boston convention
here are Joseph Thomas. E. C. Reine-
man, Julius Ludwig and J. Zimmer-
man, but there undoubtedly will be a
few more still to be heard from.

Wm. C. Potter and family of Mc-
Callum Co., Cleveland, were visitors in
town last week in their new Krit ma-
chine, having visited Conneaut Lake
and Cambridge Springs before coming
here.

Wm. Murdoch brought his family up
from Cannonsburg in his Maxwell ma-
chine Saturday. The firm is cutting a
splendid crop of carnations.

T. P. Langhans and Fred Burki have
just completed a motor trip north-
ward, Visiting Cleveland. Buffalo, Ni-
agara Falls and lOrio.

Lily of the valley and America glad-
ioli, both of fine <iiiality. are the fea-
tures of the McCallum Co.

The Pittsburgh Ctit Flower Co. is
handling a good out of roses from their
own range at Bakerstown.

E. J. McCallum and wife returned
home from their wedding trip July 27.

Geo. Marshall is summering at Wild-
wood Beach, N. J., for two weeks.

J.

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send for Catalog No. 71

__- which describes fully the

Flowers -"^IcCray Kcfrigerators and

Display Cases for Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,

670 Lake St., KENDALLVILLE, IND.

BUCHBINDER
FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. C3 tor Catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MANUFACTURERS

518 Milwaukee Ave., - Chica^, 111.
Tacoma.

ABUNDANT SUPPLY AND SMALL DEMAND.

Tacoma has abundance of all kinds
of cut flowers constantly supplied, but
business conditions will not allow over
probably 25 per cent of them to be
turned to money. Hot weather of late
has helped to supply the loss and only
an occasional spurt of a day's busi-
ness lends encouragement to the store
people and local retailers. The usual
midsummer dullness hits all in the
trade, but a few have an income due
to the crops of tomatoes they planted^
and which are finding a fairly good
call. The residents of Tacoma are en-
thusiastic in having plenty of fine
roses and other cut flowers and, con-
sequently, the stores do not make a
whole lot over expenses during July
and August. A good rain is badly
needed for all gardens, lawns and as-
ters. Generally, the outdoor stock is
coming on very well, and no doubt the
supply of fine asters will be good.
Field carnations are healthy and mak-
ing a good compact growth. Nearly
all the growers are getting in the
chrysanthemums. They all make a
rule to plant rather later than grow-
ers in other sections of the United
States. Very few of the new ones can
be found anywhere about the north-
west, and generally the same old sorts
are planted — some of them that were
new over a dozen years ago. Probably
the Van Slyke and Seamons Co. have
the most up-to-date stock of any grow-
ers near Tacoma, and are preparing a
fine supply of everything but roses
for the coming season.

NOTES.

The Tacoma Rose Society Is doing
a lot to encourage amateur rose grow-
ing by "Seven Mondays Rose Shows."
Each Monday a show free to the pub-
lic is given in the Commercial Club
room, and proves a great success each
time. Nearly 400 varieties have been
on display on two different Mondays,
and they included many of the latest.
Strangers and travelers are very much
interested and enthusiastic over such a
display. No doubt a lot of good de-
mand for roses to plant will be the
result even though local florists do
nothing to encourage the Tacoma Rose
Society.

S. L. H.

1914.

The American Florist.

69

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N.Wabash Ave., Chicago

W. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Long Distance Phone, Randolph 3619

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago
ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

ZECH ^ MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

/SHIPHUIS

li» ■* WHOLESALE *M

CftvWERS"' SHIPPERS -,

CUT FLOWEI^C^

^^ 1B4 NO. WABASH AVE. *V/

^ONECENrajaeiL

North Shore Horticultural Society.

The eighth annual horticultural show
of the North Shore Horticultural So-
ciety and the Garden Club of Illinois
was held at the Durand Art Institute,
Lake Forest, III., Wednesday, July 22.
Flowers and plants of all kinds and
descriptions were exhibited in addition
to many varieties of vegetables. The
institute was crowded with visitors
during the entire day.

Louis F. Swift carried off the honors
by capturing the greatest number of
first prizes. He was awarded first
premiums for palms, ferns, greenhouse
plants, gladioli, cucumbers, cauliflower,
onions and peppers. His display of
hardy roses won second prize.

Cyrus H. McCormick's hardy roses
were awarded first prize and he re-
ceived a medal for the best display of
perennials.

D. M. Cummings was awarded a sil-
ver cup for the best collection of veg-
etables and the most artistic arrange-

J. a BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESAUC

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS npnuiCU nc
A Specialty bnUiybn Ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

cur FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

¥lioMeHo¥crM^Kel^J

Chicago. July 2y.
Roses. Beauty, specials ....

36-in

30-in

24 in

20-in

15 in

12-in

Per doz.
300
2 50
2 00
150
1 25
1 00
75
Per too

Killarney Brilliant 3 OOmiS C(I

Kiliarney 3 Ou® S 00

White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

■■ Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

■• Rhea Reid 3 00@ 8 00

My Maryland 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@I5 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00i610 00

•• Milady 3 00@10 00

Sunburst 3 OOiglO 00

I' Mrs. .'\aron Ward 3 00@IO 00

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...perdoz... 3.00@4,00

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gladioli 4 Od® 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00012 50

Sweet Peas 50@ 1 00

Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75® t 00

New Ferns.... " 1 50@2 00

Galax '■ 1 00®1 25

Leucotboe 75® I 00

Mexican Ivy. . ..per 1000. 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each. 60® 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00@2 50

Spreniseri. Pluroosus Sprays 3 00® 4 00

ment. Clayton Mark took the honors
in the classes for carrots and cabbages.
Harold F. McCormick's radishes and
lettuce were pronounced without a
peer. Mrs. R. H. McElwee won the
prizes for the best display of bedding
plants and white raspberries.

Mrs. Stanley Field won first place
in the gloxinia exhibit and Mrs. Fin-
ley Barren's basket annuals were easy
winners. A. B. Dick took a first in
tea roses and tomatoes and received
one of the firsts in the string bean
class, the other honor going to B. A.
Eckhart. C. T. Boynton won prizes In
the field cucumber and table beet
classes and the gooseberry prize went
to A. M. Day.

A. L. Randall Co.,

g^p^=i 66 E.Randolph St., cSSJii^^
^^!I#^ CHICAGO, ILL. ^_%^^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Rein berg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White Killarney roses. All

orders givin prompt attention. 'Try us.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS

All telegraph and telephone orders griven
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

HOERBER BROS.

Wholesale Cut Flowers

Growers of ^"^ riuwcrs

Telephone Randolph 2768.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.
store: 162 N. Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wiiolesale
Florisis' Supplies

Write tor Our New Catalog

HUCKLEBERRY FOLUfiE

$2.50 per case.

Fancy Ferns. $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns, 1.25 per 1000
Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEAVEN. Evergreen. Ala.

i

Huckleberry Foliage

$2.50 per case.
Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns, $1.25 per 1000.
Natural and Perpetuated Moss

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Evenrthing In Southern Evergreens
EVERGREEN. ALABAMA.

70

The American Florist.

Aug. /,

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOITON i niNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

^A^holesalersand Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

13ie Pine St..
Both L. D. Pbones.

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

ST. LOUIS, MO.

Supplies and EveiytMns in season always on land

Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310Plne street ST.LOUIS.MO.

Philadelphia.

TRADE IX KEEPING WITH SEASON.

There is little to he said ahout <the
summer husiness. It is moving along
as usual, showing perhaps a slight in-
crease in demand over that of a year
ago. There is a fair assortment of
flowers. Asters are now a factor, there
being quite a good stock to select from.
Maryland and the other summer roses
are in good supply, the specials sell-
ing very well. The beautiful ."America
gladioli has been a leader for the past
two weeks. It is certainly a superb
flower. Easter lilies and valley are
equal to the demand. There are also
cattleyas for the choice work.
XOTE.S.

The flower and plant department at
the Snellenberg department store is to
be on a larger scale than anything yet
attempted in this line heretofore. .\
number of the stores have tried sales
at Easter and Christmas. Wanamak-
er's. at Easter especially, handling an
immense lot of plants, but only theji.
Steinhoff & Yerions, who will run this
venture, are two young men with ex-
perience, who are to have quite a
space on the ground floor in the corner
•at Twelfth and Girard streets. A re-
frigerator costing .$1.11(10 and other up-
to-date fixtures are to be installed to
make it an attractive store. To show
how the department store flower coun-
ters or branches have paid in New
.York, it is .said that Mr. Treple. who
has flower departments in several of
the liest Xew York and Brooklyn
stores, pays over .$."iO.O(lll a year in
rents, about the same in advertising,
and has built up a business amounting
to between six and seven hundred thou-
sand dollars.

As the time draws nearer for the
convention the craft are warming up
to it and new names are added to the
list. Over fifty have made application
to Chairman Niessen for steamboat ac-
commodations and there will be many
more after the berths .are all gone.
The bowling contingent have had a
great time getting a team together,
the boys seeming to be lukewarm in

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

P.O. Box 206.

wfuK., Mllwaukee.Wis.

Prompt Shipments at
' the Right Price

NEW FANCY FERNS-

Sphagnum MosS""Good and Clean.

Cj_ _^ _ I ^— . J J _ I Wholesale Florist,

• A» iVUttlN* 1312 Pine St., ST.LOUIS.MO.

VlioMe Hover M&rKeU

Philadelphia. July 29. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 OOiglS 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@10 00

'• Killarney 2 00010 00

" White Killarney 2 00@10 00

•• Liberty 4 OOiglO 00

Mock S IX)@10 00

■• Bulgaria i 00@ 6 00

Sunburst ,i OOW i. 00

•■ Kaiserin 2 000 8 00

Carnations 1 00@ 3 00

.•\sters 2 00@ ,5 CO

Cattleyas 25 U0@50 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00® 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 OOig 4 00

Snapdragons 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas ; .SO® 1 (Kl

Gladiolus 2 00@ S 00

.^sparagrus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, July 2'i.

Roses, Beauty, special

fancy

extra

No.l

Killarney.

Per 100

25 00

20 00

15 00

SOO

.2 00® 6 00

My Maryland...... 2 00® 6 00

'■ Richmond 2 00® 6 00

Sunburst 2 00® 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00® 6 00

Carnations 1 50

Cattleyas 35 00

Lilium Gigaoteum 6 00

Valley 3 00(8 4 00

Adiantum 1 00® 1 25

.Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35@40

Sprays per bunch. 35@40

Sweet Peas 50

Gladiolus 2 00® 3 00

Asters 50('/ 2 00

the matter. When the balls begin roll-
ing in Boston, however, there will be
something doing by a Philadelphia
team that will place them pretty well
uii front.

John Gracey. the energetic Columbia
avenue retailer, believes in change and
each year gathers together all his old
baskets. looks them over, and puts in

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. II it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, .$1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

IlnnlJMn Used for Glaiing Greenhouses. Per

HldAlllid gallon, $1 35. Machines for using

iiiHwiiwu ^gjjj^ each. $1.25. Special price on
qiiantities of Mastica furnished on application

Zinc City Greenhouse Pouits. These points csn
be driven rit'ht or left on any size or thickness of
ylass. 5-8. UOOtoa pound: 6-S. 13C0to a pound:
7-8. 1200 to a pound. Made from pure zinc. Put
upin onepound packaues. Price J5c per pound.
GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER.

Wholesale Florist. 1324 Pine St. ST. LOUIS. MO.

MiLW.^UKEK. July 2V. PerlOO

Roses. Beauty, per doz.. 1 50® 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00® i. 00
" Ward. Talt. Sunburst 3 00® S 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@I5 00

Carnations I 00® 2 00

Lilies 10 00@12 SO

Sweet Peas 25® 50

Snapdragon, per bunch, 50c, 75c. $1.00

Asters 1 00@ 3 00

Gladiolus 3 00® 5 00

19^4-

The American Florist.

71

Alma Ward Per 100. $7.50 Per 1000, $65,00 White Perfection Per 100 $8 OO Her MOO $75 00

Mrs. C.W.Ward " ; 7 50 ■; " «.00 Beacon ■ •■ xm ■■ ■■ ' -i,'m

Enchantress ■ • 7.0f) ■' " ttO.on ° , *'*' '"'»

White Enchantress " " 8.(0 ■ " 7500 Comfort 7.00 •■ " 60.00

Some of thesf plants ar.- in condition for immediate shipment, and all varietieswe can furnisfi previous to .August 1st. We examine all plants
in tlie lield. before we otter tlicm, and we know them to be in good condition. We advise placing your order now lor future delivery

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. 1 2th and Race St,.

Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties, Russells,

Mock, Kalserine, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 P. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA. PA.

a new shade of color. He has the
two-tone touch down fine. Last year
yellow and white was the combination,
and this season it is yery light sreen
with a touch of pink. For next season
two other shades will rule.

Leo Niessen has let up a little, and
goes to join his family at Wildwood.
N. J., every afternoon and comes liack
to the city in the morning, making
the journey each way in his high-
powered automobile. A trip of 7.~i
miles seems as nothing now that ma-
chines are perfected, and roads are
made smooth on which to run them.

Bay trees have been in demand this
spring, and all large specimen stand-
ards in this market are sold. Henry
A. Dreer has had a great run on all
sizes. There has been no deiiression
or falling off in business noted here,
it being the best season they have ever
experienced.

The army w'orms which appeared
without warning .some three weeks ago
and worked so devastatingly, cleaning
off lawns almost over night, have dis-
appeared almost as quickly as they
came, and those in authority say they
are gone for the season.

Robert Craig has returned from his
Boston trip. Every time he visits the
Hub they seem more hospitable than
before, if that is possible. He predicts
a great convention, and certainly a
breaking of all records for attendance.

The chrysanthemums coming on for
cut flowers are all looking very well.
The Robert Craig Co.. W. K. Harris
and Harry Faust are all large growers,
and expect to cut some very fine stock.
A few new varieties are being tried.

The finishing touches are being put
on the new creations o^ the M. Rice
Co. for the Boston exhibit. Mr. Esch-
ner says we will put our best foot for-
ward as he lielieves it will be the ban-
ner show of the society.

The America gladioli have been a
feature of the Berger stock the past
two weeks. K.

Nassau County Horticultural Society.

CLin MEETING.
The monthly meeting of the Xassau
County Horticultural Society was held
July 8 at Pembroke Hall. Glen Cove.
President H. Gaut in the chair. John
Fogerty and Fred Titus were elected
to active membership, and two appli-
cations were received. Special prizes
for the fall shows were received from
C. F. Cartledge. R. Meserole. "U'. R.
Kinnear. E. M. Underbill, and the Glen
Cove Echo. The exhibits for this

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Superior Roses, lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street,

i£IS1< X>X<.<3Z3TTC3EI]3

BOSTON. MASS.

VlioMe Hover MM*l(eU

Boston, July 29. Per 100

Roses, Beauty 1 00@25 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 8 00

Hadlcy 1 OOtolO 00

Cardinal 1 00(«12 0(1

Mock 1 00(8' 8 00

Mrs. Cbas. Russell 100012 00

Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

Taft 1 00@ 8 00

Milady 1 00® 8 00

Ward and Hillingdon 1 OOig 6 00

My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Carnations 75@ 1 50

Cattleyas 25 00@4o 00

Gladiolus America per doz.. 7o@l 00

common types. .per d07.. 50
Lilium LongiHorum and Rubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00

Sweel Peas 25@ 30

Buffalo. July 2'i. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

extra 10 00@12 00

No. 1 8 00@I0 00

No, 2 2 00® 4 00

" Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

White Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00@ 6 00

'■ Hillingdon 2 00@ 6 00

Richmond 2 00® 6 00

Carnations 1 00® 2 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00

Lilies 8 00@10 00

Cattleyas 25 00@35 00

Gladiolus 2 00® 5 00

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri. .. 35® 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Daisies 50@ 1 00

Sweet Peas 20® 40

Smilax 15 00

Asters I 00® 2 00

Cincinnati. July 29.

Roses. Beauty per doz.. $1 00@$3 00

Per 100

Bride. Bridesmaid 2 00® 6 00

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 00® 6 00

Taft 2 00® 6 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00®10 00

Asparagus Plumo8Us..perbch.,25c

Gladiolus 2 00® 6 00

Auratum Lilies 12 50@15 00

Asters 2 00® 4 00

meeting were all sweet peas, and the
number and quality of exhibits were
greater than at any previous monthly
competition for two or three years.
The judges were R. Marshall. A. Jen-
kins and J. F. Johnston. Henry Gaut
cleared the board by taking all three
prizes, viz. : 2.") white. \L') pink and

Manafacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McCALLUM GO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Summer Flowers

Asters, Gladiolus, Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc. Immediate service.

BERGER BROS.

Central Market,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Fa.

C. E. CRITCHELL

34-36 Third Ave. East. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Wholesale Commission Florist
Consignments Solicited

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and Supplies

St. Louis, July 29. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 10 00@15 00

short stems 3 00® 8 00

Killarney 2 00® 4 00

My Maryland 2 00® 4 00

" White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

" Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

Carnations 1 00® 1 50

Valley 4 00

Gladiolus 3 00® 4 00

Asparagus Sprengeri 2 000 3 00

Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..35@60

Harrisii 10 00

Ferns perlOOO. 1 25

12.~» any other color, iis well as recei\'-
ing a cultural certificate for a vase
of Isabelle Malcolm. Herman Boettcher
received a cultural certificate for 12
vases in 12 varieties, and George Ash-
worth was given honorable mention
for a vase of Flora Norton ( Spencer I .
It was resolved that this society send
a collective exhil)it of vegetables rep-
resentative of the society to the New
York State Fair at Syracuse on Au-
gust 31. It was also resolvid to use
the official scale of judging of the na-
tional societies for carnations, chrysan-
themums and roses at our future
shows, and a committee was formed
to draw up a scale of points for judg-
ing vegetables. Exhibits for next
meeting. August 12. will be G kinds
of vegetaliles.

Harhy Joxes, Cor. Sec' v.

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The American Florist.

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Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Lilium Giganteums and Multiflorums,

HOHMANN S LILY OF THE VALLEY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms, Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

Boston.

WEATHEB CONDITIONS IlIPEOVEI).

There is little change to note in the
condition of the market from that of
a weeli ago. There seems to be a
lighter supply of several stocks, but
no scarcity. A slight falling off may
lie accounted for in the going of the
carnations, though there are yet
«nough. and in much cooler and darlv
weather. The hot wave passed over
■on July 18, and since July V.K the
weather has been cool and comfortable
with several heavy rains. On July 24
an old resident remarked that he had
never seen the trees, the grass and
the flowers look better. It may be
stated that the visitors to the con-
vention are likely to see the horticul-
tural features of Boston and vicinity
in an unexcelled condition.

Returning to the market, asters are
now beginning to be factors in the
trade, some good ones having appeared.
Some of the roses are poor, but there
is good stock on the market. There
is an abundant supply of the Gladiolus
America, Pink Beauty and others, and
they are being used with good effect
by the retailers both in window deco-
ration and funeral work. A feature
of the market is a good supply of
gypsophila (baby's breath), which
works up admirably with carnations
and sweet peas. Gaillardias and vari-
ous other outside stocks of good qual-
ity are coming in.

July 27. — With a somewhat dimin-
ished supply the market was fairly ac-
tive this morning, good roses going well.
Carnations are growing scarce but the
asters are arriving in quantity. The
weather is clear and cool.

CONVENTION GARDEN NOTES.

Re-visiting the S. A. F. Garden in
Fenway Park after an interval of ten
days, we found great progress had
been made in all features. The park
department has planted several beds.
largely with crotons and bordered with
the smaller bedding plants. One of
these oblong beds is about 00 feet long
and all are very artistically arranged.
Other similar work is in progress.

In the section allotted to R. & J.
Farquhar much work has been done.
A large amount of rustic work at the
entrance and walk to the pavilion over
the lagoon is finished, but more re-
mains to be done. The bedders were
hard at work when we called, the
name "Farquhar" in alternantheras,
being very prominent.

Near the center of the park, work
is in progress on a circular bed 5i>
feet in diameter. This is being ar-
ranged by Carter's Tested .Seeds, Inc.,
of London and this city. This prom-
ises to be a fine piece of work and
we will have more to say of it when
it is finished.

The bed at the entrance representing
the city seal, heretofore noted, is 30
feet in di.nmeter. The following va-
rieties of plants were used in its ar-
rangement ; Alternantheras aurea,
Major ^ew. Turret and amabilis, Eclie-
veria, secunda glauca, and Hoveyii,
Lobelias. Crystal Palace and Gem,
Pachyphytum plura, Sedum aureum
variegatum and Agave menthol. The
number of each variety is not given,
but in the bed there is a total of be-
tween 75,000 and 80.000 plants.

With alternate rain and sunshine
during the past week conditions have
Iieen very favorable, the cannas now
coming into bloom. In another week

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140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House o Ca da, Featuring the Products of
Its Best Growers

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

we expect- to note yet greater improve-
ments.

Another fine feature is a very large
bed of geraniums by A. F. Coolidge.
of Cambridge; a large bed of pansies
was also noted. <

NOTES.

Henry R. Comley, G Park street, has
opened a branch store at Magnolia, .a
fashionable summer resort of the North
Sliore. and will continue it until Sep-
tember. In his choice and arrange-
ment of flowers he is a very clever
man. and will doubtless be successful
in this venture.

Coy Orsett, of Belmont, is sending
to the Mann company, in the Ex-
change, fine stock of the aster. Queen
of the Market. He has a house 45x175
filled with them, they being grown on
the ground, and we have never seen
better stock so early in the season.

W. Rosenthal, of Bromfleld street,
who is the Boston Cut Flower Co., has
had a force of skilled decorators and
painters at work on the interior of
his store during the past week, and
it is now very fine. He said he was
getting ready for the convention.

Richard Ludwig of N. F. McCarthy's
staff has just returned from a vaca-
tion of two weeks. To those who are
familiar with the A. N. Pierson range,
Mr. Ludwig will be remembered as a
former employe.

Miss Carbone. sister of Philip L. Car-
bone, who manages the business dur-
ing his absence in Kurope, returned
to the store July 2:'.. after a few days'
vacation.

Harry Quint, who .some time ago
sold the lease of his retail store, and
removed from 164 Tremont street, has
opened again at 199 Tremont, near
Boylston street.

Chas. Strout and wife, of Biddleford.
Maine, were visitors the past week,
having made an extended automobile
tour of this state.

E. A. Stickel, salesman for the Mont-
rose greenhouses, has returned from a
vacation of two weeks.

W. H. Elliott and N. F. McCarthy
are camping somewhere in the wilds
of the Maine woods.

Frank McDonald, of McAlpine & Mc-
Donald, has returned froin a week's
vacation in Maine.

P. Welch is expected to return from
Old Orchard, Me., about July 28.

Thos. F. Galvin is at his summer
home, Nantucket.

Arthur A, Kirchoff, Ratnvia, N. Y..
came in July 27.

A. P. P.

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

Lenox Horticultural Society.

Excelling any previous exhibition in
perennials and annuals, and the largest
and most diversified showing of flowers
and vegetables, the annual flower show
of the Lenox Horticultural Society
which opened in the Town Hall at
Lenox, Mass., July 2.3, was conceded to
be the most successful in every way in
the history of the organization. Noth-
ing so brilliant as the colorings of the
flowers on display was ever shown be-
fore in Lenox.

An exhibit of 24 varieties of sweet
peas was considered the premier dis-
play of the show. The leading com-
petitors in this class were Mrs. Giraud
Foster of Bellefountalne Gardens and
Mrs. William B. O. Field of Highlawn
Gardens. Both exhibitors showed new
varieties, Mrs. Field having a cerise
Spencer and a Marks Fey, a blue,
while Mrs. Foster's double cream Flora-
dell Fairy and a new cerise Illumina-
tor, were splendid specimens.

One of the new flowers shown in
Lenox for the first time was Begonia
Alice Manning, Mrs. Carlos De Heredia
exhibiting six pots of this plant.

Miss Katherine L. Lawrence won the
competition for the arrangement of
out-of-door flowers and foliage in a cen-
trepiece for table decorations, consist-
ing of a :i4-inch basket containing an
oval arrangement of Lady Grizel Ham-
ilton sweet peas set off with foliage of
gypsophila (baby's breath), the dainty
white contrasting perfectly with the
deep lavender of the flower.

Mrs. William E. S. Griswold showed
a new variety of penstemon, which
was greatly admired. Others ex-
hibiting in this class were Mrs,

igi4.

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73

Established 1878

106 West 28th Street

New York

J. K. ALLEN

wholesale Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers.

Summer season DOW open but still On The Job. Ship me vour Gladiolus.
Asters and other Summer Stock. Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guar-
anteed. Usual supply of rosi-s. lily of tlie valley and other j:reenhousestock.
Open at 6 a. m. every morning. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Sauare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
h'rice per 500, $2.85: per 1000, $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN TLOfilST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Sonare.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

("harles Schenck

Traendly 5f Schenck

Wholesale Florists and Cot Flower Exchange

131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Carlos De Heredia and Mrs. Robert
Winthrop. In the class for delphini-
ums, Arthur N. Cooley of Pittsfleld
had a very light blue flower. This was
a big class, with the largest growers
showing the blue flower in much pro-
fusion.

Mrs. Carlos De Heredia showed a
fine collection of perennials, as did
Mrs. John E. Alexandre and Joseph H.
Choate. Smaller collections were ex-
hibited by Mrs. William Hall Walker
of Great Barrington, Arthur N. Cooley
of Pittsfleld. and Mrs. William E. S.
Griswold.

Mrs. John E. Alexandre had a big
showing of asters, her asters being
quite the best that were shown.
Charles Lanier made a big display of
out-of-door roses, as did Miss Adele
Kneeland.

The judges were Walter Angus, su-
perintendent of Mrs. Herbert Scho-
ville's country place at Chapinville.
Conn.; R. H. Schmidt, superintendent
of Mrs. George Griswold Haven's
country place, and John A. Donahue,
superintendent of Belvoir Terrace, the
country place of the late Morris K.
Jessup.

Cincinnati.

BUSINESS IITPROVING.

Business was somewhat brighter last
week than it was the preceding week.
The supply continued fully as large as
it was, while the demand was some-
what better. Shipping business is
good. The gladioli receipts are large
and of a high quality. They have been
meeting with a good call, but at only
fair prices, and the poorer grades sell
very slowly. Lilies, too, enjoy a good
market, but their supply, however, has
shortened somewhat. The status of
the rose market is the same as at the
last writing, that is, a large supply
with a rather ordinary or small de-
mand. Asters are a little more plenti-
ful than they were and include some
fine offerings. Some fine auratum and
rubrum lilies are to be had. The first
dahlias are making their appearance
The supply of green goods is adequate.

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

Telephone: 3864 Madison Sauare

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLORIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist
^lsl35J3 Mad. sq. 133 W. 28th St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMeRo¥crMM*KeU

New York. July 29. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 10 00@15 00

extra and fancy... 5 00® 8 00

No. 1 andNo. 2... 1 OOig 2 00

Mr£. Geo. Sbawyer, special 4 00

extra... 2 00@ 3 00

" N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

White Killarney, special... 5 00@ (> 00

Kiltarney. My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 4 00

extra 2 00@ 3 00

•; No. 1 andNo. 2.. 25© 50

" " Queen, special.. 4 00

•■ Aaron Ward .S0@ 5 00

■• Richmond 50@ 4 00

" Sunburst 50@ 5 00

•• Taft 50® 4 00

■• Mrs. Chas. Russell I 00@ 8 00

Milady, special 4 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00@35 00

inferior grades. 8 00@1(1 00
Lilies, Longifiorum and Harrisii.. 3 00® 4 00

Lily of the Valley 2 006' 3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumosus doz. bchs. 2 00@ 3 00

Smilax Doz. strings, 2 00

Sweet Peas. doz. bunches, 3.Sc®$ 50
Spencer type, 35c@ 40

Carnations 50® 1 00

Iris per doz. 25c

Gladiolus, per doz.. America, 40c@
SOc; other varieties. 35@40c

NOTES.

Miss Edith Kyrk's uniform courtesy
was rewarded last week. At an outing
of the telephone company's employes
at the Zoological Garden she was ac-
corded the well-merited honor of being
voted the most polite patron of the
telephone company in the city.

Mrs. P. J. dinger, after having un-
dergone a third operation at Christ's
Hospital, is now improving rapidly.
Mrs. dinger has had a twenty-one
weeks' siege at the hospital.

Myer Heller and wife motored down
from New Castle on Sunday. They
are staying with Mr. Heller's sister,
Mrs. Klein of Avondale.

E. G. Gillett was called to Spring-
field, Ohio, last Wednesday, owing to
the death of his sister-in-law.

Chas. H. Hoffmeister spent last week
in southern Illinois on legal business
for one of his clients.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28tli St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.
113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. Consi^'nments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg.. 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. s. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERaREBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

wholesale: FLORIST

24-30$tone St., Rochester, N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square
Ik Urge! Shipper ud Receiver of Fresh Col Flowen

^r'.\ complete assortment of the best in the
marlcet can always be relied upon.

L. H. Kyrk and wife are making
arrangements to attend the S. A. F.
convention at Boston.

The Cincinnati Cut Flower Ex-
change are relining their refrigerator
with asbestos.

C. E. Critchell has been long on fine
gladioli.

7,4

The American Florist.

Aug.

Dreer's Perfect Pansies

We fully realize the importance of sending out only the best qualities of Pansies. Our stocks
are received from careful growers, and are not surpassed either for quality or germination.

Pansies in Mlixture

Trade pk:

Drear's Royal Exhibition. This is our finest mix-
ture. It comprises a wonderful variety of color-
ings, flowers of largest size, of perfect form and
texture. %oz., $1.2& |0 5"

Dreer's Premium. This mixture comprises a large
number of colorings and is intended to supply
the want of a first-class mixture at a moderate
price 60

Cassier'S Giant. A grand mixture of the finest
lilotched varieties, splendid in every way ■ 6U

Masterpiece (Frilled Pansy). A remarkable type,
each petal being conspicuously curled or waved.
The range of color is very extensive; the rich,
dark velvety shades predominating 5*'

Mme. Perret. A beautiful strain; flowers of largest
size and borne very freely in great diversity of
colors; especially rich in red and wine shades.
The stock we offer comes direct from the
introducer i<<

Giant Trimardeau. Of strong, robust growth with
very large flowers in a good range of colors -6

Giant Parisian. Of very large size, and containing
a great many fancy colors and color combinations. 4n

EngliSlt Finest Mixed. A very fine mixture 20

Good Mixed. .Ml colors 15

Pansies in Separate Colors

Trade

Cardinal. The brightest red..., ifO

Emperor William. Ultramarine blue

Faust or King of the Blacks. Black

purple

Kaiser Frederick. Velvety brown, edged i-ed

and yellow. Very rich

Lord Beaconsfield.' Purple shading to white...

Mahogany Color

Peacock. Blue, claret and white

Psyche. Purple violet, edged white

Snow Queen. Pure white

White, with dark eye

Yellow, with dark eye

Yellow Gem, pure yellow

pkt. Per oz.

'Ab $1 11(1

26 1 (1(1

26 1 00

26

1 00

25

1 OO

26

1 00

26

1 00

40

2 50

26

1 00

26

1 00

25

I 00

25

1 00

Trade pkr.

Giant Adonis. Lavender blue $0 30

" Emperor William. Bright blue 30

" Fire King. Purple and gold, fine 30

" Freya. Kich wine color, edged white 30

" Golden Queen. Rich pure yellow 3o

" Lord Beaconsfield. Purple, shading to

white

" Prince Henry. Royal blue

" Rainbow. Peacock blue, white and red..

" Snow Queen: Pure white

" striped Sn

" White, with dark eve 30

" Yellow, with dark eye 30

' ' Trimardeau. Finest Mixed. All colors,. 25

Per oz.
$8 ()0

4 00
3 (10

6 (Id

2 50

1 00

2 (lO
76
60

Per oz.

$1 50
1 60
1 50
1 50
1 60

3(1
3(1
30
30

For list of Daisies, Forget-me-nots, Cinerarias, Primulas, Etc., see our Wholesale List.

1 50
1 50
1 50
1 60
1 50
1 5(t
1 50
1 00

HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

St. Louis.

WE.M'IUCH 11(11 .\.M) TK.VDi; .SLOW.

The market during the pa.st week
was Komewhat crowded, especially in
gladioli and roses. America, in gladi-
oli, are not so X)lentiful and bring fair
Ijrices. Long stemmed .American Beau-
ty rose.s are numerou.s, hut iire selling
fairly well, shorter and medium stems
lieing less plentiful. Asters are ar-
riving in larger quantities. Carnations
are scarce and sell at from '2V2 to .'1
cents for good stock. Smilax. plumosus
and sprengeri are also selling well, and
fancy ferns have advanced.

* CLUB OUTING.

One of the most enjo.vable of the
many picnics given liy the St, Louis
Klorists' Clul) took place July 22 at
Itomona Park. An automoliile iiarade
left the wholesale district at 1 :0(l p. ni.
Gaily decorated cars arrived at the
grounds at 2 ji. m. The committees itn-
mediately distributed badges and pro-
grammes, and much credit is due to
Frank A. Windier, VV'm, H, Osseck, Jno.
M. Connon and Al (Jumz for the pleas-
ant time enjoyed liy all. Geo, H. Ari-

germueller distributed fans and slap-
sticks, and the Windier Wholesale
Floral Co. whistles.

The most importaTil of all the events
was the ball game, which was won by
the retailers, by a score of 8 to 4, Bat-
teries for the wholesalers were George
Schriver and — Ganz; for the retail-
ers, E. Sanders and C. Sanders. The um-
pires were Bob Newcomb. of Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago, and L.. Gorly.
Of course, the losers charged the um-
pires with liribery. but Bob Newcomb
appeared to lie \ery just. Dave Geddes
did not seem to care how the balls
came while at the bat. He closed his
eyes and talked back to the umpires.
Wrn, C. Smith. A\ Gumz and Roll New-
comb were so hnarse the fnllnwing day
they could hardly tails. .\mong the
retailers who closed were Geo. Wal-
bart. F. C, Weber, F. H. Weber and
R. J. Windier Floral Co. J. J. Beneke.
F. H. Weber and Geo. Walbart brought
out all their employes. John Burke
was a visitor.

NOTES.

H. G. Berning has had a line slock
in gladioli. Henry is always on the

job and never seems to get tired, even
when the thermometer is up to the
century mark,

David Geddes, who has charge of
Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney's cut
flower department, will attend the S,
A. F. convention at Bo,ston.

F, C. Welier is making extensive al-
terations in his store. F. H. Weber is
also remodeling his store and preparing
for fall trade.

Joe Hauser has a fine batch of asters
from which he has started to cut. He
also reports his violet plants in fine
condition.

Fred Alves. who has charge of the
cut flower department at Geo. H. An-
germueller's. is again on the sick list.

The Windier Wholesale Floral Co. is
erecting a new private uttice at its
store.

Otto Bruening. head man at H. G.
Berning's, has left on a. Id-day vaca-
tion.

Geo. H. .\ngermueller is adding to
his already extensive stock of supplies.

C. .-\, Kuehn is handling fancy stock
in all \;irieties of flowers,

W, F.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered (or the trade in - other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

ORE AT BRITAIN

WILLS & SEBAR,

Royal Exotic Nursery,

Onslow Crescent, S. Kensington, London

FLORISTS TO HIS MftJESTY THE KING.

We shall be glad to carry out commissions from
our American confreres to deliver

Cut Flowers, Floral Baskets, Floral Designs,
Baskets of Choice Fruit, Etc.

to American visitors in any part of Great Britain.

Cablegrams — "FLOSCULO, LONDON."

Chicago.

Established in 1867.

^^^^

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone, Graceland 1112.

Send U8 your retail orden.

WEHAVXTHIBIST FACaiTIIS IN THE CITT

Oh U St. Lou,

GRIMM -GORLY

St. Louis, Mo. F. T. D.

Randolph & McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delivery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.
Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Chicago.

Des Moines'

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnut St.. Des Moines, la.

LarceBt and moat centrally located store in the
city. All orders fiveo prompt attention,

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zuinbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Steamship Sailing:s.

FROM NEW YORK EXCEPT AS NOTED,

August 1.

1 IKIM .MONTUKAr.. (iiiuupiim. Alhiu (Olasgowl.

FItd.M .MOXTltHAL, Luke Manitoba, Canadiiiu-

racifio.
Zi'clnnd, Rcil Star Lino, Pier 01, Xo. River.
di-iMiiii'. Wliiti- Star, Pier UO, Xo, Rivor.
I'ltdM MONTHKAI,. Megautic. White Star-

ItoMMItioII.

Saxniii:i, Ciin.'ird (Mpditerrnneanl.

FHCi.M M(i.N'I'K1:aI-. Aflu'Dia, Donaldson.

\'atiTl;iii(l. lianil'iM j;-.\no'ricnn Lino,

FKO.M I'lnLAIllil.PUIA, Rhaotia, Hamlnu-g-

Auioricau.
FROM BO.STOX, .\nieril;a, HamliurgAmei-ioan,
Sant' .\nna. Fabre Line (Xnplosi,
I'rinzess Irene. Xo. (Jcrmau Lloyd (Mediter-
ranean ) .

August 2,
FROM .MONTI!i:.\L. Sicilian. Allan (London),

August 4.
FROM MO.NTHKAL. Vi.torian. .VUan (Liver-

I.«dJ.
FRO.M PIIII.ADFLl'IIIA. Merion. Anieriean,
Lusitania, Cnnard.
FROM BOSTON, Franeonia. Cunard.
Czav. Russian-Anieriean Line,
Kroniirinz Wilhelni. No. Cernian Lloyd. 1 a. ni.

August 5,
Fltn.M MONTRF,.\L, Tyrolia, Canadlan-Paeitio.
La Lorraine. French Line, Pior ,">7, Xo. River.
FUil.M BALTIMORE. Bulgaria. Hambuig-

.\nieii(^aTi.
IIKIM liALTLMOHF. Rbein, Xo, German l.loyd.

August 6.
i'UoM QlKlilOr. Knip. of Britain, Canadiau-

racilic.
Adriatic, White Star, Pier 60, Xo. River,
llauibnrg. Hamburg. .Vnier. (Mediterranean^
llarljarossa, Xo. (Jei'nian Lloyd.

August 7,
St. Paul, American Line. Pier 82, Xo, River,
FROM BROOKLYX, Maracas, Tiiuidad Line,

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., COR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

'yEI/EGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■*■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all orders
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address: ,\lexconnell.
Western Union C^ode.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention, Choic
Beauties, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Young & Nugent

Telephone 206S-2066 Madison Sonare.
42 West 28tb Street.

NEW YORK

To ont-of-town floriets
We arc in the Heart of

And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt deliver; and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.*./.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD . Audiloriom Annej. CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

-Anderson service means fresii. sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niagara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

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Aug.

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In otber cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

New York.

Eatablished 1 874 ■

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holin S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
sod for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America: the largest stock; the greatest
vafiety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
night and day.

Memhers Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries
throughout the state and to all steamship docks
in Hoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery

OF

"HOME GROWN FLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurorc^
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West 59th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Members of tlie Florists* Telegraph Deliverr.

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, The Telegraph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telejjraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Anderson, S. A.. 4-10 Main, Butfalo, N. Y.

Archias Floral Co.. Sedalia. Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone, Washington, D. C.

Bglana. J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg. Eoss, Rochester, Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breltmcyer's Son, Jonn, Detroit, Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co.. Vancouver. B. C.

Buckbee, H. W., Eockford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland. 0.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L, Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark. O.

Dunlop's, 96 Yocge St., Toronto, Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.. Albany. N .Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Friedman. Chicago.

Galvln, Thos. F., Boston.

Gardiner. Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids. Mich.

Grimm-Gorly. St. Louis.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co.. Cincinnati, O.

Helnl & Son, J. G.. Terre Haute. Ind.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons. J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

Kift, Robert, 1725 Chestnut. Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse. Wis.

Lange, A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius, J. J. Duluth. Minn.

London Flower Shop. The, Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L., St. Paul. Minn.

McConnell. Alex. New York.

McKenna, Montreal, "Can.

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans. La.

Murray, Samuel, Kansas City. Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M., Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer. W. J., & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co., The, Denver, Colo.

Penn. the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St., Boston.

Phillips Bros., Newark. N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchi, San Francisco.

Pollworth Co.. C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Rock. Wm. L.. Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison St., Chgo.

Schling, Max, 22 W. 59th St.. New York.

Small & Sons, J. H., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington. D. O.

Smith Co., A. W., Pittsburgh. Pa.

Smith. Henry, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stumpp, O. H. M., New York.

Weber. F. H.. St. Louis. Mo.

Whitted Floral Co.. Minneapolis, Ulnn.

Wills & Segar, London, Bng.

Wlttbold, GT, Co.. 737 Buckingham PI., Chicago.

Wolfsklll Bros. & M. Goldenson, Los Angeles.

Young & Nagent, New York,

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

o I J u I J 1 Both Long Distance

Boyle and Maryland Ave. phones.

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

WASfllNfiTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray,

913 Grand Avenne

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attentioi

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

CUDB BROS-CQi
FLORISTS

PHILADELPHIA and VICmrTY.

1800 Chestnut Street, PBILADELFBIA, PA

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

T

he Park

Floral Co.

J. A.VALKN'HNE,
President.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Mention the American Florist when toHtino

igi^.

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DESIGNS FOR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo, M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orders for Cut

KmSSS Clljf tnd Flowers. Funeral Designs.

Bl.....t u:il U. Wedding and Birthday Gilts,

rlCaSininill, mo. that may be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W. Smith Co.

KEENAN BLDC

Largest Floral Establishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. ffl. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELANID

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPollworthCo.

WIU take proper Wi tu*e\r\ sin

care of your orders In »» 1»*,V»1M»1«1

Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen larpe Greenhousos. Deliveries
everywhere id Minnesota. W isconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula ol MIchiffan. All orders triven prompt
attention and filled with strictly fresh stock.

14 th and H. street.

Mentioti the American Florist when writing

Mention the Amei'ican Florist trhen writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston— Thos. F. Galvln, Inc., 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 43 BromSeld St.

Buffalo, N. Y. — S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.

Buffalo. N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — -Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago— A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago — Geo. WIttbold Co., 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland. 0. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O. — The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Denver. Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breltmeyer's Sons.

Duluth. Minn. — J. J. Lehorins.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Grand Rapids Floral Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock, Ark.- Paul M. Palez.

London, Bug. — Wills & Scgar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J.— Phillips Bros.

Newark. O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New Orleans. La. — Metalrle RIdee Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — Alex McConnell. 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Song.

New York— Myer. Florist. 609 Mndlson Ave.

New York— Max Schling, 22 W. 50th St.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York — G. B. M. Stumpp.

New York — Yonng & Nugent.

Omaha. Neb. — Hess & Swoboda. Farnam St.

Philadelphia— Robert Klft, 1725 Chestnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McCIements.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester. Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, III. — H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. B. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Grimm-Gorly.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo. — F. H. Weber.

St. Paul. Minn. — Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalia, Mo. — Archlas Floral Co.

Superior, Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind. — J. G. Helnl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, 0. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can.— Dnnlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver. B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke. Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gude Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Coliunbus

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

334 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth, I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh Quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House in the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Worlc.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARi STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

Dunlop's

eS Yonaa Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantee
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when wflting

Boston, Mass.

Send flower orders lor delivery in

Boston and all
New England Points

TO THOMAS F. GALVIN i

I 24 TREMONT ST

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sendyourorders^o^Chicagos^t's't-o'

SDb-

-^ ^j III, ^ *, All orders carefullyfilled

*Id *ftA w MjiflS** ^ under the supervision of

* ^hicaSS— g£Q„gj jji^US. Mgr

wire. Write or Phone West 822

Member Florists' Telesrapb Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rocliester Plione 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Roclf, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET,

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of tbe city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, o.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Helnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 627.

Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

fLORISTS,

HIS Pamimi St telephones

14L7 I arnvm 31. 1501 and L1582

Members of Tbe Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Teleffraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL'S

New Yorli.

MYER, FLORIST, SL".'*:;"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Deliver>

Kansas City, Mo.

WilUam L. Rock
Flower Co.

Members Florists' TelegTaph Delivery

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORin. CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. 'Cor. 15th fi H. Sts.
AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
ID this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Baltimore.

CLt'n OUTING. ■
The Gai-deners' and Florists' Club
held their, annual picnic and crab feast
at Buel's Park. Middle River. P. C.
Bauer was chairman, assisted by
Messrs. Fiedler. Boon. Wagner. Muth,
Glass and Ekas. A good attendance
of tiorists and their families were there.
Athletic games were a feature of the
afternoon. The events and awards
were as follows :

Pipe i-ace No. ] — H. Wagner. 1st; M.
Richmond. 2nd.

Pipe race No. '1 — A. Seidlick. 1st; F.
C. Bauer. l!nd.

Peanut I'ace No. 1— J. Nuth. 1st; H.
Wagner. 2nd.

Peanut race No. 2 — F. C. Bauer, 1st;
Kdw. Van Reuth. 2nd.

Ladies' peanut race No. 1 — Miss
Wagner. 1st; Miss Beckmann. 2nd.

Ladies' peanut race No. 2 — Miss Wag-
ner. 1st; Miss A'an Reuth, 2nd.

Ladies' bowling — First prize, cut glass
dish. Mrs. E. \ax\ Reuth; second prize,
silk umbrella. Mrs. James Boone; third
prize, gold collar pins. Mrs. F. C.
Bauer.

NOTE.S.
John Cook, the well know grower of
roses, has won the silver medal for
his rose Radiance, offered by the City
of Hartford. Conn., for the best rose
raised in the city's rose garden con-
test. Roses from foreign countries were
exhibited in competition with this rose.
E;very one is talking about the com-
ing convention to lie held in Boston.
Quite a number will go by the Mer-
chants' iV; Miners' line from here and
some will go from New York. All an-
ticipate a good time and a fine sea
trip.

Mrs. Jas. Boone has fully recovered
from her fall from a motorcycle, and
was game enough to ride to the picnic
grounds on the motor again.

Mrs. H. J. Quick has been verv ill.

B.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., £.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broail St.

lEWAEI E J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade diic.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

eo KEARNEY STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telck'raph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notice.

Frooipt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Orders will be carefully
cared for by

Michigan.

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of Tbe Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRID HANNAH a SONS Will fill yoar
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

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Paper White

Grandiflora

Per 1000

Fancy (1250 bulbs to case) $ 8.50

Star Brand (1000 bulbs to case) 11.00

Lilium Formosum

Per 1000

Lilium

Best Bermuda Stock.

From Rogued Fields.

Per 100 Per lOOU

5-7 in. (400 to case) $5.00 $40.00

6-7 in. (335 to case) 6.50 47.00

7-9 in. (200 to case) 9.50 85.00

6-8 inch (350 bulbs to case) $37.00

7-9 inch (250 bulbs to case) 60.00

8-9inch (225 bulbs to case) 70.00

Cold Storage Lilies

Per lOiK) Per case
Valley, best grade (500 to easel... $ 9.00

Valley, best grade ( 1000 to case)... 1 7.00

Giganteum, 7-9in.(100tocase)... 6.50

Giganteum, 7-9 in. (300 to case). ($55.00) 1 7.00
Giganteum, 8 9 in.(250 to case) ( 70.00) 18.00

Freesias

Purity— True

ino 101 10

■54-in. to l-in $2.50 $22.50

5s-in. to 34-in... 1.75 16.00
l/2-iii. and over. 1.50 12.00
%-in. to 1,-in... 1.25 10.00

Vaughan's Improved
Purity 100 io(«i

34-in. and up. ..$2.25 $20.00
Va-in. to Sj-in ... 1.75 16.00
%-in. to i'2-in... 1.50 12.00

French Grown

100 1000

Jumbo $1.50 $12.00

Mammoth. .. 1.00 9.50

Let us have your list of Fall Bulbs for quotation

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago and New York

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

SEASONABLE STOCK

Cyclamen, Peppers, Cherries. Primroses, Chi-
nese. Obcomca. Forbesi" and Mak-coides Mums,
vellow. white and pinl< Smilax. T R. Begonias,
Rex and flowering. Fancy Leaved Caladiums.
Cincinnati and Glory de Lorraine Begonias.
Ferns, all kinds and si^cs.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower, Pekin, 111.

SN I L AX

strong plants, 2V2 inch, $1.26 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2V2 inch,
$2.00 per 10<>; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3 inch pots. Chrysanthemnms

Carnations for fall deliverr. Smilax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers. £'el°?i^£

Asparagus Sprengerii

Pet 100 Per 1000

2-in. pots $,S 00 $25 CO

2H-in. pots 4 00 35 fO

3H-in. pots 6 to 50 00

Nephrolepis Whitmanii

2!-rm. pots $1110 $30 On

Nephrolepis Harrisii

2H-in. pots $4 00 $30 00

Si-nd f ^r descriptive booklet of our

New Carnation "Alice." to be

introduced Season 1914-15.

Peter Fisher, Ellis Mass.

Mention the American Florist when writing

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of '6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet hiKh per 100. $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots 15.00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots *' 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00

Palms. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on application.

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
deners. Florists and
Home-malcers, taught
by Prof. Craiff and
Prof. Beal of CorDeU
University.

Progressive Floriati
recognize the growine
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners who un-
derstand up ■ to - date
methods and practice
PROF. BEAL, are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening ia
Indispensable to those who would have
the pleasantest homes.

250 page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School

DcDt. A. F., Sprin^eld, Mass.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

American Florist Advertisements Work 24 Hours per Day.

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Aui.

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Mors.'. S:hi Fniiii'iscv.. Cnlif.,
President; J. M. LuiUoii, Mnttitui-k, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President: E. C. Dunsiin.
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.. Secretary and
Treasurer: S. P. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual inoetins, San Fran-
cisco, Calif., .luhc l'.)15.

California calla growers report bulbs
drying somewhat slowly, and expect
shipments to begin August 10-15.

J. C. Vaugiian has filed his petition
on the progressive ballot to represent
the second Illinois district in congress.

THE insecticide and fungicide board
u£ the Department of Agriculture has
issued an index to insecticide act judg-
ments, Nos. 1-100,

Vi.siTED Chicago : Mr, Arterburn, of
Wood, Stubbs & "Co., Louisville, Ky.;
E. A, Fatten, of Hardin, Hamilton &
Lewman, Louisville, Ky.

Choice hand-picked medium beans
are offered at .$2, F. O, B, Michigan
points. So far the European war scare
has not affected the price.

Sioux City, Ia„ reports damage by
heat and dry weather to the corn crop
20 to 2.5 per cent, and "Waterloo re-
ports a similar damage of 10 per cent.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade July 29 were as
follows: Timothy, .$4, .50 to .$6,00 per
100 pounds, — Alex. Henderson left, for
New York. July 25, to sail thence on
the S. S. Rvndam to Rotterdam, July
28.

The onion set crop at Chicago is
turning out consideraijly better than
last year, and much of the stock is
already crated and drying in good or-
der. The activities of outsiders in this
market have liad a tendency to firm
up the contract prices of the growers
5 to 10 cents per bushel. Some parties
are still holding off, just now, refusing
to make prices.

A. E. McKenzie, in his paper on ad-
vertising, read before the seedsmen at
Washington, D. C, was disposed to
disparage the use of calendars and
house organs, but leaflets for insertion
in envelopes he recommended. He pre-
fers some distinctive souvenir that will
be kept, to a calendar and he also dis-
countenances the use of special prem-
iums anti coupon olfers in the cata-
logue.

Samples of Seeds for the Dept. of Agri-
Treasury Dept, July IG, 1914.
To Collectors and Other OfiScers of the
Customs :
At the request of the Secretary of
Agriculture, it is directed that during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915,
two-ounce s.amples of all importations
of 100 pounds or more of grass, clover,
and forage plant seeds, and of screen-
ings of wheat, oats and barley, when
suchi screenings are imported from
Canada, be prepared at the earliest
practicable date after entry and for-
warded to the seed laboratory, De-
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C, labeled with the names and ad-
dresses of consignors ,Tnd cunsignees.
name of seed or kind of screenings as
given in the invoice, and quantity of
the consignment.

Wm, P, Malbuux, Asst. Sec'y.

Vine Seed Crops.

Fremont, July 22, — The prospects for
sweet, flint and field corn are fairly
good and the crops are very well ad-
vanced, but they all need rain. Light
showers will help, but a good soaking
rain is needed. The vine seed crops are
also showing fairly good, but like the
corn they are also in need of good soak-
ing rains. Cucumber, melon, pumpkin
and squash crops at Rocky Ford are
doing nicely, most of them having re-
covered from the two hail storms and
with a few exceptions are well ad-
vanced. All crops are generally clean
and free from weeds and we have no
reports of damage from bugs as yet.
Reports from the melon crops in the
south are also good, having had suf-
ficient rain. , W.

Dutch Bulb Crops.

Dutch bulb reports of Julv 15 show
the crop outlook favorable. Narcissus
Golden Spur is likely to be shorter
than the other varieties and may ad-
vance in price. There is a good de-
mand for Narcissus Bicolor Victoria,
Double Voii Sion is a fair crop.

Yellow tulips are already dear and
may go higher. Other scarce tulip va-
rieties are Keizerkroon, Chrysolora,
Mon Tresor, Duchesse /ie Parma, Ges-
neriana Major and Bouton d'Or. The
price of Darwins has advanced be-
cause of the disposition of the grow-
ers to build up a stock. Tulips in gen-
eral may be called a grand crop, daffo-
dils medium and hyacinths excellent,
the latter being one of the best crops
harvested in all Holhind in many years.
The bulbs retained their foliage late in
the season due to the absence of late
frosts which often affect hyacinths.
Favorable warm weather the first half
of July ripened the bulbs so that they
should force well. It is not expected
there will be a large surplus of mixed
and second size hyacinths. There will
be some surplus in scarlet tulips such
as Vermilion Brilliant, Scarlet Dlic Van
Thol, Prince of Austria and Couleur
Cardinal. Most tulips will be plenti-
ful.

Blue and purple crocus will especially
be scarce and dear. Iris may .be short.

Louisiana Seed Law.

Baton Rouge. — Chris. Reuter, H. M.
Weil, Joseph Steckler, W. P. Bonds, Hy.
Ronaldson and — Bollwinkle, of the
BoUwinkle Seed Co., of New Orleans,
appeared before Senator Amacker's
committee on agriculture, lands and
levees, June 3. to protest against the

Pieters-Wlieeier Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
•Solicited.

enactment into law of Mr. Schexnay-
der's bill requiring all seed sellers to
furnish a guarantee of pure seed to
the purchaser. The seed men declared
that the act imposes an unequal hard-
ship on the home merchant; whereas it
did not either prohibit the out of state
seed seller from plying his trade with
impunity. Seed merchants in this
state, they said, don't make it a prac-
tice to sell adulterated or impure seed.
If they did it their business wouldn't
continue long, they argued. Dr. Dod-
son told the committee a law should
be enacted to regulate the seed busi-
ness and suggested the germinating
test. If Louisiana were to furnish
sufficient work the government would
maintain a station here for tests, he
said. The committee laid the matter
over when the question got warm and
the hour late.

Precanceled Postag-e Stamps

To facilitate the handling of second,
third and fourth class mail matter and
to prevent loss of stamps in various
ways the post office department now
issues precanceled postage stamps
which can be used under certain regu-
lations. The conditions governing the
use of precanceled postage stamps as
prescribed by the third assistant post-
master general are as follows :

the regul.vtion.s,

1. Precanceled postage stamps may
be used only by persons or concerns to
whom they have been furnished by a
postmaster after special authority in
each case has been obtained from the
Department. Any person desiring to
use such stamps should file an appli-
cation with the postmaster at the post
office of mailing, showing :

(a) The class and character of the
matter to be mailed,

(b) The approximate total number
of pieces to be mailed.

(c) The average number of pieces to
be mailed daily, weekly, monthly, etc.

(d) Business in which applicant is
engaged.

The application, together with the
postmaster's recommendation thereon,
shall be forwarded to the Third Assist-
ant Postmastel- General, Division of
Classification.

2. On receipt of the Department's
authorization the postmaster will is-
sue a permit to the .applicant and fur-
nish precanceled stamps and accept
mailings bearing them under the fol-
lowing conditions :

(a) The name of the post office and
State shall be printed between two par-

Established

1810.

Carignan,

Denaif fe & Son, NortSFrance.

The Premier Seed Growers of the World.

The Greatest Acreage. Over 900 » mployes.

Motto: The Very Best Quality Specialties:
Beet, Cabba0e, Carrot, Celery, Lettuce, visngel
Wurtzel, Omon, rarsley, Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga, "rurnip. Forspecial prices »ur|) u^croi> 1V14.
now heioK harvcFtod, address Charles Johnson,
Marietta, Pa., Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada.

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the followmg California Speciallies only:

ONION. tETTUCE, CARRO', RADISH, PARSNIP, PHRSLEY. CELERY.
ENDIVE. LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS,

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1914 Contracting Prices.

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BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[ICAlYPfUS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. Box 857, MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA

BEANS, PEAS,

and an Garden Seeds

RADISH

LEONARD^ ElicB

CO

ONION SETS

GROWERS FDR THE TRA9^

Write f'jr Prit«-»

MintUin tlir AiiirricdJi Florist ichen ipi-itliiii
Get Quotations From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

' Bloomsdale
Farm.

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited,

allel heavy black lines across' the face
of each staniij. ink furnished lay the
Department to lie used for that pur-
pose.

(1)1 Stamps may lie precanceled only
under the SLii>ervision of the postmaster
or a sworn employee of tlie post office.

(c) Precanceled stamps are good for
the payment of postage only on matter
of the tliird and fourth classes, and
second-class matter mailed at the tran-
sient rate or the rates applicable at
■city delivery offices, presented at the
office where precanceled. Any number
of pieces may be mailed at one time re-
gardless of whether they are identical.

(d) M.atter liearins precanceled
st.'imiis shall be presented in such man-
ner as to jiermit of easy examination
and facilitate its handling in the mails.
It is expected that tlie mailer will com-
ply with all reasonable requests of the
postmaster for the separation of the
mattei- into States, counties, cities, etc.

■^. Attenti<ni is especially directed to
the following iirovisions of law :

"Whoever shall knowingly use or
cause to be used in payment of post-
age * * * any postage stamp * * * is-
sued in pursuance of law, which has
already lieen used for a like purpose
' * * shall be fined not more than
SoOU, or imprisoned not more than one
year, or both." (Act of March 4. lUOU;
sec. ri:i~. Postal Laws and Regula-
tions. )

"If two or more persons conspire
either to commit any offense against
the United States, or to defraud the
United States in an.\' manner or for
any purj.ose. and one or more of such
parties do any act to effect the object
of the conspiracy, each of the parties

MILFORD, GONN.

Pansy Seed

From the Oldest Pansy Specialist

C. SCHWANECKE,

Oscliersleben, Germany

Established IS52
Schwanccke's (liant Flowered Improved

Trimardeau Per o z. . $1.50

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Imoroved

Cassier Per oz. 3.75

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Germania Per oz . 3. 75

schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Bugnots Per oz . 3. 00

Schwanecke'sGiant Flowered Iranroved

Odicr Peroz. 2.50

Ml nfi>ni tht Aiiicrican Florist when icriting

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

Branclies Michigan
and Wisconsin.

M'}lt''ni till' A nirricnil h'lmist trltnt irritiili/

R.&M.GODINEAU,

SEED GROWERS,

Angers - France.

Specialties: Beets. Mangoes. Carrots. Cabbagei.
Celeries, Parsleys. Parsnips. Turnips.

Growing Crops Given Personal Attention.

ROl'TZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Contract Seed Growers

Cnapjaltlac' Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato,
dlieiildlllB^. Vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspocdecce Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster.

Cosmos. Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

SEND rem OATAI.OOIK

ARTHUR T. BODDINCiTON

)*» >«•••( 14th St., Nnw Vork.

Seedsmen requiring the very best selections of

8arden Seeds

(Vegetable and Flower), especially

Kelway's Celebrated
English Strains

can get them at lowest independent wholesale
rates by sending their orders direct to

KELWAY & SON

Wholesale Seed Growers.

Langport, Somerset, England.

Special quotations on application,
Mcjition the American Florist when writing

FERNS IN FLATS

ALL VARIETIES

We ship by express during July and

August , stock ready for 21'2-in . pots in flats

of about llOcIumps, which can be divided.

Price, $2.00 per flat

20 or more flats, $1.75 each.

Packjnfj included.

Order now while we have full list of

varieties to select from.

Write for illustrated folder.

IVlcHutchison & Co.

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 181S. Write tor our low prices.

Ugbt, Pratt and
EllicottSts..

Baltimore, Md.

ROEMER'S

"pTil^e" PANSIES

The finest strain of Pansiesin the World.
Introducer and Grower of all the Leading
Novelties. Hijihest Award at Mannheim.
1V07. Catalogue fretj on application.

FREDERICK ROEMER

QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY

Japan Grown Callas

1\ - l".t-in-
WRITE FOR PRICES.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., NEW YORK

t BURPEE'S SEEDS I

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists E

3 and Market Gardeners. t

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All,

Valley

For Every Occasion
AND ALL THE YEAR ROUND.

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market,

$1S 00 per 1000: *V.50 per SCO; $5.00 per 250.

Florists' Money Maker,

$|I..00 |uT 1000; 19,«) per 500; S2.00 per 100.

H. N. BRUNS

3032 Madison Street, CHICAGO

to such conspiracy shall be fined not
more than ten thousand dollars, or im-
prisoned not more than two years, or
both." (Act of March 4, l'J09; sec.
1G90, Postal Laws and Regulations.)

4. The permit to use precanceled
postage stamps, issued to any person
or concern, will be withdrawn by the
Department if such person or concern
should not comply strictly with the
foregoing conditions, or should sell pre-
canceled stamps either before or after
they have been used. This includes
the sale of such stamps affixed to wrap-
pers of parcels returned to the sender
and disposed of as waste paper. ■

.5. Postmasters shall carefully ob-
serve the use of precanceled stamps
and promptly report to the Third As-
sistant Postmaster General. Division of
Classification, any irregularity in con-
nection wtih the use of such stamps
coming to their attention, whether oc-
curring at their offices or elsewhere.

Catalogues Received.

Chris. Reuter, New Orleans, La.,
seeds; Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calif,,
seeds; Henry F. Michell Co., Philadel-
phia. Pa., seeds and supplies; Peter
Henderson «& Co., New York, seeds and
supplies; A. T. Boddington. New York,
plants, seeds and sundries; Roman J.
Irwin, New York, plants, bulbs and
seeds; Brooklawn Conservatories.
Bridgeport, Conn., seeds, plants and
bulbs; Chas. P. Mueller, Wichita. Kans..
plants and bulbs; Bryan's Flower and
Truck Farm, Washington, N, J., vegeta-
ble plants; Alex. McConnell, New
York, plants, trees and shrubs;
Vaughan"s Seed Store, New York and
Chicago, bulbs; J. M. Thorburn & Co.,
New York, bulbs; Knight & Struck
Company, New York, plants and bulbs;
W, E. Marshall & Co., New York,
bulbs; Charles D. Ball. Holmesburg,
Philadelphia, Pa., palms and decorative
plants; Henry W. Turner. Montebello.
Calif., roses; Peter Henderson & Co..
New York, water lilies; Gillies Litho. &
Printing Co., Rochester, N. Y.

K. Neubert, Wandsbek, Germany,
plants, trees and shrubs; Yokohama
Nursery Co,. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan,
plants, bulbs and seeds; E. H. Wheadon
& Sons, Guernsey, Eng., bulbs; Frank
Lilley. Guernsey, Eng., bulbs; M. Herb,
Naples, Italy, bulbs; Hugh Dickson,
Ltd., Belfast, Ireland, roses; Henry
Mette, Quedlinl>urg, Germany, pansies;
Desfosse-Thuillier Fils & Co., Orleans.
France, fruit tree stocks; The East End
Nurseries Co., Boskoop, Holland, roses.

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — Willis J. Bald-
Win succeeds Winfield S. Harry, hav-
ing purchased the good will and stock
and rented the flower and seed stone
and the greenhouses which Mr. Harry
has conducted for the past 50 years.

All Seeds and Bulbs sold
by Thorburn are always
of the very highest qual-
ity and true to name.

ASPARAGUS

Plumosus Nanus

Per 1000

1.000 $2.00

5,000 1.75

10,000 1.65

TUBEROSES

Dwarf Double Pearl

Extra large size
$7.50 per 1000

53 Barclay St., NEW YORK CIIY.

Mfvtion the Atnerican Florist when writing

THE G. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and pent Seed Com.

Mention the American Florist when writing

H. WREDE

Lin«EBURG, GERMANY

PANSY SEED

184 First Prizes, the highest

awards Chicago. Paris. London.

Bruxelles. Berl., Hamb., Rome.

1000 seeds, finest mixed, . .25c

\Q7.. ..$2.25

Price list on application. Cash with order

Mention the American Florist when mritino

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

^"■SoHdl'e'd."" Swedesboro. New Jersey

Mention the American Florist ivheyi writing

FOR SALE.

Carload Alfalfa Screenings

Samples upon request.

G. & B. COMPANY, care American Florist.

My new list of

Winter Spencer
Sweet Pea Seed

is being mailed. If not in your
hand now. send a postal for.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, '■2^l,'>^'

Mention the American Florist when writing

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. All Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

M(}ition the American Florist when icritiiify

THE BOOK OF
GLADIOLUS

THE first authorita-
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America, or possibly
the world, issued April
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I covering all sides of
k growing, propagating,
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PRICE, POSTPAID, $1.25

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 So. Dearborn St.
CHICAGO.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, GrandiHoras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER & SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA.

J. G. ROBINSON SEED CO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

FOR

SEEDS

OF ALl KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson fi Son, LimHed

Boston, England

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com ; Cucumber,

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Souash.

FREMONT

NEBRASKA

James Vick^s Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Whoiesal"- Fail Catalogue.

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The KENILWORTH Giant Pansy

Seeds are all grown by myself and are offered in the following mixtures and

separate colors :

22 KENILWORTH STRAIN— The flowers are of perfect form and substance:

iii;iti\ nf I lie ill! MM' use iluwiT^ arc from SS^ to 4 inches: it is a strikin»;oolleolion of beauti-
liil I'olors and niarkiii-.'s, rich with shades of red. brown, hronze. mahofjany and nnitn
■ itlii Ts tuo nnnierons to uieution. Liglit, Mediuin or Dark Mixtures.

24 KENILWORTH SHOW— An extra fine strain of large flowers; the immense
ll.)\MMs ;irf of riii-Ml;ir form and ^reat substance; a hMautiful collection of coU)rs .-nui
ma rk'niijs.

26 KENILWORTH CUT FLOWER MIXTURE-Is a distinct class by itself, sur-

pa>sinL; all nilirr >lr;nii,s a^ a rut llow.-r ur Im- t-xliibitinn puriioses, for inside or outside
u'l'owinu': ili'' largi' llnwers are carried erect above ihe foliage on heavy stems, 7 or H
im-hes lou<:. in the most graceful manner, and stand the hot. dry weather well.

28

30

MASTERPIECE— A remarkable type: the curled, wavy petals giving the

M'i\\ ci- a duiihii' :i p|)ca ranee. \\\\m>' Mowers of ;:re:it sul.isl;incc .un lony;, strong stems

GIANT THREE AND FIVE BLOTCHED PANSIES-A superb mixture.

K lowers hiP'^eaud ori-in-nlar form and of ^reat suhsta -. Tlii' display nf color in t; is uniur-

passed. A rombina tinn of :ilinosi m'ery shade of rich \'fl\-ct> colors, reds arc ijarlicidarlv
conspii'uoiis; the pcral■^ being distinctly marked with three or five lar^iedark blotches.

NEW SEED NOW READY

All soils and iiiivliires p\cf|ii ihi. new Pansv TriinTss are $5,00 per oz.; $1.25 per ij oz •
5000 seeds, $1.00; trade pkt. or 1000 seeds, 25c; any 5 pkts., $1.00. PLEASE ORDER BV NUMBER.

Princess. 20— The New Upright Pansy.

This strain is entirely (.listiin-t from all
others. It is absolutely compact, upright
growing, and extremely weiitlier-proof, endur-
ing mjiny storms without daniMse to itsflov\er.
The flowers are inostly blotched and frilled
like the Masterpiece, of ijood formnnd lieavy
velvety texture, on heav\ stems carried \\'eil
above the foliatie, Attractive liv the hrilliaiic\'
of its colors. 500 seeds. 25c: 1000, 50c;
I4 oz., $2.50. 1 oz , $10.00.

34 Bronze, hrown a ndcoiiper shades mixed.

36 Fancy, rich colors, mostly margined.

38 Mme. Perret, red and wine shades.

40 Zebra, tine striped mixture.

42 Adonis, liffht blue, white center.

44 Black, almostcoal black.

46 Black, witlr bronze center.

48 Lord Beaconsfleld. purple, shaded uhite.

50 Bronze, lieantiful Iiron/.e.

52 Bronze, "ith \ellow center.

54 Velvet Brown, with yellow center.

56 Havana Brown.

58 Havana Brown, vellow center.

60 Cardinal, curled bright red, dark blotch.

62 Cecily, steel blue, margined white.

64 Goliath, iarge curled yellow, blotched.

66 Hero, curled deep blue, shaded white.

68 Emp. Wm., iiUramarine blue, violet eye.

70 Eross, velvctv brown, vellow margin.

72 Emp. Franz Joseph, while, blotched bluo.

74 Emp, Frederick, luaitioii, with gold edge.

76 Fairy Queen, azure blue, white edge.

78 Freya, purplish violet, white edge.

80 Gold Edge, \ i-lvety brown, gold edge.

84 Superba. orchid tints of red and wine.

86 Sunlight, .ncIIow, with brown blotches,

88 Andromeda, curled apple blossom.

90 Colossea Venosa, light veined shades.

92 Almond Blossom, delicate rose.

94 Aurora, tura coiia shades.

96 IVIammOth, ^-nenisli .\rll.,« shades.

97 The above 7 named orchid, mixed,

98 Indigo B!ue, d,cp velvei v blue.
100 Light Blue Shades.

102 Minerva, red around, violet blotched.

104 Meteor, iTitiht red brown.

106 Pres, McKinley, yellow, dark blotched.

108 Mahogany, with white mariiiu.

110 Mahogany, with yellow margin.

1 12 Mourning Cloak.ijlack. with whiteedge.

114 Purple, large rich decji color.

1 IB Peacock Blue, rosy face, w bite edge.

118 Psyche, curled white, live blotches.

120 Pres, Carnot, white, five blue blotches.

126 Red, a roll,., ■lion of rich red shades.

128 Red Riding Hood, curled and blotched.

130 Rosy Morn, purple crimson, whiteedge.

132 Striped, oil lil.ic ground.

134 Striped, on bronze ground.

136 Victoria, blood red, violet blotches.

138 White, lirgc satmv white.

140 White, with violet blotch,

142 Yellow, large golden yellow.

144 Yellow, with dark blotch.

146 34 to 144 mixed in equal proportion.

For fuller description send for Catalogue.

RAINBOW is a mixture of tie
most beauti'ul, gorgeous colors
blotched, striped, veined, inar-
aiiied. etc With every itl.lU
worth of I^aiisv Seed, f
will send, free, inO(i
seeds of Rainbow,
and with otlit
amounts in
like pro-
p or- ^
tioii.

Mention the American Florist when writinp

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt, Buchner, Ricard, Perkins.

Poitevine, 2 in., $2.00 per 100; 3-in., $5.00 per 100.
Boston and WliitmanlFems;3 in., 10c; 4-in., 15c;

5-in., 25c,
Dracaena Ind., 3-in., $5.00; 4 in., $10.00; 5 in,,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2Vi-in„ $5,00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. I^. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

Geraniums

YOU will find summer cuttings a good buy, if they
are right. I try to have mine right and guarantee
their safe delivery as far as Chicago west.
S. A. Nutt. $10.00; Ricard and Poitevine, $12.,sn

per 1000.
Smilax, good 2-in. pot plants at $12.50 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER. PA

FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street. CHICAGO

FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

We have received our first consignment of Harrisii. and otter a selected stock of the
original true Harrisii for early forcing. This stock was grown from the original true type, and
will be found splendid stock lor early forcing, lor which purpose Harrisii is so valuable. The
crop is much shorter than usual this season, but we are in position to supply a nice lot of
selected stock, and can make deli\ery f'om first shipment.

6 to 7-inch bulbs, 350 to the case, $5.50 per 100; $45.00 per 1000.

7 to 9-inch bulbs, 200 to the case, $».oO per 100; $80.00 per lOOO.

Full case lots at ItOO rates.

WINTER-FLOWERING ROSES.

If you have not securod all the stock that you can use for planting for winter-flowering, we
will ha\e a very fine stockof the following- varieties, which we can offer in perfect condition,
ready for imnot^diate shipment. Stock is uilt-edeed in every way— extra strong, heavy plants
in 4-inch pots. If you can use any, we will be glad to quote low rates. Write us the number you
can use, and we will quote by return mail.

Killarney Brilliant, Killarney Queen, Pink Killarney, American Beauty,
Lady Hillingdon, Mme. Ceclle Brunner, or Mignon or Sweetheart.

F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown on Hudson, NEW YORK

Mention the Aynerican Florist when writing

Robert Craig Co...

S'Si PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49ih Sis., Philadelphia, Pa.

Ucntion the American Florist whcii writing

1-yr.
2V2An

2-yr.
4-iit.

ROSES

Ready to ship revised stock-list

Mention the American Florist when writing

84

The American Florist.

.Aug.

I

The Nursery Trade

American Association of Nurserymen.

Ilcniv ];. Ili:i>c, Cha.sr, Al;i., I>rf.sidri,t .
v.. S. Wulcli. Shftiiinduuli, l!i.. Vict'-f'resi-
dent": John lliill,204 Gnuiite bldg., Rochi'sl-
(*r. N. y.. Sfcri'tary.

Fortieth niilinal •.■onvcnlioii will bf lu'ld
al D.'lroil. Mi.-li. .Inc.' I'.ii:..

American Ass'n of Park Superintendents.

ANNUAL CONVENTION.

The sixteenth annual convention of
the American Association of Park
Superintendents will' be held at New-
burgh. N. Y., and New York. City. Au-
gust 24-27, 191-1. The programme an-
nounced for the meeting follows :

Monday, August 2-1, W :(X> ]i. m. —
Meeting of the executive board. Itegis-
tration. 7 :30 p. m. — Anjiual business
meeting at headciuarters. Palatine Ho-
tel, Newburgh, N. Y. Address of wel-
come, mayor of Newburgh; addresses
by the jiark commissioners of New-
burgh; response. President H. S. Rich-
ards: a brief sketch of the life and
work of Mr. Andrew Jackson Downing,
liy Prof. F. A. Waugh: "The preserva-
tion of natural woodlands under park
conditions": illustrated lecture and dis-
cussion led by Oglesby Paul, landscape
gardener, Fairmount Park, Philadel-
phia, Pa.

Tuesday. August 2.j. 7 to 10 a. m. —
Visit to Mt. Beacon, one of the highest
jTOints in the yicinity and famous in
PLevolutionary times. 10 a. m. — Start
by auto from headquarters at New-
burgh to visit the important ijoints of
interest in the city, including the Down-
ing Homes. Washington's headciuarters
and the parks and playgrounds of New
burgh. Thence through Tux-edo Val-
ley to Tuxedo Park. The Association
will there be entertained at luncheon
by Mrs. E. H. Harriman on her estate
at Arden. Return to Newburgh early
in the evening.

Wednesday, August 20. 10 :00 a. m. —
Through the courtesy of the Hon.
George "W. Perkins, president of the
Inter-State Park Commission, the As-
sociation will leave Newburgh by boat
on a trip down the Hudson River to
'U'est Point, stopping at the different
points along the Inter-.State Park river
front where the members and their
gruests will be conveyed through the
Inter-State Park. The trip by boat
down the Hudson will then be con-
tinued, viewing the Palisades, the New
York river front and New York bay,
arriving in New York City early in the
evening.

Thursday, August 27, 9:00 a. m.—
Meet at headquarters. Hotel Astor,
New York City. Address of welcome.
Hon. John P. Mitchel, mayor of the
City of New Yj^rk. Address, Hon.
Cabot Ward, president of New York
Park Board; response liy President H.
S. Richards. Automobile trip through
parts of the park systems of Man-
hfittan. the Bronx and Brooklyn, in
cars kindly furnished by the City of
New York and the Fifth .\venue Stage
Company. Central Park. Riverside
Drive, Van Cortlandt Park, New York
Botanical Garden and the New York
Zoological Park will be visited. At
the last named place luncheon will
be served to the convention as guests
of the New York Zoological Society,
and the park and its collections will be
briefly inspected. Then trip through
eastern Manhattan to Prospect Park,

lirooklyn. various small parks and
Ocean Parkway, terminating at Coney
Island.

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

P.O. Berlin. N J. Williamstown Jane, N. i.

To Be Sure

to iia\e the rose varieties you will be
asked for by your patron^next season,
write naw for

Our 48-page
Illustrated Rose Catalogue,

as we will mail ymi a copy, post free,
on receipt of your business card: or
when on the continent, pay us a visit,
as it will pay you to see the newer
varietie--: in bloom.

The East End Nurseries Co.

t^^^',Z.'^l BOSKOOP, HOLLAND.

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —
trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

.1/ch(u(» ihc Aiiicyicdn Flnrifit when writing

ROSES, CANNAS j
Shrubbery

THE CONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

Mrutiou thr Anirrimu FJnri.^t irhrn icriting

Hill's Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large siaes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Evergreen Specialists Largest Growers in America

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,

CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

INSPECTION INVITED.

Nurserymen and Florists.

Rutherford, N. J.

ROLKER

IMPORTERS OF
Azaleas, Araucaria, Palms, Manetti,

Bay Trees, Boxwood, Lilacs, Roses,

Bulbs, Valley Pips, Rhododendrons,

AUGUST ROLKER & SONS 51 Barclay street or p. O. Box 752. ReW York

Maples, Planes,
Elms. Fruit Stocks
and Ornamentals.

r

Bay Trees

'1

standards.

Box Trees

Pyramid, Globes,

and some 36-inch Bush.

Cut Prices on Fancy Stock.

WRITE OR WIRE

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

I

1924-

The American Florist.

85

LOOK OVER THIS LIST

You will probably find some stock that you need at prices that you want to pay.

BOSTON FERNS.

3-iM.

Doz

..$ 50

.. 1 no

1 50

lOO
$4 0(1

8 00
12 00

4 in., wood squares, 25 to a case.

%}t 75 per case.
,S-in . $2 40 and $3 00 per doz..

■$20 CO and $25 00 per 1(0.
6-in.,J(i 00 per doz.; $.50 00 per 100
trin., made up at 35 and 50 cents

each (July).

7 in,, at 75 cents each; $9 00 per doz.

8 in,, at *l 00 each ; $12 00 per do/.
Vin . at .SI 50 each; $18 00 per doz.

Larger specimens at $2 00, $2 50 and up each.
Boston Fern hanging baskets at 75 cents and

$1 (10 each; $9 00 and $12 00 per doz,
Boston Fern extra large hangini; baskets at

$3 Ij0and$4 00 each,
Boston Fern extra large hanging baskets.

specimens, $5 CO and $ij flu each.
Cyrtomiumfslcatum, 4 in., at $1 50 and $1 75
per doz.; .^12 (XI and $14 00 per IfO.

Doz. 100

Whitmanii Ferns, .Vin $1 00 $ 8 Oti

4 in 2 00 15 00

" " 5 in 3 50

" " 6-in 6 no

FERNS. Kach
Adiantum Cuneatum, line plants,

(. in. at $ .50

Adiantum Cuneatum, larger

i»lants ai 7^

Adiantum Ferguson! 4-in

Asplinium nidus avis, .5-in .

Each $1 00 and 1 50

Asplinium nidus avis, larger

specimens, eacli. ... .$2 50 and 3 00
.Assorted Ferns for dishes, per 100, $3 00.

Doz.

S6 00

y fo
1 so

ROSES.

StroiiL; pet '.;rown stock for forcing:
American PlUar Doz.

6-in $2 40 and. W 60

Dorothy Perkins, h-in 2 40

Excelsa, .S-n. and h in 3 60

Flower of Fairfield, 5 and i.-in. . 3 60

Lady Gay, Sin 2 40

■' h-in 3 60

Tausendsclioen, 4 in 1 HI

5-in 3 00

6 in 4 20

500 Mv Maryland, 3H in

1000 Pink Killamey, 34-in ...
Salleroi Geraniums lor stock

plants, 3 in

100

HYDRANGEAS.

We have a large, pot-grown stock of these
splendid plants. Doz. 100

Olaksa, 4-in., 2 leads $1 80

5-in., 3-4 leads 3 00 $24 00

** 5-in.. made up, 3 in a pot 3 60
*' y and 1(1 in., extra strooi.,'
7^cenfs and SI OOeach
French Hydrangeas, oink. white and blue;
6-in $ 40 7 m % 60

CYCLAMEN.

We grow over 20.000 of these very desirable
plants in separate colors or mixed; the finest
strains a\ ailable.

Doz.
Deep Red. 3-in.. English strain, .$1 25

Giant Blood Ked,4-in 2 00

Giant Pure Wfiite, 3-in 1 25

4-in.

$6 00
6 00

Giant Pure Whit

Giant Rose, 4-in

Persicum. 4 in., Eng ish strain

Wonder of Wandsbek, 3 in

Mixed Dehance strain, 3-in

Mixed Detianre strain, 4 in. ..

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS.

Do/. 100

2in $3 00

3in 600

4 in .■?! 50 12 00

2 00
2 00
2 no
1 50
1 no

, 2 no

100
$9 00
15 OD

9 00
15 10
15 00
15 00
12 00

8 on

15 00

t@"For List of Other Stock See Ready Reference Department.

The Geo* Wittboid Co., TSZ-aVBuckiShamplace,

Chicago

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in AraucariaEscelsawillyield a proht of live to
six times its vaiue until fall or winter, if you have
Tour eyes open and look into the fu- ure and invest
your money now. All Horists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are ottering now,

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers,
5Vi-6-in. pots, 40c 50c. 60c, 75c, Sl.Ofl. $1.25 to $1.5C.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6'7-in. pots,
$1.00, $1.25 to $1.50,

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants. 6-in. pots. $1.00. $1.25 toSlSO.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., PhUadelphia, Pa.

Uentioii tlir Auierican Flnrisf icfien writing

)'^, #*'

40,000
Pot-Grown
Strawberry
Plants

We are readv to sIim* riylit now
pot-grftwn plants of "Americu*. '
the famous faU-bearin? Strf.«-
btrry. Special price of $7.50

per hundred for quick orders.

Aniericiis will bear this fall if poi-pl^nts are

set before tlie middle of August. Mention

this adv. for the special price.

WEEBER & DON, Seed Mtrchants,

114 G Cltambtrs St.. New Yorlt, N. Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. E, Meredith, Pres. C, W Stout, Sec'y

The Mereditli Flower
and Vegetable Co.

UBKRTTVnXE ILLINOIS

I solicit an opportunity to figure on contracts for

California Privet Hedging

For the coming Autumn and next Spring's sales

I have to offer over a lialf million California Privet, consisting of two
years old in I'j to 2 feet, 2 to 3 feet, and 3 to 4 feet; three years in 3 to 4
feet, and one year in 12 to 18 inches and V/z to 2 feet grades. The two and
three year grades were carefully cut back the past Spring, are well branched
and strictly first class.

I am prepared to offer exceedingly attractive prices, especially in car-
load lots.

Being the introducer of the California Privet as a hedge plant away back
ill the early seventies, it is perhaps not claiming too much to say I am head-
quarters for it.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

Mention the American Florixt when writinp

ntlDGROWN CARNAIIONS

White Perfection, $5,00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000.

Nice, clean, healthy stock for immediate shipment.

J. A. BUDLONG,

82-86 East Randolph Street,
CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist ivhen toritina

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties Mv Specialty.

Telegraph Code

Am. Seed Trade Association

— %» oo

Either stiff or flexible covers. Address

American Florist Co., Chicago

86

The American Florist.

Ano\

Market Gardeners

Vegetable Growers' Association
ot America.

W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton. Ind.. Pres-
ident: H. J. Thompson. .^Itleboro. Mass.,
Vice-President: S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky.. Secretary: M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O.. Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
1914.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Veifetables.

Chicago, July 28. — Mushrooms, home
grown. 1.5 cents to 20 cents per pound;
lettuce, 20 to .35 cents, small boxes;
radishes, .50- cents to .$1.00 per 100
bunches.

New York, July 28. — Cucumbers, fair
to fancy, 75 cents to .$1.2.5 per
basket; mushrooms, 7.5 cent.s to .$1.50
per 4-pound basket; tomatoes, .5 to 10
cents per pound; radishes, $1,00 to
$1..50 per 100 bunches.

Celery Culture.

We have for a number of years
practiced a method of cultivating cel-
ery that has proven a big help. This
applies to celery in rows for horse
cultivation. Just as soon as the plants
stand erect after transplanting, we
run a single wheel hoe with one six-
inch or eight-inch hoe. on each side
of the row. aiming to get as close as
possible, A careful operator can ap-
proach the plants within one inch.
This closes up any marks left from
transplanting and reduces hand weed-
ing to a minimum. As soon aS prac-
ticable the horse tools are started, and
we do not mind it if some earth is
rolled among the plants. For this we
have a special rake with long teeth —
"O'e make these rakes ourseU'es l^y
driving extra long spikes through a
hardwood head. These spikes are
spaced two inches apart, for our
conditions. We use this rake right
in the row, pulling square through to
the row in rather a rough style. We
aim to loosen up the earth between
the plants, destroy weeds, and remove
clods froin the horse cultivation. A
little practice will soon teach the oper-
ator how hard he can pull without
jerking out plants. This whole virocess
is repeated several times if needed un-
til the celery is clean and growing
rapidly when all hand work is dis-
pensed with and the croi) taken -care
of by horse tools. If properly done
this method will save an immense
amount of weeding beside inducing
a good growth and conserving mois-
ture. It is an imitation of the horse
weeders which we cannot use in our
celery work.

August is the dreaded blight period
and any one growing Golden .Self-
Bleaching should not delay to apply
the standard 4-4.50 Bordeaux mixture
weekly. It is best to spray each row
twicp in close succession, one back-
vvaM and one forward to get a
thorough covering.

MAH1<K[M.\.\.

Xkw York. — William Scharf of A.
JI. Westwood's staff is enjoying a two
weeks' vacation at the home of his
father, Bayshore, L, I. William Trepp,
also of the Westwood establishment,
has returned from a two weeks' stay
at Dorchester. Mass.

Cleveland.

.STOt'IC PLENTIFUL WITH QUALITY GOOD.

Business is about normal. Plenty of
stock to choose from, and quality good
for this time of the year. Gladioli,
asters, Easter lilies, sweet peas and
water lilies are in big supply. Roses
too are plentiful, but mostly in the
shorter grades.

KOTES.

Quite a delegation of florists from
Cleveland and, surrounding places are
scheduled to attend the Boston show
in August.

CLUli 0UTI.\G.

The Florists' Club picnic was en-
joyed by a good sized crowd of florists
and their friends. The games and
races were won as follows :

Baseball game — Won by the retail
florists.

Tug of war — Won by Jhe wholesale
florists.

Sack race — Darnell, Jr., 1st; Roch-
meyer, 2nd; Koellish, 3rd.

■Three-legged race — Smith and
Hughes. 1st; Darnell and Ohlson, 2nd;
Wright and Keys, ''rd.

Men's sartorial — Hughes, 1st; Ber-
thold. 2nd; Schaab, 3rd.

Ladies' sartorial — Mrs. Hippler, 1st;
Miss Dress, 2nd; Mrs. Knoble, 3rd.

Potato race — Art Bower, 1st; J.
Sleninka, 2nd; Karl Rockmeyer. 3rd.

Fat ladies' race — Mrs. Fournier. Ist;
Mrs; Schatt. 2nd; Mrs. Kramer. 3rd.

Fat men's race — Geo. W. Smith, 1st;
Chas. Graham. 2ndf Bates. 3rd.

Ladies' race — Mrs. Hippler. 1st; Mrs.
F. Friedly, 2nd; Mrs. G. W. Smith,
3rd.

Ladies' race (13 years up) — Marie
Kramer. 1st; Gertrude Kramer, 2nd;
Gertrude Hart. .'{rd.

Married men's race — Wright. 1st; —
Lindgruen. 2nd; H. Bate. .3rd.

Yoimg men's race (13 years up) —
Handler. 1st; R. Smith, 2nd; P, Dar-
nell, 3rd.

Broad jump — Darnell, 1st; Handler,
2nd; Lindgruen, 3rd.

Hop, skip and iump race — Lindgruen,
1st; H. Bate, 2nd; P. Darnell, 3rd.

Girls' race (under 8 years) — Doro-
thea Smith, 1st; Marion Hippler, 2nd;
Lucille Knoble. .3rd.

Boys' race (under .S years) — John
Kramer, 1st; H. Hall, 2nd; Paul
Bauers, 3rd,

Boys' race ( under
Smith, 1st; Wm. K
Schaab, 3rd.

Girls' race (under 12 years)
Lucas. 1st; Laverne
Madeline Smith, 3rd.

After a lunch out on the lawn and
dancing later in the pavilion the flor-
ists, tired but happy, went home.

It is sincerely hoped and expected
by the oflieers of the Cleveland Flor-
ists' Club, that the next meeting of
the club will be well attended, as busi-
ness of importance is on schedule, also
arrangements for going to the con-
vention in Boston will be discussed, A
nice clean, cool place for this hot
weather, and congenial friends to talk
to. so come and bring a friend.

C. F. B.

12 years) -
■amer, 2nd;

-Don
Art

Don
Fournier. 2nd;

Mushroom Spawn

English Imported, $6.50 per 100 lbs.

ST. LOUIS SEED CO.,

ST. LOUIS. MO.

Wiite for our Wholesale ulb Calalogue, St. Lcuis Seed Co.

Watch for our Trade MarK stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn

Substitution of cheaper grades li

thus easily exposed. Freeh samplt

^^-tii^^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed

^vj^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re

ceipt of 40 cents in postage, Addresi

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co..St. Paul. Minn

I%d tx s la X* o o m s

HOW TO GROW THEM

KY WM. FALCONER.

THE BESr AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT
170 Pages. Price $1.00—29 Illustrations.

AMERICAN FLORST COMPANY.

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

Primroses.

Per 100
Chinese, ready August 10 $2.00

Obc. Alba and Rosea; August 1 2.00

Forbes! and Malacoids, ready 2.00

Obc. Glgantea, giant flowering.Teady 2.60

Pansy Seed, giant flowering oz. , 4.00

Asp. Plumosiis, August 1 2.00

CASH.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM,

DELAWARE, OHIO.

DO NOT
Delay Ordering

Poinsettias, 217-iu., $6.00 per 100;

$46.00 per 1000.
Beg. Gloire de Lorraine, $16.00

per 100; $136 00 per IbOO.
Beg. Lonsdale, 2^-10., Lorraine

type, but better, $14.00 per 100;

$"l26.00per 1000. (Ready in July)

Beg. Florence Davenport, $25.r)0

per 100; $L'i5.0(i per IdOO.

Beg. Glorie de Chatelaine, $6.00
per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

Rest assured your orders will be
filled to your entire satisfaction.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.,

1218BetzBldg.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

^PFPIAI TIPS' Beans, Beets. Cabbaijes, Carrots, Kohl Rabi, Leek. Lettuces, Onions. Peas,
ortUIHLIItO. Radishes, Spinach. Turnips Swedes, Asters, Balsams. Begonias. Carnations
Cinerarias. Glo-xinias, Larkspur. Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious.
Stocks. Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6,00 per oz , or $1,75 per Vi oz., $1.00 per % oz,, postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds, offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

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87

Field-Grown Carnation Plants

Clean, Healthy, and in Good Growing Condition.

READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

PEERLESS PINK, best dark pink, 100 lOOo

15-20 shoots $12.00 $100.00

White Wonder, average 10-15 shoots 7.00 60.00

White Enchantress, average 10-12 shoots 7.0O (iO.OO

White Perfection, average 10-12 shoots 7.00 60.00

Gloriosa, average 8-10 shoots 7.00 (iO.OO

SPECIAL PRICES

100

Pink Delight, average 8-10 shoots $7.00

Conquest, overlaid, average 10-12 shoots 7.00

Benora, variegated, average 10-15 shoots 7.00

Commodore, scarlet, average 10-15 shoots 7.00

Enchantress, average 10-16 shoots 6.00

Washington, average 10-15 shoots 6.00

ON LARGE QUANTITIES.

1000

$60.00

60.00

60 00

50.00

50 0(»

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

A. T. PYFER, Mgr.,

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL.

Seasonable Plants.

Per Per

Inches 100 1000

VA Asparagus Plumosus Nanus $3 00 $2«.00

2h " ■• Hatcheri .... 3.50 30 00

iVl " " Nanus 7.00 hS.OO

3 ■■ " Halcheri...- 8.00 75.00

2H " Sprenueri 2.50 22.50

m " " f>50 WOO

2H Begonia Vernon. 2 kinds 2.50 22.,50

Ferns from beds asst. varieties. $10.03. $12.50
and $15.00 per ICO.

Correspondence solicited forotlier stock.

ALONZO J. BRYAN,

Wholesale Florist,
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

CANNAS

Established pot plants for immediate effects.
Place your order now for your wants. Can ship
immediately Papa N'fdy. Cherokee, $4.00 per 100.
Pres. Cleveland, Flamingo, M. Berat,$3.00 per lOO.
Assorted varieties, our selection. $2.50 per 100.

Wagner Parlt Conservatories, Sidney, O.

Mentioyi the American Florist lohen writing

J. D Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists

JOLIET, ILL.

Going Fast

Field=Grown Carnation Plants

Only a Few Ward and Rose Pink Enchantress Left.

If you want some of this choice stock at

$4.50 per 100, or $40.00 per 1000,

get in your order as early as possible. First
come, first served; so do not delay in ordering.

Peter Reinberg,

30 East Randolph St., Chicago, III.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per UOO.

AJyssum, Giant Double. 2in., $2 00 per 100.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mrae. Buchner.2 in.. $1.75 per 100, in any quantity.

Good stock and cood packin};.

Elmer Rawiings,"^°S!NT"

Mentioii the A)itcrican Florist irhcn wriihiQ

Poinsettia Pulcherrima

Extra selected plants, well rooted from
I'/im. pots. $6.0U per 100; $50.00 per lOOj.

Casli with ordrr. plrase.

ANTON SCHULTHEIS

316 19 th street, COLLEGE POINT, L. I., N. Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing '

Good Carnations.

Field-Grown.

Ready (or

I'cr 10(1

Encliantress $5.00

May Day 5.0O

Scarlet Glow ."5.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward . 5.O0

White Perfection .. 5.00

Washington 5.00

Winsor 5.00

Shipment.

Per 1000
$45.00
45.00
45.00
45 00
45.00
45.O0
45.00

J. F. WILCOX & SONS,

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

KENTIAS.

Joseph Heacock Co.,

Wyncote. Pa.

Orchids Freshly Imported.

We have just received in fine conditiod the fol-
lowing: Cattleyas: Percivalliana, Gaskelliana,
Speciosissima. Vandas: Cctrulea. Luzonica,
Batemanii, Imshootiana. Dendrobiums : Nobile.
Formosuni. VVardianum densitiorum. Schutzii.
Phalaenopsis : Amabilis. Schillenana and Spaf-
haplottis plicata. Write for Special List No. 55.

LAGER & HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

Carnation Plants

STRONG, FJELD-GROWN.

Ready for shipment.

Per 100 Per 1000

Victory $5.fO $45.00

Enchantress 4.60 40.00

White Enchantress 4.6" 40.00

Washington 4.60 40.00

M. WINANDY CO.

6236 N. Lincoln St., CHICAGO.

M( ntio}i the American Florist when writing

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids.: ft SI OOeach

Pyramids. 2H-lt 1.50 each

Pyramids.3 -ft 200each

Pyramids, 3V,.ft 2.50 «ach

Standard Shape. 14x14 in 2.50 each

(;lobes. 14.\14 in 3.00 .'ach

Heavy Bushes. 2-ft 1. 50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN ^^'c^hIcago "'•

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

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The American Florist.

Aug.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The

')i

Gasser J M Co

77

Mien J K

/.5

Giblin & Co

'14

Alpha Floral Co..;.

/D

Godioeau R &M

hi

.^me^can Spawn Co

Sh

Gorham & Chapline

94

Amiing E C Co

1.4

Grand Rapids

75
70

7S

.^Dgermueller G H.

Grimm & Gorlv

7.T

Aphine Mfe Co

14

7h

Archias Floral Co. .

7S

Guttnian & Kaynor

7i>

Unci

/<.

Allanla Floral Co...

Hardesty & Co

7rt

Balimore Cooperaee

Harley Pottery Co..

111

Co

•If,

Hart George B

/.",

Rassett&Washbura

(.4

Haven Seed Co The

8-'

Batavia Greenhouse

Hcacock Jos Co

8/

Co

U)

Heinl John G & Son

7S

Baur Window Glass

Henderson .A&Co. ..

1

Co

95

Herr Albert M

S.i

Beaven E A

h4

Herrmann A

'M

Begerow's

7h

Hess & Swoboda ...

78

Berger Bros

71

Hews A H &Co....

111

Rerning H G

70

Hiltinger Bros

III

Berwind-White Coa

Hill U Nursery Co..

,S4

Mining Co

•M

Hoerber Bros

(.9

Blackistone Z U...

■II

Hoffmeister Flo Co.

71

Bobbiok & Atkins..

S4

Holm & Olson

76

BoddinglonA T

SI

Hohon &HuDkelCo

70

Bodger J & Sons Co

!<J

Home Cor School...

7')

Boland J B Co

78

Horticultural

Rolgiano J& Sons...

SI

.Advertiser

111

7.";
78

Horticultural Trade
Journ.il

IV

Braslan Seed Grow-

Hurff Edgar F

82

ers Co

Sl|

Ickes*Braun Mill Co

9,<

Breitmever's] Sons.

Igoe Bros

88

Brown Bros & Co..

7S

Illinois Pipe MIg Co

8S

Bruns HN

^1

Isbell S M & Co...

81

Brunning F II

SI

Jackson & Perkins..

S4

Bryan .Monzo J

87

Johnson WW&ion

S.'

Buchbinder Bros...

1,8

Jones Percy

i.t

Buckbee H W

78

Joy Floral Co

7S

Budlong I A t'J

Si

Kasting W F Co ...

1

Burpee W A & Co .

81

Keller Geo & Sons.

111

Caldwell theWoods-

Keller Sons J B,....

78

man Co

m

Kellogg Geo M

//

Calilornia Florists,.

V8

Ketway & Son

81

Camp Conduit Co .

ill

Kennicott Bros Co..

(/'

Chicago Cam Co.. I

87

Kentucky Tobacco

Chicago Flower

Product Co

94

Growers .Xssn

h8

Kervan Co The

7.<

Chicago House

Kessler W m

73

wrecking Co

Sf,

Kift Robt

■/■/■

Clark E B Seed Co.

81

King Construct Co,

'*J

Clarke's Sons David

77

Kohr A F

III

■it

Kramer I N & Son..
Krier Nick Boiler

III

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co

77

Works

94

Conard & Jones Co.

84

KroeschellBrosCo.

9.'

Cooke Geo H

7,s

Kruchten John

t,9

Cowee W J

'«

Kuehn C A

iV

Coy H C Seed Co...

8.:

Kuhl Geo A

/9

Craig RobtCo

w

Kyle Sc Foerster....

t:)

Critchell C E

71

LaCrosse Floral Co.

7i,

Cunningham Ins H.

Sf,

Lager & Hurrell

8/

Dahlborn J P & Co.

%

Landreth Seed Co..

hi

DardsChas

Lange A

Leborius J J

7S

Ueamud I B Co ....

77

Deaaitfe&Son

Sll

Leedle Floral Co...

Si

Detroit Flower Pol

Leonard Seed Co...

81

MfgCo

III

IV

Lockland Lumber
Co

'If,

Oilier Caskey&

Loeber Geo W

'»h

Keen

IV

London Flower Slip

in

Oorner F & Sons Co

79

Lord& Burnham

DreerH A....III 74

')S

Co

ti>

Duerr Chas A

78

Lovett JT

SS

Ounlop lohn H

77

McCallum Co

71

Eagle .Machine Wks

S6

McConnell Alex....

y,-)

Eagle Wire Works.

%

McCray Refrigera

84
8S

1.8

Kdwards Fold Box.

McGee Walters....

94

Elastic Lyke Co....

44

McHutchison&Co..

SI

Em mans Geo M....

8.<

McKenna P & Son.

7.T

Erde& Klingel

h7

McNeff-Swenson Co

h7

Eyres HG

77

MatthewsonJ E

7h

Fish Henry Seed Co

81

May&CoLL

78

Fisher Peter

Ti

Meconi Paul

73

Florists' Hail Asso

III

Memphis Flo Shop.

78

Foley Greenhouse

Meredith The Flow

Mfg Co

IV

7i
72

er & Veg Co

Metairie Ridge Nurs
Mette Henry

8i

Ford M C

7S

Ford William P....

8(,

Franzen F 0

87

Milwaukee Boiler Co

!>S

Freeman Mrs J B...

78

Moningcr J C Co...

'»,

Friedman

75
7.^

Montreal Floral
Exchange Ltd —

Froment HE

83
82

Moore, Hentz &
Nash

G& BCo

72

GalviD Tbo» F

77

Morehead MIg Co...

•If,

Gardiner Alex C .. .

77

Murray Samuel

71,

Garland Greenhouse

Myers Florist

78

Mfi-Xo

94

Nat Flo B of Trade.

^S

SIEBEKT'S ZINC

Never Ruit
GLAZING POINTS
Are positively the best. Last forever. Ovei
30,000 pounds now in use. A sure preventative of
«:las8 slipping. Elective on large or small glass.
Ea«T to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. H and
H.40cperlb.. by mail 16c extra: 7 lbs. for $2.60
15 lbs. lor$S.OO, by express. For sale by thetride

RANDOLTH 6 McCLIMENTS. norists.
0036 Peiui Ave.. near BIAhland. Pfttsbnrdh.Pi.'

N V Cut Flower Ex. 73

Nicotine Mfg Co 94

Niessen Leo Co 71

Ostertag Bros .... 77

Palez Paul M 78

Palmer W J & Son . 76
Palethorpc PR &

Co 94

Park Floral Co 7ii

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 84

Pedrick G R& Sod. 81

Peirce E Allan Ill

Penn the Florist 76

Peters & Reed Poty HI

Phillips Bro.s 78

Pierce F 0 Co 91

Plerson A N line).- 79

PiersoD F R Co... I ^.^
Pieters & Wheeler

-Seed Co . , 80

Pikes Peak Floral

Co 78

Plllsbury I L SS

Podesta&Baldocchi 77
Poehlmann Bros Co

62 1.3

Pollwortb C C Co

I 70 77

Portland Flower

Store 77

QuakerCity Machine

Works NS

Raedlein Basket

Co 1,7

Ralin & Herbert 7''

Randall A L Co.... (ft
Randolph & Mc

Clements 75 88

Rawlings Elmer 87

Ready Reference... >**

Reed & Keller 9(.

Regan Ptg House .. .SS

Reid Edw 7i

Reinberg Geo. ... 1.9

Relnberg Peter.. 65 S'

Rice Bros 70

Rice f:o. M 73

Robinson J C Seed

Co 82

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co 7n

Roemer Frederick.. 81

Rohnert Waldo 81

Rolker .\ug & Sons. 84

Routzahn Seed Co . SI

KuschG/4Cn 70

SI. Louis Seed Co . 8t

Schiller, the Florist. 78
Schillo Adam

LumberCo IV

Schlatter W & Son. S<

Schling Max 76

Schmidt J C 79

I Schulthi-'is Anton... 87

Schwake Chas fit Co 72

Schwanecke C 81

Sharp Partridge&Co '^5

Sheridan Walter F. 73

Siebrecht George C 73

Situation & Wants.. .S9

SkidelskvSS&Co... X(.

Small J H & Sons... 7S

Smith A W & Co... 77

SmithED&Co 6U

Smith & Hemenway 93

Smith Henrv ...".... 7s

Smith Wm C Flo Co 70

Smith W& T Co... I
South Park FloraJ

Co II

Storrs & Harrison.. 60

Stunipp GEM 77

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 95
Syracuse Pottery

Co Ill

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 87

Thorburn J M & Co 82

TottyCljasH ... 85

rraendlv& Schenck 73
Van Dorn Iron

Works Co 95

Vaughan .A L & Co. 65
Vaughan'sSeed ".^toie

I III to 79 81 95

Vick's Sons James.. 82
Vincent R Jr &Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons,

HI 87

Wallace F^ I >/

Weber F H 76

Weeber\Don 8^

Weiland & Kisch... ly

Welch BrosCo 71

Western Seed &

< Irrigation Co 82

Whitted Fl .ral Co.. 78

Wietor Bros 16 '9

Wilcox J F& ion... 87

Wills & Se«ar 7i

Winandy M Co * ^7

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 711

Wittbold G Co... 75 S5
Wolfskin Bros &

Morns Goldenson 78

Wood Bros 79

Wrede H 82

Vokohama Nurs Co 81

Voung A L & Co.. . 73

Voung John 72

Young & Nugent.. 75

Zech & Mann.... 67 69

/iska Jos 69

Zvolanck Anton C. 82

BOILERS

Milwaukee Greenhonsc Bollera are b««t
for hot water beating. Uade la. all alaaa.
Write for catiloE.

MILWAUKEE BOILER CO.. Milwaukee, Wis

Mention the American Florist when writing

Boiler Tubes 61

cents per foot.
New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

TeU Us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE a MFG. CO.,

Z 1 1 7 S. Jefferson Street CHICAGO. ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Flower Colors

Use our Colof Chart

in describing them.

PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

0

0

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made with two oi
three circles. En-
dorsed by all th«
Leading Carnation
Growersasthe best
support on market

Pat. July 27. '97. Mayl7. '%

GALVANIZED WIRE

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices befori
ordering elsewhere.

Prompt shipment guaranteac

IGO£ BROS.

266 N. 9th St.
BROOKLYN. N. Y

1 / \

f

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

4 \ /

h

rvo not let the accounts owing you re-
" main longer unpaid. Send them to
as at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
in the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Tradi

56 PINE STREET

NEW YORK

BEFORE

422 Main St.

No loss llyou
QieDd your
split carna-
tions with
Superior
Carnation
STAPLES
50c per 1000
postpaid.

Wm. Schlatter
i, Son,

Sprin^ield, Mass.

Split Carnations

Easily Mended with

Pillsbury Carnatitn Staple

We find it very satisfac
tofT. J. L. Dillon,

Can't ret along witboot
tbem. J. L. Johnson.

2000 for $1.00 postpaid.

I. L. PILLSBURT
Galesbarg,ni.

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OP

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

EVANS' knproved

Challenge

Ventilating

Apparatus

Write for Illustrated CaiaiO«.

Qnaker City Machine Workr

Ridimond, Ind.

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89

Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ARAUCARIAS.

Ar:iiif;iiia e\celsn. 4-in,. 2 and 3 tiers. 50c
each; $0 per <loz.; 5-in.. 3 to 4 tiers, 75c each:
$9 per iloz.; B-iJi., $1 encli; $12 [icr cloz. K\-
celsa compacta, 5-iii.. $1.25 eacli; G-in.. $1.50.
E.xcelsa glauca. 5-in.. $1.25. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham rlacc, Chicago.

Araiicarias. e.xcelsa. 2-3-4 years. 3-4-5 tiers,
5y.-C-iucli. 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
nn7l compiicta, 5'/'.-C-7-inch. $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Uoatrey Aschmauu, 1012 W. Ontario St.. Phila-
flelpbia.

.Vran<-aria coniliarta. 4-iii.. Ij to •*! ins. iii^b.
35c each; 5-iii.. s to 1" ins.. 5(lc eacli. The
Storrs & Harrison Co.. raiufsvillo. O.

Araucarta excelsa, G-in.. Gdc each. Hoi ton &
Huuliel Co., 402 Milwauliee St.. Mihvauliee.
Wis.

Araucaries in sorts. August Rollser & Son>,
51 Barclay St., New Yorl;.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus, 2Vj-in., $3 per 100; $28
per 1,000. Hatcheri, 2V.-in., $3.50 per lOU; $30
per 1.000. Plumosus. 3V.-in.. $7 per 100; $U5
per l.OuO. Hatcheri. 3-iD., $8 per 100; $75 per
1.000. Sprengeri, 2y,-in., $2.50 per lOO; $22.50
per 1,000; Sii-in.. $0.50 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Bryan. Wasliington. N. J. __^_

Asparagus plumosus. 2-ln., $3 per 100; 3-in.,
$6 per 100; 4-In.. $1.50 per doz. ; $12 per 100.
Sprengeri, 2-in., $3 per 100; 3-in.. $5 per 100;
basl;ets, extra large. $3 and $4 each. The Geo.
WIttbold Co.. 737 Bucliingham Place, Chicago.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2-in, pots. $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000; 2V.-in.. $4 per 100; $35 per
1,000; 3H-in.. .$6 per 100; $50 per 1,000. Peter
Fisher, Ellia, Mass.

A nice lot of strong Asparagus Sprengeri, out
of Sin., at $3 per loO. Cash with order,
please. Edgar Easterday, Nokomis, 111.

ASPARA(;rs~Pi.rM(>sis and sprengeri.

2-in.. $3 per 100: $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri basUets. $1 to $2.50
each. Poehlmanu Bros. Co., Morton Grove.
IIL

Asparagus l)luni..sus. 2i4-in.. $3 per 100; .$25
per l.nOO. Tlie Storrs & Harrison Oa.. Paines-
ville. O.

Asparagus Sprengeri. 2V>-inch. $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. .T. C. Scbniidt. Bristol. Pa.

Asparagus plumosus, $2 per 100. Jos. H.
Cunningham, Delaware, 0.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, tall, extra fine, 10c per
leaf. Variegated. 15e per leaf. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Bucliingham Place. Chicago.

BAY TREES.

BAT TREES.
Standard — Per pair

2-ft. stem. 20-22-in. head $10.00

2-tt. stem, 24-in. head 12.00

2-ft. 6-in. stem, 2-(t. bead 12.00

3-f t. stem, 2-ft. head 12.00

4-ft. stem. 2-ft. 3-in. head 16.00

4-ft. stem, 2-ft. e-in. head 20.00

4-tt. stem, 36-in, head 25.00

4-ft. stem, 3-ft. to 3-tt. e-in. head 30.00

THE GEO, WITTBOLD CO.,
737-39 Buckingham PI.. Chicago.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford. N. .T.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gnst Rolker & Sons. 51 Barclay St.. New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONI.VS. flowering varieties. 2in.. $3; 3-
in.. .$5: 4-in.. %%: 6-in., $25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. i;riind Rapids. Mich.

BEGONIA GL. DE CHATELAINE, finest
pink, blooms all year round; good for inside
and outside: easy to propagate, 2 in., $5.00
per 100; 3-in., $S.00 per loO. .\MAS RED. $0
iJer 100. PRIMA DONN.\. $3 per 100. LOJI-
INOSA, $3 per 100. Erfordi. $3 per 100.
Ready now; all made from cuttings. .ERNEST
ROBER. _Wiimette,_ 111,

Begonias. Glolre de Lorraine. $15 per 100:
S135 per 1.000. Lonsdale, 2it.-in., $14 per 100;
$125 per l.OOO. I'iorence Davenport. $25 per
100; $225 per 1.000. Glorie de Chatelaine, $6
per 100; $50 per l,oiiO. S. S. Skidelsky & Co.,
121S Betz Bldg.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Begonia Vernon, 2 kinds, 2iA-in.. $2.5o per
100; $22.50 per 1.000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-
ington. N. J.

IlECdNI.V LORRAINE. 2'i-in.. $12 per 100:
5-in., $40 iH-r lllil. GLORV OK CINCINNATI.
2ii-in.. $17 per 10;l: 5-in.. .$.50 per 100. W. W.
i:i)(;.Ml 10.. Wavcrley. M.iss.

Begonias, Gloire de Lorraine, 2^-in.. $15 per
100: $135 per 1.000; 3-in., $25 per 100. Cin-
cinnati, 3-inch, $35, Wm, P. Kasting Co.. 383
Ellirott Street. Buffalo. N. Y".

Begonias. Lorraine, Ciucinnnti anil Florence
Davenport, 21^4-10. pots. Present delivery.
Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

Begonia Glory d'Chatelalne. 3-ln.. $8 per 100.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Rex Begonias. 214-iu., $5 per loo. Geo. M.
Emmans. Newton. N. J.

BOXWOOJJ.

BOXWOOD.

Each

Pyramids. 3 feet $3.00

4 feet $:j.50 and 4. no

Standard. IS in. stem, 12 in, crown 1.00

Bushes, 10 Ins 30

12 Ins 50

18 Ins $0,75 and l.On

24 Ins 1.25

Pyramids, 2V4 feet $1.75 ind 2.00

3 feet 3.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO..

737 Buckingham Flac?. Cliicngo.

Boxwoods, pvramid. 2 ft.. $1 each; 2% ft..
$1.50; 3 ft.. $2; 3V. ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes. 15-inch, 35c each. F. O. Franzen, 5319

No. Clark St.. Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs. Paper White Grandiflora, fancy, 1,250
to ca.se. $8.."iO per 1.000: Star brand, 1,000 to
case. $11 per 1.000. Lilium Formosum, 6-8-
inch, .3."i0 to case, $37 per l.OOO; 7-9incb. 250
to case. $00 per 1.000; 8-n-inch. 225 to case,
.?70 per 1.000. Lilinni Harrisii. best Bermuda
stock from rogued fields, 5-7-inch, 400 to case.
$5 per 100; $40 per l.OCHi; 6-7-incb. 335 to
case. $6.50 per 100; $47 per 1.000; 7-9-inch.
200 t<i i-ase. $9. .50 per 100: $85 per 1,000.
Giganteuni, cold .storage. 7-!f-incb. 100 to case.
$6. .50 per case; 7-9-iucIi. 300 to case, $17 per
case; $55 per 1,000; 8-a-incb. 2.50 to case. $18
pel- case; .$70 per 1.000. Vaugban's Seed Store,
Cliicago and New Y'ork.

200,000 FISHER'S PORITY.

FREESIA BULBS, now ready for immedl.lte
delivery. 1st size. $10 per 1000; 2nd size. $7
rier 1000; 3rd size, $5 per 1000. R. A. Casad,
261 River St.. Santa Cruz, Calif,

Bulbs, Formosum lilies, 7-9 inch. 30Q to case.
$7 per 100; $10 per case; 8-10-incb. 225 to
case. $9 per 100; $19 per case: 9-10-inch, 200
to case, $11 per 100; $20 per case. Wm. F.
Kasting Co.. 3S3 Ellicott St.. Buffalo. N. Y.

Bulbs, Lilium Harrisii. fi to 7-inch. 3.50 to
case. .$5. .50 per 100: $45 per 1.000: 7 to 9-inch,
200 to case. .$!) per 100: $80 per 1.000. F. R.
Pierson Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hudsou, N. Y.

Bulbs. .Inpanese ami Chinese lilies, French and
Dutch bulbs, Clia.s. Schwake & Co., Ltd., 90-92
W. Broadway. New Yo r k .

Bulbs. Japan grown Callas, 1%-2%-in. Write
for prices. Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd., New
York.

Tuberoses. Dwarf Double Pearl. $7.5u per
1.000. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 5:i Barclay St.,
New York.

Bulbs, S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. 1218 Bet/. Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

BulUfe, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington, New
York.

Bulbs. C. C. Pollwortb Co.. .Milwaukee. Wis.

CALLAS.

CALLAS.
Calla Bulbs, best California field-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more,
3 to 3%-inch circumference, $4 per 100; $18
per 500: 4 to 4%-inch circumference, $8 per
100; $38 per 500, Cash with order. $10 orders
will receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs: $20
orders. 200 freesia bulbs. LILYDALE BDLB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ, CALIF,

CAMELLIAS.

CAMELLIAS.

Thousands of pliints from G-inch and 9-inch

pots, covered witli flowering buds: in man.v

varieties. JULIIS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford.

N. J.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order in early for this fine stock
bcfuie it is too late. Send it in today.

Per 100 Per lOOO

Enchantress $6.00 .$50.00

White Enchantress 6.00 BO.OO

Wliite Lawson 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

WIETOR BROS.,
1G2 North Wabash .Ave., Cliicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.

Limestone land; no stem rot. 5000 R. P.
Enchantress. 12.000 Enchantress. 3000 Victory.
$6 per 100: $55 per 1000. 12,000 White En-
chantress, $7 per 100; $65 per lOOO. 250 at
1000 rate. W. Fargo and American Express.
Cash please.
JNO. P. SABRANSKY. KENTON. OHIO.

CARNATION ri,.\NTS from sandy field, nice. ■
clean, healtli.v stork fur immediate shipment.
White Enchantress. White Wonder. Enchant-
ress. Victory. $4.50 per 100: $40 per l.OOO.
Wliite Perfection. Wiusor, $4 per 100: $35
Iier 1.000. Casli. C. O. D. or satisfactory ref-
ereiices. V. BEZDEK. Gross Point, III.

Carnations. Peerless Pink, $12 per 100; $100
per 1.000. WHiite Wonder. White Enchantress.
White Perfection. Gloriosa. Pink Delight, Con-
(lucst, Benova. $7 per 100; $60 per l.OOO.
Conuuodore. $7 iicr 100. Enchantress, Washing-
ton. $6 per 100; .$.50 per 1,000. Chicago C'ar-
natioii Co.. 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON, N. J.

Carnations, Enchantress, May Day, Scarlet
Glow, Mrs. C. W. Ward, White Perfection,
Washington, Windsor. $5 per 100; $45 ger 1000.
J. F. Wilcox & Sons. Council Bluffs. Iowa.

^Carnations. fleld-Kiown. Ward. W. Perfection.

• Scarlet Glow, Beacon. $55 per 1.000. Winsor,

Lawson, May Day, $50 per 1,000. Poehlmann

Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

Carnations. Victory. $5 per 100: $45 per
1 000. Enchantress. White Enchantress. Wash-
ington. $4.50 per 100: $40 per 1,000. M.
Winnndv Co.. 6230 N. Lincoln St., Chicago.

If You Do Not Find Wtia: You Need in Our Ready ReferenGs Department, Write Us About it,

90

The American Florist.

Aug. I,

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS, fine
bushy stock of Wbite Enchantress. Euchnntress,
White Wonder, White Perfection and Victory,
$4.5il per 100; $40 per 1,000. Immediate ship-
ment. Cash or 0. 0. D. JAMES P,SENICKA,
Gross Point, 111.

Carnations. Ward and Rose Pink Enchantress.
.$4.50 per 100; $4D per 1,000. Peter Reinberg,
30 East Randolph .St., Chicago.

Carnations, field-grown. White Perfection, %o
per 100; ?40 per 1,000. J. A. Budlong, 82
East Randolph St.. Chicago.

Carnations. Y. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,
.Toilet, 111. ,

Carnations. Wood Bros.. Fishkill. N. Y.

CAMELLIAS.

Camellias, without bud from February to
April; with bud from August to October. Fine
stock. Catalogue free. Victor De Bisschop,
Tronchiennes, Ghent. Belgium.

CHRYSA^fTHEMUMS.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— BOOTED CUTTINGS.

If you are looking for the best in chrysan-
themum cuttings always come to us. for we
are Western Headquarters for them and handle
none hut the best paying commercial varieties.

Best Stock. Per lOn

Mrs. Chas. Razor $2.00

Lynwood Hall 2.00

Nagoya 2.00

Robert Halllday 2.00

CUT BACK 'MUMS.

WHITE. Per 100
Mrs. Chas. Bazer 2.50

YELLOW.

Robert HaUlday 2.50

Nagoya , 2.50

Maj. Bonnaffon 2.50

CUT BACK POMPONS.

Per 100

Mrs. Astor (Yellow) $2.W

Baby (Yellow) 2.00

Mary Richardson (Terra Cotta) 2.00

Diana (White) 2.00

Hon. Mrs. Cubit (Tan) 2.00

POMPONS— ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Per 100

Pretorra (Yellow) $2.u0

Baby (YeUow) 2.00

Mrs. Astor (Yellow) 2.00

Emily (Pink) 2.00

Miss Cubit (Bronze) , 2.00

Croesus (Bronze) 2,00

Mary Richardson (Terra Cotta) 2.00

Diana (White) 2.00

WIETOR BROTHERS,
162 NORTH WABASH AVE., CHICAGO.

Chrysanthemums, Surplus Stock: Dr. Engue-
hard. Pacific Supreme, Smith's Advance, Amo-
rita. Golden Glow, Early Snow, Chrysolorn,
Unaka, Intensity, Glen View, Chas. Bazer. etc.
Singles Pompons and Anemones; Little Bar-
bee, Iva, Panama, Lida Thomas, Palermo, Di-
ana, Gertrude Wilson, Beatrice. Asmus. Klon-
dyke, etc. Send for complete list. B. C, .$1.25
per 100; $10 per 1,000; pot plants, 2% and 3-
Inch, $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1,000. Will ex-
change for small Bostons and Draciena indiviaa.
What have you? CRABB & HUNTER FLORAL
CO., Grand Raplda. Mich.

Chrysanthemums, Nagoya, Golden Chadwick,
White Bonnafton, Roman Gold, Chadwick Su-
preme, W. H. Chadwick, Helen Newberry,
Yellow Eaton, Antique, Harvard, Major Bon-
naffon, Tim Eaton, Jeanne Nonin, $25 per 1,000
in any quantity. Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian,
Mich.

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings. $1.50 per
100; 2-in., $2 per 100; Touset, Oct. Frost,
Polly Rose, Pacific. Smith's Advance. Lincoln.
Appleton, Enguehard, Silver Wedding, Yel-
low Bonnaffon, White Bonnaffon, Baby Yellow
Yenobla. L. J. Eowe, Tltusvllle, Pa.

VIRGINIA POEHLMANN.
8,000 In 2% and 3-inch pots, $30 per 1,000.
Cash with order please.

R. WITTERSTAETTER,
Price HIU Station, Cincinnati, O.

Chrysanthemums. All the leading varieties;
pompons and singles. See list of varieties and
prices in double page advertisement elsewhere
in this Issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove. 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Standard Varieties,
strong 'plants, 2y-in. pots, also some pompons
and singles, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

CXEMATIS.

Clematis JackmanI, hybrids assorted, pot-
BTOwn 6-ln., 300 each; $3.50 per doz. Panl-
CDlata, 6-ln., $1.50 per doz. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Bucklngbam_Plac(^_Chlcago^__^

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

COLEUS.

t-OLEUS. best standard varieties, all colors,
2y2-in. pots. $2 per lOO; 3-in. S3 per 100.
Fine for stock plants or specimens. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

CYCLAMEN.

Cyclamen, separate colors or mixed, deep red.
3-ln.. English strain, $1.25 per doz.; $9 per
luO. Giant blood red, 4-in., $2 per doz.; $15
per 100. Giant pure white, 3-in., $1.25 per
doz.; $9 per 100; 4-ln., $2 per doz.; $15 per
100. Giant rose, $2 per doz.; $15 pec- 100.
Persicum, 4-in., English, $2 per doz.; $15 per
lOU. Wonder of Wanrtsbek. 3-in.. $1.50 per
doz.; $12 per 100. Mixed Defiance strain, 3-
in., $1 per doz.; .$8 per 100: 4.in.. $2 per doz.;
$15 per 100. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buck-
ingham^ J^Iace^_ChicagO; -

Cyulameu. my Chicago prize straiu, dark red
and glowing red. 4-in.. at 15c. Wbite and
white red eye, 4-in., 15c. Glory and Rose of
Wandsbek, 4-in., 15c. Victoria, fancy fringed.
4-in., 15c. E. J. SOUTHERTON, Highland

Park, 111.

Ci'CLAMEN — Best German strain <n 5 assorted

colors, out of 2%-in. pots, good, strong plants.
.$5.00 per 100. Cash, please. J. H. Flesser. 709

Hamilton Ave., North Bergen, N. J.

"Cyclamen, choice strain, 3-in.. $7 per 100.
Olnrv of Wandsbek, 3-in., $8 per 100: 4-ln.,
$25 'per 100. Choice stock, 4-in.. $2ll per 100.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111^

Cyclamen, 5 colors, 3-in., doz., $1.50; per 100,
$10; 4-in., doz., $2.50; per 100, $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Cyclamens,, from 3-inch pots. Finest strain.
Separate colors. Julius Roehrs Co.,- Rutherford.
X. J.

Cyclamens, ready July, 3inch $8 and $10 per
100. Finest strain, about 10 varieties, equally
•divided. ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette. 111.

DAISIES.

MARGUERITES, strong cut baek, 4-in. stock
suitable for Winter forcing, $10 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Baplds, Mich.

DRACAENAS.

DRACAENAS.

Each

Fragrans, 4-in

LIndeni. 4-in

Massangeana. 4-in. . .

Indivisa, 2-in

3-ln

" 4-ln

Doz. 100
$3.00
6.00
5.00

$3.00

.75 5.00

1.25 10.00

7-in $0..")0 and .$0.75

7-ln 1.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.,

737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Dracsena indivisa, 4-in., 15c and 20c each.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton G.rove, 111.

Dracaena indivisa, 3-ln., $5; 4-ln., $10; 5-in..
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

FERNS.

Ferns, Boston, 2-ln., BOcr doz.; $4 per 100;
3-ln., $1 per doz.; $8 per 100; 4-ln., $1.50 per
doz. ; $12 per 100; 4-in. wood squares, 25 to
case, $3.75 per case; 5-ln., $2.40 Jind $3 per
doz.; $20 and $25 per 100; 6-in., $6 per doz.;
$50 per 100: 61n. made-up, 35c and 50c each;
7-in., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-in., $1 each;
$12 per doz.; 9-in.. $1.50 each: $18 per doz.;
larger specimens at $2, $2.50 and up. Boston
hanging baskets, 75c and $1 each; $9 and $12
per doz.; extra large baskets, $3, $4, $5 and
$6. Crytomium falcatum, 4in., $1.50 and $1.75
per doz.; $12 and $14 per 100. Whitmani ferns,
3-ln., $1 per doz.; *8 per 100; 4-ln., $2 per
doz.; $15 per 100; 5-ln., $3.60 doz.; 6-ln., $6
doz. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham
Place, Chicago.

Ferns, N. Elegantissima, 3i4-in., 25c each; 6-
in., 50c; 8-in.. $1. N. Magnifica, 3^4-ln.. 25c.
N. Muscosa, 3%-in., 25c; 5-in., 50c; N. Har-
risli. Gin., BOc; 12-ln., very large, $5 each. N.
Bostonlensls. 6in., 50c; 12-in., very large, $5.
Pterls WimsettI multiceps, SVj.in.. 15c each.
Small ferns for pans; fine assortment. 2i4-in..
$4 per 100. F. B. Picrson Co., Tarry town-on-
Hudson, N. Y.

AdIantum Cuneatum. 6-in., 50c each; $6 per
doz.; larger plants, 75c each; $9 per doz. AdI-
antum Fergusoni, 4-in., $1.80 per doz. Asplin-
ium nidus avis, 5-in., $1 and $1.50 each;
larger specimens, $2.50 and $1. Assorted ferns
for dishes. $3 per 100. The Geo. Wittbold Co.,
7:{7 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Ferns in flats, all varieties, ready for 2M:-
inch pots. $2 per flat; 20 or more Bats. $1.75
each. McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St., New
York. ^

Ferns, Wbltmanl. 2V2-In.. $4 per 100; $30 per
1.000. Harrisii, 2i4-in.. $4 per 100; $30 per
1,000. Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Ferns, Boston and Roosevelt, 3-ln., $7.50 per
100; 4-ln., $15; B-ln., $25; 6ln., $50; 7-ln.. $75.
A. Henderson & Co.. 369 River St.. Chicago.

Ferns, .\splenium nidus, 3-in., $2.50 per doz.:
$20 per 100: 4-in., $5 per doz.; $35 per 100;
5-in., .$7 per doz.; $50 per 100. Cilbotium
Schiedei, 6-in., $1.50 each. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co., Painesville, 0^

Ferns. Whitmani and Elegantissima, 7-ln.,
75c; 6-in., 50c; 8-in., $1 each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns from bench, assorted varieties, $10,
$12.50 and *15 per 100. Alonzo J. Bryan. Wash-
ington, N. J.

Ferns for dishes, Aspidium, Cytomium, Wil-
soni, Mayl, etc., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000.
The Storrs & Hal'rison Co., Painesville, O.

Ferns, Boston and Whitmani, 3-in., 10c; 4-ln.,
15c: 5-ln., 2oc. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

Boston hanging baskets. $1.50 to $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove,' 111.

Ferns.

Bobbink & Atkins,

Rutberford,

N. J.

Ferns.

Julius Roehrs Co.,

Rutherford,

N. J.

FICUS.

FICUS ELASTIC'A. 6-in.. $0.36 each.
THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.,
737-39 Buckingham PI.. Chicago.

FREESIAS.

Frcesias. Purity (true). -Yi to 1-in., $2.50 per
100: $22.50 per l.OUO; % to %-in., $1.75 per
HiO: .$16 per 1,000; '/-in. and over, $1.50 per
100; $12 per l.OiJO; % to y.-in., $1.25 per 100;
$10 per l.OOO. Vaughan's Improved Purity, ^-
in. and up. $2.25 per 100; $20 per 1,000; % to
%-in., $1.75 per 100; $16 per 1,000; % to H-
in., $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000. French
gro-R-n, Jumbo, $1.50 per 100; $12 per l.OOO.
Mammoth, $1 per 100; $9.50 per 1,000. Vaugh-
nn's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

FREESIAS.
PURITY FREESIAS, best California field-
grown, direct from grower to florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size. V- to ^ -
inch diameter, $1.50 per 100; $6 per 500: 2nd
size, V, to %-inch diameter, 90c per lOU; $3.50
per 500. Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums. La Favorite. Perkins, Jean Oberle,
Ricard, Landry. Col. 'Phomas. Dagata, Viand,
.$2 per 100; $18.50 per 1,000. Clair BVenot.
Luigi Grandi, Mrs. E. G. Hill, Poitevine, Mrs.
.Vnnie Vincent, $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1,000.
Ruby, $4 per 100. S. A. Nutt, at the special
price of $1.75 per 100; $11! per 1,000. The
above is all fine stock in two-inch pots. Write
for Catalogue. F. H. DB WITT & COMPANY,
Wooster, Ohio. ^^^

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner, 2-in., $1.75 per 100. Elmer
Rawlings, Clean, N. Y.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3M.-ln. pots. $7 per 100. Only SOO left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE, Minot,
N. D.

Geraniums, 2-in., $3 per 100. Hall Caine
and Mary Barton, 2-in., $5. Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St., Portland, Ore.

Geraniums, Nutt, Buchner, Ricard. Perkins,
Poitevine, 2-ln.. $2 per 100; 3 in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, .Newton, N. J.

Geraniums, Nutt, $10 per 1,000; Ricard and
Poitevine, $12.50 per 1,000. Albert M. Herr.
Lancaster, Pa.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, 4-ln., $8 per 100,
In paper pots. L. J. Rowe. Tltusvllle. Pa.

Geraniums, leading varieties. R. Vincent,
Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

HYDRANGEAS.

HYDRANGEAS — French Hydrangeas, Ava-
lanche, Mme. E. Mouillere. Mont Rose. Bou-
quet Rose, La Lorraine, Mousselline, 2^-ln.
pots, $5.00 per 100. Cash, please. J. H. Fles-
ser, 709 Hamilton Ave., North Bergen. N. J.

Hydrangeas, Otaksa, 4-ln., 2 leads. $1.80 per
doz.; 5-ln., 3 to 4 leads, $3 per doz.; $24 per
100; Bin., made-up, 3 In a pot, $3.60 per doz.:
9- and 10-ln., extra strong. 75c and $1 each.
French hydrangeas, pink, white and blue, 6-ln.,
40c: 7-ln., 60c. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737
Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4-ln.,
$20 per 100; 5-ln.. ,$25 per 100. The Storrs
& Harrison Co., Painesville, O.

HYDRANGEAS OTAKSA and ARBOBBS-
CENS, 3-ln. pots, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Hydrangeas. C. C. PoUworth Co., MUwau-
kee. Wis.

IVIES.

English ivy, out of 6-ln. pots, up to 5 ft.
high, $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 E.
49th St., Portland, Ore.

if You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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The American Florist.

91

English Ivy. 4-ln., 3 In a pot, $10 per 100.
The Ueo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chicago.

Ivy, Boston, pot-grown. 4-in.. $1.50 per doz.
The Ceo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place.
Chicago.

Kuglisb Ivy. strong 20c and 35c each. Poebl-
mnun Bros. Co., Morton Grove, lU^

German Ivy, 2%-ln.. $2 per luO cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls. Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

JERUSAI.E.M CHERRIES— Strong plants. read.v

to shift out of 2V4-in. pots. $3.ii0 per luO.

Cash please. J. H. Piesser, 709 Hamilton Ave..

North Bergen, N. J.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Lily of the valley, cold storage, Bruns* Cel-
ebrated Chicago Market, $18 per 1.000; $9.50
per 500; $5 per 250. Florists' Money Maker,
$1G per l.dOO; $9 per SOU; $2 per 100. H. N.
Bruns, 3032 W. Madison St.. Chicago.

Lily of the valley, best grade, 500 to case.
$9 per case; 1,000 to case, $17 per case.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

To Import.

Lily of the valley. Cbas. Schwake & Co.,
Inc., Horticultural Importers and Exporters, 00-
92 West Broadway, New York.

Lily of the valley, largest grower and e.'i-
porter. E. Neubert, Wandsbek, nr. Hamburg.
Germany, Apply to Otto Heinecken, 17 Bat-
tery PI., New York.

MOSS.

For fall and winter shipments of CHOICE
GREEN C1.DMPS MOSSES and MAIDEN HAIR
FERNS. Send your orders now. Very
moderate prices and freight rates. Write
RDDOLPH OTEUPSEX, Big Island, Va.

MUSHROOM SPAWM.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co:, St. Paul, Minn.

Mushroom Spawn, English imported* $6.50 per
100 lbs. St. Louis Seed Co.. St. Lonls, Mo.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade and oniamental trees, Bob-
blnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N, J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co.. Dundee,
lU.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, dbl. fringed, mixed. 2-in.. $2 per
100; $18 per 1,000. Elmer Rawlings, Oleau,
N. Y.

POmSETTIAS.

UEADyUAUTERS FOR POINSETTIAS.

True type, orders booked now for June aud
later delivery, $5 per lOU; .$15 per 1,000; 5,0u0
lots or more. Write for prices. Cash please.
ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

Poinsettias, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in 2V^-in. paper pots, $5.50 per
liiO; $50 per 1,000. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St.. Chicago.

Polnsettla pulcherrlma, 2-in., $5 per lOiJ: $15
per 1.000; 4-in., $1 per doz.; for stock plants.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chicago^ __^

Polnsettla pulcherrima. 2H-ln. pots, $6 per
100; $5U per 1,000. Anton Scholthels, College
Point, L. I., N. Y.

Poinsettias. 2Vj-in., $5 per 100; $45 per 1.000.
S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg., Phila-
4lelpbia. Pa. ^_^

Poinsettias, 2'4-in., $5 per 100. The Storrs
,*c Il:urison Co., Painesville, 0.

PRIMULAS.

Primroses, Chinese, $2 per 100. Obc. alba
and rosea. $2. Forbesl and Malacoides, $2.
Obc. Gigantea, $2.50. Jos. H. Cunningham,
Delaw-are. O.

pTimula Malacoides, $3 per 100; $25 per
1.000. Chinensis. $3 per lOl); $25 per 1.000.
The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O.

Primula obconica, 3-ln., $5 per 100; 4-in.. $S
per 100. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Bucking-
ham Place, Chicago.

Primula obconica Grandiflora and Gigantea, 3-
In., $5 per 100; 4-in., 8c. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, _III,

Primula obconica assorted and Malacoides,
2i4-ln. pot plants, $4 per 100; $35 per 1,000.
Vauglian's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIVET.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Sliver, N. I.

ROSES.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
established. Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

PALMS.

Palms. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Poehlmaim
Bros, Co., Morton Grove, III.

Phoenix Canarlensis, fine large plants, $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roebrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. Joseph Heacock Co.. Wyncote, Pa.

Palms. Julius Koebrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veltchli, 4-in., 50c; 5-in., 75c; 6-in.,
$1.25 and $1.50; 7-ln., $2 and $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Pandanns Veltchli, 4-ln., $6 per doz.; 5-in.,
$9 per doz. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buck-
Ingham Place. Chicago,

PANSIES.

PANSIES.
If you didn't get our color plate catalog and
1914 cut prices on Mastodon Pansy Seed and
seedlings; fall delivery; write for it. Cut prices,
new crop Mastodon mixed. ^ oz., $1; oz., $7.
Mastodon Greenhouse Special, same price.
STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland, Ore.

PEONIES.

Peony Featlva Maxima. Write for list of
other fine varieties. Thomas J. Oberlin, Sink-
Ing Spring, Pa.

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Cbicago and New York.

PEPPERS.

PEPPERS and JBROSALEM CHERRIES. 4-
In. plants at $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Peppers, Chinese and Cluster, 3-ln., $5 per
100. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111,

2%-INCH ROSE STOCK.
Fine, healthy plants, ready for immediate
shipment.

Per 100 Per 1000

American Beauties $5.00 $45.00

Richmond 3.00 25.00

Milady 5.00 45.00

Sunburst 6.00 45.00

Pink Killarney 5.00 40.00

WIETOR BROTHERS,
162 North WABASH AVE., CHICAGO.

Roses, pot-grown stock: American Pillar, 6-
in, . $2 40 and $;t.60 per doz. Dorolhy Perkins.
6-ln., $2.40 per doz. Excelsa, S and 6-ln.,
$3.60 per doz. Flower of Fairfield, 5-in. and
6-ln., $3.60 per doz. Lady Gay. 5-ln., $2.40;
6-ln., $3.60 per doz. Tauscndschon, 4-in., $1.80;
B-ln.. $3; 6-ln.. $4.20 per doz. 500 My Mary-
land, 3y.-in., $6 per 100. 1.000 Pink Killar-
ney, 3H-ln., $6 per 100. The Geo. Wittbold
Co., 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Roses, Winter-flowering, extra strong plants
In 4-lnch pots: Killarney Brilliant, Killarney
Queen. Pink Killarney, American Beauty, Lady
Hillingdon, Mme. Cecile Brmmer. F. R, Pler-
son Co., Tarry town-on-HudsoP, N. Y.

Rose Cecile Brunner, 214-In., own roots, 85c
per doz.; $6 per 100; 3%-in., own roots. $2.50
per doz.; $18 per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store.
Chicago and New York.

ROSES, strong, 3-in. Pink Killarney, Kaiserin,
My Marvland and Rhea Reid. $6 per 100; $50
per 1,000. HENRY SMITH, Grand Kaplds,
Mich.

Roses, own root and grafted. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Roses, 1-yr., 2Vi-ln.; 2-yr., 4-in. Leedle
Floral Co., Springfield, O.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.

SEEDS.

SALVIAS.

Salvias. S14-lnch Zurich and Bonfire, $5 per
100. Will trade for Bostons. Dracaena Indivisa.
What have you? CRABB & HUNTER FLORAL
CO., Grand Rapids. Mich.

SMILAX. ■

Smilax, 214-ln., $2.50 per 100; $22 per 1,000;
3-ln., $6 per 100; $50 per 1,000. Poehlmann

Bros. Co., Morton Grove, HI.

Smilax, 2%-incb, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

CHOICE MIXED PANSY SEED.
We save the seed from our own beds, mix it
with the best imported stock of Danish Exhi-
bition, Imperial German, ftlammoth Butterdy,
Giant Rutlled and Mottled, Giant Fine Spotted
and 'Xrimardeau Giant, making one grand mix-
ture, which we offer as follows: Trade packet,
2.ic; Hi oz., $1; % oz., $1.75; 1 oz., $3.50.
Terms Cash. Safe Delivery Guaranteed.
FRANCIS BRILL CO.,

Seed Growers and Dealers,

Ilempstetd (L. I.), N. Y.

Seeds, Asparagus, Plumosus Nanus. 1,000.
$2; 5,0;l0, $1.75 iJcr 1.000; 10,000, $1.60 per
1.000. J. M. Tborburn & Co., 53 Barclay St..
New York.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint aud Dent Corn, Cucumbers. Musk
and Watermelons. Puni|)kins aud Squash.
Western Seed and Irrigation Co.. Fremont. Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelon, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, Dreer's Perfect pansies. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St.,
I'hiladelphia.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras, etc.
Asters and tlower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif,

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce. Mangel-Wurtzel. onion, parsley,
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Denaiffe
& Son, Cariguau, Northern France.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers.
Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet, Flint
and Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co.,
Valley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties.,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande. Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato. Tine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hurff, Swedesboro. N. J.

Seed, pansy: Schwanecke's Giant flowered
Improved Triraardeau, $1.50 per oz.; Gassier,
$3.75; Germania. $3.75; Bugnots, $3; Odler.
$2.50. C. Schwanecke, Oschersleben, Germany.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrick &
Son, contract seed growers. Pedricktown, N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson. Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower, Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport, Somerset, England.

Seeds, pansy. For varieties and prices see
advertisement elsewhere in this issue. Cbas.
Frost, Kenllworth, N. J.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn,

Seeds, Specialists: Beets, mangoes, carrots,
cabbages, celeries, parsley, parsnips, turnips.
R. & M. Godlneau. Angers, France.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolglano & Son. Light, Pratt and Elllcott Sts.,
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. C,
Zvolanek, Lompac, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O. .

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnings. P.
O. Box 857, Melbourne, Anstralla,_

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.

SNAPDRAGONS.

SNAPDRAGONS, Bamsburg's true Silver
Pink, from cuttings. 2-in. pots, $3 per 100.
ANGOLA FLORAL CO., Angola, N. Y.

SPIREA.

Splrea Van Houttel, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100:
$75 per 1,000. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown. Barrymore, Brandy-
wine Early Ozark. Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKlnley, Morning
Star Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success, Three W'b, D. S. King Edward. Wm.
Belt, $2 per 100; $16 per 1.000. Chesapeake,
Fendall, Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1.000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1,000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery. Little Silver, N. J,

Strawberry Americus, the fall-bearing Straw-
berry, pot-grown. $7.50 per 100. Weeber & Don,
114 G. Chambers St., New York.

If You Do Not Find Wliat You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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Aug.

STEVIA.

STEVIA. strong plants. 4-lii.. $12.50 lier IHO.
IIEXKY SMITH. CiraJrt Rapids, MicU.

SWAINSONA.

SWAINSOXA. white. 4-in.. .tl2.."i0 per H^O.
HENRY S.MITH. Granil Rapiils. Micb.

TORENIA.

TOKENIAS. S^i-in., S3 per
SMITH. GinBd Rapids, Mich.

100. IIEXRY

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

HARDY FIELD STOCK.

Celery plants $2.50 per 1.000

Cabbage plants 1.00 per 1.000

Gcniiiue Caulitlower 2.S0 per 1,000

Parsley, triple curled 2.50 per 1,000

AU Varieties.
F. M. PattiPgton, - ScipiovlUe. N. Y.

Cabbage plants ready to set iu tUu held,
strong transplanted plants, $2.50 per 1,000.
Seedlings, $1 per 1,000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO.. Danyille. 111.

Celery plants. Golden Selt Blanching (French
strain), tine plants ready now, $2 per 1,000.
Cash. BRILL CELERY GARDENS. Kalamazoo,
Micb.

Celery plants, ail varieties. 1000. $1.25:
10,000, $10; (100, 30c; 5U0. 75c postpaidj.
GLICK'S SEED FARMS, Smoketown, Pa.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses, Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfielrt Ave.. Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valres, fittings,
etc. Chicago House \Vrecking Co.. 35th and
Iron Sts.. Chicago. .

The Kroescbell greeuliouse boiler, best of
nil for hot water beating. Kroescbell Bros.
Co.. 4.52 W. Erie St.. Cbioago.

"lias Them AU Beat" for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works. 846
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers, latest types of steel tubular and
cast iriiii for greephnnses. Geo. W. Loeber,
222 N. Wnhash Ave., riiicago. ^

Boilers for greenhouses; all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co.. Milwaukee. Wis. |

Boilers, all sizes for greenhouses. John C.
Moningpr Co.. '.»2 niai'kliawk St.. Chicago.

Hontsch boilers. J. P. Dahlborn. 217 Hack-
ensack Pi. Rd.. Weehawken Heights, N. J.

Boiler tubes, 4-ineh. 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. .Tefferson St.. Chicago.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk, for tumigatiug. Nicotine Mfc.
Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

CARNATION STAPLES.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples. 50c per 1.000.
postpaid. I. L. Pillsbury, Galesburg, 111.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far, 50c for
1,000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Mich.

COAL.

Berwind's Smokeless Coals from Pocahontas
and New River mines. Berwind-Whlte Coal
Mining Co.. 1805 People's Gas Bklg., Chicago.

The White Oak Coal Co., McDonald. West
Va., "White Oak" Smokeless Coal, lump, egg,
mine run, steam and smithing. C. B. Ebbert,
Mgr, Chicago office. People's Gas BIdg.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansia
Ave,, Chicago, 111. .-^^__

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plana and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
inger Co., 902 Blackhawk St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on reciuest. A. Dletsch
Co., 2042 Sheffield Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st St. and Spaul-
dlng Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co., Des Plalnes, 111.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co.. Lockland, O.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague
Smith Co.. 164-166 Randolph St.. Chicago.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Apbine. $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fungine.
75c per qt.. $2 per gal. Vermlue. $1 per qt..
S3 per gal. Scallfie. 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals.. $10. Nikotlana. $1.50 per qt.,
$4..'i0 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apiJaratus, Jenning's
Improved Iron Gutters. Diller. Caskey & Keen,
S. W. Cor. Sixth and tierk Sts.. Philadelphia. _

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London, England.

Florists' supidies and wire ^lesigns of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave., Chi-
cago^ ■

Florists' refrigerators. Buchbiuder Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection -Points, per 1.000, 50c:
by mall. 70c: 5.000 by express. $2.50.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

McCrav Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 07O Lake
St.. Kendallvitle. Ind.

Liquid — NICO-FUME— Paper, for thrips. aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Kentucky
'rohacco Product Co.. Inc., Louisville, Ky.

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Herrmann,
404-412 East 34th St.. Ntw York.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son. 422 Main St.,
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points, % and 'S, 40c pe; lb.; 7
lbs., J2.50; 15 lbs., $5. Randolph & Mc-
Clements. 5036 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

"Elastlc-Lyke" Liquid Putty. B. C. Pruner,
Mgr., The Elastlc-Lyke Co., 30 E. Randolph
St., Chicago,

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. CTilcago
House Wrecking Co.. 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago^

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points. 1,000, 75c,
.postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia. ^^

Magic Brand Fertilizer, Send for our at-
tractive prices. Chicago Feed and Fertilizer
Co.. 810 Exchange Ave., Chicago.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports.
Bros., 206 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y'.

Igoe

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Riihmoud Carnation Supports. $28 per 1,000.
Eagle Maobine Works. Richmond. Ind.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
5G E. Kaudolph St.. Chicago.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co.. Detroit, Mich.

Greenhouse \\indstorm Insurance. Florain D.
Wallace, Insurance Exchange Bldg,, Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway. Iii5 Chiinibers St.. New York.

NIKOTEEN.

Nlkoteen. 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade. G to 8 feet, per
lOii. 85c: 500. $3; $3.50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
1.000. $5. Vaughaus Seed Store, Chicago.

TOBACCO.

TOBACCO Dust, scraps and Waste cheap In
quantities. Grand potash fertilizer and an ef-
ficient insecticide for foliage or soil. Used for
dusting, fumigating or spray by alert growers.
DEUTSCH. 1399 Ave. A, New York.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JUST OUT,

Send for one.

WOEBNER WIRE WORKS.

2852 Pratt St., Omaha. Neb.

Floral design, wire window guards, office rail-
ings, and all fancy works, lamp shade frames.
Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St., Cleveland,
Ohio.

Order Now

THE REWARD OF MERIT

A few years ago we placed otn- first Kroeschell
boiler iu the St. Louis territory and the good
work this boiler is doing has made many ne.w
"customers for the Kroescbell. This year we are
placing six more large Kroeschells in this sec-
tion. We invite you to call on these people and
make inquiries conceruiug the claims we make
for the Kroeschell.

ST. LOVIS, MISSOURI

MK. W. J. PILCHER. KIRKWOOD

1 No. 3 Kroeschell Boiler

1 No. 13 Kroescbell Boiler

1 No. C Kroeschell Steam Boiler
MR. GEO. HECIIT. R. R. NO. 1, CLAYTON

1 No. 4 Kroeschell Boiler
MR. .TdllN HECIIT. JR.. R. D. NO. 38. ANG-
LU.M

1 No. 4 Kroeschell Boiler

W. A. ROWE. KIRKWOOD

1 No. 7 Kroeschell Boiler
MR. II. W. GROSS. WEBSTER GROVES

1 .No. 0 Kroeschell Boiler

JIESSRS. WENZEL & HECHT, R. No. 38,
AXGLUM

1 No. 8 Kroescbell Boiler

MARY M. SCOTT & SOX. 4225 SIIUEVE AVE..
ST. LOUIS

1 No. 4 Kroeschell Boiler

MR. BEN ALBERS. BOHUIXG VILLE. ST.
LOUIS COUNTY

1 No. 4 Kroeschell Boiler

MR. JOHN J. WUNDERLI. R. V. D. NO. 2.
CLAYTON

1 No. 7 Kroescbell Boiler

MR. ALBERT SEXGER, 4;!;!5 LEXINGTON
AVE.. ST. LOUIS

1 No. 0 Kroescbell Boiler

OAKLAND FLORAL CO.. (lAKI.ANi). EAST
KIRKWOOt)

1 No. 4 Kroeschell Boiler
1 No. 5 Kroeschell Boiler

KALISCH BROS. FLORAL CO.. 4.'i06 DELMAR
BLVD.. ST LOUIS

1 Xo. 4 Kroeschell Boiler

MR. W. A. ROWE. WOODBINE & VAN BUREN
AVE.. KIRKWOOD

1 No. 4 Kroeschell Boiler

MR. JACOB A. KROPP. R. R. NO. 27. CREVE
COEUR

1 No. G Kroeschell Boiler

.MR. A. S. CERNY'. KIRKWOOD
1 No. 11 Kroeschell Boiler

MR. CHARLES MEIER. K. F. D., NO. .". WEB-
STER GROVES

1 No. 9 Kroescbell Boiler

MK. HENRY MEIER. R. H. BOX 7.", WEBSTER
GROVES

1 No. 9 Kroeschell Boiler

452 W. Erie St.,

CHICAGO

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Knoxvllle, Tenn.

Bf.SINESS IMriiOVI>'G.

Weather conditions liave been more
favorable for the past three weelts
than any time lliis season, and con-
sequently everythinfr has talcen a new
start, and prospects art much better
than liefore. The florists of this vi-
cinity have been very busy planting
of late, but are about throush now.
and taking the dry season into con-
sideration e\erything is looking fine.
At least two meml:>ers. and possibly
more, of the Knoxville Florist's So-
ciety will Journey to Boston in August
to attend the S. A. F. convention.
><)Tp;s.

Chas. L. Baum will finish planting
carnations and chr.vsanthemums next
week, and is \ery anxious to get every-
thing in shape before the S. A. F.
convention. He is also preparing his
report as state vice-president of the
al->o\e named society. Business is good
for the time of the year and the store
force is kept lius.v with funerals.

Addison J. McNutt reports business
fair for the time of the year. He has
been ver.v Ijusy at his greenhouses re-
pairing and jilanting. He is rebuilding
three hou.ses in which he is using Gar-
land gutters and Advance fittings. He
is trying to get through in time to
attend the S. A. F. convention at Bos-
ton.

Mrs. Rosa Hall Ryno reports busi-
ness good for the time of the year.
July of this year showing a decided
increase over July of last year. She
is practically through planting with
the exception of a few carnations,
which will be planted in tlie next few
days.

At C. W. Crouch's all the carnations
are in benches and looking good. The
store force has lieen pretty busy for
this time of the year. Funeral work
is the reason. Mrs. Edith Crouch has
moved to KUO Dandridge Pike.

Howell Nursery Co. reports stock
looking fine since we have been having
rain, and all indications ar^ that fall
business will be good.

A. H. Dailey has his planting about
up. and reports everything in fine
shape. He and Mrs. Dailey are con-
templating attending the S. A. F. con-
vention. A. J. Mt'N.

Business

very quiet
speak of.

Providence, R. I.

TRADE QUIET.

the past week has been

with little or no work to

Asters are just beginning

to come in but are still not plentiful.

Roses are coming in good and are fine.

JfOTES.

The J. A. Budlong Rose Company,
of Auburn. R. I., has now planted
about 'I'l varieties of roses, about one
third of them lieing new varieties.

E. E. Howard, of Auliurn, R. I., has
.iust finished planting his new house.
He has some very good begonias that
wi 1 he ready for the market soon.

M. Covin, formerly of Shepard Com-
pany Floral store, liut now located in
Montreal, is visiting in Providence this
week,

Michael Regan has resigned his po-
sition with S. J. Reuter & Son of West-
erly, and is now at Cambridge, Mass.

The Hoxie Nurseries are still ship-
ping in large quantities of gladioli
that find ready sale.

Joseph Rosenthal, with S. J. Reu-
ter & Son. Westerly, has returned from
a trip to New York,

Samuel Kinder, of Bristol, is en-
larging his present place to double its
size.

The Greystone Horticultural So-
ciety held a sweet pea exhiliit July 18.
H. A. T.

Galvesto.v. Tex. — J, D. Prussner.
florist, is arranging for the opening of
a branch shop at Texa- City Tex,

Rapidly taking the place of Pocahontas Mine Run for Greenhouse Coa!

Prepared in

All Sizes

COAL

To Meet

Your Individual

Condition.

Cleaning and sizing plant located on C. & N. W. R. R., Chicago.
Prompt Shipment. Prices Right.

ALWART BROS. COAL CO.

1354 Webster Avenue, CHICAGO.

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Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

While the season is advancing, you want to be sure of a

PROMPT DELIVERY

for your orders in greenhouse material. Write to us for
sketches and estimate. We can satisfy you in regard to quick
delivery, first class grades and reasonable prices. Our new
factory and modern equipment enable us to accomplish this.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves,, CHICAGO.

Telephone Humbo'dt 11,

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 il lustrations, PRICE, $ 1 .50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely, 382
pages, PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 44o s. omm si. Chicago

"RtD DLVIL

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40 Styles
One Quality

Senil for ilescriiitivc booklet.

Glass Cutters

We make a "Red Devil" Cutter to

meet any requirement, and any
florist who has ever used "Red
Devil" Glass Cutters will tell you
there is nothing better for cutting
greenhouse glass.

Let us convince \ou NOW. Send
us three IJ-cent stamps, and a sample
of No, 02+ (the glazier's standard
tool) will be sent you postpaid.

Smith & Hemenway Co.

150 Chambers St., tiew York City

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NICO-FUME

)}

LIQUID

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING ~ FUMIGATING

A-slt: Seedssinen for

PAPER

I^i^ioo»

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisviUe, Ky,

The Kecognized Standard Insecticide

For frreen, black, white Hy, red spider, thrips
mealy bus and soft scale. Can be used on
tender plants.

$1.0u per Quart; $2.50 per Gallon.

FUNGINE

For mild-=w, rust and other blights. It is
perfectly safe to apply to fruits and vejietables.
as it is Don poisonous. An iLfallible remedy
for rose mildew, carnation and chrysanthe-
«ium rust. 75cperQuart; $2.00 per Gallon.

VERMINE

For eel. cut and wire worms working in the
soil. It can be aonlifd to all veL'ciation,
$1.00 per Quart; $3.00 per Gallon.

SCALINE

For Pan Jose oyster siitU and all scale on
trees and hardy s-tock An etlective remedy
for red -^nid'^r on evi^i^'r^rn';.

75c p^r Quart. $1.50 p?r Gallon.

All the above products are n-adily soluble in
waterat proporiions directed on cans, and are
used as spraying materials.

NIKOTIANA

A \2% nicotine solution for fumigating: and
vaporizinu.

$1.50 per Quart; $4.50 per Gallon.

Manufactured bv

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of .Ai^ricultural Cbemicals.
MADISON. N. J.

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EVERYTHIG IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Hose, Wire, Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools, Glass.
Special Agent for Wizard Brand Manores and Darlbg's Fertilizers.

Walter S. McGee,

Phone Hyde Park 5679
5327 ELLIS AVE., CHICAGO, ILL.

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THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not Bet hard, run
in hot nor ht-avu m old weather.

E. C. Pruner, Mgr. THE EL*STIC-LYKE CO.
<N0t Inc.) 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

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NIKOTEEN 30 ''lo Strength

FOR SPRAYING

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

An Ideal

laseclicide

For Fumigating
and Spraying

Sold by
Seedsmen and Dealers

Manufactured by

P.RPALETHOiRPECO.

(Ire)

Clarksville, Tenn.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not nist out. and is guranteed to iii\e
satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse,

Write tor p^ice^ ond ustimaics. Do it now.

GARLAND MANUFACTCRINS CO:, - Des Plaints. III.

KRJER BOILERS

Smoke Burner— Self Feedlng-For Greenhouset
A GUARANTEED FUEL SAVING

Catalogue and Prices on Request.

Nic. Krier Boiler Works,

2725-27 N Marshfield Ave.. rHICAGO.

tSoilers

For GREENHOUSES

GRADE.

See Our ('atalogue.

Jo't'SJa'te? GIBLIN & CO.. Utica, N. Y.

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PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes. Billheads. Statemenis.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate MakiDE and Color Work.

Soriiam & Gtiapline Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

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"THERE IS NOTHING LIKE

CLAY'S

TO BUCK THINGS UP."

{The Fruit Grower, London.)

Clay^s Fertilizer

IS THE WORLD-RENOWNED PLANT FOOD.
SAFE, SURE, ECONOMICAL

It is supplied by the leading Nursey and
Seed Firms, including the (ollowine: New
York -Arthur T. Boddington. Burnett Broth-
ers. William Elliott & Sons, Peter HendersoD
&Co..thf MacNifi Horticultural Co.. W. E.
Marshall & Co.. Stumpp & Walter Co,, J. M
Thorburn & Co., Vaughan's Seed Store.
Weeber & Don. Rochester— James Vick's
Sons. Chicago— Vaughan's Seed Store. Bos-
ton - Joseph Breck & Sons Co.. R. & J. Farqu-
har & Co.. Fottler. Fiske. Rawson Co..
Thomas I. Grey Co. Philadelphia -Henry A.
Dreer. Henry F. Michell Co.. Hosea Waterer.
Pittsburgh— W. C. Beckert.

Manufactured by

Clay& Son,

STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND

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A STB C A

[KUSE IT NOW.

F.O.PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NrW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Puttv becomes hard and
brittle. B'oken plass easily removed without
breaking of other Klass. as occurs witn hard putty.
Lasts looker than putty. Easy to apply.

Mention the American Florist when wriUng

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

Send For Prices

♦04412 East 34»h St. NEW YORK

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CEMETERY ENTRANCE AT MOUNT HOPE.

We make a specialty of Park and Cemetery Entrances and Fencing, as well as Fencing for Residences, Churches,
Public Institutions, Etc. We also carry a complete line of Lawn Seats, Reservoir Vases, and Flag Poles.

lAJir^ anH nrnamPTltal Trnn Wnrk Catalogue No. 6* for Parks and Cemeteries.

Wire anU V^rildlllClllal XIUll VVUin^. catalogue no. 48-A for churches and Residences.

THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS completeand guaranteed
in every respect. Send (or
our catalogue today.

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

Greenhiuse (ilass

Superior Quality
and Right Prices

Let Ds Quote You. We Can Save Yoa Mone$

Baur Window Glass Co.,

EATON, IND.

GLASS

We are leaders. Large stoclc, good prices.

SHARP, PARTRIDfiE & CO.

CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

Wired
Toothpicks

lOOOOJl 75; 50(1(10 $7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Sample free. For sale bv deaiers.

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler W^orks,

846-848 W. Superior St., Chicago, 111.

KING

GREENHOUSES

it

Are supplied in 3 different Iron Frame
Types; aKo in the >en'i-Iron or Pipe
Framf stv les. so w-^ can offer rou a strong,
practical Sunny House at the price you
can afford to pay.

Write us today ju^t tell os what
you want and we will do the rest.

KING CONSTRUCTION GO.

29 King's Road. Noiih Tonaw'arda, N. Y.

All the Siinlifht All Dav Hnuses

J

)reer'8 Peerless!
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses

Drive easy and true, becausb '
botb bevels are on the Eame
side. Can't twist and break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
ti^bta or letis.
The Peerless Clazine Poin
Itpzicnted. Nooiheislike
it. Order from youtdeale^
or direct from os.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Samples free.
E£KR7 A. DRECR.I
714 ChestDtit StreetX
FhlUdolpblb.

Glazina Pointa*

Good for small or
arge glass, do not rust,
easy to drive. H and H
inch- Perlb. 40c.S-Ibs.
$1.85. mihs $7.00

Vaueh3n*s
Seed ^t.or«
Chicago New York

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Auo-. /,

'There's a lot said about the
weather, but there's never
anylhing done about it "

— Kipling.

But the wide-awake florist need
not care what the condition of
the weather outdoors if the
"weather" in the greenhouse is
O. K. And that's an assured
fact when the heating system is
hooked up to the

IZ>*adt4ffBoiier^>

SYSTEM

Then the even temperature so
necessary for the tender, young-
growing things is certain. Vou
are certain, too, of perfectly
drained steam lines and an end to
all condensation troubles. As a
saver of time, fuel and labor ihere
is nothing to equal the Morehead.

Learn why so many prominent
florists have Installed the More-
head System. Write for the
information today.

Morehead Mfg. Co.,

Dept. "N"

DETROIT,

MICH.

21 R

EAGLE MACHINE WORKS

RICHMOND, IND.

The price of
No. 10.29 in.
3 double-iinkr

"RICHMOND

Carnation Supports

is $28.00 per 1000.

Each support supports two
plants. This makes ihe cost
of suppoits $14 00 per lOjO
planis.

We aretheexclusivp manufacturers
under patent issued .April 4. 1911,
W.itelor prices on Kose Stakes.

guaranteed to do your work.
Sixty days free trial. Other
sizes as cheap. Pumps.motora
and engines. Write for our
Neir ■ Vay Selling Plan No. [7

Do It Now
The Baltimore Co., Baltimore, Md.

1866-1914

GREENHOUSE LUMBER

"SPOT CLEAR"

HOTBED SASH PECKY CYPRESS

SQUARE AND RED CEDAR POSTS

Lockland Lumber Co., Lockland, O.

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GREENHOUSE
HEATING

HOT WATER — Open tank or pressure systems designed by

us will heat perfectly andnot " blowout." STEAM SYSTEMS

we design to meet your special conditions. Our pump or

trap return systems will prove satit-factory in all cases where

a gravity return is impossible. Our VACUUM systems are ihn Inst and

best word for heating large and modern rantr.s. We can put EtONOMY

anfl EFFICIENCY into your heating system. Unsatisfactory heating

systems remodeled. Heating booklet frer.

Heating plans and estimates made, boilers and heating supplies furnished.

GEO. W. LOEBER,

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222 North Wabash Avenue,

Phone Central 271S

Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
the world's largest Building Material Department.
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, gla*5. overnauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, si/e
l^Sx2V2 100 running ft $ 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
l^s X2V-. K'O running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses. Ptc. 1 in. stock. p.-rlOOOft,. bd.meas. 19 00

XJ-44— No 1 Cypress. 1 in. routili or 13-16 in.
S2S, per lOOO ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45-Standard Hot Btd Sash, l^s-in x3ft.
X '. ft , without glass 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47 — Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengihs from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire: Per
roll $1.9010 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. X'ery lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY, Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co,,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

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HONTSCn
BOILERS

Water Grate
Less Coal More Heat

J. P. Dahlborn & Co.

General Agents U. S. A.

Cor. 2nd and Monroe Sts.
Hoboken, - - - N. J.

REED & KELLER,

122 W. 25th St., NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We maDufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
and NovelltJes, and are dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

PUTTY

^KfflDUSE PUTTIE

Strictly Pure

Our putty is made of best Al whiting, boiled
linseed oil and white lead. It's a perfect
greenhouse putty,

25 lbs per lb., 4H cents

50 lbs perlb., 4 cents

100 lbs perlb.. 3V4 cents

^2 bbls. and bbls perlb., 3 cents

JOHN C. MONINGER CO.

CHICAGO: NEW YORK:

902BlackhawkSt. Marbridge BIdg.

EAGLE WIRE WORKS

Manufacturers of

Floral Designs, Wire Window

Guards. Office Railings,

and all Fancy W orks

2338 Ontario St., Cleveland, Ohio

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

lOIIST

Smerica is "the Praw of the IIessbI; thBre may be mare comfort Umidsbips, but we are the first to touch JJnknnu/n Seas."

Vol. XLIII.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, AUGUST 8, 1914.

No. 1366

TKe American Florist

Established 18ti5.

Copyright. 1914. by American Florist Company

Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11, 1891.

at the Post Office at Chicago. Illinois.

under act of March 3, 1879.

Published Every Saturday by

AMEMCAN FLORIST COMPANY,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
Long Distance Phone: Harrison 7466.
legistered Cable Address: Ameno, Chicago.
Subscription, United States and Mexico, $1.00 a
year; Canada. $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union. $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from the trade. Vol-
umes half yearly from August 3. 1901.

Address all correspondence, subscriptions, etc.
American Florist Co.. 440 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.
Officers — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis,
Minn., President; P.Welch. Boston. Mass., Vice
President; John Young. 53 W. 28th St.. New
York, Secretary: Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y.,
Treasurer. Next annual convention at Boston,
Mass., August. 1914. openine the 18tb.

The Thirtieth Anniversary

Convention
Number

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NEXT WEEK

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American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

WAR AFFECTS ALL TRADE LINES.

Even if the war in Europe terminates quickly the supplies in many lines of
stoclts imported by iiorists. seedsmen and nurserymen will be materially re-
duced. Compulsory military service will call from the fields many men en-
gaged in the production of seeds, bulbs and plants. The supplies from France,
Germany and Belgium, in all probability, will be cut off. Shipments from
Holland and Scandinavia will depend on the steamships available, but in any
event it is certain that deliveries from these countries will be greatly de-
layed. The present European conditions will demoralize trading and prices
there. Some of the German seed items needed for immediate use are cinera-
ria, calceolaria, primula, pansy and perennials. Extensive shipments of French
bulbs have already arrived, others are afloat, but later shipments of these
bulbs are quite uncertain. Dutch bulbs will be late and irregular in arrival
even if shipped. The principal plants affected are azaleas, palms, araucarias,
rhododendrons, peonies, roses, boxwoo'l and bay trees. Ornamental trees,
shrubs and the very important Fren-?h seedling fruits can not be moved.
Flower seeds of nearly all kinds except sweet peas and asters will be unob-
tainable, likewise seeds of most kinds of vegetables, such as cabbage, cauli-
flower, beet,' radish, spinach, carrot, turnip, rutabaga, parsley, also mangel and
sugar beet. Lily of the valley pips will be eliminated and immortelles and
various lines of baskets, jardiniers. etc., will be in short supply. There is
some supply of coldstorage lily of the valley held at New York and Chicago
and a few importers are still well supplied with bay trees and boxwood. Com-
ments of some leading importers are subjoined.

J. D. Eisle, of H. A. Dreer.Inc, Phil'a.Pa. |

At the present stage of the war it
is impossible to form any comprehen-
sive idea what its eflfect will be on our
lines of import. It would be idle con-
.iecture to venture a guess on same
until it is known how far-reaching its
extent will be. what countries are in-
volved and what transportation facili-
ties are left at the disposal of import-
ers.

Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesvllle, 0.

Without French seedlings nursery-
men would be in liad straits. Other
lines of nursery stock can be done
without. Practically all fruit stocks,
such as cherry, plum, pear, etc.. come
from France. Rose seedlings, orna-
mental trees and shrubs are lines for
which our nurseryinen depend upon
France and Germany. It simply means
dropping some lines from planting lists.

J, M. Thorburn & Co., New York.

In our opinion a general European
war will cause untold damage to the
seed . trade. This is the time of har-
vest for many crops abroad and these
will be lost if the workers in the fields
are called away to military duty, fur-
thermore, the season is actually now

here, or will soon be here, when plant-
ing of biennial crops to be harvested
in VM'i should be made. Under the
circumstances we believe that a war
of only a few months will be sufficient
to immure or perhaps absolutely destroy
all crops (frown for seeding purposes,
both for 1014 and 101.").

Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago-New York.

The war conditions in Europe will
make serious trouble for all importers
as it may be impossible to fill some or-
ders already booked. The supplies of
many plants, bulbs and seeds will be
short and the uncertainty regarding
stock about ready to ship will bother
the planter as well as the importer. On
the other hand these conditions will in-
crease the demand for, and advance the
price of, home products and such spe-
cialties as are imported from JalSan.
The European demand for American
and Japanese lines of stock will be re-
duced, of course, and the increased sup-
ply available here may tend to check
any considerable increase in price. The
early shipments of French bulbs have
come to hand in good order and the
Japanese lily bulbs already received ap-
pear satisfactory. Domestic crops on
the whole promise an average yield and
considering the time of year dealers are

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carrying unusually large stocks of
European seeds and plants. At this
time Dutch bulbs, probably, are caus-
in more concern than any other com-
modity.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

England becoming involved in this
terrible war makes the outlook very
bad for imported seeds and bulbs of all
kinds. The crops in northern France
are probably ruined and seedsmen the
world over will suffer on account of
shortage. As prospects appear to us
now the trade should not expect mueh.
if any. seed from Germany unless there
is soon a cessation . of hostilities. Al-
though Holland and Denmark are

McHutchison & Co., New York-

Unless the European war situation
is cleared quickly shipments of nur-
sery and florist stock will not arrive
this fall as already some of the larg-
est steamship companies have can-
celled sailings and we expect all ship-
ping will stop shortly as conditions
seem to be growing worse. . Further,
almost all growers belong to'the army
and their workmen must also shoulder
arms which will hold back imports.
Even though peace was declared now
it will take weeks before the Euro-
peans get back to normal conditions,
so believe horticultural interests will
suffer badly and do not 'ook for any
shipments under present conditions.

F. R. PIERSON CO.'S NEW STORE AT TARRVTOWN,

rather isolated it is hardly probable
they will be able to ship any, of the
seed now growing. Fortunately for
America the larger seed houses have
for vears made a practice of carrvmg
a year's supply of all seed which will
retain its vitality and therefore they
should only be obliged to do without
some relatively unimportant European
A'arieties.

W- & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

If European war continues great dif-
ficulties will be experienced in import-
ing stock from all countries involved.
Should Great Britain and Holland re-
main neutral imports may be possible,
but subject to great delay. If great
Britain becomes involved ocean service
must depend almost entirely on Ameri-
can ships and the extent of this serv-
ice will depend on whatever provision
congress may make for its extension.
In addition to this we feel that by the
first of January, when the greater part
of shipments from Holland and France
are about to be made, that some set-
tlement of the war will be made so thai
commerce will proceed in its usual
course. Our reason for feeling this w.^^■
is that with the present armament war,
even if carried to the finish, should be
much more rapid than in years past
and also the great expense the natipns
will be put to will u.se up the available
money supply ;ind bring the powers
that be til their senses.

James Vlcli's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.

While we consider the situation of
the European war very grave we hope
that matters will be adjusted so that

Holland bulb shipments will reach this
side about the usual time. Possibly we
are optimistic as regards the outlook
but we are preparing to do our usual
fall business. At present the United
States is dependent upon Europe for a
large portion of its seeds and should
the war continue it will affect the seed
business considerably. It will also un-
doubtedly tend to increase the seed
growing industry in the United States.

H. N. Bruns, ChicagfO.

The probable effect of war on lily of
the valley imports will be that the
growers can not ship. If Germany ac-
tually goes to war it is not likely that
the controversy will be settled within
the next six months and the export of
lily of the valley for this fall will be
stopped. The lily of the valley growers
will not be able to take care of this
year's crop and the shipping facilities
are at a standstill. The best we can
do is to make the stock. on- hand last
a's long as we can.

Henry F. Nichell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

We see no reason why we should
•not receive all bulbs which we or-
dered. We feel quite sure We would
have cable advices if they could not
be shipped as cables to bulb-producing
countries are open today.

H. Frank Darrow, New York.
To date I have received no word
from the foreign houses I represent as
to whether the war will affect imports.

Philadelphia Supplies.

The European war is likely to be
quite a factor in the florists' supply
trade. The supplymen of Philadel-
phia, the center of the business in
this country are greatly worried over
the outcome. At considerable expense
H. Bayersdorfer, B. Eschner. of the
M. Rice Co., and Joseph Neidinger
made personal selections early in
the summer of the latest and best
novelties in Germany, France and
Italy. Samples were brought over,
photographed and the men sent on
the road for orders which were com-
ing in nicely when they were obliged
to telegraph "take no more orders on
foreign goods."

H. Bayersdorfer says : "We will be
handicapped, but we were early on

F. K. PIERSON ^O. a NEW STORE AT TARRYTOWN, N. Y.

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F. R. PIERSON GO'S NEW STORE AT TARRYTOWN, N.

the ground. Quite a lot of our orders
have arrived and some 300 cases are
on boats arriving today and tomor-
row. An immense lot of goods are yet
to come and we are trying to get
them through neutral ports if they
stay open long enough. We are de-
laying publication of our new cata-
logue until the situation clears up a
bit."

Conditions are much the same with
the M. Rice Co. They have spent a
small fortune in cabling, trying to
expedite matters. A lot of stock has
arrived but they are refusing all or-
ders on foreign goods for immediate
delivery. They have increased their
factory force and will work up a large
stock of their specialties in baskets.
The prices of much of the European
stock will be likely to advance.

Jos. Neidinger has a lot of his goods
on hand, but the great bulk of his or-
ders are still on the way. His do-
mestic stock and work of his own
factory will not be interfered with and
he says he will worry along with the
rest of them until the situation clears.

K.

An Old-Time Garden.

0 for a Garden of the olden time,

Wbere none but long-familiar Flowers grow,
Wiiere iiebbled patbs go winding to and fro.

And Honejsucltles over arbors climb!

There would I have sweet Mignonettes and
Thyme,
With Holiyhoclis and Dahlias all a-row.
The Hyacinth inscribed with words of woe.

The small Biue-bell thut beats a dainty chime

For elfln ears — and Daffodillies, too — -
The sleepy Poppy— and the Marigold—
The Peony, with petals manifold —

And Ragged-robins, pinit and white and blue.
All these and more I'd have, and bacli of all
A thousand Roses on a mossy wall!

John Russell Young.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Robt. Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.

F. R. Pierson's Handsome New Store.

We reproduce herewith some views
of the highly artistic new store recent-
ly completed for the F. R. Pierson Co.,
Tarrytown, N. Y. The illustrations, of
course, give no accurate conception of
its finish and the details of its con-
struction. It is a very unusual build-
ing. There is nothing finer architectur-
ally or more elaborate in any line of
business, even on Fifth avenue in New
York and it would attract immediate
attention even on that street of beau-
tiful buildings. The building is abso-
lutely fireproof, being constructed of
stone. The design is Italian renais-
sance, but it is of no particular period,
combining Corinthian. Doric and Ionic
features in different parts as are test
adapted to those parts. Another indi-
cation of the magnificent proportions
of the building will be appreciated
when it is stated that the large plate
glass windows in the front measure 10
feet, 6 inches in width and 14 feet in
height. The construction, which is of
the most modern character, is the last
thing in architectural design and finish,
Iioth in regard to materials and execu-
tion. The building is flanked on the
north by a conservatory, or, more prop-
erly, a show room for plants, 15 feet
wide and 50 feet long. The foundation
of this show room and of the large
main building is of polished granite,
the superstructure is steel ami copper,
and it is enclosed with plate glass. On

the south of the building is an Italian
garden, a massive, dignified structure,
in keeping with the solidity and mas-
siveness of the main building, the per-
gola posts being constructed of stone
also.

The Interior is very beautifully fin-
ished and is quite unique. The ceiling
is 30 feet high, and is of elaborate de-
sign. It is a beautifully executed piece
of work and is supported by two mas-
sive columns, which also support the
balcony. These columns are four feet
in diameter at the base and they taper
slightly until they meet the Doric cap-
ital underneath the ceiling. The main
floor is not intended for a store or
shop, but for a reception or show room.
The floor of this room is of 'Welsh
quarry tile, imported from North
Wales, 9x9 inches, laid with wide joints
of white cement. It will be noticed
that one unusual feature of this room
is the large open fireplace on the north
side. This fireplace is nine feet in
width. It is surmounted by a very
beautiful mantel, which is a magnifi-
cently finished work, being all hand-
carved. It required over four months
to execute it. On the east side of the
room is what would ordinarily be
termed a refrigerator, but which is in
reality a show case, so designed as not
to appear at all like a refrigerator.
This is seven feet wide and 16 feet
long and eight feet high. The frame
work is constructed of steel and ce-
ment, insulated with cork and the ex-
terior is finished in marble, bronze and
Caen stone. The plate glass front is
double with an air space between to
prevent condensation. The pilasters

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are solid bronze, the floor is construct-
ed of moss-green encaustic tile, the
rear walls are large mirrors, the ceil-
ing and ollrer interior walls are cov-
ered with opal plate glass. The roof
of the show case is covered with
smaller tiles of the same general de-
sign and color ks the floor of the main
building and is so designed that it can
be used if desired. The show case Is
lighted by two ceiling lamps enclosed
in opalescent globes. In the rear of
the show case, extending from the floor
to the ceiling on each side are five sets
of aluminum drawers, for the storage
of violets, gardenias, ferns, asparagus
and other articles of that character.
These drawers are concealed by doors
covered with a mirror. The balcony is
16 feet from the main floor and ex-
tends around two sides of the building,
affording ample space for office work.
Between the balcony and the main
floor is a mezzanine floor, on which are
the toilets and a large safe deposit
vault. Below the mezzanine floor is a
large work room, 40 feet in length and
10 feet in width. In this room all the
packing and ordinary work will be
done. There will be no counters or
other conventional store fixtures nn
the main floor, it being the intention
to furnish this reception room with
artistic furniture suited to the archi-
tectural requirements. The interior
walls are of Caen stone, the very
Jatest thing in architectural construc-
tion. This stone was imported from
Prance, and is a material that lends
itself peculiarly to Italian classical de-
sign. The stairways are of marble,
with bronze railing, one on the north-
east corner, leading to the mezzanine
floor and oflice and one on the south-
east, leading into the Italian garden.
All of the doors in the building are of
metal, the door on the main entrance
and those leading into the conserva-
tory and Italian garden being of
bronze. The lighting effects are most
artistic. The fixtures on the sides of
the building are Roman torches. The
other lighting is semi-indirect. The
large central fixture, suspended from
the ceiling, is five feet in diameter and
contains lamps of 800 candle power.
The inside bottom of these fixtures is
covered with amber colored glass, which
gives a soft, mellow light. Experts
who are familiar with the best designs
in architecture pronounce this l>uilding
perfect. If it were not for the con-
servatory on the north and the Italian
garden on the south the building might
be mistaken for a modern public li-
brary or a bank. Nothing like it has
ever before been attempted in the
florists' business, either in breadth of
conception or execution, and it is a
building that will probably not be du-
plicated for a long time to come, rep-
resenting an outlay of nearly .$50,000.
The building is designed to meet the
conditions of a high-class residential
neighborhood, being a beautiful build-
ing in a beautiful setting. A building
of this character would only be possi-
ble in such a town as Tarrytown.
which is the wealthiest suburban sec-
tion in the United States, being only 2.'i
miles from the heart of New York.
The building is located on Broadway,
which is a continuation of Riverside
drive in New York and is the main
thoroughfare along the Hudson river
between New York and Albany and
the north and west. It is estimated
that on pleasant days between three
and four hundred automobiles an hour

on the average pass the building. It_
will readily be seen that the advertis-
ing value of such a building is incal-
culable in such a neighborhood. In-
deed, it is quite a question whether the
advertising value capitalized will not
bring back the cost of the investment
in 10 years or less. All in all, it is a
building thait must be seen to be ap-
preciated. Neither illustrations nor
description can convey the general
effect of the beauty of the structure.

William R. . Cobb, general manager
of the Lord & Burnham Co., is the
architect, and the design as worked
out is the result of the collaboration
of Mr. Pierson and Mr. Cobb, the lat-
ter, of course, having carried out the
technical construction and the general
design.

PLANT NOTES.

Poinsetttas.

The plants of poinsettias, in the
northern section of the country, should
be in the houses by September 1, for
cool nights are apt to occur from that
date on and the, successful culture of
these plants requires an e\-en tempera-
ture. The early struck cuttings should
be potted into 6-inch pots and proper-
ly staked, the smaller stock ■ to be
grown in pans can be grown until Oc-
tober in the small pots. Give the
plants a light location in full sun-
light, and space out sufficiently to al-
low a good circulation of air around
the plants. In potting the plants if
there are no arrangements so that they
can be watered with manure water
later, leave a good inch of space at the
top so that they can be given a top-
dressing when the bracts begin to
form. An extra feeding at that time
will greatly increase the, size of the
bracts and brilliancy of the color.
Close the ventilators on all cool nights
as soon as the temperature falls be-
low 00 degrees and as soon as the night
temperatures begin to run lower than
that point a little fire heat will be
necessary. The one great point in
growing poinsettias is in keeping them
at an even temperature and growing
rapidly.

Nephrolepis.

The Boston fern and its sports,
which have been grown in the bench
all summer, should now be potted.
The bench is full of young suckers,
which, if saved, will make fine stock
for another year, so in lifting the old
plants take a knife and cut around
the plant about two inches from the
center and place a trowel under the
plant, leaving the young stock in the
bench. They will soon start to grow,
when they can be placed close together
in fl.^ts and grown on in a fairly cool
house until next spring, when they
will make excellent stock for planting
put. The plants that are lifted
should be large enough to plant in a
6-inch pot. If there is a demand for
larger sizes two, three or four may be
planted in seven, eight or nine-inch
Iiots. Many of the plants have prob-
ably not made an even growth, being
more or less one-sided. These should
be the ones selected for doubling up
in the larger pots. As soon as potted
they .should be kept close and warm
for one or two weeks and frequently
syringed; they will then have obtained
a good hold in the soil and should be
given plenty of light and air. The

call for these plants will begin by
October 1 and it is much better to have
them well established before they go
into the residences, and to do this they
should be potted by September. The
greatest source of disappointment in
these plants is in sending them out be- .
fore they have become established.
The Whitmani and finer leaved varie-
ties are now growing rapidly and
should be given room enough to spread
and make fine plants.

Margruerltes.

The marguerites for winter bloom-
ing will soon have to be potted in
their blooming pots. This can be done
now at any time and if they are be-
coming pot-bound the sooner the bet-
ter. Nine and ten-inch pots are none
too large if good flowers are to be
grown, and the soil should be good
and rich. Pot firmly, using a rammer
that the soil can be made solid, and
use good drainage. Keep the buds
picked off until cool weather sets in;
the blooms that are made during the
warm weather are of inferior quality
and no good flowers will be produced
until the plants get a good hold in the j
new soil. The plants are far better '.
plunged in frames for some time yet
than in the houses, for they may be-
come infested with red spider under
the glass. The plants in the benches
will need to be frequently sprayed to
keep them free from insects and the
blooms should be kept picked off of
them for some time yet. When cool
weather approaches allow the flowers "
to come along. Cuttings can be made
at this time which will make nice
flowering plants about the turn of the
year, at a time when the large plants
seem to take a rest and do not bloom
profusely. This will ensure a cut
throughout the season.

Sweet Peas.

To have sweet peas in bloom by
Christmas the seed should be sown
by September 1. If it is intended to
grow them to follow some crop that
is now in the beds they can be sown
in pots, but if the beds are now ready
it is better to sow them in the beds
themselves. The growers of large
quantities have the rows running
lengthwise of the houses, two rows in
each four-foot bed. one on each siSe,
with a path in the center, but they
can also be grown In rows running
across the beds, the rows being about
three feet apart. This distance will
be found necessary or the plants will
get twined together, making a bad
snarl of the vines. In sowing the seed
in pots, place five or six seeds in a
4-inch pot, and in sowing in drills in
the bench, plant the seeds about an
inch apart. It is very easy to thin
them out if they come up too thick,
and one good strong plant to a pot
and about eight inches apart in the
row is about what should be left to
grow on. It is often difficult to get ' ■
good germination during the hot
weather, therefore it is well to plant
enough seed. Many growers have
trouble with the seed rotting and also
the plants dampening off after they
have grown to quite a height. They
must be watered very sparingly until
they begin to climb on the strings.
The white seeded varieties are often
very difficult to start; a good way
which we have found very successful
is to sow the seed in the drills on top
of the soil, throwing a little sphagnum
moss over them until they begin to

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grow, when they can be lightly cov-
ered with soil, and when they begin to
climb the drill can be filled in. Xhis
will prevent the seed from rotting and
proper watering will remedy the damp-
ing off-
Hollyhocks.
During August and early September
is the right time to sow hollyhock seed
for the next season's flowering. Seed
sown in the spring will not produce a
plant that will flower to any great ex-
tent that year, and they will have to
be carried over the winter to make j
good, large plants, but seeds sown now
will make fine plants for next year. For
the last few years the fungus that has
attacked hollyhocks has made it diffi-
cult to carry the old plants over with
any degree of certainty, but with late
summer sowing much of this trouble
is obviated. Be sure and purchase a
good strain of double seed, and sow in
a shaded frame, and as soon as large
enough pot up in 2-inch pots. Grow
them in a frame until November 1 and
then pot in 3-inch or 4-inch pots. These
can be carried over the winter in a
cold greenhouse or in well protected
frames, and started in the greenhouse
in March and nice plants for summer
blooming be assured.

Wallflowers.

The wallflowers that were sown in
the spring should now be planted in
the benches that they may get a good
start before the cool weather sets in.
They should be planted in a house
that can be held at a cool tempera-
ture to procure the best results, a
house that does not have a night
temperature exceeding .50 degrees, and
even 45 degrees is better. They will
not bloom to any extent until after
the turn of the year when they will
stand a little higher temperature. The
soil should be a good rich comppst and
the plants can be set about eight
inches apart. Stake the plants as soon
as they begin to grow and keep them
tied up so that the spikes of bloom
will not become crooked. Constant
fumigation will be necessary, for they
are likely to be infected with aphis un-
less guarded against.

Notes on Trees and Shruts.

Most of the conifers still retain the
delicate colors of the foliage of their
young branchlets. and this is a good
time for the lover and planter of these
trees to examine the Arboretum pine-
tum.

Eastern North America is not a good
region for these trees. Many of them
cannot long bear our hot dry sum-
mers, cold winters, and the cold nights,
the hot sun and the winds of a New
England March. For ornamental
planting here better and more per-
manent results are obtained by the use
of deciduous leaved trees and shrubs
than by the general planting of conifers
and broad-leaved evergreens. Two of
the handsomest of coniferous trees,
however, are native to this part of the
country, the white pine (Pinus stro-
bus) and the hemlock (Tsuga cana-
densis), and where these two trees
thrive the lover of evergreen trees
need not lack material for his planta-
tions. It can be said generally that
the conifers of northeastern North'
America, the Rocky Mountains, north-
ern, central and southeastern Europe,
Siberia, northern China and northern
Japan, are hardy in this climate, and
that those of the southern United
States, Mexico, Central America and

PIERSON CO.S NEW STORE AT TARRYTOWN, N. Y.

the countries south of the equator, the
Himalayas and southeastern Asia are
not hardy; that only a few of the
species of western North America can
be safely planted in this climate, and
that so far as it is possible to judge
by our experience here many of the
pines, spruces, firs and larches which
cover the mountain slopes of the Chi-
nese-Tibetan frontier promise to be
hardy in New England. In the Abore-
tum there is probably the largest col-
lection of species and varieties of coni-
fers which can be found in eastern
North America, although in a few col-
lections like that at Wellesley in this
state, and in the Hoopes Pinetum at
West Chester, Pa., there are larger
specimens of several species. Many
exotic species are hardy and grow rap-
idly and vigorously here, but only time
can tell whether any of these trees will
ever reach here a large size and he-
come permanently valuable as orna-
mental or timber-trees.

The most interesting thing, perhaps,
which the .-Vrboretum has taught about
conifers is the fact that when a species
is widely distrilnited over regions of
different climates plants raised from the
seeds of the trees growing in the cold-
est parts of the area of distribution of
the species are the hardiest. For exam-
ple, the Douglas spruce (Pseudotsuga
taxifolia) from the shores of Puget
Sound, where this tree grows to its

largest size, is not hardy here, but the
same tree from the high mountains of
Colorado is one of the hardiest and
most promising of the exotic conifers
which have been planted in New Eng-
land. Abies grandis from the cold
Coeur d'Alene Mountains of Idaho has
been growing for years in the Arbore-
tum, while the same tree from the
northwest coast-region cannot be kept
alive here. The same is true of the
so-called red cedar or giant arbor-vitae
(Thuya plicata) of the northwest.
Plants from Idaho are perfectly hardy
in the Arboretum and now promise to
grow to a good size, while those from
the coast are tender here. The experi-
ence of the Arboretum with the Cedar
of Lebanon is interesting, for this is a
famous tree which it is desirable to
establish wherever it can be induced
to grow. The Cedar of Lebanon of
European nurseries is raised from
seeds produced in Europe by the de-
scendants of the trees brought original-
ly from the Lebanon in Syria. Oc-
casionally one of these trees c*.n be
seen in the neighborhood of New York
and Philadelphia, but it is not hardy
in New England. The Cedar of Le-
banon also grows on the Anti-Taurus in
.^sia Minor, a much colder and more
northern region than the Lebanon, and
in 1001 the Arboretum had seeds col-
lected from the trees in this northern
station, and these were sown in the
spring of 1002. None of the plants

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raised from this seed, although planted
in exposed situations, have ever suf-
fered and some of them are now from
15 to 18 feet high. This experiment
may have important results, but a cen-
tury at least will be needed to show its
real success or failure.

Of exotic conifers usually planted in
this country it is found that the life
here of the Scotch pine (pinus syl-
vestris), is usually not more than 30
or 40 years. The tree grows very rap-
idly here, it is perfectly hardy, . and,
beginning to produce seeds when only
a few years old, self-sown seedlings
often appear in considerable quantities.
The so-called Norway sprucg (Picea
Abies or excelsa) is another hardy,
fast-growing European tree which in
this climate generally begins to die at
the top when 40 or 50 years old and
is not a success here. Experiments are
being made in the Arboretum with
seeds of these trees collected from wild
trees in Norway and Sweden in the
hope that plants raised from these
seeds will be more permanent here
than European nJrsery stock which has
usually been planted in this country.

The Colorado blue spruce, so-called
(Picea pungens) promises to be a dis-
appointment. This tree grows natural-
ly near the banks of streams in Col-
orado, where it is not very common,
and never forms forests or large
groves; and at the end of a few years
it becomes thin and scrawny, with a
few short branches found only near the
top of the tree. Plants up to '20 or
30 years of age in Colorado and in
cultivation are symmetrical, compact
and very handsome. No conifer of re-
cent introduction has been raised in
such large quantities by nurserymen
here and in Europe, and few orna-
mental trees have been more generally
planted in the last twenty years. This
must be considered a misfortune, for
Judging by old trees in Colorado and by
the oldest trees in cultivation, this
spruce cannot be for any length of
time a valuable addition to our planta-
tions. It was discovered by Dr. Parry
in 1802. and one of the trees raised
from seeds which he sent at that time
to Asa Gray is growing on the south-
ern slope of Bussey Hill in the Ar-
boretum. This specimen very well
shows what this tree looks like at .50
years of age. The other Colorado
spruce. Picea Engelmannii. although it
grows more slowly, promises to be a
more permanently valuable ornamental
tree than Picea pungens; certainly as
it grows in Colorado, where It once

formed great forests, at high altitudes,
it is one of the most beautiful of all
spruces. The trees in the Arboretum
were raised here from seeds collected
in Colorado in 1870 and are believed to
be the finest specimens in cultivation.
They are narrow, jompact. symmetrical
pyramids and until a year or two ago
were furnished with branches to the
ground; now they are beginning to
lose their lower branches and there-
fore are losing some of their beauty as
specimen trees.

It is found here that the northern
white spruce (Picea canadensis) grows
rapidly and is very handsome for about
1)0 years, and then begins to become
thin and unsightly probably because
our climate is too warm for this cold
country tree. It is found here, too,
that the red spruce (Pic.ea rubra), the
great timber-producing spruce-tree of
the northeastern United States, is
rather difficult to establish and grows
more slowly than any other conifer in
the collection, and that the two balsam
firs of the eastern states (Abies bal-
samea and A. Fraseri) are in cultiva-
tion short-lived and are of no value as
ornamental trees; and that this is
true, too, of one of the Rocky Moun-
tain firs. Abies lasiocarpa. and of the
Siberian Abies sibirica.

Of native conifers in the collection,
which now after a trial of from 20
to 30 years promise to he most valu-
able in this climate, the Rocky Moun-
tain form of Abies concolor is the
most beautiful at 30 years of age of
all the firs which can be grown here,
Abies brachyphylla from Japan, with
leaves dark green above and silvery
white below, Picea omorika from the
Balkans, a narrow pyramidal tree
which seems to grow "S well in west-
ern Europe as it does in New Eng-
land, are promising trees. Abies
cilicica from Asia Minor, Pinus parvi-
flora from Japan, and P. Koraiensis,
from Siberia, Manchuria and Korea, a
valuable timber tree in its native coun-
try, are also promising. Pinus monti-
colp, from western America, the west-
ern representative of our eastern white
pine, is perfectly hardy here, but as an
ornamental tree is in no way superior
to the eastern species. Tsuga caro-
liniana from the Blue Ridge of North
and South Carolina, although smaller
is a more graceful and beautiful tree
than our northern hemlock. First
raised from seeds in the Arboretum in
1881, it gives every promise of being
one of the most desirable ornamental
conifers which can be grown in this

climate. The collection of the forms of
the native arbor-vitae (Thuya occi-
dentalis) in the Arboretum is a large
one and is now in excellent condition,
and well worth a visit by any one in-
terested in the seminal varieties some
trees are capable of producing. This
tendency to variation appears, too. in
the Japanese retinosporas (Chamaecy-
paris obtusa and pisifera) which are
planted next to the arbor-vitaes.

Although yews are not technically
conifers, it may be said that the Jap-
anese Taxus cuspidata and its variety
brevifolia have come through another
winter entirely uninjured, and that
there is no reason for modifying the
statement already made in these bul-
letins, that these are the most valuable
plants which Japan has contributed to
New England gardens, in which the
Japanese yew seems destined to be-
come our best hedge plant, A low form
of Taxus baccata ( var, repandens) has
proved very hardy in the Arboretum,
and for this climate appears to be the
most desirable form of the European
yew.

Of trees related to the yews the
hardiest here, with the exception of
the well-k'nown Gingko-tree, is the
Japanese Torreva, T. nucifera. This
in Japan is a large tree with a tall
trunk and a dense head of dark green
foliage. It should appeal to Ameri-
cans as it bears the name of a dis-
tinguished American botanist, and to
the student of trees it is interesting
because it is the latest of all the coni-
fers or conifer-like trees to begin its
annual growth, the leaf-buds now only
just beginning to expand. There is a
group of these Torreyas among the
Laurels at the base of Hemlock Hill,
and near them is growing the largest
specimen of the Japanese yew in the
Arboretum. — Arnold Arboretum Bul-
letin.

Gladiolus Blight.

Ed. American florist :

I happen to know of three cases of
blight on apparently healthy stock of
America and Mrs. Francis King gladio-
lus planted in fields where other va-
rieties growing alongside have proven
healthy. Can any of your readers give
me any information explaining the
blight of these varieties growing from
apparently healthy stock? Is there
any greater tendency to blight on late
planted stock and does variation In the
depth of planting affect the liability to
blight? J. J.

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Af filial. on for Co-operation.

I think enough has happened this
past year in horticulture to bring affi-
liation closer home with most branches
of horticulture. Anybody who has
eyes to see and ears to hear can see
the sign of the times, the need for
combined effort to give us and to
hold the rights in our profession, a
profession which does so much for bet-
ter life and better citizenship. Our
whole great country is aflre against
the ravages of rum. Let us help in a
more sensible way than the many mis-
directed efforts by building up the
home ties and taste, the love for
flowers and plants and trees. That
branch of education rests with us. So
that we can all do our best, no matter
what branch we are in, we must not
be hampered by unjust legislation, by
dishonest and greedy competition. We
should be on the same footing all over
the country, honest seeds and trees
and plants and flowers. No sliding
scales. Wealth, nor position, nor
ignorance should be a factor in any
sale. Integrity should be written all
over our great profession, all its
branches, absolute and always. If we
want to be educators, we must be
honest to ourselves and to the pub-
lic. No Burbankism will stand the acid
test of the public for any length of
time.

To do this, we must get closer to-
gether so we can understand each
other's wants and needs better. Brains,
applied science and common sense
should soon make us independent of
Dutch and French bulb growers, Eng-
lish roses and nursery stock, and Ger-
man seeds. In our great country we
should and would be able to find climate
and soils for all purposes. But such
enterprises must be helped from some
central point, where tests and records
can be made and kept, and so stimu-
late these men to take care of all prob-
lems of horticulture so that scientific
and practical methods can he applied
to all branches needing this help and
protection. As we grow, so must our
problems grow towards the public.
Constructive foresight is a great asset.
Let us make it in time. I again ap-
peal to your loyalty and common sense
to help and uplift your chosen profes-
sion. Everyone should care to see
horticulture shoulder to shoulder with
other enternrises. At the present
time it is not.

The verdiet against the growers of

flowers and plants in Ohio a month or
so ago, taxing greenhouse products as
personal property, is the straw that
shows how the wind blows. The pub-
lic in general thinks the florists and
those engaged in its allied branches
are making money by the barrel,
therefore make them pay taxes. What
is a law now in Ohio will possibly soon
be tried in other states, such as Illi-
nois, New York and Pennsylvania.
We must not lose sight of the good
will of the people.

It was an ugly blow to our seed
merchants when the government gave
its contract for seed to English firms.
It seems as if the integrity of the
home merchant were doubted. What
is our seed trade going to do about
It? If responsible firms did not care
to take the orders the government had
to give, on account of their agitation
against free seed, they seem to have
made a mistake. They forgot the
public. Foreign seedsmen will make
the most out of it and advertise it
widely, and the public here will won-
der why did Uncle Sam do it. It
leaves the door wide open to all kinds
of harmful conjectures. Watchful
waiting does not seem to have done
as far as the seedsman's troubles are
concerned.

I think a more aggressive method,
backed by all horticultural interests
would put a different aspect on this
feature. The seedsmen could not make
a wiser move, and for that matter all
other branches of horticulture, than to
join hands with the S. A. F. & O. H.
as a society. This great society is
broad in scope, and it has charters
made to suit these very purposes. The
time is here to combine; teamwork
is what is needed. Horticulture does
not produce multi-millionaires, our
means are all moderate, so as indi-
viduals we don't amount to much, but
we are strong in numbers. If we could
only forget for once our special inter-
ests and feel more as a horticulturist
In the broadest sense of the word, we
would then soon get together on a
basis of mutual benefit. Of course, in
numbers is where our power will be.
Horticulture united will put every-
body on a higher plane of life, from the
humble private gardener to the most
exalted position in horticulture.

AH who go to Boston will have a
chance to vote affiliation either one way
or the other. Other members who can-
not be there and think favorably of

affiliation, please send me a letter with
just these words : "I am in favor of
affiliation," and your name. I will
make the most of it, and this holds
good of any man in business, in any
branch of horticulture, whether nur-
seryman, seedsman, private gardener,
send me just those few words. The
stronger the effort, the quicker the re-
sults. You don't need to be a member
of the S. A. F. to show j'our senti-
ments towards affiliation. It may turn
out to be the straw to show how the
wind blows. Do it now.

Adolph Fakenwald.

Trade Conditions Mucli Improved.

Dun's bulletin of trade conditions of
August 1 says :

"Aside from the external influences
caused by the war In Europe and the
prompt measures to preserve values of
securities, there were no developments
adversely affecting the course of trade
in this territory. Speculative opera-
tions in foodstuffs have been held in
check by increasing offerings for future
delivery.

"The activities yet reflect some of
the midsummer quiet in various
branches of production and distribu-
tion, but favorable factors appear in
largely expanded movements of grain,
in beneficial weather effects upon corn,
and in sustained strengthening of de-
mands in the leading industries and
ordinary needs.

"More activity appears in outputs of
the furnaces, rolling mills, equipment,
and car works. The railroads have
added to forces employed and there is
unusual pressure at the machine shops
in renovating rolling stock, the demand
for which has become unprecedented as
to crop marketings. The absorption of
implements and farm machinery is
more general, indicating that pros-
perity is well distributed in the west.

"Bank clearings, $292.740,62fi, ex-
ceed those of corresponding week last
year by .S.2 per cent, and compare
with .$274,870,.548 in 1912. Failures re-
ported in the Chicago district num-
bered 21, against 2!J last week, 25 in
ini.3, and 20 in ini2. Those with lia-
bilities over $.5,000 number 8. against
11 last week, 12 in 1913, and 6 in 1912."

West I.slip, N. Y. — D. C. Arnold Co.
have incorporated with a capital of
.$100,000, and will conduct business as
florists, gardeners and nurserymen.

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Auz-

The American Florist

Established 1885.
Subscription, United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year; Canada $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union, $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sending us change of address always send
tlie old address at the same time.
Advertising, rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
opinions ol our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Wiir alTects all trade lines...... 97

The retail trade 5)9

— F. R. Pierson's handsome new store

(illus. 1 ft!)

Plant notes lOlJ

— Poinsettias mo

— Nephrolepis lOvl

— Marguerites 100

—Hollyhocks 101

—Wallflowers 101

Notes oil trees and shrubs 101

Picnic of Minnesota Florists (illus. )... .101il0:i

Gladiolus blight 1"2

Affiliation for cooperation .' 103

Trade conditions much improved lo:l

American Carnation Society 104

American Dahlia Society 104

Society of American Florists 104

Standard pots 104

With the growers loO

--The Robert Craig Co ' 100

— Godfrey Aschmanu .-. 106

. — Aschmann Bros *. loG

Chicago IKI

St. Louis t 113

Pittsburgh 114

Cleveland 114

Milwaukee 114

Baltimore 114-

Philadelphia : 116

New York 118

Boston lis

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society 119

Cincinnati ,. . 120

Trans-Atlantic sailings suspended 121

Toledo 124

The seed trade 126

— Seedsmen's trial grounds 126

Tile nursery trade 130

— Common mole in United States 130

Market gardeners 132

— Prices of indoor fruits and vegetables 132

— Egyptian onion crop 132

—Greenhouse notes 132

Detroit 132

Dangerous preserving powders 141

American Carnation Society.
A meeting of the board of directors
will be held in Boston. Mass., at 9:00
a. m., Thursday, August 20. All mem-
Isers who are in attendance upon the
S. A. F. & O. H. convention are in-
vited to meet with the board.

A. F. J. Baur,' Sec'y.

Renew subscriptions promptly so
that no copies of the paper may be
missed.

Our Thirtieth Anniversary Conven-
tion Number will be issued next week.
Advertisements tor this issue should
be mailed without delay.

Some comments on war conditions as
they affect European supplies of seeds,
bulbs and nursery stock will be found
on page 07 of this issue.

Fresh flowers imported Into the
United Kingdom during January-June,
this year, had a value of $250,000, or
double the imports in the same period
ia.st year.

Groweks of Boston ferns, crotons
and other plants and flowers produced
at home are likely to have increased
demand this season on account of
short stocks of plants usually im-
ported.

Immokteixes, cycas leaves, cape flow-
ers, status, ruscus, magnolia leaves
and other prepared foliage and flowers
are likely to be among the short items
this season on account of the Euro-
pean war.

American Dalilla Society.

An invitation is extended to every
lover of dahlias to meet at a formal
gathering of all American dahlia en-
thusiasts at Newport. R. I., on August
13, 1014. for the purpose of organizing
The American Dahlia Society. This so-
ciety will be founded for the purpose
of promoting the interest of the dahlia;
it will endeavor to furtlfer its progress,
establish a clear classification, encour-
age more public exhibitions, and last
but not least, it will disseminate use-
ful and helpful information at regu-
lar intervals to its members. The
meeting will take place at 8 :00 p. m.
in the Weaver Building, Broadway,
Newport, R. I. August 1.3 is the first
day of the combined flower shows
given at Belcourt, Newport, R. I., and
the exhibits of dahlias here will cer-
tainly be an attraction worth while for
all dahlia lovers to undertake the trip
to Newport. <

Maurice Fuld.

Society of American Florists.

DEPARTMENT OF PLAXT REGISTRATION.

Public notice is hereby given that
Vaughan's Seed Store. No. 31 West
Randolph Street, Chicago, 111., offers
for registration the following new
Sweet Pea — "Christmas Orchid Flow-
ered Selma Swenson." Any person
objecting to the registration or to
the use of the proposed name, is re-
quested to communicate, with the sec-
retary at once. Failing to receive ob-
jection to the registration, the same
will l5e made three weeks from this
date.

RAISER'.S DESCRIPTION.

Variety originated by Mr. G. Swen-
son, Elmhurst, 111. Color a light, soft,
clear pink, for greenhouse forcing.
Name "Selma Swenson."

July 31, 1914.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY MEETING.

The Chrysanthemum Society of
America will hold a meeting in the
Paul Revere Hall, Mechanics Build-
ing. Boston. 9 :.?0 a. m., Wednesday.
Aug. 19, 1914, the second day of
the Convention. This announcement
should have been included in the
program mailed to all members some
time ago.

JOHN YOUNG, Secretary.

Standard Pots.
Ed. American Florist ; —

As we have had our attention called
by one of the committee to a proposed
change in the standard pot. which the
late Peter Henderson said long before
he died, that the Society of American
Florists hy adopting the standard
flower pots had accomplished a great
good which would be a benefit to all
concerned. Appended will be found
our views.

The Whilldin Pottery Co.

OB.TECTIONS TO CHANCE.

Rumors of a movement on hand to
have the standard flower pots changed
from the present standard shapes
adopted, at the oorivention of the So-
ciety of American Florists, at Boston.
Mass., August 21. bSllO. have reached
the ears of the puttcrv tiadc .Tnd their

immediate reply is "Standardize the
Jardiniers." Our product was stan-
dardized in 1890. Rumor has it that
some few retailers object to the present
style of standard rimmed pots and
they suggest a return to the smaller
rim, similar in design to the old style
hand made pots of uncertain dimen-
sion, simply because one or more of
their customers may have a pet jar-
dinier into which they find it hard or
impossible to insert a standard rim-
med not without the rim showing. The
jardinier makers are continually at
work designing and making new pat-
terns in regular and odd shapes in
limited quantities which are soon dis-
carded and seemingly pay little atten-
tion to the size of the opening in its
relation to the depth of the vessel
while a few thoughts directed with
that end in view would clear up at once
any objection to the use of standard
flower pots as made at present. The
potteries to keep up with the newest
design of jardiniers would have to be
continually changing the size and
shape of their pots to correspond to
the changing designs of jardiniers, and
there would soon be no use for the
standard shapes as there would be
none made. To return to the old style
would not remove the objections sus-
tained by the retailers and the same
difficulty would occur as the old style
pot was proportionally thicker at the
top and possibly thicker around the
rim than the present pot with rim,
and would still bind before reaching
bottom of the jardiniers.

In olden days long before the adop-
tion of the present standard pots the
pottery salesman would sell pots to
one florist for 3-inch and possibly the
next customer would buy the same
pot for a ti-inch, then again a florist
would advertise (i-inch stock, which
upon arrival at destination would go
into the buyer's 5-inch pots. These
conditions were the same in every
section of the country, and the year
the Society of American Florists
adopted and standardized the flower
pots, they did more for the trade in
general than any other convention
up to that time, and possibly since.
Practical potters tell us they would
prefer a -smaller rim as then they
could place more pots in their kilns,
and less room would be occupied in
storage per thousand pots, but this
would necessitate a smaller diameter
bottom, therefore less room for the soil,
so much desired by the grower and it
is only by the present system of "nest-
ing" or "stacking" pots, that the price
is kept at the present low figure. The
basket maker gets a standard pot,
azalea or bulb pan, whichever he
wants to make, if a new design, and
his baskets are formed over the size
pot or pan to be used, thereby pre-
venting the use of those words so apt
to spring from our lips, when things
go wrong. The supply houses have
on hand figures or samples of the most
used sizes of standard flower pots
and whenever a novelty is offered to
them their first inquiry is "Does it fit
the standard flower pot?'"

Along with the potters' cry of "stan-
dardize the jardiniers," should be
coupled the ferndishers, and every re-
tailer knows his troubles in the past
when by hammer, chisel and saw he
has tried to cut down a pot or pan to
fit a liner to some odd fern dish,
or has called upon some tinsmith to
make the liner of zinc or tin. Any
standard flower pot manufacturer
would gladly furnish the jardinier and
fern dish makers any information re-
garding dimensions, etc., of their pro-
duct.

igi4.

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105

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., Sec Ready Reference Section.

Where answers ore to be mailed from this oflBce
euciose 10 ceuts extra to cover postiige, etc.

Situation Wanted — By first-class gardener;
20 years' experience in all branches: hishly
recommended; abstainer; married. .Address
Key 444, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— On large private estate as
foreman gardener. Practical experience in a 1
branches. None but first class estate.

Key 443. care .'Imerican Florist.

Situation Wanted — Married man wishes posi-
tion on commercial place; honest, sober and reli-
able: life experience. Address

Key 445, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted -By German ilorist. as work-
ing foreman or for section; good propagator and
grower of cut flowors; Chicago or nearby pre-
ferred; strictly soDer. Address

Key 436. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— As foreman to take entire
charge bv a firs-tclass grower of cut flowers and
plants, over 30 years' experience; commercial or
institution. Has first-class reference as to abiliiy,
etc. D. P. Nelson. MO Front st ,

Ripley. Hancock. P. O.. Mich.

Situation Wanted— By gardener and florist
single, capable of taking charge of gentleman's
private place, greenhouses, flowers, fruits, veget-
ables, hotbeds, lawns good houseman. Steady
and reliable, giod reference- stat-^ wages, board
and room. J. G. Dickinson.

471 West 21st St . New York . N. Y

Situation Wanted -As foreman or manager, by
a German: married: Z2 years old. Has 12 years
practical experience. First class grower of roses,
carnations and chrysanthemums: southern and
northern experience; best of references. State
full particulars in first letter; good wagps expect-
ed. Address Key 423. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted-By energetic tloist as a
working foremari; single. German; strictly sober;
25 years of age; Hie experience; first-class grower
of cut flowors and potted plants; good hustler
and good designer, and decorator. Can produce
the goods, handle help, etc. Wages $20.00 per
week. Address

Key 4!S care American Florist.

Situation Wamea— B\ experienced grower;
married, two children: age 36; for many years
grower with the largest cut flower establishments:
know the business in all its branches: is of good
working capacity; can fill position as foreman;
good wages expected; state particulars in first
letter. Address

Key 437. care American Florist

Situation Wanted-By young man of 1'). who
was employed in Nurseries in the Netherlands for
4 years. Dois not speak English fluently. Pre-
fers situati -n in greenhouses or nurseries in or
near Chicago Has letters of reference. Address
as soon as possible, stating wages.

C. M, OUDIJK.

%8 Bridge St.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Help Wanted -Reliable lady to assist florist and
take care oi small household in Chicago. Address
Key 446, care American Florist.

Help Wanted- Young man experienced in
roses, for a commercial place near Chicago. *25 00
per month, board, room and washing. Address.
Key 442. care American Florist.

Help Wanted— An expeili-nced grower of gen-
eral slock. 7 UUO feet of glass. Must be good on
carnations and potted plants. Good room, clean
bed. good food. $40.00 with r oom and board to
start. Must be a good worker and steady. Stead\
position guaranteed a good man. No boozer
wanted Address.

R. & S. Flower Store.

Box 1323. Missoula, Montana.

Help Wanted— Head gardener married, without
children, to take charge of country place of about
100 acres composed of fl wer gardens, lawn and
woods; situated on Lake Erie, twenty miles from
Buffalo Presenr head gardener leaving to go in
farming for himself, after ten years service. State
age. nationality, religion, and expeiience. Must
have best of references. .Address

Key 434. care American Florist.

Wanted— To rent for 5 years wiih option to buy
about 10,000 ft. of glass in good repair.

J. R. JOHN'^TON. Greensburg. Ind.

Wanted— Party with a few thtusand dollars to
invest in a wholesale rose and carnation range in
the State of Washington. Guaranteed O- K. Ad-
dress. Kev 414, care .American Florist.

Wanted— To lease. 15,000 feet of glass in good
condition. for5 years with option to buy. Must
be in good condition. Address,

Key 412, care American Florist.

For Rent— (ireenhouse rarge. six houses, about
lO.OuO square feet of glass, willi store and sheds
attached in veiv favorable retail location Write
for particula-rs, giving references ;is to financial
responsibility character, etc.

CuRRiE Bros Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

For Sale— New Pierce- .Arrow dclivpry car. Bar-
gain if taken at once. \\ m. F- Schofikid.

7.^4 North State St.. Chicago.

For Sale— Can give an experienced Horist with
$1000 00 cash, an exceptional good deal on green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Br.ahv Imp'l Cu., Brady. Mont.

For Sale— Well established retail florist
business on a busy thoroughfare in Chicago.
Eisy terms to the right party. Reason for selling
wish to retire Anyone desiring to secure a fine
paying business in a good locality would do well
to investigate this ofl^cr for it is a splendid buy
and an unusual offering Address.

Key 430 care .American Florist

For Sale— Iron frame greenhouse (30x70) of very
best construction ; built last year. Store and
dwelling of 13 rooms: modern In the heart of
the largest and most prosperous city in S. Dakota.
Two minutes walk from ii:st office. Last month's
business S2749 83. Five railroads. Good shipping
trade. Good seed business in connection. No
better bargain in the West for an enterprising
florist. Sickness in family compels immediate
sale. For particulars address

Ci. A. T.. Lock Bock 144. Sioux Falls. S. Dak.

GROWER WANTED.

I wish to get in touch with a good
grower of roses, carnationsand pot plants
who has two or three thousand dollarsto
invest and wishes to get into business
(wholesale) for himself. I can offer the
opportunity of a lifetime. Address,

Key 427, care American Florist.

Help Wanted At Once

A single young man as second gardener on a
private place. Must be strictly temperate, honest
and rr-liabtu. and understand growing both outside
and under ylass. Positively siate age nationality
and experienri-. a'so tend copies ot references to

Gardener, Box 103. Green Lake, Wis.

Large place in New Jers- y. ni-ar New York City
30.0U0 feet of glass large dwellinu, and furniture,
barn, horses and automobile. Well established
business, local and wholesale also large landscape
business. Place is near railroad and trolley, is in
first class condition all up-to-date improvements.
Price very reasonable; owner must sell at once,
going west. Particulars.

CHAS. MILIANG.
55 W. 26th St.. New York City.

FOR S^LE.

12 H. P. INTERNATIONAL GASOLINE ENGINE

Perfect order.

12 H, P. UPRIGHT STEAM ENGINE. Good order.

Very low price. If interested address,

PYFER fi OLSEM,

1625 Central Ave., WUmette, 111.

EXPERIENCED GARDENER

Seeks re-engagement this fall, "any-
where east of the Mississippi," as head
of commercial or private estate; expert
greenhouse manager, market gardener,
orchardist, farmer; what can you offer
me? Married. State wages. Address,
Key 440, care American Florist.

FOR SALE.

One of the oldest and best located
Nurseries in the U. S. Has been
doing a large and profitable wholesale
end retail business for many years in
avery state in the Union, Canada and
Mexico. Greenhouse in connection.
For full particulars address.

Key 429, care American Florist
NOTICK

OF

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

(■11ICAG<.), .Inly 18. 1914.

stockholders of the American Florist Company

You are hpreby notitiod tluit tlieimnu.il meeting-
of tlie sux-kholders of tlio American Florist
Compiuiv will lie held in Ihe Parker Honse.
Boston, 'Mass., Wednesday. August 19. 19H. at 3
o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing directors,
and officers for the ensuing term and for the
transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting.

.1. v.. VAUGHAN. Pies.
.M. BARKER. Secy.

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The American Florist.

Aug. 8,

WITH THE GROWERS

The Robert Craig Co.

When members of the craft from
various parts of the country visit
Philadelphia they almost invariably
have the Robert Craig Company's es-
tablishment in mind, and go out there
to see what's new and polish up on
the business generally. The specialties
here are ornamental foliage and
^wering plants. Crotons, dracenas,
ferns, rubbers and areca palms are
grown by the houseful; in fact, ranges
of glass are given up to all of them.
If they have a favorite it may be
said to be the croton. Talk about
kings of the floral craft, verbena kings,
carnation kings, etc. — well, Robert
Craig can be truly crowned "Emperor
of all the crotons," for he was the
first to see their beauty and utility.
the first to grow them in quantity,
and the stock here has always been
first in quantity, quality and variety.
In fact, I feel safe in saying that the
stock to be seen at Norwood is the
largest in the world. In all stages of
growth there are over 100,000 plants,
ranging from cuttings to magnificent
specimens. They have experimented
with this plant until they know its
every whim and they grow here like
the proverbial weed. In propagating,
tops are mossed and rooted before be-
ing cut; again, large top cuttings are
rooted in the sand bed and never lose
a leaf (it is so easy when you know
how), and yet Mr. Craig will tell you
there is no secret in doing it — '"we .iust
stick them in, and they grow." They
are getting new sorts from seed care-
fully hybridized and have raised some
beauties, which have been medaled and
honored in various ways. A beauti-
ful sort has just been honored by be-
ing christened John Farquhar. It was
greatly admired by him, hence its
name. Faciatus, the beautiful golden-
veined sort, has the call in Pittsburgh,
where the leaders of the craft cannot
get enough of it.

But the dracenas are clamoring for
recognition, and they deserve it as
they stand in splendid array like sol-
diers on dress parade. They have had
fine stock before, but this year's is
the best ever. Massangeana is a
leader. Cuttings of these are taken
from plants planted out on a table.
They are strong shoots with ten or a
dozen leaves that one would think so
large that they would wilt and wither
away, but no, they soon take root and
when removed from the sand are ready
for, and in fact almost too large for, a
four-inch pot, and some go into sixes.
Lord Wolseley, Baptistii Desmettiana,
Bronze Beauty, Mandaiana, Fragrans,
Shepherdii. Amabalis, Terminalis. etc..
are seen in great companies. These
varieties are grown from canes laid in
the sand. Dracena Kelleriana is to be
qne of the comers, it being a great im-
provement over the well known God-
seffiana. Sanderiana is grown here in
quantity, being in such demand for
basket work. Pandanus Veitchii is one
of the quick movers: the cuttings come
from the tropics, but there appear
never enough to go around.

Flcus is another specialty. Pan-
durata as grown here is in a class by
itself. Chavivierii is a good one and
Utilis is the best new one — a striking
plant.

Ferns — well, of the Boston and its
sporty relations there seems no end.

The favorite and latest comer Is the
Teddy Junior. This has Scottii beat,
so they say here, and while it looks
it everyone who knows Scottii will
have to be shown to be convinced. It
certainly is a great variety for a six-
inch pot, being crowded to the very
edge with fronds, full of vigor, and a
wave to the frond, much the same as
that sterling sort, Harrisii. With its
vigor and dwarf, compact habit, it
should prove a winner. Other sorts,
Scholzeljii. Elegantissima improved,
Todeaoides, Smithii, W. K. Harris and
Harrisii and fifteen other sorts and
variations of which there seems no
end. Areca palms are handled as a
specialty. They do tljem well here,
from 40,000 seedlings to the finished
10-inch and 12-inch specimens.

Christmas and Easter flowering
plants are given much attention, being
sold as yoi'""r stock to be grown on,
and finished here for the retail trade.
Cyclamen, begonias and poinsettias are
grown by the thousands, cyclamen and
begonias by the tens of thousands.
The cyclamen stock is superb. They
are grown in large houses with shade
cloth covering, controlled by ropes
which take it up and down to screen
the sun's rays. This is much better
than coating the glass, which keeps
out the light morning and evening,
and on cloudy days. Poinsettias are
in the process of making, there being
a very large cutting bed covered with
a green mat of leaves nearly all root-
ed. For the next month this bed will
be kept filled with cuttings, taken
from the stock plants outside, these
being much preferred to that grown
inside. Begonias, La Reine and Cin-
cinnati are seen in quantity and
many thousands have been sold from
2y2-inch pots for growing on. Hy-
drangeas, the French sorts for forcing,
are a feature and are seen by the
thousand, mostly in six-inch pots
plunged in frames outside. One might
keep on and on, talking of the inter-
esting features, the way in which
things are done, the rotation of crops,
from Easter plants to bedding stock,
and then to the great benches of
chrysanthemums to be seen at 49th
street. It is a place where something
is doing every day of the year, a place
of never-failing interest.

K.

Godfrey Aschmann.

Intensive culture, or getting two-
fold results where many growers only
get one, is the watchword at the plant
factory of Godfrey Aschmann, 1012
Ontario street. Philadelphia. This
careful grower is on the .iob all the
time and nothing escapes him, seed-
lings and cuttings are always coming
on, while on other tables, may be
seen stock ready for orders, which, by
the way, owing to his liberal advertis-
ing, come in every day, the volume
swelling in spring and fall, being at
its height at holiday times, but always
something doing.

At present, arauearias. of which
plant he makes a specialty, are seen
in quantity, some inside, and more out-
side in lath houses. A good assort-
ment of medium sized Kentias, choice
aspidistras and cocus palms are all
first-class stock. Rubbers, flcus elas-
tica, are popular here but rather scarce
this season. There are quantities of
ferns of the nephrolepis sorts. Boston,
elegantissima and Scottii. all well
grown. In preparation for the holi-

days are Begonias Cincinnati, Lor-
raine and Luminosa, as well as Pri-
mulas obconica and a large lot of
poinsettias. Cineraria seedlings in 2%-
inch pots had just been pricked off one
to a pot. He claims to lose very few
by damping when done in this way.
Cyclamen are also a feature. Hy-
drangeas, many of the newer French
sorts, were growing plunged outside.
These are sold to be forced for the
Easter trade here. j

The usual fine importation of azaleaa !
will be due in October. Several hun-
dred of these plants, best after a year's
residence here, are seen plunged out-
side looking very strong and vigorous.
A wrinkle for added table space for
emergencies are lengths of one-inch j
pipe attached to the pipe house sup- I
ports. These stretch across the center
bed about forty inches from the
ground. When necessary boards are
laid on these another temporary table
the length of the house is soon ready
for use.

Mr. Aschmann is a great believer in
advertising, being one of the largest
users of the trade papers, and at-
tributes his success to this agency.

K.

Ascbmann Brothers.

A few years ago the Aschmann
Brothers, sons of Godfrey Aschmann,
and brought up under his guidance,
branched out for themselves, taking
the Cox greenhouses at Second and
Bristol streets, Philadelphia, where
they have made a great success. They
have added considerably to the size of
the already large place, and have
every inch of space pulling for profit.
Specialties are table and Boston type
of ferns, new things are quickly given
a try out. As an instance the Teddy
fern is seen here in quantity. Be-
gonias Lorraine. Cincinnati and Lu-
minosa are coming in for later. Pri-
mula obconica is a feature, being
grown by the thousands, and all from
the finest imported seed. Small grow-
ers buy largely of young stock to
grow on.. Cyclamen fill two houses
and look well. Aspidistras from Bel-
gium are choice stock. They are very
well variegated. Chrysanthemums for
cutting fill the tables for summer
and look as if they would pay. Sev-
eral large outside beds of snapdragons,
which later will be boxed in and have
sash protection. were interesting.
Much good stock is cut from these in
the fall. Great quantities of Easter
and Christmas stock are forced here.
Large import orders for azaleas and
lily bulbs have been given.

The Aschmann Brothers are fond of
printers' ink and in consequence en-
joy a large shipping business to the
trade. Theirs is a very interesting
place to visit and is growing as fast
as these two energetic men can care
for it.

K,

GRAND Rapids, Mich.— The Wealthy
Avenue Floral Company will expend
.$1,500 in rebuilding some of its green
houses.

WATERLOO, lA, — Chas. Sherwood is
erecting three new greenhouses, one
20x200 feet, one 29x100 feet and
another IGxlOO feet.

Boston, Mass. — A voluntary petition
in bankruptcy was filed July 22 by
James L. Carnev, florist. His liabili-
ties are .fl 1,400 and his assets .?1,072.

1914.

The American Florist. iot

The Thirtieth Anniversary

coNV[NTioN mmii

of:

The American Florist

WILL GO TO PRESS

.^xjoxjsor 11.

A FTER 30 years' service in the Florist, Nursery
and Seed Trades, we have won a host of
staunch business friends at home and abroad and
hope to see them all well represented in the adver-
tising pages of the

Thirtieth Annual Convention Number

No Change in Prices, Single Column In"h, $1.00; Page of 30
inches, $30.00, with the usual discounts on a series of insertions.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

For thirty years the representative paper of the Florists, Seedsmen
and Nurserymen of the United States and Canada.

"Please send your copy for this issue as early as possible.

108 The American Florist. Auo. s

POEHLMAP

NOTE :— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

Summer Roses

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sunui
Ward, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner. Our stocks
exceptionally fine quality, and are c.ut tight especially for long distance shipi^i
Order your roses from us and you will buy right. Try us now.

Gladioli, Shasta Daisies, Cattleya Gigas and C. Gaskellii

Easter Lilies goodsup^y!"" I Lily of the Valley ourTxTra nisi

We Close During August and September at 5 p. m.

Meet Us In Bostof

JOBBERS SEE US FOR

Ruscus and Cycas Leave

SAMPLES UPON REQUEST.

\'isitors to Chicaoro on the way to Boston

are invited to visit our salesroom where

we have a complete line of

1(^1^.

The American Florist.

109

BROS. CO

roTh^'s.**"" CHICAGO, ILL,

DEHLMANN'S 'MUMS

3 -inch Pompons and Standards Now Reduced for Quick and Final Clearance.

200,000 late propagated, extra fine healthy stock, all varieties listed bv us

Now $2.20 per 100; $20.00 per 10OO.

'MUMS and be convinced that our choice conimtrcial varieties are the ones that will bring jou the largest returns for the
vested. We have a fine healthy lot of nice soft plants n splendid growing condition, but we need more room and in order to
stock quickly we are making A BIG REDUCTION IN PRICES. You can now buy any variety listed by us— Pompons or Stand-
$20.00 per 1000, a direct saving of from 25'/( to 757< on our regular prices. Better hurry your order as this stock will not last
ese special prices. Note the price $2.20 per 100; $20.00 oer 1000.

EARLY
E TfELLOW

ante Clirysolora

St

nann PINK

McNiecc

OHri«^v^s»A.K:arnEMviu:iM:®

MID SEASON

LATE

WHITE

M rs. Chas. Kazer
Elise Fapwnrth

PINK
Enguehard
Chieltain

YELLOW

Bonnstton

Crocus

Ramapo

WHITE

Timoiby Eaton
Chadwick
Lynwood Hall

YE LOW

Vellow Eaton
Go'den Chadwick

PJNK
Maud Dean
R E. Loeben

i»o»j:f»oiv»

NEW ONES

WHITE- Alice Salomon PINK- Chieftain

SINGLE POMPONS

WHITE-Mensa BRONZE-Paiiline

Parkinson— Single pink

*JITB

len Newberry
mmit

Krut
Skibo

YELLOW

Madge Big Baby

Klondyke Baby

Quinola

I RED

Rufus Lagravere

BRONZE

Madam Laporte Mrs,

I PINIC

Nellie Ely Fairy Queen
I Alvina

SUPREME QUALITY ROSE STOCK

;PLANTS THAT MONEY CAN BUY. Growers are always on the lookout for quality rose stock. They realize that the best at the st^rt is the cheapest in
, hen buying plants it is always best to secure your siock from people that have a reputation for producing the best there is to be had. Vou cannot get
I'tock than that which we are offering, for we always aim to give the purchaser the best that our long years of experience enable us to do.

ILADY

|)at price. Bargain,
l^afted Plants.

) $ so 00 per lono

1 lOO.iQper 1000

Own Root.

i $™.OOperlOOO

\ SOOOperlOOO

ad values— Order today.

GRAFTED ROSES.

2>2-In. Plants
Tan ( Bulgsrie or

Antoine

.tl2C0 per 100; $100.00

Mrs.
Revoir), at

per lOdO.

Killarney Brilliant, gralted 2H in., at
S30.f 0 per 10(1; J250.i 0 per 10(10; 3H-in.
SS'.CO per IfO; $30t'.00 per lOfO.

aVi-In. Grafted.

Balgarie, $15 00 per lOO; $135.00 per
10(J0.

OWN ROOT ROSES.

2i2-ln. Plants.

KlUamey, Mrs. Taft. (Bulgarie or
Antoine Revoir), at $6.00 per 100:
$55. CO per 101.10.

These prices are in effect now; 395 for
cash to 10 days.

FIELD GROWN

Carnation Plants

Ward, Perfection, Scarlet
Glow, Beacon, $55 per 1000.

Winsor, Lawson, May Day,
$50 per 1000.
FINE HEALTHY STOCK.

Kentla Belmoreana

Single Plants

\ 5 to6 leaves.

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

18

24

28 to 30 in

32 to 34 in

36 in

42 to 44 in

45 to 48 in.

in. high
high
high
high
high
high
high

Each
$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
5(X)

I Specimens. $15.00 to $25 00.

Kentla Forsterlana

I Single Plants

II 5 to 6 leaves. 18 to 20 in. high 0 35
II 5 to 6 leaves. 28 to 30 in. high 1.00
>' 5 to 6 leaves 34 to 36 in. high 1.50

Kentla Forsterlana— Continued

6 inch pots.
8 inch lubs,
8 inch tubs,

10 inch tubs.

U inch tubs,

Sing'e Plants Each

5 to 6 leaves. 38 to 42 in. high $ 2.00

6 to 7 leaves. 4(S to 4S in. hi«h 3. SO
6 to 7 leaves. 50 to 54 in, hiirh .S.OO
6 to 7 leaves. 5 to SV? ft. high 8.00
6 to 7 leaves. 6 to 6H ft. high 10.00

Kentla Belmoreana

Made-up Plants

8 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub.

10 inch tubs. 5 plants in a tub,

10 inch tuhs. 5 plants in a tub.

12 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub.

^2 in. high 3.50

38 to 41' in. high 5 00
4S to 50 in. high 8 00
5 ft. high 12.00

6 inch pots,

7 inch pots,

7 inch pots.

8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs.
8 inch tubs.

10-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs.
Very strong

6 inch pots,

7 inch pots,

8 inch tubs,

Kentla Forsterlana

Made-upPlants
28 i

bii,'h

3 plants in a pot
5 plants in a pot.

4 plants in a pot,
3 plants in a tub,

3 plants in a tub,

4 plants in a tub,
4 plants in a lub,
4 plants in a tub.
4 plants in a tub.

specimens 12 and

S15.00. $18.00 and $25 00.

Phoenix Roebelenii

20 in. high, 2h in spread
2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread
fine specimens

Each
$[.25

34 to 38 in. high
}>& in. high
38 to 42 in. high
48 to 54 in. high
52 to 5*> in. high
5 ft. high

5 to 5*^? ft. high 10.00
6ft. high 12.00

5 inch tubs. 7 plants.

:.50
3 00
3.50
5.00
600

i.OO

1.30
2.50

■^-5,

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.

u

Lescens, 6 in., 3 plants, 9lic each.

ts, green, 6 in. pots, 10 leaves,

«':h.

ts, variegated, B in. jots, 10 to 12

i, 1.50 each.

UVeltChli, highly colored.

11 50c each. 6-inch at 75c each.

1 1 $1.26 to $1.50 each.

i' 2 00 to 2.50 each.

%\ Sprengerl Baskets, extra strong.
ij.OO and $2.60 each.
l[nglng Baskets, verv fine.

.00 and %-l.m each.'
S. 1 variet}'. 3-in., 25c; 4-in., 50c.

Stevia, strong, 2 in , ready now, at $22.00

per 1000.
English Ivy, strong, 20c to 35c each.
Peppers. Chinese and cluster.

3-inch, $5.00 per 100.
Primula Obconica, Grandifioraand Gigantea

strain. 3 inch, $6.00 per 100. 4-inch, 8c.
Cyclamen, choice strain, 3-in., $7.((iperl00.

Glory of Wandsbek. 3 in., H.OOperlOO.

4-inch, choice stock, $15.00 per 'Oil.

4-inch, Gloryof Wandsbek, JlS.OOperlOO.
Smllax, 2 inch, strong stock, several times

pinched back, $20 00 per lOOO. 3 inch,

strong stock, several times pinched back,

$40.00 per 1000.

Boston Ferns, lllin..at $2.00 and 12 in. at
$3 0(1 to $3.50.

Dracaena Godseffiana, 2 in. pots, $1 00 per

doz.; 3 in. pots, $1.50 per doz.

Dracaena Indivlsa, strong.
4-inch at 15c and 20c each.

Begonia, Glory d'Chatelaine.
3-in., $8.00 per lOO.

Asparagus Sprengerl.

•.M-4-in.,$3 0(1 per KHi. 3-in., $5.00 per lOO.

Asparagus Plumosus.

3-in, at $7.(10; 4-in. at $12.00 per KM;
o-in. at $20.00 to $26 00 per ICO.

110

The American Florist.

Aug.

THE BEST SUMMER ROSES

American Beauties, Hillingdon, Sunburst, Shawyer,
Bulgarie, Rhea Reid and Cecile Brunner.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of flowers of the advantages
of buying direct of the grower. We make a specialty of growing roses for summer.

CURRENT PRICE LIST. fn-St^a^ke?/"""^'

American Beauties Per Dozen

Specials, extra long stems.

30-inch stems

24-tDch stems

15-inch stems

Shorter.

$2.50

2.00

1.50

1.00

50

Hillingdon, Sunburst,
Bulgarie and Shawyer Per loo

Exiralong $6.00

Medium 5.00

Short , 3.00

Extra Fine Bulgarie Roses $8.00

White and Pink Killarney,
Richmond S Rhea Reid. Per loo

Extra- Select $6.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per bunch, 25c

Per doz. Per 100

EASTER LILIES, $1.00; $6.00

Auratum Lilies 6.00

Rubrum " 6.00

Lily of the Valley $ 3.00 to $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengerl 3.00

New Eastern Ferns, per 1000. ..$1.50

Adiantiun l.OO

Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

ROSES, in lots of 600 or more at the rate of $16.00 per 1000.

We Close on Week Days During July and August at 5 P. M.
All Seasonable Flow^ers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES. OFFICE and STORE,

i'JiS'^ 3f4.- 131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, m., and Greggs Station, 111.

Chicagfo.

.SUMMER DULLNESS STILL PREVAILS.
Trade is still quiet and while busi-
ness is good at times, the general con-
dition at present is what is usually
expected at this time. Asters are very
plentiful and choice stock is obtain-
able at very reasonable prices. Glad-
ioli are in great over-supply and are
being sold in larpe lots at bargain
prices. American Beauty roses are
very plentiful and choice stock in all
grades can be had at low figures. Roses
are arriving in good quantity and there
is much good stock seen. Lily of the
valley is seen at nearly all the stores
in good supply. Lilies are in over-sup-
ply and have been selling very cheap-
ly. Carnations are seen in limited sup-
ply, but do not cut much figure in the
market now. Stock of all kinds is
very plentiful, but customers are
scarce; consequently the street fakirs
are seen at the corners again dispos-
ing of their stock. The European war
has been the main talk in the market
this week, and while conditions at
present seem to be anything but fa-
vorable, the war will likely be of short
duration and will not affect conditions
In the trade in this country as much
a^ was at first feared. Quite a num-
ber of florists in this vicinity have
signified their intention of attending
the Boston convention, so a large dele-
gation may be expected from here.

THE CONVENTION SPECIAI,.

President Wirth of the Society of
American Florists will leave Chicago
Sunday evening, August IG, on special
train over the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad, La Salle street sta-
tion, at 8:00 o'clock, with the Chicago
Florists' Club and others desirous of
joining the convention party on the
President's Special.

This train is due at Niagara Falls
Monday noon at 12 :04 o'clock and sev-
eral hours will be spent there, the
party leaving again at 3 :50 p. m. the
same day, and due in Boston Tuesday,
August 18, at 7 :05 a. m. The fare
from Chicago to Boston and return is
.$30, good for 30 days. Berths, Chicago
to Boston (one way), "lower, $5.50;
upper. .'(Jl.-tO. The foregoing rates ap-
ply only to Boston and return. Many
extended tours and side trips may be
arranged returning, on application to
local transportation agents at equally
low rates, including New York, Phila-
delphia. ■ Boston, Thousand Islands,
Hudson River, etc.

All members of the Society of
American Florists and their friends
from points north, west and south of
Chicago, who wish to join the Presi-
dent's party at Chicago should secure
tickets reading over the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Railroad and New
York Central, Chicago to Boston and
return.

Reservations will be made on appli-
cation to G. K. Thompson, 100 South
Clark street. Chicago, 111., telephone
Randolph 5300, who will cheerfully
supply all other information regarding
this trip.

NOTES.

A. I. Simmons, who is a commis-
sary officer in the Illinois National
Guard, has returned ■ from Springfield
where his company has been in en-
campment during the past two weeks.
He is now installing a large new re-
frigerator in his south side store.

At Erne & Klingel's store a fine
supply of summer stock is now being
offered, especially gUadioli, roses and
asters. • Fred Klingel has not been
feeling well of late, but is still attend-
ing to his duties at the store.

W. C. Blackmann, of the Blackmann

^^tvCY.»<

rLOKBTS

t List:

) to $1.50 per
to $3.00 per
nk KUlarne
Sunburst.

...$6.C0 to
4 00 to

doz.

d07.

100

$8.00
5.00
3.00
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.00

0
8.00
4.00
1.00
2.50
4.00
.60

0

0

WHOLESALE coaai.aioi.
CBICAOO

Currept Pric<

Easter Lilies $l.0(

American Beauties. ... Si .00

Richmond, White and Pi

My Maryland, Ward, i

Fancy

Good Short

Roses, our selection

Carnations, firsts

Orchids, Cattleyas. per doz..
Gladioli

.$5.00 to $6.0
... 4.00 to

Valley

... 3.00 to
.. .75 to

2 00 to

Sprengeri, Plumosus Sprays.

Plumosus Strintjs, each

Ferns, per 1000

Oalax. per lOOO

... 2.00 to
.35 to
IS

1.0

Mention the American Florist when writing

Floral Co., Evansville, Ind., stopped off
here for a short time on August 1 on
his return home from a delightful fish-
ing trip near Boulder Junction, Wis.

igi4.

The American Florist.

Ill

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

rvA.I^OE> GXJ'^

RUSSELL— SLNBURST—WARD ROSES

Order your supply from us. Our stock is fine and
costs no more than the ordinary run of stock.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stems $2 50 to $3 00

30-iiich stems 2 00

24-iiich stems 1 75

20-inch stems 1 60

16-inch stems 1 26

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 36 to 60

Richmond 1 ^ ,.„

KlUarney ^"10°

White Klllarney... [Select 6 00

My Maryland f Medium 6 00

Sunburst "

Mrs. Aaron Ward. J Short 4 00

Russell $4.00, $6.00 and $8.00 per 100

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Asters $1 00 to $3 00

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 2 50

Harrlsii per doz., $1 ») to $2 00

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

SmUax per doz., $2 00

Adlantum

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

1 00

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

We Close During July, August and September at 5 p. m.

BEAUTIES

Large Supply of Elegant Stocit in All Lengths. Order Here.

QLADIOLI-=ASTERS== LILIES

We have what you want and can supply you at all times. Try us.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

(NOT INC.)

161 N. Wabash Ave., ^^.o^.:\'^:'W.\ CHICAGO

The Raedlein Basket Co. is painting
its store and making a numiier of
changes at its city salesrooms where
it will have a big exhibit during the
next two weeks. Mrs. A. Kindler .says
that the war in Europe will not af-
fect the firm as far as the fall and
winter supply of baskets is concerned
for the shipments from its European
factories are already unpacked and
stored in the city storerooms. Curtis
Kindler, of this firm, and his sister,
Mrs. Graser, are spending their va-
vacation in Wisconsin. Theo. Schleis-
singer who represents the firm in the
west will start out soon on another
trip to call on the department stores.
Gustave Raedlein is next on the list
for a vacation but is as yet undecided
just where he will spend it.

Wietor Bros.' new houses are well
under way and will be completed .soon.

The firm has one of the largest ranges
in the country devoted to cut flowers
and will be in a better position than
ever this tall to take care of all orders.
Gus Alles and Henry Wietor are en-
joying their vacation in Wisconsin this
week.

Allie Zech and wife and Joe Weis
have returned from a most enjoyable
fishing trip at Tomahawk Lake, Wis.
The party has established a reputa-
tion for catching fish, sending home
several nice messes of pike, pickerel
and bass while they were away.

Miss L. A. Tonner is in charge of
the O. A. Tonner store while her sister
is away on her vacation. Henry
Arnold of the O. A. Tonner force re-
ported for duty this week after a few
weeks off.

John Kruchten is offering some
choice gladioli and asters in quantity

at his store this week. Henry Kruch-
ten is back from his vacation and Is
again on duty at the store.

Pyfer & Olsem are extending two
of their houses at their Wilmette
range, one 60 feet and the other 30
feet. Dietsch material is being used.

N. P. Miller, of Kennicott Bros. Co..
is back from a delightful vacation
which was spent motoring through the
surrounding country. •

Wm. Fenniger. of Toledo. O., is back
here from a short visit at Lakeside,
Mich., and will return home this week.

Miss Melda Wolf of the Zech &
Mann office force, is spending her va-
cation in Florida.

Frank Oechslin has returned from
Colorado where he has spent a brief
vacation.

Chas. Zapfe is back from a delight-
ful outing in Michigan.

112

The American Florist.

Aug. 8,

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IWIETOR BROS.I

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 208 1

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

FANCY BEAITIES AND ROSES

CURRENT PRICE LIST:

Subject to change without notice.

I American Beauties

S doz.

I 48-in. stems $3.00

I 30 to 36-in. stems 2.50

I 24-in. stems 2.00

I Killarney p„ loo

= Fancy $6.00

I Medium 6.00

I . Richmond p^^ ^qo

I Selects $6.00

I Fancy 5.00

i Medium 4.00 '

Per doz.

20-in. stems $1.50

15-in. stems. 1.25

Short stems 75

Per 100

Good $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Short..

Per 100
....$4.00

Sunburst p,,ioo

Fancy $ 6.00

Good, 18-in 5.00

White KiUarney

Per 100

Fancy $6.00

Medium 5.00

Roses, our selection . - ■ $3.00

LILIES .' $10.00-$12.00

Good

Short stems..

Per 100

... $4.00
... 3.00

FERNS, per 1000.
SMILAX, per doz..
ADIANTUM

2.00 =

2.00

1.00

GALAX, per 1000 1.00

SPRENGERI, per bunch..
ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch.

.50
.50

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P. S. McNeff. a brother of L. D.
McNeff, one of the proprietors of the
McNeff-Swenson Co., is now connected
with this firm. The McNeff-Swenson
Co. has been supplying the trade with
high grade advertising folders for some
time past and is well and favorably
known to the florists throughout the
country. Hilmer Swenson, the junior
member of the company, has .just re-
turned from a -successful business trip
through Iowa and will leave soon to
call on the florists between here and
Denver. Colo., returning in time to ac-
company the local delegation to the S.
A. F. convention in Boston.

X. P. Miller, president of tlie Cook
County Florist.s' Association, says that
the members of thi.s club will most likely
make the tri)> tn Ro.ston on the Conven-
tiontion Special which will leave Chi-
cago Sunday e\ening. August Ki, over
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railroad, La Salle street station at 8 :00
o'clock, with the Chicago Florists'
Club and other desirous of joining the
party.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., has 8tM«MI
cycas leaves on hand in addition to a
good supply of ruscus. etc. The
European war may affect the importa-
tion of the class of goods for some-
time, but this house will have plenty
of iitock to supply their customers
this season. The supply department
will have an exhibit at the Boston con-
vention.

Michael Fink of the Chicago Flower
Growers' Association left the store on
August ',\ to enjoy his vacation but
when he reached home he received a
jury summons. He thought for a while
he would have to .spend liis whole vaca-
tion in the court room but was equall.x'
surprised the following day when he
was discharged.

C. L. Washburn and wife left on
August 3 for California to visit friends

and relatives. Mrs. Horton is in charge
at the Bassett & Washburn store dur-
ing the junior member's absence and
is thoroughly capable to handle the
situation. She has been with the firm
for 21 years.

Peter Reinberg is .showing some
.splendidly grown Mrs. Geo. Sliawyer.
Mrs. Chas. Russell and .Sunburst roses
at his store. Emil Reichlfng reports a
brisk demand tor tield-grown carnation
idants and .says that his firm is pretty
well sold out excepting in a few varie-
ties.

H. E. Philpott. of Winnipeg, Can.,
left for home on August 2 after a few
days' visit' here. He will attend the
annual convention of the Canadian
Horticultural Association in Toronto
on August 4-7 and the S. A. F. con-
vention in Boston on August 18-22.

J. A. Mendel, candidate for sheriff on
the democratic ticket, is certainly re-
ceiving a lot of advertising. Every-
wliere one goes he finds Mendel posters.
John Ziska has charge of the advertis-
ing and so far has done some very good
missionary work.

A. C. Rott and wife of Joliet were in
the city on July 20. Mr. Rett's mother
was with them and the party, accom-
panied by John Zech. celebrated her
birthday on that day with a dinner
and a theater party in the evening.

Wm. Johnson, of A. L. Vaughan &
Co.. is back from a vjsit which was
spent at Milwaukee. Wis., and is again
on the job at the store. Peter Hoefelder
of this firm left this week to visit his
father at Wichita. Kans.

R. E. Jones, of the Advance Co.,
Richmond, Ind.. was a visitor on
.\ugust ;:. He reports a big demand
for Advance ventilators this season
and says (hat orders are still arriving.

Buchbinder Bros., manufacturers of
florists' refrigerators, received an in-

quiry this week from a florist in Osaka,
Japan. The Japanese florist mentioned
that he saw their advertisement in
TifE AMKRicAN Florist.

Fred Price of the J. A. Budlong
force is away on his vacation. Phil
Schupo is planning to attend the Bos-
ton convention and visiting several of
the large ranges in the east.

H. M. Berner and C. P. Guion are now
calling on the trade in the interests of
the John < '. Moninger Co. The Mon-
inger Co. has a r.ew oflice in its factory
making three all told.

The Retail Florists' Association met
at the I.^ Salle Hotel on .\ugust ;i.
I'fes and abuses of cemeteries was the
general discussion of the evening.

Louis Finneman of the Percy Jones
force, is enjoying his vacation. The
Jones' store is being repainted and
placed in first class shape.

The Geo. M. Garland Co.. bankrupt,
it is said, will probably settle with
rreditors on a three per cent basis ap-
proximately.

The Batavia Greenhouse Co. is
featuring some choice gladioli this
week in addition to splendidly grown
roses.

The Chicago Florists' Club will meet
at the Bismarck Hotel, West Randolph
street, on Thursday, August 6.

George Perdika.s, the South Wabash
avenue florist, spent his vacation at
Wilmot. Wis., this year,

Milton Alexander, with Lion & Com-
pany, New York, called on the trade
here this week.

L. Lozer. of the Peter Reinberg
sture force, left to enjoy his vacation
on August 1.

A. C. Kohlbrand, of the E, C. Amiing
Co., is fishing this week at Torch Lake,
Mich. •*

J. C. Vaughan and W. N. Rudd are
111 a Wisconsin fishing triii.

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THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

We Have the Finest

SUMMER BEAUTIES

In larger supply than any other house in the Great Central Market. Our stock
is exceptionally grand and merits your attention. We have all grades, long,
medium and short, in large tupply and can fill all orders.

BULGARIE ROSES

-\lso Killamey, White Killarrey, RIctimond and all the other leadine varieties jn larue
supply. Our Bulgarie are tine and are the best summer roses in the market today. Our
stock is cut specially for lonu distance shicineDt and will always reach n u in good condition
Try a samp'e shipment. Include Bul^arie, and you will not regret it.

ASTERS, large hne clean flowers, best to be had. .^11 of the seasonable flowers and Greens.
We close at 5 p. m. during August and September.
We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St., ^.^l-I^i.. Chicago

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
30 East Randolph Street, L. D. Phone, Randolph 6578

Mention the American Florist token writing

CDICAGO, ILL.

George Willens of the Willens Con-
struction Co. is back from Norfolk.
Neb., where he had the contract to fur-
nish the material and erect the new
house of L. Buckendorf. the well known
florist. The Willens Construction Co.
handled the contract in fine style
and received a dandy testimonial letter
from Mr. Buckendorf. This was the
first contract that the Willens people
filled but from present indications it
appears as if it is only the forerunner
of what is to follow.

The Good-of-the-Club Committee of
the Chicago Florists' Club has ar-
ranged for a stag and special enter-
tainment to be held in the Wayside
Inn Pavilion at Morton Grove, 111..
Saturday evening, August 8. Admis-
sion, .$1.00. Members and their friends
are invited. Train leaves the Union
Depot at 8 :45, arriving in Morton
Grove at 9 :20. Arrangements will be
made to return via auto trucks to Lin-
coln avenue car line.

Some of the members of the trade
here who were in Europe when the war
broke out include the following : A.
Henderson, of A. Henderson & Co.. Al-
bert Goerger, of Goerger Bros., Arling-
ton Heights; E;. P. Kurowski. of the
John C. Moninger Co., and wife; Albert
P. Amling. wife and son, of Maywood.
and C. M. Jackman, of Vaughan's Seed
Store.

Mrs. Arends of the Atlas Ploral Co. is
ably assisted at her store by her hus-
band during his spare moments. He
likes the florist business first rate and
is still admiring his American Beauty.

The new entrance to the E. P. Win-
terson Co.'s store is about completed
and improves the premises consider-
ably.

Hoerber Bros, have a nice supply of
-summer roses at their store with which
they are pleasing their many customers.

Mrs. Kathryn Holmes Herman, for-
merly of Vaughan's Seed Store, has
presented her husband with a daughter.

Send for $5.00 or $10.00 sample assortment.

RAEDLEIN BASKET CO.

713 Milwaukee Ave.,

CHICAGO

.A^dam Caspar of the George Reinberg
store force who is away on his vaca-
tion will report for duty this week.

The J. B. Deamud Co. is featuring
large quantities of gladioli in all the
seasonable varieties.

Visitors: Edw. Amerpohl, Janesville.
Wis.; A. E. Turner, of Rosin & Turner,
Mosinee. Wis.; R. E. Dodge, Athens,
Wis.; Chas. A. Duerrs and daughter,
Newark, O.; Wm. Zimmermann, Mil-
waukee, Wis.; A. M. Terrill, Calgary,
Alta.; — Krumm and wife, Milwau-
kee, Wis.; R. E. Jones, Richmond. Ind.;
P. P. Scheel, Shermerville, 111.

St. Louis.

TRADE CO]>tTINUES AT LOW EBB.
Continued warm weather still pre-
vails and trade is very dull. Consid-
erable stock is in the market, but the
quality in general is very poor. Glad-
ioli in common varieties have been a
glut. A few good carnatjons are in.
Asters are rather plentiful, but good
fancy varieties are scarce. American
Beauty roses are not so numerous.
Some good Mrs. Chas. Russell roses
are seen. Lilies are also quite plenti-
ful and prices are low. A few single
tuberoses arrived August 2 and were
sold at five cents per stalk.

NOTES.

Ostertag Bros, have had much floral
work of every description. Henry is
busy electioneering, as he is up for
central committeeman of the Twenty-
first ward and expects to be elected
August 4. Edward Pieper attends

High Grade rioral Publicity

Write today for full parlicula's and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

to the store and decorations and Miss
Lillian Ostertag is now also employed
at her uncle's store.

We regret to announce the death of
Henry Kahrs, shipping clerk to Grimm
& Gorly. Henry had been in their em-
ploy on and off for the past 10 years.
He was stricken with malaria and re-
moved to St. Mary's hospital, where
he died August 1, the disease turning
into typhoid. He was laid to rest at
Hoboken, N. J.

There will be a meeting of the Flor-
ists' and Nurserymen's Union August
3 at the Library building. President
Hartman will be absent, being in'Ger-
many and unable to return. The prin-
cipal business of the meeting will be
the making of by-laws and other im-
portant measures.

Grimm & Gorly have a very attrac-
tive show window this week, display-
ing an old-fashioned mill working, a
flowing stream and lily pond.

- W. P.

Lincoln, Neb.— C. H. Prey is spend-
ing a few weeks at his summer home.
Pelican Lake. Nisswa. Minn.

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Aug. 8,

WHOLESALE GDpWEDS s/^CUT FL9WEDS^^ PLANTS

L. D. Phone

Randolph 5449

176 r^.Mict\i9ej> Ave-. "^^ ^—

CKice^^G

Pittsburgh.

TRADE AT A STANDSTILL.

The market in Pittsburgh on flowers
is now next to a standstill. It seems
as though there is not enough business
to pay the errand boys, but, as a fact
there is not enough being done to pay
the expenses in the most ot our es-
tablishments, according to the men
who know. There is an abundance of
asters on the market, the better ones
being from the local growers, probably
not visited by the army worms whicli
infested the Pittsburgh district two or
three weeks ago. The asters coming
from out of town do not compare
favorably with the local stock. It
certainly seems queer that certain
growers some of whom are inex-
perienced in aster growing, can get
stock so far superior to other growers
who have followed it for years back.
Carnations are still coming in. Most
of them are now about the size of a
twenty-five cent piece, but the quality
of them remains just about as good
a,g ever. Gladioli are flooding the mar-
ket and very little is being realized
on them. Quality of these flowers has
been excellent so far this season.
Roses have shortened up a little since
last week, but there are still plenty of
them to more than supply all demands.
The carnival and street fair men are
usually depended upon to clean up the
surplus stock of roses. There are
quite a number of these parties work-
ing the fairs with flowers this summer.
Lilies and valley have been plentiful.
NOTES.

A. T. Pollard of Canton, O.. was in
town last week, on his way home from
an extensive trip to his home in Bos-
ton, Mass. He expresses liis regret
in not being able to remain for the S.
A. P. convention.

The war disturbances in Europe will
most likely Iiold up many importations
of stock which has been purchased
abroad for fall delivery, but all we
can do is to just wait and see.

A greeting from Earl Tipton of The
A. W. Smith Co. farm at Canfield
says, "Three weeks on the farm and
am feeling fine." And we know he
can't help but tell the truth.

The Zieger Co. have laid in an ex-
tensive lot of novelties and favors, tak-
ing advantage of the opportunity while
business is slow.

Geo. McCallum leaves this week for
a vacation trip to tlie Allegheny Moun-
tains with headquarters near Williams-
port.

Edw. Ashcraft, of the Pittsburgh
Cut Flower Co., will leave Thursday
for a trip to Atlantic City.

Albert M. Sigle & Son are consign-
ing* some choice asters to the local
wholesale market.

A visitor in our city last week was
Chas. Pahud, of the Pahud Floral Co.,
.Indianapolis, Ind. J.

Cleveland.

TBADE QUIET.

Never before have growers "plunged"
as heavily on Easter lilies for the
summer months as they have this
summer, and Jap lilies too seem over-
plentiful, both in short and long-stem-
med stock. Summer dullness is with

us, coupled with a business depres-
sion generally which is felt throughout
the country. Carnation growers are
replanting their houses, but carnations
are only a small factor in the business
at present, asters ha'^e taken their
place, and these too seem quite plenti-
ful, \>\\t only of the medium grades.
Water lilies are good stock, the
demand being fair. Gladioli are
in good supply, roses are about the
same as last week, with a slight de-
crease in supply while Mock roses
meet with a fair demand. Sweet peas
are plentiful, but the quality of same
only fair. Larkspur, phlox, scabiosa,
etc., still arrive. Valley has been in
fair demand lately, the quality being
of the best. Greens of all kinds are
plentiful. Several^ good sized orders
for supplies have helped to make the
average of sales good. Huckleberry is
being used freely for two or three of
the early decorations and fairs. .

NOTES.

Gottlieb Steinbrenner. father of Fred
Steinbrenner, florist, 9100 Lorain ave-
nue, died Sunday. July 2G. at 2 p. m.,
at his late residence, 7732 Lorain
avenue. He was buried on Wednesday
in West Park Cemetery. The many
floral pieces from friend.'^ and fellow
florists were beautiful. Mr. Steinbren-
ner had many friendg and relatives in
Gallon. Lima, Spencel-ville and Bucy-
rus. Ohio.

The "Ideal Garden Show" at the
Kinney & Levan store on Euclid ave-
nue is well worth seeing. Thousands
of prepared beach and oak sprays, be-
sides several carloads of plants from
the Painesville Nurseries are used in
the design, which is one of the largest
store decorations seen here in years.

The gladioli show will be held this
year at the Hollenden Hotel. August
14-15. It will be open to the public by
invitation, which Invitations will be
mailed to all the retail florists by the
wholesale houses. This show will be
the best in years and everyone ought
to see it.

If you are going to Boston with the
crowd get your name in at once. The
Lake Shore special will probably take
the Cleveland boys to the S. A. F.
convention at Boston, leaving here
Monday. Aug. \l.

^ C. F. B.

Milwaukee.

DEMAND LIGHT.

During the past week stock has been
moving somewhat slowly owing to the
hot weather prevailing. Roses have
been moving fair, carnations- are prac-
tically out of the market, and asters
are replacing them. There are plenty
of ' gladioli., and other garden stock is
now standing around. The out-door
peas are done for. owing to the dry,
warm weather which finished them up
quickly. Plenty of greens to fill all
orders.

NOTES.

Gust Rusch & Co. have started to
enlarge their store, the partitions l>eing
torn out. They expect it to be ready
for business in about two weeks. The
ground floor space will be 34x80 feet
which will give them ample room to
take care of the stock which all

Preserve Cut Flowers in

BUCIIBINDER

Florists' Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUGHBINDER BROS.

518 MUwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. ILL.

arrives early in the morning. Gust
Rusch has returned from a trip through
the western part of the state.

Holton & Hunkel Co. are receiving
some nice rose shipments from their
Brown Deer plant. Their employes
had their picnic at Brown Deer Sun-
day, August 2, and all report a good
time.

Miss Kdith Webster has again re-
sumed her duties at J. M. Fox & Son's
after a six weeks' absence due to ill-
ness.

C. C. Pollworth returned from a tour
around the northern part of the state,
visiting some of the florists.

W. C. Zimmermann is off on a vaca-
tion to attend the Eagles' convention
at Kansas City.

Walter Rost made a trip to Chicago
last week in his auto and reports an
enjoyable trip.

Miss Gertrude Sommers has returned
from a two weeks' vacation in Min-
nesota.

Walter Maas and wife are enjoying
a two weeks' vacation at Lake Naga-
wicka.

Paul Boomer of Beaver Dam, Wis.,
called on Milwaukee friends last week.
G. R.

Baltimore.

COOL WEATHER FOLLOWS DROUGHT.

We are having a spell of unusually
cold weather, after weeks of dry, hot
weather that parched up all vegeta-
tion. Just now is the quiet time with
the florist business as far as sales are
concerned. Funeral work is all that
calls for any amount of flowers.
NOTES.

The Akehurst greenhouses are being
added to. They are situated within
a few miles of White Marsh, Md..
near the home of R. Vincent, Jr. The
range is being increased liy five houses,
ai duplicate of his other range of
houses. Mr. Akehurst's new carna-
tion will occupy considerable space in
his new houses. He will plant about
80.000 carnation plants in all, about
30,000 to be of his new carnation.
"Mrs. C. Edward Akehurst." Lord &
Burnham have charge of the erection
of the houses.

The army worm has been eating his
way over lawns in the suburbs and
plots of grass, yards and gardens In
the city and parks. Spraying has been
done and has given some relief.

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115

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

W. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lode Distance Phone. Randolph 3619

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

. CH^rfERS". SHIPPERS _,

'CUT FLOWERS"

** IM NO. WABASH AVE. *V*

B&ONECENmkSL

DEUVEKIU J

The funeral of A. Abell, grandson
of the founder of the Baltimore Sun,
called for quantities of flowers this
past week. A pall of smllax, lilies,
roses and orchids, and designs and
bunches of every description, from the
simplest to the most elaborate, made
up the display, which was unusually
large. He was not only a man who
.occupied a prominent position in the
public walks of life, but a man of
many friends.

Stevenson Bros.' new rose house was
finished in June and planted. They are
growing Killarney Brilliant and Mrs.
Aaron Ward this year in addition to
Richmond, Killarney, etc.

"W. McKissick, manager for the
Leo Niessen Co., branch house in
Baltimore, has gone with his wife for
a two weeks' vacation to Wildwood,
New Jersey.

F. C. Bauer has finished his new
greenhouse.

B.

J. a BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

CUT FLOWERS

WBOLESAUE

VALIET, ROSES
and CARNATIONS ponu/CQ M.

A Specialty bnUWtn Ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

And All Other Seasonable Flowers gg ^ pjpjjplpj, g|^ u|||g|^gQ

at Lowest Market Prices.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

cur FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

Mention the American Florist when loriting

VloMeFIoverM&rKefe

Chicago, .^ug. 5.
Roses, Beauty, specials ....

36-in

30in

24 in

20-in

15-in

12-in

Per doz.
300
2 50
2 03
1 50
1 25
1 00
75
Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 COfe'lS CO

Killarney 3 OO0 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

•■ Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

•• Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

•• RheaReid 3 Ol @ 8 00

" My Maryland 3 000 8 00

•• Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@15 00

•• Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00I&10 00

" Milady 3 00® 10 00

Sunburst 3 00@10 00

M rs. Aaron Ward 3 00@10 (-0

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...perdoz.,. 3.0(1@4.00

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gladioli 4 0(0 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00012 50

Sweet Peas 50® 1 00

Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns.... " 1 S0@2 00

Galax " 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy. ...per 1000, 5 00ig6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00(82 50

Spreneeri. Pluroosus Sprays 3 00® 4 00

Lagrange, III — The greenhouses
conducted by Charles W. Northrup
have been purchased by the LaGrange
Nursery Co.. and will be moved to the
latter's grounds.

SALispuKY, Md. — The summer meeting
of the Peninsula Horticultural Society
will be held at Mulberry Hill Orchard
August 20.

Salina, Kans. — Edward Tatro re-
ports the builders are getting along
fine with his new greenhouses, and
that they will be completed soon.

A. L. Randall Co.,

66 E.Randolph St., c^
CHICAGO, ttL. ^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Rein berg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty. Richmond,
Killarney and White Klliamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try as.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

wboie».a CUT FLOWERS

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

HOERBER BROS.

Wholesale Cut Flowcrs
Growers of vm rmwcia

Telephone Randolph 2768.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

1 5 1 - 1 53 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Our New Catalog

HUCKLEBERRY F0LIA6E

$2.50 per case.

Fancy Ferns. $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns. 1.25 per 1000
Nataral and Perpetnated Moss.

E. A. BEA VEN. Everjjrepn. Ala.

Huckleberry Foliage

$2.50 per case.
Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per 1000.

Daggrr Ferns. $1.25 per 1000.
Natural and Perpetuated Moss

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Sonthem Evergreens
EVERGREEN. ALABA

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The American Florist.

Aug. 8,

Ever3^hing in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWACKEE, WIS.

HOLTON & nVNKCL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

1316 Pine St.,
Botb L. D Phones,

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

ST. LOUIS, MO*

sniplies anl EvetTttiiBS in seasoi always on liaid

Write, wire or see us for

Gut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL CO.

13ie Pine street ST. LOUIS. MO.

PhUadelphla.

DEMAND VERY LIGHT. '

The last week of July was typical
of the season, the demand being very
light. Certain stocks are piling up,
notably the field gladioli, which are
coming from all directions and help
to fill jars that have been idle for
some time. Much of the stock is very
poor. Why men will grow the mixed
and poor colors of the small flower
sorts is a problem. Very much of the
stock will hardly return express
charges. The beautiful variety Amer-
ica has set a high standard and other
sorts to be saleable must in a way
approach this standard. There is a fair
supply of roses. Maryland, Sunrise,
Mock, Taft, Ward and a new red called
Stenton in the high grades are all
acceptable. There are also some
American Beauties, good for the sea-
son. Asters are now an important
factor. A few really good flowers.
New York state stock, are seen, but
the bulk of the stock is local and only
fair. There are plenty of fine Easter
lilies and valley, the market being
rather overstocked with the latter.
Double white petunias are a useful
addition, gladly welcomed by the de-
sign workers. Wholesale men report
fair shipping demand, mostly for flow-
ers to be used at"' f uppfals.

CLtIB MEETING.
The August meeting of the club was
a social affair. There was music from
a victrola and refreshments. A com-
mittee was appointed to co-operate
with the National Gardeners' Associa-
tion to further the cause of horticul-
ture. The S. A. F. convention com-
mittee reported that over 50 members
have engaged berths on the boat and
it is thought that the number will be
considerably increased by the time of
going. The topic for next month will
be "The Convention as I Saw It," mem-
bers giving their views of what espe-
cially appealed to them.

NOTES.

Flower pots are just pots, very ple-
beian articles, but we must have them,
and to see them manufactured for the

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

448 Mil

P. O. Box 206.

waukee

St., Milwaul(ee,Wls.

NEW FANCY FERNS-.^TiriRSTJc: "
Sphagnum IVIoss-«Good and Clean.

C. A. KUEHN,

Wholesale Florist,

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe Rower M&rKeU

Philadelphia, Aug. 5. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@!5 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell S 0C@l0 00

" Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" Liberty 4 00@ 6 00

Mock 8 00@10 00

" Bulgaria 3 00(a 6 00

" Sunburst 3 OOfS' d 00

Kaiserin 2 000 8 00

Carnations 1 flOig 3 00

.Asters 2 00@ 5 CO

Cattleyas 25 00@50 00

Lilium Harrisit 5 00@ 8 00

Lily o( the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Snapdragons 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 500 1 00

Gladiolus 2 00@ 6 00

Asparagus per bunch. SO

Pittsburgh, .\ng. 5.

Roses, Beauty, special ,

'■ " fancy

extra.
No. 1.

Per 100

25 00

20 00

15 00

800

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 6 00

Richmond 2 00@ 6 00

Sunburst 2 00@ 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 000 6 00

Carnations I 50

Cattleyas 35 00

Lilium Giganteum 6 00

Valley 3 00® 4 00

Adiantum 1 00@ 1 25

Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35@40

Sprays per bunch, 35@40

Sweet Peas s.. 50

Gladiolus 2 OOa 3 00

Asters 50@ 2 00

first time one is amazed at the man-
ipulations and experience required to
turn out this common little red clav
pot. The Whilldin Co., which started
on Wharton, street in this city years
ago in a small way, now have a large
plant turning out millions of pots a
year. Nothing is made but pots and
pans for the trade. The small sizes

RI6E BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. L,et us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS. MO.

Mastica

CsedforGIaiing Greenhouses. Per

gallon, $1 35. Machines for using
same each, $1.25. Special price on

quantities of Mastica furnished on application.
Zinc Cily Greenhouse Points.— These points csn
be driven ritrht or left on any size or thickness of
glass, 5-8 1400toa pound; 6-8. IJiOloapound;
7-8, 1200 to a pound. Made from pure zinc. Put
upinonepound packages. Price 25c per pound.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wholesale Florist. 1324 Pine St, ST. LOUIS. MO.

Milwaukee, Aug. 5. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per doz.. 1 50@ 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00@ 6 00

" Ward. Taft, Sunburst 3 00@ 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@I5 00

Carnations 1 OOtffl 2 00

Lilies 6 00@10 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 50

Snapdragon, per bunch. 25c @50c

Asters 50© 2 00

Gladiolus 3 00@ 5 00

Rubrum Lilies 3 00@ 4 00

1914.

The American Florist.

117

Alma Ward Per 100. $7 50 Per 1000, $65 00

Mrs. C. W. Ward " " 7 50 " " h5.C0

Enchamress " '" 700 " en.on

White Enchantress " 8.(0 7500

White Perfection Per 100. $8 00_ . Per lOOO. $75.00

Beacon - ■ gOft- ■ " 7000

Comfort ■• ■• 7.00 ■ •■ 60.00

Some of these plants arc in condition (or immediate shipment, and all varieties we can furnish previous to .-XuRust 1st. We examine all plants
in the field, before we otter them, and we know them to be in good condituin. We advise placing your order now for future delivery.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. 12th and Race St,.

Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

Hoffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties, Russells,
Mock, Kaiserine, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 r. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

up to eight-inch are turned out by
machinery, the larger sizes by hand.
The combination of clay must be care-
fully made, thoroughly mixed and
ground to reduce the limestone parti-
cles in the clay to powder. Carrier
belts take this prepared clay to com-
pressors, which turn out various sized
lumps; these are placed in plunger
machines, which form the pot; when
dry they are burnt in immense kilns,
of which two new ones of greatly in-
creased capacity have just been in-
stalled. The finished stock is stacked
up in bins, standing upside down in
rows six feet or more in length. The
men who attend the machines become
very expert at the work and it is as-
tonishing how rapidly they turn them
out of the moulds. The company have
greatly increased their facilities the
past year by the addition of new build-
ings, giving much needed space for
manufacturing and storage of stock.

Gladioli form a bulky part of the
stock at the Niessen Market these
days. Mr. Niessen suggests that the
growers pay more attention to quality
rather than quantity. Many of the
sorts now on their lists are not worth
growing; at least, they do not sell and
of course don't figure in the returns.

George C. Watson piloted a person-
ally conducted party of kindred spirits
and jolly good fellows to Commodore
"Westcott's at Waretown for a week-
end outing on July 31. There were
some fifteen in the party, and the way
they yanked fish out of the bay must
have spread terror to the few members
of the finny tribe that were fortunate
enough to escape.

S. S. Skidelsky has returned from a
very successful trip. The new carna-
tion Philadelphia, which was sent out
by him this season, will be seen In all
markets the coming season, as over
.300,000 plants are sent out, a record
tor a new variety.

The H. F. Michell Go's, outing for
their employes and friends will be held
at their seed farm and trial grounds
at Andalusia on August 8. There will
be an inspection of the grounds, games
and a good time generally.

Stewart Miller, the captain of the
Edward Reid forces, is beginning to
wonder about the return of Mr. Reid
and his family. Mock and Stenton
roses, the latter a new red, are
features here.

Robert Craig Co. are selecting stock
for the convention exhibit. It will be
larger and more varied than any pre-
vious display by this company.

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Klllarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street,

IS'X' X>X<.OZ3XTO£IX1

VlioMeHo¥crM^KeU

Boston. Aug. 5. Per 100

Roses, Beauty 1 0O@25 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

■ White and Pinit Killarney. 50@ 5 00
■' Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

■■ Hadley 1 OOe 10 00

■• Cardinal 1 C0(g'12 00

Mock 1 C0@ 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@I2 00

■■ Sunburst 100(8 8 00

■• Taft 1 00@ 8 00

•■ Milady 1 Oj® 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 1 00@ 6 00

MyMaryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 n0@40 OO

Gladiolus America per doz.. 7o@l 00

common types. .per doz.. 50
Lilium Longitiorum andRubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lilyof the Valley 3 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 30

Asters 35@ 2 00

Buffalo, Aug. 5. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

- ■• ■• extra 10 00@12 00

No. 1 8 00@10 00

N0.2 200® 4 00

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00@ fi 00

" My Maryland 2 00@ 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00@ 5 00

•' Hillingdon 2 00@ f> 00

" Richmond 2 00@ 6 00

Carnations 1 00@ 2 00

Lilyof the Valley 4 00

Lilies 8 00@10 00

Cattleyas 25 00035 00

Gladiolus 2 00@ 5 00

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35@ SO
Asparagus Sprengeri. .. 35@ 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Daisies 50@ 1 00

Sweet Peas 20@ 40

Smilax 15 00

Asters 1 00@ 2 00

Cincinnati. Aug. 3.

Roses. Beauty per doz.. $1 00@$3 00

Per 100

" Bride. Bridesmaid 2 00@ 6 00

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

•• MyMaryland 2 00@ 6 00

■■ Richmond 2 O0@ 6 00

" Taft 2 00@ 6 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00@10 00

Asparagus Plumosu8..per bch., 25c

Gladiolus 2 00® 6 00

Auratum Lilies 12 50@15 00

Asters 2 00© 4 00

Hydrangeas 4 CO© 8 00

Dahlias 2 00® 4 CO

The Stenton is a new red rose that
looks to be a good summer sort, as
it shows up much better now than the
Richmond. Myers & Samptman are
the growers.

The Henry F. Michell Co. is fill-
ing orders from nearly 400 cases of
Roman hyacinths and Paper White

Manatacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Plttsburgti, Fa.

Summer Flowers

Asters, Gladiolus, Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc. Immediate service.

BERGER BROS.

Central Mar4(et,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. L CRITCHELL

34-36 Third Ave. East. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Wholesale Commission Florist
Consignments Solicited

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and Snppliei

St. Louis, Aug. 5. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, medium 10 00@15 00

short stems 3 00@ 8 00

•' Killarney 2 000 4 00

•■ My Maryland 2 00® 4 00

•■ White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

" Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

Carnations 1 00® 1 50

Valley 4 00

Gladiolus 3 00® 4 00

Asparagus Sprengeri ;... 2 000 3 00

Asparagus Flumosus.per bu.,^®60

Harrisii 10 00

Ferns per 1000. 1 25

Narcissus, which arrived this week.

Maryland roses are leaders with the
Berger Brothers. Very good asters
are also a feature.

H. A. Dreer. Inc., received a large
shipment of French bulbs this week.

K.

t

Newport, R. I. — The committee of
arrangements, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish.
Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman and Mrs.
Lawrence L. Gillespie, for the midsum-
mer flower show, which is being given
jointly by the Newport Garden Club
and the Newport Horticultural Society
at Mrs. Belmont's Belcourt on August
13, 14 and 15, is hard at work com-
pleting the details.

118

The American Florist.

Aug. 8,

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Lilium Gigantcums and Multinonims,

HOHMANN S LILY OF THE VALLLY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spar, Azaleas, Palms. Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

New York.

TRADE SHOWS SLIGHT IMPBOVEMENT.

Receipt during the past week in
several of the stocks were not quite as
heavy as usual, and while prices in
most instances remained unchanged,
advances were noted in several va-
rieties in the better grades. The usual
trade dullness continues, but there is a
slight increase in the demand for really
nice stock, which helps in a small way
to offset the loss of steamship business
occasioned by the tie up of that
branch of the trade occasioned by
the Europearn war situation.

CONVENTION TRAVEL

The New York Florists' Club will
travel to the S. A. F. convention at
Boston, via the "all water route."
Members and friends of the club will
leave New York at 5 p. m. Monday,
August 17, on the Metropolitan Steam-
ship Company's magnificent steamer,
"Massachusetts." sailing from Pier 18.
North River, foot of Murray street.
Single fares are $4.00, berths extra as
follows : Two-berth stateroom, outside,
$2.00; inside, with electric fan, $1.00.
The committee in charge of transporta-
tion arrangements has reserved 100
staterooms in order to take care of
the members and friends of the •club.
These rooms will be held up to ten
days of the sailing date, after which
time accommodations cannot be guar-
anteed. Traffic in August is very
heavy, and especially so this year, and
in order that proper provision for the
comfort and entertainment of mem-
bers and guests of the New York Flo-
rists' club may be made, the trans-
portation committee earnestly requests
that applications for reservations be
made as soon as possible, same to be
accompanied by cheque or money or-
der in payment of same, and made
payable to Frank H. Traendly, chair-
man of the transportation committee.
The Florists' Club of Philadelphia will
join the New York contingent at New
York and go to Boston on the same
steamer. A highly enjoyable trip is
anticipated by members of both or-
ganizations.

Boston.

ABUNDANT STOCK MET SMALL DEMAND.

Business remains quiet and there is
an abundance of stock to supply the
demand. The weather of the past
week was remarkably cool and in some
rose houses fires were kindled at
night. A feature at the present time
is the large supply of asters and gladi-
oli, the quality of the latter being par-
ticularly good, neither can fault be
found with much of the aster stock.
■Water lilies are a feature in several
of the retail stores. American Beauty
roses, specials, sell around .$2.50 per
dozen. In tea roses the most of the
stock, as is usual at this season. Is
rather ordinary, but there is some
good stock that sells well. A few car-
nations are seen but they are no
longer factors. Many houses that sup-
ply this market with carnations are
already planted with the new crop.

August 3.— There was a fairly active
market this morning, but the general
condition of business remains un-
changed. Weather continues cool.

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfleld Street

Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

I=!

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

CONVENTION NOTES.

Vice-president Welch, Secretary
Young and others working for a great
convention agree that everything is
well in hand and that the prospects
are excellent. At the Convention gar-
den, much work has been done dur-
ing the past week and a large force is
yet active. In the section allotted to
R. & J. Farquhar a large amount of
planting has been done, nursery stock
at this writing being in the ground.
The exhibit of this firm promises to
be the most extensive in the garden.
Labels giving the name and address of
each exhibitor are being prepared and
placed. A feature recently noted near
the entrance is an exceptionally fine
bed of heliotrope by the W. W. Ed-
gar Co.. Waverley. Mass. S. J. God-
dard, Framingham, has a fine bed of
his Begonia Gloria de Chatelaine. Su-
perintendent Murphy, of the garden,
representing the park department, is
constantly on the ground and keeps a
large force of men busy.

NOTES.

In these days societies and associa-
tions multiply so fast that it is hard
to keep track of them. There is al-
ways a goodly number of oldest in-
habitants, oldest Masons, oldest gen-
erals, soldiers and policemen. As for
veterans, in every walk of life there
is a great army of them, always will-
ing to stand up for their country, and,
if need be, draw a pension. In look-
ing over the vast field of human en-
deavor and its organizations we have
sometimes thought that there was yet
room for an association of veteran
florists. To drop into the parlance of
the street. "Everybody's doing it."
Why not the florists? This idea of a
veteran association came to mind after
we had decided to write a sketch of
Welch Brothers, for they, particularly
Patrick Welch, are in the veteran
class. This firm has been in business
for thirty-seven years. There is an-
other veteran florist not far from Bos-
ton who recently stated that he knew
Patrick Welch as a salesman of
flowers over forty years ago. However,
he did not continue to be merely a
salesman very long. He established a
business of his own which has been
carried on, with the assistance of his
brothers, David and Edward, through
all these years with honor and fair
dealing and- unvarying success. From
the foregoing it might be inferred by
some of the younger generation that
Mr. Welch is an old man. If anybody

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 736Z Madison Square.

1 wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

thinks so they should try to follow
him about for a day in his various ac-
tivities, we venture to say they will be
tired at night. Writing of his connec-
tion with the social side of the busi-
ness, we believe he is a charter mem-
ber of the Society of American Florists
and a member of various other horti-
cultural societies and clubs. He has
always been active in all that tends to
advance and uplift the florist business
and to that end has been unsparing of
his time and means. As vice-president
of the Society of American Florists it
has this year devolved upon him to
arrange for the convention, and only
those on the ground (or who have had
similar experience) can realize the
amount of hard work that is involved.
The other members of this not^ trio
are genial and clever business men, but
P. Welch is one man in his time who
plays many parts and all are done ably
and well.

On July 30, thirty-five of the sales-
men and stand holders of the Flower
Exchange went on a fishing excursion,
to a point somewhere near Boston
Light. They caught some fish, sup-
posed to be strangers in these waters.
The native fish around Boston waters
are possessed of a high order of inteli-
gence which they doubtless acquire
from the landlubbers, in brief they
refuse to be caught.

William Sim and wife of Clifton-
dale have gone to Caseo Bay, Maine,
for a two weeks' vacation. In the
meantime a great cut of fine gladioli
is comirig to the market from his place
and being sold by his son.

W. H. Donohoe of the Boston Cut
Flower Co. has gone on a month's
vacation.

19H'

The American Florist.

119

J. K. ALLEN

Established 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

Wholesale Commission Dealer In Cut Flowers.

Summer season now open hut still On The Job. Ship me vtiur Gladiolus.
Asters and othet Summer Stock. Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guar-
anteed. Usual supply ol rosi;*. lily of llie valley and other greenhousestcck.
Open at 6 a. m. every mornins:. Fhones 167 and 4468 Madison Square.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. .\. F. in red.
Frice per 500. $2.85: per 1000 $4,50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid. $1.25, Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLODIST CO.. 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicago

A. J. GUTTMAV, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28tli St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Guttman & Raynor, Inc. Paul NeCOIli

Frank H, Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly ^ Schenck

Wklenlt Florists ud Cil Flower Eidiaiite
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square,
Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., FHIIADELPBIA, PA.

In the Bhow windows of Galvin'3
Tremont street store there is now a
constant display of fine summer flow-
ers. A miniature pond in one window
is filled with water lilies. Hundreds of
gladioli, spireas and other long stem-
med stock form a very attractive bacl<-
ground. In the other window there
is a constant exhibit of gladioli in va-
riety of which Mazie, white with lav-
ender heart; Halley, tango pinls; Jes-
sie, darlc scarlet, and Chicago, white,
are all noteworthy.

John J. Cassidy, 6 Beacon street,
recently had a fine wedding decoration
at Buzzard's Bay, the occasion being
the wedding of Miss. Eileen Coalcley,
daughter of Daniel H. Coakley, to
Edward Mahaney. During the past
week he has been busy with funeral
work.

Edward Welch, of Welch Brothers,
has gone to Old Orchard, Maine, for
a month's vacation and his brother,
David, is now active as floor manager
of the store.

William Penn, brother to the fa-
mous Henry and associated with him
In business, has Just returned from a
three weeks' vacation in Maine.

A noteworthy feature in the retail
stores are the "bird's nest ferns" com-
ing in from the range of A. M. Daven-
port, Watertown.

David Welch, of Welch Brothers, re-
turned on July 29 from a sojourn of
six weeks on the other side of the At-
lantic.

David McKenzie. of Needham. visit-
ed the wholesale district on August 1.
He is now growing tomatoes under
glass.

B. A. Snyder, the wholesaler of 279
Devonshire street, was able to be at
business August 1 after a week's ill-
ness.

Extensive Improvements are going
on in the Rosery Flower Store, 549
Boylston street. A. F. F.

Newton, Ia. — Mrs. James Lister has
sold the City Greenhouses to C. S.
Simpson of Davenport. W. F. Behring
will have charge of the local establish-
ment.

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

Telepbone: 3864 Madison Sonare

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLOPIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Sqnare

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

'^'^i^ Sai: SQ, 133 W. 28th St.. New York

AU the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMe Ho¥crM&rKeU

New York. Aug, 5, Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 10 00@15 00

extra and fancy,.. 5 00® 8 00

No, land No, 2.., 2 00@ 5 00

Mrs, Geo, Shawyer. special 4 00

extra,,, 2 00@ 3 00

•• No,l&No.2 50@ 1 SO

• White Killarney. special,.. 5 00@ 6 00

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 5 00

fancy— extra.... 3 00@ 5 00
No, land No. 2,. 75@ 1 50
Queen, special,, 4 00

'■ Aaron Ward 50@ 5 00

" Richmond 50® 4 00

" Sunburst 50@ 5 00

" Taft 1 00@ 5 00

•• Mrs, Chas, Russell 1 00@ 8 00

Milady, special 4 00

■' J L Mock 100@5 00

•' Hadley,No,l,Sc:ex,6c:f,6;^!C

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00@3S 00

inferior grades. 8 00@I0 00
Lilies, Longifiorum and Harrisii.. 3 00@ 4 00

Lily of the Valley 2 00@ 3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asijaragus Flumosus,,,,doz, bchs, 2 00@ 3 00

Smilax Doz, strings, 2 00

Sweet Peas, doz. bunches, 35c0$ 50
Spencer type. 35c@ 40

Carnations 50@ 1 00

Iris per doz, 25c

Gladiolus, per doz,. America. 40c@
50c; other varieties, 35@40c

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society.

The annual outing of the society will
be held Tuesday, August 11, at Ed-
ward's Rye Beach Hotel. The popu-
larity of these outings in the past gives
assurance of a good time for all who
attend. The entertainment committee
has made up a pleasing programme for
this year's event, and old and young
of both sexes will have an opportunity
to enjoy themselves. In connection
with the outing there will be. a shore
dinner for which tickets can be se-
cured from W. J. Sealey, Portchester,
N. Y„ at $1,50 a person.

P. W. Popp, Cor. Sec'y.

Tbinidad, Colo. — The first annual
Chamber of Commerce agricultural and
horticultural exhibit to take the place
of Las Animas countv fair will be
held on September 22-25.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beaoty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.
113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Pbone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. Consignments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldff . 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morniDg.

Desirable wall sp-ace to rint for advertisingr.

V. S. DORVAL, Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERGREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30StoneSt.,Rocliester,N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 38703871 Madison Square
TIk largest Shipper ud Receirs if Fresb Cit FUwen

\ complete assortment of the best in the
market can always be relied upon.

THOKSBY, ALA.— Howard Bros, have
added another house 21x100 feet, Mon-
inger construction, to their range, mak-
ing four houses, all of which are de-
voted exclusively to carnations. Ship-
ments are made to all the principal
cities in Alabama.

120

I HE AMERICAN PLORIST.

Aug. 8,

Dreer's Perfect Pansies

We fully realize the importance of sending out only the best qualities of Pansies. Our stocks
are received from careful growers, and are not surpassed either for quality or germination.

Pansies in Mixture

Trade pkt

Dreer'S Royal Exhibition. This is our finest mix-
ture. It comprises a wonderful variety of color-
ings, flowers of largest size, of perfect form and
texture. Vs oz., $1.26 $0 5<

Dreer'S Premium. This mixture comprises a large
number of colorings and is intended to supply
the wani of a first-class mixture at a moderate
price

Cassier'S Giant. A grand mixture of the finest
blotched varieties, splendid in every waj' 6H

Masterpiece (Frilled Pansy). A remarkable type,
each petal being conspicuously curled or waved.
The range of color is very extensive; the rich,
dark velvety shades predominating 60

Mme. Ferret, a beautiful strain; flowers of largest
size and borne very freely in great diversity of
colors; especially rich in red and wine shades.
The stock we oflfer comes direct from the
introducer 4ii

Giant Trimardeau. Of strong, robust growth with
very large flowers in a good range of colors "Jo

Giallt Parisian. Of very large size, and containing
a great many fancy colors and color combinations. 40

English Finest Mixed. A very fine mixture 20

Good Mixed. .Vll colors 15

Per oz.

$8 00

60 4 00

3 00

5 00

Pansies in Separate Colors

Trade pkt. Per oz.

Cardinal. The brightest red $0 26 $100

Emperor William, ultramarine blue 25 100

Faust or King of the Blacks. Black

purple 26 1 00

Kaiser Frederick. Velvety brown, edged red

and yellow. Very rich 26 100

Lord Beaconsfield.' Purple shading to white... 26 1 00

Mahogany Color 26 100

Peacock. Blue, claret and white 25 1

Psyche. Purple violet, edged white 40 2

Snow Queen. Pure white 26 1

White, with dark eye 26 1

Yellow, with dark eye 26 1

Yellow Gem, pure yellow 25 1

Giant Adonis.

Trade pkt.
Lavender blue $0 30

Emperor William. Bright blue 30

Fire King. Purple and gold, fine 30

Freya. Kich wine color, edged white 30

Golden Queen. Rich pure yellow 30

Lord Beaconsfield. Purple, shading to

white 30

Prince Henry. Royal blue 30

Rainbow. Peacock blue, white and red.. 30

Snow Queen: Pure white 30

Striped 30

White, with dark eye 30

Yellow, with dark eye 30

Trimardeau. Finest Mixed. All colors.. 26

2 50

1 00

2 00
75
50

Per o z
$1 50
1 60
1 60
1 60
1 50

1 60
1 50
1 60
1 50
50
50
50

1
1
1
1 00

For list of Daisies, Forget-me-nots, Cinerarias, Primulas, Etc;, sec our Wholesale List.

HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Cincinnati.

DEMAND FAIR AND STEAD!'.
The business is general summer bus-
iness, with the large supply of August
prevailing and apparently ruling the
destinies of the market. The demand
is fair and steady, but not near large
enough to take care of the large re-
Leipts that are arriving on every hand.
The result is that only the best stock
sells and that does not realize any
very high prices. Shipping business
is fair. With the advent of the Mich-
igan asters into the market the aster
supply became more than sufficient
for actual needs, and this flower
crowded up considerably. The gen-
eral r.on of the asters from the north
is of a high quality. The gladioli re-
ceipts are large and good and this
flower is apparently in the height of
the season. The lily supply is not
nearly as large as before the last
writing, but seems to take care of all
wants. Pine auratums and rubrums
are offered. Some good hardy hydran-
gea is offered. The rose cut continues
very large and a large part of it is
not very good. Most all of the varie-

ties are selling only in job lots. Some
good dahlias meet with only an ordi-
nary market. Limited quantities of
tuberoses, antirrhinum and feverfew
can be had. Green goods supplies are
easily sufficient for present require-
ments.

NOTES.

C. E. Critchell and wife and Master
C. E. Critchell. Jr., recently spent a
few days in Richmond, Ind., and at
New Madison. Ohio. While at these
cities they visited the various green-
house plants, and report everything in
good shape. Mr. Critchell has been
receiving some very fine hardy hydran-
gea at his place.

Loii Davis of P. J. Olinger's estab-
lishment returned home unexpectedly
from a fishing expedition into Ken-
tucky. He was without fish, but had
a large and elegant assortment of
"chigger" bites. These, he asserts,
were far more vicious than the fish,
who did not bite at all.

Mi.«s Christine Bossmeyer of C. E.

Critcliell's has returned from her va-

( catioii. Miss Bertha Spalding is en-

juying litT.s during the current fort-
night.

The Cincinnati Florist Society's
regular meeting will be held Monday,
August 10, at the club rooms.

J. A. Peterson, wife, daughter Ida
and son Clarence will motor to Boston
to attend the convention.

Wm. Smederbruch has returned from
New Mexico, where he spent a fort-
night at Roswell.

Visitors : Jos. Hill, Richmond, Ind.,
and Prank J. Farney, representing M.
Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Menominee, Wis. — ■ The summer
meeting of the State Horticultural So-
ciety will be held at Gays Mills Au-
gust 19-20.

St. Loins, Mo. — Two new and inter-
esting plants have just been received
at Shaw's Garden. One is a fruiting
specimen of the date palm, obtained
from Yuma, Ariz., and the other a
giant cactus, Cereus giganteus, from
Tucson, Ariz.

igi4.

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121

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

WUl be deUvered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

IstabUstied In 18B7.

'mM:.

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Fhoae, Graceland 1112.

Send us your retail orders.

WE HAVI THE BEST FACnmES IN THE CITT

xo
HARRY PAPWORTH

"Hie Metaine Rid^c Nursery Gt-

STORE

J35 CarondglgtSr..

F.T.D.

Oh U St. Lou.

GRIMM-GORLY

St. Louis, Mo. F. T. D.

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av.. PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delivery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.
Washington, D. C.

m. fl. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

eo KEARNEY STREET

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHIHED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Chicago. Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnut St.. Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrally located store io the
city. All orders eiveo orompt atteotion.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zuinbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists" Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Trans-Atlantic Sailings Suspended.

With the war situation in Europe
becoming more serious day by day.
travel between the United States and
points on the other side of the Atlan-
tic are, with few exceptions, sus-
pended. All booking on steamships
of the Cunard. Anchor. North Ger-
man Lloyd and Hamburg-American
lines were cancelled early in the week,
followed by other lines as the situa-
tion became more tense. The Allan
line is at this writing maintaining its
service from Montreal and Quebec and
the Holland-America line report that
their schedules are uninterrupted. The
White Star line is also accepting book-
ings. Daily changes in the situations,
however, make publication of ah ac-
curate list of steamship sailings im-
possible at this time.

Kalamazoo, Mich. — The H. A. Fisher
company, florists, located on South
Rose street, has filed a voluntary peti-
tion in bankruptcy in the United States
district court.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., COR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

qpELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■*■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany aU orders
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address: Alexconnell,
Western Union Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catberine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choic
Beauties, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Sonere.
42 West 28th street.

NEW YORK

To OQt-of-towD florists
We are In the Heart of

Aod five special attention to steamer aad theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Audiloiiam Aimei. CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist \Dhen writing

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Nia^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 1 5th a H. Sts.
AND WALDORF-ASTORIA. *

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

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Aug. 8,

DESI6NS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

New York.

EstablJBhckl 1 8T4-.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Uantion the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S OlsoD,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
■o^for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America: the largest stock; the greatest
variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
nlgbt and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street,
rresti Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries
throughout the state and to all steamship docks
In Hoboken. N. J., and New York,

For Wisconsin Delivery

OF

"HOME GROWN FLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK
No. 22 West S9th Street

AdjolnlnK Plaza Hotel
Hemlicn gf Ibc Florists' Tdesnpfa Ddiniy.

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, The Tele^aph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

N. Y.

Ga.

C.

Mlcta.
B. 0.

Alpha Floral Ck>., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Molnea, la.

Anderson, S. A.. 440 Main, Buffalo.

Arcbiaa Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo,

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta,

Begerow'8, Newark, N. J.

Llacklstone, Washington, D.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg. Ross. Rochester, Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breltmeyer's Son, John, Detroit,

Brown Bros, & Co., Vancouver.

Buckbee, H. W., Kockford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York,

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L, Washington.

Dauiels & Ftfiber, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave.. New York.

Duerr. Cbas. A., Newark. O.

DuDlop's. 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Byres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany. N .Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Friedman, Chicago.

Galrtn. Tbos. F.. Boston.

Gardiner, Alex, C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids. Mich.

GrimmGorly. St. Louis.

Gude Broa., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cluclnnatl, O,

Helnl & Son, J. G., Terre Haute. Ind.

Hess & Swoboda. Omaha, Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul. Minn.

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

Kltt. Robert, 1725 Chestnut, Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Lange. A., 25 B. Madison St., Chicago.

I^borlus, J. J. Dulutb. Minn.

London Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. B., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L., St. Paul. Minn,

McConnell, Alex, New York.

McKenna, Montreal, Can.

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans, La.

Murray. Samuel, Kansas City, Mo.

Myer. Florist, New York,

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M., Little Rock, Ark.

Palmer, W. J.. & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co.. The. Denver, Colo.

Penn. the Florist, 43 BromBeld St.. Boston.

Pblllips Bros., Newark. N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Poilesta & Baldoccbl. San Francisco.

Pollworth Co.. C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McCleraents. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Rock. Wm. L.. Flower Co.. Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison St.. Chgo.

ScblUig. Max, 22 W, Bftth St.. New York.

Small & Sons, J. H., New York.

Small & Sons. J. U.. Washington, D. 0.

Smith Co.. A. W.. Pittsburgh. Pa.

Smith. Henry. Grand Rapids, Mich,

Sinmpp, G. K. M., New York.

Weber. F. H., St. Loula. Mo.

WhIttPd Fleral Co.. Minneapolis, Ulnn.

Wills & Segar. London, Eng.

WIttbold, 0.. Co.. 737 Buckingham PI., Chicago.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenaon, Loa Angeles,

Yoong & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot AvoRues.

Artistic Desi^^ns.
Higii Grade Cut Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Deliver?

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

r. H. WEBER

Bode >«d DliDlind l.e. ■'"• fS^iT"

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to all
parts of the, country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

WASHINQTON

D. C.

^ G u d e s'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writino

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Atteitioi

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

CUDC BROaCOl
FLORISTS

PHILADELPmA and VICaNnT.

iSiiB bonbon iFlnhirr &bot>. SJtii.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

T

he Park

Floral Co.

J. A.VALEN'nm,
President.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Mention the American Florist when writing

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123

DESIGNS FOR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

PhUadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist wlien writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writini;

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orders for Cut

XmsaS City tnd Flowers. Funeral Desiims.

Dl...>.tu:il Ha WeddinK and Birthday Gifts.

riHSininill, mo. that may be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SniithCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

Larted Floral Establiahment in America.
Eatabliibed 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists^ Telegraph Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

TH£ J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee, Wis.

CCPoilworthCo.

WUl take proper UTi tttf>rkn sin

care of yonr orders In " »o^.«^»«o«»J

Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen larpe Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. W isconsin. North
Dakota, South [Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly Iresh stock.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Mention the American Florist when writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. T.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga.— Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Pcacbtree.

Boston— Thos. F. Galvln, Inc.. 124 Tremont St.

Boston— renn, the Florist. 43 Bromfleld St.

ButTalo. N. Y. — S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

BufTalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago— A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. WIttbold Co.. T3T Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O.— Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland. O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O. — The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland. O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo.— Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Denver. Colo. — The Park rioral Co.

Des Moines. la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breltmeyer's Sons,

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leboiins.

Grand Rapids. Mich. — Grand Rapids Floral Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Benry Smith.

Kansas City — Geo. M. Kellogg F, & P. Go.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City. Mo.— Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London, Bug. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. 8c M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn.— Whitted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark. N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J.— Phillips Bros.

Newark. O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New Orleans. La. — Metalrie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44tb and Madison Are.

New York— Alex McConnell. 611 8th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Jlyer. Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New York— Max Schllng, 22 W. 69th St.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. E. M. Stnmpp.

New York — Young 8t Nugent.

Omaha. Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Famam St.

Philadelphia— Robert Klft. 1725 Chestnut St.

Phlladeliihla — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh. Pa.— A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller's Sona.

Rockford, 111. — H. W. Bnckbee.

Sheboygan. Wis. — J. B. Matthewson.

St. Lonls. Mo. — Grimm-Gorly.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, SIo.— P. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn. — Holm & Olson,

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May 4 Co,

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalla. Mo. — Archlas Floral Co.

Superior, Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute. Ind. — J. G. Helnl Sona.

Tacoma. Wash. — California Florists.

Tolirto. O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto. Can. — Dunlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Vanconver. B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Wflshlngton — BlBcklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gude Bros.

WaaUngtoB — J. B. Small & Sona.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.

Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Fhones, 1552-15S3 Colmnbas

Jlf ention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

224 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. 1 can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock a'ways.

Mention the A^nerican Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders (or designs and cut flowerB in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Toar Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
teletrrapbic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable Sorist.

Only
the
Best

Dunlop's

0e Yonsa Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantee
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Boston, Mass.

Send flower orders for delivery in

Boston and all
New England Points

TO THOMAS F. GALVIN inc.

1 24 TR£MOMT ST

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Sendyourorders^o'Ghicago

and Snb-
arbs to

^*( All orders carefully filled

^•«3WM>^#v under the supervision of

wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers iti City.

Little Rock, Ari£.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered io all parts
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, o.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. HeiiU)

336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, S27.

Special attention to Mail and Telesrraph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Deliver.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Fnrmmi St telephones

14U rarnvm 31. 1501 and L1682

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, Sri';;^-

Member of The Florists' Teleeraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Tele^apb Deliver}

Kansas City, Mo.

William L. Rock
Flower Co.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Toledo. ,

SUMMER QUIET CONTINUES.

The usual summer quietness is very
much in evidence, and there is very
little activity manifest among down
town stores. Among the growers, how-
ever, preparations are being made for
a greatly increased business next fall.
Roses are very abundant but the mar-
ket is unable to take care of them.
Asters are beginning to come in and
for the next few months will fill the
wants. Gladioli are plentiful and find
a good sale.

CLUB MEETING.
It reminded one of old times to see
the great number of enthusiastic
florists in attendance at the last meet-
ing of the Toledo Florists' club at
S. N. Peck's flower store on Superior
street. Probably the large attendance
was due to the renewed interest stirred
up by the success of the annual picnic.
The club voted to hold no meeting dur-
ing August in order to get a large
attendance at the meeting in Septem-
ber when the annual election of officers
will take place. Emil Kuhnke will
entertain the club at the next meeting
on the first Tuesday in September.

NOTES.

A wind amounting almost to a
cyclone, played havoc with the green-
houses of Krueger Bros., wholesale
florists of East Toledo, destroying a
strip of house about 150 feet in length.
A brick wall enclosing the boiler which
is about a foot and a lialf thick was
blown down, such was .the force of
the wind. There was no insurance and
the firm figured the damage at about
$2,500. The young crop of roses that
was growing under the glass was not
injured to any great extent and nobody
was hurt.

Schramm Bros, had a rush of funeral
work last week which relieved the
dull spell. Albert Lehmann, manager
of the wholesale department, has .iust
returned from a two weeks vacation at
Toledo Beach. Frank Schramm, man-
ager, left Monday night for a three
week's vacation iri Northern Michigan.

The Art Flora] Co. is attracting lots
of favorable attention by means of a
beautiful window display showing a
rustic mill, with a magnificent moun-
tain scene and ferns and plants as a
background. There is always a crowd
in front of this window and many
favorable comments are passed upon it.

Miss Helen Patten has returned from
a vacation in Northern Michigan. She
says she very much enjoyed her jaunt
back to nature.

■ K.

St. Joseph, Mo. — A proposition to es-
taijlish a nursery in which to cultivate
trees for planting along St. Joseph's
lioulevard system, was discussed at the
meeting of the park board July 21. It
was pointed out that trees for this pur-
pose could be grown in a nursery main-
tained by the city at a price of from
10 to 15 cents each.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., £.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PBIUPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

lEWAEK E J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Re?ular trade disc.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telesrraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Arctiias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Desiens on abort ootict.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Plorists

will take care of all telegraphic orders,

Michigan. °"*";a"ed ('o''r bV"'""'
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail noiist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH 8 SONS Will fill your
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Micbiean

Flower Colors

Use onr Color Chart In describing them.
PRICE. $1.00 POSTPAID.

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

J9H'

The American Florist.

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Paper White

Grandiflora

Per 1000

Fancy (1250 bulbs to case) $ 8.50

Star Brand (1000 bulbs to case) 11.00

Lilium Formosum

Per 1000

6-8 inch (350 bulbs to case) $37.00

7-9 inch (250 bulbs to case) 60.00

8-9 inch (225 bulbs to case) 70.00

Lilium Harrisii

Best Bermuda Stock. From Rogued Fields.

Per 100 Per 1000

5-7 in. (400 to case) $5.00 $40.00

6-7 in. (335 to case) 6.50 47.00

7-9 in. (200 to case) 950 85.00

Cold Storage Lilies

Per 1000 Per case

Valley, best grade (500 to case).:. $ 9.00

Valley, best grade (1000 to case)... 1 7.00

Giganteum,7-9in.(100tocase).,, 6.50

Giflanteum, 7-9 in. (300 to case) ($55.00) 1 7.00
Giganteum,8 9in.(250tocase) ( 70.00) 18.00

French Grown

Purity— True Vaughan's Improved

34-in.tol-in $2.50 $22.50 Purity ,«, ,coo s, 50 $12 00

Sg-in. to 34-in... 1.75 16.00 34-in. and up $2.25 $20.00 Jumbo $1.50*12.00

h-in. and over. 1.50 12.00 Vi-\n.. \.oVi,-'\ri ... 1.75 16.00 Mammoth... l.OO 9.50

3s-in. to H-in... 1.25 10.00 %-in. to ^-in • 1-50 12.00

Freesias

iiCi us nave yuur iisi ui ftiii jduius lur quuiaiiuii

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago and New York

Let us have your list of Fall Bulbs for quotation

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gsr-
deners. Florists and
Home-makers, taagrht
bT Prof. CraiK and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize the erowini
importance of a knowl-
edee of Landscape Art,
Gardeners who un-
derstand up - to - date
methods and practice
are in demand for the
best positions,
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening is
indispensable to those who would have
the pleasantest homes.

2S0-page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School

DCDt. A. r., Springfield, Hasi.

PROF. BEAL.

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RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND. ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet hifh per 100, $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots 15.00

Erica Wllmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palms. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on application.

Uention the American Florist when yiriting

BEAUTIES

Choice young stock in 3 inch and 4 inch pots, at the rate of

$30.00 per 1000 in lots of 500 plants, F. O. B. Hinsdale.

ORDER TODAY

BASSETT & WASHBURN

131 North Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Central 1457

CHICAGO

S»M I L AX

strong plants, 2!/5 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.
Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2^ inch,

$2.00 per 100; $5.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

SPECIALTIES

Chrysantbemiims
SmUax, Violets

Roses, from 3-inch pots.
Carnations for fall delivery.

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers. ?e'v?5St

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

SEASONABLE STOCK

Cyclamen, Peppers, Cherries. Primroses, Chi-
nese. Obconica, Forbesii and Malecoides MumS,
yellow, white and pink Smllax. T R. Begonias,
Rex and fiowerine. Fancy Leaved Caiadlums.
Cincinnati and Glory de Lorraine Begonias.
Ferns, all kinds and sizes.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower, Pekin, IlL

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The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, San Francisco, (.'alif..
President; , J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, L. I.,
N- Y., First Vice-President: E. C. Dungan,
Philadel|)|]ia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.. Secretary and
Treasurer: S. ¥. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secreta ry.

Thirty-Third annual meeting, San Fran-
cisco. Calif., ,lune liil.5.

Peas this season will average a fair
crop.

J. C. Vaughan is in Wisconsin on a
fishing trip this week.

Michigan beans on heavy land are
reported a very poor crop.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade August 5 were as
follows: Timothy, $4.50 to $6.25 per
100 pounds.

Alex. Henderson, of A. Henderson
& Co., Chicago, is on the Hamburg-
American S. S. Ryndam, due at Rotter-
dam, August 6.

HOLLAND cables of July 31 are to
the effect that owing to rumors of war
there is great depression of trade and
no business to be done.

Vauohan's Seed Store has received
invoices covering small shipments of
Dutch bulbs due at New York on the
.^. S. Rotterdam this week.

Some comments on war conditions
as they affect Eurooean supplies of
seeds, bulbs and nursery stock will
be found on page 97 of this issue.

Li. Daehnfeldt, Odense, Denmark,
has appointed Axel Knudsen American
salesman. Mr. Knudsen's address is
1709 Tenth avenue south, Minneapolis,
Minn.

Visited Chicago ; H. Davies Yates,
of Arthur Yates & Co., Ltd., and wife,
of Sydney, New South Wales; L. D.
Langworthy, representing the F. D.
Mills Seed Co., Washington. la.

THE Leonard Seed Co.. Chicago, re-
cently called in all its traveling rep-
resentatives to discuss crop conditions
and they visited all the company's seed
farms and warehouses in Michigan and
Wisconsin in connection with this dis-
cussion.

BULB shipments of 1913 from South-
ern France are In excess of those
shipped during the year 1911-1912. It
is expected that definite statistics of
these will appear the early part of the
coming calendar year. The value of
bulb shipments during 1911 was $197,-
677.06, during 1912. $209,052

St. Louis, mo.— The St. Louis Seed
Co. writes : "Trade has been very ac-
tive in all lines, both shipping and
counter trade. All staple vegetable
and flower seeds have been in good
demand with a, heavy call for good
1seed corn. On account of the long
season there was a good sale for bed-
ding stock. Roses sold unusMally well,
both dormant and pot plants. There
was an extra good demand for vege-
table plants, such as cabbage, toma-
toes, pepper and egg plant. On ac-
count of the early drought in our ter-
ritory the latter part of May the trade
has been hampered In late planting of
tuberoses, gladioli and dahlias, which
has left Koine in the hands of' the
dealers."

Seedsmen's Trial Grounds— Their Actual
and Possible Value.

An address by Dr. W. W. Tracy. ARricul-
tural Department, Washington, delivered at the
thirty-second annual convention of the Ameri-
can Seed Trade Association at Washington,
D. C. June 23-25. 1914.

Most modern seedsmen maintain
more or less extensive and. carefully
cultivated trial grounds. They are
generally clfiefly devoted to the grow-
ing of small samples of the various cul-
tures, and of the purchased stocks of
seeds handled by them in order to
ascertain their purity and comparative
value. It is the boast of some seeds-
men that a sample of every culture
grown for them and of every lot of
seed purchased, is igrown on their trial
grounds and its purity and varietal
quality reported upon. While this
makes excellent material for use in the
answering of letters of complaint, we
question whether such trials are of
themselves very valuable or reliable in-
dications of the quality of the stock
handled. The area of each culture
planted is generally so small as to
give little indication of their com-
parative value. In the case of squash
or tomato for instance, an ordinary
trial ground sample would not contain
more than a dozen plants, and might
not give any indication of an 8 or 10
per cent mixture of distinctly differ-
ent sorts. The most reliable knowl-
edge of the purity and type of any
stock is that acquired through 'knowl-
edge of the stock seed used, inspection
of the growing crop and a reasonable
probability that there has been no mix-
ture from adjoining crops, or in the
harvesting and handling of the seed it-
self. Seedsmen often handle stocks,
however, which it was impossible for
them to inspect in the field, in which
case a trial ground test may be most
useful, but in order to give reliable in-
dications of quality such plantings
should be much larger than are gen-
erally made so as to reveal even a
very small per cent of "off" or mix-
ture.

Twenty-five years of experience con-
vinces us that large well cultivated
trial grounds devoted to something
more than a necessarily imperfect at-
tempt to record the relative purity of
the hundreds or thousands of different
cultures of the same, or similar stocks,
which the seedsman handles and fur-
nishing material for a broader study of
varietal, differences and their adapta-
tion to certain conditions and re-
quirements, is essential to the widest
and best management of a seed busi-
ness. Pardon me if I take time to re-
fer to certain scientific facts with

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers of
Hi gh Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
"Solicited.

which you are all familiar, but which 1
think should furnish the basis for
such work.

The botanist groups all plants which
are essentially alike as to certain more
or less easily recognized characteristics
into genera and again into species. The
gardener accepts this classification and
goes farther selecting from the species
individual plants showing some distinc-
tive merit for certain cultural or mar-
ket requirements and groups them un-
der varietal names and then extends
these individuals through cuttings,
grafting or multiplies them by seed.
The seed grower goes still further, se-
lecting individual plants which not
only show the distinctive merits of the
sort, but which transmit them to the
highest degree and with the least va-
riation through their seed.

The seed dealer aims not only to de-
termine the distinctive merits and adap-
tation of various stocks to specific con-
ditions and uses, but to secure an ade-
quate and uniform supply at the least
cost and finally to distribute them to
the planter to the greatest material
profit. In doing this he must be guided
by certain unalterable characteristics
of plant life through which every in-
dividual is made up of a balanced sum
of hereditary trends inherited In dif-
ferent degrees from many ancestors plus
the influence of local climatic and soil
conditions. There are few things of
which man really knows less than
about the make-up of this balanced
sum. Just why one pea in a pod
should develop into a plant, which
as far as human eye or ability to
measure is concerned, is practically
identical with an ancestor two-five-ten
generations back while the other peas
from the same pod and of exactly the
same ancestry will develop into plants
bearing no observable resemblance to
that common ancestor, we do not know,
nor are we able to predict with any
more certainty than a guess, which one
of a score of more or less dissimilar
ancestors the plant which any single
seed will develop into will most resem-
ble, hence the desirability of having
as many as possible of its ancestors of
the exact character we desire, and that
we may- do this we must first of all
have a very clear cut conception of
just what our ideal plant of the sort
should be and such an idea is best
formed from a frequent and careful
study of different stocks grown side by
side in our trial grounds. There is
no factor of plant life which has made
a deeper impression upon me and of
whose existence and dominant influence
I am so certain as of their individual-
Established 1810.

Denaiffe&Son,Nor.Srance.

The Premier Seed Growers of tlie World.

The Greatest Acreage. Over 900 f mployes.
r Motto: The Very Best Qua ity Specialties:
Beet, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Lettuce, virngel
Wurtzel, Omon, i-arsley. Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga. Turnip. For special pries • utp u-crr]i 1914,
now heint harvested, address Cliatles Jolinson,
Marietta, Pa., Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada.

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the following California Speciallies only:

ONION, LETTUCE, CARRO', RADISH. PARSNIP. PARSLEY, CEURY.
ENDIVE. LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA

-Company

Write for 1914 Contracting Prices.

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127

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[ICALYPms

and Acacia Seeds

P.O.BOI857. MELBOURKE, AUSTRALIA

Mention the American Florist when writing
Get Quotationi From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

Bloomsdale
Farm.

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the
Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA. CALIF.

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

MANN'S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
bring the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saiony, Germany

Ity, particularly as to inheritance, and
that occasionally individuals appear
which independent of their hereditary
history transmit to each and every one
of their descendants their own exact
balance of characteristics to be in turn
transmitted to succeeding generations,
until through influence of changed en-
vironment as the revival of the domi-
nant heredity of some ancestor the bal-
ance is broken and the uniformity of
character is gone. We think there is
no place, not even the grounds of a
seed breeder where such a dominant
plant in its early generations is so like-
ly to be discovered as in a trial garden,
and the chance of doing so would jus-
tify the growing and study of hundreds
of samples. Again, careful study
shows that there are often unknown,
or at least little understood differences
in local soil and climatic conditions
through which there are developed dif-
ferences in habits of growth in plants
of as nearly identical heredity, and
that such differences are sometimes
carried in the seed to such a degree
as to materially affect the relative
value of stock of the same heredity
grown in different locations. Again,
not infrequently a strain may show a
material betterment over ordinary

BEANS, PEAS,

and an Garden Seeds

RA9ISH

via ou uiuucn aeeos ^^

LEONARD^SflH

CO.

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADf

Write *»>r Prievtpi

Pansy Seed

From the Oldest Pansy Specialist

C. SCHWANECKE,

Oschersleben, Germany

Established 1S52
Schwaneclce's Giant Flowered Improved

Trunardeau Peroz.. $1.50

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Imoroved

Caisier Per oz. 3.75

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

German'a Peroz. 3.75

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Bugnots Peroz. 3.00

Schwanecke'sGiant Flowered Improved

Odler Peroz. 2.50

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

Branches Michigan Ull FflDFI PnilM

and Wisconsin. BIILrUllU, bUNR.

Mention the American Florist when writing

R.&M.GODINEAU,

SEED GROWERS,

Angers - France.

Specialties: Beets. Mangoes, Carrots. Cabbaeei.
Celeries, Parsleys. Parsnips, Turnips,

Growing Crops Given Fersonal Attention.

ROl'TZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Contract Seed Growers

CnAPialtiac Pepper.Edg Plant, Tomato,
OpBlildlUeb. vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick 6 Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster.

Cosmos. Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

QUALITY :vA?S

8tND ron OATALllOIK

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

141 Waal 14th SI., K*« T< ~

Seedsmen reouinng the very best selections of

Garden Seeds

(Vegetable and Flower), especially

Kelway's Celebrated
En^ish Strains

can get them at lowest independent wholesale
rates by sending their orders direct to

KELWAY & SON

Wholesale Seed Growers.

Langport, Somerset, England.

Special quotations on application.
Mention the American Florist when writing

FERNS IN FLATS

ALL VARIETIES

We siiip by express during July and

August, stock ready for 2V2-in. pots in flats

of about llOclunips, wliich can be divided.

Price, $2.00 per flat

20 or more flats, $1.75 each.

Packing included.

Order now wliile we have full list of

varieties to select from.

Write for illustrated folder.

McHutchison & Co.

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write for our low prices.

Euico'ttsts.."' Baltinioret Md.

ROEMER'S 'ffi'' PANSIES

The finest strain of Pansies in the World,
Introducer and Grower of all the Leading
Novelties. Highest Award at Mannheim,
1907. Catalogue free on application.

FREDERICK ROEMER

QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY

Japan Grown Callas

15g - 214-in.
WRITE FOR PRICES.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., NEW YORK

I BURPEE'S SEEDS I

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists E

3 and Market Gardeners. ;-; C

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stock In yield, type, or disease re-
sistance wlien the seed is grown in
one locality while it is actually infer-
ior when equally carefully grown in
others, and there is no surer detective
of such local adaptation than a trial
ground planting. Such differences in
vital habit often may not be expressed
by conspicuous differences in growth
or may not be noticeable in plants
grown in separate fields except
through a difference in yield or qual-
ity of product, yet be clearly notice-
able when plants are grown side by
side, and may be used to guide us as
to where seed of some particular stock
can be grown to the greatest advan-
tage to both seedsman and planter.

Careful observation and records of
line-bred stocks have clearly demon-
strated that there is often a marked
difference in the seeding habit 'of in-
dividual plants of the same heredity.
That in the case of garden beets for
instance, a single root or those of a
certain line-bred strain will very uni-
formly develop a heavy crop of seed
while other roots of the same variety
or even the same stock and showing
no other observable difference will
rarely seed at all and trial ground
tests may enable us to discover and
take advantage of such individuality.
Again there are differences in seed-
ing habit, such as the shelling of beans
as soon as ripe, the splitting open of
melons, the character of the seed
coart, etc., which affect the ease with
which the seed can be secured in sal-
able condition, and trial ground plant-
ings are the most fruitful source of
such knowledge. Another important
advantage of extensive plantings for
trial is the opportunity they furnish
for a better acquaintance with exist-
ing and distinct varietal differences.
While it is true that the number of
catalog names greatly exceed that of
actual distinct variation in stocks sold,
it is equally true that there are many
variations, some of them of the high-
est potential value for certain pur-
poses which are not included in any
seedsmen's lists. In the care of most
garden vegetables there are constant-
ly occurring variations which are dis-
tinctly superior for certain conditions
and uses to any now listed, wax pod-
ded peas, melons with skin as thin
and tough and no more in edible flesh
than an apple for instance, but the
seed of which are not handled by
seedsmen.

I need not take the time of such a
body as this to discuss the reason for
this found in the seeding habit of
many of those sorts and the conse-
quent great differences in the cost of
growing and handling the seed com-
pared with the slight differences in
prices obtainable for seed of different
varieties. I do want, however, to
urge that seedsmen by the more gen-
eral planting, and still more general
study of trial grounds become more
familiar with the actual range of
variation and value for specific pur-
poses, and I am very certain that such
familiarity will result in an earnest
and ultimately successful effort to
bring into trade a wider range of
varietal forms adapted for specific
conditions and requirements, and that
a more general knowledge would re-
sult in a better appreciation on the
part of seed buyers and users of acj
tual differences in value, and a con-
sequent willingness to pay better
prices for seeds adapted to specific
oondition.s and purposes.

All Seeds and Bulbs sold
by Thorburn are always
of the very highest qual-
ity and true to name.

ASPARAGUS TUBEROSES

Plumosus Nanus

Per 1000

1.000 $2.0O

5,000 1.75

10,000 1.65

Dwarf Double Pearl

Extra large size
$7.50 per 1000

53 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY.

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THE G. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cncamber, Muskmelon, Squasb and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

Mention the American Florist when writing

H. WREDE

LUNEBURG, GERMANY

PANSY SEED

184 First Prizes, the highest

awards Chicago, Paris, London,

Bruxelles, Berl., Hamb., Rcme.

1000 seeds, finest mixed. ..25c

1 oz. ..$2.25

Price list on application. Cash with order

Mention the American Florist when writing

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

'^"soK'd."" Swedesboro, New Jersey

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FOR SALE.

Carload Alfalfa Screenings

Samples upon request.

G. & B. COMPANY, care American Florist.

My new list of

Winter Spencer
Sweet Pea Seed

is being mailed. If not in your
hand now. send a postal for.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, "'gj^Ti?.'^'

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TOMATO SEED

Best stocks. AU Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growerstor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

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America, or possibly
the world, issued April
1,1911. This 120- page
book, written by Mat-
thew Crawford and
Dr. Van Fleet, con-
stains many chapters
I covering all sides of
k growing, propagating,
|storing, etc., and also
some pages of valuable
cultural notes gath-
ered from reliable
sources. A necessity
for both amateur and
grower. The book is
bound in cloth and
fully illustrated.

PRICE, POSTPAID, $1.25

AMERICAK FLORIST CO.

440 So. Dearborn St.
CHICAGO.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandifloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLI
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER & SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

J. G. ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

— FOR

SEEDS

OF ALL KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson 6c Son, Limited

Boston. England

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com ; Cncumber,

Mask and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

FREMONT

Squash.

NEBRASKA

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for \Vh(ilesato Fall Catalogue,

igi4.

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129

Dreer^s Specials in Palms

and Other Decorative Plants
For Convention Montti.

As usual, wi- will have an extensive display of our many specialties at tlie convention and our staff of
avelers will Ijf in attendance and will be pleased to show you samples, but a personal inspection of the
ock where it is grown is the most satisfactory. Why not stop off at Philadelphia on your way to or from the
invention and visit our nurseries? We are sure that you will find it both entertaining and profitable.

A
most
doz.
4-inc
6

COCOS WEDDELIANA.

Areca LutescenF.

splendid lot of 3-inch pots. 3 plants in a pot. A
useful size that meets with ready sale. $1.25 per
$10.00 per 100. $90.00 per 1.000.

h pots, 3 plants in a pot. $3.50 per doz. $25.00 per 100
3 1.00 each.

Cocos Weddeliana.

We have nearly an acre of elass devoted to this most
graceful of all Palms. Splendid, thrifty stock, of rich
dark color.

Inches high

2-inch pots. 5 to 6 $1.50 per doz.: $10.00 per 100.

3 " 8 to 10 2.00 per doz.; 15.00 per 100.

5 " 18 to 24 splendid plants, 75 cts. each.

T " 34 to 36 grand specimens, $2.50 each.

9 " 36 grand specimens, 5.00 each.

Large specimens. $10.00 and $15.00 each.

-iin'h pots,

Kentia Belmoreana.

Inches high Doz.
leaves, 8 to 10. . . .$1.50
2.00

12
15

4.50

100

$10.00

15.00

35.00

looo

( 90.00

140.00

Each

18 to 20 $0.75

6
7-in. t

8

ubs.

6 to 7
6
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

Kentia Forsterlana— Single Plants.

Inches high Doz. 100
fh puts. 4 haves, s to 12 . . . . $1.50 $10.00 $
•■ 4 to 5 ' 12 to 15 2.00 15.00

24

2&to30.
36 to 38.
42 to 45.
45 to 48.

1.00
1.50
3.00
4.00
5.00

10
11
10
12
14

5 to 6

("i

n

6 to 7
6 to 7 •
6 to 7
0 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

24

28 to 30. . .
34 to 3fi. . .
38 to 40...
40 to 42...
45 to 48...
48
Feet high

4 % to 5 .

5 to 5 1/2 ■

5 Va to 6 ,

6 >4 to 7 .

lOOII

90.00

140.00

Each

$0.75

1.00

1.50

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

Each

$ 6 00

8.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

Kentia Sanderlana.

Comparatively new and one of the most graceful
hardiest of the Kentias. Inches high

3-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 10 to 12 I

4-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 12 to 15

.1-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 24

md

0.50

.75

1.25

Kentia Forsteriana- Made-up Plants.

Inches high

p(jts, 4 plants in a pot, l.S to 20

tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 36

9
10
12
13
15
1.")

2>4.-

3

4

inch pots
■inch pots
inch pots

Each
$0.75
2.50
3.00
4.00
5.00
Each
6.00
8.00

" 40 to 42

" 42 to 45

Feet high

" 4 to 4%

41,4 to 5

■• 5 to 5% 10.00

'■ 514 to 6 15.00

■■ 6% to 7 heavy 20.00

"7 •■ 25.00

'•10 •• 35.00

Latania Borbonica.

Per doz. Per 100 Per 1000

$0.75 $ 5.00 $40.00

1.25 10.00 90.00

2.50 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii.

l^nQuestionably one of the prettiest and most graceful
Palms grown, which quickly made a place for itself
among the popular standard varieties, particularly so
for apartment decorations. We have a splendid stock,
and offer:

4-inch pots, nicely characterized plants,
$.".0.00 per 100.

5-inch pots, 15 in
H •• " 1^ ft,

>^ •' tubs, "

111 ••

1 0 ••

11'-

$6.00 per doz.:
Each

high, IS in. spread $ 1.00

ft.
ft. " 2 ft.

2 to 2% ft. high, ty^ ft.
21,4 ft. " 3 ft.

3 ft. ■■ 4 ft.

2.00
3.00
5.00
7.50
in no

Ananas Sativa Variegata (Variegated Pineapple).

.\ splendid stock of well colored plants.

1-inch pots $0.60 each

.'■-inch pots 1.00 each

H-inch pots 1.50 each

Araucaria Excelsa.

An immense stock of well grown plants. Each

1-inch pots, 5 to 6 inches high, 2 tiers $0.30

5 ■■ •• 8 to 10 " •• 3 ■■ 40

5 ■• " 10 to 12 •• ■' 3 •• 60

1; •■ '• 12 to 15 " " 3 to 4 ■• 75

I! •• '■ 14 to 16 " " 4 " 1.00

Araucaria Excelsa Glauca

6-inch pots, .S inchi-s lligh.

tiers.

Araucaria Robusta Compacts.

.$0.75 each

Each

i;-inch pots. 8 to 10 inches high, 2 tiers $0.75

6-inch pots. 12 inches high, 3 tiers 1.25

7-inch pots. 14 to 16 inches high, 3 tiers 1.50

Crotons.

A splendid collection of the most attractive varieties
for florists' work, well colored plants of good value.

4-inch pots $4.00 per dozen: $30.00 per 100

5-inch pots $6.00 to $9.00 per dozen

Large plants $1.00 and $1.50 each

Dracaena Amabilis. Dracaena Bsptlstii, Dracaena
Shepherdii; Dracaena Youngli.

2 14 -inch pots $2.00 per doz.. $15.00 per 100

3 " '• 3.50 per doz.. 25.00 per 100

4 " " 50 each.

5 " '• 75 each.

6 •' •• 1.00 each.

Dracaena Termlnalls.

2 ',4 -inch pots $1.2-'t i^er doz..

3 -inch pots -.1111 Iter doz.,

Asplenium Nidus Avis.

An e-xeeptionally large stock enables us to offer this
popular variety at greatly reduced prices.
.Splendid healthy 3-inch pots. .$1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100
Splendid healthy 4-inch pots. . 3.50 per doz.. 25.00 per 100

Cibotlum Schietfei.

3-inch pots $3.50 per doz., $25.00 per 100

6 •• '■ 1.50 each

■s ' ■• 2.50 each

10 ■• tubs 3.511 to $5.00 each

Pteris Parkeri.

.\ valuable decorative fern.
2 1.4 -inch pots $0.75 per doz.,

4 • *■ 2.00 "

6 " *■ 4.50 ••

Ficus Elastica.

l-inch pots. 8 to 10 ins. high. $3,50 per doz.,

Pandanus Veitchli.

A grand lot of well colored 6-inch pots. $1.00 each.

$10.00 per 100
15.00 per 100

$ 5.00 per 1 n«
15.00 ■' ■■
35.00 " ■•

$25.00 per 100

For a complete list of all Seasonable Plants. Bulbs and Seeds see our current Wholesale List,

HENRY A. DREER, 7i4 and 7i6 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The prices noted above arc intended for the trade only.

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Aug. 8,

The Nursery Trade

American Association ot Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la., A'ice-Presi-
dent; .John Hall,2U4 Urauite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Mich., .lune \9\^\ -

Some comments on war conditions
as they affect European supplies of
seeds, bulbs and nursery stock will be
found on page 97 of. this issue.

COLLEGE Station, Tex.— At a banquet
July 29, given by the nurserymen, hor-
ticulturists and others interested, defi-
nite plans were laid for the establish-
ment of a botanical garden in Texas,
and for the encouragement of the use
of natural flora in beautifying home
surroundings.

Lafayette, III. — Worlt is progress-
ing on the new greenhouse and service
building which is being constructed at
the Home Nursery by Irvin Ingles.
The greenhouse will be 28 by 200 feet
and ample accommodations will be
provided for a large number of plaiUs.
The cost of the buildings will be in
the neighborhood of $4,000.

Santa Barbaba, Calif.— Horticul-
tural Commissioner C. W. Beers has
been appointed a member of the execu-
tive committee of the State Associa-
tlbn of Horticulturists, succeeding R.
P. Cundiff of Riverside. The commis-
sion is worl^ing energetically for the
success of the big gathering . of hor-
ticulturists in Los Angeles next De-
cember.

CHICAGO. — Wm. Peterson and family
are back from an 1800 mile auto trip in
the east, principally in New Hampshire,
Vermont and Massachusetts. Mr.
Peterson never travels on Sunday, in
fact never takes the car out of the
garage on that day. Every year he
takes an auto trip of a month with
his family and enjoys it immensely.
He says it pays to advertise for in
the central part of Pennsylvania his
tire trunk and two .$00 tires got
bumped out on a rough road. He ad-
vertised in a Harrisburg paper and
received word that the tires were at
Meyerstown, 40 miles away. He re-
turned and got them and is now a
greater believer than ever in printer's
ink.

Common Mole in United States.

The general distribution of the mole
seems to depend largely on the condi-
tion of the soil and the humidity of
the climate. Moles are absent entirely
from our arid regions, and where the
prairies of the West merge into plains
they are found only along water
courses. The mole is so seldom seen,
even by those familiar with its work,
that it is often confused with other
small creatures, particularly the shrew,
meadow mouse and pocket gopher.

Complaints of damage by moles are
frequent and insistent, and in most
cases if investigated would be sus-
tained by evidence presented, but. on
the other hand, in very many cases, if
thoroughly investigated, it would be
shown that small rodents that follow
In the mole's runways are wholly re-
sponsible for damage to seed grains
and cultivated food products grown
underground. In pai-ks, cemeteries,
kitchen gardens, flower beds, and like
situations, the mole may be regarcjed
as a useful animal out of place. As to
the economic status of the mole, its
activities commend it to the farmer

and gardener as in tunneling, by shift-
ing the earth particles, it permits bet-
ter aeration of the soil, mixes soil
with subsoil, permits the entrance of
water from the surface and allows
humus to reach further down.

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

P.O. Berlin. N. J. Willlamstown Jane. N. J.

To Be Sure

to have the rose varieties you will be
asked for by your patrons next season,
write now for

Our 48-page
Illustrated Rose Catalogue,

as we will mail you a copy, post free.
on receipt of your business card: or
when on the coniinent. pay us a visit,
as.it will pay you to see the newer
varieties in bloom.

The East End Nurseries Co.

l^^lfofldV^i. POSKOCP, HOLLAND.

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE CONIRD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Hill's Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Evergreai Specialists Largest Growo-s in Aneria

BOX 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORAXrVE PLANTS,

CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

INSPECTION INVITED. Ask For Our Wholesale Catalog.

Nurserymen and Florists.

Rutherford, N. J.

ROLKER

Azaleas, Araucaria,
Bay Trees, Boxwood,
Bulbs, Valley rips,

IMPORTERS OF

Palms, Manettl,
Lilacs. Roses,
Rhododendrons,

Maples, Planes,
Elms. Fruit Stocks
and Ornamentals.

AUGUST BOLKER & SONS si Barclay Street or P. O. Bo» 7S2. NsW tork

:S8e5E5Sfe<^<^«

Bay Trees

Standards.

Box Trees

Pyramid, Globes,

and some 36-inch Bush.

Cut Prices on Fancy Stock.

WRITE OR WIRE

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

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The KENILWORTH Giant Pansy

seeds are all grown by myself and are ottered in the following mixtures and separate colors:

Kenilworth Strain— Miinv ll<nvi-rs arc from Z'J, to 4 inches:

Mini iiKirkiii'^s. I. isht, MiMliiim or Dark Mixtures.
Kenilworth Sltow— An u\tr;i liii." strain nf larue flowers.

Keniiworth Cut riijwer IVlixlure—U a distinct class by itself, surpassingall other strains as
a ''lit ll<)\vfr for inside or outside growing: the large flowers are carried erect aljove the
foliagi- on steins. 7 or ?< inches loiis.
Masterpiece- l>c:iiitifiill\' mfflfd, with a wide range of colors.
Giant Tliree and Five Blotcticd Pansies— .V superl) mixture.
NEW SEBD NOW READY.

All sorts and ini.v tiires excf'pt the .._ ,. ., ,„„ ^.,

5000 seeds, $1.00; trade pl£t. of 1000 seeds, 25c; any 5 pkts.T^T.Oo"

24
26

28
30

it is a striking collection of colors

PLEASE ORDER BY NUMBER.

new Pan.sy Princess are $5.00 per oz.; $1.25 per !-i OZ,;

Princess. 20— The New Upright Pansy.

'this strain is entirely distinct from all
others. It is absolutely ci-)mijact. ujiright
growing, and extremely weather-proof, endur-
ing many storms withoutdamage to itsllnwer.
The flowers are mostly blotched and frilled
like the Masterpiece, of good form and heavy
velvety texture, on heavy stems carried well
above the foliage. Attractive liv the brilliancv
of its colors. 500 seeds, 25c: 1000, SOc;
Vi OZ., $2.50. 1 oz.. $10.00.

34 Bronze, brown andcopper shades mixed.

36 Fancy, rich colors, mostly margined.

38 Mme. Perret, red and wine shades.

40 Zebra, fine striped mixture.

42 Adonis, light blue, white center.

44 Black, almost coal black.

46 Black, with bronze center.

48 Lord Beaconsfield, purple, shaded wliite.

50 Bronze, !« iiuiful bronze.

52 Bronze, » itb y.-llow center.

54 Velvet Brown, with yellow center.

56 Havana Brown.

58 Havana Brown, yellow center.

60 Cardinal, curled bright red, dark blotch.

62 Cecily, steel blue, margined white.

64 Goliath, large curled yellow, blotched.

66 Hero, curled deep blue, shaded white.

68 Emp. Wm., ultramarine blue, violet eve.

70 Eross, velvety fjrown, yellow margin.

72 Emp. Franz Joseph, white, blotched blue.

74 Emp. Frederick, maroon, wilb gold edge.

76 Fairy Queen, azure blue, white edge.

78 Freya, purplish violet, white edge.

80 Gold Edge, M'lvety brown, gold edge.

84 Superba, uivliid tints of red and wine.

86 Sunlight, yellow, with brown blotches.

88 Andromeda, curled apple blossom.

90 Colossea Venosa, light veined shades.

92 Almond Blossom, dilicate rose.

94 Aurora, t''rra r,,tta shades.

96 Mammoth, tireenisli \ell.iw shades.

97 The above 7 named orchid, mixed.

98 Indigo Blue, d.-.-p velvetv blue.
100 LiRht Blue Shades.

102 Minerva, reil ground, violet blotched.
104 Meteor, oriudit red i)rown.
106 Pres. McKinley, yellow, dark blotched.
108 Mahogany, "iih white margin.

110 Mahogany, "iiU yellow margin.

1 12 MourningCloalt,i>lack.with whiteedge.

114 Purple, l;iri:>' lu-h deep color.

lib Peacock Blue, rosy face, white edge.

118 Psyche, curled white, five blotches.

120 Pres. Carnot. white, five blue blotches.

126 Red, :i roll. •.-lion of rich red shades.

128 Red Riding Hood, curled and blotched.

130 Rosy Morn, purplecrimsou, whiteedge.

132 Striped, on lilac ground.

134 Striped, on bronze ground.

136 Victoria, blood red, violet blotches.

138 White, large satiny white.

140 White, with violet blotch.

142 Yellow, large golden yellow.

144 Yellow, with dark blotch.

146 34 to 144 mixed in equal proportion.

For fuller description seed for Catalogue.

RAINBOW is a mixture of the
most beautiful, gorgeous colors
blotched, striped, veined, mar-
gined, etc. With every $I.(.|i
worth of Pansy Seed, 1
will send, free, lOtX"
seeds of Rainbow,
and with othe
amounts
like pro-
por-
tion

The Chrysanthemum
Manual

By Elmer D. Smith.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION.

Price 50 Cents. Cash With Order.

AMERICAN TLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

SEASONABLE STOCK-Ready Now

Asparagus PlumoSUS, 214 in., busliy, $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns, Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Wilsoni, Mayi, etc., $3.00 per 100;

«26.(I0 per lliOO.
Primula Malacoldes, (Giant Baby Primrose), $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.
Primula Chinensls a splendid strain, in all colors, $3.00 per 100; $26 00 per 1000.
Araucarla Compacts plants, 4 in. pots, 6 to 8 in. high, 35c each; 5 in. pots,

8 to 10 in., H'lc each.
Bird's Nest Ferns (.\splenium Nidus Avis), finest condition, a grand selling

plant, 3 in. pots, $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100; 4 in. pots, $5.00 per doz.;

$36.00 per 100; 6 in. pots, $7.00 per doz.; $50.10 per 100.
Cibotium Schledei, splendid stock for immediate sale or for growing on,

6 in pot plants, $1.60 each.
Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4 in. pot plants, $20.00 per 100; 5 in.

pot plants, $25.00 per 100.

Write for Catalogue No. 5.

THE STORES & HARRISON CO., PainesviHe, Ohio

1-yr.
2 IX -in.

ROSES

2-yr.
4iii.

Geraniums

YOU will find summer cuttingsa pood buy. if they
are right. I try to have mine right and guarantee
their safe delivery as far as Chicago west.
S. A. Nutt, $10.00: Ricard and Poitevinc, $12.50

per 1000.
Smilax, good 2-in, pot plants at $12.50 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTEfl, PA.

Ready to ship revised stock-list

FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

Robert Craig Co...

^r. PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49th Sts., Pbiladelphi}, Pa.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

Larayette, - - Indiana

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Aug. 8,

&=

Market Gardeners

V:=

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp. PriDceton. Ind.. Pres-
ident: H. J. Thompson. Attleboro. Mass.,
Vice-President; S. W. Severance, Louisville,
Ky.. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland.
O.. Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition.
1914.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vejfetables.

Chicago. August 4. — Mushrooms,
home grown, No. 1. 15 cents to 2.5
cents per pound; lettuce, 20 cents to
.35 cents, large boxes; radishes. $1.00
to $1.25 per 100 bunches.

New York, August 4.— Cucumbers,
fair to fancy, 75 cents to $1.00 per
basket; culls, $2.00 to $3.00 per box;
tomatoes, 5 to 10 cents per pound:
radishes. $1.00 to $1.50 per 100
bunches.

Egyptian Onion Crop.

Owing to unfavorable conditions in
1913 there was a small demand for
Egyptian onions in that year. In con-
sequence considerable loss was experi-
enced by the growers, who restricted
their plantings for 1914. The 1914 crop
is now estimated at about 1,250,000
bags, against 2,000,000 last year. A big
demand from abroad is anticipated.
PrTces in Alexandria opened at $5.50
per cantar of about 300 pounds (and
not 100 pounds as stated in a previous
article) and reached $6.15. The price
todav (March 18) is about $4. It is
thought that the bulk of the season's
business will be done at a price from
$3.50 to $4. There appears to be a
good demand from the United States.
The first invoices for shipments to the
United States were presented at the
consulate last week. Large shipments
for Liverpool went forward about 10
days ago. About 75 per cent of the
Egyptian onions shipped to Liverpool
are reshipped to America.

Egypt is at present the only country
to supply onions on the foreign markets
where she will have no competitor until
the end of May. The quality of the
present onion crop is said to be ex-
cellent.

Greenhouse Notes.

The old drying-out process of Sum-
mer treatment for greenhouses is be-
ing displaced more and more by the
moist treatment. This means that as
soon as the crops are removed and
cleaned up, the houses receive a coat
of fresh manure, about four inches
deep, and the water is then turned on
sufficiently to give the soil a thorough
soaking. This watering is repeated .nt
intervals as needed, to keep the ground
in moist condition. Five or six weeks
of this treatment will put most soils in
excellent shape for another season.
The principle of this is to excite the
disease germs by moisture and starve
them out by non-cropping, while the
dry treatment has the opposite effect,
conserving germs for future activity.

One of the elements of soil-construc-
tion that is sadly neglected in many
places is lime. Lime Is the greatest
corrective we have, and as the prin-
cipal crops under glass, lettuce, rad-
ishes, cucumbers and tomatoes all
flourish under lime treatment, there Is
no excuse for this neglect. As a .soil-

builder raw pulverized limestone is
best. It may be used freely, to the
extent of two tons per acre, but one
precaution is that lime and manure
should not be mixed. Lime is best ap-
plied to the surface after plowing or
spading and raked in. Where acid
conditions are known to exist, hydrate
or air-slacked lime is quicker to act
than the raw ' product. The fault of
these two latter forms is their severe
attack upon the nitrogen. There is no
better system of .soil improvement than
a constant composting of manure.
Manure when hauled and piled loses
its best elements speedily. Nearly all
soils lack some elements. A black
mucky soil would be improved by add-
ing loam and sand, while a sandy soil
should have loam and clay; then by
spreading fresh manure in flat piles
and adding some clay or sand as need-
ed and building up the piles alter-
nately with manure and ground, we
conserve the manure and gradually
add the needed body to our soils. This
method of yearly adding a little fresh
soil to greenhouses cannot be too high-
ly recommended.

MAKKETMAN.

Detroit.

Mrs. Chas. H. Maynard. a Detroit
woman, well known in national horti-
cultural work, bears the distinction of
being the only woman in the United
States to serve on the advisory com-
mittee of the board of horticulture of
the Panama-Pacific exposition. Mrs.
Maynard bears the distinction of hav-
ing been one of the founders of the
Ladies' Society of American Florists
and of serving as its secretary ever
since its organization. Detroit is well
represented in the Ladies' Society of
American Florists, there being at pres-
ent about seven members residing in
this city. — Detroit Tribune.

Acting as a clearing house for the
products of the principal growers in
this section, and with a source of sup-
ply represented by some 2,000.000
square feet of glass and about $1,000.-
000 in capital, the Michigan Cut Flower
Exchange is well known in the state of
Michigan wherever artistic floral dec-
orations or cut flowers are used. Philip
Breitmeyer, president, and his brother.
Frederick, second vice-president of the
exchange, have grown up in the busi-
ness and have made flowers a life
study. In addition to greenhouses at
719 Mock avenue, they have extensive
greenhouse interests at Mt. Clemens,
Mich.

The annual picnic of the florists'
club was held at Boisblanc. July 31.
with the usual sports and games. Tlie
wholesalers defeated the retailers in
the base ball game. There was an .at-
tendance of about 2(Xl.

Mushroom Spawn

English Imported, $6.50 per 100 lbs.

ST. LOUIS SEED CO.,

ST, LOUIS. MO.

Wfite for our Wholesale Bulb Calalogup. Si. Louis Seed Co.

Watch for our Trade Mark stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn

Substitution of cheaper ^radet li

thus easily exposed. Fresh sampU

^^t^^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed

^V^^"^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re

ceJDt of 40 cents in postage. Address

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paol.Minn

Primroses.

PfrlOO
Chinese, ready August 10 $2.00

Obc. Alba and Rosea, August 1 2.00

Forbesl and Malacoids, ready 2.00

Obc. Glgantea.giamflowering, ready 2.50 ■

Pansy Seed, giant flowering oz. , 4.00

Asp. Plumosus, August 1 2.00

CASH.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM,

DELAWARE, OHIO.

DO NOT

Delay Ordering

Polnsettlas, 2ii-in., %h.(^ per 100;
$16.00 per idX).

Begonia Lonsdale, iVi-x-a., Lor-
raine tvpe, but better, $14.00 per
10(1; $126.00 per 1000.

Begonia Glorie de Ctiatelalne,

$6.00 per KXI; $50.00 per 1000.

Cyclamen Seed, English, $8 50

per oz.
Cyclamen Seed, German, $6. on

per oz.
Pansy Seed, home grown, best

strain procurable, \\ oz. ,$1.60;

1 oz , $6.00.
Rest assured 3-our orders
will be filled to your entire
satisfactfon.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.^

1218BetzBldg.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Ouedlinburg, Germany

^^^■.,^^^-rHT9^'"^ °" 'he VKRY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE. FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

SPECIALTIES.' S'"j"'u ^'"l"' CabbaKes. Carrots. Kohl Rabi. Leek, Lettuces. Onions, Peas.
„. r'^ 'Radishes, Spinach. Turnips Swedes. Asters. Balsams, Begonias, Carnations

Unerarias. Gloxinias. Larkspur, Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue (ree on application.

H*J"t'y METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIA1«T PANSIES (mixedl. the most perfect and

most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz . or $1.75 per Va o?., $1.00 per % oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds oSered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality,

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

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VAUGHAN'S PEONIES

Cut Flower Varieties

We have an exceptionally large stock of our own growing, Strictly true to name, all in strong divisions,
with from 3 to 6 eyes each. Besides these divided roots, we can supply many of the following
varieties in plants, one, two, three and five years from division. These sizes are more suitable for private
cu.'itomtrs. Write to us for prices on varieties you desire in large plants.

25

35

35

WHITE AND LIGHT SORTS

Each

Coronne d' Or. Snow-wbiie. yellow reflex, very
la'ye. Lati ; a splendid long-distance shipper.
Splendid cut Hower $0 30

Dachess de Nemours (Calot). Sulphur white
with greenish reflex, cup shape

Festiva Maxima. FiOwers of immense size. 7 to
8 inches in diameter, snow-white with red
blotches on edges of center i)etals

Jeanne d' Arc. Soft pink, center Fulp^ur white
and pale pink, very fragrant. Valuable for cut
flowers. Very similar to Golden Harvest

La Tulipe. Delicate rose fading to creamy white,
tipped with carmine: very large bloom; late..

Mme. de Vatry. Very large, high crown, lilac
white guards and crown, sulphur white collar
of wide petals: center flecked crimson. Fra-
grant. Midseason

Mme. de VernervlUe. Guard petals sulphur
white center delicate rose-white, one of the
most desirable of the white Peonies for all
purposes

Marie lemoine. Large, compact, puie white,
cream-white Center. Some carmine tiRS. Fra-
grant

M. Dupont. Clear ivory white, with brilliant
carmine border on center petals

Queen Victoria. White, center petals tipped
carmine: large full bloom: one of the best
cut flower sons; early

Doz.

$3 00
2 00

1(0

$20 00
15 00

3 60

3 60

35

50

3 60
5 50

35 3 25 22 00

25 00

25 00 I

LIGHT AND DARK PINK AND ROSE

Each D^iz
Delicalissima. Large rose type. Pale lilac-rose.

Fragrant Very strong, tall grower, fine habit,

free bloomer. Extra goodkeeperand shipper.

Midseason

Model of Perfection. Large cup shaped bloom.

pink maroled rose, silvery border

Prolifei a Tricolor. Mediumsize. Guardsflesh-

whue. collar sulphur-yellow. Pale rosecrown,

fragrant, fn e. late

Triomphe de L' Expos, de Lille. Shell pink with

a peculiar double crown. Midseason

35 3 60

30 2 25 15 00

25 00
40 00

25 2 00 15 00

UNNAMED PEONIES— Divided Roots of 3 to 5 Eyes

Double White, Fink and Red $150 $10 00

Double Mixed 100 6 00

PEONIES IN CASE LOTS

For several years we ha.'e sold specially packed cases. The roots are
young, and each has .^ to 5 eyes These cases contain 67 double white.
66 double pink, and (t/double rt.'d each color separate — 2 0 roots in all.

Price. 200— Case for $18.00. 2 Cases tor $35.00. We cannot
divide cases.

35 3 60 25 00

40 4 00

30 3 00

35 3 60 25 00

RED AND CRIMSON

Andre Laurils. Very large, very compact
globular rose-tvpe. Dark Tyrian rose shading
deeper in center. Medium tall. One of the
best late varieties

Augustin de Hour. Lirge, bomb-shaped flower,
dark briliant solferino-red with slight silvery
reflex. Medium tall, very free: midseison.
\'erv fine

Felix Crousse. One of the best red sorts, large
double ball-shaped flowers. Free bloomer

Louis van HOUtte. Deep carmine-rose, tipised
silver, with fiery reflex. Semi rose-type. Fra-
grant. Late

Marechal Vaillant (Syn. Lee's Rubra Grandi
floral. Dark mauve-pink, very large, globular,
rose-type. Very tall heavy stem; very late.
A go -id variety

M. Paul du Rlbert. Deep crimson-rose, fine
bf^mb shaped flower, medium high, free
bloomer. Late

Officinalis Rubra Plena. This is the old
fiisbioned red ; the most brilliant of all reds ..

President Roosevelt. Fine full bloom. Very
bri liant red

30 3 00 20 00

45

40

5 00 40 00
4 50 35 00

30 3 00 20 00

45 5 00 35 00

40

20

35

4 00 30 00
1 80 12 00
3 63 23 00

German Iris

We have lar^e stocks of 10 standard sorts, and
can make specially low prices on quantities.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO,
NEW YORK.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard. Perkins.

Poitevine, 2-in.. $2.00 per 100; 3 in., $5.00 per 100.
Boston and Wliltmanl Fems; 3-in., lOc; 4-in.. ISc:

5-in., 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in., $5.00; 4 in.. $10.00; 5-iD.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia, 2H-in., $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS, Nevtrton, N. J.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per If no.

Alyssum, Giant Double. 2in.. $2 00 per 100.

Geraniums.S. .A. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2 in.. $1.75 per 100, in any quantity.

Good stock and good packing.

Elmer Rawlings,^o'Ll5S!NT"

Poinsettia Pulcherrima

Extra selected plants, well rooted froni
3;^ in pots. $6.0J per 100; $50.00 per lOOJ.

Cash with ord'T, please.

^ ANTON SCHULTHEIS

316 leth Street, COLLEGE POINT, L. L, N. Y.

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

l^lllxxrrx H SLr-r-i^s ii

FOR IMMEDIATE DEUVERY.

We have received our first consignment of Harrisii. and otter a selected stock of the
original true Harrisii for early forcing. This stock was grown from the original true type, and
will be found splendid s'ock for early forcing, for which purpose Harrisii is so valuable. The
crop is much shorter than usual t^is season, but wi.- are in position to supply a nice lot of
selected stock, and can make delivery f om first shipment.

6 to 7-inch bulbs, 350 to the case, S5.50 per 100; S45.00 per 1000.

7 to g-inch bulbs, 200 to the case, $9.vO per 100; $ii0.00 per 1000.

Full case Uts at llOO rates.

OF

Killarney Brilliant Grown in 4-ln. Pots, to Close Out Stock

Wl- have a lew thousand fxtra hne plants oi tliis valuable rose. Those who ha\e not
comoleted their planting or who have been building or who have not all the stock they need.
will find this a bargain. Plants are strong plants fmni 4-inch p-^ts. In order to close out stock
we offer what we hav, left unsold at $2 i.OO per 100; $200.00 per 1000.

F. R. PIERSON CO., larrytown on Hudson. NEW YORK

Mrntion the American Florist when xvrxtino

J. D. Ttiompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

( Ihird Edujon). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chi vsantheraum cul-
turefor the past25 years The best work on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
florist. 10^ pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO., Adrian, Mich.

.Mention the American Florist juhen tcritino

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Auo.

Field-Grown Carnation Plants

Clean, Healthy, and in Good Growing Condition.

READY FOR

PEERLESS PINK, best dark pink, 100

15-20 shoots $12. (X)

White Wonder, average 10-15 shoots 7.00

White Enchantress, average 10-12 shoots 7.00

Wtlite Perfection, average 10-12 shoots 7.00

Gloriosa, average 8-10 shoots 7.00 60.00

SPECIAL PRICES

IMMEDIATE

icoo

$100.00
60.00
60.00
60.00

DELIVERY.

100

Pink Delight, average 8-10 shoots $7.00

Conquest, overlaid, average 10-12 shoots 7.00

Benora, variegated, average 10-15 shoots 7.00

Commodore, scarlet, average 10-15 shoots 7.00

Enchantress, average 10-16 shoots 6.00

Washington, average 10-15 shoots 6.00

ON iTaRGE QUANTITIES.

1000

$60.00

60.00

60.00

50.00

50.00

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

A. T. PYFER, Mgr.,

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL.

Trade
Directory

OF THE

United States and Canada.

1914 Edition
Now Ready

Price $3 00

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO.

Seasonable Plants.

Per Per

Inches 100 1000

2V4 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus $3 00*28.00

IVi ■' ■' Hatcheri.... .3.50 30 00

^V^ '■ " Nanus 7.00 65.00

3 " " Hatcheri... 8.00 75.IX)

2V, " Sprenfferi 2.50 22.50

3H " •■ 650 60(XI

2H Begonia Vernon. 2 kinds 2.50 22.50

Ferns from beds asst, varieties. $10.00. $12.50
and $15.00 per lOO.

Correspondence solicited forother stock.

ALONZO J. BRYAN,

Wholesale Florist,
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CANNAS

Established poi plants for immediate effects.
Place your order nnw for your w^nts. Can ship
immediately Papa N«rdy Cherokee. ^4X0 per 100.
Pres.ClevelBnd, Flamingo, M.Berat, :tL^. 00 per 100.-

Assorted varieties, our selection. S2.50 per 100.

Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney, O.

GOING FASTER

Field-Grown Carnation Plants

Only a Few Ward, Rose Pink Enchantress and
White Perfection Left.

If you want some of this choice stock at

$4.50 per 100, or $40.00 per 1000,

get in your order as early as possible. First
come, first served; so do not delay in ordering.

Peter Reinberg,

30 East Randolph St., Chicago, III.

Good Carnations.

Field-Grown.

Ready for Shipment.

Per 1000

$45.00
45.00
45.00

Per 1(10

Enchantress $5.00

May Day .... 5.0O

Scarlet Glow 5.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward .. 5.O0 45 00

White Perfection .. 5.00 45.00

Washington 5.00 45.00

Winsor 5.00 45.00

J. F. WILCOX 6c SONS,

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

KENTIAS.

Joseph Heacock Co.,

Wyncote. Pa.

Orchids Freshly Imported.

We have ivist received in fine condition the fol-
lowing: Caitleyas: Percivalliana, Gaskelliana,
Spcciosissinia. Vandas: Ccerulea, Luzonica,
Batemanii. Imshootiana. DendrObiums : Nobile.
Formosum, Wardianum densiflorum. Schutzii,
Ptialaenopsls : .Xmabilis. Schilleriana and Spat-
hat'lottis plicata. Write for Special List No. 55.

LAGER a HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

Carnation Plants

STRONG, FIELD-GROWN.

• Ready for shipment.

Per 100 Per 1000

Victory J6.C0 $45.00

Enchantress 4.50 40.00

White Enchantress 4.50 40.00

Washington 4. 60 40.00

M. WINANDY CO.

6236 N. Lincoln St., CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist wtien writing

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids, 2 ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids. 2H-lt 1.50 each

Pyramids. 3 -ft 2. OOeach

Pyramids. S^.ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 It 1.50 each

Nice Bushes, 15-in ..35c each

F. O FRANZEN ^^'^^''^h'^^'-

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

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135

LOOK OVER THIS LIST

You will probably find some stock that you need at prices that you want to pay.

BOSTON FERNS.

2in.
3-in.
4-in

$ SO
1 00
1 50

100
$( 00

8 00
12 00

4 in., wood squares. 25 to a case.

$3 75 per case.
5-in . $2 40 and $3 00 per doz..

$20 CO and $25 OU per UO.
6-in..}6 CO per doz.; $50 00 per 100
6-iD.. made up at 35 and 50 cents

each (July).
7-in.. at 75 cents eacti; $9 00 per doz.
8in., atti 00 each; $12 00 per doz.
9 in,. at$l 50 each; J18 00 per doz.
Larger specimens at $2 00. $2 50 and up each.
Boston Fern hankfing baskets at 75 cents and

$1 (Beach: $9 00 and $12 00 per doz.
Boston Fern extra large hanging baskets at

$3 U0and$4 00 each.
Boston Fern e.xtra large hanginsr baskets.

specimens. $5 GO and $6 (X) each.
Cyrtomiiunfalcatum. 4 in., at $1 50 and $1 75

per doz.; $12 «! and $14 00 per ICO.

Do2. 100

WWtmanli rems, 3-in $1 00 $ 8 00

4 in 2 00 15 00

" " 5 in 3 50

" '• 6-in 6 00

FERNS. Each
Adiantuin Cuneatum, fine plants.

(> in. at $ 50

Adiantuin Cuneatum, larger

plants at 75

Adiantum Ferguson! 4-in

Asplinium nidus avis, 5-in..

Each $1 00 and 1 50

Asplinium nidus avis, larger

specimens, each $2 50 and 3 00

Assorted Ferns for dishes, per 100.

ROSES.

Strong pot-grown stock for forcing:

American Pillar— Doz.

h-in $2 40 and $3 f,0

Dorothy Perkins, 6-in 2 40

Excelsa,5-in. and6-in 3 (,0

Flower of Fairfield, 5 and 6-in.. 3 60
Lady Gay.S-in 2 40

" " 6-in 3 60

Tausendsctioen, 4 in l 60

" 5-in 3 00

" 6 in 4 20

500 My Maryland, 3Vi in

1000 Pink Killamey, 31^2-in....

Salleroi Geraniums for stock
plants, 3-in

Doz.
$6 00

9 00
1 80

$3 00.

100

$6 00
6 00

5 00

HYDRANGEAS.

We have a large, pot-grown stock of these
splendid plants. Doz. 100

Olaksa, 4in..2leads $1 80

" 5-in.. 3-4 leads 3 00 $24 00

** 5-in.. made up. 3 in a pot 3 60
** 9 and 10 in., extra strong
7.5cents and$l OOeach
French Hydrangeas, nink. white and blue:
6-in $ 4U 7 in $ 60

CYCLAMEN.

We grow over 20.000 of these very desirable
plants in separate colors or mixed; the finest
strains available.

Doz. too

Deep Red. 3-in.. English strain, .$1 25 $9 00

Giant Blood Red. 4-in 2 00 15 00

Giant Pure White, 3-in 1 25 9 00

Giant Pure White 4-m 2 00 15 00

Giant Rose, 4 in 2 00 15 00

Persicum. 4 in.. English strain.. 2 00 15 00

Wonderof Wandsbek. 3 in ISO 12 00

Mixed Defiance strain. 3-in 100 8 00

Mixed Defiance strain. 4 in 2 00 15 00

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS.

Doz. 100

2-in $ 3 00

3in 600

4 in $1 50 12 00

t^Tor List of Other Stock See Ready Reference Department.

The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737-3VBucwn|hampiace, Chicago

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in AraucariaExcelsa willyield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into the future and invest
your money now. ."^11 fiorists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are offering now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers.
5H-6-in. pots. 4Uc 50c. 60c, 75c, $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5^2-6 7 in. pots.
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants, (.-in. pots. $1,C0, $1.25 to $1 50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., PhUadelptiia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Glortosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 19H-1B.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Mention the American Florist token writing
J. E. Meredith, Pebs, C, W Stout, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE :: ILLINOIS

Mention the A^nerican Florist when writing

I solicit an opportunity to figure on contracts for

California Privet Hedging

For tlie coming Autumn and next Spring's sales

I have to offer over a half million California Privet, consisting of two
years old in U? to 2 feet, 2 to 3 feet, and 3 to 4 feet; three years in 3 to 4
feet, and one year in 12 to 18 inches and H2 to 2 feet grades. The two and
three year grades were carefully cut back the past Spring, are well branched
and strictly first class.

I am prepared to offer exceedingly attractive prices, especially in car-
load lots.

Being the introducer of the California Privet as a hedge plant away back
in the early seventies, it is perhaps not claiming too much to say I am head-

quarters for it.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

nUD GROWN CARNATIONS

White Perfection, $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000.

Nice, clean, healthy stock for immediate shipment.

J. A. BUDLONG,

82-86 East Randolph Street,
CHICAGO t

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Telegraph Code

Am. Seed Trade Association

— $2.00

Either stiff or flexible covers. Address

American Florist Co., Chicago

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Aug. S,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... 143

Allen J K 119

Alpha Floral Co 121

American Spawn Co 132

Amlins E C Co 115

Anderson S A 121

Angermueller G H. 116

Aphine Mfg Co 142

Archias Floral Co.. 124
Aschmann Godfrey. 1.35
Atlanta Floral Co... 122
Bassett& Washburn

■.. 110 125

Batavia Greenhouse

Co 115

Baur Window Glass

Co 143

Beaven E A 115

Begerow's 122

Berger Bros 117

Berning H G 116

Blackistone Z U... 123
Bobbink & Atkins.. 130
Boddington AT.... 127
Bodier J & Sons Co 128

Boiand J B Co 121

Bo'g ano J& Sons... 127

BraKg Ross 121

Bramley & Son 124

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 126

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 122
Brown Bros & Co.. 124

Brunning F H 127

Bryan .^lonzo J 134

Buchbinder Bros... 114

Buckbee H W 124

BudlongJ A 115 13S

Burpee W A & Co.. 127
Caldwell theWoods-

man Co 115

California Florists.. 124
Camp Conduit Co .. Ill
Chicago Cam Co.. I 134
Chicago Flower

Growers .'Vssn 114

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 144

Clafk E BSeed Co. 127
Clarke's Sons David 123

Clay & Son 142

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 123

Conard & Jones Co. 130

Cooke Geo H 121

Cowee W J 143

Coy H CSeedCo... 128

Craig RobtCo 131

Critchell C E 117

Cunningham Jos H. 132
Dahlborn J P & Co. 144

DardsChas 122

Deamud J B Co .... 115

Denaiffe&Son 126

Detroit Fiower Pot

Mfg Co Ill

Dietsch A & Co.... IV
Diller Ca8key&

Keen IV

Dorner F& Sons

Co 131

DreerHA III 120129 143

Duerr Chas A 124

DunloD JihnH 12?

Eagle Machine Wks 144
Eagle Wire Works. 144
East End Nurseries 130
Edwards Fold Box. 1.3f,
Elastic Lyke Co.... 142
EmmansGeo M.... 133

Erne& Klingel 113

Eyres H G 123

Fish Henry Seed Co 127

Fisher Peter 135

Florists' Hail Assn III
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 119

Ford William P 118

Franzen F 0 131

Freeman Mrs] B... 124

Friedman 121

Froment HE 119

Frrvst Chas 131

G& BCo 128

Galvin Thoa F 123

Gardiner Alex C ... 123

Garland Mfg Co 144

Gasser J M Co 123

GibliU & Co J42

GodineauR&M 127

Gorham & Chaoline 142

Grand Rapids

Floral Co 124

Grimm & Gorly ... . 121

Gude Bros 122

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc) 119

Hardesty & Co 1^1

Harley Pottery Co.. Ill

Hart George B 119

Haven Seed Co The 128

Heacock Jos Co 134

Heinl John G & Son 124
Henderson .'\&Co. .. I

Herr Albert M 131

Herrmann A 142

Hess & Swoboda ... 124
Hews A H &Co.... Ill

Hilfinger Bros Ill

Hill D Nursery Co.. 130

Hoerber Bros 115

HoflmeisterFlo Co. 117

Holm & Olson 122

Holton &HunkelCo 116
Home Cor School... 125
Horticultural

Advertiser Ill

Horticultural Trade

Journal IV

Hurff Edgar F 128

Ickes-Braun Mill Co 141

Igoe Bros 136

Illinois Pipe MIg Co 136
Isbell S M & Co... 127
Jackson & Perkins.. 130
Johnson WW&Son 128

Jones Percy 110

Joy Floral Co 124

Kasting W F Co ... I
Keller Geo & Sons. Ill

Keller Sons J B 124

Kellogg Geo M 123

Kelway & Son 127

Kennicott Bros Co.. 115
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co 142

Kervan Co The 119

Kessler Wm 119

Kift Robt 123

King Construct Co. 143

Kohr A F HI

Komada Bros 142

Kramer I N &Son.. Ill
KrIerNick Boiler

Works 136

KroeschellBrosCo. 140

Kruchten John 115

Kuehn C A 116

Kuhl Geo A 125

Kyle & Foerster.... 115
LaCrosse Floral Co. 122
Lager & Hurrell..., 134
LandrethSeedCo.. 127

Lange A 121

LeboriusJJ 123

Leedle Floral Co ... 131
Leonard Seed Co... 127
Lockland Lumber

Co 144

Loeber Geo W 144

London Flower Slip 122
Lord& Burnham

Co 143

LovettJT 135

McCallum Co 117

McConnell Alex.... 121
McCray Relrifiera-

tor Co 11

McGee Walters.... U2
McHutchison&Co.. 127
McKenna P & Son. 121
McNeff-Swenson Co 113

Mann Otto 127

MatthewsonJ E 122

May &Co L L 121

Meconi Paul 119

Memphis Flo Shop. 124
Meredith The Flow-
er & Veg Co 135

MetairieRidgeNurs 121
Mette Henrv ... 132

Milwaukee Boiler

Co 136

Moninger J C Co . ., 141
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd.... 118
Moore, Hentz &

Nash 118

Morehead Mfg Co... 144

MurravSamuel 122

Myers Florist 124

Vat Flo B of Trade. 136
N V Cut Flower Ex. 119

SIEBEKT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS

Are posUively the best. Last forever. Over
30.000 pounds now in use. A sure preventative of
glass slipping. Effective on large or small glass.
Easy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. H and
H. 40c per lb., by mail 16c extra; 7 lbs. for$2.BO''
ISIbs. for$5.00, by express. For sale by the trade

RANDOLPH K McCL£M£NTS, Florists.
SOae Penii Ave., near Highland, Fittsborgh.Pa.

Nicotine Mfg Co

Niessen Leo Co

Ostertag Bros ... .

PalezPaul M

Palmer W J & Son .
Paletborpe PR &

Co

Park Floral Co

Peacock Dahlia

Farms

Pedrick G R&Son.

Peirce E Allan

Penn the Florist.;..
Peters & Reed Poty

Phillips Bros

Pierce F O Co

Pierson A N (Inc)..
Pierson F R Co... I
Pieters & Wheeler

Seed Co

Pikes Peak Floral

Co

Pillsbury 1 L

Podesta&Baldocchi
Poehlmann Bros Co

108

Pollworth C C Co

I 116

Portland Flower

Store

QuakerCity Machine

Works

Raedlein Basket

Co

Rahn & Herbert....
Randall A L Co....
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 121

Rawlings Elmer....
Ready Reference...

Reed & Keller

Regan Ptg House. . .

Reid Edw

Reinberg Geo

Reinberg Peter.. HI

Rice Bros

Rice Co. M

Robinson J C Seed

Co

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co

Roemer Frederick..

Rohnert Waldo

Rolker .Aug & Sons.
Routzahn Seed Co .

Rusch G &Co

St. Louis Seed Co..
Schiller, the Florist.
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co

Schlatter W & Son.

Schling Max

Schmidt J C

Schultheis Anton...

142
117
123
124
122

142
122

130
127
111
122
111
124
142
125
133

126

124
136
123

109

123

123

136

113
125
115

136
133
137
144
136
117
115
134
116
119

128

124
127
127
130
127
116
132
124

IV

136
122
125
133

SchwakeChasS Co 118

Schwanecke C 127

Sharp Partridge &

Co 143

Sheridan Walter F. 119
Siebrecht George C 119
Situation & Wants.. 105
SkidelskySS&Co... 132
Small J H&Sons... 121
Smith A W &Co... 123

SmithE D&Co 133

Smith & Hemenway 141

Smith Henrv 124

Smith Wm C Flo Co 116
Smith W&T Co... I
South Park Floral

Co II

Storrs & Harrison.. Ml

Stumpp G E M 123

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 143
Syracuse Pottery

Co Ill

Thonipson J D

Carnation Co 13^

Thorburn J M & Co liS

TottyChasH H5

Traendly&Schenck 119
Van Oorn Iron

Works Co 143

Vaughan AL&Co. Ill
Vaughan'sSeed S.oie

1 III 125 liO 133 113
Vick's Sons J imes.. 128
Vincent R Jr&Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons

Ill H4

Wallace FD \^

Weber F H 122

Weiland & Risch... ll.i

Welch Bros Co 117

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 128

White Oak Coal Co. 14i
Whilldin Pottery Co III
Whitted Floral Co.. 121

Wietor Bros 112 115

Wilcox ] F& Son... 134

Winandy M Co 134

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 116

Wittbold G Co.. 121 135
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 124

Wood Bros 125

Wrede H 128

Yokohama Nurs Co 127
Voung A L& Co... 119

Voung John 11^

Voung & Nugent.. 121
Zecb & Mann. ..113 115

Ziska Jos 11*^

Zvolanek Anton C. 1.'8

BOILERS

Mllwaakee Gre^nhonse Boilers &re best
for hot water heating. Made In all alsea.
Write (or catalog.

MILWAUKEE BOILER CO.. Milwaukee, Wis.

Boiler Tubes 6!

cents per foot.
New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell Us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE 6 MFG. CO.,

2 11 7 S. Jefferson Street CHICAGO. DLU

KRIER BOILERS

Smoke Burner - Self Feedlnft— For GreenhoDSei
A GUARANTEED FUEL SAVING

Catalogue and Prices on Request.

Nic. Krier Boiler Works,

2725-27 N. Marshfield Ave.. CHICAGO.

FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

4 0 J

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made vdth two or
three circles. En-
dorsed by all the
Leading Carnation
Growersasthe best
support on market

Pat. July 27, '97. May 17, '98

GALVANIZED WIRE

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices befort
ordering elsewhere,

Prompt ahipment guar* ntaM

IGO£ BROS.

266 N. 9th St.
BROOKLYN. N. \.

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EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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f\0 not let the accounts ovrlng you re-
■^ main longer unpaid. Send them to
as at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
In the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Tradi

Se PINE STREET

NEW YORK

No lossilyou
mend your
split carna-
tions with
Superior
Carnation
STAPLES
50c per 1000
postpaid.

WiP. Schlatter
k Son,

BEFORE ' AFTER

422 Main St., SprlngHeld, Mass.

Split Carnations

Easily Mended with

Pillsbury Carnation Staple

We find it very satisfac-
tory, J. L. Dillon.

Can't get alonj; without
them. J. L. Johnson.

20C0 for $1.00 postpaid.

I. L. PILLSBURY

Galesbnrg.ni.

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place. CHICAGO.

EVANS' Improved

Challenge

Ventilating

Apparatus

Write for Illustrated Catalog

Quaker City Machine Works

Richmond, bid.

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10 CENTS PER LINE, NET. -

ARAUCARIAS.

Araiuariits. excelsa. 4-ill., 5 to 6 ins.. 2 tiers,
30c eacli; S-in.. S to 10 ius.. 3 tis.. 40c; 5-in..
10 to 12 ins.. 3 tis., 00c; O-in.. 12 to 15 ins..
3 to 4 trs.. 75c; 0-in., 14 to 10 ins.. 4 trs.. $1.
Escelsa glauca. Gin.. 8 ins.. 2 trs., 75c each.
Robusta Compacta. 6-iD., 8 to 10 ius.. 2 trs.,
75c; 6-in.. 12 ins.. 3 trs.. $1.25; 7-in.. 14 to 10
ins.. 3 trs.. $1.50. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716
Chestnut St.. I'liilailclpliia. Pa.

Arancaria excelsa. 4-ln., 2 and 3 tiers, 50c
each; $6 per doz. ; 6-in.. 3 to 4 tiers, 75c each;
$9 per doz.; 6-in., $1 each; $12 per doz. Ex-
celsa compacta, 5-in., $1.25 each; 6-in., $1.50.
Eicelsa glauca. 5-in.. $1.25. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 737 Bucliingham Place, Chicago.

Araucarias. excelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
5%i-6inch. 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and compacta, 5%-6-7-inch, $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St.. Phila-
delphia^

Araucaria compacta. 4-in.. 6 to 8 ins. hiah.
35c each; 5-in.. 8 to 10 Ins.. 50c each. The
Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 0.

Araucaria excelsa. 6-in.. 65c each. Holton &
Hunliel Co., 402 Mllwauliee St., Milwauliee,
Wis.

Araucaries In sorts. August Rolljer & Sons,
51 Barclay St.. New Yorli,

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus. 2iA-in., $3 per 100; $28
per 1.000. Hatcherl, 2%in.. $3.50 per 100; $30
per l.OOO. Plumosus. 3V-in.. $7 per 100; $65
per 1,000. Hatcheri, 3-in., $8 per 100; $75 per
1,000. Sprengerl, 2i4-in., $2.50 per 100; $22.50
per 1,000; 3i4-in., $6.50 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
AloDzo .T. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

Asparagus plumosus. 2-ln., $3 per 100; 3-in..
$8 per 100; 4-in.. $1.50 per doz.; $12 per 100.
Sprengerl. 2-in., $3 per 100; 3-ln.. $5 per 100;
baskets, extra large. $3 and $4 each. The Geo.
Wlttbold Co., 737 Bucliingham Place. Chicago.

A nice lot of strong Asparagus Sprengerl, out
of 3-in.. at $3 per 100. Cash with order,
please. Edgar Easterday, NokomJs,_Ill.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS AND SPRENGEKI.
2-in.. $3 per 100; .$25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengerl baskets, $1 to $2.50
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove.
Ill;

Asparagus plumosus, 2^ -in., $3 per 100; $25
per 1.000. The Storrs & Harrison Co., Palnes-
vlUe, O.

Asparagus Sprengerl. 2%-lnch, $2 per 100;
15 per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol. Pa.

Asparagus plumosus. $2 per 100, Jos, H.
Cunningham. Delaware. O.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green. 6-Inch pots. 10 leaves. $1
each: variegated. 5-inch pots, 10-12 leaves. $1.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co. ._Morton Grove. IlL

Aspidistras, green, tall, extra fine, 10c per
leaf. Variegated. 15c per leaf. The Geo. Wltt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

BAY TREES.

BAY TREES.

Standard— Per pair

2-ft. stem. 20-22-ln. head $10.00

2-ft. stem, 24-In. head 12.00

2-ft. 6-ln. stem, 2-ft. head 12.00

3-ft. stem, 2-ft. head 12.00

4-ft. stem, 2-ft. 3-In. head 16.00

4-f t. stem, 2-ft. ein. head 20.00

4-ft. stem, 3e-ln. head 25.00

4-ft. stem. 3-ft. to 3-ft. Bin. head 30.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.,
737-39 Buckingham PI.. Chicago.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford. N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIA GL, DB CHATELAINE, finest
pink, blooms all year round; good for Inside
and outside; easy to propagate. 2 in.. $5.00
per 100; 3-In.. $8.00 per 100. XMAS RED. $6
per 100. PRIMA DONNA, $3 per 100. LUM-
INOSA, $3 per 100. Erfordi. $3 per 100.
Ready now; all made from cuttings. ERNEST
ROBER. Wllmette. HI.

Begonias, Lonsdale. 2yn-in.. $14 per 100: $125
per l.OOi. Gloire de Chatelaine. .$6 per 100;
.l;."0 per l.i:00. S. S. Skidelsky. 1218 Betz Bldg..
Philadelphia. Pa.

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties. 2-in.. $3: 3-
in.. $5: 4-in.. $8; 6-in., $25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Begonia Vernon. 2 kinds. 2%-In.. $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1.000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-
ington. N. J.

BEGONIA LORRAINE, 2y4-in., $12 per 100;
5 in., $40 per 100. GLORY OF CINCINNATI,
2H-in., $17 per 100; 5-in., $50 per 100. W. W.
EDGAR CO.. Waverley, Mass.

Begonias, Gloire de Lorraine, 2i4-in., $15 per
100; $135 per 1,000; 3-In., $25 per 100. Cin-
cinnati, 3-lncb, $35. Wni. F. Kasting Co., 383
Elllcptt Street. Buffalo. N, Y.

Begonias, Ixirralne, Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport, 2%-In. pots. Present delivery.
Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

Begonia Glory d'Chatelalne, 3-ln.. $8 per 100.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Rex Begonias, 214-in., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans. Newton. N. J.

BOXWOOD.

BOXWOOD.

Each
Pyramids, 3 feet $3.00

4 teet $3 50 and 4.00

Standard. 18 in. stem, 12 In. crown 1.00

Bushes, 10 Ins 30

12 Ins 50

" 18 Ins $0.75 and 1.00

24 Ins 1.25

Pyramids, 2% feet $1.75 and 2.00

5 feet 3.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.,

737 Bncklngham Place. Ctlcago.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft., $1 each; 2% ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft.. $2; 3V. ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 Inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
Inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft.. $1.50; nice
bushes. 15-inch, .35c each. F. O. Franzen, 6319
No. Clark St.. Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand, Julius
Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Paper White Grandiflora, fancy. 1.250
to case, $8.50 per 1,000; Star brand, 1,000 to
case, Sll per 1.000. Lilium Formosum, 6-8-
inch, 350 to case, $37 per 1.000; 7-9-lnch, 250
to case, $60 per 1.000: 8-9inch, 225 to case,
$70 per 1.000. Lilium Harrisil. best Bermuda
stock from rogued fields. 5-7-inch, 400 to case,
$5 per 100; $40 per 1.00<:i; 6-7-Inch, 335 to
case. $6.50 per 100; $47 per 1.000; 7-9-Inch,
200 to case. $9.50 per 100; $85 per 1,000,
Giganteum, cold storage. 7-9-inch. 100 to case.
$6.50 per case; 7 9-inch. 300 to ease, $17 per
case; $55 per 1.000; 8 9-inch. 250 to case, $18
per case; $70 per 1.000. Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago and _ New^iTork.

^Bulbs, Formosum lilies. 7-9-inch. 300 to ease.
$7 per 100; $19 per case; 8-10-inch. 225 to
case. $9 per 100; $19 per case; 910-lncJi, 200
to case, $11 per lOf); $20 per case. Wm. P,
Kasting Co. , 383 Ellicot t St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs. Liihim Harrisii. 6 to 7-inch. 350 to
case. $5.50 per 100: $45 per 1,000; 7 to 9-Inch,
200 to case. $9 per 100; $80 per 1.000. F, R.
Pierson Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

Bulbs. Japanese and Chinese, lilies. French and
Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co.. Ltd.. 90-92
W. Broadway. New York.

200,000 FISHER'S PURITY.

FREESIA BULBS, now ready tor immediate
delivery. 1st size. $10 per lODO: 2nd size, $7
per 1000; 3rd size, $5 per 1000. R. A, Casad,
261 River St.. Santa Cruz, Calif,

Bulbs, Japan grown Callas, 1%-2%-In. Write
for prices. Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd., New
York.

Tuberoses, Dwarf Double Pearl. $7.60 per
l.fKJO. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 63 Barclay St.,
New Y'ork;

Bulbs, S. S. Skidelsky & Co,, 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

BulbH, all kinds, Arthur T. Boddlngton, New
York.

Bulbs. C. C. Pollworth Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.

CALLAS.

CALLAS.
Calla Bulbs, best California field-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more.
3 to 3%-Inch circumference. $4 per lOO; $18
per 500; 4 to 4%-inch circumference, $8 per
100; $38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders
will receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs; $20
orders, 200 freesia bulbs. LILYDALB BDLB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ, CALIF.

CAMELLIAS.

CAMELLIAS.

Thousands of plants from 6-Ineh and 9-Inch

pots, covered with flowering buds; In many

varieties. JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford,

N, J.

CARNATIONS.

F11:LD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.

Per 100 Per lOOO

* : orgeous $15.00

Matchless 15.00

Gloria 15.00

Eucliantress Supreme 9.00

I". Delight (sold out) ;...

White Wonder lliniitod) 8.00 $75.00

White Enchantress (in quantity). 8.00 75.00

Alma Ward I limited) 8.00

White Perfection (limited) 7.0O 70.00

Mrs. Ward (in quantity) 7.00 65.00

Rosette (in quantity) 8.00 70.00

(ilorinsa (limited) 7.50

Enchantress (in quantity) 6.00 55.00

R. P. Enchantress (in quantity).. 7.00 60.00

I). Gordon (sold out)

Benora (limited I 8.00

Comfort (in quantity) 7.00 00.00

Beacon (in quantity) 8.00 70.00

Harlowardcn (limited)

Plants that will please the most critical
grower: clean, healthy and strong. All plants
guaranteed to arrive in a satisfactory condi-
tion. Cash to all unknown parties. Special
prices given on large orders. Orders held In
reserve with part payment. Samples sent free.
Large buyers, come and see.

S. M. MERWARTH & BROS..

Wholesale Carnation Plant Specialists.

R. F. D. 5. EASTON. PA.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
Limestone land ; no stem rot. 5000 R. P.
Enchantress. 12,000 Enchantress. 3000 Victory.
$6 per 100; $55 per 1000. 12.000 White En-
chantress. $7 per 100; $05 per 1000. 250 at
1000 rate. W. Fargo and American Express.
Cash please.
JNO. P. SABRANSKY, KENTON. QHIO.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order In early for this fine stock
before it Is too late. Send It In today.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $8.00 $50.00

White Enchantress 6.00 50.00

White Lawson 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

WIETOR BROS.,
162 North Wabash Ave., Clllcago,

If You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It,

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CARNATION PLANTS from sandy fleld. nice,
clean, healthy stock for immediate shipment.
White Euc-hanlress. White Wonder. Enchantress.
$4.50 per ItO; $40 per l.OOu. White Perfection.
$4 per 100; $35 per 1,000. Cash. C. O.-D. or
satisfactory references. V. BEZDEK, Gross
Point. n\^

Carnations. Peerless Pinlj, $12 per 100; $100
per I.OjO. White Wonder. White Enchantress,
White Perfection, Gloriosa, Pinl: Delight. Con-
quest. Benora. $7 per 10(J; $60 per l.OOo.
Commodore. $7 per 100. Enchantress, Washing-
ton. $6 per loO; $50 per 1,000. Chicago Car-
natlon Co., 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.

Best stocll we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write tor prices.

CUAKLES H. TOTTY,
MAOlSON, N. J.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS, fine
bnshy stocl! of White Enchantress. Enchantress,
White Wonder. White Perfection and Victory,
$4.5i) per 100; $40 per 1,000. Immediate ship-
ment. Cash or C. O. D. JAMES PSENICKA,
Gross Point, lU.

Carnations, Enchantress. May Day, Scarlet
Glow. Mrs. C. W. Ward. White Perfection,
Washington. Windsor. $3 per 10;i; $45 per lOOO.
J^ V. Wilcos & Sons. Council BiulTs. Iowa.

Carnations, field-grown. Ward. W. Perfection.
Scarlet Glow, Beacon. |.")5 per 1.000. Wlnsor,
Lawson, May Day. $50 per 1,000. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Carnations. Victory. $5 per 1<10; $45 per
1.000. Enchantress, White Enchantress, Wash-
ington, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1,000. M.
Winandy Co., 6236 N. Lincoln St., Chicago.

Carnations. Ward and Rose Pinii Enchantress,
Victory, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1.000. Peter
liei'iherg. 30 East Randolph St.. Chicago.

Carnations, field-grown. White Perfection, $5
per 100; $40 per l.nOO. J. A. Budlong, 82
East Randolph St.. Chicago.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pink.
Peter Fisher. Ellis. Mass.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

Joliet. 111.

Jnrrnfions. Wood Bros., Flshkill. N. Y.

CAMELLIAS.

Camellias, without bud from February to
April; with bud from August to October. Fine
stock. Catalogue free. Victor De BIsschop,
Tronchlennes, Ghent. Belgium.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

{ hrysan them urns, rooted cuttings. |1.50 per
100: 2 in.. $2 per lOn; Touset. Oct. Frost,
Polly Rose, Prtcific. Smith's Advance. Lincoln.
Appleton. Engiieliard. Silver Wedding, Yel-
low BunnafTon, White Bnnnaffon. Baby Yellow
Y pnohln. L. J. Rowe. Titnsville. Pa.

Clirysanthenuims. All the leading varieties;
pompons and singles. See list of varieties and
prices in double puge advertisement elsew h^-re
in this Issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton
Grove. 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Standard • Varieties,
strong plants. 2V.-in. pots, also some pompons
and singles, ip.T per 100; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis Jackmnnl. hybrids assorted, pot-
grrown 6-ln.. 3'"r each: $3.50 per doz. Pnnt-
cnlnta, 6-ln.. $1.50 per doz. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

COLEUS.

COI.EUS. best standard varieties, all colors.
2iA-ln. pots. $2 per 100: 3-in. $3 per lOO.
Fine for stock plants or specimens. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Ml<;h.

CROTONS

Crotons. 4-ln.. $4 per doz.; $30 per 100; 5-in..
$6 to $n per doz.; large plants. $1 to $1.50
each. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia. Pa.

CYCLAMEN.

Cyclamen, separate colors or mixed, deen red.
8-ln.. English strain. $1.25 per doz.: $0 per
]"0. Giant hl.md red. 4-ln.. $2 per doz.; $15
per*' 100. Giant pure white. 3 In.. $1.25 per
doz.: $0 per 100; 4-tn.. $2 per dor.; $15 per
]no. Giant rose. $2 per doz.: $15 per 100.
Perslcnm. 4-ln.. English. $2 per doz.: S15 per
100. Wonder of Wnndshek. 3-ln.. $1.50 per
doz.: $12 per 100. Ml\ed Deflnnce strain. 3-
In.. $1 per doz.: $8 per 100: 4 In.. $2 per doz.:
$15 per 100. The Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Buck-

iDghajn Place, Chicago.

CVCL.^MEN — Best German strain In 6 assorted

colors, out of 21^ -In. pots. good, strouff plants.
$5.00 per 100. Cash, please. J. H. Flesser, 709
Hamilton Ave.. North Bergen. N. J.

Cyclamen, my Chicago prize strain, dark red
and glowing red, 4-in., at 15c. White and
white red eye, 4-ln., 15c. Glory and Rose of
Wandshek, 4-in., 15c. Victoria, fancy fringed,
4in., 15c. R. J. SODTHERTON, Highland
Park, 111.

Cyclamen, choice strain, 3-iuch, $7 per 100;
Glory of Waurtsbek. 3-ineh, $8 per lOi.i; 4-in.,
choice stock. $15 per 10 >; 4-inch Glory of Wands-
hek, .?18 per 100. Poebimauu Bros. Co.. Morton
Grove. 111.

Cyclamen, 5 colors. 3-ln., doz., $1.50; per 100,
$10; 4-ln., doz., '$2.50; per lOu. $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York^

Cyclamens, from 3-inch |)ots. Finest strain.
Separate colors. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford.
N. J.

Cyclamens, ready; July. 3-lnch $8 and $10 per
100. p^nest strain, about lo varieties, equally
divided. ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette. 111.

DAISIES.

MARGUERITES, strong cut back. 4-in. stock
suitable for Winter forclt^, $10 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Bapida, Mich.

DEUTZIAS.

Deutzia gracilis. S-itirh, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz., $4; per 100. $30. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

DRACAENAS.

DRACAENAS.

Bach Doz. 100

Fragrans, 4-ln $3.00

Llndenl. 4-ln 6.00

Massangeana. 4-ln. .. 5.00

Indlvisa, 2-ln $3.00

" 3-ln .75 5.00

" 4-ln , 1.25 10.00

7-ln $0.50 and $0.75

7-ln 1.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.,
737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Dracivnas. -\mabilis. Baptistii. Shepherdii.
Youugi, 214-iu.. $2 per doz., $15 per liiO: 3-in..
$3.00 per doz.; $25 per luO; 4-in.. 50c each;
5-in., 75c each; 6-Iu., $1 each. Terminalis.
214 -in., $1.25 per doz.; $10 per 100; 3-in.. $2
per doz.; $15 per KiO. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716
Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Dracaena Godseffiaua, 2-iuch pots. $1 per doz.;
3-inch pots, $1.50 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co..
Morton Grove. 111.

Dracfena indlvisa. 4-in.. 15c and 20c each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton G."ove. 111.

Draciena indlvisa. 3-in., $5;. 4-in.. $10; 5-in..
$25 [ler 100. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

FERNS^

Ferns. Boston, 2-ln., 50c doz. :$4 per 100;
3-ln., $1 per doz.: $8 per 100; 4-ln.. $1..50 per
doz.: $12 per 100: 4-ln. wood squares. 25 to
case. $3.75 per case; 5-ln.. $2.40 and $3 per
doz.: $20 and $25 per lOn; ein., $6 per doz.;
$.50 per 100; 6-in. made-up. 35c and 50c each;
7-ln.. T5c each: $9 per doz.; 8-in.. $1 each;
$12 per doz.; 9-ln.. $1.50 each; $18 per doz.:
larger specimens at $2. $2.50 and up. Boston
banging baskets. 75c and $1 each; $9 and $12
per doz.; extra large baskets, $3, $4. $5 and
$6. Crytomlum falcntum, 4.in.. $1..5n and $1.75
per doz.; $12 and $14 per 100. WhitmanI ferns,
3-ln., $1 per doz.; $S per 100; 4-ln.. $2 per
doz.; $15 per 100; ,5-ln., $3.50 doz.; 6 In.. $6
doz. The Geo. Wlttbold Co.. 737 Buckingham
Place, Chicago.

Ferns. Asi>leniuni Nidus Avis, 3-in., $1.50 per
doz.; $10 per 100; 4-in.. .$3.50 per doz.: $25 per
100. Cibotium Schiedei. 3-in.. $1.50 per doz.:
$25 per 100; 6-in.. $1.50 each; 8-in.. $2.50: lo-
in, tubs. $3.50 to $5 each. Pteris Piirkeri.
214-in.. 75c per doz.; $5 per 100; 4-in., $2 per
doz.; $15 per 100; O-in.. $4.50 per doz.; $35 r'er
100. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St..
Philadelphia. Pa.

Ferns. N. Eiepantijsima. 3V.-ln.. 25c each: 6-
In.. me: 8-in.. $1. N, Magnlflca. 3V;-ln.. 2.ic.
N. Muscosa. 3V,-in.. 25c; 5-in.. 5ilc: N. Har-
risil. 6-ln., 60c; 12-in.. very large. $5 each. N.
Bostoniensis. 6-ln.. 5nc; 12-ln.. very large. $5.
Pteris Wimsetti multicpps. SVj-ln.. 15c each.
Small ferns for pans: fine assortment. 2V4-in..
$4 per li'O. F. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-on-
Hudson. N. Y.

Adiantum Cnneatum. fi-ln.. 50c each: $6 per
doz.: lareer plants. 75c each: $9 per doz. Adi-
antum Fergusoni. 4-ln.. $1 «o per doz. Asplln-
Inm nidus avis, 5-in.. $1 and $1..50 ear-h;
larger specimens. $2. .50 and $1. Assorted ferns
for dishes. $3 per 100. The Geo. Wlttbold Co..
737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Ferns in flats, all varieties, ready for 2'f,-
inch pots. $2 per flat: 20 or more flats. $1.75
each. McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St.. New
York.

Ferns. Asplenlum nidus, S-ln., $2.50 per flnz.:
$20 per 100: 4-ln.. $5 oer doz.: $35 per loO;
5ln., .$7 per doz.; $.'iO per 100. fllhoflnm
Schiedei. e-in.. $1..50 each. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co.. Painesville. O.

Ferns, Boston and Roosevelt. 3-in., $7.50 per
100; 4-in., $15: 5-in., $25; Bin.. $60; 7-in.. $75.
A. Henderson & Co.. 309 River St., Chicago.

Ferns from bench, assorted varieties. $10,
$12.50 and $15 per 100. Alonzo J. Bryan. Wash-
ing tou^_N^_jL

Ferns for dishes, Aspidium, Cytomlum, Wil-
son!, Mayi, etc., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000.
The Storrs &. Hafrison Co., Painesville, O.

Ferns, Boston and Whitman!, 3-in., 10c; 4-ln.,
15c: 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

Boston ferns. 10-inch. $2; 12-inch. $3 to $3.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Boston hanging baskets. $1.50 to $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. C_o.,_Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins.' Rutherford. N. J.

Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

FICUS.

FICDS ELASTICA, 6-ln.. $0.35 each.
THE GEO, WITTBOLD CO.,
737-39 Buckingham PI.. Chicago.

Ficus elastica. 4-in.. 8 to 10 ins.. $3,50 per
doz.; .$25 lier 100. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716
Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Fa.

FREESIAS.

Freesias. Purity (true). % to 1-ln., $2.50 per
100; 3:22.50 per l.OuO; % to %-!n., $1.75 per
1<:0; $16 per 1.000; V2-ln. and over. $1.50 per
100; $12 per l.OoO; % to V^-in.. $1,25 per 100;
$10 per 1,0;J0. Vaughan's Improved Purity, %-
in. and up. $2.25 per 100; $20 per l.(i00; % to
%-in., $1.75 per 100; $16 per f.iioo; % to V4-
in.. $1.50 per liiO; $12 per 1.000. French
grown. Jumbo. $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000.
Mammoth. $1 per 100: $9.50 per l.iiOo. Vaugh-
an's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

FREESIAS.
PURITY FREESIAS. best California fleld-
growui direct from grower to florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size, V- to %-
inch diameter, $1.50 per 100; $6 per 500: 2nd
size, V4 to >/2-!uch diameter, 90c per 10.); $3.50
per 500. Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums. La Favorite. Perkins. Jean Oherle,
Hicard, Landry. Col. Thomas. Dagata, Vlaud,
$2 per 100: $18.60 per l.iiOO. Clair Frenot,
Lulg! Grand!. Mrs. E. G. Hill. Pottevine, Mrs,
Annie Vincent, $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000.
Ruby, $4 per 100. S. A. Nutt. at the special
price of $1.75 per 100; $16 per 1.<pOO. The
above is all fine stock in two-Inch pots. Write
for Catalogue. P. H. DE WITT & COMPANY,
Wooster, Ohio.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3l4-in. pots. $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE. Mlnot,
N. D.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2-in.. $1.75 per 100. Elmer
Rawlings, Clean, N. Y.

Geraniums. 2-in., $3 per 100. Hall Caine
and Mary Barton. 2-in., $5. Rahn & Herbert.
110 E.49th_St.. Portland. Ore.

Geraniums. Nutt. Buchner, Ricard. Perkins,
Poitcviue. 2-ln.. $2 per 100; 3 in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Geraniums. Nutt. $10 per l.OOU; Ricard and
Poltevine. $12.50 per 1,000. Albert M. Herr,
Lancaster. Pa.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt, 4-in., $8 per 100.
in paper [tots. L. J. Rowe. Titusville. Pa.

Geraniums, Iea<llng varieties. R. Vincent.
Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh. Md.

HYDRANGEAS.

HYDRANGEAS— French Hydrangeas, Ava-
lanche. Mme. E. Mouiilere. Mont Rose. Bou-
quet Rose, La Lorraine, Mousseiiine. 2Vi-ln.
pots. .$5,011 per 100. Cash, please. J. H. Fles-
ser. 709 Hamilton Ave., North Bergen. N. J.

Hydrangeas, Otaksa. 4-In.. 2 leads. $1.80 per
doz.: 5-ln., 3 to 4 leads. $3 per doz.; f24 per
100: B-ln., made-up, 3 in a pot. $3.60 per doz.;
9- and 10-ln.. extra strong. 75c and $1 each.
French hydrangeas, pink, white and blue, 6-In..
4nc; 7-ln., 60c. The Geo. Wlttbold Co.. 737
Buckingham Place, Chicago^

Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts. 4-ln.,
$20 per lOH; 5-ln.. $25 per 100. The Storrs

& Harrison Co.. Paioesville, O.

^HYDRANGEAS OTAKSA and ARBORBS-
CEXS. 3 in. pots, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Hydrangeas,
kee. Wis.

C. C. Pollworth Co.. MUwau-

IVIES.

I'^upllsh Ivv. ruit of «i-lu. pots, up to .i ft.

hieli. $25 per lOH. Rahn & Herbert. 110 B.
49th St.. Portland. Ore.

if You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It,

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English Ivy. 4-ln., 3 In a pot, $10 per 100.
The (Jeo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chleago.^

Ivy, Boston, pot-grown, 4-ln.. $1.50 per doz.
The Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chicago.

English Ivy, strong 20c and 35e each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. III.

German Ivy, 2'r^-ln., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES— Strong plants, ready

to shift out of 2'4-in. pots, $3.nO per luO.

Cash please. J. H. Fiesser, 7u9 Hamilton Ave..

North Bergen. N. J.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Lily of the valley, cold storage, Bruns* Cel-
ebrated Chicago Market. $18 per 1.000; $9.50
per 50(1; $5 per 250. Florists' Money Maker.
$16 per l.<iOn; $9 per 50ii; $2 per 100. H. N.
Brnns. 3032 W. Mndisou St.. Chicago.

Lily of the valley, best grade. 500 to case.
$9 per case; 1,000 to case. $17 per case.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

To Import.

Lily of the valley. Chas. Schwake & Co..
Inc.. Horticultural Importers and Exporters, 90-
^2 West Bioadway, New York.

Lily of the valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert, Wandsbek, nr. Hamburg,
Gei-many. Apply to Otto Ueinecken. 17 Bat-
tery PL. New York.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co., St. L'aul. Minn.

Mushroom Spawn, English imported, $6.50 per
100 lbs. St. Louis Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
bink & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J. '

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co.. Dundee,
IlL

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
established. Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

Palms. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement flsewbere la this Issue. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, IlL

Palms. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Henry A.
Dreer. 714-71G Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Phoenix Canarieusis, fine large plants, $7.50
to $:{5 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

PANDANUS.

I'audanus V'eitcbii, 4-in., 5<tc; 5-in.. 75c; 6-in..
$1.25 and $1.50; 7-in.. $2 and $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Pandanns Veltchll, 4-ln., $6 per doz. ; 5-in.,
$9 per doK, The Geo. Wlttbold Co.. 737 Buck-
ingham Place, Chicago.

Panel anus Vfitchii, 0-in.. $1 each. Henry A.
Dreer. 714 716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa.

PANSIES.

PAXSIES.

If you didn't get onr cnlor plate catalog and
1914 cut piires on Mastodon Pansy Seed and
seedlin;;s; fall rlellvery; write for it. Cut prices,
new crop Maslndon mixed. >^ oz.. $1; oz.. $7.
Mastodon Gifenhouse Special. same price.
STF.rLK'S PANSY GARDEN'S. Portland, Ore.

PEONIES.

Peony Festtva Maxima. Write for list of
other fine varieties. Thomas J. Oberlin, Sink-
ing Spring, Pa.

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere In this issue. Vaughan'a
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PETUNIAS.

PEPPERS.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CnERRTER. 4-

In. pbints at $12..-.0 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids. Mich.

Peppers. Chinese and Cluster. .3-In.. $5 per
100. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Petunias, dbl. fringed, mixed. 2-in., $2 per
100; $18 per 1,000. Elmer Rawlinga, Olean,
.N. Y.

POINSETTIAS.

HEADQUARTERS FOR POINSETTIAS.

True type, orders booked now for June and

later delivery, $5 per lOo; $45 per 1,000; S.OuO

lots or more. Write for prices. Cash please.

ERNEST ROBER. Wilmette. 111.

Polnsettias, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in 2ii^-in. paper pots, $5.50 per
liiO; $50 per 1,000. A. Henderson & Co.. 309
River St.. Chicago.

Polnsettia pulcherrlma. 2-In., $5 per 100; $45
per 1.000; 4-In.. $1 per doz.; for stock plants.
The Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chicago.

Poinsettia pulcherrlma. 2^-in. pots, $6 per
100; $50 per 1.000. Anton Schulthels, College
Point, L. I., N. Y.

Polnsettias, 2i^-in., $5 per inO; $45 per 1.000.
S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Beta Bldg.. Phila-
delphia. Pa. ;

PRIMULAS.

Primula Obconlca Ronsdorfer hybrids, best
strain in existence; large tlowering grandifloru
and fringed; 10 separate colors, 2 H -inch, 2 ',4c;
mixed, 2ii-jnch. 2c; gigantea. 2 U -inch, '2\2'^;
3-inch, $5 per luO. Chinensis, best large flower-
ing, 7 separate colors. 2 U -inch. 2^4c: mixed,
2 'i -inch. 2c; S-ineb. $5 per 100. Malacoides,
2 inch, 214c. Kewensis, 2-incb. $2.25 per lOJ.
Cash. Toledo Greenhouse, 2829 Chestnut St..
Toledo. Ohio.

Primroses, Chinese, $2 per 100. Obc. alha
and rosea, $2. Forbesi and Malacoides, $2.
Obc. Gigantea, $2.50. Jos. H. Cunningham,

Delaware, O.

Primula Malacoides, $3 per 100; $25 per
1,000. Chinensis, $3 per lOU; $25 per 1.000.
The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O.

Primula obconlca, 3-ln., $5 per 100; 4-in.. $3
per 100. The Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Bucking-
ham I'lace, ChlcagOj

Primulii obcouica Grandiflora and Gigantea, '3-
in., $5 per 100; 4-in., 8c. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

Primula obconlca assorted and Malacoides,
2^-iD. pot plants, $4 per 100; $35 per l.tfOO.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIVET.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver. N. J.

ROSES.

2V2-INCH ROSE STOCK.
Fine, healthy plants, ready for immediate
shipment.

Per 100 Per inno

American Beauties $5.00 $45.00

Ri4-hmoDd 3.00 2.).00

Milady 5.00 A'i.^M\

Sunburst 5.00 45.00

Pink Killamey 5.00 40.00

WIETOR BROTHERS.
162 North WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

Roses, pot-grown stock: American Pillar. 6-
in. . %2 AQ and ,S3 60 per doz, Uurolhy Perkins.
6-in.. $2.40 per doz. Excelsa, 5 and 6In.,
$3.60 per doz. Flower of Fairfield, 5-In. and
6-I0.. $3.00 [ler doz. Lady Gay. 5-ln., $2.40;
6-ln., $3.60 per doz. Tausendschon. 4-ln.. $1.80;
5-in.. $3; 6-ln.. $4.20 per doz. 50*1 My Mary-
land, 3V-ln., $6 per 100. 1.000 Pink Klllar-
ney, 3V^-in., $6 per I'lO. The Geo. Wittbold
Co., 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Killarney Brilliant grown in 4-inch pots. $25
per lOii; $200 per l.OnO. F. R, Pierson Co.,
Tarry to wn-ou-Hudson. N. Y.

Beauties, choice young stock in 3 and 4-inch
pots, at the rate of $30 per 1.000 la lots of
5,000 plants. Bassett & Washburn. 131 N.
W a h a s h Ave.. Chicago. ^_^__^

ROSES, strong. 3-in. Pink Killarney. Kalserin,
My Maryland and Rhea Reid. $0 ji^r KM): $.'t0
per 1,000. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids,
Mich.

Roses, own rout and grafted. Knr varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Poehlmann Bro*^. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Roses, l-yr.. 2^-ln. ; 2-yr., 4-In. Leedle
Floral Co., Sprln gfleld, O. '

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

S ALV r AS.

Salvias. 31^-Inch Zurich and Bonfire, $5 per
ion. win trade for Rtwtons. Di-acrr-na tndtvlsa.
What have yi>n ? CRABB & HUNTBK FLORAL
CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

SMIL AX.

Smilax, 2-in. strong stock, several times
pinched back, $20 per 1,000; 3-in. strong stock,
several times pinched back. $40 per 1,000.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

SmHas, 2>^-ineh, $1,25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt, Bristol. Pa.

SEEDS.

CHOICE MIXED PANSY SEED.

We save the seed from our own beds, mix it
with the best imported stock of Danish Exhi-
bition, Imperiyl German. Mammoth Buttertly,
Giant Ruffled and Mottled. Giant Five Spotted
and Trimardeau Giant, making one grand mix-
ture, which we ofTer as follows: Trade packet.
25c; \i oz.. $1; V-2 oz.. $1.75; 1 oz., $3.50.
Terms Cash. Safe Delivery Guaranteed.
FRANCIS BRILL CO..

Seed Growers and Dealers.
Hempstead (L. 1.), N. Y.

Seeds, Asparagus, Plumosus Nanus, 1,000,
$2; 5,OoO. $1.75 per 1,000; 10.000. $1.60 per
1,000. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St..
New York. ^

Seed, cyclamen. English, $8.50 per oz. Ger-
man, $6 per oz. Pansy, home-grown, 14 oz.,
$1.50; 1 oz., $5. S. S. Skidelsky. 1218 Betz
ijldg.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers. Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Sijuasb.
Western Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont. Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelon, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and held corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, Dreer's Perfect pansles. For varletlea
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.,

Philadelphia.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloraa, etc.

Asters and flower seeds lu general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Budger & Sons Co.*
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce, Mangel-Wurtzel, onion, parsley,
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Deuaiffe
& Son, Carignan, Northern France.

Seeds. contract growers of Cucumbers,
Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet, Fllut
and Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co.,
Valley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co.. Arroyo Grande. Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
ilurff. Swedesboro, N. J.

Seed, pansy: Schwanecke's Giant flowered
Improved Trimardeau. $1.5u i)er oz.; Cassier.
$3.75; Germauiu, $3.75; Buguots, $3; udier,
$2.50. C. Schwanecke. Oschersleben, Germany.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and held corn. George R. I'edrlck &
Son, con tract seed growers. Pedriektown. N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon. sipiash, watermelon, radish.
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson. Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Laugpurt. Somerset. England.

Seeds, pansy. For varieties and prices see
advertisement elsewhere In this Issue. Chas.
Frost, Kenllwortb. N. J.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.. Mllford. Conn.

Seeds, Specialists: Beets, mangoes, carrots,
cabbages, celeries, parsley, parsnips, turuips.
R. & M. Godlneau. Augers. France.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolglauo & Son. Light. Pratt and Elllcott Sts..
Baltimore. Md. .„^

Seefls, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. C.
Zvuluuek. Lompac. Calif. ,

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cunuingham. Delaware. O. ^

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brimnlngs. P.
0. Box 857. Melbourne. Australia.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.

SNAPDRAGONS.

SNAPDRAGONS. Ramsburg's true Silver
Pink, from cuttings. 2-in. pots. $3 per 100.
ANGOLA FLORAL CO., Angola, N. Y.

SPIREA.

Spirea Van Houttet. 3 to 4 ft.. $8 per 100;
■5 per 1 .000. Louis B. Eastburn, Eennett
uare. Pa.

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8.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gandy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage. Hundred Dollar, McKlnley. Morning
Star. Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late.
Success. Three Ws. U. S. King Edward. Wm.
Belt, $2 per 100; ?16 per 1.000. Chesapeake.
Fendall, Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per l.llOO.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive. Superb).
$2.60 per 100; $20 per 1.000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery. Little Silver, N. J.

STEVIA.

STEVIA. strong plants. 4-in.. $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

.Stevia. ready now at $22 per 1.001). Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

SWAINSONA.

SW.4INS0N.\. white. 4-in., $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

TORENIA._

TORENIAS, 2!4-in., $3 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

HARDY FIELD STOCK.

Celery plants $2.50 per 1.000

Cabbage plants l.OO per 1,000

Genuine Cauliflower 2.50 per 1,000

Parsley, triple curled 2.50 per 1,000

All Varieties,
F. M. Pattlngton, Sclplovllle. N. Y.

Cabbage plants ready to set In the held,
strong transplanted plants. $2.50 per I.OUO.
Seedlings, $1 per 1,000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville, 111.

Celery plants, all varieties. 1000. $1.25;
10,000, $10; (100, 30c; 5U0, 75c postpaid).
GLICK'S SEED FARMS. Smoteetown. Pa.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
■fcouses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfield Ave.. Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, Talves, fittings.
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts.. Chicago. ,

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co.. 452 W. Erie St.. CTilcago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works. 846
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers, latest types of steel tubular and
cast Iron for greenhouses. Geo, W. Loeber,
222 N. Wabash Ave.. Chicago. ^^^

Boilers for greenhouses; all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.

Boilers, all sizes for greenhousee. John C.
Monlnger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St.. Cblcago.

Hontsch boilers. J. P. Dahlbom. 217 Hack-
engack PI. Rd.. Weehawken Heights. N. J.

Boiler tubes. 4Inch. 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St.. Chicago.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk, for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

CARNATION STAPLES.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples. 50c per 1.000,
postpaid. I. L. Pillsbury. Galesbgrg. • 111.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far, 50c for
1,000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-PLOWEB EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

COAL.

Berwind's Smokeless Coals from Pocahontas
and New River mines. Berwind-White Coal
Mining Co.. 1805 People's Gas Bldg.. Chicago.

The White Oak Coal Co.. McDonald. West
Va., "White Oak" Smokeless Coal. lump. egg.
mine run, steam and smithing. C. B. Ebbert.
Mgr. Chicago office. People's Gas Bldg.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Go. , 2340 Wabansla
Ave.. Chicago. 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
Inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dletsch
Co.. 2642 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago. i.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co.. 31st St. and Spaul-
dlng Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
jDg Co., Pes Plaines, 111.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. Klng_
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda. N. Y. '

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co.. Lockland. O.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton. Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague
Smith Co.. 164-166 Randolph St.. Chicago.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Apbine, $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fungine,
Toe per qt., $2 per gal. Vermiue. $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Scaline, 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals., $10. Nikotiana. $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.

Iron bench fittings aud roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus, Jenning's
Improved Iron Gutters^ DUler. Caskey & Keen.
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts. . Philadelphia.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London, England.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave., Chl-

cago. - ._ ^

Florists' refrigerators. Buchbinder Bros.. 518
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per 1.000. 50c:
by mail. 70c; 5.000 by express. $2.50.
Vaughan's Seed Stoig Chicago and New York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St., Kendallville, Ind.

Liquid — NICO-FDME — Paper, for thrip's. aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Kentucky
Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville. K y^

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Herrmann,
404-412 East 34th St., New York.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son. 422 Main St.,
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points. % and %, 40c pe; lb.; 7
lbs., 12.50; 15 lbs., $5. Randolph & Mc-
Clements. 5936 Penn Ave., Pittsbuigh. Pa.

"Elastlc-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner,
Mgr., The Elastic-Lyke Co.. 30 B. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Ctiicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts.. Chi-
cago^

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1.000, 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia. _ _ _

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-

ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave.; Chicago.

Igoe

Model extension carnation supports.
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn. N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co., Richmond. Ind. ^__

Richmond Carnation Supports, $28 per 1,000.
Eagle Machine Works. Richmond. Ind.

Florists*- supplies of all kinds.
56 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Percy Jones,

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co.. Detroit, Mich.

Greenhouse windstorm Insurance. Florain D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange Bldg.. Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway. 105 Chambers St.. New York.

NIKOTEEN. ^

NIkoteen. 30% strength for spraying. NIco-
tlne Mfg. Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet, per
10t\ S5c; 500. $3; $5.50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
1.000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago.

TOBACCO.

TOBACCO Dust, scraps and Wa,ste cheap In
quantities. Grand potash fertilizer and an ef-
ficient insecticide for foliage or soil. Used for
dusting, fumigating or spray by alert growen.
DEUTSCH. 1399 Ave. A. New York.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JUST OUT.

Send for one.
WOERNER WIRE WORKS.

2g52 Pratt St.. Omaha. Neb.

Floral design, wire window guards, office rail-
ings, nnd all fancy works, lamp shade frames.
Eagle Wire Works. 2338 Ontario St.. Cleveland.
Ohio.

WHEN YOU BUY - GET A KROESCHELL
"THE BOILER OF GENUINE EFFICIENCY',

Expressions from Men Who
Know Boilers

Kroeschell Replaces 2 Cast Iron
Boilers

The Marysville Floral Co.. of Marys-
ville. 0. . installed a No. 4 Kroeschell
Boiler in 1905. Previous to this time
they used cast iron boilers. The fol-
lowing letter speaks for itself:

"Has the Kroeschell given entire sat-
isfaction? Yes! We had two cast iron
boilers, but yours proved by far the
best. Your boiler has alr'eady outlasted
the two cast iron boilers by five years,
and all the expense that we have been
put to was a smoke dome."

(Signed) MARYSVILLE FLORAL CO,
July 21,-1913. Marysville, 0.

Kroeschell Replaces 4 Cast Iron
Boilers

Previous to 1909. Mr. Schultz, of Men-
ominee, Mich., heated his entire plant
with cast iron boilers. It has been
claimed that cast iron boilers are su-
perior to the Kroeschell. Mr. Schultz
is now heating 18.000 sq. ft. of glass
with the Kroeschell which was installed
in lOi'O. and they are required to fire
same only twice a night. The follow-
ing letter speaks for itself:

"We do not have the least trouble to
maintain about 60 degrees in the cold-
est weather. Your Kroeschell Boiler is
the best I ever had. Before I heard
about your boiler I had four cast iron
boilers, and would not part with the
Kroeschell for a hundred east iron boil-
ers now."

(Signed) CHARLES SCHULTZ.
July 21. 1913, Menominee, Mich.

Kroeschell Replaces Cast Iron
Boilers

The range of C. Peterson & Son, at
Escunaba. Mich, was formerly heated by
cast iron boilers. Last season this firm
installed their first Kroeschell. a No. 6.
which Is now heating 13,000 to 14,000
sq. ft. of glass. They state that they
firpd these boilers three to four tinn's
during the night In zero weather. Un-
der date of June 28, 1913, they write
as follows:

"The Kroeschell Boiler has given bet-
ter satisfaction than any other boiler
we have ever had. For years we have
fired many different boilers, and really
never could get one that we might say
was entirely satisfactory — there was al-
ways something wrong — but now since
we have tribd the Kroeschell, w^e have
solved our boiler proposition. We have

a ( ) cast iron sectional boiler

here, only used two years, and we wish
we could get rid of it and put in an-
other Kroeschell in its place."

(Sigrfed) C. PETERSON & SON.
Escanaba. Mich,, June 28, 1913.

SKND FUR OUK C VTALOGUE

1 452 W. Erie St., - CHICAGO

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20 Mines

Capacity 10,000
tons daily.

The White Oak Coal Company

MACDONALD, WEST VIRGINIA

Sales and Distributing Aiients for The New River Company's famous

"White Oak^^ Smokeless Coal

LUMP, EGG, MINE SUN, STEAM AND SMITHING

Mined in the heart of tlie famous New River Smokeless coal held
of West Virginia.

SERVICE, QUALITY AND PREPARATION OUR AIM

C. B. EBBERT, Chicago Office, Telephone,

Manager. People's Gas Bldg. Central 5637.

C. H. SPRAGUE & SON
Boston, Mass.

TIDEWATER .AGENTS
LONDON AGENTS

MOORE & FLETCHER

101 Leadenball St., S. E.

Branch Offices

CHICAGO

WASHINGTON

NEWPORT NEWS

Dangerous Preserving: Powders.

GOVERNMENT WARNS AGAINST USE.

The attention of the department of
agriculture at Washington, has re-
cently been called to the widespread
use, especially in rural communities,
of salicylic acid in putting up pre-
serves. The head of a large drug and
chemical supply house states that peo-
ple living in southwestern Virginia,
North and South Carolina. Kentucky,
Tennessee and western Georgia, have
been purchasing salicylic acid in 14
pound packages for a number of years
and that this practice has grown to
an enormous extent. This dealer states
further that only a few weeks ago he
received an order from one wholesale
grocer for fifty gross of these goods.

The department is aware that this
practice is not confined to salicylic
acid under its own name alone, but
that large quantities of this acid, and
of boric acid as well, are sold under
fanciful names as preserving powders
or canning compounds at prices which
are much In excess of their real value.
In the directions for use the house-
wife is told to fill the jar with the
fruit or vegetables, cover with water
and add a teaspoonful of the powder.
It is true that these powders may
prevent the decay of the fruit
or vegetables, but they also en-
courage uncleanly or careless work,
and their excessive use may be at-
tended with Very serious effects upon
the health. Salicylic acid is a medi-
cine of the greatest value in acute ar-
ticular rheumatism and certain other
diseases. It is well known as a poi-
sonous substance, and one of the evils
which may accompany its use is de-
rangement of the digestion. It is
therefore plain that its extensive use
in food may lead to disturbance of di-
gestion and health.

It is entirely practicable to put up
both fruits and vegetables in such a
manner that they will keep indefinite-
ly by sterilizing the products by means
of heat, and there is no excuse for run-
ning any risk by the use of preserving
powders. The department of agricul-
ture has issued the following Farmers'
Bulletins nn canning and preserving :
F. B. 20.3 — Canned fruit, preserves
and jellies; F. B. .S.59 — Canning vege-
tables in the home: F. B. .^)21— Can-
ning tomatoes at home and in club
work. These bulletins, which may be
obtained without cost by applying to
the Division of Publications of the de-
partment, give exact directions for
canning and preserving foods without
the use of preserving powders or can-
ning compounds.

OSHKO.SH, Wis.— Wm. Otto is spend-
ing his vacation at Berner Woods.

CANTON, ILL. — George Jacobs is add-
ing several improvements to his green-
house. A large addition to the green-
house proper has been erected, and
concrete boiler house is about com-
pleted.

Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

While the season is advancing, you want to be sure of a

PROMPT DELIVERY

for your orders in greenhouse material. Write to us for
sketches and estimate. We can satisfy you in regard to quick
delivery, first class grades and reasonable prices. Our new
factory and modern equipment enable us to accomplish this,

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO.

Telephone Humboldt 11,

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L,. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST GO,, 44o s. nurborn si. Chicago

YOU NEVER CAN TELL

When your wire fence isgoing togive.but if you liavc a "RED DEVIL" Fence Tool youdop't haveto worry

>-• — (iiiC ^^°^ JOINT

Here is the tool of all tools yon should own. "RED DEVIL," No. 1900,11 inches lontr. drop forged
tool steel, tun metal finished Fence Tool. Il pulls, drives, cuts, and bends staples. It cuts, strelclies.
bends, and ties wire. It does everything a wire fence builder requires and more. For building or
repairing wire fences it has no equal.

All dealers sell it. Try ours. If not on sale locally send us $1.20 and one only sample will be sent
you postpaid. But trv your dealer first.

SMITH & HEMENWAY CO., 105 Chambers St., N. Y. C.

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LIQUID

a

NICO-FUME

}y

PAPER

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisviUe, Ky.

e<s

A STIC A

>;:U5E IT HOW,

F.O.PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Puttv becomes bard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, dycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

Send For Prices

404-412 East 34Hi St. NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

KOMADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Work

SPECIAL DESIGNS TO ORDER

Send for our illustrated cataio^ue.

1 008 Vine St., Phiiadelpliia. Pa.

PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, Billheads. Statemeois.
Cards aod Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate Making and Color Work.

Gorham & Ghapline Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run
in hot nor heave in cold weather.
E. C. Pruner, Mgr. THE ELASTIC-LYKE CO.
(Not Inc.) 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OF HIOH
GRADE..

Steam and
Hot Water

See Our Catalogue.

6IBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y.

NIKOTEEN 30 °lo Strength

FOR SPRAYING

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

—CLAY'S—
FERTILIZER

WILL FEED

YOUR PLANTS

And Your

BANK BALANCE

At the Same Time.
IT IS SAFE, SURE, ECONOMICAL.

Manufactured by

Clay & Son,

STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

An Ideal

loseclicide

For Fumi^atin^
and Spraying

Sold by

Seedsmen and Dealers

Manufactured by

P.RPALETHOiBPECO.

line ;

Clarksville, Tenn.

Mention the American Florist when writing

EVERYTHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Hose, Wire. Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools. Glass.
Special Agent for Wizard Brand Manures and Darling's Fertilisers.

Waiter S. McGee,

Phone Hyde Park 5679
5327 ELLIS AVE.. CHICAGO, aL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Agricultural Experiment
Stations

are favoring 40% nicotine solutions in their
recommendatiuns for fumigiiing and spray-
ing. To meet the demand this has created
we now offer

"40 NICOTINE"

$13.00 GaUon-$3.75 Quart-$2.00 Pint.

Compare these prices with what yen now pay.

INIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
vaporizing and fumigating.

$4.50 Gallon— $1.50 Quart.

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

For green, black, white By, red spider, ihrips
mealy bug and soft scale. Can be used on
tender plants.

$2.50 Gallon- $1.00 Quart.

FUNGINE

For mild**w, rust and other blights. It is
perfectly safe to apply to fruits and vegetables,
as it is noD poisonous. An ii fallible remedy
for rose mildew, carnation and chrysanthe-
mum rust. $2.00 Gallon— 75c Quart.

VERMINE

For eel, cut and wire worms workinK in the
soil. It can be applied to all veL'etation.
$3.00 Gallon— $1.00 Quart.

SCALINE

For San Jose (.lyster Shell and all scale on
trees and hardy stock. .An effective remedy
for red sp'Ht nn evprgreenc.

$1.50 Gallon— 75c Quart.

If you cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us vour order with
rrmittance and we will ship immediately
through our nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of .Agricultural Chemicals.
MADISON. N. J.

Mention the American Florist when toritinff

The Early Advertisement
Gets There.

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CEMETERY ENTRANCE AT MOUNT HOPE.

We make a specialty of Park and Cemetery Entrances and Fencing, as well as Fencing for Residences, Churches,
Public Institutions, Etc. We also carry a complete line of Lawn Seats, Reservoir Vases, and Flag Poles.

Wire and Ornamental Iron Work. 8lll!SiS? SIS: f i'AVr^c'hlfch'es^arR^ltd^nces.
THE VAN DORN IRON WORKS COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. S<-nd[or
our cataloy^ue today .

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

Greeohiuse Glass

Superior Quality
and Right Prices

Let Ds Qaote Yon. We Can Save Yon Monej

Baur Window Glass Go.

EATON, IND.

GLASS

We are leaders. Largre stock, good prices.

SHARP, PARTRIDfiE & CO.

CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

Wired
Toothpicks

lO.OOOJl 75: 50nnO$7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Sample free. For sale bv dealers.

The name that assurA ' 'the

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and vou will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

29 King's Road. N. Tonawanda N. T.

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worics,

846-848 W. Superior St., Chicago, lU.

)reer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses

Dtivc easy and true., becausb
botb bevels are on the 6amo
side. Can't twisi and break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will Dot rusi. No
riehti or lefts.
Tbe Peerless Glazing Poio
1j patented. Noothers like
it. Order from your dealej^
or direct from os.
1000,75c. iK)stpaid.
Simplci free.
HENRY A. DREEE.I
714 Chestnat 8t^eet^\
FMlAdolpMb.

fiiieDert's ^inc
Glazins Points.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust,
easy to drive, H and H
inch- Perlb.40c.5-lbs.
$1.85. 201 bs $7.00

Vaughan's
Seed £»«or«
Chicago New York

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PUTTY

>^OHs^iiferife.cc.

'f^EFNHOtJSi

Strictly Pure

Our putty is made of best Al whiting, boiled
linseed oil and white lead. It's a perfect
greenhouse putty.

25 lbs per lb.. 4V^ cents

50 lbs perlb., 4 cents

100 lbs perlb.. 3H cents

\i bbls. and bbls perlb., 3 cents

JOHN C. MONINGER CO.

CHICAGO: NEW YORK:

902BlackhawkSt. Marbridge Bldg.

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
the world's largest Building Material Department.
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overhauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your beating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock*
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. si/e
p8x2H 100 running ft $2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
l38x2V?. 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, per 1000 ft..bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44— No. 1 Cypress. 1 in. rough or 13-16 in,
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash. l38-in.x3ft.
X 6 ft., without glass. 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1 .90 to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. \'ery lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY, Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

EAGLE WIRE WORKS

Manufacturers of

Floral Designs, Wire Window

Guards, Office Railings,

and all Fancy Works

2338 Ontario St., Cleveland, Ohio

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

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You Need '''"^"oJfhr""'^^^

^^Ba^rfo Boiler >
SYSXEM

Don't waste the condensation in your steam lines. Return it to the boiler with
its full heat content. Vou can do It witli the Morehead System and with your
boiler on the ground level. Install a Morehead System in your greenhouse and
see how t|uickly«the "Morehead" will show a saving in your coal bills, and
maintain a steady, even temperature, not to mention the great improvement in
your heating apparatus There is a Morehead System to fit yOUr needs. Just
state your conditions and ask lor our proposition.

Write Dept. *'N" for interesting and 135

complete information. Do it today.

MOREHEAD MFG. COMPANY, Detroit, Mich.

I

1866-1914

GREENHOUSE LUMBER

"SPOT CLEAR"

HOTBED SASH PEOKY CYPRESS

SQUARE AND RED CEDAR P03TS

Lockland Lumber Co., Lockland, O.

GREENHOUSE
HEATING

HOT WATER— Open tank or pressure systems desijjned by

us will heat perfectly and not "blowout." ST£AM SYSTEMS

we design to meet your special conditions. Our pump or

trap return systems will prove satisfactory in all cases where

a pravity return is impossible. Our VACUUM systems are the last and

best word for heatins large and modern ranges. We can put ECONOMY

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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, AUGUST 15, 1914.

No. 1367

The American Florist

Established 1885.
Copyright. 1914. by American Florist Company
Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11, 1891,
at the Pott Office at Chicago. Illinois,
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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
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Mass., August. 1914, opening the ISth.

Water Lilies.

(Copyright: 1905: By Tribune Co.)
As though some sprite had oaught the spray

And molded it between her palms.
So do the silver lilies sway

When breezes idle through the calms
That weave their spell above the pond —

The lazy calms where shadows lie
In waving lines; and out beyond

Tbe dreaming blu*^- that mocks the sky.

The Bilvei- petals now unfold

Their spreading beauty; one by one
They open till we see they hold

The golden glory of the sun —
A yellow heart that proudly gleams

As though from dawn's eCEulgent rays
It caught the wealth of amber beams.

The glory of unnumbered days.

The whispers of the wind are soft.

And yet the lilies* leaves are stirred
As though they fain would hear, and waft

The song that floats without a word —
The song that rises from the shade

And from the glow across the grass.
The melodies forever played

By all the little winds that pass.

At night the lilies look and laugh

At nil the stars that gem the sky —
The stars are not so fair by half

As these that in the waters lie.
As these fair flower-stars that bloom

Where shadows loiter cool and deep.
These flowers swaying in the gloom

As dreams swing with the tide of sleep.

FLORAL PROGRESS OF THIRTY YEARS.

standardization Greatest Development.

The greatest development of the
florists' trade during the past thirty
years has been the elimination of the
cull. Standards of quality are now so
high that there is no place for poor
stock in any metropolitan market, and
the smaller towns also pride them-
selves on demanding the best. The
trade is being standardized, and this
applies to methods and equipment, as
well as to the product. Under old-time
conditions, it was quite possible for a
man to start in with a string of frames
and a small house or two, and anyone
who prophesied a ten thousand-dollar
rose house would have been regarded
as an irresponsible dreamer. A little
wooden-framed, wooden-guttered house,
planted with Bon Silene and Safrano,
with a gnarled old Marechal Niel tak-
ing up space at one end, represented
the modest beginning of many a big
establishment. If we feel inclined to
smile at the simple tastes of the old-
time flower buyers, we should remem-
ber that Bon Silene is still grown, not
for the general market, but to give the
last touch of elegance to some choice
corsage bouquets of violets. Perhaps
no one now grows the leading white
roses of that period; certainly no one
then imagined the possibility of doing
wedding and funeral work without
Niphetos, and some wonderful flowers
were produced on plants carried over
for several years, though they were
about as handy to work in as a thicket
of blackberries.

Roses of Three Decades.

About 1S80-1885, a fair list of trade
roses would add to those named above
Cornelia Koch, Duchesse de Brabant,
Isabella Sprunt (then falling into dis-
use) and Perle des Jardins; the intro-
duction of Papa Gontier in 1882 mark-
ing the decline of Bon Silene. Perle
des Jardins was causing growers trou-
ble by its perverse habit of coming
bull-headed, which the late Peter Hen-
derson held to be a result of overfeed-
ing— a sort of botanical biliousness, and

in the course of time this variety
dropped out, long before Sunburst and
Lady Hillingdon were invented.

Then early forcing of hybrid remon-
tants marked an important advance in
the trade, and encouraged the public
demand for big roses. The only red
rose then known to the general public
by name was Jacqueminot, and all the
flower buyers went mad over "Jack"
roses as a winter luxury. Prices were
high, astoundingly so in comparison
with the teas, and a great deal of
money was made by the fortunate
ones, but it was an uncertain enter-
prise, and losses were not uncommon.
The first forced remontants I recol-
lect seeing were big field plants,
Jacqueminot and Magna Charta, but it
was not long before imported plants
were bought largely for this use. The
late Julius Roehrs used to set them in
boxes, several plants together, leaving
them outside for a touch of frost be-
fore forcing began. Ulrich Brunner
became a great favorite, giving better
flowers than Jacqueminot; Mrs. John
Laing, Anna Alexieff, Anne de Dies-
bach, and even the delicate Baronne de
Rothschild and Mabel Morrison were
grown. Naturally, the grower had to
get a good price for these one-crop
roses, but they fed the public taste
for size and pushed the old-fashioned
teas into the background.

And then, in 1885, American Beauty
appeared, just in time to fill the demand
for a big rose; fragrant, richly colored,
and with a commercial value that has
kept it in a commanding position for
nearly three decades. Ledechaux hj.d
sent it out ten years before, as Mme.
Ferdinand Jamin, but it was entirely
unknown here, and it was lucky chance
that caused it to come under the eye
of a man of vision, in Mr. Bancroft's
garden. Considering the vast amount
of money it has brought into the trade,
the changes in methods of culture in-
duced, and the alteration it has made
in public taste, we may fairly describe
the introduction of American Beauty
as an epoch-making event in the Amer-

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Aug. /J

ican trade.' It was the search for larger
roses suited for forcing that caused the
importation of Puritan in 1886; the tre-
mendous price paid for it by the Amer-
ican buyer, according to standards of
that time, caused a great sensation, and
we all made pious pilgrimages to see
the new white hope. Unfortunately, it
proved as big a disappointment as Her
Majesty, which was another trade
sensation that missed fire. There was
a trade legend (I cannot vouch for the
truth of the story) that when Mr. Fox
bought Puritan the originator, Mr.
Bennett of Shepperton - on - Thames,
"threw in" a red rose which he thought
attractive, but not commercially valu-
able. The high-priced white rose, how-
ever, proved the failure, while its hum-
ble sister. Meteor, attained enormous
popularity as soon as its cultural re-
quirements were understood, crowding
out the Jacqueminot for forcing. Then
the Bride came, to depose Niphetos
and Cornelia Koch, to be followed by
Bridesmaid and several other Mermet
sports, which are interesting examples
of permanent bud variation. New
roses of merit have come before us
plentifully of late years, but an inter-
esting evidence of advancing taste is
the vogue of small flowers, as shown
by Mme. Cecile Brunner and Iri.sh Fire-
flame. Ten years ago I doubt whether
any grower would have considered
these little flowers seriously. I have
,a personal fancy that the next great
change we .shall see will be a greater
appreciation of single roses.

Carnation Progression.

Bven greater than changes among
roses are the changes in carnations dur-
ing the past generation. We can re-
member when the carnation was mere-
ly a poor relation of the rose, chiefly
esteemed for the fact tliat one could
lash it firmly to a toothpick and then
jam it into a funeral design that had
all the airy grace of a concrete bridge.
It always traveled with sniilax, and
the idea of a long-stemmed flower with
vase-like calyx, selling for the price
of a rose, was beyond the wildest imag-
ination. The old President Degraw
had long been the standard white.
La Purite, carmine, being its compan-
ion in colors; white La Purite appeared
in 1875, but I do not know whether it
aided in the abdication of President
Degraw. I think Grace Wilder dis-
placed the deeper colored La Purite.
and there was a white form of this
also. L. L. Lamborn was another
white quite widely grown, but it was
Lizzie McGowan that caused the great-
est sensation among whites, and un-
doubtedly gave a great impetus to car-
nation growing. I have some recollec-
tion of Silver Spray as a fine old white
also. Fancies included Buttercup, a
striped yellow, and Andalusia, a clear
sulphur yellow, attractive, but not gen-
^^rally profitable. Portia was prac-
tically the only scarlet of the eighties,
very good in color, though small; it
had an exasperating habit of refusing
to bloom at Christmas, and then giving
a tremendous crop during Lent. The
coming of Daybreak and Scott in the
early nineties had a powerful effect in
forming public taste for carnations.
The sensational price paid for Lawson.
and the resultant newspaper notoriety,
formed helpful advertising. It 'is in-
teresting, too, to note how much influ-
ence bud variation has had in encour-
aging carnation improvement.

Other Improvements of the Period.

The extensive forcing of shrubs may
be called a product of the past thirty
years. The first lilac forcing here be-
gan with the use of field plants of any
age, size or variety. About .1880, and
for a few succeeding years, growers
were buying, every lilac bush they could

Prof. C. S. Sargent.
Director of tin- AriinUl Arboretum.

Jackson T. Dawson,
iupfriiili'iiilent of tlie .\rnold .Vrhorel um.

secure in the cotintry dooryards around
New York. These bushes were brought
in after freezing and planted under
glass, many old veterans being heeled
in slantwise because they were too
tall to be placed upright. These crude
methods did not long survive, but the
first "French lilacs" from imported pot
plants caused a great sen.sation. An-
other big step forward was the retard-
ing of lily of the valley, which changed
this from a seasonal crop to a stand-
ardized business. Another development
of more recent years is the increase in
greenhouse sweet peas, at first merely
a catch crop to fill vacant spaces, now-

important enough to call for special
houses and special seed of eugenic dis-
tinction at $8 an ounce.

We have seen a good many changes
in chrysanthemums since the unso-
phisticated days when Ivory was an
exhibition flower, and when we ex- ,
pected to work a revolution with the
ostrich plume varieties. Good old
Ivory is still buying shoes for the kid-
dies where a reliable bread-and-butter
white is needed, but those aristocrats
with whiskers are as dead as the dodo.
How many once-admired sorts have
passed into the limbo of discarded
flowers! There was Viviand-Morel,
which used to be in every show in the
early nineties; Jennie Y. Murkland.
Fabias de Maderanaz, the oddest of
anemones, with a name that always
tangled up newspaper reporters; Mrs.
Louis Childs Madeira, a yellow sensa-
tion of 1892; Major Bonnaffon of the
Columbian Exposition period and a
long list of middle west successes. I
think in some respects the chrysanthe-
mum grower had an easier time in
those days than now; apparently the
cutworm had not learned then to climb
up and eat out the one remaining bud.
and the plants themselves seemed to
suffer fewer of the diseases of civiliza-
tion. One would think, after last
year's shows, that we could not go
much further in size and finish of
bloom, but I think we shall see an
enormous increase in the demand for
hardy garden sorts, and a higher ap-
preciation of singles and anemones as
cut flowers, though, unfortunately, a
good many of them look as though
they rteeded ironing after shipment.

Decorative Work Becomes Art.

No branch of the trade has gone
through greater changes in the past
thirty years than decorative and de-
sign work. The small-town retailer
who used to twist a few strands of
smilax around the chandelier, punctu-
ate it with La Purite carnations, and
then receive the congratulations of the
local editor, no longer survives. Chang-
ing ideals in decoration are responsi-
ble for the growth of a great indus-
try— the trade in Southern greens,
which may he considered a develop- 1
ment of the past thirty years. When j
the first big shipments of wild smilax.
palmetto and long-leaf pine were used '
in large decorations, some pessimists
asserted that greenhouse decorating
material was doomed. That was evi-
dently an early case of psychological
depression, like the West Indi.an palms
that were expected to revolutionize the
business twenty years ago.

W^e all remember the old-time bou-
quet— a tight besom of varied flowers,
arranged in concentric rings, and fin-
ished off with a lace petticoat. Any-
one who is not old enough to remem-
ber this work of art will find its twin
sister today, arranged by some leading
artist as an up-to-date Colonial bou-
quet. Such a bouquet used to be ac-
companied by a formal botitonniere,
such as a Safrano bud, .surrounded by
violets and alyssum. and backed by a
big scented geranium leaf, the stems
wrapped in gleaming tinfoil. As for
the old-time funeral designs, every
florist can tell some weird tale of the
public taste; the only reason for their
existence was the opportunity to use
up short-stemmed flowers. A Chicago
retailer told me, twenty years ago, how
he constructed a breadth of stair car-

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147

ARNOLD ARBORETUM. BOSTON, MASS.
Ralmia Latifolia al Hemlock Woods.

pet, with a carpet stretcher laid upon
it, as a tribute to a departed carpet
dealer, but he felt distinctly peevish
when asked to erect a butcher's block
of white carnations, with an accom-
panying cleaver, as a memorial to a
local butcher. I advised, as a touch
of higher realism, a sirloin steak of
red carnations draped gracefully
across the block, but the suggestion
was not viewed in a friendly light.

The increase of the plant business,
and especially its striking growth as a
Christmas feature, may be called an-
other great development of these three
past decades. While we have added a
great many new plants to the list, it is
surprising to note how few of the
worthy old ones have been dropped.
For example, it was rather a surprise
last winter to find chorizemas fea-
tured, as well as some of the heaths
that were the pride of the old-fashioned
gardeners. In orchids, too, we may
note the change from an article of
luxury to a standard product, though
it is a far cry from Mrs. Mary Mor-
gan's three-thousand-dollar vanda to
market cattleyas and cyprlpediums.

Influences That Developed Trade.

There are three great influences that
have been powerful in developing the
trade — its societies, both national and
local; its technical papers, and the
spirit of fraternity that has always ex-
isted among people of the profession.

Gardeners of every degree, from Adam
down, have always thought their busi-
ness the most interesting thing in the
world, and this enthusiasm has done
much to give the trade dignity in other
eyes. The trade is big enough now to
show well in government reports, and
to demand appropriations for the state
experiment stations — and even to put
meekness into the hearts of the ex-
press companies. The great field of
the future lies in educating the con-
sumer, and the progress of the next
thirty years depends upon this. Here
is a vital subject for every local florists'
club — to make their product a neces-
sity from the cradle to the grave, and
to bury, under a mountain of disfavor,
that saddest of all notices. "No flow-
ers."

It is rather hard to refer to the men
who have made progress during the
past thirty years, because so many of
them are gone; yet their work keeps
their memory green. Many years ago,
in the time of the historic flower shows
in the old Madison Square Garden in
New York, it was the custom of a
group of men in allied lines of trade
to meet informally for luncheon or
dinner in a little French restaurant
down town. These informal meetings,
and the ideas there discussed, gave the
first incentive for the formation of the
New York Florists' Club. This group
of old friends included Peter Hender-
son, John Henderson, famous for

his roses; W. C. Wilson, who was,
I think. responsible for the in-
troduction of smilax to the local
trade; Isaac Buchanan, who was a
mine of information about old New
York; C. L. Allen, who collected rare
botanical books as well as bulbs; John
Taylor, whose roses were also famous;
Ernst and Rudolph Asmus; James
Dean, Julius Roehrs, A. D. Cowan and
William Elliott; James Y. Murkland,
secretary of the Horticultural Society,
one of the youngest among them, and
among the first to go; John N. May,
Samuel Henshaw. and a number of
others who have made their mark on
the trade since. Boston, Philadelphia
and Chicago can all look back to sim-
ilar groups, whose names bring up
special achievements, and whose work
still has its influence on those coming
after them. Emily Louise Taplin.

San Antonio, Tex. — The San An-
tonio Floral and Nursery Company of
San Antonio has filed an amendment
to its charter increasing its capital
stock from $10,000 to $15,000. <

Kalamazoo, Mich. — In an effort to
secure for Kalamazoo the annual con-
vention of the Michigan State Horti-
cultural Society, to be held in Decem-
ber, members of the Kalamazoo Fruit
Growers' association met August 1.
The matter of deciding on the 1914
convention city for the state confer-
ence, has been left to the executive
committee of the association.

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'J)

BOSTON'S FAMOUS TREE GARDEN.

The Arnold Arboretum.

Many convention visitors will make
the short trip to the Arnold Arbore-
tum, which is located in a Boston sub-
urb, and in connection therewith the
following account of this excellent in-
stitution and its work will be found of
interest. This is an abstract of a lec-
ture delivered by John G. Jack, of Ja-
maica Plain, Mass., before the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society, some
years ago.

"While there are seveVal public or
semi-public arboreta in Europe, the
most famous of which is at Kew, the
Arnoia Arboretum has the distinction
of being the first institution of its kind'
in America. Since the foundation of
the Arnold Arboretum, the Missouri
Botanical Garden at St. Louis, and
Leland Stanford, Jr., University of
California have started similar collec-
tions, and the energetic management of
the New York Botanical Garden has
made plans for an arboretum which is
likely to take high rank as an educa-
tional and scientific institution.

"The Arnold Arboretum is not a
forest school, but comprises a collec-
tion of trees grown according to the
views of the arboriculturist or land-
scape gardener and not under sylvi-
cultural conditions calculated to satis-
fy the requirements of the forester or
lor the development of good timber
producing examples.

"The Arnold Arboretum owes its ex-
istence to the fact that, abbut 1870,
James Arnold, of New Bedford, Mass.,
bequeathed property, then estimated in
value at about $100,000, to be used for
the advancement of agriculture and
horticulture. This property was placed
in the hands of three trustees, George
B. Emerson, John J. Dixwell and
Francis E. Parker. The first is the
well-known author of that standard
work, "The Trees and Shrubs of Massa-
chusetts," and Mr. Dixwell was an en-
thusiastic cultivator of choice trees,
and it was very natural that through
their interest in the subject it was
finally decided to devote the bequest to
the establishment and endowment of
an arboretum and of professorship for
giving instruction concerning trees and
shrubs. After due consideration the
property and responsibility for carry-
ing out the terms of the trust were
transferred to the custody of Harvard
University.

"The first raising of plants in the ar-
boretum was begun in 1872-73. but it
was not possible to do any permanent
planting of trees in their botanical
groups or orders until the spring of
1886. In that year much was accom-
plished, and almost every year since
additions have been made in the direc-
tion of completing the collections. The
collection of trees already placed in
permanent position represents between
fb'ur hundred and five hundred species
and about as many varieties and hy-
brids, mostly of horticultural origin.
In regard to the scope of the collection
of living trees and shrubs, it may be
said to be the aim to bring together all
those wild or aboriginal species and
varieties from any country which will
endure our climate.

"As illustrating what may be done
in the way of introducing new species

of plants, our native hawthorns may
be cited as an example, although per-
haps as an extreme one. Ten years
ago not over twenty species .were rec-
ognized as native in the United States
and Canada. Within the past ten
years, howeVer, a great interest has
been aroused in this genus (Crataegus)
and nearly five hundred species have
been described as distinct, about one
hundred and seventy-five by Professor
Sargent, while C. D. Beadle of Biltmore
and W. W. / she, who have also been
much interested in the genus, have
named about one hundred and fifty
each. Fully fifteen hflndred different
lots of young living plants of this
genus, many of course duplicates, are
now under observation in the nurseries
of the arboretum. There is no doubt
that the study will result in introduc-
ing into cultivation some new Ameri-

Footbridge in Franklin Park. Boston. Mass.

can thorns of ornamental or even eco-
nomic value.

"Jackson T. Dawson, famous as a
propagator of plants and superintend-
ent of the arboretum since its incep-
tion, or when the first seeds were
planted, in 1872, has by artificial fertil-
ization produced many interesting hy-
brids, some of which are well known
among horticulturists. Among these
hybrids may be mentioned numerous
interesting roses, such as Dawson, a
hybrid of Rosa multiflora and Jacque-
minot; William Egan, a hybrid of Rosa
Wichuraiana and Jacqueminot, Arnold,
a hybrid of Rosa rugosa and Jacque-
minot, and Farquhar, a hybrid of Rosa
Wichuraiana and Crimson Rambler.

"Through the agency of the arbore-
tum many interesting species of trees
and shrubs have been first introduced
into cultivation at home and in Eu-
rope, while many others already exist-
ing in gardens, especially in Europe,
have been made better known and
more popular in this country.

"As indicatine: the line of original in-
troductions which have now become
well known and popular may be men-
tioned Syringa Japonica, Syringa Pe-

kinensis, Rosa multiflora, Berberis
Thunbergii, Cercidiphyllum Japonicum,
several kinds of ornamental crab apples
and many other more or less well
known species of trees and shrubs
from Japan and China, besides other
not yet so widely distributed species
which Professor Sargent was able to
introduce by his trip to Japan in 1892.

"The Japanese trailing Rosa Wichu- •
raiana was popularized in this country
chiefly through the agency of the ar-
boretum, though previously known in
Europe, whence it was introduced into
Franklin park and the arboretum at
about the same time but under another
name.

"The formation of an herbarium and
library is a necessary accompaniment
of the living collection where scientific
work is to be done, and in the thirty
years since its beginning there has
been brought together at the arboretum
an herbarium of woody plants not ex-
celled by any in the country and par-
ticularly rich in illustrating the arbor-
escent flora of North America. The
herbarium is also rich in its collection
of the arborescent flora of other coun-
tries, particularly Europe and Asia,
the result of purchase in some in-
stances, but more especially of exten-
sive exchanges representing many thou-
sands of specimens and of two jour-
neys to Asia made by Professor Sar-
gent, in which he secured large num-
bers of herbarium specimens and seeds
of many species to be grown for the
living collection. The herbarium now
contains between forty-five and fifty
thousand sheets of mounted specimens.

"The library contains about ten thou-
sand volumes and bound pamphlets. It
is almost wholly the gift of the di-
rector of the arboretum. While many
of the books necessarily treat of gen-
eral botany, they have been selected
with special reference to dendrology
and arboriculture, and in these sub-
jects the library is unsurpassed by any
in the country. These treasures are
given a home and protection in a prac-
tically fireproof building given to the
arboretum in 1892 by H. H. Hunne-
well. Besides furnishing accommoda-
tion for the library and herbarium, this
building also contains a collection of
North Arherican woods arranged for
public inspection and given by Morris
K. Jesup of New York, and the offices
of the director and assistants.

"Within this building is kept a card
catalogue of the living plants, showing
their history as to whether received as
seeds, plants, cuttings, grafts, etc.;
from whom they came and date of
sowing or planting. Other records are
kept of the trees when set out in per-
manent position besides sets of maps
or plans showing the location of each
individual specimen plant. The prob-
lem of labeling these plants involves a
good deal of labor, as frequent renew-
als are necessary. Among the shrubs
the Latin names only are given, but at
some future time the most appropriate
common name may be added. As the
trees get large enough to bear them
conveniently, large painted metal la-
bels with Latin and common names
and habitat are tacked to the trunks,
copper tacks being used, as they do not
rust. ^

"An important work now in progress
of the arboretum is the preparation of
a bibliography of books and important
articles relating to trees and woody
plants. This is possible through a spe-
cial fund given by Miss A. M. Bradley,

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MASS.

the income of which is fo be used for
some particular purpose or work in
connection with dendrology.

"From the arboretum as an institu-
tion there has never been issued any
bulletin or scientific publication. The
results of studies by the director or
others connected with the institution
have either been printed in government
publications or various periodicals, or
they have been issued privately by the
director, the most important works of
this class being the "Silva of North
America" and the irregular bulletin
known as "Trees and Shrubs." of
which two parts have appeared. A
great deal of literature, dealing with
much of the life and work of the ar-
boretum, appeared in "Garden and For-
est," a weekly publication issued in
New York, but conducted by Professor
Sargent. These publications have as-
suredly been important factors in
stimulating an interest in dendrology,
arboriculture and forestry throughout
the country, and in bringing about a
deeper appreciation of what is beautiful
in the landscape in which trees and
shrubs usually play a dominant part.

"In future years, as the work of the
arboretum broadens and it is better
endowed, it is hoped that the institu-
tion may have its own regular medium
of publication in which those connected
with it may print the results of the
work accomplished.

"As the advantages and beauties of

the arboretum become more and more
evident, it is hoped that a correspond-
ing amount of help may be forthcom-
ing to enable it to increase its effi-
ciency and maintain its collections in
the best possible condition. Since the
organization of the arboretum two men
only have been continuously associated
with it and working for it, and to them
the condition of its living collection
and its fame are largely due. These
are Jackson T. Dawson, the propagator
and superintendent, and Professor
Charles S. Sargent, the director, who,
more than any one. has brought wide
public recognition to the institution.
The name of Charles E. Faxon should
not be omitted, for, although not so
long associated with the arboretum, he
has had the position of assistant di-
rector for more than twenty years, and
though little known to the general
public, his silent but effective scientific
work is understood and appreciated by
his friends and among scientists in
every' civilized community where the
work of the Arnold Arboretum is
known."

[Since the first appearance of. this
lecture many additions have been made
to the collection, including Wilson's
wonderful assortment of new and rare
Chinese trees, shrubs and plants. For
three or four years past a valuable
bulletin of popular information on trees
and shrubs has been issued during the
spring and fall. — Ed.]

The Parks of Boston.

The present Park and Recreation
Department of Boston is the result
of the merger of four departments,
which until within a space of two
years came under different heads.
They were the Public Grounds De-
partment, having charge of Boston
Common, the Public Garden and all
public lands and squares acquired pre-
vious to the year 1875, the Park De-
partment established by act of the
legislature in the year above mentioned
to acquire and develop a comprehen-
sive system of parks and parkways,
the Bath Department in charge of
municipal gymnasium bath houses and
bathing beaches, and the Music De-
partment directing municipal indoor
concerts and summer band concerts.

Boston Common is without doubt the
best known park in the country. It
was purchased from William Black-
stone in the year 1634, by Governor
John Winthrop, for the citizens of
Boston as a training field and pasture
ground, and has been the scene of
many historical events. Many of the
Paddock elms brought from England
in the early days were planted near
the state house, but few now remain
on the Common; in fact, most of the
old trees are dying, and the planting
of new trees is the problem that is
uppermost.

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of the best specimens of small parks,
with artistically arranged flower beds.
It also contains many rare specimen
trees which are known to all lovers
of arboriculture. Commonwealth ave-
nue, connecting the above park with
the main park system, is a good ex-
ample of a city boulevard. Planted
with four rows of English elms, it is
believed to compare favorably with
any of the famous boulevards of the
world. It is laid out in conventional
style, 200 feet wide, containing two
property walks, each twenty feet wide,
two drives, each forty feet wide, and
a central tree space 100 feet, traversed
by a central mall of twenty feet,
flanked on each side by the two rows
of trees above mentioned. English
elms were selected as it was found
that they thrived better under the ad-
verse conditions that confront city
trees, than does the American species.
Next comes The Fens, laid out in
the early eighties, when the surround-
ing country was but a salt marsh
called Back Bay. With the march of
time, the development of the territory
with institutions such as the Museum
of Arts, Simmons College, the Italian
palace of Mrs. Gardner and other edu-
cational institutions, both private and
municipal in character, sanitary con-
ditions intervened, and this park lost
the fens aspect, and is now being im-
proved to satisfy the tastes of a resi-
dential section. The north meadow
overlooking the Richardson bridge, and
the Boyle O'Reilly memorial, is at
present the scene of busy preparation
for the Convention Garden arranged in
conjunction with the annual meeting
of the Society of American Florists
and Ornamental Horticulturists, at
Boston, August 18-20. Here exhibitors
from all over the country have ar-
ranged beds to show rare and hereto-
fore unseen specimens of their par-

ticular plants. Tender nymphaea,
aquatic shore plants, grasses, roses,
crotons. geraniums, gladioli, and many
other plants hardly known to the ex-
perts as well as the general public.
will be seen. The space containing
about ten acres, is admirably adapted
for the garden, and it is hoped that
the many thousands of visitors will
enjoy the treat, as well as the citizens
of Boston.

The narrow tract of land known as
the Riverway. which is the connecting
link with The Fens and the parks be-
yond, shows beyond doubt the highest
perfection of landscape art. The late
Frederick Law Olmsted, who was se-
lected as the adviser of the Park Com-
mission, and the designer of its parks,
turned from a most uninteresting site,
traversed by a marsh creek, happily
named Muddy River, into a pleasing
drive, flanked on one side by steep
banks sloping to a charming stream,
winding about, now disappearing be-
hind a clump of trees, now appearing
again further on over the tops of low
growing shrubs.

From there on we enter Olmsted
Park, named from the builder, con-
taining three pretty lakes, Leverett,
Warde and Jamaica Ponds; these are
planted with shore plants, and the
slopes with many rare shrubs and
trees. Jamaica Pond, the largest, is
a very grand addition to the park
system. It is situated in an immense
plain, surrounded on three sides by
high hills, and is quite deep, the floor
in some parts below the level of the
sea. It is about 50 acres in extent,
boating and skating are both enjoyed
in season, but on account of the great
dept of water there is considerable
danger attached.

Arnold Arboretum is a park of 350
acres, located on the hills in the south-
erly part of the city, midway between

Olmsted Park and Franklin Park, and
connected with both by a 200-foot
parkway called the Arborway. The
Arboretum is under the direction of
Harvard University and is the recog-
nized headquarters of arboricultural
information in the country. Under
Prof. Sargent's direction, collectors are
engaged in all parts of the world gath-
ering information about new and rare
specimens of hardy shrubs, trees and
herbaceous plants. This information is
disseminated gratis to all institutions,
and to all responsible persons inter-
ested in the development of horticul-
ture.

Hemlock Hill contains one of the
most remarkable groves of hemlocks
to be found in the proximity of a large
city; its beauty has been amplified
by the planting of immense masses of
rhododendron and mountain laurel at
its base.

Franklin Park, with 5C0 acres of
rolling territory, is the most interest-
ing park in the city; in fact, is now
recognized as among the leaders of
the country. Its timber tracts are
covered with a rich growth of oak,
hickory, birch, beech and chestnut, its
hills with the typical New England
juniper, and the broad meadows are
dotted with many fine specimens of
our good old American elm, than
which no more attractive tree grows.
The Franklin Park Zoo, started some
few years ago, has done much to
make the place attractive. The bear
dens in Long Crouch "Woods, are very
attractive to the visitor; they are very
extensive and are considered the best
of their kind. The animals are all
young and are good specimens, a total
of fifteen being shown. The bird house
is a very artistic looking building at
the entrance to the Greeting, opposite
the children's playstead; it has an
oriental effect and a personality that

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is striking;; nearby is the flying cage
and pond for aquatic birds, and at
the other end of the Greeting are the
deer and elli yards, and the Round
House, containing miscellaneous ex-
hibits.

Franklin Field is a large athletic
ground near Franklin Park containing
a score of ball diamonds, tennis courts.
bowling greens, a quarter-mile cinder
track, cricket grounds and a half-mile
speedway. This. like all playgrounds
in the city, is provided with showers,
lockers and all accessories for sport
lovers.

A parkway connects Franklin Park
with Marine Park, South Boston, where
are situated boat houses, bathing
beaches, a public landing and the
aquarium. A bridge connects this park
with Castle Island, on which is located
historic Fort Independence, now turned
over to the city by the National gov-
ernment.

If Boston parks are remarkable for
any one thing in particular, it is in
the opinion of most experts for the
great amount of planting that has
been done, and the successful treat-
ment that has resulted. In Franklin
Park the same varieties of trees found
there, have been used in the new
plantations, with a strong inclination
towards the red oak. This tree has
been found also best suited for boule-
vard planting; at the points nearer the
ocean, however, silver poplar, the
Carolina poplar, the white willow, and
white ash, have shown best results.
English elm and European linden have
been successfully used as boulevard
trees. Althougli some foreign shrubs

have been used, where a particular ef-
fect was wanted, in general, native
shrubs are more desirable, and the
bulk of the planting has been accom-
plished with their assistance, vibur-
nums, bush honeysuckles, common bar-
berry, hackberry. philadelphus. and the
dogwoods being in the majority.

The total area taken for park and
playground purposes since the en-
abling act of 1875 is 2,527 acres at
a cost of nine million dollars, and the
construction and improvement account
is more than eleven millions, making
a total of twenty millions expended.
This money was provided under the
authority of the city government by
short loans covered by twenty to fifty-
year city bonds.

Identification of FerfUizer Materials.

In working with commercial fertil-
izers it is often desirable to know, not
only the percentage of the various in-
gredients as given by chemical analy-
sis, but also the compounds in which
these occur in the fertilizer, i. e., the
carriers of these ingredients. In the
case of organic materials such a cal-
culation is practically impossible, and
it, therefore, becomes necesary to iden-
tify a large number of the substances
occurring in commercial fertilizers by
means which give the compounds, as
distinguished from chemical ingredients
of these compounds.

Bulletin No. 07 issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture gives
the results of experiments with a num-
ber of substances chosen for examina-
tion, included in the list being potas-
sium chloride, potassium sulphate, am-

monium sulphate, sodium nitrate, cal-
cium nitrate, lime, dried blood, raw
and steamed bone meal peat, humus,
muck and tankage among others.

It was found that by microscopic-
petrographic methods which are fully
explained in the bulletin that potas-
sium chloride, potassium sulphate, am-
monium sulphate, sodium nitrate, cal-
cium nitrate and limestone could be
identified.

Raw bone meal is whitish in color,
and under the microscope, evident bone
structure is seen, and while steamed
bone meal is very similar to raw bone
meal, and it is not always possible to
absolutely distinguish the two. the
steamed bone meal may be darker in
color, has a friable appearance, and
does not show the sharp edges and
angles seen in the raw product.

Dried blood is blackish, dull dark
red, and dark purplish in color, and is
somewhat brittle. Microchemically.
blood may be tested for in numerous
ways, in the examination of blood cor-
puscles, etc.

Peat, humus, muck, etc., vary very
much. The vegetable matter of the
material, however, indicates its nature.

Tankage is rather heterogeneous.
Particles of bone and other animal mjit-
ter are present. It has an emphyreu-
matic odor, while garbage tankage, on
account of its extremely various and
heterogeneous nature, can not be de-
fined as a unit. Its heterogenity, how-
ever, affords an indication of its nature.

Lime, Iioth quick and slaked, are
quickly identified chemically.

It appears by test that a large num-
ber of the substances examined admit
of positi\e identification. The excep-

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tions are susceptible of such tests as
will least indicate their nature, but
there seems to be no doubt that by
combining microscopic, petrographic

and chemical methods of examination,
reliable information may be gained as
to the nature of the compounds consti-
tuting practically all fertilizers.

GARDENS OF INTEREST IN MASSACBllSETTS.

The Cradle of American Horticulture.

Boston has ever been the center of
interest to horticulturists from all
parts, even from abroad. Eminent
landscape men have traveled far from
Boston to make the country more beau-
tiful from coast to coast and this
fame has naturally attracted the best
of gardeners to the city, first to the
exhibitions in the famous old hor-
ticultural hall with its great library,
and of later years to the new one
where we have to go and see the best
that skill has produced m the old
world or the new.

There have ever been munificent
patrons of the art of gardening resi-
dent in the near vicinity who have
aimed at the best the climate would
permit and both this and the soil have
been kind beyond most others, and
it is frequently the case that visitors
of fame from across the ocean are
surprised to see that their own plants,
whether from the far east or the west,
have outdone themselves under the
care of those who planted them. It
. is also true, too, that the passing of
some of these plant lovers has made
little difference to the continuance of
the work. An example of this will be
found at Wellesley where fhe Walter
Hunnewell grounds, famed far and
wide, and visited by the Society of
American Florists in 1890, will be fouud
in even greater perfection than at
that time. Here are seen in large
trees all the finest conifers that can
be grown, great belts and masses of
rhododendrons and a choice collection
of those that are not quite hardy are
carefully tended and protected in win-
ter. The terrace garden is the best
example of its kind in this country
and is In fact, the only one we have
seen that had a reasonable excuse for
its beiriJ. Sloping from the high
ground down to beautiful Lake Wa-
ban with serried ranks of trimmed
evergreens, even more beautiful in
time of snow, one can not but admire
the man who conceived the plan and
carried it out. the late H. H. Hunne-
well.

Another famous estate is that of .Mrs.
John Lr. Gardner, at Brookline, where
the spring garden was first carried
out on a large scale. There are a host
of these now, but at that time it was
unique, sheltered by pergolas, walls
and banks that lent their kindly help
to protect thfe tender shoots in times
of bitter spring winds, and Boston
has these winds unlike all others. In
the old days we were always sure to
see at Mrs. Gardener's something rare
""and to admire. Rhododendrons, too.
are a feature as in most gardens to
be seen here. People never tire of
planting these and the laurel. Or-
chids are also well grown and often
exhibited from this collection and
violets that were the envy of all.
were once produced here every day in
winter from frames outdoors.

A short distance away, still in Brook-
line, will be found the home of the
Nestor of Boston horticulture, Charles
Sprague Sargent, the man who is most

famous today here and abroad as hav-
ing the best knowledge of trees and
shrubs, having traveled to all parts
of the world to study them in their
native haunts, and a writer of books
that are monumental. Dr. Sargent is
the director of the Arnold Arboretum
and his garden and grounds are a
gold mine of things new, rare, and even
unique, for we may see plants of many
kinds that are the only specimens in
cultivation, being carefully nursed or
propagated. It may be said with
truth that nothing has escaped the
keen eye and exact examination of
this collector. Here it is that plants
are condemned or approved before they
are born in a commercial sense. Here
are real trial grounds and the plants
we see preserved have some good rea-
son for being Jiept. The fine collec-
tions of azaleas, peonies, conifers,
rhododendrons, lilacs, wistarias and a
host of other things well repay a visit
long to be remembered.

A short .lourney to Dedham and we
are at the estate of Dr. Weld. With

a wealth of natural conditions that
have been made the most of for so
many years it is hard to see where
nature left off and art began. An
abundant supply of water and a rocky
ravine have 1 een utilized to make suit-
able places for plants that thrive in
such locations where there is plenty of
shade and moisture. All kinds of.
choice conifers, shrubs, rhododendrons
and kalmias are to be seen planted by
the acre under taller trees as an ever
green ground cover. The whole prop-
erty slopes down from a rocky hill-
side to the famous Charles river. On
the buildings Euonymus radicans has
been used extensively, proving an ideal
hardy evergreen vine. The identity
of this plant is somewhat lost in that
like Ficus repens. when well treated
the leaves take on a distinctly larger
growth, proving that the form known
as E. radicans is a sport and that the
newest, the one we now have as E.
minimus and still smaller, is of similar
origin. In the greenhouses are to be
seen fine crops of grapes and many
interesting plants under trial or prop-
agation.

The north shore, some way from
Boston, has become famous as being
the summer resting place of eminent
people from presidents down, and the
gardens in many cases are as famous
as the owners, both alike reflecting the
comfort sea breezes bring in summer.
If one feature of our art were to be
singled out as most worthy of study
it would be the hardy roses. These
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pared gardens and in all the newer
kinds on the Swift. Moore, Frick.
Spaulding and many other properties
to an extent not to be seen elsewhere
in such fine vigor. Many rambler
roses were raised in this state by M.
Walsh, of Woods Hole, and as seen
here, even at this season, are worth
careful study especially the newer ever-
lilooming kinds.

Boston has e\er had reason to lie
proud of her older gardens and there
are newer ones that vie with them,
and as newer creations ought to be
visited. The Weld garden, the home
of Lars Anderson, in Brookline, is one
of these, built on an historic site with
stately terraces, views of greater Bos-
ton and spacious grounds, extensive
ranges of glass and trained fruit trees
indoors and out. We here see the per-
fection of modern skill carried through
all departments. Spring gardens are
a feature, ranges of frames contain
thousands of plants in their season to
replenish the borders as flowers pass
out of bloom. The vine-clad pergolas
planted with the choicest climbers
lend shade and a sense of distance to
a home that is new, nestling among
trees that have had Interest for genera-
tions of Welds. Another and similar
example is that of the Brandegee es-
tate with spacious grounds, formal
gardens, greenhouses and a model
farm, all enjoying a seclusion hard to
appreciate when we consider Brook-
line is a very large town, in fact a
suburb of greater Boston.

One could greatly enlarge upon thi.=

list but convention visitors are neces-
sarily busy and the great outdoor
movement that we are e.xiieriencing,
the wonderful new interests that are
evident on all sides, making for the
broadening out of all branches of hor-
ticulture makes Boston a most interest-
ing place to visit again. After the
lapse of 24 years there will be many
faces missing that seem to belong to
the picture, famous men in their day
whose work lives after them, but there
will be the opportunity to become
acquainted with the new generation of
gardeners who are just as zealous in
their work and who will make the visit
equally profitable and interesting to
those who take the time to call upon
them.

Wood Ashes.

El). AlIERICAX FLORIST :

Please advise where I can use wood
ashes best; that is, whether on roses,
carnations, lilies, pot plants, etc? I
can get all the ashes made from burn-
ing oak and gum under boilers that
I could ever possibly need, and at
1 ractically no expense. I unders.tand
wood ashes arq rich in potash but
lacking in phosphorus and nitrogen.
What fertilizer should I use to bal-
fnce the wood ashes properly in the
cultivation of flowers?

Arkansas. B. C. J.

Wood ashes contain some four to
six per cent of potassium, when un-
reached. The advisability of applying
them to the soil to supply this ele-

ment depends more on the character
of the soil than on the plant grown.
.Sandy soils and those originating from
peat bogs are most likely to be lack-
ing in potassium, while cla.vcv and
loam soils are usually well supplied.
Wood ashes also contain lime, up to
1,000 lbs. per ton. This constituent Is
valuable for correcting acidity of soils.
Whether a soil is acid may easily be
determined in a rough way by press-
ing some moist soil over a strip of
blue litmus paper and noting the
change in color after an hour's time;
a red color indicates acidity. Most
plants thrive better in a soil not acid,
;ind this holds true for roses, carna-
tions and sweet peas. There are some
exceptions, however, and so far as Is
known to the writer no systematic
work has been done along this line
with greenhouse plants. Fertilizers
containing nitrogen, as dried blood,
sulphate of ammonia, and sodium ni-
trate, and those containing phosphorus,
as acid phosphate and steamed bone
meal, supply the elements most likely
to be lacking (but not necessarily
lacking! in the soil, which are ^not
present in wood ashes. The amounts
to use of each depend on the type
of .soil to which they are to be applied
and to some extent also on the plant
grown. The experiment station of
your state or the Department of Hor-
ticulture, University of Illinois, very
probably can furnish information In
regard to your soil type if a sample
is sent for examination.

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Boston Convention Garden.

As the Convention Garden is sure to
be an attraction to the delegates to the
S. A. F. convention an outline of the
leading features would seem to be in
order.

The Garden is easily reached by tak-
ing Chestnut Hill cars in the subway
at Scollay square or Park street,
alighting at the Fenway entrance,
Boylston and Ipswich streets. As we
enter the Fenway, in the center of a
triangular space surrounded by trees
and shrubbery we find a monument
erected in memory of John Boyle
O'Reilly, poet and orator. We are now
traversing Boylston road or drive,
which skirts the Garden. Viewed from
an eminence, the Garden, which is
located in a basin 1.5 or 20 feet below
the street grade, and has a perfectly
level area of 10 or 12 acres, is attrac-
tive and picturesque from a scenic
standpoint, aside from the many land-
scape attractions recently added. On
all sides the rim of the basin border-
ing the Garden is studded with trees
and shrubberj', and on the lagoon,
which winds around two-thirds of the
circumference of the Garden, gondolas
have been launched, giving an addi-
tional touch of novelty and pictur-
esqueness. Descending a wide but not
steep stairway from Boylston drive, the
Garden is entered, and the first attrac-
tion that presents Itself is a large and
elaborate bed planted by the park and
recreation department of the City of
Boston. The design represents the seal
Of the city and the coat of arms of
the United States, while on each side
is the leaf emblem of the Society of
American Florists. The plants used in
the arrangement are of the 'varieties
usually seen in classes of work ^^ this
kind and include alternantheras. eche-
verias, lobelias and others. This bed.
is 30 feet in diameter and contains
between 7(1.000 and 8O.OOO plants.

Near at hand are several other
large beds planted by the park de-
partment which are very attractive
both in planting and design. These
beds are oblong in shape, crotons Ijeing
planted in the centers, and with ficus.
abutilon and pandanus attractively ar-
ranged, with bo- '"^rs of alyssum. Near
to the beds already mentioned, as well
as near the point of entrance, are a
number of beds planted by commercial
men, directly to the left of the bed
representing the seal. These displays
are very attractive features and are
much admired. On the right, and op-
posite to the exhibits of the commer-
cial men are numerous other displays.
Passing between these groups at the
right and left of the entrance, we come
to the tent. From this point there is
a semi-circular walk to the right, and
also one to the left, the walk being
laid out to follow the general course
and not far distant at any point from
the lagoon. In other words, starting
from the tent, taking the path at the
right and returning by the path on
the left, all the beds, with one excep-
tion, can be seen, being arranged con-
tingent to the walk. This exception is
tfte exhibit of R. and J. Farquhar &
Co.. Boston, and is the premier display
of the Convention Garden. It is located
a little to the right of the general
groups, on the edge of and extending
over the lagoon. A rustic bridge
crosses the lagoon and leads to a
Japanese tea house, which extends out
over the water. At the entrance to
this exhibit there is a large bed let-
tered "Farquhar. 1014." and thisi is
flanked by nursery stock (evergreens)
and a great variety of herbaceous stock.

THEODORE WIRTH, MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.
I'rc'slfii-Ml SofiiMv uf AiiiiTii-aii Kloi-ists.

I 'onsidering the short time in which
the work had to be done, the extent of
ground and water covered, and the
great variety of stock used, it is a re-
markable creation. In another column,
or in our ne.xt issue, we hope to give
a more extended notice of this display.
Included in the list of exhibitors in
the Convention Garden are the follow-
ing:

No. 3. Henry R. Comley. Boston.
Mass. — Cosmos, encircle by double
white marguerites, and border of
coleus.

No. 4. W. W. Edgar Co., Waverley,
Mass. — Standard and bush heliotrope
interspersed with L. magnificum, with
border of variegated vinca.

No. 5A. Bidwell & Fobes. Kinsman,
O.— Gladioli.

No. 5B. E. E. Stewart. Brooklyn.
Mich. — Gladioli, 17 varieties.

No. 0. Knight & Struck. New York
— Buddleia grandiflora.

Nos. 7 to 10 incl. Mt. Desert Nurs-
eries. Bar Harbor. Me. — AstilVie and
aster display; also bed of phlox with
border of Saxifraga -McNabiana.

No. 11. Knight & Struck— Cosmos.

No. 12. B. Hammond Tracy. Wen-
ham, Mass. — Gladiolus Tracy's Dawn,
laid out and planted with alyssum in
addition to spell the name "Tracy."

Nos. 13 and 14. The Conard & Jones
Co.. West Grove, Pa, — Two beds of can-
nas in variety, including Mrs. Kate
Deemer, Mrs. A. F. Conard. Beacon,

Loveliness, Wyoming, Winter Colos-
sal, Panama and Mrs. William Saun-
ders.

No. 25. -B. Hammond Tracy— »Gladioli
in variety and alyssum.

Nos. 26 to CO incl. A. N. Pierson,
Inc.. Cromwell. Conn. — Exhibits of bed-
ding' plants in variety, Baby Rambler
roses and herbaceous stock; cannas,
acalypha. geraniums, Stevia variegata
with border of Alternanthera brillian-
tissima.

No. 3]. Eastern Nurseries, HoUiston,
Mass. — Phlox and delphiniums.

No. .32. City of Boston — Hydrangeas.

No. 33. Carter's Tested Seeds. Inc.,
Boston. Mass. — Lawn grass with bor-
der of tuberous rooted begonias and
alternantheras.

No. 34. R. Vincent, Jr.. & Sons Co.,
White Marsh. Md. — Geraniums Mary-
land. Scarlet Bedder and Mrs. Law-
rence.

No. .3."). A. T. Boddington, .\ew York
— Hyacinthus candicans.

No. 30. A. M. Davenpoit. Water-
town, Mass. — Coleus.

No. ,37. — R. & J. Farquhar & Co.^
Boston, Mass. — Buddleia and hyperi-
cum.

Nos. 38 to 42 incl. The Conard &
Jones Co. — Cannas.

No. 50. William Sim. Cliftondale,
Mass. — Bed of antirrhinum with border
of alternantheras.

No. 51. The Robert Craig I'o.. Phil-
adelphia. Pa. — Crotons.

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A. M.

Davenport — Bed of

Being used as an overHow

James Vick's Sons, Roch-
Y. — Gladiolus Rochester

No. 52.
coleus.

No. r,4.
nursery.

No. 55.
ester. N.
White.

No. 56. Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.
—Gladioli.

No. .5GB. A. G. Magnuson, Man-
chester, Mass. — New seedling salvia,
border of white petunias.

No. 57. Peter Henderson & Co.,- New
York — New Canna Gen. Funston.

No. .58. Eastern Nurseries — Bed of
conifers.

No. 59. F. W. Fletcher. Auburndale,
Mass. — New antirrhinum (snap-
dragon).

No. 00. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chi-
cago and New Y'ork — Canna Fire Bird.

No. til. John Lewis Childs, Flower-
field. N. X. — Gladioli in variety.

No. 02. R. and J. Farquahar & Co. —
Buddleia and hypericum. .

No. 03. S. J. Goddard. Framingham,
Mass. — Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine.
FLORIST 13p 7pt Sixteen

No. 70. Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc.
— Bed 50 feet in diameter represent-
ing a clock, with green lawn for dial,
and hands and figures of alternan-
theras, with achyranthes with acaly-
pha used in the lines.

No. 75. A. T. Boddington. — Gladi-
oli.

No. 77. Arthur F. Coolidge, Cam-
bridge, Mass. — Geraniums.

Nos. 78 to !I0 incl. W. A. Manda.
South Orange. N. J. — Planted with
shrubbery and herbaceous stock In
variety; beds of boxwood and varie-
gated privet, evergreens, dahlias and
geraniums.

No. 91. F. S. Palmer, Brookline,
Mass. — Bed of purple petunias with
border of verbenas.

No. 92. A. M. Daxenpiirt — Bed of co-
leus.

No. 93. Edward Miicmulkin. Boston.
Mass. — Bedding plants.

No. 110. Henry A. Dreer, Inc..
Philadelphia, Pa. — Water lilies and
other aquatics.

No. 120. William Tricker. Arling-
ton. N. J. — Water lilies.

No. 127. R. & J. Farquhar & Co.—
Garden display and Japanese tea
house.

Don't Take Too Much.

United States Supreme Court decis-
ion : Y^ou may have a few grains of
arsenic in you canned peas and a few
drops of acetic acid in your vinegar,
but don't take too much of either.

Quickly Understood.

"This plant belongs to the begonia
family."

"Ah! And you are taking care of
it while they are away." — Boston
Transcript.

Dorner In En§:land

Notes of a Tonr of Horticliltural Establisli-
nients in England by Prof. IT. B. Dorner, of
the University of Illinois.

We arrived in Liverpool on the after-
noon of July 22 after a smooth and un-
eventful voyage. Most of our time since
landing has been spent in general sight-
seeing. We have, however, had the
pleasure of visiting one large commer-
cial establishment, namely, that of the
Dickson's at Chester.

On our arrival at Chester we called
at the office of the firm and were in-
vited to inspect their nurseries. A trap
called for us at the hotel and we were
taken to the nurseries which are located
a short distance from the city. The en-
trance drive to the nurseries was very
striking as the shrub and tree borders
were edged with three rows of tufted
pansies in lilue, lavender and yellow.
The plants were a mass of bloom and
made a border about three feet wide.

At the office we were met by Mr. Rob-
ertson, of the ornamental department,
who showed us about the nursery. The
Dickson Royal Nursery comprises about
500 acres and is devoted to the growing
of ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs,
herbaceous perennials, rose.s. bedding
plants, exotics, etc. The stock of trees
and shrubs, which are in excellent con-
dition, include all forms that can be
grown in England. Here were seen
large blocks of holly, laurel, rhododen-
drons, golden yews and other ever-
greens.

From three to four hundred thousand
roses are propagated each year, mostly
in hybrid teas and teas. These are ail
grown in the field and the block of two-
year-old stock made a beautiful picture
with its mass of flowers. Many stand-
ard, or tree roses, are also grown. Bud-
ding of these forms was just in prog-
ress.

In addition to the ornamental trees
many timber trees for reforestration
purposes are also grown. Over 5,000.-
0(J0 European larches form just a part
of this plantation.

Little is done with greenhouse plants
as the ereat demand is for herbaceous
perennials and annuals.

After a three-hour tramp through
this nursery one can not help but be
impressed with the fine condition of
the plants and by the absence of
weeds.

In traveling about England one is
deeply impressed by the great quanti-
ty of flowers used in adorning even the
smallest of yards. These masses form
a riot of color as the brilliant colors
are the ones most used. With the
cool weather and abundant mojsture
even the rock piles can be converted
into gardens. Chrysanthemum Maxi-
mum, four feet high and with flowers
five inches in diameter, are very com-
mon. The bedding violas are so cov-
ered with flowers that the foliage can
not be seen. Why shouldn't the Eng-
lish people have flowers when they
have an ideal climate for them?

Mr. Smith, of the Dickson Nursery,
reports that in the neighborhood of
Chester they have had a little more
rain than usual for this time of 4he
year, but that in the southern part of
England there has been a bad drought.

Beloit, Wi.s. — John Rindfleisch is on
a booster trip with the business men
of his city.

St. Paul, Minn. — A new greenhouse
at the university farm is almost com-
plete. An addition also has been made
to the main greenhouse on the main
campus.

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THE CARNATION.

New Carnation Aviator.

The Chicago Carnation Co. will start
to distribute its new seedling carna-
tion. Aviator about January 1. T.ll.").
Aviator, a magnificent red flower, is a
cross between Maceo and a red seed-
ling. C. W. Johnson describes it as a
bright fiery red. just the Christmas
color and says it appears to be freer
than most red varieties. The growth is
very similar to Peerless Pink and the
growers from Chicago and vicinity that
visited the Chicago Carnation Co.'s
greenhouses on the annual excursion
last December saw this variety when
it was in crop and were most highly
pleased with it.

Care of Growing Stock.

It is a great satisfaction to everyone
concerned when the benches are all
filled and the carnations planted; es-
pecially so. when the plants are a
good thrifty looking lot of stock. Most
of the plants that have come under
our notice this summer all look good,
not quite as large as some years, out
nice sturdy branching stock. These
plants had the benefit of good rams
the early part of the time they were
in the field so that they made good
growth and have stood the hot dry
spell of the last month in good shape;
afeo we find very little red spider on
the plants this year. Usually m this
section we have considerable trouble
with this pest. ,

A word or two about the plants you
intend to plant into the benches. Let
me impress upon every grower the im-
portance of planting only the very best
plants you can get. Should any of the
plants on hand be scrubs and not up
to the standard, do not plant them,
but buy some fresh stock to take their
place so that the whole place is planted
with an even lot of first class plants
ready to do business from the start.
One thing of great importance we
should bear in mind, and that is. we
must not lay down in the care of the
plants because they are all in the
benches. There are many little details
that need just as close attention now
as before. One of these is not to al-
low the weeds to get large enough to
choke off the circulation of air among
the plants before removing them, but
directly the plants begin to take hold
of the soil start the scratching over of
the surface of the beds to keep the
soil open and sweet. Before consider-
ing the planting of the houses com-
plete be sure that everything about
them is cleaned up. the walks, under-
neath the benches and all the corners.
Let this be as much the general plpn
of finishing up each house as is the
planting; also any work of repairing
such as putting in glass, running the
roof with putty or any carpenter
w<?rk can be attended to now before
the fall work starts in. Any work con-
nected with the heating system that
is to be done should also be Pttended
to while there is plenty of time to do
it thoroughly.

The earliest planted stock will now
be well on the way to being well es-
tablished in the soli and can be given
full light by washing any traces of
the shading from the glass. The fresh-
ly planted houses should have the
shade left on for about a week, until

WM. F. KASTING. BUFFALO, N. Y.

Troiisuror Snripty of AniiTii'iin Florists.

upon examination the white roots cun
be seen to have started out. when a
part of the shade should be removed,
then a few days later a- little more;
then as quickly as the plants have
taken hold of the soil well, the glass
should be given a thorough cleaning.
About the most important part in car-
ing for the carnation is to get the soil
in the begt condition for the roots to
work properly, and to allow for this,
the soil must neither be spongy nor too
firm, but open enough for the water to
pass evenly through it, and at the same
time firm enough for the plants to
make a sturdy growth. When the
plants have become well established,
the beds should -be gone over and the
surface leveled up. This should not be
done while the soil is in a wet state
but when it is a little on the dry side
so that after they have been gone over
the beds can be given a good watering.
How much to top. and when to stop
altogether, after the plants are planted
inside depends on three things: first,
on the variety; second, on the size or
condition of the plants; third on the
time the first flowers are wanted. Va-
rieties that are slow of growth and
make heavy growth shoots Staking as
an example the variety Rosette) ought
not to be topped after being brought
inside except to remove here and there
a shoot that is budding up short, also
plants that have become extra large
and woody will do better if some of
the growths are allowed to come up
to Iilonin: to top them off even only

throws these plants into making a
lot of short stem growths. Plants of
medium size when in active growth
can be topped for another month yet
and these are the best plants to work
along and rely on for the Christmas
crop. If floweij are wanted as early
as possible select the benches with
the larger plants; then if they come up
heavier than needed for the time being
thin out some of the shoots — there is
nothing that needs more judgment
than this part of the work and it
is also something that every grower
must decide for himself according to
the condition of his plants, his purpose
with them, and the varieties which he
grows.

C. W. JOHNSON.

Trees.

Trees are common in many places,
but are found oftenest in the woods.

We have seen woods without almost
everything, but we have never seen
one without trees in it.

Trees are divided into many kinds,
but the commonest are family — and
shoe.

Many people are afraid to look up
their family tree for fear they will
see an ancestor pendant.

The sequoia is the largest tree we
know about. It grows about .300 feet
high, and sometimes more. It even
did this before lumber went up so.

On the other hand the shoe-tree
never grows more than two feet.

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JOHN YOUNG, NEW YORK.

Secrelarv Soriclv of Amoricaii Florists.

The sagebrush is one of the smallest
forest trees. A sagebrush about 400
years old is nearly two inches in di-
ameter, but it is tough enough to
make up for its svelteness.

Hall trees grow more in cities than
any other kind except box elders and
presiding elders.

Sycamore trees are the most im-
modest trees there are. They go
naked nearly all year, showing their
bare limbs without blushing.

The chestnut oak and the white oak
are used a good deal for tanbark. also
other kinds of oaks. By addin.g s to
oak. a fine juice is produced.

Tanbark is obtained by disconnect-
ing a tree from the stumps, after
which amputation the hide is removed
from the trunk.

No tree ever does any good after it
has been operated on for tanbark.

When the hide of a tree is removed
surreptitiously by someone by whom
the tree is not owned, this is called
skin grafting.

Gift Pinchot is a great friend of
trees, and has used much conversa-
tion about their conservation.

If Gift had hi.s way the trees would
all be left standing or sitting. He is
strong for the gentle shrub, and is
thinking of joining a bush league.

rine of the principal uses of trees is
for ants to run up and down.

Maple sirup is sometim ?s obtained
from trees. — Daily Press.

WITH THE GROWERS

Dreer's Riverton Nurseries.

When one wants to see the latest
and best flowers or plants of the com-
mercial flower world he must go to
Henry A. Dreer. Inc., at Riverton. N.
J., for in no other place in this coun-
try, or the old, can such a varied or
extensive collection be found. Acres
of glass are given to cultivating
palms, ferns, ornamental foliage and
flowering plants. The herbaceous
plants are a great feature — nowhere
else is there such a collection. Can-
nas and dahlias occupy at least a hun-
dred acres and immense storage
houses are necessary for the roots in
winter. One to properly describe the
important features of the establish-
ment would have to write a volume of
book like form. Their catalogue has
been likened to a flower encyclopedia
and is certainly the most valuable
book of its kind. The bu.siness is won-
derfully organized. Any one variety
of its hundreds of thousands of plants
can be located at once. There are a
number of good men. heads of de-
partments and experts in their lines,
who make up the official family, but
the genius of the establishment is
John G. Eisele, the master plantsman,
who by his foresight and untiring en-
ergy has brought the business to its
complete and exalted position.

One of the features of this place
is palms. They are largely grown from
the seedling up. and very many to
make up the large stock required are
imported. The useful Kentia is seen
by the ten thousand, whole ranges be-
ing filled with this valuable palm. All
palm seedlings are now grown in pots,
two seeds to a two inch pot in the
case of Kentias and arecas; one seed
each of cocus and latanias. These
pots are bedded in ashes on top of a
table, not underneath as was once the
case. This requires more work at the
start but the better after results more
than repay the trouble, as there is no
check on repotting as by the old plan.
Made up Kentias are now put together
here, as the English do not, nor do the
Belgians as yet. know how to assem-
ble the plants satisfactorily.

Cocus Weddelliana are a specialty,
being grown into large sizes up to four
feet or more in height. A large range
of houses holds the largest collection
of this palm to be seen anywhere.
Whale oil soap solution, Mr. Eisele
says, is thought to be the best in!3ec-
ticide, that is. they think so now. hav-
ing in years past been just as certain
as to other decoctions. Any soap that
will form a coating sufficient tO'
smother the scale is more or less effi-
cient.

Ferns are an important branch and
dinner table ferns are grown by the
million. Flats filled with young plants
sold to be grown on by other florists,
are a feature ornamental and half
the stock of the country is from
these houses. The Boston and its
variations are largely grown, as
are the beautiful Farleyense. This
is a specialty and grows here like
the proverbial weed. This is also
the home of the cibotium, the wonder-
ful decorative fern, the variety Schie-
dei being first introduced commercial-
ly from this place. This is being
grown outside in frames under raised
sash, shaded with white lead and gaso-
line, and the situation appears ideal.
Asplenium nidus, the bird's nest fern,
is also featured and grown, thousands
of them in frames alongside the cibo-
tium. Other interesting plants grown
in quantity are Pandanus Veitchii.
dracjenas in many varieties, and orna-
mental foliage, stove and flowering
plants, the latter having a range to
themselves. The outside grounds with
their hundreds of acres are filled in
the most orderly manner with the her-
baceous plants and the great variety of
other stock being grown during sum-
mer and to be housed later.

Young herbaceous stock is seen by
the hundred thousand in two and
three inch pots in frames. Nearly all
this class of plants is sold in these
pots. A rose garden with grass walks
and with all the new and sterling old
sorts correctly labeled is a popular
spot for visitors. A two acre tract of
double and single petunias is a beau-
tiful sight. They were being hybrid-
ized for seed. Acres of herbaceous
phloxes in full flower were a dazzling
sight. The outer gardens, where all the
fine nympheas and lotus flowers \Kere
doing their best, is also a feature.

At the large Riverview addition, with
its hundreds of acres of dahlias and
cannaa. there are large ranges of glass
filled with Kentia palms and Phoenix
Roebelenii; this latter has a whole
range to itself and is splendidly grown.
Dracaenas and asters are largely grown
and a very large stock is seen of the
variegated pineapple. Splendidly ber-
ried aspidistras and young plants of

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the same fill a larse range. Outside
are thousands of tlie new French hy-
drangeas of which Mr. Michel, the de-
partment head in charge here, is very
enthusiastic. In speaking of the Euro-
pean war. Mr. Eisele thought possibly
it might not last long enough to inter-
fere with later importations, but if it
did, it would very much affect bay
trees, boxwood. Dutch bulbs, azaleas,
valley and further importations of
palms. If Kentia seed, now some-
where on the way, was held up and
damaged by later delivery, it would
mean a year's loss and a gap in this-'
family of palms, that would be quite
serious to the industry. K-

Louis J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I.

Louis J. Reuter, vice-president and
general manager of S. J Reuter & Son.
inc.. Westerly. R. I., and the son ol'
.'^. J. Reuter, was born in Norwich,
Conn., in 187'J. At that time his father
was in charge of a private estate in
Norwich. One year later the farnily
removed to Westerly, R. I. Louis re-
ceived his education in the public-
schools of Westerly and the Rhode I-";!-
and State College, Kingston. He has
been an active member of the hrui.
particularly the past year, during his
father's illness. He was married Oc-
tober 2, 1911, to Miss Alice Lewis, an
amiable young lady of Westerly. They
have one son, Norman Lewis, born Jan-
uary 13, 1914. Through his connection
\nth the business he is well known and
highly esteemed in the wholesale dis-
tricts of New York and Boston, as well
as by many in the trade of othgr cities.
The Reuter range has always had a
fine reputation for good stock, particu-
larly roses, and is keeping it up under
the able management of Louis J. Reu-
ter. He is well reinforced by Edgar
Bayley, rose grower, Frank Late, car-
nation grower, and M. Regan, plants
man. Although roses and carnations
are the leading products, a great vari
ety of plants and other cut llowers are
grown. This is made necessary on
account of their large retail trade, they
having stores at Westerly, R. 1., Nor
uich and New London, Conn. Going
through their range recently, we can
say that it would be hard to find a
better stock of Mrs. Taft, Sunburst.
Pink Killarney and Double White Kil-
larney roses. Richmond, Irish Fire
Flame and other varieties are grown
with equal success. A considerable
area planted to Pink Killarney is
about to be displaced for Killarney
Brilliant. A considerable number of
John Cooke's new rose, Francis Scott
Key, will also be planted this season.
In addition to the range of liOU.OOH
square feet of glass, this firm owns a
fine farm of 100 acres, on which 40
cows and a number of heifers are kept,
which furnishes a good supply of ni:i
nure. The milk is sold in Providence.
Another large tract of land has thus
far been used largely as a supply for
sod and soil.

A. F. F.

B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass.

On .a recent visit to Cedar Acres,
the gladiolus farm of B. Hammond
Tracy, after looking it over and learn-
ing something of its history, we were
reminded of several passages from a
good old book, to the effect that the
barren land shall become fruitful and
the desert shall rejoice and blossom as
the rose. There is an old gentleman

in the neighborhood. SLI years old. whose
father died at the age of 10?,. and it
was handed down from generation to
generation that nothing ever grew on
this particular tract of land. Possibly
the reason for it being now so pro-
ductive is that it had never been
worked out.

Having acquired this land as an in-
vestment, eleven years ago Mr. Tracy
began growing gladiolus in .a small
way, l..'"i00 bulbs being his first plant-
ing. Today he has forty acres and
both his bulb and cut flower trade has
reached large proportions. Among his
bulb customers are the leading seeds-
men of the country and his cut (lowers
go to many cities. He has in the past
made great improvemeijts in the land-
scape features, as well as the condi-
tion of the soil, and is now reaping his
reward. A large storage and packing
house has been outgrown by the busi-
ness and another large building of con-
crete is now being constructed. This
year's crop is a record breaking one.
In a booklet which he has written tell-
ing of his experience this paragraph

FLORISTS' PALMS.

Louis J. Reuter, Westerly. R. 1.

occurs: "'You will note that I have
said we, for Mrs. Tracy has had no
small part in the work connected with
the success of Cedar Acres." Those
who have been so fortunate as to meet
Mrs. Tracy and admired her striking
personality and cleverness will readily
agree to that statement.

With Mr. and Mrs. Tracy on the
farm are his father, 78 years old, but
\ery active, a brother, and a son.
There are also two younger children
in the family. In 1912 Mr. and Mrs.
Tracy exhibited at the Ro.val Inter-
national Horticultural Show in London
and won the silver cup of the Na-
tional Gladiolus Society and the diplo-
ma of honor. At a recent exhibition
of the Massachusetts .Horticultural So-
ciety they were awarded the gold
medal for the advancement in culture
and uses of the gladiolus.

A. F. F.

Battle Crkek. Mien. — W. S. Coggan
is considering building plans for a
house 42x12.5 feet. Mr. Coggan says
his business has increased ."lO per cent
in the past few months.

Care of Growinsf Plants.

Midsummer is the period of most
rapid growth for the majority of palms,
and at such a time an abundance of
water is required not only at the root
but also overhead, a moist and grow-
ing atmosphere being required with
the August heat to produce the best
results. Such conditions are also fa-
vorable for the reproduction of the
various insects that frequently trouble
the palm grower but vigorous syring-
ing with a good pressure of water will
do much toward keeping these pests in
check, while spraying and fumigating
with the various insecticides at regu-
lar intervals will also help in the good
work.

A reasonably heavy shading is
needed at this season in order to keep
up a rich color in the foliage, but the
matter of shading may be carried to
excess, for too heavy a coating on
the gla.ss is not only hard to remove
before winter, but also causes the
growth to become lanky and the leaves
too thin in texture. Then there will
be a certain amount of hardening off
that should be given the plants before
they, are in the best condition for the
retail trade, this hardening off con-
sisting chiefly in giving more light
and air. and also as far as possible
in giving more space to the plants,
that they may receive the benefit of
the light and air, and at the same time
develop more symmetrically.

An e\en grade of stock will often
do more to build up a reputation for
a grower than the possession of a
large quantity of variable quality.

It has frequently been remarked in
these random cultural notes that a
palm, or for that matter almost any
other iilant that is to be used in a
dwelling, should be well-rooted before
it is considered fit for the retail coun-
ter, for those freshly potted and poor-
ly established plants are very likely
to develop a boomerang quality and
thus to come back on the seller, on
account of the unsatisfactory results
secured by the purchaser. I have seen
a sturdy, well-rooted plant of Kentia
Forsteriana grow well in a dwelling
for several years in some instances,
while others that were soft and poor-
ly rooted would only last for a few
weeks under similar conditions, and
we must remember that it is the satis-
fled customer that does the most to
favorably advertise the retail dealer.
Produce good stock and sell it for a
reasonable profit, and the plant busi-
ness will continue to grow rapidly,
but if a man buys a plant for .$1.00
and sells it at $3..'")0, it sometimes
proves to be a little more than the
traffic will bear. There does not seem
to be much change in the average
palm list in regard to varieties unless
it may be found among those grow-
ers who cater to the amateur trade,
and consequently have to carry a more
extended list.

In such a list may be found such,
noble species as Ceroxylon niveum.
Stevensonia grandifolia. Latania com-
mersoni. Martinezia lindeniana and
Phytelephas macrocarp.a. all of which
are out of the common run of com-
mercial palms, and are worthy of more
extended use among those having con-
servatory accommodations for them.
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Chairman Publicity Commit'ee.

John H. Dillon.
Chairman Board of Park Commissoners.

E. Allan Peirce.
Chairman Entertainment Committee.

Thomas Roland.
Chairman Finance Committee.

A. P. Calder.

Chairman Inform.'ilion (.'ominiltee.

Wm. J. Kennedy. Wm. R. Nicholson. Herman H. Bartsch.

President Boston Gardet.ers' and Florists' Club. Chairman Sports Commiltee. Vice-Prea. Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Cluly.

CHAIRMEN OF THE BOatON COMMITTEES AND OTHER PROMINENT WORKERS.

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grown and sold at bargain prices, be-
cause many of them are rather slow in
growth and uncertain in germination,
and therefore the general trade grower
confines his attention to the Kentias,
Cocos weddeliana, Areca lutescens,
some Livistonias and possibly a cou-
ple of species of Phoenix. And speak-
ing of the latter, the dwarf Date,
Phoenix Roebelinl is really one of the
most graceful palms that can he used
In the house, its pleasing color and
feathery foliage being most attractive.
as well as being of a very enduring
character.

It is not surprising that such a plant
should find many friends, even though
it may be less profitable to grow than
the Kentias. for example. Seedling
palms are likely to call for attention
at this season, either to be potted
off from the seed pots or beds, or to
be shifted on from two to three-inch
pots. In the first case they need han-
dling with care to avoid breaking the
roots, then to be watered in thorough-
ly and given shade enough to enable
them to recover speedily while those
from an earlier potting that are now
ready for a shift should be handled
before they have a chance to get
drawn and spindly, giving the young
plants space enough on the bench
to ensure a stocky growth, and also
giving water enough as they need it,
for these plants are thirsty subjects.

W. H. TAPLIN.

•Mkiudi.\x. MI.S.S.— Mrs. N. G-. McKin-
ney reports that the weather has been
very dry and hot, but is more favor-
able to plant growth now. ,

S.\N" Antonio, Tex. — Nurserymen and
horticulturists of Texas have laid plans
for a State botanical garden and in
their discussion of the matter at Col-
lege Station, Brackenridge Park, one of
San Antonio's most attractive show
places, was suggested as the site.

PLANT NOTES.

Peonies.

Now is the best time to move or
divide peony roots. Plants that have
been in one location for a number of
years will grow too thick and will not
produce either so many or so good
flowers as younger plants, although
the peony does not produce the best
quality flowers the year after trans-
planting. The ground in which peonies
are to be planted should be well en-
riched and deeply spaded in preparing
it for the young plants.' In digging
the plants, dig all around the plants
and then carefully in.sfert the spade
underneath and lift the plant, taking
pains that the large roots are not
broken, for these pieces of root if
left in the soil sometimes start new
growths and if other varieties are
later planted in the ground, cause- a
mixture. The roots can be cut up into
quite small pieces, but it is better to
leave three strong eyes to each piece
and not divide into too small plants.
Set the plant good and deep and firm
and if the ground is dry, give it a
good watering.

Geraniums.

All the cuttings that can be t,aken
should be secured now, for a frost
that will cut everything down may be
expected before many weeks in the
northern part of the country at least.
In making the cutting all the large
leaves should be removed, leaving only
the smaller leaves and the top. The
most economical way to propagate
these fall cuttings is to insert the cut-
tings in 2i*.-inch pots filled with sifted
soil, into which a liberal amount of
sand has been mixed. After the cut-
tings have been placed in the pot they

should be given a good watering and
placed on shelves, preferably near the
glass, and shaded with papers for a
couple of weeks. The papers will pre-
vent too rapid evaporation and conse-
quently continual watering, as the
stem is likely to rot if the cuttings are
kept too wet. It is much better not to
wet the cuttings, after the first water-
ing, until they show signs of wilting.
A sprinkling of the foliage in the
morning will carry the. plants along
for some time before watering the pots
will be required. If cuttings enough
cannot be secured the plants should
be lifted and potted that a good supply
of cuttings may be secured early in
the winter.

Tulips and Narcissi.

The tulip and narcissus bulbs should
be placed in the pans and boxes as
soon as possible after their receipt. It
does them no good to leave them lying
around, and it is far better to get them
in the soil as early as possible. Much
of the trouble in blooming these bulbs
is laid to the tardy treatment of the
growers by the bulb merchants of Hol-
land and in case of failure they are
quick to use this as an argument as
the cause. If the .bulbs are planted
early they will at once start to make
roots and the forcing of them is then
a comparatively easy matter. Have
the flats all ready, as has been writ-
ten of Paper White narcissus of con-
venient size. Any old rose or carna-
tion soil is good enough, but if it binds
too closely, mix in a generous quantity
of sand. Set the bulbs close together
and pack the soil firmly around them.
Have a place prepared outside and set
the flats on strips of boards and water
thoroughly. It is not advisable to de-
pend upon a rain, but unless the fall
is exceedingly dry they will not need
further watering. Cover the pots and

CARPET BEDDING AT BOSTON, MASS.
Representing Boston City Seal and Coat of .^rms

Courtesy of Boston Journal.

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Sidney Hoffman.

Thos. F. Galvin, Jr.

Henry Penn.

John J. Cassidy.

Philip L. Carbone.

John R. Newman.

Henry R. Comley.

Frank H. Houghton.
SOME PROMINENT MEN IN THE BOSTON TRADE.

Wm. J. Thurston.

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boxes with about three inches of soil,
over which throw some old straw or
litter to prevent too rapid evaporation.
Here they can remain until freezing
weather sets in, when if there is a
dark, cold cellar, those that are to be
forced during the winter can be moved
into these quarters, while those that
are to be bloomed in the spring can be
more heavily covered and be easily
handled .after the warmer days of
spring arrive. If there is no suitable
cellar they can be wintered outside,
but it would be better to build a frame
around them and cover with shutters,
for it is a very disagreeable job shov-
eling off the snow and frozen covering
during the cold winter days. Where
they are to remain outside it is better
to plan about how many are to be
brought in each week, and place them
together so that it will not be neces-
sary to open up too many places, but
have the different varieties that are to
be taken out successively placed after
each other and together, and much of
the hard, cold work can be dispensed
with.

Decorative Plants.

The return of the customers from
their country and seaside summer
homes will create an immediate de-
mand for palms, ferns and other dec-
orative stock and the retailer or grow-
er who has not already prepared him-
self should do so at once. Plants can
be purchased at this time and shipped
safely and in order to save expense
They should be purchased at once be-
fore colder weather sets in, for they
can be transported by freight now and
after freezing weather it will 'be neces-
sary that they be forwarded by ex-
press and the difference in the charges
of these two methods is considerable,
adding materially to the cost of the
plant shipped by express. A flpe as-
sortment of palms is a necessity at
this season and should be obtained at
once in the saleable sizes as befits the
trade. Kentias and arecas from two
Xo four feet high can be bought from
$1.00 to $.5.00 each and are the sizes
most in demand. Phoenix Roebelenii
is a very decorative palm and in the
smaller sizes finds a good sale, but the
larger sizes are still quite expensive
and can be handled only by the high-
class trade. Ferns of the nephrolepis
family and dracaenas will be in de-
mand, in fact a full line of good deco-
rative stock is a necessity at this time
In any up-to-date establishment hav-

ing a retail trade. The stock on hand
should now be in active growth and
should not receive any check. It is
well to be prepared to give these
plants a little fire heat as soon as the
nights become so cool that the tem-
perature in the houses drops much be-
low 60 degrees.

Winter-Blooming Geraniums

The late cuttings that were saved
for plants for winter blooming should
now be thrifty, well-branched plants
in three or four-inch pots, and should
be shifted to .o-inch pots. If they
have been kept disbudded, as soon as
they become well established in the
5'-inch pots they will come into flower.
There will be a demand for these
plants as soon as the first frosts kill
the outside stock and a few with
flowers on them, at that time will be

Mrs. ■William W. Edgar, Waverly, Mass

wanted. The larger amount of the
plants will not be in demand until
later and by that time the pots will
be full of roots and a constant bloom-
ing plant will be assured. There may
be some small, shapely plants in the
field that will do for winter blooming;
if so they should be lifted and potted,
but they will not bloom as well as the
pot plants grown for this purpose.

Delphiniums for Town Gardens.

At one time, and that not so very
far distant, owners of gardens in towns
or within their baleful influences were
inclined to place a somewhat severe
limit upftn the ornamental flowering
plants suitable for cultivation in them..
Hence in the past many town gardens
lacked the interest and the attractive-
ness that they might, and indeed
should, have possessed. Now a great
change has been effected in the views
of those who have to indulge their
taste for horticulture under the condi-
tions that obtain where space is limited
and the atmospheric conditions are not
particularly favorable to plant life, and
the owners of a town garden who are
well acquainted with the free-growing
hardy plants include in their selections
many additional plants of great beauty.

We may indeed find in some gardens
that are more or less favorably situ-
ated, large and beautiful displays of
roses, which by so many rose lovers
were at one time regarded as an im-
possibility. The greatest advances have
been made with the hard.v herbaceous
plants that are free in flowering and
liossess a robust constitution, such, for
instance, as those to which reference is
now being made. •

A fuller acquaintance with the cul-
tural requirements of hardy plants has
unquestionably contributed to their be-
ing planted more extensively in gardens
in which the conditions are not spe-
cially favorable to their attaining their
full development. In the country,
where the occupants enjoy plenty of
space, an abundance of light, and a
fairly deep soil, they will make satis-
factory progress with a moderate
amount of attention, but in town gar-
dens the cultivation must be carried
out on fairly liberal lines to insure suc-
cess. This the owners, with their ex-
tended knowledge of the needs of the
plants, have recognized, and, in bestow-
ing more care upon them, they have
attained such satisfactory results as to
considerably increase the number of
kinds.

The method of culture in town gar-
dens doe-s" not differ appreciably from
that in the country, but in the former
it is essential that every detail should
have care at the proper time. While
close attention to cultural details may
with advantage be insisted upon, it is
highly satisfactory to be able to state
that they are not numerous or difficult
to understand.

FARQUHAR'S DISPLAY IN THE BOSTON CONVENTION GARDEN.

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Mrs. Chas. E. Critchell.
Presidmit Ladies' Society ot Am. Florists

Mrs. Ciias. H. Maynard, Detroit, Micii.
Secy Ladies' Society of American Florists.

Mrs. M. A. Patten.
1st Vioe-Pres. Ladies' Society of -\m. Florists.

One of the first points to consider in
entering on the cultivation of the per-
ennial larkspurs is the provision of a
deep and moderately rich bed or border
for their accommodation. A compara-
tively light and open position should be
selected by preference, the surface cov-
ered with a layer of nicely-rotted
manure from the farmyard or stable,
some four to six inches in thickness,
and the soil trenched to a depth of two
feet, the manure being well incorpo-
rated in the process.

Another essential to success is the
avoidance of overcrowding, which for
so long a period was a great hindrance
to successful delphinium culture. Four
or five feet will be a good distance at
which to arrange distinct varieties
apart, unless it is desired to have large
masses of color, when rather closer
planting may be adopted. Overcrowd-
ing of the growths in the individual
plants results in the production of com-
paratively small flower spikes, and
ought in all cases to be avoided by
rigorous thinning in the early stages
of growth. When replanting home-
grown roots, the proper course to take
is to carefully divide each one into two
or three portions, with two or three
growths, and remove, if any, the weak
growths. In the seasons in which
the old plants or stools are not lifted,
the thinning of the shoots can be read-
ily done when they have pushed
through the soil and attained a height
of three or four inches. As a matter of
course, those possessing the greatest
degree of strength remain for the pro-
duction of flower spikes, and the others
are cut off near the base.

The early part of March may be con-
sidered the best time for the plant-
ing of delphiniums, but with a
stock of plants in pots from which to
draw planting may be done at various
times of the year with success. Plants
bedded late in spring will not produce
finely-developed flower spikes in the fol-
lowing summer, but they become thor-
oughly established by the autumn, and
will be in splendid condition for the
production of spikes of exhibition qual-
ity in the summer of the following
year.

The necessity of a liberal application
of manure previous to planting has
been mentioned, and it may now be

Mrs. Wm. F. Gude.
2nd \'ice-Pres. Ladies' Society of .Vni. Florists

Mrs. Albert M. Herr.
'Treasurer Ladies' Society of .vm. Florists.

stated with advantage that, to main-
tain the delphiniums in a thrifty state,
a 3-inch layer of manure, similar to
that advised for use in the preparation
of the soil, should be spread over the
surface after new growth has com-
menced, and be lightly forked in.

The really beautiful varieties now at
the command of planters are now so
numerous as to greatly perplex those
who are unacquainted with the more
recent introductions.

The following will form an exception-
ally fine selection : Ardite. deep blue,
with dark center, semi-double: Blue
Tender, silvery blue with white center,
exquisitely beautiful in its soft color-
ing; Candidat. a very handsome va-
riety, the flowers of large size, brilliant
blue, with rose purple and white cen-
ter; Dr. Bergman, a charming variety,
the flowers sky-blue, shaded mauve in
center, semi-double; Duke of Con-
naught, highly effective, flowers large,
fine form, blue suffused with purplish-
crimson, and with white center; King
of Delphiniums (as its name suggests.
this is of outstanding merit, and one
of the very best of the dark varieties),
indigo blue with ourple suffusion and
white center; Lamartine has a fine
habit, and is free in blooming, color
dark blue, with white center.

Madame 'Violet Gesliftis. a rather tall-
growing variety, the flowers blue and
heliotrope color with white eye; Mas-
terpiece, a remarkably handsome form,
with large flowers of a brilliant color,
the margin of petals deep rose, and the
center white; Mrs. Creighton, a beauti-
ful variety, dark blue, suffused purple,
and with dark center, semi-double; Rev.
E. Lascelles, one of the finest varieties
of its color, which is dark blue with
white center, semi-double; Sir George
Newnes. a handsome variety of tall
growth, the flowers brilliant blue, the
center mauve-purple and white. — George
Gordon, in the London Gardeners' Mag-
azine.

Denver, Colo. — Walter & Richmond
have a permit for erection of a green-
house to cost $2,000.

Columbus. O. — Frank C. Vierick.
florist. 172 East Town street, filed a
petition in bankruptcy August 6. His
indebtedness is .$6,732.05 and assets
.$t.623..50.

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THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Robt. Klft, PhUadelphia, Pa.

Whlti House Funeral Flowers.

Among the flowers at the "White
House for the funeral of Mrs. Wilson
were many elaborate designs. Wash-
ington florists were called upon as
never before. Orders came by cable
and telegraph from every part of the
world. Scarcely a capital of the world
or a city of the United States was un-
represented. A great blanket of
orchids sent by the democratic clubs
of Baltimore was carried by six men.
From every quarter of the land had
come the floral tributes of great pub-
lic organizations, of states and states-
men, cities and citizens. The simple
gray casket rested upon a bank of
flowers 15 feet high. The newsboys
of Washington, whom Mrs. Wilson
had befriended, sent a wreath which
touched the president's heart perhaps
more deeply than the tributes of
rulers. Before the service the presi-
dent placed a wreath of orchids and
lily of the valley upon the coffin.
Seven vans carried the flowers to the
Union station, whence the body of
Mrs. Wilson was to be carried to
Rome. Ga., for burial. The president
ordered most of the flowers sent to the
Washington hospitals, as it was im-
possible to carry all on the train.

Gude Bros, had the work for the
j:.adies' Democratic Card Club, Mexi-
can Legation, Suburban Club, Wm. F.
Gude, Luke Lee, Mrs. Lee Douglas,
Mrs. F. K. Shields, Mr. and Mrs. Dav-
ies. Public Printer and Mhs. Ford.
Comptroller of Currency, Treasury de-
partment, John Sharp Williams, mem-
bers of the House of Representatives,
Senator Culbertson, Chief Justice and
members of the Supreme Court, Mrs.
Augustus Woods, Geo. Hess, Benj. B.
Chamberlain, M. P. Galloway, Cornish
Discussion Club, Paymaster Knapp.
Secretary of Labor. Wm. B. Wilson.
Daniel C. Roper, Washington news-
boys. Firemen's Association, Director
and employes Census Bureau, from
every employe in the Department of
Commerce, United States Marshal,
White House Correspondents' Associ-
ation, Mrs. Harry A. Hurlburt, AUon
S. Huburt, the Public Printer and em-
ployes of the Government Printing of-
fice.

J. H. Small & Sons : Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Baker. James L. Slayden, Mr.
and Mrs. James F. Downey, Mr. and
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Attorney-Gen-
eral McReynol'ds, Col. E. M. House,
T. W. Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. Theo.
Roosevelt, Austro-Hungarian Embassy,
Maurice F, Egan, Gridiron Club, Cen-
tral Presbyterian Church, Venezuelan
Legation, President of Venezuela,
Costa Rica Legation, Daughters of
American Revolution, President of
Guatemala, Joaquin Mendez and Mad-
ame Louz Mendez, Washington Corps
of Correspondents, Executive offices
(Mr, Brahany), Class of '79, Dr. Gray-
son, Secretary to the President, ushers
and oflicers of the White House, Rev.
G. H. Atkinson, Mrs. W. H. F. Lee.
Minister of Honduras. Mrs. H. C. Wal-
lace, Ambassador Page, Japanese Am-
bassador, The Danish Minister. Miss
Agnes M. Winter, Chinese Legation,
Boy Scouts of America, Mrs. Cyrus
McCormick, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, Portuguese Minister, Bra-
zilian Ambassador and Madame ida
Gama, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Riano, Mr,
and Mrs. Henry Morganthau, Mrs, Geo.

T. Marye, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cham-
bers, Mrs. J. W. Folk, Rev. and Mrs.
H. E. Kirk, Miss Isabelle Hagner,
Federation Southern Memorial Asso-
ciation, Mrs. Boardman, Dudley Field
Malone, Citizens of Pass Christian.
Mississippi, the Vice President, Hon.
Pierre Cochran and Mr. Wilson.

Z. D. Blackistone : Federal Reserve
Board, Secretary of State, United
States Senate, House of Delegates of
Porto Rico, German Embassy, Panama
Republic and State of Georgia.

Washington Florists Co. : Peruvian
Legation. Bolivian Legation, President
and Minister of Norway,

"W^ Marche & Co. : Russian Embassy,
Chillian Legation, House of Senate,
Georgia. ,

Geo. C. Shaffer : Department of La-
bor, Peoria, 111,

Geo. H. Cooke : Mayor of New York,
Justice Lamay.

C. E. Brooks': Colombian Legation,
Chillian Legation.

Philadelphia to Boston.

At a meeting of the Florists' Club
of Philadelphia, held Tuesday, July 7,
the selection of the route to be taken
by the club in attending the conven-
tion of the S. A.'F. at Boston, August
18-20, was the subject of spirited dis-

cussion, each member of a committee i
of three favoring a different route. It
was finally decided that the club will
go to New York via the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad, thence to Bos-
ton by Metropolitan line boat, leaving
Murray street. New York, at five
o'clock p, m. The fare will be .$12. .50
Philadelphia to Boston and return.'
state rooms extra.

As the New York Florists' Club will
go to Boston on the same boat there
should be a merry crowd. Leo Nies-
sen was chosen chairman of a com-
mittee to see the party safely on board
the boat.

Washington to Boston.

BOSTON CONVENTION ARRANGEIIENTS.

The committee on transportation for
the trip to Boston of the Florists' Club
of Washington, D. C, has made ar-
rangements to go on the Merchants
and Miners Line from Baltimore, leav-
ing that city Friday, August 14, at 6
p. m., and Norfolk Saturday, the 15th,
at 7 p. m., arriving in Boston Monday,
the 17th, at 0 a. m.. in good shape after
a most delightful and restful trip.
This trip will allow a day (Saturday)
at Old Point Comfort. Norfolk, Cape
Henry, or Virginia Beach.

The fare, which includes berth and
meals, will he .$15 one way and $25 for

WREATH ON EASEL FOR THE WILSON FUNERAL.
By Geo. IL Shiill'cr, WiishinL'luu, D. C.

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the round trip. Return may be made
by rail (or boat and rail) if desired.
Rates will be furnished on application
to the committee.

Chicagro to Boston.

President Wirth of the Society of
American Florists will leave Chicago
Sunday evening. August 10, on special
train over the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad, La Salle street sta-
tion, at 8 :00 o'clock, with the Chicago
Florists' Club and others desirous of
joining the convention party on the
President's Special.

This train Is due at Niagara Falls
Monday noon at 32 :04 o'clock and sev-
eral hours will be spent there, the
party leaving again at 3 :50 p. m. the
same day and due in Boston Tuesday,
August 18, at 7 :0o a. m. The fare
from Chicago to Boston and return is
$30, good for 30 days. Berths. Chica-
go to Boston (one way), lower, $5.50;
upper. $4.40. The foregoing rates ap-
ply only to Boston and return. Many
extended tours and side trips may be
arranged returning, on application to
local transportation agents at equally
low rates, including New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston, Thousand Islands,
Hudson River, etc.

All members of the Society of Amer-
ican Florists and their friends from
points north, west and south of Chi-
cago, who wish to join the President's
party at Chicago should secure tickets
reading over the Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern Railroad and New York
Central, Chicago to Boston and return.

Reservations will be made on appli-
cation to G. K. Thompson. 100 South
Clark street, Chieago, 111., telephone
Randolph 5300, who will cheerfully
supply all other information regarding
this trip.

The Chicago Florists' Club, at its
meeting of August 6, instructed its
transportation committee to arrange
for through Pullman cars, Chicago to
Boston, so that it will not be neces-
sary to transfer baggage at Niagara
Falls. There will be an additional
charge of 50 cents for this accommo-
dation.

New York to Boston.

The New York Florists' Club on its
trip to the S. A. F. Convention will
travel to Boston by the palatial
steamer "Massachusetts" of the Metro-
politan Steamship Company, leaving
New York Monday, August 17, at 5
p. m., from Pier 18, North River, foot
of Murray street. Single fares, $4.00.
Berths, extra, as follows : Two-berth
stateroom, outside, .$2.00; inside, with
electric fan, $1.00. The transportation
committee in order to properly take
care of the members and friends of tlie
club has reserved 100 staterooms on
the "Massachusetts," sailing on Au-
gust 17, and as traffic is very heavy in
August, it is earnestly requested by
the committee that requests for reser-
vations be made at the earliest mo-
ment possible in order that proper pro-
vision may be made for the comfort
and entertainment of the members and
guests of the club. The room reserva-
tions will be held up to 10 days of the
date of sailing, after which time state-
room reservations cannot be guaran-
teed. Frank H. Traendly is chairman of
the transportation committee and all
applications for reservations must be
accompanied by cheque or money order
in payment of same, made payable to
him.

STANDING WREATH FOR THE WILSON FUNERAL.
By Glide Bros., Wasliiiis-'tou, I). ('.

Twin Cities to Boston.

The Minnesota State Florists' Asso-
ciation and the St. Paul and Minne-
apolis Florists' Clubs have appointed
a joint transportation committee to at-
tend to the comfort and Interests of
the delegates from this part of the
(iountry to the Boston convention of
the Society of American Florists, Au-
gust 18-20. The committee, working in
conjunction with the Chicago Florists'
Club, which has arranged for the Pres-
ident's Special from Chicago on, has
selected the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railw^ay as the official line be-
tween the Twin Cities and Chicago
and hopes to secure enough delegates
to fill at least two sleeping cars. The
party will leave Minneapolis at 8:00
p. m., St. Paul at 8 :40 p. m., Saturday,
August 15, on the Pioneer Limited.
The Special cars will be -detached at
Morton Grove about 9 :00 a. m., Sun-
day, August 16, and arrangements will
be made to visit the extensive green-
houses of the Poehlmann Bros. Co.
The trip will be continued at noon,
arriving in Chicago at 1 :00 p. m.,
giving the delegates all afternoon lor
a visit to the Chicago parks and other
places of interest. The special cars
will be transferred to the President's

Special while the delegates are tak-
ing in the sights of Chicago, and every
known comfort to travelers is so as-
sured, making it unnecessary for them
to transfer their baggage and secure
other accommodations.

The fare from the Twin Cities to
Boston and return, good 30 days, is
$46, via Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, Lake Shore & Michigan South-
ern, New York Central & Hudson River
and Boston & Albany, $8 for lower,
$6.40 for upper berths, and $28 for
drawing room. As the national society
held its last convention in Minne-
apolis, it is hoped that the middle
west will return the compliment with
a strong delegation to this year's con-
vention in the east.

For reservations and further infor-
mation communicate with C. F. Rice,
chairman of the transportation com-
mittee, 218 North Fifth street, Min-
neapolis. Minn.; C. R. Lewis, C. P. &
T. A., Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway, 328 Nicollet avenue. Minne-
apolis. Minn., or P. H. Thorn, city
ticket agent, 365 Robert street, St.
Paul, Minn.

We.st Park, O. — The West Park
Greenhouse Co. has increased its cap-
ital stock from $15,000 to $30,000.

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Canadian Horticultural Association.

THE ANNUAL CONVENTION.

The seventeenth annual convention
•of the Canadian Horticultural Associ-
ation was held at St. George's Hall,
Toronto, Ont., August 4-7. There was
a good attendance and the trade ex-
hibition was unusually fine. President
H. B. Cowan of Peterboro, Ont., was
unable to ,be present owing to death
in the family a;.ici E. O. Mepstead, of
Ottawa, Ont.. presided. The pro-
gramme included the usual addresses
and reports and papers were presented
as follows : *'Park Systems," by
Charles Chambers, Toronto, Ont.; "A
National Plant Register," by H. J.
Moore, Queen Victoria Park, Niagara
Palls. Ont.; "Hardy Conifers," by Prof.
W'. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticultur-
ist, Ottawa, Ont.; "Greenhouse Con-
struction," by A. C. Wilshire, Mon-
treal; "Block Houses vs. Single," .by
W. W. Gammage, London, Ont.; "Cy-
clamen," by E. O. Mepstead, Ottawa;
"Recent Rose Introductions," by Wal-
ter Muston, Toronto, and "New Green-
house Plants," by B. B. Collins. To-
ronto. The discussion of the govern-
ment grant was laid over owing to the
present war situation.

The visit to Miller & Sons, Brackon-
dale, for luncheon on the opening day
was a pleasant one, the hosts leaving
nothing undone to show the visitors a
good tiiiie. After luncheon the mem-
bers visited Ihe grounds of Sir Henry
M. Pellatt and were surprised at the
magnitude of the castle and garden
now under construction. The city fur-
nished autos free to visitors to make
the trip to both of these places of in-
terest. On Wednesday afternoon the
association visited the Dale , estate,
where all were agreeably and profitably
entertained by the management of this
model greenhouse establishment. Thurs-
day afternoon the members of the as-
sociation were the guests of the Rich-
mond Hill Horticultural Society. Three
cars were necessary to convey the
guests. The party also visited two new
ranges of Jno. H. Dunlop and W. F.
Lawrence on this trip. On Friday the
members were the guests of the Gar-
deners' and Florists' Association on a
day's trip across Lake Ontario to Ni-
agara Falls, the event being the annual
picnic of the association.

The trade exhibits included : More-
head Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich., steam
traps; King Construction Co., North
Tonawanda, N. Y., greenhouse con-
struction materials; Lord & Burnham
Co., Toronto, Ont., greenhouse construc-
tion materials; A. L. Randall Co.; Chi-
cago, florists' supplies; Dale Estate.
Brampton, Ont., plants and flowers; J.
A. Simmers, Toronto, Ont., bulbs and
supplies; J. Gammage & Sons, London,
Ont., plants; Thos. Manton, Toronto,
plants; Steele-Briggs Seed Co., Toronto,
plants and bulbs; Connon Floral Co.,
Hamilton, Ont., plants.

The officers elected are H. B. Cowan,
Peterboro, Ont., president; F. W.
Adams, Toronto, first vice-president; J.
Frayer, Prescott, second vice-president;
Julius Luck. Montreal, secretary and
tre^urer. Executive committee : Two
years, R. L. Dunn. St. Catherines; H.
J. Eddy. Montreal; J. Jordan, Peter-
boro. One year, A. Ferguson, Mon-
treal; John Milford, Sherbrooke, Que.,
and Frank Wise, Peterboro. Three
years, elected, Fred Dicks, London;
Geo. Douglass. Toronto, and B. Wil-
liams, Montreal.

The feature of the association ban-
quet Wednesday evening was the pres-
ence of 15 past presidents who each
wore a badge on which was stamped

the association name and the year that
each one served. The Society is 17
years of age and all the presidents are
living, the two absent ones being Geo.
A. Robinson and P. Welsh, of Montreal.
London was chosen for the next an-
nual meeting.

Pittsburgh

FUNERAL WORK HEAVY.

Business the past week was about
the same as usual, but the retailers
report a heavy rush on funeral work
toward the end of the week, which did
away with a vast amount of stock
that had accumulated August 6 and 7
Sweltering hot weather has come back
to us again which is felt very keenly
in the flower business. A few good
heavy showers which have fallen re-
cently have improved things wonder-
fully. A severe electrical storm hit
Pittsburgh and surrounding , towns
Sunday evening, August !.>. The ter-
rific gales surely must have done some
heavy damage, but nothing has %een
heard of as yet. The supply of asters
has been increasing heavily day by
day until now the time has come
when they are ready to be given
away. ' Stock of this sorf which is not
right "up to snuff" finds very little
chance of bringing any price at all,
as choice stock may be obtained at ex-
tremely low figures. There is also
an abundance of gladioli with us but,
like asters do not bring very much.
American Beauties of excellent qual-
ity are offered by the local wholesjalers
and are really the feature of the mar-
ket.

NOTES.

Wm. A. Clark, treasurer of the
Pittsburgh Cut Flower Company, is
spending a few weeks with his family
at Stowe, N. Y.. on Chautauqua Lake.
This surely must be Mr. Clark's choice
of hiding spots, as rather mechani-
cally he finds himself "there" every
summer. . .

Mrs. E. A. Williams, who is travel-
ing abroad, has cabled from Lucerne,
Switzerland, that she is awaiting a de-
cision of the government as to her
privilege of crossing the border to re-
turn to America.

The MeCallum Co. are handling an
elegant line of summer roses includ-
ing Mrs. Mock, Prince . d'Aronburg,
Radiance, Sunburst, Mrs. Taft and a
new crop of fine American Beauties.

W^e notice that our old friend Chas.
Earhardt is very active in the trade
both socially and in business in Buf-
falo. N. Y., where he is now located,
having gone there from Lorain, O.

Michael Kronis is in Warren, Pa.,
visiting his brother. He is also find-

ing time to retreat to the mountains
and partake of some of those lamb
roasts of which he is so fond.

Faulk Bros, report a record run on
funeral work August 8. when thev
turned out exactly fifty designs for
one funeral on the North Side.

E. J. MeCallum has been elected
to membership of the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce.

Edward and De Forest Ludwig have
returned from an enjoyable motor trip
through the east.

Pittsburgh florists now in Atlantic
City include J. Leo Giesey and Mrs.
A. Garrity. J.

San Francisco.

STOCK GOOD BUT TRADE QUIET.

Despite the fact that business is
rather quiet all the stores present a
very attractive appearance. There are
some remarkably fine roses to be
had, especially American Beauties. The
quality of the Lilium rubrum and al-
bum is especially good. The prices they
bring are quite satisfactory. Asters
are coming along with a rush and this
is the cause of the sharp decline in
price. Sweet peas are hanging on but
the warm weather has not helped the
quality any. The greater portion of
the stock is decidedly off color. Car-
nations are in fair .supply but the de-
mand for them is slow. The supply
of this stock will shorten up rapidly
from now on, as most of the leading
growers are replanting at present.
There is still quite an abundance of
outdoor herbaceous stock coming in
most of which is used for decorations.
Cattleyas are not so much in evi-
dence as they were last month, Men-
delli being about the leader. There
are some splendid dahlias on display
and these are meeting with ready sale.
Plenty of ferns and asparagus can be
had. The supply of good Bostons, es-
pecially the Harrisii type, are scarce.
Some of the stores are showing fine
baskets of Begonia semper florens.

CLUB OUTING.
The joint annual outing of the Pa-
cifice Coast Horticultural Society and
the San Francisco Retail Florists'
Association was held at Grand Can-
yon Park on Sunday, July 26. The
committee in charge of the affair had
everything -in readiness and helped to
make it the most memorable and en-
joyable outing that the joint societies
have ever spent together. A splendid
band of ten pieces met the picnickers
at the Ferry building and after an
enjoyable trip across the bay, the
special cars in readiness at the other
side took the crowd to the Canyon.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.'S NEW CARNATION, AVIATOR.

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CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION AT THE DALK ESTATE, BRAMPTON, ONT., AUG. 5.

The weather was ideal and the several
hundred florists and growers enjoyed
every minute of their stay. The base-
ball game between the growers and
retailers resulted in a victory for the
latter by a score of 8 to 3. Dan Ray-
mond was umpire and whenever the
decision happened to be a bit close,
genial Dan always gave the growers
the benefit of the doubt. The usual
number of "skin game" operators
were on hand, but thanks to the eagle
eye of Frank Pelicano they were
promptly ordered off the grounds. It
was late in the evening when the
return to the city was made and every-
body was tired, but happy. It was an
unqualified success and will long be
remembered.

CLUB MEETING.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Pacific Coast Horticultural Society
was held on Saturday evening, August
1. The special feature of the evening
was the lecture by Prof. E. R. Ong
on "Commercial Insecticides and Their
Value in Controlling Insects of the
Greenhouse and the Garden." The
subject was ably handled by Prof. Ong
and greatly appreciated by all the
members. A. Clemo and Carl Mueller
were admitted to membership. The
exhibition committee submitted a re-
port in reference to the fall show, in
which they revoked the resolution pre-
sented at the former meeting, and de-
cided not to hold a fall show. This
was somewhat unexpected and was
dissappointing news to members who
had been preparing for it for months
past. This will compel the leading
chrysanthemum growers to show at
Menlo Park or Los Angeles.

NOTES.

M. McKenzie left for Cuba August
4, instead of Jas. Ritchie, who re-
signed the appointment. There are
1,200 palms to be boxed and shipped
to this city for the Cuban government
building at the fair grounds. The
plants will all be shipped through the
Panama Canal.

Arthur Cann, of San Jose, was a
visitor during the week. He reports
trade as being quiet in that city,
funeral work being the only outlet
for flowers.

Several members of the trade who
had planned trips to the old country
this fall, have abandoned them in-
definitely owing to the war in Europe.

Emil Servean and family are spend-
ing the summer at their beautiful
country home in Portola. G. N.

War Affects All Trade Lines.

In addition to the comments on the
probable effect of the European war
on the various branches of the trade
liy leading importers, printed in last
week's issue, pages 97 and 98, we
reproduce herewith communications
from others who import extensively,
as follows :

ROBERT CRAIG, PHILADELrHIA, PA.

At the present time, with Belgium
the chief battle ground of the great
war, it seems almost impossible to get
azaleas, araucarias, palms, etc., proper-
ly shipped this fall. In time of peace
with nothing to interfere with the
work the entire force of the nurseries
working overtime can hardly get ready
and pack the orders for shipment In the
short lime available after growth is
completed. This year with most of the
able-bodied men in the army ship-
ments will be delayed, even if it is
possible to make them at all. Hol-
land and France are subject to the
same conditions so that we can hardly
expect to get our bulbs.

AUGUST F. POEHLMANN, CHICAGO.
Russia and England grow millions
of bulbs and lily of the valley
annually. If this trade is cut off,
Holland, Germany, France and Italy
will look to the United States to un-
load, provided safe transportation can
be secured. As a matter of precaution
we have advised all the Holland and
German houses that "on account of the
present abnormal conditions prevail-
ing in Europe, which may continue
for an indefinite period, we deem it
advisable at this time to inform you
that we will not assume any more
than the ordinary risk incurred in
shipping such goods when conditions
are normal. If you can not guarantee
safe and sound delivery, cancel our
order."

Gardeners' Boston Meeting:.

Through the courtesy of the Society
of American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists, the National Associa-
tion of Gardeners will hold its meeting
in Revere Hall (Mechanics Building).
Boston, on Wednesday, August 19, at
1 o'clock p. m., this being the conven-
tion hall of the S. A. F. All gardeners
and all interested in the profession of
gardening are cordially invited to this
meeting. Several able speakers from
different parts of the country will ad-
dress the meeting on subjects pertain-
ing to the profession of gardening and

horticulture in general. All members
in a position to attend the summer
meeting should make every effort to do
so and show an interest in their na-
tional association. The trip to Boston
offers several days of pleasant vacation
where the visitors will find much to
entertain them from the horticultural
point of view. There are few places
to be visited in this country which
would prove more interesting than a
trip to Boston and its vicinity. An ex-
ecutive meeting of the trustees and
directors as provided in the by-laws
will be held on Wednesday morning,
August 19, at 0 o'clock at the Copley
Square Hotel, the headquarters of the
association. Many of the members go-
ing by way of New York have decided
to travel by the outside line of steam--
ers. leaving foot of Murray street,
Monday, August 17. at 5 o'clock p. m.
M. C. EBEL, Sec'y.

Boston Hotel Rales.

The hotel committee of the S. A. F.
has made excellent arrangements for
the Boston convention, and, in but only
few instances, can hold reservations
until August 15. It will be best to
write direct to the hotel for reserva-
tions, but the committee would sug-
gest intending visitors sending dupli-
cate announcements to the office of
general secretary, 120 Boylston street,
Boston, room 702, as a record, as it is
the desire to h«lp members in every
wav.

The hotels li-sted below offer good
accommodations and are conveniently
situated.

Rates per day Rates per <lay

Hotels without batli. with bath.

Adams House $1..'30 to $4.00 $2.50 to $5.00

Bellevue 2.00 to S.FiO .3.5n to 6.50

BruDswIck 1.50 to 2.50 2..=i0 to .^.SO

♦Coplev Plaza .'i-OO to 8.00

Copley" Square 1.50 to 3.00

Hurlbuit'3 1.00 to 2..50 2.00 to .'J.OO

Lenox 1.50 to 3.00 2.50 to 5.00

New American 1.00 to 2..W 2.00 to 4.50

Nottingham 2.00 to 3..'i0 3..50 to 6.00

Parker House 1.50 to 4.,'in 2.50 to 0.00

Plaza 1.00 to 1.50 4

Somerset 2.,50 to 3.50 S.OOto 4.00

Thornrtike 1.50 to 4.00 2.00 to 6.00

Touraine 2.50 to 5.50 3.00 to 8.50

Westminster 1.50 to 2.00

Young's 1.50 to 4.50 2.50 to 6.50

•Official Headquarters, S. A. F.

COLLEGE STATION, TEX.— In the elec-
tion of officers July 30 the Texas State
Horticultural society re-elected J. H.
Arbenz of Sarita as president, and
Fritz Englehardt of Eagle Lake first
vice-president.

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The American Florist

Established 1885.
Subscription, United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year: Canada $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union, $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sesiding us change of address always send
the old address at the same time..
Advertising rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
opinions of our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 100 PAGES WITH COVERS

CONTENTS.

Floral progress of tbirty years 145

— StandardizatioQ greatest development 1-15

— Roses of three decades 145

— Carnation progression 146

— Other improvements of the period 146

— Decorative work becomes art 146

— Influences that developed trade 147

Prof. C. S. Sargent (portrait I 146

Jackson T. Dawson (portrait) 146

Boston's famous tree garden (iUus.) 148

The parks of Boston ( iUus. ) 149

Identification of fertilizer materials 151

Gardens of interest in Massachusetts (illus. ).152
Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.. New York store

(iUus. ) 153

Wood ashes 153

Boston convention garden (illus.) 154

Theodore Wirth (portrait) 184

P. Welch (portrait) 155

Dorner in England 155

The carnation 15(5

— ^ew carnation Aviator (illus.) 156

— Care of growing stock 156

Wm. F. Kastiug (portrait) 156

Trees 156

John Young ( portr.ait) 157

With the growers 157

— Dreer's Riverton nurseries *. 157

—Louis J. Renter. Westerly, R. I. (portrait). 158

. — B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass 158

Florists* palms 158

— Care of growing plants 158

Chairmen Boston committees (portraits) 159

Plant notes. — Peonies 160

— Geraniums — Tulips and narcissi 160

— Decorative plants 162

Some ■ ■• ■•■i'n.tif v.niitonians (portraits) 161

Mrs. William W. Edgar (portrait) 16-

Del[»hiniuins for town gardens 162

Officers Ladies' Society of Am. Florists

(illus.) 163

The retail trade 164

— White House funeral flowers (IUus.) 164

Philadelphia to Boston 164

Washington to Boston 164

Chicago to Boston 165

New York to Boston 165

Twin Cities to Boston 165

Canadian Horticultural Ass'n (illus. ) 166

Pittsburgh 166

San Francisco 166

War affects all trade lines 167

Gardeners' Boston meeting 167

Boston hotel rates 167

Personal 168

American Gladiolus Society 168

Warning to the trade 168

Thirtieth anniversary convention number'. .. .I(i8

)Mass;M)iii^('rts jiKricultural college 168

Ladies' Society of American Florists 168

Chrysanthemum Society of America 168

Society of American Florists 168

Providence, B. 1 182

Chicago 184

Chicago Florists' Club 188

Philadelphia 192

Cincinnati 193

New York ., , 194

Albany. N. \ 195

Frederick. Md 195

Milwaukee 198

Cleveland 196

Knoxvllle, Tenn 198

St. Louis 199

Import troubles 204

The seed trade 204

. — Ktew Zealand seed crops 204

-^-(5nlcago seedsman tells about crops 2')4

— California seed crops 204

— New Jersey seed crops 204

The nursery trade 214

— Texas Nurserymen's Association 214

Market gardeners 216

—Prices of indoor fruits and vegetables 216

— Vegetable savings .216

— Notes on cabbage 216

Baltimore 230

Oklahoma City 230

PEACEMAKER is the name of a new
English apple.

The Smith Memorial Fun(i amounted
to $1,339.10 August 12.

One grower has fortified himself with
six barrels of sulphur, believing the
gunpowder factory demand for that ar-
ticle will advance the price.

If any large percentage of imported
bulbs and plants fail to arrive, an ad-
vance should take place in the prices
of rose and carnation plants as well
as in home-grown palms and ferns.

Some are disposed to regard the short-
ages of European seeds, bulbs and
plants likely to result from the war as
not an unmixed evil in tljat they afford
an opportunity to show the best that
can be done with home products.

The Convention Garden.

The convention garden will be opened
officially by his honor. Mayor Curley,
Tuesday morning, at 11 o'clock. Dele-
gates are recjuested to be on hand
promptiy. John young, Sec'y.

American Gladiolus Society.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of The Ameri-
can Gladiolus Society will be held at
Copley Square Hotel, Boston, Mass.,
on August 19 at 10 o'clock a. m. All
members are urged to be present as
important business will be transacted.

M. CHAMBERLAIN, PreS.

Warning to the Trade.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia.
Pa., writes as follows under date of
August 10 :

"The trade is warned against a
young man who has made his appear-
ance in the New England states rep-
resenting himself as "Young Mr. Dreer."
In one instance, on a plausible story,
he secured the loan of some money
from a brother florist. There is no
such person as a 'Young Mr. Dreer'
and "William F. Dreer is not in the
country at this time."

Personal. i

Nic Zweifel, of Milwaukee, Wis.,

sends a postal card from Italy, dated
July 21.

Thirtieth Anniversary Convention Number.

The Thirtieth Annual Convention
Number of The American Florist
greets its subscribers. The date, Aug-
ust 15, is identical with that of our
first issue, circulated at Cincinnati.
More than 50 per cent of our readers
of that issue have joined the great
silent majority. Grandsons of men
then active are now taking their part
in the great many.-sided developments of
our trade. Leaders of that date, men
whose open doors of knowledge gave
such impetus to the infant cut flower
industry, have passed beyond. Re-
garding the growth of that pursuit
itself it is safe to say it has doubled Iri
volume six times in this 30-year period.

Massachusetts Agricultural College.

boston convention exhibit.

The Department of Floriculture of
the Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege is to have a booth at the S. A. F
(I'onvention in Boston. Professor A.
H. Nehrling. head of the department,
will be in charge and he will be glad
to give information on any point con-
cerning the work of the college, its
courses and equipment. Illustrated
pamphlets may be obtained at the
I booth, telling of the work of the De-

partment of Floriculture. The depart-
ment was established in 190G and has
the proud distinction of being the first
of its kind in this country. By many,
especially from the standpoint of the
eastern grower, it is considered the
best equipped institution for floricul-
tural work. In recent years the de-
partment has been strengthened by
additional equipment for instructional
work both in the class room and
laboratory.

Ladies' Society of American Florists.

Mrs. C. E. Critchell, president, gives
notice that the date of the ladies' re-
ception has been changed from Thurs-
day, August 20, to Wednesday, Au-
gust 19, 8 :45 p. m., at Copley Plaza
Hotel.

Members of the above society will
find the secretary at her office, Me-
chanics' Building, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday, August 18-20.
Members will please register.

Mrs. Ch.as. H. Maynard, Sec'y.

A meeting of the board of directors
is called for Tuesday evening, August
18. at Copley Plaza Hotel.

Mrs. W. N. Rudd, Chairman.

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

Owing to the absence in Europe of
President Kleinheinz, Vice-President A.
F. J. Baur will preside at the meet-
ing to be held in the Paul Revere
Hall, Mechanics Building, Boston, 9 :30
a. m. Wednesday, August 19, 1914.
Members attending the convention are
requested to be present and to bring
up any suggestions they may have for
the good of the society. The prepara-
tion by the State Florists Association
of Indiana for the annual meeting and
exhibition to be held at The German
House, Indianapolis, Ind., November
6-8, 1914, are going on right up to date.
A splendid exhibition as well as record
attendance from members, florists and
the public is expected.

Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y.

Society of American Florists.

past conventions and presidents.

The following is a list of the years,
cities and presidents of the past con-
ventions of the Society of American
Florists :

1885 — Cincinnati, O., John Thorpe.
1886 — Philadelphia, Pa., John Thorpe.
1887 — Chicago, Robt. Craig.
1888— New York, E. G. Hill.
1889— Buffalo, N. Y., J. N. May.
1890 — Boston, Mass., J. M. Jordan.
1891 — Toronto, Ont., M. H. Norton.
1892 — Washington, D. C, Jas. Dean.
1893— St. Louis, Mo., Wm. R. Smith.
1894 — Atl. City, N. J., J. T. Anthony.
1895 — Pittsburgh, Pa., Edwin Lonsdale.
1896— Cleveland, O., Wm. Scott.
1897 — Providence, R. I., Adam Graham.
1898— Omaha, Neb., W. F. Gude.
1899— Detroit, Mich., W. N. Rudd.
1900— New York, E. M. Wood.
1901— Buffalo, N. Y., Patrick O'Mara.
1902— Asheville, N. C, John Burton.
1903 — Milwaukee, Wis., John Burton.
1904 — St. Louis, Mo., Philip Breitmeyer.
1905— Washington, D. C, J. C. Vaughan.
1906 — Dayton, O., W. F. Kasting.
1907 — Phila., Pa., Wm. J. Stewart.
1908— Niag. Falls, N. Y., F. H. Traendly.
1909— Cincinnati, O., J. A. Valentine.
1910— Rochester, N. Y., F. R. Pierson.
1911 — Baltimore. Md., Geo. Asmus.
1912— Chicago, R. Vincent, Jr.
191.3 — M'apolis, J. K. M. L. Farquhar.

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Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.

For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this office
enciose 10 cents extra to cover post^ige, etc.

Situation Wanted -In a Chicago wholesale cu
flower house; experienced salesman and packer.
Address Key 44*^. cart- American Florist.

Situation Wanted— On large private estaie as
foreman gardener. Practical experience in a 1
branches. None but first-class estate.

Key 443. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — Married man wishes posi-
tion on commercial place; honest, sober and reli-
able; life experience. Address

Key 445. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By German florist, as work-
ing foreman or for section; good propa^'ator and
grower of cut tiowors; Chicago or nearby pre-
ferred; strictly sober. Address

UKey 43b. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— .As foreman to take entire
charge by a first-class grower of cut flowers and
plants, over 30 years' experience; commercial or
institution. Has first-class reference as to ability,
etc. D. P. Nelson. 640 Front st .

Ripley. Hancock. P. O.. Mich.

Situation Wanted— By a young man. 24 years of
age; tlioroughly competent florist in all branches
propagating, growmg. etc.; stale particulars in
first letter; can furnish good references; com-
mercial or private. Address

Key 448. care American Florist,

Situation Wanted — As foreman or manager, by
a German; married; 32 years old. Has 12 years
practical experience. First class grower of roses,
carnations and chrysanthemums: southern and
northern experience; best of references. State
full particulars in first letter; good wages expect-
ed. Address Key 423. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By energetic floiist as a
working foreman; single; German: strictly sober;
25 years of age; life experience; first-class grower
of cut flowers and potted plants; pood hustler
and good designer, and decorator. Can produce
the goods, handle help, etc. Wages $20.00 per
week. Address,

Key 418, care American Florist.

Situation Wantea ~ B\ experienced grower ;
married, two children; age 36; for many years
grower with the largest cut flower establishments:
know the business in all its branches: is of good
working capacity; can fill position as foreman;
good wages expected; state particulars in first
letter. Address

Key 437. care American Florist

Situation Wanted— By young man of l'». who
was employed in Nurseries in the Netherlands for
4 years. Do3S not speak English fluently. Pre-
fers situation in greenhouses or nurseries in or
near Chicago. Has letters of reference. Address
as soon as possible, stating wages.

C. M. OUDIJK.

%8 Bridge St.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Help Wanted— Reliable lady to assist fiurist and
Jake care of small household in Chicago. Address
, Key 446, care Ameiican Florist.

Help Wanted— A good carnation grower. State
wages expected in first letter. Good steady job to
the right man. Edward Tatro.

I 407 E. Iron Ave.. Salina, Kansas.

Help Wanted— Retail store man of excellent
character, a part of whose work is to run and tak<-
care^of Ford delivery car. Position open from
now into September. Apply

Anna Grace Sawyer, Pansy Florist.
4044 W. Madison St.. Chicago.

Help Wanted— Head gardener married, without
children, to take charge of country place of abnut
100 acres composed of flower gardens, lawn and
woods; situated on Lake Erie, twenty miles from
Buffalo. Present head gardener leaving to go in
farmingfor himself, after ten years service. Stati'
age, nationality, religion, and experience. Must
have best of references. .Address.

Key 434. care American Florist.

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Wanted— To rent for 5 years with option to buy
about 10.000 ft. of glass in good repair.

J. R. Johnston. Greensburg, Ind.

Wanted— Party with a few thousand dollars to
invest in a wholesale rose and carnation range in
the State of Washington. Guaranteed O. K. Ad-
dress. Key 414. care American Florist.

Wanted— To lease. 15,000 feet of glassingood
condition. forS years with option to buy. Must
he in good condition. Address,

Key 412. care American Florist.

For Rent— Greenhouse range, six houses, about
10,000 square feet of glass, witli store and sheds
attached, in very favorable retail location Write
for particulars, giving references as to financial
responsibility, character, etc.

CuRRiE Bros. Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.

For Sale— New Fierce-Arrow delivery car. Bar-
gain if taken at once. Wm. F. ScHOi-iEi.D.

734 North StateSt., Chicago.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
$1000.00 cash, an exceptional good deal on green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Bradv Imp'l Co.. Brady. Mont.

For Sale — Well established retail florisi
business on a busy thoroughfare in Chicago.
E^isy terms to the right party. Reason for selling
wish to retire. Anyone desiring to secure a fine
paying business in a good locality would do well
to investigate this offer for it is a splendid buy
and an unusual offering Address.

Kev 430, care American Florist

For Sale— Iron frame greenhouse (30x70) of very
best construction ; built last year. Store and
dwelling of 13 rooms; rapdern. In the heart of
the largest and most prosperous city in S. Dakota.
Two minutes walk from post office. Last month's
business $2749.83. Five railroads. Good shipping
trade. Good seed business in connection. No
better bargain in the West for an enterprising
florist. Sickness in family compels immediate
sale. For particulars address

G. A. T.. Lock Bock 144. Sioux Falls. S. Dak.

GROWER WANTED.

I wish to get in touch with a good
grower of roses, carnationsand pot plants
who has two or three thousand dollarsto
invest and wishes to get into business
(wholesale) for himself. I can offer the
opportunity of a lifetime. Address,

Key 427, care American Florist.

Large place in New Jersey, near New York City.
30.000 feet of glass large dwelling, and furniture.
barn, horses and automobile. Well established
business, local and wholesale. also4arge landscape
business. Place is near railroad and trolley, is in
first class condition all up-to-date improvements.
Price very reasonable; owner must sell at once.
going west. Particulars.

CHAS. MILLANG,
55 W. 26th St„ New York City.

Nursery at Sacrifice

Here is an unusual opportunity tu ac»iuire a
complete, up-to da^te Nursery, with modern equip'
ment in thrivingcity of the Northwest. Business
well established. Good terms. Will take part
payment in stock. Best reasons for selling. A
snap if taken at once. Address.

Key 439, care American Florist.

EXPERIENCED GARDENER

Seeks re-engagement this fall, "any-
where east of the Mississippi," as head
of commercial or private estate; expert
greenhouse manager, market gardener,
orchardist, farmer; what can you offer
me? Married. State wages. Address,

Key 440, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted: Storeman

By a young man age 20. English has a business
education, desirps some large retail llorist to take
him in and teach him designing and decorating.
Have selling experience 3 years in the business.
A-1 reference. Kansas City or the middle west
preferred Open for position September 15. Wha
have you to offer mi? Address.

Key 447, care American PlorUt.

The Annual Meeting of the

Florists' Hail Association

will be held at Mechanics Hall, Boston,
on Thursday, August ill, at 9 a. m.

JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y.
Saddle River, N. J-

NOTICE

OF

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

CIUIWL.O. .Inly IS. 1914.

stockholders of the American Florist Company

You :ire hereby notitii'il tli:U tin' uiimial mci'tint;
of the stockholders of the Aiuericiin Florist
Company will be held in the Parker Honse.
Boston, Mass., Wednesday, August 19. 19H, at 3;
o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing directors
:ind oflicers for the ensuing term and for the-
transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting.

.7. C. VAITGHAN, Pies.
M. BARKER. Sec'y.

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Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

\i 440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO. J

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THE HOUSE

Built upon the Rock of Sound Eii
position in Tiie Flower World

For Almost A Quarter Centuif

We have been identified with the growing and selling of Cut Flowers,
and our LONG EXPERIENCE and THOROUGH PRACTICAL
KNOWLEDGE enables us to obtain the best results for our customers.

OUR LEADERS

Cut Flowers, Lily of the Valley and Lilies all the year'rouil

Roses-Carnations-Beautios-Mumi

No other house is in as strong
a position as we are to take care
of any and all orders.

1890

We grow our own stock, and
sell our own goods, and if you
cannot get what you want from
us, it is usually not obtainable.

Always Up-to-Date.

Always on Time.

Special cold storage roon:ai
the greenhouses make it possk
to take the best care of stock

Our up-to-date iabor-sav
appliances enable us to prodi
high grade stock at the loW?
possible price.

POEHLMAN

72-74 E. Randolph St.,

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POEHLMANN

jsss Principle today occupies a
i\ is weii-nigii Impregnable.

OHN POEHLMANN. President.

AUGUST POEHLMANN. Sec'y and Treas.

ADOLPH POEHLMANN, Vice-Pres.

j.| POEHLMANN BROS. CO.S PLANT A, MORTON GROVE, ILL. FIRST TEN HOUSES ARE DEVOrED TO PLANTS.

BROS. CO.

n Distance Phone,
[Randolph 35

CHICAGO, ILL.

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THE HOUSE

THE House of Poehlmann is without question the largest establishment of its kind in the world. Over 2,000,000 et
glass, at Morton Grove, 111., are devoted to Cut Flowers and Plants. The three illustrations shown give only am
view of our plant, two ranges of nearly the same size^ one built this season, not appearing in either of the illustiioi
The rapid growth of our business is due principally to the fact that we at all times treat our customers right and giv(h(
better quality than all the other houses, at practically the same prices. We grow nearly everything in Cut Flowers tu
marketable, and have over 200,000 feet of glass devoted to Decorative Stock and Blooming Plants. A full line of Sp|
are also handled by us, and during the planting season we make a specialty of supplying the trade with young Rq
Chrysanthemum and Carnation stock.

Florists find it convenient to deal with us, for they can obtain practically everything they need in Cut F
Plants and Supplies from one firm, which is a great advantage when one considers the saving in express charges, and
it does away with a lot of unnecessary work. We could say much more about the advantages that are derivi b
it probably isn't necessary, for we are too well known to the trade, having been in business for almost a quarter of acdr

The Kaiser SaVS* "W^'l show them." Let us show you! war is bad— suspense is worse. Isn'tiM

J * to wait for somethirlg that doesn't materialize. For twenty-four years we have gi'n
our energy to building up our present establishment; for whom — why, for you, and whj'— to furnish our customers with the right i
stock to do business with. \Vill we keep it up? You bet! Have we succeeded? Ask our customers, they will admit that H
there with the goods. H

You Are Welcome and We Want You to Visit Our Establishnl

whenever the opportunity presents itself. To reach Morton Grove, take trains leaving the Union Station, Can
Adams Streets, Chicago, ^t 12:40 p. m., or 2:05 p. m., over the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. You
our ocean of glass just before you reach the station. Welcome all.

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POEHLMANN BROS. CO.S PLANT C, MORTON GROVE, ILL.
NOTE -Thirteen Houses in Background 1,000 Feet Long

POEHLMAIN

72-74 E. Randolph St.,

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POEHLMANN

POEHLMANN BROS. CO. S PLANT B, MORTON GROVE, ILL.

ig Bargains in Chrysantiiemums.

I Extra Fine 2<2-lnch Pompons and Standards Now Reduced for Quick and Final Clearance.

200.000 late propagated, extra fine healthy stock, all varieties listed by us Now $2.20 per 100; $20.00 per 1000.

M, *.MUMS and be convinced that our choice commercial varieties are the ones that will brioK you the largest returns f>r the amount invested. We have a fine
> t of nice soft plants in splendid growing condition, but we need more room and in order to move this stock quickly we are making a bi^ reduction in prices.
II ow buy any variety listed by us— Pompons or Standards— for i20.00 per ICOO. a direct saving of from 2:% to 7;% on our regular prites. Better hurry your order
(ck will not last long at these sptcial prices. Note the price, 5 2.20 per 100; $20.IK1 per lOLO.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

f.iWSlte — Smith's .Advance,
t Frost, Virginia Poehlmann,
! jlomon. Yellow — Chiyso-

rlc— McNiece.
EON. Wnite-Mrs Chas.Ra-
E e Papworth. Pink— Engue-
. hieftain. Yellow— Bonnaf-
Clcus. RaiDapo,

LATE. White-Timothy Eaton, Lyn-
wood Hall, Yellow— Yellow Eaton,
Pink- Maud Dean, R, E. Loeben,

NEW ONES.
White— ,\lice Salomon.
Pink— Chieftain,

POMPONS.

White-Waco, Helen Newberry. Alva.

Kemmit.
Yellow— k rut, Skibo. Mad(;e. Quinola,

Baby. Bi.e Baby. Klondike.
Rfd— Ru(us. Lagrevere.
Brorze— Madam Laporte. Mrs. Beu.
Pink— Nellie Bly. .Mvina. Fairy (Jueen.

SINGLE POMPONS.

White- Mensa.

Bronze— Pauline,

Parkinson Single Fink,

Supreme Quality Rose Plants.

St stock that money can buy. If you still need stock tnake out your order from this list and let us have it now, TODAY,

MILADY.

$12.C0 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

Closing out Price. B/VRGAIN.
Grafted Plants.

- :b $50,00 per 1000

ll-h lOOOOperlOUO

Own Root.

r :li $=0 00 per 1000

;h SO.OOperlOOO

Entra good values— Order today.

GRAFTED ROSES

2H-in. Plants
Klllarney, Mrs. Taft, (Bulgarie or Antolne Revoiri,

Killamey Brilliant, grafted, 2H in,, at $30.00 per 100;
$250.00 per lOCO; 3^'2-in, $35.00 per 100, $300 per lOCO,

3H-in. Grafted.
Bulgarie, $15,00 per 100: $135.00 per ICOO

OWN ROOT ROSES.

2^-in. Plants.
Killamey, Mrs. Taft, (Bulgarie or Antolne Revoir)

at $6,00 per 100: J55.00 per lOCO,
These prices are in effect now; 1% for cash in 10 days.

Mail All Plant Orders Direct to
MORTON GROVE.

-Grown Carnation Plants^

Fine healthy stock. The Best Plants obtainable. This stock is just what you need. Order your supply from us NOW.

r, Perfection, Scarlet Glow, Beacon, $55-1000; Winsor, Lawson, May Day, $50-1000.

4 BROS. CO.

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MEET THEM

L. DOW McNEFF
HILMER V. SWENSON
ROBT. L. ZOLL
A. F. LONGREN

At the Boston Convention Let Them Explain
How We Can Build Your Business.

McNEFF-SWENSON CO.

HIGH GRADE FLORAL PUBLICITY

224 So. Michigan Ave.
CHICAGO

mibHJ>-t.«Jtt.Hfia»HEBaWl

CD. Phone

L"Z5«9l76 K.Micl^q<^n Ave. ^

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Drop in and See Us When
You Are in Ciiicago

Either Before Leaving for the Boston
Convention or After Returning.

' We are always glad to see you" and if you care to make our store your headquarters
whenever you happen to be in Chicago, you are always welcome to do so. If you
wish to have your mail sent here or want to make appointments to meet your
friends at our Wholesale Cut Flower Store, go as far as you like — the place is yours.
If there is ever anything at all that we can do for you to make your visit here
pleasant, just let us know what it is, and we will try hard to accommodate you.

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■WE HOLD A-

Basket Convention

Every day at our Chicago Salesrooms

Where we always have on display the Finest Line of Bas-
kets Offered in America. We manufacture all our own
goods and have such a complete line that we can please you
where others fail. We will not have an exhibit at the
Boston Convention, but All Florists are Cordially Invited
To Call at Our Chicago Store and Inspect our Line when-
ever they find it convenient to do so. Before leaving for the
Convention would be a splendid time, but if it is impossible
to do so then, stop in on your way returning.

Under no conditions buy your baskets
elsewhere until you have seen our
line and compared our prices.

We can save you Money in the

Basket Line

and all we ask is an opportunity to prove this to you. If you
are unable to inspect our line and are interested, write for our
illustrated catalog. It contains all the latest styles used by leading
retail florists and the prices are so reasonable that we are sure you
will buy from us after you have once seen what we have to off^er.

Write for tiie Catalog Today.

T/\ Rao/*!! Oiiv QfrkfA ^'^'^^ ^ Chicago Avenue, Division Street, Milwaukee
i O lYcaCIl vf Ur OlOlC Avenue or Armitage Avenue car at State and Ran-
dolph Streets and get off at Huron Street. The cars stop right in front of our storp.

RAEDLEIN BASKET CO.

713 Milwaukee Ave ,

CHICAGO, ILL.

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OUR motto:
HOIWEST DEAUNQS GOOD VALUES

We aim to please in every respect and out-of-town customers will be benefited
by sending us their orders; by so doing you will find we can save you money.

We grow our own stock, thereby assuring you of getting absolutely fresh stock,
besides Saving you the commission man's profit.

Roses, Valley and Carnations a Specialty, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Cut Flowers.

J« J\m tSIJlj LOIN Vl 9 Street, CHICAGO.

Florists' Wire Woric

AT LOWEST PRICES

Buy From the Manufacturers

We carry the largest stock of made up goods in the

country. Socicty Eittblems of all kinds. Folding

Pillows, Easels and many other specialties. Note
the low prices on a few samples of standard goods.

Wreaths. Each

0 to 10 in 2c to 6c

11 to 18 in 7c to 15c

Wreaths on Stand.

10 to 14 in 16c to 25c

16 to 24 in 20c to 45c

Pillows. Each

10 to 18 in 8c to 16c

20 to 30 in 18c to 40c

Easels.

16 to21 in 6c to 10c

24 to 36 in .12c to 26c

27 to 42 in 14c to 36c

Crosses. Each

6 to IS in 2c to 8c

20 to 3(1 in 9c to 20c

32 to 36 in 25c to 36c

Crosses on Stand.

10 to 20 in 12c to 25c

20 to 36 in 25c to 86c

Special designs to order. Send for our Illustrated Catalogue.

KONADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Work

1008 Vine Street,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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THE RESIDENCE OF ED. WINTERSON, GARFIELD PARK, CHICAGO.

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WINTERSON SENDS FROM HIS HOME

Greetings and Best
ToTheS.A.F.&O.H.

An Old Established Chicago Wholesale
Cut Flower and Florist Supply House.

E. F. WINTERSON CO.

166 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

A Complete Line of French Torcing Bulbs

NOW ON HAND

Wintcrson's Seed Store, Chicago

Mention the American Florist wJien writing

Bergers' Wholesale Flower Market

We have greatly increased our facilities the past season and are in a position
to ship all grades of stock at the shortest notice. Special prices for
regular orders. Get in touch with us. Try our service. It will pay you.

"Wlnolesale F'lorists

1225 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

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A CORDIAL INVITATION

Is extended to all visiting Florists to make our store their headquarters while they are in
the city, either before leaving or after returning from the S. A. F. Convention in Boston.

Our store is located in the heart
of the wholesale cut flower and
shopping district, and we will
gladly furnish you with all the
necessary information, regarding
Chicago that you may desire.
Come in and get acquainted, we
will do our best to make things
pleasant for you. If there is ever
anything that you need in Cut
Flowers and Greens at any time,
remember, that we are always
ready to serve you'.

Chas. W. Erne.

Fred G. Klingel.

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

30 East Randolph St., Ra^nd^iph^SSra. CHICAGO, ILL.

1877

1914

Welch Bros.

Wholesale Florists and Dealers in

Florists^ Supplies.

We handle the products of Leading Growers.
Everything Seasonable and Fresh.

When visiting the Convention, we cordially
invite you to VISIT OUR STORE>

Welch Brothers BoXnT"^ MaS.

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OUR GREENHOUSES

Known as the Largest Range of Glass in America.

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Visit Them-Also Our Store

Before or after attending the S. A. F. Convention in Boston and you will be
well repaid for your trouble. Our store is centrally located on all the leading
car lines and is the ideal place to meet your friends or receive your mail
while you are in Chicago. The greenhouses are devoted exclusively to the
growing of cut flowers and the plants are in a very healthy condition, which is
nothing unusual, and will give you a little idea just how stock is turned out
in our mammoth rose factory. To reach the greenhouses, take Rosehill car
on Dearborn and Randolph streets and get off at Reinberg's Greenhouses.

YOU CANNOT MISS THEM.

Peter Peinberg

Long Distance Phone Central 2846.

30 East Randolph Street CHICAGO.

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Visit Our Store

Whenever you are in Chicago, before leaving for Boston, or after returning from
the Convention or at any other time that it may be convenient for you. We
carry a complete line of Cut Flowers and Greens and would like to have you
drop in and see for yourself just what kind of stock we handle. We have recently
added more growers to our list and can now take care of more customers. If
you want to make connection with a firm that will take care of you at all times
by supplying you with the right kind of stock, get in touch with us immediately.

WE ARE NOW OFFERING IN QUANTITY FINE

I BEaUTIES-ROSES-aSTERS

And All other Seasonable Cut Flowers and Greens.

Our shipments of Roses consist of all the best leading commercial varieties,
principally Killarney, White Killarney, Richmond, Ward, Sunburst and Bulgarie.

Bulgarie Is the best summer Rose to be had. Try a sample shipment. We
are confident that they will please both y6u and your customers. Order today.

ZECH&MANN

30 East Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
CENTRAL 3284

CHICAGO, ILL.

I A Cordial Invitation!

is extended to all local and visiting florists and their friends to call and see our ^
stock of plants either before or after returning from the Boston Convention.

Decorative and Blooming Plants

i Blooming Plants for Christmas and Easter a Specialty

^ Take Garfield Park branch of the Metropolitan Elevated to Cicero Avenue,

^ walk four blocks north and one block west, or take Madison Street car to Cicero
5 Avenue, walk two blocks south and one block west.

i FRANK OECHSLIN, *'" S'HSr.L!™""' _

Providence, R. I.

TRADE QUIET.

If It were not for floral work, busi-
ness would be at a standstill; every-
thing else is very quiet. The growers
are getting ready for a busy season
this fall and almost every one is mak-
ing preparations for their fall work.
Asters are coming on better than ever
And gladioli still hold out good.

NOTES.

Ernest, Carl and Matthew Macnair,
who are in Europe, were scheduled to

return- some time in September. It
now seems probable that they will not
return for some little time on account
of being unable to obtain passage
across.

The growers are wondering about
their fall shipments of bulbs, palms
and like stock from Europe this year,
as to whether it will arrive in time.
The army worm has been reported
I in different sections of the state, but
as yet no serious results have been
reported.

Joseph Kopleman has transferred
land with improvements on Pawtucket
avenue. East Providence, R. I., to Liz-
zie Max.

Boston is shipping extra fine asters
into Providence this week that are
out of the ordinary.

M. Lavery of J. B. Canning's force
is at Block Island for a two weeks'
vacation.

William Pratt's new house at Long-
meadow is showing fine progress.

H. A. T.

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Craig Quality Crotons

ARE BEST KNOWN AND
KNOWN TO BE BEST

THE above slogan could also apply to the many other Craig Specialties. We are
making New Customers very fast, and with our increased glass area we are in a
position to take good care of you, Mr. Florist. Eventually you will handle
Cral^ Quality Stock. Why not now ? Our many customers advertise our stock and
our stock advertises us.

Our Convention Exhibition of Craig Quality Stock will far exceed anything in the
past and "That's Going Some." We hope to meet many of our friends in Boston. We will
be represented in the Exhibition Hall by Messrs. W. P. Craig, Duncan Macaw,
Leonard Seigle and Robert A. Craig, who will be happy to show our display. We can
back up our exhibit with the largest stock in the country of the following specialties.

Fancy Crotons in 400 Varieties

Cyclamen

Dracaena Terminalis

Dracaena Sanderiana

Begonia Lorraine

Dracaena Massangeana

Dracaena Shepherdii

Begonia Cincinnati

Dracaena Lord Wolseley

Dracaena Craigii, New

Genistas

Dracaena Fragrans

Dracaena Aurora, New

Ficus Pandurata

Dracaena Bronze Beauty

Gardenia Veitchii

Ficus Utilis

Dracaena Mandaiana

Hydrangea French

Areca Lutescens

Dracaena Amabllis

Hydrangea Otaksa

Pandanus Veitchii

Dracaena Kelleriana

Pot Roses

Phoenix Roebelenii

Dracaena Godseffiana

Nephrolepis in variety

WE extend a cordial invitation to all members of the S. A. F.
and O. H. to stop off in Philadelphia either going to,
, or returning from, Boston. We will be pleased to show you
our stock at both Philadelphia and Norwood.

Take car marked 69th and Market Street, or train on the
Pennsylvania R. R. to Norwood Station.

Robert Craig Company

4900 Market St., Philadelphia Pa.

Branch, NORWOOD, PA.

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THE BEST SUMMER ROSES

American Beauties, Hillingdon, Sunburst, Shawyer,
Bulgarie, Rhea Reid and Cecile Brunner.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of flowers of the advantages
of buying direct of the grower. We make a specialty of growing roses for summer.

CURRENT PRICE LIST. ?„"m^a"ket°. '""'*'

Extra Fine

Bul^arie and Reid Roses

$8 00 per 100.

White and Pink Killarney,
Richmond S Rhea Reid. Per loo

Extra Select $6.00

Medium' • 4.00 to 5.00

Short 3.00

ROSES, in lots of 500 or more at the rate of .$16.00 per 1000.

We Close on Week Days During August at 5 P. M.
All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

American Beauties

Longstems

30-inch stems

24-iDch stems

15- inch stems

Shorter

Hillingdon, Sunburst,
Bulgaria and Shawyer

Long

Medium

Short

Per Dozen

$2.50

2.C0

1.50

1.00

50

Per 100

$6.00

5.00

3.00

Cecile Brunner, per bunch, 25c

Per doz. Per 100

EASTER LILIES, $1.00; $6.00

Auratum Lilies 6.00

Rubrum " 6.00

Lily of the Valley $ 3.00 to $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri
New Eastern Ferns, per 1000. . . $1 .50

Adiantum

Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

3.00

1.00

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, m., and Greggs Station, 111.

Chicago.

LILT OF THE VALLEY ADVANCES IN PBICE.

There has been no great change in
the market conditions the past week
vpith the exception that stock is not
quite as plentiful as it has been and
this is especially true of roses. At that
there is plenty of stock to fill all or-
ders and while it may be difficult at
times to secure some particular kind
of fiower it is usually obtainable if
one insists upon having it. Some fine
My Maryland roses are arriving and
are in good demand. Mrs. Chas. Rus-
sell, the new rose, is still in great de-
mand and the supply cleans up well
each day. Killarney Brilliant is meet-
ing with good sale and the same can
be said of My Maryland and Prince de
Bulgaria. American Beauty roses of
fine quality are to be had in all
grades, but the longer grades are the
most plentiful. Asters are plentiful
and some magnificent stock is now ob-
tainable. Gladioli are still seen in large
quantities, but are moving better than
they have been. Lilies are plentiful
yet. Lily of the valley has advanced
to five cents for the best grade and
will likely remain so and even go
higher unless more pips are forthcom-
ing^rom Germany, which is not likely
to happen. Some of the growers who
figured on growing bulbous stock have
given up all intentions of doing so. for
it is not very likely that there will be
many Dutch bulbs obtainable this year.
While the European war is the main
topic of consideration on the market
there is considerable convention talk
heard and it appears now as if there
will be a larger delegation from here
to Boston than was at first expected.
The wholesale houses at least will be
well represented and same can be said
of the allied trade lines.

O.A.T

Wholesale Florist

30 East Randolph St.
CHICAGO

I have a good market for
Roses, and am desirous of
securing regular consign-
ments of choice stock. Can
guarantee good returns and
checks weekly.

THE CONVENTION SPECIAL.

President Wirth of the Society of
American Florists will, leave Chicago
Sunday evening, August 16, on special
train over the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad, La Salle street sta-
tion, at 8 :00 o'clock, with the Chicago
Florists' Club and others desirous of
joining the convention party on the
President's Special.

This train is due at Niagara Falls
Monday noon at 12 :04 o'clock and sev-
eral hours will be spent there, the
party leaving again at 3 :50 p. m. the

same day. and due in Boston Tues-
day, August 18. at 7 :05 a. m. The fare
from Chicago to Boston and return is
$30, good for 30 days. Berths, Chicago
to Boston (one way), lower, $5.50;
upper, $4.40. The foregoing rates ap-
ply only to Boston and return. Many
extended tours and side trips may be
arranged returning, on application to
local transportation agents at equally
low rates, including New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston, Thousand Islands,
Hudson River, etc.

All members of the Society of
American Florists and their friends

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DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO CUT FLOWERS

Principally Roses, Carnations and Chrysanthemums.

With the new range that we are now building, we will be in a better position than ever
before to supply all our customers and many others with choice stock, at all times. Our
stock is finely grown and is recognized by all leading buyers as the best obtainable any-
where at reasonable prices. Be a progressive, buy your stock from us and enjoy prosperity.

You Should be One of Our Regular Customers.

WIETOR BROS.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO

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H. VAN GELDER, Pres.

Importers and Jobbers of
Florist Supplies

WHOLESALE commission FLORISTS

56 East Randolph Street
CHICAGO

L. M. JONES, Secy.

Ribbons and Chiffons
Our Specialty

These prices are good only until present supplj- of shipments set aside for this sale are disposed of.

Silk Netting

(Guaranteed Best on the Market)

6-iu 3^^20 3 yd.

12-in 6V2C a yd.

Plain Chilfon

4-in. Chiffon IVjC a yd.

6-in. ChifTon 'AViC a yd.

10-in. Chiffon Be a vd.

Valley Chiffon

6-in. Valley ChifTon 4'2cayd.

10-in. Valley Chiflon &V2Q a yd.

No. 1 Double Faced Baby Ribbon

60 yard spools, 45c a spool.

Extra Heavy Imported Waterproof Crepe Paper

$13.00 per 100 rolls.

Green Sea Island Twine, 1 lb. boxes, 30c a lb.
4'/; off for Cash.

YOU LOSE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY WITHOUT WRITING US FOR PRICES HRST.

from points north, west and south of
Chicago, who wish to join the Presi-
dent's party at Chicago should secure
tickets reading over the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Railroad and New
York Central. Chicago to Boston and
return.

Reservations will be made on appli-
cation to G. K. Thompson, 100 South
Clark street, Chicago, III., telephone
Randolph 5300, who will cheerfully
supply all other information regarding
this trip.

The Chicago Florists' Club, at its
meeting of August 6, instructed its
transportation committee to arrange
for through Pullman cars, Chicago to
Boston, so that it will not be necessary
to transfer baggage at Niagara Falls.
There will be an additional charge of
50 cents for this accommodation.

NOTES.

The Retail Florists' Association will
have a boat excursion on Tuesday,
August 18, down the Drainage Canal
and through the locks to Joliet and
return. The association has chartered
a steamer which will carry 125 people
and which will leave the Clark street
bridge at 9:30 a. m. and Thirty-first
street and Western avenue at 10 :00 a.
m. A stop-over at Joliet of four hours
will b« given to allow all that make the
trip time to visit the penitentiary and
other place.s of interest. There will be
plenty of refreshments of all kinds be-
sides music aboard the boat. Round
trip tickets $1.00. President George
Stollery promises all those that attend
a good time.

A. Li. Vaughan and wife will take
in the Boston convention, after which
they will visit with their old friends,
Wm. Lynch .Tnd wife at Hatfield. Mass.
Their daughter Thelma is now visit-
ing Dorothy Lynch at Hatfield and is
anxiously awaiting the arrival of her
parents. Miss Thelma writes that they

had a big hailstorm in Massachusetts
which did considerable damage to the
crops but fortunately did not harm
those owned by Mr. Lynch. Miss Para-
dise of A. L. Vaughan & Co. will re-
port for work next week.

Poehlmann Bros. Co. has. had a big
demand for chrysanthemum plants.
Last week over 50,000 were sold. This
firm is having a special sale now to
make room and is offering choice stock
at attractive prices. That advertis-
ing in the trade papers pays, was
proven when the special prices were
quoted, for returns began coming in
shortly after the papers were mailed.
The demand for field-grown carnation
plants is also heavy, but there is a
large supply on hand yet to fill all
orders.

Mrs. Horton, of the Bassett &
Washburn force, received a letter from
C. L. Washburn and wife from Salt
Lake City, Utah, wliere they are hav-
ing a delightful time. He writes that
they attended a dance there and were
surprised to find how orderly the mu-
nicipal dance halls are conducted. The
tango, turkey trot, etc., are barred.
They also visited the florists there after
which they proceeded on their way to
California.

Some of the dealers are Inclined to
think' that the prices on chiffons will
advance on account of the European
war; this may be true to .a certain ex-
tent but Percy Jones will quote his
regular low prices until his present
supply is disposed of.

Weiland & Risch are having a con-
tinued good run on the rose Mrs. Chas.
Russell which is in better demand each
day. John Risch and Herman Rogers,
of this firm, say that it is the best red
rose that has been placed on the mar-
ket for some years.

Mrs. James Friedl has returned from
a most delightful trip to Detroit, Mich.,

Niagara Falls, New York city and
Toronto, Can. Mr. Friedl was the first
florist to locate on West Twenty-sixth
street where he has built up a fine pay-
ing business.

A. T. Pyfer. of the Chicago Carna-
tion Co., received a souvenir postal
from Mrs. Joseph Labo, of Joliet, who
is now visiting relatives and friends in
Germany. The postal was mailed be-
fore the war broke out in Europe.

Wm. Mailander, of Morton Grove,
celebrated his forty-sixth birthday on
August 6. He has superintended the
erection of practically all the Poehl-
man Bros. Co.'s ranges including the
last one of 13 Foley houses.

At Erne & Klingel's store a fine line
of stock is seen each day and the re-
port is that business is as good as can
be expected, all things considered. They
report a good demand for Nico-Fume
and To-bak-ine.

F. W. Martin and Fred Quatsoff vis-
ited Poehlmann Bros. Co.'s establish-
ment on August 0 and speak in glow-
ing terms of the crop conditions there.

B. Zima, 3053 West Twenty-second
street, had a busy week last week
when the demand for funeral work was
unusually good.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion will meet at the Tavern, West
Washington street, next Thirrsday,
August 20.

Joseph Ziska reports a good demand
for wire work as well as supplies in
general.

Joe Pollworth, formerly of Milwau-
kee, Wis., is now with the A. L. Ran-
dall Co.

Herman Schiller is back from a de-
lightful automobile trip through Wis-
consin.

Harry Manheim, of Hoerber Bros.,
is spending his vacation in Indiana.

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Honest Treatment

Means Much To The Buyer

When Quality Cut Flowers and Good
Service Are Taken Into Consideration.

OUR AIM

at all times is to
treat every one
right and with this
constantly in view
we will surely be
friends if you will
but do your part.

BIfi SUPPLY

of choice summer
stock and every
arrangement made
for fall and winter
with the best
growers in and
around Chicago.

A. L. VAUGHAN.

Our Service Means A Great Deal To You

for there is nothing in the Cut Flower or Green Line that we don't sell or handle, and we
claim to be able to give you as much actual value for your money as any other firm in Chicago.
Our supply of stock from now on will be larger than ever and we are desirous of adding several
more regular customers to our long Jist of satisfied patrons. To those who will do their buying
here, we will ofifer the same honest treatment that we are giving to all our buyers and will look
after your orders to see that they are filled with the right kind of stock and are packed right,
and delivered at the specified time. Why worry over these little matters which mean much
to you when we are willing, yes gladly willing, to relieve you of the responsibility. Place
vour orders with us, we will do the rest. ^

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N.Wabash Ave.

(NOT INC.)
PHONES

(Central 2571
(Automatic 48-734

CHICAGO

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15,

Announcement of a New Cut Flower Market

United Cut Flower Company, inc.

On and after September 1st we will open our store at 111 West 28th Street, New York City, as a
Wholesale Market for all kinds of Cut Flowers. Consignments solicited from growers for all varieties
of Cut Flowers on Commission. Our books will be open for inspection during business hours.

ABSOLUTELY HONEST DEALINGS GUARANTEED.

United Cut Flower Company,

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS, Manager. 1 1 i West

lnc«9 Wholesalers

28th St., New York City

These from this city and \ icinity
who will likely attend the Boston con-
vention are A. L. Vaughan and wife.
W. J. Keiniel and wife, Fred Lauten-
schlager. John Degnan. Jcseph Zi.ska.
A. Hunt and wife, Martha Guntenberg,
N. J. Rupp, Walter Rupp. John Michel-
sen. John Zech, Matt Mann, Phillip
Schupp, Mrs. James Hancock, Michael
Barker, — Richards and wife. Miss
Ida Latschaw, T. E. Waters, P. W.
Peterson, F. W. Martin. Paul Klings-
porn and wife. A. F. Longren, L. Dow
McNeff, Helmer V. Swen.«on. Robt. L.
Zoll, Frank Johnson and wife.
Frank Oechslin. Leonard Vaughan. R.
E. Moore, Ed. Goldenstein, August
Poehlmann and wife. George Asmus
and wjfe, John Poehlmann and wife.
P. J. Foley. Adolf Poehlmann and
wife and A. Miller. The following out-
■of-town people will accompany the
local delegation on the trip : H. lE.
Philpott. Winnipeg; J. J. Hess and
wife. Omaha, Neb.; J. W. Davis and
wife. Davenport, la.; Miss Hornett,
Grand Rapids, Mich.; Paul M. Palez.
Little Rock, Ark.; Theodore Wirth.
Minneapolis, Minn.; John C. Yeats and
wife. Champaign, and several from
California.

The stag and special entertainment
given by the Chicago Florists' Club
at the Wayside Inn Pavilion, Morton
Grove, on August 8, was a great suc-
■cess and was largely attended. The
Poehlmann Bros. Co. as usual showed
its friendly spirit by furnishing trans-
portation to the crowd from here that
made the trip. August. Adolph and
John had their Winton Sixes on hand
in addition to the company's large
truck. W. J. Keimel. chairman of
the Good-of-the-Club Committee, and
President French deserve much credit
for the splendid entertainment that
they furnished.

The Ickes-Braun Mill Co. has every-
thing running nicely at its factory at
2.340 Wabansia avenue and have as
fine a greenhouse manufacturing plant
as one would care to see. The factory
is 80x100 feet and is splendidly located
so as to be easily reached. The ma-
chinery is arranged so conveniently
that the raw material passes through
one machine right into another until
it passes through the last machine a
finished product.

N. J. Wietor says that Wietor Bros,
have aJjout finished planting in their
new range which is now housing carna-
tions. He is well pleased with the
young stock in general this year and
IS looking forward to a good season.
Henry Wietor and Gus. Alles are
away on their vacation. Chas. Drissler
is back from his outing and is again
on deck at the store.

The E. F. W^interson home in Gar-
field Park has been a mecca for florists
this summer, and hardly a day goes by
Tjut what someone is out inspecting the
well known wholesaler's handsome
home. No doubt many visitors pass-

ing through here to the convention
will avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity to do likewise.

L. D. McNeff, H. Swenson. A. F.
Longren and Robert L. ZoU will repre-
sent the McNeff-Swenson Co. at the
Boston convention where the firm will
have an exhibit. This firm, as nearly
everyone knows, deals largely in holi-
day folders and the trade will find it
real interesting to look over their line.

H. E. Philpott, of Winnipeg, Can.,
has returned from Toronto where he
attended the annual convention of the
Canadian Horticultural Association on-
August 4-7. He reports that the
meeting was largely attended and
that the 1915 convention will be held
in London, Ont.

The A. Dietsch Co. reports an un-
usually brisk season, with no let-up in
sight. Alfred Dietsch and wife have re-
turned from an enjoyable auto trip to
Powers Lake, Wis. Arthur Dietsch
will leave soon for a few days' vaca-
tion. . .

A film manufacturer took a moving
picture of J. A. Mendel's store last
week which will be used by him in
his campaign for sheriff and will be
thrown on the screen of nearly every
picture theater in the city.

Zech & Mann are still handling fine
American Beauty roses in large quan-
tities as well as roses and asters. The
asters are unusually fine and are some
of the best stock that has reached this
market this season.

Peter Reinberg is cutting a good sup-
ply of Killarney. White Killarney and
My Maryland roses. Carnations are
also arriving in large supply at this
store now and stock the past few days
Tias sold well.

A little baby boy (10 pounds') glad-
dened the household of Peter Olsem at
Wilmette this week. If the little fel-
low follows in the footsteps of his dad
he will be a champion all around ath-
lete.

Richard Parker, formerly with the
A. L. Randall Co., is now in the em-
ploy of Poehlmann Bros. Co. Dick is
a traveling salesman and has a host
of friends throughout the country.

C. G. Anderson and wife of Morton
Grove are enjoying a late trip to
Mackinac Island. Mr. Anderson is
superintendent of Poehlmann Bros.
Co.'s plant department.

George Valker. of the Valker Green-
houses. Minot. N. D.. called on ■ the
greenhouse manufacturers, here this
week in regard to the new houses that
he intends to build this season.

H. W. Strietlemeier. of the Garland
Manufacturing Co.. is back from a de-
lightful visit in Indiana. Miss Rosa-
mond Garland of the office force is now
enjoying a week's rest.

Chas. Meir, of Wietorville, is an-
"other florist who was in Germany when
the European war broke out. He left
some time ago to regain his health.

The Minnesota delegation to the
convention is due to arrive at Morton
Grove, August 16, at 9 :00 a. m.. reach-
ing Chicago at 1 :00 p. m. the same
day.

Mrs. John A. Schmidt. 240S Went-
worth avenue, left for Detroit. Mich.,
to help her sister-in-law, Mrs. G. H.
Andrews open a new store there.

The exhibits at the Winnetka show-
last week were of unusually high
quality, especially the annuals and
other border plants.

J. A. Budlong will be represented at
the Boston convention by Phillip
Schupp, who so ably manages the
store.

Michael Fink is again on duty at the
Chicago Flower Growers' Association
store after enjoying a week's vacation.

Albert Koehler and wife. of
Vaughan's Seed Store, are spending
their vacation in the east.

Visitors : John Furrow. Guthrie,
Okla.; George Valker. Minot. X. D.; G.
Aldous. Iowa City. la.

Chicago Florists' Club.

There was a large attendance at the
regular meeting of the florists' club.
August 6, President French in the
chair. Chairman Keimel. of the pic-
nic committee, presented a highly
creditable report showing all bills paid
and a substantial balance for the
club's treasury. Chairman Ollinger. of
the sports committee, announced that
Geo. Asmus. W. J, Keimel, Leonard
H. Vaughan, R. E. Moore and Frank
Ayres would represent this city in the
convention bowling contest. The
transportation committee was instruct-
ed to arrange for through Pullman
cars. Chicago to Boston, so that it will
not be necessary to transfer baggage
at Niagara Falls. There will be an
additional charge of 50 cents for this
accommodation. A letter was read
from Chairman Gude. of the Smith
Memorial committee of the Society of
American Florists. requesting sub-
scriptions for this most excellent pur-
pose as it is planned to make the
memorial of such a character as will
be of practical benefit to the trade for
all time to come. The matter was re-
ferred to a committee with instruc-
tions to solicit subscriptions from the
members. The question of a flower
show was then taken up and Geo.
Asmus recommended that preparations
be made for a fall exhibition in 1915.
as it is practically impossible to hold
a successful fall show this year, or a
spring show next year, taking into
consideration existing conditions and
the short time available for the proper
development of exhibition stock.

There was an animated discussion of
the probable effect of the European
war on the supply of plants and bulbs
in which H. N, Bruns. Geo. Mohn.
Geo. Asmus. W. J. Keimel. A. Miller
and others participated. It was the

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Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

W. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lone Distance Phone. Randolph 3619

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph Sti, - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

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440 S. Dearlmrn St.. CHICAGO

general sentiment that a short supply
of European bulbs and plants for one
season might result advantageously in
concentrating the efforts of growers
on domestic stocks, or plants and
flowers of strictly home production.

Three new members were elected :
Chas. London. 602 Davis street. Ev-
anston; Art Keenan. 1306 East Sixty-
third street, and F. S. Markey, 810
Exchange avenue. Proposal for mem-
bership included Arthur Hunt, 56 East
Randolph street; Joe Hoss. Morton
Grove. 111.; Nic Hansen. 5133 North
Seeley avenue; Felix Reichling. 5627

J. K BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

GUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALX

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS ennuicD nc
A Specialty onUWtn Ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE I/ARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

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Roses. Beauty, specials

36-in

30in

24 in

20-in

15in

12-in

Per doz.

300
2 50
2 00
150
1 25
1 00
75
Per 100

■• Killarney Brilliant 3 OOiglS CO

■' Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

■■ Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

■• Rhea Reid 3 00@ 8 00

" My Maryland 3 00@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@15 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00® 10 00

'■ Milady 3 00010 00

" Sunburst 3 00@10 00

Mrs. ."^aron Ward 3 00@10 (0

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...perdoz.,. 3.00@4.C0

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gladioli 4 00@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00@12 50

Sweet Peas 50@ I 00

Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Adjantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns .... " 1 50@2 00

Galax " 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy... .per 1000. 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz.. 2 00@2 50

Spreneeri, Plumosus Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

North Ashland avenue, and Jerry P.
Jorgenson, Elmhurst.

Harry Balsely, the red pot man, of
Detroit, Mich., was a visitor.

Be.vumont, Tex. — The Syrian Pro-
gressive Flower Society has been in-
corporated by Lewis Alaimo, Jim
Dobes and Mike Salem; no capital
stock.

Houston, Te.x. — A. E. Dosbaugh and
W. Retzer have opened a flower shop
in the Westheimer building. The new
establishment will be known as the
Gulf Florist.

A. L. Randall Co.,

66 E. Randolph St., ,
CHICAGO, ILL.

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Rictunond,
Killarney and White Killarney roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try DS.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

wh^>-ie CUT FLOWERS

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

HOERBER BROS.

"SSIS'o', cm Flowers

Telepbone Randolph 2758.

Greenliouses: DES PLAINES, aL.
Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wholesale
Florists' Supplies

Write (or Onr New Catalog

HUCKLEBERRY FOUAliE

$2.50 per case.

Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns. 1.25 per lOOO
Nataral and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEAVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

Huckleberry Foliage

$2.50 per case.
Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns, $1.25 per 1000.
Natural and Perpetuated Moss

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything In Southern Evergreens

EVERGBEEM ALABAMA

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The American Florist.

Auo:

^5,

737-9 Buckingham Place, CHICAGO

1*- KENTIAS ARi

UNIFORM DEVELOPMEII

Dealers who display in their windows and stores a variety of Wit ili
beautiful Kentias draw to themselves good trade in which there iioi
prom.

' Wittbold Kentias are specimens of uniform, wel> developed typi; ai
great care has been given to keep them in condition to attract atfttii
and create desire to buy.

KENTIA BELMOREANA

Si;'.
6-iD.
6 in
7-in,

Photographs from present

stock were used to
make these illustrations

Wittbold's Kerl

THEY BUILD BUSINESS WITH GOOD PROI

There is much greater and more k< neral use n
opportunities to still fufther incrrase the saleot
money-mating poss-ibilities— this line of fine Ken
such a complete line betore. and the beauty of it
this is the iime to pusn trade in p jlms— displavn
ycur profits ktow and your customers sure. DOrt ^

fll

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191

OWN AS THE -^1

'mM

KES THEM ATTRACTIVE

They are all clean, healthful plants of vigorous growth, and their
aceful lines and rich green color make them exceptionally beautiful and
sirable for indoor decoration.

The Belmoreana and Forsteriana varieties, both single and made-up
ants, are be<ond doubt the best you can buv — the Wittbold name stands
them for quality and price.

KENTIA FORSTER[ANA.

Each

FLOMUST

737-9 Buckingham Place, CHICAGO

: h Do7.
15 OS.CO
ifl 18.0(1

Eqrstbriana s All Sizes from 8 Ft. Down to 8 in

b are Standard

ID PLEASED CUSTOMERS REPEAT ORDERS

i]'. plants now than in years past, and there are almost limitless
'-awake florist the well chosen field of his business is full of
r!3ck of these goods is complete in a^i sizes. We have never had
;il double plants, is un>urpassed. Get your orders in at once—
ire and windows will draw trade to you. a trade that will makr
(Ills are of the Wittbold hiKh standard quality.

Photographs from present

stock were used to
make these illustrations

192

The American Florist.

Aug.

i^

j>

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
BoUi L. D.*Phone», ST. LOUIS, MO.

Supplies and ETeiytMne in Season always on liand
Write, wire or see us for

Gut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310 Pine street ST. LOUIS. MC.

Philadelphia.

SUPPLY BETTER THAN YEAR AGO.

Business is at a standstill, the de-
mand being very slow, but with all
that, it is seasonable and quite as good
as last season at this time. The supply
of flowers is better than a year ago,
there being a greater variety of roses
and the general line available at this
season shows improvement. The topic
throughout the trade is the great for-
eign disturbance and its effect on busi-
ness generally, and particularly our
own. The demand for stock coming
into the supply houses is increasing
daily, the retail florists gradually w-ak-
ing up to their wants and the position
it will place them if they allow certain
stocks to get low. The supplymen, in
their caution, are conserving their
stock as much as possible, and he is
a good customer who gets his order
complete. Prices have already com-
menced to soar, chiffons advancing al-
most 100 per cent, Cycas orders are
being filled in small installments, or-
ders calling for 100 being cut down to
2.5. M. Berkowitz, of the Bayersdorfer
Co.. says : "We are no better off than
last week. The situation grows worse
instead of better and in trying to re-
plenish stocks from importing houses
in New York and elsewhere we find
they are all alive to the situation and
prices have risen in consequence from
20 to in some instances 100 per cent.
We always carry a large stock and
while we will profit to a certain ex-
tent yet the nondelivery of imported
goods ordered to reach us during the
next Ihree months will be a great loss
to our'^lrade and to us. Our customers
do not as yet fully realize this diffi-
culty. But take only three items:
when there are no more chiffons,
wheat sheaves or sago leaves, then
they will realize in a measure what to
expect until this war is over. We are
on the fence about exhibiting at Bos-
ton and we may find that it will not
pay us. We have a good line of our
own manufacture and can keep this
stock, but much of the material comes
from abroad. We are going to adapt
ourselves to circumstances and do the

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245,

P. O. Box 208.

wttL^k't-., Mllwaui(ee,Wls.

Prompt Shipments at
' the Right Price

N£W FANCY FERNS.

Sphagnum MosS^'Good and Clean.

C_ m^ m I r^ m m w^l Wholesale Florist,

• A. iVUtiniNf 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe Hover MM'Kefe

Philadelphia, ,^ug. 12. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@15 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@10 00

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

■■ Liberty 4 00® 6 00

'■ Mock S-OOiglO 00

Bulgaria 3 00® 6 00

■' Sunburst 3 00@ h 00

■■ Kaiserin 2 0018 8 00

Carnations 1 00@ 3 00

Asters 2 00@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00@50 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00@ 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 50(8 1 00

Gladiolus 2 00@ 6 DO

.Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Aug. 12. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 25 00

fancy 20 00

extra 15 00

No. 1 8 00

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 6 00

" Richmond 2 00@ 6 00

Sunburst 2 00@ 6 00

Mrs. .'iaron Ward 2 00@ 6 00

Carnations 1 50

Cattleyas 35 00

Lilium Giganteum 6 00

Valley .• 3 0C@ 4 00

Adiantum I 00@ 1 25

Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch. .35@40

Sprays per bunch. 35@40

Sweet Peas 50

Gladiolus 2 OOO 3 00

Asters 50@ 2 00

best we can," Mr. Brunswick of the
M. Rice Co. speaks in the same strain.
Their exhibit at Boston is uncertain.
They are doing everything possible to
conserve their stock and add to it from
imported goods they can find here. A
large stock of German willows were ob-
tained and their basket department is
well fixed with this and other mate-
rial.

RI6E BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it,

riorists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.36 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Used for Gla2in^ Greenhouses. Per

Kailon. $1,35. Machines for using

same each. $1.25. Special price on

quantities of Mastica furnished on application.

Zinc Clly Greenbouse Points.— These points can

be driven right or left on any size or thickness of

glass. 5-8. 1400 to a pound; 6-8. 13(0 to a pound:

7-8. 1200 to a pound. Made from pure zinc. Put

upinonepound packaj:es. Price 25c per pound.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,

Wholesale Florist. 1324 Pine St. ST.LOUIS,MO

MiLW.^UKKH. Auk. 12. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, perdoz.. I 50@ 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00@ ii 00

Ward. Taft. Sunburst 3 00@ 8 00

■■ Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@13 00

Carnations 1 000 2 00

Lilies 6 00@iO 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 50

Snapdragon, per bunch, 25c @50c

Asters 50@ 2 00

Gladiolus 3 00@ 5 00

Rubrum Lilies 3 00@ 4 00

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193

FMold Or*o^^%ri:x Oa.r*i3^a^tioi3. I^lo^vt^i

Alma Ward Per 100. $7,50 Per 1000. $65.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward • ■' 7.50 " 65.00

Enchantress ' " 7.00 " " 60.00

While Enchantress " " 8.(0 " 7500

Some of thest' plants are in condition for immediate shipment, and all varieties we can furnish previous to August 1st. We examine all plants
ID the field, before we otter them, and we know them to be in good condition. We advise placing your order now for future delivery.

White Perfection Per 100

Beacon '

Comfort '■ ■'

son

8 (JO
7.00

Per 1000. $75.00
" ■' 70.00
" '■ 60.00

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. 12th and Race Sts.

Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

Ail year round grown by

Boffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties, Russells,

Mock, Kalserine, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 p. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA

NOTES.

The Josei^h Heacock Co. never had as
large a b'.ncK of palm.s as is now to iJe
found at Wyncote. The prospect of the
European war and its effects on im-
ports does not worry them as all are
grown from the seed upon its place.

To ii:ake summer during' the winter
months, the H. A. Dreer consumes at
its Riverton Branch about 3,50(J tons of
iJuckwheat coal. This quantity is now
in place and rises like a black moun-
tain on the ground set apart for it.

Frank Adelberger, George Craig and
Robert Kift spent the week end with
Commodore Westcott and his family at
Waretown.

The convention party slowly in-
creases and ii is thought the number
will equal that of any of the delega-
tions that have attended in recent
years.

Asters are leaders with the Niessen
Co. at this time. Very good summer
roses and Easter lilies are also fea-
tures.

Berber Brothers' Maryland roses are
top notchers. They are also strong on
asters and choice vallev.

K.

Cincinnati.

DEMAND LIGHT.

General market condition.? are noth-
ing to brag of, unless we brag of the
supply. This is large and generally
good and able to take care of all pres-
ent demands for stock. These demands
are. however, more conspicuous for
their absence than for any other rea-
son. Aboiit the only work the retailers
are having is funeral work and they
are having only a very limited quantity
of this. Asters, gladioli and lilies are
the only flowers that are having any
real call and only the best of them are
taken up. Of the first two named, the
choice offerings are easily sufficient
for present needs and prices are so rea-
sonable that the seconds and culls
have a very slow market. The lily
supply has increased the past week and
is back to normal. Roses are still in
a large supply and still have the same
slow market they had at the last writ-
ing. Included in the offerings are
many good outdoor roses. Other offer-
ings include lilium auratum and ru-
brum, snapdragons, hardy hydrangeas
and some carnations and dahlias. The
green goods supply is adequate.
NOTES.

Congratulations are in order for both
Mrs. P. J. Olinger and Mrs. Ed Fries.

r

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, KlUarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, Lily ol the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON, MASS.

VloMe Hover MATKeU

Boston. .Aus. 12 Per 100

Roses, Beauty 1 00i@25 00

• Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

■■ White and Pink Killarney. 50(g 5 00
'• Double White Killarney... 1 00(g 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 OOlg 6 00

Hadley 1 00(«)tn no

r 001S112 fo

■• Mock 1 tC@ 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

" Sunburst 1 00(8 8 00

•• Taft 1 00(g SOO

" Milady 1 m@ 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 1 00@ 6 00

" My Maryland 50(8 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00@40 00

Gladiolus America per doz . 75@1 00

coininon types. .perdoz.. 50
Lilium Longiflorum and Kubrum. 5 00® 6 00

Lilyof the Valley 3 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 30

.\sters .150 2 00

Buffalo, .Aug. 12.

Per 100
....20 00@25 00

....12 00@15 00

" " extra

....10 00@12 00

No.l

No.2

" Killarney

.... 8 00@10 00
.... 2 00@ 4 00
2 00@ 6 00

■ White Killarney

.... 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland

.... 200® 7 00
.... 2 00(8 6 00

Hillingdon

Richmond

Carnations

Lilyof the Valley

.... 2 00® 6 00
.... 2 00® 6 00
.... 1 00® 200
4 00
8 00@10 00

Cattleyas

....25 00®35 00

Gladiolus

2 00® 4 00

Asparagus, per bunch. . 35@
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35@
Ferns per 1(X)0.

50

SO

2 00

Sweet Peas

.... 20® 40

15 00

.'\sters

.... 1 00® 200

Cincinnati. Aug. 12.

Roses, Beauty per doz.. $1 00@J3 00

Per 100
Killarney 2 nOiBi fi nn

" My Maryland

Richmond

" Taft

Lilium Giganteum

.... 2 00® 6 00
.... 2 00® ft 00
.... 2 00® 6 00
8 00®10 00

Asparagus Plumosus..per hch.
Gladiolus

.... 2 no® 6 00

.'Auratum Lilies

....12 50®15 00

.Asters

. . 2 00® 4 00

Hydrangeas

. . . . 4 00® 8 on

Dahlias

- _ _ 2 mm 4 rn

The former will leave the hospital
August 15 after her three months' siege
following operations, while the latter
has recovered from her recent illness
and is about again.

E. G. Gillett reports that he has been
informed that a large lot of water-proof
crepe paper he had ordered in Europe

Manafacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McCALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Fa.

Summer Flowers

Asters, Gladiolus, Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc. Immediate service.

BERGER BROS.

Central Market,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. E. critcheIT

34-36 Third Ave. East. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Wholesale Commission Florist
Consignments Solicited

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and Supplies

St. Louis, Aug. 12. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 10 00®15 00

short stems 3 00® 8 00

Killarney 2 000 4 00

My Maryland 2 00® 4 00

White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

'■ Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

Asters I 00® 3 00

Valley 4 00

Gladiolus 3 00® 4 00

Asparagus Sprengeri 2 00@ 3 (X)

Asparagus Plumosus.per bu,,35@60

Harrisii 10 00

Ferns per 1000. 1 25

has .iust arrived in New York and is
now on its way to this city.

While L. H. Kyrk is in Boston his
son, Frank, will look after his business.

C. E. Critchell has been getting in a
nice lot of giganteum lilies.

Visitors : Mrs. Mulford & Sons, Leb-
anon, Ohio; Mr. Powers, New York
City; J. Keller. Lexington, Ky. ; E. Y.
Teas, Centerville, Ind.

H.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Fire of unknown
origin starting under the old grand-
Htand at the state fair grounds
August 2, destroyed ten buildings and
the grandstand, causing a loss es-
timated at $8T,000. The loss is fully
covered by insurance.

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Aug.

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Lilium Giganteums and Multinorums,

HOUMANN S LILY OF TBE VALLEY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms, Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

New York.

TRADE EXTBEMELT QTHET.

Business is extremely d'f"- v.'^who
are men in the wholesale district who
tayThTt K is worse than they have
ever previously seen it. Makmg al-
mwance for lapse of memory as the
veirs ago by, it must be acknowledged
?hat it !s very bad. The tieing up of
the great trans-Atlantic liners ha^
kUled^the steamer trade. The ^losing
nf the stock exchange has likewise
had a bad effect. The denizens of
wfu street are free spenders when
they are making money, Xm are
business is bad. some ."^^^ .»'^^'?„,|J^
readv to fight over a nickel. Asters
Tnd gladioli are in such abundant sup-
niV that they are being practically
^ven away. While as a matter of
form we quote prices, there are reaUy
nn nrices on these stocks. ine
weather which has been cool is now
warming up and there is a Pro^pe^^
of some genuine dog-days. The traae
in florists' supplies w. 1 ^e hard h t if
the war continues. At Reed I^eller s
it was stated that nearly all c^ their
iintiortations either came from uer
many or through it, and their supply

'^^Tusffot'Thf dfy- opened with
blittfring heat, a repetition of yester-
day, and there is very little doing in
cut flowers.

THE WAY TO BOSTON.
The New York Florists' Club will
. 1 tl tho q A F. convention at
BosTon'°v a' the '•aU water route."
Mer^bers and friends of the club will
leave New York at 5 p. m. Monaay,
Aueust 17, on the Metropolitan Steam-
^hircompany's magnificent steamer,
"Massachusetts." sailing from Pier 18,
N^rth Riier, foot of Murray street
Single fares kre $4.00, berths extra as
foUows: Two-berth stateroom outside,
«9nn- inside, with electric fan, $1.W.
Ihe commm^e in charge of transporta^
tion arrangements has l^^-'l^^'^^
staterooms in order to ^ake care oi
the members and friends of the cluo
These rooms will be held up to ten
davfof the sailing date, after which
til accommodations cannot be guar-
anteed. Traffic, in August is very
heavy, and especially so this V.ear, ana

Tn order that proper Pr°^f '""Imbers
comfort and entertainment of members

"^X ^mT;ie mr^e.^'t'Te fra'n'lportfon
c'rmTtte'e\\r"estly requests that ap
plications for reservations be made as
soon as possible, ^^me to be accom
Tinnipd bv cheque or money oroer in
payment ^f same, and made Payable to
pXk H. Traendly. chairman of the
transportation committee. The Florists
Club of Philadelphia ^^1 join the New
York contingent at New York ana
Eo to Boston on the same steamer A
.h?ghly enjoyable trip is anticipated by
members of both organizations.

CLUB MEETING.

At a special meeting of the New
York Florists' Club, held on the even-
ing of August 10, Charles H. "Totty, of
Madison, N. J., a former president of
the club, was indorsed as the club s
candidate for president of the Society
of American Florists at the coming
convention at Boston. John Young
and Wm. F. Kasting were alsp in-
dorsed, respectively, for secretary and
treasurer.

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
Its Best Growers

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone, Madison Sq. 5335

NOTES.

Chairman Frank Traendly of the
transportation committee of the New
York Florists' Club reports the follow-
ing names of those who have secured
reservations on the boat that will car-
ry the delegation to Boston for the
convention : President William H.
Duckham and wife, Frank Traen-
dly and wife, Jos. A. Manda and
wife, Chas. H. Totty and wife,
Robt. Koehne and wife, Anton
Schulthets and wife, J. H. Pepper
and wife, Chas. Weber and wife, Hen-
ry Weston and wife, A. J. Guttman
and wife, John Donaldson and wife,
John Miesem and wife, C. W. Scott
and wife, Frank Niquet and wife, F.
Wiltshire, A. T. Hogg, A. L. Miller, R.
Macarthur, Alfred H. Langjahr, John
A. Lager. George Golsner and wife,
Thomas De Forest, W. Nilsson and
niece, J. K. Allen and J. Austin Shaw.
It may be added that a large number
will attend who have not, at this writ-
ing, engaged reservations.

Attention is called to the announce-
ment of the United Cut Flower Co.,
Inc., in another column. The man-
ager, George J. Polykranas, has been
in business as a retail florist for 25
years at 665 Columbus avenue and it
will be seen that he is thoroughly ex-
perienced. It is stated that this en-
terprise has the support of over one
hundred retail florists in this and
neighboring cities and abundant capi-
tal.

Samuel Keller, of Reed & Keller, is
now in Europe and has not been heard
from for two weeks. Russin, of Rus-
sin & HanHing. is also in Europe.
Mrs. Paul Meconi is in Germany and
lias not been heard from for several
weeks. It is improbable that any
of these people will suffer bodily
harm, but they will doubtless be put
to great inconvenience.

On August 8. J. H. Small & Sons
arranged a number of fine designs
for the funeral of Mrs. Wilson. One
was from the Boy Scouts of this city,
being their emblem in white asters,
■with the words. "Be Preoared." The
design was on an easel, the height be-
ing about 8 feet.

John Donaldson, a Scotchman; Frank
Niquet, a Frenchman; John Miesern, a
German, and C. W. Scott, an American,
with Japanese sympathies, will leave all
in one boat to fish near Barnegat, N. J.
Tlieir friends are wondering what will
happen if they get into a war argu-
ment.

A singular accident happened on
August 8 to a young man employed
bv Paul Meconi. He was placing a

JOHN YOUNG

Wbolesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout the

country that all orders to be shipped, will receive

my personal attention. Choicest stock in .America.

vase of lilies in the show-window
when his foot slipped and he plunged
through the plate glass, receiving sev-
eral severe cuts on his arms and
hands.

Hitchings & Co. are building for An-
ton Schultheis, College Point, two new j
houses of iron frame construction, each |
30x175 feet. The Schultheis establish-
ment is now marketing a fine quality!
of lily of the valley and has a great J
stock of pot plants coming on.

George M. Stumpp, who has beeni
spending the summer in Germany, isl
still there and but little has been heardl
from him in the past four weeks. It isl
believed that the worst that can hap-l
pen to him is the inconvenience of an|
enforced stay.

John Einsel, buyer for G. E. M»]_
Stumpp, has taken his family to a Con-
necticut resort for a stay of two weeks.
N. C. Voit, of the same house, goes to
Saranac Lake for two weeks.

Tom E. Paynter, bookkeeper for G. E.
M. Stumpp, is on an extended vacation
and his assistant, Wm. A. Spohn, is
holding down the job.

J. K. Allen has had a nice collection
of phographs framed and hung in his
ofiice. They are trophies of his recent
Washington trip.

G. Meyers. Madison avenue and 5Sth
street, is making extensive alterations
in his store and will have a very fine
front.

Thomas Martin of Traendly &
Schenck's is again at business after an
enjoyable vacation.

A. G. Donaldson of J. K. Allen's
store has just returned from a vacation
of two weeks.

G. E. M. Stumpp expects to attend
the Boston convention.

A. F. F.

1914

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195

All Prices on Foreign Goods Are Hereby Cancelled.

M. RICE & CO., 1220 Race St., Philadelphia. Pa.

J. K. ALLEN

Established 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

Wholesale Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers.

Summer season nnw open hut still On The Job. Ship me your Gladiolus.
Asters and other Summer Stock. Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guar-
anteed. Usual supply ot roses, lily of the valley and other greenhouse stock.
Open at 6 a. m. every morning. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Sauare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card. etc.. in black and leal adopted by the S. \. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLODIST CO., 440 S. OearbornSt. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Sauare.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly ^ Schenck

Wklcnle Florists ud Cil Flower Eiduoge

131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids. Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Albany. N. Y. ,

CLUB MEETING.

At the August meeting of the Al-
bany Florists' Club held at the home
of the president, Fred Henkes, an-
nouncement was made of committees
who will have charge of details in
connection with the clambake to be
held on August 1.5. The committees
as announced by Louis H. Schaefer,
general chairman, are :

Bake — Fred Henkes. Patrick Hyde,
Samuel Hanson, and Luie Marx.

Sports — Edward P. Tracey, Edward
F. Meany. Thomas Tracey, and John
J. Haggerty.

Transportation — Richard D. Griffin
and T. J. Conley.

Finance — Fred A. Danker, Frederick
Goldring, R. Davidson and L. H.
Schaefer.

The first bus for the grove will leave
the Albany Cut Flower Exchange, 611
Broadway, at 12 :30 p. m., on the date
assigned. Some discussion in regard
to the attendance at the national con-
vention of the S. A. F. and O. H. was
followed by the appointment of a com-
mittee by President Henkes to ascer-
tain the number who will go to Bos-
ton. The committee is made up of Ed-
ward P. Tracey, Louis H. Schaefer,
and Herbert E. Whittle. A vote of
thanks was extended John Lewis L'hilds
of Long Island, for a sample of
a new white gladiolus to I'e distrib-
uted in 1015. samples of which were
sent to the meeting. The invitation of
Frederick A. Danker to hold the Sep-
tember meeting at his place was ac-
cepted. The members adjourned for
refreshments and a social hour as the
guests of President Henkes.

R. D.

Frederick, Md-

All horticulturists and florists are
invited to attend a reception on Thurs-
day, September 17, as the guests of
Prank C. Hargett, at Frederick, Md-
The reception will also include an in-
spection of the flower garden of Mr.
Hargett, said to be among the most
beautiful in the state, having been se-

Geo. C. Siebrecht

WHOLESALE FLOBIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^l^l'sssl Mad. sq. 133 W. 28th St.. New York

All tbe NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlloMeno¥crMM'KeU

New York, Aug. 12. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 10 00@15 00

extra and fancy... 5 00® 8 00

No. 1 and No. 2... 2 00@ 5 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, special 4 00

extra... 2 00@ 3 00

" No,1&No.2 50@ 1 50

•■ White Killarney, special... 5 00@ 6 00

Killarney. My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 5 00

fancy-extra.... 3 00@ 5 00
No, I and No. 2.. 75@ 1 50
Queen, special. . 4 00

•■ Aaron Ward 50@ 5 00

•■ Richmond 50@ 4 00

•• Sunburst 500 5 00

•• Ta(t 1 00@ 500

■ Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00® 8 00

Milady, special 4 00

• J L Mock 1000 5 00

• Hadley.No.l 5c;ex,6c:f.6Hc
Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00@35 00

inferior grades. 8 00@10 00
Lilies. Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 3 00@ 4 00

Lily of the Valley 2 00@ 3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asiiaragus Pluinosus....doz. bchs. 2 00@ 3 00

Smilax Doz. strings. 2 00

Sweet Peas. doz. bunches. 3Sc0$ 50
Spencer type. 35c@ 40

Carnations 50@ 1 00

Iris per doz. 25c

Gladiolus, per doz.. .America, 40c@

50c; other varieties. 35@40c

lected by the United States govern-
ment as an educational garden, and
will be used to demonstrate the art of
beautifying lawns and yards of resi-
dences, and the science of the cultiva-
tion of rare and beautiful plants. Dif-
ferent departments of the government
and many prominent florists have sent
displays to be shown in this educa-
tional garden. Viscount Chinda, the
Japanese ambassador at Washington
has accepted an invitation to be pres-
ent, and with Governor Goldsborough
of Maryland will be guests of honor.
Address will be made by Gov. Golds-
borough. F. L. Mulford of the Bureau
of Plant Industry. Wm. F. Gude,
Washington. 1). C. and George W.
Hess, superintendent of the National
Botanical Garden. Washington.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28tli St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KESSLKR

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywher*

Prompt and satisfactory. Consignments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg . 6th av. and W. 26th St., New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rtnt for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL,

Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERGREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

1 19 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30StoneS!.,RQCtiester,N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 .Wl Madison Square

Hic Largesl Shippn ud Reaiver of Fresb Cat Flowers

1^" .\ complete assortment of the best in «he

market can always be relied upon.

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Aug.

15,

Dreer's Perfect Pansies

We fully realize the importance of sending out only the best qualities of Pansies. Our stocks
are received from careful growers, and are not surpassed either for quality or germination.

50

60

Pansies in Mixture

Trade pkt.

Dreer'S Royal Exhibition. This is our finest mix-
ture. It comprises a wonderful variety of color-
ings, flowers of largest size, of perfect form and
texture. Vs oz., $1.26 $0 60

Dreer'S Premium. This mixture comprises a large
number of colorings and is intended to supply
the ^ant of a first-class mixture at a moderate
price

CaSSier'S Giant. A grand mixture of the finest
blotclied varieties, splendid in every way

Masterpiece (Frilled Pansy). A remarkable type,
each petal being conspicuously curled or waved.
The range of color is verj' extensive; the rich,
dark velvety shades predominating hi)

Mme. Ferret. A beautiful strain; flowers of largest
size and borne very freely in great diversity of
colors; especially rich in red and wine shades.
The stock we offer comes direct from the
introducer 40

Giant Trimardeau. Of strong, robust growth with
verj' large flowers in a good range of colors 26

Giant Parisian. Of very large size, and containing
a great many fancy colors and color combinations. 40

English Finest Mixed. A very fine mixture 20

Good Mixed. .\ll colors 16

Pansies in Separate Colors

Trade
.... $C

Cardinal. The brightest red

Emperor William. Ultramarine blue

Faust or King of the Blacks. Black

pjrple

Kaiser Frederick, Velvety brown , edged red

and yellow. Very rich

Lord Beaconsfield. Purple shading to white...

Mahogany Color

Peacock. Blue, claret and white

Psyche. Purple violet, edged white

Snow Queen. Pure white

White, with dark eye

Yellow, with dark eye

Yellow Gem, pure yellow

pkt. Per oz.

26 $1 00

25 1 00

25 1 00

25
26
25
25

40
25
26
25
25

00
00
00
00
50
00

1 00
1 00

1 00

Trade pkt.
Giant Adonis. Lavender blue.'. $0 30

Emperor William. Bright blue.

Fire King. Purple and gold, fine

Freya. Rich wine color, edged white

Golden Queen. Rich pure yellow

Lord Beaconsfield. Purple, shading to

white

Prince Henry. Royal blue

Rainbow. Peacock blue, white and red..

Snow Queen: Pure white

Striped

White, with dark eye

Yellow, with dark eye

Trimardeau. Finest Mixed. All colors..

30
30
30
30

30
30
30
30
30
30
30
25

Per oz.
$8 00

4 00
3 00

6 00

2 60

1 00

2 00
76
50

Per oz
fl 50
1 60
1 60
1 60
1 60

1 50

50
50
50
50

00

For list of Daisies, Forget-me-nots, Cinerarias, Primulas, Etc., see our Wholesale List.

HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Milwaukee.

TR.^DE MOVES SLOWLY.

The market conditions remain prac-
tically unchanged. There are large
quantities of gladioli and asters, but
.same seem to move off fairly well,
taking into consideration the usual
summer lull., There are plenty ,of
sweet peas, roses and out door stock
to supply all orders; 3,lso enough greens
to supply the demand.

NOTES.

Rusch & Co., are moving large con-
signments of asters, gladioli and out
door stock daily. This firm Is kept
busy getting their new addition ready,
which they expect to have completed
within the next week.

Miss Edith Webster has resigned
her position at J. M. Fox & Son's, due
to poor health but her many friends in
the trade hope that after an extended
vacation she will again be able to re-
sume her duties.

Holton & Hunkel Co. are receiving
some nice shipments of roses which
find ready sale. F. H. Holton is off
on a month's vacation visiting his old

home in Vermont and other eastern
cities.

Mrs. Baumgarten and Miss Rose
Semler are still travelling along the
western coast where they have been
spending the past month, and when
last heard from were in California.

Walter Haliday. of the C. C. Poll-
worth Co., has returned from his vaca-
tion trip and is again on the job. This
firm reports business good.

W^. C. Zimmermann is again on the
job after spending the week at the
Eagle's convention at Kansas City, Mo.

George E. Valker, of Minot, N. D..
called on friends here last w(?ek while
enroute to New York. G. R.

Cleveland.

LOCAL FLORISTS IN EUROPE.

Among the many American tourists
and travelers caught in the European
war zone are several local florists. L.
Utzinger, Lake View Road, was going
to leave, on the steamer Vaterland,
from abroad, but this boat is still in
New York harbor, and although he is
in Switzerland, a neutral country, there

is no saying just when he will be able
to come back. Mrs. Fred Burger is in
Germany and no word has reached Mr.
Burger from her for two weeks. The
ship on which she intended to come
home, now lies at the bottom of the
ocean, according to dispatches. The
boat was pressed into the German navy
to lay mines and was sunk by a Brit-
ish war vessel. Sam Pentecost is visit-
ing friends and relatives in England.
H. P. Knobles' father-in-law, mother-
in-law and sister, with a party of
friends, are also in Switzerland,

NOTES.

If you are going to the Boston Con-
vention call up Chas. Gibson for reser-
vations— Bell phone Main . 5143 or
Cuyahoga, phone Central 260.

The regular meeting of the Cleve-
land Florists' club was held at the Hol-
lenden Hotel, clubroom "B," on Mon-
day, August 10.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The local florists
financed the free concert given in Lin-
coln Park July .31 under the auspices
of the Woman's Outdoor Art League.

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"SCHILLER'S" TWO CHICAGO STORES

iJ^ilililPi^

No
Order

too
Large

or
Small

^EEESO

^m-...-.

^

Mi'n

Deliveries
Prompt

and
Accurate

4509
Broadway

LOCATED ON CHICAGO'S EXCLUSIVE NORTH SHORE.

Know that your

orders are properly filled

by artists.

We give you that
Guarantee.

George Asmus, General Manager.

URESES

''Members

of

Retail

Florist

Delivery

Association

Handy to all
Theatres
and Hotels
2221-2223
W.Madison
St. .

WEST STORE.

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Auo. /J.

A. LANGE

25 E. Madison St., CHICAGO

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Association.

75?W^WAn»**"»RAWa^WRRWW^'^'^»*«»"^»»»»«aw»MW«W«»«WnRWftW^^aMRWf

SEND ORDERS FOR

Cut Flowers and Artistic Floral Arrangements to

GUDEBROS.CO.,Wasliingtoii,D.C.

For the National Capitol and Vicinity.
Best Stock. Best Service. Prices Always Right.

Knoxvilie, Tenn

TRADE CONTINUKS QUIET.

Business conditions here are very
quiet with the exception of funeral
work, and at tlie different stores every-
one seems to be planning vacation
trips. Weather conditions have been
fine;*' we have had several good rains
in the past few weeks, which are help-
ing out-door stock considerably.

NOTES.
All of Baum's store force is given
a vacation of two weeks. He also al-
lows each clerk an afternoon off each
week during the dull season. Miss
Margaret Todd is on her vacation now,
Miss Mary Altix having returned from
her trip. Karl Baum returned from a
well earned week's stay In the moun-'
tains much refreshed and with new
energy to take care of their ever in-

creasing business. Miss Bessie Smith
enjoyed her vacation during the last
week in June and the first week in
July. The writer has never seen bet-
ter carnations than he saw already
planted at their greenhouses. Their
'mums also look very promising.

Chas. L. Baum had considerable
work for Mrs. Wilson's funeral which
was held in Rome, Georgia, Tues-
day, August ]1. Among many nice
pieces, the most prominent was a
largq' panel standing over six feet
high with a shield of red, white and
blue in the center. This piece was
given by the citizens of Knoxvilie
through the Board of Commerce.

C. W. Crouch reports business as
being very, good the past two weeks.
The cut llovver supply has been good
and he h.is some especially nice roses
and gladioli. Accompanied by Mrs.

("ri-UL'h be left August 8 for Atlantic
City, and from there will go to Bos-
ton for the convention. They con-
template spending the next two
months in the East.

Addison J. McNutt was found very
busy building two new houses which
he says will be planted in sweet peas.
His young stock of carnations looks
very fine.

Among those going to the Boston
Convention are Chas. L. Baum, Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Dailey, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Crouch, A. J. McNutt and L. A.
Giger.

A. H. Dailey reports business rather
dull. He and Mrs. Dailey left for At-
lantic City, and from there will go to
Boston to attend the convention.

Mrs. Ryno is not very busy at pres-
ent, but is cutting some very fine
stock, especially asters.

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(S. A. F. and O. H.)

IRWIN BERTERM ANN, President, Indianapolis, Ind.

W. r. GUDE, Vice-President, Washington, D. C.

W. L. KOCK, Treasurer, Kansas City. Mo.
Directors: -Ernosi Wicnhocbcr. A. li. «':irtl<il';cv Fnil. II. SI i-iiiliardt . I'liilip
nrictiiifyer. CiMor^e Asnius, J. A. Yaleiitiiio. .loliri Huiirvina iiii. Il.'iirv I'riiii.
Mutual Discounts, 20 per Cent. Provisions for Guaranteed Accounts

Write to ALBERT POCHELON, Secretary, 153 Bates Street, Detroit, Mith.

(Jill' li^t i, ;;r..\vill;; ^l.'iidily, so i^ till' Tc-lriir;ilili Il\isinpss .

20O Members— Estimated Business $500,000 Annually. Join Now.

Chicago.

EstabUsned In 18S7.

^iSeM;.

ncMisr

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone. Graceland 1112.

Send as yoar retail orden.

WKHAVETHI BEST FACILITIXS IN THE CITT

Mention the American Florist when writing

F.TD.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Oh U St. Lou,

GRIMM -GORLY

St. Lonis, Mo. F. T. D.

I Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

iji 5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delivery.

1 11 Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

; Mention the American Florist when writing

, f

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

Ff.OWfST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnut St.. Des MoiRes. la.

Largest and most centrally located store Id the
city. All orders givea prompt atteotioD.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis.

TRADE CONTINUES QUIET.

The warm weather still oontinue.s,
making trade very dull. War new.s
and its effect on future business is
talked of everywhere. Roses are plenti-
ful. Mrs. Charles Russell being in good
demand. American Beauty roses are
plentiful, but move slowly. Gladioli
have been numerous with low - prices.
Smilax is scarce, but there is good de-
mand for plumosus and sprengeri.
Asters are coming in freely and are of
fair quality with short stems.

NOTES.

M. Uhlschmidt, manager of the East
.St. Louis store of Grimm & Gorly, Is
always a very busy man.

The Windier Wholesale Floral Co.
has had a fine stock in asters, gladioli
aTl(3 rosGS

Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co.
reports plenty of stock, but the demand
limited.

Miss Newman's Flower Shop is
closed for the summer season.

H. G. Berning is receiving large
consignments in roses, lilies, American
Eeauty roses and asters.

George Angermueller is receiving
some fine gladioli and some choice
roses.

John Connon will entertain visit-
ing florists at the club meeting.

W. P.

COLUMBUS, O.— The Ohio State Uni-
versity has advertised for bids on the
erection of a greenhouse.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., COR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

T^ELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-'• any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Relerence or Cash must accompany all orders
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address: Albxconnell.
Western Union Code.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choic
Beauties, Orchids aodValley always on hand.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Sauare.
42 West 28th Street.

To ontol-town florists WW! VflWR

We are in the Heart of WIS-W IUHA

And five special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

Mention the American Florist when writing

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Auditorium Annex. CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

.\nderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niaiara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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Aucr.

I5r

DESI6NS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by thr
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

E«tabliahed 1874-.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents In all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Jf anHon the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S OlsoD,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
«Dd for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America: the largest stock; the sreatest
variety. Write, wire or phooe. We are alive
olffbt and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Newar]£, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresb Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries
tbroughout the state and to all steamship docka
in Hoboken, N. J., aod New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWrTPLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurorc^
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK
No. 22 West B9th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Members of the Florists' Tdegnph DeliraT.

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, The Telegrapli Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Aiidersop, S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo. N* Y.

Archias Floral Co., Sedalia. Mo.

Atlanta Flural Co., Atlanta. Ga.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blacliistone, Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross. Rochester. Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland. O.

Eieitmeyer's Son. John, Detroit. Micb.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver. B. C.

Buckbee, H. W., Rockford, III.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Cass Avenue Florist, St.' Louis.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, 0.

Cooke, Geo. H.. Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo. ,

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York,

Duerr. Chas. A., Newark, 0.

Dunlop's. 96 Yonge St., Toronto. Can.

Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Fieeman. Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Fiiedman, Chicago.

Galvin. Thos. F., Boston.

Gardiner, Alex. C., Superior. Wis.

Gasser, J. M.. Co., Cleveland. O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Grimm-Gorly, St. Louis.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Ileinl & Son. J. G.. Terre Haute. Ind.

Hess & Swoboda. Omaba, Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Joy Floral Co.. Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J., B., Rochester. N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

Kift, Robert, 1725 Chestnut. Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse. Wis.

Lange. A.. 2.^ E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius. J. J.. Dulutb. Minn.

I^ndon Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan. Wis.

May & Co., L. L.. St. Paul, Minn.

MeCounell. Alex., -New Y'ork.

McKenna, Moutieal. Can.

Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.. New Orleans. La.

Murray. Samuel. Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist. New York.

Ostertag Bros.. St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M.. Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer. W. J., & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co.. The, Denver, Colo.

Penn, the Florist. 43 Bromfield St.. Boston.

Phillips Bros., Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchi. San Francisco.

PoUworth Co., C. C. Milwaukee..

Portland Flower Store. Portland. Me..

Randolph & McClements; Pittsburgh. Pa,

Rock. Wm. L.. Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison St.. Cbgo.

Schllng, Max. 22 W. 59th St.. New York.

Small & Sons, J. H., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington, D. C.

Smith Co.. A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry. Grind Rapids, Mich.

Stumpp, G. E. M., New Y'ork.

Weber, F. H., St. Louis, Mo.

Whltted, Floral Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

Wills &' Segar, London, Eng.

Wittbold. G.. Co., 737 Buckingham PI.. Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson, Los Angeles.

Young & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desije;ns.
High Grade Cat Blooms,

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when wrltinit

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Both Long Distance
Phones.

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to ill
parts of ttie country. Special care, select sod
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Boyle and Maryland Ave.

OUDE BROS-CQi
FLORISTS
131* r 9TNM

WASHINGTON

D. C.

Gudes^

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writlHi^

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray^

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Atteilioi

Members of the Florists' Telesrraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when ierttln^'

PHILADELPHIA and VICmnY.

uiljr ijottbon iFloiorr &i)iiti. lUth.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

I

Denver, Colo.

yhe Park

J. A. VALEN'HNE, jLlOI^ai wO*-

President.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Mention the American Floriat when writint

jgi^.

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DESIGNS FOR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Geo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. wni fill all orders for Cut

Kansas City and F'owf.". F""^"' designs

., iM'ii u WeddiDg and Birthday Gilts.

rieasaninlll, bio. that may be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Fa.

A.W. Smith Co.

KEENAN BLDG.

Largeit Floral Establishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
■ Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee, Wis.

CCPollwoithCo.

Wisconsin

Win take proper

care of your orders In

Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders griven prompt
attention and filled with strictly fresh stock.

Established 1849

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when vjriting

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co.. 41 Peachtree.

Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.. 124 Tremont St.

Boston— Penn. the Florist. 43 Bromfleld St.

Buffalo, N. i'.- S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland. O.— The Cleyeland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland. 0.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines. la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit. Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Grand Rapids. Mich. — Henry Smith.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Bock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London, Eng. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. GoldensoD.

Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

xrinneapolis. Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.

.Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark. N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark, O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New Orleans. La. — Metairle Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — Alex McConnell. 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New Y'ork — Myer, Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New York— Max Schling. 22 W. 59th St.

New York— J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. B. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Omaha. Neb. — Hess & Swoboda. Farnam St.

Philadelphia- Robert Kift. 1725 Ctestnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland. Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford. III.— H. W. Buckhee.

Sheboygan. Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis. Mo. — Cass Avenue Florist.

St. Louis, Mo. — Grlmm-Gorly.

St. Louis. Mo.^Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalia. Mo. — Archias Floral Co.

Superior. Wis.— Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind. — J. G. Heinl Sons.

Tacoma. Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto. Can.— Dunlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L,

Washington— Gude Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbus.

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

224 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in^

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writini^

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE OF FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House in the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave,

Mention the American Florist when writinir

Albany, N. Y.

E> ^5r I^ E> ®,

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STR££T

Mention the American Florist when writing

Dunlop's

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

OB Yoncfl Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantee
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writinif

Boston, Mass.

Send fiower orders (or delivery in

Boston and all
New England Points

To THOMAS F. GALVIN, mc.

124 TREMONT ST

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for ttie trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

:Wire or Phone Your Orders 10:

CASS AVENUE FLORIST

Both Phones. 1508 Cass Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO.

^enayourorQers'o'Uliicap

andSuo-
arbs to

j-ar — ^*/ All order! carefully filled
_■ ifgwMi*^** under the saperviflioD o(

^HicA«S-. GEORGE iSMUS, Mgr

wire. Write or Phone West 822

Member Florists' Teleeraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers In City.

Little Rock, atk.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, o.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Beinl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 527.

Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

1415 Farnimi St telephones

iiij 1 arnvm si. jgoj ^^^ j. ,532

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Teleeraph Delivery.

Kansas City, Mo.

WaUam L. Rock
Flower Co.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MTER, FLORIST, ^li'^ti"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 1 5th & H. Sts.
AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from tbe

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST
San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

6O KEARNEY STREET

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Vancouver, B. C.

Seeds

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

69 ISIADISON AVENUE

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Deliver)

Flower Colors

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00 POSTPAID.

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

PfllLIPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

NEWARK N. X

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialtv.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade disc.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Desi^os od short notict.
Prompt attentioD to teleg^rapb and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

IVIiCtlltian orders will be carefally

" * cared lor by

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH a SONS Will fill your
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers io Michigan

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Paper White

Grandiflora

Per 1000

Fancy (1250 bulbs to case) $ 9.50

Star Brand (1000 bulbs to case) 11.50

Lilium Formosum

Per 1000

6-8 inch (350 bulbs to case) $37.00

7-9 inch (250 bulbs to case) 60.00

8-9 inch (225 bulbs to case) 70.00

8-10 inch (200 bulbs to case) 80.00

Lilium Harrisii Cold Storage Lilies

Per 10(Kl Per case

6.50

Best Bermuda Stock. From Ro^ued Fields.

Per 100 Per 1000 Gi^antcum, 7-9 in. (100 to case)..

5-7 in. (400 to case) $5.00 $40.00 Giganteum,7-9in.(300 tocase) ...($55.00) 17.00

6-7 in. (335 to case) 6.50 47.00 ^ ^ . „ ^«

7-9 in (200 to case) 9.50 85.00 Giganteum, 8 9 in.(250 to case)... ( 70.00) 18.00

Freesias

Purity— True

mo 10(10

34-in. to l-in $2.50 $22.50

Sg-in. to 34-in... 1.75 16.00
l/2-in. and over. 1.50 12.00
%-in. to i/2-in-- 1.25 10.00

Vaughan's Improved French Grown

Purity 100 icoo 100 loco

•■'i-in. and up.. ..$2.25 $20.00 J«mbO $1.50 $12.00

h-in. to 34-in... 1.75 16.00 Mammoth .. 1.00 9.50
^s-in. to i2-in-- 1-50 12.00

Let us have your list of Fall Bulbs for quotation

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago and New York

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
deners, Florists and
Home-makers, taught
bT Prof. Craig and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize the growing
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners wbo un-
derstand up - to - date
metbods and practice
PROF. BEAL. are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening ii
Indispensable to those wbo would have
the pleasantest homes.

250-page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School
Deot. A. F., Springfield, Mass.

Meniion the American Florist when writing

RAHN & HERBERT

1 10 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra stroner English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet liinl] per 100. $25.00

Erica Mediterlana, 4 inch pots 15 00

Erica Wllmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots . " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palms. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.

Prices on application.
Mention the American Florist wTien writing

BEAUTIES

Choice young stock in 3 inch and 4 inch pots, at the rate of

$30.00 per 1000 in lots of 500 plants, F. O. B. Hinsdale.

ORDER TODAY

BASSETT & WASHBURN

131 North Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Central 1457

CHICAGO

!^|V1 I L A X

strong plants, 2V2 inch, $1.26 per 100;
$10.00 per laiO.
Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2!^ inch,

$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3-inch pots. Chrysanthemums

Carnations for fall delivery. SmUax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers, £'ei°?i'ri

Flower Colors.

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

SEASONABLE STOCK

Cyclamen, Peppers, Cherries. Primroses, Chi-
nese. Obconica. Forbcsii and Malecoides IVlums,
vellow. white and pinli Smilax. T K. Begonias,
Rex and fiowerini;. Fancy Leaved Caiadlums.
Cincinnati and Glory de Lorraine Begonias.
Ferns, all kinds and si/cs.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower, Pekin, Dl.

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15,

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. IMorse, 8:111 Francisco, Calif.,
President; J. M. Lnpton, IVIattituclv, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Duncan,
Philadelpiiia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer: S. P. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting, San Fran-
cisco, Oalif., June 1915.

Chinese narcissus bulbs are due in
Chicago nest week.

Some Michigan bean growers report
damage from heat.

J. C. Vaughan and wife returned
from Mackinac, August 12.

Medium beans for eating purposes
have advanced over $1 per bushel since
war began.

The S. S. Patria, of the Fabre line,
arrived at New York, .A.ugust 11. with
French bulbs.

Visited Chicago : N. B. Keeney, Le-
Roy, N. Y., returning from the west-
ern pea districts.

Candidtjm lily bulbs are ready to ship
from France but transportation facili-
ties are reported uncertain.

■Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade August 12 were as
follows : Timothy. .$4.50 to $6 per 100
pounds. .

P.\PER manufacturers are withdraw-
ing prices and will not figure on con-
tracts bej-ond 30 days, owing to war
conditions.

THE S. S. Germania. of the Fabre
line, with some heavy shipments of Ro-
man hyacinths and other French bulbs,
was due at New York August 12.

Baltimore, Md. — The firm of J. Bol-
giano & Son has just completed the
shipment of a large export order of its
Early Fortune cucumber seed to the
province of Kurland. Russia.

THE S. S. Amsterdam, of the Holland-
American line, which sailed from Rot-
terdam -August S, with a number of
shipments of the Dutch bulbs, is due at
New York about August 17.

A. Henderson, Chicago, arrived at
Rotterdam last week on the Holland-
American S. S. Ryndam and cabled hi.s
house. August 16, stating that condi-
tions there were very much disturbed.

Op vegetable seeds likely to be short
because of war are sugar beets, man-
gels, kohlrabi, most herbs, many pep-
pers, radish, pickling onion and some
of the large kinds of turnip, rutabaga,
leek, carrot, celeries and pumpkin.

Kentucky Blue Grass seed is
quoted for delivery August, September
or October at $1 for 19-pound seed and
five cents higher for 21-pound seed.
This is five cents above former low
price. The lack of export demand
may cause another decline.

Sluis & Groot, Enkhuizen. Holland,
in their report of July, show that their
specialties in vegetable seeds will pro-
duce a fair yield. The flower seeds
are good except lobelia and migne-
nette. There will be a light crop of
primula and myosotis.

Import Troubles.

With the stopping of leading conti-
nental steamer lines and the placing
of railroads on a war basis, the seed
trade is guessing how and when its
seeds will be delivered on French and
German contracts. How Dutch bulbs
will be moved is now expected to be
an easier question. There has been a-
halt in continental trade in bulbs
which suggests lower prices in the
United States, provided the stock can
be moved by steamer lines. Most
French stock is either here or ailoat
with the exception of Ijilium candidum,
northern grown, which may be held up.
It is another conundrum how mail and
seeds usually mailed will come
through. Export contraot orders of all
kinds are also likely to fail of de-
livery.

New Zealand Seed Crops.

Wellington, July. 15. — Just at pres-
ent we are busy handpicking our stock
seed of peas prior to planting, which
will commence in a few weeks now.
We have redressed and. made ship-
ments of practically all of our 1914
contracts. On the whole our deliver-
ies -were in full of most varieties with
one or two minor exceptions. At pres-
ent the ground is itf good condition for
planting and we are hopeful of a fav-
orable crop during the coming season.

The crop of cocksfoot grass in New
Zealand last year was not as good as
usual and prices ruled higher in con-
sequence. The same remarks apply
to ryegrass. Hard fescue proved an
average crop and the seed was excep-
tionally good. We have been making
shipments of this to America with
very satisfactory results. It is a splen-
did grass for lawns, withstanding
drought well. The Lucerne seed crop
turned out rather shorter than usual
and the same remarks apply to white
and red clover, but as there are good
samples of imported seed 6ffering at
moderate prices the market has been
kept within reasonable limits.

C.

Chicago Seedsman Tells About Crops.

Our plantings of beet, carrot, cucum-
ber, radish, tomato, etc., made good
showings during the early part of the
season. Our estimates based on pres-
ent conditions, however, do not point
to a large harvest. Rain has been
needed badly in many sections and
most of these crops are still in the
making. We can not foretell a result
but hope for the best. Our plantings
of sweet corn up to a week or two ago
promised well but continued drought
has hurt greatly.

Onion sets are-three-fourths harvest-
ed. The dry weather has permitted an
ideal harvest. The crop is not large,
but the quality is excellent. The sets
matured properly and the size is more
uniform than usual. There will be
very little shrinkage from oversized
bulbs, and the dryness at the time of
harvest insures good keeping stock.

Estimates of beans are now being
made, but already have had to be re-

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers of
Hi h Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited.

vised, also on many crops the vines
are still in bloom so that it is not pos-
sible to say what the outcome will be.
In a general way, it is too dry and un-
less we get rain, crops will be short-
ened.

Since our preliminary estimates of
peas were made, growing conditions
have been such that a revision of es-
timates is necessary and can hardly be
made to be of any value until crops
commence to come in. There is no
doubt but that returns will fall below
estimates.

S. F. Leonard.

California Seed Crops.

Los Angeles. -August 11. — We are
well along with the harvesting and
crops generally are better than those
of the past two seasons. Tomatoes
and beans are looking fine. Flower
seed crops are early and quite prom-
ising, especially asters, antirrhinums,
salpiglossis and Zinnia, Sweet peas
average a half crop and the harvest is
very uneven owing to aphis injury.
_^_ B.

New Jersey Seed Crops.

Pedricktown, N. J. August 6.— Seed
crops at this writing are growing
nicely. We will have a surplus on
most all varieties of tomato. Have
had plenty of rain and expect a normal
crop of pepper, egg plant and vine
seeds.

Established 1810.

Denaiffe & Son, Northerf/rance.

The Premier Seed Growers of Ihe World.

The Greatest Acreage. Over 900 Employes.
^ Motto : The Very Best Quality. Specialties :
Beet, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Lettuce, Mangel
Wurtzel, Omon, Parsley, Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga, Turnip. For special prices furpluscrop. 1914.
now beine harvested, address Charles Johnson,
Marietta, Pa., Sole Agent for U, S. and Canada.

ruilNToNSEEDCa

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelcti, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

FOR

SEEDS

or ALL KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson fi Son, Limited

Boston, England

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com; Cucumber.

Mnsk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

FREMONT

Souash.

NEBRASKA

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fail Catalogue.

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VIEW OF A PORTION OF OUR EDENVALE SEED FARM.

Our growing is confined entirely to the following California specialties,
which we produce in variety on our personally-operated farms :

Carrot, Celery, Endive, Leek, Lettuce, Onion, Parsley,
Parsnip, Radish, Salsify and Sweet Peas.

BRASLAN SEED GROWERS COMPANY, Inc.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, U. S. A.

The No. 16 "Clipper" Seed Cleaner

OUR machines are without an equal
for cleaning and grading success-
fully and economically, all kinds of
rtower and field seeds, peas, beans, bulbs,
etc. They are used by practically all of
the large Seedsmen in the United States,
also in Canada, the British Isles, Europe,
also in South America, New Zealand
and Australia.

They are simple in construction, easy
to install and operate, well made, nicely
hnished, light running and guaranteed
to give satisfaction. Write for new^
catalog and full description.

A. T. FERRELL & CO., Saginaw, W. S., Mich., U. S. A.

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AuiT.

'5^

6TEGHEB'8

Seedsmens Supplies

Seed Bags,

Folding Boxes, Hangers and

Catalogue Covers

STECIIER LlinOGRArniC COMPANY

ROCHESTER, N Y.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

'^"""fciud."" Swedesboro, New Jersey

Mention the American Florist when writing

FOR SALE.

Carload Alfalfa Screenings

Samples upon request.

6. & B. COMPANY, care American Flotist.

Mention the American Florist when writing

My new list of

Winter Spencer
Sweet Pea Seed

is being mailed. If not in your
hand now, send a postal for.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, "-2^^^^'

Mention the American Florist tvhen toriting

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. All Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Mention the American Florist when writing

All Seeds and Bulbs sold
by Thorburn are always
of the very highest qual-
ity and true to name.

ASPARAGUS

Plumosus Nanus

Per 1000

l.OOO $2.00

5,000 1.75

10,000 1.65

TUfiEROSES

Dwarl Double Pearl

Extra large size
$7.50 per 1000

53 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY.

Mention the Ameripan Florist when writing

THEG. HERBERT COY SEED CO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Sauasli and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

H. WREDE

LUNEBURG, GERMANY

PANSY SEED

184 First Prizes, tbe higrhest

awards Chicago. Paris, London,

Bruxelles, Berl., Hamb., Rocie.

1000 seeds, 6nest mixed. ..25c

1 02. ..$2.25

Price list on application. Cash with order

First=Class Cabbage Seed

Danish Amager Ballhead, Short Stem Winter.

The Earliest Cauliflower

ib superfine Danish Snowball.

Please ask for otters of autumn delivery
and our prices.

DITLEV ELTZHOLTZ S CO.

Rlnge, Denmark.

Always

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will not cause us to raise our prices on French Bulbs.
We will not take advantage of the present opportunity to
advance prices to florists who have placed their French Bulb
orders with Holland firms unable to ship in those cases where
they hold shipment until Dutch Bulbs are ready to forward.

Paper

1250 to case % 8.50 per 1000

Giants, extra large 10.00 per 1000

Lilium Formosum

From select fields;

7-9 (.300 to case) % 7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000

8-10 (210 to case) 9.00 per 100; 80.00 per 1000

9-10 (190 to case) 10.00 per 100; 95.00 per 1000

rreeSia "lirity Bermuda grown.

Large forcing size |16 00 per 1000

Select forcing size 14.00 per 1000

f?MAACi2l French grown

1 rCCSlCI Refracta Alba.

Mammoth bulbs, only $10.00 per 1000

French Roman Hyacinths

12-15 $35.00 per 1000

Let Us Quote on Your Lily and Dutch Bulb Orders

A. Henderson & Co. '

369 River Street, CHICAGO.

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BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[VCALYPTUS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. Bll 857, MELBOURKE, AUSTRALIA

Mention the American Florist when writing

Seedsmen requiring the very best selections o(

Garden Seeds

(Vegetable and Flower), especially

Kelway's Celebrated
En^ish Strains

can set them at lowest iDdependent wholesale
rates by sending their orders direct to

KELWAY & SON

wholesale Seed Growers.

Langport, Somerset, England.

Special quotations on application.
Mention the American Florist when vyriting

FERNS IN FLATS

ALL VARIETIES

We ship by express during August,

stock ready for 2^-in. pots in flats of

about 110 clumps, which can be divided.

Price, $2.00 per Hat

20 or more flats, $1.75 each.

Packing included.

Order now while we have full list of

varieties to select from.

Write for illustrated folder.

McHutchison & Co.

17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write for our low prices.

LiAbt, Pratt and
■lUcottSts^

Baltimore, Md.

ROEMER'S

'^C PANSIES

The finest strain of Pansies in thu World.
Introducer and Grower of all the Leading
Novelties. Highest Award at Mannheim,
1907. Catalogue free on application.

FREDERICK ROEMER

QDEDUNBURG, GERMANY

Contract Seed Growers

CnDPialtiac ■ Pepper, Edg Plant, Tomato,
d|ll!bldiue». Vine Seed and Field Com.

CorrespoodeDce Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Soii,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

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Danish
Quality

SEEDS

Cabbage Danish Ballhead.
Short-Stemmed Roimdhead.

SUCH AS

Cauliflowers^ Cabbages, Carrots,
Mangels, etc.

Are Recognized all Over the World.

The double yield may be secured with the same
expenses and work by having the most perfect stocks.

Ask them From Your Seedsmen or Write for
Catalogue and Free Samples.

L. DAEHNFELDT, Ltd.

Seed Growers, ODENSE, DENMARK.

Cable Address: DAEHNFELOT-ODENSE.

Mention the American Florist when writing

BEANS, PEAS,

and all Garden Seeds

RADISH

LEONARD^ SEED

CO.

226-230 W.

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRAtt

Write for Pric

quality:™

SEND roti OATiuwri;.

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

l«l M-.al 14th Sr.. K*K Tnrk.

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster

Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writino

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" B I R P E E ' S-^LORiSTS'

SEEDS GROW"

and are the Best Seeds that can be grown

Quality is the first consideration in Burpee's Seeds— the best
possible quality regardless of the cost of production — that is the rule with
all Burpee's Seeds. While our prices may be higher than those of some other
houses, yet the quality of the seeds in every case warrants the prices
charged. We aim always to excel in quality rather than to compete in price

BURPEE'S SEEDS ARE GROWN BY BURPEE!

As a rule, this is absolutely true. Those varieties of seeds that cannot be
produced to the highest standard of excellence upon our own farms are
raised under private contract, subject to our personal inspection during
growth, in such sections of America and Europe as long experience has
shown to be best adapted to their proper development. Ordinarily we buy
no seeds on the open market.
Those who once use Burpee's Seeds continue to want them year after year.

SEND FOR "BLIE LIST"

MAILED FREE TO FLORISTS AND MARKET GARDENERS ONLY

The most complete catalogue published for FloriStS, Market Gardeners and Truckers. For the planter
who "knows" it contains complete lists of all that is best in flowers and vegetables, while the grower
who is uncertain as to the best varieties suited for his purpose may be guided by the bull's-eye O placed
after what is known to be best. In addition full descriptions are given of many new and valuablevarieties.
Burpee's Blue List for 1914 contains 148 pages, with hundreds of half-tone and engraved illustrations!
Within the pages of this catalogTie we have condensed an experience of thirty-seven
years both in handling and the actual growing of seeds. If you garden for profit (that is,
sell your products in the market) you are entitled to a copy of this complete and easih'
understood catalog. It is sent only to growers for market, for we must protect the trade.

Of any florists who have not used Burpee's Seeds all that we ask is a fair comparative
trial — no matter how small your first order may be. Shall we send you a "Blue List"?

ADDRESS, SIMPLY,

BIRPEE, PHILADELPHIA

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The House of

MICHELL

is the leading institution of itS
kind in the United States.
It makes a specialty of catering
to the wants of florists* every-
where in

Seeds, Bulbs and
Suadries.

A large modern 5 story (and basement;) main building
23 X 47 feet wide and 180 feet deep, houses its ever
increasing business, while the founders thereof are still
the active men at the helm. It might pay you to know us.

Wholesale Price List of Secds, Bulbs, Plants

and Sundries mailed on request.

Michell's Seed House, Philadelphia.

New English Seeds £Se

As actual seed growers on the lar^^est scale
for over UK) years past, we can supply yoU
with the most highly bred and improved strains
of Vegetable, Flower and Farm seeds at
less prices than you have ever paid before.
Write for a specially low quotation for your
actual requirements. No obligation to buy
anything.
English YeUow Primrose, 2 shillings and 6

pence per oz. ; 35 shillincs per pound.
Pink Beauty Sweet William, 2 shilMngs and

fi pence per oz. ; 35 shillini.'S per pound.
Scarlet Beauty Sweet William, 5 shillings

peroz.; 60 shillings per pound.
Address us personally:

TOOGOOD a SONS, Southampton, Eng.

Seedsmen lo H. M. the King; to H. M the late King Edward and
for 50 years lo H M. (helate Queen Victoria. Est. 1815.

Get Quotations From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Biogmsdaic Bristol, Pa.

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA. CALIF.

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squasli, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

200 Acres Devoted to

Miscellaneous Flower Seeds

Especially Asters

Now Is The Time To Place Orders For Autumn Delivery

A cf A-|«c Le-ading varietiL-s. including

X^OI-blo Bodger's popular Giant

liranchinfi Comet in many shades of colors.
Best CD the market for florists' and general
trade.

AntirrhimTm Giant Flowering in

/UlUrriliXlUni colorsand mixture.

I^l-kcm/^c Improved Mammoth Early

V/UOXllUO Flowering and others.

Carnation, Dianthus, Del-
phinium In varRiv.

"Ppfll-HIQ Famous Giants of California

X ^l-UlLia and other varieties.
Cf|-vpl^c Many classes in colors and

7ji||||o Double Giants in colors and

^■*"''"''''*** mixture, also other varielies.

Write us for Price List and Special Quotations on Large Quantities.
We recommend contracting in advance of season.

John Bodger & Sons Co.,

Los Angeles, Calif.

Contract Seed Growers.

QUALITY. QUANTITY.

P. VAN DEURSEN

Bulb
Wholesale Only.

Grower, Gladiolus Specialist,

SASSENHEIM, HOLLAND

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an's Flower Seeds

with each succeeding year tlie "Wide-awake" florist has been adding to his stock, plants and cut flowers grown
from seed. At one time owXi bedding stock was secured in this way, but now the flowers and plants that "bring the
money," are seed grown. To meet this ever increasing demand we have secured the choicest strains possible of all
flower seed stock we carrv for florists' use.

CYCLAMEN

GIANT ENGLISH GROWN

Prices-lOO seeds. $1.00; lOOO seeds, $8.00 n.-t, each except where noted.
Rosy Mom. Delicate rose color. Claret basi-. Mauve Queen. Mauve.
Grandlflora Alba. The largest eiant white. Duke of Connaught. Purplish crimson.
Excelsior. White with purple base. Duke of Fife. Darli rose.

frincess May. Pale pink.

Salmon King. .\ very striking new color. 100 seeds. $1.25; ICOO seeds. $10.0O.
Princess of Wales. Deep pink.
Saint George. The foliage is beautifully marsined and ornamented with britrht silver.

not unlike tiie Begonia Rex. The flowers are a rich salmon color. ICO seeds. $2.50.
Brilliant Giganteum. Verv robust grower. Large fiery crimson flowers. 100 seeds.

$1.25; lOOJ seeds, $10.00.

GIANT GERMAN GROWN

Prices— 100 seeds. 65c; 1000 seeds, $5.00.

Pure White (Mont Blanc . Dark Rose. Dark Crimson.

Rose Von Marienthal. Daybreak Pink. White with Carmine Eye.

Extra choice mixed. Per 100 seeds, 50c; 250 seeds, $1.15; 1000 seeds. $4.50; 5C(10

seeds $20 00.
Glory of Wandsbek. .\ttractive salmon color. 100 seeds, $1.25; 250 seeds, $2.85;

1000 seeds, $10.00.

GIANT ORCHID-FLOWERED

Price 100 seeds. 85c; 1000 serds. $7.00.
White with Carmine Eye. lilac. Pure White. Red. Pink.

Giant Orchid-Flowered Cyclamen in choicest mixture, 100 seeds, 80c; IWO seeds,

""giant pansies

VAUGHAN'S INTERNATIONAL PANSIES

This is one of the specialties which has established the reputation of Vaughan's
Flower Seeds and one which we maintain most carefully. To this and our Giant tnixture
of Pansies we add each year a number of new varieties selected from the collections of
the foremost pansy specialists in Europe, Trade pkt., 50c; 's OZ., $1.50; !4 OZ.,
$5.00; OZ., $10.00.

CYCLAMEN.

VAUGHAN'S GIANT PANSY MIXTURE

Embraces besides all the separate shades and colors five special
strains not listed elsewhere and which can only he had in this and our
International mixture. Trade pkt., 25c; ' s OZ., 60; OZ., $4.00; '4 lb.,
$14.00.

VAUGHAN'S CUT FLOWER MIXTURE

This mixture is put up bv ourselves and contains mostly light colored
sorts. We have sold this mixture for several seasons to some of our
Chicago cut flower growers, who ha\e realized big reTurns from the sale
of the floweis. Trade pkt., 50c; Vs OZ., 85c; Vi oz., $1.50; oz., $5.0O.

SWEET PEAS Winter Flowering

Oz. 'i lb Lh

lb
$0.35

.15

.10
.15
.10

.10

.10
.10

.10

.40

.35
.40
.35

.35

.30
.30

.30

.30
.30
.60
30

1.00

1.20

2.00

00

Canary Bird. Early yellow $0.10

Christmas Countess 1 ^, ,^ ,
Mrs C. H. Totly ,Skyblue....
Earliest of All / „. ,
Christmas Pink fP'°k and White

Christmas Meteor. Brilliant red .15

Christmas Prima Donna * ^ ^

Mrs. F. J. Dolansky 1 Daybreak pink

Christmas White /

Mont Blanc - Pure white

Florence Denzer \

Mrs. Alexander Wallace. Lavender

Mrs. E. Wild. Bright rose

Mrs. W. W. SmaUey I _ ,

Mrs. William Sim f Salmon pink...

Snowbird • n, , j j l- ./»

Burpee's Earliest White f Black-seeded white 10

Le Marquis Naiyblue 10

Watchung 20

Winter-Flowering Sweet Peas Mixed 10

Orchid-Flowered Christmas Sweet Pea
SELMA SWENSON

It is a beautiful, clear, light, soft pink, with waved petals, a strong grower and good
forcer. Per trade packet (while stock lasts) 25 seeds $1.50.

WINTER FLOWER SPENCER YARRAWA

The color on opening is a rose, changing as the flower developes to a light pink standard,
tinted buff, with blush wings, blooms large, beautifully waved and of great substance. Per
oz., $8.00; Vt oz., $4.00; ^4 oz., $2.00.

CHRISTMAS FLOWERING SPENCER MRS. A. A. SKACH

One of the best greenhouse pinks Flowers are exceedingly large, much fluted, four
to a stem, lighter than Daybreak, with long stems. Strong grower. Per OZ., $4.00.
For other Flower Seeds see our "Fall Book for Florists."

Some annuals for growing under glass for cut flowers ari:-: Antirrhinum. Calendula,
CalUopsis, Candytuft, Centaurea, Dimorphotheca. Larkspur, Lupinus, Mignonette,
Poppies and Stocks.

These may be grown for plants from seed: Calceolaria, Cineraria, Gloxinia, Im-
patlens. Primula and Schizanthus.

PANSY— Vaughan's International Mixture.

10 Per Cent Special Cash Discount on orders over $2.00 for Flower Seeds, if the cash is enclosed.

CHICAGO
31-33 W. Randolph St.

Vaughan's Seed Store

Greenhouses, Niu-series and Trial Grounds, Western Springs, 111.

NEW YORK
43 Barclay St.

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Bulbs! Bulbs! Bulbs!

Lilium Giganteum-all sizes.

Lilium For mosum-all sizes.

French Bulbs, Dutch Bulbs,

Lily of the Valley.

We do not claim to give you better stock than any other house,
but we do claim to supply as fine a grade of bulbs as
conies to our market. Write us for prices, and bear ia
mind that we will give you a square deal at all times.

S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO.

1004 Betz BIdg., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

—TO — ■=

CEDAR ACRES GLADIOLUS FARM

B. Hammond Tracy ^WKIVHtAad, AsIA^SS.

Pansy Seed

From the Oldest Pansy Specialist

C. SCHWANECKE,

Oschersleben, Germany

Established 1852
Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Trimardeau Per oz.. $1 .50

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Inioroved

Caisier Per oz. 3.75

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Germanla Per oz . 3.75

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Badnots Peroz. 3.00

Schwanecke'sGiant Flowered Improved

Odler Peroz. 2.50

Mention the American Florist when writing

Tbe Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radisli, Beet,

SiT^SJlc^onfLS"*"" MILFORD, GONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

COLORADO Speings, Colo.— More thain
30 florists and greenhousemen from
the Pike's Pealt region went to Denver
August 2 to attend an outing of the
State Florists' Association.

FOR IMMEDIATE DEUVERY.

We have received our first consignment of Harrisii. and offer a selected stock of the
original true Harrisii for early forcing. This stock was grown from the original trne type, and
will be found splendid s-tock for early forcing, for which purpose Harrisii is so valuable. The
crop is much shorter than usual this season, but we are in position to supply a nice tot of
selected stock, and can make delivery from first shipment.

6 to 7-inch bulbs, 350 to the case, S5.50 per 100; $45.00 per 1000.

7 to 9-inch bulbs, 200 to the case. $9.00 per 100; $80.00 per 1000.

Full case lots at ICOO rates.

or

Killarney Brilliant Grown in 4-in. Pots, to Close Out Stock

Wc

we have a few thousand extra fine plants of this valuable rose. Those who have not
completed their planting or who have been building or who have not all the stock they need,
will find this a bargain. Plants are strong plants from 4-incli p-^ts. In order to cl ose oat stock
we offer what we have left unsold at $25.00 per 100; $200.00 per 1000.

We have, also, fine strong plants in 4-inch pots of Lady Hillingdon and Killarney Queen,
and limited stocks of White Killarney, Milady, American Beauty, etc.

F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarnio..*H.iison, NEW YORK

ROITZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

R.&M.GODINEAU,

SEED GROWERS,

Angers - France.

Specialties: Beets. Mangoes. Carrots. CabbaEei.
Celeries, Parsleys, Parsnips, Turnips.

Growing Crops Given Personal Attention.

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rormosum

Owing to the large crop we have a surplus
of the following sizes.

7-9-inch, 9-10-inch, lO-H-inchand H-lS-inch.

Write for prices today. Stock limited.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO.

Woolworth Building, New York.

Holland Bulbs and Plants

R. van der School & Son

HILLEGON, HOLLAND.

We introduced personally the Dutch Bulbs
in the U. S. A. and Canada in 1840.

GROWERS OF OVER 600 ACRES FULL OF BULBS.

Will be pleased to give prices on application.

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The Nursery Trade

Amalcaii Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la., Vice-Presi-
dent; John Hall, 204 Granite bldg., Roches^
er, N. Y. , Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Jlich., .June 191.5.

Delaware, O. — Zack Davis, aged 73,
well known nurseryman of Delaware
county, died at his home. August 2.

Texas Nurserymen's Association.
The mid-summer meeting of the
Texas Nurserymen's Association at
College Station, Texas, on July 27-28
proved very interesting. This conven-
tion is held each year in connection
with the Texas Farmers' Congress,
which is composed of about twenty in-
dustrial organizations of the state,
which have affiliated themselves un-
der the organization of The Texas
Farmers' Congress. The congress has
come to be a very formidable and ef-
fective agricultural force. H. E. Sin-
gleton, of McKinney, is president and
T. W. Larkin, of Beaumont, is secre-
tary. The nurserymen held their
meeting on July 27, jointly with the
Texas State Horticultural Society,
which is one of the oldest and most
influential industrial organizations in
the Southwest. Of this association J.
H. _^rbenz, of Sarita, is president and
Prof. G. H. Blackmon, of College Sta-
tion, secretary. The opening address
of the president of the Texas Nursery-
men's Association gave a review'of the
nursery conditions prevailing in the
Southwest, which, on the whole, was
optimistic, reciting the facts that while
orcharding conditions are somewhat
quiet, yet they are sane " and solid,
and that there is a greatly increased
demand for ornamental plantings,
which offsets the decrease in orchard
plantings. It was alleged that the
nurseryman sets the pace in horticul-
ture, it being his province to originate,
discover, propagate and offer to the
planters of trees and flowers those
things most successful for the various
sections. Besides the need of improved
fruits for the orchardist. it is shown
that one of the greatest tasks the nurs-
eryman of the Southwest has now is
to improve and increase the offerings
to planters of ornamental stocks suited
to Southwestern conditions. The ben-
efits of. and efferts to promote the
new uniform inspection law was itrged
upon all Southwestern nurserymen.

The banquet on the evening of July
28 proved the crowning event. This
banquet was called by the Texas Nurs-
erymen's Association for the purpose
of considering the whole subject of
the conservation of native Texas flora.
and of such other flora from related
sections elsewhere as shall be of ad-
vantage to tree planters, as well as
consider the means to collect, domes-
ticate, hybridize, propagate and make
available such flora in the hope of
greatly improving our Southwestern
gardens and parks, and in pursuance
of this work to inaugurate plans for
the creation of a state botanical gar-
den and arboretum. Committees of
three members each had been appoint-
ed by the Texas Nurserymen's Associ-
ation, the Texas Horticultural Society,
the Texas Florists' Association, the
Texas A. & M. College, the Texas TTni-
versity, the Texas Experiment Sta-
tions, the Texas Department of Agri-
culture and the Texas Farmers' Coi\-
gress. These committees and many
other interested parties were present
on this occasion, lively interest being

manifested by all. It is urged that
there are thousands of valuable native
flora in Texas, only a small part of
which are being used, and which, if
collected and disseminated would make
our gardens here in the dry Southwest
the peer of Eastern, or even of Euro-
pean, gardens, such flora being far
more satisfactory than many Eastern
and European plants which have been
used heretofore.

A resolution was passed by the Tex-
as Farmers' Congress asking the State
legislature to establish a Texas botan-
ical garden and arboretum, and to ap-
propriate ten thousand dollars annu-
ally for the work, to be administered
by a board composed of the State
Commissioners of Agriculture. the
Chairman of the Extension Depart-
ment of Texas University, the Dean
of Agriculture A. «& M. College, the
Director of the State Experiment Sta-
tions, and one nurseryman chosen by
the Texas Nurserymen's Association,
who at this time- is F. T. Ramsey,
Austin. Texas. A committee of five
was appointed to devise ways and
means for the advancement of this
cause. F. T. Ramsey. Austin, Texas,
is chairman. The regular annual meet-
ing of the Texas Nurserymen's Asso-
ciation is to be held in September,
place not yet selected. Jno S. Kerr,
Sherman, is president and J M. Ram-
sey. Austin, is secretary.

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE CONIRD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

Mention the American Florist when writing

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Eregreen Specialists Largest Growers in Americi

I Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,

CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREKS.

INSPECTION INVrraD. Ask For Our Wholesale Catalog.

Nurserymen and Florists.

Rutherford, N. J.

ROLKER

IMPORTERS OF

Azaleas, Araucaria, Palms, Manetti, Maples, Planes,

Bay Trees, Boxwood, Lilacs. Roses, Elms. Fruit Stocks

Bulbs, Valley Pips, Rhododendrons, and Ornamentals.

AUGUST ROLKER & SONS Sl^^rclay street or P. O. Bo¥752. ReW YOffc

r

Bay Trees

"I

Standards.

Box Trees

Pyramid, Globes,

and some 36-inch Bush.

Cut Prices on Fancy Stock.

WRITE OR WIRE

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

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Dreer's Specials in Palms

and Other Decorative Plants
For Convention Montti.

i^e will have an extensive display of our many specialties at the convention and our staff of
travelers will be in attendance and will be pleased to show you samples, but a personal inspection of the
stock where it is grown is the most satisfactory. Why not stop off at Philadelphia on your way to or from the
convention and visit our nurseries? We are sure that you will find it both entertaining and profitable

As usual

a, pot. A
$1.25 per

COCOS WEDDELIANA.

Areca Lutescens.

A splendid lot of 3-inch pots. 3 plants in
most useful size tllat meets with ready sale.
doz, $10.00 per 100. $90.00 per 1,000.
4-inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, $3.50 per doz. $25.00 per 100

6 ■■ "3 1.00 each.

Cocos Weddeliana.

We have nearly an acre of glass devoted to this most
graceful of all Palms. Splendid, thrifty stock, of rich
dark color.

Inches high

2-inch pots, 5 to 6 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100.

3 " 8 to 10 2.00 per doz.; 15.00 per 100.

5 " IS to 24 splendid plants, 75 cts. each.

7 " 34 to 36 grand specimens, $2.50 each.

9 " 36 grand specimens, 5.00 each.

Large specimens, $10.00 and $15.00 each.

Kentia Belmoreana.

Inches high Doz. 100 1000

2% -inch pots, 4 leaves, 8 to 10. .. .$1.50 $10.00 $ 90.00

3 '• 5 "12 2.00 15.00 140.00

4 ■' 5 " 15 4.50 35.00

Each
IS to 20 $0.75

in. tubs.

2V4
3

5
6
6

7
7-

6 to 7
6
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

Kentia Forsteriana— Single Plants.

Inches high Doz. 100

24

2S,to 30.
36 to 38.
42 to 45.
45 to 48.

inch pots. 4 leaves,
•■ 4 to 5

S to 12.
12 to 15.

.$1.50
. 2.00

$10.00
15.00

in. tubs.

10
11
10
12
14

5 to 6

6
6

6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

24

28 to 30.
34 to 36.
38 to 40.
40 to 42.
45 to 48.
48
Feet high

414 to 5 $

5 to 5 14

5 % to 6

6M! to 7

7

1.00
1.50
3.00
4.00
5.00

1000

90.00

140.00

Each

$0.75

1.00

1.50

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

Each

6.00

8.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

Kentia Sanderlana.

Comparatively new and one of the most graceful and
hardiest of the Kentias. Inches high

3-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 10 to 12 $0.50

4-inch pots, bushy made up plants. 12 to 15 75

5-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 24 1 25

.'j-inch

pots.

4

7 •'

tubs.

3

7

3

s ■■

3

i "

6

8 "

3

9 "

3

10 ■•

3

12 "

3

13 "
15 "

4
4

15 •'

4

Kentia Forsteriana -Made-up Plants.

Inches high

plants in a pot, 18 to 20

plants in a tub, 36 ....

38

Each

$0.75

2.50

3.00

4.00

5.00

Each

6.00

8.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

35.00

1000
40.00
90.00

40 to 42. . . .

" 42 to 45

Feet high

" 4 to 4 y2

■• 4% to 5

" 5 to 5%

" 5V5to6

" 61/4 to 7 heavy.
•' 1 ..

" 10 " .

Latania Borbonica.

,,, . Per doz. Per 100 Per

3>i,-inch pots $0.75 $5.00 i

3 -inch pots 1.25 10.00

4 -inch pots 2.50 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii.

Unquestionably one of the prettiest and most graceful
Palms grown, which quickly made a place for itself
among the popular standard varieties, particularly so
tor apartment decorations. We have a splendid stock
and offer: '

«-^"i"'^*' pots, nicely characterized plants, $6.00 per doz ■
$50.00 per 100. Each

5-inch pots, 15 in. high, IS in. spread $ 1.00

8
10
10
12

tubs,

1% ft. " 2 ft.

2 ft. " 2 ft.

2 to 2^ ft. high, 21,^ ft.
2% ft. •• 3 ft.

3 ft. " 4 ft.

2.00
3.00
5.00
7.50
10.00

Ananas Sativa Variegata (Variegated Pineapple)

A splendid stock of well colored plants

4-inch pots «o 60

3-inch pots ]^ OQ

6-inch pots .....,'. 1.50

each
each
each

Araucaria Excelsa.

An immense stock of well grown plants.

inch pots,

5'to 6 inches high,
8 to 10
10 to 12
12 to 15
14 to 16

Each

tiers $0.30

3 " 40

3 " 60

3 to 4 " 75

4 " 1.00

6-inch pots.

Araucaria Excelsa Glauca.

8 inches high. 2 tiers

6-inch pots,
6-inch pots.
7-inch pots.

$0.75 each

Araucaria Robusta Conipacta. Each

S to 10 inches high, 2 tiers $0.75

12 inches high, 3 tiers 1.25

14 to 16 inches high, 3 tiers 1,50

Crotons.

A splendid collection of the most attractive varieties
for florists' work, well colored plants of good value.

4-inch pots $4.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100

5-inch pots $6.00 to $9.00 per dozen

Large plants $1.00 and $1.50 each

Dracaena Amabilis, Dracaena Baptistii, Dracaena
Sliepiierdii; Dracaena Youngii.

-inch pots $2.00 per doz., $15.00 per

\\ \\ 3.50 per doz., 25.00 per

50 each.

76 each.

1.00 each.

3
4
5
6

100
100

-inch
-inch

pots,
pots.

Dracaena Terminalls.

.$1.25 per doz.,
per doz.,

:.oo

$10.00

15.00

per

per

100
100

Asplenium Nidus Avis.

An exceptionally large stock enables us to offer this
popular variety at greatly reduced prices.
Splendid healthy 3-inch pots.. $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100
Splendid healthy 4-inch pots.. 3.50 per doz., 25.00 per 100

Cibotium Sctiiedei.

pots $3.50 per doz., $25.00 per 100

1.50 each

" 2.50 each

tubs 3.50 to $5.00 each

3-inch
6 ■'

10

Pterls Parkeri.

A valuable decorative fern.

2 ',4 -inch pots $0.75 per doz.,

4 ■' ■' . .-. 2.00 "

50

$ 5.00 per 100
15.00 •■ "
35.00 " ■•

Ficus Elastica.

4-inch pots, S to 10 ins. high, $3.50 per doz,, $25.00 per 100

Pandanus Veitchli.

A grand lot of well colored C-inch pots, $1.00 each.

For a complete list of all Seasonable Plants, Bulbs and Seeds see our current Wholesale List.

HENRY A. DREER, 7i4 and 7 16 ciiestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The prices noted above are intended for the trade only. |

iimiiininiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiai

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Aug. IS,

Market Gardeners

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp. Princeton. Ind,, Pres
ident; H. J. Thompson, Attleboro, Mass.,
Vice* President; S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky., Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O., Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
1914.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vesretables.

Chicago, August 11. — Mushrooms,
home grown. 1.5 cents to 25 cents per
pound; lettuce, 20 to 35 cents, small
boxes; radishes, $1.00 to $1.50 per 100
bunches.

New York, August 11. — Cucumbers,
fair to fancy, 75 cents to $1.25 per
baslcet; tomatoes, 5 to 8 cents per
pound; radishes, $1.00 to $1.50 per 100
bunches.

Vegetable Savings.

The official hand book of the vacant
lot and home garden movement con-
ducted by the forestry division of the
city of Cleveland, Ohio, under the di-
rection of John Boddy, city forester,
has been issued under the title of
"Vegetable Savings" by the Guardian
Savings and Trust Co., of Cleveland.
It is nicely illustrated, contains the
rules and regulations governing the
■borne garden contest and hints and
suggestions on garden culture of veg-
etables.

Notes on cabbage.

Large areas are again suffering
from extreme drouth. This will have
its effect upon the late cabbage crop.
It will pay growers to take good care
of such fields as promise any returns,
as the fall may come more favorable.
The worst enemy at this time is the
green cabbage worm. It must be un-
derstood that root action of plants
very closely corresponds to leaf ac-
tion. It will therefore be easily seen
that if we permit wholesale destruc-
tion of foliage, we permit a complete
weakening of the plants. In trying
seasons the plants have nothing to
spare. To destroy the worm we have
for years used Paris green. We mix
it with air slaked or hydrate lime,
using just enough Paris green to faint-
ly tint the lime. As a duster we have
found nothing better than a piece of
common cheese cloth, either in shape
of a sack or simply held in the hands
by catching the four corners. It is
surprising what good work can be
done with this simple arrangement,
as the operator can dust as fast as he
can walk; one jerk over each plant will
completely cover it, and do it well.
There is not the least danger from
this use of poison as the heart grows
from the inside and the outer leaves
are left in the field.

« Fertilizers can be used quite late for
cabbage, ether in the rows or around
the plants. Cabbages have an enor-
mous root system and they will find
any nourishment quickly if moisture
is at hand. For a late application all
the nitrogen should be in the shape of
nitrate soda, that the plants may use
it at once.

Cabbage is subject to many diseases,
the worst probably being the yellows.
This is a contagious malady, being
of bacterial origin and little can be
done except to avoid replantng on

same land or same seed beds. Any dis-
eased plants should be removed and
burned. We believe cabbage yellows
is delivered to us witli the seeds we
buy. If this is the case, growers
should experiment with seed sterili-
zation. Marketman.

CEDAR Falls. 1a. — Capitalized at
$.50,000 and with $35,000 paid in, the
final ■ consolidation action was taken
at a meeting of the stockholders of the
Joseph Bancroft & Son Co. and the
Bancroft Rose Company at a meeting
held July 28. From now on the com-
pany will be known as Joseph Bancroft
& Son, Inc.

Mushroom Spawn

English Imported, $6.50 per 100 lbs.

ST. LOUIS SEED CO.,

ST. LOUIS. MO.

Write for oar Wholesale Bulb Catalogue, St. Louis Seed Co.

Watcb for our Trade Mark stamped
OD every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawi

Substitution of cheaper £radei li

thus easily exposed. Fresh samplt

^.<^^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed

^C^'^ postpaid by manufacturers npon re

ceipt of 40 cents in postage, Addreii

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paul, Minn

Mention the American Florist when torifinj

Primroses.

p. r 100

Chinese, leady August 10 $2.00

Obc. Alba and Rosea, Augus^t 1 2.00

Forbesland Malacolds, ready 2.00

Obc. Glgantea, giant flowering, I eady 2.50

Pansy Seed, giant flowering oz., 4.00

Asp. Plumosus, August 1 2.00

CASH.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM,

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Mention the Avterican Florist irhcn writing

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE oJ all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1787.)

Cpcpi tl TICS' Beans, Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl Rabi, Leek, Lettuces, Onions, Peas,
OiLUIHLIItOi Radishes, Spinach, Turnips Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Begonias, Carnations
Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspur, Nastuitiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinoias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GLANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz., or $1,75 per H oz.. $1.00 per H oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF YOUNG OUT-DOOR

Nursery Stock and Roses

ETC., ETC., ARE OUR SPECIALTIES.

The whole Nursery Trade will be interested by reading

OUR WHOLESALE CATALOGUE

Concerning principally

Fruit Tree Stocks,

Young Deciduous Ornamental Tre es

and Shrubs, Young Conifers, New, Rare

or Noticeable Trees, Shrubs, Hardy

Herbaceous, Etc., Etc.

One of the most extensive existing collections deliverable as
dwarfs, on their own roots; grafted dog rose roots; dwarf
budded on dog rose seedlings in all the best OLD and NEW
varieties; also as STANDARDS.

We have a number of NEW SEEDLINGS of great value in the Baby Ram-
bler Rose types, named and unnamed, among which Afterglow and Baby
Lyon Rose are of quite new glowing colors. They are not yet in commerce^

OUR CATALOGUE WILL BE SENT ON DEMAND.

An inspection of our Nurseries by Nurserymen visiting Orleans is cordially
invited; it will be of interest principally in summer.

JULES GOUCHAULT AND TURBAT NURSERIES,

JB. a:'lj:i^BiVT dto CO

Successors, ORLEANS, TRANCE.

TRADE STRICTLY WHOLESALE.

ROSES

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217

The KENILWORTH Giant Pansy

seeds are all urown by myself and are offered in the following mixtures and separate colors:
Kenilworth Strain— Many flowers are from 3'A to 4 incties; it is a striking collection of colors

and iiiaikiri'^s. f^islit. Mi-ilium or Durk Mixtures.
Kenilworth Show— Am extra fine strain of large flowers.

Kenilworth Cut Flower Mixture— s a distinct class by itself, surpassing all other strains as
a cut flower for inside or outside growing: the large flowers are carried erect above the
foliage on stems. 7 or 8 inches long.
Masterpiece— neautifullv ruffled, with a wide range of colors.
Giant Three and Five Blotched Pansies— A superb mixture.

NEW SEED NOW READY. PLEASE ORDER BY NUMBER.

.\ll sorts and uiixlures except the new Pansv Princess are $5.00 per OZ " $1 25 per '■i OZ •
5000seeds, $1.00; trade pkt. of 1000 seeds. 25c; any 5 pkts, $1.00 - •. .,

22

Z4
26

28
30

Princess. 20— The New Upright Pansy.

This strain is entirely distinct from all
others. It Is absolutely compact, upright
growing, and extremely weather-proof, endur-
ing many storms withoutdamage to its flower.
The flowers are mostly blotched and frilled
like the JIasterpiece, of good form and heavy
velvety texture, on heavy stems carried well
above the foliage. Attractive by the brilliancy
of its colors. 500 Seeds, 25c: lOOO, SOc;
U OZ., $2.50, 1 oz.. $10.00.

34 Bronze, brown and copper shades mixed.

38 Fancy, rich colors, mostly margined.

38 Mme. Perret, red and wine shades.

40 Zebra, fine striped mixture.

42 Adonfs, light blue, white center.

44 Black, alm..>t ,Mal bl.ack.

46 Black, with l>rnii/.. center.

48 Lord Beaconsfield, purple, shaded white.

50 Bronze, beautiful bronze.

52 Bronze, " iili yellow center.

54 Velvet Brown, with yellow center.

56 Havana Brown.

58 Havana Brown, yellow: center.

60 Cardinal, cMrled bright red, dark blotch.

62 Cecily, steel blue, margined white.

64 Goliath, large curled yellow, blotched.

66 Hero, '--urled deep blue, shaded white.

68 Emp. Wm., uliiainarine blue, violet eve.

70 Eross, veh'ly IHMnn. yellow margin.

72 Emp. Franz Joseph, white, blotched blue.

74 Emp. Frederick, maroon, with gold edge.

76 Fairy Queen, azure blue, white edge.

78 Freya, purplish violet, white edge.

80 Gold Edge, velvety brown, gold edge.

84 Superba, orchid tints of red and wine.

86 Sunlight, yellow, with brown blotches.

88 Andromeda, curled apple blossom.

90 Colossea Venosa, light veined shades.

92 Almond Blossom, delicate rose.

94 Aurora, terra cotta shades.

96 Mammoth, greenish yellow shades.

97 The above 7 named orchid, mixed.

98 Indigo Blue, deep velvety blue.
100 Light Blue Shades.

102 Minerva, red ground, violet blotched.

104 Meteor, bright red brown.

106 Pres. McKinley, yellow, dark blotched.

108 Mahogany, with white margin.

1 10 Mahogany, " ith yellow margin.

1 12 MourningCloak,iilack.with whiteedge.

114 Purple, larL'i- iirli deep color.

1 1« Peacock Blue, rosy face, white edge

118 Psyche, eurled white, Ave blotches. '

120 Pres. Garnet, white, five blue blotches.

126 Red, a cnlhrtion of rich red shades.

128 Red Riding Hood, curled and blotched.

130 Rosy Morn, purple crimson, white edge.

132 Striped, on lilac ground.

134 Striped, on bmn/.e ground.

136 Victoria, blood red, violet blotches.

138 White, lar„'e satinv white.

140 White, with violet blotch.

142 YeUow, large golden jellow.

144 Yellow, with dark blotch.

146 34 to 144 mixed in equal proportion.
For fuller description seed for Catalogue.

RAINBOW is a mixture of the
most beautiful, gorgeous colors
blotched, striped, veined, intir-
gined. etc. With every Sl.iO
worth of Pansy Seed, I
will send, free, 1000
seeds of Rainbow,
and with other
amounts in
like pro.
por-
tion.

The Chrysanthenium
Manual

By Elmer D. Smith.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION.

Price 50 Cents. Cash With Order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

SEASONABLE STOCK-Ready Now

Asparagus PlumoSUS, 214 in , bushy, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns, Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Wilsoni, Mayi, etc., $3.00 Der 100-

$25.00 per KlOO,
Primula Malacoides, (Giant Baby Primrose), $3.00 per 100: $25.00 per lOCO.
Primula Chinensis. a splendid strain, in all colors, $3.00 per 100; $25 00 per 1000.
Araucaria Compacta plants, 4 in. pots, 6 to 8 in. higli, 36c each; 5 in. pots,

8 to In in., .5iic each.
Bird's Nest Ferns (Asplenium Nidus Avis), finest condition, a grand selling

plant, 3 in. pots, $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100; 4 in. pots, $6.00 per doz.;

$35.00 per 100; 5 in. pots, $7.00 per doz.; $50.10 per 100.
Clbotium Schiedei, splendid stock for immediate sale or for growing on,

6 in pot plants, $1.50 each.
Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4 in. pot plants, $20.00 per 100; 5 in.

pot plants, $26.00 per 100.

Write for Catalogue No. 6.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

1-yr.
2i^in.

ROSES

2-yr.
4in.

Geraniums

YOU will find summer cuttinvrsa j,'ood buy, if they
are right. I try to have mine right and Kuarantee
their safe delivery as far as Chicat^o west.
S. K. Nutt. $10.00: Ricard and Poitevine. $12.50
per 1000.
. Sniilax, good 2-in. pot plants at $12.50 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, L4HCASTEB. Pi.

Ready to ship revised stock-list

FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul-
ture for the past 25 years. The best work on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
florist. inf> pak'cs. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH fi CO., Adrian, Mich.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

218

The American Florist.

A^KS.'- ^5,

Don't Buy Without Having Consulted Prices From

The Nurseries, ANGERS France.)

Disposable by the 100,000

Angers Quince Malus communis Rosa canina

Cerasus Avium Prunus myrobolana Rosa manetti

Cerasus Mahaleb Pyrus communis Rosa multifiora

«

Young Forest and Ornamental Stocks, Conifers, Roses.

Orders may be sent directly to me or to my Agent

C. H. WEBER, The Nurseries, Greenfield, Ind.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in Araucaria Eicelsa will yield a profit of five lo
six times its value until fall or winter, if you liave
your eyes open and look into tfie future and invest
your money now. All florists know we are tlie
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are ottering now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers.
5Hi6-in. pots. 40c, 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6-7in. pots.
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50,

ASDidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants. 6-in. pots. $1.00, $1.25 to $1,50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., PhUadelpttia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist xvhen writing

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear BlUSh
Pink, mid-way between Glorjosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be

disseminated season 1914-15.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Mention the American Florist when xoritinn

J. E. Meredith. Prbs. C. W Stout. Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE :: ILLINOIS

Mention the American Florist when writing

Orchids Freshly Imported.

We have just received in fine condition the fol-
lowing:: Cattieyas: Fercivalliana, Gaskelliana.
Spcciosissima. Vandas: C*trulea. Lu7onica.
Batemanii. Imshootiana. Dendrobiums : Nobile,
Formosum. Wardianura densifloriim. Schirtzii,
Phalaenopsis : Amabilis. Schillerlana and Spat-
hat; lot t is plicata. Write for Special List No. 55.

LAGER & HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

I solicit an opportunity to figure on contracts for

California Privet Hedging

For the coming Autumn and next Spring's sales

I have to offer over a half million California Privet, consisting of two
years old in II2 to 2 feet, 2 to 3 feet, and 3 to 4 feet; three years in 3 to 4
feet, and one year in 12 to 18 inches and Wi to 2 feet grades. The two and
three 3'ear grades were carefull)- cut back the past Spring, are well branched
and strictly first class.

I am prepared to offer exceedingly attractive prices, especially in car-
load lots.

Being the introducer of the California Privet as a hedge plant away back
in the early seventies, it is perhaps not claiming too much to say I am head-

quarters for it.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

Good Carnations.

Field-Grown. Ready for Shipai:. it.

PerKlO PerlOaO

Enchantress $5.00 $45.00

May Day 5.00 45.00

Scarlet Glow 5.00 45.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward... 5.00 45 00

White Perfection .. 5.00 45.00

Washington ...^ 5.00 45.00

Winsor 5.00 45.00

J. F. WILCOX S SONS,

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

Seasonable Plants.

Per Per
Inches 100 1000

2Vi Asparagus Plumosus N^nus $3 00 J28.00

2H "' " Hatcheri .... 3.50 30 00

iVi " '■ Nanus 7.00 55.00

3 " " Hatcheri... 8.00 75.00

2Vt •• Sprengeri 2.50 22.50

3H " '■ 650 6000

2!4 Begonia Vernon. 2 kinds 2.50 22..50

Ferns from beds asst. varieties. $10.03. $12.50

and $15.00 per 100.

Correspondence solicited for other stock.

ALONZO J. BRYAN,

Wholesale Florist.
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

Carnation Plants

STRONG, FIELD-GROWN.

Ready for shipment.

Per 100 Per 1000

Victory $6.C0 $46.00

Enchantress 4.50 40.00

White Enchantress 4.50 40.00

Washington 4.50 40.00

M. WINANDY CO.

6236 N. Lincoln St., CHICAGO,

BOXWOODiJ--Most Beautiful Slock

Pyramids, 2 -ft $t 00 each

Pyramids. 2H-ft 1.50 each

Pyramids. 3 ft 2.00 each

Pyramids. 3!^?. ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape. 14x14 in 2.50each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes, 2 ft 1 .50 oach

Nice Bushes, I5-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN ^^^l^c"^^^'-

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 liours per day.

1914.

The American Florist.

219

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S
PALIV1S AND EERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. hi^h Each Per doz.

6-in. pot 5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00 $12.00

e-in.pot 6 34to36 1.50 18.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedartub. 4plantsintub. 36in. hiyh $ 2.50

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.C0

12 in, cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5 to 5H ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5H to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 6 ft. high, heavy 15.00

12 in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii

5-in. pot. nicely cliaracterized

6-in. pot. 18 to 20 in. spread

7 in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread.

Each
..$1.00
.. 1.50
.. 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

Leaves

2H-in. pot 4

3-in. pot 5

4-in. pot 5 to 6..

5-in. pot 5 to 6. .

6-in. pot 6to7..

6-in. pot 6 to 7.

In. high
. 8 to 10.
.12
.15
.18
.24
26

Each

.$0.40
. .50
. 1.00
. 1.25

Cibotium Scliiedei r^l^^cr- '"''I- •■•''''■*'?.

9 in. tub, 5 ft. spread each, 5.00

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

6-in . pot 6 to 7 28 to 30 1.50

Leaves In. hith Each

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

'I in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48, very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5ft., very heavy 8.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 6 ft . very heavy lO.OO

Per doz.

$1.50

2.00

4.50

6.00

12.00

15.00

18.00

Per doz.

30.00

36.00

48.00

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote* Pa.

Martin Kohankie

PAINESVILLE, OHIO

Has the Honor of Being Called the Best

Perennial Grower in America.

He is now getting ready for Fall Business.

It will pay you to stop off and see his

FARM OF PERENNIALS. |

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15,

POT PLANTS

For High Class Stores a Specialty.

THOMAS ROLAND,

NAHANT, MASS.

Trade
Directory

OF THE

United States and Canada.

1914 Edition
Now Ready

Price $3 00

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO.

CANNAS

Established pot plants for immediate effects.
Place your order now for vour wants. Can ship
immediately. Papa Nsrdy. Cherokee, ?4.00 per 100.
Pres.Cleveland, Flamingo, M. Berat, $3.00 pe r 100.
Assorted varieties, our selection. $2.50 per 100.

Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney, O.

Mention the ATnerican Florist tvhen toritlng

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wiioiesale Florist

Clftysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL;

Mention the American Florist when writing

Rattier Early for Fall

It may be rather early for frost, but you don't want to wait for frost before
ordering j-our palm and fern stock. Get in ahead and get your shipments by
freight if you caiv, and save that way. Our palm Stock is the finest we have
ever hanaled. Come and look it over and leave us your order. We will
reser'-e it if you wish, and ship it when you are ready for it.

A FEW BIG VALUES

Kentia Belmoreana

6-inch pots, 6-7 leaves, 21 inches high $1.00 each; $12.00 per doz.

Phoenix Roebelenii

8 inch pots, 24 inches high, 26-inch spread $3.50 each

9-inch tubs, 24 inches high, 30 inch spread 4.00 each

Boston Ferns

6-inch pots.. .$0 35 each; $4.(iO per doz.

Adiantum Groweanum

3-inch.. .$8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1000

Our Fall Planting List of Roses, Perennials and Shrubs
Is Now Ready for Mailing.

The prices in this adv. are for the trade only.

A. N. PIERSON, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

GOING FASTER

Field-Grown Carnation Plants

Only a Few Ward, Rose Pink Enchantress and
White Perfection Left.

If you want some of this choice stock at

$4.50 per 100, or $40 00 per 1000,

get in your order as early as possible. First
come, first served; so do not delay in ordering.

Peter Reinberg,

30 East Randolph St., Chicago, III.

American Florist Advertisements Work 24 Hours per Day.

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VAUGHAN'S PEONIES

Cut Flower Varieties

We have an exceptionally large stock of our own growing, Strictly true to name, all in strong divisions,
with from 3 to 5 eyes each. Besides these divided root-i, we can supply many of the following
varieties in plants, one, two, three and five years from division. These sizes are more suitable for private
customers. Write to us for prices on varieties you desire in large plants.

$3 00

$20 00

2 00

15 00

3 25

22 00

3 60

25 00

3 60

25 00

WHITE AND LIGHT SORTS

Each Do2. 100

Coronne d* Or. Snow white, yellow retiex. very

larye. Latt ; a splendid long-distance shipper.

Splendid cut flower $0 30

Duchess de Nfmours (Calot). Sulphur white

with greenish reflex, cup shape 25

Festiva Maxima. F.owersol immense size. 7 to

8 inches in diameter, snow-white with red

blotches on ed^res of center petals 35

Jeanne d' Arc. Soft pink, center sulphur white

and pale pink, very fragrant. Valuable for cut

flowers. Very similar to Golden Harvest 35

La Tullpe. Delicate rose fading^ to creamy white.

tipped with carmine: very large bloom; late.. 35
Mme. de Vatry. Very larg^e. high crown, lilac

white guards and crown, sulphur white collar

of wide petals; center flecked crimson. Fra-
grant. Midseason

Mme. de VerncrvUIe. Guard petals sulphur

white, center delicate rose-white, one of the

most desirable of the white Peonies for all

purposes

Marie Lemoine. Large, compact, pure while.

cream-white enter. Some carmine tips. Fra-
grant 35 3 60 25 00

M. Dupont. Clear ivory white, with brilliant

carmine border on center petals 50 5 50 40 00

Queen Victoria. White, center petals tipped

carmine: largp full bloom; one of the best

cut flower sorts: early 25 2 00 15 00

UNNAMED PEONIES-Divided Roots of 3 to 5 Eyes

Double White, Pink and Red $1 50 $10 00

Double Mixed 1 CO 6 00

PEONIES IN CASE LOTS

For several iears we ha/e sold specially packed cases. Tbt- roots art-
young:, and each has 3 to 5 eyes These cases contain 67 double white,
66 double pink, and fJdouble red each color separate — 2' 0 roots in all.

Price. 200— Case for $18.00. 2 Cases for $35.00. We cannot
divide cases.

LIGHT AND DARK PINK AND ROSE

Each Doz.

100

35 3 60 25 00

40 4 00

35 3 60

30 2 25 15 00

30 3 00

35 3 60 25 00

30 3 00 20 00

Delicatissima. Large rose type. Pale lilac-rose.

Fragrant. Very strong, tall grower, fine habit,

free bloomer. Extra good keeperand shipper,

Midseason

Model of Perfection. Large cup shaped bloom,

pink marbled rose, silvery border

Prolifera Tricolor. Medium size, Guardsflesh-

wbite, collar sulphur-yellow. Pale rose crown.

fraijrant. free, late

Triomphe de L' Expos, de Lille. Shell pink with
a peculiar double crown. Midseason

RED AND CRIMSON

Andre LaurilS. Very large, very compact

globular rose-type. Dark Tyrian-rose shading

deeper in center. Medium tall. One of the

best late varieties

Augustin de Hour. Larg ■, bomb-shaped flower.

dark briliant solferino-red with slight silvery

reflex. Medium tall, very free; midseisoD,

\'ery fine

Felix Crousse. One of the best red sorts, large

double ball-shaped flowers. Free bloomer....
Louis van Houtte. Deep carmine-rose, tipped

silver, with fiery reflex. Semi rose-type. Fra-
grant. Late

Marechal Vaillant (Syn. Lee's Rubra Grandi

flora). Dark mauve-pink, very largf. globular,

rose-type. Very tall heavy stem; very late.

A k'ood variety

M. Paul du Ribert. Deep crimson-rose, fine

bomb-shaped flower, medium high, tree

bloomer. Late

Officitialis Rubra Plena. This is the old

fashioned red; the most brilliant of all reds ..
President Roosevelt. Fine full bloom. Very

brilliant red

frPTITlflTI TfIS ^^ have large stocks of 10 standard sorts, and
^'^''- -IHOII. Xi to j-gn pQake specially low prices on quantities.

45

40

5 00 40 00
4 50 35 00

30 3 00 20 00

45 5 00 35 00

40

20

35

4 00 30 00
1 80 12 00
3 60 25 00

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO,
NEW YORK.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perkins.

Poitevine. 2 in., $2.00 per 100; 3-in,. $5.00 per 100.
Boston and Whitmanl Fems; 3 in., lOc; 4in.. 15c;

5-in., 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in., $5.00; 4in., $10.00; 5-in„

$25,00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. IM-m.. $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mi.ved sorts, 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $IS.OO
per inoo.

Alyssum, Giant Double. 2in.. $2.00 per 100.

Geraniums. S. .A. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2 in.. $1.75 per 100, in any quantity.

Good stock and good packing.

Elmer Rawlings,wi«Ll?Si!NT^'

Poinsettia Pulcherrima

Extra selected plants, well rooted from
2!^ in pots. $6.01) per 100; $50.00 per lOOJ.

Cast) with order, please.

ANTON SCHULTHEIS

316 19tli Street, COLLEGE POINT, L. I., N. Y.

Uention the American Florist when writing

iPnlO enormous collections, but the very finest, thor-
^==1 oughly proved Standard Plants and Roots, in large
quantities, including the best and latest Novelties in

Catalogues

Free on Application.

Dahlias,
Cannas, Iris,
Clematis, Phloxes,
Delphiniums, Paeonies

and other Valuable Herbaceous Plants,

which we are offering at most moderate prices.

GOOS & KOENEMANN,

Niederwalluf, (Rheins^au^ Germany

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The American Florist.

Aug.

^5,

Mile High Quality

Cyclamen, Lorraine Begonias and Primula Obconicas

are our leading specialties, and our cool nights enable us to send out
stock that is sturdy and strong. All the stock offered below is of Mile
High Quality. All will be shipped in* paper pots, which make a light
• package that will take second, class express rate and will travel safely any
distance. Just send the order, we will get them to you in good con-
dition. Set that empty bench to earning money.

CYCLAMEN, in red, pink, salmon,
white and white with pink eye.

3-inch at 8c

4-inch at 20c

LORRAINE BEGONIAS.

Sturdy and strong.
2H-inch .... at 15c
3-inch at 25c

PRIMULA OBCONICA.

2-inch at 4c

3-inch at 8c

Remember that all stock offered is ready to shift up into larger sizes.
If you buy in lots of a thousand or more, ask for special prices.

THE PARK FLORAL COMPANY

DENVER, COLORADO

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine

2^4 -inch, $12.00 per 100; 5-inch, $40.00 per 100.

Glory of Cincinnati

2y4-inch, $17.00 per 100; 5-inch, $50.00 per 100.

W. W. EDGAR CO., Waverley, Mass.

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

FWO. Berlin. N. J. WilUamstown Jane. N. J.

RICHMOND, IND. — The loss sustained
by the E. G. Hill Floral company of
this city when its immense barn
burned to the ground after being
struck by lightning, was approximate-
ly $5,000. There was $1,500 Insur-
ance on the building. Destroyed with
the barn were all the company's farm-
ing implements, wagons, fifty tons of
hay, 500 bushels of corn and 500
bushels of oats and numerous other
things. The barn will be rebuilt.
Work on putting up a __temporary
structure was begun July 27.

To Be Sure

to have the rose varieties you will be
asked for by your patrons next season,
write now for

Our 48-page
Illustrated Rose Catalogue,

as we will mail you a copy, post free,
on receipt of your business card; or
when on the continent, pay us a visit,
as it will pay you to sec the newer
varieties in bloom.

The East End Nurseries Co.

BOSKOOP, HOLLAND.

Specialists in tbe
Queen of Flowers,

WatEhtown, Wis. — Mr. Stube, of the
Stube Floral Co., and Mrs. Stiibe are
spending a few days at Waukesha,
Wis.

Now is the Time

To Subscribe to the

Horticultural Trade Journal

Published weekly. The Largest
Brightest and Best British Trade
Publication. Also

THE INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Published quarterly. Annual sub-
cription for weekly and quarterly
numbers. One Dollar. (Interna-
tional money order). Subscribe
today and keep in touch with
European markets and topics.

THE HORTICULTURAL PRINTING COMPANY

BURNLEY, ENGLAND

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FIELD-GROWN

Carnation Plants

Ready for Immediate Shipment.

Clean, Healthy, and in Good Growing Condition. Exceptionally
Fine Stock, the usual C. C. C. Qualify.

PEERLESS PINK, best dark pink, 100 1000 | 100 ]00„

16-20 shoots $12.00 $100.00 Pink Delight, average 8-1(1 shoots $7.00 $60. Oq

Wlllte Wonder, average 10-16 shoots 7.00 60.00 Benora, variegated, average 10-15 shoots 7.00 60.00

White Perfection, average 10-12 shoots 7.00 60.00 Enchantress, average 10-16 shoots 6.00 50.00

Gloriosa, average 8-10 shoots 7.00 60.00 | Washington, average 10-16 shoots 6.00 50 00

SPECIAL PRICES ON LARGE QUANTITIES.

Chicago Carnation Co.

A. T. PYFER, Mgr., 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL.

I ^^f ■ I 11 ill ^

50,000

Carnation Plants:

I Field=Grown, Fine, Healthy Stock at $6.00 per 100; I

¥
^

$50.00 per 1000; 500 at 1000 rate.

ft
a

^ Enchantress, White Enchantress, a

% White Perfection, Scarlet Glow, %

% Victory, Mayday, %

^ Washington. ^

I C. H. FREY, Lincoln, Neb. |

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Aug.

O.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The

3rd Special (_o\er

Allen J K 195

.Alpha Floral Co.... lyy
American Spawn Co 216

Amline E C Co \W

Anderson S A I'W

.Angermueller G H. \'il

AphineMigCo 232

.Archias Floral Co.. 2o2
.\schmann Godfrey. 218
Atlanta Floral Co... 20U
Balimore Cooperage

Co IV

Bas8ett& Wash burn

184 203

Batavia Greenhouse

Co 189

Baur Window Glass

Co 235

Heaven E A 189

Begerow's 2U0

BergerBros 179

Berning H G 192

Berwind-White t'oal

Mining Co 228

Blacklstone Z U... 201
Bobbink & Atkina.. .'14
Boddioglon A T.... 2oS
Bodier J & Sons Co 2iO

Boiand J B Co 2o2

Bol«iano J& Sons. .. 2U8

Bragg Ross 199

Bramley & Son 202

Braslan Seed Grow

ers Co 2115

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 2O0
Brown Bros & Co.. 202

Brunning F H 2(«

Bryan Alonzo J.... 218
Buchbinder Bros... 228

Buckbee H W 202

Budlong J A 178 1S9

Burpee W A & Co.. 209
Caldwell theWoods

man Co 189

Caliiotnia Florists.. 202
Camp Conduit Co . Ill
Cass .Avenue Florist 202
Chicago Cam Co..l 223
Chicago Flower

Growers .Assn 176

Chicago House

Wrecking Co IV

Clark E B Seed Co. 212
Clarke's Sons David 201

Clay &Son 234

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 201

Conard & Jones Co. 214

Cooke Geo H 199

Cowee W J 232

Coy H C Seed Co... 2C6

Craig RobtCo 18.^

Critchell C E 193

Cunningham Jos H. 216

Uaehnfi-ldt L 208

Dahlborn J P & Co. 233

DardsChas 2oO

Deamud J B Co .... 189

Denailfe&Son 2o4

Uelaunay F 218

Detroit Hower Pot

Mfg Co 235

Dietsch A & Co .... IV
Dlller Ca8key&

Keen IV

Ditlev Eltzhohz &

Co 206

Dorner F& Sons

Co 217

DreerHAIlI 196 215 IJh

Duerr Chas A 2o2

Dunlop JohnH... . 201
Eagle Machint- Wks 234
Eagle Wire Works. IV
East End Nurseries 222
Edgar W W Co .... 222
Edwards Fold Bo<. 224

Elastic Lyke Co 228

Emmans Geo M 221

Erne & Klingel 180

Eyres H G 201

Ferrcll A T & Co... 205
Fish Henry Seed Co 210

Fisher Peter 218

florists' Hail Assn 111
Florists' Telegraph

Delivery 199

Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co 231

Ford M C 195

Ford VVniiaiii P....

Franzen K u

Freeman Mrs J B...

Frey C H

Friedman

Froment H E

Frost Chas

G& B Co

Galvin Thos 1*
Gardiner Alex C .. .

Garland Mfg Co

Gasser J M Co

Giblin & Co

GodineauK & M .. .
Goes & Koenemann
Gorham & Chaplinc
Grand Rapids

Floral Co

Grimm & Gorly . .

GudeBros 193

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc)

Hammond Brnj ...

Hardesty & Co

Harley Pottery Co..

Hart George B

Haven Seed Co The

Heacock Jos Co

HeinI John G & Son
Henderson .A & Co.. 1

Herr .Albert M

Herrmann A

Hess & Swoboda . ..
Hews A H &Co....

Hilfinger Bros

Hill D Nursery Co..

Hoerber Bros

Hoffmeister Flo Co.

Holm & Olson

Holton &HunkelCo
Home Cor School...
Horticultural

Advertiser

Horticultural Trade

Journal

Hurff Edgar F

Ick€s braun Mill Co

igoe Bros

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co
Isbell S M & Co...
Jackson & Perkins..
Johnson WW&Son

Jones Percy . .'

Joy Floral Co

Kasting W F Co . . .
Keller Geo & Sons.

Keller Sons J B

Kellogg Geo M

ICelway & Son

Kennicott Bros Co..
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co

Kervan Co The

Kessler Wm

Kift Robt

King Construct Co.

Kohr A F

Kohankie Martin...

Komada Bros

Kramer I N & Son..
KrierNick Boiler

Works

Kroeschell Bros Co

Kruchten John

Kuehn C A

Kuhl Geo A

Kyle & Foerster....
LaCrosse Floral Co.
Lager & Hurrell...,
Landreth Seed Co

Lange A 198

Leborius J J

Leedle Floral Co ...
Leonard Seed Co...
Lockland Lumber

Co

Loeber Geo W

London Flower Shp
Lord & Burnham

Co

Lovett JT

McCallum Co

McConnell Alex....
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co

McGee Walter S....
McHutchison & Co..
McKenna P & Son.
McNett-Swenson Co
MatthewsonJ E ....

May &CoLL

Memphis Flo Shop.

194
218
202
223
199
195
217
20b
201
.:0l
231
201
229
2l2
221
22s

202
199
200

193
2i3
199
111
195
206
219
202
207
217
234
202
111
III
214
189
193
200
192
203

in

20b
232
324
224
210
214
204
186
202
I
III
202
201
208
189

234
195
195
201
236
III
21'!
178
III

228
230
189
192
2C3
189
200
218
210
199
201
217
203

233
233
200

236
218
193
1--9

2,33
234
208
199
176
200
202
202

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS
Are positively the best. Last lorever. Over
30,000 pounds now in use. A sure preventative of
ElasB slipping. EBective on large or small glass.
Easy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes, '/i and
J4. 40c per lb., by mail 16c extra; 7 lbs. for $2.50
151b». for $5.00, by express. For sale by the trade

RANDOLPH & McCLEMENTS, norists.
5036 Penn Ave..near Higliland. Plttsburgb.Pi.

Meredith The Flow-
er & VegCo 218

Metairie KidgeNurs 199

Mette Henry .216

Michell Henry F Co 210
Milwaukee Boiler

Co 224

Moninger J C Co

4th Special Cover
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd.... 194
Moore. Hentz & .

Nash 194

Morehead Mfg Co... 23-i

Murray Samuel 210

Myers Florist 202

Nat Flo B of Trade. 224
N Y Cut Flower Ex. 195
Nicotine Mlg Co.... 23t

Niessen Leo Co 193

Oirhslii) Frank 182

Ostertag Bros .... 201

Palez Paul M 202

Palmer W J & Son . 200
Palethorpe PR &

Co 231

Park Floral Co.. 200 222
Peacock Dahlia

Farms 222

PedrickG R&Son. 208

Peirce E Allan HI

Penn the Florist 2IKI

Peters & Reed Poty III

Phillips Bros 2u2

Pierce F O Co 234

Pierson A N (Inc).. 220
Plerson F K C0...I 212
Pieters & Wheeler

Seed Co 204

Pikes Peak Floral

Co 202

Plllsbury 1 L 224.

Podesta&Baldocchi 201
Foeblmann Bros Co

172 173 174 175

Pollworth C C Co

I 192 201

Portland Flower

Store 2111

Pulverized Manure

Co. 2nd Special Cover
Quaker City Macnine

Works 224

Raedlein Basket Co 177
Rahn & Herbert.... 203
Randall A L Co.... 189
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 199 224

Rawlings Elmer.... 221
Ready Reference... 225

Reed & Keller IV

Regan Ptg House... 224

Reid Edw 193

Rein berg Geo 189

Relnberg Peter. .181 220
Revere Rubber Co.. 169

Rice Bros 192

Rice Co. M 195

Robinson J C Seed

Co 204

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co 202

Roemer Frederick.. 20S

Rohnert Waldo 2o8

Roland Thomas. .. . 220
Rolker Aug & Sons. 214
Routzahn Seed Co . 212

Ruscb G&Cn 192

St. Louis Seed Co.. 216
Schiller, the Florist

197 202

Schillo .Adam

Lumber Co 232

Schlatter W & Son. 224

SchliDg Max 200

Schmidt J C 203

Schulthuis Anton... 221
Schwake Chas & Co 194

Schwanecke C 212

Sharp Partridge &

Co 232

Sheridan Walter F. 193
Siebrecht George C l'*5
Situation & Wants.. 170
SkidelskySS&Co... 212
Small J H &Sons... 202
Smith A W & Co... 201

SmithE D&Co 2i7

Smith & Hemenway 235

Smith Henry 202

Smith Wm C Flo Co 192
Smith W& T Co... 1
South Park Floral

Co II

Stecber Litho Co... 206
Storrs & Harrison.. 217

Stum»p GEM 201

Superior Machine

Hi Boiler Works.. 236
Syracuse Pottery

Co Ill

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 220

Thomson Wm &

Sons Ltd 234

Thorburn J M 4: Co 206

TonnerO A 184

Toogood & Sons . . . 210

TotiyChasH 2.0

Tracy B Hammona. 212
i'raendly&Schenck 195
Turbat E & Co. ... 216
United Cut Flower

Co 188

Van der School R &

Son 213

Van Deursen P 210

Van Dorn Iron

Works Co 236

Vaughan A L & Co. 167
Vaughan's Seed Stoi e

I III 171 203 211 214
221 23h
Vick's Sons James.. 204
Vincent R Jr&Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons

Ill 2211

Wallace FD Iv

Weber FH 200

Weiland& Risch... 189
Welch Bros Co.. 180 193
Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 204

Whilldin Pottery Co III
Whitted Floral Co.. 202

Wietor Bros 185 189

Wilcox J F& Son... 218
Willens Cons Co. . . 23^

Winandy M Co 218

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 192

Winterson E F Co.. 179
Wittbold G Co

190 191 19'i

Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 202

Wood Bros 203

Wrede H 206

Yokohama Nurs Co 213
Young A L& Co... 195

Young John 194

Voung & Nugent... 199
7ech & Mann... 182 189

Ziska Jos 189

Zvolanek .Anton C 206

BOILERS

Milwaukee Greenhouse Bolleri are beet
for bat water heating. Made In (11 •!«•.
Write for catalog.

MILWAUKEE BOILER CO.. Milwaukee, Wis.

^-Inoli

Boiler Tubes 61

cetits per foot.
New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell Us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE fi MFG. CO.,

2117 S. Jeflerson Street CHICAGO, ILL.

THE EARLY ADVERTISE^
MENT fiETS THERE.

I

J

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made with two oi
three circles. Bti-
dorsed by all th*
Leading Carnation
Growersasthe best
support on market

Pat. July 27, '97. May 17, '98

GALVANIZED WIRE

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices before
ordering elsewhere.

Prompt •hipment guaranteeo

IGO£ BROS.

266 N. 9th St.
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tbem. J. L. Johnson.
2000 for $1.00 postpaid.

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10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ARAUCARIAS.

Ai'iiiii'!iii;is, exn-lsn, 4-iii.. 5 to G ius., 2 tiers.
30c i-n.-li; 'i-in., S to 10 ins.. 3 ti's.. 40c; 5-iti..
10 to VI ius.. 3 trs.. 60c-: 6-in.. 12 to ID ius..
3 to 4 ti's., 75c; 0-in., 14 to 16 ins.. 4 trs., %\.
E.Xcelsn plaucii, 6-in.. 8 ins.. 2 trs., 75c each.
Robustu tompact;i, 6-in., S to in ins., 2 trs.,
75c; 6-in.. 12 ins., W trs.. $1.25; T-in., 14 to 16
Ins.. ;{ trs.. !j;l.5(). Henry A. Dreer. 714-716
Chestnut St.. Pbihulelpliia. Pa.

Araucaria excelsa. 4*in., 2 and 3 tiers, 5Dc
each; $6 per doz.; r)-in., 3 to 4 tiers, 7oc each;
$9 per (loz.: 0-iu., %\ each: $12 per doz. Ex-
celsa compacta. ."> in., $1.25 each; 6-in.. $1.5r>.
Kxeelsa glauca. ."iu.. $1.25. The Geo. Witt-
Itcild ('o., 737 Bnclviiighani Place. Chicago.

Ai-aucjirias excelsa. 1' 3-4 years. 3-4-5 tiers.
5 f. J -6-inch. 50c t<i $1.50 each. Excelsa glanca
ami comi'ticta. 5>4-6-7-inoh. $1. $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann. 1012 W. Ontario St.. Phila-
delphia^

Araucaria compacta, 4-in.. G to S Ins. high.
35c each; 5-in.. 8 to 10 ius.. 5i.)c each. The
Storrs & Harrison (.'o.. Fainesville. O.

Arancaria excelsa, 0-in., 65c each. Holton &
Hnnkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS,

Asi)aragus plumosus. 2i^-in., $3 per 1 0; $28
per 1.000.. Ilatcheri, 2y.-in.. $3.50 i;c.- liiO; $30
per l.noii. Plumosns. 3i-.-in.. $7 per li:0; $05
per 1,01)0. Hatchuri. 3 in.. $8 per li:0; $75 per
1,000. Sprengeri, 2V(-in.. $2.50 per IIXJ; $22.50
per 1.000; 3V2 in.. $(i.5i) per HiO; $G0 per 1.0 0.
Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington. N. .7.

Asparagus plumosus. 2-in., $3 per 100; 3 in.,
$6 per IQO; 4-in., $1.50 per doz. ; $12 per 100.
Sprengeri. 2-iii.. .'?3 per HO; 3-in.. $5 per lOLi;
baskets, extia large, $3 and $4 each. The Geo.
Wittbold Co., 737_ Buckingham Place, Chicago.

A nice lot of strong Asparagus Sprengeri, out
of 3-in., at $5 per 100. Cash with order, please.
Edgar Easterday. Nokomis, 111.

asparagus~plFmosus~and sprengerT

2-in.. $3 per Ht i; $1:5 per 1.000. HENRY

SMITH. Grand Uai.ids. Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri baskets, $1 to $2.50
each. Poeblnianu Bros. Co.. Morton Grove,
\\L

Asparagus plumosns. 2Vi in,. $3 per 100; $25
:^ev 1.000. The Storrs & Harrison Co.. Paines-
ville. O.

Asparagus spreugeri, 2V^-inch. $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Pa.

■ Asparagus plumosus. $2 per 100. Jos. H.
Cupningham, Delaware. O.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green. 5-iDch pots. 10 leaves. $1
each: variegated. 5-inch pots, 10-12 leaves. $1.50.
Foehlmapn Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Aspidistras, green, tall, extra fine. 10c per
leaf. Variegated. 15c per leaf. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

BAY TREES.

~ BAY TREES.

Standard — Per pair

2-ft. stem, 20-22-in. head $10.00

2-ft. stem, 24-in. head 12.00

( a-ft. 6-in. stem. 2-ft. head 12.00

3-ft. stem, 2-ft. head -. 12.00

4-ft. stem. 2-ft. 3 in. head 16.00

4-tt. stem, 2-ft. 6-iu. head 20.00

4-ft. stem, 36-in. head 25.00

4-ft. stem, 3 ft. to 3-ft. 6-in. head 30.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO..
737-39 Buckingham PI . . Chicago.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford. N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, SI Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

BK(i(lM.\ GL. DE CHATELAINE. finest
pink. Iilooiiis all year round; good for inside
and outside; easy to propagate. 2H in.. .$5.00
lier 100; 3-in.. .$8.n0 per 100. XMAS RED. $6
per 100. BEGONI.\ CINCINNATI. 2i4-in.. $17
per lOO; 3-in.. $35 per lOn. BEGONIA LOR-
RAINE. 2H-in.. $12 per 100; 3-in.. $25 per ino.
ERNEST ROBEH. Wilmette, Jll.

Begonias. Gloirc de Lorraine. 2i4-inch, $15
per 100; $135 per l.UOl); 3-inch. $25 per 100.
Cincinnati. 3-inch. $:!5 per 100; 214-inch. $20
per 100. Wni. F. Kastiug Co.. 3S3-387 EUi-
cott St.. Buffalo, N._Y.

Begonias, I.onsdale. 2'.i-In.. $14 per 100; $125
per 1.000. Gloire de Chatelaine, -$6 per 100;
$.50 per 1.000. S. S. Skidelsky. 121S Betz Bldg..
I'liiladelphia, Pa.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, 2i,4-in.. $12 per
100; 5-in.. $40 per 100. Glory of Cincinnati.
21,-in.. $17 per 11)0; 5-in.. $50 per 100. W.
\A'. Edgar Co.. Waverley. Mass.

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties. 2-ln.. $3; 3-
In.. $5; 4-iu.. $S; 6iu.. $25 per 100. HENRY
S.AIITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Begonia Vernon. 2 kinds. 2V'-in.. $2.50 per
100; .$22.50 per 1,0(;0. Alonzo J. Bryan. Wash-
ington, N. J,

BEGONIA LORRAINE, 2H-in., $12 per 100:
3-in.. $40 per 10'). GLORY OF CINCINNATI.
2i,4-in.. .$17 per lOD; 5-in.. J.'jO per 100. W. W.
EDGAR CO.. Warcrley. Mass.

Begonias, Lorraine. Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport. 2i4-in. pots. Present delivery.
Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

Begonia Glory d 'Chatelaine. 3-ln.. $8 per 100.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Begonias Gloire de Lorraine, 2i.^-in.. 15c: 3-
in.. 25c. The Park Floral Co.. Denver. Colo.

Rex Begonias. 2''i-in.. $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emiuans, Newton. N. .T.

BOXWOOU.

BOXWOOD.

Each

Pyramids. 3 feet $3.00

4 feet $3.30 and 4.00

Standard. 18 in. stem. VI in. crown l.On

Bushes, 10 ins 30

12 ins ."1"

18 ins $0.73 and 1.00

24 ins 1.25

Pyramids, 2V. feet $1.75 and 2.01

3 feet 3.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO..

737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft.. $1 each; 214 ft..
$1.50; 3 ft.. $2; 3U, ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch. $2..50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes. 2 ft.. $1.50; nice
bushes. 15-inch. ;J5c eacli. F. O. Franzen. 5319

No. Clark St., Chicago^

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. .Tulius
Rni-hrs Co.. Rutherford. N. 3.

BULBS.

Bulbs. Paper White Grandiflora. fancy. 1.2.30
to case. $9.50 per 1.000; Star brand. 1.000 to
inse. $11.50 per 1.000. Lilium Pormosum. 6-8-
inch, 330 to case, $.37 per 1.000; 7-9-inch. 250
to case. $80 per 1.000; 8-9-inch. 225 to case.
$70 per 1.000; S-10-inch. 200 hulbs to case. $80
per 1.000. I^ilium Harrisii. best Bermuda stock
from rogued fields. 5-7-inch. 400 to case. $5
per 100; $40 per 1.000; 6-7-inch. 335 to case
.$0.50 ner 100; $47 per 1.000; 7-9-inch. 200 to
case. $9. .50 per 100; $85 per 1.000. Giganteum.
cold storage. 7-9-inch, 100 to case. $6. .30 ' per
case; 7-9-inch. 300 to case. $17 per ease; $55
per 1.000; 8-9-inch, 250 to case. $18 per case;
.$70 per 1.000. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago
and New York.

Bulbs, all kinds.
York.

Arthur T. Boddington. New

Bulbs of all kinds. Michell's Seed House,
•1I8 Market St.. Pliiladelphia.

Bullis. Paper Wliites. ].2.'iO to case. $8.30 per
1.000; giants, extra large. $10 per 1.000. Lilium
Formosum. 7-9-incli. 3o:j to case, $7 per 100;
.$00 per 1.000; 8-10-inch. 210 to case. $9 per
HO; $80 per l.iiOO; 9-10-inch. 190 to case. $10
per 100; $93 per l.OUO. Frcesia Purity. Calif,
and Bermuda grown, large forcing size, $11'.
per l.iluO; select. $14 per 1.000; French grown.
Ref. Alba, mammoth buhis. $10 per 1.000.
French Roman hyacinths. 12-13. $35 per I.OUO.
.\. Henderson & Co.. 309 River St.. Chicago.

Bulbs. Forniosum lilies. 7-9-inch. 300 to case.
$7 per 100; $19 per case; 8-10-inch. 223 to-
case. ,$9 per 101: $19 per case; 9-10-inc'h, 200
to case, $11 per loo; $20 per case. Wm. F.
Kasting Co.. 3S3 Elllcott St.. Buffalo. N. Y.

Bulbs. Lilium Harrisii. G to 7-iuch. 3.30 to
case. $3.50 per 100; $45 per 1.000; 7 to 9 inch.
200 to case, $9 per 10;i; $80 per 1.000. F. R.
Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudsou. N. Y.

Bulbs, Japanese and Chinese lilies, French
and Dutch bulbs, Chas. Schwake & Co.. Ltd.,
90-92 W. Broadway. New l^ork.

Bulbs. Lilium Pormosuin. We have a sur-
plus of the following sizes. 7-9. 9-10. 10-11 and
11-13-inch. Write for prices. Yokohama Nurs-
er.v Co. . W^oolworth _Bldg. . New York.

Tuberoses, Dwarf Double Pearl, $7.50 per
1.000. J. M. Thovburn & Co., 53 Barclay St..

New York.

~BuIbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. 1218 Betz Bldg..
Philadelphia.

Bulbs. R. van der Schoot & Son. Hillegoni.
Holland.

Begonia Lorraine and Cincinnati. Robert Craig
Co.. 4900 Market St.. Philadelphia.

Bulbs. C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Bulbs. P. van Deursen. Sassenheim. Holland.

CALLAS. -

CALLAS.
Calla Bulbs, best California field-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more.
3 to S^i-inch circumference. $4 per WO; $18
per 500; 4 to 4-'H-inch circumference, $8 per
100; $38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders
will receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs; $20
orders. 200 freesia bnlbs. LILYDALE BDLB
CO.. SANTA CRDZ. CALIF.

CAMELLIAS.

C-^MELLIAS.

Thousands of plants from 0 inch and 9-incli
pots, covered witli flowering buds; in many
varieties. JdLIDS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford.
N. J.

Camellias, without iiiid from February to
April; with bud from August to October. Fine
stock. Catalogue tree. Victor De Bisschop.
Tronchiennes. Ghent, Belgium.

CANNAS.

Canna Firebird also all the best cannas. new
and old. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and
XeW York.

CARNATIONS.

FIHI.II GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.

Get your order in early for this fine stock
before it is too late. Send it in today.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $6.00 .$.30.00

White Lawson 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 .30.00

Washington 6.50 50.00

White Wonder 6.00 .^..

A'ictorv 5.00 45.00

Bonfire 5.00 45.00

WIETOR BROS.,

162 North Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

Wliite Perfection Carnations. field-grown
plants: fine stock at $35 per 1.000. C. O. D.
JAMBS PSENICKA. Gross Point. 111.

Carnations. Ward and Rose Pink Enchantress.
Victory. $4.30 per 100: $40 per 1.000. Peter
Relnbe'rg 30 East Randolph St.. Chicago.

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FIELD-GROWN CAKXATIOX PLANTS.

Per 100 Pel- 1.00)

Gorgeous $15.00

Matchless 15.00

Gloria 15.00

Enchantress Supreme 9.00

P. Delight (sold outi

White Wonder (limited) S.OO $75.00

White Enchantress (in quantity) 8.00 75.00

Alma Ward (limited) S.Oii

White Perfection (limited 1 7.110 70.00

Mrs. Ward (in quantityl 7.01) 05.00

Rosette (in quantity) S.OO 70. OM

Gloriosa (limited) ; 7.50

Enchantress (in quantity) ti.OO 55.0)

R. P. Enchantress (in quantity) 7.00 00.00

D. (iordon (sold out I

Benora (limited) 8.00

Comfort (in quantity) 7.00 00.00

Beacon (in quantity! 8.00 70.0 1

Harlowarden (limited)

Plants that will please the most critical
grower; clean, healthy and strong. All plants
guaranteed to arrive in a satisfactory condi-
tion. Cash to all unknown parties. Special
prices given on large orders. Orders held iu
reserve with part payment. Samples sent free.
Large huvers. come and see.

S. M. MERWARTH & BROS.,

Wholesale Cariiatiou Plant Specialists,

R. F. D. 5. EASTON, PA.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
Limestone land: no stem rot. 5,000 R. P.
Enchantress, 12.000 Enchantress, 3,000 Victory,
$6 per lOO; $55 per l.nOO. 12.000 White En-
chantress, $7 per 100; $35 per 1,000. 250 at
1,000 rate. W. Fargo and American Express.
Cash please.
JNO. P. SABRANSKY. KENTON, OHIO.

Carnations, Peerless Pink, $12 per 100; $100
per 1,000. White Wonder, White Enchantress,
White Perfection, Gloriosa, Pink Delight, Con-
ciuest, Benora, $7 per 100; $60 per l.OOO.
Commodore, $7 per 100. Enchantress, Washing-
ton, $C per 100; .$50 per 1,000. Chicago Car-
nation Co., 30 E. Randolph St.. Chicago.

CARNATION PLANTS.

7000 White Perfection. $40.00 per 1000;

1700 White Wonder. $50.00 per lOOO;

730 Enchantress. $oLi.OO per lOOll;

All field-grown, healthy stock.

^ Cash with order.

SINNER BROS..

50 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had -of th^ NOVEL-
TIBS and STANDARDS. Write for prices.
CHARLES H. TOTTY,

MADISON. N. J.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Extra tine White Perfection. WinsOr and En-
chantress, $.50 per 1,000.

KROBGER & TEEGBN.

MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Carnations, Enchantress. May Day, Scarlet
Glow, Mrs. C. W. Ward, White Perfection,
Washington, Winsor, $5 per 100; $45 per 1,000.
J. F. Wilcox & Sons, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Carnations, field-grow-n. Ward, W. Perfection,
Scarlet Glow, Beacon, $55 per 1,000. Winsor.
Lawson, May Day, $50 per 1,000, Poehlmann

Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Carnations, Victory, $5 per lOO; $45 per
1,000. Enchantress, White Enchantress. Wash-
ington. $4.60 per 100; $40 per 1.000. M.

Wlnandy Co., 6236 N. Lincoln St., Chicago.

50,000 carnation plants, $6 per 100; $50 per
l.OOU; 500 at 1,000 rate. C. H. Frey, Lincoln,

Neb.

Caruations. field-grown, White Perfection, $5
per 100; $40 per 1.000. J. A. Budlong, 82

East Ramlolph St.. Chicago.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pink.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

Joliet. 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros., FlshklU. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Clirysuntlicmum plants from 2i^-lDch pots:
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton. McNlece, Bamapo,
o. H. Kahu, Chrysolora. October Frost. Touset.
Chas. Razor. Conioletta, Golden Glow, Pacific
Supreme, Unaka, Pocketts' Crimson and
Schrlmpton, $2 per 100. Extra fine stock, or-
iler quick. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION
CO.. Joll'et. 111.

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings. $1.50 per
100; 2 In., $2 per 100; Touset, Oct. Frost.
Pdfly Rose, Pacific, Smith's Advance, Lincoln,
Appleton, Enguehnrd, Silver Wedding, Yel-
low BonnalTon. White Bonnaffon, Baby Yellow
Zenobla, L. J. Kowe, TltusvlUe, Pa.

Chrysanthemums. All the leading varieties;
pompous and singles. See list of varieties and
prices In double page advertisement elsewhere
In this Issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove. 111.

CHRYSANTIIEMI'.MS. Standard Varieties,
strong plants, 2);. in. pots, also some pompous
and singles, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLEMATIS.

clematis Jackmanl, hybrids assorted, pot-
grown, (i-ln.. 'Mq each; $3.50 per doz. Panl-
culata, U-in., $1.50 per doz. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Clematis. Goos & Koenenmann, Niederwalluf,
Germany.

Clematis. W. &- T. Smith Co., Geneva, N, Y.

COLEUS. .

COLEUS, best standard varieties, all colors,
2ii-in. pots, $2 per lOU; 3-in., $3 per 100.
Fine for stock plants or specimens. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

CROTONS ^__

Crotons. 4-ln., $4 jjer doz.; $30 per 100; 5-lu..
$0 to $) per doz.; large plants, $1 to $1.50
each. Henry A. Dreer, 714-710 Chestnut St.,
I'liiladelpbia. Pa. .

CYCLAMEN.

»_

Cyclamen, separate colors or mixed, deep red.
3-in., English strain. $1.25 per doz.; $9 per
100. Giant blood red, 4-in.. $2 per doz.; $15
per 100. Giant pure white, 3-iu., $1.25 per
doz.: $9 per loO; 4-in;, .$2 per doz.; $15 per
100. Giant rose. ^2- per doz.; $15 per 100.
rersicum, 4-in., English. .$2 per doz.; $15 per
100. Wonder of Wandsbek. 3-in., $1.50 per
doz.; $12 per lOD. Mixed Detiance strain. 3-
iu.. $1 per doz.; $S per 100; 4-in., $2 per doz.;
$15 per 100. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buck-

ingham place, Cliicago.

CYCLAMEN — Best German strain in 5 assorted

colors, out of 21-4-in. pots. good, strong plants.
$5.00 per 100. Casb please. J. H. Fiesser, 709
Hamilton Ave.. North Bergen. N. J.

Cyclamen, my Chicago prize strain, dark red
and glowing red. 4-iiv, at 15c. White and
white red eye, 4-in.. 15c. Glory and Rose of
Wandsbek, 4-in., 15c. Victoria, fancy frinjred.
4-in., 15c. R. J. SOUTHERTOX. Higbfand
Park. HI.

Cyclamen, choice strain. 3-inch, $7 per lOli;
Glory of Wandsbek, 3-inch, $8 per 100; 4-in..
choice stock, $15 per 100; 4-inch Glory of Wands-
bek. $18 per 100. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove. 111.

Cyclamen from 31^-inch pots, $15 per 100;
4-inch, $25 per 100; 5-inch. $50 per 100. Finest
strain: separate colors. JULIUS ROEHRS CO..
Rutherford, N. J.

Cyclamen, 5 colors. 3-in., doz., $1.50; per 100,
.$10; 4-in., doz.. $2.50; per 100, $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Cyclamens, ready July. 3 inch, $8 and $10 per
100. Finest strain, about 10 rarieties. equally
divided. ERNEST ROBER. Wilmette. 111.

Cyclamen, red. pink, salmon, white and white
with pink eye, 3-in., 8c; 4-in., 20e. Park Flo-
ral Co.. Denver, Colo. ;

Cyclamens. Robert Craig Co., 4900 Market
St.. Philadelphia.

DAISIES.

MARGUERITES, strong cut back. 4-in. stock
suitable for Winter forcing,- $10 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

DEUTZIAS.

Deutzia gracilis, 8-inch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz., $4; per lOn, $30. Vaughan's
Seed Stoie, Chicago and New York.

DRACAENAS.

DRACAENAS.

Each Doz. 100

Fragrans. 4 in $;i.00

Llndenl, 4-ln 0.00

Miissangeana, 4-ln. . . 5.00

ludlvlsa, 2-ln $3,00

3-ln .75 5.00

4-in 1.25 10.00

7-in „. $0.50 and $0.75

7-in 1.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO..
'37 Buckingham Place. ChicagOj

FERNS.

Dracamas, Tefiiiinalis, Massangeiina. Lord
Wolseley. fragrans. Bronze Beauty. Mandaiana.
Kelleriana, Godseffiana. Sanderiana, ■ Shepherdli,
Craigii (newt. Aurora, etc. Robert Craig Co.,
4000 Market St.. Philadelphia.

Dracrena Godsefl3ana. 2-inch pots. $1 per doz.:
3 inch pots. $1.50 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove. 111.

Dracsena indlvisa, 4-ln. . 15c and 20c each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Dracaena indlvisa. 3-in., $5; 4-ln., $10; 5-in.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton. N. J.

Ferns. Boston, 2-in., 50c doz.: $4 per lOO;
3-in., $1 per doz.; $8 per 100; 4-iu., $1.."0 per
doz.; $12 per 100; 4-in. wood squares, 25 to
case, $3.75 per case; 5-in., $2.40 and $3 per
doz.; $20 and $25 per 100; G-in., $ti per doz.;
$50 per lOii; Gin. made-up. 35c and 50c each;
7-iu., 75c each: $9 per doz. : 8 iu., $1 each;
$12 per doz.; 9-in.. $1.50 each; $18 per doz.;
larger specimens at $2. $2.50 and up. Boston
hanging baskets. 75c and $1 each; $9 and $12
per doz.: extra large baskets. $3, $4. $5 and
$G. Crytomium falcatum, 4-in., $1.50 and $1.7,"i
per doz.; $12 and $14 per 100. Whitmani ferns,
3-in.. $1 per doz.; $8 per 100; 4-in., $2 per
doz.; $15 per 100: 5-in.. $3.50 doz.; Gin.. $0
doz. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham
Place. Chicago.

Ferns. Asplenium Nidus Avis, 3-in.. $1.50 per
doz.; $10 per 100; 4-in.. $3.30 per doz.; §25 per
100. Cibotium Schiedei. .3-in.. .¥3.50 per doz.;
$25 per 100: G-iu.. $1.50 each; 8-in.. $2.50: 10-
in. tubs, ,$3.50 to $5 each. Pteris Parkeri,
214 -in., 75c per doz.; $5 per 100; 4-in.. $2 per
doz.; $15 per 100; G-in.. $4.50 per doz.: $35 per
100. Henry A. Dreer, 714-71G Chestnut St..
Philadelphia, Pa. ._

Ferns, N. Elegantissima. 3V>-in., 25c each; 6-
in., 50c: 8-in.. $1. N. Magnifica, SVj-in.. 25e;
N. Muscosa. 3^j-in,. 25c; 5-in,, 50c; N. Har-
risii, 6-in., 50c; 12-in.. very large, $5 each. N.
Bostoniensis, 6-in., 50c; 12-in., very large. $5.
Pteris Wimsetti multiceps. 3',2-in.. 15c each.
Small ferns for pans ; line assortment. 2 V4 -iu. ,
$4 per 100. F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-nn-
Hudson, N. Y.

Adiantum Cuneatum. 0-in.. 50c each; $6 per
doz.; larger plants, 75c each: $9 per doz. Adi-
antum Fergusoni, 4-in.. $1.80 per doz. Asplen-
ium nidus avis, 5-in., $1 and $1.50 each;
larger specimens. $2.50 and $3. Assorted ferns
for dishes, $3 per 100. The Geo. Wittbold Co..
737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Ferns in flats, all varieties, ready for 2^-
inch pots. $2 per flat; 20 or more flats. $1.75
each. McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray St.. New
York.

Ferns. Aspleniiim nidus. 3-in., $2.50 per doz.:
,$20 per 100; 4-in.. $5 per doz.: $35 jicr mO:
5-in., $7 per doz.: $50 per 100. Cibotium
Schiedei. G-iu.. $1.50 each. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co., Paiuesville, O.

Ferns. Boston and Roosevelt. 3 in., $7.50 per
100; 4-in., $15; 5-in.. $25; 6-in.. $50; 7-in.. $75.
A. Henderson & Co.. 369 River St.. Chicago.

Boston ferns. 5-iuch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adiantum Croweanum. 3-in.. $8 per 100; $70
per l.OOt. A. N. Pierson. Inc., Cromwell. Conn.

Ferns from bench, assorted varieties. $10,
$12. .50 and $15 per 100. Alonzo J. Bryan. Wash-
ington. N. J.

Ferns for dishes. Aspidium. Cyrtomium, Wil-
soni. Mayi, etc., $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000.
The Storrs & Harrison Co.. Painesville. O.

Ferns, Boston and Whitmani, 3-in., Hio;
loc; 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton.

4-iu..
N, J.

Boston ferns. 10-inch. .?2: 12-inch. $3 to $3.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

300 Boston ferns. 4-iuch. $12 per 100. Cash
please. Edgar Easterday. Nokomis, 111.

Boston hanging baskets. $1.50 to $2.50 each,

Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
Ferns. Julius Ro.^hrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

FICUS.

FICUS ELASTIC A. 5-iu.. $0.35 each.
THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO..
737 39 Buckiugham PI.. Chicago.

Ficus elastica. 4-in.. 8 to 10 ins., $3.50 per
doz.: $25 per 100. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716
Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa.

Ficus pandurata. Robert Craig Co., 4900
Market St.. Philadelphia.

FREESIAS.

Freosias. Puritv (true). 34 to 1-iu., $2.50 per
100; ,$22.50 per 1.030; % to %-iu., $1.75 per
100; $16 per l.OnO; '.'.-in. and over. $1.50 per
100: $12 per 1,000; % to '-j-in.. $1.25 per 100;
$10 per l.OiiO. Vaughan's Improved I'urity, %-
in. and up. ,$2.25 per 100: $20 per l.OOi); M. to
■■^4 -in.. $1.75 per 100; $10 per l.OOii: ^ to %■
in.. $1..50 per 100; $12 per I.IHIO. French
grown. Jumbo. $1.51) per 100; $12 per 1,000.
Mammoth. $1 per 100; $9.50 per l.dOO. Vaugli-
an's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

FREESIAS.
PURITY FREESIAS, best California field-
grown, direct from grower to florist by express
or mall, charges prepaid. 1st size, V' to 94-
luch diameter. $1.50 per 100; $3 per 500; 2nd
size, H to V.-inch diameter, 90c per 100; $3.50
per 500. Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
CO., SANTA CRUZ, CALIF.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. 4-in., .$8 per 100.
in paper pots. L. J. Rowe, TitusvUle, Pa.

if You Do Not Find Wtiat You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write (Is About It

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Gernnlimis. La Kavorltc. rciklns. Jean Obcrle,
Kk-aril I.aiiiliv, Col. Thomas, Dafc'ata, Yiaurt.
%•! per lull; *18.5U pc-r l.OOu. Clair Frenot.
Lulei liraiiili. Mrs. K. O. IIlll. Polteviue, Mrs.
Annie Vlucoiit. $2.,-,0 per 100; .fM per 1,000.
Kuby. $4 per 100. S. .V. Xutt, at the special
Iiflce of .$1,7,5 per 100: $16 per 1,000. The
above Is all tine stock in twolneb pots. Write
for Cntalosne. F. H. DE WITT & COMPANY.
Wooster, Oblo.

(leraulnnis, 3-in. pot plants ready now; fine
assortment of colors for winter bloomiUK, $3
per 100; %'!.o per l.OOn. linokinK orders for
next season's ileliver.v, $2 per li)0; $18.50 per
l.OOO for 2-incli stock of stamiard kinds. U.
Vincent Jr. & Soris Co., White Marsh, Md.

Gcrauiuras. Silver-leaf Nutt. 2i4in.. $4.00
per 100; $.S.'J.00 per 1,000. Rose. 214-in.. $3.00
per 100; standard varieties, 2-in.. $2.0iJ per
100; $18.00 per 1,0110. Lady Washington, 214-
in., $-1.00 per 100.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt; line plants out of
3%-ln. pots, $7 per lllO. Only SOU left. Cash
with order. VALKEUS GREEN HOUSE, .Minot,
N. D.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. Dbl. Gen. Grant anil
Mme. rsuchuer, 2-in.. $1.75 per 100. Elmer
UawliiiKs, Clean. N. Y.

Geraniums, 2-iu., $3 per 100. Hall Caine
and Marv Barton, 2-in.. $5. Rahn & Herbert.
110 v.. 40th St., Portland, Ore.

Geraniums, Nutt, Buchner, Ricard, Perkins,
Poitevine, 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Geraniums. Nutt, $10 per 1,000: Ricard and
Poitevine, $12.50 per l.OOU. Albert M. Herr.
Lancaster, Pa,

HYDRANGEAS.

HYDRANGEAS — French Hydvangeas. Ava-

hmche. Mme. E. Mouillere. Mont Rose, Bou-

■ qiiet Rose, La Lorraine, Mousselline. 214-iD.

pots, $5. MO rei" 1*30. Cash please. J. H. Fies-

ser. 709 Hamilton Are., North Bergen. N. J.

Hydrangeas, Otalisa. 4-in.. 2 leads, $1.80 per
do/,.; 5-in., 3 to 4 leads, $3 per doz. ; $24 per
100: 5-in.. made-up, 3 in a pot, $3.60 per doz.;
;> and 10-iu., extra strong, 75c and $1 each.
French hydrangeas, pink, white and blue. 0-in.,
4i)c; 7-in.. GOc. The Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737
Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4-in..
$20 per lOi-i; 5-in.. $25 per 100, The Storrs
iV: Harrison Co., Painesville, O.

HYDRANGEAS OTAKSA and ARBORES-
CENS, 3-in. pots, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Hydrangeas. French and Otaksa. Robert
Craig Co., 4000 Market St.. Philadelphia.

Hydrangeas. C. C. Pollworth Co.. Milwau-
kee. Wis.

IVIES.

English ivy. out of 6 in. pots, up to 5 ft.
high, $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 K.
49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Hardy English ivy, $2 per 100; $18.50 per
l.'OO. R. Vincent Jr. & Sous Co., White Marsh.

Md. _^

'English ivv. 4-iu.. 3 in a pot. $10 per 100 .
The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place.
Chicago. _^

Ivy, Boston, pot-grown, 4-in., $1.50 per doz.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chicago.

English Ivy. strong, 20c and 35c each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

German Ivy, 214-in., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES— Strong plants, ready
to shift out of 214-in. pots. $3.00 per 100.
Cash please. J. H. Fiesser, 709 Hamiltou Ave..
North Bergen. N. J.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Lily of the Valley, best grade. 500 to case,
$9 per case; 1.000 to case, $17 per case.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

To Import.

Lily of the Valley. Chas. Schwake & Co..

j Inc.. Horticultural Importers and Exporters. 90-

1 92 West Broadway. New Y^ork.

I Lily of the Valley, largest grower and ex-

, porter. E. Neubert. Wandsbek. m*. Hamburg.

i Germany. Apply to Otto Heinecken, 17 Bat-

I tery PI.. New York.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.

\ American Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn.

\ Mushroom spawn, English imported, $6.50 per

100 lbs. St. Louis Seed Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stoi-k. Angers quiuce, Cerasus Avium,
C. nialuilfb, .\L'ilus comnuuiis. Pruuus myrobu-
laiia, Pyrus communis. Rosa cauina. Rcisa mu-
nettl. Rosa multitloia. Young forest and or-
uamoutal stoclis. cfUiit'ers, roses, etc. F. De-
laumay. The Nurseries. Angers, France. C. H.
Weber, Greenfield, lud.. Agent.

Nursery stock, deciduous ornamental trees
and shrubs, young conifers, new rare or notice-
able trees, shrubs, hardy herbaceous, also roses,
all the best old and new varieties, etc. E.
Turbat & Co., Orleans. France.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamcutal trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Sniilh Co.. Geneva. N. Y'.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
biuk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established aud semi-
established. Lager & Hurrell. Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KENTI.i BELM0RE.\N.4.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inclies bigb. Eacb.

4-incb ijots, .5 to e, 18 $0.35

0-incb pots, 0 to 7 24 1.00

« incb ijots. (1 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

0-inch pots, 0 to 7. 32 to .'i4 2.0.1

8-incb tubs, 6 to 7, 36 3.00

S-iuch tubs. 0 to 7. 42 to 44 4.00

S-inch tubs. 0 to 7. 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FORSTERIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inebes biRli. Eacb.

4-iuch pots, ') to 6, IS to 20 $0.35

0-incU pots. 5 to e. 28 to 30 l.OO

6-inch pots, 5 to C. .34 to 36 l..!iO

6-ineb pots, .■> to 6. 38 to 42 2.00

8 inch tubs. 6 to 7. 46 to 48 3.50

8-incb tubs, 6 to 7, .50 to 54 5.00

lu-incb tubs, 11 to 7, 5 to 514 ft.. 8.00

10-inoh tubs. 6 to 7. 6 to 6% ft..l0.0i)

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

8-incb tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 32 . .$3.50

10-incb tubs, 5 plants in a tub, 38 to 40.. 5.00

10-inch tubs, 5 iilants in a tub, 45 to 50.. 8.00

12-inc'b tubs, 4 idants in a tub. 5 ft. bigb. 12.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches higli. Each.

G-incb pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 . .$1.25

7-incb pots, 5 plants in a pot. 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-incb tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 38 .. 3.<^0

8-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-incb tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-inch tubs, 4 idants in a tub, 52 to 56. . 6.00

10-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. liigh. 8.00

12 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5H> ft. 10.00

12 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 6 ft. liigh.12.00

A'ery strong specimens, 12 and l."-incb tubs. 7

lilants, $15.00. $18.00 and $25.0 i.

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

6 incb pots. 20 in. high, 26 in. spread .SI..-|"

7-inch pots. 2 ft. high. 32 to 30 in. spread. 2.50

8-inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.,

MORTON GROVE. ILL.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-in,. 6-7 leaves,
22 ins., high, $1 each; $12 per doz. Phcenix
Roehelenii, 8-in, pots. 24 ins. bigb. 26-inch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-iuch tubs, 24 inches high,
30-inch spread, $4 each. A. N. Pierson, Inc.,

Cromwell, Conn.

Palms. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Henry A.
nreer, 714-710 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Pboenix Canariensis, line large plants, $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roebrs Co.. Rutherford,

K. J. .

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue. Joseph Hea-

cock Co.. Wyncote. Pa.

Areca lutescens. Robert Craig Co., 4900 Mar-
ket St., Pliiladelphia.

Palms. .Toseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa.
Palms. Julius Ro^hrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veitchii, 4-in., 50c; o-in.. 75c; 6-iu..
$1.25 and $1.50; 7-in.. $2 and $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Pandanus Veitchii. 4-iu., $G per doz. ; 5-in.,
.$9 per doz. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 7.37 Buck-
ingham Place. Chicago.

Pandanus Veitchii, 6-in.. $1 each. Heury A.
Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Pandanus Veitchii. Robert Craig Co., 4900
Market St.. Philadelphia.

Pandanus Veitchii. Robert Craig Co., 491-10
Market St.. Philadelphia.

PANSIES.

PANSIES.
If you didn't get our color plate catalog and
1914 cut prices on Mastodon Pansy Seed aud
seedlings, fall delivery; write for it- Cut prices,
new crop Mastodon mixed, i^ oz., $1; oz.. $7.
Mastodon Greenhouse Special. same price.
STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS. Portland. Ore.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop. $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

PEONIES. \

Peony Festiva Maxima. Write for list of
other line varieties. Thomas J. Oberlin. Siuk-
iug Spring'. Pa.

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

PEPPERS.

NEW CLUSTER PEPPERS. 2-inch. ,$2 per
100; 3-inch, %\ per 100. XMAS PEPPERS, 2-
inch, $2; 3-iuch. .$4. LAMPION PEPPERS.
2-inch. $3 per 100; 3-inch. $5 per 100. ERNEST
ROBER. WILMETTE. ILL.

PEPPERS aud JERUSALEM CHERRIES. 4-
in. plants at $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids. Mich.

Peppers. Chiuese and Cluster. 3-in., $5 per
1(0. Poehlmann Bros. Co., aiorton Grove. 111.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-in., $2 per
liX): $18 iier 1,000. Elmer Rawlings, Olean.
N. Y.

POINSETTIAS.

HEADQUARTERS FOR POINSETTIAS.

True tvi)e. orders booked now for June and
later delivery, $5 per 100; $45 per l,00:j; 5.0O0
lots or more. Write for prices. Cash please.
ERNE.ST ROBER. Wilmette, 111.

Poinsettias. true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in 2Vi-in. paper pots, $5.50 per
1(10; $50 per l.OOO. A. Henderson & Co.. 360
River St., Chicago. „_^___

Poinsettia pulclierrlma, 2-in., $5 per 100; .$45
per I.COO; 4-in.. $1 per doz.; for stock plants.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chicago. ^

Poinsettia pulcherrima, 214-in. pots, $6 per
100; $60 per 1,000. Anton Schultheis. College
Point, L. I., N. Y. ,

Poinsettias, 2Vi-in.. $5 per 100; $45 per l.OM.
S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. 1218 Betz Bldg., Phila-
delphia^^

PRIMULAS.

Primula Obconica Ronsdorfer hybrids, best
strain in e.vistence; large dowering grandiflora
and fringed; 10 separate colors, 214-lncb, 2i;ie;
mixed, 2ii-incli, 2c; gigantca, 214-inch, 214c:
3-incb, $5 per 100. Chinensis, best large flower-
ing. 7 separate colors, 2y4-inch. 2'/4c; mixed.
2i,i-inch, 2c; 3-incb. $5 per 100. Malacoides,
2.ineh, 2"4c. Kewensis. 2-inch. $2.25 per 100.
Cash. Toledo Greenhouse, 2829 Chestnut St..
Toledo. Ohio.

Primroses, Chinese. $2 per 100. Obc. alba
and rosea, $2. Forbesi and Malacoides. $2.
Obc. Gigantea, .$2.50. Jos. H. Cunningham.
Delaware, O.

Primula Malacoides. $3 per 10:l; $25 per 1.000.
Chinensis, $3 per 100; .t25 ler 1.000. The
Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O.

Primula obconica, 3-in.. $5 per 100; 4-iu.. $8
per 100. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Bucking-
ham Place, Chicago.

Primula obconica Granditiora and Gigantca. 3-
in.. $5 per 100; 4-in., 8c. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
, Morton Grove. 111. ^ ^

Primula obconica assorted aud Malacoides.
2io-in. pot iJlants, $4 per 100; $35 per 1,000.
Va'ugban's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Primula obconica. 2-in.. 4c; 3-in., 8c. The
Park Floral Co., Denver, Colo.

PRIVET.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lorett. Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

21,4-INCH ROSE STOCK.

Fine, healthy plants, ready for immediate

shipment.

.uipmeui. Per 100 Per 1.000

Ameriran Beauties $5.00 $4.5.00

Richmond 3.00 25.00

Milady 5.00 45.T)0

Sunburst 5.00 45.00

Pink Killaruey 5.00 40.00

WIETOR BROTHERS.

162 North WABASH AVE., CHICAGO.

Beauties choice young stock in 3 and 4-incb

pots, at the rate of $30 per 1,000 in lots of

5,000 plants. Bassett & Washburn, 131 N.

Wabash Ave., Chicago.

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Ruses, pot-grown stock; American Pillar. G-
io., .$2.40 and $3.00 per rtoz. Dorothy Perkius.
6-in.. $2.40 per doz. Excelsa. 5 and ti-in..
$3.G0 per doz-. Flower of Fairfield, 5-in. and
6-in., *3.60 per doz. Lady Gay, 5-iu., .fa. 40;
li-iu.. $3.00 per doz. Tausendsclion. 4 in., .'fl.80;
5-in., ?3; 6-ln., $4.20 per doz. 500 My Mary-
land, 3Vj-in., $6 per 100. l.OOO Pink Killar-
uey. 3>/i-ln., $0 per 100. The Geo. WittboM
Co.. 737 Bnckingliam Place, Chicago.

Killarne.y Brilliant grown in 4-iuch pots, $25
per 1(10: $200 per 1,000. F. R. Plersou Co.,
Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

ROSES, strong, 3-in. Pink Killarney, Kaiserin.
My Maryland and Rhea Reitt. .fO per 10i>; $.30
per 1,000. ■ HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids,
Mich.

Roses, own root and grafted. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Roses, 1-yr., 2iA-in. ; 2-yr., 4-in. Leedle Floral
Co., Springfield. 0,

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

smuax.

Smilax, 2-iu. strong stock, several times
pinched back, $20 per 1,000; 3-in. strong stock,
several times pinched back, $40 per I.OUO.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

Smllax. 2%,-inch, $1.25 per 100; $10 per ~1.00a
J. C. Schmidt, Bristol. Fa.

SEEDS.

CHOICE MIXED PANSY SEED.
We save the seed from our own beds, mix it
with the best imported stock of Danish Exhi-
bition, Imperial German. Mammoth Buttertly.
Giant Ruffled and Mottled, Giant Five Spotted
and Trimardeau Giant, making one grand mix-
ture, which we offer as follows; Trade packet.
25c; Vi oz., $1; % 02., $1.75; 1 oz., $3.30.
Terms Cash. Safe Delivery Guaranteed.
FRANCIS BRILL CO.,

Seed Growers and Dealers,

Hempstead (L. I.i. N. Y.

PANSY SEED— GiJint strain, new crop. $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE. ILL.

SPIREA.

■• Splrea Van Houttei. 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100;
$75 per 1,000. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square. Pa.

STRAWBERRIES. "

Strawberries, pot-grown. Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate. Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar. McKinley. Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success. Three W's. U. S. King Edward. \Vm.
Belt. $2 per 100; $16 per l.OOO. Chesapeake.
Fendall, Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1,000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver. N. J.

STEVIA.

STEVIA. strong plants, 4-in., $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stevia, ready now at .$20 per 1,000. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111,

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona. white and pink, $2 per 100; $18, .oO
per 1.000. R. Vincent Jr. & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md.

SWAINSONA, white, 4-ln.. $12,50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

TORENIA.

" TOREXIAS, 2y,-in., ,$3 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich. ,

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

HARDY FIELD STOCK.

Celery plants $2.50 per l.OiHI

Cabbage plants 1.00 per 1.000

Genuine Cauliflower 2.50 per 1.000

Parsley, triple curled 2.50 per 1.000

All Varieties.
F. M. Pattington. ScipiovlUe. N. Y.

Cabbage plants ready to set in the field,
strong transplanted plants. $2.50 per l.OOi).
Seedlings, $1 per 1,000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO.. Danville. 111.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
I.'o.. St. Louis. Mo.

CARNATION STAPLES.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples, 50c per 1,0U0,

postpaid. I. L. PlUsbury, Galesburg, 111.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far. ,'iOc for
1.000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
.18-40 Broadway. Detroit, .Mich.

COAL.

Berwind*s Smokeless Coals from Pocahdutas
and New River mines. Berwind-White Coal
Mining Co., 1805 People's Gas Bldg., Chicago.

SAVE LABOR AND EXPENSE BY THE USE Or

BERWINDS SMOKELESS

CO AIv»

From Pocahontas and New River Mines of

BERWIND-WHITE COAL MINING CO.

Offices: 1805 Peoples Gas Building, CHICAGO.
Telephone Randolph 3901.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC. ,

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge &; Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
pric'e. Baur W'iudow Glass Co.. EatOD, lad.

Greenhouse glass. ■ Write for prices. Sprague
Smith Co.. 164-160 Randolph St.. Chicago.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Apbiue, $1 per qt.. $2.50 per gnl. Fungine.
75c pef qt.. $2 per gal. Vermiue, $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Sealine, 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.: 10 gals., .'flO. Nikotiana, $1.50 per qt..
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing paus, ventilating apparatus, Jenniug's
Improved Irou Gutter*. DiUer, CasUev & Keeu,
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts.. Philadelphia.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son. Stratford. London. England.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave., Chi-
cago^ ^^^__

Florists' refrigerators. Buchbiuder Bros., 518
MilAvaukee Ave., Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per l.OOO, 50c;
by mail, 70c; 5,000 by express, $2.50. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago and Xew York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co.. 670 Lake
St.. Kendallville. Ind.

Liquid— NICfO-FUME— Paper, for tbrips, aphis.
Spraying vaporizing, fumigating. The Kentucky
Tobacco Product Co., Inc^. Louisville. Ky.

Florists' supplies, cape fiower.s, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1.000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son. 422 Main St..
Springfield. Mass.

Glazing points. % and %. 40c per lb. ; 7
lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs. $5. Randolph & McClements,
5!>36 rvnn Ave., Pittsburgh. Pa.

•'Elastic-Lvke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner,
Mgr.. The Elastic-Lyke Co., 30 E. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Hammond's Slug Shot and Hammond's Grape
Dust. ILimmond's Paint and Slug Shot Works,
Fi.shkill-on-Hudson, New_ York.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Irou Sts., Chi-
cago^

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points. l.OOO, 75<r,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co.. Detroit. Mich.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
56 E. Randolph St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Florain D.
Wallace, Insurance" Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway. 105 Cliambers St.. New York.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30^/c strength for spraying. Nico-
tlne Mfg. Co.. St. Ixinis. Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 feet, per
100, S5c; 600, $3; ,$5.50 per 1,000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100, 60c; per
l.Ono. .S.'i. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN, CATALOG JDST OCT.

Send for one.

WOERNER WIRE WORKS.

2852 Pratt St. OMAHA. Xeb.

Floral design, wire window guards, ofl5ce rail-
ings, and all fancy works, lamp shade frames.
Eagle Wire Works. 2338 Ontario St., Cleveland,
Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
madn Bros.. 1008 Vine St., PhiUidelphia. Pii.

FREE

This Fine

Henkel
Budding Knife

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Go.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Preserve Cut Flowers in

BUCIIBIIIIDER

Florists' Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

518 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, Billheads. Statements,
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate MakiDe and Color Work.

Boriiam & Gliapline Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

BaajiiEBB''

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not cet hard, run
in bot nor b<a\r in cold weather,

E. C. Pruner, Mgr. THE ELASTIC-LYKE CO.
(Not Inc. 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

KRIER BOILERS

Smoke Bunur-Sel( Feeding— For GreenlioiMea
A GUARANTEED FUEL SAVING

CataloEue and Prices od Request.

Nic. Krier Boiler Works,

2725-27 N. Marshfield Ave., CHICAGO.

jgi4.

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229

GIBLIN Standard GroQnliou§oBoilof

of "Your GoodsMoney
Go e s}{upTiv^Sinoke ^-^

^^£.^KAotfJmt lots' fliollomt Shop

A WELL-KNOWN FLORIST

(name given on request)

on 10.000 square feet of glass

This is a

It is estimated there are

in use ID Greenhouses in
United States, and a similar

on this glass total would equal
the enormous sum of

HOW MUCH of hs loss

DO YOU CONTRIBUTE ..ery ,ear =

The saving was actual and
positive. What ono man can do

LET US SHOW YOU
WHEN 30 BELOW ZERO

in March last

their satisfaction with the
working of our Boilers.

LET US SEND YOU COPY OF THEIR TELEGRAMS.
Write for Catalog and Special Offer.

GIBLIN & CO.,

901 Broad St., Utica, N. Y.

SAVED $445.00

per annum
saving of

CENTS PER FOOT

of glass.

105,000,000

square feet of glass

$4,725,000

EVERY MAN CAN DO
HOW TO DO IT

33 WELL PLEASED
FLORISTS WIRED US

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Aug.

15,

WHEN YOU BUY - GET A KROESCHELL
"THE BOQER OF GEHUINE EFFICIENCY"

Expressions from Men Who Know Boilers

Get the Krcie-sehell

irst

"We like the Kroeschell Boiler very
much. It gives entire satisfaction and
it is so easy to fire. I will trade you
the t^vo cast iron sectional boilers for
another like the Kroeschell I have."

(Signed I FRF.D I'ONTING.

July 16, 1913, Cleveland. Ohio.

Ivroesehell Best of AI!

The Kroeschell Boiler I installed last
year usually runs from 10 p. m. to 6
a. m. without attention. I do not have
the least trouble to keep temperatures
in the coldest weather. The boiler has
given entire satisfaction.

The Kroeschell is the best boiler we
. have ever handled.

(Signed) CHARLES TOTTY.

Madison, N. J., June 30, 1913.

Kroeschell Replaces C«»t Jron

The Kroeschell has replaced three cast
iron sectional boilers, :ind it certainly
has .given entire satisfaction.

It only takes a few words to express
the good quality of your boilers and they
are as follows : "Of all firms handling
boilers and advertising them truthfully,
the party buying a boiler would have to
get the Kroeschell, as you are certaiuly
advertising nothing but facts."

(Signed i ALEXANOER A. TvAUB.

July 18. 1913, New Hamburg, N. T.

Kroeschell Replaces Cast Iron

We are beating 6.000 sq. ft. of glass
with the Kroeschell House Boiler you
furnished last fall, and we think It can
take care of more.

We maintain a temperature of 60 de-
grees in tlie gieeiilinusps and liave im
trouble keeping temperatures, even in
the coldest weather.

The boiler does not require attention
after 9:00 p. m.. except in the coldest
weather, when we bank at 11:00 p. m.

The boiler has given entire satisfac-
tion. We doubt if your boiler could be
improved upon, it is by far the best
we have ever used, and we've been
using beating systems for the past 30
years.
(Signed! THE AVENUE FLORAL CO.

E. W. Eichling, Sec'y.
New Orleans, La., March 3. 1913.

Kroeschell Replnee-s Cast Iron

T am heating between 17,00il and 18.-
OCiO sq. ft. of glass with the No, 12
Kroeschell, maintaining 50 to 54 de-
grees in tbi' irreenhousf^s.

1 have night fireman and we fire

about every hour in extreme cold

weather, but in ordinary weather every

^two or three hours, leaving tlie boiler

run five to six hours :il tbo last firing.

Have hnd three different makes of
sectional cast iron boilers, but would
not return to the sectional boiler unilei-
any consideration.

(Signed) PREDERirK CAREY.

Kennett Square. Pa.. July .T. 1013.

SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE

452 W. Erie St , - CHICAGO

Baltimore.

STOCK SELLING BUT PRICES LOW.
The lack of rain in the county liere
is getting to be quite serious. Although
the water supply is holding out, the
situation is grave in Baltimore City
and much danger of a water famine
is feared. The prices are extremely
low on all flowers, but they are sell-
ing. This week flowers of good grade
have been used extensively. The Wil-
son funeral has called for a great
many.

NOTES.

The democratic clubs of Baltimore
contributed .?3,000 to a floral piece
for the funeral of Mrs. Wilson. This
is said to be the most beautiful and
expensive piece ever put up in this
city. It was made by J. J. Cum-
mings. 113 W. Baltim<)re street. It
was in the shape of a muund and
comprised about :i.90O flowers — 900
Harrisii lilies. 2,.'500 .-Vmerican beauty
roses, .500 orchids and maiden hair
ferns. It was eight feet five inches
long and five feet wide. An Adams
express official took it to Washington
from Camden station to insure its
safe delivery at the White House.
The whole nation mourns with the
president in his great loss, at this
trying time, and the only way of
showing their respect is by these
floral tributes which have come from
lioth high and iQw and from many-
places.

Lehr Bros.' range of rose houses
at Brooklyn, Anne .trundle Co., are
looking extremely well .iust now.- They
completed a large rose house in the
early spring, planted it in May. and
it shows the best of results .iust now.
They are handling the Killarney, pink
and white. Killarney lirilliant, Rich-
mond and Radiance.

A number of florists leave for the
convention in Boston next week. K\\
anticipate a big time.

WBEN YOU BUY -GET A KROESCHELL
"THE BOILER OF GENUINE EfFICIENCY"

Oklahoma City.

SUPPLY IS SHORT.

With the prolonged heat and the un-
precedented lack of moisture, there is
an absolute dearth of commercial cut
flowers here. This applies both to out-
door stock and greenhouse grown, and
we are dependent upon outside markets
for every flower needed. There has
been quite a large call for funeral de-
signs lately, chiefly from outside towns,
and this, together with flowers for sick
room purposes, constitutes by far the
major portion of the business that is
occurring,

NOTES.

The "bay worm" has created a great
deal of havoc on the shade trees this
summer, and it has been necessary to
spray with arsenate of lead to keep
some of the trees from being entirely
denuded of foliage: that spray, for-
tunately, puts aJiuick check to the r&\-
ages of the pest. The trees infected
worst are locust, sycamore and box-
e'der. Maples and elms that are iso-
lated are not generally attacked, and
the catalpas seem almost immune from
the pest.

A sign in the store window at 120
Main street announces that J. W. Fur-
row & Co. will open there a first class
florist store on Sentember first. Mr.
Furrow is the presiflent of bur state
society of florists and has contemplated
onening un a store here for some time.
His grnwing establishment is located
nt Oufhrie, the former canital town of
the state, and which is about .30 miles
from here.

Some of the craft are still away en-
.loying their vacations, though all are
expected- to return within the next few
days.

S. .S. B.

Expressions from Men Who Know Boilers

The Leading Gro«er in Vermont

I have had the Kroeschell Boiler six
years: it is heating IT.fiOO square feet
of glass. No other but a Plate Boiler
for me.

(Signed! H. M. TOTMAK.

Kaiidolpli. Vermont.

The Qunlity PInee of Bo.*!iton

Regarding the Kroeschell. it is the
best we have ever had and satisfactory
beyond our expectatious. It heats u|)
especially quick and has saved us con-
siderably aireiidy in tbo price of fuel.
When we are in need of another boiler
we will give the Kroeschell tlie first
consideration.

(Signed) WM. W. EDGAR CO.

Waverley, .Mass.

Glad He Bon^^ht ii f>eneriitur

Wish to express my complete satis-
factiou with your Generator which I
purchased in November.

In extreme cold spell of .Taiiiuiry 11th
to 14th, when the thermometer regis-
tered 6 below zero and the wind blow-
ing at a gale of 70 miles an hour, tem-
perature of carnation houses stayed at
S2 at all times: this would not have
been possible without the Generator.

(Signed) JOHN S. HASS.

Newport, Rhode Island, Jan. 19. 1914.

Ivroesehell ver.«nis Cnst Iron

The No. 7 Boiler I bought from you
Is heating 14.000 square feet of glass;
I think it can take care of lG,00i> feet.
I do not have any trouble to keep up
temperature of 50 degrees in the coldest
weather. I tire *»iily once ;ifti*r 1*J
o'clock mid night. The boiler has given
perfect satisfaction. I have tour cast
iron boilers — like the Kroeschell best of
all. If anyone wishes to inquire about
your boiler, let them write me. for I
think your boilers are good ones.

(Signed) CHARLES SCHULTZ.

Menominee, Mich.

Cast Iron RoilerH T'rnek

I want to tliank yon for your prompt-
ness in shipping tin- boiler I uvdorcd of
you on Jauuiiry l-'irli. I had a break*
down, one of a tattery of two cast
iron toilers cracked so it wns iuqiossible
to use same, so I got yovi on the tele-
phone at 8:30 a. m.. .Tanuary i;Uh, and
ordered one of your hot water boilers.
Same was put in my boiler room in the
afternoon of January 15th. after which
we built foundation and rounocted up.
Since tliat time the hnih-r has taken
care of same glass as the two cast iron
boilers had dune easier and hotter in
every way.

(Signed) ANDREW BATHER.

Clinton. Iowa.

SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE

452 W. Erie Si., - CHICAGO

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with all its accompanying terrors is rife in EUROPE wht-re MANKIND will pay the terrible toll and disrupted homes and

fatherless families scattered will be part of the usual results of the hasty action of our bellicose friends across the ocean.

HE WHO LIVES BY THE SWORD SHALL DIE BY THE SWORD. Meantime we hope the FOOL KILLER will be on deck

and doing basiness, and shall prevent ROCKING THE BOAT, and that sane thoughts and actions shall guide our people.

Our
Great

INLAND EMPIRES, IOWA, ILLINOIS and INDIANA

are getting ready to further pave the way to future PEACE and PLENTY by having us erect for them at their magnificent

STATE COLLEGES, AMES, URBANA and PURDUE

strictly modern up-to-date Iron Frame Greenhouses, wherein to teach our growing youth and prepare him for the rich
harvest in store for him in the culture of flowers and vegetables in the years of prosperity that are sure to be our lot
even though it may be partly at the expense of our turbulent friends abroad.

PROFIT BY THEIR WISDOM

Let us help you prepare for the results that are sure to follow bumper crops at WAR PRICES.

We Await Your Command.

The Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co.

31st Street and Spaulding Avenue, Telephone Lawndaie 3130 CHICAGO.

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I Garland Cast Iron Gutter I

Will not rust out, and
is guaranteed to give
satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything
For The Greenhouse : :

Write for prices
and estimates.
DO IT NOW.

IGarland Manufacturing Co. |

I DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS. |

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Aug

'5.

IckeS'Braun Mill Co.

While the Season is advancing, you want to be sure of a

PROMPT DELIVERY

for your orders in greenhouse material. Write to us for sketches and estimate.
We can satisfy you in regard to quick* deUvery, first-class grades and reasonable
prices. Our new factory and modern equipment enable us to accomplish this.

ICKES-BRSUN MILLCO,

2340 WABANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO

Telephone flumboldt 11.

Agricultural Experiment
Stations

are favoring 40% nicotine solutions In tlieir
recommendations for fumigating and spray-
ing. To meet the demand tliis has created
we now offer '

"40 NICOTINE"

$13.00 Gallon-$3.75 Quart $2.00 Pint.

Compare these prices with what you now pay

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
vaporizing and fumigatine.

$4.50 Gallon— $1.50 Quart.

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

FOr srreen, black, white Hy. red spider, thrips
mealy bug and soft scale. Can be used on
tender plants.

$2.50 Gallon-$1.00 Quart.

FUNGINE

For mild*»w. rust and other blights. It is
perfectly safe to apply to fruits and vegetables,
as it is non-poisonous. An infallible remedy
for rose mildew, carnation and chrysanthe-
mum rust. $2.00 Gallon— 75c Quart.

VERMINE

For eel, cut and wire worms working in the
soil. It can be applied to all vi-L'ctaiion,
$3.00 Gallon— $1.00 Quart.

SCALINE

For San Jose Oyster Shell and all scale on
trees and hardy stock, .^n effective remedy
for red spider on evergreens.

$1.50 Gallon— 75c Quart.

If you cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order with
remittance and we will ship immediately
through our nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of ARrlcultural Chemicals,
MADISON. N. J.

Qreenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, % 1 .50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST GO,, 44o s. Diubotn si. ChicaEO

Pecky Cypress

We are SPECIALISTS

ID thisline, having been practically the first to sell to the trade. Get the valae

of onr lon^ experience. Perfect satisfaction iruaraDteed. Rock bottom prices.

Pecky C5T)reSS, because of its durability, is the only wood now being used

for greenhouse benches. Will ship in any quantity, carload or less.

Drop Siding. Ship Lap, Flooring, White Cedar Posts, Etc.
Everything in Lumber. Write for prices.

ADAM SCHILLO LUMBER CO. 'Thic-AgS."*'

nunill WUIIIkkW kWIIIUkll WWI l.d. Phones: Uncoln410 and 411

GLASS

We are leaden. Large Btock. good priCM.

SHARP, PARTRIDftE & CO.

CHICAGO. nXIMOlS.

Wired
Toothpicks

10.000 $17.S; so 000 $7.50.

W. J. COWEE,

Sam'ple free.

Manufactured by

Berlin, N. Y.

For sale bv dealers.

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Sold By The Seedsmen of America

'"ODE • »►"*'

** Hammonds Grape Dust"

used effectively to kill Mildews
on Roses and ^ other plants.

2old by the Seed Dealers: For pamphlet on Bugs and Blights

address

Hammonds Paint & Slug Shot Works ''n^^ vSKt""

HONTSCH
BOILERS

Water Grate
Less Coal More Heat

J. P. Dahlborn & Co.

General Agents U. S. A.

Cor. 2nd and Monroe Sts.
Hoboken, - - - N. J.

1866-1914

GREENHOUSE LUMBER

"SPOT CLEAR"

HOTBED SASH PECKY CYPRESS

SQUARE AND RED CEDAR POSTS

Lockland Lumber Co., Lockland, O.

Mention the American Florist when writing

.«.« «^ v^v^m TV W^XT T^ V^ HOT WATER-Open tank or pressure systems designed by
f ^DL L IVILJl 11 |WL uswUlheatperfectlyandnofblowout." STEAM SYSTEMS
1 ll\l\r.ll| nilf llijlj we design to meet your special conditions. Our pump or
^i***" ■■ ■* ^ » » -^^ ■^^■•^^— trap return systems will prove satisfactory in all cases where

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send for Catalog No. 71

■n, which describes fully the

flowers McCray Kefrigerators and

Display Cases for Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,

670 Lake St., KENDALLVILLE, IND.

mmw^ A nnVUT/>l a gravity return is impossible. Our VACUUM systems are the last and
U L A 1 1 IVIl best word for heating large and modern rancs. We can put ECONOMY
nrj/* 1 lllll and EFFICIENCY into your heating system. Unsatisfactory Heating
***^'* * * ** '^* systems remodeled. Heating booklet fret

Heating plans and estimates made, boilers and tieating supplies fumistied.

GEO. W. LOEBER, ^^^ Ke^etfa?2^ir"' Chicago, Dl.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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CLAY'S FERTILIZER

The Success Attending the Use of This

WORLD-RENOWNED PLANT FOOD

is the tallc of every

SAFE, SURE, QUICK ACTING, ECONOMIC AT. -It is supplied by the leading: Nursery and Seed Firms, including the followins;: New York— Arthur
T Boddington. Burnett Brothers. WilJiam Elliott & Sons. Peter Henderson & Co , The MacNiff Horticultural Co.. W. E Marshall & Co.. Stnmpp &
Walter Co.. J. M. Thorburn & Co.. Vaughan's Seed Siore, Weober & Don. Rochester— James Vick's Sons. Chicago- Vaughan's Seed Store.
Boston— Joseph Breck & Sons Co.. R & J. Farquhar & Co.. Fottler. Fiske. Rawson Co.. Thomas J. Grey Co. Philadelphia -Henry A. Dreer.
Henry F. Michell Co.. Hosea Waterer. Plttsburgh-W. C. Beckerl.

Manufactured by

CLAY & SON, STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

LIQUID

a

NICO-FUME

M

PAPER

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

«sk S o ed «» 13:1 o 13. foi» F*i?io

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisviUe, Ky.

0«»

An Ideal

iosecticide

For Fumigating
and Spraying

Sold by
Seedsmen and Dealers

Manufactured by

P.R.PALETHOlRPECO.

(Inc )

Clarlcsviile, Tenn.

A STIC A

, 9> FOR

"

FOR.?S/

ouseqiazini

USEjTNOW.

P.O. PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
i^on and contraction. Putty becomes hard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

A. HERRMANN,

CxfK Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Pferist Supplies.

— Send For Prices

412 Etti m Si. NEW YORK

NIKOTEEN 30 ""U Strength

FOR SPRAYING

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

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"Richmond" Carnation Supports

Save time

— in

cultivating
the plants.

Make straighter ttems—
that can be cut in less time
than where strink's are used
—with no risk of cuttiny the
sttinns. Write for Prices.

Also on Rose Stakes.

Eagle Machine Works. [\

RICHMOND, IND.

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Our Spoclal Chryaanlhamum and Top-
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SOCIETY OF AMERICA.N FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Ofpicers — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis.
Minn., President; P. Welch. Boston. Mass., Vice-
President; John Young. 53 VV. 2Hth St.. New
York. Secretary: Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y.,
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch. Boston, Mass.
President; D.^N M.^cKORIE. san Francisco. Calif..
Vice-President; Iohn Yulng. New York. Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y.. Treasurer
Ne.Yt annual convention at Sao Francisco. Calif.'
.August, VHS.

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY
SUPERINTENDENTS.
Twenty-eighth annual convention to be held
at St. Louis. Mo., 1914. M. P. Brazil. St. Louis.
President-Elect; Bellett Lawson. Jr.. River
Grove. HI., Sec'y-Treasurer.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Next annual convention and exhibition at
Bu9alo, N. Y., 1915. S. J. Godd.^rd. Framing
bam, Mass., President; A. F. J. Baur, Tbirty-
ei^hth St. and Rockwood .Ave., Indianapolis.
Ind.. Secretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK

SUPERINTENDENTS.

Next annual meeting Newburgh, N. Y . and New

York. August 24-27. 1914. Harry S. Richards,

Chicago. President; J. J. Levison, Brooklyn.

N. Y.. Secretary-Treasurer.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

.Annual convention and exhibition at Indianap-
olis. Ind.. November 6-S, 1914. Wm. Kleinheinz.
Ogontz. Pa. President; C. W. Johnson. Morgan
Park, Chicago, Secretary.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.
Wallace R. Pierson. Cromwell. Conn.. Presi-
dent; RoBT. PvLE.Westgrove. Pa.. Vice Presideni;
Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill-on Hudson. N. Y..
Secretary.

THE BOSTON CONVENTION

Next Convention at San Francisco.

President, P. Welch, Boston.
Vice-Pres., Dan MacRorie, San Francisco

OFFICERS FOR 1915:

Secretary, John Young, New York.
Treasurer, Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. V.

Convention Proceedings.

The thirtieth annual convention of
the Society of American Florists opened
its first session in Paul Revere Hall,
Mechanics -building, Boston. Mass.,
Tuesday afternoon, August 18. with a
fine attendance and all conditions fa-
vorable for a successful meeting. The
following were seated on the stage :
Past Presidents Hill. Norton, Gude.
O'Mara, Kasting, Stewart. Traendly,
Pierson, Asmus, Vincent and Farqu-
har; also President Wirth, Vice Presi-
dent Welch, Secretary Y'oung and Di-
rectors Totty, Evans, Hess and Peter-
son.

The convention was called to order
by Vice-President W^elch, who was
given an ovation. He then made a fine
address of welcome, declaring Boston
to be the greatest convention city in
the world. He described its many ad-
vantages and particularly its parks
and public gardens, which made it
doubly attractive to such a society as
the S. A. F. The city always made a
point of having the visiting societies
officially welcomed and he took great
pleasure in introducing the mayor of
Boston, James M. Curley, who was re-
ceived with great applause, the assem-
blage rising in his honor.

MATOE CUELEY'S ADDRESS.

Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen :
I am exceedingly grateful to the
chairman for his very cordial and kind-
ly introduction, and am also deeply
grateful to you for your splendid re-
ception of me here this afternoon. It
has been a \-ery great pleasure and
privilege for me today to enjoy the op-
portunity of spending the greater part
of the day with the delegates visiting
our beloved city of Boston. Many

that I have met personally and some
it has been my pleasure to know for
a considerable length of time; and re-
gardless of what portion of the United
•States you may come from, we wel-
come you here today in the name of
Boston as American citizens interested
in all that goes to make America a bet-
ter and a more beautiful place in which
to live. [Applause.] I have enjoyed
for many years the friendship of the
Chairman of our Boston Park Commis-
sion. He has arrived at the responsible
position of chairman of the Park Com-
mission from an ordinary gardener in
the employ of the park department, to
the responsible head of a system, the
annual expenditures of which exceed
one million dollars, thus exemplifying
how scrupulously the American people
adhere to those principles that made
Boston possible, and made possible as
well, the liberty of the American peo-
ple— among these principles being that
of absolute equality of opportunity;
and it is in that spirit of friendship,
of brotherhood and of equality that I
offer the welcome of Boston to you la-
dies and gentlemen assembled here to-
day.

Boston is truly grateful to the mem-
bers of this splendid organization for
its contribution of brains, of energy,
of effort and of labor as illustrated in
the Convention Garden, which I sin-
cerely trust will continue as a perma-
nent institution of Boston. Every
American who has not had the pleasure
of a visit to Boston looks forward to
the time when he may come here and
revel in the history and traditions of
the early times which are more in evi-
dence and more strongly characteristic
of Boston than any other city in
America. The American citizen looks
forward to the time when he mav see

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Fanuiel Hall; when he may visit the
Old South Church, the Old North
Church; when he may look upon the
scene of the Boston Massacre, where
was shed the first blood in that fate-
ful struggle that made possible the
liberties of the American people, and
strengthened the arm of struggling hu-
manity in its desire to achieve liberty
and equality in every portion of the en-
tire world. [Applause.] Now, when
the citizens of this great country come
and visit Harvard University in Cam-
bridge, adjoining Boston; when the
educated and cultured come here to in-
spect our educational and our historic
institutions, we want the pleasure, the
privilege and the opportunity of show-
ing them this Convention Garden, and
we want it to be the finest and most
beautiful spot of its kind in the en-
tire world. We aim to make it such.
[Applause.] If there is anything that
Boston prides itself upon it is its sense
of honor, its desire and determination
to keep its word with the rest of the
country; and as its chief executive I
give you my word today, that with
your assistance, with your advice, with
your encouragement, with your ideas,
and in pursuance of your ideals, we
will labor to make Convention Garden
a permanent institution that one day,
let us hope, in our time, will excel in
beauty and excellence the Champs
D'Elysees of Paris, or any other gar-
den spot in the entire world.

We are pleased to have you with us,
but appreciating the business of your
'convention will exact much of your
time, I will simply say in conclusion,
that I trust your stay in Boston will
ever remain as pleasant a memory to
you, as your visit here is a benedic-
tion to the oldest and the best city in
the United States. [Applause.]

F. R. Pierson's Response.

F. R. Pierson was then introduced
by Mr. Welch, to reply to the address
of the mayor. In responding, Mr.
Pierson, who was in a happy mood,
thanked the mayor and the local so-
ciety for the interests that had brought
the society to the city for the third
time, so that they knew the genuine
warmth of a Boston welcome which had
even defeated the weather man in his
efforts to freeze them out at the sec-
ond national flower show in 1911. He
referred to the remote distances of
North, South, Eest and West, from
which the members came to this city
of charm and culture, and the fact that
it is also the pioneer of horticulture in
this country. He spoke of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society and its
work, referred also to the beautiful
public park system, and of what edu-
cational value it was. He praised Olm-
stead and his great work in landscape
art. The Arnold Arboratum was also
highly commended, together with Pro-
fessor Sargeant and Jackson Dawson,
who had done so much for it. In con-
clusion, he thanked the various horti-
cultural societies and clubs that are
doing so much to make their stay
pleasant.

Mr. Welch then introduced President
Wirth, who announced in taking the
chair that all proceedings of the con-
vention will be called promptly on time.
He then delivered his address, and
Messrs. Asmus, Hess, F. N. Pierson,
Critchell and Parenwald were ap-
pointed as a committee to consider the
various recommendataions in the presi-
dent's address.

p. WELCH.
PresiaeiU-Eleet Society ot .\raerican Florists.

President Wlrth's Address.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of
the Society of American Florists
and Ornamental Horticulturists :
Ever since you paid me the great
honor of electing me to the highest
office within your gift I have antici-
pated this hour, not so much to har-
vest the honors and privileges ex-
tended to your presiding officer as for
the opportunty to express to you my
deep-felt gratitude and appreciation
for your kindness and good-will to-
wards me. My home city, Minneapo-
lis, also bids me to extend to you
again its thanks for your last year's
visit. The benefits of your coming to
our city have been manitokl to our
people, and the lessons taught us
through your Convention Garden have
taken root and will bear fruit foi-ever
after.

OUR CONVENTIONS.

I hope that your coming to the
■country west of the Mississippi river
the second time in the history of the
society has convinced those who at-
tended the last convention that the
great western country is well worthy
of your coming again. I also hope
that the favorable reports about last
year's convention will convince those
who did not attend that it was no
mistake to come so far west— really,
the west only begins where we met
last year — and if as a national asso-

ciation we want nation-wide recogni-
tion and progress, we must come west
once in a while for the two-fold pur-
pose of, first, to help advance the pos-
sibilities of horticultural development,
and second, to share in the benefits ot
such development. From the society's
financial point of view, last year's
venture can also be considered a suc-
cess. The three highest returns to
our treasury from our convention have
been : From the convention of 1912,
held in Chicago, $.3.2.31.28; from the
convention of 1913. held in Minneapo-
lis, .$2,.^22.40, and from the convention
of 1911, held in Baltimore. ,$2.2.".S.19.
The highest gain, however, that the
society made in coming west was in
the interest it created amongst our
craft, and the information it gave to
those who attended from the east
about our western country. Let us
extend our pilgrimages to all parts of
the country and become a national so-
ciety from a national as well as a
professional point ot view.

THE PAST YEAR.

The twelve months passed since we
last met have been busy ones for those
entrusted with the affairs of our or-
ganization. At the board of directors'
meeting, held here last March, every
member was present, and the many
important questions pertaining to the
welfare and healthful growth of the
society and the many interests which
it represents were very carefully con-

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DAN MacRORIE.

Vice-President- Elect Society of Aniei'lc:in Florists.

sidered and conscientiously acted upon.
Tour standing committees have also
been faithful to their trusts and duties,
as their reports will reveal to you.

OUR FLOWER SHOWS.

[ I most earnestly believe that one of
the most helpful agents in the ad-
vancement of our profession and the
development of our interests is our
flower shows. The great successful
New York flower show of last March,
held by the horticultural interests of
that city, was made possible through
the national flower shows held pre-
viously in Chicago, Boston and New
York, We have no better means of
getting next to and educating the pub-
lic, our customers, to our aims, means
and powers, than through such dem-
onstrations of our skill and achieve-
ments. These shows are the best pos-
sible advertisement of our business.
and the competition and rivalry of pro-
fessional skill stimulated through them
is our most efficient educator and
teacher. Therefore I say, Let us all
'support our flower shows of national
and local character to the best of
our ability. Mr. George Asmus,
chairman of the national flower show
committee, reports very promising
!: prospects for the next national flower
Ishow, to be held in Philadelphia in
'the spring of 191G, and I wish to
I'extend to him and his co-workers the
society's thanks for their faithful and
; successful work, and congratulations
(for the progress already achieved.

SCHOOL GARDENS.

It is eminently proper that we
should try to exercise some influence
outside of our professional boundaries,
or in other words, spread the gospel
of gardening amongst laymen and their
people. Mr. Benjamin Hammond is
chairman of our school garden com-
mittee, and as such, has tried to reach
every city and village where there is
a florist in his efforts to create and
stimulate an interest in school and
home gardening. If but a small num-
ber of his appeals find a responsive
chord, much will have been accom-
plished through his efforts and ac-
tivity. Mr. Hammond's enthusiasm
induces me to express the wish and
hope that a goodly portion of the
essence of his teaching will be ab-
sorbed with profit by members of the
society under whose banner he is mak-
ing his laudable campaign. Gardening,
under one name or another, above all,
means order and cleanliness, and I have
often wondered why it is that so many
of our commercial establishments are
such striking examples of disorder,
neglect and ugliness, in place of order,
neatness and attractiveness. I have
seen some excellent examples of well-
kept, attractive commercial horticul-
tural establishments in the vicinity of
our convention city of today, and I
hope that they will bring home, to
some of those in need of this reminder,
the truthfulness of the saying, "that
we might with profit, practice our-
selves what we try to teach."

TARIFF AND LEOISLATION,

As I am not engaged in the com-
mercial business of our trade. I be-
lieve you will forgive me if I admit
the fact that I have given no special
attention to this part of my official
duties. I feel that my appointees to
that important committee are able,
and have taken good care of the in-
terests entrusted to their care. Our
society never had a more efficient and
faithful officer as chairman of any com-
mittee, of whom we could say with
such propriety that he is the right man
in the right place, as in our friend,
William F. Gude, chairman of the
tariff and legislation committee and
our representative in Washington, D.
C„ his home city. I venture to say
that he has, at all times, made all the
hay he could for us while the sun was
shining, and that' every bit of it Is
under a waterproof roof.

THE WILLIAM B. SMITH MEMORIAL.

We should indeed do our best to
erect an appropriate memorial to our
beloved departed leader and friend,
William Robertson Smith, to whose
efforts alone is due our possession of
a national charter, the only one ever
granted by the United States Con-
gress to any similar organization. Mr.
W. F. Gude, chairman, reports that
his committee is most favorably in-
clined to recommend that this mem-
orial shall be in the form of a hor-
ticultural school or garden conducted
along more practical lines than most
existing institutions of similar char-
acter have so far followed. To assist
in such a plan of practical education,
which would surely have met with the
approval of him whom we wish to
honor, would indeed be the most
appropriate form of tribute we could
give to him and his memory.

Every horticulturist, professional
and amateur, employer and employe,
should willingly and readily contribute
his mite towards such a worthy
object. It behooves our organization
to take the lead in this movement,
and through united action we shall
earn and receive the moral and finan-
cial support of the national govern-
ment. Many progressive and in-
fluential men outside of our profession
and from all parts of the country,
who are also great admirers of the
man whose memory we wish to per-
petuate, will gladly aid us. We can-
not expect to carry out so large and
far-reaching an undertaking through
our own resources alone, but we not
only can, but must take a leading
part in its launching as well as in
its development. For this work we
should prepare ourselves and I ven-
ture to make the following sugges-
tions: First— That the W. R. Smith
Memorial committee be made a per-
manent standing committee, similar
in appointment, service and number
to the National Flower Show com-
mittee. Second— That this committee
be instructed, not only to further the
financial and other interests pertain-
ing to the creation of a memorial
as outlined, but that it also formu-
late for its own guidance a plan of
work by which it would become an
acceptable advisory board to the
authorities under which the W. R.
Smith Memorial garden or school of
practical horticulture would eventually
be conducted. Third— That the com-
mittee be requested to consider and
report to the society within reason-
able time the possibility and advis-
ability of creating a professorship, to
begin with, at some leading horticul-
tural school, to be endowed by our

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society, whose purpose would be to
inaugurate the practical methods and
means of teaching we desire to have
adopted at the proposed memorial
school. That we shall get the moral
and active 'support of our national
government in this or any other
worthy undertaking, if we go about it
in a right, business-iike, progressive
manner, I feel doubly assured by the
ready assistance given us for the rose
test garden now established on govern-
ment land at Arlington Farms.

ADVISORY OFFICERS FROM STATE COLLEGES.
I Wish it distinctly understood that
my suggestions in connection with the
proposed W. R. Smith school are not
intended to cast the least reilection
upon the efBeiency of any one of the
many excellent state colleges which
have rendered us in the past service
of inestimable value in many direc-
tions. Besides the services rendered
through their regular courses of study
of horticulture and its branches, they
have always given us willing, efficient
help through the holders of our official
positions of botanist, entomologist and
plant pathologist. I wish to call your
special attention to the suggestions
offered in the communication of Pro-
fessor W. E. Freeman, plant pathol-
ogist of the University of Minnesota.
His suggestions, in the main, embody
the idea that we ought to inaugurate
a policy of permanent constructive
work in our scientific researches en-
trusted to those officers. I believe he
is absolutely right. This work could
eventually be entrusted to the staff
of the proposed W. R. Smith school,
which would in itself be an assurance
of Jhe carrying out of the policies
suggested by Professor Freeman.

OUR CONVENTION GARDENS.

I can truthfully say that in a'll my
professional life I have never ex-
perienced more pleasure and satisfac-
tion than in the success of our con-
vention gardens. The willing, enthus-
iastic and efficient work of our Boston
friends, and the support given by the
progressive exhibitors represented in
the outdoor plant exhibit at the last
and this year's convention conclusively
prove to me that I am not mistaken in
placing the value of those gardens as
secondary only to that of our flower
shows.

Our trade exhibits are most valuable
and are, to a great extent, the main
stay of our conventions, but I have
always felt that they are a trade ex-
hibit pure and simple, interesting and
instructive only to the trade itself.
They show us all progress made from
year to year in everything we need
in our business in all its marfj- de-
tails. Our aims, however, should go
farther. We must show ourselves and
the public as well, what we have
achieved, and we must educate the
latter through such appropriate ex-
hibitions to make use of our labors,
our knowledge and our experience to
Improve, beautify and better the
home surroundings. We must show
them how it can be done. Our mis-
sion must be to help them, and we
cannot help them without helping Our-
selves.

I siftcerely hope that the conven-
tion garden will become a permanent
feature of our conventions, and since
it is, as I believe it is, the adopted
policy of our society to select its con-
vention cities from its own point of
view of possible advancement and
benefit* and not from one of offered
entertainment and outside attractions,
I trust that the possibilities offered by

cities for such a convention garden
will always be a strong factor in de-
ciding where the convention shall be
held. I believe that the present method
of ^financing this undertaking will, in
most instances, be the most feasible
one, and that under all circumstances
the society should assume full respon-
sibility and control of it, financially
and otherwise.

AFFILIATION.

I have studiously gone through the
messages of my predecessors of the
last twelve years and find that this
problem has been in the mind of
most of them in one form or another.
My personal belief is that the different
kindred associations, organized for the
advancement of the specialized branch-
es of our profession to which they
are devoted, are better able to tend
to those interests than jfny appointed
committee of the national society pos-
sibly could be.

Your board of directors has given
this important question very careful
consideration and I believe that the
plan submitted through the suggested
amendments to our constitution and
by-laws represents the best solution
of this long pending question, at least
for the present. I sincerely hope that
the great majority will approve the
plan as presented and that the recom-
mendation of the board of directors
be adopted. The ma^n object of affilia-
tion at this time is to establish such
relative and representative connections
between the national society, kindred
associations and clubs as will afford
united action on questions of general
importance, and this I believe the pro-
posed amendments would bring about.

INT. UNION OF PROF'L HORTICULTURISTS.

Through Mr. Leonard Barron our
attention has been called to the In-
ternational Association of Professional
Horticulturists of Europe, organized
for the purpose of protecting the in-
terests of commercial horticulture in-
volved in questions of tariff and other
legislation, and registering and nomen-
clature of plants, and all other matters
pertaining to the advancement and pro-
tection of all branches of horticul-
ture. Your board of directors recom-

mends that the S. A. P. & O. H., apply
for membership in this organization,
the expense of which membership at
the time of consideration was $10.00
per year, but which fee will eventually
be increased. The board feels that the
Union is worthy and entitled to our
support and that sooner or later we
might derive benefit from such associa-
tion. Each association member of the
Union is entitled to be represented by
two delegates, and it is proposed that
the S. A. F. & O. H., be represented
by proxy or by such members of our
society as may be in Europe at the
time the Union meets in congress,
which would entail very little expense,
if any, on our society. I trust that
the recommendation of the board of
directors will meet with your approval.

STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Some of the vice-presidents have
made use of the financial aid granted
them through a small appropriation to
defray the expenses of a campaign in
behalf of the spciety. I hope that the
results will prove satisfactory. I wish
to repeat ex-President Farquhar's ex-
cellent suggestion, that our vice-
presidents will be able to exercise the
greatest influence by calling meetings
in their respective territories and by
addressing such gatherings in behalf
of our society on general topics tend-
ing to advance our aims and interests.

OUR FINANCES.

Financially, our society is in a
flourishing condition, and under the
watchful and experienced guidance of
our most efficient treasurer, Mr. Will-
iam F. Kasting, our treasury will grow
in proportion to our numerical strength
and progressive policies. We must
not, however, let our prosperity lead
us into untimely or. from a financial
standpoint, premature undertakings
which will infringe on our capital or
overtax our income. We should build
up our treasury, which is our working
fund, and keep it intact so that event-
ually the income from the capital will
suffice to finance our undertakings.

TUE NAME OF OUB SOCIETY.

Our first president to whom all who ■
have known him well, refer with love,
profound respect and admiration, was

MECHANICS BUILDING, BOSTON, I«ASS.

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FRANKLIN PARK, BOSTON. MASS
Herbaceous Gardi-n.

a gardener, and as I am also a gard-
ener, I feel greatly honored and am
exceedingly proud of the distinction
conferred upon me in calling me to
the same office which he so ably filled
for the first three years of this so-
ciety's existence. Since you have
shown me this confidence and your
good will and friendship in such a
marked degree, I am led to believe
that you will bear with me if I make
a suggestion which I fear will not
meet with general favor, but which I
know will find a responsive echo in
the minds and hearts of many of our
most progressive and liberal minded
members, and which I believe will
sooner or later be most seriously con-
sidered and finally adopted.

Agriculture, in its broad translation,
means the cultivation of the ground
for the purpose of raising food for
man and beast. Horticulture stands
for the cultivation of a garden with
three main divisions, namely, fruit,
flowers and vegetables. Every florist,
worthy of the name, is a horticul-
turist, but every horticulturist is not
a florist. Considering the broadened
interests and aims of our society of
today, and the liberal, progressive
policies which it is bound to follow
in the carrying out of the very plans
which at the present time are its
principal aims and tendencies, I am
of the opinion that the present name
of our society is a misnomer because
we really are "The American Society
of Professional Horticulturists." Ex-
President Stewart, in his message of
1907, quoted Andrew Jackson Down-
ing, who said, "Horticulture is the
refined essence of agriculture, agricul-
ture being the basis of all wealth."
Brothers of our noble calling, why

not make all followers of our pro-
fession feel welcome to our ranks,
and within them by calling ourselves
what we are — horticulturists? I hope
to live to see this come about.

THE SPIBIT OF OUR CONVENTION WORKERS,

Wherever we go to hold our annual
meetings, we meet the real workers,
and Boston is not only no exception,
but a notable example of what hard
work and efficiency, together with
harmony and unity of purpose can
accomplish. Long before we leave
Boston we shall all realize what our
friends here have done for us for a
successful convention and for our com-
fort and our pleasure. We will not
wait another twenty-four years before
we return to the hub at the foot of
Bunker Hill.

In conclusion, I wish to thank my
fellow officers, the board of directors
and the Boston workers of this con-
vention, for their splendid work and
co-operation. The assistance given me
by our secretary, Mr. John Young,
made my labors a pleasure and not
a burden, and I wish to say that it
would be poor business policy to dis-
pense with the services of our present
secretary and our treasurer as long
as we can induce them to accept and
retain their respective offices.

Secretary Young's Report.

MEMBERSHIP.

A general increase in the member-
ship may be reported. The maximum
membership is 2,004. By this is meant
the inclusion of all members who have,
at the time of making this report,
qualified for 1914. and those who have
not resigned but have been continued
on the membership roll through ex-
pectation that they will make good

their obligations. In this connection
I might state that the delinquents' list
is highly satisfactory in point of qual-
ity. Our life membership also shows
a gratifying addition to the roll of life
members. With the members in good
standing, and those whose dues are
accounted collectable, our total mem-
bership may be considered as 2.004, of
which 357 are life members and 26
pioneers, exempt from. dues. From
these figures it will be seen that our
society is advancing in membership
and that it is becoming more and more
the representative body of the trade.
It must be understood, however, that
these figures are available only several
days before the convention opens. As
is usual, a considerable increase in the
list of new members will no doubt be
observable at the convention.

The following have sent in one or
more names for membership since the
last convention : S. J. Goddard, 4; Flor-
ists' Telegraph Delivery, 15; E. Dan-
ker, 1; Mr. Farquhar, 1; T. B. DeFor-
est, 1; Theo. Wirth, 4; J. J. Hess, 7;
W. F. Gude, 1; A. M. Terrill, 1; P.
Welch, 25; E. T. Mische, 2; H, F.
Greve. 2; Geo. Morrison. 1; W, R.
Nicholson, 50; P. J. Windier, 3; F.
Hahman, 3; J. Mieson, 1; C. L. Baum,
1; C. E. Buxton, 1; S. A. Anderson, 3;
J. F. Huss, 2.

THE EXHIBITION.

It is most unfortunate that early
August found our plans greatly affect-
ed through the European war now
waging. Our exhibition has suffered
greatly, in that many of our exhib-
itors have found it necessary to cancel
or reduce orders for exhibition space.
Particularly has this curtailment been
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where samples of goods ordered for
the season are exhibited, goods which
are produced mainly in Europe and
whose delivery none of us can guar-
antee. Many of our exhibitors of
bulbs, too, are affected, and the im-
probability of the arrival of much
stock ordered for distribution is re-
flected in the scarcity of exhibits in
some of our usually well filled de-
partments.

NECROLOGY.

Since the last convention we have
lost the following members through
death :

W. A. Daggett, Feb. 9, 1914.
Albert Dirwanger, Nov. 3, 1913.
Geo. M. Garland, June 12. 1914.
W. H. Grimes, Oct. 5, 1913.
Geo. A. Heinl, Nov. 5, 191.3.
Ernst. W. Mack, March 13, 1914.
Thos. Mansfield, July 24, 1914.
C. M. Newman, March 13, 1914.
G. R. Oliver, Sept. 2.5, 1913.
Geo. P. Whitmore, Feb. 25, 1913.

PLANT KEGISTRATION.

The following plants have been reg-
istered since the last convention :

No. 584— October 7. 1913. Fern, Pteris
Krinkii, by Henry Krinke & Son, St.
Paul, Minn.

No. 585— October 15, 1913, Canna,
Jessica, by R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.,
White Marsh, Md. No. 580— October
15, 1913, Canna, Benivolia, by R. Vin-
cent, Jr., & Sons Co., No. 587 — Octo-
ber 15, 1913, Canna, Horatio, by R.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co. No. 588 —
October 15, 1913; Canna, LaFew, by R.
VinCent, Jr., & Sons Co. No. 589—
October 15, 1913, Canna, Gonzabo, by
R. Vincent, Jr., cfc Sons Co. No. 590—
October 15, 1913, Canna, Mercutfo, by
R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co. No. 591 —
October 27, 1913, Canna, Mrs. Wopdrow
Wilson, by Conard & Jones Co., West
Grove, Pa. No. 592— October 27, 1913.
Canna, Golden Gate, by Conard &
Jones Co. No. 593— October 27, 1913,
Canna, Wintzler's Colossal, by Conard
& Jones Co. No. 594 — October 27.
1913, Canna Jane Addams by Conard
& Jones Co. No. 59.5— October 27. 1913,
Canna, San Diego, by Conard & Jones
Co.

No. 596 — Nov. 4, 1913, Rose, "Had-
ley," by The Montgomery Co., Inc.,
Hadley, Mass.

No. 597— Nov. 8, 1913, Chrysanthe-
mum, Mary Ellen, by Frederick Lager-
stam, Belle Haven, Greenwich, Conn.

No. 598— Nov. 8, 1913. Chrysanthemum,
Lena Baum, by Chas. D. Baum. Knox-
ville, Tenn.

No. 599— Nov. 26, 1913, Begonia,
Florence Davenport, by Alfred M. Da-
venport, Watertown, Mass.

No. GOO— Dec. 2, 1913. Geranium,
John G. Meyer, by F. H. DeWitt &
Co., Wooster. Ohio.

No. 601 — Dec. 2, 1913, Peljirgonium,
Eastern Star, by F. H. DeWitt & Co.

No. 602— Dec. 17. 1913. Rose, Mrs.
F. F. Thompson, by Chas. H. Totty,
Madison, N. J. No. 603— December 15,

1913, Rose, September Morn, by Diet-
rich & Turner, Montebello, Cal.

No. 604— Jan. 24. 1914, Begonia,
Melior, by Julius Peterson & Sons
Cincinnati, Ohio.

No. 605 — February 16. 1914, Nephro-
lepis, New York, by Geo. J. Giatras,
West Hoboken, N. J.

No. 606— March 14, 1914, Antirrhi-
num, Janesville, by Chas. Rathjen,
Janesville, Wis.

No. 607— March 28, 1914, Carnation,
Dr. Sam, by Chas. L. Baum.

No. 608— May 8, 1914, Hybrid Or-
chid, Laeliocattleya Tuttleae, by Mrs.
B. B. Tuttle, Naugatuck. Conn.

No. 609— May 28, 1914, Geranium,
General Funston, by Peter Henderson
& Co., New York. '

No. 610— May 23. 1914. Rose Climb-
ing Pink American Beauty, by The
United States Nursery Co., Roseacres,
Miss.

No. 611— July 24, 1914, Sweet Pea.
Selma Swenson. by Vaughan's Seed
Store, New York and Chicago.

The Society bronze medal was
awarded in January to S. S. Skidelsky
for carnation "Philadelphia." exhib-
ited at the annual exhibition of that
society.

Treasurer Kasting:'s Report.

Treasurer Wm. F. Kasting submit-
ted his report and this was made a
part of the record. It showed the so-
ciety to be in good financial condition.
The figures are as follows:

PERMANENT FUND.

The balance on hand January 1,

1914, $15,704.03; the receipts to Au-
gust 1 were $1,431.98; making a total
of $17,136.31.

GENERAL FUTTO.

The balance on hand January 1,
1914, $13,386.74; the receipts to Au-

gust 1 were .$3,200.00; the total being
$16,586.74. The disbursements to Au-
gust 1 were $5,088.85, leaving a
balance of $11,497.89.

SPECIAL FUND.

The balance in the special fund on
hand August 1, was $1,558.50.

As speciflciflcally stated in Treas-
urer Kasting's report, these amounts,
making a grand total of $30,192.40,
are invested in banks.

Washing'ton Representative's Report.

Another milestone has been left be-
hind in our national organization since
we met in annual convention in Min-
neapolis, Minn. I am glad to state
that there has been little of import-
ance for your Washington representa-
tive to do this twelvemonth. This
leads me to believe that S. A. F. and
O. H. matters are in good shape
throughout the country. Among some
of the important changes at the na-
tional capital which directly affect our
business and organization was the
resignation of Prof. B. T. Galloway,
assistant secretary of agriculture, an
honored member of this organization
and a friend and willing helper in
everything that was best for horticul-
tural and floricultural interests. After
many years of active work in the de-
partment of agriculture. Prof. Gallo-
way resigned to take up his duties at
Cornell University, but he assures us
he will still be willing to aid us in
our noble work. Mr. Geo. W. Hess
has been appointed superintendent
of the United States Botanic Gar-
den, Washington, D. C. Mr. Hess
is an ardent worker and a liberal mind-
ed man, a friend of the S. A. F. and
O. H. We have in him a splendid ally
in our work at the capital.

The rose garden under the auspices
of the S. A. F. and O. H. spoken of
in my last report, I am happy to state,
is now an accomplished fact and a de-
tailed report of same will be furnished
by the committee on rose garden. This
garden is located in the midst of the
four hundred acres of Arlington Farms,
adjacent to the national capital, on
the line of the new proposed twa
thousand seven hundred miles highway
passing through Arlington Farms, from
Quebec, Canada, to Miami, Fla. Many
members of this and kindred socie-
ties have called at the office in Wash-
ington during the past year, to all of
whom we extend the hand of good-fel-

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CARPET BEDDING AND DRACjGNAS BY EDWARD MacMUI^KIN, BOSTON, AT THE S A. F. CONVENTION.

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lowship. We hope that during the
coming year the national capital may
be favored with many more callers,
members. of this and other societies.

The office of economic and systematic
botany of the Bureau of Plant Industry
maintains a large collection of nursery,
seed and flower catalogues, which are
used mainly in supplying correspon-
dents with information as to where
they can obtain certain varieties of
plants. The correspondents making
such requests are supplied with the
names of two or three of the firms
nearest to their locality. In order to
make the information in these cata-
logues more readily available, all names
are indexed on cards four by six inches,
with the names of all firms carrying
the variety in stock stamped on the
back of the cards. There are at pres-
ent over 20,000 varieties included in
the index, of which the larger part are
in the American nursery trade. The
office of horticultural and pomological
investigations, which is making a study
of the varieties of American roses, is
constantly using this index in their
work, and the Federal horticultural
board utilizes it extensively as a basis
for granting or refusing permits for
importing stock from countries which
have not approved inspection laws. In
order to be able to supply similar in-
formation to the trade the indexing of
foreign catalogues has also been be-
gun. Catalogues for the current five-
year period are kept in the same room
as the index. Those back of the five-
year period are deposited in the main
library of the department of agricul-
ture.

The collection probably numbers over
.50,000 catalogues, a considerable num-
ber of them having been issued be-
tween 1825 and 1850. These old cata-
logues are of great value in tracing
the history of the origin of cultivated
varieties. These catalogues constitute
a permanent file kept in a fireproof

building, and are available for exami-
nation at any time.

William F. Glde.

Smith Memorial Committee's Report.

Since our last meeting, in Min-
neapolis, 1913, your committee has
been at work on preliminaries for the
William R. Smith memorial at the na-
tional capital. A number of ideas
have been advanced, such as a mem-
orial building, with school of botany
attached, botanical collection, or a
memorial conservatory in the new
botanic garden, long since inadequate.
Congress in reference to moving the
botanic gardens, long since inadequate,
to a new and more spacious location
of four hundred acres in Rock Creek
Park, It is the hope of your com-
mittee that when this change is made,
which will be no doubt in the near
future, to Rock Creek Park or other
suitable place, that we can securel
from the government an appropriation
for a suitable memorial in the new
garden.

Frequent questions have been asked
your committee as to kind of memorial
to be built. Up to the present time,
the committee is unable to answer.
After mature thought, it has occurred
to the committee that the first thing
to do was to see how much money
could be raised. The size of fund to
a large extent would determine the
character and shape of the memorial
that should be erected by this society.
With that end in view your committee
has sent out to every member of this
organization on record, a letter set-
ting forth our object, and asking con-
tributions. This letter has been fol-
lowed bv postal card reminder. The
campaign for funds is now being
waged and your committee is happy
to report that from East and West
and North and South, contributions
are coming in.

We have cash In bank to date.

August 17, $1,396.60 and pledges
amounting to $750. If agreeable
to this society we will continue the
campaign of securing money and
pledges for the memorial so that by
the time the executive meeting will
be held next winter, we may know
how much money we have to work on
and with the hope that this committee
will be able to recommend some prac-
tical form for the Smith memorial to
take at that date.

Wm. F. Gude, Chairman.

Entomologist's Report.

As entomologist to the Society of
American Florists, I fully expected to
receive from plant growers all over
the country inquiries and specimens re-
lating to insect troubles. Such inquiries
during the past year have been given
due attention, but they have been few
outside of my own state of Connecti-
cut. Permit me to call your attention
to a few troubles, which, though for-
tunately still uncommon, may at any
time cause considerable damage.

GENERAL INJURY FROM MITES.

The common red spider (Tetranychus
telarius Linn.) of the greenhouse often
causes considerable damage to plants
outdoors, particularly coniferous trees
and shrubs. Choice specimen trees on
the lawn and in the nursery are now
frequently sprayed with such materials
as kerosene emulsion, soap and water,
and with nicotine solutions to kill the
red spider. A sister species, the two-
spotted mite (Tetranychus bimacula-
tus Harv. ), also greatly injures chest-
nut and other broad-leaved trees. Both
are worse in dry seasons, as wet
weather is unfavorable to mites. Nev-
ertheless, during the present season in
Connecticut, with an almost unprece-
dented amount of rainfall, certain kinds
of mites have flourished outdoors.
These mites are not insects, but belong
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spiders, have eight legs and belong to
the order Arachnida. Many of the
mites are pests of plants and animals.

MITE ATTACKING CALIFOBNIA PBIVET.

A short hedge of California privet in
my own garden this season was at-
tacked by a mite of the genus Phyllo-
ooptes. Apparently it is a new species.
and it is doubtful if any mite has been
previously recorded from California
privet unless, perhaps, red spider.
Nothing unusual- was noticed on this
hedge in 1913. but the first growth in
11)14 had peculiar slender shoots with
narrow leaves curled backward. On
examining them with a hand lens the
under side of each leaf was found to
be literally covered with very small,
elongated, crawling mites. Up to July
1 apparently all terminal leayes on this
hedge were infested and curled. On
my return from' 'a ' vacation late in
July the hedge presented a changed
appeai-ance, as a number of the
stronger shoots had the normal ap-
pearance, and the mites had disap-
peared from all the leaves.

A MITE (tARSONEMUS PALLIDUS BANKS)

This mite was first brought to my at-
tention on November 12. 1012. when
an assistant who was inspecting im-
ported stock at a florist's in Bridge-
port, Conn., brought to the laboratory
some chrysanthemum flowers which,
though freshly cut, had many dead
and brown petals scattered through the
blossom. These flowers were carefully
examined by both botanists and ento-
mologists, and the only parasites found
were numbers of very small white or
transparent mites at the bases of the
petals. These mites seemed to be the
cause of the trouble. *

On December 12, 1013, another as-
sistant, while inspecting imported stock
at a private place in Hartford, was
shown cyclamens which had produced
no blossoms, with leaves badly curled
and buds distorted. These plants were
also attacked, especially the leaves and
buds, by this same mite, T. pallidus.
Later, other infested cyclamen plants
were received from Branford, Conn. On
January 5, 1914. a New Haven florist
brought to my laboratory some snap-
dragon plants, with leaves badly curled.
His whole crop for the season was
threatened. The plants were badly in-
fested with Tarsonemus pallidus. Now,
these mites have a very primitive res-
piratory system and it is often diflicult
to kill them by fumigating, even with

hydrocyanic acid gas. Consequently I
arranged to carry on some spraying
experiments in his greenhouse to con-
trol this pest, and on January 7 Messrs.
B. H. Walden and Q. S. Lowry. two
assistants, made the first treatment.
These treatments were repeated on Jan-
uary 14, 22 and 30. A portion of the
plants was left untreated as checks;
a portion was sprayed with tobacco
preparation sold as, "Bl.ack Leaf 40."
in two dilutions (1 teaspoonful in 1
gallon, and 1 teaspoonful in H2 gal-
lons of water), the remainder were
sprayed with flr tree oil in two dilu-
tions (2 oz. in 1 gallon and 3 oz. in 1
gallon of water). To the tobacco prep-
aration, naphtha soap at the ra.te of 1
lb. to 25 gallons of water, was added,
for a spreader. Evidence frojn these
tests seems to show that this pest may
be controlled by spraying the under
surface of the leaves with the stronger
mixtures herein mentioned, of either flr
tree oil or "Black Leaf 40." The mites
entirely disappeared from the treated
plants, but continued to cause injury
on the check plants even though they
were cut back. I am indebted to Mr.
Nathan Banks, of the Bureau of Knto-
mology. for the identification of these
mites.

WHITE ANTS AND CEHANIUMS.

Another pest which may become seri-
ous is "white ants." On May 23 I re-
ceived from a Hartford florist a letter
describing a trouble of bedding geran-
iums ( Pelargonium zonale, or other
species) in the field of a customer in
New Rochelle, N. Y. More than 200
plants had been ruined by some insect
which tunneled out the inside of each
stem and root. The plants, of course,
wilted and died. As I failed to recog-
nize the trouble from his description, I
asked for specimens, and in due time
received a stem from one of these
plants, together with some of the soil
in which it was grown. White ants
were the cause of this trouble. They
had devoured the entire inner portion
of the stem and main root, leaving only
a thin layer of the woody tissue and
bark. The insects received were all
immature, and have not yet been speci-
fically identified, but probably b£long
to the genus Termes.

Termes flavipes Kollar is our most
common species and often breeds in
woodwork near the ground, such as con-
struction timbers of bridges, trestles,
buildings, fences, etc. We have even
found it in old stumps, in the board

walks of greenhouses, and the strips
of wood along the edges of tar walks.
At New Rochelle. however, the white
ants could not be traced to any wood-
work, but seemed to be all through the
soil. It may, therefore, be a different
species. There are several destructive
kinds in the tropics, and at least six
species in the southern United States.
On a visit to the Bussey Institution,
Forest Hills. Mass., on July 7, I was
shown a geranium stem which had been
hollowed out by white ants in exactly
the same manner as those in New
Rochelle.. A possible remedy is car-
b(m disulphide used in the soil in the
t^ame manner as for ordinary ants, but
many tests must be made of various
materials Ijefore any treatment can be
reccmmended.

School Gardening' eommittee Report.

Within twenty years the new idea
of school gardening has spread from
Boston to the Pacific Ocean, and to
the Philippine Islands under the Unit-
ed States control. The economic value
of this work, as is realized today, is
of much importance in every town
where it takes root. The value of a
taste cultivated in the direction of
making things grow in a small way
tends at once to improve the appear-
ance of a neighborhood. The florist's
shop never causes a detriment to a
neighborhood, but is the example of
what will make the houses .)f a com-
munity look better. During the past
year the committee on school gardens
has followed up its limited work of
suggestion to school trustees and
others in every city, town or village
where a member of the Society of
American Florists is located, by mail-
ing to each official school body a well
illustrated circular letter calling at-
tention to this work, and appreciation
of this call is answered by many.

One of the manufacturing towns
which was built on the sand dunes or
waste iJlaces at the south shore of
Lake Michigan is Gary, and the lead-
ing men of the cosmopolitan city of
New York have been there and re-
turned home, telling among other
things what school gardening and
flower growing does to break up the
old-time barrenness of a manufactur-
ing city. This work over the country,
especially in the larger cities like Cin-
cinnati. St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago,
Los Angeles, Bellingham, Worcester,
Toronto, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Buf-

R. VINCENT, JR. & SONS CO.S BED OP MARYLAND GERANIUMS AT THE S. A. F. CONVENTION.

igi4.

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245

COLEUS BRILLIANCY, WITH BORDER OF GROUND IVY, BY A. M. DAVENPORT, WATERTOWN, MASS.

falo. Syracuse. Minneapolis. Atlanta.
Louisville, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids.
Kalamazoo and so on. gives merely an
idea of what is being done in central
centers of larp-e population. The work
is aided by seedsmen in many places.
Roses, dahlias, asters, gladiolii, cannas,
coleus. geraniums, sweet peas, etc., are
an evidence of the increasing apprecia-
tion by the mass of American families
of flowering plants in the odd corners
and waste places. Example and train-
ing are the effective ways which lead
and elevate home taste. A develop-
ment in the use and growth of flowers
is no where more apparent than the
roofs of the great tenement buildings
or apartment houses on Manhattan
Island — the boxes of flowers tell their
own story of yearning in human hearts
for pretty things, and the florists and
seedsmen of the world art the trades
that help uplift humanity. Your com-
mittee's advice to all the people is,
"Keep right on the job."

Benjamin Hamsiond,

Michael Barker.

Irwin Bertermann.

(3UST X. Amryiin.

Leonard Barron.

Tariff and Legislation Committee.

With the one exception . of a refer-
ence for adjustment of certain classi-
fication of freight rates, the committee
has had nothing before it. In this
case, after a visit to the interstate
commerce commission in Washington,
the matter was transferred to New
York. There the cummission heard
Mr. Ward of our committee, and then
took the matter under advisement. In
the event the classification is reduced,
it will make considerable difference
in the service rendered, as the goods
will not go forward as promptly as
first class freight,

W'M. F. GroE, Chairman.

Rose Garden Committee.

The committee on rose gardens at
the national capital begs to submit the
following: The committee has been
actively at work, co-operating with the
otKcials of the LTnited States govern-
ment, having the rose garden laid out.
and getting nearly 51) per cent of it
planted. Y'ou will remember the con-
ditions on which this garden is grant-
ed : That the plants and labeling shall
be furnished free, without cost to the
government, by this society or mem-
bers thereof, after which the agricul-
tural department will do the planting
and care for same. While the garden
has only been in existence about four
months, over three hundred varieties
of roses are already growing nicely.
The rose garden is located almost in
the center of the four hundred-acre
farm used by the United States, De-
partment of Agriculture as an experi-
mental station for everything pertain-
ing to horticulture and floriculture,
and while it is known as the Arlington
Farm, it is only about ten minutes'
ride from the center of the City of
Washington, easy of access for any
cine interested in the same. The com-
mittee feels gratified at the progress
made, and indulges in the hope that
liefore our next annual convention the
entire two acres will be planted and
the decorative work for the making of
an ornamental as well as a test gar-
den will be completed.

It is needless for the committee to
go into details, as the largest part of
the work, laying out and planting the
garden, has been under the direct care
of Mr. F. L. Mulford. landscape gar-
dener, department of agriculture, a
member of this society, who has kindly
drafted a report of the work, the num-
ber of varieties of roses planted giving
a key to the whole situation, all of
which is attached hereto, and I ask

that it be included as a part hereof.
It has been my pleasure to work with
many committees in the S. A. F. and
O. H. in the past, but never have I
worked with more willing, faithful
committeemen than those in the mat-
ter of rose garden at the national cap-
ital. Mention must here be made of
Mr, Robert Pyle, Westchester. Pa., who
in his enthusiasm for the welfare of
the project, made several trips to Wash-
ington and rendered wonderful help to-
ward getting the garden started.
Thanks are also due Prof. Corbett, Dr.
Van Vleet and Mr. Steubenranch of
the department of agriculture, all of
whom rendered valuable assistance.

The committee asks that any one
having roses not yet listed in the said
garden at Arlington Farm. Va.. con-
tribute such for the general good of
the rosarians throughout the country.
From our experience in the past we
feel that the wants of the rose gar-
den need only be made known and the
stoik will be forthcoming at the proper
time

Wm. F. GiDi:. Chairman.

Rose Garden at Arlington Farm, Va.

As a member of the committee on
rose garden of the Society of American
Florists and Ornamental Horticultur-
ists, and also as a member of the
American Rose Society, I wish to say
that the rose garden has been well
started the past spring. Three hundred
and thirty-six lots of roses have been
planted, including three hundred and
nine varieties. For the most part
they are doing well and the garden
looks very promising. Only one-half
of the garden was laid off this year.
This was made into twelve beds cap-
able of accommodating eventually
seventy-two varieties a bed. The in-
itial plantings were mostly only thirty-
six varieties to a bed. liut with twelve

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plants of a kind. Turf walks are to
be the background. These are now
being sown. The rose garden is to he
surrounded by. a trellis six feet high
for the training of climbing roses, pro-
vided at appropriate points with eight-
foot posts and cross pieces over the
adjoining walk for the more vigorous
climbers -and shorter posts for the pil-
lar roses. It is planned also to have
pergolas in the corners of the gar-
den and special decorative features at
the four entrances. At the most com-
manding point on its main walk a low
mound will be raised from which to
view the garden. On this an appro-
priate rose covered shelter is planned
from which can be seen the Capitol,
Washington Monument and many other
notable buildings in Washington, as
well as the old Lee Mansion at Ar-
lington and the new naval radio sta-
tion. Everything possible will be done
to have a beautiful garden, as well as
a test garden.

Some of the grower.s from whom
roses were expected last spring did not
respond, others sent part and have sig-
nified their intention of sending the
balance this fall. It will take almost
as many roses as we have received to
finish planting the part of the garden
begun this year. When we started
planting in the -spring we fully ex-
pected to require some of the unde-
veloped h;ilf of the garden for plant-
ing this fall and next spring. We are
still counting on this additional room
being necessary. I am sending a list
of the roses we have and a sketch of
the garden by which they may be lo-
cated.

Hoping for a continued generous
support of the garden, and an > in-
creasing interest in it, I am.
Very truly yours,

F. L. MULFORU,

t^andscape Gardener.

HUSK (;.\1!1)EN AKUANORMENT.
Plot 2. 1914— Yellow Teas.

Murti. lie Querlioent.
Mine. Jenny Gitlcmot.
Lady Ilillingdon.
Souv. do Gustave Prat.

I.ady Hillingdon.
Mme. Ravary.
Mme. Leon Paine.
Mrs. Aaron Ward.
Mine. Hector LeniUot.
.Marqnise de Sinety.

Frauz Deegan.

Isabella Spriint.

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Mrs. Peter Hlail
Sunburst.

ainie. Welclie.
.Sunburst
Marie Lambert

Grace MoIymeau.v.

Betty.

Dorothy Paige Roberts

Arthur R. Goodwin.

Mme. Rene Gerard.

Plot 3, 1914.— WhiterHyb. Tea and Moss.

1 Bride.

2 Double AVhite Killarney.
;t Gloire de Dijon.

4 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.

it Kaiserin .Augusta Victoria.

0 Marie Guillot. •

7 Florence Pembertou.
8

!t Pbarisaer.

11) Simplicity.

The Queen.

White Killarney.

White Killarney.

Baby Kambler-Mad .lul.s GiiilllKUit.

.\unchen Miller.

Cecile Brunner.

Tip Top.

Gruss an Aachen.

Mignonette.

Leonie Lamesch.

Scbneekopf.

Erna Teschendorff.

Old English Moss.

William Lobb. t

Devil de Paul Fontaine,

Salet.

Princess Adelaide.

Crested Moss.

Henry Martin.

Blanche Moreau.

Perpetual White.

Plot 4. 1914— Pink Tea.

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer.
Killarney Queen.
Konigin Carola.
Killarne.y.
■ Mme. Paul Euler.
Lady Alice Stanley (Xe«).
Madam Lambard.

Bridesmaid.

Champion of the Worhl.

Wellesle.y.

Ilermosa.

La Tosca.

Duchess de Brabant.

Killarney Queen.

Mrs. Wakeiipld ClirislieMiller.

Farben Konigin.

Belle Siebrecht.

6

7

8

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10
11
12

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15
10
17

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20
21
22
23
24
25 Lady Ursala.

La Tosea.

.Souv. de Pres. Caruot.

28
29
30
31
32
33
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35
30

28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
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Prince de Bulgarie.

Radiance.

La France.

Mme. Camille.

Mrs. Artliur Robt. Waddell.

Joseoh Hill.

Earl' of Warwick.

Mme. Segond Wel)cr.

Plot 6. 1914— Pink Shades — Tea.
Taroline Testout.
Miss Cyntia Forde.
Mme. Phillipe Rivoire.

Red La France.
Lyon.

Countess of GosforO.
David Pradel.
Gustav Grunerwald.
Mme. Jean Dupuy.
Ladj Ashtown.
Mad. Leonie Paine.

Viscountess Folkestone.
Beaute Inconstante.

Mme. de Watteville.

Florence E. Coultliwaile.

.Mme. Jules Grolez.

Sombreuil.

White La France.

Antoine Rivoire.

Col. R. S. Williamson. •

Cornelia Cook.

Mme. Jules Gravereaux.
Mme. Jos. Schwartz.

Defiance.
Killarney.

My Maryland.

Plot 6. 1914— Red Teas.

Gen. .McArthur.

Lam'ent Carle.

Gruss an Teplitz.

Ecarlate.

Princess de Sagan.

Louise Lilia.

Abel Chatuey.

Chateau de Closvougeot.

Helen Gould.

Beauty of Rosemawr.

My Maryland.

Souv. de Wooten.

Lady Battersea.

Princess Bonnie.
Riclimond.
Archduke Charles.
Lieutenant Chance.
Irish Brightness.

My Countess of Illchester.
Reine Marguerite d'ltalie.

Mme. J. W. Budd.
Florence Haswell Velbch.
Edward Mawley.

Dean Hole.

Jonkheer J. L. Mo.-k.

Coralline.

Pana Gontier.

Etoile de France.

<;eo. C. Wand.

Duchess of Westminster.

Hector MacKenzie.

Milady.

EXHIBIT OF HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. BY A T. BODDINGTON. AT THE S.

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Ps.

1:;

(.lio.

24

Climbing Caroline Testout.

1

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Caroline de Saiisal.

25

Lady Gay.

2

U

Caprice.

2B

May Queen.

S

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27

Climbing Killarney.

4

Fisher Holmes.

1«

Frau Karl Driischkl.

28

Setigera.

S

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29

6

18

311

Wedding Bells.

7

PiiDce Camile de Rohan.

1»

31

Christine W. Wright.

S

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Frau Karl Uruschki.

32

Climbing Cecil Brunner.

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21

33

Countess Devoniensis.

1(1

Oeneral Jaequeminot.

22

Margaret DicUsou.

34

Madame Alfred Carriere.

11

23

Caroline Marinesse.

35

Baltimore Belle.

12

Capt. Hayward.

24

Soleil d'or.

3B

Mandas Triumph.

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37

Silver Moon.

14

Paul NevroQ.

2«

38

Climbing Clotilde Soupert.

15

EugeDe Furst.

27

39

Alba Rubrafolia.

16

General Jacqueminot.

28

40

Pearl Queen.

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Ulrleh Brunner.

2!>

41

Mme. Driout.

18

Mme. Chas. Wood.

30

42

Dr. Van Fleet.

19

31

Burbank.

43

Pom Pom

20

32

44

21

Anna de Diesbach.

33

Lucullus.

45

Minnehaha.

22

Alfred Colcomb.

34

Queens's Scarlet.

4(i

Rubrifolia.

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3.-.

Red Microphylla.

47

Count Zeppelin.

24

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48

Empress of China.

25

Plot 9, 1914— Climbers.

49

Dawson.

2H

Marsliall J. Wilder.

1

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Climbing Bridesmaid.

27

:;

51

2S

John Keynes.

3

Mosella.

52

Dr. Van Fleet's White.

29

4

Pillar of Gold.

53

30

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Cloth of Gold.

:a

Ruby Queen.

31

Ii

Yellow Ramb/er.

55

Pearl Queen.

32

Francoie L^vet.

7

Mrs. Robt. Peary.

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Prairie Queen.

33

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May Queen.

57

Climbing Souv. of Wooten.

34

9

Wm. Allen Richardson.

58

.Tames Sprunt.

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HI

Climbing Gruss an Teplitz.

59

Zepheriu Droubin.

36

11

Countess M. H. Chatek.

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Plot 8. 1914— Mixed Hvb.

12

Seven Sisters.

«1

Flower of Fairfield.

1

13

02

Crimson Rambler.

2

14

Wartburg.

(i3

Philadelphia.

3

15

Tausendschon.

04

4

Magna Charta.

IH

Reine Marte Heuriette. "

05

Madame Jules Gravereaux.

5

Mrs. John Lalng.

17

Climbing Meteor.

00

Birdie Blye.

ti

Mrs. Sliarmau Crawford.

18

Empress of China.

07

Lamarque.

(

Paul Neyron.

19

Hiawatha.

08

Yellow Jlanksia.

8

2(1

09

Marechal Niel.

9

21

Tennessee Belle.

70

10

Pins IX.

22

Pink Dr. VanFleet.

71

Solfaterre.

11

Baroness Rothschild.

23

American Pillar.

72

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Plot 10, 1914 — Rugosas — Sweet Briars

1 Hansa.

:: Souv. de Pierre Leperdrieux.

ii Roserie de la Hay.
4

5 Charles P. Worth.

t> New Century.

7 Alice Aldrich.
8

l» Nova Zambia.

10 Sir Thomas Liptoa.

11 Conrad I'"*. Meyer.

12 Amy Robsart.

13 Lucy Ashtown.

14 Lady Penzance,
15

Iti Rosa Rubiginosa,

17 Refulgence.

15 Jennie Deans.

li* Anne oi; Gieisteia.

20 Meg Merrilies.

21 Harrison's Yellow.

22 Rosa Rugosa.

23 Ann Pillar.

24 Lady Gay,

25 Dr. Van Fleet.
2G Tausendschon.

27 Sodenia,

28 Newport Fairy,

29 Btoile de Slai.

30 Wichmoss.

31 Golden Rambler.

32 Cherokee.

:J3 Segond Weber,

34 Wartburg,

.35 Flower o( Faivfleld,

36 Maddelina Scalarandis,

37 Trier.

38 White Banlssia,
39

40

41 White Rambler,

42 Veilchenblau,

43 Shower of Gold,

44 Climbing White .Mamau Cochet.

45 Gardenia.

46 Jersey Beauty.

47 Prof. C. S, Sergeant,

48 Excelsa.

40 Dorothy Dennison.

50 Daybreak.

51 South Orange Perfection.
rt2 Evergreen Gem.

53 Universal Favorite.

54

.55 Pink^Roamer.

56 Gladys Talbot.

57

58 Dazzling Red.

.59 Rayon d'Or.

60

61 Juliet (Pemberton).

62 Wichuriana.
63

64 Evangelina,

65 .\lberic Berbier.
66
67
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70
71
72

-Climbers,

Bridal Wreath,

Climbing .Vmerican Beauty.

Hiawatha
Longwood.

Plot 11, 1»14.
.Maidens Blush.
Meteor.
Olifera.
Nerou,
Belle Iris.
Ariadne.
Vivid.

Enchantress.
Communis.
Paul Ricault.
Fouri.eriaua.
Souv. de i'lerre iMipay.
Mme. Plantier.
Cora.

Rembrant.
Mrs, O. G. Orpe»,
Oelleit Flamnnd,
Mme, Sapatas,
Rose Centifolia.
R, Mundi, Colored.
Mme, Hardy,
915 Ey. Rose,
Alclne,
Centifolia Alba,

2.^ Rosa .\lba.

2ii Ithuicbe Moreau,

27 Centifolia Major

2H Itosa (iaiiica Violucla.

20 Phoenlse.

:m Louise .Mchul,

;n Paul Verdier.

32 Coup. D'Heb.?,

33 Comte de Foy De Rouen.

Climbing Roses Around Border.

Solfaterre.
Mosella.

Pillar of Gold.

Marechal Neil.

Cloth of Gold.

Yellow Banksia.

Yeilow Rambler.

Lamarque.

Mrs, Robt. Peary.

Birdie Beye,

May Queen,

Mme, Jules Gravereaux,

Wm. Allen Richardson.

Climbing Gruss an Teplitz,

Philaiieil)liia,

Countess M, H, Chotek,

Crimson Rambler

Seven Sisters,

llower of Fairfield.

Wartburg,

Zepberin Drouhin.

Tausendschon,

James Sprunt,

Reine Marie Henriette,

Climbing Souv. of Woolen.

Climbing Meteor.

Prairie Queen.

Empress of China.

Pearl Queen, ,

Hiawatlia.

Ruby Queen,

Tennessee Belle,

Reii Van Fleet,

Pink Van Fleet,

White Van Fleet,

American Pillar,

Climbing Bridesmaid,

Climbing Mme, Caroline Testout,

Dawson.

Lady Gay.

Empress of China.

Ma.v Queen.

Count Zeppelin.

Climbing Killarnpy.

Rubrifoiia.

Setigera.

Minnehaha.

58 Wedding Bells.

59 Pom Pom.

(30 Christine Wright.
61

62 Dr. Van Fleet.

63 Climbing Cecile Brunner.

64 Mme. Driout.

65 Climbing Devoniensis.

66 Pearl Queen.

67 Mme. Alfred Carrier.

68 Alba Rubrifoiia.

69 Baltimore Belle.

70 Climbing Clotiidc Soii|"'it.

71 Mandas Triumph.

72 Silver Moon.

73 Trier.

74 White Banksia.

75 White Dorothy Perkins.

76 White Rambler Thalia.

77 White Rambler. '

78 Veilchenblau.

79 Climbing Shower of Gold.

80 White Mamau Cochet.

81 Gardenia.

82 Jersey Beauty.

S3 Prof. C. S. Sargent.

84 Excelsa.

S.'^ Dorothy Dennison,

86 Day Break.

87 South Or, Perfection, _

88 Evergreen Gem,

The reports of the state vice-presi-
dents were ordered to be printed
without being read, as were various
report.s of committees on tariff and
legislation, and the Smith Memorial.

R. C. Kerr, of the Texas State Flor-
ists' Association, addressed the meet-
ing.

A letter from J. N. May wa.s read
hy Mr. W. J. Stewart, which deplored
the fact that he would not he able to
be present, except in spirit. Much
sympathy was expressed for Mr. May,
and Secretary Young was instructed
to write a letter of sympathy and
good wishes, for the society.

Expressions of sympathy were also
sent to E. A. Fetters, of Detroit. Mich.,
in the loss of his wife in a boating
accident Sunday, August 10, and a
suitable floral emblem wa.s ordered to
be sent.

Irwin Bertermann stated that S4
new members had joined the Florists'
Telegraph Delivery the past year and
most of them had become meml'ers of
the S. A. F.

President's Reception.

The reception to President Wirth at
Copley Plaza Hotel on the evening of
Tuesday, August IS, was the social
event of the convention. The room in
which it was held was magnificient in
its" appointments and splendid music
also added charm to the occasion. The
President and Mrs, Wirth and Vice-
President and Mrs, Welch were assisted
in receiving by Mr, and Mrs, John
Evans and Mr. and Mrs, J. J. Hess.
The reception was largely attended by
the delegiites and their ladie.s, over
twelve hundred calling to pay their
respects. .\fter refreshments were
served there was dancing until a late
liour.

San Francisco Wins 1915 Convention.

Invitation.s from cities for holding
the 101.") convention placed San Fran-
cisco and Buffalo on the roll of aspi-
rants for the honor. Daniel Mac Rorie
presented an earnest request, putting
forth all the advantages of the Pacific
Coast, its climate and the great Pan-
.•\merican Pacific exposition. President
Moore sent a telegram stating that all
was well with the exposition and that'
it would positively open on time. S. A.
Anderson opened for Buffalo, and spoke
highly ffr the lake city. He was ably
seconded by Past President Ka sting,
who described how the mayor and city
council, as • well as -the Buffalo Flor-
ists' Club, were a unit in the invita-
tion. Ben.iamin Hammond and H.
Plath botli favored California, Joseph
A. Manda, opposed California, while M.
C. Ebel thought California was all
right. W. E. Levk was opposed to the

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CONVENTION.

coast, and E. G. Hill, who was warmly
received, was strongly in favor of the
California city, reminding iVIr. Manda
how he had gone o,000 miles to Europe
to win medals. George A.smus favored
California. R. C. Kerr, of Texas,
thought California all right, and also
thought the society ought to come
South the next year. J. G. Esler was
in favor of going west. It was di-
rected that the voting for the conven-
tion place of meeting be held from
7 to 0 p. m. in the secretar.v's office.
S. A. Anderson, of Buffalo, X, Y., and
Daniel Mac Rorie of San Francisco,
were appointed tellers, after which
the convention adjourned.

In the evening the voting was very
exciting, some great electioneering be-
ing done. The vote resulted as fol-
lows : San Francisco, 128; Buffalo,
127; Cleveland, one — San Francisco
winning by one vote. On motion by
Mr. Anderson of Buffalo, the selection
of San Francisco, was made unani-
mous.

Wednesday's Proceeding:s.

Governor Walsh, of Massachusettes,
was introduced during the morning
session and was accorded a rousing
reception. He welcomed the organiza-
tion to the state, and urged its co-
operation with the various state col-
lege and experimental stations in
furthering the work of horticulture.
Robert Craig responded to the wel-
come of the governor in his usual
happy vein, and hoped to see greater
activity and progress along the line
of horticulture through the aid of the
government's department of agricul-
ture. Both the words of the governor
and Mr. Craig brought forth much
applause, the delegates feeling that
they were highly honored by the visit
of the highest officer of the state.

Florists' Tel-graph Delivery Association.

The Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Association held its annual meeting
on August 19, The present officers
were elected to serve for the ensuing
year. The directors, elected to serve
for three years, were : H. Papworth.
New Orleans, La.; G. E. M. Stump,
New York, and O. J. Olson, St. Paul,
Minn. President Bertermann's ad-

dress showed the association to be in
a thriving and prosperous condition,
having over two hundred members. It
was agreed to double the annual dues
for next year, those joining this
month to pay the old rate. The
secretary was voted an additional five
hundred dollars for additional Jielp.
The president urged greater publicity
in window display to increase the
scope of the work. A letter of regret
and greetng from Philip Breibmeyer,
of Detroit, Mich., was received, he
being unable to be present.

Ladies' Society of American Florists.

The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Society of American Florists, August
10, opened with a short address by
Mrs, C, E. Critchell, the president.
The address of welcome by Mrs, W, W.
Edgar, of Boston, welcomed the dele-
gates, Mrs. J. A. Peterson. Cincinnati,
Ohio, responding. The treasurer's re-
port showed receipts of .$.587.08 and
disbursements of .$375.20. leaving a
balance of .$211.88 in the treasury.
Mrs. F. H. Traendly recommended the
formation of a bowling club for the
Ladies' Society of American Florists'
members only. Mrs. B. Hammond
Tracy, Wenham, Mas.';., introduced to
the convention, Mrs, Gill, of Medford,
Mass., the oldest woman florist. The
society elected Mrs. Gill an honorary
life member of the Ladies' Society of
American Florists. Mrs. A. M. Herr.
Lancaster. Pa., spoke of the work of
the S. A. F. for the William R. Smith
Memorial, and it was voted to give
the committee on the Memorial, .$25.
A committee of three was appointed
by the president to look after the dis-
posal of the Robert Burns collection
owned by the late William R. Smith.
The matter of life membership was
decided; any one, after being for two
years a member of the Ladies Society
of American Florists, can upon pay-
ment of .$10, become a life member.

The following officers for 1914-1015
were elected : Mrs, W, F. Gude,
Washington, D. C, president; Mrs,
George Asmus, Chicago, Ills.. 1st vice-
president; Mrs. G. L. Grant, San
Francisco, Calif., 2nd vice-president;
Mrs. C. H. M.aynard, secretary and
Mrs. Albert M. Herr, treasurer.

National Flower Show Committee Report.

Chairman G. Asmus of the national
flower show committee, made a report
showing that everything was going
along nicely, progress being made
along all lines. He asked the co-
operation of all members. E. G. Hill,
praised the work of the committee and
hoped they would get the hearty sup-
port of all the members.

Nomination of Officers.

Nominations for officers were made
at the morning session, Wednesday,
.'August 10. The name of P. Welch,
of Boston. Mass., present vice-presi-
dent of the society, was presented by
W. F. Kasting, of Buffalo. N. Y., and
was seconded by Robert Craig, of
Philadelphia, Pa., and also by Thomas
Roland, of Nahant, Mass, Frank H.
Traendly placed in nomination for the
same office Charles H. Totty, of Madi-
son, N. J., which was seconded by Mar-
tin Ebel, A. T. Bunyard and Richard
Vincent, Jr, For vice-president Daniel
MacRorie, of .San Francisco, was nomi-
nated by Martin Ebel. There were no
other nominations for this office. For
secretary, Thos. Roland nominated
John Young of New York. This was
seconded by R. Vincent. Jr. W. F.
Kasting, of Buffalo. N, Y.. was nomi-
nated by George Asmus and seconded
by P. O'Mara.

Awards.

Peter Henderson & Co., New York,
received honorable mention for their
new geranium. General Funston,

F, W. Fletcher, Auburndale, Mass.,
was awarded a certificate of merit for
his new Snapdragon Nelrose,

Eastern Nurseries, Holliston, Mass..
were awarded a certificate of merit for
hardy evergreens.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston,
Mass., were awarded the society's sil-
ver medal on Japanese Garden and
certificates of merit for Canna Firebird
Lilium Myrophyllum and Sargentia,

Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., received
honorable mention for gladiolus.

John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N.
Y,, was awarded a certificate of merit
on gladiolus.

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Vaughan's Seed Store, New York
and Chicago, was awarded a certifi-
cate of merit for C^nna Firebird.

Thos. F. Galvin, Boston, Mass., was
awarded a certificate of merit for for-
mal bed.

Wm. Tricker. Arlington. N. J., was
awarded a certificate of merit for
aquatic plants.

Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.,
was awarded a silver medal for aqua-
tic plants.

W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J.,
was awarded a silver medal on ar-
rangements of plants in variety.

F. E. Palmer, Brookline. Mass., re-
ceived honorable mention on petunias.

Carter's Tested Seeds, Boston, Mass.,
received a diploma of merit for artistic
dial and grass.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.,
were awarded a silver medal on bed-
ding plants, hardy roses and peren-
nials.

Conard & Jones Co.. West Grove,
Pa., were awarded a silver medal on
canna novelties. ^

Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor,
Me., received honorable mention for
hardy perennials and conifers.

Wm. Sim, Cliftondale, Mass., was
awarded a certificate of merit for
Snapdragon Pride of Cliftondale.

Wm. W. Edgar Co., Waverley, Mass.,
received a diploma of merit for stand-
ard heliotrope.

Robt. Craig. Philadelphia, Pa., re-
ceived a silver medal on crotons.

Arthur T. Boddington, New York,
was awarded a silver medal for Hya-
cinthus candicans and gladiolus.

S. J.^ Goddard, Framingham, Mass.,
was awarded a certificate of merit for
begonias.

A. H. Hews & Co., Inc., Cambridge,
Mass., received honorable mention for
large flower pots.

Carl Hogenburger, Mentor. O.. re-
ceived high commendation for Nephro-
lepis mentaria.

Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,
was awarded the John Wannamaker
certificate of merit for a splendid ex-
hibit of nephrolepis.

Arthur Cowee, of Berlin, N. Y., was
given honorable mention for display
of gladioli.

Honorable mention and high com-
mendation for ribbons was given to
Schoss Bros., of New York.

M. A. Patton, William Sim and John
R. Fotheringham acted as judges.

Affiliation Unanimoiislv Adopted.

The special report of the board of
directors on affiliation caused con-
siderable discussion and finally re-
sulted in the adoption of the recom-
mendations as prepared by the na-
tional board, by a unanimous vote.
The amendment as recommended and
adopted is as follows :

Amendment to paragraph (b) of
seeton 2 of article 2.

1. That clubs, societies or kindred
organizations of professional florists,
gardeners and horticulturists, having
a paid-up membership of one hun-
dred or more memliers in the S. A. P.
& O. H., shall be entitled to one repre-
sentative on the Board of Directors of
the S. A. F. & O. H.

2. Such representative shall be the
president of such organization and
must be a member of the S. A. F. &
o; H. .

3. Any elective officer or appointed
director of the S. A. F. & O. H. shall
not be eligible as a representative of
such organization. ^

4. When the president of any such
organization is already a director, the
vice-president shall be eligible for the_
office.

r). Any organization applying for
representation shall submit to the
secretary of the S. A. F. & O. H. a
complete list of its membership. It
shall be the secretary's duty to con-
firm .same and submit it to the presi-
dent for final confirmation. Such list
shall be in the hands of the secretary
by December first of each year. An-
nouncement of such director shall be
made by the president-elect on January
first of each year.

Ladies' Bowling Contest.

The ladies bowling tournament was
held Wednesday afternoon, August 19,
at the New Boston bowling alleys, 167
Washington street, which . were ideal

in every respect. The many valuable
prizes were exhibited on a table ready
to be distributed immediately after the
bowling was over. The fair contest-
ants enjoyed the sport hugely. Small
balls were used, rolled at candle pins.
A fine luncheon was served. The
scores follow :

Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs.

Bauer 301

Shaffer 257

Smith 257

Glosner 250

Traendly 246

Manda 225

Meinhardt ...2"7

Cooke 203

Clapp 2112

Crltchell 197

Meinhardt ..WO
Asnuis 192

Vaughan . . . .192
Capers 191

Rasniussen . .190
Edgar 189

Gude 188

Krohle 1S3

Crltchell 181

Donaldson ..181)

Ml-s.
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss

Wlrth 174

Birnie 172

Herr 164

Durnee 163

L. Palmer... 156

Neissen 153

Graham 151

Farenwald ..143

F. Palmer 143

Pierce 132

Weher 130

Clough 129

Peterson 123

Goddard 110

Nelson 109

Matthewson ..108
W. W. Pierce.107

Patton 105

Coles 89

Stewart 54

Reception of Ladies' S. A. F.

The ladies reception at Copley Plaza
Hotel on Wednesday evening, August
1-0, was a delightful affair. It was
held in the large reception parlor, a
large orchestra discoursing good music.
Mrs. C. H. Maynard, the secretary, was
assisted in receiving Mrs. Wm. Gude,
Mrs. Adolph Gude, Mrs. E. Gill, Mrs.
A. M. Herr. Mrs. Crltchell and others.
There were refreshments and danc-
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar were de-
lightful in their Scottish dancing.

Tliursday's Proceeding's.

The automobile ride for the ladies
along the North Shore to Manchester
by the sea was a huge affair. There
were seventy-three autos in line all
decorated with gladioli. They made a
grand sight. Entertainment and lunch-
eon was served by the North Shore
Horticulture Society. There were over
five hundred in the party, all ladies.

Florists' Hail Association.

At the annual meeting of the Florist
Hail Association of America Aug. 20,
the present oflicers and directors were
re-elected. Assessments for 1915, due
March 1, remain the same; six cents
on double and 15 cents on single thick
per hundred square feet.

LAWN GRASS "INVISTA" AND L ALBA, BY CARTEJR'S TESTED SEEDS, INC., AT THE S. A. F. CONVENTION.

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F. CONVENTION.

American Gladiolus Society.

The American Gladiolus Society met
Wednesday, August 19. and elected the
following ofBcers : Charles F. Fair-
banks, Clinton, Mass.. president;
Henry Touell, Syracuse, N. Y., secre-
tary; A. E. Kunderd. Goshen, Ind..
treasurer. Maurice Field, New York,
I. S. Hendrickson, Floral Park, N. Y.,
T. A. Havemeyer. Glen Head, N. Y.,
executive committee; Prof. A. C. Beal,
Ithaca. N. Y., and A. C. Hoddis,
nomenclature committee. The execu-
tive committee was empowered to
consider the question of holding a
mid-summer exhibition in one of the
eastern states.

Election of Officers.

The election of officers, which took
place Thursday morning. August 20,
brought out much spirited balloting,
and considerable electioneering was
carried on by the friends of the can-
didates. There were cast an even four
hundred votes, P. Welch winning the
election for president with 240, Charles
H. Totty's total being 160. Daniel
MacRorie was elected vice-president,
W. F. Kasting, treasurer, and John
Young, secretary.

Tlie Convention Garden.

The convention garden was official-
ly opened by Mayor Curley on Tues-
day morning. August 18, James B.
Shea, deputy commissioner, of Boston
parks, presiding. Hearty applause
greeted the mayor as he rose to
speak. He said it was exceedingly
pleasant to welcome the convention
and that he wanted to make his wel-
come very cordial. He questioned if
there could be a more ideal spot and
praised the foresight of the conven-
tion committee in their selection. He
said : I trust that this garden will, as
it deserves to, remain because of its
inspiration for good in this life, and
all that is hopeful in the life to come.
Mr. Shea thanked all the city em-
ployees who had done such good work,
and introduced John H. Dilworth.
chairman of the Boston Park and
Recreation Board. He reminded the
members of the S. A. F. that they be-
longed to the oldest craft on earth.

:ind praised their work as of the
greatest Interest to society, President
Wirth responded to the words of wel-
come and referred to the first conven-
tion garden arranged in Minneapolis
last year, and hoped they would be a
part of every future meeting. An in-
spection of the garden was then made.
The past two weeks has greatly im-
proved the appearance of the Conven-
tion Garden, the late planting having
taken hold, and is growing vigorously;
in fact, it will be a month later be-
fore the best effect will be seen as the
season is later here by almost a month
as compared with Pennsylvania and
points south. The ground, too. is
low, and all the beds have been
raised about eighteen inches above
the surrounding level. The sloping
sides of the beds were to be grass
covered, but in many cases they
are bare, the sparrows descending
in flocks of 50 to 150 and picking up
the seed as fast as it is sown. The por-
tion set aside for the garden has been
low and swampy, being used as a city
dump until it was brought to its pres-
ent level, so that all soil of which
the beds are made had to be carted
there. The Society of American Flo-
rists paid the City of Boston .$1,.500
for preparing the grounds, and its a.s-
sistance in planting the beds. It has
more than saved the money, but will
again more than be amply repaid by
the appreciation of its citizens long
before the frost sets in.

As one enters the garden from the
Boylston Road the large and elaborate
seal of the City, a beautiful bit of
carpet bedding, with its 70,000 plants
is the first object of interest. It is
indeed beautiful, being raised at the
back about thirty inches, which slope
is covered with an intricate design
making the bed beautiful from all
sides. The arrangement of the beds
i on the lawn are such that they can be
seen from either side of a sort of
horseshoe curve. It is planned to
have no gravel walks, just a green-
sward, which is coming along and will
be perfect next season.

The first bed to the right is

planted by the W. W. Edgar Co.,
Waverley. Mass.. and shows what
can be done with heliotrope. Stand-
ards hold themselves up from the
lower bush plants, the border is of
variegated vincas, while the purple of
the heliotro]>e is relieved by clumps
of Lilium magnificum album. It is
one o fthe feature beds.

William Sim, of Cliftondale, Mass.,
has a round bed of pink snapdragons
with orange colored anthericum border
which is very effective.

Next are the croton beds of the
Robt. Craig Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,
which rest on a long grassy mound;
there are three beds and two hold
some specimen plants. The middle
bed Is round and the end ones oval
with the specimens plunged in be-
tween. The plants are remarkable for
their vigor and brilliant coloring. They
are all seedlings of this firm. Noth-
ing like them has ever been seen be-
fore in outside bedding.

At the entrance and opposite the Craig
Co.'s entry are several beautiful and
elaborate pieces of carpet bedding. The
designs are worked out with Alter-
nantheras, echiverias, segums, bego-
nias, coxcombs, Pandanus Veitchii and
other plants; all beds splendidly done
and no expense spared to make them
a credit to the city whose work they
were. One of these beds, a Maltese
cross, was beautifully worked out and
attracted much attention.

A. M. Davenport planted a round bed
of Beauty of Lynn coleus, with ground
ivy border. This is sure to attract at-
tention.

At this point Arthur T. Boddington's
long bed of Panama cannas was a
showy band of color.

Opposite was S. J. Goddard's bed of
Begonia Glorie de Chatelaine, a bright
pink spot of color.

J. Lewis Childs, of Flowerfleld, N.
Y., had here a large long bed of five
varieties of gladioli, which are now at
their best, being a riot of color.

Two beds of gladioli, one of Arthur
Cowee, the variety being "Peace," a
name not very popular at present, and
one of James Vicks & Sons', Roches-

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ter White, looked vigorous, luit are not
yet in flower.

On the left is now seen a bed of an-
tirrhinum, planted by F. W. Fletcher.
Auburndale, Mas.s., new. and a beauti-
ful thing. Many of the plants which
were dwarf in growth bore more than
a dozen spikes of a fine shade of iiink.
looked to be an admirable beddfr and
good also for cutting.

The J. C. Vaughan Seed Store's bed
of a brilliant red canna made a lirlght
spot at this point. It is called "Fire-
bird" and vies, with the brilliant pUi
mage of the flamingo.

Peter Hendenson's circular bed of
the new geranium. Gen. Funston. a
lively rose pink, with a border of
alternantheras, was a veritalile cloud
of blossoms and very attractive.

A bed of conifers by the Eastei'n
Nurseries, Holliston, Mass., was inter-
esting, being nicely arranged.

Arthur F. Cooledge. Camlnidge.
Mass.. here filled a long bed with an
assortment of geraniums whicii were
a blaze of color.

A. M. Davenport's bed of assorted
euonymus looked sturdy and in for a
long stay.

The .shield of the firm of Thos. F.
Galvin, Inc., was nicely arranged in
carpet bedding, being raised at tlie
back to better show the design. The
name of the firm and dates "1S4T and
1914," "Boston and New York," were
worked out with alternantheras, sed-
um, echeverias, knaphalium, lobelias,
etc. It was an intricate piece of work
and very much admired.

XoTO^ the path, A. Magnuson, of
Manchester by the Sea, exhibited a
bed of a new purple .<!alvia, a striking
novelty. ,

W. A. Manda's collection w^as a
flower garden of itself. He filled thir-
teen beds all of good size and man>-
quite large. Some were filled entirely
with dahlias, one all golden privet and
a number were of nicely arranged
mixed flovi'ering and foliage plants.
Cuphea platycentra, with its red and
blue flowers, was a novelty, as was a
golden colored salvia Rose 'Wells. They
were all nicely bordered, the Gesneria
Macrantha, with its white striped
leaves being favored. Boxwood, bay-
trees and evergreens in tubs standing
around were an interesting feature.
Mr. Manda never does anything by
halves and has here one of the largest
exhibits.

P. E. Palmer's large bed aliout I'Jx
• 100 feet, contained his new Ijlue pe-
tunia, Veilchenblau, a decided novelty.
This was bordered with a showy mari-
gold. Legion de Honneur, and edged
with a very floriferous white verliena.
This was a very showy and beautiful
display.

Edward MacMulkin's exhil)it of as
sorted bedding plants was nicely
grouped, the colors of the flowers
blending well. Plants of Dractena
■Veitchii were arranged at intervals hi
the center.

A. M. Davenport's coleus. Brilliancy,
made a gorgeous circle of color. It w:is
bordered \v4th ground ivy. Across the
way the Eastern Nurseries, filled ;i
lied with herbaceous phloxes and del-
phiniums bordered with Viola cornutu.
Alongside was Carter's Tested Seed
Company of the United States and
London. Their display was a bed of
tuberous begonias. Lilium album and
alternantheras. On a close bed of grass
the trade mnrk. "farter's Tested

Seeds" was wrought in white sand
and looked well.

Arthur T. Boddington's bed of Hya-
cinthus candicans was very .showy,
lieing a mass of its tall spikes of
bloom. Across the way was the dis-
play of the A. N. Pierson Co., of
• 'romwell, Conn. Their exhibit is sure
to be one of the features of any show,
and what they have done here is no
exception. There are six beds, . the
round bed of Triumphe Orleanais rose
would be a winner anywhere. It is
a wonderfully prolific pink Baby Ram-
bler, as showy as any bed of gera-
niums. Another of Ellen Poulsen. a
pink baby center, and bordered with
Marie Pavic. a white, of the same
family, was also very pretty. Paul
C'rampel, a very vivid scarlet gera-
nium, was the center of a lieii Tiordered
with variegated stevia and edged with
alternantheras. It \vas a beauty fit for
any lawn. A long bed filled with
coleus. alternantheras, acalypha and
abutilon, will soon be in splendid color.
A bed of cannas. grasses and acaly-
phas, and another of herbaceous
plants, filled two large spaces.

The largest canna display was that
of the Conard & Jones Co., of West
Grove. Pa. Seven large beds were
planted with their choicest varieties,
which were coming nicel.v and will
soon be brilliant masses'of color. The
varieties were Wyoming, Loveliness,
Beacon. Mrs. Alfred Conard. Olympic.
Rosea gigantea. Meteor, Wm. Saun--
ders, Kate F. Deemer, Panama and
Winsor's Colossal. The latter is a won-
derful flower, while ail are beautiful
and compel the admiration of all visit-
ors.

The Knight & Struck Co., New York,
filled a bed with Buddleia varialiilis
grandiflora and another with Heather-
home midsummer cosmos.

B. Hammond Tracy. Wenham. Mass..
exhibited gladiolus Tracy's Dawn, with
sweet alyssum border.

The water lily exhibits were very
interesting. Henry A. Dreer. Inc..

Philadeljihia, Pa., made a fine display
of a number of varieties planted in
a portion of the lagoon, the exhibit
covering quite a large space. Around
the edge were studded clumps of vari-
ous water plants and grasses. Wil-
liam Tricker. Arlington. N. J., filled
two water gardens with his best varie-
ties of lilies and also arranged sev-
eral beds of ornamental grasses.

The R. & J. Farquhar Co.'s display
on the liank of the lagoon was ver.v
elaborate and a leading feature of the
whole garden exhibit. A Japanese gar-
den effect was laid out and planted
with evergreens and a great variety of
bedding and herbaceous stock. Large
bay trees were used as a background.
XX the entrance, on a sloping mound,
was the name Farquhar and below,
the date, "lilll." This was worked out
in carpet bedding with echiverias. al-
ternantheras and other like plants, and
was bordered with ivies. Bright cm-
tons at the corners and a band of white
knaphalium at the back added a fln-
i.shing touch. Clumps of myriophyllum
and other Japanese lilies, full of flow-
ers, were seen in the long border at
either side of the rustic pergola which
led to the lagoon. Beds of flowering
and foliage plants in the garden were
artistically arranged in a very effective
manner. A brilliant red canna, Aisean
de Fen. with a very large flower, was
a feature, as were the tiny fuchsias in
full lilnssom. The beds were' bordered
with sweet alyssum covered with
flowers. The paths were covered with
tan bark. A Jap lantern helped the
effect, which with the lagoon and the
rustic bridge to the tea house in the
center, helped the oriental effect. They
had also two triangular beds of Budd-
leia and hypericum near the entrance
in the large garden. K.

The Trade Exhibition.

This display, while not quite as large
as some recent shows, was very cred-
itable. The Philadelphia supply houses,
whose exhibits are usually the largest
in the entries, while taking small

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spaces, did not bring any goods, tliere
being no certainty of European impor-
tations. Many otlier supply men were
also absent for the same reason. With
these exceptions, and the change in
the plans of the greenhouse men, who
now show photographs instead of
greenhouses, there was about the usual
number of exhibits. The following is
a list of the exhibitors :

PLANTS.

Jackson & Perkins Company, New-
ark, N. Y., display of pot lilacs, deut-
zias, hydrangeas and dormant roses.
Charles H. Perkins was the attendant..

Lager & Hurrel. Summit, N. J., cases
of freshly imported cattleyas. beauti-
fully flowered specimens of the same,
cypripediums in pots and a well flow-
ered specimen of Vanda Sanderiana.

George Vick's Sons, Rochester. N.
Y., petunias and asters in pots: also
cut flowers of the same and a fine
showing of cut gladioli. W. Dildine
and Thomann Brothers were the rep-
resentatives.

A. Leuthy & Co.. Boston. Mass., ex-
hibited palms, and mixed foliage plant.*;
exceptionalb' well grown. George
Shields was in charge.

Knight & Struck Company, New
York, variety of heather, acacia, chor-
izema, and genistas and other plants.
Morris Field and Mr. Knight an the
ground.

W. K. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa., as-
sortment of Harrisii and Scotti ferns,
draca?nas, crotons and hydrangeas; W.
K. Harris and Mark Mills in charge.

S. A. Anderson. Buffalo. N. Y.. Be-
gonias GloVy of Cincinnati and Lor-
raine, in several sizes. Mr. Anderson
was in charge.

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.. gen-
eral collection foliage and flowering
plants, heather acacias, camellias, cro-
tons, cyclamen, etc. William Gileson
was the representative here.

J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, O.,
with hjs son. H. Clarence Peterson,
exhibited two large plants of well col-
ored Draciena Victoria, as well as
stock sizes of .^splenium nidus avis,
the bird's nest fern. They were ex-
ceptionally well grown plants in six
to eight inch p6ts. F^irleyense ferns in

three to four inch pots were also
shown.

Carl Hagenburger. Mentor. Ohio,
exhibited his new fern, a curly sport
of Whitmani, a decided novelty; also
plants of Teddy, Jr.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Paines-
ville, Ohio, staged a general assort-
ment of young stock for growing on.
Primulas and cyclamen in 2Vi inch
pots, ferns and araucarias in larger
sizes; also field grown roses. S. R.
Welch was in charge of this exhibit.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia.
Pa., had a large exhibit covering 5.")<l
square feet. James J. Kairns, John A.
Ruppert and Joseph Gowdy were in
charge. The bulk of the .stock was
Kentia palms in all sizes up to 10 feet
in height, both made up and single
plants. Phoenix Roebelenii, in vari-
ous sizes, were magnificent in their
vigor and lustre of the foliage, as
were the specimen Cocos Weddelliana.
Solid beds of crotons, araucarias and
dracienas in variety were features. The
valuable aspidistra was well represent-
ed. A table of smaller plants, such as
table ferns, small palms, dracaenas,
Farleyense. variagated pineapple, etc.,
rounded up this large and admirable
collection.

The Robert Craig Co., of Philadel-
phia, Pa., fairly outdid any of their
former efforts. As arranged, their
plants covered over 500 square feet
and were a trifle crowded at that. Cro-
tons were the special feature and were
exceptional in every way. many varie-
ties being shown for the first time,
seedlings named P. Welch, Philip
Breitmeyer, Mrs. E. A. Williams, F.
R. Pierson and W. F. Gude being all
distinct and double sorts. Some speci-
men plants of crotons on pedestals
were particularly striking. Dracienas
were seen in quantity in from four
to ten inch pots, beautiful stock, and
showing the highest culture. Tall,
graceful areca palms were arranged
as a background for the many varie-
ties of the Boston, of which, Teddy,
Jr., was a feature. All of the favor-
ite varieties were shown in this
group, a number being large speci-
mens. Ficus Utjlus. Pandurata and
Craigii, led in this class. In the flow-
ering section were cyclamen, begonias
and poinsettias, florists' stock for

growing on. The conspicuous labeling
of every variety is worth recording.
William P. Craig, R. A. Craig, with
Duncan Macaw and Leonard J. Seigle,
were the obliging attendants.

F. R. Pierson. Tarrytown, N. Y.,
was, as always, strong on ferns and
staged a splendid collection. A large
table of muscosa, the "moss" fern,
was prominent, while Smithii, elegan-
tissima, E. compacta. superbissima,
Elmsfordii, the latter of ultra com-
pact form, and Harrisii were the lead-
ing sorts. There was also a display of
French and Dutch bulbs and Formosa
and Harrisii lilies. John Fothering-
ham and two assistants, T. Trevillian
and C. A. Peterson were in charge.
Mac Rorie-McLaren Co., of San Fran-
cisco. Calif., staged a collection of
Phalipnopsis amabolis and Schilleriana,
and splendid specimens they were.
Pictures of the houses containing these
plants in flower presented a marvelous
show of blooms. Daniel MacRorie rep-
resented the firm.

W. A. Manda. of South Orange, N.
J., staged a varied collection of ferns,
foliage plants, anthuriums and or-
chids in flower. This collection was
one of the beauty spots of the ex-
hibition. Robert Karlstrom was in
charge.

The Joseph Heacock Co.. Wyncote.
Pa., filled their space with handsome
specimens of Kentias, made up, and
single plants in all sizes in tubs. Cib-
otiums. splendid plants, were a fea-
ture. This stock is all home grown
and presented a sturdy, lustrous ap-
pearance. Theodore Shober and James
Heacock were the representatives.

The Lemuel Ball estate, Philadel-
phia, Pa., staged a fine lot of palms,
including Kentias in single and made
up plants of vigorous growth. Other
plants were Pandanus Vietchii and
utilis. Draciena Sanderiana and ter-
minalis, the latter three in a pot, were
exceptionally well done. James W.
Wade represented the estate.

Chas. D. Wall, Holmesburg, Pa.,
noted for his Kentias. made a display
of his stock sizes, which showed great
culture. There were single specimens
Belmoreana, and made up and single
plants of -Forsteriana. all showing
splendid vigor. Mr. Chas. D. Ball, and
his son, C. B. Ball, Jr., were on duty.

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R. Vincent Jr., & Sons Co.. of White-
marsh, Ind., exhibited well flowered
plants of their new scarlet geranium,
Maryland, truly a grand variety, bear-
ing immense flowers of a dazzling
carmine. Richard Vincent himself,
had charge.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Williams' Book store, Boston, Mass..
display of horticultural books and
beautifully illustrated nature books.
Mr. Poesner was in charge.

Revere Rubber Company,' Boston,
Mass., exhibit of large coil of hose with
flowers in center; full line of different
grades and fixtures; Ralph Hart and
P. V?. Hart in charge.

Department of horticulture. Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College, Amherst,
Mass., display of literature on various
topics upon the trade; Arno H. Nehr-
ling, head of the department, in charge.

E. Allen Peirce, Waltham. Mass..
Peirce paper pots, non-collapsible and
water-proof. W. H. Welchons was in
charge.

William - Plumb, Superintendent of
horticulture, Pan-American Pacific Kx-
position, exhibit of plants and litera-
ture on his department; Mr. Plumb in
charge.

Geo. L. Stillman. W^esterly, R. I..
display of cut dahlias in many choice
varieties; Mr. Stillman in charge.

I. H. Havemeyer, Glen Head. N.
Y.. display in amateur's class of very
fine gladioli: Albert Labaduy in charge.

Eugene N. Fisher. Boston, Mass..
seedling gladioli; Mr. Fisher in charge.

Jos. Breck & Sons. Boston, Mass..
bulbs, assorted freesias. and Fletcher's.
Nelrose snapdragon; John L. Russell
in charge.

Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.. stagpd
a splendid collection of gladioli, many
of the varieties shown for tlie first
time. Dominion, a new scarlet, Ex-
celsa, Peachblow, London. La Luna,
Dawn, and primulinis hybrids were
all new and beautiful sorts. All
Mr. Cowee's seedlings are pedigreed.
Pence, a white of recent introduction,
is one of the best whites. A splendid
showing of these flowers was decora-
tively arranged by P. A. Kuehn of
Newark in various receptacles; the
effect was fine. Misses Adele and
Bessie Chandler were assistants to
Mr. Cowee.

John Lewis Childs, of Flowerfield.
N. Y., exhibited some 1.500 spikes, all
of choice varieties. They were ar-
ranged on two rising step stands,
making pyramids of bloom. Leading
sorts were Snow King. Scribe. Mel-
rose. Dazzler, Negerfurst. Gayety, Sul-
phur King, Alaska and Fascinator.
This was an excellent display. J. L.
Hendrickson and S. C. Parnell attend-
ed to this exhibit.

Benjamin Hammond, of Fishkill-on-
Hudson, N. Y., exhibited his large
assortment of insecticides. Green-
house points and putty were also
features, as were the various sized
cans and packages of his "Slug .Shot"
and "Grape Dust" mixtures. Walter
Mott and Harold Ladue were the
guardians over these dangerous
decoction^

Penn, the Florist, Boston, Mass., made
an elaborate display of his store ad-
vertising. Most of the ads had been
used the past year and none were
more than two years old. They were
copies of newspaper, street car and
bill board ads and were very telling
in effect. That this store should do
this to educate the retail trade, and

incidentally, to get their Boston orders
for future delivery, shows its enter-
prise. The exhibit was made in a
large space, and to the retail florist,
was worth alone the trip to Boston.
Visiting florists were requested to
register so that future business rela-
tions might be established. H. S.
Rogers was the representative.

Ralph M. Ward, of New York, had
an oflice as headquarters where in-
formation about the business and
souvenirs were given. H. Cheese-
man was in charge.

GREENHOUSE SECTION.
The Lord & Burnham Company, of
New York, greenhoiise builder, had a
large force of experts in their elab-
orately fitted space. They Were rep-
resented by Messrs. Cobb, H. Tuttle,
Sykes. F. Elder. W. C. "Wright, De
Forrest. V. H. Morgan and Den-
nis Connor. A water color drawing
of the immense F. W. Dorr's plant
in Terre Haute, Indiana, was a fea-
ture. Photos of other large opera-
tions showing the different styles of
greenhouse construction were inter-
esting features of their exhibit.

The King Construction Company. N.
Tonawanda. N. Y.. erected a small
house, embodying the features of their
construction. Fittings and other req-
uisites were also showij. R. O. King
and Francis J. Tighe were in attend-
ance.

John C. Moninger Co.. Chicago and
New York, greenhouses, boilers, etc.,"
exhibited a No. 227 steam boiler and
a paper model of greenhouse which
was very unique, as it showed all
parts of construction. Sections of
house supports and all kinds of pipe
and other fittings, and a general line
of accessories were exhibited. J. N.
Rupp and A. Hammerstrom were the
representatives.

Taylor Steam Trap Co.. Battle
Creek, Michigan, showed Victor circu-
lator and return steam trap. J. H.
Taylor and H. W. Dyer were in charge.

Skinner's system of irrigation made
an exhibit of their perforated pipes
and valves and other appliances. Wil-
bur S. Thompson and Geo. M. Barrie
were in charge.

The Foley Greenhouse Manufactur-
ing Company, of Chicago, had an oflice
exhibit, presided over by Mr. Foley
and J. Manning. Photos of the many
large structures recently erected by
this company were in evidence. Their
souvenir made a' great hit.

The Kroeschell Brothers Co.. of Chi-
cago, occupied a large space and
erected on concrete ba.=es. a No. 9
boiler, capable of heating 240 000 feet
of glass for carnations, and a No. 7 for
200,000 feet of glass for the same.
These boilers weighing, together 30.000
lbs. contained all the Kroeschell im-
provements in pipe, connections, and a
Kroeschell generator for a quick cir-
culation of the water. F. Lauten-
schlager kept the order book.

Hitchings & Co., exhibited a boiler
and sections of greenhouse to show
construction: also photos of work in
various parts of the country. Fea-
tures were the Z eve plate. I beam
column, cast iron foot, oiling apparatus
for ventilators and "tell tale" for the
same.' this latter shows amount of
air on. from one to eighteen inches.
The display was shown in a neatly
latticed enclosure and was in charge
of J. X. Keeler. F. W. Armitage and
John Mac.Arthur. or "Mac" as many
know him.

A. F. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston,
Mass., erected a greenhouse 10x20
feet, a model of its kind; also a water
tank on an elevated frame work with
registering device. F. W. Sanborn was
the attendant.

The Advance Company, of Rich-
mond, Ind., had an exhibition of their
ventilator and all its appliances. It
was complete in every detail. There
was also a full line of iron greenhouse
fittings, pipe supports, shelf brackets
and the like. For this occasion all
parts had been nickel plated. Why
their appliance was the best in the
market was deftly explained by J. E.
& R. Jones in charge.

POTTERY SECTION.

Detroit Flower Pots, those red pots
made by Harry Balsley of Detroit,
Mich., filled a table, and were in charge
of Mr. Balsley.

A. H. Hews and Company, Cam-
bridge. Mass., assortments of green-
house pots, fern, orchid and seed pans
and outside garden vases. Florists' cut-
flowers vases were also a feature. J.
J. Bonnell and L. B. Bryant were In
charge.

Peters & Reed Pottery Company.
South Zanesville, Ohio, genera! line of
moss aztec pottery, green fancy shaped
florist's pots and vases, fern dishes.
etc.; S. T. Fletcher in charge.

PL.\NT FOOD AND INSECTICIDES.

Capitol Plant Food Company (Teas
and Black) Cleveland, Ohio, Capitol
Plant Food in cans and in bulk. A.
C. Teasedale and G. J. Milden were
the representatives.

Bon Arbor Chemical Company, Pa-
terson, N. J., fertilizers and horticul-
tural chemicals. Radix Worm Exter-
minator. Mr. Earnshaw was in com-
mand.

Aphine Manufacturing Company.
'Madison, N. J., insecticides. Nicotine.
Aphine and Scaline. Mr. Ebels was
in charge. He also represented the
Gardener's Chronicle of America in
this booth.

Bin^BS, ETC.

R. & J. Farquhar Company, Boston,
Mass., ass rtment of Dutch and French
bulbs, Formosum and Harrisii lilies
and freesias; John McMasters and
Wm. Smith in charge.

H. F. Michell Company, seed house
of Philadelphia, had I. S. Rosnosky as
representative, with catalogues and
leaflets in nicely decorated space.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.,
Philadelphia, displayed a fine lot of
ribbons, chiffons and made up ties and
bows for corsage bouquets. Corsage
pins were also a feature. Edward
Fancourt and Robert Greenlaw were
in charge here.

H. M. Robinson cS: Co., Boston,
Mass.. had a showy exhibit of baskets,
domestic, European and Japanese: also
a line of wax flowers and wreaths of
same. Wire work was also a feature.
Other leaders were ribbons, chiffons,
Japanese chenille, corsage pins, frills,
cycas leaves, etc. H. J. Hackel was
the representative.

Poehlmann Brothers Company's
headquarters, line of florist's supplies,
colored birch and oak leaves being fea-
tures; T. E. Waters in charge.

C. S. Ford, Philadelphia, Pa., had a
tastefully decorated booth and dis-
played immortelle designs, floral
favors, wax flowers and wreaths made
of the same. Florists' letters of all

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Kinds were a feature, some 22 dif-
ferent patterns being sliown. Mr.
Ford was in charge.

"Welch Brothers, Boston Mass., ex-
hibited a variety of baskets, mats,
and a general line of florist's supplies,
such as doves, wheat sheaves, ruscus
wreaths, wire, etc.

Lion & Co., New York, had a
splendid assortment of ribbons, espe-
cially adapted for florists' use, chif-
fons, corsage cords with tassels, cors-
age ties and a great variety of fancy
ribbons, printed and worked in with
flower effects. The goods were nicely
arranged in an enclosed space, giving
them a more exclusive look. J. Berg
and M. Alexander were in charge.

Schloss Brothers, New York, whose
specialty is ribbons, made a splendid
showing in their beautifully arranged
booth. One of the features was a gold
ribbon in various widths that should
be in every assortment. Ribbon, with
flower decorations in Dresden effect,
was another winner. Corsage ties of
ribbons, and others with bead orna-
mentations were very chic.

Convention and Exhibition.

SEEN AND HE.\RD .^BOUT THE HALL.

A. Leuthy landed from the steamer
Laconia in New York on Monday
night just in time to attend the open-
ing of the convention. How he got
away from the other side is a story in
itself.

That jolly "little" fellow, Foley of
Chicago, is always getting there. He
made no exhibit, but stepping up to a
likely man he would say :

"Are you married?"

Then, slipping something into his
hand, "Take this home to your wife,
and if she does not smile when she
sees it let me know and I will get you
another wife." The article was a
pretty beveled edge mirror with his
ad on the back.

The Mortorii fern looks like a win-
ner. It is still different from the many
other sports.

The Kroeschell Cozy Corners were
greatly in demand. It was a happy
idea of Mr. Lautenschlager, who knows
how to please the ladies.

M. Reukauf, of the Bayersdorfer
force, reports quite a lot of business,
even without the samples.

The specimen crotons in the Craig
exhibit were splendidly grown plants;
in fact, the whole space was filled with
stock of the highest grades.

The Advance Ventilator fixtures
looked very spick and span with their
coat of nickel.

The Tell-Tale ventilator device of
Hitchings & Company appears to be
one of the new things that has come
to stay.

Did you see the paper greenhouse of
the John Moninger Co.? It was a com-
plete and very unique piece of work.

"Bobbie" Shock, of the M. Rice Com-
pany, did bis best, all by his lonesome.
That contagious smile of his is a great
help and gets him next all at once.

Peter Fisher had a basket of his
new carnation, Alice, in the Penn
booth. Over 100,000 plants have been
ordered so far.

Brookland Gardens, Woburn, Mass.,
exhibited a fine collection of cut glad-
ioli, many of them exceptionally fine.
Mr. S. E. Spencer was in charge.

E. Z. tie for carnations and elec-
trically welded wire designs were ex-
hibited by the Williams Florist's Sup-
ply Company, Utica, N. Y., J. J. Wil-
liams in charge. "K."

NOTES.

The A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., of
Boston and Neponset, represented by
F. N. Sanborn and a force of mechan-
ics, started building a greenhouse.

A. H. Hews «& Co., Inc., Cambridge,
Mass., represented by T. J. Benwell,
put up their booth and had stock on
hand.

Fred Lautenschlager, representing
Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, looked
every inch a mechanic in a brand new
suit of blue overalls.

The Peters & Reed Co., Zanesville,
O., well-known potters, were repre-
sented by S. T. Fletcher, who has been
traveling extensively and does not
take a reassuring view of the general
business situation.

Edward H o 1 1 b e r g. representing
Vaughan's Seed Store, New York, was
on hand waiting for stock to arrive.

Secretary John Young h^d discard-
ed collar, necktie and hat, but was
perspiring.

A. Hammerstrom, New York repre-
sentative of the John C. Moninger Co.,
Chicago, was there with a boiler and
greenhouse material.

E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, Mass.,
was in, arranging for his exhibit of
"the best paper pots for shipping pur-
poses."

Representatives of Penn, the Florist,
Boston, established a publicity bureau.

Plants were in the hall on Saturday,
August 15, for the exhibits of the
Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O.;
The Robert Craig Co., Philadelphia,
Pa., and W. A. Manda, Inc., South Or-
ange, N. J.

A large delegation from Washington,
Baltimore and Pittsburgh, headed by
the veteran Richard Vincent, Jr., ar-
rived at 9 a. m. Monday, August 17, on
the steamer "Howard," from Balti-
more.

Mrs. C. E. Critchell and Mrs. C. H.
Maynard, of the Ladies' Society, es-
tablished headquarters early on Mon-
day, August 17, at the Copley-Plaza
Hotel.

George Asmus and wife, of Chicago,
and Wm. H. Kastings, of Buffalo, ar-
rived on the afternoon of August 17,
having made the trip from Buffalo by
automobile.

Col. Roosevelt was a guest at Fen-
way Park on the afternoon of August
17, but not of the florists.

George Watson arrived on August
17, arrayed in a new suit, hat, coat
and trousers, all the color of mud,
which is not saying they were muddy.

Vice-President Welch, of the S. A.
F.; President Kennedy, of the Boston
Gardeners and Florists' Club, and the
chairmen of the various committees
were all active in their executive ca-
pacities.

William Plumb, superintendent of
horticulture for the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, was at his desk early and
late.

All the way from San Francisco, the
MacRorie-McLaren Co. sent an exhibit.

Regardless of the stoppage of ship-
ments by the European war, Welch
Brothers and Henry M. Robinson & Co.
went ahead and made creditable ex-
hibits of florists' supplies.

Walter Mott, representing Benjamin
Hammond, Beacon, N. Y.. had a long
wait for the batteries of "Slug Shot"
and other exterminators to arrive
from the arsenal, but soon got them
into position.

G. E. M. Stumpp, of New York City,
and William H. Siebrecht, of Chappa-

qua, N. Y., also arrived on August 17,
after an extended trip through New
England.

The plant exhibits of H. A. Dreer,
Inc., the Robert Craig Co., F. R. Pier-
son, W. A. Manda, Inc., J. A. Peterson
and Chas. D. Ball were well arranged
by the evening of the 17th and were
very attractive.

Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., had ar-
ranging his gladiolus exhibit F. A.
Kuehn, an expert decorator, of New-
ark, N. J.; also two clever young ladies,
the Misses Alida and Bessie Chandler.

The manager of the Boston baseball
team invited all members of the S. A.
F. to the double header game with the
White Sox Wednesday, August 19.

Portland. Oregon, sent greetings to
the convention; also a list of ten new
members.

Financial Report

FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1913.
31, 1913.

Receipts:

Dues 1909 1 at $3.00 $

Dues 1910 3 at 3.00

Dues 1911 8 at 3.00

Dues 1912 .. 55 at 3.00

Dues 1913 923 at 3.00

Dues 1914 10 at 3.00

Dues 1913 — Additional, on account....
Fees aud Dues new members. 1913. 238

at $5.00

Fees and Dues new members, 1913. 1

on account

Life Members. 25 at $25.00

Outdoor Garden at Minneapolis

Trade Exhibition at Minneapolis

Gate Receipts, 4 days, Flower Show at

Convention

Xafl Flower Show Com. to Gen'l Fund

(refund )

Nat'l Flower Show Com. to Special

Fund

Registration Fee (Mrs. Kimball)

Ladles' S. A. F. (Rebate for Music)..

3.0O

9.00

24.00

165.00

2,772.00

30.00

2.00

1,190.00

3.00

625.00

2,326.15

3.653.20

322.00

1,500.72
5.00
4.00

Jan.
July

Interest :

4th — Dunkelberg Mortgage $ 150.00

7th— Dunkelberg Mortgage 150.00

City and Sub. Realty Co... 37.50

July 17tli — .American Sav. Bank. Per-

manejat Fund .72.40

American Sav. Bank, Gen-
eral Fund 02.32

German-American Bank,

General Fund 47.20

People's Bank, Genl. Sav.

Acct 00.30

People's Bank, Genl. Check-
ing Acct 31.97

People's Bank. Permanent

Fund 37.28

Germanla Savgs. Bank.... 13.40

Dec. 2nd— City and Sub. Realty Co.. 37.50

Dec. 31st — People's Bank. General

Fund 9.52

People's Bank, General
Fund 61.50

People's Bank, Permanent

Fund 47.68

Germania Savg. Bank. Per-
manent Fund 13.68

American Savg. Bank. Per-
manent Fund 73.84

American Savg. Bank, Gen-
eral Fund 94.15

German-American Bank,

General Fund 85.21

$13,819.53
Remitted to Treasurer;

General Fund $10,608.35

Permanent Fund 1.710.46

Special Fund 1,500.72

$13,819.53
Disbursements:

Secretary's Bond $

Treasurer's Bond •

A. T. De La Mare Printing & Publish-
ing Co.. printing and stamps, envel-
opes, etc

ICngrosslng Life Member Certificates..

Auditing Books of the Secretary and
Treasurer

Mileage. Officers and Directors

Stenographer. Director's meeting

Secretary's salary

Expenses, Secretary's Office

Treasurer's Salary

Office Rent. Secretary

Music. Ladies' S. A. P

Publishing and Mailing 1912 Proceed-
ings

Clerical Assistance. Convention

Allowance. Superintendent Trade Exhi-
bition, 4 weeks' stay in Convention
City

Stamps

Buttons (1913)

Typewriting at Convention

12.60
80.00

472.13
31.75

40.62

913.65

30.00

1,000.00

245.34

200.00

300.00

4.00

690.80

100.00

200.00
25.86

100.51
10.30

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Refund. Fee and Dues 13.00

Framing Life Member Certificates 13.20

Rental Furniture. Nat'l Flower Show.. 1.50

Engraving Medals 4.80

Printing and Stationery 57.30

Freight and Express 21.65

Rent. Armory, Mfnneapolis 1.200.00

Members' Register 9.50

School Gardens Committee 44. 5o

Labor. Outdoor Garden 1,349.70

Photographs, Outdoor Garden 8.00

Signs, Labels, Outdoor Garden 138. 4G

Official Reporter, Convention 125.00

Office of Entomologist 100.00

Spec'l Allowance, Sup't Trade Exhibi-
tion 500.00

Electric Light. 4'onvention Hall 28.39

Life Members' Buttons ■- . . 324.62

Office of Pathologist 100.28

Labor at Conjention. arranging and

dismantling exhibition 274.60

Lantern and Operator lij.O"

Expenses at Conv'ention Hall :

Water Supply $ 10.50

Three cases lily cups 10.50

Stationery 2.25

Electric Sign. "Welcome S. A.

F." 122.83

Typewriting 69.5f>

Decorating Hall .• 75.00

Signs, etc 56.25

Plates. Saucers, etc. for exhib-
its of plants 20.42

Furniture Secretary's Office. . . 15.00

Telegrams 4.47

Printing 25.00

Advertising Flower Show 44.30

Decorating 117.05 $ 573.07

Draw ing l)rigiual Plans Convention

Hall 15.00

Telegrams 5.70

Total $v»,:;r.o.<;j

Vouchers drawn on the Treasurer, l-7.">. in-
clusive.

FROM JANUARY 1 TO AUGUST 1, 1914.
Receipts,

Dues, 1911. 2 at $-i.00 % G.OO

Dues, 1912. lo at 3.00 30.00

Dues. 1913. 5S at 3.00 174.00

Dues. 1914, 769 at 3.00 2.307.00

Fees and dues, new members. 109 at

$5.0l> 545.00

Additional fees and dues. 1Q15 2.00

Life Memberships. 31 at $25.00 775.00

Life Members' buttons. Ill at 75c 83.25

Trade exhibition (on account) 524.10

Interest, £tc.
Jan.
21 Tri-State Loan & Trust

Co. .: $ 150.00 »

Special Fund 30.70

Special Fund 27.08

May.
8 Tri-State Loan & Trust

Co., account principal. 1,000.00
S Tri-State Loan & Trust

Co.. interest 12.22

13 Tri-State Loan & Trust

Co 37.50

June.

11 Tri-State Loan & Trust

Co. (Dunkelberg Mtge.) 125.00
July.
20 Mfrs. & Traders' Bank.

Special Fund 30.00

20 American Savings Bank.

Permanent Fund 75.32

20 American Savings Bank.

General Fund 96.04

20 German American Bank.

General Fund G6.37

20 People's Bank, savings

Account 62.74

20 People's Bank, Checking

Account 10.97

20 People's Bank, Permanent

Fund 56.88

20 Germanla Savings Bank.

Permanent Fund 13.94— $1,764.76 .

Total .$6,211.11

Disbursements.
Remitted to W. V . Kasting.

Treasurer. Permanent Fund. $2. 195.86

General Fund 3.436.12

Special Fund 57.78

$0,689.76

Cash on hand 521.35— $6,211.11

Warrants drawn on treasurer In pay-
ment of 1914 t)ills, 1 to 54 inclusive.. $5. 231. GO

Trade Visitors.

The following registered during the opening
days of the cionvention:

John Albrecht, Pencoyd, Pa.

J. K. Allen. New York.

Andrew Anderson. Govanstown. Md.

George M Anderson. Milton. Mass.

S. A. Antftrson, Buffalo, N. Y.

B. J. Aschmami. Philadelphia. Pa.

H. E. Aschmann, Philadelphia. Pa.

Geo. Asmus, Chicago.

Fritz Bahr. Ilighland Park. Ills.

Geo. Bahr. Highland Park. Ills.

W. J. Baker, Ft. Worth. Tex.

Geo. E. Baldwin. Mamaroneck, N. Y.

Chas. D. Ball. Holmesburg, Pa.

Chas. D. Ball, Jr.. Holmesburg. Pa.

F. W. Banning, Springfield. O.

R. H. C. Barge. Syracuse. N. Y.

Michael Barker. Chicago.

Leonard Barron. Now York,

Herman H, Bartels, Waverlev, Mass.

P. C. Bartels. Cleveland. O.

H. E. Bates. Rochester, N. Y.

A. F. J. Bauer. Indianapolis. Ind,

F. C. Bauer, Govanstown, Md.
Otto Bauer. Washington, D. C.
Chaa. L. Baum, Knoxville. Tenn.

J. M. Bayersdorfer. Philadelphia, Pa.

R. T. Beers, Cromwell, Conn.

John Bell. Franklin. Pa.

Geo. Bender. Lewisburg. Pa.

,Tos. Bensvell, Montreal, Que.

Paul Berkowitz. Philadelphia, Pa.

Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis. Ind.

a. E. Berry. Eatontown, N. .T.

Wm. Bester, Hagerstown, Md,

H. L. Betz. Philadelphia. Pa.

Chas. Beuerlein. New Y^ork.

Peter Beuerlein, New York.

J. A. Bissinger. Lansing. Mich.

G. Blackman. Evansville, Ind.
Geo. H. Blake. Brooklyn. N. Y.
M. Bloy, Detroit. Mich.

A. G. Bobbink. Rutherford. N. J.

A. L. Bock, Boston, Mass.

Oscar Boehler. West Hoboken. N. J.

C. Bonnet. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Fred Boss, Hartford, Conn.
Neal Boyle, Maiden, Mass. ,
L. H. Bragiie, Hinsdale, Mass.
Frank A. Breon, Jersey Shore. Pa.
R. C Bridgbam. Newtonville, Mass.
Fred Brock. New Ulm, Minn.

Ed. Brockman. Irondequoit, N. Y'.

Charles Brown, Canton, O.

H. Brown, Richmond. Va.

Peter Brown, Lancaster, Pa.

R. T. Brown. Queens. N. Y.

Arlhur Buckholtz. New York.

E. M. Bullock. Elkhart. Ind.

Harry A. Bunyard, New York.

Paul F. Burke, Boston, Mass.

Fred Burki. Pittsburgh, Pa.

John T. Burns. New Canaan, Conn.

J. T. Butter worth. South Framingham. Mass.

Geo. E. Buxton. Nashua. N. H.

Chas. A. B.ver. C'hambersburg, Pa.

Augustus Calder. Mattapan. Boston, Mass.

John Canning. Ardsley, N.'Y.

Oscar Carbon. Fairfield. Coon.

W. J, Caralus. Readville. Mass.

Arthur H. Carr. Boston. Mass.

James Cartwright, Boston. Mass.

Neil S. Casey, Melrose, Mass.

.John U. Champion. New Haven, Conn.

H. Cheeseman. New York.

Henry Cincolo, Boston, Mass.

E. B. Clapp. Boston. Mass.
W. R. Cobb, New York.

Asher M. Coe, North Olrastead, O,

J. M. Cohen, Boston, Mass.

Louis Cohen. Boston. Mass.

S. W. Coggan, Battle Creek. Mich.

Stanley Cogger. Melrose. Mass.

W. W. Coles, Kokomo. Ind.

William Collins. Hinsdale, Mass.

Wm. Colter. Montreal. Que.

Norris Comley, Lexington, Mass.

X. F. Comley. Lexington, Mass,

.Joseph J. Conlv. Newburvport, Mass.

D. T. Connor, Philadelphia, Pa.
Jas. R. Conroy, Pittsburgh, Pa.
H. A. Cook. Shrewsbury. Mass.
Geo. H. Cooke, Washington, D. C.
John Coombs, Hartford. Conn.
Henry R. Cornby. Boston, Mass.

J. J. CostoCf. Pittsburgh. Pa.

Lawrence Cotter, Jamestown. N. Y.

Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y'.

W. J. Cowee. Berlin, N. Y.

Fred Cowperthwaite. Philadelphia. Pa.

George Craig, Philadelphia. Pa.

Robt. Craig, Philadelphia, Pa.

W. N. Craig, Brookllue. Mass.

W. P. Craig. Philadelphia. Pa.

Oliver Crissnian, Punxsutawney, Pa.

C. E. Critchell, Cincinnati, O.

John W. Crouch, Knoxville, Tenn.

George Cinilckshank. Boston, Mass.

Roy J. Currie, Milwaukee. Wis,

A. H. Dailey, Knoxville. Tenn.

F. A. Danker. Albany. N, Y.
J, W. Davis, Davenport, la.

Harry S. Dawson, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

J. B. Deamud. New York.

Wm. De Bree, Rutherford. N. Y.

Tbos. DeFore?l. New York.

A. T. De La Mare. New York.

A. P. Dewar. Boston. Mass.
Theo. Dietrich, Washington, D. C.
W. H. Dildiu. Rochester, N. Y.
John H. Dillon. Boston. Mass.
Frank J. Dnlansk.v. Lynn, Mass.
P. J. Donalioe. Boston, Mass.
John Donaldson, Patchoguc, N, Y,
Harry Donnelly. Dallas. Texas.
Theo. A. Dorner, Lafayette. Ind.
W. A. Duckhara. Madison. N. J.

C. P. Dudley. Parkersburg, W. Va.

E. E, Dunlap, Boston. Mass.
Daniel Dwyer, Boston, Mass.
M. C. Ebel, Madison. N. J.

J. Frank Edgar. Waverley, Mass.
W. P. Edgar. Boston. Mass.
E. G, Eger, Schenectady. N. Y. '
James W. Ego. Boston, Mass.
Albert Eisenbardt. Newton. Mass.
Fred J. Elder. Boston. Mass.

B. L. Elliott. Pittsburgh, Pa.
John W. Elliott. Wernersville, Pa.
K. D. Ellsworth. Kansas City. Mo.
Wm. Entamann. Jersey City. N. J.
W. A. Eperling. New York,

O. F. Ernst. Norwich. Conn.

Wm. H. Ernst, Washington. D. C.

,Iohn G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.

Fred S. Esty, Newton Center, Mass.
Chas. E. EvaUs. Water town, Mass.
John Evans, Richmond. Ind.
E. J. Fancourt, Philadelphia, Pa,
E. Fardel. New York.

A. Farenwald, Roslyn. Pa.

J. K. M. L. Farquhar, New York.

B. H. Farr, Wyomissing, Pa.
Jos. S. Fen wick, New York.

P. Ferrari, San Francisco. Calif.
Victor Ferrari, San Francisco, Calif.
Maurice Field. New York,
J. H, Fiesser. North Bergen. N. J.

E. S. Filson. Waltham. Mass.
Devereau Findlayson, Brookline. Mass.

" Peter Fisher. Ellis, Mass.

F. W. Fletcher. Auburndale, Mass.

C. U. Fohn, Colorado Springs. Colo.
P. J. Foley, Chicago.

"\V. W. Folley. Wellesley, Mass. '

.Tohn W. Foote. Reading, Mass.

J. Ford. Philadelphia, Pa.

J. R. Fotheringham, Tarrytown. N. Y.

S. Freund. Chicago,

.Tos. Fuller, Leominster, Mass.

J. T. D. Fnlmer, Des Moines. Iowa.

0. B. Gard, Marietta. O.

G. Garreau, Jersey City, N. J.

E. B. George, Painesville, O.
Ed. Gerney. Montreal. Que.
Emile Geschick. Philadelphia, Pa..
John C. Gibbs. Lynn, Mass.

W. R. Gibson, Philadelphia. Pa.

C. C. Gillett, Jr.. Lowell. Mass.
Wm. Gloeckner, Albany, N. Y".

S. J. Goddard. Framingham. Mass.

Ed. Goldenstein. Chicago.

Geo. Golsner. New Y'ork.

Frank X. Gorly. St. Louis. Mo.

J. J. Goudy. Philadelphia. Pa.

J. 0. Graham, Little Falls. N. Y.

Robert Graham. Baltimore, Md.

Wm. Graham, Piiiladelphia. Pa.

Paul A. Gray, Philadelphia, Pa.

Fred C. Green, Providence, R. I.

R. W. Greene, Warwick. R. I.

S. D. Green. Philadelphia. Pa.

Stephen S. Greene. West Stoughton, Mass.

Thos. J. Grey. Boston, Mass.

Adolphus Gude, Washington, D. C.

AdolpJius Gude, Jr., Wasliiugtou, D. C.

Edgar Gude. Washington. D. C.

Edwin Gude. Washington. D. C.

Ernest Gude, Washington, D. C.

Granville Gude. Washington. D. C.

Wm. F. Gude. Washington, D. C.

A. J. Guttman, New York.

F. H.ihman. Philadelphia. Pa.
Rupert E. Hall. Boston. Mass.
A. S. Hnlsted. Belleville. Ills.
Benj. Hammond. Beacon. N. Y.

G. Hampton, Pbihulelphia. Pa.
Louis Handing. New York,
Wm. K. Harris. Philadelphia.
Geo. B. Hart, Rochester. N. Y.
(J. H. Hart. Chester. Pa.

John S. Hay, Philadelphia, Pa.
Patrick J. Hayes. Fall River, Mass.
James W. Heacock. Wyncote. Pa.
Joseph Heacock. Wyncote, Pa.
Thos. W. Head. Bergenfield. N. J.

E. Hiekle, Parkersburg. W. Va.
Fred G. Heinl. Terre Haute, Ind.
Myer Heller, New Castle, Ind.

1. S. Hendrickson, Floral Park, N. V.
Fred Henkes. Watervliet. N. Y.

A. M. Henshaw. New York,

D. R. Herbert. Atco, N. J.
Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa.
.Arthur Herrington. Madison, N. J.
G. W. Hess, W^ashington, D, C.

J. J. Hess. Omaha. Nebr.

H. H. Higgason, Richmond, Va.

E. G. Hill, Richmond. Ind.
Sydney Hoffman, Boston. Mass.

A, W. Holbrow. Brighton, Mass.

0. E. Holbrow. Boston, Mass.
Walter R. Holden. Boston.
Eber Holmes, Montrose, Mass.
Robert P. Holmes, Montrose. Mass.

F. H. Holton. Milwaukee. Wis.
.Tas. D. Hooper. Richmond, Va.
S. T. Hopper. Minneapolis, Minn.
H. B. Howard. Chicago.

VV. D. Howard, Milford, Mass.

August H. Hummert. St. Louis, Mo.

John .r, Huss, Hartford, Conn.

John D. Imlay, ZanesviUe, O.

J. I vera. Donlon, N. Y.

H. F. Jansen. Springfield. III.

Robert W. Jean. Detroit. Mich.

B, L. Jenkins. Washington, D. C.

C. B. Johnson. Woburn. Mass.

F. M. Johnson, Chicago,

Robert W. Johnston, Baltimore, Md.
Wm. J. Johnston. Baltimore. Md.
James E. Jones. Richmond. Ind,
R. E. Jones, Richmond. Ind.
H. W. Joy. Nashville. Tenn.
A. Kakuda. New York.

G. S. Kalb. Baltimore. Md.

J. J. Karins. Philadelphia. Pa.
R. Karlstrom. South Orange, N. J.
Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y.
Geo. V. Kay. Y'oungstown, O.
W. J. Keimel, Elmhurst. Ills.
H, A. Kennedy, Watertown. Mass.
R. C. Kerr. Houston. Tex.
Robert Kift, Philadelphia. Pa.

D. J. Kevhaul. Wynnewood. Pa.

1. V. Kinder, Charleroi, Pa.

J. H. Kjplinger. Govanstown, Md.
Edward Kirk. Bar Harbor, Me.
Paul Klingsporn, Chicago,
Johnson Knight. Boston. Mass.
Thos. Knight. New York.

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The American Florist.

257

H. P. Kuolilt, C'lcvelunil. O.

M. Kolow, liostoii. Mass.

Lawrence Kn'iiilcr. linltlmore. Md.

L Kreuger, Bnltlmore. Md.

Thus. I'". KnifEiT, Philndclpliia. Va.

Hugo Kiiche Hartford. Conn.

F. A. Kuelin. Ni^wark, N. .T.
<ieorge A. Kiilil. Pekiu. 111.
.Tobn Kiilm. I'hiladelphia, Pa.
A. E. Kiinclri'.l. (JcisUfii. lud,

E. W. Ivupac, College Park. Ind.
Harold LaDiif. Bearan, N. V.
John E. I.ager. Summit. N. .T.
A. H. LangJIiar, Now York.
.T. J. Lane. Ganleu City, N. \.
Albert H. Lange. Worcester. Mass.
A. H. Lanser. Philadelphia. I'a.
Fred Lautenschlager. Chicago,
.lolm V, Laver. Erie. Pa.
Harry Lebr. lialtirao'-e. Md.
M. Lciberman. Boston, Mass.
N. M. Leibson, Boston. Mass.
Oscar Leistner. Chicago.
Chas. Lenker. Freeport, N. Y.
H. B. Lewis, Washington. D. C.
J. B. Lewis. New York.
N. R. Lewis. Baltimore. Md.
Wm. Lippmau. Boston. Mass.
Wm. Livermore. Wilmington. Del.
Wm. Loew, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Thos. W. Logan. .Tenkintown. Pa.
A. F. Longren. Chicago.
Alfred .T. Loveless. Lenox. Mass.
E. C. Ludwig. Pittsburgh, Pa.
J. V. Ludwig. Pittsburgh. Pa.

0. C. McArdle, Washington, D. C.
M. J. McCabe. Washington. D. C.
,Tohn P. McCarthy. Boston, Mass.
.Toseph .1. McCarthy. Boston. .Mass.

D. McCleod, Concord, N. H.

J. J. McCormack. Maiden. Mass.
Frank Mclionald. Boston. Mass.
Bernard Mcliinly. Boston. Mass.
.Tames McKenna, Montreal. Que.
John McKenzie. Cambridge. Mass.
Robert McLellan. Washington. D. C.
Jas. McManus. New York.
L. Dow McNeft. Chicago.
A. J. McNutt. Knoxville. Tenn.
Duncan Macaw. Philadelphia. Pa.

E. R. Macomber, Portland, Me.

Dan Mac Rovie. San Francisco. Calif.

Jos. A. Manda. West Orange. N. J.

W. A. Manda. South Orange, N. J.

Matt Mann. Chicago.

Wm. Manne. Louisville. Ky.

Joseph Margolis. Boston. Mass.

G. W. Marshall. Medfleld. Mass.

C. H. Maynard. Detroit. Mich.
W. E. Maynard. New York.
Thos. H. Mead, Boston, Mass.

A J. Meninger. Gloversville. N. Y.

John C. Meyer. Lowell. Mass.

Frank B. Michell. Philadelphia. Pa.

Frgd J. Michell. Jr.. Philadelphia. Pa.

H. C. Michell. Philadelphia. Pa.

John Milford, Sherbrooke, Que.

A. L. Miller, Brooklyn, N. Y.

J. L. Miller. Lynn. Mass.

P. M. Miller. Boston. Mass.

C O. Mills. Jacksonville, Fla.

Mark P. Mills, Philadelphia. Pa.

E. T. Mitc'his, Portland. Ore.
Wm. Mix. Cambridge. Mass.
Alexander Montgomery, Natick, Mass.
Robt. Montgomery. Natick, Mass.

A. R. Moorcbouse. Lowell. Mass.
Victor H. Morgan. New York.
George Morrison. Baltimore. Md.
Walter Morse. Lowell. Mass.

1. H. Moss. Govanstown, Md.
Walter Mott. Newburgb. N. Y.
J. A. Muller. Carlstadt. N. J.
Chas. Munson. New Haven, Conn.
Frank Murray, Boston. Mass.
Harold Myer. Lowell, Mass.
Chas. Neffler. Gleucoe, Md.

Arno H. Nehrling, Amherst. Mass.

F. N. Neptune. Cambridge. Mass.
H C. Neubrand. Cromwell. Conn.
Richard Nenfried, Philadelphia. Pa.
Robert Newcomb, Chicago.

James Nicol. Quincy. Mass.
Wm. R. Nicholson, Framingham, Mass.
A. Niessen. l*hiladelphia. Pa.
John Niessen. New York.
William Nilsson, New York,
Edward Norberg, Arlington, Mass,
Edward J. Norman. Lenox. Mass.
M. H. Norton. Boston, Mass.

D. A O'Connor. Washington. D. C.
Paul M. 01m, Bath, Me.

O. J. Olson, St. Paul, Minn.
Patrick O'Mara, Jersey City, N. J.

E. A. Ormsby, Melrose, Mass.

F. E. Palmer. Brookline. Mass.
Harry Papwortb. New Orleans. La.

» A. S. Parker. Stoneham. Mass.
S. C. Parwell, Flowerfield, N. Y.
H. J. Patten. Tewkshury. Mass.
M. A. Patten. Tewkshury, Mass.
W. A. Patten, Tewkshury, Mass.
Sam. J. Pearce, Chicago.
S. S. Peckham. Fairbaven. Mass.
Thos. Pegler. Brunswick. Me.
Arnold G. Pembroke. Boston, Mass.
Wm. Penn. Boston. Mass.
J. H. Pepper. New York.
C. H. Perkins. Newark. N. Y.

G. C. Perkins, Newark. N, Y'.
John J. Perry. Baltimore. Md.
Carl Peterson. Hartford. Conn.

G. E. Peterson, Tarrytown. N. Y.
Henry Clarence Peterson. Cincinnati, i
J. A. Peterson. Cincinnati, O.

r. W. Peterson. Jollet, Ills.

F. W. Pettit. Brookline, Mass.

H. E. Philpott. Wiunliieg. Man.

Wulter Pier, MliMieaiKdis, Miun.

F, R. rierson. Tarrytown, N, Y.

Wallace R, Pierson. ('romwell. Conn.

H. Plath. San FranclscB, Calif.

J. II. Playdon. Andover, Mass.

Wm. I'lnnib, New York.

Albert B. Pochelon. Detroit. Mich.

M. J. Poite, Naugatuck, Conn.

P. W. Popp. Mamaroneck. N. Y.

H. Powell. Syracuse. N. Y.

Robt. I'yle. West Gl-ove. Pa.

Stephen J. Quinn. Brookline. Mass.

Harry Quint, Boston, Mass,

Anders Rasmussen, New Albany, Ind.

F, J. Rea, Norwood, Mass.
Carl C. Ueck. Bridgeport. Conn.
E. C. Rennesan. Pittsburgh. Pa.
E. M. Ress. Morristown. N. J.
Martin Reukauf, Philadeliihia, Pa.
Julius Reusetsky, New Bedford, Mass.
E. A. Richai'ds. Greenfield. Mass.

J. A. Ritter, Baltimore. Md.
W. H. Ritter. Fitehhnrg. Mass.
Arthur Robbins. Boston, Mass,

D. A. Robertson. Boston, Mass.
Geo. A. Robinson. Montreal, Que.
Jackson Rogers. Boston. Mass.
Wilfred Rolker. New York.

Fred Boll. Durham. N. C.
Albert Roper. Tewkshury, Masa^
Albert Roper. Jr.. Tewkshury. Mass.
Hans Rosacher. Minneapolis. Minn,
i. Rosnosky, Philadelphia. Pa.
N. J. Rupp, Chicago.
H. B. Ruppert. Boston. Mass.
J. A. Ruppert. Philadelphia. Pa.
.Tohn L. Russell. Boston. Mass.
David Rust, Philadelphia. Pa.
Chas. Sandfleld. Buffalo, N. Y'.
Rudolph Schiele. Chicago.
Max Schling. New York.
Emil Schloss. New York.
Louis Schmutz. New York,
Chas. Schoenhut. Buffalo. N. Y.

A. Schultheis. Brooklyn. N. T.
.4nton Schultheis. Scranton. Pa.
Philip C. Schupp. Chicago.
Chas. Schwake. New York.

C. W. Scott. New York.
Robert A. Scott, Buffalo, N. Y'.

E. A. Scribner. Detroit. Mich.
Daniel Seaton, Corfu, N. Y.
s. J. Seiger. Philadelphia. Pa.
P. E. Selkregg. Northeast. Pa.
J. R. Severs. New York.

Chas. L. Seybold. Wilkesbarre. Pa.
Geo. C. Shaffer. Washington. D. C.
Leroy E. Shaw. Pittslield, Mass.
Jas. B. Shea. Boston. Mass.
Eobert Shoch, Philadelphia, Pa.
Wm. Sim, Cliftondale. Mass.

G. H. Sinclair, Hol.TOke, Mass.
C. E. Sinney. Louisville. Ky.

Wm. H. Siebrecht. Chappaqua. N. Y.

C. W. Sierman. Hartford. Conn.
W. H. Sievers, Buffalo. N. Y.

S. S. Skidelsky. Philadelphia. Pa.
J. J. Slattery. Boston. Mass.
P. I. Sloan. Boston. Mass.
George W. Smith. Cleveland. O.
S. G. Smith. Boston, Mass.
Herman C. Stacbe. Manchester. N. H.
John Stalford. Bar Harbor. Me.
.Tohn Standt. Rockville. Conn.
Theo. Standt. Rockville. Conn.
Frank Stembard. Richmond. Va.
Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.

B. L. Stidbam. Washington. D. C.

D. H. Storms. Summit. N. J.
.Joseph Streit. Philadelphia. Pa.
G. E. M. Stumpp. New York.
Hllmer V. Swenson. Chicago.
Geo. Sykes. Chicago.

S. S. Taylor, Louisville. Ky

F. C, Thomann, Rochester, N. Y.
J. Thomann, Rochester. N. Y.

P. Thomann. Rochester. N. Y.
Joseph Thomas. Greensburg, Pa.
Wm. Thurston. Jamaica Plain. Mass.
Chas. H. Totty. Madison. N. J.

B. Hammond Tracy. Wenbam, Mass.

E. Tracey. Albany. N. Y.
Thos. J. Tracey. Albany, N, Y.
Frank H. Traendly, New York,
Theo. Trevillian, Tarrytown. N. Y*.
L W. Tutbill, New York.
Philip Ullrich, Johnstown, N. Y".
A. L. Vaughan. Chicago.

J. B. Vlese. Buffalo, N. Y.
B Vincent. Jr.. Whitemarsb. Md.
E. V. W. Vineen. MlUlngton. Mass.
Geo. A. Volaashael. Tewkshury. Mass,
James Wade, Wyomlssing. Pa.
.Tames W. Wade. Philadelphia. Pa.
W. H. Waith. Yonkers. N. Y.
H. Waldecker, Bralntree. Mass.
John Walker. Youngstown, O.

C. Warburton. Fall River. Mass.
Ralph M. Ward. New York.

W. C. Ward. East Milton. Mass.
Wm. H. Ward. Woodburn, Mass.
T. E. Waters. Chicago.
Geo. Watson. Philadelphia
Martin Wax. Boston. Mass
Wm. Way. Chicago.
Chas. Weber. Lynbrook, N.
Fred C. Weber. St. Louis,
Geo. C. Wetland. Evanston. Ills
J. E. Weir, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Edward J. Welch. Boston, Mass.
S R. Welch. PalnesvlUe, O,
B J Welch, Jr., Boston. Mass.
John Westcott. Philadelphia. Pa.

Pa.

Y.

Mo.

ilenry Weston, Hempstead, N. Y.
James Wheeler, Natick. Mags.
Wilfred Wheeler. Concord, Mass,
E. A. White. Ithaca. N. Y.
E. D. Wilde. State College, Pa.
J. J. Williams. Utlca. N. Y.
Andrew Wilson. Springfield. N. J.
J. W. W'ilson. Cleveland, O,
Frank Windier, St. Louis, Mo.
Robt. Windier. St. Louis. Mo.
Edw. Winkler. Wakefield, Mass.
Austin Wintzer. West Grove, Pa.
Theodore WIrth, Mlnneaiiolls, Minn.
John Wolfe. Savannah. Ga.
Wm. Wolff. Chicago.
R. A. WoUager. Johnstown, N. Y.
J. A. WoUmers. Brooklyn. N. Y'.
R. C. Woodman. Milford. Mass.
.M. (.. Wright. Philadelphia. Pa.
H. R. Yaffe. Haverhill. Mass.
M. Yaffe. Haverhill, Mass.
J. E. Yates. Champaign, Ills.
John Young. New York.
John Zech. Chicago.
J. F. Zimmerman. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Robt. L. ZoU. Chicago.

Ladies.

Mrs. .\ndrew -Vnderson, Govanstown. Md.

Miss Alerla C. Anderson^ Govanstown, Md.

Mrs. Geo. Asmus, Chicago.

Miss Anna Bahr, Highland Park.

Miss Mona Bahr. Highland Park. Ills.

Miss Baker. Fort Worth, Tex.

Miss Josephine Barrow

Mrs. F. C. Bauer. Govanstown. Md.

Miss Margaret Bemus, Chicago.

Miss Norah Bemus. Chicago.

Mrs. J. A. Bissinger, Lansing. Mich.

Mrs. Ed. Brockman. Irondetjuoit. N. Y.

Mrs. H, Brown. Richmond, Va.

Mrs. M. Buler. Pittsburgh. Pa.

Miss Aleda Chandler. Berlin. N. Y.

Miss Bessie Chandler. Berlin. N. Y.

Mrs. S. W. G'oggan. Battle Creek. Mich.

.Mrs. W. W Coles, Kokomo, Ind.

Miss W. W. Coles, Kokomo, Ind.

Mrs. Thos. Collins. Hinsdale. Mass.

Mrs. Geo. H. Cooke. Washington, D. C.

Mrs. C. E. Critchell, Cincinnati, O.

Miss Marv Critchell. Cincinnati. 0.

Mrs. W. J. Cowee. Berlin, N. Y.

Mrs. A. H. Dailey. Knoxville, Tenn.

Mrs. J. W. Davis. Davenport, la.

Mrs. John Donaldson. Patchogue, N. Y.

Mrs. Harry Donnelly. Dallas. Tex.

Mrs. B. L. Elliott. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Miss Elliott. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Miss Nettie Enders, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mrs: P. J. Foley, Chicago,

Miss Anna Fuhr, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mrs. Robt. Graham. BaltimoTe. Md.

Mrs. Adolphns Gude, Washington. D. C.

Miss Amelia Gude. Washington, D. C.

Miss Esther Gude, Washington, D. C.

Miss Louise Gude, Washington, D, C.

Mrs. A. J. Guttman, New York.

Mrs. J. G. Hancock, Chicago.

Miss Belle Hancock. Chicago.

Mrs. Geo. B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y.

Miss Mary A. Hartnctt. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Mrs. C. H. Henszey. Philadelphia. Pa.

Mrs. Albert M. Herr. Lancaster, Pa.

Mrs. J. J. Hess, Omaha, Neb.

Mrs. E. Hiekle. Parkersburg, W. Va.

Mrs. F. H. Holton, Milwaukee, Wis.

Miss Ruth Holton. Milwaukee. Wis.

Mrs. C. B. Johnson. Woburn, Mass.

Mrs. R. Karlstrom. South Orange. N. J.

Mrs. W. J. Keimel. Elmburst. Ills.

Mrs. H. A. Kennedy. Watertown. Mass.

Mrs. R. C. Kerr. Houston. Tex.

Miss Amelia Keukel, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Miss I. Latschaw. ChicTigo.

Mrs. E. Lenten, Toledo, 0.

Mrs. N. R. Lewis. Baltimore. Md.

Mrs. Catherine Loeffler. Washington, D, C.

Mrs. E. C. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mrs. O. C. McArdle. Washington. D. C.

Miss A, McCarron. Lvnchburg, Va.

Mrs. Jos. A. Manda. West Orange, N. J.

Mrs. C. H. Maynard. Detroit. Mich.

Miss M. A. Meinhart, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Miss Amelia Menu, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mrs. John Milford. Sherbrooke. Que.

Mrs. Mark P. Mills. Philadelphia. Pa.

Mrs. A. R, Moorhouse, Lowell, Mass.

Mrs I. H Moss, Govanstown, Md.

Mrs. Wm. B. Nicholson, Framingham, Mass.

Miss Violet Pansy, Highland Park, Ills.

Miss B. Peck. New York.

Mrs. J. A. Peterson. Cincinnati. O.

Miss Ida Peterson. Cincinnati. O.

Mrs. Anders Rasmussen, New Albany, Ind.

Miss Bertha Ratti. Pittsburgh. Pa.

Miss Alice Rebder. Wilmington. N. C.

Mrs. E. C. Bennesan. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mrs. I. Bosnosky. Philadelphia, Pa.

Miss Clara Rupp. Chicago.

Miss Elsie Bupp, Chicago.

Miss Carrie Sauers. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mrs. Geo. C. Shaffer. Washington. D. C.

Miss B. Skidelsky. Philadelphia. Pa.

Mrs. Theo. Standt. BockvlUe. Conn.

Mrs. Margaret Stelss. Pittsburgh, Pa,

Mrs. Frank Stembard. Bichmond, Va.

Mrs. B. L. Stidbam. Washington, D. C.

Mrs. Geo. Sykes. Chicago.

Mrs. Frank H. Traendly. New York.

Mrs. A. L. Vaughan. Chicago.

Miss Thelma Vaughan. Chicago.

Mrs E. Vincent. Jr.. Whltemarsh, Md.

Mrs. E. V. W. Vineen. MlUlngton. Mass.

Mrs. John Walker, Youngstown, O.

Mrs Theodore WIrth. Minneapolis, Minn.

Mrs. J. E. Yates. Champaign. Ills.

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Care of the Plants.

The month of August can be said to
be the grower's busiest time in the life
of the chrysanthemum being grown
for cut blooms, for there are so many
details that need his attention which
must be attended to at the right mo-
ment to keep the plants in shape to
produce first-class blooms in their sea-
son. The time' fjr taking the buds is
not very far away. The early varie-
ties will begin to bud up about August
15 and by August 20 many of the
second earlies will be forming their
buds. The setting of the bud means
a hardening up of the plant's main
growth and any side shoots that can
get away from the main stem will
grow rapidly, pumping the strength
from the plant and forming bud at
a great rate. It is therefore very im-
portant that the work of removing the
side shoots should be attended to on
time to give the plant a chance to pro-
duce its best bud for taking when
wanted. Also after the plant begins to
ripen up, the suckers will quickly com-
mence to shoot out through the soil,
some varieties sending out suckers
much more abundantly than others,
greatly weakening the plants. They
should be removed as soon as they
become large enough to handle safely
without cutting into the roots of the
plants.

Putting on the supports, either of
stakes, strings or wires should be
finishe(^ up and the plants kept
properly tied up and supported after-
wards. It makes a big difference in
the plant's growth whether it is kept
properly supported or otherwise. 'A
plant that is well supported can be
syringed and cared for much better
than it can if neglected in this respect.
The pompon and single varieties
are in a class by themselves so far
as staking and supporting are con-
cerned. The plants being grown in
bush form to produce sprays must
be supported in a different manner
from the single stem stock. The
method of tying the shoots to a stake
or string at the center of the plant
is altogether too expensive for these
types which are generally sold in
bunches at rather low figures, so that
anything that can be put on at the
start that will need but little atten-
tion afterwards is a great saving. We
are trying out the wires with cross
. strings (the same as is done with
carnations) to support our pompons
and singles this season and find It
works very well. It is quite a job
to put on in the first place but after
it is once there, all that remains to
be done is to see that the shoots are
kept tucked in.

Watering and syringing continue to
be of the greatest importance, the
foliage of the plants being much
heavier than a few weeks ago, so that
the center of the beds will not dry out
quite as fast. The heavier foliage
means that the afternoon syringing
should be done a little earlier so that
the plants- have a chance to dry up
a bit before nightfall, but it must be
borne in mind that at this time the
thrips and red spider are most active,
especially in localities that have had
a long hot dry spell. The foliage of
the shrubs and trees outdoors are
full of red spider and when the con-
ditions in the greenhouse are favor-
able they quickly get a foothold there.
It seems hardly necessary for me to

again call attention to the spraying
with insecticides. Just now before the
buds have developed very far is the
time to make sure that your plants
are free from insects. If a few red
spiders get lodged in the buds they
will stay there, and when the buds
commence to unfold its petals will get
very busy and quickly ruin many .fine
blooms. The trouble with this pest
is that it works so quickly, and fine
flowers become infested before the
grower is aware of it. Cut worms
have damaged quite a number of our
single stem plants this season. They
will climb to the top of the plant at
night, chew out the lead of the growth,
then slide down to the soil and re-
main covered up in the daytime. By
looking around in the soil the cut
worms can be caught and 5iestroyed.
This has proven to us to be a great
deal more effective than to spray the
plants with a poison formula. The
hairy caterpillar will . be troublesome
from now until frost puts an end to
them outside, and about the only way
to get rid of them inside is by going
over the plants regularly every morn-
ing, picking them off by hand. Where
wood lice are troublesome, place some
paris green mixed with sugar and
bran along the edge boards of the
benches and on small pieces of boards
laid on the beds. Th?y go for this
quickly and very soon the place will
be rid of them.

The specimen pot plants for exhibi-'
tion will need the closest attention
from now on. All pinching back of the
shoots should now be stopped and the
plants allowed to develop and shape
themselves. Support the plants at the
center and each branch so that the
branches will not get broken when
syringing or handling. They require
lots of water now that they are in
full growth; also they are . greatly
benefited by watering with weak
liquid manure about every three or
four days. The question of watering
with these plants is very impol'tant
and they should never be allowed to
suffer for the want of water, but will
do best if allowed to dry out fairly
well between each watering. If the
earlier mulch has worn off and the
roots become exposed put on another
mulch of well rotted manure and soil,
with fertilizer added. These plants
require lots of space and full light
with plenty of air at all times so do
not attempt any crowding of the plants
or they will be ruined, so far as fine
specimens are concerned. The smaller
bush plants for retail or wholesale
sales should be coming along nicely
and need to be encouraged to make
sturdy dwarf plants. Give these also
plenty of light and air and do not
allow them to become over dry and
attend to supporting "them as they
need it. C. W. Johnson.

Poison Ivy.

Experiments in destroying poison ivy
by means of chemicals have devel-
oped only a limited field of useful-
ness for this method. Applications of
strong solutions of crude sulphuric
acid or of crude carbolic acid have
been found effective, but serious risks
are encountered in handling these sub-
stances. In work undertaken by the
Massachusetts Experiment Station it
was found that arsenate of soda could
be used very successfully to kill poison
ivy on large trees over 6 to 10 inches
in diameter and. on stone walls, build-
ings, etc. In open fields, however.

this treatment proved expensive and
injurious to other vegetation, render-
ing the land useless for several years.
In these experiments two or three
applications of arsenate of soda at
the rate of 2 pounds to 10 gallons of
water were generally sufficient. The
preparation is poisonous and stock
must be kept away from the poisoned
plants. The cheapest and most effect-
ive method of eliminating poison ivy
seems to be the simple one of rooting
up the plants and destroying them.
The safest time for handling poison
ivy is in the fall, after the sap is
out of the plants and after the plant
has stopped flowering, as the sap and
pollen make the plant more likely to
affect those who come in contact with
it. In any case, however, the follow-
ing protective measures should be
used by those attempting to eradi-
cate it : With the exercise of due
care, the use of overalls and gaunt-
leted gloves will enable most indi-
viduals to deal with the plants with
impunity. The further precaution of
greasing the hands with lard, to be
washed off with strongly alkaline
soap on conclusion of the work, has
been recommended. It may be pos-
sible to employ some one to remove
the plant who is not affected by it.
since many individuals are practically
immune from the effects of poison
ivy. In burning poison ivy care must
be taken to keep away from the
smoke, as cases of serious injury to
eyes, nose and throat from the poison
conveyed by this means have been re-
ported. As a preventive measure
thorough and repeated washing with
warm water and strongly alkaline
soap as soon as possible after contact
with poison ivy is advisable, and it
should be borne in mind that the poi-
son may be transferred indirectly
from clothing, gloves and implements,
also from towels used by those who
have been in contact with the plant.
Since ivy poisoning generally subsides
within a few days, the treatment of
mild cases is simple. There is. how-
ever, no one remedy that will cure all
cases. In severe cases a physician
should be consulted. — Agri. Dept.
News-Letter.

Color of Soils.

The color of soils is governed large-
ly by the amount and kind of iron
compounds and the percentages of
organic matter which they contain.
Iron may give soils a red, blue, yellow
or gray color, depending largely upon
texture, aeration and moisture con-
tent. Organic matter when present In
quantities tends to make soils either
black or brown in color. The combi-
nation of colors formed by the iron
compounds and organic matter give
rise to a great many intermediate
tints.

As a rule the dark color of soils Is
closely associated with the presence
of organic matter, while a light color
indicates its absence. Dark colored
soils are usually quite productive,
while light colored ones are general-
ly unproductive. Soils uneven in color
and somewhat mottled indicate lack
of aeration and drainage, and are not
in good physical condition.

James D. Marshall.

Des Moines, Ia.— Inquiries are being
made by the city council to learn the
approximate cost of two new green-
houses in Union Park. The park de-
partment plans to build at least one
new house and if the cost is not pro-
hibitive will erect two.

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259

Railway Gardening: Association.

The eighth annual convention of tlie
Railway Gardening Association opened
on August 11 in the Hotel Breslin,
New York city. The election of of-
ficers resulted as- follows : Paul Heub-
ner, Philadelphia, Pa., president; J. E.
.Smith, Ridley Park, Pa., vice-presi-
dent; W. P. Hutchison, Sewickley, Pa.,
secretary; J. K. Wingert, Chambers-
burg, Pa., treasurer. The other of-
ficers continue.

Great interest was manifested in the
various topics discussed and the dele-
gates showed themselves to be a body
of thoroughly well informed men on
horticultural matters. The following
papers were read :

Safety First as Applied to Railway
Gardening, by C. J. Andrews.

What Are the Duties of the Railway
Gardener and How Can He Get the
Best Results? by E. A. Richardson.

Observation Along the Right of
Way, by E. A. Schubert.

A Synopsis of Rules for Railway
Gardeners, by I. T. Worthley.

Landscape Art in Ireland as Com-
pared with United States, Comprising
Public Parks. Private Grounds and
Particularly Railway Right of Way,
by Patrick Foy.

Cut and Bank Treating to Eliminate
the Cost of Ditching and Embanking,
by H. S. Moulder.

The Rockery in Landscape Garden-
ing, by C. W. Eichling.

The Most Suitable Right of Way
Hedge Plant, by J. A. Byrne.

Also papers by J. K. Wingert and R.
J. Rice.

A very handsome book of views was
shown us, illustrating the work of va-
rious delegates on their home railway
grounds. Thanks are due Past-Presi-
dent Vail and Secretary Hutchison for
courtesies received.

A. F. F.

Tacoma.

SUPPLY PLENTIFUL.

Several reasons may be given to ac-
count for present dullness among Ta-
coma florists, but not a lack of sup-
plies, for they are more plentiful than
usual, and notwithstanding the hot, dry
weather, the quality is good. Many
people are camping or living out at the
lakes, beaches and out picking berries
in Puyallup Valley that are flower buy-
ers and that each one of these may
be counted a "prospect out." However.
September may be looked forward to
for better business. Field carnations
have made a good growth and are be-
ing planted in, and next season will
very likely see them more plentiful as
Davis and Goldsack are expecting to
plant in several houses. Formerly this
establishment was used in growing let-
tuce, tomatoes and cucumbers.

NOTES.

Mrs. M. E. Haydin and Mrs. Watson
have united or combined the two
stores and are now nicely located at
938 C street. Mrs. Watson has aban-
doned the store in the Public Market.
The place formerly occupied by Mrs.
Watson is newly fitted out and being
conducted as cut flower store by the
Evergreen Co.

S. L. H.

wasnlngfton.

TRADE VERT DtlLL.

With good stock not over plentiful
and asters fair, there is nothing out
of the usual run of stock. Gladioli are
coming in fast and are fair in quality,
while dahlias are only good with noth-
ing to brag about. With all of the
leading florists in Boston, there is not
much to say; as is always the cass

when they go away, business stops.
All local florists claim funeral work is
the only thing that is keeping them
open.

G. C. D.

OBITUARY.

The Late George Dickson.

George Dickson, well known Irish
rosarian and disseminator of garden
peas, died at his home, Belfast, New-
townards, Ireland, on Thursday, Au-
gust 13, 1914, at the age of 83 years.
Mr. Dickson, during his lifetime, was
known to thousands of florists who
have grown Killarney, Liberty, Mrs.
Jardine, Melody and the lovely Fire-
flame. A number of popular varieties
of sweet peas are also closely identified
with his name. For distinguished
services in horticulture the Victoria
medal of honor was conferred upon
him by the Royal Horticultural So-
ciety of England in 1907. He had
been president of the. Newtownards

The Late George Dickson.

Horticultural Society for upward of 50
years. While relieved several years
ago from active work by his sons, he
was still greatly interested in the an-
nual introductions of the firm of which
he had so long been head. He is sur-
vived by six sons, five of whom are
active in the business, while the sixth
is a solicitor in Belfast, and in charge
of the legal end of the business.
George Dickson's death will be regret-
ted by a host of friends both in the
trade and in private life.

Mrs. Edward A. Fetters.

Mrs. Edward A. Fetters, wife of the
well and favorably known florist, of
Detroit, Mich., was drowned Sunday,
August 16, in Lake St. Clair, at a
point on the Canadian shore about 10
miles above Detroit. Mrs. Fetters,
with her husband and son-in-law, was
sailing on the lake opposite their sum-
mer cottage, when a sudden squall
capsized their craft, throwing all of
the party into the water. Mr. Fetters
made frantic efforts to save his wife,
diving for her until exhausted, being
rescued himself three hours later by
a passing launch, he having clung to
the overturned boat. Mrs^ Fetters
was about fifty years of age, was ac-
tive in club life and a member of sev-
eral charitable and civic organizations.

She formerly resided in Cleveland, and
besides her husband, is survived by
an only daughter, Mrs. Stephen
Wells. The funeral took place from
the late residence 252 Chicago boule-
vard, Wednesday, August 19, at two
p. m. Interment was at Elmwood Cem-
etery.

J. F. S.

S. A. F. Convention Bowling.

Many handsome and useful awards
were presented to the successful con-
testants in the annual bowling tourna-
ment of the Ladies' Society of Ameri-
can Florists. The awards and winners
are as follows :

BOTTLE PINS.

1st, Mrs. Bauer, .'(!25, Ladies' S. A. F.
prize.

2d, Mrs. Shafer, electrolier, Boston
Ladies' S. A. P. prize.

3d, Mrs. Geo. Smith, cut glass vase,
Mrs. W. W. Edgar prize.

4th. Mrs. Golsner, clock, Mrs. B. H.
Tracy prize.

5th, Mrs. Traendly, colonial pitcher
Mrs. W. R. Nicholson prize.

6th, Mrs. Manda, German fern dip,
P. L. Carbone prize. '

7th, Miss M. Meinhardt, Italian
flower jar, P. L. Carbone prize.

9th, Miss Cook, silver cup, A. M.
Herr prize.

9th, Mrs. Ethel Fisher Clapp, silver
photo frame, Elmer D. Smith prize.

10th. Mrs. C. E. Critchell, sugar
bowl and creamer, Elmer D. Smith
prize.

Best single game, Mrs. Bauer, .flO
gold. Poehlman Bros, prize.

Most strikes, Mrs. Golsner, $5 gold.
H. F. Michell Co. prize.

Most spares, Mrs. Geo. Smith, silver
cup, Penn, the Florist, prize.

men's bowling scorks.

The men's annual bowling tourna-
ment, which was rolled Thursday after-
noon on the new Boston alleys, was
hotly contested by six teams of picked
players, representing Boston. Chicago.
Philadelphia, Buffalo, Baltimore and
New York. The contest was very ex-
citing until New York's first game was
announced 956, a record for a S. A. F.
five-men single game in S. A. F. bowl-
ing. Then it was a question as to
which team would be second, and Buf-
falo finally won out. The scores fol-
low :

New York.

John Donaldson 163 157 164— 484

J. Manda 149 197 141—487

J. Fenrloh 228 181 190— .599

Wm. Duckham 182 171 174 — 527

J. Mlesen 234 171 159-564

956 S77 828—2661
Buffalo.

C. Sandiford 206 109 164 — 479

G. Streit 149 125 167— 441

D. J. Scott 136 149 140—42.1

R. A. Scott 140 123 147—410

C. Schoenhut 189 149 152— 490

820 655 770—2245
Philadelphia,

H. Betz 160 162 118—440

John Kuhn 118 146 120— 3S4

Geo. Craig 161 113 139—413

Wm. Graham 146 151 178—475

Connor 160 148 148— 45S

745 720 703— 216S
Baltimore.

J. J. Perry 142 170 1.52-464

J. H. Moss 138 97 147 — 382

V. C. Bauer 134 121 117—372

H. Lehr 130 116 117— 36.'?

C. Seybold 177 158 19&— 530

721 662 728—2111
Chicago.

W. Wolt Ill 151 138— 40O

S. Fre.and 55 83 83— 221

Geo. Asmus 145 135 igg — 4451

P. Peterson 1.55 141 124 — 420

John Zeck 160 184 190— 534

626 694 703—2023
Boston.

Louis J. Reutor 1.5S 148 \W^ 439

B. MoGintT 106 106 1015— 317

Wm. R. Nicholson 136 131 145 — 412

W. A. McAIpine 137 llo 144 — 39i:

E. Allen Pearce li'O 121 189 419

846 621 71 B— 1983

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Aug.

22.

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THIS ISSUE 68 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

The Boston ..liiiveution (illus.) 237

— Convention proceedings 237

— F. R. Pierson's response 238

— President Wirth's address 238

—P. Welch (portrait! 238

— Dan Mac Eorie (portrait) 239

— Secretary Young's report 241

— Treasurer Kasting's report 242

. — Washington Representative's report 242

— Smith memorial committee report 243

— Entomologist's report 243

— School gardening committee report 244

— Tariff and legislation committee 245

— Rose garden committee 245

— San Francisco wins 1915 convention 248

— President's reception 248

— Wednesday's proceedings 249

^Florist Telegraph Delivery Ass'n...; 249

. — Ladies' Society of American Florists 249

— National Flower show committee report. . .249

— Nomination of officers ■ ; 249

—Awards 249

— Affiliation adopted 250

— Ladies' howling contest 250

— Thursday's proceedings 250

— Florists' Hail Association 250

— American Gladiolus Society 251

— Electloii,of officers.. ..251

— The convention garden 251

. — Florists' supplies 254

— Financial report 255

—The visitors ., 256

Chrysanthemums 258

—Care of the plants 258

Poison ivy 258

Railway Gardening Association 259

Wasldngton 259

Tacoma 259

Obituary— The late Geo. Dickson (portrait) .259

-Mrs. E. A. Fetters , 259

Panama-Paciflc exposition 260

Canadian horticulturists visit Dale estate 260

Washington fall flower show 260

Tacoma Rose Society 260

Massachusetts Hort. Society 260

San Francisco 262

Terre Haute. Ind 262

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society 262

Baltimore 263

OUlahoma City 263

Providence, R. 1 263

Chicago 266

Buffalo 269

Cleveland 269

Harrison. N. Y 269

Nashville 270

St. Louis 270

Cincinnati 270

Philadelphia 272

Providence, R. 1 273

.New York 274

Boston 274

The Lancaster County Florists' Club 276

Providence. R. 1 275

Trans-Atlantic sailings resumed 276

l.rf)s Angeles 2.S0

The seed trade 282

— Daehnfeldt's American Representative 282

— Axel Knudsen (portrait) 282

— Ward wins 282

— Murder, nothing else 282

— Import news 282

The nursery trade 286

— Framingham Nurs., Framingham. Mass... 286

— Chestnut disease 286

Market gardeners 288

— A new cabbage from China 288

We are indebted to the Royal Hor-
ticultural Society of England for copy
of an interesting and valuable pamph-
let on the "Origin and History of
Garden Vegetables," to which is added
their dietic values, by Bev. Prof. G.
Henslow, with numerous illustrations.

Next convention, San Francisco,
1915.

Cables Ordering ruscus failed to
pass censorship. Maybe they thought
it a new kind of air gun.

Personal.

■&. Swoboda, of Hess & Swoboda,
Omaha. Neb., was in Belgium with his
lirother Paul, July 26-27 and will prob-
nbly be able to tell something of the
war excitement on his return.

Panama-Pacific Exposition.

PALACE OF HORTICULTURE.

The great green, glass dome of the
Palace of Horticulture at the Panama-
Pacific Exposition can be seen from all
the bay regions except where the hills
obscure it. Tliis glass dome is 38(5
feet in height and 152 feet in di-
ameter, rising in a great graceful
.sweep that makes the building one of
the most beautiful, if not the most
beautiful, on the grounds, ^t night
the dome will be illuminated from
within by colored searchliglits, which
will make it seem alive and sparkling
with all the colors of the spectrum,
like some huge soap bubble. A re-
volving disk with segments of different
colors will pass over a battery of
powerful searchlights and these colored
rays will be diffused by varied shaded
lenses. It Will be a veritable fairj-
land at night when the different hor-
ticultural exhibits are in place.

Canadian Horticulturists Vi^it Dale Estate.

Nearly 200 delegates to the annual
convention of the Canadian Horticul-
tural Society held at Toronto, Aug.
4-7, were guests of the Dale Estate,
Brampton, Ont., Wednesday. Aug. 5.
The party journeyed to Brampton
by special train, and after a round
of inspection of the premises, light
refreshments were served to the
visitors on the lawn under the trees
where Mrs, Ted Dale. Mrs. Ed. Dale,
and the other members of the Dale
family, assisted by Mi.ss Dorothy Dug-
gan, Miss Bessie Dale. Miss Helen
Hall, Miss Aggie Anderson, Miss E.
Robinson, Miss M. Hewetson, Miss I.
Franks, Miss A. Davey, Miss M.
French. Miss M. McGill, Miss E, Fend-
ley. Miss D. Boulter. Miss M. Blain
and Miss G. McClelland,, hospitably
looked after them for the rest of the
afternoon. A vote of thanks was pro-
posed by the visitors to the Dale Es-
tate and Mr, T. W. Duggan for hav-
ing brought about such a successful
outing. J. E. K.

Washington Ball Flower Show.

Retail florists, growers, wliolesalers,
. and the landscape gardeners employed
on the large estates and the govern-
ment reservations in and around Wash-
ington are organizing in preparation
for what is declared will be one of the
largest flower shows ever held in this
section of the country. The show will
be given during the week of November
2 to 8, inclusive, under the auspices of
the Florists' Club of Washington, at
Old Masonic Temple. That the people
of this city may have an opportunity
of viewing .the productions of growers
in other cities, the latter have been
extended an invitation to make dis-
plays in competition with the Wash-
ington florists, and a number of these
have already accepted,

A large guarantee fund has been sub-
scribed by the members of the local
club and no expense will be spared to
make the show a great success. Fred
H. Kramer is chairman of the execu-
tive committee, comprised of William
F. Gude, R. L. Jenkins. George H.
Cooke, and Clarence 1., Unz,

Tacoma Rose Society.

At a meeting of the Tacoma Rose
Society held August 11 at the Com-
mercial Club rooms plans were laid
for Thanksgiving and Christmas rose
shows to be held in tlie Commercial
Club rooms. Cups for the Seven-Mon-
days rose shows held at the Commer-
cial Ciub were presented to the win-
ners. Opinion was expressed that roses
wjU become a "gold dollar asset" to
Tacom.a when the outside world comes
to know this community as a city of
roses. It was figured that Tacoma
^yill get many valuable iiiches of pub-
licity in eastern newspapers and jour-
nals from the Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas shows. An amendment to the
constitution was adopted providing
that the retiring board of trustees each
year shall serve one year as an ad-
visory board. President Hunt called
attention to the fact that the annual
election will be held at the next meet-
ing, in September, and he said ne
would not be a candidate for re-elec-
tion. Beautiful roses were brought to
the meeting by Capt. Dobson and Mr,
Holme, and dahlias by John Yant of
Puyallup and Mrs. Peterson.

Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

A splendid display of plants and
flowers, both in point of numbers and
variety and quality of blooms, aug-
mented by an excellent display in the
varieties of fruits and vegetables, all
in keen competition for awards in their
respective classes, marked the gladi-
olus and phlox exhibition of the Mas-
sachusetts Horticultural Society, held
August 8-9, 1914. The competition, es-
pecially in the gladiolus and phlox ex-
hibits brought forth some splendid
showings, and in addition to trade
awards, a number of private grow-
ers received merited recognition.
Among the latter class, an award was
made to Mrs. Friederick Ayer for a
display of gladioli, named and un-
named, filling 100 vases, and arranged
with foliage for effect. Thomas E,
Proctor was awarded a gold medal for
a display of caladiums, while silver
medals were given to James Marl-
borough for culture of fancy caladiums,
and the Mt, Desert Nurseries for a
splendid display of aconitum. The
latter also received certificates of merit
for Astibiles June and Silver White,

In the trade awards for perennial
phloxes, twelve named varieties, one
truss of each, recognition was given to
F. J. Rea, T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co.,
and the Eastern Nurseries, respectively.
In a general display of gladioli, in not
less than 30 vases, named, T. C, Thur-
low's Sons Co. were first, F. J. Rea.
second, and Bay State Nurseries, third.

In the gladioli competition, William
Sim captured first honors in the dis-
play of 12 named varieties, one spray
of each; also first award for 50 spikes
of gladioli, any named variety. Cham-
berlain & Gage were given the award
for a basket or hamper, artistically ar-
ranged.

The following were among the suc-
cessful contestants for gratuities :
William Sim, display of gladioli;
Chamberlain & Gage, display of glad-
ioli; B, Hammond Tracy, display of
gladioli; E, F. Dwyer & Son, dahlias;
Gustav Olson, display of Shasta daisy:
William Nicholson, display of Buddleia
variabilis varieties; Bay State Nursei-
ies, display of herbaceous flowers;
Eastern Nurseries, display of hardy
perennials. Honorable mention was
given to R. & J. Farquhar & Co., for
herbaceous flowers; William Nicholson.
Buddleia variabilis varieties; A. M.
Davenport, display of heliotrope: John
Lewis Childs. new Gladiolus Whitest
White.

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Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this ofTice
eiio.oso 10 eents extra to cover postajie, etc.

Situation Wanted- Id a Chicago wholesale cut
tiower house; experienced salesman and packer.
.'\ddriss Key 44'1. can- .American Florist.

Situation Wanted — On larne private estate as
foreman gardener. Practical experience in a 1
branches. None but first-class estate.

Key 443. care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted By young linglishman, six
years experiencr in hardy perennials, shruhs and
general line of bedding stock. Chicago iireferted.

.\ddress Key 454. care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted-Practical experienced gard-
ener desires a position on large private estate.
Expert on melons and fruits under glass or
outside, also anything pertaining to gardening
culture. Wages JSOoO per month for start.
Address. Key 451. care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted— .As foreman to lake entire
charge by a first class grower of cut flowers and
plants, over ,SI) years' experience; commercial or
institution. Has firsi-class reference as to abiliiy.
etc D. P. NELiiON. 640 Front st .

Ripley. Hancock. P. O.. Mich.

Situation Wanted— By a young man 1\ years of
age; thoroughly competent florist in all branches
propagating, growing, etc.; sta'c particulars in
first letter; can furnish good references; com-
mercial or private. .Address

Key 448. care .American Florist

Situation Wanted -.As foreman or manager, by
a German; married; 32 years old. Has 12 years
practical experience. First class grower of roses,
carnati'^ns and chrysanthemums: southern and
northern experience; best of references. State
full particulars in first letter; good wages expect-
ed. .Address Key 423. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By energetic floiist as a
working foreman; single; German; strictly sober;
25 years of age; Hie experience; first class grov^'er
of cut flowers and potted plants; good hustler
and good designer, and decorator. Can produce
the goods, handle help. etc. Wages $20.WJ per
week. Address, ^,

Key 418, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Bv experienced grower;
married, two children; age 3h; for many years
grower with the largest cut flower establishments:
know the business in all its branches; is of good
working capacity; can fill position as loreman;
good wages expected: state particulars in first
letter. Address

Key 4,37, care American Florist

Situation Wanted -By energetic German florist
and landscape gardener of ability ss manager or
foreman, commercia', public parks or private,
.Age 35. Up to-datc in all branches of floriculture,
landscape girdeningandgreenhouseconstruction.
Can handle help and produce results. What can
you otter me.' Full iiarticulars olease.

0. Werner. R F. 3. Starkweather, N. D.

Help Wanted— Reliable lady to assist florist and
take care of small household in Chicago. Address
Key 446, care .Ame'ican Florist.

Help Wanted— A good carnation grower. State
wages expected in first letter. Good steady job to
the right man Kdward T.^tro.

407 E. Iron .A«e.. Salina. Kansas.

Help Wanted— Retail store man of excelNni
cbaiacter. a part of whose work is to run and lakf
care of Ford delivery car Position op.n from
now into -eptember. Apply

Anna Grace Sawyer. Pansy Florist.
4044 W. Madison St.. Chicago.

Help Wanted— Head gardener married, without
children, lo take charge of country place of ab.'Ut
100 acres composed of fl -wer gardens, lawn and
woods: situated on Lake Erie twenty miles frMiu
Buffalo Present head gardener leaving to go in
farming for himself, after ten years service. Mate-
age, nationality, religion, and experience. Must
have best of references. .Address

Key 434. care .American Florist.

For Rent-Greenhouse racge. six houses, about
lO.OUO square feet of glass, with store and sheds
attached, in verv favorable retail location W rile
for particulars, giving references as to financial
responsibility character, etc.

CfRRiE Bros. Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.

For Sale or Rent - Creenhouse of 5C00 feet. Two
blocks of cemetery, two blocks of park, with
room to enlarge, in city of 5fK 0.

Wm. 8. Horbs, Tipton. Ind.

for Sale — New Pierce- .Arrow delivery car. Bar-
gain if taken at once. Wm. F. Schoeiei.d.

734 North State St.. Chicago.

For Sale^Can give an experienced florist with
SIOOO OB cath. an exceptional good deal on green
bouse prcpertv in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Impl Co., Brady. Mont.

For Sale- A bargain in a 10 0(0 foot radation
hot water boiler, ustd two and one-half months.
Open for inspiction. Price J200.01I. For further
information write or phone Peter Ahebn.
;8.'2 Wayne .-Ive,, Chicago.

Phone Edgewater 2:60.

For Sale— Well established retail florist
business on a busy thoroughfare in Chicago.
Easy terms to the right party. Reason for selling
wish to retire. Anyone desiring to secure a fine
paving business in a geod locality would do well
to investiEate this offer for it ista splendid buy
and an unusual offering Address.

Key 430 care American Florist

For Sale— Two large hot water boilers !4 x 5 ft..
4 in. flues. Guaranteed to be in goc d condition.
Used3vears Price *150 00 each, on hoa'd cars
here. Also about 100 ventilator sash with glass
3 ft. X 2 ft. 10 in,. 4 lights glass, red cedar wood,
price $100 each. Red cedar panel doors with
frame, SI, SO each. Doors without frames, $1,00
each. This material was used only 3 years and
is nearly good as new. Geo. Reinberg,

162 N. Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

Big Boiler Bargain

Hot wairr boiler, used on'y two months. Big
snap. $20(1.00 rash tak. s it. .\nswer immediately.
Key 450, care American Florist.

40,000 Feet of Glass

FOR SALE CHEAP.

$10 000 takes ihe place and two acres of land.
$2,000 down and the rest on easy payments. Big
bargain If you want lo start in business for your-
self in CliicakTO. investigate this otter immediately.
Now. .Address

Key 453, care American Florist.

Large place in New Jersey, near NewA'ork City.
30,0ij0 feel of glass larf e dwelling, and furniture,
barn, horses and automobile. Well established
business, local and wholesale also large landscape
business. Place is near railroad and trolley, is m
first class condition all up-to-date improvements.
Price very reasonable: owner must sell at once,
going west. Particulars.

CHAS. MILIANG,
55 W. 26tti St.. New York City.

Nursery at Sacrifice

Here is an unusual opportunity to acfiuire a
Complete, up-to date Nursery, with modern equip-
ment in thriving city of the Noithwest. Business
well established. Good terms. Will take part
payment in stock. Best reasons for selling. A
snap if takin at on< e. Address.

Key 439. care American Florist.

EXPERIENCED GARDENER

Seeks re-engagement this fall, "any-
where east of the Mississippi," as head
of commercial or private estate; expert
greenhouse manager, market gardener,
orchardist, farmer; what can you offer
me? Married. State wages. Address,

Key 440, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted: Storeman

By a young man age 20, English has a business
education, desires some large retail florist to take
him in and teach him designing and decorating.
Have selling experience. 3 years in the business.
A-1 reference. Kansas City or the middle west
preferred. Open for position September 15. What
have you to otter nii "' Address.

Key 447. care American Florist.

GROWER WANTED.

I wish to get in touch with a good
grower of roses, carnationsand pot plants
who has two or three thousand dollarsto
invest and wishes to get into business
(wholesale) for himself. I can offer the
opportunity of a lifetime. Address,
Key 427, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED

Superintendent of parks and cemeteries. C.S.
citizen of large northwestern metropolis, wishes
to change position on account of political reasons.
Thoroughly experienced in park ard cemetery
work Able to draw plans for townships, parks
and cemeteries as well as able to give estimates for
above named works. Has been employed in large
landscape work, on exposition, college grounds
and golf links, etc. Passed by the German board
of forestry Prizewinner in the Texas cemetery
competition. Original plans and drawings sent
on request. Best rehrenccs. Address,

Key 462, care American Florist.

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San Francisco.

FUNEBAL WOBK INCEEASES BUSINESS.

The stores this week are showing a
great variety of cut flowers. Owing
to several large funerals during the
weeli floral work moved along pretty
well. Good carnations are getting
rather scarce and will remain so until
the new crop appears. There is a great
wealth of outdoor stock coming in of
all kinds. Dahlias, in particular, are
in great abundance, and some of the
cactus varieties are selling well. In-
side roses are still of poor quality.
Outdoor Cecile Brunners are very fine
and as this variety is hardly ever af-
fected with mildew it is a great favor-
ite. Sweet peas are plentiful, but poor,
the stems being very short. There
seems to be a glut of Lilium rubrum
and Lilium album. We have seen
splendid stock of these two lilies going
begging at 75c to $1.00 per dozen.
There are few, if any, orchids to be
had and the small lots of cattleyas re-
ceived are quickly absorbed. There is
an enormous quantiti:_Qf asters arriv-
ing daily, chiefly from the Chinese and
Japanese growers. These bring, if the
quality is of the best, from 75c to $1.00
per bunch of ten dozen each. White
and flesh-pink sell best. It is impos-
sible to dispose of the dark reds and
purple. Amaryllis of the different varie-
ties are being shipped in and bring
about .$2.00 per 100. There is plenty
of greens of all kinds.

NOTES.

Quite a number, if not all, of the
growers adjacent to this city are tak-
ing a lively interest in the constitu-
tional amendment, namely, compulsory
eight-hour law, to be voted on this fall.
If this law passes it will probably mean
that some of the large growers will be
required to work two shifts. This will
place them at a great disadvantage
when competing with the Japanese and
Chinese growers, as the latter, including
employer and employes, are always
partners, and as a consequence can
work as many hours as they please.

The exhibition committee of the
Menlo Park Horticultural Society at its
meeting last week definitely decided to
accept the offer of the Chamber of Com-
merce of Palo Alto and hold their fall
show there on October 2:i, 24 and 25.
The committee reports that subscrip-
tions are coming in freely, so every-
thing points to a splendid show. The
regular monthly meeting of the society
was held Thursday evening, August 13.

The European war at this writing is
having absolutely no effect upon the
work at the Panama-Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition. The immense land-
scape undertaking is moving along in
the even tenor of its way as if nothing
out of the ordinary was taking place.
Thousands of plants and shrubs are be-
ing planted weekly, and we are advised
that the work is to continue without
any interruption whatever.

Most of our chrysanthemum growers
report that the tarnished or cinch bug
is not so prevalent as last season. This
is something to be grateful for, be-
cause last season saw the dire results
of its depredation, notwithstanding the
fact that most of the plants were grown
in cheesecloth houses, and it might be
added they were equally as destructive
under glass.

H. Piath. Eric James. M. H. Ebel and
Dan MaoRorie comprised a group of
growers v»ho paid a visit to their breth-
ren along the peninsula last Friday.
Messrs. Plath and MacRorie leave in a
few days, accnmpanied by R. Ferrari,
for the convention in Boston. We hojie
they will bring the 1015 convention
back with them.

All the prominent nurserymen and
norist.s were represented at Redwood
City last week at the meeting of the
fair commission of San Mateo county.
The war scare had its effect on tlie
county commissioners, so no very im-
portant work was done. This will be

decided in a definite manner at the next
regular meeting.

The Art Floral Co. reports a very
material Increase in business since its
consolidation with J. Eppstein. Both
Mr. Matrais and Mr. Eppstein are hard
workers and deserve every success.
Luke Urich of the firm is away in the
mountains taking a well earned rest.

The Leonard Coates Co. report hav-
ing had a splendid season, but just at
present are on the anxious seat as to
where next season's fruit stocks are to
come from. This firm is also specializ-
ing in the different flowering eucalyp-
tus and have a notable collection.

Patrick Orr, who has been head sales-
man for some years for the Fairmont
Floral Co. on Powell street, has severed
his connection with that company. The
new automobile added to the delivery
service of this firm is proving to be a
splendid advertisement.

"Heine" Cooper, of the M. H. Ebel
staff at Sacramento, has returned to
that city after his honeymoon trip.
"Heine" was the recipient of many con-
gratulations, as he is one of the most
deservedly popular boys in the trade.

Pelicano, Rossi & Co. are showing
some grand plants of gloxinias in their
Kearney street store. They are remark-
ably well grown and have been the ob-
jects of much favorable comment.

E. W. McLellan and family have left
for a motor trip to Mt. Shasta, to last
one month. They have, taken along a
complete camping outfit and will rough
it as long as they are gone.

G. N.

Terre Haute, Ind

BU.SINESS ABOVE THE AVEBAGE.

The summer dullness is here, al-
though there has been quite a run on
funeral work and business has been a
little above the average. The weather
has been remarkably warm nearly all
summer and at two different times
Terre Haute has been the hottest point
in the United States. The summer has
been unusually dry until the last two
days when we have had about two
inches of rain, but in many sections it
came too late to be of much benefit to
corn and outdoor crops, many thou-
sands of acres have fired from
the drouth and dried up to nearly the
tops. Carnations that were planted in
the field are very small and stock is
scarce. All asters come from the north
and only a few short roses are coming
in.

NOTES.

The Davis Co., who purchased 75
acres on So. Seventh street, have ma-
terial for one large house on the ground
and will erect it immediately, and an-
other will follow. This will, no doubt,
be the largest vegetable growing estab-
lishment in this part of the country.
Two houses will be planted to cu-
cumbers this fall. It is an ideal place
for vegetables and admirably located,
situated on two railroads and switches
are also being built into the grounds
from both electric and steam roads.

Henry Graham has sold his green-
houses to his Son. Harry, who will con-
tinue the business. Henry Graham came
to this city 36 years ago and built up
a splendid trade. He will retire
from active business and will spend
this winter in Los Angeles, Calif., with
his daughter.

HeinI & Weber, on Plumb street,
have erected one new house, 30x100
feet, this summer and have it planted
to carnations. They also have one
house of poin.settias. Their carnations
are all iilanted.

Mrs. Fred Wunker died at Mt. Pleas-
ant, Mich., and was buried in the family
lot there. Fred has the sympathy of
the entire trade. His carnations are all
jilantPd and look fine.

John G. Heinl & Son report a good
summer business. Fred Heinl is lend-
ing his assistance to the Davis Com-
pniiy in pinnning their place.

Harry Richmond, who has been doing
a general business on Beach street, has
moved his establishment to Sullivan,
Ind.

N. B. & C. E. Stover have just pur-
chased two Ford automobiles and will
do away with horse delivery.

Cowan Bros, are putting cement
benches in several of their houses. Their
carnations are all planted.-

N. B. S.

Westchester and Fairfleld Hort. Society.

ANNUAL OUTING.

The outing held by the Westchester
and Fairfleld Horticultural Society at
Edward's Rye Beach Inn, August 11.
was a great success and there was a
large attendance of members with their
families and friends. There was also
present a large delegation from leading
seed houses and nursery firms, who all
helped to make things lively, and an
excellent shore dinner was served that
was greatly enjoyed by all who sat at
the tables. The athletic events were
all well contested. The old-fashioned
game of breaking the flower pots was
an interesting feature of the games
and caused a lot of fun and many
hearty laughs. The results of the
various contests are as follows :

Throwing 16-lb. hammer — Thos. Ait-
cheson, 62 ft. 2 in.. 1st; William Whit-
tin. 59 ft. 8 in., 2nd.

Putting 16-Ib. shot— William Whittin,
33 ft. 10 in., 1st; George Aitcheson. 32
ft., 2nd.

Running broad jump — W. J. Sealey,
1st; Colin Aitcheson, 2nd.

Standing high jump— Wm. Whittin,
1st; J. B. Roy, 2nd.

One hundred yard dash — W. J. Sea-
ley, 1st; Wm. Whittin, 2nd.

Boys' race (under 16 years) — Fred-
erick Henderson, 1st; Walter Foster.
2nd.

Old men's race — Alfred Nichols. 1st;
John Henderson, 2nd.

Fat men's race — Charles Adcock, 1st;
M. Cranshaw, 2nd.

Ladies' race — Mrs. Olsen, 1st; Miss
Wood, 2nd.

Girls' race (under 10 years) — Agnes
Aitcheson, 1st; Catherine Tindrigen.
2nd.

Ladies' football kick — Mrs. Whittin,
1st; Mrs. Olsen, 2nd.

Aunt Sally contest for ladies — Mrs.
Tongh won.

Matched game of quoits between mem-
bers of Westchester and Fairfield
counties— Fairfield county team won.
Score: 21 to 19.

The football, baseball and tug-of-war
contests were called on account of rain.
Everybody departed at an early hour,
well -satisfied with the day's pleasures

CLUB MEETING.

The monthly meeting of the West-
chester and Fafrfield Horticultural So-
ciety was held at Doran's Hall, Green-
wich, Conn.. Friday evening. August
14, President Williamson in the chair.
A remarkable feature of this meeting
was due to the fact that it was the
smallest meeting in the history of the
society, about 30 members being pres-
ent. The hot weather and the effects
of the "outing" were probablv con-
tributing causes. Two new members
were elected and one application for
membership was received. The outing
committee made a final report and was
discharged with the thanks of the so-
ciety. The secretary read several let-
ters from friends of the society offer-
ing substantial additions to the pre-
mium list for the fall show.' The final
schedule will be issued in September
and will be similar to that of 1913,
with a few alterations and several
additional special prizes. The W. & F.
Society will be well represented at the
convention of the S. A. F. & O. H. at
Boston, Mass. The monthly exhibit
was not so large, but very choice. A. L.
Marshall was highly commended for a
very fine display of choice named sorts

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263

Peerless Pink

The Peerless Leader
Among Carnations.

1^1 blooms per plant October 1 to January 1, at 3c per bloom, 22Hc per plant. Your cost and 12Hc
profit in 3 months. Buy the plants now; pay for them January 1. You cannot make a mistake, we
guarantee Peerless to be all we claim for it.

Healthy field grown plants ready, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

OTHER VARIETIES-

100

White Perfection $7.00

Beacon 7.00

Benora, variegated 7.00

Encliantress 6.00

1000

$60.00

60.00

60 00

45.00

100

Rose Pinlf Encliantress $6.00

Gloriosa (small) 6.00

Pinl£ Deligtlt (small) 6.00

1000

$45.00

60.00

50.00

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

A. T. PYFER, Mgr.

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL.

of the newer varieties of gladioli.
Fred Lagerstam was accorded a vote
of thanlis for a vase of Statice latifo-
lia, mixed vase of heliopsis and pinl<
phlox; and a handsome vase of asters
that were remarkable for size of
blooms and length of stem. A vote of
thanks was given to P. W. Popp for a
display of pansies. Kennedy & Hunt-
er, Inc., offer prizes for the best three
vases, three species of outdoor flowers,
at the next meeting, September 11. A
fine display is anticipated.

P. W. POPP.

Baltimore.

EAIN BELIEVES LONG DROUGHT.

A most delightful, refreshing rain
visited this section this week and
everything has livened up and taken
on new life. This was the first real
rainfall since April, just a shower or so
occasionally being the case until last
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
when we had a most seasonable down-
pour.

NOTES.

The Baltimore florists' delegation
left from this city Friday. August 14,
for Boston, the convention city, on the
steamer "Powhatan" of the M. & M.
line. The out-of-town florists were met
by the Baltimore florists early in the
afternoon of Friday and a luncheon at
the Belvedere hotel and an automobile
ride out in the country were the pre-
lude to the trip. Among the Baltimore
delegation were : A. Anderson and
wife, J. A. Ritter and wife. Geo. S.
Kalb and wife. J. H. Keplinger and
wife, R. V. Vincent and wife, J. H.
Moss and wife, R. L. Graham and wife.
F. C. Bauer and wife, Henry Lehr and
B. W. Anspon.

Among the Pittsburgh delegates
were the following : J. P. W. Ludwlg
and wife, E,^ C. Reineman and wife. D.
L. Elliott and wife. Misses Bertha
Rath, A. W. Suhr, Sauer, Amelia Menn,
Nettie Endus, Amelia Hinkel and
Messrs. H. L. Merhant, J. F. Zimmer-
man. W. Leow, J. Thomas and F.
Burke.

Among the Virginia delegates were
Mesdames E. P. White, E. Bieler, C.
F. Steiss and Misses Julia and Alice
McCarron. B.

Oklalioma City.

RAINS IMPROVE CONDITIONS.
Cool pleasant weather with occa-
sional invigorating showers has been
our climatic conditions during the
week Just passed and all vegetation is
showing a marked improvement. We

Calif. Calla Bulbs

Dian er Per 100 Per 1000

1 ^ to 1>.. -inch $5.50 $50.00
1 % to 2-inch 8.50 80.00

lYz to 3-inch 12.00

All Other Bulbs Arriving

Order Now

Vaughan^s Seed Store,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

are getting no home grown cut flow-
ers that are of much value as yet,
however. The Stiles Co., at their
greenhouses have gladioli in lath
houses but they are not doing so well
as they might. The bulbs were planted
somewhat late with a view to having
a good crop of late blossoms and the
question arises, would the bulbs have
shown better results had they been
kept in cold storage until the were
planted? Of course dry. hot winds can
affect crops grown in a lath house
even, and to say the least, there is
plenty of room for experimental work
along the lines of producing cut flow-
ers during summer time in this cli-
mate. Business is only "so-so." neither
worse nor better than is usual in city
stores during the summer months;
fairly good asters and gladioli are re-
ceived here regularly from Colorado
points.

NOTES.

Some of the store boys held an out-
ing at "Briarwood," a pleasure resort
on the interurban line, on Sunday.
Aug. 16.

C. E Franke. of the park department
is recovering from a fractured rib sus-
tained a short time ago.

C. T. Bickes. of the Stiles Co.'s staff
is back from a vacation spent in the
northern cities. S. S. B.

Dayton. O. — The Dayton Florists'
Club will resume educational and trade
discusi^ion at its meeting September 3.

Providence, R. I.

TRADE QUIET.

Business the past week has been
rather quiet, floral work is about the
only thing to keep one busy. Asters
are coming in very fast now but are
not quite up to the standard, or what
they should be for this timo. of the
year. The cloudy weather we have
been having has affected them some-
what.

NOTES.

Albert Holscher of Johnson, has
more than 40,000 chrysantehmum
plants in his houses now for next fall.
He makes a specialty of the Jones and
Mrs. Chadwick and has very fine speci-
mens of these flowers.

Joseph Kopleman has put a large
number of carnation plants in his new
house, including several new varieties.

James Crawshaw. of Barrington, is
still supplying the trade with aspara-
gus plumosus that is very good.

E. R. Seymore of Warren, has a
large quantity of Boston ferns that
will be the best ever this fall

Olney Williams, of Pocassett, is on
the sick list, but is reported as feel-
ing better. H. A. T.

Woodland. Calif. — Tolo County Hor-
ticultural Commissioner G. H. Hecke
and H. S. Maddox, secretary of the
Yolo county board of trade, held a
meeting at Suisun July 28, at which
they discussed the proposed eight-hour
law, which is being fought throughout
the state by the farmers.

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Aug. 22,

POEHLMA

72-74 E, Randolph St.

NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

Summer Roses

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sunbu^
Ward, Hadley, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner. Our st(
is:of exceptionally fine quality, and are cut tight especially for long distance si"
ments. Order your roses from us and' you will buy right. Try us now.

Gladioli, Shasta Daisies, Cattleya Gigas and White Dendrobiui

Also Beauties and Carnations

Caster Lilies^"' ^""''^

Lilyof the Valley ouRTxTRrF^sf

good supply.
We Close During August and September at 5 p. m.

Florists' Supplies Department.

special
Discount

of 35% on
Wire Design
Orders
Over $10.00

Our List Price on Wire
Designs is lowest. Let us
estimate on large orders.

SPHAGNUM MOSS

Summer Crop.

Full Standard Bales, - - - 12 for $10.0(

Use your spare time now for making u|
CYCAS WREATHS. We have the specia
size, 8 io 12 inches, in Bronze and Green
$1.50 per hundred.

SHEET MOSS, large bags, each, - $1.5(
PAINT - PUTTY - GLASS CLEANERJ

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265

ta»-

i BROS. CO

ni Distance Phone,
ISandolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

?OEHLIViANN'S 'MUMS

2]^ -inch Pompons and Standards Now Reduced for Quick and Final Clearance.

200,000 late propagated, extra fine healthy stock, all varieties listed by us

Now $2.20 per 100; $20.o6 per 1000.

'OUR 'MUMS and be convinced that our choice coniuiercial varieties are the ones that will bring you the largest returns for the
rut invested. We have a fine healthy lot of nice soft plants 'n splendid growing condition, but we need more room and in order to
■ this stock quickly we are making A BIG REDUCTION IN PRICES. You can now buy any variety listed by us — Pompons or Stand-
, -for $20.00 per 1000. a direct saving of from 26% to 76% on our regular prices. Better hurry your order as this stock will not last
;U these Special prices. Note the price $2.20 per 100; $20.00 oer 1000.

EARLY
WHITE YELLOW

's .Advance Chrysolora

er Frost

Poehlmann PINK

Salomon McNiece

MIDSEASON
WHITE YELLOW

Elise fapworth Bonnaffon

Crocus

LATE
WHITE PINK

Timothy Eaton R E. Loeben

NEW ONES

WHITE- Alice '^aiomon PINK-Chieitain

PINK

Enguehard
Chieftain

BRONZE-0. H. Kahn

BRONZE PINK

Madam Laporte Mrs. Beu j Nellie Ely .-Mvina

SINGLE POMPONS

WHITE-M"nsa BRONZE-Pauline

Parkinson— Sinele yellow

Single Fink

WHITE j YELLOW I RED

Kemmit Krut Madu'e Big Baby Ouinola Latiravere

Skibo Klondyke Baby 1

fo make room we offer for a short time only strong bushv stock of Chrysanthemum pot plants in midseason and late varieties

iding the Cap family. Pompons, Singles and Standard varieties.

5-inch at 26c.; 6-inch at 35c.; 7-iuch at 50c.; ready for a shift. Cap family, 7-in. only. These plants will doub>e in value in (iO days.

SUPREME QUALITY ROSE STOCK

BEST PLANTS THAT MONEY CAN BUY. Growers are always on the lookout for quality rose stock. They realize that the best at the start is the cheapest in
id. When buying plants it is always best to secure your slock from people thai have a reputation for producing the best there is to be had. You cannot get
lettir slock than that which we are offering, for we always ann to give the purchaser the best that our long years of experience enable us to do.

IILADY

Dsing out price. Bargain.
Grafted Plants.

!H inch $ SO.OO per lOOO

iHinch 100.10 per 1000

Own Root.

m inch.... . $.50.00 per 1000

Si'z inch 80.00 per 1000

itra good values- Order today.

GRAFTED ROSES.

2i2-in. Plants.

Mrs. Taft (Bulgarie or Antoine

Revoir), at J12.00 per 100: $100.00

per 1000.
Killarney Brilliant, grafted 2H in., at

$30.rO per 100; K.=;(i.( fi cer 1000: SH-in.

S35.C0 per ICO: $.^llll.Oll per 1000.

3V2-in. Grafted.

Bul^arie, $15 CKi per 100: $135.00 per
1000.

OWN ROOT ROSES.

2y2-in. Plants.

KlUame}, Mrs. Taft, (Bulgarie or
Antoine Revoir), at $6.00 per 100;
$55.00 per 1000.

These prices are in effect now; 3% for
cash in 10 days.

FIELD GROWN

Carnation Plants

Ward, Perfection, Scarlet
Glow, Beacon, $55 per 1000.

Winsor, Lawson, May Day,
$50 per 1000.
FINE HEALTHY STOCK.

Kentia Belmoreana

Single flants

h pots. 5 to 6 leaves,

h pots, 6 to 7 leaves,

h pots, 6 to 7 leaves,

h pots. 6 to 7 leaves,

h tubs, 6 to 7 leaves,

h tubs. 6 to 7 leaves,

h tubs, f) to 7 leaves,

in.

18

24

28 to 30 in.

32 to 34 in.

36 in.

42 to 44 in.

45 to 48 in.

Specimens. $15.1X1 to $25 00.

Kentia Forsteriana

high
high
high
high
high
high
high

Each
$0.35
1. 00
1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.i«

Single Plants

Its. 5 to 6 leaves, 18 to 20 in. high 0 35

Its, 5 to 6 leaves. 28 to 30 in. high 1.00

)ts. 5 to 6 leaves 34 to 36 in. high 1.50

h pots

:h pots, „ .., ., .. ,^,

:h pots. 5 to 6 leaves

Kentia Forsteriana— Continued

Single Plants Each

6 inch pots. 5 to 6 leaves. 38 to 42 in. high $ 2.00
8 inch tubs, 6 to 7 leaves. 46 to 48 in. hieh 3. SO
8 inch tubs. 6 to 7 leaves. 50 to 54 in. high 5.00
10 inch tubs. 6 to 7 leaves. 5 to 5H ft. high 8.00
lU inch tubs. 6 to 7 leaves. 6to6Hft. high 10.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Made-up Plants

8 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 32 in. high 3.50

10 inch tubs. 5 plants in a tub, 38 to 40 in. high 5 00

10 inch tubs, 5 plants in a tub, 45 to 50 in. high 8 00

12 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high 12.00

6 inch pots,

7 inch pots,

7 inch tubs,

8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs.
8-inch tubs,

10-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs,
12-inch tubs,
Very strong

6 inch pots

7 inch pots,

8 inch tubs,

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-upPlants

3 plants in a pot.
5 plants in a pot.

4 plants in a tub,
3 plants in a tub,

3 plants in a tub,

4 plants in a tub,
4 plants in a tub,
4 plants in a tub,
4 plants in a tub.

specimens. 12 and

$15.00. $18.00 and .*25 00.

Ptioenix Roebelenii

20 in. high, 26 in. spread
2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread
fine specimens

Each
28 in. high $1.25

34 to 38 in. high 2.50
38 in. high
38 to 42 in, high
48 to 54 in. high
52 to 56 in. high
5 ft. high

5 to 5^? ft. high 10.00

6 ft. high 12.00
5 inch tubs. 7 plants,

300
3.50
5.00
6.00
1.00

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.

1.30
2.50
3.5„

a Lutescens, 6-in., 3 plants, 90c eaeh.

llistras, green. 5-in. pots. 12 leaves, $1.00 each.

dJStras, variegated, o-in. pots, lU to 12 leaves.

lanus Veilchii. highly colored.
Qch atS'c eac-h. .Vinch at 75i- eiich.
ich al $1.2.1 ti.$I..iO each,
loh at $3 00 to «2.i0each.

tragus Sprengeri Baskets, e-xtra stmug. $i.oo.
Miuirl $2.50 each.

on Hanging Baskets, very tine.

*, M.OOaiid $2.50 each.

Ons, in variety. 3-in.,25c. : 4- in., 5"c.

Stevia. strong. 2-in.. ready now, at, ff20 00 per 1000.
English Ivy strong. 20c to 35c each.
Peopers, Chinese and cluster.

3 inch. $5.00 per 100.
Primula Gbconica.Grandillora and Gl^autea strain •

3-iiich, $.5.00 per 100. 4-lnch, 8c.
Cyclamen, I'hoiee strain, 3-iu.. $7.' 0 per 10^

Ulorv of VVandsbek. :i-inch. fS.CO per 100.

4- inch, choice stock, »15.00 per 100.

4-inch, Glory of Wandsbek, 118.00 per lOO.
Smilax. 2 inch, strong stock, several times pinched

back. $20.00 per IK 0. 3-inch, strong stock, several

time.* [linched back, $4 MO per 1000.

$2.00' and 12-inch at *3.00

Boston Terns, ic-inch
to $3.50.

Dracaena Godseffiana, 2-inch pots. l*i.00 per do/.

:i-inch pots. *1 .'>U per <ioz.
Dracaena Indivisa. strung.

4-inch at 15c and 20c each.
Begonia, Glory d 'Chatelaine.
3-ineh. $8.00 per luO.

Asparagus Sprengeri.

2H-in., $.3.00 pcT )U0. 3-inch, $5.00 per 100.

Asparagus Plumosus.

3-incli .-It $7.1111; 1-iiioh at $12.01) per 100.
5-iiicli at$20.l)0 lo J2.5.00 per 100.

The American Florist.

THE BEST SUMMER ROSES

American Beauties, Hillingdon, Sunburst, Shawyer,
Bulgarie, Rhea Reid and Cecile Brunner.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of flowers of the advantages
of buying direct of the grower. We make a specialty of growing roses for summer.

American Beauties

Long stems

30-inch stems

24-inch stems

15-inch stems

Shorter

Hillingdon, Sunburst,
Bulgarie and Shawyer

LoDB

Medium

Short

Per Dozen

$2.50

2.C0

1.50

1.00

50

CURRENT PRICE LIST. f„"S,^|r'ke{! '*''"^'

Extra Fine

Bulgarie and Reid iioses

$8.00 per 100.

Per 100

J6.00

5.00

3.00

White and Pink Killamey,
Richmond fi Rhea Reid. Per loo

Extra Select $6.00

Medium 4.0U to 5.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per bunch, 25c

Per doz. Per 100

EASTER LILIES, $1.00; $6.00

Auratum Lilies 6.00

Rubrum " 6.00

Lily of the Valley $ 3.00 to $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri 3.00

New Eastern Ferns, per 1000... $1.50

Adiantum i.oo

Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

We Close on Week Days During August at 5 P. M.

AH Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

OFFICE and STORE,

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, m

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL

Chicago.

BUSINESS BETTEB.
Business has been better this week
than it has been for a long time, and
stock of all kinds was pretty well
cleaned up on Saturday and Sunday,
August 15-10. Several large funerals
called for a large supply of stock, and
the shipping trade has been exceed-
ingly brisk also for this season of the
year. There was a slight increase in
prices the latter part of last week, but
the opening of the week found trade
quiet and stock accumulating again.
American Beauty roses in all lengths
are moving well and there is just about
enough stock to supply the demand.
•Roses in general are plentiful, but at
times clean up fairly well. White roses
are scarce at some of the stores, but
are seen in good supply again at others.
The new rose, Mrs. Chas. Russell, con-
tinues to have a good call and the same
holds good for Bulgaria. Milady are
arriving in good condition and large
quantities now. A few Hadley are be-
ing offered, but not in any great quan-
tities. Sunburst and Mrs. Aaron Ward
roses are plentiful. Killarney. White
Killarney. Double White Killarney. Mrs.
Geo. Shawyer and Killarney Brilliant
roses are seen In good supply, and a
few of the houses are offering some
choice My Maryland. Some of the
growers are cutting a good supply of
the new rose. Ophelia, which is now at-
tracting a gr^at deal of attention in the
market. 'The supply of Ophelia, how-
ever. Is limited, and what stock does
reach the market is quickly disposed
of. Asters and gladioli are moving
much belter and command higher
prices. There is choice stock available
in both lines and there is large num-
ber of varieties of gladioli to select
from. Orchids and lily of the valley
are in good demand and there is hardly
any surplus stock in either now to
speak of. Lilies nre seen, but not in
very large supply. Carnations are much

more plentiful, but are cleaning up
pretty well right along. The new car-
nation, Philadelphia Pink, is arriving
in fine condition and is especially in
good demand. The first dahlias of the
season were seen last week, and a small
supply of Golden Glow chrysanthemums
are being offered. Pond lilies are still
on the bill of fare, but the supply of
miscellaneous outdoor stock is not near
as plentiful as it has been. While
there is a good supply of stock in
general at this writing, there is no
great surplus to speak of. and a few
brisk days would find certain items
scarce and the market well cleaned up.
NOTES.

R. E. Kurowski. of the John C. Mon-
inger Co., says. that he has not heard
from his father, E. P. Kurowski, who
is president of the firm, for some time.
He is visiting with his daughter in
Germany and while he did not expect
to return until the middle of next
month, it is probable that the Euro-
pean war might delay him so that he
will not get back as early as he at first
expected. R. E. Kurowski has taken
the matter up with the state officials
hoping that he might get in communi-
cation quicker with his father through
them. His father's son-in-law is a lieu-
tenant in the German armv.

Robert H. Blake, of Mrs. J. B. Free-
man's establishment, Toledo, O., passed
through here this week on his way
to Des Moines, la., where he ■will
spend his vacation.

Mrs. Arthur E. Granberry, who man-
ages the "«'. J. Brown store at Jack-
son. Miss., was a visitor at the Percy
Jones establishment this week.

Tebbens, the florist at 1204 South
Ashland avenue, has a neat business
card which is out of the ordinary and
instantly attracts attention.

The University of Chicago has
placed an order with the John C. Mon-
inger Co. for ' two more new green-
houses.

WHOLESALE coimi««n»w fLOBISTS

«• BmI Rudolf S*rMl
CHICAGO

Current Price List:

Easter Lilies $1.50 to $2.00 per doz

American Beauties... $1.00 to $3.00 per doz.
Richmond, White and Fink Killamey
My Maryland, Ward, Sunburst. 100

Fancy $(,.00 to $8.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

GoodShort 3.00

Roses, ourselection 3.00

Asters 1.50 to 3.00

Carnations, fancy 2.50

Carnations, firsts 2.00

Carnations, common 1.00

Orchids, Cattleyas. per doz. . .$5.00 to $6.00

Gladioli 4.00 to S.OO

Valley 3.00 to 4.00

Adiantum 7510 l.CO

Smilax. perdoz 2.00 to 2.50

Sprenseri. Plumosus Sprays 2.00 to 4.00

Plumosus Strings, each 35 to .60

Ferns, per 1000 1.50

Galax, per 1000 I.OO

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion met at the Tavern, West Wash-
ington street, on Thursday, August 20.

Vaughan's Seed Store is receiving
a carload of California grown Calla
bulbs this weelE.

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267

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

LviVK^OEJ CU^O^S

Russell — Sunburst— Ward — Shawyer Roses

Order your supply from us. Our stock is fine and
costs no more than the ordinary run of stock.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra loug stems $2 50 to $3 00

3U-inch stems 2 CO

24-inch stems 1 76

20-inch stems 1 BO

16-inch stems 1 25

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 36 to 50

Richmond 1 Per lOO

KlUarney ^^^ ^^

White KlUarney... Select 6 00

My Maryland Medium 5 00

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward. J Short 4 00

Russell $4.00, $6.00 and $8.00 per \W)

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Asters $1 00 to $3 00

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 2 50

Harrisii per doz., $1 50 to $2 00

Valley 3 00 to

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

4 00

1 00

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

2,000,000 Feet of IVfodern Glass

We Close During August and September at 5 p. m.

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph esia CBICAfiO, ILL.

Miss L. A. Tenner, who is taking
care of the O. A. Tonner store during
her sister's absence, is special agent
for the Jackson Pecan Groves Co., who
have extensive groves in Georgia and
other states. Some of the local florists
who have purchased groves from her
are O. A. Tonner, Mrs. Thos. Fogarty.
James Novae and H. C. WuUbrandt
and wife of the Giobe Greenhouses.
Miss Tonner's headquarters are in
room 424 at 20 South La Salle street.

The San Francisco delegation to the
convention consisted of Dan MacRorie,
H. Piatt. P. Ferrari and Victor Fer-
rari. The party spent a few days here
previous to their departure for Boston
with the local delegation on Sunday
evening. August IG. Robert Newcomb,
of Vaughan's Seed Store, escorted the
gentlemen through the wholesale mar-
ked and ctlier places of interest.

Fritz Bahr. daughters Anna and
Mona, son George and niece Violet
Pansy, left this week for an e.xtended
visit in the east, where they will at-
tend the Boston convention and later
take in the sights at Washington, D.
C. New York and other places of in-
terest. After his return home Mr.
Bahr will make a business trip to Cal-
ifornia.

Peter Reinberg's receipts of carna-
tions now include a good supply of the
''ew variety Philadelphia Pink. Felix
Reichling, who manages the store.

Send for S5.00 or $10.00 sample assortment.

RAEDLEIN BASKET CO.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

says that this variety is in brisk de-
mand and that stock in general has
moved well the past week at the store.
On Sunday. August 16, there was hard-
ly a Hower left to dispose of.

A. C. Kohlbrand, of the E. C. Am-
ling Co., has returned from a delight-
ful fishing trip at Torch Lake, Mich.
His friends hardly know him for he is
as brown as an Indian. Mr. Kohl-
brand and party made the trip back
from Torch Lake, a distance of 450
miles, by auto in less than two days.

Miss Paradise has returned from
her vacation which was spent in beau-
tiful Wisconsin and has resumed her
position at A. L. Vaughan & Co.'s
store. Peter Hoefelder, one of the
obliging young salesmen at this store,
is back from a delightful visit with
his father at Wichita, Kans.

Bassett & Washburn have had a
grand business the past week, the out-
of-town demand being so good that

stock cleaned up completely each day.
Roses are in good supply at this store
and the shipments include all the new
and leading commercial varieties.

George G. Gobel and wife wish to
thank their many friends in the local
market for the beautiful silverware
given to them as a wedding present
and say that it is very appropriate
and much appreciated by them both.

Harry Manheim is again attending
to his duties at Hoerber Bros.' store
after enjoying a well earned rest at
Shelby, Ind. Hoerber Bros, are now
cutting some fine stock, especially
roses.

C. B. LeMer, with Simpson's on
Ogden avenue, broke the first finger of
his left hand while tampering with
the generator of the firm's auto while
the engine was in operation.

H. C. Rowe will open a new retail
and wholesale store at 160 North Wa-
bash avenue on September 1.

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Aug.

^2.

WIETOR BROS

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

FANCY REALTIES AND ROSES

American Beauties

doz.

48-in. stems $3.00

30 to 36-in. stems 2.50

24-in. stems 2.00

Killarney p„ loo

Fancy $6.00

Medium 6.00

Richmond p^^ loo

Selects $6.00

Fancy 5.00

Medium 4.00

CURRENT PRICE LISTr

Subject to change without notice.

Per doz-

20-in. stems $1.50

16-in. stems 1.25

Short stems 76

Per 100

Good..^ $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Sunburst p^^oo

Fancy $ 6.00 Short

Good, 18-in 5.00

White KiUarney \^^

Fancy $6.00 Good

Medium 6.00 Short stems

Roses, our selection ...

CARNATIONS $ 1

LILIES 10,

FERNS, per 1000....;

SMILAX, per doz

ADIANTUM

GALAX, per 1000

vSPRENGERI, per bunch

ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch

Per 100
....$4.00

Per 100

$4.00

3.00

$3.00

00-$ 2.00
00- 12.00
2.00
2.00

1.00
1.00
.50
.50

F. J. Olsan, of Ames, la., arrived in
this city on August 19, after a thrill-
ing trip from Vienna, Austria. Mr.
Olsan was in Vienna when the Euro-
pean war broke out. He succeeded in
, reaching London, where he stayed at
the American Club until he could pro-
ceed on to Liverpool in time to em-
bark on the steamer Laconia of the
Cunard line, which arrived at New
York on August 17. The trip across
the ocean was an exciting one. all
lights being darkened until the steamer
was nearly in sight of New York.
Mr. Olsan says that the Statute of Lib-
erty was the most welcome sight of
the entire trip.

John Swenson, who does the buying
on the local market for the George
"Wittbold Co. and Victor Young, man-
ager of the Clark street store, are back
from an outing at Devil's Lake. Wis.
Gus Cecil left for Beloit. Wis., this
week and Miss Walker of the office
ft>rce will as usual spend her vacation
in Michigan. Fred Nelson of the re-
tail department is visiting in Colo-
iiado.

Henry Wietor and Gus AUes. of Wie-
tor Bros., are back from a delightful
vacation at Port Washington, Wis.
These two gentlemen always go to the
Badger city to see the fishermen at
work in the lake with their nets. They
also enjoyed an automobile ride
through the country adjacent to Port
Washington.

Otto W. Frese says that the ship-
ping trade at Poehlman Bros. Co.'s
store was very good this week, and
that stock of all kinds has been in
good demand. Walter Stokloss is
back from a most enjoyable visit at
Delavan Lake. Wis.

The Retail Florists' Association had
a most delightful time on the boat
excursion, on August 18, down the
drainage canal and through the locks

Geo. W. Smith and Son. of the Cleveland Florists

Exchange and Fred. Breitmeyer at

Mt. Clemens, Mich.

to Joliet and return. The weather was
splendid and the attendance was quite
large.

At the J. B. Deamud Co."s store,
gladioli are seen in large supply and
there is a fine variety of stock to
select from. Wilder Deamud says
that this stock has moved better this
week than it has for some time.

Percy Jones is offering a good sup-
ply of dahlias now in addition to his
regular line of cut flowers. Louis Fin-
neman is back from his vacation and
again serving the trade at this house.

Zech & Mann report a good demand
for American Beauty roses which they
now alw.ays handle in quantity. Both
John Zech and Matt Mann are attend-
ing the Boston convention.

J. A. Budlong is showing some very

fine gladioli this week, among which
a new variety called White Lady shows
up remarkably well.

Miss O'Neil. of the George Reinberg
force, is still away on her vacation.
Adam Caspar, also of the store force,
has returned from a delightful visit
at Holland, Mich.

A. C. Schaefer, of Winterson's Seed
Store, and family are enjoying an au-
tomobile trip through Indiana, Iowa
;ind Nebraska.

Henry Parker of Glen EUyn. an un-
cle of Mrs. John Poehlmann, died this
week. The funeral was held on Au-
gust 18.

John Sinner says that roses have
been in good demand at Sinner Bros.'
store all week.

Fred Klingel, of Erne & Klingel, will
leave soon to enjoy a much needed
rest.

Visitors : Mrs Arthur E. Granberry.
Jackson. Miss.; Robt. H. Blake, Toledo,
O.; Dan MacRorie, H. Plath. P. Fer-
rari and Victor Ferrari, San Francisco,
Calif.; Geo. Collins. Grand Rapids,
Mich.; D. E. Munty, Dubuque, la.; Miss
Kaber. of the Kaber Co.. La Porte,
Ind.; Harry Papworth, New Orleans,
La.; H. E. Philpott. Winnipeg. Can.; J.
J. Hess and wife. Omaha, Neb.; Theo-
dore Wirth and wife, Minneapolis.
Minn.; A. S. Halstead, Belleville:
Frank Windier and Robert Windier,
St. Louis, Mo.; R. C. Kerr and wife,
Houston. Tex.; Fred Heinl and wife.
Terra Haute, Ind.; J. W. Davis and
wife. Davenport. la.; J. C. Yeats and
wife. Champaign; W. J. Baker, Fort
Worth, Tex.; John Furrow, Guthrie.
Okla.; Paul M. Palez. Little Rock.
Ark.; Harry Donnelly, with Green
Floral Co., and wife, Dallas. Tex.; Miss
Ollie Berg, with the Denison Green-
houses, Denison. Texas; Lena M. Nor-
ris, Kirksville, Mo.; F. J. OLsan. Ames,
la.; Mrs. Ella Grant Wilson and Son.
Cleveland. O.

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THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

We Have the Finest

SUMMER BEAUTIES

In larger supply than any other house in the Great Central Market. Our stock
is exceptionally grand and merits your attention. All grades, long, medium
and short.

ASTERS-ROSES-GLADIOLI

and all other seasonable stock in lartje supply. If there is anything: at all in seasonable Cut
Flowers that von nceii and don't s.^e here, include it in your order, for if anyone has it. we have

TRY OUR BULGARIE ROSES

They are fine and ate without (iiiestion the best roses available today. Everyone is pleased
with them, you will be and so will your customers. Order today.

We close at 5 p. m. during August and September.
We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business,

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

BEAUTIES

Large Supply of Elegant Stock in All Lengths. Order Here.

ROSES--GLADIOLI--ASTERS--LILIES--CARNATIONS

We have what you want and can supply you at all times.. Try us.

A. L, VAUGHAN & CO.

(NOT INC.)

161 N. Wabash Ave., t.-hon.sj2"J|| CHICAGO

Buffalo.

SUPPLY IN ABUNDANCE.

The past week has been notable for
spasmodic rains, helping asters but
nothing else. Trade has been very
quiet, with an abundance of all kinds
of ilowers, consequently those in stores
are kept busy revasing and sorting
over all kinds of stock. Gladioli are
plentiful and at the buyer's own prioo.
Roses are good for August, with Mary-
land. Taft and Russell unusually fine.
Carnations are almost as scarce as
snow balls. Some chrysanthemum pink
asters are being received by S. A. An-
derson that have good chrysanthemums
put in the shade. Lilies are In good
supply, with a very small call.

' NOTES.

Last Monday was enlivened for a
few hours with the opening of the
Bankers' Trust Co. Beauties and glad-
ioli in vases, baskets and other ar-
rangements were used in the decora-
tions.

Harry Balsley. the "Red Pot Man."
was here, and departed with the Chi-
cago delegation for Buffalo, as also
did Michael Bloy, of Detroit, who has
been here on a visit for several days.

The Boston contingent, about fifteen
in all, left August 17. "W. F. Kasting.
George Asmus and "W. L. Kasting left
August 1.3, motoring to Boston.

E. C. Brucker. of the 'W. F. Kast-
ing Co.. is enjoying a much needed

vacation, and has taken a trip up to
one of the Lake resorts.

Almost all of the stores are still
working with half the force, as many
are on their vacations,

W. J. Palmer is still in the northern
woods on his vacation. Bison.

Qeveland.

NO CHANGE IN TRADE CONDITIONS.

The market is about the same as
before, both as to supply and demand,
with the exception of roses, which were
far short of the demand the latter part
of the week. Easter and Japan lilies
are still quite plentiful. Sweet peas are
nearly out of the running. Gladioli and
asters, good, bad and indifferent, are
also plentiful. Snapdragon, scabiosa,
golden glow, etc, help to make a varie-
ty. Greens of all kinds are plentiful.
NOTES.

We reproduce on the opposite page
the satisfied countenances of two
well known men in the florist trade.
Fred Breitmeyer, of Mt, Clem-
ens, Mich., and George "W. Smith, of
the Cleveland Florists Exchange, on
their annual fishing trip. It also shows
the result of an afternoon's fishing
(about 50 fish), in the Clinton river,
directly adjoining the property of Fred
Breitmeyer. Both seem to be very
happy and by the size of the catch,
have good reasons for so being. The
other picture, at top, shows Geo.

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today forfull particular's and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave.. CHICAGO

Smith and his son. Adonis, canoeing
on the Clinton river

According to local papers in whicli
accounts of Americans in Europe who
have arrived in London, the names of
Mrs, F. Burger and daughter appear,
so we hope they will soon be able to
"■me home. C. F. B.

Harrison, N. Y.

Fred Utter specializes in yellow
daisies and reports a fine season just
past. He also had a miscellaneous
stock of cut flowers and bedding plants
in the houses, being grown for the
New York market. He is enterprising
and generally has a few good novel-
ties that he is usually successful with.
His outdoor stock of ctit flowers is
fine.

J. B. Roy, for several years past a
private gardener at Stamford, Conn.,
has joined the ranks of the commer-
cial growers. He has a fine stock of
chrysanthemums and other good stock
under way. He expects to grow for
the New York market, and build up a
home trade as well. P. W. P.

270

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Aug. 22,

■■ L™Z«..176 n.HicKi(|&A Ave

m^m^

CKiceK.^o

Nashville.

STOCK IN SPLENDID CONDITION.

This section is passing through one
of the hottest, dryest seasons ever ex-
perienced by even the oldest inhabi-
tant. The prolonged drought has been
most distressing, all vegetation has
suffered in a most distinct manner, and
even those vegetables generally the
cheapest in the market, have gone to
fancy prices. Where there was not
access to water, flower gardens have
lost their beauty, and shared the uni-
versal fate by drying up. One of the
absolute essentials to a fine flower
garden is an abundant water supply,
and the growers in this vicinity have
seen to it that there was water in
abundance in their establishments.
They have, therefore, been able to
ward off all ill effects and keep their
plants well watered, but it has taken
work of the most indefatigable kind.
Among some of them the water-supply
pumps have been going day and night.
In spite of all drawbacks, and the heat
and the dryness, all stock for fall and
winter season is looking very well in-
deed, dhrysanthemums, on which there
is a great sale Thanksgiving day at the
great football game, are looking fine
and give good promise of a fine and
abundant supply of splendid blossoms.
Carnations are in excellent condition,
showing vigorous growth and promis-
ing an abundant supply later on. Roses
were never better and some are even
now being cut from the new young
plants. All other stock is looking very
well. The supply has been somewhat
short part of the time, and some stock
has of necessity been shipped in.
From the quality of this stock, other
points have fared but little better than
.this section, as the supply was very
poor, carnations half asleep and other
stock none too good. The supply now
consists of Bermuda lilies still, and
they have been on without intermis-
sion, all the time, gladioli, snapdragons,
coming in very handily as side flowers,
and even double altheas and some very
good roses make up about what the
florists have had to meet the demand
with. Trade has kept up fairly well.
no lack of funeral work which has in ■
fact kept things going, with the help
of a midsummer wedding now and
then.

NOTES,

L. H. Haury & Sons have kept up
with the times with a fairly good
trade, with plenty of funeral work
and a very good supply of stock. The
outlook for the fall is splendid, and
they have moved all stock very satis-
factorily. Their chrysanthemums are
in very fine condition. They have done
some excellent work at their place dur-
ing the summer and have raised all
benches for both carnations and roses.
They hav-e been cutting some good
American Beauties all summer and had
a fine sale for all that came in. They
have had a plentiful water supply dur-
ing the drought, using the Skinner
system.

Geny Bros, have invested in three new
automobiles recently, one additional for
delivery work, and two new touring
cars, one for the family use of Oscar
Geny and one for Leon Geny. Their
trade has been very good and they are
cutting some nice Russell roses just

now. Funeral work has kept up splen-
didly, and their plants are in splendid
condition for next season.

The place of Mclntyre, on West End
avenue, has at all times been attrac-
tive; the street greenhouse fWled with
window boxes and the variegated cal-
ladiums and bright blooming plants.
Trade has been very good with them,
and they are in fine shape for the
opening of the fall trade.

The Joy Floral Company is busy all
the time and has had a fairly good
supply of flowers, though they have
had to buy some now and then. They
manage to keep a pretty good window
display in spite of the heat and dust.

M. C. D.

St. Louis.

SUMMER DULLNESS CONTINUES.

The warm weather, together with the
crowded market, causes a summer
dullness, the only outlet being funeral •
work. A few theaters will open the
coming week and then the schools,
which, it is hoped, will improve trade.
Gladioli have been very plentiful.
Fancy grades in asters are not so
plentiful. Roses have been a positive
glut. Mrs. Charles Russell, however, is
finding ready sale. American beauty
roses have been in fair demand at low
prices.

CLUB MEETING. - ■
The local florists' club met last
Thursday. August 1.3, on the lawn ad-
joining the residence and greenhouses
of the Connon Floral Co., Webster
Grove, with Walter Pilcher in the
chair. Thirty-five members were pres-
ent. The following officers were elected ;
Jules Bourdet. president; 'W. S. Wells,
vice-president: Wm. C. Smith,- treas-
urer; J. J. Beneke. secretary; W. A.
Rowe. Kirkwood, trustee. R. J.
Windier will report on the affiliation
of the local florists' club with the So-
ciety of American Florists at the next
meeting, making dues and membership
in the club and the Society of Ameri-
can Florists .$.5. The meeting place for
the September meeting will be an-
nounced later.

NOTES.

Al. Gumz. with the Windier Whole-
sale Floral Co.. has return,ed from his
vacation, having toured with the Car-
dinals in their last eastern trip, and
is now ready to boost them for the
pennant.

Pennock, Meehan & Co.'s Philadel-
phia representative, the little French-
man, is here notwithstanding the war
and convention time. He is booking
a large amount of business.

H. G. Berning is a great Cardinal
booster. He, together with C. A.
Kuehn. niake good fans and pull some
for the team.

Window boxes have been started on
Olive street blocks, westward, and are
quite attractive.

F. A. Windier, R, J. Windier, Gus.
Hummert and F. X. Gorly have gone
to Boston.

There is a fine display of roses and
New England wild flowers at Shaw's
Gardens.

The Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral
Co. is getting some good asters.

Geo. H. Angermueller is getting some
good asters and American beauty
roses.

C. A. Kuehn has some very choice
lily of the valley. W. F.

Mamaroneck, N. Y.

Chris. Jensen, who is ideally located
on the Boston Post Road, reports the
best season he has ever had. The
whole range has been renovated the
past season and one house has been en-
tirely remodeled. He also has in the
course of erection two new houses that
are being built by Hitchings & Co., and
when these are completed he will have
one of the best establishments in this
vicinity, and will be better able to meet
his constantly increasing business. Cut
flowers and potted plants are grown
for the wholesale trade, as well as for
import and home trade.

Thomas. Skinner, for the past three
years on the Hallet place, which he
had leased, has moved from there and
leased a piece of ground on the Post
Road, and expects to commence build-
ing at once. He has had a good sea-
son at his store, which is the only one
of its kind here, and a welcome addi-
tion to the other local enterprises.

Harry Baldwin, who for several
year s past has been manufacturing
lath roller greenhouse shading at New
Rochelle, N. Y., has acquired the Tor-
rence Greenhouses. He contemplates
remodeling the houses and growing
bedding plants for the market in con-
nection with the greenhouse shading
business.

John Moll, of Weaver street, has a
fine stock of carnations, chrysanthe-
mums and other florists' stock that he
is busy with just now. He reports a
good season and the prospects are fine
for the coming year. He also has
quite an extensive business in land-
scape work.

The Geo. E. Baldwin Co.. orchid
growers, report a fine season with a
constantly increasing business. Mr.
Baldwin does the traveling, while the
growing end of the business is cared
for by Chas. Adcock, the junior mem-
ber of the firm.

W. H. Daniels is busy with his stock,
getting bedding plants, cut flowers,
pot plants, etc., ready for the coming
season. He also reports a good trade.

P. W. P.

Cincinnati.

BUSINESS BELOW STANDARD.

Business last week was hardly up to
the usual summer standard. There
was plenty of stock, in fact far more
than enough, but the demand was very
weak. Prices were very favorable
from a buyer's point of view. Ship-
ping business was not quite as brisk
as it was up to a fortnight ago. More
choice asters are coming in than be-
fore, and up to the time of this writ-
ing, are realizing good prices. The
influx of the small early asters has
about ended, and for the present at
least, the aster market is rather firm.
Easter lily receipts continue plentiful
and include some very choice offer-
ings. The gladioli market is in about

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271

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

J. ft. BUDLONG

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N.Wabash Ave., Chicago

W. p. KYLE JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Long Distance Phone. Randolph 3619

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone. Central 3284.

=rurFLdwER<;=^,

^ V**i(^4 NO. WABASH AVE. ^W ^^fKk

Trade Directory

nucE: $3X>0. poctpaid

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.
440 S. Dearborn St„ CHICAGO

the same condition as it was last
■week and plenty of choice stock can
be obtained. Roses are still very
much of a negative quantity as far as
sales are concerned. There are plenty
of every seasonable variety, but only
the very best find any kind of a mar-
ket. Lilium auratum and rubrum are
offered in limited quantities, and the
same is true of hardy hydrangeas and
dahlias. The green goods supply is
adequate for requirements.
NOTES.
The marriage of Chas. K. Reidel to
Miss Margaret Anstead, who was for-

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHIC AGO.

WHOLESALK

^-r&& fi= OF CUT rtOWERS

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE I/ARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALI^Y L,OCATED

WHOLESAIvE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

¥lioMeTlo¥erMM'KeU

Roses

Chicago, Aug. 19.

Beauty, specials

36-in

Per doz.
3 00
2 50

30 in

2 00

24in

20-in

15-in

12-in

Killarney Brilliant

150

1 25

1 00

75

Per 100

. 3 00@l5 CO
. . 3 OOia 8 00

"

White Killarney

. , 3 00@ S 00
. . 3 00@ 8 00

.. 3 OOOIOOO

;;

RheaReid

. 3 0(J@ S 00
.. 3 00@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer

Milady

. 4 00@15 00
.. 3 00610 00
.. 3 00@10 00

.. 3 00(gl0 00

.1

Mrc Aaron Ward

.. 3 00@10 00

" Our selection

Cattleyas...perdoz... 3.00@4.00

3 00
, . 1 00(g 1 50

. . 4 00@ 8 00

..10 00@12 50

.. 50@ 1 00

. . 3 00@ 4 00

Adian
New I
Galax

.. 75ia] 1 00

^erns.... "• 1 50@2 00

" 100@125

,fh.,» _ 750 100

Mexican l»y. . ..per lOOO. 5 60@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00@2 50

Sprengeri. Plumosus Sprays 3 00@ 4 OU

merly with Gillett's, will be solemn-
ized August 20.

Al. Heckman, of the Cincinnati Cut
Flower Exchange, left August 13 with
an auto party for a trip to Detroit.

Dan Ruttle, of Latonia, Ky., has been
sending excellent rubrum lilies to C. E.
Critchell.

R. A. Kelly and wife are spendmg
a fortnight in Wisconsin.

Gordon Myers is E. G. Gillett's new
assistant.

Visitors : George J. Ball, Glen Ellyn,
111., and Mrs. Floyd Anderson, Xenia,
Ohio. ^_

A. L. Randall Co.,

66 E.Randolph St., c
CHICAGO, ILL. 5

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra lancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and While Killarney roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try US.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

Wholesale CXJT FLOWERS

Growers 01 -

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

HOERBLR BROS.

W.01.MJ, Cut Flowers

Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Our New Catalog

HICKLEBERRY FOUAfiE

$2.50 per case.

Fancy Ferns. $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns, 1.25 per 1000
Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEAVEN. Everfjreen. Ala.

Huckleberry Foliage

$2.50 per case.

Fancv Ferns. $1.50 per 1000.

Fancy lern:., "p^^g^'^ j-^rns. $1.25 per 1000.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens
EVERGREEN. ALABAMA

27-2

The American Florist.

Aug. 22,

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON k nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both L. D. Phones, ST. LOUIS, MO.

snpDlies and Eveiytliiiij in Season always on liand
Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.
1310 Pine Street ST. LOUIS. MO .

Philadelphia.

MARKET OVERSTOCKED. '

The situation the past week has been
much the same as that of the week
before, plenty of flower^ for the busi-
ness doing, in fact far too many. The
gladioli particularly are so numerous
that halt are not sold, being offered so
low that they are a depressing influ-
ence on the other stock. New crop
American beautie.s are appearing and
there are still a few from the cooler
regions of the east. There is a flood
of asters, but they appear to move off,
however, fairly welj, select stock bring-
ing fair returns. Easter lilies are
seen in quantity as is also a very fine
grade of Lilium rubrum which does not
move as it should. Hydrangea panicu-
lata is now a factor and can be had In
any quantity, some of it dyed blue of
a shade much resembling the blue hor-
tensis is interesting. There is valley,
Jbut we question whether it should not
be kept for winter, when it should
bring much more money than it does
now. It is predicted that eight to ten
dollars will not seem high for the com-
ing winter's crop. Cattleyas are to be
had in limited quantities. The war is
still the great matter of interest. How
long will it last, and what will be the
after effects on the various articles
for which this market has looked
to the European countries for its
supply? All that is said is only
conjecture and time will tell. Its
effect will be shown by the empty
spaces in the trade exhibition hall
at Boston. The large supply houses,
whose exhibits have (always been
such a factor, will be conspicuous
only by their absence. A salesman or
two will be there to extend the glad
hand and explain as best they can the
situation.

NOTES.
The employes of the H. F. Michell
Co. had their annual outing at the
Andalusia trial grounds of the com-
pany, Andalusia, Pa., on Saturday, Au-
gust 8. Following an inspection of the
greenhouses and grounds, there were

GUST.

RUSCH & CO.

gte^ Wholesale Florists

^^^V|^S^ Jobbers in
^^S^W FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.
S^M^B^^^^ Phone Main 1245. P.O. Box 206.

pP^ wfuK., Milwaukee.W s.

NEW FANCY FERNS-.^THSTr "
Sphagnum Moss—Good and Clean.

C. A. KUEHN,

Wholesale Florist,

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe Hover M^KeU

Philadelphia, Aug. 19. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@I5 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@|0 00

Killarney 2 001^6 00

•' White KillatDey 2 GO® 6 00

" Liberty 4 00@ 6 00

Mock S OOgHO 00

Bulgaria 3 00® 6 00

" Sunburst 3 00@ 6 00

■■ Kaiserin 2 00@ 8 00

Carnations 1 00@ 3 00

.Asters 2 00@ 5 CO

Cattleyas 25 00@50 00

Liliu m Harrisii 5 00@ 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 50® 1 00

Gladiolus 2 00@ 6 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Aug. W.

Roses, Beauty, special

■' '■ fancy

extra.
No. 1.

Per 100

20 00

15 00

12 00

600

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland .-. 2 00@ 6 00

Sunburst 2 00@ 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

Mrs. Mock 6 1X1

Carnations 1 50

Cattleyas 35 00

Lilium Giganteum 6 00

Valley 3 (10

Adiantum 1 00® 1 25

Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35@40

Sprays per bunch, 35@40

Gladiolus 2 OOO 3 00

Asters ." 50® 2 00

contests of various kinds, sprints,
wheelbarrow and potato races, for both
men and women. The main feature
was a baseball game between employes
of the nursery and the force at the
store, the countrymen carrying off the
honors by a score of 17 to 10. A boun-
teous lunch followed, which wound up
the., festivities in a very satisfactory
manner. The grounds are in splendid

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BEKNING

Wholesale Florist.

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

M^OtinQ Used for GlaJinS Greenhouses. Per

llladlluu K""°n' $' 53- Machines for using

same each. $1.25. Special price on

quantities of Mastica furnished on application

Zhic Cily Greenhouse Points. These points can
be driven ntht or left on any size or thiclinessof
Klass .S-S I400toa pound; 6-S. l.^iOtoapound:
7-8, 1209 to a pound. Made from pure zinc. Put
upinonepound packaues. Price 25c per pound

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wholesale Florist. 1 324 Pine St. ST. LOUIS. MO

Milwaukee. Aug. ly. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per doz., 1 50® 4 OO

" Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00® t> 00

Ward. Taft. Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@15 00

Carnations ] oOai 2 00

Lilies 5 00®10 00

Sweet Peas 25® 50

Snapdragon, per bunch, 25c @50c

Asters so® 2 00

Gladiolus 3 oO® 5 00

Rubrum Lilies 3 00® 4 00

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273

Alma Ward Fer 100. $7 50 Per 1000. $65 00 White Perfection • Per 100. $S0O Per 1000, $75.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward •■ " 7 50 '■ " hSCO Beacon •■ " 800 " " 7000

Enchantress • " 7 00 ' " 6n.0ii ° , .. .. "l.^ .. ,. '"*

White Enchantress " ■' S.iO ■ " 7500 Comlort /.OO 60.00

Some of these plants are in condition for immediate sliipment. and all varieties we can furnish previous to .August 1st. We examine all plants
io the tield. belore we oiler them, and we know iheni to be in KOod condition. We ad\ise placing your order now for future de'ivery.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. 12th and Race Sts.

Philadelphia, Pa.^

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffffleister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Otiio.

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties, Russells,
Mock, Kalserine, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 P. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

order and with the many contemplated
improvements forced by the rapid
growth of the business, will soon com-
pel a larger acreage.

The employes of the Leo Niessen Co.
were the guests of Mr. F. Lacroix, the
lilac grower, at his place, Bueno. N. J.,
on .Sunday, Aug. IG. After an inspec-
tion of the place there were amuse-
ments consistent with the day. A good
dinner was a much enjoyed feature.

The M. Rice Co. have called a halt
for their various salesmen and are
dividing up their stock amongst the or-
ders received, making it gr> as far as
they cari. Robert Schock will repre-
sent them at the convention.

Of the Philadelphia members of the
craft now in Kurope, Edward Reid
and family awA Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
H. Fox are reported to lie safe in Lon-
don, anxiously awaiting the opportu-
nity to get a start for home.

Berger's Ilnwer market report busi-
ness verv good for the season. A blued
Hydrangea paniculata of a natural
looking color is a novelty that finds a
ready sale. Good Maryland roses are
a feature.

The Robert Craig Co. shipped the
crotons for their outdoor exhibit at
Boston on Wednesday last. This is
sure to be one of the features of the
convention garden.

The Snellenberg department store
announced that it will open a cut flow-
er shop on September 5.

Providence, R. I

TRADE QUIET.

Business the past week was still very
sluggish, very little doing except in
floral work. Asters are beginning to
flood the market and the price has
dropped 'considerably within the iiast
few days.

NOTES.

M. J. Leach, one of the best known
florists in Rhode Island, and his sons,
Hubert A. Leach and Edward I.
Leach, have filed articles of associa-
tion as M. J. Leach & Sons with a
capitalization of $40,000.

E. G. Brook had a narrow escape
the other night when his machine be-
came wedged in between two cars.
He escaped unhurt, but the machine
was somewhat damaged.

Eddie O'Brien, with T. J. Johnson
Co.. leaves next week for a trip
through northern New York state.

Nathan Fishelson and wife are at

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Killarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

^Bfisrc :s»:e».oi3XJc;:Hii3

226 Devonshire Street,

BOSTON, MASS.

VtoMellowcrMM'KeU

Boston, Aus. 19. Per 100

Roses. Beamy 1 00@25 00

Killarney Queen 501® S 00

White and Pink Killarney. 50® 5 00
" Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

" Killarney Brilliaoi 1 OO® 6 00

Hadlev 1 00f« 10 00

'• Cardinal lC0(al2 1O

Mock 1 10@ 8 00

•• Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

" Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

•• Taft I 00@ 8 00

•■ Milady 1 0t)@ 8 00

•■ Ward and Hillingdon 1 00@ 6 00

•• My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00@4D 00

Gladiolus America per doz.. 7j@l 00

common types. .per doz., 50
Lilium Longiflorum and Rubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lilyol the Valley 3 00

Sweet Peas 25® 30

Asters 35@ 2 00

Per 100

00@25 00
00@15 00
00(812 00
00@I0 00
00® 4 00
00@ 6 00
00® 6 00
00® 7 00
00® 6 00
00® 6 00
00® 6 00
00® 2 00
■t CO
00@10 00
0f)@35 00
00® 4 00

20® 40

15 00

00® 2 00

Buffalo, .\ug. 19.

Roses, Beauty, special 20

fancy 12

extra 10

No.l 8

No.2 2

Killarney 2

" White Killarney 2

" My Maryland 2

Killarney Queen 2

•■ Hillingdon 2

Richmond 2

Carnations 1

Lily of the Valley

Lilies 8

Cattleyas ^5

Gladiolus 2

Asparagus, per bunch. . 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri. .. 35® 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Sweet Peas

Smilax

Asters 1

Cincinnati. Aug. 19.

Roses, Beauty per doz.. $1 00@$3 00

Per 100

" Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

'■ Richmond 2 00® 6 00

" Taft 2 00® 6 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00@10 00

."Isparagus Plumosus..perbch., 25c

Gladiolus 2 00® 6 00

Auratum Lilies 12 50®15 00

Asters 2 00® 4 00

Hydrangeas 4 00® S 00

Dahlias 2 00® 4 CO

Sharon Springs, Mass., for the sum-
mer.

Herbert Taylor, with Macnair, is
at Block Island on his vacation.

A large number of the trade are
away on vacations at present.

H. A. T.

Mannfacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE MC5ALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Fa.

Summer Flowers

Asters, Gladiolus, Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc. Immediati' service.

BERGER BROS.

Central Market,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

C. E. CRITCHELL

34-36 Third Ave. East. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Wholesale Commission Florist
Consignments Solicited

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and Supplies

Mention tlie American Florist when ivriting

St. Louis. Aug. I'J. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, medium 10 00®15 00

short stems 3 00® 8 00

■• Killarney 2 00® 4 00

■• My Maryland 2 00® 4 00

■■ White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

■■ Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

•• Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

Asters 1 00® 3 00

Valley 4 00

Gladiolus 200® 400

.'Asparagus Sprengeri 2 00® 3 00

.'\sparagus Plumosus.per bu..35@60

Harrisii 10 00

Ferns per 1000. 125

Dallas, Tex. — The Lang Floral Co.
has sold six lots on Bryan avenue to
the city for .'fl7.."iOO. The tract will be
added "to Exall Park.

Hou.sroN, Tex. — On an extended trip,
during the course of which he will
visit many of the prominent growers
of the country, to secure their par-
ticipation in the Houston flower show
of No-Tsu-Oh carnival week, Robert
C. Kerr, left Houston August 8. His
itinerary includes most of the im-
portant cities of the nation and he
will speak before the florists' clubs
of many.

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The American Florist.

Aug. 22,

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AJFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

JlO-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Uliaiti Giganteums and Multinonuns,

HOHMANNS LILY OF THE VALLIY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms, Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

New York.

DULL BUSINESS CONTINUES.

The business of the past week was
but a repetition of the dullness of the
previous weeli, only more so. Large
lots of stock did not sell at all and what
did sell went at sacrifice prices. Though
there were plenty of orchids, the de-
mand was very light. Roses, by the
middle of the week, were selling at
50 cents per hundred on the slips. It
was hard to get $2.50 per 100 for lilv
of the valley and $3.00 for lily blooms.
As for gladioli and asters, the condi-
tions relating to them were unspeakable
as to getting money out of them. We
noted a wholesaler offering gladioli for
50 cents per 100 and the buyer refused
to pay it. The market is simply over-
loaded with these last named stocks
and thousands will go into the "dead
carts." The European war has caused
a serious disarrangement in the florists'
supply business, and we learn that sev-
eral dealers who had taken space for
the Boston exhibition will not exhibit.
They had ordered large stocks, but do
not know where the goods are, and
have slight prospect of finding out.

NOTES.

The following from the New York
Globe of August 12 will show the un-
certainty of sending or receiving ship-
ments : "The United States govern-
ment will confer a service upon the
entire civilized world if it takes this'
opportunity of insisting upon its im-
memorial claims regarding contraband
of war. For one hundred years it has
been the contention of this country
that belligerent nations have no right
to disturb or prevent neutral nations
from carrying on lawful commerce
with the rest of the world. Peaceful
peoples are unquestionably entitled to
exercise their industry to the full, re-
gardless of how many other nations
are fighting. They have also the theo-
retical right to carry and sell the fruits
of that industry to all markets. But
the vague, elastic interpretation of what
is conditional contraband renders that
right a farce and an absurdity." It would
require a considerable stretch of im-
agination to call bay and box trees,
azaleas and rosebushes, contraband of
war, but nobody is expecting any of
these products from the countries at
war. It is pointed out that, even if
they could be shipped, the male popu-
lation is too busy in war to prepare
them for shipment. In the case of
Belgium, at least, this seems a cer-
tainty.

Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Fleischman,
of New York, started from Baden-
Baden on July 29 as soon as they heard
that the sailing of the Provence of the
French line had been cancelled. They
went to Antwerp to catch the Kroon-
land. At Mulhausen, on the German
frontier, before the train went on to
Petit Croix, the French frontier station.
Mr. Fleischman said the baggage cars
were left behind and all Frenchmen on
the train wdre made to get out. When
the train proceeded toward Paris he
said the German soldiers wheeled a ma-
chine gun onto the tracks to prevent
any more trains from passing. They
reached New York on the Kroonland
(Red Star line) on August 11.

The New York Chamber of Com-
merce has issued a warning to f'-'i-
pers. relating to contraband of war.
There is a long list of absolute con-
traband and an equally long one of
conditional contraband, which amounts

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

to this : each warring power can seize
anything that they think they can get
away with.

H. B. Froment is taking a well
earned vacation of three weeks at
Saratoga. Phil. Ditzenberg. of his
staff, who has just returned from his
vacation, is now bossing the job.

Since our last report was written we
have learned that S. Keller, of Reed &
Keller, is believed to be safe, but the
time of his reaching home remains un-
certain.

Julius Roehrs, of Rutherford, N. J.,
is now in England.

A. F. F.

Boston.

TRADE CONTINUES DULL. ■

Business, as is usually expected
throughout August, continues very
dull. This city, in common with other
cities is overstocked with gladioli and
asters. While the glut in other stocks
is not so noticeable there is more than
enough to supply all demands. A few
carnations are yet seen but they are
very small and are not factors. Sweet
peas are on the decline in quality. If
business is slow, the dealers have
something to interest them in the com-
ing convention, the convention garden
being an increasing object of interest.
Some new attraction is being added
daily, at this writing, August 14.

NOTES.

Since our last notes were written. A.
H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge,
Mass., have placed on exhibition a
number of exceptionally large pots of
unique pattern, which have been filled
by the park and recreation department
with palms and other foliage plants.
The pots rest on concrete pedestals
and the whole makes a series of fine
exhibits. Another attraction is a col-
lection of very large hydrangeas from
the garden of Mrs. C. G. Weld. Brook-
line, Mass.

On August 14, Duncan Macaw of the
staff of the Robert Craig Co., reached
the garden, and before evening, with
the assistance of Kenneth Finlayson of
the park and recreation department,
had three fine beds planted with the-
firm's celebrated seedling crotoris. The
park and recreation department contin-
ues to plant shrubbery and beds of her-
baceous stock and otherwise beautify
the garden.

On August 14. several large loads
of plants arrived to be added to the
exhibit of W. A. Manda. of South Or-
ange, N. J. On the same date, R.
Kar^strom of the Manda staff, reached
this city from Chicago and busied him-
self in superintending their planting.

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Sqi^are.

1 wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to he shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

On August 14 the sad intelligence
was received at Penn's store that Wm.
H. Diehl, for the past eleven years an
employe, had been drowned at a point
in Maine, where he was on a vacation.
The deceased was popular with his em-
ployer and fellow workers. He was 45
years old and unmarried.

Another very attractive bed in the
convention garden has just been com-
pleted for Thos. F. Galvin, Inc. It is
handsomely lettered : "Thos F. Galvin,
Inc., 1847-1914. Boston-New York."
The plants are largely alternantheras
and echeverias, with an edging of lo-
belias.

Peter F. McKenney. who has been
confined to a hospital for four weeks
as the result of an operation for ap-
pendicitis, has returned to business
completely recovered.

Edward Murray, of Sidney Hoffman's
staff, has returned from an extended
vacation. Among other places he vis-
ited New York City, calling on old
acquaintances.

I. Rosnosky, representing the Henry
F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, was an
arrival on August 14.

Walter Mott, representing Benjamin
Hammond, has been with us through-
out the past week.

Joseph Gowdy and several fellow em-
ployes of H. A. Dreer, Inc., arrived on
August 15.

Advices from the Newport branches
of retail stores indicate poor business
in that city^

FREMONT, Neb. — Andreasen Bros.,
florists, are tearing out their old boiler
house and packing sheds and erecting
new ones, 40x70 feet. A new 80-
horse power boiler will be added to
the equipment to heat the additional
space.

1914-

The American Florist.

275

BstabUshed 1878

10B West 28ih Sired
New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wholesale Commission Dealer in Cat Flowers.

Summer season now open but still On The Job. Ship me your Gladiolus.
Asters and other Summer Steele. Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guar-
anteed. Usual supply of roses, lily of the valley and other Rreenbousestock.
Open at 6 a. m. every morning. Pbones 167 and 4468 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500, $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid. $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLODIST CO.. 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicajo

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H, Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly 5p Schenck

Wbvlesale Florists ud Col Flower Eidange

131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids, Roses. Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments ssHcited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The Lancaster County Florists' Club.

On account of the S. A. F. conven-
tion coming the weeli of the regular
meeting of this club, ours was held
August 13. Leaving Lancaster at 2 :1.5
p. m., a 20 minute ride brought us to
the home and farm of our president.
B. P. Barr, where a very instructive
hour was spent inspecting his large
nurseries, large in every respect, in the
number of varieties of trees and shrubs
and in the quantity of each. In one
blocli alone were 10,000 Norwegian ma-
ples. About 4 p. m. games were start-
ed, in which George Dickel and John
Schoenberger were the champions in
quoit pitching, T. J. Nolan of croquet
and Jacob Fleer of the bowling on the
green. He not only was champion, but
outclassed every one by his brilliant
delivery of the ball. At C:15 a lunch
was served by Mrs. B. F. Barr, assist-
ed by Mrs. Charlie Eichler and Mrs.
Chas. Edgar, on the veranda, which
was lit up by Japanese lanterns and
several good old fashioned coal oil
lamps. At 7 :oO the meeting was
called to order and a motion made, sec-
onded and carried unanimously that
we send .$10.00 toward the .Smith Me-
morial and $5.00 toward a bowling
prize at the S. A. F. meeting in Boston.

Considerable discussion was had over
a letter received, asking the club's def-
inition of an amateur, the writer of
the letter claiming that while he sold
about $50 worth of stock during a sea-
son, he was an amateur because he
did not get the greater part of his in-
come from it. The final decision was
the dictionary definition of the word.
that an amateur is one who follows
an art or profession for the love of it
and without gain, so that a man who
grows flowers for the love of them and
sells them is neither an amateur nor
a florist, but a distinct species of his
own as yet unnamed. Harry Rohrer.
our treasurer, read a delightfully de-
scriptive paper on his recent trip to
Europe and the British Isles. The next
meeting of the club will be Sept. 17,
and a review of the S. A. F. meeting
will be given by the writer, and a
paper on the florist business from a
retailer's point of view read by Chas.
Edgar. Visitors at this meeting were

Geo. C. Sicbrcchl

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^3^f^' Mad. So. 133 W. 28lh St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMeHowerMM'KeU

New York. Aug. 19., Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 10 00@15 00

extra and fancy... 5 00@ 8 00

No. 1 and No. 2... 2 00© 5 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, special 4 00

extra... 2 00@ 3 00

■• N0.I&N0.2 50© 1 SO

" White Killarney, special.,. 5 00® 6 00

Killarney. My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 5 00

fancy— extra.... 3 000 5 00

;; No. land No. 2.. 75@ 1 50

Queen, special.. 4 00

•• Aaron Ward 50@ 5 00

" Richmond 50@ 4 00

■■ Sunburst 5018 5 00

" Taft 1 00@ 5 00

• Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@ 8 00

Milady, special 4 00

■ J L Mock 1 00@ 5 00

•' Hadley.No.l.5c:ex.6c;f.6!4c

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00@35 00

inferior grades. 8 00@10 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii,. 3 00@ 4 00

Lily of the Valley 2 00@ 3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumosu8....doz. bchs. 2 00@ 3 00

Smilax Doz. strings, 2 00

Sweet Peas, doz. bunches. 35c0$ 50
Spencer type. 35c@ 40

Carnations 50@ 1 00

Iris per doz. 25c

Gladiolus, per doz.. America, 40c@
50c- other varieties. .?5@40c

T, J. Nolan of Tonawanda, N. Y.,
and A. H. SchafCer of York, Pa.
Just before time for the car back
to the city, the writer presented
Mrs. B. F. Barr with a book as
a gift from those present, and as a
memento of the occasion which was so
delightful that it will likely be an an-
nual occurrence.

Albert M. Hebb. Sec'y.

Guelph, Ont.

Miss E. S. Marriott has moved into
a new store at 51 Quebec street, which
gives her additional space and a better
opportunity to present to advantage,
her floral display. She is showing
some of the latest designs in imported
baskets, recently received, and has a
number of arrangements specially
made up for the occasion. She enjoys
an excellent patronage from students
of the agricultural college here, many
of the students visiting her establish-
ment every day.

George Dunbar, the Quebec street
florist, has purchased 35 acres of
ground, located opposite the cemetery
and convenient to the City Park. He
is making repairs at his range, and
is rebuilding his greenhouse and over-
hauling his residence. J. E. K.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28tli St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KESSLtiK

Successor to Kessler Bros.
113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. Consignments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg.. 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL, Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERGREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material lor
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street

NEW YORK

George B. Hart

wholesale; florist

24-30StoneSt.,Rocliester,N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Square

Tbe Largest Shipper aod Receiver of Fresh Cat Flowen

^^.A complete assortment of the best in the

market can always be relied upon.

United Cut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

George J. Polykranas,

Manager.

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

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22,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

EstabUsDed In 18S7.

^mSM.

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Fhooe. Graceland 1112.

Send US your retail orders.
WE HAVE THE BEST FACUITIES Df THE CITT

Me^'-tion the Auierican Florist when writing

Mention the American Florist when writing

Oh U St. Lou.

GRIMM -GORLY

St. Lonls, Mo. F. T. D.

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when ivritinrf

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the Anterican Florist when writinri

San Francisco, Caiit.

J. B. BOLAND

Snccesaor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

so KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabasb Ave., CUcago.
623 Walnut St., Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate RochesterGreefthouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mentio7i the American Florist when writing

Trans-Atlantic Sailings Resumed.

Trans-Atlantic sailings in both direc-
tions were resumed by several steam-
ship lines during the past week and
while the service is still without defi-
nite schedule it is believed a gradual
resumption will continue from now on.
Nine steamships sailed from New York
for ports in England, France, Holland
and Italy, carrying passengers of all
classes and mails, as a result of the
official notice from the British admir-
alty that the Atlantic ocean steamship
lanes are clear of German cruisers.

The Cedric sailed for Liverpool Au-
gust 15, and steamers that followed
are the Kroonland, with mails for
Great Britain and central Europe; the
Minnetonka for London, the America
for Naples, the Patria for Marseilles,
the Danube for Southampton, the Sax-
onia for Liverpool, the Potsdam for
Rotterdam and .the Rochainbeau for
Havre.

With the exception of the Rocham-
beau and the Patria, which sailed with
approximately thirteen hundred reser-
vists for Havre and Marseilles, cabins
and steerage of all the boats practical-
ly were deserted. The Cedric carried
less than 200 persons, the Minnetonka
an even dozen, the Kreonland 40, the
Saxonia less than 100. the America and
the Potsdam correspondingly small
numbers,

Americans who have friends and re-
latives in Europe were relieved to learn
that the emhare-o which has kept thou-
.sands of Americans in Germany for
almost two weeks has been lifted.
Refugees from that country are flock-
ing to A-msterdam. The Hague and
Rotterdam, from which cities regular
sailings are being made to America.
Assurance that all Americans would
be permitted to leave Germany as fast
as train service could be restored came
to the state department from Ambas-
.sador Gerard at Berlin.

DuLUTir, Minx.— Frank L. Johnson
& Son have the contract for a new
show room for J. J. Leboritis. ilorist.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOB. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

'pELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Casb must accompany aU orders
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address; Alexconnell.
Western Union Code.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

AW orders receive prompt attention. Choic
Beauties, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Young&Nugent

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Sonare.
42 West 28th Street.

To ont-of-town florists "knTTAT Vr\'f9V

We are In the Heart Of WJliW lUlvIV

And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

Mention the American Florist when writing

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Aijilitoiium Annex, CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niagara Falls and V\ estern NewV'ork.

Member of the FIorists'Teleeraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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Visitors To Boston

are cordially invited to inspect our two notable stores, 126 Tremont
street, opposite Park street subway entrance, and at Boylston and
Fairfield streets in the Back Bay district, only a short distance from
the Convention Hall.

The Leading Floral Establishmenf
of New England

Where may be seen the finest examples of floral and decorative work,
as done here for the most critical buyers in the country.

The Delivery of Flowers or Floral Work in Boston and Vicinity

on telegraphic orders is a specialty of our business. We are desirous of
arranging for exchange of orders, etc., with some leading florist in every
city in this country or abroad. If you are interested call and talk it over.

Thomas F. Galvin, inc

126 Tremont St. and Cor. Boylston & Fairfield Sts.

BOSTON, - - MASS*

Also in New York, vAN^^^il'L^'/feL

ESTABLISHED 1846
PARIS LONDON BERLIN

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

EatablUhed 18T4-.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents In all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist iphen writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
•nd for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; the largest stock; the greatest
variety.* Write, wire or phone. We are alive
night and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph DeliverT

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries
throughout the state and to all steamship docks
In Hoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWNFLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
. other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 ^Vest S9th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Members of the Florists* Telegnpb DcUrcrr.

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, The Tele^aph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telejfraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Clicago.
Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines. la.
Anderson, S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo, N. Y.
Archias Floral Co., Sedalin, Mo.
Atlanta Floral Co.. Atlanta. Ua.
Begerow's, Newark, N. J.
Blackistone, Washington, D. C.
Boland, J. B., San Francisco.
Bragg, Ross, Rochester, Minn.
Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.
Breltmeyer's Son, John, Detroit. Micb.
Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver. B. C.
Buckbee, H. W., Hockford, III.
California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.
Clarke's Sons, David, New York.
Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.
Cooke. Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Wasbington.
Daniels & Fisber. Denver, Colo.
Dard's, 44tb and Madison Ave.. New York.
Duerr, Cbas. A., Newark. O.
Dunlop's, 96 Yonge St., Toronto. Can.
Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.
Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.
Friedman. Chicago.

Galvin. Tbos P., Inc.. Boston, Mass.
Galvin, Tbos. P., Inc., New York.
Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.
Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland. O.
Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Grimm-Gorly, St. Louis.
Gude Bros., Washington.
Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati. O.
Heinl & Son. J. G.. Terre Haute. Ind.
Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.
Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.
Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.
Keller's Sons. J. B., Rochester, N. Y.
Kellogg. F. & P. Co., Geo. M.. Kansas City.
Kift, Robert, 1725 Chestnut, Philadelphia.
La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.
Lange, A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.
Leborius. J. J., Duluth, Minn.
London Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.
Mattbcwson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.
May & Co., L. L., St. Paul, Minn.
McConnell. Alex., New York.
McKenna, Montreal, Can. _

Metairle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans. La.
Murray, Samuel, Kansas City, Mo.
Myer. Florist, New York.
Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.
Palez. Paul M., Little Rock. Ark.
Palmer, W. J.. & Son. Buffalo.
Park Floral Co.. The, Denver. Colo.
Penn, the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St., Boston.
Phillips Bros., Newark, N. J.
Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.
Podesta & Baldoccbl, San Francisco.
PollwortU Co., C. C. Milwaukee.
Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.
Randolph & McClements, Pittsburgh. Pa. ■
Rook, Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas City.
Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison St.. Cbgo.
Schling. Max, 22 W. 69th St., New York.
Small & Sons, J. H., New York.
Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington. D. C.
Smith Co., A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Smith, Henry, Griind Rapids, Mich.
Stumpp, G. B. M., New York.
Weber, F. H., St. Louis. Mo.
Wbltted Floral Co., Minneapolis. Minn.
Wills & Segar. IX)ndon. Eng.
.WIttbold, G., Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.. Cbgo.
'WoKsklU Bros. & M. Goldenson, Los Angeles.
Young & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadwair and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desi|!;ns.
High Grade Cut Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

St. Louis, Mo.

r. H. WEBER

Both Long Distance
Phones.

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Boyle and Manfland Ave.

CUOe BROS-COi
FLORISTS

1114 r ST.init

WASHINGTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

AllOrders 6iven Prompt and Careful Attention

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

PHILADELPHIA and VICINITT.

uif;p iljondon iFlohirr Shov, Vith.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELFBIA, PA.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

J.A.VALENTINE, 1 lOrai V0»
President.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when vjriting

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DESIGNS FOR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orders for Cut

KsnSSS City Snd Flowers. FuDeral Designs

DlaionKlUill M>i Wedding and Birthday Gifts,

rieasaninill, mo. that may be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SmlthCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

LarEcst Floral EstabJishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist token writing

Milwaultee. Wis.

CCPollwortltCo.

wm take proper «r| ae^rkrt ttin

care of your orders In »♦ *cl*»v»noiri

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York. Established 1849

David Clarke's Soos

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbus
Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses.* Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. Wisconsin. North
Dakota. South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. .'Vll cders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly fresh stock,

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston — Penn, the Florist. 13 Biomfleld St.

Boston — Thos F. Gahin. Inc.

Buffalo, N. Y.- S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Bucltingham PI.

Cincinnati, O. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O, — Bramlcy & Son,

Cleveland, O,— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, 0.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo, — Piiies Peak Flo, Co.

Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

ICansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg P. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock. Ark. — Paul M. Palez.

London, Eng. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles— Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson,

Milwaukee — O. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis, Minn, — Whltted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville. Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark. N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N, J. — Phillips Bros. •

Newark. O. — Cbas. A. Duerr.

New Orleans, La, — Metairle Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — ilex McConncll, 611 5th Ave.

New York— David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvin. Inc.

New York — Myer, Florist, 609 Madison Ave,

New York— Max Schllng, 22 W. 59th St,

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. B. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Philadelphia— Robert Kift, 1725 Ctestnut St.

Philadelphia— The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. W. Smith Co., Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me.— Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Boss Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford. 111.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis.- J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo, — Grlmm-Gorly.

St. Louis, Mo.— Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— P. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland, 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalla. Mo. — Archias Floral Co.

Superior. Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind, — J. G. Heinl Sons.

Tacoma. Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dnnlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gnde Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

324 Qrant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. 1 can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O. .

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE OF FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave^

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

JB> ^X^ I^ E> ®,

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in .Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Dunlop's

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

ee Yonsa street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantct
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

561 Fifth Ave.
Vanderbilt Hotel

NEW YORK

nAeyAM 126 Iremont Street
DU« I Uli 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sendyourorders^o'Ghicago

and Sub-
urbs to

^^ ^^^ n, «». *' All orders carefully filled

^^tSBWM*^** under the sapervision of

- ^HicA«2~ GEORGE 4SMUS, Mgr

o

wire. Write or Phone West 822

Member Floriits' Teleerapb Delivery.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in Qty.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

AU orders carefully filled aod delivered to all parti
of tbe city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, o.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Heinl)

336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Botb Phones, 627.

Special attention to Mail and Teletrrapb Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

fiess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Famum St telephones

wu 1 arnum ai. 1501 and l 1582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, SL^i'"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th 6 H. Sts.
AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SL Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when writing

Los Angeles.

nCSIXESS IS ox THE GAIN.
Business is on the gain as fall ap-
proaches. Large shipments of field
carnations are received from the coast
growers of exceptionally fine quality
and are very readily disposed of. There
is plenty of stock such as ziijnlas,
belladonnas. amaryllis, montbretias,
calliopsis and asters. Field grown
roses are not as plentiful as usual on
account of bad weather and mildew,
thus making a greater call for green-
house stock, which is of very fine
quality.

CLUB MEETING.

Thg monthly meeting of the Los
Angeles County Horticultural Society
was held at Kruckeberg Hall. The
meeting was called at eight o'clock by
Chairman Chas.-Winsel and there was
a very large attendence. C. E. Houdy-
schell. of Lordsburg. a gladiolus
specialist gave an interesting talk on
the growing, culture and hybridizing
of gladioli. An invitation was re-
ceived from the Pasadena Horticultural
Society inviting the Los Angeles so-
ciety to their annual picnic at Redondo
Beach and which was cheerfully ac-
cepted.

NOTES.

F. Lichtenberg had a large display
of Brunners with very clean foliage
and stems ranging from one to four
feet in length. They attract atten-
tion of all passers by on account ot
their being so late in the season for
field stock.

H. N. Gage Co. is receiving large
shipments of bulbs daily which are be-
ing dug up at their Monte Bella nur-
series. Freesias and Paper Whites are
of the finest ever grown at Monte
Bella.

S. Murata is shipping large quanti-
ties of the Fair Maid carnations. As-
ters are also finding a market.

Funeral work keeps up well at the
establishment of Morris Goldenson.

W. G. M.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad St.

lEWAEI N. Jo

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We •elicit telegTaph orders. Regular trade ditc.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers aod Desig^ns on short notica.
Prompt atteotioD to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegrraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Orders will be carefullT
cared for by

Michigan.

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH 8 SONS Will fill ;oor
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of tbe Florists' Teletfrapb Deliver)

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Paper White

Grandif lora , .

Fancy (1250 bulbs to case) $ 9.50

Star Brand (1000 bulbs to case) 11.50

Lilium Formosum

Per 1000

6-8 inch (350 biilbs to case) $37.00

7-9 inch ( 250 bulbs to case ) 60.00

8-9 inch (225 bulbs to case) 70.00

8-10 inch (200 bulbs to case) 80.00

Lilium Harrisii I Cold Storage Lilies

Best Bermuda Stock. From Rogued Fields. I Per io<xi per case

Per 100 Per 1000 j Giganteum, 7-9in.(l00tocase)... 6.50

5-7 in. (400 to case) $5.00 $40.00 Giganteum.7-9in.(300 tocase)...($55.00) 17.00

b-7 in. (3J5 to case) 0.5U 47.1JO ■ . o /%«

7-9 in. (200 to case) 9.50 85.00 I Gi^ante«n>,8-9 in.(250to case)...( 70.00) 18.00

Freesias

French Grown

Purity— True Vaughan's Improved

3/4-in. to l-in $2.50 $22^0 Purity,oo ICOo ,, =oS12 00

Sg-in. to 34.in... 1.75 16.00 %-in. and up $2.25 $20.00 Jumbo $1.50 512.00

Vz-in. and over. 1.50 12.00 V2-in. to 34-in ... 1.75 16.00 Mammoth... 1.00 9.50

s's-in. to Vi-m... 1.25 10.00 %-in. to '/j-in... 1.50 12.00

Let us have your list of Fall Bulbs for quotation

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago and New York

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
denerB, Floriits and
Home-makers, tangrbt
by Prof. Craie and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Proeresaive Florists
recosrnize the ^owine
importaDce of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners who nn-
derstand op - to - date
methods and practice
are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardenins is
lndispen»able to those who would have
the pleasantest homes.

2S0-paee Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School
I>£Dt. A. F., Sprin^eld. Mass.

PROF. BEAL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong En^Sh Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet hit;h per 100. $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots " 15.00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton. 2 in. " 5.00
Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.

Prices on application.
Mention the Amarican Florist when writing

BEAUTIES

Choice young stock in 3 inch and 4 inch pots, at the rate of
$30.00 per 1000 in lots of 500 plants, F. O. B. Hinsdale.

ORDER TODAY-

BASSETT & WASHBURN

131 North Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Central 1457

CHICAGO

«>M I L A X

strong plants, 2^ inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.
Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 214 inch,

$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3-inch pot». Chrysanthemoms

Carnations for fall delivery. Smllax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers, ?ei^5o^rt

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.
SEASONABLE STOCK

Cyclamen, Peppers, Cherries. Primroses, Chi-
nese Obconica. Forbesii and Malccoides, Mums,
yellow, white and pinlt Smllax. TR. Begonias.
Rex and flowerins. Farcy leaved Caladiums.
Cincinnati and Glory de Lorraine Begonias.
Ferns, all kinds and sizes.

GEO. A.

Wholesale Grower,

KUHL,

Pekin, UK

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The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, Snn Fr;uieisco. Cjilif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, Mattituek, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Diintr;in,
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. O.. Secretary and
Treasurer: .S. F. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tljird ajinual meeting, San Fran-
cisco, Calif., .June 1915.

An advance is looked for in canned
goods.

L,EM W. BOWEN, of Detroit. Mich.,
is in Denmark.

The Illinois corn crop is estimated
at a 70 per cent average or lower.

ROCKTOKD, ILL.— H. AV. Buckbee is in
tiie west on a crop inspection trip.

The Michigan bean crop has been
damaged by wet weatiier and ru.st.

Visited Bcston : Geo. H. Dicks,
representing Cooper Taber & Co., Ltd.,
London, England.

The yield of garden peas in Wis-
consin is thought to be a little below
normal. Alaskas have yielded about
4 to 1.

Arnold Ringier, of the "W. W. Bar-
nard Co., Chicago, who has been seri-
ously ill for some four weeks, is now
progressing favorably.

FORMOSUM lily bulbs have arrived in
the United States in liberal quantities.
showing that the predicted shortage
of this article had no good foundation.

A. H. Goodwin of Chicago has re-
ceived a cable from Mrs. Goodwin
dated Paris, saying she was safe and
comfortable, but he thinks she is now
in Switzerland.

Chas. M. Jackman, of Vaugban's
Seed Store, was in southern France
the latter part of July. He reports
sweet peas, which are grown there in
a limited way. a good crop.

Visited Chicago: B. B. Northrup.
of Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis,
Minn.; Otto H. R. Wiese, manager for
David Sachs, Quedlinburg, Germany;
Arthur L. Deal, representing W. W.
Johnson & Son, Ltd., Boston, Eng.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.— Mr. Tage

Hansen, son of A. Hansen, seed grow-
er here, has been called for war serv-
ice and will not make his American
trip. The Copenhagen Market Cab-
bage is turning out only one-third of
a crop. Cabbage plants for setting out
for 1915 seed crop will be about 25
per cent short.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade August 19 were as
follows: Timothy, $4.50 to $5.75 per
100 pounds.— Vaughan's Seed Store has
distributed a carload of Chinese nar-
cissus bulbs and two carloads of
French bulbs this week. A. Hender-
son, of A. Henderson & Co., is in Lon-
don, England.

Advices have been received from
Ghent, Belgium, August 4, stating that
steamers of the Red Star line were
still running on that date between
Antwerp and New York, and at that
time azalea shipments were possible.
It is likely, according to newspaper re-
ports, because of the advance of the
Germans into Belgium and the removal
of the capital from Brussels to Ant-
werp, that these shipments may b.\
the time this paper goes to press, lie
prevented.

New Yoek, Aug. IS. — The Dutch
steamer New Amsterdam, arriving to-
day carried a great many^ cases of
Dutch bulbs. Vaughan's Seed Store
alone receiving on this steamer 548
cases. — The New York Journal of
Commerce of August 18, states regard-
ing export shipments, the following :
Rotterdam — Steamers are sailing • on
schedule time and will accept freight
at 50 per cent increase over all rates.
Havre — French Line Steamers still
operating at same freight rates. Mar-
seilles— Fabre Line still operating.
Freight rates have increased five
shillings. Antwerp^-Red Star Line
Service discontinued, steamers now

A.xel Knudsen.
Anierioiin Reiircsentative of L. Uaehufeldt, Ltd.

being operated by White Star Line to
Liverpool. Bremen and Hamburg
service discontinued. While the above
conditions apply to outgoing ship-
ments they doubtless will be the same
in regard to incoming shipments.

Daehnfeldt's American Representative.

Axel Knudsen. for a number of years
connected with L. Daehnfeldt, Ltd.,
wholesale seed growers, in their estab-
lishment at Odense, Denmark, but who
came to the United States early in the
present year with the intention of go-
ing into business for himself, has ac-
cepted an offer to rejoin the Daehn-
feldt organization, and entered tlieir

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Growers ol
Higli Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

service in the capacity of American
representative, with headquarters at
1709 Tenth avenue So., Minneapolis.
Minn.

Being fully qualified by years of ex-
perience and a familiarity with the
output of the well known firm he rep-
resents. Mr. Knudsen's work in connec-
tion with their American trade should
prove of benefit not alone to the firm
of L. Daehnfeldt, Ltd., but also in his
being able to give to their numerous
patrons closer and more constant at-
tention and increased service. All
correspondence, inquiries, orders, etc.,
relating to the firm's American trade
should be addressed to Axel Knudsen
at his Minneapolis address above.

Import News. -«_

New York, August 19. — The French
Line say that they expect to continue
their regular schedule of weekly Satur-
day sailings starting from Havre. The
S. S. French and Chicago are now on
the way to New York. The Fabre Line
sailing from Marseilles reports a tem-
porary suspension, but they have two
boats now in that port, that port
awaiting an opportunity to come for-
ward, but no definite information as
to when this may occur. Red Star
Line report Antwerp port closed. Hol-
land American Line expresses confi-
dence in their ability to maintain their
regular sailing dates from Rotterdam.

Ward Wins.

In our issue of December 20, 1913,
we had the following :

"By a decision of Judge Lintott of
the second district court of the city of
Newark. N. J., Jacob Hauck in the
suit of Ralph M. Ward & Co., plaintiff,
versus Jacob Hauck, defendant, for the
recovery of multiflorum lily bulbs, was
given a decision of .$420."

Messrs. Ward & Co. now advise that
the case was carried to the supreme
court in the state of New Jersey at
Trenton, and that judgment as above
was reversed.

Murder, Nothing: Else.

Rene Van der Schoot, writing from
Hillegom. August 5, says : "We are in
a terrible state. It will mean ruina-
tion to tlie bulb district. No accounts
can be paid, no labor kept on for
want of cash, and on top of it. the hell
of war. Murder, murder, murder, noth-
ing else, among people unknown to
each other, and in cases where known,
the best of friends. You live in an
Eldorado."

Established 1810.

Denaiffe & Son, NortSSce.

The Premier Seed Growers of the World.

The Greatest Acreage. Over 900 Employes.

Motto: The Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet, Cabba0e, Carrot, Celery, Lettuce, Mangel
Wurtzel, Onion, rarsley. Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga. Turnip. Forsptcial prices mrpiujcrop, I'M-),
now beiDK harvtsled. address Charles Jotmson,
Marietta, Pa., Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada.

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the following California Specialties only:

ONION, LETTUCE, CARRO^, RADISH. PARSNIP, PARSLEY, CaERY.
ENOIVE, LEEK. SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

-Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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New

Sweet

Pea

C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, Cal.

Margaret Atlee spencer

^^^■^^^^^^^^— — ^^»^^— Supreme

The largest and finest S»eet Pea yet introduced.
(First Prize American Sweet Pea Society )
(Silver Medal. National Sweet Pea Society of Great
Britain. London. July. 1914.)

•jiSSP"

MARGARET ATLEE.

Eifctros ol this JI. 85 each.
Life size as grown by ordinary culture.

Note. — The name was chosen as an ap-
priciation to Mr. Burpee. Mr?. Marearet .Atlee
bein? his aunt.

We are issuing a circular otferine severa'
other Sweet Pea Novelties and will mail it to
the Trade in a few days.

MARGARET ATLEE.

Life size of bloom as grown for e.shibition by special
culture.
Electros of this at 75c. each.

Margaret Atlee is a rosy salmon pink on a creamy
bulf ground", a rictt soft color, and extremely attractive,
both as individual flowers and in the bunch. The stand-
ard is large and wavy and inclined to double under favor-
able conditions. The wings are equally larg^ wavy and
well set. It runs almost uniformly four blossoms to the
stem; well poised and graceful. In all respects, it is the
grandest Sweet Pea we have ever grown, either from for-
eign introductions or .American varieties.

Margaret Atlee has finally yielded us sufficient seed
to warrant our adopting a unitiue method of exploiting it.
We are confident that .America does not half appreciate
real Spencer Sweet Peas, and we propose to use Mar-
garet Atlee as a missionary in the hope that it will invade
every home garden where Sweet Peas can be grown.

Margaret Atlee was introduced in 1912. but a short
crop that year and the year following prevented our offer-
ing it to the Trade, and it has not yet appeared in our
Contract Lists.
Messrs Lowe & Shawyer. the largest flower growers in Great Britain,
simply insisted on having some of it last season and we let them have a pound
out of our planting stock to be used for growing cut fiowers for the Covent
Garden Market. They had a packet of it the year previous and considered ii
the very finest thing they had ever seen in Sweet Peas. With them it is a
leader as a llorist flower. ^ . < m<..^<...> uti^. i.

Ever so many people who have seen bouquits of Margaret Atiee have
exclaimed. "Are those really Sweet Peas.'" . , , , . t,„j„.

Under ordinary culture they are delicate and refined to a degree. Under
special culture for exhibition flowers Ihey produce unusually large thick
petals and enormous stems and leaves. It is not uncommon to see stems 22
inches long. H-inch thick and leavesSW inches across. , . ^ ,,, . .

Margaret Atlee will be put up in mside white packets, 2x3^^ inches,
simply printed thus:

SWEET PEA

MARGARET ATLEE

There will also be an outside packet in salmon pink, 278x4^ inches
printed thus:

25 CENTS
SWEET PEA

MARGARET ATLEE

NEW GIANT FLOWERED SPENCER

Rich rosy salmon-pink on creamy buff. Immense wavy standard,
inclined to double. Large wavy wings.

These outside packets may be left ort if requ red or they can be sup-
plied empty, so that the dealer's name may be printed at the bottom.

Prices net to the Seed Trade; $3.50 for 25 pkts.: $12.50 per l«iup
toSfifi pkts.; $10.00 per ICO for 500 pkts. and over.

40 SEEDS

C.C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, Cah

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BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and an Garden Seeds ^^ ^ ^^

LEONARD^ SEED

^NIOM ccTC GROWERS FOR THE TRAK

UWIUW SETS Write for Prices.

J. G. ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Kocky Ford, Colorado.

Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
•eed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

— FOR

SEEDS

OF ALL KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson £c Son, Limited

Boston. England

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com; encumber,

Mnsk and Watermelon; Pnmpldn and

Squash.

FREMONT

NEBRASKA

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fal! Catalogue.

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Establisbcd 1818. Write for our low prices.

uueottsti.. Baltimore, Md.

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster.

Cosmos. Mignonette. Verbena in variety.

CorreBpondence Solicited.

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. All Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Contract Seed Growers

Cnoi>i«lf ioc ■ Pepper, Erig Plant, Tomato,
0|ll!biami!&. vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandinoras,
etc., ASTKRS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO. LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER 6c SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[IICAIYPIIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.0.B0I85?, MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA

Seedsmen reoolnng tbe very best selections of

Garden Seeds

(Vegetable and Flower), especially

Kelway's Celebrated
En^sh Strains

can get them at lowest independent wholesale
tates by sending their orders direct to

KELWAY & SON

Wholesale Seed Growers.

Langport, Somerset, England.

Special quotations on application.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

"•SoKd"" Swedesboro, New Jersey

FOR SALE.

Carload Alfalfa Screenings

Samples upon request.

6. & B. COMPANY, care American Florist.

My new list of

Winter Spencer
Sweet Pea Seed

is being mailed. If not in your
hand now, send a postal for.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, "^gjJVT

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

8EXD ron OATiuiorK.

ARTHUR T. BODDINCiTON

141 \«°««l I 4tli St.. N>M Vnrk.

DO NOT

Delay Ordering

Poinsettias, 2\'i-\-a., $6.00 per 100;
$46.00 per 10(X).

Begonia Lonsdale, -iVi-xn., Lor-
raine type, but better, $14.00 per
100; $126.00 per 1000.

Begonia Glorie de Chatelaine,
$6.00 per IW); $60.00 per 1000.

Cyclamen Seed, English, $8 60

per oz.
Cyclamen Seed, German, $6.00

per oz.
Pansy Seed, home grown, best
strain procurable, I4 oz. , $1.60;
1 oz., $6.00.
Rest assured your orders
will be filled to your entire
satisfaction. .•.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.,

1218BetzBldg.,

PhlladelpMa,Pa.

All Seeds and Bulbs sold
by Thorburn are always
of the very highest qual-
ity and true to name.

ASPARAGUS TUBEROSES

Plomosus Nanus

Per 1000

I.OOO $2.00

5,000 1.75

10,000 1.65

Dwarf DODble Pear

Extra large size
$7.50 per 1000

53 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY.

THE C. HERBERT COY SEED CO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin.
Sweet. Flint and Dent Seed Com.

H. WREDE

LUNEBURG, GERMANY

PANSY SEED

184 First Prizes, the biehest

awards Chicago, Paris, London.

Bruxelles. Berl.. Hamb., Rome.

1000 seeds, finest mixed... 25c

loz. ..$2.25

Price list on application. Cash with order

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Winter Flowering Sweet Peas

()/. 'j Ih

Canary Bird. Early yellow $0.15 $0.50

Chris mas Countess I _, ., ,„ .„

Mrs C. H. rotty (Sky blue 15 .40

Earliest of All i„ , .,,,,..

Christmas Pink ( Pmk and White 15 .40

I hnstmas Meteor. Brilliant red 15 .50

Christmas Prima Donna i „ , , . , „,- „„

Mrs. F. J. D lansky , Daybreak pink 25 .80

Christmas White /

Mont Blanc .Pure white 15 .40

Florence Dfnzer 1

Mrs. Alexander Wallace. Lavender 15 ..SO

Mrs. E. Wild. BriLhtrose 15 .60

Mrs. W. w. Smalley ' c. , • , ,= ,^„

Mrs. William Sim , Salmon pink 15 .50

Snowbird '. m i j j u-. <<^ ««

Burpee's Earliest White ) Black-seeded white .15 .60

Le varQuis Na\yblue 15 .50

Waichung 25 .80

Winter-Flowering Sweet Peas Mixed 15 40

Orchid-Flowered Christmas Sweet Pea
SELMA SWENSON

It is a beautiful, clear, iifiht. soft pink, with waved petals, a strong grower and good
forcer. Per trade packet (while itock lasts) 25 seeds $1.50.

WINTER FLOWER SPENCER YARRAWA

The color on cpening is a rose, changing as the Howerdevelopes to a light pink standard,
tinted butf. with blush wings, blooms large, beautifully waved and ol great substance. Per
oz., $4.00.

CHRISTMAS FLOWERING SPENCER MRS. A. A. SKACH

One of the best greenhouse pinks. Mowers are exceedingly large, niucb Huted. four
to a stem, lighter than Daybreak, with long stems. Strong grower. Per oz., $4.00. i^''

ORCHID FLOWERED CHRISTMAS BLANCHE FERRY.

.\ large flowered variety wiih fluted petals with pink and white flowers. Per oz., $2 00. SWEET PEAS- Winter Flowering.

10 Per Cent Special Cash Discount on orders over $2,00 tor Flower Seeds it the cash is enclosed.

CHICAGO
31-33 W. Randolph St.

Vaughan's Seed Store

Greenhouses. Nurseries and Trial Grounds, Western Springs. 111.

NEW YORK
43 Barclay St.

Japan Grown Callas

15^ - 214-in.
WRITE FOR PRICES.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., NEW YORK

Me-ntioii the Americnyi Florist when writing

S. M. Isbell & Co^

Jackson, Mich.
CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon.
Souash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

R.&M.GODINEAU,

SEED GROWERS,

Anders - France.

Specialties: Beets. Mangoes. Carrots. CabbaEei,
Celeries, Parsleys. Parsnips, Turnips.

Growing Crops Given Personal Attention.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers oi full list o(

FLOWER and GARDEN SEFDS

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pansy Seed

From the Oldest Pansy Specialist

C. SCHWANECKE,

Oschersleben, Germany

Established 18.52
Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Trimardeau Peroz.. $1.50

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Cassier Per oz. 3.75

Sci^wan'cke's Giant Flowered Improved

German>a Peroz. 3.75

Srhwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Bugnots Peroz. 3.00

Schwanecke'sGiant Flowered Improved

Odier Peroz, 2.50

ilention the American Florist when writing

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

fnTv^i^n'^^^.'''*'"' MILFORD, GONN.

ilention the American Florist when writing

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Ment'oyi the American Florist when writing

The Early Advertisement
Gets There,

Freesia Purity

1st Size Bulbs
$8.00 per 1000.

Cash With Order.

Hogan, Kooyman k Co.

27 Central PI., San Francisco, Calif.

Valuable in Mailing.

American Floklst Co. — We find your
Trade Directory of great value in mailing
our price lists and will want the new
one when ready,

FRANCIS BRILL CO.
Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., April 25, 1914.

Get Quotations From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

Bloomsdale
Farm.

I BURPEE'S SEEDS I

I Philadelphia |

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3 and Market Gardeners. :-: C

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i

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase. Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah. la.. ^'ice•J'^psi-
dent; .lohn Ifall.204 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er. N. Y. , Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Wicli.. .Tune 1915.

New Britain, Conn.— Two new parks
are to be added here and there are
many improvements in existing parks.
A nursery has been added at Walnut

The second summer meeting of the
Illinois State Horticultural Society will
be held at Flora and Olney, 111., Aug-
ust 25-26. The secretary is A. M.
Augustine, Normal, 111.

Framing'ham Nurs., Framlngnam, Mass.

Under the able management of the
late William B. Whittier, this nursery
was brought to a high state of excel-
lence. The present owner, recognizing
the value of the work that had been
done by Mr. Whittier and the high
business standard which he had estab-
lished, included the firm name in the
purchase. This nursery contains 200
or more acres and a great variety of
stock is grown. Deciduous trees, such
as maples. Jjirches, chestnuts, beeches,
oaks, planes and many others are nu-
merous.

In 'the evergreen section, Colorado
blue spruce, Englemann's spruce and
pines in variety are noteworthy.
There is also a fine collection of over-
greens and deciduous shrubs, vines and
climbing shrubs, hardy roses and her-
baceous stock.

A. F. F.

Chestnut Disease.

Some time ago complaint was made
to the office of investigations in forest
pathology, that the chestnut trees on
certain areas in Chenango county, N.
Y., were rapidly deteriorating; that
some were dead, others dying and the
remainder in poor health. Since this
region is not in the known range of
the chestnut bark disease, the dying
of the trees could not be attributed
to this fungus.

Two areas of woodland of about 20
acres each were examined. The tim-
ber consisted of a mixed stand of
chestnut, oak and white pine, with, a
sprinkling of poplar, maple and hem-
lock. In addition to the felled trees
of chestnut and oak, dead, dying and
badly diseased, standing trees were
studied.

All of the chestnut trees over 18
Inches in diameter were found to have
diseased tops; that is, some were
"stag-headed," while all had one or
more dead branches on them. Of 302
felled chestnuts examined, C4, or 21
per cent, had been killed by the Ar-
millaria root-rot. The average diame-
ter of these was 12 inches; the larg-
est ch*stnut killed was 2G inches and
the smallest three inches in diameter.
Trees of all diameters between these
limits were found diseased and killed.
The large chestnuts showed a greater
percentage was killed by this root-rot
than the smaller ones.

Of 477 oaks checked, l.TO, or 27 per
cent, had been killed by the Armillaria
root-rot. The average diameter of
these killed trees was seven inches,
as compared with 12 inches in the
chestnut. Trees of all sizes between

2 and 18 inches were affected, those
from 6 to 10 inches, suffering great-
est, 70 being killed.

Recently in North Carolina, a rhlzo-
morphic root-rot was found to be
prevalent on chestnut trees near Mt.
Airy, which is the same apparently as
that found in New York.

The chestnuts near New Berlin', N.
Y., and near Mt. Airy, N. C, are de-

Robert Craig Co...

?S". PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49th Sts., Pbiladelpliia. Pa.

teriorating. This' is clearly shown by
the small annual increment during re-
cent years, by the thin sapwood, by
the large percentage of diseased and
"stag-headed" tops, and by the number
of dead and dying trees. This decline
is probably due to several factors, one
of which is the root-rotting fungus
Armillaria mellea, but it should be
noted that in spite of thes» facts the
chestnut bark disease (Endothia para-
sitica) is not present in these locali-
ties. Armillaria mellea can become an
active parasite under favorable condi-
tions, especially in chestnuts and oaks,
killing not only suppressed trees in
the forest, but also those that are
growing under more favorable environ-
ments. The prevalence and apparent
destructiveness of this fungus over the

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

Mention ihe American Florist when writing

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE CONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

to point to it as very probably an im-
portant factor in the gradual recession

Mention the American Florist when writing

of the chestnut m thaj; State.

Hill s Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Evergreeii Specialists largest Growers m Ameria
Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

Wanted in Exchange

For Pink and White Bouvar-

dia, strong 4 inch plants, or for

Asparagus Sprengeri, 500 or
more Camations Benora, by

Rose Hill Nurseries

New Roclielle, New York

August Rolker&Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Hiirticuitural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,

CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

INSPECTION INVITED. Ask For Our Wholesale Catalog

Nurserymen and Florists.

Rutherford, N. J.

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants forthe comingautumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to offer are :

Two years. 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Two years 4to5feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year IV2 to 2 feet

Two years IV7 to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

All are well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades
have been cut back one or more times.

Very attractive prices— especially in car lots.
Correspondence solicited.

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

J. T. LOVETT,

1914.

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Dreer's Specials in Palms

and Other Decorative Plants
For Convention Month.

I Our stock of Decorative Plants is fully equal to the usual Dreer standard. We offer a most complete line of sizes

I in all of the leading sorts. A personal inspection is solicited whenever possible. We are positive that you will find a
• personal visit to our cur nurseries both entertaining and profitable.

Kentla Forsteriana— Made-up Plants.

Inches high Each

plants in a pot, IS to 20 $075

plants in a tub, 36 '.".'.'. 2'50

'' '' ?? ..'.'.'.' 3!00

40 to 42 4.00

■' 42 to 45 5.00

Feet high Each

„ 4 to 4 14 6.00

.. 4J^ to 3 8.00

5 to 5% 10.00

COCOS WEDDELIANA.

Areca Lutescens.

A splendid lot of 3-lnch pots, 3 plants in a pot. A
most useful size that meets with ready sale. $1.25 per
doz. $10.00 per 100. $90.00 per 1,000.
4-inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, $3.50 per doz. $25.00 per 100

6 " "3 1.00 each.

Cocos Weddeliana.

We have nearly an acre of glass devoted to this most
graceful of all Palms. Splendid, thrifty stock, of rich
dark color.

Inches high

2-inch pots, 5 to 6 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100.

3 ■' S to 10 2.00 per doz.; 15.00 per 100.

5 " IS to 24 splendid plants, 75 cts. each.

7 " 34 to 36 grand specimens, $2.50 each.

9 " 36 grand specimens, 5.00 each.

Large specimens, $10.00 and $15.00 each.

Kentia Belmoreana.

214 -inch pots,

3

4

Inches high
leaves, 8 to 10. .
••12
15

7-in. tubs,

8
8

6 to 7
6
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

Doz. 100
$1.50 $10.00
2.00 15.00
4.50 35.00

Each
IS to 20 $0.75

1000

% 90.00

140.00

24

2&to30.
36 to 3S.
42 to 45.
45 to 48.

Kentia Forsteriana— Single Plants.

2% -inch
3

5
6
6

7

pots, 4
4 to 5

' 5 to 6

6

6

6 to 7

Inches high
leaves, S to 12. .
" 12 to 15..

Doz. 100

,.$1.50 $10.00

, . 2.00 15.00

7-in. tubs, 6 to 7
8 •• 6 to 7

8 " 6 to 7

10
11
10

12
14

6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

24

28 to 30...
34 to 36...
38 to 40...
' 40 to 42...
45to4S...
4S
Feet high
4 14 to 5 .
5 to 5 14 .
5% to 6 .
6% to 7
7

1.00
1.50
3.00
4.00
5.00

1000

5 90.00

140.00

Each

$0.75

1.00

1.50

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

Each

$ 6.00

8.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

Kentia Sanderiana.

Comparatively new and one of the most graceful and
hardiest of the Kentias. Inches high

3-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 10 to 12 $0.50

4-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 12 to 15 75

5-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 24 ......... 1.25

5-

inch pots, 4

7

t

ubs, 3

7

"

3

s

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5

J

s

3

<i

3

10

3

12

"

3

13

"

" 4

15

"

4

lb

t-

4

2H

-inch

pots

3

-inch

pots

4

-inch

pots

5V2 to 6
6V4 to7

7
10

heavy.

15.00
20.00
25.00
35.00

Latania Borbonica.

Per doz. Per 100

$0.75 $ 5.00

1.25 10.00

2.50 20.00

Per

1000
$40.00
90.00

Plioenix Roebelenii.

Unquestionably one of the prettiest and most graceful
Palms grown, which quickly made a place for itself
among the popular standard varieties, particularly so
for apartment decorations. We have a splendid stock
and offer : '

4-inch pots, nicely characterized plants
$50.00 per 100.
5-inch pots, 15 in. high, 18 in
1% ft. ■■ 2 ft.

tubs, 2 ft. •• 2 ft.

2 to 2 1^ ft. high, 21/2 ft.
2V4ft. •• 3 ft.

3 ft. •■ 4 ft.

G

8

10

10

12

6.00 per doz.;
Each

spread $ l.oo

2.00

3.00

5.00

7.50

10.00

Ananas Sativa Variegata (Variegated Pineapple)

A splendid stock of well colored plants.

i')^"^ P°/^ *0-60 each

5-inch pots 1 00

6-inch pots 1.50

each
each

Araucaria Excelsa.

An immense stock of well grown plants
4-inch pots, 5 to 6 inches high, 2 tiers

5 '• •■ S to 10 ■• ■• 3

5 ■• " 10 to 12 " •• 3

6 " " 12 to 15 " •• 3 to 4
6 " " 14 to 16 •• •• 4

Each
.$0.30
. .40
. .60
. .75
. 1.00

6-inch pots, S

Araucaria Excelsa Glauca.

inches high, 3 tiers

.$0.75 each

6-inch pots,
6-inch pots,
7-inch pots.

Araucaria Sobusta Compacta. Each

S to 10 inches high, 2 tiers $0.75

12 inches high, 3 tiers 1.25

14 to 16 inches high, 3 tiers 1.50

Crotons.

A splendid collection of the most attractive varieties
for florists work, well colored plants of good value.

4-inch pots $4.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100

o-inch pots $6.00 to $9.00 per dozen

Large plants $1.00 and $1.50 each

Dracaena Amabilis. Dracaena Baptistii, Dracaena
Shepherdii; Dracaena Youngii.

$2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100

3.50 per doz., 25.00 per 100

50 each.

75 each.

1.00 each.

2V4-inch pots

3

4

5

8

Dracaena Terminalis.

2V4-inch pots $1.25 per doz.,

3 -inch pots 2.00 per doz.,

Asplenium Nidus Avis.

An exceptionally large stock enables us to offer this
popular variety at greatly reduced prices.
Splendid healthy 3-inch pots. .$l..";o per doz.
Splendid healthy 4-inch pots.. 3.50 per doz.

$10.00 per 100
15.00 per 100

, $10.00 per 100
. 25.00 per 100

Cibotlum Schiedei.

3-inch pots $3.50 per doz., $25.00 per 100

6 " " 1.50 each

8 " " 2.50 each

10 " tubs 3.50 to $5.00 each

Pterls Parkeri.

A valuable decorative fern.

2>4-inch pots $0.75 per doz., $ 5.00 per 100

4 ■' ■' 2.00 " ■■ 15.00 ■' '■

6 " " 4.60 " ■■ 35.00 " •'

Ficus Elasiica.

4-inch pots, S to 10 ins. high, $3,50 per doz., $25.00 per 100

Pandanus Veitclili.

A grand lot of well colored 6-inch pots, $1.00 each.

, Dusny maae up pianis, zi ........ i.za a grana lot ot well colored 6-inch pots, $

For a complete list of all Seasonable Plants. Bulbs and Seeds see our current Wholesale List.

HENRY A. DREER, 714 and 716 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.

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The prices noted above arc intended for tbe trade only.

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Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton, Ind., Pres-
ident: H. J. Thompson, .^ttleboro, Mass..
Vice-President: S. W. Severance, Louisville.
Ky.. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenitc. Cleveland.
O., Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
1914. .

Streatob, I LL. — Chas. leuter has
placed an order with the John C.
Moninger Co., of Chicago, for two new
iron frame vegetable houses, 48.Gx2()0
feet.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Ves:etables.

Chicago, August 18. — Mushrooms,
home grown, No. 1. 10 cents to 2.5
cents per pound; lettuce, 20 cents to
35 cents, large boxes; radishes, $1.00
to .$1.50 per 100 bunches.

New York, August 18. — Cucumbers
fair to fancy, 7.5 cents to $1.00 per
basket; culls, $2.00 to $3.00 per box;
tomatoes, 5 to 10 cents per pound;
radishes. $1.00 to $1.50 per 100
bunches.

A New Cabbage From China.

A cabbage with a flavor that makes
it suitable for use in slaws was intro-
duced from China several years ago by
the United States Department of Agri-
cultirre. and the department now an-
nounces that it has been successfully
grown in this country and that samples
of its seed will be distributed on, re-
quest until the present supply is ex-
hausted.

This cabbage is called Pai Ts'ai,
"Brassica pekinensis," and is a strain of
Chinese cabbage. Since its introduc-
tion here several years ago it has
proved of unusual promise for late
summer planting owing to its extreme-
ly rapid growth, in the department's
gardens. The department now recom-
mends it for more general use.

This cabbage is said to be the main
staple of the diet of the people in cer-
tain portions of the north of China
during the winter. The people of that
district are physically very strong and
healthy. Their cabbage diet is supple-
mented with plenty of coarse whole
wheat flour and maize. When well
grown the average plant, after being
trimmed for the market, will weigh
six to eight pounds, being from one to
two feet long, mostly crisp white stem,
and but little leaf.

The people in China plant this cab-
bage thinly. It is planted in rows and
then the weak plants are pulled up. or
else it is scattered over a space .tiid
then transplanted when of suflicicnl
size. This latter method is said to
yield the best plants, though for .-i
while the young plants appear to .'suf-
fer; yet when the autumn weal her
comes on and they are well manured,
transplanted plants will make better
growth.

The tilants must be manured heavily
when ab«ut 8 or 10 inches high — nut
sooner or they will '"burn." and not
later or they will not mature before
cold weather. The leaves should lie
tied up when they are pretty well
grown, so that the long, loose leaves
will not fall away from the centre and
become frostbitten, if extra fine <'1(ikc
heads are desired. The cabbages need
a good deal of room. Therefore, the
)d;mts .should be placed not less tlrin

two feet apart in rows that have at
least three feet of space between.

Seeds may be obtained by writing
the Otfice of Foreign Seed and Plant
Introduction, United States Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.

London, Ont.

Miss E. West, who conducts the
Dundas Flower Store, has taken a com-
mercial partner; The establishment
has been overhauled and redecorated
and presents an attractive and artistic
appearance. The walls of the stock
plant conservatory have been covered
with oak bark and- the effect from the
front part of the store is pleasing.

J. Gammage & Sons, of Dundas
street, are making improvements and
enlarging their wholesale department.
They have added a general florists'
supply department, and will carry a
line of requisites, designs, etc., to meet
the requirements of the trade in this
locality.

Fred Dicks has doubled the capacity
of his greenhouses in the plant de-
partment, made necessary by increas-
ing business. j. E. K.

St. Louis. Mo. — Eminent' botanists
of the United States, Canada, Europe
and Asia will meet in St. Louis Octo-
ber 15 and 1<>. when the celebration of
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
Missouri Botanical Gatden (commonly
known as Shaw's Garden) as a city
institution will be held. Papers on
scientific subjects relating to botany
will be read, and an interesting program
has been arranged.

Paducah, Kt, — John Van Aart, for-
merly of Newtown, Pa., who bought
the entire range of C. L. Brunson &
Co., at Paducah. Ky., about 2 years
ago, has lately purchased the florist
business of Robt. E. Rudolph also of
Paducah. He will run both green-
house establishments in connection
with his store. All of his stock Is in
a fine condition and he looks for a
good fall trade.

BOX WOODiJ-Most Beauliful Stock

Pyramids.2 -ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids. 2H-ft 1.50 each

Pyramids. 3 -It 2 00 each

Pyramids. SH.ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape. 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavv Bushes. 2-ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN^^iQ^'JcAGo'''-

Watcb for our Trade Mark stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Musiiroom Spawn

Substitution of cheaper grades li

^_^ thus easily exposed. Fresh samplt

<^,^> brick, with illustrated book, mailed

^^.^^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re

ceiot of 40 cents in postage, .^ddresf

Trade M ark. American Spawn Co., St. Paul . Minn

Mention the American Florist when writlno

CANNAS

Established pot plants for immediate effects.
Place your order nnw for your wants. Can ship
immediately. PapaN-rdy Clierokee, *4.t0 perlOO.
Pres.Cleveland, Flamingo, M. Berat,$3.00perl00.
Assorted vaneiits. our selection. $2.50 per 100.

Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney,©.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty,

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! .'\ few dolUrs invested
in Araucaria Excelsawill yield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into the fu' ure and invest
your money now. All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are otierinK now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old 3-4-5 tiers.
SH-b-in. pots. 4Uc 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6 7 in. pots.
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and Erreen foliage,
bushy plants <)-in. pots, $1 CO. $1.25 to $150.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., PliUadelpliia, Pa.

Mention tlic American Florist nlirn writing

Primroses.

Pf r 100

Cllinese, leady August 10 $2.00

Obc. Alba and Rosea, August 1 2.00

Forbes! and Malacoids, ready 2.00

Obc. Gigantea,giam flowering, ready 2.50

Pansy Seed, giant flowering oz., 4.00

Asp. Plumosus, August 1 2.00

CASH.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM,

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

TO THE TRADE

HENRY M ETTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. lEstablishcd 1 787.)

SPECIALTIES' Beans. Beets. Cabbanes. Carrots. Kohl Rabi. Leek. Lettuces. Onions. Peas.
, Radishes, Spinach Turnips Swedes, Asters. Balsams. BeKonias. Carnations
Cinerarias. Gloxinias. Larkspur Nasturtiums. Pansies. Petunias. Phloxes, Primulas. Scabious.
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalocue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GLANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and

most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz , or $1.75 per !4 oz., $1.00 per % oz., postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

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We are now bookinj; orders for the following Specialties:

The seed is in grand condition and the strains are
such as have made them famous throughout the world.

Cyclamen Giganteum

NOVELTIES— St. George, A. M. F. H. S..

1913. Deep salmon flowers with silver marginal
foliage, the most striking break of the century, as
beautiful as a Rex Begonia. Packet 100 seeds, 5
shillings. Quotation by the ounce.

Mrs. L. M Graves, A. M. R H. S., 1914.

The nearest to pure scarlet, extremely vivid. In
packets only, 50 seeds, 5 Shillings.

Extra fine varieties Grandiflora Alba, Mauve
Queen, Salmon King, Duchess of Fife, Pict-
uratum. Excelsior, Salmon Queen, Dame
Blanche, Mont Blanc, etc. Prices for any

quantity on application.

Primula Sinensis, Giant Flowered

Giant Pink, White, Salmon, Crimson, Light and
Dark Blue.

Calceolaria Herbaceous

St. George's Giant Flowered Strain. Cannot

be surpassed at double the price we ask.

Schizanthus Grandiflora Hybrida

VEITCH'S STRAIN

The finest large flowered strain in existence.
Dwarf habit and a truly magnificent range of colors.
Try this, it will please you. Write us at once.

THE ST. GEORGE'S NURSERY CO,

Harlington, Middlesex, England.

The ChrysanthefflUffl

By Elmer D. Smith.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION.

Price 50 Cents. Cash With Order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Geraniums

YOD will find summer cuttingsa t:ood buy, if they
are right. I try to have mine right and guarantee
their safe delivery as far as Chicago west.
S. A. Nntt, $10.00: Ricard and Poitevine, .$12.50

per lOOn.
Smiles, good 2-in, pot plants at $12.50 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA.

SEASONABLE STOCK-Ready Now

Asparagus PlumoSUS, 214 in., bushy, $3.(X) per lOO; $26.00 per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns, Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Wilsoni, Mayi, etc., $3.00 per 100;

«26.()l^ per IDOO.
Primula Malacoides, (Giant Baby Primrose), $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per WO.
Primula Chinensls. a splendid strain, in all colors, .$3.00 per 100; $26 00 per 1000.
Araucaria Excelsa plants, 4 in. pots, 6 to 8 in. high, 35c each; 6 in. pots,

8 to 10 in., .51IC each.
Bird's Nest Ferns (.Vspleniuni Nidus Avis), finest condition, a grand selling

plant, 3 in. pots, $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100; 4 in. pots, $6.00 per doz.;

$36.00 per 100; 6 in. pots, $7.00 per doz.; $50.00 per 100.
Cibotium Schiedei, splendid stock for immediate sale or for growing on,

6 in pot plants, $1.50 each.
Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4 in. pot plants, $20.00 per 100; 6 in.

pot plants, $26.00 per 100.

Write for Catalogue No. 6.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

1-yr.
2i/^-in.

ROSES

2-yr.
4-in.

Ready to ship revised stock-list

^LEEDLE^>g!?iS^5a
Orchids Freshly Imported.

We have just received in fine condition the fol-
lowing: Cattleyas: FercivaUiana. Gaskelliana.
Speciosissima. Vandas: Cosrulea.' Luzonica.
Batemanii. Im-hooiiana. Dendrobiums : Nobile.
Formosi'm, ^ Wardianum densillorum. Schutzii,
Phalaenopsis : .'\mabilis. Schillenana and Spat-
hag lottis plicata. Write for Special List No. 55.

LAGER & HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(third Ediiion). By Elmer D. Smith,
who has m.ide a specialty of chrysanthemum cul
turelorihe past 25 years. The best work on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
florist 10>i pages. Only 50 cenls. postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH S CO., Adrian, Mich.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

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SPECIAL ON

Bostons and Cyclamen

We Have Over 150,000 Pot-Grown Established Plants to Select Prom.

Boston Ferns from 4-inch pots $10.00 per 100' 1 Boston Ferns from 6-inch pots $3(1.00 per 100

Boston Ferns from 6-inch pots 20.00 per 100 | 'lb at 100 rate.

Take advantage of the above reductions by buying from us today and cleaning up our surplus.

We Are Not Placing War Prices on Cyclamen

We Have About 20,000 from 3 to 6-inch Pots.

You evidently know that Cyclamens will have to take the place of Azaleas, which cannot be shipped to the United
States this fall; so stock up with Cyclamen and insure your Christmas supply of stock.

Doz. 100

Deep Red, 3-in., English strain $1.25 $ 9.00

Giant Blood Red. 4-in 2.00 15.00

Giant Pure White, 3-in 1.25 9.0o

Giant Pure Wliite, 4-in 2.00 16.C0

Giant Rose, 4-in 2.00 15.00

Doz. 100 =

Persicum, 4-in., English strain $2.00 $16 00 =

Wonder Of Wandsbek, 3-in 160 12.00 i

Mixed Defiance Strain, 3-in 1.00 8.00 =

Mixed Defiance strain, 4-in 2.00 15.00 |

6-in., 10 to 12 in. across 40c each =

OUR CYCLAMEN ARE FINE

Miesel Bros., of St. Clair Heights, Mich., say so. Read the two letters we have received from them:

St. Clair Heights. Mich.. July 30. 1914.
(tro, Witteold Co.:

Dear Sirs:— Have received your 25 Cyclamen. 4-in..
in good shape, and like them. If you can send us 5tO
in asso'led colors, including some salmon, you can
forward us 500 as good as these were at once, so that
we get them about Tuesday. 4th of August. Thanking
you in advance for good stock, the same as tht- 25 were.
Respectfully. Miksel Bros.

-^ii^"

St. Clair Heights. Mich.. .'\ug. 12. 1914.
Geo. WiTTBOLD Co . Chicago. UK:

Dear Sirs:- Please be advised that we are pleased
with the 500 Cyclamen you iiave sent us. and want lo
order.lOOJ mote of the 4-inch. assorted colors. H you
cannot send us 1000, send as many as possible, with
the balance in 2H or .Vtnch. to make up the lOOO.

Will you kindly rush tliis order as much as possible,
and oblige ^'ours truly. Miksel Bros.

1 The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737-3VBuciiin|hampiace, Chicogo I

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Carnation Plants

STRONG, FIELD-GROWN.

Ready for shipment.

Per 100 Per 1000

Victory $5.C0 $45.00

Enchantress 4.50 40.00

White Enchantress 4.50 40.00

Washington 4.50 40.00

M. WINANDY CO.

6236 N. Lincoln St., CHICAGO.

Mention the Ainerican Florist when writinr)

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per KOO.

Alyssum, Giant Double 2in.. $2 00 per 100,

Geraniums, S, A. Nutt Double Gen. Grant and
Mme, Buchni'r,2 in..tl.7.5 per 100. in any quantity.

Good stock and «ood packing.

Elmer Rawllngs,"'!g'S!NT"

Mention the American Florist when ivritini/
For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

P.O. Berlin. N. J. Willlamstown Jiinc., N. J.

Mrvt.nii the American Florist irhcn writing

XvilitJiixx Ha-r-r-iisii

FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

We have received our first consignment of Harrisii. and otfer a selected stock of the
original true Harrisii for early forcing. This stock was grown from the original true type, and
will be found splendid stock for early forcing, for which purpose Harrisii is so valuable. The
crop is much shorter than usual this season, but we are in position to supply a nice lot of
selected stock, and can make deli\ery from first shipment.

6 to 7-inch bulbs, 350 to the case. $5.50 per 100; $45.00 per 1000.

7 to 9-inch bulbs. 200 to the case, $9.00 per 100; $80.00 per 1000.

Full case lots at ICOO rates.
OF

Killarney Brilliant Grown in 4-in. Pots, to Close Out Stock

Wf have a lew thousand extra line plants of this valuable rose. Those who have not
( omoleted their planting or who have been building or who have not all the slock thiy ne«^d.
will find this a bargain. Plants are strnne- plants from 4-inclr n^ts. In order to cl ose out stock
we offer what we have left unsold at $25.00 per 100; $200.00 per 1000.

We have. also, fine strone plants in 4-inch oots of Lady HilUngdon and Killarney Queen,
and limited stocks of White Killarney. Milady, American Beauty, etc.

F. R. PIERSON CO., larrytown on Hudson, NEW YORK

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Cyclamen Persicum Gig.

In all colors and varieties. Extra selected plants
out of 4H inch pots, at $20.00 per 100.

Cash with ordrr.

ANTON SCHULTHEIS

316 IBUi Street, COLLEGE POINT, L. I., N. Y.

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Trade Directory

OF THE

United States and Canada.

Price 93.00 Po«ti>aid.

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHIOAGO

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JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S
PALIVIS AND EERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. hit'h Each Per doz.

6-in. pot 5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00 $12.00

ft-in, pot f. 3Uo.% 1.50 18.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. .^fi in. hiyh $ 2,50

y-in. cedar tub. 4plantsintub. 40to42in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high S.CO

12-in, cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to SV4 ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 5!4 to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. ceda' tub. 4 plants in tub, 6 ft, high, heavy 15.00

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot, nicely characterized $1.00

6-ip. pot, 18 to 20 in. spread 1.50

7-in. tub, IS in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

..each, $4,00
.,each. 5.00

Leaves In. hii^li

2^-in. pot 4 8tol0..

3in.pot 5 12

4-in. pot 5 to 6 15

5-in. pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot 6 to 7 24

6-in. pot 6 to 7 26

Cibotium Schiedei Tin" tl' .'1,""'''.

9-in. tub, 5 ft. spread.

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

6in. pot 6 to 7 28 to 30 1.50

Lea\es In. high Each

7-in. cedar uib 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7iD. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

4 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub (> to 7 45 to 48, very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5ft., very heavy 8.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 6 ft., very heavy 10.00

Each Per doz .

$1.50

2.00

4.50

6.00

12.00

15.00

18.00

Per doz

30.00

36.00

48.00

.$0.40
. .50
. 1.00
. 1.25

Railway Station,
Jenklntown.

Wyncote, Pa.

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between (iloriosa,
and Rnchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be

disseminated season 1914-16,

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

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J, E, Meredith, Pres, C, W Stout, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LlBERTYVlLLE :: ILLINOIS

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FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

GOING FASTER

Field-Grown Carnation Plants

Only a Few Ward, Rose Pink Enchantress and
White Perfection Left.

If you want some of this choice stock at

$4.50 per 100, or $40 00 per 1000,

get in your order as early as possible. First
come, first served; so do not delay in ordering.

Peter Reinberg,

30 East Randolph St., Chicago, III.

Seasonable Plants.

Per Per
Inches 100 1000

2y% Asparagus Plumosu »Nanus $3 00 f 28.00

ZH ■■ •■ Hatcheri .... 3.50 30 00

3H '■ '■ Nanus 7.00 65 00

3 ■• " Hatch. ri... 8.00 75 00

2?4 '■ Sprengeri 2.50 22.50

3H " " 6 50 60 00

2^2 Begonia Vernon. 2 kinds 2.50 22.50

Ferns from beds asst, varieties, $10.00, $12.50

and $15.00 per ICO.

Correspondence solicited forother stock.

ALONZO J. BRYAN,

Wholesale Florist.
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Nutt, Buchner. Ricard. Perkins.
2-in., $2.00 per 100; 3-in„ $5,00 per 100.

Geraniums,

Poitevine,

Boston and Whitmanl Ferns; 3 in,. 10c; 4 in,, 15c;
5-in., 2Sc,

Dracaena Ind., 3in,, $5.00; 4 in.. $10.00; 5in.,
$25.00 per 100.

Rex Begonia. 2Min., $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS, Newton, N. J.

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Aug.

22.

Index to Advertisers

Advance CoTbe.... 298

Allen J K 275

Alpha Floral Co.... 276
American Spawn Co 2b8

Amiing E C Co 271

Anderson S .\ "276

Angermueller G H. 272

Aphine Mfg Co 300

Archias Floral Co.. 2S0
.\scbmann Godfrey. 288
Atlanta Floral Co... 278
Bassett& Wash burn

2(i6 281

Batavia Greenhouse

Co -271

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Beaven E A 271

Begerow's 278

BergerBros 273

BerningH G 272

Blackistone Z U... 279
Bobbink & Atkins.. 286
Boddington AT.... 284
Bodier J & Sons Co 284

Bojand J B Co 276

Boltiiano J& Sons. .. 284

BrauK Ross 276

Bramley & Son .... 2S0
Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 282

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 278
Brown Bros & Co.. 28u

Brunning F H 284

Bryan Alonzo ] 291

Buchbinder Bros... 298

Buckbee H W 280

BudloDg J A 271

Buroee W .\ & Co.. 285
Caldwell theWoods

man Co 271

California Florists.. 280
Camp Conduit Co . . Ill
Chicago Carn Co.. I 263
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 270

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 299

Clark E B Seed Co. 285
Clarke's Sons David 279

Clay & Son 300

Clevelanfl Cut

Flower Co 279

Conard & Jones Co. 286

Cooke Geo H 276

Cowee W J 298

Coy H C Seed Co... 2H

Craig RobtCo 286

Critchell C E 273

Cunningham los H. 288
Dahlborn J P& Co. 297

DardsChas 278

Deamud J B Co .... 271

Deaaiffe&Son 282

Detroit Fiower Pot

Mfg Co II

Dietsch A & Co .... IV
Diller CaskeyS

Keen IV

Dorner F& Sons

Co 289

Dreer HA... Ill 287 2^8

Duerr Chas A 280

DunlopJohnH 279

Eagle Machine Wks 300
Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box, 292
Elastic LykeCo.... 299

EmmansGeoAl 291

Erne & Klingel 2h7

Eyres H G 279

Fish Henry Seed Co 285

Fisher Peter 291

Florists' Hail Assn 111
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 275

Ford William P.... 274

Franzen F U 288

Freeman Mrs J B... 280

Friedman 276

Froment H E 275

G & B Co 284

Galvin Thos F .277 279
Gardiner Altx C .. . 279

Garland Mfg Co 297

Gasser J M Co 279

Giblin & Co 299

GodineauR & M 285

Gorham & Chanline 299
Grand Rapids

Floral Co 280

Grimm tk Gorly

Gude Bros

Guttman & Raynor
line)

Hammond Benj ....

Hardesty & Co

Harley Pottery Co..

Hart George B

Haven Seed Co The

Heacock Jos Co . .. .

Heinl John G & Son

Henderson .A &Co. ..

Herr .Albert M

Herrmann A

Hess & Swoboda . ..

Hews A H &Co....

tlllbnger Bros

Hill D Nursery Co..

Hoeroer Bros

Hoffmeister Flo Co.

Hogan Kooyman &
Lo.

Holm fit Ulson

Holton &HnnkelCo

Home Cor School...

Horticultural
Advertiser

Hurg Edgar F

Ickes Braun Mill Co

Igoe Bros

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co

Isbell S M & Co...

Jackson '& Perkins..

Johnson WW & Son

Jones Percy

Joy Floral Co

Kasting W F Co . . .

K.eUer Geo & Sons.

K.eller Sons J B

K.ellogg Geo M

."^elway & Son

l&ennlcott Bros Co..

Kentucky Tobacco
Product Co

Kervan Co I'be

Kessler Wm

Kilt Kobt

King Construct Co,

Kohr A F

Komada Bros

l^ramer I N & Son..

KrierNlck Boiler
Works

Kroeschell Bros Co .

Kruchten Jobn

Kuebn C A

Kuhl Geo l\

Kyle & Foerster

LaCrosse I^'loral Co.

Lager & Hurrell....

Landretb Seed Co..

Lange A

Leborius J J

Leedle Floral Co ...

Leonard Seed Co...

Lockland Lumber
Co

Loeber Geo W

London Flower Shp

Lord& Burnham
Co

LovettJT

.vlcCallum Co

.vlcConnell .Alex

McCray Refrigera-
tor Co

McGee Walter S....

McKenna P & Son.

McNeff-Swenson Co

MatthewsonJ K

May & Co L L

Memphis Flo Shop.

Meredith The Flow-
er & Veg Co

Metairie kidgeNurs

Mette Henry

Milwaukee Boiler
Co

Moninger J C Co...

Montreal Floral
Exchange Ltd.

Moore. Hentz &
Nash

Morehead Mfg Co...

Morse C C & Co

.vlurray Samuel

Myers Florist

Nat Flo B of Trade.

N V Cut Flower Ex.

Nicotine Mfg Co

N lessen Leo Co

Ostertag Bros ... .

276
278

275
297
2/6
111
275
264
291
28J
1
289
29r)
260
HI
III
28d
271
2?.^

285
278
272
281

III

284
299
2'I2
2V2
285
2St>
i>H
206
280
1
111
2S0

ri'i

284
271

■WO
275

279
298
III
292
111

296
299
271
^72
28 1
271
278
2o9
285
276
2/9
289
284

297
297
278

298
286
273
276

II

.300
27l.
2>!>

2;s

280
2NJ

291'
27h

2('S

292
298

. 274

274

299
283
278
2MI
2'iJ
275
300
273
279

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS
Are positively the best. Last forever. Ovei
30.000 pounds now in use. A sure preventative oi
glass slipping. Effective on large or small glass.
Easy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. H and
Ji.40c per lb., by mail 16c extra: 7 lbs. for $2.50
15 lbs. for $5.00, by express. Forsale by the trgde

RANDOLPH 6 McCLElVIENTS, Florists.
8®36 Penn Ave., near Blithland. Pittsburgh. Ps.

Palez Paul M

280

Schwake Chas 6i Co

274

Palmer W J & Son .

278

Schwanecke C

285

PalethorpePR&

Sharp Partridge &

Co

.■!00

Co

298

Park Floral Co

278

Sheridan Walter F.

275

Peacock Dahlia

Slebrecht George C 275

Farms

290

Situation & Wants.

261

Pedrick G R& Son.

284

SkidelskySS&Co...

284

Peirce E Allan

III

Small J H &Sons...

2811

Penn the Florist....

278

Smith A W & Co...

279

Peters & Reed Poty III

SmithE D&Co

289

Phillips Bros

28(1

Smith & Hemenway 298

Pierce F 0 Co

3(111

Smith Henry

780

Pierson A N (Inc).

281

Smith Wm C Flo Co

272

Pierson F R Co...:

290

Smith W& T Co...

I

Pieters & Wheeler

South Park Floral

Seed Co

282

Co

Pikes Peak Floral

Storrs & Harrison..

289

Co

280

Stumpp GEM

279

Plllsbury I L

292

Superior Machine

Podesta&Baldocch

279

& Boiler Works..

298

Poehlmann Bros Co

Syracuse Pottery

264

2(,5

Co

Thompson J 'D

Ml

Pollworth C C Co

I 272 279

Carnation Co

288

Portland F'lower

Thorburn J M & Co

284

Store

279

TottyCbasfl

288

Pulverized Manure

Traendly&Schenck 275

Co

M)

United Cut Flower

QuakerCity Machine

Co

275

Works

292

Vaughan A L & Co.

269

Raedlein Basket Co

?hl

Vajoghan's Seed Store

Rahn & Herbert....

281

I III 263 281 285 298

Randall A L Co....

271

Vick's Sons James..

284

Randolph & Mc

Vincent R Jr&Sons

Clements 276 292

Co

I

Rawlings Elmer....

?9„

Wagner Park Cons

Ready Reference...

29 ^

Ill

288

Reed & Keller

299

WallaceFD:

IV

Regan Ptg House. . .

29'

Weber F H

278

Reid Edw

27.

Weiland& Risch...

271

Rein berg Geo

271

Welch Bros Co

273

Relnberg Peter.. 267

J'll

Western Seed &

Rice Bros.

27?

IrrUration Co

284

Rice Co. M

275

WhilTdin Pottery Co III

Robinson J C Seed

Whitted Floral Co..

276

Co

284

Wietor Bros 268 271

Rock Wm L Flwr

Winandy M Co

290

Co

280

Windier Wholesale

Robnert Waldo

284
?86

Floral Co

m

Rolker Aug & Sons.

Wittbold G Co. .276 2yj

Routzahn Seed Co .

285

Wolfskin Bros &

Rose Hill Nurseries

28(.

Morris GoldensoD

2.80

Rusch G &Co

272

Wood Bros

281

St Geork'cs Nurs Co

289

Wrede H

284

Schiller, the Florist.

280

Vokohama Nurs Co

285

Schillo Adam

Young A L & Co.. .

275

Lumber Co

IV

Voung John

274

Schlatter W & Son.

292

Voung & Nugent.. ■

276

Schling Max

27S

Zech & Mann... 269

271

Schmidt J C

.!8I

Ziska Jos

271

Schulthf'is Anton.. .

290

Zvolanek Anton C.

284

KOMADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Work

SPECIAL DESIGNS TO ORDER

Send for our illustrated catalogue.

1008 Vine St., Philadelpliia, Pa.

BOILERS

Milwaukee Greenhoaie Boilers are best
for hot water beating. Made lo all alaea.
Write for catalog.

MILWAUKEE BOILER CO,. Milwaukee, Wis.

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Boiler Tubes 61

cents per foot.

New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell Us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE 6 MFG. CO.,

2117 S. J'efterson Street CHICAGO. ILL.

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FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made with two oi
three circles. En
dorsed by all tte
Leading Carnation
Growersasthe Ijest
support on market

Pat. July 27, '97. MaylT.oS

GALVANIZED WIRE

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices befoie
ordering elsewhere.

Prompt shipment guarantsM

IGO£ BROS.

266 N. gtb St.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.

i

/ \

V

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

J

\ /

F,

1\0 not let the accounts owing you re-
" main longer unpaid. Send them to
us at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
In the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Trade

66 PINE STREET

NEW YORK

No loss il you
mend your
split caroa-
tioDS with

Saperior

Carnation

STAPLES
50c per 1000

postpaid.

Wm. Schlatter
& Son,

BEFORE ' AFTER

422 Main St., Springfield, Mass.

Split Carnations

Easily Mended with

Plllsbury Carnation Staple

We find it very satisfac-
tory. J. L. Dillon.

Can't get along without
them. ]. L. Johnson.

2000 tor $1.00 postpaid.

I. L. PILLSBURY

Galesburg.m.

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place. CHICAGO.

EVANS' Improved

Challenge

Ventilating

Apparatus

Write for Illustrated Catalog

Qnaker City Machine Woiks

Richmond, Ind.

tgi4.

The American Florist.

293

Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ARAUCARIAS.

Ai'aucarias, escelsa, 4-in., 5 to 6 ins., 2 tiers,
30c eacb; 5-in., 8 to 10 ins., 3 trs., 40c: 5-in..
10 to 12 ins., 3 trs.. GOc; 6-in., 12 to 15 ins.,
3 to 4 trs., 75c: 6-in.. 14 to 16 ins., 4 trs., $1.
Exeelsa glauca, 6-in., 8 ins., 2 trs., 75c each.
Robusta Compacta. 6-in., S to 1') ins., 2 trs..
75c; G-in.. 12 ins., 3 trs., $1.25; 7-in.. 14 to 16
Ins., 3 trs., $1.50. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Araucaria escelsa, 4-in., 2 and 3 tiers. 50c
■each; $6 per doz. ; 5-iu., 3 to 4 tiers, 75c each;
$9 per doz.; G-in., %\ each; $12 per doz. Ex-
eelsa compacta, 5-in., $1.25 each; 6-in.. $1.50,
Exeelsa glauca, 5-in.. $1.25. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Araucarias exeelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
oi^-6-incb. 50c to $1.50 each. Exeelsa glauca
and compacta, 5V.-6-7-inch. $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Ascbmann. 1012 W. Ontario St., Phila-
<lelphia.

Araucaria exeelsa. 4-in., 6 to 8 ins. high, 35c
each; 5-in., 8 to 10 ins.. 50c each. The Storrs
Si Harrison Co.. Paipesville, 0.

Araucaria exeelsa, 6-in., 65c each. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wig.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus, 2V>-in., $3 per 100; $2S
per 1,000. Hateheri, 2^-in., $3.50 per 100; $30
per 1,000. Plumosus, 3^-in., $7 per luO; $65
per 1,000. Hateheri, 3-in., $8 per lOO; $75 per
1,000. Sprengeri. 2Vl-in., $2.50 per lOO; $22.50
per 1,000; S^j-in., $6.50 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington. N. J.

A nice lot of strong Asparagus Sprengeri, out
of 3-in., at $5 per 100. Cash with order, please.
Edgar Easterday, Nokomis, 111.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS AND SPRENGERI.

2-in., $3 per lOO; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri baskets, $1 to $2.50
each. Poehlmann Eros. Co., Morton Grove,
111.

Asparagus plumosus, 2Vt-in., $3 per 100; $25
per 1.000. The Storrs & Harrison Co.. Paines-
ville, O.

Asparagus sprengeri, 2i-^-inch, $2 per 100;
$5 per 3u0. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

Asparagus plumosus. $2 per 100. Jos. H.
Cunningham, Delaware, O. --

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, 5-inch pots. 10 leaves, $1
€ach; variegated, 5-incb pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Aspidistras, green, tall, extra fine. 10c per
leaf. Variegated, 15c per leaf. The Geo, Witt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids: all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roebrs Co..
Rutherford, N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rollier & Sons, 51 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIAS, LORRAINE, 2Vl-in., $12 per 100;
3-in,, .$20 per lOD. CINCINNATI. 2V4-ln., $15
per 100; 3in., $30 per 100. CHATELAINE,
2%-in., $5 per 100; 3-in., $8 per 100; 4-ln.,
$15 per 100. ERNEST ROBER, Wilmctte.^ll.

Hex Begonias, 2Vl-in., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans. Newton, N. J.

Begonias. Gloire de Lorraine, 2^-inch. $15
per 100; $135 per 1.000; 3-inch, $25 per 100.
Cincinnnti, 3-inch, $.35 per 100; 2li,-inch, $20
per 100. Wm. F. Kasting Co., 383-387 Elli-
cott St., Bntfalo, N. Y.

Begonias, Lonsdale, 2^-in.. $14 per 100; $125
per 1,000. Gloire de Chatelaine, .$6 per 100;
$.50 per l.nOO. S. S. Sliidelsky, 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties, 2-in., $3; 3-
in.. $5; 4-in.. $8; 6 in.. $25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Begonia Vernon, 2 kinds, 2y>-in., $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1,000, Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-
ington, N. J,

BEGONIA LORRAINE, IVt-m.. $12 per 100;
5-in., $40 per 10:1. GLORY OF CINCINNATI,
2Vi-in., $17 per lOU; 5-iD.. .$50 per 100. W. \V.
EDGAR CO.. Waverley, Mass.

Begonias, Lorraine, Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport. 2^4-10. pots. Present delivery.
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J^

Begonia Chatelaine. 3-inch, $1.50 per doz.;
$10 per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago
and New York,

Begonia Glory d'Chatelaine, 3-in., $8 per 100.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

BOXWOOU.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft., $1 each; 2V. ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; SMj ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 Inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14.tl4
inch, $3. Heavy hushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-inch, 35c each. F. O. Franzen, 5319
No. Clark St., Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Paper White Grandiflora, fancy, 1,250
to case, $9.50 per 1.000; Star brand. 1.000 to
case. $11.50 per 1,000. Lillum Formosum, 6-8-
inch, 350 to case, $37 per 1,000; 7-9-inch, 250
to case, $60 per 1,000; 8-9-inch, 225 to case,
$70 per 1,000; 8-10-inch, 200 bulbs to case, $80
per 1,000. Lilium Harrisii. best Bermuda stock
from rogued fields, 5-7-inch, 400 to case, $5
per 100; $40 per 1,000; 6-7-inch, 335 to case,
$6.50 per 100; $47 per 1,000; 7-9-inch. 200 to
case, $3,50 per 100; $85 per 1,000. Glganteum.
cold storage. 7-9-inch, 100 to case, $8.50 per
case; 7-9-inch, 300 to case, .$17 per case; $55
per 1.000; 8 9-inch, 250 to case, $18 per case;
.$70 per 1,000. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago
and New York.

Bulbs, Formosum lilies, 7-9-inch, 300 to case,
$7 per 100; $19 per case; 8-10-inch, 225 to
case, $9 per lOO; $19 per case; 9-10-lnch, 200
to case, $11 per 100; $20 per case. Wm. F.
Kasting Co., 383 ElUcott St., Buffalo. N. Y.

Bulbs, Lillum Harrisii, 6 to 7-lnch, 350 to
case, $3.50 per 100; $45 per 1.000; 7 to 9-inch,
200 to case, $9 per lOi); $80 per 1.000. F. R.
Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

Bulbs, Japanese and Chinese lilies, French
and Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co., Ltd.,
91-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Bulbs, Lilium Formosum. We have a sur-
plus of the following sizes, 7-9, 9-10. 10-11 and
11-13-inch. Write for prices. Yokohama Nurs-
ery Co.. Woolworth Bldg., New York.

Tuberoses, Dwarf Double Pearl, $7.50 per
1,000. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St.,

New York.

Bulbs, S, S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T, Boddington, New
York^

Bulbs. C. 0. PoUworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Bulbs. P. van Deursen, Sassenheim, Holland.

CALLAS.

CALLAS.
Calia Bulbs, best California field-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by e.-cpress, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more.
3 to 3%-inch circumference, $4 per li)0; $18
per 500; 4 to 4% -inch circumference, $8 per
100; $38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders
will receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs; $20
orders. 200 freesia bulbs. LILYDALE BDLB
CO., SANTA CRUZ, CALIF.

CAMELLIAS.

CAMELLIAS.
Thousands of plants from 6-inch and 9-inch
pots, covered with flowering buds; in many
varieties, JULIUS ROEHRS CO,, Rutherford,
N, J.

Camellias, without bud from February to
April; with bud from August to October. Flue
stock. Catalogue free. Victor De Bisschop.
Tronchiennes. Ghent, Belgium.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.

^ Per 100 Per 1,000

Mrs. Ward (limited) $7.00 $65.00

Rosette (in quantity) 8.00 70.00

Enchantress (in quantity) 6.00 55.00

R. P. Enchantress (in quantity) . 7.00 60.00

Comfort (in quantity) 7.00 60.00

Beacon (in quantity) 8.00 70.00

Plants that will please the most critical grow-
er; clean, healtliy and strong. All plants
guaranteed to arrive in a satisfactory condition.
Cash to all unknown parties. Special prices
given on large orders. Orders held in reserve
with part payment. Samples sent free. Large
buyers, come and see,

S. M. MERWARTH & BROS.,
Wholesale Carnation Plant Specialists.

R. F. D. 5. EASTON. PA.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get .vour order in early for this fine stock
before it Is too late. Send it in today.

Per 100 Per lOOl)

Enchantress $6.00 $30.00

White Lawson 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

Washington 6.50 50.00

White Wonder 6.00

Victory 5.00 45.00

Bonfire 5.00 45.00

WIEXOR BROS.,
162 North Wabash Ave., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.

Limestone land; no stem rot, 6.000 Enchant-
ress, 2,01:0 Victory, .$6 per lOO; $55 per 1.000.
6.000 White Enchantress, $7 per 100; $65 per
l.OOil. 2.50 at 1.000 rate. W. Fargo and Amer-
ican Express. Cash, please.
JNO. F. SABRANSICY. Kenton, Ohio.

CARNATION PLANTS.

7000 White Perfection. $40.00 per 1000;

All field-grown, healthy stock.

Cash with order,

SINNER BROS.,

56 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIBS and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON. N. J.

FOR SALE — Field-grown Victory and En-
chantress carnation plants, $5 per 100; $45
per 1,000. Cash with order or satisfactory ref-
erence. THE RIVERBANK CO., Geneva, 111.

Carnations, Ward and Rose Pink Enchantress,
Victory, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1.000. Peter
Reinberg, 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

If You Do Not Find Wha) You Need In Our Ready Reference Departmenf, Write Us About It.

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Aug.

22,

FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS.

Enchantress. Pink $6.U0 per KlO

Beacon e.W per 100

Lady Bountiful 6.00 per 100

Bncliantress, Wiiite 6.00 per 100

R. O. LOMMATZSCH.
R. No. 1, La Grange. 111.

Carnations. Peerless Pink. $12 per 100; .WOO
per l,Oi.:0. White Perfection. Beacon. Benora.
$7 per 100; $60 per 1,000. Enchantress, Rose
Pink Enchantress, %n per 100; $45 per l.WW.
Gloriosa (small). Pink Delight, $6 per 100;

fSO per 1.000. Ohicaso Carnation Co.. 30 East
tandolph St., Chicago.

CARNATIONS.' White Perfection, Enchant-
ress, White Enchantress. Pink Enchantress.
$6.50 per 100; $60 per 1.000. Apple Blossom.
Mrs. Patten. Harlowarden, Winsor, Golden
Beaut.v. $6 per 100; $55 per 1,000. P. R.
QUINLAN. Syracuse. N. Y. ^

CARNATIONS, fleld-grown. W. Enchantress.
W. Wonder. Bassett, $3 per 100; $50 per 1.000.
Pink Delight, Mrs. C. W. Ward, Beacon. Ro-
sette, $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000. Second size
4e. Cash please. HARRY HEINL. W. To-
ledo, O.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Extra fine White Perfection, Winsor and iCn^
chantress. $50 per 1,000.

KROEGEB & TEEGEN.
MORTON GROVE. ILL.

Carnations, fleld-grown. Ward, W. Perfection,
Scarlet Glow, Beacon, $55 per 1,000. Wlnsov.
Lawson, May Day, $50 per 1,000. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Carnations, Victory, $5 per 100; $45 per
1.000. Enchantress. White Enchantress, Wash-
ington, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1,000. M.
Winandy Co., 6236 N. Lincoln St., Chicago.

Carnations, field-grown. White Perfection, $5
per 100; $40 per 1,009. J. A. Budlong, 82
East Randolph St., Chicago.

Carnation Alice, heautiful clear blush pink.
Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Carnations, J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

Joliet, III.

Carnations. Wood Bros.. Fishkill. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum iilants from 2i^-inch pots;
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton, McNiece. Ramapo,
O. H. Kahn, Chrysolora, October Frost, Touset.
Chas. Razer, Comoletta, Golden Glow, Pacific
Supreme^ Unaka, Pocketts' Crimson and
Schrimpton, %2 per 100. Extra fine stock, or-
der quick. Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNA-
TION CO., Joliet, lU.

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per
100; 2-in., $2 per 100; Touset, Oct. Frost,
Polly Rose, Pacific, Smith's Advance. Lincoln,
Appleton, Enguehard, Silver Wedding, Yel-
low Bonnaffon, White BonnaEFon, Baby Y^ellow
Zenobla. L. J. Rowe, Titusvilie, Pa.

Chrysanthemums. All the leading varieties;
pompous and singles. See list of varieties and
prices in double page advertisement elsewhere
In this issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Standard Varieties^
strong plants. 2^-in. pots, also some pompons
and singles. $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis Jackmanl. hybrids assorted, pot-
grown, 6-ln., 30e each; $3.E0 per doz. Panl-
culata. 6-in., $1.50 per doz. The Geo. Wltt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. \.

COLEUS.

COLEUS, best standard varieties, all colors,
2Mi-ln. pots, $2 per 100; 3-ln., $3 per 100.
Fine for stock plants or specimens. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

CROTONS

Crotons, 4-in., $4 per doz.; $30 per 100; 5-In..
$6 to $3 per doz.; large plants, $1 to $1.50
each. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.,
E'hiladelphia, Pa.

CYCLAMEN.

Cyclamen, deep red, 3-lnch, English strain,
$1.25 doz.; $a per 100; Giant Blood red. 4-
Inch, $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Giant pure white.
3-inch., $1.25 <loz. ; $0 per 100; Giant pure
white. 4-ln.. $2 doz.; $15 per luO; Giant rn.^e,
4-inch. %1 doz.; $15 per 100; Persicum. 4 Inch.
English strain, $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Wonder
of Wamlshek. 3-lnch, $l..'iO doz.; $12 per 100;
mixed Defiance strain, 3-Cnch, $1 doz.; $8 per
100; 4-Inch, $2 doz.; $15 per 100; 5 Inch. 10
to 12 Inches across. 40c each. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago,

Cyclamens, ready July, 3-inch, $8 and $10 per
100. Finest strain, about 10 varieties, equally
divided. ERNEST ROBER, Wllmette, 111.
CYCLAMEN — Best German strain in 5 assorted

colors, out of 2^-in. pots, good, strong plants.
$').00 per 100. Cash please. J. H. Picsscr, 709
Hamilton Ave., North Bergen. N. J.

Cyclamen, choice strain, 3-Inch, $7 per 100;
Glory of Wnndsbek, 3-Inch, $8 per 100; 4-In.,
choice stock, $15 per 100; 4-inch Glory of Wands-
bek. $18 per 100. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

Cyclamen from 3V^-Inch pots, $15 per 100:
4-inch, $25 per 100; 5-lnch, $50 per 100. Finest
strain; separate colors. JULIUS ROEHRS CO..
Rutherford. N. J.

Cyclamen, 5 colors, 3-in., doz., $1.50; per 100,
$10; 4-ln., doz., $2.50; per 100. $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Cyclamen Persicum Gigauteum, all colors and
vars., 4H-inch pots, $2<i per 100. Anton
Schnltheis. College Point. N. Y. .

DAISIES.

«

MARGUERITES, strong cut back, 4-ln. stock
suitable for Winter forcing, $10 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

DEUTZIAS.

Deutzia gracilis, 8-Inch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz., $4; per 100, $30. Vaughan's
Seed Stoie. Chicago and New Y^ork.

DRACAENAS.

Dracfenas. AmabiUs, Baptistil, Shepherdii,
YoungI, 2V4-in., $2 per doz., $15 per 100; 3-in.,
$1.50 per doz.; $25 per 100; 4-in.. 50c each;
5-in., 75c each: 6-in., $1 each. Termlnalis.
214-In., $1.25 per doz.; $10 per 100; 3-In., $2
per doz. ; $15 per 100. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Dracaena Godseffiana, 2-inch pots, $1 per doz. :
3-inch pots, $1.60 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

Dracaena indivlsa, 4-In., 15c and 20c each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Dracaena indivlsa, 3-ln., $5; 4-in., $10; 5-in.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N, J.

FERNS.

Ferns, Asplenlum Nidus Avis, 3-in., $1.50 per
doz.; $10 per 100; 4-in., $3.50 per doz.; $25 per
liiO. Cibotium Schiedel, 3-in., $3.50 per doz.;
$25 per 100; 6-in., $1.50 each; 8-in., $2.30: 10-
in. tubs. $3.50 to $5 each. Pterls Parkcri,
2%-in.. 75c per doz.; $5 per 100; .4-in., $2 per
doz.; $15 per 100; O-In., $4.50 per doz.; $35 per
100. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Ferns, N. Elegantisslma, 3%-in., 23C' each; 6-
in., 50c; 8-in., $1. N. Magnlflca, 314-in., 25c;
N. Muscosa, 3yj-in., 25c; 5-in., 50c; N. Har-
risii, 6-in., 50c; 12-in., very large, $5 each. N.
Bostoniensis, 6-in., 50c; 12-In.. very large. $5.
Pteris Wimsetti multiceps. 3i/i-In., 15c each.
.Small ferns for pans; fine assortment, 2^-in.,
$4 per 100. F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-
Hudson, N. Y.

Ferns, Asplenlum nidus. 3-In., $2.50 per doz.;
$20 per 100; 4-in,. $5 per doz.; $35 per WO;
5-in.. $7 per doz.; $50 per IflO. Cibotium
Schiedel, 6-In., $1.50 each. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co., Palnesville, O.

Ferns, Boston and Roosevelt, 3-In., $7.50 per
100; 4-ln., $15; 5-in., $25; 6-In., $50; 7-in., $75.
A. Henderson & Co., 369 River St., Chicago.

Boston ferns, 5-Inch, SSc each; $4 per doz.
-Vdiantum Croweanum, 3-In., $8 per 100: $70
per l,00i». A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn.

Ferns from bench, assorted varieties, $10,
$12.50 and $15 per 100. Alonzo J. Bryan. Wash-
ingtoP. N. J.

Ferns for dishes, Aspldlum, Cyrtomium, Wil-
sonl, Mayl, etc., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000.
The Storrs & Harrison Co.. Palnesville. O.

Ferns. 4-Inch. $10 per 100; 5-Inch, $20; 6-inch.
$30. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham
Place, Chicago.

Ferns. Boston and Whitmanl. 3-ln., 106; 4-ln.,
15c; 5-In., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Boston ferns. 10-Inch, $2; 12-Inch, $3 to $3.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

.300 Boston ferns, 4-Inch, $12 per 100. Cash
please. Edgar Easterday. Nok 0 mis. 111.

Boston hanging baskets, $1.50 to $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111. '

Ferns.

Bobblnk & Atkins.

Rutherford.

N. J.

Ferng.

Jnllus Roehrs Co.,

Ruttoerford,

N. J.

FICUS.

FIcus elastlca, 4-ln.. 8 to 10 Ins., $3.50 per
doz.; $25 per 100. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

FREESIAS.

Freesias, Purity (true),
100; $22.50 per I.OjO; ^A
100; $16 per 1,000; %-In,
100; $12 per 1,000; % to
$10 per l.OiJO. Vaughan's
in. and up. $2.25 per 100;
%-in.. $1.75 per 100; $16
in., $1.30 per 100; $12
grown. Jumbo. $1.50 per
Mammoth. $1 per 100; $9.
.an's Seed Store, Chicago

% to 1-ln., $2.50 per

I to %-in., $1.75 per

. and over. $1.50 per

y«-\-a., $1.25 per loO;

Improved Purity, %-

$20 per 1,000; ^^ to

per l.OOO; % to %-

per 1.000. French

100; $12 per l.liOO.

50 per 1.000. Vaugh-

and New York.

FREESIAS.
PURITY FREESIAS. best California fleld-
grown. direct from grower to florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size, ^ to %-
Inch diameter, $1.50 per 100; $3 per 500; 2nd
size, V4 to %-inch diameter, 90c per 100; $3.50
per 500. Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
CO., SANTA CRUZ, CALIF.

Preesia Purity, 1st size bulbs, $8 per 1,000.
Hogan, Kooyman & Co., 27 Central Place.

San Francisco. Calif.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums. La Favorite, Perkins, Jean Oberle,
Ricard, Landry, Col. Thomas, Dagata, Vlaud,
$2 per 100; $18.50 per 1,000. Clair Frenot,
Lulgl Grandi, Mrs. E. G. Hill. Poltevlne. Mrs.
Annie Vincent. $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000.
Ruby. $4 per 100. S. A. Nutt. at the special
price of $1.75 per 100; $16 per l.ouo. The
above Is all fine stock in two-Inch pots. Write
for Catalogue. F. H. DB WITT & COMPANY.
Wooster, Ohio.

Geraniums. 3-In. pot plants ready now; fine
assortment of colors for winter blooming. $3
per 100; $25 per 1,000. Booking orders for
next season's delivery, $2 per 1<I0; $18.50 per
1,000 for 2-inch stock of standard kinds. R.
Vincent Jr. & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Md.

Geraniums. Silver-leaf Nutt, 2>4-ln., $4.00
per 100; $35.00 per 1,000. Rose. 2Vi-in., $3.00
per 100; standard varieties, 2-1d., $2.00 per
100: $18.00 per 1,000. Lady Washington, 2^4-
In., $4.00 per 100.

ERNEST EOBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3%-in. pots, $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE. Mlnot.
N. D.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner, 2-in., $1.75 per 100. Elmer
Rawlings. Olean. N. Y.

Geraniums. 2-in.. $3 per 100. Hall Calne
and Mary Barton, 2-In., $5. Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perkins,
Poltevlne, 2-In., $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

Geraniums. Nutt, $10 per 1,000; Ricard and
Poltevlne, $12.50 per 1,000. Albert M. Herr.
Lancaster, Pa.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. 4-in., $8 per 100.
in paper pots. L. J. Rowe, Titusville, Pa.

HYDRANGEAS.

HYDR.\NGEAS— French Hydrangeas, Ava-
lanche. ,Mme. E. Mouiilere, Mont Rose, Bou-
quet Rose, La Lorraine, Mousselllne, 2Vi-In.
pots. $5.0(1 per 100. Cash please. J. H. Fles-
ser. 709 Hamilton Ave.. North Bergen. N. J.

Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4-in,,
$20 per iOO; 5-in.. $25 per 100. The Storrs
& Harrison Co., Palnesville, O.

HY'DRANGE.4S OTAKSA and ARBORES-
CENS, 3-In. pots, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Hydrangeas, French and Otaksa. Robert
Craig Co.. 4900 Market St., Philadelphia.

Hydrangeas. C. C. PoUworth Co., Milwau-
kee. Wis.

IVIES.

English Ivy, out of 6-ln. pots, up to 5 ft.
high, $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert. 110 B.
49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Hardy English ivy. $2 per 100; $18.50 per
l.fiOO. R. Vincent Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh.

Md.

English Ivy, strong, 20c and 35c each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

German Ivy, 2^-In.. $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES— Strong plants, ready
to shift out of 2% -in. pots. $3.00 per 100.
Cash please. J. H. Flesser, 709 Hamilton Ave..
North Bergen, N. J.

if You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About it

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LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Lily of the Valley, best grade. 500 to case.
$9 per case; l.OflO to case. J17 per case.
Vauglian's Seed Store, Chicago aud New York.

To Import.

Lily of the Valley. Chas. Schwake & Ck).,
Inc., Horticultural Importers and Exporters, 90-
92 West Broadway, New York.

Lily of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert, Waudsbek. nr. Hamburg.
Germany. Apply to Otto Heinecken, 17 Bat-
tery PL. New York.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn.

Mushroom spawn, English imported, $6.50 per
100 lbs. St. Louis Seed Co.. St. Louis, Mo.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees,
bink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

Bob-

PANSIES.

SEEDS.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,
IlL

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and seml-
established. Lager & Hurrell. Summit, N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMOHEANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4 inch pots, 5 to 6, 18 $0.35

6-inch pots, 6 to 7 24 l.llO

6-inch pots, 6 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

6-inch pots, 6 to 7. 32 to 34 2.0(1

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7. 36 3.00

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

8-incb tubs, 6 to 7, 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FORSTBRIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 $0.35

6-inch pots, 5 to 6, 28 to 30 1.00

6-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 34 to 36 1.50

6-inch pots, 5 to 6. 38 to 42 2.00

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7. 46 to 48 3.50

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7. 50 to 54 5.(10

10-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to 5% ft.. 8.00

lO-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 6 to 6% ft.. 10.00

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

8-inch tubs. 4 plants In a tub, 32 . .$3.50

lO-inch tubs, 5 plants in a tub, 38 to 40. . 5.00

10-inch tubs, 5 plants in a tub, 45 to 50.. 8.00

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high. 12.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 . .$1.25

7-inch pots, 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 .. 3.110

8-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-lnch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56. . 6.00

10-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high. 8.00

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5% ft.10.00

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. Oft. bigb.l2.0ii

Very strong specimens. 12 and 15-inch tubs., 7

plants, $15.00, $18.00 and $25. OH.

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

6-inch pots, 20 In. high, 26 in. spread $1.50

7-inch pots. 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread. 2.50

8-inch tubs, tine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.,

MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-ln.. 6-7 leaves.
22 Ins., high, $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Roebelenll. 8-in. pots. 24 ins. high. 28-inch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-inch tubs, 24 Inches high.
30-inch spread, $4 each. A. N. Plerson, Inc.,

Cromwell^ Conn^

Palms. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere In this issue. Henry A.
Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa.

Phoenix Canariensls, fine large plants. $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue. Joseph Hea-
cock Co.. Wyncote, Pa.

Palms. Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veitchll, 4-in., 50e: 5-ln.. 7.?c; 6-in.,
$1.25 and $1.50; 7-in., $2 and $2.50 each.
Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Pandanns Veltchli, 6-in.. $1 each. Henry A.
Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

PANSIES.
If you didn't get our color plate catalog and
1914 cut prices on Mastodon Pansy Seed and
seedlings, fall delivery; write for It. Cut prices,
new crop Mastodon mixed, i^ oz., $1; oz., $7.
Mastodon Greenhouse Special, same price.
STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS. Portland, Ore.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTB, ILL.

PEONIES.

Peony Feativa Maxima. Write for list of
other fine varieties. Thomas J. OberllD, Sink-
ing Spring, Pa,

PEPPERS.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES. 4-
in. plants at $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
(J rand Rapids^ Mich.

New cluster~peppers, 2in., $2 per 100: 3-In.,
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers, 3-in., $4 per 100.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvinil, 2-iA., $3 per 100;
3-in., $5 per 100. Cash. ERNEST ROBER,
Wilmette, 111.

Peppers. Chinese and Cluster, 3-in., $5 per
100. Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-in,, $2 per
100; $18 per 1,000. Elmer Rawllngs, Olean,
N. Y.

PODJSETTIAS.

HEADQUARTERS FOR POINSETTIAS.

True type, orders booked now for June and
later delivery, $5 per 100; $45 per l.OOU; 5,000
lots or more. Write for prices. Cash please.
ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette, HI.

Poinsettias, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in 2V4-ln. paper pots, $."j.50 per
loO; $50 per 1.000. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St.. Chicago.

Poinsettias, 2%-ln., $5 per 100; $45 per 1,000.
S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg., Phila-
delphia^^

PRIMULAS.

Primula Obconica Ronsdorfer hybrids, best
strain in existence; large flowering grandiflora
and fringed; 10 separate colors, 2i/4-iuch, 2i,4c;
mixed. 2H-lnch. 2c; gigantea, 2V4-inch, 2%c;
3-inch. $5 per 100. Chinensis, best large flcjwer-
ing. 7 separate colors. 214-Inch, 2V4c; mixed,
2Vj-inch. 2c; 3-inch. $5 per 100. ,Malacoldes,
2 inch, 2%c. Kewensis, 2-lnch, $2.25 per 100.
Cash. Toledo Greenhouse, 2829 Chestnut St.,
Toledo, Ohio.

Primroses, Chinese, $2 per 100. Obc. alba
and rosea, $2. Forbesi and Malacoldes. $2.
Obc. Gigantea, $2.50. Jos. H. Cunningham.
Delaware, O.

Primula Malacoldes. $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000.
Chinensis, $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. The
Storrs & Harrison Co'., Painesvllle. O.

Primula obconica, 3-inch, $6 per 100. Mala-
coldes, 2%:lnch, $4 per 100; $.35 per 1.000.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.
■ Primula obconica Grandiflora and Gigantea, 3-
in., $5 per 100; 4-ln., 8c. Poeblmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, III. _^

PRIVET. . '

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lorett, Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

2%-lNCH ROSE STOCK.
Fine, healthy plants, ready for Immediate
shipment.

Per 100 Per 1,000

American Beauties $5.00 $45.00

Richmond 3.ii0 25.00

Milady 5.00 45.00

Sunburst 5.00 46.00

Pink KiUarney 5.00 40.00

WIETOR BROTHERS,
162 North WABASH AVE., CHICAGO.

Beauties, choice young stock in 3 and 4-inch
pots, at the rate of $30 per 1.000 in lots of
5,000 plants. Bassett & Washburn, 131 N.
Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

Killarney Brilliant grown in 4-inch pots, $25
per 1(10: $200 per 1,000. F. R. Plerson Co.,
Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

ROSES, strong, 3-in. Pink Killarney, Kalserln.
Mv Maryland and Rhea Reirt. $6 per lOn; $50
pe'r 1,000. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids,
Mich.

Roses, ow-n root and grafted. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Poeblmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Roses, 1-yr., 2%-ln. ; 2-yr., 4-ln. Leedlc Floral
Co., Sprlngfleld. O.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N, Y.

CHOICE MIXED PANSY SEED.
We save the seed from our own beds, mix It
with tile best imported stock of Danish Exhi-
bition, Imperial German, Mammoth Butterfly,
Giant Ruffled and Mottled, Giant Five Spotted
and Trimardeau Giant, making one grand mix-
ture, which we offer as follows: "Trade packet,
25c; >4 oz., $1; y« oz., $1.75; 1 oz., $3.50.
Terms Cash. Safe Delivery Guaranteed.
FRANCIS BRILL CO..

Seed Growers and Dealers,
Hempstead (L. I.), N. Y.

Seeds, sweet peas, winter flowering. For
varieties and prices see advertisement else-
where in this issue. Vaughan's seed Stor«.
Chicago and New York. ■

Seeds, sweet pea Margaret Atlee. $3.50 for
25 packets; $12.50 per 100 up to 500; $10 p«r
100 for 5(.iO packets and over. C. C. MORSE &
CO.. San Francisco. Calif.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $*
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, eel*
ery, lettuce, Mangel-Wurtzel, onion, parsley,
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Denaiffe
& Son. Carignan. Northern France.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers. Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet. Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
IIurfF, Swedesboro, N. J.

Seed, pansy: Schwanecke's Giant flowered
Improved Trimardeau, $1.50 per oz. ; Cassler,
$3.75; Germania, $3.75; Bugnots. $3; Odler,
$2.50. C. Schwanecke. Oschersieben, Germany.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedricb &
Son, contract seed growers, Pedricktown. N. J.

Seeds, highly bred and improved strains of
vegetable, flower and f^rm seeds. Toogood &.
Sons, Southampton. England. ' -*• (

Seeds, Cabbage Danish AmagerrBall Head> .
EarliesS Cauliflower. Danish SnowbaU. Dit-
lev. Eltzholtz & Co., Ringe. Denmark.

^eeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelou, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport. Somerset, England.

Seeds, Asparagus, Plumosus Nanus, 1.000,_
$2; 5,000, $1.75 per l.OuO; 10,000, $1.60 per
1.000. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 63 Barclay St.,
New York.

Seed, cyclamen, English, $8.50 per oz. Ger-
man, $8 per oz. Pansy, home-grown, 14 oz..
$1.50; 1 oz., $5. S. S. Skidelsky, 1218 Betz
Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. ,

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of Sweet,
Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk and
Watermelons. Pumpkins and Squash. Western
Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelon, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo. Neb.

Seeds, Dreer's Perfect pansies. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in tills
issue. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia. ^

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandifloras, etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co..
Los Angeles. Calif. __^_

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, ouion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Coou.

Seeds. Specialists: Beets, mangoes, carrots,
cabbages celeries, parsley, parsnips, turnips.
R. & M. Godineau.Angers, France.

Seeds wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolgiano & Son, Light, Pratt and Ellicott Sts.,
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds. Mk-hell's Seed House, 518 Market St.,
Philadelphia.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. 0.
Zvolane'k, Lompoc, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cunningham. Delaware, O.

Seeds eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnings, P.

O. Box 857, Melbourne, Australia. ^

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddington, New York.

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SMIIAX.

Smilax. 2-in. sti'ong stock, several times
pincbed back, $20 per 1,000: 3-in. strong stock,
several times pincli'ed back. $4<) per l.OUO.
Poeblmaiin Bros. Co. . Morton Grove, lU.

Smilax, 2y>-lncb, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Scbmidt. Bristol. Pa.

SNAPD WAGONS.

SNAPDRAGONS:— Rooted cuttings. Silver
Pink, $1 per KX); 2',4-in., %i per lUO, Pine Grove
Floral Corp., 35 Hmlson St., Lynn, Mass.

SPIREA.

Spirea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per lOO:
$75 per 1,000. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grou-n. Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate. Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKinley, Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success. Tbree W's, U. S. King Edward. Wm.
Belt. $2 per lOU; $16 per 1.000. Cbesapcake,
Fendall, Pearl, $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1,000.
Everbearing (Progressive. Productive. Superb),
*2.60 per 100; $20 per l.OilO. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N. J.

STEVIA;

STEVIA. strong plants, 4-ln., $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

Stevia. ready now at $20 per 1,000. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. HI.

SW AI WSONA.

SWAI.NSONA, white, 4-in., $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

TORENIA^

TOKENIAS, 21,4-in., $3 per 100. HENRY
S.MITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

HARDY nELD STOCK.

Celery plants $2.50 per 1.000

Cabbage jilants 1.00 per 1.000

Genuine -Tauliflower 2.50 per l.noo

Parsley, triple curled 2.50 per 1.000

All Varieties.
P. M. Pattlngton, Scipiovllle. N. Y.

Cabbage plants ready to set in the field,
strong transplanted plants. $2.50 per 1,000.
Seedlings, $1 per 1,000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville, 111.

VIOLETS.

Field-grown Prince of Wales Violet plants,
$5 per 100; $45 per 1,000. Cash with order
or satisfactory reference. THE RIVERBANK
CO.. Geneva, 111.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co., St. Louis, Mo.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses, Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Mars}illpld Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

The Kroescbell greenhouse boiler, best of

■ all for hot water beating. Kroeschell Bros.

Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers, latest types of steel tubular and
cast iron for greenhouses, Geo, W. Loeber,
222 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago,

Boilers for greenhouses: all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Boilers, all sizes for greenhouses. John C.
MonlDger Co., 9li2 Blackhawk St.. Chicago.

Hontsch boilers. J. P. Dahlborn, 217 Hack-
ensack PI. Rd., Weehawken Heights, N, J.

Boilers, Glblin standard greenhouse, Glblin
& Co.. nol Broad St.. Utica. y. Y,

Boiler tubes, 4-lnch, 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

PlUsbury Carnation Staples, 60c per 1,000,

postpaid. I. L. Pillsbnry, Galesburg, 111.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far, 50c for
I.OOO, postage paid.

MICHIGAN GUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
.18-40 liroadMuy. Detroit, Mlcb.

COAL.

Berwind's Smokeless Coals from Pocahontas
and New River mines. Berwind-Wbite Coal
Mining Co., 1805 People's Gas Bldg., Chicago.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
rid ge&^o^^_Chicaga|_^ ^

Gi-eenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Wipdow Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague
Smith Co.. 164-166 Randolph St., Chicago.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Brauo Mill Co., 2340 Wabantjia
Ave., Chicago. 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. , Plans and
sketches submitted Qn request. John C. Mou-
inger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plaua
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dietsch
Co., 2642 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on fe-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
ding Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing^

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co.. N. Touawanda. N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hot bed t sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Locklaud Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz., by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons. Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.

Peirce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
pot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Peirce. 400 Oaks St., Waltham. Mass.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co., South Zanesville, Ohio.

Nepouset. flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago .and New
York.

Syracuse red' pots, Syracuse Pottery Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. Hil-
finger Bros. Pottery, Fort Edward, N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Harley
Pottery Co., Nashville, Teun.

Pots, Hews' standard. A. H. Hews & Co.,
Cambridge. Mass.

Standard flower pots. A. F. Kohr, 2934-38
Leavitt St.. Chicago.

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son, 2614-22 Hern-
dou St., Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy., Detroit. Micb.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Aphlne, $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fungine,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine, $1 per qt..
$3 per gal. Sealine, 75c per qt.. $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals.j $10. Nikotiana, $1.50 per qt..
?4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus, Jeunlng's
Improved Iron Gutters. Diller, Caskey & Keen,
S. W. Cor. Si.\th and Berk Sts.. Philadelphia.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son. Stratford. London, England.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave., Chi-
cago.

Morlsts* refrigerators. Buchblnder Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per 1,010. SiV^;
by mall, 70c; 5,000 by express, $2.50. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.'

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. Kendallvllle, Ind.

Liquid— NICO-FUMK— Paper, for thrips, aphis.
Spraying vaporizing, fumigating. The Kentucky
Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville. Ky.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies,

— Send For Prices

404-412 East 34th St. NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

KRIER BOILERS

Smoke Burner— Self Feeding— For Greenbouset
A GUARANTEED FUEL SAVING

Catalogue and Prices on Request.

Nic. Krier Boiler Works,

2725-27 N. Marshfield Ave., CHICAGO.

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Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1,000.
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St..
Springlield. Mass.

Glazing points. % and %, 40c per lb.; 7
lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs. $5. Randolph & McClements,
5936 Peun Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa.

"Elastic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner.
Mgr., The Elastic-Lyke Co., 30 E. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Hammond's Slug Shot and Hammond's Grape
Dust. Hammond's Paint and Slug Shot Works,
Fishkill-on- Hudson, New York.

Greenhouse "supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35tb and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1,000, 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer. 714 Chestnut St..
Philadelphia.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co., Detroit. Mich.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
56 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Floraln D.
Wallace, Insurance Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway, 105 Cliambers St., New York.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Revero garden hose. Revere Rubber Co.. Bos-
ton, Mass.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 0th St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Richmond Carnation Supports, $28 per 1,000.
Eagle Machine Works. Richmond. Ind.

The No. 16 "Clipper" seed cleaner. A. T.
Farrell & Co.. Saginaw, W. S., Mich.

NIKOTEEN,

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 feet, per
100. 85c; 50:j, $3; $5.50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100, 60c; per
l.OiiO. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JUST OUT.

Send for one.

WOERNER WIRE WORKS.

2S52 Pratt St. OMAHA. Neb.

Floral design, wire window guards, office rail-
ings, and all fancy works, lamp shade frames.
Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St., Cleveland.
Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-

mada Bros.. 1(K>8 Vine St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

If You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About If.

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HAMMOND'S

SLUG = SHOT

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CABBAGE WORMS

'"IDE ■ «►'*'■'

'* Hammonds Grape Dust"

used effectively to kill Mildews
on Roses and ■ other plants.

''old by ihc Seed Dealers: For pamphlet on Bugs and Blights

address

Hammonds Paint & Slug Shot Works

Fishkill-on-HudsoD,
NEW YORK

HONTSCH
BOILERS

Water Grate
Less Coal More Heat

J. P. Dahlborn & Co.

General Agents U. S. A.

Cor. 2nd and Monroe Sts.
Hoboken, - - - N. J.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. nnd is guranteed to give
satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse

Write for prices and estimates. Do it now.

GARLtND MANUFACTURING CO:, Des Plaines, III.

1866-1914

GREENHOUSE LUMBER

"SPOT CLEAR"

HOTBED SASH PEOKY CYPRESS

SQUARE AND RED CEDAR P03TS

Lockland Lumber Co., Lockland, O.

.l/f!i(io)i the American Florist when writinn

GREENHOUSE
HEATING

HOT WATER-Open tank or, pressure systems designed bj

us will heat perfectly and not blowout. STEAM SYilltM»

we design to meet your special conditions. Our pump or

trap return systems will prove sati. factory in all cases where

a gravity return is impossible. Our VACUUM systems a^e 'h| '^st and

best word for beitine large and mod»rn ranges. We can put ECONOMY

and EFFICIENCY into your heating Rystem. Unsatisfactory heating

systems remodeled. Heating booklet free

Heating plans and estimates made, boilers and heating supplies furnished.

GEO. W. LOEBER,

222 North Wabash Avenue,

Phone Central 2718

Chicago, 111.

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MONINGER

BOILERS

You can't afford to buy any boiler
until j'ouare sure you don't want
a "Moninger " Come on now —
let's talk it over.

Send for catalog.

JOHN C. MONINGER CO.,

CHICAGO: NEW YORK:

902 Blackhawk St. Marbridge Bldg.

Hentxon the American Florist when writing

ADVANCE material is
considered the best
ttiat can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Scndfor
our catalogue today .

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

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. Wired
Toothpicks

10,000$!. 75; 5OOOO$7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Samole free For sale bv dea'ers.

GLASS

We are leaden. Large atock, good pricM.

SHARP, PlRTRIDfiE & CO.

CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

BUCQBINDER
FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. C3 for Catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MANUTACTURERS

518 Mllwaulcee Ave., - Chica^, Ul.

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PMCE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST. CO., 44o s. Dearborn st. Clilcago

A "RBD DEVIL" GLASS CUTTER Wl Ftt 6 WHEELS.

Ves, it will cut 5.000 fejt of any kind of glass. It
has a ■ Red Dexil" hardwood handle that will not
tire the tingeis. It is specially designed. Has 5
extra wheels in airtight chdmber. h new wheel
always ready for use. It's one of the 3S styles we

make and all hardware dealers sell. Just insist on "Red Devil" No 6, the expert glazier's tool. Send

us fifteen 2-cent stamps and one only sample will be sent you postpaid.

"Red DevU" staple Pullers are the most per- SMITH fi HEMENWAY CO.,

feet Fence Tools made. 215 Chambers St., N. Y., U. S. A.

The name that assures ' 'the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and vou will see why. '

KING CONSTRUCTION GO. I

29 King's Road. N. Tonawanda, N. Y. I

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Works,

846-848 W. Superior St., Chicago, 111.

Ireer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses

Drive eisy and true, becausb
botb bevels are od the same
side. Can't twist and break
the glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will Dot rust. No
rights or lelts.

The Peerless Glazing Point
Is patented. Nooihers like
It, Older from your deale^
or direct from us.
1000. 75c. poitpaid.
Samples free.
HEKRT A. BREER.l
714 CbeBtDQt BtreeV
rUlAdolpblb.

Siet>ert'» Zinc
Glazins Points.

Good for small or
'ar^e glass, do not rust,
easy to drive. % and ?i
inch. Per lb. 40c. 5-1 bs.
$1.85. 20 lbs $7.00

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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, AUGUST 29, 1914.

No. 1369

The American Florist

Established 1885.

Copyright. 1914. by American Florist Company

Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11, 1891.

at the Post Office at Chicago Illinois.

under act o( March 3. 1879.

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.
Officers — Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis.
Minn., President; F. Welch. Boston. Mass.. V ice-
President; John Young. 53 W. 2xth St.. New
Vork. Secretary: Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. V.,
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch. Boston. Mass.,
President; Dan MacRorik. aan Francisco. Calif..
Vice-Prebideot; John Young. New York. Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.,
August. 1915.

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY
SUPERINTENDENTS.
Twenty-eighth annual convention to be held
at St. Louis. Mo.. 1914. M. P. Brazil. St. Louis.
President-Elect; Bellett Lawson. Jr.. River
Grove. III.. Sec'y-Treasurer.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo. N. Y.. 1915. S. J. Goddard. Framing-
ham. Mass.. President; A. F. J. Baur. Thirty
eiglitb St. and , Rockwood Ave., Indianapolis.
Ind., Secretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Harry S. Richards, Chicago, President; J.J.
Levison. Brooklyn. N. Y.. Secretary-Treasurer.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual convention and exhibition at Indianap-
olis. Ind.. November 6-8. 1914. Wm. Klbinheinz.
Ogontz. Pa. President; C. W. Johnson. Morgan
Park. Chicago, Secretary.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Wallace R. Pierson. Cromwell. Conn.. Presi-
dent; RoBT. Pyle. Westgrove. Pa. .Vice President.
Benjamin Hammond. Fishkill-on-Hudson. N. Y..
Secretary.

THE BOSTON CONVENTION

Next Convention at San Francisco.

OFFICERS FOR 1915:

President, P. Welch, Boston.

Vice-Pres., Dan MacRorie, San Francisco.

Secretary, John Young, New York.
Treasurer, Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y.

Wednesday Afternoon Proceedingrs.

The convention met pursuant to re-
cess. President Wirth in the chair.

President Wirth : We have on our
program an essay by Mr. Arthur E.
Thatcher, on the subject of "What
Should the Society of American Flor-
ists Do for the Private Gardener?"
Mr. Thatcher was unavoidably called
out of town. He was here this morn-
ing, but he could not stay, and he re-
quested Mr. John Young, Secretary
of the S. A. F. & O. H. to read his pa-
per. I take pleasure in introducing
Mr. Young at this time, and will ask
him to read the paper.

What Can S. A.F.Do for Private Gardener?

When we consider the comparative-
ly short time the S. A. F. has been in
existence, it is remarkable what an
immense growth it has made, and
what a power for good it has be-
come. Its growth has been almost
unprecedented among American socie-
ties, and to-day, from a commercial
point of view, it is undoubtedly the
largest trade organization of its kind
in the world. I have never regarded
this as altogether surprising when one
considers the calibre of the men who
have, since its inception, been instru-
mental in guiding its policies, and
every horticulturist, whether employed
in a business or private capacity, owes
a debt of gratitude, directly or indi-
rectly, to those who have worked un-
ceasingly for the betterment of the
profession in general.

It is true one only hears of the good
which accrues to tlie various branches
of the trade, owing, perhaps, to the
fact that the news and reports of the
society are largely confined to the
trade papers, and what good is ob-

tained for the profession at large is
seldom heard of. Is this as it should
be? Since I became a member of the
S. A. F. some years ago I have had
the good fortune to be associated with
many of the men who are, or have
been, most prominent in the society,
and have had an opportunity of be-
coming acquainted with much of their
work. On the other hand it is pos-
sible to hear much adverse criticism,
which is, of course, very natural, and
I do not know of any society which
is free from this. So far as I have
been able to learn the principal criti-
cism is that the society is of little use
to the private gardener, and does lit-
tle or nothing for him. Is this criti-
cism fair? While it is a very true
saying that "The evil men do lives
after them," it is also equally true
that much of the good done by mem-
bers of this society is never heard of;
but if it were, I venture to think one
would hear much praise and little
criticism.

Although we are at the moment
chiefly concerned with what the S. A
F. can do for the private gardener,
we might also for a moment see what
the society has done for him. There
can be no doubt that the exhibitions
held by the S. A. F. in various parts
of the country during the last few
years have been the finest the country
has ever seen; and these have been
produced by the co-operation of the
commercial and private growers. How
much finer they could have been had
the iwivate gardeners been more en-
thusiastic can only be imagined. Cer-
tain it is that they have been of great
educational value, and are yearly grow-
ing more so. Cannot the private gar-
dener learn much from them? Where

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shall we see anythirfe finer than the
exhibits from the Farquhar nurseries,
tlie acacias from Nahant and tlie roses
and carnations, to mention only a few
of the magnificent productions brouglit
together.

Our president, tliougli he may be the
foremost parli superintendent in the
country, will not be offended if I class
him as a private gardener. What shall
we say of the rose garden he has con-
structed at Hartford? Is it not the
finest example of its kind in the world?
And what of the out-door garden he
made at Minneapolis? Are such things
not of the highest educational value.
and calculated to be of the greatest
assistance to the private gardener, if
he will only profit by them? Are not
the reports Ifrom the botanist, the
pathologist and the entomologist of
great benefit to us all, and is not the
parcel post system, so ably advocated
by my friend, Mr. Welch, of great
benefit to the country at large? It
may seem strange to some; but it is
nevertheless true, that some of the
men who have been most prominent
in the society's affairs are, or have
been, private gardeners. I have only
to mention such names as Farquhar
Roland, Fisher, or Totty, who are well
able to tell us what advantages have
accrued to them by their association
with this society. No one will imagine
for a minute that the society has made
them what they are to-day. This has
been accomplished entirely by their
own efforts: and I believe this is the
crux of the whole question regarding
the pj-ivate gardener. For the society
to be of use to him he must endeavor
to become an important factor in the
.society.

Ladies and gentlemen, I think I have
taken your attention long enough. I
see many members present who are
much better qualified than am I to
elucidate this important question. Fi-
nally, I cannot help thinking that the
question of helping the private gar-
dener very largely depends upon the
private gardener himself; and to be
of any assistance to him, any small
feeling which may exist must be for-
gotten so that we may all, commercial
and private gardeners alike, pull to-
gether for the common good. It seems
to me this powerful organization is
fully equipped and fully capable of
looking after all classes of the profes-
sion if we all work harmoniously to-
gether. Can we not do this and help
forward the good work of this society
and the grand old profession of horti-
I'ulture?

President Wirth : Gentlemen, you
have heard the very able paper by
Mr. Thatcher. Personally I am very
much impressed by what he said. I
want to say that I agree with him,
that I believe that the S. A. F. and
O. H. has done all it could do for the
private gardener. This society could
do much more, but not without the co-
operation of the private gardeners. If
the gardeners will help us we will help
them; 1 believe that is all there is to
it. (Applause.)

Now*we would certainly like to hear
from the gardeners in a discussion of
this paper. I wish to state that Mr.
Thatcher assured me that he would
not feel offended if classed as a gar-
dener; and I want to say right here
that I feel exceedingly proud to be a
gardener. (Applause.) I have never
claimed to be anything else, and never
will claim to be anything else. Now
my fellow gardeners, let us discuss

this question from all points of view;
let us hear from you as to what you
think about it. I hope you will make
use of this occasion.

(The invitation to discuss the paper
was not responded to by the garden-
ers, because they immediately fell to
discussing a previous paper read in
their own session, so that the remain-
der of the afternoon was occupied by
business that was purely that of the
Gardeners' Association.)

Tnursday Morning Proceedinsfs.

The convention met pursuant to ad-
.iournment. and was was called to or-
der by President Wirth, who at 11
o'clock a. m., punsuant to. the pro-
visions of the constitution and by-laws,
announced that the polls were open and
the judge of election and 'the tellers
were ready to receive the ballots. He
further stated that only members in
good standing and so recorded on the
society's records would be permitted
to vote; but that all members in good
standing even if not on the ledger
would be allowed to vote if they could
show receipt for all dues paid up to
the present time.

President Wirth then instructed the
tellers to carefully check on the list all
members who presented themselves to
vote, and the deposit Qf votes thereup-
on proceeded in due order and con-
tinued until the expiration of the time
fixed by the constitution and by-laws,
and thereafter as long as voters re-
mained in line ready to deposit their
ballots.

No other business was transacted at
this session, which ad.iourned about
12 :;jO p. m. after all in line had voted.

Thursday Afternoon Proceedings.

The convention met pursuant to ad-
journment. President Wirth in the
chair.

President Wirth : I will now call
upon Mr. Thomas Roland, chairman
of the committee on standard flower
pots to present the report of that com-
mittee.

Thomas Roland : When this com-
mittee to take up the consideration
of the question of standard flower
pots was appointed, they thought at
the time that there was general dis-
satisfaction with the present stand-
ards adopted by this society in 1890,

and with that idea in view the com-
mittee wrote to iiractically every
manufacturer and large consumer of
pots in the United States. Almost
every one written to replied. When
the replies were all received and tabu-
lated, it was shown unmistakably,
that there was absolutely no desire
for any change in the present stand-
ard; on the other hand, there was
■serious objection by the largest con-
sumers of pots to any change that the
committee might consider. Conse-
quently your committee recommend
*hat no change be made in the present
standard. Unfortunately, in ISOO when
the present standard was adopted, the
society failed to have the drawings
and scales spread upon its records,
and the result is that the society today
has no record of the standards adopted
in ISnO; l>ut through the courtesy of A.
H. Hews & Company we were able
to get a copy of the original standards,
and I have here, (exhibiting samel
an exact tracing and schedule of the
standards as adopted in 1890, just ex-
actly as it was, from 1% inch to 12
inches. Now the retailers have some
objection to the effect that the jardi-
nieres as manufactured to-day, do not
fit into the present standard; that is
no fault of the pots manufactured by
the different manufacturers. It is the
fault of the manufacturers of jardi-
nieres who have no standard. Your
committee recommends that this stand-
ard now presented as a copy of the
original adopted in 1,890 be adopted by
the v.arious manufacturers of vases and
jardinieres. The following is the for-
mal report which your committee have
prepared :

REPonx OF rr,o\vKR pot committee.
Your committee took up the consid-
eration of the flower pot question
thinking that there was considerable
dissatisfaction with the present stand-
ard. With a view to finding out what
changes were desired in the standard
as adopted by the society in 1890, your
committee wrote to a large number
of pot manufacturers and consumers
of iiower pots in various parts of the
country and with one or two excep-
tions the replies were decidedly
against any change of the present
standard. The retailers claim to have
some ditliculty in fitting pots into the
various jardinieres so much used now.
Your committee feel that much of this

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trouble would be avoided if the manu-
facturers of vases and jardinieres
were to adopt a standard to conform
witli that of this society. Your com-
mittee are strongly of the opinion that
it would be a mistake to change the
present standard, and feel that any
possible gain that might be made
would be offset by a larger loss. We
therefore recommend that a copy nf
the present standard be furnished to
all manufacturers of jardinieres, etc.:
and that the copy of the scales and
drawings attached be made a part of
the permanent records of this society.
Your committee are indebted to A. H.
Hews & Co., who kindly gave the com-
mittee a copy of the standard adopted
by the society in IStK).

THO.S. ROLAND,

J. J. HE.SS,

J. K. M. L. Farquhak.

President Wirth : Gentlemen, you
have heard the report of the commit-
tee. What is your pleasure?

Harry A. Bunyard : I move that the
standard adppted in 1S90 be re-adopted,
as recommended by the committee,
spread upon the minutes, and published
in our annual proceedings.

Motion seconded, carried, and so or-
dered.

President Wirth : The reports of the
botanist. Professor J. F. Cowell, Buf-
falo Botanic Garden, Buffalo, N. T.; of
the pathologist. Professor B. M. Free-
man, plant pathologist, University
Farm, Minneapolis, Minn.; and of the
entomologist. Professor W. E. Britton,
state entomologist, New Haven, Conn.,
will be respectively considered as read,
and will be printed in the proceedings
of the society.

President Wirth : The Chair will ap-
point Messrs. Robert Craig, Philadel-
phia, Pa., E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.
and Olaf J. Olson, St. Paul, Minn., as
committee on final resolutions.

I am requested to announce that the
annual bowling tournament of the S.
A. F. & O. H. will begin promptly at
2 o'clock, and that the excursion to
Nantasket, for the outing and dinner
tomorrow, will leave promptly as
scheduled, and everybody is requested
to be on hand in time.

I will now call for the report of the
judges of the trade exhibit, which will
be read by Secretary Young.

On motion, the above report was ac-
cepted and ordered published in the
proceedings.

President Wirth : The next report
will be that of the committee on con-
vention garden, which Mr. Secretary
states is quite a lengthy one. What is
the pleasure of the members here?
Shall it be read now, or shall it be con-
sidered read and published In the pro-
ceedings?

Thomas Roland : I move that that
report be considered as read, accep-
ted and published in the proceedings.

Motion carried, and so ordered.

Secretary Young : At a meeting of
the board of directors held August 20,
1914, it was recommended that the
firm of A. H. Hews & Co. receive a
vote of thanks for their kindness in
loaning the society 3.000 saucers to be
placed under the exhibits of plants in
the trade section.

James Wheeler : I move that that
recommendation be adopted.

Motion carried, and so ordered.

Secretary Young read the following
telegram ;

"San Francisco, Cal.,

Aug. 19, 1914.
John Young, Secretary S. A. F. & O.

H., Boston, Mass.

Permit me to extend my hearty
congratulations to the gentlemen of
the Society of American Florists up-
on their selection of San Francisco as
their next meeting place. Needless
to say that it will be our aim to make
the next gathering the most interest-
ing in the history of the society, and
earnestly hope that all members will
take advantage ctC the opportunity
that presents itself to witness the
greatest three ring attraction in the
world, namely, the wonders of Cali-
fornia too numerous to mention, the
greatest exposition ever held, and last
but not least, California hospitality.

ANGELO J. ROSSI.

Harry A. Bunyard : I move that
that communication be received and
spread upon the record.

Motion carried, and so ordered.

Next in order was the question box
and when this was disposed of, the
report of the committee on school
gardens was presented and was read
by Secretary Young, by request. On
motion of Charles H. Totty and sec-
onded by Mr. Bunyard, and carried,
the report was ordered received, spread
on the records and printed in the
proceedings.

Following this the report of the com-
mittee on recommendations in the
president's address was read by Sec-
retary Young.

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Report of President's Address Committee.

Your committee has carefully con-
sidered the address of the president in
all its phases. Evidences of deep
thought for the future welfare of our
society abound, and your committee
endorses all of it most heartily.

As to a few points your commit-
tee wishes to express itself more em-
phatically regarding, such as the Will-
iam R. Smith Memorial Fund com-
mittee being made permanent, so that
it can continue the good work, now
well started, in such a manner that
feasible and practical results will be
the result.

The committee endorses with par-
ticular emphasis the convention gar-
den, which as a new departure at
our conventions last year has added
so much to the present attractions of
our yearly meeting. That it will in-
crease and stimulate the taste of the
public for out-door gardening im-
mensely is a foregone conclusion.
Your committee hopes that it will al-
ways be a possible feature at our
conventions, as its educational merit is
second to no other factor contributing
to our meetings, and it is one of the
strongest and most practical advances
made in recent years.

It is also recommended by your
committee that some name signifying
the identity of the society with this
garden be its permanent name, so that
in future years the handiwork of this
society will be recognized in this beau-
tiful garden, and in after years as
the society goes from city to city may
it leave everywhere a permanent im-
press of its work and influence in es-
tablishing this work, from which, so
much that is good may be derived.

Tour committee also is in full ac-
cord with the president's view of affil-
iation, and the work of the special
committee on these amendments to
our by-laws is highly commended and
should be voted for by every one hav-
ing the welfare of our national society
at heart as well as our great profes-
sion, in the affirmative.

Your committee also indorses the
president's recommendation that the
society hold its meetings more gener-
ally throughout the country, so as to
make its work more national in char-
acter.

George Asmus,

F. R. PlERSON,

J. J. Hess.

Adolph Farenwald,

Chas. Critcheix,

Committee.-
Irwin Bertermann moved its adop-
tion, which was done.

President Wirth : We will now hear
the results of the election, which will
be reported by the tellers.

Report of the Tellers of Election.

J. J. Hess : Ladies and Gentlemen,
the following is our official report of
the votes cast for the election of offi-
cers and amendment to the constitu-
tion, viz. : Total votes cast, 400. For
president, Patrick Welch, 240 votes;
Charley H. Totty, IGO votes; for vice-
president, Daniel MacRorie, ,S.54 votes;
for secretary, John Young. 3G1 votes;
H. Philpot, 1 vote; for treasurer, Wm.
F. Kasting, 3G1 votes, George Asmus,
1 vote. For amendment of constitu-
tion and by-laws, 354 votes; against
amendment. 35 votes.

Upon motion of Mr. Totty, seconded
by Secretary Young, and carried, the
election of Patrick Welch was made

unanimous, and President Wirth de-
clared Mr. Welch duly elected presi-
dent of the S. A. F. & O. H., for the en-
suing year; also that the amendment
to paragraph (b) of section 2 of article
II of the constitution and by-laws has
been adopted.

President "V\nrth : This disposes of
all routine business before us this af-
ternoon. I take great pleasure in now
introducing Professor Geo. S. Stone, of
Amherst, Mass., who will favor us with
an essay on "Adaptation of Plants to
Soil."

Adaptations of Plants to Soils.

The greatest advance in knowledge
concerning the adaptation of crops to
soils has been achieved through prac-
tice and experience rather than by
means of field and laboratory studies
of the soil. There are many condi-
tions aside from the surface texture
which play a part in this adaptation,
such as the nature of the substratum,
depth of water table, etc.; and some
insight into the subject may also be
had by studying the distribution of
plants as given in any flora. Where a
region has been settled for many gen-
erations and deforestation and agricul-
tural practices have been carried on
extensively, we find many changes in
our soils and consequent modification
of the flora. Some of the many fac-
tors determining the distribution of
plants are complex and difficult to elim-
inate from other factors, and at pres-
ent not enough is known about them to
determine their real significance.

On soils which only a half century
ago supported certain types of vegeta-
tion we now find an entirely different
flora owing to changes in the nature
of the soil: lack of humus contribut-
ing largely to this modification. Some
plants, such as the Canada thistle,
were more common forty years ago in
some locations than at present, while
some other plants which have been
growing for some time under cultiva-
tion have recently escaped and become
pests. It would naturally be supposed
that this is due to a change in the en-
vironment, such as soil conditions or
source of seed. But whether there is
in plants, as in races of men, a ten-,
dency to aggressiveness which some-
times unaccountably breaks out al-

though usually lying dormant, we will

not venture to say; still there is some
evidence to support such a theory.

Some plants are confined to bogs,
some to sandy soils, and others to
heavy, compact soils, and many are
adapted to a great variety of condi-
tions. Others are limited to salt
marshes, and still others to territory
within a few miles of the seacoast.
Elevation, humus and soil moisture
play an important role in plant dis-
tribution, and some plants are restrict-
ed by what is termed "seed habit," the
seeds of certain species retaining their
germinating capacity for some time
and others for only a few weeks or
even days. For instance, the seeds of
the willow, poplar, alder and other spe-
cies native to wet locations remain
viable only a few days or weeks, while
others will do so for ten to twenty-five
or more years. Seeds with a limited
term of viability must therefore find
suitable conditions for germination
during this time, while the others can
afford to await their opportunity.

Most garden seeds require a mini-
mum of 2 to 3 per cent of soil moisture
to germinate at all, and for the best
germination a higher percentage is
required; therefore during dry seasons
the seeds of some crops fail to catch.
Purslane and pigweed seed, however,
will germinate with a very small
amount of soil moisture and flourish
when more desirable plants will not;
therefore during drought periods we
find purslane overrunning gardens and
pigweed completely monopolizing new-
ly sown lawns.

The percentage of air in soils plays
its part in plant adaptation, as do also
the chemical constituents and biolog-
ical characters. The soil texture or
mechanical properties, which are in-
separably connected with the air and
moisture of the soil, together with the
capillarity, etc., are also very impor-
tant factors in crop production and
plant distribution. It should be stated,
however, that the specific effect on
plant distribution of any one of the
factors mentioned is not known; still
a great deal is known concerning the
effects of chemical constituents on
plants, much more study having been
given to this subject. Soil differs ma-

ACROSS THE PLANT SECTION.
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terially in its chemical composition and
mechanical properties, and the config-
uration of the plant is greatly modified
by the different types. Even in a small
territory there are characteristic varia-
tions in the soil which are of sufficient
importance to justify specialization in
farming.

The river valleys furnish typical
soils adapted to the growth of special
crops, the meteorological conditions
of these localities also emphasizing
the individual character of the crops.
The coarse and more friable soils of
the Atlantic sea coast (truck soils) are
light and porous and are used largely
for such market garden crops as let-
tuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes,
etc. The soil characteristic of the Bos-
ton district is admirably adapted to
truck farming, being very loose and
easily worked. It is especially adapted
to head lettuce, which is grown more
skillfully and successfully in that re-
gion than anywhere else. The texture
of such soil is characterized by a pre-
dominance of the coarser particles and
a relatively small amount of the finer
materials such as silts and clay. Except
in some few localities the interior soils
are not well adapted to the growth of
head lettuce; therefore the curly or
open type is grown in the heavier and
more compact soils of the middle west.
In all its stages head lettuce requires
a loose textured soil for perfect devel-
opment. These soils are manured heav-

ily year after year, and in the green-
house are never changed; and the large
amount of organic matter furnished by
the decomposed horse manure renders
the soil even better adapted to this
particular crop.

A more compact soil such as that
of the Connecticut valley soil is char-
acterized by the large amount of very
fine sand and silt. This soil has long
been devoted to the growth of tobacco,
onions and cucumbers and to some ex-
tent, melons. It contains little organic
matter since commercial fertilizers are
used entirely. The soil may even vary
somewhat in its texture in a limited re-
gion, and this variation will alone af-
fect the quality and value of a tobacco
crop to a considerable degree, and
onions to a less extent. The warmer,
coarser textured soils are well adapted
to melon culture, the crop growing vig-
orously and maturing early, with less
liability to infection from blights, etc.

Asparagus is grown largely in some
sections in very dry, coarse soils hav-
ing little water retaining capacity al-
though not especially adapted to these
conditions. The finer textured soils
are much superior for asparagus,
which sometimes yields at the rate
of $1,000 per acre. Besides, in
light, sandy soils this crop suffers
much more severely from rust than in
the finer textured soils.

The florist must also consider his
soil seriously to obtain the best re-

sults. The potting bed soil is usually
a coarse soil, well supplied with or-
ganic matter to insure looseness of tex-
ture. Most plants respond more quickly
in a loose textured soil than in one of
fine texture because more air can be
supplied to the roots, although seeds
germinate better and the seedlings
make better growth when the soil is
slightly compacted. The total exclu-
sion of air from seeds, however, as
shown by experiments with a vacuum,
prevents germination. A close textured
soil tends to have this same effect,
depending upon the nature of the seed
as well as upon the amount of air re-
ceived; therefore it becomes necessary
to take into account the depth of the
planting of seeds in practical agricul-
ture. Certain seeds and plants are
much more susceptible to air than
others, and artificial aeration of soil is
often beneficial. In one experiment
where 1.500 lettuce seeds were sown
in two boxes, in one of which the soil
was aerated for a few hours each day,
there was a gain of 20 per cent in
germination and 46 per cent of growth
of seedlings in the aerated soil. Let-
tuce or white clover seed planted in
a close textured soil that has been
firmly tamped will fail to germinate
at all, while such seeds as plantain
will germinate quite freely under the
plantain is better adapted to a close
same conditions, showing that the
textured soil than the other seeds men-

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tioned. In the more intensive agricul-
ture of the future, aeration of the soil
may become practical. Aeration af-
fects the respiration process in seed
germination and increases growth, be-
sides having a beneficial effect on the
micro-organisms of the soil, which play
an important role in soil fertility.

Of the florists' ci'ops which are af-
fected by variations in soil texture, the
rose furnishes one of the best exam-
ples. This crop requires a heavy,
fine textured soil for its best develop-
ment. Mechanical analysis of some
of the best rose soils in the United
States gives the percentage of coarse
particles (gravel through fine sand),
and finer particles (very fine sand
through silts and clay.)- It will be no-
ticed that the clays run from
I! to 20 per cent, while the very
fine sands, silt and clay run from 07.18
to 88.15 per cent. The gravel, coarse,
medium and fine sand run from l.i)2
to 24.33 per cent. The average
percentage of the coarser jparticles
in these rose soils is 9.68, while the
average percentage of the finer par-
ticles is 70.30 per cent. The average
percentage for the silt is 22.30; for fine
silts 10.21 per cent. When these re-
sults are compared with those from
the typical truck garden soil, it
will be noticed that there is a
great deal of difference between the
total percentage of coarse particles
and the total percentage of finer par-
ticles in this soil. In the Arlington
soil, a typical truck garden soil, the
coarser particles total .10.15 per cent
and the finer particles. 40.25 per cent.
The best rose soils appear to be those
possessing S to 12 per cent or more of
clay and which are well supplied with
other grades of finer particles. .The
percentage of the very fine sand, silt
and clay usually exceeds 75 per cent in
an ideal rose soil, but just how impor-
tant are the clay and .the two grades
of silt and very fine sand in making
up such a soil cannot at present be
determined.

There are many native species of
plants which show an adaptation to
soil texture, and many species which
are confined strictly to certain types of
soils. We have our dry sandy soil
-species; also those dependent upon
humus, but the latter type is contin-
ually disappearing in some localities.
Variations in the chemical constituents
also affect the distribution of species.
The chemical and biological proper-
ties of the soil constitute more impor-
tant factors in plant growth than me-
chanical properties; but this phase of
the subject is so extremely complex,
notwithstanding the immense amount
of research given to it, that the sub-
ject is very far from being exhausted.
All greenhouse soils contain more or
less large quantities of plant food, and
In all soils various subsidiary constit-
uents and admixtures which plants can
luse, are found. It is possible, there-
fore, to grow good crops in most soils
for years without the use of fertilizers
or manures providing they have con-
stant tillage. The micro-organisms
of the soil also play a most im-
portant* role. In general, the
richer the soil, the larger the
number of micro-organisms found. Til-
lage stimulates bactetial activity, and
the various modifications which these
innumerable small soil organisms bring
about in the soil are very complex
and understood only In a general way.
It is known that they decompose vari-
ous substances in the soil; that some

of them accomplish nitrogen fixation,
some de-nitriflcation and others are
nitrifying organisms. Besides the
presence of a large bacterial flora in
soils. — the number of bacteria some-
times exceeding millions to the cubic
centimeter — numerous forms of fungi
may be fovmd, besides algae and vari-
ous types of active animal life. In a
medium containing such a vast- num-
ber of different types of organisms
much antagonism and a severe strug-
gle for existence necessarily exist. It
is also known that many chemical sub-
stances, such as formalin, carbon liisul-
fld. etc., affect the organisms in the
soil and also act as a general stimulus
to plants. Volatile chemical sub-
stances have a direct stimulative ef-
fect on the crops and in some cases
probably improve soil conditions by de-
stroying antagonistic species. In the
same way soil sterilization produces
exceptionally fine crops. Soils, however,
differ so greatly in different localities
that while some are greatly benefited
by steaming, others are affected unfa-
vorably by this proce.s-s. It is known
that the process of steaming soils to
212 deg. F. greatly modifies their
chemical composition, and' in some
cases produces toxic substances which
act injuriously to the crop. Russell
and Darbishire found that crops ob-
tain three times as mych nitrogen and
twice as much phosphoric acid and
potash from steamed as from un-
steamed soil. Steaming has a similar
effect to aeration from the fact that
an exchange of gases takes place.

As previously stated, the chemical
processes in soils are extremely corn-

different species of plants. Somefhnes
the roots are burned off owing to the
presence of an excess of some caustic
substance, but more commonly the
leaves and stems are affected, the
leaves becoming abnormally colored or
they may become more or less con-
torted owing to the unequal develop-
ment of the tissues of the leaves. Oc-
casionally blisters are formed, and
often wilting and dying of the edges
of the leaf occurs. Malnutrition arises
from the improper use of fertilizers
and manures and is more commonly
met .with in greenhouses than else-
where, cucumbers l>eing one of the
most susceptible plants to this trouble.
The use of nitrate of soda, pig, hen
and sheep manure, and occasionally
strong cow and horse manure ac-
counts for most of this trouble.

H. D. Haskins. who has made
many chemical analyses of greenhouse
soils with special reference to mal-nu-
trition, has found that in some cases
where mal-nutrition was common there
was considerably more nitrogen and
phosphoric acid in the soils than in the
best barnyard manure. The average
analysis of some abnormal soils which
produced symptoms of mal-nutrition to
cucumbers, showed them to contain as
high as 27.303 pounds of total water
soluble salines per acre as compared
with 7,520 pounds per acre in normal
soils. He found that the soluble nitro-
gen was 1,150 pounds in the abnormal
soils as compared with 444 pounds for
the normal, while the potash was
6,743 pounds for the abnormal soils,
against 1,.'!28 for the normal. The
soluble phosphoric acid was 632 pounds

H. A. DEEER'S EXHIBIT AT THE S. A. F. CONVENTION.

plex and what may prove beneficial as
a fertilizer in one soil may not in an-
other; therefore many of the fertilizer
experiments conducted here and there
are contradictory. It is often possible
to grow good crops with fertilizers for
a few years, but later it becomes im-
possible to grow the same crops suc-
cessfully in these soils, indicating that
some change of an injurious nature has
taken place. During the past decade
various troubles arising from soil
toxicity or overfeeding, resulting,
in a malformed crop, have been
on the increase both in the
greenhouse and in the field. The
^ymptoms of . mal-nutrition differ in

for the abnormal soils as compared
with 208 pounds for the normal, which
shows a marked excess in the water
soluble salines in the abnormal soils.
Mr. Haskins' calculations show that to
furnish this amount of nitrogen it
would require the application of 14%
tons of a formula testing 4 per cent
nitrogen, 23 per cent actual potash and
2.25 per cent available phosphoric acid
per acre.

From these observations on mal-nu-
trition, which is constantly on the in-
crease, we cannot too strongly advise
florists to go very slowly in their use
of fertilizers or special manures on
their crops. The practice of changing

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the soil each year obviates this trouble
to a great extent; although such crops
as lettuce can be grown in the same
soil for years without change when
decomposed horse manure is applied
each year.- Cucumbers and tomatoes,

out by the reading of his paper. Presi-
dent Wirth, on behalf of the entire con-
vention extended to the author a hearty
vote of thanks, and stated that it
would be printed in full in the pro-
ceedings of the convention.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE EXHIBIT OF BULBS AND HEWS POTS AT CONVENTION.

however, need an occasional change of
soil to bring them to their highest per-
fection, while the high feeding usually
given to carnations and roses renders
the soil ill adapted to constant use.
In one case where we grew American
Beauty Roses in a soil composed of
one-third loam, one-third pulverized sod
and one-third fresh cow manure, to-
gether with the weekly use of liquid
cow manure, we found it impossible to
employ the soil the second year. When
a new rose crop was planted the roots
were abnormal from the beginning and
died; but when the soil was washed
out thoroughly it was found to contain
innumerable toxic substances and no
further death of the plants occurred.
Market gardeners have found, and
their observations have been borne
out by experiments, that decomposed
horse manure constitutes the best ma-
nure for their crops, and when com-
mercial fertilizers are employed soil
trouble may invariably be looked for.
When we know more about the com-
Iilex condition of the soils and the
plant's requirements we may be able
to make more extensive use of com-
mercial fertilizers and special manures:
but at the present time greenhouse
managers must experiment cautiously.

To conclude, we may say that the
highest conception of intensive agricul-
ture has been realized by florists and
market gardeners; and one reason why
they do not receive more help from the
experiment station is because their
knowledge of plants and skill in hand-
ling them far exceed that of the men
devoting their time to scientific re-
search. When these workers begin to
realize the great degree of skill pos-
sessed by the florists and market gar-
deners perhaps they may be able to
suggest some ideas that will be of
value.

The reading of Professor Stone's pa-
per, which was highly appreciated was
followed by a discussion, and Profes-
sor Stone graciously replied to a num-
ber of questions, addressed to him by
members of the society, and brought

There being no further business for
consideration, on motion, \he thirti-
eth annual convention of the S. A. F.
& O. H.. one of the most successful in
the history of the organization, ad-
journed sine die.

Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

The fifth annual meeting of the
Floiists' Telegraph Delivery. . was held
in Paul Revere Hall, Mechanics' Build-
ing. Boston, Mass.. Wednesday, August
19, at 9 a. m. President Irwin Ber-
termann. Indianapolis. Ind., was in the
chair and Albert Pochelon officiated as
secretary. On motion the reading of
the minutes were dispensed with, and
they were considered as read and ap-
proved as printed. About 2.'i mem-
bers were present when the meeting

was called to order. After the reading
of the president's report, the officers'
reports and the transactions of other
routine busine.ss in order, the election
of officers resulted in the unanimous
re-election of the present officers, who
are as follows : Irwin Bertermann,
Indianaoolis. Ind., president; William
F. Gude, Washington, D. C, .vicet-
president; W. L. Rock, Kansas City,
Mo., treasurer; Albert Pochelon, De-
troit, Mich., secretary. In the election
of directors to fill the vacancies of
Fred M. Meinhardt. W\ F. Gude and
A. B. Cartledgg, whose terms expire
this year, H. Papworth. New Orleans,
La., G. E. M. Stumpp, New York, and
O. J. Olson, St. Paul Minn., were se-
lected to serve until 1917. The pro-
ceedings of the meeting follow :

President Bcrtermann's Address.

Much satisfaction is gained from the
fact that the sending of flowers by
telegraph has become more extensive
during the past year. The growth in
membership alone of this organization
is very slight in comparison with the
great missionary work accomplished
during the past few months. A larger
percentage of the public are now aware
of the merits and advantages of order-
ing flowers through their local florists
for friends at a distance. Thousands
of packages have been received by
such friends in first-class condition; and
in the few instances where there have
been any controversies these have been
readily adjusted with satisfaction to
all. This stimulus is enjoyed alike by
growers, wholesaler and retailer. Flor-
ists' Telegraph Delivery windows, ex-
tensive newspaper advertising, poster
advertising and personal appeals from
the retailers have all helped to the one
great end — increasing our sales and
obtaining desired commercial results.
Permit me to take this opportunity to
thank all those who have been loyal to
the Florists' Telegraph Delivery, who
have shown their interest by what they
have accomplished for the same, and
in so doing have helped the entire
floral business.

The detailed report of the secretary
and treasurer will show that the
growth of this body has been exten-

ALONG RIBBON ROW.

Welch Bros., M. Rice Co., Peimock-Meehan Co., A. A. Arnold P:ip»-r Box Co.'s. Exhibits j

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sive, although the gain in membership
has been accomplished only through
persistent carp. Now that we have
over ^00 enlisted, let every effort be
put forth so that in a reasonable time
every city in the country will be as-
sisting in promoting this phase of the
retail trade. No spirit of any kind has
been permitted to enter into this work
other than that of furthering this great
field of opportunity that is open to the
"ivhole flower business. It has at all
times been the wish of the oflicers and
directors to make the basic principle a
broad one and to pre\»ent any attempt
at localization. Of course an accurate
estimate of the amount of business in-
terchanged in this country is impossi-
■ble; but it does not take much figur-
ing to reach the million mark, and not
a great deal more to realize that the
opportunity of doubling the same is
within ourselves. Our parent organi-
zation, the S. A. F. & O. H., is, of
course, gaining very much in member-
ship through our efforts; but I wonder
if the full worth of the Florists' Tele-
graph Delivery to the trade in general
is realized by it. With your kind per-
mission we will now have a few words
from the secretary in the way of a re-
port.

Secretary Pochelon's Report.

This being the second year of my
activities in the work of the F. T. D..
while I do not wish to be a constant
kicker, I am not satisfied with our
progress. The benefits that the F. T.
D. have given to the retail florists'
trade, whether members or non-mem-
bers, stand out too strongly to be
sidestepped by anyone; yet it seems
to take some retailers an almosj; un-
reasonably long time to grasp the
value of our work. Our growth in all
our different departments, such as
memher.ship. dues, guarantee fund, col-
lections and straightening out differ-
ences between members, has been suc-
cessful right down the line. We have
not lost a member; we have never
had to call on our guarantee fund, and
to my knowledge everything in the
trouble department has been settled in
the most peaceful and friendly way. In
the past year I have had some enjoy-
ment in doing this work, as I feel the
current of the F. T. D. membership
working more and more and also broad-
ening my views considerably; yet every
chance I get brings me back to the
men who have laid down the cast-iron
rule of this association, and not one
thing is there that you or I could pos-
sibly change for the better. I am' al-
most .iealous of these men. as only yes-
terday someone called me the "Father
of the F. T. D.," and the only answer
I could give him was that I am sorry
I was not the originator of the F. T.
D. This dates back some years; but I
promised two years ago to be the nurse
of this child, and my one wish is and
always has been to see that child grow
up healthy and strong. Our president,
Mr, Bertermann, and our treasurer, Mr.
Rock, whose absence I deeply regret,
have never failed to give me a helping
hand^and have also been very lenient
in not finding fault with the way in
which I have carried on the work of
the F. T. D., even if I know that I
have made mistakes.

To come back to our cast-iron rules,
as I have stated before, our guaran-
tee fund is our backbone. Our dues
are small, almost too small consider-
ing the benefits which each and every
member derives from the P. T. D.
Our membership fee of five dollars is '
not too large.

Our 'demands that must be satisfied
before applicants join the F. T. D.,
that they become members of the S.
A. F. & O. H., are not unreasonable
and in time will bring to us the much
needed co-operation of the S. A. F. &
O. H. If the S. A. F. has today a
membership of 2,004 members, a gain
over last year of about 12.5 new -mem-
bers, the F. T. D. has had a gain of
84 members. Of course some of these
S4 new members were connected with
the S. A. F. & O. H. before they
joined our organization, so that we can
hardly claim credit for these men; but
the F. T. D. has brought a good many
retailers into the fold of the S. A. P.
who would possibly never have joined
the S. A. F. If we can come to the S.
A.^ F. & O. H. some day g,nd can say
that we have a membership of 400 or
500, all in good standing with the S.
A. F., I hardly think that they will
shove us aside and refuse to give us a
helping hand.

PUBLICITY BY OUR MEMBER.SIIIP.
This is the feature that I wish to im-
press on every member, that he cannot
for his own good leave out of his sight
very long, that the more each one of
our members studies ways and means
of attracting the attention of the public
to the many advantages of the F. T.
D., the more we will all gain by it.
For instance, this past year much more
has been done in this respect, and you
know as well as I that many more .or-
ders have been going back and forth

from florist to florist, so get in while
the going is good, and do your share.

We are in pretty good shape from
the financial end; but the financial end
is not all there is to it. If there is
anything else that you wish me to talk
on I will be only too glad to do it — in
regard to foreign correspondence or
anything like that. I am only too glad
to give you any information that I
have. I would like to read a letter
that was given to me by someone, I do
not know whether it was Mr. Rock's
secretary, or who it was, but it shows
how the F. T. D. members take an in-
terest in the work.
Mr. Albert Pochelon,

Detroit, Mich.
Dear Mr. Pochelon :

With the exception of preparing re-
ports for Mr. Rock and discussions
relative to F. T. D. matters. I have
been rather silent, but at the same
time ha\e been an enthusiastic P. T.
D. believer, and since Mr. Rock left
for his vacation have been thinking
more or less how very little our mem-
bers realize the great undeveloped
field for business which the association
has opened for the florists, and how
slow they are to take advantage of
it. Very few of us go any farther
than to have some cards printed put-
ting forth the virtues of F. T. D. to
accompany our statements at the first
of each month. Now and then you
will see a F. T. D. card in the deal-
er's show window, but that is about

ARTHUR COWEE'S GLADIOLUS EXHIBIT AT CONVENTION ARRANGED FOR EFFECT

than in any previous year. The win-
dow displays were great result bring-
ers. and the little cards, notes and ads
calling the public's attention and inter-
est to the F. T. D. have helped; you
know to this day that not many of
your own patrons even know of this
service, and it is up to you to keep at
them" until they try it once, and from
then on you will have won them. The
displays of shipping tags, boxes, etc.,
of other retailers in your windows has
had its good effect; and I hope that
during our coming season each one of
our members will feature it twice dur-
ing the season— a Florists' Telegraph
Delivery window, the style and ar-
rangements to be according to his own
conception. ' Publicity is needed more
from the florist to the public than

the extent of the publicity given the
cause b.v the average member.

Don't you think, Mr. Pochelon, that
co-operation and united efforts would
bring great results? You of course
realize that our show window is our
very best medium, and we can put
forth the merits of P. T. D. plainer
and more forcibly there than in any
other way I can think of.

Along about the time of the birth
of the P. T. D. a small florist in a lit-
tle town up north wrote asking us if
we would supply a couple of our ad-
dress delivery tags, stating that he
desired to arrange an F. T. D. window
display and desired them for that pur-
pose. Of course we were glad to
send them to him, and he carried out
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very enthusiastic over his idea, but it
was not long before we received an
order fr(im him, and another, inci-
dentally .1 letter from him stating
that those orders were directly trace-
able to his window decoration and
that his customer previously was not
aware that such an arrangement ex-
isted. It is, therefore, a pretty safe

will make this proposition now, that
we ought to increase our dues and
supply our secretary with the means
of employing sufficient clerical help.

(Mr. Schling spoke at some length,
making several suggestions. He first
referred to obtaining lists of European
florists, and criticised one member of
the F. T. D., who, when asked by the

F. R. PIERSON AND ROBERT CRAIG CO.'S PLANT SECTIONS AT THE CONVENTION.

shot that he picked up quite a little
business which he never would have
received had he not suggested it to
passers-by.

Now Mr. Pochelon, don't you think
that this man's idea if worked out
by every member would bring great
results? Suppose one or possibly two
weeks out of the coming season were
set aside by members and each one
decorated his window at that time in
behalf of F. T. D.. some, in fact a
great many, would have photographs
made. These would gradually work
their way into the trade papers (a
good boost for the F. T. D.) If the
financial standing permits a prize
might be offered for the best deco-
rated window, to be judged from
photographs.

We are sending out today a few
requests for tags and we intend to
have F. T. D. windows regularly in
the future and I do not believe we'll
lose in the venture.

I am very sorry Mr. Rock could
not arrange to be with you at the
convention, and incidentally bring
this matter up. but believe your de-
cision as to its worthiness will be
the best.

With very best wishes for yourself
and for a successful meeting. I am.
Yours very truly,

M. E. Carteb.

President Bertermann : Gentle-
men, you have heard the report of
the secretary and also the letter read
by him. What is your pleasure?

Max Schling : I move that we
tell our secretary to write a letter
of thanks to himself, and also i
that we thank him in the name of
the association for the good work he
has done not only in being nurse, but
also a mother to this society. The
mother that brouglit this society into
the world seems to have forgotten it
at present. With your permission, I

secretary to furnish the names of
European correspondents, refused to
do so on the ground that it had cost
him time, effort and some expense to
secure the names of suitable corre-
spondents in five or six European
cities, and he did not feel like parting
with information that he had obtained
at the cost of his own labor and
money.)

Mr. Gude remarked that he believed
he knew who was referred to by Mr.
Schling, because a similar letter had
been received by him.

Mr. Schling thought that some very
strong measures should be taken to
punish any member who would join
the F. T. D., and then decline to give

other members the benefit of such in-
formation. He thought such a man
ought to be asked to resign from mem-
bership in the F. T. D. He further sug-
gested that inasmuch as the executive
officers of the association are located
at some distance from each other, it
would be a good idea to appoint a
special committee who might be lo-
cated near the secretary or president
and who would have power to act on
important questions. Mr. Schling
made no motion in this behalf, and
no action was accordingly taken.

On motion of Mr. Gude the reports
submitted by the president and by the
secretary and the treasurer were re-
ceived and adopted, and ordered
spread upon the minutes.

President Bertermann : I believe
the next thing in order is election
of officers for the coming year.
We can take up the matters discussed
by Mr. Schling later.

A Voice : Let it come up under
"Xew Business."

President Bertermann : Nomina-
tions for president are in order. At
this time it might be fitting for me to
say that I have served as your secre-
tary and also as your president. I
am not necessarily the mainstay of the
organization, there are other men who
are willing to work for this organiza-
tion, and I have no' ambition at all to
be your president any longer; if some
other man will fill the place I will be
more than pleased to vacate it.

Mr. Papworth : Do you wish to
continue?

President Bertermann : Only if you
feel that I am doing the association
some good and you really want me to
continue.

Mr. Papworth : I move that Presi-
dent Irwin Bertermann be re-elected
by acclamation.

Motion seconded, carried unanimous-
ly, and so ordered.

President Bertermann : At this
time the president will give notice that
his present term of office and his hold-
ing the office will terminate at the next
annual meeting.

W. F. Gude: That is twelve months
away. 'W^e cannot answer that now.

JOS. HEACOCK CO., CHAS. D. BALL AND KNIGHT & STRUCK CO.'S EXHIBITS
AT THE S. A. F. CONVENTION.

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Mr. Papworth : You need not worry
about that.

President ' Bertermann : Nominations
for vice-president are now in order.

Mr. Penn : I move that Mr. William
P. Gude, Washington, D. C, be re-
elected as vice-president.

Mr. Papworth : I move that the
entire list of officers te re-elected. We
are satisfied with our executive offi-
cers.

Motion seconded, carried and so or-
dered.

President Bertermann : Now we
have three directors to be elected this
year. Those retiring are Fred H.
Meinhardt, W. F. Gude and A. B.
Cartledge. Nominataions are now in
order.

Mr. Papworth : The south is grow-
ing very fast, we have no directors
in that section. I think there ought
to be some one from the Southern
States on that board to help the thing
along and get us more membership. If
you stay in one place the Southern
States will not be encouraged. There
ought to be a man on there from
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
or somewhere.

Mr. Anderson : I move that Mr.
Harry Papworth of New Orleans be
elected as a director of this association
for the term expiring 1917.

Motion carried, and so ordered.

Secretary Pochelon : I think that
the directors should be spread as far
apart as possible, because we want
them to help. I will be candid with
yeu and say that our directors so far
have not been stuck on work, nor have
our vice-presidents. He has written
me a few nice letters, but that's all.
and they did not help me any. I think
we ought to have directors who will
do work. We have a number of retail-
ers that have been working hard on
this proposition and who have made
every effort, and when you are nomi-
nating I wish you would consider those
gentlemen. Your present directors are
the following (naming them). Now
we want three men in the place of
those whose terms have expired. Y'^ou
might select from the following names,
viz. : Olson. Hess. Gude. Stumpp.
Schling. Noble. Weber and Anderson.

W. F. Gude: I do not think that
Mr. Gude. Mr. Bertermann or Mr. Rock
ought to be directors. Let the offices
go to California or some other place.
In view of the fact that our officers are
not on very high .salary, we might elect
them by acclamation. If our secretary
keeps on the way he is going, 'ever.v
member will want to be a director. I
believe that no one man should hold
two offices. I am advised that we have
no director from the large city of New
York, and I therefore nominate Mr. G.
R. M. Stumpp. New York City, as di-
rector for the ensuing three years.

Motion carried, and so ordered.

Mr. Papworth : I nominate Mr.
O. J. Olson, St. Paul. Minn., to repre-
sent the western territory.

Motion seconded by Mr. Gude, and
Mr. Olson was unanimously elected.

^r. Gude : When does Mr. Rock's
term expire?

Secretary Pochelon : Mr. Rock's
term does not expire until next year.

President Bertermann : It has

come to the notice of this organiza-
tion that the European dealers are only
allowing us ten per cent. Our Ameri-
can retailers are only receiving ten per
cent discount, whereas we should set
the pace as we are the pioneers in thjs
line; I believe that a motion will be In
order that we permit all of our Ameri-

can dealers to deduct twenty per cent
discount in sending the order; that is,
if we have a $10 order to be placed in
Europe, that our member be allowed
to send the order $8 net in Europe.
This is not permitted by our present
by-laws.

Mr. Papworth : I would not change
the by-laws. I do not think it looks
well.

Mr. Schling : That all depends upon
the character of agreement that you
make with the European florists.
If you are sending frequent orders
there and your business amounts to
$2,000 or $3,000 a year, then you will
have influence enough to dictate to
them a little. Wheo I sent my first
order to Europe, I sent it to a Berlin
man to execute the order for me, and
I did not ask for any discount. I was
only too glad that he filled the order
for me. Another time I happened to
have an order for Rome. 1 know a
man in Rome, and I did not care to get
a discount. I had an order in Vienna,
and I would have paid $100 to have
him fill that order and would have
been glad to get it done. When I be-
gan to get orders that were a litttle
heavy, then I wrote letters and told
them exactly what the circumstances
were, that I am at a certain amount
of expense in taking the order in, be-
cause my time is worth something if
I have to talk to a man for an hour
before he trusts me with an order to
be filled across the ocean. Then when
I send a check on a European bank,
that means an expense of 15 or 16
cents that I have to pay, and then I
have to wait perhaups four or five
months for my money. So I agreed
with my European correspondents that
I would send them all my orders net,
that is, I deduct fifteen per cent out
of the money given to me, and I write
them, "If you are not satisfied, say
so. I expect you to fill the order in
good shape. If you do not care to,
there are others who will." I have re-
ceived very nice polite letters saying
that they would be very glad to take
care of anything in the way of an or-
der that I send to Europe. Besides
that, I get more prompt- acknowledg-
ment and advices that orders are filled
than I get even in our own country. I
get advices from England by return
mail, whereas in this country I have
sometimes waited thirty days, and in
the meantime the customer comes to
me and asks me, "Did you fill my or-
der?" I say. "Yes, madam, I surely
did," "Well, have you heard from it?"
Then I have to either lie or make a
fool out of myself, because I do not get
any advices until after thirty days
when I get a bill, or maybe in two
weeks I get an answer from a man
like this : "Your order received by
telegraph only one hour before the
funeral. How could I have made up
a wreath?" He was fool enough not to
s?nd cut flowers for $10. (A Voice:
"He must have grown up in the
woods!") I explained to that man that
he should have gone to that lady and
said. "Madam, a friend of yours in New
York read in the paper about your sor-
rowful loss just a quarter of an hour
before the funeral, and he sent me a
telegram right away, and I could not
get the flowers to the house, but if you
will permit me I will send those flow-
ers out to the cemetery." I had to
pump that idea into him.

Now I have a list of European
prices in Paris, and I know what stock
they have there. I know what they I
charge at different times of the year. I

and when a customer gives me an or-
der for Europe I can tell something
about it.

Secretary Pochelon : I have corre-
sponded with a great many foreign
florists, and I think out of all the
correspondents I have not had one let-
ter that did not agree to pay twenty
per cent, with the exception of one man
who wanted the money sent with the
order — and he was in St. Petersburg,
and I did not much blame him. All
I want is the co-operation of all of our
members. I have a list of correspond-
ents, but I do not want to get it printed
and sent out to the membership in a
half-way manner, because I do not like
to have any criticisms come back at
me — I cannot stand it. I am going
along as fast as I can with this, but it
takes some time. Sometimes I get a
letter in French, and it takes me some
time to puzzle it out.

President Bertermann : We have
found that our dues are entirely in-
adequate. We now have "200 mem-
bers, and our unreasonably small dues
are not enough to pay the actual office
expense of any ofiicer including Mr,
Pochelon. who has not asked one penny
for work of any kind. The dues are
unreasonably small. I think they ought
to be at least doubled. The organiza-
tion is growing and needs more reve-
nue.

Mr. Papworcn : I move that the
dues be doubled.

The motion was seconded.

Mr. W. F. Gude : I do not believe
that is a wise policy to pursue, ffhink
we had better try to raise a fifty per
cent at first, not advertise it at all,
simply send the bills out at a fifty per
cent increase.

President Bertermann : We will
have to act on the motion before the
house.

Upon request Secretary Pochelon
read the present graded scale of dues.

A Voice : Why the difference in
the charges?

President Bertermann : They are
graded according to population.

Mr. Anderson : I have the appli-
cation of a new member to give to
our Secretary, and I told the applicant
exactly what the dues were. I don't
think you ought to act on that hastily
in doubling the dues. I think that you
ought to take that a little more into
consideration. I will move to amend
that motion, that all those who join
during this month may come in at the
present rate of dues.

The amendment was accepted.

Mr. Penn : Belonging to this so-
ciety is worth all that you want to
ask. We do not want fellows who do
not want to pay a sufficient amount of
dues to support the organization.

The motion as amended was now put
and carried.

Mr. Papworth : Our seecretary Is
doing a lot of work without any rec-
ompense; it seems to be the sense
of the members to do a little for him,
as much as we can afford. I move
that we give him one hundred dollars
a year for his little expenses to help
him out on his car fare, and we will
do better later oh.

President Bertermann : If you
win allow the president to say a
word, the secretary during the last
year has had an office girl to whom he
paid eight or ten dollars a week to
do very little else than our work. I
do not think that the amount you
name would be at all adequate. I do
not believe our secretary can afford

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without great personal outlay to carry
on this work at all. It almost takes
the entire time of a girl without any
compensation to him at all to devote
her time to the Florists' Telegraph De-
livery at a cost of $8 or $10 a week.
We will either have to ask Mr. Poche-
lon to pay for it or our members will
have to pay for it. It was my inten-
tion to bring this matter up before
the board of directors and leave it to
their judgment.

Mr. J. J. Hess : I would like to ask
the secretary how much he expects
as salary, how much his expense is?

Secretary Pochelon : I would be
glad to pay it out of my own pocket,
as I have done before. I do not
think there will be any going back
of this association, I rather think in-
stead it will keep going ahead and the
work accordingly; but I do not believe
it is right that I should shoulder all of
it. I am willing to do the thinking
and directing, but not willing to pay
the wages of the stenographer. (Ap-
plause. 1

Mr. Olson : I move that we allow
the secretary five hundred dollars a
year as expenses of his stenographer
to be disbursed in the secretary's office
for clerical help, this fund to be in ad-
dition to the funds actually necessary
for the carrying on of the office work;
in other words, that we now pay the
secretary nothing, but he is permitted
to expend the sum of five hundred dol-
lai's for clerical help.

The above motion was now put and
carried unanimously.

President Bertermann : Is there any
further business to come before us?

A Member : I know of several in-
stances where orders have not been
satisfactorily filled; we have a safe-
guard against the man that sends
the order, but not against the man
that fills it; it ought to work both
ways. Where an order is not satis-
factorily filled nothing is ever done
about it. I would like to also make
this as a motion, that the Chair ap-
point a committee to bring about
some form of uniformity in prices to
be printed. I move that the Chair
appoint a committee to take steps to
bring about uniformity in prices and
styles or designs. I do not want to
control prices of any one but simply
to know what they are so that we
will know what to quote to cus-
tomers.

President Bertermann : With all
due deference to the member's wishes,
we have a constitution and by-laws
which have been worked out very
faithfully and very carefully, and I
believe it has been the sense of the
convention heretofore that we should
adhere rigidly to them without making
'many deviations. If that motion will
be stated again, however, the Chair
will be glad to have it voted upon.
Is there a secpnd to the motion?

The motion was not seconded at
this time.

Mr. Penn : There are no two stores
that charge alike in any sec-
tion of the country; I dare say that
you can go into any city In the
United States and if you ask
prices in three stores they will all
differ. Every man has his own de-
signs and his own idea of what the
work is worth; every man is going to
give his best effort in the preparation
of designs.

President Bertermann : Gentlemen,
is there any further business to come

before this association? Any further
wishes of any member?

At this time it was necessary to
vacate the room for the general con-
vention, and on motion, the conven-
tion of the F. T. D. now adjourned.

American Rose Society.

On Thursday, August 20, President
Wallace R. Pierson called the meeting
of the members of the American Rose
Society to order in Revere Hall at
10 'M a. m. The secretary read the
minutes of the annual meeting, speci-
fying the newly elected officers who
took office on July 1, as follows :
Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.,
president; Robert Pyle, West Grove,
Pa., vice-president; Harry O. May,
Summit, N. J., treasurer; Benjamin
Hammond, Beacon, N. Y., secretary.
The members of the executi^ve com-
mittee elected for three years were :
August F. Poehlmann, Morton Grove,
111., Louis J. Renter, Westerly, R. I.,
the four members remaining on the
executive committee being, J. H. Dun-
lop, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Frank R.
Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y., S. S. Pen-
nock, Philadelphia, Pa, and Robert
Simpson, Clifton, N. J.

President Pierson stated the con-
ditions of the rose test garden at
Washington to be excellent; that over
-100 different varieties of roses were
sent on there the past spring; that
over 300 varieties were sent to Cor-
nell University at Ithaca, N. Y., and
that the interest taken in these rose
test gardens was with the idea of test-
ing out in a general way the quality of
hardiness and bloom of the varieties
of roses originated both .in America
and in Europe. To look after these
gardens was a work of some little
care, there being at the present time
the one at Hartford, Conn., which
had been in working order for the
past two years; the rosfe test garden
at Minneapolis, Minn., which was un-
der the direct supervision of Mr.
Theo. Wirth, Supt. of Parks Prof. A.
C. Beal of Cornell University, Ithaca,
N. 'Y., covered the ground in detail
as to what they were doing there, of
the interest taken in the work and
which would be supported by institu-
tion. Robert Pyle moved that a com-
mittee of three be appointed as a spe-
cial rose garden committee to give at-
tention to the needs of these gardens
already started, and that a general
committee be also appointed to have
general oversight or jurisdiction of a
supervisory character for the society.
These motions were carried without
dissent. President Pierson stated that
it was his hope during his term as
president of the American Rose So-
ciety to see these gardens firmly
started and supported by the society
to the end that they would be here-
after authoritative stations that
could give opinions concerning the
habits, vitality, etc., of roses suitable
for the general latitudes of this coun-
try. A letter was read from S. S.
Pennock of Philadelphia, Pa., regret-
ting his inability to be present at the
meeting.

President Pierson announced that
one of the important duties of this
meeting was the presentation of two
medals : one the gold medal presented
by the late Mrs. Gertrude M. Hub-
bard, which was to go to M. H. Walsh,
of Woods Hole, Mass., and the silver
medal awarded by the Hartford rose
garden judges for the rose "Radiance"
as being the best bedding plant intro-

duced within the past 5 years, awarded
to John Cook of Baltimore, Md. A
letter was read from Mr. Cook stating
that owing to his indisposition he
would be unable to be present, and
tendering his sincere thanks for the
proposed honor to him. His medal
was forwarded by express. Robert
Craig in choice expressions of regard
and appreciation presented to M. H.
Walsh the Hubbard gold medal, which
was nicely cased and engraved as fol-
lows : Front side — "The Mrs. Ger-
trude M. Hubbard medal awarded to
M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, Mass., for
the rose 'Excelsa'. 1914. Reverse
side — The Mrs. Gertrude M. Hubbard
Medal is awarded by the American
Rose Society for the best rose of Am-
erican origin introduced during a per-
iod of each 5 years from a fund pro-
vided by Mrs. Hubbard in 1900— A.
D." Mr. Walsh accepted the same
with a most courteous rejoinder.

There were about 30 members pres-
ent as well as a number of the mem-
bers of the S. A. F. who showed much
interest in the presentation. The
place for the next annual meeting was
not decided upon but referred to the
executive committee. W. F. Kasting
presented a general invitation from
Buffalo to hold the meeting there, and
that everything would be done to
make it a success.

Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y.

American Gladiolus Society.

The exhibition of gladioli, under the
auspices of the American Gladiolus So-
ciety, and in connection with the ex-
hibition of the Society of American
Florists at Mechanics Hall, Boston,
was very fine. It showed that great
advancement has been made in gladioli
culture in recent years. All the ex-
hibits were creditable, such large
growers as Arthur Cowee and John
Lewis Childs, occupying large space.
The awards follow :

Largest and best collection of pinks —
John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y.,
silver cup.

Largest and best collection of mixed

and named varieties — T. A. Have-

meyer. Glen Head, N. Y., silver cup.

Best 25 spikes. Mrs. Francis King —

S. E. Spencer, Woburn, Mass, $10.

For best 25 spikes of Chicago White
— C. W. Brown, Ashland, Mass.,
Vaughan Seed Store silver medal.

Best 12 spikes of Black Beauty —
Madison Cooper, Calcium, N. Y., $5.

Best 12 spikes Golden Queen — H. E.
Meader, Dover, N. H., $5.

Best 12 spikes of Michigan — Madison
Cooper, $5.

Best 6 spikes white — C. F. Fair-
banks, Milton, Mass., $30.

Best 6 spikes of pink or pink shade
— T. A. Havemeyer, $10.

Best 6 spikes of yellow — T. A. Have-
meyer, $10.

Best 6 spikes blue or lavender — T.
A. Havemeyer, $10.

Best G spikes of red — C. A. Brown,
Kingston, R. I., $10.

Best 6 spikes of any other color —
T. A. Havemeyer, $10.

Best collection of 10 varieties— Six
spikes each, John Lewis Childs, $10.

Best 25 spikes of any white variety-
Jacob Thoman & Sons, Rochester,
N. Y., $5.

Best white seedling, 8 spikes — Ar-
thur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., $10.

Best yellow seedling, 3 spikes — H. E.
Meader, $10.

Best pink seedling. 3 spikes— E. N.
Fischer, $10.

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Best red variety never before ex-
hibited— Arthur Cowee, 50 bulbs of
White Lady.

Best gladiolus corsage bouquet —
Arthur Cowee, $5.

A collection of 10 vases Childsi,
named varieties — T. A. Havemeyer,
$10.

Vase of 3 spikes of variety Badenia
— T. A. Havemeyer, $3.

Best vase of yellow varieties — T. A.
Havemeyer, prize 60 bulbs of Golden
King.

Best exhibit of at least l.~) varieties,
3 spikes each, correctly labeled — C. F.
Fairbanks, silver medal.

Basket, special — Arthur Cowee. .$10;
also open prize of $10.

Best 3 spikes of any white variety —
Thomas Cogger, Irondequoit, N. Y., $5.

Best 6 spikes America — Thomas
Cogger, cut glass vase.

Best vase of 10 varieties, 1 spike
each — A. A. Rosin, $5.

The exhibit of T. A. Havemeyer was
arranged by A. E. Kunderd of Goshen,
Ind. A. F. F.

National Association of Gardeners.

In spite of the "double header" at
the base ball grounds and other at-
tractions to lure the gardeners away
from the meeting of the National As-
sociation of Gardeners, held at Paul
Revere Hall, Boston, on August 19, it
was one of the most successful sum-
mer meetings ever held by the organi-
zation.

President William J. Kennedy, of
th» Gardeners' and Florists' club, in
welcoming the gathering to Boston,
spoke in glowing terms of the won-
derful strides the profession of gar-
dening has made in this country dur-
ing the past decade, and he predicted
that the future will witness even
greater progress. He referred to the
importance of strong organization to
protect the interests of the profession
and stated that he believed the Na-
tional Association of Gardeners, if
properly supported by the gardeners,
can materially aid the profession and
increase the opportunities for those
engaged in it.

President Wm. H. Waite. of the Na-
tional Associataion of Gardeners, re-
sponded to Mr. Kennedy's address of
welcome and spoke of the benefits the
gardener may derive as a member of
the national association; following
which he introduced Daniel MacRorie
of San Francisco. Calif. Mr. Mac-
Rorie presented an invitation from
the Panama Pacific Exposition and
also from the Pacific Coast Horti-
cultural Society to the National
Association of Gardeners to convene
at San Francisco during the time of
the exposition next year. He spoke
of the interest the exposition will
hold out to horticulturists, as it is in-
tended to make it a great horticultural
show. After listening to Mr. Mac-
Rorie's word picture of all that will
be in store for those who will visit
the Pacific Coast next year and how a
meeting on the coast will benefit the
N. A, G.. the association voted to ac-
cept the invitation and hold its sum-
mer meeting in San Francisco in 191,^.

President Theodore Wirth, of the So-
ciety of American Florists, and a di-
rector of the National Association of
Gardeners, was next introduced and
spoke of the opportunities which are
presenting themselves in the west for
the ambitious and eflScient gardener.

Mr. Wirth expressed it as his opinion
that while still in the developnient
stage, the private estates are begin-
ning to compare favorably with those
of the east. He said western people
are becoming interested in country
estates in their own territories and
the capable gardener will be more in
demand in the west than he has been
heretofore. In concluding Mr. Wirth
made some remarks on affiliation and
urged closer co-operation between the
two national •societies for the general
good of horticulture.

Wm. F. Gude of Washington, D. C.
the next speaker, made an appeal for
the William R. Smith memorial and
explained the work his committee is
doing to secure , funds to provide a
suitable memorial for the late William
R. Smith. In response to Mr. Gude's
appeal, it was voted that the N. A. G.
open a subscription list to enable mem-
bers and others who might desire to
contribute to this fund to do so and
in this way aid tjie committee of the
S. A. F. in securing a suitable memo-
rial for Mr. Smith.

Prof. Edward A. White, professor
of floriculture. College of Agriculture,
Cornell -University, spoke of the oppor-
tunities that now offer to young men
in different colleges to secure a train-
ing in horticulture and floriculture and
gave a brief outline of the work the
New York College 'of -Agriculture is
now engaged in.

John Young, secretary of the S. A.
F.. read a paper on "What the S. A. F.
should do for the private gardener,"
written by Arthur E. Thatcher, of Bar
Harbor, Me., and who was to deliver it
before the meeting, but was suddenly
called away from the convention. A
general discussion followed.

Arthur Smith, of Reading. Pa., con-
tributed an interesting paper to the
meeting on "The Profession of Garden-
ing." relating the history of the pro-
fession and discussing in detail the
"ups and downs" that are encountered
within the profession. The paper,
which was read by Secretary Ebel, was
.icknowledged to be a strong document
on the many phases that enter into the
profession of gardening. A hearty vote
of thanks was tendered Mr. Smith for
his able paper.

On a motion by W. N. Craig. Presi-
dent Waite appointed Mr. Craig and
Mr. Duncan Finlayson of Brookllne,
Mass.. and M. C. Ebel of Madison,
N. J., a committee to draft a resolu-
tion conveying to the brother horticul-
turists abrdad the sympathy of the
members of the association on the ter-
rible calamity that surrounds the
European horticultin-ists at the pres-
ent time. Following a general discus-
sion of various problems with which
gardeners are confronted from time to
time, in which a number present par-
ticipated, the meeting adjourned. At
the meeting of the executive board,
held in the forenoon, it was voted to
invite all florists' clubs having private
gardeners enrolled in their membership
to join in the co-operative movement
of the N. A. G. to .arotise a greater
public interest in horticulture. The
co-operative committee reported twen-
ty-two organizataions enrolled in the
movement to date, which include two
from as far distant as California, one
from Texas and one from Louisiana. It
was al.so voted to hold the next annual
convention in Philadelphia during the
first week in December, to which ex-
hibits of novelties and rare plants will
be invited in competition for the a.sso-
ciations* certificate of merit.

Formal Opening of Convention Garden.

On Tuesday morning, August 18,
1914, the special event was the for-
mal opening of the convention gar-
den, of which we made brief men-
tion in our issue of last week, the
second in the series first inaugurated
at Minneapolis by President Wirth so
auspiciously. A large party compris-
ing about all who had arrived in Bos-
ton to attend the convention repaired
to the garden in Back Bay Fens
where they founcj. everything ar-
ranged for their welcome. James B.
Shea, deputy commissioner of the
Boston park and recreation depart-
ment and chairman of the convention
garden committee, presided, and on
an impi'ovised platform near one of
the shelters, called the assembled
company to order, and opened the
ceremonies as follows :

On behalf of the convention garden
committee, I have been requested to
introduce the speaker of the day. I
am not going to recount the trials and
tribulations which our committee
have encountered in the work which
you will see before you here today.
We have enjoyed, however, the active
support and co-operation of our hon-
ored mayor and the city government.
and have had also the active help of
the commission under which I have
the honor to serve. I know that it
has been the desire of everyone to
have the one who is most responsible
for this garden to formally dedicate
it, therefore, I ask His Honor, Mayor
Curley, to now give it his sanction.
(Applause).
ADDRESS BT MAYOR JAME.S II. CURLEY.

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle-
men :

It is with exceeding pleasure that
I welcome here this morning, the So-
ciety of American Florists and Orna-
mental Horticulturists. As the chief
executive of this old, beautiful and
historic city, I want to express to you
the sincere thanks of the people of
Boston for this magnificent and beau-
tiful flowering garden, your handi-
work, which I trust public sentiment
will insist shall be perpetuated as a
public park for all time for the City
of Boston. (Applause.)

I question if a more ideal location
could be selected for a garden of this
character, having as its surroundings
those beautiful buildings typifying in-
terest in the city's welfare, typical of
that spirit of benevolence that has
ever characterized the genuine Boston-
ians and that has made the word
"Boston" a word to be conjured with
in every great crisis in the history of
the American people.

Within sight of this garden we view
the Art Museum, one of the finest
buildings of its kind on this conti-
nent and second in cost of construc-
tion only to the one located in New
York, a building largely made possible
through the generosity of a Boston
lady. Mrs. Evans. We witness this
beautiful building here whose green
roof adds so effectively to the sky-
line in conjunction with the trees at
the lower end of this park, a monu-
ment that In all probability will be du-
plicated by generous citizens in the
leading cities of this country during
the next century; a monument made
possible through the generosity of two
of our most modest citizens, James
and Thomas Forsyth; an institution
where the children of Boston may re-
ceive without charge treatment for
imperfect teeth, for adenoids and for

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tonsils, making it possible in Boston
a more stalwart, a rugged and healtli-
ful citizenship of men and women
tlian ever before possible in the his-
tory of this city; a benefaction that
represents an investment of $3,000,000
on the part of two citizens of Bos-
ton: a benefaction whose surround-
ings will be improved and perfected
both in light, in air, and in beauty.
by the generosity and the business
instincts of the city council, which
last week appropriated $1-10,000 to
make possible a park in conjunction
with this benefaction, so that the
light and air may be improved for the
children of Boston for all time. I %vant
to say that these are simply samples
of the generous spirit which is com-
mon in Boston. This garden is within
sight of another notable benefaction,
the Arioch-Wentworth Industrial
School, which represents an invest-
ment of $3,500,000, erected in order
that Massachusetts may turn out the
best artisans and the best mechanics
of any section of the entire country.

It is my sincere hope that this park
opened today through the public spirit
of the Society of American Florists
and Ornamental Horticulturists will
become a permanent institution of the
City of Boston and remain a monu-
ment for all time to the foresight and
broadmindedness of the men who con-
stitute your membership. Any insti-
tution that brings women and men
closer to nature; any institution that
makes possible the beautiful, the
pleasing and the calming effects that
distinguish these grounds is an insti-
tution that deserves to live and to
hold a high place in the regard and
the affection of all the people, because
it is an inspiration to all that is good
in this life and in preparation for the
life to come. (Applause.)

Chairman Shea : As an active
worker in the undertaking which has
reached its fruition here today 1 have
to thank the different employees of
the park and recreation department
for the very efficient service which
they have rendered with the assist-
ance of the florists of the country. I
know that the head of that depart-
ment Is in entire sympathy with me
in all that my words imply, and I ask
John H. Dillon, chairman of the
park and recreation commission, to
say a word to you.

REMARKS OF HON. .JOHN H. DILLON.

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Mayor, Ladies
and Gentlemen :

This to me is certainly an unex-
pected pleasure to be called upon tu
ratify the kind welcome extended to
our organization by His Honor, the
mayor of our city. No man has proved
himself more interested in the suc-
cessful issue of this undertaking that
we are met to celebrate and to enjoy
than our good friend the mayor of
Boston. (Applause).

To you o^ our organization, and to
you who are listening to me, I want
to say that I believe there is more
honor for the man who plants a tree
and grows it for posterity than to the
millionaire who erects a marble pal-
ace for selfish enjoyment only. (Ap-
plause.)

You men of the S. A. F. & O. H. are
following in the footsteps of the first
man. so to speak, for if we read Bibli-
cal history aright Adam was the first
man, and he was placed in a garden;
so that you men belong to the oldest
profession upon the earth. You are the

men who go forth into the wilder-
ness, and by your industry make the
desert bloom as the rose; you cause
that desert to yield forth its fruits;
you cause it to blossom even as this
wilderness here is blossoming. With-
out desiring to detain you here unduly,
I wish to assure you men and women
that while you are following your pro-
fession, and while you hold its inter-
ests at heart, you recognize that you
are the men who beautify this earth;
you are the men who bring sunshine
and gladness into the home of the in-
valid and into the abode of the poor as
well as into the mansions of the rich,
the strong and the prosperous. It is
the beautiful bunch of flowers placed
beside the invalid's couch that brings
forgetfulness of pain and suffering. It
is the beautiful floral tribute prepared
by your hands that causes the pas-
ser-by to pause and consider, By your
industry all these things are brought
about. And so 1 say to you in clos-
ing : Go forth, continue your good
work, and be assured that what you
do today will bring forth blessings in
the future. (Applause).

Chairman Shea : Last year it was
my good fortune to view just such a
garden as this in the beautiful city
of Minneapolis. The man who con-
structed that garden is here as the
presiding oflicer of our organization.
He has shared with us our trials, he
glories with us in our triumphs. He
knows what the difficulties are and
have been, and knows how the work
is appreciated when it has been
brought to completion. I therefore
ask President Theodore A. Wirth of
Minneapolis to say a brief word to
you.

REMARKS OP PRESIDENT WIRTH.

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Mayor, Ladies
and Gentlemen :

I appreciate very much indeed be-
ing with you here today to participate
in the opening of our second con\'en-
tion garden. When we held out that
small thread in Minneapolis hoping
that someone else would take hold of
it. we knew well that Boston was go-
ing to make something beautiful and
something useful out of it, and here
it is!

I want to thank His Honor, the
Mayor, and the Commissioner, and
through them the City of Boston, for
the assistance they have given us, for
the use of these beautiful grounds; and
if the wish of His Honor the Mayor
comes true that this garden may be a
permanent feature of your park sys-
tem, we shall be doubly glad at hav-
ing been instrumental in bringing it
here. (Applause.)

I believe that in the past, brother
florists and horticulturists, we have
made a mistake in confining our con-
vention work to simply our trade ex-
hibitions, which are useful of course to
us, but not to any great extent to the
public. I think that this garden here
will bring us closer to the public and
will carry to the public a stronger
sense of our aims and our achieve-
ments. I most certainly hope that at
all of our conventions we will always
have a convention garden wherever we
go. I will not detain you any longer.
I could enlarge upon this garden idea
from now until night, but I could not
say as much to you as this garden
itself will say. I thank you. and as-
sure you that we will make good use
of the garden while we are here. (Ap-
plause.)

Chairman Shea : I thank you. la-
dies and gentlemen, for your kind at-
tention and for your presence here to-
day.

This announcement concluded the
formal exercises. For several moments
following newspaper and other pho-
tographers were busy with their
cameras fixing by the aid of the sun-
light the lineaments of many of the
company present on photographic
films. Among those seated on the
platform or who were made the sub-
ject of the attention of the photog-
raphers were the following : Hon.
James M. Curley, mayor; Hon. John
H. Dillon, chairman Park and Recrea-
tion Commission; Theodore Wirth,
president. S. A. F. & O. H.; Past- Presi-
dents Norton, Pierson, Kasting, Gude,
Farquhar, O'Mara; Directors, Thomas
Roland; James B. Shea, deputy com'r;
Thomas A. Forsyth, James Forsyth;
Allan Peirce; John H. O'Reilly; Vice-
President P. Welch; D. Welch; T. J.
Gibson, Newport, R. I.; William Ken-
nedy, president Gardeners' and Florists'
Club of Boston; Jackson Dawson, su-
perintendent Arnold Arboretum; Wil-
liam Nicholson, Framingham, Mass.;
John J. Cassidy. Boston.

Boston's Bad Friday.

It is the custom of the S A. F. to
devote Friday of convention week to
whatever entertainment their hosts
provide for them. The horticultural
interests of Boston had given much
thought and time to the proper ob-
servance of this day. and a splendid
program was laid out. The steamboat
ride in the beautiful harbor, a visit to
Fort Warren, where the games were
to be played, a further sail to Nantas-
ket Beach, and the Rockland House,
then the dinner under a tent, which
would seat the whole party at once,
good music, singing and entertain-
ment; everything just right and every
member of the entertainment commit-
tee on duty — but it rained. It might
have been worse , however, as the
downpour slackened as the boat ap-
proached Fort Warren. The party in-
spected the fort and big guns, and
from the battlements looked down upon
the ball game between the Boston
"braves" and the "All Stars." Barring
the muddy paths, it was a good game
and exciting, the All Stars winning out.
The races were all carried out in good
style, resulting in close finishes. There
is certainly some athletic talent in the
ranks of the S. A. F. The sack race
was the last on the program, and it
was being finished when there was an-
other great downpour, which drove all
for the boat or nearer shelter. There
were more showers at Nantasket and
the dinner had to be served under
difficulties in the dining rooms of the
hotel. All were in good humor, how-
ever, as many as possible gathering in
the lobby of the hotel, when the prizes
were given to the winners of the ath-
letic events after the dinner.

President Wirth was presented with
a table service of solid silver, a tokert
of their appreciation by the members
of the S. A. F. Past President Farqu-
har, who made the presentation, said
in part : "We have had a good con-
vention, quite, I believe, on a par with
those of the past, and I am glad it has
been so well attended. The success of
the convention just closing I attribute
to the great energy of our retiring
president, Theodore Wirth; his name
should be spelled Worth, with an "o,"

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instead of an "i." As vice-president,
he allied the great interests of the
west, and the wonderful outside con-
vention garden in Minneapolis was the
result. Mr. Wirth rose from the
ranks, and is now the president of the
Minneapolis park system, the only com-
etitor to the great Boston park sys-
tem in this country. We all looked
up to J. H. Pettigrew as the greatest
park superintendent this country had
ever seen, and we have now in Mr.
Wirth a worthy successor, a man who
has so beautified the suburbs of
Minneapolis, that adjoining property,
which was worth .$50 per acre, is now
selling for .?3.000." In presenting the
silver. Past President Farquhar said
he hoped that the token would
ever remain with Mr. Wirth and his
good wife as a token of the esteem in
which they were held by the society.
Mr. Wirth. in replying, expressed his
thanks and only wished that he had
language in which to express it as he
felt. He believed the convention just
closed the best the society has ever
held. He believed a better spirit
had prevailed, that there had been
a broadening out, that the S. A.
F. were now on the the right road
and he expected great result.s
in the immediate future. He said
he was glad they were going to
California; it was a wise thing for the
society to do, and he wanted all to
come by way of Minneapolis and give
Mrs. Wirth and himself the oppor-
tunity to show them how much they
appreciated their gift. He deplored the
war in Europe, pitied those of the
craft Uiere that were sure to suffer by
It, and hoped it would soon come to
an end. He was given three cheers
and a tiger. . .

President Dillon of the Boston Park
Commission was given a rousing re-
ception, being introduced as a man
from the ranks, who had worked his
way up by his own efforts. Mr. Dil-
lon, after praising President Wirth
for the great success he had made in
his profession, said it was possible for
every man to get to the top in the
same way. Hard, intelligent effort
was necessary, a college education was
a help, but not a necessity, as most
men. who had made their mark in
this country were of humble begin-
ning and by their grit and persistency
had reached the goal. President-elect
We'ch was then placed on the table
and was received with cheers. He
said that there never was a time in
his life when he felt less able to ex-
press his great appreciation of the
honor they had shown him than now!
The rain had spoiled much they had
intended to do for the visitors, but he
felt sure that they had tried to show
the spirit to make the delegates re-
solve they would soon want to come
back. He stated he was sure they
were right in going to California next
year, but as for him he would go any
where the society wanted him to. He
was sure they would have a good con-
vention and he would give his very
best efforts to the work and hoped to
have the earnest assistance of every-
body in the society, and particularly
that of the exhibitors who dj so much
to make the meeting a success. He
was given three cheers and a tiger.

S. A. F. Convention Sports.

FIVE-ME^' BOWLINO, TE.\M AWARDS.

1st— New York. 2.063 pins, .$25, Theo-
dore Wirth prize.

2d— Buffalo, 2,335 pins, $20, Florist's
Exchange prize.

3d— Philadelphia, 2,168 pins, $15, C.

S. Strout prize.

4th— Baltimore, 2,111 pins, $10. Gude
Bros, prize.

5th— Chicago. 2,024 pins, $5. W. L.
Piock Flower Co. prize.

Highest single game — New York, $0,
S. S. Pennoch-Meehan Co. prize.

Most strikes— Buffalo (41). $5, M.
Rice & Co. prize.

Most spares — Philadelphia (5fl),- $5,
M. Rice & Co prize.

MEN'S CANDLE PIN AWARDS.

1st— W. R. Nicholson (272). .«15. A.
N. Pierson, Inc., prize.

2d— E. A Peirce (270), $10, Arthur
Cowee prize.

3d— Charles Seibold (270), $5, Kroe-
schell Bros. Co. prize.

4th — W. J. Caraher (267f,' military
brushes, Kroeschell Bros. Co., prize.

5th — W. H. Carr (267), knife. Kroe-
schell Bros. Co. prize.

Best single game — W. R. Nicholson
(108), 6 neckties, Ideal Neckwear Co.
prize.

MEN'.? INDIVIDDAL BOWLING AWARDS.

1st — Knoble, 584 pins, life member-
ship S. A. F., Chas. E. Critchell prize.

2d— Cooke, .582 pins, $10 gold. John
Lewis Childs prize.

3d — Graham, 577 pins. .50-ft. hose.
Revere Rubber Co. priie.

4th — Olson. 5.59 pins. 50-ft. hose. Ro-
man J. Irwin prize.

5th — Hagersberg. 554 pins, gold cuff
links. Roman J. Irwin prize.

6th — Brown, .545 pins, silk umbrella.
Excelsior Mfg. Co. prize.

7th — Shaffer, 539 pins, box cigars.
Harry Balsley prize.

8th — Rasmussen. 516 pins, stick pin.
E. Allen Peirce prize.

9th— Head, 516 pins, stick pin. E.
.\Ilen Peirce prize.

10th — Leuly, 504 pins, box cigars, H.
Cohen prize.

Best single string. Brown, 23.5 pins.
.$10 gold, John Evans prize.

Most strikes. Knoble (17), $5 gold,
H. F. Michell Co. prize.

Most spares— Shaffer (21), $5 gold
Conard Jones Co. prize.

FIELD DAT AWARDS

The base ball game between the "All
Stars" and Boston resulted in a vic-
tory for the former team, the game
being hotly contested, the score being
9 to 8. The winning team was pre-
sented with stickpins, the compliments
of Henry A. Dreer. Inc., Philadelphia,
Pa. A. Roper. Jr.. made the most hits
during the game and was awarded the
H. M. Robinson & Co. prize of $5 in
gold. He also won the F. Lauten-
schlager prize of $5 in gold for mak-
ing the longest hit.

Other contests were as follows :
Boys' race (Michigan Cut Flower
Exchange prizes) — Phil Roland, gold
watch, first; Victor Huerlin, base ball
glove, second; T. Roland, pocket knife,
third.

Girls' race (Leo Niessen Co. prizes)
— Margaret lUilTe. hand bag. first; A.
Palmer. ' silver bar pin, second: M.
Peirce. silver picture frame, third.

.Single ladies' race — E. lUiffe, silk
umbrella presentel by Mrs. P. Welch,
first; C. Neilsen, vanity case presented
by Victor Morgan, second.

Married ladies' race — Mrs. George
W. Smith, electrolier. H. Bayersdorfer
& Co. prize, first; Mrs. Charles Clapp.
mirror. A. H. Langjahr prize, second;

Mrs. E. J. Rogean, Moore Seed Co.
prize, third.

Open race, 100 yards — R. E. Jones,
W. R. Nicholson prize, $15 in gold,
first; W. Illiffe. Moore Seed Co., silver
cup, second; Isenhart, Traendly &
Schenck prize, .$5 in gold, third.

Fat men's race — C. E. Critchell. S.
S. Skidelsky & Co. prize, $10 in gold,
first; Robert Schock, P. E. Palmer
prize, gold stick pin, second; C. C.
Taylor. F. E. Palmer prize, gold cuff
links, third.

Three-legged race ( H. F. Michell Co.
prizes )—.Sloane and Carr, $6 in cash,
first; Illiffe and Collins, $4 in cash,
second.

Sack race (George B. Hart prizes) —
W. J. Collins. .$6 in cash, first; Curry,
$4 in cash, second.

All prize winners who did not re-
ceive their prizes before leaving Bos-
ton will kindly send their addresses
to W. R. Nicholson, chairman of the
local committee. Framingham. Mass..
and same will be forwarded to them.

Seen and Heard at the Convention.

Souvenirs play a rather important
part at the convention. They are
taken away, and if useful, are some-
times carried about one's person un-
til the meeting time comes around
again.

The J. C. Moninger Co., Chicago and
New York, handed out a very useful
nickel lead pencil with a safety clip
for the pocket. For the ladies there
were rouge books in beautiful bind-
ings.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., New York,
gave nickeled key rings and chains
that could be put to use at once.

Fine paper cutters that came from
the Hitchings & Co.'s booth, were
very practical.

The Silkaline booth passed out small
sample spools of their product.

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.,
were very liberal, having several ar-
ticles, button hooks nail files, fans
and small vest pocket knives.

The H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia,
Pa., do things correctly and their
souvenirs were tape measures and
one-foot rules.

Wertheimer Bros., New York, gave
an elaborate blank book with gilt
edges and embossed backs to the la-
dies.

Penn, the Florist, Boston, Mass.,
gave elaborate blotters.

Schloss Brothers, New York, pre-
sented souvenir scissors that are very
useful.

Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia,
Pa., gave gardeners' knives that are
sure to be used.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N.
Y., souvenirs were small note books
for the ladies. These were very pretty.

Both the Penn, the Florist, booth and
the one adjoining of the Florists' Tele-
graph Delivery Association were at-
tractive to the retail men and many
names were registered for future busi-
ness.

James Vick's Sons' Rochester White
is a fine gladiolus — it looks like a
comer.

The H. F. Michell Co.'s booth, al-
though containing no stock, was very
attractively decorated with photos of
various lines pertaining to their nur-
series and business.

The plant men appeared to find
more difficulty in disposing of their ex-
hibits than usual. Business was said

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to be not so good as at recent con-
ventions.

Gladioli afipear to lie improving at
a rapid rate: quite a few varieties
showed marked advance in size and
colors over those of two years ago.

Some of the exhibitors think the
rates for space are too high; they
claim the exhibition is an important
aid to the society and that it should
be encouraged by lower prices. Uni-
form signs for each convention may be
all right, but when a man comes pre-
pared, he resents the fact tnat he has
to make new ones and throw the new
ones he has away.

Equal suffrage is likely to have to
be settled in giving lady members the
same right to vote for officers of the
society as the men. Mrs. BuUit. of
Terre Haute. Ind., was denied this
right and naturally feels indignant
about it. Can any one advance a rea-
son why she or any other lady mem-
ber in good standing should be denied
this privilege?

At the baseball game the star of
the "all stars" was Charlie Graham. He
didn't mind the mud and played ball
all the time.

Benjamin Hammond, with his flock
of convention badges, looked like a
military man, instead of the man of
peace that he is.

The butterfly booth of Prof. Reift
was an attractive place; natural pre-
pared butterflies for florists' use is a
novelty.

The new Gladiolus Mrs. Frank Pen-
dleton, seen in the Brookland Gar-
dens exhibit, is a wonder and aston-
ished all who saw it.

The florists' supply men had a great
time explaining the absence of samples
from their exhibits. They have facilities
for making baskets and want to feel
the public pulse before they go ahead.

The Lord & Burnham Company,
with their force of seven men, all
bright lights of the profession, cer-
tainly made a bid for business.

The real work of preparation by the
exhibitors at Mechanics' Hall began on
August 15.

Superintendent Shea, of the park
and recreation department, and chair-
man of the exhibition committee,
dropped in during the forenoon to say
a few pleasant words to the workers.

Two scribes got into a futile argu-
ment about the spelling of "Bayers-
dorfer" as it was chalked on the floor,
futile because H. Bayersdorfer & Co.
had announced that they would not
exhibit.

It appeared to the writer that all the
exhibitors were more careful in their
arrangements than formerly.

Professor A. H. Nehrling. of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College,
was early on hand. He distributed a
clever booklet on "Floriculture as a
Profession." ' We have said his book-
let is clever, but we wish he had been
more comprehensive. He says the East
has made wonderful progress in flori-
culture. True, but not as wonderful
as the West. They were cultivating
flowers under glass in New England
forty years ago when sunflowers and
wildflowers were the products of a
large part of the West.

Austin, Tex. — At a meeting of the
Austin Florists' Club August i!, it was
decided to hold a flower show the lat-
ter part of October or early in No-
vember.

Texas Florists' Organization.

Address of R. C. Keir. tluuslon. Texas,

president of the Texas State Florists' .\ssocia-

tion at tile S. A. F. t'oiiventlou, Boston,
Mass., August 1.S, 1914.

In coming before this organization it
is the desire of the Texas State Flor-
ists' Association to put before the flor-
ists of the country, the great progress
that is being made by the florists of
the South. It is really surprising
when we come to think of it that a
florists' association was not organized
in Texas a number of years ago. That
we have waited so long is not due in
my judgment so much to the lack of
interest in the industry, as it is to the
fact that the large cities where many
of the florists are located are widely
separated, making it at least appear in-
convenient to get together in social
and business gatherings. This means
that the florists have been S'ery busy
developing trade in their immediate
territory and trying to solve the most
pressing problems.

The rapid development of the florists
industry has given rise to a number of
problems: some that cannot be han-
dled by individuals, or even city or-
ganizations, but must be taken up by
strong state and national associations
if the desired relief is to be expected.
We are very fortunate in having a very
strong organization of the florists of
Texas. This organization was born full
grown when organized last May, there
being 3.50 florists in the state and 12.o
of these are charter members. By our
next meeting we expect to have 200
members and they are really beginning
to accomplish great results at this early
date in the furthering of floriculture
work both commercially and educa-
tionally as rapidly as possible.

The Texas State Florists' Association
is an individual membership organiza-
tion with nominal annual dues, and a
very moderate life membership fee. At
the time of the proposed state organiza-
tion there was only one florists' club
in the state and that was at Houston.
Seeing the great advantages of these
local organizations the Houston club
decided to sound out the other florists
of the state and see how they felt
about local organizations in their re-
spective cities, and then to centralize
with a state organization. The result
is we have clubs at San Antonio,
Austin. Ft. Worth. Dallas and Hous-
ton. The Texas State Florists' Asso-
ciation was organized with one great
aim to grow our own stock as much
as possible, develop native flowers
and shrubs and to study out our lo-
cal problems. It is an alarming fact
that at the present time over a mil-
lion dollars Are spent each year in im-
porting cut flowers and plants from
..utside of the state, a great portion
of which should be grown by our own
florists.

Some of our problems are as fol-
lows: First, a thorough study and
test of stock for ornamental use, etc.;
second, a growing variety test; third,
a careful study of insects and diseases
affecting both in and out of door
plants; fourth, a test to determine
the best methods of growing cut flow-
ers under Texas conditions. Another
great reason for our state organization
is the social one, the meeting of
brother florists in the exhibition hall
and around the banquet table pro-
motes mutual good fellowship. Texas
is a long way from the cities where
national societies usually meet and so
many of us will not often have the
opportunity to meet others in the same

business as ourselves, and then with a
good live organization we may induce
the national societies to meet in our
section. Taking a retrospect of our
great state in the last few years I be-
lieve that it may be truthfully and
emphatically stated th.Tt in the great
onrush of development shown through-
out our great state, which is marvel-
ous in our eyes, I believe that Texas
floriculture is keeping pace and doing
her part towards a more beautiful
state. The East has still several years
the start of us. but a few years from
now will recall still more marvelous
development of the southwestern flori-
culture. We, the Texas State Florists'
Association and other co-laborers, are
to be the promoters of this great work.

The spirit of cooperation, good will
and good fellowship only, can fill the
heart of all American florists whether
we be from the East, Norfh or the
Great Southwest. Our aims and pur-
poses do not conflict and we seek mu-
tual help and development. I believe
that a direct benefit and cooperation
of these sectional organizations is pro-
moting good fellowship among all hor-
ticulturists generally, in elevating the
dignity of our profession through as-
sociation with one another, and above
all. by bringing home to every mem-
ber of the great S. A. F. the present
magnitude of the florist business and
its possibilities for the future, which
will ever be an inspiration to me for
the more beautiful in this great coun-
try.

What can a state organization do?
In the first place a state organization
should cooperate with all movements
for horticulture progress, with all
movements for civic progress in the
line of park development, school gar-
dening, improvement of school and pri-
vate grounds, etc. It should promote
the passage of all laws favorable to
the above ends and beneficial for the
business. It should prevent the pas-
sage of any law injurious to the busi-
ness whether directly or indirectly
harmful to it. That an organization
representing all the florists can be
more effective than scattered individ-
uals, does not require argument.

Xow in conclusion let me state that
the southern florists need the coopera-
tion of the northern and eastern flor-
ists, and especially of this organization.
To show that this organization is in-
terested in the southern florists we
want this great convention in the
South in the near future. That we
are capable of taking care of the flor-
ists of America we refer you to the
great success of the convention ot
International Rotary Clubs, held in
Houston this past June. This was one
of the greatest conventions ever held
in the country. The S. A. F. conven-
tion has never been south, and we ask
that you give this your serious consid-
eration, show us that you are inter-
ested in the southern florists by fav-
oring us with a southern convention.

Ev.iNSViLLE, Ind. — Geo. Blackmann
and family are spending their vacation
at Atlantic City and intend to visit
Boston during convention week,

BOWLING Green, Ky.— William Cook,
89, a widely known horticulturist, died
here August 12. He was a writer of
note, contributing articles on fruit
growing and horticulture to newspa-
pers and magazines. His nom de
plume was "The Sage of Rural Neck."

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The American Florist.

Aug. 29,

THE CARNATION.

Routine Work with the New Plants.

With the majority of growers,
planting- in from the field is completed
soon after Aug. 1 and regular routine
work begins with the new crop of
plants. The proper recovery of the
plants, and their reestablishment in
the new soil is the first item, and to
accomplish this frequent spraying of
plants and walks is required, and par-
ticularly so during the first three or
four days, the object being to keep the
foliage stiff, and thus to encourage
root action. The weather, naturally,
is a strong factor during this process,
for if hot and windy weather should
prevail at the lifting period, the re-
establishment of the plants will be re-
tarded, while a few cloudy and cool
days will do wonders in starting the
stock into growth. Thorough watering
at the time of planting is another im-
portant feature, for unless the soil be
moistened through there is not likely
to be a proper start of the stock. This
does not mean that the soil should be
sodden, but that it should be suffici-
ently moist to encourage root action,
and when this condition has been se-
cured, it may be maintained for sev-
eral days and sometimes for a week by
the spraying before mentioned. The
texture of the soil will, of course, con-
trol in some measure the quantity of
water that may safely be given, a light
sandy soil taking water much more
freely'than a stiff clay soil, and withal
keeping in a better growing condition.

Ventilation requires much care dur-
ing the first few days, in order to pre-
vent serious wilting of the newly
planted stock, but just as soon as the
plants get hold, it is time to increase
the ventilation, especially at night, for
a strong and sturdy growth is the
aim at this period, so that there may
be a good foundation for the winter.
It is taken for granted that the plants
have been topped a short time before
they were lifted from the field, so for
the first week or two there will be
little to do in the way of topping after
the plants are under glass, but this is
another of the regular duties that must
not be neglected, it being a waste of
time to permit the plants to run up to
flower at this season, for in the first
place there is little or no demand for
poor carnations while the market is
filled with good asters, and in the sec-
ond place it is growth and plenty of it.
that will provide for the winter crop
of flowers.

Ijight shading Is required on the
glass at planting time for two reasons;
first to protect the plants, and second
to protect the planters, but it is not
necessary for this shading to remain
on the glass after the plants get to
growing, for such a condition will only
produce a soft and weak growth, and
thus ultimately do more harm than
good to the plants if allowed to re-
main on the glass for too long a time.

The sjurface of the ground on the
benches should be kept open by shal-
low cultivation with a hand weeder
as may be neces.sary, and the careful
grower does not allow weeds to get
ahead of him among his carnations, or
for that matter among any other crop.
As soon as possible after planting, the
carnations should be supported, else
the growths are liable to get crooked,
this being especially the case with
tho.'^e varieties that are liable to make

a one-sided growth in the field, such
a growth, for example, as is frequently
made by Beacon. The members of the
Enchantress family do not show this
trait to any extent, the latter varieties
usually making a nicely balanced plant
in the field, provided that the top-
ping has been regularly attended to
during the season.

The prompt staking of the plants
also helps very nxuch in keeping them
in shape under the strain of vigorous
syringing, such as may be required on
account of the colonies of red spiders
that may have been established dur-
ing the outdoor sojourn of the plants.
For aphis and thrips, the nicotine solu-
tions are most effective, and • spraying
with such solutions is best when done
late in the afternoon, in oi^er to re-
tain as much of the vapor in the house
as possible. Regular weekly spraying
with insecticides as a preventive meas-
ure, is much more satisfactory than
to wait until a serious attack of in-
sects appears, when much injury will
have been done, and strong doses re-
quired to eradicate the pests.

W. H. Taplin.

Notes on Trees and Shrubs.

The most important summer-flower-
ing trees, the lindens '(Tilia), are be-
ginning to bloom and the fragrant flow-
ers of the different species will perfume
the air during a large part of the
month of July. In the collection are
the three species of the northern United
States, Tilia americana, T. Mlchauxii,
and T. heterophylla, all the European
species, and several species from east-
ern Asia. Usually the trees of eastern
Asia are more successful in this cli-
mate than those of the same genus
from Europe, but to this general rule
Tilia is an exception. AH the Euro-
pean species and their hybrids and va-
rieties flourish in New England, but
the Asiatic species are showing them-
selves bad growers here, and only the
Japanese T. japonica and the north
China T. mongolica have ever grown
large enough in the Arboretum to flow-
er and produce seeds. The latter is a
small and apparently short-li-ved tree
of only botanical interest. Tilia japon-
ica is also a small tree here with
drooping branches and light green fo-
liage; it is one of the late-flowering
species and is conspicuous in early
spring as it unfolds its leaves a week
or two before those of any of the other
lindens in the collection appear.

The flowers of Tilia platyphyllos
have been open for several days. This
is the most widely distributed of Euro-
pean lindens especially in the south,
and it may be recognized by the yellow
tinge of the leaves, by the thick cover-
ing of short hairs on their lower sur-
face and on the leaf-stalks, and by the
prominent ribs of the fruit. It is not
the handsomest of European lindens,
but it is the tree which is usually sold
by American nurserymen as "The Euro-
pean linden." There are varieties with
leaves larger than those of the type
(var. grandifolia). with erect branches
forming a broad pyramid.il head (var.
pyramidata) and with variotisly divid-
ed leaves (vars. lanceolata and vitifo-
lia). A handsomer tree, Tilia cordata.
is the common linden of northern
Europe, where it sometimes grows to a
large size, the old historical linden-
trees of the north and central countries
usually being of this species. This tree
may be recognized by its small, thin,
more or less heart-shaped leaves which

are pale on the lower surface and fur-
nished with conspicuous tufts of rusty
brown hairs in the axils of the prin-
cipal veins. It has not been often plant-
ed in this part of the country, although
it is specially valuable, for it is the
latest of the lindens to flower and sup-
plies bees with food after the flowers
of the other lindens have faded.
_ The handsomest, perhaps, of the lin-
dens of western Europe is by many
students considered a natural hybrid
between the two species already de-
scribed, and is variously called Tilia
vulgaris. T. europaea, T. intermedia
and T. hybrida. Although widely dis-
tributed in Europe, this tree appears to
be much less common than either of
its supposed parents. It is a tall,
round-headed tree, and large noble
specimens can be found in the neigh-
borhood of Boston where formerly it
must have been more often planted
than any of the other foreign lindens.

Two lindens occur in eastern Europe,
the silver linden, Tilia tomentosa, and
T. petiolaris. The former is a tree
with erect-growing branches which
form a broad, compact, round-topped,
rather formal head, and erect leaves
dark green above and silvery white be-
low; this distinct-looking tree is not
very common in eastern Massachu-
setts, but it can be often seen in the
neighborhood of New York and Phil-
adelphia. Tilia petiolaris is a more
beautiful tree; this also has leaves
which are silvery white on the lower
surface, but drooping on long slender
stalks they flutter gracefully, in the
slightest breeze. The branches, too,
are drooping and form a narrow open
head. This tree is not known in a
wild state, and all the plants in culti-
vation have been derived from a single
individual found many years ago in a
garden in Odessa. A supposed hybrid
of this tree with Tilia americana (T.
vestita). often sold in nurseries as T.
alba spectabilis. is one of the most
beautiful lindens with leaves of the
size and shape of those of T. americana
but silvery white on the lower surface.
In Europe much attention is paid to
another supposed hybrid linden, T.
euchlora or, as it is more generally
known. T. dasystyla. This is a fast-
growing, pyramidal tree with dark
green leaves, and is now largely plant-
ed as a street-tree in Germany and
Holland. It is hardy here and prom-
ises to be a useful tree in New Eng-
land.

Tilia Americana, which will not be
in flower for several days, is a common
northern tree, growing probably to its
largest size along the northern borders
of the United States from Nova Scotia
to Minnesota, and easily distinguished
by the green and shining lower surface
of the large leaves which have no
hairy covering with the exception of
the conspicuous tufts in the axils of the
principal veins. The leaves of this tree
cultivated near Boston are often made
brown, especially in hot dry summers,
by the red spider which, however, can
be controlled by spraying with arsenate
of lead. Tilia spectabilis is believed to
be a hybrid between this American
tree and the European T. tomentosa.
It is a vigorous, fast-growing tree, and
holds its foliage in the autumn much
later than its American parent. In
some European nurseries it is sold un-
der the name of Tilia Moltkei. Tilia
Michauxii is a common tree in the
northern states and is distributed from
the valley of the St. Lawrence River
to the mountains of North Carolina,

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and to Missouri and Arliansas. It may
be readily distinguished by the thin
covering of pale brownish hairs on the
lower surface of the leaves. The third
of the linden trees of the northern
states grows from western New York
to northern Alabama, and through
Kentucky to southern Indiana and Illi-
nois, reaching its largest size and
greatest beauty in the forests which
cover the high slopes of the mountains
of North Carolina and Tennessee. The
leaves of this tree are larger than those
of the other American lindens, oblong
in shape, very oblique at the base and
silvery white on the lower surface, and,
hanging on long slender stalks, the
slightest breeze makes them turn first
one surface and then the other to the
eye. This beautiful and perfectly
hardy tree appears to be rarely culti-
vated. The lindens, of which there is
a large collection in the Arboretum,
may be seen in the meadow on the
right-hand side of the Meadow Road
entering from the Jamaica Plain en-
trance.

The collection of grapevines on the
trellises at the eastern end of the
.shrub collection is one of the most com-
plete and important groups in the Ar-
boretum and should be visited by
every one interested in hardy vines or
in seeing the decorative value of some
of our native grapevines which are
still little known to gardeners. All the
species of eastern Northern America,
with the exception of two or three from
the extreme south, and several exotic
species are well represented in the col-
lection and they all have decorative
value.

In the shrub collection. Hypericum
Buckleyi, the earliest of the St. John's
worts to bloom, is now covered with
its small yellow flowers. It is a dwarf
plant only a few inches high, but
spreads into a broad mat. In the shrub
collection, too, the two forms of Ze-
nobia are in bloom, and among Andro-
meda-like plants hardy in this climate
none produce such large and beautiful
flowers. This inhabitant of the coast
region of the southern United States
is perfectly hardy in northern gardens.

In the shrub collection the European
Cytisus nigricans, with its erect
racemes of bright yellow pea-shaped
flowers, is now in bloom, and this lit-
tle shrub is one of the best plants of
its class which can be grown success-
fully in this climate. The latest flow-
ering bush honeysuckles, the European
Lonicera iberica, with pale yellow flow-
ers, and L. involucrata, var. serotina
from the Rocky Mountains, with its
yellow tubular corollas, are still in
flower, although the fruits of some of
the early-flowering plants in this group
are already ripe, like the different
forms of the blue-fruited L. coerulea
and the red-fruited L. Altmannii from
central Asia. From now until Decem-
ber there will be beautiful and often
showy fruits on some of the bush hon-
eysuckles.

Conspicuous plants now in bloom are
the silky cornel, Cornus Amomum, the
last of the genus to flower, and Vi-
burnum Canbyi, the latest species of
this interesting genus. In cultivation
this shrub grows to a large size, form-
ing a broad, round-topped bush ten or
twelve feet high and flowering freely
every year. The fruit is larger and
ripens later than that of the other blue-
fruited species. Several species of
Tamarisk are now in flower and can
be seen in a bed by the path in the

rear of the linden collection where this
genus has been planted. The pure
white fragrant flowers of Rhododen-
dron (Azalea) viscosum are open;
those of Magnolia glauca still fill the
air with delicate perfume, and the flow-
ers of Rhododendron maximum, the
last of the evergreen-leaved rhododen-
drons to bloom, can be seen at the
base of Hemlock Hill. The sumachs
are beginning to open their flowers,
and many different kinds of the burn-
ing rush (Evonymus) are in bloom op-
posite the group of sumachs on the
Meadow Road, among them the broad-
leaved form of the evergreen Evony-
mus (E. radicans var. vegetus) is
unusually full of flowers this year and
therefore will be exceptionally beauti-
ful in autumn when its fruit ripens.
Attention is again called to this plant
as the best of the various farms of the
Japanese evonymus which is the only
perfectly hardy evergreen vine which
can be grown in this part of the coun-
try.

There are still several interesting
trees and shrubs to flower. Among
them are the North American sorrel-
tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, and the
North American Hercules' club, Aralia
spinosa. These two trees are among
the laurels at the base of Hemlock
Hill. Other trees to flower are the
Chinese Koelreuteria paniculata, with
its great clusters of bright yellow
flowers, Sophora japonica, Maackia
amurensis, Aralia chinensis, and Acan-
thopanax ricinifolius, all natives of
eastern Asia, and the last one of the
lare trees of the Arboretum, where it is
conspicuous with its great leaves like
those of some tree of the tropics and
large clusters of small white flowers.
The yuccas, the lovely Clethra alnifolia
of the Atlantic coast, and Panax ses-
siliflorus from the coast of northeast-
ern Asia, are still to flower. The Chin-
quapin (Castanea pumila) is already
covered with flowers, and these in a
few days will be followed by those of
the native chestnut-tree. For many
weeks to come, therefore, the lover of
flowers can find much of interest in
the Arboretum. — ■ Arnold Arboretum
Bulletin.

Blue Hydrangfeas.

Ed. American Florist :

Please tell me how to secure blue
hydrangeas and where I can procure
powdered slate and other material that
is required to make them blue. I would
also thank you for any information you
could give me regarding the treatment
of hydrangeas when cut for house dec-
oration. I find they wither in a few
hours when cut.

California. J. H. S.

The most serviceable substance to
induce a blue coloration in the flowers
of Hydrangea hortensla is ammonia
alum. The fact that some gardeners
have obtained unsatisfactory results is.
perhaps, due to not applying this sub-
stance in a proper manner. Writing
in Moeller's Deutsche Gartner-Zeitung
(No. 23, 1011), W. Titze. who claims
to have produced uniformly good re-
sults, recommends watering the plants
copiously twice a week with a solution
of ammonia alum at the strength of
one-half ounce to one gallon of water.
The plants must not be grown in full
sun, or the blue color, though deeper,
is apt to be blotchy. It is desirable to
water with this solution in autumn un-
til the plants pass into the resting
stage.

THE ROSE.

General Care ol the Stock.

The young stock should now be get-
ting underway nicely, and from now
on will keep the grower hustling. .One
of the most important duties is to
keep the soil well cultivated; each
house should be cultivated at least
every week if possible in order to keep
the plants growing vigorously as the
water will then reach every part of
the soil, and save much loss of time
when watering. After one or more
crops of buds have been removed, the
work of pinching off the buds more
than doubles and with the increase of
buds greater care will be required to
keep just the proper kind of growth
in the plants when disbudding or
pinching. A very good plan is to re-
move part of the old pot plant grad-
ually as the main plant is being built
up. It is not unusual to find a cer-
tain amount of red spider lurking on
the old foliage that was made while
the plants were in the pots, and at
this time it can (as stated above) be
removed with a sharp knife, saving
much worry and hard work later on
trying to get rid of a bad case of red
spider, for it is a short step from the
old foliage to the new. Another im-
portant step as we go along is to
keep the plants tied, as no end of
damage is done by allowing the plants
to lie around any old way, and give
a lot of bother later trying to pull
them into shape, so be prepared to
put a tie here and there as the plants
may require it, and there will be very
little work attached to keeping the
foliage perfectly clean. When pinch-
ing the growth back be sure to go
down to a good firm eye, otherwise the
plants will make a lot of useless trashy
wood. As a rule, the farther one goes
down on a growth to pinch it (using
some judgment, of course) the
stronger the following growth will be.
The building up process of the plants
will naturally be slower, but one has
a plant that will produce the goods
when they are ready to turn loose-
Be sure to give the plants plenty of
water at this season; with the in-
creased root action and hot weather
they will require much more than they
did a few weeks past, and if the soil
should become anywhere near dry dur-
ing extremely hot weather. the
plants will receive a severe check,
causing the tender growths to burn
badly, especially is this true of the KU-
larney varieties. As long as the
weather is extremely hot the spraying
overhead in the early afternoon will
be essential.

During July and August the carried
over plants will require much of the
grower's attention to pruning, mulch-
ing, etc. We would suggest pruning
quite hard on the one-year-old stock,
say to within fifteen inches of the
ground or thereabouts, according to
the formation of the wood. The two
or three-year-old stock should be
pruned a little higher than the year
previous, or in other words leave sev-
eral eyes on each growth of the pres-
ent year's new wood, which only in-
creases the height when pruning sev-
eral inches each season. We prefer to
dry Richmond several weeks before
pruning, and the Killarney can be
handled after two weeks' gradual rest-
ing. It is an excellent plan to leave
all of the old mulch on the beds, and
after pruning and tieing, to water
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until the plants have made the first
growth. Then remove the old mulch
and aWovi a liberal top dressing of
bone stirred into the soil covered with
a good mulch of cow manure. Be
careful not "to over water, as the
plants will have to be quite vigorous
before they will take a soaking with
safety. Of course, if the soil is very
much exhausted several inches of the
old soil should be removed after prun-
ing, using fresh soil composted the
same as for young stock, allowing
about double the quantity of bone,
about half a peck to every 100 square
feet of bench surface. The above di-
rections refer to plants carried over in
solid borders, which is by far the
most practical method of growing the
stock. There are exceptions, of course,
according to the grade of soil on the
premises, and the preference of the
grower, etc., but at the present time
about 75 per cent of our forcing roses
are grown in solid beds, at all events
if one is getting the proper returns
from each and every square foot of
bench surface, whether on raised
benches or borders, it does not signify
what methed is used. At the same
time the beginner will perhaps get
better results with the least expendi-
ture using the solid borders. There
are a number of growers that devote
several houses to stock grown on
raised benches where the plants are
allowed to remain for one season.
They are then dried off at this season
and transferred to the solid beds into
fresh soil. This is an excellent way to
get good results as it gives the grower
a chance to throw out a house of
plants that have become exhausted
and replace with stock that usilallv
gives better returns than if planted
with young stock. The one-year-old
plants seem to receive little or no
setback handled in this way, and if
not pruned too hard they will, within
a very short time, throw up some fine
growths. They should be tied up im-
mediately after planting.

E.

Back to the Land Movement Overdone.

The back-to-the-Iand cry has been
taken up everywhere. In addition to
the sound and sane advice of the agri-
cultural press, we find many maga-
zines, household weeklies and even the
metropolitan newspapers, taking up
the subject and extolling the delights
and advantages of farm life. A good
deal of this advice is misleading
enough, but when in addition to the
general run of information and mis-
information on this head we read in
the magazines highly colored accounts
of what purports to be the actual ex-
perience of men who without previous
knowledge or training have made
large sums out of cabbages or pigs or
onions or frogs or cucumbers or ducks,
we protest that the back-to-the-land
propagandists are doing a cruel
wrong to a great many city people
who are unable to read between the
lines. As well print in the magazines
stories of men leaving the plow, the
milk wagon, the potato field and the
poultry house, and going into bank-
ing or merchandizing, or setting up as
lawyers and getting rich over night.
Such tales would be no more prepos-
terous than those that are now pub-
lished with respect to the instanta-
neous successes that have been
achieved by city greenhorns in the
country.— Farm Journal.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Taking: the Buds.

By this phrase we allude to the
selection or leaving of the bud to go
on and develop the flower previous to
the middle of August. In the work of
disbudding and rubbing out the side
shoots the center bud or growth has
been removed and one of the side
shoots allowed to remain and grow on
into growth, but from this time on
these conditions are to be reversed;
the center bud being the one of which
we are the most particular about, and
unless it is a cripple, it is the one to
save and the side shoots discarded.
The time of taking of the t^jids on any
variety depends somewhat on the cul-
ture the plants have been given and
the growth they have made. The
commercial varieties of early propa-
gation, planted into the benches early
in June, and afterwards given close
application to the caring for them as
regards removing the side shoots, wa-
tering, etc., began to set their buds
around August 15 and now by this
time (August 21) the Polly Rose, Pa-
cific Supreme and one or two of the
other varieties that mature early in
October, have been gone over the sec-
ond time and nearly all the buds are
taken. After August 20 it is safe
to take all buds as they appear. We
notice that Chrysolora. Ramapo and
Donatello will be ready in a few days,
Pink and White Ivory in about a week
and Timothy Eaton, Yellow Eaton,
Col. D. Appleton, Major Bonnaffon and
most of the midseason commercial va-
rieties will have the buds which pro-
duce their best flowers ready for tak-
ing September 1 to 15 and closely fol-
lowing the Chadwicks and the later va-
rieties, stock of later propagation and
later planting grown for a medium
grade of commercial cut bloom have
to be treated differently to the early
planted stock as regards taking the
buds. The earlier stock will make
three and sometimes four buds during
their growth before the time comes for
the right one; whereas, the plants of
later planting and consequently softer
growth usually set but two sets of
buds, one the latter part of July, just
after they have got into active growth
and is too early to do anything with
for a flower. This is the crown bud,
and after it is' removed the plants will
make the principal part of their
growth before setting another, very
few buds being ready for tak-
ing on these plants before Sep-
tember and most of them not
before well into the month so that
every grower must be guided in the
taking of the buds "according to the
class of stock he grows.

As a general rule it takes about six
weeks from the time the buds are
taken, for the blooms to be fully de-
veloped, though there are some ex-
ceptions to this, the heavy full petaled
blooms taking a longer time, and the
lighter, blooms less. The early buds
on the pink varieties produced blooms
lighter in color than the. later buds
and they are more full of petals in
the center, though this is not always a
desirable feature, because when a
bloom is extra full of petals they fail
to straighen out properly and the flow-
er IS badly formed. Dr. Enguehard is
one of the worst in this respect; if the
bud is taken- too early the center of
the blooms comes up with two or three

crowns and the center petals short and
twisted. The later buds of this variety
produce very much the best blooms,
both as to color and form.

The time of taking the buds also re-
minds us that the plants have arrived
at the stage when they will respond to
feeding, or in other words, the appli-
cation of liquid manure; but all along
the line while the feeding is going on
the grower must use caution so that
it is not overdone. Now that the side
growths are all removed and the buds
taken, every bit of the strength that
the plant is given goes into the main
stem, the foliage and the newly formed
bud. Chrysanthemums like plenty of
rich food but there are not any other
species of plants that will suffer
quicker from being overfed. New be-
ginners, to be on the safe side, should
use only very weak doses of manure
until they become more experienced in
their uses. Liquid made from one-half
bushel of cow manure to a barrel of
water and allowed to stand for two
days before using is the safest and best
to apply to the the bench grown stock
for commercial purposes; the chieif
point of the commercial bloom is its
keeping quality and to be able to
stand the severe handling. Just enough
feed is an encouragement to the plant
to produce first class blooms, but to
overdo it softens the petals and causes
them to spot easily and be of poor
keeping quality. The best time for ap-
plying the liquid is early in the day on
bright days, when the plant can take
it up, but it should not be done if the
soil at the roots is very dry or the
plants will use up the feed too quickly
and the buds blacken or become mal-
formed. It depends on the condition of
the plants how often it is necessary to
feed to get first class results. Now
that we have the different manures
in the pulverized state which can be
used in the soil or as a top dressing
during the growing season, less de-
pends upon the application of liquid
manure than was the case a few
years ago. Every grower must be the
judge in this respect and if well sat-
isfied with the condition of his plants
and the way they are acting, do not
be tempted to push matters by over-
doing it.

Another matter that is most im-
portant at this tim» and that is to be
very particular about keeping the
plants clean of insects. When the
buds are forming the insects will work
down into them, so that it will be a
very diflicult matter to dislodge them
later on and when the petals begin to
unfold so that spraying cannot be
done and it is next to impossible to
clean them all out and many fine
blooms will be ruined, so it is safest
to keep up the spraying regularly
until the weather permits of fumi-
gating. In a very short while we
may expect cool nights following
bright hot days and when this time
conies the afternoon syringings should
be dispensed with so that the foliage
of the plants will not be wet when
night comes. C. W. Johnson.

Kankakee, III. — The Schafer Flow-
er Shop, a new establishment, opened
for business August 14.

Danville, III. — The florists of this
city will be required to pay taxes on
their stocks, which have heretofore
been considered exempt, if the pre-
cedent of the present board of review
is assessing such stocks for the first
time is sustained.

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THE RETAILTRADE

Conducted b; Bobt. Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.

Delivery Problems.

One of the great essentials in busi-
ness is to be on time. "Punctuality is
the life of trade." is a motto that
should be instilled into every one in the
shop from the proprietor down to the
smallest boy in the service. In the
very nature of the business, with its
perishable stock that is to be deliv-
ered such a short time before being
used, there is frequently little leeway
for the many interferences that un-
avoidably will occur and hinder the
best planned service. Probably the
most frequent and yet easiest cor-
rected difficulty is carelessness or lack
of system in the first handling of the
order. While no two stores have ex-
actly the same system, the majority
have adopted the separate slip, orders
being taken on a duplicating printed
pad with a carbon sheet, making two
copies at once, or on a duplicating
counter machine which makes three
copies, one of which remains in the
machine to be compared with the
others at the end of the day. The
single printed sheet, in pads, is also
much used. The order sheets, each
with card to go, if any, pinned to the
back, are filed in a rack, marked for
each day of the week. The hour of
delivery should be distinctly marked
on each sheet. The old form of order
book is still seen in some places with
the day marked on the margin of the
leaf or perhaps a leaf set apart for
each day for a week ahead. While
orders are not lost in this way. as is
pos.sible with a misplaced sheet, yet
they may become very much confused
by orders being written into one an-
other when additions are made and
overlooked at time of delivery.

Some one person should be in
charge of the day's orders to see that
they are up and ready for delivery on
time. Charlie may want to put up
his order and Sam may want to attend
to those left with him. One. however,
may not be on time in the morning
and the other overstay his lunch hour.
Then often when there is apparently
plenty of time a rush sets in. stock is
soon used up and precious moments,
which could be actively employed, are
lost in waiting for more, and anxious
inquiries begin to come in over the
Chone about the delay.

A system which has worked very
well and is a great help at busy times
and in fact is good for every day, is
to have the clerical work of the order
after it has been taken, attended to by
one person, the cashier or bookkeeper
or some one whose duty it is to write
the address tag. Then on a small
tablet sheet, about the size of a tag
the day and date, what the order calls
for. the price and the hour of delivery;
also place caM. if any, in card enve-
lope with proper inscription. Attach
these three together with a wire paper
clip and place them in a rack of
boxes labeled for each day of the week
and one for futures. When the orders
are being put up, the clerks find every-
thing prepared and much time and con-
fusion is spared by such a system.
As long as any orders remain in the
day's box they demand attention,
everything being out when it is seen
to be empty. The delivery should be
in charge of one man. who, being on
the job all the time, or directing what
is to be done, is best qualified to lay

out the routes. Packages should not
go out to distant points much before
the time required to make the de-
livery so that in case of another order
in the same direction, coming in the
meantime, a separate trip is avoided.
Receipts for all packages to hotels,
hospitals and other public institutions
should be obtained. While many take
receipts for all deliveries, the work en-
tailed is considerable, and such pre-
caution is by many thought hardly
worth while. Drivers and messengers
should be instructed to always ask the
name from the party answering their
call, as it very often happens the ad-
dress has not been correctly given, it
being north instead of south, or vice
versa, or east for west, etc. If the
number is seen to be right and the
package handed in without inquiry, it
Is tak&n as a matter of course and the
mistake not discovered unti^ too late,
so that another trip has to be made to
perfect delivery.

K.

Some August Flower Lore.

THE PANSY.

"The beautiful puritan pansy" and
its country cousin, the heartsease,
share between them the distinction of
being the most-named flowers in the
British Isles, and very quaint some
of the names are: "The pansy freak't
with jet" is known as "Call me to
you," "Love true." "Three faces un-
der a hood." "Pink-eyed John," "Horse
Violet." "Tickle my fancy." "Bird's-
eye," "Jump up and kiss me," and
"Godfather and godmother," also "The
flower of Jove," and in the northeast
of Scotland and Scandinavia, "Step-
mother;" while Shakespeare, in the
'Midsummer Night's Dream." styles it
"Love-in-idleness" :

"Yet marked I where tlie bolt of Cupid fell;

It fell upon a little western flower,

Before milk white, now purple with love's

wound :
\nt\ maidens c.ill it love-in-idleness."

The legendary origin of this term is
that a damsel reclining on a rustic
seat noticed upon a fair and unknown
(lower a Cupid asleep, with folded
wings, unstrung bow, and arrow lying
idle. Gathering the blossom she roused
the archer, who from the petals re-
sentfully winged an arrow at her
heart, she thereupon retorting that
"Love-in-i.dleness" was, she guessed,
the true name of the plant. From
the fact that its having frequently
three colors in one blossom the pansy
is also called "herb trinity," and
held sacred to Trinity Sunday; while
in Italy "Viola farfalla" (butterfly
violet) is the term for it. The word
"pansy" is from the French pensee,
and signifies a thought, more especial-
ly the thought of a lover. Vide the
words of Ophelia, "There's pansies,
that's for thoughts."

".\re not Pansies emhlems meet for thought,
'I'lie pure, the chequered, gay. and deep by

turns?
.\ line for every word the bright things hear
In tlieir soft velvet coat."

Heartsease, "like a gallant bold in
his cloth of purple and gold," was,
from the shape of the petals, believed
to be a specific for heart disease and
of value in love spells, being for the
latter reason held sacred to St. Val-
entine. It was formerly used to mean
a cordial, as in the following sentence
from Sir Walter Scott ("The Anti-
quary," chapter ix.), "Try a dram to
be eliding and clase, and a supper and
heartsease Into the bargain." The
heartsease answers to the many rus-

tic titles of "Rob run the street,"
"Jack behind the garden gate," "Kiss
me i' the buttery," "Wild love and
idle," "Meet me i' the entry," and
"Kiss behind the garden gate," and
many a Lubberkin has arranged for
stolen moments with many a village
Audrey and maid of the milk pail by
means of the little flower plucked
from beside the farmyard gate and
cast over the garden wicket or in at
the dairy window.

CLOVER.

"All in clover;" yes, many are "all
in clover" in holiday time. In fact,
"clover" is a form of the Latin
"clave," a club, from the "clava tri-
nodis" of Hercules, memoralized in
the club seen in playing cards. The
white clover was once called honey-
suckle, from the circumstance that
"the bees in clover reap the harvest
for their hives." The leaves of clover
fold together at the coming of rain
and lie down for the night. As even-
ing and sleeping time approach the
two side leaflets move towards each
other till they touch, and thus they
go to sleep, while the central leaflet
bends over them, forming a kind of
coverlet. The plant (Trifolium repens)
is sometimes called heart trefoil, be-
cause, says "The Art of Simpling,"
"not only is the leaf triangular like
the heart of a man. but also because
each leaf contains the perfect image
of a heart, and that in its proper
color — a flesh color."

Another superstition is that the
leaves have the magical mark of the
horseshoe in their midst, and this idea
probably led to the plant being asso-
ciated with good luck: also used for
divination and to destroy the power
of witches.

"Trefoil, vervain. .Tohn's-wort. dill,

Hinder witches of their will."

It is thought in Bohemia that if a
damsel secretly puts an ordinary
clover leaf in the shoe of her lover
before he goes on a journey he will
remain constant to her during his ab-
sence. There is also a general belief
that to dream of the plant signifies
a happy, wealthy, and prosperous mar-
riage. Five-leaved clover is the only
exception to the rule of good fortune.
The four-leaved variety is found solely
in spots frequented by fairies, and en-
ables the wearer of it to behold them.

HONEYSUCKLE.

Shakespeare says : "Honeysuckles
ripened by the sun forbid the sun to
enter, like favorites made proud by
princes, that advance their pride
against the power that bred it." Wood-
bine, "of velvet leaves and triple
blooms divine," soon returns to the
busy work-a-day world from its win-
ter vacation and rest, coming into leaf
as early as January. It was highly
thought of by the witches of Scotland,
who, when effecting cures, required
their patients to pass beneath a gar-
land of it nine times.

"The woodbine's waxen and honeyed
cells, a hive of the sweetest idleness,"
are the "Tom Tiddler's ground" of
the humble bees, where they pick up
what to them is gold and silver. An
ancient legend tells that when the
honeysuckle was first made it lay In
the autumn unnoticed, white and
faded, among the withered blooms of
summer. But a flower spirit, rescuing It
from the flower heap with a sigh, lo-
cated into it a perfume .she had
brought from the Garden of Paradise,

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streaked it with gold and crimson, and
wreathed it about one of her fair com-
panions, drooping the lovely blossoms
over her brows and twining them in
her long tresses, and from that time
the honeysuckle has been honored
above all the flowers of the year.—
Journal of Horticulture.

New Greenhouse Plants.

Paper by E. F. CoUius. Toronto, Ont., pre-
sented at the annual convention of the
Canadian Horticultural Association' at Toronto,
Out., August 4-7; 1914.

At the close of what has been to
me, and I trust to you, a most en-
joyable and profitable convention; it
would not be fair to inflict upon you
a long discussion on the sub.iect of
"Greenhouse Plants," or to tell you
what you ought to grow. So I shall
merely endeavor to point out to you
what in my opinion are the most de-
sirable plants for winter and spring
decorating, and which deserve a
more prominent place in our Ca-
nadian establishments, either com-
mercial or private.

Daphne Japonica ordora is a very
fine evergreen plant, with handsome
dark green foliage, and will flower
any time from October to March, pro-
ducing large clusters of pure white,
sweet smelling flowers resembling
orange blossom. It will last a long
time when cut and can be used in
nearly all cut flower work, especially
for boutonnieres and table decorating.
To be successful in its growth, and to
produce bloom, it requires a cool
treatment and plenty of syringing at
all times, and a little shade during
the summer, especially if grown in
pots, when they should be plunged in
tan bark or leaf soil to prevent t^em
drying out too quickly.

Clerodendron Fallax is another
most useful greenhouse plant, but
rarely seen in either private or com-
mercial work, and yet a group of
these plants, when seen in flower at
Christmas, are a sight seldom for-
gotten. Wlien grown to single stems,
and in five or six inch pots they will
produce eight to ten broad, greyish
leaves crowned with a most brilliant
scarlet cluster of pea shape flowers,
which will continue to open for three
weeks, although possibly a few of the
bottom flowers may be dropping at
that time. Any establishment that
grows high-class poinsettias for
Christmas can produce Clerodendron
Fallax. Seed should be sown in early
January and grown on without a
check as warm as possible until the
flowers are nearly developed, when
they should be removed to a cooler
house for a week to stiffen them. A
.sandy, peatty compost is what suits
them best, and when root bound in
the flowering pot, frequent watering
with cow-manure. Occassional syring-
ing in the morning will be beneficial,
but during cool weather be sure and
have the house warm and dry for
night, or the foliage will get rusty
looking, and covered with black spots.
To have the flowers stand well, they
must have a cooler temperature for a
few da^vs after the flowers are de-
veloped.

Calceolaria Veitchii is another
splendid greenhouse plant for all deco-
rative purposes, growing under good
treatment, three feet in height and the
same through, and it will be com-
pletely covered by the creamy white
flowers with bright green serrated fo-
liage. It needs firm potting and lib-
eral treatment when coming into flow-

er, and may be propogated Ijy seed or
cuttings.

Buddleia Asiatica is another splen-
did new addition to the list of green-
house plants for decorative purposes,
either Christmas or Easter. Its lovely
long panicales of pure white flower are
\ ery fragrant. They stand well when
cut, and can be brought into flower
any time after November, although at
that time, if wanted, a little heat will
have to be used; It makes an excel-
lent contrast to use with the poinset-
tia. It needs propagating during the
early spring and grown on all the
summer. Constant pinching is re-
quired and good treatment to pro-
vide a fair number of long flower
spikes if wanted for cutting; also fre-
quent syringing to keep down red spi-
der. It needs cool treatment all the
time it is in the greenhouse. —

Chrysanthemum frutescens, Mrs. F.
Sanders, is also to my mind not half
well enough known by some of the
gardeners, as a decorative, flowering
plant for the Easter season. Well
grown young plants, in six inch pots,
will produce a wealth of bloom which
is hard to beat. The pure white chrys-
anthemum like flowers can be used
for almost any purpose, and they will
be produced on varying lengths of
stem, according to , the treatment
given, which should- be fairly liberal,
especially after the flowering pots are
full of roots. Cuttings struck during
.September and kept going, will pro-
duce the best flower and longer stems.
In spiraeas we have the new deep
rose shade, Rubens, said to be a most
excellent shade, tof color, especially
under artificial light, which should be
a welcome addition to the mid-winter
decoration; also Mont Blanc, a new
white, larger flower and a clearer
white, than Gladstone. America is
also another new addition to the list,
but possibly in color not so attractive,
which is a soft lilac shade.

Actus GraclUima an old plant, but
rarely seen in either private or com-
mercial establishments, is a most glor-
ious decrative plant, during the late
winter months. Its wealth of long
raceme of a bright red and yellow pea
shaped blooms are a revelation to
those who are not acquainted with it.
It must have cool treatment and fre-
quent syringing during the warm wea-
ther, and a cool house inside, it should
have a rather confined root area and
constant pinching, until it is wanted
in bloom which may be any time be-
tween Christmas and Easter. If early,
a little fire heat will assist it but
watch for thrip and spider.

Boronia Elatoir is another most
beautiful late winter flowering plant.
its bright green foliage contrasting so
well with the rich" carmine of the
flowers, which are formed in dense
clusters along the ends of the ripened
growth. It also likes cool treatment
and firm potting, and not too liberal
a treatment, or it will produce
growth instead of flower.

Chorizema cordatum splenden is
one other sadly neglected greenhouse
plant by our Canadian gardeners and
florists. It is a most valuable deco-
rative plant for many purposes, such
as conservatory or house decorating,
and if grown cool and kept well
pinched, it will form compact heads
in five or six inch pots, which will
draw instant attraction and like all
plants of its class, it needs firm pot-
itlng, in a rather peatty soil and fre-

quent .syringing, to keep from thrip
or red spider.

Dracajna Doucettii is another most
excellent decorative plant of recent in-
troduction, which if well grown will
be used extensively in all decorations,
also for out door summer work. Its
rather erect and stately appearance,
combined with the bright golden lines
down the foliage, harmonizing well
.with almost any surroundings. It
likes good treatment, but not too much
root room at any time, and careful
watering during the winter months.

In ferns we have Pteris Parkins,
a British novelty of recent introduc-
tion, which will be much used for
conservatory decoration, when it be-
comes better known; and the same
may be said of Polypodium Mandai-
aum. which is without doubt a most
regal fern and useful for many pur-
poses. It stands well in water when
cut, and the large fronds may be used
for many decorations where screens
or archways need to be covered. The
young fronds being of a lovely light
shade of green, dying to a grey tint,
as they develop with age. Cyrtomium
Rochfordiamim is also a splendid ad-
dition to the list of useful ferns, and
the color being of a dark shade of
green with crimped edges to the
fronds, and of a dwarf and compact
habit, makes it a most desirable plant
to grow. Among others of recent in-
troduction I would like to mention,
is Impatients Royleri, or White Queen,
a most lovely flowering plant, useful
for winter inside decoration or out-
side work, the plant growing about
one foot in height and bearing large
clusters of pure white flowers, stand-
ing well above the foliage, and also
lasting well when cut, and placed in
water, for house decorations.

Advantagres of Block Houses Over SingXt.

Paper presented by W. W. Gammage, Lon-
don, Ont.. at the annual convention of the
Canadian Horticultural .Association. Toronto
Ont., Aug. 4-7. 1914.

It was not until the programme had
been published that I was aware that
the subject allotted to me was "The
Advantage of Block Over Single
Houses." Therefore, the paper that
I had prepared, taking up the whole
subject. "Single vs. Block Houses,"
had to be discarded, and the subject
handled from a different viewpoint, in-
asmuch as it has been made a contro-
versial subject.

The advantages of block over single
houses are; first, cost of construction;
second, economy in operating; third,
adaptability to general purposes. The
general grower or the majority of
those starting in the florist business are
not over burdened with the worlds
riches in the shape of capital; there-
fore, the cost of construction is a chief
consideration. What we look for is a
serviceable range that will not take
the profits of a lifetime to wipe out the
capital investment. There is no ques-
tion of doubt but that a connected
range is much less expensive than
would be the same area of bench space
if single or separate houses were
built. This being the case, the con-
nected or block houses appeal to, and
offer greater inducements, to a larger
majority than do the single houses.
I am not going to argue that you can,
or cannot, grow better plants or flow-
ers in connected or single houses. My
observations have confirmed my opin-
ions that the style of house or houses,
has but little to do with the quality or
quantity produced. That depends on

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The American Florist.

321

the ability of the growers and tlie fa-
cilities they have for handling their
stocl<. In emphasizing my cipinion I
do so for the reason that I have seen
very ordinary stock in some of the
most up to date, modern, single houses;
while again on the other hand I have
seen a superior quality grown in any-
thing but modern block houses. There-
fore, the style or construction does not
ordinarily, as far as quality is con-
cerned, amount to as much as is gen-
erally supposed.

The economy of connected over sin-
gle houses is: First, in construction;
second, in operation; third, in mainte-
nance. When you build, no matter
what style, whether single, connected,
large or small houses, there is one out-
standing feature that you must not lose
sight of, and that is, a good founda-
tion. See that it is of sufficient depth
and strength to support the super-
structure evenly and rigidly, for on this
depends the length of life of your
house. The saving in building con-
nected over single houses is very con-
siderable in material alone. When we
speak of single houses it is under-
stood that they are of the modern
style, thirty, forty, fifty or sixty feet
wide, necessitating costly frame work
and heavier material throughout, while
with the connected houses there is lit-
tle or no need for a framework or sup-
ports, thus minimizing the initial cost
of material and the extra expense in
erection. Convenient layout material-
ly lessens the cost of operating. In
large ranges convenient means of fill-
ing and emptying should be well plan-
ned for this is quite an important item.
With this one item alone operating the
: ingle house may have a slight advan-
tage, but if you have given your plans
sufficient forethought and considera-
tion, the advantage is overcome many
times in the after operations necessary
in the general work of producing a
crop. There being less exposed sur-
face, less radiation will be required,
and especially in plant houses, where
a number of crops have to be han-
dled several times during the year,
the convenience and saving in time
is decidedly in favor of the connected
houses. I know that this style of
building and my opinion will be criti-
cized, but for general purposes, where
both plants and cut flowers are grown,
a well built range of this description
leaves but little room to impose on
cost, maintenance, convenience, and
suitability to varying requirements.

Boon to Mankind.

Ignatius Tootle, the renowned au-
thority on floral life, who lives near
the quiet village of Yankee Springs,
is at the present time trying to out-
burbank Burbank, the wiz., by grow-
ing a rectangular watermelon. Mr.
Tootle has noticed for years that ulti-
mate consumers have had much trou-
ble trying to carry watermelons from
the store, inasmuch as they C the water-
melons) are of awkward shape and
quite slippery, and after a watermelon
has fallen and has hit the cement side-
walk Its usefulness may be said to be
over. Mr. Tootle's watermelon will be
long and will have square corners, one
of which corners will fit into the bent
elbow when the melon is carried on
the inside of the arm. Mr. Tootle ex-
pects to have his new melon growing
and on the market by 1927, if nothing
happens. — Boston Globe.

Ohio Gladiolus Society.

SK( 0>D .VNNUAL FLOWER SHOW.

The second annual flower show of the
Ohio Gladiolus Society and joint exhi-
bition of the Cleveland Florists' Club
was held Friday and Saturday, August
1-1 and 15, 1914, in the assembly room
of the Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland,
Ohio. The room was filled with the
choicest of blooms. Standard varieties,
and seedlings that looked promising in
new shades of color, were on display
I by most of the growers, and were ar-
ranged at three sides of the large
room, while in the center, displayed in
vases and baskets, were artistic ar-
rangements of the same varieties,
showing the retailer's art in displaying
these beautiful blooms to the best ad-
vantage. All of the displays were
of such uniformly excellent quality that
the judges of the exhibition, W. C.
Werner and F. W. Griffin, found
themselves confronted with no easy
task. Notable among the many splen-
did exhibits were displays by the fol-
lowing :

Jones & Russell Co., Cleveland. C,
decorated basket of Niagara and
America gladioli arranged for fu-
neral, and table decoration of same
varieties.

F. W. Griffin, Cleveland, O , wreath
of America gladioli.

J. M. Gasser Co.. Cleveland. C, ta-
ble decoration made up of cream col-
ored Baron Hulat.

Westraan & Getz, Cleveland, O., ta-
ble of America gladioli arranged with
maiden hair ferns and basket of Ni-
agara and Baron Hulat.

Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, O., ta-
ble decoration of Klondyke gladioli
and basket made up of Augusta and
Mrs. Francis King varieties.

James Eadie Co., Cleveland, O., ta-
ble arranged with raised effect, using
Niagara and Cracker Jack and basket
of America gladioli.

Knoble Bros., Cleveland. C, table
of Niagara and basket of Niagara and
Hazel Harvey arranged with light
green ribbon.

A basket and table decoration en-
tered by the secretary and the treas-
urer of the Cleveland Florists' Ex-
change attracted much attention, be-
ing notable both for size and qual-
ity. They were in a class by them-
selves and both were awarded med-
als.

The show was well attended by the
general public who enjoyed the ar-
tistic retail display, as well as the
large and beautiful cut blooms ex-
hibited by the growers.

THE AWARDS.

Best display by amateur, 10 varie-
ties, 6 each — American Gladiolus So-
ciety silver medal; won by John Bet-
scher. Canal Dover, O.

Second best display by amateur. 10
varieties — American Gladiolus Society
bronze medal; won by Madison Cooper.
Calcium, N. Y.

Best display open class. 10 varieties
— "The Modern Gladiolus Grower"
prize; won by Bid well & Fobes, Kins-
man, O.

Best collection, not less than 10
vars., 6 of each — Joseph Coleman
prize; won by Ralph E. Huntington,
Painesville. O.

New seedling, or other variety never
before shown here, any color grown
by exhibitor, 6 spikes or more —
American Gladiolus Society prize; won
by Wilbur Christy, Warren, O.

Best collection of Primulinus hy-

brids— C. Betscher prize; won by
Clark Brown. Ashland, Mass.

Best vase of cut gladioli — H. F.
Michell prize; won by Bidwell &
Fobes.

Best vase Niagara — Perkins-King
Co., prize; won by Bidwell & Fobes.

Best vase of solid white — Munsell
& Harvey prize; won by Jacob Tho-
man & Son. Rochester, N. Y.

Best vase of America — C. Betscher
prize; won by Bidwell & Fobes.

Best vase of Mrs. King— C. Betscher
prize; won by C. B. Bates, Men toe,
O.

Best vase of Panama — C. Betscher
prize; won by Bidwell & Fobes.

Best vase of Mrs. Frank Pendleton,
Jr.— C. Betscher prize; won by Bid-
well & Fobes.

Best vase of Glory — C. Betscher
prize; won by Bidwell & Fobes.

Best Vase of Florist's White — C.
Betscher prize; won by Bidwell &
Fobes.

Best vase of light pink — C. Betscher
prize; won by Munsell & Harvey. Ash-
tabula, O.

Best vase of rose pink — C. Betscher
prize; won by Perkins-King Co., West
Mentor, O.

Best vase of yellow — C. Betscher
prize; won by Bidwell & Fobes.

Best vase of red, 10 spikes — W. At-
lee Burpee & Co. prize; won by Mun-
sell & Harvey.

Best vase of Michigan — E. E. Stew-
art prize; won by Madison Cooper.

Best vase of Black Beauty^E. E.
Stewart prize; won by Madison
Cooper.

Best new seedling, any color, one
or more spikes — H. J. Alford prize;
won by Jacob Thoman & Son.

Best vase of blue — Wilbur A. Chris-
ty prize; won by R. E. Huntington.

Best decorated basket of gladioli
for funeral use — The A. H. Austin Co.
prize; won by Jones & Russell Co.,
Cleveland, O.

Special prizes were awarded as fol-
lows :

Silver cup presented by W. E. Tell-
ing, Cleveland, O., for the best dis-
play of standard varieties — Won by
Ralph E. Huntington.

Silver cup presented by the Cleve-
land Florists' Club for the best dis-
play of new varieties — Won by Mrs. A.
H. Austin, Wayland, O.

Lawn trellis presented by the Mat-
thews Mfg. Co.. for the largest dis-
play in the show — Won by Munsell &
Harvey.

Houston, Tex. — The Houston Pro-
gressive League has formally indorsed
the pretty yards campaign of the
Houston Florist club.

Louisville, Ky.— F. Walker & Co..
formerly located for over a quarter
of a century on Fourth avenue, are
now located in a handsome new store
at 312 Chestnut street.

Milwaukee, Wis. — A new building
to house agricultural and horticultural
exhibits will be erected at the state
fair grounds to replace the building
destroyed by fire August 2.

Oklahoma City, Okla.— The Okla-
homa Seed Co., of Muskogee, Okla., has
been incorporated by Jennie W. Koepke,
Charles J. Koepke and Samuel J. Word.
Muskogee; capital stock, $5,000.

Louisiana, Mo. — Horton & Sisson
have the contract to draw the plans
for a range of greenhouses for the
Elmwood Floral Co. It is planned
that some of the houses will be erect-
ed this fall and the remainder in the
spring.

322

The American Florist.

Aug. jg.

FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.

SECRETARY'S REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING AUGUST 1st, I9I4

The insurance on Rlass cfTective at present date in the Florists' TIail Associati(>n, svih-
■ided by States, is as stated bch»w;

(/)

Alabama

Arkansas 27,

Colorado 514,

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland ;

Massachusetts. . .

. Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire. .

North Carolina 12,

Ncrth Dakota

New Jersey 42,

New Mexico 4,

New York 9.3,

■Ohio 379,

■Oklahoma 99,

Oregon

'Pennsylvania 2.S0,

Rhode Island

Jjouth Dakota 37

1,8,
34
37,
283
131
2.55,

5 in,

4s;

5,

2,

7.i,

6,

73,

52,

985,

1.53,

329,

,454
,494

;,i66
150
,368
117
,163
,489
1,023
,985
.000
,724
,425

:iM

,511
.278
,158
,970
,387

564
768
260
200
,008

573

Tennessee.

Texas

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia. . .

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Dist. Columbia.
Canada

70,
159,

17,
12,

SS,
8,
5,
9,

,900
,000
,619
,727
910

,012
,200
,820
,055

15,900

10,260

893,362

117,571

3,871

52,0.50

46,222

.3,859,625

1.741,422

1, '.179,788

S95,972

196,4,87

3,320

42,685

160,919

196.664

nl7,270

1.487,672

1,891,172

50.819

339,466

20,557

46,719

71,436

1,299,.5.57

27,066

603,713

2,744,.592

196,352

8.684

3,169.3.57

9.750

85.640

900

338.914

135..533

11.040

34.948

505.896

8.000

71,576

244,539

131.261

88.143
15,779
20.845
40,928

1,000

480

1,100

1,640
96.956

109.94-1

4.902

a ,r

46.023
43.98b

557.244

249,194

665,.507

95,962

4.600

' 3.666
11,996
20.000
13.850
25,968
277,178

234,726

51,228
71.420
60,999
329,757
17,596

' i'.ioo

14,645

a uj

661,165
2.100

$4,090.46

816.547
176.9.53
384.663
532.922
42.780

1,821.24

291.43

1.249.47

3,509.45«

376.,88

9.704
2,400

57,758

155,597
665,982

124,103

359,847 1,163,026
2,800 2,556

82,751 144,236

77.00
1,510.18
.3.146.00

' 639.56

750
60.237

12.200
23,000

2.340

25.930

446.966

21,530

153,905

' S.266
11.280

4.450

4.768

6.400

25.522

93.180

' 9.i36

'37.966

62.ii7
1.982

9.2.50
8.200
4.220

29.868
25.006
27.066
56.040
423.779
106.387

721.908

9.750

45..578

900

141,782

31.613

.39,917

8.000

71.576

121.014

215.04

36.96

675.02

ff42..80

' 358.56

409.07

'67.4.5
21.01

' l'28'.5.5

' 158.76

4.825,695 24,597,286 599,087 2.,S46,072 1.491.648 6,666,469 $19,524.83

The above is equivalent to an insurance upon 39,303,677 square feet of glass.

The total receipts for the year ending August 1, 1914, and including last year's balance,
-as per Treasurer's Report, are S53,764.75.

The total expenditures, as per Treasurer's Report, for the year ending August 1, 1914. are
S26.029.95.

The cash balance on hand is $27,734.80, of which .fl, 145.76 belongs to the Reserve Fund.

The Reserve Fund now amounts to $33,145.76, of which $32,000.00 is invested in first
class municipal bonds, and $1,145.76 cash in hands of the Treasurer.

The amount of interest collected on bank deposits for the year is $404.90.

The amount collected on Reserve Fund investments for the year is $1,410,00.

2100 losses have been adjusted since the organization of the F. H. A., involving a total
expenditure of nearly $300,000.00.

The number of Members at date of closing is 1.609.

Anequivalept of 114,036 square feet of single thick glass was broken by hail, for which
the Association paid $5. 702., SO; and an equivalent of 197,458 square tcel of double thick glass
was broken which cost the Association $13,822.03.

The F. H. A. liabilities au the close of this report are a lew
unadjusted losses amounting to possibly $1,200.

0 . . . o . t r.; ,_-:

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Alabama

Arkansas .

California.
Colorado.

Connecticut

Delaware

Florid.a

Georgia. . .
Illinois. . .
Indiana. . .

Iowa

Kansas. . . .
Kentucky .
Louisiana.
Maine. . .
Maryland. ,

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina. .
North Dakota. .

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Dist. C'.Iumbia 5

Canada 9 7

The Florists* Hail Association, after passing
seventh milestone, carries a larger amount of
larger Reserve Fund, and Is in
any time in its past history.

The working of the recent .amendments to the By-Laws has
been such as to equitably distribute the burdens of insurance,
in such a manner that no portion of the territory covered will
ha\'e reason to complain. It may be well, also, to call attention
to the fact, that hazardous risks, wherever locateil. are paying
a hazardous premium.

Those Members who remained with the Association in its
days of adversity can now rejoice in its present prosperity.

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7

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181 368

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23 16

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14 1

38 22

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7

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141 317

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Its twenty-
isks, has a
healthier condition than at

JOHN G. ESLER, Secretary

TREASURER'S REPORT FROM AUGUST 1st, I9I3 TO JULY 30th, J9I4

Rei-ci\cd from 26th Assessment.
Received from Membership Fees
Received from New Membership

Received from Additicm.al Membership

Received from Extra One-Half Assessment

Recei\ ed from Extra Whole Assessment

Received from Re-Insurance

Received from Interest on Reserve Fund

Received from Interest on Bank Deposit

Received from Refund from Estate of C. H. Kunzman
Recei\ed from Matured Kalamazoo. Mich, bond .

Expenses from Aug. 1, 1913 to July 30,

Aug. ,S, J. G. Esler. fare to Wyncote and return, auditing accounts.
Aug. 12, Price. Waterhouse & Co., examining accounts for one year.

Aug. 20, Florists* Publishing Co., advertising annual meeting

Sept. 8, Horticulture Pub. Co., advertising annual meeting

Sept. 8, American Florist, advertising annual meeting and annual

report

Sept. 12, A. T. De La Mare Co., 525 copies of Constitution and

B.v-I.aws

Sept. IS, Fhirists' Exchange, advertising annual meeting .

Sept. 25, Do«g1as A. Brown, stenographic report of annu.'il and

directors* meetings

Sept. 25, Title. GuaranteeSuretyCo.ofScranton.treasurer'sbond .
Sept. 2.5, Title, Guarantee & Surety Co. of Scrantcm. secretary's

bond

Sept. 25. A. T. De La Mare Co., 1800 annual reports .'.'.'.'.'."

Sept. 24. A. T. De La Mare Co.. 300 letter heads

Oct. 2.5, A. T. De La Mare Co.. 1 florists* directory

Oct. 23. Advertising annual meeting in Market Growers' Journal

Oct. 2.5, A.T.Dcl.a MareCo..200ratecirculars

Nov. 10, E. G, Hill, expcnsesand fare to Louisvilleandreturn. .. .

Nov. 10. E. G. Hill, on account salary as President

Oct. 10, J. G. Esler. on account salary as Secretary

Oct. 10, Joseph Heacock. on account salary as Treasurer I

.?2S,()1.5.2rt

l.lli'.l.s3

,S72..ili

6',I7.42

im.ii-

lill|-,..30
L's.-,.40

1.4111.00
II It. ill)
:■;! in.no

Luoii.ito

vU.s(iL'.76

1914

$5.00

13.00

1.00

1.00

31.35

20.80
1.00

13.00
60.00

5.00

36.80

4.00

3.00

.75

3..5B

13.71

.50.00

.300.00

100.00

Expenses from Aug. 1, 1913, to July 30, 19H— Continued

Oct
Nov.

Dec. 11

Dec.

Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb..
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.

Apr.

."i

Apr.

5

Apr,

5.

Apr.

5

Apr.

n.

June

13,

June

25,

July

2,

July

2

July

2,

July

4,

July

4,

July

18,

July

18,

J.dy

21,

July

21,

July

21,

Samuel Murray, expenses to Independence, Kan
A. T. De La Mare Co., 2000 assessment notiei-s, UKHl

letter heads

, A. T. De La Mare Co., 500 atlidavits of loss, and 4<Mm

envelopes

, A. T. De La Mare Co., 2.50 large manilla envelopes

, J. G. Esler, postage to date.

Jt.seph Heacock, postage to date

. F.. G, Hill, account salary as President

, J. G. Esler, account salary as Secretary

, Joseph Heacock, account salary as Treasurer

, A. T, De La Marc Co., loOO additional applications. ...

, J. G. Esler, postage, stationery, etc

, A. T. pe La Mare Co., 500 large manilla envelopes, 1800

receipts, 500 circulars

, A. T. De La Mare Co., 500 let ter circulars

, E. G. Hill, salary as President

, Joseph Heacock, salary as Treasurer

, J. G. Esler, salary as Secretary

, A. T. De La Mare Co.. 400 icUer heads

, Florists' Publishing Co., advertising Sept., 191S, to Sept.,

1914 ._

, Flr>rists* Exchange, advertising Aug. 1, 1913, to Aug. 1,

1914

, F- G. Hill, postage

, American Florist Co., advertising Aug., 191^4, to Aug., 1914.
, Market Growers' Journal, advcrti-sing, Aug. 1, 1913, to

July 1. 1014

, Horticulture, advertising, Aug., 19i;i, to Aug., 1914. .....

, A. T. De La Mare Co., l-W coupon letters

, Joseph Heacock, treasurer, postage to date

. .1. G. Esler, Secretary, postage

, E. G. Hill, President, bnlancc salary as President. . .
. Joseph Heacock, Treasurer, balance salary as Treasurer
, J. G. Esler, Secretary, balance salary as Secretary

15.(

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FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.— Continued.

Losses from Aug. 1, 1913, to Aug. 1, 1914

n.

1913
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug. 12
Aug. 12
Aug. 12
Aug. 12,
Aug. 12.
Aug. 12,
Aug. 12,
Aug. 12,
Aug. 12,
Aug. 20,
Aug. 20,
Aug. 20.
Aug. 20,
Aug. 20,
Aug. 20,
Aug. 20,
Aug. 20,
Aug. 20,
Sept. 8,
Sept. S,
Seot. S,
Sept. .s,
Sept. IS,
Sept. 9,
Sept. S,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 12.
Sept. 12,
Sept. 24,
Sept. 24,
Oct. 2.
Oct. 2,
Oct. 25.
Oct. 25,
Oct. 25,
Nov. .5.
Nbv. 10.
Nov. 10.
Nov. 10.
Nov. 17.
Nov. 17.
Nov. 17,
Nov. 17.
Nov. 17,
Nov. 17.
Nov. 24.
Nov. 24,
Dec. 4,

1914
Apr. 4,
Apr. 11.
Apr. 11,
Apr, 16,
Apr. 16.
Apr. 20,
Apr. 20,
Apr. 20.
Apr. 25.
Apr. 25.
Apr. 25.
May .5,
May 6,
May 5,
May .5,
May 0,
May 9,
May 11,
May 11,
May 20,
May 14,
May 18,
May IS,
May IS,
May IS,
May IS,
May IS,
May 22
May 22
May 27
May 20
May 20
May 29,
June 2
June 5
June .5
June 12
>une If

George Clay, Elmore, Ohio

Andrew Bather, Clinton. Ohio

Robt. Buck <i Co.. Washington Court House, Ohio.
R. B. Hayes, Shelby. Ohio

D. F. Braun, Denver, Colo _

Pikes Peak Floral Co.. Colorado Springs. Colo

P. O. Hansen. Greeley. Colo

Jos. Wolff, Menominee, Wis. . .

Geo. Bolt, Pueblo, Colo

L. A. Coles, Kokomo, Ind. . . . . .

Wm. Cornelius, Minneapolis, Nlinn
Jas. B. Masson, Kansas City, Kan
Cornelius Bros., Minneapolis, Minn
A. De Muth & Sons, Gnadcnhuttfn, (Jhi*.

Est. C. 11. Kunzinan, Louisville, Ky

Wm. Springer. Washington Court House. Ohio
Wilmar Greenhouses. Wilmar, Nlinn
Parker Floral Co., Geneva, Ohio. . .

Clara A. Mackay, Scranton, Pa

Wm. Kriegcr, Lansing, Mich. ....
Antlrew Peterson, Hoopeslown, 111
Geo. E. HIlKcr, Prophetstoun, III
Frank F. Crump, Colorado Sprin^fs, <:- '.■
Henry Bachman, Minneapolis, Minn
C. C. Cheny, Le Roy. Ohio

E. R. Ripley, Colorado City, Colo,

E. G. Bobee, Sioul Falls, S. D

J. C. & A. A. Buekman, Denver. Colo

Edw. A. Stroud, StrafTord, Pa

Christ. Bock. New Ulm, Minn

Clinton Fads Nursery Co., Owatonna. Minn ,

E. L. Endicott, Colorado City, Colo

Herman Roth, Lafayette, Ind.

Edmund A. Harvey, Brand.vwine Summit, Pa .

Wm. Dinkel, Tcrre Haute, Ind

Ed. A. Humfield, Kansas City, Mo. .

W. R. Matlock, independence, Kan. . . .

Albert Senger, St. Louis, Mo ...

H. RoIIinson. Des Moines, la

Henry J. Kettman, Creve Coeur, Mo

Jacob A. Kropp, Creve CcEur, Mo

J. A. Rutiebcck, Des Moines, la

Thos. Salveson, Petersburg, III

John Kehl, Canton, Ohio

J. T. Marshall, Des Moines, la

A. L. Partridfre, Independence, Kan. .
J. S. \\ ikon Floral Co., Des Moines, \.\
Robt. Bunvar, Independence, Kan
Mrs. Estelle G. Trillow, Des Moines. L,
Horace G. Henson, Kansas City, Mo, . .

Julius Leidi-i, Des Moines, la

Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, la

Da\ is, Harrison Co., Ottawa, 111

Mrs. D. H. McN'aughton, Palestine. T,> -

A. T. Hendra, St. Josepn, Mo

Mrs. O. J. ^'oung, Seneca, Kan

Mike Robinus, Paris. Tex

J. H. Shaw. Florence. Kan

Hickman & Son, Coffeeville, Kan

B. A. Barnes, Trenton. Mo

E. L. Kiley, Paris, Tex . . . .^

R. B. Parnian, Arkansas City. Kan

Fred. Leucht, St. Joseph, Mo

Buchart The Florist, St. Joseph, Mo

Mrs. Susan Margrave, Hiawatha, Kan

W. E. Smith, Arkan--as City, Kan

M. E Wright, Pittsburg, Kan

Elmer O. Sites, Wichita, Kan

Mrs. J. R. Sites, Wichita, Kan

Nlrs. C. L. Mahomay, FuHerton, Neb

Frank Ott, Winnetka, III. . .

Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloomington, III
Steinhauser Florist Nursery Co., Pittsburg, Kan. . .

J. 1 1. Shaw, Florence, Neb

T. L. F.aele, C.)ITeevilIe. Kan

W. G. Thomas & Son, Sheffield, 111

Tony & Weeks Floral Co., Ashtabula. Ohio

W. J. Miller <St Son, Ponti.ac. Ill

Wallace H. Hornadav, Lawton. Okla.

W. R. Maxwell, Alva. Okl.a. ;

, O. J. French, Wellington, Kan

. Gcftrge B. Windier, St. Louis, Mo

C. M. Hamilton, Kewanee, III , . . .

S-hmidt*s Greenhouses, Winfield, Kan

Edw, AmerDhol. Janesville, Wis

Appleton City Greenhouses, Appleton City, Mo. . .
Ernest Mueller, St. Joseohs, NIo

, A. Gardiner, Mangum, Okla

. W. H. Laeev. lola, Kan - . •

Chas. A. Pfeiffer, Sedalia, Mo . . . .

Frank O. Santheson, Roswell, N. M

$25.05

222.92

40.99

19..S8

20.S0

34S.:i2

23.76

7S.00

79.20

45..5.5

ISS.lfi

24 ..iO

194.54

:)S6.33

376.88

15.05

63.53

.34.51

i'.S.,57

77.00

4I..W

'.13.31

1(7.94

61 19.56

11.24

6S.S8

24.36

73.20

132.16

27.44

2.SS.4S

320.46

220.28

S7.15

25.60

.W.70

139.30

35.04

119.40

."■94.44

23.67

33.60

1I15.4S

13.15

136. .54

101.16

,S7.72

.50..54

117.85

43 S9

IDS. 66

13S.S4

73.S4

1.3.75
41.16
16.66
13.24
22.00

220.75
4R.0O
40.46
4S.51
22..50
2S.91
9S.90

20S.64
.S6..50

117.40

91.86

23.3S

S.93

5.04

296.60
24.20

286.25
37.95
44.24
14.35

407.97
91. .56
12.00
4S.70
1.4.37.75
15.00

39.74
9.80

.53.23
132.09

69 ..30

21.15
215.IU

Losses from Aug. 1, 1913, to Aug. 1, 1914 — Corainued

June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
July
July
July
Jul'v
July
July
Jnly
July
Julv
July
July
July
Ju'y
July
July
July
July
Julv
Julv
July
July
July
July
July
Julv
Ji.lv

June

Wm. A. Storck. St. I/>uis, Mo

Wm. Detnlefs, Mitchell. S. D

Henry Schncil. Glasgow. Mo

E. II. Marshall, Sabetha, Kan

Kearney Floral Co., Kearney, Neb

Hill City Greenhouse, Forest City. la. . .
The NcA-berrys, Inc., Mitchell, S. I)
Mrs. W. S. Bell, Okmulgee, Okl.
Geo. B. Kceler, Bartlesville, Okl;.
Sheldon Greenhouses, Sheldon, l.i
Mrs. Jennie A. Vlieland. River Falls, Wi
Archais Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo
Roljt. S. Brown, Kans;is City, Mo
Sestier Brf»s., E. Des Moines, la
R. C Peacock, Independence, Mo

W. R. Gray, Oakton. Va

Robt, B. Tindall, Independence, Mi»- . .
Mary Bliss, McPhers«>n, Kan. .
E. G. Bunyar, Indepenflencc, Mo
Newton Greenhouses, Newton, K.iii
Miss Cora A. Hurst, Newton, Ka:i
Fiirz Hasier, Nev\ton, Kan, . . .
Timt>thyJ. Enright, Fosteria, Oh
A. M. Terrill, Ltd., Calgary, Ah.i
rra G. Hornadav, Lawton, Okl.i

C. E. Rf»binson, Wadena, Minn
J. C. Rennison, Sioux Citv, la ,
Glenn FL.rai G>1, Rapid City, .S. I) ,

Dobbs & Son, Auburn, N, "l'.

Hasel Run Nlercantile Co., Fergiis 1:
George Dill & S(hi ,,.,,...
Emil Glauber, Montclair,_CoIo
R. Rathbun Co., Sioux City, l.i
llenry Moore, Manhattan, Kan

D. II. Mish, Lebanon, Pa

. <-

$15.65

25.48
3.7S
10.22

616.12
78.60

153..3II
35.07
3.64
20.21
10.81
28.92

262.92

138.8S

270.55
21.01

644.64
1.70

890 76
93.38

550.69

395.33
84.56

158.70
72.47
27.51
58.03

205.93
36.96

102.06

8.90

3,007.90

38.22

525.26
70.0s

Sn,524.S3

Investments for 1913 and 1914

2. 1914, 3 Provinccd'.Mberta, Can.ada. f 1000, debenture bonds. $2,917.12

Julv 4. 1914, Rei
July 13. 1914. R.

Miscellaneous Expenses

nbursement lor protested check .and fees. . . .
imbursenient for protested cheek

$13.44
8.40

Reserve Fund Investments

Scranton. Pa., !)onds, 4 percent . , ,
Atlantic City, N. J., bonds, 4.5 per cent

Waco, Tex., bond, 5 per cent

Kalamazoo, Mich., bond, 4 per cent. . ,
Homestead, Pa., bond, 4 per cent, . , .
County of Allegheny, Pa., b».nd, 4 per cent

Bergen, N. J., bonds, 5 per cent

Fairx'iew, N. J., bonds, .5 per cent

South River, N. J., bonds, 5 per cent, , . ,
Edgewater, N. J., bonds, 5 per cent ,
Alberta, Canada, bi>nds, 4 ' j tier cent , ,

Recapitulation

Dr.
To balance on hand Aug. I, 191-3,
To total receipts for year ending .Aug. 1. 191 1

S_',ooo.no

2,0011.011
1.000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1.000.00
4.000.00
7,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.0(1

S32.000.00

Cr.
By losses paid Aug. 1, 1913,

By expenses

By investments

Miscelljineous

By balance on hand

. Aug. I. 191 1

,$I.S,901.99
. 34.862.7(;

$53,764.75

in.524.S3

3.506.16

. 2,917.12

21.84

27,734.80

$53,764.75

Signed, JOSEPH HEACOCK, Treasurer

Philadelphia, July 31, 1914.
We have audited the accounts of t!ie Treasurer and the Secretary of the
FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF A.MERICA
for the period from August 1, 1913, to July 30, 1914. We have verified the
balance on depo-:it with the Jenkintown National Bank, amounting to
■*27,7.34.SO, and examined securities held as investments, and we certify that
the foregoing is a correct statement of the receipts and disbursements during
the Deriod. _

PRICE. \V.\TERnOUSE & COMPANY.

Cbartered Accountants.

NEW EDITION NOW READY

Trade Direotor^r

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

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The American Florist.

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2Q,

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Established 1885.
Subscription, United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year: Canada $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union. $2.50. Subscr ptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sending us change of address always send
the old address at the same time.
Advertising rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted oilly trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we eo to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
opinions of our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 64 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

The Boston convention (illus.) 301

— Wednesday afternoon proceedings riOl

— Wlnit can the S. A. F. do fov private gdr.SOl

— Tliursday morning session 301!

— Tliursday afternoon proceedings 302

— Report of President's address committee. .304

— Kcport of the tellers of election 304

— .Vdaptations of plants to soils 304

. — Florists' Telegraph Delivery 307

— .American Gladiolus Society 311

— National Association of Gardeners 312

— Formal opening of convention garden 312

—Bostons b.id Friday 313

— Convention sports 314

— Seen and heard at the convention 314

— Texas florists' organization 31.'»

The carnation 310

— Routine work with the new plants 310

Notes on trees and shrubs 310

lilue hydrangeas 317

Itose notes 317

— General care of the stock 317

liack to the land movement overdone 318

rhrysantJiemums 318

—Taking the buds 318

The retail trade 310

— Delivery problems 310

Sou^e august flower lore .SIO

New greenhouse plants 320

.\dvantages of l)lock houses over single 320

Ohio Gladiolus Society 321

I'.oon to mankind 321

Ladies' Soeietp of .American Florists .324

Horticultural exhibits reach San Francisco. 324

Influence of the moon on growth 324

<'Iub meetinfis next week 324

Florists' Hail Ass'n of America 322

Chicago 328

Cincinnati 331

Washington 331

St. I.ouis ,3.12

Nassau County Hort. Society 332

T'rovidence. R. I .332

Wavorly, Mass 332

Philadelphia .334

•Mliany ...^35

lloslon S-Jfi

Waltham, Mass 3.ir»

South Framingham. Mass 33G

Wa tertown. Mass 33fi

ciiftondale. Mass 330

Furonean horticulture ,337

Oklahoma City 338

Pittsburgh 330

.\way witli the men 342

Potato beetle business metliods 342

Florists' alai-med 342

Tlie seed trade 344

— New form of non-warranty .344

— Peas and beans 344

—Connecticut seed crops 344

Tile nursery trade 34R

— II. Chase and family in auto wrecli 348

— .Vmerican Ass'n of Nurserymen 348

Market gardeners 350

— Prices of indoor fruits and vegetables. .. .:!-.n
—Marketing notes 3.10

The star-spangled banner again shall he flown
In Isles of the sea where once It was known:
And the ^(ilps of my folk shall be galleons of
nucst.

And the strenirlh of the world shall come out
of fhf West,

MmuATE of potash l.t^ one ot the
.scarce fertilizers. Sulphate of potash
i-« not to he had.

IF this dreadful war goes on. it will
deorive us of many grand tillers of the
.soil and despoil the great work of gen-
erations.

Miss Whitted, the well known Min-
neapolis florist, Ijelieves in telephones
and autos. She spent her last dollar
for the first auto and now has four
of them.

We are in receipt of the advance
premium list of the Texas State Flor-
ists' Association for the exhibition to
be held at Houston. November 12-14,
Official premium list will be issued
later. Those desiring copies should ad-
dress R. C. Kerr, president, Houston,
or T. J. Wolfe, chairman, Waco, Tex.

Ladies' Society of American Florists.

During the reception tendered by
the Ladies S, A, F., at the Copley
Plaza Hotel, Boston, Mass,, Wednes-
day evening, August 19, Mrs. C. E.
Critchell, the retiring president, and
Mrs. Albert M. Herr, the treasurer of
the ladies organization were each pre-
sented with handsome cut glass elec-
troliers. The presentation speeches
were made by Mrs, W, W. Edgar and
Mrs, Oharles H. Maynard. This year's
meeting marl\s a new era, the mem-
bers pleading for an extension into
the business and educationa,! lines,
and leaving out some of the social
work.

Horticultural Exhibits Reach San Francisco

Arrivals of shipments of horticul-
tural exhibits August 15 from various
parts of the world, for installation in
the completed Palace of Horticulture'
at the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition, brought the total number
of plants already received as com-
petitive exhibits up to over 5,000.
These include rare tropic plants, flow-
ers and trees from Hawaii, Cuba, Aus-
tralia and the South American repub-
lics, a hundred new and unnamed hy-
brid roses from the "Rose Burbanks"
of France, Germany, Luxumberg and
Ireland, bulbs and a part of the com-
plete government display from Hol-
land, besides numerous American dis-
plays, including a portion of the very
elaborate exhililts prepared by the
United States Government, These con-
sist very largely of new introduction of
economic or food value, with which it
is desired that the public may be-
come familiar.

Many of the government ])lants are
being shipped from the various East-
ern agricultural experiment stations
and proving grounds. Others are at
the Chico, the California proving
grounds of the United States Bureau
of Plant Introduction. The best of
these rare plants and fruits, gathered
Ijy Uncle Sam's intrepid horticultural
explorers from Asia, Africa and South
America, are lieing assembled for ship-
ment to the exposition by George A.
Dennison, chief of th"e department of
Horticulture, who will spend several
days at Chico, overseeing the work
of selection of species. Among the
Chico exhibits are twenty varieties of
cactus of economic value, native to
half a dozen foreign countries, all of
them said to be spineless or nearly so.
Another is the most important ama-
ryllis ever developed, the only one pro-
ducing leaves before the flower de-
velops. As with most of the others,
this type never before has been
shown. The Chico shipment will in-
clude 210 rare dwarf palms, 25 cus-
tard apple, of four sorts, ten mangoes,
and many berberis, Parkia, gonolo-
brium, new passion vines, and other
rare \ines to. be used in decorating
tlie towering innea- pillars supporting

the dome of the palace of Horticul-
ture— the largest and most beautiful
structure ever devoted to housing the
floral and pomological wonders of the
world.

Influence of the Moon on Growth.

It may be of interest to your read-
ers to know that it is a fairly com-
mon belief amongst the older Boers
that the moon has really an effect on
the growth of plants. It was first
brought to my notice through an old
Dutch friend declining to prune some
vines, about which he was giving me
some information. He said that it
would spoil them to prune them when
the moon was on the decrease, and
seemed quite surprised that I did not
hold the same opinion. He went on
further to state that seed should not
be sown, plants transplanted, trees
pruned, nor other gardening operations
taken in hand when the moon is on
the wane. This must be a belief
brought over by the original Dutch
colonists, as Mr. Buysman has found
the saiTie tradition to exist in Java.
.\t first I was inclined to put it down
to the Dutchman's love for procrasti-
nation. "Tomorrow is another day,"
is the axiom of too many. — Gardeners'
Chronicle.

Important to Subscribers.

The date on yellow address label on
your copy of The American Florist
will show when your subscription ex-
pires. Please renew subscriptions
promptly on expiration to make cer-
tain of receiving your copy of each
issue.

Club Meetings Next Week.

[Secretaries of clubs and siH'icties are re-
quested to send notice of cli:>nge in date, time
and place of meeting.]

Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 1, 8 p. m.— Buffalo Flo-
rists' Club. Kasting's Mall. 381 Elllcott street.
Wm. Legg. Secretary. Buffalo. N. Y.

Los Ang-eles, Calif., Sept. 1.— Ix>s Angeles
County Horticultural Society, nt 237 Franklin
street. Henrv W. Kruckeberg. Secretary.

Milwaukee." Wis., Sept. 1, 8:30 p. m.— The
Milwaukee Florists' Club, 80 Mason street. Eu-
gene Oestreicher. Secretary, North avenue and
Fifty-fifth street.

Minneapolis. Minn., Sept. 1. 8 p. m. — Minne-
apolis Florists' Club. 218 North Fifth street. .T.
G. 'Taylor. Secretary.

Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 1, 8 p. m.— Florists'
Club ot Philadelphia. Horticultural Hall. Broad
street, above Spruce. David Itnst. Secretary,
Horticultural Hall. Broad street, above Spruce,
Philadelphia.

Pittsburgh, Pa.. Sept. 1, 8 p. m, — Pittsburgh
Florists' and Gardeners' Club. Fort Pitt Hotel.
10th St. and Penu avenue. H. P. Joslin. Sec-
retary. 7202 Perrysville avenue. Ben Avon. Pa.

■Washington, D. C, Sept. 1, 8 p. m.— Florists'
Club of Washington. 1214 F street, N. W. El-
mer C. Mavberrv. Secretary. 1330 14th street.
N. W. Washington.

Louisville. Ky., Sept. 2- The Kentucky Soci
ety of Florists', time and place at the call of
the secretary. AuKust Banuicr. Secretary. Ma-
sonic building. Louisville.

New Orleans. La.. Sept. 2, 8 p. m. — German
Gardeners' Club. r,24 Common street. H. V.
Damcran. Secretary. Peters avenue and .*!outh
Liberty street. New Orleans.

Albany, N. Y., Sept. 3, 8 p. m.— Albany Flo-
rists' Cluit. 70 Maiden Lane. Robert David-
son, Secretary, 139 Second street, Albany. N.
Y.

Dayton, O,, Sept, S, 8 p. m. — Dayton Florists'
Club, 37 E. Fifth street. Horace M. Frank.
Secretary^ 112 South Main street, Dayton.

Tacoma, Wash., Sept, 3 — Taconia Florists'
.\ssoclation. Macc'bee Hall. F. C. Smith. Sec-
retary, Taconia. Wash.

Lake Forest. 111., Sept. 4, 8 p, m.— The North
Shore Horticultural Society, Lake Forest. HI..
Council Chamber. City Hall. V.. Bollinger, Sec-
retary, lake Foi-est. 111.

Lake Geneva, Wis., Sept. 5. 8 p. m — Lake
Geneva Gardeners' and Forcnicn's .\ssoclatlon.
Horticultural Hall. W. II. GrilHths. Secretary.
Lake Geneva.

Lenox, Mass., Sept. 6, 7:30 p. m, — T.eno.\
Horticultural Society. Geo. H. Instoue, Secre-
tary, Lenox. Mass.

San Francisco, Cal., Sept, 6, 8:16 p, m, — Pa
clHc Coast Horticultural Society at Sachem
Hall, Redmeu's building, 240 Golden Gate ave-
nue. W. A. Hoflnghoir. Secretary, 711 West-
luiuk Building. San Francisco.

J9J4.

The American Florist.

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One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.

For Flant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to bo mailed from this offloo
euciose lOceuts extra to cover post^i^'e, etc.

Situation Wanted lo a Chlca^u whol*'sale cut
flower huuse; experienced salesman and packer.
Addicss Key 449. care Am«rtcan Florist.

Situation Wanted— On lar^e private estate as
iort roan gardener. Practical experience in a 1
branches. None but first class estate.

Key 443. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Bv vountr EnKl'shmaD. six
years experience in hardy p Mcnninls shrubs and
genera, line of beddine stock. Chicago preferred.

Address Key 454 care American Florisr.

Situation Wanted— By a first class storeman
and designer, American. 24 years of age. First-
class rtferences as lo ability and character, ^tate
full particulars and sa ary in first letter. Address.
Key 4S6. care American Flnrist.

Situation Wanted— Practical experienced gard-
ener desires a position on large private estate.
Expert on melons and fruits under glass or
outside, also anything pertaining to gardening
culture. Wages iaO.OO per month for start.
Address. Key 451, care .'\mericaD Florist.

Situation Wanted— As foreman to lake entire
charge bv a hrat-class grower of cut flowers and
plants, over 30 years' experience; commercial or
institution. Has first-class reference as to ability,
etc. D. P. Nelson. Mm Front st ,

Ripley. Hancock. P. O.. Mich.

Situation Wanted— By a young miin 24 years of
age; thoroughly competent tlorist in all branches
propagating, growing, etc.; sta^e particulars in
first letter; can furnish good references; com-
mercial or private. Address

Key 44B. care American Florist

Situation Wanted -As foreman or manager, by
a German, married; 32 years old. Has 12 years
practical experience. First class grower of roses,
carnati 'DS and chrysanthemums- southern and
oorihern experience; best of references. State
full particulars in hrst letter; good wagfs expect-
ed. Address Key 423. care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted — B\ experienced growe* ;
married, two children; age 36; for many years
grower with the largest cut flower establishments:
know the business in all its branches; is of good
working capacity; can fall position as foreman;
good wages expected; state particulars in first
letter. Address

Key 437. care American Florist

Situation Wanted -By energetic German florist
and landscape gardener of ability as manager or
foreman, commercia . public p^rks or private.
.Age 35. Up to-dstte in all branci es of tlo-iculture,
landscape g irdeningand greenhouse construct ion.
Can handle heln and proiiuce resul*s What can
you otier meP Full particulars olease.

O. Werner. R F. 3. Starkweather. N. D.

Help Wanted .\t once, n good grower tor
fe»ns, cyclamen, poinsetiias and bedding plants.
.Address. Key 455. care .American Florist.

Help Wanted -A good carnation grower. State
wages expected in first letter. Good -teady job to
the right man Edward Tatro.

4()7 E. Iron .\ ^e., Salini, Kanfias.

Help Wanted— Retail store man of excellent
character, a pan of whose work is to run and take
care of Ford delivery i ar Position op^n from
now into September. Apply

Anna Grack Sawvkr, Pansy Florist,
4044 \V. Madison St. Chicago.

Help Wanted -Florist and gardener, competent
to take charge of greenhnU'C garden and grounds
at Stat" Insritution. Address

Superintendent State Public School,
Ow^tonna vl inn.

Help Wanted— A sober, capable florist and
landscap*^ gardener, with pot plant knowledge.
Perm inent position B >ard lodging and laundry
furnished With references and s^larv expected,
write Clarence Pifrson, M D.. Suot ,

East La Hospital for the Insane. Jackson. La.

For Rent— Greenhouse rar ge. six houses, abfut
IO.UjU sqaare feet of Klass, wiih store and sV^ods
attached in very favorable reiail location Write
for parti:uiars. givi 'g references as to financial
responsibility character, etc.

CuRRiE Bros. Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.

For Sale or Rent-Greenhouse of 500(J feet. Two
Mocks of cemetery, two blocks of park, wiih
room to enlarge, in city of 5000.

Wm. B Hobbs Tipton, Ind.

For Sale— New Pierce-Arrow dclivpry ca*-. Bar-
gain if taken at once. Wm. F. Schofifld.

734 North State St.. Chicago.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
$1000 00 ca>h. an exceptional ifood deal on green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Impl Co., Brady, Mont.

For Sale- A bargain in a 10 OCO font rad ation
hot water boiler, used two and one-half months.
Open tor inspection. Price $200.00. For further
information write or phone Peter Ahern,
5SI2 Wayne .Ave.. Chicago.

Phone Edgewater 2560.

For Sale— Well established retail florisi
business on a busy thoroughfare in Chicago.
Eisy terms to the right party. Reason for selling
wish to retire Anyone desiring to secure a fine
paying business in a good locality would do well
to investikfate this offer for it is a splendid buy
and an unusual offering AddresA.

Key 430 care American Florist

For Sale -Two lar«e hot water boilers 14 x 5 ft.
4 in. flues. Guaranteed to be in gord condition.
Used3yr'ars Price "filSO 00 each, on ^oa'd cars
here. Also about 100 ventilator sash with glass
3 ft X 2 ft. 10 in., 4 l-ghts glass, red cedar wood,
price $1 00 each. Red cedar panel doors with
frame, *1.50 each. Doors without frames, $1.00
each. This material was used only 3 years and
is nearly good as new Geo Reinberg.

162 N. Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

Big Boiler Bargain

Hot watpr boiler, used only two months. Big
snai". $200.(10 rash tak s it. Answer imtHpdiatelv.
Key 450, care American Florist.

40,000 Feet of Glass

FOR SALE CHEAP.

$10 000 takes tlie place and two acres of land.
S2.(i00 down and the rest on easy payments. Big
l)argain It you want to start in fiusiness for your-
self in Chicago, investigate this otter immediately.
Now. Address

Key 453, care American Florist.

Largft place in New Jersey, near New York City.
30,0ij0 feet of glass large dwelling, and furniture,
barn, horses and automobile. Well established
business, local and wholesale als*^ large landscape
business. Place is near lailroad and iroliey. is in
first class condition all up-to-date improvements.
Price very reasonable: owner must sell at once.
going west. Particulars.

CHAS. MILLANG.
65 W. 26th St., New York City.

FOR SALE CHEAP

Large Lord 6 Burnham Iron Frame
Conservatory, 30 x iiiO feet, including
stone and brick foundation, heating pipes
and boilers. Big bargain as it stands.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

30 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO. ILL

FOR SALE.

12 H.r. INTERNATIONAL GASOLINE ENGINE

Perfect order.

12 H.P. UPRIGHT STEAM ENGINE. Good order.

Very low price. If interested address.

PYFER fi OLSEVr,

1625 Central Ave., Wllmette, 111.

Nursery at Sacrifice

Here is an unusual opportunity to acquire a
complete, up-toda^te Nursery, with modern equip'
ment in thrivingcity of the Northwest, business
Well established. Good terms. Will take part
pavmentin stock. Best reasons for selling. A
snap if taken at once. Address.

Key 439, care American Florist.

GROWER WANTED.

I wish to get in touch with a good
grower of roses, carnationsand pot plants
who has two or three thousand dollarsto
invest and wishes to get into business
(wholesale) for himself. I can offer the
opportunity of a lifetime. Address,

Key 427, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED

Superintendent of parks and cemeteries. U.S.
citizen of large northwestern metropolis wishes
to change potition on account of political reasons.
Thoroughly experienced in park and cemetery
work. Able to draw plans for townships, parks
andcemelerie.s as well as able to give estimates for
above named works. Has been employed in laree
land>cape work, on exposition, college grounds
and golf links, etc. Passed by the (ierman board
of forestry. Prizewinner in the Texas cemetery
comneiition. O-ieiral plans and drawings sent
on request. Best references. Address,

Key 452. care American Florist.

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New Edition Now Ready.

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Trade Directory

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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POEHLMAN

72"74 E. Randolph St,,

NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

Summer Roses

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sunburst'
Ward, Hadley, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney andCecile Brunner. Our stocl
is of exceptionally fine quality, and are cut tight especially for long distance ship
ments. Order your roses from us and you will buy right. Try us now.

Gladioli, Asters, Cattleya Gigas and Carnations

Best in the Market, All Lengths; Short, Medium and Long.

F'ld^^^H I ■litfkc ^i'^^ flowers,
L.a9IC;r L.IIIC9 good supply.

We Close During August and September at 5 p. m., and 12 o'clock noon on Sundays

Lily of the Valley ourTxTra hne' stoci

Now that the convention is over and nothing was seeii
in the line of Imported Novelties get down to the staples
and put in your fall supply in the next thirty days; everj
accessory that you use will advance in price.

We advise all florists to get busy and make up

Oak and magnolia Wreaths

for fall uses. Immortelles are an uncertainty, also Moss
Wreaths, so IVIagnolia will be the best article for Xmas
use.

We have a good stock of Baskets and if you try a.!
sample line it will be convincing.

Use Day Lite Cleaner Now, per gallon, $1.00; 5 gallons

, $4.0o|

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N BROS. CO

ng Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

POEHLMANN'S 'MUMS

2i2-inch Pompons and Standards Now Reduced for Quick and Final Clearance.

200,000 late propagated, extra fine healthy stock, all varieties listed by us

Now $2.20 per 100; $20.d0 per 1000.

Y OUR 'MUMS and be convinced that onr clioici coinniercial varieties are the ones that will bring you the largest returns for the
ount invested. We have a fine healthy lot of nice soft plants 'n splendid growing condition, but we need more room and in order -to
ve this stock quickly we are making A B[G REDUCTION IN PRICES. You can now buy any variety listed by us — Pompons or Stand-
Is — for $20.00 per 1000, a direct saving of from 26'/t to 7o9'( on our regular prices. Better hurry your order as this stock will not last
g at these Special prices. Note the price $2.20 per 100; $20.00 Ber 1000.

WHITE

th's ."Vdvance
ober Frost
i. Poehlniann
:e Salomon

EARLY
YELLOW

Clirysolora

OH^^K^s A T^^ he^»j:ujvis

PINK

McNiece

MIDSEASON

LATE

YELLOW

BoDnaf^on

PINK

Knyuehard

WHITE

Timothy Eaton

C UMSON

Schrimpton

Crocus

YELLOW

Krut Madiie Big Baby

Skibo Klordyke Baby

Mensa

Qui no la

Waco
Aiva

WHITE

Kemmit

BRONZE

Madam Laporte Mrs. Ecu

WHITE-Alice Salomon

NGLE POMPONS— W«"=-^'^"^^S,n.le pif«ONZE-Pau„ne j JJEW ONES— PINK-Chi,

To make room we ofTer for a .short time only strong bushy stock of Chrysanthemum pot plants in niidseason and late varieties
luding the Cap family. Pompons, Singles and Standard varieties.
5-inch at 26c.; 6-inch at 35c.; 7-inch at 50c.; ready for a shift. Cap family, 7-in. only. These plants will douWe in value in (>0 days.

SUPREME QUALITY ROSE STOCK

BEST PLANTS THAT MONEY CAN BUY. Growers are always on the lookout for quality rose stock. They realise that the best at tlie start is the cheapest in
end. When buying plants it is always best to secure your stock from people that have a reputation for producing the best there is to be had. Vou cannot ffet
better stock than that which we are offering, for we alwavs aim to give the purchaser the best that our long years of experience enable us to do.

GRAFTED ROSES

Z^-inch Plants.

Jarie, Wards, Milady $12 00 per 100; JIOO.CO per 1000

3!/2-inch Plants.

idy $15.00 per If 0: $135.00 per ICOD

arney Brilliant, 2M-inc h 30 CO per 100 ; 2.' (1 00 per 1000

imt y Brilliant, 3V'2-inch 35.00 per 100; 300.00 per 10(X)

OWN ROOT

aU CwM^m r^wnni-CAM D1»»f <. W"**' PerrecHon, Scarlet Glow, Beacon, $55 per 1000.
eiU UrOWn LarnatlOn riantS--Wlnsor, Lawson, May Day, $50 per 1000.

2 1/2 -inch Plants.

Milady, Bulgarie, Wards, Killamey $6.00 per \W. S55.00 pur lOOO

Sij.inch Plants.

Milady $8.50 per UXi; $75.00 per 1000

FINE HEALTHY
STOCK.

T^ J^I^ISJ^ s

Kentia Belmoreana

SlDgle Plants

ich pots,
icb pots,
ich pots,
ich pots,
ich tubs,
ich tubs,
ich tubs,

5 to 6 leaves,
f> to 7 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

18 in. high

24 in. high

2H to 30 in. high

32 to 34 in. high

36 in. high
42 to 44 in. high

45 to 48 in. high

Each
$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.110

ich pots,
ich pots,
ich pots.

Specimens. $15.0(1 to $25.00.

Kentia Forsteriana

Single Plants

5 to 6 leaves. , 18 to 20 in. high 0 35

5 to 6 leaves, 28 to 30 in. high 1.00

5 to 6 leaves 34 to .36 in. high 1.50

Kentia Forsteriana— Continued

Sin^'te Plants

Each

6 inch pots.

8 inch tubs.

8 inch tubs.
10 inch tubs.
lU inch tubs.

5 to 6 leavL's.

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

38 to 42 in. high $ 2.00
46 to 48 in. high 3.50
50 to 54 in. high 5.00

5 to 5H ft. high 8.00

6 to 6H ft. high 10.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Made-up Plants

S inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 32 ib. high 3.50

10 inch tubs. 5 plants in a tub, 38 to 40 in, high 5 00

10 inch tubs, 5 plants in a tub, 45 to 50 in. high 8 00

12 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high 12,00

6 inch pots,

7 inch pots,

7 inch tubs,

8 inch tubs.
8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs.

10-inch tubs,
12-inch tubs,
12-inch tubs,
Very strong

6 inch pots.

7 inch pots,

8 inch tubs,

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-upPlants

3 plants in a pot, 28 in. high

5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38 in. high

4 plants in a tub, 38 in, high

3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42 in, high

3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54 in, high

4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56 in. high
4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high

4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5^2 ft. high
4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high
specimens 12 and 15 inch tubs, 7 pi
$1.5.00. $18.00 and .*25 00.

Phoenix Roebelenli

20 in. high, 26 in spread
2 ft, high, 32 to 36 in. spread
6ne specimens

Each

$1.25
2.50
300
3.50
5.00
600
800

10 00
2.00

ants.

1.30
2.50
3.5n

MISCELLANEOLS STOCK.

ca Lutescens, Sin.. 3 phinlt,. DOe e:ii-li.

Idistras, sret-n. 5-in. pots. 13 Icuves, $1,00 each.

Idistras, variegiited, 5-in

,B(l..a.-|l.

danus Veitcliii, highly colDml.

inch at 5 r each. .Vinf'll .it 7^' end
neb at $1 2.T to $1.50 each,
nch at $3 00 to t2 50 each.

aragus Sprengeri Baskets,

OC:niiU-i .MIrach.

ton Hanging Baslcets, verv line

.5ii. «2.00 and $3.50 each.

tons, in v.iriety. 3-in..25c.; 4-in.,

pots. lU io 13 loaves.

■\1ra slniuL'

.tl.Oii.

Stevia. strong. 3-in.. readj nuw, at 130 00 |>er inOO.
EngliSb Ivy stroivg. 30c to S-io each.
Peppers, r'hinesc and cluster.

:!-inch. W.OO per too.
Primula Obconica,Grandilloi-.i and Gi^antca slraiii.

S-inch,^^.).uu per 100. 4-inch. 8o.
Cyclamen, cho-cc strain. 3-iii.. $r.'0 per lO"*.

l,l,irv of VVandsbek. H-inch, »H.ro per 100.

4-incli, choice stock, »15.00 per 100.

4-inch, Glor.v of Wandslick, JIK.OO per ro.
Smilax. 3 inch, strong stock, several times piiiche^l

b.-ick $30.00 per 1 ' 0. S-inch. strong stock, several

limes pinched back, $4 i,iO per 1000.

Boston Ferns, IC ineh ifS.OO and 13-inch alJS.OO

loW..'iO.

Dracaena Godsertiana. 3 in.h imis. .fi.oo per <\<r/.:

H-inch p. its. *l .'lU |irr .1"/
Dracaena Indivisa. sinni^

4 inc-h at 15c and 30c each.
Begonia, Glorv d'ChatclMinc.

:i-incli. $8.00 per 1 0.
Asparagus Sorengeri.

3y.in., *:1.1K.I per 1 O. 3-ineli, $.-,.ihi per KX).

Asparagus Plumnsus.

3-in -b at $7.00; 4-iiicli at $12,011 per 100.
.'linch at $30.00 to »3.i.00 per 100.

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Aug. 2g,

THE BEST SUMMER ROSES

American Beauties, Hillingdon, Sunburst, Shawyer,
Bulgarie, Rhea Reid and Cecile Brunner.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of flowers of the advantages
of buying direct of the grower. We make a specialty of growing roses for summer.

American Beauties

Lon? stems

30 inch stems

24-inch stems

15- inch stems

12-inch stems

Per Dozen

$2,50
2 CO
1.50
l.HO
75
50

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

Extra Fine
Bulgarie and Reid Roses

$8.00 per 100.

Subject to change
in market.

Shoiter 35 to

Hillingdon, Sunburst,
Bulgarie and Stiawyer

Lode .
Medium.
Short. ..

Per 100

$6.00
5.00
3.00

White and Pink Killamey,
Richmond 6c Rhea Reid. Per loo

Extra Select $6.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per bunch, 25c

Per doz. Per 100

EASTER LILIES, $1.00; $6.00

Auratum Lilies 6.00

Kubrum " $3.00to 4.00

Lily of the Valley 3.00 to

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri
New Eastern Ferns, per 1000... $1.50

Adiantum

Galax, bronze and green, $1.00
per 1000.

4.00
3.00

00

We Close on Week Days During August at 5 P. M.
All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,

CENTRAL 1457.

AUTO., 47-314

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, 111

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAfiO, ILL.

Chicago.

COOL WEATHER SHORTENS SUPPLY. ;

The cool weather has affected the
supply considerably, and while there
is plenty of stoclc on hand to fill all
orders at this writing, with one or
two exceptions, a few brisli days
would find the marltet in all lines pret-
ty well cleaned up. American Beau-
ty roses are plentiful, but are moving
better now. especially the fancy
grades. Roses of all kinds, including
the newer varieties, are to be had and
some very choice stock is seen. Car-
nations are arriving in good supply
and are moving fairly well. The sup-
ply of indoor asters is practically
over. Gladioli are in large supply
everywhere, but have been selling at
very low prices. Fine stock is being
offered, but the enormous supply keeps
the price down. Lily of the valley
has cleaned up well and the same
can le said of lilies. Orchids are in
good supply, but there is no great sur-
plus left when the stores close for the
day. Business the past week, as far
as city trade is concerned, has been
quiet, but the shipping trade was good.
Now that the convention is over,
everyone is looking forward to the
fall trade and is again ready for
actual work. Trade always shows a
great improvement in September and
this year will be no exception, even
though some are inclined to think tlLit
the European war will affect trade
conditions here.

NOTES.

N. J. Wietor, of Wietor Bros., in
speaking of the new range that they
have just finished, says that the mod-
ern greenhouse is a great improvement
over the old styled structure. As an
example he remarks that last year
they planted IS.OOO carnation plants in
six houses and that this year they
planted 30,000 carnation plants in five

of the new houses, which are exactly
the same .size as five of the old houses
in which the plants were benched last
season. This is a great difference in
bench space and means much to the
grower.

Felix Reichling says that last week
was the best week that Peter Rein-
berg has had in August during the
past four years, according to a care-
ful inspection of the firm' s books.
This firm is now cutting Ophelia roses,
which are in great demand at the
store. The store force will be the
guests of L. Hoeckner at his farm at
Crystal Lake next. Sunday, August 30.

Pyfer & Olsem are now cutting large
quantities of what seem to be Killar-
ney Brilliant roses at their new range
in Wilmette and are consigning them
to the Chicago Carnation Co.'s store.
• A. T. Pyfer claims that the variety
originated at their place, and while
they have not called it Killarney Bril-
liant, all those who have seen it agree
that it is identically the same.

T. E. Waters is back from Boston,
where he had charge of Poehlmann
Bros. Co.'s supply exhibit at the S. A.
F. convention. It is interesting to note
tliat this firm was the only western
supply house to make an exhibit there.

John Fuhrmann, 3164 North Clark
street, is Ijuilding again, this time at
Winnemac avenue and Broadway. The
new structure will contain five stores,
twelve flats and seven office rooms.

Chas. Erne, of Erne & Klingel. does
not expect to receive many more in-
door asters after this week, ' as his
growers report that their crops are
practically over.

Henry Zender is a candidate for
ward committeeman of the Twenty-
sixth ward on the democratic ticket.
Mr. Zender is a brother-in-law of Pe-
ter Reinberg.

John Kruchten -is spending a portion
of ills vacation with friends in Mil-

WHOLESALE commiubiow fLOHISTS

ft« Ba«t Bandolpfa 8<rMl
CBICAGO

Current Price List:

Easter Lilies $1.50 to $2.00 per doz

American Beauties $l.(X)to $3.00 per do.'.

Richinopd, White and Pink Killamey
My Maryland, Ward, Sunburst. 100

Fancy $6.C0 to $8.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Good Short 3.00

Roses, our selection 3.00

Asters 1.50 to 3.00

Carnations, fancy 2.S0

Carnations, firsts 2.00

Carnations, common 1.00

Orchids, Cattleyas, per doz. . .$5.00 to $6.00

Gladioli 4.00 to 8.00

Valley 3.00to 4.00

Adiantum 75 to 1.00

Smilax. perdoz 2.00 to 2.50

Sprengeri. Plumosus Sprays 2.00 to 4.00

Plumosus Strings, each 35 to .60

Ferns, per 1000 1.50

Galax, per lOOO 1.00

waukee. Wis. Henry Kruchten is in
charge of the wholesale store during
his absence.

E. C. Pruner, manager of the Elas-
tic-Lyke Putty Co., is home from a
successful business trip through the
southwest.

Geo. Cole, of Cole Bros., came up
from Peoria in his auto this week.

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329

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

I^iVieOE> CXJ^S

BEAUTIES— RUSSELL— SLN BURST

Order your supply from us. Our stock is fine and
costs no more than the ordinary run of stock.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stems $2 50 to $3 00

3U-inch stems 2 CO

24-inch stems 1 76

20-inch stems 1 50

16-inch stems 1 25

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 35 to 60

Richmond \ „ ,c^

KlUarney P" ^^

White KlUarney... I Select 6 00

My Maryland { Medium 5 00

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward. J Sl^o^'t 4 00

Russell $4 00, $6.00 and 118.00 per ITO

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Asters $1 00 to 13 GO

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 2 50

Harrisii 10 00 to 12 50

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Smllax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum 1 00

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

We Close During August and September at 5 p. m.

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CBICAfiO, ILL.

■Work is to be begun at once on the
$400,000 improvement of Grant Parl<.
according- to tlie plans of the South
Parli board. The first work will be on
the strip l^etween Micliigan avenue,
the Illinois Central tracks and Ran-
dolph street and Jackson boulevard.
This will consist in laying 5,000 feet
of winding, flower-embowered and bal-
lustraded sidewalks. The entire plat
between the Art Institute and Ran-
dolph street will be covered with sort
and 1,500 trees planted, a flower bed
about the base of each. This portion
of the work should be completed by
next April and will cost .$115,000.
Later a fieldhouse, enormous sunken
gardens, automobile drives and pleas-
ure boat "landings will be constructed
in the park.

Peter Reinherg's many friends are
handing out campaign cards for him.
The reading on the cards which bear
his likeness are the words : What-
ever you do. don't forget when you
vote for Peter Reinberg for president
of the Board of County Commissioners
to vo;te for Peter Reinberg for County
Commissioner on the democratic ticket
at the primaries on September 9, 1914.
Vote twice.

Wm. Johnson is taking care of the
trade in fine shape at A. L. Vaughan
& Co.'s store during Mr. Vaughan's ab-
sence, and is well pleased with the
way business has been. He made the

^^m

Send lor $5.00 or $10.00 sample assortment.

RAEDLEIN BASKET CO.

713 Milwaukee Ave,, CHICAGO

trip to Joliet with the members of the
Retail Florists' Association on the
boat excursion last week and reports
having had a dandy time.

T. \j. Metcalfe and son, John, of
Hopkinsville, Ky., was a visitor at the
Percy Jones establishment this week.
Mr. Metcalfe is the proprietor of a
large range of greenhouses and a chain
of retail stores in the south and is
probably without question one of the
largest out-of-town buyers in this mar-
ket.

■Weiland & Risch are cutting heavily
in roses, but the variety in particular
that attracts most attention at the
store now is the rose Mrs. Chas. Rus-
sell, which they grow and are now
handling in quantity.

Miss Nettie Parker, of the Chicago
Carnation Co., and O. A. Tonner, one
of the leading local lady wholesalers,
have returned from a most delightful
outing in Wisconsin.

Harry C. Rowe & Co; will not open
their new retail and wholesale store
on the first of next month as they
expected but will do so on September
15 instead.

John Michelsen, of the E. C. Amling
Co., says that trade was very good on
Monday and Tuesday, August 17-18.
but after that business was quiet as
ever again.

Frank Ayres, with Chas. W. Mc-
Kellar, has returned from a lake trip
and is now spending the balance of
his vacation playing golf on the north
side links.

Miss Nelda Wolf, of the Zech &
Mann force, is back from a delightful
trip to Florida.

Mrs. Arends of the Atlas Floral Co.
has traded her electric car for a 1915
Haynes.

J. J. Kolar & Son are building a
new store at 5236 West Twenty-fifth
street.

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WIETOR BROS

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
RandoiDh 2081

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

FANCY BEAITIES AND ROSES

American Beauties

(loz.

48-in. stems $3.00

30 to36-iu. stems 2.5(»

24-in. stems 2.00

Killarney p,, ^^,

Fancy $6.00

Medium 6.00

Richmond p^^ ^q^

Selects $6.00

Fancy 5.00

Medium 4.00

CURRENT PRICE LIST:

Subject to change without notice.

Per doz.

•_'0-in. stems $1.50

16-in. stems 1.25

Short stems 75

Per 100

Good $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Sunburst p,,ioo

Fancy $ 6.00 Short..

Good, 18-in 6.00

Per 100
....$4.00

White Killarney \

Per
UO

Fancy $6 00 Good

Medium 5.00 Short stems..

Roses, our selection

CARNATIONS

LII/IES

FERNS, per 1000.;

SMIIvAX, per doz

ADIANTUM

GALAX, per 1000

SPRENGERI, per bunch

ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch.

.$ 1
. 10

Per 100

$4.00

3.00

$3.00

.C0-$ 2.00
,00- 12.00
2.00
2.00

1.00
1.00
.50
.50

Jcseph A. Meiulel. the tancikiate for
the democratic ncmiinatidii for sheriff,
has been pledged the .support of the
Horseshoers' Union member.s at the
primaries on September 0. The Thirty-
fourth Ward Regular Democratic Club
also has indorsed him and the business
men of Lyons liave recommended him
to the voters of the township for their
full support. i\lr. Mendel is engaged
in the retail ilorist businoss on West
lOighteenth street, where he has had
a store for many years.

The Illinois state fish and game
< ommission is working to have one of
its most important game preserves
established convenient to tlie city of
.Joliet. Negotiations are under way be-
tween the commission and Harlow N.
. Higginbotham by the terms of which
(he state will take control of the .
beautiful Forest of Arden. a .$2.50.000
estate, which is considered one of the
seven most beautifid forests in the
world.

The E. F. Winterson Co. finds things
very convenient since it moved the
supply department in tlie cut flower
store. Adolph Henesh. who has been
in charge of the supplies for a great
many years, is still on deck. A. C.
Schaefer is again on duty at Winter-
son's .Seed Store after a delightful
auto trip through the west.

At Zech & Mann's store Allie Zecb
and Fred Ottenbacher have been busy
all week Ijjoking after the trade while
the proprietors were attending the
Tioston convention. John Zech. the
senior meml)er of the firm, made a
good showing in the bowling there and
had liighest score for three games on
the team from here.

Poehlmann Bros. Co. is now offer-
ing a guild supply of roses, which con-
sist of .nil the best novelties as well
as all the leading varieties. Their Mrs.
("has. Russell roses are especially fine
and meet with rend.v sale. Carnations

are seen in larger supply at this store
now and are of good fiualit.v for tliis
season of the year.

Vaughan'.s Nurseries have com-
menced moving peonies. At the ware-
houses over four hundred cases of
Dutch bulbs are being opened for re-
packing and distribution. Vaughan's
Farm reports the gladiolus bulb crop
prospects improved by recent rains
which are sure to plump up the bulbs.
r';mil Volz. of Saginaw, Mich..- and a
graduate of the Michigan Agricultural
college, was in this city. August 20.
He left for Ames. la., the day follow-
ing, where he will fill a position as in-
structor in floriculture and truck crops
at the Iowa .State College and Experi-
ment .Station.

R. E. Kurowski, of the John C. Mon-
inger Co., received a cablegram on
August -4 from the Department of
State at Washington, through the
.^merican Embassy at Rome, to the
effect that his father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. K. F. Kurowski, are safe in
Uerlin.

(). Johnson, who represented the Ba-
t.-ivia Greenhouse Co. on the boat trii>
i>f tlie Retail Florists' Associatinn
down the dminage canal to Joliet on
.\ugiist IS, reports the best time of his
life. The party \isited the peniten-
tiary and other places of interest.

Philip C. Schupp of J. A. Budlong's
staff has returned from the east, where
he attended the Boston convention and
visited the range of the Budlong Rose
Co. at Providence. Mr. Schupp says
that W. J. Keimel of Elmhurst also
\ isited the latter place.

Michael Fink of the Chicago Flower
Growers' Association says that the de-
mand for gladioli this season has not
lieen as good as in former years and
that the new varieties do not bring
anv better prices th.an the old.

W. B. Dorner landed in New York
frnm IaveriiO(d from S. S Baltic

August 'I'l and passed through Chi-
cago for Champaign, August liO. None
of his party were able to get beyond
P^ngland.

At Basset t & Washburn's store the
shipping trade continues to be very
good and all hands are kept busy fill-
ing orders. This firm is now offering
a fine line of roses of their usual good
quahty.^

The successful San Francisco dele-
gation to the Boston convention are
expected back here this week. The
party consists of Dan MacRorie, H.
Plath, P. Ferrari and Victor Ferrari.

Ed. Goldenstein has returned from
Boston where he attended the S. A.

F. convention and is again attending
to his duties at Vaughan's seed store.

Mrs. liruening. a sister of Mrs. H.

G. Berning of St. Louis. Mo., has re-
turned to her home tliere after a
month's visit here.

Wm. Gray, now with the MuUanphy
Floral Co.. St. Louis, Mo., but for-
merly of this city is visiting old friends
here this week.

Max Woick. of 4S01 South Robey
street, is home again after a pleasant
\isit at Paw Paw Lake. Mich.

Everybody at Erne & Klingel's store
is singing ("harlie's wife is gone to the
country. Hurrah! Hurrahl

Mrs. Chas. Duerr and son Carl of
Newark. O., are visiting relatives here
this week.

Thos. McAllister uf the A. Lange
force is en,joying a twn weeks' vaca-
tion.

"Visitors: Geo. Cole. Peoria; Mrs.
Bills and Miss Tearney, of the Bills
Floral Co.. Davenport. la.: T. T,. Met-
calfe. Memphis. Tenii.: Mrs. Chas.
Dnerr. Newark, O.

Mir.w.KlKKE, Wls.-
County Agricultural
September 14.

-The

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THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

FANCY BEAUTIES

We have without question the Finest Supply of Beauties in this
or any other market, in all lengths — niediuni— long— short— at
prices that will merit your attention. You can make money on
our Beauties, buy them and be convinced. Others are doing so.

Roses, Carnations, Gladioli, Asters, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

Everything that -is seasonable in large quantities. If you do not
see what you want in the Ad., write for it, we have if it is season-
able. Try our Bulgaria Roses. They are fine and are making a
big hitwithourcustomers. Bulgaria is without question the finest
rose available toda\t and all retailers should include it in their
orders. Trj' an ordtr today.

We close at 5 p. m. during August and September.
We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

Beauties—Roses

Magnificent Stock in Large Quantities at Very Reasonable Prices.

GLADIOLI--LILIES--CARNATIONS

You can get what von want here in anv quantit)' at prices that yon will consider reasonable for the stock that vou receive

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N. Wabash Ave., ""™oN.s:]-£';|||i CHICAGO

Cincinnati.

STOCK liOOl), HIT DK.M.V.Xll tSI.OW.
Busines.s taken a.s a whole is rather
.slow. There is plent.v of stock, good
stock, too, but the demand does not
nearly take up the oiterings. The re-
.sult is low prices on nearly everything,
with consideralile stock going into the
ash barrel. Shipping bu.siness is only
fair. The fiist of the new cut of car-
nations came in during the ))ast week.
The stock is unusually good for new
stock. Roses continue to arrive in
quantities that are far too large for re-
(luirements. The quality has improved
greatly and good blooms can be had
in Taft. Shawyer. My Maryland. I\ory
and'Richmond. with both of the Killar-
neys coming along nicely. Medium and
short stemmed American Reauties are
in a good supply. The aster receipts
are large and the choice blooms have
been selling readily, while shorter
grades move rather slowly. Gladioli
receipts continue strong and verv ex-
cellent in quality. Giganteum lilies are
plentiful. Other offerings include

L.ilium rubrum. dahlias and hardy hy-
drangea. Each of these enjoys a lim-
ited call. The supply of green "oods
is adequate for requirement".

NOTES.
William Becker, a bo.v woiking for
Henry Sehwarz. was drowned August
li.*! at Madison Park. Oakley. Up un-
til August 24 the bod.v had not been
recovered.

< 1. llruniiei's S(.)ns reti i\(^red their
.luto that had lieen stolen from them
a week ago at New Albany. Ind. The
machine was not seriously damaged.

C. E. Critchell's receiiits of gladioli
from P. O. Coblenz at New Madison.
Ohio, are even better than the first
ones were.

William Schumann has been sending
some excellent lilies to the Cincinn.ati
Cut Flower Exchange.

Milton Alexander, representing Lion
& Co.. is due to arrive in this city the
first of this week.

William Mayhall. a new-comer in
the business, has joined E. G. Gillett's
force.

Miss Edith Kyrk and her mother
left August ]8 on a trip through the
East.

Visitors : Geo. Gause and w ife. of
Richmond. Ind.: William Gardner and
wife, of P. J. Olinger's. New Castle.
Ind.; Ellis Woodworth. representing
Sefton & Co.. Chicago; Mr. Morichard.
representing S. S. Pennock-Meehan
Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. J.

washing'ton.

TIt.VDE PKEl'ARING I-Ol; lAiT, lUSI.NESS.

With the delegation home from the
Boston convention and the vacation
season practicallv at an end. many of
the stores are under-going a fall
clean-up. taking out the ponds and
the gold fish, putting them away for
next season, and getting ready for t!»e
annu.al fern .«ale. f^tock is about the

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today forfull particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

same as at last writing. There are
some good carnations coming in but
they are limited in quantity.
NOTE.S.

Frank Gaul, manager for S. S. Pen-
nock-Meehan Co.. is enjoying a much
needed rest at Philadelphia and At-
lantic Cit-.

G. W. Phillips, fcjrmerly with
Charles Pox, of Philadelphia, has ac-
cepted a position with A. D. Blacki-
stone.

Miss L. Daughert.v. bookkeeper for
G. C. .Shaffer is taking the rest cure
at the Riggs.

W. W. Kimmell is enjoying his va-
cation on the bay with the All Star
Fshing Club.

Schaffer. of Alexandria, is .sending
in some very good -America gladioli.

J. R. Freeman is sending in some
very good stock in carnations.

Mll.w.vrivEE. ^VIS. — Madson, (Jhris-
tianson and Ingbretson have been
awarded the contract for the erection
i>f a horticultural building at the state
fair grounds. Milwaukee. Wis.. to
cost .ST.UT'J.

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WHOLESALE GPgWEPS g/'CCJT FL9WEPS^^ PLANTS

Randolph 5449 176 n.Micl\^eJ\ AV^.

Ii. D. Phone

CKic.es.^0

St. Louis.

TKADE REMAINS QUIET.
The weather at the time of wiiting
is slightly cooler, but trade during the
past week was very quiet. Gladioli
are not quite as plentiful and asters,
owing to heavy rains in the east, are
delayed. Killarney and Mrs. Aaron
Ward roses are very numerous. Quite
a few American Beauty roses are in
and selling fairly well. Harrisii lilies
are also selling fairly well, but prices
are low.

NOTES.

Al. Gumz, who is in charge of the
Windier Wholesale Floral Co.. is a
very busy man during Frank's absence
at the convention.

Judge Vesey, of Fort W^ayne, Ind.,
paid a flying visit to St. Louis, arriv-
ing August 23, leaving again the same
evening.

W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co.
has given their store a thorough
overhauling and cleaning.

George H. Angermueller's entire
store has been painted outside and pre-
sents.a nice appearance.

Joe Hauser is bringing some good
asters into the market. He expects
a fine crop in dahlias.

M. M. Ayres Floral Co. have painted
their store and everything looks in-
viting for fall trade.

Ostertag Bros, have repainted and
remodeled their store and are ready
for fall trade.

Advices received from Alex Siegel,
Mackinac, Mich., report improvement
in health.

C. A. Kuehn has a fine stock of lily
of the valley and some fancy gladioli.

H. G. Berning has a fine stock of
asters and American Beauty roses.

Arthur Ellison is no longer in the
employ of Foster, the florist.

Fred Ammann. of EMwardsviUe, III.
was a visitor this week.

F. C. Weber's store is having ex-
tensive alterations.

Sam Levine, of New York, called on
the trade. W. F.

Waverley, Mass.

A recent call on "W. W. Edgar
Co. showed that it is sustaining its
fine reputation for good plants. A
very noteworthy feature at present is
the stock of Begonias Gloria de Lor-
raine and Glory of Cincinnati in pots
of from two and one-half to five inches.
A large part of this stock will he
grown on for their own use. but or-
ders for plants are being filled for
both local and for distant points.
There is a fine stock of cyclamens
coming on. Large tubs of hydrangeas,
pot roses in variety and many other
plants were also noted. There are sev-
eral hoBses of chrysanthemums that
are making fine growth. Golden Glow
being noteworthy. There is a general
appearance of prosperity and neatness
about this range which speaks well
for the genial manager, Herman H.
Bartsch. A. F. F.

Providence, R. I.

are still verv good but sweet peas are
getting very poor. All other flowers
are good and .in abundance.

NOTES.

Several specimens of rare orchids
are on view at the museum in Roger
Williams Park, having been found in
the lower portion of the South county.
These specimens are of the white
fringed orchid, and of the yellow
fringed orchid, the latter being of a
fine tango shade and the rarest of all.

T. R. Macnair has returned from a
two weeks' trip to Bar Harbor Maine.

F. Macrea's Sons are growing large
quantities, of lilies of which they make
a large feature of their business. They
have lilies at all times of the year.

The new greenhouses of O. H. Wil-
liams, Pocasset, R. I., are being
planted with chrysanthemums.

Maurice Miller has returned from
his vacation and has reopened his
store.

H. A. T.-

TRADE CONTINUES QUIET.

.Business the past week has been
quiet with a little floral work. Asters

Nassau County Horticultural Society.

The monthly meeting of the Nassau
County Horticultural Society was held
on Wednesday, August 12, at Pembroke
Hall, Glen Cove, with President Henry
Gaut in the chair and a good attend-
ance. Special prizes were received for
the fall show from Weeber & Don, Bon
Arbor Co., Henry A. Dreer. Inc., Har-
vey S. Ladew and Mrs. Bucknall. Al-
fred Lewenden and Allan Jenkins were
elected to active membership, and Mr.
Partridge of G!en Cove was elected to
honorary membership in the society.
Judges for the monthly exhibits were
J. McCarthy, V. Cleres and H. Mac-
Donald. The awards were as follows :

Best six kinds of vegetables — F.
Honeyman, 1st; W. Noonan, 2nd. Hon-
orable mention was given to F. Titus
for Globe artichokes; Joseph Robinson
for Alisa Craig onions; John Lewis
Childs, three vases King type gladioli.
Owing to the shortness of time it was
decided not to exhibit as a society at
the state fair, at Syracuse. The next
regular meeting will be held Septem-
ber 9. The exhibits will be 12 mixed
asters, 12 mixed gladioli and 1 musk-
melon. H.4.BRY Jones. Cor. Sec'y.

Witliout Limit.

"I see Mrs. Flowerstalk has set the
pace for divorce among her set."
"Annual?"
"No, perennial."

Indianapolis, Ind. — Notice has been
filed of the dissolution of the Indian-
apolis Forest and Nursery Company of
Indianapolis.

Houston, Tex.— Texas florists are
taking. an active interest in the prep-
arations for the first state flpwer
show to be held in Houston this fall.

New York.— Mrs. J. M. Keller, wife
of J. M. Keller, well-known florist, who
died at her summer home in the Cats-
kill Mountains last week, was buried
August 24.

Parkersburg. W. Va. — Philander
Gabbert of Williamstown, W. Va.. has
awarded a contract to C. W. Dowling
of that city for the erection of a green-
house to cost $3,000.

The Chrysanthemum
Manual

By Elmer D. Smitta.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION.

Price 50 Cents. Cash With Order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Preserve Cut Flowers in

BUCHBINDER

Florists^ Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

518 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. ILL.

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send for Catalog No. 71

■n 1 which describes fully the

Flowers ^IcCiay Kofrisorators and

Display Cases for Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,

670 Lake St., KENDALLVILLE. IND.

Mention the American Florist when writimj

HUCKLEBERRY FOLUeE

$2.50 per case.

Fancy Ferns, $1 50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns. 1.25 per 1000.
Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEAVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

1914.

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333

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

Mention the Avierican Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Anto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when writing
W. P. KYLE JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

LoDff Distance Phone. Randolph 3619
Mention the American Florist when loritinp

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

=rutFLowiRC^

s^NECENimalg

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HOERBER BROS.

SSt'tt cm Flowers

Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAIMES, ILL.

Store: 162 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Oar New Catalog

J. R. BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

VALIEY, ROSES whoiesaik

and CARNATIONS n'S2|^*n^

A Specialty dROWcR Or

CUT FLOWERS

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 £. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

Mention the American Florist when writing

VlioMe Hover MM*KeU

Chicago, Aug. 26.
Roses, Beauty, specials

Per doz.
3 00
2 50
2 00
150
1 25
1 00

36-in.
30in..

24 in

20-in

ISin

12-in

Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@|5 CO

Killarney 3 OO® 8 00

" While Killarney 3 DO® S 00

" Richmond 3 00® 8 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

'• Rhea Reid 3 OOig 8 00

My Maryland 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@I5 00

Mrs. Geo, Shawyer 3 00^10 00

■■ Milady 3 00@10 00

" Sunburst 3 00@10 00

Mrs. .^aron Ward 3 00@10 dO

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...perdoz.,. 3.00@4.00

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gladioli 4 0O@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00@12 50

Sweet Peas 50@ 1 00

Valley 3 00@ 4 00

.Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns .... " 1 50@2 00

Galax '• 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy... .per 1000. 5 00®6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00@2 50

Sprengeri, Plumosus Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Huckleberry Foliage

$2.50 per case.

Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns, $1.25 per 1000.
Natural and Perpetuated Moss

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens
EVERGREEN. ALABAMA

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Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White Killarney roses. All
orders givt-n prompt attention. Try US.

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Aug: 2i),

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists^
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i nUNKtl CO.

462 Milwaukee St.. MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Plowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS
42A?L^SVl,'one.. ST. LOUIS, MO-

snpplies and Eyeiytliiflj in season always on land
Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

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Philadelphia.

TUAUE EXTREMELY QUIEl.

The features o( the past week 1ia\e
been the extreme dullness and the
terrific heat, (juite the equal o( any for
this season, and some say any other,
dating back to the oldest inhabitant.
Notwithstanding these cf)nditions, there
is a fair supply of stock, asters of
course. predominating. New crop
American Beauties are coming from
several growers, and there are plenty
of the teas. Cattleyas are scarce.
Easter lilies are fine, but move slowly,
:is does valle>'. Double white petunias
are in fair demand with the design
)nen, and there are carloads of hy-
drangea paniculata for the decoration
of the window. Great stocks of gladi-
oli are seen, but are hard to move.
NOTES.

The delegates coming back from the
convention report having had a good
time, being treated royally by the Bos-
ton boys. They were surprised at the
stories of the great heat, as the concli-
tions in Boston were all that could be
desired, except for the rain on Friday.
They were loud in their praises of their
treatment by the New York Florists'
Club, who gave them a splendid din-
ner on the boat. In the evening's en-
tertainment Robert Craig and Charlie
(Irakelon- were on hand with side
splitting stories. Telling stories is one
of the gifts of Charlie Crakelow. and
he and Robert Craig kept the Phila-
delphia club to the fore in this respect,
making a great hit with their humor.

David Rust, wife and son have .lust
returned from a visit along the east-
ern co^st, going as far north as Prince
ICdward Island. There they found
all the rambler roses in full (lower
and strawberries, raspberries and other
like fruits were just in their prime,
(lutdoor sweet peas were seen there
nuite the equal of the best greenhouse
stock. There are no middle men there
farmers bringing their stock in and
dealing directly with the consumers.
They stopped off at Boston on their

GUST.

RUSCH & CO.

■■^1^ Wholesale Florists

^^^WBSj^ Jobbers in
^^W^P FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.
S^M^B^^^^ Phone Main 1 245. P. O. Box 206.

W^ wfuL^L^-.. Mllwaukee,Wls.

Prompt Shipments at
' the Right Price

NEW FANCY FERNS.
Sphagnum Moss««Good and Clean.

CjB Mjr ■ I ^— > M ■ 1^1 Wholesale Florist,

• A. iVUEinrNf 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe no¥erMM*Ket^s

Philadelphia, Aug. 26. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, extra 20 00(g25 00

first 5 00015 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@lO 00

" Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" White Killarney 2 OOig (. 00

" Liberty 4 00@ 6 00

Mock 8 O0@in 00

" Bulgaria 3 CO® 6 00

Sunburst .? OOw t, 00

'■ Kbiserin 2 000 S 00

Carnations 1 00@ 7. 00

.Asters 2 00® 5 CO

Cattleyas 25 00(850 00

Lilium Harrjsii 5 00® S 00

Lilyof the Valley 3 00© 4 00

Sweet Peas 50® 1 00

Gladiolus : 2 00® 6 00

Asparagus oer bunch, SO

Pittsburgh. .\ug. 2(..

Roses, Beauty, special

]' "_ fancy

extra.
No. 1.

Per 100

20 00

15 00

12 00

6 00

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Sunburst , 2 00® 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

Mrs. Mock 6 (Id

Kaiserin 1 00® 4 00

Carnations 1 50

Cattleyas 35 00

Lilium Gigantcum 6 00

Valley 3 00

Adiantum 1 00® 1 25

.Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35@40

Sprays per bunch. 35040

Gladiolus 2 00(a 3 00

Asters SO® 2 00

way back and attended the convention.

The M. Rice Co. have their factory
force and recent additions working
overtime getting up a line of standard
baskets to take the place of the im-
ported stock when the foreign goods
are exhausted.

Our bowlers did very well consider-
iing they could not be gotten together

RI6E BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

U. G. BEKNINC,

Wholesale Florist,

Ma^olia Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Used for GUI IngGrcenhonses. Per

j,'allon. $1 35. Machines for using
same each. $1.25. Special price on
quantities of Mastica furnished on application
Zinc Ciiy Greenhouse Points.-These points can
be driven right or left on any size or thickness of
glass 5-8 HOOtoa pound: 6-S. l?(0toapound;
7-8. 1200 to a pound. Made frcni pure zinc. Put
upinonepound packsties. Price 25c per pound.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wholesale Florist. 1 324 Pine St. ST. LOUIS. MO

Milwaukee, Aun. 2(1. PerlOO

Roses, Beauty, per doz., 1 SO® 4 00

" Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00® f. 00

Ward. Taft. Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0n(®15 00

Ophelia 3 00(f?>10 00

Carnations 1 00 w 3 00

Lilies 6 00@10 00

Sweet Peas 25® 50

Snapdragon, per bunch. 25c @50c

Asters 500 2 00

Gladiolus 3 000 5 00

Rubrum Lilies 3 00® 4 00

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The American Florist.

335

r

50,000 Field Grown Carnation Plants

C. W. Ward ico, $7.so li>i»i. *« (X) Comfort iiw,};.on ifioo, thnwi Alma Ward icn $7 50 irno$6S00

R. P Enchantress 7 IX) 60.CO beacon 800 7<l.OO White Wonder ■• ' 8 00 ' 7o'no

D.Gordon 7 00 Mco White Enchantress " S.K) 75(0 Queen • f,flo 4500

L. P. Enchantress 7 00 60.00 White Perfection " 8 Co 70.C0 Victory " 700 (.0.00

-5ii at lOtl) rate. Special discount in i]uantit\ . Thcv are bushy, strong, healthy plants, ready for iminediate shinmont.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. IZth and Race Sts.

Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

BOSTON

CO-OPERATIVE

Flower Market

The 11th Annual

SALE or STALLS

WUl be held on

Saturday, Sept. 5th, 1914

AT

260 Devonshire St., Boston

At 9:30 o'clock, A. M.

Your presence and co-operation
is earnestly solicited.

ROBERT MONTGOMERY, President.

WM. W. TAILBY, Clerk.

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer StocK Beauties, Russells,

Mock, Kalserine, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 P. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

fur team work. Third plaie was not
so bad for a "scratch" team. What
will they do with the "fifteen"?

Fall shipping has already com-
menced with the Robert Craig Co..
there being a good demand for the
Teddy Jr. and other ferns. Dracsenas
are also selling well.

The Leo Niessen Co. report business
poor for the season. New crop Amer-
ican Beauties are a feature, while
asters are seen in large quantities.

.Stewart Miller, commander-in-chief
during Edward Reid's absence, reports
good summer business. Beauties, as-
ters and valle.v are features here.

.S. S. Skidelsky & Co. say the ciin-
vention was all right. Orders for spe-
cialties, jjarticularly cyclamen seed, are
coming in very satisfactorily.

The H. F. Michell Co. expect their
full complement of Dutch bulbs, quite
a number having already been re-
ceived.

Asters, gladioli. My Maryland roses
and lily of the valle.v are specialties at
the Berger Central Market. K.

Tkri!e Haiite. Ind.— Harry Rich-
mond of Chestnut street who has been
engaged in the flower growing busi-
ness, has moved to Sullivan. Ind..
where he has been conducting a flower
shop. Recently he bought property
at that point and is erecting a large
greenhouse.

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, KiUarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the VaUey, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire street, : : BOSTON, MASS.

VlioMe Rover MM^KeU

Boston, .\us. 26. fer lUO

Koses, Beauty 1 00@25 00

Killarney Queen 50® 8 00

White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
" Double White Killarney... 1 CO® f> 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

•■ Hadiey 1 OOColO CO

Cardinal 1C0(3>12(0

" Mock 1 lOig 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00© 12 00

" Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

■ Taft 1 00® 8 00

■■ Miiady 10i@800

" Ward and HilliDEdon 1 00® 6 00

My Maryland SO® 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00®4j 00

Gladiolus America.. ..per doz.. 75@I 00
common types. .per doz., 50
Lilium Lon^ifiorum and Kubrum. 5 00® 6 00

Lily of the Valley .^ 0C@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25® 30

.\sters .55® 50

Buffalo, .\ug. 26. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

extra 10 00®12 00

No, 1 8 00@10 00

No. 2 200® 4 00

" Killarney 2 00® 6 00

' White Killarney 2 00® 6 00

" My Maryland 2 00® 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00® 6 00

" Hillingdon 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 GO® 6 00

Carnations 1 00® 2 00

Lilyol the Valley 4 00

Lilies 8 00@10 00

Cattleyas 35 000,^0 00

Gladiolus 1 00® 3 00

Golden Glow 'Mums 15 OO'^rZO 00

.Asparagus, per bunch.. 35@ 50
.Asparagus Sprengeri. .. 35® 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Sweet Peas 20® 40

Smilax 15 00

.Asters I 00® 3 00

Cincinnati. Aug. 26.

Roses. Beauty per doz. $1 00@$3 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 00® 6 00

■• Taft 2 00® 6 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00®10 00

.Asparagus Plumosus..per bch., 25c

Gladiolus 2 00® 4 00

.\uratum Lilies 12 50@1S 00

A.'ters 2 000 4 00

Hydrangeas 4 Of® 8 00

Dahlias 2 00® 4 00

Carnations 1 50® 2 00

Albany, N. Y.

ANNUAL OUTING.
Among those who went from Albany
to attend the convention of thg S. A.
F. and < >. H. in Boston were President
Frederick Henkes of the Albany Flor-
i.sts' Club. Thomas T. Tracey, man-

Manafacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE mc*:allum CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Summer Flowers

Asters, Gladiolus, Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc. Immcdiat. setvici-

BERGER BROS.

Central Marttet,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. E. CRITtHtLL

34-36 Third Ave. East. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Wholesale Commission Florist
Consignments Solicited

Complete stock of Florists' Greens and Supplies

St. Louis, Aug. 26. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 10 00@15 00

short stems 3 00® 6 00

" Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" My Maryland 2 00® 4 00

" White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

" Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

Asters 1 00® 3 00

Valley 4 00

Gladiolus 2 00® 4 00

Rubrum 5 00® 6 00

Tuberoses 3 00

.Asparagus Sprengerr 2 00@ 3 00

Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..35@60

Harrisii 8 00@10 00

Ferns per 1000. 1 2^

ager of the Albany Cut Flower Ex-
change. Fred A. Danker of Maiden
Lane, and Edward P. Tracey of the
Rnsery. The four left on Monday
morning. .August 17 in President
Menkes' automobile and reached Bos-
ton late that night. Mr. and Mr.s.
W. C. (Jlrieckner were also in Boston
during tlie convention.

Members and friends of the Albany
Florists' club to the number of about
12li, attended the eighth annual
clambake and outing held at Henkes
Mrothers' grove, Newtonville, on Aug-
ust !."(. The day was clear and bright
after heavy rains through the week.
The ser\ice in charge of President
Frederick Henkes was excellent .ind
there was an abundance for .all.

R. D.

336

The American Florist.

Aug. 2<),

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

WO-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Lilium Giganteums and Multmorums,

HOHMANNS LILY OF THE VALLEY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bolbs,

English Golden Spur, AzaJeas, falms. Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

Boston.

CONVENTION OVEBSHADOWS TBADE.
The. convention having been the all
absorbing theme of the past week.
there is little to be said about busi-
ness, except that it has the usual fla-
vor of summer dullness. A number of
the visiting delegates made the rounds
of the wholesale district, and most of
the dealers visited the convention gar-
den and Mechanics' Hall. Asters and
gladioli continue plentiful, but move
.slowly, and there is more than enough
of other stock to supply the light de-
mand. The weather warmed up con-
siderably on August 23, but summer is
now well spent. Some of the carnation
growers are not yet through plant-
ing, but the work is now being vig-
orously pushed.

NOTES.
Probably the greatest disappoint-
ment of convention week, both to hosts
and guests, was the outing trip to
Fort Warren and Nantasket Beach on
August 21. The weather was extreme-
ly disagreeable, and discomfort was
general. While on this subject, we
may as well ask, are these outings in
connection with any convention, in
any city, worth while? It is pre-
sumed that people who attend conven-
tions go prepared to pay their own
way jind we feel sure that most of
themT after enjoying the leading feat-
ures of a convention, would be better
pleased if left to spend the remainder
of their time according to their* in-
dividual tastes.

John L. Russell, of the Jos. Breck
& Son Corporation store, recently re-
turned from a visit to his old home
in, Ireland, sailing from Liverpool
.\ugust 1, on the Mauretania. This
ship made a record trip to Halifax of
four days and a few hours, having
been ordered to that port by the Brit-
ish authorities to avoid German cruis-
ers. Mr. Russell was greatly inter-
ested in the advance shown in rose
growing in the north of Ireland, where
he visited the farm of Alexander Dick-
son & Son, who have about forty
acres devoted to the cultivation of
roses.

While the various activities of the
Society of American Florists over-
shadowed for the time being the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, a
very creditable exhibition was held in
Horticultural Hall. Very noteworthy
were the gladioli exhibited by William
Sim, Cliftondale, for which he was
awarded a sold medal.

George Watkins and Harry Cedar,
of Wax Brothers' store, have just re-
turned from a six weeks' vacation.
.Sam. Wax is at the Weir's, a New
H.ampshire resort.

Louis Ginsburg, who has for some
time sold flowers in the Quincv Mar-
ket, has recently opened a store at
CO State street.

Martin Wax and wife, after a
month's stay at and near Old Orchard,
Me., are now at home.

. A. F. F.

WATSOiNVir.LE, Cat.if.— Ne'son Hyde,
IS-year-old son of H. A. Hyde, florist.
died August 10. following an operation
for appendicitis.

MounANTOWN. N. C— J. B. P. Massey,
co-onerative observer of the United
States weather bureau, says there is
a good openlne here, with a popula-
tion of about 2.000. for a florist.

140 Manfield Street

Montreal

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd. \

" ■■""""" I

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
lis Best Growers

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

Waltham, Mass.

The range of Peirce Brothers, Walt-
ham, is, we believe, the second largest
in Massachusetts, there being 200,000
or more square feet of glass. It was
at one time noted for the fine quality
of its Easter lilies. In later years a
variety of good stock has been grown,
but roses are now the specialty, and,
as will be readily understood, the out-
put is large, all of which goes to the
Boston market. This business was
founded about 1870 by E. N. Peirce,
father of E. Allan and Herbert
Peirce, who compose the present firm.
E. N. Peirce died about eight years
ago. E. Allan Peirce is well knpwn to
the trade of the country, having been
a director of the Society of American
Florists and active along other lines
of horticulture. Herbert Peirce, while
possibly not so generally known in the
trade, is well known and popular in
the Boston trade. He is something of
a mechanical genius and can build an
automobile. One of his inventions is
an electric conveyor for removing soil
from the greenhouses, which greatly
facilitates the work.

A. F. F.

South Framingham, Mass.

The range of J. T. Butterworth,
while not large, has good features.
A considerable part of it is taken up
with orchids, of which there is a fine
stock, including cattleyas and all the
other leading varieties. There are also
a number of striking novelties. Note-
worthy at present are the blooms of
Miltonia vexillaria. A variety of other
stock is grown, including carnations,
hydrangeas and Dutch bulbs, about
250,000 of the latter being annually
forced. The range comprises 20.000
square feet and for that amount of
glass, the output is large. A feature
is a new pink snapdragon, as yet un-
named, which will be disseminated in
1015. It is very prolific of bloom and
.should be popular, not only for that
but for its fine color.

A. P. F.

Watertown, Mass.

At the range of A. M. 'Davenport.
Wiitertown. the visitor seldom finds an
empty bench, but that statement must
not be misunderstood. Many benches
are emptied in the course of the year,
but he and his capable foreman have
the happy faculty of always having
something on hand to fill them up
again. On a recent visit we found his

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28tli St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

Mention the American Florist when viriting

houses (he has about 30.000 square
feet) well filled with good plant stock.
He is exclusively a plantsman, one in
fact as well as name. We found a
fine stock of his new begonia, "Flor-
ence Davenport," which is being dis-
seminated this year and is having a
great sale. There is an enormous
stock of ferns, Boston, Roosevelt.
Whitmanii, Teddy Jr. and cibotiums
being noteworthy. A .great stock of
table ferns is also grown. A note-
worthy feature is a house of the well-
known "bird's nest fern," which is now
very popular both in large and small
sizes.

A. F. F.

Cliftondale, Mass.

William Sim, of Cliftondale. is al-
ready very well known to the trade.
but as he is tireless in his activity,
there is frequently something new to
be said about him. With about 125,000
square feet of glass and 20 acres of
land there is an opportunity to show
results, and it is unanimously agreed
that he gets them. Calling recently,
we found several acres of gladioli and
an immense cut of fine blooms is being
sold in the Boston market from the
greenhouses, a great crop of tomatoes
is now being marketed. His rotation
of crops are violets and sweet peas in
winter and tomatoes in summer. His
stock in the field is all equipped with
the Skinner system of watering, and
the appliances of his greenhouses are
nil up to date.

A. F. F.

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337

EstabUshed 1878

106 West 28ih Sired
New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wholesale Commlsiion Dealer In Cut Flowers.

Summer season now opon hut still On the Job. Ship me vour GladioluK,
Asters and othet Summer Stock. Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guar-
anteed. Usual supply ol rost-s, lily of the valley and other Ktet-nbouse stc ck.
Open at 6 a. m. every morninK. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Square.

OFFICIAL
S. A, F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper;
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. k. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000, $4,50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1,25, Cash with order,

AMERICAN FLOMST CO., 440 S. OearbornSt. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J, GUTTMAN. President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Mention the Anjcriccin Florist wh^n writing

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Scbenck

Traendly & Schenck

Wholesale Florists lod Cat Flower Excfauige

131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids. Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.
Mention the American Florist when writinf}

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCt-L.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Mention the American Florist xchen writing

European Horticulture.

XEW I!OSE,S OF lOl.S.

Candeur Lyonnaise — Claims attention
as a decided improvement on Frau
Karl Druschki. It has great vigor
and hardiness, straight, somewhat di-
verging branches, darlt green foliage,
small and few thorns, fine oval, usu-
ally solitary bud with very stiff stem;
the flowers are of unusual size, speci-
mens having reached seven inches In
diameter. Color, a handsome pure
white, sometimes tinted with very
light sulphur yellow. It is very double
and develops full.v without showing
the stamens, which remain hidden in
the center of the llower.

Rose General Superior Arnold Jans-
sen, Hybrid Tea — Introduced In 1911
by its originators, who were also th«
fortunate creators of the popular rose,
Jonkheer J. L. Mock. It is a vigorous
plant, compact of growth, blooming
constantly. The buds, of perfect form,
a.re placed at the tips of the branches;
the roses are very large, double, fra-
grant, of a particularly intense deep
carmine red, — Gazette Illustree des
Amateur Jardlns.

Wichmoss — This very remarkable
mossy Wichuriana has brilliant dark
green foliage, semi-double, soft pink
flowers, tinged carmine, rose under-
neath, in clusters of six to 15. and
fragrant. The branches, ovaries and
sepals are those of the moss rose
Salet. one of its progenitors. This
promises to be a real acquisition.

Madame Charles Lutand (hybrid
tea) — Pernet Ducher, Vigorous, erect,
with few thorns, good bronze-green
foliage, long bud, ochre flushed with
carmine; flower very large, double,
cup-shaped, a medium chrome yellow,
lightly tinged carmine on the outer
petals. Stems long,

Madame Edmond Rostand — Hybrid
tea. Strong, bushy plant, thorns small
and numerous. Foliage dark green,
bud elongated, flower very large and

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLOBIST

109 West 28th St , NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

'"Is^'sssl Mad! sq. 133 W. 28th St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VloMe Hover MsrKeU

New York. Aug, 26, Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 10 00@15 00

extra and fancy,,, 5 00@ 8 00

No, 1 and No, 2... 2 00@ 5 00

Mrs, Geo, Sbawyer, special 4 00

extra,,, 2 00@ 3 00

•■ No,l&No,2 50@ 1 50

■■ White Killarney, special,., 5 00@ 6 00

Killarney, My Maryland,,,

special 3 00@ 5 00

fancy— extra..,. 3 00@ 5 00
No. 1 andNo, 2„ 75@ 1 50
Queen, special, , 4 00

•■ Aaron Ward SO® 5 00

" Richmond 50@ 4 00

" Sunburst 50@ 5 00

" Taft 1 00@ 5 00

■ Mrs, Chas Russell 1 00@ 8 00

Milady special 4 00

■■ I L Mock 1 OOlg 5 00

■' Hadley.No,1.5c:ex,6c:f,6Hc

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00@35 00

inferior Brades. 8 00@10 00
Lilies. Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 3 OOiS 4 00

Lily of the Valley 2 OOig 3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Flumosus doz. bchs. 2 00@ 3 00

Smilax Do^. strings. 2 00

Sweet Peas. doz. bunches, 3Sc0$ 50
Spencer type. 35c@ 40

Carnations 50@ 1 00

Iris per doz. 25c

Gladiolus, per doz.. America. 40c@
50c- other varieties. 35@40c

double, globular in shape with liroad
outer petals. Color flesh pink, tinged
salmon and reddish orange yellow In
the center.

Mrs. Amy Hammond (hybrid tea) —
Free-blooming, with long bud, opening
well. Issue of the variety Mrs. Abel
Chatenay. Flower is fragrant and
well-formed, of an amber white, tinged
with apricot, inore pronounced at the
base.

Luise-Lilia (hybrid tea) — Very free
blooming, with strong erect branches.
Flower of medium size, double, cup-
Ehaped, with broad concave petals.
Color a deep pure velvety scarlet,
fragrance very agreeable, — Journal des
Roses.

Mabel Drew — Hybrid tea (Dickson
& .Sons ) . Vigorous, free-blooming, long,
erect stem, carrying a very large,
double, well-formed flower, very frag-
rant; color creamy yellow, passing to
an intense canary when fully opened.

Lafayette, Ixd, — Work on the new
greenhouses to be erected at Purdue
ITniversity has begun. The work fif
excavating for the foundation wax
completed Atigust 3.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies. Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KESbLbR

Successor to Kessler Bros.
113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. Consignments solicited

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg . 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rtnt for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERQREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street

NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE, FLORIST

24-30StoneS!.,Rocl]ester,N.Y.

121 WEST 2dth STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Square

Tbe Urgesl Shipper and Receirer of Fresb Cat FIowoi

^^A complete assortment of the best in the

market can always be relied upon.

United Cut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

George J. Polykranas,

Manager.

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

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Alio.

^9,

Some Excellent Stock

Carefully packed, with liberal extras tor early
orders.
Inch 100 lOCO

2!i Asparagus Pluntosus $300$ '5.00

3i4 Aspiraous Plumosus 7 ^0 70 00

2'4 Asoaraius Spreng;rl 2 50 22 !0

3h AsoaraBUS sprengcri 6,50 tO.OO

.3HC>clamens. .\ssor.ed colors 8.50 80.00

2ti CyclBmens. Assorted colors 6.00 55.U0

214 Primula Obconica. Separati- colors

or mixed 300 25.00

V^tVi imula Malacoides 3.( 0 25.00

2'i Chineie Primroses. .Assorted.... 3 25 3(iOn
2H Cinerarias. Choiced mixed........ 2.50 22 !ii

2H Begonia Vernon. 3 kinds 2.50 22.50

21^ Snapdragons. White. Fink and

Ytllow ?00 25.00

3^ Snapdragons. Busby plants 7.00 (>5.ii0

2^Stevia. Dwartortall 3 00 25 OJ

.3^-. Stevia. Bushy plants 7 00 '500

20,000 3H-in. VIOLET PLANTS, Marie Louise
and Lady Campl>ell. $3 75 per 100; $35 i o per IMO.

FERNS (rom benches: Boston, Piersoni, Ele-
gantissima. etc, I.artre plants A baigain. SlO.iio
$15.00 and *20 00 ner 100 Trv some.

CARNATION PLANTS. From y, and -l-in. onts.
fine, stocky plants: Comfort. Scarlet Wonder,
Beacon, Enchantress and Washington Enchant-
Iress. »7 0:i per 100; *.5,00 per lO 0. White
Enchantress. Very good plants. $7 IX) per lUl ;
.$65 IW per lUOO.

Also abundance of other stock. Correspondence
solicited.

ALONZO J. BRYAN, wfo'«aie

WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

^ -)'■'• R n C C C ^-yr-

2K-in. nUOCO 4iD.
Ready to ship revised stock-list

^LE E D LE fig{l.*o^?.gg')
Orchids Freshly Imported.

We baye just receiyed in fine condition the fol-
lowini;: Caitleyas: Ferciyalliana. Gaskclliana.
Speciosissima. Vandas: Ccerulea. Luzoni^a,
Batemanii, Imshootiana. Dendroblums: Nobile.
Formosum, Wardianum densiflorum. Schutzii,
Ptaalaenopsls : Amabilis. Schillenanaand Snat-
haglottis plicata. Write for Special Lift No. 55.

LAGER & HURRELL, Suiiunit, N. J.

Oklahoma City.

WKDDINUS .SU.SIAIN ALGUST TRADE.

One very favorable tiling about this
part of the country, from a florist's
point of view, is there is no closed
season for weddings, and August seems
to he as good a month for the crop
as is June. There has been quite a
call this week for bridal blossoms, not
only in the city, but from points all
over the state, and business has l)een
helped considerably thereby.
NOTES.

Preparations for floral displays for
the state fair, which is held next
month, are well under way. We are ■
informed that liberal premiums for
flowers and jilants will be offered and.
seeing that the Florists' .Society is not
going til have an exhiliition of its own
this fall, the memliers of the trade
win likely compete for the state fair
honors.

The Oklahoma State Society of Flor-
ists will meet in the I>ee Huckins Ho-
tel, Monday. .September 7. This will
he the first meeting after the summer
rece.ss and a good attendance is ex-
pected. S. S. B.

SpKiNdi'iKij). Irx. — The property of
the late ^Arthur C. Canfield, florist,
situated at South Gi-and Ave. and
State St.. was sold for .$30,100.

Hiiiiii.Nr,, MtNN.— An addition to the
municip_al greenhouse that will practi-
oally dotible its capacity and make
possible the raising of a large number
of plants and flowers now prohibi-
tive because of the lack of rooin is
contemplated by the park boai'd.

SEASONABLE STOCK-Ready Now

Asparagus Plumosus, 2^4 in , bushy, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns, Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Wilsoni, Mayi, etc., $3.00 per 100;

»26.00 per lOOO.
Primula Malacoides, (Giant Baby Primrose), $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per lO'O.
Primula ChinensiS. a splendid strain, in all colors, $3.00 per 100; $25 00 per 1000.
Araucaria Excelsa plants, 4 in. pots, 6 to 8 in. high, 3Bc each; 5 in. pots,

8 to 10 in., 5iic each.
Bird's Nest Ferns (Asplenium Nidus Avis), finest condition, a grand selling

plant, 3 in. pots, $:i.50 per doz.; $20.00 per Kill; 4 in. pots, $6.00 per doz.;

$35.00 per 100; 5 in. pots, $7.00 per doz.; $B0 00 per 100.
Clbotium Schledei, splendid stock for immediate sale or for growing on ,

6 in pot plants, $1.60 each.
Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4 in. pot plants, $20.00 per 100; 6 in.

pot plants, $25.00 per 100.

Write for Catalogue No. 5.

THE STORES & HARRISOiN CO., Paiaesville, Ohio

FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

We have received our first consignment of Harrisii. and oiler a selected stock oi the
original true Harrisii for early forcing. This stock was grown from the original true type, and
will be found splendid s'ock for early feeing, for which purpose Harrisii is so valuable. The
crop is much shorter thaa usual this season, but we are iti position to supply a nice lot of
selected stock, and can make delivery from first shipraenl.

6 to 7-inch bulbs. 350 to the case. $5.50 per 100; $45.00 per 1000.

7 to 9-inch bulbs, 200 to the case. $t^.oO per 100; $d0.00 per looo.

Full case lots at KTK) rates.
OF

Killarney Brilliant Grown in 4-in. Pots, to Close Out Stock

We have a few thousand extra fine plants of tins valuable rose. Those who have not
tomoleted their planting or who have been building or who have not all the stock they need.
will find this a bargain. Plants are strnne plants fmm 4-inch p^ts. In order to close out stock
we offer what we have left uns.ild at $25.00 per 100; $200.00 prr lOOO.

We have. a'su. line strone plants in 4-inch Dots of Lady Hilllngdon and Killarney Queen.
and limited stocks of White Killarney, Milady, American Beauty, etc.

F. R. PIERSON CO., larrytown-on Hudson, NEW YORK

Calif. Calla Bulbs

Diameter Per 100 Per 1000

1 14 to 1'^ -inch $5.50 $50.00
p2 to 2 inch 8.50 80.00

IV^ to 3-inch 12.00

All Other Bulbs Arriving

Order Now

Vaughan's Seed Store,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorls. 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $1S 00
per IKK).

Alyssum, Giant Double 2in.. $2 00 per 100

Geraniums. S. \. Nutt Double Gen. Grant and
Mine. BuchDer.2 in.. $1.75 per lOO.in any quantity.

Good stock and hrood packinf?.

Elmer Rawimgs,"^°S'NT"

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

P.O. Berlin. N J. Wtlllamstown Jnac. N. i.

/p/y.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

EBtabUstied In 1867.

^mM.

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone. Graceland 1112.

Send as your retail orderi.
WE HAVX THE BEST FAdLITIES IN THE CIT

Motion the American Florist when writing

I VIOLETS ""^^^fc^^^^ F.T.O.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Oh U St. Lou,

GRIMM-GORLY

St. Lonis, Mo. F. T. D.

Randolph & McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & CO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Mention the Anierica7i Florist when writini;

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST
eo KEARNEY STREET

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Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnut St., Des Moines, la.

Larsrest and most centrally located store ia tbo
city. All orders eiven prompt attention

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. L4NGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraoh Delivery.

Pittsburgh.

WORST SUM.MEK COJJDITIONS IN HISTORY.
The Pittsburgh flower market is ex-
periencing the worst conditions ever
known in its history according to
many who have been in the trade the
longest, and it is certainly evident af-
ter a visit to most of the leading deal-
ers and an inspection of the conditions
of stocks. Daily receipts amount to
a little more than nothing, and flowers
are priced about as low as they can
possibly be. Gladioli, for example, are
selling nearly everywhere at 25c to 50c
per dozen, lilies at $1.50 and carna-
tions at 2oc per dozen, retail prices.
The real glut is practically on gladi-
oli, which is almost given away.
Carnations and roses are in very good
supply. An immense lot of American
Beauties are arriving daily, and prices
on these are at their lowest bottom.
Easter lilies, and valley of very fine
quality are also with us. Asters have
shortened up in both quality and quan-
tity, as the early crops are now over.
The shortage on asters is greatly re-
lieved because of the large lot of good
carnations, which are offered. Green
goods. particularly Sprengeri, is
swamping the market.

NOTES.

John Bubach, formerly with Schloss
Bros., New York, is representing The
McCallum Co., on the road and is now
returning from a trip to the Rocky
Mountain section. He finds that he is
compelled to run the majority of his
sales on ribbons, as was his old cus-
tom, owing to the European disturb-
ances causing a scarcity of other sup-
plies.

Two visitors from Salem, O., last
week were V. A. Cowgill and J. J.
Gunn. The latter has taken over the
retail business of Mr. Cowgill who is
confining his efforts to the wholesale
growing of roses only.

Jake Gerwig and family are spend-
ing two weeks in Atlantic City. Jack
Sisly is also taking a two weeks rest,
and says Knoxville is good enough for
anyone's vacation,

H. C. Frew has transferred the busi-
ness (Beaver "Valley Floral Co..) back
to Walter S. Kidd. from whom he pur-
chased it last spring.

John Harris is visiting friends and
relatives in Detroit and Cleveland.
John left August 18 and expects to be
gone three weeks. J.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE,, COR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

T^EI/EGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-*■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
ovir selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reterence or Cash must accompany all orders
from uidoiown correspondents.

Cable address; Alexconnell,
Western Udiod Code.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choic
Beauties, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2085-2066 Madison Souare.
42 West 28th Street.

To ont-of town florists IJVIAF V/^R17

We are In the Heart of WJiiW lUnl\

.And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

Mention the American Florist when writing

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD.. Aoditorinm Annei, CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. '

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Bulfalo, LOCKport,

Niagara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Teleeraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.
Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.
Mention the American Florist when writing

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Aug. 2g,

DESIfiNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in ottier cities by tbe
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

New York.

Establtohed 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DAKDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orderg for «ny pUce in tbe Twin Citiei
and for all points in tbe Northweat. Tbe Largest
Store in America: tbe largest stock: the greatest
variety. Write, wire or pbone. We are alive
nigbt and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries
throughout the state and to all steamship doclis
In Hoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWNFLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Auror'a,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFin, ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West S9th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Members of the Florisis' Telegraph Delircrr-

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, The Telegraph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines. la.

AndersoD. S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo, N. Y.

Archias Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta. Ga.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone, Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester, Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, 0.

Breltmeyer's Son, John, Detroit, Micb.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

BucUbee. H. W., Rockford, 111.

California Florists. Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland. O.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver. Colo.

Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.. New York.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark. O.

Dunlop's, 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can. ■

Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Friedman, Chicago.

Calvin. Thos F., Inc.. Boston. Mass.

Calvin, Thos. F., Inc., New Y'ork.

Gardiner. Alex. C., Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M.. Co., Cleveland. O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Grimm-Gorly. St. Louis.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati. O.

Heinl & Son, J. G.. Terre Haute. lud.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha. Neb.

Holm & Olson. St. Paul. Minn.

Joy Floral Co. . Nashville. Tenn.

Keller's Sons. J. ,B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

Kift, Robert. 1725 Chestnut. Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse. Wis.

Lange, A.. 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius. J. J., Duluth, Minn.

London Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co.. L. L.. St. Paul, Minn.

McConnell, Ales., New York.

Mclvenna, Montreal, Can.

Metairie Ridge Nursery Go.. New Orleans. La.

Murray. Samuel, Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros.. St. Louis.

Palez. Paul M., Little Rock, Ark.

Palmer. W. J.. & Son. Buffalo.

Park Floral Co. . The, Denver. Colo.

Penn. the Florist. 43 Bromfleld St., Boston.

Phillips Bros., Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs. Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchi, San Francisco.

Pollworth Co., C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland .Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh. Pa.

Rock. Wm. L,. Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison St., Chgo.

Schling. Max, 22 W. 50th St.. New York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. New York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington. D. C.

Smith Co.. A. W.. Pittsburgh. Pa.

Smith, Henry. Grlind Rapids, Mich.

Stumpp, G. E. M.. New York.

Weber, F. H.. St. Louis. Mo.

Whitted Floral Co., Minneapolis. Minn.

Wills & Segar, London, Eng.

Wlttbold. G., Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.. Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson, Los Angeles.

Young & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Oliio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

r. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave. ^°* Vhln^if"""

Orders taken for FLOWXRS. Delivered to til
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delirery.

WASHINGTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvd Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful AtteRtloi

Members of tbe Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

CUDC BROS.CQI
rLORISTS
4>i4 r arm*

PHILADELPHIA and VldNrFY.

uif;f SJottDon 3\o\xser i^bott. ^ih.

18(K> Chestnut Street, FHILADELPHIA, PA,

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

J.A.VALENTINE, r^iorai VO*

President.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
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igi-f.

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Will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
mention the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Geo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orders for Cut

Kansas City and Flowers. Funeral Designs

Dl«»...l Uili U. Wedding and Birthday Gifts.

rieaSininill, mo. that may be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.$nilthCo.

KEENAN BU>G.

Largest Floral Establishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

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New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

TH£ J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEfELANlD

EUCLID AVENUE

^[Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPollworthCo.

Will take proper IX/S*..,..,*.— ...S_«

care of your orders In »▼ ISCOIlSiri

Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. Wiscohsin. North
Dakota. South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly fresh stock.

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga.— Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston — Penn, the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St.

Boston— Thos F. Galvln. Inc.

Buffalo. N. y.- S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

BuOfalo, N. Y. — W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati. O.— Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, 0.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs. Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.

Des Motnes, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breltmeyer's Sons.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Kansas City — Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City— Samuel Murray.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London. Eng. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskill Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee — C. C. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Whltted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville. Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark. O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New Orleans, La. — Metairle Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's, 44tb and Madison Ave.

New York — Alex McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York— Thos. F. Galvln. Inc.

New York — Myer. Florist. 609 Madison Ave.

New York- Max Schllng. 22 W. 69th St.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. E. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Famam St.

Philadelphia— Robert Klft. 1725 Ctestnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh. Pa.— A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland. Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, 111.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan. Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Grlmm-Gorly.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn. — Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalia. Mo. — Archlas Flofal Co.

Superior. Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute. Ind. — J. G. Helnl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto. Can. — Dunlop's, 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blackistone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L,

Washington — Gude Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.

Established 1840

New York.

David Clarke's Soos

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbus

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San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

324 Orant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Yonr Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House in the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Beat

ee Yonse Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantee
safe arrival.

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THOS. F. GALVIN

Dunlop's

INC.

561 Fifth Ave.
Vanderbilt Hotel

NEW YORK

■tAOyAU 126 Tremont Street
DU« I UW 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Send yourorders^o' Chicago xr

^ ^ M III i.*, All orders carefully filled

^^tBjWMI^** under the BupervisioD of

- ^HicA«^-. QEQpjE JSBUS, Mgr

wire. Write or Phone West 822

Member Florlsti' Telecrapb Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 £. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers In Qty.

Little Rock, Arl(.

PAIL M- PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parti
of tbecity, Arkaasas and the Southwest.

Toledo, o.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Helnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 627.

Special attention to Mail and Teleeraph Orders
Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Famwm St telephones

1413 1 arnvm 3l. 1501 and L 1B82

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Teltcraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New YOrlt.

MYER, FLORIST, SL"*:^«

Member of The Florists' Telesraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENin^

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±loWerjs

Members Florists' Tele^Tapli Dolivery Ass'n.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th a H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

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St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

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Away With the Men!

"So j'ou think the world would go
on very successfully if there were no
men?"

"I can't see why it shouldn't. Wom-
en have shown that they are capable
of doing everything the men have
pretended that they only were able to
do. By the way, do you know of any
man I could get to trim that big elm
tree in the front yard? It seems to me
some of the upper limbs ought to be
cut ofi."

"I know a feller," said Uncle Jeff
Hardwick, "who has spent tlie best
years of his life learnin' how to whit-
tle a basket out of a peach stun, and
now. by gosh, he can't make a livin'
at it."

Dr. Anna Shaw proposes a Maiden
Aunt's Day. All right; only let's re-
serve one day — say Dec. 22, the short-
est in the year — for the American peo-
ple as a whole. — N. Y. World.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Potato Beetle Business Methods.

Several farmers were sitting around
the fire in the country- inn and telling
how the potato pests had got into their
crops. Said one : "Them pests ate my
whole crop in two weeks." Then an-
other spoke up : "They ate my crop in
two days, and then sat around on the
trees and waited for me to plant more."
Here a commercial traveler from a seed
house broke in. "Well, boys," he said,
"that may be so, but I'll tell you what
I saw in- our own warehouse. I saw
four or five beetles examining the books
about a week before planting time to
see who had bought seed."

Florists Alarmed.

Florists are somewhat concerned
aliout the new fashions, because some
of the new blouses do not contain
enough material to pin a rose on. —
Youngstown Telegram.

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .\ss'n.

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad St.

lEWARI I. J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade disc.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Menibers Florists' Tele^rraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Desig^ns on short notica.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan. °"*"J,7i'i };VbT""''
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH & SONS Will fill yonr
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of ttie Florists' Tele^rapti Deliver)

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Paper White

Grandiflora

Per lOlJO

Fancy (1250 bulbs to case) $ 9.50

Star Brand (1000 bulbs to case) 11.50

Lilium Formosum

Per 1000

6-8 inch (350 bu^lbs to case) $37.00

7-9 inch (250 bulbs to case) 60.00

8-9 inch (225 bulbs to case) 70.00

8-10 inch (200 bulbs to case) 80.00

Lilium Harrisii

Best Bermuda Stock. From Ro^ued Fields.

Cold Storage Lilies

Per lOm Per case

6.50

5-7 in. (400 to case) $5.00 $40.00

6-7 in. (335 to case) 6.50 47.00

7-9 in. (200 to case) 9,50 85.00 ' Gi^antCUm, 8-9 in.(250 to case). .( 70.00) 18.00

Gi^anteum, 7-9 in. (100 to case)...

Giganteum, 7-9 in. (300 to case) .($55.00) 17.00

Freesias

Purity— True

100 lO(X)

34-in. to 1-in $2.50 $22.50

Vaughan's Improved
Purity

French Grown

10 01 1

10(0

-in. to 3^-in.

V^-in. and over.

%-in. to \'2-\n...

1.75 16.00 %-in. andup $2.25 $20.00 Jumbo $1.50 $12.00

1.50 12.00 y2-i"- to 34-in... 1.75 16.00 Mammoth... 1.00 9.50
1.25 10.00 %-in. to Vi-in... 1.50 12.00

Let us liave your list of Fall Bulbs for quotation

VALGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago and New York

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
deners, Florists aod
Home-makers, taught
by Prof. Craig and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize the growing
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners who un-
derstand up - to - date
methods and practice
are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening is
iodispensable to those who would have
the pleasantest homes.

250-page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School
DcDt. A. F., Springfield, Mass.

PROF. BEAL.

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RAHN & HERBERT

1 10 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong En^ish Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 fci't hifh per 100. $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots " 15.00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton. 2 in. " 5.00

Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on application,

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BEAUTIES

Choice young stock in 3 inch and 4 inch pots, at the rate of
$30.00 per 1000 in lots of 500 plants, F. O. B. Hinsdale.

-ORDER TODAY-

BASSETT & WASHBURN

131 North Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Central 1457

CHICAGO

S»M I L AX

strong plants, 2^2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2V2 inch,
$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT, Bristol, Pa.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3inch pots. Chrysanthemnms

Carnations for fall delivery. Smiiaz, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers, £ii=5i^rt

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.
SEASONABLE STOCK

Cyclamen, Peppers, Clierries. Primroses, Chi-
nese, Obconica. Forbesii and Malecoides. Mums,
yollow. white and pink. Smilax. T. R. Begonias,
Rex and flowering. Fancy Leaved Caladiums.
Cincinnati and Glory de Lorraine Begonias.
Ferns, all kinds and sizes.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower, Pekin, 111.

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The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, Nan Franciseo, Cnlif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, Alattituck. L. 1.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Dun<jiin,
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President:
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, ()., Secretary and
Treasurer; S. F. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting. San Fran-
Cisco, Calif., .lune 1915.

German flower seeds came through
the mail this week.

South Ekui-anu seed crops have been
affected bj' 'drought.

I^ondon' advices of August 8 say
"our government prolilbited export of
seeds."

Recent European seed bills are fig-
ured in exchange at .$5.00 to .$.5.10 for
the pound sterling.

The immortelle situation is uncer-
tain, shipments out of Marseilles not
to be depended upon.

Raffia, burlap and reeds for bas-
inets and other uses are all scarce be-
cause of war troubles.

It is reported that English houses
are canceling many of their orders
placed in foreign countries.

One Southern seed house expects to
sell over 12,000 pounds of Tom Wat-
son Watermelon, next season.

VaOghan's Seed Store representa-
tive. Charles M. Jaeltman, left Mar-
seilles, France, for England, August 9.

ClliCAOO. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade August 20 were as
follows: Timothy. .$4.75 to .$0.00 per
100 pounds.

Visited CiiicActi: Julius Scharfen-
berg. Tulsa, Okla.; C. S. Brent. Lex-
ington. Ky.. returning from a Michi-
gan vacation trip.

Cooper, Taber & Co.. London. Eng-
land, announce that Geo. H. Dicks,
representing them, will be in Chicago
about Septemlier 4.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co. will offer
a watermelon novelty from Southern
Europe, small and small seeded. A
half makes an individual table por-
tion.

Jobbers of nitrate of soda believe
that ships will soon move under
-American registration and bring in
nitrate of soda at reasonable rates to
correspond with former prices.

Many American seedsmen and flor-
ists have not yet heard from their
Dutch bulbs. Onl.v Dutch houses of
highest credit are likely to be able to
flinance their business during these
troublesome times.

New York. — Henr.v & Lee. importers
of bulbs, seeds and plants, report they
are unable to give any definite infor-
mation at this time i-egarding .lapaiiese
bulbs owing to uncertain conditions
occasiottfed by war.

Stuuoeon Bay, Wis. — The Reynolds
Preserving company has about (i.lHKl
bushels of peas that have gone to seed.
These will be threshed and sold by
the bushel. The season was such that
it was impossible for the factor.v to
keep up, the peas coming .so fast and
all at the same time. The crop is be-
ing checked up and will be harvested
anil threshed in due time.

Holland, August 6. — "We expect
that next week ocean freights will be
.5tJ percent higher in case the steam-
ers sail. The situation in Holland is
critical, banks are closed and many
jieople out of work. We do not know
how long this will continue." — W.

FiTCHBURO. Mass. — One of the larg-
est shipments of seed packets ever sent
out by the Brown Bag-Pilling Machine
Qa. was shipped August 11 to the
Henry Field Seed Co.. of Shenandoah,
la., the sliipment being a full carload,
containing 4..'j55,000 of the improved
packets manufactured by the local Arm.

Prof. D. K. MacMillan is authority
for the statement tliat the Illinois ex-
periment station will soon issue a bul-
letin to truckers explaining the ad-
vantage of plantjing rape* and ruta-
bagas adjacent to inelon fields. The
insects which grow on the former feed
on and destroy the lice so runious to
the melon plants.

Paris, France, August 3, 1014. —
Owing to the general mobilization of
the army and of the present condition
of affairs suspending all business traf-
fic on our railroads, we are not in a
position to execute any orders for the
present. The disorganization of the
mail may also prevent us from an-
swering inquiries. Four hundred men
of our staff, out of ' seven hundred,
have been called up to join the army,
but we hope that after the present
period of interruption of business traf-
fic is over, which may be toward
the end of this month, it will be pos-
sible for us to resume, at least in some
measure, our relations with our corre-
spondents.— Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co.

New Form of Non-Warranty.

.\ new form of non-warranty is now
used liy Arnold, seedsman. Plymouth.
England. In addition to the usual
non-warranty it contains the following:
"I will further not hold myself re-
sponsible for the impurity and ineffec-
tiveness of my foods, medicines, chem-
icals, fumigants. insecticides, etc.. for
any injury arising from their applica-
tion in any form to any animal, or
plant life, or the soil. These condi-
tions are printed on my invoices, cata-
logues, etc., and all purchasers must
accept the same in ordering or must
procure their requirements elsewhere,
but, should they become aware of the
said conditions after the goods arrive
they must accept them or return them
unopened, carriage paid. Any responsi-
bility for ignorance under which my
goods are sold rests entirely with the
purchaser, as these conditions of sale
are in common use in trade."

Pieters-

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Seed Company

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Peas and Beans.

Grand Rapids. Mich., August G. —
Beans were damaged early by too
much rain and there were some lost
by frost. Since then the weather has
been too dry in nnany sections of the
state. Grasshoppers and the army
worm have done considerable damage.
The pods are just forming and if we
do not get rain soon we fear great
damage will be done to the crops.
Some sections of the state have had
no rain for four or five weeks. Con-
ditions are not at all encouraging. We
can not hope to harvest more than
two-thirds of a crop and if we do not
get rain soon we may be as badly off
as a year ago.

From estimates up to date tliere will
be about two-thirds of a crop of peas
harvested on the average. Some are
very good, otliers only fair to poor.
This applies to Idaho principally.

B.

Connecticut Seed Crops.

Milford. August C. — Our most im-
portant item, sweet corn, has improved
in growth very materially the past
few weeks. It is still very late and
appears to be making stalks rapidly,
but the setting of the ears is very
backward and they do not appear to
be setting at all well. We are be-
ginning to feel fearful whether the
crop will mature, "^^e need sunshine
very badly. In fact, we feel confident
that the crop will lie reduced mate-
rially if we do not have sunshine in
the next week or two.

We start cutting our crop of beet
seed early next week, and it promises
to yield well. The three or four days
of rain last week prematured the ripen-
ing somewhat and has reduced the
yield. We still have a pretty good
crop.

Onion seed is right now in the bal-
ance and while it looks well, it may yet
make a bumper crop or an entire fail-
ure, as the next few weeks will be a
critical period of its growth. C.

Wethersfield. August S. — All varie-
ties have grown rapidly during July,
which has been a warm and rather
wet month. Unfavorable spring
weather conditions made a late start.
We need now bright sunshine and
dry weatlier for ripening, without
which there can not be a full crop
of sweet corn, beet, onion, tomato,
pepper, etc. On the whole we con-
sider the season fairly favorable and
see no reason at present to fear seri-
ous shortages for seeds produced in
New England .seed growing districts.

W.

Established 1810.

Denaif fe & Son, NortSTance.

The Premier Seed Growers of the World.

The Greatest Acreage. Over 900 Employes.

Motto: Ttie Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Lettuce, Mangel
Wurtzel, Omon, f arsley. Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga, Turnip. Forspecial prices ^urpluscrop. 1914.
now bcinn harvested, address Charles Johnson,
Marietta, Pa., Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada.

Braslan

Wholesale Growers ol the following Calitortiia Speciahies only:

ONION, lEHUCE, CARRO"^, radish, parsnip, PARStEV, CELERY.
ENDIVE, LEEK, SAISIFV and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

1914.

The American Florist. 345

NOT AFFECTED BY WAR

NEW CROP SEEDS

Endivep Carroty Lettuce^ Onion,

Parsleyp Parsnip, Radish
Sweet Peas

}

All European grown seeds are very doubtful
of delivery on account of the war and may
not come in if at all until too late for sales.

Insure Your Requirements by Purchasing Where Delivery is Sure.

Send us a list of your requirements for prices.

PJelers - Wheeler Seed Company,

Seed Growers for the Wholesale Trade

GILROY, - CALIF.

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J. C. ROBINSON SEED CO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

FOR

SEEDS

OF AU KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson £c Son, Limited

Boston. England

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com; Cucunber,

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Squash.

FREMONT NEBRASKA

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesalt- Fall Catalot,'UL\

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1S18. Write for our low prices.

uuco'ttsts.. Baltimore, Md.

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster.

Cosmos. Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. AU Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Contract Seed Growers

^nppialtJPC- Pepper, Edg Plant, Tomato,
OlieiilOlliei. Vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandlfloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fi SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BEANS, PEAS,

and an Garden Seeds

RADISH

ana an uaraen seeas

LEONARD^ SEED

CO.

ONION SETS

OROWERSFORTHETRABt

Write for Price*.

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

EICAIYPTUS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O.B018S;, MEtBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Seedsmen reouinng the very best selections ot

Garden Seeds

(Vegetable and Flower), especially

Kel way's Celebrated
En^ish Strains

can get them at lowest independent wholesale
rates by sending tbeir orders direct to

KELWAY & SON

Wholesale Seed Growers.

Langport, Somerset, England.

Special quotations on application.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

*^°'Soiidt"e'd."" Swedesboro, Hew Jersey

MANN*S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
bring the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
My new list of

Winter Spencer
Sweet Pea Seed

is being mailed. If not in your
hand now, send a postal for.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, '■gXVT'

quality™

SEND ron OATALOOrK

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

:)4t W»«< MOi St., N» "

DO NOT

Delay Ordering

Poinsettias, 2!7-in., $6.00 pw 100;
$46.00 per lOlX).

Begonia Lonsdale, 2V^-in., Lor-
raine tvpe, but better, $14.00 per
lOO; $126.00 per lOQO.

Begonia Glorie de Chatelaine,

$6.00 per 100; $60.00 per lOOO.

Cyclamen Seed, English, $8 60

per oz.
Cyclamen Seed, German, $6.00

per oz.
Pansy Seed, home grown, best
strain procurable, \% oz.,$l,60;
1 oz., .$6.00.
Rest assured your orders
will be filled to your entire
satisfactfon,

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.,

1218BetzBldg.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

All Seeds and Bulbs sold
by Thorburn are always
of the very highest qual-
ity and true to name.

ASPARJ16US TUBEROSES

Plumosus Nanus

Fer 1000

1,000 $2.00

5,000 1.75

10,000 1.65

Dwarf Double Pear

Extra large size
$7.50 per 1000

53 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY.

THE C. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

H. WREDE

LUNEBiniG, GERMANT

PANSY SEED

184 First Prizes, the highest

awards Chicago, Paris, London,

Bruxelles. Berl.. Hamb,, Rodne.

1000 seeds, finest mixed. ..25c

1 oz. ..$2.25

l^ice list on application. Cash with order

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347

Winter Flowering Sweet Peas

Orchid-Flowered Christmas Sweet Pea
SELMA SWENSON

It is a beautiful, clear, lik'lit. soft pink, with waved iietals. a strong grower atld good
forcer. Per trade pacltet (while .Mock lasts) 25 seeds $1.50.

WINTER FLOWER SPENCER YARRAWA

The color on cpcning is a rose, chaniring .is the Hower developes to a light pink standard,
tinted butt, with blush wings, blooms large, beautifully waved and of great substance. Per
oz., $4.00.

CHRISTMAS FLOWERING SPENCER MRS. A. A. SKACH

One of the best greenhouse pinks Flowers are exceedingly large, much Huted. four
to a stem, lighter than Daybreak, with long steins. Strong grower. Per OZ., $4.00.

ORCHID FLOWERED CHRISTMAS BLANCHE FERRY.

\ large flowered variety with tluted petals with pink and white flowers.

Oz.

Canary Bird. Early yellow $0.15

Christmas Countess I c,, ,,

Mrs C. H. Totly i Sky blue 15

Earliest of All i , , .....

Christmas Pink i Pin k and W hite

Christmas Meteor. Brilliant red

Christmas Prima Donna ^ .

Mrs. F. J. Dolansky i Daybreak pink

Christmas White /

Mont Blanc /Pure white

Florence Denzer \

Mrs. Alexander Wallace. Lavender

Mrs. E. Wild. Bright rose

Mrs. W. W. SmaUey / „ , . ,

Mrs. William Sim \ Salmon pink...

Snowbird • n, i j j i_-. . i^

Burpee's Earliest White f Black-seeded white 15

Le Marquis Navy blue 15

Waichung 25

Wlnter-Flowerlng Sweet Peas Mixed 15

10 Per Cent Special Cash Discount on orders over $2 00 for Flower Seeds i

.15
.15

.25

.15

.15

.15

.15

Per oz.,

'i Ih.
$0.50

.40

.40
.50
.80

.40

.50
.60

.50

.*0
.50
.80
40

$2 00.

Lb
$1.80

1.50

l.BO
1.80
3.00

1.50

1.80
2.00

1.80

2.00
1.80
3.00
1.50

3 1-33 W.Randolph St Vaughan s Seed Store 43 Barclay

Greenhouses, Nurseries and Trial Grounds, Western Springs, 111.

f cash IS enclosed

YORK
St.

SWEET PEAS-Winter Flowering.

Japan Grown Callas

ISg - 214-in.

WRITE FOR PRICES.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

S. M. Isbell & Co^

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon.
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

R.&M.GODINEAU,

SEED GROWERS,

Angers

France.

Specialties: Beets. Mangoes. Carrots. Cabbaget,
Celeries, Parsleys. Parsnips, Turnips.

Growing Crops Given Personal Attention.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pansy Seed

From the Oldest Pansy Specialist

C. SCHWANECKE,

Oschersleben, Germany

Established 1S5J
Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Trlmardeau Per 0 z. . $l . 50

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered IniDroved

Gassier Per oz. 3.75

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Germania Per oz . 3 . 75

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Bu^nots Per oz . 3, 00

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Odicr Per oz. 2. 50

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRACE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

^r^^l^o^^^'"" MILFORD, GONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Early Advertisement
Gets There.

Freesia Purity

1st Size Bulbs
$8.00 per 1000.

Cash With Order.

Hogan, Kooyman & Co.

27 Central PI., San Francisco, Calif.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Valuable in Mailing.

Amkric.\n Florist Co. — We find your
Trade Directory of great value in mailing
our price lists and will want the new
one when ready.

FRANCIS BRILL CO.
Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. , April 25, 1914.

Get Quotations From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bloomsdale
Farm.

Bristol, Pa.

f BURPEE'S SEEDS I

I Philadelphia I

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348

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Aug. 2g,

The Nursery TradeJ

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President,
K. S. \Veleh, Shenandoah, la., Vice-Presi-
dent: .lohn iiall.*.;u4 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detloit, Mi''h., .lune W\:^.

C. B. OUTERBRiDGE's nursery grounds
in Bermuda have been seized by the
British authorities for fort purposes.

Eureka, Calif.— The articles of in-
corporation of the Cottage Garden
Nurseries of Eurelia have been filed
vpith the county clerk. The incorpora-
tion was made here August 4, with a
capital stock of $75,000.

Herbert Chase and Family In Auto Wreck.

Friends of Herbert Chase and wife
will regret to hear that they were in
a bad automobile wreck in Colorado.
They were taken from the hospital at
Salida to their home in Delta, July 23.
having been in the hospital several
days. Mr. Chase had two ribs broken
and' chest badly pressed against his
heart. Mrs. Chase was badly bruised.
but no bones broken. Their son *as
lacerated about the head and shoul-
ders, but no bones broken. Altogether
they were very badly hurt.

Ameflcan Association of Nurserymen.

At the annual convention of this
Association held at Cleveland. June 24-
26, 1914, Secretary John Hall tendered
his resignation, and after considerable
discussion, during which regret was
expressed that the secretary felt it his
duty to sever his connection with the
association, the selection of his suc-
cessor was vested in the executive
committee. Mr. Hall being re-elected
to serve until advised that his suc-
cessor was appointed. The executive
committee, consisting of J. H. Dayton.
Painesville, Ohio; Thomas B. Meehan,
Dresher, Pa.; and J. B. Pilkington,
Portland, Oregon, subsequently inter-
viewed Mr. Hall, who agreed to con-
tinue if the association could see its
way clear to make such addition to
the compensation as will enable him
to employ clerical help for detail work,
etc. The executive committee, through
its chairman, Mr. Dayton, has ad-
vised Mr. Hall of their unanimous
agreement to his request, and of his
selection to succeed himself.

At the Cleveland convention Secre-
tary Hall was instructed to take a
vote of the membership as to choice
of date for holding next year's con-
vention at Detroit, Mich. Out of 4.3()
postals sent out August .5, 2.50 were
returned up to August 25, of which
190 prefer the fourth Wednesday, so
that the 1915 convention will take
place June 2.3-2.'>.

Robert Craig Co. .1

S'fT. PALMS I
IS I

a. Pa J

and Novelties In Decorative Plants.

Market and 49ih Sh.. Philadelphia

Mrntinn thr Amrrirnn FJnrist vhrn vriti-nq

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Wanted in Exchange

For Pink and White Bouvar-

dia, strong 4 inch plants, or for

Asparagus Sprengeri, 500 or
more Camations Benora, by

Rose Hill Nurseries

New Rochelle, New York

Mention the A inerican Florist ivhcn loriting

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE 60NIRD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Evefgreeo Spfcialists Largest Growers in Aneria

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

AuffustRoiker&Sons

NEW YORK.

Suiiply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Adilress for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St.. NEW YORK CITY

PALMS' AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,

CONEFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

INSPECTION INVrraD. Ask For Our Wholesale Catalog.

Nurserymen and Florists.

Rutherford, N. J.

Stvia^i^t r-^o^w €& Co.

Bush Hill Park Nurseries, - - Enfield, England

Headquarters in England For These Lines.

ORCHIDS, 25 houses full. GRAPE VINES, pot t'rown.

E^.^.'S^+^liJll?"?''^ '""j .^„ ROSES, tield grown, bv the lOU.OOO.
FRUIT TREES, lor garden. 100 acres; Dnenc . < , j ,
FBUIT TREES, pot grown for orchard houses. ROSES, pot ttn.wn, for pergolas and loicirn;.
FIG TREES, pot grown. CYCLAMEN SEED, very finest strain.
Write (or Catalogue. -

Our represt'otative will be in the United States during September and October
and will be pleased to meet or give particulars to anvone interested. .Address

Harry A. Barnard, Hotel Albert, University Place, New York City

Ml iition the American Florist irhf n writiuf/

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants forthe coming autumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to oflfer are :

One year 12 to 18 inches I Two years 3 to 4 fee'

One year W2 to 2 feet | Three years 3 to 4 feet

Two years IV2 to 2 feet Two years 4to5feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet | Three years 4 to 5 feet

,\n are well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades
have been cut back one or more times.

Very attractive prices— especially in car lots,
■ — Correspondence solicited.'

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

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349

HMiiiiMinmHiinii

Dreer's

in Palms

■■■■■■•■■■■iniiiiniiinuHHiunmniiiiiiniiiuinmiiii^

and Other Decorative Plants
For Convention Month.

Our stock of Decorative Plants is fully equal to tlie usual Dreer standard
in all of the leading sorts. A personal inspeciion is solicited whenever possible,
personal visit to our our nurseries both entertaining and profitable.

Kentia Forsteriana— Made-up Plants.

We offer a most complete line of sizes
We are positive that you will find a

COCOS WEDDELIANA.

Areca Lutescens.

A splendid lot of 3-inch pots, 3 plants in a pot. A
most useful size that meets with ready sale. $1.25 per
per 100. $90.00 per 1,000.
3 plants in a pot, $3.50 per doz. $25.00 per 100

doz. $10.00
4-inch pots,
6 '•

1.00 each.

Cocos Weddeliana.

We have nearly an acre of glass devoted to this moat
graceful of all Palms. Splendid, thrifty stock, of rich
dark color.

Inches high

2-inch pots, 5 to 6 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100.

3 " StolO 2.00 per doz.; 15.00 per 100.

5 " 18 to 24 splendid plants. 75 cts. each.

7 " 34 to 36 grand specimens, $2.50 each.

9 " 36 grand specimens, 5.00 each.

Large specimens, $10.00 and $15.00 each.

Kentia Belmoreana.

Inches high Doz. 100 1000

inch pots, 4 leaves, 8 to 10. .. .$1.50 $10.00 $ 90.00

5 "12 2.00 15.00 140.00

5 ",15 4.50 35.00

Each
18 to 20 $0.75

2y4-

3

4

5
6
6
7-in

s

tubs,

2^ -inch
3

5
6
6

7

7-in. tubs.

10
11
10
12
14

6 to 7
6
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

Kentia Forsteriana— Single Plants.

Inches high Doz. 100

24

2S.to 30.
36 to 3S.
42 to 45.
45 to 48.

pots. 4
4 to 5

leaves,

8 to 12.
12 to 15.

$1.50
2.00

JIO.OO
15.00

5 to 6 " 24
6 " 28 to 30..
6 •• 34 to 36..

6 to 7 " 38 to 40..
6 to 7 " 40 to 42...
6 to 7 " 45 to 4S. .
6 to 7 " 48

Feet high

6 to 7 " 4^4 to 5

6 to 7 •• 5 to 51^

6 to 7 '• 5% to 6 10.00

6 to 7 ■' 6i4to7 15.00

6 to 7 " 7 20.00

Kentia Sanderlana.

Comparatively new and one of the most graceful and
hardiest of the Kentias. Inches high

3-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 10 to 12 $0.50

4-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 12 to 15 75

5-inch pots, bushy made up plants, 24 1.25

1.00
1.50
3.00
4.00
5.00

1000

f 90.00

140.00

Each

$0.75

1.00

1.50

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

Each

$ 6.00

8.00

5-

inch pots, 4

V

"

ubs, 3

/

3

s

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■■ 3

a

ij

8

•<

3

9

3

111

"

■• 3

12

"

3

13

4

15

"

4

15

4

ay*

-ir»ch

pots

3

-inch

pots

4

-inch

pots

plants in a pot,
plants in a tub

Inches high

Each

18 to 20 $0.75

.36 2.50

38 3.00

40 to 42 4 00

42 to 45 5.00

Feet high Each

4 to 41^ 6.00

4^ to 5 8.00

5 to5i4 10.00

6VS to 6 15.00

6^4 to 7 heavy. . . . 20.00

7 ■• 25.00

10 " 35. UO

Latania Borbonica.

Per doz. Per 100

$0.75 $ 5.00

1.25 ■ 10.00

2.50 20.00

Per 1000

$40.00

90.00

Phoenix Roebelenii.

Unquestionably one of the prettiest and most graceful
Palms grown, which quickly made a place for itself
among the popular standard varieties, particularly so
for apartment decorations. We have a splendid stock,
and offer:

4-inch pots, nicely characterized plants, $6.00 per doz.

$50.00 per 100,
5-inch pots, 15

fi

s '■ tubs,

in "

10 •■

12 "

In. high. IS in. spread
1% ft. ■• 2 ft.

2 ft. " 2 ft. "

2 to 2 ^4 ft. high, 2 Vi ft. •'
2 1/2 ft. " 3 ft. "

3 ft. •■ 4 ft. ■•

Bach
$ 1.00
2.00
3.00
5.00
7.50

10.00

Ananas Sativa Variegata (Variegated Pineapple).

A splendid stock of well colored plants.

4-inch pots $o.60 each

.5-inch pots 1.00 each

b-inch pots 1.60 each

Araucaria Excelsa.

An immense stock of well grown plants.

inch pots.

5 to 6
8 to 10
10 to 12
12 to 15
14 to 16

inches high.

Bach

2 tiers $0.30

3 •' 40

3 " 60

3 to 4 " 75

4 " 1.00

6-inch pots.

6-inch pots,
6-inch pots,
7-inch pots,

Araucaria Excelsa Glauca

inches high. 2 tiers $0.75 each

Araucaria Robusta Compacts. Each

8 to 10 inches high. 2 tiers $0.75

12 inches high. 3 tiers 1.25

14 to 16 inches high, 3 tiers 1.50

Crotons.

A splendid collection of the most attractive varieties
for florists' work, well colored plants of good value.

4-inch pots $4.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100

5-inch pots $6.00 to $9.00 per dozen

Large plants $1.00 and $1.50 each

Dracaena Amabilis, Dracaena Baptistii, Dracaena
Shepherdii; Dracaena Youngii.

2 Vi -inch pots $2.00

3 " ■■ 3.50

2 1/4 -inch

3 -inch

per doz.. $15.00 per 100
per doz., 25.00 per 100

50 each.

" 75 each.

1.00 each.

Dracaena Terminalis.

pots $1.25 per doz., $10.00 per 100

pots 2.00 per doz., 15.00 per 100

Asplenium Nidus Avis.

An exceptionally large stock enables us to offer this
popular variety at greatly reduced prices.
Splendid healthy 3-lnch pots.. $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100
Splendid healthy 4-inch pots. . 3.50 per doz.. 25.00 per 100

Cibotium Schiedei.

3-inch pots $3.50 per doz.. $25.00 per 100

6 " " 1.50 each

8 •' " 2.50 each

10 " tubs 3.50 to $5,00 each

Pteris Parkeri.

A valuable decorative fern.

214-inch pots $0.75 per doz.,

4 ■' '• 2.00 "

6 " " 4.50 "

$ 5.00 per 100
15.00 " "
35.00 " "

Flcus Elastica.

4-inch pots. 8 to 10 ins. high. $3.50 per doz.. $25.00 per 100

Pandanus Veitchii.

A grand lot of well colored 6-inch pots. $1.00 each.

For a complete list of all Seasonable Plants. Bulbs and Seeds see our current Wholesale List.

HENRY A. DREER, 714 and 7i6 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The prices noted above arc intended for the trade only.

350

The American Florist.

Aug. 2g,

\-

Market Gardeners

]

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.
W, J. Ritterscamp, Princeton, Ind., Pres-
ident; H. J. Thompson. Attleboro, Mass.,
Vice President; S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky.. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O.. Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
1914.

Prices Of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables.

Chicago. August 25. — Mushrooms, 10
to 20 cents per pound; lettuce, 20 to
25 cents per box; radishes, $1.00 per
100 bunches.

New Yorlc, August 25.— Cucumbers,
prime. 25 cents to 75 cents per basliet;
mushrooms. $1.00 to' $1.75 per 4-pound
basliet; tomatoes, 3 cents to 5 cents
per pound.

Marketing: Notes.

As the fall approaches, the green-
house man is again confronted with
the problem of what to plant. Right
here is where a great deal of trouble
begins — too many growers are in-
fluenced by their past season's sales.
In other words, if lettuce sold well,
they increase their output and if not,
they reduce their plantings or drop
lettuce altogether. The fact is that
a large number of growers doing this
very thing, unsettles the markets. We
have in our vicinity a number of grow-
ers wh^ regularly shift from chrysan-
themums to lettuce— one year flowers
are a drug on the market and the next
year lettuce. The old advice that you
will find your money where you lofet
it applies to the greenhouse business.
It would seem safer to produce more
heavily of such lines as sold poorly, as
those are likely to be dropped by the
other fellow at any rate, what we
need more than anything else is
steadier production; let growers study
their markets, build up a trade and
stick to it. The weather is a great
factor. Last winter we had an unpre-
cedented cloudy spell, with the result
that lettuce was scarce owing to slow
growth. This should not be an in-
ducement to jump into lettuce head-
long, as we may have a bright winter,
and slow markets, owing to financial
disturbance. Marketman.

Ramee, Guernsey, C. I. — C. F. A.
van der Sluys says carnation novelties.
Gorgeous and Matchless, from the
United States, seem very promising,
growth being all that can be desired.
Blooms of Gorgeous are gorgeous in-
deed, and no doubt both will go well
here.

■ SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third EditioD). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul
turcfor the past 25 years. The best work on Amerj
can (."hrysanthemum Culture for both amaSeur and
florist lOfi pac< s. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER d: smith & CO., Adrian, Mich.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

Watch for our Trade Mark stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushrootn Spawn

Substitution of cheaper grades U

thus easily exposed. Fresh sample

^'<f^^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed

^^^^'^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re

ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addreti

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn

Mention the American Florist when writing

BOX WOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids. 2 ft $1 00 each

Pyramids. ZVzlt 1.50 each

Pyramids.3 -ft 2.00each

Pyramids, S^J.ft 2. ,50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. I5-in. 35c each

F. O FRANZEN «^>c^^c^;!"o' ''•

Mention the American Florist when writing

Geraniums

YOU will find summer cuttings a good buy. if they
are right. I try to have mine right and guarantee
their safe delivery as far as Chicago west.
S. A. Nutt, $10.00; Ricard and Poitevlne, .$12.50

per 1000.
Smilax. good 2-in. pot plants at $12.50 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, HHCASTM. PA.

Cyclamen Persicum Gig.

In all colors and varieties. Extra selected plants
out of .4^2 inch pots, at $25.00 pi-r 100.

Cash with ordrr.

ANTON SCHULTHEIS

316 19 th Street, COLLEGE POINT. L. I., N. Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Wint(?r Onion

Vi

SeedStore

CHICAGO i

Choice Northern grown Winter Top
Sets, $3.25 per 100 Lbs.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CANNAS

Established pot plants for immediate effects.
Place your order now for your wants. Can ship
immediately. Papa Nrrdy. Cherokee, $4.C0 per 100.
Pres.Clevelsnd, Flamingo, M. Berat, $3.00 per 100.
.Assorted varieties, our selection. $2.50 per 100.

Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney, O.

Mention the American Florist lohen writing

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Araucarias! Araucarias!

Tllis Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in Araucaria Excelsa will yield a profit of live to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into the future and invest
your money now. All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Arancaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are ottering now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers.
5H-fc-iD. pots. 40c. 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6 7-in. pots.
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants. 6-in. pots. $1.00, $1.25 to $1-50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Mention tlic American Florist when writing

Primroses.

P, r 100

Chinese, ready August 10 $2.00

Obc. Alba and Rosea, August 1 2.00

Forbesl and Malacoids, ready 2.00

Obc. Gigantea,giaut flowering, ready 2.50

Pansy Seed, giant flowering oz., 4.00

Asp. Plumosus, August 1 2.00

CASH.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM,

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Cermany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE. FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

SPFCIAI TIFS' ^^^3°'' Beets. Cabbages, Carrots. Kohl Rabi. Leek. Lettuces. Odiods, Peas,
ui LUIHLI iLtf ■ Radishes. Spinach, Turnips Swedes, Asters. Balsams. Begonias. Carnations
Cinerarias, Gloxinias. Larkspur, Nasturtiums. Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes. Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world. $6.00 Der oz., or $1.75 per H oz., $1.00 per H oz., postaBC paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, aod
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

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351

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S
PALMS AND FERNS

Kentia Forsleriana

Leaves In. hiyh Each Per doz.

6-in. pot 5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00 J12.00

6-in,pot 6 34to36 1.50 18.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7 in, cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 3fi in. hi k'h $ 2.50

9-Jn. cedartub.4plantsin tub, 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.C0

cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to 5i4 ft 10,00

cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5H to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. ceda tub, 4 plants in tub, h It. hith. heavy IS.OO

12 in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20 00

Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot, nicely characttrizod $1.00

%,k-\n. pot, IS to 20 in. spread 1.50

7 in. tub, 18 in, high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

Leaves In, hiyh

2 -in. pot 4 8 to 10..

3in.pot 5 12

4-in. pjt 5 to 6 15

5-in pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot 6to7 24

6-in pot 6 to 7 26

6-in. pot

Cibotium Schiedei g^"' !"^'"'''''^'- -'="'• ^c"^

9 in. tub, 5 ft. spread each, 5.00

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

..6 to 7 28 to 30 1.50

Leaves In. high Each

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 , $ 2.50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

yin cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48, veiv heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54, very heavy 6.00

9-in cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 800

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 6 ft . very heavy 10.(0

Each Per do/.

$1.50

2.00

4.50

6.00

12.00

15.00

18.00

Perdoz

30.00

36.00

48.00

.$0.40
. .50
. 1,00
. 1.25

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote. Pa.

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress,

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-15,

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. E. Meredith, Frbs, C, W Stodt, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTtVILLE :: ILLINOIS

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FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

GOING FASTER

Field-Grown Carnation Plants

Only a Few Ward and White Perfection Left.

If vou want some of this choice stock at

$4^50 per 100, or $40.00 per 1000,

get in your order as early as possible. First
come, first served; so do not delay in ordering.

Peter Reinberg,

30 East Randolph St., Chicago, III.

Carnation Plants

STRONG, FIELD GROWN.

Ready for shipment.

Per 100 Per 1000

Victory $6,C0 $46,00

Enchantress 4.50 40.00

White Enchantress 4.B(» 40,00

Washington 4.60 40,00

M. WINANDY CO.

6236 N. Lincoln St., CHICAGO.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt, Buchner, Ricard, Perkins,
Poitevine. 2 in., $2.00 per 100; 3-in., $5,00 per 100,

Boston and WMtmanl Fems; 3 in., 10c: 4 in,, 15c;

5-in,, 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in., $5.00: 4 in., $10,00: 5 in,,

$25.00 per 100.

Rex Begonia, 2^-in., $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS, Newton, N. J.

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Ajig. 2g,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The... 358

Allen J K 337

Alpha Floral Co.... 339
Amencan Spawn Co 35(i

Amlins E C Co 333

Anderson S A 339

Angermueller G H. 334

Apbine Mlg Co 3fJi

Archias Floral Co.. 342
.\schmann Godfrey, 350
Atlanta Floral Co... 340
Bassett&Wasbburn

328 343

Batavia Greenhouse

Co 333

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Beaven E A 333

Begerow's 340

BergerBros 3i5

Berning H G 334

Berwind-VVhite Coal

Mining Co 358

Blackistone Z U... 341
Bobbink & Atkins.. 348
Boddington AT.... 346
Bodger J & Sons Co 346

Boiand J B Co 3.59

Bolgiano J& Sons... 346
Boston Co-operative

Flower Mkt vio

Brang Ross 339

Bramley & Son 342

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 344

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 340
Brown Bros & Co.. 342

Brunning F H 346

Bryan .Alonzo J 338

Buchbinder Bros... 3.52

Buckbee H W 342

BudlongJ A 333

Burpee W A & Co.. 347
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 332

California Florists.. .342
Camp Conduit Co .. Ill
Chicago Carn Co... I
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 332

Chicago House

Wrecking, Co 359

Clark E BSeed Co. 347
Clarke's Sons David 341

Clay & Son 360

Cleveland Cat

Flower Co 341

Conard & Jones Co. 348

Cooke Geo H 339

Cowee W J 358

Coy H C Seed Co... 346
Craig RobtCo....... 348

Critchell C E 335

Cunningham Jos H. 350
Dahlborn J P & Co. 359

DardsChas 340

Deamud J B Co 3.53

Deaaiffe& Son 344

Detroit Flower Pot

MfgCo Ill

Dietsch A & Co.... IV
Diller Caskey&

Keen IV

Dorner F St. Sons

Co 350

Dreer HA... Ill 349 358

Duerr Chas A 342

Dunlop John H 341

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box. 352
Elastic LykeCo.... 359

Emmans Geo M 351

Erne & Klingel 329

Eyres H G 341

Fish Henry Seed Co 347

Fisher Peter 351

Florists' Hail Assn 356
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co I\'

Ford M C 337

Ford William P.... 336

Franzen K 0 350

Freeman Mrs J B... 3t2

Friedman 5^9

Froment HE 337

Galvin Thos F 341

Gardiner Alex C ... 311

Garland Mfg Co 359

Gasser J M Co 34]

Giblin & Co 359

Godineau K & M 347

Gorham & Chaoline 35'i

Grand Rapids
Floral Co

Grimm & Gorlv

tiudeBros

Guttman & Raynor
(Inc)

Hardesty & Co

Harley Pottery Co..

Hart George B

Ha»en Seed Co The

Heacock Jos Co

Heinl John G & Son

Henderson A&Co...

Herr Albert M

Herrmann A

Hess & Swoboda . . .

Hews A H &Co....

Hilfinger Bros

Hill U Nursery Co..

rioeroer Bros

Hoffmeister Flo Co.

Hogan Kooyman &
CO '.

Holm fi: Ulson

Holton &HunkelCo

Home Cor School...

Horticultural
.■\dvertiser

Hurff Edgar F

Ickes-Braun Mill Co

Igoe Bros

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co

Isbell iS M & Co...

Jackson ■& Perkins..

Johnson WW & Son

Jones Percy

Joy Floral Co

Kasting W F Co ...

ICeller Geo & Sons.

lieller Sons J B

Kellogg Geo M

Kelway & Son

Kennicott Bros Co.,

Kentucky Tobacco
Product Co

Kervan Co The

Kessler Wm

Kift Robt

King Construct Co,

Kohr A F

Komada Bros

Kramer I N & Son,.

Krier Nick Boiler
Works

Kroeschell Bros Co.

Kruchten John

Kuehn C A

Kuhl Geo A

Kyle & Foerster

LaCrosse Floral Co.

Lager & Hurrell....

Landreth Seed Co..

Lange A

Leborius J J

Leedle Floral Co...

Leonard Seed Co...

Lockland Lumber
Co

London Flower Shp

Lord& Burnham
Co

LovettJT

McCallum Co

McConnell Alex....

McCray Refrigera-
tor Co

McGee Walter S. . .,

McKenna P & Son.

McNeff-Swenson Co

Mann Otto

Matthewson J E

May &Co L L

Memphis Flo Shop.

Meredith The Flow-
er & Veg Co

Metairie Ridge Nurs

Metre Henry

Milwaukee Boiler
Co

Moninger J C Co. ,,

Montreal Floral
Exchange Ltd

Moore, Hentz &
Nash

Morehead Mfg Co.,.

.Murray Samuel

Myers Florist

Nat Flo B of Trade.

N Y Cut Flower Ex.

Nicotine Mfg Co

Niessen Leo Co

Ostertag Bros ... .

342
-339
340

337
339
111
337
346
351
352
I
350
360
342
111
111
348
333
335

347
340
334
343

III

346
359
352
352
347
34S
346
328
342
1
III
342
341
346
333

3!,0
337
337
341
358
111
352
HI

360
356
Hi
334
3 13
333
34U
338
347
339
341
338
346

359
340

358
.348
335
339

332
3->0
339
331
311,
310
342
342

351

339
350

352
358

336

336
359
.340
342
3''2
.337
360
335
341

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS
Are positively the best. Last forever. Over
30,000 pounds now in use. A sure preventative of
fflass slipping. Effective on large or small glass.
Easy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes, H and
H. 40c per lb., by mail 16c extra; 7 lbs. for $2.50
ISIba. for $5.00, by express. Forsale by the trade

RANDOLPH 6 IVIcCLEMENTS, Florists.
se36 Penii Ave,, near Highland, Pittsbargh.ra.

PalezPaul M 342

Palmer W J & Son . 340
Palethorpe PR &

Co 360

Park Floral Co 340

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 338

Pedrick G R& Son. 346

Peirce E Allan Ill

Penn the Florist 340

Peters & Reed Poty III

Phillips Bros 312

Pierce F O Co 360

Pierson A N (Inc).. 343
Pierson F R Co... I 338
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 344 345

Pikes Peak Floral

Co 342

Pillsbury 1 L 352

Podesta&Baldocchi 341
Poehlmann Bros Co

326 327

Pollwortb C C Co

I 334 341

Portland Flower

Store 341

Pulverized Manure

Co 360

UuakerCity Machine

Works 352

Raedlein Basket Co 329
Rahn & Herbert.... 343
Randall A L Co.... Hi
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 339 352

Rawlings Elmer 338

Ready Reference... 353
Reed & Keller ..... 359
Regan Ptg House... 352

Reid Edw 335

Rein berg Geo 333

Reinberg Peter.. 329 351

Rice Bros 334

Rice Co. M 337

Robinson J C Seed

Co 346

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co 342

Rohnert Waldo 346

Rolker Aug & Sons. .348
Routzahn Seed Co . 347
Rose Hill Nurseries 348

Kusch G &Co 334

Schiller, the Florist, 342
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 352

Scbling Max 340

Schmidt J C 343

Schultheis Anton... 350
Schwake Chas & Co 336
Schwanecke C 347

Sharp Partridge &

Co 359

Sheridan Walter F. 337
Siebrecht George C 337
Situation & Wants., 325
SkidelskySS&Co... 346
Small J H &Sons... 342
Smith A W &Co.., 341

SmithE D&Co 350

Smith & Hemenway 359

Smith Henry 342

Smith Wm C Flo Co 334
Smith W& T Co... I
South Park Florai

Co II

Storrs & Harrison.. 338
Stuart Low & Co.. . 348

Stumpp G E M 341

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 338
Syracuse Pottery

Co Ill

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 350

Thorburn J M & Co 346

TottyChasH 350

Traendlv& S^henck 337
United Cut Flower

Co 337

Vaughan AL & Co, 331
Vaughan's Seed Store
I III 338 343 347
35U 35S
Vick's Sons James.. 346
Vincent R Jr &Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons

Ill 350

Wallace FD... IV

Weber FH 340

Weiland& Risch... 333

Welch Bros Co 335

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 346

WhilldinPotteryCo III
Whitted Floral Co.. 339

Wietor Bros 350 333

Willens Cons Co. . . 356

Winandy M Co 351

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 33*

Wittbold G Co. ..II 339
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris GoldensoD .342

Wood Bros 343

Wrede H 346

Yokohama Nurs Co 347
Young A L& Co... 337

Young John 336

Young & Nugent... .539
Zech & Mann... 331 3.53

Ziska Jos 33^

Zvolanek .'Vnton C 346

KONADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Work

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BOILERS

Milwaukee GreenhonBe Bolleri are best
for bot water beatlDg. Made lo all alie*.
Write for catalog.

MILWAUKEE BOILER CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

Boiler Tubes 61

cents per toot.

New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE S MFG. CO.,

2117 S. Jederson Street CHICAGO, ILL.

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FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

Model
Extension

Carnation

Support

Made with two oi
tliree circles. Bn
dorsed by all tte
Leading Carnatioi
Growersasthe Ijesl
support on markei

Pat. July 27. '97. Mayl?, 'os

GALVANIZED WIRE

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices befoie
ordering elsewhere,

Prompt ihlpmentguarante> 0

IGO£ BROS.

266 N. 9th St.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.

I\0 not let the accounts owing yon re-
" main longer unpaid. Send them to
as at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
in the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Trade

56 PINE STREET

NEW YORK

No loss ityou
mend your
split c a r D a-
tions with

Superior
Carnation
STAPLES
50c per 1000
postpaid.

Wm. Schlalier
& Son,

422 Main St., Springfield, Mass.

Split Carnations

Easily Mended with

Pillsbury Carnation Staple

We find it very satisfac-
tory. J. L. Dillon.

Can't g:et alonsr without
them. J. L. Johnson.
2000 lor $1.00 postpaid.

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araucarias, excelsa, 4-in., 5 to 6 ins., 2 tiers.
30c each; o-in., S to 10 ins., 3 trs.. 40c: Sin.,
10 to 12 ins.. 3 trs.. 60c; 6-in., 12 to 15 Ins.,
3 to 4 trs., 75c: 6-in.. 14 to 16 ins.. 4 trs., $1.
Excelsa grlauca. 6-in., 8 ins., 2 trs., 75c each.
Robusta Compacta. 6-in., S to 10 ins., 2 trs..
75c; 6-in.. 12 ins.. 3 trs., $1.25; 7-iD., 14 to 16
Ins., 3 trs.. §1.50. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716
Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Arauearia excelsa, 4-in.. 2 and 3 tiers. 50c
each; §6 per doz. ; 5-in., 3 to 4 tiers, 75c each;
$9 per doz.; 6-in.. $1 each; $12 per doz. Ex-
celsa compacta. 5-in., $1.25 each; 6-in., $1.50.
Excelsa glauca, 5-in.. $1.25. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Araucarias excelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers.
5^-6-incb. 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and compacta. 5i^-6-7-inch, $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St.. Phila-
delphia^

Arauearia excelsa. 4-in., 6 to 8 ins. high, 35c
each; 5-in., 8 to 10 ins.. 50c each. The Storrs
& Harrison Co. . Paipesville, 0.

Arauearia excelsa, 6-in., 65c each. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee.
Wis.

Araucarias in sorts. August Holker & Sons,
51 Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Aspaiagvis pliimosus, 2ii-inch, $3 per 100; $-5
per 1.000; 3',i-inch, $7.50 pet- 100; $70 per
1.000. Spi-engeri, 2V4-in.. $2.50 per 100; $22.30
per 1,000; 3'2-in.. $6.50 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
AIoDzo J. Br.van. Washiugton. N. J.

A nice lot of strong Asparagus Sprengerl. out
of Sin., at $5 per 100. Cash with order, please.
Edgar Easterday, Nokomis, 111.

ASPARAGUS PLCMOSDS AND SPEENGERI.
2-io.. $3 per lOO; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri baskets, $1 to $2.50
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove,
111.

Asparagus plumosus, 2^-in., $3 per 100: $25
per 1.000. The Storrs & Harrison Co., Paines-
Yille. O.

Asparagus sprengeri, 2'^-inch, $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

Asparagus plumosus. $2 per 100. Jos. H.
Cunningham. Delaware. O.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, 5-Ineh pots, 10 leaves. $1
each; variegated, 5-inch pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, HI.

Aspidistras, green, tall, extra fine. 10c per
leaf. Variegated, 15c per leaf. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford. X., J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St.. New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGOXIAS, LORRAINE, 2i4-in., $12 per 100;
3-in., $20 per lOil. CINCINNATI. 2i4-in., $15
per 100: 3-iD.. $30 per 100. CHATELAINE,
2%-in., $5 per 100; 3-in., $S per 100: 4-in..
$15 per 100. ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

Begonias, Lonsdale, 2i4-in.. $14 per 100; $125
per l,0o0. Gloire de Chatelaine. $6 per 100;
$50 per 1.000. S. S. Skidelsky, 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Rex Begonias, 2^-ln., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans. Newton, N. J.

BEGONIA LORRAINE, 2yi-in., $12 per 100;
5-in., $40 per 100. GLORY OF CINCINNATI.
2V4-in., $17 per 100; 5-in., $50 per 100. W. W.
EDGAR CO., Waverley, Mass. ,

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties, 2-in., $3: 3
in.. $5; 4-in.. $8: O-in., $25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Begonias, Lorraine, Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport, 2%-in. pots. Present delivery.
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

Begonia Vernon, 2ii-in., 3 kinds, $2.50 per
100: $22.30 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wasli
ington, N. J.

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-inch, $1.50 per doz.;
$10 per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago
and New York. ^^

Begonia Glory d'Chatelaine, 3-in., $8 per 100.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

BOXWOOU.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 each; 2^, ft..
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; 3i4 ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-inch, 35c each. F. O. Franzen. 5319
No. Clark St.. Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Paper White Grandiflora, fancy, 1.250
to ease. $9.50 per 1.000; Star brand. 1.000 to
case. $11.50 per 1,000. Lilium Formosum, 6-8-
inch, 350 to case, $37 per 1,000; 7-9-inch. 250
to case. $60 per 1.000; 8-9-inch. 225 to case.
$70 per 1,000: 8 10-inch, 200 bulbs to case, $80
per 1,000. Lilium Harrisii, best Bermuda stock
from rogued fields. 5-7-incb, 40O to case. $5
per 100; $40 per 1,000; 6-7-inch, 335 to case,
$6.50 per 100; $47 per 1.000, 7-9 inch. 200 to
case, $3.50 per 100; $85 per 1,000. Giganteum,
cold storage, 7-9-inch, 100 to case. $6.50 per
case: 7-9-inch. 300 to case, $17 per case: $55
per 1,000; 8-9-inch, 250 to case, $18 per case;
$70 per 1,000. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago
and New York.

Bulbs, Paper White Grandi.. 1.250 to case.
l.'i ctms. and up, $1.25 per 100; $9 per 1,00 1;
1.000 to case. 14 ctms. and up, $1.50 per 100:
$10.50 per 1,000: Grand Solid d'Or, 1.000 to
case. 14 ctms. and up, $3.25 per 100; $19 per
1.000; French Golden Spur. $2.75 per 100: $25
per 1.000. Wm. F. Hasting Co.. 383 ElUcott
St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs, Formosum lilies. 7-9-inch. 300 to case.
$7 per 100: $19 per case; 8-10-inch, 225 to
case, $9 per 100; $19 per case; 9-10-lnch, 200
to case, $11 per 100; $20 per case. Wm. F.
Kasting Co., 383 Ellicott St.. Buffalo. N. Y.

Bulbs. Lilium Harrisii, 6 to 7-inch. 350 to
case. $3.50 per 100; $45 per 1.000: 7 to 9-inch.
200 to case. .$9 per 100; $80 per 1.000. F. R.
I'ierson Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

Bulbs, Japanese and Chinese lilies, French
and Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co.. Ltd..
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Bulbs, Lilium Formosum, We have a sur-
plus of the following sizes, 7-9, 9-10, 10-11 and
11-13-inch. Write for prices. Yokohama Nurs-
ery Co.. Wool worth Bldg.. New York.

Tuberoses. Dwarf Double Pearl. $7.50 per
1.000. J. M. Thorburn & Co.. 53 Barclay St..
New York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg..
Philadelphia.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington, New

York,

Pulhs. P. van Deursen, Sassenheim. Holland.

CALLAS.

CALLAS.
Calla Bulbs, best California fleld-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more,
3 to 3%-inch circumference, $4 per 100; $18
per 500; 4 to 4%-inch circumference. $8 per
100: $38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders
will receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs; $20
orders, 200 freesia bulbs. LILYDALE BDLB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

CAMELLIAS.

CAMELLIAS.
Thousands of plants from 6-ineh and 9-lnch
pots, covered with flowering buds: in many
varieties. JULIUS ROEHRS CO., Rutherford,

N. J.

Camellias, without bud from February to
April; with bud from August to October. Fine
stock. Catalogue free. Victor De Blsschop.
Tronchiennes, Ghent, Belgium.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.

Per 100 Per 1.000

Mrs. Ward (limited) $7.00 $65.00

Rosette (in quantity) 8.00 70.00

Enchantress (in quantity) 6.00 55.00

R. P. Enchantress (in quantity). 7.00 60.00

Comfort (in quantity) 7.00 60.00

Beacon (in quantity) S.OO 70.00

Plants that will please the most critical grow-
er: clean, healthy and strong. All plants
guaranteed to arrive in a satisfactory condition.
Cash to all unknown parties. Special prices
given on large orders. Orders held in reserve
with part payment. Samples sent free. Large
buyers, come and see.

S. M. MERWARTH & BROS.,

Wholesale Carnation Plant Specialists,

R. F. D. 5. EASTON, PA,

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order in early for this fine stock
before it is too late. Send it in today.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $6.00 $50.00

White Lawson 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

Washington 6.50 50.00

Victory 5.00 45.00

Bonfire 5.00 45.00

WIETOR BROS..
162 North Wabash Ave., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
Limestone land; no stem rot. 6.000 Enchant-
ress, 2.000 Victory, $6 per 100: $55 per 1,000.
6.000 White Enchantress. $7 per 100: $65 per
1.000. 250 at 1.000 rate. W. Fargo and Amer-
ican Express. Cash, please.

JNO. F. SABRANSICY. Kenton. Ohio.

CARNATION PLANTS.

7000 White Perfection. $40.00 per 1000;

All field-grown, healthy stock.

Cash with order.

SINNER BROS..

56 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO,

PIELD^GROWN CARNATIONS!

Enchantress, Pink $6.00 per 100

Beacon 6.00 per 100

Lady Bountiful 6.00 per 100

Enchantress, White 6.00 per 100

R. 0. LOMMATZSGH.
R. No. 1. La Grange. 111.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON, N. J.

FOR SALE— Field-grown Victory and En-
chantress carnation plants, $5 per 100; $45
per 1.000. Cash with order or satisfactory ref-
erence. THE RIVERBANK CO., Geneva, 111,

If You Do Not Find Wi\ You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It.

354

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Aug.

29>

Cainatlons. Peerless Pink. $12 per 100; JlOO
per l.OfJO. White Perfection. Beacon. Benora.
$7 per 100; $60 per 1,000. Enchantress, Rose
Pink Enchantress, $5 per 100; %Vt per 1.000.
Glorlosa (small), Pink Delight, $6 per 100;
$50 per 1,000. Chicago Carnation Co,, 30 East
Randolph St,, Chicago.

CARNATION,?. White Perfection^ Enchant-
ress, White Enchantress, Pink Enchantress.
$G.50 per 100; .$60 per 1.000. Apple Blossom.
Mrs. Patten, Harlowarden, Winsor, Golden
Beaut.T, $6 per 100; $55 per 1,000. P. R,
QUINLAN. S.yracuse. N. Y.

CARNATIONS, fleld-grown, W, Enchantress.
W. Wonder, Bassett, $8 per 100; $50 per 1,000.
Pink Delight. Mrs. C. W. Ward. Beacon. Ro-
sette, ,$7 per 100; $60 per 1.000. ' Second size
4c. Cash please; HARRY HEINL. W. To-
ledo, O.

Carnations from 3^;4 and 4-in. pots. Comfort,
Scarlet Wonder, Beacon, Enchantress, Wash-
ington Enchantress, $7 per 100; $65 per 1.000.
White Enchantress, $7 per 100; $65 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Brj-an. Washington, N. J.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS,
Extra fine White Perfection, Wlnsor and En-
chantress, $50 per 1,000.

KROEGEB & TEEGEN.

MORTON GROVE. ILL.

Carnations. 500 each of strong field-grown
Enchantress and Bassett. $6 per 100; 300 or "more.
$5 per 100. W. H. GULP & CO.. Wichita,
Kans.

Carnations, field-grown. Ward, W. Perfection,
Scarlet Glow, Beacon. $55 per 1,000. Winsor.
Lawson, May Day, $50 per 1,000, Poehlmann
Bl'os^Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Carnations, Victory, $5 per 100; ,$45 per
1,000. Enchantress, White Enchantress. Wash-
ington, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1.000. M.
Winandy Co., 6236 N. Lincoln St., Chicago.

Carnations, field-grown. Ward and White
Perfection, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1.01)0. Peter
Reinherg. 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

Carnations, field-grown, White Perfection, $5
per 100; $40 per 1,000. J. A. Budlong, 82
East Randolph St., Chicago,

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pink,
Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass,

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co..
Joliet. Hi.

Carnations. Wood Bros., Fishklll, N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2V2-inch pots;
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton, McNiece, Ramipo,
O, H. Kahn. Chrysolora. October Frost, Touset.
Chas. Razer, Comolctta, Golden Glow, Paclflc
Supreme, Unaku, Pocketts' Crimson and
Schrimpton, $2 per lOit. Extra fine stock, or-
der quick. Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CABNA-
TION CO., Joliet, 111,

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per
100; 21n., $2 per 100; Touset, Oct. Frost,
Polly Rose, Pacific, Smith's Advance, Lincoln,
Appleton, Enguehard, Silver Wedding, Y'el-
low Bonnaffon, White Bonnaffon, Baby Yellow
Zenobla, L. J. Rowe, Titusville, Pa.

Chrysanthemums. All the leading varieties;
pompons and singles. See list of varieties and
prices in double page advertisement elsewhere
in this issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Standard Varieties,
strong plants, 2i,^-in. pots, also some pompons
and singles, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis Jackmanl, hybrids assorted, pot-
grown, 6-ln., 30c each; $3.50 per doz. Pani-
culata, 6-in., $1.50 per doz. The Geo. Wltt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y^.

COLEUS.

COLEUS, best standard varieties, all colors.
2%-in, pots, $2 per 100; 3-ln., $3 per 100.
Fine for stock plants or specimens. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Coleus; 2-in.. $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1,000;
3-in., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. R. Vincent,
Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Md.

CROTDNS

Crotons, 4-in., $4 per doz.; $30 per 100; 5-in..
$6 to $9 per doz.; large plants. $1 to $1.50
each. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St..
Philadelphia. Pa.

CYCLAMEN.

CYCL.\mi:n— Best German strain in 5 assorted
colors, out of 2V4-in. pots, good, strong plants.

*5.00 per 100. Cash please. J. H. Fiesser. 709

• Hamilton Ave.. North Bergen. N. J.

Cyclamen from 3%-inch pots. $15 per 100;

4-lnch. $25 per 100; 5-lnch, $50 per . 100. Finest

strain; separate colors. JULIUS ROEHRS CO..

Rutherford. N. J.

Cyclamen, deep red, 3-incb. English strain,
$1.23 doz.; $9 per 100; Giant Blood red. 4-
inch, $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Giant pure white,
3-inch., $1.25 doz.; $9 per 100; Giant pure
white. 4-in., $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Giant rose.
4-inch. $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Persicum, 4-inch.
English strain, $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Wonder
of Wandsbek, 3inch. $1.50 doz.; $12 per 100;
mixed Defiance strain. 3-rncli. $1 doz. ; $8 per
mO; 4-inch. $2 doz.; $15 per 100; 5-inch, 10
to 12 inches across, 40c each. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Cyclamen, choice strain. 3-inch, $7 per 100;
Glory of Wandsbek, 3-lnch, $8 per 100;, 4-ln.,
choice stock, $15 per 100; 4-inch Glory of Wands-
bek. $18 per 100. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove. 111.

CYCL.4MEN, Wandsbek strain, 3-inch, $8 per
liiO: 4-inch. $15 per 100. Ready Sept. 15.
ERNEST ROBER. Wilmette, 111.

Cyclamen, 5 colors, 3-ln., doz,, $1,50; per 100,
$10: 4-in., doz., $2.50; per 100. $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York,

Cyclamen Persicum Giganteum, all colors and
vars.. 4i'--inch. .$25 per 100, Anton Sc'hultheis,
College Point. N. Y. ^_

Cyclamens. 3^A-in., assorted, $8.50 per 100;
$S0 per 1,000; 2i4-in.. $6 per 100; $55 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

DAISIES.

MARGUERITES, strong, cut back, 4-in. stock
suitable for Winter forcing, $10 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

DEUTZIAS.

Deutzia gracilis, 8-lnch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per- doz., $4; per 100, $30, Vaughan's
Seed Stole, Chicago and New York.

DRACAENAS.

Dracaenas, Amabilis, Baptistil, Shepherdii.
Youngl, 2%-\n., $2 per doz.. ^$15 per 100; 3-in..
$i50 per doz.; $25 per 100; 4-in.. 50c each;
5-in,. 75c each; 6-in.. $1 each. Terminalis.
21,4 -in.. $1.25 per doz.; $10 per 100; 3-in., $2
per doz.; $15 per 100. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. _^

Dracaena Godsefl3ana, 2-inch pots, $1 per doz.;
3 inch pots, $1.50 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

Dracrena indivisa. 4-in.. 15c and 20c each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Dracaena indivisa, 3-in., $5; 4-ln., $10; 5-ln.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

FERNS.

Ferns, Asplenium Nidus Avis, 3-in,, $1.50 per
doz.; $10 per 100; 4-in., $3.60 per doz.; $25 per
liiO. Cibotium Schiedei. 3-in., $3.50 per doz.;
$25 per 100; 6-ln., $1.50 each; 8-in., $2.50; 10-
in. tubs. $3.50 to $5 each. Pteris Parkerl.
2>4-in.. 75c per doz. ; $5 per 100; 4-ln., $2 per
doz.; %\f, per 100; 6-in.. $4.50 per doz.; $35 per
100. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Ferns, N. Elegantissima. 3^-in.. 25c each: 6-
In.. 50c; 8-in.. $1. N. Magnlflca. 3%-ln.. 25c;
N. Muscosa. ZV^-Va., 25c; 5-in., 50c; N. Har-
risii. 6-in.. 50c; 12-ln.. very large. $5 each. N.
Bostonlensis, 6-in., 50c; 12-in.. very large. $5.
Pteris Wimsetti multiceps, S^^-in.. 15c each.
Small ferns for pans; fine assortment, 214-ln..
$4 per 100. F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-
Hudson, N. Y.

Ferns. Asplenium nidus. 3-in.. $2.50 per doz.;
$20 per 100; 4-ln.. $5 per doz.; $35 per 100;
5in.. $7 per doz.; $50 per 100. Cibotium
Schiedei. 6-in., $1.50 'each. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co.. PainesviUe. O.

Ferns, Boston and Roosevelt. 3-ln.. $7.50 per
100; 4-in.. $15; 5-ln.. $25; «-ln.. $50; 7-in.. $75.
A. Henderson & Co.. 369 River St., Chicago.

Boston, Whitmani and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for oinoh pots, $2.25 per doz.; $15
per 100. C. Humfeld, Clay Center, Kans,

Boston ferns, 5-inch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adiautum Croweanum, 3-in,, $8 per 100; $70
Ijer 1,OOU. A. N. Pierson, Inc, Cromwell. Conn.

Ferns from benches. Boston. Piersoni. Ele-
gantissima, $10, $15, $20 per 100, Alonzo J.
Bryan, Washington, N, J.

Ferns for dishes, Aspldlum. Cyrtomlum, Wil-
son!, Mayl. etc, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000.
The Storrs & Harrison Co.. Palnesville. O.

Ferns. 4-lnch. $10 per 100; 5-lnch. $20; 6-luch.
$30. The Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Buckingham
PlacCj Chicago.

Ferns. Boston and Whitmani, 3-ln., 106; 4-ln..
15c: 5-ln., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Boston ferns, 10-lnch, $2; 121nch, $3 to $3,50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

300 Boston ferns. 4-inch. $12 pet 100. Cash
please. Edgar Easterday. Nokomls. 111.

Boston hanging baskets, $1.50 to $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. lU,

Ferns. Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutberford. N. J.

FICUS.

Ficus elastlca. 4-1d., 8 to 10 Ins., $3.50 per
doz.; $25 per 100. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716
Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

FREESIAS.

Freeslas. Purity (true).
100; $22.50 per l.OUO; %
100; $16 per 1.000; Mi-in,
100; $12 per 1,000; % to
$10 per 1,000. Vaughan's
in. and up. $2.25 per 100;
.%-in.. $1.75 per 100; $16
in., $1.50 per 100; $12
grown. Jumbo, $1.50 per
Mammoth. $1 per 100; $9.
an's Seed Store. Chicago

% to 1-ln., $2.50 per
to %-in., $1.75 per
and over. $1.50 per

%-in., $1.25 per 100;

Improved Purity, %-
$20 per 1.000; % to

per 1.000; % to %-
per 1,000. French
100; $12 per 1,000.

50 per 1,000. Vaugh-

and New York.

FREESIAS.

PURITY FREESIAS, best California field-
grown, direct from grower to florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid, 1st size, '/ to %-
inch diameter, $1.50 per 100; $6 per 500; 2nd
size, Vi to Vj-lnch diameter, 90c per 100; $3.50
per 500. Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
CO., SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

Freesia Purity, 1st size bulbs, $S per 1,000.
Hogan, Kooyman & Co., 27 Central Place,
San Francisco. Calif, .

Freesia Purity, 1st size, $14 per 1,000. Large
2 to 2y2-inch calla bulbs, $12 per 100. C, C.
PoUworth Co.. Milwaukee.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums, La Favorite, Perkins, Jean Oberle,
Ricard, Landry, Col. Thomas, Dagata, Viand,
$2 per 11)0; $18.50 per 1,000, Clair Frenot.
Lulgi Grandi. Mrs, E, G, Hill, Poitevine, Mrs.
Annie Vincent. $2.50 per 100: $20 per 1,000.
Ruby. $4 per 100. S. A. Nutt, at the special
price of $1.75 per 100; $16 per 1,000, The
above is all fine stock in two-inch pots. Write
for Catalogue. F. H. DE WITT & COMPANY,
Wooster, Ohio.

Geraniums, booking orders for November de-
livery, Maryland, $1 per doz.; $6 per 100.
Scarlet Redder, 75c per doz.; $4 per 100. Mrs.
Lawrence, 40c per doz. ; $2 per 100. Splendid
lot of 3-inch stock ready for immediate ship-
ment. $3 per 100; .$25 per 1.000; 2-inch stock
ready Oct. 1. $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1.000 for
standard sorts, up to 50c each for novelties. R.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sous Co.. White Marsh. Md.

Geraniums. Silver-leaf Nutt, 2^4-ln,, $4.00
per 100; $35.00 per 1,000. Rose. 2!4-ln., $3.00
per 100; standard varieties, 2-ln., $2.00 per
100; $18.00 per 1,000. Lady Washington, 2%-
In,, $4.00 per 100.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Geraniums, S. A, Nutt; fine plants out of
3%-ln. pots, $7 per 100, Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE. Minot,
N. D.

Geraniums, S. A, Nutt, Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner, 2-in., $1,75 per 100. Elmer
Rawllngs, Olean, N. Y.

Geraniums, 2-in., $3 per 100. Hall Caine
and Mary Barton, 2-ln., $5. Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St., Portland, Ore,

Geraniums, Nutt, Bnchner, Ricard, Perkins,
Poitevine, 2-in,, $2 per 100; 3-in,, $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N, J.

Geraniums, Nutt, $10 per 1,000; Ricard and
Poitevine, $12,50 per 1.000, Albert M. Herr.
Lancaster, Pa,

Geraniums, S, A, Nutt. 4-ln., $8 per 100,
in paper pots, L, J. Rowe. Titusville, Pa,

HYDRANGEAS.

HYDRANGEAS — French Hydrangeas, Ava-
lanche, Mme. E. Moulllere, Mont Rose, Bou-
quet Rose. La Lorraine, Mousselline, 2^-in.
pots. $5.00 per 100. Cash please. J. H. Fles-
ser, 709 Hamilton Ave.. North Bergen. N. J.

Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4-In.,
$20 per 100; 5-in.. $25 per 100. The Storrs

& Harrison Co.. Palnesville. O.

^HYDRANGEAS OTAKSA and ARBORES-
CENS. 3-in. pots, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

IVIES.

English ivy, out of 6-in. pots, up to 5 ft.
high, $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert. 110 B.
49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Hardv English ivy. 2-in.. $2 per KiO; $18.50
per l.OOu; 3-in.. $3 per 100; $25 per l.OOO. R.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

English Ivy, strong. 20c and 35c each, Poehl-
mann^

German Ivy, 2%-ln., $2 per 100 cash, Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES— Strong plants, ready
to shift out of 214-in. pots. $3.00 per 100.
Cash please. J. H, Fiesser, 709 Hamilton Ave.,
North Bergen, N, J.

if You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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The American Florist.

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LILT OF THE VALLET.

Lily of the Valley, best grade. 500 to case.
$9 per case; 1,000 to case, jl7 per ca^se.
Vaughan'e Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

To Import.

Lily of the Valley. Chas. Scbwake & Co.,
Inc.. Horticultuial Importers and ExporterB. 90-
92 West Broadway, New York.

iJly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. B. Neubert, VVaudsbek, nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Heluecken, 17 Bat-
tery^

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn, Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minp.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit trees, palms, orchids;
lig trees, [K)t-gruwu; grape vines, I'oses. Held
and pot -grown. Stuart Low & C-o.. Bush II ill
I'ark Nurseries. Enlield, England.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
bink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,

IlL

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
established. Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N. J.

FALMS.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Incbes high. Each.

4-inch pots. 5 to 0. 18 $(i.3.5

6-inch pots, 6 to 7 24 l.dO

(i-inch pots, 0 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

0-inch pots, 6 to 7, 32 to 34 2.0(1

S-inch tuhs, G to 7. 30 3.00

8-inch tubs, 0 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

8-ineh tubs, G to 7, 43 to 48 5.iX)

Specdmens. S15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA rORSTERIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots. 5 to G. IS to 20 $0.35

6-inch pots. .■) to G. 28 to 30 1.0!)

6-inch pots, 5 to G. 34 to 36 l.-W

6-inch pots, .'j to 6, 38 to 42 2.00

■S-inch tubs, G to 7. 40 to 48 3.50

8-inch tubs. 6 to 7. 50 to 64 5.iiO

10 inch tubs, G to 7. 6 to SVj ft.. 8.00

10-inch tubs. 6 to 7, C to GM: ft.. 10.0 I

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

.8-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 32 . .$3..5n

10-inch tubs, 5 plants in a tub, 38 to 40.. 5.00

10-inch tubs, 5 plants in a tub. 45 to 50.. 8.00

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high. 12.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

G-inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 2S . .$1.25

7-inch pots,- 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 .. 3.i:0

8-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54.. B.OO

8-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 52 to 50.. G.iiO

10-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high. 8.00

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5'/j ft.10.00

12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, G f t. high.l2.0iJ

Very strong specimens. 12 and 13-inch tubs, 7

plants. S15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

8-inch pots. 20 in. high, 26 in. spread $1.50

7-inch pots. 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread. 2.50

8-incll tubs, tine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO..

MORTON GROVE. ILL.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana. G-in. . 6-7 leaves.
22 ins., high, $1 each; $12 per doz. Phcenlx
Roebelenii. 8-in. pots. 24 ins. high. 26-inch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-inch tubs, 24 inches high.
30-inch spread, $4 each. A. N. Fierson. Inc..

Cromwell. Conn.

Palms. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Henry A.
Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa.

PANSIES.

Phoenix Canarie^sis. line large plants, $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehra Go.. Rutherford.
N. J.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue. Joseph Hea-
cock Co.. Wyncote. Pa.

Palms. Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote. Pa.

Palms. Julius Roebrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veitchii, 4-in., 50c: 5-in.. 75c: 6-in.,
$1.25 and $1.50; 7-in., $2 and $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Pandanus Veitchii, 6-ln.. $1 each. Henry A.
Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa.

PANSIES.

If you didn't get our color plate catalog and
1914 cut prices on Mastodon Pansy Seed and
seedlings, tall delivery; write for It. Cut prices,
new crop Mastodon mixed, % oz.. $1; oz.. $7.
Mastodon Greenhouse Special, same price.
STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland. Ore.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTB. ILL.

PEONIES.

I'cony Festiva Maxima. Write for list of
other fine varieties. Thomas J. Oberlln, Sink-
ing Spring. Pa.

PEPPERS.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES, 4-
in. plants at $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
(irand Rapids, Mich.

New cluster peppers, 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-in.,
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers. 3-in.. $4 per 100.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvinil, 2-in., $3 per 100;
3-lu., $5 per 100. Cash. ERNEST ROBER,
Wilmette, 111.

Peppers. Chinese and Cluster. 3-ta., $5 per
100. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

PETUNIAS.

PRIVET.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett. Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-in., $2 per
lOO; $18 per 1,000. Elmer Rawlings. Clean,
N. Y.

Petunias, dbl. mixed, 2-in., $2 per 100: $18.50
per 1,000; 3-iu., $3 per KXI; $25 per 1,000. R.
Vincent. Jr., & Sous Co., White Marsh, Md.

POINSETTLAS.

HEADQUARTERS FOB POINSETTIAS.

True type, orders booked now for June and
later delivery, $5 per lOJ; $45 per 1,000; 3.000
lots or more. Write for prices. Cash please.
I'oinsettias arc Itooked up till .Sept. 15. ERN-
EUT ROBER, Wilmette. 111.

Poinsettias, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in 2^-in. paper pots, $3.50 per
luO; $50 per 1,000. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St., Chicago.

Poinsettias, 214-in., $5 per 100; $45 per 1.000.
S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Beta Bldg., Phila-
delphia. Pa.

PRIMULAS.

Primula Obconica Ronsdorfer hybrids, best \
strain in existence; large flowering grandiflora
and fringed; 10 separate colors, 2V4-inch, 2V4c:
mixed, 2Vi-inch, 2c; gigantea, 2Vi-inch, 2^c;
3-inch, $5 per 100. Chinensis, best large flower-
ing. 7 separate colors, 2^i-inch, 2^c; mixed,
21^-inch. 2c; 3-inch, $5 per 100. Malacoldes,
2-inch, 2V4c. Kewensis, 2-inch, $2.25 per 100.
Cash. Toledo Greenhouse, 2829 Chestnut St.,
Toledo, Ohio.

Primula obconica, separate or mixed colors,
2>l-in.. $3 per 100; .$25 per 1,000; luulacoidcs,
21 i-inch, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. Chinese,
2', -in., assorted, $3.25 per 100; .$30 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Br.van, Washington. N. J.

Primroses, Chinese, $2 per 100. Obc. alba
and rosea, $2. Forbesi and Malacoides, $2.
Obc. Gigantea, $2.50. Jos. H. Cunningham.
Delaware, O.

riilMl'LAS, MALACOIDES, 2-inch, $2.50 per
Kill: S22..30 per 1.000. OBCONICA GRANDI.
CK;.. 3-ini-h. extra strong. $0 per 100. EIl.X-
KST ROHER, Wilmette, III.

Primula Malacoides, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000.
Chinensis, $3 per 100; $25 per l.OOO. The
Storrs & Harrison Co., Palnesville, O.

Primula obconica, 3-lnch, (8 per 100. Mala-
coldes, 2%-inch, $4 per 100; $35 per 1.000.
Vaughap'8 Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Primula obconica Grandiflora and Gigantea, 3-
In., $5 per 100; 4-ln., 8c. Poehlmann Bros, Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

2%-INCH ROSE STOCK.

Fine, healthy plants, ready for immediate
shipment.

Per 100 Per 1,000

American Beauties $5.00 $45.00

Richmond 3.00 25.00

.Milady 5.00 • 45.00

Sunburst 5.00 45.00

Pink KlUarney 6.00 40.00

WIETOR BROTHERS,
162 North WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

Beauties, choice young stock in 3 and 4-inch
pots, at the rate of $30 per 1.000 In lots of
5.000 plants. Bassett & Washburn, 131 N.
Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

Killarnev Brilliant grown in 4-lnch pots. $25
per KiO; $200 per 1,000. F. R. Pierson Co.,
Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

ROSES, strong, 3-in. Pink KilUroey, Kalserln.
My Maryland and Rhea Reid, $6 per lOu; $50
per 1.000. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids.
Mich, _J_

Roses, own root and grafted. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. III.

Roses, 1-yr., 2Mi-ln.; 2-yr., 4-ln. Lcedle Floral
Co.. springlield, O.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.

SEEDS.

CHOICE MIXED PANSY SEED.
We save the seed from our own beds, mis It
with the best imported stock of Danish Exhi-
bition, Imperial German, Mammoth Butterfly,
Giant Ruflled and Mottled, Giant Five Spotted
and Trlmardeau Giant, making one grand mix-
ture, which we otter as follows; Trade packet.
2.5c; Vi oz.. $1; % oz., $1.75; 1 oz., $3.50.
Terms Cash. Safe Delivery Guaranteed.
FRANCIS BRILL CO.,

Seed Growers and Dealers,
Hempstead (L. I.), N. Y'.

Seeds, sweet peas, winter flowering. For
varieties and prices see advertisement else-
where in this Issue. Vaughan's seed Store,
Chicago and New York.

PANSY SEED^Glant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTE, ILL.

SMttAX.

Smilax. 2-in. strong stock, several times
pinched back, $20 per 1,000; 3-ln. strong stock,
several times pinched back, $40 per 1,000.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. III.

Smilax, 214-inch, $1.25 per 100r$10 per 'l.OOoT
J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Snapdragous, white, pink and yellow, 2^-iu.,
%:i per mu: $25 per l.ljOO; 3>/i-iu., $7 per 100:
.'fG3 per 1.000. .-Vlonzo J. Bryan, Washington,
X. J.

SPIREA.

Splrea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft.. $8 per 100;
$75 per 1,000. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate. Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar. McKluley, Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late.
.Success. Three W's, U. S. King Edward. Wm.
Belt. $2 per 100; $16 per l.OUO. Chesapeake,
Feudall, Pearl, $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1,000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Pruductive. Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1,00(1. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver. N. J.

STEVIA^ ,__

Stevia, dwarf or tall, 2Viin., .1i3 per 100:
.$25 per I.OOJ: oVi-iu., $7 per 100; $65 per
1.000. Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington, N. J.

STEVIA. strong plants, 4-in7r $12.50 per 100.
HENRY S.MITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

Stevia. ready now at $20 per I.OUO. Poehl-
ni ann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. HI.

SWAINSONA.

Swalnsona, white and pink, 2-lu., $2 per
100; .flS.oO per 1,000; 3-lnch. $3 per 100; $25
jier 1,11(10. R. Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co.. White
.Marsh. .Md.

SWAINSONA, white, 4-in., $12.60 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

TORENIA^

TORENIAS, 2%-in., $3 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

HARDY I1ELD STOCK.

Celery plants $2.50 per 1,000

Cabbage plants 1.00 per 1,000

Genuine Cauliflower 2.50 per 1,000

Parsley, triple curled 2.50 per 1,000

All Varieties.

F. M. Pattlngton, SclplovlUe, N, Y.

Cabbage plants ready to set In the field,
strong transplanted plants, $2.50 per 1,000.
Seedlings, $1 per 1.000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO.. Danville, 111.

VIOLETS.

Field-grown Prince of Wales Violet plants,
$5 per 100; $45 per 1,000. Cash with order
or satisfactory reference. THE RIVEBBANK
CO., Geneva. IIL

Violets. 3V'-in.. Marie Louise and Lady Camp-
hell, $3.75 per 100; $:!5 per 1,000. Alonzo J.
Bryan. Washington. N. J. ,

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co.. St. Louis, Mo.

If You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Roady Reference Department, Write Us About It.

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Aug. 2g,

The Best Greenhouses at Lowest Cost

Norfolk. Nuh.. July 25tli, 19)4.

] hereby accept the two greenhouses built for me by the Willens Construction Co., of Chicago, and acknowledge complete
fiiltillment of their contract wilh me aiiiounung to W.OOO.OO.

I am pleased with their methods and construction, and was especially delighted with the eagerness of the hot water heating
system, which worked to full capacity in less than half an hour after fire was st.'irled. (Signed) L. BUl'KENUORF.

Mr. Buckendorf awarded us the complete contract for two greenhouses,, each 21 ft. x 80 ft., which was formally accepted
May 16th, and erected complete in Norfolk less than ten weeks later. His complete satisfaction strikingly emphasizes the
quality of our materials and our courteous and prompt service.

Willoi::!^ Conssti^viotioj:^ Co.

" Wg understand our business thoroughly/

Telephone Lawndale 75T

1529 S. Spaulding Ave, Chicago

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marsbfteld Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water beating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co.. 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat'* for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers for greenhouses; all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Boilers, all sizes for greenhouses. John C.
Moninger Co., &!i2 Blackhnwk St., Chicago.

Hontsch boilers. J. P. Dahlhorn, 217 Hack-
ensack PI. Kd., Weehawken Heights, N. J.

Boilers. Giblin standard greenhouse.
& Co.. 911 Broad St.. tltica. N. Y.

Giblin

Boiler tubes, 4-lnch, 6% cents per foot. New
and ■*. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples, 50c per 1,000,
postpaid. I. L. Pillshury, Galesburg, 111.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far, 50c for
1,000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CT3T-FL0WER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Mich.

COAL.

Berwind's Smokeless Coals from Pocahontas
and New River mines. Berwind-White Coal
Mining Co.. 1805 People's Gas Bldg., Chicago.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
rldge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague
Smith Co.. 164-166 Randolph St.. Chicago.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansia
Ave.. Chicago. 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plana and
sketches submitted on refjuest. John C. Mon-
Inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of gr*'enhoiises and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on reijuest, A. Dletscb
Co.. 2642 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co. , 31st and Spaul-
dlng Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing f«r the greenliouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co.. Pes PlaJnes. 111.

Greenhouse construction and equlpmnnt. King
Con<itriu-tinn Co.. N. TonnwaTida. N. Y.

Greeiihiiuse in tuber, hot-bed sash, perky cy-
press, square red cedar posts, Lockland Lum-
ber Co., I.ockland. O.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz., by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Raptds,
Towa.

Pelrce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
pot which does not fold up %t come apart.
E. Allan Peirce, 400 Oaks St., Waltham. Mass.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co.. South ZanesVllle, Ohio.

Neponset. flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery Co.,

Syracuse, N._y.

Standard ' flower pots and bulb pans. Hil-
finger Bros. Pottery. Fort Edward, N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans.
Pottery Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Pots, Hews' standard.
Cambridge. Mass.

Harley

A. H. Hews & Co.,

Standard flower pots.
Leavitt St.. Chicago.

F. Kohr, 2a34 38

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son. 2614-22 Hern-
don St.. Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy., Detroit. Mich.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Aphlne, $1 per qt.. $2.50 per gal. Funglne,
75c per qt.. $2 per gal. Vermiue, $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Sealine, 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals., $10. Nikotiaua, $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus. Jennlng's
Improved Iron Gutters. Diller. Caskey & Keen.
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts., Philadelphia.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son. Stratford, London, England.

Florists* supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave.. Chl-
cago.

Florists' refrigerators. Buchblnder Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per 1.0 >0. 5ilc;
by mail. 70c; 5,000 by express, $2.50. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St., Kendallville, Ind. „__^_

Liquid — NICO-FUME— Paper, for thrips. aphis.
Spraying vaiioriziug, fumigating. The Kentucky
Tobacco Product Co.. Inc.. Louisville, Ky.

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
4n4-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples, 50c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St.,
Springtield, Mass.

Glazing points. % and %, 40c per lb.; 7
lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs, $5. Randolph & McClements,
5936 I'enn Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa.

■•Elastic-Lvke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Prnner.
Mgr.. The Elastic- Lyke Co.. 30 E. Randolph
St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points. I.UOO, 75c.
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Pbilnilelphia. ;

The Morehead Return Steam Trap,
head Mfg. Co., Detroit. Mich.

More-

Florists' supplies of all kinds.
56 E. Randoliih St.. Chicago.

Percy Jones,

Greenhouse windstorm Insurance. Floraln D.
Walla<e. Insurance Exchange Bldg.. Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway, 105 Chambers St., New York.

Order Now

BUY DIRECT -

Factory to User Prices.

|452 W. Erie St., • CHICAGO |

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hail Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00.
For full particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, H, J,

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Btt«-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model e.xteDslon carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and gteenhou^ fittings.
Advance Co., Ricbmond, Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mtg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

STAKES. .

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet, per
100. fi5c; 80i, $3; $5.50 per 1.000.

i*ltie stems, altout 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
l,OiiO, $.T. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIG.N CATALOG JUST OUT.

Send for one.

WOERNEK WIRE WORKS.

2852 Pratt St. OMAHA, Seb.

Floral design, wire window guards, otfice rail-
ings, anii all fancy works, lump shade fraroes.
EnEle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St., Cleveland,
Ohio.

Florists* Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros., 11)08 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

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Books For Florists

The following books should be in every florist's and gardener's library. A good book on any
subject in which you are specially interested is worth years of experience and should be kept con-
venient for reference at all times. Send prices quoted and we send the books.

Lawns and How to Make Them.

By Leonard Barron
A very useful and practical work. Illustrated. Price, $1.10.

The Rose.

By H. B. Ellwanger.
Its cultivation, varieties, etc. A complete guide. Price, $1.25.

How to Lay Out Suburban Homes.

By Herbert J. Kellaway.

Contains many useful hints. 112 pages, 38 halftone

illustrations and 15 plans and maps. Price, $2.

The Landscape Beautiful.

By Frank A. Waugh.
An interesting book. 336 pages. Illustrated. Price, $2.

Window Gardening.

By Herman B. Dorner.

An Interesting subject. Well bound in green cloth. 153

pages and 43 illustrations. Price, $1.25.

Vines and How to Grow Them.

By Wm. M. McCullom.

A list of varieties for different locations is contained in this

book of 300 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.10.

The Orchard and Fruit Garden.

By E. P. Powell.

The volume is well Ulustrated and the author is a practical

man who knows his subject. 32 1 pages. Price, $1.50.

The Garden Month by Month.

By Mabel Cabot Sedgwick.

A weU classified list of hardy herbaceous and other plants

arranged for each month. Illustrated. Price, $4.30

Success in Market Gardening.

By Herbert Rawson.

No one in the business for profit can be without this latest

edition. 271 pages and 22 illustrations. Price, $1.10.

Practical Floriculture.

By Peter Henderson.

A guide to the successful propagation and cultivation of

florists' plants. Illustrated. 325 pages. Price, $1.50.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

By Elmer D. Smith.
Profusely illustrated. Price, 50 cents.

The Principles of Fruit Growing.

Ey L. H. Bailey.
Fruit cultiure is treated thoroughly. 516 pages. Price, $1.25'

Greenhouse Construction.

By L. R. Taft.
How to build and heat a greenhouse. Illustrated. Price, $1.50.

Daffodils, Narcissus, How to Grow Them.

By A. M. Kirby.
Illustrated. 233 pages. Price, $1.21.

The Vegetable Garden.

*^ By Vilmorin Andrieux fi Co.

Most complete book published. Profusely illustrated.
782 pages. Price, $6.

Orchids: Their Culture and Management.

By W. Watson.
Eight colored plates. 544 pages. Price, $10.

The Goldfish.

By Hugo Mulertt.
160 pages, handsomely illustrated. Price, $2.

Landscape Gardening.

By Sam'l Maynard.
338 pages, 165 illustrations. Price. $1.50.

The Book of Water Gardening.

By Peter Bisset.
200 pages and 139 illustrations. Price, $2.50.

Mushrooms: How to Grow Them.

By Wm. Falconer.
Only American book on the subject. Illustrated. Price, $1.

Greenhouse Management.

By Prof. L. R. Taft.
Covers the subject completely. 382 pages. Price, $1.50.

Manual of the Trees of North America.

By Prof. C. S. Sargent.
826 pages, with over 600 illustrations. Price, $6.

The American Carnation.

By C. W. Ward.
A complete treatment. Illustrated. Price, $3.50.

Hedges, Windbreaks, Etc.

By E. P. Powell.
140 pages, with 22 illustrations. Pride, 50 cents.

Cabbages, Cauliflower, Allied Vegetables.

By C. L. Allen.

Also contains chapters on seed raising, insects, pests and

fungus diseases common to these plants. Price, 50c.

House Plants.

By Parker T. Barnes.
236 pages and 30 full-page illustrations. Price, $1.20.

Insects Injurious to Vegetables.

By F. H. Chittenden.
163 illustrations in the 262 pages. Price, $1.50.

The American Flower Garden.

By Neltje Blanchan.
Well bound. 368 pages and 92 illustrations. Price, $5.35.

The /Imerican Florist Co., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago

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MONINGER

BOILERS

Do the work right— Low cost-
Last a lifetime— Economical-
Built for greenhouse heating.
Send for cataloj,'.

JOHN C. MONINGER CO.,

CHICAGO: NEW YORK:

902 Blackhawk St. Marbridge Bldg.

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ADVANCE material is
considered the best
ttiat can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Sendfor
our catalogue today .

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

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KING

The uaiiie that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and vou will see why.

KINGCONUflUCTIONGO. ]

29 King's Road, N. Tonawanda, N. Y. I

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Wired
Toothpicks

10.000 $1.75; 50 000 $7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Sample 'ree.

For sale by dealers.

Qreenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 44o s. Dearborn St. Glilcago

SAVE LABOR AND EXPENSE BY THE USE OF

BERWINDS SMOKELESS

e O A Iv S

From Pocahontas and New River Mines of
BERWIND-WHITE COALMINING CO.

Offices: 1805 Peoples Gas Building, CHICAGO.
Telephone Randolph 3901.

Siebart'a ZIno
Glasina Points.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust,
easy to drive. H and ?t
inch. Perlb. 40c.5-lb8.
$1.86. 30-lbs $7.00

Vaughsn's
Seed 8«or«
Chicago New York

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Works,

846-848 W. Superior St., Chicago, lU.

)reer'8 Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses ^

Drive easy and true, because
both beveli aie on ihe Bime
side. Can't twist and break
the el2S9 ID driving. Galvan-
ized and wit) not rust,
rlsbti or lefts.

Tbe Peerless Clazine Point
Is patented. Nooihets lik<
It, Order from your deale^
or direct from ta.
1000. 7Sc. postpaid.
Samples tree.
HEKR7 A. DREEB,
714 Chestaat BtreeO
rbllAdolphib,

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This Tag

to a slip of paper with your name
and address thereon, stick it in an
envelope and mail it to us. That's
all. We'll do the rest. We'll tell
you all about the

^>B^t4o*oiteH>

SYSTEM

and why it is so vital a factor in
your greenhouse — how it will save
money, time, fuel and labor, and
why it will help to produce a better
growth of stock. Not much trouble
to do this, is there? Yet it will
mean much to you. Why not get
it off now?

Morehead Mfg. Co.

Detroit, oept. "n" Mich.

Mail
it today.

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THE ORIGINAL AND ONIY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run
in hot nor heave in cold weather.

E. C. Pruner, Mgr. THE ELASTIC-LYKE CO.
(Not Inc.) 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

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REED & KELLER,

122 W. 25tb St., NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
and Novelltles, and are dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

Mention the American Floriet when writing

GLASS

We are leaders. Large stock, good prices.

SBARP, PARTRiD6E & CO.

Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

Good Material

Prompt Delivery

Reasonable Cost

These are the points which count with you when you are in
need of greenhouse material. Ivet us submit .you our sketches
and estiiLates. Our fine equipment, good stock and an ex-
perience of many years enables us to give you satisfaction.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO.
Greenhouse Material. Telephone Humboldt 11. Hotbed Sash.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

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A "RED DEVIL" PLIER ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

Red Devil'

.'\ little 4-inch drop forged steel tool that is far superior
to a shears for cutting bouquet wires or any fine wire.
It is tested to cut the finest silk insulation and is a
plier vou will appreciate. It's just one 'Red Devil"
tool vou should have Ask your hardware man for
"Red Devil," No. 622, 4-inch. He has or will net it
for you. If not send us his name and fifty cents and
one only sample pair will be sent you postpaid.

Smilh & Hemenway Co., >='n?w"yo?" u.'s. a

' Glass Cutters Tin kind you want.;

HONTSCH
BOILERS

Water Grate
Less Coal More Heat

J. P. Dahlborn & Co.

General Agents U. S. A.

Cor. 2nd and Monroe Sts.
Hoboken, - - - N. J.

CHICAGO. nXINOIS.

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Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give
satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse

Write for prices and estimates, Uo it now.

GARLIND MANUFACTURING CO:. Des Plaints. III.

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your Deeds from the enormous stocks of
the world's largest Building Material Department.
Keap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overnauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock.
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. si/e
PaxZVi 100 running ft $ 2.8=

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
l^sx^H. mo running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. Tin. stock, p.-r 1000ft.. bd.meas, 19.00

XJ-44— No 1 Cypress. 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S per 10(X) ft., bd. mens 27.00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash. l?8-in x3ft.
X f> ft . without glass 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46~Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47-Gal. W ire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.: in 1001b. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll . $1.90 to 1.13

XJ-48-First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.
HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners
Ctiicago House Wrecking Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

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OF HIOH
GRADE..

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

See Our Catalogue.

I'5."^.?e? 6IBLIH & to., Utioa. N. Y.

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PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, Billheads. Statements.

Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.

Plate Making and Color Work,

eorham & Gtiapline Printery

542 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

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LIQUID

a

NICO-FUME

M

PAPER

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

iV^^k S e^ e^d js ix:!^ e lo. for*

I^i^ioojs

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisviUe, Ky.

Agricultural Experiment
Stations

are favoring 40% nicotine solutions in tlieir
recommendations forfumigming and spray-
ing. To meet the demand ttiis has created
we now offer

"40 NICOTINE"

$13.00 Gallon— $3.75 Quart-$2.00 Pint,

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SLOfiESTlONS FOR PL4NT fiROWERS.

Dahlias.

As the cool nights approach it pays
to make preparation to cover the best
varieties and protect them from the
early frosts. Generally the first frosts
are followed by two or three weeks
of pleasant warm weather, when
flowers are more or less scarce, the
outside stocli being cut down and the
greenhouse stocli not being yet in full
crop, and a supply of dalilias is a
great boon at such a time. See that
the plants are properly labeled so
when it comes to lifting time there
will be no mistakes made. A good
large label placed beside each root
with the correct name is essential in
growing this crop. This label can be
tied on to the root when the clumps
are lifted and all danger of misnaming
he obviated. Keep the plants securely
tied to the stakes so that the high
winds which are prevalent in the fall
cannot break the plants down or the
branches off.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine.

The plants of Begonia Gloire de
Lorraine should now be making act-
ive growth, the bud shoots starting
and the plants taking on shape. The
earlier struck cutting.^ will now be fine
plants in five and six-inch pots and
will need a center stake to keep them
erect. It is yet too early to tie the
plants into shape, but if any of the
branches are long enough to hang over
the edge of the pot, they should re-
ceive some support. These branches
hanging over the edge of the pot are
in the way when watering and if the
leaves get wet, it takes some time for
them to dry off and many will be-
come spotted, and besides the branches
grow crooked and are much harder to
tie into place later on when this will
have to be done. Keep the plants in
a good warm house from this on until
the buds begin to show color, when
they can be placed in cooler quarters,
but do not keep the house too close.
Give a little ventilation every day pos-
sible. If kept too close and moist
some of the foliage will spot and be

ruined. Constant light fumigations
will be necessary to keep down the
green aphis. These plants do not like
heavy fumigation but light fumigation
carried on frequently will keep the
vermin in check and not damage the
plants. These insects must be con-
quered before the plants begin to
bloom or they will cover the young
Mooming shoots completely.

Cinerarias

The cinerarias grown from seed
sown in May and June will now be
fine plants in -l-inch pots with good
strong foliage. Later sowings will be
in smaller pots according to the date
at which they were started. If there
is a demand for small plants in early
spring in four or five-inch pots it is
not too late to sow the seed, but such
plants seldom bring more than 25 or
'.']5 cents each and it hardly pays to
carry a plant through the winter and
sell it at that price. Give the plants
in potting a rich friable soil with a
good proportion of fiber for the last
potting. Keep the plants in a cool
temperature in good sunlight, well
spaced apart, that they may be good
and stocky. Never let up in fumigat-
ing these plants. Some growers buy
tobacco stems and cover the bench
with them, placing the plants upon
the stems, and these are renewed as
fast as the strength is spent. If the
aphis get a good foothold on the under
side of the rough leaves they are ex-
ceedingly difficult to dislodge.

Anemone Japonica.

One of the finest fall perennials is
the Anemone Japonica, which is now
in bloom, and if it is not included ir
the grower's stock at present, it should
be procured. There is both white and
pink, but for general use the former
is to be preferred. Where the plants
are in bloom a framework should be
built over them that heavy cloth may
be drawn over and protect them frora
the early frosts, and they will bloom
for some two or three weeks yet. It
it is desired to increase the stock, a
plant can be lifted and the roots cut

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into several pieces about an inch long
and the pieces inserted in the propa-
gating bench and they will root in
about four weeks. Pot them up in 21^-
■inch pots and wlien the roots have
s|iread into the soil the pots can be
placed under a bench a-nd run dry
until spring, when they should be pot-
ted in 3-inch pots and grown on until
all danger of frost is passed and then
planted out.

Violets.

The single violets shotild be planted
in the houses now as soon as the beds
are ready. ' In lifting the plants in the
field try to get a good ball of earth
with the roots and avoid as much as
possible the roots becoming dry. These
roots are very soft and succulent and
if they become too dry new roots will
have to form and it will take some
time for the plants to become estab-
lished in their new quarters. The bet-
ter way is not to try to handle too
many plants at a time, but to lift a
few and plant them out at once. When
the plants are lifted- all the runners
should lie removed and the plants as
soon as set should be well watered.
They should then be .shaded during the
warm days, the length of time neces-
sarily depending upon how quickly
they will take hold in the new soil.
Give the plants all the air possible but
avoid draughts if possible until they
begin to show growth.

Lake Geneva Gardeners' & Foremen's Ass'n.

The Lake Geneva Gardeners' and
Foremen's Association's gladiolus show
.y^as a great success from the jioint of
view of both quality and variety. Com-
ing so quickly after the midsummer
sweet pea exhibition the number of ex-
hibitors was not large, but a 'sufficient
representation was staged to fill the
large hall to advantage. The competi-
tion in the classes of five spikes each
and 10 varieties of three spikes each,
the latter for the Stumpp & Walter
cup. was very keen. The entries for
the collection of best gladioli, one
spike of each, for the Kunderd medals,
brought out a fine lot of seedlings and
standard varieties. Joseph Krupa, gar-
dener for N. W. Harris, staging 132
varieties. Some beautiful varieties of
Primulinus hybrids and ruffled types
were shown by the several exhibitors,
the former, we believe, having a great
future. Conspicuous varieties shown
included the following ;

Kunderdi Glory, Mrs. P. Pendleton.
Chicago White. Ida Van. Pride of
Goshen. White Glory, Governor Hanley.
Mrs. A. E. Kunderd, Lily Blotcli, Little
Fawn. Peace. War. Niagara. Panama,
Rochester White. Attraction. Corsaire
and Mrs. F. King.

In the competition for the liest col-
lection of gladioli, J. Krupa was suc-
cessful in taking first honors. In the
Stumpp »\: Walter cup competition, 10
varieties, 3 spikes of each, first prize
was awarded to Mrs. F. T. A. Junkin.
N. W Harris was second with a very
creditable display

Other awards for excellent exhiliits
were as follows :

J. J. Mitchell (E. Johnson. Gr. ) : E.
F. Swift ( R. Sampson. Gr. i ; Mrs. C.
.Seipp ( E. Johnson. Gr. ) Special
awards were made to J. J. Mitchell,
X. W, Harris, T. J, Lefens and J. H.
Moore for displays other than gladi-
oli.

W.M. H. GKilKirii. Secy.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Bobt. Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.

Boy Scouts' Emblem,

The accompanying illustration is of
a design arranged by J. H. Small &
Sons. New York, for the funeral of
Mrs. Wilson, wife of the president.
This is the emblem of the Boy Scouts
of America and was ordered by the
New York branch of that organization.
AVhite asters, carnations and Anieri:
can Beauty rbses were used in the ar-
rangement. Resting on an easel, it
was eight feet in height.

A. F. F.

Window Flower Boxes in St. Louis.

The placing of window boxes in the
Federal building windows is the first
important result in th§ campaign for
flower boxes in St. Louis windows.
The Federal building is probably the
best building in town on which to
demonstrate the beauty of these decora-
tions which are used so freely in Ger-
many and other European countries.
It covers a' block in the center of the
downtown section and the broad win-
dows .face the streets .iust at the
proper distance back from the side-
walk to make the small window gar-
dens appear at their best. ' The Ijoxes
were placed in the windows of the
first and second floors at the front of
the building on the Olive street side,
and on the first floors at the sides on
Eighth and Ninth streets. The boxes

were made of unused material that
ha.d been lying in the Federal build-
ing. The flowers and plants were fur-
nished by Park Commissioner Dwight
F. Davis from the greenhouses of the
jiark department.

Idle Hours of Summer.

In the average retail cut flower
store there is not much doing in the
hot dull days of summer. An hour
or two in the morning, and sometimes
not that much, will constitute tjie
day's business. This situation is apt
to create a condition of lassitude that ,

is bad for discipline. Hot weather i

and nothing to do makes people a
trifle dreamy. There is plenty of
work to do if one looks for it. An
inventory of stocks which in many
stores is never taken, but that should
be done at least once a year, will
reveal much that wants attention.
The stock of baskets and vases should
be gone over and the old and worth- j

less thrown out: then make needed '

repairs and freshen it all up with a
coat of paint. The pedestals and pot
covers will verv likely need repair-
ing, rattan for this work in various
sizes can be had from your supply
house and such work done now, will
save many a dollar later on.

Wire designs should be looked to;
ha\e a place to keep them, the
wreaths, the crosses, pillows, etc.,
each to themselves. See that there
are easels and stands on hand to
elevate designs when required. Keep
one of the boys winding bobbins. A

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liobbin of wire of about No. 27 is
lietler to bind moss on designs than
is string :ind not as expensive. These
boljbins are almost indispensable
when decorating as the wire can l)e
Mttached much easier tlian string, is
stronger and can i>e quiclily broken
when required. For tying large
bunches of flowers the wire is prefer-
able to string, it does not slip nor
require half .ns much wrapping. An
cild sewing machine can be turned
into :i bolibin winder, with very little
troulile and will last a long time.

.Many stock designs that are in
almost daily use can be mossed up
at this time, using good clean sphag-
num moss. This preparatory work
is a great labor-saver later on. Now
is the time to make up the prepared
magnolia and oakleaf wreaths, and
it will save night work in the busy
season. There is great profit in us-
ing this class of design work as a
foundation for fresh cut flowers. Very
beautiful and showy effects are pro-
duced with the aid of these prepared
leaves and very little objection is
raised to their artificial coloring by
oft times critical customers. It has
))cen the custom to wire these leaves
or stem them on toothpicks and then
make them up. A labor saver, how-
ever, will be found in the hairpin
wires that are now to be had in
quantity. By mossing the wreaths
ratlier full, the leaves pinned on with
the new wires, laying one leaf over
the other in such a way as to hide
the previous pin. a wreath can be
made that is just as effective as
with the stemmed leaves and they
are also more firmly held in place.

In looking over the old stock there
can be seen pieces that have been
laying around for several years. This
should not be. for changes are made
too rapidly in these progressive days
and people are after something new
and will go where it is to be seen.
Unless old pieces have merit, it is
useless to fill shelves with such junk
and spoil the looks of the store, or
take up valuable space elsewhere:
better forget what it costs, throw it
out, and buy more carefully in the
future.

Now is the time to plan for the com-
ing season. Are changes in the store
fixtures desirable, or can they be rear-
ranged to give more room or show
gtiods to better advantage? Is the floor
eo\ering all right or can it he im-
proved? A clean floor is more than
half way to a bright store. Plain
straight counters are going out of
style, short heavy, round or square
hardwood tables, that can be placed
where desired, when it is necessary
to rearrange the interior, and on
which special disjilays may be made
are now much in evidence. There is
not a day to spare in preparatory
work of this kind if one wants to be
ready when the action commences
in the fall. It is best to be a little
in advance, get it in motion ahead
of the usual timei

K.

Storeman's Views of Cut Flower Situation.

By John C. Gracey, president of the Ketail
Florists' Association of Philadelphia. I'a.

What should be done to move the
\ast quantities of cut flowers that are
being grown in late years with the
continual increase of greenhouses?

The business will have to be placed
on a more modern basis. I believe it
is up to the grower and the commis-

BOY SCOUTS' EMBLEIVI.
For the I''iiiii-i-m1 of the Late .Mrs. Wilson, by .1. II. Small A Sons, Xi-w York.

sion man to do it. What I wish 'to
condemn is their method of packing
cut flowers and the number of flowers
to the box. There are often .~>IX) to
l.tliW of each variety to a box, and
on account of this large number a
store will not take a straight box as
they arrive. Today they arrive with
some attempt at grading, each grower
having his own ideas, and are placed
in the box by the handftills, some-
times ,jO at a time with paper sepa-
rating them. What should be done,
is to pack the roses, carnations, asters,
dahlias and similar flowers, so many
to the box, I should say 200, or if
they are extra choice 101). and to
a.dopt a more standard grade and
place them in rows in the box. I
have seen roses arranged that way
twenty years ago and I know it helped
the sale especially after the bad petals
had been removed. There can be no
question that careful packing is a
great aid to the sale.

I believe the best way of packing
would be to use slat crates that will
hold 10 to 20 boxes and sell the boxes
direct to the .storemen without re-

handling them. Take as an illustra-
tion the dahlia situation in Philadel-
phia today. Inside of one hour from
the time they arrive they are general-
ly all sold. The reason is because
they are packed so many to the box
and plainly marked with number and
variety, generally about 250 to the
box. You know who the grower is,
your order is placed in advance be-
cause yoti know what you are get-
ting. The storeman can buy all the
dahlias he wants in five minutes or
less. The commission man makes
one delivery a day with dahlias. Mr.
Grower, you can hardly realize when 1
say the commission man will make
from five to fifteen deliveries a day on
other flowers. If flowers were packed
.similar to dahlias, I see no reason why
more storemen would not visit the
commission houses in the morning, a^
that is the only way to buy flowers — ■
see what you are getting — and I be-
lieve all sales would be over by one
p. m.

Now. as to the prices asked: that
must be modernized. Take carnations,
for instance. -1:1.00, .S1..50. %%m. .$3.00

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and so on up, per 100. The jump is
too great. The same with the store
man. He jumps his prices the same
way. The result is more careful buy-
ing, the same with the retail customer.
If oranges, peaches, tomatoes and
other perishable goods were sold as cut
flowers are, with such jumps in prices,
the wholesale business in these lines
would not be done in the same num-
ber of hours it is. Why not raise the
price from 5 to 10 per cent? The
storeman, if he wants to be successful,
would do the same, which would create
a continuous demand for our goods.

Mr. Grower, you are the main loser
by your present methods: the commis-
sion man is a loser due to the unsalable
condition of your goods, rehandling
which means bruising, extra help and
extra deliveries. The storeman wastes
a great deal of his valuable time in
a commission house waiting for the
goods to be assorted before he can be
waited on. Mr. Grower, just pay your
commission man a visit during the dah-
lia season and see the difference it
makes for everybody, and I believe
you will agree with what I say, "we
are all losing by our present method."
A great many storemen do not visit
the commission houses and, therefore,
do not know what condition the mar-
ket is in, or what quality of stock they
can get and I believe it would certainly
be to the advantage of the storeman
to see what is in the market daily and
to buy in such quantities that the
above suggested method of packing
stock can be carried out.

As .^ few final remarks; a great
many will say it cannot be done. You
all know you are doing things today
you would not have thought of dojng
20 years ago. Therefore, I believe we
are 20 years behind the times with
our present system of selling goods,
depending entirely on the demand and
regulating prices accordingly. There-
fore, let us create a continual demand,
not letting exorbitant prices continual-
ly check our growth, but make our
goods a necessity.

Hardy Perennial Seeds Outdoors.
Ed. American Florist :

Can you furnish me with directions
as to the methods of raising perennial
and other plants from seed in the
open ground? What is the usual size
of the seed bed; how is it prepared:
what is the usual distance between
the rows; the most convenient length
for the row; the manner for identifs"^
ing the varieties; the size of the la-
bel if one is used; and any other
helpful information that may occur
to you in this connection? As peren-
nial seeds are often slow to germin-
ate how are the weeds controlled
between and in the rows to reduce to
a minimum the injury to the seeds
and plants to be used? C. H. P.

Connecticut.

It is safe to say that choice seeds
should not be sown outside in the
open ground at any time. Shelter
from the sun is essential, and this
is always possible by putting to-
gether a rough frame with boards, and
if no sash are available, make screens
of cheese cloth, and this will prevent
drying up and lessen the work of
watering. A seed bed of fine sifted
soil must be prepared, remembering
that minute Campanula seeds and
others would be lost in a rough soil,
and never appear above ground. The
best soil for seeding is a light sandy
one, with leafmould added tor the

humus in preference to old manure;
it is better not to add either. If a
good soil is available that will not
pack hard with watering, for humus
often brings fungus that will cause
seedlings to die off. Sterilizing by
heat is the only sure way to avoid
fungus and weeds, and it pays well
to do this if a steam coil is avail.able;
even a coalhod full of soil placed in
the kitchen oven will fill a lot of seed
pans for the choicer things one often
sows in greenhouses, and well pays for
the trouble.

Given a seed bed well prepared, six
feet wide and as long as it is proposed
to make it (long enough to take care
of the seedlings when first trans-
planted) draw shallow drills and sow
the seeds in rows, from three to six
inches apart according t9 the size
the plants will grow until trans-
planted, placing a label with each
sort. The matter of a proper label is
a distressful one, labels being made
to sell now, none of the wood ones
will last a year, and few will be
legible in six months, unless treated
to a coat of thin paint over the writ-
ing to preserve it. Some dip the
labels first in a solution of copper
to help preserve the wood. There is
no reason why this should not be done
by the makers. We are using zinc
labels now. and they go with the
plants as these are moved, even to
the permanent quarters. Coat the

zinc with white lead paint, write with
soft lead pencil while paint is fresh,
and it can be read for years. If the
name ceases to mean anything, rub
off with fine sandnaper and use the
label again.

Perennial seeds of late have been
very hard to gernainate. We do not
say the seeds were not good, but we
trust to our own saving from best
plants or strains wherever possible,
and then have no trouble with the
germination. Some seeds lie dormant
over a winter for the reason that
they need the action of frost. Among
these are the dictamnus. trollius, some
columbines. Lobelia cardinalis, actaes
and many others, hence the necessity
of a frame for protection of the bed
itself. Other kinds grow .as readily
as annuals, and there is no reason
why C. H. P. should not get this
knowledge as others get it, and in
time an intuition will tell that such
families as the compositae and mal-
vacae come quickly, and seeds with
hard shells will take longer time. It
would need a pamphlet of some extent
to go into the subject in full, even to
the extent of the writer's knowledge.
The present is an ideal time to sow
perennials, the cooler nights and vivi-
fying sun of late summer are ideal
for germination, and many of the
kinds may lie well established in beds
transplanted before winter; many will
need to wait over in the seed rows

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Hy '/.. I). Illiickislnni'. Wiishiimloii. I). I.'.,

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until spring, always bearing in mind
that when a seedling is big enough,
it is old enough to transplant. When
two typical leaves besides the coty-
ledons are made, it is well to shift
the seedlings, and if damping off
occurs in the seed bed, nothing_^lse
will cure this hut to shift all that re-
main quicklv E. O. Orpet.

THE CARNATION.

Carnation Stem Rot.

There are two distinct kinds of stem
rot which infest carnation plants.
Friends at the University of Illinois
experiment station, at Urbana, classify
them as follows : The dry stem or
branch rot Fusarium) and the wet rot
( Rhizoctonia).

The dry rot first attacks a part of
the plant, gradually working its way
up one side, withering each branch as
it goes, and then penetrating the main
stem, drying up the plant entirely.
Some growers call this disease the die
back, because of tlie way it acts, "one
shoot or branch will dry up complete-
ly, and the rest of the plant appear
to be in good health. We have ex-
perimented somewhat with plants in-
fected with this disea.se by cutting
out the infected parts to see if the
plant could be saved, but have not
had any success. After a plant once
becomes infected it will gn anyway
sooner or later, and though it may
hang on for qiute a while, there is no
chance of saving it. We cannot tell
the cause of this disease, neither have
we found a remedy. Some varieties
are more susceptible to it than others,
the variety Gloriosa seeming to be a
particular easy prey to it.

The wet stem rot acts entirely dif-
ferent. The plant will appear in per-
fect health one day and the next be
entirely down, and usually the largest
and best plants are the ones attacked.
The first two months after planting
before the plants have got a thorough
control of the soil is one of the worst
times with this disease, due chiefly to
an excess of moisture at this time.
After the weatlier becomes a steady
cold, necessitating regular firing, there
is a let up in the stem rot, plainly
showing that excessive dampness has
a great deal to do with causing the
trouble. The grower should aim to
guard against this disease by getting
the soil in the beds in such a con-
dition that the water will pass freely
through it, so as to wet every part
of it at each watering. One of the
principal causes of stem rot is for the
surface of the beds to be as a wet
collar around the stem of the plant
with the soil beneath in a drier state;
also when the surface of the bed is
not level so that some of the plants
get more water than is good for them
is another of the causes of the trou-
ble. An eixcessive amount of fresh
manure through the soil is also ac-
countable for many cases of plants
being infected with this disease. Wet
stem rot is caused by fungus, there-
fore, when a plant is infected the soil
around it is also permeated, which if
not checked will spread to the sur-
rounding plants. The first thing to do
is to remove the diseased plant, then
scoop out the soil from where it was
standing and fill in with fresh soil,
after which plant in another plant, and
then as a safeguard to dry up any
fungus spores, scatter a light dress-
ing of sulphur and lime around on the
surface of the bed near to where the

plant has been changed. Excessive
moisture, together with high tempera-
ture, undoubtedly are the principal
causes of the wet stem rot fungus.
Xow that we are getting along into
.September, the evaporation of the
moisture will become slower as the
days pass by: this should be taken
into consideration with the work of
watering and syringing the plants, so
that excessive dampness is guarded
against. All watering and syringing
should be done early enough in the
day so that the plants are dry by
nightfall.

Now that the outdoor season is
drawing to a close, a few plants of

President-Elect Welch, Treasurer Kasting and

National Flower Show Manager Asmus,

at Mr. Welch's Summer Home

Old Orchard. Me.

each variety should be potted up into
four-inch pots and set in cold frames
so as to have them on hand ready to
fill in vacancies that may occur later
on. Any planting in from the field
still to be done should be attended
to without any further delay as it is
now getting late to plant and expect
to get a crop of flowers early in the
season. Late planting is all right
when the crop is not needed until late,
but to cut any quantity of flowers
early in the season, or for Xmas the
plants must be well established and
pushing up their flower shoots by Oc-
tober 1; also, as the season advances,
it is harder for the plants to get con-
trol of the soil, owing to the wood
of the plants being much harder and
the check of transplanting more se-
vere. The general routine of the work
with the plants already getting well
established is to get the supports on
without delay, pay close attention to
their requirements as regards syring-
ing, and watering and also spray reg-
ularly to keep down the insects.

C. W. Johnson.

Rocky Ford, Colo. — A. Nelson of the
Rocky Ford Floral company, who re-
cently built a small experimental
greenhouse here, with a view of learn-
ing the possibilities of the soil and the
action of ditch water upon growing
flora, broke ground August 15 for a
larger greenhouse and will engage in
the business on a big scale.

ROSE NOTES.

Care of the Plants.

During the latter part of August one
may expect cool nights, and it la ad-
visable to have the plants thoroughly
dried off before sundown. It is a good
rule to syringe only once a day after
August 15. The early planted stocks
should now be of fair size, and here
and there one should be able to let
some of the extra strong plants come
into flower, and keep the shorter plants
pinched for a while longer; in this
way the plants will soon become uni-
form in size and productiveness. Very
often a grower finds a ready sale for
some good blooms in September with
comparatively short stems; if this
should be the case it will not hurt
the young stock, provided of course
that it is strong, to let a few of the
longest stemmed flowers come in, care
being taken to leave several eyes be-
low the cut. Of course one should
still keep at the pinching on all of
the plants, young and old, and if this
work is done carefully there will be
very few short stems later when the
length of stem counts. One should
not expect too much from the carried
over plants that have been pruned
hard, that is, at the start. They will
h.ive to be carefully pinched and dis-
budded for weeks perhaps, or until an
entirely new growth has been made,
before they begin to push out vigor-
ously, and until that time they will
require watering with care and no
extra feeding allowed until they show
good color and all around vigor.

The Beauties will have to be watched
with an eye peeled for blackspot. From
now on syringe the plants early, keep
them dusted frequently at the base of
the plants and also the walks and un-
der the tables, with air-slacked lime.
Fumigating should be done whenever
the night is cool enough to shut down
the houses for several hours; even if
there are only a few aphis we believe
in keeping these little pests out in-
stead of allowing them to get in. Keep
the grape dust constantly applied to
the foliage until firing begins and
avoid a dose of mildew, which usually
causes the rose growers some uneasi-
ness in the early fall, especially dur-
ing a rainy spell.

Do not put off the roof repairs; be
sure to have a dry house and a tight
one. One can easily get a dose of
spot or mildew in a house where sev-
eral lights are out of the roof. Again,
it is not too early to look over the
piping, and be sure to replace any-
thing that looks rather doubtful of
going through another winter. Exam-
ine the boiler, all the coils, valves,
etc.. and be on the safe side. Do not
neglect to paint inside and out. The
best greenhouse material obtainable
will decay in time if not properly
painted and cared for. An up-to-date
greenhouse of the iron frame, truss
frame or pipe frame will almost last
indefinitely if the painting is attended
to regularly. The writer helped to tear
a house down several years ago that
had been erected thirty-odd years and
there was not a single decayed timber
in it. This house had received a coat
of paint every season, applied when
thin, and every square foot of the
material was used over again in an-
other building, good for thirty more •
years with the same treatment.

How are the new varieties coming
along? Brilliant looks good where we
have seen it; also Prince E. C. De
Arenberg. The latter is one of the

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thriftiest growers we have yet seen,
and from all reports Hadley is cominK
along nicely; also Ophelia and others.
It will be interesting to compare notes
on the new stock later on when one
gets a better line on them, but there
is no doubt some of them are here to
stay for a while. Do not fail to, give
the new roses a good trial before you
do an.\' knocking. E.

Recent Rose Introductions.

Paper, preseuted by Walter Huston, Toronto.
Ont.. at the Canadian Horticultural Associa-
tion's annual convention. Toronto. August
-IT. 1914.

The subject assigned to me is — "Re-
• cent Introduction of Roses." I pre-
sume it means that I am to quote a
list of new roses and give my opinion
of them, which I shall proceed to do.

Lady Hillingdon is an English rose
introduced by Lowe & Shawyer. When
I first saw this rose at Detroit, I was
very much impressed with it, and
after growing it for two years, I can
say that it is one of the most pro-
lific roses grown; but it has one great
drawback, a number of the flowers
come white or light colored and so are
unsalable, Irut when you get^ a bud
that is perfect I do not know of any
prettier rose grown.

Sunburst, another yellow, is a beau-
tiful rose when in good color: but dur-
ing the winter months it has the same
defect as Hillingdon; that is, all the
strong shoots bring light colored buds.
In fact, in some there is no yellow
at all. and had I been judging at the
spring show- in Toronto, I would have
passei those tlowers that took first
prize for yellow, as I considered they
were nearer a white than a yellow. It
seems to be at its best in the sumriier
time, as the plants I have kept grow-
ing this summer have given me good
colored Howers all summer, and when
it comes night, it is a beauty.

Irish Fire Flame is a rose that, in
my opinion, has a future. It is not a
rose that will be of much use as a
Khipper (at least I think so), as it
has only five petals, but for local mar-
ket where it can be used at once, it
and glossy foliage make a most strik-
ing effect. It is a very free grower
and one crop follows the other in quick
succession, but it is of no use in hot
weather. Milady, to me and to others,
has been a great disappointment.
While I have had some beautiful roses
from it. the majority' are of no use.

Madame Russell \vill give quicker
returns from the time of planting
than any rose that I know, as it is.
such a rapid grower that you can cut
flowers from them six weeks after
planting and it will keep coming. Its
drawbaciv is too many petals and it
lakes so long to open in the cold
weather that some of the outer petals
fade by the time it is fit to cut and
unless it is allowed to develop well
<m the plants, the store men tell me
it is useless; it just stays there and
fades away, but for spring and fall it
will give you a nice lot of flowers with
lots of substance. Of course another
year may prove different. Shawyer
is a rose* "somewhat after the color of
Bridesmaid, which in my opinion it has
supplanted entirely. It is a wonderful
growtr and bloomer and I think will
give more flowers per plant the year
round than any rose that grows and
always has a stiff stem.

Of the year's introduction w-e have
Killarney Brilliant, a sport from Kil-
larney and much darker. So far it
look.u promising but I will be able to

tell you more about it another year.
Ophelia to me looks most promising;
what few flowers I have seen are very
beautiful and it looks like a very good
grower. Hadley is spoken of as a very
fine red; what few plants I have
look nice, and the flowers I have seen
are a very nice dark color. Prince de
Arenburg is a free grower, but the
flowers are not so good a color as I like
and puts one in mind of Wooton; Ce-
cila Brunner is A. free flowering poly-
anthus that has been grown largely on
the Pacific Coast. Personally I have
always had a fancy for flowers in clus-
ters and to my mind they are prettier
than a single stem. Just how the pub-
lic appreciates them has to be seen.

Kansas City Florists' yub.

AJ^XUAI. Of

The greatest day among the flori.sts,
seedsmen, nurserymen and gardeners
of Kansas City, Mo., and vicinity that
has ever been recorded, was the Kan-

One of the Hews Pottery Exhibits at the
Boston Convention.

sas City Florists' Club's annual picnic
held at M, E. Chandler's grove -Wednes-
day, August 26. All the florists, except
a few of the retail florists who could
not close for some unknown reason,
were true blue and put the lock and
key on their doors, and at 12 o'clock
noon lijO members and their friends
were off for the picnic. Special street
cars were engaged for the crowd, with
banners decorating the sides. A fea-
ture a little different ■ from anything
that has ever been pulled off in Kan-
sas City, was the throwing of bou-
quets of roses, donated by the Geo.
M, Kellogg Flower & Plant Co., Henry
Kusik & Co., and T. J. Noll & Co..
from the car windows to the multitude
of people on Main street who were
watching the picnic crowd as they mer-
rily moved out of the noisy city to the
beautiful walnut grove of M, E, Chand-
ler, nurseryman, who so kindly in-
vited the Kansas City Florists' Club
and all .the trade, to bring their em-
ployes and families for the first annual
picnic. The afternoon's entertainment
was under the direction of the club
officers, G. K, Parker of the Geo, M,
Kellogg Flower & Plant Co.. president
of the club, and Fred Fromholdt, vice-
president, Dick Parker, traveling sales-
man for Poehlmann Bros. Co., of Chi-
cago, arrived in town just in time to
give some nice. prizes for the contests
and to act as first judge of all the con-

tests. The afternoon program opened
with a baseball game between the
"has-beens" and the "will-bes" and
closed a four-inning game with a score
of six to six. The contests and games,
some having as high as twenty entries,
followed.

Mr, and Mrs. Chandler made an ideal
host and hostess. At about five-thirty,
they spread the table, ready for the
truck load of baskets and boxes to be
emptied of their contents, more than
can be descrilied in such short space
and more than the l.iiO persons present
could carry around for the balance
of the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Chand-
ler loaded the table with grapes,
peaches, tomatoes, jelly and other good
things to eat. After the awarding of
about .'i;l(W worth of prizes, there was
a vote of thanks extended to Mr. and
Mrs. Chandler for their invitation and
their many courtesies during the after-
noon and evening; also to Dick Parker
of Poehlmann Bros. Co. for his per-
sonal work and for the prizes given
through him by his firm. G. Holsinger
ofHolsinger Bros.. Merriam, Kansas,
invited the club to their nurseries for
next year's annual picnic. The invi-
tation was unanimously accepted. -A.
vote of thanks was then given to the
firms who so kindly donated the many
prizes which helped to make our picnic
a grand success; also to the committee
of the club who worked so industri-
ou.^ly to make everything go off as it
should. The picnickers then gathered
on the lawn and were favored with
music by the Field's orchestra of Kan-
sas City. Kansas. Mr. Chandler also
brought his victrol.a out on the porch
and the evening was spent in a general
good time. W^m. Biederman calling
off the old square dance in fine shape
and everyone took part.

Next year, we feel sure that all the
florists will join in and make the sec-
imd annual picnic one that will set a
pace for oiu' neighboring cities who
have held their annual picnics for many
years past. The out of town guests
were : Dick Parker, representative of
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Chicago; P. G.
Brackenbury. of Pleasant Hill, Mo.;
Mrs. Seals, of Birmingham, Ala.

The following were successful mn-
testants in the various contests :

Men and women's horseshoe pitch-
ing contest — Mrs. G. E. Thomas and
Mr. Coffee, 1st; Mrs. G. K. Par-
ker and A. E. Adams. 2d; Miss Gladys
Clemens and Fred Fromholdt, .3d.

Men and women's sack race — Miss

D. Biederman and Mr. Wilson. 1st;

Miss L. Biederman and Geo. Holsinger,
2d; Mrs. G. K. Parker and R. A. Hunt-
ing, .'id; Mi-ss Eloise Moseley, 4th.

Men and women's watermelon eat-
ing contest — Miss Hazel V. Cope and
Chas. Robinson, 1st; Miss L. Bieder-
man and Wm. Biederman, Jr., 2d.

Men and women's free for all race-
Miss Hazel V, Cope and Geo. Holsin-
ger, 1st; Miss R. S. Barnes and W.
J, Barnes, Jr., 2d; Miss D. Biederman
and Mr. Warling, .'id.

Men and women's throwing of base-
ball— Mrs. B. Adoms and Mr. Jar-

rett, 1st; Mrs. C. E. Thomas and Mr.

Coffee, 2d; Mrs, J. H. Boyd and

Mr. Wil.son. 3d; Miss Hazel V.

Cope and W. J. Barnes, Jr., 4th.

Fat man's race — Mr. Wilson.

1st; G. Holsinger, 2d; Fred Fromholdt,
.'id; J. Holsinger, 4th.

Ladies' peanut race — Miss Goldie
Plynn, 1st; Mi.ss R. S. Barnes, 2d;
Miss D, Biederman, 'i&.

Boy's and girl's race— Miss Hazel
V, Cope and Geo. Couch won.

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KANSAS CITY FLORISTS' FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC.

Men's flat £oot jumping — Russel Har-
dy, 1st; J. W. Barnes, 2d; Mr. Jar-
rett, 3d.

Men's tree climbing contest — Chas.
Redmon, 1st; Wm. Biederman, Jr.. 2d.

Men and women's tug of war. ( 2l»
on each side! — Capt. Fred Fromholdt.
pocketljoolv for each one; Capt. Mr.s.
W. J. Barnes, .j Hi. box candy.

Tacoma Dahlia Society.

The fourth annual show held by the
Tacoma Dahlia Society Friday and Sat-
urday, August 21 and 22. proved to be
one of the greatest dahlia exhibitions
ever seen in the Northwest and the
thousands of visitors who attended are
still praising the show, and commend-
ing the successful efforts of the offi-
cers of the society. The entire show
was the result of the amateur growers'
work and the beautiful flowers were a
iredit to any one, whether professional
grower or not. Nowhere could better
flowers be produced than were shown.
The show was held on the roof garden
of the Rhoads department store and
every person was invited and urged to
see the great show absolutely free.
Many thousands of flower lovers went.
and all were enthusiastic in praise of
the flowers. No doubt a great many
will try to grow dahlias next year, and
the result will be a more beautiful
Tacoma, as well as greater business
for those who are in the trade and
who sell bulbs. Probably ."..5.000 flow-
ei's were shown and the list would
very nearly reach four hundred named
sorts, besides a fine lot of seedlings,
some of which will no doubt be grown
in the years to come, and be classed
among the best standard sorts.

The display l>y Metropolitan Park
Board was splendid, and included
many sorts of perennials, besides over
100 sorts of dahlias.

Mrs. Geo. Sheffield of Vashon Island
had a wonderful display, both in quan
tity and quality, liut she acted as one
of the judges and consequently her
flowers did not score. She estimates
she has 411.0(1(1 dahlias on her farm.

James R. Thompson had a great
display and received the society's cuii
for having the greatest number of
points as a total.

Every type and every color was
shown and the flowers were in first
class condition at closing time, 10 p.
m.. .Saturday evening, and as the clos-
ing hours drew near the visitors were
urged to help themselves. The hos-
pitals were liberally supplied with
the best of the flowers left. Great
credit is due the officers of the so-
ciety, and the public of Tacoma are
all thankful for an opportunity to see
and participate in such a wonderful
show.

.S. L. H.

Mrs. Wm. F. Gude.
Prosideiit-EK'i-'t Ladies" Scx.'ietv of Am. Flori-sts.

Army-Worm Moth With One Colored Wing:

Everyone interested in the destruc-
tion of the army-worm pest is being
requested by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture to look out for
army-worm moths with one artificially-
colored wing. The department's ento-
mologists are catching army-worm
moths where they are plentiful, color-
ing one wing of each, and then liber-
ating them in the same territory, so
that they may determine whether
these moths fly directly west, or north,
and how quickly and far they will
spread. A better knowledge of the
habits of this pest should enable the

department to control its spread. No
moths are to be let loose where their
liberation could possibly add to the
natural damage.

The moths are already showing
themselves in Virginia and in Mary-
land, and the department's agents are
catching specimens at Portsmouth and
Charlottesville in Virginia and Hagers-
town in Maryland. The agents at
Portsmouth are applying a red stain
to one wing of each specimen caught;
tho.se at Charlottesville a black or yel-
low stain; and those at Hagerstown, a
violet color. Then the moths are left
to follow the natural course they
would have pursued. "Look for the
army-worm with a coloi'ed wing dur-
ing the coming month," the depart-
ment's bureau of entomology is advis-
ing its agents east of the Mississippi.
Any one observing a marked specimen
will aid in the campaign by i-eporting
the fact to the Bureau of Entomology,
Washington. D. C. When its presence
has lieen noted, the moth should be
destroyed.

HOW TO HECOQN1ZE THE MOTH.
The wings of the army-worm moth,
when outspread, measure about IV2
inches from tip to tip. The body is
about half this length. The general
shape of the moth with its wings out-
spread is triangular. The moths will
hover about the lights in the evening.
On farms, they will be found on the
outside of screens and doors at night.
They will probably not be observed in
the daytime. On. dark, hot close
nights, such as precede thunder
storms, they will probably be espe-
cially noticeable. The army-worm pest
has caused considerable damage to the
crops and lawns this summer through-
out the northern United States east of
the Mi-ssissippi. The worms are only
now disaiipearing in northern Maine
and Michigan, which were probably
hatched from the eggs of moths mi-
grating from more southern portions
of the country. With the additional
knowledge that this experiment will
give, the department hopes to control
the spread of the pest more complete-
\y in coming years.

Li.MOi.N. Iix. — Hembreiker Bros,
are building a new office building for
their greenhouses at New Holland, 111.

St. Louis, Mo.— The most important
event of the year in botanical circles
will be the celebration of the twenty-
fifth anniversary of the Missouri
Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden) as
a city institution October 14, 15 and 16.
Dr. George T. Moore, director of the
garden, has jilanned an elaborate pro-
gramme for the celebration, which is
being changed materially because of
the European war, which will make it
impossible for some of the eminent
foreign scientists to attend.

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Recent Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.

Address by Jobn Dunbar, Rocbester, N. Y.,
before the Western New York Horticultural So-
ciety.

The Improvement of garden lilacs Ib
still being maintained, and new varie-
ties are being annually introduced that
are improvements in many respects on
the older varieties. The new species
that have been introduced from west-
ern China by E. H. Wilson will prob-
ably be used to hybridize with some of
the present garden species or varieties,
and it is quite likely that the already
long list of varieties and hybrids will
be considerably augmented in the near
future. Amongst the double-flowering
lilacs, Henri Martin has large clusters
of flowers of medium size, clear mauve,
carmine in the bud. Marechal Lannes,
enormous flower clusters, and the Indi-
vidual flowers very double to semi-
double, violet-lilac, violet-carmine In
the bud. Mireille, of somewhat dwarf
habit, compact clusters, individual
flowers suggestive of hyacinth forma-
tion, grayish-white. Montaigne, very
large clusters, individual flowers globu-
lar in outline, rosy-lilac. Miss Ellen
Willmott, thin branching habit, very
large somewhat pendulous flower clus-
ters, flowers white, blooming late. Oli-
vier de Serres, enormous flower thyrses,
supported on strong stems, bluish-lilac,
flowers freely. President Pallieres,
very large full clusters, and individual
flowers of large size, rosy-lilac, buds
President Viger, habit thin, very con-
spicuous flower clusters, bluish-mauve
to lavender-lilac. President Loubet,
rosy-mauve, late-flowering variety.
enoriTlous compact clusters. Individual
flowers of large size, purplish-red, buds
reddish-carmine. Waldeck- Rousseau,
flower clusters of conspicuous size,
sometimes twelve inches long, light
rosy-lilac, with a whitish center.

Among the single-flowering lilacs,
although the named varieties are not
nearly as numerous as the double-flow-
ering kinds, are many beautiful gar-
den plants, and our opinion is that
they are really much more beau-
tiful than the double-flowering ones.
Cavour has erect flower clusters
of deep slaty bluish-lilac. Decaisne,
medium-sized clusters, clear bluish-
lilac, inclined to flower very free-
ly. De Miribel, enormous clusters
of violet bluish-lilac flowers, reverse
of petals whitish colored. Gilbert, con-
spicuously large thyrses, bluish-lilac
flowers, full and well-rounded. Milton,
very showy clusters and deep violet-red
flowers, whitish reverse on the petals,
flowers of immense size. Montgolfler,
flowers purplish-crimson, reverse of
petals violet tinged white. Reaumur,
voluminous clusters of carmine red-
dish-purple, varying to dark velvety-
lilac, individual flowers of very large
size. Tomboucton, elongated clusters
of large round full flowers, dark violet-
red. Vestale produces numerous flow-
er clusters, which individually have
the petals reflected in resemblance to
hyacinth blossoms, flowers white.
Amongst the single white-flowering
lilacs, Vestale appears to be very dis-
tinct. .

During the past few years the Le-
molnes of Prance have introduced a
new race of hybrid lilacs by crossing
Syrlnga Giraldl of northern China with
some of the early-flowering vulgaris
varieties. As S. Giraldi flowers about
one week earlier than any of the vul-
garis forms we are getting, in these
new hybrids, a race of early-flowering
kinds, which should be of great value
In extending the flowering season of

these valuable shrubs. Lamartine Is
one of these hybrids, and the flowers
are produced in large, loose, graceful
clusters of a rosy-mauve. Mirabeau Is
another Giraldi hybrid in which the
panicles stand out conspicuously, and
are rosy-lilac mauve.

A number of new species of very
ornamental brambles were discovered
In western China by E. H. Wilson, and
some of them are very useful as climb-
ing plants. Rulius bambusarum has
trailing branches ten to twelve feet
long, %vith trifoliate leaves. The leaf-
lets are covered underneath with a
dense dun-colored tomentum. The
flowers are produced in terminal clus-
ters. Rubus flagellitormis Is a very
beautiful species from the mountain
woods of central China. The cordate
leaves have a metallic appearance on
the upper surface, and the under sur-
face Is covered with a dun-colored to-
mentum. The important features of
this bramble are in the foliage and
habit. Rubus Inomlnatus has usually
trifoliate leaves, dark green on the
upper surface, and whitish beneath.
The orange-scarlet fruits, in large pani-
cles, are said to be very showy, but it
has not fruited in this part of the
world. Rubus lasiostylus is a re-
markably distinct species. The stems
are white and look as if they had been
white-washed. This species would
have to be planted with care, or used
as a single individual, owing to its sin-
gular appearance.

Mains Sargentll Is a very ornamen-
tal shrubby crab-apple, introduced
from Japan in 1802 by Dr. C. S. Sar-
gent. This is perhaps the only known
crab-apple of a distinctly bush habit.
The single flowers are produced about
the third week in May. The yellowish
red fruits in the fall are very orna-
mental. Malus Zumi is another sp'ecies
Introduced from Japan by Dr. Sargent
at the same time as the last. It be-
comes a small tree with an upright
branching habit. The large single flow-
ers are remarkably showy and are
usually produced about the middle of
May. In the fall the small fruits are
of much interest. Prunus Sargentll is
a beautiful flowering cherry, intro-
duced from Japan In 1892 by Dr. C. S.
Sargent. It becomes a large tree ^vith
an upright branching habit, and deep
green handsome leaves, five inches
long and three inches wide. The large
rosy-tinted flowers produced in two-
flowered clusters, blossom about May
10. Prunus pendula. variety ascen-
dens ( syn. P. subhirtella), is perhaps

the most conspicuous and showy of all
the early-flowering tree*. When a
well-grown individual is enveloped with
the pinkish-white flowers it certainly
is a cynosure. It blossoms in the parks
during the first week in May. It is a
native of Japan, and belongs to the
cherry section of Prunus, and is per-
fectly hardy. It should be in all parks
and gardens. Prunus tomentosa ia
another showy species in the cherry
section, which I think, has been men-
tioned in former reports. It comes
from Manchuria and is quite hardy. It
makes a dense spreading tree-like
bush, with usually solitary flowers,
produced from every joint, distinctly
pinkish in color, and blossoms about
May first.

Berberis Bealei.

For garden decoration this is one of
if not the finest of, the evergreen pin-
nate-leaved mahonias , or berberries.
The stiff, upright branches, five feet to
six feet or more in height, clothed with
the shining evergreen leaves, are at-
tractive at all seasons, and especially
so from January to March, when fur-
nished with terminal racemes of yellow
flowers. Though small individually,
the blooms are produced in profusion
in a cluster of terminal racemes, which
crown most of the growths at this sea-
son. The flowers are deliciously fra-
grant and are followed by dark purple
fruits.

Berberis Bealei is an attractive
shrub for a specimen bed on the lawn,
and for grouping freely in shrubbery
borders, along the outskirts of a wood,
or by the side of woodland walks. Be-
ing very impatient of disturbance at
the roots, plants must be placed in
their permanent position when small,
or transplanting must be done with a
large ball of soil and roots. April and
September are the best seasons for
planting.

Unfortunately, considerable confu-
sion exists in the names of the large-
growing mahonias. We have four or
five names in gardens, and it is a knot-
ty problem as to which plants the re-
spective names belong. There is B.
Japonica. a native of Japan, which
some botanists are inclined to think Is
not In cultivation; B. Bealei (Bot. Mag.
tab. -1.852), introduced by Robert For-
tune from China, and named by him
in compliment to a gardening friend of
his in Shanghai; B. Bealei, var. plani-
folia (Bot. Mag., tab. 4,84G) ; B. nepa-
lensis, a native of the temperate Hima-
layas, and B. intermedia.

W. J, BRO^VN•S FIELD OF ASTERS, JACKSON, MISS.

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Tho type plants of B. Bealei and B.
nepalensis are readily distinguished.
The leaflets of B. Bealei are very
broad, tliere being usually from three
to six pairs, and a terminal one, to
each leaf. The inflorescences are arch-
ing, some four inches to eight inches
long; the plants are perfectly hardy.
B. nepalensis has smaller and more
numerous leaflets, from four to twelve
pairs, and a terminal one composing
each leaf. The inflorescences are erect,
and up to 12 inches long. This species
can only be grown outside in mild lo-
calities, for although plants flourish in
the Coombe Wood Nurseries, Kingston,
they cannot be grown in the open at
Kew.

A considerable amount of the con-
fusion existing in the names appears
to be due to the variation obtained by
cultivating the plants in our gardens,
and raising them in quantity from
seeds. Whether the three plants grow-
ing wild respectively in China, India
and Japan are varieties of one species,
or three distinct species, may be left
for botanists to decide. For garden
purposes the plant with the distinct,
broad leaflets, and named B. Bealei by
Robert Fortune, is the hardiest and
most valuable. — A. Osborn, in The Lon-
don Gardeners' Magazine.

American Association of Park Supts.

ANNUAL CONVENTION.

The sixteenth annual convention of
the American Association of Park Su-
perintendents was held at Newburgh,
N. Y., and New York City, August
24-27, 1014, with a good attendance of
the members.

The annual business session was
held at the Palatine Hotel, Newburgh.
on the evening of Monday,- August 8.
The Mayor of Newburgh gave the dele-
gates a cordial welcome on behalf of
the city, followed by addresses by the
park commissioners of Newburgh. A
sketch of the life and work of Andrew
Jackson Downing was given by Prof.
F. A. Waugh, and "The preservation
of natural woodlands under park con-
ditions," was the subject of an inter-
esting discussion led by Oglesby Paul,
landscape gardener, Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia, Pa.

The election of oflicers for the en-
suing year resulted as follows :

Gustave X. Amrhyn, New Haven,
Conn., president; Roland Coterill, Seat-
tle, Wash., secretary and treasurer.
The following vice-presidents were also
elected : H. Merkel, New York, first;
John McLaren, San Francisco, Calif.,
second; Chas. Kaille, Newburgh, N. Y.,
third; John Henderson, Montreal, Can-
fourth; C. W. Fohn, Colorado Springs,
Colo., fifth; J. H. Frost, Chicago, sixth.

San Francisco was decided upon as
the next place of meeting and the date
upon which it Will be held was left for
the decision of the executive commit-
tee. A change was also made in the
constitution and by-laws, doing away
with special members, and creating
senior and junior members.

On Tuesday, August 25, a trip by
autos was made visiting parks and va-
rious other points of interest in the
vicinity of Newburgh, including the
Downing Homes, Washington's head-
quarters and the public playgrounds of
Newburgh. Following a trip through
the Tuxedo Valley to Tuxedo Park, the
party were entertained at luncheon, as
the guests of Mrs. E. H. Harriman, on
her estate at Arden.

On Wednesday, August 26, through
the courtesy of Hon. Geo. W. Perkins,
president of the inter-state park com-
mission, the delegates made a trip by
boat, down the Hudson river to West
Point, stopping at different points
along the inter-state park river front.
The trip was then continued on to
New York.

On Thursday, August 27, at the Ho-
tel Astor, New York, the delegates
were welcomed in a felicitous speech
by Mayor Mitchel, Cabot Ward, presi-
dent of the New York park board, was
also a speaker. The remainder of the
day was spent in visiting the parks of
Greater New York.

A. F. P.

Uuclnoal).

DULL TKADE CONTINUES.

Last week's business showed no im-
provement over that of the preced-
ing week. If anything it was slightly
worse. Apparently about one-third
more stock is coming in than is neces-
sary for market requirements, and
with this surplus prices are naturally
down to "rock bottom." Shipping is
not very brisk. The rose receipts are
large and of an appreciably better
quality than before. They include ade-
quate offerings of every seasonable va-
riety, including American Beauties.
Carnation receipts are a little heavier
than at the last writing. Lilium gi-
ganteum are easily able to take care
of every call for them, but the rubrums
do not have much of a market. Lily
of the valley enjoys a fair call. Asters
and gladioli naturally continue to form
the great bulk of the offerings but only
the best of them sell at all readily.
Other offerings are tuberoses, dahlias
and some early cosmos.

NOTES.

The annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the Hyde Park Rose Co.,
was held August 31. Gus Meier, Al-
bert Sunderbruch, Bernard Sunnen-
berg, Frank Sunnenberg and Henry
Sunnenberg were re-elected directors,
and chose Gus Meier for president;
Albert Sunderbruch, vice-president, and
Bernard Sunnenberg, secretary-treas-
urer.

P. J. dinger and wife left from Chi-
cago for Emerado, N. D., for a visit
the middle of this week. Mrs. Olinger
departed for Chicago last Saturday.

Chas. L. Baum and A. J. McNutt
stopped in this city on their way home
from the convention.

C. E. Critchell reports a good de-
mand for lily of the valley.

Visitors : Sam Seligmann, of "Sprin-
kleproof" fame; Milton Alexander, of
Lion & Co., New York City; Frank
McCabe, of A. L. Randall Co., Chi-
cago; M. Jensen, of Buck & Co., Wash-
ington, O.

H.

Framingham, Mass.

Though comparatively a young man,
S. J. Goddard has established a fine
reputation as a grower. It is quite
natural that he should be best known
to the tirade in general as a carnation
grower, as he is now president of the
American Carnation Society. He does
not, however, confine his activities to
carnations, but likewise grows stock
to supply a large local retail trade.
He has 35,000 square feet of glass and
his range and adjoining grounds are
models of order and neatness. It was
he that brought from England the be-
gonia Glorie de Chatelaine, and he
grows a large stock of it, having re-
cently planted a bed in the Conven-
tion garden. Mr. Goddard. in addition
to his work for the carnation, is a life
member of the S. A. F. and active in
other societies.

A. F. F.

OBITUARY.

John McElvery.

John McElvery, who twenty years
ago was a noted amateur gardener
and florist of Brooklyn, N. Y., died at
his home, 342 Lenox avenue. Flatbush,
on August 25, aged 79 years. He was
born in Ireland, near the Giants'
Causeway, coming to this country with
his parents when 11 years old. He
was educated in Brooklyn, .\fter leav-
ing school his career was varied and
interesting. He spent some years in
the south and west, and was a friend
of Abraham Lincoln's long before Lin-
coln was elected persident. Mr. El-
very served for a time in the Union
army, returning to Brooklyn and es-
tablishing a contracting business. He
was an ardent lover of flowers, grow-
ing them as a pastime, and it is said
that twenty years ago he was the
most successful grower of water lilies
in this country, and was extensively
consulted and quoted in the trade. In
this connection it is stated that in ad-
dition to open ponds, he had tanks in
which the water could be heated. He
had a garden several acres in extent
which contained a great collection of
flowering plants, and which was an at-
traction that brought many visitors.
His funeral was held on August 29
with Masonic ceremonies.

A. F. F.

Eutrope Ferrand

Eutrope Ferrand, well known nur-
seryman of Detroit and Amy, Mich.,
died at his residence, 379 Vinewood
avenue, August 26, aged 76 years. He
was born in Cognac, France, and came
to this country in 1861. He settled
in Michigan and engaged in railroad
work for many years, later taking up
landscape work and the nursery busi-
ness. About 19 years ago he was ap-
pointed park commissioner, which po-
sition he held for several years. He
is survived by a widow and two sons.
Marcel of Detroit, and George of Pon-
tiac, Mich., and a daughter, Mrs.
Charles Langs, of Detroit.

J. F. S.

Thomas Pepperdine.

Thomas Pepperdine. at one time pro-
prietor of the Chatsworth Greenhouse,
died at his home in Chatsworth, 111.,
Monday evening, August 17. While
he had been ill for some time with
bronchial trouble, he seemed to be on
the road to recovery, but a sudden
attack of the old trouble affected an
already weak heart, and death came
suddenly.

J. M. Brunson.

J. M. Brunson, 79 years old, for many
years the leading florist of Paducah,
Ky., died August 25 of Bright's disease.
He was a native of Ohio, and had re-
sided in Paducah about twenty-three
years. He was a member of the First
Presbyterian church, and formerly was
superintendent of the Sunday-school. A
brother. H. C. Brunson, of Cumberland
Falls, Ky., survives him.

Snohomish, Wash. — W. J. Rick-
etts, florist, has just finished hous-
ing 10,000 fine carnation plants, and
still has 3,000 more to go in. He also
has a good supply of bulbs and plants
with which he supplies quite an ex-
tensive wholesale trade.

TOPEKA, Kan. — After a lapse of two
years, the members of the Shawnee
County Horticultural Society met Au-
gust 2".5, voted to boost the State Fair
at Topeka, partook of a picnic dinner,
listened to several horticultural ex-
perts, and voted to meet again the sec-
ond Wednesday in October, at Gage
park.

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Sept. s.

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THIS GSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Suggestions for plant growt-rs 361

— Dahlias 361

— Begonia (ilorie de Lorraine 361

— Cinerarias 361

— .^nomone Japoniea 361

— Violets 302

Lake (leneva tJarileners" and Foremen's Ass'n. 362

The retail trade 362

— Boy scouts' emblem (illus. ) 362

— Window flower boxes in St. Louis 362

— Idle hours of summer 362

— Wreaths by Z. D. Blai-liistone (illus. ) .362-,'S64
— Storeman's view of cut dower situation. .303

Hardy perennial seeds outdoors 364

The carnation 365

— Carnation stem rot ■. 363

President-elect Welch (illus.) 365

Rose notes ; , ,36.')

— Care of the plants 365

— Recent rn.se introductions 366

Kansas City Florists' Club outing (illus. ). .360

Hews" lottery exhibit (illus.).. 306

Taeoma Dahlia Society 307

Mrs. Wm. F. Gude (portrait) 367

Army worm moth with one colored wing.. 367

Receq^ ornamental trees and shrubs 368

Berberis Benlii 368

W. .T. Brown's field of asters lillus.) 368

American .Vsso. of Park Superintendents. . .369

f'incinnati 369

Obituary , . ." . .369

— John McElvery — Eutrope Ferrand 369

— Thos. Pepperdine — ,T. M. Bruuson 369

The San Diego exposition 370

C S. Swayger heads 1. C. R, R. fiardeuers.370

Boston convention , ,,370

Chicago 376

Oklahoma City 380

Milwaukee 380

Philadelphia 382

Cleveland 383

New York 384

Boston 381

St. Lonis 386

The seed trade 392

— Canary Island onion seed I'riip 302

— Inmiortelles 392

— V'ilmorins hopeful 392

— Henderson prisoner of war .392

— California seed crops 302

— Idaho clover seed crops 392

The nursery trade 396

— Citrous 'rrifoliata seedliuKs guarantined. .390

— Illinois nurs. stock hurt by drought .396

— .\merican Ass'n of Nurserymen 390

Market gardeners ."lOS

— Harvesting onions .'198

The allied trades 4fl5

— New "Bed Devil" circular glass cutters. .40.'i

Montreal. Can 405

Cnniiectliiit Horticultural Society .4(111

Tex.\s is said to be a candidate for
the S. A. F, convention of 1916.

The early .September frosts some-
times do great damage to unprotected
stock. Watch the local weather bul-
letins.

It is believed the park superintend-
ents will join the florists on the trip
to the convention city, San Francisco,
next August.

ihe San Dlesro Exposition.

The San Diego Exposition will be
the most picturesciue one ever placed
on the earth. It is not immense, not
large like the San Francisco Exposi-
tion, but the prettiest picture anyone
can imagine. The Southern California
exhibit, comprising the seven southern
counties, is a gem in itself, and I wish
all would make an effort to see it.

F. RpwAHu Gray,

Society of American Florists.

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT KEGISTRATION.

Public notice is hereby given that as
no objection has been filed against the
registration of the Sweet Pea Selma
Swenson. by Vaughan's Seed Store,
New York and Chicago, same becomes
comiiiete. Joiix Young, Sec'y.

Aug. 22, 1914.

Coal Operators After Export Trade.

Keeping pace with efforts that are
being made in other lines of business
in the same direction, the coal operas
tors of the United States are planning
to enter the export field in the South
American trade. Inasmuch, however,
as the basis of credit and exchange
heretofore has been throngh English
financial institutions, until some plan
can be evolved to overcome this diffi-
culty, they are for the present at least,
in what might be termed a state of
watchful waiting.

C. F. Swayg^er Heads I. C. R. R. Gardeners.

C. F. Swayger. proprietor of the
.Swayger Greenhouses. Cheyenne, Wyo..
has sold his business to A. A. Under-
wood, for many years a resident of
Wyoming, and a practical grower. Mr.
Swayger. who has a record as a land-
scape gardener and florist, having
started as a horticultural student when
18 years old. and identified with the
calling since that time, has ac-
cepted the position of chief gar-
dener of the Illinois Central-Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley Railroad com-
pany, with his headquarters at Cham-
paign. 111. He will be in charge
of the railroad gardening in a terri-
tory of 10.000 miles, covering 14 rail-
road divisions. The best wishes of his
many friends in the craft follow him
to his new home and work.

Boston Convention.

.JUDGES REPORT ON MONINGER EXHIBIT.
We have examined the bolted steel
purlin clamp exhibited and used in
the construction of John C, Moninger
Company greenhouses, and after care-
fully considering the good features of
this fitting, we do recommend that a
certificate of award of the highest
mention be given to the John C. Mon-
inger Company. Chicago and New
York, for this fitting. This fitting is
made for any sized pipe, and is of
steel, galvanized. This bolted clamp
fitting takes the place of the old style
split tee. and is a great improvement.
The pipe support is placed directly
underneath the pipe purlin, and the
split fitting goes around the pipe purlin,
and down on the sides of the support.
A bolt then passes" through the split
fitting and the pipe support. When
this bolt is tightened and considering
that the pipe support is close to the
purlin, there is no possibility of the
support swaying. The fitting cannot
loosen and thus makes a tight clamp,

W, H. SlERRECHT,
FRANK H, TRAENDLY,
JO.SEPH A, MANDA.

Judges.

FINAL RESOLUTIOI^S.
The delegates to the convention of
the S, A. F., Boston, August 18-21, 1914,
ha\ing been recipients of many cour-
tesies, desire to express their thanks.
We admire the hearty and e>tticient co-
operation of the allied horticultural
interests of Boston which made possi-
'ble the delightful succession of en-
tertainments durinjr our entire visit.

It is gratifying to note the sympathy
and co-operation of the municipal au-
thorities which made possible the con-
vention garden which was so desir-
able a feature that it should be, if
possilile, continued at all future con-
ventions, TVe appreciate the presence
of the Hon, James J. Curley. mayor of
Boston, whose hearty words of sym-
pathy and welcome signalized the for-
mal opening of the convention gar-
den. We also thank the Hon. David
I. Walsh, governor of the great com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, who,
leaving the pressing duties of his of-
fice, came to express his welcome and
his high appreciation of the work in
which the members of the society are
engaged. Mr. Lannin. president of the
Boston American baseball team, de-
serves the thanks of a very large
number of the delegates who availed
themselves of the invitation to games
in progress during our visit. Th^
ladies of the S. A. F. are enthusiastic
in expressing their delight at the re-
sults of the efforts made in their par-
ticular behalf. In summing up we
may say that nothing was left un-
done to make our stay in Boston both
profitable and enjoyable.

RoBT. Craig.

E. G. Hill.

OLAF J. OLSON.

Committee.

Club Meeting's Next Week.

[Secretaries of clubs and societies are re-
quested to send notice of change in date, time
and plare of meeting.]

Denver, Colo,, Sept, 7, 8 p. m,— Colorado
Florist.5' Club. T. M. A. Hall, 1422 Curtis
street. E. P. Neiman, Secretary, 1643 Broad-
way, Denver.

Detroit, Mich,, Sept, 7, 8 p, m, — Detroit
Florists' Club, L. Bemb Floral Co. Raleigh
H. Wells, Secretary, 82T Caufield avenue, De-
troit.

Grand Hapids, Mich., Sept, 7, — Grand Rap-
ids Florists' and Gardeners' Club, office of mem-
ber. Edward Freyling, Secretary, 1057 Wealthy
avenue, (Irand Rapids,

Montreal, Que,, Sept, 7, 7:46 p, m, — Montreal
Gardeners' and Florists' Club, Montreal Floral
Exchange. 140 Mansfield street. W. H. Horo-
bin, Secretary-Treasurer. 283 Marquette street,
Montreal.

Newport, H, I., Sept, 8, — Newport Horticul-
tural S,jciety. William Gray, Secretary, Belle-
vue a\enue. Newport. R. I.

Seattle. Wash., Sept, 8,— Seattle Florists'
Club. Chanit>er of Commerce. Fred W. Gust,
Secretary. 160S Second avenue. Seattle-
Chicago, Sept, 9, — Gardeners' and Florists*
Union. No. 10615. 230 North Clark street,
Louis lleidtman. Secretary, 3610 North Rich-
mond street, Chicago, *

Morristown, N, J., Sept, 9, 8 p. m, — Morris
County Gardeners' and Florists' Society, Ma-
sonic Hall. Edward Regan, Secretary, 139
Madi.soii avenue, Morristown, N. J.

Chicago, Sept, 10, 8 p, m, — Chicago Florists'
Club, Hotel Bismarck, 1T5 W. Randolph street.
James B. Foley, Secretary, 2122 South Ridge-
way avenue, Chicago.

Kock Island, 111,, Sept, 10,— Tri-City Florists'
Club. Henry Meyer, Secretary, Rock Island,
111.

New London, Conn,, Sept, 10. 8 p. m, — ^The
New L<.,n<lon Horticultural Society, at 38 Main
street. J. .M. Humphrey, Secretary. New Lon-
don, Conn.

Omaha, Neb,, Sept, 10, 8 p, m, — Omaha
Florists' Cluli. City Hall. Lewis Henderson.
Secretary, 1519 Faruam street, Omaha, Neb.

St, Louis, Mo,, Sept, 10, 2 p. m. — St. Louis
Florists' Club. Odd Fellows' Building, Ninth and
Olive streets. J. J. Beneke, Secretary. 1216
Olive street, St, Louis.

Hartford, Conn,, Sept. 11, 8 p, m, — The
Connectii-ut Horticultural Society, County Build-
ing. Hartford. Alfred Dixon, Secretary, Weth-
erstield. Conn.

Dobbs Ferry, N. Y,, Sept, 12, 8 p, m Gar-
deners' .\ssociation. Henry Kastberg, Secre-
tary, Doblis Ferry, N. y.

New York, Sept, 12, — Horticultural Society
of New York, at Botanical Garden, Bronx
Park, New York.

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enctose 10 cents extra to cover postage, etc.

Situation Wanted -In a Chicago wholesak- cut
flower house; experienced salesman and packer.
Address Key 444. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Voung lady bookkeeper,
■with si« years experience in a Chicago wholesale
commission house. Chicago preferred. Can furn-
ish best of references. Address

Key 458. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a first-class storeman
and designer. .American, 24 years of age. First-
class references as to ability and character. State
full particulars and salary in first letter. Address.
Key 45fi. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Practical experienced gard'
ener desires a position on large private estate"
Expert on melons and fruits under glass or
outside, also anything pertaining to gardening
culture. Wages $80.iX) per month for start.
Address. Key 451, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — As head gardener florist
superintendent on private place; English, age 36.
married: one child, age 9; life experience in all
branches— hothouse, grapes, peaches, melons.
'mums, carnations, roses, palms, etc.. vegetables
hardy fruits, perennials, trained fruit trees and the
general routine of a well-kept place; 24 years on
best estates; long references from this country
and England. Please state wages in first letter.
Addrrss. Key 457, care American Florist.

Help Wanted— Florist and gardener, competent
to take charge of greenhouse garden and gruunds
at State Institution. Address

Superintendent State Public School

Owatonna. Minn.

Help Wanted— .A sober, capable florist and
landscape gardener, with pot plant knowledge.
Permanent posttion. Board, lodging and laundry
furnished- With references and salary expected,
write Clarence Pierson. M. D., Supt..

East La. Hospital for the Insane. Jackson. La.

Help Wanted— Catalogue man wanted by old
established, centrally located seed company:
must be experienced man at seed catalogue work;
year-'round job in catalogue, booklet and leaflet
writing: state age. experience and salary desired;
give references in tirst letter. Address

Key 459. care American Floris*.

For Rent— Greenhouse range, six houses, about
10.000 square feet of glass, with store and sheds
attached, in very favorable retail location Write
for particulars, giving references as to financial
responsibility, character, etc.

CuRRiE Bros, Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.

For Sale or Rent-Greenhouse of 5000 feet. Two
blocks of cemetery, two blocks of park, with
room to enlarge, in city of 5000.

Wm. B. Hobbs Tipton. Ind.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
$1000.00 cash, an exceptional good deal on green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Imp'l Co.. Brady, Mont.

For Sale -Two lar^'e hot water boilers 14 x 5 ft..
4 in, flues. Guaranteed to be in good condition.
Used 3 years Price S150 00 each, on board cars
here. Also about 100 ventilator sash with glass
3 ft. X 3 ft. 10 in., 4 lights glass, red cedar wood.
price $1 00 each. Red cedar panel doots with
frame. St. 50 each. Doors without frames. $1.00
each. This material was used only 3 years and
is nearly good as new. Geo. Reinberg.

162 N. Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

Big Boiler Bargain

Hot water boiler, used only two months. Big
snap. $200.00 cash takes it. Answer imnaediatelv.
Key 450, care American Florist.

Large place in New Jersey, near New York City.
30.000 feet of glass large dwelling, and furniture,
barn, horses and automobile. Well established
business, local and wholesale also large landscape
business. Place is near railroad and trolley, is in
first class condition all up-to-date improvements.
Price very reasonable; owner must sell at once.
going west. Particulars.

CHAS. MILLANG.
55 W. 26th St., New York City.

Iowa Agricultural College.

Young man wanted for the Horticult-
ural Department of Iowa Agricultural
College. Salary to start, about $70(1 per
J ear, with rooms; married man preferred.
Address Prof. A. T. Erwln,

Agricultural College, Ames, la.

WANTED

Good Rose Grower

For a range near Chicago. Good salary
to right man. Address

Key 460, care American Florist.

Orchid Grower

Wanted an orchid grower, none but
first-class man need apply. Pltase give
reference and wages expected.

MacRORIE, McLAREN S CO.
432 Phelan Bldg., San Francisco, Calif.

Nursery at Sacrifice

Here is an unusual opportunity to acquire a
complete, up-to-date Nursery, with modern equip-
ment in thriving city of the Northwest. Business
well established. Good terms. Will take part
payment in stock. Best reasons (or selling. A
snap if taken at once. Address.

Key 439, care American Florist.

FOR SALE.

12 H. P. INTERNATIONAL GASOLINE ENGINE

Pt-rfect order.

12 H.P.UPRIGHT STEAM ENGINE. Good order.

Very low price. If interested address.

PYFER fi OLSEM,

1625 Central Ave., Wilmette, 111.

Wanted!

To buy at second-hand, a hot water
furnace that will heat three houses
20x76 feet.

Wm, Ballard, First and Rawson Sis., Perry, Iowa.

FOR SALE

One Brown
Bag Filling Machine

Complete with electric heater and
rheostat. Cost $1,250. In perfect
condition. Ready for use. Onlj'
filled 400,000 bags. What offers.

CARTERS,

Raynes Park, London, England.

so H. P. Kewanee Fire Box Boiler. Good as new. used only three months.
Cost $450. Will sacrifice for $150 f.o.b. Hinsdale if taken at once. A bargain.

BASSETT & WASHBURN,

131 North Wabash Ave. Chicago, lU.

10,000 Galvanized Wire Stakes, No 11 wire, 4 ft. 8 inches long $6 00 per 1000

5,000 Galvanized Wire Stakes, No. 11 wire, 4 ft. long 6.00 per 1000

Cash with order, please.

H. MUNSON,

'Phone :
Superior 572,

1405 Wells St., Chicago

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White Enchantress

CARNATION PLANTS

Are Reported to Be Scarce.

Growers having surplus stock should
advertise them in the next issue of
THE AMERICAN FLORIST. You
will get immediate results. Send all.
copy to

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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Sept.

French Bulbs, All Dutch Bulbs

\tf^

Lilium rormosum

^^^^^^^^^^K^^'-^^^^^^^^mJ

Freesias - Callas

V. """^

Piaeonies

ii

m^ Write us for everything or anything you
are short of in "^Hl

FALL BULBS

Ask for Fall "Book for Florists"

VAUGHAN'!

S SEED STORE, SSi^l^^K

The Flowers That
Withered Yesterday

might have been sold today had your refrigerator kept them in
condition. Turn your loss into profit without delay, by installing a

McCray

Florists Display Refrigerator

The McCray keeps flowers fresh longer than any other. Its
system of refrigeration maintains an even temperature of the
proper degree for the preservation of cut flowers and entirely
eliminates the great loss that is caused by imperfect refrigeration.
The -McCray is built to permit an attractive and inviting dis-
play of your flowers, its various compartments being of different
sizes to accommodate the different lengths of cut flowers.
The interior linings are of either opal glass, bevel plate mirror or white enamel and are very handsome and easy to clean.
The exterior may be in any finish desired to match the interior of your woodwork or other fixtures.

The handsome appearance of the McCray is an improvement to any store and is a great stimulant for increased sales and
pleased customers. Investigate the McCray and ascertain why they are the best for florists.

Send Now For Any of the Following Free Catalogs:

No. 73— For Florists. No. 60— For Hotels, Clubs and Institutions.

No. 69— For Grocers. No. 91— Regular sizes for Residences.

No. 60— For Meat Markets. No. AH— Built to order for residences.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO., 670 Lake St., KendallviUe, Ind.

For Branch Salesrooms In Principal Cities See your Local Phone Directory.

^914- The American Florist.

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NOW READY

-The American Florist Company's-

Trade Directory

— FOR 1914 —

Contains 552 Pages. Price $3.00 Postpaid.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY'S
Trade Directory for J 914, fully revised to date,
with thousands of new names and changes of
address, is now ready for distribution. It contains
552 pages, including complete lists of the Florists,
Seedsmen and Nurserymen of the United States,
Canada, Central and South America arranged both
by states and towns and all names alphabetically.
Also lists of Foreign Merchants, Firms Which Issue
Catalogues, Horticultural Supply Concerns, Parks,
Cemeteries, Landscape Architects, Experiment Station
Horticulturists, Botanical Gardens, Seed Growers,
and much other conveniently indexed and invaluable
trade information.

PUBLISHED BY THE

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St , CHICAGO

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Sept. 5,

POEHLMAIN

72-74 E. Randolph St.,

NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

Roses For All Occasion!

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sunbrs
Ward, Hadley, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner. Our sx
is of exceptionally fine quality, and are cut tight especially for long distance ui
ments. Start now by placing regular orders for coming season. !

'Mums, Gladioli, Asters, Cattleya and Fancy Carnations

Best in the Market, All Lengths; Short, Medium and Long.

Easter Lilies

Fine flowers, |
good supply. I

L*l / rL 17' 11 ^^""s^ Suppij.f

ily ot the Valley our extra fineto

ji

We Close During September at 5 p. m., and 12 o'clock noon on Sundays. '

I

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We don't want to discuss War, but we are advised that everything in cloi
will advance. We recommend florists to lay in their stock of Red Chifo
and Ribbons (Chiffons have advanced). Our Ribbons and other commo
which we have on hand have not.

Send us your orders and you will get just treatment.

W. p. CREPE PAPER,
BASKETS,

CREPE TISSUE COVERS
TUMBLER BASKEfS

Our Special Princess witii liners, $3.00 per dM

A medium Satin Taffetta Ribbon that can be used on inexpensive sprays.

Iti— 1!4 inch per bolt, $ .76 No. 60—3% inch per bMl

22— 2?^ inch...; " .90 80— 4 '4 inch

40— 3 1-16 inch " 1.05 100— 4% inch

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375

BROS. CO

Hstance Phone, £*%M^£> J^£* £\ ■■ ■
ndolph 35. ^lll^/litjvr^ IL.L*

FIELD-GROWN

^RNATION PLANTS

ptionally Fine Healthy Stock. Order Your Supply Today.

,0,000 Wards, 3,000 Beacon, 5,000 Perfection, 6,000 Scarlet Glow, $55.00 per 1000;

1,000 May Day, $50 00 per 1000.

RYSANTHEMIM POT PLANTS

Strong bushy stock, to make room, 6-in. at 35c; 7-in. at 50c.
This stock will make you money. Only Best Varieties.

I»OI^I»OI^S— 2^-inch $2.20 per 100; $20.00 per 1000.

YELLOW

Krut Madge Big Baby

Skibo KloDdyke Baby

Ouinola

Waco

Alva

WHITE

Kemmit

BRONZE

Madam Laporte Mrs. Beu

WHITE— Alice Salomon

S POMPONS— "«™-^"^"^^Si„gle piBfO"2E-P-line ! NEW ONES— PmK-Chie,ta,n

SUPREME QUALITY ROSE STOCK

PLANTS THAT MONEY CAN BUY, Growers are always on the lookout for quality rose stock. They realize that the best at the start is the cheapest in
hen buyingplants it is always best to secure your stock from people that have a reputation for producing the best there is to be had. Vou cannot get
[ock than that which we are otfering. for we always aim to give the purchaser the best that our long years of experience enable us to do.

GRAFTED ROSES

2 1/2-inch Plants.

.'ards, Milady $12.00 per 100; SIOO.CO per 1000

3V2-inch Plants.

$15. 00 per ICO; $135.00 per ICOO

rilUant, 2H-iDch 30.00 per 1 00 ; 2; 0.00 per 1000

rUIlant, 3^2 inch 35.00 per 100; 300.00 per 1000

OWN ROOT

21/2-lnch Plants.

Milady, Bulgarie, Wards, KUlarney $5.00 per lOO; $55.00 per lOOO

3!2.inch Plants.

Milady $8,50 per 100; $75.00 per 1000

Kentia Belmoreana

Single Plants

r»ivrv:M s

5 to 6 leaves.

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
*> to 7 leaves.

IS in. high

24 in. high

28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in. high
3fS in. high

42 to 44 in. high
45 to 48 in. high

'■ \\i I icavcB, "yo \\J 10 I

Specimens. $15.00 to $25,00,

Kentia Forsteriana

Single Plants
5 to 6 leaves, 18 to 20 in. high
5 to 6 leaves, 28 to ^^0 in. high
5 to 6 leaves 34 to 36 iti. high

Each

$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.U0

0 35
1.00
1.50

Kentia Forsteriana— Continued

Each

6 incli pots,
8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs,

10 inch tubs.

10 inch tubs.

Single Plants
5 to U leaves. 38 to 42 in. high $ 2.00

6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

46 to 48 in. high 3.50

50 to 54 in. hitih 5.00

5 10 5^2 ft. high 8.00

6to6V'2 ft. high 10.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Made-up Plants

8 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 32 in. high 3.50

10 inch tubs. 5 plants in a tub, 38 to 40 in. high 5.00

10 inch tubs. 5 plants io a tub. 45 to 50 in. high 800

12 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft, high 12.00

6 inch pots,

7 inch pots.

7 inch tubs,

8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs,

10-inch tubs
12-inch tubs,
l2-inch tubs,
Very strontj

6 inch pots,

7 inch pots,

8 inch tubs.

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-up Plants

3 plants in a pot, 28 in. high
5 plants in a pot.

4 plants in a tub,
3 plants in a tub,

3 plants in a tub,

4 plants in a tub.
4 plants in a lub,
4 plants in a tub,
4 plants in a tub.

Each
$1 25
34 to 38 in. high 2^50
38 in. high 3.00

38 to 42 In, high 3.50
48 to 54 in. high 5.00
52 to 56 in. high 6.00
5 ft. high 8.00

5to5!^2 ft. high 10.00

6 ft. high 12.00

specimens. 12 and 15 inch tubs, 7 plants,
$15.00, $18.00 and $25,00.

Ptioenix Roebelenii

20 in. high, 26 in. spread 1.50

2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

fine specimens 3.30

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.

icens, 6-in., 3 plants. 90c, each.

, Kreen.5-in. pots. 13 leaves, $1.00 each.

, varieg;ited, 5-in. pots, 10 to 12 leaves,

eilcMi, hishlv colored.
■ SOeaoh . .Viiich at 75o each.
■1.25 toll, 50 each.
fJOOtoK.Weach.

Sprengeri Baskets. extra stront;.
-2.50 each.

i^ing Baskets, v.ry fine,
land $2.50 each.
n.,5Co.; 6-in., 75c.

$1.00.

Stevia. -.tron;;, 3-in., ready now, at J20 00 per 1000.

English Ivy. strong. 2^0 o 35c each.

Peppers. Chinese and cluster. FuH of fruit, fine

bushy stock. 3-in.. $7 IM per 100; 4 in. $10.00 per ITO.
Primula ObC0niC8,Grandillora and Gi^antea strain,

;)-iiich , Jo.OO per 100. 4-inch, 8o.
Cyclamen, chocie strain, 3-in.. $7.00 per 10".

tilorv of Wanrtsbek, 3-inch, $8.00 per 100.

4-in<-li, choice stock, $15.00 per 100.

4-inch. Glory of Wandsbck, IIH.OO per 100.
Smilax, 2 inch, strong stock, several times pinched

back, $20.00 per 1000. 3-inch, strong stock, several

times pinched back, $40.00 per 1000.

$2.00 .and 12inch at 13.00
$1.00 per doz.;

Boston Ferns, IC inch

to$:-i,50.
Dracaena Godseffiana, 2-inch pot

3-inch pots. $l..'iO per do/..
Dracaena Indivisa, strona.

4-inch at 15c and 20c each.
Begonia, Glorv d'Ch.atelaine. 2i4-in.. $3.50 per 100,

:i-inch, $8.00 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri.

2'4'-in,, $:i.iiu per loi). 3-inc,h, J.5.00 per 100.

Asparagus Plumosus.

3-inch at $7.00; 4-inoh at $12.00 per lOO.
5-inch at$;M.0O to $25.00 per 100.

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Sept. 5,

THE BEST SUMMER ROSES

American Beauties, Hillingdon, Sunburst, Shawyer,
Bulgarie, Rhea Reid and Cecile Brunner.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of flowers of the advantages
of buying direct of the grower. We make a specialty of growing roses for summer.

American Beauties

Long stems

30 36 inch stems .
24-inch stems....

15-iDch stems

Shorter

Per Dozen

$2 50

2C0

1.50

1.00

.25 to .75

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarie,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Ophelia

Per 100

Long 5S00

Medium $5.00 to 6.00

Short 3.00to$400

CURRENT PRICE LIST. ?n"m^a"ker'""*'

Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond Penoo

Extra Select , * $6.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per bunch, 25c
Carnations

Fancy Red. Pink and White. . ..$1.50 to $2.00

Pompon 'Mums

Yellow (only) 50 cents per bunch

Per do2. Per 100

EASTER LILIES, .$1.00; $6.00

LUy of the Valley 4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri 3.00

New Eastern Ferns, per 1000. ..$1.50

Adiantum 1.00

Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

We Close on Weelr Days During September at 5 P. M.
All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, HI., and Greggs Station, m.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago.

NO IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE.
There has been no improvement in
trade since last week, consequently
there is plenty of stock of all kinds
to fill all orders with the possible ex-
ception of lily of the valley and or-
chids. American Beauty roses are very
plentiful and are not moving as well
as thev did last week. Good stock
can be had at very low prices in
large quantities now. There are some
very fine Mrs. Chas. Russell roses to
be had and the same holds good for
roses in general. The other new roses,
Hadley, Ophelia and Killarney Bril-
liant, are arriving in larger quantities
now and are having a fairly good call.
Four and five cents is now being
asked for lily of the valley and it is
likely that the prices will remain so
and even go higher now that the fall
season is near. Chrysanthemums are
seen in larger quantities this week and
fairly good Golden Glow and Smith's
Advance are to be had. Asters are in
good demand, and while the supply
has shortened up considerably there is
still inore than plenty to go around.
Gladioli are to be had yet in large
quantities at low prices. Lilies are
plentiful again and are seen at all the
stores. Carnations are seen in larger
quantities and some good stock is ob-
tainable. The supply houses report an
increase in business this week, which
goes to show that the trade is again
settling down to actual business. There
should be <t great improvement in mar-
ket conditions now that September is
here and better days can soon be
looked for.

NOTES.

Dan MacRorie, H. Plath, P. Fer-
rari and Victor Ferrari, of San Fran-
cisco, Calif., left for home on Sep-
tember 1 with the 1015 convention
tucked safely away in their pockets.
The party visited Poehlmann Bros.

Co.'s greenhouses before their depart-
ure, making the trip in John Poehl-
mann's special train, the Winton Six.
The gentlemen from the Golden Gate
promise every one that attends the
ne-xt convention a rattling good time.
The convention will be held in the new
Auditorium building there.

F. W. Nelson, manager of the retail
department of the Geo. Wittbold Go's,
store in Buckingham place, and Joe
Schouten, of the Ernst Wienhoeber
Floral Co., returned last week -from a
most delightful three weeks' visit In
Colorado. Mr. Nelson says that he
has never seen such splendid outdoor
dahlias, carnations and sweet peas as
he did in the vicinity of Loveland this
season. Fred Meyer, foreman of the
Wittbold plant department is taking a
vacation himself this week.

Wietor Bros, are cutting heavily in
roses of all kinds, especially Killarney,
White Killarney and Richmond. Car-
nations are also seen in large supply
at this house, and are moving well.
Two new varieties that are attracting
a great deal of attention at this store
are Champion and Kaiser. N. J.
Wietor's youngest son Harry has just
undergone a successful operation in the
Chicago Union hospital.

Phil Schupp says that J. A. Budlong
is in fine shape to take care of the
fall business this year. In addition
to their usual fine line of standard
roses and American Beauties, they are
now offer.ing choice Hadley, Ophelia,
Mrs. Chas. Russell and Killarney Bril-
liant. Wm. Homberg, who so ably as-
sists Mr. Schupp at the store,' received
his third degree in Masonry this week.

The Raedlein Basket Co. will not ad-
vance prices on baskets this fall, but
will continue to fill orders at the old
prices until the present supply is ex-
hausted. Every corner of the firm's
large storerooms is completely filled
with stock that was imported from the

,^tvCY_JOjv^

*

WHOLESALE coiimiii«iow fLOUSTS

CBICAGO

Current Price List:

Easter Lilies $1.50 to $2.00 per doz

American Beauties. . . .$l.(X)io J.vOO per doz.
Rlchmord, White and Pink Killarney
My Maryland, Ward, Sunburst. 100

Fancy Jb.CO to $8.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Good Short 3.00

Roses, our selection 3.00

Asters 1.50 to 3.00

Carnations, fancy 2.50

Carnations, firsts 2.00

Carnations, common 1.00

Orchids, Caltleyas. per doz. ..$5.00 to$6.00

Gladioli 4.00 to 8.00

Valley 3.00 to 4.00

Adiantum 75 to 1.00

Sinilax. per doz 2.00 to 2.50

Sprengeri. Plumosus Sprays 2.00 to 4.00

Plumosus strincs. each .35 to .60

Ferns, per 1000 1.50

Galax, per liXlO 1. 00

factories in Germany and unpacked
here before war was officially declared.
A. T. Eichel expects to occupy his
new store at 4228 North Crawford ave-
nue about Oct. 15. He is furnishing
a nice flat in the rear of his store, so
it would not be at all surprising if one
were to hear that he is to be married
in the near future.

/p/y.

The American Florist.

377

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

i:vA^ieoE> cuors

BEAUTIES— RUSSELL— SUNBURST

Order your supply from us. Our stock is fine and
costs no more than the ordinary run of stock.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Exti a long stems $2 BO to $3 00

3o-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 76

20-inch stems 1 50

16-inch stems 1 26

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 35 to 60

Richmond ]

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer i Per 100

KlUarney Select 6 00

White KlUarney... ;

My Maryland I Medium 5 00

Sunburst I Short 4 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward, j

Russell $4.00, $6.00 and $8.00 per 10*)

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Asters $1 00 to $3 tX)

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 2 60

HarrlsU 10 00 to 12 50

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Smllax per doz., $2 00

Adlantum 1 00

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

We Close During September at 5 p. m.

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

FANCY BEAUTIES

We have without question the Finest Supply of Beauties in this
or any other market, in all lengths — medium— long— short— at
prices that will merit your attention. You can make money on
our Beauties, buy them and be convinced. Others are doing so

Roses, Carnations, Gladioli, Asters, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

Everything that is seasonable in large quantities. If you do not
see what you want in the Ad., write for it, we have if it is season-
able. Try our Bulgaria Roses. They are fine and are making a
big hit with our customers. Bulgaria is without question the finest
rose available today and all retiilers should include it in their
orders. Try an ordtr We are sure you will come back for more

We close at 5 p. m. during September.
We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

A. L,. Yaughan and famil.v have re-
turned from the east where they at-
tended the Boston convention and spent
a week visiting with M. E. Lynch and
family at Hatfield, Mass. Mr. Yaughan
."^ays that he found Mr. Lynch in the
best of health and hard at work in his
tobacco field. Trade at A. L. Yaughan
& Go's, store was good during the pro-
prietor's absence, tlianks to his efficient
store and office force. American Beauty
roses of fine quality are to b^ seen in
large quantities at. this establishment
at present.

Fred Liebermann. the .star pitcher of
the Loudin Colts, pitched a no-hit, no-
run game on August iSO, when his team
won from the hard hitting Boston store
nine by a score of \ to 0. Only 30 men
faced him, and when the nine innings
were over he had 1.5 strikeouts to hi.«!
credit. Only one man of the Boston
store nine reached second base.

Herman Rogers has quit batching
it since his wife and son returned
from Quebec this week. Evidently
home cooking is more to his liking
than the restaurant fare, for he is

all smiles .igain at the Weiland &
Risch store.

H. Will, of Will Bros., Minneapolis.
Minn., wa.s in the city on August 28
when he vi.sited Wietor Bros, green-
houses and left an order there for a
nice lot of carnation plants. He made
the trip to Wietorville in N. J. Wietor's
Locomobile.

John Kruchten has returned from a
pleasure trip to Milwaukee, Wis., and
i.s again on deck at the store.

A. F. Amling, wife and son, of May-
wood, have returned from Europe.

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Sept. 5,

WIETOR BROS

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

FANCY BEAITIES AND ROSES

American Beauties

doz.

48-in. steins $3.00

30 to 36-in. stems 2. 50

24-m. stems 2.00

Killarney p„ loo

Fancy $6.00

Medium 5.00

Richmond p^, loo

Selects $6.00

Fancy 6.00

Medium 4.00

CURRENT PRICE LIST:

Subject to change without notice.

Per doz.

20-in. stems $1.50

15-in. stems 1.25

Short stems 75

Per 100

Good $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Good

Short stems.,

Sunburst p,, ^qo

Fancy $ 6.00 Short-
Good, 18-in 5.00

White KiUarney \^

Fancy $6.00

Medium 5.00

Rpses, our selection

CARNATIONS $ 1

LILIES 10

FERNS, per 1000

SMILAX, per doz

ADIANTUM

GALAX, per 1000

SPRENGERI, per bunch

ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch

Per 100
....$4.00

Per too

$4.00

3.00

$3.00

.00-$ 2.00
,00- 12.00
2.00
2.00

1.00
1.00
.50
.50

C. L. Washburn, of Bassett & Wash-
burn, and wife have returned from
Pasadena, Calif., where they were the
guests of O. P. Bassett and E. B.
Washburn and families. Mr. Wash-
burn stopped off at Salt Lake City,
Utah, to call on the trade, and the
florists there report business as fair.
Trade conditions on the coast, how-
ever, are demoralized, and there is
practically nothing doing at all. A
visit was made to the San Diego ex-
position grounds which will open on
January 1 next. Mr. Washburn says
the grounds are all planted and the
horticultural exhibits are wonderful
and advises all those who intend to
attend the Panama-Pacific Exposition
to step off and see them, either going
or returning.

Peter Reinberg has installed four
new boilers in his greenhouses this sea^
son, which are equipped with the
Murphy fuel saver, and according to
his able foreman, Emil Reichling, they
are giving fine satisfaction. Fire was
started at his range for the first time
this season, last week, when the equip-
ment was given a good test. This firm
reports that it has sold over 15,000
carnation plants each week, and it
started to advertise them in May. At
the store Felix Reichling is,ii)usy dis-
posing of a large cut of choice KiUar-
ney, White Killarney and Richmond
roses.

Edgar Winterson, of Winterson's
Seed Stoge, and wife are back from an
auto trip to Elgin and Richmond and
Indianapolis, Ind. They visited the
E. G. Hill Co's. greenhouses at Rich-
mond and their stay there proved to
be interesting as well as pleasant.
Adolph Benesh, of the E. F. Winter-
son Co., is away on his vacation this
week so Fred Krau.se is acting as man-
ager of the supply departn^ent during
his absence.

T. E. Waters reports that orders for
supplies are arriving in large num-

bers every day at Poehlmann Bros.
Co.'s store, and the outlook for a good
fall season never was better. ■ The cut
flower department is still offering fine
Mrs. Chas. Russell roses in large sup-
ply. Golden Glow and Smith's Ad-
vance chrysanthemums made their ap-
pe<irance at this store this week.

John Zech and .son, Leo, are back
from a delightful fishing trip at Twin
Lakes, Mich. He again assumed charge
at the Zech & Mann store this week
and is now prepared for another good
year's business. Fred Ottenbacher of
this force is enjoying his vacation this
week, and Fred Liebermann is now on |
the payroll of this firm.

At Joseph Ziska's store business has
shown a great improvement this week
in both the supply and wire working
departments. John and Joseph Ziska
will take enough time off on Septem-
ber 8 to cast a vote at the primaries
for their florist friend, J. A. Mendel,
who is a candidate for sheriff on the
democratic ticket.

A. T. Pyfer says that the demand
for field grown carnation plants at the
Chicago Carnation Co.'s store is ex-
ceptionally good this season. White
Enchantress plants are in best demand
but are diflicult to secure.

Otto W. Frese is receiving congratu-
lations from his many friends in the
trade at Poehlmann Bros. Co.'s store
this week over the arrival of a son,
Otto W. Fre.se, Jr., who was born on
August 29.

The party that L. Hoeckner In-
tended to give at his farm at Crystal
Lake on August 30 in honor of the
Peter Reinberg store force was post-
poned on account of a death in the
family.

Henry Wittbold had a large decora-
tion in the millinery department at
Marshall Field & Co.'s store this week.
He has several more large jobs on
hand and expects to be pretty busy all
fall.

Max Awizzus, of the E. C. Amling
Co., reports having had a dandy time
at Lake Marie, where he and a party
of friends spent two weeks fishing.

Wm. P. Schofleld, the North State
street florist, decorated several auto-
mobiles for the Roger C. Sullivan pa-
rade which was held on August 29.

Zallinger & Hirsch are remodeling
their store in the Insurance Exchange
building. Mirrored backgrounds will
play an important part in the change.

The J. B. Deamud Co. received its
first shipments of Crego asters this
week. The stock this season Is even
better than that of last year.

F. J. Simons, of the Percy Jones
force, has moved from the south side
to the Pueblo Apartments at Belmont
avenue and Sheridan road.

Kennicott Bros. Co.'s store handled
large consignments of lilies this week.
Gladioli are still seen in large num-
bers at this house.

Teddy Vogel, who is now in the em-
ploy of Miss Bell Miller, at Springfield,
visited his old friends here this week.

The Chicago Florists' Club will meet
at the Bismarck Hotel, West Randolph
street, on Thursday, September 10.

Percy Jones is showing large quanti-
ties of magnificent asters this week
for which the demand is heavy.

Robert Windier and wife of St.
Louis, Mo., were the guests of Adarti
Zender and wife this week.

Fred Hunt, who has a stand in the
local market, is cutting fine Golden
Glow chrysanthemums.

C. W. Johnson has chrysanthemums
and carnations on the usual fine order
at Mt. Greenwood.

Kyle & Foerster are showing some of
the finest asters of the season at their
store now.

A. W. Wonasek. of the Flower Shop,
Milwaukee, Wis., was here on business
this week.

H. E. Philpott left for Winnipeg,
Can., nn August 29.

1914.

The American Florist.

379

With The Opening Of The

FALL SEASON

We wish to inform the trade that we are well prepared to take care of your wants in
the way of Fancy Cut Flowers, being that our aim is always to keep abreast of the
times. We are growing four new varieties of roses, which every up-to-date Retail
Florist should not be without, as they are business getters and money makers. To
satisfy yourself on this score, send us your orders. Quality speaks louder than prices.
The new roses that we can supply in quantity are: The beautiful new yellow rose
OPHEUA, the handsome red rose HADLEY, KILLARNEY BRILLIANT and MRS.
CHAS. RUSSELL, neither of which need any introduction, they are the hit of the season.

We Also Have in Quantity

The Old Reliable American Beauties

in all grades, which for color and substance cannot be beat. Also choice

Double White Killarney, Mrs. Taft or Bulgarie, Aaron Ward,

White Killarney, Richmond, Sunburst,

Fink Killarney, Indiana, Milady, Mrs. Geo. Shawyer.

SP^^ CARNATIONS. — We are cutting a tine grade for so early in the season owing
to the fact that we planted early and as such our stock is further advanced and much
better than the average seen on the market.

VALLEY. — Our Blue Ribbon Brand speaks for itself, hence you will find same far
superior to any other Chicago Valley. Fresh supply daily.

ASTERS. — Large showy white, pink, lavender and purple blooms.
Yellow CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ready September 15th.
Order your regular supply from us and you will not go wrong.

Valley

Harrisii

Asters

Gladioli

Carnations

J. A. BUDLONG

82-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

ROSES, VALLEY
and CARNATIONS
A Specialty

WHOLESALE

Grower of

GUT FLOWERS

Sprengeri

Plumosus

Smilax

Adiantum

Ferns

Fancy Beauties

You can get the best Beauties obtainable at our store.
They are beyond comparison. Try a sample order today.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N. Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.)

I Central 2571

TELEPHONES: { " 2572

I Auto. 48-734

h;

CHICAGO

E. C. Amling was suddenly awaken-
ed early on the morning of September
1 by a continued honI<ing of his auto-
mobile horn. He got up to investigate
the trouble and found the car locked
up in the garage the same as he left
it two days previous. He is at a loss

to understand just what caused the
mischief unless some of the wireless
messages from the war zone accident-
ly struck the button and caused all
the commotion. Bert Cole says It is
a sure sign of an English victory, but
the boys of German descent at the

store all disagree with him.

Paul Klingsporn and George Wei-
land of the Chicago Flower Growers'
Association have returned from the
east, where they attended the Boston
convention and took in the sights in
New York city.

380

The American plorist.

Sept.

j>

Our Retail Customers Need Not Fear Any Advance in Prices.

The European War has caused an advance in certain items that the everyday
florist uses, but even though our factories are located in Germany, we wish to
notify the trade thatwewill not advance our prices on Basketswhile our present
supply lasts. We Were fortunate in having our fall and winter stock unpacked
in our city salerooms before war was officially declared and while this stock lasts
we will book orders at the old prices. It is advisable, however, to place your
orders as early as possible, for the first come will be first served. Get our
new catalog and order vour supply from our present low quotations as early as
possible, bo IT NOW.

To Reach Our Store take a Chica«o Avenue. Division Street Milwaukee Avenue or Armitaee Avenut-
car at Stale and Randolph Streets and tret ott at Huron Street. The cars stop right io front of our store.

RAEDLEIN BASKET CO.

713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

'-L^ZM«176n.Micby^ej>Ave..

CKJG^^o

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAGO, ILL.

Samuel Seligman, representing Wert-
heimer Bros.. New York, is calling on
the trade here this week. He carried
his usual fine line of ribbons and chif-
fons and the smile that never wears
off.

Vaughan's Seed Store have their
stocks of Dutch bulbs warehoused in
shape for order filling, and in ten
days will move the many back orders.

August and Adolph Poehlmann and
families have lieen spending the past
week at the Highland Hotel. Delavan
L,ake.

Florist.s along the north shore are
interested this week in the Libertyville
fair.

Visitors: H. Will. Minneapolis.

Minn.; Bentzen. St. Louis. Mo.;

Robert Windier and wife, St. Louis.
Mo.; Samuel Seligman. representing
Wertheimer Bros., New Yot'k; W. L.
Rock. Kansas City. Mo.; Geo. A. Kuhl
and wife. Pekin; Theo. Vogel, with Bell
Miller, Springfield; ,Tohn Bommers-
bach. r>ecalur; Fred C. Weber. St.
Jjouis, Mo.; J. f). Frieburg, Sioux City,
la.; H. I^pworth, New Orleans, La.

Oklahoma City.

TUADI-; IIOI.D.S HP WKI.I,.

We are having plenty of rain and
cao\ growing weather, and seedsmen
are extremely busy, as many kinds of
fall erops are a great feature with
farmers and truck growers. The flor-
ist business is keeiiing up ver,v nicely.
(|uite a little trade i.s .going on every

day, and the quality of stock to meet
the requirements is improving- greatly.

>OTES.

Furrow & Co. opened their new es-
tablishment September 1. They have
a nicely equipped store. 13% by 140
feet. The refrigerator, furnished by
H. Ktlioh & Sons. St. Joseph, Mo., is
a very neat one. with ijlenty of ca-
jiacity for Mowers and green materials.
A mezzanine floor, directly over the
front part of the store and .show win-
dows, will be the office. In the rear
a capacious work room, with an exit
to the alley, has been fitted up. The
company will do both a retail and
wholesale business, the out-put of the
greenhouses at GuthiTe, being brought
in daily either by auto or express, and
the shijiping made from here.

Otto Bofinger. manager of the Bar-
leldes stores, returned Avigust -!.S from
a three weeks' holiday spent in Den-
ver and surrounding points. He re-
ports a most en.ioyable time and prom-
ises to make a similar trip every sum-
mer from now on. This was his first
\:iiation in many years.

The .stiles Co. are cutting nice lily
cif the valle.v and rubrum lilies, and
the gladioli now being cut are .show-
ing better quality since the rains and
cooler weather set in.

.V picnic with a Dutch lunch menu
to be held on Labor day at some syl-
van resort on the banks of the Ca-
nadian Uiver is being planned by some
o^' the store employes.

H, W. Horn, of the Barteldes Seed

HUCKLEBERRY F0LIA6E

$2.50 per case.

Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per 1000.

Dagger Ferns. 1.25 per 1000.
Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEA VEN. Evergreen. Ala.
High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today forfull particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Store, left August 2S for a three weeks'
vaciition at his old home, Chicago. His
wife and family went there a few daya
)>revious.

The state society meets Monday,
Seiitemlu-r 7. S. S. B.

Milwaukee.

The Holton 4; Hunkel Co. will en-
tertain the Milw.aukee Florists' Club
on Seplemlpcr ."!, at the Brown Deer
plant, and from present indications it
will be a large affair.

L.\KE Gkmeva, Wis. — Miss Freida.
Cebhardt. of TnE AMERICAN FlX)RIST,
Chicago, is visiting her parents here
this week.

igi-t-

The American Florist.

381

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when writing

W. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Long Disiance Phone Randolph 3619
Mention the American FUtrist when writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., • - Chicago
Telepbone, Central 3284.

™CUt FLOWERS

fc^ V ^iHA NO. WABASH firz. *V*

DEumu !

Ik4 NO. WABASH /OTZ.

s^qNECENTTUalSli

Mention the American Florist when writing

HOERBLR BROS.

aSJSoi Cut Flowers

Teepbone Randolph 2758.

GreenhoQses: DES PLAINES, aL.

Store: 162 n. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wholesale
Flonsts' Supplies

Write for Our New Catalog

J a. BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

CUT FLOWERS

VALLEY, ROSES WHOLESALE

and CARNATIONS cDnuicD nc

A Specialty bnUWtK Ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

cur FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

Mention the American Florist when writing

VlioMe Hover MM*Kefe

Chicago, Sept. 2.

Roses. Beaut7. specials . . . .

36-in

30-iD

24 in

20-in

15-in

12-in

Perdoz.
300
2 50
200
150
1 25
1 DO
75
Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00(8)15 CO

•■ Killarney 3 000 8 00

'• White Killarney 3 00© 8 00

•' Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

" Prince deBulgarie 3 00@10 00

•• RheaReid 3 Oi @ 8 00

•• My Maryland 3 00@ 8 00

•• Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@I5 00

Mrs Geo. Shawyer 3 00^10 00

•• Milady 3 00(810 00

•' Sunburst 3 no®10 00

" Mrs. .\aron Ward 3 00(810(0

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas... perdoz... 3.00@4 00

Daisies 1 00(gl 1 50

Gladioli 4 » @ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 01(812 .W

Sweet Peas 50(8 1 00

Valley 3 00(8 4 00

Adiantum Croweanum ... 75@ 1 00

New Ferns.... " I 50@2 00

Galax " 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy. . ..per 1000. 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each. 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00(82 50

Spreneeri. Plumosus Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Huckleberry Foliage

$2.50 per case.

Fancy Ferns, $1.50 per lOOO.

DaM'-T Ferns. $1.25 per lOOO.
Natural and Perpetuated Moss

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southem Evergreens
EVERGREEN. ALABAMA

Mention the American Florist when writing

THE BOOK OF
GLADIOLUS

THE first authorita-
tive book on this
bulb ever printed in
America, or possibly
the world, issued April
1,1911. This 120- page
book, written by Mat-
thew Crawford and
Dr. Van Fleet, con-
.tains many chapters
[covering all sides of
I growing , propagating ,
(storing, etc., and also
some pages of valuable
cultural notes gath-
ered from reliable
sources. A necessity
for both amateur and
grower. The book is
bound in cloth and
fully illustrated.

PRICE, FOSTPAID, $1.25

AMERIGiK FLORIST CO.

440 So. Dearborn St.
CHICAGO.

A. L. Randall Co.,

/^^^^ 66 E.Randolph St., c^Mi^^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

George Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White KlUamey ros.-s. All
orders uiven prompt attention. Try US-

162 N.Wabash Av.. CHICAGO

WietorBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS
Growers of ^^^_^___^_^^__

All telegraph and telephone orders ^iveo
prompt attentioD.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

382

The American Florist.

Sept. 5,

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers^
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON & nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both L. D Phones, ST. LOUIS, MO.

SnppUes and Eyeiytliiiis in Seasoa always on lanil

Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.
1310 Pine street ST. LOUIS. MO.

PhUadelphia.

EXCELLENT STOCK WITH SMALL DEMANDS.

Midsummer dullness still prevails,
the demand being ver^- light although
the quality of stock in the market is
excellent. American Beauty roses
have never been better for the season,
some of almost winter standard being
seen. Mock roses are fine large buds
and Sunburst and My Maryland show
up well; in fact the market has never
been so well supplied with roses as it
is now. The whole line of summer out-
side stock is coming in far ahead of
the demand and the quality is fine.
Asters, gladioli and hydrangeas are
leaders. Easter lilies and valley are
more than equal to the call for them.
In fact the only scarce article is the
I "attleya which is now out of crop.

CLUB MEETING.

The September meeting of the Flor-
ists' Club of Philadelphia was rather
slimly attended, but those present had
a treat in the paper of Frederick Hah-
man, and the talks of Harry Betz and
Adolph Farenwald. The club is like-
ly to be the first to join the S. A. F.
as it has now the requisite number of
members, over 100. Mr. Farenwald
impressed the members to work hard
for the great International Show in
1916. Edward Reid gave a graphic
account of his getting away from Eng-
land. The English would not take
their own pound notes, nothing pass-
ing but coin. He spoke of roses, car-
nations and sweet peas being quite
the equal, if not better, than any
grown here. The sweet peas were
very muclt better than our best. Nom-
inations for officers to serve for the
ensuing yea,r were as follows : George
Burton, president; Charles Grakelow,
vice-president; David Rust, secretary;
George Craig, treasurer.

NOTES.

Edward Reid and family have re-
turned from England. He was at his
desk on Monday. August 31, full of
the novelty of his traveling experlericSs
in the troublesome war zone. In Eng-

GUST.

RUSCH & CO.

j|fe|^ Wholesale Florists

^^^WBS^ Jobbers in
^^SH| FLOHISTS' SUPPLIES.
S^ta^^B^^^^L Phone Main 1 245. P. O. Box 206.

^0PP^ waukeeSt., MIIW2lll(ee,WiSi

Prompt Shipments at
' the Right Price

NEW FANCY FERNS-

Sphagnum |V1osS"»Good and Clean.

CjB B^ _ I ^— . J J 1^1 Wholesale Floriat,

• A* IVLItltliNy 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMeHo¥crMM'KeU

.20

Philadelphia, Sept

Roses, Beauty, extra

first 5

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5

Killarney 2

White Killarney 2

Liberty 4

•■ Mock S

Bulgaria 3

Sunburst 3

Kaiserin 2

Carnations 1

Asters 2

Cattleyas 35

Lilium Harrisii 5

Lily of the Valley 3

Sweet Peas ,

Gladiolus 2

Asparag^us per bunch, 50

Pittsburgh. Sept. 2.

Roses, Beauty, special

" " fancy

extra

No. 1.

Per 100

00@25 00
00@15 00
OC@lO 00

ooia 6 00

00® h 00
00® h 00
00@lli 00
00® 6 00
00@ 1. 00
UOa 8 00
00® 3 00
00® 5 CO
00@50 00
00® 8 00
00® 4 00
50® 1 00
00® 4 00

Per 100

12 00

10 00

(. 00

300

Killarney 2 00® 5 00

My Maryland 2 00® 5 00

" Sunburst .-. 2 00® 5 00

Mrs Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

M's Mock 6 00

Kaiserin 1 00® 4 00

Carnations 1 50

Cattleyas 35 00

Lilium Gifiranteum 6 00

Valley 3 00

Adiantum 1 00® 1 25

Asparagus Sprenseri, per bunch, 35@40

Sprays per bunch, 35®40

Gladiolus, 2 00

Asters 50® 1 00

land, when war was first declared, the
greatest inconvenience was the way
that all kinds of paper currency was
at once discredited. English pound
notes even would not pass. Every-
thing must be coin. After the first few
days things quieted down. Movements
of troops to the front were made at
night, their destination being kept se-
cret. Postal cards were given them,

RI6E BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.36 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Moplinq used 'or GUiin^ Greenhouses. Per

llldallud eallon, $135. Machines for using
"' " same each. $1.25. Special price on

quantities of Mastica furnished on application
Zinc City Greenhouse Points.— These points can
be driven ri(>ht or left on any size or thickness of
glass 5-8 1400toa pound; 6-8 HiOtoapound;
7-8, 12O0 to a pound. Made from pure zinc. Put
upin one pound packages. Price 25cperpound.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wholesale norlst. 1 324 Pine St. ST. lOUIS. MO

Milwaukee, Sept 2. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, perdoz., I 50® 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00® 6 00

" Ward, Taft. Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00®15 00

" Ophelia 3 00@I0 00

Carnations 1 OOw 3 00

Lilies 10 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 50

Snapdragon, per bunch. 25c @50c

Asters 1 00© 3 00

Gladiolus 3 00® 5 00

Rubrum Lilies 3 00® 4 00

Valley 4 00

19^4-

The American Florist.

383

with Prices Like These We Will Soon Sell All Of The

^

F^i^ld Ojfo^v%mCai:*j:xa.tion F^la^r^tss

White Enchantress.
White Perfection.

Alma Ward

Queen

..100. $7.(0
. ■■ 7 00
.. •■ 7.00
5.00

1000. $65 CO
•• 50.00
•• 60.00
40 00

Comfort 1(1(1. J7.00 1000. $55.00

Mrs. C.W.Ward 7.00 ' hOOO

Enchantress " 6.50 " 55.00

They are worth more, hut we must move thi-nt now. and we have cut the prices nccordinj,'!

Dorothy Gordon iCO, J6 00 IHOO, .$55.C0

R. P. Enchantress 6 00 55.00

Beacon " 7.00 ' 6000

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. 1 Ztb and Race Sts.

Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

Hoffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Oliio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties, Russells,

Mock, Kaiserlne, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 P. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

but when their friends received them
they bore no post marlts or names of
cities or towns. Clias. Henry Fox and
wife were to have returned with him,
but unfortunately Mrs. Fox was taken
quite ill, being threatened with appen-
dicitis, but Mr. Fox hopes to be able
to sail Sept. 5.

The cut flower department of the
Snellenberg store is malting an ad-
vertising display in a large double
Market street window. The window is
decorated with large wreaths of
colored straw flowers and statice; also
vases of gladioli, Easter lilies and
strings of smilax. The large refrigera-
tors are in place on the Girard street
corner and palms, ferns and large
vases of gladioli are arranged in the
windows and on the floor space. Glad-
ioli are priced at ]c a stalk.

The Century Flower Shop No. 2, on
52d street, near Walnut, has been pur-
chased by Frank M. Ross, the enter-
prising retail florist of Girard avenue
and also of 60th street. This will be
his third store, and without question
he will make it go. His is a unique
business, the aim being to sell in quan-
tity at low prices for spot cash only.
No books are kept, his plea being
that at his low prices he cannot afford
this expense.

At the Niessen Market, American
Beauties are a feature, long stock of
almost winter quality. Asters of high
grade are also seen in quantity.

The H. F. Michell Co. are quite satis-
fled with their little office at the con-
vention, their Mr. Rosnosky reporting
some good orders.

Komada Bros., wire workers, report
business good for the season, having
booked several large out-of-town orders
the past week.

At the Berger market, choice asters,
America gladioli and My Maryland
roses are features. K.

Cleveland.

STOCK ABUNDANT WITH UEMAND QOOO.

There is an abundance of stock of
all grades and varieties, and the de-
mand has been good, considering the
amount of stock grown by growers and
amateurs. Some very good asters are
beginning to arrive and find a ready
sale and a few good dahlias have been
on the market, but the majority are
still short stemmed. Roses in full sup-
ply, with the exception of long stock,
and the quality is fine. Valley is plenti-
ful, as are Easter lilies, while Jap
lilies are over plentiful. Sweet peas

r

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Killarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

^fllS*!* f>E<.C333T7C3Eir3

226 Devonshire Street,

BOSTON, MASS.

VlioMe Rower M^rKet^

Boston, bept. 2. Per 100

Roses, Beauty 1 00(@25 00

• Killarney Queen 50(8 8 00

•' White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
•■ Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

" Killarney Brilliant 1 OOig 6 00

•■ Hadey 1 0r@10 60

■• Cardinal 1 tO@12 ( 0

■• Mock 1 (jO@ 8 00

•■ Mrs. Chas. Russell 100(812 00

" Sunbuist 100(8 800

■■ Talt 1 00(8 8 00

■■ Milady 1 0'® 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 100(^^00

■' My Maryland 50(8 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00(g4i, 00

Gladiolus America.... per doz., 75@1 00
common types, .per doz., 50

Lilium Longitlorum and Kubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lily of the Valley 3 0C@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25(8 30

.\sters 35@ 50

Buffalo, Sept. 2. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00(815 00

extra 10 00012 00

No. 1 8 00(810 00

No. 2 2 00(@ 4 00

■' Killarney 2 00(8 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00(8 6 00

" My Maryland 2 00@ 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00@ 6 00

" Hillingdon 2 00(8 6 00

•• Richmond 2 00(8 6 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00

Lilies 7 00(810 00

Cattleyas 35 00@.=n 00

Gladiolus 100(8 3 00

Golden Glow Mums 15 00@20 00

Asparagus, per bunch. . 35@ 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35@ 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Sweet Peas 20@ 40

Smilax P^ 00

Asters 50@ 3 00

Cincinnati. Sept. 2.

Roses, Beauty per doz. $1 00@$3 00

Per too

Killarney 2 00(8 6 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 6 00

Richmond 2 00® 6 00

Taft 2 00@ 6 00

Lilium Gieanteum 8 00@10 00

Asparagus Plumosus..per bch., 25c

Gladiolus 2 00@ 4 00

.\uratum Lilies 12 50@15 00

Asters 1 000 4 00

Hydrangeas 4 0C@ S 00

Djhiias 2 00(8 4 00

Carnations 1 50(^ 2 00

are scarce. Water lilies are about over
for the season. Larkspur, Virginia
heather, snapdragons, etc., are still
good and gladioli are in big supply.
Greens of all kinds are plentiful.

NOTES.

George W. Smith and wife, and H.
P. Knoble and wife returned from the

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McCALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh. Pa.

Summer Flowers

Asters, Gladiolus. Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc. IniMKHliate service.

BliRGER BROS.

Central Marhet,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

c. t. critcheIl

34-36 Third Ave. East. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Wholesale Commission Florist
Consignments Solicited

Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and SuppUei

St. Louis, Sept. 2. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 10 00(815 00

short stems 3 006 6 00

■' Killarney 2 00@ 4 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 4 00

" White Killarney 2 00@ 4 00

■■ Aaron Ward 2 00@ 4 00

■■ Sunburst 3 00@ 5 00

Asters 1 00@ 3 00

Valley 4 00

Gladiolus 2 000 4 00

Rubrum 5 OOfe 6 00

Tuberoses 2 U0((?' 3 00

Asparagus Sprengreri 2 \S}'& 3 00

Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..35@60

Harrisii 8 00@10 00

Ferns per 1000. 1 2i

Bo.ston convention Sunday, Aug 30.
They visited Plymouth, Mass., Stoning-
ton. Conn., Philadelphia, Pa., and At-
lantic City on their return trip.

The Tellings Co. in the opening of
their new dairy this week, used nearly
.'?1,CHX) worth of flowers in the decora-
tions.

F. Brown of the J. M. Gasser Co.'s
retail store, *ill spend a week with
friends and relatives in Canada.

J _^__ C. P. B.

EvEBETT, Wash. — Florists here are
busy preparing for winter, but are
short on carnations as la usual at this
time of the year. Julius Schnapp has
a well stocked flower department in
the Everett Public Market.

;.384

The American Florist.

Sept.

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

WO-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Ulium Giganteums and Multifloninis,

HOHMANN S LILY OF THE VALLIY,

PaperWhite Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms, Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

New York.

BU.VI.NCj UOIIT AND TRICES LOW.

There is a large amount of stuck
on the market, and buying is light
with con-sequent low prices. Nobody
will deny that business is very dull,
but there does not seem to be any
good reason for raising a calamity cry;
at least, not until we can find out how
badly we are hurt and appraise tlie
damage. To the best of the writer's
recollection there never has been mucli
business in August. It is true that
t'he logic of events has made it tliis
year a little worse than usual. Each
succeeding year brings in more stock.
The growers of roses and other green-
house stocks arrange to keep up a
pretty regular supply, while the vol-
ume of gladioli and asters has been
great. Dahlias, cut hydrangeas and
carnation blooms from the field are
also on the market in considerable
quantities. The chry.santhemums are
also appearing, forerunners of an ava-
lanche. It is to be hoped that the
unfavorable conditions brought aJjout
by tlie sudden outbreak of war in
Europe will gradually pass away. In
at least one respect, they have already-
improved. The people who have been
marooned in Europe, and it is sur-
prising how large the number was, are
getting»back home. On August 20 the
Olympia and Adriatic of the White
Star line brought ?>M)^ passengers to
this port. Many of these were prorji-
nent and wealthy Americans. Being
at peace with all the world, having
.abundant crops and various other
blessings, it does not appear that there
is grave cause for alarm in the florist
or any other business.

NOTES.

On August 2'i Peter F. McKenney.
Fifth avenue and 42d street, arranged
a handsome wedding decoration for
the marriage of Miss Fields, daughter
of Lew Fields, the celebrated come-
dian, to E. Lionel Marcus, a promi-
nent banker. The Fields' home where
the wedding took place, was jirofusely
decorated with palms, American Beau-
ty and Shawyer roses, hydrangea,
smilax and other stock.

Extensive changes and improve-
ments are being made in the store of
Christatos c& Koster. 717 Madison .ave-
nue. This firm has a summer store at
Asbury Park, N. J., and during the ab-
sence of the partners, the New York
business is being looked .after by Rob-
ert Christatos, brother to the senior
member, and Ernest Schoen. an old
employe, iif point of service.

President Theodore Wirth, of the S.
A. F., stopped on his return from Bos-
ton, to attend the convention of Park
Superintendents at Newburgh, N. Y.,
and this city. He is always a wel- .
come visitor.

The improvements, or remodeling of
G. Meyer's store. Madison avenue and
.58th street, is being rapidly pushed
and he expects when all is finished to
have an exceptionally fine store.

Alfred Ifottmiller, who has for some
time been engaged in the retail busi-
ness at 346 Madison avenue, will soon
remove to a larger store at 462 Madi-
son avenue, near 49th street.

Throueh the Department of State,
"WasTiington, Paul Meconi has heard
from his wife, who was visiting in
Germany. She is now believed to be
homewnrd bound.

■ • A letter was received from George
M. Stumpp on August 24 by his,

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq 5^35

daughter. It was dated August 1 from
a point in Germany and he was then
safe and well.

P. J. Shaeffer. well known in the re-
tail trade of this cityj, has recently
taken a position witli Thos. F. Galvin,
Inc., Fifth avenue and 47th street.

.S. Keller, of Reed & Keller, and
S. H. Russin and family, of Russin-
& Hanfling, are supposed to be some-
where in tiae war zone of Europe.

Peter L. Bogart of !J70 .Sixth ave-
nue, arranged an elaborate wedding
decoration, Sei>temlier 1, for a custom-
er in a Pennsylvania town.

H. B. Froment, the wholesaler, has
just returned from an extended vaca-
tion, and says he enjoyed it.

A. F. F.

Boston.

STOelC MOVES SIX)WLY.

Business during the past weeH ha:l
lieen exceptionally quiet. Large quan-
tities of cut flowers are being shipped
to the markets, but the demand is
very light. Asters and gladioli pre-
dominate and although the quality is
good they realize poor prices. . Roses
are getting better, but are moving
slowly. There are a few growers ship-
ping Golden Glow chr.vsanthemums and
good indoor asters. Both wholesalers
and retailers say that it has been one
of the quietest weeks they ever wit-
nessed. Prospects seem brighter for
the near future, however, with the re-
turn of people from summer resorts
and September weddings.
NOTES.

The North Shore Horticultural So-
ciety held its annual show at Manches-
ter on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug-
ust 26 and 27. The large tent, under
which the exhibition took place, was
well filled with prominent North Shore
residents who came to admire and
praise the work of the various garden-
ers. There were a few exhibits by com-
rtieicial growers. William Sim, of Clif-
tondale, won the silver medal for his
exhibit of gladioli.

Penn, the Florist, purchased the ex-
hibit of ferns staged by P. R. Pierson
Coij of Tarrytown, N. Y.. at Mechanics'
Building during the convention, and
reports them as selling well.' Satur-
day. August 20, he sent three truck
loads of designs and sprays, consist-
ing mostly of American Beauties, to
the funeral of E. H. Sears, vice presi-
dent of the National Shawmut Bank.

On Saturday, August 29, the base
b.all team from the Larz Anderson es-
tate under the leadership of Duncan
FiiVInysoii, met and vanquished the

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison S<iuare.

1 wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

Mention the American Florist when writing

team from the Brandagee estate, led
by William N. Craig, to the tune of 28
to 14. A foot ball match was original-
ly scheduled, but owing to the rain it
was necessary to change their pro-
gramme.

McAlpine Bros., of Exeter, N. H.,
have an extra fine cut of roses. Their
Taft, Double White Klllarney and Kil-
larney Queen are exceptionally good.
One section of their range devoted to
Killarney Brilliant is looking particu-
larly thrifty.

Some of the best asters being ship-
ped to Boston are grown by J. "W.
Simpson, of Woburn. He has his Mar-
guerites planted in the field to follow
up a crop of Bonnaffon chrysanthe-
mums.

Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., report
that although there will be an ample
supply of Dutch bulbs for the coming
year, the outlook for lily of the valley
and nzaleas is poor.

William Eliott has returned from a
six weeks' vacation snent in the north-
ern Maine woods. He reports things
progressing nicel" at his "Rose Farm"
at Madbury, N. H.

Sam Wax. of the firm of Wax Bros.,
is spending his vacation fishing at Lake
Winnipesaukee. He is an able fisher-
man, and in a recent letter, says he is
having good luck.

One window of Thos. F. Galvln's
Tremont street store has been attrac-
tively filled with anuatics from the
.-vnuatic gardens of W. B. Shaw, Ken-
nllworth. D. C.

Thomas Cox. of Dorchester, is con-
fined to his home with an attack -Of

1(^14.

The American Florist.

385

Established 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wholesale Conuntssion Dealer in Cut Flowers.

Summer season now open Hut still On The Job. Ship me vour Gladiolus,
.\stcrs and oth.-i Suiiuner Stock. Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guar-
anteed. Usual supply ot rost-s. lily of tlu' valley and otlier sieenhousestt ck.
OpeD at 6 a. m. every morning. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Sauare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card. etc.. in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F in red.
Frice per 500. $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN nOMST CO.. 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J GUTTMAV. President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Mtntion the American Florist when toriting

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly 5p Schenck

WInlestle Horisls ind Col Flower Eidiaiige
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orctllds. Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.
Mention the American Florist u-hen writing

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

asthma. His numerous friends at the
markets all wish fiim a speedy re-
("overy.

The annual sale of stalls in the Bos-
ton Co-operative Flower Market will
take place Saturday, September 5.

F. L. W.

Providence, R. I.

TRADE QUIET.

Business the past week has been
very quiet, there being very little work
other than funeral orders, which just
about keeps things moving. Flowers
of all kinds are abundant, especially
all outside blooms, and in consequence
prices are away down. The rain of the
past week has damaged quite a few
asters and other outside flowers. Glad-
ioli and roses are still very good.

NOTES.

One of the rarest specimens of the
largest family of flowers known to
botanists has been found in Rhode Is-
land, and is now on exhibition at the
niusuem in Roger Williams Park. It
is called the Blazing Star, and is not
common to this state, although some-
times found in fairly large numbers in
other states to the south. The color
of the specimen is almost a violet pur-
ple and the flowers are excellent speci-
mens. It will be shown at the park
museum for>the rest of the week, and
the greater portion of the next week.
The Blazing Star belongs to the fam-
ily composite, and is related to the
daisy, sunflower, goldenrod. aster and
dandelion. There are 1.3 tribes of com-
posite, and 835 genera, comprising al-
together about 10,000 species. While
the more common flowers of the family
are found in abundance in this state,
the Blazing Star and one or two other
specimens are rarely if ever found
here. Curator Harold L.. Madison or
Miss Eva W. Ma goon will explain the
flower and its history in detail to any-
one asking to see it at the park mu-
seum ofBce. The T. J. Johnson Com-
pany also has the Blazing Star on ex-
hibition in Us window.

Geo. C. Siebrcchl

WHOLESALE FLOPIST

109 West 28th St , NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Sauare

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

'"l^^'sal Mai: sq. 133 W. 28tli St., New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

Mention the American Florist ichen writing

VlioMe Hover MM'Ket^s

New York, Sept. 2. PerlOfl

Roses, Beauty, special ^ 00@10 00

extra and fancy... 2 00@ 3 00

No. 1 and No. 2... 50@ 1 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, special 4 00

extra... 2 00@ 3 00

" N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

White Killarney, special,,. 2 00@ 3 00

Killarcey. My Maryland...

special 2 00@ 3 00

No. 1 and No. 2.. 50® 1 UD
Queen, special.. 3 00

Aaron Ward 50@ 4 00

" Richmond 50@ 3 00

■■ Sunburst 50@ 3 00

;■ Taft 50@3 00

" Milady, special 4 00

•■ J L. Mock 1 00@ 5 00

CarnatioDs 500 1 00

Asters 5II@ 75

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00@3S 00

inferior grades. 8 00@in 00

Gladiolus 50@ 1 00

Hydrangeas, cut 1 00@ 1 SO

Lilies, Loogiflorum and Harrisii.. 2 W\& 2 50

Lily of the Valley 2 00@ 3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asisaragus Plumosus doz. bchs. 2 00@ 3 00

Smilax Doz. strings. 2 00

W. A. Bowers, of Macnair's force,
will be away until after Labor day,
spending his time at Matunuck Beach.

The Esmond Horticultural Society
will hold an exhibition of flowers at
Welfare Hall, Esmond, September 5.

Burke & Burns have made exten-
sive repairs at their greenhouses on
Dyer avenue. H. A. T

Brooklyn.

William H. Kuebler, who, assisted
by his brothers, Charles and Louis,
conducts a cut flower market that is
one of the institutions of Brooklyn,
has recently made great improvements,
chief of which is a new ami very large
ice box. He has also enlarged his
market.

George Bl.ake, of Bonnet & Blake,
was recently married to Mrs, Lyons, a
sister of his deceased wife, whose hus-
band died several years ago. They
were married very quietly and took a
short wedding trip. Their friends joke
them about eloping.

A. Hanig, of the Manhattan Cut
Flower Co,, states that his wife, who
has just left the hospital after un-
dergoing a serious operation, is still in
very delicate health, and as she was
a great help to him in his business he
is considerably depressed.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, VaUey, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28tli St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones; 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.
113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. SMpments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. Consignments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg , 6th av. and W. 26th St., New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rtnt for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVE-RaREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE^ FLORIST

24-30$toneSf.,Rocliester,N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

Ik Largest Shipper unl Rectinr of Frob Cut Fbwen

S^.A complete assortment of the best in tba

market can always be relied upon.

Cons/'anment'.s :5o//c/red

C. Bonnet, of Bonnet & Blake, after
attending the Boston convention,
spent his vacation at Niagara Falls
and other points In northern New
York.

James Conlon. formerly with James
Mallon's Sons, has established a nice
business at -40 Smith .street.

A. F. F.

386

The American Florist.

Sept. 5,

Arc All Your Eggs in One BasKct?

If they are and the basket in Europe, isn't there a good chance that you will
be without forcintj stock this winter? Can you afford to take that charce on
the war, brother florist? Also, "A bush in the hand is worth twoin Europe,"
especially if those bushes are "J &P." Hjdrangeas, grown in 6-iii. pots,
plunged, out-doors all this summer, as iine as any we ever grew. We ofler
OtaKsa Plants with 7 to 10 strong shoots at $26. OU the hundred; with 5 and 6
at $l'0.00the hundred; with 4, $16 dO the hundred. Some of the best new
French varieties: Avalanche. M me Mauflce Hamar, Bouquet Rose, La
Lorraine, Radiant, etc., 4 branches at $30.00 the hundred in 6in. pots.

Be on the safe side — the American side — and buy American plants.

Jackson & Perkins Co.,

NEWARK, NEW YORK

The Chrysanthemum

By Elmer D. Smith.

L

NEW AND REVISED EDITION.
Price 50 Cents. Cash With Order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

St. Louis.

STOCK MOVING SLOWLY.

Warm weather has visited us again,
but there has been very little change,
in the condition of the market since
last week. Good stock in asters meet
with a good demand, but the inferior
grades are hard to move. Roses are
not quite as plentiful. American
Beauty roses are improving in color
and are selling at low prices. Tube-
roses are selling at $2.50 to $3 per hun-
dred. Gladioli are not as plentiful
as at last writing. Smilax is in de-
mand but the supply is short. .Spren-
geri and plumosus sell well. "

NOTES.

Camille E. De Wever, a florist of
Olivette, St. Louis County, has applied
for an ovder restraining the West St.
Louis Water and Light Company from
stopping his water supply pending the
.settlement of a controversy over the
amount of water used by him between
July 22 and August 27.

In honor of the twenty-flfth anniver-
sary of the death of Henry Shaw a
flower show was given August 28, by
the Mullanphy Florists, Seventh and
Locust streets, who occupy the spot
on which the home of the founder of
Shaw's Garden stood.

Calif. Calla Bulbs

Diameter Per 100 Per 1000

1,H to IK -inch $5.50 $50.00
1 1 .to 2-inch 8.50 80.00

2K to 3-inch 12.00

AH Other Bulbs Arriving

Order Now

Vaughan's Seed Store,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

Bargain Prices for the Best Plants on

Earth 1

.\s we must h.-i\e room at once, we quote the following prices for a limited time only .

Cyclamen: Six best varieties. Sincli at $7.^(1
per IKJ 4 inch at tIS.W perlOO, and 5 inch at
$^5l»l per IKI.

Begonia Lorraine: All from leaf cuttioes.
2-7-inch at*l5l»per KXI. J-inch at $18.00 per
\m, and 4 inch at .'K2.5II per 100.

Poinsettias: True tvpe. stront.^ 2-inch stock,
at $4.75 i<cr 100.

Cinerarias: Large flowering varieties. 2V5-in.

at -Bki per IfKl.
Primula Obconicas: Best strains. 2Hinch at

Jo.KI per liK)
Celestial Peppers: Will mokehoe Christmas

plants. 3 inch at $4.50 per 100; 4-inch at $10,00

per KKl.
Chrysanthemums: Best varieties. 5-inch,

$17,011 per IW.

Write for Quotations on Larger Quantities.

Note.— Orders fillpd in order of receipt; Bank draft, in all instances must accompany ordier.

ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES

DENVER, COLO.

Mrs. Kosie .Schoenle, who has a beau-
tiful store on South Grand avenue, is
doing a nice trade. She is a daily
visitor at the market as a big buyer
must have good stock at fair prices.

H. G. Berning is well supplied with
good stock generally. Fancy asters
and extra fine Russell and American
Beauty roses are especially prominent
;it present.

C. Young & Sons Co., have some very
attractive displays in their show win-
dows that are pleasing.

George H. Angermueller is featur-
ing some very good American Beauties
and fancy asters.

The Windier Wholesale Floral Co..
are showing fancy asters and lilies of
fine quality.

RAHN & HERBERT

1 10 East 4gth St., PORTLAND, ORK.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, ui»

to 5 feet high per 100, SZS.O

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots 15.00

Erica Wllmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.0O

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Came and Mary Barton. 2 in. " 5.00
Palmi, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on application.

At the William C. Smith Whole-
sale Floral Co.'s store fine asters were
a feature.

The Riessen Floral Co., have been
very busy with funeral work the past
week.

W. F.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

GREAT BRITAIN

WILLS £ SE6AR,

Royal Exotic Nursery,

Onslow Crescent, S. Kensington, London

FLORISTS TO HIS MftJESTY THE KING.

We shall be glad to carry out commissions from
our American confreres to deliver

Cut riowers. Floral Baskets, Floral Designs,
Baskets of Choice Fruit, Etc.

to American visitors in any part of Great Britain.

Cablegrams— "FLOSCULO, LONDON."

Chicago.

EstabUshed In 18S7.

'mM.

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.
L. D. Phone, Graceland 1112.

Send OS yonr retail orderi.
WE HAVE THE BEST FACaiTIES IN THE CITY

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Chicago.

Des Moines

Mention the American Florist when writing

Oh U St. Lou,

GRIMM -GORLT

St. Lonis, Mo. F. T. D.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delirery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Izperts to Arrange Them.

150 £. Fourth St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabasb Ave., Chlcado.
623 Walnnt St.. Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital g-iven special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zuinbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

eo KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHriTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

Ft OWl^T

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

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ALEXANDER McCONNElL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

npELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■'• any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all ordera
trom unknown correspondents.

Cable address; Albxconnell.
Western Uoion Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choic
Beauties, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Young &Nugent

Telephone 20eS-2066 Madison Square.
42 West 28th street.

NEW YORK

To ont-of-towD florists
We are in the Heart of

And give special attention to steamer and theater

ciders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V/.

S22 SO. MII^GAN BLVD., Auliloriitiii Anoei, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

.\nderson servicp means fresh, sturdy stnrk. and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niagara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when leritino

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DESI6NS OR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire. Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

E»»abli«hfd 1 «74.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents In all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm & Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for sny place in the Twin Cities
•od for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America: the larcest stock; the greatest
variety^ Write, wire or phone. We are alive
nigrbt and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries
throughout the state and to all steamship docks
la Hoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWNTLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO AU ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West 59th Street

Adjoinine Plaza Hotel
Heaib«rs of the Florists' Telegnpb Ddiray.

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, The Telegraph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Amleison, S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo, N. Y.

Archias Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co.. Atlanta, Ga.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone, Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester, Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer's Son, John, Detroit, Midi.

Brown Bros. & Co.. Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee, H. W., Roekford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, Kew York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, 0.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York,

Duerr, Cbas. A., Newark, 0.

Dunlop's, 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Friedman, Chicago.

Galvin. Thos F.. Inc., Boston, Mass,

Galvln, Thos. F., Inc., New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasaer, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

GrimmGorly, St. Louis.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Helnl & Son, J. G., Terre Haute, Ind.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Joy Floral Co., Nflshville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. i'.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

Klft, Robert. 1725 Chestnut, Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Lange, A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Lebortus, J. J., Duluth, Minn.

London Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L., St. Paul, Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New York.

McKenna, Montreal, Can. -

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans, La.

Murray. Samuel. Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M., Little Rock, Ark.

Palmer. W. J., & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co., The, Denver. Colo.

Penn, the Florist, 43 Bromlield St., Boston.

Phillips Bros.. Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podeata & BaldocchI, San Francisco.

Pollworth. Co., C. C. Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Rock. Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison St., Chgo.

Schling, Max, 22 W. B9th St., New York,

Small & Sons, J. H., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington, D. C.

Smith Co., A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry, Grind Rapids, Mich.

Stumpp, G. E. M., New York.

Weber. P. H., St. Louis. Mo.

Whltted Floral Co.. Minneapolis, Minn.

Wills & Segar, London, Eng.

WIttbnId, G., Co.-, 737 Buckingham PI., Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Golrtenson, Los Angeles.

Yoimg & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

Jobn Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and 6ratJot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cnt Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave. ^°"' X*n?if"""

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph DeliverT.

WASHINGTON

D. C.

cuDc Bsoa-coi
ri^RiSTS

ttur 9TNM
WAaNUfVTCKOA

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful AtteRtloi

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Oeliverr.
Mention the American Florist when writing

PHILADELPHIA and VICINITY.

ciljp ffionJion 3Flotopr &boji, 2Jl5,

18fK) Chestnut Street, PBILADiXPHIA, PA,

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

J.A.VAUNTIN1, riorai vo*

President.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
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DESIGNS FOR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mali Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kilt,

1725 Chestnut St>

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Mowers

Portland Flcwer Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

(Jeo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orders tor Cut

lansas City and Flowers. Funeral Designs

DLoantUill Ua WeddiDK and Birthday Gifts,

riMSini nill, mo. that may be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A. W. Smith Co.

KEENAN BLDC

Largeit Floral Establishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

e. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Teleerapb Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEVELAIflD)

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Teleeraph Deliyery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPoilwortliCo.

WIU taJte proper \Vi«r»r»n»«i»>

care of yonr orders In •» lUt-OriBlIl

Mention the American Florist when loriting

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. JJeliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. V\ isconsin. North
Dakota. South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly Iresh stock.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co.. 41 Peachtree.

Boston— Penn, the Florist. 43 Bromfleld St.

Boston — Thos F. Galvin. Inc.

Buffalo, N. Y.- S. A. AndiTson, 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago— Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. WIttbold Co., 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati. O. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, 0.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborlus.

Grand Rapids, Mich.— Henry Smith.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London, Eng. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles— Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee — C. C. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Whltted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Beperow's.

Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark. O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New Orleans, La. — Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — Alei McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York— Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.

New York — Myer. Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New York— Max Schllng. 22 W. 69th St.

New York— J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. E. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Omaha. Neb.-^Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Philadelphia- Robert Klft, 1725 Ciestnnt St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McCIements.

Pittsburgh. Pa.— A. W. Smith Co., Kecnan Bldg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford. III.— H. W. Buckbcc.

Sheboygan. Wis.- — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Grlmm-Gorly.

St. Louis, Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— P. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn. — Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.- L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldoccbl.

Sedalla. Mo. — Archlas Floral Co.

Superior. Wis.- Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute. Ind. — J. 0. Helnl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto. Can. — Dunlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver. B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. B. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and Ij.

Washington — Gude Bros.

Washington — J. U. Small & Sons.

Established 184B

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbus

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San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocch!

324 Orant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can till your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh Quality stock a'ways.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, o.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Tour Orders to the
HOUSE OF FLOWEKS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House in the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave*

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Worlc.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity oo
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.
Only
the
Best

Dunlop's

Oe Yonsa 8tr««t.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarant«c
safe arrival.

Mention the American Floriat when ioritintf

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

11 Elf f Unli vanderbilt Hotel

QAOyAy 126 Tremont Street
DUw I Un 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

390

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sendyourorders^c'Ghicago

and Sab-
orbs to

^ — «. */ All orderg carefully filled
^fcl^yiYl*lll^tS<* J*> under the snpervisioD of

Wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Floristi' Teleeraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 £. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAUL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parti
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, u.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Snccessor to Geo. A. Beinl)

336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 627.

Special attention to Mail and Teleerapb Orders
Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Farnum St tkiephones

I«IJ laniVID 31. 1501 and L 1682

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, »i'L".*^"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±LOWkRS

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

New York. Washin^on, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th & H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
ID this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

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Nashville.

TRADE QUIET.

Trade lias been dull for the past few
days, a dullness that is rather expected
this time of year. But the seasoTi will
soon open up, for in the next two
weeks the many wanderers will return
to their city homes, the numerous
schools will open, the State Fair will
be on, and in fact, the various activi-
ties of city life will be inaugurated for
the season. The war in Europe has
awakened the same interested concern
here that it has elsewhere. Some of
the earlier French and Holland bulb-
ous stock has already been shipped, so
we are told, but advices have also been
received stating that there may be
delay, and perhaps absolute disappoint-
ment in some of the usually imported
supplies from abroad. In event of
disappointment' along some lines the
growers are prepared to divert the
trade to other channels and raise more
poinsettias, cyclamen, hydrangeas and
other stocks that are produced in this
country. This would be a distinct ad-
vantage to the trade, for the cost of
production would be less and the price
just as good.

NOTES.

The Joy Floral Company has deco-
rated a beautiful and novel window
that has been much admired and at-
tracted considerable attention from the
passers by, who stop in groups to ad-
mire it. The decoration consists of
a pool or lake with rustic surround-
ings, bri,dges, a mill, an overshot wheel
and running water, all very cleverly
arranged with suitable aquatic plants,
miniature ducks and frogs' and live
gold fish. It makes a very attractive
and pleasing window and is very cool
to look at these hot days.

The weather is better now, however,
and we have had good rains, too late
to do much good, but ver.v agreeable
nevertheless and likely to give us a
prettv, green autumn.

M. C. V>.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'o.

PfllLIPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

NEWAEI K I

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade disc.
Z29 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Arciiias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Desisna on short Dotkt,
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan. °"*"UTed {'or"/*'""'
HENRY SMITH,

Wliolesale and Retail norist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRID HANNAH a SONS Will fill yonr
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers io Micbigao

Rockford, 111. -

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegrapb Deliver}

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The great Peerless Leader
of ALL Carnations

Peerless Pink

More profits from Peerless than any other. Seven and one-half blooms per plant, October 1, to January 1, at average
of 3c equals 22! jc per plant— iL" ..c more than the cost of the plants, which is $100.00 per 1000. We allow you to try the
variety and pay for it January 1. Enchantress will not average more than three blooms per plant during the same time.

Why grow varieties that do not pay you good profits? You cannot make a mistake. We guarantee Peerless to be all
we claim for it or it will not cost you anything. Clean, healthy plants, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

Knchan tress ^^^^ $46°oo per iooo. ^^

f T 1 J / 1 4. \ $8.00 per 100; $75.00

Herald (scarlet) periono.

Beautiful overlaid pink, sells for the

-£ highest price. Good producer, good

stem, fine large flowers, $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

Conquest „.^„_. ^._ „_

stem, fine large flowers, $7.00 per ioO; $£

White Enchantress

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 30 ttoToi;' st., Chicago, III.

$7 00 per 100;
$60.00 per 1000.

Some Excellent Stock

Carefully packed, with liberal extras for early
orders.
Inch 100 lOOi)

2Vi Aiparadas Plnmosus $3.00 $25.00

3H Asparagus Plumosus 7.50 70.00

2U Asparagus Sprengeri 2.50 22.50

3h Asparagus Sprengeri 6.50 60.00

3H Cyclamens, .\ssoried colors 8.50 80.00

2W Cyclamens. .Assorted colors 6.00 55.(.)0

l\'i Primula Obconica. Separatecolors

or mixed 3 00 25.00

ZVi Primula Malacoides 3 00 25.00

2I4 Chinese Primroses, .\ssorted.... 3 25 -SO 00

2V4 Cinerarias. Choiced mixed 2.50 22 50

2V, Begonia Vernon. 3 kinds 2.50 22.50

2^ Snapdragons. White. Pink and

Yellow 300 25.00

3k^ Snapdragons. Bushy plants 7.00 65.(10

2^4 Stevia. Dwarf or tall 3 00 25 OJ

3V' Slevia. Bushy plants 7 00 (500

20,000 3K.-in. VIOLET PLANTS, Marie Louise
and Lady Campbell. $3 75 per 100: $3^ (lO per IMf)

FERNS from benches: Boston, Piersoni, Ele-
^antissima. etc. Lar^e plants .A bargain. $10110.
$15 nil and *21 On per 100 Try some,

CARNATION PLANTS. F-nm .Wj and 4-in. nnts,
fine, stocky plants: Comfort. Scirlet Wonder,
Beacon, Enchantress and Washington Enchant-
tress. *7 0o per KIO: Si.5.00 per UK*'. White
Enchantress. Very good plants. $7.()0 per li"i:
$65 00 per luno.

.■Vise abundance of other stock. Correspondence
solicited

ALONZO J. BRYAN, "'A^'SI?''

WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

Primroses.

I'c-rlOO

Chinese, ready $2.00

Obc. Alba and Rosea 2.00

Forbesi and Malacoides, ready 2.00

Obc. Glgantea, giant flowering, ready 2.60

Pansy Seed, giant flowering oz., 4.00

Asp. Pluniosus-Sprengeri,2^pots 2 00
Vinca Variegata, med. field plants. 5.(10

Pansy Plant,, Oct. 1st, Giant Flowering
J2.50 per 1000.

CASH.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Orchids Freshly Imported.

We have just received in fine condition the fol,
lowing: Caitlcyas: Pprcivalliana. Gaskelliana,
Speciosissima. Vandas; Co^rulea, Luzonica,
Batemanii, Imdhootiana. DendrODiums: Nobile.
Formosum. Wardianum densiflorum, ischutzii,
Phalaenopsis : Amabilis. Schilieriana and Spat-
haglottis pticata. Wrilefor Special Lijt No. 55.

LAGER a HURR£iL, Summit, N. J.

SEASONABLE STOCK-Ready Now

Asparagus Plumosus, 2^4 in., bushy, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

Fern DlSit Ferns, Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Wilsoni, Mayi, etc., $3.00 per 100;

$25.00 per luOO.
Primula Malacoides, (Giant Baby Primrose), $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.
Primula ChinenslS a splendid strain, in all colors, .$3.00 per 100; $26 00 per 1000.
Araucaria Excelsa plants, 4 in. pots, 6 to 8 in. high, 35c each; 6 in. pots,

8 to 10 in., 50c each.
Bird's Nest Ferns (Asplenium Nidus Avis), finest condition, a grand selling

plant, 3 in. pots, $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100; 4 in. pots, $6.00 per doz.;

$35.00 per 100; 5 in. pots, $7.00 per doz.; $50 00 per 100.
Cibotium Schiedei, splendid stock for immediate sale or for growing on,

6 in pot plants, $1.60 each.
Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4 in. pot plants, $20.00 per 100; 5 in.

pot plants, $25.00 per 100.

Write for Catalogue No. 6.

THE STORKS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

FOR IMMEDIATE DEUVERY.

We have received our first consienment of Harrisii. and offer a selected stock of tlie
oriBinal true Harrisii for early forcing, Tliis stock was grown from ttie original true type, and
will be found splendid s'ock for early forcing, for wfiicti purpose Harrisii is so valuable, ine
crop is much shorter than usual ttis season, but we are in position to supply a nice lot ot
selected stock, and can make delivery from first shipment.

6 to 7-incli bulbs, 350 to tlie case, $5.50 per 100; $45.00 per 1000.

7 to 9-inch bulbs, 200 to the case, $a.oO per 100; $80.00 per loOO.

Full case lots at ICOO rates.
OF

Killarney Brilliant Grown in 4-in. Pots, to Close Out Stock

We have a few thousand extra fine plants of this valuable rose Those who have not
completed their planting or who have been building or who have not all the stock they need
will find this a bargain. Plants are strong plants from 4-inch pits. Ij order to close out stock
we offer what we have left unsold at $25.00 per 100; $200.00 per 1000.

We have. also, fine strong plants in 4-inch oots of Lady HillinSdon and Killarney Qaeen,
and limited stocks of White Killarney, Milady, American Beauty, etc.

F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrylown-on-HuHson, NEW YORK

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. I in. $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per 1100.

Alyssum, Giant Double 2in.. $2 00 per 100.

Geraniuins.S. .a. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2 in.. $1.75 per 100. in any quantity.

Good stock and vood packing

Elmer Rawlings,«*o°a!ST"

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

r.O. Berlin, N. J. WilUamstown ivmc, N. *

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Sept. 3,

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, S;in Franeisi-o, Calif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, MatUtuck, L. I.,
N. Y.. First Vice-President: E. C. Daiigaii,
Philadelpliia, Pa., Seeond Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. O.. Secretary and
Treasurer: .S. H. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting, San Fran-
cisco, <;alif., .lune mi.i.

Recent cool, wet weather will not
help the Michigan bean crop, already
generally poor.

Fre.nch bulbs of Lilium candidum
are ready but at present there are no
facilities for .shipping.

New York. — Chas. M. Jackman of
Vaughan'.s Seed Store left England
for Holland August 29.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— The Brokenstraw
Valley Seed Co., has been incorporated
by E. D. Stewart; capital .$40,000.

Holland reports of August 20 say
named hyacinths can be bought lower
for spot cash but all bank drafts and
exchange payments are difficult.

Mushroom spawn is scarcer and
higher in price owing to the difficulty
of shipments from England as well
as advance in ocean freight rates.

J.\PANE.SF growers again anticipate a
possible shortage of large bulbs of Lil-
ium giganteum on account of drouth.
Some districts also show weak and dis-
colored growth.

The value of seeds, plants, etc., Se-
clared at the London consulate general
for shipment to the United States dur-
ing the last two years was: 1912.
.1;1.120,4.j5: 1913, .$.55J.481.

Paris, August 13. — Vilmorin-Andrieux
& Co. are badly off for help, as 400 of
their 700 employes have gone to the
front. A. Emerich. their well-known
-American representative, expects to be
called out next week.

Yellow watermelons, from seed se-
cured in a remote part of France, ac-
cording to a recent consular report,
have been introduced into California,
and give promise of becoming an im-
portant market production.

Medium red clover seed, choice, is
now quoted at $11.00 in Toledo. Deal-
ers there say damage to this crop by
drought is reported as general in In-
diana, Kentucky and Tennessee. In-
diana and Ohio average poor, for west
and northwest mixed^

San Francisco, Cai.if. — Dr. A. j.
Cook, state horticultural commissioner,
announces that unless a county horti-
cultural commissioner is appointed
and an ordinance enacted prohibiting
the shipment of potatoes infected with
tuber moth from this city, a quaran-
tine by other states now receiving
California potatoes will result.

Cnic.\ot). — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade September 2 were
as follows: Timothy, .$4.75 to .$6.00
per 100 pounds. — Carl Cropp, of
Vaughan's Seed Store, left September
1 for a vacation in Michigan. — A. Hen-
derson, writing from London, Eng.,
August 17, says he ^vill try to return
about the end of the month.— Arnold
Ringier, considerably improved in
h«>«Uh, has gone to Excelsior Springs.

Canary Islands Onion Seed Crop.

The first shipment of Bermuda
onion seed of this year's crop was
made July 15, being 10 days later than
the first shipment in 1913. Growers
report that the supply of seed will be
amply sufficient to fill all orders re-
ceived except for the variety known as
Crystal Wax, of which there is always
a large shortage.

Immortelles.

Regarding immortelles, a leading im-
porter says : "I wrote to France if
they would guarantee November 10
delivery to ship, but have received no
reply. I do not want to take the risk
of buying immortelles and have them
laying in some port awaiting trans-
portation and have the goods deliv-
ered to me after Christmas."

Idaho Clover Seed Crops.

Frank Burkhalter. Kiml>erly. Idaho,
reports that from a field of 7o acres
he secured 733 bushels of clover seed,
which he had contracted to sell for
.$4.9fl9.74. or $66.20 per a.cre, and has
another field of alsike clover seed that
will probably yield 13 liushels to the
acre, and probably bring the same
price, in which event ^e will receive
over $12,000 for his crop of clover seed
this year. The acreage of clover seed
on the tract this year is larger than
usual, and as the European war will
destroy the foreign supply the demand
will be good, as is already indicated by
the number of buyers on the market.

Henderson Prisoner of War.

A. Henderson, of Chicago, writes as
follows from Paris, August 13:

"Arrived here August 10, and found
the town pretty dead on accoimt of
the war. Rotterdam was also killed
and the Hollanders scared to death.
I went out to Boskoop Saturday with
W. B. Van Eyck. of Van Gelderen &
Co., and was arrested and sent back
to Rotterdam about fifteen minutes
after we struck the town. They were
mobilizing troops there, putting all
guns on canal boats and all strangers
had to get out. so they ran us back
by auto with a sergeant in our car
and five soldiers in another one follow-
ing. I was released, but Van Eyck
was still under arrest when I left.
The Holland growers were very much
discouraged when I was there, as, of
course, they are facing a big loss: in

Pieters-Whaeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

fact, they had already proposed to the
Dutch government to destroy 15 mil-
lion florins' worth of bulbs, provided
the government would advance the
money for a period of five years, but
this may not be necessary now, as I
understand they are going to ship to
England, and that will take a big lot
of their stock. They had a part of
their country covered with two inches
of water, so they claimed, and were
ready to flood nearly all of it on eight
hour.s' notice. Some of the Dutch
salesmen who travel in the United
States have had to join the army,
whom I did not learn."

Vilmorins Hopeful.

Vilmorin-.\ndrieux & Co. write from
Paris August IS as follows:

"The war has drawn in our country
most of the men in our firm, four hun-
dred out of seven hundred have been
called up to .loin the colors — and this
means a i)retty serious trouble for
every business. We have tried to find
out to what extent our numerous grow-
ers had l>een touched by the mobiliza-
tion, and we are pleased to say that
in almost every case where the man
had to leave, he has left somebody be-
hind, wife, father or other relative
who will do his best to keep matters
going.

"We therefore are in good hopes that
with the help which we shall try our
best to give them, our growers will
be able to .save and bring in most of
their crops and we hope that the mari-
time traffic will likewise gradually re-
sume a certain activity."

California Seed Crops.

ITnder date of August 21. 1914, Piet-.
ers-Wheeler Seed Co.. of Gilroy, Calif.,
write that California seed crops are
turning out light in general. While
there is no pronounced shortage, with
the -xception of some named grandi-
flora sweet peas, there is no surplus
of anything, and with the heavy de-
mand caused by doubtful European
deliveries, the growers all expect to
clean up. Lettuce averages about-one-
lialf of a crop, onion 60 to 70 per cent.
with carrot fair in spots and very
light in general. Parsley is a good
crop, also parsnip and endive. Salsify
is fair: just about enough to fill orders.'
Radish is good in spots and poor in
others: on the whole about 60 per cent
of a crop. .Spencer sweet peas are a
full crop and a surplus of grandiflora
sweet peas from 1 to 100 per cent be-,
ing very spotted.

Established 1810.

Denaiffe & Son, NortSrance.

The Premier Seed Growers of the World.

Thf Greatest Acreage. Over 900 1 mployes.

Mbtio: Ttie Very Best Qua ity Specialties:
Beet, Cabbarie, Carrol, Ccieiy, Lettuce, vmngel
Wurtzel, Onion, rarslcy. Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga. Turnip. Forspecial pnct s ■ urp u> crop 1914.
now t^einh! harvested, address Charles JohnsOn,
Marietta, Pa., Sole Agent (or U. S. and Canada.

Braslan

Whoiesate Growers of the followino California Specialnes ooly;

ONION, LETTUCE, CARRO^, RADISH. PARSNIP, PARStn, CEUIY.
ENDIVE. LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

-Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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393

NOT AFFECTED BY WAR

NEW CROP SEEDS

Endive, Carrot, Lettuce, Onion, Parsley,
Parsnip, Radish, Sweet Peas

All European grown seeds are very doubtful of delivery on account
of the war and may not come in at ^11 until too late for sales.

Insure Your Requirements by Purchasing Where Delivery is Sure.
Send us a list of your requirements for prices.

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company,

Seed Growers for the Wholesale Trade

GILROY, - CALIF.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Seedsmen reoulnng tbe very best selections ot

Garden Seeds

(Vegetable and Flower), especially

Kelway's Celebrated
English Strains

cao get them at lowest independent wholesale
rates by sending tbeir orders direct to

KELWAY & SON

Wholesale Seed Growers.

Langport, Somerset, England.

Special quotations on application.
Mention ihr American Florist token writing

Contract Seed Growers

Cnopialtioc Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato,
dpebldiue^. Vine Seed and Field Corn.

Correspondence Solicited,

George R. Pedrick 5 Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandinoras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fi SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALLFORNLA.

Mention the American Florist when writinp

BEANS, PEAS,

and aU Garden Seeds

RADISH

and au uaraen seeds ^^

LEONARD^ Ef IS

•*° ** GDnufi

CO.

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE im.

Write" tttr Pric*-.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

'^"'soficued!"" Swedesboro. New Jersey

Mention the American Florist tvhen ivriting

H. WREDE

LUNEBURG, GERMANY

PANSY SEED

184 First Prizes, the highest

awards Chicago, Paris. London.

Bruxelles, Berl., Hamb.. Rctfne.

1000 seeds, finest miied...25c

loz, .,$2.25

Price list on application. Cash with order

My new list of

Winter Spencer
Sweet Pea Seed

is being mailed. If not in your
hand now, send a postal for.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, '•gj^'i^-

All Seeds and Bulbs sold
by Thorburn are always
of the very highest qual-
ity and true to name.

ASPARAGUS

Plumosus Nanus

Per 1000

1,000 $2.00

5,000 1.75

10,000 1.65

TUBEROSES

Dwarf Double Pear

Extra large size
$7.50 per 1000

53 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY.

THE C. HERBERT COY SEED CO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber. Mnskmelon, Squash and Pompldn.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

394

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Sept. 5,

WE ARE DIGGING

PEONY ROOTS

Early September planting gives best results. Send for list arranged
in order of blooming.

Avoid all uncertainties by buying of us. Our guarantee of three
for one still holds. Order at once; almost immediate shipment.

32 N. La Salle Street, CHICAGO.

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[UCALYPTIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. Box 857. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Calalofrue.

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com ; Cacomber,

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Souash.

FREMONT

NEBRASKA

Mention the American Florist iplicn vritinr/

Japan Grown Callas

15s

m-ia.

WRITE FOR PRICES.

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write for our low prices.

Xot^f"'"' Baltimore. Md.

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties-. Lettucer Onion. Sweet Peas, .^ster.

Cosmos. Mignonette. Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. All Varieties.

The HavenSeed Co.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED QROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Souasti, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

R.&M.GODINEAU,

SEED GROWERS,

Anders - France.

Specialties: Beets. Mangoes. Carrots. Cabbages,
Celeries, Parsleys, Parsnips, Turnips.

Growing Crops Given Personal Attention.

Mention the American Florist when writing

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

DO NOT

Delay Ordering

Polnsettias, 2'Tin., $5.00 per 100;

$46.00 per lOClO.
Begonia Lonsdale, 2V2-in., L,or-

raine type, but better, $14.00 per

100; $125.00 per 1000.
Begonia Glorle de Chatelaine,

$6.00 per llX); $60.00 per 1000.
Cyclamen Seed, English, $8 50

per oz.
Cyclamen Seed, German, $6.00

per oz.
Pansy Seed, home grown, best
strain procurable, 'J oz.,$l,50;
1 oz., .$6.00.
Rest assured your orders
will be filled to your entire
satisfaction.

S.S.Skidelsky&Co.,

1218 Betz Bldg.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist u-hcn writing

J. G. ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

Mention the American Florist wJien writing

SEND FOB 0*TAI,<>OIK

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

I4a Wol I4tli.s>., Ni

— FOR

SEEDS

OF ALL KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson 6 Son, Limited

Boston, England

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395

Plant im Now! Plant Peonies!

We are ready to fill orders any time. Ours are strong divisions with three to five eyes and

some roots too. Here's our list, and the stock is absolutely free from mixture.

Per ion

Camille Calot, light rose $10 CO

Camea Striata, pale flesh, shading to al-
most pure white 9 00

Charlemagne, creamy white, center light
Iliac, flesh shaded with chamois, late 20 00

Clarissa, rosy pink; inner petals sulphur...

Comte de Diesbach, dark red. early

Comte de Jussier, outer petals pink, inner

yellowish

ComtedeNanteuU, very large and full: dark

6 Ml
8fi0

8 110

8 IK)

Per 11 HI

Comtc de Niepperg. dark rose pink, large

binom 10 (XI

Comte d' Osmond, white with sulphurish
center 15 00

Couronne d* Or, immense; very full, imbri-
cated, ball shaped bloom; snowy white
with yellowish stamens; fragrant; perfect
as a cut flower sort; very late, coming in
after all other long stemmed whites are
gone 15 (HI

Dclachei, deep crimson purple: one of the

best dark neonies: late midseason Id ()0

Duchesse de Nemours, the Calot variety,
cup-shaped sulpiiur-white; late, and one of
the best whites v 2ll iHi

Duke of Wellington, flowers fragrant, sul-
phur white; large and well formed; strong
grower; stems long and firm; late mid-
season 20 00

Edulis Superba. soft pink, very early 10 GO

Felix C'OUSSe. brilliant, flaming red; farand
away the best red; the popular color with
florists; late midseason 25 (Ki

Festlva Alba, ivory-white, with occasional
crimson spots in center petals: ships well
and stands cold storage excellently ; late
midseason 15 00

Festiva Maxima, the ideal earlv white for
floral work: a wetl-nigh perfect peony 20 00

Floral Treasure, rich soft pink 15 fm

Francois Orte^at, semi-double, large pur-
plish-crimson bloom, with brilliant golden
yellow anthers; very striking 8 Oil

Gen. Cavaignac, lively lilac pink, shaded
clearer pink 6 0()

Gloire de Douai, purplish scarlet-crimson

with black reflex: late 8 (Xl

Grandiflora Camea Plena, very early, clear
flesh-pink, shaded lilac, keeps well; ships
well; desirable for cutting or landscape

work 6 IK)

Grandiflora Rosea, light rose: outer petals
very large, inner smaller and bunched; vig-
orous grower 8 'Hi

Lady Bramwell, silveiy pink; late mid-
season 10 (H)

Laius, outer petals whi'e. inner sulphur,
changing to white: medium size 12 (Ht

P. S.-"DO IT NOW."

.....•, Per 1""

La Tulipe, late; very lame, full shell formed
blooms, horti' on long, erect stems: deli
cate rose, fading to creamy white: one of
the best 20 OC)

La Sublime, crimson: fine. full, frafrrant 8 00

Livingstone (true Crousse variety), soft
rosy pink- silvery reHex. strone. long
stems: best late pink 40 (X>

Louis Van Houtte, (Delache), fine dark
crimson: very double; strong.... 12 fJO

Meissonier, reddish purple, crimson center 40 (KJ

Monsieur Barral, soft, clear pink: large and
full. t(tng stems Id (H)

Monsieur Dupont, very large: ivory white
with carmine border in center petals: at-
tractive; la'e midseason... TO (10

M'lle Rene Dessert, in clusters, soft lilac
with si I very -violet reflex 20 CK>

Madam Crousse, one of the best whites:

mid'^eason 20 00

Madame Lebon, bright, cherry pink 10 fW

Madame Rose Rendatler. delicate rose 8 (»>

Nigricans, very late, brilliant, purplish-
crimson 20 00

Nobilissima, bright, deep pink: good stems;

lasts wonderfully 20 00

Officinalis Mutabilis Alba, earliest white. . 15 (»

Officinalis Rubra Pleno, the well known
very early, doubk- crimson 12 00

Palmata, cut leaved, single scarlet: earliest. 25 00

Papaviflora, guard petals pure white; oth-
ers yellowish: excellent 15 00

Phryne. blush white 8 00

Prince Imperial, brilliant purplish-scarlet:
free bloomer: fine for massing in land-
scape work 12 (K)

ProUfera Tricolor, soft flesh, with center of
golden yellow 8 00

Queen Victoria (Whitleyli). there are two
well-known varieties of this name. This
is the stiindard pure white market variety
for storage 10 (X)

Richardson's Dorchester, salmon-pink, one
of the very best late ones 25 00

Rosea Superba, brilliant, deep cerise pink
blooms compact and perfectly formed:
health.v growth: long stems; keeps well;
late midseason 25 (X)

Rosa Plena Superba, very full flower; deli-
cate pink and salmon 8 00

JACKSON & PERKINS CO., Newark, New York.

Branches Michigan
and Wisconsin.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

MILFORD, CONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALir.

Ment'on the American Florist when writing

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when writing

Valuable in Mailing.

Amrrican Florist Co.— We find your
Trade Directory of great value in mailing
our price lists and will want the new
one when read)'.

FRANCIS BRILL CO.

Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. , April 25, 1914.
Get Quotations From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED
Blo^msdale Bfistol, PO.

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I BURPEE'S SEEDS I

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists E

3 and Market Gardeners. ;-: C

The Early Advertisement
Gets There.

Pansy Seed

From the Oldest Pansy Specialist

C. SCHWANECKE,

Oschersleben, Germany

Established 1852
Sch wan ecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Trlmardeau Per oz. . $1 . 50

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Caisier Per oz. 3.75

Schwanecke's Giant Floweredlmproved

Germania Peroz. 3.75

Schwanecke's Giant Floweredlmproved

Bu^nots Peroz. 3.00

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Odier Peroz. 2.50

Freesia Purity

1st Size Bulbs
$8.00 per 1000.

Cash With Order.

Hogan, Kooyman & Co.

27 Central PL, San Francisco, Calif.

396

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Sept. 5,

The Nursery Trade

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase. Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la., \'ice-Presi-
dent; .lohn IIall.2t)4 Granite hldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y.. Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit, Mich.. .Tune 191.i.

CHICAGO. — The Peterson Nursery Co..
32 North La Salle street,, is having
a good demand for peony roots since
the digging period has opened. The
firm has a list arranged in order of
blooming which is a good guide to
some and this backed up by the three
for one guarantee is proving to be a
big business getter. Mr. Peterson says
that the recent rains are bringing out
big eyes -which is just what he has
been waiting for. Iris orders, he adds,
are more numerous than any previous
year.

England's Big: Oak.

Steps are being taken for the pres-
ervation of the famous Oak tree at
Tilford, Surrey. Upon the advice of a
prominent official at Kew Gardens,
decayed matter is being removed, and
the cavity filled with masonry. The
age of "the King's Oak." as it is
generally known, is variously esti-
mated to be from 300 to 1.000 years.
— Nurseryman and Seedsman.

Citrous Trifoliata Seedlings Quarantined.

The Alabama State Board of Agri-
culture was urged Monday at a mass
meeting of fruit growers and business
men to establish a quarantine upon
citrus trifoliata seedlings, grown in
nurseries in adjacent states following
the discovery of citrus canker. Such
stock will only be allowed to enter
Alabama after it shall have been in-
spected by competent inspectors that
the board is asked to employ in a res-
olution unanimously adopted.

Illinois Nursery Stock Hurt by Drought.

Central Illinois has been suffering
from lack of rain, and in consequence
there has been a loss of much nursery
stock, especially evergreens, accord-
ing to the report of Frank Aiken, of
Danville. All wax and green beans
have been a failure in that locality and
are just beginning to bear now. He
has several large patches that have
been in bloom for six weeks from
which not a bean has been picked. He
adds that last winter, turnips were
about the same price as potatoes, and
that it looks as if the crop would be
very poor again this fall. Light rains
that have fallen do not help to any ex-
tent because the subsoil is _so dry and
the roots cannot take hold.

American Association of Nurserymen.

In his'address at the Cleveland meet-
ing of the American Association of
Nurserymen, ex-President Pilkington
commented on the fact that the badge
book of 1014 contained the names of
only 410 members against 463 in the
issue of last year, and expressed re-
gret that the lead secured last year
had not been maintained. It is in-
deed surprising that so many nur-
serymen fail to show their apprecia-
tion of the work done by the Amer-
ican Association by holding aloof from

its membership. We are glad to learn,
however, from Secretary John Hall,
that since the issuance of this year's
badge book he has received forty-one
additional names, making the total
membership to date 451, and that he is
hopeful to obtain still more names.
He believes that the Detroit conven-
tion, to be held June 23-25, 1915. will
be even a greater success than was
the Cleveland meeting, and that was a
"star."

Bay state Nurseries, N. Ablngton, Mass.

North Abingtonis one of the many
beautiful towns of Massachusetts. Its
streets are lined with patriarchal
trees, and it has good buildings and
an enterprising population. It is
therefore appropriate to find in such a
town a first-class nursery; the town
advertises the nursery, and the nur-
sery advertises the town. W. H.
Wyman, the genial proprietor of the
Bay State Nurseries, is well known in
the trade aijd his business keeps ex-
panding, as he now owns the Framing-
ham Nurseries. He is one of the men
who is not worrying about the Euro-
pean war, not at least from the busi-
ness viewpoint, thougli as a humani-
tarian he deplores war. He believes
in building up our t own industries
rather than going- abroad to buy and
in this he is setting a good example.
These nurseries cover 300 acres of land
and an immense variety of stock 'is
grown. The list of deciduous trees is
a long one and stock is in fine condi-
tion. In the evergreens, a very note-
worthy feature is the Colorado blue
spruce. There is also a fine display of
evergreens and deciduous shrubs.
Climbing shrubs and vines and hardy
roses are well represented. A great
feature is the immense variety of her-
baceous stock. The buildings and
general equipment of this nursery are
up to date and it is well worthy of a
visit.

A. F. F.

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

Robert Craig Co...

a*^. PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 4Sih Sts.. Philadelphia, Pa.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE CONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Efergreea Specialists Largest Growers in America

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

August Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Sui'ply the HorticuMmal trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St.. NE W YORK CITY

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,

CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

INSPECTION DIvnED. Ask For Our Wholesale Catalog.

Nurserymen and Florists.

Rutherford, N. J.

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants for the coining autumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to offer are ;

One year 12 to 18 inches I Two years 3 to 4 feet

One year Wi to 2 feet | Three years 3 to 4 feet

Two years IV2 to 2 feet Two years 4 to 5 feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet | Three years 4 to 5 feet

W\ are well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades
have been cut back one or more times.

Very attractive prices— especially in car lots.
Correspondence solicited.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

19^4-

The American Florist.

397

Two Valuable Perns

Asplenium Nidus Avis—

The Bird's-Nest Fern

And Cibotium Schiedei—

The Mexican Tree Fern

Having a larger stock of these two useful good sell-
ing varieties than we can conveniently find room
for we are ofifering the sizes noted below at special
prices to close out quickly, this is a prime lot of
perfect healthy plants in the best possible shape.

Asplenium Nidus Avis.

3-inch pots $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100; $ 90.00 per 1000

4-incb pots 3. BO per dozen; 25.00 per 100; 200.00 per 1000

Cibotium Schiedei.

8-inch pots, fine single crowns $3.6(i per doz.;$L'o.OO per 100

5-inch pots, dovible and triple 6.00 per doz.; 50.00 per lOo

Pteris Parkeri.

Another valuable decorative Fern of recent introduction.

214-inch pots $ .75 per dozen; $ 6.00 per loO

4 -inch pots 2.00 per dozen; 15.00 per KiO

6 -inch pots 4.60 per dozen; 35.00 per KIO

FERN FLATS

The following varieties can now be supplied in flats of about two hundred plants each at $2.00 per flat.
This is fine strong thrifty stock just in prime condition for potting and will make saleable pot plants quickly

Adiantuin Cuneatum

Pteris Cretica Albo Lineata

Pteris Cristata

Aspidium Tsusslmense

" Alexandrae

" Tremula

Blechnum Braziliense

" Hastata

" Wimsetti

Cyrtomium Fortunei

" Magnifica

" •' Multiceps

Cyrtomlum Carystidium

" Mayii

" Wilsoni

Onychium Japonicum

" Ouvrardi

" Victoriae

Pteris Adiantoides

" Serrulaia

For a most complete list of Decorative Plants and other Seasonable Stock see our current Wholesale List which was mailed Septemljer 1 st.

HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Ghsstnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices ar« intended for the trade only.

Geraniums

YOU RUN NO RISK.

They must reach you in good Rrowiog condition,
or the shipment will be replaced or your money re-
funded. My stock is V ry lartre. very good and these
prices holdup to and includicg Oct. 5th delivery.

$10.00 per 1000 for S. A. Nutt.

$12.5" per I'Kxi for Ricard and Poitevine.

ALBERT M. HERR, LAHCASTLR. PA.

BOSTON FERNS

From 4 in. pots. $15.00 per 100.

Poin.set:t:iasi

2H in.. $5.00 per lOO. Good, bif, liealthy stock.

Jos. UnontOS, mckeesport, pa.

Field
Grown

CARNATIONS

.500 Pink Encliantress, 300 Wliite
Enchantress, at $1.00 per luo.

Cash with order.

ANOKA GREENHOUSE CO., Anoka, Minn.

Field Grown

Carnation Plants

Only a Few Ward and White Perfection Left.

If you want some of this choice stock at

$4.50 per 100, or $40.00 per 1000,

get in your order as early as possible. First
come, first served; so do not delay in ordering.

Peter Reinberg,

30 East Randolph St., Chicago, III.

398

The American Florist.

Sept. s.

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J, I^itterscamp, Princeton. Ind.. Pres
ident; H. J. Thompson, Attleboro. Mass..
Vice-President; S. W. Severance, Louisville.
Ky.. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O.. Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
1914.

September is the proper month lor
starting new mushroom beds.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vejfetables.

Chicago, September 1. — Mushrooms.
20 to 2."i cents per pound; lettuce, 20 to
2.J cents per box; radishes, $1.00 per
100 bunches.

New York. September 1. — Cucum-
bers, prime, 40 cents to 85 cents per
basket; mushrooms, 2.5 cents to 3S1.2.7
per 4-pound basket; tomatoes, 2.5 cents
to .$1.00 Der box.

Harvesting: Onions.

Harvesting onions has been boiled
down to a very simple process by the
use of tile slatted or commonly known
as Cummer crate. The onions are simp-
ly topped as soon as the\' lay over and
are crated at once, thereljy preventing
any further handling. For topping by
hand, sheepshears are used; it is im-
portant not to cut too close, as a piece
two or three inches long will permit
the* onion to ripen better. The crates
are preferably left in the field for cur-
ing, say ten days or two weeks and
then hauled to the sheds. In the field
the crates should be racked up and the
upper one covered with building paper
or boards to shed rain. When the
crop is all of goocl sized onions tills
topping method is all right. Where
there are too many small sized onions
we often cure them in the old way by
pulling II or 8 rows and throwing into
windrows until well dried up; then
crate with the tops on. For this crat-
ing discarded strawberry crates are
excellent. Later in the sheds these
onions are simply worked over a
screen which removes the chaff and
dirt.

White onions need extra care in
curing as the sun and showers soon
make them green. They must be kept
shaded and dry and lioused early to
get the best market.

M.MUvKTM.W.

Stoughton, Wis.— Harley Criddle is
about to erect a handsome new resi-
dence adjoining his greenhouse on
North Monroe street.

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of clirvsantheni,ura cul
tureforthe past 25 years. The best work on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amatjeur and
florist 106 patres. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH 6 CO., Adrian, Mich.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

Watch for our Trade Mark gtamped
on every brick of

/S^-'Pufj Qyityrg Mushrootn Spavo

Substitution of cheaper grades ti

^.^^ thus easily exposed. Fresh samplt

.•jT^S. brick, with illustrated book, mailed

^"Qx''^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re

ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addreti

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co..St. Panl.Mlnn

Mention the American Florist when toritiriQ

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids, 2 -It $1 , 00 each

Pyramids, 2H-lt 1.50 each

Pyramids, 3 -ft , 2.00each

Pyramids, 3^^,11 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes, 2-ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes, 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN ^^'S^iSiK^^'

Mention the American Florist when writing

1-yr.

2>

ROSES

2-yr.
4-iii.

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

Cyclamen Petsicum Gig.

In all colors and varieties. Extra selected plants
out of 4H inch pots, at $25.00 per 100.

Cash with order.

ANTON SCHULTHEIS

316 19th Street, COLLEGE POINT. L. I., N. Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Winter Onion
m#5ets

VauShaniSeedlStore

6 ' *^cba^AGo

Choice Northern grown Winter Top
Sets, $3.25 per 100 Lbs.

Mention the American Florist ichen writing

CANNAS

Established pot plants for immediate effects.
Place your order now for your wants. Can ship
immediately. Papa Nsrdy. Cherokee, iF4.00 per 100.
Pres.CIeveland, Flamingo, M. Berat, $3.00 per lOO.
Assorted varieties, our selection. $2.50 per 100.

Wagner Park Conservatories, Sidney, O.

Mention the American Florist when xoriting

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.
Mention the American Florist when writing

J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.

Carnation Specialists

JOLIET,

ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

L N. Piersofl, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, . CONN.

SEASONABLE STOCK

Cyclamen, Peppers, Cherries. Primroses, Chi-
nese, Obconica, Forbesii and Malecoides. Mams,
yellow, white and pink. Smilax. T. R. Begonias,
Rex and llowerine. Fancy Leaved Caladiums.
Cincinnati and Glory de Lorraine Begonias.
Ferns, all kinds and sizes.

GEO. A.

Wholesale Grower,

KUHL,

Pekln, 111.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in AraucariaEicelsawillyield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into ttie future and invest
your money now. All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are otterinK now,

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old, 3-4-5 tiers,
SH!-f)-in. pots. 40c 50c. 60c, 75c, $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta. SH-6-7'in. pots,
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50,

Aspidistras, variegated and ereen foliage,
bushy plants, h-in. pots, $1,00, $1.25 to $150.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE Of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

SPFRIALTIES' ^^^^s. Beets, cabbages, carrots. Kohl Rabi, Leek. Lettuces. Onions, Peas.
ui LUinLllLtfi Radishes, Spinach, Turnips Swedes, Asters, Balsams. Begonias, Carnations
Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspur, Nasturtiums, Pansies. Petunias. Phloxes. Primulas, Scabious.
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES [mixed], the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world. $6.00 per oz., or $1.75 per Vi oz.. $1.00 per J^ oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds otiered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast groonds. and
■re warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

19H-

The American Florist.

399

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S
PALMS AND FERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

LeavLS In. hifh Each Per doz.

6-in. pot 5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00 $12.00

6-in.pot 6 34to36 1.50 18.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 3fiin. high $ 2.50

y-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.00

12 in, cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5 to 5H ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5!4 to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. ceda- tub. 4 plants in tub. 6 ft. high, heavy 15.00

12-in. cedar tub. plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot. nicely characterized $1.00

6-i4i. pot. 18 to 20 in. spread 1.50

7in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

Leaves

2V5-in. pot 4

3in. pot 5

4-in. pot 5 to 6..

5-in. pot 5 to 6..

6-in. pot 6 to 7..

6-in. pot 6 to 7..

6-in.

In. high

. 8 to 10..

.12

.15

.18

.24

,26

Cibotium Schiedei

9-10. tub, 4 ft. spread.
9 in. tub, 5 ft. spread.

..each, $4 .00
..each. 5.00

pot 6 to 7 28 to 30 1.50

Leases In. high Each

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

9in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 8 00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 6 ft.. very heavy lO.OO

Each Perdo7.

$1.50

2.00

4.50

6.00

12.00

15.00

18.00

Per doz

30.00

36.00

48.00

.$0.40
. .50
. 1,00
. 1.25

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Railway Statton,
Jenklntown.

Wyncote, Pa.

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear BluSh
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-16.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

BEAUTIES

Choice young stock in 3 inch and 4 inch pots, at the rate of

$30.00 per 1000 in lots of 500 plants, F. O. B. Hinsdale.

ORDER TODAY

BASSETT & WASHBURN

131 North Wabash Avenue, cjirWA CHICAGO

Mention the American Floj-ist when writiyig

CarnatioD Plants

STRONG, FIELD GROWN.

Ready for shipment.

Per 100 Per 1000

Victory |5.C0 $46.00

Enchantress 4.60 40.00

White Enchantress 4.50 40.0)

Washington 4.50 40.00

M. WINANDY CO.

6236 N. Lincoln St., CHICAGO.

A Few Good Things

You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner. Ricard. Perkins.
Poitevine. 2-in.. $2.00 per 100: 3 in.. $5.00 per 100.

Bostonand WliltmanlFems;3 in., 10c; 4-in.. 15c:
5-in.. 25c.

Dracaena Ind., 3 in.. $5.00; 4 in.. $10.00; 5in.,
$25.00 per 100.

J. E. Meredith. Prhs. C. W Stout. Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE :: ILLINOIS

MentioJi the American Florist when writing

Rex Begonia. ZVi-in.. $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street. CHICAGO

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SM 1 L AX

strong plants, 2^2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2^ inch,
$2.00 per 100; $5.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3 inch pott. Chrysanthemnins
Carnations tor tall delivery. SmUai, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list,

Wood Brothers. £'et=?i^t

400

The American Florist.

Sept.

J>»

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... 406

Allen J K 385

Alpha Floral Co.... 387
American Spawn Co ^98

Amline E C Co 381

Anderson S A 387

Angermueller G H. 382
Anoka Greenhouse

Co.... 397

Aphine Mfg Co 408

Archias Floral Co.. 39(i
Aschmann Godfrey. 398
Atlanta Floral Co... 388
Bassett&Washburn

376 399

Batavia Greenhouse

Co 381

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Beaven E A 380

Begerow's 388

BergerBros 3S3

Berning H G 382

Blackistone Z U... 389
Bobbink & Atkins.. 396
Boddington AT.... 394
Bodger J & Sons Co 393

Boland] B Co .387

Bo^ffiano J& Sons... 391

Bragg Ross .387

Bramley & Son .... 39J
Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 392

Breitmever's] Sons. 388
Brown Bros & Co.. 390

Brunning F H .W

Bryan .^lonzo J 3)1

Buchbinder Bros... 407

Buckbee H W 390

BudlongI A 379 381

Buroee W A & Co.. 395
Caldwell theWoods-

man Co 381

California Florists,. .S9ft
Camo Conduit Co .. Ill

Carlirs 371

Chicago Carn Co..l 391
Chicago Flower

Growers .Assn 380

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 407

Chontos*Jos 397

Clark E B Seed Co. 39.S
Clarke's Sons Dayid 389

Clay &Son 408

Cleyeland Cut

Flower Co .389

Conard & Jones Co. 396

Cooke Geo H .387

Cowee W J 405

Coy H C Seed Co... 393

Craig RobtCo 396

Critchell C E 383

Cunningham Jos H, .^91
Dahlborn J P& Co. 4f7

DardsChas 388

Deamud J B Co .381

Denaiffe&Son .392

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg Co Ill

Dietsch A & Co .... IV
Diller Caskey&

Keen IV

Oorner F&Sons

Co ,398

Dreer HA... III397 405

Duerr Chas A 390

Dunlop JohnH 389

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box. 400
Elastic LykeCo.... 407
Elitcli-Long Glis... 386

EmmansGeo M 399

Erne& Klingel .380

Eyres H G 389

Fish Henry Seed Co .395

Fisher Peter 399

Florists' Hail Assn 406
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 385

Ford William P.... 384

Franzen F 0 398

Freeman Mrs J B... 390

Friedman 387

Froment HE 385

GaWin Thos F .'8')

Gardiner Alex C ... 389
Garland Mfg Co.... 407

Gasser I M Co 389

Giblin & Co 407

GodineauR&M 394

Gorham & Chaoline
Grand Rapids

Floral Co

Grimm & Gorly

Gude Bros

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc)

Hardesty & Co

Barley Pottery Co..

Hart George B

Haven Seed Co The

Heacock Jos Co

Heinl John G & Son
Henderson .A&Co. . .

Herr Albert M

Herrmann \

Hess & Swoboda . ..
Hews A H &Co....

Hilfinger Bros

Hill D Nursery Co..

Hoerber Bros

Hoffmeister Flo Co.
Hogan Kooyman &

Co

Holm & Olson

Bolton &HunkelCo
Home Cor School...
Horticultural

Advertiser

Hurff Edgar F

IckesBraun Mill Co

Igoe Bros

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co
Isbell S M & Co...
Jackson & Perkins

386 395

Johnson WW & Son

Jones Percy

Joy Floral Co

Kasting W F Co ...
Keller Geo & Sons.

K-ellerSons J B

ICellogg Geo M

Kelway & Son

K.ennicott Bros Co..
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co

Kervan Co The

Kessler Wm

Kift Robt

King Construct Co,

Kohr A F

Komada Bros

Kramer I N &Son..
KrierNick Boiler

Works

Kroeschell Bros Co .

Kruchten John

Kuehn C A

Kuhl Geo A

Kyle & Foerster

LaCrosse Floral Go.
Lager & Hurrell....
Landreth Seed Co..

Lange A

Leborius J J

Leedle Floral Co ...
Leonard Seed Co...
Lockland Lumber

Co

London Flower Shp
Lord& Burnham

Co

Lovett JT

McCallum Co

McConnell Alex....
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co

McGee Walters....
McKenna P & Son.
McNelf-Swenson Co

Matthewson J E

May & Co LL

Memphis Flo Shop.
Meredith The Flow

er & Veg Co

Metairie RidgeNurs

Mette Henry

Milwaukee Boiler

Co

Moninger J C Co...
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd

Moore, Hentz &

Nash

Morehead Mfg Co,.,

Munson H

Murray Samuel

Myers Florist

Nat Flo B of Trade.
N V Cut Flower Ex.
Nicotine Mfg Co

407

3'«
387
388

,385
3S7
UI
385
394
.599
390
1
397
408
390
III
III

.^%

381

,383

395
3.SS
,582
406

III

393

■107
400
400
394

394
376
.590
I
HI
3M9
389
393
381

4CS
385
385
,389
405
111
4i»l
HI

,4(17
4ii5
.381
382
3'y
381
388
,391
395
387
389
3' '8
393

407
388

406
,596
383
387

39il
3M0

399
.387
398

4011
4116

384

384
405
371
388
390

4IKI

,385
408

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS
Are positively the best. Last lorever. Over
30,000 pounds now in use, A sure preventative of
glass slipping. Effective on large or small glass.
Easy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. H and
H, 40c per lb., by mail 16c extra: 7 lbs. for $2,50
15 lbs. for $5.00, by express. For sale by the trade

RANDOLPH 6 McCLEMENTS, Florists.
0036 Penn Ave., near Highland, Plttsbnrgh.Pa,

Niessen Leo Co

Ostertag Bros ,.. .

Palez Paul M

Palmer W J & Son .
Palethorpe PR &

Co

Park Floral Co

Peacock Dahlia

Farms

Pedrick (i R&Son,

Peirce E Allan

Penn the Florist,,..
Peters & Reed Poty
Peterson Nursery.,

Phillips Bros

Pierce F O Co

Pierson \ N (Inc),
Pierson F R Co,,. I
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 392

Pikes Peak Floral

Co

Pillsburv I L

Podesta&Baldocchi
Poehlmann Bros Co

374

Pollworth C C Co

I 382

Portland Flower

Store

Pulverized Manure

Co

QuakerCity Machine

Works

Raedlein Basket Co
Rahn & Herbert.,,.
Randall A L Co....
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 387

Rawlings Elmer

Ready Reference...

Reed & Keller

Regan Ptg House. . .

Reid Edw

Rein berg Geo

Reinberg Peter.. 377

Rice Bros

Rice Co. M

Robinson J C Seed

Co

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co

Rohnert Waldo

Rolker ,^ug & Sons.
Routzahn Seed Co ,

Rusch G &Co

Schiller, the Florist.
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co

Schlatter W & Son,

Schling Max

Schmidt J C

383
389
391
388

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388

391 '

393

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388

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394

390 i

407 1

398

391

393

390
400
389

375

389

389

Schultheis Anton.,. 398
Schwake Chas & Co 384
Schwanecke C...... 395

Sharp Partridge &

Co Ill

Sheridan Walter F. 385
Siebrecht George C 385
Situation & Wants,. 371
Skidelsky SS&Co... 394
Small J H &Sons.,, 390
Smith A W &Co.., 389
SmithE D&Co..,:, 393
Smith & Hemenway 407

Smith Henry 390

Smith Wm C Flo Co 382
Smith W&T Co... I
South Park Floral

Co H

Storrs & Harrison.. 391

Stumpp G E M 389

-Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 405
Syracuse Pottery

Co ; Ill

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 398

Thorburn T M & Co 393

TottyChasH 398

Traendly&Schenck .585
Vaughan AL&Co. ,379
Van gh an 's Seed Stoie

,1 HI .572 386 398 405
Vick's Sons James,, 394
Vincent R Jr&Sons

Co 1

Wagner Park Cons

HI 398

Wallace FD IV

Weber FH 338

Weiland & Risch.,. 381

Welch Bros Co 383

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 394

Whilldin Pottery Co III
Whitted Floral Co., 387

Wietor Bros 377 381

Wills &Segar 387

Winandy M Co 399

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 382

Wittbold GCo.,.II 387
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 3'^i

Wood Bros ,399

Wrede H 393

Yokohama Nurs Co 394
Young A L&Co,,, 385

Young John 384

Young & Nugent 387
Zech & Mann. ..377 381

Ziska Jos .'81

Zvolanek, .Anton C 393

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ARAUCARIAS.

Araucai-ias, escelsa, 4-in., 5 to 6 ins., 2 tiers,
30c each; 5iD., 8 to 10 ins., 3 trs., 40c; 5-in..
10 to 12 Ins.. 3 trs., 60c; 6in., 12 to 15 Ins.,
3 to 4 tis.. 75c; 6-in., 14 to 16 ins., 4 trs., $1.
Excelsa glaucfl. 6-in.. 8 ins.. 2 trs.. 75c each.
Robusta Compacta, 6-in., 8 to 10 Ins.. 2 trs.,
76c; 6-in., 12 ins., 3 trs., $1.25; 7-in.. 14 to 16
Ins., 3 trs., $1.50. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716
Chestnut St.. Phiiadelphia, Pa.

Araucaria excelsa, 4-in., 2 and 3 tiers, 50c
each; $6 per doz.; 5-iD.. 3 to 4 tiers, 75c each;
$9 per doz.; 6-in., $1 each; $12 per doz. Ex-
celsa compacta, 5-in,, $1.25 each; 6-In., $1.50.
Excelsa glauca, 5-in., $1.25. The Geo. Wltt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Araucarias excelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers.
5^-6-inch, 50c to $1.50 each. Escelsa glauca
and compacta, 6%-6-7-inch, $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St., Phila-
delphia^

Araucaria excelsa, 4-in., 6 to 8 ins. high, 35c
each; 6-in., 8 to 10 ins., 50c each. The Storrs
& Harrison Co.. Painesville, O.

Araucaria excelsa, 6-in., 65c each. Holton &
Hunliel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Aspaiagus plumosus, 2%-inch, $3 per 100; $26
per 1.000; SVi-inch, $7.50 per 100; $70 per
1,000. Sprengeri. 2V4-in., $2.50 per 100; $22.50
per 1,000; SVa-ln., $6.50 per 100; $60 per 1.000.
Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2^-inch,
$2 per 100. Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware,
Ohio.

A nice lot of strong Asparagus Sprengeri, out
of 3-in., at $6 per 100. Cash with order, please.
Edgar Easterday, Nokomis, ill.

ASPARAGUS PI/UMOSDS AND SPRENGERI.
2-in., $3 per lOU; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri baskets, $1 to $2.50
each. Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove,
111.

Asparagus plumosus, 2%-in., $3 per 100; $25
per 1.000. The Storrs & Harrison Co., Palnes-
ville. O.

Asparagus sprengeri, 2V^-inch, $2 per 100;
$6 per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol. Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, 5-inch pots, 10 leaves, $1
each; variegated, 6-inch pots, 10-12 leaves. $1.50.
Poeblmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Aspidistras, green, tall, extra fine, 10c per
leaf. Variegated, 15c per leaf. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co..
Rutherford, N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 61 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIAS, LORRAINE, V/i-\.n., $12 per 100;
3-in., $20 per lOo. CINCINNATI. 2M-in., $15
per 100; 3-in., $30 per 100. CHATELAINE,
2%-In., $5 per loo; 3-in., $8 per 100; 4-ln.,
$15 per 100. ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette, III.

Begonias, Lonsdale, 2%-ln.. $14 per 100; $125
per 1,0<J0. Gloire de Chatelaine. $6 per 100;
$50 per 1,000. S. S. Skidelsky, 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

BEGONIA LORRAINE, 2%-in., $12 per 100;
5 in., $40 per 100. GLORY OF CINCINNATI,
2%-ln., $17 per 100; 5-in., $50 per 100. W. W.
EDGAR CO., Waverley. Mass. i^

Begonia Lorraine, 2Vi-in., $15 per 100; 3-ln.,
$18: 4-ln.. $22.50. Elitch-Long GreenhSuses,
Denver, Colo.

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties, 2-in., $3; 3-
in., $5; 4-in., $8; 6 in., $25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Begonias, Lorraine, Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport. 2%-in. pots. Present delivery.
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

Begonia Vernon, 2i^-in., 3 kinds, $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-
ington, N. J.

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-inch, $1.50 per doz.;
$10 per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago
and New York.

Begonia Glory d'Chatelalne, 3-in., $8 per 100.
Poeblmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Rex Begonias, 2l4-ln., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft., $1 each; 2% ft..
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; SVi ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch, $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.60; nice
bushes, 16-inch, 36c each. F. O. Franzen, 5319
No. Clark St., Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs. Paper White Grandiflora, fancy, 1,250
to case, $9.50 per 1.000; Star brand. 1.000 to
case, $11.50 per 1,000. Lilium Formosum, 0-8-
inch, 350 to case, $37 per 1,000; 7-9-inch, 250
to case, $60 per 1,000; 8-9-inch, 225 to case.
.$70 per 1,000: 8-10-inch, 200 bulbs to case, $80
per 1,000. Lilium Harrisii, best Bermuda stock
from roguert fields, 5-7-incb, 40O to case. $5
per 100; $40 per 1,000; 6-7-inch, 335 to case,
$6.50 per 100; $47 per 1.000; 7-9-inch. 200 to
case, $9.50 per 100; $85 per 1,000. GIganteum.
cold storage, 7-9-inch, 100 to case, $6.50 per
case; 7-9-inch, 300 to case. .$17 per case; $55
lier 1,000; 8-9-inch, 250 to ease, $18 per case:
$70 per 1,000. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago
and New York.

Bulbs, Paper White Grandi., 1.250 to case,
13 ctms. and up, $1.25 per 100; $9 per l.OOil;
1,000 to case, 14 ctms. and up. $1.50 per 100;
$10.50 per 1.000; Grand Solid d'Or, 1.000 to
case. 14 ctms. and up, $2.25 per 100; $19 per
1,000; French Golden Spur, $2.75 per 100; $25
per 1.000. Wm. F. Kasting Co.. 383 Ellicott
St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs, Formosum lilies, 7-9-inch, 300 to case.
$7 per 100; .$19 per case; 8-10-inch, 225 to
case, $9 per 100; $19 per case; 9-10-lnch, 200
to case, $11 per liiO; $20 per case. Wm. F.
Kasting Co., 383 Ellicott St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs, Lilium Harrisii, 6 to 7-lnch, 350 to
case, $3.50 per 100; $45 per 1,000; 7 to 9inch,
200 to case, $9 per 100; $80 per 1,000. F. R.
Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

Bulbs, Japanese and Chinese lilies, French
and Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co., Ltd..
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Bulbs. Lilium Formosum. We have a sur.
plus of the following sizes. 7-9, 9-10. 10-11 and
11-13-inch. Write for prices. Yokohama Nurs-
ery Co., Woolworth JBldg., New York^

Tuberoses, Dwarf Double Pearl, $7.50 per
1.000. J. M. Thorburn & Co.. 53 Barclay St..
New York.

Bulbs, S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg..
rhiladelphia.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New
York.

Bulbs. P. van Deursen, Sassenheim, Holland.
CALLAS.

CALLAS.
Calla Bulbs, best California field-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more,
3 to 3%-ineh circumference, $4 per HiO; $18
per 500; 4 to 4%-inch circumference, $8 per
100; $38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders
will receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs; $20
orders. 200 freesia bulbs. LILYDALE BULB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ, CALIF.

CAMELLIAS.

Camellias, without bud from February to
April; with bud from August to October, Fine
stock. Catalogue free. Victor De Blsscbop,
Tronchlennes, Ghent, Belgium.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order in early for this flne stock
before it is too late. Send it in today.

Per 100 Per lOOi

Enchantress $6.00 $50.00

White Lawson 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

White Enchantress 6.00

Victory 5.00 45.00

Bonfire B.OO 45.00

WIETOR BROS..
162 North Wabash Ave., Chicago,

Carnations, White Enchantress, $7 per 100;
$65 per 1.001. White Perfection, Alma Ward.
.Mrs. C. W. Ward, Beacon, $7 per 100; $00 per
l.Ooo. Queen, $5 per 100: $40 per 1.000. Com-
fort. $7 per 100; $55 per 1,000. Enchantress,
$6. .50 per 100: $55 per 1,000. Dorothy Gordon,
Rose Pink Enchantress. $6 per 100: $53 per
1.0110. The Leo Niessen Co.. cor. 12th and
Race Sts .. Philadelphia, Pa.

Ifield-grown carnation plants, $6

per 100; $50 per 1.000; 600 at 1.000 rate:
Delhi, White Enchantress, Rose Pink Enchan-
tress, White Wonder, White Perfection. Cash
with order or satisfactory reference. WIL-
LIAM MURPHY, 329 Main St., Cincinnati, 0.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
Limestone land; no stem rot, 6.000 Enchant-
ress, 2,000 Victory, $G per 100; $55 per 1,000.
6,000 White Enchantress, $7 per 100; $65 per
1.000. 250 at 1.000 rate. W. Fargo and Amer-
ican Express. Cash, please.

JNO. F. SABRANSKY. KentOD. Ohio.

CARNATION PLANTS.

7000 White Perfection. $40.00 per 1000;

All field-grown, healthy stock.

Cash with order.

sinner bros.,

56 e. randolph st.. chicago.

field"13rown~carnations!

Enchantress, Pink $6.00 per 100

Beacon 6.00 per 100

Lady Bountiful 6.00 per 100

Enchantress, White 6.00 per 100

R. O. LOMMATZSCH.
R. No. 1. La Grange. 111.

field-grown carnations,
ready now.

Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON. N. J.

FOR SALE— Field-grown Victory and En-
chantress carnation plants, $5 per 100; $45
per 1 000 Cash with order or satisfactory ref-
erence THE RIVERBANK CO.. Geneva. III.

!f You Do Not Find Wha: You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About it

402

The American Florist.

Sept.

Carnatious, Peerless Piuk. $12 per 100; $100
Iier 1.000. Couiiuest. $7 per 100; $G0 per 1.0 0.
White Enchantress, $7 per 100; $6U per 1.000.
EnchaDtress. %:< per 100; $4.5 per l.OUO. Herald.
$8 per 10.1; $75 per 1.000, Chicago Carnatiou
Co.. 30 E. Ranilolpb St.. Chicago.

CARNATIONS. White Perfection. Enchant-
ress. White Enchantress. Pink Enchantress.
■fe.SO per 100; .$60 per l.iMO. Apple Blossom.
Mrs. Patten, Harlowarden, Winsor, Golden
Beauty. $6 per 100; $55 per 1,000. P. B.
QUINLAN. Syracuse. N. Y. .

CARNATION'S, field-grown. W. Enchantress.
W. Wonder. Bassett. $6 per 100; $50 per 1,000.
Pink Delight. Mrs. C. W. Ward; Beacon. Ro-
sette, $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000. Second size
4c. Cash please. HARRY HEINL, W. To-
ledo. O.

Carnations from 3^ and 4-in. pots. Comfort,
Scarlet Wonder, Beacon, Enchantress, Wash-
ington Enchantress, $7 per 100; $65 per 1.000.
White Enchantress, $7 per luO; $05 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington-, N. J.

Carnations, field-grown. Ward. W. Perfection.
Scarlet Glow, Beacon, $55 per 1,000. Winsor,
Lawson. May Day. $50 per 1.000. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton_Grove, _111.

Carnations. Victory, .$5 per 100; $45 per
1.000. Enchantress. White Enchantress. Wash-
ington, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1.000. M.
Winandy Co., C236 N. Lincoln St.. Chicago.

Carnations, field-grown. Ward and White
Perfection, .$4.50 per 100; $40 per l.OOO. Peter
Reinherg. 30 East Randolph St.. Chicago.

Carnations, .jOO I'iuk Enehantress, .'SOO White
Enchantress. $4 per 100. Anoka Greenhouse
Co.. Anoka, Minn.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pink.
Peter Fisher. Ellis. Mass.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

Joliet, 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros.. Fishkill. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2yi;-inch pots;
Yellow Eaton. White Eaton. McNiece. Ramapo.
O. H. Kabn. Chrvsolora, October Frost. Touset.
Chas. Razer, Coinoletta, Golden Glow, Pacific
Supreffle, Unaka. Pocketts' Crimson and
Schrimpton, $2 per 100. Extra fine stock, or-
der quick. Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNA-
TION CO.. Joliet, III.

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings. $1.50 per
100; 2-in.. $2 per 100; Touset. Oct. Frost,
Polly Rose. Paclflc, Smith's Advance. Lincoln.
Appleton, Enguehard, Silver Wedding, Yel-
low Bonnaffon, White Bonnaffon, Baby Yellow
Zenobia. L. J. Rowe, Titusville. Pa.

Chrysanthemums. All the leading varieties:
pompons and singles. See list of varieties and
prices in double page advertisement elsewhere
in this issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Standard Varieties,
strong plants, 2y.-in. pots, also some pompons
and singles, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000, HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Chrysantliemunis. best varieties. 5-incb. .^17
]ier 10;>. Elitch Long Greenhouses. Deuver.
Culo.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis Jackmani, hybrids assorted, pot-
grown, 6-in., 30c each; $3.50 per doz. Pani-
culata, 6-in.. .$1.50 per doz. The Geo. Witt-
liold Co.. 7.37 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

COLEUS. ^

COLEUS. best standard varieties, all colors,
2y.-in. pots, $2 per 100; 3-ln., $3 per 100.
Fine for stock plants or specimens. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Coleus. 2in.. $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1.000;
.Sin., $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. R. Vincent,
Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsb. Md.

CROTONS

Crotons, 4-iD., $4 per doz.; $30 per 100; 5-in..
$6 to $1 per doz.; large plants, $1 to $1.50
each. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia. Pa.

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN— Best German strain in 5 assorted

colors, JJut of 2V4-in. pots, good, strong plants.

$-1.00 per 100. Cash please. J. H. Fiesser, 709

Hamilton Ave., North Bergen. N. J.

Cyclamen from 3V.-incb pots, $15 per 100;
4-inch, $25 per 100; 5-inch. $50 per 100. Finest
strain; sei)arate colors. JULIUS ROEHBS CO..

Rutherford. N. J.

Cyclamen, fi vars.. .3-in.. $7.50 per 100; 4-lu..
$15; 5 in.. .$23. Elitoh-Long Greenhouses. Deu-
ver, Colo.

Cyclamen, deep red, 3-incb. English strain.
$1.25 doz.; $9 per 100; Giant Blood red. 4-
inch. $2 doz.; $15 per lOO; Giant pure white.
3-inch.. $1.25 doz.; $9 per 100; Giant pure
white, 4-iu.. $2 doz.; $15 per luO; Giant rose,
4-inch. $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Persicum. 4-inch.
English strain, $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Wonder
of Wandsbek, 3 inch, $1.50 doz.; $12 per 100;
mixed Defiance strain. 3-inch. $1 doz.; .$8 per
mO; 4-incb, $2 doz.; $15 per 100; 5-inch. 10
to 12 inches across. 40c each. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Cyclamen, choice strain. 3-inch. $7 per 100:
Glory of Wandsbek, 3-incb, $8 per 100; 4-in.,
choice stock, $15 per' 100: 4-incb Glory of Wands-
bek. $18 per 100. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove. 111.

CYCLAMEN. Wandsbek strain. 3-inoh. $8 per
100; 4inch. $15 per 100. Beady Sept. 15.
ERNEST ROBER. Wil.mette. 111.

Cyclamen, 5 colors. 3-in., doz., $1.50: per 100.
$10; 4-in., doz.. $2.50; per 100. $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Cyclamen Persicum Giganteum, all colors and
vars., 4''.-inch, $25 per 100. Antpn Schultheis.
College Point. X- Y.

Cyclamens. 3V.-ln., assorted, $8.50 per 100;
50 per 1,000; 2y4-in., .$6 per 100; $55 per 1,000.
lon^o J. Brvan. Washington. N. J.

A lon^o

DAISIES.

MARGUERITES, strong cut back, 4-ln. stock
suitable for Winter forcing. $10 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

DEUTZIAS.

Deutzia gracilis. 8-inch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz.. $4; per 100. $30. Vaughan's
Seed Stoic. Chicago and New York.

Draca}na Godsefiiana, 2-inch pots, $1 per doz. ;
oinch pots, $1.50 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co..
Morton Grove. 111^^

Dracaena indivisa. 4-in., 15c and 20c each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

DracEena indivisa, 3-in., $5; 4-in., $10; 5-in.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

FERNS. . .

T'crns, Aspienium nidus avis. 3-in.. $1.50 per
ili.z.: .lao per 100; $90 per l.OOO; 4-in., $3.50
j.er doz.; $25 "per 100; $200 per $1.00ii. Cibo-
tiuni Scbiedei. ;^-in.. single crowns. $3.50 per
doz.; $25 per 100; 5-in.. dbl. and triide
crowns. $6 per doz.; $.50 per 100. Pteris Par-
keri. 2ii-in.. 75c per doz.; $5 per 100; 4-in..
.$2 per doz.; $15 iier 100; 6-in.. $4.50 per doz.;
$:i5 per 100.

Ferns in flats, about 20O plants to flat. $2
per flat: Adiantum Cuneatuni. Aspidium tsus-
simense. Blecbnum Braziliense. Cyrtomium For-
tuiiei. C. Carystidium. Onycbium Japonicum.
Pteris .\diantoides. P. cretica albo lineata, P.
Alexandne. P. hastata. P. magnifica. P. Mayii.
P. Ouvrardi. P. serrulata. P. serrnlata cristata.
P. treniula. V. Wimsetti. P. Wimsetti muitl-
ceps. P. Wilsoni. P. A'ictoria'. Henry A. Dreer.
714-710 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. Pa.

Ferns. Aspienium Nidus Avis. 3-in.. $1.50 per
doz.; $10 per 100; 4-ln.. $3.60 per doz.; $25 per
100. Clhotlum Schiedel. 3-in., $3.50 i)er doz.;
$25 per 100; 0-in.. $1.50 each; 8-in.. $2.50: 10-
in. tubs. $3.50 to $5 each. Pteris Parkerl.
2>,4-in.. 75c per doz.; $5 per 100; 4-in.. $2 per
doz.; $15 per 100; 6-in.. $4.50 per doz.; $35 per
100. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia. Pa. ;

Ferns. N. Elegantissima. SMt-in., 25c each; 6-
in., 50c; 8-in., $1. N. Magnifica. 3%-in.. 25c;
N. Muscosa. 3%-in.. 25c: 5-in., 50c; N. Bar-
risii. 6-in.. 50c; 12-in.. very large. $5 each. N.
Bostoniensis. 6-in., 50c; 121n.. very large. $5.
Pteris Wimsetti multiceps, 3M!-ln.. 15c each.
Small ferns for pans; fine assortment. 2^-in..
$4 per 100. F. R. Pierson Co.. Tarrytown-on-
Hudson, N. Y.

Ferns, Aspienium nidus. 3-in.. $2.50 per doz.;
$20 per 100: 4-in.. $5 per doz.; $35 per KiO;
5-in.. $7 per doz.; $50 per 100. Clbotium
Schiedel. 6-in,. $1.50 each. The Storrs & Uar-
rison C'o>. Paipesville. O.

Ferns. Boston and Roosevelt. 3-ln.. $7.50 per
100; 4-ln.. $15; 5-in., $25; 6-in.. $50; 7-in., $75.
A. Henderson & Co.. 309 River St.. Chicago.

Boston. Wbitmani and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 5-inch pots. $2.25 per doz. ; $15
per 100. C. Humfeld. Clay Center. Ivans.

Boston ferns. 5-inch. 35c each; $4 per doz.
.\diantum Crow-eanum, 3-in., $8 per 100: $70
per 1.001. A. N. Pierson. Inc., Cromwell. Conn.

Ferns from benches, Boston, Piersoni. Ele-
gantissima. $10. $15, $20 per 100. Alonzo J.
Bryan^ Washington. N. J.

Ferns for dishes. Aspidium. Cyrtomium, Wil-
soni, Mayi. etc.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000.
The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesvllle. O.

Ferns. 4.inch. $10 per 100; 5-Inch. $20: 6-lnch.
$30. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham
Flacej Chicago.

Ferns. Boston and WhItmanl. 3-ln., 10c; 4-in..
15c; 5-in.. 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Boston ferns. 10-incb, $2; 12-inch, $3 to $3.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

300 Boston ferns. 4-inch. $12 per 100. Cash

please^ Edgar Easterday. Nokomis. 111^

. Ferns. B'.tston. from 4-incb pots. $15 l)er 100.
Jos. Ch.iDhis. Fite Station. McKeesport. Pa.

Boston hanging baskets. $1.50 to $2.50 each,
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co. . Rutherford. N. J.

FICUS.

Ficus elastica, 4-in., 8 to 10 ins., $3.50 per
doz.; $23 per 100. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716
Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

FREESIAS.

Freesias. Purity (true), % to 1-ln., $2.50 per
100: $22.50 per l.O.iO; % to %-in., $1.75 per
100; $10 per 1.000; %-in. and over. $1.50 per
100; $12 per 1,000; % to %-in., $1.25 per 100;
$10 per l.OcO. Vaughan's Improved Purity, %-
in. and up. $2.25 per 100: $20 per l.OOu; % to
%-in.. $1.75 per 100; $16 per 1.000; % to %-
in.. $1..50 per 100; $12 per 1,000, French
grown. Jumbo. $1.50 per 10"; $12 per 1,000.
Mammoth. $1 per 100; $9.50 per l.iiOO. Vaugh-
an's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

FREESIAS.

PURITY FREESIAS. best California field-
grown, direct from grower to florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size, % to %-
inch diameter. $1.50 per 100; $8 per 500; 2nd
size. Vi to i/>-incb diameter. 00c per 100: $3.50
per 500. Cash with order. LILYDALE BDLB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

Freesia Purity. 1st size bulbs. $8 per 1.000.
HogaUj Kooyman & Co., 27 Central Place.
San Francisco. Calif.

Freesia Purity. 1st size. $14 per 1,000. Large
2 to 2% -inch calla bulbs, $12 per llJO. 0. C.
Pollworth Co.. Milwaukee.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums. La Favorite, Perkins, Jean Oberle,
Ricard. Landry. Col. Thomas. Dagata, Viaud,
$2 per liiO: $18.50 per 1,000, Clair Frenot,
Luigi Grandi, Mrs, E. G. Hill. Poitevine. Mrs.
Annie Vincent. $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000.
Ruby. $4 Iier 100. S. A. Nutt. at the special
price of $1.75 per 100; $16 per l.OoO. The
above is all fine stock in two-inch pots. Write
for Catalogue. F. H. DE WITT & COMPANY,
Wooster, Ohio.

Geraniums, booking orders for November de-
livery. JIaryland. $1 per doz.; $6 per 100.
Scarlet Bedder, 75c per doz. ; $4 per 10 '. Mrs.
Lawrence. 40c per doz. ; $2 per 100. Splendid
lot of 3-inch stock ready for immediate ship-
ment. $3 per 100; .$25 per 1.000; 2-inch stock
ready Oct. 1. $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1.000 for
standard sorts, up to 50c each for novelties. R.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh. Md.

Geraniums. Silver-leaf Nutt. 214 -in., $4.00
per 100; $35.00 per 1,000. Rose. 2'4-ln., $3.00
per 100; standard varieties, 2-in.. $2.00 per
100; $18.00 per 1,000. Lady Washington, 2%-
iD., $4.00 per 100.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3%-in. pots. $7 per 100. Only 80ii left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE. Minot.
N. D.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2-in., $1.75 per 100. Elmer
Rawlings. Olean. N. Y.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. $10 per 1.000. Ric-
ard and Poiteviue. $12. .50 per l.OJO. A. M.
llerr, Lancaster. Pa.

Geraniums. 2-in.. $3 per 100. Hall Calne
and Mary Barton, 2-ln.. $5. Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Geraniums. Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perking,
Poitevine. 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. 4-in., $8 per 100,
in paper pots. L. J. Rowe, Titusville, Pa.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas. Otaksn. 7 to 10 strong shoots.
$25 per IKI; with 5 and fi. $20; with 4, $15
per 100. Snnic of the best new French va-
rieties; -Vvalanche. Mme. Maurice Hamar.
Bouquet. Rose. La Lorraine. Radiance, etc., 4
branches, .$30 per 100 in 6-in. pots. Jackson
& Perkins. Newark, New York.

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HYDRANGEAS — French Hydrangeas, Ava-
lanche. Mnie. E. MouiUei-e, Mont Rose, Bou-
quet Rose. La Lorraine. Mousselliue. 2V4-in.
pots. .J5.00 per 100. Casb please. J. H. Flcs-
ser. 709 Hamilton Ave.. North Bergen. N. J.

Hydrangeas, all the best French sorts, 4-in.,
$20 per lOlJ; 6-in.. $25 per 100. The Storrs
& Harrison Co.. Painesvllle, O.

'HYDRANGB.\S OTAKSA and ARBORES-
CENS. 3in. pots, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

IVIES.

English ivy, out of 6-in. pots, up to 5 ft.
high, $25 per ICO. Rahn & Herbert, 110 E.
49th St., Portland. Ore.

Hardy Enslisb ivy. 2-in.. $2 per 100; $1S..50
per 1,000: 3-in.. $3 per 100; $25 per l.OOO. R.
Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

English Ivy, strong. 20c and 35c each. I'oehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

German Ivy, 2%-in.. $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa,

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES— Strong plants, ready
to shift out of 2V4-in. pots. $3.00 per luo.
Casb please. J. H. Fiesser. 709 Hamilton Ave..
North Bergen. N. J.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Lily of the Valley, best grade. 500 to case.
$9 per case; 1.000 to case. |17 per case.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

To Import.

Lily of the Valley. Chas. Schwake & Co.,
Inc., Horticultural Importers and Exporters, 90-
32 West Broadway. New York.

Lily of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert, VVandsbek, nr. Hamburg.
Germany. Apply to Otto Heinecken, 17 Bat-
tcry Pi.. New York.

MUSHROOM SPAVVN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co.. St. Paul, Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stot-k. fruit trees, palms, orcbids;
fig trees, iwt-grown; grape vines, roses, field
and put-grown. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Ilill
Park Nurseries, Enfield, England.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
bink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,

111.

ONION SETS.

Winter oniun sets, choice northern growu.
$3.25 per 100 lbs. Vaughan's Seed Store. Clii-
i-ago and New York.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
establisbed. Lager & Hurrell. Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots, 5 to 6. 18 $(i.35

6-inch pots, 6 to 7 24 1.00

6-inch pots, 6 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

6-inch pots, 6 to 7, 32 to 34 2.00

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 36 3.00

8-inch tubs. 6 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

8-inch tubs. 6 to 7, 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens. $15.00 to $25.00,
KENTIA FORSTERIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots. 5 to 6. IS to 20 $0.35

6-inch pots, 5 to 6, 28 to 30 1.00

8-inch pots, 5 to 6. 34 to 36 1.50

6-inch pots, 5 to 6, 38 to 42 2.00

8-inch tubs. 6 to 7. 46 to 48 3.50

8-inch tubs. 6 to 7. 50 to 54 5.00

10-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to 5% ft.. 8.00

10-inch tubs. 6 tb 7. 6 to 6% ft.. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 . .$1.25

7-inch pots, 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 . . 3.<10

8-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-inch tubs. 3 plants in a tub. 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 52 to 56. . 6.00

10-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high. 8.00

12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5% ft.10.00

12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high. 12.00

Very strong specimens. 12 and 15-incb tubs. 7

plants, $15.00. $1S.00 and $25.00.

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.,

MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Palms, Kentla Belmoreana, 6-in.. 6-7 leaves,
22 Ins., high, $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Roebelenii. 8-in. pots, 24 ins. high. 26-incb
spread, $3.50 each; 9-ineh tubs, 24 inches high,
30-iuch spread, $4 each. A. N. Pierson, Inc.,
Cromwell. Conn^

Palms. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere In this issue. Henry A.
Rreer. 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Phoenix Cauarieusis, fine large plants, $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisemeut elsewhere in this issue. Joseph Hea-

cock Co.. Wyncote. Pa.

Palms. Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veitchii, 4-in., 50c; 5-in.. 75c; 6-in..
$1.25 and $1.50; 7-in.. $2 and $2.50 each.
Poeblmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Pandanus Veitchii, 6-in., $1 each. Henry A.
Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

PANSIES.

PANSIES.
If you didn't get our color plate catalog and
1014 cut prices on Mastodon Pansy Seed and
seedlings, fall delivery; write for it. Cut prices,
new crop Mastodon mixed. V^^. oz. . $1 ; oz. . $7.
Mastodon Greenhouse Special, same price.
STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS. Portland. Ore.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop. $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
E R N E ST ROBER. WILMETTE, ILL.

I'ausy plants. Oct. 1. giant dowering. $2..'0
per 1,0110. .Tos. H. Cuuniugham, Delaware,
Ohio.

PEONIES.

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Jackson &
Perkins Co., Newark, New Y'ork.

Peony Festiva Maxima. Write for list of
other fine varieties. Thomas J. Oberlin, Sink-
ing Spring. Pa.

Peonies ruots. Peterson Nursi*i-y. -'^2 N. I-a
Salle .St.. Chicago.

PEPPERS.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES. 4-
in. plants at $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids. Mich.

New cluster peppers, 2-in., $2 per 100: S-ln..
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers, 3-in., $4 per 100.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvinii, 2-in., $3 per loO;
3-in.. $5 per 100. Cash. ERNEST ROBER,
Wilmette, 111.

Peppers. Chinese and Cluster, 3-in., $5 per
100. Poeblmann Bros. Co., M o rton Grov e. 1 11.

Celestial peppers. 3-iu.. $4.50 per 100; 4-in.,
$10. Elitch-Long Greenhouses. Denver, Colo.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-in., $2 per
100; $18 per 1,000. Elmer Rawliugs. Olean,
N. Y.

Petunias, dbl. mixed, 2-in., $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1,000; 3-in., $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. R.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Md.

POINSEITIAS.

HEADQUARTERS FOR POINSETTIAS.

True type, orders booked now for June and
later delivery. $5 per 10); $45 per 1.000; 5.000
lots or more. Write for prices. Cash please.
Polusettias are booked up till Sept. 15. ERN-
EST ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

Poinsettias, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in ^V^-'va. paper pots. $5.50 per
100; $50 per 1.000. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St.. Chicago.

Poinsettias, 2M!-in.. $5 per 100; $45 per 1.000.
S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg., Phila-
delphia. Pa.

Poinsettias, true type, 2-in., $4.75 per 100.
Elitch-Long Greenhouses. Denver. Colo.

PRIMULAS.

Primula Obconica Ronsdorfer hybrids, best
strain in existence; large flowering grandiflora
and fringed; 10 separate colors. 2V4-inch, 2',4c:
mixed, 2M-iuch. 2c; gigantea. 2^-incb. 2V2C;
3-inch. $5 per 100. Chinensis. best large flower-
ing. 7 separate colors. 2^-inch. 2J4c; mixed,
2V4-inch, 2c; 3-inch. $5 per 100. Malacoides,
2 inch, 214c. Kewensis. 2-inch. $2.25 per 100.
Cash. Toledo Greenhouse. 2S29 Chestnut St.,
Toledo, Ohio.

Primula obconica. giants. Grandiflora. largest
flowering, big 3-inch stocl;. $4 per 100. Chinese
largest iinweriug. fine plants. 3-inch. $4; 2-inch,
$2 per 100. Cash, please. J. \V. Miller, Shlre-
nianstown. Pa.

91/^1 ?Q ""'""l'^^' separate or mixed colors,

2%- n. $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000; malacoides,
2y4-nch, $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. Chinese
2^4-ln., assorted. $3.25 per 100; .$30 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington. N. J.

Primroses, Chinese, $2 per" 100.^ Obc. alba
and rosea, $2. Forbesi and Malacoides, $2.
Obc. Oigantea, $2.50. Jos. H. Cunningham,
Delaware, O.

,„?''9"^'^"^'^' MALACOIDES. 2-inch, $2.50 per

i",?; ^r.-^", P'^'" I'Ooo. obconica grandi. '

GIG.. 3-inc-h, extra strong. $6 per 100. ERN-
EST ROBER,_VVi^lmette^ 111

Primula Malacoides, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000
Chinensis. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. The
Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesvllle, O.

Primula obconica, 3-inch7 ♦6~pe[^100^ Mala-
coides, 2 14 -inch, $4 per 100; $35 per 1.000.
\:iughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

PRIMROSES— Malacoides. 2-inch, $2 per 100-
$15 per 1.000. HEISBR Nl'RSERr AND
ELORALJ_'0., Hamilton, Ohio.

Primula obconica Grandiflora and Gigantea 3-
in.. $5 per 100; 4-in., 8c. Poehlmanu Bros Co
Morton Grove. 111.

Primula obconica. 2i,!;-in., $3 per 100. Elitch-
I^mg Greenhouses. Denver. Colo.

PRIVE r.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

2%-lNCH ROSE STOCK.
Fine, healthy plants, ready tor immediate

shipment.

-American Beauties

Richmond 3.i lO

Milady 5.00

Pink Killaruey 5.00

WIETOR BROTHERS,
162 North WABASH AVE,

Per 100 Per 1,000
...$5.00 $45.00

25.00
45.00
40.00

CHICAGO.

Beauties, choice young stock in 3 and 4-iuch
pots, at the rate of $J0 per l,0il0 in lots of
6,000 plants. Bassett & Washburn, 131 N.
Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

Killarney Brilliant grown in 4-inch pots, $25
per loO; $200 per 1,000. F. B, Pierson Co.,
Tarrytown-on-Hudson. N. Y.

ROSES, strong. 3-in. Pink Killarney, Kaiserin.
My Maryland and Rhea Reid. $6 per lOo; $50
per 1.000. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids,
Mich.

Roses, own root and grafted. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Roses, 1-yr., 2y™-ln. ; 2-yr., 4-in. Leedle Floral
Co., Springfield. O.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y,
SEEDS.

PANSY' SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce, Mangel-Wurtzel, onion, parsley,
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Denaifife
& Son. Carignau. Northern France.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers. Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet, Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium siieciaities.
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co.. Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hurff, Swedesboro. N. J.

Seed, pansy: Schwanecke's Giant flowered
Improved Triniardeau, $1.50 per oz. ; Gassier.
$3.75; Germauia. $3.75; Bugnots, $3; Odier,
$2.50. C. Schwanecke. Oschersleben, Germany.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrick &
Son, contract seed growers, Pedrlcktown, N. J.

Seeds, Cabbage Danish Amager Ball Head.
Earliest Cauliflower. Danish SnowbalL Dit-
ler. Eltzholtz & Co., Rlnge. Denmark.

Seeds, new crop, endive, carrot, lettuce,
onion, parsley, parsnip, radish, sweet peas. Pie-
ters-Wlieeler Seed Company. Gilroy. Calif.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sw eet corn. S. M. Isbell ife Co.. Jackson. Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport, Somerset, England. ^^_

Seeds, Asparagus, Plumosus Nanus, 1.000,
$2: 5,000, $1.75 per l.OiiO; lO.OOll, $1.60 per
1.000. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St.,
New Y'ork.

Seeds wholesale growers and dealers of Sweet,
Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk and
Watermelons. IMimpkins and .Squash. Western
Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

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Sept. s.

Seeds, contract growers of cuciimberg, canta-
loupe, watermelon, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, sweet, peas; Spencers, grandifloras. etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet. etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford. Conn.

Seeds, Specialists: Beets, mangoes, carrots,
cabbages, celeries, parsley, parsnips, turnips.
R. & M. Godineau, Angers, France.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J,
Bolgiano & Son, Light, Pratt and EUicott Sts.,
Baltimore. Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. C.
Zvolanet, Lompoc, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cunnipgham. Delaware. O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnings, P.
0. Box 857, Melbourne. Australia.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddington. New York.

SMttAX,

Smilas. 2-iD. strong stock, several times
pinched back, $20 per 1,000; 3-in. strong stock,
several times pinched back, $40 per 1,000.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Smilas. 2y2-incb. $1.25 per 100; $10 per "l.OOoT
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Snapdragons, white, (link and yellow, 2^-in..
.$3 per luO: S25 per 1,000; 3%-in., $7 per 100;
$65 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington,

SPnUEA.

Spirea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft., $S per 100;
$T5 per 1,0U0. Louis B. Bastburn, Ivennett
.Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown. Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar. McKinley, Morning
.Sta;', Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late.
.Success. Three W's, D. S. King Edward, Wm.
Belt. $2 per 100; $16 per 1.000. Chesapeake,
Fendall, Pearl, $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1,000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per l.OoO, J. T.' Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery. Little Silver, N. J.

STEVIA.

Stevia, dwarf or tall, 214 -in., $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,00U; 3i4-in., $7 per 100; $65 per
1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington, N. J.

STEVIA, strong plants, 4-in., $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stevia. ready now at $20 per 1,000. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink, 2-in., $2 per
100; $18.60 per 1,000; 3-inch, $3 per 100; $25
per 1,000. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White
Marsh. Md.

SWAINSONA, white, 4-ln.. $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand RapidB, Mich.

TORENIA.

TORENIAS, 2i,^in., $3 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

HARDY FIELD STOCK.

Celery plants $2.50 per 1,000

Cabbage plants 1.00 per 1.000

Genuine Cauliflower 2.50 per 1,000

Parsley, triple curled 2.50 per 1,000

All Varieties.
F. M. Pattington. Scipioville. N. Y.

Cabbage plants ready to set in the field,
strong transplanted plants. $2.50 per 1,000.
Seedlings, $1 per 1,000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO.. Danville, 111.

VINCAS.

VINCAS, 25.000 field-grown plants, varlcgata.
$4 per 100. 300,000 rooted tips, variegata, $1
per rtlo. Extra fine plants. Booking orders
now l"or October delivery. THE RBESER
PLANT CO.. Dept. B. Springfield. O.

VINCA VAR.. strong field-grown clumps. $5
per 100; $45 per 1.000. Cash, please. FRANCE
& VANDEGRIFT, Monroe, Mich.

VInca variegata. medium field plants. $5 per
too. .Tos. IT. Cunningham, Delaware. Ohiu.

VIOLETS.

Field-grown Prince of Wales Violet plants,
$5 per 100; $45 per 1,000. Cash with order
or satisfactory reference, THE RIVERBANK
CO.,_Gen£va,_Ill;

Violets, 3Mt-in., Marie Louise and Lady Camp-
bell, $3.75 per 100; $35 per 1,000. Alonzo J.
Bryan. Washington, N, J.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co., St. Louis, Mo.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfield Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co.. 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

The Kroescbell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water beating. Kroescbell Bros.
Co., 452 W, Erie St., Chicagot

"Has Them All Beat'* for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846
W. Superior St., Chicago.

Boilers for greenhouses; all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co., Milwaukee,' Wis.

Boilers, all sizes for greenhouses. John C.
Moninger Co.. 9ti2 Blackhawk St.. Chicago.

Hontsch boilers. J. P. Dablborn. 217 Hack-
ensack PI. Rd., Wcehawken Heights, N. J.

Boilers, Giblin standard greenhouse. Giblln
& Co., 901 Broad St., Utica, N. Y.

Boiler tubes, 4-inch, G% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, ail sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co., 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago,

CARNATION STAPLES.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples, 50c per 1,000,
postpaid. I. L. Piilsbury, Galesburg, III. .

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far, 50c for
1,000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CDT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co. , Chicago,

Greenhouse glass, Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague
Smith Co., 164-166 Randolph St.. Chicago.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co.. 2340 Wabansia
Ave.. Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C, Mon-
inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St.. Chicago,

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dietscb
Co., 2642 Sbettield Ave,, Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co.. Des Plaines, 111.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O,

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot bangers, $1 per doz., by e3c-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa,

Pelrce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
pot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Pelrce. 400 Oaks St., Waltham. Mass.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
' fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
I Pottery Co., South Zanesville, Ohio.

I Neponset. flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
Tork.

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery Co.,

Syracuse, N. Y.

Standard fiower pots and bulb pans. Hll-
flnger Bros. Pottery. Fort Edward. N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Harley
Pottery Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Pots, Hews' standard. A. H. Hews & Co.,

Cambridge, Mass.

Standard flower pots. A. F. Kobr, 2934-3S
Leavitt St.. Chicago.

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son, 2614-22 Hem-

don St.. Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots,
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy., Detroit, Micfc.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Aphine, $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fungine,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine, $1 per qt..
$3 per gal. Sealine, 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals., $10. Nikotiana, $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus, Jennlng's
Improved Iron Gutters. Dlller. Caskey & Keen,
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts., Philadelphia.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London, England.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave., Chi-
cago

Florists' refrigerators. Buchhinder Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per 1,0: >0, 50c;
by mail, 70c; 5,000 by express, $2.50. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St,, KendallviUe, Ind.

Liquid— NICO-FUME— Paper, for thrlps, aphis.
Spraying vaporizing, fumigating. The Kentucky
Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville, Ky.

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1,000.
postiJaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St..
Springfield. Mass.

Glazing points, % and %, 40c per lb,; 7
lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs, $5. Randolph & McClements,
5936 Penn Ave.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

"Elastic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. B. C. Pruner.
Mgr., The Elastic-Lyke Co,, 30 E. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts,, Chi-
cago.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1,000, 75c.
posti>aid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St,,
Philadelphia.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
56 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Floraln D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway. 105 CTjambers St.. New York

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet, per
100. S5c; 600, $3; $5.50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100, 60c; per
1,0)10. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JUST OCT.

Send for one.

WOERNER WIRE WORKS.

2852 Pratt St. OMAHA. Neb.

Floral design, wire window guards, ofllce rail-
ings, and all fancy works, lamp shade frames.
Eagle Wire Works. 2338 Ontario St., Cleveland.
Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros.. 100.9 Vine St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

If You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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The American Florist.

405

THEALLIEDTRADES

New "Red Devil" Circular Glass Cutters,

Since the advent of the automobile
with its numerous and varied head-
lamps of all sizes, the demand for cir-
cular glass lights for these has in-
creased to a surprising degree. For
the enterprising and economical auto-
mobile owner who wishes to replace
his broken lights himself, the Smith &
Hemenway Co. Inc., makers of the
widely known "Red Devil" glass cut-
ters and e'.ectrical hand tools, have
just brought out a most effective and
handy circular glass cutter at the
popular price of 50 cents. It will cut
circles, cleanly and neatly, from 2
inches to 20 inches in diameter; a
larger size will cut up to 40 inches,
and sells at 75 cents. To meet the
demand for a better tool of this class,
Smith & Hemenway are offering a cir-
cular cutter, style 263, with hand honed
wheels which will cut sharp, clean cir-
cles, from 2 inches to 22 inches in dia-
meter. Both cutters are supplied, of
course, with the celebrated "Red Devil"
cutting wheels, on the high qualities and
wonderful cutting powers of which the
Smith & Hemenway Co. have largely
based the business success which Is
theirs today. It would seem that the
automobile trade and hardware houses
carrying automobile supplies, as also
the glass houses, would find a ready
outlet for a tool of this character.

Montreal, Can.

WAR CAUSES TKADE DEPRESSION.

Trade is almost at a standstill with
(lowers plentiful and prices below the
lowest ever. This is, in short, the
business situation at the present. The
European war plainly shows its ef-
fects here and several growers who
rely mainly on Dutch and Belgian
stock for winter forcing are consid-
ering closing part of their greenhouses
during next winter. While there may
be a possibility of receiving some stock
from countries above mentioned, there
is no likelihood of a big demand for
their goods. Asters are splendid this
year, but really it does not pay to
market them at 50 cents per hundred,
which is the best to be had. Gladiolus
A. I. Augusta and America bring $1.00
per 100. while sweet peas (the best
Spencers 1 sell at 20 cents per 100,
and no demand. Everybody is busy
subscribing to some patriotic fund or
fitting out a friend to go to the war.
The florists' trade is admitted to have
a hard time ahead, sales have dropped
fully one-third, and as one retailer
stated, it is only an occasional tele-
phone sale which keeps us moving.

NOTES.

The Montreal Horticultural Society
will hold their annual exhibition early
in September, and the executive com-
mittee has decided not to pay any
prize money, but will turn the pro-
ceeds over to the governors of the
patriotic fund. It is confidently ex-
pected that the proceeds will net
the sum of several thousand dollars.

James Bennett, George A. Robin-
son, James McKenna, Ed. Gernay and
William Cotter attended the S. A. F.
convention in Boston, and are ex-
pected to report at the Montreal Gar-
deners' and Florists' Club meeting the
first Monday in September.

E. J. Hayward, who was in Lon-
don and Paris, iust escaped by the
last boat before the war, and is safe
and sound at work again. S. S. Bain,
who Is also known to be over tne
ocean somewhere, has not been heard
from.

Bob Burrows, superintendent of the
R. B. Angus estate, has had to re-
duce hi.i staff from .32 to 7. Sir M.

r

20,000,000=

FEET OF PIPE IN

Greenhouse Steam Apparatus

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V.

IS NOW DRAINED BY THE

SYSXErM

and the condensation returned to the boiler— on the iiround level— as feed water— hot.
Get all the facts— write today.

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)reer'8 Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenliouses ^

Drive eisy and true, becuDSb
botb bevett are on the same
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the glass IQ driving. Galvao*
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The Peerless Glazing Poin
It patented. NooiheTS like
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or direct from os.
1000.75c. postpaid. \
Samples free.
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siebsrt'a Zinc
Glasins Points.

Good for small or
arge glass, do not rust
easy to drive. H and Ti
inch Perlb. 40c..Vlb5.
$1.85. 201bs $7.00

Vaughan's
Seed S^ore
Chicago New York

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior MJachine
and Boiler Worits,

846-848 W. Superior St., Ctiicago, 111.

Ment\on the American Florist when writing

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and 3'ou will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION GO.

29 King's Road. N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

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Wired
Toothpicits

10.00011 75; 50 000$7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Sample free. For sale bv dealers.

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406

The American Florist.

Sept.

Allen and many others are discharging
their help down to the barest neces-
.sity.

Early French bulbs have arri\i-d
and one flrrh also received a consign-
ment of Dutch bulbs, but that ap-
pears to be the end uf it for some
time. L.

Connecticut Horticultural Society.

The society held its first meeting
succeeding the usual two. months va-
cation at the County Building. Hart-
ford, August lis. As President Huss
was out of town attending the park
superintendents'- convention. W. W.
Hunt acted as chairman. The matter
nf appointing a committee of three to
work in conjunction with the garden-
ers' co-operative movement was post-
poned untir the next meeting. An ar-
ticle appearing in the June number of
the Gardeners' Chronicle of America,
entitled "The Gardeners' Co-operative
Movement." by M. C. Ebel, was read
to the members and received -much ap-
jjlause. Some of our members showed
their unusual ability in the art of pro-
ducing asters and gladioli of rare
beauty and size. The spikes of the
gladioli were four feet long, having two
dozen lilooms to a spike of marvelous
tints. Tile chair named A. Righenzi,
O. Boss, and H. L. Ritson judges, and
they awarded the gladioli and asters,
the exhibit of William H. MacKenzie.
head gardener at the Sessions Green-
houses. Bristol, a first-class certificate.
The three varieties of asters, great big
beauties, the exhibit of Alfred Cebelius,
head gardener for the Rev. M. W. J^a-
cobus, also received a flrst-class cer-
tificate. The exhibit of G. Ogren, as-
ter^ and Shirle.v poppies, received a
certificate of merit. Francis Roulier
gave a most interesting account of
his trip to Switzerland, giving his e.x-
periences there after war was dec'lared.
He had the time of his life trying to
get home, but by his persistent efforts
finally sailed from Genoa, Italy, arriv-
ing in America two weeks later. The
meeting was well attended.

Alfred Dixon, Sec'y.

Wichita. Kan.

TRADE QUIET IN ALL BKANt'UES.
The usual midsummer dullness con-
tinues to rule business. Even funeral
work has been rather slack during Au-
gust. The market has been well sup-
plied with summer stock. Outdoor
stocks of asters, gladioli, tuberoses,
lilies, etc., are doing fairly well, ex-
cept for an extremel.v hot and dry
period of five weeks during July and
early August, which damaged crops
due to bloom during that time. Most
greenhouse stocks are in a satisfac-
tory condition. Carnations are hoirsed
and looking fine, and 'mums are look-
ing well, with promise of an increased
cut for this season. Showers and
cooler weather have improved farm-
ing conditions, although the dry July
probabl.v cost Kansas half her corn
crop. It also caused heavy damage to
the apple crop, which experts estimate
has been reduced to slightly more than
a million bushels.

?;OTES.

Adolph Konecny, for a number of
years with the Chas. P. Mueller green
houses, has taken a position with the
Vaugnan greenhouses at Winfield,
Kan., with a plan of ultimately pur-
chasing ;ind running them on his <jwn
account.

John M. Smith, of the Whitcomb
greenhouses, I.,awrence, Kan., was a
visitor recently. He was en route
to Colorado seeking a change of cli-
mate that would benefit his health.

I. L. Pillshury, of Galesburg. III..
was a recent visitor, likewise Mr.

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A course for Gar-
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Home-makers, taug^bt
by Prof. Craiff and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

^Progressive Florists
recognize the growing
Importance of a knowl-
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Gardeners who un-
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A knowledge of Landscape Gardening is
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Yerkes, of Hutchinson. Kan., and
Wm. H. Woerner of the AVoerner Wire
Works. Omaha. Xel>.

C.

ADVANCE matt-ri^l is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

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Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Sendfor
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Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hail Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00.
For full particulars address

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407

.A STIC A

:USE IT WOW.

F.O.PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes hard and
brittle. Broken sjlass easily remoyed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with hard putty
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

KRIER BOILERS

Smoke Burner— Self Feeding— For GreenbODsei

A GUARANTEED FUEL SAVING

Catalogue and Prices on Request.

Nic. Krier Boiler Works,

2725-27 N. Marshfield Ave.. CHICAGO.

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Foriuerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run
in hot nor heave in cold weather.

E. C. Pruner, Mgr. THE ELASTIC-LYKE CO.
(Not Inc.l 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

REED & KELLER,

122 W. 25th St., NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
and Novelitles, and are dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

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BUCQBINDER

FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. C3 for Catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MANUFACTURERS

518 Milwaukee Ave., - Chicago, IlL

C.\KOX City. Coi.o.— The second an-
mial flower sh'j , of the South Canon
and Lincoln Park Civic Improvement
league was held Augu.st l!T-iS. Sev-
erai hundred entries were made and
the exhibit was one of the most com-
prehensive of the kind ever seen in the
upper Arkansas valley.

S.\N FKANCipco. Calif. — Ground was
broken for the Young Women's Chris-
tian Association building at the Pana-
ma Pacific Exposition grounds August
25. No champagne bottle was broken
but instead cut flowers were strewn
on the site by young women, while
a surpliced choir sang "America."

Baraboo, Wis. — William Toole & Son
have commenced the construction of
another greenhouse on Pansy Heights,
near the city. The new building %vill
be 25x50 feet, with all the modern im-
provements. During the past few
years the greenliouse business has
been growing steadily so that the ad-
ditional capacity has become neces-
sary.

Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

Good Material

Prompt Delivery

Reasonable Cost

These are the points which count with you when you are in
need of greenhouse material. Let us submit you our sketches
and estia ates. Our fine equipment, good stock and an ex-
perience of many years enables us to give you satisfaction.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WAB.ANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO.
Greenhouse Material. Telephone Humboldt 11. Hotbed Sash.

1914

1866-

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
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GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

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A "RED DEVIL" PLIER ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

.A little 4 inch drop lorijed steel tool that is far superior
to a shears for cuttinii bouquet wires or any line wire.
It is tested to cut the finest silk insuhition and is a
plier you will appreciate. It's just one **Red Devil"
tool YOU should have .'Xsk your hardware man for
"Red Devil," No. 622, 4-inch. He has or will get it
for you. If not send us his name and fifty cents and
one unly sample pair will be sent you postpaid.
151 Chambers St..
New York, U. S. A

"Red Devil" No. 622

Smith & Hemenway Go,,

(We make "Red Devil" Glass Cutters Tht kind you want..

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BOILERS

Water Grate
Less Coal More Heat

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General Agents U. S. A.

Cor. 2nd and Monroe Sts.
Hoboken, - - - N. J.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give
satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse

WritL- lor prices and estimates. Do it now.

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GRADE.

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis,
Minn., President; P.Welch. Boston. Mass., Vice-
President; John Young, 53 W. 2''th St.. New
York, secretary: Wm. F. Kasting, BuSalo, N. Y.,
Treasurer.

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President; Dan MacKorie. san Francisco. Calit..
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Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August. 1915.

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY
SUPERINTENDENTS.
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President-Elect; Bellett Lawson, Jr.. River
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SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANT GROWERS.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo. N. Y,. 1915. S. J. Goddard. Framing-
ham. Mass., President; A. F. J. Baur. Thirty-
eighth St. and Rickwood Ave,, Indianapolis.
Ind.. Secretary.

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SUPERINTENDENTS.

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1915. Gustave X. Amrhyn. New Haven, Conn.,

President; Roland Coterill, Seattle. Wash,,

Secretary-Treasurer.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
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Ogontz Pa. President; C. W. Johnson, Morgan
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Benjamin Hammond. Fishkill on-Hudson. N. Y..
Secretary.

Fall Propagfation.

There are many of the plants used
for bedding purposes that are better
propagated in the fall, for cuttings are
more readily obtained, root easily and
allow time for the growing of good
stock. Ivy geraniums, to have fine
plants in the spring, are much better
propagated at that time. Vincas for
the spring sales propagated in Septem-
ber mal^e fine plants by the first of
May. The long shoots can be cut up
to two eyes each and they will root in
three or four weeks, then potted in
2%-inch pots and kept cool until Feb-
ruary, when they should be potted into
-4-inch pots and grown along the sides
of the beds or benches. Abutilons
should be handled in a similar man-
ner. The tender tips should be used
for the cuttings, and these should be
kept well watered and shaded until
roots are formed, when they can be
potted and kept cool until towards
spring. The pelargoniums that were
cut back and dried otC in August
should now be made into cuttings and
should be taken and placed in the cut-
ting bench. There are also many
]ilants that the stock should be looked
out for at this time and a few plants
lifted and housed before frost. Many-
growers prefer to raise their salvias
from cuttings and in this case a few
plants can be potted and grown on.
Any extra good double petunias should
be lifted. Pyrethrum or feverfew, co-
leus and the other soft wooded plants
should be selected and potted that
they may become established before
cool weather.

Pansies.

The pansies for early spring trade
should be placed in the frames that
they may become established before
freezing weather commences. Make
the soil good and rich. It is the plants
with large flowers in the spring that
find the quick sales and these cannot
be obtained in poor soil. Set the plants
about five inches apart and water well
after planting. Keep those of a kind
together and plant all the mixed lots

adjoining. There is more time wasted
in the retail selling of pansies than
any other flower, traveling back and
forth over a mixed bed trying to pick
out a nice assortment. This is espe-
cially so with some customers and in
setting out the plants try to prevent
this as much as possible. When freez-
ing weather comes cover the frames
with sashes which will prevent the
snow from lying too heavy upon the
plants and also much freezing and
thawing. If frozen for months and
covered with sash no harm will be
done, but if a warm spell should come
on, the sashes should be raised to al-
low ventilation.

Sweet Peas.
The early sown sweet peas will soon
need some support, and the plan most
generally adopted by growers with
peas inside is to pass stilngs around
the plants fastened to stakes at each
end of the row. If the rows are
lengthwise of the bench stakes to
which the strings may be fastened will
have to be arranged about every ten
feet. As soon as the plants have at-
tained a height of six inches the first
string should be tied on and strings
should be added every six to eight
inches as the plants grow taller. The
plants must be kept growing straight
throughout their culture, so they must
have strings quite close together for
their twining arms to catch upon, and
if when the plants are in bloom they
are not kept tied up a large number
of the flowers will have crooked stems.
Care must yet be taken with the wa-
tering and until the plants show ac-
tive growth, they should receive but
little water, being kept on the dry side.
If allowed to be too wet, stem rot will
result and the plant will die. If sweet
peas are to follow the early chrysan-
themums the seed can now be sown.
Three or four seeds in a 4-inch pot will
be right for this time, for they will
have to grow in the pots about six
weeks, the middle of November being
about as early as the chrysanthemums
can be cleaned out and the beds made
ready. Careful watering will be the

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watchword for the young seeds and
do not thin out too early. Wait until
the plants are in good growing condi-
tion, when they can be thinned out to
one plant in a pot.

Cyclamens.

In order to have nice large plants of
cyclamens for another year, now is the
time to sow the seed. This can be de-
ferred until later and the seed planted
at any time until the first of the year,
yet it is much better to start them
early and obtain a nice well-foliaged
plant full of bloom in a 6-inch or
7-inch pot than a smaller plant with
but few blooms and flowers, which is
sure to be the result with the later
sown seed. Soak the seed for about 24
hours in tepid water and place the re-
ceptacle in a warm place, and plant
in flats about one-half to three-quar-
ters of an inch apart and there will
be need for but little further labor un-
til later in the winter. Be sure and
have a light porous soil with a good
proportion of leaf mold. The plants
that are to be in bloom for Christmas
should now be making good growth
and be in the blooming pots. Any
buds that show up at this time should
be removed. Give the plants plenty
of room and leave them from now on
in full sunlight and in a cool, well-
ventilated house. A sharp lookout for
aphis must be kept up and regular
fumigation continued. The plants for
late winter and spring blooming can
be kept out in the frames as long as
saf? from frost and then placed in cool
quarters until time to give them more
heat, which will depend upon the time
they are wanted in bloom.

Anemones and Raounculus.

The grower desirous of having some-
thing out of the ordinary in early
spring should grow a few anemones
and ranunculus. The bulbs are inex-
pensive and will help to increase the
variety at a time when the flower users
are looking for something that they
have not seen all winter. No doubt
failure in starting these bulbs has
caused many growers to give up the
attempt of their culture, but if once
understood they are as easily grown
as any other of the bulbous flowers.
The bulbs should be planted in flats
close together and covered with about
half an inch of soil and then placed
under a bench in a cool house. Under
no circumstances water the soil or
place them where water will drip upon
them, for if they become wet they
will surely rot. Place papers over the
flats to prevent evaporation and in
about three weeks the bulbs will
throw out roots and the tops .start.
They can then be placed in pans or
In the Ijenches and grown as any other
bulbs are handled.

THE RETAILTRADE

Conducted by Robt. Rift, Philadelphia. Pa.

Delavan, Wis. — Joseph Wright has
sold his greenhouse, which he has
owned for nearly 30 years, to W. J.
Moxley.

Cicero, ill.— The new home of the
Kolaj Floral House at 51.30 W. 2.5th
street, being built by Thos. M. Pilas,
is rapidly going up. It will be ready
by October 1.

San Antonio, Te.n. — The largest ex-
hibition of flowers ever held in San An-
tonio is planned by the San Antonio
Florists' Society for the early part of
Novemlier. The public will be invited
to enter exhibits of cut flowers and
growing pot-plants, in competition for
cash prizes, and florists of the city
will be allowed to place flowers of all
kinds on exhibition.

Church Wedding Decoration.

The illustration herewith shows a
church wedding decoration by J. L.
Dillon, of Bloomsburg, Pa. In this
work Killarney' roses, pink asters and
wild carrot were used. This concern
linds wild carrot particularly well
adapted for work of this character,
both on account of its color and tex-
ture.

Panel lor the Mrs. Wilson Funeral.

The accompanying illustration is
one of several designs 'arranged by
Charles L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn., and
sent to Rome. Ga.. for the funeral of
Mrs. Wilson, wife of the president.
The piece was sent by the citizens of
Knoxville and was over six feet in
height. Hundreds of America and Ni-
agara gladioli, lily of the valley. Easter
lilies, white and Golden Gate roses
and white and lavendar a.'iters in pro-
fusion, surrounded a shield in the cen-
ter of red, white and blue flowers.

Advertising the Retail Store.

The question. "Does advertising
pa.v?" can be answered with a hearty
aye, and yet if all the retail florists
who have tried it. could be gotten
together, the contrary side when called
for would likely smother the affirma-
tive with their lusty and disgusted, no.
This result would not, however, prevent
those who had found out that it was
Ijrofitable. and had discovered how to
get results that fully warranted the
necessary expenditure, from continuing
to use this as a powerful lever in their
business. Newspaper publicitj' will pay
if it is gone about in the right way.
Xt least six months' work should be
mapped out ahead. Flowers, plants,
events, features of this or that season
that are the life of the business, are
to be considered. A sufficient sum is
to be set aside for this work, so that
it can be given a reasonable time in
which to show returns. M-uch of the
advertising from which no results are
received is of the intermittent sort, the
"John Smith, Florist. .310 Main street"
kind, that gets into the programs of
concerts, fairs, school magazines and
occasionally into the newspapers. Keep-
ing one's name before the public by
this method is the poorest kind of ad-
vertising, much of it so cheap that it
is paid for in trade.

Good advertising is said to be simply
telling the truth about what you have
to .sell. It is not worth while, how-
ever, to buy valuable space for .lust
simple truth, each advertisement must
have a point or idea that attracts and
holds the eye until the message is
read. Illustrations are a great help.
All the newspapers now keep a corps
of artists who will without charge
prepare illustrations from photos or the
articles themselves. They will write up
the matter in a catchy way. "Penn
the Florist" ads of the celebrated shop
in Boston are an example of good
work in this line and there is no doubt
liut that they are satisfied that it pays.
To call attention continuously to one
thing such as a $1 box of flowers Is
liound in time to bring results. Smith
iV Son, of Pittsburgh, have by this
method .sold as high as one thousand
•SI boxes in. one day. Great runs have
been made on ferns offered at a popu-
lar price. vCramer and Gude Brothers
of W.isbington have run off large

quantities of stock by means of lib-
eral ads offering bargains for this day
only. The Century Flower Shop, in
Philadelphia, ran this as a slogan for
a while: "If you are a lover of flow-
ers you should know the Century
Flower Shop," and the address. This
was all, but used in place of priced
ads that had gone before and others
that followed, it was very effective.

The ground work for success in ad-
vertising is to be found in the busi-
ness as established, the way it is con-
ducted, the stock carried and the ap-
pearance of the store. If things here
are not up to the mark advertising
will be money wasted. There must be
quantities of the stock ottered in view,
nicely arranged w^ith the price dis-
played. There should be many other
attractive features, so that additional
sales may be made. New customers
are likely to be flower buyers who
know other stores, and yours must
compare favorably with them, or if
possil)le. lie made more inviting.

It is the continuity of advertising
that counts, as often for a while there
is apparently little return, but if in-
telligently kept up offering seasonable
plants and flowers or other specialties,
with appropriate cuts and short, snap-
py descriptions, the effect will be ap-
parent in the increased number of
visitors. the growing total of the
cash receipts and additional accounts
opened.

Advertising that costs but little and
is effective, is obtained through the use
of leaflets, offering and calling atten-
tion to various items of the stock that
are plentiful at the time or that have
just come into the market. An article
on the fernery and its care, or on win-
dow boxes, or the watering of house
plants, etc. A series of these small
business bringers should be on hand to
be slipped into envelopes with bills or
receipts or placed in boxes of cut
flowers. They are almost certain to
produce good results.

K.

Snapdragons Under Glass.

EU A.MEKICAX FLOKIST:

Please advise if it is proper to place
seedling .snapdragons under glass for
winter flowering? The plants are about
four inches high at present. Would
you pinch the tops off? Will seedlings
give as good results as cuttings?

J. W. G.

In answering this query I will give
a few notes on the culture of snap-
dragons under glass for winter flower-
ing, but before proceeding I will first
of all answer the questions of the in-
quirer. First, it is entirely proper and
this is the time to place snapdragons
under .ijlass for winter flowering, both
seedlings and ])lants from cuttings.
Second, the plants that are four inches
high should have the tops pinched off
to encourage them to send up shoots
from the bottom; it is from this source
that the plants produce the long stem
spikes of flowers. Third, so far as the
production of flowers enters into the
subject, the seedlings will produce as
many as the plants from cuttings, but
the flowers from seedlings do not al-
ways come true to type, the principal
fault being the form of the flower, the
lower part curling upward, thus giving
it a curled-up appearance, intsead of
reflexing back, showing off the deeper
color of the lower lip to the best ad-
vantage. Also, with some of the seed-
lings the individual flowers are too far
apart on the stalk so that they do not
look nearly as well, consequently when

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a careful selection has been made, as
regards color and type of flowers, the
cuttings are the most satisfactory.

Snapdragons have attained a very
prominent place among the florists'
cut flowers during the past five years,
and are being grown quite, largely
again this season. Among the necessi-
ties that the grower must have at his
command to be successful in produc-
ing fin« spilves of snapdragon, are a
light, airy house, a live, rich soil and
.good plants to start out with. Prepare
the soil the same as for carnations,
and follow out the same plan of ma:k-
ing the beds ready. Snapdragons re-
quire the best place in the house avail-
able, where they will get all the sun-
light possible during the winter
months; also in order that the soil
will dry out freely. There are two
methods to follow as regards planting,
and both may be equally successful.
Young plants from pots can be planted
into the benches during August and
September and grown on to flower
without a check. The tops should be
pinched out at the start to encourage
the plants to send up long, strong
shoots from the bottom. The plants
should be planted firmly, the beds kept
free of weeds and every precaution
taken to keep the plants free of green
fly, which is a pest that will quickly
cause the plants and flowers to go
w-rong. Another very important item
is to be sure and make every arrange-
ment to properly support the plants
so that long, straight spikes of flowers
can b^ cut. When the stems are not
properly supported they become crook-
ed and cannot be straightened out
agai^ without breaking. Water care-
fully until the plants get control of'the
soil, after which they need to be wa-
tered freely and should never be al-
lowed to suffer for the want of it.
After the plants get along well into
active growth, sending up the flower
spikes, they are greatly benefited by
application of liquid manure accord-
ing to the weather conditions: during
dark weather let up on the manure
and hold the plants a, little .to the dry
side, and when the days are bright ap-
ply the manure. Snapdragons grown
under glass are subject to the attack
of red spider, which in the early part
of the season, can he held in check bv
syringing, but after the weather be-
comes so that the regular syringings
have to be dispensed with, the spider
can be controlled by steady tempera-
ture and airing of the house on every
favorable occasion.

Another method of culture followed
by a number of snapdragon growers is
to plant out in spring the same as with
carnations, grow along through the
summer, and then lift and pot up into
six or seven inch pots the early part
of September. Hold in cold flame un-
til an early batch of chrysiinlhemums
are out of the way. then plant them
into the benches: also, this summer
method can be followed, but instead of
planting in the benches after the
"mums, pot up into 10-inch pots to re-
main all winter. The latter method
has on* great advantage and that is
they can be moved to any bench or
house the grower desires. The tem-
perature of the carnation house during
the winter is also about right for the
snapdragons. C. W. Joiixsox.

Hannibal, Mo.— E. A. Hodge, florist,
is having an addition constructed to
his greenhouse on Pulton avenue. He
will have one of the best greenhouses
in this section when the improvements
.are completed.

A National Plant Regristry.

Paper presenteil by H. J. Moore, Queen Vic-
toria Park. Niagara Falls, Ont.. at the seven-
teenth annual convention of the Canadian Horti-
cultural Association, Toronto, Ont.. August 4-7.
liU-l.

As chairman of the names and va-
rieties committee of the Ontario Hor-
ticultural Association, I present to you
for your serious consideration a mat-
ter of. vital importance, namely, the
establishment of a national plant reg-
istry. The' project, although previous-
ly contemplated, never received the
consideration it merited, probably be-
cause its possibilities could not be
foreseen at that time, or that the ad-
vantages to be derived from such an
institution were not understood.

The reasons for desiring a plant
registry are too numerous to mention,
some of the most important are as
follows : Registration, of plants by af-
fording priority would prevent subse-
quent unscrupulous naming, and thus
obviate a multiplicity of names. This
would be very satisfactory to sales-
man and purchaser alike. Incorrect
naming of subjects at e-^hibitions
would rarely occur, thus precluding
annoyance to judges, officials and ex-
hibito'rs. Worthless and undesirable
types would be eliminated from the
trade, thus assuring ^he grower of a
better class of plants. Effort in the
production of flowers, fruits, vegetables
and cereals more fully adapted to our
climate, and a source of greater profit
would be stimulated. Agriculture as
well as horticulture would benefit
greatly, for the farmer as well as the
gardener. would profit immensely
through the larger and better yields
of improved crops. • Apart from the
forementioned reasons, a plant regis-
try would have claims of an educa-
tional nature, educational in. the sense
that through its influence, plant breed-
ers, amateur or professional, would '
seek a knowledge of the natural or-
ders with a view to ascertaining the
aflinity of plants for each other, a
knowledge of the utmost importance,
without which success would not be
possible.

-Jf^" OBGANIZATIOX.

., The members of the names and va-
rieties committee, with others promi-
nent in Canadian horticultural activ-
ities, believe that a plant registry, to

to be effective, should be national in
character. It would, therefore, seem
that a national organization like the
Canadian Horticultural Association
would be the logical channel through
which to direct all effort toward at-
taining the object in question and to
manage its affairs, if attained. The
question of proper organization is a
delicate one. It would appear, how-
ever, that the association should form
a plant registration department under
which a committee or committees
could be held responsible for registra-
tion. Committees representative of the
florists, vegetable growers, fruit grow-
ers, and also of the agriculturists' in-
terests generally would probably be
satisfactory: one or two members
could be appointed from the associa-
tions of each province, and meetings
be held in places centrally and con-
veniently situated.

EXHIBITIONS.
Were a department of plant regis-
tration established, the association
would find it necessary to hold exhibi-
tions periodically as well as those
usually held during fall. At these ex-
hibitions each subject submitted for
certificate (registration) could be en-
tered with the clerk of the committee.
It would be required of the owner to
communicate his name and address, the
name of the subject, and in the case of
seedlings particulars as to parentage,
and date of raising. The name of the
raiser or importer, and if an importa-
tion, the name of its native countrv
should also be given. In the case of
iill plants submitted for registration, the
raiser or importer should furnish the
name. Were such exhibitions held, the
committee would have ample opportuni-
ty to pass judgment upon the merits
of subjects with a view to making
awards. The committee of the plant
registration department should have
full power to act in all things pertain-
ing to plant registration. The award-
ing of medals or of certificates of merit
for meritorious jiroductions could be
left entirely in its hands. The amount
of fees to be charged for registration
and the disposal of such fees should
likewise concern the committee of the
department. Registration should not
only apply to plants raised in Canada,
but to all new imported varieties. This
would tend to eliminate undesirable

CHURCH WEDDING DECORATION BY J. L. DILLON. BLOOMSBURG PA

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factors such as the willful misrepre-
sentation of the names and of the mer-
its of plants to an unsuspecting pub-
lic, practices which are far too common
and should Ije regarded as criminal. In
connection with the work of the plant
registration department a law should
be enacted by the government compel-
ling the importers to register the
names and descriptions of the subjects
imported within a stated time of their
imiiortation.

TRIAL GliOUNDS.

The acquisition of trial grounds cen-
trally located would be an important
step, these could be placed in charge
of competent superintendents scientifi-
cally and practically fitted for the work.
To this suggestion exception will prob-
ably be taken on the ground that the
central experimental farm at Ottawa
could be utilized. This, however, is a
matter for grave thought, and can only
be settled by discussion. As far as
Ontario is concerned. Toronto would
appear to have claims sound and logical
in that it is the base of much horticul-
tural activity, and being the centre of
a populous area, trial grounds or gar-
dens would become popular, and educa-
tionally exert much influence. Whether
the Dominion and provincial experi-
mental stations will be able to carry
on the work of plant testing in con-
nection with a plant registry is prob-
lematical, and requires serious consid-
eration. They have in the past done
excellent work, but it seems they should
be augmented, so as to undertake suc-
cessfully and comprehensively, a work
of such importance. With the aid of
the 'Dominion government, the Cana-
dian Horticultural Association would
be able to establish its own trial
grounds; the government might even
grant the necessary land, were the na-
ture and the objects of the work ex-
plained in the proper quarters. The
trial ground is a necessity. Imported
plants, as well as those of Canadian
origin, must be tested. Experience has
taught us that a large percentage of
importations are not adapted to our
climatic conditions, and as at present
the facilities for testing these are in-
adequate the grower takes a chance
and often suffers disappointment
through failure of his crop. We must
not, however, speak depreciatingl.v of
all imported varieties, as many of for-
eign origin are excellent. The trial
grounds will reveal their qualities, or
their defects, and are, therefore, the
logical places for experimentation. The
truck garden of the man who depends
upon every square inch of ground to
produce revenue is not. There is still
another argument in favor of trial
grounds, namely, plants are tested un-
der the observation of an intelligent
public; also under that of the plant
registration department, and not mere-
ly under the oft-times prejudiced ob-
servation of the laiser.

INFLTTENCE OF A NATIONAL REGISTRY.

To what extent the influence of a
national plant registry will dominate
Canadian horticulture is beyond com-
prehension at this time. What in-
crease in revenue it will bring to the
tiller of the soil is inconceivable. Of
some things, however, we are certain,
it will stimulate interest in the im-
provement of the useful and beauti-
ful subjects of our gardens. It will
encourage specialized work, which
work will ever be the best and most
consistent, and through which the yield
of our crops will be doubled, and our
home surroundings be made more

SPECIMEN SCHIZANTHUS WISETONENSIS.
Grown by John Tiplady.

beautiful. The following facts and fig-
ures gleaned from a comparatively re-
cent publication of the Royal Horticul-
tural Society of Great Britain will
show the importance of registration :
The Royal Horticultural Society was
established in 1804. but it was, how-
ever, not until IS.jS that committees
of experts were formed to assist in
making awards and in registration.
The fruit and vegetable committee was
the first. The necessity of a floral com-
mittee soon became evident, and in
1859 was an accomplished fact. The
scientific committee was formed in
1868. The narcissus and tulip com-
mittee in 1884, and finally in 1889 an
orchid committee was brought into ex-
istence. These committees were formed
as a result of a direct need on the
part of horticulturists and the magni-
tude of their work of registration, and
of making awards must be left to the
imagination. To orchids alone approx-
imately four thousand certificates or
awards were granted, white to plants
generally probably fifteen thousand
were awarded.

Think of the influence of these
awards upon British horticulture, con-
sider the influence of the work of these
committees upon the horticulture of
the world, and in the light of these
considerations ask ourselves whether
the necessities and exigencies of Ca-
nadian horticulture are not as impor-
tant as those of Great Britain. In
Canada today, we have a population of
about eight millions, in fifty years it
will probably he ninety to one hundred

millions; this enormous population will
be interested in horticulture, in the
things which serve as food, and in
these with which civilization always
surrounds herself and adorns her
habitations.

The Canadian Horticultural Associa-
tion has a magnificent work to under-
take, a work the usefulness of which
cannot be comprehended, therefore,
upon the reasons for establishing a
national plant registry and upon the
results to be obtained therefrom, we
must base our judgment as to whether
it is a fit and proper institution at this
time. It is a project magnificent in
promise and worthy of the greatest
consideration in the light of its use-
fulness and service not only to the
horticulturists and agriculturists of the
Dominion, but where ever its influence
shall extend.

The Schizanthus.

The "butterfly flower" or "fringe
flower," as the schizanthus is popularly
called, is a genus of South American
plants well adapted to pot culture. It
makes a splendid subject for spring
flowering, and comes in just right for
Easter. There are only a few species,
all natives of Chili and Peru. Schizan-
thus is a half hardy annual, easily han-
dled from seed. Most of the varieties
offered are garden forms of S. pinnatus.
which is extremely variable. S. retusus
and S. retusus rosens have been grown
In conservatories for many years, and
still retain the characteristics of the
type. The colors are orange and rose.

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G. X. Amrhyn.
Pres. Aiiiericjin Ass'n of Park Sii])oriiitfti<lrnls

The best species for florists' uses is
S. pinnatus, sold under many varie-
tal names. The best of these is S.
Wisetonensis. The original type of
this beautiful variety was very com-
pact in habit, shaded from pale pink
to orange, and very Horiferous. mak-
ing a charming Easter plant. The type
Is no longer pure, and from one packet
of seed one may expect plants ot'\ari-
ous habits and flowers with a wide
range of color, yellow, apricot, salmon.
pink, carmine, crimson, mauve and pur-
ple, with various markings and com-
binations. The compact plants usually
give the pale colors, and the taller, the
mauves and purples. The flowers are
very effective, and will last a long
time when cut. For conservatory work
they will remain in flower for three
or four months.

The taller growing plants may be
selected for cutting and the more com-
pact ones for pot plants. They produce
seeds freely. The type best suited to
the purpose of the grower might be
segregated for seed bearing. To avoid
pollination by undesirable types the
plants selected for seed should be In
a separate compartment. The time to
sow for spring flowering is August.

The seed pans or flats should be
placed In a cool, shaded house, and
when the seedlings are large enough
to handle they may be potted Into a
2-lnch pot. Never allow the young
plants to become pot-bound or dry.
Keep them going. The final potting
may be into a G-inch or 7-inch or 8-
Inch pot, according to the purpose de-
sired. A 6-inch pot is large enough
for an Easter plant for sale. An 8-
Inch pot is not too large for cut flower
or conservatory use.

The^ like a fibrous, sandy loam,
about one-third humus. Large plants
may be grown if liberal treatment Is
given. After the plants are well
rooted, weekly, and later semi-weekly
applications of liquid manure may be
given. They will respond very quick-
ly to frequent applications of am-
monium sulphate, two pounds to 50
gallons of water. The night tempera-
ture should be about 50*.

J. H.

WITH THE GROWERS

Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

M;iny great institutions flourish in
cii- near to great cities, and we have
noted that the cities are all • proud
of their great institutions. We were
in some doubt about calling a nursery
an institution, but we find, according
to the dictionary, that to institute, is
"to establish, set up; fl.x. originate; set
in operation, etc., and that seems to be
what Bobbink & Atkins have done at
their nursery in the modest town of
Rutherford, N. J., which is a fifteen-
minute ride from New York. Another
leading feature is that it is being con-
.stantly enlarged and improved, and on
every visit you will see something new.
It would require farge space to cover
all the activities of this firm liiit m
lirief outline may here be given. First,
it may be stated that both the mem-

Mrs. George Asmus.-
1st. Vice-Prcs. Ladies" Society of \m. Florists,

bers of this firm are comparativel.\-
young men and what they have al-
ready done is a fine tribute to their
energy and business sagacity. They
have now 350 acres of nursery and
over .TOO.OOO square feet of green-
houses and storehouses, a factory
which turns out a great stock of tubs,
boxes and other requisites of the busi-
ness and large garages and repair
shops. A trip through their nursery
at this time of year enables us to see
some of the best features of botli for-
mal and natural gardening.

Approaching the nursery by thv
main street, we find sjiread otit on a
gentle declivity, a great stock of ever-
greens and conifers. This is a partic-
ularly fine collection and its beauty is
greatiy enhanced by artistic landscape
work. Samples of their boxwood top-
iary or funeral work, have been seen
and admired and won prizes in va-
rious trade exhibitions. The formal
rose garden is another feature that is
very attractive. Here are thousands
of plants and himdreds of varieties.
No need to worry about the war in
Europe cutting off the supply of roses,
or any other plants, for that matter.
Bobbink & Atkins' nursery will be
larger and better than ever when the

combatant.s have fought themselves to
a finish and are again ready to engage
in the more respectable calling of hor-
ticulture.

The great collection of deciduous
ornamental and shade trees is another
feature. There is not only a large
stock and a great variety to choose
from for the buyer, but likewise many
trees have been planted along the
drives and walks for beautiflcation and
shade. In deciduous flowering shrubs
there is an almost bewildering variety
comprising about everything that can
be grown, or is useful in this latitude.
.\mong the hardy herbaceous peren-
nials none are more noteworthy at
present than the new hybrid giant
flowering liibiscus. These alone, cov-
ering a considerable ground area, are
worthy of a visit. Irises in great va-
riety, peonies, strawberry plants, in
brief everything for the garden, was
noted.

Though primarily a nursery, as al-
ready noted, there is a large range of
glass which is being increased year *
by year. This shelters a great stock T
of p.alms, ferns and other foliage
plants, many of which are plunged in
the open in summer. Of these, at this
writing, a very fine stock of Ficus
elastica is noteworthy, cyclamens, hy-
drangeas and other flowering stocks
are also grown. In a large slat house
a great stock of araucarias were noted.

In conclusion we may add that en-
terprising men in the trade and men
of leisure possessing the means for or-
namenting their estates or home
grounds, should not fail to visit this
nursery.

.\. F; F.

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, Mass.

We have at various times made
mention of this noteworthy range and
now. when the florists of the whole
country will soon assemble at Boston,
we can assure them that the auto-
mobile or trolley trip to Natick is a
pleasant diversion at this season of the
year, .and they will find a great rose
range and meet a very able grower
and genial gentleman in the person
of Alexander Montgomery, general su-
perintendent. This range was founded
in 187(t by the late Edmund M.
Wood. Twenty-four years ago Mr.
Montgomery took charge and under

Frank Danzer.

I'resiili'iit Pc'tvoit Florists' Club.

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his management the glass area has
been greatly increased; to be more ex-
act, it is at least five times as great
as it was then. There is one house
nearly 1,000 feet in length and a num-
ber of others of large dimensions, the
whole totaling about 2(30,000 square
feet, and so far as we can learn, it is
the largest range in the state. Ex-
cepting American beauties, practically
all of the standard varieties of roses
are grown. Several well-known and
popular roses have been originated
and disseminated by Mr. Montgomery,
noteworthy being Wellesley and Mrs.
Charles Russell. Another new rose,
Mrs. Moorfield Storey, will be dissemi-
nated in 1915. In color, this rose is
somewhat of the shade of Taft. Mr.
Montgomery is well known to a ma-
jority of the florists of the country.
He is a life member of the Society of
American Florists, a past-president of
the American Rose Society, a member
of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society and of the Boston Gardeners'
and Florists' Club.

A, F. F.

Perennials From Seed.

Many of the finest hardy plants are
easily raised from seeds, and it will
be found fascinating to do so because
of the variation in the color and the
formation of the flowers which will oc-
cur in the seedlings. The best species
and varieties alone must be selected
for seeding. Label the flowers care-
fully and accurately to prevent mis-
haps, and give attention to the growth
of the plant, for a vigorous grower
may be expected ti) produce seedlings
of similar type, and, naturally, free-
dom and vigor of growth are proper-
ties to be desired, states a writer in
The Journal of Horticulture.

It is only possible to name a few of
the several plants which are amenable
to this method of propagation, and
may include delphiniums, gaillardias,
Scabiosa Caucasica, tree lupines, Al-
stromerias, Kniphoflas, and aquilegias.
The seeds should be sown as soon as
ripe, in pans or boxes containing sandy
soil. Care is necessary to insure that
the receptacles are thoroughly drained,
for stagnation must be avoided. Place
the pans in a cold frame, keep shaded
and moist, and the seeds will freely
germinate at varying periods. The
treatment of the seedlings is of para-
mount importance. Kniphoflas and
aquilegias may remain in the seed pans
until the early spring, but the others
being of more rapid growth, must have
more generous accommodation.

A carefully prepared nursery bed,
raised sufficiently above the surface of
the surrounding ground to allow the
water to drain away, answers admir-
ably for the little plants. They ought
to be placed fa^irly close together, neat-
ly labeled, and in addition to the name
the labels may record any details con-
cerning the parent plant, such as color,
form, or other interesting information.
When the seeds are not sown until late
in the year, all plants will be better in
the seed boxes, unless they are provid-
ed with small pots and wintered in a
frame or cool house; this is to be rec-
ommended for gaillardias and lupines.
It should be possible, however, in many
cases, to obtain seeds early in the sea-
son, and then the nursery bed may be
brought into requisition during the late
summer or early autumn, thus encour-
aging the young plants to make some
roots before winter. The frequent use
of the Dutch hoe is important, and the

young jilanls must not want for mois-
ture.

Considerable variation will occur
among the seedlings, and really good
things may be expected. Some plants
naturally take much longer to flower
than others, but there is often almost
as much pleasure in expectation as in
realization. Seedlings of Scabiosa Cau-
casica usually produce paler flowers
than those of the type, and variation
is almost certain in the delphiniums.
Kniphoflas are a considerable time be-
fore they flower, but are worth waiting
fur, the probability being that some
good things will be produced, especially
from K. Macowani and K. grandiflora.
If space permitted, there are numer-
ous hardy plants which might be men-
tioned as amenable to this form of
propagation, but the above nteager se-
lection will serve as a guide for culture
and general treatment, and may stimu-
late interest in a fine race of plants.

The Papaya in Hawaii.

" Excepting the banana, there is no
fruit grown in the Hawaiian Islands
that means more to the people of that
territory than the papaya, If meas-
ured in terms of comfort and enjoy-
ment furnished the people as a whole.
The papaya is the almost universal
breakfast food of the rich and poor
alike, and 's recognized as one of the
most wholesome fruits wherever it
abounds.

The papaya is a tropical plant and
does not prosper under any other than
tropical conditions. It grows readily
with so little care in such a variety of
soils and conditions, with no serious
diseases or insect pests, and it occu-
pies so little space and matures a crop
so quickly that it is to be found in
almost every door-yard or garden. Just
outside the Tropics it is grown as a
beautiful ornamental that occasionally
yields fruit, but it is never a success
as a fixed producer. In Hawaii it
thrives best below 1.200 feet altitude,
luxuriating and producing the best
fruits in the warmest localities. Fruit
produced at high altitudes or that ma-
turing during cool weather is fre-
quently inferior in flavor.

The papaya is usually propagated
by seeds, but very little systematic ef-
fort has been made to establish vari-
eties than can be depended upon to
reproduce their characters. The seed
is taken from the fruit, washed to re-
move the outer gelatinous coat, and
dried. It may be then stored in glass
bottles if it is not the desire to plant
at once and it will retain its vialsility
for several years if not attacked by in-
sects. It is best to plant the seed in
well drained, porous soil in flats or
boxes, covering them about a half inch
deep. In two to six weeks the seed-
lings should appear, germination being
hastened by the heat. Recently con-
siderable attention has been given to
propagation by asexual means. For
some time cuttings from the young
shoots on the side of the tree have
been made to form roots under suit-
able conditions of temperature and hu-
midity, but this has not been regarded
as a practical means of general prop-
agation.

Bulletin No. 32 issued by the Hawaii
Agricultural Experiment Station con-
tains the results of experiments with
the papaya at that station, and trials
of its culture, uses, food and medicinal
value, and other items of interest.

OBITUARY.

Hiram T. Jones.

Hiram T. Jones, a well known nurs-
eryman of Elizabeth, N. J., died at his
home in that city on August 2ti, aged
ii\) years. In 1894 he established the
Union County Nursery, at Elizabeth,
and in the years that followed had
built up a good business, his specialty
being evergreens. He was born at
Moline, III., his parents being Quak-
ers. As befitting his ancestry, he was
a good citizen, of a reserved and peace-
ful temperament. He is survived by
a widow and one daughter. Miss
Dorothea Jones; a sister, Mrs. B. E.
Rouse of Geneva, N. Y., and a brother.
Dr. W. B. Jones, of Rochester, N. Y.
Interment was at Rochester, N. Y.

A. F. F.

Mrs, Fred. B. Mlesel.

Mrs. Fred B. Miesel, wife of one of
the members of the firm of Miesel
Brothers, well known florists of Detroit,
Mich., died at her home in that city
September 1, aged 30 years. While
Mrs. Miesel had been in poor health
for the past two years, announcement
of her untimely death will be received
with deep regret by her numerous
friends. The funeral which was large-
ly attended took place Friday after-
noon, September 4, from her late resi-
dence, 1079 Mock avenue, with inter-
ment at the German Lutheran Ceme-
tery. She is survived by her husband
and three children, Eleanora, Freddie
and Robert, who have the sincere sym-
pathy of the local trade.

J. P. S.

Wilkes Baree, Pa.— A modern green-
house is being erected on the prop-
erty of Mrs. W. L. Conynham on West
street, replacing an older one.

Springfield, O. — The Clark County
Horticultural Society held its monthly
meeting September 1. The business
session was followed by a basket din-
ner.

Shkevei>obx, La. — Miss D. E. Ruch,
formerly of Richmond, Ind., is meet-
ing with much success in the floral
business she established the first of the
year.

Kalamazoo, Mich. — Work on the
construction of the new city green-
house being erected on city property
adjoining the municipal lighting plant
has been started. It will cost about
.$1,200.

Orange, Tex. — J. E. Hogg, a local
contractor, has completed a palm house
for W. H. Stark, the lumber man in
this city, 35x50 feet. The new palm
house and greenhouse combined is said
to be the finest in the south.

Frederick, Md. — Frank C. Hargett
has issued invitations for a reception
and inspection of the Educational
Flower Garden, in honor of horticul-
turists and florists to be held at Fred-
erick, Md., on the evening of Septem-
ber 17.

Nevada, Mo. — The Edris Floral Com-
pany, proprietors of the greenhouses
west of town, turned back the prop-
erty to the former owner, F. R. Roe,
August 24. The business will be con-
ducted by F. R. Roe under the name
of the Nevada Greenhouse.

Houston, Tex. — From reports re-
ceived from R. C. Kerr, who is mak-
ing a tour of the floral centers of the
United States, the flower show to be
he!d in Houston during the No-Tsu-Oh
celebration will be the biggest thing
of the kind ever staged in Texas. Flo-
rists from Kansas City, St. Louis, Chi-
cago and a number of other cities are
planning to send exhibits.

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Established 1885.
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in Postal Union, $2.50. Subscr'ptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When seeding us change of address always send
the old address at the same time.
Advertising rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
ftccepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.
J«We do not assume any responsibility for the
opioioos of our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. Deait)Om St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Suggfstiou.s for iil;iiit growers 401>

— Fall propagation . .'. 4(iii

— Pansies 400

— Sweet peas 40'.l

— Cyclamens 41 n

— Anemones and Kfiminculus 410

The retail trade 410

— Church wedding decoration (illus.) 410

— Panel for the Mrs. Wilson funeral (illus. I.4HI

— Advertising the retail store 410

Snapdragon under glass 410

A National plant registry 412

The Schizanthus (illus. ) 41;i

Portraits 414

— G. X. Amrj-hu , 414

— Mrs. Geo. Asmus , 414,

— Frank Danzer 414

With the growers -. . .414

— Robbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J 414

— Wab.in Rose Conservatories 414

Perennials from seed 415

The Papaya in Hawaii ■. 41."i

Obituary 4ir,

— Hiram T. Jones 41.'*

—Mrs. Fred B. Miesel 415

Editorial 410

— Convention gardens good influence 410

— Louisiana conditions 4I(;

— Club meetings next weelc 410

Milwaukee ^. . .418

Washington ^. . .420

The Hort. Society of New York 42 i

Chicago 424

St. Louis 42fi

Knoxvllle, Tenn 42T

Pittsburgh 42S

Cincinnati 428

Detroit 42S

Philadelphia 4.<i0

Boston 431

New York 432

Oklahoma City 434

Allianv. N. Y 434

Newark. N. J 4.34

Baltimore 43r,

Omaha 43S

The seed trade 440

— Redondo Beach. Calif 44u

— Catalogues received 44o

The nursery trade ,,...444

— Nursery interests center iu Al.ihama 444

— Southern Nurserymen's Association 444

— California nursery stock iu demand 444

— Amer. Forestry Co 444

Market gardeners 440

— Prices of indoor fruits aud vegetables 440

— ^Disease of mushroom may be controlled. .440
.Spinach has friends *. 4.'3

It is said an eftort will be made to
make some shipments of azaleas and
otlier Belgian stock from Ghent by
way of Rotterdam.

GHENT war news indicates that the
city was saved from bombardment by
furnishing the German army with
liberal food supplies.

We are in receipt of a copy of
"Growing Bulbs", a 78 page book on
))Ullious plants and their culture, by
Maurice Fuld, published by the Knight
& Struck Company, New York. The
liook S; designed for amateurs.

We are in receipt of the preliminary
premium list of the New York flower
show, to be held in the New Grand
Central Palace March 17-23. 1915. un-
der the auspices of the Horticultural
Society of New York and the New
York Florists' Club. Complete sched-
ules will be issued later. For copies
of all .schedules address John Young,
secretary, XiZ "W^est Twenty-eighth
street. New York.

Convention Gardens Good Influence.

It is an undisputed fact that there
is not a city in the United States that
has been visited by the Society of
American J<'lorists as a convention
city, but what has reflected a widen-
ing vision and increased and lasting
interest in flowers and in all things
Iiorticultural among its people in all
walks of life. The happy thought that
lirought forth the idea of the conven-
tion garden at Minneapolis in 191.3,
and the increasing interest and ad-
miration of the people of that city in
tliat beauty spot, in this, its second
year, is destined to be credited with at
least duplication, if not surpassed, in
converting, under the auspices of the
>^'. A. F.. with the assistance of the
Boston, Mass., park board, what was
at one time a city dump, into what is
today one of the most beautiful sec-
tions of Boston's extensive park sys-
tem, the convention garden in the Bos-
ton Fenway. The garden has already
brought forth praise from thousands
of citizens and visitors alike in that
city, and cannot liut help in its aim
to bring about a love for flowers, arid
an added desire for clean and whole-
some surroundings.

Bui an added benefit to the city of
Boston has been broyght about by the
convention garden in that city as evi-
denced by the recent statement of
Mayor Cuiiey of Boston, that after a
prominent Boston woman had visited
the garden, she was so impressed with
it, that she has offered to present to
the city, a much desired tract adjacent
to the garden, and valued at ,$50,(X)0.
Tliis is to be used for the purpose of
increasing the park area and .supplying
attractive surroundings for several
splendid buildings and public institu-
tions within sight of the convention
garden. . ■

The effect of the convention garden
in influencing civic iipprovement mani-
fested itself almost immediately after
the completion of the gardens in both
Minneapolis and Boston, and it is
hoped that these, and other gardens
in future convention cities, will con-
tinue with added beauty each succeed-
ing year, something more than a pass-
ing delight, but instilling in all. a love
for the beautiful.

Louisiana Conditions.

UEPORT OF S. A. F. STATE VICE-PRESIDENT.

My reports, last year and years pre-
vious, have covered nearly everything
in the way of general business and
statistics of the agricultural and min-
eral resources and exports of the state.
Our Louisiana oranges are coming to
be one of the largest industries of the
state, as our sugar plantations have
been divided into orange and trucl<
farms since the new tariff law went
into effect, which has injured the
sugar indtistry to such an extent that
tlie sugar planters sold their planta-
tions to land companies, who divided
them into 10 and 20-acre farms,
planted part with Louisiana orange
trees, and sold them to western and
northern farmers, who are making a
new transformation from sugar to
oranges and trucking, making three
crops in one season, as against only
one before. Louisiana oranges are
known as the best the world over, and
are sure to become one of the large
industries of the state. These new-
comers from the western and northern
farms, immigrating here, are getting
used to the southern soil and climate.
They are also well pleased with grow-
ing oranges and truck in place of corn,
wheat, etc.

"Our City Beautiful" movement is
being carried forward by our citizens
and parking commission on an in-
creased scale. Our homes, public
school grounds and public buildings,
squares, parks and streets are beauti-
fied more and more. The demand for
window boxes and hanging baskets,
palms, roses, shrubs and in and out-
door plants is increasing every year
and a great many lovely places can
be seen.

The seasons are short here, but when
crops and business are good there Is
no city in America that spends more
money for flowers than New Orleans
for its size. There is also an increas-
ing demand for finer and better flow-
ers. Tliey cannot come too fine, as
our people are willing to pay for them.
Business has been good this season,
but on account of the European war
it's hard to say what kind of business
we will have next season.

Harry Papworth,
S. A. F. State Vice-Prest.

Club Meetings Next Week.

[Secretaries of clubs and societies are re-
unested to send notice of change in date, time
and place of meeting.]

Newark, N, J,, Sept. 13. — German Gardeners'
Club of Newark. N. J., at 15 Newark street.
Peter Caille, Secretary, 111 Avon avenue. New-
ark. N. J.

New Orleans, La., Sept. 13, 2 p, m. — Garden-
ers' Mutual Protective .Association. 114 Ex-
change alley. John Parr, Secretary. 4539 North
Itampart street. New Orleans.

Baltimore, Md., Sept. 14, 8 p. m. — Gardeners'
;ind Florists' Club of Baltimore, Florists' Ex-
change Hall, St. Paul and Franklin streets.
Noah F. Flittou, Secretary, Gwynn Falls Park,
Station F. Baltimore.

Cincinnati, O., Sept, 14, 8 p. m. — Cincinnati
Florists' Society. .Tabez Elliott Flower Market.
.\lcx Ostendarp, Secretary, 24 East 3rd street,
Cincinnati.

Cleveland, 0,, Sept, 14,— Cleveland Florists'
Club, at Ilolleuden Hotel. Room B. Prank
Friedley, Secretary, 95 Shaw avenue. East
Cleveland, Ohio.

New York, Sept. 14, 7:30 p. ra.— New York
Florists' Club, Grand Opera House building.
John Young. Secretary, 53 West 28th street,
New York.

Rochester, N, Y., Sept. 14, 8 p. m. — Roches-
ter Florists' Association, 95 Main street east.
II. B. Stringer, Secretary. 24 Stone street.
Rochester,

SpringSeld. 0., Sept, 14, 7:30 p. m,— Spring-
field Florists' Club, meetings held at various
places. Arthur Lcedle, Secretary, Springfield. O.

Boston, Mass., Sept. 15, 8 p. m. — Gardeners'
and Florists' Cluh of Boston. Horticultural Hall.
W. N. Craig, Secretary, Faulkner Farm, Brook-
line. Mass.

Toronto, Ont., Sept. 15, 8 p, m. — Gardeners'
and Florists' Association. St. George's Hall. Elm
street. Geo. Douglas, Secretary, 189 Merton
street, Toronto.

Chicago, Sept, 17, 8 p. m.— Cook County Flo-
rists' Association, at the Tavern, West Wash-
ington street. \. T. Pyfer, Secretary. 30 East
Randolph street, Chicago.

Newark, N. J., Sept, 17, — Essex County Flo-
rists' Club. Kreuger .Vuilitorium, 25 Belmont
avenue. John Crossley, Secretary, 37 Belleville
avenue, Newark, N. .1.

New Orleans, La,, Sept, 17, 8 p, m. — New Or-
leans Horticultural Society. Association of Com-
merce Building, corner St. Charles and Common
streets. C. R. Panter. Secretary, 2320 Calhoun
street. New Orleans.

Tacoma, Wash.. Sept. 17, — Tacoma Florists'
Assoiiation. Ma<cabee Hall. F. C. Smith. Sec-
retary. T.ncouia, Wash.

State Fairs.

Tbe fullowing is a list of coming state fulis
with the names and addresses of the superin-
tendents of till' horticultural and florlcultural
(iennrt incuts so f:ir as obtainable:

September 7-18, Detroit.— Michigan State Fall-,
n. S. Newton, Hart. Mich., superintendent of
horticnlturo: H. H. Dow. Midland, Mich.,
superintendent of floriculture.

September 14-18. Milwaukee. — Wisconsin State
Fair. D. \V, Lnrkiu. Sturgeon Bay. superin-
tendent of horti.-ulture.

September 14-19. Louisville. — Kontucky State
Fair, W. W. Hillennieyer, Lexington, Ky..
superlntentlfut of horticulture: Wni. Mann,
Louisvillo. Ky.. superintendent of floriculture.

September 18-26. Springfield.— Illinois State
Fair. J. J. McComb. 3327 Potomac aveniie.
Chicago, superintendent of horticulture; J. E.
Taggart. Freeport, superintendent of floricul-
ture.

September 29-30-Ortober 1-2. Berlin.- Con-
necticut State Fair. F. N. Bacon, Beckley.
Conn., superintendent of horticiilture; Mrs.
George E. Creen. Berlin, Conn., superintendent
of floriculture.

October 19-24. Raleigh.— North Carolina State
Fair. J. Frank Fixishe, Raleigh, N. 0.

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The American Florist.

417

Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Relerence Section.

Where answers lire to be mailed from this office
eucose lOceiils extra lu cover postjige. etc.

Situation Wanted In a Chicauu whole^fle cut
Howrr liou»e; e>p<r'cnr,d salt Milan a'd.pickir.
^ddiL-^s Key 4-t'i, caio American Horist.

Situation Wintel-Younsr l^d? booklceeper
wimsi. years e. PC i. nee in a ChicaK^i whilesale
commission hn-ise. Chicago preleried. Can furn-
ish best ul references. .\ddr. ss c, ■ ,
Key 4i8 care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a first class storeman

and de-i.;nL-r. .American. 24 years of age. First-

cla'S r. lerencesas to abi'ity and character. -late

full particulars and sa aryin firsi lelitr. Addiess.

Key 45t>. care American hlorist.

Situation Wanted— Practical experienced pard
ener desires a p.isition on larue privdte e^tate
Expert on melons and fruit- under s'ass O'

utside. also anything pertaining to eaidening
Was! « t^'ill" per month fn start.

culture.
Addie«s.

Key 4.= 1. care American Florist.

Situatiin Wanted -As head B_ardener fl rist
supennt noeutoi. i.riyatephce; E. B i = h afe3(j
marii d; one child, a.e9; lite experience in all
branches-ho house, crnp-s peaches, m- l"n-
•muns c.rnations. roses palms etc.. vee-'abies
hard, fruits perennials trained fruit trees and the
general routine of a well-kept place: 2) years on
best estates: lorn references from thi* country
and Eneland. Piease state wages in hr-= lelter.
Address. Key 457.cate Ame.ican Florist.

Help Wantfd— A hustling young man who war ts
to learn the Hoist bu-iness Would want some-
one with som- pxo^r ence, Send \^;-"^^^'" ="<!
yyages expected to start. WW. c oles

K- k mo Ind.

Help Wanted -Florist and gardener, competent
to lake charge of greenhnu e gaiden and grounds
at Stat" Ins'itini'n. Address

Superintendent St.atk Pubi ic Pchooi.

Owatonna vlinn.

Help Wanted— A sober, capable tiorist and
landscape aatdr-ner. with DOi plant knowled. e.
Peiminent position B .aid lodging and laundry
furnished Aitl' refer-nce< and sdary expetted.
write Clarence PiFBSON. M D.Supt,

East La Hispitil for the Insane. Jackson. La.

Help Wanttd -Catalogue man wanted by old
esla-^iished. centrally locat. d se. d compans;
must be expe.ierced man at se. d catalogue work :
year 'round job in catalnnue, bioklet and le: Het
writing: state age. expeiierco at d salary desired;
give references in fist letter. Address

Key 459. cire American Horist.

For Sale or Rent C.reenh use of 51 00 feet. Two
blocks of rem t- ty two bl. cks of paik, wi.h
room to enlarge, in citv of 5f"0.

\\ M. R HoBBS Tint"n. Ind,

For Sa'e-Can give an exoeiierced Horist wiih
$10110 0 1 cah, an excepiinnal i-ood de.l on green
house pri perty in best i ity in Montana

AdJiess Brady Imp'l Cu.. Brady. Mont.

For Sale-25 acre truck farm l.fO (eet d s.
glass, in county seat Hot water heat, also i"
residence Only' greet h. use in (.0 miles. Fm.-
climate and Irecsmn.- w t.-r fin'erestrd wiiie
to Florist Box 2It M Tchesr.-r. Tenn

Big Boiler Bargain

Hot watrr boi'er, used only two months. Big
snap. $200.0a cash tnk sit. Answer immediately.
Key 450, care American Florist.

WANTED.

Carnation grower for a new place
near Chicago. Answer immediately.
Key 461, care American Florist.

IoT> a Agricultural College.

Young man wanted for the Horticult-
ural Department of Iowa Agricultural
College. Salary to start, about $700 per
}ear, with rooms: man ied man preferred.
Address Prof. A. T. E win.

Agricultural College, Ames, la.

WANTED

Good Rose Grower

For a range near Chicago. G6od salary
to right man. Address

Key 460, care American Florist.

Orchid Grower

Wanted an orchid grower, none but
first-cla.'s man tieed apply. Phase give
reference and wages expected.

MacRORIE, McLAREN 5 CO.
432 rhelan Bldg., San Francisco, Calif.

Help Wanted.

A good designer ard storetnaD in a thriving city
near New York.- Must be capableof takmgcha'ge
in the proprietor's absence. Send references and
state w:gesexpect' d. A good place for a sober,
industrious and capable man. Address.

A. F. F.. care American Florist.

151 W rst 22nd -t.. New York.

Nursery at Sacrifice

Here is an unusual opportunity to acquire a
complete, up-to dale Nurst ry. with modern equip-
ment m ihrivingcity of ihe Noithwest. bus ness
Will est iblished. G- od teims. Will take part
pa-mentin sf «k. Best reas ns lor selling. A
snap il taken at once. Addrejs.

Key 439, care American Florist.

FOR SALE.

12 H. P. IN7ERNATI0^AL GASOLINE ENGINE

Fi-rffCt ordLT.

12 H.P.UPRIGHT STEAM ENGINE. Good order

Very low price. If interested address.

PYFER fi OLSEM,

1625 central Ave., Wilmette, 111.

Wanted!

To buy at second-hand, a hot water
furnace that will heat three houses
20x76 feet.
Wm. Ballzrd, First and Rawson S's., Perry, Iowa.

FOR SALE

One Brown
Bag Filling Machine

Complete with electric heater and
rheostat. Cost $1,2 0. In perfect
condition. Ready for use. Only
filled 400,000 bags. What offers.

CARTERS,

Raynes Park, London, England.

10,000 Galvanized Wire Makes, No 11 wire, 4 ft 8 inches long }6 00 per 1000

5,000 Galvanized Wire Stakes. No. 11 wire, 4 ft. long 5.00 per 1000

Cash with order, please.

H. MUNSON,

'Phone:
Superior 572,

1405 Wells St., Chicago

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White Enchantress

CARNATION PLANTS

Are Reported to Be Scarce.

Growers having surplus stock should
advertise them in the next issue of
THE AMERICAN FLORIST. You
will get immediate results. Send all

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copy to

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO. j

418

The American Florist.

Sept. 12,

Mrs. Chas. Russell Roses

You have often heard of the new Mrs. Chas. Russell rose, and never have used
any, but probably would if you knew just how beautiful a rose it really is.
It is a magnificent red rose, somewhat similar to the American Beauty, but much
better in every respect at this season of the year. At first thought you may think
that this is an expensive rose to handle, but it is not; you can get exceptionally
fine stock from us at prices ranging from 5 to 12 cents each. The best grades are
well worth 12 cents, for the flowers are as large as the Beauties, and are carried
on stems fully 30 inches long, well clothed witTi that dark green luxuriant foliage.
Many of our customers, when they first tried our Mrs. Chas. Russell roses, were
afraid that they would not sell, but they soon found out that the flower-buying
public is quick to grasp something new that is worthy of sale. Many people can-
not afford to buy Beauties, but can buy Mrs. Chas. Russell roses. They are not
as expensive as Beauties, but are much better and in greater demand; so why
not be in the swim and get some of the Russell money? Be the live wire in
your town and give your customers a chance to buy this rose; it will bring you
many new customers and place you in the class of progressive florists. Our
Russells are grown to perfection — you cahnot obtain any better stock elsewhere
for the money; so there is no reason why we should not have a trial order from
you today. Try a few dozen; you will be surprised- how quickly they will sell.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.

Producers of Quantity-Quality Flowers,

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Milwaukee.

STOCK PLENTIFUL.
Trade has been very quiet this week
and stock of nearly all kinds is plen-
tiful. Roses of iine quality are being
offered, especially Killarney, White
Killarney, American Beauty, Mrs.
Chas. ■Rilssell, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Sun-
burst and Richmond. Lily of the val-
ley is none too plentiful and the same
can be said of good asters. Gladioli
are having a good call but are not
seen in any great quantities at any
of the wholesale stores. Carnations
are more plentiful and some very
choice stock is now obtainable. Lilies
of good quality are seen. The retail
florists in general report an unusually
quiet season with practically nothing
doing outside of what little funeral
work there is to be had.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO. ENTERTAINS.

Thursday, September 3, will be long
remembered by the members of the
Milwaukee Florists' Club who were the
guests of the Holton & Hunkel Co. at
its Brown Deer range of greenhouses
on that day. The company had a
special car chartered on the Milwaukee
Northern railroad which left the city
shortly after 4 :00 p. m. and reached
its destination about an half hour af-
ter. Over 50 members of the club ac-
cepted the kind invitation and the
turn-out was the largest that the local
trade has experienced for many a day.
Immediately after reaching the green-
houses the delegation headed by F. H.
Holton and H. V. Hunkel, the proprie-
tors, and their able foreman, Frank
Berndt, inspected the large range of
2.50,000 feet of glass. The stock
throughout the entire range was in the
best possible condition and greatly ap-
pealed to all those present.

In the rose section the party was
surprised to see how fine the stock
was looking and among the varieties
grown were noted, Killnrney, White

Killarney, Richmond, Mrs. Chas. Rus-
sell, Hadley, Ophelia, Prima Donna,
Mrs. Aaron Ward, Mrs. Taft, Sunburst
and Fireflame. The new rose, Mrs.
Chas. Russell attracted the inost at-
tention and this was not at all sur-
prising for the stock was at its best
and was in fairly good crop. The cut
in the cooling rooms disclosed the
fact that 'some of the Russell roses
had a bud nearly as large as the
American Beauty and that some were
carried on stems fully 30 inches long.
The new rose. Prima Donna, which
originated at this place also attracted
a great deal of attention for it is
.somewhat similar to Mrs. Chas. Rus-
sell, but it is a deeper red. has even
a larger bud but not as good a foliage.
The stems average about the same but
it is not quite as good a producer.

Several houses of chrysanthemums
were in splendid condition and the
proprietors took great pride in calling
attention to the healthy condition of
the plants. A bench of gardenias, sev-
eral houses of Boston ferns, chrysan-
themum pot plants, crotons, pandanus,
kentias, cyclamen, poinsettias, genis-
tas, asparagus and other stock is
grown here, but it should be remem-
bered that the firm has 50,000 feet of
glass devoted to decorative and flow-
ering plants in Humboldt avenue,
which is recognized as the firm's real
headquarters for this kind of stock.
Lily of' the valley, which is one of the
specialties, and lilies are also grown
at this place, and so are hiany other
kinds of stock which one usually finds
on a large commercial place. One
thing that attracted the attention of
the visitors was that the firm has
gone back to the wooden benches
again and which they think are the
most satisfactory.

After a thorough inspection of the
'greenhouses the guests were taken to
Keipper's Park, which adjoins the prem-

ises, and treated to a dandy chicken
dinner. Everyone had plenty to eat,
drink and smoke, and all those pres-
ent agreed that the Holton & Hunkel
Co. entertained them to a "queen's
taste," and that the outing could not
have been a more enjoyable one. After
dinner the party adjourned to tha
bowling alleys, where several match
games between the visitors were
played, following which the club meet-
ing was called to order. President
Leideger presided. Afliliation and the
coming State Fair were the principal
topics of discussion. C. B. Whitnall,
C. C. PoUworth and A. Livingston
were appointed a committee to repre-
sent the club and to take up such mat-
ters as they may find necessary per-
taining to the horticultural exhibit
with the proper oflicials. The picnic
committee made its reports. Several
new members were elected and the Hol-
ton & Hunkel Co. was given a rising
vote of thanks for the day's enter-
tainment, which was a brilliant suc-
cess, both from an instructive and
social point of view. Owing to the
lateness of the hour and that the vis-
itors had to return to the city the
meeting was adjourned much earlier
than it would have been otherwise.

NOTES.

Gust. Rusch & Co. are still busy
enlarging their store, but expect to
have all the alterations completed in
a few days. This firm will handle
the output of the new range of the
Cudahy Floral Co. and also of the
Gruenwald Bros.' new houses. The
first stock from the Cudahy range was
received this week.

A. Currie & Co. report that out-
side of funeral work and a few wed-
dings, trade has been quiet. In the
seed department there is nothing do-
ing of course except that the firm has
received several shipments of Holland
bulbs this week.

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The American Florist.

419

Two Valuable Ferns

Asplenium Nidus Avis

The Bird's-Nest Fern

And Cibotium Schiedei—

The Mexican Tree Fern

Having a larger stock of these two useful good sell-
ing varieties than we can conveniently find room
for we are offering the sizes noted below at special
prices to close out quickly, this is a prime lot of
perfect healthy plants in the best possible shape.

Asplenium Nidus Avis.

3-inch pots $1.60 per dozen; $10.00 per 100; $ 90.00 per 1000

4-inch pots 3.50 per dozen; 25.00 per 100; 200.00 per 1000

Cibotium Schiedei.

3-inch pots, fine single crowns $3.50 per doz.; $26.00 per 100

6-inch pots, double and triple 6.00 per doz,; 50.00 per 100

Pteris Parkeri.

Another valuable decorative Fern of recent introduction.

214-inch pots $ .75 per dozen; $ 6.00 per 100

4 -inch pots 2.00 per dozen; 16.00 per 100

fi -inch pots 4.50 per dozen; 36.00 per 100

FERN FLATS

The following varieties can now be supplied in flats of about two hundred plants each at $2.00 per flat.
This is fine strong thrifty stock just in prime condition for potting and will make saleable pot plants quickly

Adiantum Cuneatuiti
Aspidiutn Tsussimense
Blechnum Brazillense
Cyrtoinium Fortunel
Cyrtomium Carystiaium
Onychium Japonicum
Pteris Adiantoldes

Pteris Cretica Albo Lineata

" Alexandrae

" Hastata

" Magnifica

" Mayll

" Ouvrardi

" Serrulata

Pteris Cristata
" Tremula
" Wimselti

Wilsoni
Victoriae

Multiceps

For a most complete list of Decorative Plants and other Seasonable Stock see our current Wholesale List which was mailed September 1st.

HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chsstnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are Intended for the trade only.

The C. C. PoUworth Co. is growing
the Lady Hillingdon, Mrs. Chas. Rus-
sell and Killarney Brilliant roses quite
extensively this season. This firm is
cutting a fine grade of American Beau-
ty roses now in addition to its regular
fine line of stock. Mr. PoUworth re-
ports a good demand for carnation
plants of the hrm's white seedling car-
nation No. 2, which attracted so much
favorable attention at one of the re-
cent Chicago flower shows. This vari-
ety, with the exception of its color,
is somewhat similar to the Alma
Ward carnation in that it has a large
flower and a very heavy stem. The
fact that White Enchantress carnation
plants are scarce should cause an in-
creased demand for plants of this
variety.

Holton «& Hunkel Co. received a let-
ter from Germany dated August IG
containing the good news that its
valley pips will be shipped, so the
firm expects to receive the greater
portion of their order. Fred Holton,
wife and daughter have returned from
a pleasant visit in the east, where they

attended the Boston Convention and
visited other places of interest.

Currie Bros. Co. have had a good
run on funeral work the present week,
but outside of this trade has been none
too brisk. Roy Currie has returned
from a delightful trip to the east,
where he attended the Boston Con-
vention and visited his sister there,
tie visited several of the retail estab-
lishments in Boston, Washington and
New York while he was away.

Wm. Zimmermann received the nom-
ination for county treasurer on the
democratic ticket at the primaries. He
is confident of being elected, for he
has invited the writer to be present
at the inauguration. His many friends
hope that he will be successful, for
there is nobody they would rather' see
elected to the office than he.

Nic. Zweifel. wife and daughter,
were still in Switzerland on August
0. according to last reports, at which
time they wrote that they were start-
ing for home. They did intend to
visit Germany, but were obliged to

change their plans when war broke
out.

Gustavo N. Pohl says that this has
been a very poor year for outdoor
asters as far as his crop was con-
cerned. The percentage of blooms cut
thfe season was far below that of
any previous year.

Richard Leitz spends nearly all his
spare moments with his family at his
new summer home at Cedar Liake.

The dates of the Wisconsin State
Fair and Exposition to be held here
are September 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.

Samuel Seligman, representing Wer-
theimer Bros., New York, is with us
again this week.

W. F. Reed of the W. W. Barnard
Co., Chicago, called on the trade here
this week.

James Currie is back from an in-
spection of the large cemeteries In
Chicago.

O. Eggebrecht is building a hand-
some new residence.

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The American Florist.

Sept.

12.

MONSTER CONSIGNMENT OF

Dutch Bulbs From Holland

TO BE OFFERED

AT AUCTION ON

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We never received a finer grade of bulbs for auction than
this lot, as they were grown for special orders in Europe
^ and on account of the war the orders were cancelled

You will probably be disappointed in not receiving Azalea Indica this season, SO
grow DUTCH BULBS instead. Prepare for the boom and big prices.

The MacNiff Horticultural Co.

56 Vesey Street, NEW YORK.

Washington,

STOCK PLENTIFUI. AND GOOD.

Stock in plentiful supply is arriving
in good condition. Dahlias are coming:
in good supply and there are also a
few chrysanthemums of fair quality to
be had. Roses of good quality are
bringing from .$3 to $C per hundred,
while carnations are selling at from
$1 to $2 at this writing for good stock.

CLUB MEETING.

The Florists' Club of Washington
he'.d high revelry September 1 around
the banquet table at Kramer's floral
shop, 91G F street northwest, with
Edward S. Schmid as host. More than
a hundred guests made the affair one
of the most successful of the annual
crab feasts that the organization has
had. During the feast and afterward
the guests were entertained with ad-
dresses, songs, cabaret features and
specialty numbers. Mr. Schmid and
George H. Cooke, president of the
club, welcomed the diners. William F.
Gude, president of the Chamber • of
Commerce and former president of
the club, spoke on the plans for the
memorial to William Robertson Smith,
former superitendent of the United
States Botanic Garden. Richard Vin-
cent. Jr., of White Marsh, Md., ex-
tended ,^n invitation to all those pres-
ent to visit his dahlia and canna farm
at Towson, Md., during the Horal ex-
hibition there the last two days of
September and the first three days of
October.

Among the guests were Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, who spoke;
George W. Hess, superintendent of the
United States Botanic Garden; Rich-
ard Vincent, Jr., M. C. Ebel. of Madi-
son, N. J., and Dennis Connors, of
Philadelphia.

NOTE.S.

George Lavall is building another
house 24x100 feet which he will plant
to Spencer peas. At present he is
bringing in some fair stock, but in
limited quantities.

George Supper is back on the job
after spending his vacation at the
resorts looking over the chicks.

Visitors : Joseph Goudy, " Philadel-
phia, Pa.; George Manz, of Reed &
Keller, New York. G. C. D.

The Horticultural Society of New York.

DAHLIA EXIIIBITION.
The Horticultural Society of New
York, in co-operation with the New
York Botanical Garden, will hold a
dahlia exhibition on Saturday and Sun-
day, September 2tj and 27, in the Mu-
seum building. New York Botanical
Garden, Bronx Park, New York City.
Schedules of classes and premiums
are now ready and- will be sent on
application to the secretary, Gecrge
V. Nash, New York Botanical Garden,
Bronx Park, New York City. A sympos-
ium on the dahlia will be held on Satur-
day, September 20, at 2 :.!0 p. m., in the
lecture hall. Museum building. Dr. H. H.
Rusby, who has traveled extensively
in the country where the dahlia is na-
tive, will make a short address on the
home hn& surroundings of the dahlia.
This will be followed by a discussion
of the methods of present day culti-
vation of this flower, led by special-
ists in this line. All, both amateur
and professional, are invited to con-
tribute exhibits and to take part in
the discussion. Let us make this a
notable gathering of dahlia enthusi-
asts. Certainly the dahlia is a very
popular flower and has hosts of ad-
'mirers who can do justice to the pre-
sentation of their favorite.

GKOHiiR V. Nasit, Sec'y.

BLOoMiJiGTON, ILL. — WoUenreiter &
Co., florists, are moving from their
North Main street location and will re-
sume business in the Interurban build-
ing.

ASHTABULA, O. — L. L. Corkett of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, is here looking into the economic
heating of the greenhouses and also the
construction of greenhouses.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Establishment
of an experimental greenhouse where
new types would be developed, is a pro-
ject under consideration by the Grand
Rapids Vegetable Growers' Association,
which met in the Association of Com-
merce building, August 2!).

CnAKLOTTE, N. C. — S. B. Shaw, for
the past seven years assistant state
horticulturist, in connection with the
state department of agriculture, has re-
signed and will return to Maryland to
take up his work with the North Caro-
lina department of agriculture. Mr.
Shaw has accepted a position as assist-
ant professor of horticulture, with the
Maryland Agricultural College.

RUTLAND, Vt. — The fifth summer
meeting of the Vermont State Horti-
cultural society, which was held Au-
gust 27 on the "Westview Fruit farm,"
Cambridge, of which Luther Putnam,
the well known horticulturist, is pro-
prietor, was probably the largest in
matter of attendance of anv meeting
yet held by the society. Nearly 500
people were present during the day.

EVANSTON, III. — Richard F. Gloede's
brick chimney on his greenhouse, wag
struck by lightning September 1 and
practically demolished. The stack was
.")."> feet high and made of brick. The
bolt of lightning struck it and knocked
down about two-thirds of the brick,
which fell on the roof of the heating
plant and luactically destroyed it. The
total liamagi- amounts to about .$.500.

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POEHLMAPI

72-74 E. Randolph SI,

NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

(

Roses For All Occasior

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sunn
Ward, Hadley, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner. Our :o
is of exceptionally fine quality, and are cut tight especially for long distance h
ments. Start now by placing regular orders for coming season.

'Mums, Gladioli, Asters, Cattleya and Fancy Carnation>l)

Best in the Market, All Lengths; Short, Medium and Long.

Fine flowers, |
good supply. I

Easter Lilies

We Close During September at 5 p. m., and 12 o'clock noon on Sundays

I •! H iL 17 11 Large Sup- Ol

Lily 01 the Valley our extra fii«

We don't want to discuss War, but we are advised that everything in oli
will advance. We recommend florists to lay in their stock of Red CIK'
and Ribbons (Chiffons have advanced). Our Ribbons and other commlii
which we have on hand have not.

Send us your orders and you will get just treatment.

W. p. CREPE PAPER,
BASKETS,

CREPE TISSUE COVER!,
TUMBLER BASKIT!

Our Special Princess with liners, $3.00 per

A medium Satin Taffetta Ribbon that can be used on inexpensive sprays.

No. l(i— 114 inch per bolt, $ .75

22—234 inch " .90

■" 40— 3 1-16 inch " 1.06

No. 60— 3'^ii inch..

80— 414 inch..

100—4% inch..

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BROS. CO

istance Phone,
ndolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

FIELD-GROWN

^RNATION PLANTS

|)tionally Fine Healthy Stock. Order Your Supply Today.

•000 Wards, 1,000 Beacon, 2,000 Perfection, 1,500 Scarlet Glow, $55.00 per 1000;

RYSANTHEMIM POT PLANTS

Strong bushy stock, to make room, 6-in. at 35c; 7-in. at 50c.
This stock will make you money. Only Best Varieties.

Supreme Quality Rose Stock

iANTS THAT MONEY CAN BUY, Growers are always on the lookout tor quality rose stock. They realize that the best at the start is the cheapest in
'i D buying plants it is always bfst to secure your stock from people that have a reputation for producing the best there is to be had. Vou ranoot get
i:k than that which we are otierin^, for we always aim to cive the purchaser the best that our long years of experience enable us to do.

GRAFTED ROSES

2!/2-inch Plants.

f ds, Milady $12.00 per 100; $100. CO per 1000

31/2-inch Plants.

$15. 00 per irO; $135.00 per ICOT

lli811t,2H-inch 30CnperlOO; 2.'000 per ICOO

^:Unt, 3H-mch 35.00 per lOOi 300.00 per 1000

OWN ROOT

2^2 -inch Plants.

Milady, Bulgarie, Wards, Klllarney $6.00 per 100; $55.00 per 1000

31/i-lnch Plants.

MUady.

.$8 50 per 100; $75.00 per 100

r» ivr-^jM: s .

^entia Belmoreana

Single Plants

! to6 leaves.

to 7 leaves,
' to 7 leaves.
' to 7 leaves.

to 7 leaves.
■ to 7 leaves.

to 7 leaves.

18 in. bigh

24 in. high

28 to 30 in. high

32 to 34 in. high

36 in. high

42 to 44 in. high

45 to 48 in. high

Jecimens. $15.00 to $25.00.

Kentla Forsteriana

Each
$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00

Single Plants
to 6 leaves. 18 to 20 in. high
; to 6 leaves,
> to 6 leaves

AtJ KKf 4**' IL4. IJIK^ ^ *^^

28 to 30 in. high 1.00
34 to 36 in. high 1.50

Kentia Forsteriana— Continued

Sinylc Plants Each

6 inch pots. 5 to 6 leaver, 38 to 42 in. high $ 2.00

Sinchiubs, f. to 7 leaves, 46 to 48 in. high 3..S0

8 inch tubs. 6 to 7 leaves. 50 to 54 in. high 5.00

10 inch tubs. 6 to 7 leaves. 5 to SV'z ft. high 8.00

10 inch tubs, 6 to 7 leaves, 6to6Hft. high 10.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Made-up Plants
10 inch tubs. 5 plants in a tub, 38 to 40 in. high

10 inch tubs, 5 plants in a tub.

5 00
45 to 50 in. high 8 00

12 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high

12.00

6 inch pots.

7 inch pots,

7 inch tubs,

8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs.
8-inch tubs,

10-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs.
Very strong

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-up Plants

3 plants in a pot. 28 in. high
5 plants in a pot.

4 plants in a tub.
3 plants in a tub,

3 plants in a tub,

4 plants in a tub.
4 plants in a lub.
4 plants in a tub.
4 plants in a tub.

specimens 12 and

$15.00, $18.00 and. «25.00.

Each

$1 25
34 to 38 in. high 2^50
38 in. high
38 to 42 in. high
4S to 54 in. high
52 to 56 in. high
5 ft. high

5 to5H ft. high 10.00

6 ft. high 12.00
5 inch tubs, 7 plants.

3,00
3.50
5.00
6.00
8.00

Phoenix Roebelenii

6 inch pots. 20 in. high. 26 in. spread 1.50

7 inch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread 2 50

8 inch tubs, fine specimens 3.30

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.

S51S, 6-iii., 3 plants, 90c eiieh.

[.-■ten, 5-in, pots. 12 leaves. $1.00 eaeh.

i^ariegated, 5-in, pots, lu lo ISlpiives.

^Chii, highly colored.

c, e.ich , ,5-inch at 75c each .

tjitoSI.sn each,

f^O to »3 50 each.

.'■engeri Baskets, extra stroni;. *i.(hi.

■iOciicli.

"ig Baskets, v.rv tine.
Old $2.50 eac-h, "
it. SCO. ; 6-in., 75c,

Stevia, siroiic;. 2-in,, read.v now, at 13'), 00 per 1000.

English Ivy. strong, 20c to 35c each.

Peppers. Chinese and cluster. Full of fruit, fine

bushy stock, 3-in., $7 00 per 100; 4 in, $10,00 per 100,
^rimula Obconica.Grandillora and Gi^antea strain.

S-iuch,!f5.iXI per lOl), 4-inoh, 8o,
Cyclamen, chocio strain. 3-in.. $7.00 per 103.

t.lorv of Wandsbek, 3-incb, $8.0IJ per 100.

4-ini-h. choice stock, $15.00 per 100.

4-inch, Glor.v of Wandsbek, «18,U0 per 100.
Smilax, 3 inch, strong stock, several times piuohed

back, $20,00 per lOUO, 3-inch, strong slock, several

times pinched back, $10,00 per 1000,

.$3,00 and 13-inch at $3,00
\\ pots, $1.00 per doz. ;

Boston Ferns, 10 incl

to *:!.,50.
Dracaena Godseffiana, 2 inc

3-inch pots. !$l..'>0 per doz.
Dracaena Indlvisa. siron^'

4-inch at 15c and 30c vwrXi.
Begonia, Glory d'Ch.atelaine

3-inoh, $8.00 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri.

SH-in., $3.(-X) pir 11)0. 3-iiich, Sri,OiJ per lOo

Asparagus Plumnsus.

3-inch at $?,00; 4-inch at *13.fl0 per 100,
5-inch atS30,00 to 125,00 per 100,

2(^-in,, $3,50 per 100,

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12.

Chrysanthemums

We are starting to cut heavily in Chrysanthemums, and have a large supply of
choice Golden Glow to offer at $3 00 per dozen. This stock is regular exhibi-
tion stock, and the large massive blooms are well worth the price that we ask.

BEAUTIES

Large supply of choice stock in all lengths. The flowers that we are cutting now
are exceptionally fine, and are nearly equal to the. winter-grown stock.

KILLARNEY BRILLIANT

This new rose is in great demand everywhere, and is recognized as the best rose for
for present day use. Our cut is over 2,000 blooms per day; so you can readily see that
we are prepared to handle all orders.

SUNBURST

RED ROSES

The best yellow rose. We have a big stock, and Rhea Feid, Milady, D'Arrcnbcrg, Hadlcy

are cutting heavily. ^'^^ Richmond give a great bunch of red roses.

OPHELIA--BULGARIE ,!^5k^''^^ P'^V'^^^k'^

i he baby pink rose is a dainty little nower that every
Both exceptionally fine in the fall and sell rapidly, storeshould sell. Theprice isonly$1.00per lOU flowers.

Large Supplies of Killarney and White Killarney

CARNATIONS

We have the finest red in this market named Bcllc Washbum. Nothing can come near it as fancy flower.

Prices of all the above are the regular market prices, and as we grow all the flowers we se'l, we wish
to remind all buyers of flowers of the advantage of buying direct of the grower. Give us a trial order.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457,
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, ni., and Greggs Station, 111.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago.

BUSINESS STILL QUIET.
Business is still quiet and stock of
all kinds, with tlie exception of lily of
the valley, is plentiful. Most of the
dealers are asking .5 and G cents for
the best valley and there is very little
obtainable at that figure. The grow-
ers are figuring that they will be un-
able to receive their importation of
Valley pips from Germany this fall,
so are arranging to have their present
supply last through as long a period
as possible. This will naturally keep
the price up from now on, and it would
not be at all surprising it the prices
would advance still further. Ameri-
can Beauty roses ot fine quality in all
lengths, are seen in large quantities
and are being sold in large lots at
very low prices. The same can be
said of roses. The quality ot the stock
is very good for this season of the
year, but as business is quiet they are
being moved at very low figures. Good
asters are easily bringing three and
four cents, but are scarce at that fig-
ure. There is a large supply of in-
ferior stock being offered at much
lower prices, but they are not meet-
ing with much demand now on account
of roses being so plentiful. Gladioli

are shortening up a triile, Ijut there
is still plenty of stock offered to fill
all orders. Dahlias have made their
appearance in larger numbers and
some fine stock is now obtainable.
Lilies are seen in good supply every-
where. Carnations have been in good
demand, liut it is mostly short
stemmed flowers that are arriving.
Chrysanthemums are now a factor in
the market and some fine Golden Glow
and Smith's Advance are attracting
the attention of the buyers. Boxwood
is arriving in large shipments now
and the stock that is being offered
is good. Ferns have not advanced
any in price, but another week or two
will see an advance. It is seldom that
business is as quiet in September as
it was last week, when there was prac-
tically nothing doing at all outside of
a little funeral work. A betterment of
conditions may be looked for now, for
the vacation days are over and every-
one is settling down to actual business
again. The supply houses report a
large number of ordeis, so the iiresent
quiet week is only a lull before the
better business that is to follow.
NOTES.
John Page and wife have returned
from a most delightful visit with rela-

tive.'* ill lOnglaiid. He is employed in
the greenhouses of Plant B at Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. Mr.
Page remarked that he read the ac-
count of the big Chicago Florists' Club
picnic which was held at Morton Grove
on July '■' in TnE American Florist
with much interest while he was
abroad.

Mrs. H. Lowe of 1943 North Kildare
avenue stole a march on her many
friends here when she was quietly
married recently. She now signs her
name Mrs. H. Hart. Her many friends
in the trade extend their congratula-
tions and hope that her venture in
matrimony will be a most happy one.

Ernest Strehle. general superinten-
dent of the park department, and John
Moritz, overseer of the greenhouses at
Forest Park. St. Louis, Mo., were here
on a tour of inspection of the local
parks this week.

The monthly meeting of the Florists'
Club will lie held at the Bismarck ho-
tel, 17.J West Randolph street, corner
of Fifth avenue, September 10 at 8
o'clock.

A. E. Hunt and wife returned re-
cently from a most delightful vacation
at Egg Harbor, near Sturgeon Bay,
Wis.

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425

PETER REIN BERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

r^iVH^OE> cxj^rs

BEAUTIES-RUSSELL-SUNBURST

Order your supply from us. Our stock is fine and
costs no more than the ordinary run of stock.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra loug stems $2 60 to $3 00

30-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 76

20-inch stems 1 60

15-inch stems 1 26

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 36 to 60

Richmond \

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer i Per 100

J^S^f™i^;V Select 6 00

White Killarney...

My Maryland Medium 6 00

Sunburst ] short 4 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward, i

Russell $4.00, .$6.00 and $8.00 per 100

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Asters $1 00 to $3 tX)

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 2 60

Harrisli 10 (X)to 12 60

Valley 4 00 to BOO

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum l 00

Asparagus per bunch, 60c

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 DO

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

We Close During September at 5 p. m.

Poehlmann liio.s. Co. i.« iJiiirliiaUy
sold out of chrysanthemum plants, and
the records .'show that the tirni has sold
over 200,000 this .season. All their
American Beauty plants were also sold
out, and from present indications it
appears as if their surplus of KHI.OOO
Held grown carnation plants will soon
be disposed of. The stock in the green-
houses is looking fine now, especially
the roses in Plant B. where Adolph
Poehlmann so ably presides. The car-
nations in Plant A are in the best of
condition, and Gu.v French has every
reason to feel that he will cut a record
number of blooms from the stock this
year.

Philip Schupp says that J. A. Bud-
long received a letter this week from
Otto Mann of Leipzig, Saxony. Ger-
many, who is a large dealer in lily of
the valley. The letter was written
after August 24. for it contained quite
a lengthy report of the battle that took
place on August 21 -2o. Mr. Mann re-
ports that the rains in his country-
have helped the valley conditions con-
siderably and that the harvesting of
the crop was causing him no worry, but
the main question is how is the stock
going to be sent to America?

The annual Schobermesse of the Lux-
emburger Bruderbund was held at
Karthauser's Grove on September C-7
and drew a large attendance of the
growers, florists and gardeners of the
north shore, who, with their wives and
families, look forward to this autumn
festival with rhuch pleasure and antici-
pation. The exhibit of flowers, fruits
and vegetables w^as very comprehensive
and was the center of attraction for
the several thousand spectators who
were present.

Wietor Bros, have been cutting
tieavily in roses all week, hut have
succeeded in cleaning up their stock
pretty well each day, according to Gus
AHes. The demand for carnation

plants nil this lirni is the best in years.
i)f ciiiu-se White Knchantress is in
best demand, but owing to a shortage
of this variety the buyers are willing
to take some other white variety as
a sid>stitute.

Peter Reinberg is cutting a good sup-
ply of Ophelia, Mr.s. Chas. RiLSsell
and Milady roses. This firm reports a
good demand for stock and notwith-
standing that it is cutting heavily in
roses and carnations a general cleanup
is reported each day. This firm had
an exhibit at the annual Schobermes.se
of the Luxemburger Bruderbund at
Karthauser's Grove on September 0-7.

Zech & Mann have found it neces-
sary to increase their store force, and
Fred Liebermann, who has been on the
iob the past week, will hereafter assist
the force in taking care of the city
and shijiping orders. John Zech believes
in gi\ing his customers service, and
w-ith the store force that he has now in
his employ he thinks that the crew is
second to none in the city.

At Bassett A: Washburn's store stock
is arriving in large qiuintities now,
especially American Beauty roses. Kil-
larney Brilliant are seen in large sup-
lily here, and C. L. Washburn states
that they are cutting as many as 2.001)
blooms now in this variety alone. Gol-
den Glow chrysanthemums are only
one of the many choice offerings at this
establishment now.

Per(\- Jones is still offering choice
asters in large quantities. This stock
is moving very good now, especially
the fancy grades, and is commanding
better prices.

The Chicago Carnation Co. is now
disposing of large quantities of Killar-
ney Brilliant and other roses from the
Pyfer & Ol.sem range at Wilmette.

Chas. W. McKellar .says that he has
got his corn all cut and his potatoes
all dug on his new farm in Niles
Township.

,^tvCV_Jo^

^

WBOLESALE commi— m»w ViOUSn

CBICAOO

Current Price List:

Kaster Lilies $8.00 to $10.00 per ICO

American Beauties. . . .$0.75 to $4.00 per doz.
Richmond, White and Pink Killarney
My Maryland, Ward, Sunburst. 100

Fane y $8.00 to $10.00

Medium 400 to 6.00

Good Short ••■00

Roses, our selection 3.00

Asters 1.50 to .?.00

Carnations, fancy 2.S0

Carnations, firsts 2.00

Carnations, common 1.00

Orchids. Cattleyas, per do/...$6.00toi7.50

Gladioli 2.00to 4.00

Valley 5.00 to 6.00

Adiantum 75 to 1.00

Smilax. perdoz 2.00 to 2.50

Sprengeri. Pluniosus Sprays 2.00 to 4.00

PluniosuB Strinus. each .35 to .60

Ferns, per 1000 I.OO

Galax, per 1000 LOO

The board of directors of the Chicago
Flower Growers' Association held a
meeting at its store on Tuesday, Sep-
tember 8.

The J. B. Deamud Co. is showing
.some fancy dahlias this week, as well
as a large supply of gladioli.

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Sept.

12.

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

Fancy Bcautics-Roscs-Carnations

Our Supply at this Season of the Year was never Larger nor was the Quality ever Better.

—CURRENT PRICE LIST:

American Beauties

Subject to change without notice.

doz.

48-in. stems $3.00

30 to 36-in. stems 2.50

24-in. stems 2.00

Killarney p„ loo

Fancy $6.00

Medium 6.00

Richmond p^^ loo

Selects $6.00

Fancy 5.00

Medium 4.00

Per doz-

20-iu. stems ..$1 50

15-in. stems 1.25

Short stems 75

Per 100

Good $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Per 100
$4.00

Per 100

Good $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Sunburst p„ loo

Fancy $ 6.00 Short..

Good, 18-in 6.00

White KiUarney \^

Fancy $6 00

Medium 6.00

Roses, our selection ... $3.00

CARNATIONS $ l.fO-$ 2.00

LILIES 10.00- 12.(10

FERNS, per 1000 2.00

SMILAX, per doz 2.00

ADIANTUM 1.00

GALAX, per 1000 1.00

SPRENGERI, per bunch 50

ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch 50

There were big doings at the E. F.
Wlnterson home on September 7, when
the well known wholesaler entertained
a number of the friends in the evening.
Ed. was doubly happy, for his favorite
team, the Cubs, crept up nearer the
top by winning a double header in the
afternoon, and it is needless to add
that the ball players who attended the
party in the evening had the time of
their lives. Among the guests present
were George Asmus and son, Edgar
Winterson. Jr.. and wife and Miss Anna
Sullivan. Professor Van Massalemann
and daughter of Berlin, the well known
musician, helped to entertain the
crowd.

Successful candidates at the primary
election. September 9, included J. C.
Vaughan, progressive candidate for.
congress in the second district. Peter
Reinberg, democratic candidate for the
presidency of the county board, and
J. A. Mendel, democratic candidate for
sheriff.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. were busy
bunching boxwood this week from the
first shipment of the season. American
Beauty roses of fine quality are the
leader at this house this week. Mr.
Vaughan says that the receipts of this
stock are at least 1.000 blooms per day.

John Kruchten is showing a fine
line of stock of all kinds, especially
Golden Glow chrysanthemums.

Good dahlia weather has prevailed
here the past week.

Visitors: "Wm. Lubliner. Milwau-
kee. Wis.; Ernest Strehle, general su-
perintendent of park department, and
John Moritz, overseer of the Forest
Park greenhouses, St. Louis, Mo.;
Prof. A. H. Nehrling. Amherst. Mass.;

James Currie. Milwaukee, Wis.;

Dysinger of the Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia,
Mich.; Otto Schroeter. Green Bay, Wis.;
L. Larson. Menominee, Mich.; Wm. E.
Tucker. Madison, N. J.

St. Louis.

TR.\UE CONDITIONS QUIET.

The market still remains in a very
crowded condition and poor grades in
all lines of flowers have a hard time
to keep from going to the dump. As-
ters are very plentiful. Carnations are
coming in with longer stems and much
improved in quality. American Beauty
roses and lilies are also plentiful.
Greens are selling well. Tuberoses are
not as plentiful as last year. The open-
ing of schools and theatres next week,
it is hoped, will put an impetus into
the business.

NOTES.

Dave Geddes,' manager of the floral
department at Scruggs, Vandervoort
& Barney, enjoyed his vacation very
much last week. He spent much of
his time visiting the aquarium and
fisheries at the store of the W. C.
Smith Wholesale Floral Co. on Pine
street. Paddy Padden cracked jokes
while Dave fed the fishes.

E. S. Rogers, manufacturer of flor-
ists' wire designs, reports an increase
in work and some good future orders
to fill. This gentleman has had long
experience at the business and is now
located downtown.

Frank Gorly has returned from the
convention and reports splendid treat-
ment at Boston. He also visited Wash-
ington and was royally entertained by
Wm. F. Gude.

Frank Windier, of the. Windier
Wholesale Floral Co., is home again
looking the picture of health. He re-
ports a fine time at Boston.

Installation of officers will be the
feature at the meeting of the local
florists' club, September 10, at C. C.
Sanders' greenhouses.

The Schoenle Floral Co. had a large
special decoration, Mrs. Schoenle hav-
ing been in the market for several
thousand roses.

Did You Get
Your Baskets Yet?

H not, order your supply from us. We
have not raised our prices on account of
the war but are booking orders ai our old
quotations. We have just the styles ihit
you are looking for. Send for our new
Catalog (just out), and make up your
order from this list. now. before you
fors,'et.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

Toreacn our store take a Chicaeo .Avenue.
Division Street, Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenup car a' State and Randolph Streets
and get oil at Huron Street. Tde cars stop
right in front of our store.

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427

Z M

Ef A
H N

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

The vacation daysareover and everyoneis now settling down to actual
business again and busy making whatever preparations are necessary
for fall. In selecting a house to buy your flowers fn ni thrs season,
kindly bear us in mind, for we aie equipped to handle all orders
promptly at a moment's notice. We have a complete line of stock of
all kinds and can fill your orders where other fail Remember we are

HEADQUARTERS FOR BEAUTIES

and have them in all lengths — long — medium — short— at prices that
are right Also have Urge quantities of roses including all the old
Standard and best new varieties. In addition to Beauties and Roses
we 1 ave all other seasonable stock such as 'Mums, Carnations, Asters,
Gladioli, lilies, Valley, «tC. Try us on a sample order and you will
agree with us that this is the best place to deal.

We close at 5 p. m. during September.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

Fancy Beauties

FINEST IN CHICAGO

You cannot find any better stock elsewhere, our prices are right, so why
not avoid any unnecessary delay by sending your order direct to us.

Also Roses- Carnations -Lilies- Asters, Etc.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N. Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.)

1 Central 2571

TELEPHONES: < " 2572

I Anto. 48-734

CHICAGO

Marion Uhlschmidt, of Grimm &
Gorly's East St. Louis branch, was in
the market September G preparing for
Labor day.

The West End store is putting in its
fall styles and business will open
shortly.

Geo. H. Angermueller had some ex-
tra fancy carnations last week.

Alex Siegel is expected home this
coming week.

Ostertag Bros, have enlarged their
store. W. F.

KnOxville, Tcnn.

BEST GBOWING SEASON IN YEARS.

Weather conditions here are good;
contrary t(j the early part of the sea-
son we are having an abundance of
rainfall and crops of all kinds are
growing well. Growers of this section
say this is the best season they have
experienced in several years, and truck
gardeners are supplying the market
with a fine variety of vegetables. The
melon crop this year is the best ever
known, and they are hauled on the
market by the wagon loads and sell
wholesale at from 3c to 10c each. In
the florist line everything is lookins;
fine, all carnations are planted out and
making a splendid growth and chrysan-
themums are growing fine and the pros-

pects are good for an excellent crop.
Roses are making a fine growth al-
though not blooming much at present.
Up to the present time stock has been
plentiful; enough to supply all local
trade, and some has been shipped to
other markets. At the various stores
business seems to be quiet, but when
compared with the same period of last
year it shows a decided increase. Ev-
erybody has returned from their vaca-
tions seemingly much refreshed and
ready to get down to business again
when the busy season opens.

NOTES.

Chas. L. Baum has all his carna-
tions and chrysanthemums planted,
and is now giving his place a thor-
ough clean-up. He is now starting to
build a new potting shed, bulb cellar
and garage combined, which he is very
much in need of and which will be a
decided improvement. His out-door
asters and gladioli have never been
better than this season. He is now
cutting an excellpnt crop of lil'es of
the valley and Cattleyas, which are
finding a slow market. He was very
fortunate when he laid in at least a
year's supply of ribbons, chiffons, etc.,
just before the price advanced. He
has received and already planted a
part of his Paper WTiites.

C. W. Crouch reports business as'
having been quite good since the be-
ginning of the month, having had a
great deal of out-of-town funeral work
and several weddings. Supply of cut
flowers is rather short right now with
the exception of dahlias, which are
very fine. Everything at this green-
house is in fine shape and prospects
are very promising for a heavy fall
business. Carnations and chrysanthe-
mums are looking fine, and he will no
doubt have a finer and larger cut of
these this year than ever before. Mr.
and Mrs. Crouch returned from the
East on September 4, and report having
had a very pleasant time.

The Knoxville Florists* Society was
well represented at the S. A. F. and
O. H. convention. Out of the five flor-
ists' firms here, four were represented
by the heads of the firms, namely : A.
H. Dailey and wife, C. W. Crouch and
wife, C. L. Baum and Addison J. Mc-
Nutt. They all report a fine trip and
are very enthusiastic over the conven-
tion. The fact that Knoxville was so
well represented was highly comment-
ed on by the officials of the conven-
tion. Knoxville having a greater per-
centage of attendance than any othef
city, not ercepting Boston itself.

A. H. Dailey reports business very
quiet, although he has a good supply

428

The American Plorist.

Sept. 12,

L D. Phone
Randolph 5449

176 r\.Micl^ej\ Ave

CKiG?s.^o

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAGO, ILL.

■ if stock, especially gladioli anil roses;
dahlias are also coming in since tlie
weather has cooled. Asters are about a
thing ot the past with him. as the Inigs
have made a visit to his tield. He
has a very attractive window for this
time of the year, in which he is siiow-
irig some very tine ferns of different
varieties; also a nice assortment of
gladioli blooms.

Mrs. Rosa Hall lijno i-eports busi-
ness rather dull, nothing to depend
upon at this time of the year except
funeral work and this has been very
scarce" for the last weelc or so. She
had a very fine crop of asters but
these are all .gone now, and .::;ladin]i
and roses are about the only Howers
blooming. All carnations and clirysan-
themums are planted out. and pros-
pects are fine for fall business.

Chas. L. Bamn. president of tlie
Knoxville Florists' Society, has invited
the members of the society to meet at
the suburban home on the Tazwell
Pike for the next regular meeting. Aft-
er the regular Imsiness of the society
is transacted the meeting will be
turned into a social affair, and re-
freshments w'ill be served.

Addison J. McNutt reports busines
very dull in cut llowers, with but very
few funerals. Owing to tlie season
being very favonible for outdoor llow-
ers, his tiade in the market has been
somewhat s'ow. as a great many farm-
ers bring flowers along with vegeta-

Mr. Mcf'abe of A. L. Randall Co..
called on the trade this week.

K. F. S.

Cincinnati.

TBADK snows IXtKK.VSKI) .VITIMIY.

There was little, if any, improvement
in the market last week. The supply
is large while the demand is still rather
small. It, however, is more active and
if it keeps up, should result in a sub-
stantial increase in business in a short
time. Prices in "eneral continue rather
low. The rose receipts are as large as
at the last writing. The demand for
this line has iiicked up simiewhat, hut
not enough as yet to cause any marked
changes in the market condition of
these powers. The cuts of all season-
able varieties are generally of a high
<iuality. when the time of the year is
taken into consideration. Ijilium gi-
ganteum are plentiful and of good
quality. Carnations are coming in a
little stronger than at the last writ-
ing, but up to this time they have not
met with a very strong demand. Both
gladioli and asters come in in large
quantities, particularly from local
points. The average qualit.v, however,
is not quite what it was. Other offer-
ings include Lilium rubum. ilahlias,
orchids and a few tuberoses.

>;oTf;s.

The Cincinnati Cut Flower. Exchange
has been receiving some excellent Ivory
roses.

Martin Reukauf, of Bayersdorfer &
Co., called on his tvade in this city last
week. t

L. H. Kyrk is again at his desk af-
ter his trip with Mrs. Kyrk to the East.

P. J. olinger left last Wednesday for
Chicago and Kmerado, North Dakota.'

C. E. Critchell has been getting in
some fine orchids.

Visitors : A. Rasmussen and wife.
New Albany, Ind.; G. A. Beckman and
wife, :Middletown, Ohio,

Pittsburgh.

I.MI'IIOVK.MKXT l.\ ri:.M)E NOTED.

The sitiuttion in the cut il.ower mar-
ket has greatly improved in the past
week. Business seems to have taken
a. fresh hold again, and it is plain to
be seen that the return of fall busi-
ness has arrived. The w'eather has
become a little cooler, but neverthe-
less there is a heavy supply of stock
every day. New crops of carnations
and roses have been coming in, and
mqst of the new stock shows much
in'omise of proving its quality later
on. Lilies and American Beauties are
a glut on the market and can not
bring a fourth as much as they are
really worth. Asters of the late crop
are coming in very nicely and are all
of exquisite • quality. with strong
straight stems and full large blooms.
The only real scai-city is in the sup-
ply of lily of the valley. A few ship
ments of dahlias have been received,
but are not yet arriving in large cuts.
Last year was a very profitable one
in dahlias here, and we fully expect
a repetition of the same this season.
A few years ago dahlias were almost
unheard of in Pittsburgh, but now
they are the leailing factor in fall
business, .-ind wuth the many new and
ideasing varieties, they c.innot hell'
l)ut take again. ICver.vbody is now
back from vacations, etc., and ready
to settle down to business again.

XOTIOS.

Joseph M. .Tones' new Ic nation at
Penn aveiuie and Fourth street is at-
tracting much attoition ' these days
with its beautiful array of plants and
shriibber.v, which occupies a plot ot
40 by ,S0 feet. In the rear of this ,an
attractive stone building stands, where
all the business is done. Mr. Jones has
certainly made vast improvements in
the ))ast year and reports a thriving
J busines.S.

The John Bader t;o.. of Troy Hill,
has ere<:ted two new greenhouses .and
have another under 'nn.strnction. To

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now read}' for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

£. A. BEAVEN. Evergreen, Ala.
High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

.say the least, this will be all quickly
utilized with .s|>ace still lacking, for
everybody knows how easily Mr. El-
liott can make use of his glas.s.

Wm. A. Clarke and f.-imily have re-
turned from an all-summer outing at
Lake Chautauqua and are looking
well,

E. F. McCallum is visiting friends
and relatives in Philadelphia, Atlantic
City and Harrisburg.

Thomas Joyce is back after a two
weeks' stay at Atlantic City. J.

Detroit.

I'be regular meeting of the florists'
club, .scheduled for September 7. was
deferred until the following evening.
as the date fell on Labor day. At this
meeting there was a large attendance
and oflicers for the ensuing year were
elected ,is follows : Frank Danzer.
president; Hugo .Schroeter. vice-presi-
dent; It. Wells, secretary; R. Rahaley.
treasurer, and E. A. .Scribner, libra-
rian.

Resolutions of sympathy Avith E. A.
Fetters and Fred .Miesel in the Io.ss of
their wives were adupted. M. Bloy
and A. Pochelon presented reports on
the Bostfin convention of the .Society
of American Florists antf President
D.anzer ga\e .an account of an extend-
ed tciur of ICiirope.

Bk-mmoxt. Tex. — B. L. Courtney of
Springfield. Mo., formerly of the agri-
cultural department of the Frisco, and
an expert in assembling and staging
exhibits, has been engaged by the
Southeast Texas Fair Association .and
the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce
to assemble and stage a representative
exhibit of agricultural products of
.southeast Texas and southwest Louisi-
ana.

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The American Florist.

429

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

Uentioii the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Anto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when writing

W. P. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lone DistaDce Phone. Randolph 3619
Mention the American Florist when writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cnt Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

_™«r CII—WERS-" SHIPPERS T™.

•^^yn^riyi FLOWER^"^:::^

^ V**i»4 NO. WABASH AVE.^Vj ^

nA NO. WABASH AVE.

i^NECENraALSL

Mention the American Florist when writing

HOERBER BROS.

Wholesale rn\ FlOWerS
Growers of v"t riuwcia

Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhoases: DES PLAINES, ILL.
Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesaie
Florists' Supplies

Write for Car New Catalog

J. a BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

GUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS cDnuicD nc
A Specialty bnUWbH W

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS

And AU Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE IvARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E.Ilandolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

Mention the American Florist when writing

VlioMeFIo¥crMM*KeU

Chicago, Sept. y.
Roses. Beauty, specials ....

36-in

30in

24 in

20-in

15in

12-in ,

Per doz.
300
2 50
2 00
150
1 25
1 00
75
Per 100

■ Killaroey Brilliant 3 00@l5 Co

Killarney 3 OO0 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00® 8 00

•• Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

'• Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@I0 00

■■ RheaReid 3 00® S 00

■• My Maryland 3 00® 8 00

•■ Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@I5 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 OOlglO 00

•• Milady 3 00@10 00

•• Sunburst 3 00®10 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 00@10 00

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...per doz... 600@7S0
Chrysanthemums, $2.00 to $3 00 per doz.

Daisies 1 00® 1 50

Gladioli 4 O0@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00@12 50

Sweet Peas 50® 1 00

Valley 4 00® 6 00

■Adiantum Croweanum 75® 1 00

New Ferns.... ■' 1 50@2 00

Galax ■■ 1 00@1 25

Leucotboe 75® 1 00

Mexican Ivy. . ..per 1000. 5 00®6 00
PlumosusStrings..each. 60® 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00®2 50

fiprpnepri. Plumogim Sprays 3 00® 4 00

Boxwood, 25c per lb.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment $2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything In Southern Evergreens.
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Chrysanthemum

By Elmer D. Smith.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION.

Price 50 Cents. Cash With Order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

A. L. Randall Co.,

66 E.Randolph St., r^
CHICAGO, ILL. ct^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Qeorge Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White KlUamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try US.

162 N.Wabash Av.,CmCAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

WietorBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS
Growers of

.Ml telegraph and telephone orders «iveo
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when writing

430

The American Florist.

Sept. 12,

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers^
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MlLWiUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

l^holesalersand Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both L. D Phones, ST. LOUIS, MO.

supplies and EvetTttiiie ii season always on Mnd

Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1 3 1» Pine street ST. LOUIS. MO.

Philadelphia.

CONTINUED DtJXLNESS IN THE MAR'KET.

The first week of September was
much better as far as the weather was
concerned, as the last week of August
business was very quiet and the great
heat was blamed for it. Now there
appears nothing but just lack of de-
nxand for the little doing at this time.
There are oceans of flowers, every line
•being full, but returns are, or must be,
heartrending to the growers if one can
judge by the accumulations that are
seen ready for the street men towards
the latter part of the week. There is
a little demand from the stores lucky
enough to get funeral work, but this
is about all.

NOTES.

The event of the week was the open-
ing of the Snellenberg flower and plant
■ department. There wer6 stirring
times here, a bargian counter rush all
day long. The space given to this de-
partment is about 30x20 with a large
30 foot window on 12th street, corner
of Girard. It is the thoroughfare or
aisle to and from Chestnut street.
There is a good stock of plants, Ken-
tias, Boston and Scott ferns in various
sizes, crotons, rubbers and dracaenas.
Everything is plainly priced, plants
that are generally retailed at $1.00 in
the stcres being marked, "Value $1.50,
price 75 cents," and so on through
the list. Three inch ferns, nice bushy
plants, are priced five cents each. "No
charge for filling ferneries if plants are
bought here." .$5.00 per hundred is
the whi)lesale price for such ferns in
this market. Cut flowers are offered
cheap, particularly roses, although at
the prices it Is said they are offered to
them by the thousand, they show a
handscme profit. Fairly good stock
standing in jars of water, 12 to 15 inch
stems, was priced three cents each,
asters, one to three cents each, gladioli
one cisht per stock and tuberoses three
cents. People were helping them-
selves, pulling roses out of the jars in
a way that must have ruined a lot of
stoc'k. ' It looked as if they were not

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

P. O. Box 206.

wttL'^L't-., Milwaukee,Wis.

Prompt Shipments at
' the Right Price

NEW FANCY FERNS.
Sphagnum MosS'^Good and Clean.

CI. M^ ■ I ^— ■ ■ ■ 1^1 Wholesale Florist.

• A* IV U H n rN« 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VftoMe Hover MM'Kefe

R 6E BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

Philadelphia, Sept. 9. Per 100
Roses, Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00015 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0('@|0 00

Killarney 2 000 ft 00

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your

White Killarney 2 00® 6 00

" Liberty 4 00(8 ft 00

" Mock SOOOl" 00

Bulgaria 3 UOCa? 6 00

wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Sunburst 3 0()@ 6 00

d^^^^A^y c.^^11 ^

Kbiserin 2 01113/8 00

Carnations 1 00@ 3 00

rlorists Supplies

.•Asters 2 00® 5 CO

K \

Cattleyas 35 00050 00

Get our prices before placing

Lilium Harrisii 5 00@ 8 00

order Guarantee satisfaction

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas .50® I 00

Gladiolus 2 00@ 4 00

U. G. BKKNiiVG

Wholesale Florist,

Pittsburgh. Sept. 9. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 12 00

fancy 10 00

extra 6 00

Ma^olia Leaves. $1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Mopfino fsed (or Gla-'iiig Greenhouses. Per

HldS ILd salion, $135. Machines (or using
"■ " "*• same each. $1.25. Special price on
Qunntitu's of Mastica furni'thed on application.
Zinc CI y Greenhouse Points.— These poims can
be driven riyht or left on any size or thickness of
class 58 1400 to a pound; ft-8 H'Otoapound;
7"8. 120D to a pound. Made frr ni pure zinc. Put
upin one pound packages. P'ice. 25c per pound.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,

No.l 300

Killarney 2 00@ 5 00

" My Maryland...,^ 2 00@ 5 00

" Sunburst 2 000 5 00

" Mrs Aaron Ward 2 000 4 00

■' M-s Mock ftOO

Kaiserin 1000 4 00

Carnations 1 .50

Asters 50® 1 00

Cattieyas 35 10

Dahliis 3 00

GUdiilu" 2 00

Lilium Gieanteum 6 00

Valley 3 00

Adianlum 1 00

Wholesale Florist. 1 324 Pine St ST. I OUIS. MO.

Asparacus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35040 -
" Spravs .... per bunch. .35040

Milwaukee, Sepl 9. Per 100

prepared to handle the crowds that
were attracted by the novelty of the
store and the low prices. This store
may make a new outlet and relief for

" Killarneyand W. Killarney 3 000 ft 00

" Ward. Taft. Sunburst 3 000 8 00

" Mrs. Chas Russell 5 Or (ffl.'. 00

Ophelia 3 (Oigin 00

Carnations inn./ 3 ifl

some of the commission houses in this

Chrysanlhemums 1 50@ 3 (K1

city. If, however, outside stock is
brought in and sold at low prices the

Lilies too

Snapdragon, per bunch. 2-c ©'Oc

Asters 1000 3 00

itendency will- be to shade a little to

Gladiolus 3 000 5 00

meet this competition. Any avenue

that increases the demand for flowers

Valley 4 00

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431

r

With Prices Like These We Will Soon Sell All Of The

Peloid Oj?o^w^nC^i*i::ia^tion

White Enchartress....ino, $7/0 lOOO.JhSfO Comfort KX). J7.00 1000.$5500 Dorothy Gordon 1CO,$600 100O.$55.ro

White Perfection " 700 ;; WOO Mrs. C. W. Ward " 7.00 " 6000 R. P. Enchantress " 600 " 55.00

oiSTn. .'.■::;.■.":::::: ■■ .(m ■• mS> Enchantress •• 6.50 •■ 55.C0 Beacon - 70O " 6O00

They are worth more, but \vc must move them now, and we have cut the prices accordingly.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO., N.wTori%'D.rR'i^est.. Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties. Russells,

Mock, Kalserlne, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 P. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, P4.

should be welcomed. Many sales are
made here not because people seek the
store to get them, but being there and
seeing them offered so much less than
they generally pay, are tempted to buy.
The attendance in any of the large de-
partment stores on an ordinary busi-
ness day is like an Easter rush in the
small flower shop. Some few flower
stores appear to find it profitable to
push sales of stock at low prices, but
the majority of the dealers prefer to
cater to a regular trade, holding their
customers by good service and careful
attention. Could the crowds be drawn
to their store quantity sales at low
cash prices would no doubt be found
profitable, but with only one depart-
ment to advertise, as against the hun-
dreds of a large department store, it
will be almost impossible to compete
with them along these lines.

The M. Rice Co. are busy as beavers
getting their domestic baskets in shape,
the factory working with an increased
force. As to the European stock they
say, they will have them to offer as
soon as any one.

American Beauties are the "long
suit" with the Niessen Co. "Never so
fine before at the season," is their
statement. New crop carnations are
also a feature.

Prank M. Ross purchased the real
estate as well as the business of the
52nd street Century Shop. The price
said to have been paid is $1C,000.

Ed. Reid, who is In the harness
again, points with pride to his choice
Mock and other roses. High grade
Beauties are in good supply.

Charles Henry Fox and wife sailed
for home on the Finland on Sep. 4.
He is booked for stirring narratives at
the next meeting of the club.

The He^cock Co. have commenced
shipping their fall orders of palms,
which have made a splendid growth
the past season.

XV.

Boston.

STOCK PLENTITIIL BUT LIGHT DEMAND.

There has been very little change in
market conditions during the past
week. Asters and gladioli still arrive
in large quantity, but there is not
much demand for them. Carnations
are being shipped by a few growers
and although they show th 3 effects of
the excessive heat, sell fairly well,
considering the prices realized on other
flowers. There is a fair sale for roses
of good quality, Russell, Taft and

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, KiUarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : BOSTON, MASS.

VlioMeHovcrMM'KeU

Boston, bept 9. Per 100

Roses. Beauty 1 00(825 00

• Killarney Queen 50© 8 00

•■ White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
" Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

" Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

•• Had ey 10(@10C0

•• Cardinal I(.0@l2i0

Mock 1 to® 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 100612 00

■• Sunburst I 00@ 8 00

•• Talt 1 00@ 8 00

■ Miiady 1 0 '@ 8 00

" Ward and HilliDKdon 1 00@ 6 00

•■ My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00@4j 00

Gladiolus .'\tnerica per doz., 75@I 00

common types, .per doz., 50

Lilium Longitlorum and Kubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lilyol the Valley 3 0t@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 30

.Asters 350 50

Per 100
00® 25 00
00@15 00
00@12 00
00@10 00
00@ 4 00
00@ 6 00
00@ 6 00
00@ 7 00
00® 6 00

on® 6 00

00® 6 00
4 00
00@10 00
00®50 00
no® 3 00
O0@2n no

40@2 00

Buffalo. Sept. 9.

Roses, Beauty, special 20

fancy 12

" " extra 10

No. 1 8

N0.2 2

Killarney 2

White Killarney 2

My Maryland 2

Killarney Queen 2

" Hillincdon 2

Richmond 2

Lily of the Valley

Lilies 7

Cattleyas 35

Gladiolus 1

Golden Glow 'Mums 15

.Asters

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Spreneeri... 35® SO

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Sweet Peas 20® 40

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Sept. 9.

Roses. Beauty per doz.. $1 00® $3 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 00® 6 00

Taft 2 00® 6 00

Lilium Gisanteum 8 00®10 00

Asparagus Plumo8U8..per bob., 25c

Gladiolus 2 00® 4 00

Asters 1 no® 4 00

nnhlias 2 OniS) 4 ro

C!!tn->ttnns I =0® 2 ro

double White Killarney being the most
popular varieties.

NOTES.

Saturday and Sunday, September 5
and C, the general exhibition of the
products of children's gardens was held
at the Horticultural hall. The exhi-
bition was a great success, the quality
of products and number of exhibitors
-exceeding last year's show by a large

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McmLUM CO.,

Cleveland. Ohio
Pllt!>burgh. >a.

Summer Flowers

Asters, Gladiolus. Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc. Immediate service.

BliRGtR BROS.

Central Market,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Fa.

C. E. CRITCHLLL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Tlilra St. CINCINNA'n, OHIO

Consignments Solicittd.
Complete StocK ol Florists' Greens and SnppUeB.

St. Louis. Sept. 9. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 8 00612 50

short stems 2 00^6 00

Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" My Maryland 2 00® 4 00

White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

■■ Aaron Ward I 5a® 4 00

" Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

Asters 1 00® 3 00

Valley 4 00

Gladiolus 2 00® 4 00

Rubrum 3 Ot@ 6 00

Tuberoses 2 00

Asparagus ^prengen.per bu.,2£®50
Asparagus Flumosus.pcr bu,.25®b0

Harrisii 8 00

Ferns per 1000. 1 2i

margin. The children of Massachusetts
seem to have taken a great interest in
floriculture and vegetable growing,
which is taught in the public schools,
and some of their products rival those
grown by professional gardeners.

The R. E. Wadsworth Co. of
Northboro, Mass., has its recently com-
pleted house filled with carnations and
reports its stock as looking well. In
addition to carnations, it will grow a
general line of stock, including migno-
nette, snapdragon and sweet peas. The
plant is under the management of W.
P. Marshal, who was formerly with
Wm. Nicholson of Framingham. Mr.
Wadsworth will sell his own stock at
the co-operative flower market.

432

The America n Fl orist.

Sept. l•^.^

Elliott Auction Co.

42 Vesey Street,

NEW YORK

OLDEST AUCTION CO. IN U. S.

Will offer at their first consignment sale Sep-
tember 15th, at 11 A. M., a large selection
of DUTCH BULBS, such as selected 1st size

Hyacinths,Tulips, Narcissus,
Darwins, Crocus.

Along vsrith Foliage Stock

Catalogs on Application.
Consignments Solicited.

W. J. ELLIOTT, Auctioneer

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

WO-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Uliuin Gidanteiuns and Multiflonuns,

BOHMANN S LILY OF THE VALLIY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacintlis, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms. Roses, Etc

WRrra FOR PRICES

Anotlitr thaiigc aiming the Welles-
ley growers has heen occasioned by the
expiration of the lease held by Arthur
Oapers upon the range owned by Mrs.
W. S. Wilson. Mr. Capers has trans-
ferred his business to a new King con-
structed house of his own on the same
street, while Mrs. Wilson has entered
into partnership with James Schouier
and will specialize in carnations.

The Boston Flower Kxchange has
issuetl an announcement to the effect
that all stallholders will be given a
lease to remain at their present lo-
cations for a jieriod of three years.
The lioard of directors Jia.s made a
plan of the market and has fixed a
price for rent according to location.
This arrangement obviates the neces-
sity of holding an auction.

Saturda.w September r>, the Boston
Co-oiierative Flower Market held its
annual auction of stalls. This was the
first sale since the market moved to
its present location at 2(iO Devonshire
street. Wm. Tailby, ilerk of the mar-
ket, -.vas auctioneer and the sale
•proved to be a success.

J. J. Ca.sey of The Rosery, at Copley
Square, has leased his conservatories
.•it Wellesley. Mass.. to John A. Frazer.
Mr. Frazer was formerly manager of
these greenhouses. He will grow a
geneiTil stock for a well established
retail trade.

Thomas Roland of Nahant. Mass..
has everything in readiness to start
building iiis new rose house. Mr. Ro-
land is a firm believer in large houses.
his latest addition being a Lord &
Burnham iron frame house fl.'ixTOt) feet.

Welch Bros. Co. says Us summer
trade shows a steady growth all over
the large shipiiing territory, notwith-
standing Sie dull times. This is the
res\ilt of close attention to luisiness at
all seasons.

The dahlia and fruit exhibition will
be lield at the Horticultural hall Sep-
tember 12 and IS. The prizes offered
are exceedingly attractive .and an tin-
usually fine display is expected.

H. M. Koliinson & Co. report busi-
ness as being normal. "Vacations are
all over and everything is in readiness
for Iheir fall trade.

F. r,. W.

(=] E

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

New Yorli.

.SM.vLi. PK.M.vxii Tin: ijij.i:.

There has been no change worthy of
note in the condition of the market
.since our last report was made; cer-
tainly there has been no change for
tlie better. .Sejitember opened with
very hot weather, which was an un-
favorable feature. By Satiu-day. Sep-
tember Ci, the weather was cooler Ijut
the traditional good Saturday business
did not materialize. Stoclc, which con-
tinues jilentiful has lieen going at the
lowest possible tigures, unless it was
gi\en away. On or about September
1. John "Weir, buyer for the Trepel
stores, bought ."i.lKtO roses for iflUllI and
that is a fair instance of wliat has
been doing. The lot comprised all grades.
The <ine exceptional stock that is keep-
ing iiji in price is lily of the valley.
It cannot be stated that there will be
an actual shortage of valley as there
is lielieved to be a consideralde sup-
I'ly of pips in cold storage in this
luiiiitry. but the fait that the foreign
supply comes from what is now the
seat of war. is sure to be taken ad-
'ainage of. relating to prices. Gladio-
li and asters keep pouring in. and
oaiticularlK- of the latter there is an
enormous surplus. There is (|uite a
.-.piiMKiing' of Chrysanthemum Golden
lilow on the market, but they haVe
lake ■bancis with so much surplus
about. l>ahli.is are seen in consider-
able quantities, but they are poor, and
it is too much like summer time for
dahlias.

September 7. — This being Labor
da.v. little business is being transacted.
The main object of the wholesalers in
oi>ening. being to care for stock arriv-
ini*. but they close at noon. In the
,<<eed trade and many other lines ev-

I

Mention the A )iit:}ica7i Florist when turiting

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

Mention the A7nerican Florist lohen writinff

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone Madison Sq S3J5

i9'4-

The Am erica iV Florist.

4a;!{

J. K. ALLEN

Established 1878

106 West 28th Sireei
New York

Wholesale Commission Dealer tn Cut Flowers.

Now prepared (or Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Autumn" will
soon rciyn ship m-^ y 'ur rhrvsanih'-iiiuins. 1 can al.so handle Kood dahlias.
Prompt returns and Satisfaction GUjranteed. The usual supply of roses.
lil» ol the valley and other Ktceiihousi siock
Open at 6 a. m. every mornine. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Sauare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper.
your card. etc.. in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN TLOfilST CO.. 440 S. Dearlurn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H, Traendly

Charles Schenct

Tracndly & Schcnck

WUesilc Floristi vA Cil Flower Eicbnge

131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the otfaer
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

TelcDhone: 3864 Madison Souarc .

yrything i.>< closed. A sciiruity in Cat-
tlyeas iias developed and they are
wholesaling at the rate of $!j0.00 per
100, with prospect of a further ad-
vance. Lily of the valley stands at
$4.00 per 100. $5.00 has been asked
but the leading retailers refuse to pay
it. They are also refusing to talve or-
ders from customers for valley, unless
they have it in stock.

MOTES.

Young & Nugent have sold tlieir re-
tail store. located on Madison avenue,
to George Olilverse. son of P. Okkerse.
the well known retailer of G5 Fifth
avenue. Mr. Olikerse is a clever and
capable young man and many friends
wisli him abundant success. John B.
Nugent. Jr., will liereafter devote his
entire attention to his store, 4i W. 28th
street.

Observations in various dahlia gar-
dens strengthen the belief that the
crop will be poor. There is a disease
in the dahlias, at least in some of
them. On the leaves it looks like a
blight and man^• of the buds wither
and die. OiJr esteemed friends of
the department of agriculture should
note this.

At the "House of Heather," tha
range of the Knight & Struck Co.,
Flushing, N. Y/, we have recently
noted a great stock of heather in fine
condition; also acacias, genistas, chry-
santhemums and a great variety of
other stock. The business of this firm
is rapidly increasing.

Samuel C. Gilbert, an enterprising
young wholesaler who makes liead-
quarters at the store of J. P. Klaus-
ner, 275 Columbus avenue, was mar-
ried on September 3 to Miss Frances
Charles. The wedding took place at
the home of the bride's parents. S.'i
Rast 89th street.

Geo. C. Sicbrcchl

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^Isialjl Mad. s«. 133 W. 28»h St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMe Hover MwKeU

New VoKK. Sept. 9. Per 1U()

Roses. Beauty, special 3 f)0@10 00

extra and fancy... 2 00® 3 00

No. land No. 2.. 50@ 1 00

Mrs. Geo. Sbawyer, special 4 00

extra... 2 00@ .3 00

•• N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

" White Killarney, special... 2 00@ 3 00

KillarneT, My Maryland...

special 2 00@ 3 00

No. land No. 2.. 50@ 1 (U
Queen, special.. 3 00

•• Aaron Ward 50@ 4 00

" Richmond 50@ 3 00

•■ Sunburst 50@ 3 00

•■ Taft 50@ 3 00

" Milady, special 3 00

'• .1 L.Mock 1 00® 5 00

Carnations 504* 1 CO

.Asters 20@ 1 00

Cattleya Orchids, special SS 00@50 00

inferior grades. 20 00@25 00

Gladiolus 50® 1 00

Hydrangeas, cut 1 00® 1 .50

Lilies. LongiHorum and Harrisii.. 2 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00

.'^diantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumosu8....do2. bchs. 2 00® 3 00
Smilax Doz. strings, 2 00

War's alarms have not daunted the
jilant and bulb auctioneers. Robert
MacNilf of the MacNifC Horticultural
' '<j., is one of the busiest men in the
down-town district and will continue
to offer at auction, a great variety of
stock.

Mrs. M. L. Vlachos, wife of the As-
toria Florist. Broadway, near SOtli
street, who went to Finland early in
the summer to visit her mother, is an-
other who is sliut in on account of war.

Alfred Schulte, of J. K. Allen's staff,
started on his vacation September 6.

At John Young's wholesale store we
have noted during the past week, very
tine Taft roses for the season.

J. K. Allen spent tlie past week at
-Vsbury Park. N. J., where Mrs. Allen
has been stopping for the past six
weeks. Asbury Park, it may l^e stated,
is a popular seaside resort.

Hyacinths, tulips, crocus and nar-
cissus are arriving this month and the
stociv never looked better, especially
the hyacinths and narcissus.

At Traendly & Schenck's a supply of
fine gladioli is being received from
"Cedar Acres," the farm of B. Ham-
mond Tracy-, Wenliam, Mass.

William Elliott & Son are putting in
a new section of seed drawers. They
expect to start up their auction de-
partment on September 15.

At the store of the Kervan Com-
pany, 119 W. 28th street, we have re-
cently noted increased activity in fresh
cut evergreens and mosses.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses.
Violets, Carnations, Valley, LUles, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KBSSLI^R

Snccessor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Sblpments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. CoDsignmeDts solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coo^'an Bldg., 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York

Open for Cut Flower Sales

at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall i^pace to rent for adveitibia^.

V. S. DORVAL, Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERQRBBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material (or
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES UADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

1 19 West 28tta Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30StoneSt.,Rocliester,N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

IW Urgest Shipyer and Rccecrer of Fred Cot Flowen

I^^A complete assortment of the best in tbo

market can always be relied upon.

. WHOLESALE

'X rLORI-ST5

c5'/ Wzst£8^'5t. Ncit'/o/fK.

It appears that many tourists have
lieen put to great trouble because they
neglected to provide themselves with
passports.

The best cluysantheniums we have
noted are arriving at the wholesale
store of Wm. P. Ford, 107 W. 28th
street.

S. H. Russin. of Russin & Hanfling,
has finally reached home from Europe,
after many adventures.

The outlook for palms and ferns is
A-1. All the buyers are looking for
bargains in that line. A. K. P.

434

The American Florist.

Sept. 12,

Are All Your Eggs in One BasKet?

If they are and the basket in Europe, isn't there a go"d chance that you will
be without forcin^r stock this winter? Can you afford to take that chance on
the war, brother florist? Also, "A bush in the hand isworth twoin Europe,"
especially if those bushes are "J & P. " Hjdrangeas, grown in 6-in. pots,
plunged, out- doors all this summer, as fine as any we ever grew. We cffer
Otaksa Plants with 7 to 10 strong shoots at $25 Ou ihe hundred; with 6 and 6
at *l'O.OOthe hundred with 4, $15 nO the hundred Some of the best nt w
French varieties: Avalanche. M'me Maurice Hamar, Bouquet Rose, La
Lorraine, Rddidnt, etc., 4 branches at $30.00 the hundred in 6 in. pots.

Be on the safe side — the American side— and buy American plants.

JacksoQ & Perkins Co.,

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Oklahoma City.

BUSINESS GOOD CONSIDEniNG SEASON.

The flower business has been fairly
good this week; several rather large
weddings adding stimulus to trade
and the funeral of Bishop Mclntyre
called for quite a little work in sprays
and emblems. Yellow chrysanthe-
mums in quantity are features in the
flower shops' show windows.

NOTES.

Passing a local theater we saw ad-
■ vertised "Moving pictures of the
florists' convention at Boston." Of
course we had to see that! Sure
enough the florists are getting im-
portant enough to be shown on the
films. Three group pictures were seen
on the screen and while such views are
but fleeting we had no difficulty in
recognizing several familiar faces, in-
cluding F. R. Pierson, Q. S. Powell,
"W. F. Kasting, J. McManus, Ben-
jamin Hammond, J. Westcott and W.
Tricker. So far as we are aware, this
is the first time the S. A. F. has
got into the films.

Furrow & Company's new store
is in charge of O. Boston, who a few
years ago was with the Stiles Co. and
Lon Foster, formerly with the Bar-
teledes seed and flower store.

The Dawson Produce Co. are build-
ing greenhouses for growing lettuce.

The State Society of Florist's met
in the Lee Huckins Hotel Sept. 7.

S. S. B.

Altiany, N. If.

CLUB MEETING.

The September meeting of the Al-
bany Florists' Club was held at the
establishment of Fred A. Danker. The
names of two members presented at the
last meeting were voted in unanimous-
ly. On motion of Thomas F. Tracey,
President Henkes named a committee
who will hereafter look after the initia-
tion of new members. The committee
is made up of Thomas F. Tracey,
chaiiinan; Fred A. Danker, and Ed-
ward P. Tracey. The report of F. A.
Danker, treasurer of the clambake
committee, was presented and ac-
cepted. A small deficit was shown
which will be paid from the club's
treasury. Following the adjournment
at 9 :30 p. m., refreshments were served
under the direction of Mr. Danker.
A novel feature of entertainment was
introduced by B. P. Tracey, Thomas
F. Tracey and F. A. Danker, who
brought it back from the S. A. P.
convention at Boston. Under their
direction, and with much amusement,
nearly all the members present were
initiated into the "Order of the Yellow
Dog." Nearly all now understand the
three whistles and the countersign.

Gladiolus Bulbs

flow to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of Oladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

_-w^ Dr. Van Fleet.

^*w«ir*P^ PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago*

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third tdiiion). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of ch'vsanthf mum cul-
ture for ihe past 25 yt-ars. The besi work on .■\meri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both am a ''eur and
florist. io»> pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. S.\lITH & CO., Adrian, Mich.

The next meeting of the club will be
held at the Albany Cut Flower Ex-
change, 611 Broadway. R. D.

Newark, N. J.

All the retail florists of Newark seem
cheerful and hopeful for the coming
season and have rejuvenated their
stores during the summer dullness. At
Begerow's, Philips Brothers and Wolf-
inger's improvements were noted.

Timney & Kugel is the name of a
new retail firm that has opened a store
at 41 -Market street, near the Court
House. We are advised that both
members of the firm have had large
experience in the retail business.

A. F. P.

New Orleans, La. — Herman Doesch-
er, past president of the horticultural
society, will be married to Miss Bertha
Kreher, September Ki. Mr. Doescher
is one of our young progressive florists
'and will spend his honeymoon in Chi-
cago.

J. E. Meredith. Frbs. C. W Stout, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE :: ILLINOIS

Mention the American Florist when writing

CARNATIONS

F. CORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

Mention the American Florist tchen writing

SM I L A X

strong plants, 2^ inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per lOiiO.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 21^ inch,

$2 00 per UKl; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT, Bristol, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when ioriting

19H-

The American Florist.

435

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading RetaUers in the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

KsUbliihed In 1857.

'mSM.

739 Buckingham Place.
L, D. Phone. Graceland 1112.

Send ns Toor retail orderi.
tVKHAVXTHKBEST FACILrmS IN TBS Cnt

Mention the American Florist toften writing

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

F.T.D.
Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

so KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writino

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of The Florist Teleeraph DeliTery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabatb Ave. Chicado.
623 Walnot St.. Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders tor hospital given special
attention. Operate RochesterGretnhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' TelcKraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member ot The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Baltimore.

GALA WEEK BENEFITS FLOBIST TRADE.

The "Star Spangled Banner" Cen-
tennial started in Baltimore Septem-
ber 6 with a great musical chorus of
5,000 voices and there will be a week
of gayety and festive doings. The
floats in the different parades were'
extensively decorated with flowers;
no matter what the design of deco-
ration, flowers were used. The build-
ings were beautiful with gay colored
bunting and flags and the illumina-
tions at night made a beautiful dis-
play. Delightfully cool weather pre-
vails just now and recent rains have
helped to make the country look as
green and fresh as in June. The
orchards are bending with fruit, with
apples, peaches and pears in abund-
ance. The vegetables too, are very
good. The long dry spell seemed as
if it matured the fruit to perfection.

NOTES.

All of the returned florists speak en-
thusiastically of their stay in Boston,
the cordial reception given them at
the convention, the entertainment ex-
tended to them and the many places
of interest provided for their amuse-
ment.

Baltimore has declared war on the
caterpillar and moth egg. Quart cans
of eggs brought to the City Hall are
paid for and in this way they hope to
save the trees next year from the
damage done to them by these pests.

Jhe dahlia show at R. Vincent, Jr.'s,
White Marsh, Md., range, starts Sep-
tember 29, and quite an interesting
display is anticipated. Mr. Vincent
has not been well since his return
from the Boston convention.

Mrs. F. Bauer was a successful
bowler on the ladies' team and won
if35 in gold as a prize to bring home
with her.

LINCOLN, ILL. — Will Hembreiker and
lies Cole, former employes of Gullett
& Sons, and who recently purchased
a greenhouse near Washington Park,
Springfield, have been granted a permit
at Springfie:d to build a one-story brick
boiler room and stack at 1300 Glen-
wood avenue, to cost $2,500.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., COR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

--pELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-*■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Casb most accompan; aU orders
from nnknown correspondents.

Cable address: .^lbxconnell.
Western Union Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choic
Beauties, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Young dNugent

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Sonare.
42 West 28th Street.

To ontof-tov»n florists MTTIW VrtRK

We are In tbe Heart of WJ!«W lUKIV

.\nd give special attention to steanipr and theater

Ciders. Prtmipt delivei y and best

stock io the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Audiloriuni Amei. CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson servic- means fresh sturdy stork^ and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, LOCKport,

Nia^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists'Telegraph Delivery.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON. D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th 6 H.Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
tD this seciioD from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

436

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Sept.

i^.

DESKiNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, ttie Leading Retailers in tlie cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

Established 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DAKDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Hohn S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any plsce in the Xwio Citiei
•Dd for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America', the lariest stock; the trreatest
variety.. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
nlfbt and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Newarl£, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

rresli Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries
ihronghout the state and to all steamship docks
in Hoboken, N, J,, and New Vork,

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWrTFLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, L.ancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAR£FUL ATTENTION TO AU ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Ploral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West 59th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Membcn tf tk Fhristt' Telcfiiik Ddlm.

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, The Tele^aph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, lu.

Anderson, S. A., 440 Main, Buflfalo. N. Y.

Archias Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co.. Atlanta. Ga.

Begerow's. Kewark, N. J.

Blackistone, Washington, D, C,

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester, Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer's Son, John, Detroit, Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co.. Vancouver. B. C.

Buckbee, H. W., Rockford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland. 0.

Cooke, Geo. H.. Conn. Ave. and L,., Wasbiugton.

Daniels & Fisher. Denver, Colo.

Dai:d's, 44th and Madison Ave.. New York.

Duerr. Chas. A., Newark. O.

Dunlop's, 96 Youge St., Toronto, Can.

Kyres, H N. Pearl St.. Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

I'Yiedman. Chicago.

Galvin. Thos F.. Inc.. Boston, Mass.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc.. New York.

Gardiner. Alex. C., Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids. Mich.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Heinl & Son. J. G.. Terre Haute. Ind.

Hess & Swoboda. Omaha, Neb,

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Joy Floral Co.. Nashville. Tenn.

Keller's Sons. J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co., Geo. M.. Kansas City.

Kift. Robert, 1725 Chestnut. Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse. Wis.

Lange, A.. 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius. J. J., Dulutb. Minn.

London Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.

Matthewson. J. E., Sheboygan. Wis.

May & Co.. U L.. St. Paul, Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New York.

McKenna, Montreal. Can.

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co.. New Orleans. La.

Murray, Samuel, Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez. Paul M., Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer. W. J.. & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co., The, Denver. Colo.

Penn. the Florist. 43 Bromfleld St.. Boston.

Phillips Bros.. Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta & Baldoccht, San Francisco.

PoUworth Co., C. C, Milwaukee,

Portland Flower Store. Portland. Me.

Randolph & McClements, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Rock. Wm. L.. Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison St.. Chgo.

Schling. Max, 22 W. Sflth St., New York.

Small & Sons. J. H.. New York.

Small & Sons. J. H.. Washington. D. C.

Smith Co.. A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith. Henry. Grfend Riiplds, Mich.

Stnmpp, G, E. M., New York.

Weber. F. H.. St. Louis. Mo.

Whltted Floral Co.. Minneapolis, Minn.

Wills & Spgar. London. Eng.

W4tthold, O., Co.. 7.17 Buckingham PI., Chgo.

Wolfskm Brofl. & M. Goldenson. Los Angeles.

Young & Nugent. New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and 6ratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High (trade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Micliigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Both Long Distance
Phones.

Orders taken for FLOWIRS. Delivered to all
parts of the couDtry, Special care, select ftnd
artistic work.

MeiDber of Florists' Tetegrraph Deiiverr.

Boyle and Maryland Ave.

CUDE BROS.Ca
FLORISTS

t>u r 9T NM
mtmrrimaA

WASBINfiTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvcl Murray,

913 Grand Avenne

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful Atteitioi

Members of the Florists' TeleEraph Oeliverr.
Mention the American Florist when writing

PHILADELPHIA and YlCmmf.

cJJfjF SiottDon 3Flott)rr &hvtJ. Hiit.

ISMO Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

y he Park

J. A.VALSNnia. JL lOrai wO*

President.
Members Florists' Telegfraph Delivery
Mention the American Florist vihen lorittay

/piy.

The a mer j ca jV Fl grist.

437

DESIGNS FOR CUT FLOWERS

WIU be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, ttie Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

PhUadelphia.

Robert Kilt,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
If entton the American Florist when loriting

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. wiU fill all orders for Cut

ItnSIS City ind Flowcra, Funeral Designs

DU«>«iiiU!ll Ua Wedding and Birthdar Gifts.

riCISininni, mo. that may be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W. Smith Co.

CBBNAN BLOO.

Largeit Floril EitablitbmeDt in America.
Eitablished 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

kiiaber Florists' Telegraph Deliverr .Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANT,

CLEfELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Members ol The Florists' Telegraph DelirerT.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

14 th and H. Street.

"Mention the Amerifan Florist when writing

Milwauliee. Wis.

CCPollworthCo.

Will take proper

care ol yoar orders in

Wisconsin

Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. Wisconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly fresh stock.

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston — Penn, the Florist, 43 Bromfield St.

Boston — Thos F. Galvin. Inc.

Buffalo, N. Y.- S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago— A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Duluth. Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London, Eng.— Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles— Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldcnson.

Milwaukee — C. C. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J.— Phillips Bros.

Newark, O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New Orleans, La. — Metalrie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave.

New Yorfe — Alex McConneil, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York— Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.

New York— Myer, Florist. 609 Madison Ave.

New York— Mai Schling, 22 W. 69th St.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. B. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Philadelphia— Robert Kift, 1725 Cliestnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. W. Smith Co., Keenan Eldg.

Portland. Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, III.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— P. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn. — Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchi.

Sedalia. Mo. — Archias Floral Co.

Superior, Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Hante. Ind. — J. G. Helnl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dnnlop's, 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washl ngtoD — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gnde Bros.

Wastalnglon — J. H. Small A Sons.

Established 1848

New York.

David Clarke's Soos

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbus

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

334 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh Quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders lor dcsivrns and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Pbone Your orders to the
HOUSE or nowiRS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave^

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

nowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Dunlop's

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist,

Only
the

Best

ee YotM« 8tr««t.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantti
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

561 Fifth Ave.
VanderbUt Hotel

NEW YORK

nAeTfiy 126 Tremont Street
DUO I U 11 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

438

The American Florist.

Sept. 12,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Sendyourorders'o'GtilcagQ

and SDb-
arbs to

, All orders carefally filled

SWMl^** uader the sapervigioD of

^hica£2-* GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr

wire, Write or Phone West 822
Member Floriiti' Telegraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAUL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Beinl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 527.

Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Famum M telephones

«ij rarnum ai. 1501 and l i582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivety.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL'S

New York.

MTER, FLORIST, ',Sr^l'."

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Uading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

fLOWJERJS

Members Florists' Telograpli Delivery .'Vss'n.

Omaha, Neb. •

STOCK PLENTIFUL BUT DEMAND LIQUT.

Business continues quiet, reflecting
the usual midsummer dullness. Good
stock is coming in, especially roses and
asters. Carnations are short stem only
and gladioli are about over. Very few
of the outdoor varieties are to be had
owing to the dry weather.

NOTES.

The display of a thousand chrysan-
themums and a thousand carnations
will constitute part of the fall and win-
ter "show" at Hanscom park, where
the city's florists are building up a
year-round municipal display for flower
lovers. The chrysanthemum show will
begin about October 10, when many"
varieties will be blossoming, continu-
ing until after Christmas. There are
thirty-one varieties of chrysanthemums
in the city conservatory. C. R. Wolff,
head florist, and Dick Grotte, city pur-
chasing agent, have been working up
the city's collection for a year, adding
varieties to offer for a display that
will interest even flower fanciers.

According to reports received from
Grand Island, Neb., a severe hail storm
three weeks ago caused a loss of 17.000
feet of glass at the range of E. Wil-
liams. The loss was covered by insur-
ance. Ellsworth Bros, also suffered a
heavy loss, as their greenhouses were
not covered by insurance and much
damage was done to their stock.

George Swoboda, of Hess & Swobo-
da, has cabled from Liverpool that he
has secured passage on the S. S. Celtic
and is now on his way home.

The outlook for good business seems
doubtful. The European situation is
having a bad effect on trade.

Charles Ederer has completed two
new houses and' has filled both with
chrysanthemums.

The florists of Omaha and vicinity
are through with their planting.

Gbippe.

Racine, Wis. — Articles of incorpora-
tion of the Union Grove and Yorkville
Greenhouse Company were filed ."^ep-
temlier 1. The company is capitalized
at .$'10,000 and will buy and sell trees,
plants, shrubs, flowers, vegetables,
seeds, herbs, etc. The incorporators
are William Tucker, John H. Smith
and John Gittings. Fine greenhouses
will be erected at Union Grove.

Houston, Tex. — Charles Ehlers, flor-
ist, filed a' petition of voluntary bank-
ruptcy August 26, in the Federal court.
According to the -etition, assets great-
ly exceed liabilities, the latter being
only $3.71.5. while the resources are
placed at $5,420. However, stock in
trade forms $t,.500 of the assets. R.
A. Lohaus was appointed receiver and
qualified before the clerk of the Fed-
eral court August 2S and took charge
of the business. . He announced that
the' business will be conducted with-
out any interruption whatever.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

lEWAII E X

Artistic Floral Worlc and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade disc.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Arciiias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notica.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph DeliverT-'

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan. """'"aTld {'or";"'""'
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Teleuraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRXD HANNAH & SONS Will fill your
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of tlie Florists' Telegrapb Delivery

I9I4.

The American Florist.

43»

3-inch Grafted Rose Stock

Pink and White Killarney

Choice selected stock, 500 of each at the rate of $10.00 per 100 for the lot. They were all selected
for our own planting but as we have completed our work we have them for sale.

American Beauties

In 3-inch pots. In lots of 500 or more at the rate of $30.00 per 1000. All plants F. O. B. Hinsdale.

Bassett & Washburn

131 North Wabash Avenue, l. d. Phone, cemrai 1457. CHICAGO

Some Excellent Stock

Carefully packed, with liberal extras for early
orders.
Inch 100 1000

IVi A^paradus Piumosus $3 00 $25.uo

3H Asparagus Piumosus 7 .'0 7000

2H Asoaragus Sprengeri 2.50 22 50

3V2 Asoarauus iiprcngeri 6.50 tO.OO

3W Cyclamtns. .Assor.ed colors. 8. SO 80 00

2"^ Cycli-mens. Assorted colors 6.00 55.00

2Vi ITimula Obconica. Separate colors

or mix-d 3 00 2i.n0

21^ Primula Malacoides 3 00 2S.O0

2^ Chinese Primroses. Assorted.... 3 25 .'000

2V4 Cinerarias. Choiced mixed 2.50 22 ,'0

2% Begonia Vernon. 3 kinds 2.50 22.50

V,i Snapdragons. White. Pink and

Yellow 300 25.00

3^2 Snapdragons. Bushy plants 7.O1J 6V0O

2H Stevia. Dwarfortad 3 00 25 OJ

3V- Stevia. bushv plants 7 01 iSOO

20.000 a^.-ln. VIOLET PLANTS, Marie Louise
ana Lady Campbell. %}, 75 per lOO; S3~ 00 per H 00.

FERNS from benches: Boston, Plersoni, Ele-
gantisslma. etc. Large plants A bargain. $10 00,
$1^ 00 and *21 Oi) ner inn Try some.

CARNATION PLANTS. Fmm ,^"J and 4-in. nnts,
fine, stocky plants; Comfort. Scirlet Wonder,
Beacon, Enchantress and Washington Enchant-
trevs. +7 00 per 100; S65.00 per 1000. White
Enchantress. Very good plants. $7.00 per llXi;
$65 00 per luOO.

Also abundance of other stock. Correspondence
solicited.

ALONZO J. BRYAN, W^iolesale
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

Primroses.

ChJnese, Forbesi, Malacoides, Obconica

Alba and Rosea, H.75 per 100; $16.00

per 1000.
ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 214 in.

pots. «-i.lio per lOO; «18 00 per 1000.
Asp. Piumosus and Spreiigeri, 214 in.

pots. «2.00 per 100; $18 00 per 1000.
Vlnca Varlegata, field plants, $B.CO per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. lOth, *2.B0 per 1000.
CASH or CO. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $1S.OO
per WOO.

Alyssum, Giant Double 2in.. $2 00 per 100.

Geraniums. S. a. Nutt Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2 in. .$1.75 per 100. in any quantity.

Good stock and vond packing

Elmer Rawlings, "»„<1ISS' W

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
on many ittrms. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas

All the good French soils pot-grown, 4-in.
pot plants. 320.CO per 100; 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Otaksa

Field-grown plants '< to 6 shoots, $15.00 per
100: 6 10 8 shoots. $20.00 per 100. Short and
clean stock.

Cibotium Schirdei

Splendid stock at a real reduction, 5-in. pot
plants at 75c; 6-in. pot plants. $1.C0.

Bird's Nest Ferns

4-in. pot plan's.. .$.? =0 per doz ; $2.5.00 per 100
5 in. pot plants... 7.00 per doz.; 5000 per iCO

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

Adiantum Croweanum

4-in. pot plants .$15.00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per lOO

Asparagus Piumosus

Short and bushy. 2I4 in.. $3.00 per 100: $25.C0
per 11X10.

Fern Dish Ferns

Best varieties. includiUK Asp dium. Cyr-
tomium. Wilsoni and Mayi, *i.00 per 100;
$25.00 per lOOO.

Primula Sinensis

,A splendid strain in red and white,-$3.00 per

100: $25.00 per 1000.

THE ST0RR5 & HARRISON CO , Painesville, Ohio

Mention the American Florist when writing

Field Grown

Carnation Plants

Only a Few Ward and White Perfection Left.

If you want some of this choice stock at

$4.50 per 100, or $40 00 per 1000,

get in your order as early as possible. First
come, first served; so do not delay in ordering.

Peter Reinberg,

30 East Randolph St., Chicago, III.

The Early Advertisement Gets There.

440

The American Florist.

Sept.

i-i.

The Seed Trade

1

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, s.-m Fnun'isfo, I'iilif..
President; J. 51. Lupton, Mattituck. 1.. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Uuntjan.
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Clcvei.iiid. O., Secretary and
Treasurer: .S. P. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secret;! r}'.

Thirty-Third annual meetinii, San Fran-
cisco, Calif.. .Tune Hil5.

English nouses ai-e offering Knslisli
grown lily of the valley.

ENciLANi) has It. ised the einhargo
which for a short time iirohil)ite(l the
export of garden setds.

DitoiGilT in Lilinm giganteum grow-
ing districts is ('onflrmed by cable and
.scarcity of the laige liiilbs insisted on.

Ai)V.\N( KD price.s on burlap for baling
sphagn^ini mo.ss shows that the cover
for each bale \\-ill cost about ^.'i cents.
net.

. CoMl.M) Afpi'.i.. of DMrmstadt. Ger-
many, reports a dela>- of two weeks in
the harvesting of European grass seed
crops.

The three inches of rain last week
near Chicago, .says .><. AV. Pike, insin-es
good gladiolus bullis fnim late planted
stock.

M.\i!i.\E insurance, war rislv. is mure
thai), double former rates and affects
the Pacifi<- as well as the Atlantic ship-
ment.'-'.

Lll.HM CA>nil)t .\i.--A large consign-
ment of bulbs of Lilium candidum,
for Vaughan's .Seed Store, has reached
New York.

Till! great ditlicttlty in bringing lily
of the valley i^ips in Dutch or Danish
.ships is the lack of ice storage space
in those vessels.

F.VItilERS" Bui.r.KTIX (M).".. issued by
the department of agriculture. Wash-
ington. D. C is entitled ■.Sudan Ura.ss
as a- Forage Crop."

XOTiiiNf; has yet developed to in-
dicate that new crop Immortelles can
be moved. The high prices .isked by
T'rench dealers are still maintained and
shipments, if any. are at buyers' risk.

Some German growers are trying to
.irrange lily of the valley shipments
via Denmark and JI(dland. The>- usu-
.ally move after the first week in Octo-
ber. Weather is said to be favorable.

Sl.uis it GitooT. writing from Enk-
huizen. Hcdiand. August 2(1. advi.se,
that the.v have had much sunshine
and dry weather, so that they expect
to harvest seeds in their line of tlist
finality.

CltitAGo.— I'rices for gra.ss seed on
the Board of Trade September !l were
as follows: Timolh.\-. .IJ-f.Tr. to .<(i.(»(l
per 10(1 )jounds.— *A. Henderson re-
turned from Europe September .">. —
Vaughan's .Seed Store is warehousing
its onion .sets at the rate of three car-
lo.ads a day.

VISITED fiiR.\i:o: H. A. Johns, of
the Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co.,
Sioux City, la.; Owen P. Trott. rep-
resenting Kelway and Son, Langport.
Somerset. Eng.; H. W. Horn, of the
Barteldes Seed Co.. Oklahoma City.
Okla.; G. H. Dicks, representiuK
Cooper, Taller & Co.. London. Kng.

Crimson Clover ana Hairv Vetch Seed Prices

Prices for imported crimson clover
and hairy vetch .seed have recently
shown such a marked upward ten-
dency that specialists of the depart-
ment of agriculture fear that the cost
of these seed, of which Europe is the
chfef .source, will interfere with the
increasing use of these leguminous
cover crops. In fact, it is feared that
the prices of th* seed of these legumes
may go so high as to make it inad-
sisable to plant them this year. Be-
fore the jiresent European conditions
arose, crimson clover seed was sell-
ing at from .f-1 to .$."> per bushel. Up
to August l.j there was a scarcity of
this .seed in the Cnited States, owing
to the fact that the receipts from Eu-
rope were smaller than 'usual. The
lirices then a'dv.anced to from .$7.5(1 to
$!• per bushel. .Since that date im-
portations have continued to arrive,
until there is now more imported .seed
available for fall seeding than there
was in this country a year ago at this
time. This seed, according to the de-
l)artment's information, was all im-
jiorted at. approximately the. same price
as that .sold for .$4 to .f4.."'i(l per bushel
in the early part of the season. The
present high price, therefore, is regard-
ed by the depitrtinent ;is unwarranted
from the standpoint 6f the supply and
the import price of the seed. Some
dealers are continuing to sell at the
former price, but these are exceptions.

If the present high price is main-
tained, the specialists are douI>tfuI
whether crimson closer can be profit-
alily used as a green manure crop for
seeding in corn or on vacant ground,
or under other conditions where the
catch is not reasonably certain. Un-
der such conditions they point out
that it W'ill be better iiractiee to sow-
rye this fall and use the. difference
in price in adding nitrogen to the
soil in the form of nitrate of soda or
.some other highl.v nitrogenous fer-
tilizer. The rye will afford a winter
cover preventing washing and leach-
ing, and can be jilowed under in the
spring to add humus to the soil.

When crimson clover is being ilsed
regularly- as a winter cover, crop in
orchard culture, or where local expe-
rience indicates that a good catch and
a good crop are iiractically certain,
liayment of a higher price for the
seed will no doubt be .lustified. A
somewhat similar condition exists
with reference to hairy vetch seed.
There has been approximately six-
sevenths as much seed imported since

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

November 1. lillo, as in the .vear pre-
vious. This shortage, however, is
partly counterbalanced by the increas-
ing domestic production of hairy vetch
seed. Wherever the price r)f hair>
vetch seed is found to be exorbitant,
the same change in farm practice is
recommended as that suggested in the
case of crimson ciover.

Redondo Beach, Calif.

The freeze of 1012 did an immense
amount of damage wliich did not show
in the papers. i)tti> Fischer, of Arca-
dia. Calif.. Ion his selling crop of free-
sias and had barely enough corms for
a start the next .season. E. L. Hills
lost 12.t1l'il amaryllis and had hard
work to fill his orders last winter. The
carnation trade is almost entirely in
the hands of the .Ia|>anese. Within :i
radius nf six miles around Redondo ■
there ;ire :it least (ill acres of carna-
tions. These :ire sold in and around
Los -Angeles by .Japanese and Greeks
in .small stands at ic cents per dozen.
These dealers also control the violet
market. Fine ^ iolets are .sold at Id
cents iier bunch, and if they are plenti-
ful, at live cents per bunch. So it will
be seen these crops afford the general
florist little encouragement. Bulbs are
the one thing the Japanese and Greeks
do not appear to understand, so there
is some chance in that line.

E. L. Hills will make a trip to Brit-
i.'-h Columbia.

Catalog^ues Received.

Sutton .V: Suns. Reading, Eng.. seeds;
.A. Keilhidz. Quedlinbtirg, (jermany.
seeds; F. H. Brunning, Pty.. Ltd.. Mel-
liourne. Eng.. seeds: Theodore Pau-
wels. C;hont, Belgium, orchids; Hassall
& Co.. Soulhgate. X.. London, Eng..
orchids; Perry's Hardy Plant Farm.
Enfield. Jfddx.. Eng., water lilies;
Jacs. .Smils iV: Co.. Xaarden, Holland,
plants, trees ahd shrubs: J. Heins'
Sons. Halstenbek. nr. Hamburg, Ger-
many, fruit trees; V. Lemoine & Pils.
Xancy. Prance, plants, trees ami
shrulis.

K. 3. Kuyk. Ghent. Belgium, palms,
trees, jilants, etc.; Kurt Engelhardt.
Leuhen-Dresden. Germany. dahlias;
Svalof. Svalof. .Sweden, seeds.

Established 1810.

Denaiffe&Son,Nort'h^rance.

The Premier Seed Growers of the World.

The Greatest Acrea ge. Over 900 1 mployes.

Motto: The Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet, Cabbarie, Carrot, Celery, Lettuce. Mangel
Wurtzel, Onion, rarsley, Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga, Turnip, For.^pccial prices ^UTp^u^ crop, 1914.
DOW belD-K harvof^ted. address Charles Johnson,
Marietta, Pa.. Sole Adent lor U. S. and Canada.

Telegraph Code

Am. Seed Trade Association

— S2 OO

Either .'^liti or tlevible covers, .\ddress

American Florist Co., Chicago

Braslan

(Wholesale Growers of the tollDwino California Specialties only:

ONION. LETTUCE, CARRO'. RADISH, PARSNIP, PARSLEY, CELEIY.
ENDIVE, LEEK. SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

I9I4-

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441

New

Sweet

Pea

C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco, Cal.

IVIargaret Atlee sp^n

cer
Supreme

The lar crest and finest S'^eet Pea yet introduced.
(Firsi Prize AnfencHn Sweet Pea -iof i»*ty )
{silver M.dal. Naimnat Swcei Pea So^,iety of Great
Britain, London, July. 1914.)

MXRGARET ATIEE.

Ele'-trn«nf this «1.SS each.
Life size as grown by ordinary culture.

NoTF, — The n^me was rhogpn as an ap-
preciation to Mr. Burpee. Mrs. Marcaret Atlee
being his aunt.

Wp are issu'ne a ci 'cuUr offering si^veral
rth**' "^wppt Pea Ni^ve'ties and will mail it to
the Trade in a few days.

MARGARET ATLfE.

Life size of bloom as grown for e.'chibition by special
culture.
Electros of this at 75c. each,

Margaret *tlee is a rosy salmon rirk on a creamy
huff y- U' d: a rith soft color, and « xtri m ly attracitve.
boih as It dividu I flowers and m the bunch. Tht* stand-
ard is la ge a"d wavy ard inclined to double under favor-
able conditicns. The winps arr equally laiRe wavy ard
well Sft. It tuns nlmost unif-rmlv four blO'S- ms to the
st- m: well poised and vrac- ful. In a I resjx-cis. it is the
grandest Swee Pt^a we have ever grown, either from ior-
eign introdurtions or .American varieties.

Margaret Atlee has finally yif'dod ussuffirient seed
to warrant < ur adno ing a unique method of . xpkiirny it.
We are cnrfidpnt that Amcica does noth*|{ Hpnieriate
real Spenctr Sweet Peas, at d we rroposp t » use Mar-
^artt ^llee as a mssionary in tt o hope that it will invade
eveiy I omp garden where Sweet Peas can be gmwn,

Margaret Atlee was inlrrdured in I912. but a sh'^rt
crop ihhi vf r and the year foMowing prevent* dour offer-
ing It 10 t^o Tr&de. and it has not >et appeared in our
Contraci Lists.

Messrs. Lowe & Shawyer the largest flower growers in Great Britain,
simp'y insisted on having some of it la>t season and we let them have a pound
out of our p'aT ting stock lobeusfd for growing rut fl- wers fortheC^vent
Garden ^^arket. They had a packet of it the vear previ( us and con-^idered it
the very finest thing they had ever seen in Sweet Peas. With thtm it is a
leader as a tloMst flower. , -, ^ . .^,

hver so many people who have seen bouquets of Margaret Atlee have
exclaimfd. 'Are those icalU Sweet Peas?"

Undf r o'd parv culture thev are de'irate and refined to b dpgree. Under
sp'^cial culture for exbiUfon flowers they produce unusua'ly large thii k
petMs and eno mrus stems and 1 =Vr-s. It is n"t uncommon toseesems22
inches Inn p. ^-irch (hick and leaves 5^ inches across.

Margarft Atlee will be put up in inside white packets, 2x3H inches.
simply printed thus:

SWEET PEA

MARG'VRET ATLEE

There will also be an outside packet in salmon pink, 2%x4H inches
printed thus:

40 SEEDS 25 CENTS

SWEET PEA

MARGARFT ATLEE

NEW GIANT FLOWERED SPENCER

Rich rosy salmon-pi'^k on ircairy buff. Immense wavy standard,
inclined to double, larje wavy wings.

These outside packets may be left-'ff if rcquVrd or they ran be sup-
plied empty, so that the dealer's name may be printed at ?he bottom.

Prices net f- t^e '^eed 'rade: $3.50 for 25 okis. ; $12.50 per IdOup
to 500 pkts.; $10.00 per 1(0 for i(X) pkts. and over..

I r, C, Morse & Tp.^ San Francisco^ CaK

442

The American Florist.

Sept. 12,

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and an Garden Seeds ^^ ^ ^^

LEONARD^ SEED

wNlfJN SETS Writ*- for PriCM

L. F0RM0SU1V1

7-9in..9 lUin,. 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, Vt and ^ in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Western Seed & Irrigation Co.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com; Cucumber,

Mask and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Souash.

FREMONT

NEBRASKA

Mention the American Florist when writing

Contract Seed Growers

Cnopialtiac* Pepper, Erig Plant, Tomato,
opebldllllib. Vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandinoras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER 6c SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNLA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing
My new list of

Winter Spencer
Sweet Pea Seed

is being mailed. If not in your
hand now. send a postal for.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, "-2^1^^'

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

*^°'soucii1?d."" Swedesboro, New Jersey

Mention the American Florist when writing

THE G. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Cora.

Seedsmen requiring the very best selections ol

Garden Seeds

(Vegetable and Flower), especially

Kelway's Celebrated
English Strains

can get them at lowest independent wholesale
rates by sending their orders direct to

KELWAY & SON

Wholesale Seed Growers.

Langport, Somerset, England.

Special quotations on application.
Mention the Avierican Florist when writing

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[VCALYPrUS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. Box 857, MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalojiue.

J. Bolgiaoo & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write for our low prices.

Baltimore, Md.

Udbt, Pratt and
KUlcottSts..

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wliolesale Seed Grower.

Specialties; Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster.

Cosmos. Mignonette, Verbena ip variety.

C"nrrp«Dnndpnct^ Solicited,

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. All Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

DO NOT

Delay Ordering

Polnsettlas, 2' 7-in., ^5.00 per 100;
$46.00 per lOOO.

Begonia Lonsdale, 2V2-\a., Lor-
raine type, but better, $14.00 per
100; $126.00 per 1000.

Begonia Glorie de Chatelaine,
$6.00 per 100; $60.00 per lOOd.

Cyclamen Seed, English, $8 50

per o/..

Cyclamen Seed, German, $6.00

per oz.
Pansy Seed, home grown, best
strain procurable, '^ oz., $1.50;
1 oz., .$6,00.
Rest assured your orders
will be filled to your entire
satisfaction.

S.S.Skidelsky&Co.,

1218 Betz Bldg.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

All Seeds and Bulbs sold
by Thorburn are always
of the very highest qual-
ity and true to name.

ASPARAGUS TUBEROSES

Plumosus Nanus

Per 1000

1.000 $2.00

5,000 1.75

10,000 1.65

Dwarf Double Pear

Extra large size
$7.50 per lOOO

53 Barclay St., NEW YOBK CITY.

JXROBiNSONSEEDCG.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe , Watermelon , Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

— FOR

SEEDS

OF AU, KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson fi Son, Limifed

Boston, England

1914-

The American Florist.

443

All Dutch and French Bulbs

Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus,

(Trumpet Major and others)

Formosutn, Callas, Harrisii,
Ffeesias, Paeonies

Vaughan's Fall "Book for Florists"

Is being mailed. Be sure to ask for it.

Calla Bulbs

Per 100

VA to Ihinch $ 5.50

114 to 2 -inch 8.50

2 to 2^2-inch 12.00

L. Formosum Bulbs

Per 1000

6- 8-inch, 350 to case.$40.00

7- 9-inch, 250 to case. 60.00

8- 9-inch, 225 to case. 70.00
8-10-inch, 200 to case. 80.00

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

MANN'S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
bring the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig. Saxony, Germany
j^ lilt lift tmnmiiiititiiuuiiiimtimuii>^

I BURPEE'S SEEDS f

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists C

3 and Market Gardeners. C

Mention the A^nerican Florist when loriting

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet hmh . . , per 100. $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots " 15.00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots '^ 15.00

Gcraniiuns, out of 3 inch pots *' 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton. 2 in. " 5.00
Palms. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes
Prices on application

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

StXD FOB OaTALOOVE.

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

I4I WmI I4lh Sf.. Naw Tnrk.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pansy Seed

From the Oldest Pansy Specialist

C. SCHWANECKE,

Oschersleben, Germany

Established 1S52
Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Trimardeau Per oz.. .SI .50

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Imoroved

Catsier Per oz. 3.75

Schwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Germania Peroz. 3.75

Srhwanecke's Giant Flowered Improved

Bugnots Peroz. 3.00

Schwanecke'sGiant Flowered Improved

Odier Peroz. 2.50

Valuable in Mailing.

American Florist Co.— We find your
Trade Directory of great value in mailing
our price lists and will want the new
one when ready.

FRANCIS BRILL CO.

Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., April 25, 1914.
Get Qnotationi From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bioomsdaie Bristol, Po.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Early Advertisement
Gets There.

Branches Michigan
and Wisconsin.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

MILFORD, CONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Orchids Freshly Imported.

We have just received in fine condition the fol,
lowing: Caitleyas: P'^rciva'liana, Gaskelliana,
Speciosissima. Vandas: Coerulpa, Luzonica.
Batemanii, Imshootiana. Dendrobiums : Nobile,
ForiTiosuni. Wardianura densiflorum. Scbutzii.
Ptialaenopsis: Amabilis. Schilienana and Soat-
haelottis plicata. Wiitefor Special List No. 55.

LAGER & HURRELL, Summit, N* J.

444

The American I'lorist.

Sept. 12,

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase. Cliflse, Ala., Pre*iident,
E. S. Wek-li, Slienandoah, la., Vice-Prrsi-
dent: .loljii llall.2U4 Urauite lilJg., Rocbest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fonieth annual convention will be held
at Delioit, Mich.. .Tune 1915.

We have just received the official
report of the thirty-ninth annual con-
vention of the American Association of
Nurservmen, held at Cleveland, O.,
June 24-26,

Columbus, O. — Columbus is to be the
scene of a big exposition of an unusual
character next January. It is to be a
combination horticultural, dairy, apple,
corn and poultry show, and will be
styled "The Columbus Mid-winter
Fair."

TOPEKA, Kan. — State-wide revival
services that are different will be held
in Kansas this fall and winter if the
plans of J. L. Pelham, secretary of the
state board of horticulture, are carried
out. Pelham's idea is to convert some
more fruit growers to the doctrines of
the Kansas State Agricultural College
in raising fruit. He wants to see a
county horticultural society in every
county where fruit is grown.

Nursery Interests Center in Alabama.

The- election of Milton Moss, of
Huntsville, Ala., as president of the
Southern Nurserymen's association
places the direction of affairs of ,the
two principal nursery organizations
of the country in the hands of Hunts-
ville men for this year. Henry B.
Chase, of that city, was elected presi-
dent of the American Association of
Nurserymen at the meeting in Cleve-
land, O., last June. Mr. Chase is
president of the Chase Nursery Co..
and Mr. Moss is one of the heads of
the Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries.

, Southern Nurserymen's Association.

The Southern Nurserymen's Associa-
tion closed its annual session at Chat-
tanooga. August 20, with the election
of the following officers : Milton Moss,
Huntsville, president; Ray Simpson,
Monticello, Fla., vice president; A. R.
Smith, Knoxville, Tenn., secretary and
treasurer. It was formally decided that
the next meeting of the association
will be held in Hendersonville, N. C.
next summer. The meeting at Chatta-
nooga was pronounced unusually suc-
cessful in every particular. The ses-
sions were held at the Signal Mountain
Inn.

California Nursery Stock In Demand.

The outlook for the disposal of nur
.sery stock for the approaching planting
season is quite encouraging in this sec-
tion. Max Crow, nurseryman, report.s
inquiries and orders now coming in
rapidly «ind the agents for other con-
cerns feel quite encouraged at the out-
look. So far as fruit trees are con-
cerned it would seem that the demand
for prunes and apricots is much in the
ascendant though a large number of
walnuts will be jilanted. There are but
few sections about Gilroy, Calif., where
apricots can be siiccessfully raised, but
in these sections the yield is usually
large and the quality excellent. Many
walnut trees that were planted by way
of experiment several years ago should

come into bearing this season and
should a favorable report be made
there will be a much larger number
planted in ftuure. The Franquette and
Mayette seem to be the variety most
sought after.

David Thornton, of Gilroy, has now
his entire crop of prunes upon the
trays and should the weather be fa-
vorable for drying expects to have
them in good marketable condition by
September 15. He has 40 acres in
prunes which he believes will yield him
at least 100 tons of good fruit.

Amer. Forestry ro.,S. Framingham, Mass.

The arrangement and extent of this
nursery was a revelation to the writer
when he first visited it. In addition
to considerable undulating 'land there
are also many acres that are as level
as a prairie. On this last named
tract thousands of small evergreen
trees have been planted in squares.
As the trees in each square, or block,
are much of the same size, the view
from the neighboring hill is novel and
interesting. Colorado blue spruce,
white spruce, junipers, Douglas spruce,
Norway pine, Scotch pine, white pine
and other evergreens are seen in
quantity. There are also blocks of pin
oaks, maples, catalpas, ash willows
and many other varieties. This com-
pany has competent forest engineers
on its staff and does all kinds of
planting both on private estates and
commercial tracts. A. F. F.

BATrLE CREEK, MiCH. — The most
successful show ever he'.d by the horti-
cultural society of the Grand Trunk
Railway shops closed August 2(i at the
shop auditorium. Despite the dryness
of the season the exhibits of flowers,
vegetables and fruits were above the
average and some phenomenal speci-
mens were shown

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

P.O. Berlin. N J. WtlHamsiown ii nc. N. J.

Xobcrt Craig Co..
"^t. PALMS

and Novelties In Decorative Plants.

Market and 49th Sts.. Philadelpliia, Pa.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE C0N1RD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

Hill's Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and lartfe sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Evergreen Specialists Ifl g -si Growers m Aneria

Box 104, DUNUEL. ILL

August KiJIkcr &. :^uns

NEW YORK.

Supply the Hoiticultufhl trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address f t prices
P.O.Box 752, or 6 1 Barclay St.. NE A YORK CITY

JBol3l3inli: ^ Atltinjs

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,
CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

READY NOW-

F .'.«,,« 171^«4-:^«, 16-18in $3.50 per doz.; $25.(0 per Kifl
ICUS EjlctSLlCo. 18-21 in 4.60 per doz.; 3f.. 00 per 100

INSPECTION INVITED.

At It For Our Wholesale Catalog.

Nurserymen and Florists,

Rutherford, N. J.

Headquarters For

California Pfivet Hedging

A full half million plants for the coming autumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to offer are :

One year 12 to 18 inches I Two years 3 to 4 feet

One year WiX-O'l feet | Three years .... 3 to 4 fret

Two-years m to 2 feet \ Two years 4to5feet

Two years 2 to 3 ■feet | Three years 4 lo 5 feel

All are well branched,' bright and clean. The two and three year grades
have been cut back one or more times.

Very attractive prices— especially in car lots.

-Correspondence solicited.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

igi^.

The American Florist.

445

Plant 'Em Now! Plant Peonies!

We are ready to fill orders any time. Ours are strong divisions with three to five eves and

some roots too. Here's "our list, and the stock is absolutely free froiu mixture.

F
Comte de Niepperg, dark rose pink, large

hi nn>

Per rvi

Camille Calot, light rose $.0 CO

Cainea Sir.aia, pale flcsb, shadios to al-
most pu--- white 9 00

Charlemagne, cre^mv white, center liKht

lilac Hcth shaded wjlh chamois late 20 00

Clarissi. rosy pink; inner petals sulphur... 6 ' 0

Comte de Diesbach da k rod. eaily 8 00

Com'ede Jussier, outer petals pink, inner
yillowish 8 00

ComtedeNanteuil, very large and full: dark
roae 8 00

Ciimte d' Osmond, white with sulohuri'h
roi t'T...

Couronn'' d' Or. imniensf^: very full, imbri-
cat'd b 11 >hHP'd bloom; snowy white
with yp|l"wish stamens; fragrant; perfect
a« a cut flower soTt; very late coming in
after all other long stemmed whiles are

t,'nr">.

Dclachei. deep c»imson purp'e- one of the

he td4Tk neoni s; Ipte rpid.=eason . . . .

Duchesse de Nemours, tbe Calot variety.

cu i-shnpert suit hut-white; late, antj one of

t'lph^'-'whir s - ~.

Duke of We Ullitton, fl wers fragrant. «ul-
phnr wl iie; larte and well ff^nntd; strong
grower, stems long and firm; late raid-

Edulis Superba. soft pink, very early

Felix C OU^se. brilliant flaming red; farand
awav the best '■ed- the popular color with
florists- late roidseason

Festlva Alba, ivory-white, with recessional
crimson sor^ts in center rietiN- ships well
and stands cold storage excellently; late
niidtpflc^n ....

Fest4va Maxima, the ideal early white for
flo'q' wo'lf a well nigh nerfpct peony

Floral Treasure, ri h soft pi"k

Frpncols Ortegat. semi-d-uhle. large nur-
pl sh-crirrs-^n b'oem with br.lliant golden
vcllnw anthers; very striking

Gen. Cavajgnsc, lively lilac pink, shaded
clearf r pit k

Gloire de Douai. purplish scarlet-crimson
wit^i black r' fl-x; late

Grnndiflora Carnea P»ena, very early clear
tle^h-pink shndt-d lilac keeps well; shi"s
well; desirable for cutting or landscape
w^rk ,

Grand'flor'a Rosea ligH rose: outer petals
verv large inner smaller and bunched; vig-
orr»us grower

Lady Bramwell, siUeiy pink; late mid-
sesson

Laius, enter petals wbi'e. inner sulphur,
changing to white; medium size

•r li:ii
10 «1
15 00

15 OO
10 (JO

20 OO

20 tt)
10 CO

25 OO

15 00

?o on
15 on

8 0(1
600
8 00

6 00

8 00
10 00
12 00

Per Itm
LaTulipe, late; very la'ge. full shell lotnied
b.oonis, borne on long trects'ems; deli
rate ro^e. facing lo creamy white: one of

the best 20 011

la Subl me, crimson; fine full, fianrant 8 W

livingstune (t ue Crousse vaieiy) sf ft
r. s, litnk. silvery r, fl.;x. strong, long

sffrrs;btsl late pink 40 Oil

Louis Van Uoutte, (Oelache), fine dark

C'inis>n:vetydouble; siropg 12 00

Meissonier. reddish purple cimson center 40 Of)
Monsieur Barral, soft clear pink; large and

fiill ong sit ms 10 00

Monsieur Dupont, verv large; ivory white
will) carmine bo'der in center pttals; at-

tra't"e; la emid-eason 7000

M'lle Rtne Dessert, in clusters, soft lilac

with >i verv- vio et rtfi x , 20 00

Madam Cr. usse, one of the best whites;

niid eason 20 00

Mad-tme lebon, bright, cherry pink 10 00

Mad me hose Kendatler, delicate rose 8 OO

Nigricans, very late, brilliant, purplish-

rritiis"n 20 00

Nob li' sima, br ght. deep pink; good stems:

I sts w .pd-if.iMv 20 W

Officinalis Mutebllis Alba, earliest white.. 15 W
Officinalis Rubra Pleno, the well known

v- TV early, doub e crimson 12 00

Palmst", cut leaved single scarlet: earliest, 25 00
Papav. flora, guaid petals pure white; oth-
ers yellowish; excellent 15 00

Phryne. blush white 8t1ii

Prince Imperial, brilliant ruiplish-scarlet;
free bloomer; fine for massing in land-
scape work 12 Ofl

ProHfe-a Trcolor, soft flesh, with center o(

go den V- llnw • 8 00

Q e<n Victoria (WliitleyiV there ^k two

\v ll-known varieties ( I ihis n ame. T his
IS the standatd pure white market variety
fn' storage 10 00

Richardson's Dorchester, salmon-pink, one

of the verv Kt-sl late on> s 25 00

Rosea Suprrba. brilliant deep cerise pink
blooms coii'prct and perfei tlv formed;
healthy growth; long stims; keeps well;
late mitlspasnn 25 00

R0!^a Mena Sup'rba. very full Hower: deli-
cate pink and salmon 8 00

P. S.— "DO IT NOW."

JACKSON & PERKINS CO., Newark, New York.

4,000 Privet Balls

Squares and Pyramids, 3 to 5
feet Unusually fine specimens,
closely sheared, .fl.OO to $3.U0
each. Muat be sold.

Also 100,0110 California Pfivel

4 to 8 feet, grown from 1 to 2
feet apart, in a row.

Make Us an Offer. Come and Select.

Lewis & Valentine Company

Nurseries East Rockaway, L. I., N. Y.

Sttjtar»t Lo^w <S5 Co.

Bush Hill Park Nurseries, - - Enfield, England

Headquarters in Englard For These lines.

ORCHIDS, 2^ houfes full. GRAf E VINES, pot g-own.

C,?.','.'*i'*' ^iJc "?" ' ' J .r„ ROSES. I^eld grown, by the 100 000.
l%\l ;S^II: ^o^t irotTi:Zll':A houses. roses, po. ..own. for pergolas and foicing.
FIG iREES, pot ^rown. CYCLAMEN SEED, very finest strain.
Write for Citalogue

Our reprcFentative will be in the United -Elates duriner September and October
and will be pleastd tu meet or k ve par iculhrs lo anyone iDtcrested. Adoress

Harry A. Barnard, Fotel Albert, University Place, New York City

Mention the A\nerican Florist when writinij

-

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and age. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruil Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICKS AND CATALOGUE.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BMTIMORE, MD.

Genuine North Carolina Natural Peach Pits

We are now booking orders for 1914 pits for Fall delivery.
If you are in the market, kindly write us for prices and
samples. The stock you buy from us is guaranteed to give
satisfaction, and we guarantee to deliver what we book you.

J. K. MORRISON GROCERY & PRODUCE COMPANY,

STATESVILLE, N. C.

Alwai/C ifsntion The American Florist
AIndJO when wilting. : : : : :

446

The American Florist.

Sept. 12,

Market Gardeners ii

V-

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton, Ind.. Pres-
ident: H.- J. Thompson, Attleboro, Mass.,
Vice-President; S. VV. Severance. Louisville.
Ky.. Secretary: M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O., Treasurer.

Next annual conventioD and exhibition,
1914.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vesretables.

Chicago, September 1. — Mushrooms,
20 to 25 cents per pound; lettuce, 20 to
25 cents per box; radishes, $1.00 per
100 bunches.

New York, September 1. — Cucum-
bers, prime, 40 cents to 75 cents per
basket; mushrooms, 25 cents to $1.00
per 4-pound basket; tomatoes, 20 cents
to $1.00 per box, '?, to .5 cents per
pound.

Disease of Mushrooms Play Be Controlled.

A fungous disease of cultivated
mushrooms has reduced the yield in
certain houses from 30,000 pounds to
less than 1,000 pounds a year. Ex-
tensive mushroom plants in the east-
ern part of Pennsylvania which sup-
ply the eastern markets, have been
threatened. In one section there are
more than 250 establishments whose
collective product exceeds one million
pounds of mushrooms annually. The
same J)light, which is known as the
"Mycogone disease," is reported to
have caused annual losses of about
$200,000 to mushroom growers . of
Paris. An effective method for the
control of this blight has been evolved
in the United States, and all mush-
room growers will be interested in its
exposition in a new bulletin of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, entitled "The Mycogone Disease of
Mushrooms, and Its Control." The com-
mon form of the disease consists of a
white, velvety coating that covers the
mushroom. The normal development
of the gills is prevented, and as the
disease progresses, the color darkens
and the tissue decays. The cap of
the mushroom is frequently distorted
and arrested in development by the
fungus. The new bulletin gives the
following advice to mushroom growers
for the prevention and control of the
disease :

Diseased houses should not be used
for the cultivation of mushrooms until
at least three years have elapsed af-
ter the house has been abandoned.
Formaldehyde-gas fumigation should
be employed to disinfect the houses, as
this, even in small quantities, retards
the growth of the fungus, and when
sufficiently strong will destroy the
spores. A rate of three pints of for-
maldehyde or formalin per 1,000 cubic
feet should be used, in the proportion
of one pint of formalin to one-half
pound of potassium permanganate.
Fumigation will control the disease in
the houses, but will not keep them free,
since bringing infected material, tools,
etc.. into the houses will certainly start
the disease anew; therefore every pre-
caution should be taken to prevent the
reinfection of the houses after they
have been fumigated.

Houghton, Mich. — The York Floral
Store is preparing to move from the
Hockin building into the Gallaher
store, which was recently purchased
by A. Tj. Levy.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3-inch pots. Chrysanthemums

Carnations for fall delivery. SmUaz, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers, '^f^^'tk

Geraniums

YOU RUN NO RISK.

They must reach you in good growing condition,
or the shipment will be replaced oi^your money re-
funded. My stock is V ry targe, very good and these
prices holdup tn ard including Oct. 5th delivery.

SinonperirroforS A Nutt.

$12.50 per luofi for Ricard and Poitevine.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER. PA

BOSTON FERN5

From 4 in. pots. $15.00 per KKi.

!F*oin.sett:ias

2Vi in., $5.00 per iOO. Good, big, healthy stock.
Jos. wnOntOS, McKEESPORT, PA.

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

SEASONABLE STOCK

Cyclamen, Peppers, Cherries. Primroses, Chi-
nese. Obconica. Forbesit and Malecoides Mums,
yellow, white and pink Smilax. T R. Beftonias,
Rex and flowerini;. Farcy Leaved Ca'adiums.
Cincinnati and Glory de Lorraine Begonias.
Ferns, all kinds and si/cs.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower, Pekin, 111.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Watch for our Trade Mark stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn

Substitution of cheaper grades ii
thus easily exposed. Fresb samplt
^^^T^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed
^vi.^*^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re-
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address
Trade Mark. American SoawnCcSt. Paul. Minn
Mention the American Florist when writina

BOXWOODS-MostBeautiful Stock

Pyramids.2 -ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids. 2V2-lf. 1.50 each

Pyramids. 3 -ft 2 01 each

Pyramids. 3H,ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape. 14x14 in 2.50each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O. FRANZEN ^^V^h'Jcago ^-

Mention the American Florist when writing

1-yr.
2^ -in.

ROSES

2-yr.
4-in.

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

Mention the A merivan florist wktn writing

AJ! tXS 13. 1* OO XXl. s

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT
170 Pages.- Price $1.00—29 Illustrations.

AMERICAN FLORST COMPANY.
440 S. Dearborn Street, CMcago.

Winter Onion
i#5ets

v^

^fe#ir]&I^fe

Choice Northern grown Winter Top
Sets, $3.25 per 100 Lbs.

Mention the American Florist when writing

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE. FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

SPECIALTIES' Beans. Beets. Cabbages. Carrots, Kohl Rabi. Leek, Lettuces, Onions. Peas.
tfi LuinLULdi Radishes, Spinach Turnips Swedes. Asters. Balsams. Begonias. Carnations
Cinerarias. Gloxinias. Larkspur. Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias. Phloxes. Primulas. Scabious,
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz.. or $1,75 per M oz., $1.00 per % oz,. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grot>nds, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth. 6nest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

t9H-

7 HE American Florist.

44T

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S
PALMS AND FERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves Id. hit^h Each Per doz.

-in. pot 5 to 6 28 to 30 .$1.00 $12.00

6-in, pot f>

.34 to3h 1..S0

18.00

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

.each, $4.00
each. 5.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 3^ in. high $ 2.50

y-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.C0

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 5 to 5H ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 5H to 6 ft 12.50

12-iD. ceda- tub. 4 plants in tub, 6 ft. hiuh. heavy 15.00

12-in. cedar tub. plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-iD. pot. nicely charactenaed $1.00

6-i^. pot, 18 to 20 in. spread 1.50

7in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Leaves In. high

2H-in. pot 4 8tol0..

3in.pot S 12

.4-in. pot 5 to 6 15

5-in. pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot 6 to 7 24

6-in pot 6 to 7 26

6-in. pot

$0.40

50

1.00

1.25

.6 to 7 28 to 30 1.50

Each Perdo/.
$1.50
2.00
4.50
6.00
12.00
15.00
18.00

Leaves In. hi^h

Each Per doz

Cibotium Schiedei r!n'rH\','.''"''''H-

9 m. tub. 5 ft. spread...

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO,,

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 '. $2.50

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

') in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

V in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48, very heavy S.OO

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft.. very heavy 8.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 6 ft., very heavy 10.00

30.00
36.00
48.00

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writinq

Field -Grown Carnation Plants

White Enchantress
White Perfection

The Usual Fine C. C. C. Quality

Enchantress

Herald

D r*«. *■? •'•' per 100;

oonrire %m.m per i o< k >

f^^|.|^llp,Q|- Beautiful overlaid pink, sells for the
^^"**»4 highest price. Good producer, good

stfiii, fine large flowers, !f6.00 per 100; .$60. dU per 1000.

$7 00 per 100;
*(;0.00 per lOOO.

$(5 on per 1(10;
$50.00 per 1000.

Large plants. $5.00 per 100;
$45.00 per 1000.

/ Large Plants \
V Scarlet /

$7.00 per 100; $60.00
per 1000.

Victory

$6.00

per 100.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 3«E.Randoi;rst., Chicago, III.

Mention the Ainerican Florist when writing

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniiuns, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perkins.
Poitevine, 2 in., $3.00 per 100; 3-in., $5.00 per 100.

Boston and WllitmanlFems;3 in.. 10c; 4 in.. 15c;

5-in.. 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3in.. $5.00; 4 in., $10.00; 5 in.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia, 2Hin.. $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS, Newton, N. J.

yiention the American Florist when writing \

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blustl
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-16.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in Araucaria E»celsa will yield a profit of five to
si.x times its value until fall or winter, if you have
^ our eyes open and look into the fu ure and invest
your money now. All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are offerine now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers.
5hh-in. pots. 40c 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6-7 in. pots.
$1.0d. $l-25to $1.50,

ASDidlStras, variegated and ereen foliage,
bushy plants 6-in. pots. $1.00, $1.25 to $150.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

448

The American Florist.

Sept.

12.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The ...

AllenJ K

A paa floral Co. .. .
AmencaD Spawn Co

Amline E CCo

AndersoD S A

.'Kneermueller G H.

Aphine Mfe Co

Archias Floral Co..
.^schmaon Godfrey.
Atlaoia Floral Co...
Bassett& Washburn

424

Batavia Greenhouse

Co

Baur Window Glass

Co

Beaven E \

Begerow'a

Berger Bros

Bernine H G

Blackistone Z IJ...
Bohhink & .Atkins..

Bcdd nifton A T

Bcd.er J & Sons Co

Bo. and ] B Co

Bo g ano )& Sons, ..

Bra.;g Ross

Bramley & Son

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co

Breitmever's I Sons.
Brown Bros ^ Co..

Brunnin^ F H

Bryan .'Vionzo J

Buchbinder Bros...

Buckbee H W

Budlong I A

Burpee W A & Co .
Caldwell theWoods

man Co

California Florists..
Camn Conduit Co ..
Carnation Support

Co The

Ch-raao f "arn Co.. I
Chicago Flower

Growers .Assn

Chicago House

Wrpckine Co

Chontos Jos

Clark'E B Seed Co
Clarke's Sons David

Clay & Son

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co

Conard & Jones Co,

Cooke Geo H

Cowee W J

Coy H C Seed Co...

Craig Robt Co

Critchell C E

Cunningham I'^r H.
Dahlbjrn J P & Co.

D^rd^ '"us

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co

Deainiid I R (Jo

DenaitJ ■ & Son

Detroit F ower Pot

Mfg Co

Dietsch A &Co....
Diller Caskey&

Keen

Dorner F& Sons

Co

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Duerr ("has \

Dunlop J ihn H

Eagle U ire Works .
Edward<< Fo d box.
Elastic Lvke Co ..
Ell.ott Auction Co..

Emmans oeo M

Erne & Klingel

Eyres H G

Fish H^nrv Seed Co

Fisher Peter

Florists' Hail Assn
Foley (ireenhouse

Mfg Co

Ford M C

Ford William P....

Franzen F ij

Freeman Mrs J B...

Friedman

Froment H E

Galvin Tho« F ....
Gardiner Alev C .. .

Garland vid, Co

Gasspr I M Co

Giblin & Co

frorham & Chanline
Grand Kapids

Floral Co

Gude Bros

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc)

Hardesty & Co

Harley Pottery Co.,

Hart George B

Haven seed Co The

Heacock Jos Co

Heinl John G& Son
Henderson .A&Co. . .

Herr Albert M

Herrmann A

Hess & Swoboda ...
Hews A H &Co....

Hiltinger Bros

Hill D Nursery Co..

HoerDer Bros

HoHmeister Flo Co.

HoIjd & Olson

Holton &HunkeH!n

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Home Cor school...
Horticultural

Adv. rtiser

Hurrt Ed^ar F

Kkes titaun .viill Co

Igoe Bros

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co
Isbell S M & Co...
Jackson •& Perkins

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Johnson WW & sou

iones Percy

Joy Floral Co

Kasting W F Co . . .
i^eller Geo & Sons.

K.ellerSons J B

Kellogg Geo M

Xelway & Son

I^enuicott Bros Co..
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co

Rervan Co The

Kessler Wm

Kift Robt

King Construct Co,

Kohr A F

Komada Bros

cvrauier 1 N Ct Soc.
Kroeschell Bros Co

Kruchten Jobn

Kuehn C A

Kuhl Geo \ *..

Kyle & Foerster

LaCrosse Floral Co.

Lager & Hurrell

Landreth Seed Co..

flange .A

Leborius J J

Leedle Floral Co ...
Leonard Seed Co...
Lewis & VaU ntine..
Luckland Lumber

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London Flower Slip
Lord& BurnhamCo

Lovett J T

.vlct..allum Co

McConnell Alex...,
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co

McGee Walter S

McKenna P & Son.
McNeff-Swenson Co
MacMff Hort Co....

Mann Utto

MatthewsonJ E ....

Mav & Co L L

Meconi Paul

Memphis F'lo Shop.
Meredith TheFlow-

er & Veg Co

Metairie Ridge Nurs

.vi.-tte Henrv

Milwaukee Boiler

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Moninger J C Co. ..
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd

Moore. Hentz &

Nash

M irehead Mfg Co...
M'lrrison J K Groc

& Prnd"Ct^ Co

Morae C C & Co. . . .

Murray Samuel

Myers Florist

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H. 40c perlb. by mail 16c extra: 7 lbs. lor $2.50
ISlbs. for $5,00, by express. Forsale by the trade

RANDOLPH 6 fVlcCLEMENTS. Horlsts.
5636 Penn Ave.. near Ulgmand. Plttsburitti.Pa.

Nicotine Mfg Co 456

N lessen Leo Co .... 4^1
Ostertag Bros ... , 437

Palez Paul M 4.-8

Palmer W J & Son . 43j
Palethorve PK &

Co 456

Park Floral Co 436

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 444

Pedrick G R& Son. 442

Peirce E Allan Ill

Penn the Florist 436

Peters & Reed Poty M

Phillips Bros ■ 438

Pierce FO Co 454

Pierson A N (Inc).. 46
Pierson F R Co.... J
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 440

Pikes Peak Floral

Co 438

Pillsbury 1 L 44,S

Podesta&Baldoccbi 437
Poehlmann Bros Co

422 423

Pollworth C C Co

I 111 430 437

Portland F'lower

Store 437

P.ilveiized Manure

Cij 456

(Juaker City Machine

Works 448

Raedlein Basket Co 426
Rahn & Herbert.... 44<
Randall A L Cy.... 429
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 43^

Rawlings Elmer 439

Ready Reference... 449

Reed & Keller 4-4

Regan Ptg House .. 448

Reid Edw 431

Reinberg Geo.... 429
Reinberg Peter, .425 4,i9

Rice Bros 43 i

Rice Co. tA 433

Robinson J C Seetl

Co 442

Rock Wm L Flwr

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Rohnert Waldo 442

Rolker .Aug & Sons, 444
Routzahn Seed Co . 413

Rusch G &Co 43ii

Schiller, the Florist. 438
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 44S

Schting Max 4(6

Schmidt J C 434

Schwake Chas & Co

Schwant^cke C

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Sheridan W alter F.
Siebrecht George C
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SmithE D&Co

Smith & Hemen-way

Smith Henrv

Smith Wm C Flo Co
Smith W& I Co...
South Park Floral

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Storrs & Harrison..
Sturapp GEM ...
Stuart L-w & Co...
Sunliuh- DoleG.ass

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Superior Machine

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Syracuse Pottery

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Thompson J D

Carnation Co

Thomson V\ m &

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rhorburn J M & Co

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Welch Bros Co

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Whitted Fl lal Co..

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Wittbold G Co.. ,11
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris GoidensoD

Wood Bros

Vokohama Nurs Co
Young A L & Co.. .

Voung John

Voung & Nugent-
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BOILERS

Milwaukee Greenbouie Bolleri are best

for bot water bratlug. Ua<!e Id all alsea.

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Tell Us Your Wants.

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FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them,
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMFRICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

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GALVANIZED WIRl

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ordering elsewhere,

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as at once. We are prompt, energet'c
and reasonable, and can reach any poiit
In the United States and Canada.

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56 PINK STREET

NEW YORK

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postpaid.

Wm. Schlatter
i Son.

BEFORE "* ' AFTER

422 Main St., Sprlnglield, Mass.

Split Carnations

Easily Mended witb

Pillsbury Carnation Staple

We find it very satislac
tory. J. L. Dillon.

Can't get along without
them. J. L. Johnson.

2000 for $1.00 postpaid.

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araucarla escelsa, 4-ln., 2 and 3 tiers, 50c
each: ?6 per doz.; 5-in., 3 to 4 tiers, 75c each;
$9 per doz.; 6-ln., $1 each; $12 per doz. Ex-
celsa compacta, 5-iD., |1.25 each; 6-in., $1.50.
Exceisa glauca, 5-in.. $1.25. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Araucarias excelsa, 2-3-4 years. 3-4-5 tiers,
ol4-6-inch. 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and compacta. 5%-6-7-inch, $1, $1.25 and $1.60.
Godfrey Ascbmann, 1012 W. Ontario St., Phila-
delphia^

Araucarla excelsa, 6-in., 6oc each. Holton &
Htmkel Co., 462 Milwauliee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus, 2%-inch, $3 per 100; $25
per 1.000; S'/'-inch, $7.50 per 100; $70 per
1,000. Sprengeri, 2%-in., .$2.50 per 100; $22.50
per l.OOo; 3',A-iD., .$6.50 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

Asparagus plumosus, 3-in., $7; 4-in.. $12;
5-in., $20 and $25 per 100. Sprengeri, 2V,-in.,
$3 per 100; 3-in,, $5 per 100. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove, III.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS AND SPRENGERI.
2-in.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich. ^

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2'i-in..
$2 per 100; $18 per 1.000. Jos. H. Cnnniug-
ham, Delaware. O.

Asparagus plnmosus, short and bushy. '2.\\-
in.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. The Storrs &
Harrison Co.. Painesville. Ohio.

Asparagus Sprengeri, baskets. $1 to $2.."0
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Mnrtoii Orovc. 111.

Asparagus sprengeri. 2^-inch. $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, variegated, 5-iii., 10 to 12 leaves.
$1.50 each; Green. 5-in., 12 leaves. $1 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. III.

Aspidistras, green, tall, extra fine. 10c per
leaf. Variegated. 15c per leaf. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford. N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

Begonias, Lonsdale. 2%-ln.. $14 per 100: $125
per 1,000. Gloire de Chatelaine. $6 per 100;
$50 per 1.000. S. S. Skidelsky, 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Phlladelrhia. Pa.

GOOD. STRONG. BUSHY PLANTS.
Begonia Cincihnati and Lorraine Taft. 4-Inch,
25c; 5 inch. 35c; 6-incb. 50c. J. V. LAYER,
704 State St.. Erie. Pa.

BEGONIAS, CINCINNATI. 2V4-in.. $15 per
100: 3-in.. $30 per lO^I. CHATELAINE. 2Vi-in..
$5 per 100; 3-in.. $8 per 100; 4-in., $15 per
100. ERNE.ST ROBER. Wilmette. 111.

Begonia Glory d' Chatelaine. 2%-in.. $3 per
100; 3-in.. $8 per 100. Poehlmann Bros. Co..
Morton Grove, 111.

BEGONIA LORRAINE. 2i4-in.. $12 per 100;
D-in., $40 per 10^. GLORY OP CINCINNATI,
2l4-ln., $17 per 100; 5-in.. $50 per 100. W. W.
EDGAR CO.. Waverley. Mass.

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties, 2-in.. $3: 3-
in.. $5; 4-ln.. $8: 6 in.. $25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich. •

Begonias, Lorraine, Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport, 2^-in. pots. Present delivery.
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. tJ.

Begonia Vernon, 2M!-in., 3 kinds, $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-

iugtou. N. J.

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-inch, $1.50 per doz.;
$10 per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago
and New York.

Rex Begonias, 2i4-in., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton. N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft.. $1 each; 2*^ ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; 3V. ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 Inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes. 15-inch. 35c each. F. O. Franzen, 5319
No. Clark St.. Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Paper White Grand)., 1,250 to case,
13 ctms. and up, $1.25 per 100; $9 per l.OOo;
1,000 to case, 14 ctms. and up, $1.50 per 100;
$10.50 per 1.000; Grand Soliel d'Or. 1.000 to
case. 14 ctms. and up, $2.25 per 100; $19 per
1,000; French Golden Spur, $2.75 per 100; $25
per 1,000. Wm. *F. Kasting Co.. 383 Ellicott
St.. Buffalo. N. Y.

Bulbs, Formosum lilies, 7-9-inch, 300 to case,
$7 per 100; $19 per case; 8-10 inch, 225 to
case, $9 per 100; $19 per case; 9-10-lnch, 200
to case, $11 per 100; $20 per case. Wm. F.
Kasting Co., 383 Ellicott St.. Buffalo. N. Y.

Bulbs. L. Formosum, 7-9-lnch, 9-10-inch, 10-11-
inch. 11-13-inch; also Japan grown freesias, %
and %-inch. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Woolworth Bldg., New York.

Bulbs, Japanese and Chinese lilies, French
and Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co.. Ltd..
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Tuberoses. Dwarf Double Pearl. $7.50 per
1.000. J. M. Thorburn & Co.. 53 Barclay St.,
New York.

Bulbs, S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington. New
York.

Bulbs. P. van Deursen, Sassenheim. Holland.

CALLAS.

CALLAS.
Calla Bulbs, best California fleld-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more,
3 to 3%-inch circumference, $4 per KiO; $18
per 500; 4 to 4-')4-inch circumference. $8 per
100; $38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders
will receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs; $20
orders. 200 freesia bulbs. LILYDALE BULB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

CAMELLtAS.

Camellias, without hud from February to
April; with bud from August to October. Fine
stock. Catalogue free. Victor De Blsschop,
Tronchiennes. Ghent. Belgium.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order in early for this fine stock
before it is too late. Send it In todav.

Per 100 Per lOOfl

Enchantress $6.00 $,10.00

White Lawson 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.10 50.00

White Enchantress 6.00

Victory 5.00 45.00

Bonfire 5.00 45.00

WIETOR BROS..
162 North Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.

Per 100 Per 1,000

White Enchantress $6.00 $50.00

White Wonder 6.00 50.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

Enchantress 6.00 50.00

Rose Pink 6.00 60.00

Delhi 6.C0 50.00

500 at 1,000 rate. Cash with order or refer-
ence; bank reference only not accepted.

WILLIAM MURPHY,
329 Main St. Cincinnati, O.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS
Good. Healthy Stock.

Per 1.000

2.000 Rose Pink Enchantress $40.00

2.000 Enchantress 40.00

3,000 Queen Louise 35.00

50<1 White Perfection 40.00

500 Scarlet Glow 40.00

COLE BROS., PEORIA, ILL.

Carnations, White Enchantress, $7 per 100;
$65 per 1.000. White Perfection. Alma Ward.
Mrs. C. W. Ward, Beacon, $7 per 100; $60 per
1.000. Queen, $5 per 100; $40 per 1.000. Com-
fort. $7 per 100: $55 per 1.000. Enchantress,
$6.50 per 100; $55 per 1,000. Dorothy Gordon,
Rose Pink Enchantress, $6 per 100; $55 per
1.000. The Leo Niessen Co., cor. 12th and
Race Sts.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Carnations, Conquest. $6 per 100; $50 per
1,000. Enchantress, $5 per 100; .$45 per 1,000.
White Enchantress. $7 per 100: .$60 per 1.000.
Herald. $7 per 100; $60 per 1.000. White Per-
fection. $6 per 100; $50 per l.OOO. Bonfire, $7
per 100; $60 per 1.000. Victory. $6 per 100.
Chicago Carnation Co., 30 East Randolph St..
Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
Limestone land; no stem rot, 6.000 Enchant-
ress, 2.000 Victory, $6 per 100; $55 per 1.000.
6,000 White Enchantress, $7 per 100: $65 per
1.000. 250 at 1.000 rate. W. Fargo and Amer-
ican Express. Cash, please.

JNO. F. SABRANSirg. Kenton, Ohio.

CARNATION PLANTS.

7000 White Perfection. $40.00 per 1000;

All field-grown, healthy stock.

Cash with order.

SINNER BROS..

56 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO,

FIELD~~GROWN CARNATIONS^

Enchantress, Pink $6.00 per 100

Beacon 6.00 per 100

Lady Bountiful 6.00 per 100

Enchantress. White 6.00 per 100

R. O. LOMMATZSCH.
R. No. 1. La Grange. 111.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON. N. J.

CARNATIONS, White Perfection. Enchant-
ress. White Enchantress. Pink Enchantress.
.$6.50 per 100; $00 per 1.000. Apple Blossom.
Mrs. Patten, Harlowarden, Wlnsor, Golden
Beautv, $6 per 100; $55 per 1,000. P. B.
QUIN'LAN. Syracuse. N. Y. .

FOR SALE— Field-grown Victory and En-
chantress carnation plants. $5 per 100; $45
per 1 000. Cash with order or satisfactory ref-
erence. THE RIVE RBANK CO.. Geneva. III.

Carnations from 3V> and 4-in. pots. Comfort,
Scarlet Wonder. Beacon. Enchantress. Wash-
ington Enchantress. $7 per 100; $n.'i per 1.000.
White Enchantress. $7 per 100: $65 per 1,000.
Al'^n'o J, Bryan. W.nshington. N. .T.

CARNATIONS, fleld-grown. White Encliant-
ress and Bassett. .$6 per 100; $50 per 1.000.
Beacon. $7 per 100: $60 per 1,000. HARRY
HEINL. West Toledo, Ohio.

If You Do Not Find Wtia! You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

450

The American Florist.

Sept.

12.

Carnations, field-gi'owu, Ward and White
Perfection, $4.50 per 100; $40 per l.OiJO. Peter
Reinherg. 30 RBSt Randolph St. , Chicago.

Large plants WHITE SEEDLING, and flue
variety to grow, $5 per 100. C. C. PoUworth
Co., Milwanitee.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pink.
Peter Fisher, Ellis. Mass.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

Joliet, 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros., Flshkill. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2V!!-inch pots;
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton, McNiece. Ramaiio,
O. H. Kabn, Chrvsolora, October Frost. Tmiset.
Chas. Eazer, Coinoletta, Golden Glow, Pacific
Suiireme, Unaiia, I'ocketts' Crimson and
Schrimnton, 42 per 10". Extra flne stock, or-
der quick. Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNA-
TION CO., Joliet. III.

Chry.santhemums, rooted cuttings. $1.50 per
100; 2-in., $2 per 100; Touset, Oct. Frost,
Polly Rose, Pacific, Smith's Advance. Lincoln,
Appleton, Euguehard, Silver Wedding. \ei-
low Bonnaffon. White Bonnaffon, Baby Yellow
Zenobia. L. J. Rowe. TitusvlUe, Pa.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Standard Varieties,
strong plants. 2%-in. pots, also some pompons
and singles. $3 |>er lOn; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis Jackmanl, hybrids assorted, rot-
gronn, 6-in., 30c each: $3.50 per doz. Piinl-
culata. 6-in., $1.50 per doz. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

COLEUS.

COLEHS. best standard varieties, all colors,
2%-in. pots, $2 per 100; 3-in., $3 per 100.
Fine for stock plants or specimens. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Cole«s, 2-in., $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1.000;
3-in.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. R. Vincent,
Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh. Md.

CROTONS >

Crotons, 4-in.. 50c; 6-in., 75c. Poehlmann
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

DRACAENAS.

CYCLAMEN.

Cyclamen, deep red. 3-Inch. English strain.
$125 doz.; $9 per 100: Giant Blood red. 4-
inch. $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Giant pure white.
3-inrh.. $1.25 doz.; $9 per.lOi); Giant pure
white. 4-in., $2 doz.; $15 per 1"0: Giant rose.
4-inch $2 doz.; .$15 per 100; Persicnm. 4-inch,
English strain, $2 doz.; $15 per 100; Wonder
of Wandsbek, 3-inch, $1.50 doz.; $12 per 100;
mixed Defiance strain, 3-incb. $1 doz.; $8 per
1(10; 4-inch. $2 doz.; $15 per 100: 5lnch. 10
to 12 inches across. 40c each. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Cyclamen, 3-in., $7 per 100. Glory of Wands-
bek 3-in,. $8 per 100; 4-in., $18 per 100; 4-ln.,
choice stock, $15 per 100. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Cyclamen from 3%-lnch pots. $15 per 100;
4-Inch. $25 per 100; 5-inch. $50 per 100. Finest
strain; separate colors. JULIUS EOEHRS CO..
Rutherford. N. J. |^

CYCLAMEN PLANTS, 4-Inch. 16c; 5-inch,
35c; 6-lnch, 50c. J. V. LAVER, 704 State St.,
Erie. Pa.

Cyclamen. 5 colors. 3-ln.. doz.. $1.50; per loo,
$10; 4-in.. doz.. $2.50; per 100. $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Cyclamen Persicnm GIganteum, all colors and
vars.. 4>/.-inch. $25 per 100. Anton Schulthels,
College Point. N. Y.

Cyclamens. 3y.-ln.. assorted, $8.50 per 100:
$10 per l,On0; 2V4-1d.. $6 per 100; $55 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.

DAISIES.

• — ^

MARGUERITES, strong cut back. 4-in. stock
Bultahle for Winter forcing. $10 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

DEUTZIAS.

Deutzia gracilis. 8-Inch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz., $4; per lOi), $30. Vaughan's
Seed Stoie. Chicago and New York.

Dracaena Godseffiana. 2-in., $1 per doz.; 3-iu..
$1.50 per doz. Indivisa, 4-in., 15c and 20c.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Dracaena indivisa, 3-in., $5: 4-in., $10; 5-in.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

FERNS. "

Ferns. Asplenium nidus avis. 3-in.. $1;50 per
doz.; $10 per 100; $30 per l.OOU; 4-in.. $3.50
per doz.; .$25 per 100; $200 per $1.00.1. Cibo-
tium Schiedei, 3-in., single crowns, $3.50 per
doz.; $25 per 100; 5-in., dbl. and triple
crowns, $6 per doz.; $50 per 100. Pteris Par-
keri. 2i4-in., 75c per doz.; $5 per InO; 4-in.,
$2 per doz.; $15 per 100; 6-in., $4.50 per doz.;
.$35 per 100.

Ferns In flats, about 200 plants to flat, $2
per flat: Adiantum CUneatum. Aspidium tsus-
simense. Blechnum Braziliense, Cyrtomium For-
tune!, C. Carystidium, Onychium Ja|)onicum,
Pteris Adiantoides. P. cretica albo lineata, P.
Alexandra, P. hastata, P. magnifica. P. Mayii,
P. Ouvrardi, P. serrulata, P. serrulata cristata,
P. tremula, P. Wlmsetti. P. Wimsetti multi-
ceps. P. Wilsoni, P. Victori?e. Henry A. Dreer,
714-716 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.

FERNERY FERNS, flne hardy varieties. 2i/-
in.. $3.50 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants; ' 2V'-in.. $4 per InO:
3-in.. $7 per 100; 4in.. $15 per KJO; 7-in., $6
per doz.; 7-in., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-in.,
$12 per doz.; 10-in., $1.^ per doz. Large snpci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MANS 21/i-in.. $5 per 100; 3-in., $10 per 100;
5-in., .$25 per lOn; e.xtra heavy 8-in.. $t5 per
doz. C, C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

Ferns. N. Elegantissima, 3^-in.. 25c each: 6-
in.. 50c: 8-in.. $1. N. Macniflca. SMt-ln.. 25c;
N. Muscosa. 3%-ln., 25c; 5-in.. 60c: N. Har-
risil. 6-in.. SOc; 12-ln., very large. $5 each. N.
Bostonlensls. 6-in.. 60c: 12'in.. very large. $5.
Pteris Wlmsetti multiceps. 3%-ln.. 15c each.
Small ferns for pans: fine assortment. 2^ -In.,
$4 per 100. P. R. Plcrson Co., Tarry towu-on-
Hudson, N. Y.

Clbotium Scheldel. 5-in.. 75c; 6-ln.. $1. Bird's
nest fern. 4-lnch.. $3.50 per doz.; $25 per 100;
5-in., $7 per doz.: $50 per 100. Adiantum
Croweannm 4-ln., $15 per I'^O. Glory of Mord-
recht. 4-in.! $25 per 101). Ferns for dishes, $3
per 100; $25 per 1.000. The Storrs & Harrison
Co., Painesville, Ohio.

FERNS— ROOSEVELT, 5-i». pots. $2.50 per
doz.; $20 per 100. Ferns for dishes. 2-ln. pots.
$2.60 per 100. WILLIAM MURPHY. 329 Main
St., Cincinnati. Ohio.

Ferns. Boston and Roosevelt, 3-lri., $7.50 per
100; 4-in., $15: 5-ln.. $23: 6ln.. $50; 7-in., $75.
A. Henderson & Co.. 369 River St.. Chicago.

Boston. Whitmani and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 5-inch pots. $2.25 per rloz. ; $15
per 100. C. Humfeld, Clay Center. Kans.

Boston ferns, 5-inch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
-idinntum Croweannm. 3-in., $8 per 100; $70
per l.OO'). A. N. Pierson. Inc.. Cromwell. Conn.

Boston, 10-in., $2; 12-ln.. $3 to $'!.50. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Boston hanging baskets. $1.50. $2 and $2..50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns from benches. Boston, Piersoni. Ele-
gantissima, $10. $15. $20 per 100. Alonzo J.
Bryan. Washington, N. J.

Ferns. 4-Inch, $1p per 100: 5-Inch, $20: 6-inch.
$30. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham
Place^ Chicago.

Ferns. Boston and Whitmani. 3-ln., 10{; 4-tn..
15c; 5-io.. 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

300 Boston ferns. 4-Inch, $12 per 100. Cash
please. Edgar Easterday. Nokomls. 111.

Ferns. Boston, from 4-inch pots, $15 per 100.

Jos. Chontos. Flte Station, McKeesport. Pa.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atklne. Rutherford, N, J.
Ferns. JuUua Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

FICUS.

Ficus elastlca, 15-18 ins., $3.50 per doz.; t25

per 100; 18-24 Ins.. .$4.50 per doz.; $35 per 100.
Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

FREESIAS.

Freeslas. Purity (true),
100; $22.60 per l.OiO; %
100; $10 per l.OnO; Mi-ln.
100; $12 per 1,000; % to
$10 per l,0<iO. Vaughan's
in. and up. $2.25 per 100;
%-In.. $1.75 per 100; $16
in.. $1..50 per liiO; $12
grown. Jumbo, $1..50 per
Mammoth. $1 per 100: $9
an's Seed Store, Chicago

% to 1-ln., $2.!50 per

to %-ln.. $1.75 per

and over. $1..^0 per

Vj-ln.. $1.25 per 1(K);

Improved Purity. %-

$20 per l.OOil; i^ to

per 1.00<i: % to i^-

per l.noo. French

10(1: $12 per l.fiflO.

.50 per l.dOO. Vaugh-

and New York.

FREESIAS.
PURITY FREESIAS, best California field-
grown, direct from grower to florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size. Mj to %•
inch diameter. $1.50 per 100; $(i per 500; 2nd
size. % to ^-inch diameter, 90c per 100; $;i.50
per 500. Cash with order. LILYDALB BULB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

Freesia Purity, 1st size, $14 per 1,000. Large
2 to 2"/4-lnch calla bulbs. $12 per 100. C. C.
PoUworth Co.. Milwaukee.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums, booking orders for November de-
livery, Maryland, $1 per doz.; $6 per 100.
Scarlet Bedder, 75c per doz. ; $4 per 10 '. Mrs.
Law-rence, 40c per doz.; $2 per 100. Splendid
lot of 3-inch stock ready for Immediate ship-
ment. $3 per 100; .$25 per l.oOd; 2-iuch stock
ready Oct. 1. $2 per 100; $18.50 per I.OiiO for
standard sorts, up to 50c each for novelties. R.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh, Md.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3^-ln. pots, $7 per KlO. Only 80l left. Cash
with order. VALUERS GREEN HOUSE. Minot.
N. D.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2-in., $1.75 per 100. Elmer
Rawlings. Oieao. N. Y.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. $10 per 1.000. Ric-
ard and Poitevine. $12.60 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

Geraniums, 2-ln., $3 per 100. Hall Calae
and Mary Barton, 2 in., $5. Rahn & Herbert.
110 E. 49th St., Portland, Ore.

Geraniums. Nutt. Buchner, Rlcard, Perking,
Poitevine, 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. 4-ln., $8 per 100.
in paper pots. L. J. Rowe. TItuaville. Pa.

GREENS.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co.. Evergreen, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Eclward A. Beaven, Ever-
green, Ala.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, Otaksa, 7 to 10 strong shoots,
$25 per UO; with 5 and 6. $20: with 4, $15
per 100. Some of the best new French va-
rieties: Avalanche, Mme. Maurice Hamar,
Bouquet, Rose, La Lorraine, Radiance, etc., 4
branches, $30 per lOd in 6-iu. pots. Jackson
& Perkins, Newark, New York.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown, 4-in.. $20 per 100; 5-ln., $25 per 100.
Otaksa field-grown. 4 to 6 shoots, $15 per 100;
6 to 8 shoots. $20 per 100. The Storrs &
Harrison Co.. Painesville, Ohio.

HVDKA.NGB.IS OTAKSA and AUBORES-
CENS, 3-ln. pots, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH.

Grand Rapids. Micll^

IRISES.

GERMAN IRIS, fine named sorts. $1 per
100; clumps, $3 per 100. HEISER NURSERY
AND FLORAL CO., Hamilton, 0.

IVIES.

English Ivy. out of 6 in. pots, up to 6 ft.
high. $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert. 110 B.
49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Hardy English ivy. 2-in., $2 per 100: $18.60
per 1.000; 3-ln., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. B,
Vipcen t, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

ENGLISH IVY, strong 4-inch, $10 per 100.
HARRY HBINL, West Toledo, Ohio.

English ivy. 20c and 35c each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

German Ivy, 2%-in., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son. Cedar Falls. Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

Cherry, dwarf, strong, bushy plants, out of
cold frame. 10c and 15c each. J. V. LAVEK,
704 State St.. Erie. Pa.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lily of the Valley. Chas. Schwake & Co..
Inc.. Horticultural Importers and Exporters, 90-
i>2 West Broadway. New York.

Lily of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert, Wandsbek. nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Heinecken, 17 Bat-
tery PI.. New York.

if You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write (Is About It.

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MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn.

WURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit trees, palms, orchids;
Bg trees, pot-grown; grape vines, roses, held
and pot-grown. Stuart Low & Co.. Bush Hill
Parli Nurseries, Enfield. England.

Nursery stock, fruit anil ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.

Genuine North Carolina peach pits. J. K.
Morrison Grocery and Produce Co., Statesville,
N. C. ,

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
bin k & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,
UL

ONION SETS. _^____

Winter onion sets, choice northern grown,
$3.25 per 100 lbs. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chi-
cago and New York.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and seml-
estahlished. Lager & Hurrell. Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KBNTIA BELMOREANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots. 5 to 6. 18 ....$".35

6-inch iiots, 6 to 7 24 1.|J0

6-incb pots. 6 to 7. 2S to 30 1.50

6-inch pots, 6 to 7. 32 to 34 2.0(1

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7. 36 3.00

8-inch tubs. 6 to 7. 42 to 44 4.00

8-lnch tubs. 6 to 7, 45 to 48 5.U0

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FORSTBRIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lnch pots. 5 to 6. 18 to 20 $il.35

6-lnch pots. 5 to 6. 28 to 30 l.On

6-lnch pots, 5 to 6. 34 to 36 1..50

6-inch liots, 5 to 6. 38 to 42 . . . . 2.00

8-Inch tubs, 6 to 7. 46 to 48 3.50

8-inch tubs. 6 to 7. 50 to 54 5."0

10-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to 5% ft.. 8.00

10-inch tubs. 6 to 7. 6 to 6% ft. .10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-inch pots, 3 plants In a pot, 2S ..$1.2."i

7-lnch pots, 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 .. 3.i;0

8-Inch tubs. 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-luch tubs. 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54.. 6.00

8-Inch tubs. 4 plants In a tub, 52 to 56.. 6.11O

10-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high. 8.00

12-lnch tubs. 4 plants In a tub, 5 to 5V4 ft. 10. 00

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high.l2.0il

Very strong specimens. 12 and 15-inch tubs. 7

plants, $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

10-lnch tubs. 5 plants in a tub, 38 to 40.. 5.00

10-Inch tubs, 5 plants in a tub, 45 to 50.. 8.00

12-lneh tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high. 12.00

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

6-illch pots. 20 in. high, 26 in. spread $1.50

7-lnch pots. 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread. 2.50

8-inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO..
MORTON GROVE. ILL.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-ln.. 6-7 leaves.
22 Ins., high, $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Roebelenii. 8-in. pots, 24 ins. high. 20-inch
spread. $3.50 each; 9-lnch tubs. 24 inches high.
30-lnch spread, $4 each. A. N. Pierson. Inc.,
Cromwell._Conn.

Phoenix Canarlensts, fine large plants, $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Eoehrs Co., Rutherford.
N. J.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue. Joseph Hea-
cock Co.. Wyncote. Pa.

Palms. Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote. Pa.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

P AND ANUS.

Pandanus Veitchii, 4-ln.. 50c; 5-in.. 75c; 6-in.,
$i;25 and $1.50; 7-ln., $2 and $2.50. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

PANSIES.

PANSIES.
If you didn't get our color plate catalog and
1914 cT3t prices on Mastodon Pansy Seed and
seedlings, fall delivery; write for it. Cut prices,
new crop Mastodon mixed. Vn oz., $1; oz., $7.
Mastodon Greenhouse Special, same price.
STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland, Ore.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTB, ILL.

Pausy plants, $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
ningbum, Delaware, 0.

PEONIES.

PEONIES — Fine cut flower varieties, named,
3 to 5 eyes. $5 per loO; 2-year clumps, $8.
HEISER NURSERY AND FLORAL CO., Ham-
llton,_0^

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Jackson &
Perkins Co.. Newark. New York.

Peony Festiva Maxima. Write for list of
other dne varieties. Thomas J. Oberlln, Slnk-
ing Spring. Pa.

PEPPERS.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES. 4-
in. plants at $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids. Mich.

Peppers, Chinese and cluster, full of fruit.
3-in., $7 per luO; 4-in., $10 per 100. Poebl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111. V-

New cluster peppers, 2-in., $2 per 100; S-ln.,
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers, 3-in., $4 per lilO.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvinll, 2-ln., $3 per 1<0;
3-in., $3 per 100. Cash. ERNEST KOBER,
Wilmette. 111.

PERENNIALS.

ROSES.

Roses, grafted Pink and White Kiilarney,
500 of each at the rate of $10 per 100 for the
lot. American Beauties. 3-inch, in lots of 500
or more, at the rate of $30 per 1,000. Bassett
& Washburn, 131 North Wabash Ave., Chicago.

ROSES, strong. 3-in. Pink Kiilarney, Kalscrln.
My Maryland and Rhea Reid, $6 per lOii; $50
per 1,000. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids,
Mich.

Roses, ow-n root and grafted. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere In this
issue. I'oehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

Roses. 1-yr.. 2%-in.; 2-yr., 4-ln. Leedle Floral
Co., Springfield. O.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

SEEDS.

PERENNIAL SEEDLINGS, best varieties, $1
per 1110; $8 per 1,000. ERNEST ROBER, Wil-
mette, 111.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-iii., $2 per
100; $18 per l.oOO. Elmer Rawllngs, Clean,
N. Y.

Petunias, dbl. mixed, 2-in., $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1,000; 3-in., $3 per luO; $25 per 1.000. R.
Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

POINSETTIAS.

HEADQUARTERS FOR POINSETTIAS.
True type, $5 per 100; $15 per 1.000; 5,000
lots or more. Write for prices. Cash, please.
Poinsettias are booked up till Sept. 15. ER-
NEST ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

Poinsettias, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in 2%-ln. paper pots, J-">.50 per
KiO; $50 per l.lloO. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St., Chicago.

Poinsettias, 2%-1d., $5 per 100; $45 per l.OUO.
S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg., Phlla-
delphia. Pa.

PRIMULAS.

Primroses, Chinese. Forbesi. Malacoides. Ob-
conica, alba and rosea, $1.75 per lOU; $15 per
1.000. Obconica gigantea. giant flowering, all
2H-inch pots. $2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Primula obconica. giants. Grandiflora, largest
flowering, big 3-lnch stock, $4 per loO. Chinese
largest flowering, tine plants. 3-lnch. $4; 2-iuch,
$2 per 100. Cash, please. J. W. Miller, Shire-
manstowp. Pa.

Primula obconica. separate or mixed colors,
214-in., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000; malacoides,
214-Inch, $3 per loO; $25 per 1,000. Chinese,
2V4-in., assorted. $3.25 per luO; $30 per l.OOU.
Aionzo J. Bryan, Washington, N._J.

PRIMULAS, MALACOIDES, 2-ineh, $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per l.OOU. OBCONICA GRANDI.
GIG., 3-inch, extra strong. $6 per 100. EBN-
EST ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

Primula obconica, grandiflora and gigantea,
3-ln.. $5 per 100; 4-in., 8c. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Primula Sinensis, red and white, $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Harrison Co..
Painesvllle, Ohio.

Primula obconica, 3-incb, fS per 100. Mala-
coides, 2M!lnch, $4 per 100; $:i5 per 1.000.
V»ughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

PRIMROSES— Malacoides. 2-inch, $2 per inO;
$15 per 1.000. HEISER NURSERY AND
FLORAL CO., Hamilton, Ohio.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co.. Baltimore. Md.

4.000 privet bails, squares and pyramids. 3 to
5 feet, $1 to $3 each. Also 100,000 California
privet, 4 to 8 feet. Lewis & Valentine Co.,
Kast_Rockajvay,_L^. ,_N._Y^

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTB, ILL.

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce. Mangel-Wurtzel. onion, parsley,
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Denalffe
& Son. Carignan. Northern France.

Seeds, new sweet pea Margaret Atlee, $3.50
for 25 pkts.: .$12.50 per 1110 up to 500 pkts.;
$10 per 100 for 500 pkts. and over. C. C. Morse
& Co., San Francisco, Calif.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers. Musk-
melon. Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet. Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flow-er and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar P.
Hurff, Swedesboro, N. J.

Seed, pansy: Schwanecke's Giant flowered
Improved Trimardeau. $1.50 per oz.: Cassler.
$3.75; Germania, $1.75; Bugnots. $3: Odier.
$2.50. C. Schwaoecke. Oschersleben, Germany.

Seeds. Si)eciaiists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrick &
Son, contract seed growers, Pedrlcktown, N. J.

Seeds, Cabbage Danish Amager Ball Head.
Earliest Cauliflower. Danish Snowball. Dit-
lev. Eltzholtz & Co., Ringe. Denmark.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbetl & Co.. Jackson. Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport, Somerset, England.

Seeds. Asparagus, Plumosus Nanus, 1.000,
$2; 5.000, $1.75 per l.OiiO: 10.000, $1.60 per
1.000. J. M. Thorbnrn & Co., 53 Barclay St.,
New Y'ork.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of Sweet,
Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk and
Watermelons. Pumpkins and Squash. Western
Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelon, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co.. Waterloo. Neb.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras. etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co..
Los Angeles. Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet. etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Boigiano & Son, Light, Pratt and Elllcott Sts.,
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. C.
Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cunningham. Delaware, O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnings, P.
O. Box 857, Melbourne. Australia.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddington, New York.

SMILAX.

Smllax. 2in.. $20 per 1,000; 3-in., $40 per
1,000. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Smilox. 2%-lnch. $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

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12.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Snapdragons, white, pink and yellow, aVi-in.,
%Z per luO; «25 per 1,000; 314-in., $7 per 100;
$65 per 1,000. • Alonzo J. Bryan, Wasliington,

SPIREA.

Spirea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per lOO;
S75 per 1,000. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, ' pot-grown. Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozarls, Gaudy, Golden Gate Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar. McKinley, Morning
btar. Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Stevens Late,
hnccess, Three W's. D. S. King Edward. Wm
Belt. $2 per 100; $16 per 1.000. Chesapealie,
Fendall, Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1,000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive. Superb).
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1,000. J. T. Lovett
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N. J.

STEVIA.

Stevia, dwarf or taU, ay^-in., $3 per 100;

t^"".,^'"*"^!, ^^■'''- ^■^ P" 100; «Go per
1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.

Stevia, 2-In., $20 per 1,000. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, HI.

-E^^y^^- 3 inch. 5c; 4inch, 7c. J. V. LAVER.
i04 State St., Erie, Pa.

HlNRv''^<;^^V•f??^ ^P""'i^'x?"'^- *12.50 per 100.
HtiNUr SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink 2-in S2 tier
100; $m50 per 1,000; 3-lnch, $3 per' 100; $25
MaVli^d ^'"'^'^''t' •"■• & Sons Co., Wmte

^^ly^}^^^'^^' white, 4-in., $12.50 per 100
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich

TORENIA.

SM^iTn^^r^^U l^'"- *3 P" 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

HARDY FIELD STOCK.

cli,lV'XntB--;::::::::::::::::*?-E8^|?iro

Genuine Cauliflower ..... 2 50 K" lo66

Parsley, triple curled. ... i! i:::; 2.50 p" S

All Varieties.
P. M. Pattington. Sclpiovllle. N. Y.

Cabbage plants ready to set In the fleld
strong transplanted plants. $2.50 per 1 OOo
Seedlings, $1 per 1.000; all standard varieties
m stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO.. Danville. 111.

VINCAS.

VINCAS, 25.000 field-grown plants, variegata,
$4 per 100. 300,000 rooted tips, variegata $i
per 100. Extra fine plants. Booking orders
now for October delivery. THE RBESER
PLANT CO., Dept. B. Springfield. O.

Vinca Minor, the plant you have been look-
ing for to -lant in places where grass has
failed to grow; stocky plants, $2.25 per 100
EMIL ENGELMAN. Altooua. Pa.

Vinca variegata, field-grown, $5 per 100.
Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

VIOLETS.

Field-grown Prince of Wales Violet plants,
$5 per 100; $45 per 1,000. Cash with order
or satisfactory reference. THE RIVERBANK
CO;^_GenevajIll.

VIOLETS. GOVERNOR HERRICK, fleld-
grown. $5 per 100. J. V. LATER, 704 State
St., Erie, Pa.

Violets. 3V4-in., Marie Louise and Lady Camp-
bell, $3.75 per 100; $35 per 1,000. Alonzo J.
Bryan, Washington, N. J,

TO EXCHANGE.

TO KXCTIANGE — 4,000 Enchantress, carnation
plants. 2.000 Christmas Cheer. 350 Rose Pink
Enchantress. 50 Shasta: all good fleld-grown.
6,000 variegated Vinca. 3.000 green Vinca, fleld
grown. long vines. For Boston. Whitmanl or
Plersoni ferns, G. L. HOSCROFT, Florist 118
N. 4th St.. Rteuhenville, Ohio.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co., St. Louis, Mo.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfield Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th ' and
Iron Sts., Chicago,

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers for greenhouses; all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Boilers, ail sizes for greenh^ses. John C.
Moninger Co.. 9li2 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Hontsch boilers. J. P. Dahlborn, 217 Hack-
ensack Pi. Rd., Weehawken Heights, N. J.

Boilers, Giblin standard greenhouse. Gibiln
& Co.. 901 Broad St., Dtica. N. Y.

Boiler tubes, 4-inch, 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co., 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples, 50c per 1,000,
postpaid. I. L. Pillsbury, Galesburg, 111.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, 50c for
l.oOO, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CTJT-PLOWER EXCHANGE.'
38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton. Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague
Smith Co., 164-166 Randolph St., Chicago.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co.. 2340 Wabansia
Ave., Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and ail greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
inger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dietsch
Co.. 2642 Sheffield Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
diog Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co.. Des Plaines, 111.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz., by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.

Peirce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
pot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Peirce, 400 Oaks St.. Waltham. Mass.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co., South Zanesvllle, Ohio.

Neponset. flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York,

Standard pots, all sizes. The Whilldin Pot-
tery Co., 709 Wharton St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y.

. Standard flower pots and bulb pans. Hll-
flnger Bros. Pottery, Fort Edward, N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Harley
Pottery Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Pots, Hews' standard. A. H. Hews & Co.,
Cambridge, Mass.

Standard flower pots. A. P. Kohr, 2934-38
Leavitt St.. Chicago.

Bed pots. Geo. Keller & Son, 2614-22 Hem-
don St.. Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.

Detroit Flower Pot Mfy.. Detroit. Mich.

Pots. C. C. Poll worth Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Aphine, $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fungine,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine, $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Sealine, 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals., $10. Nikotiana, $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus, Jenning's '
Improved Iron Gutters. Diller. Caskey & Keen,
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts., Philadelphia.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London, England.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave., Chi-
cago^

Florists' refrigerators. Buchbinder Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per l,0'iO. 60c;
by mail, 70c; 5,000 by express, $2.50. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 67o Lake
St.. Kendaliville, Ind.

Liquid— NICO-FDME— Paper, for thrips, aphis.
Spraying vaporizing, fumigating. The Kentucky
Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville. Ky.

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, ail colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St., New York.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1,000,
postijaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St..
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points, % and T4, 40c per lb.; 7
lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs, $5. Randolph & McClements.
5936 Peun Ave.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

"Biastic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner.
Mgr., The Elastic-Lyke Co., 30 E. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, l,o00, 75c.
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich.

Self-tying rose stakes. The Carnation Sup-
port Co., Connersville, Ind.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
56 E. Randolph St., Chicago,

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Florain D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange Bidg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway. 105 Cbambers St.. New York

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond, Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying. Nlco-
tine Mfg. Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 feet, per
100. 85c; 500, $3; $5.60 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
l.QiX). $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago,

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JUST OUT.

Send for one.

WOERNER WIRE WORKS.

2852 Pratt St. OMAHA. Neb.

Floral design, wire window guards, office rail-
ings, and all fancy works, lamp shade frames.
Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St., Cleveland,
Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mnrtn Bros.. Inos Vine St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

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Preserve Cut Flowers in

BUCnBINDER

Florists' Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

518 MUwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. ILL.

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Spinach Has Friends.

BELONGS TO THE GOOSEFOOT FAMILY AND

HAS THE SAND TO STICK TO ITS BE-

LATION. — BY THE GREEN GOODS

MAN.

"Spinach canned or uncanned has
lots Of friends," said the Green Goods
Man, as he again explained to the ty-
phine why Joe Armstrong was elected
mayor.

"Spinach belongs to the goosefoot
family, and is not in the least
ashamed of its relations. This family
is very old and always remains green
whether in the truck patch, the barrel,
the pot or on the table.

"This potherb is put to a peculiar
use. In teaching soldiers the 'goose-
foot step' spinach is fed to them very
freely because, belonging to the goose-
foot family, the dirt causes them to
acquire the step very quickly.

"One reason why soldiers seldom eat
spinach after they have learned the
'goosefoot' step is because they were
overloaded with it when in preliminary
training for the great duty of preserv-
ing their country intact. Some raw
recruits that are compelled to eat spin-
ach go sort of nutty and they are al-
lowed to become policemen.

"There is one variety of spinach
that is rare. It is called orache and
grows in the Orache mountains, wher-
ever they are. It is known to the na-
tives as mountain spinach, and is
picked by orache monkeys. To some
people it is known as monkey spinach.

It is never fed to soldiers, as they at
times make monkeys of themselves
without encouragement.

"In times past spinach could only
be secured during the summer. Now
it can be had at any time of the year,
uncanned or canned, and is never
without sand. If one does not know
spinach by any other sign, he is sure
to recognize it by its sand. Spinach
may be washed a million times but
still holds on to some sand."

SYSTEM

You^ll find every progressive florist

ha^ soniL- plan ' ' othpr ii; mind for improvins; his grucnliouses. .^nd one of tfie mo.'-t important
leauircsnt any Ern-uliouse is the steam syst. m That's wl y the most progressive fioiisis have
installed the Morehead System — the system that means perfect drainage— even temperature—
condensation returned to the b )iler above ground— in addition to numerous other advantages
But you will want the cn.nplete information. Our engineers hive enabled many a fioiist to
increase his greentousc efficiency where he thought it wasn't possible. Let them help you

MOREHEAD MANUFACTURING CO.,

Write
Today

>■►

DETROIT, MICH.

Dept.

"N"

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BUY DIRECT -

Factory to User Prices.

I 452 W. Erie St.,

CHICAGO

)reer'8 Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenliouses

Drive easy and true., because
bott) bevela are on the same
side. Can't twist and break
the glass ID drivine. Galvaa-
ized and will not rust. No
rishts or lefts.

The Peerless Glazine Point
Is patented. Noothers like ^
It. Order from your deale^
ot direct from os.
1000, 7Sc. postpaid.
Samples free.
HEKRTA. DREEB.I
714 Cbtstnot 8tre«tX
FhlUdoIphlb.

£(iet>erc*s Zinc
Glasins Points.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust,
easy to drive. H and %
inch. Ferlb. 40c..S-Ibs.
$1.85. 20-1 hs. $7.00

V3ughan*s
Soed to«.ore
Cbicago New York

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worlds,

846-848 W. Superior St., Chicago, IlL

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KING

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47

and von will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION GO. I

29 King's Road, N. Tonawanda. N, Y. I

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Wired
Toothpicks

10.000 SI. 75; 50 000 $7.50. Manufactured br

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

SaniDle free. For sale bv dealers.

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A STIC A

feenhcuse glazing
USE IT WOW.

P.O. PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes bard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run
in hot nor heave in cnld weather.
E.C. Pruner, Mgr. THE ELASTIC-LYKE CO.
(Not Inc.) 30 East Randolph St., Ctlicago.

GLASS

We are leaders. Large stock, g^ood prices.

SHARP, PiRTBIDfiE & CO.

CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

REED & KELLER,

1 22 W. 26tll St., NEW YORK. •

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
and Novellties, and are dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

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Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OF HIOB
GRADE..

See Our Catalogue.

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Bail Association has paid 20O0
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00.
For full particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J.

TRY OUR

Self=Tying Rose Stakes

and you won't buy straight stakes.

The Carnation Support Co.

* CONNERSVILLE, IND.

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send lor Catalog No. 71

•^, which desciihcs fully the

I! lowers MiCiay Kcfrigcraiors and

DI^play Cases for Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,
670 Lake St., KENDALLVILLE, IND.

Sunlight Double Class Sash,

the standard sash among

successful growers

or Hot-beds
and Cold-frames

The Sash that eliminates Mats and Shutters

The sash that doubles efficiency in the
garden and cuts the cost one-half.

Extra-thicU, of cypress, everlasting,
double-glazed with an air-space that ad-
mits the sun, but not Jhe cold, this sash
has become the standard in every up-to-
date garden and has rendered the old-style
single layer putty sash obsolete.
STILL WONDERING

Says H. B. Fullerton, who has de-
veloped gardening in Long Island by
leaps .and bounds: "The only thing on
earth to use is the double-glass sash."
So say all who have used the sash dilli-
gently, not only on Long Island, but in
every state in the Union.

GET OUR CATALOGUE

The catalogue, which is free, explains
everything in detail. Get it, if you are to
know how to garden to the best advantage.

The Sunlight Greenhoase on which the
sash are also used is inexpensive, attract-
ive and a highly profitable addition to any
garden. See the catalogue.

Write today for the Free Catalogue
and enclose, if you wish it, four cents in
stamps for Professor Massey's helpful
booklet on the use of cold-frames, hot-
beds and small greenhouses. Sunlight
Double Glass Sash Company, 9:!4 E.
Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky.

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar
deners. Florists and
Home-makers, taug^ht
by Prof. Craie and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize the growing
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.

Gardeners who un-
derstand up - to - date
methods and practice
are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening is
indispensable to those who would have
the pleasantest homes.

2S0-page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School
Deot. A. F., Sprlngfleld. Mass.

PROF. BEAL.

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ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchasfd
and our line of

Ventllatin{t

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Scndfor
our catalogue today .

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

Free

1

This Fine

HENKEL
BUDDING
KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

L HERRMANN,

Cape Flowera, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

Send For Price*

404-412 Eut 34fli Si , NEW YORK

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Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

Good Material

Prompt Delivery

Reasonable Cost

Tliese are the points which coutit with you when you are in
need of greenhouse material. Let us submit you our sketches
and estiQ.ates. Our fine equipment, good stock and an ex-
perience of manv years enables us to give you satisfaction.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO.
Greenhouse Material. Jelephone Humboldt 11. Hotbed Sash.

erican Florist when writing

"RED DLVIL"

Glass Cutters

BOILERS

You can't afford to buy any boiler
until you are Sure you don't want
a "Moninger " Come on now-
let 's talk it over.

Send for catalog.

JOHN C. MONINGER CO.,

CHICAGO: NEW YORK:

902 Blackhawk St. Marbridge Bldg.

40 Styles
One Quality

We make a "Red Devil" Cutter to
meet any requirement, and any
florist who has ever used "Red
Devil" Glass Cutters will tell you
there is nothing better for cutting
greenhouse glass.

Let us convince you NOW. Send
us three "i-cent stamps, and a sample
of No. 024 (the glazier's standard
tool) will be sent you postpaid.

Smith & Hemenway Co.

150 Chambers St., New York City

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

ALL Nursery men.heedsmen and Florists wishing
to do business with Europe should send (or the

"florlicnltnral Advertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best coDtinental houses. Annual
■ubscription. to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appll
cantsshould, with the subscription, send a copy ol
their ■ atalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address EditOFS Of "H. A."
Chllwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts, England

HONTSCH
BOILERS

Water Grate
Less Coal More Heat

J. P. Dahlborn & Co.

General Agents U. S. A.

Cor. 2nd and Monroe Sts.
Hoboken, - - - N. J.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give
satisfaction in every way.

We rumish Everything for the Greenhouse

Write for prices and estimates. Do it now.

GARLAND MANUFACTURING CO:, DesPlaines.lll.

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
the world's largest Building Material Uepariment.
Reap the ben-fits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overoauled iron pipe.
boiler tubes, hose, etc Take advantage ol our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock.
Lot NO. Priced F. O.B.Chicago.

XJ-41— Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. si/e
1^8 x2H 100 running ft $2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
l3gx2V>. K'Orunning ft 2.80

XJ-43-Pecky Cypress Lumber 'or green-
houses, .-tc. 1 in. stock. p-rlOOOft. bd meas. 19.00

XJ-44— No 1 Cypress. 1 in, rougher 13-16 in.
S2S per 100(1 fr.. bd. meas •••-••■• • • • • "•""

XJ-45-Standard Hot BedSash, l?8-in !t3ft.
xhft without glass 12 or more, each 7'*

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47-Gal. W ire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengihs fromSO to 200
ft.; in 100 lb, rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wre: Per
roll $1.90to 1.13

XJ-48 -First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.
HABKIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners
Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

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a

NICO-FUME

^y

LIQUID

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING - rUMIGATING

.^«sl<: {Seedsmen fox*

PAPER

I^i^ioo«

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisvUle, Ky.

Agricultural Experiment
Stations

are favoring 40% nicotine solutions in tlieir
recommendations forfumigiting and spray-
ing. To meet tlie demand this has created
we now offer

"40 NICOTINE"

$13.00 Gallon— $3.75 Quart— $2.00 Pint.

Compare these prices with what you now pay.

NIKOTIANA

A \2% nicotine solution properly diluted for
vaporizing and fumi(;ating.

$4.50 Gallon~$1.50 Quart.

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

For green, black, white fly, red spider, thrips
mealy bug and soft scale. Can be used on
tender plants.

$2.50 Gallon-$1.00 Quart.

FUNGINE

For mildew, rust and other blights. It is
perfectly safe to apply to fruits and vegetables.
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Soil Problems of the Florist.

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'i BV ELMER 0, FIPPIN. PROFESSOR OF SOIL TECHNOLOGY. CORNELL UNIVERSITY. HHACA. N. Y.

Some Data for the Growers.

The soil problems of the florist are
the same in kind as the problems of
the potato grower or the man who
grows pumpkins. It may be accepted
as a general principle that the more
delicate a crop — the more fine the dis-
tinctions in flavor or color that are in-
volved— the more sensitive is that
plant likely to appear to the conditions
under which it is grown. When the
product of growth is some gross food
material, such as starch or protein, we
do not recognize much difference due
to the conditions under which the
plant was produced. But when the
value of the product depends upon
some delicate taste or some particular
flavor, we quickly recognize differences
In the product due to differences in
the conditions of growth, and the skill
of the grower becomes more apparent.

A second general principle that may
be laid down is, that the more inten-
sive the conditions under Which a
plant is grown, thernore complex are
the problems and difficulties that may
arise.

2. Conditions for Growth. All
plants have the same general funda-
mental requisites for growth. These
are six, or perhaps seven, in number,
and may be enumerated as food, water,
air, or oxygen, light, heat and mechan-
ical support, and to this we may add,
favorable sanitary conditions. Plants
differ greatly in the quantity and qual-
ity required in eacli of these factors
and if all are properly balanced for a
particular plant that plant makes its
best growth. In so far as they are
contributed by the soil we are accus-
tomed to say that the soil is fertile.
An infertile soil, in other words, is one
which, in some of these particulars,
is unfavorable to the best growth of
the plant. It should be noted that
all these conditions, with the possible
exception of light, are materially af-
fected by the soil.

Fundamentally, the production of
any kind of plant involves three

•Address dellverea before the New York
State Federation of Floral CIuIm, Ithaca, N. Y.

groups of facts : first, knowledge of the
requirements of a particular plant in
all respects for its best growth; sec-
ond, knowledge of the soil and other
environmental conditions by which
those requirements are met; third,
knowledge of the treatment or prac-
tices by which an unfavorable soil con-
dition may be changed to a favorable
condition. If we keep these principles
tn mind it will generally aid toward
the solution of any particular problem.
It will, at least, present a method of
procedure.

3. The problems of the florist are
divided in a general way along two
lines. Some will grow their crops in
the field and will be subject to the
natural limitations of growth that ex-
ist there. Others, and perhaps the ma-
jority of growers, deal with green-
house conditions. The problems in the
latter case are of the same general
kind us those developed in the field
but are more intense and complex.

4. The problems with which we deal
In soil management are of three
classes: (a) Physical problems; (b)
Chemical problems; (c) Biological
problems. Of these three It may per-
haps be said that the physical condi-
tions under which the greenhouse flor-
ist operates are more generally and
readily controlled than the other two
classes of conditions. His soil is likely
to be artificial in its mechanical make-
up. Heavier materials of a clayey na-
ture are mixed with the lighter mate-
rials of a sandy nature to which Is
added well-rotted organic matter to
form humus, with the idea that the
whole will give the best mechanical
mixture for proper moisture and heat
relations. Coupled with this is the
idea of the proper mechanical mixture
and moisture conditions to give right
aeration. A good illustration of such
practice is the use of a rather coarse
and clean sand in which to start cut-
tings. Here plant feeding is second-
ary and the dominant requirement Is
the right ventilation and temperature
for the elaboration of the stored-up
plant-food in the cuttings to promote
the development of new rootlets.

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5. In the greenhouse the chemical
and biological problems involved are
more likely to be dominant because
they are more evasive and complicated
In their nature. Assuming the proper
adjustment of the physical factors of
soil tilth, moisture, temperature, ven-
tilation, etc., the most immediate prob-
lem of concern is that of plant-food.

6. Plants require ten elements as
food. Of these, three, which come from
the water and from the air,, constitute
more than 95 per cent of the plant
•ubstance. They are carbon, hydrogen
and oxygen. Ordinarily, there is no
question of their supply If the other
essential conditions are met. The
fourth element stands alone as to sup-
ply and relationship. This Is nitrogen
and Is present In abundance In the
atmosphere as a free gas In which
form it is used by ordinary crops. It
must be united either with hydrogen
to form ammonia, or with oxygen to
form nitrates or in some combination
of these.

Nitrogen seldom constitutes more
than two per cent of the fresh plant
substance and occurs in the soil chief-
ly In combination with the organic
matter. The supply of nitrogen is de-
termined by t^e amount and avail-
ability of this material. The remain-
ing six elements are known as the
mineral elements, and are derived en-
tirely from the rock portion of the soil.
They are in the order of the quan-
tities used, potassium, phosphorus,
sulphur, calcium, magnesium and Iron.

Unfortunately, the plant-food prob-
lem Is not solved by analyzing the
plant to determine the total amounts
of elements used and then analyzing
the soil to determine whether these
are present in the proper proportion.
This idea has led to much fruitless
labor. The average soil, and especially
the greenhouse soil, contains hundreds
and perhaps even thousands of times
as much of any of the plant-food ele-
ments as is used by a single crop.

Unfortunately — or, perhaps fortu-
nately— this large stock of plant-food
In the normal soil is held In a very
slightly soluble or available form. A
particular crop may or may not be
able to get sufficient of these elements
from the soil to meet its needs. The
critical point Is the availability of this
plant-food. The plant growers' atten-
tion must always be directed to the
supply of available plant-food to his
crop at the right time and in the right
amounts. If by suitable methods he
can not unlock sufficient plant-food In
the soil from the rock particles and
the humus to meet the needs of his
plants, he must supplement that sup-
ply by the addition of available forms
of plant-food, as fertilizers or manure.
He may often add materials which
have small immediate availability but
which under the conditions of the soil
will rapidly be changed to a form the
plant can use. This involves some
knowledge of the nature of the
changes which take place In the soil
and the materials that may be used
for a given result.

7. The relations of the elements to
the growth of parts of the plant.
While the total composition of differ-
ent plants is so similar that In the
application of fertilizers differences In
this respect are not usually the guid-
ing principle in the combination or
selection of fertilizer materials, it Is
true that certain relations are recog
nized between particular plant-food
elements and the development of par-
ticular parts of the plant. Phosphorus,
a constituent of every soil, enters par-

ticularly into the seed and for those
plants which are grown for their seed,
such as grains and cereals, phosphorus
is one of the most important elements
to produce good quality and yield. Po-
tassium enters more largely into the
structure of the roots and stems of
plants and affects particularly those
which make large vegetative develop-
ment, such as beets, cabbage, etc., or
In tobacco where a particular quality
of leaf is requii^ed. or in the grains
where It stiffens the straw.

Nitrogen, which is perhaps the most
vital element in every cell and the
characteristic constituent In all pro-
teid compounds, is especially associ-
ated with the production of vegetative

Standing Wreath for the Wilson Funeral.
By Geo. H. Shaffer, Washington. D. C.

parts, such as the leaves, the roots,
and the flowers, which I believe In
their showy parts are regarded aa
modified leaves. Under the influence
of an excess of nitrogen a large
amount of tissue, often of a soft and
spongy nature, results. It produces
heads of cabbage that burst without
becoming properly solid. Potatoes may
produce vines at the expense of tubers.
Flowering plants may be delayed In
their flowering.

8. An excessive supply of nitrogen
In the early stages of the growth of a
plant is likely to be at the expense of
flower and seed production. It appears
that when a plant is generously sup-
plied with all the elements of plant-
food it .tends to carry the vegetative
period to the extreme, forgetting ap-
parently the neces.sity for reproduction,
which has been stated as the second
law of nature, self-preservation being
the first. This is well Illustrated in
the cotton plant. On rich bottom land
the plant is said to run to "weed" and
does not set the proper proportion of
flowers. So in the case of strawber-
ries, on soil that is too rich, they pro-
duce abundance of vine with a rela-
tively small number of blossoms and

a correspondingly small amount of
fruit. I conceive that much the same
principle Is involved in the production
of flowers. You must have a proper
balance and distribution of these
plant-food elements, particularly the
nitrogen, as related to the vegetative
growth of which the flowers are a part.
In a general way the part of the plant
In which one is Interested will Influ-
ence the grower In the plant-food ele-
ment to receive particular attention
and the method of its application. It
appears that any condition that
slightly hinders or appears to threaten
the life of a plant may cause It to
make preparation for reproduction. In
the southern states there is a method
of corn growing which Involves the
withholding of plant-food in the early
stages of growth. The plant appears
to be stunted, following which, due to
the generous application of fertilizers,
the corn plant makes a hasty and
rather large vegetative growth and
comes to maturity, producing a much
larger yield of grain than If a gener-
ous amount of fertilizers had been ap-
plied from the beginning. We have
much yet to learn concerning the right
distribution of the plant-food supply
through the growing period.

9. Method of distributing plant-food.
The method of distributing plant-food
In the soil also has much to do with
its effects. In farm practice it Is fre-
quently the custom to distribute a
smaller quantity of fertilizer In the
row or hill. For a small amount of
plant-food this is doubtless the correct
practice. The primary purpose Is to
start the plant and to stimulate the
development of its root system. When
the quantity of plant-food Is increased,
to continue to feed the plant through-
out its growth, it is of great Impor-
tance that the fertilizer be not con-
centrated in one point or In one line.
The major portion should be thor-
oughly distributed through the soil for
two reasons: first, (a) the root-system
will be spread more widely and In the
case of field soils the wider distribu-
tion of the root-system will enable It
to feed more largely upon the soil,
thus removing the need for commer-
cial fertilizers; second, (b) large quan-
tities of soluble material In contact
with the seed or roots may produce a
burning or otherwise injurious effect.
The larger applications of fertilizers
should always be broad-cast or dis-
tributed through the soil and perhaps
applied in successive quantities as It
Is used by the plant. The more soluble
and available a fertilizer, the more Is
It important that It be applied just at
the time when the plant Is to use It.

In the soil, which Is a complex chem-
ical material, plant-foods may undergo
decided changes before they are taken
up by the plant, so that they may be
to a greater or less degree removed
from availability to the plant. They
may unite with the chemical or or-
ganic substances In the soil, or they
may be taken up by the various micro-
organisms in the soil and rendered
inert for a time.

10. Fertilizer Mfterlals. In the use
of commercial fei*ilizers, the basal
Idea is the supply of available plant-
food. The plant-food may be Immedi-
ately available or It may be of such a
nature as will quickly become avail-
able under the soil conditions. From
the viewpoint of plant-food, fertilizers
are divided into three groups, or per-
haps four groups: (a) those which
carry nitrogen; (b) those which carry
phosphorus; (c) those which carry po-
tassium; (d) those which carry two or

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more of these elements. And perhaps
a further class should be added: (e)
those which carry sulphur. It may ba
mentioned In passing that the relation
of sulphur to plant growth has as-
sumed large Importance in the last two
or three years. It now appears that
sulphur is comparable with phospho-
rus as a plant-food element In the ex-
tent to which it may be a limiting fac-
tor in plant growth. These four par-
ticular elements are of prime Impor-
tance In fertilizers because, owing to
the amounts used by plants, they ap-
pear to be most deficient, in available
forms. In the soil. The other mineral
elements, Iron, magnesium and cal-
cium, are used in such small quanti-
ties, in proportion to the amount pres-
ent in the soil, that they do not ap-
pear to be needed as fertilizers.

This Is not the place to discuss the
various carriers of plant-food that are
used in commercial fertilizers. It la
sufficient to point out that any ma-
terial which carries any one or more
of these elements, and which is suffi-
ciently cheap to make It available for
use on the soil, may be used aa a fer-
tilizer material.

They include some products that
are mined from the earth and many
others that are waste products In one
or another of the industries. They are
to be judged by two primary stand-
ards : first, the amount of the partic-
ular element contained, and, second, its
availability.

11. Your attention should be called to
another group of relations of fertilizer
materials. No fertilizer is made up
entirely of the plant-food element for
which It Is valued. United with that
plant-food element is some other ele-
ment or compound which tends to be
left behind when the food element la
absorbed by the plant. The residue
left from the fertilizer often has an
Important bearing upon the continued
fertility of the soil or its ability to pro-
duce plants. These residues are of a
great variety and it sometimes hap-
pens that a fertilizer has been valu-
able because of the effect of its residue
Instead of the plant-food it Is designed
to supply. In the case of organic ma-
terials, such as tankage, blood, cotton-
seed meal, apple pomace, etc., the res-
idue Is an organic compound which,
after undergoing decay, will produce
humus.

The mineral fertilizers leave residues
of an acid or basic nature. Nitrate of
BOda, for example, leaves sodium be-
hind to sweeten and render more alka-
line the soil, and possibly produce bad
physical effects in clay soil. On the
other hand, sulphate of ammonia, sul-
phate of potash and muriate of potash
leave acid residues and their continued
large application will render a soil
more and more sour, so that the acid
properties of the soil may overshadow
and hold down any plant-food quality.
It Is especially important In using
large quantities of commercial fertiliz-
ers In greenhouse practice to so com-
bine the materials that the residues
will neutralize each other. I conceive
that the large preference of greenhouse
men for stable manure Is due to the
bad results they have experienced from
these residues when not properly com
bined.

The soil has been likened to a labo.
ratory in which there Is going on a
variety of chemical processes, and the
feeding of plants depends in consider-
able measure upon these processes.
The aim of the soil manager Is to con-
trol and regulate these processes. Not

WREATH BY GUDE BROS., WASHINGTON, D. C.

the least of these is the transformation
of organic materials of one sort or an-
other into the constituent commonly
known as humus. With this organic
material or humus Is united the bulk
of the nitrogen and as decay pro-
gresses the nitrogen may be changed
Into a form which the plant can use
as a food. The supply of nitrogen is,
therefore, largely determined by the
conditions of decay in the soil, and
since decay is the product of bacterial
or microscopic plant action, it is de-
pendent upon the same condition that
regulates the growth of higher plants.
This humus substance, which may be
described as a soluble, black or brown
gelatinous substance, having a great
affinity for water, also has a marked
Influence on the physical properties of
the soil, determining its openness,
granulation, water-holding power, ab-
sorption of heat, and its ventilation,
and it stands intimately related to pro-
ductiveness.

12. The plant itself may have an
intimate relation to the fertility of the
soil for succeeding crops. It has been
pointed out that the availability of ni-
trogen depends upon its transforma-
tion from the original compound, either
In fertilizers or in organic matter, to
form nitrates and ammonia or other
combinations that plants can use as

food. It has been shown In Investiga-
tions at Cornell University that th«
roots of plants and their stage of
growth may have a marked Influenc*
upon the production of available nitro-
gen In the soil, particularly nitrates.
Speaking of farm crops, it may be
pointed out that the roots of maize, up
to the time of maturity, seem to
greatly stimulate and promote th«
formation of nitrates. Alfalfa appears
to have a similar effect, and potatoes
in the early stage of their development
have the same effect. On the other
hand, timothy, oats and millet, and
possibly soy beans among the legumes,
appear to exert a depressing influence
upon the transformation of nitrogen
Into nitrates. This effect of the plant
upon the process of nitrification may
extend beyond the period of its growth,
even to two or three years. I con-
ceive this principle may have an Im-
portant relation to florist practice In
the succession of plants and in the con-
tinuation of the same plant upon the
soil. We can not give you speclflo
facts, but merely point out a condition
which may be worthy of your atten-
tion.

13. In conclusion I can not fall to
dwell upon the sanitary relations of
the soli. It is now very well known
that the whole question of fertility !■

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not comprised within those positive
processes of supplying plant-food or
other factors for growth. With all
these well supplied, plants may still
fall because of the existence of some
Inhibiting influence within the soil.
These Inhibiting or unsanitary condi-
tions may be divided into two or three
groups:

(a) It is now pretty well recognized
that In addition to the beneficial sub-
stances that result from decay of roots
and other organic material In the soil
and from the action of microscopic
plants, there may also be produced
various poisonous or toxic substances
which are injurious to the growth of
the plant. It appears that one of the
reasons why the continuous growth of
a crop upon the same soil results in
reduced yields is the accumulation of
the poisonous products of decay or se-
cretion of the roots of that plant. It
Is coming to be understood that the
products or toxic substances from one
plant may not be injurious or may be
even beneficial to another plant, and,
therefore, In plant association this fact
should be taken Into account. It Is a
topic that requires much further Inves-
tigation for the guidance of the prac-
tical man.

One of the functions of commercial
fertilizers may be to render less innocu-
ous these toxic substances, for it Is
known that fertilizer substances by
promoting or depressing oxidation and
other changes that render these toxic
substances less harmful.

(b) It should always be known that
the crop produced is competing with
many other plants in the soil. We well
recognize the importance of keeping
down weeds which will compete "with
the main plant for food and moisture.
But we have not given so much atten-
tion to the competition of the crop with
the microscopic plants in the soil, the
bacteria and the fungi. Instead of
being a dead mass, the soil is teeming
with life. In every grain of soil there
may be millions of bacteria and many
kinds of fungi and molds. These re-
quire the same food elements that the
higher plants use, and it may fre-
quently happen that the soil conditions
are as well, or perhaps a little better,
suited to the development of these mi-
croscopic plants than to our higher
plants, and they may gain the ascend-
ancy and utilize the plant-food de-
signed for the crop. This idea, too. Is
one of the recent developments In soil
fertility. In England, Russell and
Hutchinson have developed many facts
showing that in their soil and espe-
cially in soils known to be sewer-sick
and In greenhouse soils that have come
Into a so-called sick condition, there
may be the development of excessive
numbers of the very simplest animals,
known as protozoa, which compete
with the plant roots and with benefi-
cial forms of bacteria. They have de-
veloped facts which indicate that any
treatment which kills or reduces the
number of these competing organlsftis
tends to promote the growth of higher
plants, and in general to create a bet-
ter s*ate of fertility. It should be
pointed out that in the greenhouse
where conditions are continually favor-
able for growth, such difficulties may
become much more acute than in the
field where the variations in climatic
conditions and the changes In season,
Including freezing in winter, tend to
hold such processes in check. It Is
found that partial sterilization by the
use of heat or by chemicals has an
Important Influence upon the fertility

of such soil for some time thereafter
by killing certain of these competing
organisms and by effecting other
changes, such as those dealing with
nitrogen. In greenhouse soil with its
usually large stock of organic matter,
attention to lime, soil moisture, high
temperature, and other conditions fa-
vorable to biological processes — these
difficulties may become exceedingly
acute and they may be promoted or
affected by different kinds of fertilizers
used. Another treatment that seems to
have some bearing on these questions
Is the use of caustic lime, which ma-
terial appears to have a certain steriliz-
ing influence.

It is to be hoped that as the study of
soil fertility is extended, especially in
connection with particular.types of soil
and plants, we shall develop many
more facts that will enable us to give
to the practical growers more specific
directions for your processes which will
Insure more exact and better results In
your product.

In conclusion, I must emphasize the
importance of viewing the soil as a
whole, of taking into account all the
primary factors that control fertility.
These may be enumerated as proper
regulation of soil moisture, the proper
regulation of the lime supply, or chem-
ical balance of the s6il, the control of
the forms and amounts of organic mat-
ter, proper regulation of the method of
tillage and the wise selection of fer-
tilizer materials for their plant-food, for
their availability and for their residual
effect. There is always a reason for
every result. Whatever a particular
treatment may be, we may hope to
find a rational, logical basis for the
effect obtained, and that the processes
will take their proper place in the
scheme or system of plant nutrition.

THE RETAILTRADE

Conducted by Robt. Kllt, Philadelphia. Pa.

Making New Customers.

How to increase one's trade, bring
new buyers into the store, and retain
them as customers, is a problem.
Some men appear never to give it a
thought, but seem satisfied to take
what comes, as long as there is
sufficient to make both ends meet or
thereabouts. They appear to just
drift along. There are others, how-
ever, who do give it serious thought.
The business with them is more than
just an occupation; they have am-
bition, and just a bare living ia not
enough, they are always aiming to do
more this season than last, better
trade and more of it, is their motto.
One seldom visits their store and
comes away dissatisfied; they are
found aggressive and up-to-date, carry-
ing a full and complete stock in their
line, and the arrangement that goes
to make a modern flower shop attrac-
tive.

The first essential as a foundation
to success is a light cheerful store,
well kept, clean and everything In
order. The man that is successful
looks ahead. When asters are com-
ing in. he is not afraid to display the
first high priced ones, for people will
stop to admire excellence, while
ordinary stock gets but a passing
glance. It is the same with the first
chrysanthemums and other choice
stock, it is to be seen first in this
store.

Satisfied customers are one of the
best assets of a business, whenever
they hear of a prospective purchase
their store is brought to mind and

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recommended. "Go to Smith's, I get
all my flowers there; he will treat
you right." This is the best business
booster. A grieved patron, on the con-
trary, is to be avoided at all cost. If the
flowers wilted and did not last at all,
send another box immediately with a
note of apology. "The fern dish looks
terrible." send for it immediately, "the
azalea was frozen," (you know it is
only dry), but replace it with
another — it will pay. It is hard
sometimes to do this, but better lose
the first cost, than the customers, and
with them the ill will that drives
trade away. Always have a flower
handy to present to a visitor who is
just looking; it will make a good im-
pression. In fact all good customers
should go out of the store wearing a
flower; it costs a trifle, but it pays.
A little child should always be given
one to carry. When flowers become
plentiful, sample boxes with just a
few choice roses sent to a list of
names in the territory of the store,
but who are not on the books is often
successful in making new trade.
Circularizing one's list of customers
and additional names, calling atten-
tion to seasonable flowers or plants
just in, will often bring business and
add new names to the ledger. Be
sure to have a good stock of the kind
advertised on hand when they come
to see It. Special cards to be mailed
with a penny stamp are used by some
for this kind of publicity, they are
pretty sure to be read. Window dis-
plays of a quantity of one thing, with
a price displayed, that is much lower
than the plants or flowers sell for
generally, attracts and brings busi-
ness and new customers. Early fall
sales of Scott and Boston ferns at
a time when they are very plentiful
is a good starter for the season. We
know of a store that desired to take
a flying start in the fall and bought
a thousand six-inch ferns to be sent
in 100 at a time, these were displayed
about the store and on the sidewalk
in front with the special price boldly
marked. The whole lot was sold in
a short time and many new customers
were made whose trade added quite a
little to the business later on. To
make new trade some will take one
flower and sell it at about cost, as
for instance, gardenias, which are
placarded at 25c each, when perhaps
they are worth that or a trifle more,
wholesale. The department stores
always advertise Easter lilies at about
what they cost, 10 or 12c a flower, be-
cause this is then compared by the
buyers with the store price of 20 to
25c and the impression is thus given
that everything else is sold at the
same low level. Watching the social
columns of the papers for coming
events at which flowers are likely to
be used, often leads to an order and
a new customer. A letter asking the
privilege of . bidding for the work, or
if a church wedding and you have had
decorations there before, a plan or
specification of the work will always
be interesting and one is likely to get
an invitation to call and give par-
ticulars and prices which may bring
the order.

K.

L.A Crosse, Wis.— The La Crosse
Floral Co., formally opened their new
shop at 511) Main street, September 5.
Only the very latest equipment was
used in the fitting of the new place
and it is one of the neatest and best
equipped establishments in the city.

MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGES NEW BUILDING, DETROIT

Canadian National Exhibition.

The thirty-sixth successive year of
the Canadian National Exhibition
opened under very favorable auspices,
but with the existing war, and with
unfavorable weather, the attendance
was below last year's million record.
The visitors were generally impressed
with the high standard of the exhibits
and the general effect of the Horti-
culture building was good. Quite a
number of our local enthusiasts took
advantage of the advertising possibil-
ities and displayed non-competitive
features. The grounds never looked
better and the color schemes were well
worked out.

The Dale Estate, of Brampton, Ont.,
exhibited an orchid group, which was
a pleasure to see. The plants, arrange-
ment, color and foliage were all that
could be desired.

Dunlop's, Toronto, Ont., erected a
pergola and the effect was very artis-
tic, seasonable flowers being displayed.
Mr. Gerraghty, the manager, had on
view bouquets and made up work
which showed his art.

S. A. Frost, Toronto, having the war
spirit, displayed war horses, full size,
with Brittania at the reins in the
chariot. The horses were made of
bronze magnolia, the chariot of wood
moss, and the exhibit showed the en-
thusiastic spirit of the exhibitor.

Mr. Bryson, gardener for J. T. Moore,
displayed a model rose garden. Thou-

sands of blooms were used, and the
effect was striking.

In the class for funeral designs, the
entry of H. G. Dillemuth, Toronto, was
disqualified for first prize for being
over size.

The judges were as follows : Jos.
Bennet, of Montreal, Can., on plants
and groups; S. A. Anderson, of Buf-
falo, N. Y., on cut flowers and dec-
orated tables; Silas McFadden of To-
ronto, Can., on designs and made up
work.

Awards.

CLASS 262— PLANTS AND FLOWERS.
Sect.

1. Decorative floral display on floor space
not less than 300 or more than 600 square feet
— H. G. Dillemuth, 1st; T. Manton, 2nd.

2. Decorative floral display, on floor space
not less than 300 or more than 600 square
feet. Open only to Civic and Government con-
servatories— Allan Gardens, Ist; Bzbtbition
Park. 2nd; Reservoir Grounds. 3rd.

3. Group of ferns and Selaglnellas arranged
for effect on space not more than 200 square
feet— H. G. Dillemuth, 1st; T. Manton, 2nd;
J. C. Eaton. 3rd.

4. Decorative dinner table (tables provided)
— S. A. Frost, 1st; H. G. Dillemuth, 2nd; T.
Manton, 3rd.

5. Palms, 3 specimens — H. G. Dlllemnth, 1st;
T. Manton. 2nd.

6. Palms, 1 specimen, not less than 40 Inches
high— H. G. Dillemuth. Ist; T. Manton, 2nd.

7. Dracsenas (12), not less than 30 Inches —
T. Manton. 1st.

8. Crotons (6)— T. Manton. 1st.

9. Caladiums. arranged for effect with ferns
—J. C. Baton, 1st.

10. Ferns. 1 specimen — H. G. Dillemuth, Ist;
J. C. Eaton, 2nd; T. Manton. .3rd.

11. Ferns. 6 specimens, distinct varieties —
H. G. Dillemuth. 1st; T. Manton, 2nd.

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12. Stove and greenhouse plants (12), not
less than sis varieties in Bower, arranged for
effect— T. Manton. Ist.

13. Orchids, arranged on space 5x5 feet —
Dale Estate, Ist,

14. Orchids, arranged »n 100 square feet,
arrnnged for effect— Dale Estate, 1st.

15. Banging baskets (2 1, Boston ferns — H.
G. Dilleiniith. 1st; T. Manton, 2nd.

16. Banging baskets (2). assorted plants,
flowering — H. G. Diliemuth, 1st; T. Manton,
2nd.

CLASS 263— CUT FLOWERS.
Sect.

1. Annuals. 25 distinct varieties, named, not
Included in other sections — Henry Startup, 1st;

A. W, Brcarley, 2nd; C. Scott,' 3rd; Mrs. M.

B. Graves, 4th.

2. Asters, 2i) full plants, cut at the root, not
less than 4 varieties — T. H. P. Hammett. 1st;
Henry Startup, 2nd; Wm. Naismlth. 3rd.

3. Asters, 24 blooms, one variety, white,
on long stems, in one vase — T. H. P. Hammett.
1st; Henry L. Ockenden, 2nd; A. W. Brearlcy,
3rd.

4. Asters, 24 blooms, colored, on long stems,
in one vase— T. H. P. Hammett. 1st: k. W.
Breariey. 2nd: F. R. Hey wood & Co., 3rd.

5. Asters, best and most attractive display,
not exceeding 100 square feet — T. H. P. Ham-
mett, 1st: W. H. Foord, 2nd: A, W. Breariey,
3rd.

6. Selosia, plumosa (feathered), best collec-
tion—J, A. Hewett. 1st; T. H. P. Hammett,
2nd; A. W. Breariey. 3ra.

7. Carnations, 25 in one vase — H. G. Dilie-
muth, 1st.

8. Dahlias, 12 varieties, named, one of each,
shown with foliage, stems not less than 10
inches — W. Aymer. 1st: S. C. Semley, 2nd;
Mrs. A. Burns, 3rd.

9. Dahlias. 12 blooms, single. In one vase,
stems not less than 10 inches, with foliage —
Mrs. A. Burns, 1st.

10. Dahlias, 12 Cacti, not less than 6 varie-
ties, named, stems not less than 10 inches.
■with foliage — S. C. Semley. 1st; W. Aymer.
2nd; W. A. Smith. 3rd.

11. Dalilias. hest and most artistic display,
not' exceeding 50 feet square — Mrs. A. Burns.
Ist: W. Aymer, 2nd; Mrs. T. A. Patterson,
3rd.

12. Gladioli, 5 distinct varieties, not more
than 3 spikes on each — J. Ogilvie. Ist: W.
Colvin. 2nd: Mrs. T. A. Patterson. 3rd.

13. _, Gladioli, collection in distinct varieties,
not more than 3 spikes, in separate vases —
Mrs. T. A. Patterson, 1st; 'W. Colvin, 2nd;
J. Ogilvie, 3rd.

14. Glarlioli, best and most artistic display,
not exceeding 200 square feet — "W. Colvin* 1st.

15. Hydrangea panicnlata grandiflora. C
spikes on long stems — W. H. Foord, 1st; Geo.
Baldwin. 2nd; Miss H. R. Meredith, 3rd.

17. Lliliims, hest collection of not more
than 12 spikes— H. G. nillemuth. 1st: T. Man-
ton. 2nd; Mrs. D. C. Hamilton. Srd.

18. Phlox collection, one spike of each va-
riety, space not to exceed 50 square feet — •
'W. Nfllsmith. 1st: M. E. Blacklock, 2nd; W.
A. Smith. 3rd.

10. Roses, best collection, 6 of each, named
— Toronto Floral Co., Ist; H. J. Mills, 2nd;
T. Manton, 3rd.

20. Roses, best 25. arranged In one vnse —
Toronto Floral Co.. 1st; Bedford Park Floral
Co.. 2nd; J. T. ^roore. 3vd ; H. .T. Mills. 4th.

21. Roses, outside grown, best collection —
J. T. Moore, 1st.

23. Sweet peas, best and most artistic dis-
play, not exceeding 50 square feet — W. Mc-
Skimmine. 1st; H. M. Lay. 2nd: Wm. Nai-
smlth, 3rd.

24. Sweet Peas, 12 varieties, in bunches of
not less than 25 stems each — W. Naismlth.
1st; 'W. J. Campbell, 2nd; H. M. Lay, 3rd.

FOR AMATEURS.
Sect.

25. Hnrdv perennials. 12 vases of bloom.
distinct varieties— A. C. 'Wood. 1st: Geo. Bald-
win. 2nd; Miss H. L. Beardmore. 3rd.

26. Phlox, collection of perennials, not more
than 12 va'leties. named, cut with long «tems
— W. Naismlth, 1st: Geo. Baldwin, 3rd; Henry
Startup. 4th.

27. Asters. 12 varieties — J. A. Hewitt, 1st;
VI. J. Camnbell. 2nd; Henry Startup, 3rd.

28. Dahlias. 12 varieties, show or fancy,
named, one of each to be shown with follaee,
stem not less tlian 10 inches — W. A. Smith,
1st; S. 'W. Warnham, 2nd; H. L. Ockenden.
Srd.

29. Gladioli,* 5 varieties, not more than 3
spikes of each — Frances Holman. 1st; Miss M.
J. Nellson. 2nd; J. A. Hewitt, 3rd.

30. Collection in vases, not more than 50
varieties, distinct from other entries. Must l)e
grown by exhibitor — A. C. Wood. 1st; Geo.
Baldwin. 2rt; Miss H. R. Meredith, 3rd: J. A.
Hewitt.«4th.

CLASS 264— DESIGNS AND MADE-UP WORK.
Sect. ■ "

1. Bridal bort'ati'e't— H. G. Diliemuth, 1st;
S. A. Frost. 2nd: T. Manton. 3rd.

2. Presertntlon basket — H. G. nillemuth,
1st; S. .4. Frost. 2nd; T. Manton. Srd.

3. Original design- H. O. Diliemuth. 1st:
S. A. Frost. 2nd: T. Manton. Srd.

4^. Floral arrangement for tables — R. A.
Frost, 1st: T. Manton, 2nd: H. G. Diliemuth.
Srd.

5. Funeral d »sipm. not to exceed 36 inches
over all — T. Manton, 1st; S. A. Fro-». ?nrt.

H. G. D.

Nebraska Florists at State Fair.

The Nebraska' florists made very
creditable displays at the Nebraska
State Pair at Lincoln, Neb., September
7-12. They occupied the center of the
new agricultural hall, the center of the
hall being laid out in a garden and the
roof of the building being of half glass
and half wood, they had no trouble in
getting a nice velvety lawn. In the
center of the building they erected a
beautiful fountain, the Nebraska State
University greenhouses loaning some
aquarium plants, which had a very
pleasing effect. The plants were all
in groups, no old-style staging on
benches being used. Chas. Greene of
Fremont, Neb., took the sweepstakes
on finest display of plants; also on.
palms and ferns. In cut flowers he
also received first for the best design.
L. Henderson, Omaha, Nfeb., received
second for display of plants and first
for cut flowers.

Griswold Seed Co. of Lincoln re-
ceived the third prize for its display.
This firm made a magnificent exhibit,
but lacked the variety. The boxwood
trees made an especially fine showing
and were given a special mention by
the judges for their good arrangement.
The cut 'flowers were exhibited in a
brand new ice box, 8x30 feet, and the
flowers were some attraction.

The judges were Frank Stuppy of St.
Joseph, Mo.; Irvin ^rey of Lincoln,
Neb., and Mr. Dunham, florist of the
State University greenhouses.

C. H. Frey invited the out-of-town
florists one evening (or dinner at tlie
Savoy hotel, and after dinner enter-
tained them in one of Lincoln's leading
theaters.

Visiting one morning the greenhouses
of Frey and Frey, Mr. Frey, father of
all the Freys, received us and showed
us through his range of greenhouses.
This firm rebuilt eight houses, 24x105
feet each, and planted some 40,000
carnations in them, all the leading
varieties. Their roses look fine and
their pot plants for winter could not
look better.

Chapin Bros, are remodeling their
store front and will have, when done,
one of the finest fronts in Lincoln.

All the florists of Lincoln express
themselves satisfied with business.

Mr. Eicher, partner of C. H. Frey,
accompanied by his family and C. H.
Frey and family, spent two months'
vacation at their summer resort in
Minnesota, where they go every year.

Heavy rains visited us of late and
warm weather prevails.

GRIPPE.

Washlngfton.

M.\RKET UNCHANGED.

The market is about the same as
last week, excepting Easter lilies,
which are plentiful and can be had
at a fair price; in fact, you can get
them as low as $12 per hundred.
Asters are about finished here and
there are no regrets as they kill the
sale of good stock. Tritomas are
coming in just at present and are find-
ing ready sale, as they make a big
show and can be had at a reasonable
price. Some of the stores are dis-
playing signs offering dahlias from 25
cents to 39 cents per dozen, which
brings a lot of trade with it for other
stock at the same time.

NOTES.

Sam Everett, formerly with George
Shaffer, has branched out for him-
self at Center Market, but not as a
florist. He has started with all the
seasonable vegetables to be had in the
local market and hopes that all the
craft will call and see him.

W. B. Shaw has named one of her
water lilies after one of our celebrated
actresses, Zit& Jewell. It is a hand-
some, large, blue flower, and has at-

tracted much attention In Black-
istone's window.

Will Clarke, the carnation specialist,
says that the reed birds are plentiful
but some of his friends are still wait-
ing for that supper he promised them.

Washington Florists' Co. are dis-
playing some neat baskets of Sunburst
roses, which make a very attractive
window display.

Mr. Phillips has resigned his posi-
tion with Blackistone and returned to
Philadelphia, Pa.

Mrs. G. Supper has returned from
her vacation and appears to be in the
best of health.

G. C. D.

PittsDurgh.

BUSINESS fOWS IMPROVEMENT.

Brisk business still predominates in
in the cut flower business in Pitts-
burgh, and we really think there has
been a slight improvement over last
week's business, which was also graced
with a marked briskness. The supply
remains heavy, but not so heavy as
to compel us to lose any stock from
oversupply. The season for fall wed-
dings has started and many of the re-
tailers have several of these orders
billed for the near future. There has
also been a good amount of funeral
work executed recently. Among the
late arrivals are a few chrysanthe-
mums and some fine dahlias, which
are now here in quantity. Carnations
continue good, and even better than
usual, and are now bringing better
prices. Asters seem to have been in-
creasing in supply daily, and some
excellent stock may be had very easi-
ly for reasonable prices. Valley re-
mains very scarce and lilies are in
abundant supply. Pittsburgh was to
have an "Old Home Week" from Sep-
tember 14 to 19, but at the last minute
was ofBcially called off by the mayor.
It was expected that this would help
business materially, but no great loss-
es are anticipated from the omission.

NOTES.

Miss Nellie G. King has opened a
retail store at 7141 Kelly street,
Homewood. Miss King has long been
identified with the floral business,
having been with Wm. Turner, of
Wilkinsburg, for many years. Being
very well known in her locality,
coupled with her knowledge of the
trade, we feel quite confident of suc-
cess in her new venture.

Earl Tipton has returned from the
A. W. Smith Co. farm at Canfield,
Ohio, and has again taken up his du-
ties at the store. Earl is wearing a
new color on his countenance, but we
are sure he didn't have it when he
left the city.

Ray Daschbach is now nicely lo-
cated in his new place at 421 'Wood
street, in the banking section of the
city. Miss K. Friel of the force, has
been spending a few days at the New
Jersey shores.

B. F. Engle, of Rochester, Pa., is
enjoying a good business, as is evi-
denced by his making special trips to
Pittsburgh to buy stock recently.

The McCollough Drug Co. has added
a line of cut flowers to their wares
with Joseph Brown in charge.

The McCallum Co. is receiving some
of the finest Killarney roses ever seen
at this time of the year.

Mike Kronis has returned from his
vacation, and is on the job again.

J.

RocKFORD, III. — The Northern Illi-
nois Horticultural Society will hold a
meeting in Rockford, III., next Decem-
ber.

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FIRST PRIZE DISPLA.Y AT THE TORONTO EXHIBITION BY H. G. DILLEMUTH.

Buffalo.

BIG SUPPLY AND TRADE QUIET.

Cool weather and a big supply of
summer stock and quiet trade is what
Buffalo has had the past week, but
prospects are bright for -the balance of
the month. Gladioli, snapdragons,
montbretias, calendulas, lilies and as-
ters leave no opening for the florist not
to have a fine and attractive window.

NOTES.

Like the sassafras Indian, the florists
are first to announce fall and winter.
"Roses, 2 dozen for 2.5 cents," is a sign
on a Main street store. When we have
the goods and trade is quiet, any price
is better than seeing them go into the
barrel. Flowers were not made for
garbage barrels; they are too beauti-
ful, and it is better to sell them cheap
and let all enjoy them. The loss is
like a fire; we can't stand the "smell
of the smoke." It is good advertising —
fresh roses at a very low price.

W. A. Adams called on the Toronto
florists Labor Day and met Thomas
Manton of Eglinton, who seemed very
optimistic, even if his country was
sending its quota to England. He
said all will come out right.

George Hart, a Rochester whole-
saler, accompanied by George Kramer,
birch bark artist, were welcome callers
on September 10. George says, "We
are as busy as you are; that's why I
am here."

Steve Green of H. Bayersdorfer & Co.
and James Cairns of H. A. Dreer, Inc.,
both of Philadelphia, Pa., were recent
visitors, as .was Robert Greenlaw of
Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia.

F. C. W. Brown of J. M. Gasser Co.,
Cleveland, Ohio, was a caller last week
as usual. The "twelfth city" looked
good to a "sixth city" man.

Miss Jean Lindsay, bookkeeper at
S. A. Anderson's, is enjoying a much
needed rest in Fergus, Ontario.

S. A. Anderson had the big opening
of one dry goods store September 14.
Palms, ferns, gladioli and autumn foli-
age were largely used.

Fall painting with the florists is
about done. Palmer, Neubeck and An-
derson have been brightening up for
the season.

Charles Felton, who has been in
Xenia, Ohio, for the summer, is again
at Anderson's.

W. J. Palmer arrived last week after
a long rest in the north woods.

S. A. Anderson was a judge at the
Toronto exhibition.

Mark Palmer has been laid up with
rheumatism.

All have now returned from their
vacations. BiSON.

LOUISVILLE, Ky— J. E. McMichael, a
florist who had been connected with
the floral establishment of C. B.
Thompson Co. for thirty years, suc-
cumbed to tuberculosis September 8
at the Waverly Hill Tuberculosis Hos-
pital, where he was admitted six
weeks previous.

Montgomery. Ala. — The Rosemont
Gardens have prepared for the largest
business in their history. They have
erected two of the largest greenhouses
in the south (.35x400) thus adding 28.-
000 square feet of glass. This In-
creased capacity will enable them to
grow 20.000 more carnation plants, and
.5.000 more plants of both chrysanthe-
mums and roses than last season.

St. JO.SEPH, Mo. — A greenhouse be-
longing to George R. Butchart, florist,
was badly damaged by hail September
7. About 5,800 square feet of glass
was broken and many flowers de-
stroyed. The damages are said to
amount to $1,000. Fred Luecht, who
conducts a greenhouse in which vege-
tables are raised, suffered a loss of
.$400 from broken glass caused by the
hail.

OBITUARY.

Peter Bohlender.

Peter Bohlender, founder of one of
the best known nursery establishments
in the state of Ohio, died at his home
in Tippecanoe City, that state, Septem-
ber 8, aged 77 years. He was born at
Allenbaugh, Bavaria, and came to this
country at the age of six years, locat-
ing first in Dayton, O. For many years
he conducted the Spring Hill Nurseries
at Tippecanoe City, O., from which place
thousands of trees and plants were
shipped to every part of this country
and many foreign countries. For the
past 10 years he has not been closely
identified with the business manage-
ment of the nurseries, but has continued
actively in producing and developing
varieties of shrubs and plants, and was
regarded as the real head of the con-
cern up to the time of his recent ill-
ness.

Harry C Cook.

Harry C. Cook, retail florist, with a
store at 1208 South Broad street, Phila-
delphia, Pa., died on Thursday, Septem-
ber 10. Deceased had I een in rather
poor health of late and becoming de-
spondent committed suicide by inhaling
gas. He was of a genial disposition,
well liked by all his associates in busi-
ness, who greatly feel his loss. He
leaves a wife and one daughter. His
funeral was largely attended by the
craft and members of orders of which
he had been a member.

BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — The county hor-
ticultural commissioner is having good
results in his campaign against nox-
ious weeds. Particular attention is be-
ing paid to eradication of the Russian
thi.stle and ground burr nut.

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The American Florist

Established 1885.
Subscription. United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year: Canada $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union, $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sendingr us change of address always send
the old address at the same time.
Advertising: rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
Accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
opinions ot our corresDondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Soil problems of the florist 457

standing wreath (lllus.) 458

Wreath by Gude Bros, (illus.) 459

Chrysanthemum wreath (illus.) 460

The retail trade 460

— Making new customers 460

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange (illus. I 461

Canadian National exhibition 461

Nebraska Florists at State Pair '...462

■Washington 462

Pittsburgh 462

Buffalo 463

Obituary 463

— Peter Bohlender 463

—Harry C. Cook 463

Plant expert dratted 464

The San Francisco convention 464

Coming exhibition ; 464

State fairs 464

San Francisco 466

Knoxville, Tenn 468

Chicago 472

Chicago Florists* club 475

St. Louis 47n

Philadelphia 478

0>nnecticut Hort. Society 47S

New York 480

New York Florists' Club. 480

Boston 482

Cincinnati 483

Montreal Hort. Society 486

The seed trade 4^

— ^Tnlip bread for Hollanders 488

— Seed law against misnaming 488

— Peas and beans 488

— American Seed Trade .\ssociation 48S

— Corn and vine seeds 488

— Holland potato importation allowed 488

The nursery trade 492

— Boskoop. Holland 492

— Ass'n of -American Cemetery Supts.' 492

— R. & J. Farquhar & Co.; 492

Market gardeners 494

— Prices of indoor fruits and vegetables 494

— Celery notes 494

Providence 494

Menio Park. Calif 501

Nashville 501

LOOK out for frost.

Are the boilers and grate bars right
for frosty weather?

Mignonette grown about the dwell-
ing Is said to keep away house flies.

Ctcas leaves, fresh and of good
quality, are coming from Bermuda in
various sizes, the growers shipping di-
rect to retailers.

THERE is more trade tallt of the San
Francisco convention tlian we heard
about any meeting, so far in advance
ot the year of the convention, since
the Chicago gathering of 1912.

Some large lots of Dutch hyacinth
and tulip bulbs recently offered in the
Bast are reported badly mixed and
considerably damaged on account of
careless packing.

Geo. SWoboda, of Hess & Swoboda,
Omaha, Neb., who returned from
Europe "last week, says he believes a
considerable quantity of azaleas and
lily of the valley pips will be shipped
via Rotterdam and Copenhagen. Mr.
Swoboda states that cases containing
Dutch bulbs are piled on the docks at
Rotterdam in huge quantities and
hopeless confusloD. . .

Growers of bulbous stock whose di-.
rect importations may be delayed or
lost in the great accumulations of
merchandise on European docks should
arrange for their supplies without de-
lay through reliable American import-
ers who spare no extra expense or
heavy war insurance to supply the
needs ot tlieir customers.

Plant Expert Drafted.

Washington. Sept. 11.— The resigna-
tion of Dr. W. H. Woolenweber, an
expert of the Department of Agricul-
ture. %vho has been stationed in Ger-
many investigating plant diseases, was
announced today by Secretary of Ag-
riculture Houston. In his letter of
resignation Dr. "Woolenweber, who is
a German citizen, states that he has
been dratted into the GermaRi army. —
Chicago Examiner.

The San Francisco Convention.

To THE Members of the S. A. F. :

Welcome, thrice welcome, to the Pa-
cific Coast, ye society of American horti-
culturists. Horticulture and horticul-
turists appeals to the undersigned as
being broader than merely florists or
floriculture, and would seem to em-
brace all that is really necessary in a
title to our good thirty-year-old S. A. F.
I do not believe it is neoessary to have
"professional" as a part of that title,
notwithstanding the fact that our ca-
pable and worthy president, Theodore.
Wirth — and my good friend — has so rec-
ommended in his admirably written
message to the fraternity. The fewer
words used in a given title, provided
same conveys all that is necessary, the
better. The Ornamental Horticultur-
ists added to the Society of American
Florists appeared cumbersome. It may
take some time to eifect the desired
change, but come I feel it will, sooner
or later, but no matter what the name
the society comes under to the Panama-
Pacific Exposition, to be held in San
Francisco, 1915, all the members com-
posing same will be welcome.

Good accounts are spreading as to
the progress in all the departments
being made towards having everything
in readiness at the exposition for the
opening day, and the horticultural de-
partment is, I am assured, among^
those farthest forward. Excursions to
the Panama-Pacific Exposition in its
present state are arranged at intervals
by the Southern Pacific Railroad Com-
pany, and if my informant was not
mistaken, said, that as high as $40,000
monthly are being taken in at the gates
at 25 cents admission. So far the
writer has not had opportunity of see-
ing for himself the progress made, but
he hopes to do so when there are not
quite so many details to look after on
the Floradale seed ranch.

It is to be hoped a large gathering
of the members can see their way clear
to join in the trip, for it will be quite
as easy for the leaders in horticulture,
also the rank and file, to come to Cali-
fornia as it was for the same party to
go to Cincinnati to the initial meeting,
thirty years ago. It goes without say-
ing, we will welcome to the Burpee's
"Floradale" seed ranch all who will
give us a call. At that season of the
year our sweet pea harvesting may be
over, but we hope to have something
worth inspecting at the time the con-
vention will be held, namely, I believe,
in August.

Fraternally yours.

Edwin Lonsdale,
S. A. F. Vice President for Southern
California, Lompoc, California.

Comins: Exhibitions.

[Secretaries are requested to supply any
omissions from this list, and to correct any
datea that may have been altered since the
last advices. 1

October 21-23, Antrim, N. H. — Annu il ex-
hibition of the New Hampshire Horticultural
Society. Stanley Lovett, secretary, Gotfsuwn.
N. H,

October 28-29, Madison, N. J.— Nineteenth an-
nual dower show, Morris County Gardeners and
Florists' Society. Assembly hall. Edward Rea-
gan, secretary. Morristown. N. .T.

October 30-31-November 1.— Mt. Kisco, N, T.
— Twelfth annual exhibition. Northern West-
chester County Horticultural and Agricultural
Society, St. Francis Hall. M. .7. O'Brien, sec-
'.erary. I'plands, Mt. Kisco. N. Y.

October 30-Novem;ber 3, New York. — Annual
fall show. Horticultural Society of New York,
American Museum of Natural History. Geo.
V. Nash, secretary. New York Botanical Gar-
den. Bronx Park. New York.

November 3-6, Philadelphia, Pa. — Pennsyl-
vania Horticultural Society, Hnrticulturai hall.
David Rust, secretary. Broad street, below
Locust street. Philadelphia.

November 4-6, New Bochelle, N, Y, — West-
chester and Fairfield Horticultuxal Society.
J. B. McArdle, secretary. Greenwich. Conn."

November 4-6. Tarrytown, N. Y .innual

exhibition of the Tarrytown Horticultural So-
ciety. Music Hall. E. W. Neubrand, secretary.
Tarrytown.

November 4-6, New York. — Exhibition of
flowers, plants, fruits and vegetables, Amer-
ican Institute of New York. 1a-?S, West Thifly-
ninth street, W. A. Eagleson. secretary board
of managers, 324 West Twenty-third street,
New York.

Novemlfer 6-6. "Worcester, Mass Chrysan-
themum exhtbition. Worcester County Hortl-
ctlltnral Society. Horticultural hall. L. C.
Mldgley. secretary, 18 Front street, Worcester.

November 5-8, Boston, Mass, — Annual exhibi-
tion of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Horticultural hall. Wm. P, Rich, secretary.
300 Massachusetts avenue. Boston.

November 6-8, Indianapolis, Ind, — Annual con-
vention and exhibition. Chr.vsanthemum Society
of America in conujnction with the State Flor-
ists' Association of Indiana, The German House.
O. B. Steinkamp, secretary, 3800 Rockwood
avenue, Indianapolis. Ind.

January — , 1915. Buffalo, N. Y. — Annual
convention and exhibition of the American Car-
nation Society. A. F. J. Baur, secretary.
Thirty-eighth street and Rockwood avenue, In-
dianapolis. Ind,

March 17-23, 1915, New York.— International
Flower Show, under the auspices of the Hor-
ticultural Society of New Y'ork and the New
York Florists' Club, New Grand Central Palace
Forty-sixth street and Lexington avenue. John
Young, secretary, 53 West Twenty-eighth street
New York.

State Fairs.'

The following is a list of coming siate fairs
with the names and addresses of the superin-
tendents of the horticnltural and floricultural
departments so far as obtainable.

September 18-26, Springfield. — Illinois State
Pair. J. J. McComb. 3327 Potomac avenue,
Chicago, superintendent of horticulture: J. E.
Taggart. Freeport, superintendent of floricul-
ture.

September 21-26, Helena Montana State

Fair. M. L. Dean. Chamber of Commerce
Rooms, Missoula. Mont., superintendent of hor-
ticulture and floriculture,

September 25-26, Nashville. — Tennessee State
Fair. Charles A. Keffer. Knoxville. Tenn.,
superintendent of horticulture and floriculture,

September 28-October 2. Birmingham. — Ala-
bama State Fair and Exhibit Association. C. H,
Fr.ve. Coliva, Ala,, superintendent of hortlcnl-
ture.

September 29-30-October 1-2^ Berlin.— Con-
necticut State Fair. F. N. Bacon. Beckley,
Conn., superintendent of horticulture: Mrs.
George E. Green. Berlin. (Jonn.. superintendent
of floriculture.

September 260ctober 3. Sedalia. — Mi-:souri
State Fair. J. C. Evans. Olden. Mo., superin-
tendent of horticulture: W. R. Wilkinson, dl
rector of horticulture. St. Louis, Mo,

September 28-Octobcr 2, Trenton. — Inter-State
Pair, Prof. A. J, Farley. New Brunswick.
N. J., superintendent of horticulture and flori-
culture.

October 5-10. Albuquerque — New Mexico State
Fair. Thos. F, Blnkert, Albuquerque, N. Mex,.
secretary.

October 5-10. Richmond. — Virginia State Fair.
A. Warrick. Room 7. Mutual building, Rich-
mond, general manager and secretary.

October 12-17. Montgomery. — Alabama State
Fair. Geo. T. Barnes, Montgomery, secretary.

October 19-24, Raleigh. — North Carolina State
Fair. .T. Frank Fooshe. Raleigh. N. V.

November 4-11. Shreveport. — Louisiana State
Pair. Robert Glenk. StMte Museum building.
New Orleans, La., superintendent of horticul-
ture.

November 9-14, Phoenix. — Arizona State Fair.
A. M. McOrale, Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion. Phoenix, superintendent of horticulture
and floriculture.

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One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
for Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this ofllce
euciose lOceuts extra to cover postage, etc.

Situation Wanted— By pot phint nod bedding
plant grower, private cr commercial. Address.
Key A A A. care American Florist.

Situation Wantea— .Assistant on private place,
inside and out. Good references. Afire 25. Ten
years' experience. Address

Key C C C, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted -In a Chicago wholesale cut
flower house; experienced salesman and packer.
Address Key 44^, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Youngs Udy bookkeeper,
with six years experience in a Chicago whclesaie
commission house. Chicago prelened. Can furn-
isli best of references. Address

Key 458. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a first class storeman
and desiu'ner. .American. 24 years of age. First-
class references as to ability and character. State
full particulars and sa'aryin first letter. Address.
Key 45h. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted—Practical experienced gard-
ener desires a position on large private estate.
Expert on melons and fruits under glass or
outside, also anything pertaining to gardening
culture. Wages $80.00 per month for start.
Address. Key 451. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— As bead gardener florist
superintendent on private place; English, age 3fi,
married; one child, age9; life experience in all
branches— hoi house, grapes, peaches, melons,
'mums, carnations, roses, palms, etc.. vegetables
hardy fruits, perennials, trained fruit trees and tbe
general routine of a well-kept place; 24 years on
best estates: long references from this country
and England. Please state wages in first letter.
Address. Key 457. care .American Florist.

Help Wanted— .A hustling young man who wants
to learn the florist business Would want some
one with some experience. Send references and
wages expected to stari. W. W. Colks.

Kokomo. Ind.

Help Wanted— Florist and gardener, competent
to take charge of greenhouse garden and grounds
at Slate Institution. Address

Superintendent State Public School

Owatonna. Minn.

Help Wanted— A sober, capable florist and
landscape gardener, with pot plant knowledge.
Permanent position. Board, lodging and laundry
furnished With references and salary expected,
write Clarence Pierson. M D., Supt..

East La. Hospital for the Insane, Jackson. La.

Help Wanted— Catalogue man wanted by old
established, centrally located seed company ;
must be experienced roan at seed catalogue work:
year 'round job in catalogue, booklet and leaflet
writing; state age. experience and salary desired:
give references in first letter. Address

Key 459. care .American Florist.

For Sale— Marble top counter. $10. Also florist
delivery wagon. Botli in Chicago. Address.
Key B B B. care American Florist.

For Sale or Rent— (Greenhouse of 5000 feet. Two
blocks of cemetery, two blocks of park, wiih
room to enlarge, in city of 50r0.

Wm. B. Hobbs Tipton. Ind.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
SIOOO.CO cash, an exceptional good deal on green
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Impl Co.. Brady. Mont.

For Sale— 25 acre truck farm LlOO feet d. s.
glass, in county seal. Hot water heat, also in
residence. Only greenhouse in 60 miles. Fine
.climate and freestone water. If interested, write
to \ Florist. Box 215. Manchester. Tenn.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling.
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in hrst-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown, Bucks Co.. Pa.

Big Boiler Bargain

Hot water boiler, used only two months. Bik'
snap, $200.0() cash takes it. .Answer immediatelv.
Key 450, care American Florist.

WANTED.

Carnation grower for a new place
near Chicago. Answer irhmediately.
Key 461, care American Florist.

Iowa Agricultural College.

Young man wanted for the Horticult-
ural Department of Iowa Agricultural
College. Salarj' to start, about $700 per
year, with rooms; married man preferred.
Address Prof. A. T. Erwin,

Agricultural College, Ames, la.

WANTED

Good Rose Grower

For a range near Chicago. Good salary
to right man. Address

Key 46(), care American Florist.

Orchid Grower

Wanted an orchid grower, none but
first-clafs man need apply. Please give
reference and wages expected.

MacRORIE, McLAREN 6 CO.
432 Phelan Bldg., San Francisco, Calif.

Help Wanted.

.\ good designer and storeman in a thriving city
near New York. Must be capableof takingchargc
in the proprietor's absence. Send references and
state wagesexpected. A good place for a sober,
industrious and capable man. Address.

A. F. F.. care .'Xmerican Florist.

151 Wi-st 22nd St.. New York.

Nursery at Sacrifice

Here is an unusual opportunity \i> acquire a
complete, up-to date Nursery, with modern equip-
ment in thrivingcity of the Northwest. Business
well established. Good terms. Will take part
payment in stock. Best reasons for selling. A
snap if taken at once. .Address,

Key 439, care American Florist.

FOR SALE.

12 H. P. INTERNATIONAL GASOLINE ENGINE

Perfect order.

12 H. P. UPRIGHT STEAM ENGINE. Good order

Very low price. If interested address.

PYFER fi OLSEM,

1625 Central Ave., Wilmette, 111.

Wanted!

To buy at second-hand, a hot water
furnace that will heat three houses
20x76 feet.

Wm. Ballard, First and Rawson Sts„ Perry, Iowa

FOR SALE

One Brown
Bag Filling Machine

Complete with electric heater and
rheostat. Cost $1,250. In perfect
condition. Ready for use. Only
filled 400,000 bags. What ofiers.

CARTERS,

Raynes Park, London, England.

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical wav. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. ClllCagO

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TRY A FEW OF OUR

Mrs. Ctias. Russell Roses

Mrs. Chas. Russell is the best Red Rose Grown today. It is the best selling and best
money making rose for you to handle. It is somewhat similar to the American Beauty,
but much better in every respect. The flowers are as large, the foliage is as good and the
stems average from 6 to 30 inches in length according to the grades that you desire. We
are selling these roses at from 5 cents to 12 cents each, and advise you to try a sample
order. Many people cannot afford to buy Beauties but can afiord to buy Russell. You
can sell ten dozen of Russell roses where you sell one dozen of Beauties, and the profit
on one dozen of Russell Roses is as great as it would be on one dozen of Beauty Roses.

SEND US A TRIAL ORDER TODAY.

It need not be a large order. We are confident that you will like this rose so well that
you will be a regular customer after ygu once handle it. The public is always looking for
something new, that is good and reasonable in price. By handling Mrs. Chas. Russell
roses you are giving them an opportunity to buy the Queen of all Roses at prices that
will surprise them. Show them the Russell Roses and see if they don't buy
them in preference to any other Red rose. ' Try a few dozen of them today.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.

Producers of Quantity-Quality Flowers

462 Milwaukee Street, - MILWAUKEE, WIS.

San Francisco.

TRADE CONTINUES DORMANT.

There seems to be absolutely no im-
provement in this market since my last
notes. All the florists are complain-
ing for in former years business at
this date always showed a decided
improvement, but such is far from be-
ing the case this year. However they
are a fairly optimistic "bunch" and ex-
pect that things may change almost
any day. What becomes of the vast
quantities of asters, lilies, roses, etc.,
is a mystery. You can see splendid
gladioli with immense stems going
begging; also Cecile Brunner roses,
lilium rubrum and album. Quite a tew
chrysanthemums are now to be had.
but prices are far below those of the
corresponding week last year. Mon--
rovia is mostly in evidence, with a few
Unaka. Were it not for the fact that
the growers are shipping a lot of the
early varieties to the northwest, prices
would be even lower than they are at
present. However, it is hardly chrys-
anthemum time in this city as yet and
there is no doubt but they will come
into their own before long. The cut
of roses is all that could be desired,
but carnations are not overplentiful.
The usual new crop of shert stem stock
is in. but drags slowly. Dahlias and
other outdoor stock is in unlimited
supply. Greens and ferns also are very
plentiful, but little if any smilax can
be had.*

NorE.s.

According to advices received here
yesterday. Victor Vermorel, a member
of the French senate and councillor of
foreign congress and constructural ap-
paratus for France, has been appointed
to attend and report on all horticul-
tural conventions that will be held at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition from
the present time to the end of the ex-
position. The announcement of Ver-

morel's appointment strengthens the
assurance of France that the war will
not interfere with her exposition plans.
The Holland government have also ad-
vised their landscape engineer to go
ahead with the work already in prog-
ress. One of the chief objects of in-
terest of this to American florists will
be a regular Dutch bulb grower's farm,
operating on exactly the same system
as practiced in Holland. Work on the
Japanese gardens is under good head-
way. They were officially dedicated
September 9. It seems that, notwith-
standing the conflict in Europe and
Asia, all countries which promised to
participate are going along with the
original plans as if nothing had hap-
pened.

The Vallejo Chamber of Commerce
has decided to hold a chrysanthemum
show in that city some time in October.
The schedule will be ready in a few
days and will be mailed to all if ap-
plication is made to the secretary. The
matter of selecting judges has been
referred to the San" Francisco and
Oakland seed and nursery companies
that have taken considerable interest
in the show and lent more or less aid
in arousing local and countrywide in-
terest in the affair. The prizes will be
cash and medals, both gold and silver.
Inasmuch as this is the first chrysan-
themum show ever given in this city
on such an extensive scale no effort is
to be spared to make it a success.

Awaiting the return of President
Plath of the Pacific Coast Horticultu-
ral Society and other members of the
delegation to the Society of American
Florists, and owing further to the fact
that Monday, Septeihber 7, was a legal
holiday, and that many members of
the society would probably take advan-
tage of Saturday. Sunday and Monday
for week end trips, it was deemed ad-
visable to postpone the monthly
meeting of the society until Satur-

day, Sept. 12, at which time the pres-
ident and the eastern delegation were
on hand. They did their work well
and received the honor and credit that
is theirs.

Lester L. Morse of this city, presi-
dent of the American Sweet Pea So-
ciety, is already at work preparing for
the national exhibition at the exposi-
tion grounds next June. He has pre-
pared an article in a booklet, showing
that sweet peas can be grown here un-
der the English exhibition method, a
copy of which may be had on applica-
tion to C. C. Morse & Co. Mr. Morse
is one of the world's best authorities
on the sweet pea, and with such an
enthusiastic lover of this flower at the
head of the national society we may ex-
pect to see some marvelous develop-
ments of this popular flower next sea-
son.

Andrew McDonald has resigned hi.-i
position with the landscape staff of the
Panama-Pacific Exposition to take
charge of the floral display of San
Mateo County during the fair. He is a
resident of this county and the com-
missioners have made a very wise se-
lection as it is a question whether a
more competent man could be chosen.
Members of the trade can now rest as-
sured that their best efforts will be
given every prominence.

G. N.

Syracuse, N. Y. — Roundly denounc-
ing exhibition facilities at the state
fair, prominent representatives of the
fruit, flower and vegetable growing
industries of the state, September 4,
imited in a demand on Governor Glynn
and the legislature for a new horticul-
tural building, adequate in floor space
and equipment. If provision is not
made for such a building the associa-
tions at their various meetings this
winter will adopt resolutions not to
exhibit at the fair next year.

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SALE

Boston
FERNS

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We Have an Immense Stock of Pot-Grown
Boston Ferns Which We Must Move at Once

TO MAKE ROOM FOR OTHER STOCK.

Order At Once If You Are Looking for Bargains

for this is a real bargain sale and one that demands your immediate attention.
The accompanying illustrations were made from photos of the plants that
we are offering and represent 4-inch, 5-inch, 6-inch and 7-inch plants.

Each

Special price on 4 iu. Boston Ferns, 14 to 16 in. high, 10c
Special price on 6 in. Boston Ferns, 22 to 24 in. high, 20c
Special price on 6 in. Boston Ferns, 2 to 'iVz ft. high, 30c

Each

Special price on 7 in. Boston Ferns, 2 to 2)2 ft. high, 50c
Beautiful specimens in larger sizes as follows, 8 in., $1.00
and 9 in., $1.60 each. Larger specimens, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00. .

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Sept. ig.

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S
PALMS AND FERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. hitih Each Per doz.

-in. pot 5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00 $12.00

6-in.pot 6 34to36 1.50 18.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7 in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 36 in. hiK'h $ 2.50

9-iD. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.C0

12-in, cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to SH ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. SH to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 6 ft. high, heavy 15.00

12-in. cedar tub. plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii

Each

5-in. pot, nicely characterised $1.00

6-in. pot, IS to 20 in. spread 1.50

7in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

Leaves In. high

24-in. pot 4 8tol0..

3 in. pot 5 12

4-in, pot 5 to 6 15

5-in. pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot T) to 7 24

6-in.pot 6 to 7 26

6 in. pot 6 to 7 28 to 30..

Lea\es In. high

Each Per doz.

$1.50

2.00

4.50

6,00

12.00

15.00

18.00

.$0.40
. .50
. 1.00
■ 1.25
. 1.50
Each Perdoz

Cibotium Schledei o^-„°/"^ ''"■"'''

^ 9 in. tub, 5ft. spread..

.each. $4.00
.each, 5.00

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

9in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9in. cedir tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54, very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft,, very heavy 8.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 6 ft., very heavy 10. CO

30.00

3h.0

48.00

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote, Pa,

Knoxville, Tenn.

TRADE PROSPECTS ENCOURAGING.

Weather conditions continue good
with just enough rain to lieep the
ground in good worliing shape, and
everything that should be, is growing
fine. Farmers of this section report
that the corn crop will be better this
year than ever known before. The in-
dications are that the florists will have
a very prosperous season, as stock of
all kinds is making a vigorous growth.
The prospects for business are good,
although stock is rather scarce at pres-
ent.

CLUB MEETING.

Chas. L. Baum, president of the
Knoxville Florists' Society, entertained
that body at his home Monday even-
ing, September 7. A large crowd was
present, including all members and a
number of friends of the society. A
very pleasant evening was spent, the
old as well as the young enjoying the
different games, which were at times
exciting and aroused enthusiasm. After
the fun, refreshments were served, and
it was at a rather late hour when the
crowd made its departure, all having
enjoyed themselves to the utmost, and
wishing the evening had been twice
as long. Dr. Sam Boyd, an honorary
member of the society, won the ap-
plause of all. When approaching the
house, but still at a distance from the
scene of merriment, he stopped and
san« a song (Beautiful Star of the
Evening), which was indeed very beau-
tiful, and also very appropriate for the
occasion. This was a pleasant surprise
to^ all, as there were but very few in
the crowd that knew Doctor could sing
(these being friends of his younger
days), while some did not even know
he was anywhere in the vicinity. "Dr.
Sam," as he is generally known among
his friends, is not a florist, but is a,
■very ardent admirer of flowers and a'

very close friend to all the florists, and
has been an honorary member of the
society for some tiraie. ' Mr. Baum
named his new white seedling carna-
tion Dr. Sam, the registration of which
was confirmed by the S. A. F. & O. H.
this J'ear, in honor of Dr. Sam Boyd,
and during carnation season the Doc-
tor is known by the carnation he wears.
Althougli tile society was organized
and is working to better business con-
ditions, it also has times set aside for
pleasure and enjoyment, which with-
out a doubt is one of its best features,
as it tends to keep harmony and hold
the interest of those who might be-
come indifferent.

NOTES.

The Howell Nurseries report business
good. They are booking more orders
than usual for fall delivery. They have
been notified that the chances are good
to get stock contracted for in France,
and the Holland importers also state
they will be able to make delivery.
Bruce Howell spent a part of last week
in Asheville, N. -C., and saw a fine
stock of roses and hardy shrubs at the
Biltmore nursery. The Southern Nurs-
ery convention at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
was a very successful meeting.

Chas. L. Baum reports business good
for the time of the year. He has been
having plenty of funeral work the past
week. Stock is scarce with the excep-
tion,of orchids, valley and Easter lilies,
which are plentiful and very fine. He
has the agency for the Nicotine Mfg.
Co., and sells Nicotine arid Aphis Punk.
He reports an extremely good trade in
this line, as he is shipping to most
every point in his territory; this is
good evidence that the bugs are busy.

Addison J. McNutt reports business
better for the last week than any time
this summer: funeral work has been
plentiful and cut flower trade is pick-
ing up. The ctit of Kaiserin roses,

of which he makes a specialty, is short-
er now than any time this season, but
the stock is looking fine and he will
no doubt have a fine crop in a few
weeks. All other stock is plentiful;
that is, enough to supply the demand.

The past week has been a very busy
one at Crouch's, and they have turned
off a lot of work. Sales have been
very good. They are having both the
interior and exterior of their store re-
decorated, getting ready for fall, and
it will present a very pleasing appear-
ance when finished. The demand for
flowers is increasing every day but
stock is rather short.

Contrary to his report of last week
A. H. Dailey has plenty of trade, but
stock is rather scarce, although he has
had enough to supply the demand.
Funeral work has been plentiful for
the past week. Roses and dahlias are
his main crop at this time, but chrys-
anthemums will be in shortly.

Mrs. Rosa Hall Ryno says business
has been good for tlie past week. She
has been busy with funeral work which
is consuming all the stock grown, but
so far she has not had to buy any.
Roses and gladioli are her main de-
pendence.

K. F. S.

Houston, Tex. — A conservatory,
costing $5,000, will top the building
now occupied by R. C. Kerr Floral
Co., at the corner of Main and Mc-
Kinney street in the near future, the
top story of the building having al-
ready been torn down in preparation
for the erection of the new improve-
ments. When completed the building
will have a glass covered conservatory
for the convenience of patrons, and
in the center of the structure a ro-
tunda will be made, giving a view of
the ground floor from the conserva-
tory.

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-The American Florist Company's-

Trade Directory

FOR 1914

Contains 552 Pages. Price $3.00 Postpaid.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY'S
Trade Directory for J9J4, fully revised to date,
with thousands of new names and changes of
address, is now ready for distribution. It contains
552 pages, including complete lists of the Florists,
Seedsmen and Nurserymen of the United States,
Canada, Central and South America arranged both
by states and towns and all names alphabetically.
Also lists of Foreign Merchants, Firms Which Issue
Catalogues, Horticultural Supply Concerns, Parks,
Cemeteries, Landscape Architects, Experiment Station
Horticulturists, Botanical Gardens, Seed Growers,
and much other conveniently indexed and invaluable
trade information.

PUBLISHED BY THE

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

470

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Sept. /p,

POEHLMAll

72^74 E, Randolph S)>

l^*NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

Roses For All Occasion

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sibi
Ward, Hadley, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner. Oi st
is of exceptionally fine quality, and are cut tight especially for long distani s
ments. Start now by placing regular orders for coming season.

'Mums, Gladioli, Asters, Cattleya and Fancy Camatioj

Best in tlie Market, All Lengths; Short, Medium and Long.

I<arge S ')l]r i

OUR EXTRA IE !

Easter Lilies ^^a^^'' \ Lily of the Valley

We Close During September at 5 p. m., and 12 o'clock noon on Sunda;.

Let us give you an estimate on FERTILIZERS, our experience from practical use
materials at our own greenhouses enables us to benefit you.

Bone Meal, Blood and Bone, Sheep Manure^Et

New Crop of Magnolia, Green, Brown and Red, Per Box, $1.>5

WE HAVE CYCAS LEAVES, FINE FLEXIBLE KIND.

PRICES.

Per 100 Per 100 Per 100 Per 100

8-12, $2.50 16-20, $4.75 24-28, $7.50 32-36, $10.50 40-4-
12-16, 3.75 20-24, 6.00 28-32, 9.00 36-40, 12.00 44-4i .^

Water-Proof Crepe Paper, Genuine Imported, per hundred, -J'^
Baskets, Crepe Tissue Covers, Tumbler Baskets.

Our Special Princess with liners, $3.00 peidoz

A medium Satin Taffetta Ribbon that can be used on inexpensive sprays.i

No. 16— ll4inch per bolt, $ .76

22—2^ inch " .90

40— 3 1-16 inch " 1.06

No. 60—35/8 inch..

80— 4^ inch..

100—4% inch..

! bolU

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BROS. CO

Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

FIELD-GROWN

ARNATION PLANTS

eptionally Fine Healthy Stock. Order Your Supply Today.

2,000 Wards, 1,000 Beacon, 2,000 Perfection, 1,500 Scarlet Glow, $55.00 per 1000;

}

RYSANTHEMIM POT PLANTS

Strong bushy stock, to make room, 6-in. at 35c; 7-in. at 50c.
This stock will make you money. Only Best Varieties.

Supreme Quality Rose Stock

ST PLANTS THAT MONEY CAN BUY. Growers are always on the lookout tor quality rose stock. They realize that the best at the start is the cheapest m
When buying plants it is always best to secure your stock from people that have a reputation for producing the best there is to be had. You cannot get
er stock than that which we are offering, for we always aim to give the purchaser the best that our long years of experience enable us to do.

GRAFTED ROSES

2>/2-inch Plants.

;, Wards. MUady $12.00 per lOO; $100.00 per 1000

3y2-inch Plants.

$15.00 per ICO: $135.00 per 1000

y Brilliant, 2H-inch 30 00 per 100; 2;0 00 per 1000

; Brilliant, 3V2-incb 35.00 per 100; 300.00 per 1000

OWN ROOT

2V2-lnch Plants.

Milady, Bul^arie, Wards, KiUarncy $6.00 per 100; $55.00 per 1000

SH-lnch Plants.

Milady $8.50 perlOO; $75.00 per 100

p ivrv:^j: s

iois.

'OtS,

lots,

• OtS,

ubs,
ubs,
ubs.

Kentla Belmoreana

Single Plants

5 tof) leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

18 in. high

24 in. high

28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in. high
36 in, high

42 to 44 in. high
45 to 48 in. high

Specimens. $15.00 to $25 00.

Each

$0.35
1,00
1.50
2.00
3-00
4.00
5.00

Kentla Forsterlana

Single Plants

lots, 5 to 6 leaves, 18 to 20 in, high 0 35

)ots. 5 to 6 leaves, 28 to 30 in. high 1.00

3ots, 5 to 6 leaves 34 to 36 in. high 1.50

Kentla Forsterlana— Continued

Single Plants Each

6 inch pots,
8 inch tubs.
8 inch tubs,
10 inch tubs,
10 inch tubs.

10 inch tubs.
10 inch tubs,
12 inch tubs.

5 to 6 leaves.

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

38 to 42 in. high $ 2.00
46 to 48 in. high 3.50
50 to 54 in. high 5.00

5 to 5H It. high 8.00

6 to 6H ft. high 10.00

Kentla Belmoreana

Made-up Plants
5 plants in a tub, 3S to 40 in. high $5 00
5 plants in a tub. 45 to 50 in. high 8 00
4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high 12.00

high

high
high
high

Kentla Forsterlana

Made-up Plants

6 inch pots, 3 plants in a pot. 28 in. high

7 inch pots, 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38 in.

7 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 in. high

8 inch tubs. 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42 in,
8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54 in.
S-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56 in.

10-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high
12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5^? ft.
12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high
Very strong specimens 12 and 15 inch tub
$15.00, $18.00 and .$2500.

Phoenix Roebelenll

6 inch pots. 20 in. high, 26 in. spread 1.50

7 inch pots, 2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

8 inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

Each

$1.25

2.50

3 00

3.50

5.00

600

8.00

high 10.00

12.00

i. 7 plants.

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.

Utescens, 6-ln., 3 plants, 90c eiieh.

Iras, green. 5-in. pots. 12 leaves, $1.00 ea.-h.

tras, variegated, 5-in. pots, 10 to 12 leaves.

:ic.h.

US Vellchli. highly colored.
latcSOeiich. 5-irich at 75c each.

at*1.2.Tto$1.50 each.

at $2 00 to J3.50 each.

Sns Sprengeri Baskets, e.xtra strong. %\m.

nul $2.50 each.

Hanging Baskets, very fine.
*2.00 una t2.50 each.
i,4-in.,S0c. ; 6-in., 75c.

Stevia. strong, 2-in., ready now, at 120.00 per 1000.

English Ivy, strong, 20a to 35c each.

Peppers. Chinese and cluster. Full ol fruit, fine
bushy stock. 4-in. $10.00 per 100.

Primula ObConica.Grandiflora and Gigantea strain.

4-inch, 8o.

Siniiax,2 inch, strong stock, several times pinched
back, $20.00 per 1000, 3-inch, strong stock several
times pinched back, $40.00 per 1000.

J2.00 and 12-inchatS3.00

Boston Ferns, lO-iucli
to $3.50.

Dracaena Godseffiana, 2-lnch pots, $i.oo per doz

3-inch pots. $1.50 per doz.
Dracaena Indivisa, strong.

4-iiK',h at 15o inid 20c each
Asparagus Sprengeri.

2H-in.. $3.00 per 100. S-inoh, »5.00 per 100.

Asparagus Plumosus.

3-ineh at $7.00; 4-inch at $12.00 per 100.
5-inch at $20.00 to $25.00 per 100.

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Chrysanthemums

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. At present only yellow and while are being
cut. We take special care in packing and guarantee their arrival in
good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney.Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and a fair supply of Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

CURRENT PRICE LIST. f:S,^"ii? ''"'"^'

American Beauties

ENtra Ion ir stems

.SO ioch stems

24-inch stems

ISinch stems

Stiorter

Per Dozen

$2.50
2.0O
l.SO
1.00

.511 <o .75

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgaria,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Ophelia

Per 100

Long $8.00

Medium $5.00 to 6.00

Short 3.00 to 4.00

Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond penoo

Extra Select $6.00

Medium $4.00 to 5.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $1.00

Roses our selection, m lots of £00 or more
at the rate of $2U.0U per 1000.

Carnations

Fancy Red, Pink and White .
Short Red. Pink and White...

Per 11)0
...$3.00
. ... 2.00

Chrysanthemums

Yellow and White per doz.. $2.50 to $3.00

Per too

.EASTER LILIES $8.00

Lily of Hie Valley 5.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri 3.00

Eastern Ferns, per 1000. ...$1.50
Galax, bronze and ereen. $1.00
per 1000.

We Close on Week Days During September at 5 P. M.
All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, 111.

Chicagfo.

BUSINESS BETTER.
Business was a trifle better this ueeK
and .Saturday and Sunday, September
12-13, were both pretty good days. The
cooler weather has shortened up the
supply a trifle, but there is plenty of
stock of all lines at this writing to go
around, with the exception of lily of
the valley. The lily of the vallej situa-
tion is clearly understood by nearly
everyone and that there will be no
surplus to speak of in this line for
some time is a foregone conclusion.
Five and six cents is asked for the best
grades and there is very little stock
obtainable at that figure. Carnations
are meeting with good demand and
what stock is now arriving is all find-
ing ready buyers. Asters are quite a
factor in the market yet. and choice
stock is olftainable. Gladioli are still
arriving in large quantities and there
are a number of stores offering them
in large lots at bargain prices. Amer-
ican Beauty roses in all lengths are
still plentiful, but the supply at pres-
ent is not as large as It was last week.
Roses are seen everywhere in large sup-
ply, especially White Killarney. which
is arriving in larger quantities. Kil-

larney. Killarney Brilliant. Mrs. Chas.
Russell, Ophelia. Hadley, Mrs. .^aron
Ward, Prince de Bulgaria, Milady, Sun-
burst, Richmond, My Maryland. Mrs.
Geo. .Shawyer. Rhea Reid. D'Arrenberg
and Cecile Brunner, now arriving in
good supply, allow one a large variety
of choice stock to select from. Lilies
are plentiful enough to go around. Or-
chids are having a good call and there
is just about enough stock arriving to
fill all the orders. Chrysanthemums
are seen in good supply now, especially
Golden Glow and Smith's Advance.
.Some of the stock is exceptionally fine
and is bringing from $2 to .$4 per dozen
for selected blooms. An increased de-
mand for stock in general is expected
from now on.

NOTES.
Frank POtocka has started in the
wholesale business for himself at the
southeast corner of North Wabash
avenue and East Lake street under the
firm name of the Frank Floral Co. Mr.
Potocka is well known to the trade
here, where he has been employed in
several of the wholesale stores for many
years. He is confident of making his
new venture a success, for he already
has several growers on his list and will

be open for business as soon as the
new place can lie put in shape.

A bad case of alleged mushroom
poisoning occurred here last week, the
so-called mushrooms having been gath-
ered on or near a farm over the state
line in Indiana. Three deaths have al-
ready occurred and the authorities
have started an investigation.

Geo. Swoboda, of Hess & Swoboda,
Omaha. Neb., with his family, passed
through the cif- this week, returning
from Europe, where he reports havin.q
had considerable difliculty in securing
return passage.

J. R. Pierson, the well known local
undertaker, and brother of A. N. Pier-
son, of Cromwell, Conn., is using the
"movies" to good advantage in ad-
vertising his business.

Mrs. Wienhoeber, mother of Ernst
Wienhoeher. die.d at the German hos-
pital last week, aged S2 years. Inter-
ment taking place at Graceland cem-
etery, September 14.

H. N. Bruns says his lily of the val-
ley shipper has been called out on Ger-
man army service.

A. Lange had the decorations for the
opening of Stillson's new restaurant.
September 15.

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473

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL Z846.

CHICAGO.

X^.^f^O£> SUP»F»J^IE^®

Extra Fancy White Killarney

Also of the new Roses OPHELIA and MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL.

Place your order here with the largest grower of Cut Flowers in the world. Nuff said.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAimES Per doz.

Extra long stems $2 BO to $3 00

8U-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 75

20-inch stems 1 60

16-inch stems 1 25

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 36 to 50

Richmond ]

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer Per 100

Killarney Select 6 00

White Killarney... \

My Maryland Medium 5 00

Sunburst | Short 4 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward, j

RusseU $4.00, $6.00 and $8.00 per 100

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Asters $1 00 to $3 00

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 2 60

Harrisll 10 OOto 12 50

Valley 4 00 to 6 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adlantum 1 00

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

We Close During September at 5 p. m.

Peter Reinberg is cutting lieavily in
White Killarney, Mrs. Chas. RusseU
and Ophelia roses. Emil Reichling,
foreman at the greenhouses, says that
Ophelia is the best rose of its color
that Peter Reinberg has yet had on his
place, and thinks that it will replace
the rose Mrs. Aaron Ward in time. A
few of the new rose, Hadley, are now
included in the daily shipments. Peter
Baumann, who has been employed in
the greenhouses for several years, has
joined the store force, where Felix
Reichling so ably presides.

J. A. Budlong is offering a good
supply of the new rose Ophelia and
Phil. Schupp says that the florists who
use it once usually come back for
more, stating that it is a very good
seller. This house is now offering
some exceptionally fine asters in addi-
tion to its regular line of stock. Wm.
Homberg, who so ably assists Mr.
Schupp at the store, is enjoying his
vacation now.

Vaughan's Greenhouses are showing
an unusually fine lot of Boston ferns,
dracenas. crotons, pandanuses, etc.. for
the early fall sales and there are on
hand large and promising stocks of
chrysanthemums and poinsettias for
later businesfe. This firm's large canna
fields have been in fine condition tlie
past week and Firebird stands out
boldly as the best to date.

At Wietor Bros.' store the receipts of
Killarney Brilliant are gradually in-
creasing, and no trouble is experienced
in disposing of this choice stock as it
arrives. Killarney and White Killarney
are also leaders at this store, and while
the shipments of carnations are con-
siderably larger, there is no surplus
left when the day's orders are filled.

Miss M. C. Gunterberg, the popular
young wholesale florist, has returned
from the east, where she attended the
Boston convention and visited her vio-
let growers. She handles large quanti-

ties of violets every fall and nearly
every summer makes a trip to the
violet growing districts.

Schultz Bros, of Park Ridge have
planted a part of their range to carna-
tions this year. They used to grow
violets exclusively, but believe that
half of their range planted to Prin-
cess of Wales violets and the other
to carnations, will be a better paying
proposition.

The George Wittbold Co. is having
a special sale on Boston ferns in four,
five, six and seven-inch pots this week.
This firm has a tremendous supply of
choice plants on hand and is moving a
part of them as quickly as possible in
order to make room for other stock.

The J. B. Deamud Co. has added
another rose grower to its list of con-
signors and is now receiving regular
shipments of Mrs. Aaron Ward and
Prince de Bulgaria roses. Wilder Dea-
mud reports a good demand for maple
boughs this week.

Erne & Klingel have another photo-
graph at their'store that is attracting
a great deal of attention. Chas. Erne
is planning on using It as a trade mark
and it will likely appear on the firm's
next lot of shipping labels.

Reinholdt Schiller, with Schiller the
Florist, West Madison street, spent his
vacation this year at Detroit, Buffalo
and Toronto. He is back on duty at
the store now, ready for another big
season's work.

Sullivan Bros., proprietors of the
Woodlawn Floral Shop, East Sixty-
third street, have enjoyed a good sun.-
mer trade and have no reason what-
ever to complain of dull times.

Fred Ottenbacher of the Zech & Mann
force is back from his vacation and is
again on duty at the store. He reports
having had a most delightful time.

E. F. Kurowski of the John C. Mon-
inger Co. and wife returned home from
Germany on September 17.

WHOLESALE C0.1II..I0I. riOUSTS

This Week Only

Or until onr present supply is disposed of.
6-lnCh

Spirit Netting,

4 cents per yard.

6-lnch

Valley Chiffon,

5 cents per yard.

10-inch

Valley Chiffon,

6' 2 cents per yard.

10 inch

Plain Chiffon,

5'2 cents per yard.

John Kruchten made a business trip
to Milwaukee, Wis., this week. He will,
as usual, have a regular supply of gar-
denias to offer this fall.

Local gladiolus growers report that
the recent cool weather has greatly
improved the quality of the flowers.

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Sept. yp,

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

Fancy Bcauties-Roscs-Carnations

Our Supply at this Season of the Year was never Larger nor was the Quality ever Better.

CURRENT PRICE LIST;

American Beauties

Subject to change without notice.

doz.

48-in. stems $3.00

30 to 36-in. stems 2.50

24-in. stems 2.00

Killarney pe, loo

Fancy $6.00

Medium 6.00

Richmond p^j joo

Selects $6.00

Fancy B.OO

Medium 4.00

Per doz.

20-in. stems $1.60

16-in. stems 1.26

Short stems 76

Per 100

Good $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Per 100
.$4.00

Sunburst p,, loo

Fancy $ 6.00 Short

Good, 18-in 6.00

White Killarney \^^ j.,,,^

Fancy $6 00 Good $4.00

Medium 6.00 Short stems 3.00

Rbses, our selection ... $3.00

CARNATIONS $ 1.00-$ 2.00

LILIES 10.00- 12.00

FERNS, per 1000 2.00

SMILAX, per doz 2.00

ADIANTUM 1.00

GALAX, per 1000 1.00

SPRENGERI, per bunch 50

ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch 50

At Poehlmann Bros. Co.'s store both
the local and shipping trade are good
and the firm has an abundant supply
of choice stock to fill all orders. Roses,
carnations, chryanthemums and orchids
of the usual good quality are only a
few of the many offerings. In the
supply department, where T. E. Wat-
ers is in charge, some attractive offers
are being made on water-proof crepe
paper. Judging from the price, $16
per 100, it does not appear as if the
European war has affected this article
as far as this house is concerned,
even thoueh it is an imported article.

Pyfer & Olsem have practically com-
pleted work on the new addition to their
Wilmette range, and judging from the
roses that they are shipping to the
Chicago Carnation Co.'s store, one
would say they are meeting with splen-
did success at their new establishment.

F. A. Parkmire, proprietor of the
Lake Shore greenhouse, is doing a fine
business at his store at 1429 Morse ave-
nue, considering that he has only been
located there a little over a year. Mr.
Parkmire was formerly in business at
Louisville, Ky., but later decided to try
his luck here.

Percy Jones has not raised his price
on ribbons and chiffon, but is disposing
of his present supply of stock at the
old prices. H. Van Gelder, the man-
ager, says that he will gladly fill all
orders at his present quotations until
he is ^Id out.

Among the baseball fans seen at the
Federal League Park last Sunday, Sep-
tember 13, were Allie Zech of the Zech
& Mann force and Walter Amiing of
Maywood. These young gentlemen are
pretty good baseball players them-
selves.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. have had a
very good week in both local and ship-
ping business. American Beauty roses
are seen in large supply at this store
now as is all other stock in season.

Joseph E. Papacek. the hustling
young florist of West Twenty-sixth
street, and wife have returned from a
few weeks' visit at Lake Geneva, Wis.
Mrs. Papacek at present is visiting rel-
atives at North Judson, Ind.

Zalinger & Hirsch, who are operat-
ing the store in the Insurance Ex-
change building, have added Harry
Conn to their staff. Their store, which
was recently overhauled, now presents
a very pretty appearance.

E. C. Pruner started out on another
business trip this week after attending
to important business here. He is still
identified with the Blastic-Lyke Putty
Co., which has its headquarters at 30
East Randolph street.

On Wabash avenue, outside of a loop
buffet, there is a sign : "Have you
tried a Dick Wells fizz?" Beneath this
sign and over a florist store in the
basement : "All styles of funeral de-
signs. .$1.00 and up."

Ronsley, the florist, expects to open
his new store at lOG South Dearborn
street in a few daysr He is an enter-
prising fellow and if any one can make
a success in that location he will be
the one to do it.

The Chicago Flower Growers' Associ-
ation is pleasing its customers with a
fancy grade of asters and roses. This
firm is now handling wild smilax in
quantity.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion will meet at the Tavern, West
Washington street, on Thursday, Sep-
tember 17. at S p. m.

Wm. Feniger, of Toledo, O., was here
this week on business. Jack Byers,
formerly of this city, has left his em-
ploy.

Joseph Ziska expects to have his
first shipment of natural prepared oak
sprays on sale next week.

John Muir has disposed of his Mon-
roe street lease, and the business there
will lie discontinued.

Did You Get
Your Baskets Yet?

If not. order your supply from us. We
have not raised our prices on account of
(he war but are bookine^ orders ai our old
quotations. We have just the styles that
you are looking for. Send for our new
Catalog I just out), and make up your
order (roni this list, now, before you
fortret.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To react! our store take a Chicago Avenue,
Division Street, Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car at State and Randolph Streets
and get ott at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

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475

The

FALL SEASON

Being now at hand we wish to inform the trade that we are well prepared to take care
of your wants in the way of Fancy Cut Flowers, being that our aim is always to
keep abreast of the times. We are growing several new varieties of roses, this
season which every up-to-date Retail Florist should not be without, as they are business
fetters and money makers. To satisfy yourself on this score, send us your orders.
Quality speaks louder than prices.

OPHELIA-KILLARNEY BRILLIANT-MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL

We Also Have in Quantity

The Old Reliable American Beauties

in all grades, which for color and substance cannot be beat. Also choice

Double White Killarney, Mrs. Taft or Bulgarie, Aaron Ward,

White Killarney, Richmond, Sunburst,

Pink Killarney, Indiana, Milady, Mrs. Geo. Shawyer.

QilP' CARNATIONS. — We are cutting a fine grade for so early in the season owing
to the fact that we planted early and as such our stock is further advanced and much
better than the average seen on the market.
VALLEY.— Our Blue Ribbon Brand speaks for itself. Fresh supply daily.
ASTERS. — We are still getting in some fine stock; you will find 'em real values.
Yellow CHRYSANTHEMUMS, now ready.
Order your regular supply from us and you will not go wrong.

Valley

Harrisii

Asters

Gladioli

Carnations

J. A. BUDLONG

82-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

ROSES, VALLEY
and CAKNATIONS
A Specialty

WHOLESALE

Grower of

GUT FLOWERS

Spren^eri

Plumosus

Smilax

Adiantum

Ferns

With over .$7,000 already sub-
scribed, and with other support and
co-operation promised, an effort is
being made to hold a regular county
fair for Cook County at the old Haw-
thorne Race Track, October 9-11.
Entry blanks will be mailed in a few
days to farmers and breeders through-
out the state. Those interested can
secure full information by addressing
Ed. White, Secretary Cook County
Fair Ass'n., 422-133 W. Washington
St., Chicago, 111.

Fred. Lamtenschlager says that
Kroeschell Bros. Co. has plenty of
boiler orders now on hand to keep the
factory running for the next ten or
twelve days. While business has been
good in their line this season it has not
been as brisk as it might be. but taken
all in all the firm is satisfied and is
making preparations to have enough
boilers on hand so that, as in former
years, all telegraph orders can be filled
in full.

Bassett & Washburn are having a
big run on Golden Glow chrysanthe-
mums, but this is not surprising when
one sees the stock, for the blooms are
large and fit for the exhibition table.
In carnations this firm is now cutting
a good supply of the new white carna-

tion Matchless and Belle Washburn, a
very beautiful brilliant red.

Ernest Hober. of AVilmette. says that
the demand for plants has been rather
light so far this season, but expects
that business will pick up soon. He
still claims to be the "Poinsettia King"
of the west.

O. Johnson says that trade has
shown a marked improvement this
week at the Batavia Greenhouse Co.'s
store. Asters and gladioli are seen
here in good supply.

Visitors : Mrs. J. T. HinchlifCe, Ra-
cine, Wis.; W. J. Gullett, Lincoln; J.
E. T. Keller, Lexington, Ky.; Martin
Reukauf, representing H. Bayersdorfer
Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Frank Smith,
Los Angeles, Calif., enroute to Cleve-
land, O.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — E. T. Durang
and Son have plans for a green house
12-31 feet to be erected for Archbishop
Prendergast.

Zanesville. O. — At the meeting of
the Muskingum County Horticultural
Society which was held at the Howard
Spencer residence near Frazeysburg
September 10. the regclar routine of
business was carried on.

Chicago Florists' Club.

The regular meeting of the Chicago
Florists' Club was held at the Bis-
marck hotel, September 10, President
French in the chair. Four new mem-
bers were elected as follows : Joe Hoss,
Morton Grove; Nic Hansen, 5433 North
Seeley avenue; Felix Reichling, 5627
North Ashland avenue, and Jerry P.
Jorgenson, Elmhurst. Wilder S. Dea-
mud, 160 North Wabash avenue, was
proposed for membership. The secre-
tary was instructed to write the
American Rose Society Inviting that
organization tc hold its annual meet-
ing and exhibition in this city next
March and to send the Chrysanthe-
mum Society of America a similar in-
vitation for its twenty-fifth anniver-
sary meeting and exhibition in Novem-
ber, 1915.

Chairman Ollinger, of the sports
committee. presented an informal
challenge from the Milwaukee bowlers
and was instructed to look into the
possibilities of arranging a contest in
the near future.

John Lewis Childs, of Floral Park,
N. Y., exhibited a vase of his new
Gladiolus Snow King, which was
greatly admired.

476

The American Florist.

Sept. /p.

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

BEAUTIES

We are headquarters for Beauties and have them in all lengths—
long-mediam-short — at prices that are right. If there is ever
anything in the Beauty line that you need, always bear in
mind that this is the house to place your order with.

ROSES, CARNATIONS, 'MUMS, GLADIOLI, ASTERS, LILIES, VALLEY, ETC,

Everything that is seasonable in large supply. Our growers are
the best in this vicinity and the stock that we are offering is
second to none in this or any other market. You will find it to
your advantage to start buying here today.

We close at 5 p. m. during September.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

CHICAGO'S FINEST BEAUTIES

Are Always To Be Had At Our Store In Quantify.

Order your supply from us, we don't care how many you need, whether
it is a dozen, hundred or five hundred, we can supply you now. Have all
lengths — long — medium — short. When ordering kindly remember that
we carry a complete line of all seasonable Cut Flowers and Greens and
that we fill all orders to your satisfaction.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO«

161 N. Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.)

I Central 2571

TELEPHONES: { " 2572

I Auto. 48-734

h:

CHICAGO

St. Louis.

TRADE AT STANDSTILL.

The weather during the past week
was somewhat cooler, but trade was
at a standstill. The Ave wholesale
houses are loaded up. There is a
slight cut off in the supply of gladioli,
but asters are plentiful. Roses are a
glut and in many instances can not
be moved at bargain prices. American
Beauty roses, however, have stiffened
somewhat. On a whole the market is
in a very unsatisfactory condition.

NOTES.

The local florists' club met Septem-
ber 10 at the residence and green-
houses of C. C. Sanders, 45 members
being present. Installation of officers
was the principal business of the
meeting. R. J. Windier reported on
S. A.«F. affiliation with New York. It
looks as if this were impossible, as
the local florists' club has not 100
members in the S. A. F. Marion Uhl-
schmidt, manager for Grimm & Gor-
ly's north side store, was elected a
member.

H. G. Berning had the first cut In
violets from F. W. Ude, Kirkwood,
Mo. Joe Hauser is also in with vio-
lets and expects a good crop, while
his neighbors report a rather short
crop on account of the dry spell.

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

^"M^L^IfScni^J^^" 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

Frank Bucksart began a special sale
of roses at the Grand Leader, Sep-
tember 14, selling two dozen for 25
cents.

Martin Reukauf, of H. Bayersdorfer
& Co., Philadelphia, Pa., was a visitor
and reports trade good.

The Windier Wholesale Floral Co.
had a large stock in asters and roses
during the past week.

Alex Siegel returned September 13.

HOERBER BROS.

SS;;."^, Cut Flowers

Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Mention tlie American Florist when writing

The wholesale houses will now close
at 6 p. m., including Saturdays.

MuUanphy Florists, had the decora-
tions at the Barr fall opening.

Geo. H. Angermueller showed some
fine American Beauty roses.

Ostertag Bros, are busy with deco-
ration work this week.

F. H. Weber reports business good.

W. F.

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write tor Our New Catalog

igi4.

The American Florist.

477

WHOLESALE GDPWEDS s/"CUTFL9WEDS*-^ PLANTS I

n^mnismtmmmtm

L. D. Phone

Randolph 5449

176 r^.Michykjan Ave. "^

CKicGwgo

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAGO, ILL.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

Uention the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when writing
W. P. KYLE JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lode Diatance Phone, Randolpb 3619
Mention the American Florist when toriting

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. a BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, cmCAOO.

VALLEY, ROSES wholesale

and CARNATIONS S'^*ft'?

A Specialty SnOWtR OF

CUT FLOWERS

VlioMeHoYerM&rKeU

Chicago, Sept. 16.

Roses. Beauty, specials

36-in

30in

24 in

20-iD

15-in

12-in

Per doz.
300
2 50
2 00
150
1 25
1 00
75
Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@l5 CO

Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

•• Rhea Reid 3 00@ 8 00

My Maryland 3 000 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@15 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00(810 00

" Milady 3 00010 00

" Sunburst 3 n0@10 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 00010 nO

■• Hadley 3 00015 00

'[ Ophelia 3 00015 Ofl

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...perdoz... 6.0007 50
Chrysanthemums. $2.00 to $3.00 per doz.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gladioli 4 000 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00012 50

Sweet Peas 500 1 00

Valley 4 000 6 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75© 1 00

New Ferns .... " 1 5002 OO

Galax " 1 0001 25

Leucothoe 750 1 00

Mexican Ivy... .per 1000, 5 0006 00
PlumosusStrings..each, 600 75

Smilax per doz.. 2 0002 50

Spreneeri, Pluroosiis Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Bo.xwood. 25c per lb.

" CHw<VERS"''SHIPPERS V,^

'fUT FLOWERC'^i!:!^

^IB4 NO. WABASH AVE. *V* ^

i^|NECEr™aa9

Trade Directory

PRICK: $3.00. postpaid

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 £. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1078 and 1977.

A. L Randall Co.^

^^jK^^ 66 E.Randolph St., £^!»i«^a
^^!#s3 CHICAGO, ILL. ^!m^^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Rein berg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White KlUamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try us.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

WietorBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS
Growers of ^^ * *^A*fc*

AH telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

478

The American Florist.

Sept. rg^

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists*
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOITON i nVNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Oreens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both L. D. Phones, ST. LOUIS, MO.

supplies aid EveiytliiiiE in Seasoi always on liaid
Write, wire or see us for

Gut Flowers

WINDLER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310 Pine street ST. LOUIS, MO.

PhUadelphia.

TRADE SHOWS SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT.

Things are picking up slowly, , a
slight change for the better being no-
ticed in the demand. Tlie quantity of
Steele now in the marliet is still greatly
in excess of the demand. The weather
has been very cool, the thermometer
registering as low as 47° one night last
week, and has kept well below 00°
every night since. This is hard on the
dahlia growers, whose crops should just
now be at their best, but they are not
coming along as fast as they should
and this gives the late asters a chance.
New crop carnations are being offered
and the quality is good. Roses are
very plentiful and prices rule low.
American Beauties were never as good
at this season before and there is quite
a demand from out of town for this
rose. Easter lilies are in fair fleraand.
Gladioli and asters are still very plen-
tiful. Yellow chrysanthemums of fine
quality are offered but not much in de-
mand.

NOTES.

Robert Craig, in speaking of the
European war, says that the poorer
laboring classes will profit by the sit-
uation, as financially they have nothing
to lose, and every laborer living will,
when the war is over, find plenty of
work and good pay. An orchid grower,
recently from the large Sanders estab-
lishment at Bruge, says the outlook is
very bad, as but a handful of the 400
men are left, and the government has
laid claim to all the coal in sight.
This, together with the fact that only
miners enough to protect the workings
of the mines are left, spells ruin for
all greenhouse stock if the war con-
tinues until cold weather.

The Leo Niessen Co. are now pushing
dahlias. As they handle the business
it is very satisfactory, flowers arriv-
ing in good condition, there being but
one handling. All are sold on order;
this is telephoned to the dahlia farms,
where quantities of each sort are cut
In the morning and placed in sheds in
large jars of water, from which the or-

GUST.

RUSCH & CO.

a|B^ Wholesale Florists

^^^^■^^^ Jobbers in
^^S^B FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.
S^M^B '^ Phone Main 1245. P. O. Box 206.

aP^ ^ ::^^%,^ Mllwaukee,Wis.

NEW FANCY FERNS--^"""'' ''"''"'^"'^ "'

the Right Price

Sphagnum Moss
C. A. KUEHN,

'Good and Clean.

Wholesale Floriat.

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMeRo¥crMM*KeU

Philadelphia, Sept. 16

Roses, Beauty, extra 20

first 5

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5

" Rillarney 2

■• White Killarney 2

" Liberty 4

•• Mock 8

" Bulgaria 3

Sunburst 3

Kaiserin 2

Caroations 1

Asters 2

Cattleyas 35

Lilium Harrisii 5

Lily of the Valley 3

Sweet Peas

Gladiolus 2

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Sept. 16.

Roses, Beauty, special . . „

■' fancy

extra.
No. 1.

Per 100
00025 00
00@I5 00
00@lO 00
00® 6 00
00@ 6 00
00@ 6 00
00@10 00
00@ 6 00
0O@ 6 00
UD® 8 00
OOig 3 00
00® 5 OO
00@50 00
00@ 8 00
00® 4 00
50@ 1 00
00® 4 00

Per 100

15 00

12 00

8 00

4 00

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

" Sunburst 2 GO® 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

Mrs. Mock „ 6 00

Kaiserin 1 00® 4 00

Carnations 1 50

Asters 50® 1 00

Cattleyas 35 00

Dahlias 2 00

Gladiolus 2 00

Lilium Giganteum 6 00

Valley 3 00

Adiantum 1 00

Chrysanthemums pei doz., $1.50

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bunch. 35@40
" Sprays per bunch. 35@40

ders are selected. They are picked in
shallow corrugated pasteboard boxes,
one layer to a box, cleated in and
packed several cases to a crate. Sales
of over .$1,000 a day have been handled
in these flowers alone by this firm in
the height of the season.

A letter received by H. A. Dreer,
Inc., Monday, September 14, from Bel-

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. btKl\ii\G

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Used for Glaiin^ Greenhouses. Per

gallon. $1 35. Machines for using
same each. $1.25. Special price on
quantities of Mastica furnished on application.
Zinc City Greenhouse Points.— These points can
be driven right or left on any size or thickness of
glass 5-8 1400 to a pound: 6-8- Hi 0 to a pound;
7-8, 1200 to a pound. Made from pure zinc. Put
upin one pound packages. Price 35c per pound.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wholesale Florist. 1 324 Pine St. ST. LOUIS. MO.

MlLWAUKFE, Sept 16. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per doz., I 50® 4 00

Killarney and W, Killarney 3 00® 6 00

Ward. Taft, Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0"(ffl2 00

Ophelia 3 (iO@in 00

Carnations 1 00'" 3 nO

Chrysanthemums I .=0® 3 00

Lilies 8 00@12 50

Snapdragon, per bunch, 25c @50c

Asters 1 00® 3 00

Gladiolus 3 00

Ruhrura Lilies 3 00® 4 00

Valley 4 00® 5 00

1914-

The American Florist.

479

-WHEN YOU WANT-

$1.00 to $3.00
per dozen.

The finest to be had, you can get them here.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. IZtb and Race Stt.

Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties, Russells,
Mock, Kalserin, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 P. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, P«.

gium, says that tliey may be able to
ship some plants by way of Rotterdam
to Boston, but if not, and the cold
weather closes them, at least half of
the stock will be destroyed, which will
mean ruin to GO per cent of the grow-
ers about Ghent.

The Snellenberg Department Store
flower shop appears to be prospering.
One day last week it was reported they
sold over GO,UOO roses besides quanti-
ties of asters, gladioli, etc. Cut flowers
are offered at one to three cents each.
Commission men think this will be a
big outlet and help keep the market
evened up.

Clarence G. Watson, who has charge
of the shipping department of the Leo
Niessen Company, and who was to have
taken charge of the Pennock-Meehan
Company's store in Washington, D. C,
has recalled his resignation and will
remain with the Niessen Co.

Godfrey Aschmann is not afraid of
business being interfered with on ac-
count of the war. He has a fine stock
of araucarias and they are selling well.
He says there is a prospect of getting
some Belgian azaleas before the cold
weather sets in.

A. Leuthy, of Boston, who arrived
from the azalea district in Ghent, Bel-
gium, on .\ugust 20, was there when
the fighting was in progress and de-
clared that he felt sure there would
be no more imported azaleas for five
years.

The Ross Cut Flower Shop No. 3, on
■52nd street, is to be managed by Frank
Gove, who has had a large experience
in retail store work. This business will
be run on a strictly cash basis, as are
all of Mr. Ross' other stores.

The M. Rice Co.'s chiffons are going
fast, and wjien the supply now on hand
is gone, that will settle it for the sea-
son. A very good business in all lines
is reported.

Quite a number of the growers are
complaining of black spot on Killarney
Brilliant; they also say it does not
seem to get away like the old pink
Killarney.

The Robert Craig Co. report large
sales of the Teddy, Jr., fern. It al-
ready is a great favorite with the buy-
ers.

Edward Reid is proud of his Mock
and Stenton roses. American Beauty
roses are also a feature.

K.

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Killarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : :

1

Boston, btpt. 16. f er lOU

Roses, Beauty 1 00(g25 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

" White and Pink Killarney. 50® 5 00
" Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

" Killarney Brilliant 1 00© 6 00

" Hadley 1 0('@10 00

" Cardinal 1 00@12 CO

" Mock 1 lOO 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

" Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

" Taft 1 00® 8 00

" Milady 1 Ou@ 8 00

" Ward and Hillinudon 1 00@ 6 00

" My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00@4o 00

Gladiolus America,...per doz., 7i@l 00
common types. .per doz., 50
Lilium Longitiorum and Rubrum. 5 00® 6 00

Lily of the Valley 3 0C@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25® 30

.Asters 35® 50

Buffalo, Sept. 16. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00®I5 00

extra 10 00@12 00

No. 1 8 00@10 00

No.2 2 00@ 4 00

•' Killarney 2 00® 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00® 6 00

'• My Maryland 2 00® 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00® 6 00

Hillingdon 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 00® ft 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilies 7 00® 10 00

Cattleyas 35 00®50 00

Gladiolus 1 00® 3 00

Golden Glow 'Mums 15 Ofl@20 00

•Asters 25® 1 50

Asparagus, per bunch. . 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35® 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Sweet Peas 20@ 40

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Sept. 16.

Roses, Beauty per doz.. $1 00®$3 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 00® 6 00

■' Taft 2 00® 6 00

Lilium Giganteum- 8 00@10 00

Asparagus Plumosus..per bcb., 25c

Gladiolus 2 00® 4 00

Asters 1 00® 4 00

Dahlias 2 00® 4 CO

Carnations 1 .=0@ 2 00

Orchids 5 m@ (> flO

Connecticut Horticultural Society.

The regular meeting of the society
was held in the County Building. Hart-
ford, on the evening of September 11,
President Huss in the chair. The pre-
mium lists for the annual dahlia show,
to be held on September 23-24, were
circulated among the members, and the
society anticipates one of the finest
shows ever presented to the Hartford

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McCALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Summer flowers

Asters, Gladiolus, Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc. Immediate service

BEROEK BROS.

Central Market,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. E. CRIltHELL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Third St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock ot Florists' Greens and SuppUes .

St. Louis. Sept. 16.

Roses. Beauty, medium 8

short stems 2

Killarney .. 2

My Maryland 2

[| White Killarney 2

'* Aaron Ward 1

Sunburst 3

Ophelia 2

Asters 1

Valley

Carnations 1

Gladiolus 1

Rubrum 3

Tuberoses 2

Asparagus Sprengeri.per bu.. 25®50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu.,25®60

Harrisii

Ferns per 1000. 1 t\

Per 100
00@12 50
00® 6 00
00® 4 00
00® 4 00
00® 4 00
50® 4 00
00® 5 00
00® 5 00
00® 3 00
4 00
00® 1 50
50® 3 00
on® 6 00
00® 3 00

I 00

public. John Lewis Childs of Flower-
field, L. L, N. Y., exhibited two large
vases of Snow King gladioli, the name
being very appropriate, as the blooms
are as white as the driven snow and of
exquisite beauty. Each spike was
covered with 12 to 18 white
blooms. The judges appointed by
Chairman Huss to pass upon the merits
of this exhibit were G. Boss, John Ger-
ard and A. Righenzi, and they awarded
a first-class certificate, which was ap-
proved by vote of the members. Presi-
dent Huss gave an interesting report
of his trip to the New York flower
show and to the convention of park
.superintendents held at Newburgh. The
next meeting will be held on Tuesday,
September 22. Alfked Dixon, Secy.

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Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

»0-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Lilium Gigantcums and Multiflorums,

HOHMANNS LILY OF THE VALLEY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms, Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

New York.

TRADE SHOWS SUGHT IMPEOVEJIENT.

While there is little change in the
condition of the cut flower marl^et
since our last writing, the slight change
that has taken place is for the better.
We here and now pay our respects to
the people who persistently write down
this, market while claiming to repre-
sent it. It is no egotism to state that
this is a great city, and regardless
of any existing conditions, it will re-
main great long after its detractors
have mingled with the dust from which
they sprung. We are face to face with
unusual conditions, but »we are looking
up, not down; forward, not backward,
and we believe that in a short time
our confidence will be vindicated by
renewed prosperity in the florist busi-
ness. Early in the past week there was
a great drop in the temperature, which
on September 9 brought frost in the
up-state valleys and in parts of New
Jersey that necessarily shortened the
supply of stock. This has been very
noticeable relating to the supply of
roses. Good roses are now moving
freely, prices in tea roses running up
to $5 and $6 per 100 for special stock.
In lily of the valley and Cattleyas, re-
gardless of the protests of the retail-
ers, prices have advanced. Valley has
reached $4.50 per 100, with a prospect
of going higher; the best Cattleyas
have sold for 75 cents each in the
wholesale stores. Does that look like^
calamity? The asters and gladioli are,
figuratively speaking, on their last legs.
At the present time they are plentiful,
but many of them are in poor condi-
tion and more of a nuisance than other-
wise. In American Beauty roses there
is no surplus, and the price is moving
upward toward $20 and $25 per 100.
While the arrivals of chrysanthemums
have not greatly increased, there are
enough coming in to place them in the
list of factors. Prices range from $1
to $2.50 per dozen, according to qual-
ity. The forerunners of the carnation
crop are beginning to arrive, but are
not yet sufliciently numerous to war-
rant extended comment.

September 14.- — The cool weather
has greatly reduced the supply of
stock, but there is yet enough to go
around. There is a perceptible im-
provement in business, but nothing to
boast of.

CLUB MEETING.

The season of meetings of the New
York Florists' Club opened with the
meeting on Monday evening, Septem-
ber 14, at the clubs' rooms. Twenty-
third street and Eighth avenue, with
President Duckham in the chair. After
the reading of the minutes of the last
regular meeting and a special meeting
in August, Chairman Frank Traendly
of the transportation committee re-
ported for his committee that the jour-
ney of the club members and guests,
which latter included the Philadelphia
delegation, was one of the most de-
■ lightful trips ever made by the club.
J. A. Manfla supplemented Mr. Traend-
ly's report by a motion that the gen-
tlemen who furnished flowers for the
decoration of the tables on the boat
be given a vote of thanks. This was
forthcoming, with reference to the
flower donations of Walter F. Sheri-
dan, Traendly & Schenck, M. C. Ford,
Growers' Cut Flower Co., and others.
New members elected were Henry Wes-
sell, Michael Daly and George Clark.

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THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

Joseph J. Lane, of the advertfeing de-
partment of The Garden Magazine, was
proposed as a candidate, for election
at the next meeting. For the outing
committee. W. E. Marshall, chairman,
reported that owing to the absence
on vacation of many members of his
committee he would be obliged to de-
fer his report to the October meeting.
Secretary Young reported that arrange-
ments for the 1915 flower show were
about to take active shape. Something
like $4,000 worth of space had already
been sold in the trade exhibit depart-
ment, and many contracts had been
booked for space in the oflcial program
As to the guarantee list, the pledges
up to date aggregated nearly $5,000.
Affiliation with the S. A. F. and O. H..
as arranged for by the amendments
to the society's by-laws, adopted at
Boston, were discussed freely, and a
motion by J. A. Esler, that when the
New York Florists' Club has the re-
quired number of members of its body
who are also members of the S. A. F.
and O. H. to warrant application for
afiiliation, the secretary make appli-
cation for affiliation and representation
on the board of directors under the
terms of the new by-laws; and further,
that the club accept the proposition
of the society looking toward such af-
filiation. John Donaldson, captain of
the club's bowling team, reported the
club's victory at the Boston conven-
tion as the successful competitor for
the team prize. Max Schling brought
up the question of publicity for flow-
ers, and remarked upon the efforts of
the publicity committee appointed some
time ago. He referred to the appor-
tunities presented by the new city mar-
kets for combining a riddance of sur-
plus flowers with the idea of obtaining
publicity for the florists' business, and
suggested the appointment of a com-
mittee to look into the matter and
report at the next meeting. The sub-
■.lect was considered to be of too much
importance to permit of the appoint-
ment of a committee at the moment,
and Mr. Schling promised to present
his idea of the situation in the form
of a paper to be presented at the next
meeting. Julius Roehrs.-of the Julius
Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., was
called upon to tell the meeting how he
escaped from Europe's war zone. This
he did and ventured the opinion that
this country must benefit through Eu-
ropean horticultural conditions. Amer-
ica, he said, had been drawing upon
European supplies for some time, but
there were many things which would
not be forthcoming this year, among
them azaleas, which no one would
regret. The prospects for business in
Belgium for the future were very poor.
The Belgians were fearful of a lack of
coal if the war lasts, and if conditions
continued there could be nothing ex-
pected of Belgium for years to come.
W. B. Tricker, of Arlington, N. J., ex-
hibited a fine vase of Buddleia mag-
nifica var., for which he was given a
vote 'of thanks. Bobbink & Atkins, of

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends tbroug:hout tbt
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

Mention the American Florist when ijoriting

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

Rutherford, N. J., staged a fine vase
of flowers of Canna Firebird, which
also obtained a vote of thanks.

NOTES.

Nathan Weiss, vice-president of the
American Tobacco Co., which controls
the United Cigar Stores, announces the
engagement of his niece. Miss Rosa
Lefkowitz, to Myer Gotleib. Both the
contracting parties are well and favor-
ably known in the Jewish circles of
this city. Mr. Gotleib is the prosperous
retail florist of Madison avenue and
5Sth street, his trade designation being
"Myer." While we have not learned
of the exact date of the wedding, it is
expected to take place at an early date.

Andrew Scott, nephew to Alexander
McConnell, also buyer and general man-
ager for that well known and highly
esteemed retailer, has just returned
from an extended vacation in the Lake
George region. We were all greatly
interested in his fish stories and other
anecdotes, because one knew that they
were strictly true. Nobody but those
who tell the truth can work for Mr.
McConnell, not if he knows It.

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J. K. ALLEN

Established 1878

106 West 28lh Street
New York

Wholesale Commission Dealer In Cut Flowers.

Now prepared (or Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Autumn" will
soon reipn ship ni-- y ur rhrysanlh' inunis. I can also hah'dlc Kood dahlias.
Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed. The usual supply of roses.
lily of the valley and other gieenhous^ stock
Opeo at 6 a. m. every morning. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gum med.5 paper;
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F". in red
Price per 500, $2.85: per 1000, $4.50. Samiiles on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1,25, Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOBIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicajo

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTIVIAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7083 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

(Charles Scbenck

Traendly ^ Schenck

Wholesale Florists and Cat Flower Excfaaage

131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids. Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments salicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY
Telephone: 3864 Madison SoDirr .

After a summer's sojourn at their
farm at Rowayton, Conn,, Frank and
Mrs, Traendly and family are again
well settled in their Brooklyn home.
The genial Mr. Traendly advises us
that, barring the slight discomforts of
hay fever, ivy poisoning, mosquitos
and the young children being frightened
by snakes, they enjoyed themselves
immensely. However, they are not
finding fault with Brooklyn,

A prominent citizen of a Connecticut
town advises us that the recent Boston
•convention has been "embalmed, pre-
served, perpetuated, or whatever you
may call it, by being shown in the
'movies' of our town." He further adds
that the exhibition created no enthus-
iasm, so we think that embalmed is
the right word. Let the Boston con-
vention be embalmed,

Harry Riedel of Badgley, Riedel &
Myer, after visiting the Boston conven-
tion and swinging around the circle, is
t)ack on the job as a wholesale florist,
Harry is a man of remarkable versa-
tility, and the wholesale district would
be lonesome without him.

At the store bf Woodrow & Marke-
tos a fine line of florists' supplies is
now seen. These are in charge of a
competent man and are an added at-
traction to their great stock of plants.

Paul Meconi of the Coogan Building
has established quite a reputation as
a bowler and would like to have some
other florists join him in a few friendly
games.

A feature at present at the wholesale
store of J. K. Allen are daily arrivals
of fine stock of the new red rose, Had-
ley.

At M. C. Ford's we have noted fine
stock for the season of the new crop
• of carnations.

A. F. F.

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLOCIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^l^l'lsl Mad. s.. 133 W. 28tli St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

¥lioMeHo¥crMM*KeU

New York, Sept. 16, Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 10 00@20 00

extra and fancy,.. .^ 00@ 8 00

;; " No. 1 and No, 2.., 50(8 100

Mrs. Geo, Sbawyer, special 4 00

extra.., 2 00@ 3 00

•• N0.I&N0.2 50® 1 50

" White Killarney, special,.. 3 00@ 4 00

" Killarney, My Maryland,,,

special 3 00@ 4 00

No, 1 and No, 2,, 50@ 1 0]
Queen, special, . 4 00

Aaron Ward 50@ 4 00

" Richmond 500 4 00

" Sunburst 50@ 4 00

■■ Taft 50@300

Milady, special 4 00

" J L, Mock 1 00@ 5 00

Carnations 50® 1 CO

Asters 20@ 1 (10

Cattleya Orchids, special 50 00@75 00

inferior grades, 20 00@2S 00

Gladiolus 50@ 1 00

Hydrangeas, cut 1 n<l@ 1 .50

Lilies. Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 2 00® 3 00

Lily of the Valley 4 tK)@ 5 OD

Chrysanthemums per doz., 1 00@ 1 50

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumosu8.,,,doz, bchs, 2 00@ 3 00
Smilax doz, strings. 2 00

The Shelby corn-
new greenhouse

Ellwood City, Pa.-
pany is building a
near their storeroom,

Bemidji, Minn. — A modern green-
house 24x60 feet, with cement floor and
heating plant will be built by A. E.
Webster.

Columbus, O. — The Lake Shore
Greenhouse Co., has been incorporated
at Ashtabula. O., by P. C. Remick;
Capital $20,000.

Battle Creek, Mich, — Work will
soon start on a new greenhouse, which
will be the fourth greenhouse belonc:-
ing to the Battle Creek Santarium,

Hancock, Mich, — Oscar Ongie will
open a new flower shop in the Hock-
ing building. He will receive stock
from Chicago and Milwaukee, Wis.

Topeka, Kan. — Spontaneous combus-
tion in a coal bin started a fire that
caused damage to the extent of more
than $1,000 to the greenhouse of J, M.
Kessler. No insurance was carried.

St. Louts, Mo. — An interesting fea-
ture now being established in the Mis-
souri Botanical Garden is the myco-
logical display in the old museum.
This display will show the plants
which cause the disease of other plants.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28tli St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones; 2200 and 2201 Madison Souare.

WM. KHSSLI^R

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. Consignments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bide., 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York

Open for Cut Flower Sales

at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL, Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT eVERQRBBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE, FLORIST

24-30$toneSt.,Rocliester,N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Square

Hw Largcsl Shipper ud Receiver of Fresb Col Flowcn

\X A complete assortment of the best in the

marlcet can always be relied upon.

Pasadena, Calif.— October 22, 23
and 24 will be the dates of the fall
flower show, and the Maryland tennis
courts the place, according to the de-
cision reached by the Pasadena Hor-
ticultural Society, September 3.

St. Louis, Mo. — The board of trus-
tees of the Missouri Botanical Garden
have sent out invitations for the cele-
bration of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the garden under the control of the
trustees and as a public institution.

482

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Sept. /p.

QUALITY AND STYLE

IN

FLOWER BOXES

AT NO GREATER COST

Quality of material used in addition to the practical and hand-
some non-fading shades in. which the boards are finished, bring
style and distinctiveness to the package.

Write for our illustrated catalog in colors, also price list
and samples.

THE SEFTON MFG CO., •"'^^''^^^

CHICAGO, ILL.

Boston.

MARKET CON^DITIONS IMPBOVE.

Market conditions this past week
have talien a slight change for the bet-
ter. During the last few days of ttie
week there seemed to be more gen-
eral activity, relieving the sluggishness
which prevailed the greater part of
the summer. The weather has been
ideal for a general improvement. The
air has been clear and crisp and the
nights cool, with frosts in some local-
ities. Gladioli are becoming scarce at
last. Never before has there been so
many spikes of this flower in the
markets and never before have they
realized such ridiculously low prices.
Their disappearance from the market
for the season will be welcomed by
nearly every grower. A good supply
of well grown asters is still coming in
but there is a decided decrease in num-
bers Jrom the month of August. There
has been a fair demand for roses and
carnations, both of which are improv-
ing rapidly in quality, but prices as
yet do not equal those of last year at
this time. Growers of indoor flowers
are all looking forward to a frost that
will eliminate the flowers grown out-
side.

NOTES.

On Saturday, September 12, the final
meeting of the committee on prizes and
exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horti-
cultural Society was held at Horticul-"
tural Hall. Some important additions
were made to the 1915 schedule. Sev-
eral premiums have been added to the
flower classes and added opportunities
have been made for retail florists to
compete. For table decorations, a
prize each day will be offered as a
substitute for the former arrangement
of one prize only. This plan, besides
opening the field for competition, in-
sures a fresh appearing table each day.

The dahlia and florist exhibition held
at Horticultural Hall, September 12
and 13, was a great success. Both the
quality and quantity of dahlias exhib-
ited far exceeded that of previous
years. The show was well attended
by interested spectators, as well as by
prospective buyers, and proved a fi-
nancial success to commercial ex-
hibitors. The Eastern Nurseries, Bos-
ton, had a tastefully arranged exhibit
of herbaceous and hardy flowers, which
attracted much attention.

A recent visit to the establishment
of Caroline Ball, of Southboro, Mass.,
found the stock in a flourishing condi-
ton. Miss Ball has two houses filled
with exceptionally fine looking carna-
tions. One small house is devoted ex-
clusively to carnations grown for stock
only, no cuttings being taken from
the flowering crop. Mr. Roberts, her
grower, is an advocate of the use of
chemicals in growing and has obtained
some very good results.

The directors of the Boston Co-oper-
ative Flower Market are well satisfied
with the outcome of their auction of
stalls which took place Sept. 5th. There
was an advance of $350 in the receipts

Gladiolus Bulbs

How to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of fliadiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
"^i*^ PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago*

from the original stall holdersi not in-
cluding the spaces leased. This brings
the market an income of about ten
thousand dollars a year for the entire
market.

An original and profitable method of
displaying roses is shown by the Bos-
ton Cut Flower Co. on Bromfield street.
One window is filled with roses, at-
tractively arranged in boxes ready for
delivery to purchasers. Many people

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

who ordinarily would pass a window
containing roses in vases are attracted
by this unusual display.

William Sim, of Cliftondale, Mass.,
has commenced to ship Christmas Pink
sweet peas to the Co-operative Market.
Preparations are under way for filling
with violets, the eleven houses which
have been previously devoted to toma-
toes.

SOUTHERN SMILAX

Ready for Shipment Oct. 1st

Prompt Service
F. & S. LEE, Marion, Ala.

A meeting of the local executive com-

mittee of the S. A. F. convention was
held at the Parker House, Saturday,
September 12, to make a final clean up
of all unfinished business.

J. H. Leach of North Easton, Mass.,
is shipping very fine lily of the valley.
His carnations are in splendid condi-
tion, his seedling Pink Supreme being
his leading variety.

Welch Bros, report business as being
decidedly better this week. Their ship-
ments are coming in more regularly

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEAVEN. Evergreen, Ala.

and the demand is steadily Increasing.

P. L. W.

High Grade Floral Publicity

COLUMBUS. MIS.S. — T. G. Owen has
completed a new range of 21.000 square
feet of glass. The lack of demand for
cotton has put the price from 13 cents
to TVi cents so the business outlook is
not especially encouraging.

Write today forlull particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

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483

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading RetaUers In the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

Bstablistaed In 1867.

'mM.

noKisr

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone, Graceland 1112.

Send us your retail orden.

WI HAVZTHE BEST FACILrTIIS IN THE CITT

Mention the American Florist when writing

F.T.D.

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Saccessor to Sievers & Bolaod

FLORIST

so KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Wastiington, O. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourtli St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPflA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabash Ave., Chicario.
623 Walnnt St., Des Moines. la.

Largest and most ceotrally located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Rocliester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhonses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Ctiicago.

A. LANGE,

,25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' TeleKraoh Delivery.

Cincinnati.

BUSINESS ON THE GAIN.

Last week's market showed some-
what of an improvement to the mar-
kets of the preceding weeks, and this
week's one bids to be pretty fair. The
supply is as large as it was. but the
betterment is caused by an increased
demand brought about principally by
fall openings and the like. Prices re-
main practically unchanged. The rose
cut continues large and is getting bet-
ter each day. Practically all receipts
now have some market value, owing to
this better quality in the blooms
offered. This line is meeting with a
better demand than before. Carnation
receipts continue to increase in size,
and if the reports from some of our
larger growers about this city are cor-
rect the next fortnight should show a
very large daily cut In this flower.
Lilium giganteum continue plentiful.
This is equally true of asters and
gladioli. Orchids and lily of the val-
ley have a fair market. Dahlias are
coming in stronger, but do not cut a
very large figure as yet. The green
goods line reports a good demand for
wild smilax.

CLUB MEETING.

At the Cincinnati Florists' Society
meeting held at the Hotel Gibson;
September 14, Charles H. Meeds,
chief engineer of the Cincinnati park
department, gave an interesting talk
on Cincinnati parks and their needs.
Ray Murphy's invitation to hold the
October meeting at his home was ac-
cepted.

NOTES.

Alex. Ostendarp and A. C. Heck-
man, Jr., have dissolved partnership.
Alex. Ostendarp will continue to op-
erate the Cincinnati Cut Flower Ex-
change.

C. E. Critchell reports a good de-
mand for orchids and lily of the valley.

William Taylor, of Price Hill, is
adding one house to his present range.

Max Rudolph is reported to have had
the Alms & Doepke Co.'s opening.

Visitors: Jas. P. Keller. Lexington,
Ky. ; Emil Uhl, Greenfield, O.; Martin
Weber, Brook ville, Ind.; W. Stableton,
Manchester, O. H.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOB. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

T^ELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■*■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all orders
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address; Alkxconnell,
Western Union Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choice
Beauties, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Young &Nugent

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Sonare.
42 West 28th Street.

NEW YORK

To ont-of-towD florists
We are In the Heart of

.\nd give special attention to steamer and theater

ciders. Prompt deliveiy and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V/.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Audiloiium Annej, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

.\nderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niagara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists'Telegraph Delivery.

New Yorlf . Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th 6 H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
ID this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

Eatabliahed 1874-.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents In all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srlvate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DARCSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Ciliei
and (or all poiots in the Northwest. The Large&t
Store ID America: the lareest stock; the tn'eatest
variety^ Write, wire or phone. We are alive
ajffbt and day.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

rresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries

tfarong^hout the state and to all steamship docks
Id Hobokeo. N, J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery

"HOME GROWN PLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La. Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFtn. ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West S9th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Members of the Horisli* Telegnpb Ddfrffy,

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, Tlie Telegraph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpba Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Anderson, S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo, N. 5.

Arctaias Floral Co., Sedalla, Mo,

Atlanta Floral Co.. Atlanta, Ua.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone, Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross. Rochester, Minn,

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer's Son, John, Detroit, Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee, H. W.. Rockford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland C^t Flower Co., Cleveland, 0.

Cooke. Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New Tork.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.

Dunlop's, 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Friedman. Chicago.

Galvin. Thos F., Inc.. Boston. Mass.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc., New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich,

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Heinl & Son, J. G.. Terre Haute. Ind.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha. Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

ICift, Robert, 1725 Chestnut, Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Lange, A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius, J. J., Duluth. Minn.

London Flower Shop, The. Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L., St. Paul, Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New York.

Mclvenna, Montreal, Can._

Metairie Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans, Lt.

Murray. Samuel. Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M., Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer. W. J., & Son, Buffalo,

Park Floral Co., The, Denver, Colo.

Penn. the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St., Boston.

PhllllpB Bros.. Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchi. San Francisco.

Pollwortb Co., C. C. Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClcments. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Rock. Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison St.. Chgo.

Schling. Max, 22 W. B9th St., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H., Washington, D. 0.

Smith Co.. A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry, Grind Rapids, Mich.

Stumpp, G. B. M., New York.

Weber, F. H., St. Louis. Mo.

Whitted Floral Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

Wills & Segar. London. Eng.

Wlttbold, G., Co.. 737 Buckingham PI., Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson, Lol Angelea.

Young & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland i»e. ^»"' fSLcs'"^'*

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to all
parts of the couDtry. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph DeliTcry.

WASfllNfiTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvcl Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful Atteitioi

Memberiof the Floristi' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

CUDE BR09.CaL
FLORIST}
iiu p STxyt

MA«Mlll«T«MA

PHILADELPHIA and VICINnY.

Sljp Sionfion iFlotorr &hvv, ffiti.

1800 Chestnut Street, PBILADELPBIA, PA.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

T

he Park

Floral Co.

J. A. VALENTINE,
President.

Members Florists' Teleg:raph Delivery
Mention the American Florist whew teriting

igi4.

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DESIGNS FOR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kilt,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
ifent<«n the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Uention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Geo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. vVill fill all orders for Cut

Kansas City and Flowers, Funeral Designs

DUaoa.l Uill U« WeddioK and Birthday Gifts,

rieasaninill, mo. that may beentrusted to them.

Uention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W. Smith Co.

aCEENAN BLDC

Larsest Floral EstablishmeDt in America,
Established 1874, Incorporated 1909

Uention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER CNMPANY,

CLEYELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Uention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

14 th and H. Street.

Uention the American Florist when writing

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPollworthCo.

will talce proper Vl/'ittr>rkn Sin

care of your orders In »▼ l»CC»ll»lll

Uention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. 'Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. Wisconsin, North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly fresh stock.

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Pcachtree.

Boston — Penn. the Florist. 43 Bromfleld St.

Boston— Tho3 F. Galvln. Inc.

Buffalo, N. Y.- S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.

Buffalo. N. T. — W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago— Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago — Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati. O.— Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — The J. M. Gasscr Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Denver, Colo, — The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breltmeyer'a Sons.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborlus.

Grand Baplds. Mich.— Henry Smith.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg P. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London. Eng. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee — C. C. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark. N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark, O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New Orleans, La. — Metalrle Ridge Norscry Co.

New York — Dard'a, 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — -ilex McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvln. Inc.

New York — Myer, Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New York— Max Schllng. 22 W. 59th St.

New York— J. H. Small & Sons.

New York — G. B. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Omaha. Neb.— Hess & Swoboda, Famam St.

Philadelphia— Robert Klft, 1725 CTieatnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — A. W. Smith Co., Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Boss Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.- J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, 111.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn. — Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 80 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalla. Mo. — Archlas Floral Co.

Superior. Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind. — J. G. Hclnl Sons.

Taooma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dunlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver. B. C. — Brown Bros, & Co.

Washington — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gude Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.

Establlsbed 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.

Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 ColumbDt

Mention the American Florist when writint

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocch!

334 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE OF FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros*

The Largest Retail Supply House in the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave«

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegrapbic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable fiorist.

Only
the
Best

86 YoiiB« Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guaraotc*
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

Dunlop's

INC.

W t W T U If K vanderbllt Hotel

561 Fifth Ave.

126 Tremont Street
799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

BOSTON

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Sept. /p.

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities, by th-
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sendyourordersfo^Gliicago

and Sab-
arbs to

,^hica5S.

All order! carefnllTfilled
under the supervision of

GEORGE &SMUS, Mgr

Wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, u.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Belnl)

336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 527.

Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Ordera

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Deliver.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Farnum St telephones

i»ij 1 arnvm 3i. ,501 and l 1582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, «tfJL",*::i"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading
Florists

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±loWers

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .^ss'n

ea MADISON AVENUE

Montreal Horticultural Society.

ANNUAL EXHIBITION.

The week just passed has been ex-
hibition week. It Yias the annual
show of the Montreal Horticultural
Society. The season always starts
with the numerous little and bigger
shows all around, and terminates with
the grand affair in Montreal. This
year from a horticultural, point of
view the show was well ahead of any
previous year, and the large hall ad-
mirably suited for this purpose, was
well filled and artistically arranged
under the able superintendent, Jos^
Bennett. The exhibitors had previ-
ously agreed to hand all the prize
money over to the Canadian patriotic
fund. Special mention is due the fol-
lowing exhibits :

Group of plants by W. Ormiston
Roy, Mount Royal Cemetery.

Group of palms and ferns by E.
Bernadette, superintendent Pare La-
fontaine.

Group of palms, ferns, crotons,
caladiums and orchids, by W. J. Wil-
shire, gardener to R. B. Angus.

Group of plants and orchids by
F. C. Smith. , .

Collection of onions by R. Burrows.

Supplie.s for garden and florists' use
by Dupuy & Ferguson.

Table of new roses by the Montreal
Floral Exchange; these were remark-
ably fine for this time of year.

The table decorations were taste-
fully executed and admired by all,
and the brides' and maids' bouquets
near the entrance were almost sur-
rounded by the young ladies. Hall &
Robinson took first in each section,
while P. McKenna & Son took first
in the baskets.

NOTES.

There was quite a gathering of gar-
deners at the show, who are not seen
often during the year, and who do not
come to the club meetings, do not
exhibit, and generally are of the opin-
ion that they have just as good at
home, and so on. Let us hope that
we will have them with us next year,
and the year after, and all the years
through. There is room for all of us.

The amateurs entered the profes-
sional classes and made away with
some prizes, the display and quality
of cut blooms in these classes often
equaling the professionals.

The cut blooms were somewhat
spoiled by heavy rains, but still
showed their erstwhile greatness.

There was not such keen competi-
tion in the fruit section, but the qual-
ity shown was perfect.

There never were better vegetables
shown. Bob's onions took the cake.

The exhibit of florists' ferns were
perfection.

L.

GcsilEN, iND. — E. Ii. Burt, the flor-
i.st. is remodeling one of his green-
■liouses in West Goshen. It will be
modern in every respect.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAI. COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .'\ss'n.

PHIUPS BROS, 938 Broad St.

NEWAEI E J.

Artistic Floral Worit and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade disc
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Sedalla, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notict.
Prompt attentioD to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan. "^'^"1:^1 {^VbV'""'
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

AUHED HANNAH a SONS Will fill your
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists* Telegraph Delivery

1914'

The American Florist.

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Field -Grown Carnation Plants

Conquest

The Usual Fine C. C. C. Quality

Enchantress

Herald

Beautiful overlaid pink, sells for the
_ highest price. Good producer, good

stem, fine large flowers, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

White Enchantress S^.^.

$6.00 per 100:
$50.00 per 1000.

Large plants. |5.00 per 100
$45 00 per 1000.

/ Large Plants \
V Scarlet /

$7.00 per 100; $60.00
per 1000.

White Perfection

D !!*«. $7.00 per 100;

Donrire $6o.ooperiooo.

A. T, PYFER, Mgr.

Victory

$5.00
per 100.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 30 rRanS;i;i; s.., Chicago, 111.

Some Excellent Stock

Carefully packed, with liberal extras for early
orders.
Inch 100 1000

2'i Asparagus Plumosus $3.00 $25.oo

3H Asparagus Plumosus 7.50 70 00

2^ Asparagus Sprengeri 2.50 22 50

i\i Asparagus Sprengeri 6.50 60.00

3V'2 Cyclamens, .\ssoried colors 8.50 80.00

2Vi Cyclamens. .Assorted colors 6.00 55.00

2^4 Primula Obconica. Separate colors

or mixed 3 00 25.00

2^ Primula Malacoides 3.00 25.00

2'4 Chinese Primroses. .Assorted.... 3.25 .^000

2!4 Cinerarias. Choiced mixed 2,50 23 50

2V4 Begonia Vernon. 3 kinds 2.50 22.50

2U Snapdragons. White. Pink and

Yellow 300 25.00

3H Snapdragons. Bushy plants 7.00 65.00

2^Stevia. Dwarf or tall 3.00 25 OU

3V' Stevia. Bushy plants 7.00 (>5 00

20,000 aVj-in. VIOLET PLANTS, Marie Louise
and Lady CampbeU. $3,75 per 100: .$.35 00 per imi.

FERNS from benches: Best on, Piersoni, Ele-
gantisslma. etc. Large plants. > bargain. $10 00,
$15.00 and *20 00 ner 100. Try some.

CARNATION PLANTS. From 3v5 and 4-in. pots.
fine, stocky plants: Comfort. Scarlet Wonder,
Beacon, Enchantress and Washington Enchant-
tress. $7.00 per 100; ».5.00 per lf.01 White
Enchantress. Very good plants. $7.00 per lOti.
$65.00 per 1101.

Also abundance ot other stock. Correspondence
solicited.

ALONZO J. BRYAN, %^°'r"st"

WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

J. E. Meredith, Prbs. C. W Stout, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVttLE

aLINOIS

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

Mention the American Florist when writing

SM I L AX

strong plants, 214 inch, $1.26 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2V2 inch,
$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT, Bristol, Pa-

Mention the American Florist when writing

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a pood time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
on many items. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below.

Hydrangeas

All the good French sorts pot-grown. 4in.
pot plants. ^20.00 per 100; 5 in. pot plants.
$25.00 per 100.

Otaksa

Field-grown plants 4 to 6 shoots. $15.00 per
100: 6 to 8 shoots. $20.00 per 100. Short and
clean stock.

Cibotium Schiedei

Splendid stock at a real reduction. 5-in. pot
plants at 75c; 6-in. pot plants, $1.00.

Bird's Nest Ferns

4-in. pot plants... $3.50 per doz.: $25.00 per 100
5 in. pot plants... 7.00 per doz.: 50-00 per 100

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

Adiantum Croweanum

4-in. pot plants .$15!00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

Short and bushy. 2'i in.. $SM per 100: $25.C0
per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns

Best varieties, including .Aspidium. Cyr-
tomium, Wilsoni and Mayi, S3. 00 per 100:
$25.00 per lOOO.

Primula Sinensis

,\ splendid strain in red and white, $3.00 per
100: $25.00 per lOfiO.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

Mention the American Florist when writing

Primroses.

Chinese, Forbesi, Malacoides, Obconica

Alba and Rosea, $1.76 per 100; $16.00

per 1000.
ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 2^4 in.

pots. $2.01) per 100; $18.00 per 1000.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 214 in.

pots, «2.00 per 100; $18 00 per 1000.
Vinca Varlegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. 10th, $2.50 per 1000.
CASH or CO. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts, 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per 1000.

Alyssum, Giant Double. 2in,. $2.00 per 100.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mme.Buchner,2 in., $1.75 per 100, in any quantity.

Good stock and Rood packing. -;

Elmer Rawiings,^o°a!^.T"

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

The Chrysanthemum
Manual

By Elmer D. Smith.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION.

Price so Cents. Cash With Order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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The American Florist.

Sept. yp,

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Worse, San Francisco, Culif.,
President: J. M. Lnpinn. Mattituck, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Duncan,
Philadelpiiia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, C, Secretary and
Treasurer; S. K. Willard, Jr., Cleveiand, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tbird annual meeting, San Fran-
cisco, Calif., .lune 1H15.

Ottumwa, Ia.— The Ottumwa Seed
Co. has made an assignment to Homer
A. Roth.

Mather, Wis. — K. E. Dano, a long-
time dealer in sphagnum moss, died
August 23.

SHERMAN, TEX. — A. M. Perguson is
building an extensive addition to his
seed warehouse.

Milwaukee, Wis. — The Milwaukee
Seed Co. is increasing its capital from
$25,000 to $50,000.

Potatoes on the Chicago market
sold at 90 cents, September 1.5, the
highest price of the season.

Visited Chicago. — Fred Rafferty,
Santa Ana, Calif., with wife and
friends returning from Europe.

J. C. Vaughan was nominated Pro-
gressive candidate for Congress, Sec-
ond Illinois District, in the primary
elections last weelc.

We are in receipt of the proceed-
ings of the Thirty-second annual con-
vention of the American Seed Trade
Association, held at Washington, D.
C, June 23-25, 1914.

GENESEO, ILL. — L. K. Ellsberry &
Co. have incorporated with a capital
stoclt of $10,000, for the purpose of
growing, maturing, marketing and
dealing in all kinds of seeds.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade September 16 were
as follows : Timothy, $4,50 to $6.t)0
per 100 pounds.— Carl Cropp. of
Vaughan's Seed Store, has returned
from his vacation. — Arnold Ringier i.s
at his desk again.

HjALMER, Haetman & Cc, Copen-
hagen, Denmark, report the harvest
of their seed specialties well under
way, although there is a great short-
age of help, 60,000 men having been
called out for military service, and
will be probably kept under arms un-
til the close of the war.

Cabignan, France. — Two members
of the firm of Denaiffe & Son, Maurice
Denaiffe and John CoUe Denaiffe, are
at the front and 600 of this firm's 900
employes have been called out. Some
of this concern's seed warehouses
have been converted into hospitals for
the wounded soldiers. No shipping
has been done since mobilization be-
gan. ^.

San Francisco, Calif. — The traffic
department of the Panama-Pacific In-
ternational exposition has received
wor«l from eastern freight-forwarding
agents that the interruption of trans-
atlantic travel caused by the European
war will not interfere with the ship-
ment from Holland of the hundreds
of thousands of bulbs for the exposi-
tion gardens. The traffic department
has also received word that a great
quantity of English plants, flowers
and shrubs from Liverpool will short-
ly be shipped to the exposition.

Tulip Bread tior Hollanders.

Amsterdam, Sept. 15. — Tulip bread
is being eaten here with a relish. The
scarcity of wheat forced the bakers
to stop making whole wheat loaves,
and they are now making their bread
with one part wheat and two parts
ground tulip bulbs. The bread is pro-
nounced very good and nourishing.
The war department has commended
its use for the army. — Chicago Amer-
ican.

Seed Law Ag'alnst Misnaming'.

Representative Cullop of Indiana
has recently filed in the house of rep-
resentatives of the United States a
bill (H. R. 18630) to make It unlawful
to ship in commerce between the
states any grain or seed which is
falsely labeled or branded, or falsely
represented, making the penalty for
violation of the proposed law a fine of
not less than §500, or imprisonment of
not more than one year, or both such
fine or imprisonment.

Peas and Beans.

Grand Rapids, Mich., September 14.
— The more information we get on the
bean crop the smaller it looks. We
have been having ^ considerable wet
weather, which does not help the situ-
ation. We need a lot of dry weather
right now and if we do not get it
the crop will be shorter still. Wax
beans have turned out very bad, as
bad, if not worse, than last year. We
only hope we can save what there is
in sight. It depends upon the weath-
er. We are getting threshing reports
of peas almost daily from Idaho and
find crops are not as good as last
year. Dwarf wrinkled sorts are a
very light crop.

B.

American Seed Trade Association.
special committees.

Legislative Committee : Wm. G.
Scarlett, chairman; Geo. S. Green, F.
W. Bolgiano, Albert McCullough, How-
ard Patrick, Kirby B. White, C. S.
Burge.

Committee on Postal Laws : W. F.
Therkildson, chairman; B. C. Dugan,
Edgar Gregory, C. C. Massie, F. C.
Stokes.

Committee on Customs and Tariff :
Burnet Landreth, Sr., chairman; E. L.
Page, J. C. Vaughan, Linnaeus Allen,
A. C. Diggs.

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radisti,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Mention the American Florist when writing

Committee on Transportation : S.

F. Leonard, chairman; E. L. Page,
W. S. Woodruff, Henry B. Fish, Frank
Leckenby.

Committee on Experiment Stations:
L. L. Olds, chairman; O. H. Will, E.
J. Shea.

Crop Improvement Committee : H.

G. Hastings, chairman; W. A. Wheel-
er, W. D. Ross.

Committee on Terms of Credit:
Frank C. Woodruff, chairman; Alex
Forbes, John L. Hunt, S. E. Briggs.

Investigators of Government
Charges : S. F. Willard, chairman,
M. H. Duryea, Geo. B. Edgerton, Al-
bert McCullough, J. C. Robinson.

Committee to confer with seed ana-
lysts same as legislative committee.

Holland Potato Importation Allowed.

Under date of July 17, 1914, the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture issued a ruling to the effect that
in view of a definite statement of the
Minister of Agriculture at the Nether-
lands, that Groningen and Drenthe are
the only provinces in the Netherlands
infected with powdery scab, and that
necessary arrangements had been
made to prevent the exportation from
the infected provinces, the department
will resume the issuance of permits
for the importation of potatoes from
the non-infected areas.

Corn and Vine Seeds.

Waterloo, Neb., September 14. — The
last week has been rainy and wet,
not at all favorable for the drying
down of seed corn. Conditions must
change some or we cannot expect well
matured corn. We consider the yield
of all corns about 10 per cent bettet
than a year ago. This hardly gives
us a normal crop, but the quality and
size of grain is likely to be better
than a year ago, our summer having
been much cooler, although very dry.
Contract orders for corn will be filled
on an average of 90 to 100 per cent.

Vine seeds at Rocky Ford will make
a fair average. Cucumber will prob-
ably yield 100 pounds to the acre less
than a year ago and muskmelons
about 50 pounds less. Winter squash
will be very poor, the squash bugs
having damaged it seriously the lat-
ter part of the season and the yield
will be light. .Summer squash a fair
average.

R.

Established 1810.

Denaiffe & Son, NortSmWe.

The Premie- Seed Growers of the World.
Th Greatest Acr aSe. Over 9001 mployes.
Motto; The Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet, Cabbage. Ca rot. Celery, Lettuce, Mangel
Wurtzel. Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga, Turnip. horspfC a I [)ricL-s surplus crop. iyi4.
address. Coarles Johnson, Marietta, Pa.,

Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the followino Calilornia Specialties only:

ONION, LETTUCE, CARRO"^, RADISH. PARSNIP, PIRSLEV. CELERY.
ENDIVE. LEEK, SALSIFY anil SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growrers

SA.N JOSE. CALIFORNIA

-Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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European Seeds

Order From England Now.

Kelways Quote and Can Deliver

Anise

Cauliflower

Lucerne

Rape

Beet

Celery

mustard

Rutabaga

Cabbage

Kale

Pepper

Spinach

Carrot

Kohl Rabi

Radish

Turnip
Vetch

Those who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under
present circumstances, our prices. Please write at once while stocks last, both for present
delivery and for delivery later, and on contract for next fall.

British sailings continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON, Langport, England.

Seed Growers To The Trade.

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very likely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Enkhuizen Glory.
Intrndui-fd Si'venil \ l';ii> ,V^k' bv '

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and an Garden Seeds ■ ^^^\

LEONARD^ SEED

j8».23o enOWERSfCRIHEIfliU

L. FORMOSUN

7-9 in.. 9 10 in.. 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, M and ?i in.

Write (or prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Corn; Cucumber,

Mask and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Souash.

FREMONT

NEBRASKA

Mention the American Florist when writing

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRAK

Write for Prices.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

Mentio7i the American Florist when writing

J. C. ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.
Mention the American Floriat when writing

490

The American Florist.

Sept. 79,

S. M. IsbeU & Co^

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cncoinber, Tomato, Muskinelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when leriting
My new list of

Winter Spencer
Sweet Pea Seed

is being mailed. If not in your
hand now, send a postal for.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, ''gjJK?.'^'

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

""oucnelf"" Swedesboro, New Jersey

Mention the American Florist when writing

THE G. HERBERT GOY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cncnmber, Muskmelon, Squash and. Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

Contract Seed Growers

(...iiitioc* Pepper, Erig Plant, Tomato,
apeCiailieS. vine seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Mention the American Florist tvhen writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandifloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO. LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER & SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas, .\ster.

Cosmos. Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write for our low prices.

ae^ttlfil'"" Baltimore, Md.

Mention the American Florist when writing

DO NOT

Delay Ordering

Poinsettlas, 2\'2-i^., $5.ClO per 100;
.$46.00 per 10<X).

Begonia Lonsdale, 2V2-in., Lor-
raine type, but better, $14.00 per
100; $126.00 per 1000.

Begonia Glorie de Chatelaine,
$6.00 per 1<K»; $50.00 per 1000.

Cyclamen Seed, English, $8 60
per oz. ^

Cyclamen Seed, German, $6.00
per oz.

Pansy Seed, home grown, best
strain procurable, ^ oz.,$1.50;
1 oz., $6.U0.
Rest assured your orders
will be filled to your entire
satisfaction.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.,

1218BetzBldg.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Seedsmen requiring the very best selections of

Garden Seeds

(Vegetable and Flower), especially

Kel way's Celebrated
English Strains

can get them at lowest independeDt wholesale
rates by sending their orders direct to

KELWAY & SON

Wholesale Seed Growers.

Langport, Somerset, England.

Special quotations on application.
Mention the American Florist when writing

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[ICALYPIIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.a.BuBS?, MELBOURNE. AUSTRAtlA

Mention the American Florist when writing

FOR—

SEEDS

OF AH. KIND APPiY TO

W. W. Johnson fi Son, Limifed

Boston. England

Mention the American Florist when writing

1

SEEDS AND BULBS

To the Trade:

To the Florist who depends
for his profits upon reliabil-
ity of his seeds and bulbs
a bargain is not of the first

importance.

Yet we often have an overstock
of popular seeds and bulbs which
we are able to supply below the
market.

This Month We Particularly Rec-
omineml the Following:

Freesia Purity Bulbs

V^ in. diameter. U2 in. long.
Per 100 $2.00 Per lOOO $10.00
Extra Mammoth Bulbs, $3.00 per

100.

Refracta Alba

% to 1-7 in. - - per lOOO, $3.00
1,10 34 in. - - per 1000, 5.00
% in. and upwards, per 1000, 8.50

Pansy Seed

Finest Strains Per oz.

Thorburn's Superb - - $4.00
Fine Large English Mixed .90
Masterpiece - - - .80

Masterpiece from Originator 3.00
Triinardeau Giant Mixed .90

Lilium Harrisii

(Bermuda Easter Lily)
5 to 7 inches in circumference
$5.50 a hundred $45 a thousand
7 to 9 inches in circumference
$10 a hundred $85 a thousand
And all other vatieties at
reasonabU prices.

Also a few cases Cold Storage
Lily of the Valley Pips.

Cases of 250 each for - $4.50

Cases of 500 each for - 8.00

Cases of 1000 each for - 15.00

Ask for a copy of our Bulb Catalog

and special Prices to Florists.

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

Established 1802

53 Barclay Street - New York

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All Dutch and French Bulbs

Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus,

(Trumpet Major and others)

Formosum, Callas, Harrisii,
Freesias, Paeonies

Vaughan's Fall "Book for Florists"

Is being mailed. Be sure to ask for it.

Calla Bulbs

Per 100

114 to IH inch $ 5.50

li2to2 -inch 8.50

2 to 2V2-inch 12.00

L Formosum Bulbs

PeTl 0( )( »

6- 8-inch, 350 to case.$40.00

7- 9-inch, 250 to case. 60.00

8- 9-inch, 225 to case. 70.00
8-10-inch, 200 to case. 80.00

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, S^i^^^^K

Get Qaotationi From

LANDRETH

Bloomsdale
Farm.

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

Mention the A'merican Florist when ivritinff

mum SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. AU Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Telegraph Code

Am. Seed Trade Association

— $2.00 —

Either stiff or flexible covers. Address
.\MERICAN FLORIST CO., CHICAGO.

Valuable in Mailing.

American Florist Co.— We find your
Trade Directory of great value in mailing
our price lists and will want the new
one when ready.

FRANCIS BRILL CO.

Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., April 25, 1914.

I BURPEE'S SEEDS I

i Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists C

3 and Market Gardeners. C

Mention the American Florist when writing

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St.. FORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strone En^sh Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet hii,'h per 100. $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots " 15.00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palms. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on application

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Tnralp

Radish, Beet,

Branches Michigan ||i| cnRH Pnuil

and Wisconsin. MILrUnU, uUNII.

Mention the American Florist when tBTitini)

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

8£ND FOR 04T*L(lOrK

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

>•■ I4th St.. N*« Tnrh.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SMITH'S REVISED.

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition) By Elmer D. Smitb,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul-
ture for the past 25 years. The best work on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
florist. 106 pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH a CO., Adrian, Mich.

Orchids

If you want Orchids for any purpose whatever
we solicit your ioquiries and orders for same.
We do not grow or handle anything else but
Orchids. Special lists on application.

LAGER 6 HURRELL, Summit, N. <l.

492

The American T'lorist.

Sept. ig.

The Nursery Trade

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Cliase, Ala., President,
E. S. Welfli, Shenandtiah, la.. ^■ic■e-P^esi-
dent: .lolin Hall. 204 Granite bldg.. RocLest-
er. N. v.. Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit, Mich.. .lune 191,'j.

Indications are that trees and shrubs
can be moved early this fall. The
summer's growth seems to be ripeniiig
well.

Bloomington, III. — The Phoenix
Nursery Co. is closing out its entire
stock of nursery and greenhouse
plants.

EL Paso, Tex. — The El Paso Nursery
Co. has completed the erection of $3,-
000 worth of improvements in East
El Paso.

St. Charles, III.— S. W. Pike, ac-
companied by David Hill, the well
known nurseryman of Dimdee, is mak-
ing a trip this week to the Satsuma
orange district of Grand Bay, Ala.

PBlNCETON, ILL. — Hard work on the
part of the fire department, assisted
by neighbors, prevented serious dam-
age to the Bryant Nurseries August
2."., when lightning set Are to the prem-
ises.

Houston, Tex. — Receivership pro-
ceedings against the Alvin-Japanese
Nursery Company were instituted in
the Ele'^enth District Court September
10 by nine creditors. Judge A. R.
Hamblen appointed S. B. Br.own, re-
ceiver, in granting the petition. Tbe
business will be continued by the re-
ceiver.

Dulutit. Minn. — The Greysolon
Nursery Company, organized to con-
duct a nursery and seed business in
Duluth, filed articles of incorporation
September 8. The capital stock of the
company is .$.50,000. The incorporators
are C. E. Roe, E. R. Cobb. Louis Chris-
tensen. J. A. P. Neal and T. W.
Walker.

Boskoop, Holland.

Notwithstanding the fact that the
European war is raging with an inten-
sity the world has never before ex-
perienced. Holland has so far remained
neutral and there is decided assurance
that the government will hold fast to
this policy. This neutrality places Hol-
land in a position to ship to several
countries. Weather conditions have
been favorable, the stock is in beauti-
ful condition and there is plenty of
help, so packing and shipping will find
little or no delay and nurserymen and
florists who placed orders with Boskoop
houses can depend upon receiving their
stock as usual without increase in cost,
according to the American Export Nur-
serymen's Society at Boskoop.

Ass'n of American Cemetery Supts.
contention programme.

The programme arranged for the
t wenty-gighth annual convention of
the Association of American Cemetery
Superintendents, which will be held at
St. Louis, Mo., October li-S. I'.IU, gives
promise of being of exceptional inter-
est both in educational features and
opportunity for discussion of topics of
interest to its members.

The headquarters will be at the
Planters Hotel and the meeting will be
called to order Tuesday morning, Oc-
tober 6, at 10 o'clock. For Thursday,

the last day of the convention, an
especially attractive programme has
been arranged, and will include a
luncheon at the Missouri Botanical
Gardens, followed by the closing ses-
sion of the convention at the Gardens
in the afternoon.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Dedham, Mass.
To enumerate in detail all the good
features seen on this place would take
more time and space than is now at
our command. "We shall therefore be
content to mention a few things that
we have thought very noteworthy^
This nursery has not been planted
haphazard, but on a definite plan.
This is particularly noticeable along
the main entrance to the greenhouses
and offices. The drive is lifted with
conifers planted with a sense of pro-
portion. A handsome wire fence sur-
rounds the grounds and various vines
have been planted along it. There
must be about 100,000 square feet of
glass. The large potting and loading
shed is of concrete walls and floor,
very roomy, with ample light and
ventilation. There are other buildings
for nursery stock. A feature of the
field that particularly attracted us was
the extent and variety of blooming
phlox. This may be reckoned in acres
and the wide expanse pf bloom is a
very pleasing sight. A few of the va-
rieties that we consider very note-
worthy are Beacon, a cherry red with
a very large truss; Elizabeth Camp-
bell, salmon pink; Prof. Schlieman.
rose pink, and R. P. Struthers. car-
mine. There are many other good
ones. The new and rare plants from
China are very interesting features.
The removal of the stock from their
old location at Roslindale is being rap-
idly pushed, but there yet remains in
the field a great stock of their Lilium
.Sargentae myriophyllum; these blooms
must be seen to be appreciated.

. A. F. F.

Keeping Fruit Tree Buds by Refrigeration.

New uses are being found for refrig-
eration continually, and we are always
pleased to chronicle improvements of
this kind no matter what line of busi-
ness they may relate to. G. Hale Har-
rison, a nurseryman of Berlin, Md., in
the September, 1013, issue of Cold, out-
lines a new use for refrigeration, and
one which doubtless will be valuable
to his brother nurserymen providing
they can be prevailed upon to adopt it.

Mr. Harrison suggests the using of
buds from a bearing orchard, and that
the buds be selected by well trained
men and not by a promiscuous crew of
workmen, and outlines his "Ice Box
Method" as he terms it, as follows :

Immediately after the bud sticks are
cut they are sprinkled with water and
placed in a cool, shady place which is
protected from the wind. The bud sticks
are then leafed, that is the leaves are
cut off with a sharp knife, thus leaving
about a quarter of an inch of the
stem, which protects the eye of the

bud. Only the well ripened part of the
bud stick is saved during this opera-
tion. After the tiud sticks are leafed
they are labeled and placed on a box
in the sun in order that the outer sur-
face might dry. Only one variety un-
dergoes tlie operation at one time. Aft-
er the buds are dried they are placed
in the fumigating box which will clear
the bud sticks of all injurious insect
pests. The fumigation of buds, when
properly done, is a most efficient and
practicable way of keeping nursery
stock free from injurious insects.

Immediately after the fumigation is
over, the buds are taken out and sprin-
kled with water. Then the buds are
wrapped in bundles with wet sacks.
Much precavition must be taken here,
because if the buds are not dampened
and cooled quickly they are likely to
spoil. The buds are put into the ice
box which contains about 700 pounds
of ice. The buds generally remain here
from one to twelve hours or more in
order that most of the heat might be
removed. The bud sticks "plump up"
while in the ice box, but there is no
danger of them w^' r-logging as in
the case of the "Bucket Method." The
lower the temperature tbe better the
success with the buds. Always keep
the box full of ice. Buds can be kept
a week or more b- this method with-
out any signs of damage, but with the
other methods it was impossible to
keep the buds in good shape for any
length of time.

Robert Craig Co...

Hish
Class

PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49th Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Erergreeo Specialists Largest Growers b America

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

August Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds^ Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St.. NEW YORK CITY

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,
CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

-READY NOW

Ficus Elastica

INSPECTION INVITED.

15-18 in $3.50 per (loz.; $26.00 per lOO

18-24 in 4.60 per doz.; 36.00 per 100

Ask For Our Wholesale Catalog.

Nurserymen and Florists,

Rutherford, N. J.

/p/7.

The American Florist.

493

Two Valuable Ferns

Asplenium Nidus Avis

The Bird's-Nest Fern

And Cibotium Schiedei-

The Mexican Tree Fern

Having a larger stock of these two useful good sell-
ing varieties than we can conveniently find room
for we are ofJering the sizes noted below at special
prices to close out quickly, this is a prime lot of
perfect healthy plants in the best possible shape.

Asplenium Nidus Avis.

214-iiich pots....l!l.6n per dozen; $10.(KI per 100; $ 90.00 per 1000
4-inch pots 3.60 per dozen; 26.00 per 100; 200.00 per 1000

Cibotium Sciiiedei.

3-inch pots, fine single crowns ... $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100
6-inch pots, double and triple 6.00 per doz.; 60.00 per 100

Pteris Parkeri.

Another valuable decorative Fern of recent introduction.

4-inch pots $2.00 per dozen; $16.00 per 100

6-inch pots 4.60 per dozen; 35.00 per 100

FERN FLATS

The following varieties can now be supplied in flats of about two hundred plants each at $2.00 per flat.
This is fine strong thrifty stock just in prime condition for potting and will make saleable pot plants quickly

Adiantum Cuneatum

Pteris Cretica Albo Lineata

Pteris Serrulata Cristata

Aspldlura Tsussiraense

Alexandrae

" Tremula

Blechnum Braziliense

Hastata

" Wimsetti

Cyrtomium Fortune!

Magnifica

'• " Multiceps

Cyrtomium Caryotideum

Mayii

" Wilsonl

Onychium Japonicum

Ouvrardi

" Victoriae

Pteris Adiantoldes

Serrulata

For a most complete list of Decorative Plants and other Seasonable Stock see our current Wholesale List which was mailed September 1 st.

HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are intended for the trade only.

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and aue. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

i;ft our pricks .and catai.ogle.

Franklin Davis Nnrsery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD,

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin, N. J. WiUiamstown June, N. J.

Always

mention The American Florist
wlien writing. : : : : :

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants forthe coming autumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to offer are :

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Two years 4 to5 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

The two and three year grades

One year 12 to 18 inclies

One year Wi to 2 feet

Two years IV^ to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

All are well branched, bright and clean
have been cut back one or more times.

Very attractive prices— especiallj- in car lots.
Correspondence solicited.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

494

The American Florist.

Sept. ig.

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp, Prioceton. Ind.. Pres
ident; H. J. Thompson, .^ttleboro, Mass.,
Vice-President; S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky., Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O., Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exbibition,
Philadelphia. Pa.. October 6-9, 1914.

zi>

The annual conveHtion of the Vege-
table Growers' Association of America
will be held in Philadelphia next
month. October 6-9.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables.

Chicago, September 15. — Mushrooms,
20 to 25 cents per pound; lettuce, 15 to
20 cents per box; radishes, $1.00 per
100 bunches.

New York, September 15. — Cucum-
bers, prime, 40 cents to 65 cents per
basket; mushrooms, 50 cents to $1.50
per 4-pound basket; tomatoes, 15 cents
to $1.00 per box, 3 to 5 cents per
pound.

Celery Notes.

M this time of the year the celery
crop claims much attention. Bleach-
ing for market is a very particular
process, as most of the success in sell-
ing depends upon successful bleaching.
While the late crop has plenty of
trouble connected with it the early one
fares no better. If we always had
seasonable weather conditions the
process would be fairly easy, but as it
is we may jump from one extreme in-
to another, from almost freezing win-
ter to 90 in the shade, and from ex-
treme drouth into excessive moisture.
.^11 these conditions affect the crop
daily, and it requires close watching.
Another trouble has entered with
spraying. Just as soon as growers
discovered that Bordeaux would con-
trol blight, they overdid this spray-
ing business entirely, sending celery
to market streaked with blue all the
way down. Bordeaux, to be effective,
must be applied thoroughly, but only
to the leaves. As celery leaves are
smooth and glossy, not much water
will adhere to them at one time. It
follows then that any liberal applica-
tion will streak the stalks. When
spraying celery we use a good pres-
sure to get a fine mist and proceed
rapidly. Our aim is to cover the leaves
by successive applications rather than
by one heavy one. Thus we run over
each row four times, both backwards
and forwards and from both sides,
always permitting one coat to dry be-
fore applying another. There is little
use to argue with the consumer that
Bordeaux is harmless — if they find
any traces of "green" they are sus-
picious of Paris Green and refuse our
product.

A few years ago board was used al-
most exclusively to bleach the early
crop. Lately paper has come much in
use. While the paper may have ad-
vantages on extensive farms, we fail to
see its* superiority in our case. We
are troubled a great deal by hot
spells in September which rot the celery
under process. We find a remedy in
reducing the length of time by shift-
ing boards. Thus we start with an
eight inch board, to allow the plant
plenty of air and give them time to
draw up; after five or six days these
eight inch boards are shifted to the
next and ten or twelve inch takes the

place. This takes very little time and
is a great help. During extremely wet
and hot spells we sometimes drop all
the boards over night to dry out the
hearts. Later on we use the boards
for roofing the trenches in winter stor-
age and after that these same boards
serve in the hot-bed and cold frame
yard. The boards serve all the year
while the paper is idle most of the
time. We use some paper, but would
not care to do so exclusively. A few
points to remember are that celery
bleaches rapidly in hot weather and
keeps poorly; it bleaches slowly in
cool weather and stands a long time in
good condition. Therefore commence
with a small portion only and pro-
ceed cautiously and as you approach
freezing nights push the bleayhing with
vigor.

Mabketman.

rrovldence, R. I.

The trade seems to be at a stand-
still. Everything seems to have
quieted down. The supply of all
flowers is unlimited. Asters are com-
ing in very. fast and are of good qual-
ity, and gladioli are very fine. Roses
are coming in better than they have
been, and stocks of all kinds were
never better. Carnations are start-
ing to come in much better tlian they
liave at any time this season.

NOTES.

J. Crawshaw, of Barrington, is
bringing in very good asparagus and
candytuft. His asters this year have
been very good.

E. B. Howard is still cutting snap-
dragon, of which he has had a good
supply all through the summer.-

Joseph Kopleman has finished his
new houses at Riverside and they are
all ready to plant.

H. A. T.

Watch (or onr Trade Mark stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushrooin Spawi

Substitution of cheaper eradei ii
thus easily exposed. Fresh samplt
^^C>^ brick, with illustrated book, mailel
^^^^ postpaid by manufacturera upon re-
ceipt o( 40 cents in postage. Addreai
Trade Mark. American Spawn Co..St. Paul, Minn

Mention the American Florist when writing

BOXWOODis-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyrainids,2 -ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids, 2H-lt 1.50 each

Pyramids, 3 ft 2. 00 each

Pyramids. 3H. ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape. 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavv Bushes, 2 ft 1. SO each

Nice iJushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O. FRANZEN ^^^c^e^ibSaS? '"•

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1-yr.

ROSES

2-yr.
4-in.

Yellow Springs, O. — The marriage
of Howard Custer Brown, florist, and
Miss Mary Alice Metzner, of Mechan-
icsburg, was solemnized at the bride's
home, August 26.

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

^LEEDLEfiSgJ?.^n?cgM

Mentioyi the Aynerican Florist when writing

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SimJECT
170 Pages.— Price $1.00—29 Illastratlons.

AMERICAN FLORST COMPANY.

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERT LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (EstablUhed 1 787.)

SPFniALTIFS* Be^°8> Beets, Cabbages, Carrots. Kohl Rabi, Leek. Lettuces. Onions, Peas.
oi LUini.1 iLUi Radishes. Spinach. Turnips Swedes, Asters. Balsams. Begonias. CarnatioDS
Cinerarias, Gloxinias. Larkspur. Nasturtiums. Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinaias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and

or $1.75 per Vi oz.. $1.00 per H oz.

most beautifulin the world, $6.00 per oz
Cash with order.

postage paid.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, aiul
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

War Conditions in Denmark

Bjalmar Hartmann fi Co., Copenhagen, whose representative, Mr. Einar
Knutsson. just arrived in the L'nited States, report that they will be able
to fill their seed contracts in full, and expect even a surplus. Orders
placed now for Danish Seeds will in all probability be delivered in due
time, as the Danish ships sail under neutral flag. We are ready to make
quotations and invite correspondence.
SFECIATIES:-Cabbage, Cauliflower and Root Seed. Roses, Lilac, and
Lily of tlie Valley Pips.

LOECHNER & CO., 1 1 Warren St., NEW YORK CITY

Sole Agents for the United States and Canada.

tgn-

The American Florist.

495

Shipping Labels for Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gtunmed paper; your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted
by the S. A. P. in red. Very attractive. Size 6^2x4^-

Price per 500, $2.85; per 1000, $4.50 Send for sample.

ELECTRO OF THIS LEAF, POSTPAID, $1.25.

American Florist Co., 440 S. Dearborn Street, Ciiicago.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geranimns, Nutt. Bucbner. Ricard. Perkins.
Poitevine. 2-in.. $2.00 per tOO; 3-in.. $5.00 per 100.

Boston and WUtmani Ferns; 3 in.. 10c: 4-in.. 15c:

5-in..2Sc.
Dracaena Ind., 3in.. $5.00; 4 in.. $10.00; Sin.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2^-io., $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

Mention the American Florist when loritino

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3'inch pots. Chrysanthemums

Carnations for fall delivery. Smilax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers, I'^^l'A

Mention the American Florist when writino

Geraniums

YOU RUN NO RISK.

• They must reach you in Kood growing condition,
or the shipment will be replaced or your money re-
funded. My stock is very large, very good and these
prices hold up to and including Oct. 5th deliverv.

$10.00 per 1000 for S. A. Nutt.

$13.50 per 1000 for Ricard and Poitevine.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTEB, PA.

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in AraucariaExcelsawill yield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into the fu'ure and invest
your money now. All fforists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araacaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are otforinK now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. .S-4-5 tiers.
5H-6-in. pots. 40c, 50c. 60c. 75c, $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6 7 in. pots.
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and ereen foliage.

busby plants, 6-in. pots. $1.00, $1,25 to $1-50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysantliemum Novelties My Specialty.
Mention the American Florist when writing

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists

JOLIET,

ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be

disseminated season 191-1-15.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Mention the American Florist when writing

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Special on Roses

We have a nice lot of roses which we will close
out at unusually low prices, stock is A-No. 1.
Bridesmaids, Uncle John and Ivory, 2H in., at
$1 ;0; 3 in . at $2.50; American Beauties, 2^5 in..
$2 50; 3 in., $5.00 per 100. These are special prices
and Kood only for orders received within 10 days.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower, Pekln, Dl.

Mention the American Florist when toriting

496

The American Florist.

Sept. ig,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The... 502

Allen J K 481

Alpha Floral Co.... 48.3
American Spawn Co 494

Amling E C Co 477

Anderson S A 483

Angermneller G H. 478

Aphine Mlg Co 504

Archias Floral Co.. 486
.\schmann Godfrey. 495
Atlanta Floral Co...' 484
Bassett&Washburn 472
Batavia Greenhouse

Co 476

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Beaven E A 482

Begerow's 484

BereerBros 479

Berninu H G 478

Blackistone Z D... 485
Bobbink & Atkins.. 492
Boddineton AT.... 491
Bodger ] & Sons Co 490

BoJand j B Co 483

BoleianoJ&Sons... 490

Bragg Ross 483

Bramley & Son .... 486
Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 488

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 484
Brown Bros & Co.. 486

BrunningF H 490

Bryan .'\lonzo J 487

Buchbinder Bros... 504

Buckbee H W 486

BudlongJ A 475 477

Burpee W A & Co . 491
Caldwell theWoods

man Co 482

California Florists.. 486
Camp Conduit Co .. Ill
Carnation Support

Co The 502

Chicago Cam Co.. I 487
Chicago Flower

Growers \ssn 477

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 503

Clark E B Seed Co. 491
Cl»rke's Sons David 485

Clay & Son 504

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 485

Conard & Jones Co. 492

Cooke Geo H 483

Cowee W J 501

Coy H C Seed Co... 490

Craig RobtCo 492

Critchell C E 479

Cunningham Jos H. 487

Dardsf.has 484

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 493

Deamud J B Co .... 477

Denai£fe&Son 488

Detroit Flower Pot

MfgCo Ill

Dietsch A &Co.... IV
Diller Caskey&

Keen IV

Dorner F&Sons

Co 487

Dreer HA... Ill 493 501

Duerr Chas A 486

Dunlop JohoH 485

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fo'd Box. 495
Elastic Lyke Co.... 503

EmmansGeoM 495

Erne & Klingel 477

Eyres H G 485

Fish Henry Seed Co 491

Fisher Peter 495

Florists' Hail Asan 503
Foley Greenhouse

Mlg Co IV

Ford M C 481

Ford William P.... 480

Franzen FO 494

Freeman Mrs J B... 486

Friedman 483

Froment HE 481

Galvin Thos F 485

Gardiner .'Mcx C ... 4S5

Garland Mfg Co 503

Gasser J M Co 485

Giblin & Co 503

Gorham & Chapline 504
Grand Rapids

Floral Co 486

GudeBros 484

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc) 481

Hardesty & Co 483

Harley Pottery Co.. Ill

Hart George B 481

Haven Seed Co The 491

Heacock Jos Co 468

Heinl John G & Son 486
Henderson .-X&Co. .. I

Herr Albert M 495

Herrmann A 502

Hess & Swoboda . . . 486
Hews A H &Co.... Ill

Hilfinger Bros Ill

Hill D Nursery Co.. 492

Hoerber Bros 476

Hoff meister Flo Co. 479

Holm & Olson 484

Holton &HunkelCo

466 478

Home Cor School... 502
Horticultural

Advertiser 504

Hurff Edgar F 490

IckesBraun Mill Co 503

Igoe Bros 496

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 496
Isbell S M & Co... 490
Jackson ■& Perkins., 487
Johnson WW & Son 490

Jones Percy 473

Joy Floral Co 486

Kasting W F Co ... 1
Keller Geo & Sons. Ill
Keller Sons J B..11I 486

Kellogg Geo M 485

Kelway & Son... 489 490
Kennicott Bros Co.. 477
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co 504

Kervan Co The 481

Kessler Wm 481

Kift Robt 485

King Construct Co. 502

Kohr A F Ill

Komada Bros 496

Kramer I N &Son.. Ill
KroeschellBrosCo. 501

Krucbten John 477

Kuehn C A 478

Kuhl Geo A 495

Kyle & Foerster.... 477
LaCrosse Floral Co. 484
Lager & Hurrell.... 491
Landreth Seed-Co.. 491

Lange A 483

LeboriusJJ 485

Lee F&S 482

Leedle Floral Co . . . 494
Leonard Seed Co... 489
Lockland Lumber

Co 503

Loechner & Co 494

London Flower Shp 484
Lord& Burnham

Co 503

Lovett JT 493

McCallum Co 479

McConnell Alex.... 483
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co U

McGee Walters.... 504
McKennaPS Son. 483
McNeff-Swenson Co 482

MatthewsonJE 484

May &Co L L 485

Meconi Paul 481

Memphis Flo Shop. 486
Meredith The Flow-
er & VegCo 4S7

Metairie Ridge Nurs 483

Mette Henry 494

Milwaukee Boiler'

Co 496

Moninger J C Co... 503
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd.... 480
Moore, Hentz &

Nash 480

Morehead Mfg Co... 501

Murray Samuel 484

Myers Florist 486

Nat Flo B of Trade. 496
N Y Cut Flower Ex. 481

Nicotine Mfg Co 504

N lessen Leo Co 479

Ostertag Bros ... . 4H5

Palez Paul M 486

Palmer W J & Son . 484
PalethorpePR &

Co 504

Park Floral Co 484

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS

Are posUively tbe best. Last lorever. Over
30,000 pounds now in use. .\ sure preventative of
glass slipping. Effective on large or small glass.
Easy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. ?t and
%. 40c per lb., by mail 16c extra; 7 lbs. for $2.50
15 lbs. for $5.00, by express. For sale by the trade.,

RANDOLPH 6 McCLEMENTS, Horists.
5036 Penn Ave., near Highland, PlttsburAli,Pa.

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 493

PedrickG R&Son. 490

Peirce E Allan Ill

Penn the Florist 484

Peters & Reed Poty III

Phillips Bros 486

Pierce F O Co 5o3

Pierson A N (Inc)., 495

Pierson F R Co I

Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 4S8

Pikes Peak Floral

Co ;.., 486

Pillsbury I L 496

Podesta&Baldocchi 485
Poehlmann Bros Co

470 471

Pollworth C C Co

I III 478 485

Portland Flower

Store 485

Pulverized Manure

Co 504

QuakerCity Machine

Works 4%

Raedlein Basket Co 474
Rahn & Herbert..,, 491
Randall A L Co,.,. 477
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 483 496

Rawlings Elmer 487

Ready Reference... 497

Reed & Keller 503

Regan Ptg House. , . 496

Reid Edw 479

Reinberg Geo 477

Reinberg Peter 473

Rice Bros 478

Rice Co. M 481

Robinson ] C Seed

Co 489

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co 486'

Rohnert Waldo 490

Rolker Aug & Sons. 492
Routzahn Seed Co . 491

Rusch G &Co 478

Schiller, the Florist. 486
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 496

Schling Max 484

Schmidt J C .487

Schwake Chas & Co 480

SeftonMfgCo 482

Sharp Partridge &

Co 503

Shear-Clean Grate

Co 502

Sheridan Walter F, 481
Siebrecht George C 481
Situation & Wants.. 465
SkidelskySS&Co.., 490

SIUIS& Groot 489

Small J H &Sons,.. 483
Smith A W &Co... 485

SmithE D&Co 491

Smith & Henienway 502

Smith Henry 486

Smith Wm C Flo Co 478
Smith W&T Co... 1
South Park Floral

Co I!

Storrs & Harrison.. 487

Stumpp GEM 485

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 502
Syracuse Pottery

Co Ill

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 495

Thorburn J M & Co 490

TottyChasH 495

Traendly&Schenck 481
Vaughan A L & Co, 476
Vaughan's Seed Store

I III 491 501
Vick's Sons James,. 489
Vincent R Jr&Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons, III

Waite F W 502

Wallace FD IV

Weber F H 484

Weiland& Risch,.. 477

Welch Bros Co 479

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 489

Whilldin Pottery Co III
Whitted Floral Co,, 483

Wietor Bros 474 477

Willens Cons Co,,. 501
Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 478

Wittbold G Co, ,467 483
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 486

Wood Bros 495

Yokohama Nurs Co 489
Young .A L & Co,. , 481

Young John 480

Young & Nugent... 483
Zech & Mann. ..476 477

Ziska Jos 476

Zvolanek Anton C, 490

KOMADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Work

SPECIAL DESIGNS TO ORDER

Send for our illustrated catalogue.

1008 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

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BOILERS

Milwaukee Greeohouie BoUeri are beet
for bot water heatlDg. Made in all alsea.
Write for catalog.

IHILWAUKEE BOILER CO.. Milwaukee, Wis.

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Boiler Tubes 61

cents per foot.

New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE a MFG. CO.,

2117 S. Jetlerson Street CHICAGO, ILL.

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FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

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ARAUCARIAS.

Araucarias escelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers.
5M!-6-incb. 50c to $1.50 each. Bscelsa glauca
and compacta, 5%-6-7-lnch, $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godtre.v AsehmanD, 1012 W. Ontario St., Phila-
delpbia.

Araucaria excelsa, 6-in., 65c eacli. Holton &
Hunliel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Mllwauljee,
Wis.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rollser & Sons,
81 Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus, 214 -inch, $3 per 100; $25
per l.OOU; syj-ineh, $7.50 per 100; $70 per
1.000. Sprengeri, 2Vl-in.. $2.50 per 100; $22.50
per 1,000; 3V4-in., $6.50 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.

Asparagus plumosus, 3-ln., $7; 4-in.. $12;
5-ln., $20 and $25 per 100. Sprengeri. 2M-iD.,
$3 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, IlL

ASPARAGUS PLCrUOSUS AND SPRENGERI,
2-in.. $3 per lOO; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

Asparagus Sprengerii for benching or 6-inch
pots, $6 per 100. R. P. Petersen, Rice St.,
S. Fr.iniinglmm, Mass.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 214-in.,
$2 per lOCi; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunning-
ham, Delaware, 0.

Asparagus plumosus, short and bushy. 2^4-
In., $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. The Storrs &
Harrison Co.. Painesville, Ohio.

Asparagus Sprengeri, baskets, $1 to .$2.50
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Asparagus sprengeri, 2H-inch, $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, variegated, B-ln,, 10 to 12 leaves,
$1.50 each; Green. 5-ln., 12 leaves. $1 each,
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roebrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. An-
gnst Rolker & Sons, 61 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

Begonias, Lonsdale, 2H-ln., $14 per 100; $125
per 1,000. Gloire de Chatelaine, $6 per 100;
$50 per 1,000. S. S. Skidelsky, 1218 Betz Bldg.,

Philadelphia. Pa.

GOOD, STRONG, BUSHY PLANTS.

Begonia Cincinnati and Lorraine Taft, 4-lnch,
25c; 5-inch. 35c: 6-inch, 50c. J. V. LAVER,
704 State St.. Erie. Pa.

BEGONIAS. CINCINNATI, 2>4-in., $15 per
100; 3-in., $30 per 100. CHATELAINE, 2;4-In.,
$5 per 100; 3-in., $8 per 100; 4-in., $15 per
100. ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette. lU.

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties, 2-ln., $3; 3-
In.. $5; 4-in.. $8; 6 in., $25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Begonias, Lorraine, Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport, 214 -in, pots. Present delivery.
Julius Roebrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

Begonia Vernon. 2%-in., 3 kinds, $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-
ington, N. J. ^^^

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-lnch, $1.60 per doz. ;
$10 per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago
and New York.

Rex Begonias, 2^-ln., $6 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans. Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOi>.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Jnllus
Roebrs Co,, Rutherford, N. J.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft., $1 each; 2% ft.,
$1.60; 3 ft,, $2; 31/2 ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 Inch, $2.50 each. Globe^ 14x14
Inch, $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-inch, 35c each. F. O. Franzen, 5319
No. Clark St.. Chicago.

BULBS.

Bulbs. Formosum lilies, 7-9-io,, 300 to can;,
%' per 100: $18 per case; 8-10-in., 225 to case,
$9 per IIX): $17.50 per case: 9-10-in.. 2i10 per
case. $10 per 100; $18 per case. Paper White
GrandiBora. 1,250 to case, 13 ctm, up, $8 per
1.000; 1.000 to case. 14 ctm. up, $9 per 1,000.
Grand Soliel d'Or, 1,000 to case. 14 ctm. up.
$16 per 1,000. French Golden Spur. $25 per
1.000. Wm. P. KasUng Co.. 383-387 Eilicott
St , Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs, L. Formosum, 7-9-lncb. 9-10-inch, 10-11-
inch, 11-13-inch; also Japan grown freesias, %
and ?4-lnch. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Woolwortb Bldg.. New York.

Bulbs, Japanese and Chinese lilies. French
and Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co., Ltd.,
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Tuberoses. Dwarf Double Pearl, $7.50 per
1.000. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 63 Barclay St.,
New York.

Bulbs, S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New
York.

CALLAS.

CALLAS.
Calla Bulbs, best California fleld-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more.
3 to 3%-inch circumference, $4 per 100; $18
per 500; 4 to 4?4-inch circumference, $8 per
100; $38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders
will receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs; $20
orders. 200 freesia bulbs. LILYDALB BDLB
CO.. SANTA CRDZ. CALIF.

CAMELLIAS.

Camellias, without bud from February to
April; with bud from August to October. Fine
stock. Catalogue free. Victor De BIsschop,
Troncblennes. Ghent. Belgium.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order In early for this fine stock
before It Is too late. Send It In today.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $6.00 $50.00

White Lawaon 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.0O 50.00

White Enchantress 6.00

Victory 6.00 45.00

Bonfire 6.00 45.00

WIETOR BROS..
162 North Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.

Per 100 Per 1.000

White Enchantress $6.00 $50.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

Enchantress 6.00 50.00

Rose Pink 6.00 50.00

Delhi 6.00 60.00

500 at 1.000 rate. Cash with order or refer-
ence; bank reference only not accepted.

WILLIAM MURPHY,
329 Main St. Cincinnati, 0.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Good. Healthy Stock.

Per 1.000

2.000 Rose Pink Enchantress $40.00

2,000 Enchantress 40.00

3.000 Queen Louise 35.00

500 White Perfection 40.00

500 Scarlet Glow 40.00

COLE BROS., PEORIA. ILL.

Carnations, field-grown. Conquest, $6 per
100; $.50 per 1,000. White Enchantress, $6
per 1110; $50 per l.OOn. White Perfection, $6
per 100: $50 per 1,000. Enchantress, $5 per
100: $45 per 1,000. Herald. .$7 1 cr 100; $60
per 1.000. Bonfire, $7 per 100: $80 per 1,000.
Victory, $5 per 100. Chicago Carnation Co., 30
E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Carnations, very strong field-grown red Vic-
tory, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1,000. Light Pink
Enchantress, $40 per 1,000. Will make dif-
ferent price if party takes them in the field.
M. WINANDY & CO., 6236 N. Lincoln St..
Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
Limestone land; no stem rot. 6.000 Enchant-
ress. 2.0H0 Victory. $6 per 100; $55 per 1.000.
0,000 White Enchantress. $7 per 100; $65 per
1 000. 2.''.0 at 1.000 rate. W. Fargo and Amer-
ican Express. Cash, please.
JNO. F. SABRANSKY, Kenton. Ohio.

CARNATION PLANTS.

7000 White Perfection. $40.00 per 1000;

All field-grown, healthy stock.

Cash with order.

SINNER BROS..

56 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO.

FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS.

Enchantress. Pink $6.00 per 100

Beacon 6.00 per 100

Lady Bountiful 6.00 per 100

Enchantress, White 6.00 per 100

R. O. LOMMATZSCH.
R. No. 1. La Grange. III.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON. N. J.

CARNATIONS. White Perfection. Enchant-
ress. White Enchantress. Pink Enchantress.
$6.50 per 100; $60 per 1.000. Apple Blossom,
Mrs. Patten, Barlowarden, Wlnsor, Ooldea
Beauty. $6 per 100; $55 per 1,000. P. K.
QUINLAN. Syracuse. N. Y.

Carnations from 3H and 4-ln. pots. Comfort,
Scarlet Wonder. Beacon, Enchantress. Wash-
ington Enchantress. $7 per 100; $65 per 1.000.
White Enchantress, $7 per lUO; $65 per 1,U00,
Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J.

FOR SALE— 2,000 Victory carnations and
1,000 Enchantress, $35 per 1,000. Cash with
order or satisfactory reference. The RIVER-
BANK CO., Geneva, 111.

Carnations, field-grown. Ward and White
Perfection, $4.60 per 100: $40 per l.Ooo. Peter
Reinherg. 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

Large plants WHITE SEEDLING, and fine
variety to grow, $5 per 100. C. C. PoUwotth
Co., Milwaukee.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pink.
Peter Fisher. Ellis, Mass. ^___

Carnations. Queen Winona Wlnsor, $5 per
100. R. P. Petersen, Bice St., S. Framlngham.
Mags.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

Joliet. 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros., Fishklll. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 214-Inch pots;
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton, McNIece, Ramapo,
O. H. Kahn. Chrvsolora. October Frost. Toiiset.
Chas. Razor. Comoletta, Golden Glow, Paolflc
Supreme, Unaka. Pocketts' Crimson and
Schrlmpton, $2 per 100. Extra fine stock, or-
der quick. Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNA-
TION CO., Joliet, 111.

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Sept. /p.

CHRYSANTHEMDMS. Standard Varieties,
strong plants. 2H-ln> pots, also some pompons
and singles, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,UOO. BENKY
SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

COLEUS.

COLEUS. best standard varieties, all colors.
2Mr-ln. pots, $2 per lOO; 3-ln.. $3 per 100.
Flue for stock plants or specimens. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Coleus. 2-ln.. $2 per IdO; $18.50 per 1.000;
3-ln.. $3 per 100; $25 per l.OUO. R. Vincent,
Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

CROTONS

Crotons. 4-ln., 50e; ein., 75c. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

CYCLAMEN.

Cyclamen from 3%-lnch pots, $15 per 100;
4-lneh, $25 per lllO; 5-lnch. $50 per 100. Finest
strain; separate colors. JULIUS ROEHRS CO..
Rutherford. N. J.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS, 4lnch, 15c; 6-lnch,
35c; 6-inch, 50c. J. V. LAVER, 704 State St.,
Erie. Pa.

Cyclamen, 5 colors. 3-ln., doz., $1.50; per 100,
$1U; 4-iD.. doz., $2.50; per 100. $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Cyclamens, 3V.-in., assorted. $8.50 per 100;
$S0 per l.OiiO; 2>41n.. $6 per lUO; $05 per 1.000.
Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington, N. J.

DAISIES.

MARGUERITES, strong cut back, 4-ln. stock
fiuttubte for Winter forcing, $10 per luO.
HENRY S.MITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

SEUTZIAS.

Deutzla gracilis, 8-lnch, pot-grown, 40 to 60
branches, per doz., $4; per 100, $30. Vaughan's
Seed Stole. Chicago and New York. ^

DRACAENAS.

Dracsena Godseffiana. 2-in., $1 per doz,; 3-In.,
$1.50 per doz. Indlvisa. 4-ln., 15c and 20c.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Dracsena indlvisa, 3-in., $5; 4-ln., $10; 5-ln.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans, Mewtou, N. J.

FERNS.

Ferns. Asplenlum nidus avis. 2^-ln., $1.50 per
doz.; $10 per iriO; $90 per 1,000; 4-ln., .?3.50
per doz.; $25 per 109; $2il0 per 1,000. Cilw-
tlnm Srbiedel. 3-in , single crowns. $3.50 v^er
doz.; $25 per lOO; 5-ln., dbl. and triple crowud.
$6 per doz. ; $50 per 100. Pterls Pnrlterl,
4-ln.. $2 per doz.; $15 per 100; 6-in., $4.50
per doz.; $35 per 100.

Ferns In flats, about 200 plants to tiat. $2
per flat: Adiautum Cuneatum, Aspiflium tsus-
slmense, Blechnum Brazlllense. Cyrtomiura l''ov-
tunei. C. Caryotideum. Onychinm Japonic'im,
Pterls Adiantoides. P. cretica alho Ilneata, P.
Alexandrse, P. hastata. P. magnlfica, P. Mayll,
P. Ouvrardi, P. serrulata. P. serrulata «risiat8,
P. tremnla. P. Wimsettl. P. Wlmsettl multi-
ceps. P. Wllsonl, P. Vlctoriae. Henry A. Drcev,
714-716 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, I'a.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties. 2i^-
in.. $3.50 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants: 2i4-ln., $4 per loO;
3-ln., $7 per 100; 4-ln., $15 per 100; 7-ln.. $6
per doz.; 7-ln.. extra heavy, $0 per doz.; 8-in.,
$12 per doz.; 10-in., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MANI, 2l4-ln.. $5 per 100; 3-in., $10 per 100;
61n., $25 per lOo; extra heavy 8-in.. $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

Special price on Boston ferns: 4-Inch, 14 to
16 in. high. 10c each; 5- inch, 22 to 24 In. high,
20c; 6-inch. 2 to 2H ft. high, 30c; 7-lnch, 2 to
2^/^ ft. high, 50c. Beautiful specimens lo larger
sizes, 8-inch, $1; 9-iuch. $1.50; still larger spe-
cimens, $2. $2.50 and $3 each. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co,. 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

FERNS— ROOSEVELT, 5-ln. pots. $2.50 per
doz.; $2<» per 100. Ferns for dishes, 2-in. pots.
$2,50 per 100. WILLIAM MURPHY, 329 Main
St.. Cincinnati. Ohio,

Ferns. Boston and Wbltmanl. 3-ln., 106; 4-in.,
IBc: Sin., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

300 Boston ferns. 4-lnch, $12 per 100. Cash
please. Edgar Easterday. Nokomls. III.

Ferns, N. Elegantisslma. 3^-in., 25c each; 6-
In., 60c; 8-ln., $1. N. Magnlflca. 3V4-ln.. 25c;
N. Muscosa. 3%-in., 25c; 6-ln., 50c; N. Har-
risil. e-ln.. 50c; 12-ln.. very large. $5 each. N.
Bostonieusls, 6-ln., 50c; 12-in., very large, $6.
Pterls Wlmsettl multlceps, 3V&-in., 15c each.
Small ferns for pans; fine assortment. 2U-in.,
$4 per 100. P. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-
Hudson. N. Y.

Clbotlum Scheldel. 6-ln., 75c; 6-ln.,.$l, Bird's
nest fern. 4-lnch., $3.50 per doz,; $25 per 100;
5-ln,, $7 per doz,; $50 per 100,- Adlantum
Croweanum, 4-lo,, $15 per loO, Glory of Moril-
recht. 4-ln.. $25 per lOu. Ferns for dishes, $3
per 100; $25 per I.OOO. The Storrs & Harrison
Co., Palnesvllle, Ohio.

Ferns. Boston and Roosevelt. 3-in., $7.50 per
100; 4-in., $15; 6-ln., $23; 6 In.. $50; 7-iu., $75.
A. Henderson & Co.. 369 River St.. Chicago.

Boston, Whltmani and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 5-inch pots, $2.25 per doz. ; $15
per 100. C. Humfeld, Clay Center, Kans.

Boston ferns, 6-lnch, 35c •each; $4 per doz.
Adlantum Croweanum. 3-ln.. $8 per 100; $70
per 1,000. A. N. Pierson. Inc.. Cromwell. Conn.

Boston. 10-in., $2: 12-ln.. $3 to $3.50. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Boston hanging baskets. $1.50. $2 and $2.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns from benches. Boston, Plersonl. Ele-
gantisslma. $10. $15. $20 per 100. Alonzo J.
Bryan, .Washington, N. J.

Ferns. Bol)blnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
terns. Julius Koehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

FICUS.

Ficus elastica. 15-1^ Ins., $3,50 per doz,; $25
per 100; 18-24 ins,, $4,50 per doz,; $35 per luo.
Bobbink & Atkius, Rutherford, N. J.

FREESIAS.

Freesias. Purity (true).
100; $22,50 per LOiO: %
100; $16 per l.OiiO; %-ln.
100; $12 per 1,000; % to
$10 per l,Oi)0. Vaughan's
in. and up. $2,25 per 100;
%-ln., $1,75 per 100; $16
In., $1,50 per IciO; $12
grown. Jumbo, $1,5<> per
Mammoth, $1 per 100; $9,
an's Seed Store. Chicago

% to 1-ln., $2.50 per
to %-ln.. $1.75 per
and over. $1.50 per

%-ln., $1,25 per loO;
Improved Purity, %-
$20 per 1,000; % to
per l,00<i; % to Vi-
per 1,000. French
100; $12 per l.iiOO.

50 per l.uOO. Vaugh-

and New York.

FREESIAS.
PORITY FREESIAS, best California fleld-
grown, direct from grower to florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size, % to %-
inch diameter, $1.50 per 100; $3 per 500; 2nd
size, V4 to i41ncb diameter, 90c per 100; $3.50
per 500. Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
CO., SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

Preesla Purity, 1st size, $14 per 1,000. Large
2 to 2V2-lnch calls bulbs. $12 per loO. C. C.
Pollworth Co.. Milwaukee.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums, booking orders for November de-
livery. Maryland, $1 per doz.; $6 per 100.
Scarlet Bedder, 75c per doz.; $4 per 10! I. Mrs.
Lawrence. 40c per doz, ; $2 per 100, Splendid
lot of 3-lnch stock ready for immediate ship-
ment, $3 per 100; $25 per l.noo; 2-iuch stock
ready Oct. 1. $2 per 100; $18,50 per 1,000 for
standard sorts, up to 50c each for novelties. R.
Vincent, Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Md.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt: fine plants out of
3M!-ln. pots, $7 per loo. Only 800 h'ft. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE, Mlnot,
N. D.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner, 2nn., $1.75 per 100. Elmer
RawUngs, Olean. N. Y.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt, $10 per 1.000. Blc-
ard and I'oitevine. $12.50 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

Geraniums, 2-la., $3 per 100. Hall Calne
and Mary Barton, 2-ln., $5. Rabn & Herbert.
110 E. 49th St., Portland. Ore.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perkins,
Foltevlne. 2-ln., $2 per 100; 3-ln., $5 per loO.
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J. .

GREENS.

Greens, wild smllax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co.. Evergreen. Ala.

Greens, wild smllax. $2.50 per case. Natnral
and periietual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Ever-
green. Ala.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, Otaksa. 7 to 10 strong shoots,
$25 per loO; with 5 and 6. $20; with 4, $1S
per 100. Some of the best new French va-
rieties: Avalanche. Mme. Maurice Hamar,
Bouquet, Rose, La Lorraine. Radiance, etc., 4
branches. $30 per lOo In 6-in. pots. Jackson
& Perkins, Newark, New York.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown, 4-in.. $20 per loO; 6-ln., $25 per 100.
Otaksa fleld-grown. 4 to 6 shoots. $15 per 100;
6 to 8 shoots. $20 per 100, The Storrs &
Harrison Co.. Painesville. Ohio.

HVUUA.NGEAS OTAKSA and AKBIlRES-
CENS. 3-in. pots, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

IRISES.

GERMAN IRIS, fine named sorts, $1 pet
100; clumps, $3 per 100. HEISER NURSERY
AND FLORAL CO., Hamilton, O.

IVIES.

English Ivy, out of 6-ln. pots, op to 5 ft.
high. $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert. 110 B.
49th St., Portland. Ore.

Hardy English Ivy. 2-ln,. $2 per loO; $18.50
per 1.000; 3-in,. $3 per 100; $25 per l.OilO. B.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

ENGLISH IVY. strong 4-inch. $10 per 100.
HARRY HEINL. West Toledo, Ohio.

English ivy. 20c and 35c each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

German Ivy. 2%-ln.. $2 per 100 cash. Joeepb
Bancroft & Son. Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

Cherry, dwarf, strong, bushy plants, ont of
cold frame. 10c and 15c each. J. V. LAVER,
704 State St,. Erie. Pa.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lily of the Valley. Chas. Schwake & Co.,
Inc.. Horticultural Importers and Exporters. 90-
92 West Broadway. New York.

Lily of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. B. Neubert, Waudsbek. nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Heinecken, 17 Bat-
tery PI., New York.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co.. St. Paul, Minn.

MYOSOTIS.

Myosotis, Blue Winter King, first to btooni.
I.earter in Boston market, ready for bencblng,
$1 per dozen, $7 per ino. R. P. Petersen, Klce
St.. S. Framingbam. Mass.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stocli, fruit trees, palms, orchlrta;
fig trees, pot-grown; grape vines, roses, field
auO put-grown. Stuart Low & Co.. Bush Hill
Park Nurseries, _Enfleld, England.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
Bbrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
bink & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,

III.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and seml-
established. Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-ln., 6-7 leaves,
22 Ins., high. $1 each; $12 per doz. Phientx
Roebelenii. 8-in. pota. 24 Ins. high. 261nch
spread. $3.50 each; 9-lnch tubs. 24 Inches high,
30-iiJch spread, $4 each, A. N. Pierson, Inc..
Cromwell. Conn.

Phoenix Canariensis, fine large plants. $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roebrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere in this Issue. Joseph Bea-
cock Co.. Wyncote. Pa.

Palms. Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa.
Palms. Julius Roehra Co., Rutherford. N. J.

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EBNTIA BELMOREANA.

Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches higb. Each.

41iich pots, 6 tu 6, 18 $|>.3S

6-lnch pots, 6 to 7 24 l.iiO

6-lnch pots. 6 to 7, 28 to 30 1.60

6-lnch pots, 6 to 7. 32 to S'l 2.0(1

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 36 3.00

8-lncb tubs. 6 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

8-lnch tubs, 6 tu 7, 45 to 48 6.U0

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FORSTERIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 $".35

6-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 28 to 30 l.OiJ

6-lncb pots, 6 to 6, 34 to 36 1.50

6-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 38 to 42 2.00

8-liich tubs, 6 to 7, 46 to 48 3.50

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 50 to 54 5.ii0

10-Inch tubs, 6 to 7, 6 to h% ft.. 8.00

10-)nch tubs. 6 to 7, 6 to 6% ft.. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-lnch pots, 3 plants In a pot, 28 ..$1.25

7-lnch pots, 5 iilauts In a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-Inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 38 .. 3.10

8-lnch tubs. 3 plnuts In a tub. 38 to 42.. 3. .10

8-lnch tubs. 3 plants In a tub, 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-lnch tubs,. 4 plants In a tub, 62 to 56.. 6.ii0

10-Inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high. 8.00

12 Inch tubs. 4 pl;ints In a tub, 5 to 5% ft.IO.OO

12-luch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high. 12.00

Very strong specimens, 12 aud 15-lnch tubs, 7

plants, $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

10-lnch tubs, 5 plants in a tub. 38 to 40. . 5.00

10-lnch tubs, 5 plants in a tub. 45 to 50. . 8.00

12-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub. 6 ft. high. 12.00

PHOENIX ROEBELEXIL

6-lllch pots. 20 in. high, 26 in. spread $1.50

7-lnch pots. 2 ft. high, 32 to 36 In. spread. 2.50

8-inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

POEIILMANN BROS. CO.,
MORTON GROVE, ILL.

P AND ANUS.

Pandanus Veitchii, 4-in., 50c: 5-in.. 75c; 6-in.,
$1.25 and $1.50; 7-in., $2 and $2.50. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS. Portland, Ore.,
are the only exclusive growers of PANSY SEED
and PANSY PLANTS on the westem conti-
nent, and the originators of MiSTODON PAN-
SIES. We offer an immense stock of superb
Slastodon ml.\ed seedlings, per l.ocio. $1.- 5,000.
$17.50. all prepaid. No shipments soiitli of
St. Louis or east of Chicago until Liter. Seed
prices: Vfe oz., $1; per oz.. $7. STEELE'S
PANSY GARDENS. Portland, Ore.

PANSIES — Strong, stocky plants with flue
roots, now ready (Henry Mette's strain). ?2.5l»
per 1,0110 cash. BRILL CBLJJRY GARDENS
Kalamazoo, Mich.

PANSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE. ILL.

Pansy plants. $2.50 per 1,000. Joa, H. Can-
nlngbam, Delaware, O,

PETUNIAS.

PEONIES.

PEONIES — Fine cut flower varieties, named.
8 to 5 eyes. $5 per l*iO; 2-year clumps, $8.
HEISER NURSERY AND FLORAL CO., Ham-
ilton, O.

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Jackson &
Perkins Co., Newark, New York.

Peony Festlva Maxima, Write for list of
other fine varieties. Thomas J, Oberlln, Sink-
ing Spring, Pa.

PEPPERS.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES. 4-
In. plants at $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids. Mich.

New cluster peppers. 2-ln., $2 per 100; 3-ln.,
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers, 3- in., $4 per I'lO.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvlnll, 2-in., $3 per 1"0;
3-in., $5 per 100. Cash. ERNEST ROBER,
Wilmette, 111,

Peppers. Chinese and cluster, 4-In., «10 per
100. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grore 111.

PERENNIALS.

PERENNIAL SEEDLINGS, best varieties. $1
per 100: $8 per 1,000. BRNEST'ROBER, Wil-
mette, lU.

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-tn., $2 per
100; $18 per 1,000, Elmer Bawllugs, Olean,

N. r.

Petunias, dbL mixed, 2-ln., $2 per 100; $18.50
per l.OuO; 3-ln., $3 per loO; $25 per 1.000. B.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md,

POmSETTIAS.

HEADQUARTERS FOR POINSETTIAS.
True type, $4.50 per 100: $40 per 1.0;iO; 5.000
lots or more. Write for prices. Cash, please,
LIINEST BOBEK, Wilmette, IlL

Poinsettlas, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you In 2V^-in. paper pots, l-'i.SO per
1"0; $50 ijer l.OiK). A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St., Chicago.

Poinsettlas, 2% -In., $5 per 100; $45 per 1,000.
S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg., Phila-
delphia, Pa.

PRIMULAS.

Primroses, Chinese. Forbesl, Malacoldes. Ob-
couica, alba and rosea. $1.75 per 10'»: $15 per
l.OOo. oliconica gigantea, giant flowering, all
2V41nch pots. $2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos.
U. Cunuiugiiam, Delaware, O.

Primula obconiea. giants, Grandlflora, largest
flowering, big 3-inch stock. $4 per liiO. CUIuese
largest flowering, fine plants, 3-iucb, $4: 2-ilich,
$2 per 100. Cash, please. J. W. Miller, Shlre-
manstown. Pa.

Primula obconiea. separate or mixed colors,
2Vi-in.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000; malacoides,
2V4-iuch, $3 per liiO; $25 per 1.000. Chiuese,
2y4-in., assorted, $3.25 per luO: $30 per l,uOu.
Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington, N. J.

PRIMULAS, MALACOIDES, 2-Inch, $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1.000. OBIONICA GUANDl.
GIG.. 3-iuch, extra strong, $6 per 100, ERN-
EST ROBER, Wilmette, IlL

Primula Sinensis, red and white, $3 per 100:
$25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Palnesville, Ohio.

Primula obconiea, 3-tnch, f6 per 100. Mala-
coides, 2V4-lnch, $4 per 10"; $35 per 1.000.
Vaugban's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

PRIMROSES— Malacoldes. 2-Inch, $2 per 100;
$15 per 1.000. HEISER NURSERY AND
FLORAL CO., Hamilton, Ohio.

Primula obconiea grandlflora and gigantea
strain, 4-inch. 8c, Poeblmann Bros. Co., Mor-
ton Grove, 111.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade aud ornamental trees, sbruiis and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore, Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices,
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

Roses, grafted Pink and White KlUarney,
500 of each at the rate of $10 per 100 for the
lot. American Beauties. 3-inch, in lots of 500
or more, at the rate of $-10 per 1.000. Bassett
& Washburn, 131 North Wabash Ave., Chicago.

ROSES, strong, 3-in. Pink KlUarney, Kalserln,
My Maryland and Rhea Keid, $6 per lOu; $.10
per 1,000. HHNRY SMITH, Grand Rapids,
Mich.

Roses, own root and grafted. For Tarietles
and ' prices see advertisement elsewhere In this
issue. Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Roses. 1-yr., 2V4-ln.; 2-yr., 4-ln. Leedle Floral
Co., Springfield, O,

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

SEEDS.

PANSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce, Mangel-Wurtzel. onion, parsley,
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Denallfe
& Son, Carlgnan, Northern France.

Seeds, new sweet pea Margaret Atlee, $3.50
for 25 pkts.: $12.50 per InO up to 500 pkts.;
$10 per 100 for 5ii0 pkts. and over. C. C. Morse
& Co., San Francisco, Calif,

Seeds, contract growers of encumbers, Mnik-
melon. Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet, Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co.. Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium spedaltlei,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeda.
Routzahu Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and fleld corn. Edgar F
Hurir, Swedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and fleld corn. George R. Pedrick &
Son, contract seed growers, Pedrlcktown, N. J.

Seeds, Cabbage Danish Amager Ball Head.
Earliest Cauliflower. Danish SnowbalL Dlt-
lev. Eltzholtz & Co., Rlnge, Denmark.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cocomber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. lehell & Co., Jackson. MIcb.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway'i
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son.
Langport, Somerset, England,

Seeds, Asparagus, Plumosus Nanus, 1.000,
$2: 6,000, $1.75 per I.OjO; 10.000, $1.60 per
1.000. J. M. Tborburn & Co., 63 Barclay St.,
New York.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of Sweet.
Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk and
Watermelons. Pumpkins and Squash. Western
Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of encumbers, caita-
loupe, watermelon, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and held corn, J. C, Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras. etc.
Asters aud flower seeds in general. 'Tomato,
lima auti pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co..
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn.

Seeds, wholesale fleld and ga -den seeds. J.
Bolgiano & Son. Light, Pratt and ElUcott Sts.,
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant, 0.
Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per .oz. Jos,
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnlngs, P.
O. Box 857, Melbourne, Australia.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.

SMUAX.

Smilax. 2-ln., $20 per 1,000; 3-ln., $40 per
1,000. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Southern smilax. ready for shipment Oct. 1.
F. & S. Lee, Marlon, Ala.

Smilax. 2V^-lnch. $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C, Schmidt, Bristol. Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Snapdragons, white, pink and yellow, 2t4-ln.,
$3 per luO; $25 per l.uOO; 3%-ln., $7 per luO;
$G5 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington,
N. J.

SPIREA.

Spirea Van Houttel, 3 to 4 ft,, $8 per 100;
$76 per 1,000. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown. Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark. Gaudy, Gobien Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar. McKlniey. Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell. Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success. Three W's, 0. S. King Edward. Wm.
Belt $2 per 100; $16 per 1.000. Chesapeake,
FendaU, Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1.000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive. Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.0<io. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Sliver, N. J,

STEVIA.

Stcvla, dwarf or tall, 214 -In., $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000; 3V4-in., $7 per 100; $65 per
1.000. Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington, N. J,

Stevia, 2-ln., $20 per 1,0<X). Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, III.

STEVIA, 3 Inch. 6c; 4-lnch, 7c. J. V. LAVEB,
704 State St., Erie, Pa.

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STEVIA, strong plants, 4in., $12.S0 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Baplds, Mich.

SWAINSONA.

SwaiDsona, white and pink, 2-ln., $2 per
100; $18.50 per 1,000; 3inch. $3 per 100; J25
per l.uOO. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md.

SWAINSONA, white, 4-in., $12.50 per 100.
HENRr SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

TORENIA.

TORENIAS; 2%-ln., $3 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

HARDY FIELD STOCK.

Celery plants $2.50 per 1,000

Cabbage plants 1.00 per 1,000

Genuine Cauliaower 2.50 per 1,000

Parsley, triple curled 2.50 per 1,000

All Varieties.
P. M. Pattington, Sclploville. N. Y.

Cabbage plants ready to set In the field,
strong transplanted plants, $2.50 per 1,000.
Seedlings, $1 per 1,000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO., DanWlle, lU.

G. B. Lettuce plants, big, healthy, $1 per
1.0'JO, cash. Greenhouse, Milford, 111.

VINCAS.

VINCAS, 25.000 field-grown plants, varlegata,
$4 per 100. 3u0,0OU rooted tips, varlegata, $1
per 100. Extra fine plants. Booking orders
now for October delivery. THE BEESER
PLANT CO., Dept. B, Springfield, 0.

Vlnca Minor, the plant you have been look-
ing for to "lant in places where grass has
failed to grow; stocky plants, $2.25 per 100.
EMIL ENGELMAN, Altoona, Pa.

VINCA VAR., strong field-grown clumps, $4
per 100; $35 per 1,000. Cash please. FRANCE
& VANDEGBIFT, Monroe, Mich.

Vlnca varlegata, field-grown, $5 "per 100.
Jos. H. Cnnnlngham, Delaware, 0.

VIOLETS.

3,000 Princess of Wales Violets, field clumps,
$35 per 1,000. Cash with order or satisfactory
reference. THE BIVERBANK CO., Geneva,
111.

VIOLETS, GOVERNOR HERRICK, fleW-
grown, $5 per 100. J. V. LAVBR, 704 State
St., Eric, Pa.

Violets. 3%-in., Marie Louise and Lady Camp-
bell, $3.75 per 100; $35 per 1,000. Alonzo J.
Bryan, Washington, N. J.

XO EXCHANGE.

TO EXCHANGE — 4,000 Enchantress, carnation
plants. 2.000 Christmas Cheer, 350 Rose Pink
Enchantress, 50 Shasta; all good field-grown.
B,UOO variegated Vlnca. 3,000 green Vlnca, field
grown, long vines. For Boston, Whitmanl or
Plersont ferns, G. L. HUSCROFT, Florist. 118
N. 4th St., StenbcnviUe, Ohio.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Funk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co., St. Louis, Mo.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nlc. Krler Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marstafleld Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co.. 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co.. 452 W. Erie St.. Chicago.

"flas Them All Beat'* for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works. 846
W. Superior St., Chicago.

Boilers for greenhouses; all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Boilers, all sizes for greenhouses. John C.
Monlnger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Hontsch boilers. J. P. Dahlborn, 217 Hack-
ensack PI. Rd., Weehawken Heights, N. J.

Boilers, Giblin standard greenhouse. Glblln
& Co., 901 Broad St., Utlea, N. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-lnch, 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co., 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

Plllsbury Carnation Staples, 50c per 1,000,
postpaid. I. L. Plllsbury. Galesburg, III.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, 50c for
1,000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN COT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prites. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague
Smith Co., 164-166 Randolph St., Chicago.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansla
Ave., Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on Request. John C. Mon-
lnger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. iJietsch
Co., 2642 Sheflneld Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co., Des Plalnes, III.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz., by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids.
Iowa.

Peirce paper fiower pots, a w.aterproof paper
pot wiiicb does not fold np or come apart.
E. Allan Peirce, 400 Oaks St.. Waltham. Mass.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co., South Zanesville, Ohio.

Neponset. flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Standard pots, all sizes. The WhiUdln Pot-
tery Co., 709 Wharton St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery Co..
Syracuse, N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. HU-
flnger Bros. Pottery. Fort Edward. N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Harley
Pottery Co.. Nashville. Tenn.

Pots, Hews' standard. A. H. Hews & Co..
Cambridge. Mass.

Standard fiower pots. A. F. Kohr. 2934-38
Leavitt St.. Chicago.

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son. 2614-22 Bem-
don St.. Chicago.

StandariT red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.

Detroit Flower Pot Mfy., Detroit, Mich.

Pots. O. C. PoUworth Co., Milwaukee. Wis.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Aphine. $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Funglne,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine, $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Seallne. 75c per qt.. $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals., $10. NIkotiana, $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J.

Building material, pecky cypress, drop sid-
ing, ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Schillo Lumber Co., 1560 Kingsbury St.,
Chicago.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus, Jenulng's
Improved Iron Gutters. Diller. Caskey & Keen,
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts., Philadelphia.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London, England.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave.. Chi-
cago.

Florists' refrigerators. Bucbblnder Bros., 618
Miiwijukee Ave., Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per l.OiM). 50c;
by mail, 70c; 5,000 by express. $2.50. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

RIcCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St., Kendailville, Ind.

Liquid — NICO-FTJMB — Paper, for thrlps, aphis.
Spraying vaporizing, fumigating. The Kentucky
Tobacco Product Co.. Inc., Louisville, Ky.

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St., New York.

Superior carnation staples, 50c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St.,
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points, % and %, 40c per lb.; 7
lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs, $5. Randolph & McClements,
5936 Penn Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa.

"Elastic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner.
Mgr., The Elastic-Lyke Co., 30 E. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35tb and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1,000, 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St..
Philadelphia.

Superior Carnation Staples. 35c per 1.000;
3,000 for $1. F. W. Waite, 85 Belmont Ave..
Springfield, Mass.

Shear- Klean grates are cheapest when you
consider their efliclency. Shear-KIean Grate
Co.. Chicago. III.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
bead Mfg. Co.. Detroit. Mich.

Self-tying rose stakes. The Carnation Sup-
port Co.. ConnersvUIe. Ind.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones.
56 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Floraln D.
Wallace, Insurance Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway, 105 Cbambers St., New York.

Florists* baskets of all kinds. Raedleln Bas-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nlkoteen. 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis. Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet, per
100. S5c; BOO, $3; $5.60 per 1,000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100, 60c; per
l.OoO, $5. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JDST ODT.

Send for one.

WOERNEB WIRE WORKS.

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Floral design, wire window guards, ofllce rail-
ings, and all fancy works, lamp shade frames.
Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St., Cleveland,
Ohio.

Florists* '^Ire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
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Menlo Park, Calif.

CLUB MEETING.

A very enthusiastic meeting of the
Menlo Park Horticultural Society was
held Thursday evening, September 3.
The report of the exhibition commit-
tee was read and approved. The gold
medal of the society, given for the
most points during the year, was
awarded to Andrew McDonald. The
second prize, a silver cup, was award-
ed to Chas. Ehrlich. Over forty mem-
bers were in attendance, and it was
decided that the society should hold
an annual outing. President Goertz-
hain appointing a committee of five
to make the necessary arrangements.
One of the most interesting features
of this society is the exhibits of its
members at the monthly meetings.
David Bassett showed some remarka-
bly well grown tuberous begonias for
which he was awarded 90 points. John
M. Daly's Lilium speciosum received
85 points and G. Nunn was awarded
80 points for an exhibit of melons.
Secretary Ellings reported that the
subscription list was being increased
in a very substantial way. Besides
cash donations, the following specials
were noted : Silver cup, donated by
Lynch Nursery Company for chrysan-
themums, private gardeners only; solid
gold watch, by the Lord & Burnham
Co., of New York, for best twelve
decorative plants, private gardeners
only; Hallawell Seed Co., of San Fran-
cisco. Calif., silver cup, for best col-
lection of fruit, and also a silver cup
for the best collection of vegetables.
All signs point to the most successful
show ever staged by this society.

CLUB OUTING.

The outing given by the Menlo Park
Horticultural Society on Sunday, Au-
gust 20, will long be remembered by
those who were fortunate enough to
attend. This was the first picnic of
its kind ever given by the society, and
judging by its great success, we have
no hesitation in saying that it will
become on annual affair. The mem-
bers with their families and friends
were conveyed in buses and automo-
biles to Portola, on the banks of the
beautiful San Fransquito. where lunch
was spread under the wonderful grove
of California laurels, about ten miles
from Menlo Park. The afternoon was
devoted principally to games, in which
old and young joined with equal vim
and enthusiasm. Following is a list
of winners during the afternoon :

100-yard dash — R. Cruikshank, 1st;
D. Patterson, 2nd; J. Patterson. 3rd.

Boys' race — A. Patterson, 1st; B,
Miller. 2nd: D. Patterson, 3rd.

High jump — G. Angus. 1st; A. O'Don-
nell. 2nd; S. Lockerbie, .3rd,

Fat men's race — Frank P, Roach,
1st: T, Templeton, 2nd; G. Angus. 3rd.

Shot put — G. Angus, 1st: B. O'Don-
nell, 2nd; J. Patterson, 3rd.

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Samples free.
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714 Cbestont StraetX
rblUdolpblft.

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Siebert's Zinc
Glaxina Pointa.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust.
easy to drive. % and %
inch. Perlb.40c.'vlbs.
$1.85. ZO-lbs. $7.00

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Chka^o New York

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Why diu a hole in the ground mere-
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Sample free. For sale bv dealers.

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Sept. ig^

SHEAR-KLEAN

GRATES ARE CHEAPEST

When you consider tiieir efficiency.

SHEAR-KLEAN GRATE COMPANY,
CHICAGO, ILL.

SUPERIOR [,Ts^?,

CARNATION STAPLES

35c per 1000 3000 for $1.00

PREPAID

Forrepairine split Carnations. Samples free
F. W. WAITE. 85 BelmoDl A»f., SPRINGFIELD. MASS

Hop, skip and Jump — B. O'Donnell,
1st; G. Wood, 2nd; D. Slade, 3rd.

Ladies' race — Mrs. H. Wright, 1st;
Rose M. Lynch, 2nd; Mrs. Patterson,
3rd.

Tug of war — Single men beat the
married men. Percy Copp was captain
of the single men and Dewey Wright
captained the married men. There
were over one hundred people present,
and all unite in saying that it was
one grand day.

NOTES.

A visit to the Lynch Nursery Com-
pany's establishment at Menlo Park
is always an interesting one to the
lovers of the chrysanthemum. Here
can be seen all the latest American
and European novelties in the height
of perfection. We note that at pres-
ent the following varieties are' nearly
ready for cutting: Unaka, pink; Cro-
cus and Monrovia, yellow. These will
be closely followed by Chrysolora.
This firm is western distributor for
Chas. H. Totty and Elmer D. ■Smith
& Co. Their novelties all look promis-
ing, but as yet have not shown color.
Their plants are remarkably free from
disease, and show evidence of splendid
culture.

G. Clarke, of the California Nursery
Co., was a recent visitor in the in-
terests of his firm. G. N.

Nashville.

DEMAND FAIR AND TRADE OPTIMISTIC.

Business has been only fair the past
week, trade being kept alive largely by
the funeral work, but all expect busi-
ness to pick up in the next week or
two. Stock has been plentiful and of
very good quality. Roses are very good
for this season, especially American
Beauties and the Russell roses. Carna-
tions are coming in a little, not very
large as yet. Asters, gladoli and other
smaller flowers that serve to fill in are
blooming well. Bulbs are beginning to
arrive, much to the relief of the grow-
ers who could only conjecture what
the effect of the war in Europe would
be on this side of the water.

Geny Bros, have received forty boxes
of paper whites, 12,000 Dutch hyacinths
from one firm and {j.OOO Dutch from an-
other, and more to come. They are
having a real nice cut of American
Beauty, Russell and Radiance roses.
They have re-leased the building they
are in for a ten-year term, with the
privilege of another ten-year renewal.
The building is to be handsomely re-
modeled with copper and marble win-
dow trimmings. The walls are to be
scraped apd decorated in a most artis-
tic manner. The genial Leon Geny says
they have the handsomest auto deliv-
ery in the South. It is of the Over-
land make and' is finished in green and
gold.

Mr. Hall, representing Wertheimer
Bros, of New York, was here in the In-
terest of his firm recently: also F.
McCabe of A. L. Randall & Co of Chi-,
cago, taking orders for florists' supplies."

M. C. D.

A "RED DEVIL" PLIER ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

A little 4 incii drop forced steel tool that is far superior

to a shears for cutting bouquet wires or any tine wire.

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Drop fors.j T„i c— t .tool you should have Ask your hardware man for

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tor you. If not send us his name and fifty cents aDd

one only sample pair will be sent you postpaid.

151 Chambers St..

New York, U. S. A.

Glass Cutters Tht kind you want.,

"Red Devil" No. 622

Smith & Hemenway Co.,

(We make "Red Devil'

KING

The name that assures "the
most for the moiiey" in

GKEENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and 3'ou will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION GO. I

29 King's Road. N. Tonawanda, N. Y. I

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Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
deners, Florists and
Home-makers, taught
by Prof. Craig and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize the growing
importance of a knowl-
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Gardeners who un-
derstand up - to date
methods and practice
are in demand for the
beat positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening is
Indispensable to those who would have
the pleasantest homes.

2S0-page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School

Deot. A. F., Springneld. Mass.

PROF. BEAL.

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worits,

846-848 W. Superior St., Chicago, lU.

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ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Sendfor
our catalogue today .

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

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TRY OUR

SelMyiflg Rose Stakes

and you won't buy straight .stakes.

The Carnation Support Co.

CONNERSVILLE, IND.

Shenanddah, Ia. — O. B. Stevens, flor-
ist, is erecting a new greenhouse and
flower shop.

Free

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KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leayes, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

Send For Prices

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MONINGER

BOILERS

You can't afford to buy any boiler
until } ouare sure you don't want
a "Moninjjer " Come on now—
let's talk it over.

Send for cat!»lop.

JOHN C. MONINGERCO.,

CHICAGO: NEW YORK:

902 Blackhawk St. Marbridge Bld^.

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Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
the world's largest Building Material Uepartment.
Reap the ben fits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overnauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, ho&e. etc Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your beating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, si7e
l-?8x2h 100 running ft $ 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar. size
l?gx2H, llOrunning ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, p ■rlOOOft..bd meas, 19.00

XJ-44— No 1 Cypress. 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Btd Sash. l?8-in. x3ft.
xf> ft . without glass 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. V\ ire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls: 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

BARKIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

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■» .n. S I .n. iM .<-<i OF HIGH
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For GREENHOUSES

See Our Catalogue.

lomaTe? GIBLIN & CO., Ulica, N. Y.

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A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Bail Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00.
For full particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J

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Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

Good Material

Prompt Delivery

Reasonable Cost

These are the points which count with you when you are in
need of greenhouse material. Let us submit you our sketches
and estinates. Our fine equipment, good stock and an ex-
* perience of many years enables us to give you satisfaction.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WAB.ANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO.
Greenhouse Material. Telephone Humboldt 11. Hotbed Sash.

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1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO, Lockland, 0.

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FOR £^7

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F.O.PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

New YORK

Mastica is clastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes bard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs wub hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run

in hot nor he

in cold weather.

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(Not Inc.)

30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

GLASS

We are leaders. Large atock. good pricM.

SHARP, PARTRIDiiE & CO.

CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give
satisfaction in every way.

We Famish Everything fortheGreenhoose

Write for pricesi and estimates. Do it now.

GiRUND MANUFACTURING CO:, DesPlaines.lll.

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REED & KELLER,

122 W. 25th St., NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
WfxC licvelties, and are dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

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Sept. /p',

LIQUID ="NICO-FUME"-F>APER

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

«»li: S ^ od «s i:ri e r:i for* I^i:*ioo«s

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisviUe, Ky.

Agricultural Experiment
Stations

are favoring 40% nicotine solutions in their
recommendations forfumigating and spray-
ing. To meet the demand this has created
we now offer

"40 NICOTINE"

$13.00 GalIon-$3.75 Quart— $2.00 Pint.

Compare these prices with what you now pay,

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
vaporizing and fumi^'ating.

$4.50 Gallon— $1.50 Quart.

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

For ereen, black, white fly, red spider, thrips.
mealy bug and soft scale. Can be used on
tender plants.

$230 Gallon— $1.00 Quart.

FUNGINE

For mildew, rust and other blights. It is
perfectly safe to apply to fruits and vegetables,
as it is non poisonous. An infallible remedy
for rose mildew, carnation and chrysanthe-
mum rust. $2.00 Gallon— 75c Quart.

VERMINE

For eel. cut and wire worms working in the
soil. It can be apDlied to all vegetation.
$3.00 Gallon— $1.00 Quart.

SCALINE

For San Jose. Oyster Shell and all scale on
trees and hardy stock. An effective remedy
for red spidpr on everjjreens.

$1.50 GaUon— 75c Quart.

If you cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order with
remittance and we will ship immediately
tlirough our nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals,
MADISON. N. J.

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EVERYTHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Hose, Wire, Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools, Glass.

Special Agent for Wizard Brand Manures ud Darling's Fertilizers.

Walter S. McGee,

Phone Hyde Park 5679
5327 KLUS AVE.. CHICAGO, ILL.

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mention The American FlorisC
when you order stock. : :

NIKOTEEN 30 "U Strength

FOR SPRAYING

APHIS PUNK for Eumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

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C-L-A-Y-A-'-S

These simple symbols spell CERTAIN SUCCESS

CLAY'S FERTILIZER, the Standard Plant Food, is Safe,
sure, *Juick — yet Continuous — in .Action, and Economical.

Manufactured by

CLAY & SON, Stratford, London, England

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'tiflNifflis

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

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A LLNurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists wishine
^* to do business with Europe should send for the

''Horticnltaral Advertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 oi the best coDtineotal houses. Annual
BubscriptioD. to cover cost of postage, 75c.

.^s the H. A. is a purely trade mediam, appll-
caotssbould, with the subscription, send a copy of
ibeir catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.

Money orders payable at Lowdham. Notts.

Address EdltOFS Of "H. A."
ChllwcU Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. England

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An Ideal

iasecliclile

For Fumigating;
and Spraying

Sold by
Seedsmen and Dealers.

Manufactured by

P-RPALETHftRPECO.

(fnc)

Clarksvllle, Tenn.

PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, Billheada. Statemenls.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate Making and Color Work,

Borham & Ghaplins Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

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BUCflBINDER
FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. C3 for Catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MANUFACTURERS

518 Milwaukee Ave., - Chicago, ni.

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Vol. XLIII.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914,

No. 1373

ThE American Florist

Established 1885.
CopTriirht, 1914. by AmericaD Florist Company
Kntered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11, 1^1,
at the Post Office at Chicago. Illinois,
under act of March 3. 1879.
Published Every Saturday by
AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,
440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago,
long Distance Phone: Harrison 7465.
legutered Cable Address : Ameno. Chicago.
Subscription, United States and Mexico, $1.00 a
year: Canada. S2.00: Europe and Countries
in Postal Union. $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from the trade. Vol-
umes half yearly from August 3. 1901.

Address all correspondence, subscriptions, etc..
American Florist Co.. 440 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

OrFiCKRS — Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis.
Minn., President; P.Welch. Boston. Mass., Vice-
President; John Young. S3 W. 2>-th St.. New
York. Secretary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y.,
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch. Boston. Mass.,
President; Dan MacKorie. aan Francisco. Calif.,
Vice-Preiident; loHN Young. New York. Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August, 1915.

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY
SUPERINTENDENTS.
Twenty-eighth annual convention to be held
at St. Louis. Mo.. October 6 8. 1914. M. P. Brazil,
St. Louis. President-Elect; Bellett Lawson,
Jr., River Grove, 111.. Sec'yTreasurer.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo. N. Y., 1915. S. J. Goddard. Framing-
ham. Mass., President; A. F. J. Baur. Thirty-
eigfitb St. and Rockwood .\ve., Indianapolis.
Ind., Secretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Next annual meeting, San Francisco. Calif.,
1915. Gustave X .'Vmrhyn. New Haven, Conn.,
President: Roland Coterill. Seattle. Wash..
Secretary -Treasurer.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual convention and exhibition at Indianap-
olis. Ind.. Novemb.-r 6-8. 1914. Wm Kleinheinz,
Ogontz Pa. President; C. W. Johnson, Morgan
Park, Chicago, Secretary.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Wallace R Pierson. Cromwell. Conn.. Presi-
dent: RoBT. Pyle.W estgrove. Pa. .Vice President.
Benjamin Hammond. Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Secretaiiv. ■ . ■'

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THE PROPAGATOR'S WORK.

Stock Preparations.

This is the principal work at the
present time connected with the green-
house department of public gardens. All
the gardeners should now be busy
pushing along the propagation and
bringing in the more tender stock
plants before a heavy frost has a
chance to nip them. The first essen-
tial thing on the programme is to get
the propagating house in good order.
It should be given a thorough clean-
ing and then any repairing of the
benches or other parts tliat need it
attended to; also give the inside of the
benches a good coat of fresh lime
wash. It is also a good plan to lime
wash the sides, ends and corners of
the house, so as to have everything
about the place dry and fresh. At
this season of the year, with the in-
tense dampness of the air almost every
night, it is necessary to be extra care-
ful not to have any rubbish laying
around in the propagating house that
is at all likely to cause the fungus to
start. After the benches have been
put in shape the next thing to do is to
provide a good drainage for the sand;
we use a layer of coarse lime stone
spread over the bottom of the bench
with a little finer grade of the same
material shaken through it to prevent
the sand from washing through, and
have found this to answer the purpose
of drainage for the propagating bed
about as well as anything we have
tried. A good clean sand is the next
important item; it does not matter
much whether it is a lake or bank
sand as long as it is free from clay or
vegetable matter. If a green scum
forms upon it a short while after it
has been in the bench, then it is poor
material for propagating purposes.
Now that we have the repairs and
cleaning finished up, together with a
good sand provided for, everything is
ready to receive the cuttings.

Though we may not get very heavy
frost for some time yet, many of the
more tender plants will soon begin
to show the effects of cool weather
by dropping their leaves and present-
ing a general hartV^ned appearance.

This class includes coleus, iresine.
heliotrope, ageratum, petunia, salvia
and fuchsias, cuttings of all of which
should be got 1"^ without any further
delay. The alternantheras should also
receive attention. If these plants are
carried over winter as young plants in
two-inch pots, the cuttings must now
be ready for potting to give them a
chance to get well established before
the cold, dark days set in. This ap-
plies particularly to the red varieties,
as they are poor subjects to carry
over winter under the best of condi-
tions, and they need a light house
whpre they will receive a high temper-
ature. The yellow and green varieties
are not so particular and will get along
nicely in a lower temperature. Where
large numbers of these plants are
grown, most gardeners follow the
above method of carrying them over
winter in small nots for two very im-
portant reasons : first, because there
is less loss than in carrying over the
old plants, and second, because it
saves a very heavy spring propaga-
tion, when the propagating benches
are taxed to their limit. The best way
to prepare and care for the old plants
of alternanthera is to trim them back
well at time of digging and then either
pot flat or bench them in a place
where they will receive ample heat.
They do best in a very light, sandy
soil and should be watered sparingly
during the winter months.

The soil for the alternanthera is also
suited to the echeveria and these
plants can be taken up and placed in
single layers in shallow flats and set
in the walks of some of the other
housPS for a week or so until the more
pressing work is attended to, then
they can be cleaned up, the root stem
shortened back and the plants placed
in shallow flats and set in a cool, dry
place. Echeverias do best in a night
temperature of 40 to 4.5 degrees;
more than this causes them to grow
up spindly and lose their for;n. These
plants also need but very little water
in the winter time, enough to keep
them from shriveling is all that is
necessary. Geranium cuttings also

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Sept. 26,

nppd attention. Every cutting of
these plants that can be handled
should be put in the sand, and it is
always best, to stock up on these
beyond the estimated requirements.
The earlier batch of these cuttings, put
in a month or so ago, will be by this
time forming roots and' they need to
be kept a little on the dry side while
in the sand so as to hold them in good
shape until the place is ready to re-
ceive them after potting. After the
cuttings are ti-ken from the stock
plants which It is the intention to save
to produce more cuttings during the
winter, the plants can be potted up,
held a little to the dry side until root
action commences again.

Hydrangea Otaksa and the new
French varieties are Important plants
in the spring business, and while they
cannot be classed as bedding plants.
they figure largely In the sales, they
should be brought Inside and given
cool quarters before the buds are dam-
aged by frost.

Be on guard to get In the vase plants
such as palms, dracaenas, phormiums,
etc., in quick time at the approach of
severe frost; also the roots of cannas
and the bulbs of the dahlias. Gladioli
are better off if hrnught in before they
get badly touched ,by frpst. Also,
rrnke every arr'nsempnt to care for
the pot rose stock. After this month
they are betl;er off laid down in the,
frame, that is, to carry them through
the winter,

C. W. Johnson.

Symplocos Crataeg:oides.

At the present time of year the ma-
jority of hardy trees and shrubs have
ceased to flower and one's attention is
naturally directed towards those which
afford the most ornamental fruiting
effect. One of the most beautiful
shrubs Just now is Symplocos crat!E-
goides. and one Iwonders why so .very
few are noticed in public and private
gardens. At the Arnold Arboretum
there are shrubs of this symolocos 10
feet tall and almost as much across,
forming a very attractice object both
in flower and fruit. It is a decidu-
ous shrub, with foliage of a light
green color and about the end of May
it becomes covered with a profusion
of panicles of small white, fragrant
flowers, produced from the old wood.
These flowers are later followed by
large quantities of small oval fruits,
which are now changed to a most
beautiful ultra-marine color, making the
shrub very conspicuous and rather un-
common in .• ppearance. It is a mem-
ber of the natural order, styracaceae,
and Is found naturally distributed as
a small tree or shrub from the Hima-
layas to Japan, where a yellow dye is
extracted from the bark. Under culti-
vation it thrives in well drained soil
in a sunny position and may be readily
propagated from seed. A large quanti-
ty of seedlings were recently noticed
in the nursery of Isaac Hicks & Son,
of Westbury, L. I., otherwise very few
people appear to carry this rare and
interesting shrub.

WM. H. JtJDD.

SpnTNOFTEr.n, Tt.l. — The greenhouse
property of the Arthur Canfleld estate
was sold to William Hemhreiker and
lies Co'e by Charles Ulrich. the execu-
tor. September 10. The property,
which consists of 12 lots In block 12
of Gehlman & Turner's addition,
brought $20,000.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Robt. kift, Philadelphia, Pa.

Important to the Florist Craft.

Follownii: In tbe text of aD Iniiirumptu art-
dresd <Ifll\ei-c«l l»y Mux Si-lilhij; lieruir lUe New
York Fiuilsts' Club. Septeuilit;r 14. IDH.

. Mr. President and Brother Florists:
^ In the past few years, we have done
a whole lot of writing and talking to
dnd a way in New York to improve
business for the retailers, to get bet-
ter prices for the growers and to clear
the surplus stock of the commission
dealers. With one idea — to help all of
us to have a broader field for our
products, to get more in touch with
the public, not with the public who do
buy flowers (they are reached often
enough), but with the I)ublic we are
not in contact with.

Our publicity Committee who had
posters printed and sent to different
stores, about Mothers' Day and other
days, is for this purpose not sufficient.
The posters which they send out, only
very few stores put in their windows
or in any other prominent place for
show. It is a lost effort. This adver-
tising of one day brings a certain kind
of flowers high in price for that one
day only, and then lets the price drop
that much lower after. For these con-
ditions to be impi'oved, you need a

special committee. Men who are in
contact with the public, and who are
in the midst of retail life; men who
have feeling with the public and who
are willing to give some of their val-
uable time for the general good, and
for this committee. I would su^srest
that you elect three wholesalers, three
growers and three retailers, and 1 be-
lieve the following would be the proper
men to handle the situation: John
Young, Walter Sheridan, George Sie-
brecht, wholesalers; Wm. H. Sie-
brecht, J. Miesem, John Donaldson,
growers; George Stumpp, A. T. Bun-
yard and Max Schling, retailers. My-
self I put last to keep the others to-
gether, and with us, the club shall
give us. Patrick O'Mara, a man whose
knowledge of business life and human
nature and his well known ability to
handle any situation, to help us in this
work.

This new movement of the New
York public free markets is preparing
the public for just this kind of work.
One of the ways to improve our busi-
ness would be the following: That the
surplus of the stock our growers send
to the city be sent to the free mar-
kets; that no doubt they would glad-
ly do. The florists of New York to
volunteer two or three hours a week
the services of a couple of their sales-
men to handle this stock, and sell It
at a low price to any who are willing

WREATH BY CUDB BROS., WASHINGION, D. C.

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507

to buy a few flowers, but who cannot
afford to go to a store and who would
gladly have flowers, but who have no
access to tlijs so-called luxurj', except
that they jfet it at a ridiculously low
cost. AVe can not only bring light and
pleasure in mnny pdor homes in this
way. ^luit we also can help our growers
to get 'a little Bain for their work, tye
help ■ourselves a great deal by keeping
the market free of surplus, and the
wholesalers will be open for new stock
for which they will find a better mar-
ket, when there are no '"left-overs."
and wc will all be more self satisfied
with ourselves by acomplishing some-
thing which helps not only our brother
florists, but also otirselves, and there-
fore it is better that we start in as
quickly as possible to get something
accomplished, instead of sitting com-
fortably in our chairs, and waiting for
other people to work until the legs in
our chairs rot beneath us.

Max Schling.

Retailer's Views of tlie Florist Business.

Address by Charles F. Edgar delivered be-
fore the I.aiiea<!ter Count.v Florists' Club, Sep-
tember 17. 1914.

The retail florist of today, in order
to make his business a paying
proposition and be successful, must be
original, artistic and up to the minute,
there having been many changes in
this one particular line in the past
ten or twelve years. In the olden
days the customer who made a floral
purchase would nine times out of ten
have his mind made up as to about
what he would want. It would
probably be a gates ajar, broken
column, bible, broken wheel, wheat
sheaf or pillow, but things have
changed. Today, it is strictly up to
the one behind the counter to make
the suggestion, and the one who can
suggest something out of the ordinary,
is the one who will win out in the
long run.

Clusters, baskets and wreaths of
the varioiis forms are becoming more
popular every dav and must be worked
up in many different combinations
and color schemes. Then comes the
corsage bouquet of numerous types.
made up for street wear and dances.
Flowers for the sick are made very
presentable by being rut in a basket
with a water receptacle, or packed
loose in a box. All of these sugges-
tions are looked for from the striv-
ing retailer as the public is becoming
more educated every day as to the
varieties and keeping qualities of the
many cut flowers that are grown.

The appearance of the shop and the
courtesy shown by the clerks carry
great weight with the prospective
buyer; or in other words, one must
act as if nothing is a troub'e to satisfy
his customer. The window should be
kept up to the minute with season-
able stock and new ideas as to the
us^ of our productions, as this is the
main advertising point, and should not
be neglected under any consideration.
Then it is up to him to turn out the
best workmanship possible, and give
a dollar's worth for a dollar. Right
here might come in the cutting of
prices. I would not maintain that a
uniform iirice is the proper caper, but
I do maintain that to cheapen the
price because there is a surplus
on the market, is of no benefit to any
one; the sa'es are not increased to
any appreciable extent and the per-
son buying them does not properly
Hppreci.'itc- wl\nl they buy from the

■^

SPRAY OF ROSES, CYCAS LEAVES AND LILY OF THE VALLEY,

fact that they are a cut price article.
This could be enlarged upon in-
definitely, but I want it well discussed
from the different prints of view of
our members here. The retailer, how-
ever, who does not grow his own
flowers or plants, and has to purchase
all of his stock, must look to the com-
mission man or the grower for his
main support, and in this case the
grower should work with his com-
mission man and keep him posted.
The commission man can advise his
retailer just what stock to purchase
and push, and by all working together
in the so-called co-operative way. we
will a'l derive benefit. This city is
without a doubt the most up to date
town for its size on the map. not only
in our line Viut in all enterprises.

War Horses and Cliariot.

The accompanying illustration shows
a design by S. A. Frost, Toronto, Ont.,
exhibited at the Canadian National
Evhil'iii'Mi. Ti'ronl'i. Auaust "Jll to .Sep-
tember 7, 1914. The design represents
Britannia driving two war horses
attached to a chariot. The heavy wire
frame used in the arrangement was
manufactured by the Dale estate,
Brnmpton. Ont, Ten thousnnd bronze

magnolia leaves were used with sphag
num moss in moulding out the horses
The man standing at the side of the
exhibit serves to give an idea of it.s
size.

Autumn.

Conies autumn with its paints ami
brush,

Its colors bright and glowing,
And other artists puts to blush

With its tremendous showing
The forest is a crimson flare

Of red and yellow shading,
And in the meadows everywhere

Is goldenrod parading.

The tree tops in the ancient wood

Their banners gay are flying
To celebrate in merry mood.

Although the year is dying.
And in the valley down below

And in the distant hollow
The yellow and the purnle glow

Far as the eye can follow.

If you are too old and feeble

To demolish gates nnd siens.
If your back is too rheumatic

To subject yourself to fines,
Be a boy (or girl) and gather

With the bunch on Hallowe'en
,\nd be gay and glad and giddy,

Tjike the youngsters of sixteen!

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Sept. 26,

San Francisco.

STOCK PLENTIFUL DUT llABD TO JIOVE.
I regret to have to report no im-
prpvement in trade conditions in this
city and vicinity during the past weel\.
Tlie cut flower business is absolutely
at a standstill, and the long hoped
for improvement is not yet at hand.
Chrysanthemums are coming along
with a rush and plenty of splendid
stock can be had at much lower fig-
ures than prevailed at the correspond-
ing week last season. . Some grand
Crocus, Chrysolora and Unaka are ar-
riving, but the prices being received
by the growers are very discouraging.
Plenty of Monrovia can be had also.
There is quite an abundance of roses
but these, like everything else, are
bringing very poor prices. Carnations
are getting more plentiful and albums
and rubrums are still hanging on but
moving slowly. There is a great abund-
ance of out-door stock such as dah-
lias, gladioli, etc.; they are grand, too,
but hardly salable. Lily of the val-
ley holds up fairly well as do the few
Cattleyas arriving. Asters are still a
drug, and likely to remain so, now that
chrysanthemums are in. Both the
grower and retailer are complaining,
but I hope soon to be able to tell you
that the situation has made a change
for the better.

CLUB MEETING.

The meeting of the Pacific Coast
Horticultural Society, held Saturday,
September 12, was one of the most
enthusiastic held by this society in a
long time. The returning members
who worked .so hard to land the Na-
tional convention in this city next
year were given a warm welcome and
received congratulations on all sides
upon the success of their mission. The
society is to start a campaign at once
to raise funds to entertain the Society
(if American Florists in such a man-
ner that it will be a credit to fhe so-
ciety and the city also. The subscrip-
tion list was opened that evening and
in a short time the members present
i''edged over ifl..3n0. The MacDnrie-
McLaren Co., alone subscribed .$500.
The society decided to hold an im-
promptu dahlia show at the next meet-
ing.

The members of the Menlo Park
Horticultural Society held a meeting
September 10 and completed all ar-
rangements for their show to be
held next month. The prize list will
amount to about !f500, eight silver
cups and a gold watch. ' Several new
members were admitted to the society.
The monthly exhibit was very interest-
ing. The Lynch Nursery Company
showed a vase of well grow-n chrys-
anthemum Unaka. Geo. Nunn exhib-
ited peaches and John M. Daly pears.'
Geo. Ward's zinnias were very fine,
and he received 95 points for them.

NOTES.

All the Japanese growers of chrys-
anthemums sending stock to this city,
have reached an agreement to hold
together for higher prices for their
stock. They plan to destroy all stock
left over rather than have the street
peddlers come to the macket after the
florists have done buying in the mar-
ket, and get what is left for little or
nothing. This scheme is all right if
it works out, but We have our doubts.

The planting at the fair grounds is
progressing without any interruption
whatever. All the foreign nations,
even those engaged in the present
struggle, are going ahead with their
plans as if nothing were happening.
There are thousands of plants, bulbs
and shrubs being received from abroad
and all these are being placed in their
permanent places.

Nels Peterson pf the Peninsula
Greenhouses is sending in some splen-
did stock of Peter Fisher's new Car-
nation Gorgeous. It is proving a pop-
ular sort as it meets with public, ap-
proval instantly.

N. 'Ward has been appointed to be
manager of the flower show this year.
He has had plenty of experience in
this work and will be the right man
in the right place.

AV. Axell, head of McLellan & Co. s
wholesale store motored through Lake
county, accompanied by his wife last
week. G. N.

ROYERSFORD, PA.— The florist business
of R. E, Nace, near Fernwood. Pa.,
has been purchased by Burgentz &
Tryball.

Pittsburgh.

GOOD BUSINESS CONTINUES.

Market conditions remain about the
same as last week, with very few ex-
ceptions. Business continues good,
and very nearly everybody, particu-
larly the wholesale people, are very
weli satisfied with the present volume
of business. But when trade was so
slow three weeks ago, even a very
slight change for the better is enough
to make one feel as though gross pros-
perity were prevalent. Weather con-
ditions have changed very much in
the past few days. We experienced
some cold weather here a week or so
ago, and many growers were compelled
to run their boilers both night and
day while it lasted. It is much warm-
er at the present time and seems
rather strange that steam had to be
used so recently, considering the tem-
perature now, which rests about SO".
Some chrysanthemums have made
their appearance and add considerable
brilliancy to the line of stock coming
in at present, as the variety is very
limited. Carnations are getting more
common day by day. Asters have been
experiencing a heavy glut here for
some time, while lilies, roses and Amer-
ican Beauties are doing very nicely,
with no surplus stock on hand. There
are dahlias enough for all, and some
striking new and old varieties may be
had at reasonable figures. Late crops
of gladoli have been arriving and the
quality of the last named is particu-
larly fine. Customers seem quite sur-
prised when offered good stock like
this now at -$2 or .$.3 per 100, as they
were sold as low as .f7.50 per 1.000
only two weeks ago, when they were
on a glut. This season has been a
disappointment to many of the grow-
ers of gladioli here as there was an
over supply at all times. This dis-
couraged most of the men in this end
of the business as the returns were
the lowest in some years back.

The trade extends its sympathy to
J. J. Bolton. Beaver Falls, Pa., who
had the misfortune of losing his wife,
who was called away Sunday, Sep-
tember 1.3. J.

JOHN H. DUNLOP'S DISPLAY AT THE TORONTO EXHIBITION. GEO. M. GERAGHTY, MANAGER. '',

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The American Florist.

509

SOME DETAILS OF JOHN H. DUNLOPS DISPLAY AT THE TORONTO EXHIBITION, GEO. M. GERAGHTY, MANAGER.

Baltimore.

The florists are digging into their
coal piles this cold weather. Frost
made its appearance, bat did no dam-
age. Fall trade is picking up a little,
some of the retail florists tell us, but
things are extremely dull, generally
speaking. The celebration week of the
"Star Spangled Banner" caused busi-
ness of all kinds to stand still, hut
every one seemed to have a good time.
The city teemed with visitors, the
decorations were fine, the weather glo-
rious and floats and parades up to the
average or better. With the ending
up at Fort McHenry with a bombard-
ment and fireworks, it was all that it
should be. Francis Scott Key will live
long in our memory: also his famous
song, which we have heard so much
of late.

I. H. Moss has received a new boiler
to install in his greenhouse on York
road. The make is "Gem City Re-
turn," tubular portable. A number of
the same make have been used in this
locality and have given perfect satis-
faction in their heating quality.

W. McKissik, manager of the Leo
Niessen Co.'s Baltimore branch, has
returned from his vacation in New
Jersey. He and Mrs. McKissik are en-
joying a new Ford runabout this fine
weather.

Richard Vincent, Jr.. has been laid
up with lumbago since his trip to Bos-
ton convention, but is now up and
around again.

Wm. Johnston and wife, of Madison
street, are at home from their summer
home in New York state.

John Cook and wife, Catonsville, will
spend the winter in Miami. Fla.. as
usual. B.

Cleveland.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE CONTINUES.

Business has been improving grad-
ually for the past week or two. and
again shows old-time form. Gladioli
are again in demand, with prices a
trifle better and asters are beginning
to decrease in supply, the better grades
being pretty well over with. Dahlias
are beginning to arrive more fre-
quently, and the quality improving
daily, with Easter and Jap lilies still
plentiful. Carnations are few and
mostly short stock. Snapdragon, lark-
spur, marigold, etc., are part of the
daily stock. Roses are again in good
supply and the quality is very good
and some very good American Beau-
ties are on the local market, and the
demand has been good. Pink and
White Killarney, Mock roses, Hadley,
Shawyer and Milady have all been in
better demand, and this stock too
shows improvement. Valley has been
equal to the demand. Adiantum ferns
and asparagus are in good supply.

NOTES.

At the meeting of the Cleveland
Florists' Club, Monday, September 14,
the nomination and election of officers
took place for the ensuing year and
resulted as follows : H. P. Knoble.
president; Fred C. Witthuhn, 1st vice-
president; Geo. Bate, 2d vice-presi-
dent; Frank A. Friedley, secretary;
Geo. W. Smith, treasurer.

At the opening of Steam & Co.'s
new store on Monday, September 16.
large quantities of American Beauties
were used in the decorations; also a
lot of outside flowers were used in the
dining room.

Frank Smith, formerly of the Smith
& Fetters Co., was in Cleveland for a
few days. He was on his way east.

Visitors : V. A. Cowgill, of Salem.
O., and his brother J. R. Cowgill, of
Canton, O.; M. Eastwood, of the Lam-
born Floral Co., Alliance, O.

C. F. B. ,

Oklahoma City.

TRADE ENJOYS SEASONABLE INCREASE.

With the passing away of the
summer, social life is taking up more
active lines, and the flower stores are
beginning to feel an added impetus to
their business. Chrysanthemums are
now a regular feature but asters are
so perfect now-a-day's there seems to
be not much real need for the more
costly Queen of Autumn.
NOTES.

The State Fair opened Tuesday.
September 22, and "Fashion Week"
was ushered in on the same date.
This annual competition among down-
town stores, to see who could put on
the best dressed windows, is quite an
event. In other j'ears it has been so
easy for the florist to capture the first
prize, owing to the nature of the ma-
terial used, that grocers, hardware
men and others have used their in-
fluence to the effect that the award-
ing of prizes for the best dressed win-

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The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

dows has been discontinued. The
florist's however, made special prepa-
rations for the annual event and made
most elaborate displays, all of which
is the best possible kind of advertising
for our particular business.

The September meeting of the State
Society of Florists conflicted with the
democratic state convention so the
florists postponed their meeting until
the first Monday in October. Every liv-

At the florists' club meeting last
week, Nick Weber, Jr., was admitted
to membership in the Cincinnati
Florists' Society.

P. J. dinger will return from his
visit to North Dakota this week. Mrs.
dinger will not return for another
month.

A. Miller, representing A. Hender-
son & Co., Chicago, was a recent trade
visitor. O. H. H.

S. A. FROST'S DISPLAY AT THE TORONTO EXHIBITION.

Ing resident in this State seems to be
politically alEIiated to one party or
another and any mere trade organiza-
tion has to take second place during
campaigners times.

George Stiles has just got settled
in his new home, a palatial residence
he has built this summer at 28th
street and Classon boulevard, which is
within a few blocks of the Stiles Co.'s
greenhouses.

Mrs. Stella Johnston, florist, Chick-
asha, Okla., is just recovering from
Injuries received by being run over
by an automobile in June last.

S. S. R.

Clnclnoatl.

BUSINESS IS FAIK.
Jewish New Year's business did not
come up to expectations. One's de-
mand ran mostly to cosmos and
asters. The supply generally increased
greatly owing to the warm weather
while the sales were about the same
as last week. Roses are in a very
large supply. Only the very best have
any sort of a market, the rest of them
either sell at the very lowest prices or
go to waste. Carnations are in an
ordinary supply and meet with a fair
demand. Lillles are plentiful, as are
also gladioli, but the stems and blooms
are much smaller than they were when
this flower was at its best during the
summer. The avalanche of asters
coming in seems to be unlimited, and
has flooded the market. Cosmos has
been having a fair call. Dahlias meet
with only limited favor by the buyers.
The supply of decorative greens is
adequate.

NOTES.

J. C. Rutenschroer has been shijiping
some fine dahlias to C. E. Critchell.

T. L. Metca'fe. of Hopkinsvil!e, Ky.,
was in the city last week. He has a
chain of stores in Kentucky and
Tennessee.

Los Ang^eles, Calif.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE NOTED.

A decided increase in business pre-
vails this week both in the retail and
the wholesale ehds and in the way of
shipping to out of town jjoints, such
as Arizona, Nevada and Texas. Golden
Glow is plentiful but not meeting with
such a demand as in other years.
'Mums are making their appearance,
but are of an inferior quality. Cen-
taureas are good and plentiful, as are
also all kinds of greens. Indoor roses

are fine and the demand for them is
very good. Zinnias are also very good
sellers.

NOTES.

Dieterich & Smith will open a flower
shop in the nenr future on the corner
of Seventh and Figueroa street. This
should be an ideal location as it is a
transfer point and in the business sec-
tion of the city.

Charles Winsel's ranch at Monte-
bello is in splendid condition. The
young roses that are given for stock
are in bloom and make a beautiful
display on the side of the hill, which
is terraced.

H. N. Gage Co. reports a gain in
business over last year at this time,
which speaks well for Mr. Gage as
a salesman. The side trips that he
has been taking lately has well paid
him.

Walter Armacost & Company, of
Ocean Park, have some of the finest
Ioo]^ing greens on the coast, such as
Asparagus Plumosus, Sprengerii, and
sword ferns in quantity.

The ferns at the nursery of Fred R.
Hil's are in splendid shape. The
Whitman! are making a fine showing.

S. Murata & Co., report a busy week
especially in out of town orders and
stock is cleaned up daily.

The Los Angeles Flower Market
closed it doors September 17 as the re-
sult of bankruptcy.

Howard & Smith are kept busy with
funeral work.

W. G. M

Illinois State Fair.

The floricultural disp'ay of the
Illinois State Fair was held at Spring-
field, in the Dome building of the fair
grounds on September 21-22-2.3 and
was a brilliant success. The plant
exhibit was very extensive and well
arranged and occupied the entire east
half of the large structure. The prin-
cipal exhibitors in this department
were Poehlmann Bros. Co., Geo. J.
Dinkel. A. C. Brown. Geo. M. Brinker-
hoff, Gullett & Sons, Geo. A. Kuhl and
Hembricker & Cole. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.'s exhibit of cyclamen was grand
and so were the exhibits of palms and
Pandanus Veitchii. George J. Dinkel's
prize collection of stove and green-
house plants attracted much favor-

CHAS. H. UTTLEY AND WIFE OF HARRISBURU. PA.
In ft Field of Forgi't-rae-nots in Switzerlnnd.

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able attention and stuud out bo'dly
among the rest. George M. nnnker-
hoff carried off a large niimlier nf
prizes with his various exhibits, palms
and begonias being the features. The
Janssen Seed & Floral Co. had a fint-
exhibit of Kaster lilies. Geo. A. Kuhl's
exhibit of fancy leaved cahidiums and
crotons was greatly admired and so
was Gullett *: Sons' magnificent col
lection of ferns.

The cut llower display was slageil
\n the west hall of the Dome liuilding.
directly opposite the palm and plant
exhibit, and was much larger than m
former years. Tuesday, Septemlier 22,
was the big day and by noon all the
entries were staged and presented a
most inviting appearance. In roses,
Poeh'mann Bros. Co. was the largest
exhibitor and carried off the greater
number of prizes. The new varieties
of roses shown were in splendid con-
dition, especially Mrs. Chas. Russell.
and proved of real interest to the pub-
lic. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. and A. T.
Hey carried off the honors in Amer-
ican Beauty roses and the stock they
exhibited was nearly e(iual to w-inter
grown liowers. The J. D. Thomnson
Carnation Co., had a sp'endid exhiljit
of carnations and succeeded in win-
ning practically all the first prizes in
the classes that it had made entries.
Pyfer & Olsem of Wilmette staged a
prize winning -vase of Go'.den Glow
chrysanthemums, but did not stage
many of their carnations, as they
arrived in poor condition. Poehlmann
Bros. Co.'s exhibit of orchid.s was a
magnificent one, and the large table of
cut blooms of cattleyas and oncidiums
was by far the most beautiful exhibit
in the cut flower section.

In the retail section the number of
entries was surprisingly large, with
over 75 floral designs of all kinds on
display. Artistically arranged baskets
of cut flowers and beautifully arranged
table decorations did much to make
this the banner showing 'by retailers
of any of the fairs yet held. Like the
cut flower section the i-etail depart-
ment was visited all afternoon by
the public and the hall was crowded
until nearly seven o'clock on Tues-
day evening. Gullett & Sons, Pyfer
& blsem, A. T. Hey, A. C. Brown, Geo.
A. Kuhl, Hembricker & Cole. Geo.
M. Brinkerhoff. Cottage Greenhouse.
and the Janssen Seed & Floral Co.
were the chief exhibitors and all made
a large showing. John Bauscher, of
Freeport, did all the judging in the
floricultui'al department.

Among the trade visitors in attend-
ance during the opening days were :
E. A. Alexander and wife. Pekin:
A. K. Anderson. Morton Grove; C.
G. Anderson, Morton Grove; John
Bauscher, Freeport; H. Benjamin, Pe-
kin; C. E. Cox and wife, Freeport;
Ed. Gullett, Lincoln; Geo. Hechmeister.
Lincoln; Otto Hembreiker. Lincoln:
Albert Hey. May wood; A. T. Hey and
wife. May wood; Louis Hey, May wood;
Miss Lois Jahn, Pekin; Geo. A. Kuhl
and wife, Pekin; A. F. Longren Chica-
go;— McPheron, Litchfield; Geo. Mad-
sen, Alton; James Morton. Chicago;
Edw. A. Ollinger, Chicago; Wm. Pant-
ley. 'Wilmette; P. "W. Peterson. Joliet;
August Poeh'mann, Morton Grove; A.
T. Pyfer, Wilmette; 'Wm. C. Smith and
wife. St. Louis, Mo.; T. J. Steffas,
Taylorville: Chas. T. Swayger. Cham-
paign; J. C. Vaughan, Chicago; T. A.
Walraden and wife. Peoria; Frank
Washburn. Bloomington.

AWARDS— PLANT^.

Collection of stove aDft greeiihoii«ie plants to
iiiver 2''0 sinare feet of space — Geo. J. Din-
kel. Springfeld, 1st: Geort?e M. R'-i'Tierlinff,
.Springfield. 2nd; fieo. K. Knhl. Pekin, 3rd;
.Tanssen Seed & Floral Co.. Springfield. 4th.

Twelve 'alms, sinp'le. fr'-oimed for effect —
Geo. J. nirkel. 1st: Gen. M. Urin'te-hnff, 2iid ;
Geo. i. Knhl. 3rd: Janssen Seed & Flo. Co.. 4fh.

Six palms, sinffle. three varieties, two of
each — Geo. J. Pinkel. 1st: Poehlmann Bros

M. Brinkerhoff,

plant — Geo. J.
2nd; Geo. M,

Co.. Morton Grove. 2:mI; iJeo.
3r(l; Goo. A. Kuhl, 4tb.

Two palms, made mi— A. C. Hrowu. Spring-
Held 1st; Geo. M. BrlnkLM-hoff. 2nd: Poehl-
mann Uros. Co.. 3rd; lieo. A. Kuhl, 4th.

One palm, single— Geo. A. Uillkel. 1st; Geo.
M. lirlnkerboir. 2nd; roehlmmiii Bros. Co.,
:;nl: Ge<i. .\. Kuhl. 4tU.

due Cycas ISevobita- cieci. M. Itrinkerhoff,
1st: Geo. \. Kuhl, 2nd.

Four araucaria, any variety -W. II. Gul-
lett & Sons, Lincoln.- 1st: Geo. A. Knhl, 2ud;
.lansscn Seed & Floral Co., 3rd.

Twelve crotons, in variety — flco. A, Kuhl,
1st: Geo. II. Brinkerboir, 2nrl : W. II. Gullett
^^ Sons, 3rd.

Best ornamental or foliage
I Diukcl. 1st; Geo. A. Kuhl,
Hrl'dierholT, 3rd.

Twelve begonias, tloweriiig. iu variety — Geo.
M. BrinkerhofT, 1st; Geo. .1. Dinkel, 2nd; A.
C. Brown, 3rd.

Cyclamens, best 10 plants, not loss than 5
iu. — Poehlmann Bros. Co.. 1st: ^' . H. Gullett
Si. Sons, 2nd: Hembricker & Cole, Springt'd. 3rd.

Orange tiee. best 2 plants in fruit — Poehlmann
Bros. Co., 1st; Janssen Seed & Floral Co., 2nd;
Geo. M. BrinkerboB, 3ni.

Twelve ferns, distinct, one of eaeb — W. H.
Gullett & Sons, 1st; Geo. .\I. BrinUer^fT, 2nd';
Geo. A. Kuhl, 3rd.

Six terns, distinct, one of each — Hembricker
& Cole. 1st: W. H. Gullett Si. Sons. 2nd. Geo.
M. Brinkerhoff, 3rd.

Four adiantums, distinct — Geo. A. Kuhl. 1st;
W^ H. Gullett & Sons, 2nd; Geo. M. Brinker-
hoff, 3rd.

Four Xep. Bostoniensis, not less than 8-iu.
pot— Hembricker & Cole. 1st; W. H. Gullett
& Sons, 2nd: Geo. M. Brinkerhoff. 3rd.

Four Nep. Piersonii, or other sports of Bos-
ton, not less than 8-in. pot — Hembricker &
Cole, 1st: W. H. Gullett & Sons, 2nd; Geo.
M. Briukerhoff, 3rd.

Four Nep. Whitmanl. not less than 8-in. pot
— W. H. Gullett & Sons. 1st: Geo. M. Brinker-
hoff. 2nd: Geo. A. Kuhl, 3rd.

Four Nep. Seottii. not less than 8-in. pot —
Hembricker & Cole, 1st: 'W. H. Gullett & Sons,
2nd; Geo. .\. Kubl. Srd.

One Nep. Bostoniensis, not less than lO-in.
liot— W. U. Gullett & Song, 1st: Hembricker &
Cole. 2nd; Poehlmann Bros. Co., 3rd.

Ono Nep. Piersonii, or other sports of Bos-
to'i. not less than 10-in. pot — Hembricker &
Cole, first: 'W. H. Gullett & Sons. 2nd: Poehl-
uianu Bros. Co.. 3rd.

One Nep. Whitmanl, not less than 10-iu. pot
—Geo. M. Brinkerhoff, 1st: W. H. Gullett &
Sons, 2nd; Hembricker & Cole, 3rd.

One Nep. Seottii, not less than 10-in. pot — ■
Hembricker & Cole. 1st: W. H. Gullett & Sons,
2nd: Geo. M. Brinkerhoff, 3rd.

One Cibotium Sehiedei. not less than S-in. pot
— W. H. Gullett & Sons. 1st: Geo. M. Brinker-
hoff, 2nd; Janssen Seed & Floral Co.. 3rd.

Four dracapna. four varieties — Geo. M. Brin-
kerhoff, 1st; Janssen Seed & Floral Co.. 2nd;
(ieo. A. Kuhl, 3rd.

Four Panilanus Veitehi — Poeljhnaun Bros.
Co.. 1st; Geo. M. Brinkerhoff, 2nd; Geo. A.
Knhl, 3rd.

Twelve Babv Kamblers iu bloom — Hembricker
& Cole. 1st: W. H. Gullett & Sons, 2nd: Geo.
M. Brinkerhoff, 3rd.

Twelve Soupert in bloom — \V. H. Gullett &
Sons, 1st: Geo. M. Brinkerhoff. 2nd.

Six Asparagus Pluinosns. not less than G-iu.
pot— Geo. M. Brinkerhoff. 1st; Geo. J. Dinkel,
2nd: Geo. A. Kuhl. 3rd.

Collection of fancy-leaved ealadiums, 15 planta
-Geo. A. Kuhl. 1st; Janssen Seed & Floral
(.'o.. 2nd: Geo. M. Brinkerhoff, 3rd.

One hanging basket fern. 14 in. — W. H.
Gnllett & Sons, 1st; Hembricker & Cole, 2nd:
Geo. A. Kuhl. 3rd.

One hanging basket Sprengeri. 14 in. — W. H.
Gullett & Sons, 1st: Geo. A. Kuhl, 2nd; Geo.
M. Brinkerhoff. 3rd.

Basket foliage plants for effect— Poehlmann
Bros. Co. 1st: Geo. M. Brinkerhoff. 2nd: Geo.
A. Kuhl. 3rd.

Two window boxes. 5 ft. by 8 in., filled —
Geo. M. Brinkerhoff. 1st: Geo. A. Kuhl. 2nd.

One feru dish, filled- W. H. Gullett & Sons,
l.st; Geo. A. Kubl. 2nd: A. C. Brown, 3ril.

Best collection bulbs for fall planting, cor-
rectly named — Janssen Seed & Floral Co., 1st.

Twenty Kaster lilies, one bulb to pot — Jans-
sen Seed Si Floral Co., 1st: A. 0. Brown. 2nd:
Geo. A. Kuhl. 3rd.

CUT FLOWERS— ROSES.

.\merican Beautv roses. 50 flowers — Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., 1st; A. T. Hey Floral Co.,
Mavwood. 2nd: Geo, J. Dinkel. 3rd.

.Nmeric.-^n Beauty roses. 2r> flowers — A. T.
Hey Floral Co.. 1st: Poehlmann Bros. Co., 2nd;
Geo. J. Dinkel, 3rd.

Uicbmond roses. 50 flowers — Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. first: Geo. J. Dinkel, 2nd; Janssen Seed
& Floral Co.. 3rd.

Mrs, Jardine roses, ,50 flowers — Janssen Seed
& Floral Co., 1st.

Killarney roses, pink. 50 flowers — Poehlmann
Bros. Co.. 1st: Goo. J. Dinkel. 2nd: A. T.
He- FInrn) Co.. 3rd.

Killarney roses, white .'in flowers — Poehl

maun Bros. Co., 1st; Geo, A, Dinkel, 2nd; A
C, Brown, 3rd.

New variety rose, last season's introduction.
50 flowers — Poehlmann Bros. Co., 1st; Geo. J.
Dinkel, 2ud; Pyfer & Olsem, Wilmette. 3rd.

Kalserin Augusta Victoria, white, 5ii flowers
— A. C. Brown. 1st; Geo. J. Dinkel, 2ud; Jans
sen Seed & Floral Co.. 3rd.

My Maryland, 50 flowers — Geo. A. Dinkel.
1st; Janssen Seed & Floral Co., 2nd.

Six varieties. 25 blooms /;ach. .\mericaii
Beauty roses excepted — Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
1st; A. C. Brown, 2nd; Geo. J. Dinkel. 3rd.
JHSCELLANEOUS CUT FLOWERS.

Collection dahlias, lOll blpoms, single —
Jan.i.ci Seed & Moral Co., 1st.

Collection dahlias, 25 blooms, double — Janssen
Seed & Floral Co., 1st; F. Janssen, 2nd; H.
Walter, 3rd.

Collection hardy perennials, 12 vases, each
variety in separate colors — A. T. Hey Floral
to., 1st.

Collection of asters — A. T. Hey Floral Co..
1st; Janssen Seed & Floral Co., 2nd: F. Jans
sen. 3rd.

Six orchids in bloom — A. T. ,Hey Floral Co..
1st: Janssen Seed & Floral Co., 2nd.

Collection of chrysanthemums, greenhouse
grown, 5vl blooms, two varieties of 25 blooms
each— W. H. Gnllett & Sons, 1st; Janssen Seed
& Floral Co.. 2nd.

One hundred lily of the valley, cut — Poehl
mann Bros. Co., 1st.

Fifty chrysanthemums, auy variety — Pyfer &
Olsem, 1st: A. T. Hey Floral Co., 2nd; W. H.
Gnllett & Sons. 3rd.

■ Display of cut orchids, any variety, can have
more than one kind, no less than .50 blooms on
entry— Poehlmana Bros. Co., 1st; K. T. Hey
noral Co., 2nd.

CARNATIONS. ,

Fifty blooms, white — J. D. Thompson Cai-na
tion Co., Joliet, 1st; Poehlmann Bros. Co., 2nd;
W. H. Gullett & Sons, 3rd.

Fifty blooms, flesh pink — J. D. Thompson
Carnation Co.. 1st; W. H. Gullett & Sons, 2nd:
Poehlmann Bros. Co., 3rd.

Fifty blooms, light pink — J. D, Thompson
Carnation Co.. 1st: W. H. Gullett & Sons, 2nd.

Fifty blooms, dark pink — Poehlmann Bros.
Co., I'st; J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., 2nd;
W. H. Gullett & Sons, 3rd,

Fifty blooms. Enchantress — J. D. . Thompson
Carnation Co., first; Poehlmann Bros, Co., 2nd;
W. H. Gullett & Sons. 3rd.

Fifty blooms, scarlet — Poehlmann Bros. Co..
1st; ■«'. H. Gullett & Sons, 2nd; J, D, Thomp
son Carnation Co., 3rd.

White Enchantress. 50 blooms — J. D. Thomp
son Carnation Co.. 1st: A. C. Brown. 2nd.

Four vases, 50 blooms each, each vase of
distinct variety — J. D. Thompson Carnation Co..
1st: Poehlmann Bros. Co., 2nd: W. H. Gullett
& Sons. 3rd.

One hundred blooms, any color, auy variety,
seedlings admissible — J. D. Thompson Carna-
tion Co.. 1st; Poehlmann Bros. Co., 2uJ: A.
C. Brown, 3rd.

FLORAL DESIGNS.

Standing eross, 4 feet from bottom of base
up— W. H. Gullett & Sons. 1st: A. T. Iley
Floral Co.. 2nd; Cottage Greenhouses, Litch-
field. 3rd: Hembricker & Cole. 4th. ■"

Wreath of flowers on easel, 24 in. — A. C.
Brown, 1st; W. H. Gullett & , Sons. 2nd: Hem
bricker & Cole. 3rd; Cottage Greenhouses, 4th.

Best floral arrangement, set piece — W. H.
Gullett & Sons, 1st; Hembricker' & Cole. 2nd;
Cottage Greenhouses, 3rd; A. T. Hey Floral
Co., 4tb.

Basket of chrysanthemums — W. H. Gullett
& Sons. 1st: A. T. Hey Floral Co., 2nd; Geo.
A. Kuhl. 3rd; Hembricker & Cole. 4th.

Basket of cut flowers — Hembricker & Cole.
Ist: W. H. Gullett cSt Sons, 2nd; Pyfer & Ol
sem. 3rd: Geo. M. Brinkerhoff. 4th.

Bouquet of roses— W. H. Gullett & Sons. 1st;
Hembricker & Cole." 2nd: Cottage Greenhouses.
3rd: w. H. Gnllett & Sons. 4th.

Bouquet of various flowers — Geo. M. Erinker
hoff, 1st: Hembricker & Cole, 2nd: Cottage
Greenhouses, 3rd: W. H. Gullett & Sons. 4th.

Plat bouquet or spray of roses — W. H. Gnl
left & Sons, 1st; Cottage Greenhouses. 2nd;
Hembricker & Cole. 3rd; A. T. Hey Flo. Co.. 4tli.

Flat bouquet or sprav of carnations — Hera
bricker & ( ble. 1st: A. T. Hey Floral Co.. 2nd;
W. H. GuDett & Sons. 3rd: Geo. A. Kuhl, 4th.

Bridal bonouet— W. H. Gullett & Sons, lot;
.K. T. Hey Floral Co.. 2nd: Gen. A. Kuhl, 3rd;
Janssen Seed & Floral Co., 4th.

Corsage bouquet anrl tisnal accessories — Hem-
bricker & Cole, 1st: A. T. Hey Floral Co.. 2id;
W. H. Gullett & Sons. 3rd: A. C. Brown. 4th.

■Vesretahle Lo'e.

Be like the cahhaere — get a head —

Though on sinall nelery:
Just manifest an onion's strength

And climb adversity,

Lcftnnp nil he un and doing;

Things don't tnrnin^ when we wait;
If we nse a little p/'pper

We"^ can beet decree of fate.

Be as patient as a wnrmwooil;
Tf-v to cast dull cfl'-aw-ay: y

Apd «n"-e t'>vme voe'U see the rndlsl*

Dawning of a brighter day.

512

The Amer i ca n Fl ori si.

Sept. 26,

TheMerican Florist

Established 1885.
Subscription, United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year. Canada $2.U0; Europe and Countries
ID Postal Union. $2.50. Subscr ptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sending us change ol address always seed
the old address at the same time.
Advertising rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
opinions ot our corresDondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THES ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS

The work of the propagiitor i>05

— Stock preparations 505

Symplocos Crataegoides 506

The retail trade 50t>

— Important to the florist CTaft 506

—wreath by Gude Bios. (ilUis.) 506

— Retailer's view of the florist business. . .507
— Spray of roses, cycas leaves aud valli-y

(illus.i 507

— War horses and chariot (Hlus.) 507

Autumn ". 507

San Francisco 508

John H. Dunlop's display at Toronto (illus. )

508. 509

Pittsburgh ; 508

Baltimore 509

Cleveland 509

Oklahoma City 509

Cincinnati : 510

Los Angeles, Calif ". . . .510

Illinois State Fair 510

Chas. H. Uttley and wife (illus.) 510

Coal prices will advance soon 512

Chrysanthemum Society of America 512

The late Mrs. Jessie E. Loveridge ... -512

State fairs .512

Coming exhibitions ; 512

Clul^.meetings next week 512

Lancaster County Florists' Club 514

Nassau Couuty Horticultural Society 514

Worcester County Hort. Society - 516

Reading Florists Association v . . .516

Wisconsin State Fair 516

Chicago ...,...; 520

Cook County Florists' Ass'n 522

St. Louis -. 523

Washlni,'ton 523

Philadelphia 526

Floral exhibit at Minnesota state fair 527

Npw York 528

Albany 528

Boston ; 528

Rhode Island Hort. Society 530

Madison, N. J 531

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society 534

The seed trade 536

— Chinese narcissus bulbs 536

— Corn and vine seeds 536

— Colorado vine seeds 536

—Holland stock 536

Waterloo. la; . . .' 538

The nursery trade 540

— White grubs 540

Market gardfrhers ; 542

— Prices of indoor fruits and vegetables 542

— Fall tomatoes 542

— Humus or vegetable matter and soil fer-
tility 542

Providence, R. 1 549

Hopkinsville, Ky. 650

ALL broken greenhouse glass should

be replaced without further delay.

Coal Prices Will Advance Soon.

Chicago. — The generally mild weather
at this time of the' year, with a slight
rise in temperature in the middle of
September, is having a favorable in-
fluence on the coal market from the
buyers' point of view. With no per-
ceptible o\''ersupp]y. some operators
have been contemplating an advance
in prices of from 10 to 25 cents a ton
but the continued high temperature
has.caused them to postpone action.
However, as the weather is influencing
the market, this advance may come at
any tune. Greenhousemen who have
not fully pr.ovide|3 for their require-
ments, should, it would seem, in view
of the existing" condition's, benefit both
in price and delivery by arranging for
their cnal needs n6w.- ' ■ . . ', .

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

EXAMINING COMMITTEES.

President Wm. Kleinheinz an-
nounces the committees to examine
new chrysanthemums for the ensuing
year as follows :

Chicago — N. J. Wietor (chairman!.
George Asmus. Guy French. Ship
flowers to chairman. N. J. Wietcr. 30
E. Randolph street. Chicago.

Cincinnati — R. Wittersti^etter- (cha:r--
man). James • Allen, Henry Schwarz.
Ship flowers to chairman. Jabez ElMott
Flower Market, care janitor.

Boston — Wm. Nicholson (chairman!,
James Wheeler, Alex Montgomery.
Ship flowers to Boston Flower Ex-
change, C. Park street, care of chair-
man.

New York — Eugene Dailledouze
(chairman). Wm. H. Ouckham. A.
Herrington. Ship flowers to Xew York
Cut Flower Co., ijo 22d street, care
of chairman.

Philadelphia — A.. B. Cartledge (chair-
man). John Westcott, S. S. Pennock.
Ship flowers to A. B- Cartledge. l.">14
Chestnut street.

Shipments should be made to arrive
by 2 p. -m. on examination days to re-
ceive attention from the committee.
Must be prepaid to destination and an
entry fee of $2.1J0 shouM be forwarded
to the secretary not later than Tues-
day of the week th^y are to be exam-
ined, or it may accompany the blooms.

Seedlings and sports are both eligi-
ble to l)e shown before these commit-
tees, provided the raiser has given
them two years' trial to determine
their true character. Special attention
is called to the rule that sports to re-
ceive a certificate must i ass at least
three of the five committees.

The committees will be in session to
examine such exhibits as may be sub-
mitted on each Saturday during the
dates of which will be .October 3, 10.
17.24,31, and November 7. 14. 21 and
28. C. W. JoiiXSON, Sec'y.

The Late Mrs. Jessie E, Loveriiige.

Mrs. Jessie E. Loveridge. wife of C.
Loveridge, Peoria, 111., died September
19, age 48 years, five months and 17
days. She was buried September 21
in Springdale cemetery. Mr. and Mrs.
Loveridge were married October 2rJ,
1892. Ten children were born to them.
One died in infancy and nine are left
with their father to mourn her loss.

. State Fairs.

TLe fullouiuR is a list of comiug state fairs
%vitli tbe uaiues aud addresses of the snpcriu-
teudents of the hoiticnltiirnl aud floriciiltural
dciiartmeiits so far as obtainable.

September 18-26, Springfield.— Illinois State
Fail-. J. J. McC omb. 3327 Potomac avenue.
Chicago, siipeiiiitendent of horticulture; J. E.
Tatrgait. Frtepoit, siiperiutendent of lloricuUnro.

S'eptember 21-26, Helena. — Montana State Fair.
M. L. Dean, Chamber of Commerce Rooms. Mis-
soula, Mont., superintendent of horticulture and
floriculture.

September 25-26, Nashville. — Tennessee State
Fair. Charles A. Koffer. Knoxville. Teun., su-
pciinteudont of horticulture and floriculture.

September 26-October 3, Sedalia, — Missouri
State Fair. J. C. Evans, Olden. Mo., superin-
tendent of horticulture: W. R. Wilkinson, di-
rector of horticulture, St. Louis, Mo.

September 28-October 2. Trenton. — Inter-State
Fair. Prof, A. J. Farley, New Brunswick,
N. J.^. superintendent of horticulture and flori-
culture.

September 28-October 2. Birmingham.— Ala-
bama State F;ii'r aud E\hil»it Association. C. II.
Five, Coliva, AIn., superintendent of horticnl-
tme.

September 280ctolfer 3, Salem. —Oregon State
Fair, H. li. Churcli, Rosoburg, Ore., superin-
tendent of horticulture; Miss S. C. Wall. Salem.
Ore.. Ruperiiitoiidi'-ut of floriculture.

September 29-30-October 1-2. Douglas. —Wy-
oniiuK Stnti' Fiiir, I). A. Null. Rasin. Wyoming,
suj^erlnte'ident of iiortioulture; Mr,s. II. G,
Peters. Douglas, .Wyomin?, superintendent of
flrriculturo * : . ' .

September 29-30-Octob'er 1-2, Berlin. — Connecti-
cut State Fair. F. N. Bacon, Beckley. Conu..
superintendent of horticulture; Mrs. George E.
Green, Berlin, Conn., sui^erinteudent oC florf-
culture.

October 5-10, Albuquerque. — New Mexico State
Fair. Thos. F. Binkert, Albuquerque, N. Mex.,
sci'retary.

October 5-10. Riclimond. — Virginia State Fair.
A. Warrick, Room 7. Mutual building. Rich-
uinud, i;eiioral manager and secretary.

October 12-17. Montgomery, — Alabama State
Fair. Geo. T. Barnes. Montjromery, secretary.

October 19-24. Raleigh.— N^rth Carolina State
Fair. .T. Fnink Fooshe. Raleich. N. C.

October 26-30, Columbia.— The State Agricul-
tural :ind Mechanical Society of South Caro-
lina. D. F. Efird, secretary, Columbia, S. C.

October 26-31, Jackson.— Mississippi State
Fair. R. S. Wilson, Columbus, Miss.. Buper-
intendent of horticulture; Wm. Hemingway,
Jackson, Miss., superintendent of floriculture.

November 4-11, Shreveport. — Louisiana State
Fair. Robert Glenk. State Museum building.
New Orleans, La., superintendent of horticul-
ture.

November 9-14, Phoenix. — Arizona State Fair.
A. M. McOmie. Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion. Phoenix, superintendent of horticulture and
florimdture.

Comins: Exhibitions.

[Secretaries are requested to supply any
omissions from this list, and to correct any
dates that may have been altered since the
hist advices.]

October 21-23. Antrim. N. H.— Annual exhi-
bition of the New Hampshire Horticultural
Society. Stanley Lovett, secretary. Goffstown,
N. H.

October 22-24, Pasadena, Calif.— Annual fall
flower show of the Pasadena Horticultural So-
city, Hotel Maryhi'id. Geo. H. Kennedy, 407
Biadfovd street. Pasadena, secretary; Wm.
Hutchinson, 170 North Orange Grove avenue,
pjisnilciia, exhibit io'i manager.

October 28-29. Madison. N. J. — Nineteenth an-
nual flower show. Morris County Gardeners' and
Florists' Society. Assembly hall. Edward Rea-
gan, secretary. Morristown. N. J.

October 30-31-NoVember 1. — Mt. Kisco. N. Y.
— Twelfth annual exhibition. Northern West-
chester County Horticultural and Auricultnral
Society. St. FraL*:s Hall. M. J. O'Brien, sec-
letary, Uplands. Mt. Kisco. N. 1*.

October 30-November 3. New Tor's. —Annual
fall show. Horticultural Society of New York.
American Museum of Natural History. Goo. V.
Nash, secretary. New York Botanical Garden.
Bronx Park, New York,

November 3-6, Philadelphia. Pa. — Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society. Horticultural hall. David
Rust, secretary. Broad street, below Locust
street. Philadelphia

November 4-6. New Rochelle, N, Y,— West-
rhestcr and Fairfield Horticultural Society. J. B.
MrArdle. secretary, Greenwich. Conn.

November 4-6. Tarrytown, N. Y. — Annual exhi-
bition of the Tarrytown Horticultural Society.
Music Hall. E. W. Ncnbrand. secretary. Tarry-
town.

November 4-6, New York.— Exhibitio-i of flow
ers. plants, fruits and vegetables. American In-
stitute of New York. 2ri-.S3 West Thirty-ninth
street. W. A. Eagleson. secretary board of
managers, 324 West T\veutv-third street. New
York.

November 5-6, Worcester, Maas. — Chrysanthe
mum exhibition. Worcester County Horticultural
Society. Horticultural hall. I^. C. .Midgley, set
ret'uy, IS Front street, Worcester.

November 5-8. Boston. Mass.— Annual exhibi-
tion of tlie M.Tssachnsftts Hnrticultnral Society.
Horticultural hnll. Wm. P. Rich, secretary. 300
Mn«sachiisetts .n venue, Boston.

November 6-7, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. — Annual
fall show. Dobbs Ferrv Horticultural Associa-
tion, Town hall. H. Harms. Dobbs Ferry. N.
Y.. secietary.

November 6-8. Indianapolis, Ind. — Annual con-
vention and exhibition. Chrysanthemnm Society
of America in conjunction with the State Flor-
ists' Association of Indiana. Tbe German House.
0. E. Steinkamn. secretary. 3S00 Rockwood ave-
nu>'. Indianapolis. Ind.

January — , 1915. Buffalo. N. Y. — Annual con-
vention and exhibition of the American Carna-
tion Society. A. F. .T. Raur, secretary. Thirty -
eighth street and Rockwood avenue, Indianap-
olis. Ind.

March 17-23. 1915, New York.- International
Flower Show, under tlie au'ipifOR of the Horti-
cultuinl So.ielv of New York and the New York
Florists' Club. New Gnmd Central Palace. Forty
sixth strpet and Lexincton avenue. John Young,
secretary, ."."J West Twenty-eightli street. New
York.

I

Club Meetfngfs Next Week.

Baltimore. Md., Sept. 28. — Oarfleiu^vs' .ind
Florists' Club of Baltimore. Florists' ExchanRe
linll. St. raiil and Franklin streets. Nnnli F.
Flltton. seerctar.v. G\v.yn Falls Park. Station F.
Bflltimoro.

Hartford. Conn., Sent. 28.— Tlie Connpr^iclit
Ho'tleiillnial Societv. County buililinR. Hartford.
Alfred T>lxoii, secretary. Wetliersfield.

San Francisco. Calif.. Oct. 3.— Pael'ic Coast
Horticultural Society. Sacliem hall. Redmen's
liuilding. 240 Golden Cat" avenue. W. A. Hot-
Inelioff. secijefaapir. Til Wostbank huildlng. San
^raneisciS: '"'■ '*' ■

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One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers nre lobemailed from this office
euciose lOceuts extra to cover postage, etc.

Situation Wanted -By pot plant and bedding
plant Kiower; private or commercial. Address
Key 464. caic American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Assistant on private place.
ioside and out. Good references. Age 25. Ten
years' experience. Address

Key C C C. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted -Id a ChicaKO wholesale cut
Hower house: experienctd salesman and packer,
.address Key 449. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By married man: 28 years
old: no child en: 3 years experience in greenhouse
and card ning Position on small est>'r or in
institution. Key 462. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— As Hnrist and landscape
gardener. Life experience. Cierman, middle age;
wishes position in stare instution or private place.
Best references. Address

Key 463. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Voung Udy bookkeeper,
with six years experience in a Chicago wholesale
commission house. Chicago preferred. Can furn-
ish best of references. Address

Key 458. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a first class storeman
and designer. American. 24 years of age. First-
class rtferences as to ability and character. >tate
full particulars and sa'ary in first letter. Address,
Key 456. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Practical experienced gard-
ener desires a position on large private estate-
Expert on melons and fruits under glass or
outside, also anything pertaining to gardening
culture. Wages J80.00 per month for start.
Address, Key 451. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Bv practical gardener and
florid.; mirritd; no thildren. Desires position
by October l5on reliable private estate. Expert
on fruits vegetables, greenhouse and landscape.
Also anything pertaining to gardening cu ture;
three years gardening school; seven years exper-
ience. Last three years on one private estate.
Sober, honest, reliat le with good references.
Address Gardener, care S21 v\ el's St..

Milwaukee, Wis.

Situation Wanted — As head gardener flnrist
superint'-ndent on private pl^ce; English, age 3f^.
marri-d; one child. atie9;li{e experience in all
branches— hoi house, grapes, peaches, melons,
'mums carnations, roses palms, etc., vegerables
hardv fruits perennials trained fruit trees and the
general routine of a well-kept place: 24 years on
best estates: long references from this country
and England. Please state wages in fir^t letter.
-Address, Key 457, care A mer ican Florist.

Help Wanted— .\ hustling young man who wants
to learn the florist business Would want some
one with some experience, Send r" ferences and
wages expected to slan. W. W. Colks.

Kokomo Ind.

Help Wanted -Florist and gardener, competent
to take charge of greenhouse garden and grounds
at Stat" Institution. Address

Superintendent State Pubi ic School

Owatonna vlinn.

Help Wanted— .A sober, capable florist and
landscape gardener, with pot plant knowiedte.
Permanent position. Board, lodging and laundry
furnished VVith referpnces and salary expected,
write Clarence PifRSON. M D., Supi .

East La, Hospital for the Insane. Jackson. La.

Help Wanted- Catalogue man wanted by old
esiab ished, centrally located seed company :
must be experienced man at seed catalogue work;
year 'round job in catalogue, booklet and leaflet
writing: ^tate age, experience and saUry desired:
give references in first letter. Address

• ' Key 459. care American Florist.

For Sale— Marble top counter. $1U. Also florist
delive<ry wagon. Both in Chicago. Address.
Key EBB. care .American Florist.

For Sale or Rent— Greenhouse of 51XH( feet. Two
blocks of cemetery, two blocks of park, with
room to enlarge, in city of 50(0.

Wm B. HoBH^. Tipton, Ind.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
$1000 CO ca?h, an exceptional good deal on green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Imp'l Co., Brady. Mont.

For Sale— 25 acre truck farm 1,100 feet d. s.
glass, in county seat. Hot water heat, also in
residence Only greenhouse in 60 miles. Fine
climate and freestone water. If interested write
to Florist. Box 215. Manchester. Tenn.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling.
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Evf>rythiug in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price rigtit. Address *^

W, T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Co.. Pa.

Big Boiler Bargain

Hot water boiler, used only two months. Big
snap. $2n<i.fK) cash takes it. .\nswer immediately.
Key 450, care American Florist.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead, So. Dak., excel
lent tor Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar_
den. High pressure city water or well on place_
Population, lO.CKXI. Monthly payioll, $225 000. No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with right party,

H. E. BILLINGS,
Box 675, LEAD, SO. DAK.

FOR SAIE

CARNATIONS, FIELD-GROWN

FIVE THOUSAND short, bushy and

healthy plants of the variety Sangamo,

an excellent pink, .$35.00 per 1000.

Write me now, as this offer will soon be

discontinued. Joseph J. Bechamo,

141 Chestnut St., Flushing, N Y.

FOR SALE.

12 H. P. INTERNATIONAL GASOLINE ENGINE

Perfect order

12 H. P. UPRIGHT STEAM ENGINE. GoodordL-r.

Very low price. H interested address.

PYFER fi OLSEM,

1625 Central Ave., Wilmette, 111.

WANTED.

Carnation grower for a new place
near Chicago. Answer immediately.
Key 461, care American Florist.

Wanted

Good Rose Grower

For a raijge near Chicago, Good salary
to right man. Address

Key 460, care American Florist,

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MAN-
AGEMENT. CIRCUL.^TION, ETC.

of The American Florist, published weekly at
Lhicago 111., for October I, 1914 required by the
Act of August 24, 1912.

Note — This statement is to be made in duplicate,
both copies to be delivered by the publisher to the
postmaster, who will send one copy to the Third
.Assistant Postmaster General. (Division of Cldssi-
fication) V\ ashinclon. D. C, and retain the other
m the files of the post office.

Editorand Business Manager.— Michael Barker.
440 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111.

Publisher. American Florist Company, 440South
Dearborn btreet. Chicago, 111.

Owners: (If a corporation, give names and ad
dresses of siockholders holding 1 per cent or more
of total amount of st- ck )— Estate of E. Asmus,
W Hoboken.N. J., M. Barker. 440S. Dearborn St.,
Chicago. 111.; \V. Atlee Burpee, 485 N. Fifth St.,
Philadelphia Pa.: John Burton. Wyndmoor Mont.
Co., Pa : J. D. Carmody. Evansville. Ind.; W. W.
Coles, Maple Hill Rose Farms. Kokomo, Ind.:
Kobt. Craig. 49th and Market Sts.. Philadelphia.
Pa : J. B. Deamud. 160 N. Wabash Ave.. Chicago.
111.; James Dean. Freeport. L l.,N. Y.: Fmresa
I Dickey, care of Byron Reed Co.. 212 S. 17th St..
dmat a Neb ; Wm. Falconer. Allegheny Ceme-
tery. Pittsburg. Pa.; Halliday Bros . 11 E. Balti-
more St.. Baltimore. Md.: Maggie Harris. 55th and
Springfield Ave.. Philadelphia. Pa.: Edwin Lons-
dale Lompoc. Calif.; Estate of F. R. Mathison,
Waltham, Mass.; John N. May. Summit, N. J.: F.
R Pierson. I arrytown on Hudson. N.Y.; Uaac D.
Sailer. 929 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate
of Louise Schiller. 2207 W. Madison St.. Chicago,
111 • H. A Siebrecht, New Rochelle. N. Y.; W.
J.Stewart. 11 Hamilton PI. Boston. Mass.: J. C.
Vaughan.31 W. Randolph St. Chicago. 111.: Annie
G VVhitnall.40()l Harvard blvd..LosAngeles Calif.:
C. B. Wbitnill. 02h Locust St.. Milwaukee. Wis.

Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other
security holders holding 1 per cent or mere of total
amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities.

There are no bonds mortgages or other securi-
ties outstanding against The American Florist.
.^MERic.-^N Florist C'-mp.any.
Michael Barker.

Business Mgr.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19ih
day of Septi mber 1914.

Albert L. Koehler. Notary Public.

(My commission expires May 1, 1916.)

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1,50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 383
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 44o s. Dearborn St. CMcago

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Sept. 26,

Mrs. Chas. Russell Roses

are in great demand. Retail florists who are customers of ours
have found out during the past few weeks that it is a mighty
good seller; that a customer who buys it once usually buys it
again. Mrs. Chas. Russell is the best Red Rose grown today
and is better than the American Beauty in every respect. The
magnificent buds are fully as large, the stems are perfect and the
foliage is all that one would desire. We are cutting this rose in
large quantities and are now offering them at 5 to 12 cents each.

ORDER A FEW DOZEN TODAY.

You will find that this new Red Rose is all that we claim it to
be and more. It does not cost as much as the American Beauty
but is in greater demand and as we stated last week you can sell
ten dozen of Russell Roses where you sell one dozen of Beauty
Roses. The profit on one dozen of Russell is as big as it is on
one dozen of Beauties, so why not handle Russell, the Queen of
all Roses, and get the big money. Order a few dozen now, and
we are confiident you will ever after be a regular Russell customer.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.

Producers of Quantity-Quality Flowers,

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Lancaster County Florists' Club.

September 17 found a goodly number
of us at our usual meeting place, to
hear Chas. P. Edgar tell us how to
conduct the retail end of the business
and A. M. Herr tell of his trip to
Boston, as he was the sole representa-
tive from this club. In the discussion
of the papers it was unanimously-
agreed that we should support with
more loyalty the work of the S. A. F.,
although this club has done. I believe,
more than any other one club, by do-
nating as a club a prize for the .S. A.
F. sporting events and giving, as a
club, .^10 toward the Smith Memorial.
In discussing Mr. Edgar's paper price
cutting seemed to take precedence,
and it was pretty well agreed upon,
that the selling of any article too
cheap to the consuming public was
neither advantageous to the buyer nor
the seller, and that the sales of (lowers
were smaller in quantity where the
price was cut than where a fair price
was maintained. Getting from cut
flowers to plants, it was the consensus
of opinion that the majority of grow-
ers did not know that their plants
often cost more than they get for
them, and that with others the price
is too close to the cost of production
to make any allowance for the un-
avoidable mishaps our stock is some-
times subject to.

The flower show to be held in Lan-
caster November <l-7 was freely dis-
cussatl, and as we are likely to get the
entire building of the Heimenze Audi-
torium, we anticipate plenty of room
for a few trade exhibits to educate our
public into the buying of some things
they now do without. We are prom-
ised the co-operation of a number of
the civic bodies, and as Lancaster has
not had a show for a numlier of years
it is becoming almost a public event

Bush Hill Park Nurseries, - -

dte Co.

Enfield, England

Headquarters in England For These Lines.

GRAPE VINES, pot i;rown.
ROSES, field Erown, by the 100.000.

ORCHIDS, 25 houses full.
PALMS, 40 h'^iiscs full.

FRUIT TREES, for Eaidiii. 100 acres. oncrc . , , j .
FRUIT 1 8EES, pot srown for orchard houses. ROSES, pot uruwn, tor pergolas and foicmt.
FIG TREES, pot irrown. CYCLAMEN SEED, very finest strain.
Write for Catalogue.

liur representative will be in the United States during September and October
.ind will be pleased to meet or give pariiculars to anyone interested, .Address

Harry A. Barnard, Hotel Albert, University Place, New York City

for the cit.v. The programme commit-
tee reported for next meeting a paper
on greenhouse construction by Elmer
.1. Weaver, of Renks, and a paper on
chrysanthemums by Willis Girvin. of
Leola. The visiting committee report-
ed a trip to see tlie new houses built
by Willis Girvin, of Leola, for Thurs-
day, October 15. leaving the square at
.'{ :30 p. m., and returning in time for
the meeting' in the evening.

Albebt M. Herr.

Nassau County Horticultural Society.

The UKjnthl.v meeting of the Nassau
County Horticultural Society was held
on Wednesday. September 0, at Pem-
broke Hall, Glencove, President Henry
Gaut in the chair. Angus McGregor
was made an active member. The
judges for the monthly exhibits were
John W. Everitt, James Duthie and
Angus McGregor, and awards were
made as follows :

Twelve asters; Harry Jones, 1st.

Twelve mixed gladiolus; Alfred
Walker, 1st..

One musk melon; George Ashworth.

Clean-Up Price on 3000
Extra-Fine Field-Grown

IVIrs. C. M. Ward
Carnation Plants

$4.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000.

Elitch-Long Greenhouses

DENVER, COLO.

A cultural certificate was awarded
to Harry Jones for a vase of Gladiolus
America.

The schedule for the chrysanthemum
show, October 29 and 30 was read and
adopted. John W. Everitt was ap-
pointed manager of the dahlia show
to he held Tuesday, October G. Ex-
hibits for next meeting October 14,
will be three bunches outdoor grapes
in three varieties, six pears of one
variety and 12 apples in two varieties.
Harry .Ionks, Oor. Sec'y.

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JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S
PALIV1S AND FERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. high

-in. pot 5 to 6 28 to 30.

6-in. pot 6

Each Per doz.

$1.00 $12 00

34to36 1.50 18.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. ih in. high $ 2.50

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

S>-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.00

I2-in, cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to 5>4 ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5!^ to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 6 ft. high, heavy I'^.OO

12-in. cedar tub. plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot, nicely characttrized $1.00

6-in. pot. 18 to 20 in. spread 1.50

7-in. tub, 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED,
STRONG AND HEALTHY

Leaves In. high

2H-in. pot 4 StolO..

3 in. pot 5 12

4-in. pot.. 5 to 6 15

5-in.- pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot 6 to 7 24

6-in. pot 6 to 7 26

$0.40

50

1,00

1.25

6 in. pot 6 to 7 28 to 30 1.50

Each Perdoz.

$1.50
2.00
4.50
6.00
12.00
15.00
18.00

Leaves

In. hijjh

Each Perdoj

Cibotium ScWedei .^"'■'"'•'''•'■'''^'•••"'''^■**-^

9 in. tub. 5 ft. spread each. 5.00

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

9 in.cedar tub......6to7 42 to 45 4.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48, very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54, very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 8.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 6 ft., very heavy 10. CO

30.00
36.00
48.00

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote, Pa.

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Worcester County Horticultural Society.

An exhibition of over fifty varieties
of dahlias was the feature of the
weekly exhibition of the Worcester
County Horticultural Society, Thurs-
day, September 17. The awards were
as follows :

Cut flowers — Miss Lucy M. Coulson,
1st; Mrs. Edward H. Warren, 2d; Mrs.
P. G. Forbes, 3d; Hadwen Arboretum,
4th.

Round baskets— Mrs. P. G. Forbes,
1st; Miss Lucy M. Coulson, 2d; Mrs.
Wallace E. Sargent, 3d.

Marigolds — Mrs. Joseph M. Davis,
1st; Edgar M. Wilson, 2d; Mrs. Oliver
J. Putnam, 3d; Mrs. Emily Carey, 4th.

Scabiosa — Mrs. J. Frank Ricord. 1st;
Mrs. Percy G. Forbes, 2d; Miss Lucy
M. Coulson, 3d; Henry B. Watts. 4th.

Dahlias— Mrs. Edward H. Warren,
1st; Mrs. Jerome Buckingham, 2d.

Vase of seedling dahlias — Mrs. Ed-
ward H. Warren, 1st; Mrs. Percy G.
Forbes, 2d; Hadwen Arboretum, 3d.

Display of flowers— Mrs. H. B.
White, 1st.

Display of roses and lilies — Leonard
C. Midgley, 1st.

Vase of dahlia— H. L. White, 1st.

Vase of gladioli — Mrs. Jerome Buck-
ingham, 1st. R.

Reading Florists' Association.

One of the newest trade organiza-
tions that has been formed in Reading,
Pa., and which has been very active
of late, is the Reading Florists'
AssociatkDn. Its membership includes
the leading florists, nurserymen and
others engaged in similar lines in the
city and suburbs. At the beginning
of this year a number of florists met
at intervals in the oflices of their re-
spective establishments and endeavored
to awaken interest in the locality in
the formation of a trade organization.
They met with many obstacles in this
respect, hut their efforts were not

futile, as a temporary organization
was formed in the early spring of this
year. After several meetings, which
followed in close succession, much
enthusiasm was revived, with the re-
sult that a permanent organization
was finally formed.

The association, ever since its in-
ception, has been probably one of the
most active in Reading. For the
forthcoming winter months a number
of social and other events are being
contemplated. Under the direction of
the association a magnificent flower
show will be held on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 11, 12 and
13, in Rajah Temple, The exhibition
will be conducted along the lines of
similar exhibitions held usually at that
time of the year in many of the metro-
politan centers in this part of the
country. It has been many years since
an exhibition of this kind has been
held in Reading, and from all indica-
tions It promises to be a success.
Nearly every florist and gardener in
this locality is co-operating in order to
make the affair a memorable one. The
displays will be divided into classes
and valuable prizes will be awarded
the lucky contestants.

The officers of the organization are
as follows: J. Stanley Giles, president:
Harry C. Huesman, vice-president:
Fulmer H. Lauck, secretary and trea-
surer.

Ft. Smith, Abk.- — J. F. Johnson, flor-
ist, and Miss Alice Davepport, a
trained nurse, were married at the
home of the bride's parents, Tuesday,
September 8.

Patnesville, Ohio. — The Wilson
Flower Shop opened Saturday, Sep-
tember 14. The new shop will inake
a specialty of decorations. A, B. Wil-
son and wife, the proprietors, came
frrfm Cleveland, O., where they re-
cently .sold out their busine.ss.

Wisconsin State Fair.

At the Wisconsin State Fair, held
at Milwaukee, September 14-18, there
were some excellent trade displays and
prizes awarded as follows :

Collection of greenhouse plants not
less than 25 varieties to cover not less
than 50 square feet — Holton & Hunkel
Co., first; C. C. PoUworth Co., second;
Alex. Klokner, Wauwatosa, third.

Display of palms covering 50 square
feet— C. C. Pollworth Co., first; Holton
& Hunkel Co., second; Alex. Klokner,
third.

Display of ferns covering- 50 square
feet— Holton & Hunkel Co., first; C. C.
Pollworth Co., second; Alex. Klokner,
third.

Display of foliage plants covering 50
square feet — C. C. Pollworth Co., first;
Holton & Hunkel Co.. second; Alex.
Klokner, third.

Specimen Nephrolepis, any variety.
Alex. Klokner, first; Holton & Hunkel
Co., second; C. C. Pollworth Co., third.

Most artistically arranged floral
wreath — Alex. Klokner, first; C. C.
Pollworth Co., second.

Most artistically arranged basket of
cut flowers — C. C. Pollworth Co., first.

One hundred carnations — C. C.
Pollworth Co., first.

Fifty roses, any variety — Holton &
Hunkel Co., first; C. C. Pollworth Co..
second.

Fifty lily of the valley — C. C. Poll-
worth Co.. first; Holton & Hunkel Co.,
second.

Fifty blooms lilies — Holton &
Hunkel Co., first; C. C. Pollworth Co.,
second.

Habti-ord, Conn.— Coombs, the Flor-
ist, will open a new flower shop at 3(U
Asylum street about October 1. The
new establishment will be operated in
connection with his store at 741 Main
street.

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-The American Florist Company's-

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Trade Directory

FOR 1914

Contains 552 Pages. Price $3.00 Postpaid.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY'S
Trade Directory for J 91 4, fully revised to date,
with thousands of new names and changes of
address, is now ready for distribution. It contains
552 pages, including complete lists of the Florists,
Seedsmen and Nurserymen of the United States,
Canada, Central and South America arranged both
by states and towns and all names alphabetically.
Also lists of Foreign Merchants, Firms Which Issue
Catalogues, Horticultural Supply Concerns, Parks,
Cemeteries, Landscape Architects, Experiment Station
Horticulturists, Botanical Gardens, Seed Growers,
and much other conveniently indexed and invaluable
trade information.

PUBLISHED BY THE

American Florist Co<

440 S. Dearborn St, CHICAGO

518

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Sept. 26,

POEHLMAN

72-74 E, Randolph Sfj

ffl^"NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

Roses For All Occasioiu

I

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sunbn
Ward, Hadley, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner. Our six
is of exceptionally fine quality, and are cut tight especially for long distance Jti
ments. Start now by placing regular orders for coming season.

'Mums, Gladioli, Asters, Cattleya and Fancy Carnations!

Best in the Market, All Lengths; Short, Medium and Long.

Easter Lilies SoSsupX' I Lily of the Valley ouRmrF«

We Close During September at 5 p. m., and 1 2 o'clock noon on Sundays.

Let us give you an estimate on FERTILIZERS, our experience from practical uses of le
materials at our own greenhouses enables us to benefit you.

Bone Meal, Blood and Bone, Sheep Manure, E|c

New Crop of Magnolia, Green, Brown and Red, Per Box, $1.2il

WE HAVE CYCAS LEAVES, FINE FLEXIBLE KIND.

PRICES.

Period Per 1(11 Per li«i Per 100 ^' "

8-12, $2.50 16-20, $4.75 24-28, $7.50 32-36, $10.50 40-44, $1.0
12-16, 3.75 20-24, 6.00 28-32, 9.00 36-40, 12.00 44-48, 1.0'

Water-Proof Crepe Paper, Genuine Imported, per hundred, - $l»'t
Baskets, Crepe Tissue Covers, Tumbler Baskets.

Our Special Princess witii liners, $3.00 per d('«

A medium Satin Taffetta Ribbon that can be used on inexpensive sprays.

No. 60—3% inch per boi ♦}

81—414 inch

100— 4"' V, inch

No. Ki-l^ inch per bolt, % .75

22— 234 inch " .90

40— 3 1-16 inch " 1.06

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BROS. CO

lisfance Phone,
mdolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

FIELD-GROWN

IIRNATION PLANTS

ptionally Fine Healthy Stock. Order Your Supply Today.

vVards, 1,000 Beacon, 2,000 Perfection, 1,500 Scarlet Glow, 2,000 Rosette, $55.00 per 1000.

RYSANTHEMIM POT PLANTS

Strong bushy stock, to make room, 6-in. at 35c; 7-in. at 50c.
This stock will make you money. Only Best Varieties.

Supreme Quality Rose Stock

■LANTS THAT MONEY CAN BUY. Growers are always on the lookout lor quality rose stock. They realize that the best at the start is the cheapest in
lenbuyiDE plants it is always best to secure your stock from people that have a reputation for producing the best there is to be had. V'ou cannot get
> ock than that which we are offerinB. for we always aim to give the purchaser the best that our long years of experience enable us to do.

GRAFTED ROSES

21/2-inch Plants.

irds, MUady $12 00 per 100; SIOO.CO per 1000

31/2-lnch Plants.

$15.00 per KO

lUiant, 2V!-inch 30.00 per 100

illiant, SVj mch 35.00 per 100:

$135.00 per lOOD
2.' 0 00 per 1000
300.00 per 1000

OWN ROOT

21/2-inch Plants.

MUady, Bulgarie, Wards, KlUarney $6.00 per 100; $55.00 per 1000

3 Hi-inch Plants.

Milady $8.50 per 100; $75.00 per 100

PiVXvJM: s

Kentia Belmoreana

Single hlants

t 5 to6 leaves,

tt 6 to 7 leaves,

t 6 to 7 leases.

1 6 to 7 leaves,

Ji 6 to 7 leaves,

t| 6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,

18 in. hig:h

24 in. high

28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in. high
36 in. high

42 to 44 in. high
45 to 48 in. high

Each
$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00

I Specimens. $15.00 to $25.00.

I Kentia Forsteriana

Single Plants

t 5 to 6 leaves. 18 to 20 in. high 0 35

t 3 to 6 leaves. 28 to 30 in. high 1.00

|Sto61eaves 34 to 36 in. high 1.50

Kentia Forsteriana— Continued

Single Plants

Each

6 inch pots,
8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs.

10 inch tubs.

10 inch tubs.

5 to 6 leaves.

6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

38 to 42 in. high $ 2.00
46 to 48 in. high 3.50
50 to 54 in. high 5.00
5 toSHft. high 8.00
6to6H ft. high 10.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Made-up Plants
10 inch tubs. 5 plants in a tub, 38 to 40 in. high $5 00
10 inch tubs. 5 plants in a tub. 45 to 50 in. high 8,00

12 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high

12.00

6 inch pots,

7 inch pots.

7 inch tubs,

8 inch tubs.
8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs,

10-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs,
Very strong

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-up Plants

3 plants in a pot, 28 in. high
5 plants in a pot.

4 plants in a tub,
3 plants in a tub.

3 plants in a tub,

4 plants in a tub.
4 plants in a tub,
4 plants in a tub.
4 plants in a tub.

specimens 12 and

$15.00, $18.00 and $25.00.

Each
Si 25

34 to 38 in. high 2^50

38 in. high

38 to 42 in, hieh

48 to 54 in. high

52 to 56 in. high

5 ft. high
StoSi'j ft. high 10.00

6 ft. high 12.00
.5 inch tubs. 7 plants.

3 00
3.50
5.00
600
8.00

Phoenix Roebelenii

6 inch pots, 20 in. high. 26 in spread 1.50

7 inch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread 2 50

8 inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK,

1< ens, 6-iu., 3 plauts, 90c each.

« green, 5-in. pots. 12 leaves, $1.00 each.

^^ variegated, 5-in. pots, 10 to 13 le.ives.

i ilchli, hishly colored.
' i"i' ich. .51iich at 75c each.
' ■;! loJI.sn each.
' 00 to I2..50 each.

'jirengeri Baskets, extra strum:.
« oO each.

A ingBaskets, very fine.
•(u(l $2.50 each.
4; .5Cc.; 6-in., 75c.

*1.0<i.

Stevia, strong, 2-in., ready now. at J20.00 per 1000

English Ivy, strong. 20c to 35c each.

Peppers. Chinese and cluster. Full of fruit, fine
bushy stock. 4 in. $10.00 per 100.

Primula ObCOnica,Gr.'Mi(lillora and Gi^antea strain.

4-inch. 8c.

Smilax. 2 incli. strong stock, several times pinched
back. $20.00 per 1000. 3-inch, strong stock, several
times pinched back. $40.00 per 1000,

Boston Ferns, IC-iTJcl. $2.00 and l2-inoh at J3.00

to$3.S0.

Dracaena Godseffiana, 2-inch pots. $1.00 per doz. :

3-inch pot.s. $1..50 per doz,
Dracaena Indivisa, strong.

4-inch at Ifjc and 20c each
Asparagus Sprengeri.

2!-j-ln., $3.00 per 100. 3-inch, $5.00 per ino
Asparagus Plumosus.

3-inch at $7.lX); 1-inch at $12.00 per 10?

5-inch iit $20.00 to $3,1.00 per 100.

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POMPONS

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. At present only yellow and white are being
cut. We take special care in packing and guarantee their arrival in
good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and a fair supply of Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

CURRENT PRICE LIST, f "S.^r?ii? ''"'"^'

American Beauties per Dozen

Extra long stems $2.50 to $3.0(1

3'> inch stems 2.10

24-inch stems 1.50

18 inch stems 1.00

Shorter 50 lo .75

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarie,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Ophelia

Per too

CoDB $800

Medium $5.00 to 6.00

Short 3.00to 4.00

Extra Fine White and
Killarney, Richmond

Extra Select .' $6.00

Medium 4.00

Short

Cecile Brunner, per 100,

Roses our selection, in lots of 500
at the rate of $20.00 per 1000.

in market.

Pink

Per 100

to 38.00

to 5.00

3.00

$1.00

Carnations

Fancy Red. Pink and White...
Short Red, Pink and White

Per 100
iO to $3.t'0
2.00

Chrysanthemums

Yellow and White, large, doz., $2.50 to $3.00
■■ medium. " 2.00

PerlOO
EASTER LILIES $8.00

LUy of the Valley $4.00 to $5.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri 3.00

Eastern Ferns, per 1000.... $1.50
Galax, bronze and green, $1.00
per 1000.

We Close on Week Days During September at 5 P. M. and Sundays at 12 o'clock noon.

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, m.

Chlcagfo.

LARGE SUPPLY OF STOCK.

The warm weather of the past few
days has brought In large quantities
of stock and somewhat put a damper
on what little business there was.
While business the past week may be
considered as fair it is not what it
should be for September, but the
wholesalers in general are very opti-
mistic and look for better business
soon. The various state fairs, store
openings and the Jewish New Year
called for considerable stock but the
surplus after all orders were filled
was enormous and was disposed of in
large lots at bargain prices. American
Beauty roses are seen in large supply
at all the dealers' and are being sold
at very low prices in order to move
them. Roses in general are ver>
plentiful and are meeting the same
fate as the American Beauties. Aster.'!
are fti large supply and regular ship-
ments from the east are now reaching
this market. The eastern stock is
much better than the local grown flow-
ers and is bringing more money.
I Chrysanthemums are increasing in
quantity with Golden Glow and Smith's
Advance still the principal offerings.

Gladioli are still to be had in good
quantities but the supply is gradually
shortening up. Dahlias are unusually
good this year and what stock is ar-
riving is cleaning up quickly. Orchids
are more plentiful and the same can
be said of lily of the valley, but the
latter cleans up well each day at four,
five and six cents. Bouvardia made
its appearance on the market this
week but no gardenias have yet been
seen. Lilies are in large supply and
are being sold at much lower prices
than they were last week. Greens of
all kinds are plentiful. Ferns are be-
ing sold at a large number of stores
for .$1,00 per 1,000 and at some places
even less. While stock is very plenti-
ful at this writing a tew brisk days
and cooler weather would find the sup-
ply a great deal shorter and certain
itemsof stock scarce.

The principal prize winners in the
early competitions at the state fair.
Springfield, this week included : Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Pyfer & Olsem, Wil-
mette; J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,
Joliet; W. H. Gullett & Sons. Lincoln:
Geo. A. Kuhl. Pekin; Geo. J. Dinkel,
Springfield; Geo. M. Brinkerhnff.

Springfield; Janssen Seed & Floral Co.,
Springfield; A. C. Brown, Springfield:
Hembricker & Cole, Springfield; A. T.
Hey Floral Co., Maywood, and Cottage
Greenhouses, Litchfield.

The Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co. is
supplying W. J. Moxley, butterine
manufacturer, with material for a
semi-iron house, 26x80 feet, at Del-
avan, Wis.

Harry C. Rowe's new store on North
Wabash avenue presents a most in-
viting appearance. He reports busi-
ness the opening week as good.

Mrs. .Sarah Lindon recently opened
a new store at 828 East Forty-seventh
street under the name of the Drexel
Floral Shop.

Ed. Winterson says the fall seed
store business is opening up nicely
with indication of an average business.

John Schoepfle, 933 Belmont avenue,
has been engaged in the retail florist
business here for over 30 years.

Vaughan's Seed Store report their
contract crop of Creole lily bulbs
almost a failure from drought.

John Kruchten's wholesale store
looks very neat in its new dress of
wh'te paint.

Fritz Bahr and Anton Then are ex-
pected back from California next week.

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PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

Xv.^ieO£^ ®ur»F»rviEjs

Extra Fancy White Killarney

Also of the new Roses OPHELIA and MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL.

Place your order here with the largest grower of Cut Flowers in the world. 'Nuff said.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stems $2 BO to $3 00

30-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 75

20-inch stems 1 50

15-inch stems 1 26

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 35 to 50

Richmond ]

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer Per 100

KlUarney select 6 00

White KlUarney... <•

My Maryland 1 Medium 5 00

Sunburst | Short 4 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward, j

Russell \
OpheUa (

$4.00, $6.00 and $8.00 per 100

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Asters $1 00 to 13 00

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 2 60

Harrisii 10 00 to 12 50

Valley 4 00 to 5 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum i oo

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

We Close During September at 5 p. m.

Fred Lautenschlager says that
Kroeschell Bros. Co. is having a good
demand for greenhouse boilers in this
vicinity at present. J. P. Wagner of
Rogers Park is installing a special
No. 14 Kroeschell boiler 18 ft. 6 in.
long, and Leopold Stengler, of Wash-
ington Heights, has purchased a No. G
Kroeschell for his South Chicago place.
Joseph Meichal is putting in a No. 20
Kroeschell boiler at his new place on
Fifty-seventh street and Fred Krell
has ordered one of the Kroeschell new
tubular boilers, size No. 25, for his new
greenhouse and store at 3021 South-
port avenue. The Kroeschell factory
is operating day and night.

Frank J. Potocka, general manager
of the Frank Floral Co., says that
their new wholesale house will have
a formal opening on Saturday. Sep-
tember 2G, and cordially invites the
trade to pay him a visit. There will
be plenty of cigars to go around and
a good time is promised to all those
who visit the new store. Their store
is located at 179-181-183 North Wa-
bash avenue, within a half a block of
the great central cut-flower market.

August Poehlmann and C. G. An-
derson are representing Poehlmann
Bros. Co. at the state fair at Spring-
field this week where their firm is one
of the principal exhibitors. John Poehl-
mann, Jr., will leave on September
28 to finish his last year at the Culver
Military Academy at Culver, Ind. He
has the honor of being a first lieuten-
ant and adjutant in his senior term.

Fred Hoerber says that the new
heating system that Geo. Loeber in-
stalled in Hoerber Bros.' greenhouses
at Des Plaines is working like a charm
and that the saving in fuel this year
will be quite an item. Hoerber Bros,
are now handling the entire output of
the Harlem Greenhouses, which con-
sists mostly of carnati'^ins.

Zech & Mann are handling large
quantities of American Beauty and
Killarney Brilliant roses this week.
Trade at this store keeps up in fine
shape, and with the kind of stock and
plenty of help, the firm is looking for-
ward to a brisk fall trade.

George Anderson will take up his
duties at Poehlmann Bros. Co.'s store
again next week after spending the
summer in Colorado. He is a son of
C. G. Anderson, foreman of Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.'s plant department in
Morton Grove.

C. L. Washburn reports a brisk de-
mand at Bassett & Washburn's store
this week for chrysanthemums. The
Golden Glow and Smith's Advance
that they are offering are extra fine
and are meeting with quick sale.

Louis Hoeckner, well known in con-
nection with Peter Reinberg's sales
department, is starting in the green-
house business in a small way at
Crystal Lake, building one house lOx
50 feet, Foley construction.

George Manos and wife are spend-
ing this week at Mount Clemens.
Mich. Upon his return Jlr. Manos
will take charge of his stand again
in the Union Depot after an absence
of three months.

Edw. W. Kalisch. of Kalisch Bros.
Floral Co., St. Louis. Mo., stopped off
here on September 21 on his way home
from Sheboygan, Wis., where he had
been visiting friends and relatives.

John Michelsen, of the B. C. Amling
Co., has returned from a business trip
through the violet growing districts of
New York. He says that the output
will be as large as ever.

A. F. Keenan is renovating botli of
his stores on East Sixty-third street.
He has also moved his family from
Auburn Park to Woodlawn.

W^m. Homherg of the J. A. Budlong
force is back from his vacation and is
again on deck at the store.

^^tVCY_JO^^

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WHOLESALE <

runisTS

Ferns

90c

Per 1000

Finest stock to be had
anywhere. Order a
couple of thousand
today.

A. T. Pyfer, of the Chicago Carna-
tion Co., is taking in the state fair at
Springfield this week. His firm is one
of the leading exhibitors.

E. O. Orpet, of Lake Forest, starts
on a vacation trip to the east this
week.

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WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

Fancy Beauties-Roses- Carnations

Our Supply at this Season of the Year was never Larger nor was the Quality ever Better.

= CURRENT PRICE LIST:

American Beauties

Subject to change without notice.

doz.

48-in. stems $3.00

30 to 36-in. stems 2.50

24-iu. stems 2.00

Killarney p,, loo

Fancy $6.00

Medium 6.00

Richmond p^^ loo

Selects $6.00

Fancy B.OO

Medium 4.00

20-in. stems.,
15-in. stems.
Short stems..

Per doz-

$1 60

1.26

75

Per 100

Good $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Sunburst p„ioo

Fancy $ 6.00

Good 18-in 5.00

White KiUarney To"

Fancy $6 00

Medium 6.00

Roses, our selection

Per 100
Short $4.00

Per 100

Good $4 (1(1

Short stems 3,0<1

$3.00

CARNATIONS $ 1.(0-$ 2.(0

LILIES 10 Ou- 12.10

FERNS, per 1000

SMILAX, per Aot

ADIANTUM

GALAX, per 1000

SPRENGERI, per bunch

ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch.

2.00
1

1 00
.60
.60

2.00
9
1.00

At a meeting of the executive com-
mittee of the Horticultural Society
September 23, the question of a sea-
sonable flower display was discussed,
the show to be held at the Art In-
stitute in connection with a great art
exhibition about November 10, plans
for which are in progress. The extent
of the flower show will be decided
upon at another meeting to be held
later.

James Woodford Can and wife of
Columbus. Miss., visited the Peter
Reinberg greenhouses this week. Mrs.
Can is a daughter of T. G. Owen, the
well-known grower there. Wm. Egle-
hart and wife of the Idlewild Green-
houses, Memphis, Tenn., also visited
the Reinberg establishment with the
Reichling Brothers, Emil and Felix, as
escorts.

At Wietor Bros.' store roses and car-
nations are arriving in fine shape and
some especially fine White Killarney,
Killarney Brilliant and Killarney are
noted. American Beauty roses are
more plentiful now, and while trade in
general has been i-ather quiet, stock
here cleans up well.

John P. Weiland, of the firm of ^^ei-
land & Risch, has the sympathy of the
trade in the death of his two-year-old
boy last week. The funeral was held
from the St. Nicholas church at Evans-
ton on Sunday, September 20.

Felix Reichling says that Peter
Reinberg is cutting heavily in roses,
particularly Richmond, and that the
shipments of stock to the store from
the gi^enhouses on September 21 con-
sisted of 30 large boxes.

AUie Zech, Fred Price, Wm. Lor-
man, Pete Olsem and John Huebner
will represent the florists in the North
ChicMEo League this year. The league
opened on September 21.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. are still show-
ing American Beauty roses and asters

in good supply and are having a good
call for boxwood, which they are now
handling in quantity.

The Geo. Wittbold Co., is having a
special sale on Kentias this week.
This firm reports a brisk demand for
Boston ferns in four, five, six and sev-
en-inch pots.

Fire at Vaughan's Greenhouses Sep-
temer 23 partially destroyed the barns
and sheds, but the greenhouses and
plants generally escaped injury.

Percy Jones is showing a good sup-
ply of chrysanthemums this week and
is having a sale in cut ferns.

Zalinger & Hirsh have the floral dec-
orations for the big opening in Mandel
Bros.' store this week.

D. E. Freres is receiving a nice lot
of carnations at his wholesale store
each day.

One rose grower, it is said, left the
city this week for the seat of war.

L. Loeser has joined the Kyle &
Foerster store force.

Visitors : J. Karins, of H. A. Dreer,
Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.; Walter Mott,
representing Benj. Hammond, Fish-
kill-on-Hudson, N. Y.; Samuel Murray,
Kansas City, Mo.: H. A. Barnard,
representing Stuart Low & Co., En-
field, Eng.; Edw. Kalisch, with Kalisch
Bros. Floral Co.. St. Louis, Mo.; J. A.
Peterson, Cincinnati, O. ; Wm. P. Craig,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Cook County Florists' Association.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion met at the Tavern, West Wash-
ington street, on September 17, with
President Miller in the chair. Michael
Freres. 30 East Randolph street, was
elected to membership.

A. C. Kohlbrand, chairman of the
'.transportation committee, reported that

Did You Get
Your Baskets Yet?

If not, order your supply from us. V\ e
have noi raised our o'lces on account of
the war but are booking orders a our old
quotations. Wo have just the styles tint
you are looking for Send for our new
Catalog (just out ), and make up your
order from this list, now. before you
forget.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

Toreacn our store take a Chicaco Avtnue.
Division Street. Milwaukee Avenue or Armii-
age .Avenue car at State and Randolph streets
and get otf at Huron Street. Tbe cars stop
right in front of our store.

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Telephone: Central 42

Automatic 4-4-864

FRANK r^
LORAL V>0.

179-181-183 N. Wabash Ave. CHICAGO

Southeast Corner Lake and Wabash.

WHOLESALE CUT FK""

American Beauties, Chrysanthemums,
Roses, Carnations.

HEADQUARTERS

Wild Smilax, Cut Ferns, Leucothoe Sprays,
Galax, Boxwood.

Formal Opening, Saturday, Sept. 26, 1914.

Favor us with trial order. We guarantee largest assortment Cut Flowers.

Daylight Salesroom. Prompt Service. Quick Delivery. Courteous Treatment.

Lowest Market Prices. If it's on the market "We Have It."

FRANK J. PwTOCKA, General Manager.

arrangements were well under way in
regard to the special train tliat the as-
sociation has chartered to make the
trip on to the 1915 San Francisco con-
vention through the Gregory Tours
people. After some discussion the
members present selected the following
route : Chicago Northwestern railway
to Denver, Colo.; Denver & Rio Grande
to Salt Lake City, Utah, and the West-
ern Pacific to San Francisco, Calif.
The total expense of this tour as out-
lined ^\ill amount to $152 and will in-
clude first-class railroad ticket to San
Francisco and return, Pullman stand-
ard sleeper, transfer of member and
baggage to and from hotel, seven days
at the Hotel Pla?a, including room,
breakfast and evening dinner, seven
admissions to the Panama Pacific Ex-
position and admission to twenty
attractions within the Exposition
grounds.

The secretary was instructed to in-
vite the Chicago Florists' Club and all
other trade societies to participate.

St. Louis.

SUPPLY SHORTENS UP A TRIFLE.

The market is a litte less crowded
■with certain, varieties. Roses have
stilTened somewhat and where losses
appear in the very short stem stock.
growers should be encouraged to keep
them out of the market. Asters, in bet-
ter grades, are coming in, but prices
are not high. American Beauty roses
are not as plentiful. Violets are small
and need some cool weather; in fact.
Jack Frost would be welcome all
around.

NOTES.

The contract for decorating Forest
Park Highlands for the automobile
show, October 5 to 10, was awarded
September 16 by the show committee to
MuUanphy Florist, .v specimen booth.

decorated by the contractor, was
viewed by the show committee and the
award resulted. William Sanders
acted for Mullanphy Florist. The
decoration started Monday, September
21. The entrance rotunda is to
be decorated to give a garden effect.
The aisle leading south from the ro-
tunda is to be embelished with south-
ern smilax, with artificial flowers of
many colors interspersed among the
green. Flower baskets, hanging from
the center of smilax festoons, will dec-
orate the ceiling and the posts will be
hidden with smilax In the theater
and in the aisle leading east from the
theater a forest effect will be provided.
Natural oak leaves, mellowed by the
early autumn tints, will be used.

The St. Louis Seed Co. has entered
suit for $70,000 against the Boatsman
bank for losses sustained after the fire
at the Missouri Athletic Club, the walls
having fallen in and damaged their
stock and business in general.

The St. Louis Cut Flower Market
will receive quite an impetus this fall,
as H. G. Berning will receive the en-
tire cut of E. Gullett & Sons, of Lin-
coln, 111., who have recently erected a
new range of houses.

Mossgirl Greenhouses, at Crescent,
Mo., have started to cut their roses,
which are looking well. They expect
to have a good cut in American Beauty
roses this fall.

otto Sander has kept up his reputa-
tion as a very artistic decorator and
window dresser, the windows at the
Mullanphy Florists being very attract-
ive.

W. J. Pilcher, of Kirkwood, Mo., Is
now cutting roses from his new houses
and the outlook is good.

A. & H. Werner, of Clayton, Mo., say
their prospects for this fall and winter
look encouraging.

H. G. Berning had a few chrysanthe-

mums this week, as well as some good,
fancy carnations.

Arthur Ellison is now decorator and
manager for O'Leary, the florist, North
Grand avenue.

The Windier Wholesale Floral Co.
has re-papered and painted the whole
store room.

The florists at Belleville were very
busy with decorations during the past
week.

Bob Newcombe is with us again and
expects to gain some new trade.

The Florists' Union holds its meet-
ings at the Library building.

Alex Siege] had a special sale of
roses in boxes at 25 cents.

"Sprinkle-proof" Sam is still with us
and reports good trade.

Geo. H. Angermueller showed fancy
orchids the past week.

C. A. Kuehn had some fancy gladioli
and asters last week.

Judge Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
was a visitor. "W'. F.

Washington.

With asters about over and dahlias
not over plentiful on account of the
dry weather, chrysanthemums are a
welcome flower, but just at present a
little high in price and not overly
good. Roses are plentiful and com-
mand a fair price.

NOTES.

With Leo Niessen Co., taking over
the Washington Exchange, this city
should be well supplied with plenty of
first class stock as this firm has a
name for giving the best that can be
obtained. A. Schnell will continue as
manager and hopes to have the pat-
ronage of all his old costomers as well
as making new ones.

F. H. Kramer claims there will be
plenty of bulbs, and by the appearance
of his large window on F. street we

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Sept. 26,

Z N

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THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

AMERICAN BEAUTY

Killarney Brilliant, Sunburst, Mrs. Aaron
Ward, Bulgaria, White Killarney and Rich-
mond Roses in Quantity. To make a long story
short we are handling in large supply everything
that the market affords. Try us once and you
will be a regujar customer.

We close at 5 p. m. dnring September.
We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

Beauties- Roses- Asters

Large supply of extra fancy stock. Try us on these and all
other seasonable stock and you will not go wrong. Can fill
your order for a Dozen, Hundred or Thousand very easily.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

(NOT INC.)

161 N. Wabash Ave., ™.phon«s]-£3| CHICAGO

are not in a position to dispute liim.
He has them there Just the same as
when they arrived in the boxes with
a large picture of a Holland-American
steamship. The decoration is a grand
ad for him.

Everybody that is anybody is going
over to Richard Vincents in October
to view the dahlias, but as one lead-
ing florist said, not only the dahlies,
but that old fashioned dinner is what
helps to draw the crowd.

A. J. & L. R. Covert, a new Arm,
are passing their cards around, and
promise to furnish Washington with
plenty of high grade nursery stock.
Their office is located at 1477 Newton
street.

H. Ley, the fern specialist, is just
about cleaned out of large stock. With
all the downtown stores running spe-
cial sales on ferns it has kept him on
the move.

W. Marche claims business is just
about as good as can be expected. He
is one of the trade that is always on
the mflve.

A visit to Gude Bros', plant at
Anacostia, showed everything to be in
first class condition, especially the
roses and chrysanthemums.

Visitors : A. Niessen. Philadelphia,
Pa.; W. Meehan, Philadelphia, Pa.

G. C. D.

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

^"M^LoTsfSer^lc^r^'-'' 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

Newport, R. I.— Mrs. George D. Wi-
dener, of Philadelphia, has purchased
the Hartwick estate on Coggeshall
avenue. Mrs. Widener plans erecting
greenhouses for fruits and flowers.

Kewanee, III.— With practically a
new plant Jacob Thurwanger & Son
are starting the winter season at the
corner of Fischer avenue and Lake
street. During the past few months

HOERBER BROS.

?,S!;;s cm riowers

Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

the property has undergone a big im-

provement which was made necessary
by the heavy loss the firm experienced
in the bad hail storms 'of spring.
Nearly every piece of glass in the
plant was broken. These have been
replaced so that now there are about
5,000 square feet of new glass in the
buildings. All the glass of the entire
plant has been covered with half inch
mesh netting to prevent being broken
by the hail.

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wholesale
Florists' Supplies

Write (or Onr New Catalog

I9H-

The American Florist.

525

a WHOLESALE GPpWEDS 5/: CUT FLQVEPS^-^ PLANTS g

L. I>. Phone
Randolph M49

176 ?\.Micl\i(|eLA Ave. -^

CKice^^o

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph esis CHICAGO, ILL.

Keimicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Uention the American Florist when writing
W. P. KYLE JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Look Distance PhoDe, Randolph 3619
Uention the American Florist when writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - • Chicago
Telephone, Cental 3284.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. ft. BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

GUT FLOWERS

WHOLES AU

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS AQniiico nc
A Specialty BBUWcH Ur

VlioMeHowcrM&rKet.J

Chicago, Sept. 23

Roses. Beauty, specials

36-in

30-in

24in ,

20-in

ISin

I2-in

Perdoz.
300
2 50
200
150
1 25
1 00
75
Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@l5 CO

" Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

•• RheaReid 3 00@ 8 00

" My Maryland 3 00@ 8 00

•' Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@I5 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 OOglO 00

'■ Milady 3 00@10 00

" Sunburst 3 00010 00

Mrs. .^aron Ward 3 nn@l0 nO

•■ Hadley 3 00@1S 00

][ Ophelia 3 (Kl@15 00

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...per doz... 6 0007 50
Chrysanthemums. $2.00 to $3.00 per doz.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gladioli 4 00@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00012 50

Valley 4 00© 6 00

Adiantum Croweanum 750 1 00

New Ferns.... '" 1 0002 00

Galax " 1000125

Leucotboe 750 1 00

Mexican Ivy. ...per 1000, 5 0006 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 600 75

Smilax per doz., 2 0002 50

Soreneftri. Plumosita Sprays 3 000 4 00

Boxwood, 25c per lb.

■^UAND&RISC^

TUT F LOWER ^"^i:!^

W *'iJ^ NO WABASH A^E.^^ ^

'l!»4 NO WABASH A^ET ■*** ..^^l

^NECENteMl^H|

Trade Directory

raiCB: $3.00. pottpald

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

E.C.AMLINGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO,

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

A. L. Randall Co.,

C^f^:^ 66 E. Randolph St., g^^l^^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Rein berg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and While Killarney roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try US.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

WieforBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention,

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

526

The American Florist.

Sept. 26y

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists^
Supplies.

MILWAIKEB, WIS.

HOLTONitllNKtLCO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

M'LWAUKEE. WIS.

^ holesalersand Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and i»reens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
BothL. D^hones. ST. LOUIS, MO.

Ssvpiies asd Eveirtliint ii seasoi alwavsos hand
Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310 Pine Street ST. LOUIS, MO.

PhUadelphla. '

TEADE snows NO IMPKOVEMENT. '
The early crop of dahlias is disap-
pointing, owing to the dry weather
which has been prevalent for almpst
a month, the stems being short and
the flowers appear smaller and lack
substance. Unless rain comes soon it
is thought the crop will be a failure.
Some few growers who are able to
water their fields, or by special culti-
vation conserve the moisture, are en-
joying better returns. Asters and gla-
dioli are going fast, although a few
good asters are still being received
from New York State, but the outside
local stock is about done. There are
roses far beyond the demand. Amer-
ican Beauty roses are very good and
plentiful, as are all the popular teas.
Little Sweethearts are likely to be pop-
ular the coming season as a number
of growers appear to have planted
them. Valley appears scarce. Cattle-
yas are about equal to the demand.
Golden Glow chrysanthemums are of-
fered, very good flowers. Business in
the stores the past week has been very
quiet, most of them having stocked up
with choice palms, ferns, drac^nas and
the like, and with their gay windows
are making a strong bid for business.

NOTES.

On Saturday, September 19, W. At-
lee Burpee entertained the Poor Rich-
ard Club, an organization of men who
sell, and others who buy, advertising,
at his seed farm and trial grounds
at Fordhook, near Doylestown. Pa. A
Scotch band of Highlanders in "kilt-
ies," piping Scotch airs, led the vis-
itors. Each guest on his arrival was
given a stalk of corn. The guests
were taken over the grounds in
coaches and automobiles and after-
wards .entertained at dinner, with Mr.
Burpee as toastmaster. After the din-
ner, on parting, the guests sang "Sweet
Peas. Burpee" to the air of "Good
Night, Ladies." Each guest was pre-
sented with a basket of Fordhook
peaches as a souvenir.

The Florex Greenhouses at North
Wales are now In fine condition. All

GUST. RLSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

448 Mil-
waukee St.,

P. O. Box 200.

Mllwaukee.Wis.

Prompt Shipments at
' the Right Price

Nf W FANCY FERNS.

Sphagnum MosS'-Good and Clean.

€» _ m^ 11^ U lk.1 Wholesale Florist.

.• A. IV U H n IN, 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe Hover M&rKeU

Philadelphia, Sept. 2h.

Roses, Beaut;, extra ; 20

6rst 5

" . Mrs. Chas. Russell 5

Killarney 2

Wtiite Killarney 2

Liberty 4

'' Mock 8

" Bulgaria 3

" Sunburst 3

Kbiserin 2

Carnations 1

-Asters ■ 2

Cattleyas 35

Lilium Harrisii 5

Lily of the Valley 3

Sweet Peas

Gladiolus 2

Asparagus per buDcti. 50

Pittsburgh, Sept. 23.

Roses. Beauty, special

" "_ fancy.....

extra

No. 1.

Per 100

00@25 00
00@I5 00
OOaiO 00
00® 6 00
GO® 6 00
00@ 6 00
00@li' 00
00® 6 00
00® 6 00
(JO® 8 00
00@ 3 00
00® 5 00
00@50 00
00® 8 00

on® 4 no

50® 1 00
00® 4 00

Per 100
20 00
15 00
10 00

5 00

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Sunburst 2 00® f. 00

Mrs Aaron Ward 2 000 4 00

Mrs- Mock fi no

Kaiserin .". 1 00® 4 00

Carnations 1 50

Asters 50® I 00

Cattleyas 35 nn

Dahlias 1 00® 2 00

Gladiilus 2 00

Lilium Giganteum 6 (X)

Valley 3 00

Adiantum 100

Chrysanthemums per doz.. SI.50

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bunch, 35@40
Sprays per bunch. 35®40

repairs and alterations to ' the large
houses have been completed and they
have been greatly strengthened. The
rose stock, which was badly frozen
during the time of the accident, has
recovered, and is doing splendidly.
Less than ten per cent of the plants
had to be replaced. Two 200-horse-
power boilers have been added to the

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper*
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

ti. Ci. HbKi\li\G

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves. $1.,S6 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Used lor GlaiiiigGreeniionses. Per

gallon, $1 35. Machiofs for using

same each. $1.25. Special price on

quantifies of M Rstica fiirni»;hed on application.

ZincCiiy Greenliouse Points.— These points can

be dfiven riyht ot left on any sue or thickness of

glass 5-8 1400 to a pound; 6-8 H' Oto a pound;

7-8. 1200 to a pound. Made frr m pure zinc. Put

upin one pound packPKPs P'ice 25c per pound

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER.

Wholesale Florist. 1 324 Pine St. ST. LOUIS. MO.

Milwaukee, Sepl 25. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, per doz., 1 5U@ 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00® 6 00

Ward. Taft, Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 Vf&\2 00

Ophelia 3 no@in 00

Carnations 1 On>/ 3 nO

Chrysanthemums I .=0® 3 00

Lilies 80061250

Snapdragon, per bunch. 2.';c @=0c

Asters 1 00® 3 no

Gladiolus 3 00

Ruhrum Lilies 3 00© 4 00

Valley 4 OC© 5 00

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52T

WHEN YOU WANT

$1.00 to $3.00
per dozen.

The finest to be had, you can get them here.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. 12tb and Race Sts.

Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties, RusseUs,

Mock, Kaiserin, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 P. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St.. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

heating plant, so that there is now no
danger from sudden cold and storms,
as heretofore.

Recent advices extend the hope that
delivery o£ a part of the M. Rice Co.'s
orders from abroad may soon be ef-
fected. In the meantime the factory
Is working under pressure to keep
up with the orders for staple "Made
in America" stock.

Charles Henry Fox's account at the
October meeting of the club of his re-
cent trials in troubled Europe and his
extended visit to South Africa is being
looked forward to with pleasure by his
associates, who are sure of a very in-
teresting recital. .

Chas. I. Kent.' Jr.. has opened his
temporary store, 244 North 40th street.
He will remove to his old location later
with a store in a large apartment
house now being erected on the site of
Jiis former store and greenhouse.

The Niessen Co. are disappointed
with their early dahlia receipts; while
a goodly number are received, the dry
weather is keeping the supply away
below normal. American Beauty roses
are leaders here.

The Robert Craig Co. reports good
business in ferns, dracienas, crotons
and other foliage plants. The cycla-
men stock promises to be exception-
ally fine in another month.

The H. F. Michell Co. has their an-
nual dahlia show at their store this
week. The display is equal to that of
many of the general exhibitions and
attracts hosts of visitors.

Radiance roses are a leader with Jo-
, seph Heacock. It is found to be a
very satisfactory variety. Large ship-
ments of palms and cibotiums are now
under way.

Pennock Bros, had an elaborate cas-
ket cover September 14. Four thou-
sand lily of the valley and 700 Cat-
tlevas were ,used in its construction.

The alterations at the Callahan store
on Market, below 40th street, are ap-
proaching completion and will give
much needed additional room.

Berger Bros, are pushing dahlias, as
despite the dry weather they are re-
ceiving daily quite large shipments of
choice stock.

Edward Reid is making a specialty
of fancy roses, and anticipates han-
dling them in quantities the coming
season.

The Sherwood Flower Shop is the
name of a new cut flower store to be
opened at 5537 Baltimore avenue.
; K.

r

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Killarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

2Z6 Devonshire street, : : BOSTON, MASS.

VlioMe Ho¥erM&rl(eU

bosTON, Ssept. 23. t-ot lUU

Roses. Beauts 1 0(J@25 CX)

Killarney Queen 50 @ 8 00

White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 UOig 6 00

" Had ey 1 0I'@10 00

Cardinal 1L'0®12I0

'■ Mock 1(0@800

Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00612 00

" Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

■• Taft 1 00@ 8 00

■■ Miiady 1 0'® 8 00

Ward and HilliUKdon 1 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 no@4j 00

Gladiolus America per doz.. 75@1 00

common types, .per doz., 50

Lilium Longitiorum and Kubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lily of the Valley 3 Ot@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 2S@ 30

Asters 35® 50

Buffalo. Sept. 23. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 OOiglS 00

extra 10 00@I2 00

No. 1 8 00@10 00

No. 2 2 ai@ 4 00

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

White Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

•• My Maryland 2 00® 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00® 6 00

Hillingdon 2 On® h 00

Richmond 2 00® 6 00

Lily of the Valley 4 i (i@ 5 00

Lilies 7 00@IO 00

Cattleyas 35 00®.co 00

Gladiolus 1 no® 3 00

Golden Glow 'Mums 15 00(a2n on

Asters 25® 1 50

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri. .. 35® 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Sept. 23.

Roses. Beauty per doz. $1 00@J3 00

Per 100

" Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 00® ft 00

" Taft 2 00® 6 00

Lilium Gieanteum 8 00®10 00

Asparagus Plumosu8..perbch., 25c

Gladiolus 1 00® 3 00

Asters sn® 3 00

n-hlias 2 OOiSi 4 00

Cirn^tioDs 1 =0® 2 00

Orchids 5 00® 6 00

Floral Exhibit at Minnesota State Fair.

The floral exhibit at the Minneapo-
lis State fair was considered a credit
to Minnesota by every floriculture
expert that visited the display in the
horticultural building. The exhibit in-
cluded garden flowers, hothouse pro-
ducts and a number of rare plants of
various kinds. A twenty-foot palm,
considered one of the best specimens
of the plant In America, was shown

Manufactnrers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland. Ohio
Pittsburgh, ^a.

Summer Mowers

Asters, Gladiolus, Maryland Roses, Orchids,
Valley, Easter Lilies, Etc Immediate service.

BliKL.fcK BROb.

Central Marltet,
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Ps^

C. L LRIItHLLL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East TWro St. CINCINNATI, OHine>

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock ot Florists' Greens and Supplies..

St. Louis. Sept. 23. Pei 100

Roses. Beauty, medium 8 00@12 50

short stems 2 00(& 6 OO

Killarney 2 00® 4 OC

My Maryland 2 00© 4 0©

White Killarney 2 00® 4 Oft

Aaron Ward 1 SUfe ♦ OO

Sunburst 3 000 5 OO

'■ Ophelia 2 00® 5 00'

Asters 1 00® 3 00

Valley 4O'@5 0O

Carnations 1 00® I 50-

Gladiolus 1 50® 3 00

Rubruni f, 00'

Tuberoses 2 00® 3 00

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bu.. 25®50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..2S<SbO

Harrisii 8 OO

Ferns per 1000. 12^

by Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.-
The plant was imported and has an^
eighteen-foot spread and is twenty
feet high. A fountain palm showni
by the same firm is ten years old andl
attracted attention to the excellent
state of preservation shown by tho-
oldest leaves. This firm won three-
firsts in the floriculture competition.
For the best 100 square feet of ffowers-
and for two smaller exhibits they took
the prize money in each class. The-
Minneapolis Floral Company took,
second in each of the three events.
The same company won the blue rib-
bon for the best display of ferns.
Several offerings of the Chicago Ave-
nuo Oreenhouse, Minneapolis, also
won places.

528

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Lilium Giganteums and Multiflomms,

HOHMANN S LILY OF THE VALLEY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms. Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

rjew York.

TBADE SHOWS MARKED IMPROVEMENT.

In the wholesale district, in several
lines, there is a marl?ed improvement.
Special tea roses, such as Tatt, Sun-
iburst and IVIrs. Aaron Ward, are sell-
ing up to $G per 100. The prices on
.\merican Beauties fluctuate, but there
.'have been sales at the rate of $20 per
100. It may be added that good Rich-
monds move freely. September 21 was
ISie Jewish New Year, which brought
•considerable business to the florists,
•most of the buying being done on
■September 19. For that occasion, red
■flowers were most in demand. Cattle-
yea orchids, whicli a short time ago
nearly touched .$1 each, have dropped
back to 25 cents and less. This lia.s
been brought about by a great in-
crease in the supply. The price on lily
■of the valley has also declined. The
best -quality of valley is only called
for by a few of the leading retail '
stores. The men who conduct these
stores are veterans in the business and
men of intelligence; if they were not.
they would not be here. To the best
■of our information they absolutely
shut down on paying "war prices" for
something that they could do without.
Valley can now be bought for ,$3 and
$3.50 per 100. Relating to the general
outlook for greenhouse stock, it looks
good. There has been three weeks of al-
most daily sunshine, and the roses and
•carnations are doing finely, so are the
iilies, which have pushed up in price to
$5 and $0 per 100. The same weather
iconditions that have been so favorable
to greenhouse stock has practically put
a ban on outdoor stock, where the
Skinner or some other system of water-
ing is not available. There has been
no rain for three weeks and the adja-
cent country is parched. In recent
notes we mentioned a disease in the
dahlias. There are differing opinions
.about this, some claiming that it is all
on account of dry weather. It may be
•one or the other or both, but to drop
into the parlance of the street, dahlias
-are "strictly on the bum." In the
"fields and gardens, thousands of buds
-wither and die. Of the stock that does
reach the market, much of it is poor.
IndicatioTis point to a good crop of
•chrysanthemums: there are already
very creditable blooms on the market
.that are wholesaling up to .$2.50 and
$3 per dozen. As to the general out-
nook for business, it is favorable. Since
the experience of many of our esteemed
fellow countrymen and women in Eu-
rope, the "See America First" proposi-
tion has taken strong hold, and there
will necessarily be entertainments and
amusements with consequent business
lor the florists.

September 21. — The market showed
an improvement this morning. On ac-
count of the JewLsh New Year about
1,000,000 people are on holiday and
It. is expected that they will bnv some
flowers. Li!ies sold this morning up
to 8 cents, but we do not expect them
to continue at that figure throughout
the week. ,

SepteuRber 23. — Three days with the
temperature from DO degrees upward
have been very bad for business.

NOTES.
Theodore Malandre. head of the well-
known retail firm of Malandre Brothers,
with several fine stores on Broadway,
was thought to be a confirmed bach-

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street • Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
lis Best Growers

elor, but the unexpected frequently
happens. On September 1(3 lie was
married to Miss Mary Mustakis, 'mem-
ber of a prominent Brooklyn family.
The happy couple are touring in the
north, the Thousand Islands, Niagara
Falis and other points of interest be-
ing visited.

An interesting item has reached us,
all the way from Greenwich. Conn.
J. B. McArdle and his estimable wife,
both of whom were at one time em-
ployed at Vaughan's Seed Store, have
since September 8 been the proud par-
ents of a son, who has been named
J. B. McArdle, Jr. As a matter of
course he will be educated in the seed
business.

Many fine floral designs were noted
at the funeral, September 18, of James.
E. Sullivan, late president of the Ama-
teur Athletic Union of this city; also
a member of the New York Athletic
Club and Pastime Athletic Club. A
number of the most noteworthy de-
signs were from M. A. Bowe and
Young & Nugent.

Joseph S. Fenrich, of Henshaw &
Fenrich, has just returned from a busi-
ness trip of two weeks throughout
various sections of the country, which
he advises, he found very dry. He
has our sympathy, for we have had
similar experiences.

At P. J. Smith's wholesale store we
have recently noted an exceptionally
fine supply of cut lilies. As the title
of "King" is in this country bestowed
on clever business men, we here desig-
nate P. J. Smith as the Lily King of
"West 28th street.

Exceptionally fine stock of the rose
Ophelia continues to arrive at Traend-
ly & Schenck's from the range of Rob-
ert Simpson, Clifton, N. J. This firm is
also handling a variety of fine roses
from their own range at Rowayton.
Conn.

The first violets noted were at Ho-
race E. Froment's oh September 19.
They were not quite as large or fra-
grant as we expect them to be at
Thanksgiving, but thev sure were vio-
lets.

At the store of the Growers' Cut
Flower Co., we have noted good chry-
santhemums of the varieties Monrovia,
October Frost and Smith's Advance.

At A. H. Langjhar's we have noted
good blooms of Smith's Advance chrys-
anthemums.

At George C. Siebrecht's, very fine
Cattleyea and other orchids are now
seen.

Visitors : S. A. Frost, Toronto,
Canada; C. J. Michelson, representing
E. C. Amiing Co., Chicago; Frank Ve-
rona, of Verona & Steinhoff,^ Philadel-
phia, Pa. A. F. P.

Albany, N. Y.

Reports from among the trade are
to the effect that business is improving
with the return of people to town for
the winter. Thomas F. Tracey, man-

JOHN YOUNG

Wbotesale Commission Florlat

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telepbonc 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to Bss^ure my Incnds througbout th«
country tba^t all orders to be shipped, w>H receWe
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

WILLIAM P. FORD

whchj:saij: florist
107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

ager of the Albany Cut Flower Ex-
change, has noticed an increasing de-
mand for American Beauties, lily of
the valley, and other cut flower stock.
Fred A. Danker had a large display
at the Nassau fair, Rensselaer county,
September 15-18. Three men were in
charge of the exhibits, which included
a booth handsomely decorated in
which were sold plants and sundries, a
display of plants, cut flowers, and
floral designs, and an outdoor nursery
with specimens of stock suitable for
planting in this locality. Mr. Danker
reports that he is cutting a number
of Killarneys. Carnots, and Richmonds
from his greenhouses for the store.
R. D.

Boston.

TRADE IMPROVEXtENT REPORTED.
Business seems to have taken on a
brighter aspect this week. Stock is not
as plentiful and retailers report busi-
ness as steadily increasing in volume.
Even if the market is not just what it
should be, it seems good to hear buy-
ers asking for goods, rather than to
beg them to buy at any price. There
is a shortage of lily of the valley,
sweet peas, and nearly all white flow-
ers. Carnations of any size realize fair
prices, but there is not much demand

1914-

The American Florist.

529

J. K. ALLEN

Established 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

Wliolesale Commission Dealer In Cut Flowers.

Now prepared for Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Autumn" will
soon reien ship mn y ur rfirvsanlfi> mums. I can also flandle good dafitias.
Prompt returns and Satlslaction Guaranteed. The usual supply of roses.
lily of the valley and other K'eenhnus^ slock
Oprn at 6 a. m. every morning. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on Kummed paper;
your card. etc.. in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Frice per 500. $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid. $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN TLOfilST CO.. 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J GUTTMAV, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Souare.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly ^ Schenck

Whslesile Florists tod Cat Flower Eidtuge

131-133 W. 28th St.. NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids. Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

TeleDhone: 3864 Madison Sonare.

for the very short stemmed flowers
that mark the beginning of the carna
tion season. Roses are selling a trifle
better than last week, but the price
does not improve as rapidly as the
quality of stock being shipped.

NOTES.

Edward J. Ahern," of Wellesley Hills,
the well-known grower of Marguerite.s.
while driving from Framingham to his
home SaturtJay night, September 19.
was run into by an automobile and
left unconscious in the road, while the
automobile sped on towartis Natick.
The collision demolished the light ex-
press wagon in which he was driving,
also seriously injuring the horse. It
was found that Mr. Ahern sustained a
severe scalp wound and an injury to
his hip and back, besides multiple
bruises. After an investigation it was
found that the automobile was owned
by a young man in Wellesley, Mass..
and he has been arraigned to appear
in court to face the charge of assault.

One of the most remarkable houses
of roses around Boston is grown by
Robert Montg6mery, of Natick, Mass.
The house is filled with four-year-old
stock of Richmond. Pink Killarney and
Ward, and looking from one end of
the house to the other, it has the ap-
pearance of a sea of buds. There is
scarcely a short stemmed rose in the
house. He speaks highly of Russell.
stating it to be the best selling rose
grown by him.

Thos. Roland, of Nahant, Mass.. has
started to cut cypripediums. He is
showing at his stall of the Boston
Co-operative Flower Market, some very
fine plants of dractena, pandanus,
massangea, and some extra fine colored
crotons.

Geo. C. Siebrcchl

WHOLESALE FLOBIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^IsliasB Mad. sq. 133 W. 28tli St.. New tork

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMe Hover MwKeU

New York. Sept. 23. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 15 00@20 00

extra and fancy... 8 00@12 00

No. 1 and No. 2... 5 00@ 6 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, special b 00

extra... 3 OOig 4 00

■' N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

" White Killarney, special... 3 00@ 4 00

Killarney. My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 4 00

;; No. 1 and No. 2.. 50@ 1 OO

Queen, special.. 6 00

•■ Aaron Ward 50@ 6 00

'■ Richmond. 50@ 6 00

" Sunburst... 50@ 6 00

•• Taft S0@600

" Milady, special 4 00

" J L. Mock 1 00@ 6 00

'■ Hadley 1 O0@ 6 00

" Ophelia 1 00@ 6 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00

inferior grades. 15 00@20 00

Hydrangeas, cut 1 00@ 1 50

Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 5 00@ 6 00

Lily of the Valley , 3 ,"^0® 4 00

Chrysanthemums per doz,, 1 50@ 3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumosus....doz. bchs. 2 00@ 3 00
Smilax doz. strings, 2 00

A. Roper, of Tewksbury. is shipping
good quality carnations to the Flower
Exchange. His new 55x2.50 ft. house
is filled with thrifty looking stock.
He will disseminate his new Carnation
.\lice Coombs this year. He ajso has
a few more promising seedlings under
cultivation, which he expects to intro-
duce to the trade soon.

The Thos. F. Gray Co. reports busi-
ness as being good for this time of
year, and is shipping quantities of
Dutch bulbs for which it finds a fair
demand. Peter Miller, of this com-
pany, is enjoying a two-week vaca-
tion at Kennebunkport, Maine.

Wax Bros, have a display of dahlias
in one of the windows of their store
on Tremont street. The dahlias are re-
markable on account of their size and
color, their quality bringing a good
demand for roots, for which the firm
is taking orders,

A. E. Koch, of Nobscot, Mass,, in
addition to snapdragon, is cutting
some yellow Marguerites. The flowers
are rather small, which is to be ex-
pected at this time of the season, but
there is a fair demand for them,

John Barr, of South Natick, has com-
menced to ship carnations to the Bos-
ton Co-operative Flower Market, He
is well satisfied with the appearance
of his stock and looks forward to a
good all-year supply of flowers.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Ulles, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KHSbLbK

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORKc

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PUNTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Evenrwherc

Prompt and satisfactory. CoDsignments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan BIdg.. 6th av. and W. 26th St., New York

Open for Cut Flower Sales

at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERGREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material tor
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30StoneSt..Rocliester.N.Y.

121 WEST 28Ul STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

Tbe Largest Shipper and Recdfcr of Fresh Cut Flowen

}0B~ h complete assortment of tbe best in tbe

market can always be relied upon.

^^P-- -^ WHOLESALE

j^ \ f LORI5T5

c?/ WfiTes'-'ST.NcvroR/c.

Consriinment-s Solicited

a

Ben Green, who recently opened the
flower department in Shepard Nor-
well's store, on Winter street, reports
business as being very good consider-
ing the general dull trade conditions,

Penn"s window is always a source
of attraction to passers-by. This week
he has his window decorated with
scores of telegraph orders from all
parts of the country.

In addition to carnations, Donald
Carmichael, of Wellesley, is cutting
some very fine Golden Glow chrysan-
themums. F, Li, W.

530

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

Preserve Cut Flowers in

BUCt1BIND[R

Florists' Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

5 1 8 MUwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. ILL.

QUALITY AND STVLE IN
D g\ Y W* & ^^^ Flowers and
D vF i\. m-, 9 Floral Designs

At no Greater cost,

Mndi* in many sizes from various iion-
fadine shades of board. Write for
catalut;ue, price list and samples.

THE SE»^TON MFG. CO.

1335 W. asth St., CHICAGO, ILL.

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Choice Case Holly, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Ropli'^. can furnish any a jiouq,t.
I have any ihtue in greens. Better write
your requrcnu-nts.

H. E. CON WELL, Delaware.

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send for Catalog No. 71

_, which describes fully the

Flowers MiCiay Kefrigerators and

Display Cases for Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,

670 Lake St., KENOALLVILLE, IND.

Rhode Island Horticultural Society.

ANNUAL EXHIBITION.

Flowers, fruits and vegetables, as
fine as any in tlie land, all testifying
to Rhode Island's standing in horti-
culture, were on show at the anniial
exhibition of the Rhode Island Horti-
cultural Society in the parlors of the
Mathevvson Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Providence, R. I., September
15. The large parlors of the church
were filled with exhibits of quality
from all sections of the state, and
with a few from neighboring states,
the exhibition not being limited to
Rhode Island. The array of ex-
hibits made a picture that fascinated
all who visited the exhibition yes-
terday. The vegetables and fruits
were grouped on tables in the front
parlors; the flowers in the rear
parlors. Among the exhibits attract-
ing attention were a vegetable exhibit
from State Senator R. Livingston
BeecRTman's Newport estate and one
of foliage plants from William Apple-
ton's home. Providence.

New flower varieties were introduced
by H. v. Mayo and Arthur Sellew of
Providence. Mr. Mayo's was a hybrid
cactus dahlia, orange pink, called the
Ethel Mayo in honor of Mrs. Mayo.
Mr. Sellew showed a new seedling dah-

TO THE

PACIFIC COAST TRADE

Chrysanthemums

^ We are the largest white growers on the Pacific
Coast. ^ We are now ready to ship stock of the
best and at right prices. ^ We can supply all colors
in any quantity., ^ Let us have your standing order.

Lynch Nursery Company, inc.

Wholesale Florists

IVfenlo Park, California.

Gladiolus Bulbs

How to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of Gladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.
E.A.BEAVEN. Evergreen, Ala.

lia, yellow shading to scarlet, named
in honor of Mrs. Sellew, and a decora-
tive dahlia, colors of the geisha, known
as the Fire King. There were sev-
eral children's exhibits, the society
aiming to interest the children in hor-
ticulture. Prizes were offered as en-
couragement to the children.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— F. Schllchter Is
erecting a greenhouse, 18x75 feet, at
3836 Frankford avenue, to cost $2,500.

New Bedford, Mass. — The dahlia
show of the New Berford Horticultural
Society was held in the Free Public
Library on September 22-23.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready lor shipment $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

SOUTHERN SMILAX

Ready for Shipment Oct. 1st

Prompt Service
F. & S. LEE, Marion, Ala.

JOPLIN, Mo. — Work has been started
on an addition to the Stephen Hyde
greenhouse southeast of Carthage. The
addition to the building will measure
60 by 350 feet and the space will be
used for growing roses.

J9I4.

The American Florist.

531

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be deUvered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

■stabUsbed In 18S7.

'mEM:.

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.
L. D. Pbooe, Graceland 1112.

Send na your retail orderi.
WE HAVX THE BIST FACILrmS IN THE CHT

Mention the American Florist when writing

F.T.D.

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

eo KEARr4EY STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

e. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders lor
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

m. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members of The Florist Tel^srraph DelWery.
Mention the American Florist when toritinQ

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
experts to Arrange Them.

150 £. Fourth St.

Chicago. Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabaib Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnnt St., Des Moines, la.

Lareest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders Eiven prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telepraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' TeleEraoh Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Noiwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

Madison, N. J.

Among the many attractive features
at Charles H. Totty's ranges, none are
more noteworthy at the present time
than his clirysanthemums. The "big
fellows," meaning those being grown
for exhibition blooms, are wonders of
the chrysanthemum family. Both tlie
stock in pots and that for cutting, ex-
ceeds anything we have ever seen so
early in the season, and when the
blooms are fully developed the collec-
tion will, of itself, be a notable exhibi-
tion. His roses are also looking very
fine. Of these, the white sport of Mrs.
George Shawyer, which he will dissemi-
nate this season. Ophelia, Killarney
Brilliant, Mrs. Aaron Ward and other
varieties are prominent, and fine clean
stock. The celebrated Dickson roses,
for which Mr. Totty is now the sole
Amorican agent, are now a great fea-
ture in his business. His catalogue
of novelties for 1015 will be Issued not
later than December, 1914.

The property known as the "Lin-
dens" where A. H. & W. S. Schultz, for-
merly conducted a growing business,
was sold at public auction on Sep-
tember 14. Frank Abrahamson, who
has for some time had a lease of the
greenhouses, will continue rose grow-
ing. He is well and favorably known
In the trade.

E. C. Hopping of Florham Park, has
recently made extensive improvements
In his range. He has a fine stock of
roses coming on Mr. Hopping Is now
mayor of Florham Park.

Our old friend Robert M. Schultz.
who retired from the florist business
some time ago on account of HI health,
Is looking much Improved.

A. F. F.

Fargo, N. D. — The Shotwell Floral
Co. are erecting an addition to their
greenhouse to take care of Increasing
business.

ALEXANDER McCONNElL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

'-TELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■'- any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Ordera
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
OUT selection for delivery on steamship*
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all orden
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address; Albxconnell,
Western Union Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Gny Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choice
Beauties, Orchids andVaUey always on hand.

Young&Nugenl

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Square.
42 West 28tli street.

To ont-of-town fiorists
We are In the Heart ol

NEW YORK

And give special attention to steamer and theate»

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V/.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Auditonum Amei. CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson servic means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niagara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor 15th S H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Yonr Flowers (or deliTcrr
in Ibis section from the

LEADIN6 FLORISTS OF THE NORTNWEST

632

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

Established 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srivate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Hobn S OlsoD,

20-22-24 West Fitth Street.

We fill orderi for any place in the Twin Cltiei
■nd for all points in the Northwest. The Lareett
Store in America: the largest atock: the rreatest
Tariety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
sieht and day.

Member! Eloriita' Teleeraph Delivery

Newarlt, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

rresb Flowers and Best Service. Delivertei
ttirontrhout the atate and to all steamship docks
In Hoboken, N. ]., and New York,

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWITfLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO AU ORDEKS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West S9th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Members of the Florists' Tdcgrapfa Ddprcfy.

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, The Telegraph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.
Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.
Anderson, S. A„ 440 Main. Buffalo, N, Y.
Archlas Floral Co., Sedalla, Mo.
Atlanta Floral Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
Begerow's, Newark, N. J.
Blackistone, Washington, D. C.
Boland, J. B.. San Francisco.
Bragg, Ross, Rochester, Minn,
Bramley & Son, Cleveland, 0.
Breltmeyer's Son, John, Detroit, Mich,
Brown Bros. & Co.. Vancouver, B. C.
Buckbce, H. W., Rockford, 111,
Calliornla Florists, Tacoma, Wash.
Clarke's Sons, David, New York.
Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.
Cooke, Geo. H,, Conn, Ave. and L., Washington.
Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.
Dard's, 44tb and Madison Ave., New York.
Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.
Dunlop's, 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can,
Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N, Y.
Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.
Friedman, Chicago.

Galvin. Thos F., Inc., Boston, Mass.
Gaivin, Thos. F,, Inc., New York,
Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.
Gasser, J, M., Co., Cleveland, O.
Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich,
Gude Bros,, Washington.
Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, 0.
Helm & Son, J, G.. Terre Haute. Ind.
Hess & Swohoda, Omaha, Neb.
Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.
Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.
Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.
Kellogg, F, & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.
Kift, Robert, 1725 Chestnut, Philadelphia.
La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.
Lange, A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.
Leborius. J. J., Dulutb, Minn.
London Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.
Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis,
May & Co., L. L., St. Paul, Minn.
McConnell, Alei., New York.
Mclvenna, Montreal, Can.

Metairle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans, La,
Murray, Samuel, Kansas City, Mo.
Myer, Florist, New York,
Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.
Palez, Paul M., Little Rock, Ark.
Palmer. W. J., & Son, Buffalo.
Park Floral Co., The, Denver, Colo.
Penn, the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St„ Boston.
Phillips Bros., Newark, N. J.
Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo,
Poilesta & Baldocchl, San Francisco.
Pollwortb Co., C. C, Milwaukee.
Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.
Rnndnlfih & Morienient!" Pittsburgh, Pa.
Reuter's, New London, Conn,
Iteuter'a, Norwich, Conn.
Iteuter's, Westerly, R. I.
Rock, Wm. L., Hower Co., Kansas City.
Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madition St., ChgO.
Schllng. Max, 22 W. 5nth St., New York.
Small & Sons, J. H.. New York.
Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington, D. 0.
Smith Co., A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Smith, Henry, Grhnd Riiplds, Mich,
Stumpp, G, E. M., New York.
Weher, F. H., St. Lonls, Mo.
Whittcd Floral Co., MlnneapoUa, Minn.
Wilis & Segar. London, Eng.

Wltthnld, G., Co.. 737 Blirklngham PL, ChgO.
Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson, Loi AngelM.
'Young & Nngent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadwair and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desije[ns.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

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St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

bile and Maiyliiil l». ■"" f&Z^'

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered t» all
parts of the country. Special care, select aad
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

WASilNfifON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

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Kansas City, Mo.

Samvd Murray,

913 Grand Avenne

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Atteitioi

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

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cuoe BRoa.cai
ri.0RisTa

lai* r 9TNM

WA»4IN«T«iHAA

PHILADELPHIA and VICDJITY.

uiijp Sjotttion ^Fiohirr ^boti, l2jt2i.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

J. A VALENTINE. Floral Co.

President.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery
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533

DESIGNS FOR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered for the trade In other cities by tbc
Hrms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist v>%en writing

Milwaukee. Wis.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

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Kansas City, Mo.

Geo, M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. win gn m orders for Cut

lanSIS City tnd Flowe.". Funeral Design.

Bl.....ilJ:il II. Weddine and Birthday Gifts.

rlMSininill, mo. that mav be entrusted to tbem.

Mention the A'nerican Florist ivhen loriting

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SmltliCo.

^' KEEN AN BLDG.

Lareest Floral Eatabliihment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

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New York.

e. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Deliverv Association

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THE J. M. GASSER CNMPANY,

CLEVELAND

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The florists' Telegraph Delivery.

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Washington, D. C.

CCPollworttiGo.

,„ Wisconsin

Will take proper
care of your orders

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DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen lartre Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. W isconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michisran. All orders giv^n prompt
attention and filled with strictly Iresh stock.

14 th and H. Street.

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City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Byres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga.— Atlanta Floral Co.. 41 Peachtree.

Boston— Penn, the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St.

Boston — Thos F. Galvln. Inc.

Buffalo. N. Y.- S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago— Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland. O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs. Colo.— Pikes Peak Flo. Co,

Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co,

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breltmeyer's Sons.

Duluth. Minn. — J. J. Leborlus.

Grand Rapids. Mich.— Henry Smith.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P, Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Bock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London, Eng. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles— Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee— C. C. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis, Minn.— Whittcd Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J.— Phillips Bros.

Npwark. O. — Phafa. A Pnerr.

New London, Conn. — Renter's.

New Orleaiis. La. — Meialrle Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's, 44tb and Madison Ave.

New York— .41ex McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York- David Clarke's Sons.

New York— Thos. F. Galvln. Inc.

New York— Myer, Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New York— Max Schllng. 22 W. 59th St.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New Y'ork — G. E. M. Stumpp.

New Vnrk — Ynunp A Niicent.

Norwich, Conn. — Renter's.

UuiaUa, Neb. — He»s & f>woboda, Faraam St.

Philadelphia— Robert Klft, 1725 Cllestnut St.

PhllarteUihia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — A. W. Smith Co., Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me.— Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford. 111.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan. Wis.— J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco— J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl,

Sedalla. Mo.— Arclilas Floral Co.

Superior. Wis.— Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute. Ind.— J. G. Heinl Sons.

Tacoma. Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo. 0.— Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto. Can.— Dunlop's, 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blacklatone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke. Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gude Bros.

Wflshlneton — J. H. Sm«ll & Sons.

Westerly, R. I. — Renter's.

Established 184»

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Prompily Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbui

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San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

324 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.

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Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Uate Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

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Cleveland, o.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers io

NORTHERN OHIO.

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St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the Weat.

Jefferson and Washington Ave*

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Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

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Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.
Only
the
Beat

Be Yon«e Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantat
safe arrival.

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Dunlop's

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

If C fff I U 11 K vanderbilt Hotel
||||MY|tM 126 Tremont Street
DUw I UR 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

534

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade In other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Sendyourorders^o'Gliicago

andSnb-
arbs to

m^^~— ^ *) All orders carefnlly filled
"^•**JKM*^#i under the supervision of

wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Florists' Teleeraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KLLLFR SONS,

PT ORTSTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

iloctaester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley&Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PaIl M. PALEZ,

^ ' FLORIST,

409 MAIN STKEET.

AU orders carefully filled and delivered to alKparti
of the city, Arkaasas and the Southwest.

Toledo, o.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Helnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 627.

Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS

1415 Fapnum St telephones

wij I arnum 3i. 1501 and l 1582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' TelCKrapb Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MTER, FLORIST, S.'L".',tl"'

Menfber of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading
Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±LOWkRS

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .\ss'n

Westcliester and Fairfield Hort. Society.

CLUB MEETING.

At tlie montlily meeting of the society
there was a large and enthusiastic at-
tendance. Tlie rneeting wa* held in the
society's room in" Doran's Hall, Green-
wich. Conn., Friday evening. September
11, President Robert Williamson in the
chair. Two new members were elected,
and several proposals for membership
were received. The fall show commit-
tee reported progress and will issue
the schedule in the near future. Sev-
eral substantial additions to the
premium ■ list were reported at this
meeting. During a recess the impres-
sions of the S. A. F. convention recent-
ly held at Boston were discussed, and
all who attended report having had a
good time and a profitable visit. In-
asmuch as the Westchester and Fair-
field Society was so well represented on
the boat trip from New York to Bos-
ton, it was resolved to extend fhe
thanks of the society to the mem^
bers of the New York Florists' Club for
their hospitality and entertainment,
that will long be a pleasant memory.

There was a very fine display of
choice and seasonable flowers on the
exliibition tables in competition for the
prizes offered by the well-known seeds-
man, Andrew Kennedy, of New York,
who offered first and second prizes for
the best three vases of outdoor flow-
ers of three species. The display in-
cluded asters, Bolfmias. heleniums.
helianthus, cosmos, Hydrangea pan-
ieculata gr. fl., roses, dahlias and sweet
peas. The first prize was awarded to
P. W. Popp, who had Heliantluis multi-
flora, large flowering early cosmos, and
a vase of specimen blooms of Hydran-
gea paniculata gr. fl. The second prize
went to Fred Lagerstam, who ex-
hibited splendid vases of heleniums,
Boltonia asteroides and long-stemmed
branching asters. The other exhibits
were also very fine, and the competi-
tion was very keen. In the non-com-
petitive exhibition, James Linane was
highly commended for a beautiful vase
of gladioli. The thanks rf thf society
was extended to Andrew Wliitelaw,
and a cultural certificate was awarded
to P. W. Popp for a large display of
named varieties of gladioli, containing
many novelties of recent introduction.
At the next meeting, which will be held
October 9. there wtll be a lecture by
an eminent authority on landscape
gardening. There will also be an ex-
hibition of dahlias and an interesting
display is anticipated.

P. W. Popp, Sec'y.

L.v Crosse, Wis.— The annual flower
show, under the auspices of the Twen-
tieth Century Club, was held Septem-
ber 11. The show this year was the
biggest and best ever held by the club.
Last spring, seeds of phlox, nastur-
tiums and zinnias were distributed
among the pupils of the city schools
to be planted and the products were
exhibited at the flower show. Charles
E. Schaefer of the T-a Crosse FInral
Company and John H. Forrer, superin-
tendent of the city parks, acted as
judges.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

lEWAEI E J.

Artistic Floral Worlc and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merctiants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade diic.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Desiifos oo short ootici.
Prompt attentioo to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Deliver?.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.
Mirhidnn Orders win be carefnlly

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mien.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH a SONS Will fill yonr
orders for DesiKos and Cut Flowers in Michis^ao

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of tlie Florists' Telegraph Delivery

1914'

The American Florist.

535

Field -Grown Carnation Plants

The Usual Fine C. C. C. Quality

/^I^m|-|||^q|- Beautiful overlaid pink, sells for thi
^^"***1^^"^ highest price. Good producer, gooc
stem, fine large flowers, $6.00 per 100; ,$60.00 per 1000.

White Enchantress ^'^'-'^-

White Perfection

$6.00 per 100:
$50.00 per 1000.

Enchantress

Herald ("i:.r")
Bonfire " " "" '"°

Large plants. $5.00 per 100
$45.00 per 1000.

$7.00

$60.00 per 1000.

Victory

per 100: $60.00
per lUOO.

$.5 00
per 100.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., 30 e. RanToiJst., Chicago, III.

Some Excellent Stock

Carefully packed, with liberal extras for early
orders.
Inch 100 1000

2(4 Asparagus Plumosus $J 00 $25.uO

VA Asparagus Plumosus 7.50 70 00

2V4 Asparagus Sprengeri 2.50 22 =0

3Vj ASDaragus Sprengeri 6.50 60.00

3H Cyclamens. Assoned colors 8.50 80.00

2ii Cyclamens, .'\ssorted colors 6.00 55.0(J

2Vi Frimula Obconica. Separate colors

or mixed 3 00 2i.00

2Vi Primula Malacoides 3 00 25 no

2^ Chinese Primroses. .Assorted 3 25 .^OOu

2H Cinerarias. Choiced mixed 2.50 22 .=0

2V4 Begonia Vernon. 3 kinds 2.50 22.50

2H Snapdragons. White. Pink and

Yellow 3 00 25.00

3Vi Snapdragons. Bushy plants 7.00 6^.00

2ViStevia. Dwarfortall 3.00 25 Oi

3^> Srevia. Bushv plants 7 00 65 00

20,000 S^-in. VIOLET PLANTS, Marie Louise
and Lady Campbell, %'h 75 per 100: $15 IKI p.r lOiiii

FERNS from benches; Bost on, PierSOni, Ele-
gantissima. etc. Large plants. > bargain. JIO 00,
J15.00 and *2 1 On per 100. Try some.

CARNATION PLANTS. From 3'/, and4-in. nots.
fine, stocky plants: Comfort. Scarlet Wonder,
Beacon, Enchantress and Washington Enchant-
tress. $7 at per 100; $65.00 per lOOO. Wltite
Enchantress. Very good plants. $7.00 per 100;
S65.00 per 1000.

Also abundance of other stock. Correspondence
eblicited.

ALONZO J. BRYAN, who'ris?"

WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

J. E. Meredith. Prbs. C. W Stoot. Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LEBERTYAaLLE ILLINOIS

I

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette,

Indiana

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S M I L A X

strong plants, 2^2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2J/2 inch,
12.00 per UKI; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

Uentioii the American Florist when writing

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
CD many ittms. Have splendid stock, ready to .ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas

All the good French sorts pot-grown, 4 in.
pot plants t2O.C0 per 100; 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Otaksa

Field-grown plants 4 to 6 shoots, $15.00 per
100; 6 to 8 shoots. S20.00 per 100. ihort and
clean stock.

Cibotium Schiedei

Splendid stock at a real reductron, 5-in. pot
plants at 75c: 6-in. pot plants. $1.00.

Bird's Nest Ferns

4-in. pot plants. ..$3 ^0 per doz.; $25.00 per 100
5 in. pot plants... 7.00 per doz.: 50-00 per 100

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well sliaped $10.00 per 100

Adiantum Croweanum

4-in. pot plants .$15.ut per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

Short and bushv.2'4 in., $3 00 per lOt: $25.t0
per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns

Best varieties, includins .^sd dium. Cyr-
tomium, Wilsoni and Mayiv* $3 00 per lOO:
$25.00 per 1000.

Primula Sinensis

A splendid strain in rtd and while. $3.00 per
100: $25.00 per 1000.

THE STORRS S HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

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Primroses.

Chinese, Forbesl, Malacoides, Obconica
Alba and Rosea, $1.76 per 100; $16.00
per KHIO.

ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 2^ in.

pots. $l'.0O per 100; «18 00 per 1000.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 214 in.

pots, *2.0ii per UKI; $18 00 pel 1000.
Vinca Varlegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100

The Chrysanthemum

Pansy Plant, Oct. loth, i2 BO per 1000.
CASH or COD.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. 2 in $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per 1000.
Alyssum, Giant Double 2in.. $2.00 per 100.
Geraniums.S. A. Nutt Double Gen. Grant and

^

rf^

Good Stock and tiood packing

Elmer Rawlings, "^^l^'J.^"

•£^

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —
trees and plants of all kinds.

NEW AND REVISED EDmON.

Price 50 Cents. Cash With Order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

SEND FOR LIST.

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Sept. 26,

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse. .San Francisco, Calif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President: E. C. Duncan,
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer: S. K. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting, San Fran-
Cisco. Calif., .lune I91.'j.

BOTH timothy and clover seed prices
have declined materially the past
weelc.

Early flowering giant pansy (World
Record) is three to four weeks earlier
than any other strain.

LOWEE prices are heing quoted by
German lily of the valley growers,
approximating 20 per cent lower than
last year.

Some Holland grass seed exporters
are disposed to demand cash payment
for their stocks, which are likely to
come forward late.

C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco,
Calif., have just issued an attractive
illustrated catalogue of their sweet
pea novelties of 1914.

W. ATLEE Burpee entertained 80
members of the Poor Richard Club and
other guests at the Fordhook Farms,
Doylestown, Pa., September 19.

Seed exports will probably be made
from England, but delivery will be de-
layedT as the authorities have seized
the horses, hence tlirashing operations
will be delayed.

It seems quite a number of Euro-
pean and Asiatic melons are being
tried in the California district this sea-
son, but so far no definite data has
been compiled on their utility in that
section.

A LARGE lot of delayed French bulbs,
which ought to have been in New
York a month earlier, arrived on the
S. S. Patria, September IS. There were
170 cases of immortelles on this
steamer.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade September 23 were
as follows: Timothy, .$4.25 to .$5.75
per 100 pounds. • — Carl Cropp, of
Vaughan's Seed Store, is making an
eastern trip.

Kansas City, Mo.— The Rudy-Patrick
Seed Co., has found it necessary to
move to larger quarters at Northeast
corner of Ninth and Santa Fe streets,
where they have much better switch-
ing facilities and will install additional
cleaning machinery.

BOZEMAN, MONT. — The second an-
nual seed exposition will be held in
Bozeman, December 8-10, by the Mon-
tana Seed Growers' Association. Dur-
ing the exposition a meeting of the as-
sociation will be held, and plans for
the registration of grains will be ma-
tured.

Denver, Colo. — The Colorado Seed
& Nursery Co., Inc., has transferred
to S. U. Thomas all of its assets for
the benefit of its creditors. The
estimates are assets, .$14,098.05, liabili-
ties, $22,634.04. C. R. Root, the presi-
dent and manager of the company,
and Lewis Malone, treasurer, had an
investment amounting to $13,000 cash.

Chinese Narcissus Bulbs.

(Consul Lester ilaynard. Amoy. July 20.)
F^r some years one firm at Amoy
has been the principal shipper of nar-
cissus bulbs. These bulbs come en-
tirely from this district, and the great
bulk of the shipments go to the United
States ($7,658 worth invoiced thereto
last year through the Amoy consul-
ate). Once each year — during the
month of July — one of the large' Pa-
cific Mail steamers calls at Amoy for
a big shipment of narcissus bulbs to
the United States direct, practically
all of which are forwarded by this
firm.

Some months ago it was anticipated
that the narcissus harvest this year
would be a record one, but climatic and
other adverse conditions have done
much to damage the bulbs and reduce
the quantity, and prices hj.ve greatly
advanced. It is also claimed that the
local buyers refuse to meet the high
prices demanded by 'he growers,
which has caused dispute and may re-
sult in shipments being held up. The
matter of quality also causes disputes.
In 1912 regular bulbs were worth .$9.40
Mexican per thousand. (Mexican sil-
ver dollar in Far East has fluctuating
value, and on July 1, 1914, was worth
about $0,458 U. S. currency.) The
price increased to $11.60 Mexican in
1913, and this year bulbs are quoted
at $14.45 Mexican per ^thousand. These
prices do not include the high trans-
portation charges from the interior to
Amoy.

Holland Stock.

We are in receipt of the following
report on Dutch bulbs and other
stock, dated Haarlem, September 4 :

Tulips — These would have been ex-
tremely short if war had not broken
out. The quality is good. The follow-
ing will be in short supply : Keisers-
kroon, Chrysolora, Proserpine, Tourne-
sol, red and yellow. Prices rule very
firm. Shipments were made the first
week in August with America and
England the chief buyers. Tulips are
not in much demand in Russia, Ger-
many and Austria.

Narcissus — The following are a
short crop : Golden Spur, Trumpet
Major, Leedsii Ornatus and -Empress.
Victoria double-nose is practically sold
out with very few of the Victoria
round bulbs left. The supply of
double daffodils is sufficient to fill or-
ders. The bulbs are up to the aver-
age.

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radlsti,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Mention tile American Florist when writing

Spiraea — These have suffered through
lack of moisture and the crops do not
look promising in the fields. If Eng-
land does not buy largely there will be
enough for the American trade.

Gladiolus — Colvilli types are not yet
lifted, but a good crop is anticipated.
The bulbs will not be so large as usual
on account of the dry season.

Spanish Iris — The quality is good,
although growers differ as to the size
of the crop. Prices are advancing.

Crocus — The quality and crop are
poor and prices remain unchanged.

Scilla — These are a short crop, but
the quality is good.

Corn and Vine Seeds.

Fremont, Neb., September 14. — We
expect to fill our orders for sweet corn
nearly in full with che exception of
Golden Bantam, Early White and
Mammoth White Cory, which may be.
a little short, possbly 20 to 25 per
cent; white and yellow dent varieties
of field corn in full; flint corn in full
with the exception of Longfellow, Yel-
low Flint and Sanford White Flint,
which may be 20 to 25 per cent short.

Cucumber and muskmelon in full
with the exception of Long Yellow
cantaloupe muskmelon; watermelon in
full excepting Tom Watson and Florida
Favorite; pumpkin in full excepting
Small Sugar, Big Tom and Connecti-
cut Field, and possibly Large Cheese.
These varieties ranging from 25 to 50,"
per cent short, summer squash except-.
ing Long Island White Bush in full.
Winter Squash in full with the ex-'
ception of Sibley, Bay State, Faxon,
Perfect Gem and Gregory's Delicious.-
The Sibley probably 25 to 50 per cent
short. Other varieties named, fail-
ures. Gourds in full excepting Sugar
Trough, which is practically a failure.

There will be limited surplus stocks
of some varieties of sweet corn and
possibly one or two varieties of flint
corn, also limited surplus stocks of
vine seeds, excepting those noted, but
no very large surplus of any one kind-

E. ■

Colorado Vine tSeeds.

Rocky Ford, September 15. — We had
a very unusual year. After being
hailed out twice our replanting of cu-
cumber and cantaloupe acreage has
thrived on these reverse conditions.
We will harvest close to a normal crop
on cucumber, while on cantaloupe and
muskmelon we will have a full crop.

E.

Established 1810.

Denaiffe & Son, NortS" France.

The Premie'- Seed Growers of the World.
Th Greatest Acr age. Over 900 1 mployes.
Motto: The Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet, Cabbage. CaTot. Celery, LettBcc, Mangel
Wurizel, Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Radish, Fuia-
baga, Turnip. K'.rsnec ai i>riccssurriiusciop. iyi4,
address. Ctiarles Johnson, Marietta, Pa.,

Sole Ageni for U. S. and Canada.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the followiiiD California Specialties only:

ONION, LETniCE, CARRO', RADISH, PARSNIP, PARSLEY. CELERY.
ENDIVE. LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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537

My Original Winter-Flowering
SPENCER or ORCHID SWEET PEA

ANT. C. ZVOLAINEK,

revolutionized the cut flower market last winter. It
brought higher prices than the best carnation, from
the start to finish. They will be more sought for this
winter I have some seed left on hand of the following
named varieties:

Pink and White Orchid, Wiiite Orchid, Mrs. A. A.
Skach (clear pink J, Orchid Beauty (dark rose), VenuS
(While, pink blush), Mrs. M. Spanoiin (white). Mrs. Jos.
Manda (light pink), all, I oz , $4.00. Lavender Nora
(winter Unwin type), the best and largest clear lavender in
cultivation, 1 oz , ll.fid.

Winter-Flowering Spencer Mixture

This consist only of the best light pink, pink, whites,
salmon, lavender and very few dark. Every commercial
growrr should plant at least one house of these, after the
'Mums, and he would be taking no risk. 1 oz.,$8.00; 4oz. ,
$10.00; 1 lb.. $30.00. Ask for special prices on 10 lbs. or
more. You need 1 oz. of the Winter Orchid Sweet Pea
seed for 100 foot row. Ask for list.

Philadelphia. Pa., August 29. 1914.
Mr a. C. Zvolankk. Lonipoc, Calif.

Dear Sir:~We handled your Winter-Flowering Orchid Peas last
year in quantity. We suld nearly all of the Peas from Messrs. A. Harvey
& Sons which firm no doubt you know very well. There was nothing' in
the cut flower line last winter that sold more readily than the Orch'd
Peas. W t_- believe that all thr growers who had your Orchid Klowering
Peas last winter bad a most profit;^bie crop. \% you know, some of the
retai'ers are rather slow to take up something new. Aftf r the first
purchase of Orchid Peas, however, they invariably bought them in
pref'-rence. xhe Leo Ntessen Company.

Lompoc, Calif.

SEEDS AND BULBS

For the Trade

J.M.THORBURNSCO.

Established 1802

53 Barclay Street - New York

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. C. ROBINSON SEED CO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com ; Cucumber,

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Souash.

FREMONT NEBRASKA

Mention the American Florist when writina

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Order From England Now.

Kelways Quote and Can Deliver

Anise Carrot Kale Mustard Rutabaga

Beet Cauliflower Kohl Rabi Pepper Spinach

Cabbage Celery Lucerne Radish Turnip

And Flower Seeds Kape Vetch

TiiosL' who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once wh le stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later- and on contract for next fall. British sailiDi?s continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

War Conditions in Denmaric

Bjalmar Hartmann fi Co., Copenhagen, whose representative, Mr. Kinar
Knutsson. just arrived in the United States, report that they will be able
to fill their seed contracts in full, and expect even a surplus. Orders
placed now for Danish Seeds will in all probability be delivered in due
time, as the Danish ships sail under neutral flag. We are ready to make
quotations and invite correspondence
SPECIATIES: -Cabbage, Cauliflower and Root Seed. Roses, Lilac, and
lily of the Valley Pips.

LOECHNER S CO., 1 1 Warren St., NEW YORK CITY

Sole Agents for the United States and Canada.

BEANS, PEAS,

and aO Garden Seeds

RA9ISH

LEONARD SEED

CO.

226-230 W.

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRABf

Write for Price*.

538

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very likely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

"•vviii

Cabbage Enkhuizen Gluiy.
Introduced Srver;il \ o;«r> A^rr. by Our Finu.

"SEEDS"

I am headquarters for the celebrated
Sudan Grass feed, Rescue, Johnson
S Bermuda Grass, Cane Seed,
Cotton Seed, Egyptian Wheat Cow
Peas, Feierita, Kaffir Corn, Milo
Maize, Big German and Pearl
Millet, Spanish Peanuts.
Fancy selected Cantaloupeaud Water-
melon, Bermuda Onion Seed.

Send me a listofyour wants (or prices.

ROBERT NICHOLSON

Wholesale Seeds
DALLAS, - - TEXAS

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

CorrespondeDce solicited.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for VVIiolesale Fall Catalogue.

L. FORIVIOSUM

7-9 in.. 9 in in.. 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, Vi and ^ in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City
Waterloo, la.

E. S. Gunn has resigned his position
as general manager of the mail order
seed house of Galloway Bros.-Bow-
man Co. He and Mrs. Gunn left
September 21 on a vacation trip to
Lincoln, Neb., where Mr. Gunn was
formally vice-president of the Grlswold
Seed Co. He says he has not fully
determined just what he will do. but
will probably soon be in harness again.

The Galloway Bros. -Bowman Co..
are bflilding a new cement block heat-
ing plant and are also figuring on
building two new greenhouses. They
have opened a downtown store in the
new Russel-Lamson Hotel building
and will need the new houses to supply
the increased demand for cut flower.e.
bulbs, etc.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

'^°'SuUc'it''e'd.°" Swedesbaro, New Jersey

Mention the Amct'ican Florist ichcn ivi'itinrj

THE C. HERBERT M SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

Contract Seed Growers

Cnopia Iliac ■ Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato,
0|li;bldlU». vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandifloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO. LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER S SONS CO.,

Contract Seed urowers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties; Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas. Aster,

Cosmos. Minnonette. Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write for our low prices.

Eiiico'ttsts.. " Baltimore, Md.

Mention the American Florist when writing

DO NOT

Delay Ordering

Polnsettias, 2?/2-in., |B.OO per 100;

$46.00 per 1000.
Begonia Lonsdale, 2i^-in., Lor-
raine type, but better, $14.00 per

1(0, $l-_>5.00 per 1000.
Begonia Glorie de Chatelaine,

?6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.
Cyclamen Seed, English, $8 50

per oz.
Cyclamen Seed, German, $6.00

per oz.
Pansy Seed, home grown, best

strain procurable, % oz., $1.50;

1 oz., ,$6.00.
Rest assured your orders
will be filled to j'our entire
satisfaction.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.^

!218BetzBldg.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

EICALYPIIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. 101857, MELBOflRKE, AUSTRALIA

^[niti'iit till' American Florist when writing

FOR

SEEDS

OF ALL KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson & Son, Limited

Boston, England

igi4.

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539

All Dutch and French Bulhs

Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus,

(Trumpet Major and others)

Formosum, Callas, Harrisii,
Freesias, Paeonies

FRENCH ROMAN HYACINTHS

11-12 ctms, 2500 to case, per 1000, - $25.00

Calla Bulbs

1^ to V-n inch.
IVi to 2 -inch.
2 to 2k2-inch.

Per 100

$ 5.50

8.50

12.00

L. Formosum Bulbs

Per 1000

6- 8-inch, 350 to case.$40.00

7- 9-inch,250 to case. 60.00

8- 9-inch, 225 to case. 70.00
8-10-inch, 200 to case. 80.00

Write for Fall "Book for Florists.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

Get Quotations From

LANDRETH

Bloomsdale
Farm.

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

ROUTZAHN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks.

AU Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Trade Directory

OF THE

United Slates and Canada

Price $3.00 Postpaid.
American Florist Co^

440 S. Dearborn street.

CHICAGO

Valuable in Mailing.

American Florist Co.— We find your
Trade Directory of great value in mailing
our price lists and will want the new
one when ready.

'FRANCIS BRII/L CO.

Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., April 25, 1914.
^iiituimiiiAmmitmmttmiuiiuiimi |^

I BURPEE'S SEEDS f

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists fr

3 and Market Gardeners. ;-: C

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Moition the American Florist when writino

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet hiah per 100, $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots " 1500

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on aoDlication-

QUALITY :vA?

BEND FOR 04T*I,<lOlK.

ARTMUR T. BOODINGTON

l«l WmI 14th St.. Ka<r York.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

^SVlHo^l^^'^'^ MILFORD, CONN.

Mention the American Florist when writinfl

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA. CALIF.

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made aspecialty of chrysanthemum cul-
turefor the past 25 years. The best work on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
florist. lOf) paces. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH fi CO., Adrian, Mich.

Orchids

If you want Orchids for any purpose whatever
we solicit your inquiries and orders for same.
We do not grow or handle anything else but
Orchids. Special lists on application.

Mention the Ayyi eric an Florist when writing LAGER fi HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

540

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

The Nursery Trade

American AssociaUon of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la.. \'ice-Presi-
dent; .lohn J{all.2U4 (jranite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Mieli.. .June 1915.

Albany, N. Y. — The Pomona Ten-
Cent Nurseries, of Dansville. N. Y.,
have been incorporated by H. A. Bur-
dick, cipital .$5,000.

SISSETON, S. D. — C. Johnson and L.
Solnar, the nurserymen who recently
arrived from Madison, Minn., are
busily engaged in building on the land
they bought last spring.

Useful information suggesting a
plan of cost accounting that will be
of value to fruit growers who wish to
determine the cost of fruit production
is given in Bulletin No. 130, issued by
the United States Department of Agri-
culture under date of August 21, 1914.

White Grubs.

The common white grubs, or grub-
worms, as they are often called, have
for years been recognized as among
the most serious pests to farm crops,
notably corn and timothy, while straw-
berries, potatoes, and nursery plant-
ings, particularly of conifers, have all
been frequently and seriously affected.

Probably the most serious outbreak
of'-white grubs in the history of Amer-
ican agriculture occurred in 1912, fol-
lowing an abundance of beetles in
1911. Injury was reported frcm al-
most every section of the country
north of the Ohio River and westward
to South Dakota. In the West the cen-
ter of abundance was in southwestern
Wisconsin, while in the East it seemed
to be in northeastern Pennsylvania and
southeastern New York. Infestation
occurred, however, as far west as Ta-
bor, S. D., and though no serious gen-
eral injury was found west of Eastern
iowa there were scattered occurrences
in western Iowa and southern Minne-
sota. Throughout the southern third
of Wisconsin and in northern Illinois
the grubs were abundant, especially in
the western portions of those sections.
Many infestations were also reported
from southern Michigan and scattered
ones from northern Indiana and east-
ward through Ohio. These infestations
again became general in northeastern
Pennsylvania, southeastern New York,
in Connecticut, and In parts of New
Jersey. In the worst infested districts
it was not at all unusual to find from
40 to 60 grubs in a single hill of corn.
In a cornfield near McGregor, Iowa, de-
voted to timothy the previous year
(1911) seventy-seven two-year-old
grubs were found in an area two and
a half feet square and five inches deep.
This really represented less than a
single hill of corn, for the hills in this
field were three and a half feet apart.
From a survey of the infested territory
made in 1912 in Iowa, Wisconsin, and
Illinois, as well as from reports of
faianers and others, we have a very
conservative estimate of the damage to
corn, timothy, and potatoes in these
States, aggregating not less than
.$7,000,000. The damage to the same
crops in the other infested areas can
not be figured at less than $5,000,000,
which brings the total lo.ss in 1912, ex-

clusive of strawberries, nursery stock,
lawns, and miscellaneous crops, to not
less than $12,000,000. Available records
.show that May beetles were unusually
abundant in 1908, the grubs causing
considerable damage in Wisconsin, Illi-
nois, and other localities in 1909 and
again in 1912. The damage, however,
was more pronounced in these lo-
calities in 1912. As previously noted,
the beetles were very abundant in the
spring of 1911, thus giving rather con-
clusive evidence that the life cycle of
the more abundant and injurious spe-
cies in those localities is uniformly
three years. We may. therefore, be rea-
sonably certain that in 1014 the beetles
will again be unusually abundant, and
the year following (1915) the grubs
will as a consequence be exceedingly
abundant and destructive unless their
numbers are materially reduced by nat-
ural enemies, by artificial means, or by
adverse climatic conditions.

All general measures are preventive
rather than remedial, for once white
grubs are present in a field of corn or
other crop there is no means as yet
known of protecting that particular
crop from its ravages. On the other
hand, there are certain cultural and
other practices which will greatly min-
imize the damage in succeeding years,
-•^n infested field may be thorouhgly
cleared of grubs by pasturing it with
hogs, and this method should be fol-
lowed wherever possible. Hogs are
very fond of grubs and will root to
a depth of a foot or more in search of
them. Such pasturing may be 'done
at any time during the summer, but it
should not be delayed later than the
middle of October nor should it be
practiced earlier in the spring than
April. Domestic fowls should be given
the run of infested fields, and espe-
cially when the land is being plowed,
for they are very fond of grubs and
will destroy large numbers. During
the years of great abundance of the
beetles hogs should be turned into or-
chards and timber lots during the pe-
riod of flight (May and Jun?), since a
majority of the beetles pass the day-
just below the surface of the soil be-
neath or near the trees upon which
they have been feeding the night be-
fore, and will be eagerly sought and
eaten by the hogs. Where it is im-
practicable to pasture hogs in an in-
fested field much good can be accom-
plished by plowing the land in the
fall. The plowing should be done late
in fall, but, on the other hand, it
should not be delayed until cold weath-

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHU,

Om 2-in. Pots, $2.(«i per KKI. e.itra stroni;.
CLEMATIS PANICULATA,

Out 3 in. Pots. $41X1 per KKI. extra stroni;.

HARDY ENGLISH IVY, LARGE LEAF,

3 and 4- in. plants in 4-in. pot, 18 tlf)per lOO. 4 ft. Ion;:.
Cash with orderplease.

SAMUEL V. SMITH, Philadelphia, Pa.
Half Square East of 1 1th and Westmoreland St.

er sets in or until the ground becomes
chilled and frosty, for then the grubs
will have gone down to their winter
quarters beyond the reach of the plow.
Farmers' Bulletin 543, issued by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture under the date of July 18, 1913,
entitled "Common White Grubs," con-
tains much useful information con-
cerning this pest and different meth-
ods for its control.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN (HOLLAND)

Roses and Rose Trees on Briar
Rdbert Craig Co...)

S"^ PALMS

and Novelties In Decorative Plants

Market and 49<h Sts., Philadelphi

•I

ia, PaJ

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE CONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Evergrca Specialists Largxl Gnnrers Id Aneria

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

August Rolker& Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

.Address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

.\ny quantity, size and aire. No beltir yrown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs and Vines.

FiUl Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

t.FT OUR PRICFS .AND CAT.M.Or.UE.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,
CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

-READY NOW-

Ficus Elastica }'■'''" *H.50perdoz.

INSPECTION INVITED.

$26.00 per 100
18-24in 4.60 per doz.; 36.00 per 100

Ask For Our vyholes»J{.<;atalog.

Nurserymen and Florists,

Rutherford, N. J.

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541

DREER'S ARAICARIAS

The chances are that there will be no imports of Araucarias from Belgium this fall, which is certain to
result in a scarcity of this plant for the holidays. We are carrying our usual large stock of spring imported
plants, and we would advise you to cover your requirements. There has been no advance in price, and the
plants are of the usual good quality.

Araucaria Excelsa

o inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, 3 tiers $ .60 each

6 inch pots, 12 to 16 inches high, 3 to 4 tiers 75 "

6 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high, 4 tiers 1.00 "

7 inch pots, 18 to 20 inches high, 4 to 5 tiers 1.26 "

Araucaria Excelsa Glauca

6 inch pots, 8 inches high, 2 tiers $ .76 each

6 inch pots, 12 inches high, 3 tiers 1.00 "

Araucaria Robusta Compacta

6 inch pots, 10 inches high, 2 tiers $ .75 each

6 inch pots, 12 to 14 inches high, 3 tiers 1.26 "

7 inch pots, 14 to Ifi inches high, 3 tiers 1.60 "

Ficus Elastica

A splendid lot of 4 inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, $3. oil per dozen;
$26.00 per 100.

Pandanus Veitchi

A grand lot of well colored plants, 6 inch pots, exceptional good values.

For the most Complete List of Decorative Plants and other Seasonable Stock see our Current wholesale list.

HENRY A. DREER, V^^'^^^T^''^^'^

The above prices are intended for the trade only.

PA.

A.S.ARCn[R

ANTIGUA,

B. W. I.

offers for sale seeds of

Ornamenlal and Flower=

ing Plants, Economic and

Fruit Seeds.

Pa.ln:i Seeds

A Specialty.

Rotselle (Seeds

At $1.50 per lb.
Catalogue and Price List on application.

A. S. ARCHER, - Antigua, B. W. I.

Asparagiis. Poinsetiias, Vincas

Asparagus Plumosus. 7H in ,$3CI()per llf); 3 in
$5.00 per («l. Asp. Uatcherii, 3 in,. $5.00 per 100.

P0insetlias,2 in.. M.OO per no, 3 in., fc.no per
100;.4in , V'S-iOper 1(0.

Vincas. field grown, for October delivery, $5 PC
per ra

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids. Iowa.

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants forthe coming autumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to offer are :

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Two years 4 to5 feet

Three j'ears 4 to 5 feet

The two and three year grades

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year IV^ to 2 feet

Two years IV? to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

.\11 are well branched, bright and clean
have been cut back one or more times.

J. T. LOVETT,

Very attractive prices — especiallj' in car lots.
Correspondence solicited.

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

MAINN'S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
bring the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saiony, Germany

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin, N J. Williamstown June. N. i .

542

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton, Ind.. Pres
ident; H. J. Thompson, Attleboro, Mass..
Vice President; S. VV. Severance. Louisville.
Ky., Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland.
O., Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition.
Philadelphia Pa.. October 6 9. 191'!.

Chicago.— There will be no middle-
men and no jobbers at Chicago Munic-
ipal Marlvets Nos. 1 and 2 when they
open Thursday, September 24. Farm-
ers who raise the foodstuffs will bring
them to the markets and sell them di-
rect to the consumers.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vepetahles.

Chicago, September 22. — Mushrooms,
60 to 65 cents per pound; lettuce, tO
to 20 cents per box; radishes. 75
cents per 100 bunches.

New York, September 22. — Cucum-
bers, prime, 50 cents to 75 cents per
basket; mushrooms, 75 cents to $1.75
per 4-pound basket; tomatoes, 15 cents
to 50 cents per box.

Fall Tomatoes.

To relieve the glut of lettuce in the
fall, more and more growers are try-
ing tomatoes. Those who have had
no^experience should not jump too far
at a time, as tomatoes are a very
difficult crop to handle in the fall and
unprepared markets are often in-
different, making the product h^rd to
sell at profitable figures. At the pro-
ducing end of the game we wish to
remind the grower to start early and
push with all his skill to early fruition.
It is very easy to hold back well
developed fruit when the hard days
come, and next to impossible to get
a set of fruit in early winter. The
tomato is very much subject to disease
in the fall, probably because these
diseases exist at that time out-of-doors
and the air is full of germs and spores.
Under the least unfavorable conditions
our plants are attacked and ruin Is
often the result. We believe in spray-
ing regularly with Bordeaux as soon
as the young plants are of any size;
keep up temoerature, ventilate free-
ly and do not overwater. Tomatoes
will stand dryness better than mois-
ture, so if one is not sure, be on the
dry side.

MARKETMEN.

Humus or Vegetable Matter and soil Fertility

In connection with a series of local-
ized tillage surveys, the department
has incidentally uncovered the follow-
ing data on the relation of humus or
vegetable matter in the soil to the
crop-producing power of the soil :

Soil type.

Per cent
of bumus.

Cecil clay ly^

Hagerstown loam ... 2 V4

MItimi ciny 5

Illlnpta prairie 6

HoilSton clay 3%

Marshal sUt loam...3V4
CarrlugtoD silt loam. 3

State.

Yield corn
(bu. per acre)
No. Carolina. .211

Virginia 30

Ohio 45-50

Illinois 45 50

Tmbs .TO-SS

Nebraska 36

Iowa 35-40

The striking correlation between the
per cent of vegetable matter in the
soil and the yield of corn in these
areas investigated is another strong
link in the chain of evidence tliat or-,
ganic or vegetable matter in the soil

is the most effective factor in soil
fertility.

There are many well-known meth-
ods of supplying this vegetable matter
to the soil. Crop residue is usually
the basis of more humus. Grass or
sod crops are the most valuable in
this respect. On lands especially poor
in humus, it is often advisable to
grow summer legumes; such as cow-
peas or soy beansj to be turned under,
in fall. Stable manure is of great
value in increasing humus. Winter
cover crops, such as annual clover,
vetch, or rye, are now extensively
grown, to be turned under in toto in
the early spring. In the Southern
States where winters are mild, winter
cover crops not only produce an enor-
mous amount of matter to turn under,
but in producing this utilize the land
at a season when otherwise idle and
growing poorer by leaching.— rAgr.
Dept., News-letter.

PHiL.\DELPHiA, Pa.— The fifth annual
dahlia show of the Devon Horticul-
tural Society was held at Devon Inn
September 17-18. Although the dahlias
were the feature of the show, exhibi-
tions of asters, hibiscus, ■ antirrhinum
and other ilowers were included.

HERE'S A BARGAIN IN
Extra Large and Fine Field-Grown

$40.00 per 1000 $4.75 per 100

60 cents per doz.

Elitch-Long Greenhouses

DENVER, COLO.

Mention the Amerirnn Florifsf irhi-n v:ritinri

V?atcb for onr Trade Mark stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn

Substitution of cheaper grades ii
thus easily exposed. Fresh samplt
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by maDufacturen upon re
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addresi

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paal.Minn

BOXWOODS--Most Beautiful Stocl(

Pyramids.2 It $1 00 each

Pyramids. 2Hlt 1.50 each

pyramids. 3 -ft 2 01 each

Pyramids. 3H.ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3. On each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN "^c^h'?cago ^•

1-yr.

21/^ -In

ROSES

2-yr.
4-ifl.

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

rfLE E D LE fig{?i?.^n?.g?')

Mention the American Florist ichen writing

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. F.ALCIJNER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT
170 Pa^es.— Price $I.OO— 29 Illnstrations.

AMERICAN FLORST COMPANY.

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE Of aU
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

^PFflAI TIF^' B^^^B- Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl Rabi, Leek. Lettuces. OnioDs, Peas.
or LUIHLI ILtfi Radishes, Spinach, Turnips Swedes. Asters, Balaams. Begonias, Carnations
Cinerarias, Gloxinias. Larkspur, Nasturtiums, Pansies. Petunias. Phloxes. Primulas, Scabious.
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY M£TTE*S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz., or $1.75 per H oz., $1.00 per % oz., postage paid.
Cash with order.

AU seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

Special Offer

Asparagus Plumosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vaughan's Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

1914-

The American Florist.

543

Shipping Labels for Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed paper; yonr card, etc., in black and leaf adopted
by the S. A. F. in red. Very attractive. Size %VrxAVi.

Price per 500, $2.85; per 1000, $4.50 Send for sample.

ELECTRO OF THIS LEAF, POSTPAID, $1.25.

American Florist Co., 440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard. Perkins.
Poitevine. 2-in., $2.00 per 100; 3-in.. $5.00 per 100.

Boston and Whitmanl Ferns; Sin., lOc: 4'in.. ISc:

5-iD., 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3in., $5.00: 4 in.. $10.00; 5-in.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2H-in., $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

Mention the A niericait Florist loheii writing

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3-inch pots. Chrysanthemams

Carnations for fall delivery. Smilax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send (or list.

Wood Brothers, ^i^^^^X

Mention the Atnerican Florist when ivf^iing

Geraniums

YOU RUN NO RISK.

They must reach you in good growing: condition,
or the shipment will be replaced or your money re-
funded. My stock is ver> large, very good and these
prices hoJdup to ard including Oct. 5th deliverv.

$10.00 pe r inro (or S A Nutt.

$12.50 per 1000 for Rlcard and Poitevine.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dolUrs invested
in AraucariaEicelsawill yield a profit of five to
six time^ its value until fail or winter, if you have
jour eyes open andlook into the fu ure and invest
your money now. All Ilorists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are ottering now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old, 3-4-5 tiers.
Sh-h-ia. pots, 40c 50c. 60c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-fi 7 in. pots,
Sl.Ou. $1.25to $1.50,

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants, (.-in. pots, Jl CO, $1.25 to $1 50,

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Mentio)t the American Florist when writing

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Mention the American Florist ivhen writinfj

J. D. Tiiompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists

JOLIET,

ILL.

yfention the .4mrrirr/n Florist when wr'ttinf/

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Knchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-15.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Mention the American Florist when writing

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Special on Roses

We have a nice lot of roses which we will close
out at unusually low prices, stick is .\-No. 1.
Bride maids, Unrle John and Ivo'y, 2H in., at
*i .'(); 3 in . ai '«2..=0; American Beauties, 2H in..
$2 50; 3 in., $5.I)U per 100. The^e are special orices
and good only for orders received within 10 days,

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Growrer, Pekin, 111.

Mention the American Florist wfcen vjriting

544

The American Florist.

^ept. 26,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... 550

AllenJ K Si')

Alpda floral Co 5J1

American Spawn Co 'b^i

Amlins E C Co 525

Anderson S A 531

Angermueller G H. 52b

ADhine Mfg Co 552

Archer A s 541

Archias Floral Co.. 534
Ascbmann Godfrey. 543
Atlanta Floral Co... 532
Bassett&Washbarn 520
Batavia Greenhouse

Co 524

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Beaven E A 530

Begerow's 532

BergerBros 527

BerningH G 526

Blackislone Z D... 533
Bobbink & Atkins.. 540
Boddijgton AT.... 53y
Bodger J & Sons Co 53S

Boiiiod J B Co 531

Bolgiino J&Sons... 538

Braug Ross 531

Bramlejr & Son .... 534
Braslan Seed Grow-

„er8Co 536

Breitmeyer's JSons. 532
Brown Bros & Co.. 534

BrunningFH 538

Bryan Alonzo J 535

Buchblnder Bros... 5.-0

Buckbee H W 534

Budlong J A II 525

Burpee W A & Co.. 5j9
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 530

California Florists.. 534
Camp Conduit Co .. Ill
Carnation Support

„Co rhe 550

Chicago Carn Co.. I 535
Chicago Flower

Growers ,'\ssn 525

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 551

Clark E B Seed Co. 539
Clarke'fcSons David 53(

Clay & Son 552

Cleyeland Cut

Flower Co 533

Conard & (ones Co. 540

Conwell HE 530

Cooke Geo H 531

Cowee W J 549

Coy H C Seed Co... 53N

Craig RobtCo 540

CritchellC E 527

Cunningham Jos H. 535
Cyclone Grate Bar

Co 519

Darda'lnas 532

Davis Franklin Nurs

„Co 540

Deamud J B Co .... 525

Denaiffe&Son 536

Detroit F.ower Pot

Mfg Co Ill

Dietscb A & Co IV

Diller Caskey&
Keen IV

DornerF&Sons

Co 535

Dreer HA...III541 549

Duerr Chas A 534

Dunlop John H 533

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fo d Box. 544
Elastic LvkeCo . 551
Elitch LongGhs514 542

gmmans Geo M 543

Erne& Klingel 525

Eyres HG 533

Fish Henry Seed Co 539

Fisher Peter 543

Florists' Hail Assn 551
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 529

Ford William p!!" 52'i
Frank Floral Co.... 523

Franzen F O .S42

Freeman Mrs J B..! 534

Friedman 531

Froment H E .'. 529

Galvio Thos F 533

Gardiner Alax C ... 533
Garland Mfg Co 551

Gasser J M Co 533

Gidlin & Co Sal

Gorham & Chaoline 552
Grand Rapids

Floral Co 534

Gratama Bros & Co 540

uude Bros 532

Guttman & Raynor

doc) 529

Hardesty & Co 531

Harley Pottery Co.. Ill

Hart George B 529

Haven seed Co The 539

Heacock Jojs Co 5ib

Heinl John G & Son 534
Henderson .\&Co... I

Herr Albert M 543

Herrmann A 5i0

Hess & Swoboda . . . 534
Hews A H &Co.... Ill

Hilhnger Bros Ill

Hill U Nursery Co.. 5^0

Hoeroer Bros 524

HotfmeisterFlo Co. 527

Holm & Olson 532

Holton &HunkelCo

514 526

Home Cor School... 550
Horticultural

Advertiser 532

Hurff Edsar F 538

Ickes-Biaun Mill Co 551

Igoe Bros 544

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 544
Isbell S M & Co... 53(5
Jackson* Perkins.. 535
Jonnson WW&Son 538

Jones Percy 521

Joy Floral Co 534

Kasting W F Co ... I
iveller Geo & Sons. Ill

Keller Sons J B 534

Kellogg Geo M 533

.Kelway & Son , 537

Kennicott Bros Co.. 525
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co 552

Kervan Co The 529

Kessler V\ m 529

Kift Robt 53i

King Construct Co. 5=0
Klokner Alexander. 550

ivohr A F HI

Komada Bros 544

Kramer I IS 6c Son

111541

KroeschellBrosCo 54 <

Kruchten John 525

Kuehn C A 526

Kuhl Geo A 543

Kyle & Foerster.... 525
LaCrosse Floral Co. 532
Lager & Hurrell.... 539
Landreth Seed Co.. 539

Lange A 531

LeboriusJJ 533

Lee F & a 530

1-eedle Floral Co ... 542
Leonard Seed Co... 5j7
Lockland Lumber

Co 551

Loechner & Co 537

London Flower Shp 532
Lord & Burnham

. Co 551

Loveit JT 541

Lynch Nursery Co.. 530

.vlcCallum Co 5.;7

McConnell Alex.... 531
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co 530

McGce Walters.... 552
McKenna P & Son. 531
McNehf-Swenson Co 530

Mann Otto 541

MatthewsonJE .... 532

May & Co L L 5<1

Meconi Paul 529

Memphis Flo Shop. 534
Meredith The Flow-
er & VegCo 5.35

Metairie Ridge Nurs .^31

Mette Henrv 542

Milwaukee Boiler

Co 544

Moninger J C Co... 551
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd 528

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 528

Morehead Mfg Co... 549
Murray Samuel 532

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS
*•■< positively the best. Last forever. Over
30.000 pounds now in use. A sure preventative of

g glass slipping. Effective on large or small glass
asy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. H and
;?•.?, °'^ll^- *>' "^'l 1^<: '"'ra: 7 lbs. for $2.60
I51b«. for $5.00, by express For sale by the trade

RANDOLPH a McCLEMENTS. Florists.
(»©38 Penn Ave., near Highland, IMttsburgh.Pa.

Myers Florist 534

Nat Flo B of Trade. 544
N V Cut Flower Kx 529
Nicholson Robert.. 538

Nicotine Mfg Co 552

Niessen Leo Co .... 5.;7
Ostertag Bros .... 53'

Palez Paul M 534

Palmer W J & Son . 532
Palethorpe PR &

Co 552

Park Floral Co 532

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 541

Pedrick G R&Son. 538

Peirce E Allan Ill

Penn the Florist 5'2

Peters & Reed Poty III

Phillips Bros 534

Pierce F O Co 551

Pierson A N (Inc).. 543

Pierson F R Co I

Pieters- Wheeler

Seed Co 536

Pikes Peak Floral

Co 534

Pillsbury I L 544

Podesta&Baldocchi 533
Poehlmann Bros Co

518 519

Pollworth C C Co

I III ,526 533

Portland Flower

Store 533

Pulverized Manure

Co 552

QuakerCity Machine

Works 544

Raedlein Basket Co 522
Rahn & Herbert.... 539
Randall A L Co.... 525
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 531 544

Rawlings Elmer 535

Ready Reference... 545

Reed& Keller 551

Regan Ptg House... 550

Reid Edw 527

Rein berg Geo 525

Reinberg Peter 521

Reuters 531

Rice Bros 526

Rice Co. M 529

Robinson J C Seed

Co 537

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co 534

Rohnert Waldo 5.'8

Rolker Aug & Sons. 540
Routzahn Seed Co . 539

Rusch G&Co 52h

Schiller, the Florist. 534
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 544
Schling Max.... 532

Schmidt J C 535

Schwake Chas & Co 5.8

Scfton Mfg Co 530

sharp Partridge &

Co 551

Shear-Klean Grate

Co 550

Sheridan Walter F. 529
Siebrecht George C 52J
Situation & Wants.. 5l3
>kidelskvSS&Co,.. 538

Sluis &Groot 538

Small J H &Sons.;. 531
Smith A W &Co... 5.y

SmithE D&Co 5.?9

Smith & Hemenway 5-0

Smith Henry 534

Smith Samuel V 540

smith Wro C Flo Co 526
Smith W& T Co... I
South Park Floral

Co II

Storrs & Harrison.. 5.35
Stuart Low & Co... 514
stumpp GEM .... 533
Sunliiihi DoleGlass

sash Co, 519

superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 550
Syracuse Pottery

Co Ill

Thompson J D

■Carnation Co 543

Chorburn J M & Co 537

TottyChasH 543

I'raendly &Schenck 529

i Vaughan A L &C0. 524

' Vaughan'sSeed Stote

: I III 539 542 549

Vick's Sons J ,mes.. 538

Vincent R Jr &Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons. Ill

Waite F W 544

WajlaceFD W

Weber F H 532

Wetland & Risch... 525

Welch Bros Co 527

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 537

Whilldin Pottery Co HI
Whitted Floral Co.. 53l

Wietor Bros 522 525

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 526

Wittbold G Co.. 515 531
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 534

Wood Bros 543

Yokohama Nurs Co 53S
Voung A L & Co... 529

Voung John 528

Voung & Nugent... 531
Zech & Mann... 524 525

Ziska Jos 524

Zvolanek ■'\nton C.. 537

KOMADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Worli

SPECIAL DESIGNS TO ORDER

Send for our illustrated cataloKue.

1008 Vine St., Pliiladelphia, Pa.

BOILERS

Milwaukee Greenbonie Boilers are beat
for hot water bfatlDg. Made In all alaaa.
Write for catalog.

MILWAUKEE BOILER CO., IMilwaukee, Wis.

-^-Inoli

Boiler Tubes 61

cents per foot.
New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell Us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE fi MFG. CO.,

2117 S. Jeflerson Street CHICAGO, UL.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Price $3.00 Postpaid.

American Florist Co.,

440 S.Dearborn St., CBIOAGO

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made with two or
three circles. Et-
dorsed by all the
Leading CarnaUi ii
Growersasthe best
support on mai ket

Pat. July 27. '97. May 17. '98

GALVANIZED WIBE

ROSE STAKES.

Write tor prices befoie
ordering elsewhere.

PrompI Shipraecl Guanmleed

IGO£ BROS.

266 N. 8tll St.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.

1

-^ \ l»

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

*

^ \ / K

rvO not let the accounts owing you le-
"^ main longer unpaid. Send them to
us at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
in the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Trade

Se PINE STREET

NEW YORK

No lossityou
mend your
split carna
tions with

Superior

Carnation

STAPLES
50c per 1000

postpaid.

Wm. Schialier
& Son,

BEFORE "*' " ' .^FTER

422 Main St., Springfield. Mass.

Split Carnations

Easily Mended witb

Pillsbury Carnation Staple

We find it very satisfac
tory. J. L. Dillon.

Can't get along without
them. J. L. Johnson.

2000 for $1.00 postpaid.

I. L. PILLSBURY

Gales burg. 111.

O SUPERIOR KS.

(I CARNATION STAPLES

35c

For Rt'pairinE Split Carnations. Samples Free.

per
liXIO

3(KH) for Oi 1 g\l\
Postpaid ^l.UU

F. W. WAITE, 85 Belmont Ave,, Springfield, Mass,
EVANS' Improved

Challenge

Ventilating

Apparatus

Write for Illustrated Catalog:

QuaJier City Machine Wcrks

Rictimond, Imk

i9^4'

The American Florist.

545

Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET. «

ARAUCARIAS.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA.
Pots. In. high. Tiers.

5-lnch 30 to 12 3 %

6-lnch 12 to ir. 3 to 4

li-lneh 14 to Hi 4

7-lncb IS to 20 4 to 5

ARAt'CARIA EXCELSA GLAOCA.

6-lnch 8-in. 2 tiers %

e-inch 12 In. 3 tiers

ARAUCARIA ROBUSTA COMPACTA.

.5-inch 10-in. 2 tiers %

« inch 12 to 14-in. 3 tiers

7-inch 14 to le-in. 3 tiers

HENRY A. DREER.
714-716 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia,

0.60

.73

1.00

1.25

1.00

1.2.-1

l.oO

Pa.

Arauearias excelsfl. 2-3-4 years. 3-4-5 tiers.
5V.-0 inch. 5:tc to $1.50 each. Escelsa glanca
and compacta. 5li-6-7 inch. 51. $1.2S and $l..'iO.
Godfrey Aschmann. 1012 W. Ontario St.. Phila-
delphia^

Araucaria excelsa. 6-iu.. 05c each. Holton &
Hnnkel Co., 462 Mllwauliee St.. Milwauliee,
Wis.

Arancarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons.
51 Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus. 2ir4-inch. $3 per 100; $25
per l.noO; 3>/.-inch. $7.50 per 100; $70 per
1.000; Sprengerl. 2Vi-iu., $2.50 per 100; $22. .W
per 1.0:0; Si/j-in.. $6.50 per 100; $60 per I.UOO.
Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

Asparagus plumosus, 3-in.. $7; 4-in.. $12;
5-ln.. $20 and $25 per 100. Sprengeri. 2V4-in..
$3 per 100; 3-in.. $5 per 100. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS AND SPRENGERI.
2-in.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. HENRY
SMITE. Grand Rapids^Mich.

Asparagus plumosus. strong seedlings. $6 per
1.000; 5.030 for $25; 10.000 for $45. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2iri-in..
$2 per HO; .$18 per 1.000. Jos. H. Cunning-
bam. Delaware. O;

"Asparagus Plumosus. 2V2-in., $3 per 100: 3-in.

• $5. Hatfheri. 3-iD., $3 per 100. I. N. Kramer

& Son. Cedar Rapids. Iowa.

Asl»aragus idumosus. short and bushy. 2lA-iu..
$1 per 100; $25 per 1.000. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co.. Painesville. Ohio.

Asparagus Sprengeri. baskets. $1 to $2.50
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2if,-lnch, $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

A,spidistras. variegated. 5-in., 10 to 12 leaves,
$1.50 each; Green, 5-in., 12 leaves, $1 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co..
Rutherford. N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sdns. 51 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

Begonias. Lonsdale. 2H-in.. $14 per 100; $125
per 1.000. Gloire de Chatelaine. $8 per lOO;
$50 per 1.000. S. S. Skidelsky. 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia^Pa.

BEGONIA LORRAINE. 2i/i-in., $12 per 100;
5-ln., $40 per 100. GLORY OF CINCINNATI,
2y,-in., $17 per 100; 5-in.. $50 per 100. W. W.

EDGAR CO.. Waverly. Mass.

GOOD.^STRONG, BUSHY PLANTS.

Begonia Cincinnati and Lorraine Taft. 4in..
23c; 5-in.. 35c; fi-in., .Wc. .T. V. LAYER. 704
State St.. Erie. Pa.

BEGONIAS. CINCINNATI. 2M in.. $15 per
100; 3-in.. $30 per 100. CHATELAINE. 2»4-in..
$5 per 100; 3-in.. $8 per 100; 4-in.. $15 per
100. ERNEST ROBER. Wilmetten, 111.

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties. 2-in.. $3; 3-
iu.. $3; 4-in.. $3; 6-in., .$25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Begonias. Lorraine. Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport. 2Vi-in. pots. Present delivery. Julius
Itoehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

Begonia Vernon. 2yi-in., 3 kinds. $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-
ington. N. J.

Begonia Chatelaine. 3-in.. $1.50 per doz. ; $10
per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago aud
New York.

Rex Begonias. 2l4-in.. $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmaus. Newton. N. J.

BOXWOOO.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roelirs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft.. $1 each; 2^ ft..
$1.50; 3 ft.. $2; SV- ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe, 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes. 2 ft.. $1.50; nice
bushes. 15-in.. 35c each. F. 0. Frauzen. 5319
N. Clark St.. Chicago.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Dutch and French. Hyacinths, tulips,
narcissus (Trumpet Major and others). For-
mosum. Callas. Harrisii, freesias. peonies.
French Roman liyacinths. 11-12 ctms.. 2.500 to
case. $25 per 1,000. Callas. IVi to lV4-in..
$5.50 lier IfHl; I'.i to 2-in.. $8.50 per HlO; 2 to
2V,-in.. $12 per 100. L. Formosum lilies. 6 8-
in.. 350 to case. $40 per 1.000; 7-9-in., 250 to
ca.se. $60 per l.OOO; 8-9-in., 225 to case, $70
per 1.000; 8-10-in.. 200 to case. $80 per 1.000.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Bulbs. Formosum lilies. 7-0-in., 300 to case.
$7 per 100; $18 per case; 8-10-in.. 225 to case.
$9 per 100; $17.50 per case; 9-10-in.. 200 per
case. $10 per lOO; $18 per case. Paper WI]ite
Orandiflora. 1.250 to case. 13 ctm. up. $8 per
1.000; l.OiiO to case. 14 ctm. up. $9 per 1.000.
Chinese lily bulbs (30 bulbs to basket. 4 baskets
to bale). $4 per bale. $32 per 1.000. Wm. F.
Kasting Co.. 383-387 Ellicott St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs. L. Formosum. 7-9-in.. 9-10-In.. 10-11-
in.. 11-13-in. ; also Japan grown freesias. %
and ^i-in. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd..
Woolvvorth Bldg.. New York.

Bull)s. Japanese and Chinese lilies, French
and Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co.. Ltd..
9)02 ys . Broadway. New York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg..
Philarielitliia. ^

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington, New
York.

CAILAS.

CALLAS.

Calla bulbs, best California field-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more,
3 to 3%-iu. circumference. $4 per 100; .$18 per
500; 4 to 4%-in. circumference. $8 per 100;
$38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders will
receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs; $20 orders.
200 freezia bulbs. LILYDALB BULB CO.,
SANTA CRDZ. CALIF.

CAMELHAS.

Camellias, without btid from February to
Ajiril; with bud from August to October. Fine
stock. Catalogue free. Victor De Bisschop.
Troucbienues, Ghent. Belgium.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS. "
Get your order In early for this fine stock
before it is too late. Send it in today.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $6.00 $j0.00

White Lawson 5.00 4O.('0

Wliite Perfection 6.00 50.00

White Enchantress 6.00

Victory 5.00 45.00

Bonfire 5.00 45.00

WIETOR BROS.,
102 N. Wabash ■■i.ve.. Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.

Per 100 Per 1.000

White Enchantress $6.00 $50.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

Enchantress 6.00 30.00

Rose Pink 6.00 50.':0

Delhi 6.00 50.00

6u0 at 1.000 rate. Cash with order or refer-
ence; bank rffference only not accepted.

WILLIAM MURPHY,
329 Main St. Cincinnati. 0.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.

Good. Healthy Stock.

Per 1.000

2.000 Rose Pink Enchantress .$40.00

2.000 Enchantress 40.00

3.000 Queen Louise 35.0))

50O White Perfection 40.00

5110 Scarlet Glow 40.00

COLE BROS.. PEORIA. ILL.

Carnations, fleld-grown. Conquest. $6 per 100;
$50 per I.OUO. White Enchantress. $0 per
100; $50 per 1,000. White Perfection, $6 per
100; $50 iier 1,000. Enchantress. .$5 per 100;
$45 per 1.000. Herald. $7 per 100; $60 per
1.000. Bonfire. $7 per 100; $60 per 1.000.
Victory. $3 per 100. Chicago Carnation Co.. 30
E. Randolph St.. Chicago.

Carnations, very strong, fleld-grown red Vic-
tory $4.50 per 100; $10 per l.WIO. Light Pink
Enchantress. $40 per 1.000. Will make dif-
ferent price it party takes them in the field.
M. WINANDY & CO.. 6236 N. Lincoln St..

Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.

Enchantress. Pink $6-00 per 100

Beacon 6.00 per 100

Lady Bountiful 6-00 per 100

Enchantress. White 6.00 per 100

R. O. LO.MMATZSCH.

n No. 1. La Grange. 111.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES, and STANDARDS. W"rite for prices.
CHARLES H. TOTTY.

MADISON. ^- •*■

CARNATION PLANTS.

3.000 White Perfection. $40.00 per l.OOO;

All field grown, healthy stock.

Cash with order.

SINNER BROS.,

56 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO

CARNATIONS, White Perfection, Enchantress.
White Enchantress, Pink Enchantress, $6.50 per
100; $60 per 1.000, Apple Blossom, Mrs. Pat-
ten Harlowarden, Winsor. Golden Beauty. $6
per lOO; $55 per 1,000. P. R. QUINLAN.

Syracuse. N. Y. _^ .

Carnations from 3 ',4 and 4-in. pots. Comfort.
Scarlet Wonder. Beacon. Enchantress. Washing-
ton Enchantress. $7 per 100; $65 per 1.000.
White Enchantress. $7 per IciO; $65 per 1,000.

Alonzo J, Bryan. Washington, N. J.

FOR SALE— 2.000 Victory carnations and 1.000
Enchuntress. $15 per 1.000. Cash with order
or satisfactory reference. The RIVJSRBANK
CO., Geneva. 111.

If You Do Not Find Wt You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It.

546

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

Carnations, exceptionally fine healtby stock.
20.11110 Wnrils. l.Oici I'eiionn. 2.000 I'erfeclion.
L.'iOO S.arlet Clow. 2.i 00 Itosette. $55 per l.lJOO.
PoelilmauM Bros. Co., Moi'tou Grove. 111.

Caiuatiuiis. neid-giowu. V\unl aud Wblte I'er-
(ectlon, 54.50 per 'lOO: $40 per 1.000. I'eter
Reinlierg. .Sll K. Rai<1ol|)h St.. Chicago.

3,000 extra fine field-grown Mrs. "Ward cnr-
nal.i,i.~. S^-.iO per Im; S40 per 1,000. Elitch-
Long Greenhouses, Denver, Colo.

Carnations. 5,iKio Saugamo. ?35 per l.nOO.
Joseph J. Bechamp, 141 Chestnut St., Flush-
Ing. N. Y.

Large iilauts, WHITE SEEDLING, and fine
variety to grow, $5 per IlO. C. C. PoUwortb
Co.. Milwtiukee. \

Carnation .^lice. beautiful clear blush pink.
Peter Kislier, Ellis. Mass.

Carnations. J D. Thompson Carnation Co.,
Joliet. 111. ^_

c :i-iinticiii<. Wiiiiil Bros.. Fishkill. N. Y.

CHWYSANTHKMUIVIS.

fhrvRJintbemuni plants from 2K'-inch pots:
Xellon Eaton, White Eaton, McNiece. Uamapo.

t ^...^...,.u.«, v,.iouer t'.ust. Touset.

Chas. Razer. Coujoletta. Golden Glow. Tjicilic
Supreme. Cuaka. Focketts' Crimson and SchrimiJ-
ton. S2 per 100. i:.\tra fine stock, onler quick.
Cash. J. D. TUOMl'SON CARNATION CO..
Joliet. III.

CnRYSANTHEMU.MS. Standard Varieties,
strong plants. 2 '/.-in. pots, also some itomiions
and singles, *3 per 100; .$25 per l.OOJ. HENKV
SMITH. Oraud Rapids. Mich. ■_

CLEMATIS.

Clematis paniculata. 3-iD.. $4 per ltX>. Samuel
V. Smith, 3323 Goodman St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
" Clematis. \V. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

COLEUS.

COLEUS, best standard varieties, all colors.
2^4-in. pots. $2 |ier 100; 3-in..x $3 per 100.
Fine for stock rdants or specimens. HENRY
S.MITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Coleus. 2-in.. ?2 per 100; $18.50 per I.OOI;
3-in.. $3 per 10 J; $25 per 1.00 1. R. Vincent,
.Jr.. & Sous Co.. White Marsh. Ind.

CROTONS

Crotons. 4-in.. 50c; 6-in.,
Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

CYCLAMEN.

Cyclamen from 3V'-inch pots. $15 per 100:
4-inch. $25 per 10 1; 5-iucb. $50 per 100. Finest
strain; separate colors. JULIUS ROEHRS CO.,
Rutlierford, N. J.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS. 4-inch, 15c; 5-incb.
35c; e-incb. 50c. J. V. LAYER, 704 State St.,
Erie. I'a.

Cyclamen. 5 colors. 3-in.. doz.. $1.50: per 100.
$10: 4-ln.. doz.. $2.50: per lO. $18. Vaugbau's
See(1.,Store. Chicago and New York.

Cyclamens. 3 'A -in., ^^^y^.
$S0 per l.OOO; 2V4-iii.. $ti per juu; »,
Alonzo J. Bryau, Washington. N. J.

assorted. $8..50 jier liiO;
r 100; $55 per l.oO i.

DAISIES.

MARGUERITES, strong cut hack. 4-ln. stock
sultal)Ie for Winter forcing. $10 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Oriind Rapids. Mich.

DEUTZIAS.

Hentzia gracilis. 8-inch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz.. $4: per liiO. $30. Vaughan's
SeedStore, Chicago and New York.

DRACAENAS.

D acicna Godselliana. 2-in.. $1 per doz. ;- 3-in. .
$1.50 per doz. ludivisa, 4-ln.. 15c and 2oc.
Poehlmano Bros. Co.. Morton Gjove._IlI.

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 3-ln.. $5: 4-ln., $10; 5-in.,
$25 I er 1 0^ Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

FERNS.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties, 2i,t"
In,, $3,511 per lilO. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf idants; 2M!-in.. $4 per 100:
3-ln., .$- per 100; 4-ln.. $15 per 1(0; 7-in.. SO
per doz.; 7-ln.. eStra heavy. $0 per do?..; 8-in..
$12 per doz.; In-ln.. $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $i each. WIIIT-
MAXI. 2M:-ln.. $5 per liO; 3-ln., $10 per 100;
B-ln.. $25 iier 100; extra heavy 8-ln.. $15 per
lioz. C. C. POl.LWORTH CO.. M ll.WAf KEE.

FERNS FOR FERN DISHES.

2-incb ifits $2.50 per ino

WILLIAM MURPHY.
329 Main St.. Cincinnati, 0.

Ferns. Boston and Wbitmanl. 3-ln.. 10c; 4-in.,
15c: 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton. N. J.

Ferns, N. Elegantissima. 3%-in., 25c each: 6-
in.. .Wc: 8-in.. $1. N. MagniHca. 3V4-in.. 2r>c:
N. Musco.sa, 3V6-in., 25c: 5-in.. 50c: N. Ilar-
risii. 0 in., ouc; 12-in.. very large. $5 eadi. N.
Bustoniciisis. G-iu.. 5Uc; 12-in.. very laige, $5.
riciis Wimsetti multiceps, 3^-ln.. 15c each.
Small ferns for pans: fine assortment. 2V4-in.,
$1 per 1 0. F. 1{. I'lerson Co., Tarrytowu-on-
lludson. K. Y. ^

Cibotium Scheidel. 5-in.. 75c: O-in.. $1. Bird's
nest fern. 4-iuch. $3.50 per doz.; $25 iier 100;
5-in., $7 per doz; $50 per 1<.0. Adiantum
Cro«enuum, 4-iu., $15 per 100. Glory of Moril-
recbt. 4-in.. $25 per 100. Ferns for dishes. $3
per liiO: $25 per 1.000. The Storrs & Harrison
Co.._Putnesville,_Ohio..

Ferns. Boston and Roosevelt. 3-in.. $7.50 per
100; 4-in., $15; 5-iM., $25; 6-in., $5.i: 7-iu., $15.
A. Ileudersou & Co.. 300 River St.. Chicago.

Boston. Whitmuni and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 5-incb pots. $2.25 per doz.; $15
per 100. C. Humfcld, Clay Center. Kans.

Boston ferns, 5-inch. 35c each; $4 per doz.
.Adiantum Cioweauum. 3-iu., $3 per 100; $70
per 1,01)0. A. N. I'lerson. Inc., Cromwell. Couu.

Fei-us from benches. Boston. Wersoni. Ele-
gantissima. $10. $1.5. $20 per 100. Alonzo J.
itryau. Washing t^ n ,_N ._ J .

Boston. 10-ln., $2: 12-in.. $3 to $3.50. Poohl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111. ^__

Boston banging baskets.' $1.50. $2 and $2.50.
Foehimann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

300 Boston ferns. 4-inch. $12 per lilO. Cash

ple.-i-ie. Edgar Easteiday. Nokomis. HI.

leiiis. Boiihink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.
Fe 1 ns. Jufius Roehrs Co., RulberX'urd, N. J.

FICUS.

Ficns elastica. 15-18 Ins.. $3.50 per doz.; $25
per 100; lS-24 Ins.. $4..50 per doz.; $35 per lOJ.
I'nbliink & Atkins. RutherfoW. N. J.

Ficus elastica, 4-incb pots, 10 to 12 inches
high, $3.50 per doz.; $25 per lOn. Henry A.
Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa.

FREESIAS.

Freesias. Purity (true). % to 1-in., $2.50 per
110; $22.50 per 1.000: % to %-iu., $1.75 per
100: .fl6 per l.iHO: ii-iu. and over. $1.50 per
KH); $12 per 1.000; % to y2-iu., $1.25 per 100:
$10 per 1,000. Vaughan's Improved Purity, ^i-
iu. and up. $2.25 per 100: $20 per l.Olu; 'A to
■'i-in.. $1.75 per 100: $16 per 1.000; % to Va-
in., $1.50 per lO.i; $12 per l.iiuO. French
i;iowu. Jumbo. $1.50 per lOj; $12 per l.iOO.
Mammoth, $1 per 100; $9.50 per 1.000: Vaugh-
an's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

FREESIAS.
PURITY FREESIAS. best California field-
grown, direct from grower to fiorist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size. Va to %•
Inch diameter, $1.50 per lOU: $B per 5ilii; 2ud
size. Vi to ■/■-inch diameter. 90e per 100: $3.50
per 5 10. Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
CO.. SANTA CRUZ. C.\LIF.

Freesia Purity, 1st size, $14 per 1.000. Large
2 to 2i,i;-iucb calla bulbs. $12 per 100. C. C.
I'ollworth Co.. Milwaukee. -

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums, 2-iu,, $2 per 100: $18.50 per 1.000;
3-iu., $3 per 10 1; ,$23 per 1.000 In lots of not
less than l.ocO. 1.000 in 20 distinct varieties,
our selection from 2iu. pots, $18.50; 3-in., $25.
R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt: fine plants out of
3V-iu. pots, $7 per 10.). Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE. Miuot.
N. D.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Bucbner. 2-in., $1.75 per 100. Elmer
Railings. Olean. N. Y.

Geianiums. S. A. Nutt. $10 per 1.000. Rlc-
ard and Poitevine, $12.50 per 1,000. A. M.
llerr. Lancaster. Pa. ^

Geraniums, 2-in.. $3 per 100. Hall Calne
and Mary Ua)'ton. 2 In.. $5. RahD & Herbert,
11 I E. 4ntb St., Portland. Ore.

Geianiums. Nutt, Bucliner. Ricard. Perkins.
I'oiteviue. 2-in.. $2 per LO: 3-iu., $3 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

GREENS.

Greens, wild sinilax. ,$2.50 per cflse. Nntnriil
anJ perpetiinted moss. Caldwell The WooOsuiau
Co., Kvergreeu, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Evei'-
tripon. Ala.

Greens, eholce case linlly, holly wren t lis and
laurel roping. H. E. Couwell, Milton, Delaware.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydi;iDgeas, O'taksa, 7 to in strong shoots.
$25 p.-r 100; with 5 and 0. $20; with 4. $15
per 100. Some of the best new French va-
rietifs; Avalanche, Mme. Maurice II a mar,
Eouiinet, Kose. La Lorraine, Kadiance, etc., 4
branches, $^0 per 100 in O-Id. pots. Jackson
& IVrkins. Newark, New York.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown, J-in., $20 per loO; 5-in.. $2.5 per luo.
Otaksa tield-growD. 4 to 6 shoots. $15 per I'.O;
6 to 8 shoots. $20 per I'll. The SLorrs &
Harrison Co.. rnineRville. Ohio.

H^DltANUEAS UTAKSA and AUBOKES-
CENS. 3-iu. pots. $5 per 100, HENRY SMITH.
GrauU Kupids, Mich,

IRISES.

GERM.iN IRIS, fine named sorts. $1 pet
100; dumps. $3 per 100. HEISER NURSERY
AND FLORAL CO., Hamilton, O.

IVIES.

English ivy. out of 6-in. pots, up to 5 ft.
high. .$25 per 100. Rabu & Herbert. 110 B.
49tb St.. Portland. Ore.

Hardy English ivy. 3 and 4 plants in 4-incb
pots, $8 per 100. Samuel V. Smith, 3323 Good-
man St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Ha)ily English Ivy. 2-ln.. $2 per 100; $18.50
per l.O.iO: o-in.. $3 per 10); $25 per 1.0;;0. R.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

ENGLISH IVY, strong 4-inch. $11) per 100.
HAIiUV llEINL. West Toledo. Ohio.

English ivy. 20c and 35c each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Gernulil Ivy. 2V^-in.. $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

Cheiry, dwarf, strong, busby plants, out of
cold frame. 10c and 15c each. J. V. LAVER,
704 State St.. Erie. I'a.

L[LY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lily of the Valley. Chas, Schwake & Co..
Inc.. Horticultural Importers and Exporters, 90-
92 West Broadway. New York.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert, Wandsbek, ur. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Ueinecken. 17 Bat-
tery I'l., New York.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co., St. I'aul, Miim.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit trees, palms, orchlils;
flg trees, put-grown; grape vines, roses, field
and pot-grown. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill
Park Nurseries, Eutield, England.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

Couil'ers. shade aud ornamental tree? Bob-
bink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,

111.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
established. Lager & Hurrell. Summit, N. J.

PALMS.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana. 6-in.. 6-7 leaves.
22 Ins., high. $1 each; $12' per doz. Phttnix
Roebelenii. 8 in. pots. 24 ins. bijrh. 26 Inch
spread. $3.50 each; 9-incb tubs. 24 inches high,
30-inch sitrcad. $4 each. A. N. Pierson, Inc.,
Cromwell. Conn.

SPECIAL OFFER— Kentia Forsteriann, single
plants, 60c each; K. Forsteriana, made-up, 6-
inch. $1.25 each; 7-Incb. $2 each. The Opo.
Wittltolil Co.. 73T-39 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

IMioeuix Cauariensis. Hue large phiuts. $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere in this Issue. Joseph Hea-
cock Co.^ Wyncote. Pa.

Palms. Josejih Heacock Co.. Wyncote. Pa.
Palms. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J

if You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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KENTIA BELMORBANA.

SiiiBle Pluuts.
Leaves. lucbes high. Each.

4-lncb pots, B to ti, 18 ....$0.35

6-lui-li iiolB, I! tu 7. 24 1X0

6-liicli |wts. ti to 7. 28 to 30 1.5il

6-Inch pots, 6 to 7, 32 to 34 2,00

8-lncll tubs. ti tu 7. 3B 3.00

8 Inch tulis, ti to 7. 42 to 44 4.00

8-liich tul)S. 6 to 7^ 45 to 48 5.110

Spocimeus, $15.00 to $25. UO.
KENTIA rORSTEKIAXA.
Sinele Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4 Inch pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 $0.35

8 Inch pots. 5 to 6, 28 to 30 1.0"

BInch pots, 5 to 6. 34 tu 36 1.50

6-luch pots, 5 to 6, 38 to 42 2.0(1

8 Inch tnbs. 6 to 7. 46 to 48 3.50

8 Inch tubs, 6 to 7. 50 to 54 5.00

loiiich tubs, G to 7, 5 to o'/4 ft.. 8.0 1

10-luch tubs, G to 7, 6 to CM; ft.. 10.00

KENTIA FOKSTERIAXA.

Made-up I'lants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

«-inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 ..$1.25

7-iuch puts, 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38., 2. .50

7-inch tnbs, 4 plants in a tub. 38 .. 3.00

8-inch tnbs. 3 plants In a tub. 38 to 42.. 3. ,10

8-iNch tnbs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54.. 5.110

8-iuch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56.. 6. 00

Ill-inch tubs. 4 plants iu a tub, 5 ft. high. S.ilH

12 inch tubs. 4 plants iu a tub, 5 to 51/. ft. 10.00

12-lncb tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 6 ft. hlKh.l2.0i

Very strong Slicciuieus, 12 and 15-inch tubs. 7

plants. $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

KENTIA BELMOREA.NA.

Made-up riauts.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

10-Inch tubs. S plants In a tub, 3S to 40.. $5.00

10-iuch tubs. 5 plants in a tub, 45 tu 5u.. 8.0J

12-inch tubs, 4 plauts in a tub, 5 ft. hii;h.l2.00

PHOENIX ROEBELEMI.

G-inch pots 20 in. high, 26 in, spread $1.50

7-inch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 tu 36 in. spread. 2..0

8-inch tul)s. tine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO..
MORTON GKOVB, ILL.

PANDANUS.

Paudanus Veitehii, 4-in., 50c: 5-in., 75c: 6-
in., $1.25 and $1.50: 7-in.. $2 and $2.50. Puehl-
n)o"n "rot;. ro,_ Morton Grove. III.

Pandanns Veitchi, a grand lot of ■well colored
plauts, 6-Inch pots, exceptionally good values.
Uenry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadel-
phia, Pa,

PANSIES.

STEKLE'S PANSY GARDENS, fortlaud. Ore.,
are tbe uuly eNcIusive glowers uf PANSY
SEED and PANSY PL-iNTS ou the wesieru
coutineut. and the origiuatin-3 of MASTOD*.K\
PANSJES. We offer au imiuense stuck of su-
perb Mastodou mixed seedlings, per 1.0. lO. $4;
5,UOO, $17.50, all preimid. No shipments sonth
of St. Louis or east of ChicaKo uutll later.
Seed prices: !^ oz.. $1; per oz.. $7. STEELE'S
PANSY (lARDENS. Portland, Ore.

PANSIES — Strong, stocky plants with fine
roots, now ready (Ileury Mette's strain i. $j,o )
per 1.000 cash. BKILL CELERY GARDENS.
KaIama/.oo, Mich.

PANSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. t'ouimou varieties. ^2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTE. ILL.

Pansy plants. $2.50 per I.OUO. Jos. H. Cun-
ningham. Delaware, 0.

PEONIES.

PEONIES — Fine cut flower varieties, named.
3 to 5 eyes. $5 per lOU; 2-year clumps. S8.
HEISER NURSERY AND FLORAL CO., Uam-
itton. O.

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Jackson &
Perkins Co.. Newark. Ke\v_York.

Peony Festiva Maxima. Write for list of
other fine varlt-ties. Thomas J. Oberlin, Sink-
ing Spring. I'a. \

PEPPERS.

PEPPERS and JERt:SALEM CnERRIES. 4-
in. plants at $12..W per 100. UE.NRl' SMITH.
Grand Rapids. Mich.

New cluster peppers. 2-in.. $2 per liiO: 3-in..
$4 per 100. Xnias iieiipers. 3-ln.. $4 iier 100.
Jerusalem Cherries. Melviuii. 2-iu.. $3 per Iimi;
3-in.. $5 per 100. Cash. ERNEST ROBER.
Wllmette. 111.

Peppers. Chinese and cluster. 4-in., $10 per
100. Poehlniann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. III.

PERENNIALS.

HARDY PERENNIALS. FIELD-GROWN.

Achillea The Pearl. $10 per l.liOO. Iris. Ger-
man. $10 iier 1.000 Phlos Miss Lingard, $20
Iier l.o 0 Hollyhocks, all colors, double and
single, $2 1 per l..> 0. Coreopsis, Sweet Wll-
lii.m: Edward VII daisy. Hcmerocallis. First-
class stuch : goo<l commercial sizes for retail
trade: packing free. Cash with order, please.
THE PHIL. O. ROBBINS CO., 6217 Monitor
St.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

PERENNIAL SEEDLINGS, best varieties. $1
per 100: $8 per 1,000. ERNEST ROBER. Wil-
mette. 111.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, duuble fringed, mised. 2-in., $2 per
100: $18 per l.OJU. Elmer Rawlings. Oleau,

N. y.

Petunias, dbl. mixed, 2-in., $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1,...0: 3-iu,, %; per 100: $25 per l.i.OU. It.
Vincent, Jr.. A buns Co., White Marsh. Md,

POINSETTIAS.

HEADgUARTERS FOR POIX^ETTIAS.
True type, $-1.50 per 100; $-10 per l.U.,0; 5.000
lots or mure. Write for prices. Cash, please.
ERNEST KOBEK. Wilmette. III.

I'oiusettias, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you iu 2 V'-iu. paper pots. $5.50 |ier
lOU; $50 per l.iOO. A. lleudersuu & Co., SOU
Hiver St.. Chicago.

Poiusettiiis. 2>^.-in., $5 per 10>: $45 per l.< 00.
S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. 1218 Betz Bldg.. Phiia-
delphia. Pa.

Poinsettias. 2-in., $4 per 100; 3-in.. $8; 4-in.,
$15. I. N. Kramer & Son, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

PRIMULAS.

Primroses. Chinese. Forhesi. Malacoides. Ob-
couica, allpa and rosea. $1.75 per 100; $15 per
l.oi'O. <_>bcouicu gigantea, giaut flowering, all
2Vi-inch pots. $2 i er lOU; $18 per I.OUO. Jos.
H. Cunningham. Delaware. O.

Primula ohcouica. giants, Grandiflora, largest
Holering, big 3-inch stock. $4 per 10 1. Chinese
largest dowering, line plauts, 3-inch. $4; 2-iueh,
$2 per 100. Cash, please. J. W. Miller, Shire-
manstou n. Pa.

Primula ohcouica. separate or mixed colors.
2y^'\ii.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1,0 "); malacoides.
214-Inch.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. Chinese,
2 1/4 -in., assorted, $3.25 [ler li,0; $,0 per 1,000.
Alouzo J. Bryan, Washington, N, J.

PRIMULAS, MALACOIDES. 2-inch, $2.50 per
100; $22.5u per 1.000. OBCONICA GRANDI.
GIG.. 3-iuch. extra strong. $0 per luO. ER-
NEST ROBER. Wilmette, 111.

Primula Sinensis, red and white. $3 per 100;
$25 per 1.00 1. The Storrs & Harrison Co..
I'ainesville. Ohio.

Primula obconica, 3-incb. $6 per 100. Mala-
coides, 2yj-inch, $4 per 1<»0; $35 per l.OiXt.
Vaughau's Seed Store. Chicago and New Yur k .

PRIMROSES— Malacoides. 2-inch. $2 per 100:
$15 per 1,()C0. HEISER NURSERY A.ND
FLORAL CO.. Hamilton. Ohio.

Primula obconica grandiflora and gigantea
strain, 4 inch. 8c. IVehlmaun Bros. Co., Mor-
ton Gi'ove. III.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit tiees and plauts. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co.. Baltimore. Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver. N. J.

ROSES.

Hoses, grafted Pink and White KlUaruey,
500 of each at the rate of $10 per 100 for the
lot. American Beauties, 3 inch, iu lots of 50
or more, at the rate of $oO per 1.0 0. Basselt
& Washburn. 131 North Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

ROSES, strong. 3-in!: Pink KiUarney. Kal-
serin. My Maryland and Rh«:"a Reid, $0 per InQ;
$5) jier 1,<.00. UENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids. Mich.

Roses, own root and grafted. For varieties
and [trices see advertisement elsewhere in tids
issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

Roses, 1-yr.. 2'A-in.: 2-yr.. 4-ln. Leedle
Floral Co.. Springtield, O^

Roses.

HoUiind.

Roses. W, & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

SEEDS.

Gratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen,

PANSY SEED Giant strain, new crop. $4

per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ouuce.
ER.M.ST ROBER. WILMETTE. ILL.

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce. Mangel- Wurtzel, uulon, parsle).
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Denalffe
& Son, Carignan, Northern France.

Seeds, Sudan grass. Rescue. Johnson and Ber-
muiia grass, cane, cottou, Egyptian wheat, cow
peas, Feterita, Kaffir corn, Milo maize, big Ger-
man and Pearl millet, Spanish peanuts, fancy
eautalouiie and watermelon. Bermuda onion.
Robert Nicholson, Dallas, Texas.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers. Musk-
melon. Squash aud I'umpkin. Sweet. Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium siieclalties.
wholesale growers of flower aud gaiilen seeds.
Ruulxahu Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, cou tract grower, pepper, egg plant.
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F,
llurff. Suedeshuro, N, J.

Seeds. Siiecialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and tielil corn. George R. IVdrick &
Sou, contract seed growers, I'edricktown. N. J.

Seeils. contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon. squash, watermelou, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson, Mich.

Seeds of ornamental and flowering plants.
Ecouomic and held seeds, palm seeds. A. S.
Arclier. Antigua, B. W. I.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelvvay's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Laugpui t. Somerset, England.

Seeds, w hulesale growers and dealers of
Sweet, Flint aud Dent Corn, Cucumliers, .Mnsk
and NVateiuieluus. Puuipkius and Sipiash. West-
ern Seed aud Irrigation Co., Fremont. Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta
loupe, watermelon, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar. Hint aud fleld corn. J. C. RohiusoQ Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandifloras, etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sous Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, buet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., MilCord. Conn.

SeedSj wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolgiaoo & Son, Light, Pratt and Ellicott Sts..
Baltimore. Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. C.
Zvolauek. Lompoc. Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cuuniugham, Delaware, O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and aeada. Brunnlngs. P-

O. Box 857, Melbourne. Australia.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddington, New York,

SMIL AX.

Smilax, 21n.. $20 per 1,000; 3-ln.. $40 per
l.'OO. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. III.

Southern smilax, ready for shipment Oct. 1.
F. & S. Lee, Marion, Ala.

Smilax. 2V^-iuch, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Snapdra^'ons, white, pink and yellow. 2H-In--

$3 per 100; $25 i>er 1,0 0; 316-iu., $7 per luO;

$65 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington.
N. J.

SPIREA.

Spirea Van Houttel. 3 to 4 ft.. $8 per 100;
$75 per l.OuO. Louis B. Eastburn. Keimett
Sijuare. Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown. Barrymore. Brandy-
wine. Early O/.ai'k. Gaudy, CJoIden Gate. IIit-
mitage, Huucli-ed Dollar, McKintey. Morning
Star. .Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success. Three W's. U. S. King Edward, Wm.
Belt, $2 per Iini: $10 per 1.000. Chesapeake.
Fendnll. Pearl. $.'.25 per lOn; $18 |.er 1.0 0.
FverbeHring ( Protiressive. Productive. Superb),
$2.50 per 100: $2.i per l.nno. J. T. Lovett
Monmouth Nursery. Little Silver. N. J.

If You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Deparfment, Write Us About It

548

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

STEVIA.

Stevia, dwarf or tall, 2i4-in., $3 per 100;
$23 per 1,000; S'/s-in., $7 per lOU; S65 per
l,cO). AIoDzo J. Bryan, WashlDgton, N. J.

Stevia, 2-iD., $20 per 1,000. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, 111.

STEVIA, 3-inch. 5c; 4-inch, 7c. J. V. LAVER.

704 State St., Erie, Pa.

STEVIA. strong plants. 4-in.. $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pinlt, 2-in., $2 per
100; $18.51) per 1.030; 3-inch, $3 per 100; $25
per l.OCO. E. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White
Marsh, Md.

SWAIN.SONA. white. 4-in.. $12.50 per 100.
HEKRY SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

TORENIA.

TOREXLiS, 2ii-in., $3 per 100. HENRY
■SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

Cabbage plants ready to set in the field,
strong transplanted plants, $2.50 per 1.000.
Seedlings, $1 per l.OOO; all standard varieties
in stocir. Grand Ranids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO.. Dunvllle. 111.

G. R. Lettuce plants, big. healthy. %1 per
l.O^'O. cash. Greenhouse. Milford. 111.

VINCAS.

VINCAS, 25.000 field-grown plants, variegata.
$■4 per iLiO. 300.000 rooted tips, variegata. $1
per 100. Extra fine plants. Booking orders
now for October delivery. THE REESER
PLANT CO., Dept. B.. Springfield. O.

Vinca Minor, the plant you have been look-
ing for to plant in places where grass haa
failed to grow ; stocky plants. $2.25 per 100.
EMIL ENGELMAN, Altoona. Pa.

VINCA VAR., strong field-grown clumps. $4
""-; $35 per 1,001. Cash, pi
DEGRIFT. Monroe. Mich.

per 100; $35 per 1,001. Cash, please. FRANCE
& vIn -"

Vincas, 1.500 variegated and 1.500 green. $40
per 1.000; $4.75 per lOQ; 6'ie per doz. Eltich-
Long Greenhouses, Denver, Colo. ^

Vinca variegata, field-grown, $5 per 100.
Jos. H. Cunniugham. Delaware. O.

Vincas, field-grown, .$5 per 100. I. N.
Kramer & Son. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

VIOLETS.

3,0f^0 Princess of Wales Violets, field clumps.
$35 per l,Oi:;0. Cash with order or satisfactory
reference. THE RIVERBANK CO.. Geneva.
UL

VIOLETS. GOVERNOR HERRICK. field-
grown. $5 per 100. J. V. LAVER, 704 State
St.. Erie. Pa.

Violets, 3Vj-in.. Marie Louise and Lady Camp-
bell. $3.75 per 100; $35 per 1.000. Alonzo J.
Bryan. Washington, N. J.

TO EXCHANGE.

TO EXCHANGE^-4,000 Enchantress, carna-
tion plants. 2.000 Christmas Cheer. 350 Rose
Pink Enchantress. 50 Shasta; all good field-
grown. 5,000 variegated Vinca. 3.0:10 green
Vinca. field grown, long vines. For Boston.
Whitmanl or Piersoni ferns. G. L. HUSCROFT.
Florist. 118 N. 4th St., SteubenviUe, Ohio.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punii for fumigating.
Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

Nicotine Mfg.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2726 N.
Mnr^hfield Ave.. Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves. fittinRs.
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts.. Chicago.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co.. 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heat-
ing. • Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers for greenhouses: all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.

Boilers, all sizes for greenhouses. John C.
Moninger Co.. 002 Blacklnnvk St.. Chicaffo.

Boilers, Giblin standard greenhouse. Giblln
& Co., 901 Broad St.. Utica. N. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-inch. 6% cents per foQt. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St.. Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples. 50c per 1.000,
postpaid. I. L. Pillsbury, Galesburg. III.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.

Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far. 50c for
1,000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. ■ Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co.. Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton. Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague,
Smith Co., 164-166 Randolph St., Chicago.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansia
Ave.. Chicago. 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
inger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse constructiorf, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on renuest. A. Dietsch
Co.. 2642 Sheffield Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Mauufi^ctur-
ing Co., Des Plaines, 111.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, bot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co. , Lockland, O.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per do«., by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids.
Iowa.

Pelrce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
Iiot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Peirce, 400 Oaks St., Waltham. Mass.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co., South Zanesville. Ohio.

Neponset, flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Standard pots; all sizes. The Whilldin Pot-
tery Co., 709 Wharton St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. Hil-
finger Bros. Pottery, Fort Edward. N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Harley
Pottery Co., Nashville. _Tenn.

Pots. Hews' standard. A. H. Hews & Co.,
Cambridge, Mass.

Standard flower pots. A. F. Kohr. 2934-38

Leavitt St.. Chicago.

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son. 2614-22 Hern-
(lon St.. Chicago. __^^_

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy., Detroit. MJeh.

Pots. C. C. Pollworth Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Aphine, $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Punglne,
7nc per qt.. $2 per gal. Vermine. .?1 por qt..
$3 per gal. Scaline, 75c per ot., $1.5rt per
gal.; 10 gals.. $10. NiUo{i:iua. $1.50 per qt.,
.^4.5i> per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madis.m. N. J.

Building material, pecky cypress, drop sid-
ing, ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Schillo Lumber Co.. 1560 Kingsbury St..
Chicago.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus. Jennlng'a
Improved Iron Gutters. Diller, Caskev & Keen,
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts., Philadelphia.

Clay*s fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford. London. England.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
-kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave.,
Chicago.

Florists' refrigerators. Bucbbinder Bros.. 518
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per 1.000, 50c;
by mail, 70c; 5.0^0 by express. $2.50.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. Mc-Cray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St., Kendallville, Ind

Liquid— NICO-FUME— Paper, for thrips, aphis.
Spraying vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville.
Ky^

Florists' supplies, cape nowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann.
404-412 East 34th St., New York.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for l.OnO.
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St..
Springfield. Mass.

Glazing points. % and %. 40c per lb.; 7
lbs.. $2.50; 15 lbs., $5. Randolph & McClem-
ents. 5936 Penn Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa.

"Elastic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner.
Mgr.. The Elastic-Lyke* Co.. 30 E. Raudolph
St., Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1.000. 75c.
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

Superior Carnation Staples, 35c per 1.000;
3.0)0 for $1. F. W. Waite, 85 Belmont Ave..
Springfield. Mass.

Shear-Klean grates are cheapest when you
consider their efficiency. Shear-Klean Grate Co..
Chicago. 111.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co.. Detroit. Mich.

Self-tying rose stakes. The Carnation Sup-
port Co.. Connersville. Ind.

Peerless glass repair clamp, box of 100. by
mall, $1. Alexander Klokner. Wauwatosa. Wis.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
56 E. Randolph St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Florain D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange Bldg.. Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway. 105 Chambers St.. New York.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports, Igoe
Bros.. 266 N. 9th St.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen. 30% strength for spraying. Nlco-
tine Mfg. Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 feet,
per HO, 85c; 500. $3; $5.50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
1-000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago.

WIRE WORK,

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JUST OUT.
Send for one. rt •

WOERNER WIRE WORKS.
2852 Pratt St. OMAHA. Neb.

Floral design, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shade
frames. Eacle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St.,
Cleveland. Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices, Ko

ma.lii Brus., lOOS Vine St., Philadelphia. Pa.

If You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About it,

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iteF^>

Get

Profit From
Waste.

The Morchead "Back to Boiler'
System has drained hundreds of for-
mer y dissipatud dollars oui ot hun-
dreds of lines in greeDhouses and
turned them right back to the boiler
for re investment.

That's one reason why there are
more Morehead's in grocnh'^uses than
all others combined. The Keller
Floral Co. says; "The trap is a won
der. We do not know how we have
done without i' for so long."'

Save the heat— turn the condensa-
tion back to the boiler as feed waiei —
use considerably less fuel and wai'-r—

Install Morehead Traps

The ideal temperature conditions
fnllowing the install tion of the
Morehead Sys em promote the growth
ot live, substantial flowers— full of life
and spatkle.

Get the Facts

Have our Engineering Dept. give you
the complete (acts rewarding then^any
advantages of the Morehead System-
Write Today-Dept. *'N"

Morehead Mfg. Company

DETROIT, MICH.

:os

Providence, U. I.

TRADE CONTINUES QUIET.

Business the past week has been
very quiet — very little doing in any
line. All kinds of flowers are very
plentiful and of good quality. Asters
are very good, and at the flower show
held this week, there were some very
fine specimens of the different vari-
eties that were atout the best ever
shown here.

NOTES.

Macnair. the Florist, has offered a
gold premium for the first ticket at the
new Emory Theatre and the Allen
Hippodrome on their opening date.
He makes a feature of purchasing the
first tickets at the opening of the new
theatres.

The Pawtuxet Florist, near the
bridge at Pawtuxet, has been featur-
ing asters and dahlias in his windows
of late.

There have been numerous salesmen
in town this week booking orders for
the fall trade.

John F. Wood was a visitor in Bos-
ton this week, and reports flowers very
plentiful.

J. G. Jensen, of the Park Green-
houses, has a fine lot of large Boston
ferns. H. A. T.

Sunlighl Double Class Sash,
the standard sash among
successful growers

or Hot-beds
and Cold-frames

The Sash that eliminates Mats and Shutters

The sash that doubles efficiency in the
garden and cuts the cost one-half.

Extra-thick, of cypress, everlasting,
double-glazed with an air-space that ad-
mits the sun, but not the cold, this sash
has become the standard in every up-to-
date garden and has rendered the old-style
single layer putty sash obsolete.
STILL WONDERING

Says H. B. FuUerton, who has de-
veloped gardening in Long Island by
leaps and bounds: "The only thing on
earth to use is the double-glass sash."
So say all who have used the sash dilli-
gently, not only on Long Island, but in
every state in the Union.

GET OUR CATALOGUE

The catalogue, which is free, explains
everything in detail. Get it, if you are to
know how to garden to the best advantage.

The Sanlight Greenhoase on which the
sash are also used is inexpensive, attract-
ive and a highly profitable addition to any
garden. See the catalogue.

Write today for the Free Catalogue
and enclose, if you wish it, four cents in
stamps for Professor Massey's helpful
booklet on the use of cold-frames, hot-
beds and small greenhouses. Sunlight
Double Glass Sash Connpany, 934 E.
Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky.

Ireer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenlioiises

Dtlve e2sy and true« beciasb
botb beveli are on the Bime
side. Can't twist and break
tbe glass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
rigbti 01 lefts.

Tbe Peerless Clazine Point
Is patented. Noothers tike
It. Order from your deale^
or direct from os.
1000, 7Sc. postpaid, f
Samples free.
BEKR7 A. DREES. I
114 Chestont Street^

rhUAdoipUfi.

Mention the American Florist when writiiig

Siebert's Zinc
Glaxing Points.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust,
easy to drive. H and H
inch. Perlb.40c..S-lbs.
$1.85. 20 lbs. $7.00

Vaughan's
Seed &t.ore
Chicago New York

Mention the American Florist when writing

Order Now

New Orleans, L,a. — Sidney Wu.st-
hoft, one of the oldest florists in New
Orleans, died September IG at his late
residence. .5010 Tchoupitoulas street.

Wired
Toothpicks

10.000$1.75:50 000$7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

SaniDle free. For sale bv dealers.

Moition the American Florist ^vhen writing

BUY DIRECT -

Factory to User Prices.

I 452 W. Erie St., - CHICAGO |

Cyclone Grates

Best on the Market

MAIL POSTAL FOR PRICE LIST.

CYCLONE GRATE BAR CO.

CHICAGO, ILL.

o50

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

Free

1

%'..

This Fine

HENKEL
BUDDING
KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

TRY OUR

SelMjing Rose Slakes

and you won't buy straight stakes.

The Carnation Support Co.

CONNERSVILLE, IND.

SHEAR-KLEAN

GRATES ARE CHEAPEST

\\ iR-n you cttns dur their i-fhclency.

SHEAR-KLEAN GRATE COMPANY,
CHICAGO. ILL.

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUK SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

Hopkinsville, Ky.

TRADE IS VERY DULL.

The past week has been very warm
and all plants, especially chrysanthe-
mums, require constant watering.
Carnations are nearly all planted and
are very poor on account of the dry,
hot summer. 'Mums are all late, and
not much of a crop is expected. Busi-
ness is very dull.

NOTES.
William P. Snyder's floral establish-
ment has torn down one house and
are preparing to rebuild. All carna-
tions were planted last week, and
mums look fair.

T. L. Metcalfe's houses look good,
especially his carnation houses. He
has planted some Peerless Pink, which
look fuie.

T. H.

OKLAHOMA City, Okla.— Lon Foster,
of Furrow & Company, reports a fine
opening business at their new store.
120 West Main street, and prospects
certainly good for the fall trade.

PEERLESS
GLASS,t>-
REPAIR
CLAMP

The handiest article in the market.

Or address
ttie maker,

TO MEND CRACKED GLASS
IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY

For sale everywhere. Box of 100, by mail, $1.00.

Milwaukee f ounty.
Wduwato^a, Wis.

ALEXANDER KLOKNER,

OVER 5,000 FLORISTS ARE UJNG RED DEVIL GLASS CUTTERS

Y^U need a Glass
* Cutter to cut "■■"•■

t(

O'

greenhouse u'as^. Why
K n u<e thn Bi S*: Gen-
uine *'RED DEVIL,"

the kind all good
t!l a z i e r s use? Your
local hardware store belU thrni. Just insist on

. wyxiM/ xTi^Xm^ 7^(mju^

^f

Red Devil" Glass Cutter No. 024.

Genuine "Rcd DevU"
and trike no t-uhstitu'e.
We have eiven avpy
nearly jO" (I samples lO
Hon.'-ts. If you did not
net one setid up this adv.
and 3 2c stamps and ore
sample onlv of the best
Glass Cutter in the world will bo ?.ent you postpa d

!>MiTn& HtMeNWAY cO. iSlCh mbers NL,New YoikCiiy NY.

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worlts,

846-848 W. Superior St., Chicago, 111.

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar
deners. Florists aad
Home makers, taueht
by Prof. CraiE and
Prof. Beal of Coroell
Univergiiy.

Progressive Floristt
recognize the growing
importance of a knowl
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners who un-
derstand up to date
methods and practice
are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening it
Indispeosahle to those who would have
the pteasaotest homes.
. 2S0 page Cataloir free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School

D^ot. A F., Sprlngneid. Mass.

PROF. B£AL.

KING

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and you will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO. I

29 King's Road. N. Tonawanda N. Y. I

ADVANCE material is
considered the best
ttiat can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guiirantPed
in every respect. Sendfor
our catalogue today.

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Lr-iives, Metal Designs and all
Fljrist Supplies.

Send For Prices

04-412 East 34{h Si . NEW YORK

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551

IVIONINGER

BOILERS

You can't afford to buy any boiler
until >ouare Sure you don't want
a "MoninKer " Come on now —
let's talk it over.

Send for cataloe.

JOHN C. MONINGERCO.,

CHICAGO:

902 Blaclihawk St.

NEW YORK:
Marbiidge Bldti.

iltntion the American Floritt when writino

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous slot ks of
the world's largrsi Building Material Department.
Keap the ben fits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittinkfs. glass, oven auled iron pipe,
boiler tubes. ho»e. etc Take advantate ol our
enKineenng service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
tot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41— Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. si/e
I'bx2H lOOrunninK ft $ 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar. size
1^'rxJV^. I'Oruhninc ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, '■tc. 1 in. stock, p r lOi'Oft . bd meas. 19 00

XJ-44— No 1 Cyp'ess. 1 in. rou^hor 13-16 in.
->2S per 100(1 fi.. bd meas 27.00

XJ-45-Standard HotB.dSash. l?8-in x3ft.
X 6 ft , without glass 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hut Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47-Gal. W ire Shorts lor Vine Supports
and all purpose use leng hs from 50 to 2oO
ft.: in 100 lb. tolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire: per
roll $1.90to 1.13

XJ-48 -First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in anv desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

35th and iron Sis., Chicago

Wntton the American Florist whpn writing

For GREENHOUSES

See Our Catalogue.

I^o'twale? GIBLIN & CO., Utica. N. Y.

Mention the American Florist when writino

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hail Association has oaid 20O0
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00.
For full particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River. N. J

Mention the American Florist when writing

Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

Good Material

Prompt Delivery

Reasonable Cost

These are the points which count with you when you are in
need of greenhouse material. Let us submit you our sketches
and estio ates. Our fine equipment, good stock and an ex-
perience of many years enables us to give you satisfaction.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO.

Greenhouse Material. Telephone Humboldt 11. Hotbed Sash.

il/e)i(ion the American Florist when writing

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

A STIC A

r'eenlicyseqlazin^
USE IT HOW.

C F.O.PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NrW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of e.vpan-
sioD and contraction. Puttv becomes bard and
brittle. Bfolten glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

THE ORIGINAL AND ONIY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run
in hot nor heave in cnid weather.

E. C. Pruner, M^r. THE ELASTIC-LYKE CO.
(Not Inc.) 30 East Randolph St., Ctlica^o.

GLASS

We are leaders. Large stock, good prices.

SHARP, PARTRIDfiE & CO.

CHICAGO. ailNOIS.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is euranteed to give
salistactfoD in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse

Wiitc (oi prices ana eaticiaies. Do it now.

6ARLAKD NIANUIACTlRING CO:. Des Plaints, III.

Mfntinrj the A "'f

ititii wltpn writing

REED & KELLER,

122 W. 2Sth St., NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baslcets, Wire Work,
and wcveltles, and <ire dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
.11 Florists' Reaulsltes.

Mention the American Floriet when writino

552

The American Florist.

Sept. 26,

a

NICO-FUME

}y

PAPER

I

LIQUID

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisviUe, Ky.

Agricultural Experiment
Stations

are favoring 40% nicotine solutions in tlieir
recommendations forfumigtiiing and spray-
ing. To meet the demand this has created
we now offer

"40 NICOTINE"

$13.00 GaUon-$3.75 Quart-$2.00 Pint.

Compare these prices with what ycu now pay.

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
vaporizing and fumi^ating^.

$4.50 Gallon— $1.50 Quatt.

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

For green, black, white fly, red spider, thrips
mealy bug and soft scale. Can be used on
tender plants.

$2.50 GaUon-$1.00 Quart.

FUNGINE

For mildpw, rust and other blights. It is
perfectly safe to apply to fruits and vegetables,
as it is non poisonous. An icfalljble remedy
for rose mildew, carnation and chrysanthe-
mum rust. $2.00 Gallon-75c Quart.

VERMINE

For eel, cut and wire worms working in the
soil. It can be apolied to all veBetation.
$3.00 GaUon— $1.00 Quart.

SCALINE

For San Jose Oyster Shell and all scale on
trees and hardy stock. An elJective remedy
for red sp'df r on everi,'reen';.

$1.50 Gallon— 75c Quart.

If you cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order with
remittance and we will ship immediately
through our nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals,
MADISON. N. J.

Mention the A 7uf:riron Florist token writitirj

EVERYTHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Bose, Wire, Twine, Pipe. Fittings, Tools. Glass.

Special Agent for Wizard Brand Maoares and Darling's Ferlflizers.

Walter S. McGee,

Phone Hyde Park 5679
5327 ELLIS AVF... CHICAGO, ILL.

Always

m»n on The American Florist
when you ord^r stock. : :

NIKOTEEN 30 »lo Strength

FOR SPRAYING

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

—CLAY'S—
FERTILIZER

WILL FEED

YOUR PLANTS

And Your

BANK BALANCE

At the Same Time.
IT IS SAFE, SURE, ECONOMICAL.

Manufactured by

Clay & Son,

STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

An Ideal

loseclicide

For Fumigating
and Spraying

Sold by
Seedsmen and Dealers

Manufactured bv

P.RPALETHOiRPECO.

(Inc)

Clarksvllle, Tenn.

PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, BiltheadB, Statements.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate Makiog and Color Work.

Bortiam &, Gliapline Printery

542 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

^SSSSiSksc

hflmiRES

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist ivhen writinff

A LLNurserymen.iseedsmen and Florists wisbiog
*^ to do business with Europe should send for the

"Horticnltnral Advertiser'*

This is the British Trade Paper, beingread weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
•ubscription. to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appli-
caotsshould, with the subscription, send a copy of
tbeir . atalog or other evidence that they belons to
the nursery or seed trade.

Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address EdUOFS Of "H. A."
Chllwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. England

Mention the American Florist when writing

FLOWER COLORS

Use our

COLOR CHART

in descriliing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

A'^'"^:CAN FLORIST CO.

.^O S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Bmerica is "the Prnur of the IIesseI; there nay be more -comfort Rmidships, but wb are the Srst to touch Unknown Seas."

Vol. XLIII.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 3, 1914.

No. 1374

The American Florist

Established 1885.
Cooyright, 1914. by American Florist Company
Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11. 1891,
at the Post Office at Chicago. Illinois,
under act of March 3, 1879.
Published Every Saturday by
AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,
440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
Lon^ Distance Pbone: Harrison 7465.
Registered Cable Address : Ameno, Chicago.
SuDscri{>tion. United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year; Canada. $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union. $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from the trade. Vol-
umes half yearly from .August 3. 1901.

Address all correspondence, subscriptions, etc.,
■ American Florist Co.. 440 S. Dearborn St.. Chicane.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis.
Minn., President; P. Welch. Boston. Mass., Vic,
President; John Young. 53 W. 2>'th St.. New
York. Secretary: Wm. F. Kasting. BuSalo.N. Y.
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch, Boston. Mass..
President; Dan MacKorie. rian Francisco. Calif .
Vice-President; John Young. New York, Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y,. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calit.
August. l'«5.

r

=\

Our Free

SUPPLEMENT

This Week
Shows Fine

Home
Wedding
Decorat?'*'^

SUGGESTIONS FOR PL4NT GROWERS.

^

^

Hydrangeas.

The hydrangea plants In the field
should be now potted and made ready
for winter quarters. If the plants have
still a strong succulent growth they
can be left standing out where the
wood will be given a chance to ripen
ofT. After potting they should be
given a good watering that the soil
may be settled around the roots, but
after that the plants should be spar-
ingly watered. The main object at
this time is to harden the plants oft
and ripen them up. Never mind If
the foliage wilts to some extent, for it
is desirable that this should all drop
off before storing away for the winter.
A few frosts will be of benefit, but as
the weather is uncertain they should
be placed in a position where they can
be conveniently covered and protected
from a severe freeze. While it is de-
sirous to harden up the wood and
plump up the flowering bud yet too
hard a freeze will kill the bud. As
soon as well ripened they should be
placed in cool quarters, where they
will remain dormant until it is time to
start them.

Bouvardias.

As the weather becomes cooler the
pinching back of bouvardias should
cease and the flowering shoots be al-
lowed to grow. The plants should bo
well established in the bench or pots
and making good growth. Give them
a cool, light situation and with all the
ventilation possible; these plants are
of cool nature and relish plenty of good
fresh air. If grown too warm, bouvar-
dia soon becomes infected with insects
and stops flowering, and the plants are
quickly ruined. Keep the soil free
from weeds and well stirred on the sur-
face, and be careful not to overwater
until the roots have filled the soil.
Keep a lookout for both aphis and
red spider; the aphis quickly cover the
soft, tender growths, and if the weath-
er is warm the plants become quickly
infested with spider. Constant syring-
ings and frequent fumigation is neces-

sary to keep these pests in check and
insure a good crop of flowers. Keep
the plants tied up in shape that the
stems may be straight and erect.

Cannas,

.^s soon as the frost kills the cannas,
preparations should be made for the
storing of the stock plants for next
year. The tops should be cut off
about six inches above the ground and
removed from the field and not left
lying around to attract cut worm mill-
ers. The roots should be dug and each
variety should- be carefully kept sep-
arate so that there will be no chance
of their being mixed another season.
Unless the weather is very severe they
can be allowed to dry oft a little before
being housed, but if there is any chance
of the night temperature dropping be-
low the freezing point it is much bet-
ter to get them under safe covering at
once. Under a bench in a cool bouse
is one of the best places to keep them
during the winter months, but if the
soil under the bench is inclined to be
moist, boards should be placed running
lengthwise of the bench and the canna
roots placed upon these. They must,
however, be looked over occasionally to
see that they do not run too dry, for
there is just as much danger of losing
the plants by their drying up as there
is by their rotting from an excess of
moisture. In placing the clumps under
the bench set each variety by itself and
leave space enough between it and an-
other variety that it will be impossible,
no matter what may happen, for them
to get mixed. Mark each variety with
a label, written plainly and in full. It
takes but a few seconds longer to write
the name in full and abbreviations are
to be deprecated; we have known cases
where the roan who always does things
in a hurry to abbreviate the name so
short that when he tried to read them
six months later he could not make oiit
what name he intended to write. This
is often a case whers "haste makes
waste." Attach the- labels in such a
manner that they will not become mis-
placed or lost. . .' ■: ',1 ■■

554

The American Florist.

Oct. 3,

Early Firing.

"Economy is wealth." This maxim
has been drilled into the young for gen-
erations, but false economy is waste.
And to put oft starting the fires until
all the plants have cold feet, and have
received a check that is going to take

■ thera two or three months from which
to recover is false economy. As soon
as the temperature in the house drops
below the point at which it should
be maintained, it well pays to start the
fires. Many nights at this time of the
year at 8 o'clock the temperature out-
side will be above (>0°, but by morn-
ing it has dropped to 40°, and if the
houses are closed the glass will be cov-
ered w_ith moisture, the house cold and
damp. This condition is not at all
conducive to good growth, and gives
the plant a check from which it often
takes it some time to recover. It is
far better and a money-making propo-
sition to have the fires going and the
proper temperatures maintained. The
small expense of a little coal burned
and the tew weeks' wages of a night

. foreman that are necessary will be
more than made up in the excellence
of the crop. At this season of the
year there will occur cp'd, stormy days
when a little heat will be necessary
to keep up the growing temperature
all day. This is the time to look over
all the piping and see if the boiler.s
are working right. If steam hfeat is
used see that none of the pipes have
dropped from their fastenings and have
made pockets in the circulation. If
this has happened, fasten them up and
straighten out the flows. Turn on the
valTes and see if they leak, and if they
do repack them; in fact, it is good
policy to repack all valves every fall,
whether they actually need it <St not,
(or they will require it before the win-
ter is over. This early firing will also
give the opportunity to spread sulphur
and nicotine extracts on the pipes and
keep the insects and mildew from get-
ting a foothold. Looking at this ques-
tion from all sides, early firing is an
economical proposition and should not
be neglected.

White Fly.
Ed. Amebican florist :

The entire stocks of adiantums and
other ferns at this place are covered
with white fly. What are the best
remedies? D.

The Bureau of Entomology of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture recommends hydrocyanic-acid gas,
but where the use of this is impos-
sible or for some reason undesirable,
sprays are recommended as follows :
"Among the sprays, the best brands
of whale-oil soap, used in the propor-
tion of one to one and one-half ounces
per gallon of water, have been found
. to destroy all of the white flies except
the eggs, a small percentage of the
nearly mature pupae, and from 2.") to
50 per cent of the adults which escape
the spray by flying from the plants.
It is not advisable to syringe tomato
plants in greenhouses at any time,
when avoidable, as syringing inter-
feres with pollination and produces a
damp atmosphere which promotes rot.
but the injury by syringing may lie as
nothmg compared with that which is
caused daily by the insects. When the
use of hydrocyanic-acid gas is Imprac-
tical, an all-night fumigation with a
tobacco extract is recommended, fol-
- lowed during the next day by a
■syringing with a solution of whale-oil
.'fo.ap or its equivalent."

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Robt. Kift, PhUadelphia. Pa.

The Fall Weddlusf.

SEE SUPPLEMENT WITH THIS ISSUE.

At this season, and until "Jack
Frost" puts in an appearance, there
is an abundance of flowers, . greens,
foliage and other decorative material,
so that good effects can be worked out-
without great' expense, and yet leave
a good margin of profit to the decora-
tor. A look over the ground will, in
a short time, give an experienced man
an idea of wha,t is best to be used
and the quantity. For the hallway
will be required autumn leaves and
smilax over all doors and on the ban-
nister railing, with a basket of dahlias
or chrysanthemums for fhe hall stand
and also for the top of the newel post.

Artemisia Lactiflora.

Port ion ot flower cluster of this ha rdv herbaceous

pereuniiil, very dcsiraljle tor full blooms.

Color creamy while.

Autumn leaves placed back of picture
frames give a touch of color to the
walls. The stock necessary for this
part of the decoration should be se-
lected, boxed and labeled — "for the
hall," "the parlor." "the large room."
etc.

The large room where the ceremony
is generally performed, if it Is to be
strictly a home wedding, will require
quite an elaborate setting. A group of
palms, brightened with pots of chry-
santhemums in flower, or tall floor
vases filled with cut blooms of the
same Is necessary. A canopy made in
more or less elaborate manner is an
attractive addition. A simple canopy
is made with a curved stout • wire,
which pro.jects out from- the window
frames to which it is fastened. A
number of strings of smilax suspended
above to the wall are spread out and
fastened at intervals along the wire,
and a fringe of small white roses along
the front gives a pretty finish. A
bunch of roses where the strings of
sniilnx are gatherpd together at the

top is worth the cost. A kneeling stool
is always appropriate and a useful
as well as a much admired addition.
Scarcely any two of these useful fix-
tures are alike, but if nicely decorated
they seem to fit into any kind of a
grouping. The mantel in this room
should be nicely done with palms on
one or both sides of a bushy fern in
the grate if there is room, vases of
ferns on the shelf among the usual
ornaments, and a draping of the mir-
ror above with smilax is the general
method. A lover's knot or two hearts
or a half-basket in the center of the
mirror are all good. The doorways
should be decorated with autumn
leaves and smilax. A cluster of
dahlias or chrysanthemums in addition
to all these foliage sprays is an effec-
tive touch. Often it is desired to mark
a path for the bridal party, and this
can be done with ribbons or heavy
cotton rope passed over or through
standards placed down the center of
the room. Pedestals with pots of
ferns or baskets of flowers will an-
swer the same purpose, taking the
place of the standards.

The dining room is decorated much
the same as the others as to mantels
and other places, placing vases of
flowers on the top of china closets or
sideboards. The table should carry
quite a decoration; If the chandelier
is low a plateau is in order, but should
the illumination be high, or close to
the ceiling, then a tall vase with long
stemmed chrysanthemums or roses will
give a good effect.

In the rooms above, the doorways
always are the better if arched in
green and color, and vases of flowers
are always to be used whenever they
can be placed to advantage. Flowers
are always in order on the dressing
tables in the ladies' and gentlemen's
rooms. As far as possible, it is well
to arrange the rooms in separate
colors, one red, another pink, yellow
in one, and so on according to the
color schemes that have been worked
out in the furnishings. Palms and
ferns here and there are also very
effective.

The order sheets for such a decora-
tion should specify each room and
just what is required for it. As stated
before, flowers for these should be
picked separate and labeled, as this
will be found to greatly expedite the
work. K.

Shipping: and Delivery Labels.

The florist with a shipping and de
livery trade is very liable to run out
of address labels when business be-
comes brisk at any special season, and
it is well to look into the stock now
and order a new supply to cover the
busy season close at hand. When
there is occasion to use shipping la-
bels they are needed in a hurry, and
there is no time to print them. For
the purpose of florists, wholesa'e and
retail, there is no more serviceable
article than the Red Rose Leaf label
adopted by the S. A. F., with the
legend "Fresh Flowers" in large white
lettering. This is a very attractive
label and the size commonly used is
C%x4% inches. All special sizes can
be made according to order. The
American Florist Co., 440 South Dear-
born street, Chicago, supplies the above
size printed in two colors, red and
black, on good gummed paper, your
business card and the leaf, at $4..")0

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per thousand, 500 for $2.85. This label
is known to express and railroad men
all over the country and they fully
understand the perishable nature of
packages bearing this label and de-
liver them quickly to avoid the costly
risk of losses caused by delay.

Hotbed Construction.

The advantages of a good hotbed to
the commercial vegetable grower
have many times been strongly em-
phasized. In making garden plans it
seems almost imperative to consider
hotbeds, unless a larger forcing outfit,
such as a greenhouse, is to be built.

When the question of hotbeds is
brought up for definite consideration
one of the first questions to be settled
Is, where shall the bed be located?
Generally speaking, a southern expo-
sure, with a windbreak in the form of
a barn, dwelling, or trees that will
give shelter and protection from the
north winds, affords the most suitable
site. Where there are no buildings
nor tree hedges available for shelter,
a six or seven-foot board fence can
be constructed on the north side of
the hotbed pit. Usually, this fence is
built by setting posts, six to eight
Inches in diameter, at least three feet
deep in the ground and eight to ten
feet apart. These posts extend up-
ward six to eight feet, having a slight
northern cant. Sometimes a short
brace is placed against them on the
northern side about three feet from the
ground, being either driven into the
earth or attached to stakes that are
so driven. Boards, generally matched,
are then nailed on the south side of
these posts. Such a fence will give
ample protection to the hotbed and
good satisfaction. After the site has
been chosen, the next step is to stake
out the ground for the excavation. At
least three feet, and preferably four
feet, should be allowed between the
back of the hotbed and the windbreak.
This provides ample room for walking
around and working in the hotbed. A
stake is placed, at the required dis-
tance from the windbreak, at the east
end of where the pit is to be and
another stake at the west end, allow-
ing an extra foot for space in which
to work while the woodwork is under
construction. The distance between
the east stake and the west stake
will be in accordance with the num-
ber of beds that are to be made, plus
one foot. If but one bed is made,
three feet will be allowed for the bed
and one foot for working space; if a
frame of four beds is to be made,
then, considering the width of each
bed to be three feet, the distance be-
tween stakes will be 13 feet; and so
on, according to the number of beds
to be made in one range. Stakes are
now placed seven feet south of the
east and the west stake. The distance
east and west between the last stakes
placed should, be the same as that be-
tween the first two. A line is stretched
around these four stakes and the work
of digging out the soil is begun. If
the land is level the hole, or pit,
should be 30 inches deep, and the dirt
should be thrown out on all sides so
that it can be used later for filling in
the grading. Although a depth of 30
inches may seem rather great for hot-
beds farther south, yet for average
conditions in New York and in the
northern United States, and where the
bed is to be used for any length of
time, this depth will be found very
satisfactory. Nevertheless, the depth
of bed is but a slight factor in hot-

bed construction and may be changed
at will by the operator, who can either
make the pit shallower or fill with
other material than manure on the
lower level. The depth of the pit will
be regulated by local conditions.

New stakes are driven six inches
south of the first stakes placed on the
east and west ends, and these should
be set far enough from the edge of
the excavation to be firm. These stakes
are connected by a line, drawn tight.
This line then represents, in the case
of an all-wood pit, the front or south
side of a row of posts or 2x4-inch
scantlings that are to serve as the
support of the back boarding. These
posts or scantlings should be sunk
in the soil at least one foot, and pre-
ferably 18 inches, below the bottom
of the bed. They should extend 42
inches above the bottom of the bed,
each one being set plumb with the
line. The distance from the middle
of one post to that of the next is four
feet except in case only one or two
beds are installed, when a distance of
three feet is better. When all the
posts are set, 2xG-inch planking is
nailed with twenty-penny nails along
their tops. 42 inches being provided
for from the bottom of the pit to the
top of the planking. By the use of
a carpenter's level the top of the
planking can be made in one plane,
or level. The planking can be braced
with short scrap pieces of boards and
stakes, so that it will not change its
location nor be thrown out of plumb.

The next step is the construction
of the front of the pit. This is made
just as was the back, with posts or
2x4-inch scantlings and with top
planking, differing only in that the
distance from the bottom of the pit

The boarding under the top planks,
on both the back and the front scant-
lings of the pit, can be either 2-inch
planking or, better still, common
boards such as scrap lumber or short
pieces. It is to he of double thick-
ness, care being used in covering joints
and cracks with the inner layer. In
the author's experience, this boarding
has given complete satisfaction.

The ends of the bed are either
planked or double-boarded from the
bottom of the pit to the top of the front
of the bed. The end boards are — >iled
to a short piece of 2xr>-inch plank fast-
ened to the ends of the back boarding,
and also to pieces nailed vertically to
the ends of the front boarding. For a
top piece to properly fill in the space
left, a 2x0-inch plank is split across
corners so that two pieces five feet 8%
inches long are obtained, one end of
each being six inches wide iJnd the
other end tapering down to 1-10 of an
inch or less. The tapering pieces are
then laid on the top of the end board-
ing and nailed firmly. These tapering
pieces correspond to the fall, or slope,
of the sash when it is laid on the bed.
The bed is now ready for the cross-
ties. These are generally strips of
boards four inches wide and six feet
long. They are counter-sunk into the
top of both the back and the front
of the bed, being spaced so that 1%
inch of the outer edge on each side is
for the use of the sash, the middle
inch allowing for a small lx2-inch
strip of wocd to be nailed upright and
to serve as a separator between
sashes, and the remaining half-inch
allowing room on each side for swell-
ing of the sash.

The bed is now finished and ready
for the filling in of the dirt and for

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to the top of. the planking is but 30
inches. This planking also should be
well braced. The distance from the
south face of the back posts to the
north face of the front posts, on a
level plane, is five feet lOVz inches,
and from the north face top edge of
the back planking to the south face
top edge of the front planking it
should be six feet. This allows for
a six-inch fall, or slope, of the sash
when placed on the bed.

the grading. As the dirt Is filled in it
should be firmed, making a tight con-
nection between the surrounding soil
and the bed. Care must be taken,
however, that the dirt is not filled in
on one side more than on the other,
as this is likely to throw the bed out
of plumb. The soil all around the bed
should be graded so that all water is
drained away from, not toward, the
bed; but the grading should be grad-
ual, not .sharp. Coal cinders, used for

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a top layer near the bed, make a very
good walk.

Not only may hotbeds be construct-
ed entirely of wood, as described
above, but other materials, such as
concrete, brick, stone, or combinations
of these, may be used.

where the roots have become exposed,
should have a little fresh soil put on as
a light mulch for the roots to continue
to work in. Now is the time to see
that the plants are properly supported,
but allowance should be made not to
fasten the plants close enough at the

WARREN G. MATTHE'WS' FLOOD WRECKED ESTABLISHMENT, DAYTON, O.. IN 1913.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Care of Single Stem Stock.

Close application to the various de-
tails of the gener.Tl routine in caring for
the single stem, bench grown stock
must be the order at this time. There
are a number of important things to
be done, one of which is to finish up
the taking of the buds; all varieties
should now be in shape for the final
taking of their buds. Go over the
plants closely, so that none are missed.
A side growth left on the plant, quick-
ly pushes out; sapping the strength
from the newly formed bud. Also, after
the buds are set, the sucker shoots at
the plant's roots, quickly get into ac-
tive growth, which if not -checked will
sap the plant's vitality. The watering
and syringing require extra judgment,
as ■v*'e are now well along into Septem-
ber, the time of quick changes of the
weather. Conditions one day will be
ideal for watering and syringing and
the next two or three may be dark and
dreary, with little or no drying up,
consequently every chrysanthemum
grower should bear that in mind and
act accordingly. Dark days are also
against the application of liquid ma-
nure, the plants not being able to draw
up the material quickly enough to
reap much benefit from it. Dark days
also cause a let up with the syringing.
Every advantage should therefore be
taken of the bright days to keep the
foliage clean. After the buds set, the
foliage stiffens up and the red spider
begins to get in its work. If we do not
check this pest before it gets a foot-
hold,'many blooms will be ruined, so be
sure when the syringing can be done,
that it is done thoroughly.

The next item is to keep the roots
In active growth. When the white feed-
ers'are to be seen working through the
surface of the buds, it is a sure sign
that the plants are working vigorously
and any places on the bed's surface'

top to interfere with the development
of the bloom.

We are now getting our first cool
weather and the plants respond very
quickly to it. Chrysanthemums delight
in cool weather, with plenty of air. Do
not attempt to coddle them, but ven-
tilate on every favorable occasion,
guarding against strong draught cur-
rents. The pot plants also require our
attention. Any of these that have been
growing oiit in the field should now be
lifted, potted up and set in a shady
place for three or four days until the
roots get started again. Syringe a cou-
ple of times each day, to keep the
shoots and foliage stiff and active;
also see that they are staked properly
to prevent the branches from being
broken.

The specimen plants that have been
grown continuously in pots will now
keep the grower in charge of them

mighty busy, the staking and training
being a steady job of itself from now
on until they are ready for the exhibi-
tion, and must not be neglected, if fine
specimens are expected. Another thing
with these large plants is that the buds
will shortly commence to appear, and
when they do disbudding must have the
growers' closest attention because it
takes time for these plants to properly
develop any large amount of bloom
true to their characteristic form. These
large plants will derive great benefit
from regular applications of liquid ma-
nure, being careful not to apply it
when the soil is extra dry.

C. W. JOHNSON.

A Foley Conservatory in Chicago.

The accompanying illustration shows
an octagonal curved roof conservatory
built by the Foley Greenhouse Mfg.
Co.. Chicago, for Archbishop Quigley,
of that city. This house is constructed
according to the most modern ideas,
being borne entirely on its walls with-
out interior .supports. The structure
consists of a concrete boiler room and
coal accommodations as well as stor-
age facilities for bulbs, etc., in the
cellar, the reinforced concrete roof of
the cellar forming the floor of the con-
servatory. Castiron molded sills cap
the masonry, from which the walls
arise, the structure proper consisting
of iron flat rafters, angle iron purlins
and all necessary malleable iron fit-
tings, with wood glazing bars, the
glass being well bedded in special
greenhouse putty. Ventilators furnish
air in the concrete wall, below the
benches and in the dome. This struc-
ture is classed by men prominent in
horticulture as one of the finest con-
servatories ever built.

L.\KE Linden, Mich. — The Pearce
Floral Company has made extensive
alterations in their plant. A new
greenhouse has been erected which
measures rIOxlTo feet. It is construct-
ed chiefly of Louisiana cypress and is
built on a solid concrete foundation
three feet high and 10 inches thick. A
large boiler has been put up that is
capable of heating a room twice the
size of the present one. The smoke-
stack is built on solid bed rock and is
made of cement. It is 50 feet high
and seven feet in diameter. i

W. G. MATTHEWS' ESTABLISHMENT, DAYTON,

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A FOLEY CONSERVATORY IN CHICAGO.

THE ROSE.

Care of Bench Stock.
Th6 rose plants on the raised benches
shourd now be far enough advanced as
to require no further cultivating, as
there is danger of disturbing the sur-
face roots. The thing to do is to rub
the beds over carefully and to see that
there are no crevices at the sides and
ends of the tables that will let the
water waste through. Then apply a
very light top dressing of thoroughly
decomposed cow manure, or shredded
cow manure, over the surface. This
will wash around on the surface and
keep the soil in just the proper condi-
tion to absorb the water, and will also
prevent the soil from drying out in
spots, a very bad condition for the wel-
fare of the plants. By no means use
green or heavy manure for this work,
as the top dressing isn't intended so
much for feeding as it is for condition-
ing the soil. Of course the young stock
should be carefully tied previous to any
work being t)one to the soil and for the
benefit of the plants. Do not bunch in
the growths, but tie each growth sep-
arately. A plant tied propsrly should
still retain a free, open appearance, as
though grown as it is tied, instead of
a drawn-in, crowded mass of foliage,
which will not only cause a great loss
of foliage, but have a tendency to
check the growth of the plant. So it
would be time well spent to see to it
personally that the plants receive care-
ful attention as to tying. If one dis-
covers here and there plants that have
been drawn in too closely or perhaps
not close enough, call the attention of
the one that is doing the tying and get

things to going at the start. We have
seen the apprentice boys catch on im-
mediately, whereas some of the older
employes, with much more experience,
never seemed to turn the trick, and
while speaking of the help, the grower,
by careful observation from time to
time, will notice that each man in his
employ will as a rule have a tendency
to be more or less expert at some par-
ticular part of the work, and by noting
this the grower can in a measure dis-
tribute the work in hand among the
employes to much better advantage.
One man may be able to tie a great
many more plants correctly than an-
other, while the expert tyer may not
be able to pot or graft or propagate,
etc., as rapidly or as well as some
other employe. This knowledge of one's
help has in other lines of business,
mechanical and otherwise, led to a sys-
tematized adjustment of the help con-
sistent to successful business manage-
ment. So why not apply it to even the
small rose-growing establishments?
The large ranges must necessarily be
run systematically or go into the hands
of the receivers.

But to go back to the greenhouse
work in hand. All of the plants will
have to be matched a little later, es-
pecially the carried over stock, and
there should be preparation made for
this work in time. One should have a
good lot of cow manure on hand and
have it turned frequently, so as to get
it in the best condition possible for
handling, free of lumps, trash, etc., for
if the top dressing material is put on
in a rough condition it will simply dry
in lumps and be of little use as a fer-
tilizer, whereas the pulverized or very
fine manure will gradually be washed

into the soil, enabling the plants to get
the full benefit of the plant food the
manure contains. A liberal top dress-
ing of pure ground bone (finely ground)
or bone meal can be used in connection
with the top dressing for good results
on the old two and three-year-old
carried over stock, if they are growing
vigorously. Remember, the vigorous
plants must have regular feeding. But
in the case that the plants are at a
standstill or rather weak, they will
have to be handled carefully by avoid-
ing feeding. Perhaps they may require
a slight resting by withholding the
water somewhat until they show by
the proper color of the young growth
that they are coming back. A heavy
dose of mildew will always give the
plants a severe check, especially the
young stock, which, if the dose is too
severe, may be permanently checked.
The old plants fare better, as they are
better established, but from whatever
the cause of the weakened condition of
the plant, copious watering won't be
apt to help them or (as stated above)
over-feeding. If in doubt as to the
best treatment to follow, take several
sections of a house and do a little ex-
perimenting along careful lines. Exam-
ine the soil thoroughly, and if there is
no new root action (white roots) and
the soil is soggy or quite wet, a drier
condition of the soil may mend mat-
ters. Again, one may have to actually
flood a house where the soil is appai'-
ently moist enough in order to open up
the soil; in other words, force a drain-
age in a clogged-up bed or table. Then
for experiment find out by using a
little headwork, as we all know there
are no set rules governing the cultural
methods of the rose or other plants; we

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3,

can merely suggest the things that
have helped ourselves and others after
years of careful observation with more
or less success through a varied ex-
perience in handling many soils and
adverse conditions, as well as the tests
of conditions. The question of the
proper house being seen on almost
every range, great or small, these days
removes one of the greatest problems
(a few years back) the small grow-
ers had to contend with. Now it seems
to be a question of skill in handling
the many details to be met in the suc-
cessful indoor culture of the rose. B.

FLORISTS' PALMS.

Preparing Plants for Shipment.

September brings the busy shipping
season to the palm grower, from the
fact that it is at about that period
that the retail florists begin to stock
up in readiness for the return of many
of their customers from summer trav-
els. In addition to this the buyers
from a distance often desire large
plants shipped by fast freight, rather
than express, on account of the ex-
cessive cost of the latter, and Septem-
ber and October are the safest months
in which to make such shipments,
there being less risk to the plants
either from frost or from heating In
the boxes. There is naturally some
risk In making long distance ship-
ments at all times, though some of
the fast freight lines give good serv-
ice, but much depends upon the con-
diti«n of the plants at the time they
are packed, and even more upon the
way they are packed^

During September there are hkely
to be decidedly warm days at times,
and this naturally makes the interior
of a closed freight car a pretty warm
spot, and the careful packer takes
this into consideration, thus avoid-
ing any unnecessary bandages around
the foliage, and only tying the leaves
close enough to prevent injury. The
plants are then cleated into the crates
In such a way that they cannot get
loose during the journey, and enough
excelsior used between them to save
the pots from breaking, (in case the
plants are shipped in pots), or when
packed without pots the balls are kept
in place with sufficient of the same
useful material, the stems of the
plants being also protected from un-
due pressure of the cleat by a wad-
ding of excelsior. The latter is the
best available packing material for
the plant shipper, from the fact that
it does not heat, and stays in place
in the box. If packing cases or
I rates are heavy it is a wise provision
to nail some strips across each end
in such a way as to make a con-
venient handle, for a heavy box with-
out handles is very likely to be rough-
ly handled by those who have to lift it.

Another precaution that should be
taken before packing plants for a long
Journey is to give them a good water-
ing in advance, making sure that they
have enough to moisten the soil all
through, for if they should get dry in
transit no provision can be made for
giving them a drink on the way. and
suc(j a drying will inevitably result
In the loss of some of the lower leaves,
and possibly the browning of the tips
of the remaining foliage. In brief, the
foliage should be dry, and the roots
moist of any plants that are to make
a long journey, either by land or sea.
and no plant except such as are well
establLshed In their pots should be
selected for such a journey.

In October there is more risk of
frost to be taken into consideration
by the packer, and the careful man
will note the address of each order
and pack accordingly, giving extra
wrapping to those destined to the
north or northwest, and keeping to
the summer system of packing for
those that are to journey to the south.
In the palm houses the need of a little
fire-heat at night is felt during Sep-
tember, for when the outdoor tem-
peratuEe drops toward 50 in the early
morning there is liable to be too much
condensation on the foliage for the
welfare of the plants, and in addition
to this the growth Is likely to be
checked. It is poor economy to be
too saving with coal, especially at this
season, for with a little encourage-
ment in the way of even .temperature,
there are still several weeks of good
growing weather for the palms, and
particularly for the Kentias. Of course
it is admitted that the cost of grow-
ing has increased considerably in the
past few years, the purchase price of
supplies of all kinds having increased,
but yet one has to maintain an even
degree of heat if the best results are
to be secured.

The potting-on of young stock is
always in order at this season, pro-
vided that the plants are in a condi-
tion to require it, b^t it is preferable
to be content with small shifts in
autumn, so that the plants will get
thoroughly rooted before the very
short days come, during which there
is little plant growth. Shading should
be allowed to thin down somewhat
now, in order to harden the growth,
bearing in mind the tact that the ma-
jority of palms are kept in better
color and conseciuently in more sal-
aLle condition b.v some protection
from the sun's rays up to November,
avoiding that excessive shading that
makes the foliage thin in texture and
poor in wearing qualities.

Watering and syringing should be
attended to in the forenoon, thus giv-
ing the foliage a chance to dry off
before night, and thus avoiding the
possible fungoid troubles that some-
times arise from excessive moisture.
Ventilation will require more care
from this time forward, giving enougli
to keep the temperature within reason-
able bounds and to provide a fresh
atmosphere, but avoiding draughts.

Seedling stock recently potted will
naturally require a little more heat
than the older plants, and should be
given a reasonably light location, with
some extra care in watering and
spraying until they become established
in pots, and thorough cleanliness
about the bench on which this young
stock is placed will help much in keep-
ing them free from the attacks of
insects. W. H. Tapi.ix.

THE CARNATION.

Care of the Plants.

The work in the carnation houses Is
fast getting down to the regular rou-
tine order necessary in caring for the
plants, but on many places there are
a few finishing up jobs connected with
the planting that still need to be done,
so that the plants are started off on
their winter campaign in good shape.

Supporting the plants is one of the
big jobs on places where large num-
bers of plants are grown, and is one
(if not already attended to) that needs
immediate attention, so that it is fin-
ished up before the shoots of the plants
have a chance to get diseased from
laying on the ground, and what is im-
portant in attending to a large number
of plants is just as much so with a
smaller quantity. Even though some
of the plants may be a little small and
not in any immediate need of supports,
it is always the best policy to put on
the supports as soon after planting as
possible. Topping or pinching back the
shoots should be discontinued from now
on, excepting such plants that are
throwing up very short stems, matur-
ing a bloom; there is positively no de-
mand for these very short stem flowers,
and it is therefore better for the plant
to remove them before the flower de-
velops. '

The work of disbudding starts in
directly any stems are allowed to bud
up and flower. This is a part of the
work requiring a certain amount of
care at all times, but it is necessary
to be a little more careful in the work
at this time, owing to the plants not
having full control of the soil in the
same manner as a month or two later.
When the disbudding is done, while
the side buds are very small, the cen-
ter bud will sometimes turn over to
one side, as if facing the sun, which
can be laid to the stems getting an
over-abundance of nourishment from
the soil. After a while, when the
plants have got a better control of the
soil, this trouble will not occur.

Thrips are the most troublesome in-
sects that the carnation grower has to
deal with, and at this time of the
year they are more numerous than at
any other time. They spot up the red,
crimson and deep pink flowers, render-
ing them useless as fancy stock. The
only way to fight them is by persistent
spraying once each week with the nico-
tine preparations. We are now having
the kind of weather that carnation
plants like; clear, warm days, followed
by cool nights, with ideal conditions
for building up the plants. Ventilate

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POEHLMANN BROS. CO.'S EXHIBIT OF ORCHIDS AT ILf^INOIS STATE FAIR, SEPTEMBER 21-1

freely day and night, as carnations re-
quire plenty of fresh, cool air to help
them build up sturdy, vigorous plants.
Do not attempt to do any coddling
with the idea of hastening the plant's
growth, for it will have just the oppo-
site effect.

This is the time to attend to any re-
pair work or glazing that needs to be
done. It is very important that the
roof of a carnation house should be as
water-tight as it is possible to get it,
so see to it that any glass that needs
to be put in is done without further
delay. It is not such a difficult job
while the weather is nice, but it is far
from being a pleasant one when the
weather is wet and cold. Also get the
boilers and heating system in good or-
der, so that when it becomes necessary
to use steam everything will be ready.
C. W. JOUNSOX.

1st; Geo. J. Dinkel, 2od; Janssen Seed &
Floral Co., 3rd.

Any other variety rose. 20 flowers — Poehl-

mann Bros. Co.. 1st: Geo. J. Dinkel, 2nd; Jans
sen Seed & Floral Co.. 3rd.

Illinois State Fair.

In addition to the displays in the
floricultural section at the Illinois
State fair at Springfield on Monday
and Tuesday, September 21-22, as
reported in last week's issue of
THE American FI-orist, the exhibits on
Wednesday, September 23, by pro-
fessional growers was large, with
Poehlmann Bros. Co. capturing the
greatest number of prizes. The floricul-
tural exhibit continued to attract
much attention the remaining days of
the show and the stock staged on the
previous days kept up in grand style
which was due chiefly to the fact that
the concrete floor of the Dome build-
ing where the exhibits were staged
was kept well sprinkled with water
at regular intervals. John Bauscher,
of Freeport, proved to be a competent
judge and not a single exhibitor
criticized his work, knowing that he
gave everyone a square deal and acted
as he thought right by placing the
credit where credit belonged.

AWARDS— ROSES.

American Beauty roses, 25 flowers — Poehl-
uiann Bros. Co., 1st; A. T. Hey, 2Dd; Geo. i.
DlDkel. 3rd.

RiclimoDcl roses. 25 flowers — Poeblmann Bros.
Co.. 1st; Geo. J. Dinkel. 2nd.

Pearl roses. 25 flowers — Janssen Seed &
Floral Co.. 1st.

KlUaniey roses. 25 flowers — Poeblmann Bros.
Co., 1st; Geo. J. Dinkel, 2nd: A. T. Hey. 3rd.

White KiUarney roses. 25 flowers — Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., 1st; Geo. J. Dinkel, 2nd; A. C.
Brown, 3rd.

My Maryland roses, 25 flowers — Geo. J. Din-
kel. 1st.

Any other variety roses. 25 flowers — Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., 1st; Geo. J. Dinkel, 2nd; A.
C. Hrown. 3rd.

American ISeauty roses, 20 flowers^Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Ist; A. T. Hey, 2ud. Geo. J.
Diukel. Srrt.

Richmond roses. 2'> flowers — -Poehlman Bros.
Co.. 1st: Geo. J. Dinkel. 2nd.

Killnrney rosea. 20 flowers — Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. 1st: Geo. J. Dinkel. 2nd: .\. T. Hey, :ird.

White Killarney roses. 2il flowers — Poehlnnnin
Bros. Co.. 1st; A. T. Hey, 2ud; Geo. J. Din-
kel, 3rd.

Uy Uaryland roses, 20 flowers — A. 0. Brown,

Providence, R. I.

BU.SINESS CONTINUES FAIR.

Business the past week has been
fair. Floral work is just steady. As-
ters are nearing the end of their sea-
son. Chrysanthemums are starting to
come in now and are in fine shape.

For Upwards of
29 YEARS

T H E

American Florist

Has had

The largest paid Circulation

IN THE TRADE
TO THE TRADE.

We have not made any effort to secure

subscriptions outside of legiiimate

trade lines.

B^^ This week we

Mail Over 12,000 Copies

Roses are good and still plentiful. Car-
nations are coming better, now than
they have been. Dahlias are now be-
coming plentiful and are about the
only outside flower left.

NOTES.

Macnair, the Florist, distributed
about 100 five-inch pots of the Boston
and Whitmani fern to 100 of the prin-
ciple business oflices and stores in the
business section of the city on Septem-
ber 25, as an advertising feature.

A. Leuthy, of Roslindale, Mass.,
was a visitor to Providence this past
week. He has just returned from
Europe and reports that he purchased
21.000 palms and they have been
shipped all right to New York.

M. Freisted, of Welch Brothers, Bos-
ton, Mass., was a visitor in town
September 23, booking orders for the
fall trade.

Jacob Brunner, of the Climax Fold-
ing Box Co., was a visitor to this city
this week.

John Burke made some very heavy
cuts of roses this week. H, A. T,

Terre Haute, Ind.

Henry Graham and wife, of South
Seventeenth street, who have been do-
ing tjusiness here for 34 years, left for
Los Angeles, their future home, to live
with their daughter. Mr. Graham is
one of the old school, a hard worker,
and we are glad that he can retire and
enjoy the balance of his life in com-
fort. He is a brother of Adam
Graham, of Cleveland, O. Harry,
their son, will continue the business.
The Terre Haute Florists' Club gave
Mr. Graham a farewell September 14,
the meeting being sort of a love feast,
as everyone spoke highly of Mr.
Graham and have been identified with
him nearly all these years. We have
too few such men as he is a great
credit to the profession and a good
neighbor. N. I?. Stover, on behalf of
the club, presented Mr. Graham with
a combination I. O. O. F. and encamp-
ment pin. Mr. Graham responded in a
neat speech, calling to mind the time
he arrived here when the city had
only a population of 3,000 and the
rapid growth it has made since that
time. We all wish Mr. and Mrs.
Graham a long and happy life in their
new home. B. S.

Windsor, Ont.

Elaborate floral decorations were a
feature at the wedding of Miss Chris-
tine Scully, one of Windsor's popular
young women, to Ernest Van Dyke
Sullivan, son of J. F. Sullivan, promi-
nent Detroit florist, which was sol-
emnized in this- city September 22. St.
Alphonsus Church was transformed
into a scene of great beauty for the
event, and quantities of lilies, ferns
and kentias were arranged with beau-
tiful effect. The residence of the
bride's father, where the wedding
breakfast was served, was also hand-
somely decorated, the bride's table
holding an arrangement of white roses
and lily of the valley, while through-
out the reception room and parlors
quantities of American Beauty roses
were placed with charming effect.

The Windsor Flower Shop, r.2 Ouel-
lette avenue, was formally opened to
the public August 14. Alan C. Prince
and G. H. Emery, the proprietors, aim
to make it a first-class florist establish-
ment in every respect. Miss L. J.
Bamford, late of the staff of J. F. Sul-
livan. Detroit. Mich., well and favor-
ably known in this section, Is manager
of the new shop. J. E. K.

California.

Where Nature, in a Jnyons. Eenemns mood.
Is prndienl of cheer and ever CfMMl,
In pladness ttindng water hiti> wine,
ForRetllnp teiirs. mid nil re?i,il\ed to flhine,
Mi>w (renljll, kindly, iinlckenlim and rare.
Uer mouths ot faappy auuahiue and iiwe«t alrt

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Oct.

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When sending us change of address always send
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THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Suggestions for plaut ^-owers .553

— Hydrangeas 553

— Bouvardias — Gannas 553

— Early flring 554

White fly 554

The retail trade 554

^The fall wedding (supplement i 554

— Artemisia lactiflora (illus.) 554

--^Shipping and delivery labels 554

Hotbed construction 555

Dayton flood damage (illus.) 556

Chrysanthemums 556

— Care of siugle stem stock 556

A Foley conservatory iu Chicago iillus. ) . . .5'>(J

The rose 557

. — Care of bench stock 557

Florists' palms 558

— Preparing plants for shipment — 558

The carnation 558

— Care of the plants 558

Illinois State Fair (Illus.) 559

I'rovldence, R. 1 559

Terre Haute, lud 559

Windsor. Ont 559

Preserving cut flowers 500

.Soil j)roblems of the florist 560

Coal prices due for advance 560

The Gladiolus Society of Ohio 560

Cold wave record broken 560

Our supplements 560

Dahlia Society >...5B0

Club meetings next week 560

Cleveland — 662

Chicago 566

St. Louis 669

Springfield 570

Minneapolis 570

Philadelphia 572

New York 574

Pittsburgh 575

Cincinnati 676

Jersey City, N. J 576

Washington 577

Knowillp 580

The seed trade 582

— Corn, peas and beaus 582

. — Peas and beans 582

— New .Tprsov seed crops 582

— Grlswold Seed Co.'s great growth 582

— Turkestan alfalfa seed Inferior 682

— Idaho seed growers 582

— Avoid mixed vetch seed 58.1

— Catalogues received 584

The nursery trade 688

— Cemetery men convene next week 588

— ralifornla Ass'n of Nurserymen 688

— Texas Nurserymen's Ass'n 588

Market gardeners 590

^Prices of Indoor fruits and vegetables 500

— rCannlng vegetables ...590

We are in receipt of a box of dah-
lia blooms from the Peacoclt Dahlia
Farms, Berlin, N. J., showing great
variety of form and color.

Staeting the boilers as the cold
nights come on should be accompanied
by much watchfulness to prevent dam-
age to sheds and premises by fire.

Prof. L. H. Bailbtt has again taken
up magazine work and is contributing
editor of the Countryside IWagazine,
which is a development of Suburban
Life.

Artemisia Lactiflora la a fine,
hardy herbaceous perennial for Sep-
tember bloom from three to four feet
high, affording dense masses of spirsea-
likew clusters of creamy white flowers,
with good stems.

WnEN in need of stock or supplies
of any l<ind in a hurry it will be a
great advantage to ha.ve a copy of
the latest edition of our Trade Direc-
tory at hand for names and addresses.
The price of the latest (1914) edition ^
is if.? per copy, postpaid.

Preserving Cut Flowers.

An important contribution on this
subject, Ijy Lewis Knudson, Assistant
Professor of Plant Physiology at Cor-
nell University, will appear in our
issue of October 17. Extra copies of
this number should be ordered well
in advance of the date of issue. The
price of extra copies will be 25 cents
each.

Soil Problems of the Florist.

Our issue of September 19 contain-
ing Prof. Pippin's article on "Soil
Problems of the Florist,", is now ex-
hausted. If the demand for this issue
during the next 30 days warrants, we
may reprint the article, but ail ap-
plications for copies of the reprint
should reach this office before the end
of the present month. Reprints of
this article will cost 25 cents each.

Coal Prices Due for Advance.
Chicago. — The local coal market
shows little change over last week's
prices and conditions, the continued
warm weather infljiencing the de-
mand, or rather lack of demand.
Prices on steam sizes have been at
minimum for several weeks, but the
first suggestion of colder weather ■\ViIl
without doubt cause an advance in
price, due to a stiffened demand. Any
possible shortage and delayed de-
liveries later should be guarded
against at this time by greenhouse-
men in arranging for their coal needs
while low prices maintain.

The Gladiolus Society of Ohio.
I am directed by the chairman of
the executive committee of the Gladi-
olus Society of Ohio to announce that
after taking time for consideration,
the Cleveland Florists' Club has with-
drawn its protest in regard to the
award of the silver cup offered by the
club in connection witli the second an-
nual flower show of the Gladiolus So-
ciety of Ohio, and the action of the
judges is sustained, thus giving the
prize to J. Thomann & Sons, Roches-
ter, N. Y., for the best display of new
varieties.

WiLBiiR A. Christy. Sec'y-Treas.

Cold Wave Record Broken.

Washington, D. C, Sept. 29.— Cold
weather records for September were
broken in a number of localities last
night and this morning. Frost was
reported from the middle Atlantic and
New England states and the upper
Ohio valley.

The lowest temperatures of record
for September were recorded at Rich-
mond, Va., where it was 34 degrees;
Hartford, Conn., 32 degrees, and
Northfield, Vt., 20 degrees. Predic-
tions for rising temperature to-night
and . to-morrow are made for those
districts.

Our Supplements.
Subscribers should see that they get
copies of the fine supplementary illus-
trations showing high-grade design
and decorative work. These fine sup-
plements should be carefully preserved,
as they mean much to the retail
florists in dealing with their custom-
ers, Illustrating as they do the various

kinds of work that the every-day flor-
ist is called upon to perform.

The papers in which the supplements
appear should be likewise preserved,
as they contain much valuable data
with regard to these special illustra-
tions. Subscribers should see that
they get every issue, as otherwise they
may miss some of this high-grade
work.

Dahlia Society.
We have received from Maurice
Fuld, 1 Madison avenue, New York,
copy of the by-laws and constitution
of the American Dahlia Society, which
it is proposed to organize or reorga-
nize on or about January 1. Mr.
Fuld claims for his code entirely
original ideas.

Club Meetings Next Week.

(Secretaries of clubs and societies are re-
quested to seud notice of change in date, time
and place of meeting.)

Benver, Colo,, Oct, 5, 8 p. m. — Colorado
Florists' Club, T. M. A. hall, 1422 Curtis
street. E. P. Neiman, Secretary, 1643 Broad-
way, Denver.

Ketrolt, Hich., Oct. 6, 8 p. m. — Detroit
Florists' Club, L. Bemb Floral Co. Kalelgh
H. Wells, Secretary, 827 Canfleld avenue, De-
troit.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 6. — Grand Kaplds
Florist.s" and Gardeners' Club, office of mem-
ber. Edward Tjeyling, Secretary, I1157 Wealthy
avenue. Grand Rapids.

Montreal, Que,, Oct. 5, 7:45 p. m. — Montreal
Gardeners' and Florists' Club. Montreal Floral
Exchange, 140 Mausfleld street. W. H. Horo-
blu, Secretary-Treasurer, 283 Marquette street.
Montreal.

Buffalo, N. Y,, Oct. 6, 8 p, ra.— Buffalo
Florists' Club, Kasting's hall, 381 Elllcott
street. Wm. Legg. Secretary, Buffalo. N. Y.

Indianapolis, Ind., Oct, 6.— State Florists'
Associatiou of Indiana. Oliver Steinkamp. Sec-
retary, Rockwood avenue and Tiilrty-eighth
street, ludianapulls.

Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 6, — Los Angeles
County Ilortkultural Society, 237 Franklin
street. Henry W. Kruckeberg. Secretary.

Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 6, 8:80 p, m The

Milwaukee Florists' Club, 86 Mason street.
Eugene Oestreicher, Secretary, North avenue
and Fifty-fifth street.

Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 6, 8 p, m,^Mlnne-
apolls Florists' Club. 218 North Fifth street.
J. G. Taylor, Secretary.

Moline, IU., Oct, 8.— TrI-Clty Florists' Club.
Henry Meyer, Secretary. Rock Island, 111.

Philadelphia, Pa,, Oct, 6, 8 p. m.— Florists'
Club of Philadelphia, Horticultural Uali,. Broad
street, above Spruce. David Rust, Secretary.
Horticultural hall. Broad street, above Spruce.
Philadelphia.

Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 6, 8 p. m.— Pittsburgh
Florists' and Gardeners' Club, Fort Pitt Hotel,
Tenth street and Penn avenue. H. P. JosUn.
Secretary, 7202 Perrysvllle avenue, Ben Avon,
Pa.

'Washington, D. C, Oct. 6, 8 p. m. — Florists'
Club . of Washington. 1214 F street. N. W.
Elmer C. Mayherry, Secretary, 1339 Fourteenth
street. N. W.. Washington.

Louisville, Ky., Oct, 7. — The Kentucky So-
ciety of Florists; time and place at the eaU of
the Secretary, .\ugust Baumer, Secretary, Ma-
sonic building, Louisville.

New Orleans, La., Oct. 7, 8 p. m. — German
Gardeners' Club, 624 Common street. H. V.
Damerau. Secretary, Peters avenue and South
Liberty street. New Orleans.

Chicago, Oct, 8. 8 p. m, — Chicago Florists'
Club, In Hotel Bismarck, 175 West Randolph
street. James B. Foley, Secretary, 2122 South
Rldgeway avenue, Chicago.

New London, Conn., Oct. 8, 8 p. m. — The
New London Horticultural Society, at 38 Main
street. J. M. Humphrey, Secretary, New Lon-
don. Conn.

Omaha, Neh., Oct. 8, 8 p. m. — Omaha Flo-
rists* Club. City Hall. Lewis Henderson, Sec-
retary, 1519 Faruam street. Omaha, Neb.

St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2 p. m. — St. Louis
Florists' Club. Odd Fellows' building, 9th and
Olive streets. J. J. Beneke, Secretary, 1216
Olive street, St. Louis.

Kartford, Conn., pet. 9. 8 p. m. — The Con-
necticut Horticultural Society, County build-
ing, Hartford. Alfred Dl.xon, Secretary.
Wethorsfli'ld. Conn.

Dobbs Ferry, N, Y,, Oct, 10, 8 p, m, — Gar-
deners' Association. Henry Kastberg. Secre-
tarv. Dobbs Ferrv. N. Y.

New York. Oct. 10. — Horticultural Society of
New York, at Botanical Garden. Geo. V. Nash.
Secretary. N. Y. Botanical Garden. Bronx Park,
Now York.

Important to Subscribers.

The dntp on the vellnw address label on vonr
copy of THE AMKRIC.iN FLORIST wtll phow
when your subscription expires. Please renew
subscriptions promptly on expiration to make
certain of receiving your copy of each Issae.

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Situation Wanted By pot plant and bedding
plant (flower; private or commercial. Address
Key 464. caie American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By youne man with some
experience in carnations. Prefer Chicago or near.
Address, Florist, care of Mitchell House.

Hopkrnsville. Ky.

Situation Wanted— By tlorist and gardener,
elderly but active; can serve m all branches. Ad-
dress, C DORN.

4037 Detroit Ave.. Toledo. Ohio.

Situation Wanted— As florist and landscape
gardener. Life experience. German, middle age;
wishes Dosition in state instution or privateplace.
Best references. Ad'lress

Key 463. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Young lady bookkeeper,
with six years experience in a Chicago wholesale
commission house. Chicago preferred. Can furn-
ish best of references. Address

Key 458, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a first class storeman

and designer. .American. 24 years of age. First

class references as to ability and character. State

full particulars and salary in first letter. Address,

Key 456. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By landscape gardener, ace
29. married, IS yeais experiencein Europe and U.
S Grower of Hnwers. vegetables and fruit under
glass and outdoors. Trustworihy and well recom-
mended. Private or commercial. Address

IoN.\SH. Park Ridge. III.

Situation Wanted— Practical experienced gard-
ener desires a position on large private estate.
Expert on melons and fruits under glass or
outside, also anything pertaining to gardening
culture. Wages $80.00 per month for start.
Address, Key 451. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Bv practical gardener and
tloris.; married; no children. Desires position
by October 15 on reliable private estate. Expert
on fruits, vegetables, greenhouse and landscnpe.
Also anything pertaining to gardening culture;
three years gardening school; seven years exper-
ience. Last three years on one private estate.
Sober, honest, reliable with good references.
Address Gardener, care 521 Wei's st..

Milwaukee. Wis.

Situation Wanted — As head gardener fiirisl
superintendent on private place; English, age 36,
married; one child. age9; life experience in all
branches— hothouse, grapes, peaches, melons,
'mums, carnatio-ns, roses palms, etc.. vegetables
hardy fruits, perennials, trained fruit trees and the
general routine of a well-kept place: 24 years on
best estates: long references from this country
and England. Please state wages in first letter.
Address. Key 457. care American Florist.

Help Wanted— A hustling young man who wants
to learn the florist business. Would want some
one with some experience. Send references and
wages expected to stari. W. W. Colfs.

Kokomo. Ind.

Help Wanteti— Florist and gardener, competent
to take charge of greenliouse garden and grounds
at State Institution. Address

Superintendent State Public School

Owatonna. Minn.

Help Wanted— A sober, capable florist and
landscape gardener, with pot plant knowledge.
Permanent position. Board, lodging and laundry
furnished With references and salary expected,
write Clarence Pierson, M. D., Supt.,

East La. Hospital for the Insane. Jackson, La.

Help Wanted — Catalogue man wanted by old
established, centrally located seed company:
must be experienced roan at seed catalogue work;
year 'round job in catalogue, booklet and leatlet
writing: state age, experience and salary desired:
give references in first letter. Address

Key 459. care American Florist.

For Sale or Rent- Greenhouse of 5000 feet. Two
blocks of cemetery, two blocks of paik, wiih
room to enlarge, in city of SOfO.

Wm B. Hobrs Tipton. Ind.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
$1000X0 cash, an exceptional good deal on green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address * Brady Imp'l Co.. Brady, Mont.

For Sale -Practically new greenhouse boiler,
steam. 65 h. p.: $200 cash. F. O. B. Chicaeo, Big
bargain. 'Phone Edgewater 2560. or address,
D. La hey.
5832 Wayne Ave.. Chicago.

For Sale — Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling.
new hoi houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Co., Pa,

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead. So. Dak., excel-
lent for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. High pressure city water or well on place.
Population, 10.000. Monthly payroll. $225,000, No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with ri^^ht party.

H. E; BILLINGS,
Box 675, LEAD, SO. DAK,

FOR SALE

CARNATIONS, FIELD-GROWN
FIVE THOUSAND short, bushy and
healthy plants of the variety Sangamo,
an excellent piuk, .$35.00 per 1000.
Write me now, as this offer will soon be
discontinued. Joseph J. Bectiamp,

141 Chestnut St., Flushing, N. Y.

FOR SALE.

12 H. P. INTERNATIONAL GASOLINE ENGINE

Perfect order.

12 H.P. UPRIGHT STEAM ENGINE. Good order

Very low price. If interested address.

PYFER fi OLSEM,

1625 Central Ave., ' Wilmette, 111.

FOR SALE.

Greenhouse Business, 17 years established,
three liood houses, all stocked and in good condi-
tion: nice cottage, barn and g^arage, wagons, tools,
etc., and 25,000 feet of land; immediate posses-
sion: in a large commercial city. Proprietor wants
to retire. Apply. Ebwin L. J.ACObs.

98 Church St., New Haven. Conn.

Working Foreman.

Working foreman for general commer-
cial establishment. Must know how to
handle general line of cut flower and pot
stock as well as outdoor work. State
age and experience. Address,

Key 465, care American Florist.

Situation Wanteds

Carnation and pot plant grower;
Chicago or nearby vicinity preferred.
Best of references. Now at liberty.
Address,

Key 466, care American Florist.

WANTED

Good Rose Grower

For a range near Chicago. Good salary
to right man. Address

Key 460, care American Florist.

HELP WANTED

A good, reliable, married German man ,
for private place of about 8,000 to 10,000
feet of glass. Good grower of orchids,
violets, chrysanthemums, and choice
potted plants for house decoration. Also
experienced in raising gocd vegetables
for house use only. Must be strictly
sober. A good house and a good place
for the right man. Give references and
salary expected in first mail.

LA CROSSE FLORAL CO.,

LA CROSSE, WIS.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

A«Uial si/.o of loilf Jiij^-JJi iliclli-s.

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on
"iiiiirntd imptT; voiir card, elc, in
i'>lMi-k .111.1 l«if iiiloiiU'd bv the S. A. V.
in red. I'rices: I'crSOO, $2.85: per 1000.
I^..^. Samples on rei|uest. Electro of
leaf, postpaid. %\SS. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Trade directory

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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Oct. 3,

We Still Maintain That

Mrs. Chas. Russell Is The Best

Red Rose Grown

That the Retail Florists can make^more money handling this rose
than they can American Beauties. The Russell Rose only costs
you from 5 to 12 cents each, and is better in every way than the
Beauty. You can always sell this rose where you cannot sell
American Beauties, and as the profit is as great there is only one
thing that you canjdo and that is to handle the new rose. Order
a few dozen today, you will be so well satisfied with them that
you will come back for more.

ROSES-CARNATIONS

In addition to a large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell we have in
quantity splendidly grown Mrs. Aaron Ward, Ophelia, Mrs.
Taft, Killarney, White Killarney, Richmond and Prima Donna
roses. In carnations we have all the leading commercial varieties
and we can honestly say that our stock is unequalled for quality
anywhere. You can always get everything you need in Cut
Flowers and Greens from the Old Reliable

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.

Producers of Quantity-Quality Flowers,

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Cleveland.

GOOD TRADE CONTINITES.

Another week of good business has
encouraged both the wholesaler and
retailer. There Is still an abundance
of outdoor stock of every description.
Asters are beginning to deteriorate in
size and quality, but dahlias are arriv-
ing in sufficient supply to easily take
their place, and stock is exceptionally
fine. Gladioli are arriving in equal
supply as heretofore, and meet with
a fairly good demand. A few short
stemmed sweet peas have arrived,
but the quality is still below even a
fair standard. Valley was more plenti-
ful the past week than for some time,
and all orders were easily and prompt-
ly filled, to the satisfaction of all, as
the quality is excellent. The cool
nights, with more or less rain, have had
their effect on some of the roses which
show mildew, but the majority of the
rose crop is in good shape, especially
Beauties which are having a good run.
Milady, Hadley, Shawyer, Richmond.
Mock and the Killarneys show excel-
lent form. Orchids can be had at all
times now, and quality, both color
and size, is good. Snapdragon, lark-
spur, Swainsona, etc., are part of the
daily stock. Greens are plentiful.

The Jones-Russell Co., do a large
business in decorated baskets, in which
they specialize. They make a lot of
their own baskets, besides coloring.
painting or bronzing all the stock
they buy, which is mostly bought
plain. JAt. Shearer does most of the
decorative work.

The Gasser Go's, retail store, F. C.
"W. Brown, manager, has run ahead
in sales of the year before, every
month during thi.s summer.

Fred Breitmeyer and wife, of Mt.
Clemens. Mich., are spending a few
days at the home of George W. Smith
and wife on Lake avenue.

TO THE

PACIFIC COAST TRADE

Chrysanthemums

^ We are the largest white growers on the Pacific
Coast. ^ We are now ready to ship stock of the
best and at right prices. ^ We can supply all colors
in any quantity. ^ Let us have your standing order.

Lynch Nursery Company, inc.

Wholesale Florists

Menio Park, California.

The Smith & Fetters Co.. liave been
exceptionally busy the past week with
funeral work.

Born to Frank Shoen and wife a
baby girl this week. Congratulations.
C. F. B.

Delavan Lake, Wis.— M. a. Jorgen-
sgn, well-known gardener for Chas. A.
Stevens, died September 25.

Milwaukee, Wis. — State aid for the
Wisconsin state fair with an accom-
panying appropriation of $100,000 a
year for ten years for the improve-
ment of grounds and buildings will be
asked of the next legislature. Repre-
sentatives of the northern counties
exhibiting in the county building at
a meeting September 18 decided to ask
the next legislature for this assistance.

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563

CYCLAMENS.

Will have to take the place of Azaleas this Fall, owing to the war, so place your order with us now
and insure your supply. Our stock of 4inch, 5-inch and 6-inch plants are exceptionally fine. The
accompanying illustrations were made from photos of the stock that we are now offering.

Judge for yourself. There are none better to be had elsewhere. We are offering our

4=ia. at I5c each; 54n. at 40c each and 6^in. at 60c each

Our 6-inch Cyclamen measure from 12 to 14 inches in diameter. The 4-inch and 5-inch
plants we have in Red, Pink and White but have only Pink and White in the 6-inch stock.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA.

A splendid lot of pot-grown Hydrangeas which have been developed under our large lath houses at
Edgebrook are now ready to be sent out at the following prices: The above illustration shows our
25c, 30c and 40c sizes. Select what you want in the three sizes and let us have your order now.

The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 aVKaTamPiW Chicago

564

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Oct. 3,

POEHLMAN

72"74 E, Randolph StJ

l^'NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it. |

Roses For All Occasion

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sunbi]
Ward, Hadley, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner. Our st
is of exceptionally fine quality, and are cut tight especially for long distance si
ments. Start now by placing regular orders for coming season.

Best in the Market, All Lengths; Short, Medium and Long.

'Mums Cattleyas Carnations

Gladioli Oncidiums Easter Lilies

Green Goods Dendrobiums Lily of the Vail

Let us give you an estimate on FERTILIZERS, our experience from practical uses of t
materials at our own greenhouses enables us to benefit you.

Bone Meal, Blood and Bone, Sheep Manure, El

New Crop of Magnolia, Green, Brown and Red, Per Box, $1.25

WE HAVE CYCAS LEAVES, FINE FLEXTOLE KIND.

PRICES.

Per 100 Per 100 Per 100 Per 100 P<

8-12, $2.50 16-20, $4.75 24-28, $7.50 32-36, $10.50 40-44, $15
12-16, 3.75 20-24, 6.00 28-32, 9.00 36-40, 12.00 44-48, 18

Water-Proof Crepe Paper, Genuine Imported, per hundred, - $1S
Baskets, Crepe Tissue Covers, Tumbler Baskets.

Our Special Princess witli liners, $3.00 per doi

A medium Satin Taffeta Ribbon that can be used on inexpensive sprays.

No. 16— 114 inch per bolt, $ .75

22—234 inch •' .90

40— 3 1^.16 inch : " 1.05

No. 60—3% inch per bolt,

80— 414 inch

100—4% inch

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565

\ BROS. CO

nj Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

LEAN SWEEP

ROSES

At the Illinois State Fair, at Springfield, last week, we won first prize in every
ry but one. For Supreme Quality Roses always place your orders with us.

lELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS

$40.00 per 1000. Order your supply today.

Exceptionally Fine Ward, Beacon, Perfection, Scarlet Glow and Rosette.

HRYS4NTHEMIM POT PLANTS

Strong bushy stock, to make room, 6-in. at 35c; 7-in. at 50c; 8-in., $1.00 to $1.50 each.
This stock will make you money. Only Best Varieties, including Cap family.

r* A. x^ :0^ s .

Kentla Belmoreana

Single Plants

ti pots,
ri pots,
Q pots,
n tubs,
h tubs,
h tubs,

5 to6 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
ft to 7 leaves.

18

28 to 30 in,

32 to 34 in,

36 in. hiKh

42 to 44 in. hieh

45 to 48 in

Specimens, $15.00 to $25 00.

Kentla Forsterlana

SioBle Plants

. high
, high
, high

, high

Each
$0.35
1.50
2.00
3-00
4.00
5.00

^ pots,
h pots,
h pots,
h tubs,
h tubs,
h tubs,
h tubs.

5 to 6 leaves,
5 to 6 leaves

5 to 6 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
fi to 7 leaves.

18 to 20 in
34 to 36 in
38 to 42 in.
46 to 48 in
50 to 54 in
5 to5H ft. high
6to6Vj ft. high

high
high
high
high
high

0 35
1.50
2.00
3.50
5.00
8.00
10.00

Boston, Whitmani. Koosevelt.

3. each $0.25 per doz $ 3.00

aeacb 50 per doz 6 00

li.each 75 peir doz 9.00

i.each 100 per doz 12.00

n.each 2 50

h.each 3.50

Each

$1.25

34 to 38 in. high 2.50
38 in. high
38 to 42 in, high
48 to 54 io, high
52 to 56 in. high
5 ft. high

5 to 54 ft. high 10.00

6 ft. high 12.00

3 00
3.50
5.00
6.00
00

Kentla Forsterlana

Made-up Plants

6 inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 in. high

7 inch pots, 5 plants in a pot.

7 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub.

5 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub,

8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub.
8 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub,

10-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub,
12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub,
12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub.

Very strong specimens 12 and 15 inch tubs. 7 plants,
$15.00, $18.00 and $25.00.

Phoenix Roebelenll

6 inch pots. 20 in. high, 26 in spread 1,50

7 inch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread 2 50

8 inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50
Arcca Lutescens, 6-iii., 3 plants. 90c each.

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Terminalls, highly colored.

4 inch, each $o.25 per doz $2..50

5inch. each 50 per doz 5.00

6 inch, each 7Sc to 1.00

Dracaena Godseffiana, 2-inch pots, $1.00 per doz.:

3-ini'h |"iis. *l .iu per doz.
Dracaena Indlvisa. strong.

4-inoh iit iDC and 20c each.

MISCELLANEOLS STOCK.

Istras, green, 5-iu. pots. 12 leaves, $1,00 each.

istras, variegated, 5-in, pots, 10 to 12 leaves,

each.

nns Veitchli, highly colored,
;batc50each, .Vinch at 75c each,
hat Jl,2DtoJ1.50 each.
:h at $2 00 to «3.50 each.

agus Sprengeri Baskets, extra strong. $1.00.
and $2.. W each.

n Hanging Baskets, very fine.

, $2.00:irid *2..50each.

Crotons, 4-in.,5rc.; 6-in.. 75c.
Stevia. strong, 2-in.. ready now, at »20 00 per 1000
English I»y, strong. 20c to 35c each.
Peppers. Chinese and cluster. Full of fruit, fine
bushy stock. 4 in. $10.00 per 100.

Primula Obcomca.Graiidiflora and Gigantea strain.
4-inch, 8c.

Boston Ferns, 10 inch

toJS.SO.

$2.00 and 12-inch at tS.Oj

Cyclamen, in bloom.

5 inch, each 50.50 per doz $ 5.00

6inch.each 75 per doz 9.00

7inch.each $1.00 to 1,50 per dpz.., $12.00 to 18«00

Asparagus Sprengerl.

2Ji-in., $3.00 per 100. 3-inch, J5.00 per 100.

Asparagus Plnmosus.

3-inch at $7.00: 4-inch iit $12.00 per 100.
5.inch at $20.00 to $2.i.00 per 100,

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Oct. J,

POMPONS

Yellow, 50 cents per bunch of 25 or more flowers.

Chrysanthemums, choice Golden Glow for yellow and Advance for

white, all grown to only one flower to a plant.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. We take, special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and a fair supply of Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

American Beauties per Dozen

Extra long stems $2.50 to $3.00

30-inch stems 2.00

24-iDch stems 1.50

18 inch stems 1.00

Shorter 50 to .75

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgaria,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Milady

Fer luO

LoDB $8.00

Medium $5.00 to 6.00

Short S.OOto 4.00

CURRENT PRICE UST. f„"S.^a"kcr'"'"*'

Extra Fine White and Pinlc
Killarney, Richmond Penoo

Extra Select $6.00 to S8.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $1.00

Roses our selection, in lots of ;oo or more
at the rate of $20.00 per 1000.

Carnations Per loo

Fancy Red. Pink and White $3.00

Short Red. Pink and White 2.00

Chrysanthemums

Yellow and White, large, doz.. $2.50 to $3.00
medium, " 2.00

Per 100
EASTER LILIES $8.00 to $10.00

LUy of the Valley $4.00 to $5.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengerl 3.00

Eastern Ferns, per 1000 $1.50

Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

AH Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

GreeiUiouses: Hinsdale, lU., and Greggs Station, m.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicagfo.

NO CHANGE IN MARKET CONDITIONS.

There is no great change in the mar-
ket conditions excepting that stock .is
more plentiful since the warm weather
set in and that business is still rather
quiet. Trade during September was
not nearly as good as last year accord-
ing to nearly all the wholesalers, but
then when existing conditions are
taken into consideration it might have
been much worse. What is needed
most now is a killing frost and with
the outdoor stock out of the way the
demand for indoor stock would nat-
urally show a great improvement.
Gladioli, dahlias, asters, etc., continue
to arrive in large quantities and nat-
urally keeps prices on other stock
down. Chrysanthemums are arriving
In larger quantities and the same can
be said of orchids and lily of the val-
ley. American Beauty roses are to be
had In large supply, especially in the
longer grades. Mrs. Chas. Russell is
arriving in large numbers now and in
splendid condition and is having a fair-
ly good call. Ophelia, Killarney Bril-
liant, Prince de Bulgaria, Sunburst,
Mrs. Aaron Ward, Richmond, Rhea
Reid, Milady, Cecile Brunner, Hadley

and Indiana roses offer a great vari-
ety to select from and can be had in
large lots at very reasonable prices. Vio-
lets have made their appearance, but no
one is taking this stock seriously, as
they are out of season and spoil quick-
ly. Trade at this Writing is showing
a slight improvement which is very
encouraging and it is expected that
with a killing frost soon there will be
a general scurrying- around for stock
to fill all orders. Carnations are hav-
ing a good call and some fairly choice
stock is now to be had.

NOTES.

The executive committee of the Hor-
ticultural Society met September 29
and arranged for seasonal display of
chrysanthemums, to be held at the Art
Institiite, November 9-10, offerinp- sil-
ver and bronze medals for the best
displays of plants, cut btooms, floral
arrangements and novelties. Premium
lists will be ready shortly and may be
had on applilcation to L. M. McCau-
ley, 418 .St. James place, Chicago.
Plants and cut blooms intended for
this display should be addressed to C.
W. Johnson, Art Institute, Chicago,
III., all expr^s and other charges pre-
paid.

The J. B. Deamud Co., which has
occupied the basement store at 160
North Wabash avenue for a long
period, has leased the ground floor
store at 15S North Wabash avenue
and according to Wilder S. Deamud.
the firm will move into the new
quarters in the very near future. The
new place is almost directly above the
present location and is one of the best
stands in the city. It is centrally lo-
cated, has every convenience and the
change should result in the firm doing
more business.

The J. P. Kidwell Co. will devote its
new range of houses at Downer's
Grove to pot plants. The range con-
sists of three Garland houses, 27x250
feet, and one house 48x110 feet. The
Superior Machine & Boiler Works of
this city will furnish the boilers.

Chas. A. Johnson and wife, formerly
of this city, have returned from Ros-
well. New Mexico, where they have
made their home for some time. Mr.
Johnson is well known to the trade
here and was at one time proprietor
of the Limits Floral Co.

The Chicago Florists' Club will meet
at the Bismarck Hotel, West Randolph
street, next Thursday, October 8.

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567

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

EXTRAORDINARY LARGE CUTS

Beouties-Russell-White Killarney Roses

The stock that our Mammoth Rose Factory is now producing is exceptionally fine and will surely
please both you and your customers. Place a trial order with us. Yes, do that, and do it now.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stems $2 60 to $3 00

30-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 75

20-inch stems 1 60

15-inch stems 1 26

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 35 to 60

Richmond .

Per 100
Select 6 00

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer

Klliarney

White Killarney...

My Maryland

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward, i

Medium .
Short

SCO

4 00

OpheUa I **-'^^'^' *^*^*' ^'^^ *^-°° P'"'' ^^-

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Asters $1 00 to $3 00

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 3 00

Harrisii 10 00 to 12 60

Valley 4 00 to 5 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum 1 00

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

The formal opening of the whole-
sale store of the Frank Floral Co.,
179-181-183 North Wabash avenue,
took place last Saturday, September
26, when there were quite a number
of tradespeople present. All the
visitors were treated to cigars and
shown about the premises which pre-
sented a most favorable appearance.
Frank J. Potocka, general manager,
says that business the opening week
was good and that he was well pleased
with the general outlook for fall.

Florence Sriven met with an agree-
able surprise when she returned to
work on September 28, at the Chi-
cago Flower Growers' Association
store after having been absent for
some time on a vacation. The boys
at the store decorated her desk in the
office in grand style with flowers and
it is needless to say that she appre-
ciated the friendly reception.

The A. Dietsch Co., is preparing for
a brisk season in the hot bed sash
line at its factory at 2642 Sheffield
avenue. Alfred Dietsch says that
business has been good so far this
season in the greenhouse manufactur-
ing line and adds that even though
the firm, is very busy at present it
can still handle more orders.

The bowling team representing the
florists and consisting of Allie Zech,
Fred Price, Wm. Lorman, Peter Olsem
and John Huebner, in the North Chi-
cago League this year won two games
on the opening night and were still
leading at this writing.

Wm. G. Garland, of the Garland
Manufacturing Co., Des Plaines, writes
from Minot, N. D., that he is busy
superintending the erection of three
Garland houses for Geo. Valker, pro-
prietor of the Valker Greenhouses.

Sinner Bros., have been cutting some
fine roses right along and are now
showing a good supply of Killarney

and Mrs. Chas. Russell. John Sinner
reports that the last named variety
is always in good demand.

Leonard Vaughan has entered a
bowling team in the city league under
the name of Suburbans and while the
five are not leading at present they
expect to make a strong bid for top
position before the season is over.

At Kennicott Bros. Co.'s store
Golden Glow chrysanthemums have
been the chief offering this week. E.
E. Pieser has been feeling none too
well of late even though he is on duty
at the store all day long.

Percy Jones had a big run on ferns
the past week when he filled a large
number of local and shipping orders.
This firm handles this class of goods
in large quantities and always has a
big stock on hand.

Bassett & Washburn continue to
find a brisk demand for the fancy
Golden Glow and Smith's Advance
chrysanthemums that they are cut-
ting and manage to clean up com-
pletely each day in this line.

The damage to barns and sheds
at Vaughan's Greenhouses, Western
Springs, caused by the fire noted in
last week's issue, is about $3,500. this
amount including contents injured or
destroyed.

John Kruchten will handle the gar-
denia output of the Deerfield Nurseries
as usual this season, but as yet no
stock has made its appearance, which
is considerably later than last year.

Horticultural students starting on
their college career at the University
of Illinois this fall include the sons
of August Poehlmann and H. N.
Bruns.

Erne & Klingel have had a good de-
mand all week for fancy dahlias,
which they are now handling in quan-
tity.

^^^^V

! ruusn

e List:

30 to $10.00 pe
5 to $4.00 per
ink Killame]
Sunburst.

$8.00 to $

rlCO
doz.

100

10.00
600
4.00
3.00
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.00

D

4.00
6.00
1.00
2.50
4.00
.60

0

0

WaULESALE CO.......

CBICACO

Current Pric

Easter Lilies $8.

American Beauties $0.7

Richmond, White and P
My Maryland, Ward,

4.00 to

1.50 to

Cdrnations, faccy

Carnations, firsts

Orchids. Cattleyas, per doz.
Gladioli

..$6.00 to $7.5
.... 2.00to

Valley

. . . . 5.00 to

. .. .75 to

... 2.00 to

Sprengeri, Plumosus Sprays

Plumosus Strings, each

Ferns, per 1000

Galax, per 1000

. . . . 2.00 to
.35 to
1.0
1.0

Mention the American Florist when writing

About the suburbs, a month has
passed without rain. A very slight
touch of frost has done no damage.

"Vaughan's Seed Store has invoices
for two azalea shipments and one of
araucarias.

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Oct. 3,

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Large Supply

Fancy Beauties-Roscs-Carnations

Our Supply at this Season of the Year was never Larger nor was the Quality ever Better.

Place your order with us, the proprietors of one of the largest ranges of glass in
the world devoted exclusively to the growing of Cut Flowers.

CURRENT PRICE LIST:

American Beauties

doz.

48-in. stems $3.00

30 to 36-iii. stems 2.50

24-in. stems 2.00

Subject to change without notice.

Killarney p„ ^oo

Fancy $6.00

Medium 6.00

Richmond p„ loo

Selects $6.00

Fa«cy 6.00

Medium 4.00

Per doz.

20-in. stems $1.60

16-in. stems :. 1.25

Short stems 76

Per 100

Good. $4 00

Short stems 3.00

Per 100

Good $3.00

Short stems 2.00

Per 100
$4.00

Sunburst p,,ioo

Fancy $ 6.00 Short

Good, 18-in 6.00

White KiUarney \^ p., ,00

Fancy $6 00 Good $4.00

Medium 5.00 Short stems 3.00

Ro^es, our selection ... $3.00

CARNATIONS $ 1.00-$ 2.00

LILIES 10.00- 12.00

FERNS, per 1000.., 2.00

SMILAX, per doz 2.00

ADIANTUM 1.00

GALAX, per 1000 1.00

SPRENGERI, per bunch 50

ASPARAGUS SPRAYS, per bunch 50

August Poehlmann has returned from
Springfield, where Poehlmann Bros.
Co., had a large exhibit at the state
fair last week. He brought back a
large number of blue ribbons with him
and they all denote first prize. In the
rose entries Poehlmann Bros. Co. made
a grand sweep, winning all the first
prizes but one. Mr. Poehlmann visited
his son Earl at Urbana after the fair
and also the new range of houses that
Gullett & Sons are now building at
Lincoln. H. M. Oeser, who has charge
of the palm department, reports a
brisk demand for stock at present.

Michael Freres, of the Chicago Car-
nation Co., is the latest victim of the
poisonous rose thorn and is now carry-
ing his right hand in a sling. A. T.
Pyfer has been doing double duty at
the store since his right hand man
has been laid up and is kept pretty
busy disposing of the fancy roses that
his firm, Pyfer & Olsem, are sending in
now.

Zech & Mann are strong in roses of
all kinds, especially Killarney Bril-
liant, Prince de Bulgaria and Amer-
ican Beauty. The shipping trade has
been showing marked improvement the
past week and will likely keep up now
that the fall season is at hand. John
Zech has returned from a business trip
to Union Grove and Milwaukee, Wis.

Peter Reinberg is right in crop with
American Beauty and Mrs. Chas. Rus-
sell roses, and a large supply is now
seen at the store each day. The new
rose, Mrs. Chas. Russell, is making
new friejids each day and is always
in good demand. White Killarney is
also being cut heavily now and is one
of the chief offerings at the store this
week.

Wietor Bros, are supplying their cus-
tomers with a fancy grade of Killarney
Brilliant and American Beauty roses.

They are cutting heavily in both and
also in carnations, which are reaching
the store in splendid condition now.
This firm will soon be cutting- chrys-
anthemums, which is one of its spe-
cialties.

Schumann & Kohout ,of Libertyville,
who bought the Chicago Rose Co.'s
greenhouses some time ago, have dis-
solved partnership. J. G. Schumann
has sold out his interest to J. Kohout,
who will hereafter conduct the busi-
ness under his own name.

Joe Schuten, of Hoopeston, visited
A. L. Vaughan & Co.'s store this week.
He grows large quantities of fine
American Beauty roses and markets
his stock through A. L. Vaughan & Co.

The John C. Moninger Co. will soon
open an office in Cincinnati, O., with
Otto Hirschfeld in charge. The new
office will be located in the Union Cen-
tral Life Insurance building.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. report a brisk
demand for chrysanthemums for fall
weddings this week. Mr. Vaughan
looks for an improvement in business
soon.

Frank Farney, representing M. Rice
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., is calling on
the trade here this week and as usual
is booking a nice lot of orders.

The E. C. Amling Co. and A. L,.
Randall Co. both received their first
shipments of violets from the east
this week.

M. B. Hirsch, better known as the
Willard Florist, is gradually building
up a nice trade at 346 East Fifty-first
street.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion bowling league opened its season
at Bensinger's West Randolph street
alleys on September 30.

I. J. Byers and wife, Winchester,
Ind., were in the city last week re-
turning from Colorado Springs, Colo.

Did You Get
Your Baskets Yet?

If not. order your supply from us. We
have not raised our prices on account of
the war but are bookine orders at our old
quotations. We have just the styles that
you are looking for.- Send for our new
Catalog (just out), and make up your
order frotii this list, now, before you

fOfk'Ct.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To reach our store take a Chicago Avenue,
Division Street. Milwaukee .Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car ai State and Randolph Streets
and net ofi at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

1914

The American Florist.

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THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Extra Fancy Beauties

Bulgaria. Killarney Brilliant, Klllarney, White Killarney,
Ward, Ophelia. Shawyer and Richmond Roses.

MUMS, GLADIOLI, CARNATIONS

Fancy stock in all the leading varieties. To make a
long story short we have everything seasonable in
quantity that the World's Largest Market affords.
Try us. If you cannot get it here, it is not obtainable.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

Beaufies—'IVIums

Roses--CarnationS"Asters

Can supply you with extra fancy stock at all times at reasonable prices, in any quantity,
dozen, hundred or thousand lots, ftfee to it that your next order goes direct to us.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N.Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.)

TELEPHONES:

'I

Central 2571

2572

Auto. 48-734

CHICAGO

In every artistic community the
taste for flowers and ornamental
gardens is rapidly developing. In this
city it is just commencing, Lake
Forest being the center. Great charm
of different leve's and terraces and
garden walks add materially to the
picturesqueness both in a garden of
flowers and one of formar layout. One
of Ernest A. Mayo's recent designs
is so laid out as to make the upper
part of the garage harmonize with
the tea room, with a raised garden
tying the twn buildings together. The
entrance is from the lawn in the
center, the tea room is placed on the
north to give a northern exposure, and
the garage on the south. The lower
part of the garage extends underneath
She raised garden, giving a space for
machines. The gate posts and balus-
trading will be of Bedford stone and
the central steps at either end will
be of Pennsylvania field stone, laid
in random rubble. The gates will be
wrought iron. The entire centre of
the garden will be lawn, with flag-
stones laid in flush for walks. Orna-
mental flower beds are arranged on
either side of the lawn, with a rose
garden at each side and box hedges at
either end, trimmed in formal style.
This forms part of a design for a north
shore home.

Samuel Seligman, Wertheimer Bros',
little bundle of happiness, left here
this week for Philadelph.a to suend
the Jewish New Year with his broth-
er ("Good Yentive"). His many friends
here are inclined to think his trips
east are more frequent of late.

Fred Strail has returned from a si.x
months' visit at Twin Lakes, Mich.
He is feeling fine and is now again
ready to accept a position with some
good retail store. Joe Bieber is also
back from a delightful vacation with
re'atives at Toledo, O.

Howard Muir is now in the employ
of the J. B. Deamud Co.

The local wholesale stores are again
open until 6 p. m.

Visitors : I. J. Byers and wife, Win-
chester, Ind.; Chas. Crum. with the"
Des Moines Seed Co., Des Moines, la.;
H. A. Fischer, Kalamazoo, Mich.; ('.
L. W. Snyder, of the El Paso Carna-
tion Co.. El Paso; N. B. Stoner, Terre
Haute, Ind.; E. J. Fancourt, reoresent-
ing Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadelphia:
Frank Farney, of M. Rice Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa.. Samuel Seligman, rep-
resenting Wertheimer Bros.. New
York.

Washtngton. N. J. — Peter Krug. re-
tire-' ''orist-, died at his home Septem-
ber 17.

St. Louis.

DEMAND LIMITED.

Although the weather has been
somewhat cooler the market is crowd-
ed with all kinds of flowers and the
demand is very limited. Next week,
however, the V. P. ball and other fes-
tivities will move things somewhat-
It is also expected that a great num-
ber of flowers will be used at the fu-
neral of Capt. McCulloch, president of
the United Railways Co. Chrysanthe-
mums are now in. Smith's Advance
and October Frost, as well as quite a
few fancy dahlias and violets, will im- ,
prove with the cool nights.

Geo. H. Angermuel'.er is receiving
some very choice orchids as well as a
good assortment of lilies, American
Beauty roses and chrysanthemums.

Wm. C. Smith and wife have re-
turned from Springfield, III., and speak
highly of the displays at the fair.

Joe Ent's new store looks fine and -
is well located at Union and Suburban •
tracks.

The St. Louis Seed Co. reports tTiat ,
trade is picking up. ^

F. H. Weber has a very attractive
window display.

Alex Siegel had several openings th»-
past week.

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Wholesale Florists -Consignments Solicited.

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179-181-183 N. Wabash Avenue,

CHICAGO

Telephone,

Central 42

Autonnatic

44-86-t

Springfield. 111.

FAIK WEEK.

Last week was fair week and there
was quite a large number of trade vis-
itors here taking in the floricultural
display in the Dome building, which
was the best in years. The local flor
ists made splendid displays in all de-
partments, especially the retail section.
which proved to be mighty interesting
to the public. The fair helped trade a
little but on the whole the summer sea-
son has been quiet and is just begin-
ning to pick up again.

NOTES.

H. L. Phelps, the pioneer florist of
this city, is still very active, although
he is 68 years of age and continues
to make a comfortable living out of
his chosen profession. He is well known
throughout the country, for he was in
the older days a familiar figure at all
the S. A. P. conventions. He stated
that he was one of the first sub.<!cribers
to The American Florlst and took
great pleasure in renewing his siib-
-scription when the writer called on him
this week. He says he can well re-
member the day when he bought his
cut flowers from J. C. Vaughan in Chi-
cago, when the grand old seedsman
was then engaged in the wholesale
commission business.

The W. T. Buckley Co. has every-
thing at its range in fine shape a^nd
the greenhouses were receiving a new
coat of paint at the time of our visit.
This firm grows geraniums for whole-
sale purposes exclusively and is recog-
nized as the leading geranium range of
the west. The stock in the houses was
in splendid condition and the writer
can readily see that this firm will reap
a harvest this year. Mr. Buckley says
he markets over a million plants each
year and that his customers are pretty
well distributed throughout the United
States.

Hembricker & Cole are doing splen-
didly since they took over their pres-
ent establishment and have made a
great many improvements about the
place. A new store now adjoins the
greenhouses and a boiler shed is now
under way. This place was formerly
devoted to vegetables before they took
hold of it. but it is now devoted ex-
clusively to cut flowers. The proprie-
tors both appear to be hustlers and
more will be heard from this enter-
prising firm in the near future.

Miss Belle Miller has a fine estab-
lishment and is doing a big business.
W. G. Newell has charge of her range
of r>.5.(l00 feet of glass and while the
greater portion of stock is sold locally,
a portion is consigned to the St. Louis
market. This place is devoted princi-
pally to roses, carnations, chrysanthe-
mums and pot plants. Everything is
in tip-top shape and Mr. Newell takes
great pleasure in showingr the vis-
itors about.

A. C. Brown was busy entertaining
visitors and arranging his exhibits at
the state fair all last week where he
made A most creditable showing. He
reports trade was good with collections
a trifle slow. His place is located right
in the business district and it is not
surprising that he does a large tran-
sient trade. He has a splendid store
force and it always is a pleasure to
visit his establishment.

August Poehlmann of Chicago gave
out quite a number .)f flowers at the

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS

BEAUTIES

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

state fair and was voted a ^oUy good
fellow by the people who received flow-
ers from him. Mr. Poehlmann thought
that this was a splendid chance to
boost the business, and it certainly
was, for he no sooner gave away a few
flowers before he and all the rest of
the exhibitors were besieged by the
visitors who all wanted one to wear
then.

J. C. Vaughan, the well-known Chi-
cago seedsman, was a most welcome
visitor here during fair week, when he
attended the progressive rally at the
arsenal. Mr. Vaughan received the
nomination in his distrifct for congress-
man on the progressive ticket and his
many friends here hope that he will be
successful at the November election. .

The Janssen Seed & Floral Co. did
not receive its bulbs in time for the
state fair, but at that business was
good last week and this firm was a
large exhibitor in all classes in the
floricultural display. Mr. Janssen was
on the job every day at the fair and
was satisfied with the amount of busi-
ness that he did.

Geo. J. Dinkel. who took over the
Capitol Greenhouses when A. C. Can-
field died, made a wonderful showing
at the state f^ir and won a large num-
ber of blue ribbons. He is doing very
nicely and that be understands his
business was shown by the record he
made last week.

Carl Rauth is another florist that is
well known throughout the country
and is doing a splendid business at his
present establishment, where -he has
been located for a long time. Mr. Rauth
Is always pleased to receive visitors
and gladly shows them around when-
ever they call on him.

Ed. H. Middendorf says that liusi-
ness has been fairly good at his new
store, which opened recently under the
name of the Colonial Flower Shop and
that if trade continues to pick up the
way it has in the last few weeks he
will be perfectly satisfied.

J. M. Bayersdorfer, representing H.
Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. Pa.,
A. F. Longren, Chicago. Wm. Ried,
with W. W. Barnard._ Chicago, and C.
G. Anderson, with Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove, called on the trade
here this week.

The floricultural display was the
feature of the state fair and one can
honestly say that more people visited
the display in the Dome building than
any other free exhibit in the grounds.
Next year it will even be better.

Springfield is a dandy town, the flor-
ists here are all fine fellows and the
writer is pleased to mention. that prac-
tically everyone of them are receiving
The Amkrican Florist.

A change will take place in the own-
ership of the North Side Greenhouses
about January 1, which will be made
public then.

Geo. M. Brinkerhoff was one of the
principal local exhibitors at the state
fair and carried off a number of prizes.

Theodore Vogel has resigned his po-

nOLKBLR BROS.

Wholesale t\\v\. FlOWCrS
Growers oJ V"t riuwcia

Telepbone Randolph 27S8.

Greenhouses: DES PLADIES, aL.

store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Our New Catalog

sition with Belle Miller to take charge
of a new store in Terre Haute, Ind.

Wm. Bierstedt & Son have had a
pretty good season and report condi-
tions as improving somewhat.

Minneapolis, I*Iinn.

There is not much to say regarding
trade conditions, but florists are look-
ing forward to an increase of business
with the coming of Jack Frost. Trade
during the summer has mostly been
confined to wedding decorations, fune-
ral designs, etc. Some florists report
a slight increase over last year. Stock
has been plentiful and prices ruled
accordingly.

A glittering pageant as "Well! Well!
Pauline!" was given its initial per-
formance before a Minneapolis au-
dience at the Auditorium on Septem-
ber 28. All that is modest, dainty and
chic in Dame Fashion's wardrobe this
year was exemplified in the costuming
of Addison Lewis' production, and the
latest tuneful hits and the last word
in terpsicorean delights were featured
in the piece. The long platform ex-
tending out into the orchestra circle
was transformed by the Whitted ar-
tists into a garden in which turfed
walks wound around flower beds
abloom with begonias, coleus and
alternanthera with red cannas and
oak branches in the back ground.
Amid this flower setting the newer
dances were illustrated.

The annual meeting of the Minnea-
polis Florist Club for nomination and
election of oflicers for the ensuing
year will be held at the store of Rice
Bros. Tuesday evening. October li.
The new oflicers will assume their
duties, November 3, 1914.

The Whitted Floral Co. have sold
their lease in the Radisson Hotel, and
are enlarging and improving their
two stores at 34 South 5th street and
!)32 Nicollet avenue.

F. H. Perl, city forester, has re-
signed to take effect October 1. He
will enter the Minneapolis field with
his brother as landscape gardeners
and florists.

igi4.

The American Florist.

571

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\:::Z..uM^ K.Niclxi,q^" Ave. -

CKic?i.qo

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAfiO, iU.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

tIenUon the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when writing

W. P. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Look Distance Phoae. Randolph 3619
Uention the American Florist when writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROii£Sand CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Flonst when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago

Telephone. Central 3284.
Uention the American Florist when wrWng

J. a BUDLONG

8Z-84-86 East Randolph Street, cmCAOO.

GUT FLOWERS

WBOLESAU

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS conu/cD nc
A Specialty BHOWtK Ur

VlioMe HovcrMM'KetsS

Chicago, Sept. 30.

Rosea, Beauty, specials

36-in

30in

24 in

20-in

15in

12-in

Perdoz.
300
250
2 00
1 50
I 25
1 00
75
Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@|5 CO

Klllarney 3 OU® 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00® S 00

" Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

'• RheaReid 3 0(-@ 8 00

'■ My Maryland 3 00@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@I5 00

•• Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00610 00

" Milady 3 00010 00

Sunburst 3 00010 00

•■ Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 "''laiO f'O

Hadley 3 00@15 («l

;; Ophelia 3 00@15 U(i

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas.. perdoz... ft 00@7 50
Chrysanthemums. $2.00 to $3 00 p'^r do/.

Daisies 1 00@ t 50

Gladioli 4 00@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 0('@I2 50

Valley... 4 00@ 6 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns .... ■' 1 00@2 00

Galax '• 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75® 1 00

Mexican Ivy. . ..per 1000. 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60@ 75

Smilax perdoz., 2 00@2 SO

SDrpne»»ri. Plumnsns Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Boxwood, 25c per lb.

rurFLOWER^™!

^Ifc4 NO. WABASH AVE. ^V# ^

Trade Directory

PUCK: S3.00. peatpald
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St, CHICAOU

E.C.AMLINGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

cur FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

A. L. Randall Co.,

^^1^^ 66 E.Randolph St., ^^jj^^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg:

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
KUlamey and While Killarney roses. All

orders given prompt attention. Try US.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

WietorBros.

wbci'-i', CUT FLOWERS

All telegraph and telephone orders griveo
prompt atteDtioo.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

572

The American Florist.

Oct. J,

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTONilllNKELCO.

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE. WIS.

I^holesalersand Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WJVf. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both L. D Phones, ST. LOUIS, MO.

Supplies aid EveiTtliiiiii m Season always oi \vsA

Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.
1310 Pine Street ST. LOUIS, MO.

PhUadelphla.

MABKET COiSDITIONS NORMAL.

The condition of the market is about
normal for the season, with an excep-
tion noted in the case of the dahlia.
The heavy rain of September 24, the
first in this neighborhood for almost
a month, will help, and the supply
showed increase for the next two
weeks. The stock of nearly all other
flowers is ahead of the demand.
American Beauty roses are offered
low in quantity and the quality is
fine. The shorts of the other sorts are
quoted at $1 per hundred and much
less by the thousand. The Russell is
in good shape now and finds a ready
sale. Carnations are becoming more
plentiful, but it is hard to get the
price above a dollar per hundred, ex-
cept on the very best. Asters and
gladioli are about done. Valley is
war stricken and has advanced in
price .$1 per hundred. Cattleyas are
not overly plentiful, but, as the de-
mand is light, there are enough to go
round.

Smith's Advance is keeping com-
pany with Golden Glow, but there is
not much demand however for chrys-
anthemums as yet.

NOTES.

The hillside growers, of Roslyn.
Pa., V. Groschens. Edward Towill and
A. Farenwald appear to be well pre-
pared for the coming season. They
are all rose growers and do them
well. Victor Groschens has over 100,-
000 feet of glass and makes a spe-
cialty of American Beauties. His
place has been built up in a compara-
tively, short time and is a credit to
his ability as a grower and business
man. His roses in all the houses look
very vigorous and strong, the Beauties
particu arly so. A number of the
newer sorts are under trial, some in
quite large quantities. Killarney Bril-
liant he finds subject to blaok spot
and does not appear as. strong a
grower as Killarney. Maryland is a
favorite. A number of seedlings of
his own in various parts of the place

RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

448 Mil-
waukee St.,

P. 0. Box 200.

Milwaukee.Wis.

New FANCY FERNS»^T.^e'Rtrpr: "
Sphagnum MosS'-Good and Clean.

Wholesale Florist.

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUTS, MO.

C. A. KUEHN,

VlioMeHo¥erMArKeU

Philadelphia, Sept. 30. I'erlOO

Roses. Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@I5 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0('@|0 00

■■ Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00@ (> 00

'■ Liberty 4 000 h 00

Mock 800@li>00

Bulgaria 3 OOftt 6 00

" Sunburst .i 00@ h 00

Koiserin 2 Wife 8 00

Carnations 1 00@ 3 00

.Asters 2 00@ 5 CO

Cattleyas 3.S 00050 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00@ 8 00

Lily o( the Valley 3 000 4 00

Sweet Peas .S0@ 1 00

Gladiolus 2 00@ 4 00

.\sparaEU8 per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh. Sept. 30.

Roses, Beauty, special

" " fancy

extra.
No. 1.

Per 100

20 00

IS 00

10 00

5 00

Killarney 2 000 6 00

My Maryland 2 000 6 00

■■ Sunburst ._. 2 000 h 00

Mrs 'Varon Ward 2 000 4 00

M-s Mock h 00

Kaiserin 1 00© 4 00

Carnations 2 01

.Asters 500 1 00

Cattleyas 3^ in

Dahliis 1 000 2 00

GUdi .lu« 3 00

Lilium Giuanteum 8 00

Valley 3 <'0

Adiantum 1 00

Chrysanthemums . pel do7.. ^1.50

.Asparak'UB >preni;eri. per bunch, 35040
Sprays per bunch. 35040

.are being tried out. A splendid dwell-
ing house had just been erected en-
tirely under his own supervision and
is' a veritable castle in appearance.
A series of four cold storage rooms
of cement, in the bank below the resi-
dence is very, complete. They are
to be cooled by an ice machine. A

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the larpest cut flower shippers
MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your

is on the market we can

in

wants. If it

furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

U.G. BEKNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves. $1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Used for Gla'ingGrrenhouses, Per

yalion, %\ 35 Machines for using
s^nie ea< h. $t 25- ^pecial price on
quantiiip* of Mastica liirni^hed on application.
ZincCi y Greenhouse Points.— These poinds can
be d liver [Il-Iu oi left on any si7e or thick ness of
(■lass 5-8 1400 to a pound: 6-8 H'Oioapound;
7-S, I20fi to a pound. Made frr m pure ?inc. Put
upio one pound packap.*«: P'ire 25r per pound

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER.
Wholesair Florist. 1 324 Pine St. ST. LOUIS. MO.

MlLW..4Uktt. Scpl. ;0. f ei lUU

Roses. Beauty, per doz., i 5o@ 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 000 6 00

Ward, lalt. Sunburst 3 00© 8 00

" Mrs. Chas Russell 5Oi015:OO

Ophelia 3 IO@lfi 00

Carnatioi.K ] mi./ 3 iiO

Chrysanlhemums I (X)@ I '^0

Lilies SuOiglOOO

Snandrason. per bunch, 25c @=0c

Asi. rs 1 on© 3 ro

Gladinlus 1 010 3 <iO

Knhriim Lilies 3 UO0 4 00

Vdliey . 40a-

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The American Florist.

573

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WHEN YOU WANT-

$1.00 fo $3.00
per dozen.

The finest to be had, you can get them here.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO., n wTo?!?2^£S5^R^i?est. Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Oliio

WHOLESALE FLORIST. I wYLL-V^II O Ia V/ v3 • \> V-l •

Iv

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Summer Stock Beauties. Russells,

Mock, Kalserln, Choice Valley.

We Close at 6 p. M.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, P4.

large picking room in front will make
this necessary adjunct to the place
Ideal. Teddy Towill. his neighbor, has
some Beauties, but is stronger on My
Maryland and Kil'arney Brilliant:
also a block of Hadley. On the ends of
the tables are quite a number of
seedling roses being tried out. Getting
new sorts is a hobby with Mr. Towill.
who raised Milady and several other
very good sorts that just missed getting
in the running. Adolph Farenwald's
houses, over the road from the Towill
establishment, are looking very well.
a feature being quite a large range
given to Sweetheart roses and he is
well satisfied with the returns of this
miniature sort. Mrs. Shawyer is an-
other favorite filling two houses, and
Sunburst and Maryland are also grown.
A feature of the place is his outside
rose garden or park. In his great
love for the Rambler and other gar-
den roses he has set aside and laid out
an acre and a half of ground along
the road and planted it with Ram-
blers in variety and many other sorts
of hybrid teas. An additional acre
will be devoted to herbaceous stock,
all planted in garden effect. The plot
is all lawn, the paths being on the sod.
Although the place is some 15 miles
out of town, we predict it will become
very popular, and in the end, a profit-
able investment.

Jos. Kift, at Westchester, has been
experimenting with cold storage Spi-
rea Japonica. Clumps placed in stor-
age last winter and brought out and
planted on August 12 are now as full
of growth and buds as the best stock
seen at Easter. They are commencing
to show color and will be quite a nov-
elty when in flower.

The Leo Niessen Co. has sent a cir-
cular to its growers cautioning them
not to invest heavily in bulbs for
forcing the coming winter, as to glut
the market would ruin prices for these
flowers and have a bad e<Tect on the
rose and other lines on which so much
depends. Beauties are a feature Jiere.

A five and 10 cent store. McCrory's.
on Market above 12th street, has
started a cutflower deoartment. Roses
and carnations are priced at one cent
each. 10 cents per dozen.

The Snellenburg store flower depart-
ment Is to have additional room on
the floor above, where the palms and
other plants will he kept. Business Is
reported very good.

American Beauty, Klllarney, Richmond, Maryland and ail the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

y^226 Devonshire Street. -.^ ; BOSTON. MASS.

J

VlioMe Hover M&rKeU

Boston, bept. 30. fer lUO

Roses. Beauts 1 0U@25 00

Killarney Queen 50@ S 00

White and Fink Killaroey. 50@ 5 00
Double White Klllarney... 1 0O@ 6 00

Killarney Bcilliaoi 1 U0@ 6 00

" Had ey 1 01 @10 00

Cardinal lL0(gil2i0

Mock 1 I tig 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 100(812 00

" Sunburst 1 00& 8 00

■• Taft 100@800

Miiady 1 0 i@ 8 00

Ward and Hillincdon I 0<J@ 6 00

Wy Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 no&4 00

Gladiolus .America per doz., 7o@l 00

common types. .per do7.. 50
Liltum Longitlurum and Kubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lily of the Valley 3 0(@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 2Sa 30

•Asters 35<a 50

Buffalo, Sept. 30. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00g25 00

, " " fancy 12 00@15 00

■■ ■ ■" extra 10 00012 00

■■■ ■ • ■■■ No. 1 8 00@10 00

No.2 2 0(i@ 4 00

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

White Killarney 2 00@ ft 00

'■ My Maryland 2 000 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00® 6 00

■' HillinKdon 2 00® ft 00

Richmond 2 00® ft no

Lily of the Valley 4 i 0® 5 00

Lilies 7 00010 00

Cattleyas 35 ilii(ffi.=0 IIO

Gladiolus 2 no® 2 50

Golden Glow 'Mum« !« no@2n do

Smith's .Advance '.Mums 12 0'®I5 00

Ca'nations | no® 2 .50

D.ihMas 1 nr® 3 ro

Snapdragons 2 0'® ? 00

Ast-rs 5n@ 1 so

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35@ SO
Asparagus Sprengeri... .3.S® SO

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax I5 00

Cincinnati. Sept. 30.

Roses, Beauty per doz. $1 00@$3 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 On® f, 00

" Taft 2 00® ft 00

Lilium Gieanteum 8 00@10 00

Asparaeus Plumo8Hs..perbch., 25c

Gladiolus 1 On® 3 00

Asters sn® % no

n^hliis 2 oni» 3 rn

Carn-tions 1 '^t^(Si 2 ^

Orchids 5 00® 6 00

The alterations at the Ross Flower
Store on 52d street are completed and
the shop presents a fine appearance
with its coat of white enamel.

The M. Rice Co. are busv clearing
out the last of their Imported stock

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE Mc'^AlLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh. Fa

Summer Mowers

Asters, Gladiolus. Maryland Roses. Orchids.
Vailey, Easter Lilies, Etc liiuucdiate service.

BERGER BROS.

Central Marl<et.
1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. E. CRITCHtLL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnaii

32-34-36 East Iniru St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

ron'.ignmjnts Solicicid.
Complete StoCK or florists' Greens and Supplies -

St. Louis. Sept. 30

Roses. Beauty, medium

short stems.
" Killarney

Per 100

8 00@I2 50

2 00^ 6 00

.. 2 00(8 4 00

2 OOg 4 00

. . .. 2 nog 4 00

My Maryland

White Killarney

1 S )® 4 00

3 no® .s no

" Ophelia

2 00® 5 00

1 (Hl« ^ 00

Valley

"1 1' @ 5 00

7 OOiW 2 50

G'adiolus

3 no

ft no® 8 no

2 00® 3 00

2=@50
25<et>0
.... 8 00

Asparagus Snrenneri.per bu.
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu.

Forns D<Tiniin.

1 2^

and working overtime on the kind
that's "Made in America."

Don't forget the talk on troubled
Europe by Charles Henry Fox at the
October meeting of the club on Tues-
day. October 0.

Berger Brothers are strong on
dahlias, their growers seeming to have
beaten the drouth.

The Leo Niessen Co.'s new store in
'Washington. D. C., is No. 3. 'Will New
York be No. 4?

Edward Reid offers cattleyas and
valley in quantity. Mock roses are a
feature.

K.

574

The American Florist.

Oct.

3,

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwdke & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Liiium Giganteums and Multiflorums,

HOHMANN S LILY OF THE VALLEY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spar, Azaleas, Palms. Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

New York.

WAKM WEATHER UPSETS BUSINESS.

"Old Probabilities" has something
new to talk about and it is hoped that
he will do justice to the subject. On
September 21, 22 and 23, the tempera-
ture in this city and vicinity went as
high as 92 degrees F. in the shade. As
a matter of course, such unusual heat
at this season, upset business. Even
our Hebrew friends, who had just put
fall overcoats in their show windows,
were slightly jarred. September 24
and 25 were no great improvement on
the preceding days, but on the night
of September 25 there was rain and
the weather turned cool. Stock
accumulated and prices dropped, but
all this is merely an incident. Chrysan-
themums are now arriving in consider-
able quantities. The supply of roses
and carnations is also increasing.

September 28. — The market opened
this morning under more favorable
conditions. A decidedly cool wave has
somewhat shortened the supply and
the outlook is more cheerful. Cattleya
orchids continue plentiful and very
cheap. There is no stability in prices
on American Beauty roses; one reason
may be that there are various kinds
of American Beauties reaching this
market, and further there does not
seem to be much demand even for the
best.

THE SEED TRADE.

All the seedsmen are active and dis-
playing their wares to the best ad-
vantage. It is doubtful if such good
exhibits of bulbs were ever before seen
in the seed stores of this city.

J. M. Thorburn & Co.. a firm with
a record of one hundred years of suc-
cessful business, continue up to date
with an immence line of fine bulbs in
variety. Bulbs, it may be added, are
now the "kings" of the seed district.

At Weeber & Don's we have noted
a particularly fine display of "mother
bulbs" of the single Narcissus Em-
peror.

Among various other features at
Stumpp & Walter's we have noted fine
flowers of a new flaming red gladiolus
which has been named. War. We pre-
sume that the name is through
courtesy to our neighbors over-sea.
who seem to delight in war.

Burnett Brothers have an excep-
tionally fine display of bulbs in their
windows. L. candidum and exhibition
hyacinths being very noteworthy.

At Vaughan's Seed Store there is a
great window display of narcissi,
tulips, amaryllis, hyacinths and irises.

Wm. Elliott & Sons report that their
auctions continue successful, stock
bringing satisfactory prices.

The MacNiff Horticultural Co. con-
tinues its auctions with good attend-
ance and lively bidding.

Peter Henderson & Co. report excel-
lent business and as usual their stock
Is very attractively displayed.

NOTES.

Thdligh, as a rule, dahlias up to this
time have been poor, on .September 20
and 27 the Horticultural Society of
New York staged a very creditable
exhibit in the Museum Building,
Bronx Park. Noteworthy exhibits were
made by the following: W. A. Manda,
South Orange. N. J.; Geo. L. Stillman.
Westerly. R. I.; O. P. Chapman. ,Tr..
■U'esterly, R. I.; P. W. Popp, Mam-

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfleld Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

aroneck, N. Y.; Wm. Shillebar,
Essex Falls, N. J., and James Stewart,
Mamaroneck, N. Y. A pleasing feature
was the new peony flowered dahlia,
Mrs. Hugh Dickson, exhibited by W.
Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, which
was awarded a certificate. W. A.
Manda exhibited and received special
mention for the new varieties, Veron-
ica Manda and Gertrude Manda. A
number of first prizes were awarded
P. W. Popp.

At Bayside, on September 26, there
was a grand carnival, including a baby
show and parade. Josfeph Millang, of
the New York Cut Flower Co., being
grand marshal. As Bayside is one of
the old towns of Long Island and the
Millangs one of the oldest families, it
was quite appropriate that they should
take an active part in the proceedings.
Charles Millang was conspicuous in
the parade, his automobile being hand-
somely decorated with flowers.

P. Velotas. well and favorably known
in the retail trade of this city, has re-
cently opened a nice store at 2445
Broadway, between 90th and 91st
streets. He continues his other store
at 3544 Broadway. Mr. Velotas is
popular both with the public and his
fellow craftsmen.

Calling recently at the store of J. G.
Leikens, Inc., Madison avenue and
55th street, we found the genial Joe
looking as robust and handsome as
ever, and taking a very hopeful view
relating to fall business. He has in-
stalled his nephew, James Bruce, as
store manager.

A number of noteworthy floral de-
signs were seen at the great peace
gathering at Grant's tomb September
27. A very fine design was arranged
by Peter Brawn, Sixth avenue and
4(5th street. The wreath bore a dove
carrying the emblematic olive branch
of peace.

George Rouschert. for years with
Suher & Gay, 31 East 125th street as
a designer, and formerly well known
as a Long Island grower, dropped dead
of heart disease, September 13, while
leaving the home of a friend in Brook-
lyn. He was over 50 years old.

At the 72d street store of Chas. A.
Dards we recently noted a very artis-
tic window decoration of large ferns,
crotons and other foliage plants with
a suitable arrangement of cut flowers.
Manager Perry of this store has an eye
for beauty.

Though the past week was supposed
to be dull, we noted a large amount of
fine work turned out by J. H. Small
& Sons. They had large funeral orders
and also furnished many fine flowers
for the "Peace Pilgrimage" to Grant's
tomb.

Writing of good window decorations,
.a very noteworthy one is that of
Charles Brown, Broadway and 86th
street. His large cibotium fern is of
^itself a good decoration and he always
has pleasing accessories.

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Conunlssion Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Souare.

I wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in .America.

Mention the American Florist when toritinfr

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone, Madison Sq. 5535
Mention tiic American Florist when writinrt

Oscar Hauschild «& Co. is the title
of a new firm that has just embarked
in the wholesale business at 37-30
West 2Sth street, having space in the
large plant store of Woodrow & Mar-
ketos.

Moore. Hentz & Nash are now hand-
ling fine blooms of the new light pink
rose, Florence Behere, a sport of My
Maryland, which comes from the range
of Edward Behere, Madison, N. J.

At the store of the Growers' Cut
Flower Co. we have just noted fine
blooms of a new pink seedling chrys-
anthemum brought out by Frank Din-
do, Parmingdale. N. Y.

At the store of the Boulevard Floral
Co.. 2391 Broadway, we noted on Sep-
tember 23. a very fine arrangement of
funeral work, noteworthy being a cas-
ket cover.

We note that Badgley, Riedel &
Myer are now receiving shipments of
American Beauty roses.

Dailledouze Bros, are marketing fine
blooms of the Roses Ophelia and Fran-
cis Scott Key.

We learn that the American Insti-
tute abandoned its proposed dahlia ex-
hibition.

A. F. F.

19'4

The American Florist.

575

J. K. ALLEN

Establlsbed 1S78

106 West 28th Street

New York

Wholesale Commission Dealer In Cut Flowers.

Now prepared for Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Autumn" will

soon reign ship mt- y^ur <-hrysanthemunis I can also liandle good dahlias.
Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed. The usual supply of roses,

lily of the valley and other Kieenhouss slock

Open at 6 a. m. every morninK. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Sauare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on Kummed paper;
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. k. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000 $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOWST CO., 440 S. OearbernSt. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAM, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28tli St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Franlc H. Traendly

Charles Scbenck

Traendly ^ Schcnck

Vklcale Florists ud Cil Flowa Eidmigt
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading grovfers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHIIADEIPHIA, PA.

Paul Neconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

Telephone: 3864 Madison Sature.

Pittsburgh.

BUSINESS CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.

Business lias picked up wonderfully
in the past weelt here. Prices are bet-
ter owing to a sliortage on the staple
articles probably, as the cuts of asters,
carnations and gladioli are decreasing
greatly, and by the time this goes to
press it is safe to predict that flowers
as a whole will be scarce. Roses are
rather plentiful, on the contrary.
There is no valley to be seen anywhere
in town, and many are compelled to
use artificial stocl< valley in its place.
Many fall weddings are announced for
the coming month. Sales on cut flowers
are reported brisl<, also, and the real
fall spirit of business now holds forth.
The season on asters will not last
much longer, as they show signs of an
early exit already. The season has
been good on asters here, despite the
fact that many were thrown away at
times when they struck gluts. The
weather has turned quite cold here,
and a heavy frost falls nearly every
night, but 'we still have our dahlias
■with us, as it takes a little mure than
an early frost to kill them.

NOTES.

A heavy fire in the wholesale section
of the city, involving a total loss of
over a million dollars, broke out Sep-
tember 16 shortly after midnight in
the building occupied by the Logan-
Gregg Hardware Co., at 129 Sandusky
street. The Pittsburgh Cut Flower
Co. and The McCallum Co. are located
on either side of the building, both
separated from the fire by one adja-
cent building. Sandusky street was
closed to traffic and pedestrians all
day, and consequently business and

Geo. C. Sicbrcchl

WHOLESALE FLOBIST

109 West 28th St , NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^^^I'^^Mld.sa, 133W.28thSt..Newlfork

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and

Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMe Hover M^-KeU

New York, Sept. 30. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special IS 00@20 00

extra and fancy... 8 00012 00

No. 1 and No. 2... 5 GO® 6 00

Mrs. Geo, Shawyer. special ti 00

extra... 3 00® 4 00

■' N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

• White Killarney, special... 3 00@ 4 00

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3 00® 4 00

No. land No. 2.. 50® 1 03
Queen, special. . ^00

•■ Aaron Ward .50® h 00

" Richmond 50® 6 00

" Sunburst 50® 6 00

" Taft 50® 6 00

Milady, special 4 00

" 1 L. Mock 1 00® 6 00

•■ Hadley 1 00® 6 00

•■ Ophelia 1 Oo® ft 00

Carnations 1 00® 2 50

Cattleya Orchids, special 20 00

inferior grades. 10 00® 15 00
Lilies, Longriflorum and Harrisii.. 5 00® 6 00

Lily of the Valley 2 .'^0® 3 00

Chrysanthemums per doz.. 1 50® 3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumo8us....doz. bchs. 2 00® 3 00
Smilax doz. strings. 1 00

communications were held up until
about 10 a. m. It was a narrow es-
cape for both wholesale houses, but
neither firm sustained losses worth
speaking of, although the newspapers
reported a loss totaling $4,000 for
them.

C. A. Klages, an old-time florist of
Charles street, Knoxville, Pa., died re-
cently after a brief illness lasting only
a few days. Mr. Klages was very well
known in the trade around the South
Hills. His son, G. A. Klages, has now
taken charge of their greenhouses.

The death of Councilman W. A.
Hoeveler called for many flowers last
week, among them being a gorgeous
design of the seal of Pittsburgh, the
work being executed by Miss Carrie
Jordan, of Pittsburgh Market.

R, J. Daschbach had the misfortune
of partly ruining his newly installed
refrigerator and counters in his new
Wood street store on Thursday, Sep-
tember 17. A very small blaze from
some waste paper was responsible for
a $200 loss.

It has just recently become known
that J. L. Wyland, carnation grower of
Allison Park, was married a few weeks
ago. "Uncle John," as he is called,
is 78 years of age, but is still quite
hale and hearty.

Myers & Samtman are consigning
some excellent American Beauties to

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies. Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Souare.

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bro&.

1 13 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Evenrwberc

Prompt aod satisfactory. Consignments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Cooean Bldg., 6th av. and W. 26th St., New York

Open for Cut Flower Sales

at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. s. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERGREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material lor
Florist Trade, at wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28tti Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30StoneS!.,Rochester,N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Square

TW largest Shipper ind Receiver of Fresh Cnl Flowcn

^y.A complete assortment of the best in the

market can always be relied upon.

The McCallum Co. Some fine late
gladioli are also being received by tiiis
company.

Peter Hopman, of New Galilee, is
cutting a fine lot of roses of nearly all
varieties, wtiich he consigns to the
McCallum Co.

A. F. Morrison, of Mars, has decided
to devote his glass to the exclusive
growing of carnations.

Max Schrieber has started an excel-
lent cut of Golden Glow chrysanthe-
mums. J.'

576

The American Florist.

Oct.

J.

QUALITY AND STYLE

IN

FLOWER BOXES

AT NO GREATER COST

Quality of material used in addition to the practical and hand-
some non-fading shades in which the boards are finished, bring
style and distinctiveness to the package.

Write for our illustrated catalog in colors, also price list
and samples.

THE SEFTON MFG CO., "^l^ki^S!-

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today forfuU particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO
CiDCtnnatl.

SUPPLY AMPLE Ul'l PKICES LOW.

Stock in general continues plentiful
and in most lines is easily able to take
care of every want. The demand is
fairly active but the supply is so large
that only low prices are realized and
considerable stock is going to waste.
. Rcses, with the exception of American
-Beauties, are plentiful and of a pretty
good quality that is improving right
along. They need, however, a killing
frost J^efore the.v will come into their
own. Carnation cuts are increasing in
size but as yet do not have a very
active demand. At the time of this
writing lily receipts are cleaning* up
regularly. Dahlia offerings are large
and generally of a pretty good quality.
The first chrysanthemums are coming
into the market. Both orchids and lily
of the valley meet with a fair demand.
Large quantities of asters and gladioli
are still in evidence, but there is not
as many of them as before, nor is the
quality as good as it was. Cosmos
has a fair call. Business in greens is
active.

NOTES.

Joseph Hill has taken charge of the
E. G. Hill Floral Co.'s store in this city.
We will all be glad to see Joe when
he makes his weekly trips to this city
and wish him success.

Mrs. M. P. Mulford, of Lebanon,
Ohio, who was ill for a time, is now
about attending to business again.

The Rosebank Co., has been sending
in some excellent early chrysanthe-
mums to C. E. Critchell.

The marriage of Clarence Peterson
and Miss Mary Critchell is to be
solemnized this week.

Visitors : R. E. Adgate, of the Mc-
Callum Co., and G. Hampton, represent-
ing Joseph G. Neidinger, Philadelphia.

H.

Jersey City, N J.

Jersey City is so near to New York
that it is overshadowed by the big
sister; nevertheless it is the home of
a number of very clever men and wo-
men, particularly women, engaged in
the florist and seed business.

One^ of the very clever women en-
gaged* in the retail business is May
P. Kendall, whose store Is at 532 Jer-
sey avenue. Before she embarked in
business for herself she had large ex-
perience as an employe. Of a partic-
ularly amiable disposition and artis-
tic temperament, since embarking in
business tor herself she has had con-
tinued success. A. P- P.

Gladiolus Bulbs

flow to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of filadiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

BUCHBINDER
FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. C3 for Catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MANUFACTURERS

518 Milwaukee Ave., • Chicago, IIU

Mention the American Florist when writing

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment, $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Evcything in Southern Evergreens,
£V£RGREEN, ALABAMA.

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Choice Case Bolly, Holly Wreaths and

Laurel Roping, t^an furnish any a nount.
I hcive any ihtoe in greens. Belter write
your requirements.

H. E, CONWELL, "'ilP^ivARE.

SOUTHERN SMILAX

Ready for Shipment Oct. 1st

Prompt Service
F. 6c S. LEE, Marion, Ala.

Free

1

;V;

This Fine

BUDDING
KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.
E. A. BEAVEN. Evergreen, Ala.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

KstabUstaed In 1857.

'iS^.

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.

L, D. Phone, Graccland 1112.

Send ns your retail orderi.

WE HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CITY

Mention the American Florist when writing

Chicago.

D ROSES

loRCHIDS '^Ufl I J r J H ^U^

IviOLCTS ^*^^^^\^^^^ F.T.O.
Mention the American Florist when writing |

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

eo KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Tvpin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telenraph DeliTery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & CO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnut St., Des Moines. la.

Larvest and most centrally located store in the
citv Ail ordfrs given prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate RochesterGreenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

'*j 25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' TelegraDh Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London, Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

We:>t rly, K. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .^ss'n.

Washington.

I'OOr, NIGIIT.S BRINO IMPP.OVKl) .STIK K.

Stock is Improving every day and
will continue to do so with the clear
weather and cool nights. Some of the
growers have started fires, which
means the price of stock will advance.
Roses are bringing from .f2 to -$8 per
hundred, carnations Jfl to .$2 per hun-
dred, chrysanthemums .fS to $-5 per
hundred, dah'.ias 50 cents to $1 and
violets 30 cents to 50 cents, which are
fair for this time of the year. Easter
lilies and auratum are bringing from
$t; to .S12. with a fair demand.

NOTES.

George C. Shaffer's store is beginning
to look like winter to see his staff all
on the job; but there is always work
to do. He had a large funeral order,
which included a casket cover of
Val'.ey, White Killarney and Radiance,
and some large designs of Beauties and
chrysanthemums.

Ed. Schmid has branched out again,
this time as a manager of a circus,
but as Ed is a hustler, we expect him
to do his own ticket selling, barking
and act as ring master. We are not
sure whether Fred Kramer has accept-
ed the position as snake charmer at
present writing.

A. Baur, who has been manager for
the Washington Florist Co., is about
to resign to accept a position as man-
ager for S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.,
in its Washington branch. This comes
as a surprise to some of his friends,
but he has the best wishes of the
local craft.

F. H. Keefer, one of Gude Bros.'
employes, is resigning this week to go
into the hardware business at Des
Moines, lowA.

Visitors : James Smith, Phi'adelohia,
Pa.; Cutler Ryerson, Newark. N. J.

O. C. D.

ALEXANDER McCONNElL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

T^ELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-*■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamshipa
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Casb must accompany aU orden
from iintuiown correspondents.

Cable address; Alexconnell.
Western Union Code

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt atteotion. Choice
Beauties, Orchids andValley always on hand

Young ANugent

Telephone 2086- 2066 Madison Souare.
42 West 28th street.

NEW YORK

To oat-of-town florists
We are In the Heart of

And fiive special attention to steanipr and theater

Ciders. Prompt deiivei y and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V.-.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD , Audllaiiaoi Amu. CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

.\nderson servic*- means fresh, sturdy st'^'-k. and

prompt dt-livrries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niagara Falls and V\ estern New Vork.

Me

liber of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON. D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor 15th & H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

578

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Oct. ?,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

New York.

Eatablighed 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olsofl,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
and for all points id the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; tbe largest stock; the greatset
variety^ Write, wire or phone. We are alive
night and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresb Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries
itarouEbout the state and to all steamship docks
Id Hoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWNFLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Nisigara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

, Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peechtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YOR^

No. 22 West 58tli Street

AdJoiniuK Plaza Hotel
Honbers ot tbe Florists' Tdegnpfa Ddircn-

Boston, Mass.

"Penn, The Telegraph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BRGMFIELD STREET

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

AlpLia Floral Co.. Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moiiies. la.

Anderson. S. A.. 440 Main. Buffalo. X. Y.

Arcbias Floral Co., Scdalia. Mu.

Atlanta Floral Co.. Atlanta. Ga.

Bege row's, Newark, N. J.

BlackistoDe. Washington, D. C.

Boland. J. B., Saa Francisco.

liragg, Ross» Rochester, Minn.

Bramley & Son. Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer's Sons. John, Detroit. Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver. B. C.

Buckbee, H. "W., Rockford. 111.

California Florists, Tacoma. Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David. New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland. O.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L.. Washington.

Daniels & Fisher. Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44tb and Madison Ave.. New York.

Dnerr, Cbas. A.. Newark. O.

Dunlop's, 96 Youge St.. Toronto. Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.. Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo. O.

Friedman. Chicago.

Gnlvin. Thos. F., Inc., Boston. Mass.

tialvin, Thos. F.. Inc.. New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior. Wis.

Gasst-r, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co.. Grand Rapids. Miih.

Gude Bros. , Washington.

Ilaniesty & Co., Cinciunati. O.

Ileinl & Son. J. G., Terre Haute. Ind.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha. Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul. Minn.

.Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sous, J. B.. Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg. F. & P. Co., Geo. M.. Kansas City.

Kift, Robert, 1725 Chestnut, Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse. Wis.

Lange. A.. 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius, J. J.. Duluth. Minn.

Ix)ndon Flower Shop. Tbe, Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan. Wis.

May & Co., L. L., St. Paul. Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New Y^ork.

McKenna. Montreal, Can.

Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.. New Orleans. L:i.

Murray, Samuel. Kansas City. Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York^

Ostertag Bros.. St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M.. Little Rot/k. Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co.. The. Denver, Colo.

Penn, the Florist, 43 Bromtield St., Boston.

Phillips Bros., Newark. N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs. Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchl, San Francisco.

Pollworth Co.. C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store. Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Renter's, New London, Coun.

Keuter's, Norwich, Conn.

Renter's. Westerly. R. I.

Rock. Wm. L.. Flower Co.. Kansas City.

S.Iiiller, the Florist. 2221 W. MaiTlson St.. Chgo.

Sehling. Max, 22 W. 59th St., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. New York.

Suiiill & Sons. J. H., Washington. D. C.

Smith Co.. A. W., Pittsburgh. Pa.

Srnitb, Henry, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stumjip, G. E. M., New York.

Weber, F. H.. St. Louis, Mo.

Whitted Floral Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

Wills &. Segar. London, Eng.

Wittbold. G., Co., 737 Buekingham PI., Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson, Los Angeles.

Young & Nugent, New Y'ork.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cot Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members ol Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave. "^"^ V°hlnei'"""

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

WASfllNfiTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Member! of the Floristi' Telegraph Delivery
Mention the American Florist when writing

«UDC BROS.CaL
TLORIST}
1914 r ST.NM

PHILADELPHIA and VICmrrY.

Qifjp iLiotiiidn 3FloitJpr Sboji, ffiti.

18(K> Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, FA.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

T

he Park

Floral Co.

J. A.VALENTINK,
President.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when inriting

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kiff,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist when toriting

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Mowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas Gl^, Mo.

Ueo. M. Kellogg
Flower 6t Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orders for Cut

Kiasas City and FJowf."' fv«.'\i d«^'?°»

ni lU'li U. Wedding and Birthday Gifts,

rIeaSantniM, mo. that may be entrusted to ttiem.

Mention the American Florist rvhen writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SnilthCo.

KEEN AN BLDG.

Larcesl Floral Eatablisbment in America.
Eitabliabed 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Teleerapb Deliyery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER CNMPANY,

CLEVELAND

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Teleerapb Deliyery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Milwaukee. Wis.

Washington, D. C.

CCPolIworthCo.

WIU tane proper Wi a#<rkn tti m

care of your orders In '^ I»COri»in

Mention the American Florist when toriting

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORiOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. W isconsin. North
Dakota. South Dakota and the \Jpper Penin-
sula ol Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and hlled with strictly tresh stock.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. V.— Kyves, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga.— Atlauta Floral Co.. 41 Peav-hti-ee.

Boston — Tbos. F. Galvin. Inc.

Boston— Peun, the Florist. 43 BromtioM St.

Buffalo, N. Y. — S. A. Anderson. 44 i Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y. — W. J. Palmer & .^oii. 304 Main.

Chicago^Friedman,

Ctiicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist. 2221 \V. Madison.

Chicago — Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O. — Ilardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O. — The Cleveland i'nt Flower Co.

Cleveland. O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs. Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Florsil Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich.— John Breitmeycr's Sons.

Duluth, Miun. — J. J. Leborius.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Pale/..

London. Eng. — ^"VVills & Segar.

Los Angeles^ Wolf skill Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee— C. C. Pollworth Co.

Mioneapolis. Minn. — Whit ted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark. N. J.- — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark, O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London. Conn. — Renter's.

New Orleans, La. — Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.

New Y'ork — Ales McConnell, Gil 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvin. Inc.

New York— Mas Schling. 22 W. oOth St. ^

New York — Myer, Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. E. M. Stumpp.

New Y'ork — Young & Nugent.

Norwich, Conn. — Renter's.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Philadelphia— Robert Kift. 172S Chestnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & MoClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. W. Smith Co., Keenan EUlg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, III.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis. Mo. — F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn. — Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 00 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baliloochi.

Sedalia. Mo. — Archlas Floral Co.

Superior. Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind. — J. G. Heinl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dunlop's, 60 Yonge St.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blackistone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Waj*hington — Gude Bros.

Washington— J. H. Small & S(«is,

Westerly, R- 1.— Renter's.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor, 75th St.

Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbus

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

324 Qrant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to order*
from out-of-town florists.

Mention the American Florist when toriting

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Uate Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in

NORTHrRN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist tohen mriting

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Tour Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply Bouse In the Weat.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

E> Y I^ E> ®,

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

Dunlop's

eS Yonae Straet.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and euaranta*
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

H E If I U n li Vanderbllt Hotel
126 Tremont Street
799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

BOSTON

580

The American Florist.

Oct. 3,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Senayuurorders'o'GHicap

and Sub-
urbs to

u»»-^ , All orders carelnlly6Ued

WM»^^ under the Bupervigion o(

GEORGE ASMUS. Mgr

^HICA®

Wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Plonati' Telecraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KLLLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rocbester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest GrowerB of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

Pail m. palez,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, o.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Snccessor to Geo. A. Beinl)
336 Superior St., Toledo, O.

Botli Phones, S27.

Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Ppimtnn St tklephonf,s

W13 rarnvm ai. 1601andLI582

Members o( The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of PloriBts' Telegraoh Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THI^fK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER. FLORIST, 'S.'L".?r"

Member of The Elorists' TelcKraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

riorUts

69 MAOISON AVENUX

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±LOWkRS

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .A«s'n

Knnxville, Tenn,.

TRADE tTNUSUALLY GOOD.
Weather conditions continue good,
although somewhat cooler. The fall
season is now comiiig on and frost is
expected at any time. Stock is a lit-
tle scarce, although about enough to
supply the local trade. Dahlias are
good, carnations are beginning to
bloom, roses rather scarce and chry-
santhemums will be here in a short
time. Trade is unusually good for
this time of the year, and this month
will show a large increase over Sep-
tember of last year. ^

NOTES.

A. H. Dailey. C. W. Crouch, Chas.
L. Baum and Roy Baum attended the
state fair at Nashville this week arid
report seeing some very fine exhibits.
They noted, however, that there were
liut very few florists' displays and at-
tribute this to the fact that the flor-
ists of the state are not organized.
They spent a good portion of their
time with the Nashville florists en-
couraging them to organize a society
similar to the one in Knoxville. By
getting several of the larger cities or-
ganized it will be an easy matter to
form a state organization. The Nash-
ville florists are all energetic and wide-
awake fellows, and there is no, plausi-
ble reason why they should not have
one of the largest and best organiza-
tions in the South. Mr. Baum also
solicited members for the S. A. F. and
O. H., and was successful in getting
several promises. A. H. Dai'.ey, who
was one of the judges of the vegeta-
ble exhibit at the fair, reports every-
thing up to the usual high standard.
They all report seeing some very fine
stock and feel well recompensed for
their trip. They stopped in Chatta-
nooga and called on the florists of that
city.

Chas. Li. Baum reports business good
and is having enough local trade to
consume all stock, with the exception
of orchids, which are plentiful and
very fine. Carnations are beginning
to come in and chrysanthemums are
showing color. Roses are rather
scarce. Easter lilies and valley are
very fine. He is showing the public
a very attractive window, in which
he has arranged orchid plants in
bloom, and baskets of cut Kaster lilies.

Mrs. Rosa Hall Ryno reports busi-
ness fair. She has had enough stock
to supply the demand, although none
has been wasted. She is still cutting
some nice asters and gladioli from late
patches. Roses are very good, and
she has also been cutting, a few nice
carnations for the last two weeks.
Chrysanthemums are showing color
and will be in soon.

Tom Joy, of the Joy Floral Co.,
Nashville. Tenn., spent Tuesday, Sep-
tember 22, in Knoxville and called on
all the florists.

Herman Rynve'd, of Hillegom, Hol-
-land. called tin the trade this week.

K. P. S.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., £.,

Vancouver, B. C.

Seeds

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOV FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Ass'n

PBILirS BROS, 938 Broad St.

NEWAEI K J.

Artistic Floral Worlc and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Mercliants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade disc
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Mt-mbers Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short ootic.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan. °"*";,Ted I'oVbT'""'
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Teleifraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO..

ALFRED HANNAH S SONS Will fill yoar
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the riorlsts' Telegraph DellTery

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JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S
PALMS AND FERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

-in
6-iD

7in.

9-in.

9-n.
12 in.
12-m.
12in.
12-in

Leaves

pot 5 to 6

pot 6

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana

Jn. hi^Ii EachPerdoz.

28 to 30 $1.00 $12 00

31to.% 1.50 18.00

Earb

cedar tub 4 plants in tub. .SS in. hiub % 2.50

cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. hieb 4.00

cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.C0

cedar tuh. 4 plantis in tub 5 to 5H ft in.OO

ced<r tub, 4 plants in tub, 5H to 6 ft 12.50

ceda* tuti. 4 plants in tub. fi ft. hittb. heavy 1^.00

cedar tub. plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii

Srin. pot. nicely charact rzed

6-in. pot. 18 to 20 in. spread

7 in. tub. 18 in. hish. 24 in. spread.

Each
..$1.U0
.. 1.50
.. 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

Leaves

2** -in. pot 4

3 in. pot 5

4-in. pjt 5 to 6.

S-in. pot 5 to6.

6-in. pot .6 to 7.

6-in pot

6-in. pot

In. biuh
,. 8 to 10..
..12

.15
,.18

.24

Each

$0.40

50

1,00

6to7 26 1.25

6 to 7 28 to 30 150

Cibotium Schledei XT T\: \ ,','• ""''h ' ' ' ''''h' ^•Z

9 ID. tub, 5 ft. spread each. 5.00

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Leaves In. high Each

7-in. cedar tub.....6 to7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

•<in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

y in. cedir tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 8.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 6 ft., very heavy 10. CO

Perdoz.

$1.50

2.00

4.50

6.00

12.00

15.00

18.00

Perdoz

30.00

36.00

48.00

Railway Station,
Jenklntown.

Wyncote, Pa.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geranlnms, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perliins.
Poitevine, 2 in., $2.00 per 100; 3-in., $5.00 per 100.

Boston and WUtmani Fems; 3-in.. 10c: 4-in.. 15c:

5-in..25c.
Bracaena Ind., 3in.. $5.00: 4 in., $10.00: Sin..

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2Viin.. $5.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS.

Newton, N. <l.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, irom 3incn pots. Chrysanttiemiuns

Carnations for fall delivery. Smilaz, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers. ^^f^V^X
GtRANIUIVIS'"''%rBW

Thpy must reacH you in ijond prowing condriion
ot^i twise you can have y^ur money jefundtd or
tbe shipment repiactd. My sicck is very larye
and V'T'' eood.

S A Nutt Mt ^n peMOTO.

Joitevine and Ricard, $'-S 00 per lOnn.

Asparagus Pi itiosus, .'?2i 10 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HtRR, LANCASTFR Pi

Orchids

if you want OrchtdS for any pui-pose whatever
we solici' your inquiries and ordr-rs for same.
\\V rio not w'ow or handle anyihing else but
Orchi S. Spccib! lists on application.

LAGER S HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

Tbis Is Araucaria Time I A few dolhrs invested
in AraucariaEicelsa will yield a prcfit of five to
SIX time^ its value until fall or winter, if you have
\our eyes open and look into the fu ure and invest
your money now. All fiorists know we are the
boss in t><e importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are offenoE now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old 3 4-5 tiers.
5hh-in. pots, 40c 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. $1.2S to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6 7 in. pots,
$1.0o. $1 25to $1.50,

ASDidiStras, variolated and ereen foliage,
busby plants, frin. pots, 11 00, $1.25 toll. 50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Ptilladelphia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialtyi

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. 0. Thompson Carnation Co.

Carnation Specialists

JOLIET, ILL.

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear BlUSh
Pinic, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Rnchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-lB.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Mention the American Florist when writing

A. N. PiersoD, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

Mention the American Piorist when writing

Special on Roses

Wo have a nice lot of roses which we will close
out at itmisu-Mv low prices St"' k is A-No. 1,
Bridesm°id.>, Untie John ord Ivory, 2>' in., at
$1 0 .< m , ai *.'.M); American Beauties, 2*4 in..
$2 =0; 3 in., $.S.(K) per 100. I'h.---- are special orices
and «food onl> for ordeis received within lO days.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower, Pekin, 111.

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Oct. s.

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, San Francisco. Calif.,
President; J. M. Luplon, ILattitucl^, L. 1.,
N. Y., First Vice-President: E. C. Uuugaii,
Philadelijliia, Pa., Second Vice-President:
C. E. Kendel, Cleveliind, O.. Si'cretary and
Treasurer: S. ^. Willard, Jr., Cleveuind, O.,
ABSistunt Secretary.

Thirty-Tbird annual meeting, San Fran-
cisco, Calif., .lune 19].=i.

ONION SETS never went into storage
drier or in better general condition than
this fall.

TIMOTHT and clover are still on the
down grade. The fall growth of clover
has been good in northern Illinois.

The digging of gladolus bulbs is pro-
gressing rapidly now, east and west.
Some crops show reduction in size by
drought.

Chicago. — Prices tor grass seed on
the Board of Trade September 30 were
as follows: Timothy, .$4.00 to $.5.7.5
per 100 pounds.

New Tckk. — Such fine displays of
Dutch bulbs as those made in the seed
stores this season have never before
been seen here, it is claimed.

Denver, Colo. — The Barteldes Seed
Co. is opening an up-town store at 821
Fifteenth street, corner of alley be-
tween Champa and Stout streets.

Sutton & Sons, Reading, Eng.^ an-
nounce that Winter, Son & Co., 64
Wall street. New York, have been ap-
pointed sole agents for the sale of
their specialties in the United States.

When in need of stock or supplies
of any kind in a hurry it will be a
great advantage to have a copy of
the latest edition of our Trade Direc-
tory at hand for names and addresses.
The price of the latest (19141 edition
is .$3 per copy, postpaid.

Corn, Peas and Beans.

Milford, Conn., September 15. — We
have been in fear of frost injuring our
sweet corn seed, for we have had ex-
ceptionally cold weather for the past
few days. We have had frost also on
one or two nights, which has no doubt,
injured crops in certain low spots, but
no widespread damage has resulted so
far, we think, and corn now gives
promise of nearly an average yield.
Beet and onion are not exceptional
crops this season, but are reasonably
good.

Our peas have commenced to come
in. both in Wisconsin and the Rocky
Mountain districts, and we are sur-
prised beyond expression at the small
yield, as It shows our field estimates
made at rogueing time seriously cur-
tailed. Items that a few days ago we
would have placed in the surplus class
are now in the short list and we feel
ver}^ certain that the supply of peas is
by no means in excess of the require-
ments for the season, and that prices
will stiffen materially.

We believe the situation on beans is
too well known to require discussion
at this time and recent frosts In cer-
tain important sections have only ac-
centuated the condition. Beans are go-
ing to be no better crop, certainly, than

they were a year ago and by reason
of the unsatisfactory condition of the
market, values will undoubtedly reach
high levels. C.

Peas and Beans.

Sheboygan, Wis., September 15.—
Our expectation of delivery on . peas
at this writing is fair, and on beans
is considerably less so. Western acre-
age has fallen considerably below the
average of the last few years, and
Wisconsin and Michigan growing has
been more nearly in line with our ex-
pectations. ■ A.

New Jersey Seed Crops.

Svvedesboro, N. J., September 19. —
With the tomato season nearly com-
plete, I find there will be only a two-
thirds crop. Pepper and egg plants
are only beginning and the outlook
now indicates about 50 per cent of pep-
per and 75 per cent of egg plant. Al-
together the season has not been a
very profitable one in the seed line in
this section. H.

Griswolds Seed Co.'s Great Growth.

In 1890, just 24 years ago, W. B.
Griswold started a modest little seed
house in Lincoln, Nebraska. The first
year he made $0,000 and was pleased
with the success of the undertaking.
Last year the Griswold Seed Company
did a business of $500,000, and the
company now has three down town
places of business, a wholesale house,
a retail and mail order department
and a cut flower store. They have a
large nursery five miles from Lincoln,
maintain two greenhouses, and in the
spring will further increase their ca-
pacity by adding another location for
the growing and sale of young plants.

Shipments are made all over the
world by this company. Argentine
Republic is one of its best customers,
buying from $500 to $1,000 worth of
goods every year. They have regular
customers in Europe, South America,
Russia, China and Japan. Last year
they even sent a large shipment to
South Africa and orders for Griswold
seeds are filled from practically every
country in the world. As many as
seventy-five people are employed in
the various departments of the Gris-
wold Seed Company in the busy sea-
son, which is from February to the
first of June. The pay roll averages

Pieters-Wlieeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Mention the American Florist when writing

$1,000 a week the year around, in the
busy season being as high as $2,500
a week.

W. B. Griswold, who started the big
company, is still president and general
manager of the business. G. A. Cham-
bers is vice president; F. L. Everts is
secretary-treasurer, and R. S. Gris-
wold is manager of the greenhouses
and nursery department.

Turkestan Alfalfa Seed Inferior.
A warning to alfalfa growers to avoid
the use of commercial Turkestan seed
is contained in Department Bulletin
No. 1.18 of the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, which will be is-
sued shortly under the title "Commer-
cial Turkestan Alfalfa Seed." Special-
ists of the department have been in-
vestigating the comparative merits of
different kinds of alfalfa seeds and have
reached the conclusion that there is
nothing to recommend the Turkestan
variety for general use in this country.
It is, they say, particularly unsuited to
the humid climate of the East, which,
as a matter of fact, uses most of the
Turkestan seed imported into this coun-
try. This seed is also not sufficiently
hardy to warrant its general use in the
upper Mississippi Valley, where hardi-
ness is an important factor.

Idaho Seed Growers.

Plans are already under way for the
holding of a convention of the State
Seedgrowers' Association next winter.
The date has been set for December 1,
2 and 3. and the outlines are being
drawn for the feature of the conven-
tion, which will be a big seed fair, at
which premiums will be offered to ex-
hibitors as high as $15 in cash, with
many specials in Implements and live
stock.

The university extension department
is encouraging the movement as a
great help toward seed selection and
the improvement of breeds in all crops.
Farmers are urged to keep the con-
vention in mind and to begin even
now to pull weeds and prepare for

E&tabUshed 1810.

Denaiffe & Son, NorthJrnTance.

The Premie'- Seed Growers of the World.
Thr Greatest Acr age. Over 900 1 mployes.
Motto; The Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet, Cabbage. Ca'rot, Celery, Lettuce, Mangel
Wurlzel, Onion, Parsley, Paisnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga,Turnip. Fi.rspcc al prices surplus crop. iyi4.
address. Ctiarles Johnson, Marietta, Pa.,

Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada.

Trade Directory

OF THE

United States and Canada

Price $3.00 Postpaid.
American Florist Cou,

440 S. Dearborn Street,

CHICAGO

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the tollOMing Calilornia Specialties oaly:

ONION, LETTUCE. C«RRO^, RADISH, PARSNIP, PtRSlET, CEUIT.
ENDIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY aod SWEET PEAS.

Seed Grow^ers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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BEANS, PEAS,

and all Garden Seeds

RADIaH

Lt-^ • 226-230 W. kin;

KINZIE

OMON SETS

c;|=ED CO.

'street, CHICAGO

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write frr Prices

THE KIMBERUN SEED CO.
SANTA CLARA, CAL

Wholesale
Seed Growers

Groweis of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited,

AT 69 CENTS PER POUND

F. O. B. TENERIFFE. Psclsirg Extra.

YELLOW AND h£D BERMUDA ONION SEED

FuR ONION SETS

Severa small growers in Teneriffe have given
me the commission to offer and clear their surplus
stock of 1914 Onion Seed crop at the above low
price, subject to beine unsold. Terms. C O D.
Cable orders to FEDERICO VARELA, TENERIFFE,
andsien ycur full name.

This offer is ouen to seedsmen only.

Contract Seed Growers

Cnppialtiac repper.Egg Plant, Tomato,
»pBlii(IIUe». vine Seed and Field Com.

CorrespondeDce Solicited.

George R. Pedrick £c Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, ..J.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandinoras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
getieral; TOMATO. LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fi SONS CO..

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIEORNIA.

food seed exhibits, t^ne flat rule has
been laid down, that no premiums
will be awarded to foul seed or to
seed that will not pass a rigid in-
spection. It is intended to make this
seed fair the sifting place for all the
superior seed raised and exhibited at
the county fairs, to the end that the
best of Idaho's samples may be sent
to the national seed fair to be held
in San Francisco during the exposi-
tion next year.

Premium lists for the state conven-
tion and seed fair may be obtained
on request from R. B. Coglon, secre-
tary of the State Seedgrowers' Asso-
ciation, Boise, Idaho.

Avoid Mixed Vetch Seed.

Some seed dealers are offering a
mixture of weed vetches and hairy
vetch as "mixed vetch" seed. In Rus-
sia, which is one of the principal
sources of hairy vetch seed imported
into the United States, hairy vetch is
not raised as a crop, but is separated
from rye in which it occurs as a vol-
unteer. In this way the seed of many
kinds of weed vetches occur mixed
with hairy vetch seed, but are cleaned
out before marketing the hairy vetch.
These cleanings, containing a mixture
of wild vetches and other seeds as well
as some hairy vetch seed, are usually
sold as pigeon feed, the use to which
they should be put. Some lots have
been imported into the United States
and either used as an adulterant of
hairy vetch seed or sold as mixed

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[UCALYPIIJS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. eo< 857, MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA

Mention the American Florist when writing

FOR

SEEDS

OF ALL KDJD APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson & Son, Limited

Boston. England

J. C.ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Orowers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com ; Cucumber.

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Squash.

FREMONT : NEBRASKA

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Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

*^*"s"fc'ii"e1f."" Swedesburo. New Jersey

Mention the American Florist when writing

THE G. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Mutkmelon, Squasb and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SEEDS AND BULBS

To the Trade:

To the Florist who depends
for his profits upon reliabil-
ity of his seeds and bulbs
a bargain is not of the first

iinportance.

Yet we often have an overstock
of popular Seeds and bulbs which
we are able to supply below the
market.

This Month We Particularly Rec-
ommend the Following:

Freesia Purity Bulbs

Vt In diameter. H? in. long.
Per 100 $2.00 Per 1000 $10.00
Extra Mammoth Bulbs, $3.00 per

1(10.

Refracta Alba

% to '/2 in.

14 tr^ 3

- per lOuO, $3.00
'2 to 3;^ in. - - per 1000, 5.00
% in. and upwards, per 1000, 8.50

Pansy Seed

Finest Strains Per oz.

Thorburn's Superb - - $4.0O
Fine Large English Mixed .90
Mastei piece - - - .80

Masterpiecefrom Originator 3.00
Trimardeau Giant Mixed .90

Lilium Harrisii

(Bermuda Easter Lily)
5 to 7 inches in circumference
$5.50 a hundred $45 a thousand
7 to ') inches in circumference
$10 a hundred $85 a thousand

And alt other ziatieties at
teasonabte ptices.

Also a (''W cases Cold Storage
Lily of the Valley Pips.

Cases of 2.S0 each for - $4.B0

Cases of .'^flO each for - 8 00

Cases of 1000 each for - 15.00

Ask for a copy of our Bulb Catalog

and Sfrcial PiicFS to Flmsts.

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

Established 1802
53 Barclay Street - New York

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Oct.

J.

Ernst Denary,

Seed Merchant,
ERFLRT, - - GERMANY,

Begs to inform his customers

«

in the United States that their

Orders for Seeds of Every Description

Will be executed with the usual care and attention.

As long as the goods cannot be shipped from Hamburg
or Bremen they will be forwarded from neutral ports.

Early orders will be greatly appreciated.

vetches. These mixtures are of little
or no value aside from the hairy vetch
seed they contain, and they should not
be used for seeding purposes. Hairy
vetch seed can be easily distinguished
from the seed of other vetches by the
difference in color of the interior of
the seed. Crushed hair.v vetch seed is
oif a lemon-yellow color, somewhat
lighter on the flat than on the round-
ed surface. The crushed seed of must
of the other vetches occurring with
the seed of the hairy vetch varies in
colrr from a dark fawn to reddish
Orange. Crush a small handful of seed
and if there are any fawn, salmon or
reddish orange colored pieces the seed
Is not pure hairy vetch. — Agri. Dept.
News-letter.

Catalogues Rtc.ived.

Henry F. Michel! Co., Philadelphia,
Pa., bulbs; Fottler, Piske. Kawson Co.,
Boston, Mass., bulbs; Thomas J. Grey
Co., Boston, Mass., bulbs; J. F. Noll &
Co., Inc., Newark, N. J., bulbs; The
Botzum Bros. Co., Inc., Cleveland, O.,
bulbs; Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago,
New York, bulbs; The W. W. Barnard
Co., Chicago, bulbs and seeds; William
Elliott & Sons, New York, bulbs and
seeds; Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia,
Pa., bulbs, plants and seeds; Peter
Henderson & Co., New York, bull's.
seeds and plants; Otto Katzenstein &
Co., Atlanta, Ga., tree and shrub
seeds; J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore,
Md., seeds; Valdesian Nurseries, Bos-
tic, N. C, nursery stocks; Old Colony
Nurseries Inc., Plymouth. Mass., nur-
sery stocks; Hicks Nurseries, West-
bury, L. I., N. Y., plants, trees and
shrubs; Anton Sehultheis, New York,
foliage. flowering and ornamental
decorative plants; California Rose Co.,
Pomona. Ca'if., roses; W. E. Caldwe'l
Co.. Louisville, Ky., tanks; ."Sunlight
Double Glass Sash Co., Louisville. Kv..
sash.

The Everett B Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

S?d'",S?s'lon'^r*''" MILFORD, CONN.

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Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Letiuce. Onlnn. Sweet Peas. Aster,

Cosmos. Mignoneite. Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholes lie Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write tor our low prices.
Ll4bt, Pratt and n_i«« _ _ »«^

uiicottsis.. isaltiinore, Md.

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DO NOT

Delay Ordering

Polnsettias, 2i<.-in., $5.00 per 100;
$46.0U per lOiX).

Begonia Lonsdale, 2V2-in., Lor-
raine type, but better, $14.00 per
It 0. IlL'o.OO per lOt^O.

Begonia Glorie de Chatelaine,
$6.00 per KXI; $60.00 per 1000.

Cyclamen Seed, English, $8.50

pt-r oz.
Cyclamen Seed, German, $6.00

per oz.
Pansy Seed, home grown, best
strain procurable, I4 oz. , $l,5o;
1 oz , $6.00.
Rest assured your order.s
will he filled to your entire
satisfactfon.

S. S. Skidelsky & Co.,

1218 BetzBld^.,

Philadelphia, Fa.

L. FORMOSUlVf

7-9 in.. 9 in in . in-ll in.. 11-13 io.
Also Japan Grown FKEESIA, H aod H in

\\ rite tor ptict-s.

Y0K0HAVA^URSEKYtO.,lt(l.,

Wooiworih BIdg., New Yoik City

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585

Buy British Seeds

There is no embargo whatever on the export of Seeds from Great Britain,
whatever you may have been told. There is no difficulty whatever in
the shipment of Seeds in the usual way from Great Britain, whatever you
might expect. This is owing to the fact that our shipping is under the
protection of the British Fleet everywhere, excepting in the Baltic Sea, and
also because the British Government have arranged to insure against War
Risks at reasonable rates, the present rate being 2 per cent, the probability
being that in the near future it will be less. It looks as if there will be no
Seeds from Germany, and possibly none from France. Our own Seeds are
at your service now, and the produce of our contracts are at your disposition
from harvest 1915 and 1916. We can make both Firm Delivery Offers and
subject to crop offers. We are in a good position as suppliers, and if you
confide your order to us you will have every reason to be satisfied with the
execution of same; and we feel sure that you will look to us for a large
portion of your supplies for the future. As far as our Seeds go there is no
embargo and no difiiculty unless you yourselves create one. In your own
interests we beg you not to do so, but to write us at once for quotations.
Do it NOW. Of English Seeds Kelway's Seeds are known to be the best.
They are offered on lowest wholesale terms to every genuine Seedsman and
Importer in the United States, and with one notable exception, to no one else.
KELWAY, LANGPORT, is sufficient, by mail or cable.

We can quote

ALFALFA

all Seeds

particularly :

CELERY

RADISH

ANISE

KALE

RAPE

BEET

KOHL RABI

RUTABAGA

CABBAGE

MUSTARD

SPINACH

CARROT

PEPPER

lURNIP

CAULIFLOWER

VETCH

and we make a specialty of "Choice" and other FLOWER SEEDS.
The time is undoubtedly a critical one for the Importer, and it will be still
more critical next season. We shall esteem it an honor if we can be of
assistance to any American Seedsmen in this time of crisis.

, Please write to our Representative

MR. OWEN F. TROTT, Care of Messrs. Thos. Meadows & Co.,

8-10 Bridge Street, New Battery, NEW YORK,

up to November 10th, or direct to

KELWAY & SON, Seed Growers and Merchants,

LANGPORT, ENGLAND.

586

The American Florist.

Oct. J,

My Original Winter-Flowering
SPENCER or ORCHID SWEET PEA

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK,

revolutionized the cut flower market last winter. It
brought higher prices than the best carnation, from
the start to finish. They will be more sought for this
winter. I have some seed left on hand of the following
named varieties :

Pink and White Orchid, White Orchid, Mrs. A. A.
Skach (clear pink), Orchid Beauty (dark rose), Venus
white, pink blush), Mrs. M. Spanolln (white), Mrs. Jos.
Manda (light pink), all, 1 oz , $4.00. lavender Nora
(winter Unwin type), the best and largest clear lavender in
cultivation, 1 oz., $1.60.

Winter-Flowering Spencer Mixture

This consist only of the best light pink, pink, whites,
salmon, lavender and very few dark. Every commercial
grower should plant at least one house of these, after the
'Mums, and he would be taking no risk. 1 oz., $3.00; 4 oz. ,
$10.00; 1 lb., $30.00. Ask for special prices on 10 lbs. or
more; You need 1 oz. of the Winter Orchid Sweet Pea
seed for 100 foot row. Ask for list.

Philadelphia, Pa.. .August 29. 1914.
Mr. \. C. ZvOL.^NEK. Lompoc. Calif.

Dear Sir; — We handled your Winter-FlowerinE Orchid Peas last
year in quantity. We sold nearly all of the Peas from Messrs. A. Harvey
& Sons, which firm no doubt you know very well. There was nothing in
the cut flower line last winter that sold more readily than the Orchid
Peas. We belie\ie that all the 8:rowers who had your Orchid Flowering
Peas last winter had a most profitable crop. .As you know, some of the
retailers are rather slow to take up something new. After the first
i>urchase of Orchid Peas, however, they invariably bought them in
preference. i-„p l^q Niessen Company.

Lompoc, Calif.

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very hkely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Enkhuizen Glory.

Introdui;e(l Sevfrnl Vt';ir.< .Vgo by Our Firm.

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. All Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

tiention the American Florist when writing

QUALITY Iav.?S

8CND won OATAI.OOI'K.

ARTHUR T. BOODINGTON

I4t W»l 14th St., K*o Tnrk.

Get Quotation! From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

UOUion the American Florist when writing

Bloomsdale
Farm.

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.-

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Valuable in Mailing.

Americ.\n Florist Co.— We find j'our
Trade Directorj- of great value in mailing
our price lists and will want the new
one when readj-.

FRANCIS BRILI, CO.
Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., April 25, 1914.

I BURPEE'S SEEDS f

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florista C

3 and Market Gardeners. :•: E

Meyition the American Florist when writinsf

igi4.

The American Florist.

587

Bulbs! Bulbs!

We call attention to the fact that these bulbs are imported by us from
best Dutch firms; actual producers of the bulbs, who did not commence
packing until the war broke out and who knew at that time that their
export trade with Russia and Germany was closed for this season, in
consequence of which we secured

The finest bulbs which the harvest affords.

Buyers should not confound these prices with prices of stock picked
up on speculation by Dutch dealers, not growers, and sent to this
country and now offered through peddlers or at auction.

French Romans Dutch Hyacinths

Per liHKi
11-12 ctms. (2500 to case). $25.00

12-13 ctms. {2080 to case).. 29.00

12ctms.&up(1800tocase). 35.00

Dutch Narcissus

CALLAS.

114 to IV2 inch..
\Vi to 2 inch..
2 to 24 inch .

Per 1000
.$ 45.00

75.00
. 100.00

Golden Spur, Fancy

Emperor,

Per 1000

. $13.00
13.00

Victoria,

12.00

Princeps,

6.00

SirWatkin, "

.. 12.00

Von Sion,

.. 13.50

" " Double

Nose..

.. 22.00

_, . . „ Per 1(100

Dutch RomanS,named var. $ 1 7.50

Hyacinths, First size 60.00

" Second size 37.00

" Bedding grade. 25.00

Tulips ,,^ ,,„

Artus $ 6.50

Belle Alliance 11.00

Vermilion Brilliant 14.00

La Reine 6.00

Cottage Maid 7.00

Rose Gris de Lin 6.00

Chrysolora 8.00

Yellow Prince 8.00

Keizerskroon 13.50

FREESIAS

French Mammoth, V2 to % inch $ 9.00

Purity Mammoth, -^^ inch 22.00

Write for Fall "Book for Florists.'

Lilium Formosum , „„.

Per 1000

6 to 8 inch (360 to case) $40.00

7 to 9 inch (250 to case) 60.00

8 to 9 inch i,225 to case) 70.00

8 to 10 inch (200 to case) 80.00

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Se^^IS^k

"SEEDS"

I am headquarters for the celebrated
Sudan Grass Seed, Rescue, Johnson
& Bermuda Grass, Cane Seed,
Cotton Seed, Egyptian Wheat, Cow
Peas, Feterita, Kaffir Corn, Milo
Maize, Big German and Pearl
Millet, Spanish Peanuts.
Fancy selected Cantaloupe and Water-
melon, Bermuda Onion Seed.

Send me a list of your wants for prices.

ROBERT NICHOLSON

Wholesale Seeds
DALLAS, - - TEXAS

S. M. Isbell & Co.

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cacumber, Tomato, Muskinelon.
Smiash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

FIELD-GROWN

CARNATION PLANTS

THE USUAL FINE C. C. C. QUALITY

Herald

Conquest

Beautiful overlaid pink, sells for the
highest price. Good producer, good
stem, fine large flowers, $6.00 per 100;
.$50.00 per 1000.

White Enchantress

$ti.00 per 100; $50. uO per 1000.

( Large Plants— Scarlet )

$7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

Bonfire

$7.00 per 100; $60.00 per lOfTO.

Victory

$5.00 per 100.

Chicago Carnation Co.,

A. T. PYFER, Mgr.

30 E. Randolph St., Chicago, lU.

The Early Advertisement Gets There.

588

The American Florist,

Oct. 3,

The Nursery Trade

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase. Ala., President,
E. S. ^Vel^_■h, Shenaudoiih, lu.. \'ioe-l*resi-
dent; -loUu Hall. 204 Gruuite bldg,, Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Deuoit. Mich.. .Tune 1915.

Louisiana, Mo. — James Wakeley,
who has been with the William P.
Stark Nursery company at Neosho,
Mo., has resigned his position there
and has accepted his old position with
Stark Brothers Nursery & Orchard Co.

Kalamazoo, Mich. — Officials of the
convention bureau of the Commercial
Club received notice September 24 that
the annual conference of the Michigan
State Horticultural Society will be held
In this city during the coming winter.
The dates have not been announced,
but a meeting of the executive com-
mittee of the organization will be
called for this city within a short time
to settle on the time of the meeting
and complete convention arrange-
ments.

Jacs Smits, Naarden, Holland, writ-
ing under date of September 17. says :
"The Holland-America line contracted
with all customers in the horticultural
line on the same basis as before and
for the same prices with the exception
of cheap trees, which paid a freight
of 12 shillings and six pence per 40
cubic feet, which has been raised to
15 shillings. Exporters will till all
orders placed to this date and many
more which they expect from their
American friends.

Cemetery Men Convene Next Week.

The Twenty-eight annual conven-
tion of the Association of American
Cemetery Superintendents will be
held at St. Louis, Mo., October G-S.
The Planters hotel will be head-
quarters.

California Association of Nurserymen

ANinjAL CONVENTION,

The fourth annual convention of the
California Association of Nurserymen
will be held in the U. S. Grant Hotel in
San Diego, on October 15, 16 and 17,
1914, on which occasion a program of
unusual interest will be carried out,
treating on many phases of economic
and ornamental horticulture under
California conditions. Among the more
salient addresses may be mentioned :
"New Eight-Hour Law," by Leonard
Coates, of Morganhill; "Treating Re-
fractory Soils with Dynamite," by
John G. Morley, of San Diego; "Smyr-
na Fig Culture in Europe and in Cali-
fornia" (illustrated with over 60 col-
ored slides), by Geo. C. Roeding. of
Fresno; "Some Phases of the Tran.s-
portation Problem," by J. D. Meri-
wether, of Los Angeles; "Shall the
State Destroy an Industry It Has
Created," by John T. Sweet, of Mar-
tinez; "Present Quarantine Inspection :
MetlTods and Suggestions for Improve-
ment," by H. A. Weiland, of San
Diego; "Recent Lessons in Lemon Cul-
ture," by R. C. Allen, of Boneta; "The
Exposition Beautiful : Its Educational
Values," by Frank P. Allen, Jr., of San
Diego; "The Avocado : the Situation
as It Is Today," by F. O, Popenoe, of
Altadena; "Sacramento Valley Devel-

opment," by W. S. Guilford, of Wil-
lows : "The Panama-Pacific Exposi-
tion : Its Commercial Significance," by
H. O. Davis, of San Diego; "The Home
Garden and City Beautiful in 1915,"
by Ernest Braunton, of Los Angeles;
"Why Not Grow Seedling Stocks on
This Coast," by E. Benard, of San
Diego; besides the standing committee
reports, addresses of welcome, etc.

On Friday evening, October 16, the
association will be the guest of the
San Diego Floral Association, on which
occasion Alfred D, Robinson, editor of
The California Garden, will deliver a
timely address on "The Amateur Gar-
dener and the Nurseryman," which
will be briefly discussed by Miss K. O.
Sessions and Theodore Payne, at the
conclusion of which thers will be a
musical program, dancing and refresh-
ments.

On Saturday, October 17, the asso-
ciation will be the guests of the Pan-
ama-Pacific Exposition oiEcials for
a tour of the buildings and grounds
of San Diego's "Exposition Beautiful."
At noon there will be an informal
luncheon at the Mission Cliff Gardens,
and in the afternoon an automobile
drive to points of interest in and about
San Diego.

The railroads have granted a re-
duced rate of a fare and a third on
the receipt-certificate plan, and there
will also be reduced rates at the Grant
and Brewster hotels.

Texas Nurserymen's Association.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The fifteenth annual meeting of the
Texas Nurserymen's Association will
be held in the Chamber of Commerce
auditorium. Fort Worth, Tex., October
14 and 15. A tentative program has
been prepared by the committee on
program, which consists of John S.
Kerr of Sherman, president; Will B.
Munson of Denison, vice president, and
J. M. Ramsey of Austin, secretary-
treasurer.

Following the address of welcome by
J. B. Baker of Fort Worth, a response
by F, E. McGinnis of Dallas, the presi-
dent's address and the appointment of
committees, addresses on subjects of
interest to Texas nurserymen are to
be given. Coming as it does during
Stock Show week,, an unusually good
attendance is expected. The local
committee on arrangements is com-
posed of L. J; Tackett, J. B. Baker and
Secretary P. O. McCormack of the
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHU,

Out 2-in. Pots. $2.00 per Il»l. extra strong.

CLEMATIS PANICULATA,

Out 3in. Pots. S4,00 per 100, extra stronc
HARDY ENGLISH IVY, LARGE LEAF,

3 and 4 in. plants in 4-in. pot. 18.00 per 100. 4 ft. lonu.
Cash with order please.

SAMUEL V. SMITH, Fhlladelptiia, Pa.
Half Square East of 1 1th and Westmoreland SI.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN (HOLLAND)

Roses and Rose Trees on Briar

Robert Craig Co. .
?/^ PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49ih Sis,, Philadelphia, Pa,

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Erergreeo Siiecialists Uigest Growen in Aacrki

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL,

August Rolker& Sons

NEW YORK.

Sur>ply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds; Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752. or 5 1 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY

TRADE DIRECTORY

Price 93.00 PotkouUL

American Florist Co^

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHOAGO

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

.^ny quantity, size and age. No bettor grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICKS AND CATALOGUE.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,
CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

-READY NOW

Ficus Elastica

INSPECTION INVITED.

15-18 in $3.60 per doz.; $26.00 per lOO

18-24 in 4.60perdoz.; 36.00 per 100

Nurserymen and Florists,

Ask For Our WliolesatC.(ta'»*°^-

Rutherford, N. J.

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The American Florist.

589

DREER'S ARAIC4RIAS

The chances are that there will be no imports of Araucarias from Belgium this fall, which is certain to
result in a scarcity of this plant for the holidays. We are carrying our usual large stock of spring imported
plants, and we would advise you to cover your requirements. There has been no advance in price, and the

plants are of the usual good quality.

Araucaria Excelsa

5 inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, 3 tiers $ .60 each

6 inch pots, 12 to 16 inches high, 3 to 4 tiers 75 "

6 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high. 4 tiers 1.00 "

7 inch pots, 18 to 20 inches high, 4 to 5 tiers 1.25 ,''

Araucaria Excelsa Glauca

6 inch pots, S inches high, 2 tiers $ .75 each

6 inch pots, 12 inches high, 3 tiers 1.00 "

Araucaria Robusta Compacta

5 inch pots, 10 inches high, 2 tiers $ .75 each

6 inch pots, 12 to 14 inches high, 3 tiers 1.25 "

7 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high. 3 tiers 1.50 "

Ficus Elastica

A splendid lot of 4 inch pots, 19 to 12 inches high, $3.60 per dozen;
$26.00 per lOO.

Pandanus Veitchi

A grand lot of well colored plants, 6 inch pots, exceptional good values.

For the most Complete List of Decorative Plants and other Seasonable Stoclc see our current wiiolesale list.

UriilDV A riDrrD 714-7I6 chestnut street,
nLlllKl IK. UI1LLK9 PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The above prices are intended for the trade only.

A. S. ARCHER

ANTIGUA, - - B. W. I.

Oflfers for sale seeds of

Ornamenlal and Flower=

ing Plants, Economic and

Fruit Seeds.

A Specialty.

ICoselle (Seeds

At .$1..50 per lb.
Catalogue and Price List on application.

A. S. ARCHER, - Antigua, B. W. I.

RAHN & HERBERT

1 10 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots; up

to 5 feet bieli per 100, $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots " 15 00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton. 2 in. " 5.00
Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants forthe coming autumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to offer are :

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year .Wi to 2 feet

Two years \Vi to 2 feet

Two years 2 Xa'lVi feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

Two years 21^ to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

All are well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades
have been cut back one or more times.

Very attractive prices— especially in car lots.
Correspondence solicited.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

NURSERY

Asparagus, Poinsettias, Vincas

Asparagus Flumosus. 7^i in ..Si-OOperliJO; 3 in.,
$5.00 per l«.l. ASP. Hatcherii, 3 in.. $5.00 per 100,

Poinsettias, 2 in., $4.00 per 100, 3in.. $8.00 per
100: 4 in , ■fii5.li0 per 110,

Vincas, field grown, lor October delivery. $5 00
per 10(

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin, N. J. Williamstown June, N. J.

590

The American Fl oris t.

Oct. 3,

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp. Princeton, Ind.. Pres
ident; H. J. Thompson, Attleboro, Mass.,
Vice-President; S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky., Secretary: M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O., Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition.
Ph iladelphia. Pa., October 6 y. 1914,

=^

Some useful suggestions on liot bed
construction will be found elsewhere
in tliis issue.

Chambeesbubg, Pa. — Daniel S. Zear-
foos, market gardener, has erected a
new greenhouse on his property.

The annual convention of the Vege-
table Growers' Association of Amer-
ica will be held at Philadelphia, Pa.,
next week, October 6-9.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vesfetables.

Chicago, September 29. — Mushrooms,
60 to 05 cents per pound; lettuce 20
cents per box; radishes, 75 cents to
$1.00 per J.00 bunches.

New York, September 29. — Cucum-
bers, prime, 50 cents to 75 cents per
basket; mushrooms, 50 cents to $1.50
per 4-pound basket; tomatoes, 25 cents
to .$1.00 per box.

Cannins: Veg:etables.

It -is generally admitted that more
food is wasted in the United States
than probably any other country on
earth, and if this is true with food in
general, it is especially true with vege-
tables. There is a reason for all this;
in the production of vegetables we en-
counter tremendous crops caused by
favorable weather and for which very
often no market can be found — at least
not quickly enough or at a profit. Our
colleges and universities realize this
also, as is shown by their interest in
teaching canning. We have attempt-
ed canning with a view of relieving
glut and avoiding losses; we have been
very successful in one way — the pro-
ducing way, but have found plenty of
trouble at the selling end. At first
glance the selling looks ti^ be the easy
part, as the goods are not perishable
after put up. However, we find that
the commercial canners carefully cover
the field long before the crops are put
up and contract for delivery up to the
limit and often beyond that. This
makes it hard for the smaller producer
to find an outlet. In this as in most
other lines, a trade must be established
and advances made gradually.

A great deal of misunderstanding ex-
ists in regard to canning. There is no
secret whatsoever, no chemicals used
or necessary. The whole process de-
pends upon thorough sterilization by
ample heat, and exclusion of germ-
laden air. Nor does the work require a
great deal of skill or experience. We
■were successful with our first pack of
green beans and tomatoes and had
no experience whatsoever, in fact
never having seen the work done. We
employed what is known as a steam
pressure outfit and packed into stand-
ard canner's cans with soldered caps.
There are a great many reasons for
canning on the farm. We will men-
tion a few. Fruits and vegetables are
never as good as right on the place
where they are grown — we can pre-

serve all their flavor and tenderness;
bad spells of weather can be turned
to good account and all hands kept
busy by canning in a shed; unmarket-
able material can often be used as well
as the best; the selling can be done
in winter.

To any one who wishes to enter this
field we would say be sure and get
a steam pressure outfit as any open
tank process is jincertain as the heat
obtainable is below 212 degrees. Many
subjects need more intense heat, say
250 to 280 degrees, which can only be
obtained in pressure vessels. Very
often greenhouse boilers can be used
to furnish the steam which reduces
the cost of installation. We have
found our product superior to any on
the market, as is testified Jjy our cus-
tomers. We attribute this success
mainly to the direct route from the
field into the can. Our operations
cover asparagus, string beans, spinach,
tomatoes and sauer kraut, with the to-
matoes as the main pack. There is
more demand for good tomatoes than
anything else. Mabketman.

LL Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists wisbing
^ to do business with Europe should send for tbe

"Horticnltnral Advertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, beio? read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken .by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
subscription, to cover cost of postage, 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appli
cantsshould. with the subscription, send a copy ol
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.

Money orders payable at Lowdham. Notts.

Address EditOFS Of "H. A."

Chllwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. England

Watch for our Trade Mark stamped
OD every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Span

Substitution of cheaper gradei la
thus easily exposed. Fresh sampU
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by manufacturers upon re
ceipt of 40 cents in postage, Addiess

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn

BOXWOODS-Mosf Beautiful Stock

Pyramids, 2 ft $1 00 each

Pyramids, 2^2-11 1.50 each

Pyramids,3 ft 2.00each

Pyramids, aH,ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14.X14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F.O FRANZEN^^^c^hIcaSI?"'

1-yr.

ROSES

2-yr.
4-iR.

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE B£ST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT
170 Pages.— Price $1.0O— 29 Illnstrations.

AMERICAN FLORST COMPANY.

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERT LARGEST SCALE Of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Establisbed 1 787.)

^PFPIAI TIF^' Beans. Beets. Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl Rabi, Leek. Lettuces, Onioos, Peas,
orLUIHLIILOi Radishes, Spinach, Turnips Swedes, Asters, Balsams. BeKonias, Carnations
Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspur, Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GLANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6,00 per oz., or $1.75 per Vt oz,, $1.00 per H oz., postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

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Special Offer

Asparagus Pluraosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vaughan's Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

1914.

The American Florist.

591

Prize Winning Carnations

At the State Fair in Springfield, September 21-22-23, out of nine entries we
won seven first prizes, one second and one third, in strong competition.

Prize winning flowers can only be cut from first-class stock.
Remember this when you want carnation cuttings this season.

J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO., Joliet, Iliiaois

Some Excellent Stock

Carefully packed, with liberal extras for early
orders.
Inch 100 1000

2M Asparartus Plumosus $3.00 $25.00

3M Asparagus Plumosus 7.50 70.00

2V4 Asparagus Sprengeri 2.50 22.50

3h Asparagus sprengeri 6.50 60.00

3^ Cyclamens, .\ssoried colors 8.50 80.00

2W Cyclamens, .'\ssorted colors 6.00 55.00

2U Primula Obconica. Separatecolors

or mixed 3.00 25.00

IVi Primula Malacoides 3.00 25.00

2H Chinese Primroses. Assorted.... 3.25 30 00

2H Cinerarias. Choiced mixed 2.50 22 50

2V4 Begonia Vernon. 3 kinds 2.50 22.50

IVt Snapdragons. White. Pink and

Yellow 3.00 25.00

3H Snapdragons. Bushy plants 7.00 65.00

2!^Stevia. Dwarf or tall 3.00 25 OU

3V' Stevia. Bushy plants 7-00 (.5 00

20,000 3V,-in. VIOLET PLANTS, Marie Louise
and Lady Campbell. $3,75 per 100; %?& 00 per KXK).

FERNS from benches; Bost on, Piersoni, Ele-
gantissima. etc. Large plants. A bargain. $10 00.
$15.00 and *2n 00 oer 100. Try some.

CARNATION PLANTS. From .Wj and 4-in. pots,
fine, stocky plants: Comfort. Scarlet Wonder,
Beacon, Enchantress and Washington Enchant-
tress. $7.00 per 100; $65.00 per 1000. White
Enchantress. Very good plants. $7.00 per 100;
$65.00 per 1000.

Also abundance of other stock. Correspondence
solicited.

ALONZO J. BRYAN, w|-S"

WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

J. E. Meredith, Prks. C. W Stout, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE

ILLINOIS

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette,

Indiana

ilenUon the American Florist when writing

SN I L AX

strong plants, 2>/2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2V^ inch,
$2.00 per 100; $5.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a ffood lime to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
on many items. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas

All the Rood French sorts, pot-grown. 4-in.
pot plants. t20.00 per 100; 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Otaksa

Field-Brown plants 4 to 6 shoots. $15.00 per
100; 6 to 8 shoots, $20.00 per 100. Short and
clean stock.

Cibotium Schiedei

Splendid stock at a real reduction, 5-in. pot
plants at 75c: 6-in. pot plants. $1.00.

Bird's Nest Ferns

4-in. pot plants. ..$3.50 per dc.z.
5 in. pot plants. . . 7.00 per doz.

$25.00 per 100
50.00 per 100

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

Adiantum Croweanum

4-in. pot plants .$15.00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $.'5.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

Short and bushy, 2H in., $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns

Best varieties, including Aspidium. Cyr-
tomium, Wilsoni and Mayi. $3.00 per 100:
$25.00 per 1000.

Primula Sinensis

A splendid strain in red and white, $3,00 per
100; $25.00 per 1000.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

Mention the American Florist when writing

Primroses.

Chinese, Forbesl, Malacoides, Obconica

Alba and Rosea, $1.75 per 100; $15.00

per 101 lO.
ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 214 in.

pots. ,$-.'.Olt per 100; $18.00 per 1000.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 214 in.

pots, $2.00 per 100; $18 00 per 1000.
Vinca Variegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. lOth, «2 6O per 1000.
CASH or CO. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per 1000.

Alyssiim, Giant Double, 2in.. $2.00 per 100.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2 in., $1.75 per 100, in any Quantity.

Good stock and Bood packing.

Elmer Rawlings,

The Chrysanthemum
Manual

By Elmer D. Smith.

Wholesale Grower
OLEAN. N. Y.

Jadson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

NEW AND REVISED EDmON.
Price 50 Cents. Cash With Order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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Oct. 3,

The American Florist Company's Directory of
Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada.

(Copyrighted and Title Trade-Mark Registered.)

Directory Revision

O — .

We are revising our Trade Directory of the Florists, Nurserymen,
Seedsmen, etc., of the United States and Canada, and as there have been
many changes in firm names and considerable extension of the area under
glass, nursery grounds, etc., you would greatly oblige by supplying the
following information with reference to your business:

In all cases state (1) Name of firm or proprietor, with the officers of corporations;
(2) Name of manager; (3) Address, giving street and number or rural route; (4) City or town;
(5) State; (6) When business was established;' and (7) Whom present owner succeeded.

If Florists, state whether (1) Grower; (2) Retail, having store only, (3) Wholesale; or
(4) Commission. If a grower state acreage of ground operated and give number of square
feet of glass.

To ascertain the number of feet under glass in a given house, 12x145 feet
multiply the length (14.5 feet) by the width (12 feet) and you have in

145

12

that house 1% 740 feet under glass, thus,..../ 1,740

If Nurserymen, state whether (1) Wholesale; (2) Retail; (3) Acreage of ground
operated, and area under glass as in the case of florists above.

If Seedsmen, state whether (1) Dealer: (2) Grower; (3) What your specialties are;
(4) If a grower, state acreage operated and area under glass, as in the case of florists above.

Inclose your printed letterhead or business card with above details of the business.

Please send the names and addresses of new firms in your vicinity.

-O-

Horticulturaf Supply Concerns

We also list all lines of Horticultural Supply Concerns, such as manufacturers of

Greenhouse Building Materials, Boilers, Ventilators, Glass, Insecticides,
Pots, Labels, Seed Bags, Fertilizers, Wire Designs, Tinfoil, Vases, Machinery,
Implements, Sprayers, Seed Cases, Flower Pots, Florists' Boxes, Ribbons, Etc.

The specialties are also listed under these heads in the case of advertisers.

Ad^v^of tisftiixg I^a^te» :

Including Copy of New Edition.

Page (314 X 6Vi inches) .$26.00

Half page (.3' 2 x SI4 inches) 16.00

One-fourth page (3'2 x l^g inches) 9.00

The Price of the Book is $3.00 Per Copy, Postpaid.
SEND YOUR ADVERTISEMENr NOW.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

Directory Department. 440 S. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO.

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ABUTILONS.

ABUTILON LAVITZII Variegated, 2-incb. $3
per 101): 3-iDch, $6 per lOO. Extra stioug.
Cash please. ERNEST ROBER. Willmette. 111.

ALYSSUM.

AlTssum. giant double, rooted cuttings, $1 per
100. by mail. C. Albert Sbaffer, R. D. 1, Alex-
Hudria, Va.

ARAUCARIAS.

ARAUCARIA EXCBLSA.
Pots. In. high. Tiers.

5-lncb 10 to 12

«-ineh 12 to 15

«-lneh 14 to 18

7-inch 18 to 20

3 $0.60

3 to 4 75

4 1.00

4 to 5 1.25

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA GLADCA.

6-inch 8-in. 2 tiers $0.75

«-inch 12 in. 3 tiers 1.00

ARAUCARIA R0BUi5TA COMPACTA.

5-lncb 10-in. 2 tiers $i).75

fi-lnch 12 to 14-in. 3 tiers 1.25

T-lnch 14 to 16-in. 3 tiers 1.50

HENRY A. DREER,

714-716 Chestnut St..

Philadelphia, Pa.

Araucarias excelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
5%-6 inch, 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and compacta, 5%-6-7 inch, $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St.. Pbila-
delphia. ___^_

Araucaria excelsa. 6-in., e5c each. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St.. Milwaukee,
Wia.

Araucarias In sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus, 2^-inch, $3 per 100: $25
per 1,000: 3%-incb, $7.50 per 100: $70 per
1,000: Sprengeri, 2Vi-in., ,$2.50 per 100; $22.50
per l.OriO: 3%-in., $6.50 per 100: $60 per l.uOO,
Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington, N. J.

Asparagus plumosus, 3-in., $7: 4-in.. $12:
5-in., $20 and $25 per 100. Sprengeri, 2i4-in..
$3 per 100: 3-in.. $5 per 100. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove. III.

250 4-lnch Asparagus Sprengeri, very strong,
same size plants used for basket planting in
spring. $7 per 100. Boone Greenhouses, Boone,
Iowa. __^

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS AND SPRENGERI,
2-in., $3 per 100: $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Asparagus plumosus, strong seedlings, $6 per
1,000: 5.000 for $25: 10.000 for $45. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2%-in.,
$2 per 1(10: $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunnlng-
bam. Delaware, _0^

Asparagus Plumosus, 2M:-in., $3 per 100: 3-in.
$5. Hatcheri, 3-ln., $5 per 100. I. N. Kramer
& Son, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Asparagus plumosus, short and bushy. 2^ -in,,
$3 per 100: $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Har-
risoD Co.. Painesville, Ohio.

Asparagus Sprengeri, baskets, $1 to $2.50
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr. Lancaster. Pa,

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2V4-inch, $2 per 100:
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt, BristoL Pa.

BAY TREES.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, variegated. 5-in., 10 to 12 leaves,
$1.50 each; Green. 5-in.. 12 leaves, $1 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Bay trees, standards auU pyramids: all sizes.
I'rlce list ou deiuaml. JuliiiV Ruebrs Co.,
Itutherford, N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies, Au-
gust Rolker & Sons. 51 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIA CINCINNATI, 214-in.. $15 per
100; 3-in.. $30 per 100; 4.in., $45 per 100.
(iLOIRE DE CILiTKI.AlNE. with many Horists
takes the place of Ixirraiue, blooms all the
year around, 2-in., $5 per HH); 3-in., $8 per
100: 4-in., $15 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

Begonias, Lonsdale. 2V.-ID.. $14 per 100; $125
per 1,000. Glolre de Cbutelaine. $6 per 100;
.$00 per 1,000. S. S. Skidelsky, 1218 Betz Bldg.,
I'liilfldelpbia. Pa.

BEGONIA LORRAINE, 214-in., $12 per 100;
5-in., $40 per 100. GLORY OP CINCINNATI,
214-in., $17 per 100; 5-in., $50 per 100. W. W.

EDGAR CO. .Waverly.Maas.

GOOD, STRONG, BUSHY PLANTS.

Begonia Cincinnati and Lorraine Taft. 4-in.,
25c; 5-In., 35c; 6-in., 50c. J. V. LAYER, 704
State St., Erie, Pa.

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties, 2-ln.. $3; 3-
in., $5; 4in., %i; «-iu., $25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Begonias, Lorraine, Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport, 2U-in. pots. Present delivery. Julius
KocUrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

Begonia Vernon, 2^-in., 3 kinds, $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-
ington. N. J.

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-ln., $1.60 per doz. ; $10
per 100. Vaugban's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Rex Begonias, 214-ln.. $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOJJ.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
liuehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft., $1 each; 2^! ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; 3% ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch, $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50: nice
bushes. 15-in,, 35c each. F. O. Franzen, 5319
N. Clark St., Chicago.

BULBS.

Bulbs, French Romans: 11-12 ctms.. 2,500 to
case, $25 per 1,000; 12-13 ctms,, 2,000 to case,
$29 per 1,000; 12 ctms. and up, 1.800 to case.
$35 per l.'iOO. Dutch Narcissus; Golden Sl)ur,
$!.■! per 1.000; Emperor, $13 per 1,000; Victoria,
$12 per 1.000: Princeps, $6 per 1.000; Sir Wat-
kins, $12 per 1,000: Von Sion, fancy, $13.50 per
1.000; Von Sion, Dble. Nose, $22 per l.OOO.
Dutch hyacinths: Dutch Romans, named vars.,
$1"..50 per 1.000: hyacinths. 1st size, $60 per
1,000; 2nd size, $37 per 1.000: bedding grade.
.$25 per 1.000. Tulips: Artus, $6.50 per 1,000;
Belle Alliance, $11 per 1.000; Vermilion Bril-
liant. $14 per 1,000; La Reine, $6 per 1,000;
Cottage Maid, $7 per 1,000; Rose Gris de Lin,
$0 per 1,000; Chrysolora, $8 per 1,000; Yellow
Prince, $8 per 1,000: Keizerskron, $13.50 per
1.000. Callas: IM-lVa-inch. $45 per 1,000;
l«i 2 inch, $75 per 1,000; 2-2i/.-incb, $100 per
l.noo. Friesias: French, mammoth, % to 94-
Inch, $9 per 1,000; Purity, mammoth, %-inch,
.$22 per l.OilO. Lilium Formosum, 6-8-lncb. 350
to case. $40 per 1,000; 7-9-inch, 250 to case, $60
per 1.000: .8-9-inch, 225 to case. $70 per I.OOO:
8-10-inch, 200 to case. $80 per l.Ono. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Bulbs, Japanese and Chinese lilies, French
and Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co., Ltd.,
911-92 W. Broadway, New York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

Bulbs. Formosum lilies, 7-9-in.. 300 to case,
$7 per 100; $18 per case; 8-10-in.. 225 to case.
$9 per 100: $17.50 per case; 9-10-in.. 200 per
case, $10 per 100; $18 per case. Paper White
Orandiliora, 1.250 to case. 13 ctm. up, $8 per
1,000; 1,000 to case, 14 ctm. up, $9 per 1,000.
Chinese lily bulbs (30 bulbs to basket, 4 baskets
to bale), $4 per bale. .$32 per l.OOO. Wm. F.
Kasting Co., 383-387 Ellicott St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs, L. Formosum, 7-9-ln., 9-10-ln.. 10-11-
in., 11-13-in.: also Japan grown freesias. %
and %-in. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd..
Woolworth Bldg.. New York.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington, New
York.

CALLAS. ^_

CALLAS.
Calla bulbs, best California field-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more,
3 to 3'>4-in. circumference. $4 per 100; $18 per
500; 4 to 4%-in. circumference. $8 per 100;
$38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders will
receive free 100- Purity freesla bulbs; $20 orders,
200 freczia bulbs. LILYDALB BULB CO.,
SANTA CRUZ, CALIF.

CAMELLIAS.

Camellias, without bud from February to
April; with bud from August to October. Fine
stock. Catalogue free. Victor De Bisschop,
Tronchiennes, Ghent, Belgium.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order In early for this fine stock
before it is too late. Send it in today.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $6.00 $50.00

White Lawson 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

White Enchantress 6.00

Victory 5.00 46.00

Bonfire 5.00 45.00

WIETOR BROS.,

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago.

Carnations, very strong, field-grown red Vic-
tory. $4.50 per 100; $10 per 1,000. Light Pink
Enchantress, $40 per 1,000. Will make dif-
ferent price if party takes them in the field,
M, WINANDY & CO.. 6236 N. Lincoln St.,
Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.

Enchantress, Pink $6.00 per 100

Beacon 6.00 per 100

Lady Bountiful 6.00 per 100

Enchantress, White 6.00 per lOO

E. O. LOMMATZSCH,
R. No. 1. La Grange, 111.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever bad of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON. N. J.

CARNATION PLANTS.

3,000 White Perfection. $40.00 per 1,000;

All field-grown, healthy stock.

Cash with order.

SINNER BROS.,

56 E. RANDOLPH ST.. CHICAGO

CARNATIONS, White Perfection, Enchantress.
White Enchantress, Pink Enchantress, $6.50 per
100; $60 per 1.000. Apple Blossom. Mrs, Pat-
ten. Harlowarden, WInsor. Golden Beauty, $6
per 100: $55 per l.OUO. P. R. QUINLAN,
Syracuse. N. Y. ^

Carnations, Conquest. $6 per 100; $50 per
1.000. White Enchautress. $0 per 100; .$50 per
1.000. Herald. .$7 per 100; $60 per 1.00 1. Bon-
fire, $7 per 100; $00 per 1,000. Victory. $0 per
100. Chicago Carnation Co.. 30 E. Randolph St.,
Chicago.

If You Do Not Find Wha? You Need in Our Ready Reference Deparfmenf, Wrife Us Aiiouf If.

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Carnations from 3Mt and 4-in. pots. Comfort,
Scarlet Womler. Beacon, Encbautress. WasbiuK-
ton Enehantiess. $7 jjer 100; $e5 per I.UUO.
White Eucba:itiess. $7 per liO: $65 per l,ouO.
AloDzo J. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

FOR SALE — 2.00 I Victory carnations and 1.000
Enchantress, % 'A per l.uOO. taslJ wltli oriler
or satisfactory reference. Tlie KlVEltBANK
CO.. Geneva. 111.

Carnation plants, flelrt-grown, large bushy
plants. SOU H. I'. Encbautress. 500 White En-
chantress, $5 per HO. Cash with older, please.
Geo. Smith, care Anoka Greenhouse Co., Anolia,
Minn. ,

Carnations, field-grown. Ward and White I'er-
fectlon. $4.50 per lOU; $-10 per 1.000. I'eter
Rcinlierg, 3U E. liaiulolpb St., Chicago.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLING, and fine
variety to grow. $5 per ll-O, C. C. PoUworth
Co.. Mihvauliee. .

Carnation Alice, beautiful -clear blush pinli.
Peter Fislier, Ellis, Mass.

Carnations. J D, Thompson Carnation Co.,
Joliet. 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros.. FishklU. N. Y,

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysantbeujum plants from 2V4-lnch pots:
VpIIo" Knti.M. While Eaton, McNiece. Kamapo,
O. II. Kahn, Chrysolora, October I'rost, Touset.
Chas. Kazer. Couioietta. Golden Glow. I'acilic
Supreme, Luaka. I'ocketts' Crimson and Schrimp-
ton, $2 per 100. Eitra tine stock, onler quick.
Cash. J. D. TUOMl'SON CAUNATION CO.,
Joliet, III. ._

CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Standard Varieties,
Btroug plauts. 2V<.-in. pots, also some pompous
and singles. $3 per 100; $25 per l.OOJ, HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

CLEMATIS.

ClemntiB panlculata. 3-ln.. $4 per 100. Samncl
V. Smith. 3a23_Goodman St., Pbiladelphia, Pa.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y,

COLEUS. .^___

COLEUS, best staudard varieties, all colors,
2%-iu. pots. $2 per 100; 3-iu.. $3 per 100.
Fine for stock plauts or specimens. HENRI
S.MITH. Grand Uapids, Mich.

Coleus, 2-in.. $2 iier 100; $18.50 per l.oOii;
3-in., $3 per 10 1; $2j per 1,00 J. R. Vincent.
Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh. Ind.

CROTONS __^_

Crotons. 4-ln.. 50c; 6-in„ 75c. Poehlmann
Bros. Co.. .Morton Grove, HI,

CYCLAMEN.

Cyclamen from 3V4-inc'h pots, $15 per 100;
4-luch $25 per 10 1; 5-iuch, $30 per 100. tiuest
strain; separate colors. JULIUS ROEURS Co.,
Rutlierfuril, N. J. _ ^

CYCLAMEN PLANTS, 4-inch, 15c: 5-inch,
35c: 6-incb, 50c. J. V. LAYER, 704 State St.,
Erie, I'a. '

Cyclamen. 5 colors. 3-in., doz.. $1.50; per 100.
$10; 4in.. do7... »2.30; per 1..0, $18. Vaughan s
Seed Store, Chicago ami New York.

Cyclamens. 314in.. assorted, $8.50 per inO;
$80 per 1.000; 2V4 1".. $« per l**: *55 per I.UOJ.
Alony.o J. Hryan. Washington. N,_Jj_

iiUll'-U " • MJijmn '■ — i-T ■ ^ - ,

Cyclamen, 4-inch, 13c 'each; 5-lnch, 40c each;
e-inch, 6ic each. The Ceo. WIttbold Co.. i37-
39 Buckingham Place, Chicago. ■__

DAISIES.

MAUOCERITES, strong cnt hack. 4-ln. stock
suitable for Winter forcing. $10 per 100. IlENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

DEUTZIAS.

Dentzla gradlls, 8-Inch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz.. $4: per Inn. $30. Vaughan a
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

DRACAENAS.

Uiacicna Godsefflana. 2-lo,. $1 per doz.; 3ln.,
$1..W per doz. Indlvlsa, 4-ln.. ir>r and 2lic.
I'oeblmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Draca-na Indlvlsa, 3-ln., $.=): 4-ln., $10; 8-ln„
$25 per 1 0. Geo. M. Emroana, Newton, N. J,

FERNS.

Clboftnm Scheidel. 5 In.. 7,1r; 6-ln.. $1. Bird's
nest fern. 4-liiili. $3..'in per doz.; $23 per 100;
S-In., $7 per doz; $.30 per H'O. Adinnlnra
Cr^mennum. 4-ln., $!.'> per 100. Gb>ry of Mord-
reclit. 4-ln.. $25 per 100. Ferns for illslies. $3
per 1"0; $23 per 1.000, The Storra & Harrison
Co., Puinesville, Ohio.

Boston, 2-inch $ 3.00 per 100

Boston, 3-inch 6.00 per lUO

Boston. 4-inch 12.00 per 1 0

Boston, o-inch 2J.U0 per 100

Boston. 7-inch 75 each

Boston. 8-inch 1.00 each

Boston, out of bench. $10, $13 and .$20 |ier 100
Roosevelt, out of bench, ,$15 and $20 per 100

I'teris, out of flats $1.50 per lOn

Smithii (new), 2-lu 3.00 per luO

Fern and Sprengeri baskets, 75c to $2.50 each

Cash Please.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

FERNERY FERNS, flue hardy varieties. 2%-
in., $3.00 per luO. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plauts: 2M!-iu., $4 per 100;
3-in., $7 per 100; 4-in., $13 per li.O; 7-ln.. $6
per doz.; 7-in., extra heavy, $y per doz.; 8-ln.,
$12 per doz.; lu-iu., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plauts from $1.50 to $-' each. WUIT-
MA.N'I. 2V4-ln., $5 per loO: 3-ln., $10 per 100;
5-lu., $25 per 100; e.vtra heavy 8-iu., $15 per
doz. C. C. I'OLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

Ferns, Nephrolepis mucosa, 3^-inch, 25c: 5-
in., 50c. N. Elegantissima. 6-in.. 50c: 8-in., $1;
lu-in., $2 each. N. Elegantissima corapacta,
3i<.-iu.. 25c; 6-in., 50c; 8 In., $1 each. N.
Superbissima, 6-incb., 50c each. N. Magnifica,
5-in.. 50c each. N. Piersoni, 6-in., 5Jc; 8-in.,
i\ each. Dwarf Boston. 8-in.. $1 each. Harrisii.
6-in.. 5ic; 10-in.. $2 to $3 each; 12-in., very
large, $5 each. F. E. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-

on-Hudson, N. Y.

FERNS FOR FERN DISHES.

2-lnch pots : $2.50 per 100

WILLIAM MURPHY,
329 Main St., Cincinnati, O.

l-'erns. Boslou aud Roosevelt. 3-lu., $7.5o per
100; 4-in., $15; 5-lu.. $25; 6-in.. $50; 7-in., $75,
A. Henderson ,^- Co.. 3G9 River St.. Chicago.

Boston. Wliilujuiii and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 5-iuch pots. $2.25 per doz.; $15
per 100. C. Humfeld, ^lay CePter,_ Kans.

Boston ferns, 5-inch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adialitum Crnueannm. 3-in., $-< per 100; $70
per l.ono. A. N. I'ierson. Inc., Cromwell, Coim,

I- ems iroui heiu'lies. Boston. Piersoni. Ele-
gantissima. $10. $15, $20 per 100. Alonzo J.
Bryait, Washington, N, J.

Boston. 10-in., $2: 12-in.. $3 to $3.50. Pochl-
mniin Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. I IL

Boston hanglug baskets. $l..=i0. $2 and $2.50.
Poelilniaun Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns., Boston and Whitmani, 3-in., 10c;
15c; 5-in.. 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton.

4-in.,
N. J.

Ferns.

Robliinli & Atkins.

Rutherford.

N. J.

Ferns.

Julius Ruehrs Co.,

Rutherford,

N. J.

FICUS.

Fiiiis elastlca. 15-18 Ins., $3.50 per doz.; $25
per 100; IS 24 ins., $4..'i0 |ier doz.; $35 per lOJ.
Bohliiiik & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J,

Flons ' elflstlca, 4-lnph pots, 10 to 12 Inches
high, $3.50 per doz.; $23 per lOn. Henry A.
Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

FREES! AS.

Freesias, Purity (truel, % to 1-ln., $2.50 per
11 0; $22..".0 per 1.000; % to %-\n., $1.75 per
100; $10 per l.i»;0; V>-ln. and over. $1.50 iwr
M<|; $12 per 1.000; % to y.-in.. $1.23 per 100;
$10 per I.OOil. Vaughiin's Improved Purity. %-
111. aud up. $2.25 i^er 100; $20 per l.O.iii; Vj to
%-\n.. $1.75 |ier 100; $16 per 1.000; % to V.-
In., $1.50 per lOi; $12 per l.iiuO. French
grown. Jumbo, $1..".0 per lOn; $12 per l.'OO.
Mammoth, $1 per 100; $ft..50 per 1.000; Vaugh-
an's Seed Store, Chlcaco aud New York.

FREESIAS.
PURITY FREESIAS. best California field-
grown, direct from grower to florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size. M: to %•
inch diameter, $1.50 per 100; $6 per 5ilii: 2iid
size. M to V>-inch diameter, 90c per 100; $3. .30
per Boo. Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
(11.. SANTA riiV7.. CALIF.

f reesia Purity, 1st size, $14 per 1.000, Large
2 to 2V<;-lnch calla hulbg. $12 per 100. C, C.
I'lillwortb Co., Mllw<iukee.

GERANIUMS.

GERANIUMS, Variegated Nntt. 2%-ln„ $5
per 100. Nntt. Perkins, La Favorite, Rose
gerauiuius, 2yj-ln., $3 iier 100; $25 I'er iniio.
Cash please. ERNEST ROBER, Wllmette,
111.

Geraniums, 2-ln.. $2 per 100; $1S..V) per 1.000;
."i-ln.. $3 Iier 10 1: $23 per 1 noo In lots of not
less than l.oiiO. 1.000 in 20 distinct rarletlen.
our selection from 2 In. pots, $18..30: 3 In., $2.5.
R. Vincent, Jr. & Sous Co., White Marsh, Ud.

O.-ranlums. S. A. Nutt; flne 'jtlnnts out of
3'^-in. pots, $7 per lOn. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE, Mluot,
N. n.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2-ln,, $1.75 per 100. Elmer
Rawllngs, Olenn, N. Y.

Geraniums, 2-in., $3 per 100. Hall Cain*
and .Mary Barton, 2-in., $5. Rahn & Herbert
111 E. 49th St., Portland, Ore,

Geraniums. Nutt. Buchner, RIcard, Perkins.
Poiteviue. 2 in., $2 per li.O; 3-ln., $5 per 100
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, $12.50 per 1,000.
Poitevine and Ricard, $15 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr. Lancaster, Pa,

GREENS.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and peipetiiated moss. Caldwell The Woodaniait

(^o.,_Evergreen,_AIa.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Evei

greep, A 1 a .

Greens, choice case holly, bolly wreaths and
laurel roping. H. E. Conwell, Milton, Delaware.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas. Otaksa. 7 to 10 strong shoots.
$25 ppr 100; with 5 and 6. $20; with 4. $1B
per 100. Some of the best new French va-
rieties: Avalanche, Mme. MHurice Hamar,
Poiiiinet, Ro-se. La Lorraine, Kadiance, etc., 4
branches, $30 per 100 in 6-ln. pots. Jackuon
.<■ t'l-rkins. Newark. New York.

Hydrangeas, all the good French aorta, pot-
grown. 4-in.. $20 per InO; 5-in.. $2.=i per 100.
Otaksa field-grown. 4 to 6 shoots. $15 per li)0;
6 to 8 shoots. $20 per ImO. The Storrs &
Pn"-'"ooTi Cn . Painpsville, Ohio.

\\\ l»KA.\(.KAS OTAKSA and AKBORES-
CEXS. 3-iu. pots. $5 per 100. HEXRV SMITH.

Grand Kai'id.-;. MIrli.

Hydranjiea Otak^^a, special. 2oc. 30c and 40c.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737-39 Bnckingham
Place. Chicago.

IRISES.

GER\HN IRIS, flne named aorta. $1 per
100: clumps. $:! tier 100. HKISER NDRSBBT
AND Kl l^RAL CO.. Hamilton, O.

IVIES.

English Ivy. out of 6-In. pots, np to 5 ft.
high. .1:23 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 B.
Wfh St.. Portland. Ore.

Hardy English Ivy. 3 and 4 plants In 4-lBcb
pots, $8 per 100. Saran.l V. Smith, 3323 Goo4- '
man St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Hardy English ivy, 2ln.. $2 per 100; $18.54 '
per l.OiiO; 3-in.. $3 per 10:1; $25 per I.OilO. B. '
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co;^ White Marsh. Md.

English ivy from Held. 20 to 30 inches. $3;
from I lots. 30 to 40 Inches. $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST. Kenllworth. N. J.

ENGLISH IVY. strong 4-lncb. $10 per 100.
HAIiRV HEINI,. West Toledo. Ohio.

English Ivy. 20c and 33c each.
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. HI.

PoeblmanD

German Ivy. 2V'j-ln., $2 per 100 cash. Jostfit
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa,

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

Cherry, dwarf, strong, bushy plants, ont of
cold frame. 10c and Inc each. J, V. LAVEB.
704 State St.. Erie. Pa.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lily of the Valley. Chas. Scbivake k Co..
Inc.. Horticultural Importers and Exporters, 90-
02 West Broadway. New Yorh.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and *»•
porter. E. Ni'illiert, Waudsliek, nr. Hamburg;
Geininny. Ari|ily to Otto Helnecken. 17 B«»-
tery PI., New York.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Miisliroiira spawn. Lambert's Pure Caltote.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit trees, palms, orchitis:
fig trees, pot-grown: grape vines, roses, field
and put-grown. Stuart Low * Co., Busb BUI
Park Nurseries, Enfield, England.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergiiens aud small fruits. W, A T.
Siiiltli Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental treeii. Bo^
hink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dnndee,

HI.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, estnhllshi'd and seml-
establlshed. Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

if You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

jgA^.

The American Florist.

595

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMORBANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. lucbes blgb. Each.

4-lDch pots, 5 to 6, 18 *0.35

(Hii.b pots, C to 7. 28 to 30 1.51)

6-lli.b pots. 6 to 7. 32 to 34 2.00

8luiU tulis, 0 to 7. 30 3.00

friuib tubs, 0 to 7, 42 to 44 4.U0

8-luch tubs, 6 to 7i 45 to 48 5.00

.Speclmeus, $15.00 to $2o.u0.
KENTIA FOKSTERIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lDch pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 W..J5

«lu.b |K>ts, 5 to 6, 34 to 30 1.50

«-lucb pots. 5 to 6, 38 to 42 2.00

8-lucb tubs, 6 to 7, 46 to 48 3.50

8 lucb tubs, 6 to 7, 50 to 54 5.00

lOlnib tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to 5V(. ft.. S.OiJ

lO-lncb tubs, 6 to 7, 0 to 6"^ «.. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

tt-lncb pots. 3 plants in a pot, 28 ..$1.25

7-luoh liuts, 6 plants In a put, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-luch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 .. 3.00

8-lDcb tubs, 3 l.lants in a tub, 38 to 42.. S..^

B-liich tubs, 3 pinuls iu a tub. 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-llK'h tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 52 to 56.. 6.0U

lll'Ini'b tubs, 4 plants iu a tub. 5 ft. high. 8. nil

12 lucb tubs, 4 plants iu a tub, StoSV-i ft.10.00

12-lucb tubs, 4 iilunts iu a tub, 0 ft. bigb.l2.0l

Very strong speclujeus, 12 auti 15-inch tubs, 7

plants. $15.0u, $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENIl.

«-Inch pots 20 In. high. 20 in. siiread $1.50

7-lnch pots, 2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread. 2..'0

8-inch tubs, tine specimens 3.50

POEIILMANN BROS. CO..

MORTON GROVE. ILL.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-ln., 6-7 leaves.
22 Ins.. high. $1 each; $12' per doz. Phceuis
Roebelenii. 8-in. puts. 24 ins. high. 26 inch
spread, $3.50 each; y-iucb tubs. 24 inches high,
30-iucb si)rcacl. $4 each. A. N. Pierson, Inc.,

Cronnvell. Conn. _

PPECIAL OFfER — Kentia For.sterlana. single
plants, <i0c each; K. Forsteriana, made-up. 6-
Imh. $1.25 each; 7-Inch. $2 each. The Oeo.
WUtbuld Co., 737-39 Buckingham Place, Chicago.
Plioeni.'t Cauarieusis, fine large plants. $7.5C
to $.'!5 each. Julius Ruehrs Co., Rutherford.

N. J.

I'alms. Fur varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue. Joseph Hea-

eock Co., Wyncote. Pa.

Palms. Joseph Ueacock Co.. Wyucote, Pa.

Palms. Julius Roelirs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veitchii, 4-in.. 50c: 5-in., 73c; 6.
in., $1.25 and $1.50; 7-iu.. $2 and $2.50. I'oehl-
maTin Urn's. Cu.. Morton firoxe. III.

Pandanus Veitchl. a grand lot of well colored
plants, 0-lticli pots, exceptionally pooil values.
Henry A. Dreer, 714-710 Chestnut St.. Phlladel-
pbla. Pa.

PANSIES.

•STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS. Portland, Ore-
gon, offer an immense stock of superb MASTO-
DON MIXED SEEDLINCS. sizes aid prices as
follows: Large, l.i 00. $5; 5.i 00. $22..'5^i; in.niiO.
$44. Medium. l.nOO. $4: 5.000, $17.50; 10. ""0,
$:13. Stan.laril. l.uOO. $3: 5.i 00. $13.5!!; 10.0(10.
$20. All prepaid. No sbljimcnts standanl size
en-it of Omaha or south of Denver. Color plate
oatalog free. Seed prices: ^ oz., $1: oz.. $7.

PANSIES— Strong, stocky iilants with fine
roots, now ready (Henry Mette's straiui. $J.5 >
per 1.000 cash. BRILL CELERY GARDENS.
Kalnmazoo, Mich.

PA.NSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop. $4
per ounre. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WIL.METTE. ILL.

Pansy idants. $2.50 per 1,0U0. Jos. H. Cun-
ningham. Delaware. O. __^__

PEONIES.

I'K<»NIKS — FiAe cut flower varietioa. named.
3 to 5 eyes. $n per lOO; 2-yenr ditraps. $8.
HRISER NURSERY AND FLORAL CO.. Unm-
flton. O.

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
Tertlsement elsewhere in tbls Issue. Jackson &
Perkins Co.. Kewark. Kew York.

PEPPERS.

New cluster peppers. 2-ln., $2 per luO: 3-ln..
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers. .•? in.. $4 per 100.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvlnii, 2-tn.. $.1 \wt I'm;
3-in.. $5 |.er 100. Cash. ERNEST ROBER.
yilmetle. III.

Peppers, f binese and cluster. 4-ln.. $10 per
100. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERKIES, 4-
In. plants at $12.50 per 100. UENRl SMITH,

<trand Itapids, Mich.

PERENNIALS^

PERENNIALS. Strong August Seedlings. $1
per 1.0: $8 per 1000: Aqullegia, 3 vars..
Aiithcmis Kehvayi. aster, coreopsis grll.,
Cbrysauthemum Triumph. Shasta daisy Alaska,
Cumpauula, 3 vars.. Delphinium Chiueuse, Del-
phinium Gold Medal. Diauthus latifolius. gall-
lardia grtl., Gypsophila, hollyhocks, 4 vrs.,
dbl. and single; peutstemou. mixed; Pyrcth-
rum roseum. Papaver Orientalls. Sweet Will-
iam. 4 vars.. Lychnis. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wilmette, III.

HARDY PERENNIALS. FIELD-GROWN,
Achillea The I'earl, $10 per l.nOO. Iris, Ger-
man. $10 per 1,000 Phlox Miss Llngard, $20
per l.wO Hollyhocks, all colors, double and
single, $211 per l.iji 0. Core(>|>sls, Sweet Wil-
liam; Edward VII daisy, Ilemerocallis. First-
class stock; good commercial sizes for retail
tratle; packing free. Cash with order, please.
THE PHIL. O. ROBBINS CO., 6217 Monitor
St.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

PETUNIAS. *;

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-in., $2 per
100; $18 per I.OUO. Elmer Rawlings, Olean,
N. Y.

Petunias, dbl. mixed. 2-in., $2 per 100; $1!>.50
per l,i«.0; 3-iu., $: per 100; $25 per l.oOO. R.
Vincent. Jr., & Suns Co.. White Marsh. Md.

POmSETTIAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.

True type, short stocky plants. 2V>-inch,
$4. .TO per lOa; $40 per l.OOO:' 3-iuch, $8 per
100; 4-in., $15 per IdO. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

I'oiusettias, true type, the large Bract kind.
shi|)pe(l you in 2!^-in. paper pots. $5.50 per
100: $50 per l.iiOO. A. Heuderson & Co., 369
River St.. Chicago.

I'OINSETTIAS. surplus of 1.000 2V.-iucb: Hne
stock, $5 i;er li.O: $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
BODA; Omaha. Neb.

I'oinsHttias. 2V<.-in., $5 per lOO; $45 per \.fWS.
S. S. Skiilelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg., Pbila-
<l>-h'hia. Pa.

Polnsettias. 2-ln., $4 per 100; "s-ln.. $8: 4-in. ,
$15. I. N. Kramer & Son, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

PRIMULAS.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES 2ii-inch. $2.50 per

100; 3-lnch, $5 per 100. Obconica Grau.lltlora
Gig., 2Vi-iuch, $3 per 10 1; Siucb. $6 per 10 1;
4-inch. $8 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST

ROPER. Wilmette. 111.

irimtuses. t biucse. Forbesi. .Malac«iiiles. Ob-
conica, alba arul rosea. $1.75 per 100: $15 per
l.iMiO. Olu-onica gigaiitea. giant flowering, all
214. inch pots. $2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos.
H. Cuunlughani. Delaware. O.

Primula obconica, giants, Grandiflora. largest
(lowering, big 3incb stock. $4 per lOi'. Chinese
largest tlf>werliig, flue jilants. 3-inch. $4: 2-iuch,
$2 per 100. Cash, please. J. W. Miller, Shire-
niansttiwn. Pa.

Primula obcotdca. separate or mixed colors.
2Vl-in.. $3 |ier lOO: $2."i |ier 1.0 "i; malncoldes.
2M-lnch.. $3 per 100; $25 per l.OOn. Cbinese.
2W-in.. assorted, $3.25 per InO: $ ;0 per 1.000.
Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington, N._J.

I'rimida Sinensis, red and white. $3 per 100;
$23 (ler 1.00 1. The Storrs & Harrison Co..
i'alncsvllle. Ohio.

Primula ubeoidca. 3-ineb. $0 per I1.0. Mala-
coides. 2M!-inch. $4 per l<Ki: $35 per 1.000.
Vanglian's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIMROSES— Malacoldes. 2-lneh. $2 per 100:
$15 per 1,000. HKISER NURSERY AND
FLORAL CO.. Hamiilon. Ohio.

I'rimuia obt^inlca grandiflora and glgantea
strain. 4-inch. 8c. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Mor-
ton Grove. 111.

PRIVET.

C«Iffornln privet, any quantity, size and age.
Sliade and onmniental trees, slirnlis and vines;
fnll line of fruit trees and plaiits. FrankHo
Pnvis Nursery Co.. Rnltintore. Mtl.

California privet, nil sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. T-ovett. Little Silver. N. J.

ROSES.

ROSINS, strong. 3-in. Pink Klllamey. KrI-
serin. My Maryland and Rliea Reid. $fi per 100;
$.50 per l.<;00. HENRY SMITH, Grand Uap-
Irls. Miph.

Roses. 1-yr.. 2'^-ln.; 2-yr., 4-In. Leedle
Flovfll Co.. Siirlngrield. O.

Roses,
nnll^nd.

SEEDS.

G ra tft ma Bros. & Co. . HoogeTeen,

Roses. W. 9i T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. T,

PANSY SEED Giant strain, new crop, $4

per oniR-e. Cuiumon varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTE. ILL.

Seeds, growers of btet. cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce. Mangel-Wurtzel. union, parsle).
parsnip, radisb, rutabaga, turnip, etc. DeualSe
,t- ^..i.. 'Vm 1^11)1 n. Nni tliern Krani-e. ,

Seeds. Suduu grass. Rescue. Jubnsou and Ber-
muda grass, cane, cotton. Egyptiau wheat, cow
peas. Feterlta, Kalflr corn. Mllo maize, big Ger-
man and I'earl lulllet, Spauiab jieaunts, fancy
onntaliiuiie and watermelon, Bermuda onion.
Robert Nicholson, Dallas, Texas.

Sevds, cuu tract growers of cucumbers. Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin. Sweet. Flint aed
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
whulesale growers of Hower and garden seeds.
Routzalin Seed Co.. Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, contract grow'er, pepper, egg plant.
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hurfif. Swedesburo. N. J.

Seeds. Sjiecialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrlck &
Son, contract seed growers. Pedricktown. N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmeion. squash, watermelon, railish.
sw'cet roiD. S. M. Ishell & Co.. Jackson, Mich.

Seeds of ornamental and flowering plants.
Econumie and Held seeds, palm seeds. A. S.
Archer, Antiqua, B. W. L

Seed, gardfu. vegetable and flower. Kelway'B
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
T ni'-i.(t't. Snnter^jet. Rliglrtnd.

Set-tis. v\ Jiolesule growers and dealers of
Sweet, Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Mnsk
aud Wateimetuns. Puuipkius and Squash. West-
ern St-pd ?i nd I rriga t inn Co. , Fremont. Neb.

t>ei-us. eoiitiju-t growers of cucumliers. canta
loupe, watermelon, sipiash and pniniikin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co.. Waterloo, N e b^

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras. etc.
Asters and dower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pule beans. John Bodger & Sous Co.,
I.o'i Angeles. Calif.

Seeds, groweis for the trade, beaus. peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc
The Everett B. Clark Seed JTo.. Milford. Conn.

SeedSj wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolgiano & Sou, Light, Pratt aud EUlcott Sts..
B;iltiuiore. Md.

Seed, yellow and red Bermiula onion seed for
sets, 69c per lb. Federico Varela, Teueriffe.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. C.
Zy<dauek. Lonipoc. Calif.

Seeds, wholesale growers. The Klmberlln
Seed Co., Santa Clara. Calif.

Seed, pjinsy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cuniiiiigbam. Delaware. O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acarln. Brunnlngs. P.
O. Box 857. Melbourne. Australia^

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton. New York.

SMILAX.

Southern smllax, ready for shipment Oct. 1.
F. k S. Lee. Marion. Ala.

Smilas. 2'/^-lnch, $1.25 per 100; $10 per l.OOO.
J. C. Selimidt. Bristol. Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Suapdrauons. white, pink and yellow, 2^-ln.,
$3 per 100: $25 iier 1.0 0; 314-In., $7 per lnO;
$65 per 1.000. Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington.

N. J.

SPIREA.

Spirea Van Houttei. 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100:
$75 per 1.01)0. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett

Square. Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barryraore. Brandy-
wine. Early Ozark. Candy, Oolden Gate. Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKlnley, Morning
Star. Myrtle Murrell. Silver Coin. Steven's i.nte.
Success. Three We. 0. S. Kine Edward. Wm.
Belt. $2 per 1"": $16 per 1.000. Cliesapeake,
rendall. Pearl. $2.25 per lOii; $18 per l.OnO.
Everbearing IPrngi-essive. Proilnctlve. Superb*,
$2..')0 per 100; $2ii per l.nno. J. T. Lovett
Monmo\ith Nursery. Little Silver. N. J.

STEVIA^

Stevla. dwarf or tall. 2V1-In.. $3 per lO;
$25 per 1.000: 3^4-ln.. $7 per lOo; $85 per
I.' 0 1. Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

Stevla. 2-ln.. $20 per l.noo. Poehlmann Bros.
Pp.. Morton firnve. 111.

.STEVIA. .S-lnch. .ic: 4-luch, 7c. J. V. LAVEtt.
714 State St.. Erie. Pa.

STFVIA. strong plants. 4-in.. $12. ."iO per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Raplda. Mich.

If You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us Aliout It

596

The American Florist.

Oct.

3,

SWAINSONA.

SwainsoBa, white and (link, 2-1q.. $2 per
100; $18.50 per 1.000; 3-Inch, $3 per 100; $25
per l.OuO. K. Vinpent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White
Marsh. Md.

SWAINSONA. white, 41n., $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

TORENIA.

TORE.NIAS, 2iA-ln., $3 p
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich

$3 per 100. HENRY

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

Cabbage plants ready to set in the field,
strong transplanted plants, $2.50 per 1.000.
Seedlings, $1 per 1,000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville. lU.

VINCAS.

VINCAS. 25,000 fleld-grown plants, variegata,
$4 per luO. 300,000 rooted tips, variegata, $1
per 100. Extra fine plants. Booking orders
now for October delivery. THE REESER
PLANT CO.. Dept. B., Springfield. O.

VINCAS. 2.500 first-class variegated, fleld-
grown, strong, $30 per 1.000; $3.50 per luO.
Cash please. CARL SCHMALZL. son of late
HANS SCHMALZL. 405 7th St., Lincoln. 1)1.

VINCA VAR., strong field-grown clumps. $4
per 100; $35 per 1.000. Cash, please. FHANCH
& VANDEGRIFT. Monroe. Mich.

VInca variegata, field-grown, $5 per 100,
Jos, H. Cunningham, Delaware. O,

Vlncas, fleld-grown, .$5 per 100. I. N.
Kramer & Son. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

VIOLETS.

3,OuO Princess of Wales Violets, field clumps.
$35 per l.OuO. Cash with order or satisfactory
reference. THE RIVERBANK CO.. Geoeva.
HL ,

VIOLETS. GOVERNOR HERRICK. field-
grown, $5 per 100. J. V. LAVER. 704 State
tjt.. Erie, Pa.

Violets, 3V»-in., Marie Louise and Lady Camp-
bell. $3.75 per 100; $35 per 1,000. Alonzo J.
Bryan. Washington, N. J.

400 Governor Herrick Violets, field-grown, very
strong, $4 per 100. Boone Greenhouses, Boone.
Iowa.

TO EXCHANGE.

TO EXCHANGE — 4-inch Boston ferns at $9
l>er 100 for fleld-grown privet. Geo. Overholser.
Springfield, Ohio.

TO EXCHANGE — Asparagus Sprengerl, 3-inch
for geranium cuttings, cannas and chrysanthe-
ujum stock plants. EDGAR EASTERDAY. No-
komis. III.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self -feeding, for green-
houses. Nlc. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshflcld Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts.. Chicago.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works. 846
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers for greenhouses; all sizes. Milwaukee
Boiler Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.

Boilers. GIblln standard greenhouse. Glblin
& Co.. 901 Broad St.. Utica. N. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-lnch, 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois T'ipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. .Jefferson St fhl-'-—

CARNATION STAPLES.

Plllsbury Carnation Staples, blic per 1,000,

postpaid. I. L. Pillsbury. Galesburg. 111.

SDPBRIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, 50c for
1,000. postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

GLASS. PUTTY, ETC.

Gla?s, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co.. Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. R.iiir Window Glass Co., Eaton, ind.

Greenhouse glnsa. Write for prices. Sprague,
Smith Co.. 104-100 Ranilolph St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 44o s. oearbom St. Chicago

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketcii on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansia
Ave.. Chicago. 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greeuhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mod-
inger Co.. 902 Blackbawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dietsch
Co.. 2642 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co.. 31st and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago. |_

Greenhouse construction. We fnrnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co.. Pes PlaJnes. 111.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co.. N. Tooawan(^a, N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lnm-
ber Co.. Lockland. O.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz,, by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, C«dar Rapids.
Iowa. _^^

Peirce paper flower pots, ff waterproof paper
pot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Peirce, 400 Oaks St.. Waltham. Mass.

Florists* red pots, all sizes, ikoss aztec ware.
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co.. South Zanesvllle. Ohio.

Neponset. flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Standard pots, all sizes. The Whllldin Pot-
tery Co.. 709 Wharton St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. Hil-
flnger Bros. Pottery. Fort Edward. N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Harley
Pottery Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Pots, Hews' standard. A. H. Hews & Co.,
Cambridge. Mass.

Standard flower pots. A. F. Kohr, 2934-38
Leavitt St.. Chicago. _^_

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son. 2614-22 Hern-
don St.. Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.
Petroit Flower Pot Mfy.. Detroit, Mich.

MISCELLANEOUS. - "

Apbiue. %\ per qt., $2.50 per gal. Funglne.
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine, $1 per qt..
$3 per gal. Scaline. 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals.. $10. Nlkotlana. $1.50 per qt.,
$4. no per gal. Apbloe Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.

P>ullding material, perky cypress, drop sid-
ing, ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Ailam Schillo T.(Umber Co., 1560 Kingsbury St..
t'hicago.

Iron . bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus. Jenning*8
Improved Iron Gutters. Piller. Caskev & Keen.
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Stij.. Philadelphia.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son. Stratford. London. England.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave.,
Clilraso.

Florists' refrigerators. Buchbinder Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per 1.000. 50c;
by mail. 70c: 5.0D0 by express, $2.50.
Vaughan's Seed Store, CTiicago and New York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. Kendallville. Ind

Liquid— MCO-FUME— Paper, for tbrlps. aphis.
Spraying vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co.. Inc.. Louisville,
Ky^

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann.
404-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples, 50c for 1.000.
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Sen, 422 Main St..
Springfield. Mass.

Glazing points. % and %. 40c per lb.; 7
lbs.. $2.50; 15 lbs.. $5. RandolHih & McClem-
ents. 5936 Penn Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa.

"Elastie-Lyke** Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner.
Mgr., The Elastic-Lyke Co.. 30 B. Randolph
St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago^

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1,000, 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer. 714 Cliestnut St..
Philadelphia.

Superior Carnation Staples, 35c per 1,000;
3.01X1 for $1. F. W. Waite, 85 Belmont Ave.,
Springfield. Mass.

Shear-Klean grates are cheapest when yon
consider their efficiency. Shear-Klean Grate Co..
Chicago. 111.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co.. Detroit. Mleh^

Peerless glass repair clamp, box of 100. by
maiU $!• Alexander K lokner. Wauwatosa, Wis.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy JoneB.
56 E. Randolph St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Floraln D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange Bldg.. Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Pevil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway, 105 Chambers St .. N ew York.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn. N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse flttlngs.
Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen. 30% strength for spraying. Nlco-
tlne M fg. Co., St. Louis. Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 f«et,
per 100, 85c: 500. $3: $5.50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c: per
1.000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JUST OUT.

Send for one.

WOERNER WIRE WORKS.

2852 Pratt St. OMAHA. Neb.

Floral design, wire window guards, office
rnllfngs. and all fancy works, lamp shade
frames. Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St.,
rieveland, Ohio,

Florists* Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
iiKi.la Bros., 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

If You Do Not Find Wtiat You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

igi4.

The American Florist.

597

Established 1765

HEWS

For "POT LUCK" Use

STANDARD

Incorporated 1904

POTS

and Red Earthenware Specialties.

Pot Makers for a Century and a Half. World's Largest Manufacturers.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Long island Clty.N.Y

1000 Ready Packed Crates

standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Can be i
crate:
2000 134 Id
1500 2
1500 2W
1500 2H
10003

800 3H

5004

ibipped at an bour's notice. Price per

crate. $6.00
4.88
5.25
6.00
5.00
5.80
4.50

456 4H-in.
320 5
210 5^^
144 6
120 7
60 8

crate, $5.24
4.51
3-78
3.16
4.20
3.00

HILFINBER BROS. POTTERY, ^^^w york'

Angnst Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Onr Specialty- Lone Distance and Export trad6.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes (rom 2 in. to (S in.

Ask your dealer for them.

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WAITHAM. MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on large orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breltschwerth, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Fall size and wide bottoms.
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY. Detroit. Mich.

Rcr 490 Howard St.

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagner Plant Boxes

I are the best and cheapest in the

[market for palms, boxwood. bay

I trees, etc. They are attractive in

desiffD, strons: and durable suit-

I able for either indoor or outdoor

use. Made of cypreu which

^ves them a lastiDf quality.

We manufacture Tarious styles

and sizes. Write for prices.

WA^nerPark CoiBervatoilct. Sidney, Ohio

a RED POTS

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots, Hanging Baskets and other
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous **Moss Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

Chicago Office and Samole Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

DFtE:£:X%'S

Flortat ^peciaitiet'

New Brand New Style
Hose "RIVKRTOr<>'

Furnished in lengths ujp
to 500 ft. without seam oi
joint.

The HOSE for the FLOBISf
Vinch, per ft.,

Reel of 500 ft., "
2 Reels, 1000 ft., ■'
M-inch,
Reels, 500 ft., "

Couplings furnished.

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St.,

Philadblphia. Fa.

> 15 c
•454*
14 c
1.1 c

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Whai^on St.,

PHILADELPHIA. PA.; Branch, Long Island City, N. Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write for Prices and New Catalogue.

Kramer's Pot Hangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmen, Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. SI. 00 per dozen by express. Sample

dozen by mail. SI. 25.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

NEPONSET

Flower, Vegetable Waterproof

PAPER POTS

Waterproof. Don't Break, Cost

Little. Shippers may use them
and save their customers many
dollars in express charges.
Vaa^an*s Seed Store, Agents
Chicago and New York.

Standard Flowerpots

Porosity and Streofth
Unsurpassed.

Write for prices.

A. F.~ROHR

2B34-3»-3« N. Leavitt St..

CHICAGO

Buy Your
Pots Here

The Best Pot

Tile Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

Send for Price List

MIIWAUIEEE.
WISCONSIN

C. C. Pollworth Co.,

GEO. KELLER &. SON,

Mannfactorers of

Red Pots

Bafore baying write for price*.

2«14-2e22 Herndom St„

CHICAGO

Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD

OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS. : :

We solicit your inquiries.

THE CAMP CONDUITCO.

Manufacturers,

CLEVELAND.

Wired
Toothpicks

10.000 $1.75; 50 000 $7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y-

Samt>le free. For sale bv dealers.

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5H8

The American Florist.

Oct. 3,

On An Even Basis

With the installation of the Mort-
head System r-n your steam lint'S the
condensation is re urntd to the boiler
— p'accd ab we ground -puieand hot.
Til us you dispense with the antiquated
"boiler-in a-pii" method of steam line
drainage.

BacktoBoitep4>;
SYSTEM

Furthermore you are assured c( per-
fect circulation — coostant, even tem-
perature-a saving of time fuel, labor
and heat. These are things worth
your careful consid-ration— they de-
cide hetween heating economy or
heating waste, good or poor stock.
Mr. H. W. Pierce says:

"Verv sail factory. Have saved
' me fully 25 per c nt in fuel He-
sides ihey Sovr co t of h •ndling
ashes and require very little
attention."

LET IT SAVE FOR YOU'

Write today— D- pt. "N"

Morehead Mfg. Co.

DETROIT, MICH.

TRY OUR

Self=Tjing Rose Stakes

and you won't buy straight stakes.

The Carnation Support Co.

CONNERSVILLE, IND.

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SHEAR-KLEAN

GRATES ARE CHEAPEST

When you c Dsider their efficiency.

shear-klean oRate company,

CHICAGO. ILL.

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The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUK SPECIALTY

WRITB FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

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PEERLESS
GLASS/^^
REPAIR
CLAMR

The hardiest article in the market.

Or address
ttie make

TO MEND CRACKED GLASS
IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY

For sale everywhere. Bex of 100, by mail, $1.00.

Milwaukee f ounty.
WauWdtODa, Wis.

'r, ALEXANDER KLOKNER,

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This is but ONE of those famous

that the skilled glazier u>es: and if the glazier uses it you Should also. You want to cut your glass ai
nui klv anH satisf ictnrily as the skilled g'azier dees. He has no breTkage because he aUays insists on
* Red Devil** glass cutters. 'We want to convince vnu that genuin.- ''fed Devil** gUss cult' rs I ave no
equal so send us* five 2c stamps and One s mple of No. '^'^ "R- d r»pvil" shown above will be sent you
postpaid. (V\e make over 3000 different "Red Devil** Tools.)

SMITH 6 HEMENWAY CO., - . - 501 Chambers St., New York, U. S. A.

Mention the American Florist when writing

"Has Them AU Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worlds,

846-848 W. Superior St.. Chicago, III.

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar
deoers. Floritti and
Home makers, taufbt
by Prof, Craie and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize the growing
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art,
Gardeners who nn-
derstand' dp to date
methods and practice
are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening Is
Indispensable to those who would have
the pleasantest homes.

2S0 page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School

Deot. A F., Scrtngrield. IMass.

PROF. BBAL.

KING

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and you will see why.

KINGCONSTAUCriONGO. I

29 King's Road. N, Tonawanda. N. T. I

ADVANCE material is
coDSidered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

ts complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Siiodfor
our catalogue today.

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Fljrist Supplies.

Send For Prices

404-412 East 34)h SI , NEW YORK

/p/^.

The American Florist.

599

Order Now

BUY DIRECT -

Factory to User Prices.

■

I 452 W. Erie St., ■ CHICAGO |

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Greenhouse Material Soaps

Supply your needs from the enormous storks of
the world's largest Building Material iJepartmenl.
Reap the ben -Bts of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittinus. glass, overnauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hobe, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your beating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41~Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, si^e
1^6x2^ 100 running ft $ 2.85

KJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
I^bx.'V^. nOrunningft 2.80

KJ-43-^Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, f'tc. tin. stock, p rlO(KJft . bd meas. 19 00

KJ-44— No 1 Cypress, 1 in. rou»:hor 13-16 in.
•>2S per lOOOft., bd mess 27.00

KJ-45~Standard Hot Bt^dSash. Hg-in x3ft.
xfi ft . without glass 12 or mote, each 79

KJ-46— Standard Hat Bed Sash, as above,
with puttifd-in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47 -Gal. V\ ire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use leng hs from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1 .90 to 1.13

XJ-48 -First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,
36th and iron Sts.. Chicago

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Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

Good Maferlal

Prompt Delivery

Reasonable Cost

These are the points which count with you when j'ou a-e in
need of greenhouse material. Let us submit you our sketches
and estio ates. Our fine equipuimt, good stock and an ex-
perience of many years enables us to give you satisfaction.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE., near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO.
Greenhouse Materitil. Telephone Humboldt 1 1. Hotbed Sash.

3Jention the American Flnrist when writing

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OF HIOB
GBADE..

steam and
Hot Water

See Our Catalogue.

GIBLIN & lO., Utica, N. Y.

Uention the American Florist when writing

A Recoril To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hall Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00
For full particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J

1866-

1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

A STIC A

USE IT wow.

F.O. PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, adaiits of expan-
stoD and contraction. Puttv becomes bard and
brittle. Brolcen plass easily removed without
breaking of otber trlass. as occurs with bard putty.
Lasts loneer than putty. Easy to apply.

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run
in hot nor heave in c^'d weather.

E. C. Prilner, MSr. THE EL\STIC-LYKE CO.

(Not Inc.)

30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

GLASS

We are leaden. Larie stock, srood price*.

SHARP, PARTRIDfiE & CO.

CHICAGO. aLINOIS.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give
satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse

VVrilu for prices and eatimates. Do it now.

Ifention the American Florist when writing ' GARLAND MANUFACTURING CO:, DeS PlaineS, III

imhain\
)ilers

■ Lord 6 Bu

rnham Co. ■

^B New York.

a\agt. ■

■ 42o<l Si. Bld«..

Rookn BUf. ■

^K Boston.

Kockesler. JV

^^ TremonI Bldg.

Gruilc Bids. ^

m rbiUddpha.

loroEil., Cauda. ^m

^^ Kraaldii Buk Bids

120iieeiiS(.i. ^

^^ FAa( RUS ,^W

^^k ■'viDgton. N. Y

l)esPlM>B,lll^^^

ifrvtion thg Anixririii

r iiirist when toritinff

REED & KELLER,

122 W. 2Bth St.. NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
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The American Florist.

Oct.

3.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The... 59S

Allen J K 575

Alpba Floral Co 577

American Spawn Co 5^40

Amlins E C Co 571

Anderson S A 577

Angermueller G H. 572

ApbmeM'gCo Ill

Archer .is 589

Arcbias Floral Co.. 5s0
AschmaoD Godfrey. 5sl
Atlanta Floral Co... 57S
Bassett&Washburn 5tih
Batavia Greenhouse

Co ■ 570

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Beaven E A 576

Beeerow's 57S

Benary Ernst 584

Berger Bros 5'3

Bernine H G Sll

Blackistone Z D... 579
BobbinL & Atkins.. 588
Boddiaston AT.... 5bh
Bod^er J & Sons Co 58.5

Bo Rod J B Co 577

Boleiino J&Sons... 584

Braiii; Ross 577

Bramley & Son 580

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 582

Breitmerer'sJ Sons. 578
Brown Bros & Co.. 58i

Brunningr F H 583

Bryan .Alonzo J 591

Buchbinder Bros... 576

Buckbee H W 580

Budlone) A 571

Burpee W A & Co.. 586
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 576

California Florists.. 580
Camp Conduit Co .. 597
Carnation Support

Co The 598

Chicago Carn Co.. I 587
Chicago Flower

Growers .Assn.... 571
Chicago House

Wrecking Co 599

Cftrk E B Seed Co. 584
Clarke's Sons David 579

Clay & Son HI

Cleveland Cnt

Flower Co 579

Conard & lones Co. 588

Conwell H E 576

Cooke Geo H 577

Cowee W J 597

Coy H C Seed Co... 583

Craig RobtCo 588

Critchell C E 57.5

Cunningham Jos H. 591
Cyclone Grate Bar

Co (00

DardsCbas 578

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 588

Deamud J B Co .... 571

Denaiffe&Son 582

Detroit Fiower Pot

MfgCo 597

Dietscb A & Co .... IV
Diller Ca8key&

Keen IV

Dorner F& Sons

Co 591

Dreer HA... Ill 589 597

Duerr Chas A 580

Dunlop JohnH 579

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fo d Box. 600
Elastic LykeCo.... 599
Emmans ijeo M.... 581

Erne& Klingel 571

Eyres H G 579

Fish Henry Seed Co 584

Fisher Peter 581

Florists' Hail Assn 599
Foley Greenhouse

MfgCo IV

Ford M C 575

Ford William P 574

Frank Floral Co.... 570

Franzen FO 590

Freeman Mrs J B... 580

Friedman 577

Froment HE 575

Galvin Thos F 579

Gardiner .ilex C .. . 579
Garland MfgCo 599

Gasser J M Co

Giblin & Co

Gorham & Chaoline
Grand Rapids

Floral Co

Gratama Bros & Co

oude Bros

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc)...

Hardesty & Co

Harley Pottery Co..

Hart George B

Haven Seed Co The
Heacock Jos Co ....
Heinl John G & Son
Henderson A &Co. ..

Herr .ilberl M

Herrmann \

Hess & Swoboda . . .
Hews A H &Co....

Hiltinger Bros

Hill D Nursery Co..

Hoerber Bros

Hoffraeister Flo Co.

Holm & Olson.

Holton &HunkelCo

562

Home Cor School...
Horticultural

Advt-rtiser

Hurff EduarF

Ickes-braun Mill Co

Igoe Bros

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co
Isbell ii M & Co...
Jackson & Perkins..
Johnson WW & Son

Jones Percy

Joy Floral Co

Kasting W FCo ...
Keller Geo & Sons.

Keller Sons J B

Kellogg Geo M

Kelway & Son

Kennicott Bros Co..
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co

Kervan Co The

Kessler Wm

Kill Robt

Kimberlin Seed Co.
King Construct Co.
Rlokner .Alexander.

K.ohr A F

Komada Bros

Kramer I N & Son

.=89

Kroeschell Bros Co

Kruchten John

Kuehn C A

Kuhl Geo A

Kyle & Foerster

LaCrosse Floral Co.
Lager & Hurrell....
Landreth Seed Co..

Lange A

Leborius J J

LeeF&S

Leedie Floral Co ...
Leonard Seed Co...
Lockland Lumber

Co

London Flower Shp
Lord & Burnham

Co

Lovett J T

Lynch Nursery Co..

.McCallum Co

McConnell Alex....
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co.:

McGee WalterS....
McKenna P & Son.
McNefi-Swenson Co

MatthewsonJ E

May & Co L L...i.

Meconi Paul

Memphis Flo Shop.
Meredith The Flow-
er & Veg Co

Metairie Ridge Nurs

Mette Henry

Milwaukee Boiler

Co

Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd. . . .
Moore. Hentz &

Nash

Morchead Mfg Co...

Murray Samuel

Myers Florist

Nat Flo B of Trade.

579
599
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580
588
578

575
577
597
575
586
581
580
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598
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588
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573
578

572
598

590
583
599
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537
591
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507
580
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575
575
579
583
5V8
698
597
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599
571
572
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578
581
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590
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574

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RANDOLPH fi McCLEMENTS, norlgts. ■
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N V Cut Flower Kx. 575
Nicholson Robert.. 587

Nicotine Mfg Co 111

N lessen Leo Co 573

Ostertag Bros ... .579

Palez Paul M 58u

Palmer W J & Son . 578
Palethorpe P R &

Co Ill

Park Floral Co 578

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 589

PedrickG R&Son. 5^3

Peirce E Allan 597

Pennthe Florist.,.. 578
Peters & Reed Poty 597

Phillips Bros 5-0

Pierce FO Co 599

Pierson A N (Inc).. 581
Pierson F R Co.... I
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 582

Pikes Peak Floral

Co 580

Pillsbury I L 600

Podesta&Baldocchi 579
Poehlmann Bros Co

..56) 565

Pollworth C C Co

I 572 .579 597

Portland Flower

Store 579

Pulverized Manure

Co Ill

QuakerCity Machine

Works (00

Raedlein Basket Co 568
Rahn & Herbert.... 589
Randall A L Co.... 571
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 577 600

Rawlings Elmer.... 591
Ready Reference... 593

Reed & Keller 599

Regan Ptg House... 598r

Reid Edw 573

Reinberg Geo 571

Reinberg Peter..... 567

Reuter's 577 i

Kice Bros 572

Rice Co, M 575

Robinson J C Seed i

Co 5831

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co 580

Rohnert Waldo 584

Rolker Aug & Sons. 5S8
Routzahn Seed Co . 586

Rusch G&Co 572

Schiller, the Florist. 580
Schillo .idam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 600
Schling Max 578

Schmidt J C . 591

Schwake Chas & Co 574

Sefton Mfg Co 576

Sharp Partridge &

Co 599

Shear-Klean Grate

Co 598

Sheridan Walter F. 575
Siebrecht George C; £75
Situation & Wants.. 561
■5kidelskvSS&Co... 584

Sluis & Groot, 586

Small J H &Sons... 577
Smith A W &Co... 579

SmithE D&Co 581

Smith & Hemenway 595

■'mith Henry 580

Smith Samuel V 58>i ,

-.rnlth Wm C Flo Co 572
Smith W&T Co... I
South Park Floral

Co I!

Storrs & Harrison.. 59

StumppG EM 579

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 598
Syracuse Pottery

Co 597

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 591

rhorburn J M & Co 583

Totty CbasH 581

Traendlv&Schenck 575

Varela Federico 583

Vaughan A L & Co. 569
Vaughan'sSeed Store

I III 587 590 597
Vick's Sons J imes. . 587
Vincent R Jr &Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons. 597

Waite F W 600

Wallace FD IV

Weber FH 578

Wetland & Risch... 571

Welch Bros Co 573

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co...., 583
WhiUdin Pottery Co 597
Whitted Flv-ral Co,. 577

Wietor Bros 568 571

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 572

Wittbold G Co.. 563 577
Wolfskin Bros &

Morns Goldenson 580

Wood Bros 581

Vokohama Nurs Co 5S4
Voung A L&Co... 575

Young John 574

Voung & Nugent. 577
Zech & Mann... 569 571

Ziskajos 570

Zvolanek Anton C 586

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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 10, 1914,

No. 1375

THeMerican Florist

Established 1885.
Copyright. 1914. by American Florist Company
Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11. 1891,
at the Post Office at Chicago. Illinois,
under act of March 3, 1879.
Published Every Saturday by
AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,
440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
Long Distance Phone: Harrison 7405.
Registered Cable Address : Ameno, Chicago.
Subscription, United States and Mexico, $1.00 a
year; Canada, $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union. $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from the trade. Vol-
umes half yearly from August 3. 1901.

Address all correspondence, subscriptions, etc.,
American Florist Co.. 440 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis,
Minn., President; P.Welch. Boston. Mass.. Vice-
President; John Young. 53 W. 28th St.. New
York, Secretary: Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y,,
Treasurer,

Officers Elect— P. Welch. Boston, Mass.,
President; Dan MacKorie. san Francisco, Calif..
Vice-President; John Young. New York. Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19, 1915.

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SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANT GROWERS.

Dahlias,

Before the dahlias were through
blooming they should have been care-
fully named and a label properly in-
scribed fastened to each plant that it
is desired to save. As soon as the
plants are liilled by the frost they
should be cut down and the tubers
dug. Ijeave about six or eight inches
of stem and firmly attach the label to
this in such a manner that it cannot
become loosened and lost. A good, dry
cellar, either with a cement or earthen
bottom, will I<eep them nicely through
the winter, but it should be frost proof
and not too near a boiler or heater.
The tubers can be placed closely to-
gether and then covered with soil and
they will come through the winter and
the tubers be nice and plump in the
spring. They should be occasionally
examined to see that they are not get-
ting too dry or shriveling. If this hap-
pens cover the soil with papers and
then sprinkle the paper and the soil
will absorb the moisture.

Gladioli,

As soon as the frost has killed down
the foliage the gladiolus bulbs should
be lifted and dried off. Keeping the
varieties separate, the bulbs, with the
tops attached, should be laid out in
layers either on a light, dry shed floor,
or on boards in the open air where
they can be protected at night during
frosty weather. A set of boards or
frame shutters spread along on the
south side of a building make a very
fine place to dry them off and fully
ripen the bulbs. Have plenty of cov-
ering handy that can be thrown over
them on cold nights. When thoroughly
ripened the bulbs can be broken from
the tops and packed away. Look the
bulbs over carefully for any diseased
spots and if any having these are
found, keep them separate from the
sound ones, for it is the prevailing
opinion that the disease may be com-
municated to a sound bulb by coming
in contact with a diseased one. Of the
finer varieties and those which it is
desired to increase, save all the small

corm.«, and these can be planted to
grow on in succeeding years to make
fiowering bulbs. There are so many
new ai.d meritorious varieties now
being cl.iced upon the market that the
grower who has a market for gladioli
sh6uld make it a point to use these,
for the advance has been very rapid
and many of the new ones are far
ahead of the older varieties. This
flower has forged rapidly ahead in the
last few years as a cut flower, and
with the improvement now going on is
bound to retain its popularity.
CaUas,

The calla bulbs that were planted in
pots during August should now liave a
fine start and should be placed in the
benches or pots where they are going
to bloom. Make the soil good and rich
— it can hardly have too much manure
to get the best results, but do not use
too fresh manure, have it partly rot-
ted. If grown in pots and the bulbs
are large give them a good size, nine
or ten-inch is none too large, and pot
firmly. After potting give the plants
a good soaking and then withhold
water until the plants have obtained a
good foothold in the new soil, when
they will require lots of water. Place
them in a house where the tempera-
ture can be held at 60° at night if
flowers during the winter are desired.
Keep the plants tied up that the bloom
may have straight stems. When cut-
ting leaves be careful not to cut too
low or the young flower that is en-
folded in the leaf stem may be in-
jured.

Mignonette,

As the weather grows cooler, the
mignonette will begin to throw the
long spikes that are so much desired
by the best trade. The plan's should
be carefully kept tied or held erect for
if they get bent over the stems will
grow crooked and they are worthless.
Growers adopt different methods for
doing this. Some grow them in wire
rings similar to the carnation supports,
others cut short brush sticks which
they set between the rows of plants

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Oct. 10,

and still others run wire lengtli-
wise of the bench and tie strings
across, making- a square around each
plant in which it will stand erect.
Other wires ' and strings are added
as the plant grows. Keep the plants
growing very cool from now on; a
house at about the temperature of a
violet house, that is from ?>(i° to 40°
at night, will produce the finest spike.s
of flowers. When the flower spikes
begin to show keep the plants well
disbudded, allowing only the center
flower to bloom and all the side shoots
should be cut off. This will have to be
done very early with the first bloom
that sets, for as soon as it forms, three
shoots will immediately start to grow
at the base of the flower; these should
be removed as early as possible that
the entire strength of the stalk can
go into the terminal flower.

Cleaning Up After Frost.

Every spring, from all sections of
the country, come reports of the great
amount of damage being done by cut
worms in the fields of many growers,
and as they are very difiicult to com-
bat in the open ground, a great loss
is consequently the result. While the
cut worms are unsuccessfully fought
in the spring, they can be overcome
by a little labor spent in the fall. The
moths lay their eggs in the fall on
any vegetation that is left, either
weeds or the refuse of the crops that
is allowed to remain on the grounil
either standing or Ij'ing arourdi It is
therefore clearly understood ihat the
besU thing to do is to clean up the field
of all vegetation and burn it up or
cover it with soil and make manure of
it, and then plow the ground and, turn
under any small weeds that might har-
bor the eggs. Deep fall plowing pays
anyway in the crop for the succeeding
year, improving the soil, and if this
small amount of work will get rid ot
the cut worms it will amply repay for
all the labor and expense. Many use
this old rubbish for the covering of
tender stock, but leaves and straw are
far preferable for this purpose. The
vegetation that is left after being
killed by the frost is too full of water
and will lie too close, and after the
fall rains will make too compact a
mass upon the plants which it is in-
tended they should protect, and as the
freezing weather comes on become a
solid mass of ice. It is much better
to put all this rubbish in a composl
pile and cover it with earth. The fer-
mentation will kill all the insects and
their eggs, and it will make fine ma-
nure for i)Ot culture, or if this is not
done dry it out thoroughly and burn
it. The appearance of the ground will
be improved, the soil benefited anil
the worms killed by giving the field a
thorough cleaning and plowing.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Robt. Kift. Philadelchia, Pa.

LuLlsvii.l.K, Ky, — George T. Hidges.
77 years old. a, retired florist, died
at his home, 1926 Ivanhoe court.

S.M.K.M, O. — Joseph S. BonsaM has
sold his greenhouse and greenhnvise
Inisiness to Noah C, Glass & Sons.

Des Moines, Ia.— The contract for
the new greenhouse in Union Park
was awarded Septemlier .30 by the city
council to the Lord & Burnham Com-
pany. The original bid of .$."i,87."'i was
reduced to .$.'5,002 by minor changes in
the manner of construction. The
greenhouse will be ready for use by
the park department by November l."«
if weather conditions are favorable.

Helping the Florist Trade.

El). AMERICAN FLORI.ST : —

The writer was present at the New
York Florists' Club meeting and heard
the remarks made by Max Schling
which were printed in your issue of
September 2(! . (page .")00), entitled
"Important to the Florist Craft." Any
move or any plan which would be of
material benefit to retailers, whole-
salers and growers — and will bring
light and pleasure into many poor
homes — would surely be of very vital
interest to us all. Mr. Schling's re-
marks, while a little vague, are clear-
ly the reflection of a ma»t who is en-
terprising, ambitious, energetic and
progressive, as well as idealistic, and
I say. "Bully for himi"

I fully appreciate the desirability of
working out a plan to stimulate a de-
mand for flowers and plants, and
would welcome the appointment of the
men he suggests to act as a commit-
tee which would work out a plan that
would prove practical and beneficial.
The gentlemen that he recommends
are all splendid men. Beginning with
our very popular and able John Young,
who surely now cari be considered a
\eteran; Walter Sheridan is one of the
finest types of business men; George
Siebrecht. the son of William H. Sie-
l)recht. should prove a "chip of the old
block," though he has yet to earn his
laurels; William H. Sielirecht. I con-
sider one of the finest members of our
craft; John Miesem is a practical and
splendid man; John Donaldson, one
whom we all admire; George Stumpp
has surely earned our attention in
many ways and clinched it by his won-
derful Japanese garden, e.xhibited at
the flower show; Alfred T, Bunyard

battles, nor received enough wounds
to be considered a full-fledged veteran,
but he certainly seems to have the
kind of stuff in him that will lead him
into many a fight, from which I have
no doubt he will emerge victorious,
and in due time will develop into a
leader and philosopher.

In the event that this splendid com-
mittee is formed and duly organized,
it will accomplish very little unless
these gentlemen will approach the
work with a spirit of give and take.
No one man knows the only perma-
nent cure for all ills. In other words,
conditions in every line change from
time to time, and we must be ready
and willing to change methods ac-
cordingly. I was deeply imiiressed
when I read the remarks by Benjamin
Franklin, which he made immediately
after the final adoption of the Declara-
tion of Independence, and which, as I
remember, were as follows : "Gentle-
men .while this document is not in
every detail just what 1 would like it
to be. I feel, however, that, consider-
ing that so many of us were concerned
in the building of same, and consider-
ing that each and every one of us had
his opinion and had a perfect right to
his own opinion, therefore, gentlemen,
I consider that, on the whole, it is a
very good document aTid will amply
meet the situation in hand." If this
spirit will prevail among the gentle-
men proposed to act as a committee,
they, too, will ."ucceed in working out
a practical and beneficial plan. Past
experience has taught me that it is no
easy matter for men who are engaged
in the same profession — and who are
more or less competitors — to agree and
be ready and willing to work in har-
mony.

My opinion is that there is a great
deal of room for improvement, espe-
cially where the distribution of stocks
from the grower to the retailer, and

McCRAY'S NEW REFRIGERATOR STORE, CHICAGO.

is also a persevering and progressive
man; the brilliant Patrick O'Mara —
the pride of our craft, and last, but
not least, Max Schling. a man of un-
doubted courage, though I don't be-
lieve he has as yet been in enough

from the retailer to the public, is con-
cerned, but I prefer not to submit a
detailed plan at this time. In my opin-
ion, the price of flowers will always be
determined liy the supply and demand.
My humble opinion is abso that the

igi4.

The American Florist.

603

public field has for some time past and
still is very amply covered by the nu-
merous retailers and vendors, who
seem to be well distributed through-
out the liusiness and residential dis-
tricts of Greater New York and vicin-
ity, and I further lielieve that free
markets, such as have been provided
for food and vegetables, will not meet
our needs. A. J. GUTT^[.\^^

McCray New Chicag:o Salesrooms.

Its rapidly increasing business has
made it necessary for the McCray Re-
frigerator Company to enlarge its dis-
play rooms in Chicago, and the new
salesrooms recently opened at 1000
Michigan boulevard contain one of the
largest and most attractive exhibits
of high grade refrigerators ever made
in the United States. Located just
south of the Blackstone hotel on Mich-
igan boulevard, the new McCray sales-
rooms are convenient both for resi-
dents of Chicago and visitors to the
city. The handsomely arranged dis-
play windows on this famous boule-
vard have attracted unusual attention.
It is a model refrigerator show-room
in every respect and creditably dis-
plays one of the largest and most com-
plete exhibits of refrigerators ever
made in a great variety of sizes and
designs for every requirement. The
florist who is interested in progressive,
up-to-date methods, should not fail to
visit this interesting exhibit, as it
shows the very latest designs and new-
est improvements of the celebrated
McCray line, which has won a world-
wide reputation for superiority. The
McCray Company extends a cordial in-
vitation to florists to visit the largest
and most complete display of refrig-
erators and coolers in Chicago. W. H.
Robertson, the Chicago manager, will
give you a warm welcome to the new^
showrooms and will be glad to demon-
strate the new designs and latest im-
provements in McCray florists' refrig-
erators and display cases.

Destroying Woodlice.

Ed. Amertcax Florist :

Our greenhouse benches are badly
infested with woodlice and we fear
they are causing injury to the plants.
What can we do to get rid of them?

M. H.

Although these insects, as a rule,
prefer a dry diet there is no doubt
they will eat roots and leaves too if
there are large numbers present and
they are pressed for food. Traps and
poisoning are the best means of de-
stroying them. Lay dry boards on
the benches and look them over every
morning. There will be a number of
woodlice on them and they can be
shaken into a pail of hot water. Poi-
soning is best effected by making a
sweetened paste of corn meal or flour
and adding paris green. Let this get
fairly dry and lay it about on the
benches in small quantities; the in-
sects will eat it and die by hundreds.
Keep In mind too that woodlice are
always more plentiful in places out of
order where litter of all kinds such as
puts, dead leaves, odds and ends of
manure and such like are left around,
and avoid this state of things as far
as possible by cleaning up regularly
once a week at least.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Exhibition Cut Blooms.

This is a very important period for
the plants which are depended upon to
produce the exhibition cut blooms.
Plants that have been given liberal
treatment are now fast developing
their buds, some of the earliest al-
ready showing the color of petals,
which means that the feeding of liquid
manure to these plants should be
gradually discontinued. The success
of the blooms at the November shous
depends greatly on the treatment of
the plants during the next two or three
weeks and everything should be done
to encourage a natural development of
the blooms, so that they will have good
substance and texture. A cool dry at-

tine preparation used. The presence
of fly in the bloom is often the cause
of spotted petals and undersized, poor-
ly developed blooms. Also, make sure
that every flower has ample space for
its proper development; if it is too
tight to the support, loosen it up be-
fore the petals begin to expand, and
see to it that they have plenty of head
room.

The question of temperature enters
into the development of exhibition
blooms a great deal, especially after
the petals begin to unfurl. It is very
unwise to try to economize by holding
off with the firing to the extent that
the blooms are covered with dew from
excessive moisture for several nights
at a time, as this is bound to result in
many spotted flowers. At all times
possible aim to have the night temper-

FLORAL BASKET BY STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
Bln-h Biiik Busket of Tulips.

HUTCHINSON. Kan. — Kline Bros.,
florists, have purchased a greenhouse
at Topeka, Kan., and will conduct it
in connection with their Hutchinson
range.

mosphere and plenty of fresh air are
essential to put color and depth to the
blooms. If we could depend on cool,
bright da.vs and nights, so that it
w^ould be necessary to use a little
steam heat every night, it would be
comparatively easy sailing in the de-
velopment of the exhibition blooms,
but it so happens that nearly every
year, during October, we get some real
hot days and nights with lots of
dampness in the air. when the tem-
perature does not get down to within
ten degrees of what we want it to for
the well-being of our flowers. The only
thing to do during such weather, and
under such conditions, is to put some
shade on the glass, keep the plants a
little to the dry side (but not so that
there is any wilting 1. and maintain
the atmosphere of the house as dry
and cool as possible. It is also very
important that we take advantage of
any cool nights during the earl.v part
of October to rid the buds and plants
of any fly by fumigating with the nico-

ature in the houses 48 to SO degrees.
A few of the buds taken very eai'v
may need a few degrees more than
this to open them up properly, but as
a general guide to go by, these tem-
peratures are the safest.

The blooms for exhibition should be
cut before they are fully developed
and stood in water in a cool, partiall\'
dark place to finish them up. A good
supply of receptacles to properly care
for the blooms, so that everyone can
stand upright, should be arranged for
in plenty of time beforehand; also, the
shipping cases should receive atten-
tion. This is also another nlace where
it is poor policy to economize. Good
strong boxes should be provided, and
enough of them to allow for the blooms
to be packed properly without crowd-
ing. Boxes five to six feet long, 20
inches wide and 12 to 14 inches deep,
make as satisfactor.y shipping cases
as an.v. They should be strong, but
of light material, to keen down the
expense of shipping. C. W. Johnson.

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Imported Azaleas.

The imported plants of Azalea In-
dica are now here and the grower w-iU
do w-ell to prepare for them by having
his pots and compost all ready to give
them attention without any delay. The
plants do not apparently root deeply
in the soil in which they are grown in
Europe, the balls being wide rather
than deep, and consisting of a mass of
nne fibrous roots. For this reason spe-
cial azalea pots are made. wider than
the ordinary pots of the same depth.
and just allowing sufficient room for a
little drainage and to take the plants
easily. One good crock should be laid
concave side down over the drainage
hole and a little rough fibrous peat
shaken out when preparing the com-
post should be placed over this to pre-
vent the fine sandy particles of the
soil being washed away by the contin-
uous watering. The soil should consist
largely of fine yet fibrous peat, with a
little good loam to give it adhesive-
ness and allow of its being well firmed
In the pots and a sprinkling of guano
or dried cow manure. As soon as the
plants arrive take them out of the
packages and examine them carefully
to see if any are dry at the roots.
Often they have been transshipped sev-
eral times before reaching the grower
and each time renders them more
liable to be dry. Have flat tubs if no
tank is at hand and place the balls of
roots in water deep enough to cover
them, leaving them to soak for an
hour or two; then take them out and
allow the superfluous moisture to drain
aw'S.y before potting the plants. If
there is the least suspicion of dryness
in the majority of the plants soak
them all, for it can do them no, harm
and if potted while the center of the
ball is dry, it will be difficult to
moisten it afterwards and the drought
will likely cause the loss of some
leaves. In potting, the old ball should
be lightly covered, setting the plant in
the pot so that the soil rounds a little
to the center and making it very firm.
When the plants come with the heads
tied up it will be better to untie them
before potting, as it is impossible to
see the exact shape of the heads while
these are tied and this it is necessary
to do to pot the plants properly. Pot
each so that it looks best according to
the shape of the head, and after pot-
' ting stand the plants level on a shed
floor and thoroughly soak every parti-
cle of soil with water. The plants must
be gone over several times to do this.

taking especial care that those on the
outside are well moistened. When
they have run a little dry, place them
in a cool house and spray the heads
several times daily. If there is a quite
cool house with an earth floor, such
as is used in many places for start-
ing newly imported stock, this is the
best possible place for the azaleas, and
they will recover more quickly, from
the journey in the cool, moist atmos-
phere of such a house than anywhere
else.

DlSffifing: and Storing Canna Roots.

We generally commence to dig and
house our cannas about the second
week in October. Before digging, the
tops are cut off to within' six inches,
more or less, of the ground. After
they are dug, part of the earth is
shaken off. They are then carted to the
storage house, a structure built for
wintering them where the temperature
can be controlled at 45 degrees or more
in the coldest weather. Ventilation
is given when required. As our regu-
lar storage building is not large
enough to hold all the canna clumps,
quite a number are stored under the
greenhouse benches. These keep very
well in a cool house if care is taken
to keep the water soaking through the
overhead benches from dripping on
them. Those growers having only a
small quantity of cannas to handle
should have no difficulty in taking care
of them, as they can leave all .the
earth on the clumps when housing
them. Some seasons cannas are hard
to keep in good condition. This was
the case last year, as the weather was
wet all through the digging season,
making it difficult to properly cure
them. This year we are having, so
far, the other extreme, but the plants
have made a good growth and the
tubers are well matured. While can-
nas are as easily grown in the field
as a crop of cabbage, one soon discov-
ers that the longer he is at the job
the more there is to learn about them
from the time they are dug until plant-
ing time. Every canna grower under-
stands that some varieties are better
keepers than others, and as we find in
nearly all plants the choicest varieties
require the most careful attention.
Some of the new varieties of cannas
are worth housing with the best of
plants. If some of our enterprising
canna dealers keep on lowering the
price at the rate they were cut last
spring, the breeders will ha-ve to orig-
inate edible varieties so that in case

of a glut in the market they can eat
the surplus roots or feed them to the
stock.

Antoine Wintzek.

Dunlop's New Lord & Bumham Range.

Within the past few years many
new firms have started business in
Canada, and most of the older firms
have extended and rebuilt, but few-
have caused so much comment and
interest as J. H. Dunlop's new houses,
erected last year at Richmond Hill,
15 miles north of Toronto. Mr. Dun-
lop, 25 years ago, began business on
the outskirts of Toronto, meeting with
much success and building up a first-
class retail and wholesale business.
Owing to the growth of the city in
recent years, he found himself sur-
rounded by the usual smoke, grime
and dust concomitant to such a posi-
tion, and his taxes going up with the
increased value of the land. He wise-
ly considered, and perhaps none too
soon, that a move was advisable. So,
disposing of his five acres to a syndi-
cate for building purposes, he secured
a suitable site of 30 acres, well served
by both a steam and electric railroads
direct to Toronto. A good water sup-
ply, fresh air, and good soil were also
decided factors in the proposition.
After a visit to the best establishments
in the United States, coupled with his
own ideas and experience, he decided
to adopt the large house system and
the contract was given to the Lord &
Burnham Co., New York. A start was
made in June, 1913, and completed the
following October.

Two houses were erectea. each 61
feet wide, -100 feet long, side walls
seven feet high, and 24 feet from floor
'to ridge. They have a space of 25
feet apart, obviously to prevent the
shade of one roof falling on the
other. A covered passage connects
the two in the middle. The method
of construction somewhat resembles
bridgework. There are no upright pipe
columns, instead, there are two angle
irons riveted together. The roof is
supported by two rows of these col-
umns, eight feet apart, and a row un-
der each eave. The roof rafters are
strongly held with angle iron com-
pression trusses bolted together, and
on to the columns with gusset plates.
There are four purlin angle iron rods
on each side, carrying the sash bars.
The eave is also angle iron and gal-
vanized before putting in place. The
sash bars are Red Gulf cypress, 15/16-

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INTERIOR OF NEW LORD & BURNHAM HOUSE AT JOHN H. DUNLOPS, TORONTO, ONT.

inch wide and l"s inch deep, fitted for
standard lGx24 glass. The ventilatory
sashes run the full length of the houses
on both sides of the ridge, divided into
50-foot lengths, and operated by chain
gear machines. There are no vetila-
tors on the sides. The most striking
feature of these houses is probably the
adoption and combination of old dis-
carded and new ideas. The two larg-
est establishments in Canada, the Dale
Estate and Millar & Sons, having made
such a success with narrow connected
trussed houses, butted glass, solid
benches, etc., Mr. Dunlop has gone
back for good to the oldest idea of
greenhouse glazing by adopting the
lapped glass and putty system. Each
light has about %-inch overlap; is
bedded and covered with putty and
held in place by zinc nails. A patent
catch holds the glass in place at the
eave, where it is also bedded in putty.
Undoubtedly the houses are wind and
water proof, and a saving in coal is
claimed as a result. Whether the
putty will hold has yet to be proved.
The benches, are all raised, and for
the time being, made of cedar. It is
claimed that for winter production the
roots are better under control. The
heating pipes are placed in pairs un-
der the north side of each bench.
These proved sufficient for last win-
ten when the temperature was as low
as 30 degrees below zero. So that
while provision was made for overhead
pipes, they are not likely to be in-
stalled. The eaves inside are fitted
with a small gutter for the condensa-
tion water. As yet, no provision has
been made outside to catch the rain
or melting snow, as the roof projects

far enough to throw the water clear
of the iron wall plate to the ground.
Probably this will be considered later
and the rain water conducted to a
reservoir for use. For filling and
emptying the benches, two five-feet
sashes are fitted in each end and one
door. T\'e expect Mr. Dunlop will in-
stall a roller or other carrier as the
wheelbarrow is now rather antiquated.
The boiler room and pump house
are at the extreme end. constructed
with concrete walls and steel beams
carrying the roofs. The boiler room
is 70x90 feet, and 40 feet to the roof.
Along one side facing the boilers is
an elevated railroad trestle siding,
where the coal is dumped direct from
the cars. Three 150 H. P. tubular
boilers have been installed, capable of
heating eight houses similar to those
erected and provision is made for three
more should they be required. So far
only one has been in use and that
not running at full capacity. These
boilers are expected to be the most
up-to-date pattern and are fitted with
all devices known and proved for fuel
and heat saving. Pearce steam traps
return the condensation. A six-foot
flue and reinforced concrete chimney,
120 feet high, gives a draft like a fan.
The boiler is operated at 40 pounds
pressure and steam is carried over-
head direct to the farthest end and
outside the gables, where it is reduced
to eight pounds pressure for distribu-
tion. The actual heating pipes are all
fed off the return. The pump house,
22x30 feet, is also at present used aa
the packing room and is ideal for the
purpose. The pump is operated by
electric motor and has a capacity of
100 gallons per minute. There is also

a pressure tank holding 1..500 gallons
at 75 pounds pressure. The supply is
distributed in a three-inch main with
connecting taps for hose overhead in
all the paths. Another motor in the
boiler room supplies power to operate a
saw, a threading machine, a cement
mixer and any other machinery likely
to be added. There is also a trans-
former for lighting. The power is sup-
plied by a line passing the property.

The railway siding is a great and
convenient acquisition, for besides de-
livering coal, manure and other sup-
plies, a small truck conveys the prod-
uct of the houses to the depot, a few
hundred yards away, thus reducing
team work to a minimum. Last sea-
son one of the houses was planted with
roses in September and the other with
carnations later. Both gave good re-
turns after December, so much so, in-
deed, that Mr. Dunlop took a first
place with roses at the New York
show. A bench each of asparagus,
sweet peas and snapdragons completes
the list of crops grown last season. It
is proposed to put up another range
this year, but the smaller connected
houses will be used so as to utilize
the material from the old establish-
ment. The lapped glass and other fea-
tures will be retained.

Should all go well, it is planned to
build six more of these large houses
at some future date. Mr. Dunlop
claims to have secured the last word
in improvements on his construction
and his results will be carefully noted
by many brother florists. Florists on
both sides of the interantional line will
no doubt have much interest in future
developments of rebuilding in Canada.
James King.

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Oct.

JO,

School Gardening for Profit.

Some 1.300 pupils of the rural
schools of Cook county. III., have .so
far earned at least $10,000 in cash.
This considerable sum of money —
which will be increased before the year
is over — represents the proceeds of
sales of vegetables, eggs, and poul-
try, raised and cultivated by the boys
and girls themselves.

In a single school — that in district
7.3, .Niles township — of which Seth
Shepard is teacher, twenty-nine pupils
have already raised and sold .$820
worth of garden truck. AVhen the boys
who are now harvesting corn and other
field crops have sold their produce
the cash income of this single school
is expected to rise above $1,000.

The educational eyes of the whole
United States are centered on the rural
schools of Cook county, which, under
the direction of County Superintendent
Tobin, are said by authorities to be
setting an example to the world.

In no other county, for instance, .are
the rural schools divided into five divi-
sions, with a trained teacher and ag-
ricultural college graduate at the head
of each. These five men, who draw
salaries of .$2,000. are called school
and country life directors and are on
duty twelve months in the year. Dur-
ing the long summer vacation they are
particularly busy, visiting the homes
of their pupils and advising with them
about their growing crops. One of
these directors traveled more than
10,000 miles last year, entirely within
his^division of four Cook county town-
ships.

But even they are not able to visit
all the pupils as frequently as desired,
and Superintendent Tobin is working
towards an ideal in which every rural
school teacher shall be a competent
farmer and gardener and shall be em-
ployed for twelve months in every
year. As a striking example of the
result of such a policy the returns
from district 7.3 are cited, where Mr.
Shepard was on duty the whole year,
being, it is said, the only "wander-
lehrer" in the United States.

But every one of the 1,300 boys and
girls In the 102 one-room country
schools in Cook county has. as a part
of the regular school work, planted
and taken care of a garden or field
crop, has worked in one of the vege-
table canning clubs, or has raised and
sold poultry and eggs.

Some of the individual results are
astonishing. Here, for instance,, is
Miss Dena van Beveran. who lives on
a farm in Clearing township. She
rented one-quarter of an acre of land
fiv m her father. Under the school
rules she was obliged to pay the pre-
vailing rate of rental for the land.
She set out, weeded, cultivated, and
gathered a crop of onions from the
quarter acre which was sold for .$192.

Out near Morton Grove lives Har-
vey Brooks, who, renting an acre of
land from his father, has given a first
class example of intensive farming.
He has planted and sold crops of rad-
ishes, beets, lettuce, beans, onions, car-
rots, and peppers, and has sold vege-
tables to the amount of .$225 from the
single acre. On some of the land the
boy, raised no less than five consecu-
tive crops during the season.

Though the vegetable canning clubs
are formed especially for the girls —
the canning club at one school has put
\\X> more than 700 quarts — a pathetic

little story, coming from Willow
Springs, shows there may be circum-
stances under which a knowledge of
canning may be useful to boys as well.
Early this spring James and Rudolph
Schleichert, pupils at one of the rural
schools, lost their mother. When the
time came for the canning clubs and
the home garden clubs to start, one of
the brothers rented a piece of ground
and started to raise a money crop. In
order to make sure that the family
should not miss its regular supply of
canned vegetables the other brother
took up that work and his canned to-
matoes are said to be aimong the best
produced in the county. — Chicago Tri-
bune.

Vincent's Dablia Exhibition.

The eighth annual dafdia .show at
R. Vincent Jr. & Sons Co., at Cow-
enton, Md.. was a great attraction this
year. A week of perfect weather drew
thousands. Automobiles by the hun-
dreds carried gay parties there, Thurs-
day, October 1, it being the big day,
and on their return trip the cars
were gay with the beautiful rich au-
tumn flowers, which were sold in
bunches to all who presented 25 cents.
Vast fields of dahlias and cannas that
covered 100 acres were ablaze with
every possible shad^ and color. .Some
varieties were staked and disbudded,
forming giant flowers. The cactus va-
riety very much resembles the chrys-
anthemum and is far prettier than "the
stiff, precise petaled flower of former
years.

The flowers were arranged beautiful-
ly this year in artistic designs; light
colored flowers against backgrounds of
the dark, rich colors and vice versa;
for instance, we noticed Black Beauty,
the darkest shade of red, interspersed
with ferns in the shape of a wreath,
against a pale pink variety. Bronze
baskets, -holding exquisite scarlet flow-
ers and ivory white baskets with clus-
ters of golden yellow arrangied taste-
fully, were admired by the vast crowd.
The solid wall or background of a long
room was of spaghnum moss kept moist
and the flowers thrust into this keep
fresh. Among some of the parties
that motored over from Baltimore and
Washington were : I. H. Moss and
party, including F. Berger and Mrs,
Berger, Mrs. I. H. Moss, Miss Steven-
son and T. C. Stevenson; F. Bauer.
Mrs. Bauer and sons; Jas. Boone, Mrs.
Boone and Mrs. H. Klein; Messrs. Ake-
hurst and Connor, salesmen for Lord
& Burnham Co.; Wm. Gude of Wash-
ington, R. Graham and family and
many others. A chicken supper was
furnished by the ladies of the White
Marsh Church, who receive the money
to help defray their church expenses
during the year. B.

Minneapolis Florist Club.

AKNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Minneap-
olis Florist Club was held at the store
iif Rice Bros.. Minneapolis. Minn..
Tues(Jay evening. October G. Follow-
ing the routine business of the. meet-
ing, nominations and election of offi-
cers of the organization" for the en-
suing year took place. The new. offi-
cers elected who will assume their du-
ties November 3, are as follows : J. G.
Taylor, president; R. A. Latham, vice-
president; William Vasatka, secretary;
E. Meyer, treasurer. Trustees elected
were : F. C. Rice. W. D. Desmond and
Walter Pier-. T,

Boston.

F.\LL TR.^DE H.4S OPENED TJP.
Business this past week has taken a
remarkable change for the better. The
week opened with rather a gloomy as-
pect, but Friday and Saturday. Octo-
ber 2-3, brought about one of the sud-
den changes so characteristic of the
florist business. The freezing of near-
ly all the outdoor stocks worked won-
ders in cleaning the markets of super-
fluous flowers. Carnations were espe-
cially in great demand. During the
first part of the week many carnations
were sold as low as 7.5 cents per 100.
but on Saturday, October 3, a few good
whites sold for .$4 per 1(X). Roses have
also gone up in price and most grow-
ers have been able to clean up their
supply at good figures. Chrysanthe-
mums are becoming more abundant,
the main varieties Ijeing Golden Glow
and Early Frost. Calla lilies and lon-
giflorum are good property, the prices
in some cases having risen 100 per
cent over last week. There are a few
asters coming in that escaped the frost
and there is no trouble in disposing of
them. Lily of the valley are also
scarce and bring good prices. Catt-
leyas, cyprepedium and oncidium. as
well as a few gardenias, are being dis-
posed of with good results. Violets
are not as yet of good enough quality
to insure a heavy demand. All told,
the market seems to have taken new
life. The opening of the fall trade has
been heartily welcomed by everybody
connected with the business,

NOTES.

The fruit and vegetable exhibition
held under the auspices of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society. October
3-4, was a splendid success and in
keeping with past similar exhibitions
of the society, both in number and high
quality of the entries. The list of
prizes and gratuities was a lengthy one
and brought out an extensive collec-
tion of exhibits. Prominent in the list
of successful contestants for awards
in the vegetable entries were Col.
Frederick Mason. David R. Craig. F.
W. .Sargent. Oliver Ames and Mrs.
Frederick Aver. In the awards for
exhibits of fruits. Alden Derby, George
V. Fletcher, F. W. Dahl, E. E. Cole. A.
B. Howard & Son and Edward War-
ren had displays that easily captured
prizes.

For some time there have been ru-
mors of a new store on Tremont street,
but nothing definite could be learned
until the company was incorporated
and had started business. Frank
Houghton has incorporated with the
Gorney brothers, formerly with Wax
Bros., and S. Kravatz. formerly em-
ployed liy Mr. Houghton, under the
title of Houghton. Gorney & Co. They
will occupy a large store which now is
under process of construction at 119
Tremont street about November 1.
The store is being built under the Park
street church, and instead of being in
the basement, as this store formerly
was, will be on the street level. The
new company is at present located at
Houghton's former store on Park
street.

W. R. Holden, one of the leading
commission salesmen ,at the Coopera-
tive Market, has rebuilt his fourteen
stalls to more conveniently handle his
increasing business. This year he has
three new growers added to his list:
Elijah Cartwright. of Wellesley. who
this year is speci.alizing in Sprengeri;
White Bros., of Wilmington, and M.
McMinnian, of Lowell, both growers of
carnations.

Louis Small, of Tewksbury. has dis-
posed of most of his carnation plants,
and has filled four of his houses with
bachelor buttons. He is retaining three
of his best seedling carnations, a red.
a white and a pink, as w.ell as a fe"w

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Benora. He is now shipping a few
carnations to the Cooperative Market
and soon expects to ship a good supply
of bachelor buttons.

The next meeting of the Gardeners'
and Florists' Club will lie held on Octo-
ber lift. There will be a talk on "Ad-
vertising, the Spark Plug of Business."
by L. W. C. Tuthill. of New York.
Special exhibits of chrysanthemums
and other flowers have been arranged
and the meeting promises to be ex-
ceptionally interesting.

Wm. R. Morris, of Wellesley. has
completed the remodeling of his pack-
ing shed and has built a large ice chest
to hold his heavy cuts of roses. He
reports his stock as looking extra good
this year. He is shipping good quality
roses' to the Cooperative Market. Pink
Killarney being his leading variety.

Preparations are already under way
for the chrysanthemum show which
will be held' at Horticultural Hall on
Nov. .'j. 0, 7 and S. The schedule of
prizes has been made so attractive
that the exhibition is expected to sur-
pass any of its predecessors.

The Boston Rose Co. at the Flower
Exchange is receiving shipments of
American Beauties and plumosus from
Paul Pierson's Briarcliff greenhouses
at Scarborough. N. Y. The quality of
the goods finds them a ready market.

Plans are being made for Zinn, the
Florist, to move into the store now-
occupied by the Houghton. Gorney Co.
and for Thos. F. Galvin's Tremont
street establishment to move to the
location now occupied by Zinn.

Edward Murphy, an employe of
Quinlan, the Florist, at Lynn, joined
the ranks of the benedicts Wednesday.
September .30. His many friends at
the flower markets wish him success
and happiness.

No matter how dull the florist trade
may be elsewhere. ^Velch Bros. Co. is
alniost always the scene of business
activity. The firm has been busy all
summer looking after its large ship-
ping trade.

September 28 and 2f> were especially
dull days at the markets on account
of the observance of the Jewish holi-
days. Many stores about the city sus-
pended business during these two
days.

A. N. Davenport is showing a fine
display of pot plants at his stand at
the Flower Exchange, among which
are some very good crotons and be-
gonias in three-inch pots.

John McFarland. of North Easton.
is shipping some very fine calla lilies,
as well as lily of the valley and Spren-
geri, to the Cooperative Market,

Peirce Bros., of Waltham, are cut-
tting a good supply of roses, "Ward
and Pink Killarney comprise the bulk
of their shipments,

F, L. W.

Pittsburgh.

STOCK CLE.4XS UP KICELT.
Stock has been shortening up rapid-
ly within the last few days, and at
about noon nowadays finds the whole-
sale houses cleaned up of nearly all
kinds of flowers. The demand is very
good and thei"e seems to be just about
enough to satisfy all. The real scarcity
lies in asters and carnations. The
former have about finished the season
and the latter seem very slow in mak-
ing any marked appearance. Dahlias
will probably be over soon, as the
frosts are getting very heavy lately
and we look for their death almost
any day at all. Valley and lilies have
also been on the short end lately.
Gladioli are hardly seen at all any
more. American Beauties are excel-
lent and of good quantity. Tea roses
are also fine with plenty of them at all
times. A few early violets have ap-
peared, but do not amount to much.

The usual rush of October weddings
is now on. and everybody seems to be
busy these days.

NOTK.S.

The Darlington funeral. Thursday.
October 1, was the most elaborate
seen here in some time. One hundred
twenty-one pieces constituted the floral
offerings, most of this work being from
the establishment of Mrs. E. A. Wil-
liams, who contributed eighty-six of
these. The feature was a casket cover
made on green velvet, containing six
thousand valley and five hundred
cattleyas, this being done by Mrs.
Williams. Many pieces were shipped
from points out of town but the ma-
jority of these arrived in very bad
condition, and to make it worse, too
late for the funeral. This plainly dem-
onstrates the efliciency of telegraphing
orders.

B. F. Engle, of Rochester, Pa., re-
ports the month just passed^as one of
the most satisfactory since he has
been in business.

A bowling match between the Pitts-
burgh Cut Flower Co. and A. W. Smith
Co. is scheduled for this week.

H. C. Neubrand, of A. N. Pierson,
Inc., was in town looking up their
trade last week.

Visitors : Wm. Swayne. Kennett
Square. Pa.; Mr. Goudy. of Henry
Dreer. Inc., Philadelphia, Pa,

J.

Toledo.

ilAliKET CO>'r)ITIONS SATISFACTORY.

Business for the past month has
been bad and good in spots. Transient
trade to a great extent is at a stand-
still, while plenty of funeral work at
opportune times, has saved the day for
many retail florists. Florists here are
not letting the war talk disturb their
business plans, and now that the
azalea crop is assured to them, they
are looking forward to a fine Christ-
mas trade and are laying careful plans
to go after all the business in sight.
The market conditions are satisfac-
tory, although the early frosts in this
vicinity have forced dahlias and asters
out of the market to a great extent.
Chrysanthemums are beginning to
come in fine shape and quality and
are meeting with a ready sale,
CLUB MEETING.

The meeting of the Toledo Florists'
Club, which was held at Emil Kuhnke's
in East Toledo, was very well attend-
ed, due to the election of officers for
the ensuing year. Max Spanner, Sum-
mit street retailer, was elected presi-
dent: Frank Wirtz, formerly manager
of Tiedke Bros." flower department,
was elected vice-president; George B.
Schramm was re-elected secretary and
treasurer. The administration going
out of office was a very successful one
under the leadership of Frank
Schramm and leaves a record of deeds
accomplished that will be hard to beat.
Under this administration a successful
picnic was held, the Sunday closing
movement was inaugurated, a public-
ity committee organized and a success-
ful flower show held.

CLUB OUTIKG.

On Sunday, October 4, the Toledo
Florists' Club held the first of a num-
ber of excursions to neighboring cities,
when about -10 members visited the es-
tablishment of Christ. Winterich. the
famous cyclamen specialist of Defi-
ance, Ohio. The visiting florists were
treated with the enviable hospitality
for which Mr. Winterich is famous and
everybody had a good time. They
learned something about the culture
of cyclamen and saw some fine speci-
mens of this plant under ideal condi-
tions. Mr. Winterich reports his busi-
ness in splendid condition and has just
completed an addition to his plant con-

sisting of a house ■".."> by l.'irt feet in
order to take care of his increasing
business. He has also erected a mam-
moth new smoke stack.

KOTES.

Henry Barrow says his business is
picking up now and he predicts a suc-
cessful season.

Miss Helen Patten, our militant suf-
fragette, has returned from a trip to
Mackinac Island and is now ready
in her usual energetic way to go after
business. Miss Patten has made three
trips into northern Michigan this sum-
mer in search of health and pleasure.

Feniger. Adams street florist, has
taken over the flower department at
Tiedke Bros.' department store. He
is making use of the war reports to
attract attention to his fine display
windows.

K.

Cincinnati.

HECEIPTS ARE HE.WY.

The market is rather long on stock
of every kind. The receipts are as
heavy, if not heavier, than at the last
writing, and unless we have a kill-
ing frost in the meantime the supply
will continue large for another fort-
night. The demand for stock is active
but the supply is so large that prices
are very low; in fact, far below the
normal point at this time of the month
for other years in the past. Shipping
business is fairly good. Rose receipts
are heavy and include some very fine
offerings in the Killarneys, Taft. Shaw-
yer. Ward. Sunburst. Richmond. Ivory
and American Beauties." The last
named became plentiful again toward
the end of last week. Aster and
dahlia receipts are very large. The
majority of the offerings in the latter
are of a very high quality. Lilies are
plentiful. Both chrysanthemums and
carnations are beginning to come in
stronger. Orchids and lily of the val-
ley meet with a fair sale. The green
goods supply is ample.
KOTES.

The Cincinnati Florists' Society's
monthly meeting will be held at Ray
Murphy's home on Monday afternoon,
October 12, Automobiles will meet the
members at the end of the Warsaw
avenue car line at 2 :?.0 p. m.

Last week's visitors included Mrs.
Wm. Dittman, New Castle, Ind.; G, A.
Beckman, Middletown, O., and Walter
Gray and Wm. Lodder. Hamilton, O,

I." Bayersdorfer, representing H,
Bayersdorfer & Co.. and Julius Diihoff,
representing Schloss Bros., are due in
this city this week.

P. J. dinger reports that since Mrs.
dinger's trip and visit to North Da-
kota her health has improved very
greatly.

C. E. Critchell has been offering an
excellent lot of American Beauties and
other roses.

The marriage of Eddie Schwarz and
Miss Fields is to be solemnized this
week.

Wm. Murphy returned from the
north a fortnight ago.

H.

Washington.

MARKET COXDITIOXS UNCUAXGED.

Conditions of the market are just
about the same as last report, with the
exception of chrysanthemums, which
are not coming in as good as in former
years, and this week they are bring-
ing a better price than at the first.
Cut roses are good but prices are only
fair, while carnations are improving
and the price is just about the same
as last writing.

KOTES.

Z. D. Blackistone is having one of
his special sales on evergreens and
there are some bargains in his stock.

608

The American Florist.

Oct. lo.

George H. Cooke expects to get into
his new store b;' October 15, and he
will have one of the finest display
rooms in the city, with a conserva-
tory in the rear of his store. He will
be in a position to show his stock to a
better advantage than ever.

J. H. Small & Sons have on display
some cotton trees this week that have
attracted considerable comment. This
is one firm that is always a little in
advance of "the other fellow."

G. C. D.

Toronto.

Business is generally slow, but good
signs of improvement are noted and
we are anxiously waiting for a good
frost to clean up the outdoor stock.
The cool nights have been beneficial
to stock of all kinds and the roses
which are now being cut are of ex-
cellent quality. Carnations are again
fairly plentiful and golden glow and -
October Frost chrysanthemums are
coming in in quantity. Violets are
coming in fairly good and with plenty
of valley and orchids there is sufficient
stock for all.

NOTES.

J. H. Dunlop, of Richmond Hill, is
nearing completion with his new
house. 61x400 feet, which makes a
splendid addition to his plant and will
hold a large part of his carnations.
In the rose sections the stock looks
fine; the cooler weather has shortened
the cut somewhat, but there is some
excellent stock being cut. Lady Alice
Stanley is -giving excellent satisfac-
tion, and among the other newer va-
rieties, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Pratt and
Antoine Revoire all show good prom-
ise ;-»the standard varieties are looking
good and plants are in fine condition
for the coming season.

Carl Grobba, of Mimico, has added
six new houses to his range this sea-
son and has replaced the damage
caused by the windstorm early in the
year. Pot grown plants are a special-
ty here and he produces them par ex-
cellence. Ferns by the hundreds of
thousands, cyclamens, begonias and
poinsettias for the coming Xmas trade
are all in fine shape, five carloads of
bulbs have already arrived and have
been mostly planted.

The Ontario Horticultural Exhibi-
tion will be held in the Horticultural
Building at the exhibition grounds
November 9 to 14. This is to be a
patriotic show and no prize money will
be given. The entire gate receipts will
be given over to the Red Cross So-
ciety, who will look after the adver-
tising and all gate receipts. All ex-
hibitors will be welcome.

A. Gilchrist has been sending in
some Gladioli Lady Borden, a seed-
ling of his own, with a color shading
into a pink and that harmonizes with
a Sunburst rose. It has a good, strong
well flowered spike which should make
It prove a good commercial variety.

E. A. Crowhurst is sending in quan-
tities of his seedling white dahlias.
This is a large, full shaped flower of
the show variety and is always In
great demand here.

R. Jennings is shipping in quanti-
ties of early chrysanthemums, of
which he makes a specialty. His car-
nations and violets are good for the
early season.

H. G. D.

New Gbt.kans, La. — A spring flower
sh(fw is under consideration by the
New Orleans Horticultural Society and
at the October meeting of the horti-
culturists final action on the proposi-
tion will be taken. P. A. Chopin,
president of the organization, is urg-
ing the idea as no flower show has
been given by the society in several
years. i

Nashville.

TRADE AND STOCK BOTH IMPBOVIXG.

Trade has been only fair in the past
two weeks but is improving all the
time. The State Fair brought many
visitors but no appreciable increase in
the florist business. There was a floral
exhibit at the fair, but for the Ijene-
flt of amateurs only. The premiums
were very small, but there were a good
many exhibitors and some very good
displays as far as they went, and
many blue ribbons were taken home
by the lucky ones. The cut flowers
were very good when it is remembered
that this section was afflicted for so
many long weeks with a most distress-
ing drouth. The' plants consisted of
ferns, palms, jessamines, geraniums
and such other simple plants as would
interest the amateur grower. The cut
flowers were zinnias, dahlias, of whicli
there was a beautiful vS-riety, roses
and even bunches of field flowers. The
supply of stock just now is very fine,
and all kinds of stock is growing bet-
ter every day. Roses are very good
and Russell and American Beauty are
among the best. Carnations are com-
ing in and while not so large as they
will be later on, are very good and
are gladly welcomed by the dealers.
Chrysanthemums have made their ap-
pearance, a white variety, that is much
sought after. Lilies are still on hand,
and dahlias are at their very best and
some lovely specimens are to be seen,
among them some b^utiful new varie-
ties. All the dealers are pushing the
sale of bullis and a brisk business is
being done along this line. Funeral
work keeps brisk and many fashion-
able weddings have been announced
for the near future and the social sea-
son will soon be on in full blast.

Arnold Schmidt, the veteran vegeta-
ble grower has done more in building
this past summer than any one else in
this section. He has entirely torn away
the old range of houses that did good
service for a long term of years, and
built an entirely new range. These new
houses have no old material whatever
in them and are built in the most up-
to-date style. They are tau.v in num-
ber. 20x150 feet in size. He has given
up floriculture entirely, and is devot-
ing his entire time and attention to
the culture of vegetables, which he
finds very profitable. He has twenty
acres in the heart of TVaverly Place,
one of our finest suburbs, and all of
it in rich cultivation. One of his spe-
cialties is lettuce, which he produces
the year around, growing both the
head and the leaf lettuce. He also
grows spinach, turnips, beets, radishes,
and all kinds of peppers; also parsley
in abundance, and has entirely given
up the floral business, not even grow-
ing small pot plants.

M. C. D.

Oklaioma City.

During "Fashion Week" which has
just closed, the florists' windows have
been more admired than have those of
any other line of business. The Stiles
Co.'s chief displays were along the line
of showing the public all the newer
varieties of roses. These were daintily
arranged in baskets, 25 blooms of a
single variety to each basket with a
nicely printed card attached telling the
name of the variety. To say that the
public enjoyed this exhibit is putting
it very mild for immense crowds of
people surrounded the window almost
continuously. Such roses as Mrs.
Chas. Russell, Princess Bulgarie, Sun-
burst, Ophelia, Killarney Brilliant, Mi-
lady, together with the standard sorts
were used. Furrow & Company made
nice displays of roses, chrysanthemums
and pond lilies. The roses were used
in baskets chiefly and daintily arranged
with chiffon. This firm reports that

business with them since opening here
has been more than satisfectory.

Business conditions have been fairly
good, quite up to the normal for this
season of tlie year.

The State Fair is in progress, but
there is not a competitive exhibit of
either plants or flowers — too bad!

The State Florists' Society meets in
the Lee Huckins, Oct. 5.

The Oklahoma Nurserymen's As-
sociation held their annual meeting
Sept. 22, in the Lee Huckins Hotel.
The officers are : P. W. Vaught,
Holdenville. Okla., president; Jim
Parker, Tecumseh, Okla., secretary.
S. S. B.

Monmouth County Horticultural Society.

A regular meeting of tlie Monmouth
County Horticultural Society was held
in the Monmouth Motor Boat Club
meeting rooms, Red Bank. N. J., with
President AVilliam Metzdorf in the
chair. A good attendance was present
and a very interesting meeting was
the outcome. Several Subjects of im-
portance were debated, prominent
among them being the chestnut blight
disease. A spirited discussion followed
and various opinions were given. The
bowling club is again becoming active,
and it is the earnest desire of this
club to bowl a match game once a
week all winter from teams picked
from the club. Some high scores are
anticipated as some of the members
are experts in this famous pastime.

The Monmouth County fair was held
recently and a number of valuable
cups and money prizes were brought
home by some of the members. This
fair has a special class for the private
competition, which was very keen and
interesting. The premium lists of this
society are now ready for the seven-
teenth annual exhibition to be held in
St. James' Hall, Red Bank, N. J., on
Wednesday and Thursday, October 28-
29, 1914. The exhibition committee an-
ticipates a good show and they would
like an exceptionally large entry, espe-
cially from outside of our immediate
vicinity. Entries must he made and
premium lists can be had by writing to
Secretary H. A. Kettel, Fair Haven,
N. J. All entries must be made at
least four (4) days in advance of the
show. All exhibits from a distance
should be addressed to Secretary H. A.
Kettel. care of St. James' Hall. Red
Bank, N. J., express prepaid, and they
will receive prompt and careful atten-
tion. PHILIP BoxNEK, Cor. Sec'y.

The Horticultural Society of New York.

The fall exhibition of this society
will be held at the American Museum
of Natural History from October 30 to
November .3. inclusive. An invitation
is extended to all to make exhibits.
Prizes are offered for chrysanthemums,
both plants and flowers, roses, carna-
tions, foliage and decorative plants,
new plants, and orchids, both plants
and flowers. There are classes for
both commercial and non-commercial
growers. Three prizes of $50.00, $35.00
and $15.00 are offered for twelve vases
of cut chrysanthemum blooms, in
twelve varieties, three blooms of each,
stems eighteen inches long. This
should bring out keen competition.
Schedules will be sent on application
to the secretary, George V. Nash, New
York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park,
N. Y. City. George V. Nash, Sec'y.

Kalamazoo, Mich.— Work on the
construction of the new city green-
house being erected on city property
adjoining the municipal lighting plant,
has been started. The new green house
will cost about $1,200 to complete. The
greenhouse will be supplied with
steam from the new municipal lighting
plant.

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THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

Cold weather is coming quick and
all heavy shipments of tender plants
should be made without delay. If
you have anything of this character
to offer now we trust you will favor
u.s with special advertisement by re-
turn mail.

We are In receipt of the final
premium list of the twenty-fifth anni-
versary exhibition of the Chrysanthe-
mum Society of America, to be held in
conjunction with the State Florists'
Association of Indiana, at the German
house, Indianapolis, Ind., November
6-8. Copies of the premium list may
be had on application to O. E. Stein-
kamp, 3800 Rockwood avenue, Indian-
apolis, Ind., or C. W. Johnson, 2226
Fairfax avenue, Morgan Park, Chi-
cago.

CONTENTS.

Suggestions lor plaut growers 001

—Dahlias— Gladioli ^Vj

— Callas— MigDonette 0"J

—Cleaning up after Irost o"^

The retail trade »Vj

—Helping the florist trade. y^VV^i

— McCray's new Chicago salesrooms (Uius).bU.i

—Floral basket by students (lllus.) 603

Destroying woodlice BJJJ

Chrysanthemums oVj

— Exhibition cut blooms oO^

Imported azaleas ™

Digging and storing canna roots "■'*

Uunlop's new Lord & Burnham range (lllus.). 604

School gardening for profit 61)6

Vincent's dahlia exhibition ujro

Minneapolis Florists' Club 600

Boston 606

Pittsburgh , ""i

Toledo ^i

Cincinnati °jl

Washington 60 1

Toronto 608

Nashville W>o

Olilaboma City 608

Monmouth County Hort. Society (>08

The Hort. Society of New York 6118

The American Carnation Society « 610

White fly 610

Coming exhibitions olu

Milwaukee ^ 612 j

Chicago 616 :

St. Louis 620 I

Indianapolis, Ind 6-0 t

Providence. R. 1 620 J

Philadelphia 622 |

Baltimore 623 |

New York 624

Albany, N. Y 625

The seed trade 632

— French shipments coming forward 632

— British seedsmen optimistic 632

—The late Artie B. Cleveland 632

— Potato men organize 632

— Crimson clover seed germination 032

The nursery trade 636

— Ohio nursery certificates barred 636

Market gardeners 638

— Prices of indoor fruits and vegetables. .. .638

— Methods of eradicating wild onion 638

New York dahlia exhibition 640

■RENEW subscriptions promptly so
that no copies of the paper may be
missed.

Some small shipments of early aza-
leas arrived from Belgium last week.
Suggestions as to their proper treat-
ment will be found elsewhere in this
issue.

The seventh annual convention anil
exhibition of the American Sweet Pea
Society will 1 e held in Newport, R. I.,
in 1915, on the invitation of the New-
port Horticultural Society.

SALVIA PiTCHERi is a Charming blue
hardy perennial for borders and bed-
ding, flowering profusely from the
nyddle of September until cut down by
frost. This plant is propagated from
cuttings. S. uliginosa, also blue, is an-
other good plant of the same charac-
ter, the flowering period extending
from July to October, The latter pro-
duces seeds sparsely but ca"n be easily
Increased from cuttings.' Both plants
attain a height of from four to four
and one-halt feet.

The American Carnation Society.

We are mailing to each raiser of
one or more varieties of carnation, a
list of his varieties, with a request for
the data we lack of making our reg-
ister complete. There are some 300
carnatioh breeders recorded on our reg-
ister, with a total ot about 1,500 va-
rieties. This will give you an idea of
the labor connected with hunting out
of the alphabetical list the vari-
eties each man raised. We trust that
in view of the great amount of work
done up to date, those who receive
these lists will not fail to supply, the
data needed.

There are several whose address we
are unable to find. A list of the rais-
ers' names, the varieties, and the year
in which raised is as follows :

Kirk— Volunteer, white striped rose;
18«8.

Muller — Springfield, rosy pink; 1876.

Page — Victor, red; 1887.

Pyfer— W. E. Rowlands, pink; 1880.

Temple — Uncle Sam, deep crimson
red; 1886.

White — King of the Crimsons, crim-
son; 1876.

Bergman — American Flag, white
striped red; 1890.

Conrad — Ida May, cream yellow,
sp.ashed pink.

Ussing — Alexander, deep pink; 1891.

Shupeit — Euphemia, light pink; Ma-
rie, Scarlet; 1893.

E. J. Cloud — Trulby, br. cardinal;
1890.

A. F. J. BAUR, Secy.

wmte Hy.

Referring to eradication of the
white Uy (see issue of October ii, page
554;, M, Ebel, of the Aphine Mfg.
Co., Madison, N, J., writes as follows:
"Many of our florists has e not yet dis-
covered that anything short of a con-
tinuous warfare until all vestige of the
pest disappears from the house is the
only successful remedy for combating
the white fly. This is necessary
whether the method employed is
spraying or fumigating. The follow-
ing facts may prove interesting to
some of your readers : Both the adult
and young white fly succumb readily
to most insecticides recommended for
sucking insects, but when spraying
careful application is requisite so as to
come in. contact with them. After such
an application the white fly will dis-
appear from the house for some days
only to reappear in most instances,
but this is another brood hatched from
the eggs which seem immune even
from the deadly cyanide gas. As the

fly is hatched out spraying or fumi-
gating should immediately follow and
this should be persistently kept up un-
til all signs of the presence of the fly
disappear at intervals of five or six
days. To overcome this pest a half
dozen sprayings or fumigations are
sometimes necessary. Many growers
seem to be under the impression that
the remedies they use merely dope the
fly and that the return of the insects
in a short time is due to their surviv-
ing from the dope. This is not so, for
the growers have several generations
to fight until the eggs present in the
house are all hatched and the broods
destroyed as they make their appear-
ance."

Cominj; Exhibitions.

tSecretaries are requested to supply any
omissions from this list, and to correct any
dates that may have been altered since the
last advices.]

October 21-23, Antrim, N, H, — Annual exhi-
bition of the New Hampshire Horticultural
Society, Stanley Lovett, secretary, GoCtstown,
N. H.

October 22-24, Pasadena, Calif, — Annual fall
flower show of the Pasadena Horticultural So-
ciety, Hotel Maryland. Geo. H. Kennedy, 497
Bradford street, Pasadena, secretary; Wm.
Hutchinson, 170 North Orange Grove avenue,
Pasadena, exhibition manager,

October 23-25, Palo Alto, Calif.— Annual fall
flower show of the Menlo Park Hortlodtural
Society, Armory Hall. P. EUings, secretary.

October 28-29, Madison, N, J. — Nineteenth an-
nual flower show, Morris County Gardeners' and
Florists' Society, Assembly ball. Edward Rea-
gan, secretary, Morristown, N. J.

October 30-31-November 1. — Mt, Kisco, N. Y.
— Twelfth annual exhibition. Northern West-
chester County Horticultural and Agricultural
Society, St. Francis Hall. M. J. O'Brien, sec-
retary. Uplands, Mt. Kisco, N, Y.

October 30-November 8, New York. — Annual
fall show. Horticultural Society of New York.
American Museum ot Natural History. Geo. V.
Nash, secretary. New York Botanical Garden,
Bronx Park, New York.

November 3-5, Asbury Park, N. J, — Annual
chrysanthemum show, Elberon Horticultural
Society. George Masson, Oakhurst, N, J.,
secretary: C. O. Duncan. Elberon, N. J., ex-
hibition manager.

NovemHer 3-6, Philadelphia, Pa,— Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society, Horticultural haU. David
Rust, secretary. Broad street, below locust
street, Philadelphia.

November 4-6, New Rochelle, N, Y — West-
chester and Fairfield Horticultural Society, J. B.
McArdle. secretary. Greenwich, Conn.

November 4-6, Tarrytown, N. Y, — Annual exhi-
bition of the Tarrytown Horticultural Society,
Music Hall. E. W. Neubrand. secretary, Tarry-
town.

November 4-6, New York, — Exhibition of flow-
ers, plants, fruits and vegetables, American In-
stitute of New York. 25-33 West Thirty-ninth
street. W. A. Eagleson. secretary board of
managers, 324 West Twenty-third street, New
York.

November 5-6, Worcester, Hass, — Chrysanthe-
mum exhibition, Worcester County Horticultural
Society, Horticultural hall. L. C. Midgley, sec-
retary, 18 Front street, Worcester,

November 6-8, Boston, Mass, — Annual exhibi-
tion of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
Horticultural ball. Wm. P. Rich, secretary, 300
Massachusetts avenue, Boston.

November 6-7, Dobbs Ferry, N, Y, — Annual
fall Show, Dobbs Ferry Horticultural Associa-
tion, Town ball. H. Harms, Dobbs Ferry, N.
Y,, secretary.

November 6-8, Indianapolis, Ind, — Annual con-
vention and exhibition. Chrysanthemum Society
of America in conjunction with the State Flor-
ists' Association of Indiana, The German House.
O. E. Steinkamp, secretary, 3800 Rockwood ave-
nue. Indianapolis, Ind.

November 9-10, Chicago. — Chrysanthemum
display. The Horticultural Society ot Chicago;
Art Institute. L. M. McCauley. 418 Saint
James Place. Chicago, III., secretary. Plants
and cut blooms for this display should be
addressed to C. W. Johnson. Art Institute,
Chicago. 111., all charges prepaid.

November 16-21, Baltimore. — Maryland
Week, Fifth Regiment Armory, naltimore.
T. B. Symons. College Park. Md.. superinten-
dent of horticulture.

January— .1915, Buffalo, N. Y.— Annual con-
vention and exhibition of the American Carna-
tion Society. \. F. J. Baur, secretary. Thirty-
eighth street and Rockwood avenue, Indianapo-
lis, Ind.

March 17-23. 1916, New York,— International
Flower Show, under the auspices of the Horti-
cultural Society of New Yorli and the New V^ork
Florists' Club. "New Grand Central Palace, Forty-
sixth street and I.exington avenue. John Y'oung
secretary, 53 West Twenty-eighth street, Ne^*
I York.

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Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Whero iinswers are to be mftiled from this office
euciose 10 cents extra to cover postage, etc.

Sitaation Wanted— By pot plant and beddiae
plant Krower; private or commercial. Address
Key 464, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By gardener, 28. single, 14
years" experience at indoor and outside work.
Ed. Smaut. care Mrs. E. Aiiken.

37 Mercer St . Jersey City. N. J.

Situation Wanted— By youne man with some
experience in carnations. PreferChicago or near.
Address, Florist, care of Mitchell House.

Hopkinsville. Ky.

Situation Wanted— By florist and gardener.

elderly but active; can serve in all branches. Ad-
dress. C DORN.

4037 Detroit Ave.. Toledo. Ohio.

Situation Wanted— As florist and landscape
gardener. Life experience. German, middle age;
wishes Dosition in state inslution or pnvateplace.
Best references. Adtiress

Key 463, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Young lady bookkeeper-
with six years experience in a Chicago wholesale
commission house. Chicago preferred. Can furn-
ish best of references. Address

Key 458. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a first class storeman
and designer. American. 24 years of age. First-
class references as to ability and character. State
full particulars and salary in 6rst letter. Address,
Key 4'56. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — By landscape gardener, age
29. married, IS years experience in Europe and U.
S. Grower of flowers, vegetables and fruit under
glass and outdoors. Trustworthy and well recom-
mended. Private or commercial. Address.

ioN.ASH, Park Ridge. 111.

Situation Wanted— Practical experienced gard-
ener desires a position on large private estate.
Expert on melons and fruits under glass or
outside, also anything pertaining to gardening
culture. Wayes 480.00 per month for start.
Address, Key 451. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By practical gardener and
florid'.; married; no children. Desires position
by October 15 on reliable private estate. Expert
on fruits, vegetables, greenhouse and landscape.
Also anything pertaining to gardening culture;
three years gardening school; seven years exper-
ience. Last three years on one private estate.
Sober, honest, reliable with good references.
Address Gardener, care 521 Wells St.,

Milwaukee. Wis.

Situation Wanted— As head gardener florist
superintendent on private place; English, age 36.
married; one child, age 9; life experience in all
branches — hothouse, grapes, peaches, meloni.
'mums, carnations, roses, palms, etc., vegetables
hard? fruits, perennials, trained fruit trees and the
general routine of awell-kept place; 24 years on
best estates; long references from this country
and England. Please state wages in first letter.
Address, Key 457, care American Florist.

Help Wanted— Catalogue man wanted by old
established, centrally located seed company;
must be experienced man at seed catalogue work:
year-'round job in catalogue, booklet and leaflet
writing; state age, experience and salary desired:
give references in first letter. Address

K^y 459, care American Florist.

For Sale— One hot water boiler, rated at 2720
sq. ft. Used two seasons. Price $100 00.

Inglewood Greenhouses. Fremont, Neb.

For Sale or Rent— Greenhouse of 5000 feet. Two
blocks of cemetery, two blocks of park, wiih
room to enlarge, in city of 5000.
Wm B Hobbs Tipton. Ind.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
$1000.00 cash, an exceptional good deal on green-
bouse property in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Imp'l Co.. Brady. Mont.

For Sale— Practically new greenhouse boiler,
steam. 65 h. n.; $200 cash. F. O. B. Chicago. Big
bargain. 'Phone Edgewater 2560. or address,
D. La HEY.
5832 Wayne Ave., Chicago.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a 6ne business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Co., Pa.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead. So. Dak., excel-
lent for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. High pressure city water or well on place.
Population, 10.(f00. Monthly payroll. $225,000. No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with right party.

H. E. BILLINGS,
Box 675. LEAD, SO. DAK.

FOR SALE

CARNATIONS, FIELD-GROWN
FIVE THOUSAND short, bushy and
healthy plants of the variety Sangamo,
an excellent pink, $36.00, per 1000.
Write me now, as this offer will soon be
discontinued. Joseph J. Bechamp,
141 Chestnut St., Flushing, N Y.

\ live agent to represent us in the east. Either
an individual who can furnish satisfactory refer-
ences or a jobbing house of good standing. Com-
municate with us at once.
CHICAGO FEED & FERTILIZER CO.,

Union Stock Yards,
810 Exchange Ave., CHICAGO.

FOR SALE.

Greenhonse Business, 17 years established,
three yood bouses, all stocked and in good condi-
tion; nice cottage, barn and garage, wagons, tools,
etc., and 25,(XIO feet of land; immediate posses-
sion: in a large commercial city. Proprietor wants
to retire. Apply. Erwin L. Jacobs,

98 Church St,, New Haven, Conn,

Working Foreman.

Working foreman for general commer-
cial establishment. Must know how to
handle general line of cut flower and po
stock as well as outdoor work. State
age and experience. Address,

Key 465, care American Florist.

WANTED

A man who can qualify as retail
buyer on Chicago Market. State
experience, references, etc.

Key 467, care American Florist.

Situation Wantedi

Carnation and pot plant grower;
Chicago or nearby vicinity preferred.
Best of references. Now at liberty.
Address,

Key 466, care American Florist.

WANTED

Good Rose Grower

For a range near Chicago. Good salary
to right man. Address

Key 460, care American Florist.

HELP WANTED

A good, reliable, married German man,
for private place of about 8,000 to 10,000
feet of glass. Good grower of orchids-,
violets, chrysanthemums, and choice
potted plants for house decoration. Also
experienced in raising good vegetables
for house use only. Must be strictly
sober. A good house and a good place
for the right man. Give references and
salary expected in first mail.

LA CROSSE FLORAL CO.,
LA CROSSE, WIS.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

Af tu:il si/.e of li':if 2Jis5>i inches.

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors ou
guniini-il lup.-l-; jour card, etc., in
bliick and leiif adopti'd bv the S, A. P.
in red. Prices: Per .tOO. $2.85; per 1000,
•W.W. Samples on request. F.lectro of
loaf, postpaid, $1,25, Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat «
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 388
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 44o s. Dearborn St. Glilca|8

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SUPREME QUALITY

Roses=Carnations

And All Other Seasonable Cut Flowers and Greens

The stock that we are offering is exceptionally fine and the quantity is so large that we can
fill all orders satisfactorily that are entrusted to our care. In addition to the 250,000 feet of glass of
our own at Brown Deer, Wis., and 50,000 feet on Humboldt Avenue, we handle the output of
450,000 feet of glass besides. This glass is located, in the vicinity of Milwaukee, and is
devoted to everything seasonable in Cut Flowers and Greens, with the exception of the 50,000 feet
on Humboldt Avenue, which houses blooming and decorative plants of all description. In roses
we are now offering very fine Mrs. Aaron Ward, Ophelia, Mrs. Taft, Killarney, White Killarney,
Richmond, Prima Donna and Mrs. Chas. Russell.

TRY A FEW OF OUR MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL ROSES

They are fine now and will please your customers. We are offering them at 5 to 12 cents
each, which is cheap when you consider that this rose is better than the American Beauty in every
respect. It is nearly like the Beauty, has the real Peauty color but is in greater demand today than
the American Beauty itself. You can make more money handling the Russell roses than you can
American Beauties so bear this in mind and include a few dozen in your next order.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.

Producers of Quantity-Quality Flowers,

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Milwaukee.

PRICES AND StJPPLY NORMAL.

The local market is again normal
and all stock bringing fair prices.
There are plenty of gladioli and
dahlias on the market and of a good
quality. Roses are back to the stand-
ard amount again and are selling read-
ily, as are the carnations, which are
coming in greater quantities each day.
Lily of the valley is in sufficient quan-
tity to supply the demand. The first
violets made their appearance this
week, although they are not arriving
in quantities as yet. Chrysanthemums
are also making their appearance and
there is plenty of stock to fill all or-
ders.

NOTES.

H. W. Koerner, the local gladiolus
and dahlia specialist, has purchased
a new Ford touring car and is using
it to bring his stock to the local mar-
ket. He is cutting some exceptionally
fine stock, which finds ready sale. His
son, R. J. Koerner. has opened up a
retail store in Virginia, Minn., and re-
ports business very good.

Rusch & Co. are rejoicing after clos-
ing up another successful year's busi-
ness and are looking forward to a
much better one with the fine stock
they are receiving, and their new quar-
ters to take care of it in.

The Holton & Hunkel Co. is cutting
a fancy grade of Mrs. Chas. Russell
roses and reports from customers are
to the effect that this new variety is
giving splendid satisfaction and is
meeting with good sale.

C. C. Pollworth Co. is cutting some
fine Golden Glow chrysanthemums;
also carnations, which find ready sale.
This firm reports business good.

Wm. Eschrtch is again about the
local market after an automobile ac-
cident, but his wife and daughter are
•till confined to their home.

Gladiolus Bulbs

How to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of Gladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.

PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

The Cudahy Floral Co. is consign-
ing daily shipments of roses to Gust.
Rusch & Co. The stock is fine and
finds ready sale.

W. C. Zimmermann is a busy man
these days and everybody is boosting
hard for him and wishing success for
November 3.

A. McDonald, well known to the local
florists, will have charge of the new
floral department to be opened by Gim-
bel Bros.

F. F. Delventhal, of Gust. Rusch &
Co., has returned from a business trip
in the northern part of the state.

Grunwaldt Bros, are cutting some

consignmg

fine carnations and are
them to the local market.

Edw. Stewart has given up his place
on Third street, and has taken over
the C. Volam greenhouses.

A. Leidiger is again doing the buy-
ing at the local markets after a
month's vacation.

Richard Leitz is hunting at Cedar
Lake. G. R.

NORRISTOWN, PA.— Adam Scheldt will
erect a greenhouse 54x112 feet. Con-
tract let to Frank Hearener, Norris-
town.

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SPECIAL SALE OF

I CYCLAMENS-BOSTON FERNSI
I KENTIAS-HYDRANGEAS I

CYCLAMENS special offER.

Will have to take the place of Azaleas this Fall, owing to the war. so place your order with us now
and insure your supply. Our stock of 4-inch, 5 inch and 6 inch plants are exceptionally fine. The
accompanying illustrations were made from photos of the stock that we are now offering.
Judge for yourself. There are none better to be had elsewhere. We are offering our 4-inch at
15 cents each; 5-inch at 40 cents each and 6-inch at 60 cents each. Our 6-inch Cyclamen measure
from 12 to 14 inches in diameter. The 4-inch and 5 inch plants we have in Red, Pink and White
but have only Pink and White in the 6-inch stock.

KENTIAS

We have a tremendous stock of choice Kentias in the three following sizes and are making special
prices for a short time to move them. Kentia Forsteriana, single plants, 5-inch, 60 cents each;
Kentia Forsteriana, made-up, 6-inch, $1.25 each; Kentia Forsteriana, made-up, 7-inch, $2.00 each.
In addition to the above we have some exceptionially fine stock in the larger sizes. If there is
anything in Kentias that you want and don't see here, order what you want, we have them.

BOSTON FERNS

We have an immense stock of pot-grown Boston Ferns which we must move at once to make
room for other stock. Order at once if you are looking for bargains, for this is a real bargain
sale and one that demands your immediate attention. We are offering:

Heisht Each Beautiful specimens in larger sizes as follows: 8 in..

Special price on 6 in. Boston Ferns, 22 to 24 in. , 20c
Special price on 6 in. Boston Ferns, 2 to iVi ft., 30c
Special price on 7 in. Boston Ferns, 2 to 2^2 ft., 60c

$1.00 each; 9 in., $1.50 each.
Larger speciniens, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 each.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA

A splendid lot of pot grown Hydrangeas which have been developed under our large lath houses at
Edgebrook and are now ready to be sent out at the following prices: 25c, 30c and 40c sizes. Select
what you want in the three sizes and let us have your order now.

I Make up your order now and get it in as quickly as possible. |

I The Geo. Wittbold Co., TSTiagbS^iffiKpiace^ Chicago |

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POEHLMAW

72-74 E, Randolph St.,

fl^'NOTE :— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

Chrysanthemums -Orchids-Roscj

FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sunbrs
Ward, Hadley, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner. Our S)cl
is of exceptionally fine quality, and are cut tight especially for long distance jiif
ments. Start now by placing regular orders for coming season.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

Best in the Market, All Lengths; Short, Medium and Long.

'Mums Cattleyas Carnations i

Gladioli Oncidiums Easter Lilies "

Green Goods Dendrobiums Lily of the Valb;

Special Cable from the Seat of W

We have just received a special cable from] [the seat of
war that our Ruscus will be here about November 1.

If you are interested write us for prices, finest quality at quotations that will be consi;:o

Special Price on Magnolia Leaves j

Green, Brown and Red, per Box, $1.25.

Get Our Special

$10.00 Assortment of Baskeis

Consisting of both tumbler and plant baskets. This assortment will r
please you and is a big bargain.

Water-Proof Crepe Paper, Genuine Imported, per hundred, - $!.(

Crepe Tissue Covers.

Special Princess Basitets wit ii liners, $3.00 per c

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i BROS. CO

g Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

ield-Grown Carnation Plants

$40.00 per 1000

y a few left. Order your supply today. Exceptionally fine Ward, Scarlet Glow and Rosette-

HRYSANTHEMIM POT PLANTS

Strong bushy stock, to make room, 6-in. at 35c; 7-in. at 50c; 8-in., $1.00 to $1.50 each.
This stock will make you money. Only Best Varieties, including Cap family.

Kentla Belmoreana

Single Plants

I pots,
1 pots,
1 pots,
) tubs,
h tubs,
n tubs.

5 tofi leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

18 in. high

28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in, high
36 in, high

42 to 44 in. high
45 to 48 in. high

Specimens. $15.00 to $25.00.

Kentia Forsteriana

Each

$0.35
1.50
2.00
3-00
4.00
5.00

Single Plants

0 pots,
h pots,
d pots,
h tubs,
h tubs,
h tubs,
h tubs.

5 to 6 leaves,
5 to 6 leaves

5 to 6 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

18 to 20 in. high
34 to 36 in. high
38 to 42 in. high
46 to 48 in. high
50 to 54 in. high
5to5H ft. high
6to6H It. high

0 35
1.50
2.00
3.50
5.00
8.00
10.00

Boston, Whitmanl. Koosevelt.

a, each $0.25

h. each 50

b.each 75

b, each 1.00

a, each 2 .'0

h. each 3.50

per doz $ 3.00

per doz 6 00

perdoz 9.00

per doz 12.00

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-up Plants Each

6 inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 in. high $1.25

7 inch pots. 5 plants in a pot. 34 to 38 in. high 2.50

7 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 in. high 3 00

8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42 in, high 3.50
8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54 in. high 5.00
8 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56 in. high 6 00

10-inch tubs. 4 plants in a lub. 5 ft. high 8.00

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 to 5^2 ft, high 10.00
12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high 12.00

Very strong specimens 12 and 15 inch tubs, 7 plants,
$15.00, $18.00 and $25.00.

Phoenix Roebelenll

6 inch pots. 20 in. high, 26 in. spread 1.50

7 inch pots, 2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

8 inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50
Aieca Lutescens, 6-iu., 3 plants, 90c each.

"DRACAENAS"

Dracaena Terminalis, highly colored.

4 inch, each $ij.25 per doz $2..50

5inch,each 50 perdoz 5.00

6 inch, each 75c to 1. 00

Dracaena Godsrtfiana, 2-inch pots, $1.00 per doz.;

3-inc'h |H,ts. %\ :xt per doz.
Dracaena Indivisa, strong.

4-inch at Idc and 20c each.

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.

istras, green, 5-in, pots. 12 leaves, $1.00 each.

istras, variegated, 5-in. pots, 10 to 12 leaves,

I each.

nus Veilchll. highl.v colored,
ch atcSOeach. 5-inch at 75c each,
■h at J1.2.i tojl.50 each.
:h at $2 GO to 12.50 each.

°agns Sprengeri Baskets, extra strong.
) and 12.50 each.

n Hanging Baskets, very flue.
I, $2.00 and $2.50 each.

$1.00.

Crotons, 4 in.,5fc. ; 6in., 75c.

Stevia. strong, 2-in,, ready now, at 120 00 per 1000

English Ivy. strong, 20c to 35c each.

Peppers. Chinese and cluster. Full of fruit, fine

bushy stock. 4 in. $10.00 per 100.

Primula ObConica.Grandiflora and Gigantea strain.
4-inch, 8c.

Boston Ferns, lO-inch

to $3.50.

$2.00 and 12-inch at 13.00

Cyclamen, in bloom.

5 inch, each 30.50 per doz $5.00

6inch,each 75 perdoz 9.00

7inch,each $1.00lo 1.50 per doz.. .$12.00 to 1800

Asparagus Sprengeri.

2M-in., $3.00 per 100. 3-inoh, Ki.OO per 100.

Asparagus Plumosus.

3-inch at $7.00; 4-inch at $12.00 per lOP.
.5-inch at $20.00 to .$35.00 per 100.-

AUCARIAS AND AZALEAS COMING.

We will have about 10,000 plants to offer for the holi-
so place your order with us and insure your supply,
are booking orders now at the following prices:
caria Excelsa, fine stock, 50c, 75c, and $1.00 each.
caria Robusta Compacta, large plants, $1.60 to $2.00 each.
Ve are assured our Azaleas will come in and offer all of the
ag Christmas varieties from 75c to $2.60 in bloom. Large
mens from $2.60 and up to $6.00 each.

CYCLAMEN

Finest in the land. 40,000 plants in 5-in., 6-in., and 7-in.
pots to select from at 60c., 75c. and $1.50 each. November and
December delivery.

POINSETTIAS

Choice stock in pans with good bracts (according to value)
from 50c to $2.50 each.

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POMPONS

Yellow, 50 cents per bunch of 25 or more flowers.

Chrysanthemums, choice Golden Glow for yellow and October Frost
and Advance for white, all grown to only one flower to a plant.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. We take special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.*

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
KlUarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and a fair supply of Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

American Beauties Per Dozen

Extra long stems $2.50 to $3.00

30-inch stems 2.00

24-inch stems 1.50

18 inch stems 1.00

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgaria,
Rhea Raid, Sunburst, Milady

Per 100

Long SS.OO

Medium $5.00 tS 6.00

Short 3.00to 4.00

CURRENT PRICE LIST, fn^m^arter""**

Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond

Per 100

Extra Select $6.00 to $8.00

Medium 4.00 to 5.0D

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $1.00

Roses our selection, m lots of 500 or more
at the rate ol $2u.00 per 1000.

Carnations Per loo

Fancy Red. Pink and White $3.00

Short Red. Pink and Wliite 2.00

Chrysanthemums

Yellow and White, large, doz.. $2.50 to $3.00

medium " 2.00

White, medium and small.. " 1.00 to 1.50

Per 100

EASTER LILIES $10 00

Lily of the Valley $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri $2.00 to 3.00

Eastern Ferns, per 1000 $1.50

Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, m.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago.

BUSINESS IS IMPROVING.

Business is improving somewhat
■which is very encouraging, for Sep-
tember was a poor month and practi-
cally all the dealers report that their
total sales during September this year
were far below those of the same
month last year. Some expect to make
up the shortage, or a good part of
it, this month, for trade has improved
and the outlook is more encouraging.
Already the demand for stock for fall
weddings and store openings is no-
ticeable and is getting better each
day. The cooler weather has short-
ened up the supply considerably but
at that there is plenty of stock to be
had for all orders. American Beauty
roses are not so plentiful as they have
been and what stock is arriving is in
good demand. Roses are in good sup-
ply ajid there is a large variety to se-
lect from. Mrs. Chas. Russell roses
are arriving in exceptionally fine con-
dition now and the same holds good
for Killarney Brilliant. Ophelia, Prince
de Bulgaria, Sunburst, Mrs. Aaron
Ward. Richmond. Rhea Reid, Milady,
Cecile Brunner, Fireflame, Hadley, In-
diana, Killarney, White Killarney,

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, My Maryland.
Prince de Arenberg and Killarney
Queen are the roses that one can buy
on this market now, and while the
newer varieties have had the call dur-
ing the glut, the old standards have
moved fairly well also. Carnations
are improving in quality each day and
so far have cleaned up well. Now
that the aster season is about done
they will sell better, even though the
supply does increase. Chrysanthemums
are becoming more plentiful and
Smith's Advance and October Frost
are to be had in white, and Golden
Glow and Chrysolora in yellow. Glad-
ioli are still arriving in good supply
and the varieties offered are Augusta,
America and Mrs. Francis King. Dah-
lias are seen in large numbers yet
and the supply of violets is getting
larger: Lily of the valley has been
in good supply the past week and so
bave lilies. Orchids are more plenti-
ful and the shipments now include
Cattleya gigas, C. labiata, Dendro-
bium formosum and oncidiums. The
demand for these have been light the
past week. Bouvardia is obtainable
and is being offered at 35 and 50 cents
per bunch. Some fine ferns and galax
are seen. Boxwood is good. Aspara-

gus plumosus. Asparagus Sprengeri
and smilax are also to be had in good
supply. Leucothoe sprays, magnolia
leaves and southern wild smilax are
now being offered freely. The supply
houses report that business in their
line has improved wonderfully the past
week and that the outlook in general
is very good. Gardenias are seen In
the market now and Unaka chysan-
themums are now being offered.

NOTES.

George Willens, of the Willens Con-
struction Co.. is getting along splen-
didly with the range of houses that
he is erecting at Cleveland, O., and
writes that he has a couple of good
prospects for a few more orders for
greenhouses. The Willens Construc-
tion Co. has been very successful since
it entered the field and more will be
heard from this enterprising firm in
the near future.

Ronsley, the florist, who recently
opened a store in the Westminster
Building at Dearborn and Monroe
streets, has a magnificent place and is
doing as nicely as can be expected
for being in business for so short a
time.

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617

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

CARNATIONS-ROSES

The stock that our Mammoth Rose Factory is now producing is exceptionally fine and will surely
please both you and your customers. Place a trial order with us. Yes, do that, and do it now.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stems ..$2 BO to $3 00

SU-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 75

20-iiich stems 1 50

16-iuch stems 1 26

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 35 to 60

Richmond ]

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer Per 100

Klllarney select 6 00

White Klllarney, .. \

My Maryland I Medium 5 00

Sunburst | Short 4 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward, j

Russell j
Ophelia i

$4-00, $6.00 and $8.00 per 100

Per 100

Roses, our selection $3.00

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 3 00

Harrlsii 10 00 to 12 60

Valley 4 oo to 6 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum 1 00

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

Ferns (new) per 1.000, $2 00

Galax, Bronze and Green. ..$1 00 per 1000

Boxwood, per bunch 25c

Leucothoe Sprays 76c per 100

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

Poehlmann Bros. Co. is showing a
fancy grade of roses, chrysanthemums
and American Beauties this weelc.
Their Mrs. Chas. Russell roses are ex-
cellent and are in good demand at all
times. August Poehlmann reports
that the firm's araucarias and azaleas
will reach here all right and orders
for same are now being booked. T.
E. Waters, who has charge of the sup-
ply department, says that a cable was
received from the seat of war this
week to the effect that all of Poehl-
mann's ruscus had been shipped and
will reach here in good time for the
fall business.

The White Sox and Culis are lined
up in battle array this week and are
fighting for the city championship.
There are a great many fans on both
sides engaged in the florist business
and betting at even money has been
quite lively on the market. While the
dope sheet favors tlie Sox the Cub
fans are confident that their team will
win.

Zech & Mann have had a good run
on American Beauty roses this week
and succeeded in moving their large
.supply each day. Roses in all the lead-
ing varieties knd chrysanthemums in
white and yellow are seen in large
numlers at this establishment. John
Zech escorted Hugh Hills, of Elkhart.
Ind.. about the city this week.

A. L. Vaughan. of A. L. Vaughan &
Co.. called on several of his growers
the past week and was -well pleased '
with the outlook for his fall supply of
stock. The majority of the growers he
called upon are not cutting very heav-
ily at present, but he reports that the
prospects are fine for good crops later.

The new florist store of Marshall
Field & Co.. which recently opened un-
der the management of Richard G.
Kootz, is now open to the public and

is artistically equipped throughout. It
is located on the third floor right near
the rest room, which is considered the
best location in the building.

Bassett & Washburn have started
to cut October Frost chrysanthemums,
but Smith's Advance still occupy the
center of the stage in white at this
store. Golden Glow o£ fine quality in
yellow is the principal offering at this
hustling establishment.

At J. A. Budlong's establishment
Wm. Homherg and Sir Frederick
Price are busy supplying their custom-
ers with choice roses and at the same
time are telling them what the White
Sox are going to do to the Cubs. Oh!
you baseball fans!

At Percy Jones' store chrysanthe-
mums are commencing to arrive in
large quantities, especially Golden
Glow. In the supply department an-
other special sale in spirit netting is
being held this week.

Frank Potocka. general manager of
the Frank Floral Co.. has been busy
calling on the growers this week and
reports that he has added a few on
his list. His firm is showing a nice
line of stock.

Fred Lautenschlager. with Kroe-
schell Bros. Co.. is attending the an-
nual convention of the Vegetable
Growers' Association of America at
Philadelphia. Pa., this week.

The Cfok County Florists' Associa-
tion will hold its regu'ar monthly
meeting at the Tavern. West Washing-
ton street, next Thursday evening. Oc-
tober 14.

The Chicago Florists' Club will meet
.T.t the Bismarck Hotel, West Ran-
dolph street, on Thursday evening,
October 8. at eight o'clock.

Peter Hile. formerly with the Nor-
mal Florist, has accepted a position

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<$•

WHOLES ALC cenmiiBiow riOUSTS

CHICAGO

Spirif
Netting

6-INCn

4c per yard

Best Quality

with D. E. Freres. the local wholesale
florist.

Kyle & Foerster offered the first
Chrysolora chrysanthemums of the
sea.son on September MO.

H. E. Philpott. of Winnipeg, was the
guest of Pyfer & Olsem at Wilmette
this week.

Jiil

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Oct. lo.

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Beauties-Roses-Carnations-^Mums

The opening of the new bank build-
ing of the Continental-Commercial
Trust and Savings Co. on September 5
at La Salle and Adams street called
for a large amount of ffowers. Every
visitor to the new building was pre-
sented with an American Beauty rose
and nearly 4,000 flowers were dis-
tributed. Harry Rowe had the order
for the American Beauty roses that
were given out, but a large number
of other florists had orders also rang-
ing from a dozen American Beauty
roses and up, artistically arranged
baskets, etc.

A. B. Turner, of Rosin, Turner &
Co., Mosinee. Wis., called on the whole-
sale trade here this week. His firm
supplies this and several other mar-
kets with a large quantity of ferns
each year, and have always treated
their customers right. Their pick this
year was the best ever, and the qual-
ity of the ferns that they have sup-
plied their customers with so far i.s
all that can be desired.

John Kruchten has returned from a
business trip to Milwaukee, Wis. He
visited the Holton & Hunkel Co.'s
greenhouses at Brown Deer as the
guest of Fred Holton while he was in
the Cream City and was agreeably sur-
prised to find the stock in such splen-
did condition. Mr. Kruchten says that
some of the finest Mrs. Chas. Russell
roses he ever saw were grown at the
Brown Deer plant.

Wietor Bros, are supplying their
customers with an exceptionally fine
grade of American Beauty roses in the
longer grades and have found a good
market the past week for all that they
cut. Carnations are arriving at this
store in larger quantities now and the
stock is of the usual fine quality.

P. W. Peterson, superintendent of
the J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.'s
greenhouses at Joliet and his assist-
ant, Wm. lUsner, visited Poehlmann
Bros. Co.'s greenhouses at Morton
Grove this week. A. C. Rott, also of
Joliet, was a visitor in the market on
October 3.

Felix Reichling reports that the de-
mand for the new rose Mrs. Chas.
Russell is brisk and that it is the
best selling variety on Peter Rein-
berg's list. Killarney and White Kil-
larney roses are arriving in large sup-
ply at this store now and are moving
nicely.

James G. Hancock and wife are en-
joying a visit with friends and rela-
tives at Mobile, Ala., and New Or-
leans, La. Mr. Hancock has been in
the employ of Frank Oechslin for
many years, and his trip south is just
a well-earned vacation.

Erne & Klingel are receiving some
of the finest dahlias this week that
one ever had the pleasure to gaze
upon. On September 5, they received
seven large boxes of this stock and
it w«s all disposed of before 10 o'clock
that same morning.

Mrs. Tim Matchem ably assists her
husband in doing the buying on the
local market for his Indiana Harbor
store. Mr. Matchem is doing nicely so
far since he entered the retail busi-
ness, which his many friends are
pleased to hear.

TO THE

PACIFIC COAST TRADE

Chrysanthemums

^ We are the largest white growers on the Pacific
Coast. ^ We are now ready to ship stock of the
best and at right prices. ^ We can supply all colors
in any quantity. ^ Let us have your standing order.

Lynch Nursery Company, inc.

Wholesale Florists

IVflenIo Park, California.

Will Hoerber, who looks after af-
fairs at the Hoerber Bros, greenhouses
in Des Plaines, says that everything
in their range is in splendid condition
now and that they are cutting from
a nice crop of Killarney and White
Killarney roses.

The Batavia Greenhouse Co. sup-
plied Harry Rowe with 2,100 Amer-
ican Beauty roses, which were dis-
tributed to the visitors at the opening
of the Continental-Commercial Trust
and Saving Co.'s new building on
September 5.

The Raedlein Basket Co. is mailing
its new catalog to the trade. Curtis
Kindler reports that business is grad-
ually improving and that the demand
for baskets the past week at the Raed-
lein establishment has been very en-
couraging.

Weiland & Risch report a brisk de-
mand for Mrs. Chas. Russell roses.
The stock they are"cutting in this va-
riety was never better, some of the
flowers being carried on stems fully
three feet long.

The Geo. Wittbold Co. has the dec-
orations for the Harvester banquet at
the Illinois Athletic Club this week.
Ed. Armstrong has charge of the or-
der, which is very elaborate.

M. .C. Gunterberg received her first
shipment of October Frost chrysanthe-
mums on October 2 and stock was of
such good quality that it' found imme-
diate buyers.

John Farmer, of the Stollery Bros,
force, gets down to the market occa-
sionally, but the greater part of his
time is spent in the firm's Wilson ave-
nue store.

Walter W. Adams says that busi-
ness is improving in his neighborhood

HOERBER BROS.

Wholesale Cut Flowers
Growers of ^m jxuwcra

Telephone Randolph 2768.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

Store: 1 62 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesali
Florists' Supplies

Write for Onr New Catalog

Mention the American Florist when writing

and that the fall season promises to
be good.

O. A. Tonner is supplying her cus-
tomers with choice chrysanthemums
now in addition to her regular line of
stock.

The J. B. Deamud Co. will occupy its
new wholesale store at 158 North Wa-
bash avenue on October 15.

Chas. W. McKellalr's store has taken
on a fall appearance with its large
receipts of orchids.

Edgar Winterson, Jr., and wife cele-
brated their first wedding anniversary
on October 1.

Andrew McAdams and wife have
returned from a delightful visit In
Florida.

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THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

HEADQUARTERS

For Fancy Beauties, Roses, Chrysanthemums,
Carnations, Lilies, Gladioli, Valley, Etc.

We have a complete line of Cut Flowers and Greens and can fill your
orders at all times. In roses we are offering Bulgaria, Killarney Brilliant,
Killarney, White Killarney, Ward, Ophelia, Shawyer and Richmond. We
would like to have you try our Bulgaria r^ses, they are fine and we know that
you and your customers will be more than satisfied with them. Our prices,
stock and service will all meet with your approval. Try us. Do not place
your orders for Ail Saints' Day until you have received our price list, which
will be mailed now. We will be strong on Chrysanthemums for that occasion.
We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

Beauties—Roses

Chrysanthemums—Carnations

Lilies— Valley— Gladioli— Orchids— Greens of All Kinds

Place your order here, we have what you want that is seasonable
and will fill your order exactly the way you want it filled.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N.Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.) ^ ^ , ^^,,

Central 2571

TELEPHONZS: { " 2572

I Auto. 48-734

h;

CHICAGO

The first annual Cook County Pair
and "Chicago Day" celebration will be
held at the Hawthorne race track on
October 9-10-11. The Cook County
Fair Association Is advertising that
there will be exhibits of both cut flow-
ers and plants. The secretary is Ed.
White, Thirty-fifth street. Forty-eighth
and Fifty-second avenues.

Visitors: A. E. Turner, of Rosin,
Turner & Co.. Mosinee. Wis.; H. E.
Philpott, Winnipeg, Canada; Edw.
Amerpohl. Janesville, Wis.; J. A.
Karins. representing Henry A. Dreer,
Philadelphia, Pa.; P. W. Peterson and
Wm. Illsner, with the J. D. Thomp-
son Carnation Co., and A. C. Rott,
Joliet; Will Beyer, of the Beyer Floral
Co., South Bend, Ind.; Hugh Hills,
Elkhart, Ind.; A. N. Kinsman, Austin,
Minn.

Cleveland.

GOOD STOCK IN VARIETY ON HAND.
Chrysanthemums and violets are
now arriving, and will soon be a part
of the daily stock. The violets as yet
are short stems and pale in color, but
a few weeks will see stock in fine
shape. Most of the 'mums so far are
small in size, in both white and yellow.

but good stock will be ready to cut
very shortly. Orchids and valley have
had a good call this week. The suf-
frage parade on Saturday. October 3,
cleaned the market in nearly every-
thing in a yellow flower. Mock roses
are beginning to show the effects of
the cool weather, but Shawyer and
Killarney are improving in quality.
American Beauty roses are quite plen-
tiful and stock is e.fceptionally good,
prices are not too high for this time
of the year, and many retailers are us-
ing them as liners in their business.
Although this section has had several
good frosts, the gladioli and dahlias
still arrive in good supply. Larkspur,
snapdragon, daisies, mignonette, scabi-
osa, etc.. are part of the daily stock.
Easter lilies are a little short of the
demand. A few short asters, such as
are used for funeral work or cheap
bouquet work, still arrive. Greens are
plentiful.

NOTES.
The West Side Business Men's car-
nival is being held the week of Octo-
ber 5 to 10. The decorations and trim-
mings are elaborate and beautiful. A
public wedding on Saturday evening
will "wind up the doings." Mrs. G. W.

Mercer has the wedding decoration,
which will take place in a store win-
dow in West Twenty-fifth street.

A very good time was had by a
number of the prominent florists and
Mr. Gibson at a clam bake at the
Cleveland Cut Flower Co.'s store on
Friday evening, October 2. Every-
thing was complete, from "soup to
nuts," even the card game which fol-
lowed. The party broke up about 11
p. m., with everybody happy.

The Naumann Co.. 10525 Superior
avenue, again took first prize in the
horse parade last week. This horse
has taken first prize for five consecu-
tive years, and Joseph Scheibles, who
drives, has a badge with four bars,
which denotes 20 years of continued
service. Both horse and driver have
records to be proud of.

John Walker, of Youngstown, Ohio,
visited here and at Painesville. Ohio,
on October 1. C. F. B.

Hamilton, Ont. — Walter Holt, flor-
ist, has retired from business, and has
sold his interests to George Davidson,
for a number of years foreman of
greenhouses for the Connon Floral 0«».

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Oct. lo.

Live
Wire

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Wholesale Florists -Consignments Solicited

o.

179-181-183 N. Wabash Avenue,

CHICAGO

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

St. LOUIS.

SPECIAL EVENTS HELP TRADE.

The market . during the past week
showed a slight improvement. Jewish
holidays lielping some. At this time
of writing the automobile display at
the Highlands, the V. P. ball and other
fall festivities aid considerably to swell
business. Asters are about over, but
dahlias are now seen in quantities.
There is good demand for smilax and
some good carnations are seen. Chrys-
anthemums are moving slowly. Tube-
roses are still coming in. Violets are
small and do not keep well. A good
frost is required to open up Ijusiness.
NOTES.

Wm. Seeger, president of the Mul-
lanphy Florists, has just returned from
his southern trip, being interested in
a greenhouse plant in Mississippi.

Al, Gumz. of the Windier Wholesale
Floral Co., makes cut flower sales dur-
ing the forenoon and takes orders for
supplies in the afternoon.

C. Young & Sons Co. have the deco-
rations for the V. P. ball, yellow chrys-
anthemums and American Beauty
roses being used.

The Diemer Floral Co. is very busy
decorating for the Broadway carnival.
Mrs. Diemer has been a daily visitor
at the market.

Frank Fillmore, who has returned
from the west, says there is a great
field for enterprising florists in Mon-
tana, '

Geo. H. Angermueller is receiving
some extra fancy orchids and roses
from W. J. & M. S. Vesev, Fort Wayne,
Ind.

Mrs. Rosie Schoenle, of the Schoenle
Floral Co., seems to be busy all the
time, paying the marl<et daily visits.

F, J, Hermann and wife have opened
the store at Page and Taylor avenues,
formerly occupied by Mrs. Waldmann.

F, H. Weber is a daily buyer in the
market, his trade requiring novelties
and the finest quality in flowers.

Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney are
making a display in one of the show
windows on Olive street.

Wm, C. Smith Wholesa'e Floral Co,
is receiving a fine stock of home grown
roses.

The Mullanphy Florists have the
decorations for the Automobile show.

E. GuUett & Sons, of Lincoln. Ill,,
are cutting some good red carnations,

Cizkowski, the Cass avenue florist,
reports trade as picking up,

C. A, Kuehn has good clean stock in
all varieties of cut flowers.

A, Jablonsky is now cutting blooms
from his carnation houses,

Ostertag Bros, are preparing for fall
trade, W. F,

Indianapolis, Ind.

AMERICAN UKAUTV {ONVENTION,

The contract for furnishing the
flowers used during the "American
Beauty Convention," the name given
the National Wholesale Druggists'
meeting in Indianapolis last week, was
awarded to C, H, Bookedis, the Clay-
pool hotel florist. The convention was
held in the Claypool hotel and the con-
tract called for flowers on the tables
in the cafes each morning, as well as
hundreds of individual bouquets. Every
woman attending the convention was
presented with American Beauty
rosec, which were placed in her room

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

Free

This Fine

BUDDING
KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

each morning. As there were about
200 women present, this was no small
item. Probably the hotel was never
more elaborately decorated from a
floral standpoint than on the night of
the president's reception and ball.
Palms were used in profusion and
American Beauties were in evidence
everywhere. In fact, so many roses
were used that the druggists decided
to designate the gathering as the
"American Beauty Rose convention,"
The crowning event of the week was
the banquet and here Mr, Bookedis did
himself proud. Just how many roses
were used is not known, but there
must have been hundreds of dozens.
There were so many, in fact, that the
magnificent Henri IV ballroom was
transformed into a veritable flower
garden, so to speak. Five hundred
persons attended the banquet and
every table was decorated with Amer-
ican Beauties. The druggists' com-
mittee, composed of William J. Moon-
ey, Eli Lilly, William Scott. J, C.
Mueller, C, Barrett Moxley, John N.
Carey, C. J, Lynn. W, A. Caperton and
C, A, Sellers, worked hand in hand
with Mr. Bookedis and acted largely
on his suggestions.

Providence, R. ,1,

TRADE snows INCREASE,
Business the past week has shown a
decided increase in all lines of trade.
Asters are scarce now, carnations are
good and roses, while still very good,
are not as plentiful as they have been.
Outside dahlias are still coming in and
»iuie good. As yet chrysanthemums are

NOW Is the Time

To Order Your

Christmas Baskets.

Be sure I hat you buy them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever offered,
to the trade and consist;, of every style that
the retail tlorist nf today needs. Send lor
our new cataloe. just otl the press, make
up your order from the new list and Send it
to us immediately. .\ pcstal will do,

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Miiwaultee Ave,, CHICAGO

To reach our store take a Chicago .'\venue.
Division street, Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age .Avenue car at State and Randolph Streets
and gel oft at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

not in demand, and there are very few
good ones on the market at present.

NOTES.

The big boiler has arrived for the
new range of houses at J. Kopelman
& Co.'s place in Riverside, and work-
men have just finished the chimney,
which is .50 feet in height.

Appleton, the Florist, on Broadway,
is making a new addition to his place
which gives him much more room than
he has at present.

Charles Olney, of Rehoboth, is bring-
ing in some very good samples of the
thornless cactus,

A salesman for McHutchison & Co,,
of New York, was a visitor October 2,.
booking orders.

Max Fishelson. son of Nathan Fish-
elson, of J, Kopleman & Co,, is engaged
to be married.

Fry Brothers, of Mount Plea-sant, are
building a new house 14x,30 feet.

Max Villers, of Galvins, Boston, was
a visitor in town Friday,

H. A. T.

1914.

The American Florist.

621

t,, D. Phone

Randolph M49

JMiMI*MjMj;ffld»«M«llliiJfeMd^M!l^

176 H.MichyKjem Ave. ^W^ """CKice^^o

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph esis CBICAfiO, ILL.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when writing
W. P. KYLE JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Long Distance Phone. Randolph 3619
Mention the American Florist when writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

tiention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., • - Chicago
Telepbone, Cental 3284.

tiention the American Florist when writing

J. a BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

GUT FLOWERS

VALLEY, ROSES ummrQAra

and CARNATIONS p^SL^nP

A Specialty BHOWEK Or

VloMe Rower M^rKeU

Chicago, Oct. 7.
Roses. Beauty, specials .....

36-in

30-in

24 in

20-in

15in

12-in

Per doz.
300
2 50
2 00
ISO
1 25
1 00
75
Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@15 CO

■' Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

" Rhea Reid 3 00® 8 00

" My Maryland 3 00@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 OOQIS 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00@10 00

Milady 3 00@10 00

Sunburst 3 00@I0 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 nn@lO 110

■■ Hadley 3 00@1S 00

■• Ophelia 3 00@15 00

Our selection 3 00

CattIeyas...perdoz... ft 0007 SO
Chrysanthemums, $2.00 to $5 00 per doz.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 SO

Gardenias $2.Q0@$4.0C per doz.

Gladioli 4 00@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00iai2 50

Valley 4 00@ 5 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns.... " 1 00@2 00

Galax ■• 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy. ...per 1000, 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00@2 50

'^oreneeri. Plumosns Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Boxwood, 25c per lb.

'CUTFLOWEI^C™

'^ l»4 NO WABASH A^E. *■**

I^NECENTTIMJ

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St..

CHICAGO

E.C.AMUNeCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

A. L. Randall Co.,

g^Si*S,1^^ 66 E.Randolph St., c^p^Sa
^W"~3 CHICAGO, ILL. E^JI^3

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beanty, Richmond,
Killarney and White Killarney roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try ns.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

WietorBros.

wb°'-i^ CUT FLOWERS

All telegraph and telephone orders ;^Mven
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

622

The American Florist.

Oct. lo.

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

HILWACKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both L. D. Phoneg, ST. LOUIS, MO.

Supplies aid ETeiyililne m Stasou always on liaid
Write, wire or see us for

Gut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310 Pine street ST. LOUIS. MO.

Philadelphia.

TRADE IS VERT DULL.

The past week has been very dull
■when the time of year and the splen-
did weather we have enjoyed is con-
sidered. There are quantities of roses,
some of them very fine, others badly
mildewed. American Beauties are fine
for the season, and are to be had in
quantity. Mrs. Russell is quite a lead-
er, it being next to the Beauty in size.
The retailers, who want to keep up
with the rose market, will soon have
to post printed lists and enlarge their
ice boxes, should they desire to keep a
vase of each variety in stock. Dahlias
are more plentiful, and should the
frost hold off the growers may have a
chance to recuperate. Some of the
stock is fine. Chrysanthemums are
not at all plentiful as yet, white par-
ticularly being in demand. A few
October Frosts are in, which, with
Golden Glow, make up the assortment.
A larger assortment is expected the
coming week. Single violets are of-
fered, small as yet, but welcomed by
most flower buyers. Orchids are more
plentiful and gardenias are in regu-
lar supply. There appears to be val-
ley and Easter lilies in abundance.
Carnations are much improved and
only waiting for the dahlias to make
their exit to assert themselves.

NOTES.

Radiance roses, together with Mrs.
Ward, are features of Joseph Heacock.
Immense quantities of palms are being
shipped out before the cold weather
arrives. Thousands of all sized
younger stock have been waiting for
space to expand in and the men are
busy between times, making up and
potting, or rather tubbing, for all
plants above a six-inch pot are grown
In cedar tubs, to fill in the empty
benches. A feature of the Heacock
place is that every inch of space must
be pulling all the time; thousands of
ferns and orchids are grown hanging
from the sash bars on velvet, for that
Is what they call this otherwise empty
air space.

GUST.

RUSCH & CO.

gfeg^ Wholesale Florists

^^^Ws9^ Jobbers in
^^8B FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.
^^M^B '^ Phone Main 1 245. P. O. Box 206.

W^ ^ wXfs\-.. Milwaukee,Wls.

NEW FANCY FERNS-^Th^jKSTrfce "
Sphagnum Moss--Goocl and Clean.

CH m^ -m I ^-. MM mi Wholesale Florist.

• A* IVUtllllN) 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

¥lioMeno¥erMM*KeU

Philadelphia, Oct. 7. Per 100

Roses. BeaiLty, extra 20 00@25 GO

6rst 5 00@15 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@10 00

KiUarney 2 00@ 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" Liberty 4 00@ 6 00

Mock 8 00@10 00

Bulgaria 3 00@ 6 00

Sunburst 3 00@ ft 00

Kaiserin 2 00® 8 00

Carnations 1 00@ 3 00

Asters 2 00@ 5 00

Cattleyas 35 00@50 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00® 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas 50® 1 00

Gladiolus 2 00® 4 00

Clirysanthemums 12 00@lft 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Oct. 7. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00

fancy 15 00

extra 10 00

No. 1 5 00

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Sunburst 2 00® 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

Mrs. Mock 6 00

Kaiserin 1 00® 4 00

Carnations 2 00

Asters 50® 1 00

Cattleyas 35 00

Dahlias 2 00

Lilium Giuranteum 8 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum ] 00

Chrysanthemums. .pet doE..$1.50@$2 50

Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35@40

Sprays oer bunch. 35@40

The street men are being beaten at
their own game. The Snellenberg de-
partment store are buying all the sur-
plus, and selling the culls to these
gentry at a profit. According to re-
port, they are cleaning up very well,
selling at low prices, but as they are
able to get fairly good, together with
even better, stock, depending on how

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper!
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. liERJVlNG

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

''DAISY'' RIBBON

Just the rieht quality for Florists' use. (10 yds.
to bolt ) Can be had in white, pink, violet, purple
or yellow.

No. 22. ..per bolt. $1.10 No. 80.. per bolt. $1.65
No. 40.. .per bolt. 1.25 No. 100. . per bolt, 2.00
No. 60... per bolt. 1.45 (Gel a sample, it's free.)

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wbolesale Florist. 1324 Pine St., ST.LOUIS.MO.

Milwaukee, Oct. 7, Per 100

Roses. Beauty, per doz., 1 50® 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00® 6 00

Ward, Taft. Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

' Mrs. Cbas. Russell 5 00@15 00

■ Ophelia 3 00@10 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Chrysanthemums. per doz.. 1 00® 3 00

Lilies 1000

Snapdragon, per bunch. 25c @50c

Asters 1 00® 3 00

Gladiolus 1 00® 3 00

Rubrum Lilies 3 00® 4 00

Valley 4 00

Violets 50

1914-

The American Florist.

623

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-WHEN YOU WANT-

^

The finest to be had, you can get them here.

THP Iprk NIFCkCF'M f^O Wholesale Florists,

I nE. LCv nill-.99I-.ni \>V*« N. W. cor. 12th and Race Sts.

$1.00 to $3.00
per dozen.

Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Russells, Mock,

KUlarney, Sunburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and ULIES.

One block irom express dt.pot.

1619-21 Ranstiad St., PHIUDELPHIA, PA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

plentiful it is, for $3 to $5 or even less
per thousand, they come out fairly
well at from 1 to 3 cents each. Easter
lilies, imported by the thousand from
the New York market, are sold for 8c
each.

The Michell dahlia show was a great
success, the store being thronged with
visitors at all times. They have a live
press agent, and the reading press
notices were very generous. Both the
Wanamaker and the Gimbel stores are
giving exhibitions this week. The
Michell company will manage the Gim-
bel show, with the representatives of
the Peacock Dahlia Farms in charge
at Wanamaker's. The object is to sell
roots for spring delivery.

Charles Henry Fox, who was ex-
pected to tell of his European and
South African trip at the October
meeting, will not be ready then, hav-
ing too much to do catching up with
his work. He will be heard from
later.

The Robert Craig Co. is much
pleased with their fall business. Cro-
tons and dracasnas are leaders, some
being included in nearly every order.
A splendid line of the various nephro-
lepis are a feature.

Dahlias are now to the fore at the
Niessen market. What can be done
by special intelligent effort is seen in
their handling of this flower. The crop
from now until frost will be fine, so
says "the chief."

"Made in America" specialties are
leaders with the M. Rice Co. Their
factory work Is quite the equal of the
imported, with coloring of the baskets,
a trifle better.

The Sherwood Flower Shop at 55th
and Baltimore avenue, is being con-
ducted by Miss Fletcher as a branch
of her business at 51st and Baltimore
avenue.

Edward Reid has forgotten his for-
eign war troubles and is buckling
down to hard work. Beauty, Sunburst
and Mock roses are leaders at this
time.

W. K. Harris is sending pedestal
grown specimens of the Harris fern,
that are simply perfection; they are in
10 and 12 inch tubs.

Dahlias are a feature with Berger
Brothers. Valley of high grade is also
a leader.

K.

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, KUlarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON, MASS.

J

VlioMe Hover MM^KeU

Boston, Oct. 7. Per 100

Roses, Beauty 1 00@25 00

Killarney Queen 50® 8 00

" White and Pink Killarney. 50© 5 00
" Double White Killarney... I 00® 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

■• Hadley 1 00(g) 10 00

Cardinal 1 00@12 00

" Mock 1 00@ 8 00

M rs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

" Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

" Taft 1 00@ 8 00

" Milady 1 00@ 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 1000 6 00

My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00040 00

Gladiolus America per doz.. 75@1 00

common types. .per doz.. 50
Lilium Longiiiorum and Rubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas 25® 30

Asters 350 50

Buffalo, Oct. 7. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

extra 10 00igl2 00

No. 1 8 00@10 00

No. 2 2 00@ 4 00

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" My Maryland 2 00@ 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00@ 6 00

" Hillingdon 2 00© 6 00

Richmond 2 OOig 7 00

" Sunburst 3 00@ 7 00

■■ Ward 300@500

" Taft 3 OOO 7 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00@ 5 00

Lilies I0 00(gl2 00

Cattleyas 35 00@50 00

Gladiolus 2 00@ 3 00

Golden Glow 'Mums IS 0fl@20 00

Smith's Advance 'Mums 12 00015 00

Carnations 1 00© 2 50

Dahlias i Qo© 3 00

Snapdragons 2 00© 3 00

Asters so© 1 SQ

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35@ 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35© 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Oct. 7.

Roses, Beauty per doz.. $1 00©$3 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00© 6 00

My Maryland 2 00© 6 00

Richmond 2 00© 6 00

, " Taft 2 00© 6 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00@10 00

Asparagus Plumasus..per bch., 2Sc

Asters 50@ I 00

Dahlias 2 00© 3 00

Carnations 1 50© 2 00

Orchids 5 00© 6 00

Baltimore.

COOL WEATHEE BKIQHTENS TRADE.

The flower trade is brightening up
with the cool weather. Social func-

Manufacturers and Importers o(

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh. Pa.

BERGER BROS.

TtAIfTTAC In larsc assortment,
Ur\.a.Lili\i3 [,p5t varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shipping facilities.

1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

cTe. critchell

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Third St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock ol Florists' Greens and Supplies

St. Louis, Oct. 7. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 8 00©12 SO

short stems 2 00© 6 00

•' Killarney 2 00© 4 00

My Maryland 2 00© 4 00

White Killarney 2 00© 4 00

" Aaron Ward 1 50© 4 00

" Sunburst 3 00© 5 00

■• Ophelia 4 00® 8 00

Valley 4 00© 5 00

Carnations 2 OOO 2 50

Gladiolus 3 00

Rubrum 6 00© 8 00

Tuberoses 2 00© 3 00

Asparagus Sprengeri.per bu., 25@50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu.,25@60

Harrisii 8 00

Ferns per 1000. 1 50

tions are beginning to loom up, wed-
dings are on, card parties, dances,
lunches — all of which call for flowers.
Chrysanthemums are coming in and
roses are increasing in size and length
of stem. Carnations are better, while
cannas and outdoor flowers generally,
show the effect of frost. The exceed-
ing dryness has kept the frost from
getting in its blighting stroke, how-
ever.

Jesse Bell, a florist, with W. Frazer
of Riderwood station, committed sui-
cide by shooting himself through the
temple, one day of this week. He had
become despondent over the ill health
of his wife. B.

624

The Amer ican Fl orist.

Oct.

lO.

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914

Lilium Giganteums and Multinorums,

HOHMANN'S LILY OF THE VALLEY,

Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs,

English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms. Roses, Etc.

WRITE FOR PRICES

New York.

WEATHER INFLUENCES SUPPLY.

To show something of the. varying
conditions in this marl^et, it may be
stated that on Saturday, September 20,
tliere was more stock than could be
used, nearly every stock was a drug
on the market. On Saturday, October
3, in the wholesale district, when boxes
were opened, the buyers were grouped
around them like flies around a sugar
box. As one veteran buyer expressed
It: "Some of these fellows would fight,
lie and steal to get stock this morn-
ing." This situation was brought
about by unusual conditions. As men-
tioned in previous notes, there were
several days of unseasonable heat,
which in the greenhouses, brought out
prematurely a great amount of stock.
With a sudden change to very cool
weather there was a consequent re-
action, and the supply of greenhouse
stock greatly fell oif. The heat and
dry weather has practically put dahlias
and other outdoor stock out of the run-
ning. It was for the cheaper grades
that there was the heaviest demand,
but buyers had to take what they
could get, and as a consequence near-
ly every salable stock advanced in
price. Special American Beauty roses
sold up to $2.5 per 100; special teas to.
.$8 and in some instances .$10 per 100;
lilies £b $8 and $10 per 100; carnations
to $3 and .$4 per 100; chrysanthemums,
which were not plentiful, to $2.50 and
$3.50 per dozen. This is but the record
of a day and may not continue, but
it does not appear that calamity is
bearing very heavily on this city.

October 5. — The market opened ac-
tive. There is a fair supply of roses
but other stocks, excepting orchids, are
scarce. The asters and gladioli are
about out and but few dahlias are ar-
riving. The supply of 'mums and
carnations increases slowly. There is
considerable influx of southern A.
plumosus nanus and prices are drop-
ping. Quite a few violets are seen but
they are scarcely factors.

NOTES.

Figuratively speaking, the whole-
salers and retailers of this city are
"making faces" at each other, but that
is a diversion in which they periodical-
ly indulge and nobody believes that
they intend to go to war. except in
the style that was made famous in our
younger days in the opera Pinafore.
For instance, the president of the
wholesalers' protective association says
tha,t hereafter any retailer found buy-
ing roses wholesale at $0 per 100
and retailing them at the rate of
.$3 per 100 will immediately find his
accounts closed in the wholesale dis-
trict. A well-known retailer, who has
a chain of stores in this city, says that
if he can learn of any price cutting
In the retail business he will start two
more stores on Broadway, which is
now where the right wing — here the
censor butted In.

For the Dearborn-Bowers wedding
at Oyster Bay, L. I., October 1, Thos.
F. Galvin, Inc., of this city, arranged
a very noteworthy decoration. There
were both church and home floral ar-
-angements. The church was hand-
somely decorated with Carolina vines,
autumn foliage and white chrysanthe-
mums. Around the altar there was a
splendid display of white chrysanthe-
mums #i;h appropriate markings of

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

gauze ribbon on the pews. The home
was a bower of Mrs. Cha^ Russell
roses, with suitable accompaniment of
foliage. Tliey also furnished all the
bouquets. The entire scheme was un-
der the supervision ofF. L. Deering,
manager of the Galvin store in this
city, who since taking charge here
lias won many friends. .

At the store of G. E. M. Stumpp.
Fifth avenue and 58th street, we re-
cently noted a great collection. of speci-
mens of humming birds, butterflies,
beetles, and various other bugs, that
it has taken years to get together.
The collection is very finely arranged
and does credit to Mr, Stumpp's ca-
pacity for investigation and painstak-
ing efforts in the matter of exact de-
tail. It may here be added for the
information of many in the trade who
know and respect him, that George M.
Stumpp is yet in Germany, and that
he is safe and well.

On October 2, William P. Sears and
wife, of 729 Sixth avenue, celebrated
their silver wedding anniversary at
their home, 1G5 West 77th street.
There was a large gathering of
friends and many appropriate presents.
Tnp American Florist tenders con-
gratulations to this happy couple, with
both of whom the years have dealt
very kindly.. We expect to attend
their golden wedding.

Paul Meconi, the well-known whole-
saler, advises us that Mrs. Meconi,
who has been in Germany for some
time, sailed from Rotterdam on Octo-
ber 2. Paul has worried so much
about her that he is almost a nervous
wreck, but we have no doubt' that he
will recover when she returns.

-\bout November 1 Guttman & Ray-
nor, Inc., will remove to a new store
in <a building now under construction
at the corner of Sixth avenue and
West 28th street. A. J. Guttman ad-
vises us that in the new location they
will have six times as much space as
they now occupy.

The next monthly meeting of the
New York Florists' Club will be held
on the evening of October 12 in the
club rooms in the Grand Opera House
Building, Eighth avenue and 23d street.
It is expected that important matters
will be discussed and a large attend-
ance is expected.

At John Young's wholesale store we
recently noted fine blooms of the new
red rose, Crimson Queen, from the
range of S. J. Reuter & Son. Wester-
ly, R. I. Mr. Young is also receiving
much other good rose stock as well
as a go.od supply of orchids.

At the retail store of Charles Thor-
ley. Fifth avenue and 46th street,' we
have recently noted a very fine win-
dow display of crotons and other fine
foliage plants. Other clever features
are baskets of roses and other season-
able flowers, arranged in a very artistic
manner.

At the store of Chas. A. Dards, Mad-
ison avenue and 44th street, we have

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wisb to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5?35

recently noted very clever window
decorations. That feature is now han-
dled by John de Vincent, a very clever
member of Mr. Dards' staff.

In accordance with a city law, W.
F. Sheridan and Traendly & Schenck
have recently had their store fronts
moved in. Charlie Schenck says it is
better to be moved in than moved out,
and we think he is right.

One of our daily papers notes that
the latest passenger steamer to sail
for Europe carried fifteen (15) pas-
sengers. Looks as though "See Amer-
ica First" was becoming popular.

Mrs. Philip P. Kessler. wife of the
well-known wholesaler of the Coogan
Building, wlio was recently very ill, is,
we are now pleased to state, con-
valescent.

While there has recently been some
little noise about a scarcity of stock,
Horace K. Froment comes daily to the
bat with a good supply of roses in
variety.

Henshaw & Fenrich are now han-
dling fine blooms of C. H. Totty's nov-
elty chrysanthemums, the most note-
worthy at this writing being white and
bronze.

J. K. Allen Is receiving from one of
his growers particularly fine stock of
a new yellow chrysanthemum.

A. F. F.

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The American Florist.

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EstabUshed 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wholesale Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers.

Now prepared for Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Autumn" wiil
soon reik'n. ship me ynur chrvsantheiiiuiiis. I can also handle good dahlias.
Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed, The usual supply of roses,
lily of the valley and other sfeenhous-' stock
Open at 6 a. m. every morning. Pliones 167 and 4468 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card. etc.. in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Hrice per 500. $2,85: per KXX) $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro o( leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOWST CO., 440 S, Dearborn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Souare.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

t'harles Scbenck

Traendly ^ Schcnck

Wholesale Florists uid Cat Flower Exdiaoge
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Rorists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

Teleobone: 3864 Madison Souare.

Albany. N. Y.

CLUB MEETING.
At the Octoter meeting of the Al-
bany Florists' Club the subject of get-
.ting up a party to attend the S. A. F.
and O. H. convention in California in
1915 was brought out by Edward P.
Tracey. The question called for dis-
cussion in whicli several of tlie mem-
bers toolc part and expressed them-
selves in favor of the idea. President
Frederick Henkes named Edward P.
Tracey. Fred A. Danker and Louis H.
Schaefer a committee to devise plans
and means of carrying out tlie sugges-
tion. One of the plans brouglit to the
attention of the committee was to have
the members who purpose to go to the
convention set aside a sum every week
which may be deposited in one of the
local banks until needed next August.
Members wtio make contributions and
find they are unable to go, will have
their money refunded. Thomas F.
Tracey called for a revival of tlie ques-
tion box and President Henkes in-
structed Fred A. Danker to bring into
.the November meeting either a paper
on some trade subject or a question
which could be debated with profit.
This plan of assigning papers or sub-
jects has been attempted a number of
times but tends to lapse owing to pres-
sure of other matters at the meeting.
Stephen Green, salesman for H. H.
Bayersdorfer & Co., was asked to speak
a few words, and responded by saying
that the stock of trade novelties this
season can be carried in a small grip
under the drummer's arm. Nothing
has arrived from Germany for two
months, and the newest thing is the
-increased price list on many goods han-
dled by the florist. He admitted that

Geo. C. Sicbrcchl

WHOLESALE FLOBIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Souare
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^3^f3°533 Mad. sq. 133 W. 28th St., New York

All tbe NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMeHo¥crM&rl(el>s

New York. Oct. 7. Perion

Roses, Beauty, special 15 00@20 00

extra and fancy... 8 00®!-! 00

No. land No. 2... 5 00(g 6 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, special b UO

extra... 3 00® 4 00

" N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

" White Killarney, special... 4 00® 6 00

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3 00® 4 00

No. land No. 2.. 50® 1 OD
Queen, special.. 6 00

Brilliant 1 TO® 8 00

'■ Aaron Ward 5U@ 6 00

'■ Richmond 50® fi 00

" Sunburst 50® 6 00

•' Taft SO® 6 00

•' Milady, special 4 «@ 6 00

'■ J L. Mock 1 00® 6 00

'■ Hadley 1 00® 6 00

" Ophelia 1 00® 8 00

Carnations 2 50® 4 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00

inferior grades. 10 00@15 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 8 OOeiO 00

Lily of the Valley 2 50® 3 00

Chrysanthemums per doz., 1 50® 4 00

Violets 40

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumosus doz. bciis. 1 00® 2 00

Smilax doz. strings, I 00

a considerable stock of bulbs has been
brought over to this country within
the past few weeks and that large
quantities are being auctioned off in
New York at prices even lower than
in previous years. This state of affairs
is said to be due to the activity of
bulb growers in Holland and other
countries who got their goods out as
speedily as possible, canceling orders
from countries that were at war. The
names of two new applicants for mem-
bership were proposed and laid over
until the next meeting. Following the
business session a social hour was en-
joyed during which some of the degree
team, appointed at the August meet-
ing, initiated Stephen Green into the
Order of the Yellow Dog.

NOTES.

Fred A. Danker has gotten out for
his trade an eight-page illustrated cir-
cular on bulbs which is calling forth
some words of commendation. The
circular gives names and prices on a
large variety of stock and also on
trees and slirubs suitable for fall plant-
ing.

George Russell, who has been with
Whittle Bros., .52 North Pearl street,
for 23 years, will about November 1
open a retail store at South Pearl and
Westerlo streets. He is putting in a

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everjrwherc

Prompt and satisfactory. Consignments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg.. 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York

Open for Cut Flower Sales

at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. s. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT BVERQRBBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

wholesale; florist

24-30StoneSt., Rochester, N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

Tbc Largest Shipper uid Receha of Fresh Cot Flowers

^P'A complete assortment of the best in tbe

market can always be relied upon.

■-^ WH0LE5ALE

^ \ rLORI>ST5

c?/ W£St2S'-"St. Ncivyom.

Zonsitinmentrs 3ol/CitecJ

large new show window and a tile
lined ice box.

Thomas F. Tracey, of the Albany
Cut Flower Exchange, reports business
improving with the advance of fall,
and good receipts of roses, carnations
and other stock for which there is a
demand. R. D. ^

Lima, O. — Nelson Swan, florist, hag
been awarded the contract for the
landscape work for the grounds sur-
rounding the new high school ^'Uilding
at Bowling Green, Ohio.

626

The American Florist.

Oct. lo.

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S
PALMS AND EERNS

6-in.

7-in.

9-in.

9-in.
12-in,
12-in,
12-in,
12-in

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. high EachPerdoz.

pot 5to6 28to30 $1.00 $12.00

pot 6 34to36 1.50 18.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 36 in. high $ 2.50

cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.00

cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to 5H ft 10.00

cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5H to 6 ft 12.50

cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 6 It. high, heavy 15.00

cedar tub, plants in tub. 7 to S ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

.each, $4.00
.each, 5.00

cibotiumschiedei^:;:;;:^:^;:::-::^;
JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Each

5-in. pot, nicely characterized $1.00

6-;p. pot, 18 to 20 in, spread 1.50

7-in. tub, 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Leaves In. high
2H-in. pot 4 Stoic

3 in. pot 5 12

4 in. pot 5 to 6: 15

5-in. pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot 6 to 7 24

6-in. pot 6 to 7 26

6-in. pot 6to7 28 to 30 1.50

Leaves In. hi^h

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

9in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54, very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5ft., very heavy 8.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 6 ft., very heavy 10,00

Each Perdoz.
$1.50
2.00
4.50
6.00
12.00
15.00
18.00
Each Perdoz
30.00
36.00
48.00

.$0.40
. .50
. 1,00
. 1,25

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote, Pa.

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your

Send for Catalog No. 71
which describes fully the
Flowers McCray Refrigerators and
**""*'* Display Cases for Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,

670 Lake St., KENDALLVILLE. IND.

QUALITY AND STYLE IN
■9 £\ 'm/^ p ^ for Flowers and
DU.A.E-'^ Floral Designs
At no Greater cost.

Miirte in niiiiiv sizes from various non-

fading shades of boanl. Write for

catalogue, price list and saiiiplcs.

THE SEFTON MFG. CO..

1335 W. 35th St., CHICAGO, ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today forfuU particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

Special on Roses

We have a nice lot of roses which we will close
out i.n unusually tow prices, stock is A-No. 1.
Bridesmaids, Uncle John and Ivory, 2H in., at
$1.50; 3 in., at J2.50; American Beauties, 2^2 in.,

$2..50; 3 in., $5.00 per 100. These are special prices
and good only for orders received within 10 days.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower, Pekln, Ul.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Preserve Cut Flowers in

BUCIIBINDER

Florists' Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

518 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. ILL.

Primroses.

Chinese, Forbesi, Malacoides, Obconica

Alba and Rosea, $1.76 per 100; $16.00

per 1000.
ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 2\i in.

pots. $2.a) per 100; $18.00 per 1000.
Asp. Plumosus and^ Sprengeri, 214 in.

pots, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000.
Vinca Variegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. 10th, 12,50 per 1000.
CASH or C. O. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts, 2 in, $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per 1000.

Alyssum, Giant Double, 2in.. $2.00 per 100.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner, 2 in., $1.75 per 100, in any Quantity.

Good stock and Kood packing.

Elmer Rawlings,w^o°S!N™Yr"

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BE A VEN, Evergreen, Ala.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment. $2.50 percase

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Choice Case Holly, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Roping. Can furnish any amount.
I have any thing in greens. Better write
your requirements.

H. E. CONWELL, "■iK;;,Aii..

Trade Directory

OF THE

United States and Canada

Price $3.00 Postpaid.
American Florist Coh*

440 S. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

I9I4.

The American Florist.

627

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

GREAT BRITAIN

WILLS £ SEBAR,

Royal Exotic Nursery,

Onslow Crescent, S. Kensington, London

FLORISTS TO HIS mftJESTY THE KING.

We shall be glad to carry out commissions from
our American confreres to deliver

Cut Flowers, Floral Baskets, Floral Designs,
Baskets of Choice Fruit, Etc.

to American visitors in any part of Great Britain.

Cablegrams — "FLOSCULO, LONDON."

Chicago.

BstibUthed in 18B7.

^mM.

Fuuusr

739 Buckingham Place.
L. D. Phoae, firaceland 1112.

Send us yonr retail orders.
WE HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CFFY

Mention the American Florist when writing

|VI0LETS ^^^^^^^^^ F.T.D.

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST
ao KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WBrTTKD, Frop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabaah Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnnt St.. Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrallT located store in the
city. All orders fiven prompt attention.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' TeleKraob Delivery.
Me7ition the American Florist when writing

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London, Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westtrly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telesraph Delivery Ass'n.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McClomonts

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av.. PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of Tbe Florist Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ALEXANDER McCONKELL

611 FIFTH AVE., CaR. 49TH STREET.

HEW YORK CITY.

TTELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamshipa
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all orders
from imknown correspondents.

Cable address; Alexconnell.
Western Union Code

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choice
Beauties. Orchids andValley always on hand.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2065-2066 Madison Sqnare.
42 West 28th Street.

To ont'of'town florists 'KTE'lilT WtWHIl

We are in the Heart of WJ!jW lUnlV

.^nd give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V/.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., AGdiloriniD Aniei, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, K. Y.

.\nderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, LoCkport,

Nia^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

628

The American Florist.

Oct. lo.

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders,

New York.

Established 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srivate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S OlsoD,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place id the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store Id America; the largest stock; the greatest
variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
oigbt and day.

Members Florisls' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries

tiirougbout the state and to alt steamship docks
Id Hobokeo, N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery

— or —

"HOME GROWN FLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Allanla Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West 59th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delirerr.

PHILADELPHIA and VICmnT.

Qifjp ffiotiBon iFlotorr ®l)oji. Slti.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, FA,

Members Florists' Tetcgrapli Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Name Index to Retail Florists
rilling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Cbicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moiues, la.

Anderson, S. ,A.. 440 Main. Buffalo. N. Y.

Archias Floral Co., Sedalia. Mo.

AtlaDta Floral Co.. Atlanta. Ga.

BauscUer, Jolin, Fret-port, III.

Begerow-'s, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone, Washington, D. C.

Bolaud. J. B., Sao PrancisQO.

Bray;g, Boss, Rochesi er. Minn.

Bvamley & Son. Cleveland. O.

Breitmeyer's Sons. John. Detroit, Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co.. Vancouver. B. C.

Buclibee. H. W.. Rockford. 111.

California Florists, Tacoma. Wash.

Clarke's Sons. David. New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co.. Cleveland. 0.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Washington,

Daniels & Fisher, Denver. Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York.

Duerr, Cbas. A.. Newark. O.

Duluth Floral Co.. Duluth. Minn.

Dunlop's, yO Yonge St.. Toronto. Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.. Albany. N. Y.

P'reeman. Mrs. J. B., Toledo. O.

Frpy Jc Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

Friedman. Chicago.

Calvin, Thos. F., Inc., Boston, Mass.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc.. New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior. Wis.

Gasser. J. M.. Co., Cleveland, 0.

Graham. A., & Son, Cleveland. O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mlcb.

Glide Bros., Washington.

llardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Ileinl & Son. J. G.. Terre Haute. Ind.

Henderson, Lewis — Omaha. Neb.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha. Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul. Minn.

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons. J. B.. Rochester. N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co.. Geo. M.. Kansas City.

Kift. Robert. 1725 Chestnut. Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co.. La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.. Dallas. Tex.

Lange. A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius, J. J.. Duluth. Minn.

London Flower Shop. The. Philadelphia.

Matthewson. J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co.. L. L.. St. Paul. Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New York.

McKenna. Montreal. Can.

Metairie Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans. La.

Murray, Samuel. Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist. New York.

Ostertag Bros.. St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M., Little Rock, Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son. Buffalo.

Park Floral Co., The, Denver. Colo.

Penn. the Florist. 43 Bromfield St., Boston.

PliilUps Bros.. Newark. N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Portesta & Baldocchl. San Francisco.

Pollworth Co., C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland. Me.

Randolph & McCIenients. Pittsburgh. Pa.

Renter's, New Loudon. Conn.

Reuter's, Norwich, Conn.

Renter's. Westerly. R. I,

Rofk. Wni. L.. Flower Co.. Kansas City.

Schiller; the Florist. 2221 W. Madison St., Chgo.

Schllng. Max. 22 W. 59th St.. New York.

Simmons & Sons, Toronto. Can.

Small & Sons. J. H., New York.-

Small & Sons. J. H.. Washington. D. C.

Smith Co.. A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith. Henry. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Stumpp, G. E. M.. New York.

Weber, P. H.. St. Louis, Mo.

Whltted Floral Co., Minneapolis. Minn.

Wills & Segar. London. Eug.

Wlttbold. G.. Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.. Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Gotdenson, Los Angeles.

Y'oung & Nugent. New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

irtjistic Desips.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada,

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Boston, Mass.

'Penn, The Telegraph Florist"

* Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET
St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave. ^""^ X*n?if"""

Orders taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

WASfllNfiTON

D. C.

«UDE BROS.CQL
FLORISTS
tlur STNVf

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery .

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful AtteRticn

Memberiof the Floriiti' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

j.a.vali:ntii«, riorai vO.

President.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

igi4.

The American Florist.

(329

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Milwaukee. Wis.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. wiU fill all orders for Cut

KlDSaS City and Flowers. Funeral Designs

ni lU'll U. Wedding and Birthday Gifts,

rieasant mil, mo. that mav be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SniithCo.

KEEN AN BLDG.

Lareesl Floral Establishment in America.
EBtablished 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER CNMPANY,

CLEYELMB

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

CCPollworthCo.

Will take proper
care of your orders

,p Wisconsin

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. \A isconsin. North
Dakota. South Oakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly iresh stock.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga.— Atlanta Floral Co.. 41 Peachtree.

Boston — Tbos. F. Galyin, Inc.

Boston— Penn. the Florist. 43 Bromfield St.

BuCfalo. N. Y. — S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.

Buffulo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago — Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O. — The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland. O. — A. Graham & Son.

Cleveland. O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo,— Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Dallas, Tex. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Duhith, Minn.— Duluth Floral Co.

Duluth. filiun. — J. J. Leborlus.

Fieeiiort. Ill, — John Bauscher.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Kansiis City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo, — Wni, I.. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln. Neb, — Fre.v & Frey.

Little Rock. Ark, — Paul M. Palez.

London. Eng, — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskill Bros. & U. Goldenson.

.Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis, Minn. — W'hitted Floral Co.

Montreal — McICenna.

Nashville, Tenn, — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark. O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London. Conn, — Renter's.

New Orleans, La. — Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — .^lex McConnell. 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.

New York— Mas Schllng. 22 W. 59th St.

New York — Myer. Florist. G09 Madison Ave.

New York— J. II. Small & Sons.

New York— G. E. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young Sc Nugent.

Norwich. Conn, — Renter's.

Omaha. Neb. — Hess & Swoboda. Farnam St.

onialio. Neb, — Lewis Henderson.

Philadelphia— Robert Kift. 1725 Chestnut St.

Pliiladelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittshurgb, Pa, — Randoliib & McClements.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — A. W, Smith Co,. Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rocliester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J, B, Keller's Sons.

R.ickford, 111,-11. W. Bnckbee.

Sheboygan. Wis. — J, E. Mntthewson.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis. Mo. — F. n, Weber.

St. Paul. Minn. — Holm & Olson.

St. Paul. Minn.— L, L, Jlay & Co.

San Fr.inclsco — J, B, Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta ^ Baldocchi.

Seilnlia. Mo. — Arcbfas Floral Co.

Superior. Wis, — Alex. C, Gardiner.

Terre Haute. Ind.— J, G, Helnl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash, — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dunlop'a. 60 Yonge St.

Toronto. Can, — Simmons & Son.

Vancouver. B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blackistone. .

Washington — Gen. n. Cooke, Conn. Ave, and L,

Washington — Gude Bros.

Wasbineton— J. H. Small & Smis.

Westerly, K. I— Reuters.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbui

Mention the American Florist when wriling

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

324 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to order»
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Uate Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth, I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota, Fresh quility stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when ieriting

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE OF FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West,

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

B>

Flowers or Design Worlt.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Dunlop's

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Beat

ee Yonae street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantee
sale arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

NEW YUnR vanderbilt Hotel

561 Fifth Ave.

126 Tremont Street
799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

BOSTON

630

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Oct. 10,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sen(lyouror(lers^<'Gtiicago

and Sub-
urbs to

, All ordericarefolly filled
under the supervision of

GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr

Wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parti
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, o.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Beinl)

336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Botb Phones, 527.

Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

TLORISTS.

HIS Farmrni St telephones

i«ij 1 arnvin 3i. isoi and l i582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.-

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL'S

New York.

MYE?, FLORIST, 'n^Si"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

^qck's

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .\ss'n

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1 153 Broadway. Cor. 15th 5 H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers f^r delivery
ID this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST
CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Xss'n.

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, 111.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

.Ml Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN, NEB.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Members of Florists Telegrapli Delivery.

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

Lang Fiorai& Nursery Co.,Te^as!'

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas.
Oklahoma, Louisiana. New Mexico. No orders
too larce. none too small.

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction, nill MTU MINU
We arethecenterofthcL-reat UULUin, lllinni

Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior, Wis.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

Vou will need the New Edition of our

Trade Directory

Contatoingr the Names and Addresses of

l'"lorists of the United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID.

American Florist Go , **° ^cmclgo"'" ^'••

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PniLIPS BROS, 938 Broad St.

lEWAEI E J.

Artistic Floral Worit and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade diic.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Teieyraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notic*.
Prompt atteotioD to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan. ""'"J.^ed ^oVbT'""^
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Horist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRKD HANNAH 8 SONS Will fill yonr
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member ol the Florists' Telegraph Delivery

1914-

The American Florist.

631

Bulbs

For Greenhouse and
Bedding Work.

We call attention to the fact that these bulbs are imported by us from best Dutch firms; actual pro-
ducers of the bulbs, who did not commence packing until the war broke out and who knew at that time that
their export trade with Russia and Germany was closed for this season, in consequence of which we secured

The Finest Bulbs Which the Harvest Affords.

Buyers should not confound these prices with prices of stock picked up on speculation by Dutch
dealers, not growers, and sent to this country and now offered through peddlers or at auction.

French Romans perioo..

11-12 ctms. (2500 to case) $25.00

12 13 ctms! (2000 to case) 29.00

12 ctms. and up (ISOOto case) 35.00

p^nipH

fm

rx ^* ' ' %

U "^*4. ^ M

If'^'-v-'i

p^

^v-^

Pfcft^^jjB

m '

^^ t :la:gM

a J

French Narcissus

Per 1000

Paper Whites, fancy, (1250 to case) $ 9.00

Paper Whites, Star Brand, (1000 to case) 1 1.00

Trumpet Majors 13.00

Emperor 20.00

Dutch Narcissus

Per 1000

Golden Spur, Fancy $13.00

Emperor,
Victoria,
Princeps,
Sir Watkin,
Von Sion,

13 00
12.00
6.00
12.00
13.50

Double Nose 22.00

Dutch Hyacinths

Per 10(10

Tulips

Dutch Romans, named varieties $17.50

Hyacinths, First size 60.00

Second size (for forcing) 37.00

Bedding Grade 25.00

Per 1000

Artus $ 6.50

Belle Alliance 11.00

Vermilion Brilliant.. 14.00

La Reine 6.00

Cottage Maid 7.00

Rose Gris de Lin 6.00

Chrysolora 8.00

Yellow Prince 8.00

Kelzerskroon 13.50

Murillo 8.00

Callas

I'i to 14 inch
1'-' to 2 inch.
2 to 2^2 inch.,

$

Per 101)0

45.00

75.00

100.00

Freesias

French Mammoth,

': to 'j inch

Purity Mammoth,

^4 inch

Per 1000

$ 9.00
22.00

Lilium Formosum

Per 1000

6 to 8 in., (350 to case). .$40.00

7 to 9 in., (250 to case).. 60 00

Per 1000
8 to 9 in., (225 to case). .$70.00
8 to 10 in., (200 to case). 80.00

Lilium Giganteum

(Immediate Shipment. I

Per 1000 Per 1000

7-9 in., (300 to case) $50.00 | 8-10 in., (225 to case). ...$80.00

8-9 in., (250 to case) 75.00 1 9-10 in., (200 to case).... 95.00

Write for Fall "Book for Florists."

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

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Oct. lo.

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association

Lester L. Morse. S:m Frun'^isco. Ciilif.,
President; J. M. Liiplon, Mattituck, L. !.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. ilungan.
Philadelphia, Pa., feecoud Vice-President:
C. E. Keiidel, Cleveland, O.. Secretary and
Treasurer: S. K. Willard, Jr.. Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting. San Fran-
cisco. Calif., .lune ISH.i.

VISITED St. Paul: Owen F. Trott,
representing Kelway & Son, Langport,
Somerset, Eng.

Rochester. N. T. — Fred King, of
Mandeville, King & Co., celebrated an-
other birtliday, October 1.

KA?fSAS City, Mo. — Tlie Rudy-Patrick
Seed Company has increased its cap-
ital stocli from .$60,000 to $100,000.

Carl Cropp, of Vauglian's Seed Store.
Chicago, who made an extended 10-
day tour of tlie east, returned Octo-
ber 5.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade October 7 were
as follows: Timothy. §4.00 to $5.85
per 100 pounds.

Let the Tylenchus devastatrix Iiave
the onions if it wishes. The agricul-
tural department's warning against
the new insect foe multiplies no gloom
to the man now unable to afford beef-
steak.

WiftN in need of stock or supplies
of any kind in a hurry it will be a
great advantage to have a copy of
the latest edition of our Trade Direc-
tory at hand for names and addresses.
The price of the latest (1914) edition
is $3 per copy, postpaid.

Visited Chicago : J. Otto Thilow, of
H. A. Dreer, Inc., and daughters,
Philadelphia, Pa.; E. F. Crossland. of
the Steele, Briggs Seed Co., Ltd.. To-
ronto; J. W. Ratekin. of Ratekin's
Seed House, Shenandoah, la.; Thomas
Madsen. representing Erhard-Freder-
iksen & Theodor Jensen Co., New York.

Visited Cleveland : The trade vis-
itors here during the past week in-
cluded Carl Cropp. of Vaughan's Seed
Store. Chicago : A. Ringier. of the W.
W. Barnard Co., Chicago; A. Miller, of
A. Henderson & Co., Chicago; I. Ros-
nosky. of the Henry F. Michell Co.,
Philadelphia. Pa.; S. S. Ski'delsky,
Philadelphia, Pa.

French Shipments Coming Forward.

Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co.. Paris.
France, wish to inform the American
seed trade that they are slowly recov-
ering from the first effects of the war
and have already made some small
shipments to the United States and
expect from the present outlook to
complete all of their shipments, al-
though there may he some unavoida-
ble delays under the present circum-
stances.

The steamships sailing between
Havre and New York have almost re-
sumed their regular services and Vil-
morin-Andrieux & Co. wish to assure
their WVmerican customers that they
are doing the very best that can be
done under the circumstances. Of
course they are put to very serious
inconveniences and much extra labor
on account of being so sliorthanded.

British Seedsmen Optimistic.

We have noticed more than one ref-
erence in the American press to the
war conditions which unhappily pre-
vail in Europe at the present time,
suggesting that the United States and
Canada can not look with confidence
to Great Britain for their usual supply
of seeds.

We shall be glad if you will inti-
mate in your columns that there is no
foundation for such fears. This ought
to be a matter of public interest. We
in this country have every confidence
that the British fleet will be able to
safeguard the high road across the
Atlantic, and to ensure uninterrupted
traffic which will maintain with regu-
larity the commercial relations be-
tween the two continents and our
American friends can look'-to British
sources of supply with the same confi-
dence as they have done in times of
peace.

We would also like to take the op-
portunity of referring to the many
communications we have received
from your side of the Atlantic ex-
pressing sentiments of sympathy with
Great Britain in her struggle for the
right and they give to us the highest
satisfaction.

James carter. Dunnett & beale.

London, Eng., Septeipber 25, 1914.

Growers oJ
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

this venture and Mr. Cleveland left for
parts unkown and since that time his
residence had been known to only his
most intimate friends.

"Artie B. Cleveland was a man that
everybody in Cape Vincent admired
and respected. He was generous and
kind hearted and very liberal with his
funds. Had lie been content to have
remained in Cape Vincent the Eagle is
certain it would have been better,
financially and otherwise, for himself
and the community.

"H« is survived by his wife, whose
residence at present is not known by
this paper."

The Late Artie B. Cleveland.

During the past year a number of
friends of the late Artie B. Cleveland
have inquired about him and the fol-
lowing from a Cape Vincent. N. Y..
newspaper contains all the informa-
tion available :

".Announcement is made of the
death of Artie B, Cleveland, which oc-
curred at Melbourne. Australia, the
latter part of July. 191.3. Death fol-
lotved an operation, it is said.

"Mr. Cleveland was well known in
Cape Vincent, and was laorn in -Adams
.55 years ago. He came to Cape Vin-
cent about 30 years ago and engaged
in the growing of peas and beans
which he sold to the wholesale dealers.
He was a man of extraordinary push
and energy, building the large seed
warehouse at the foot of Market street.
He had extensive dealings with the
farmers of Cape Vincent and other
town.s, who grew peas and beans
under contract. One of his chief faults
was that he was too venturesome, for.
after a number of years of success at
the business here, he opened a head
oflice in New York. Failure followed

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Potato Men Organize.

An emergency potato convention
which had been in session in Stock-
ton, Calif., two days, September 26,
organized the West Coast Potato As-
sociation with State Horticultural
Commissioner A. J. Cook, president,
and William Gardner. San Joaquin
County horticultural commissioner,
secretary. The working out of potato
problems, such as diseases, quarantine,
standardization of shipments, experi-
mental farms for the study and detec-
tion and prevention of diseases and
other questions pertaining to that in-
dustry will form the work of the as-
sociation. -An invitation to Oregon.
Washington. Idalio, Utah, Nevada and
British Columbia to join has been ex-
tended by resolution of the new or-
ganization.

Crimson Clover Seed Germination.

Since November 1, 1913, there have
been imported into the United States
3,329,883 pounds of crimson clover
seed, coming mostly from France and
Austria, where the harvest season is
practically the same as in this coun-
try. The time for seeding follows the
harvest season so closely that only a
part of the imported seed is received
in time to be sown the year it is
raised. If the conditions of storage are

Established 1810.

Denaiffe & Son, NortSTance.

The Premier Seed Growers of the World.

The Greatest Acreage. Over 900 Employes.

Motto; The Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet. Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Lettuce, Mangel
Wurlzel. Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga, Turnip. Forspecial prict-s snrpUis crop. 1914.
address. Charles Johnson, Marietta, Pa.,

Sole Agent lor U. S. and Canada.

Trade Directory

— OF THE —

United States and Canada

PRICE: $3.00, Postpaid.

American Florist Company

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of Itie followina Calitornia Speciallics only:

ONION. lETTOCE, CARRO"^, radish, parsnip, PARStEY, CaERY.
ENDIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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The American Florist.

633

MANN*S

Lily of the Valley

•re the &Dest in existence and their flowers
briDff the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saiony, Germany

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us ouce and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Fa.

Card brinirs a Catalogue.

THE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.
SANTA CURA,CAL.

Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

c«'Tesp?,"^<jence Swedesboro. New Jersey

Mention the American Florist when writing

Wholesale
Seed Growers

THE C. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cncnmber, Muskmelon, Sqnaih and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn.

Mention the American Florist when writing

not the best the seed may lose ma-
terially in vitality between the time of
harvest and that of seeding the next
year. New seed of good quality is free
from any brownish color, but old seed
shows varying degrees of brown ac-
cording to age and conditions under
which it has been stored. The brown-
ish color is an indication of poor ger-
mination— the darker the color the
poorer the germination, and seed
which shows a slight brownish color
should be tested for germination be-
fore sowing, and no brown seed should
be used unless a germination test
shows it will grow well.

Germination tests of the 119 lots of
crimson clover seed imported in the
last eight months show an average of
80 per cent of live seeds. The germi-
nation varied from 40 per cent for the
poorest lot to 97 per cent for the best
lot. As crimson clover seed loses its
vitality rapidly, and as practically all
the imported seed is one year old be-
fore seeding, an effort should be made
to save domestic seed wherever pos-
sible. This is especially true of seed
for local or home use, where it can be
seeded without thrashing or cleaning.
— Dept. of Agriculture News-Letter.

Detkoit, Mich. — The annual fiower
festivals of the Detroit public schools
were held September 2.3 and 24 under
the auspices of the Twentieth Century
Club, assisted by the Detroit Florists'
Club.

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Order From England Now. Kelways Quote and Can Deliver

Anise Carrot Kale Mustard

Beet Cauliflower Kohl Rabi Pepper

Cabbage Celery Lucerne Radish

And Flower Seeds Rape

Rutabaga
Spinach
Turnip
Vetch

Those wlio have /ormerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once while stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailing's continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

LEONARD

U C- ^^ ■ T,«.,3o w. Km

226-230

KINZIE

ONION SETS

CO.

^EET, CHICAGO

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[UCALYPIUS

aod Acacia Seeds

P.O. eu 857, MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA

Mention the American Florist when writing

AT 69 CENTS PER POUND

F. O. B. TENERIFFE. Packing Extra.

YELLOW AND RED BERMUDA ONION SEED

FOR ONION SETS.

Several small (growers in Teneritfe have given
me the commission to offer and clear their surplus
stock of 1914 Onion Seed crop at the above low
price, subject to beine unsold. Terms. COD.
Cable orders to FEDERICO VARELA, TENERIFFE,
and sign your full name.

This offer is open to seedsmen only.

Contract Seed Growers

Cnopialtioc Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato,
dptibldllllib. Vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, GrandiHoras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO. LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fi SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNLA.

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com ; Caciunber,

Mask and Watermelon; Piunpkln and

Souash.

SEEDS AND BULBS

For the Trade

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

Established 1802

53 Barclay Street - New York

Cold Storage

Valley

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market Brand,

$20.00 per 1000; $10.50 per SCK1;

5.50 per 250; 2.50 per 100.

CUT VALLEY, best quality always on hand.

H. N. BRUNS

3032 Madison Street, CHICAGO

— FOR-

SEEDS

OF ALL KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson fi Son, Limited

Boston, England

FREMONT

NEBRASKA

J. G. ROBINSON SEED GO,

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rock; Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash atid Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.
Mention the American Florist when ioriting

634

The American Florist.

Oct. 10,

Ernst Denary,

Seed Mlerchant,
ERFURT, - - GERMANY,

Begs to inform his customers
in the United States that their

Orders for Seeds of Every Description

Will be executed with the usual care and attention.

As long as the goods cannot be shipped from Hamburg
or Bremen they will be forwarded from neutral ports.

Early orders will be greatly appreciated.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

Mention the American Florist when writing
Get Qnotatloni From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bioomsdaic Brisfol, Po.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Groweri of full liat of

FL0V.T:R and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when wrumg

I BURPEE'S SEEDS |

i Philadelphia i

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists E

3 and Market Gardeners. C

Mention the American Florist when torlting

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion. Sweet Peas, Aster,

Cosmos. Mignonette. Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. Bolgiaoo & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write for our low prices.

unco'ttsts..*" BaltimorCi Md.

Mention the American Florist when writing

L. FORIVIOSUM

7-9 in., 9 10 in,, 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, % and H in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Mention the American Florist when writing

S. M. IsbeU & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Metttion the 4^merican Florist when writing

"SEEDS"

I am headquarters for the celebrated
Sudan Grass Seed, Rescue, Johnson
S Bermuda Grass, Cane Seed,
Cotton Seed, Egyptian Wheat Cow
Peas, Feterita, Kaffir Corn, Mllo
Maize, Big German and Pearl
Millet, Spanish Peanuts.
Fancy selected Cantaloupe and Water-
melon, Bermuda Onion Seed.

Send me a list of your wants for prices.

ROBERT NICHOLSON

Wholesale Seeds
DALLAS, - - TEXAS

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The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

.^d""A§?lc''on'^m^"*'"' MILFORD, CONN.

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Benry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

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My Original Winter-Flowering
SPENCER or ORCHID SWEET PEA

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK,

revolutionized the cut flower market last winter. It
brought higher prices than the best carnation, from
the start to finish. They will be more sought for this
winter. I have some seed left on hand of the following
named varieties:

Pink and White Orchid, White Orchid, Mrs. A. A.
Skach (clear pink), Orchid Beauty (dark rose), VenuS
(white, pink blush), Mrs. M. Spanoiin (white), Mrs. Jos.
Manda (light pink), all, 1 oz , $4.00. Lavender Nora
(winter Unwin type), the best and largest clear lavender in
cultivation, 1 oz., |1.50.

Winter-Flowering Spencer Mixture

This consist only of the best light pink, pink, whites,
salmon, lavender and very few dark. Every commercial
grower should plant at least one house of these, after the
'Mums, and he would be taking no risk. 1 oz.,$3.00; 4 oz.,
$10.00; 1 lb., $30.00. Ask for special prices on 10 lbs. or
more. You need 1 oz. of the Winter Orchid Sweet Pea
seed for 100 foot row. Ask for list.

Philadelphia, Pa., August 29. 1914.
Mr. a. C. Zvol.'VNek, Lompoc. Calif.

Dear Sir: — We bandied your Winter-Flowering Orchid Peas last
year in quantity. We sold nearly all of the Peas (rom Messrs. A. Harvey
& Sons which firm no doubt you know very well. There was nothing in
the cut flower line last winter that sold more readily than the Orchid
Peas. We believe that all the growers who had your Orchid Flowering
Peas last winter had a most profitable crop. .As you know, some of the
retailers are rather slow to take up something new. After the first
purchase of Orchid Peas, however, they invariably bought them in
preference. xhe Leo Niessen Company.

Lompoc, Calif.

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very Ukely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Iiitr.nlii

Cabbage Fnkhulzen Glory.

A;;. I li_v Our Kil

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. AU Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

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QUALITY :vA?S

SEND ron 0*TALl>OIK

ARTHUR T. BODDINCiTON

<4I W»>l 14th .SI., K«« Vnrk.

SPECIALTIES

Rases, from 3'iiich poti. ChrysantUemams

Carnations for fall delivery. Smllax, Violets

IN BEST VAKIETIES.

Prices low. Send lor liit.

Wood Brothers. I'^^SA

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GERANIUMS ^"-"iSrRW

They must reach you in good growing condition,
otherwise you can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
and vt-ry eood.

S. A. Nutt. $12.50 per 1000.

Poitevine and Ricard. $15.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, J35 ihj per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER. PA

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A Few Good Things
You Want.

Gcraninms, Nutt. Bucbner, Ricard, PerkioB.
Poitevine. 2 in.. $2.00 per 100; 3-in., $5.00 per 100.

Boston and WUtmani Ferns; 3'in., lOc; 4in., 15c;
5-in., 25c.

Dracaena Ind., 3in., $5.00; 4 in., $10.00; 5-in.,
$25.00 per 100.

Rex Begonia. IVfin.. $5.00 per 100.

Cash with order.
GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

Always

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Oct. lo.

The Nursery Trade

American AasociaUon of Nnrserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Cliase, Ala., President,
E. S. \Velch, Shenandoah, la., Vice-Presi-
dent; John Hall, 204 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit, Mich., June 191.1.

The third Tuesday in October is
national apple day.

St. Louis, Mo. — Henry Mehl, Peter
E. Evans and Albert Peterson have
incorporated the La Grange Nursery
Co.; capital, $10,000.

FOET WORTH, TEX.— The fifteenth
annual meeting of the Texas Nursery-
men's Association will be held here
October 14-15. The tentative program
includes a number of addresses on the
effect of the European war on South-
western industry, trade and crops, and
on the present and future possibilities
Of tree planting in Texas.

New Orleans, La. — The Naomi
Nurseries. Incorporated, has reorga-
nized, electing the following officers :
William J. Formento, president; M.
M. Jones, vice president, and George
H. Penn, secretary-treasurer. Mr.
Jones has made a big success in sell-
ing fruit trees, shrubbery ajid nut
trees, as local manager for the Griff-
ing Brothers, and his specialty is
citrus fruits.

MOBILE, ALA. — J. H. Reynalds, presi-
dent of the Gulf Coast Horticultural
Society, has been advised that the 'cit-
rus growers of Florida are raising a
fund of $5,000 to use in fighting the
canker, and Governor Park Trammell.
of Florida, has also set aside $1,000 to
help carry on the work. Mr. Reynalds
believes that the state of Alabama
should set aside a certain sum to fight
the canker, as the citrus fruit industry
promises to be the second largest in
the state.

Ohio Nursery Certificates Barred.

The state entomologist of Illinois,
referring to the inspection of nursery
stock, notified the trade, under date
of September 25, "that Ohio is no long-
er on the list of states whose certifi-
cates are approved by the state ento-
mologist of Illinois as equivalent to
his own. and consequently you may
not substitute your own certificate for
the Ohio certificate."

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

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TRADE DIRECTORY

Prio* 93.00 PoatsMiid.

American Florist Co^

440 S. Dearbora Wt^ CaiOACO

Robert Craig Co..

?S. PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Flants.

Market and 49th Sts„ Philadelpliia, Pa.

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ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONIRD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Peniu.

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Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN (HOLLAND)

Roses and Rose Trees on Briar

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HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large siies supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

ETcrgren SikcbIIsIs Urges! Growtrs in Ancria

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

August Rolker& Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

.address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St.. NEW YORK CITY

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and age. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUE.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

Bol3lbink & Atkins

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,
CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

-READY NOW

FicUS ElaStica ''-''''' $3.50 p. do.; 125.00 per too

INSPECTION INVITED.

18-24 in 4.50 per doz.; 35.00 per 100

Ask For Our Wholesajcitatalog.

Nurserymen and Florists,

Rutherford, N. J.

Sttjia^r»t J^o^\p\r & Co.

Bush Hill Park Nurseries, - - Enfield, England

Headquarters in England For These Lines.

ORCHIDS, 25 houses full.

PALMS, 4(1 houses full.

FRUIT TREES, for garden, 100 acres.

FRUIT TREES, pot grown for orchard houses

FIG TREES, pot grown.

GRAPE VINES, pot grown.
ROSES, field grown, by the 100.000.
ROSES, pot iirown. for pergolas and forcing.
CYCLAMEN SEED, very finest strain.
Write for Catalogue.

Our representative will be in the United States during September and October
and will be pleased to meet or give particulars to anyone interested Address

Harry A. Barnard, Hotel Albert, University Place, New York City

Notice To Growers Of Rose Stock

Free space is reserved iti the 6 acre Potpourri Rose Garden Of Panama-
California Exposition for a competitive display by Eastern and Western
growers, 260 plants in one variety or several being the entry. These, planted
in early November, will in this friendly climate, grow and bloom luxuriantly
throughout 1916. Climbers will be effectively "staged." Expert care will
be given them. Each rose bed will bear the name of grower and of roses. A
large proportion of U. S. inhabitants will inspect these roses and vote for their
favorite Winners of largest and next largest vote will be given large rose
jars of Potpourri of California flowers. A choice being allowed between pot-
tery or jars of metal, which helped make the Panama Canal Rose culture
should be greatly stimulated by this remarkable display of best roses.

In applying for space please state not only names but characteristics of
any new rose entered, and address

THE POTPOURRI ROSE GARDENS,

CARE PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

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DREER'S ARAICARIAS

The chances are that there will be no imports of Araucarias from Belgium this fall, which is certain to
result in a scarcity of this plant for the holidays. We are carrying our usual large stock of spring imported
plants, and we would advise you to cover your requirements. There has been no advance in price, and the
plants are of the usual good quality.

Araucaria Excelsa

6 inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, 3 tiers $ .60 each

6 inch pots, 12 to 15 inches high, 3 to 4 tiers 76 "

6 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high. 4 tiers 1.00 "

7 inch pots, 18 to 20 inches high, 4 to 5 tiers 1.26 "

Araucaria Excelsa Glauca

6 inch pots, 8 inches high, 2 tiers % .76 each

6 inch pots, 12 inches high, 3 tiers 1.00 "

Araucaria Robusta Compacta

6 inch pots, 10 inches high, 2 tiers % .75 each

6 inch pots, 12 to 14 inches high, 3 tiers 1.25 "

7 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high, 3 tiers 1.60 "

Ficus Elastica

.\ splendid lot of 4 inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, $3.50 per dozen;
$26.00 per 100.

Pandanus Veitchi

A grand lot of well colored plants, 6 inch pots, exceptional good values.

For the most Complete List of Decorative Plants and other Seasonable Stock see our current wholesale list.

HriilDV A nDTTD 714-716 chestnut street,

nLlllKl \. UKLLn, Philadelphia, pa.

The above prices are intended for the trade only.

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-16.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL,

CONN.

RAHN & HERBERT

1 10 East 4gth St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong En^sh Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet tiieh per 100. $25.00

Erica Meditenana, 4 incfi pots " 1500

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 incli pots " is.oo

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hail Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palma. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants for the coining autumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to offer are :

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year Wi to 2 feet

Two years IV2 to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 2^2 <eet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

Two years 2! _> to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years... 4 to 5 feet

All are well branched, bright and clean,
have been cut back one or more times.; .

The two and three year grades

Very attractive prices— especially in car lots.
Correspondence solicited.

J. T. LOVEH,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

Orchids

If you want Orchids for any purpose whatever
we solicit your irniuiries and orders for same.
We do not grow or handle anything else but
Orchids. Special lists on apphcation.

LAGER S HURR£LL. Summit, N. J.

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin, N J. Willlamstown June, N. J.

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Market Gardeners I

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton. Ind., Pres-
ident: H. J. Thompson, Attleboro, Mass.,
Vice-President; S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky.. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland.
O., Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
Philadelphia. Pa., October 6-9. 1914.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vesretables.

Chicago, October 6. — Mushrooms,
75 cents per pound; lettuce lO cents
per box; radishes, 75 cents to $1.00
per 100 bunches.

New York, October 6. — Cucumbers,
50 cents to $1,00 per basket; mush-
rooms, $1.00 to $3.00 per 4-pound
basket; tomatoes, 25 cents to 75 cents
per box.

Methods of Eradicating Wild Onion.

The wild onion, or garlic, which
causes an annual money loss to farm-
ers of millions of dollars a year, can
be eradicated by careful methods of
cultivation, according to Farmers' Bul-
letin No. 610, of the department of
agriculture, shortly to be issued. The
wild onion is the worst weed pest in a
large part of the territory in the At-
lantic coast region from Massachusetts
to Georgia, and as far inland as Mis-
souri. It not only gives milk a dis-
agreeable odor and flavor, but when
the onion bulblets get in wheat they
give the fiour made from it a pro-
nounced garlicky odor and taste.

To kill the wild onion, the work
must be started in the fall to destroy
the plants from the soft shelled bulbs
before they produce new bulbs. The
best time is when the new plants are
12 to 15 Inches high, or during Octo-
ber and November in the South and
November and December in the North.
At this stage the land should be plowed
fairly deep, turning under all the onion
tops. The tops should be completely
buried by the plowing, and for this
reason, a plow with a jointer attached
to the beam will often be a great help.
Disking the land previous to plowing
will also aid in burying the tops.

From the time the grower is able to
get on the land in the spring until the
crop is laid by, he should direct his ef-
forts towards preventing the onion
from making top growth, with the idea
of killing the plants that come up
from the hard shell bulbs. If this- is
well done, most of the onions will dis-
appear by the end of summer. Some
of the hard shell bulbs, however, may
delay germination for a year or two,
so that by fall a few plants may again
be in evidence, and he therefore,
should be perpared to follow the same
plan of deep plowing late in the fall,
succeeded by a carefully cultivated
crop the next spring. In two years
this treatment is almost sure death to
all the wild onions in the land.

Asparagus, Poinsettias, Vincas

Asparagus Piumosus. TA in., $3.00 per 100; im..
$5.00 per 100. Asp. Hatcherii, 3 Id., $5.00 per 100.

Polnsettlas, 2 in.. $4.00 per lOO; 3 in.. $8.00 per
100; 4in..*i5.00 per ICO.

Vincas. field grown, for October delivery. $5.00
per 100.

I. N. KRAMER k SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,

llention the American Florist when writing.

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.
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SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul-
ture for the past 25 years. The best work on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both ama»eur and
florist. 106 pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH 6 CO., Adrian, Mich.

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Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in Araucaria Excelsa will yield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into the future and invest
your mojiey now. All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are offerinR now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers.
SVi-b-iD. pots. 40c 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta. 5H-6-7-in. pots.
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants. 6-in. pots. $1.00, $1.25 to $150.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., PhUadclphia, Pa.

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Watch for our Trade Mark itamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Span

Substitution of cheaper trades It
thus easily exposed. Fresh sampU
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by manufacturers upon re-
ceipt of 40 cents in po8tag:e. Address

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids,: ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids. 2H It 1.50 each

Pyramids,3 ft 2. OOeach

Pyramids. 3H,f t 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN«3^c^h1cag?''-

1-yr.

ROSES

2-yr.
4-I1.

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

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Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pages.— Price $1.00— 29 ninstrations.
AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Ctiicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERT LARGEST SCALE of aU
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (EstabUahed 1 787.)

SPFCIAI TIPS' Beans, Beets. Cabbages. Carrots. Kohl Rabi. Leek, Lettuces, OnioDS. Peat,
41 LUIHLI iLtfi Radishes. Spinach. Turnips Swedes, Asters. Balsams. Begonias, Carnations
Cinerarias. Gloxinias. Larkspur. Nasturtiums, Pansies. Petunias, Phloxes. Primulas, Scabious.
Stocks. Verbeuas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HEWRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz.. or $1.75 per H oz., $1.00 per H oz.. postaee paid.
Cash with order.

Allseeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

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Special Offer

Asparagus Plamosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vaughan*s Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

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Prize Winning Carnations

At the State Fair in Springfield, September 21-22-23, out of nine entries we
won seven first prizes, one second and one third, in strong competition.

Prize winning flowers can only be cut from first-class stock.
Remember this when you want carnation cuttings this season.

J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO., Joliet, Illinois

Some Excellent Stock

Carefully packed, with liberal extras for early
orders.
Inch 100 1000

ZM Asparagus Plumosus $3.00 $25.00

3H Asparagus Plumosus 7.50 70 00

2ti' Asparagus Sprengeri 2.50 22 50

3h Asparagus Sprengeri 6.50 60.00

SH Cyclamens. .Xssoned colors 8.50 80.00

2Vi Cyclamens. .Assorted colors 6.00 55.00

2V, Primula Obconica. Separate colors

or mixed 3.00 25.00

2 ^ Primula Malacoides 3.00 25.00

2H Chinese primroses. Assorted 3.25 3000

2H Cinerarias. Choiced mixed 2.50 22 50

2H Begonia Vernon. 3 kinds 2.50 22.50

IVt Snapdragons. White. Pink and

Yellow 3.00 25.00

3)^1 Snapdragons. Bushy plants 7.00 65.00

2ViStevia. Dwarfortall 3.00 25 00

3^' Stevla. Bushy plants 7.00 65 00

20.000 3'/t-in. VIOLET PLANTS, Marie Louise
and Lady Campbell. $3 75 per 100: $.35 00 per 10(«.

FERNS from benches: Bost on, Piersoni, Ele-
gantissima. etc. Large plants. .A bargain. $10 00,
$15.00 and *20 00 oer 100. Try some.

CARNATION PLANTS. From .I'/s and 4-in. Dots,
fine, stocky plants: Comfort. Scarlet Wonder,
Beacon. Enchantress and Washington Enchant-
tress. $7 00 per 100; $65.00 per 1IX». White
Enchantress. Very good plants. $7.00 per lUO;
$65.00 per 1000.

Also abundance of other stock. Correspondence
Bolicited.

ALONZO J. BRYAN, ^^°'r?sf '

WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

J. E. Mbredith, Prhs, C. W Stout. Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE

ILLINOU

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, • - Indiana

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SM I L AX

strong plants, 2!/2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2Vi inch,
$2.00 per 100; $5.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

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FIELD-GROWN

CARNATION PLANTS

THE USUAL FINE C. C. C. QUALITY

Herald

Conquest

Beautiful overlaid pink, sells for the
highest price. Good producer, good
stem, fine large flowers, $6.00 per 100;
$50.00 per 1000.

White Enchantress

$6.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

(Large Plants— Scarlet)

$7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

Bonfire

$7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

Victory

$6.00 per 100.

Chicago Carnation Co.,

A. T. PYFER, Mgr.

30 £. Randolph St., Chicago, m.

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
on many items. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below;

Hydrangeas

All the pood French sorts pot-grown, 4-in,
pot plants i20.00 per 100: 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Otaksa

Field-grown plants 4 to 6 shoots. $15.00 per
100; 6 to 8 shoots. $20.00 per 100. Short and
clean stock.

Cibotium Schiedei

Splendid stock at a real reduction. 5-in. pot
plants at 75c; 6-in. pot plants. $1.00.

Bird's Nest Ferns

4-in. pot plants. . .$3 50 per doz. : $25.00 per 100
5 ia. pot plants... 7.00 per doz.; 50-00 per 100

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

Adiantum Croweanum

4-in. pot plants .$15.00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

Short and bushy, 2Vi in., $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns

Best varieties, including .^spidium. Cyr-
tomium, Wilsoni and Mayi, $3.00 per 100:
$25.00 per 1000.

Primula Sinensis

A splendid strain in red and white. $3.00 per
100; $25.00 per 1000.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

The Early Advertisement Gets There.

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WHAT THE USERS SAY

KROESCHELL versus CAST IRON

I have one of your new I'HO model Kroeschell Boilers, and same has proven very satisfactory.

We have no trouble to keep temperatures in the coldest weather. We tire once or twice duriDir'thr
day. and once at night, and have had the best satisfaction I have ever experienced in a boiler.

Formerly I had two cast iron boilers: one cracked and I took both of these boilers out. .

My coal bill with the cast iron boilers ran from $195 to $207 per season during the past seven years.
This year with your boiler and soft coal, my coal bill was only $103 and I stiil have some coal left.

Vour boiler is the best and cheapest on the market, not alono for the price, but also in fuel saving.

I am very glad that you are so well known in Buffalo, N. V. I have ne.\er heard anything but praii' ■
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New York Dahlia Exhibition.

A very successful dahlia exhibition
was held by the Horticultural Society
of New York in cooperation with the
New York Botanical Garden, in the
Museum building of that institution
on Saturday and Sunday, September
26-27. It was the first dahlia show
given by the society and there was a
fine display of this popular flower in
all its diverse forms and colors. The
most striking feature of the ex-
hibition was the display of blooms
arranged by Mrs. Chapman, of West-
erly, R. I. Two tables 14 feet long,
were artistically decorated by her.
One of these tables was especial-
ly pleasing, all the tints associated
with the foliage and flowers of autumn
were so blended and arranged as to
produce a most harmonious effect and
was the admiration of all. The dahlia
is so much more striking thus ar-
range3 than in the formal manner
customary in exhibitions, that it is
surprising it is not more frequently
thus displayed. A meeting of the. so-
ciety was held on Saturday, September
26, at 2 :30 p. m., the president, T. A.
Havemeyer, in the chair. Dr. Britton,
director-in-chief of the New York
Botanical Garden, gave a short talk
on the origin of the name dahlia, in-
cluding a brief account of the distri-
bution of the genus. Dr. H. H. Rusby
followed with a short address on the
home and environment of the ddhlia,
illustrated with lantern slides. At the
conclusion of this a discussion on the
present day methods of culture was
led by P. W. Popp, in which many
took part. Following is a list of the
awards :

OPEN-TO-ALL CLASS.

Largest and best collection, flowers on shoit
stems — Geo. L. Stillman, Westerly, R. I., 1st;
N. Harold Cottam & Son, Wappinger's Palls.
N. 1'.. 2nd.

Vase of 12 cacti— Head's Bergenfield Nur-
series. Bergenfleld, N. J., 1st; P. W. Popp
Greenwich, Conn., 2nd; N. A. Miller, 3rd. ■

Vase of 12 decorative— W. A. Manda. Inc.. S.
Orange, N. J., 1st; N. A, MiUer, 2nd; N. Har-
old Cottam & Son, 3id.

Vase ot 12 showy or fancy— N. Harold Cot-
tam & Son, 1st.

Vase ot 12 pompons— Wm. Shillaber, 1st; N.
Harold Cottam & Son, 2nd.

Vase ot 12 single or collarette — Geo. L. Still-
man, Ist; Head's Bergenfield Nurseries, 2nd;
N. A. Miller. 3rd.

Vase arranged for effect — P. W. Popp. 1st;
Dr. M. A. Howe. 2nd.

NON-COMMERCIAL CLASS*.

Collection of not over 50 blooms — P. W.
Popp, 1st; Wm. P. Clyde, 2nd.

Vase ot 8 blooms, cactus — P W. Popp, 1st;
Geo. D. Barron, 2nd; Wm. P. Clyde, 3rd.

Vase of 8 blooms, peony-flowered — P. W. Popp,
1st; Wm. P. Clyde, 3rd. Second prize was
not awarded.

Vase of 8 blooms, decorative — P. W. Popp,
1st; (ieo. D. Barrou, 2nd.

Vase of 8 blooms, pompons — Wm. Shillaber.
1st: Geo. D. Barron, 3rd. Second prize was
not awarded.

Vase of 8 blooms, single or collarette— P. W.
Popp, Ist; Geo. D. Barron, 3rd. Second prize
was not awarded.

SPECLAL PRIZES.

Wm. Shillaber, for a collection of annuals.
Bronze medal,

Mrs. F. A. Constable, vase of ConocUnlnm ^
coelestlnum.

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Glazing Points

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Good for small or
large glass, do not rust,
easy to drive. H and %
inch. Perlb. 40c.5-lbs.
$1.85. 20-lba.. $7.00

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Chicago New York

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404-41? Eiri 34>ti %\ . NEW YORK

W. Atlee Bui'iiee & Co., rtilladelphia. Pa..
eertiflcate each foi- the new Dahlias Mrs. Hugh
Dickson and Mrs. W. E. Wbineiuy, aud spe-
cial mention for Mrs. Geo. W. Kerr.

Lager & Huriell. Summit, N: J., for a col-
lection of cut orchids.

O. P. Chapman, Jr., for artistic display,
silver medal and a cash prize.

Geo. L. Stlilman. certificate each for the new
Dahlias Geo. L. StUlmau and Searchlight, and
special mention for Fire Girl.

P. \V. Popp. for display of collarettes.

W. A. Manda, Inc.. certificate each for new
Dahlias Josef Mafnda and Bohemia Garnet, and
special mention lor Veronica Manda.

George v. Nash, Sec'y.

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
deDers, Florists and
Home-makers, taueht
by Prof. Craisr aod
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Proeressive Florists
recoe^nize the frowinr
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners wbo an-
derstand up - to - date
methods and practtc«
are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledee of Landscape Gardeninris
Indispensable to those who would have
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Ready Reference Section.

to CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ABUTILONS.

ABUTILON LAVITZII Variegated, 2-inch, $3
per 100; 3-iDch, $6 per 100. Extra strong.
Cash please. ERNEST ROBER. Wlllmette. 111.

ALYSSUM.

Alyssum, giant double, rooted cuttings, $1 per
100. by mail. C. Albert Shaffer, R. D. 1. Alex-
andria. Va.

ARAUCARIAS.

ARAUCARIA EXCBLSA.
Pots. In. high. Tiers.

B-inch 10 to 12 3 $0.60

6-lnch 12 to 15 3 to 4 75

6-lnch 14 to 16 4 1.00

7-lnch 18 to 20 4 to 5 1.25

AKADCARIA EXCELSA GLAUCA.

«-inch 8-ln. 2 tiers $0.75

6-lnch 12-in. 3 tiers 1.00

ARAUCARIA ROBOSTA COMPACTA.

5-inch 10-in. 2 tiers $0.75

6-inch 12 to 14-in. 3 tiers 1.25

7-inch 14 to 16-in. 3 tiers 1.50

HENRY A. DREER,
714-716 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Araucarias escelsa. 2-3-4 years. 3-4-5 tiers.
BV4-6 Inch, 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and compacta, BH-6-7 inch. $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St., Phila-
delpblh.

Araiicarins. escelsa. fine stock, 50c. 75c, $1
each. Robusta compacta. large plants. $1.50
to $2 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111. .

Araucaria excelsa. 6-in., 65c each. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus, 3-ln., $7; 4-ln.. $12;
5-in., $20 and $25 per 100. Sprengeri. Z^-ln.,
$3 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove. III.

250 4-inch Asparagus Sprengeri, very strong,
same size plants used for basket planting in
spring, $7 per 100. Boone Greenhouses. Boone.
Iowa.

ASPARAGDS PLOMOSDS AND SPRENGERI.
2-ln., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

Asparagus plumosus, strong seedlings, $6 per
1,000: 5.000 for $25; 10.000 for $45. Vanghan'B
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2^-in..
$2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunning-
bam. Delaware. O.

Asparagus plumosus. short and bushy, 2%-ln.,
$3 per lOO; $25 tier 1,000. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co.. Painesvllle. Ohio.

Asparagus Sprengeri, baskets, $1 to $2.60
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. III.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr. Lancaster. Pa.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2%-lnch, $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, variegated, B-in., 10 to 12 leaves,
$1.50 each; Green, 5-ln.. 12 leaves, $1 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, all the leading Christmas varieties,
from 7.")c to $2.50 each, in bloom; large speci-
mens, $2.50 up to $5 each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. .Morton Grove, 111. *^^

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIA CINCINNATI, 2'4-in., $15 per
100; 3-in., $30 per 100; 4-in., $45 per 100.
GLOIRE BE CHATELAI.NE, with many florists
takes the place of Lorraine, blooms all the
rear around. 2-in., $.5 per lOO; 3-in., $8 per
100; 4-in., $15 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER. Wilmette, 111.

BEGONIA LORRAINE. Extra Pine.

2^4.inch at 15c: 3 inch at 18c; 4-inch at 22c;
."■ inch, 40c. Cash or C. 0. D.
KLITCH-LOXG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo.

BEGONIA LORRAINE, 214-ln., $12 per 100;
6-ln., $40 per 100. GLORY OF CINCINNATI,
214-ln., $17 per 100; 5-in., $50 per 100. W. W.

EDGAR CO.. Waverly, Mass.

GOOD, STRONG. BUSHY PLANTS.

Begonia Cincinnati and Lorraine Taft. 4-ln.,
25c; 5-ln., 35c; 6-ln.. 50c. J. T. LAVER, 704
State St., Brie, Pa.

BEGONIAS, flowering varieties. 2-in., $3; 3-
in., $5; 4-ln., JS; 6-in., $25 per 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Begonias, Lorraine. Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport, 214-in. pots. Present delivery. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

Begonia Vernon. 2%-in., 3 kinds. $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1,000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Wash-
ington, N. J.

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-ln., $1.50 per doz. ; $10
per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Rex Begonias, 2H-in.. $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush. In
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft., $1 each; 2% ft..
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; 3V. ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-ln.. 35c each. F. O. Pranzen. 5319
N. Clark St., Chicago.

BULBS.

Bulbs. French Romans: 11-12 ctms.. 2,500 to
case, $25 per 1,000; 12-13 etms.. 2,000 to case.
$29 per 1.000; 12 ctms. and up, 1,800 to case.
$35 per l.QOO. Dutch Narcissus: Golden Spur.
$13 per 1.000; Emperor. $13 per 1,000; Victoria.
$12 per 1,000; Princeps. $6 per 1,000; Sir Wat-
kins, $12 per 1,000; Von Slon, fancy, $13.50 per
1,000; Von Slon. Dble. Nose. $22 per 1,000.
Dutch hyacinths: Dutch Romans, named vara.,
$17.50 per 1.000; hyacinths. 1st size, $60 per
1,000; 2nd size, $37 per 1.000; bedding grade.
S25 per l.OUO. Tulips: Artua, $6.50 per 1,000;
Belle Alliance, $11 per 1.000; Vermilion Bril-
liant. $14 per 1.000; La Relne, $6 per 1,000:
Cottage Maid, $7 per 1.000; Rose Grls de Lin,
$6 per 1.000; Chrysolora, $8 per 1,000; Yellow
Prince, $8 per 1.000; Kelzerskron, $13.50 per
1,000. Callas: iy4-l%-lnch. $45 per 1,000;
l%-2 inch, $75 per 1,000; 2-2%-inch, $100 per
1.000. Friesias: French, mammoth, % to %-
inch, $9 per 1,000; Purity, mammoth, %-Inch,
$22 per 1,000. Llllum Formosum, 6-8-lnch, 350
to case, $40 per 1.000; 7-9-lnch, 250 to case, $60
per 1.000; 8-9-lnch. 225 to case. $70 per 1,000;
8-10-inch, 200 to case, $80 per 1,000. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Bulbs. Formosum lilies. 7-9 (300 to case) $7
per 100; $18 per case; S-10 (225 to easel $9
per 100; $17.5iJ per case; 9-10 (200 to case),
.$111 per 100; $18 per case. Paper White Grand.,
1.2."0 to case. 13 ctms. and up, $8 per l.OuO;
l.iiOi to case. 14 ctms. and up. .$9 per 1,000.
Wm. F. Kasting Co., 383-387 Ellicott St., Buf-
falo. N. Y.

Bulbs, L. Formosum. 7-9-in., 9-10-ln., 10-11-
in., 11-13-in. ; also Japan grown freesias, %
and %-in. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Woolwortb Bldg.. New York.

Bulbs, Japanese and Chinese lilies, French
and Dutch bulbs. Chas. Schwake & Co.. Ltd.,
90-92 W. Broadway, New York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1004 Betz
nidg.. Philadelphia.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New
York.

Bulbs, S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg..
Philadelphia.

CALLAS.

CALLAS.
Caila bulbs, best California field-grown, di-
rect from grower to florist by express, charges
prepaid on all orders amounting to $5 or more.
3 to 3% -in. circumference, $4 per 100; $18 per
600; 4 to 4%-in. circumference. $8 per 100;
$38 per 500. Cash with order. $10 orders will
receive free 100 Purity freesia bulbs; $20 orders.
200 freezia bulbs. LILYDALB BULB CO..
SANTA CRUZ. CALIF.

'carnations.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order In early for this fine stock
before it is too late. Send It in today.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $6.00 $50.00

White Lawson 6.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

White Enchantress 6.00

Victory 5.00 45.00

Bonfire 5.00 45.00

WIBTOR BROS..
162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.

Enchantress. Pink $6.00 per 100

Beacon 6.00 per 100

Lady Bountiful 6.00 per 100

Enchantress, White 6.00 per 100

R. O. LOMMATZSCH,
R. No. 1. La Grange, III.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON, N. J.

CARNATION PLANTS.

3,000 White Perfection. $40.00 per 1,000;

All field-grown, healthy stock.

Cash with order.

SINNER BROS.,

66 E. RANDOLPH ST.. £Sf^99.

Carnations. Conquest. $6 per !'>«■'' ver
1.000. White Enchantress, $6 per^', B^oO per
1,000. Herald. $7 per 100; $60 pe >5r»''0. Bon-
fire, $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000. VIctnfy, $5 per
100. Chicago Carnation Co., 30 B. Randolph St.,
Chicago.

Carnation Aviator, R. C. ready Jan. 1, 1915,
$12 per 100: $100 per 1.000. Chicago Carnation
Co.. 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

2.000 Mrs. Cl W^ Ward, fleld-grown carnn-
tlons. $4.50 per 100: $40 per l.OOn. ELITCH-
LONG (GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colorado.

Carnation plants, $40 per 1,000: Ward, Scar-
let Glow and Rosette. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

CARNATIONS — ^Whlte Perfection, to close
out, $4 per 100. CRABB & HUNTER FLORAL
CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

If You Do Not Find Wha? You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It.

642

The American Florist.

Oct. lo,

Carnntions from 3^ and 4-in. pots. Comfort.
Scarlet Wonder. Beacon, Enchantress. Washlns-
ton Enchantress. $7 per 100; $65 per 1,000.
White Enchantress, $7 per 100; $65 per 1,000.
Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

FOR SALE— 2.000 Victory carnations and 1.000
Enchantress, $35 per 1,000. Cash with order
or satisfactory reference. The RIVERBANK
CO.. Geneva. 111.

Carnations, fleld-grown, Ward and White Per-
fection, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1.000. Peter
Relnberg. 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLING, and fine
variety to grow. $5 per 100. C. C. PoUworth
Co.. Milwaulsee. ^^

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pinlt.
Peter Fisher, EUig. Mass.

Carnations. J D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

Joliet. 111. ^

Carnations. Wood Bros.. Fishkill. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2%-lnch pots;
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton. McNiece. Ramapo.
0 H Kabn. Chrysolora. October Frost. Touset.
Chas Razer. Comoletta. Golden Glow. PaciUc
Supreme. Unaka. Pocketts' Crimson and Schrimp-
ton. $2 per 100. Extra fine stock, order quick.
Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO..
Joliet. 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Standard Varieties,
strong plants. 2V4-in. pots, also some pompons
and siniles. $3 pfr lOof $25 per 1.000. HENRI-
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

CHKYSANTIIEMUM PLANTS. Best Varieties.

5-inch, at 25c; e-incb, at 35c.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES. Ilpuver. Colo.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.

Geneva. N. Y.

COLEUS.

COLEUS, best standard varieties, all colors.
2%-ln. pots, $2 per 100; 3-in.. $3 per 100.
Fine for stock plants or specimens. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

COLEUS 20 varieties. including Trailing
Queen, R. 'c. 70c per 100; %\i per l.OOO. Ex-
press prepaid. C. HUMFELD. Clay Center.
Kaus.

Colfius. 2-in.. $2 per 100; $18.50 per l.OOO;
3-in., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. K. Vincent.
Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Ind.

CROTONS

Crotons. 4-in.. 50c; 6-in.,
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Poelllmann

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN. The Very Best Obtainable.

4-inch at 15c; 5-inch at 40c.

Cash with order.

ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo.

Cyclamens. 5-in.. 50t
7.5c' each; $9 per doz.
.$12 to $18 per doz.
Morton Grove, 111.

each; $5 per doz.; 6-in..

7-in., $1 to $1.50 each;

Poehlmanu Bros. Co.,

Cyclamen from 3V4-inch pots. $15 per 100;
4-inch. $25 per 100; 5-incb. $50 per 100. Finest
strain; separate colors. JULIUS ROEHRS CO..
Rutherford. N. J.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS. 4-inch, 15e; 5-inch.
35c; 6-incb. 50c. J. V. LAYER. 704 State St..
Erie. Pa.

Cyclamen, 5 colors. 3-in.. doz.. $1.50: per 100.
$10; 4-in.. doz.. $2.50; per 100, $18. Vaughan s
Sged Store. Chicago and New York.

Cyclamens. 3%-in., assorted. $8.50 per 100;
$80 per 1.000; 2V4-ln.. $6 per 100; $55 per 1.000.
Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

Cyclamen, 4-incb, 15c ¥ach; 5-lnch, 40c each;
e-incb, GOe each. The Geo. Wittbold Co., .73i-
30 Buckingham Place. ChlcagQ.

DAISIES.

MARGUERITES, strong cut back. 4-in. stock
suitable for Winter forcing. $10 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

DAISIES— Mrs. Sanders. R. C. $1 per 100;
$8 per 1.000. Express prepaid. C. HUMPELD,
Cl:iy Center. Kans.

DEUTZIAS.

Deutzia gracilis, 8-lnch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
brandies, per doz.. $4; per 100. $30. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

DRACAENAS.

Dracapnns. Termlnnlls. highly colored. 41n..
23c each: $2.50 per doz.; 3-ln.. 50c each; $5
per doz.; fi-ln., 75c to $1 each. Drncrcua
God?fl1iiinn, 2-in.. $1 per doz.; 3-in., $1.50 per
doz. Indivisa. 4-in.. ISc and 20c each. Poelil-
mnnn liros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Drnca-na indivisa. 3-ln.. $5; 4-ln., $10; 5-ln.,
$25 per l<i0.- Geo; M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

FERNS.

Boston. 2-inch $ 3.00 per luO

Boston, .i-inch 6.00 per 100

Boston. 4-incb 12.00 per loO

Boston. 5-inch 20.00 per 100

Boston. 7-inch 75 each

Boston. 8-inch 1.00 each

Boston, out of bench, $10. $15 and $20 per 100
Roosevelt, out of bench, $15 and $20 per 100

Pteris. out of flats $1.50 per lOiJ

Smitbii (new). 2-in 5.00 per 100

Fern and Sprengeri baskets. 75c to $2.50 each
Cash Please.

ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTE.- ILL.

FERNERY FERNS, line hardy varieties. 2M'-
in.. $3.50 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants; 2te-in.. $4 per 100;
3-in.. $7 per 100; 4-in.. $15 per 100; 7-in.. $6
per doz.; 7-in.. extra heavy. $9 per doz.; 8-in.,
$12 per doz.; 10-in.. $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MANI. 2Vi.-in., $5 per 100; 3-in., $10 per 100;
5-in., $25 per 100; extra heavy 8-in.. $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO.. MILWAUKEE.
'Ferns, Nephrolepis mucosa, 3^-inch, 25c; 5-
in.. 50c. N. Elegantissima. 6-in.. 50c; 8-in.. $1;
10-in.. $2 each. N. Elegantissima compacta.
31 .in.. 25c; 6-in.. 50c; Sin.. $1 each. N.
Superbisslma, 6-inch.. 50c each. N. Magniflca,
5-in., 50c each. N. Piersoni. 6-in., 50c; 8-in..
$1 each. Dwarf Boston. 8-in.. $1 each. Harrisil.
6-in.. 50c; 10-in.. $2 to $3 each; 12-in.. very
large, $5 each. F. K. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-

on-Hudson. N. Y.

Cibotium Scheidel. 5-in., 75c; 6-ln.. $1. Bird's
nest tern, 4-Inch. $3.60 per doz.; $25 per 100;
5-ln., $7 per doz; $50 per 100. Adlantum
Croweanum. 4-ln., $15 per 100. Glory of Mord-
recht. 4-in.. $25 per 100. Ferns for dishes. $3
per 100; $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Harrison
Co.. PainesvIUe. Ohio. ;

Ferns. Boston, Whitmaui and Roosevelt, 5-in.,
2."ic each; $3 per doz.; 0-in.. 50c each: $6 per
doz.: Tin., 7.5c each; $9 per doz.: 8-in.. $1
Ciich; $12 per doz.: 10-in.. .t2.50 each; 12-in..
$3.50 each. Poehlmann ,Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, Hi.

Ferns. Boston. 5-in.. 22 to 24-inch. 20c; 0-in.,
2 to 2'.. ft.. 30c; 7-in.. 2 to 2'4 ft.. 50c;
.Specimens. 8-in.. $1; 9-in.. .fl.SO. Larger sizes.
$2. $2..50 aud $3. The Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737

liMckingliaiu ri;u-e._Chicago.

FERNS FOR FERN DISHES.

2-iuch pots $2.50 per 100

WILLIAM MURPHY.
329 Main St., Cincinnati, 0.

Ferns. Boston and Roosevelt. 3-in.. $7.50 per
100; 4-in.. $13; 5-in.. $25; 6-in.. $50; 7-in., $75.
A. Henderson & Co.. 369 River St.. Chicago.

Boston. Whitmani and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 5-inch pots. $2.25 per doz.; $15
per 100. C. Humfeld. Clay Center. Kans.

Boston ferns, 5-inch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adiantum Croweanum. 3-in.. $8 per 100; $70
per 1.000. A. N. Plerson. Inc.. Cromwell. Conn.

Ferns from benches. Boston. Piersoni. Ele-
gantissima. $10. $15. $20 per 100. .Alonzo J.

Bryan, Washington, N. J. _

^Boston hanging baskets. $1.50. $2 and $2.50.
Poeblmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Ferns.: Boston and Whitmani. 3-in.. 10c; 4-in.,
15c; 5-ln.. 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

Ferns. Bobhink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

Ferns. Julius Roebrs Co., Ruthe r ford. N. J.

FEVERFEW.

FEVERFEW. H. C. $1.25 per 100: $10 per
1.0:0. Kxpicss prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay
Ci-uttT. Kans.

FICUS. ^^___

Ficus elastica. 15-18 ins., $3.50 per doz.; $25
per 100; 18-24 ins., $4:50 per doz.: $35 per 100.
P.olil.ink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

Ficns ' elastica, 4-lnch pots. 10 to 12 inches
high, $3.50 per doz.; $25 per 100. Henry A.
Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

FREESIAS.

Freesias. Purity- (trus). % to 1-in., $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1.000: % to %-in.. $1.75 per
100; $16 per 1.000; y.-in. and over. $1.60 per
100; $12 per 1.000; % to Vi-in., $1.25 per 100:
$10 per 1.000. Vaughan's Improved Purity. %-
in. and up. $2.25 per 100; $20 per l.OOO; % to
%-ln.. $1.75 per 100; $16 per l.OOO; % to Vj-
In.. $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000. French
Kion-n. Jumbo. $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000.
Mammoth. $1 per 100; $9.50 per 1.000; Vaugb-
nn's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

FREESIAS.
PURITY FREESIAS. best California fleld-
grown. direct from grower to .florist by express
or mail, charges prepaid. 1st size. '/• to %-
inch diameter. $1.60 per 100; $0 per 500; 2nd
size. Vi to Vj-incb diameter, 90c per 100: $3.50
per 500. Cash with order. LILYDALE BULB
CO., SANTA CRUZ, CALIF.

Freesia Purity, 1st size, $14 per 1.000. Large
2 to 2iA-luch calla bulbs, $12 per 100. C. C.
Polhvortb Co.. Milwaukee.

GERANIUMS.

GERANIUMS. ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Best varieties, including Ricard. S. A. Nutt.
Viand. Sam Sliian. I'oitevine. Jauiin. M. E.
Long. Periilon. single aud double white. $12.50
per 1.000.
EMTI ll-LONG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo.

GERANIUMS. Variegated Nutt. 2Vi-in., $5
per 100. Nutt. Perkins. La Favorite. Rose
geraniums. 2 '/-.in., $3 per 100; $25 per 1000.
Cash please. ERNEST ROBER. Wilmette,
111.

Geraniums, 2-in.. $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1.000;
3-ln.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000 In lots of not
less than 1.000. 1.000 In 20 distinct varieties,
our selection from 2-ln. pots, $18.50; 3-ln., $25.
R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt: fine plants out of
3V<.-in. pots, $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE. Minot,
N. D.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2-in., $1.75 per 100. Elmer
Rawlings. Olean. N. Y.

Geraniums, 2-in.. $3 per 100. Hall Caine
and Mary Barton, 2-in.. $5. Ratm & Herbert.
110 E. 49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Geraniums. Nutt. Buchner. Ricard. Perkins.
Poitevine. 2-in.. $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

GERAXir.MS— Strong 2ii incli S. A. Nutt
nn.l doMlde wliite. .$211 per 1.000. CRABB &
11 r N TER I'i.dli.VL CO.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Geraniums. S^ Z Nutt, $12.50 per 1,000.
Poitevine and Ricard, $15 per l.OOO. A. M.
Ilerr. Lancaster. Pa.

GREENS.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co.. Evergreen. Ala^

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven. Ever-
green. Ala.

Greens, choice case holly, holly wreaths and
laurel roping. H. E. Conwell, Milton. Delaware.

HELIOTROPE.

ITEI.IOTRorE— R. C, $1 per 100; $8 per
1.0 10. Express prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay
Ci-nter. Kans.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas. Otaksa, 7 to 10 strong shoots.
$25 per 100: with 5 and 6. $20; with 4. $15
per 100. Some of the best new French va-
rieties: Avalanche. Mme. Maurice Hamar.
Bouquet, Rose, La Lorraine, Radiance, etc., 4
branches. $30 per 100 in 6-in. pots. Jackson
& Perkins. Newark. New York.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown, 4-in.. $20 per 100; 5-ln.. $25 per 100.
Otaksa fleld-grown. 4 to 6 shoots. $15 per 100:
6 to 8 shoots. $20 per 100. The Storra 4
Harrison Co.. Painesville. Ohio.

HYDRANGEAS OTAKSA and ARBORES-
CENS, 3-ln. pots. $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids. Mich.

Hydrangea Otaksa. special. 25c. 30c and 40c.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737-39 Buckingham
Place. Chicago^

IRISES.

GERMAN IRIS, fine named sorts. $1 per
100; clumps. $3 per 100. HEISER NDRSEBY
AND FLORAL CO.. Hamilton, O.

IVIES.

English ivy. out of 6-ln. pots, up to 5 ft.
high. $25 per 100. Rabn & Herbert, 110 B.
49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Hard.v English ivy, 2-in.. $2 per 100; $18.60
per 1.0(50; 3-in., $3 per 100: $25 per 1.000. R.
Vincent. Jr.. A Sons Co.. White Marsh. Md.

English ivv from fleld. 20 to 30 inches. $3;
from pots. 30 to 40 inches. $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST. Kcnihvorth. N. J.

ENGLISH IVY, strong 4-inch, $10 per 100.
HARRY IIEINL. West Toledo. Ohio.

English ivy. 20c and 35c each. Poeblmann
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

German Ivy. 2Mr-ln., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son. Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

CHEUUllCS, heavy set. very choice stock,
from o'j-illi-li pans at .$25 per 100. Write,
wire or phone quick. HOLM & OLSON,
Iuc.,_St. J'aul.Miun.

Cherry, dwarf, strong, bushy plants, out of
cold frame. 10c and Lie each. J. V. LAVER.
704 State St.. Erie. Pa.

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LILY OF TH£ VALLEY.

To Import.

Lllj of tbe Valley. Chas. Scbwake & Co..
Inc.. Horticultural Importers and Exporters, 90-
1*2 West Uroadway. New York.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert, Wandsbek, nr. Hamburi;,
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken, 17 Bat-
tery PI.. New York.

From Storage.

Cold Storage Vallov, Bnin's Celebrated Cbi-
cngo Market Brand, $20 per 1,000; $10.50 per
500; .$5.5i) per 250; $2.50 per 100. Cut valley.
Ijest quality always on hand. H. N. Bruu's.
a032 W. Madison St.. Chicago.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit trees, palms, orchids;
fig trees, pot-grown; grape vines, roses, field
and pot-grown. Stuart Low & Co.. Bush Ulll
Park Nurseries. Enfield, England.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
bink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,

III,

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
established. Lager & Hurrell. Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELJIOREANA.
Siagle Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lnch pots. 5 to 6. 18 $0.35

6-inch pots. 6 to 7. 28 to 30 1.50

6-lnch pots. 6 to 7. 32 to 34 2.00

81nch tubs, 6 to 7, 36 3.00

Sinch tubs, 6 to 7. 42 to 44 4.00

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7^ 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Single Plants.

4-lncb pots,

6-inch pots,

6-inch pots,

8-inch tubs,

8-inch tubs,

10-inch tubs,

10-inch tubs.

Leaves.
5 to 6,
5 to 6,

5 to 6.

6 to 7,
6 to 7.
6 to 7,
6 to 7,

luches high.
18 to 20 . . .
34 to 36 ...
38 to 42 . . .
46 to 48 . . .
50 to 54 . . .

5 to 5% ft.

6 to 6Vj ft.

Each.
.$0.35
. 1.50
. 2.00
. 3.50
. 5.00
. 8.00
.10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-lnch pots. 3 plants in a pot, 28 ..$1.25

7-inch pots, 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 .. 3.00

8-lnch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54. . 5.00

8-lnch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56.. 6.00

10-lnch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 It. high. 8.00

12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5% ft.10.00

12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 6 ft. high. 12.00

Very strong specimens, 12 and lo-inch tubs, 7

plants, $15.00, $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBBLENII.

6-inch pots 20 in. high, 26 In. spread $1.50

7-inch pots, 2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread. 2.50

8-inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO..
MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, e-in., 6-7 leaves.
22 Ins.. high. $1 each; $12" per doz. Phoenix
Roebelenii, 8-in. pots. 24 ins. high. 26-inch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-inch tubs. 24 inches high,
30-inch spread. $4 each. A. N. Pierson, Inc.,
Cromwell, Conn.

SPECIAL OFFBR^Kentla Forsteriana, single
plants, 60c each; K. Forsteriana, made-up. 6-
Inch, $1.25 each; 7-lnch, $2 each. The Geo.
Wittbold Co., 737-39 Buctingham Place, Chicago.

Palms. Kentia Forsteriana. single plants. 5-
inch. 00c each; 6-inch, made-up. $1.25 each;
7-inch, made-up. $2 each. The Geo. Wittbold
Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Phoenix Canariensis, fine large plants. $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
X. J.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue. Joseph Hea-
cock Co., Wyncote, Pa.

Palms. Joseph Heacock Co.. Wyncote, Pa.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

PANDANUS.

Paudanus Veltchil, 4-ln,, 50c: 6-in., 75c: 6-
In., $1.25 and $1.50; 7-in., $2 and $2.50. Poehl-
uianu Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Pandanus Veltchi, a grand lot of well colored
plants, 6-lnch pots, exceptionally good values.
Benry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadel-
pbla. Pa,

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland, Ore-
gon, offer an immense stock of superb MASTO-
DON MIXED SEEDLINGS, sizes and prices as
follows: Large, 1,000, $5: 5.<I00. $22.50; 10,000,
$44. Medium, 1,000, $4; 5,000, $17.50; 10,000,
$33. Standard, 1,000. $3: 5,000, $13.60; 10,000,
$26. All prepaid. No shipments standard size
east of Omaha or south of Denver. Color plate
catalog free. Seed prices: % oz.. $1; oz., $7.

PANSIES— ROMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many i. The strain that has proved worthy of
tlie name. Surelv a grand collection, 50c per
loii; $'i.50 per 1,000. Express prepaid. C.
lll'.MKELD. Clay Center, Kans.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL,

Pansy plants, $2.50 per 1,000. j. Jos. H. Cun-
ningham. Delaware, O.

PEONIES.

PEONIES — Fine cut Bower varieties, named,
3 to 5 eyes, $5 per 100; 2-year clumps, $8.
HEISER NURSERY AND FLORAL CO., Ham-
ilton. O.

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this issue. Jackson &
Perkins Co. , Newark, New York.

PEPPERS.

New cluster peppers, 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-ln..
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers, 3-in., $4 per 100.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvinll, 2-in., $3 per 100;
3-in.. $5 per 100. Cash. ERNEST ROBER,
Wilmette, ill.

F'eppers. Chinese and cluster, 4-in,. $10 per
10". Poeblmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES. 4-
in. plants at $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

PERENNIALS.

PERENNIALS. Strong August Seedlings, $1
per 100; $8 per 1000; Aquilegia, 3 vars..
Anthemis Kelwayi. aster, coreopsis grfl.,
Chrysantlaemum Tfiumph, Shasta daisy Alaska,
Campanula, 3 vars.. Delphinium Chinense, Del-
phinium Gold Medal, Dianthus latifolius, gail-
lardia grfl., Gypsophila, hollyhocks. 4 vrs.,
dbl. and single; pentstemon. mixed; Pyreth-
rum roseum, Papaver Orientalis, Sweet Will-
iam. 4 vars.. Lychnis. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER. Wilmette, ill.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-in., $2 per
100: $18 per 1,000. Elmer Rawlings, Clean,
N. Y.

Petunias, dbl. mixed, 2-in., $2 per 100: $18.50
per 1,000; 3-in., $3 per 100: $25 per 1.000. R.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Md.

POmSETTIAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.

True type, sbort stocky plants. 2^-inch,
$4.00 per 100; $40 per 1,000; 3-inch, $8 per
100; 4-in., $15 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

Poinsettias, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in 2^i-in. paper pots. $5.50 per
100: $50 per 1,000, A. Henderson & Co.. 369
River St.. Chicago-

Poinsettias. choice stock in pans, with good
bracts, according to value. 50c to $2.50 each.
Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

POINSETTIAS. surplus of 1.000 2V,-lnch; fine
stock, $5 per 100: $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
BODA. Omaha, Xeb.

Poinsettias. 2V4-in.. $5 per 100; $45 per 1,000.
S. S. Skidelsky & Co.. 1218 Betz Bldg.. Phlla-
delphia. Pa.

PRIMULAS.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES 2V4-lnch, $2.50 per
100; 3-inch, $5 per 100. Obconica Grandiflora
Gig., 2!4-incb. $3 per 100: 3-lnch. $6 per 100;
4-inch. $8 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER., Wilmette, 111,

Primroses, Chinese, Forbesi, Malacoides. Ob-
conica, alba and rosea. $1.75 per 100: $15 per
1,000. Obconica gigantea, giant flowering, all
2^4 -inch pots, $2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos.
H. Cunningham. Delaware. O.

Primula Sinensis, red and white, $3 per 100:
$25 per 1,000, The Storrs & Harrison Co..
Painesville, Ohio.

Primula obconica. giants, Grandiflora, largest
flowering, big 3-inch stock, $4 per 100. Chinese
largest Uowering. fine plants. 3-lnch, $4; 2-lnch,
$2 per 100. Cash, please. J. W. Miller, Shlre-
manstown. Pa,

Primula obconica, separate or mixed colors,
2V4-ic.. $3 per 100: $25 per 1,000: malacoides,
2V4-lnch,, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000, Chinese.
2V4-in., assorted, $3,25 per luO; $30 per 1,000.
Alouzo J. Bryan. Washington. N. J.

Primula obconica. 3-inch, $0 per 100. Mala-
coides, 2>/2-inch. $4 per 100; $35 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIMROSES— Malacoides. 2-inch, $2 per 100;
$15 per 1,000. HEISER NURSERY AND
FLORAL CO., Hamilton, Ohio.

Primula obconica grandiflora and gigantea
strain, 4-inch, 8c. Poeblmann Bros. Co.. Mor-
ton Grove. III.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
.Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co.. Baltimore. Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prlcea.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

ROSES, strong. 3-in. Pink KlUarney. Kal-
serin. My Maryland and Rhea Reid, $6 per 100;
.$50 per 1,000. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
i<ls. Mich.

Roses, 1-yr,. 2%-ln.; 2-yr.. 4-in. Leedle

Floral Co.. Sprlngfleld. O.

Roses. Gratama Bros, ft Co.. Hoogereen,

Holland.

Roses. W. ft T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. T.

SEEDS.

PANSY SEED Giant strain, new crop, $4

per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce,
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE. ILL,

SMILAX.

Smilax, 2i4-inch, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Snapdra^'ons, white, pink and yellow. 2^-ln..
$3 per 100: $25 per l.OuO; 3V4-ln., $7 per loO:
$05 per 1.000. Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington,
N. J.

SPIREA.

Spirea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft,, $8 per 100:
$75 per 1.000. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square. Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKinley, Morning
Star. Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late.
Success, Three W's, U. S. King Edward, Wm.
Belt. $2 per 100: $16 per 1.000. Chesapeake.
Fendall, Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1,000,
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per lOO; $20 per 1,000. J. T. Lovett
Monmouth Nursery. Little Silver. N. J.

STEVIA.

STEVIA. Very Large and Strong Stock.
5-ineh at 20c: 6-ineli at 35c.
Cash with order.
KLITCII-LOXG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo.
Stevla, dwarf or tall, 214-ln., $3 per lOu;
$25 per 1,000: 3%-in,, $7 per 100; $65 per
l.uOo. Alonzo J. Bryan. Washington, N. J.
Stevla. 2-in., $20 per 1,000, PoehUnann Bros.

Co.. Morton Grove. III.

STEVIA, 3-lnch, 5c: 4-lnch, 7c. J. V, LAVER,

704 Stiite St.. Erie, Pa.

STEVIA. strong plants, 4-in,, $12,50 per 100,
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink, 2-in., $2 per
100; $18.50 per 1,000; 3-lnch, $3 per 100: $25
per l.OoO. R. Vincent, Jr.. & Sons Co.. White
Marsh. Md.

SWAINSONA. white, 4-in., $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

TORENIA.

TOREXIAS, 2V2-ln., $3 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich^

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

Cabbage plants ready to set in the field,
strong transplanted plants, $2.50 per 1,000.
Seedlings, $1 per 1,000: all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price. DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville, 111.

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VERBENAS.

VERBENAS. 20 varieties, R. C, 70c per
lOO; $U per 1,000. Express prepaid. C. HUM-
FELD. Clay Center, Kans.

vmcAs.

VINCAS, 2,500 flrst-class variegated, fleld-
grown, strong, $30 per 1.000; $3.50 per lOO.
Cash please. CARL SCHMALZL, son of late
HANS SCHMALZL, 405 7th St., Lincoln, IlL

VINCAS, 25. 0(]0 fleld-grown plants, Variegata,
$4 per 100. 300,000 rooted tips. Variegata. $1
per 100. Extra fine plants. Ready for de-
livery. Dept. B, THE REESER PLANT COM-

PANY, Springfield, Ohio.

VINCAS-^Green and Variegated.

20,000 fleld-grown, $4 per KJO; $35 per 1,000;
250 plants at 1,000 rate.
ELITCH-LONQ GREENHOUSES, Denver, Colo,

VINCA VAR., strong field-grown clumps. $4
per 100; $35 per 1,000. Cash, please. FRANCE
& VANDEGRIFT, Monroe, Mich.

Vinca variegata, fleld-grown, $5 per 100.
Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware. O.

VIOLETS.

3,000 Princess of Wales Violets, field clumps,
$35 per 1,0U0. Cash with order or satisfactory
reference. THE EIVBRBANK CO.. Geneva.
IlL ^__

VIOLETS, GOVERNOR HERRICK. field-
grown, $5 per 100. J. V. LAVER. 704 State
St., Erie, Pa. ;

VIOLETS — Large clumps of California, $6
per 100; $.50 per 1.000. CRABB & HDNTBB

FLORAL CO., Grand Rapids, Mich,

"violets, 3y.-in., Marie Louise and Lady Camp-
bell. $3.75 per 100; $35 per 1,000. Alonzo J.
Bryan, Washington, N. J. ,

400 Governor Herricl! Violets, fleld-grown, very
strong, $4 per 100. Boone Greenhouses, Boone,
Iowa. :

TO EXCHANGE. ■

TO EXCHANGE — Asparagus Sprengeri, 3-lneh
for geranium cuttings, cannas and chrysanthe-
mum stock plants. EDGAR EASTERDAY, No-
komis. 111.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co., St. Louis, Mo. ^

BOILERS. ^

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. NIC. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marahfield Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co.. 35th and
Iron Sts.. Chicago.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co.. 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works. 846
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers, Giblin standard greenhouse. Giblin
& Co.. 901 Broad St., Utlca, N, Y.

Boiler tubes, 4-lnch, 6% cents per foot. New
and S H. pipe, ail sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

PiUsbury Carnation Staples, oOc per 1.000,
postpaid. 1, L. Plllsbnry. Galesburg, 111.
SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, BOc for
1,000. postage paid,

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, 'Mich.

GREEHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Brann Mill Co.. 2340 Wabansia
Ave., Chicago, 111. ',

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
Inger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on reciuest, A. Dletsch
Co., 2642 ShelHeld Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
ding Ave.. Chicago. ^__

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
Ing, Co., Dea Plaines, 111,

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co.. Lockland, O.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford. London, England.

A LLNurserymen, Seedsmen andKloristswishiDe
to do business with Europe should send for the

"Horticflltnral Advertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
Bubscription. to cover cost of postage, 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade mediam, appli-
cantsshould. with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.

Money orders payable at Lowdham. Notts.

Address Editors of "H. A."

ChllweU Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. England

Apliine. $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fungine,
75e per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine, $1 per qt..
$3 per gal. Scallne, 75c per ql., $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals.. $10. Nikotlana. $1.50 per qt..
$4..^0 per gal. Apbine Mfg. Co., Madison. N. J.

Euilding material, pecky cypfess, drop aid-
iu{;. ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Schillo Lumber Co., 1560 Kingsbury St.,
Chicago. __^

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus. Jennlng's
Improved Iron Gutters. Diller, Caskey & Keen.
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts.. Philadelphia.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave..
Chicago.

Florists' j-efrjgerators. Bucbblnder Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per 1,000. 50c;
by mail, 70c; 5,000 by express. $2.50.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigarrator Co., 670 Lake
St.. Kepdallville, Ind.

Liquid— NICO-FUME— Paper, for thrlps, aphis.
Stiraying vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc.. Louisville.
Ky^ '

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors:
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann.
404-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples, 50c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St..
Springfield. Mass. __^_

Glazing points. % and %, 40c per lb.; 7
lbs.. $2.50; 15 lbs., $5. Randolph & McClem-
ents. 5936 Penn Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa.

"Elastic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner.
Mgr;, The Elastlc-Lyke Co. . 30 B. Randolph
St., Chicago. _^

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts., Chl-
cago.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1,000, 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer. 714 Cliestnut St..
Philadelphia.

Superior Carnation Staples, 35c per 1,000;
3.000 for $1. P. W. Walte. 85 Belmont Ave.,
Springfield. Mass.

Shear-Klean grates are cheapest when yon
consider their efficiency. Shear-Klean Grate Co.,
Chicago. III.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co.. Detroit. MlcU;

Peerless glass repair clamp, box of 100. by
mall, $1. Alexander Klokner. Wauwatoaa, Wis.

norlsts' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
56 E. Randolph St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorna Insurance. Ploraln D.
Wallace, Insurance Exchange Bldg.. Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil'* tools. Smith
& Hemenway. 105 Chambers St.. New York.

Florists* baskets of all kinds. Raedleln Bas-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9tb St., Brooklyn. N. Y.

Ventilating apparatijs and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying, Nice*
tine Mfg. Co., St. Lonla. Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet,
per 1(10, 85c; 500, $3; $5.50 per 1,000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100, 60c: per
1.000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

NEW DESIGN CATALOG JDST ODT.

Send for one.

WOERNER WIRE WORKS.

2852 Pratt St. OMAHA, Neb.

Floral design, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shade
frames. Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St..

Cleveland. Ohio.

Florists* Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros.,- 1008 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The American Florist Company's

Directory of Flofisis, Nurserymen and

Seedsmen of the United States

and Canada.

{Copyrighted and Title Trade-Mark
Registered.)

DIRECTORY REVISION

Wearerevisingour Trade Directory
of the Florists, Nurserymen, Seeds-
men, etc., of the United States and
Canada, and as there have been many
changes in firm names and consider-
able extension of the area under glass,
nursery grounds, etc., you would
greatly oblige by supplying the follow-
ing information with reference to your
business:

In all cases stite (1) Name of 5rm or pro-
prietor, with the officers of corporations: (2)
Name of manager; (3) .-address, giving street
and number or rural route; (4) City or town;
(5) State; (6) When business was established;
and (7) Whom present owner succeeded.

If Florists, state whether (1) Grower; (2) Re-
tail, havinsr store only: (3) Wholesale: or (4)
Commission. If a grower, state acreage of
ground operated and give number of square
feet of glass.

To ascertain the number of feet
under glass in a given house. 12x145
feet, multiply the length (145 feet) by 145
the" width (12 feet) and you have in 12

that house 1,740 feet under glass,

thus 1.740

If Nurserymen, stale whether li; Wholesale:
(2) Retail; (3) .\crea«e of ground operated, and
areaunderglassasin the case of florists above

If Seedsmen, state whether 11) Dealer; (2)
Grower; ',3) What your specialties are; (4) Ha
grower, state acreage operated and area under
glass as in the case of florists above.

Inclose your printed letterhead or business
card with above details of the business.

Please send the names and addresses of new
firms in yourvicinity.

Horticultural
Supply Concerns

We also list all lines of Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns, such as manufacturers yf Green-
house Buildinft Materials, Boilers, Ventila-
tors. Glass, Insecticides, Pots, Labels. Seed
Bags. Fertilizers. Wire Designs. Tinfoil,
Vases. Mactiinery, Implements, Sprayers,
Seed Cases. Flower Pots, Florists' Boxes,
Ribbons, Etc. The specialties are also listed
undir these heads in the case of ad\ertisers.

Advertising Rates:

Including Copy of New Edition.

Page (,3!/2x6V2 inches) $25.00

Half page (SHxS^ inches) 15.00

One-fourth page (3Hxl'^s inches) 9.00

The Price of the Book is $3.0O
Per Copy, Postpaid.

SEND YOUR ADVERTISEMENT NOW.

American Florist Company

DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

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The American Florist.

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Established 1765

For "POT LUCK" Use

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

and Red Earthenware Specialties.

Pot Makers for a Century and a Half. World's Largest Manufacturers.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WAREHOUSES:
Cambridge, Mass. Long Island Clty.N.Y.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Can be ahipped at an hour's notice. Price per

crate:

456 4V2-in., crate, $5.24
320 5 " 4.51
210 5H ■' 3-78
144 6 " 3.16
120 7 " 4.20
60 8 " 3.00

2000 P4 In., crate. $6.00
1500 2
1500 2V4
1500 2H
1000 3

800 34

500 4

4.„
5.25
6.00
5.00
5.80
4,50

HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY, ^^i^^ilt

Angust Rolker a Sons, 51 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Oar Specialty: Long Distance and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes from2in.to*'in.

Ask your dealer for them.

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM, MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on larj^e orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breitschwerth, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Fnll size and wide bottoms.
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY, Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

RED POTS

STANDARD AZAUAS

PANS

HARIEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

•Wagner Plant Boxes
are the best and cheapest in the
market for palms, borwood.bar
treea, etc. They are attractive in
deeiTO, stroDsr and durable suit-
able for either indoor or outdoor
use. Made of cypress which
griT» them a laatinr quality.
We manufacture rarious styles
and sizes. Write for price*.
Warner Park Gomerratorteft. Sidney, Ohio

^ RED POTS

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots, Hanging Baskets and other
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous "Moss Aztec" Ware,

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

Chicago Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

DREER'S "Riverton Special" Cedar Plant Tubs

No. Diam. Ea. Doz. 100

10 20 in. $1.45 $16.00 $130.00

1.30 14.00 115.00

1.00 11.25 92.00

.65 7.00 56.00

.45 5.00 40.00

.38 4.00 32.00

.30 3.50 28.00

Manutactured for us exclusively. The best tub ever introduced; the neatest, lightest and
cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have drop handle.

HenryA. Dreer, Seeds. Piams. Bulbs and Suppiits. 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Wharton St.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.; Branch, Long Island City, N. Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write for Prices and New Catalogue.

Kramer's Pot Hangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmen, Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample

dozen by mail. $1.25.

I. N. KRAMER k SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

NEPONSET

Flower. Vegetable Waterproof

PAPER POTS

Waterproof. Don't Break, Cost
Little. Shippers may use them
and save their customers many
dollars in express charges.
Vau^an*s Seed Store, Agents
Chicago and New York.

Standard Flower Pots

Porosity and Strenrth
Unsurpassed.

Write for price*.

A. F.~kOHR

2034-S«-36 N. Learitt St.,

CHKAOO

Buy Your
Pots Here

The Best Pot

The Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

Send for Price List

MILWAUKEE'
WISCONSIN

C. C. PoUworth Co.,

GEO. KELLER & SON,

Mannfactnreri of

Red Pots

Before bayint write for prices.
2«14-2fl22 Herndoa St„

CHICAGO

Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD
OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS, :

We solicit your inquiries,

THE CAMP CONDUIT CO.

Manufacturers,

CLEVKLANDu

646

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Oct. lo.

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)ilers

Lord S Burnham Co.

■ New Vork.

Cbica;o, ■

■ 42i]d St. BMg.,

Rooken Bld(. ■

^ft Boston.

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^k Ir-iiigton, N. V

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Mention the American Florist when tvrittnfj

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Works,

846-848 W. Superior St.. Chicago, 111.

Mention the Anierican Florist when loritinff

ADVANCE materisil is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every r-'spect. Siindfor
our catalogue today.

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

Mention the Amcrifnn Florist ichen writing

Sunlight Double Glass Sash is the
Standard Everywhere

These sash have become the standard sas/i ,' cuiUno; ovit half the labor and
cost and doubling the net profits of early gardening wherever used. This
superior efficiency is dme to these facts! The two layers of glass enclose
an air space — a transparent blanket — through which the sun's rays pass freely
to the beds, carrying heat and light, but through which the cold from with-
out and the stored heat from within pass very slowly.

The result is the climiiialion of mats and shutters saving half the labor of covering and
uncovering. As these extra covets, used on single layer sash, need never be bought or renewed,
thus half the expense of hut-bed gardening is saved.

The Sunlight Greenhouge on which the sash are also u^ed is inexpensive, attractive
and a highly prohiable addition to any garden. See the catalog.

Write today for the Free Catalog and enclose, if you wish it, four cents in stamps fo:
Professor Masseys helpful booklet on the use of cold-frames, hot-beds and small greenhouses

Sunlight Double Glass Sash Company

934 E. Broaduay, Louisville, Kentucky,

PEERLESS
GLASS,t>^
REPAIR
CLAMP

TO MEND CRACKED GLASS
IMMEDIATE^ AND PERMANENTLY
For sale everywhere. Box of 100, by mail, $1.00.

The handiest article in the market.

'Ir^'rz, ALEXANDER KLOKNER,

Milwaukee County,
Wauwatosa, Wis.

A "RED DEVIL" PLIER ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

'Red Devil" No. 622

A little 4-inch drop forged steel tool that is far superior
to a shears for cutting bouquet wires or any fine wire.
It is tested to cut the finest silk insulatjon and is a
plier vou will appreciate. It's just one "Red Devil"
tool vou should have Ask your hardware man for
"RedDevil,"No. 622, 4-inch. He has or will set it
for you. If not sund us his name and fifty cents and
one only sample pair will be sent you postpaid.
151 Chambers St..
New York, U. S. A.

Smilh & Hemenway Go.

(We make "Red Devil" Glass Cutters Tlu kind you want.

TRY OUR

SelMying Rose Stakes

and you won't buy straight slakes.

The Carnation Support Co.

CONNERSVILLE, IND.

SHEAR-KLEAN

GRATES ARE CHEAPEST

When you consider their etticiency.

SHEAR-KLEAN GRATE COMPANY,
CHICAGO, ILL.

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Our experience — low production cost — low overhead expense, — enables
us to make the lowest prices. We prefer to handle the complete green-
house contract. We say very little as our material talks much.

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Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
theworld's largest Buildini? Material Department.
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overhauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41— Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. sire
13^x2^2 100 running ft $ 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
138x2^-?. 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, per 1000 ft., bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44 — No 1 Cypress, 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash, l^g-in. x3ft.
X (i ft., without glass. 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttiedin glass, 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1 .90 to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Ctiicago House Wrecking Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

yiention the American Florist when writing

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OF HIGH
GRADE..

See Our Catalogue.

lofwaTe? 6IBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hall Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00.
For full particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River. N. J

Alentioyi the American Florist when writing

GLASS

We are leaders. Lar^e stock, good prkea,

SHARP, PiRTRIDfiE & CO.

CHICAGO. aUNOIS.

Mention the America^i Florist when v:ritinri

At its best
in tlie
Greenhouse

SYSTEM

It isn't just one instance— but hundreds of times
— wherever installations are made, in fact— that
the Moreiiead System "makes pood*" in the green-
liouse. There is noihingf to equal the time, fuel and
labor savins qualities of the Morehead. It drains your
steam apoaratus perfectly and maintains that even
temperature so necessary to sjood llower growing.
Our engineers will give you all the facts.
Write for them TODAY.

Morehead Manufacturing Co.

DETROir.
MICH.

DEPARTMENT

"N"

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Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

Good Material

Prompt Delivery

Reasonable Cost

These are the poihts which count with you when you are in
need of greenhouse material. Let us submit you our sketches
and estimates. Our fine equipment, good stock and an ex-
perience of many years enables us to give you satisfaction.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE.,

Greenhouse Material.

near Western and North Aves., CHICAGO.

Teleptione Humboldt 11. Hotbed Sash.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

Mention the American Florist when writing

648

The American Florist.

Oct. lo.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The 646

Allen J K 625

Alpha Floral Co.... 627
American Spawn Co 638

Amlins E C Co ' 621

Anderson S A 627

Angermueller G H. 622

Aphine Mfg Co Ill

Archias Floral Co.. 630
Aschmann Godfrey. 638
Atlanta Floral Co... 628
Bassett&Washburn 611.
Batavia Greenhouse

Co 620

Baur Window Glass

Co.... ,. IV

Bauscher John 630

Beaven E A 6^6

Begerow's 628

Benary Ernst 634

BergerBros 623

Berning H G 622

Blackistone Z U... 629
Bobbink & Atkms.. 636
Boddington AT.... 635
Bodger J & Sons Co t>ii

Boland J B Co 627

Bolgiano J&Sons... 634

Bragg Ross 627

Bramley & Son 630

Braslan Seed Grow

era Co 632

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 628
Brown Bros & Co.. 630

Brunning F H 633

Bruns ri N 63i

Bryan .^lonzo J 639

Bucbbinder Bros... 626

Buckbee H W 630

Budlong J A 621

Burpee W A & Co.. 634
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 626

California Florists., 'oj
Camp Conduit Co .. 645
Carnation Support

Co The 646

Chicago Carn Co.. I 639
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 621

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 647

ClartE BSeed Co. 63t
Clarke's Sons David 629

Clay &Son HI

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 629

Conard & lones Co. 636

Conwell H E 626

Cooke Geo H 627

Cowee W J 640

Coy H C Seed Co... 633

Craig Robt Co 6*6

Critchell C E 623

Cunningham Jos H. 626

DardsChas 628

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 636

Deamud J B Co 621

Denaitfe&Son 632

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg Co 645

Dietsch A &Co.... IV
Oilier Ca8key&

Keen IV

Corner F& Sons

Co 639

Dreer HA...6?7 640 645

Duerr Chas A 630

Duluth Floral Co... 630

Dunlop John H 629

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box. 648

Elastic Lyke Co 640

Emmans Geo M..., 635

Erne& Klingel 621

Eyres H G 629

Fish Henry Seed Co 634

Fisher Peter 637

Florists' Hail Assn 647
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 625

Ford William P.... 624
Frank Floral Co.... 620

Franzen F 0 638

Freeman Mrs J B... 630

Frey & Frey 630

Friedman 627

Froment HE 625

Galvin Thos F 629

Gardiner Alex C . . . 629

Garland Mfg Co....

Gasser J M Co

Giblin & Co

Gorham & C'haoline
Graham A & Son . . .
Grand Kapias

Floral Co

Gratama Bros & Co

Gude Bros

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc)

Hardesty & Co

Barley Pottery Co..

Hart George B

Haven seed Co The

Heacock Jos Co

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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 17, 1914.

No. 1376

ThE American Florist

Established 1885.
Copytight. 1914. by American Florist Company
Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11. 1891,
at the Post Otfice at Chicago. Illinois,
under act of March 3, 1879.
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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis,
Minn., President; P. Welch. Boston. Mass., Vice-
President; John Young, 53 W. Zxth St.. New
York, Secretary; Wm. F. Kasting. BuSalo.N. Y..
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch. Boston. Mass.,
•President; Dan MacKosie, san Francisco, Calif.,
Vice-President; John Voung. New York. Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco, Calif.
August 17-19, 1915.

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BV LEWIS KNUDSON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PLANT PHYS1QL0GV. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, N. V.

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Many Treatments Practiced.

Every grower and dealer in cut flowers has doubtless been aslced many
times tiie question : How can I prolong the keeping qualities of cut flow-
ers? Is there no other method of prolonging the life of the flower than to
keep it in a refrigerator of high relative humidity? Is there any benefit
to be gained by adding to the water plant food in the form of the salts Im-
portant as fertilizers? Is there any advantage to be gained by adding to
the water common salt (sodium ehlorid), sugar or vinegar, or is benefit
derived by burning, boiling or mashing the cut end of the flower stem?
All of these treatments have been practiced and are constantly being recom-
mended. Probably the treatments recommended have been productive of more
injury than benefit and the beneficial results reported cannot be relied upon
since the experimental precautions have not been observed.

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In 1908, Prof. B. M. Duggar and the
writer began some experiments, and
during the summer of 1913 Miss Lua
A. Minns, of the department of flori-
culture, conducted some experiments
under the writer's immediate direction
to determine whether or not the keep-
ing quality of flowers can be pro-
longed by special methods of treat-
ment.

Physiolog:y of the Flower.

The problem of prolonging the keep-
ing qualities of cut flowers involves a
knowledge of the physiology of the
flower. Water is constantly being
taken up by the stem and this water
is conducted through definite tissues
called bundles until it reaches the
leaves, and the flower parts through
which it is distributed by means of
the veins. Water is being constantly
evaporated by the flowers and this
evaporation is called transpiration.
Any treatment tending to increase ab-
sorption or check transpiration may
prolong the keeping quality of the
flowers. The cut end of the flower
stem when placed in water becomes a
favorable medium upon which micro-
organisms may develop. The water
itself through leachings from the
plant may permit of the development
of bacteria and fungi. These micro-
organisms may clog the water tubes
in the bundle and prevent conduction
of water. Since water is being elimi-
nated from the plant and entrance is
prevented, wilting must ensue. Fur-
thermore, the development of these

microorganisms In the water and
plant may cause a production of sub-
stances which, when brought up into
the flower, act injuriously to it and
cause the floral parts to die. In the
first case death may be dut to wilting
and in the latter case wilting may be
due to a death of the floral parts
caused by accumulation of toxic sub-
stances. Another factor involved in
the problem is the tendency of a
flower to shed its petals when fertili-
zation has occurred. In some cases
this is such an important factor as to
make it almost useless to attempt to
prolong the keeping qualities of flow-
ers. This is the case with the sweet
pea.

Experimental Work.
In the experiments here reported
the following flowers have been em-
ployed : Cosmos, petunia, aster, verbena,
violet, coreopsis, dahlias. Tagetes erec-
ta (African marigold), Tagetes patula,
geranium, zinnias, sweet peas and
pansies. In all over 10,000 cut flowers
have been employed in the experiments
and the influence of a large number
of solutions have been tested at dif-
ferent concentrations. Some of the
compounds that have been tested are
as follows ; Calcium nitrate, zinc sul-
fate, cobalt sulfate, copper sulfate,
sodium chloride, sodium fluoride, lead
acetate, acetic acid, oxalic acid, tan-
nic acid, hydrochloric acid, potassium
hydroxide, methyl salicylate , ether,
chloroform, acetone. In addition to
the above the following mixture of

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salts has een employed: Calcium
chloride anfl ma ijnesium chloride, cal-
cium chlor (Je ind barium chloride,
calcium ch'orldt and strontium chlor-
ide. Thes<j suV/Stances were all em-
ployed through a wide range of con-
centrations. A mixture of the essen-
tial salts constituting a full nutrient
solution was also employed. Its com-
position was as follows :

Calcium nitrate 4 grams

Potassium nitrate .......1 "

Potassium phosphate 1 "

Magnesium culfate % "

Potassium chloride %

Iron sulfate trace

Water 6,000 grams

The experiments with the violet, pe-
tunia, cosmos and verbena were all
conducted under ordinary conditions,
with an average temperature of 75°
P., and also in cold storage room in
which the average temperature main-
tained was 40° F., and the average
relative humidity 70° F. All other ex-
periments were conducted under room
conditions.

Results.
In no case in the entire experiments
were any striking results secured. An
increase of a day or so in the keeping
qualities was frequently obtained, but
this might have been due to other
causes. Common salt (sodium chlorid)
which has been so frequently recom-
mended, gave in every case negative
results. For most of the above flowers
artificial treatment was of no benefit.
Ojir work did not at all substantiate
the favorable work secured by Four-
ton and Ducomet.* In the experiments
with some of the compositse some sug-
gestive results were secured. * It is a
well-known fact that the floral stem
when placed in water tends to foul
badly. The water becomes turbid, pos-
sessing a bad odor. In several ex-
periments with Tagetes patula (Afri-
can marigold) and zinnia, the addition
of zinc sulfate at a concentration of
.015%, or the addition of a mixture of
strontium chloride at a concentration
of .05% and calcium chloride at .15%,
prevented the fouling almost entirely.
A mixture of barium chloride at .02%
and calcium chloride at .15% also gave
good results. Favorable results were
secured also by the addition of copper
sulfate at .001% and also by the addi-
tion of manganese sulfate at a con-
centration of .01%. Both barium
chloride and strontium chloride are
extremely toxic to plants. In the pres-
ence of calcium chloride, barium
chloride and strontium chloride at con-
centrations normally toxic, it is ren-
dered non-toxic toward higher plants,
but is yet toxic to microorganisms. This
explains the usage of these mixtures
and the influence which they exert.
Only negative results were secured by
boiling, burning or mashing the cut
end of the stem. Daily removal of the
lower portion of the stem is beneficial
and prolongs the life of the flower. As
indicated previously, the water con-
ducting tissues may be clogged at the
open extremity. By the process of
daily cutting, the water conducting
tissues do not become clogged.
•^ The experiments here mentioned
have been made with flowers of rela-
tively short duration of life. The pos-
sibilities of prolonging the keeping
qualities of flowers are much greater
with flowers which have a long period
of life, and experiments with flowers
of this character are desirable.

•Rev. Hort. trailsl, vol. 78; pp. 200-202.
ItiiK).

THE RETAIL TRADE

CondDcted by Bobt. Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.

POBT HURON, MICH. — Matthias Ullen-
bruck, florist, has returned from Ger-
many.

Emblem of the "Mystic Shrine;rs."

SEE SUPPLEMENT WITH THIS . ISSUE.

A floral badge or emblem frequent-
ly seen is that of the "Mystic Shrin-
ers," a scimitar from which is sus-
pended a crescent. This piece as a
rule requires small flowers, fever-
few, Achillea, sweet alyssum, carna-
tions, miniature roses, etc., all of
which should be stemmed short. The
framework of the design should be
well rounded in the mossing, other-
wise it will be very difficult to make
a creditable piece of work. This may
be placed on an easel where it shows
to advantage. If a good price is ob-
tained, a base of green on which to
rest the easel gives it a more im-
portant appearance. Some orders call
for a good-sized piece which is used
to lay on the top of the casket when
closed. Lilies of the valley placed
closely together tor the blade and
violets for the crescent make a
choice piece. K.

Tuning: Up For tlie Season.

Now, when the market is full of
flowers and the volume of trade is
light, is the time to show one's handi-
work. Special attention should be paid
to the windows: dahlias and autumn
leaves make ideal combinations that
are very attractive. A large dahlia
basket with appropriate ribbon deco-
ration is sufBcient for one window:
one such piece on a setting of velvet
and ferns with a croton or two to
carry out the fall colors being sure to
hold the attention of passers by. An-
other window should contain some
small baskets with flowers in water,
dahlias of all one color. Roses of all
one color, such as pink, with blue fall
asters, is a very pretty combination,
a narrow blue ribbon helps. The
Mrs. Ward roses are always admired.

Tumbler baskets of these priced at $1
to .$1.50 move off well as a rule.

Colonial bouquets of a few short
stemmed buds, pink or yellow, all one
color, with a little blue fall aster and
trimmed with the smallest sized bou-
quet papers, can be sold at a good
profit for even as low as 25c. They
will also bring other business. A win-
dow arranged with a quantity of these
little novelties is well worth a trial.
All such work should bear a neat price
card. Sales made in this manner are
generally to the transient trade and
there is no better way to bring in new
customers than by offering such floral
arrangements. "We have very little
transient trade," is often heard. An
attractive display of such medium-
priced articles will be pretty sure to
catch what there is and every sale of
this kind is almost sure to bring an-
other. These little colonial bunches
are jvist the thing to hand out to a
lady customer or visitor, as they are
sure to be appreciated. Inside the
store a table or two of selected plants
in baskets or with pots nicely papered
or mat covered, fairly and neatly
priced, will often make sales when the
plants not so featured would scarcely
be noticed.

The card desk or table is a good
place to display a few little floral nov-
elties. The individual glass tube vase
with one rose should always be on
view; a few together with a choice
rose in each is an invitation to buy
that many cannot resist. A few choice
pedestals and vases are store orna-
ments that greatly enhance the ap-
pearance of the shop, especially when
they contain well-grown specimen
plants.

If possible all work of this character
should be gotten together the after-
noon or evening before, and the win-
dow setting made ready, with only the
addition of the cut flowers to be added
in the morning. Where there is suffi-
cient trade it is best to give this into
the hands of one person who by con-
centration will soon make it a feature
of the store.

K.

INTERIOR VIEW OF W. H. HILTON'S STORE, EAST FIFTY-THIRD STREET, CHICAGO

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Furrow's Window Display.

Th'e illustration herewith shows the
display window of Furrow & Co.. Olcla-
homa City, Okla., on the opening night
of fashion weelc at that place. This
firm's new store is located in the main
block of the city. Their display room
is 14 feet wide and 60 feet long, with
a large and commodious work room in
the rear 14 feet wide and 80 feet
long. The display room and the work
room are both finished throughout in
white, trimmed in green. They use a
green and white inlaid linoleum.

Decorated Automobile of Charles Millangf.

The accompanying illustration shows
Charles Mlllang, the well-known whole-
saler, of New York, at the recent Bay-
side, L. I., carnival. As a noted pro-
fessor has recently pronounced the
hog a gentleman, Mr. Millang thought
it quite appropriate that the hog
should have a part in the parade.
However, the pair in the illustration
are not pork but clever imitations.

A. F F.

Arnold Arboretum Notes.

The flowers of woody plants are not
common in this climate at the end of
September, but visitors to the Arbor-
etum will still find a few interesting
plants in bloom. The most conspicu-
ous, perhaps, is the Manchurian and
north China Aralia Chinensis which
can be seen in the aralia group near
the junction of the Meadow and Bus-
sey Hill Roads. It is a near relative
of the so-called Hercules' club (Aralia
spinosa) of our southern woods and,
like the American plant, it has stems
covered with prickles, large, com-
pound, dark green leaves, and Immense
clusters of small white flowers which
are followed by small shining black
fruits. The American plant is not quite
as hardy as its Asiatic relative, but It
is now well established on the margin
of the woods at the northern base of
Hemlock Hill in the rear of the laurels,
where it is spreading by underground
shoots. The plants are just past flow-
ering.

The Japanese Hydrangea panicula-
ta and its monstrous form, on which
all the flowers are sterile (var. grandi-
flora) are in bloom. The latter is one
of the most generally planted shrubs
in the United States, although it is a
much less interesting and less beauti-
ful plant than the still comparatively
little known normal form. The two are
growing side by side in the shrub col-
lection. In the shrub collection, too,
the handsome Elsholtzia Stauntonii is
in full flower and now at its best. This
member of the mint family, and a na-
tive of northeastern Asia, has long
erect spikes of rosy pink flowers and
light green foliage. One of the com-
paratively recent introductions of the
Arboretum, it is only beginning to ap-
pear in American and European gar-
dens. Near it in the shrub collection
Vitex incisa from northern China is in
flower. Although this plant is a native
of a cold region the stems are often
killed back to the ground here in se-
vere winters, but as new stems grow
several feet tall during the season, and
as the flowers are produced on the new
growth, this killing back improves rath-
er than injures the flowering of this
shrub which at this time of the year
is attractive with its finely divided
leaves and slender erect clusters of
small rose-colored flowers. The flow-
ers of the true heathers (Calluna) have

already passed but flowers may still be
seen on the Cornish heath. Erica va-
gans, and the trumpet creepers from
the central and southern states are still
producing flowers on the trellis at the
eastern side of the shrub collection.

On the upper side of Hemlock path,
near Centre street, small plants of Gor-
donia Altamaha are now in bloom and
during several weeks will continue to
open their white cup-shaped flowers
which resemble those of a single-flow-
ered Camellia. This tree is a native
of southern Georgia where it was dis-
covered late in the eighteenth century.
Although often hunted for, it has not
been seen, growing wild for more than
a hundred years, and has only been
preserved by the cultivated descend-
ants of the plants introduced by "its
early discoverers. This Gordonia
flourishes in the neighborhood of
Philadelphia but it is not veijy hardy
in the Arboretum, and it is surprising
that it was uninjured by the severity
of last winter which destroyed so
many hardier plants. On Hickory
path, near Centre street, Indigofera
amblyantha, which has been in flower
for nearly three months, still con-
tinues to produce its slender erect
spikes of rose-colored flowers. This
is one of Wilson's discoveries in west-
ern China and one of the most beau-
tiful of the small hardy shrubs of re-
cent introduction.

The name Ulmus campestris has
been selected by recent writers on
European trees for the elm of the
hedge rows of southern England,
which was largely planted a century
ago in eastern Massachusetts chiefly,
no doubt, through the agency of a
Major Paddock who established a
nursery of this tree in Milton. The
large English elms which once flour-
ished on Boston Common were of this
species, and large specimens can still
be seen in several of the Boston sub-
urbs. The origin of this elm is un-
known. It does not produce seeds,
propagating itself by suckers, and is
known to grow spontaneously only in
some of the counties in southern Eng-
land, and in a few parks near Madrid,
in which it is now known to have
been introduced from England many
years ago. It is a noble tree, able to
adapt itself to various climatic condi-
tions, and well suited to those of New
England; indeed, no other exotic,
tree, with the exception of the
European white willow, has been here
so long or grown to such a large size.
Another English elm, Ulmus vegeta,
usually called the Huntington elm, a
supposed natural hybrid between two
European species, Ulmus nitens and
U. glabra, the so-called Scotch elm,
grows to a larger size than Ulmus
campestris and is perhaps the fastest
growing of all elm trees. An elm of
this kind in the deer park of Magda-
len College at Oxford, supposed to
have been planted at the time of the
Restoration, was blown down in April,
1011; it was one hundred and forty-
two feet high, with a trunk circum-
ference at four feet from the ground
of twenty-seven feet. This was be-
lieved to be the largest tree in Great
Britain and perhaps in Europe. Ulmus
vegeta is a tree with paler bark than
that of Ulmus campestris, large main
branches spreading at narrow angles,
giving the tree a vase-shaped form,
rather pendulous branchlets and
larger leaves than those of Ulmus
campestris, and usually only slightly
roughened on the upper surface. This
tree is not rare in English parks and

has been largely planted in Cambridge-
shire where in the neighborhood of
Cambridge there are many fine speci-
mens. Brooklands avenue in that
city, planted with this tree in 1830,
shows its value for such planting, for
in all England there is perhaps not a
better example of an avenue of planted
trees. The Huntington elm was cer-
tainly introduced into New England
much later than Ulmus campestris,
and probably the oldest trees here are
not more than sixty or seventy years
old. This elm is perfectly hardy here,
it grows with surprising rapidly, and
if exotic elms are to be planted in the
United States it may well be more
generally used here than it has been.

Persons interested in the plants best
suited for the parks and gardens of
eastern North America can find much
to learn in the Arboretum from this
time until the end of the year, for it
is in the autumn that conifers are seen
to the best advantage and that the ma-
ture leaves of the few broad leaved ev-
ergreens which flourish in this climate
best show the beauty and value of
these plants for the late autumn and
winter garden. Perhaps nowhere else
are so many different plants with bril-
liant autumn foliage and handsome
and abundant autumn fruits assem-
bled; and in no other garden can such
plants be so easily and conveniently
studied. Such plants give a character
and beauty to the autumn garden
which can be found only in eastern
North America, and perhaps in Japan
where the leaves of many of the na-
tive trees and shrubs assume brilliant
colors before they fall.

The autumn color of a few plants is
already brilliant. The earliest of the
American trees to change the color of
its leaves is the red or scarlet maple,
Acer rubrum. On specimens of this
tree growing in swamps the leaves are
now often bright scarlet, while on trees
growing on higher and drier ground
the leaves are still bright green or
only slightly tinged with red. The
so-called water willow, Decodon ver-
ticillatus, often known as Nesaea, is
a native of all the region from Maine
to Florida and Louisiana, and is a
shrub with arching stems growing
only in the wet, often submerged bor-
ders of streams and ponds where it
often spreads into broad thickets. By
the borders of the ponds in the Arbo-
retum the leaves of this plant are al-
ready bright scarlet, and for a few
weeks the plants will be conspicuous
among the green sedges and swamp
grasses with which they are asso-
ciated.

The leaves of some of the forms of
the so-called Virginia creeper of east-
ern North America are already bright
scarlet. The earliest to adopt its au-
tumn dress and now in brilliant color
is Parthenocissus vitacea. This plant
rarely has adhesive discs at the ends
of the tendrils, and therefore cannot
attach itself to the trunks of trees or
to brick and stone walls, like Par-
thenocissus quinquefolia which is
often sold in nurseries as Ampelopsis
Englemannii. There are many forms
of the Virginia creeper which can be
seen on the trellis near the entrance
to the shrub collection from the For-
est Hills gate.

A few of the fruits which ripen in
early autumn are already conspicuous.
There is perhaps no shrub more beau-
tiful in the autumn than one of the
American cornels, Cornus rugosa, or,
as it is sometimes called, C. clrcinata.

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It is a tall, broad, round-headed shrub
with greenish branches and round,
oval, dark green leaves; the flowers
are not more showy than those of the
other cornels, but the clusters of light
blue fruits on red stalks make them
objects of much interest and beauty.
There are a number of these plants
in the cornel group at the junction of

Wintering: Water Lilies.

This is probably the most perplex-
ing phase of water-gardening and has
caused disappointment and discour-
agement in the culture of water lilies
and other aquatic plants. One main
cause of failure is the lack of knowl-
edge of the different species and va-

FURROW & CO.'S OKLAHOMA CITY WINDOW DISPLAY.

the Meadow and Bussey Hill Roads,
and there are great clumps, of it
among the hickories and in other
parts of the Arboretum. The red
Osier cornel, Cornus racemosa, often
called C. stolonifera or C. candidissi-
ma, is also beautiful at this season,
for the leaves are beginning to turn
dark red and the plants are covered
with abundant clusters of white fruits
on bright red stalks. This plant has
been largely used in the Arboretum;
it spreads rapidly into large, dense
clusters, and with its good foliage,
abundant flowers and beautiful fruits,
few shrubs are more desirable for
park and roadside plantations.

The fruit of some of the new Chi-
nese cotoneasters is handsome and
the autumn coloring of their foliage
is often splendid. Most of these
plants are perfectly hardy, and among
them are certainly some of the most
valuable garden shrubs of receht in-
troduction. They can be seen in the
special Chinese collection on Bussey
Hill and in the shrub collection, and
deserve study with reference to the
autumn garden. — Arnold Arboretum
Bulletin.

Toledo, O. — "The Sign of the Rose,"
is the name chosen by the White-June
Company for the flower shop at Madi-
son and Ontario streets, which was
opened October 3. H. C. White, prac-
tical florist from Washington, D. C,
and Mrs. t". J. June are members of
the company.

St. Joseph, Mo. — The Buchanan
Horticultural and Agricultural Society,
through R. E. Lee Utz, secretary, has
asked the county court for $100 to
help defray the expenses of an exhibit
which is to be made by Buchanan
county at the agricultural congress.
which will be held in the Auditorium
in December. '

rieties of water lilies. We have species
from North and South America, Eu-
rope, Asia, Africa and Australia, and
hybrids of these species and varieties.
Is it to be wondered at that a novice
would err in the matter of wintering
a plant, of which he knows nothing of
its origin, its habitat, or to which
class it belongs? Considering that the
many species and varieties all grow-
out of doors in summer in this cli-
mate, it is not surprising that they do
not all yield to one and the same treat-
ment in winter.

Take for instance our native species,
Xymphsea odorata and N. tuberosa
and their many forms which are en-
tirely different from the European spe-
cies, although the flowers are similar;
the rhizomes of the American species
are soft and spongy, while those of
the European are firm. Then again
the African species are tender, as are
the Indian and South American spe-
cies and their hybrids. The native
species and hybrids and the European
varieties are best left undisturbed;
this is practicable where growing in a
natural pond, but in an artificial pond
it is different. If the pond is prop-
erly constructed, built of concrete and
reenforced, water-tight and frost-prooF.
then the plants can be left out and
undisturbed; but if the construction
is not frost-proof, the next best plan
is to draw the water off, pack some
fibrous soil or sods around and over
the crowns of the plants, and then
cover them over with a heavy coating
of leaves and salt hay, or light brush
to keep the leaves undisturbed. No
better protection can be given. If
there are but a few plants to care for,
and the pond has to be emptied, and
much labor entailed to cover up as
just described, select a warm, sheltered
spot, dig a trench say 18 inches deep,
and large enough to contain the roots.
Here pack the roots close together,
cover with sandy soil, fill the trench
to the level of the ground, and over
this, place a good layer of leaves or
fresh manure; the roots will winter a
great deal better than placing them in
a cellar, or any such place, as they
are too liable to start growth long be-
fore they can be planted out. By this
method there will be no early starting
new growth, before they can be planted
out.

Next to the native and European
water lilies we must consider the so-
called tender varieties; these are na-
tives of South America, Africa, and
India. The South American species
is known as Nymphiiea flavovirens and
N. gracilis; the hybrids, N. Mrs. C. W.
Ward, N. Wm. Stone and N. Wm.
Stone Improved. These are among the

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best of the day-blooming tender nym-
phseas jind entirely different from the
other tender species; they are easier
to keep over winter, they have a dis-
tinctive tuber, and winter over with
less loss or failure. Large plants can
be lifted, the plants trimmed of the
excessive leaves and roots, and if a
greenhouse is available, the plants can
be placed in a tub, planted, and filled
with water. About the end of the year

keep flowering all winter. The best
time to lift these plants is after they
have had a touch of frost. Let them
stay a day or two after, except in the
case of those you wish to keep flower-
ing all winter. Lift these before they
get chilled.

Nelumbiums are to remain undis-
turbed, as no attempt to dig these is
of any avail. If they are planted in
the pond with mixed nymphseas and

W. SLADE AND PARTY AT THE OUTING OF THE MENLO PARK HORT. SOCIETY.

the plants will naturally take a rest,
the leaves die off and tubers ripen; at
this stage the water should be with-
held and the soil allowed to get dry
and remain so until March, when the
tubers should be started into growth
for the coming season.

Nymphsea Zanzibariensis, N. Penn-
sylvania and N. pulcherrima are difli-
cult to winter over; that is, large
plants that have been out doors all
summer. They do not make tubers as
do the former species referred to and
the best way to winter these is to lift
them and treat them as advised for
the above species. They will not make
tubers readily, but with a greenhouse.
and the temperature about 60 degrees,
they will keep growing, and may keep
so until warmer and longer days; if
they survive the short days there Is
hope of carrying over. Small plants
of these varieties are best to carry
over.

The Indian or night-blooming varie-
ties make different tubers to the other
species. These are compound, the
plant while growing makes side-shoots
and these, when the plant dies down,
form tubers, but the crown or central
shoot invariably dies and rots. This is
the critical time with this species.
These plants, Nymphsea dentata, N.
Devoniensis, N. rubra. N. O'Marana.
etc., should be dug and treated as rec-
ommended for, N. Flavovirens. An-
other way to treat these plants is, in-
stead of putting the plants in a tub,
plant them in the border, or under the
benches, but I do not advise this treat-
ment for the Zanzibariensis types, as
in all cases it is necessary to keep the
plants in a warm place. There is an-
other species, N. Daubenyana and its
hybrids. These are more difBcult to
winter over, as they do not ripen off
like the others and are inclined to
grow all the time. The best way for
these is to dig up the plants and place
them in an artificial pond or tank and
let them grow, which they will do and

the water has to be drawn off, cover
the boxes heavily with leaves, manure,
or any material to ward off frost. If
the plants are in tubs the better way
will be to sink the tubs in the ground
*and cover and mulch heavily. The
tubers of nelumbiums will not stand
freezing.

WM. TBICKER.

Indianapolis, Ind. — Plans for hold-
ing the most elaborate flower show in
the history of the state were an-
nounced after a meeting of the State
Florists' Association of Indiana.

Springfield, Mass. — Much dissatis-
faction is evident among former mem-
bers of the old Springfield Horticul-
tural Society, an organization which
was consolidated with and is now a
part of the Hampden County Horticul-
tural Society, over the failure of the
organization to hold the customary
flower shows.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Specimen Pot Plants.

The necessary finishing up work on
these plants to give them ample time
to harden up and shape themselves, so
that they will be in the best possible
condition for the shows, should be
followed up closely from day to day.
The disbudding, or thinning out the
buds, is an important part of this
work, as the beauty of a large speci-
men is measured to a great extent by
its large, well formed flowers of good
color. To have them in this shape the
flowers must be given time to develop
naturally, without forcing. The center
bud of each shoot is the one our object
centers in, the rest being removed to
give this one strength; if the side buds
are allowed to remain to gain any head-
way they draw the life from the main
bud and retard its development.

A steady, cool temperature, with
plenty of light and air, are also very
important items for the well being of
these plants right up to the time they
are prepared for shipping to the
shows. Close watching of the plants
needs in these respects adds tone and
fine color, both to the blooms and foli-
age. Attend to the final training and
tying out of the shoots without delay,
so that the plants have plenty of time
to shape themselves and not have that
formal appearance that they will have
if the training is left until a few days
before the show and not given time to
adjust themselves. Care in the water-
ing is of great importance with this
class of plants at all times, and is
equally so in their final stages of de-
velopment. They should be examined
closely twice a day early morning and
again early in the afternoon, so that
there is not any danger of them be-
coming extremely dry. Avoid water-
ing late in the day as much as pos-
sible. It is better to let them go over
night a little on the dry side than
that it is to water late in the after-
noon. The application of liquid manure
should be gradually curtailed as the
buds begin to show the petals, so that
it can be dispensed with entirely be-
fore the floiyers are very far advanced.
If the surface roots have become un-
covered from any cause, cover them
up with a light covering of fine fresh
soil, being sure to allow plenty of

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room for the proper watering of the
plants.

Another very important part of the
work In the ftnal care of these plants
is to be on the lookout to keep them
clean of insects. Fresh air and cool
temperature will help to check the red
spider. The plants can be syringe4 on
every favorable occasion until the
buds show color, after which we must
rely on an even temperature to guard
against the spider. Aphis of all kinds
can be taken care of by regular fumi-
gatings with the nicotine preparations.

The work of preparing specimen
chrysanthemum plants for shipment to
the shows is always one of the im-
portant problems that the man in
charge has to figure a great deal on in
the final care of his plants. When the
show is held within easy reaching dis-
tance of the growing establishment it
is comparatively an easy matter to
haul the plants in by covered auto-
trucks, but it is another matter to pack
them to travel long distances by ex-
press. The greatest of care should be
exercised in this work so that the
plants will not get damaged in transit.
The question of just how to pack a
plant depends altogether on the shape
of the plant. Plants trained out on
wire frames cannot be drawn in close-
ly, so must be crated up, making sure
that everything connected with the
crating is rigid enough to prevent the
plant moving about. Plants grown
more naturally can be drawn in more
closely and packed in smaller crates.
Itns not necessary to use extra heavy
material for the crates, but rather let
it be light and strong. Every grower
must use his own ingenuity to ^ great
extent to see that the plants are prop-
erly packed.

C. W. Johnson.

White Medal of Honor.

The board of trustees of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society has
awarded the George Robert White
Medal of Honor for the current year
to Sir Harry J. Veitch, of London, in
recognition of his distinguished ser-
vices in promoting the advancement of
horticulture both in Great Britain and
in the United States.

This is the sixth award of this
medal which was established by George
Robert White of Boston in 1909, to be
awarded annually by the Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society to the per-
son who has done the most in recent
years towards the advancement of the
interest in horticulture in i^s broadest
sense. The preceding awards have
beeen as follows :

1909— Prof. C. S. Sargent, director of
the Arnold Arboretum.

1910 — Jackson Thornton Dawson of
the Arnold Arboretum.

1911 — Victor Lemoine, Nancy,
France.

1912— Michael H. Walsh, Woods
Hole. Mass.

1913 — Park Commission of the City
of Rochester, N. T.

Wm. p. Rich, Sec'y.

^E.\DING, Pa. — Contractor J. S. Hart-
man has taken out permits to build
a greenhouse for Charles W. Wilhelni.

PHILADLPHIA, PA.— J. Sims Wilson
Company will erect a dormitory and
greenhouse at Ambler, Pa., for the
Women's School of Horticulture. It
will be 20x60 feet, 3 stories, stone con-
struction. Builder is asking for sub-
blds.

Vegetable Growers' Ass'n of America.

PHrLADEI,PHI.\ CONVENTION.

This association opened its seventh
annual convention in Horticultural
Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.. Tuesday, Oc-
tober 6. President R. L. Watts, dean
of State College, called the meeting to
order. The delegates were welcomed
to the city by Director Porter- on be-
half of Mayor Blankenberg.

TUESD.IT'S PROGRAMME.

In his annual address President
Watts took as his topic the high cost of
living now so uppermost in the public
mind. The remedy in his opinion could
be worked out liy the substitution to a
large extent of vegetables for meat. A

Sir Harry Veitch, London, England.

.\warded the M;issuchuselts llorticultural

Society's White Medal of Honor

for Distinguished Services

to Horticulture.,

vegetable diet is more wholesome than
one that is largely compo.sed of meat,
it being possible to meet all the needs
of the body with vegetables, milk and
very little meat. Vegetables will play
a larger part in the feeding of our mil-
lions as the cost of food, and especially
meat, climbs higher and higher.

Howard W. Selby, secretary of the
Philadelphia Vegetable Growers' Asso-
ciation, outlined the activities and
aims of the association, the need of or-
ganization among growers for their
own protection, effective distribution
of produce and the elimination of
waste which would bring about lower
prices for the consumer and more
profits for the farmer. Addresses were
also made by C. W. Wade, of East
Lansing, Michigan; Prof. W. R. Laz-
enby, Ohio State University; Dr. W. A.
Orton, United States Department of
Agriculture, and E. A. Dunbar, of Ash-
tabula, O.

In the afternoon a visit of inspection
to the Bustleton market gardening
section was made by nearly all the del-
egates. The Starkey Produce Co.'s ex-
tensive grounds were very interesting,
showing the latest up-to-date methods
in growing and marketing of produce.
There were other large places, many

of which had special features of great
interest to the visitors.

The feature of the Tuesday evening
session was an illustrated lecture by
Walter P. Stokes, who stated that 50
per cent of the seeds used in the United
States came from countries now at war
and this situation would raise prices,
which could be overcome by the farm-
ers and truckers in this country raising
their own seed. Seed could be raised
here for most crops as well as abroad;
the demand for seeds has increased
enormously and the speaker said he
looked to see a tremendous impetus
in the seed raising business here and
its permanent establishment as an In-
dustry in the United States. From
farm to table, with only one handling
of products was advocated by Direc-
tor Wm. H. Ball. Bureau of City
Property; it would help reduce the
high cost of living. H. B. Fullerton
stated the startling fact that there was
absolutely no standard of measure
that held good over the United States,
especially was there no such thing as
an accurate quart measure.

WEDNESD.\T'S PROGRAMME.

At the morning session Wednes-
day. October 7. Dr. Jacob B. Lipman.
director of the New Jersey agricul-
tural station at New Brunswick, had
for his subject "Scientific Management
of Farms and Soil Problems for Vege-
table Gro-wers." The nation, he stated,
has exhausted and burnt up its lands
like a drunken spendthrift. Farmers
plough their hilly land up and down
instead of across and by this method
mucli of the good soil is washed down
and carried a-svay into streams. Land
is ruined by erosion or washing away.
by wearing out or the continual rais-
ing of exhaustive crops, and by being
liurnt over. Thousands of tons of the
best and most fertile soil have been
washed from fertile lands because of
improper ploughing. There was con-
siderable discussion of the subject,
many important points being brought
out on improving new and worked
land.

The trip to the Seabrook Farms Co.
at Bridgeton. N. J., Wednesday aft-
ernoon, at the invitation of the Skin-
ner Irrigation Co.. was most enjoya-
lile. The delegation, about 2,'50 in num-
ber, was met at the train in Bridge-
ton by 75 automobiles furnished by
members of the Bridgeton Commercial
League. They were taken first to the
Seabrook farms where 75 acres are un-
der irrigation of the overhead type.
The water is pumped from an artifi-
cial pond into lines of pipes which
spray long lines of vegetables at the
rate of 1.300 gallons a minute if neces-
sary. The system was explained by
F. F. Rosswell. After the inspection
of the Seabrook farm the party en-
joyed a ride of 40 miles through fruit-
ful farm country. On their return they
feasted on doughnuts, cider and fruit
supplied by the housewives of Bridge-
ton.

At the Wednesday evening session
Professor Clyde L. King, of the TTni-
versity of Pennsylvania, led the open
meeting discussion on the high cost of
living. He made a report on answers
received from vegetable growers sent
out by the officials of the Philadelphia
Vegetable Growers' Association. These
answers showed that in many in-
stances wholesalers made 05 per cent
proflrand that the difference in price
between what the consumer paid and
the producer received ranged from 200

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to 300 per cent. It was suggested that
the producers co-operate in large asso-
ciations, each of which might keep a
clerk In the large market cities to send
quotations keeping them posted daily
as to the current prices. These sug-
gestions were favorably received and
resulted in much favorable discussion.

THURSDAY'S PROGRAMME.

At the Thursday morning session Dr.
Paul Work, of Cornell University, had
for his subject "Co-operation." Busi-
ness co-operation among farmers is
essential to their own survival, as well
as the maintenance of normal food
prices in cities. With this for a text,
the speaker said farming in the United
States has so far remained merely a
virtue. Now it must become a sci-
ence, otherwise organized business.
such as transportation systems and
middlemen's organizations, will con-
tinue to take the pick of the profits.
If farmers are ever to enjoy prosperity
and returns, proportionate to their
deserts, they must win them through
co-operation. Co-operation in buying
has been tried in many communities
and has resulted uniformily in a sav-
ing of from 2.5 to 50 per cent in the
cost of farm supplies. After farm
produce leaves the farmers' hands it
increases from 100 to 500 per cent in
value before it reaches the consumer.
A large part of this could be secured
if the farmers were organized. They
could split the difference with the con-
sumer, obtain more for themselves and
greatly reduce the cost of living. If
united the farmers could exert a tre-
mendous Influence in behalf of needed
legislation. What the individual must
beg for, the united community can de-
mand. He confidently predicted the
country would soon be full of such
organizations, from which great good
would result.

The election of officers was held
Thursday, at the afternoon session,
and resulted as follows : M. L. Rue-
tenik. Cleveland, O., president: Daniel
R. Comly. Philadelphia, Pa., vice-pres-
ident; S. W. Severance, Louisville. Ky..
secretary, E. A. Dunbar, Ashtabula.
O.. treasurer. The place of meeting
for next convention was not decided.

FRIDAY'S PROGRAMME.
A tour of the wholesale and retail
city markets by a number of the dele-
gates was made Friday morning
with the opening up of business at
4 a. m. They found produce sold to
commission men, brought four to six
times the original price at the grocery
stores and retail market stalls a few
hours later. One truck farmer said
if he could get one cent a head for let-
tuce it would pay him well; this is sold
at retail a few hours after it leaves him
at anywhere from six to ten cents a
head. It was believed that better trans-
portation facilities, so that farmers
could sell direct, to consumers in central
city markets, would help both the pro-
ducer and the consumer, and greatly
reduce the cost of living. Farmers from
the vast farm regions of Wisconsin and
Illinois are making plans to ship car-
loads of their produce to this city di-
rect. They believe there is a favorable
market here if sold direct to the con-
sumer through the proposed city mar-
kets.

THE TRADE EXHIBITION.

The trade display was made in the
large hall on the second floor. The
room was nicely decorated with flags,
bunting and pieces of statuary. The

exhibition spaces, or booths, were uni-
form in size and fitting, although two
or more could be used for one display.
The signs on the top of the booths
were all in gilt letters and also uni-
form. The entire series of exhibits
were interesting, all pertaining in some
way to the business of market garden-
ing. The administration booth was a
busy place, the registry book showing
a list of some 400 names of delegates.
The following were among the exhib-
itors :

Willard B. Kille, Swedeboro, N. J.,
exhibited his ever-bearing strawberry.
Superb, boxes of fine red berries; also
plants in fruit. Mr. Kille was in
charge.

H. A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.,
made a display of vegetable seeds, cut
dahlias and a variety of house plants.
Wm. J. Sherry in charge. ^

Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, Fred
Lautenschlager, representative, dis-
played photos of greenhouses using
their boilers and distributed literature.

Campbell Soup Farms, Cinnamin-
son, N. J., made a fine display of choice
vegetables used in their soups.

Keller Bros., East Toledo, O., had
a display of onion sets.

Miller Brothers, East Toledo, O., ex-
hibited a pipe threading device.

City Farms, Byberry, made a show-
ing of vegetables, large pumpkins,
corn on stalk and other farm prod-
ucts.

Cornell University, Department of
Vegetable Gardening, occupied a large
booth decorated with placards of the
various products, acreages and values
of crops in New York state. Statis-
tical information in pamphlet form,
seed testers, etc., were distributed.

Bateman Manufacturing Co., Glen-
loch, N. J., had an exhibit of wheel
hoes, seed drills, sprayers and truckers'
implements. Fred Coleman was in
charge.

Diamond Brand Compost, Jersey
City, N. J., gave samples of fertilizer
and literature. R. K. Douglas in
charge.

Lord & Burnham Co., New York, dis-
tributed samples of hotbed sash. Pho-
tographs of greenhouses, blue prints,
etc., were on display.

Stokes' Seed Farm, Moorestown, N.
J., made a display of vegetables and
presented visitors with copies of the
first issue of "Monthly Seed News,"
issued by them. Mr. Stokes, Jr., was
in charge.

W. Altee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia,
Pa., exhibited vegetable seeds, onions,
cut dahlias and gladioli. A large mono-
gram sign made of large quantities
of seeds of diflicult colors, mostly
beans and corn, was very unique.

Women's Horticultural School, Am-
bler, Pa., had a nicely arranged booth,
showing jellies, fruit, vegetables and
plants grown and put up at the col-
lege.

Skinner Irrigation Co., Troy, O., dis-
played boxes of celery, samples of ap-
pliances and photographs of appliances
in use. Mr. Rossiter and Mr. Thomp-
son were the greeters here.

Philadelphia Vegetable Association
arranged a large and varied display
of choice vegetables. A large liberty
bell of peppers was a feature.

Maryland Agriculture Experiment
Station, College Park, Md., arranged
a booth with literature, and photo-
graphs showing results of experiments.

Hammond's Paint & Slug Shot
Works, Fishkill on Hudson, N. Y., dis-
tributed samples of insecticides and
literature.

The parcel post exhibit by ofiice
of markets. United States Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, con-
sisted of samples of various contain-
ers for transporting farm produce.
Parcel post information was given out
by Lewis B. Flohr, representative.

Ohio State University Experimental
Station, department of horticulture, ex-
hibited photographs, samples of vege-
tables in jars, literature, etc.

Ball Seed and Plant Forcer Co.,
Glenside, Pa., displayed seed box plant
separators. W. F. Ball was in charge.

Manaway System of Irrigation, New-
field, N. j., with C. W. Skinner in
charge, showed various appliances and
photographs.

Blissfleld Machine Co., Blissfield,
Mich., exhibited a machine for tying
beets and other like vegetables for
market.

W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO.'S EXHIBIT AT THE VEGETABLE GROWERS' ASSN
OF AMERICA CONVENTION.

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The Irrigation Supply Co., Grand
Rapids, Mich., F. Nolespa in charge,
demonstrated sample appliances.

The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.,
exhibited greenhouse ventilating ap-
paratus. J. B. Jones was in charge,
with samples and photographs.

Bowker's Insecticide Co., Boston,
Mass.. showed samples of fine fruit
grown free of insects by protection of
Bowker's Pyrox. ^•

Exhibition of Prize Dahlias.

Wonderful shapes and delightful
colors vied with each other at the
stores of Henry A. Dreer, 714-710
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa., Oc-
tober 6, during the exhibition of dah-
lias entered in competition for the pre-
miums offered by this enterprising
house. Many beautiful flowers were
on exhibition, prominent among which
was the variety "Kalif," a majestic
flower, pure scarlet, immense size and
a perfect cactus form. First prize for
this was awarded to John W. Pepper,
Jenkintown, Pa.; second prize to A.
Burgess, Germantown, Pa. Other
awards were as follows :

"Nibelungenhort," another mammoth
dahlia, old rose with golden apricot suf-
fusion, petals beautifully curled and
twisted— Edmund S. Eddy, Mt. Holly.
N. J., 1st; George I. Bodine, Chestnut
Hill. Pa., 2d.

"Hurtulanus Fiet." giant flowers,
beautiful shrimp pink, with delicate
tints of red and yellow — George I. Bo-
dine, 1st.; John W. Pepper, 2d.

■^■'Rheinischer Frohsinn," large flow-
ers with incurving petals, white suf-
fused with carmine rose — Edmund S.
Eddy, Mt. Holly, N. J., Ist.? C. D.
Gill, Cynwyd, Pa., 2d.

"Dreer's Giant Cactus Dahlias," im-
mense blooms in charming colors.
Three varieties, "Nerthus." "Wodan"
and "Wolfgang Von Goethe" — George
I. Bodine, 1st.; John W. Pepper, 2d.

Best twelve blooms of Dreer's collar-
ette dahlias— John W. Pepper, 1st.
George I. Bodine, 2d.

San Francisco.

DEMAND STEADY AND PRICES BETTER.

The long looked for improvement in
business is at hand. Stock of every
description is in much steadier demand
than for a long period and prices are
also tightening up considerably. With
the great influx of the wealthy class
of people to their winter homes in this
city, it seems that the improvement is
destined to prove permanent. Let us
hope so, at any rate. Chrysanthe-
mums have come into their own at
last. The writer never remembers
seeing such splendid stock as is being
offered this season. Since the pooling
of their stock by the Japanese there
has been a marked improvement in
the market for this flower. Crocus,
Monrovia, Unaka, etc., are all past for
this year. We now have Chysolora,
which is the leading yelluw, and Queen
is the leading white. Both of these va-
rieties are bringing from $1.00 to .$1.75

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Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

The nominating committee of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
has posted the list of candidates for
the various offices of the society for
the year 1915 to be voted for at the
annual meeting, November 14; The list
Is as follows : For president, John K.
M. L. Farquhar; vice-president, Rich-
ard M. Saltonstall; trustees for three
years, C. S. Sargent, Thomas Roland,
F. L. Ames and Thomas Allen.

Nominating committee : John L.
Smith, Richard Hittinger, David R.
Craig, George Page and Henry M.
Howard. Delegate to state board of
agriculture, Edward B. Wilder.

In accordance with the by-laws of
the society two weeks are allowed for
further nominations should any be de-
sired.

Winchester, Ind.

I. J. Byers has installed a system
of water works and grows carnations
and a general line of plants. He in-
tends to enlarge his greenhouse to
Boeet the demands of his trade.

John D. Summers, who lives on the
Greenville road, has 2,000 feet of glass
devoted to vegetables, principally let-
tuce.

KOKOMO, Ind. — Miss Elsie Coles of
Rose Farms has secured a store and
workroom In the down-town section
and will hanfllo the entire output'- of
'.he Coles greenhoupes.

per dozen blooms. We may expect a
better assortment of color next week.
Roses are improving in quality daily
and are meeting with a fair demand.
Beauties of good qualitjr are probably
the only scarce variety. Lady Hilling-
don is making many friends for it-
self this season and bids fair to be-
come one of the most called for sorts.
Some splendid stock of the different
Killarneys can be had, and Cecile
Brunner, ' as usual, enjoys the same
demand that it does throughout the
year. Carnations are improving daily
and some splendid Gorgeous are now
to be seen in the windows. The color
of this carnation will always make it
a good seller and if it proves prolific,
and every indication points that it
will, if will become one of the stan-
dard varieties in this market. There
are plenty of violets to be had but the
flowers as yet are rather small, al-
though they are more fragrant than
in the winter months. There is quite
a call for cattleyas but the supply is
very limited and is likely to continue
so until the appearance of labiata. It
is one of the surprising things about
the trend of things in this city how
the orchid has secured suc'h a firm
hold on the people in such a few years.
The writer can remember when only
the very wealthy demanded orchids;
now everybody and anybody must
have them, no matter what the cost
is and they usually get them, too.
Valley is not over plentiful with prices
about the same as last quoted. W^e
have had no killing frosts up to the
present and there is plenty of out-

door stock of all kinds, but with little
or no demand. The green men report
a steady call for ferns and asparagus
with prices unchanged.

NOTES.
The Menlo Park Horticultural So-
ciety has perfected all plans for their
fall show. Entries are coming in very
freely and every indication points to
the best show "during the history of
this organization. John M. Daly,
chairman of the exhibition committee,
is proving himself a tireless worker
and is leaving nothing undone for the
success of the show.

M. C. Ebel, secretary of the Na-
tional Society of Gardeners, is making
a very determined effort to secure a
large membership from this coast be-
fore the convention in this city in
1915. Quite a number of the prom-
inent gardeners in this vicinity have
already applied for admittance to the
society.

G. E. Elster, of the Roeding and
Wood Nursery Company of Los Ange-
les, has been visiting the trade in this
vicinity for the past week. He is sell-
ing citrus trees and buying large
ornamentals for his firm. He reports
large ornamentals of all kinds as very
hard to locate.

Luther Burbank has returned home
after an extended Eastern trip. He
made quite a stay at his boyhood
home and other points of interest in
the East. He was accorded a very
enthusiastic welcome by the citizens
of his home town upon his return.

Frank R. Mills has announced that
he will give a silver cup at the annual
chrysanthemum show of the Menlo
Park Horticultural Society for the best
display of tuberous begonias in pots.
The show is to be held in Mr. Mills'
home town, Palo Alto.

E. W. McLellan and family have
gone on another motor camping trip.
This time it is to the big trees at Mari-
posa Grove. They plan to be away
several weeks and will camp out as
usual.

M. H. Ebel, of Sacramento, made
his usual monthly trip to this city
looking into trade conditions. Ac-
cording to Mr. Ebel business in the
"capital city" is good.

The Art Floral Co. has been show-
ing some remarkable Queen chrysan-
themums this week. They were great-
ly admired and showed evidence of fine
culture.

Patrick Ora, who has lately joined
the force of A. O. Stein, reports trade
as improving rapidly. Their new
store is one of the most attractive in
this city.

Andrew Strachan is leaving for a
trip to his old home in Scotland next
week by the way of the Panama
Canal. He expects to be away for six
months.

Wm. A. Leslie is now on the road
representing Carl Purdy, of Ukiah. He
reports trade as being very satisfac-
tory. G. N.

St. Louis.

STOCK PLENTIFOI,.

The early part of last week was
very warm, but at the time of writing
it is considerably cooler. Stock of
all kinds has filled the counters of the
five wholesalers. Asters are over, but
dahlias are coming in heavily; also
roses, but the cool spell will help. Car-
nations are arriving in increased quan-
tities, many short stemmed. Violets
are improving but sales are slow. Smi-
lax and greens are selling well. Cos-
mos is also seen in increased quan-
tities. In chrysanthemums, pink and
white, are the most numerous.

NOTES.

The local florists' club met October
S at the Odd Fellows' hall. President
Bourdet in the chair. The rainy

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weather kept the attendance down to
18. The principal business of the meet-
ing was the discussion on a spring
flower show. The following members
were elected : W. W. Ohlweiler, Geo.
H. Pring and G. W. Garrett. There
were two new applications, that of O.
May and G. Denges, of Kirkwood.

Julius Koenig, our city forester, and
Miss Orphan E. Miller were married
at Terre Haute, Ind., October 6. Con-
gratulations are in order.

Orchids and lilies are selling well at
the houses making a specialty of han-
dling fancy stock.

Geo. Wagner, of Grimm & Gorly,
has had several large wedding orders
the past week.

E. J. Fancourt, of the Pennock-
Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa., was a
recent visitor.

C. A. Kuehn's counters have been
well filled with all varieties of flow-
ers.

H. Jennemann is bringing some ex-
tra fancy dahlias to H. G. Bernfng.

O'Leary, the Florist, is making a
fine window display.

Joe Hauser is shipping some fine
dahlias and violets.

W. Pilcher is cutting some fancy
Hadley roses.

F. H. Weber is making a very pret-
ty display.

C. Young & Son's window is very at-
tractive. W. F.

St, Joseph, Mo.

HAIL DAMAGES GLASS.

A heavy hail storm visited this vicin-
ity October 8, destroying considerable
quantity of greenhouse glass. The
Stuppy Floral Co., at their older estab-
lishment downtown, lost approximate-
ly 2,500 lights, 16x24 glass, and at
their new place, Ashland avenue and
Lovers' lane, where the area ap-
proaches 200,000 feet, only about 2,000
panes were broken. The storm went
that way after breaking a great many
white way lights and window panes
in the business houses downtown and
seemed to have abated somewhat. This
firm expects to be under cover again
about October 15, having been fortu-
nate enough to have a little over 200
boxes of glass on hand. The damage
to stock was very small, only chrys-
anthemums being cut up to some ex-
tent. The inclement weather starting
October 10 may make it hard on roses.
of which they have 20 houses planted.
So far there are no signs of mildew.

Ernest Mueller, the largest and most
extensive vegetable grower in this sec-
tion, lost about 700 lights, and E. V.
Myers and Otto Schmaltz, who were
also in the path of the storm, lost
about half of their glass.

The storm came with little notice,
large hail stones falling before the
rain, the whole lasting only about six
minutes.

Robert Newcomb, representing
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, was a
recent visitor^

Cleveland.

OUTLOOK FAVORABLE.

Carnations are beginning to be a
factor in the dally business now. some
very fine stock, in all colors, arriving
regularly, and as soon as the frost kills
the outdoor stock, carnations will again
come into their own. Chrysanthemums
are improving in size and color, pink
and yellow being most plentiful. A few
pansies are on the market. A good heavy
downpour of rain October 10 helped the
outdoor stock, as it has been very dry
in this section, and also had a depress-
ing effect on business for the week end.
The week's sales average favorable,
however, with previous business. The
rose receipts are equal to the demand
!n all grades and varieties, and stock
is keeping up well as far as quality is

concerned. American Beauty roses still
arrive in good supply and excellent
quality, and the demand pleasing. The
supply business has been very good
lately. Boxwood will soon be in. South-
ern smilax has been used freely the
past week, and a good season for this
commodity is looked forward to. String
smilax is in, and strings are uniformly
long and good quality.

NOTES.

The ladies' banquet at the Hollenden
hotel, Monday evening. October 5,
was well attended, and a good time
was enjoyed by all present. More of
the members should attend these meet-
ings and become acquainted with each
other, enjoy the company of other lady
members and keep in touch with the
work of the Ladier' Florist Club.

OBITUARY.

Robert Kegg, one of the oldest flor-
ists in this vicinity, died at his home
on Riverside avenue, West Park, Ohio,
Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p. m. His
sons have been conducting the business
end of his greenhouses for some time.

The Smith & Fetters Co. has an auto-
mobile delivery truck, which has just
been finished, and it's the latest thing
in automobiles. C. F. B.

Boone, la.

The Kemble-Smith-Flindt Co., Inc.,
was visited by a local hail storm Octo-
ber 6, which broke 1,833 lights of 16-
inch glass, about 3,200 square feet,
this being about 12 per cent of their
glass at this point. None of the other
Kemble houses at Marshalltown, etc.,
points within 50 miles, wer« damaged.
The storm was purely local and was
not accompanied by much wind, al-
though many of the hail stones were
as large as those of two years ago
which effected a total loss of glass.
By large is meant the size of a hen's
egg. Their stock suffered some from
the cold rains which followed and also
from the falling broken glass, but they
have all the glass replaced now and
are proceeding as usual.

About 7,000 feet of glass owned by
John Loehrer, about a mile out, was
half broken as the storm was severe
at that place.

Louisville, Ky. — Adolph Fisher has
sold his interets in the firm of Wal-
ther & Fisher to Emil Walther, who
will continnp the business, and has
gone to California. He will re-enter
the florists' business on the coast.

W. L. Pallnsky.

W. L. Pallnsky, a well-known florist
of Chicago, died at his home at 2865
Palmer avenue, Saturday morning,
October 10, from tuberculosis of the
stomach, at the age of 61. He was
born in Germany in 1853 and worked
in greenhouses while he was a boy,
coming to this country when he was
still in his teens. His first job in Amer-
ica was with the late August Dressell,
but he went into business for himself
in 1884 near his present establishment.
Being very industrious, he gradually
worked up a large business, of which
he had active charge until this sum-
mer, when his health gradually failed,
but it was only until a week ago that
he was forced to take to his bed. He
was a member of the Society of Ameri-
can Florists, the Chicago Florists'
Club, Retail Florists' Association
and the Royal League, Humboldt
Council, No. 75. A widow and five chil-
dren, Martha, Sadie, Bernedine, Marion
and Milton, survive him. The funeral
was held from the residence to the
First Evangelical Lutheran church,
■Rev. Kaufmann officiating, and the re-
mains were laid to rest in the family
lot at Waldheim cemetery. A large
number of beautiful floral offerings
from the trade were much in evidence
and the large turnout of florists at the
funeral shows the high esteem in
which he was held by his fellow men.

John M. Griffith.

John M. Griffith, pioneer seedsman,
founder and president of the Griffith
& Turner Co., and one of the leading
business men of Baltimore, Md., died
at his home at Lutherville, Sunday,
October 4, aged 77 years. He was
engaged in the seed and implement
trade for over 50 years and up to
within a month of his death took an
active part in the business. Death re-
sulted from apoplexy brought on by
old age. He is survived by a widow,
a daughter, and two sons. The funeral
was held Tuesday, October 6, and
many handsome floral tributes from
friends and members of the craft were
in evidence. An especially handsome
design, a last tribute of respect from
employes, was a pillow of white roses
and lily of the valley with 77 red roses
aranged at one corner.

Lillian A. Shaw.

Lillian A. Shaw, daughter of J. Aus-
tin and Amelia Shaw, died at Clarks-
ville, N. Y., on October 9, where she
had gone for medical treatment.
Miss Shaw was a very clever and
amiable young woman with large am-
bition, and it is believed that over
work caused her early death. The
sympathy of the writer, and many
others in the trade, is extended to
J. Austin and Mrs. Shaw and family.

A. F. P.

Dr. Abram L. Small.

Dr. Abram Lennington Small, aged
84. one of the pioneers of Kankakee,
Illinois, died October 6. at his home on
Eighth avenue, after a brief illness
due largely to advanced age. He had
been engaged In the nursery business
in Kankakee for a great many years.

Mrs. Louise Jurgens.

Mrs. Louise Jurgens, widow of Carl
Jurgens, died at her home in Middle-
town. R. I., September 30, after a
short illness. She is survived by three
children. Carl Jurgens, Jr.; Katherlne,
wife of F. C. Scherer, of Orange. N. J.,
and Louise, wife of Charles H. Parker.

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THIS ISSUE 56 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Preserving cut flowers 649

— Many treatments practiced 649

— Physiology ot the flower 649

— Experimental work 649

— Results 650

The retail trade 650

—Emblem of Mystic Shrlners (supplement) .650

— Tuning up for the season 650

— Interior of W. H. Hilton's store (illus.) . .650

— Furrow's window display (illus. ) 651

— Decorated auto of Cliarles Millang (illus.). 651

A mold arboretum notes 651

Wintering water lilies 652

Menlo Park Hort. Society outing (Illus.) .. .65^

Chrysanthemums 653

— Specimen iwt plants 653

White medal of honor 654

Sir Harry Veitch (portrait) 654

Vegetable Growers* Ass'n of America (illus.). 654

Exhibition of prize dahlias 656

Massachusetts Hort. Society 656

Winchester, Ind 656

San Francisco 658

St. Louis 658

St. Joseph, Mo 651

tjleveland 657

Boone, la 657

Obituary— W. L. Palinsky (portrait) 657

—John M. Grifflth^Llllan A. Shaw.. 657

— Dr. Abram L. Small — Mrs. L. Jurgens 657

Hail 658

Clirysanthemum Society of America 658

Opening for women 658

Buffalo 660

Chicago 664

Chicago Florists' Club 668

Illinois State Florists' Association 668

Boston 670

Philadelphia 671

New York 672

Cincinnati 672

Milwaukee 676

The seed trade 682

— Canary Island onion seed shipping season.. 682

— Burpee exhibit (illus.) 682

— Louisiana seed legislation inoperative 682

— Pruning shears 682

Oklahoma City 686

The nursery trade (>88

— French nursery trade and the war 688

Market gardeners 690

— Lettuce notes 690

Now is a good time to begin burn-
ing up the litter about the houses in-
stead of letting It grace the place un-
til next spring.

There are 19 students in the floricul-
tural department of the Illinois State
University at Champaign this season,
nearly double last season's class.

Our Supplements.

Subscribers should see that they get
copies of the fine supplementary illus-
trations showing high-grade design
and decorative work. These fine sup-
plements should be carefully preserved,
as they mean much to the retail
florists in dealing with their custom-
ers, illustrating as they do the various
kinds of work that the every-day flor-
''ist is called upon to perform.

The papers in which the supplements
appear should be likewise preserved,
as they contain much valuable data
with regard to these special illustra-
tions. Subscribers should see that
they get every issue, as otherwise they
may miss some of this high-grade
work.

Warning.

The Brooklyn police are seeking a
clever swindler who victimized a
Brooklyn florist, by representing him-
self to be a prospective purchaser of
the business and while waiting for
the papers to be drawn up, sold out
the stock for cash and disappeared.
He gave the name of Charles Berger
and knows the florist business thor-
oughly. He is described as iDcing 5
ft. 8 in. tall, slim, weight about 145
pounds, dark, and looks like a Jap-
anese and is very nervous.

HaU.

Grand Island, Neb. — Ed Williams
lost about 14,000 square feet of glass
October 3 and all his stock. He had
already finished replacing his glass and
October 6 lost 2.500 shuare feet more
by another hailstorm.

St. Joseph. Mo. — The Stuppy Floral
Co. lost 12,000 feet of glass during a
hail storm October 8.

Boone. la. — J. Loehrer had the mis-
fortune of losing 7,000 feet of glass by
hail October 8.

Kansas City, Kas. — Mr. Masson lost
all of his glass during a hailstorm Oc-
tober 9.

Chrysanthemum society of America.

ANNTJ.^I. JIEETING.

The thirteenth annual meeting of
the Chrysanthemum Society of Amer-
ica will be held at Indianapolis. Ind.,
Saturday, November 7, at 9 :30 a. m.
The following papers will be read :
"Pompon Chrysanthemums," by Fred.
H. Lemon, Richmond, Ind.; "Chrysan-
themum Cut Blooms for Exhibition."
by William Vert, sviperintendent Castle
Gould, Port Washington, L. I.. N. Y.;
"Chrysanthemum Specimen Plants for
Exhibition." by J. Canning, superin-
tendent Heather Dell Farm, Ardsley,
N. Y.

Friday, November 6, the first day
of the show will be devoted to staging
and judging the exhibits.

EXAMINING COMMITTEES.

President Wm. Kleinheinz an-
nounces the committees to examine
new chrysanthemums for the ensuing
year as follows :

Chicago — N. J. Wietor (chairman),
George Asmus, Guy French. Ship
flowers to chairman, N. J. Wietor, 30
E. Randolph street, Chicago.

Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter (chair-
man). James Allen. Henry Schwarz.
Ship flowers to chairman. Jabez Elliott
Flower Market, care janitor.

Boston — Wm. Nicholson (chair-
man), James Wheeler, ' Alex Mont-
gomery. Ship flowers to Boston Flower
Exchange, care W. J. Thurston, man-
ager. 1 Winthrop Square.

New York — Eugene Dailledouze
(chairman), Wm. H. Duckham, A.
Herrington. Ship flowers to New York
Cut flower Co., 55 22d street, care
of chairman.

Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge (chair-
man). John W^estcott, S. S. Pennock.
Ship flowers to A. B. Cartledge, 1514
Chestnut street.

Shipments shouid be made to arrive
by 2 p. m. on examination days to re-
ceive attention from the committee.
Must be prepaid to destination and an
entry fee of $2.00 should be forwarded
to the secretary not later than Tues-
day of the week they are to be exam-
ined, or it may accompany the blooms.

Seedlings and sports are both eligi-
ble to be shown before these commit-

tees, provided the raiser has given
them two years' trial to determine
their true character. Special attention
is called to the rule that sports to re-
ceive a certificate must pass at least
three of the five committees.

The committees will be in session to
examine such exhibits as may be sub-
mitted on each Saturday during the
dates of which will be October 3, 10,
17, 24, 31, and November 7, 14, 21, 28.
C. W. Johnson, Sec'y.

Opening: for Women.

UNITED STATES CIVIL-SEEVICE EXAM-
INATION.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open com-
petitive examination for assistant In
school and home gardening, for women
only, on November 18, 1914, at various
places throughout the United States.
From the register of eligibles resulting
from this examination certification will
be made to fill a vacancy in this posi-
tion in the Bureau of Education, De-
partment of the Interior, Washington,
D. C, at a salary of $1,600 a year, and
vacancies as they may occur in posi-
tions requiring similar qualifications,
unless it is found to be in the interest
of the service to fill any vacancy by
reinstatement, transfer, or promotion.
The duties of this position will consist
in the collection and compilation of in-
formation relating to school and home
gardening, the preparation of bulletins
on that subject, correspondence with
school oflicers and others, visiting and
inspecting work of this kind, and con-
suiting with boards of education and
school olEcers.

Competitors will be examined In the
following subjects, which will have the
relative weights indicated :

1. General agriculture 20

2. Horticulture 30

3. Theory and practice of education 30

4. Education and experience 20

Total 100

Graduation with a bachelor's degree
from a college or university of recog-
nized standing, such training to have
included courses in agriculture, horti-
culture, and a teacher's training course,
and at least two years' experience in
teaching or supervising work in f gri-
culture and horticulture, are prerequis-
ites for consideration for this position.
Statements as to education and experi-
ence will be accepted subject to verifi-
cation. Applicants must have reached
their twenty-fifth but not their forti-
eth birthday on the date of the exam-
ination.

Under an act of congress, applicants
for this examination must be exam-
ined in the state or territory in which
they reside and have been actually
domiciled in such state or territory for
at least one year previous to the date
of the examination. Each applicant
will be required to submit to the ex-
aminer on the day of the examination
an unmounted photograph of herself
taken within two years. An applicant
who fails to present such photograph
will not be admitted to the examina-
tion. Tintypes will not be accepted.
This examination is open to all women
who are citizens of the United States
and who meet the requirements.

Persons who meet the requirements
and desire this examination should at
once apply for Form 1312, stating the
title of the examination for which the
form is desired, to the United States
Civil Service Commission, Washington.
D. C, or to the secretary of the United
States Civil Service Board at any place
where the examination is to be held.
No application will be accepted unless
properly executed, excluding the me'l-
ical certificate, and filed with the com-
mission at Washington in time to ar-
range for the examination at the place
selected by the applicant.

1914.

The American Florist.

659

Club Meetings Next Week.

[Secretaries of clubs aud societies are re-
quested to send notice of change in date, time
aud iilace of meeting.]

Detroit, Mioh., Oct. 19, 8 p. m — Detroit
Florists' Club. L. lieuib Floral Co. Ualeigb H.
Weils. Secri-tary, *S27 CauGeld avenue. Detroit.

Grand Eapids. Mich., Oct, 19. — Grand Rapids
Florists' aud Gardeners* Club, office of mem-
l)er. Edward Freyliug. Secretary, 1057 Wealthy
avenue. Grand Rai)lds.

Montreal, Que., Oct. 19, 7:48 p. m. — Montreal
Gardeners' and Florists' Club, Montreal Floral
Exchange, 140 Mansfield street. W. H. Horo-
bln, Secretary-Treasurer, 283 Marquette street,
Montreal.

Providence, R. I., Oct. 19, 8 p. m. — Florists'
and Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island. 96 West-
minster street. Wm. E. Chappell, Secretary,
333 Branch avenue. Providence. R. I.

Boston, Mass., Oot. i!0, 8 p, m. — Gardeners'
and Florists' Club of Boston, Horticultural Hall.
V\ . N. Ciaig, .Secretar.v, Faulkner Farm, Brook-
line, Maes.

Toronto, Ont,, Oct, 20, 8 p. m. — Gardeners'
and Florists' of Ontario. St. George's Hall, Elm
street. Geo. Douglas. Secretary, 189 Merton
street. Toronto.

Hartford, Conn., Oct, 23, 8 p. m, — The Con-
necticut Horticidtural Society, County build-
ing, Hartford. Alfred DLion, Secretary, 25 Wil-
cox street, Wethersfleld, Conn.

Dobbs Ferry, N. Y,, Oct, 24.— Dobbs Ferry
Horticultural Society. Odd Fellows' hall. B.
Harms. Secretary. Dobbs Ferry. N. Y,

Sobhs Ferry. N. Y., Oct. 24, 8 p. m. — Gar-
deners' Association. Henry Kastberg, Secre-
tary, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.

Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this oflSce
eucioae lOceuts extra to cover posUige, etc.

Situation Wanted— By pot plant and beddiof
plant grower; private or commercial. Address
Kev 464. care American Florist.

Sitnation Wanted— By first-class grower of cut
flowers and pat plants 3u years' practical ex-
perience. Up-to-date and sober man. Address,
J. G. F.. Lock Box 248. Youngstown. Ohio.

Situation Wanted— By gardener. 28. single. 14
years' experien 'p a' indoor and outside work.
Ed. Smaut car** Mrs. E. Aiiken.

M Mercer St , Jersey City. N. J.

Situation Wanted— By young man with some
experience in carnations. Prefer Chicago or near.
Address, Florist, care of Mitchell House.

Hopkinsville. Ky.

Situation Wanted— By flor'st and gardener,
elderly but active; can serve -n ail branches. Ad-
dress. C DORN.

4037 Detroit Ave. Toledo. Ohio.

Situation Wanted - As florist and landscape
gardener. Life experience. G>*rman. middle age;
wishes Disition in sta*e institution or private place.
Best references Address

Key 463. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a 6rst class storeman
and designer. American. 24 years of age. First-
class references as to ability and character. State
iuU particulars ^ind sa ary in first letter. Address,
Key 4*^6 care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— 8y landscape gardener, age
29. married, l*^yeais experience in Europe and U.
S. Grower of flowers, vegetables and fruit under
glass and outdoors. I rustworihy and well recom-
mended. Private or commercial. Address

JONASH, P^rk Kidffe. III.

Situation Wanted— Practical experienced gard-
ener desires a position on large private estate.
Expert on melons and fruits under glass or
outside, also anythme pertaining to gardening
culture. WagfS tSO.OO per month for start.
Address. Kev 4,'>i". care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By A-i flonst and landscape
gardener. 8 years' European and S juth Ame'ican
experience in landscape gardening, conservatory,
designing and de -orating. Winner of prize
m dais and diplomas 2.5 years of age. single.
Excellent references. State wages.
Stfphen Re-'CZIk 3i2 Bnadwav. Buffalo. N.V.

Situation Wantei— Bv practical gardener and
florin'.; mirrud; no children Desires position
by October 15 on reliable private estate. Expert
on fruits vegetables. Br<>enhouse and landscape.
Also anythine oertaininff to gardening culture;
throe years yardening school; seven years exper-
ience. Last three year^ on one private estate.
Sober, honest, reliat le with good references.
Address Gardener, care =^21 Wei's St.,

Milwaukee. Wis.

Situation Wanted— As head gardener florist

Buperintenaent on private place; English, age 36,
married; one child, ai;e9: life experience in all
branches— hoihouse, grapes, peaches, raeloni.
'mums, carnatioiis, roses palms, etc.. vegetables,
hardy fruits, perennials trained fruit trees and the
general routine of a well-kept place; 24 years on
best estates: long references from this country
and England. Please state wages in first letter.
Address, Key 457. care American Florist.

Help Wanted— Catalogue man wanted by old
established, centrally located seed company;
must be experienced man at seed catalogue work;
yeai;-'round job in catalogue, booklet and leaflet
writing: state age. experience and salary desired;
give references in first letter. Address

Key 459, care American Florist.

For Sale— One hot water boiler, rated at 2720
sq. ft. Used two seasons Price SlOO 00.

Ir^GLF-wooD Greenhouses, Fremont. Neb.

Tor Sale or Rent— Greenhouse of 50(tO feet. Two
blocks of cemetery, two blocks of park, with
room to enlarge, in city of SOf 0.
^ Wm B Hobbs Tipton. Ind.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
$1000.00 cash, an exceptional good deal oin green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Imp'l Co.. Brady, Mont.

For Sale— Practically new greenhouse boiler,
steam, 65 h. p.: $200 cash. F. O. B. Chicago, Big
bargain. 'Phone Edgewater 2560. or address,
D. La HEY.
5S32 Wayne Ave.. Chicago.

For Sale— A fine Mercury auto-truck for $250,
This car has been used only lor three monthsand
is in good condition. For further particulars, ad-
dress. Key 4t)8, care American Florist.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-cIass condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Co., Pa.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead. So. Dak., e.'ccel-
IcDt for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. High pressure city water or well on place.
Population, 10,000. Monthly payroll, $225,000. No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with ri^ht party.

H. E. BULINGS,
Box 675. LEAD, SO. DAK.

FOR SALE

CARNATIONS, FIELD-GROWN
FIVE THOUSAND short, bushy and
healthy plants of the variety Sangamo,
an excellent pink, $36.00 per 1000.
Write me now, as this offer will soon be
discontinued. Joseph J. Bectiamo,

141 Chestnut St., Flushing. N. Y.

-A live agent to represent us in the east. Either
an individual who can furnish satisfactory refer-
ences or a jobbifit house of good standing. Com-
municate with us at once.
CHICAGO FEED fi FERTILIZER CO.,

Union Stock Yards,
810 Exchange Ave., CHICAGO.

FOR SALE.

Greenhouse Business, 17 years established,
three wood houses, all stocked and in good condi-
tion; nice cottage, barn andgaraije, wasons, tools,
etc.. and 25.000 feet of land; immediate posses-
sion: in a large commercial city. Proprietorwants
to retire. Apply. EkwiN L. J.ACOBs.

98 Church St.. New Haven. Conn.

Working Foreman.

Working foreman for general commer-
cial establishment. Must know how to
handle general line of cut flower and po
stock as well as outdoor work. State
age and experience. Address,

Key 465, care American Florist.

WANTED

A man who can qualify as retail
buyer on Chicago Market. State
experience, references, etc.

Key 467, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted;

Carnation and pot plant grower;
Chicago or nearby vicinity preferred.
Best of references. Now at liberty.
Address,

Key 466, care American Florist.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

.\cliKil si/.e ot kat SJisSM inches.

FOR CUT FLOWEKS: in two colors ou
piimtiit'd papf'r; yoar card, etc., in
biiick and leaf adopted bv the S. A. F.
in red. Price.s: Per SOD. $2.85: per 1000,
8H.nO. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

TRADE Directory

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

660

The American Florist:

Oct. 17,

BECAISE WE GROW THE KIND
OF CUT FLOWERS YOl NEED

Is the Reason Why We Should Have Your Order.

You can get anything you want in Seasonable Cut Flowers that you need from us at prices that are reason-
able considering the exceptionally high quality of stock that we offer. In roses we are offering Mrs. Aaron
Ward, Ophelia, Mrs. Taft, Killarney, White Killarney, Richmond, Prima Donna and Mrs. Chas. Russell.
In carnations we have all the best leading varieties that the best growers in this vicinity can produce.
Chrysanthemums we are also offering in quantity and tlie same holds good for Lilies, Lily of the Valley,
Violets, Bouvardia, etc.

Try a Few of Our Mrs. Chas. Russell Roses.

This is the best selling rose on the market today. It resembles the American Beauty in all respects, even ag
to color, but is so far superior that people take it nine times out of ten in preference to the Beauty. Russell
roses cost much less than Beauties and they are better sellers. You can make more profit on one dozen
Russell than you can on Beauties, so why not handle the "live wire rose" and get the easy money. We are
offering them at 5 to 15 cents each, so order a few dpzen today. You will like them so well you will come

back for more.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.

Producers of Quantity-Quality Flowers,

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Ruffaio

WARM WEATHER HURTS TRADE.
.1 Summer weather is still with us.
■Which is not conducive to good busi-
ness. .There is an abundance of all
kinds of flowers and of all qualities,
pummer flowers are still blooming and
iare being- tramped upon by early (all
istock, both bidding for sale, and run-
ning a race with roses. Carnations
alone are the only scarce flowers. Ca-
lendulas, dahlias, snapdragons, gladioli,
chrysanthemums and all kinds of roses
are awaiting buyers. Some weddings
scheduled for early October have
helped to use up a portion of the stock.
Funeral work has been quiet, so the
florists have had little to do but make
elaborate window displays and take
care of stock. The warm weather has
not helped chrysanthemums, either as
to size or quality. Some good white are
coming in and Maude Dean, pink, are
on sale. Yellow are on sale, but not
large. Dahlias are not of their usual
good quality. Roses are in profusion,
of good quality and almost at your
own price. All growers around Buffalo
are assured of their fall order of bulbs
and azaleas.

NOTES.

Fine weather and moderate trade
cause no fears to one when they de-
cide to go into business. The past
week has seen two new flower shops
open in Buffalo. The Colonial Flower
Shop, 219 Delaware avenue, in the new
shopping district, has been opened by
Kowalski & Bellanca. It is one of the
pfettiest stores in Buffalo; its every
fixture is original in design and artistic
in arrangement. The woodwork is sil-
er gray quartered oak with pretty
mirrors and a very handsome ice box.
The lights are colonial drop pattern.
Desk, table and seat are of silver gray
oaK, lt.e Joor of red tile, and in every

Gladiolus Bulbs

' »

How to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of Gladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

'■•^WSw-.v ,_^''

way it is a very prettily planned store.
Mr. Kowalski has been for several
years with the Lenox Flower Shop and
Miss Bellanca is new in the florist
business. The best wishes are with the
new firm.

Genesee street, one of our flourish-
ing East Side street's, has another
flower store, opened October 6 by
Harry S. Aust. formerly with S. A.
Anderson, and lately manager for Jo-
seph Sangster. of Jefferson street. His
store is finished in white and gold, with
an up-to-date ice box, prettily lighted
and a nice stock of plants. The new

number la 302 East Genesee street.
The best wishes are extended to
Harry.

Visitors: W. B. Lake, Philadelphia,
Pa.; Arthur Zirkman. of M. Rice Co..
Philadelphia. Pa.; M. Dyke.s. of Ed Jan-
sen, New York; Arnold Ringler of the
W. W. Barnard Co., of Chicago.

BISON.

EVANSVILLE, IND.— Chas. A. Ganther,
owner of ranges in Michigan and
Tennesee, has purchased 13 acres near
the city and will plant them to chrys-
anthemums.

1914'

The American Florist.

661

SPECIAL ON WHITMANI FERNS

Exceptionally Fine Pot-Grown Stock. 5-lnch at 20 cents each; 6-lnch at 40 cents each.
These are Bargains That Wiil Please You.

CYRTOMIIJIVIS

A Hardy Fern that Every Florist Wants. 4-inch at $1.50 per Dozen; 6-inch at $5.00 per Dozen.

0|^CT/^1VJ 1717 DKJQ We have an immense stock of pot-grown Boston Ferns which we must move at
lj\Jij 1 Vyll r HilXi^O once to make room for other stock. Order at onceif you are looking for bargains,
for this is a real bargain sale and one that demands your immediate attention. We are offt ring:

Each I Beautiful specimens in larger sizes as follows: 8 in.,

Special price on B in. Boston Ferns 2(ic j^ qq ^^^^ g j„ ^j go e^ch.

Special price on 6 in. Boston Ferns oUc , o r,A t.

Special price on 7 in. Boston Ferns 60c I Ivarger specimens, $2.00, $2.60and f3.00 each.

The Geo. Wittbold Co., 7ar7-39BTckTnTh^^^ Chicago

662

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POEHLMAIS

72-74 E. Randolph St.

NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

Chrysanthemums - Orchids-Rosd

FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Large supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell, Killarney Brilliant, Shawyer, Sunbii
Ward, Hadley, Milady, Killarney, White Killarney and Cecile Brunner. Our stl
is of exceptionally fine quality, and is cut tight especially for long distance sl>
ments. Start now by placing regular orders for coming season.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

Best in the Market, All Lengths; Short, Medium and Long.

'Nums Cattleyas Carnations .

Gladioli Oncidiums Easter Lilies ^

Green Goods Dendrobiums Lily of the Vallf

Special Cable from the Seat of Wsi

1

We have just received a special cable from the seat of
war that our Ruscus will be here about November 1.

If you are interested write us for prices, finest quality at quotations that will be consist

Special Price on Magnolia Leaves

Green, Brown and Red, per Box, $1.25.

Get Our Special

$10.00 Assortment of Basket

Consisting of both tumbler and plant baskets. This assortment will sui)
please you and is a big bargain.

Water-Proof Crepe Paper, Genuine Imported, per hundred, - $15

Crepe Tissue Covers.

Special Princess Basliets with liners, $3.00 per d

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663

1 BROS. CO

Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

eld-Grown Carnation Plants

$40.00 per 1000

a few left. Order your supply today. Exceptionally fine Ward, Scarlet Glow and Rosette-

p i\.rv:M: ®

Kentia Belmoreana

SiDgle Plants

>ts.
>ts,

5tS,

I bs,

{lbs.
{lbs.

i-ts,

( 3tS.
utS,

r; bs.
!'bs,

bs.

libs.

5 to 6 leaves.

6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

18 in. high

28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in. high
36 in. high

42 to 44 in. high
45 to 48 in, high

Each
$0.35
1.50
2,00
3.00
4,00
5,00

Specimens, $15,00 to $25 00,

Kentia Forsterlana

Single Plants

5 to 6 leaves. 18 to 20 in, high 0 35

5 to 6 leaves 34 to 36 in, high 1,50

5 to 6 leaves, 38 lo 42 in, high 2,00

6 to 7 leaves, 46 to 48 in, high 3,50
6 to 7 leaves. 50 to 54 in. high 5,00
6 to 7 leaves. 5 to 5H ft. high 8.00
6 to 7 leaves. 6 to 6H ft, high 10,00

p^EJ

Boston. Whitmani, Roosevelt.

ach $0.25 per doz $ 3,00

ach £0 per doz 6 00

ach 75 perdoz 9,00

ach 100 perdoz 12,00

ach 250

^ch 3,50

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-up Plants Each

6 inch pots. 3 plants in a pot. 28 in, high $1,25

7 inch pots. 5 plants in a pot. 34 to 38 in, high 2,50
4 plants in a tub. 38 in, high 3 00
3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42 in. high 3,50

3 plants in a tub. 48 to 54 in, high 5,00

4 plants in a tub. 52 to 56 in, high 6 00
4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high 8.00

4 plants in a tub. 5 to 5h ft. high 10,00

12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft, high 12.00

Very strong specimens 12 and 15 inch tubs. 7 plants.

$15.00. $18.00 and $25.00,

Phoenix Roebelenii

6 inch pots. 20 in. high. 26 in, spread 1,50

7 inch pots. 2 ft, high. 32 to 36 in. spread 2,50

8 inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50
Areca Lutescens, 6-iii,, 3 pliiiits.90c eaeh.

7 inch tubs

8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs.
8-inch tubs.

10-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs

DRACAENAS

Dracaena Terminalis, highly colored.

4 inch, each $1.25 per doz $2.50

Sinch.each .■ fO perdoz 5,00

6 inch, each 75c to 1.00

Dracaena GodsfHiana, 2-inch pots, $1.00 per itoz ;

a-in.;h pols, *l ,■)(! p.-rdoz,
Dracaena Indivisa. strong.

4-inc.h at 15c and 20c each.

MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.

as, green, 5-in, pots, 12 leaves, $1.00 each.
i as, variegated, 5-in. pots, 10 to 12 leiives.
i'h.

Veitchii, highly colored.
i.t.50ceach. 5-inch at 75c each,
t $1.25 to $1.50 each,
1 t $2 00 to »2.50 each.

sisSprengeri Baskets, e.x tra strung,

i $2.50 each.

li anging Baskets, very One,
fOOaud $2,50e:ich.

$1 .00.

Crotons, 4-iu,, 5^o, ; 6in., 75c.
Stevia. strong, 2-in.. ready now, at f20 00 per 1000
English Ivy, strong. 20c to 35c each.
Peppers. Chinese and cluster. FuU of fruit, fine
bushy stock. 4 in. $10.00 per 100.

Primula ObCOnica.Grandillora and Gi^antea. strain.

4-illcli, ,Sc.
Boston Ferns, IC-inch $2.00 and 12-inch at *3.0o

to$3„50.

Cyclamen, in bloom,

5 inch, each 30.,'0 perdoz $ 5.00

6inch,each 75 perdoz........... 9.00

7inch. each Jl.lDIo 1,;0 prr doz, , .$12.00 to 18 00

Asparagus Sprengeri.

3M-in., $3,00 per 100, 3-iiich, $,5,00 per 100.

Asparagus Plumosus.

3-inch at $7,00; 4-inch at $13.00 per 100.
5-inch at$20,00 t.i $25,00 per 100.

CYCLAMEN

6-in,, and 7-in.
November and

ysanthemum Pot Plants.

)i ong bushy stock, to make room, 6-in. at
,j'-in. at 50c; 8-in., $1.00 to $1.50 each.

lis stock will make you money. Only

Varieties, including Cap family.

Our Araucarias and Azaleas are Coming*

/e will have about 10,000 plants to offer for the holidays, so place your order with us and insure
upply. Booking orders now at the following prices: Araucaria Excelsa, fine stock, 50c. 75c,
.00 each. Araucaria Robusta Compacta, large plants, $1.50 to $2.00 each. Azaleas, all the
g Christmas varieties from 75c to $2.50 in bloom. Large specimens from $2.50 up to $5 each.

Finest in the land 40,000 plants in Sin.
pots to select from at 60c., 75c. and $1.60 each.
December delivery.

POINSETTIAS

Choice stock in pans with good bracts (according to value)
from 50c to $2.50 each.

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Oct. 17,

SPECIAL SALE OF YELLOW

POMPONS

Yellow, 40 cents per bunch of 25 or more flowers, or 3 bunches for $1.00.

Chrysanthemums, choice Golden Glow for yellow and October Frost

and Advance for white, all grown to only one flower to a plant.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. We take special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and a fair supply of Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

American Beauties Per Dozen

Extra long: stems $2.50 to $3.00

30 inch stems 2.00

24-inch stems 1.50

18 inch stems 1.00

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarle,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Milady

Per 100

Long ' $8.00

Medium $5.00 to 6.00

Short S.OOto 400

CURRENT PRICE LIST. ?„"St^|?i^r'"'"*'
Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond

Per 100

Extra Select...' $6.00 to -JSOO

Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $1.00

Roses our selection, in lots of 500 or more
at the rate of $20.00 per 1000.

Carnations per loo

Fancy Red. Pink and White $3.00

Short Red, Pink and White 2.00

Chrysanthemums

Yellow and White, large, doz.. $2.50 to $3 00

medium " 2.00

White, medium and small.. " 1.00 to 150

Pompons, White per bunch, ,50

Pompons, Yellow per bunch, ,40

Pompons, Yellow only, 3 bunches, 1.00

PerlOO

Lily of the Valley $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri S2,00 to 3.00
Eastern Ferns, per 1000... .$1.50
Galax, bronze and green. $1,00
per 1000.

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, m., and Greggs Station, m.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chlcagfo.

STOCK STILL PLENTIFUL.

Stock of all kinds is plentiful but
business is gradually improving and
with an early frost to kill the outdoor
flowers a decided change for the bet-
ter can be expected. Gladioli are still
seen in large numbers on the market
but the supply the past week has
shortened up considerably and the va-
rieties that are now offered are Au-
gusta, America and Mrs. Francis
King. Asters are practically a thing
of the past but choice dahlias are
now arriving and are meeting with
good sale. Carnations have not sold
any too well the past week on account
of the warm weather, for it was impos-
sible to ship them any great distance,
consequently they were sold in large
lats at bargain prices to local buyers.
American Beauty roses are in good
supply and are selling fairly well. The
new rose Mrs. Chas. Russell is seen in
large numbers but the demand for
them keeps up and the stock is pretty
well disposed of at all times before the
stores close at night. The new rose
Ophelia is also in good demand and is
considered a valuable addition to the

list of roses now being offered. Milady,
Hadley, Rhea Reid and Richmond are
to be had in good supply. Killarney
Brilliant still meets with ready sale
and the same can be said of Prince de
Bulgarie. Some fine Sunburst and Mrs.
Aaron Ward roses are now being of-
fered and a few My Maryland are seen.
Cecile Brunner, Pireflame, Killar-
ney, White Killarney, Mrs. Geo. Shaw-
yer and Killarney Queen are to be
had in good supply also. Chrysanthe-
mums are increasing in quantity each
day and the varieties now seen in the
market are Smith's Advance, October
Frost, Golden Glow, Chrysolora, Unaka,
Gruenwald, White Touset and Geo. S.
Kalb. Chrysanthemums have cleaned
up pretty well since the season opened
aijd are seen featured in many of the
leading retail stores throughout the
city. The quality of the stock offered
in general is good which accounts for
the ready sale. Lilies have shortened
up considerably and at times during
the past week were not to be had.
Lily of the valley is not so plentiful
either but orchids continue to arrive
in good supply and the shipments con-
sist of Cattleya gigas, C. labiata.
Dendrobium formosum and oncidiums.

Violets are more plentiful but are not
taken seriously yet. Gardenias and
bouvardia are also offered and a few
daisies are seen. Weddings and store
openings continue to call for a good
supply of stock, mostly American
Beauty roses and chrysanthemums.
The cooler weather of the past few
days is helping trade considerably and
if we only had a good frost stock
would shorten up and there would be
a general scurrying around the mar-
ket to get sufficient flowers to fill all
orders, Christy Mathewson, Pacific
Supreme. Alice Salomon and Donatello
chrysanthemums have made their ap-
pearance and pompons in white and
yellow are now to be had.

NOTES.

The Garland Manufacturing Com-
pany of Des Plaines is now under new
management and the officers of the
new concern are Louis H. Wittbold,
secretary and treasurer of the Geo.
Wittbold Co., Carl Schneider, with the
Central Trust Co., Wm. Wilson, with
the W. D. Boyce Publishing Co., and
Chas. H. Roe, formerly credit man and
accountant for the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co. and secretary for C. G-
Frank, bond broker. H. W. Stretel-

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PETER REIN BERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

Beauties - Roses --'Mums

CARNATIONS--LILIES

Give us your order, we have the quality of stock that you need in quantity at the prices that you want to pay.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stems $2 60 to $3 00

30-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 76

20-inch stems 1 50

16-inch stems L 25

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 35 to 50

Richmond .

Per 100
Select 6 00

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer

Klllarney

White KlUamcy...

My Maryland

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward.

Medium.
Short

500

4 00

Russell
Ophelia

.$4.00, $6.00 and $8.00 per 100
Per 100

Roses, our selection.

$3.00

Carnations, Good l 00 to 3 00

Harrisii 10 00 to 12 60

Valley 4 00 to 6 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adlantum 1 00

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

Ferns (new) per 1,000, $2 00

Galax, Bronze and Green...$I 00 per 1000

Boxwood, per bunch 26c

Leucothoe Sprays 76c per 100

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

meier will act as manager and the
company will continue to manufacture
the Garland iron gutter and green-
house materials of all kinds as before.
Mr. Wittbold has a wide acquaintance
In the trade and is confident that the
new firm will be a success from the
start. A range of houses is now be-
ing built for Geo. Valker, of Minot,
N. D.

F. O. Franzen, the North Clark
street florist, won first prize for hav-
ing the best decorated automobile in
the parade, which was given while the
business men in his vicinity were
holding their carnival recently. A
moving picture was also taken o_f the
various stores during the carnival, so
do not be surprised if you see Fran-
zen's place of business flashed on the
screens when you visit the movies.

The trade here was greatly shocked
on October 10 to hear of the death of
W. Li. Palinsky, the well-known florist
at 2865 Palmer avenue. The late Mr.
Palinsky was well and favorably
known to the local trade, for he has
been engaged in business here for the
past .30 years. Quite a large number
of his friends attended the funeral,
which was held from the residence
Tuesday afternoon. October 13.

The Retail Florists' Association met
at the Hotel La Salle on October 13.
when considerable business was trans-
acted. There was some talk again
about consulting the city officials in
regard to having the street fakirs re-
moved from the elevated stations and
other public places and having the
city ordinance which prohibits same
enforced.

Charles J. Bond, the well-known
orchid specialist of Naperville. reports
the prospects in his line quite fair.
Cattleya labiata has made excellent
growth and the flowers are up to the
average. C. triana> is healthv: C. Bow-

ringeana is fine; Oncidium varlcosum
fair; dendrobeiums quite promising, al-
together a good promise of bloom.

Hoeckner & Stewart have sold their
store, known as the Abest Florist, at
3345 West North avenue, to Morgan
Jensen for $1,000. Mr. Jensen is not
exactly a newcomer in the business for
he has been doing a great deal of land-
scape gardening in this vicinity for
some time.

Madge U. Schmitz and Mabel Bowen,
who recently opened a store at 2223
North California avenue, under the
name of the Logan Flower Shop ,are
doing wonderfully well since they
started, even though competition is
quite keen in their neighborhood.

F. E. Bonham, the enterprising flor-
ist, of Macomb, was in the city this
week buying supplies for the fall
season. He also took the pleasure
of renewing his subscription to
THE American Florist while he was
here.

Wietor Bros, are on deck with a fine
grade of American Beauty and all oth-
er leading roses. Klllarney and White
Klllarney are the chief offerings at
this store at present and the daily re-
ceipts of carnations are quite heavy.

Zech & Mann are strong on chrysan-
themums in white, pink and vellow
and have a large supply of other choice
stock of all kinds, including fancy
American Beauty roses. Lilies are also
seen in fair supply here now.

R. E. Kurowski, Jr.. and Otto Hirsch-
feld left on October 10 by auto for Cin-
cinnati, O., to open up the new branch
office of the John C. Moninger Co. in
the Union Central Life Insurance
Building.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion will meet at the Tavern, West
Washington street, on Thursdav. Octo-
ber 15.

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WHOLESALE oonm.

riOUSTS

10-Inch

CHIFFON

White-Pink-
Purple- Green

5c per yard

You can buy from us at old
prices until this stock is sold out.

Frank Johnson and Frank McCabe,
of the A. L. Randall Co., have returned
from an auto trip to Milwaukee, Wis.
They called on the trade in several
other W^isconsin cities on their way up.

M. C. Guntenberg is disposing of
large shipments of fancy white and
yellow chrysanthemums.

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WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Beauties-Roses- Carnations-^Mums

Poehlmann Bros. Co. is certainly cut-
ting a fine line of roses and chrysan-
themums now as well as fancy orchids.
Their American Beauty, Killarney
Brilliant and Mrs. Chas. Russell roses
are magnificent and deserving of im-
mediate sale. Trade in the supply de-
partment is daily improving and out
at Morton Grove there is always a
growing demand for palms and other
decorative stock. Cyclamen plants of
splendid quality are seen in large num-
bers here.

Mrs. Sarah Lindon, of the Drexel
Floral Shop, 82S Bast Forty-seventh
street, has returned from the Eastern
Star convention, which convened at
Peoria and where she supplied a large
amount of the flowers, besides doing
the decorating. She is an active mem-
ber of the Eastern Star and is an of-
ficer of Dickinson Chapter, O. E. S.,
No. 685.

Louis Wittbold reports that the Geo.
Wittbold Co. had an unusually good
month in the wholesale department
and that sales were greater than the
copresponding month last year. Busi-
ness continues to keep up and with a
fine line of decorative stock of all
kinds on hand this firm Is in for a
good season. *

Percy Jones is adding new customers
to his list every day and is continually
increasing his shipping business, not to
say anything about his local trade.
The small advertisement he inserted in
The Ambwican Florist recently quoting
ferns brought orders from all sections
of the country, including California.

Abe Iralson. who was formerly en-
gaged in the florist business here sev-
eral years ago, has returned from
Idaho, where he has just sold his al-
falfa farm and is seriously thinking of
going in business here again. His old
stand used to he at Forty-third street
and Calumet avenue.

The Chicago Carnation Co. is supply-
ing its trade with chrysanthemums of
choice quality now in addition to its
regular line of stock. This firm is now
cutting heavily in carnations, which
should be good property now that cold
weather has set in.

E. B. Washburn and wife arrived
here this week from Pasadena, Calif.,
for several weeks' visit. Mr. Wash-
burn is looking fine and his many
friends here are pleased to know that
he is again enjoying good health.

George Reinberg and wife are visit-
ing friends and relatives at Larch-
wood, la. He is now cutting from a
nice crop of Richmond and Sunburst
roses with which Robert Northam is
supplying his trade at the store.

The Frank Floral Co., which recent-
ly opened at the corner of North Wa-
bash avenue and Lake street, is now
showing a complete line of greens, in-
cluding galax, ferns, boxwood, leuco-
tB(p sprays and ferns.

Kennlcott Bros. Co. is handling
large consignments of chrysanthemums
this season, but E. E. Pieser says that
a killing frost will be needed before
they will bring the prices that they
did last year.

Chas. Erne, of Erne «Sc Klingel, re-
ceived word this week from the Stuppv
Floral Co., of St. Joseph, Mo., that it

TO THE

PACIFIC COAST TRADE

Chrysanthemums

^ We are the largest white growers on the Pacific
Coast. ^ We are now ready to ship stock of the
best and at right prices. ^ We can supply all colors
in any quantity. ^ Let us have your standing order.

Lynch Nursery Company, inc.

Wholesale Florists

IVIenlo Park, California.

had lost 12,000 feet of glass during a
heavy hail storm October 8.

Philip C. Schupp, of the J. A. Bud-
long company, has been suffering from
a severe cold the past week, and
while he is able to be about he is still
under the doctor's care.

The Chicago Flower Growers' Asso-
ciation is now offering a good supply of
orchids in addition to its usual fine
line of other seasonable cut flowers
and greens.

E. F. Winterson, George Asmus, John
Sinner and Tom Fogarty went out to
see the White Sox trim up the Cubs
October 12.

Frank S. Markey, vice president of
the Chicago Feed and Fertilizer Co., is
the proud father of a baby boy born
October 8.

Bernard Schmirer, proprietor of the
North Shore Floral Co., is going to
build a new conservatory in the near
future.

Michael Fink, of the Chicago Flower
Growers' Association, has returned
from a business trip to Grand Rapids,
Mich.

Frank Ayres, of the Chas. W. Mc-
Kellar force, has been confined to his
home with rheumatism for several
days.

Mrs. Harry Cohn has accepted a po-
sition at the new florist store of Mar-
shall Field & Co.

The E. C. Amling Co. received their
first pompons of the season from May-
wood this week.

Mrs. Shader is gradually building up
a nice trade at her West North avenue
store.

Luke Schrer the crack sprinter, has
joined the Percy Jones force.

PERCY JONES

(Inc.)

WHOLESALE commission FLORISTS

56 East Randolph Street
CHICAGO

Spirit
Netting

6-INCH

4c per yard

Best Quality

Mrs. D. E. Freres is visiting with her
sister, who is quite ill at Hinckley,
Minn,

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The American Florist.

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THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Large supply of magnificent stock in the long and medium grades. This stock
is absolutely withoutquestion the finest obtainable in the Great Central Market.

ROSES-'MUMS-CARNATIONS

In roses we are offering fancy Bulgaria, Killarney Brilliant, Killarney, White
Killarney, Ward, Ophelia, Shaw)er and Richmond. We can take care of you
fine on these and can also supply you with choice Chrysanthemums in white,
pink and yellow. In Carnations we have all the leading commercial varieties
including all the old favorites and the best new ones. In addition to the stock
already mentioned we have everything else that is seasonable in both Cut Flowers
and Greens, so send your orders direct to us. Southern buyers should remem-
ber that we are always headquarters for Chrysanthemums for All Saints' Day.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND

when ordering Cut Flowers or Greens that you can get what
you want whenever you want it if it is seasonable from us.

-TRY US ON-

BEAUTIES === ROSES === CHRYSANTHEMUMS === VALLEY

ORCHIDS--LILIES--Etc.

Our stock is exceptionally fine. Send in a trial order today.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

(NOT INC.)

161 N. Wabash Ave., r^^^o^^:\^::^\ CHICAGO

Peter Reinberg is cutting heavily
now in Golden Glow and Smith's Ad-
vance chrysanthemums, as well as
American Beauty roses. Kmil Reich-
ling, superintendent of the Reinberg
greenhouses, says that the rose stock
this season in general is in exception-
ally fine condition and much better
than in previous years. Felix Reich-
ling, who markets the stock at the
Reinberg store that his brother pro-
duces, says that he has cleaned up the
cuts pretty well each day during the
past week. ,

The coal market is demoralized and
there is a drop of at least twenty-five
cents a ton on coal mined in this state,
and this is attributed to the extremely
warm weather that prevailed during
September. All the growers in this
vicinity have been informed of the low
prices by coal dealers several times a
day, but the majority of them seem to
have their bins pretty well filled and
the rest are not interested in buying at
the present time.

John Zech received word this week
from J. Loehrer of Boone, la., to the
effect that he had gone blind about a
week ago. That the old saying, mis-

fortunes never come singly, seems to
be true In this particular case for his
son-in-law, R. L. Walker, writes that
Mr. Loehrer lost 6,000 out of 7.000 feet
of glass during a heavy hail storm last
week.

Bassett & Washburn have had a
good shipping business all week when
large quantities of chrysanthemums
and other stock were shipped out. This
firm does a little farming on the side
and Wednesday, October 14, it dis-
posed of 30 acres of shock corn at pub-
lic auction. C. L. Washburn says that
their corn crop this year was a large
one.

The J. B. Deamud Co. is now com-
fortably located in its new ground floor
store at 158 North Wabash avenue,
one of the best stands in the city. Wil-
der S. Deamud is in charge and is now
supplying the firm's customers with a
fancy grade of chrysanthemums.

A. E. Hunt & Co., 56 East Randolph
street, have a fine lot of daisy plants
in 2^4 inch pots that they are now
offering in Etoile d'Or. Mr. Hunt says
his stock was never in better condition
and that he will clean up his surplus
in short order.

HOERBER BROS.

Wholesale C.w\ FlowrprQ
Growers of ^m J XOWCrS

Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, at.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Onr New Catalog

At Hoerber Bros.' store business has
been pretty good all things considered,
but the proprietors would have no ob-
jections to it being still better.

George Perdikas has employed Chas.
Johnson to manage his East Van Buren
street store.

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Wholesale Florists -Consignments Solicited.

o.

179-181-183 N. Wabash Avenue,

CHICAGO

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

Ben Grupp, the popular young grow-
er of Park Ridge, tried to steal a
march on his many friends October 14
by being quietly married on that day.
He waited until he thought the trade
papers had gone to press so they
would not publish the fact this week,
but a close friend tipped us off just
as we were going to press and let the
cat out of the bag. He will make his
home at Park Ridge, where he already
has a magnificent home built and
nicely furnished. The boys all wish
you success, Ben, even if you did not
let them in on the secret.

Joseph Ziska has his supply depart-
ment pretty well stocked up at this time
and is all set for the fall and winter
business. This department is in
charge of his two sons, Joseph. Jr., and
John, who are gradually building up a
larger business which will soon de-
mand more floor space.

The Alpha Floral Co. always has a
nice showing of cut flowers in its
South Wabash avenue store, and the
result is that a nice transient business
is being done. No one will dispute the
fact that this store has splendid facili-
ties to display their goods to advan-
tage.

At A. L. Vaughan & Co.'s store trade
was very good on October 10 in both
the -local and shipping departments.
Mr. Vaughan watches the market very
closely and is inclined to believe that
trade in general from now on will show
a marked improvement.

Stephen A. Jamieson, with the Uni-
versal Portland Cement Co., Minneapo-
lis, Minn., was here on business this
week. He is looking fine and Is all
smiles. Particulars later.

W. Xi. Palinsky, the well-known
grower, died at his home, this city,
October 10. For further particulars see
obituary column elsewhere in this
issue.

"Spinkleproof" Samuel Seligraan, of
Wertheimer Bros. Co., New York, Is
on the job here again with his usual
fine line of ribbons and chiffons.

Wm. F. Schofield. the North State
street florist, is getting ready to lay a
new concrete floor in his store.

George Soder of the Johnson &
Chronis force is confined to the hospi-
tal with typhoid fever.

E. C. Pruner, "Elastic Lyke Cliff," is
back from a business trip through the
southwest.

Visitors : John Evans, Richmond,
Ind.; Samuel Seligman, representing
Wertheimer Bros., New York; F. E.
Bonham, Macomb; Miss Drake, Ken-
osha, Wis.; Julius Dilloft, representing
Schloss Bros., and M. Adler, New
York.

Chicagro Florists' Club.

The regular meeting of the Chicago
Florists' Club was held at the Bis-
marck hotel, October 8, President
French in the chair. Wilder S. Dea-
mud. 100 North Wabash avenue, was
elected a member and R. J. Parker,
72 East Randolph street, and Victor
YoiftiB. i:'.09 North Clark street, were
nominated for membership. Chairman
Keimel, of the entertainment commit-
tee, announced that preparations were
being made for the ladies' night next
month.

The transportation committee pre-
sented fares and train schedule of the
Big Four railroad to the Indiananolis,
meeting and exhibition of the Chrys-"

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNETS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

Free

This Fine

BUDDING
KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

anthemum Society of America, No-
vember 6-8. A good train leaves Chi-
cago, November 5, at 10 :15 p. m.,
arriving at Indianapolis at 3 :45 a. m.,
where the slepeer may be occupied un-
til 7:30 a. m. The fare is $3.70 each
way, lower berths $2, upper $1.60. This
train leaves the Illinois Central sta-
tion, Twelfth street and Park Row,
and reservations may be made by tele-
phoning Wabash 4200.

Secretary Johnson, of the Chrysan-
themum Society of America, referred
to the coming meeting of that organi-
zation, saying it was expetced to be
a notable one as the florists of In-
diana in general, and Indianapolis in
particular, were leaving no stone un-
turned to make it in every way worthy
of the occasion, th^ twenty-fifth anni-
versary of the State Florists' Associa-
tion of Indiana which will be cele-
brated in connection with this event.

H. N. Bruns told of the good work
he and Ernst Wienhoeber had done
among the trade of the city in behalf
of the German Red Cross, having al-
ready collected between $400 and $500
for this worthy cause. Among the
others addressing the meeting were
P. L. McKee, Otto Hirschfield,, C. G.
Anderson and P. J. Foley.

Illinois State Florists' Association.

The Indiana State Florists* Associa-
tion has extended, through its secre-
tary, an invitation for our association
to meet with them at the annual
chrysanthemum exhibition of the
Chrysanthemum Society of America at
Indianapolis, Ind., November 6-8, 1914.

NOW Is the Time

To Order Your

Christmas Baskets.

Be sure that you buy them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever otfered.
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail Horist of today needs. Send lor
our new catalog, just oft the press, make
up your order from the new list and send it
to us immediately. A postal will do.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To react! our store take a Ciiicago Avenue,
Division Street, Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car at State and Randolph Streets
and pet off at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

Mention the American Florist when writing

and be their guests at a banquet on
the evening of November 6.

This is an opportune time to take a
few days' vacation and greet our old
friends and neighbors. So don't miss
it! Be sure to come! Let's make a
good showing and cheer our Hoosier
friends.

A meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the Illinois State Florists' Asso-
ciation will be held to arrange for the
next annual meeting.

J. F. Ammann, Seo'y.

ROCHESTEB, N. Y.— The Rochester
Florists' Asociation resumed its regu-
lar meetings October 12, after the
usual summer recess of three months.

Minneapolis, Minn. — H. B. Whltted,
florist, recently sold the Radisson Ho-
tel lease to Capper & Capper and trans-
ferred the stock and fixtures to tho
Fifth street establishment. The new
arrangement is particularly attractive.

I9I4-

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ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAfiO, III.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when writing

W. P. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

LoDff DistaDce Fbone. Raodolpb 3619
Mention the American Florist when writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Flonst when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., • - Chicago

Telephone, Central 3284.
Mention the American Florist when tartting

J. a. BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

— CUT FLOWERS

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS cDnuiCD rtC
A Specialty bnUntn Ur

VlioMenoYcrMATKetsJ

Chicago, Oct. 14.

Roses, Beauty, specials

36-in

30-in

24in

20-in

15in

12-in

Perdoz.
300
250
2 00
1 50
1 25
1 00
75
Per 100

Killarney Brilliant ,... 3 00@15 CO

■■ Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

" Prince de Bulgarie 3 00(gl0 00

■• RheaReid 3 00@ 8 00

" My Maryland 3 00@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@15 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00@10 00

'• Milady 3 00@10 00

" Sunburst 3 00(810 00

" Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 0n@10 00

•• Hadley 3 00@15 00

" Ophelia 3 00@15 00

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas.. .perdoz... 6,00@7 50
Chrysanthemums. $2.00 to $5 00 per doz.
Pompons, 5Uc per bunch.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00ig$4.00 perdoz.

Gladioli 4 00@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 10 00@12 50

Valley 4 00@ 5 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns.... " 1 00@2 00

Galax ■' 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75® 1 00

Mexican Ivy... .per 1000, 5 00@6 00
PlumosusStrings..each, 60@ 75

Smilax perdoz., 2 00@2 50

fioreneeri. Plumosus Sprays 3 00® 4 00

Boxwood, 25c per lb.

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PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn 8U, CmCAGO

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE IvARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRAIvLiY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 £. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

A. L. Randall Co.,

C^^K^^ 66 E.Randolph St., f^«^a
^^!^^ CHICAGO, ILL. e^?II^SS

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and While Killarney roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try US.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

WietorBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS
Growers of ^^^^_____^^^^_

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

670

The American Florist.

Oct. 17,

CCPOaMfflCQ

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Botb L. D Ptaonei, ST. LOUIS, MO.

Siptlles and ETetrtlilJie in season always on hand

Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310 Pine Street ST. LOUIS, MO.

Boston.

STOCK PLENTIFUL AND PRICES WEAKEN.

This week business has remained
fairly good, although the prices fell off
a trifle on nearly all stock. There is
not a great quantity of flowers being
shipped, but the supply equals the de-
mand. Chrysanthemums are fast com-
ing into predominance. One by one the
different varieties are making their ap-
pearance and they are becoming more
popular every day.

NOTES.

A. A. Pembroke, of Beverly, is ship-
ping some very fine carnations to the
Boston Flower Exchange. White Won-
der is especially good at present. He
is trying out nearly all the new varie-
ties, having bought heavily of Princess
Dagmar, Matchless and Champion. He
believes that Matchless and Champion
will soon be the leaders of their colors.

George Noyse, at the Boston Flower
Exchange, is receiving from Peter
Fisher, of Ellis, Mass., large shipments
of Alice and Gorgeous, both of which
are easily disposed of at good figures.
Mr. Noyse's consignments from S. God-
dard, of Framingham, are light as yet.
Mr. Goddard's home business uses
nearly all the stock he can grow.

Thos. F. Gray & Co. have an exhibt
of plants and bulbs at the food fair,
which is running at Mechanics Build-
ing. The exhibit is a good advertise-
ment for the firm and has attracted
much attention.

Some of the best Smiths Advance
chrysanthemums coming to Boston a. e
grown by H. W. Vose, of Hyde Park.
The flowers are unusually good in size
and shape, and show remarkable skill
in cultivation.

N. F. McCarthy & Co. reports that
although the shipping trade has fallen
off a little during the last of the week,
business on the whole has been very
satisfactory this season.

F. Dolansky, of Lynn, is cutting some
good Cattleya labiata and oncidlum.
His gardenias are coming along nicely,
and though cutting but few, they arfe
of excellent quality.

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

P. O. Box 208.

wruL^k\-.. Mllwaukee,Wis.

NEW FANCY .FERNS-'TJrSpS *"
Sphagnum Moss—Good and Clean.

^■> m m^ m ■ ^— > u m l^l Wholesale Florist.

!>• A* iVUtrllN) 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

¥lioMeHo¥crMM'KeU

Philadelphia, Oct. 14. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@15 00

'■ Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 aO@10 00

" Killarney 2 00® 6 00

•' White Killarney 2 00® 6 00

'■ Liberty 4 00® 6 00

" Mock 8 00@10 00

" Bulgaria 3 00® 6 00

" Sunburst 3 00@ 6 00

•■ Kaiserin 2 00® 8 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Asters 2 00® 5 00

Cattleyas 35 00@50 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00® 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas 50® 1 00

Gladiolus. .. .■ 2 00® 4 00

Chrysanthemums 12 00®U> 00

Asparagus ; per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Oct. 14.

Roses, Beauty, special

" " fancy

extra

No. 1.

Per 100

20 00

15 00

10 00

5 00

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland^ 2 00® 6 00

" Sunburst 2 00® 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

Mrs. Mock fi 00

Kaiserin 1 00® 2 00

Carnations 2 00

Cattleyas 35 00

Dahlias 2 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00

Valley 4 00® 5 00

Adiantum 1 00

V'cllow Daisies 50

Chrysanthemums. .pet doz.,$I.50@$2 50

Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch. 35@40

Sprays per bunch. 35@40

The Montrose greenhouses, at Mont-
rose, Mass., are cutting a good supply
of high grade roses. Pink Killarney is
their leading variety.

Arthur Coolidge, of Cambridge, is
displaying at the Co-operative Market
some very fine Boston ferns, which
find a ready market.

RI6E BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper!
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. I£ it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

''DAISY'' RIBBON

Just the right quality for Florists' use. (10 yds.
to bolt ) Can be had in white, pink, violet, purple
or yellow.

No. 22... per bolt, $1.10 No. 80.. per bolt. $1.65
No. 40. ..per bolt. 1.25 No. 100. . per bolt. 2.00
No. 60. . per bolt. 1,45 iGet a sample. it's free.)

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wholesale Florist. 1324 Pine St., ST. LOUIS. MO.

Milwaukee, Oct. 14. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, per doz.. 1 50® 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00® 6 00

" Ward. Taft. Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0n®15 00

Ophelia 3 00@I0 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Chrysanthemums .per doz., 1 00® 3 00

Lilies 10 00

Snandracon, per bunch. 25c @50c

Gladiolus 1000 3 00

Ruhrum Lilies 3 00® 4 00

Vallev 4 00

Violets 50

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The American Florist.

671

r

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR PHILADELPHIA GROWN

$1.00 to $3.00
per dozen.

Thev are Beauties of unusual quality. It'stoyouradvantage totrv them and make comparison, if vou are not using them now.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO., v«.o.«ai,nor,_sts.

N. W. Cor. 12th and Race Sts.

Philadelphia, Pa. j

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

Hoffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Russells, Mock,

KlUarney, Sunburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express depot.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

On Saturday, October 10, Penn, on
Bromfield street, had his windows'
color scheme carried out in crimson.
Basliets of crimson dahlias were taste-
fully arranged in one window, while in
the other, baskets of red roses were
used. The whole effect was unusually
pleasing and attracted much attention.

Gladioli specialists are busy storing
their bulhs. L. Merton Gage is moving
his stock from Wellesley to Natick,
where he has leased 10 acres of land.
He is an enthusiast over Pendleton
and has a large supply of this variety.
He has a seedling from Princeps,
which he believes has a great future.

The preliminary schedule of prizes
for the exhibitions of February. March
and May. 191.5. to be held at Horticul-
tural Hall, has been issued by the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
The list of prizes has been made so
attractive that it would be to the ad-
vantage of growers to look it over.

F. L. W.

Philadelphia.

BUSINESS snows IMPROVEMENT.
Business took quite a boost the past
week, there being a goodly number of
early fall weddings and the decorations
for some of the events were quite elab-
orate. The "coming out teas" of the
fair debutantes have also commenced.
It is gratifying to know that the list
this season breaks the record, and as
the custom of sending flowers seems to
be growing, the business will receive
quite a boost in the next two months.
Roses, while not quite so much in ex-
cess of the demand, are plentiful
enough to be quoted in quantity at
from .?4 to IfG per thousand, that is.
when bought in quantites of several
thousand for department store pur-
poses. American Beauties are ahead of
the demand, although many are sold at
fair prices. Many of the smaller sorts
show signs of mildew, particularly Kil-
larney, which with some growers is
badly affected. Carnations are much
improved and sell fairly well. Dahlias
are in full supply and looking very
well considering the dry weather. Snap
dragon is coming in and a few sweet
peas are seen. The fall cosmos are
being sent in in quantities and cattle-
yas are very plentiful. Valley is in de-
mand and there are plenty of Easter
lilies. Single violets are offered small
as yet, but very sweet.

\=

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, KlUarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire street, : : BOSTON, MASS.

J

Vl[oMeHo¥erMArKel^s

Boston. Oct. 14. Per 100

Roses, Beauty 1 0O@25 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

Wliite and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
" Double White Killarney.. . 1 00@ 6 00

" Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

■■ Hadley 1 00@10 00

" Cardinal 1 00@12 00

Mock 100(8 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

" Sunburst 100(8 8 00

'■ Taft 1 00(8 8 00

" Milady 1 00@ 8 00

Ward and Hillinedon 100(8 6 00

My Maryland 50@ S 00

Cattleyas 25 00@40 00

Glad^iolus America per dor.. 75@1 00

common types. .periioz.. 50
Lilium LongiHorum and Rubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00(@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 30

Asters 350 50

Buffalo, Oct. 14. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00(825 00

fancy 12 00(gll5 00

extra 10 00(812 00

No. 1 8 00(810 00

No.2 200@ 4 00

' Killarney 2 00(8 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00(8 6 00

My Maryland 2 00(8 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00@ 6 00

" Hillingdon 2 00(8 6 00

Richmond 2 00(8 7 00

'■ Sunburst 3 00(8 7 00

" Ward 300(8500

Tatt 3 00(a 7 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00(8 5 00

Lilies I0 00@12 00

Cattleyas 35 00(@50 00

Gladiolus 2 00® 3 00

Golden Glow 'Mums 10 00@20 00

Smith's .Advance 'Mums 5 00(815 00

Carnations 1 00(8 2 50

Dahlias 1 00(8 3 00

Snapdragons 2 00(8 3 00

Asters 50® 1 50

Violets 40@ 60

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35@ 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35@ 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Oct. 14.

Roses. Beauty per doz. $1 00@$3 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00(8 6 00

My Maryland 2 00(8 6 00

Richmond 2 00(8 6 00

, ," Taft 2 00(8 6 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00@10 00

Asparagus Plumosus..per bch., 25c

Asters 50(8 1 00

Dahlias 2 00® 3 00

Carnations 1 50@ 2 00

Orchids 5 00® 6 00

Chrysanthemums, per doz., $1.50@$2.00

NOTES.

The dahlia shows at Wanamaker's
and at Gimbel's, those of the H. F.

Manolacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pa.

BERGER BROS.

T^ATTTf AG In large assortment.
ur%.a.lAl.t\^ best varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shipping facilities.

1225 Race St., PhUadelphla, Pa.

C. E. CRITCHELL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Third St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock o( Florists' Greens and SappUet

St. Louis, Oct. 14. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, medium 8 00@12 50

short stems 2 00® 6 00

•' Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" My Maryland 2 00® 4 00

" White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" Aaron Ward 1 50® 4 00

" Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

" Ophelia 4 00® 8 00

" Milady 3 00® 6 Of)

Valley 4 00® 5 00

Carnations 2 00@ 2 50

Gladiolus 3 00

Rubrum 6 000 8 00

Tuberoses 2 00® 3 00

Asparagus Sprengeri . per bu., 25®50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu.,25@60

Harrisii 8 00

Ferns per 1000. 150

Michell Co. at their store and also on
the "million dollar pier" at Atlantic
City, and last, but not least that of
H. A. Dreer, Inc., in their Chestnut
street store, has boosted this fall beau-
ty as never before. Many orders for
next spring delivery have been taken
by these displays. That of Dreer dis-
play is still largely augmented with
flowers cut from their large trial
grounds at Riverview.

Joseph Heacock has sent out large
palm orders the past month. Business
in this line is very good. A splendid
showing of cattleyas is seen in the
orchid ranges at Wyncote.

672

The American Florist.

Oct.

'7.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE

MARKET AFFORDS.

Paper White Grdll., Hem. up

French Gr. soleil d'or, pracox

..caseof IWl bulbs. $ 9W
.. ■■ ■ 125(1 ■■ 22.011
.. " " IStt) " 22.(10

Lilium rormosum. 7 9 inch

Lilium Multiflorum, 7 9 inch

Lilium Giganteum, 7-9-inch

Special discount of 5% fo

..•■•• 250 •• 15.00
.. •• •• 300 •• 16.50
.. •• ■• 310 ■■ 16.50
r cash wiih order.

In speaking of department stcne
metliods in handling plants. I^obert
Craig thinlcs .tliey Viave the right idea,
the fact that they move the stoeli so
quickly proving it. Ferns that the
Craig. Co. sell for 2.") cents each, or $2.5
per hundred, they will sell to anybody
500 for $100, or 20 cents each in this
large quantity. These move off quick-
ly from 100 to 200 a day in the store
when priced at 39 cents, almost 100 per
cent gross profit. They are sold in this
way, Mr. Craig thinks, to people who
would never buy them if they were not
handled in this apparent cut price
way.

Alterations and fitting up of the new-
Ross shop No. 3 , on Fifty-second
street, previously the Century shop No.
2, are finished. Additional electric
lights have been installed: altogether
with its full stock this is an ideal
shop.

The M. Rice Co. is already talking
about Christmas. A little early, but
American made goods must be given
time to get out. Better have them on
the shelves than wonder when they
will arrive.

New stores are opening up in West
Philadelphia. E. R. Martin, at 141S So.
Fifty-second street, and Herbert Stein-
metz. on Baltimore avenue, above
Forty-fifth street.

American Beauties and cattleyas, to-
gether with choice chrysanthemums,
are leaders at Edward Reid's Ranstead
street establishment.

Dahlias are still a feature with the
Niessen Co. American Beauty roses.
gardenias and cattleyas are handled
in quantity.

Berger's Central Market is handling
quantities of dahlias. "Valley is also a
feature and the first violets arrived
last week.

Godfrey Aschmann is sending out
araucarias in quantity the past month.
Ferns, palms and other plants are also
moving.

Nothing has been heard of Herbert
Baker, who left his Lansdowne place
so suddenly last week. K.

New York.

Business was very quiet during the
past week. The continued clear and
warm weather brought in an increased
supply of roses and carnations and the
chrysanthemums arrived in greater
volume. The weather condition above
noted, is also keeping the best patrons
of the retail stores at their country
homes or at summer resorts. Just
where they are is immaterial since
they are not here. It is no secret, but
an open confession that the past sum-
mer was a trying one for all branches
of the trade, but as an old friend used
to say : "The florists are a hopeful
lot of people." With various lines of
trade stagnant, \vith a "war tax" im-
posed at a time of peace Cwe mean
peace in the United States 1. the out-
look is not particularly reassuring, yet
we have confidence that there is a
good time coming for the florist busi-
ness. The writer of these notes at
times grows humorous and puts a lit-
tle joke over on our friends in the busi-
ness, just as they occasionally put one
over on us. but the leading thought
is to promote prosperity and good will
in this business and to do that we
must all stand together, regardless of

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

nationalities or any othfjr conditions
that at times disturb our minds.

October 12. — With continued warm
and dry weather the supply of green-
house stock is greatly increasing, but
moving slowly. Violets in particular
were very hard to move.

CLUB MEETING.
The monthly meeting of the New
York Florists' Club was held in its
rooms on the evening of October 12,
President Duckham in the chair. The
feature of the evening was the ste-
reopticon lecture of Richard Vincent,
Jr.. of White Marsh, Md. The views
shown were from Scotland and of his-
torical interest and were so well ap-
preciated that Mr. Vincent was given
a standing vote of thanks. The first
picture on the screen was that of our
well beloved and lamented friend,
William R. Smith. That was followed
by many other noteworthy features il-
lustrating Scottish history, to which
full justice was done by the clever and
venerable lecturer. There were a num-
ber of noteworthy exhibits of cut
flowers. Charles H. Totty, Madison, N.
J., exhibited his white sport of the
Mrs. George Shawyer rose, for which
he was awarded a certificate: also a
certificate for a collection of chrysan-
themums. W. A. Manda, South Orange.
X. J., made a very fine exhibit of new
dahlias, for which he was awarded cer-
tificates. Other noteworthy exhibits of
dahlias were by Richard Vincent, Jr.,
of White Marsh. Md.. and W^illiam A.
Finger, Hicksville. N. Y. John Lewis
Childs, Floral Park. N. Y'.," exhibited a
new celosia. It was announced that
the November meeting will be "ladies'
night." Announcement was made of
the death of Lillian A. Shaw, daughter
of J. Austin Shaw, a member of the
club, and a committee was appointed
to prepare suitable resolutions.

NOTES.

While all of us are to some extent
competitors, there comes a time in the
Ii\es of most of us when we drop busi-
ness matters and think of our com-
petitors as brothers and sisters. These
remarks are prompted by the recent
bereavement of J. Austin Shaw, men-
tion of which will be found in another
column. In recent years various trou-
bles have borne heavily on Mr. and
Mrs. Shaw. This last stroke, the death
of a daughter who was a mainstay
and support of their declining years,
is almost too heavy for them to bear
and we trust that God will support
them.

W. E. Tricker. who for several
years has been foreman for Charles
H. Totty. Madison. N. J., has taken a
similar position with the Vaughan
Greenhouses, Western Springs. 111.

A. F. F.

•N'oKKii.K. Va.— The East Fnd Floral
Co. opened a flower shop at 224 Church
street September 23.

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

Clocinnati.

M.VRKET snows IMPROVE.\IENT.
The market is showing some im-
pro\ement for the demand is appar-
ently steadier and more regular than
it was and is shifting more and more
to the greenhouse flowers. The supply is
very large and prices at the time of
this writing are very low. The rose
receipts come in steadily and strong.
They find a better market than before
but are not yet able to clean up ef-
fectively at any one time. The Ameri-
can Beauty rose supply is adequate.
Carnation cuts are larger than they
were. Lilium giganteum are plentiful,
and dahlias and cosmos continue more
than plentiful. Another week will see
the end of the aster season. Chrysan-
themums have only an ordinarily good
market. The regular early varieties
seem to be four or five days late this
year, while the late varieties appear to
be coming in earlier than usual. Lily
of the valley and orchids may also be
had.

CI.UB MEETING.

The Cincinnati Florists' Society's
regular meeting at Ray Murphy's place
was well attended. The guests first in-
spected Charles Murphy's range and
then Ray Murphy's. Both were in good
condition, well kept and had good

1914.

The American Florist.

673

J. K. ALLEN

EstabUshed 1878

10s West 28th street
New York

Wholesale Commission Dealer In Cut Flowers.

Now prepared for Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Autumn" will
soon reitin. ship nie your chrvsanlheiiiuiiis. I can also handle Kood dahlias.
Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed. The usual supply of roses,
lily o( the valley and other greenhouse stock.
Open at 6 a. m. every morning. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping: Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors ©n gummed paper:
your card, etc.. in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500, $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order,

AMERICAN FLOfilST CO.. 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly 5p Schenck

Wboluale IHorisIs and Cot Flower Eidiuge
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orctlids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leadings growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Neconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY
Telephone: 3864 Madison Sqnare.

clean stuck. President James Allen
presided at the meeting wiiile Clias. H.
Hoffmeister acted as secretary owing
to the inability ot Alex Ostendarp to
attend this meeting. Otto Hirschfeld
was elected to membership by acclama-
tion. Rudolpii E. Kurowski, vice-pres-
ident of John C. Moninger Co., Chi-
cago, told of the opening of tlie
Moninger branch at 2;'09 Union Cen-
tral building, with Mr. Hirschfeld in
charge, and also outlined the general
plans for the new branch. After the
meeting the members partook of re-
freshments jirovided by their host.
NOTES.

Elmer D. Smith & Co.'s new Chrys-
anthemum Golden Queen was exhibit-
ed in this city Saturday, Octoljer 10.
It is an excellent variety and looks
very good to those who saw it.

Gus Adrian and wife returned from
the Chenaux a fortnight ago. Gus looks
fine and reports Mrs. Adrian's health
as greatly improved.

Chas. Pfeiffer's Sons had a fine ex-
hiliition of dahlias in the flower mar-
ket October 10.

E. G. Gillett went to Columbus, Ohio,
October 13 to attend the masonic con-
clave there.

Max Rudolpii is cutting some very
fine Golden Glow chrysanthemums.

C. E. Critcliell has been getting in
large quantities of good carnations.

Hardesty & Co. are having a new
store front put into tlieir store.

H.

FT. Wayne, Ind.— W. J. Vesey, Jr.,
has been named as a member of the
committee of arrangements for tlie
State Florists of Indiana convention
at Indianapolis, Novemlier fi-8.

Geo. C. Sicbrcchl

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

""I^^'IjI M^ad. s.. 133 W. 28th St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

YlioMe Rower MM^KeU

New York. Oct. 14. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 10 00@15 00

extra and fancy... 6 00@ 8 00

No. 1 and No. 2... 3 00@ 5 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, special 0 00

extra... 3 00@ 4 00

" N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

" White Killarney. special... 4 00@ 6 00

" Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3 00® 4 00

No. 1 and No. 2.. 50® 1 OO
Queen, special,. 6 00

Brilliant 1 00® 8 00

" Aaron Ward S0(g 6 00

" Richmond 50@ 6 00

" Sunburst 50@ 6 00

" Taft S0@ 6 00

" Milady, special 4 0C@ 6 00

" J L. Mock 1 00@ 6 00

•' Hadley 1 00@ 6 00

" Ophelia 1 00@ 8 00

Carnations 1 50@ 3 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00

inferior grades. 10 00@15 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. S 00010 00

Lily of the Valley 2 50@ 3 00

Chrysanthemums per doz., 1 50@ 4 00

Violets 25@ 35

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumosus,.,,doz. bchs. 1 00@ 2 00
Smilax doz. strings, 1 00

Providence, R. I.

TRADE IWCLINES TO IMPROVEMENT.

Business the past week has shown
a slight increase in all lines. Chrys-
anthemums are starting to come in
rapidly now and so far there have been
some very good varieties. Roses are
still filling the marliets. Gladioli are
about done witli now. Carnations are
good and getting better.

NOTES.

The Arcade Market Flower Store
opened Saturday, October 10, and re-
ports a very good day on cut flowers
of all kinds.

Matthew Macnair is expected home
from Europe some time this week,
after a four months' stay.

Mrs. Sheddon, of Valley Falls, has
iust returned from her vacation to
New York.

A salesman for Schloss Brothers.
New York, was a visitor last week,

John Burke is making some large
cuts of Richmond roses at present.
H. A. T.

ROCKY Ford, Colo. — The new green-
house for the Rocky Ford Floral Com-
pany is well under way and will be
large enough to care for the require-
ments of the institution for the com-
ing year.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28tli St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square,

Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. ConsigDments BoUcited

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg.. 6th av. and W. 26th St., New York

Open for Cut Flower Sales

at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERGREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

Tbe Urgesl Shipper and ReceJTer of Fresh Cut Flowen

fStT' A complete assortment of tbe best in tbe

market can always be relied upon.

United Gut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones: Madison Square 5V4-4422.

We solicit consignments of cut flowers of all kinds

books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS, Manager.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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NEW MAh

Directors 11

GARLAND Ml

Carl Schneider.
With the Central Trust L'ompauy, Chicago.

Witli theW.D. UK

e.*tV-"'\;^^V»"^-

ARE YOU GO

Send us a list of your requirements and let us fi|i

Garland Iron Gutters and the Best Iron Frii

We Can Sa

and stand ready to prove it if you will but give us a chit

everything for the greenhouse and c\
fill in the square in the lower left hii

Garland Mfg. Company,

DES PLAINES, ILL.

De.'ir Sirs:

We are going to build so kindly submit . us

plans and estimates on ( ) house or

hojjses, size ( x ) feet.

Yours truly,

Name

City or Town.
State

Garland

DES PLAINES,

I

I9I4.

The American Florist.

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GEMENT

fficers of

5. COMPANY

, Chicago,

Chas. H. Koe.
Formerly Credit Man anU Accountant !or Pitts-
burgh Plate Glass Co. and Secretary C. G.
Frank, Bond Broker, Chicago.

(j TO BUILD?

s^th you. Remember we manufacture the famous

»IGreenhouses Ever Placed on the Market

iYou Money

( figure on your next house or houses. We manufacture
oe you very interesting prices. If you are going to build,
dner, tear it out and then mail it to us at once. Do It Now.

Mfg. Company,

ILLINOIS.

676

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QUALITY AND STYLE

IN

FLOWER BOXES

AT NO GREATER COST

Quality of material used in addition to the practical and hand-
s.ome non-fading shades in which the boards are finished, bring
style and distinctiveness to the package.

Write for our illustrated catalog in colors, also price list
and samples.

THE SEFTON MFG CO.,

1335 W. 35tb ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL

Milwaukee.

PLENTY OF STOCK.

There is plenty of stcck of all kinds
to go around but a killing frost to
do away with outdoor flowers is what
is most needed now. Roses of all
kinds especially are plentiful and
Mrs. Chas. Russell. Ophelia, Killarne\ .
White Killarney, Richmond, Mrs.
Aaron Ward and Sunburst are being
offered. Carnations are arriving in
larger quantities and very choice stock
is available. Chrysanthemums have
made their appearance in larger num-
ber, and all the seasonable varieties
in white, pink and yellow are to be
had. Gladioli are still plentiful and
so are dahlias. Violets have made
their appearance and bouvardia is be-
ing offered. A change for the better
can be expected soon for there seems
to He a current about that bespeaks
better business.

NOTES.

Currie Bros. Co. have had a .good
run on funeral work all last week
which kept the force pretty busy at
all times. Roy Currie says that it
was one of those weeks that a florist
welcomes, for it does much to increase
the sales during the dull period. This
firm has rented a new seed store in
East Water street just off Wisconsin,
and expect to move into it from their
old quarters on Broadway about Janu-
ary 1, 1915. The new building con-
sists of four stories and a basement
and the location is considered an ideal
one.

Holton & Hunkel Co. is cutting about
1.200 Mrs. Chas. Russell roses a day
and the quality is unusually fine.
Ophelia roses are also seen in quan-
tity at this store and the receipts of
chrysanthemums now are very heavy.
This firm received a couple of ship-
ments of azaleas this week and from
outward appearances the plants seemed
to have come through in fine shape.

The C. C. PoUworth Co. is cutting a
good supply of seasonable stock of all
kinds and the proprietors report that
business has been good considering the
unsettled condition throughout the
country. This firm is now busy dis-
posing of a large shipment of bulbs.

James Curran, of Mt. Clemens,
Mich., has leased the Currie Bros. Co.'s
range of greenhouses consisting of .TO.-
000 square feet of glass and has taken
possession this week. He will grow
fancy pot plants of all kinds to dis-
pose of at wholesale.

Gust Rusch & Co. are showing a
nice lot of stock of all kinds, and are
now comfortably located in their large
store. This firm has been very busy
storing ferns all week. Miss Ella
Boelze has been visiting friends in
Chicago for a week.

John Evans, of the Quaker City Ma-
chine Works, Richmond, Ind,, called
on the growers here this week on busi-
ness. His new roller-bearing pipe
hanger appealed to nearly everyone
that saw it.

Notice To Growers Of Rose Stock

Free space is reserved in the 5 acre Potpourri Rose Garden of Panama-
California Exposition for a competitive display by Eastern and Western
growers, 260 plants in one variety or several being the entry. These, planted
in early November, will in this friendly climate, grow and bloom luxuriantly
throughout 1915. Climbers will be effectively "staged." Expert care will
be given them. Each rose bed will bear the name of grower and of roses. A
large proportion of U. S. inhabitants will inspect these roses and vote for their
favorite. Winners of largest and ne.xt largest vote will be given large rose
jars of Potpourri of Califoruia flowers. K choice being allowed between pot-
tery or jars of metal, which helped make the Panama Canal. Rose culture
should be greatly stimulated by this remarkable display of best roses.

In applying for space please state not only names but characteristics of
any new rose entered, and address

THE POTPOURRI ROSE GARDENS,

CARE PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

FERNS, GREEN GALAX and LEUCOTHOE

Direct from the woods to the dealer. NEW CROP NOW READY,

Dagger and Fancy Ferns. . . .SOc per lOfKI; case of S.OOO. $3.50

Green Galax SOc per ICKX); case of 10,IX»). 4,00

Green Leucothoe (long) per 1,000.$2.00

Green Leucothoe (short) per l.OOO, t 00

ELK GALAX & FERN CO.,

TERMS CASH. BANNERS ELK, N. C. Goods Goaaranlted.

A LL Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists wishing
*^ to do business with Europe should send for the

"florticnltflral Adyertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
overlOOOof the best continental houses. Annual
subscription, to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appli-
cantsshould, with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or Seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address Editors of "H. A."
ChllweU Nurseries. LOWDBAIVf, Notts, England

A. Klokner is doing well in his new
store at .527 Grand avenue and all the
young men in the trade are most
favorably impres.sed with the charming
young lady that he has in his employ.

Frank .Tohnson and Prank McCabe.
of the A. L. Randall Co., Chicago,
called on the trade here this week.
They made the trip up here in Mr.
Johnson's auto.

Wm. Lubliner has returned from a
few days' visit in Chicago.

A. B. Loofbourow is just as popular
as ever with the ladies.

Phil W. Weil, of the C. C. Poll-
worth Co.. started out on another busi-
ness trip this week.

Visitors: John Evans, Richmond.
Ind.; Frank Johnson and Frank Mc-
Cabe, of the \. L. Randall Co., Chi-
cago: Juliu.s Dilloft, with Schloss Bros.,
and M, Adler, New York.

Weilersville, O.— The Toder Green-
houses are enlarging their plant with
an addition 80x125 feet.

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEAVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment, $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Choice Case Holly, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Roping. Can furnish any amount.
I have any ttiincr in greens. Better write
your rcQuirt-nionts.

H. E. CONWELL, ■^'^I^^ware.
High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

1914.

The American Florist.

677

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

Bstabllsbed In 1867.

^mM.

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.
L. D. Phone. Graceland 1112.

Send 08 yoar retail orders
WE HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CITY

Mention the American Florist when writing

IviOLCTS "'^^^^^^^^ F.T.D.

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Snccesgor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

6O KEARNEY STREET

Uention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Frop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delirery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabaih Ave.. cUcado.
623 Walnat St., Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrall; located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhonscs.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block,^

Member Florists" Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .'Vss'n.

— FOR —

Telegraph
Orders

You will need

The New Edition

of our

Trade
Directory

Containing the Names and
Addresses of Florists of the
United Statt s ard Canada.

Price, $3.00 Postpaid.
American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

T^ELBGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-*■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamshipt
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash mast accompany aU orders
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address; Alkxconnell.
Western Union Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choice
Beaatles, Orchids andValley always on band.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2065-2066 Madison Square.
42 West 28th Street.

NEW YORK

To ont-o(-towD florists
We are in the Heart of

And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt deliveiy and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V/.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD.. Audiloimm Anna, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

.\nderson service means fresb. sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, LOCkport,

Niagara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Teleeraph Delivery.

St. Paul, Minn.

L. L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST
CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

.Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery ."Vss'n.
Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

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^7,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

New York.

Established 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srivate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Lareest
Store in America; the largest stock; the greatest
variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
night and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries

tfaroughoul the state and to all steamship docks
Id Hoboken. N. ]., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWNFLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
Yorlc cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No, 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTEN'nON TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Ploral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK
No. 22 West S9th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel

Monben of Ibe Florists' Tdegnph Ddirin.

PHILADELPHIA and VICmrTY.

CDIjp ffioniion iFlohjpr i&bou, ffilJ.

1800 Chestnut street, FHILADELFHIA, PA,

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Anderson. S. A.. 440 Main, Buffalo, N. Y.

Archlas Flor-al Co., Sedalia, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co.. Atlanta, Ga.

Bauseher, John, Freeport, 111.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone, Washington, D. C.

Boland. J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester. M4nn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer'g Sons, John, Detroit, Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co.. Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee, H. W., Rockford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland. O.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Washington,

Daniels & Fisher. Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.

DiiUith Floral Co.. Duluth. Minn.

Dunlop's. 96 Yonge St.. Toronto, Can.

Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

I'Veeman, Mrs. .T. B., Toledo, O.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co., Guthrie, Okla.

Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.

ilalvin, Thos. F., Inc., Boston. Mass.

Calvin, Thos. F., Inc.. New York,

Gardiner, Ales. C, Superior, Wis.

Oasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland. O.

Graham, A., & Son. Cleveland. O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Gude Bros., Washington.

II.Trilesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Heinl & Son. J. G.. Terre Haute. Ind.

Henderson. Lewis — Omaha. Neb.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha. Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

.Toy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons. J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg. F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

Kitt. Robert. 1725 Chestnut. Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co.. La Crosse. Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co., Dallas. Tex.

Lange, A.. 25 B. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius, J. J., Duluth, Minn.

London Flower Shop. The. Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan. Wis.

May & Co., L. L.. St. Paul. Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New York.

McKenna, Montreal, Can.

Metalrie Ridge Nursery Co.. New Orleans. La,

Murray, Samuel. Kansas City. Mo.

Myer. Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros.. St. Louis.

Palez. Paul M.. Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son, BuBTalo.

Park Floral Co.. The. Denver. Colo.

Penn. the Florist. 43 Bromfleld St., Boston.

Phillips Bros.. Newark. N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co.. Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchi. San Francisco.

Pollworth Co., C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store. Portland, Me.

Randolph & McCIements. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Renter's, New London. Conn.

Renter's, Norwich. Conn.

Router's. Westerly. R. I.

Rock, Wm. L.. Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison St.. Chgo.

Schllng, Max. 22 W. Pfflth St.. New York.

Simmons & Sons. Toronto. Can.'

Small & Sons, J. H., New York.

Small & Sons. .T. H.. Washington. D. C.

Smith Co.. A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Stumpp, G. 'B. M.. New York.

Weher, P. H., St. Louis, Mo.

Whitted Ploral Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

Willa & Segar, London, Eng.

WIttbnId, G.. Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.. Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros..& M. Goldenson, Los Angeles.

Young & Nugent, New York,

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Designs.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Oliio, Indiana and Canada,

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Boston, Mass.

*Fenn, The Telegraph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET
St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave.

Both Long Distance
Phones.

Orders taken for FLOWIRS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

WASHINGTON

D. C.

CUDE BROS.Oai
FLORISTS

III4 r STNW

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Denver, Colo.

he Park

J. A.VAUENTINK, £^101^1 WO*
President.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

T

19H-

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679

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities by ttw
firms below, the Leading Retailers bi the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Uention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Geo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

11 22 Grand Ave. will fill all ord.rs for Cut

KaOSSS City ind Flowers. Funeral Desigrns

DJ.....IU:il M. Wedding and Birthday Gifts,

neasaninill, mo. thatmavbeentrustedtothem.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SniitliCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

Largest Floral EstablishmeDt in America.
Eitabliahed 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 rifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegrapb Deliverv Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER CNMPANY,

CLEYELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Milwaukee, Wis.

CCPollworthCo.

WiU take proper ^Vitt««rknain

care of your orders In »» ISCOlllllIl

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen larse Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North
Dakota. South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly iresh stock.

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany. N. Y.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga.— Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston— Thos. F. Galvln, Inc.

Boston— Penn. the Florist. 43 Bromfleld St.

Buffalo, N. y.— S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wlttbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O.— Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland. O. — The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O.— A. Graham & Son.

Cleveland, 0. — The 3. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs. Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Dallas. Tex. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit. Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Duluth, Minn.— Duluth Floral Co.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Freeport, III. — John Bauscher.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Guthrie. Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Kansas City — Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln. Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London, Eng. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles— Wolfskin Bros. & M. GoMenson.

Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N, J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark, O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London, Conn. — Reuter's.

New Orleans. La. — Metalrie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — Alex McConnell, 611 6th Ave.

New Y'ork — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvln, Inc.

New i'ork— Max Schllng. 22 W. 59th St.

New York — Myer, Florist, GOO Madison Ave.

New Y'ork— J. 11. Small & Sons.

New York — G. E. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Norwich. Conn. — Renter's.

Oklahoma City, Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Omaha, Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Philadelphia— Robert KItt. 1725 Cliestnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland. Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, 111.— H. W. Buckhee.

Sheboygan. Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

.St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn. — L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalla. Mo. — Archlas Floral C<t.

Superior. Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute. Ind. — J. G. Helnl Sons.

Tacoma. Wash.— California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dunlop's, 60 Yonge St.

Toronto. Can.— Simmons & Son.

Vancouver. B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blackistone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke. Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gude Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.

Westerly, R. I. — Reuter's.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Colnmbni

Mention the American Florist when wriling

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

224 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, o.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist ishen iorUing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House in the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
teleerapbic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

Dunlop's

ee Yonaa Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantee

safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when ioriting

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

561 Fifth Ave.

Vanderbilt Hotel
nnCTntl 126 Tremont Street
DUw I Un 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

NEW YORK

680

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Oct. 17,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Sendyourorders^o'Gliicago

and Sub-
urbs to

mitr-'^ , All orders carefully filled

JWM**"** under the SBDervi«ion ol

^micaSS--. qeqrqe jsMijs_ Mgr

Wire, Write or Phone West 822
Member Floristi' Teleeraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers In City.

LitUe Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST, .

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Heinl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 627.

Special attention to Mail and Telenrapb Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

fless & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

1415 Farnvm St. ^^^T^lllz

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Uelivety.

Newark, Ohio,

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYED W RRKT 609-611 Madison Ave

fflltn, rLUmOl, phoneB297Plaza.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shep

The

Leading

Florists

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±loWers

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th 6 H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, 111.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN, NEB

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Members of Florists Telegraph Delivcrv.
Mention the American Florist when writing

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St.,

OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n,

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.,

Dallas,
Texas.

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas.
Oklahoma. Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too large, none too small.
Mention the American Florist when writing

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

69 MADISON AVENUE

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction. [Jill IJTH MINN.
Wearethecenterofthesrtat "Ul-Uin, lllilin.

Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior. Wis.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

Vou will need the New Edition of our

Trade Directory

Containing the Names and Addresses ol
Florists of the United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID.

American Fforist Co , "*« ^So'" ''-

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PBILIPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

lEWAlI N. 1

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade disc.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notic..
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Orders will be carefully
cared for by

Michigan.

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH S SONS Will fill yonr
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery

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Bulbs

For Greenhouse and
Bedding Work.

We call attention to the fact that these bulbs are imported by us from best Dutch firms; actual pro-
ducers of the bulbs, who did not commence packing until the war broke out and who knew at that time that
their export trade with Russia and Germany was closed for this season, in consequence of which we secured

The Finest Bulbs Which the Harvest Affords.

Buyers should not confound these prices with prices of stock picked up on speculation by Dutch
dealers, not growers, and sent to this country and now ofifered through peddlers or at auction.

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French Romans

Per 1000

11-12 ctms. (2500 to case) $25.00

12 13 ctms. (2000 to case) 29.00

12 ctms. and up (1800 to case) 35.00

French Narcissus

Per 1000

Paper Whites, fancy, (1250 to case) $ 9.00

Paper Whites, Star Brand, (1000 to case) 1 1.00

Trumpet Majors 13.00

Emperor 20.00

Dutch Narcissus

Per 1000

Golden Spur, Fancy $13.00

Emperor,
Victoria,
Princeps,
Sir Waikin,
Von Sion,

1300
12.00
6.00
12.00
13.50

Double Nose 22.00

Dutch Hyacinths

Per 1(X»0

Tulips Per ,000

Artus $ 6.50

Belle Alliance 11.00

Vermilion Brilliant.. 14.00

La Reine 6.00

Cottage Maid 7.00

Rose Gris de Lin 6.00

Chrysolora 8.00

Yellow Prince 8.00

Keizerskroon 13.50

MuriUo 8.00

Dutch Romans, named varieties $17.50

Hyacinths, First size 60.00

Second size (for forcing) 37.00

" Bedding Grade 25.00

Callas

IH to 1^2 inch.
Vi to 2 inch
2 to 2H inch.

$

Per 1000

45.00

75.00

100.00

Freesias

French Mammoth,

1, .„ .^ jp,(-j,

to

Purity Mammoth,

^ inch

Per 1000

$ 9.00
22.00

L ilium Formosum

Per 10(1(1

6 to 8 in., (350 to case). .$40.00

7 to 9 in., (2^0 to case).. 60 00

Per 1000

8 to 9 in., (225 to case). .$70.00

8 to 10 in., (200 to case I. 80.00

Lilium Giganteum

(Immediate Shipment.)

Per 1000 ' Per 1000

7-9 in., (300 to case) ... $50.00 I 8-10 in., (225 to case). ...$80.00
8-9 in., (250 to case) 75.00 | 9-10 in., (200 to case).... 95.00

Write for Fall "Book for Florists."

VAIJOHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

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Oct. ij.

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, Saa Friiucisco, Calif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, Mattituuk, L. 1.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Duncan,
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer; S. P. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary,

Thirty-Tbird annual meeting, San Fran-
cisco, Calif., .June 1915.

Visited Chicago : Joe Schilder, of
.Schilder Bros., Chillicothe, O.

Holly packers are making the pre-
liminary skirmish of the season by ask-
ing last year's prices. They, however,
as yet give little or no information re-
garding crop conditions.

Telegrams and letters from Holland
to Prance and Belgium go by the way
of England. Letters take 10 days to
reach Denmark. Business on the con-
tinent is entirely disorganized and to
make matters worse railway facilities
are lacking.

C. C. MORSE & Co., the well known
California specialists, in their recent
sweet pea catalogue, claim there is an
infallible distinction between the new
Spencer and the ordinary grandiflora
types. We understand some other
sweet pea growers are inclined to dis-
pute this statement.

THE bouquet green situation is slow
to develop this season, in fact it seems
the long, dry, warm, fall weather has
delayed those severe frosts necessary
to perfect the color and lasting quali-
ty of the green and consequently little
picking has been done by pickers of
experience. First hand dealers are
asking about the same prices as last
year.

Prices for German lily of the valley
are quoted from 25 to 30 marks per
1,000 at Hamburg, but none of the
Hamburg growers claim to be able to
get ice storage compartments for bring-
ing the pips over. Danish growers are
asking about the same prices as last
year or two marks less and promise ice
storage such as is used for butter ship-
mens. Such space is, however, scarce
on their boats.

Regarding the Dutch bulb conditions,
without a dovibt surplus bulbs have
been shipped to the United States,
principally by the small or unreliable
houses. They are badly in want of
money and will sell at any price. The
houses of first standing are not ship-
ping their surpluses as they are not
desirous of wrecking their connection.
The tendency is to destroy one-third
of the overplus and plant the remain-
der.

Milwaukee, Wis. — Currie Bros. Co.
has rented a new store building on
East Water street, a few doors off Wis-
consin street, consisting of four stories
and a basement, which will be remod-
eled and ready for occupancy about
January 1, 1915. The old building on
Broadway, which the firm owns and
has occupied for the past 25 years, will
be sold or leased as soon as it is va-
cated. The change in location was
deemed necessary, for considerable
transient trade was lost because the
old quarters were too far away frorn
the business district.

Canary Island Onion Seed Shipping Season

The last shipment of Bermuda onion
seed from Teneriffe to the United
States for the season of 1014 was made
on August 19. The quantities and
values as declared at Teneriffe were :
Red. 2,641 pounds, valued at .$2,309;
white, 30,7SC pounds, valued at $826,-
727; crystal wax, 9,923 pounds, valued
at l|il5,950; total, 43,3.')0 pounds, val-
ued at .$44,986. This represents a de-
crease of almost 50 per cent in value
and of more than that in quantity
from the figures of 1913, when a total
of 95,516 pounds valued at .$85,578 was
shipped. Last year's crop was abnor-
mal, however, and that of this year

Burpee's Trade Mark Design in'Seeds.

seems to have been satisfactory, as
the growers generally report that they
have filled all orders and yet have no
surplus seed on hand. Transportation
arrangements were interrupted by the
European war and the last shipments
were made via Porto Rico or' Habana.

Burpee Exhibit.

The illustration herewith shows the
trade mark design of W. Atlee Burpee
& Co., worked in seeds and displayed
at the seventh annual convention of
the Vegetable Growers' Association of
America. Horticultural hall, Philadel-
phia, Pa., October 6-9. It was six feet
wide and nine feet high, the frame
being of wood covered with burlap.
The design was laid out in Pencil Pod
Wax beans, Hodson Wax, Burpee's
Kidney Wax. Burpee's Stringless Green

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers ol
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Pod, Round Yellow Six Weeks, Alaska
Peas and Golden Beauty corn. The
white lettering was done entirely with
Burpee's Kidney Wax beans. The
large W. A. B. is of Pencil Pod Wax
outlined with Round Yellow Six Weeks
and a line of Burpee's Kidney Wax.

Louisiana Seed Legflslation Inoperative.

The commisioner of the Louisiana
depatrment of agriculture has stated
that inasmuch as the last legislature
did not provide an appropriation for
carrying into effect the new Louisiana
seed law, the department had as yet
made no rules and regulations, and
advised seedsmen to continue their
business as heretofore, until further
notice.

Pruning' Shears.

The controversy with regard to duty
on imported pruning and other shears
and the inability of foreign manufac-
turers to fill orders for such goods
need not bother the American trade
when it is possible to secure the su-
perior article in pruning shears of-
fered in the very complete and varied
set made by the Peck, Stow & Wilcox
Co., the well known tool manufac-
turers of Cleveland. O. These pruning
shears are offered in more than a
dozen sizes and patterns at very at-
tractive prices.

Some California freesia growers
haye formed an organization at Santa
Cruz. The members of this organiza-
tion claim the weather conditions for
the bulbs already planted could not be
better.

Onion Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting
ONION SETS.

Schilder Bros., ^"^^oS^°^'

EstabUshed 1810.

Denaiffe & Son, NortSTaWe.

The Premier Seed Growers of the World.
The Greatest Acreage. Over 900 Employes.
Motto: The Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet, Cabbage. Carrot. Celery, Lettuce, Mangel
Wurtzel. Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga, Turnip. Fiirspocial prici-s surplus crop, 1914,
address, Charles Johnson, Marietta, Pa.,

Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada.

Trade Directory

- OF THE -

United States and Canada

PRICE: $3.00, Postpaid.

American Florist Company

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the iollowino California Speciallies only:

ONION, LfmiCE, CARRO''. RADISH, PARSNIP, PARSLEY, CELERY.
ENDIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growrers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come agaiu,

S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card l)rini,'s a Catalogue.

THE KIMBERUN SEED CO.

seed Growers SANTA CLARA, CAL.

Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

*^°'sXt"e'd."" Swedesboro, New Jersey

THE G. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

CDcnmber, Mnskmelon, Souasta and Pnmpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

Infringements Upon Copyrights.

The Stecher Lithographic Company
has had considerable difficulty with in-
fringements upon their copyrighted
Seed Bags and they have started a
campaign to protect themselves against
any further damage in this particu-
lar.

They have for a great many years
made a specialty of furnishing Seed
Packets and have invested a large
amount of money in original designs
and cuts representing the different
flowers and vegetables, and their new
designs are really of a very high order,
and have obtained for them an ex-
tended trade.

They have special facilities for turn-
ing out such a product and their vol-
ume of business permits them to do so,
upon terms very advantageous to the
customers.

It has happened these designs which
are copyrighted, have been appropri-
ated by others, sometimes photograph-
ically, and the infringements are Chi-
nese copies — at other times with some
slight variations, in an attempt to
create colorable distinctions. Some-
times this has been done by the lith-
ographer, and sometimes It has been
sought after by the seedsman.

The whole purpose of the infringe-
ment, of course, is to save the ex-
pense of the artist in making original
designs.

The Stecher Lithographic Company
have started this campaign to protect
their rights in these premises and as
a consequence there have already been
destroyed a great many thousand pack-
ets which have been delivered up as
conceded infringements. This, of
course, has entailed a large loss to
both the lithographer involved and the
seedsman involved. — Advt.

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Order From England Now.

Kelways Quote and Can Deliver

Anise Carrot Kale Mustard Rutabaga

Beet Cauliflower Kohl Rabi Pepper Spinach

Cabbage Celery Lucerne Radish Turnip

And Flower Seeds Rape Vetch

Those who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once while stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailings continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

1 CONABD

CO.

KINZIE

226-230

ONION SETS

SeET, CHICAGO

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[ICALYPrUS

and Acacia Seeds

P.D.BOI857, MELBQURKCAUSTRUIA

Mention the American Florist when writing

AT 69 CENTS PER POUND

F. O. B. TENERIFFE. Packing Extra.

YELLOW AND RED BERIVIUDA ONION SEED

FOR ONION SETS.

Several small growers in Teneritfe have given
me the commission to offer and clear their surplus
stock of 1914 Onion Seed crop at the above low
price, subject to beins unsold. Terms. C O D.
Cable orders to FEDERICOVARELA, TENERIFFE,
and sien your full name.

This offer is open to seedsmen only.

Contract Seed Growers

Specialties: ^srie?fa^:i''"Fl'eLTo'JS:

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick & Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandifloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO. LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fie SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wliolesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com; Cucumber.

Mask and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Squash.

FREMONT

NEBRASKA

SEEDS AND BULBS

For the Trade

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

Established 1802

53 Barclay Street - New York

Cold Storage

Valley

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market Brand,

$20 W per lOllO; $10.50 per 500;
5.50 per 250: 2.50 per 100.
CUT VALLEY, best quality always on hand.

H. N. BRUNS

3032 Madison Street, CHICAGO

FOR

SEEDS

OF AU KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson fie Son, Limited

Boston, England

rr:/^^ ■

J. C. ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpldii
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.
Mention the American Floriat iohen writini;

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Ernst Benary,

Seed Nerchanf,
ERFURT, - - GERMANY,

Begs to inform his customers
in the United States that their

Orders for Seeds of Every Description

Will be executed with the usual care and attention.

As long as the goods cannot be shipped from Hamburg
or Bremen they will be forwarded from neutral ports.

Early orders will be greatly appreciated.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

Mention tlie American Florist when writing
Get Qnotationi From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED
D^msdale BrlStOl, PO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROUTZAHN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Grower! of full list of

FLOV'ER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when wrtnng

BURPEE'S SEEDS |

Philadelphia |

Wholesale Price List for Florists t

and Market Gardeoers. C

Mention the American Florist when writiHg

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster,

Cosmos. Mignonette. Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write for our low prices.

J^-t^fs".'"" Baltimore. Md.

Mention the American Florist when writing

L. FORNOSUM

7-9 in.. 9-10 in.. 10-11 in,, tl-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, H and H in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Mention the American Florist when writing

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cncuntber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

"SEEDS"

I am headquarters for the celebrated
Sudan Grass Seed, Rescue, Johnson
S Bermuda Grass, Cane Seed,
Cotton Seed. Egyptian Wheat Cow
Peas, Feterita, Kaffir Corn, Milo
Maize, Big German and Pearl
Millet, Spanish Peanuts.
Fancy selected Cantaloupe and Water-
melon, Bermuda Onion Seed.

Send me a list of your want^ lor prices.

ROBERT NICHOLSON

Wholesale Seeds
DALLAS, - - TEXAS

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

MILFORD, GONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Branches Michigan.
Wisconsin and Idaho.

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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My Original Winter-Flowering
SPENCER or ORCHID SWEET PEA

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK,

revolutionized the cut flower market last winter. It
brought higher prices than the best carnation, from
the start to finish. They will be more sought for this
winter. I have some seed left on hand of the following
named varieties :

Pink and White Orchid, White Orchid, Mrs. A. A.
SIfach (clear pink), Orchid Beauty (dark rose), VenuS
(white, pinlc blush), Mrs. M. Spanolln (white), Mrs. Jos.
Manda (light pink), all, 1 oz , $4.00. Lavender Nora
(winter Unwin type), the best and largest clear lavender in
cultivation, 1 oz., $1.60.

Winter-Flowering Spencer Mixture

This consist only of the best light pink, pink, whites,
salmon, lavender and very few dark. Every commercial
grower should plant at least one house of these, after the
'Mums, and he would be taking no risk. 1 oz. , $3.00; 4 oz. ,
$10. 00; 1 lb., $30.00. Ask for special prices on 10 lbs. or
more. You need 1 oz. of the Winter Orchid Sweet Pea
seed for 100 foot row. Ask for list.

Philadelphia. Pa., August 29, 1914.
Mr. h. C. ZvoL.ANEK. Lompoc, Calif.

Dear Sir;— We handled your Winter-Flowering Orchid Peas last
year in quantity. We sold nearly all of the Peas from Messrs. A. Harvey
& Sons which firm no doubt you know very well. There was nothing in
the cut flower line last winter that sold more readily than the Orchid
Peas. We believe that all the growers who had your Orchid Flowering
Peas last winter bad a most profitable crop. As you know, some of the
retailers are rather slow to take up something new. After the first
purchase of Orchid Peas, however, they invariably bought them in
prefL-rence. The Leo Niessen Company.

Lompoc, Calif.

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very Ukely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage

Iiitrniiviced S('ver;i

Enkhuizen

I Yo:irs Ar

Glory.

:n by Our Firm.

TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks. AU Varieties.

The Haven Seed Co.

Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

itention the American Florist when writing

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

etND FOn OATiUlOIH

ARTHUR T. BODDINOTON

141 W*al 14th SI.. Kna T<

AZALEAS, On Hand! Ready Now!!

Madam Van der Cruyssen, Simon Mardner, Madam Petrlck,
De Schryveriana, Vervaneana. Niobe. Ernst Eckhautte, assorted.

12 to 14 inches, $6.00 per Dozen. 14 to 16 inclies, $7.60 per Dozen.
16 to 18 inches, $12.00 per Dozen.

BoRowsKi Roslindale, Mass.. says: "'.'Vzaleas arrived in splendid condition;
finest lot of Azaleas I have ever seen; didn't even drop a leaf: look as if
just lifted from tfie field."

Don't You Want Some Like 'Em? How Many?

Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, New York.

The Early Advertisement Gets There.

686

The American Florist.

Oct.

/,

FALL BULBS

Chinese Lilies.

(For shipment about October 2IJth.)

■ Per 100 Ker ICOO

Select size $3.76 $32.60

Basket of 80 bulbs. .$1.10.
Mat of 120 bulbs, $4.26.

French Roman Hyacinths.

. Per 100 Per lOCM
12 to 16 ctm.(-2000 to case)$4.00 $36.00

Single Forcing Hyacinths.

Red, Rose, Pure White, Blush White,
Light Blue, Dark Blue, $3.60 per
100; $30.00 per 1000.

Named Dutch Hyacinths.

WHITE— La Grandesse , L' Innocence ,
Madam Van der Hoop.

RED— Gigantea, Gertrude, General de
Wet, Lady Derby, Cardinal Wise-
man, Robert Steiger.

BLUE- Czar Peter, Grand Maitre,
Queen of Blues, King of Blues,
Schotel. Per lOO Per 1000

First size, 19-21 ctm $6.00 $5(5.00

Second size, 17-19 ctm.... 4.50 40.00

Crocus.

Named soits, large bulbs.. $0 90 $7.00
Unnamed, separate colors .60 4.50

French Grown Narcissus.

Per 100 Per 1000
Paper White' Grandiflora,

Giants $1.50 $10.00

Paper White Grandiflora,

Select l.OO 8.50

Single Narcissus.

Per 100 Per 1000

Golden Spur .%\.&b $14.50

Golden Spur, double nose 2.50 22.00

Empress.. •.. 1.60 14.00

Empress, double nose 2.25 20.00

Princeps 1.25 9.00

Sir Watkin 1.40 12 00

Sir Watkin, double nose.. 2.00 18.00

Victoria 1.45 12.50

Victoria, double nose 2.25 20.00

Double Narcissus.

PerlOO Per KXJO
Von Sion, double nose. ...$2.76 $24.00
Von Sion, select round

bulbs 1.86 16 00

.\lba Plena Odorata 85 7.00

Gladiolus.

Blushing Bride $0.76 $6.(k;»

The Bride 76 .6.60

Peach Blossom 1.00 8 00

A. HENDERSON & CO.,

Single Early Tulips

Per 100 Per KXK)

Artus $0.80 $ 6.60

Chrysolora 90 7.60

Couleur Cardinal 1.80 16.00

Crimson King 90 7.50

Duchess of Parma 90 7 60

Keizerskroon 1.50 13.00

L'Immaculee 80 6.50

La Reine 60 6 60

Pottebakker, white 1.66 14.60

Pottebakker, yellow 1.80 11.60

Pottebakker, scarlet 1.30 11.60

Proserpine rose 2.60 22 60

Rosamundi 85 7.50

Rose Luisante 1.86 16.00

Thomas Moore 86 7.50

White Hawk 1.60 14.00

Yellow Prince 96 8 00

Extra fine mixed 85 7.50

Double Early Tulips.

Per 100 Per llKKi
Courouue d'Or, yellow.. ..$2.00 $18.00

Imperator Rubrorum 1.70 15.00

La Candeur 1.15 9.50

Murillo 90 8.00

Extra fine mixed 85 7.50

Phone Randolph 2571

369 River St., CHICAGO

GROW PAPER WHITES

$8.50 per case of 1000 choice bulbs.

Also TULIPS, DAFFODILS, FREESIAS, are money makers at our surplus prices.

Get our Bulb Price List.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

Oklahoma City.

TRADE CONTINUES ON THE INCBE.\SE.

Business is picking- up steadily from
day to day. Ever since the close of
the state fair there has seemed to be
a general increase in trade all round,
the fair evidently being responsible for
the beginning of the social season.

NOTES.

Both the Stiles Co. and Furrow &
Co. have had good wedding decorations
lately and several important orders
for similar events are booked for the
near future.

Chrysanthemums at the Stiles green-
houses will be ready for cutting by
about the twentieth of this month.
TJhe carnataions here are now throw-
ing good long stems, the benefits of
the cooler weather upon them being
very noticeable in this respect.

At the Oklahoma State Society of
Florists' meeting, held October 5, the
members present agreed to recommend
the coreopsis as the state flower to be
adopted at the next session of the legis-

SPECIALTIES

Roses. Iron) 3'iDcb poi>. Chrysanthemoms

Carnations for fall delivery. Smilax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for liat.

Wood Brothers, £'/w^?i^rt
GERANIUMS ^"VyyisK.

They must reach you in good growiog coDdition.
otfcerwise you can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
and very good.

S. A. Nutt. $12.50 per 1000.

Poitevine and Ricard, $15.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, $25.00 per Kxto.

ALBERT M. H£RR, lANCASTEB, PA

lature; there is considerable discussion
in the daily papers on the subject of
a state flower, which is the season
primarily of the florists declaring them-
selves. .A. S. Gray, vice president.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geranlnms, Nutt, Bucbner. Ricard, Perltins.
Poitevine, 2 in.. $2.00 per 100; 3-in.. $5.00 per 100.

Boston and WhitmanI Fems; 3-in.. lOc; 4 in.. 15c;

5-in.. 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3-in.. $5.00: 4 in.. $10.00: Sin..

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2H-in., $5.00 per 100.

Cash with order.
GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

promised to read a paper on "How to
Increase Business" at the November
meeting.

Walter Mott, representing Ham-
mond's Paint and Slug Shot Works,
was here this week calling on the
trade. S. S. B.

1914-

The American Florist.

687

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

PALMS AND FERNS

Leaves
6-in. pot 5 to 6.

Kentia Forsteriana

In. high
.28 to 30.

Each Per do2.
..$1.00 $12.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. SiSin. high % 2,50

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to 5H ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5H to 6 ft 12.50

12-iD. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. ft ft. high, heavy 15.00

12 in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii E^ch

5-in. pot. nicely characterized $1.00

7 in. tub. 18 in. hieh. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED

STRONG AND HEALTHY

In. high

8 to 10.

12

15

18

24

In. high

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Leaves

2H-in. pot 4

3 in. pot 5

4-in. pot 5 to 6..

5-in. pot 5 to6..

6-in. pot 6 to 7..

Leaves

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

S> in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54, very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft.. very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-in. tub. 4 ft. spread each. $4.00

Railway Station,
Jenklntown.

Each Perdoz.

$1.50

2.00

..$0.40 4.50

. . .50 6.00

.. 1.00 12.00

Each Perdoj

30.00

36.00

48.00

Wyncote, Pa.

Hydrangea Otaksa

Bxtra strong short bushy plants, field-
grown, 4 to 6 shoots, $15.00 a hundred.
Also 6 to 8 shoots, at $20.00 a hundred.

Also Dracaena Indivisa

strong pot-bound plants, 3-in. pot.s,
$5.U0 per hundred.

Cash with order, please.

LEONARD UTZINGER,

800 Lake View Road, Cleveland, Ohio

Uention the American Florist when writing

■ SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul-
ture for the past 25 years. The best Work on Ameri
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
florist. 106 pages. On|y 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH 6 CO., Adrian, Mich.

mention the American Florist when writing

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Hydrangeas

POT GROWN. FOR FORCING.

Last caU. Get them in before cold weather.

Otaksa, in 6 inch pots, with 7 to 10 flowering shoots, $25.00 the
hundred; with 5 and 6 shoots, $20.00 the hundred; with 4 shoots,
$15.00 the hundred.

Best of the Ncw French Introductions: Avalanche, Bouquet
Rose, La Lorraine, Mme. Emii Mouilliere. Mme. Maurice

Hamar and Radiant, in 6 inch pots, at $25.00 the hundred.

Mr. Henry Youell, visiting correspondent for the "FtORiSTS'
Exchange," said in the "Exchange" of September 6. "We
next came to an i nmense slat-house of 33,0(^0 Hydrangeas, in
6 inch pots, and a more healthy even lot of plants It would be
impossible to find."

We GUARANTEE these are the best HYDRANGEAS we have ever had. Send
that order. DO IT NOW.

JACKSON & PERKINS COMPANY

Newark, New^ York.

fl

Robert Craig Co...

I SfJi PALMS

I and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

iMarket and 49th Sis.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Asparagus, Poinsettias, Vincas

Asparagus Plumosus."^ in .$3 00pertii() Sin ,
$5.00 per lUO. Asp. Hatcheril. 3 in.. $5.00 per 100.

Poinsettias, 2 in.. $4 00 per lOO. 3 in.. $8.00 per
100; 4in., «i5.00per 1(0.

Vincas. field grown, lor October delivery, $5.00
per roo.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

688

The American Florist.

Oct. 17,

The Nursery Trade

American Aisociatlon of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chasn, Ala., Presidpiit,
E. S. Welch, Sheiiundoah, la., Vice-Presi-
dent; .lohn Hall, 304 Granite bldg., Hochesl-
er, N. Y. , Secretjiry.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Mich.. .June 191.'').

Ashtabula, O. — The J. H. Rice Co.,
nurserymen, has filed incorporation
papers; capital stock, $50,000.

DELAVAN, WIS. — Geo. T. Moxley has
acquired the business of the Phoenix
Nursery Co. at this place, and will
operate some 31 acres.

New Obleans, La. — Pronounced ' in-
terest in the planting of citrus fruits
Is indicated by heavy advance orders
received by the Naomi Nurseries.

SHERMAN, TEX. — The Texas Nursery
Company has added a handsome office
building to its plant in South Sherman.
The building Is two stories and has a
basement. It is built of concrete
blocks.

Austin, Tex.— A permit to do busi-
ness in Texas was granted Griffing
Bros. Co., of Macclenny, Fla.; capital
stock $.50(3,000. Purpose, growing and
selling trees, plants, etc.. Port Arthur
to he headquarters in Texas.

Bloomington, III. — The second re-
port of John Y. Chisholm, receiver of
the Phoenix Nursery Co., was filed
October 8, and the court will be asked
to approve it October 26. Tlje court
will be asked to approve the report of
the master in chancery at the same
time.

SALISBURY, Md. — W. F. Allen, nur-
seryman, has incorporated his large
business into a stock company, with
a nominal capital stock of .$50,000.
This stock win all be held by himself
and his wife and children, making it
a close corporation. The name of the
corporation will be The "W. F. Allen
Company, of Salisbury, Maryland.

French Nursery Trade and the War.

E. Turbat, general secretary of the
federation of French nurserymen,
writes on present conditions in the
nursery trade of France as follows,
September 2G :

"Concerning the fruit, ornamental,
forest ".nd other young stocks, also
other plants, roses, etc., which are gen-
erally grown in France for export, in
spite of the mobilization which has
taken off from 60 to 70 per cent of the
chiefs of staff and workmen in our nur-
series, there remains a sufficient num-
ber of employes in each establishment
to enable us to ship the stock already
ordered, or to be ordered for the United
States, the English colonies, etc. The
number of employes remaining will suf-
fice this season because our sale in Eu-
rope probably will be small. The prln-
«(pal centers of the nursery export
trade. Angers, Orleans, Lyon, Ussy, the
Paris district, etc., have not been af-
fected by the war. The railways and
steamers connecting with American
trade continue in operation and will be
in position to handle our stocks at the
usual time of shipping, about the latter
part of October."

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONARD& JONES COm

West Grove, Peniia.

Mention the American Florist when vjriting

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and larKe siiea supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Era-grMD Specidtsls Largest Growers id Aneria

Box 404. DUND^, ILL.

PAEONIES

Kelway & Son hold a large
stock of their own a:nd other
varieties. If the trade find
it difficult to obtain Paeonies
in usual quarters Kelway &
£on will be pVeased to quote.

KELWAY & SON,

SEED GROWERS,
Langport, Somerset, England.

Auffust Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITT

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and age. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

(il-.r OUR PRICKS AND CATALOGUE.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATfVE PLANTS,
CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

— READY NOW

rr* „ 171«„*:^^ 16-18in $3.60 per doz.; $25.00 per 100

nCUS EjiaSllCa 18-24in 4.50perdoz.; 36.00 per 100

INSPECTION INVITED.

Nurserymen and Florists,

Atk For Onr Wfliolesa};, Catalog.

Rutherford, N. J.

General Assortment of Young Out-Door

Nursery Stock and Roses, Etc., Etc.,

ARE OUR SPECIALTIES.

The Whole Nursery Trade will be interested by knowing that we
are able to supply The French Nursery Stocks as usual, such as

All Fruit Tree Stocks, Young Deciduous Ornamental Trees
and Shrubs, Young Conifers, Young Forest Stocks of
Splendid Cho'ce New Rare or Noticeable Trees and
Shrubs, Hardy Herbaceous, Etc., Etc.

One of the most extensive existing collection deliverable this season In
extra choice as DWARF, on their own roots; DWARF GRAFTED, on
dog rose roots; DWARF BUDDED, on dog rose seedlings and on other
good stocks in all the best OLD and NEW varieties, also as STANDARDS.

Correspondence is Cordially Invited.

Jules Gouchault and Turbat Nurseries,

E. Turbat & Co., Successors, Orleans, France.

/p/^.

The American Florist.

G89

DREER'S ARAICARIAS

The chances are that there will be no imports of Araucarias from Belgium this fall, which is certain to
result in a scarcity of this plant for the holidays. We are carrying our usual large stock of spring imported
plants, and we would advise you to cover your requirements. There has been no advance in price, and the
plants are of the usual good quality.

Araucaria Excelsa

6 iuch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, 3 tiers . $ .60 each

6 inch pots, 12 to 16 inches high, 3 to 4 tiers 76 "

6 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high. 4 tiers 1.00 "

7 inch pots, 18 to 20 inches high, 4 to 6 tiers 1.26 "

Araucaria Excelsa Glauca

6 inch pots, 8 inches high, 2 tiers $ .76 each

G inch pots, 12 inches high, 3 tiers 1.00 "

Araucaria Robusta Compacta

5 inch pots, 10 inches high, 2 tiers $ .76 each

6 inch pot?, 12 to 14 inches high, 3 tiers 1.25 "

7 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high, 3 tiers 1.50 "

Ficus Elastica

A splendid lot of 4 inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, $3.60 per dozen;
$26.00 per 100.

Pandanus Veitchi

A grand lot of well colored plants, 6 inch pots, exceptional good values.

For the most Complete List of Decorative Plants and other Seasonable Stock see our current wholesale list.

HTIWIDV A nDTPD 714-716 Chestnut street,
nLlllKl \. UKLLK9 PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The above prices are intended for the trade only.

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-15.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, ■ CONN.
RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet fiieh per 100. $25.00

Erica Mediterlana, 4 inch pots " 15.00

Erica WUmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15 00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mar; Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palmi, Fernt and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on applictioo.

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants forthe comingautumn and next spring's shipments.
The grades I have to offer are :

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year \Vi to 2 feet

Two years IV^ to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 2^2 feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

Two years Wz to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

All are well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades
have been cut back one or more times.

Very attractive prices— especially in car lots.
Correspondence solicited.

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

J. T. LOVEH,

Orchids

If you want OrcbldS for any purpose whatever
we solicit your inquiries and orders for same.
We do not grow or handle anything else but
Orchids. Special lists on application.

LAG£R 8 HURR£LL, Summit, N. J.

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin, N. J. Willlamstown June, N. J.

690

The American Florist.

Oct. ij.

i?=

Market Gardeners !!

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.
W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton, Ind., Pres
ident; H. J. Thompson. Attleboro. Mass.,
Vice-President; S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky., Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O.. Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
Philade phia. Pa.. October 6 9. I9H.

A FUll. report of the annual conven-
tion and exhibition of the Vegetable
Growers' Association of America will
be found elsewhere in this issue.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables.

Chicago, October 13. — Mushrooms,
60 cents per pound; lettuce, 10 cents
per box; radishes, 75 cents to $1.00
per 100 bunches.

New York, October 13. — Cucumbers,
50 cents to $1.00 per basket; mush-
rooms, 50 cents to $1.50 per 4-pound
basket; tomatoes, 25 cents to 85 cents
per box.

■ Lettuce Notes.

At this time of the year the grower
can make a few big mistakes. One of
the very first temptations is to use
out-door grown plants for the first
crop under glass. We have never seen
a strictly first class crop of leaf lettuce
under glass from such a practice. It
seems that once the plants have tasted
out-door life they resent confinement.
We do not say a good crop cannot be
grown — we simply would advise the in-
experienced to regard any out-door
seedlings or plants with suspicion.

The next serious trouble comes from
lack of moisture in deep beds. Very
often cucumbers or tomatoes have ex-
tracted the last trace of moisture to a
great depth and if this is not replaced
good results are impossible. We have
seen growers carry along houses where
the moisture was only a few inches in
depth, kept so by frequent watering,
which is all wrong. Soak the beds
clear through to the bottom and with-
hold water after the plants are well
started. In regard to timing the crops
we would go slow with fall lettuce as
our market conditions are unfavorable
to a big output. Things may improve
after New Years and it may be a wise
move to bring in the bulk of the first
crop from Xmas on.

MABKETMAN.

Council Bluffs, Ia.— Two houses.
30x160 feet, and one house, 27x110
feet, have been completed at the range
of L. H. Reams.

Sioux City, Ia. — The greenhouses for
many years owned by Peter Reard,
now the property of J. N. Nordstrom,
are to be remodeled and enlarged to
double their present capacity. The
rans-e, which now includes 3r>.(X)0
square feet of glass, will have three
added houses, each 54x180 feet, and an
85-horsepower boiler will be installed.

ItEADiNO, Pa.— Final arrangements
for the flower show which will be held
at Rajah Temple, Wednesday, Thurs-
day and Friday, November 11. 12 and
13, were made at a meeting of the
Reading Florists' Association. Judg-
ing from the many favorable responses
and amount of space reserved the ex-
hibition promises to be a most elab-
orate one.

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists.

Alonzo J. Bryan, J^fSS's^^

Wasltington, New Jersey.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time 1 A lew dollars invested
in AraucariaExcelsawiilyield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyesopen and look into the future and invest
your money now. All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are offerinu now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers,
5H-6-in. pots. 40c 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. SI. 25 to $1.50.

Kxcelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6-7'in. pots.
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants, 6-in. pots. $1.00. $1.25 to $1 50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Price 93.00 Postpaid.

American Florist Co^

440 S 1>MM-bAm !W

Watch for our Trade Mark stamped
on ever; brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawo

Substitution of cheaper grades li
thus easily exposed. Fresh sampls
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by manufacturers upon re-
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co., St. Paul. Minn

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Slock

Pyramids,2 ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids. IVrit 1.50 each

Pyramids,3 ft 2 01 each

Pyramids. 3H,ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN "^c'hIcaS!? "'•

1-yr.
21/^ -in.

ROSES

2-yr.
4-iR.

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

Mention the American Flurim wKen writing

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pa^es.— Price $1.0O— 29 lUnstrations.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERT LARGEST SCALE of aU
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (btabUlhed 1 787.)

^PFRIAI TIF^' Bci>°>' Beets. CabbaEea. Carrots, Kohl Rabi. Leek. Lettuces, Onions, Peal,
OILUInLIILO. Radisl^es, Spinach. Turnips Swedes, Asters, Balsams. Beeooias. Carnations
Cinerarias, Gloxinias. Larkspur. Nasturtiums. Pansies, Petunias. Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious,
Stoclcs, Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GLANT FANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz., or $1.75 per H oz., $1.00 per H oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are erown under my personal supervision on my own vast ffroncids, sod
■re warranted true to name, of strongest eruwtb. finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELT ON CONTRACT.

Special Offer

Asparagus Plumosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vaughan*s Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

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YOU MISS IT

By not growing the new ever blooming Peiargonium EASTER GREETING*

It is the finest retail plant grown. We sold over 40,00() plants in the spring and not a single complaint. A wonderful
record tor a new plant. Kasy to grow; wonderful institution. Blooms from March to November. Sells on sight. An
entirely new race and the only kind worth growing. Don't think of "Easter Greeting" as a pelargonium, but as a wonder.
Our stock is verv fine and we know how to pack, so our guarantee is Iron Clad. Really yOU may write the guarantee and
we' 1 Stand by it. Buy in October-November for prize winners. Price: 214-inch, $1.6U per dozen, $10.0(1 per 100; 3-inch
.fl.T.T per dozen: «l-2 00 per 100.

LUCY BECKER, the new light pink sport, verv desirable and very scarce, 3-inch. $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100.

FOR $3.00 we will send a trial order of 20, 3-inch "E G." and 6, 3-inch Lucy Becker. We know a trial order means
future orders, so we are willing to do anything to get you acquainted with "Baster Greeting." Cultural directions with

each order.

S. C. TEMPLIN, "Easter Greeting" Specialist. GARRETTSVILLE, OHIO.

Primroses.

Chinese, Forbesi, Malacoides, Obconica

Alba and Rosea, $1.76 per 100; $16.00

per 1000.
ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 2^4 in

pots. %i W per 100; «18 00 per 1000.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 2^4 in.

pots, J2.0O per 100; $18 Oo per 1000.
Vinca Variegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. 10th, $2 50 per 1000.
CASH or CO. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per K'OO.

Alyssum, Giant Double. 2in.. $2 00 per 100.

Geraniums. S. \. Nutt Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. BuchDer.2in..$1.75 per 100. in any quantity.

Good stock and «ood packing.

Elmer RawImgs,^(a!^^ST^'-
Special on Roses

Wc have a nice lot of roses which we will close
out at unusually low prices, stock is A-No. 1.
Bridesmaids, Uncle John and Ivory, IV2 in., at
$1.50. 3 in., at *-'2.50; American Beauties, IVi in,.
$2 50; 3 in., $5.00 per 100. These are special prices
and good only for orders received within 10 days.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower. Pekln. 111.

J. E. Meredith. Prss. C. W Stodt, Sec'y

The /Weredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE ILLINOIS

CARNATIONS

F. DQRNER & SONS GO.

LaFayette.

Indiana

SM I L AX

strong plants, 2V2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2Vi inch,
$2.00 per KM); $6 00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

FIELD'GROWN

CARNATION PLANTS

THE USUAL FINE C. C. C. QUALITY

Conquest

Beautiful overlaid pink, sells for the
highest price. Good producer, good
stem, fine large flowers, $6.00 per 100;
$50.00 per 1000.

White Enchantress

$6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

Herald

(Large Plants— Scarlet)

$7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

Bonfire

$7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

Victory

$6.00 per 100.

Chicago Carnation Co.,

A. T. PYFER, Mgr.

30 E. Randolph St., Chicago, m.

tlention the American Florist when writing

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freiglit shipments are safe
on many items. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas

All the good French soi ts pot-grown. 4-in.
pot plants J20.00 per 100: 5 in. pot plants.
$25.00 per 100.

Otaksa

Field grown plants 4 to 6 shoots. $15.00 per
100: 6 to 8 shoots. $20.00 per 100. Short and
clean stock.

Cibotium Schiedei

Splendid stock at a real reduction. 5-in. pot
plants at 75c; 6-in. pot plants. $1.00.

Bird's Nest Ferns

4-in. pot planis...$3 50 per doz.: $25.00 per 100
5 in. pot plants... 7.00nerdoz.; 50-00 per 100

Bougalnvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 pet 100

Adiantum Croweanum

4-in. pot plants .-$15 00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

Short and bushy. 2!^ in.. $3.00 per 100: $25.00
per 1000. _. , „

Fern Dish Ferns

Best varieties, including .Asp'dium. Cyr-
tomium. Wilsoni and Mayi. $3.00 per 100:
$25.00 per 100(1.

Primula Sinensis

A splendid strain in red and white, $3.00 per
100: $25.00 per UIOO.

Azaleas

Early and late plants, arrived in fine condi-
tion Good values. 12 to 14 in., at .55c; 14 to
Iftin.. at70c: 16 to 18 in., at $1.00: 18 to 20 in.,
at $1.50.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

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Oct. 17,

The American Florist Company's Directory of
Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada.

(Copyrighted and Title Trade-Mark Regfistered.)

Directory Revision

O '.

We are revising our Trade Directory of the Florists, Nurserymen,

Seedsmen, etc., of the United States and Canada, and as there have been
many changes in firm names and considerable extension of the area under
glass, nursery grounds, etc., you would greatly oblige by supplying the
following information with reference to your business:

In all cases state (1) Name of firm or proprietor, with the officers of corporations;
(2) Name of manager; (3) Address, giving street and number or rural route; (4) City or town;
(5) State; (6) When business was established; and (7) Whom present owner succeeded.

If Florists, state whether (1) Grower; (2) Retail, having store only, (3) Wholesale; or
(4) Commission. If a grower state acreage of ground operated and give number of square
feet of glass.

To ascertain the number of feet under glass in a given house, 12x145 feet 145

multiply the length (145 feet) by the width (12 feet) and you have in 12

that house 1,740 feet under glass, thus 1,740

If Nurserymen, state whether (1) Wholesale; (2) Retail; (3) Acreage of ground
operated, and area under glass as in the case of florists above.

If Seedsmen, state whether (1) Dealer: (2) Grower; (3) What your specialties are;
(4) If a grower, state acreage operated and area under glass, as in the case of florists above.

Inclose your printed letterhead or business card with above details of the business.

Please send the names and addresses of new firms in your vicinity.

O : .

Horticultural Supply Concerns

We also list all lines of Horticultural Supply Concerns, such as manufacturers of

Greenhouse Building Materials, Boilers, Ventilators, Glass, Insecticides,
Pots, Labels, Seed Bags, Fertilizers. Wire Designs, Tinfoil, Vases, Machinery,
Implements, Sprayers, Seed Cases, Flower Pots, Florists' Boxes, Ribbons, Etc.

The specialties are also listed under these heads in the case of advertisers.

Acl>roi:»ti«»ing ]Ka.to«» :

Including Copy of Ne'%v Edition.

Page (p/z X &A inches) $26.00

Half page (3I2X314 inches) 15.00

One-fourth page (S'j x I'g inches) 9.00

The Price of the Book is $3.00 Per Copy, Postpaid.
SEND YOUR ADVERTI SEMEN r NOW.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

Directory Department. 440 S. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO.

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET. -

ABUriLONS.

ABDTILON LAVITZII Variegated, 2lnch. $3
per 100; Slnch, $6 per 100. Extra strong.
CaBh please. ERNEST ROBER. WUlmette, 111.

ARAUCARIAS.

ARAOCARIA EXCELSA.
Pots. In. high. Tiers.

S-incta 10 to 12 3 $0.60

e-iocb 12 to 15 3 to 4 75

e-lnch 14 to 16 4 1.00

T-lnch 18 to 20 4 to 8 1.25

ARADCARIA EXCELSA GLAOCA.

S-Inch 8-ln. 2 tiers ?0.75

6-inch 12-in. 3 tiers 1.00

ARAOCARIA ROBDSTA COMPACTA.

B-incb 10-in. 2 tiers $0.75

6-inch 12 to 14-ln. 3 tiers 1.25

7-lnch 14 to le-lE. 3 tiers 1.50

HENRY A. DREER.

714-716 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Araucarlas exceisa. 2-3-4 years. 3-4-5 tiers.
5%-6 inch, 50c to $1.50 each. Exceisa glauoa
and compacta. 51,4-6-7 Inch. $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann. 1012 W. Ontario St., Phila-
delphia^^

Araucarlas. Booking orders now at the fol-
lowing prices. Exceisa. 50c. 75c and $1 each.
Robusta Conapacta. large plants. $1.50 to $2
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, Ill._

Araucaria exceisa, 6-ln., 65c each. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis. __^_

ASPARAGUS PLOMOSDS and SPRENGEEI,
8-In., $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.

Araucarlas in sorts. August Rolber & Sons,
Bl Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus, 3-ln., $7; 4-In.. $12;
S-in., $20 and $25 per 100. Sprengerl, 2%-ln..
$3 per 100; 3-ln., $5 per 100. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

250 4-lnch Asparagus Sprengerl, very strong,
same size plants used for basket planting in
spring, $7 per 100. Boone Greenhouses, Boone,
Iowa.

Asparagus plumosus, strong seedlings, $6 per
1,000: 5.000 for $25; 10.000 for $45. Vaoghan'f
Seed Store, Chicago and New York,

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengerl, 2^-in.,
$2 per KiO; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunning-
bam. Delaware. 0.

Asparngns plumosus, short and bushy, 2%-ln..
f3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co.. Palnesville. Ohio.

ASPARAGDS SPRENGERI, exceptionally fine
strong 2y.-lncb plants. $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000.
PYFER & OLSEM. Wllmette, 111.

Asparagus Sprengerl, baskets, $1 to $2.50
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. III.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr. Lancaster. Pa.

Asparagus Sprengerl, 2%-incb, $2 per lOO;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS. '

Aspidistras, variegated, 6-in., 10 to 12 leaves,
$1.60 each; Green, 5-ln., 12 leaves. $1 each.
Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, early and late plants, 12 to 14
Inches, 55c; 14 to 16 inches. 70c; 16 to 18
inches, $1; 18 to 20 Inches, $1.60. The Storr8
& Harrison Co.. Painesvllle, O.

Azaleas, all the leading Christmas Varieties,
from 75c to $2.50, in bloom. Large Specimen,
$2.50 and up to $5 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

AZALEAS, on hand. Ready now. Mme. Van
der Cruyssen, Simon Mardner, Mme. Petrlck, De
Schryveriana, Vervaeneana, Niobe, Ernst Eck-
bautte. assorted, 12 to 14 inches, $6 per doz. ;
14 to 16 Inches, $7.50 per doz.; 16 to '18 inches.
$12 per doz.; Borowski, Roslindale, Mass., says:
"Azaleas arrived in splendid condition; finest
lot of azaleas I have ever seen; didn*t even
drop a leaf; look as if just lifted from the
field." Don't yon want some like 'em? How
many? Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, New
York.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand, Julius Roebrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gnst Rolker & Sons, 61 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIA CINCINNATI, 2%-ln., $15 per
100; 3-in., $30 per 100; 4-ln., $45 per 100.
GLOIRE DE CHATELAINE, with many florists
takes the place of Lorraine, blooms all the
year around, 2-in., $5 per 100; 3-in., $8 per
100; 4-in., $16 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER. Wllmette, 111.

BEGONIA LORRAINE. Extra Fine.
2%-lnch at 15c; 3-lEch at 18c; 4-lnch at 22c;
5-inch, 40c. Cash or C. O. D.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver. Colo.

BEGONIA LORRAINE, 2%-ln., |]2 per 100;
8-ln., $40 per 100. GLORY OP CINCINNATI,
2H-ln., $17 per 100; 5-ln.. $50 per 100. W. W.
EDGAR CO., Waverly, Mass.

GOOD, STRONG, BUSHY PLANTS.
Begonia Cincinnati and Lorraine Taft. 4-in.,
25c; 5-in., 35c; 6-ln., 50c. J. V, LAVER, 704
State St., Erie. Pa.

Begonias, Lorraine. Cincinnati and Florence
Davenport, 2i4-in. pots. Present delivery. Julias
Roebrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-ln., $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100. Vaugban's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Bex Begonias. 2%-ln., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans. Newton. N. J.

BOXWOOU.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Jullna
Roebrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft., $1 each; 2H ft.,
.$1.50; 3 ft., $2; 3% ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2..')0 each. Globe. 14x14
Inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
l>ushes, 15-in., 35c each. F. O. Franzen, 6319
X. Clark St., Chicago.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Chinese lilies, French Roman hya-
cinths, single forcing hyacinths, named Dutch
hyacinths, crocus. French grown narcissus, sin-
gle narcissus, double narcissus, gladiolus, single
early tulips, double early tulips. For varieties
and prices see advertisement elsewhere in this
issue. A. Henderson & Co., 369 River St.. Chi-
cagOj

Bulbs. L. Formosum. 7-9-in.. 9-10-ln., 10-11-
in.. 11-13-in.; also Japan grown freeslas, %
and %-in. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Wnnlwnrth Rldg.. New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kasting Co., 383-387
Ellicott St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs, Paper Whites, $3.50 per case of 1,000
bulbs; also tulips, daffodils, treesiag. C. O.
Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis,

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 Betz
Bldg.. Philadelphia.

Bulbs. French Romans: 11-12 ctms.. 2,600 to
case. $25 per 1,000; 12-13 ctms., 2,000 to case,
$29 per 1,000; 12 ctms. and up, l.SiX) to case,
$35 per l.OoO. Dutch Narcissus: Golden Spur,
$13 per l.OOO; Emperor. $13 per 1,000; Victoria.
$12 per 1,000; Prlnceps, $6 per 1,000; Sir Wat-
kins, $12 per 1,000; Von Slon, fancy, $13.60 per
1.000; Von Sion, Dble. Nose, $22 per 1.000.
Dutch hyacinths: Dutch Romans, named vara.,
$17.50 per 1,000; hyacinths. 1st size, $60 per
1,000; 2nd size, $37 per 1,000; bedding grade,
$25 per 1,0(10. Tulips: Artus, $6.5i> per 1,000;
Belle Alliance, $11 per 1.000; Vermilion Bril-
liant. $14 per 1.000; La Reine, $6 per 1,000;
Cottage Maid, $7 per 1,000; Rose Gris de Lin,
$6 per 1,000; Chrysolora, $8 per 1,000; Yellow
Prince, $8 per 1,000; Kelzerskron, $13.60 per
1.000. Callas: 1>4-1H-Inch, $45 per 1,000;
114-2 Inch, $75 per 1,000; 2-2%-lnch, $100 per
1.000. Frleslas: French, mammoth. 14 to %-
Inch, $9 per 1,000; Purity, mammoth, %-inch,
.f22 per 1.000. LlUnm Formosum, 6-8-inch, 350
to case, $40 per 1,000; 7-9-lncb, 250 to case, $60
per 1.000; 8-9-inch. 225 to case. $70 per 1,000;
8-10-inch, 200 to case, $80 per I,0<i0. Vaugban'i
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Schwake & Co.,
90-92 W. Broadway, New York.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington. New
York. .

Bulbs, S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order in early for this fine stock
before it is too late. Send it in today. '

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $6.00 $.-jO.0O

White Lawson B.DO 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 60.00

White Enchantress 6.00

Victory 8.00 48.00

Bonfire 6.00 45.00

WIETOR BROS..
162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.

Enchantress. Pink $6.00 per 100

Beacon 6.0o per 100

Lady Bonntlful 6.00 per 100

Enchantress, White 6.00 per 100

R. 0. LOMMATZSCH.
R. No. 1. La Grange, 111,

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVBI/-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON. N. J.

CARNATION PLANTS.

3,000 White Perfection. $40.00 per 1,000;

All field-grown, healthy stock.

Cash with order.

SINNER BROS.,

86 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO

Carnation Aviator, R. C. ready Jan. 1, 1916,
$12 per lOii; $100 per 1.000. Chicago Carnation
Co.. 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

2.000 Mrs. C. W. Ward, field-grown carna-
tions, $4.50 per 100: $40 per l,00o. ELITCH-
LOKG GRF.EXIlOrSES. Denver. Colorado.

Carnation plants, $40 per 1,000: Ward, Scar-
let Glow and Rosette. Poeblmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, III.

CARNATIONS — White Perfection, to close
ont, $4 per 100. CRABB & HUNTHB FLORAL
CO.. Grand Rapids, Mich,

Carnations, field-grown. Ward and White Per-
fection, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1.000. Peter
Relnlierg. 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Large plants. WHITE SEEDLING, and fine
variety to grow, $5 per 100. C. C. Pollwortb

Co., Milwaukee.

If You Do Not Find Wha? You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It.

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Carnation dUce, beautiful clear blush pink.
Peter Fisber. ElliB. Masa.

CaruatioDS. J D. Tbompson Carnation Co.,
Joliet. 111.

Carnatiopa. Wood Broa.. FlshklU. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysantbemum plants from 2%-lnch pots;
Yellow Knton. White Eaton, McNiece, Ramapo,
O. H. KahD, Chrysolora, October Frost. Touset,
Chas. Razer. Comoletta. Golden Glow. Pacific
Supreme, Unaka. Pocketts* Crimson and Schrimp-
too, $2 per 100. Extra flue stock, order quick.
Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO.,
Joliet. 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS. Best Varieties.

5inch. at 25o; 6-lnch, at 35c.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHODSES. Denver. Colo.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Genera. N. Y.

COLEUS.

COLEDS, 20 varieties, including Trailing
Queen, R. C. 70c per 100; $8 per l.OOO. Ex-
press prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay Center,
Kans.

VERSCHAFFELTI, out of 2-in. pots, strong
plants. $l.S<i per 100; $12.50 per 1,000. W. E.
KING, Little Sliver, N. J,

Coleus, 2-in.. $2 per ipO; $18.50 per l.OOn:
3-ln.. $3 per lOil; $25 per l.OOU. B. Vincent.
Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Ind^

CROTONS

Crotons, 4-ln., 50c; 6-ln.,
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

75c. Poehlmann

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN. The Very Best Obtainable.

4-inch at 15c; 5-inch at 40c.

Cash with order,

ELITCH-LONG GREENHODSES, Denver. Colo.

Cyclamens. 5-in., 50c each; $5 per doz.; 6-ln,,
75c each; $9 per doz.; 7-in., $1 to $1.50 each;
$12 to $18 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Mafton Grove, 111. .

Cyclamen from 3%-inch pots, $15 per lOO;
4-inch, $25 per 100; 5-inch, $50 per 100. Finest
strain; separate colors. JDLIUS ROEHRS CO.,
Rutherford, N. J. »

CYCLAMEN PLANTi, 4-inch, 15c: 5-inch.
35c: 6-inch. 50c. J. V. LAVER, 704 State St..
Erie, Pa.

Cyclamen, 5 colors. 3-in., doz., $1.50; per 100.
$10; 41n.. doz.. $2.50; per 100, $18. Vaughan'i
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Mrs. Sanders, R. C $1 per 100;
$8 per 1,000. Express prepaid. 0. HUMFELD,
Clay Center, Kans,

DAISIES. Fine 2%-lnch stock, Etoile d'Or,
best yellow forcing daisy, $4 per 100. Cash.
A. E. HUNT & CO., 56 East Randolph street,
Chicago.

DEUTZIAS.

DeutiJa graclUs, 8-!nch. pot-grown. 40 to 50
branches, per doz., $4; per KiO. $30. Vaugban's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

DRAGAKNAS.

Dractenaa, TermlnalU, highly (Tolored, 4-ln.,
25c each; $2.50 per doz.; 5-ln., 60c each; $5
per doz. ; 6-ln., 75c to $1 each. Dracaena
Godsefflana, 2-in., $1 per doz.; 3-In., $1.50 per
doz. Indivisa, 4-ln., 15c and 20c each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, III.

Draciena indlrlsa, 3-In. pots. $5 per 100. Leon-
ard Dtzlnger, 800 Lalie View Rd.. Cleveland. 0.

Dracaena Indivisa, 3-in., $5; 4-ln.. $10; 5-ln.,
$25 per 1' 0. Gen. M. EmmHUH. Newton. N. J.

FERNS.

Boston, 2-inch ,. . .$ 3.00 per llJO

Boston, 3-lnch 8.00 per 100

Boston. 4-inch 12.00 per liiO

Boston, 5-inch 20.00 per 100

Boston. 7-inch 75 each

Bo.ston. 8-inch 1 .00 each

Boston, out of bench, $10, $15 and $20 per 100
R(wsevelt, out of hench, $15 and $20 per 100

Pteris. out of flats $1.50 per 100

Smlthll (new). 2in 5.00 per 100

Fern and Sprengeri baskets. 75c to $2.50 each

Cash Please.
ERNEST ROBBR. WILMBTTE, ILL.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties, 2Vi-
in., $3.50 per luO. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants; 2%-in., $4 per 100;
3-ln., $7 per 100; 4-in.. $15 per 100; 7-ln.. $6
per doz.; 7-in., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-ln.,
$12 per doz.; 10-in.. $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MANI, 2%-in., $5 per 100; 3-in., $10 per 100;
5-in., $25 per 100; extra heavy 8-in., $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

Ferns, Nephrolepis mucosa, 3%-lnch, 25c: 5-
in., 50c. N. Elegantisslma. 6-in., 50c; 8-ln., $1;
10-in., $2 each. N. Elegantisslma compacta,
3'L.in.. 25c; 6-in.. 50c; Sin., $1 each. N.
Superbissima, 6-inch., 50c each. N. Magniflcaf
5-in., 50c each. ■ N. Piersonl, 6-in., 50c: 8-in.,
$1 each. Dwarf Boston. 8-in., $1 each. Harrlsli,
6-in., 50c; 10-ln., $2 to $3 each; 12-in., very
large, $5 each. F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-
on-Hudson, N. Y.

Cibotium Scheidel. 5-in., 75c; 6-ln., $1. Bird's
nest fern, 4-lnch, $3.50 per doz.; $25 per 100;
5-ln., $7 per doz; $50 per 100. Adiantom
Croweanum, 4-in., $15 per 100. Glory of Mord-
reeht, 4-in., $25 per 100. Ferns for dishes, $3
per 1110; $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Harrison
In.. I'HJnesville. riliJiK

Ferns, Boston, Whitmani an3 Roosevelt, 5-ln..
25c each; $3 per doz.; 6-in.. 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 7-in., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-in., $1
each; $12 per doz.; lOin., .$2.50 each; 12-ln.,
$3.50 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove. III.

Ferns, special on Whitmani, 5-in., 20c each;
6-in., 40c each. Cyrtomiums, 4-in., $1.50 per
doz.; 6-in., $5 per doz. Boston. 5-in.. 22 to 24
ins. high. 20c each; 6-in., 2 to 21/3 ft.. 30c;
7-in., 2 to 2% ft., 50c; specimens, 8-in., $1;
9-in., $1.50. Larger specimens. $2, .$2.50 and
$3 each. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737-39 Buck-
ingham Place, Chicago.

Ferns, Boston and Roosevelt, 3-tn., $7.50 per
100; 4-in., $15; 5-in., $25; 6-in.. $50; 7-in., $75.
A. Henderson & Co., 369^ River St.. Chicago.

Boston. Whitmani and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 5-Inch pots. $2.25 per doz.; $15
per 100. C. Humfeld, Clay Center, Kans.

Boston ferns, 5-inch. 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adlantum Croweanum. 3ln.. tS per 100; $70
per 1,000. A. N. Pierson. Inc., Cromwell. Coon.

Boston banging baskets, $1.50, $2 and $2.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns, Boston and Whitmani. 3-in., 10c; 4-In.,
15c: 5-ln., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

Ferns. Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.

Ferns, Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

FEVERFEW.

FEVERFEW, R. C, $1.25 per 100; $10 per
1.0:0. Express prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay
Center, Kans.

FICUS.

Ficus elastica, 15-18 Ins., $3.60 per doz.; $25
per 100; 18-24 Ins., $4.50 per doz.: $35 per 100.
I'.oliliink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.

FIcns elastica, 4-lnch pots, 10 to 12 inches
high, $3.S0 per doz.; $25 per 100. Henry A.
Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

FREESIAS.

Freeslas, Purity (true), % to 1-ln., $2.60 per
loO; $22.80 per 1.000: % to %-in., $1.75 per
100; $16 per l.noO; V4-tn. and over, jl.50 per
1(10; $12 per 1,000; % to %-ln., $1.25 per 100;
$10 per 1.000. Vaugban's Improved Purity, %-
in. and up, $2.25 per 100; $20 per l.Oiui; % to
%-ln., $1.75 per 100: $16 per 1.000; % to %-
In., $1.50 per lOii; $12 per 1.01)0. French
grown. Jumbo, $1.50 per lOn; $12 per l.dOO.
Mammoth, $1 per 100; $9.50 per 1.000; Vangh-
an's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Freesia Purity, 1st size, $14 per 1.000. Large
2 to 2V.-lnch calla bulbs, $12 per 100. C. C.
Pollwortb Co.. Milwaukee.

GERANIUMS.

GER.iNIDMS. ROOTED CUTTINGS.
Best varieties. Including Ricard. S. A. Nutf,
Viiiud, Sam Sloan. Poitevine. Jaulin. M. E.
Long, Perillon, single and double white. $12.50
per 1.000.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver, Colo.

GERANIUMS, Variegated Nutt, 2%-In., $5
per ■ 100. Nutt, Perkins, La Favorite, Rose
geraniums, 2Mi-in., $3 per 100; $25 per lOOO.
Cash please. ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette,
III . ^

Geraniums, 2in., $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1.000;
3-in.. $3 per lOii; $25 per 1.000 In lots of not
less than I.OOO. 1.000 In 20 distinct varletlea,
our selection from 2ln. pots, $18.50; 3-ln., $26.
R, Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Ud.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3M,-in. pots, $7 per lOu. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALUERS GREEN HOUSE, MInot.
N. P.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt, Dbl. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner, 2-ln., $1.75 per 100. Elmtr
Railings. Oleop. N. Y.

Geraniums, 2-in., $3 per 100. Hall Calne
and Mary Barton, 2-in., $5. Rahn & Herbert.
Ill) E. 49tb St., Portland, Ore.

Geraniums. Nutt, Buchner, Ricard, Perkins.
Poitevine. 2-in., $2 per luO; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

GERANIUMS— Strong 2Vl-inch S. A. Nntt
and double white, $20 per 1.000. CRABB &
HUNTER FLORAL CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, $12.50 per 1,000.
Poitevine and Ricard, $15 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr. Lancaster. Pa.

GLADIOLUS.

MRS. FRANK PENDLETON. 1 am head-
quarters for pure stock of this grand pink
gladiolus; write for quotations on all sizes.
Also planting stock of Chicago White. Glory,
Meadowvale. Snowbank. The King. etc. Prices
right. L. MERTON GAGE, Natick,_Mas3^

GLADIOLUS NANUS in 12 leading varieties;
TULIPS. NARCISSI, etc. Send for list. W.
W. WILMORE, JR., Wheatridge, Colo.

IRRIGATION GROWN GLADIOLI for forc-
ing; the best on the market; every corm a
bloomer. Send for trade list. W. W. WIL-
MORE. JR., Wheatridge, Colo.

GREENS.

Greens, dagger and fancy ferns. 80c per
1.000; case of 5.000. $3.50. Green galax, 50c
1.000: case of 10.000. $4. Green leucothoe. long,
$2 per 1.000. Green leucothoe, short, .$1 per
1.000. Elk Galax & Fern Co., Banners Elk,
N, C.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co.. Evergreen. Ala.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Ever-
green. Ala. _^

Greens, choice case holly, holly wreaths and
laurel roping. H. E. Conwell, Milton, Delaware,

HOLLYHOCK.

HOLLYHOCKS. 7 double varieties, all lead-
ers. -^Iso Allegheny, the fringed single, .T3 per
100: $20 per I.OOO. Fall delivery. W. W.
WILMORE, JH„ Wheatridge, Colo,

HELIOTROPE.

HELIOTROPE— R. C, $1 per 100; $8 per
1,000. Express prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay
Center, Kans,

HYDRANGEAS.

HYDRANGEAS, pot-grown, for forcing, last
call. Get them in before cold weather.
Otaksa. in 6-inch pots, with 7 to 10 flowering
shoots. $25 the hundred; with 5 and 6 shoots,
$20 the hundred: with 4 shoots, $15 the ban-
dred. Best of the new French Introductions;
Avalanche. Bouquet Rose, La Lorraine, Mme.
Emil Mouilliere, Mme. Maurice Hamar and
Had'ant In 6-inch pots at $25 the buntlred.
Mr. Henry Youell. visiting correspondent for
the Florists" Exchange, said in the Exchange
of September 5: "We next came to an Im-
niPTisc slate linusc nf '^?, 000 Iivilrnnircas in Oinch
pots, and a more healthy even lot of plants It
would be impossible to find." We guarantee
these are tlie best hydrangeas we have ever
had. Send that order. DO IT NOW. JACK-
SON & PERKINS CO., Newark, New York.

Hvdrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown, 4-ln., $20 per loO; 5-ln.. $25 per 100.
Otaksa field-grown. 4 to 6 shoots. $15 per 100;
6 to 8 shoots. $20 per liiO. The Storra 4
Harrison Co., Pnlnesrille. Ohio.

Hydrangea Otaksa. field-grown, 4 to 6 shoots.
$15 per 100; 6 to S shoots, $20 per 100. Leon-
ard Utzinger, 800 Lake View Rd., Cleveland, 0.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, 3-ln. pots, $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich,

IRISES.

GERM.\N IRIS, lane named sorts, $1 per
100; clumps, $3 per 100. HEISER NUR3BBY
AND FLQRAL CO., Hamilton, O,

IVIES.

English ivy, out of Sin, pots, up to 6 ft,
high. $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 B.
49th St., Portland, Ore,

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Hardy English Ivy, 2-ln.. $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1.000; 3-1d.. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. R.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Md.

English ivy from field. 20 to 30 Inches. $3;
from pots. 30 to 40 Inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST. Kenllworth. N. J.

ENGLISH IVY. strong 4-lDeh, $10 per 100.
HARRY HEINL. West Toledo. Ohio.

English Ivy. 20c and 35? each. Poeblmann
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

German Ivy, 2V6-ln., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son. Cedar Falls, Iowa,

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

CHERRIES, heavy set, very choice stock,
from 5V4-lnch pans at $25 per 100, Write,
wire or phone quick. HOLM & OLSON,
Inc., St. Paul, Mlna.

Cherry, dwarf, strong, bushy plants, out of
cold frame, 10c and ISc each. J. V. LAVER.
704 State St.. Erie. Pa.

tiLY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert, Wandsbek, nr, Hamburg.
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken, 17 Bat-
tery PI., New York.

From Storage.

Cold Storage Valley. Brun's Celebrated Chi-
cago Market Brand, $20 per 1.000; $10.50 per
500; $5,511 per 250; $2.50 per 100. Cut yalley,
best quality always on band. H. N, Bran's,
3032 W, Madison St., Chicago.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co.. St. Paul, Minn,

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery, fruit tree stocks, deciduous oma-
mentfll trees and shrubs, conifers, forest
stocBs of splendid choice new and rare trees
and shrubs, hardy herbaceous plants, roses, etc.
B. Turbat & Co.. Orleans, France.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits, W. & T,
Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y,

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
bink & Atkins, Rutherford, N, J.

Evergreen. The D, Hill Nursery Co., Dundee.
111.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi
established. Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMORBANA.
Single Plants,
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 18 $0.35

6-inch pots, 6 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

6-lnch pots. 6 to 7. 32 to 34 2.00

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7. 36 3.00

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7^ 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 $0.35

e-inch pots, 5 to 6, 34 to 36 l.SO

6-lnch pots, 5 to 6. 38 to 42 2.00

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 46 to 48 3.50

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 50 to 54 5.00

10-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to 5% ft,. 8.00

10-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 6 to 6% ft.. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.
Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-inch pots, 3 plants In a pot, 28 ..$1.25

7-lnch pots, 5 plants In a pot, 34 to 38., 2.50

7-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 38 . , 3.00

8-lnch tubs, 3 plants In a tub, 38 to 42.. 3..50

8-lnch tubs, 3 plants in a tub. 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56.. 6.00

10-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 5 ft. high. 8.00

12-iQch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 5 to5>A ft,10.00

12-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 6 ft. liigh.l2.0(J

Very strong specimens. 12 and 15-tnch tubs, 7

plants, $15.00, $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBBLENII.

6-lnch pots 20 in. high, 26 In, spread $1.50

7-lnch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread. 2.50
8-lnch tubs, tine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.,
MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Palms, Kentla Belmoreana, 6-in,, 6-7 leaves,

22 Ins., high, $1 each; $12" per doz. Phoenli
Roebelenli. 8-ln. pots, 24 ins. high, 26-4n(?h
spread, $3.50 each; 9-lncb tubs. 24 inches high,
30-inch spread. $4 each. A. N. Plerson, Inc.
Cromwell, Conn.

Phoenix Canarlensls, fine large plants, $7,60
to $35 each. Julius Roebrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere In this issue. Joseph Hea-
nick Co., Wyncote, Pa.

PALMS. DECORATIVE PLANTS, RARITIES.
Reasoner Bros.. Qneco, Fla.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N, J,

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Teitchll, 4-ln., ."iOe; 5-in., 75c; 8-
In.. $1.25 and $1.50; 7-ln.. $2 and $2.50. Poehl-
m.nnn Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. III.

Pandanus Veltchl, a grand lot of well colored
plants, 6-lnch pots, exceptionally good values,
Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadel-
phia. Pa.

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS. Portland. Ore-
gon, offer an immense stock of superb MASTO-
DON MIXED SEEDLINGS, sizes and prices as
follows: Large, 1,000, $5; 5.000, $22.50; 10.000,
$44. Medium. 1.000. $4; 5.000, $17.50; 10.000,
$33. Standard. 1,000, $3; 5.(.K)0, $13.50; 10.000,
$26. All prepaid. No shipments standard size
east of Omaha or south of Denver. Color plate
catalog free. Seed prices- % oz.. $1; oz., $7.

PANSIES— ROMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many), The strain that has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection, 50c per
100; $3.50 per 1,000. Express prepaid, C,
HUMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

P.\NSY. Best Show Mixture, strong plants,
$2.25 per 1,000. DAISY BELLIS, pink, white,
red: strong plants. $2 per 1,000. J. A.
KEENEY. Monogahela, Pa.

Pansy plants, best large flowering mixture. $2
per 1.000. Daisy Bellis. pink and white. $2
per 1,000. J. A. Keeney, Monongahela, Pa.

PANSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTB. ILL,

Pansy plants, $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cnn-
ningham. Delaware, O.

PELARGONIUMS.

Pelargonium "Easter Greeting," 2^4-10., $1.50
doz.; $10 per 100; 3-in.. $1.75 per doz.; $12 per
100. Lucy Becker, 3-ln., $2 per doz.; $15 per
100. S. C. Templin, GarrcttsTille, O.

PEONIES,

PEONIES — Fine cut flower varieties, named.
3 to 5 eyes, $5 per 100; 2-year clumps. $S.
HEISER NURSERY AND FLOKAL CO.. Ham-

lltOD. O.

Peonies. For varieties and prices see ad-
vertisement elsewhere In this issue. Jackson &
Perkins Co.. Newark, New York.

Peonies, large stock of our own and other
varieties. Kelway & Son. Langport, Somerset,
England.

PEPPERS.

New cluster peppers, 2-in,, $2 per 100; 3-ln.,
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers, 3-ln., $4 per 100.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvlnll, 2-in., $3 per 100;
3-in.. $5 per 100, Cash, ERNEST ROBER,
Wilmette. 111.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES. 4-
In.. »12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH. Grand
Rapids, Mich,

Peppers. Chinese and cluster, 4-ln., $10 per
ion. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

PERENNIALS.

PERENNIALS, Strong August Seedlings. $1
per 100; $8 per 1000: Aquilegla, 3 vara..
Anthf'mis Kelwayi. aster. coreopsis grfl..
Chrysanthemum Triumph. Shasta daisy Alaska,
Campanula, 3 vars., Delphinium Chinense, Del-
phinium Gold Medal, Dlantbus latlfoUus, gall-
la rdla grfl.. Gypsophlla, hollyhocks, 4 vrs..
dbl. and single ; pentstemon, mixed : Pyreth-
rum roseum, Papaver Ortentalls, Sweet Will-
iam. 4 vars.. Lychnis. Cash please. ERNEST
RORRR. Wilmette, 111.

PERENNIALS for Hardy Perennlalsl. Strong
field plants, Foxgloves, Canterbury Bells, Ger-
man Iris. Sweet Williams, $3 per 100. Many
others. Write for prices. W. E. KING, Little

Silver, N. J.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-ln., $2 per
100; $18 per 1,000. Elmer Rawllngs. Clean,
N. Y,

Petunias, dbL mixed, 2-ln,, $2 per 100; $18.80
per 1,000; 3-in., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000, B,
Vincent, Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh, Md.

POraSETTIAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.

True type, short stocky plants. 2K-lnch,

$4.50 per 100; $40 per 1,000; 3-lnch, $8 per

100; 4-in., $15 per lOO. Cash please. ERNEST

ROBER, Wilmette, 111,

Poinsettias, true type, the large Bract kind.
shipped you in 2V4-in, paper pots, $5.50 per
100; $50 per l.OOO. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St.. Chicago.

Poinsettias, choice stock in pans, with good
bracts, according to value, 50c to $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1.000 2y.-lnch; fine
stock, $5 per 100; $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
BODA. Omaha, Neb.

PRIMULAS.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES 2V4-lnch, $2.50 per
100; 3-lnch, $5 per 100. Obconica Grandiflora
Gig., 214-inch, $3 per 100; 3-inch, $6 per 100;
4-inch. $8 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

Primroses, Chinese, Forbesl, Malacoldes. Ob-
conica, alba and rosea. $1.75 per 100; $15 per
1.000. Obconica gigantea, giant flowering, all
214-Inch pots, $2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos.
H. Cunningham. Delaware, O.

Primula Sinensis, red and white, $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Harrison Co..
Painesville. Ohio.

Primula obconica. giants, Grandiflora, largest
flowering, big 3-inch stock. $4 per 100. Chinese
largest flowering, flue plants, 3-lnch. $4; 2-lncb,
$2 per 100. Cash, please, J, W. MiUer, Shlre-
manstown. Pa.

Primula obconica, 3-lnch, $6 per 100. Mala-
coldes, 2%-lnch. $4 per 100; $35 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIMROSES— Malacoldes. 2-inch. $2 per 100;
$15 per 1,000. HEISER NURSERY AND
FLORAL CO., Hamilton, Ohio.

Primula obconica grandiflora and gigantea
strain, 4-lnch. 8c. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Mor-
ton Grove. III.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants, Franklin
Davis Nursery Co.. Baltimore. Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovctt. Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

ROSES, Kaiserln. My Maryland and Killar
ney. 3-ln., pots $6; 4-ln. pots, $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich,

Roses on canina stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. & Co,,
Hoogeveen, Holland.

Roses, l-yr.. 2^-ln. ; 2-yr., 4-ln, Leedle
Floral Co.. Springfleld, O.

Roses. Gratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen,

Holland.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

SEEDS.

Seeds, Sudan grass. Rescue, Johnson and. Ber-
muda grass, cane, cotton. Egyptian wheat, cow
peas, Feterita, Kaffir corn, Milo maize, big Ger-
man and Pearl millet, Spanish peanuts, fancy
cantaloupe and watermelon, Bermuda onion.
Robert Nicholson. Dallas, Texas,

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce. Mangel- Wurtzel, onion, parslej.
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Denalffe
& Son. Carignan. Northern France.

PANSY SEED Giant strain, new crop, $4

per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTE. ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers. Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet. Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val
lev. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Rontzahn Sped Co.. Arro.vo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn, Edgar F.
Hurff. Swedesboro, N. J.

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Seeds. Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George K. Pedrick &
Bon. contract seed growers. Pedrlcktown, N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, musl£melon. squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson. Micii.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower, Kelway'a
Celebrated EngUsb Strains. Kelway & Son.
Langport. Somerset. England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet, Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk
and Watermelons. Pumpkins and Squash. West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont. Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta
loupe, waterpieion, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and fleld corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co.. Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras, etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co..
Los Angeles. Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Uark Seed Co., MUford, Conn.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J,
Bolglano & Son, Light, Pratt and ElUcott Sts.,
Baltimore. Md.

Seed, yellow and red Bermuda onion seed for
sets. 69c per lb. Federlco Varela, Teneriffe.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. C.
Zvoianek. Lompoc. Calif.

Seeds, wholesale growers. The Elmberlln
Seed Co., Santa Clara, Calif,

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz, Jos.
H. Cunniugbam. Delaware. O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnlngs, P.
0. Bo^ 857. Melbourne. Australia.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton. New York.

SMUAX.

Smilai. 214-Inch, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1.000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Pa.

SPIREA.

Spirea Van Houttei. 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100;
$T5 per 1,000. Louis B, Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate. Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKlnley, Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin. Steven's Late.
Success. Three W's. D. S. King Edward, Wm.
Belt, $2 per 100; $16 per 1.000. Chesapeake,
Fendall, Pearl. $2.25 per lOu; $18 per l.OuO.
Everbearing {Progressive. Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000. J. T. Lovett
Monmouth Nursery. Little Silver. N. J.

STEVIA.

STEVIA. Very Large and Strong Stock.

5-inch at 20c; 6-inch at 35c.

Cash with order.

ELITCH-LONG GREEXHODSES, Denver. Colo.

Stevia, 2-in., $20 per 1,000. Poehlmann Broa,

Co., Morton Grove, 111.

STEVIA. Strong fleldgrown, $12.50 per 100.
HENEY SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich,

STEVIA, 3-inch. 5c; 4-lnch, 7c. J. V, LAVER.

704 State St.. Erie, Pa.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink, 2-in,, $2 per
100; $18.50 per 1,000; 3-lnch, $3 per 100; $26
per l.OuO. R. Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh. Md.

SWAINSONA, 4-lnch plants, $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids. Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

Cabbage plants ready to set In the fleld,
strong transplanted plants, $2.50 per 1.000.
Seedlings, $1 per 1.000; all standard varieties
in stock. Grand Rapids Lettuce plants, same
price, DANVILLE FLORAL CO., DanvlUe. lU.

Big strong Grand Rapids and Big Boston Let-
tuce plants, 90c per 1,000. J. A. Keeney.
Monongabela, Pa.

GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE plants. Very
strong seedlings, 90c per 1,000; 2)4-ln. pot
plants, can furnish a crop In 20 days with
them, $1.25 per 100. J. A. KEENEY, Mononga-
lyla. Pa.

VERBENAS.

VERBENAS. 20 varieties, R. C, 70c per
100; $0 per 1,000. Express prepaid. C. HUM-
FELD. Clay Center, Kans.

vmcAS.

VINCAS, 25.000 field-grown plants, Varlegata,
$■( per 100. 300,000 rooted tips, Varlegata, $1
per 100. Extra fine plants. Ready for de-
livery. Dept. B. THE REESER PLANT COM-
PANY, Springfield, Ohio.

VINCAS — Green and Variegated.
20,000 field-grown, $4 per 100; $35 per 1,000;
250 plants at 1,000 rate.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo.

VINCA VAR., strong field-grown clumps, $4
per 100; $35 per 1,000. Cash, please. FKANCB
& VANDEGRIFT, Monroe, Mich,

Vlnca varlegata, field-grown, $5 per 100,
Tos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, 0.

VIOLETS.

VIOLETS, GOVERNOR HERRICK, fleld-
grown, $5 per 100. J. V. LAVER, 704 Sttte
St., Erie, Pa.

VIOLETS — Large clumps of California, $6
per 100; $50 per 1.000. CRABB & HUNTER
FLORAL CO.. Grand Rapidsf Mich.

400 Governor Herrick Violets, fleld-grown. very
strong, $4 per 100. Boone Greenhouses, Boone.
Iowa.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating.
Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

Nicotine Mfg.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feedlDg, for green-
houses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfleld Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House ^recking Co., 35th and
[roD Sts-, Chicago.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago. .

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heat-
ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works. 840
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers, Glblln standard greenhouse. Glblin
& Co.. 901 Broad St.. Utlca. N. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-inch. 6% cents- per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. JeCFerson St.. Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, 60c for
1,000. postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp. Part-
rldge & Co., Chicajgo.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton. Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Spragae,
Smith Co.. 164-166 Randolph St.. Chicago.

GREEHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write ns for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co.. 2340 Wabausla
Ave.. Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
Inger Co.. 902 Blackbawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plana
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dletscb
Co.. 2642 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. Tbe Foley Mfg. Co.. 31st and Spaul-
dlpg Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construcflon. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
log Co.. Pes Plalnes. IlL

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Topawanda, N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lookland Lnm-
ber Co., Lockland. O.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
narsery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford. London. England.

Aphlne, $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fnngtne,
76c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermlne, $1 per qt..
$3 per gal. Scaline, 75c per qt.. $1.60 per
gal.; 10 gals.. $10. Nikotiana. $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison. N. J.

Building material, pecky cypress, drop sid-
ing, ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam SchiUo Lumber Co., 1560 Kingsbury St.,
Chicago.

Iron bench fittings and roof Bupporta. ra*
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus. Jennlng's
Improved Iron Gutters. DlUer. Caskey & Keen.
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts.. Philadelphia.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Zlska, 151 N. Wabash Ave..
Chicago.

Florists' refrigerators. Bnchblnder Bros.. 618
Milwaukee A ve. , Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per 1.000. 50c;
by mail. 70c; 5.000 by express. $2.50.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. Kendallville, Ind

Liquid — NICO-FUME — Paper, for thrlps, aphis.
Spraying vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc.. Louisville,
Ky^ ^

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colon;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann.
404-412 East 34th St., New York.

Superior carnation staples, 50c for 1.000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son. 422 Main St..
Springfield. Mass.

Glazing points. % and %. 40c per lb.; 7
lbs.. $2.50; 15 lbs.. $5. Randolph & McClem-
ents. 5936 Penn Ave.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

•*ElastIc-Lyke*' Liquid Putty. E. C. Pmner.
Mgr.. The Elastlc-Lyke Co., 30 B. Randolph

St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts.. Chi-
cago.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1.000. 7Bc,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,

Philadelphia.

Superior Carnation Staples, 35c per 1,000;
3.0<X) for $1. F. W. Waite. 85 Belmont Ave..
Springfield, Mass.

Shear-Klean grates are cheapest when yon
consider their efficiency. Shear-Klean Grate Co..
Chicago, 111.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co., Detroit. Mich.

Peerless glass repair clamp, box of 100. by
mall, $1. Alexander Klokner, Waawatosa. Wis.

Florists* supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
56 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm Insurance. Floraln D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway. 105 Chambers St.. New York.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedleln Bas-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn. N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet.
per mo. 85c; 500, $3: $5.50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
1.000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago.

Plllsburv Carnation Staples. 1.000 for S5c;
3.000 for $1. I. L. Pillsbury. Galesburg, III.

WIRE WORK.

Floral design, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shade
frames. Eagle Wire Works. 2338 Ontario St.,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Florists* Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros.. 10^18 Vine St., Philadelphia. Pa.

If You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reterence Department, Write (Is About It

1914-

The American Florist.

697

Established 1765

For "POT LUCK" Use incorporated 1904

HEWS"™*«»POTS

and Red Earthenvsrare Specialties.

Pot Makers for a Century and a Half. World's Largest Manufacturers.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WAREHOUSES:
Cambridge, Mass. Long Island Clty,N.Y.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

CsD be shipped at an hour's notice
crate;

2000 1^ Id., crate. $6.00

1500 2 " 4.88

1500 IVt, ■' 5.25

1500 2H " 6.00

1000 3 " 5.00

800 3H " 5.80

500 4 " 4.50

Price per

456 4Hin., crate, $5.24
4.51
3-78
3.16
4.20
3.00

320 5
210 5i4
144 6
120 7
60 8

HILFINBER BROS. POTTERY, ^grwyoRK'

August Rolker a Sons, 51 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Onr Specialty: Lone Distance and Export trade.

ttf " ^>>

The Best

w^^-

Paper Pot

' 7

For Shipping Purposes.

^^ PIOCTEIH

/

Sizes from 2 m. to 6 in.

J

Ask your dealer for them.

Samples free.

m4 ,^/

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,

WALTHAM. MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on large orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breltschwenh, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Full size and wide bottoms.
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY, Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

FANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagner Plant Boxes

I are the best and cheapeat in the

I market for palms, boxwood. bay

I trees, etc. They are attractive in

desisrn. strong and durable suit-

I able for either indoor or outdoor

use. Made oi cypress which

eiroB them a lastiar quality.

We manufacture yarioo* styles

and size*. Write for prioea.

W«dner Park CoiMcrratartes. Sidney, Ohio

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates: isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots, Hanging Baskets and other
goods used by Florists — ask for catalo^,'ue.

We also make the famous '*Moss Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

Chicago Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Wharton St.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.; Branch, Long Island City, N. Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write for Prices and New Catalogue,
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kramer's Pot Hangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmen. Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample

dozen by mail. $1.25.

I, N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

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NEPONSET

Flower. Vegetable Waterproof

PAPER POTS

Waterproof. Don't Break, Cost
Little. Shippers may use them
and save their customers many
dollars in express charges.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Agents
Chicago and New York.
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Standard Flower Pots

Porosity and Strenrth
UniurpasBed.

Write for prices.

A. P. KOHR

2B34-3«-3A N. LCATltt St.. CHICAOO

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Trade Directory

Price: $3.00, postpaid

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Buy Your
Pots Here

The Best Pot

The Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage
Send for Price List

C. C. Pollworth Co.,

MIIWAOKE'
WISCONSm

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1

Florist 8pecialtle«.

New Bnuid New Style.

Hose "RIVERTON**

Fumifihed in Leogths np

to 500 ft. without scam or

joint.

Tbe HOSE for the FLOBlSff
^-inch. per ft., 15 c.

Red of 500 ft* ** i45ie
3 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c
inch, " 13 c

'cell, 500 ft., •* la^t^

Couplings furnished,
HENRY A. OREER,
7x4 Chestnut St., (1
Philaoblphia. Pa.

t:

GEO. KELLER & SON,

MaBofictiiren of

Red Pots

Before bayiot writ* for prkm.
2«14-2622 Heradoa It.,
CHICAGO

Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD

OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS. ; ;

We solicit your inquiries.

THE CAMP CONDUIT Ca

Manofacturers,

CLEVKLANDl

698

The American Florist.

Oct. 17,

From Ocean

To Ocean

In all parts of the country pro-
gressive, pushahead florists are
recognizing what sluggish steam
lines mean to the temperature in
the greenhouse. Unless the pipes
are properly drained, the tempera-
ture is bound to fluctuate — result:
poor stock. With the

SYSTEM

you can be sure that the steam
lines will not onl}' be properly
drained, but that every inch will be
an active heating surface, for the
Morehead System returnsand feeds
the condensation pure and hot to

your boiler— placed above ground,
' thus establishinga steady, uniform
temperature for the growing stock.
It saves heat, time and fuel.
Write today and let us tell* you
more about it. It will be worth
while to know.

Dept. "N"

MOREHEAD MFG. COMPANY

DETROIT, MICH. 1:

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"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
dnd Boiler Worits,

846-848 W. Superior St.. Chicago, 111.

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL
HOTBED SASH

Best Grades. Prompt Delivery.

Low Prices.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE. i near Western and North Aves. 1, CHICAGO, ILL.

« Telephone Hamboldt 11.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

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All Greenhouse Men Know

That the Only Way to Cut Glass
Is with a Steel Wheel

"Red Devil"

Glass Gutter.

We make ^\!^^V. over forty style.s
for all grades 'ij^S^ of glass. They
are used byglaz-
parts of the world
they know there is
better, either in qual
price. All hardware deal-
sell them. Ask yours fof

"Red Devil," No. 5, as shown
It has six extra wheels in the hardwood
handle. It's a practical tool for you. 20c
in stamps brings you one only sample.

Smith & Hemenway Co.,

501 Chambers Street, NEW YORK.N.Y.

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lers in all

because

nothing

ity or

ers

ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Send for
our catalogue todar .

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

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Mention the American Florist when writing

SHEAR-KLEAN

GRATES ARE CHEAPEST

When you consider their efficiency.

SHEAR-KLEAN GRATE COMPANY,

CHICAGO. ILL.

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igH-

The American Florist.

699

SEND FOR
CATALOGUE

WHAT THE USERS SAY

Test at 14 Below Zero, with
Heavy Wind Blowing

Fkrguson Brotfiiks. Omaha, Nebraska, witte as follows:

"It might intcresv you to know the results obtained with the Kroeschell Greenhouse
Boiler and Kroeschell Piping SysUm.

"We have just had a night of 14*^ below with a stiff wind blowing and we carried the house
at 52*^ with the boiler at Xl^P. The house is piped for SO*-' and as wo are using a cheap grade of
slack the result speaks for itself.

"We were told by the dealer when we ordered the coal that we could not burn it. so we
bought a car of good coal to help along if the slack would not give results, but it was not
necessary. The Krocschell Generator certainly helps the circulation and the new method of
piping for hot water is a surprise to some of the greenhouse men in this vicinity."

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago, III.

Siebert'a Zinc
Glazing Points.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust,
easy to drive, ^ and Vi
incb. Perlb,40c.5-lbs.
$1.85. 20-1 bs., $7.00

Seed Sfcore

Chicago New York

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OCR SFECIALTT

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies,

Send For Prices —

404-41? Eatt 34th St , ^fEW YORK

PRINTING

LeRerheads Envelopes, Billheads, Statements.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate Making and Color Work,

Gorham & Gtiaplins Prjntery

54Z S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

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A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hail Association has paid 2000
losses amounting \o a total of $282,000.00.
For fall particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J

Wired

10,000 $1.75; 50.000 $7,50, Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

. Sanvple free. For sale bv dealers.

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Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 388
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. CtllCagO

)reer'8 Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenbouscs

Drive easy and true, because
both bevels ate on the same
side. Can't twist and break
the elass in driving. Galvan-
ized and will not rust,
tlgbis or lefts.
The Peefless Glazing Poi
It patented. No others tJk
it. Order (rom your deale^
or direct from as.
1000,75c. postpaid.
Simples free.
EEKRT A. DREEB,
714 Chestnut Street^
PhUAdolpIUft.

GLASS

We are leaders, Larre stock, good prices

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run
in hot nor heave in cold weather.

E. C. Pruner, Mgr. THE ELASTIC-LYKE CO.
(Not Inc.) 30 East Randolph St., Chicago

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Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks oi
the world's largest Building Material Department,
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittinKS, glass, overhauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, size
l?8x2H 100 running ft $ 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
l?8x2h, 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, per 1000 ft., bd.meas, 19.00

XJ-44— No. 1 Cypress, 1 in. rougher 13-16 in,
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd, meas , . . . . 27,00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash, l?S-in, x 3 ft,
X b ft., without glass, 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use; lengths from 50 to 200
(t.: in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90 to 1,13

XJ-48— First class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices,

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecldng Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

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OF HIGH
ORADE4.

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

See Our Catalogue.

6IBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y

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ileam and
aot Water

700

The American Florist.

Oct. I

/.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... 698

Allen J K b7i

Alpha Moral Co 677

American Spawn Co 6V0

Amlins E C Co 6r>9

Andersoo S A 677

Angermueller G H. 67U

Aphine Mfg Co Ill

Arcbias Floral Co.. 680
.^scbmann Godfrey. 690
Atlanta Floral Co... 6/8
Bassett&Washburn 664
Batavia Greenhouse

Co 668

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Bauscherjobn 680

Beaven t. A 676

Begerow's 678

Benary Ernst 68+

Bergerbros 671

Beroing H G 67o

Blackistone Z D... I>79
Bobbink & Atkins.. 6S8
Boddington AT.... 685
Bodger J & Sons Co 6Si

Bo. and J B Co 677

Bolgiuo J&Sons... 684

BranK Ross 677

Bramley & Son 680

Braslan Seed Grow

ers Co 682

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 678
Brown Bros & Co.. 680

Brunning F H 683

Bruns ti N 683

Bryan Alonzo J 690

Buchblnder Bros... 700

Buckbee H W 680

BudlongJ A 61.9

Burpee W A & Co.. 684
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 676

California Florists.. 680
Camp Conduit Co .. 698
Chicago Carn Co.. I f>9i
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 669

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 699

Clark E B Seed Co. (.84
Clarke's Sons David 679

Clay &Son Ill

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 679

Conard & Jones Co. 688

Conwell HE 676

Cooke Geo H 677

Cowee W J 699

Coy H C Seed Co... 683

Craig Robt Co (*7

Critcbell C E 671

Cunningham Jos H. 691

DardsCbas 678

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 688

Deamud J B Co 669

Denaiffe&Son 682

Detroit Flower Pot

MIg Co 697

Dietsch A &Co.... IV
Diller Caskey&

Keen IV

Dorner F & Sons

Co 691

Dreer HA... 689 697 699

Duerr Chas A 68u

Dulutb Floral Co... 680

Dunlop John H 679

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fo.d Box. 700
Elastic Lyke Co.... 699
Elk Galax & Fern

Co 676

Emmans Geo M..,. 686

Erne & Klingel 6h9

Eyres H G 679

Fish Henry Seed Co 684

Fisher Peter 689

Florists' Hail Assn 699
Foley Greenhouse

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Ford M C 673

Ford William P.... 672
Frank Floral Co.... 668

Franzen FO 690

Freeman Mrs J B... 680

Frey & Frey 680

Friedman 677

Froment H E 673

Furrow & Co 680

Galvin Thos F 679

Gardiner Alex C ... 679
Garland Mfg Co.674 675

Gasser J M Co 679

Giblin & Co 699

Gorham & trhaoline 699
Graham A & Son ... 677
Grand Kapids

Floral Co 680

Gratama Bros & Co 688

uudeBros 678

Guttman & Raynor

, (Inc) 673

Hardesty &Co 677

Harley Pottery Co.. 697

Hart George B 673

Haven Seed Co The 685

Heacock Jos Co 687

Heinl John G & Son 680
HendersonA&Co..l 686
Henderson Lewis.. 680

Herr Albert M 686

Herrmann A 699

Hess & Swoboda... 680
Hews A H &Co.... 697

Hilfinger Bros 697

Hill D Nursery Co.. 688

Hoerber Bros 667

HoHmeisterFlo Co. 671

Holm & Olson 678

Holton &;HunkelCo

660 670

Home Cor School. .. Ill
Horticultural

Advertiser 676

Hurt} Edgar F 683

Ickes-Braun Mill Co 6''8

Igoe Bros 700

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 700
Isbell S M & Co... 684
Jackson & Perkins

685 687

Johnson WW & Son 683

Jones Percy 1.65 666

Joy Floral Co bSO

Kasting W F Co . . . I
Keller Geo & Sons. 697

Keller Sons J B h80

Kellogg Geo M 679

Kelway & Son. ..683 688
Kennicott Bros Co.. 6->9
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co Ill

Kervan Co The 673

Kessler Wm 673

Kift Robt 679

Kimberlin Seed Co. 683
King Construct Co. Ill

Kohr A F 697

Komada Bros 700

Kramer I M & Son

687 697

KroeschellBrosCo 699

Kruchten John *.fo9

Kuehn C A 670

Kuhl Geo A 69

Kyle & Foerster.... 669
LaCrosse Floral Co. 67.8
Lager & HurrelL... 689
Landreth Seed Co.. 684
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co 680

Lange A 677

Leborius JJ 679

Leedle Floral Co... 690
Leonard Seed Co... 683
Locktand Lumber

Co (.98

London Flower Shp 678
Lord&BurnhamCo 698

Lovett JT 689

Lynch Nursery Co.. 666

McCallum Co 671

McConnell Alex (j77

McCray Refrigera-
tor Co II

McGee Walter S.... Ill
McKenna P & Son. 677
McNeff-Swenson Co 676

MatthewsonJ E 678

May & Co LL 677

Meconi Paul. 673

Memphis Flo Shop. 680
Meredith The Flow-
er & VegCo 691

Metairie Ridge Nurs 677

Mette Henry 690

Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd.... 672
Moore. Hentz &

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Morehead Mfg Co... 698
Murray Samuel (.78

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Niessen Leo Co ....
Ostertag Bros ... .

Palez Paul M

Palmer W J & Son .

Park Floral Co

Peacock Dahlia

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Pedrick G R&Son.

Peirce E Allan

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Peters & Reed Poty

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Pierce F O Co

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SIUIS& Groot 685

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Smith A W & Co... 679

SmithE D&Co 687

Smith & Hemenway b98

Smith Henry 680

Smith Wm C Flo Co 670
Smith W&T Co. I

South Park FloralCo II

Stecher Litho Co 683

■itorrs & riarrison.. 691

Stumpp GEM 679

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 698
Syracuse Pottery

Co 697

TeroplinS C 691

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 690

rhorburn J M & Co 653

Totty.ChasH 687

Fraendly&Scbenck 673

Turbat E & Co 688

United Cut Flower

Co 673

Utzinger Leonard. . (sS?

Varela Pederico 683

Vaughan A L &Co. 667
Vaughan's Seed Stoie

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Vick's Sons J ^mea.. 684
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Whitled Floral Co.. 677

Wietor Bros 6b6 669

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No. 1377

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Officers — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis.
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President; John Young, S3 W. 28th St.. New
Vork, Secretary : Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. V. .
Treasurer.

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Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
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CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual convention and exhibition at Indianap-
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SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANT GROWERS.

Roman Hyacintbs.

Tile early Roman hyacinths should
be well enough rooted to bring them
into the houses. The.se early bulbs
will require a little more heat than
thi se that are forced later, when more
time is given them to form good roots.
A plan often adopted by growers of
early bulbs is to place them under the
1 enches on the heating pipes when
first brought into the house. When
hut water circulation is in use the boxes
can he placed directly on the pipes, but
with steam pipes it will be necessary to
place pieces of wood or other material
on the pipes, at least two inches thick,
to protect the roots from the intense
heat radiated by the steam pipes, and
the boxes carefully watched to see
that they do not dry out at the bot-
Icm. Make weekly plantings of Ro-
man hyacinths in order to keep up
the supply of flowers. Place some of
the bulbs in bulb pans — a few of these
will prove very satisfactory for house
decoration, and if not used for this
purpose the flowers can be cut tlie
same as from boxes. It entails but
litt;e more labor to grow them in pots
and at times they are very useful as
a pot plant.

Poinsettias.

The crucial period in tfje growth of
poinsettias is now at hand, and if the
I)lants are in good condition there
should be no difficulty in bringing
ihem through all right. Steady firing
can now be depended upon to main-
tain the proper temperature. Until
the bracts are well formed, keep an
even temperature and while these are
forming avoid all draughts as much
as possible. If the hou.se is kept uni-
form at (jO' at night with a rise of 10'
during the day there will be but little
trouble with the leaves dropping, but
a fluctuating temperature will surely
result in plants with bare stems. As
soon as tlie bracts form tie the plants
to stakes so as to support the flowers
and have the plants erect. As many
of the plants are used for home deco-
ration a neat green painted stick adds
to the attractiveness. The early struck

plants and those that are grown in
benches for cut blooms will be greatly
benefited by a watering with liquid
manure. Do not make it too strong at
first. Begin with a weak liquid once a
week and increase the strengtii, but
after the bracts are fully out discon-
tinue the watering with liquid manure
or the color may be affected. The
small plants should be placed in pans
at once, if this has not already been
done. They can be easily sized up
I now to make a fine appearance — a
taller one in the center and shorter
ones on the outside of the pan makes
the best appearance.

Lilus.

The lily bulbs will soon be here and
preparations should lie made to handle
them immediately upon their arrival.
There is no time to waste in order to
have this crop in the best of shape for
Easter, especially with the bulbs that
are imported from Japan. W^hichever
way the bulbs are to grow, whether in
4-inch or tj-inch pots, it is necessary
to have pots enough on hand' to pot
them all up at once, and a pile of good,
rich soil all ready, so that there will
be no delay. The rapid potting of
these bulbs by some growers is done
as follows : The G-inch pots are placed
touching each other and then filled
about half full of soil, the bulbs are
then placed on the soil and the pot
filled in nearly to the top and watered.
This can be done in this manner very
rapidly and there is but very little
handling of either the pots or bulbs.
After the bulbs are in the pots they
should be buried outside until good,
strong root growth has taken place,
the success or failure of the crop will
mainly depend on having the bulb
make good roots early. A frame that
can be covered during excessive wet
weather is the best place for these
pFants until they are brought into the
houses. If the weather becomes very
cold and severe the frames should be
covered with sash or the beds have
straw or some other protection thrown
over them. If kept cool the bulbs will
make strong roots before the top start*

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Oct. 24,

to grow, yet the ground over them
should not be allowed to freeze or dam-
age will be done. The glganteums
for Christmas should now be growing
nicely and the buds should show about
November 10. If they do not appear
by that time a little extra heat will
be necessary to have them in on time.

After Chrysanthemums.

The early chrysanthemums are now
through flowering and the space that
they have occupied should be made
of use by a growing crop. The soil in
which they have been grown should be
removed. It is very seldom that a good
crop of any flower can be grown in
the soil that has produced chrysanthe-
mums. While it looks to be all right
and often has much manure in it that
the chrysanthemums have not taken
up, yet our experience has been that
the soil will not grow a succeeding
crop. It is better to throw it out in a
pile where it can be subjected to the
sweetening process of nature. The
stock plants of the chrysanthemums
can be selected and blocked up closely
together and the surplus stock sold,
and the space made ready for a fol-
lowing crop. Many growers frequently
ask what can be grown to follow chrys-
anthemums. It depends greatly upon
what the trade demands. Where the
early frosts are not severe, the single
violets are left in the field and planted
in the beds, but in the northern section
of the country the weather is often too
sej'ere. the plants being badly frozen
and will not recover until mid-winter.
Plant growers will require the space
for the growing plants and tlie lilies
where planted early can be moved into
the benches. Sweet peas make a good
crop in these beds for spring bloom-
ing. If the seed is planted in pots in
October and then transplanted to the
beds early they can be bloomed in
March. There are a number of an-
nuals that can be profitably grown,
siach as Bachelor's Buttons, and stocks,
or early blooming herbaceous plants
like canterbury bells, and Coreopsis
lanceolata. which will give an attract-
ive assortment of flowers in early
spring.

Antirrhinums

Tlie antirrhinums for winter and
spring blooming should he planted out
in the bench at once if this has not
been dbne already. To have good long
large spikes the soil should be, rich,
fully as strong as that used for rose
. and carnation culture. Set the plants
12 inches apart each way and as soon
as the long shoots begin to grow place
a strong stake to each plant and keep
the plant tied to it as fast as it grows.
A night temperature of .50° is the best
for the winter culture ot this plant; if
grown much cooler than this they will
not bloom until early spring, and if
warmer the spikes and flowers will be
of inferior quality. While the white
antirrhinum is the most in demand, for
it cannot only be used as a decorative
flower but also arranges beautifully in
sprays or funeral work, yet the pink is
also much in favor for both purposes;
the yellow also is very popular as a
Ciit flower and in decorations, but the
reds and other colors should be grown
in small quantities, for they are not
popular with many of the customers.
With the exception of keeping the
plants tied erect they will not requires
much attention until they begin to
bloom.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Robt. Kitt, Philadelphia, Pa.

The Box Of Cut Flowers.

One of the mcst staple articles
in the flower shop is the . box of
cut flowers. Great care should be
exercised in the selection of the
various flowfers for such an order.
Each bud or blossom should be per-
fect, as they are all likely to be
taken out, one at a time, by the
recipient and anything defective or
not quite fresh is sure to be noticed
and a point scored against the store.
It is well to study the uses to which
the flowers are to be put. Many are
to cheer a sick friend ^ the hospital.
These if possible should be sent
before noon, those arriving late in
the afternoon, are only shown to the
patient in the box. then put aside to
be given to them the next day, when,
depending on the handling they have
received, they may be in a more or
less wilted condition. Unless for
immediate use flowers ■ intended as
gifts should be as fresh as it is safe
to sell them and not very far ad-
vanced. Flowers that have just come
from a grower and are known not
to have been in water over night or
for a few hours at least, are not safe

to send to be placed in a warm room,
they are very likely to wilt and be
condemed as stale.

The arrangement of the box is quite
important. After being lined with
white wax paper and some ferns or
other green, place the longest stemmed
flowers in a row on the bottom. It is
well to place a wedge of paper under
the first row to raise them so they
will show, then a narrow cross layer
of wax on which to lay the next row,
so on until the box is filled. There
should always be enough green to
furnish the vase in which they are
to be placed. Finish off the top with
a little maindenhair and a few pansies
or other small flowers which are sure
to be noticed and commented on
favorably. If the box is to go out of
town, it is best to tie them in, using
a tape through holes in the bottom
of the box. Some florists have the
box maker glue the tape in as the
box is made, and also glue a piece of
cotton wadding at 07ie end so as to
protect any buds that may be pushed
against it. In packing flowers for
transit they may be laid carefully
together and rolled first in light wax
and tissue, and again in heavier wax,
then placed in the box which they
should fit snugly, so as not to be
moved about. Care .sliuukl be taken
to sprinkle the flowers, but not too

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much, and the box should always be
turned up to let all surplus water
run off, or it may soften it to such
an extent that the tape cuts through
while being carried, and it is then in
bad condition to deliver. Tape Is
better than string with which to tie
the box up. After the tie is made,
many florists take, the time to seal
the ends of the tape with sealing wax
and stamp it with their name. This
is^so that no inquiring minds may
see the contents or perchance the card,
and it also insures the full comple-
ment of flowers. The addition of a
spray on the outside, of outdoor
flowers or foliage of the season makes
a box more attractive. Sprigs of
holly, a pine branch with cones, dog-
wood sprays or other spring blossoms,
or a few dahlies or other flowers in
their time, show that attention has
been given to make the box attractive.

K.

Give the Boy a Chance.

There is ofttimes much latent talent
about the flower shop that for one rea-
son or another remains hidden and
dormant. The errand boys come in,
at first shy and diffident, a condition,
however, which soon wears away and
then they become a part of the force,
active and quick, or dull and slow to
pick up, depending on their ability.
Some are naturally tidy and orderly,
others quite the reverse. When the
dull times come and the force is re-
duced the one who has proved his
worth remains, while the other, with-
out the initiative, has to seek another
job.

Competent assistants are the life of
every business; men who are loyal to
the firm, who have its interests at
heart, who work early and late when
occa.sion requires. They may be er-
rand boys, drivers, first assistants and
so on up to the manager, each giving
the best that is in him, doing his duty
as he sees it. Such intelligent effort
is sure to be rewarded by promotion,
with an increase in salary, or if not.
by added confidence in his own ability
that soon carries him forward to some-
thing better.

As a rule "home grown" talent is
the best. New men are at times en-
gaged for advanced positions on ac-
count of their supposed superior abil-
ity, but ofttimes for some reason do
not make good. The position of man-
ager or other important secondary job
becomes vacant, it would seem as if
no one was just at this time available
for the place. The next in line tempo-
rarily takes up the work, and to the
surprise of everybody in a short time
proves if anything more competent
than his predecessor; the responsibil-
ity spurs him on, brings out his latent
talent and his, ambition does the rest.
There is many a worker who
could do much better for the firm
were he given the chance. The errand
boys should very soon be taught how
to moss up a frame; they will soon
take a pride in the work if encouraged
by a good word now and then when
they deserve it. A good, observant
boy will ofttimes try to Improve him-
self by slyly doing some advanced
work, but is at once called down by
men higher up, who forget thej' had
to pass through just such an expe-
rience. Force of circumstances at
times gives the opportunity long
looked for. Work %» be gotten out,
sickness or other cause temporarily

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lessens the force. Everybody helps,
the young fellow gets his chance,
makes up work that astonishes the
"boss," who did not think it was in
him. Many a man gets his start in
this way by being ready and taking
advantage of the opportunity. Boys
who have had a little experience can
be trusted to put up boxes of cut
flowers, which is at times a great help.
Show them how, keep an eye on them,
correct their mistakes and give en-
couraging words when they succeed,
and they will soon take a pride in
their work. A bright boy with this
knowledge can be of great assistance
in a store when with some of the help
temporarily absent and an influx of
customers to he waited on at once,
he can pack the flowers selected and
leave the salesman free for other cus-
tomers.

Encourage a boy to be tidy in his
appearance; it adds to his self-respect.
All delivery boys should be dressed in
uniforms with the name of the firm on
the cap; it is worth much more than
it costs. Every messenger so dressed

is a living advertisement for the store
wherever he goes, being admitted to
the house and trusted where a plain
clothes boy would be asked to wait
outside. Give the boy a chance; it
will pay.

New Haven, Conn.— The annual ex-
hibition of the New Haven County
Horticultural Society opened Septem-
ber 16. The attendance was good and
there was a very large number of ex-
hibits, the show in this respect it is
believed being better than its prede-
cessors. Some of the dahlias shown
were exceptionally beautiful.

K.'VNSAS CITY, Mo. — Twelve men in
the employ of the park department
could not dig up the petunias in the
sunken gardens at Twelfth street and
the Paseo October !». fast enough to sat-
isfy the demands of the hundreds who
came to get free flowers. The park de-
partment gave away all the flower
plants in the city's parks that must be
removed for the winter. Two thousand
petunias were given away at the sunk-
en gardens in five minutes.

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Growing: Drug Plants.

INEXPEKIENCED NOT LIKELY TO SUCCEED.

The cessation of the harvesting and
shipping of many crude drugs because
of liostilities in Europe has caused a
sharp advance in their marlcet price.
As a result many individuals and
firms have written the United States
Department of Agriculture inquiring
abont the possibilities of the American
farmer growing drug plants profitably.
The department's specialist in charge
of drug-plant investigations has writ-
ten a number of these correspondents
that, although it is probable that a
number of important drug plants
could be grown profitably here if the
present high prices continue, never-
theless there is a possibility of the
early restoration of shipping facilities,
and in any event the inexperienced
grower of drug plants would be more
liable to meet with failure than with
success.

Some medicinal plants, says the de-
partment's specialist, may be grown
as easily as ordinary garden crops:
others, however, require the special
knowledge and skill of a practiced
gardener. There are many varying
factors in the commercial production
of drug plants. The constituents of
many of them vary in quantity ac-
cording to the time of gathering and
method of drying, and a knowledge cil
proper methods of harvesting and
curing is absolutely essential for the
production of drugs of high quality.
Even if the prospective grower pos-
sessed some knowledge of drug plants,
beginning now. he could scarcely hope
to harvest a crop before the late sum-
mer of 191.'!). In the case of -some
varieties he might even have to wait
until the end of the second or third
year after planting. Therefore, the
farmer who began at once might not
find himself with a supply of crude
drtjgs on hand until after prices had
returned to their former level.

In any case, the quantity of crude
drugs required by the market is rela-
tively small as compared with fruits,
vegetables, or staple crops. There-
fore, numerous or extensive plantingu
by individuals throughout the countr\-
might easily result in overproduction,
which would cause a decline in the
market price independent of the con-
ditions abroad. For successful pro-
duction of drug plants on a commer-
cial scale there must be an available
market. Its accessibility must be
considered above all things, by the
successful grower. The cost of 'pro-
duction must he carefully estimated
and to this must be added the cost of
packing and shipping to this market.
The packing and shipping expenses
might easily make the enterprise un-
profitable. Drug plants to be profit-
ably grown should yield returns at
least equal to those from other
crops which may be grown on the
same land. The farmer must deter-
mine that this is the case. The fact
that much hand work is necessary in
the production of most drugs is liable
to make the cost of labor high.

M.\Ny PLANTS WILL NOT GROW HERE.

Among the inquiries regarding drug
plants addressed to the department
ha\'e been requests regarding plants
wlTich cannot be produced in this
country at all. Others that might be
grown here are also produced in .South
America and other localities not in-
volved in the war, where they can
still be produced more cheaply than'
here. There are, nevertheless, certain
drug plants now produced chiefly in

Europe wliich under suitable, condi-
tions may be grown in parts of the
United States Among these are the
following :

Althea Digitalis

Anise Elecampane

Belladonna Fennel

Burdock Henbane

Calamus Horehound

Caraway Marjoram

Conium Sage

Coriander Thyme

Dandelion Valerian

SttOs oi 11, any of these plants may
be obtained from the large seed
houses. Even the above-mentioned,
however, need peculiar conditions in
order to thrive, for drug plants vary

George Popp, Jr., Fort Recovery, Ohio,
And His Dahl'as.

widely in their relations to soil and
climate. Satisfactory yields can only
be expected when the requirements of
these plants are understood and met.
Of course, well-established com-
panies, already engaged in similar
work, and with gardeners possessing
training and experience, could un-
doubtedly meet with more success in
growing drug iilants than the inexperi-
enced individual. These companies
would understand at the beginning
many esential details regarding soil,
climate, and desirable varieties. They
would, however, have to prepare for
unexpetced changes in market values,
and remember that the principal rea-
son certain plants have not been pre-
viously raised here is that under nor-
mal conditions they can be' more
cheaply grown in Europe.

MiLw.\UKEE, Wis. — The Kummer
Floral Company, 1261 Hopkins street,
have a permit to erect greenhouses to
cost $000.

T0PEK.\ K.\x.— J. G. Lament, for-
merly of Hutchinson, Kan., who re-
cently purchased a greenhouse and
flower shop in this city, has taken
charge.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chrysanthemum Golden Queen.

We refer to Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
Adrian. Mich., for the following partic-
ulars of this new variety :

"A commercial yellow, same shade as
Golden Glow, maturing October 1-10.
In many ways superior to Chrysolora
(from which it is a seedling), is ten
days days earlier, of fine incurved
form and fully double from either
early or late buds. Six inches in diam-
eter, 31/2 feet high. Good stem and
foliage. We consider August 10 best
date for reserving buds, which will in-
sure the crop October 10 or earlier.
Averaged 00 points before three com-
mittees. The accompanying illustra-
tions shows the comparative stage of
development of Golden Queen and
Chrysolora. The buds of both were
selected August 15."

Packing: and Shipping for Exhibition.

PACKING THE PLANTS.

When we take into consideration
the care that has been bestowed on
the exhibition plants to bring them to
their present state of perfection, it
seems unwise not to give them our
closest attention as regards packing
and shipping, so that they will arrive
at the exhibitions in as near the same
condition as they leave the greenhouse;
yet nearly every year we see at
the shows fine plants that have had
the edge taken off their blooms by
being rubbed in the shipping, due
in most cases to not being properly
packed. These large specimen plants
cannot be made into any other
but cumbersome packages no mat-
ter how much expert work is put
into the packing, but to be sure of
having the express companies give
them any degree of care, the packages
must be fitted up so that the men
can handle them easily and quickly.
All tying or training out of the
branches should have been taken care
of before the blooms commence to un-
fold, so that when the time comes to
pack for shipping there will not be
any of this work to do. Plants
trained out to wire rings cannot be
drawn in any closer than the wire
rings will allow; therefore to ship
them by express they must be
cased in some manner. First of all
make sure that the center stem of the
plant is rigid by securing it firmly to
a cane stake, allowing the stake to
extend about three feet above the
plant, then take other canes, insert
them around the pot, bending the
tops over to meet the stake at the
center, forming a sort of balloon ef-
fect. Fasten each stake to the out-
side ring of the plant, which makes
it rigid, thus guarding against the
danger of any branches getting broken
through the plant moving about. To
hold the blooms of the plant in place
and prevent them from bruising, in-
sert bunches of tissue paper between
the blooms throughout the plant.
.\fter this the outside covering comes
into question and while it is seldom
necessary to cover the plant to pro-
tect it from becoming chilled (unless
the show is held later than the first
week of November), but at the same
time the plant should be covered
to keep out the dust and dirt, and
then if the weather changes to very
cold while in transit the plant is pro-

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First wind foul* or five lines of
string around the cane frame, draw-
ing them tight enough so that they
will iirevent the paper covering being
jiushed down on the flowers; then take
sheets of manila paper in lengths to
reach from the pot to the top of the
frames, covering the whole package
in tying securely at the pot, the top
aiid around the middle. Then cover
the paper covering with light burlap,
which will guard against the paper
being ripped off if it should get wet
or torn in any way. The next very
important part of the packing is a case
or box to hold these bulky packages
so that they can be handled easily.
The best means of taking care of this
we have found from our experience is
to take strong boxes a few inches
larger in diameter than the pot, nail
a strip of wood on each side to ex-
tend almost to the edge of the pack-
age, to serve as handles, so that when
the plant is set in two men can lift it
easily. Use a little excelsior in the
bottom of the box and then pack
tightly around the pot with the same
material. Part of our experience has
been in packing and shipping these
plants from Illinois to New York.
Kansas City and St. Louis. We have
tried both casing the plant in a case
of its same size and the method ad-
vised herein, and this latter way has
proven very much the best. These
notes refer to long distance shipments,
and if the exhibit is large enough, it
is always safest to hire an express
car, so that when it is loaded at the
home depot, it will not be interfered
with until it reaches its destination.
Smaller exhibits can be turned over
to the express company to go the or-
dinary way. but be sure and paste
plenty of "handle with care" signs on
each package; al^o instruct the ex-
pressmen to give them a little extra
care.

The man who is within hauling dis-
tance of the show has the advantage
of one who has to ship a long dis-
tance, and can use auto trucks to
carry his plants, and in using his own
judgment in the packing that is neces-
sary to properly protect his plants.

CUT BLOOMS.

The first thing on the program with
the packing and shipping of exhibi-
tion cut blooms is to arrange for
plenty of boxes to hold them. We use
boxes of the following size : five feet
long, 22 inches wide, 12 inches deep,
made of light, strong wood, % inch
thick, for sides, bottom and top, and
%-inch for ends. The bottom and
sides are reinforced by three cleats,
one in the center and two at equal
distances from each end. The covers
are fitted with hooks on each end to
save nailing, and when packed strong
cords are tied around the center of
the box to make the cover more se-
cure.

The first thing on the programme
with the bloom is to go over the prize
schedule to get familiar with the re-
quirements, then select the best
blooms you have. Cut them in time, so
that they can stand in water at least
48 hours before time for packing. Set
them in a cool, partly darkened place
where the temperature is as near .50
degrees as possible. Stem and foliage
are very important factors with exhibi-
tion blooms, so that care should be ex-
ercised not to damage them in the han-
dling. The inside of the boxes should
be lined with paper to meet the
weather conditions, but do not carry
it to the extreme, so that it w-ill be

CHRYSANTHEMUMS GOLDEN QUEEN AND CHRYSOLORA.

heavy enough to crush the blooms.
Make up pillows of excelsior covered
with tissue paper long enough to slip
easily inside the width of the box and
about 3 inches in diameter to place
under the necks of the blooms for
them to rest on, then commence at
one end with the packing of the
blooms. The first thing to do is to
have ready sheets of oiled paper, slit
at one side, for covering the blooms.
Then place in a pillow for the first
row of blooms to rest on. Select your
bloom, taking the stem with the bloom
down, slip the neck of the bloom in the
slit of oiled paper, bringing the paper
down over the bloom, giving it a twist
at the top; then follow up each row in
the same manner, packing from each
end of the box, so that when the box
is complete you have single layers of
blooms facing each end of the box
with the stems towards the center.
Then securely fasten the stems at the
center with a cleat so that there will
not be any danger of them shifting
about. After this is done cover in the
paper and fasten the lid. One very
important thing to bear in mind is be
sure that there will not be any danger
of moisture getting to the blooms. The
foliage should be dampened a little
and a strip of wet paper laid on the
ends of the stems, but every care
should be taken to keep the moisture
away from the blooms.

C. W. Johnson.

Cold Storage of Ferns.

The storage of wild ferns has devel-
oped into an important feature of cold
storage industry in parts of New Eng-
land, and doubtless there will be some
demand elsewhere for space for their
proper handling. Comparatively little
is accurately known about suitable
packages, handling and storage.
USES .^ND MARKET.

Ferns are in great demand by flor-
ists during winter, and the holiday sea-
son in particular, as a background or
"backing" for cut flowers. The great-
er part of ferns so used are picked in
the mountainous parts of New Eng-
lang. the Berkshire Hills of western
Massachusetts being especially pro-
ductive, with Hinsdale the chief cen-
ter. They are stored during the entire
year and shipped out on orders to
practically all parts of the country.
New York city is a great consumer,
but other eastern cities also use large
quantities, and they are shipped in
large lots to Chicago and even the far
west.

STORAGE METHOD.S — OLD AND NEW.

In the early history of the fern ship-
ping business it was customary to
store them in barns, in beds about
10x4x1 feet, covering them with moss.
Others were stored in cellars, sprink-
ling with water from time to time to
prevent drying out, but owing to un-

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certain temperature, and various other
conditions not under control, consid-
erable loss resulted from wilting and
rotting. It was found that as busi-
ness increased picking must be com-
menced earlier in the fall, when the
weather is too warm to keep the ferns
properly, and cold storage was then
resorted to. Cold storage has proved
to be the salvation of the business on
a large scale. At first undertaken in
a small and experimental way, the re-
sults were so much of an improvement
that now the business is wholly han-
dled through cold storage. Under the
right handling, packing and tempera-
ture, the ferns c'ome out of storage
with the fresh green appearance which
'makes them 'So attractive when used
by the florists in combination with cut
flowers, according to Ice and Refriger-
a(;ion.

PICKING TIME AKD DET.^ILS.

Exact data are not now obtainable
as to the best time of picking, but it
is generally understood among the
pickers that the work should not be-
gin until the first frost, and the pick-
ing, therefore, takes place mostly dur-
ing September and October. Picking
begins about June 20. but not for stor-
age. It seems that the ferns are tough-
ened by the cool nights of fall, which
probably act to lower the moisture
content or dry them to some extent.
Anyway it is well understood that the
picking for storage should not be-
gi« until the first frost, and experi-
ence has demonstrated that ferns
picked before are not properly ma-
tured for storage and shipping pur-
poses. The picking is done mostly by
women, children and old men. and as
the work is done during a time of the
year when rural occupations are least
pressing, the work is very acceptable
and forms an important industry and
source of income in some sections. One
and one-quarter to two cents per bunch
of twenty-five is paid according to va-
riety, care in picking and quality, and
even at this seemingly low rate some
of the most expert pickers earn as
high as .$7 per day.

PACKING, SORTING, ETC.
The wild ferns usually collected are
commonly divided into two grades or
varieties, "dagger" and "fancy" ferns.
The "dagger" variety is the more
hardy and easier to pick, and less loss
is usual in storing. The leaves are of
waxy appearance and coarser than the
"fancy" ferns. As the name indicates,
"fancy" ferns are very delicate of
leaf and finer in every way and easily
damaged in picking and handling. The
greatest care and skill is necessary in
preparing the bunches or bundles. Not
all the ferns are marketable, by any
means, and the careless picker is pen-
alized. Buyers located at the railroad
station receive the ferns from the pick-
ers, and if necessary carefully sort
them. Bunches of 25 are standard, and
the ferns must be carefully arranged
so as to lay flat, to avoid crushing or
bruising. None broken or decayed or
badly discolored are packed for ship-
rffent. As a storage package a wooden
box is used (mostly second-hand shoe
boxes), and the ferns are packed in
layers with moss on top, bottom and
sides, about .5,000 to 10,000 to the box.
The object is to pack in such a way
as to retain the moisture and exclude
the air.

TEMPERATURE AND TREATMENT. '

A close determination of the most

QnifnblA tpmnfim f nrp >iQa not bpen

made, but it is more than probable
that what is wanted is a temperature
which will freeze the moisture in the
packing material and still leave the
ferns unfrozen. Satisfactory results
have been obtained at 30° F., but a
temperature of 25° F. to 28° F. is sug-
gested as more suitable, and experi-
mental work along this line is .recom-
mended. Ferns picked in August and
early September should not be stored
at as low a temperature as those
picked later. If the ordinary frosts up
to say October 15 in the Berkshire
Hills will not damage the ferns, it
would seem that 25° F. in cold stor-
age should not, but still In the pres-
ence of moisture soaked packing mate-
rial the effect may be different. The
moss used in packing is pretty well
soaked, and 28° to 30° F. will, of
course, freeze the, packing material
and leave the ferns unfrozen.

It is absolutely essential to best re-
sults that ferns after packing should
be promptly sorted and packed and
placed in cold storage. If they are
shipped- and on the road for several
days, heating is likely to result and
ruin the ferns. If placed in cold stor-
age the same day so much the better,
but in cool weather a day or two may
elapse without dam&ge.

If shipment by rail to a cold storage
house is necessary, by all means use
refrigerator cars. Far better results
may be had, however, by cold storing
where picked, or sufficiently near, that
the ferns packed one day may be in
storage' the next. A cool or cold room
for sorting and packing is almost a
necessity, and this may best be ob-
tained in connection with a cold stor-
age plant.

In piling the boxes in cold storage it
is advisable to provide a two-inch air
circulating space on top. bottom and
sides of the box, so as to allow a quick
cooling and freezing. After a week in
storage they may be piled more tightly,
keeping them from side walls and floor
at least two inches.

Results from cold storing have been
reported as very irregular, and, as
stated at the beginning of this article,
the accurate information available is
small. It would seem that the irregu-
lar results must be due to the condi-
tion of the ferns when picked, or the
exposure to varying conditions before
storing, as it is comparatively easy
now to hold uniform temperatures in
cold storage. The lack of uniformly
successful results cannot be blamed
to cold storage, but rather to lack of
uniformity in the product stored, prob-
ably too early picking or too late pick-
ing, or to careless or unintelligent
handling before storing.

Delavan, Wis. — The new green-
house at the Moxley Nursery is nearly
completed. It contains about 3,000
square feet of glass.

Sioux City. — As a result of a creek
overflowing into his greenhouses on
the night of September l», R. E. Rath-
bun, florist, has filed a claim against
the city for .$450. The overflow, con-
tends Mr. Rathbun, was caused by
lack of a proper channel to carry off
the water.

St. Joseph, Mo. — The Florist Hail
Association made very prompt pay-
ments to Fred Scucht, whose green-
houses were damaged by broken glass
during a recent hail storm. The SxlO
glass formerly used has been re-
placed by 10x12 and 12x12 double and
the establishment is in better condi-
tion than ever.

ORCHID NOTES.

Dendrohiums.

Some varieties of dendrobiums have
been mucli neglected of late by com-
mercial florists, and justly so, for there
is no getting beyond the fact that the
culture of Dendrobium Wardianum
(and a few others) remains as much
a mystery as it ever was. Very rarely
is it to be found doing well under cul-
tivation for two or three years in suc-
cession, so the practice has become
general to restock with fresh imported
plants annually. Early each year im-
ported dendrobium arrive in quantities
from the Eastern hemisphere. Dendro-
bium Wardianum perhaps is the most
called for by florists; there are two dis-
tinct varieties of this fine species. One
comes from Assam and the other from
Burma. The Burmese variety is much
stronger, larger and better in every
way. On receiving them it is well to
tie a piece of twine around the top of
the bulbs and hang them up with this
in a house tliat is suitable for cattle-
yas. and if given a daily syringing they
will soon commence to root freely and
send out growth in abundance. Suit-
able pots, pans or baskets, with wire
handles attached, should be made
ready for them, first putting in a few
broken crocks for drainage. On these
place the plants, after cleaning them
of all dead bulbs and rubbish, etc.
Pack firmly around the roots some
hard pieces of peat, leaving a space of
one inch below the top of the pot. In
this space press a good layer of sphag-
num moss, tie the bulbs to the vines
mentioned and water sparingly till well
rooted. While making growth the
most suitable plac§ is hanging to the
roof of a cattleya house, but well pro-
tected with shade from the hot sun,
ventilated freely to prevent a close,
stuffy atmosphere, or the result will
be long jointed bulbs which are un-
suitable for producing flowers of good
quality. As the growths advance wa-
ter the plants freely and give a heavy
syringing every third or fourth day
to keep down red spider, choosing a
bright day to do it so that the water
will dry out of the tops of the growth
quickly; for too much water lying in
the heart of the new bulbs often
causes the young forming leaves to
run black and rot away. To avoid this
it is the safest plan to leave the ven-
tilator open slightly all night to pre-
vent condensation, which is bound to
occur after hot days with no heat in
the pipe.

As the bulbs become made up or
matured (which can be readily ob-
served by the hard round appearance
on the end of them) they should be
gradually allowed to dry by giving
less water and more exposure to the
sun. Soon the leaves will turn yel-
low and commence to fall. They
should be then placed in a cool. dry.
but sunny house, with only sufficient
water given to keep them plump. Too
often such a suitable house for the
purpose of ripening dendrobiums is not
provided for; hence the failure to get
the best rgsults after good growth has
been produced. It is not the question
of keeping the plants dry only, but
the atmosphere should be considered
also, and this is impossible if plants
of some other descriptions are placed
under the dendrobium, which need
watering or syringing daily; it is sim-
ply a case of doing something right or
leaving it alone to become a success-
ful p-rrtwpr nf thpRe orchids. When the

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DENDROBIUM NOBILE WITH 1,300 FLOWERS.

above described conditions are fol-
lowed dendrobiums remain dominant
so much longer and are therefore much
easier controlled; for the flowering
nodes come more regular along the
bulb, and the new growths which make
the bulbs for the next season's flower,
do not commence to grow till the
flowers are well advanced, and if re-
potting is necessary it can be done
after the flowers are cut. Before the
new growths have begun to send out
roots attend to this and less new stock
will be required each spring. Den-
drobium crassinode, Dendrobium De-
vonianum with D. Wardianum are
amongst the best for the above treat-
ment.

The old dendrobium nobile and its
many hybrids are more easily taken
care of by florists than the varieties
named above, but to get the most out
of this variety, it should be treated
as the others are for only under the
most favorable conditions does it send
flowers out on the bulbs produced the
same season. Through lack of provid-
ing the right resting conditions it fails
to flower well enough to pay the florist
for keeping it, and too often what
ought to be flower' nodes turn out what
are known as aerial growth, which are
only good to increase stock. Dendro-
bium formosum proves a money maker
when grown satisfactorily. It likes
^nty of heat, but if stood on the
stage like a cattleya will produce the
best results, and succeeds well if pot-
ted and treated exactly the same as
imported D. Wardianum. This species
should remain where it has made its
growth to flower; to rest this in a cool
house is unnecessary. Dendrobium
Phalsenopsis, D. supurbiens, D. bigib-
bura and such varieties belonging to
this section are now growing fast and
as their growths increase in size one

should increase the water supply ac-
cordingly. Follow the advice given in
the pages of THE American Florist of
September 13, 1U13, and success should
be attained for this species.

C. Y. Pripeue.

Plttsburgn.

TRADE INCLINED TO BE QUIET.

Warm weather has had a striking
effect on business here for the past
two weeks. It seems more like the hot
days of August than late October. The
mornings and evenings, on the con-
trary, are quite cool, due to the heavy
fog which greets us every morning.
There are a large number of October
weddings which help a great deal, and
the usual amount of funeral work,
which constitutes practically all the
business, as transient trade is very
slow. A fine lot of chrysanthemums
is being displayed by local dealers,
among the best being Chrysolora, Pa-
cific Supreme and Polly Rose. Golden
Glow, Advance, Bergman, Moraira and
Maud Dean are still with us. Mid-
season varieties are about due now and
we expect to see them very soon.
Chrysanthemums with autumn foliage
are being used quite extensively and
certainly do give a striking effect. Car-
nations are fine, and are now here in
quantity, bringing only $1.50 per 100,
American Beauty and tea roses espe-
cially, are also very plentiful and prices
on these are way down. Some excel-
lent Killarney are being cut by local
growers, but shipped stock is arriving
in poor condition when compared to
the superb quality that can be obtained
right here at home.

NOTES.

We regret to report the death of
Frank Faulk, who died at his home
at Delray, Fla., October 11. He was
associated with his brother, Walter,
in the flower business in the Allegheny
market for a number of years until his

health failed him about a year ago.
He then sold his interests in the firm
to his brother and took up his resi-
dence in Florida. The funeral was
held October 17. from the family home
on North Side.

It is a magnificent spectacle, these
days, to view the brightly tinted foliage
around the surrounding country and
the woodlands could hardly afford a
better sight than they do at present.
Many of the florists have taken ad-
vantage of this and have decorated
their stores so extensively that the only
articles that seem to be missing are
the winding creek and a blue sky.

The automobile show is on at Motor
Square Garden this week and doubt-
lessly will call for a good many booth
decorations. Chrysanthemums and
American Beauty roses will probably
be the leading factors in this line.

It is announced that the Hayman
Greenhouse Co., which has been doing
business in Clarksburg, W. Va., for
a number of years, is opening a branch
store in the Watson Hotel building,
Fairmount, W. Va.

The McCallum Co. has purchased a
delivery truck which will be in opera-
tion in a few days. Mr. Marshall, of
the firm, paid a visit to some cf their
eastern Pennsylvania growers last
week.

Harry Hamm reports a brisk run
in funeral work for the past week, and
says that business is thriving in all
departments.

Michael Kronis had the honor of
participating as best man at the wed-
ding of a friend in New York recently.

A. W. Smith, Jr., and R. C. Pinner,
of the A. W. Smith Co., paid a visit
to New York on business, October 15.

Howard Carney will open a retail
flower shop in the Henry W. Oliver
building.

John G. Harris and George Franks
made a flying trip to Cleveland recently.

708

The American Florist.

Oct. 2^,

Peter Hopman, of New Galilee, Pa.,
is cutting carnations of a peerless
quality, which he consigns to the Mc-
Callum Co.

Recent visitors include : Adolph
Keuper, of G. L. Huscroft. Steuben-
ville, O.; J. W. Glenn, Kittanning, Pa.;
Wm. F. Zone, Wheeling, W. Va.

In a bowling team match held on
the club alleys last week the A. AV.
Smith Co. went down to defeat at the
hands of the McCallum Co., after hav-
ing beaten the Pittsburgh Cut Flower
Co. the week before. The score :
McCallum. Smith.

SIsley ....114 110 88 Tipton .... nS 99 97
Nlggel ...96 110 111 Keller ....108 101 105
McCallum. 103 80 93 Lempp ... 99 111 81

300 311 283
J.

313 306 294

Buffalo.

TRADE OUTLOOK GOOD,

The past week has been variable as to
weather — dark, cool, rain and sunshine.
Stock continues plentiful with mod-
erate demands. Outdoor flowers are
still good and chrysanthemums are get-
ting more plentiful, but unfortunately
the earlier varieties are not keeping,
weather conditions hurting them. Roses
of all kinds are plentiful, but have no
settled price, American Beauties alone
remaining firm and the quality good.
Orchids are plentiful with a limited
demand. Some violets are coming in,
but of only fair quality owing to warm
weather. Last week ushered in sev-
eral weddings and a few receptions.
The balance of the month and continu-
ing until Christmas will be a busy
period, it is expected, as there are more
debutantes on the calendar for that
time than has been the case in several
years, and taken with the weddings,
the florists are somewhat 'hopeful.
While the decorations may not be as
large as in other years, it is gratifying
to be able to look forward to business
in what is called quiet times in every
line.

NOTES.

The west side of Buffalo is getting
be quite a busy place for florists. We
have J. Benson Stafford, on Chippe-
wa street; Colonial Flower Shop, on
Delaware avenue; Mrs. Kate Raeker,
on Elmwood near Allen; J. H. Reb-
stock, on Allen street; K. M. Cantlin,
on Wads worth street; Mrs. M. Klo-
kow. on Connecticut street; P. H. La
Tour, on Niagara street; Fred Frank,
on Grant street, Anderson's Elmwood
avenue branch, near Utica on Elm-
wood, and Erckert's, on Elmwood near
the Park. Quite a number when you
count them, and all in locations far
enough from Jhe others to give all a
fair trade.

The Buffalo Florists' Club are going
to have an autumn dance, at Kast-
ing's hall, Thursday, October 29, which
will be the first of a number of enter-
tainments President Eiss has planned.

W. J. Palmer is serving on the su-
preme court jury for two weeks.

J. H. Rebstock's Allen street store is
showing a fine lot of Boston ferns at
attractive prices. BISON.

Washington.

TRADE SHOWS SLIGHT GAIN.

Business is showing some improve-
ment. Stock is coming in plentifully
and is moving more regularly than it
Tias for some time. American Beauty
roses are plentiful, with a fair demand,
while other roses are in good supply
and are about as fine as you can ex-
pect at this time of year. Chrysanthe-
mums are coming in freely with prices
reasonable. Carnations, dahlias and
cosmos are also good. There are a few
gardenias in but they are small .and
there is very little call for them. With
the social season now in swing all

the shops are looking forward to a
good season.

NOTES.
Z. D. Blackistone had the Bower-
Taft wedding, which was one of the
first large weddings of the season. The
church was banked with cibotium
ferns and cosmos with large bunches
of Lilium auratum on the altar and
also large clusters of auratum on the
pews. The house decoration consisted
of string smilax. large ferns, and large
baskets of Ward roses, while on the
mantels were Farleyense ferns with
vases of Ward roses and violets. The
breakfast table decoration was a large
basket of Ward roses and violets.

Robt. Bowdler & Sons are also on
the move to improve their place Just at
present; they have the front out and
are going to have the entrance on the
corner instead of on Fourteenth street,
which will add to the appearance of
their store.

George Cooke is moving into his new
shop and expects to be ready for busi-
ness not later than October 25. He
will have one of the handsomest stores
uptown, with his conservatory in the
rear.

Visitors this week were : W. Lake,
J. J. Gbudy. Robert Shock and J. Ros-
nosky, all of Philadelphia, Pa.

Gross & Sons have branched out in
the retail trade, having opened a store
at 1410 Park road.

George C. Shaffier is having some
improvements made in his store.

G. C. D.

Montreal, Can.

Trade last week brightened up con-
siderably but there certainly is not as
much demand for social and entertain-
ment functions, and not as much busi-
ness done as the corresponding period
last year, but there is a fair and
steady demand for everything, devoid
of those periodical rushes. Chrysan-
themums are fairly plentiful with a
good demand for them, the varieties
being mostly Golden Glow, Unaka,
Smith's Advance and Polly Rose.
Roses are getting better and some real-
ly first class stock has arrived lately.
Carnations are very scarce yet and
rather short stemmed. All outdoor
flov/ers have either been killed or so
ruined by the early frosts that they
have lost their commercial value. The
usual demand for Boston ferns has
been in evidence the same as in former
years, the total supply is exhausted,
iind imported stock is resorted to. Sev-
eral growers feared that the demand
for Boston ferns on account of the
war would be small and consequently
prices ruled somewhat low earlier in
the season, but they soon found out
their mistake. Bulbs have arrived but
delivery is very irregular, some ship-
ments "have been received, but in other
cases the notice and invoice has been
received but no sign of the goods. No
azaleas or any Belgian stock has ar-
rived and some growers will be sadly
short of Christmas and Easter stock.
The landscape gardeners are again
busy but all agree that there is less
demand for planting of trees, shrubs
or perennials, and all look forward to
a small season.

NOTES.
The Montreal Gardeners' & Florists'
Club had a well attended meeting Oc-
tober 5. It was decided to hold the an-
nual chrysanthemum show November
2 in the Montreal Floral Exchange, 140
Mansfield street. The executive com-
mittee will meet October 12 at C. A.
Smith's at Lachine, to draw up the
prize list. Lieutenant Colonel Lordly
at Montreal West is building several
greenhouses, and his gardener, Harry
Meeks., is busy giving the finishing
touches to the heating system. It is
said to lie "Kroeschell." L.

Lancaster County Florists' Club.

Three-thirty p. m. found fifteen of us
on our way to visit the greenhouses of
Willis B. "Girvin, at Leola. Pa. The
stock here consisting of chrysanthe-
mums, carnations, snapdragons and
about ;;il.000 young plumosus was. as
always, in fine condition. The prin-
cipal attraction was a new house 55
by l.Sll feet of King construction, with
some of Mr. Girvin's own ideas em-
bodied therein, the principal one being
the addition of a strong iron rod brace
to keep the roof from going up in a
storm.

Six p. m. found the flower show
committee workmg hard over squabs
on toast and the knotty problems of a
first attempt at a flower show. Seven-
thirty p. m. the meeting was opened
with the smallest attendance it has
ever been our misfortune to have,
probably due to the fact that a num-
ber of the members were afraid of
being appointed on flower show com-
mittees, and partly due to the fact
that the past few meetings have been
nearly all flower show affairs with
very little else to attract members.
Those who stayed away this time
missed a very interesting paper by
Elmer Weaver, of Ronks, Pa., on
greenhouse construction, which was
followed by remarks from D. T. Con-
nor, of Philadelphia, Pa., who repre-
sents the Lord & Burnham Co., New
York. Mr. Wright, of the same com-
pany, having gone through to Harris-
burg. George Marshall, representing
ihe McCallum Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
was with us on our trip and attended
the meeting.

Flower show matters were discussed
until 10 :45 and we have every prom-
is^ of having a very fine show and
with a magnificent building in which
*o hold it. There is plenty of room
for exhibits and any out-of-town flor-
ists who would like to exhibit any nov-
elty he may have, should get in touch
with the writer at once. The date is
November 6-7. The address of the writer
is simply Lancaster, Pa.

The Lord & Burnham Co. offered a
prize to the value of $25, which will be
awarded the local grower making the
best display. This is the only prize
that will be offered in the florist's
class, outside of a blue ribbon for espe-
cially meritorious displays, but the ama-
teurs will have a number of jirizes to
compete for.

Albert M. Herr.

Terre Haute, Ind.

The Rosery. Dr. Edward Reiss' new
flower shop, presented a beautiful sight
when the doors were opened to the pub-
lic at its formal opening. The interior
arrangement and finish, combined with
the handsome furnishings and tasty
arrangement of plants and cut flowers,
called forth many favorable comments
from thousands who visited the store.
Twenty thousand cut flowers were
given away to visitors in the two
opening days. The new establishment
has a sales room 25 x .50 feet, with a
work room 30x75 feet in connection,
and will be under the able management
of C. J. Houck, formerly of Minne-
apolis. Minn., and New York.

Princeton, III. — Carl Erickson has
installed a new Freeman boiler and a
100-foot radial brick smoke stack has
been built for him by the Alphons
Custodis Chimney Construction Co.,
Chicago.

Madison, Wis. — The annual con-
vention of the Wisconsin State Horti-
cultural Society will be held in Madi-
son. December 1.5-17, according to an
announcement by F. Cranefield, secre-
tary. The convention will be held a
month earlier than usual.

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THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Suggestions for plant growers VOl

— Roman hyacinths ^01

— Poinsettias 7ul

—Lilies TOl

— After chrysanthemums 702

— Antirrhinums 702

The retail trade 702

— The box of cut flowers 702

—Cluster of lilies (illus.) 702

— Give the boy a chance 70.'!

— Cycas and valley cluster (illus. ) 70:!

Growing drug plants .704

George Poiip, Jr., ami his dahlias (illus.) 701

Chrysanthemums 704

— Chrysanthemum Golden Queen (illus.) 704

— Packing and shipping for e.xhibition 704

Cold storage of ferns 7uri

Orchid notes 700

— Deudrobiums (illus.) 70li

Pittsburgh 7U7

Buffalo 70S

Washington 708

Montreal. Can 70S

Lancaster County Florists' Club 708

Terre Haute, Ind > 70S

Coal prices advancing 710

Clarysanthemum Society of America 710

Kelway specialties 710

Coming exhibitions 710

Cleveland 713

Oklahoma City 712

Knoxville, Tenn 714

St. Louis ■. 714

Hort. Society of New York 714

Chicago 710

Cincinnati 720

Providence. R. 1 720

Michigan Hort. Society.. 720

Philadelphia 722

Boston 723

New York ' -•*

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society 726

Nassau County Hort. Society 720

The seed trade 732

— Free seeds 732

— ^Benar.v novelties 732

The nursery trade 73G

— Ass'n of American Cemetery Supts 730

Market gardeners 738

• — Market notes 738

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no copies of the paper may be missed.

Cold weather is coming quick and
all heavy shipments of tender plants
should be made without delay. If
you have anything of this character
to offer now we trust you will favor
us with special advertisement by re-
turn mail.

Coal Prices Advancing.

The raw weather last week caused
a little activity in the coal market, the
demand, especially in the smokeless
line, increasing, and there has been a
Oight advance in prices. The storage
piles in many instances are not in pro-
portion to the winter's requirements
and a turn to colder weather will bring
a decided upturn in prices. There is
a little coal on the market not covered
by contract, but as many purchasers
are backward this year, cold weather
and a moving market may catch some
consumers "short" of their require-
ments as well as being compelled to

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

EXAMIXIXG COMMITTEES.

President Wm. Kleinheinz announces
the committees to examine new chrys-
anthemums for the ensuing year as
follows :

Chicago — N. J. Wietor (chairman),
George Asmus. Guy French. Ship
flowers to chairman, N. J. Wietor, 30
E. Randolph street, Chicago.

Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter (chair-
man). James Allen, Henry Schwarz.
Ship flowers to chairman. Jabez Elliott
Flower Market, care janitor.

Boston — Wm. Nicholson (chairman),
James Wheeler, Alex Montgomery.
Ship flowers to Boston Flower Ex-
change, care W. J. Thurston, manager.
1 Winthrop Square.

New York — Eugene Dailledouze
(chairman). Wm. H. Duckham. A.
Herrington. Ship flowers to New York
Cut Flower Co., 55 22d street, care of
chairman.

Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge (chair-
man). John Westcott, S. S. Pennock.
Ship flowers to A. B. Cartledge, 1.514
Chestnut street.

Shipments should be made to arrive
by 2 p. m. on examination days to re-
ceive attention from the committee.
Must be prepaid to destination and an
entry fee of $2.00 should be forwarded
to the secretary not later than Tuesday
of the week they are to be examined,
or it may accompany the blooms.

Seedlings and sports are both eligi-
ble to be shown before these commit-
tees, provided the raiser has given
them two years' trial to determine
their true character. Special atten-
tion is called to the rule that sports
to receive a certificate must pass at
least three of the five committees.

The committees will be in session to
examine such exhibits as may be sub-
mitted on each Saturday during the
dates of which will be October 24, .31
and November 7, 14, 21, 26.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Cincinnati, O., October 10. — Golden
Queen, j'ellow, Japanese incurved,
scored 91 points commercial, exhibited
by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian,
Mich.

New York, October 10. — Antigone,
white, Japanese incurved, scored SS
commercial, 85 exhibition, exhibited by
Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.

Chicago; October 10. — Golden Queen,
yellow, Japanese incurved, scored 90
points commercial, exhibited by Elmer
D. Smith & Co., Adrian. Mich.

Philadelphia. Pa., October 12.— Gold-
en Queen, yellow, Japanese incurved,
scored 89 commercial, 86 exhibition, ex-
hibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
Adrian, Mich. ~

C. W. JoilNSOX, Sec'y.

Kelway Specialties.

Kelway & Son, tlie well known seeds-
men and hardy plant growers of Lang-
port, Somerset, Eng., at the Anglo-
.'\merican exposition, London, have
been awarded a gold medal for hardy
border plants and gladioli in the
grounds; silver gilt medal for an ex-
hibit of cut flowers of peonies and
herbaceous plants; two silver gilt med-
als for cut flowers of gladioli; grand
prize for the highest aggregate marks
for three exhibits. Other exhibition
awards were awards of merit to the
following new gladioli : White Giant,
National Gladiolus Society; Kelway's
."Vbelard. National Gladiolus Society;

R. H. S. Certificates of merit : Gladi-
olus Defiance, National Hardy Plant
Society; Gladiolus A. J. Macself, Na-
tional Hardy Plant Society. Silver
flora medals : R. H. S., for delphiniums
and peonies; R. H. S. for gladioli.
Silver gilt Banksian medal : R. H. S.
for gladioli. Silver gilt medal, R. H. S.
Affiliated Societies' medal (National
Gladiolus Society) for gladioli; gold
medal, Market Bosworth Agricultural
& Horticultural Society for gladioli;
gold medal. National Hardy Plant So-
ciety for gladioli; gold medal, Grand
York.shire flower show and gala for
collection of peonies.

Coming: Exhibitions.

[Seei'otaries are requested to supply any
omissions from this list, and to correct any
rlates that may have been altered since the
last advices.]

October 21-23, Antrim, N. H.— Annual exhi-
bition of the New Hampshire Horticultural
Society, Stanley Lovett, secretary, Goffstown.
N. H.

October 22-23, Lenox, Mass. — Grand floral dis-
play of the Lenox Horticultural Society, Town
hall, Geo. H. Instone. secretary. Lenox.

October 22-24, Pasadena, Calif,— .Annual fall
flower show of the Pasadena Horticultural So-
ciety, Hotel Maryland. Geo. H. Kennedy. 497
Bradford street, Pasadena, secretary: Wm.
Hutchinson, 170 North Orange Grove avenue.
Pasadena, exhibition manager.

October 23-26, Palo Alto, Calif.— Annual fall
flower show of the Menio Park Horticultural
Societ.y, Armory Hall. P. Ellings. secretary.

October 28-29, Madison, N. J. — Nineteenth an-
nual flower show, Morris County Gardeners' and
Florists' Society. Assembly ball. Edward Rea-
gan, secretary, Morristowu. N. J.

October 30-31-November 1. — Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
— Twelfth annual exhibition. Northern West-
chester County Horticultural, and Agricultural-
Society, St. Francis Hall. M. J. O'Brien, sec-
retar.v. Uplands, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.

October 30-November 3, New York. — Annual
fall show. Horticultural Society of New York.
American Museum of Natural History. Geo. V.
Nash, secretar.v. New Y'ork Botanical Garden,
Bronx Park, New York.

November 3-6, Asbury Park, N. J. — Annual
chysantbcmum show. Elberon Horticultural
Society. George Masson, Oakhurst, N. J.,
secretary; C. O. Duncan, Elberon, N. J., ex-
hibition manager.

November 3-6, Philadelphia, Pa. — Pennsylvania
Horticultural Societv. Horticultural ball. David
Rust, secretar.v, Brond street, below Locust
street. Philadelphia.

November 4-6, New Rochelle, N. Y. — West-
chester and FairfieW Horticultural Society. J.
B. Mc.\rdle, secretary. Greenwich, Conn.

November 4-6, Tarrytown, N. H. — .\nniial ex-
hibition of the Tarrytown Horticultural Society,
Music Hall. E. W. Neubrand, secretar.v, Tarry-
town.

November 4-6, New York. — Exhibition of flow-
ers, plauts. fruits and vegetables. American
Institute of New York, 2.5-33 West Thirty-
ninth street. W. k. Eagleson. secretary board
of managers, 324 West Twenty-third street.
New York.

November 5-6, Worcester, Mass. — Chrysanthe-
mum exhibition. Wororstcr t^ounty Horticul-
tural Society. Horticultural hall. L. C. Midg-
ley. secretary. 18 Front street. Worcester.

November 5-8. Boston, Mass. — .\nnual exhibi-
tion of the Mas^ncbnsetls llo'-ticiiltural So-
ciety, norticnltural hall. Wm. P. Rich, secre-
ciety, 3110 Massachusetts avenue. Boston.

November 6-7. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. — Annual
fall show. Dobtis Ferry Florticultural Associa-
tion. Town hall. H. Harms, Dobbs Ferry, N.
Y'.. secretar.v.

November 6-8, Indianapolis, Ind. — .\nnual con-
vention and exhibition, rbrysantiiemura Society
of America in con,inni*tion with the State Flor-
ists' Association of ludiaua. The German House.
O. E. Steinkamp, secretary, 3800 Rockwood nve-
nue, Indianapolis. Ind.

November 9-10, Chicago, — Chrysanthemum
displav. The Ilorticultiu-al Sorletv of Chicago:
Art Institute. L. M. McCauIey. 418 SnTht
.Tames Place. Chicago. 111., secretary. Plants
and cut blooms for this display should be ad-
dressed to C. W. .Tobnson. Art Institute. Chi-
cago. III., all charges prepaid.

November 16-21, Baltimore. — Maryland
Week. Fifth Ueffinieut .\rmory. Baltimore.
T. B. Symons. College Park. Md., superinten-
dent of horticulture.

January — . 1915, Buffalo, N. Y, — Annual con-
vention and exhibition of the -American Carna-
tion Society. A. F. J. Baur, secretar.v, Thirt.v-
eightb street and Rockwood avenue, Indianapo-
lis. Ind.

March 17-23, 1916, New York.— International
Flower Show, under the auspices of the Horti-
cultural SoMety of New York and the New York
Florists' Club, New Grand Central Palace, Forty-
sixtli street and T^exington avenue. John Yoimg,
secretarv. 53 West Twenty-eighth street. Now

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■experience in growing all varieties of plants tor
profit, and a good designer get in touch with me.
Married, no children and now at liberty. Will
take care of your business the same as if it was
my own. Make me an offer. For further parti-
culars, address

Key 474 care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By practical gardener and
floria'.; married; no children. Desires position
by October 25 on reliable private estate. Expert
on fruits vegetables, greenhouse and landscape.
Also anything pertaining to gardening culture:
three years gardening school; seven years exper-
ience. Last three years on one private estate.
Sober, honest, reliable with good references.
Address Gardener, care 521 Wells St.,

Milwaukee. Wis.

Situation Wanted— As head gardener florist
superintendent on private place; English, age 3(>,
married; one child, age 9; life experience in all
branches— hothouse, ^grapes, peaches, melons,
'mums, carnatioos, roses, palms, etc.. vegetables,
hardy fruits, perennials, trained fruit trees and the
general routine of a well-kept place; 24 years on
best estates; long references from this country
and England. Please state wages in first letter.
Address, Key 457. care American Florist.

Help Wanted— Catalogue man wanted by old
established, centrally located seed company:
must be experienced man at seed catalogue work:
year 'round job in catalogue, booklet and leaflet
writing; state age. experience and salary desired;
give references in first letter. Address
Key 459. care American Florist.

For Sale- One hot water boiler, rated at 2720
sq. ft. Used two seasons Price *IOO 00.

Inglewood Greenhouses, Fremont, Neb.

For Sale or Rent— Greenhouse of 50CX) feet. Two
blocks of cemetery, two blocks of park, with
room to enlarge, in city of SOfO.

Wm B. Hobbs. Tipton. Ind.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
$1000.00 cash, an exceptional good deal on green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Imp'l Co.. Brady, Mont.

For Sale— Practically new greenhouse boiler,
steam, 65 h. p.; $200 cash, F. O. B. Chicafio. Big
bargain. 'Phone Edgewater 2560. or address,
D. Lahey.
5832 Wayne Ave.. Chicago.

For Sale— A fine Mercury auto-truck for $250.
This car has been used ^nly for three months and
is in good condition. For further particulars, ad-
dress. Kev 468, care American Florist.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. W^RiGHT. Newtown. Bucks Co.. Pa.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead, So. Dalt.. excel-
lent for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. Higb pressure city water or well on place.
Population, 10,000. Monthly payroll, $225,000. No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with ripht party.

H. E. BULINGS,
BOX 675. LEAD, SO. DAK.

FOR SALE.

Florists' retail store, greenhouses, two cottages,
1^ acres of land in growing slock, everything
complete in first-class condition. The only flower
store in the fastest growing city in Southern Cali-
fornia. $8,000 down will handlethisdeal-balance
on easy terms. Owner retiring from business.

Address. Kev 4W. care .'\merican Florist.

FOR SALE

CARNATIONS, FIELD-GROWN

FIVE THOUSAND short, bushy and

healthy plants of the variety Sangamo,

an excellent pink, $35.00 per 1000.

Write me now, as this offer will soon be

discontinued. Joseph J. Bechamp,
141 Chestnut St., Flushing. N. Y.

A live agent to represent us in the east. Either
an individual who can furnish satisfactory refer-
ences or a jobbing house of good standing. Com-
municate with us at once.
CHICAGO FEED S FERTILIZER CO.,

Union stock Yards,
810 Exchange Ave., CHICAGO.

Working Foreman.

Working foreman for general commer-
cial establishment. Must know how to
handle general line of cut flower and po
stock as well as outdoor work. State
age and experience. Address,

Key 465, care American Florist.

LET ME

Do Your Buying on the
Chicago Market.

I am engaged in the florist business
myself and am on the market everyday.
I know the game from A to Z, and can
save you money. Give me a trial and
I will show you. For further particu-
lars, address

Key 473, care American Florist.

WANTED

A large and progressive seed house wants a
man with a general knowledge of the seed
business. He must be a good correspondent,
possess a knowledge of adverli^ing. also account
ing; must be a thoroughly up-to-date business
man. possessing a pood executive and initiative.
He must be capable of running a large branch
house If necessary. He must be well equipped.
It is a high grade man that is wanted. The man
who is well up but cannot get any higher where
he is. and desires advancement should apply.
Prefer a man under 38 years of age as the posi-
tion is permanent. Give full particulars as to
experience, qualifications and salary desired.

Address.

Key 470,

Care American Florist.

OFFICIAL S. A, F.

Shipping Labels

AetunI size of leaf iii^bH inches.

FOR CUT FIOWERS: in two colors on
pummt-d papi'r; your card, etc., in
black and leaf adopted bv the S. A. (•
in red. Prices: Per 600. $2.85: per 1000,
$4..50. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Trade directory

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

712

The American Florist.

Oct. 2^,

You Should Give Your Order To Us

Because We Are Producing the Kind
of CUT FLOWERS Tiiat You Need.

You cannot get any better stock anywhere else no matter how hard or where else you try. We
handle everything that is seasonable in Cut Flowers and Greens and our prices are right so why not
place your regular Fall order with a firm that is capable and stands ready to supply you at all times
with the best stock that money and brains can produce at prices that are reasonable.

Order Some Roses, Carnations and 'Mums Now.

You need this stock to conduct a successful retail business because it is grown so perfectly that it
will please your customer. Customers are what you need and the one best way to get them and
hold them is to supply them with our Supreme Quality Stock. Be in the swim, order your ne.xt
supply from us and you will be on the road to the building up of a better business. We realize what
it means for a retail florist to carry good stock and we always bear this in mind when we fill orders.

HANDLE THE MRS. CHAS. RUSSELL ROSE

if you want a winner. It has the American Beauty backed ofif the boards when it comes to a seller.
Nine people out of ten take it in preference to the Beauty because it is the kind of rose that best
suits the public purse. You can make more money handling Russell than you can the Beauty, so
order a few dozen today at 5 to 15 cents each.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,

Producers of Quantity-Quality Flowers, 462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Cleveland.

St-PPLY EXCEEDS DEMAND.

The supply of cut flowers of all
varieties and grades the past weelv has
lieen rather heavy, heavier in fact tlian
for some time past. There are loads
of dahlias, gladioli and chrysanthe-
mums arriving daily, besides the otiier
seasonable flowers. Roses and carna-
tions, too, are in good supply, and
while business is fair, it is almost im-
pos.<;ible to move all the stock arriving
at this time to the best advantage. A
good frost would lessen the supply to
the e.xtent of doing away with outdoor
flowers, which would also have a ten-
dency to stiffen nrices. and make for
mor^ business. The market offers for
the retailers' selection chrysanthemums
in all colors and sizes, dahlias, gladioli,
carnations, roses in all colors and
grades, violets, valley, snapdragons,
swainsona. Easter lilies, orchids, dais-
ies, calendula, larkspur, pompons, etc.
Greens of all kinds are plentiful. Sev-
eral fair-sized orders for Boston ferns
helped swell the sales.

NOTES.
Of special interest to the growers
and nurserymen is the new "40 Per
Cent Sulphate of Nicotine" solution be-
ing put on the market by one of the
oldest firms in the country, viz.. The
Grasselli Chemical Co. (whose ad ap-
pears on another page of this issue),
jphis concern has been marketing for
"years a solution of arsenate of lead
and also a lime-sulphur solution which
is used extensively throughout the
country by nurserympn and fruit grow-
ers for spraying fruit .and shade trees,
and tlieir succcs.'-i and experience in
this field speaks well for their new field
in the nicotine business. They have
branch offices and warehouses in, all
the principal cities of the country, par-
ticularly in the fruit growing and flow-

AT* 0'T*i-|\l.l v»o- r>.:in + dTO i».Vi,"^1t .-vTil.-.^f .lit.*,.!

Gladiolus Bulbs

flow to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of Gladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

butiun cas.\' and dcli\ci".N' prompt, which
is a saving and a convenience to the
consumer. They also issue a pamphlet
of instructions for nureserymen and
growers instructing when and how to
spray and fumigate, which pamphlet
can be had for the asking. C. F. B.

Oklahoma City.

The flowi-T stores .are enjoying a
splendid run of good business, wed-
dings and social functions being quite
numerous.

The principal event of the week was

Grant. This toiik place in the Episco-
pal cathedral and the Stiles Co. had
the job. probably the most elaborate
ever executed in the city. This firui
has also secured the contract for the
decorations for the annual ball of the
Joie de Vie club, the most exclusive
organization perhaps in the city, and
whose annual ball is considered to be
the greatest social event of the whole
year.

Furrow & Co. ai'e busy right along
with banfjuets and weddings, and their
success since opening has been very

1914.

The American Florist.

713

Special on Whilmani Ferns

v*^-; =-»0>-.v

Exceptionally Fine Pot-Grown Stock. 5-inch at 20 cents each; 6-inch at 40 cents each.
These are Bargains That Will Please You.

^>'m#^^^a[ JH mjM J~ Ik I ^"^ Will have to take the place of Azaleas this Fall, owing to the -war, so
B . bT 1^1 ,ZA ItI m^ 1^1 ^^fc place your order with us now and insure 3 our supply. (Jur stock of 4-in.,
^^ * ^^^Lrfi^Ml M M^ 1 ^ Wi^ 6-in. and 6-in. plants is exceptionally fine. The accompanying illus-
trations were made from photos of the stock that we are now offering. Judge for yourself. There are none better to be
had elsewhere. We are offering our 4-in. at 15c each; 5-in. at 40c each and 6-in. at 60c each. 1 )ur 6-in. Cyclamens meas-
ure from 12 to 14 inches in diameter. The 4-in. and 6-in. plants we have in Red, Pink and White but have only Pink
and White in the 6-in. stock.

■^ B^ 1^1 '^P V J^ ^Z^ ^^ have a tremendous stock of choice Kentias in the three following sizes and are
■^ f_^ 1^1 I B Z^ ^^ makingspecial pricfs forashort time tomove them. Kentia Forsteriana, single plants,
"■~"^' ^ * MJ"^W.^ 5-in., 60c each; Kentia Forsteriana, made-up. fi-in., $1.25 each; Kentia Forsteriana,
made-up, 7-in., .$2.00 each. In addition to theabove we have some exceptionally fine stock in the larger sizes. If there
is anything in Kentias that you want and don't see here, order what you want, we have them.

■^ ^^ ^\ ^^T" f\ Ifc I W^ ITT W^ lfc_T C^ ^^ 'b3L\<d an immense stock of pot-grown Boston Ferns
■jBB J^ I Bl 1^1 m^ g li^ J^l ^^ which we must move at once to make room for other stock.
^^^^""^ * X^ I ^ m. .^.^M^l ^ Ki^ Order at onceif you are looking for bargains, for this is a real
bargain sale and one that demands your immediate attention. We are offering:

Each . Beautiful specimens in larger sizes as follows: 8 in..

Special price on 5 in. Boston Ferns 20c ^^ 3-, j^ 9 .^ j, ^g j^

Special price on 6 m. Boston Ferns 30c > .»

Special price on 7 in. Bo.ston Ferns 50c ' Larger specimens, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 each.

■ ■m/W^*^ JK 1^\£>^^ M ^^^r M M^ C^ M A splendid lot of pot-grown Hydrau-

■ 1 W I ll^ ZA 1^1 iT ZA VV I ZaI%^%ZA geas which have been developed under
■■ ■ m^ B^. l-m 1 -^ X^ fc-- •—» ^i^ M J-mBrnW^i-^ o^r large lath houses at Edgebrook

and are now ready to be sent out at the following prices: 25c, 30c and 40c sizes. Select what you want in the three

sizes and let us have your order now.

^^'^^W^'V^^^K^ ■ w |MJ| £^ A Hardy Fern that Every Florist Wants. 4-inch at $1.50 per
V> 1 Iv I Vr in I \j (▼I td Dozen; 6-inch at $5.00 per Dozen.

Make up your order now and get it In as quickly as possible.

The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 aVSSrmpiW Chicago

714

The American Florist.

Oct.

24.

Poehlmann Bros. Co.

72=74 E. Randolph St.,

Long Distance Phone
Randolph 3S

CHICAGO, ILL

CUT FLOWERS-PLANTS-SUPPLIES

'Mums for All Saints' Day

Large Supply of Fine Stock in White, Yellow, Pink,

8,000 AZALEAS have arrived in fine shape.

30,000 CYCLAMEN, finest stock grown, in 5 inch, 6 inch and 7 inch pots, in
or out of bloom. Xmas blooming and decorative plants of every description. Send
all plant orders direct to Morton Grove, 111.

Write for our Weekly Cut Flower Price List.

Knoxville, Tenn.

We are having regular fall weather
nowj warm days and cool nights, but
no frost so far. Stock of all kinds is
looking good and some of the florists
have been cutting a few chrysanthe-
mums, but the main crop will not <come
in for a few days yet. Carnations are
coming in and are very fine for the
season of the year. Roses are fair.

NOTES.

This has_ been a very busy week at
Q. 'W. Crouch's and parties and re-
ceptions have created a demand for
flowers every day. With a large num-
ber of weddings this month, society
has been one continuous round of
parties, which has called for decora-
tions and flowers. There has also
been a great deal of funeral work
and stock cleans up every day.
He has been cutting a few nice 'mums
the last few days, but not enough to
supply the demand.

C. L. Baum reports business good,
the store force has been very busy
with funerals and weddings, out-of-
town business has been good, and all
stock finds a ready market. Chrysan-
themums are coming in fine and sales
are good; in fact it has been a hard
matter to supply the demand, but this
will be overcome in a few days as his
main crop is just showing color. Car-
nations and dahlias are good. Roses
are fair.

The Knoxville Florists' Society met
at C. W. Crouch's store Tuesday night.
October G. Several important business
matters were discussed, the most im-
portant being that of setting aside and
advertising a chrysanthemum day. On
this a committee was appointed to get
up the proper advertising, and to select
a day suitable to all the florists.

A. H. Dailey reports business much
bet^r the last few days than any time
this season. He is cutting a nice crop
of dahlias and roses which are find-
ing a ready market. He cut his first
'mums last week. He says the demand
for Dutch bulbs is growing better every
day and he is doing a rushing business
in that line.

Mrs. Rosa Hall Ryno is having
plenty to do in the way of funeral'
work. At present her main depend-

ence is dahlias, roses and a few onr-
nations, but she will begin cutting
chrysanthemums in a few days and
carnations will be more plentiful in a
short time. Prospects are good for fall
business.

Addison J. McNutt has been cutting
some extra nice chrysanthemums,
Unaka, Golden Glow and Frost, but
the demand exceeds the supply. He
is also cutting some very fine carna-
tions and roses, but . the demand,
though good, does not consume all
stock.

The following visitors called on the
Knoxville florists in the last few days :
Mr. Alexander, of Atlanta, Ga.; Mr.
Kannady, of Roanoke, Va.; Superin-
tendent Hooper, of Hollywood Ceme-
tery, Richmond, Va.

Howell Nursery Co. reports business
good, and are making fall" shipments
now. Stock is fine. K. F. S.

St. Louis.

WET WEATHER HURTS TRADE,

The past week was a very rainy one
and helped much to keep up the dull
business. All the. wholesale houses are
crowded with flowers, carnations, roses
and chrysanthemums being in full sup-
ply. A few fancy yellow chrysanthe-
mums are seen and sell from .$2..50 to
$3 per dozen. The mild weather has
put back the sale of violets to a great
extent. Frost is badly needed. Busi-
ness as a whole is very dull and sales
are hard to make even at forced prices.

NOTES.

Geo. H. Angermueller has had sev-
eral shipments of fine orchids and H.
G. Berning is receiving large consign-
ments of chrysanthemums, dahlias and
violets. The Windier Wholesale Floral
Co. tias also had an immense supply
of dahlias in all the latest varieties.

Grimm & Gorly had the decorations
for the opening of the new Catholic
cathedral as well as the decorations
at the church and house for the Mc-
Bride wedding.

The twenty-fifth anniversary of
Shaw's Garden was celebrated during
the past week. Prof. Moore enter-
tained the visitors, many from foreign
lands.

Alexander Geranios, of the Metro-

politan Floral Co., and Miss Anna Witt-
man were married October 21. Con-
gratulations are in order.

The Florists' Retail Association met
at the Washington hotel, October 19.
Adolph Brix was elected a member.

Ostertag Bros, have the decorations
for the horse show, which will be quite
elaborate.

There were special sales of carna-
tions at the Mullanphy Florists last
week,'

The Bggeling Floral Co. has in-
creased its trade at the new store.

The Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral"
Co. has some fine rose stock.

Sam Levine and Sam Seligman were
with us the past week. W. F.

The Horticultural Society of New York.

Do not forget the big fall show of
this society which takes place October
30-November 3, inclusive, at the Amer-
ican Museum of Natural History.
Everything points to a fine exhibit,
larger than ever. Schedules will be
sent upon application to the secretary,
George V. Nash. New York Botanical
Garden, Bronx Park, New York. En-
tries must be in the hands of the sec-
retary not later than October 28, so do
not delay until the last moment. Now
is the accepted time. You can greatly
facilitate the work of the secretary,
and add greatly to the artistic appear-
ance of the arrangements if you will
get your entries in early. John Young.
51 West Twenty-eighth street, has been
appointed manager of the exhibition.
This means that the arrangements are
in efficient hands, and exhibitors can
greatly facilitate the work by sending
entries to the secretary promptly so-
that they may be in the hands of the
manager without delay.

The premiums for specimen palms
have been much increased over those
of last year, and it is hoped that this
will bring forth a number of these
large specimens. The schedule pro-
vides prizes for many kinds of plants,
and if you have not large chrysanthe-
mum plants, then bring smaller ones or
cut flowers, for which liberal awards
are made. Let us all put our shoulder
to the wheel and push, and make this
the largest fall show New York has
ever seen. George V. Nash, Sec'y.

'9'4-

The American Florist. 716

The Home of BUDLONG'S FAMOUS "BLUE RIBBON VALLEY."

Heavy 9MI IM^ ^^^^^
Supply 1"1 U 1"1 ^ Quality

Tor All Saints' Day

Yellow--White--Pink.

Try our White and Yellow Touset. They are sure to give satisfac-
tion. You will tind them to outlast all others and besides they will not
bruise while in transit. Send us your orders and get the best to be had.

GOOD CROPS of ROSES

Beauties, Richmond, Mrs. Russell,

Sunburst, Pink Killarney, White Killarney,

Prince de Bulgarie, IVIrs. Aaron Ward.

Large Quantities of CARNATIONS

In case your Supply House informs you ""No
Carnations to be had" don't be misled but
send us your orders and we will deliver the goods.

AU Saints' Day J. A. BUDLONG

UrdCrS INOW SZ-Se East Randolpn Street, CHICAGO.

Being BooJted. ""fS™? 0=^. GUT FLOWERS

716

The American Florist.

Oct. 24,

SPECIAL SALE OF YELLOW

POMPONS

Only 25c per bunch of 25 or more flowers. We are cutting a large quantity of
these Yellow Pompons and make the price very low to move them quickly.

Chrysanthemums, choice Golden Glow for yellow and October Frost
and Advance for white, all grown to only one flower to a plant.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. We take special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and a fair supply of Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

CURRENT PRICE LIST. f„"S,^lrker'"'"^'

American Beauties

Extra long stems.

30-inch stems

24-inch stems

18-inch stems

Per Dozen

$3.00
2.00
1.50
1.00

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarie,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Milady

■Per lUO

Long $8.00 to SIO.CO

Medium 5.00 to 6.00

Short 3.00to 4.00

Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond Perioo

Extra Select $5.00 to $6.00

Medium 3.00 to 4.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $1.50

Roses our selection, in lots ol 500 or more
at the rate of $25.00 per 1000.

Carnations per loo

Fancy Red, Pink and White $3.00

Short Red. Pink and White 2.00

Chrysanthemums

Yellow and White, large, doz.. $3 00

and White " 2.00

White, small " 1.00 to 1.50

Pompons, White per bunch. .50

Pompons, Yellow per bunch, .25

Per 100

LUy or the Valley $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengerl $2.00 to 3.00
Eastern Ferns, per I000....$l.50
Galax, bronze and green, $1.00
per 1000.

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, 111.

Chica£:o.

BIG IMPROVEMENT IX BUSINE.SS.

There was a change for the better
in market conditions this week when
trade in general .showed a great im-
provement and stock of all kinds
cleaned up well. While stock short-
ened up somewhat on account of the
cool and cloudy weather the ice-boxes
everywhere were pretty well filled on
October 15, but on the following Sat-
urday, October 17. everything salable
was disposed of at much better prices
than have prevailed for some time.
Both the local and shipping trade
were good and some of the houses had
to go out an(l buy sufficient stock to
fill all orders. American Beauty roses
have been in good demand and are
cleaning up well. The nev, rose, Mrs.
Chas. Kussell, is having the call and
the^ is no surplus left in this variety
when the stores close at night. Kil-
larney Brilliant is moving pretty well
as are roses in general now. The
new rose, Ophelia, is making new
friends each day and it is very notice-
able that the variety Prince de Bul-
garia is always in good demand.
Gladioli are seen at some of the
houses, but only in limited quantities,!

for the supply is rapidly shortening
up, A few dahlias are still arriving,
but clean up well each day. Cosmos
was to be had in large quantity the
past week at verj- low prices, and it
is doubtful if some of the growers
realized express charges on their ship-
ments. Lilies have been none too
plentiful for some time. Lily of the
valley seems to be in good supply and
the same can be said of orchids. Gar-
denias are only arriving in limited
quantity yet and what stock is arriv-
ing is quickly disposed of. Carnations
are moving better now and are bring-
ing better prices. The cooler weather
has improved the quality somewhat
and it is now safe to put them in long
distance shipping orders. Chrysan-
themums are arriving in larger quan-
tities and while they arc moving fair-
ly well they are not bringing the
prices that they did last, year. White,
pink and yellow are to be had in all
the seasonable varieties and while
some of the stock arriving is of line
quality there is a lot of inferior stock
reaching the market and this is keep-
ing the price on the better grades
down. Pompons are to be had in lim-
ited supply in white and yellow. Sin-
gle and double violets are also to be

'MUMS

In Large Supply For

ALL SAINTS' DAY

Fancy White, Pink, Yellow

75c to $3.00 per dozen

Xlie stock that we will supply you
with at this price is the best obtain-
able in the Chicago Market and merits
your order.

M. C. GUNTERBERG

56 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central AK .

Mention the American Florist lohen writing

igi4.

The American Florist.

717

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

A FINE CROP OF WHITE, YELLOW, PINK, FOR ALL SAINTS' DAY.

If you could see the magnificent condition of our stock as it is now in our greenhouses, you would place your All
Saints' Day order with us. Be sure and send your regular order direct to the grower and they will be well taken care of.
Remember, we have over 2,000,000 feet of modern glass devoted exclusively to RoseS, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, etc.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stems... ^^ $2 BO to $3 00

30-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 75

20-inch stems 1 60

16-inch stems 1 26

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 36 to 50

Richmond

Per 100

Select $6 00 to $8 00

Medium 5 00

4 00

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer

Kiliarney

White KiUarney...

My Maryland

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward, j

Short .

5"^^!P \ $4.00, $6.00, $8.00 and $10.00 per 100

opneua ) p^j. jgo

Roses, our selection $3.00

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 3 00

Chrjsanthemums.per doz., $2.00 to $4.00

Harrisii 10 00 to 12 50

Valley 4 00 to BOO

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum 1 00

Asparagus per bunch, BOc

Ferns (new) ;. ...per 1.000, $2 00

Galax, Bronze and Green. ..$1 00 per 1000

Boxwood, per bunch 26c

Leucothoe Sprays 76c per 100

2,000,000 Feet of Modern Glass

had in large supply and the demand
for them has improved somewhat dur-
ing the past few days. Yellow daisies
are seen and a few snapdragons are
arriving. Bouvardia is also to be had
but is moving slowly. Greens of all
kinds are plentiful. .Several of the
dealers report receiving orders the last
week for chrysanthemums for All
.Saints' Day, which occurs on October
31. While conditions throughout the
south are not what they should be on
account of delaying marketing of the
cotton crop it appears as if All Saints'
Day will call for as much stock as
usual. The weather has turned warm-
er and at this writing, Wednesday,
October 21, it is just like spring outside.

NOTES.

Bassett & Washburn are cutting
some very fancy Alice Salomon chrys-
anthemums this week, -which are sell-
ing like hot cakes at their store. Busi-
ness has shown a gradual improve-
ment at this establishment and stock
of all kinds is now in better demand.
C. L. Washburn had a pleasant call
from his old friend, Frank M. Smith,
of Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, O., this
week.

N. J. Wietor says that Wietor Bros,
are just starting to cut chrysanthe-
mums and pompons, which are gradu-
ally coming into crop. In addition to
all the best paying standard varieties
they are now growing Indian Summer,
Chieftain, Alice Salomon and Golden
Salomon. Some fine Robert Halliday.
Chrysolora and Ramapo are now seen
here.

E. E. Pieser of Kennicott Bros. Co.
has been home sick for some time and
the store is now in charge of N. P.
Miller and Max Ringier. Mr. Miller
says that chrysanthemums are bring-
ing better prices this week owing to
the shortage of other stock.

A. Miller, of A. Henderson v<« Co..

took in the football game at Lansing,
Mich., on October 17 when the Michi-
gan Aggies gave the University of
Michigan eleven one of the hardest
scraps that it has encountered on the
gridiron for a long time. The final
score was 3 to 0 in favor of the uni-
versity team.

Frank M. Smith, of Smith & Fetters,
Cleveland, O., passed through the city
this week on his way back to Los An-
geles, Calif., where he has been spend-
ing the winter for several years. Mr.
Smith has an opportunity to dispose of
his magnificent home there, and if the
deal goes through he will build a new
residence at Hollywood.

Among the people in the market who
have suffered more or less from blood
poisoning as a result of handling roses
the past week are M. C. Gunterberg,
Tony Einweek, Michael Freres, Bert
Cole, O. Johnson and Joseph Kochka.

Nate Lewis, manager of Charlie
White, the American lightweight cham-
pion, is a partner of Sam Graff, who
operates the Art Floral Co., at 7 West
Monroe street, according to a report
from Chicago Heights.

J. G. Schumann, who was a mem-
ber of the firm of Schumann cit Kohout
until the firm dissolved partnership a
few weeks ago, will build a new range
of houses at Roundout next spring.

Frank Ayres is back on the job at
Chas. W. McKellar's store, after being
on the sick list for several days. His
mother arrived from Texas last week
to spend a few days with him.

Philip C. Schupp. of the J. A. Bud-
long staff, is confined to his home with
an attack of pneumonia. Wm. Hom-
berg is in charge at the store during
his absence.

Carl Thomas is back on duty at A.
L. Randall Co.'s store after spending
the summer on his farm.

Miss Margaret Didier. who manages

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CBIUGO

Spirit
Netting

6-INCH

4c per yard

Best Quality

the John Didier store at G027 North
Clark street, will be married in the
near future.

E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., has
been calling on the growers here the
past week.

Hoerber Bros, cut their first chrys-
anthemums this week.

718

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Oct. 24,

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolph 2081

CHICAGO.

Beauties-Roses- Carnations-^Mums

A. C. Kohlbrand received a letter
this -vveelv from J. F. Ammann, secre-
tary of tlie Illinois State Florists' As-
sociation, relative to the annual meet-
ing which will be held in joint session
with the Indiana State Society at the
annual chrysanthemum exhibition of
the Chrysanthemum Society of Ameri-
ca at Indianapolis. Ind.. November <)-S,
reciuesting him to help the good cause
along and bring as many members
with him as possible. Mr. Kohlbrand
also received a letter from Homer
Wiegand of Indianapolis stating that
his society has already purchased one
brewery and wanting to know if he
thinks it will l>e necessary to buy .an-
other. It appears as if the second
purchase depends largely on the local
boys who all seem to agree that in
order to play safe, the Hoosier gen-
tleman ought to go right ahej\d and
close the deal immediately. Evidently
Mr. Wiegand still remembers the
Windy ("ity crowd that he traveled
with at the Danville convention. Oh!
you Hoosier!

Poehlmann Bros. Co. is cutting in
ch*jsanthemums choice October Frost.
Virginia Poehlmann. McNiece, Alice
Salomon. Golden Salomon and white
and yellow pompons. Some of the
other varieties of chrysanthemums that
will follow and originated here are
Mary E. Meyer, white Maud Dean,
white McXiece. yellow Razer and pure
white Poehlmann. Smith's Ideal.
Chieftain and i Jconto are coming along
fine. The plant department unloaded
a carload of azaleas this week and an-
other shipment is due.

Peter Reinberg is cleaning up all his
stock each day. according to Felix
Reichling. who adds that business is
steadily improving. Jlrs. Chas. Russell
roses of fine quality is only one of the
many offerings at this store now. The
store foi'ee consisting of Miss McXulty.
Felix Reichling. Herbert Hansen. Peter
Baumann and Nicholas Weurstenberg
is going out to L. Hoeckner's farm at
Crystal Lake next Sunday, when Sto-
gie is going to treat them all to
chicken dinner.

A. T. Pyfer says that a runaway
team did some damage to the Pyfer &
Olsem range at AVilmette one day
this week when the end of one of the
houses was torn down. Repairs were
quickly made and consequently the
loss was not as large as it might have
been. Some tine chrysanthemums are
now seen at the Chicago Carnation
Co.'s store, where A. T. Pyfer so ably
presides.

Bernard Schmirer, proprietor of the
North Shore Floral Co.. says that
every greenhouse manufactu'-sr in the
city has been after his order since the
news, that he was going to build ap-
peared in The AjiEKiciX Floiust last
week. It the greenhouse manufactur-
ers will read all the other local notes
very carefully they will find another
good live lead. Go to it!

A novelty in the supply line that is
grflng to cut some figure in sales this
fall at Poehlmann Bros. Co.'s store is
prepared sea oats. It is as good as
ruscus and even better for some pur-
poses, especially for filling in baskets,
etc. T. K. Waters sold almost every-'

one that visited his department a
sample order the first day it was
lilaced on sale.

The Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Asso-
ciation is sending in some fine chrys-
anthemums to the E. F. Winterson
Co. The Winterson C6. has found
things very convenient since the sup-
ply department was jilaced alongside
the cut flower department, for it saves
the liuyer from going up a flight of
stairs.

Fred J. Wolfram is doing the buying
on the local market for A. Lange. the
well-known East Madison street florist.
Fred .started in at Lange's several
years ago as an errand boy and dur-
ing that time has made many friends
on the market, all of whom are pleased
to hear of his promotion.

Zech & Mann ^re handling large
quantities of chrysanthemums this
week, as well as their regular supply
of roses, carnations and other stock.
Their new store is coming in mrghty
handy this fall and every foot of floor
space is being used to advantage.

Dwight L. Harris says that business
has been good with the Pulverized Ma-
nure Co. and that all orders are being
given prompt attention and filled as
quickly as possible. Mr. Arnold, who has
charge of the Kansas City, Mo., oflice.
Avas married recently.

The Chicago Flower Growers' Asso-
ciation is showing fine stock in all
lines and the receipts of roses, chrysan-
themums and carnations are especially
large. "Trade is picking up in great
shape now and promises to continue so
at this establishment.

J. A. Budlong is in crop with white
and yellow Mile. Clementine Touset
chrysanthemums and choice blooms of
these are now seen at the Budlong
store. Orders for chrysanthemums for
All .Saints' day are now being booked
at this place.

Percy Jones' store is beginning to
take on its regidar fall appearance
now that chrysanthemums are again
arriving in large quantities. The de-
mand for 'spirit netting is fine and
new orders for same are arriving daily.

Lubliner iV; Trinz have had packed
houses in their new Biograph theater
on the north side, which was opened
recently. They run unusually fine pic-
tures, that are worth going a long dis-
tance to see.

Weiland & Risefi have made a num-
ber of changes in their wholesale
store, the most important one being
the moving of the office to the north-
west corner, facing the Randolph street
entrance.

The Batavia Greenhouse Co. was
cleaned out completely on stock on
October 17 with the exception of a
few American Beauty roses that O.
Johnson did not want to part company
with.

M. C. Gtmterberg reports that she is
now receiving regular shipments of
home grown single violets, the first lot
arriving last week.

Matt Kostka is doing well at his
new stand at .54.'i7 West Twenty-fifth
street since he opened and will build
a new greenhouse in the near future.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. had a busy
week and cleaned up in grand style in

Preserve Cut Flowers in

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BUCHBINDER BROS.

5 1 8 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. lU.

QUALITY AND STYLE IN
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1335 W. 35th St., CHICAGO, ILL.

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send for Catalog No. 71

— ,, whicli describes fully the

Flowers McCray Kcfriserators and

Display Cases for Florist.s.

MCCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,

670 Lake St., KENDALLVILLE, IND.

all lines. American Beauty roses and
chrysanthemums are the headliners at
this hustling establishment now.

Frank Kvert has purchased the store
and greenhouses of John Lange at
Melrose and Robey streets, taking pos-
session last week.

Raymond Ziska has been appointed
general manager of the shipping and
delivering departments at Joseph Zis-
ka's store.

Jack Byers. who is managing the C.
T. Johnson Co.'s store at Galesburg.
was in the city buying stocli this
week.

Frank Potocka. of the Frank Floral
Co.. is calling on the growers at Rich-
mond and Indianaiiolis. Ind.. tTiis week.

.^am Bloom is going to open a new
store at Sixty-third street and Wood-
lawn avenue on October ."iO.

Walter Amling. of Maywood. says he
is going to spend his honeymoon at the
San Francisco convention.

A baby girl gladdened the household
of F. J. Simons, of the Percy Jones
force, on October 10.

George Anderson, of the Poehlmann
Bros. Co. force, sprained his right
hand this week.

Mrs. Manke and Raymond Miller are
opening a new store at 5524 Ashland
avenue.

Edw. Meisserbach. formerly with the
E. C. Amling Co., is now with Harry
C. Rowe.

Miss Amy Forst is keeping the J. B.
Deamud Co.'s books again.

Goerger Bros., of Arlington Heights,
have just installed a new steam boiler.

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19

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

LARGE SUPPLY

'MUMS FOR ALL SAINTS' DAY

The cream of the market in White, Pink and Yellow is
what you will get if you place your order with us.

Beauties - - Roses - -'Mums - - Carnations

and everything else seasonable in Cut Flowers and Greens. Our supply is
unusually large this year and the qualitj- of the slock we are offering is of
exceptionally fine quality. If you want the best available at all times, always
be sure that your order goes direct to us. Our prompt and careful attention
to each and every order means much to you.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

'Mums for All Saints' Day

WHITE — PI NK — YELLOW

You can get just what you want here at the prices
you want to pay, so place your order with us.

Beauties===Roses===Carnations===Lilies===Valley==Orchids

GREENS OF ALL KINDS.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N. Wabash Ave., ""-^.j-^-^ CHICAGO

The Geo. Wittbold Co. has the order
to decorate the De Laval Separator
Co.'s exhibit at the Dairy Show. The
order calls for a garden effect through-
out and is in the hands of Ed. Arm-
strong, one of the Wittbold men.

August Poehlmann was receiving
congratulation."; on his forty-sixth
birthday anniversary this week.

A chrysanthemum show is in prog-
ress at the University of Chicago
greenhouses.

Visitors: E. G. Hili, Richmond, Ind.:
Frank M. Smith. Los Angeles. Calif.:
Jack Beyers. Galesburg; Louis Har-
tung. Two Rivers. J. T. Fitchett, Janes-
ville. Wis.

Dakvilt.e. Va. — C. T. Eldridge. flor-
ist, will move into new and commo-
dious Quarters in the Arcade building.

HOfSTox, Tex— W. T. Hauser. well
known Texas rose grower, has in-
creased his already large range by
taking over the busines of P. D. Hau-
ser.

Cook County Florists' Association.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion met at the Tavern. West Wash-
ington street, October \7>. with Pres-
ident Miller in the chair. The
San Francisco convention was the
principal discussion of the evening,
but as yet no special route has been
selected or any definite arrangements
been made. Invitations to stop off
at Denver. Colo.. Si)okane and Seattle,
Wash., and El Paso, Texas, were re-
ceived from the Chamber of Commerce
of each city. The coming meeting of
the Illinois State Florists' Association
at Indianapolis. Ind.. with the In-
diana State Society was also discussed
and all those present were urged to
attend if they found it possible to do
so.

HOERBER BROS.

•SSS?,', cm riowers

Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. — Mrs. M. T\'elter
and her son, Frank, are building a
small greenhouse on their property in
the First ward, and will hereafter de-
vote their time to the florist business.
They will be successful, for they have
a host of friends here and there is no
other florist store in the county.

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wholesale
Florlsis' Supplies

Write for Onr New Catalog

Tulsa. Okla. — A magnificent floral
parade October 10, in which the prin-
cipal wholesale, retail and manufac-
turing industries of the city were rep-
resented, was the crowning feature of
fashion week.

720

The American Florist.

Oct.

24,

Chrysanthemums For All Saints' Day

Extra Fancy White, Pink, Yellow, $2.00 to $4.00 per dozen.

Big Supply of Roses

Choice Killarney, White Killarney, Richmond, $4.00 to $6.00 per 100.
Best Grade Sunburst and Killarney Brilliant, $6.00 to $8.00 per 100.

Tremendous Cut of Carnations (De Luxe)

$2.00 to $3.00 per 100.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

30 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

A. T. PYFER,

Manager.

Cincinnati.

SUPPLY CLEANS UP FAIRLY WELL.

The market continues to improve.
Last week's midweek was rather dull
but the opening and closing were fair
and resulted in fair clearances. The
supply is still very heavy and larger
than the call for stock. Shipping busi-
ness is fair. Chrysanthemum receipts
are heavy and it will probably not be
many weeks before the usual fall glut
ofc this flower will be here. All colors
and sizes of blooms may be had. Rose
cuts continue large and are of a very
high average quality. The same is
true of American Beauty roses. Car-
nations are larger and better and in
a heavier supply than before. The lily
offerings are easily able to take care
of all present requirements of the mar-
ket for this flower. Both dahlias and
cosmos continue to arrive in quantity.
Both orchids and lily of the valley are
offered. The latter finds a fair mar-
ket. The supply of greens is large
enough to take care of all immediate
demands.

NOTES.

C. E. Critchell has been receiving
large lots of excellent roses, princi-
pally in the Killarneys and American
Beauties.

Fred. Gear and wife are among the
best exponents of and devotees of the
Ostend polka and fox trot in this city.

L. E. Berno, of Mansfield, C, stopped
in this city while motoring from his
home to Orlando, Fla.

Last week J. A. Peterson made a
trip through eastern Ohio and western
Pennsylvania.

other visitors were : "Sprinkleproof"
Sam Seligman, New York City, and
Eddie Fancourt of the S. S. Pennock-
Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

H.

Providence, R. I.

Trade the past week has been quiet
with very little doing in any line of
the business. Chrysanthemums are
still coming better than ever and of
good quality, carnations are looking
better every day, and violets are start-
ing to come in now, but are not staple
^ough to handle in any quantity.

NOTES.

The Rhode Island Horticultural
Society will hold its annual exhibition
of chrysanthemums and pot plants on
November 3-4 in the parlors of the
Mathewson street M. E. church. Any-
one can exhibit at this show and a
good many entries are looked for. ,

Westminster Greenhouses have their
houses filled with chrysanthemums,

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES

And All Other Reasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

Free

This Fine

■m

BUDDING
KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

and also have some sword ferns that
are very good.

A new flower store is to be opened
in the Blackstone hotel by an out-of-
town party.

M. Macnair returned from Europe.
October 19, after an extended stay
there.

H. A. T.

Michigan Hortlculfural Society.

The Michigan Horticultural Society
will hold its winter session at Kala-
mazoo, Dec. 1-3, and piominent grow-
ers from all over the state will appear
on the programme. One of the largest
exhibitions ever arranged in connec-
tion with the annual meeting will be
a feature of the Kalamazoo conven-
tion.

NOW Is the Time

To Order Your

Christmas Baskets.

Be sure that you buy them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever offered,
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail florist of today needs. Send lor
our new catalog, just off the press, make
up your order from the new list and send it
to us immediately. A postal will do.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To react! our store take a Chicago Avenue,
Division Street. Milwauliee .-X venue or Armit-
age Avenue car at State and Randolph Streets
and Bet off at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

Mention the American Florist when iorUing

Chambersbtjro, Pa.— Having spent
12 years in Pittsburgh, Pa., in grow-
ing roses, plants and shrubs, H. P.
Plaster has returned to this city and
engaged in business for himself.

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

1 79- 1 8 1 - 1 83 N. Wabash Avenue,

e

o.

CHICAGO

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and 'Mums

and All Other Seasonable Stock Solicited.

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAGO, ILL

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Floyyers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Uention the American Florist when writing

W. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

LoDK Distance Phoce. Randolph 3010
Uention the American Florist when writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago
ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Uention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., • - Chicago

Telephone, Central 3284.
Uention the American Florist when writing

J. a BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

GUT FLOWERS

VALLEY, ROSES WBOLESALK

and CARNATIONS ennulcp nc

A Specialty BnUWtn Ur

VtioMeFIo¥erMArl(et>s

Chicago, Oct. 21.

Roaes, Beauty, specials

36-in

30in

24 in

20-in

15-in

12-in

Per doz,
300
2 50
2 00
1 50
1 25
1 00
75
Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@15 CO

" Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

•• White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

'• RheaReid 3 00® 8 00

■• MyMaryland 3 00@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@15 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00@10 00

" Milady 3 00@10 00

" Sunburst 3 00@10 00

" Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 00@10 00

•• Hadley 3 00@15 00

;; Ophelia 3 00@15 00

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...perdoz... 6.00@7 50
Chrysanthemums. $2.00 to $5.00 per doz.
Pompons, 50c per bunch.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@$4.00 per doz.

Gladioli 4 00@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@15 00

Valley 4 00(8 5 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns.... '• 1 00@2 00

Galax ■' 10018125

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy. ...per 1000, 5 00@6 00
PlumasusString;s..eacb, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00@2 50

Spreneeri. Pluroosus Sprays 3 00® 4 00

Boxwood. 25c per lb.

^ V ^84 NO WABASH AVE.***

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PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CmCAOO

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

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WHOLESALE

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IN CHICAGO.

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CHICAGO.

L. D. 'nones Central 1978 and 1977.

A. L. Randall Co.,

^^wie^ 66 E.Randolph St., ^^W^a
e^l^^ CHICAGO, ILL. e^«^9

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White Killarney roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try ns.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

WietorBros.

wh^'-i^ CUT FLOWERS

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

167 N. Wabash Ave., Chicagc

722

The American Florist.

Oct. 24,

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

\ MILWACKEE, WIS.

HOLTON k mm. CO.

462 Milwaukee St„

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
B0U1L.D 'phones. ST. LOUIS, MO.

sappiies and ETerytliiiig U season always on tani
Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310 Pine street ST. LOUIS. MO.

Philadelphia.

SOCfAL FUNtTIONS IXCREASE DEMAND.
Numerous weddings and debutante
affairs have brought activity to the
market the past week, there being a
fairly good demand, particularly tor
the stock. There is. however, such an
increase in the supply that an over-
stock is apparent all the time. There
has been no frost as yet, so that all
outside flowers, such as dahlias and
cosmos, are seen on every hand in
great quantities. Heavy rains the past
week have put new life into the dahlias
and the growers will probably get some
i-eturns to help out their poor season.
American Beauty roses are very plenti-
ful, as in fact are all the other stand-
ard sorts. They have recovered from
the mildevi- period and the quality is
fine. The Hadley looks as if it was
going to fight for first place in its
color. Some very good blooms have
been seen. Chrysanthemums are now
getting to be a factor, there being
qua,ntities offered, rather more than
the market demands. Chrysolora, Co-
moleta and Unaka were varieties added
the past week. Cattleyas are freely
offered and will soon be on the depart-
ment store counter, being offered at
low prices in quantity. There appears
to be sufficient valley for all demands.
A'iolets are getting better but do not
as yet keep until the next day.
NOTES.

At the meeting of the RetaU
Florists' Association, held October lo,
at the Benjamin Franklin club, the
work for the coming season was out-
lined. This is a live, progressive asso-
ciation and will make itself felt, par-
ticularly in the line of publicity and
pushing the business from a retail
stanclpoint.

The greenhouses at Fifty-ninth street
and Gibson avenue, lately managed by
Charles Dissel, are to be run by
August Albert, of Washington, D. C.
There is quite a range of glass here.
It has changed hands a number of
times in the iiast ten years.

The scare about European importa-
tions seems to have been premature, at

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

448 Mil

P. O. Box 206.

waukee

St., Mllwaukee.Wis.

Prompt Shipments
' the Right Price

NEW FANCY FERNS.

Sphagnum Moss^'Good and Clean.

Cj_ _^ _ I ^-, ,, _ I Wholesale Floriat.

• A* IVUCtllN} 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VltoMeHowerM&rKeU

Philadelphia, Oct. 21. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@15 00

■• Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00010 00

'• Killarney 2 00® 6 00

•• White Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" Liberty 4 00® 6 00

■■ Mock 8 00@10 00

" Bulgaria 3 006)6 00

•■ Sunburst 3 00® 6 00

•■ Kaiserin 2 000 8 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Asters 2 00@ 5 00

Cattleyas 35 00@50 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00® 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas 50® 1 00

Chrysanthemums 8 00®lh 00

Violets •. ,50® 75

Snapdragons 4 00® f> 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Oct. 21.

Roses. Beauty, special

" ]| fancy

extra

No, 1.

Per 100

15 00

12 00

800

4 00

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland. .„ 2 00® 6 00

" Sunburst 2 00® 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

Mrs. Mock 6 00

Carnations 2 00

Cattleyas 35 00

Dahlias 2 00® 3 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum 1 00

Yellow Daisies 50

Chrysanthemums.. per doz.,$1.50®$2 .50

Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35@40

" Sprays per bunch, 35®40

least as to plants, as quite large im-
portations of boxwood and azaleas
hiive arrived safely, H. A. Dreer, Inc.,
the Robert Craig Co.. and William K.
H.arris have received large consign-
ments the past week.

J. J. Habermehl's Sons are to open
a new store in the Ritz-Carleton ho-

RI6E BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

''DAISY'' RIBBON

Just the right quality for Florists' use. (10 yds.
to bolt ) Can be had in white, pink, violet, purple
• r yellow.

No. 22. ..per bolt, $1.10 No. 80,, per bolt, $1,65
No. 40. ..per bolt. 1.25 No. 100. . per bolt, 2.00
No. 60. .. per bolt. 145 .Get a sample. it's free.)

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wholesale Florist. 1324 Pine St., ST.LOUIS.M0.

Milwaukee, Oct. 21, Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per doz., I 50® 4 00

Killarney and W, Killarney 3 00® 8 00

Ward, Taft, Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@15 00

Ophelia 3 00@10 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Chrysanthemums. per doz,, 1 00® 3 00

Lilies 10 00

Snapdragon, per bunch. 25c @50c

Rubrum Lilies 3 00® 4 00

Valley 4 00

Violets 50

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The American Florist.

723

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR PHILADELPHIA GROWN

$1.00 to $3.00
per dozen.

They are Beauties of unusual quality. It'stoyouradvantage to try them and make comparison, if you are not using them now.

TNE LEO NIESSEN CO., N.wTori%'C.?ifi^cs.. Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

Boffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, RusseUs, Mock,

Killarney, Sunburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

Ooe block (roai express d. pot.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

tel. Large additions have been made
to this building the past summer, malv-
iiig it one of the handsomest hotels in
the city. The opening will be about
the middle of November.

American Beauty roses and chrysan-
themums a;re leaders with the Leo
Niessen Co. the past week. Cattelyas
are also a feature, wliile dahlias are
also handled in quantity.

William Swayne and wife, of Ken-
net Square, Pa., have returned from a
trip to California. They were much
impressed witli its beautiful flowers
and glorious climate.

K.

Boston.

W.Vinr \\E-\TIIKI! FOltCES IX BIG SUPPLY.

During the past week business ha--^
fallen off considerably. The weather
has been hot and has brought out
quantities of flowers, roses being espe-
cially plentiful. Chrysanthemums a»e
finding a fairly good market. October
Frost and Golden Glow being the lead-
ers. Smith's Advance, Unaka, Polly
Rose and Chrysolora are good sellers,
although not as plentiful as the former
two. Carnations are plentiful, but
prices are very poor for the quality of
flowers that are being sent to the mar-
kets. There has been quite a little
said about various methods of relieving
market congestions. One of Boston'.'^
leading retail florists, during a talk
with the writer on the subject, ex-
liressed his ideas by saying that the
average retailer is not satisfied with
a moderate profit on his goods; with
a little advertising and by bearing in
mind the fact that the public of
today is looking for a square deal,
he says that flowers and plants would
find their way into homes that now
consider such things an expensive lux-
ury, and that the business In general
would be vastly benefited.

NOTES.
William Tailby. of Wellesley. Mass..
finds that all liis bulbs from Holland
are in good shape, the only objection
being that more bulbs were sent than
were ordered, and that the freight
rates were higher than preceding years
by about one-third. His azaleas left
Antwerp September 28 and are now
in New York. This was one of the
last shipments to leave that port and
he considers himself fortunate upon
getting them across.

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Killarney, Richmond, Maryland and all tiie
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON, MASS.

=\

J

VlioMe Flower MwKeU

Boston, Oct. 21. Per 100

Roses, Beauty 1 00@25 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

Hadley 1 00@10 00

Cardinal I 00@12 00

Mock 1 CO® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

Sunburst 1 00® 8 00

Taft 1 00® 800

Milady 1 00@ 8 00

Ward and Hillintdon 1 00© 6 00

My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00@4o 00

Gladiolus Anierica....per doz., 75@1 00
common types. .per doz.. 50
Lilium Longiflorum and Rubrum. 5 00@ 6 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25® 30

Asters 35® 50

Bdffalo. Oct. 21. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

extra 10 00@12 00

No. 1 8 00®10 00

No. 2 2 00® 4 00

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

•• White Killarney 2 00® 6 00

MyMaryland 2 000 7 00

Killarney Queen 2 00® 6 00

Hillingdon 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 00® 7 00

" Sunburst 3 00® 7 00

■• Ward 300@500

•■ Taft 3 00® 7 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilies 7 00@10 00

Cattleyas 35 00®50 00

Gladiolus 2 00® 3 00

Carnations 1 00® 2 50

Dahlias 1 00® 3 00

Snapdragons 2 00® 3 00

Violets 40® 60

'Mums. pink, white and yellow. 5c@20c
Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Spreneeri. .. 35® 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Oct. 21.

Roses, Beauty per doz.. $1 00®$3 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

MyMaryland 2 00® 5 00

Richmond 2 00® f> 00

" Taft 2 00® 6 00

Lily of the Valley 4 0O@ 5 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 00

Asparagus Plumosas,.per bcb., 25c

Carnations 1 50® 2 00

Orchids, per doz 5 00® 6 00

Chrysanthemums, per doz.. SO.50@$2.00

At a meeting of the stockholders at
the Boston Co-operative Flower Mar-
ket it was decided to postpone their
meeting from October 31 until Novem-
ber 0 on account of its being Hallow-

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM GO.,

Cleveland. Ohio
Piltsburgli. Pa.

BERGER BROS.

T\ A UT T A C In laree assortment,
l//\£llji/\d ^ggj varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shipping: facilities.

1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. E. CRITCHELL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Third St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and SuppUei

St. Louis, Oct. 21. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 8 00@12 50

short stems 2 00® b 00

Killarney 2 00® 4 00

My Maryland 2 00® 4 OO

White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

■■ Aaron Ward 1500 4 00

" Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

■' Ophelia 4 00® 8 00

" Milady 3 00® 6 OO

Valley 4 Of® 5 00

Carnations 1 50® 2 50

Gladiolus 3 00

Rubrum 6 000 8 00

Tuberoses 2 00® 3 00 ,

Asparagus Spreneeri. per bu..25@50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..2S@60

Harrisii 8 00

Ferns per 1000. ISO

e'en. The annual stockholders' meet-
ing will take place in the morning and
in the evening there will be a dinner
for stockholders and stall holders.

The .K-day drought which has been
menacing vegetation and the water
supply was broken Friday. October 16,
by a steady rain lasting until Satur-
day night, October IT. The drought
was assuming serious proportions, it
being the longest period of dry weather
since the weather bureau started to
keep record. 98 years ago.

On Columbus Day, William Findlay
and Walter Holden from the Boston
Co-operative Flower Market, took a

724

The American Florist.

Oct.

24,

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Paper White Grdfl., I4cm. up

..case of lOOiJ bulbs
. ■■ " 1250 ■•
. •• '• ISOO "
. •■ •• 250 ■'
. •• •• 300 ••

.. '• '■ SCO ■•

cash wi'li order.

$9.00
22.00
22.00
15.00
16.50
16.50

French Gr. ^oleild'or, praco\

Lilium rormosum, 7 4 inch

Lllium Multif lorum, 7 9-inch

Lilium Giganteum, 7-y-inch :...

Special discount of 5% for

gunning trip to Tewksbury, Mass. It
is believed that somebody informed the
pheasants of the approach of the two
gunners, as only one "foolish young
one" was bagged.

Henry Zum Brunnen, of Auburndale.
Mass., is one of the small local grow-
ers whose stock always looks clean and
thrifty. At present he is marketing
Chrysanthemums Halliday, Smith's Ad-
vance and Chrysolora. He has a batch
of Ivory nearly ready to cut that are
especially fine.

Wm. Hannon & Son, of Dorchester,
are marketing some very fine chryaoa-
themums and longifiorum lilies. Their
Chrysolora and Ivory are extra fine.
They have one of their houses devoted
entirely to Adiantum Croweanum, all
looking very promising.

Caroline Ball, of Southboro, Mass.. is
shipping to the Boston Co-operative
Flower Market some very fine spikes
of Snapdragon Nelrose for this time of
year. She also has good dark pink
and white, both of which find a ready

fhe Budlong Rose Co., of Auburn,
R. I., is cutting flowers of Chrysolora
six to eight inches in diameter borne
on stems from three to five feet. Their
Pacific Supreme and Early Snow are
ailso especially good.

Nathan A. Hudson has been cutting
yellow marguerites all summer and
fall. At present he is cutting from
1,500 to 2.000 a week and soon ex-
pects to have a large crop of good
flowers.

A. G. Cartwright, of Waltham, is
cutting heavily on roses at present.
Pink and White Killarney and Rich-
mond are all he grows. The flower.s
are of excellent quality.

William Elliot is sending from his
Brighton range some very good pot
■chrysanthemums. Harry Pam and six
varieties of Caprice are the leaders.

E. H. Woods of Brookline, has com-
menced to market violets. His chry-
santhemums are looking well and he
will commence shipping them soon.

Louis Small of Tewksbury is cutting
bachelor buttons in large quantities.
It is possible, he says, to cut 10,000 a
day if necessary.

The Halifax Garden Co. are cutting
some very fine early chrysanthemums.
Their Smith's Advance are specially
-worthy of note. F. L. W.

New York.

MABKET TAKES A SLUMl'.
The business of the past week,
-which opened under reasonable con-
•ditions, became very dull by October
15. The chrysanthemums came in
with a rush and it was hard to find
a market for many of them. In roses,
•carnations, orchids, lilies and various
other stocks there was no scarcity
and as a consequence, the wholesale
district was rather gloomy. As it
appears to the writer, the final word
should be with the retailers, because
they deal directly with all the people.
JJnusual conditions, which now pre-
vail, call for new methods. It is use-
less for the various branches of the
florist business to get into a wrangle;
they must stand together. Past ex-
perience in other lines of business has
proved that commercial warfare has
been destructive to the interests of
all concerned. Since we have taken
up this matter, the whole story may
as well be told. So far as we can

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

learn, a number of retailers claim
that one man who runs a chain of
stores, several of them in connection
with large department stores, can buy
stock in the wholesale district at
greatly reduced rates. On investiga-
tion we have been told that the stock
which he buys is surplus stock and
that he gets it at a reduced rate for
the si;nple reason that nobody else
would buy it and that it would other-
wise be lost. It seems incredible that
there should be among the whole-
salers any prejudice against the re-
tailers who have been their patrons
for many years. ' This is a matter
that cannot be hid "under a bushel,"
and we wish that both sides would
come out in the open and present
their respective views of the case
in order that the whole trade may be
well informed.

October 1!J. — While necessarily there
must be some buying on a Monday
morning, the general situation is rather
gloomy than otherwise. The market
is full of all kinds of stock, excepting
lily of the valley, which is not plenti-
ful. Prices elsewhere quoted are for
fresh stock that is soon sold, but it
must be considered that a dealer may
sell, say, 100 good roses, and have
1,000 left on his hands, which must be
disposed of at ridiculously low figures,
or lost. The above is a statement
which it is not agreeable to the writer
to make, but it is the truth. There
was a time, a few weeks ago, when we
thought the dahlia crop was ruined
by the drought, but they are coming
now, and it is a problem what can
be done with them. Violets are an
almost impossible proposition. A very
reliable man of the wholesale district
who is an expert on violets has just
stated that he received a shipment on
the evening of October 17 that at this
writing were yet on his hands. The
chrysanthemums, being a new feature
in the season, are receiving some at-
tention, but nothing compared with
former years. One of the best growers
of chrysanthemums within a thousand
miles of New York has recently stated
to the writer that : "So far as this
business is concerned, I am getting to
be a pessimist." Turning to the re-
tailers, there are men in the retail
business of this city who have been
in it for many years and who cao
be depended upon to state facts. They
agree that business is about as bad as
it can be for this season of the year.
In all this, which may seem to be a
tale of woe. there remains one cheer-
ing note. The people of this city have
already contributed .over $800,000 to
the Red Cross Society for the allevia-
tion of the sufferings of the unfortunate
men who, through no fault of theirs,
have been sent to a field of slaughter,
over which civilization weeps.

NOTES.

What was at first generally taken
as a "flying report" seems now to have
assumed definite shape, as it is au-

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my frieods throughout tht
country that alt orders to be shipped, will receire
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America,

WILLIAMP. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5355

thoritatively announced that the large
store formerly occupied by Stern Bros.,
on Twenty-third street, between Fifth
and Sixth avenues, will be remodeled
and patterned after London's famous
Covent Garden. We learn that the
promoter of the enterprise is Albert B.
Ashworth, a very clever business man
of .this city. It is stated that Starrett
& Van Vieck, well-known architects,
have been commissioned to remodel the
building. The roof will be covered
with a large greenhouse where cut
flowers, plants and other horticultural,
features will be on sale. It is stated
that about $300,000 will be expended
in remodeling the building and that
when the market opens. May 1, 1915, it
will be possible to buy anything, from
powder-puffs to pigs' feet.

Down at 35 Liberty street, which is
quite near to Wall street, we found
Ben. Warendorff looking prosperous
and happy. Ben., it may be stated, is
one of the noted .Warendorff family,
who have all been successful in the re-
tail florist business. There are Her-
man. Alexander, Richard, Benjamin
and Edward, all clever and active men
in the business, and their industry has
brought them success.

Rumors come iij so thick and fast re-
lating to- new wholesale houses that it
is impossible to verify all of them. The

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The American Florist.

725

J. K. ALLEN

EatabUshed 1878

108 West 28ih Street
New York

Wliolesale Commlsaion Dealer In Cut Flowers.

Now prepared for Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Autumn" wilf
soon reign, ship me your chrysanthemums. I can also handle good dahlias.
Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed, The usual supply of roses,
lily of the valley and other greenhouse stock.
Open at 6 a. m. every mornine. Pbones 167 and 4468 Madlaon Square.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid. $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOfilST CO., 440 S. Oearborn Si. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly & Schenck

Wlalesale Florisis ud Cut Flower Eiduage
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Ordlids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St,, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26tta Street

NEW YORK CITY

Telephone: 3864 Madison Square.

latest is that Franlc Sheehan and
"Sliorty" Hart, both well-known men
in Twenty-eighth street, are about to
establish a wholesale business. It is
stated that they have engaged Arthur
Baker, another well-known man, as
general manager and publicity agent.

A leading wholesaler has recently
.stated that he is greatly vexed with
the levity that prevails in this district.
In that declaration he has our whole-
hearted and cordial support. There are
times for serious thought, and the
study of the Bible and prayer-book
would have a more useful and lasting
effect than the manipulation of the
dice-box.

"Weakfish are bitin'." J. K. Allen
recently went down to one of the
weakfish preserves on the New Jersey
■coast and caught a large number.
"Joe," a young fellow that Mr. Allen
keeps in his store because he always
tells the truth, says that the boss had
to hire two men to carry his fish home.

The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. now
have a large show-room over their cut
flower store, wljich is devoted exclu-
sively to supplies and ribbons. Joseph
E. H. Morichard is in charge of this
■department. Considering his size, he
has a long name.

Mr. Peacock, of the Peacock Dahlia
Farms, Berlin, N. J., was a recent vis-
itor and is sending good stock to this
market. He was recently in an auto-
mobile accident, and though slightly
disfigured, is still in the ring. Another
visitor was William P. Craig, Phila-
delphia, Pa.

Calling recently on John Curry, the
retailer of 1118 Lexington avenue, we
found him busy and hopeful relating
to the outlook. While Mr. Curry is not
a man who goes in for vaudeville

Geo. C. Siebrecht

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Sqnare
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^353i3533 Sid. sq. 133 W. 28th St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMe Rower MM'KeU

New York, Oct. 21.

Roses, Beauty, special 10

extra and fancy... 6

No. land No. 2... 3

" Mrs. Geo. Sbawyer, special 4

" " " extra... 3

" N0.I&N0.2

White Killarney. special... 4

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3

No. land No. 2..
" Queen, special.. 3

Brilliant 1

" Aaron Ward

" Richmond

'* Sunburst

" Taft

" Milady, special 4

■■ J L.Mock 1

" Hadley 1

Ophelia 1

Carnations

Cattleya Orchids, special

inferior grades. 10
Lilies. Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 4

Lily of the Valley

Chrysanthemums per doz., 1

Violets

Gardenias per doz., $1.00@I2 CO

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum

Asparagus Plumosus doz. bcbs. 1

Smilax doz. strings.

Per 100

00@15 00
00@ 8 00
00@ 5 00
00® 5 00
000 4 00
50@ 1 50
00@ 5 00

00@4 00
50© 1 00
OOa 4 00
00@ 6 00
50@ 6 00
50@ 6 00
50® 6 00
S0@ 6 00
0C@ 5 00
00® 6 00
00® 6 00
00@ 6 00
75® 1 50
25 00
00@15 00
00@ 5 00
3 00
50@ 4 00
25@ 35

1 00

00@ 2 00

1 00

United Gut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones; Madison Square 594-4422.

We solicit consignments of cut flowers of all kinds

books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS, Manager.

methods, he has a good store and a
nice business.

Edgar J. Spiess, formerly in the
florist business at 218 Peach street,
Buffalo, N. Y.. has taken a position as
salesman with C. C. Trepel in the
flower department of the Bloomingdale
store, Lexington avenue and Fifty-
ninth street.

Thomas Young, florist, at 500 Fifth
avenue, has leased the store at 541
Fifth avenue, in the Lorraine hotel,
southeast corner of Forty-fifth street,
for a term of years at about $8,000 a
year.

A report from Tarrytown, which has
not been verified, is to the effect that
the grape crop of Westchester county
has been greatly damaged by honey
bees which are devouring the grapes.

There are rumors that the spring
flower show, scheduled for the Grand
Central Palace, may be abandoned.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. CoasigDments solicited

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchange

Cooean BldK., 6th av. and W. 26th St., New York

Open for Cut Flower Sales

at 6 o'clock CTcry aiorning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertisinf.

V. S. DORVAL, Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT BVERQRBBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
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24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

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NEW YORK

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The finest yellow chrysanthemums
seen in the wholesale district on Oc-
tober 10 were at M. C. Ford's and were
grown by Robert Leach, Jersey City.

The United Cut Flower Co. is hand-
ling^ fine chrysanthemum stock. Peter
Cardelas, a well-known salesman, is
now with this company.

William Kessler is handling very
fine chrysanthemums grown by A. E.
Powell, Tenafly, N, J. A. F. F.

726

The American Florist.

Oct. 24,

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society.

The members of the Westchestei' and
Fairfield Horticultural Society spent a
very pleasant evening at the meeting
of the society held in their rooms in
Doran's hall. Greenwich, Conn., Friday
evening. October 9. President Robert
Williamson called the meeting to order
promptly at eight o'clock. A very
large attendance was present. One
new active member was elected: also
one honorary member. The fall show
committee reported everything in readi-
ness for a successful exhibition to be
held at Germania hall, New Rochelle,
N. Y., November 4-(«. The schedule is
now ready for distribution and con-
tains many attractive classes for ex-
hibits of flowers, fruits, vegetables and
floral decorative art. for which hand-
some prizes of cash, silver cups, cut
glass and silverware are provided.
•Schedules, entry blanks, etc., may be
had from the secretary of the show
committee, Oscar Addor, Larchmont,
N. Y.

In the death of Henry Darlington
the society loses a good friend and pa-
tron. Mr, Darlington was a life mem-
ber of the society, and his interest has
l)een appreciated by the entire member-
ship. A committee w^as appointed to
draft resolutions of sympathy, the same
to be spread upon the minutes, and a
copy to be sent to the bereaved fam-
ily.

The feature of the evening -was the
lecture by Nathan F. Barrett, of New
Rochelle, N, Y,, whose subject was
"Landscape Architecture," The speaker
is a past master in the art of holding
the interest of an audience, and he
pointed out very clearly the relative
positions and difference between the
artist and the gardener. The speaker
was awarded a rising vote of thanks
for his instructive and pleasing lecture.

There was a remarkaldy fine display
on the exhibition tables. The special
prize offered by Robert Allen, of Green-
wich, Conn., for the liest six varieties
of outdoor grown vegetables w-as won
by J. B. Andrew^ A cultural certifi-
cate was awarded to Robert William-
son for a fine collection of vegetables.
The judges also made the following
awards : Vote of thanks for vase of
Chrysanthemum Golden Glow, from
John Beck & Sons; vote of thanks to
Carl Hankenson for vases of Hadley
roses and Chrysolora chrysanthemum;
vote of thanks to James Stuart for
vases of hardy early flowering Chrys-
anthemum Normandie and Conoclini-
um coelestinum; the latter is a
very fine subject for outdoor dec-
oration, and very valuable as a
cut flower, being a beautiful blue
in color and hardy; vote of thanks
to Robert Grunnert for four vases car-
nations in variety. John Conroy re-
ceived a vote of thanks for seedling
chrysanthemum, a cross between Mrs.
H. Robinson and Cheltrin. Robert
Williamson received honorable men-
tion for a display of peaches, musk
melons and English walnuts. John B.
Andrew was accordeS a vote of thanks
for six specimen apples. A cultural
certificate was awarded to E. Lewis for
a display of specimen onions. An in-
teresting display of dahlias of all types
was staged by P. W. Popp. One hun-
dred and ten varieties were shown and
the exhibit was awarded a cultural cer-
tificate. The next meeting will be held
November 13.

. P. W. POPP. Cor. Sec'y.

Om.viia, Neb. — All necessary arrange-
ments for a thorough and complete ex-
hibition of chrysanthemums, carn.a-
tions, hyacinths and other winter-
blooming plants have been made by
Commissioner of Parks J. C. Hummel,
The exhibit will be in the greenhouses
at Hanscom park during the winter,
months.

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catalogues, hangers, mail cards,
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We have on hand a large stock of post cards, containing these
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Be sure to secure our specimens before you decide your
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Direct from tiie woods to the dealer, NEW CROP NOW READY.

Dagger and Fancy Ferns. . . .80c per 1000; case of 5.000, $3 .'0

Green Galax 50c perlOOO; case of 10,000, 4.00

Green Leucothoe (long) per 1,000. $2,00

Green I,eucothoe (short) per 1,000. 1 00

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A LLNurserymen, Seedsmen and Klorists wishing
■*^ to do business with Europe should send for the

"florticnltnral Advertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
subscription, to cover cost of postage, 75c,

As the H, A, is a purely trade medinm. appli-
cantsshould. with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address Editors of "H. A."

ChllweU Nurseries, LOWDHAM, Notts, England

Nassau County Horticultural Society.

t'LUB MEETINd,

The monthly meeting of the Nassau
I'ounty Horticultural .Society was held
October 14, at Pembroke hall. Glen
Cove. N. y.. President Henry Gaut in
the chair. Mrs. H. L. Pratt was elected
to honorary membership. A motion
was carried to send a letter of sym-
pathy fo W. E. Kimball on the death
(if his wife, who was an honorary
member of this society. Judges for the
monthly exhibits were J. Holloway,
L, F, Johnstone, H. Hutton and awards
were as follows :

Three bunches of grapes, three
varieties — Henry Gaut. 3st,

Twelve apples, two varieties — Her-
man Boettcher. 1st.

Six pears — FranR Petroccia. 1st,

A cultural certificate was awarded
to Herman Boettcher for 12 varieties
of apples and honorable mention for
vase of delphinium. Honorable mention
was given to Henry Gaut for 12
i|uinees, John W, Everitt was presented
with the E, W. Townsend cup for roses
won at the dahlia show. James Glad-
stone was appointed manager of the
fall show, October 20-.';0. Exhibits for
the next meeting. November 11. will be
chr.vsanthemums. three white, three yel-
low and three pink. President Henry
Gaut donated a prize of .$10 for the
best table decoration of chrysanthe-
mums, for assistant gardeners only:
First prize. .$.5; second prize. .f.'5 and
third prize .$2. After the meeting a
.social evening will be enjoyed by the
members to which all memliers .Tre in-
vited.

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.
E. A. BEAVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment. $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

XMAS GREENS

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Choice Case Holly, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Ropinjg, Can furnish any amount.
I have any thing in greens. Better write
your requirements.

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High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

I'AI.L SUUW.

Drought and unseasonable weather
during the past few weeks were respon-
sible for only .a limited display of
dahlias at the f.all show of the society.
In other outdoor flowers, and in the
vegetable and fruit classes, however,
the display was particularly meritori-
ous, Henry Gaut. gardener for Mrs.
H, L. Pratt. James Duthie. gardener
for Mrs. E. M. Townsend. and Frank
Pettrocia, gardener for .Anton G,
Hodenpyl had noteworthy displays in
the different classes.

Harry Joyces. Cor. Sec'y.

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The American Florist.

727

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

KsUbUihed In 18S7.

^mlM.

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone. Graceland 1112.

Send as your retail orders.

WE HAVE THE BEST FACaiTIES IN THE CITY

Mention the American Florist when writing

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San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Sncceasor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

eO KEARNEY STREET

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Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHrrTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQM, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph DeliTery.
Mention the American Florist when toriting

Cinciimati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. WabMb Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnnt St., Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhonses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' TelegraDh Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .^ss'n.

— FOR —

Telegraph
Orders

You will need

The New Edition

of our

Trade
Directory

Containing the Names and
Addresses of Florists of the
United States acd Canada.

Price, $3.00 Postpaid.

American Florist Co.,
440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., COR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

T^ELBGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-•- any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all orders
from imknown correspondents.

Cable address; .^lkxconnell.
Western Union Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Gay Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choice
Beaatles, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Sonare.
42 West 28tb Street.

To ont'Of-town fiorists
We are in the Heart of

NEW YORK

.'\nd give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.//.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Audilorigm Amei. CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

.\nderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in BoffalO, LOCkport,

Niagara FaUs and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

St. Paul, Minn.

L L MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for deliTerr
in tbis section from the

LEADIN6 FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST
CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Ass'n.
Mention the American Florist when writing

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The American Florist.

Oct. 24,

DESI6NS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

Eatablished 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents In all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders tor any place in the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; the largest stock: the greatest
"Variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
aigbt and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveriei

ttirougbout the state and to all steamship docks
lo Hoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWNFLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
to^vns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

^ Both Phones No. 40

Long Distance No. 40

CAREFI7L ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YOBK
No. 22 West B9th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Meaben sf the Florists' Tdesnph Ddirwy.

PHILADELPHLA and VICINITY.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELFBIA, PA.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mich.
C. ■

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.
Alpha. Floral Co., Des Mclnes, la.
Anderson. S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo. N. T.
Archias Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo.
Atlanta Floral Co.. Atlanta. Ga.
Bauscher, John, Freeport. 111.
Begerow's, Newark, N. J.
Blackistone. Washington, D. C.
Boland, J. B., San Francisco.
Bragg, Ross, Rochester, Minn.
Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.
Breitmeyer's Sons, John, Detroit,
Brown Bros. & Co.. Vancouver. B.
Buckhee. H. W., Rockford, 111.
California Florists, Tacoma. Wash.
Clarke's Sons. David. New York.
Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.
Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Washingtoi^
Daniels & Fisher. Denver, Colo.
Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave.. New York.
Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.
Duluth Floral Co.. Duluth. Minn.
Dunlop's. 96 Yonge St.. Toronto, Can.
Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.. Albany. N. Y.
Freeman. Mrs. J. B.. Toledo, O.
Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.
Friedman, Chicago.
Furrow & Co., Gothrle, Okla.
Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.
Galvin. Thos. F., Inc., Boston. Mass.
Galvln. Thos. P., Inc.. New York.
Gardiner. Alex. C.. Superior. Wis.
Gaaser. J. M.. Co., Cleveland, O.
Graham, A., & Son, Cleveland, 0.
Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Gude Bros., Washington.
Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.
Helnl & Son, J. G.. Terre Haute. Ind.
Henderson, Lewis — Omaha. Neb.
Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.
Holm & Olson. St. Paul. Minn.
Joy Floral Co.. Nashville. Tenn.
Keller's Sons. J. B.. Rochester, N. Y.
Kellogg. F. & P. Co.. Geo. M.. Kansas City.
Klft. Robert. 1725 Chestnut. PhUadelphla.
La Crosse Floral Co.. La Crosse. Wis.
Lang Floral & Nursery Co.. Dallas. Tei.
Lange, A., 26 B. Madison St.. Chicago.
Leborlus. J. J.. Dnluth. Minn.
London Flower Shop. The. Philadelphia.
Matthewson. J. B., Sheboygan. Wis.
May & Co., L. L., St. Paul. Minn.
McConnell, Alei., New York.
McKenna, Montreal, Can.

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans, La.
Murray. Samuel. Kansas City. Mo.
Myer. Florist. New York.
Ostertag Bros.. St. Louis.
Palez, Paul M.. Little Rock, Ark.
Palmer. W. J.. & Son, Buffalo.
Park Floral Co., The, Denver. Colo.
Perm, the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St., Boston.
Phillips Bros.. Newark. N. J.
Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.
Podesta & Baldocchl, San Francisco.
PoUworth Co., C. C, Milwaukee.
Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.
Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh,
Reuter's, New London, Conn.
■Renter's, Norwich, Conn.
Reuter's. Westerly, R, I.
Rock. Wm. L., Flower Co.
Schiller, the Florist. 2221, W.
Schllng, Max, 22 W. 69th ~
Simmons & Sons,' Toronto,
Small & Sons, J. H.. New York.
Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington, D.
Smith Co.. A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Smith, Henry. Grand Rapids. Mich.
Stumpp, G. E. M.. New York.
Weber. F. H., St. Louis, Mo.
Whlttcd Floral Co.. Minneapolis. Minn.
Wills & Segar. London, Bng.
WltfhnM. G.. Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.. Chgo.
Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson, Loa Angelei.
Yonng & Nugent. New York.

Pa.

, Kansas City.
Madison St.. Chgo.
St.. New York.
Can.

C.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High §rade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada,

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Boston, Mass.

Tenn, The Tele^aph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET
St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave. »*»"■ '?h"o*n«'*""

Orders talcen for FLOWERS. Delivered to alt
parts of the country. Special care, lelect aod
artistic work.

Member of Florists^ Telepraph DeliTcry.

WASHINGTON

D. C.

CUDC BROS.CaL
FLORISTS

Ku rnjnt

Gudes^

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery .

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvcl Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Members of the Florists' Teleerapb Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park i

j.A.vALKNTim. Jrlorai vo.

President.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

igi4.

The American Florist.

729

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
9n Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kilt,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Jf entton the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Uention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orders for Cut

KaiSaS City and Flowers, Funeral Designs

DI.>i..nlU;il Un Wedding and Birthday Gifts.

neasaninill, mo, that mav be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SniithCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

LarKest Floral Establishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Deliverv Association
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THE J. M. GASSER CNMPANY,

CLEYELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Itemberi of The Florists' Telegraph Deliverr.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPoilworthCo.

WUl take proper \JVi ar*rkn ain

care of your orders In »" l*»^-«.»l»o*««

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. Wisconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly tresh^.stock.

14 th and H. Street.

iltntion the American Florist when writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany. N. T.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston — Thos. P. Galvln, Inc.

Boston — Penn. the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St.

Buffalo, N. Y. — S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Chicago— Friedman.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wlttbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati. O.— Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland. O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, 0. — A. Graham & Son.

Cleveland, O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Dallas. Tex. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit. Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Dulutb. Minn.— Duluth Floral Co.

Duluth. Minn. — J. J. Leborlus.

Freeport, 111. — John Bauscher.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Guthrie. Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wni. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln. Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock. Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London. Eng. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson,

Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn. — Whltted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J. — ^Phillips Bros.

Newark, O.^-Chas. A. Duerr.

New London, Conn. — Reuter's.

New Orleans, La. — Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44tb and Madison Ave.

New York — Alex McConnell. 6H 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York— Thos. F. Galvln. Inc.

New York— Max Schllog. 22 W. 59th St.

New York — Myer, Florist. COO Madison Ave.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York — G. B. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Norwich. Conn. — Reuter's.

Oklahoma City, Okla. — Furrow & Co,

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda. Farnam St.

OniaUa. Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Philadelphia- Robert Klft. 1725 Cliestnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — A. W. Smith Co., Keenan Bldg.

Portland. Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester. Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford. III.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis. Mo.— P. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn. — Holm & Olson.

St. Panl, Minn. — L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland, 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalla, Mo. — Archlas Floral Co.

Superior, Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute. Ind. — J. G. Helnl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo. O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dnnlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Toronto. Can. — Simmons & Son.

Vancouver. B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke. Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Onde Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sena.

Westerly, R. I.— Renter's.

Established 184S

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Fillet!

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbus

Uention the American Florist when wrding

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

224 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Uention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave,, Superior, wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota, Fresh quality stock always.

Uention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders lor designs and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist irhen writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Tour Orders to the
HOUSE OF FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

Th« Largest Retail Supply House in the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave*

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

nowers or Design Work,

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTB PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable floriit.

Only
the
Beat

0e Yonca Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantse
safe arrival.

Uention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

Dunlop's

INC.

561 Filth Ave.
Vanderbllt Hotel

NEW YORK

pUMynii 126 Tremont Street
DU« I UH 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

730

The American Florist.

Oct. 24,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or MaU Orders.

Sendyourorders^o^Gtiicago

and Sub-
urbs to

-.^ ^M m ^ *, All orders carefully filled

^^IQSWMI^** under the sapervisioD of

,*^^5S3— GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr

O'^jgff Wire, Write or Phone West 822
Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

Tlie Largest Growers of Flowers in dty.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST, .

409 MAIN STREET.

AU orders carefully filled aod delivered to all parts
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, U.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Helnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones. 527.

Special attention to Mail and Tele^aph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Famum St telephones

WU 1 arnvm M.. isO\ and L 1582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MVER, FLORIST, «,SL"±:i"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

The

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

Mention the American Florist when writing

.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW VORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 1 5th S H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Mention the Ainerican Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSCHER, ^ Freeport, 111.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN, NEB.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Members of Florists Telegraph Deliverv.
Mention the American Florist when writing

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Tele^rraph Delivery Ass'n.

Lang Floral &Nursefy Go.

Dallas
y Texas.'

Write or wire headquarters for flowersforTexas,
Oklahoma. Louisiana, New Mexico, No orders
too large, none too small.

Mention tne American Florist when writing

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction, nill IITU MIMN
Wearetbecenterofthegrcat "Ul-Uin, ITimn.

Nortluvest. Daily d^liveriL'S to Superior. Wis.

FURROW S COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Floriiits" Tek-graph Delivery.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

Vou will need the New-Edition of our

Trade Directory

Containing the Names and Addresses of
Florists of the United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID

American Florist Go , '"'° ^chumo"™ ^'••

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'd,

PfllUPS BROS, 938 Broad St

lEWAEI K J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade disc.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notica.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telepboae

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders,
IMIfhidfin Orders will be carefallT

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Horlst of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich. J

GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH 8 SONS Will fill Tonr
ord^s for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery

igi4.

The American Florist.

731

Bulbs

For Greenhouse and
Bedding Work.

We call attention to the fact that these bulbs are imported by us from best Dutch firms; actual pro-
ducers of the bulbs, who did not commence packing until the war broke out and who knew at that time that
their export trade with Russia and Germany was closed for this season, in consequence of which we secured

The Finest Bulbs Which the Harvest Affords.

Buyers should not confound these prices with prices of stock picked up on speculation by Dutch
dealers, not growers, and sent to this country and now offered through peddlers or at auction.

Dutch Narcissus

Round Bulbs.

Golden Spur, Fancy

Empress, " ' "

Victoria. " " "

Princeps, " " "

SirWatkin, " " "

VonSion, " " "

" " Double Nose

Dutch Hyacinths

Dutch Romans, named varieties

Hyacinths, First size, 19-21 ctm

" Second size (for forcing) 17-19 ctm...

" Bedding Grade, 15 ctm. and up

French Romans p^^

11-12 ctms. (L'600 to case)..$24.00
12-13 ctms. (2000 to case).. 29.00
12ctnis.&up(1800tocase). 35.00

French Narcissus

Paper Whites, fancy, i 1260 i"er looo
to case ' $ 8,50

Paper Whites, star Brand,

I 1000 to case) 11.00

Trumpet Majors 13.00

Emperor 20.00

Caiias

Per 1000

$13.00
13 00
12.00
. 6.00
. 12.00
13.50
22.00

Per 1000

$17.50
60.00
37.00
25.00

Per 1000

1'4 to 1*^2 inch $ 45.00

1'2 to 2 inch 75.00

2 to 2H inch 100.00

Freesias

French Mammoth,

! T to ?i inch

Purity, Vz to ^4 inch..

Per 1000

$ 9.00
. 12.00

TULIPS.

Ft-r iroO

Arlus $ 6.50

Couleur Cardinal 16.00

Cramoise Brilliant 9.00

Dusart 9.00

La Reine 6.00

Princess Marie Anne 7.50

Cottage Maid 7.00

Proserpiue 22 00

Rose Oris de Lin 6.00

Chrysolora 7.50

Per lOOO

Yellow Prince $ 7.50

Keizerskroon 13.00

Single, Fine mixed 6.00

Double, " " 6.50

La Candeur 8.00

Crown of Roses 21.00

Salvator Rosa 13.50

Crown d'Or 17.00

Tournesol. Red and Yellow.. 17.50

Bouton d'Or 1 1.00

Lilium Formosum

Per 10(10

6 to 8 in., (350 to case). .$40,00

7 to 9 in., (250 to case).. 60.00

Per 1000
8 to 9 in., (225 to case). .$70.00
8 to 10 in., (200 to case). 80.00

Lilium Giganteum

(Immediate Shipment.)

Per 1000 Per 1000

7-9 in., (300 to case) $50.00 | 8-10 in., (225 to case). ...$80.00

8-9 in., (250 to case) 75.00 1 9-10 in., (200 to case).... 95.00

Write for Fall "Book for Florists."

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

732

The American Florist.

Oct. 24,

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, San Francisco, Calif.,
President; J. M. Luplon, Mattituck, L. 1.,
K. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Dungan.
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Clevehind, O., Secretary and
Treasurer; S. V. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tbird annual meeting, San Fran-
oiBco, Calif., June 1915.

THE weather has continued very dry
and favorable for handling and ship-
ping onion sets.

Visited Chicago : A. T. Ferrell, Sag-
inaw, Mich.; Arthur L. Deal, repre-
senting W. W. Johnson & Son, Boston.
Eng.

CHICAGO. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade October 21 were
as follows : Timothy, ^-i.OQ to $5.85
per 100 pounds.

Garden Seed. — German wholesale
growers' prices are rather stiff and this
is not a season for booking up with
heavy orders at such prices.

Jackson, miss.— The Fain Seed Com-
pany, with J. C. Fain and L. C. Moorer.
as incorporators, has had its charter
approved. The capital stock is $10,000.

ROCKFOKD. ILL.— Charles J. Cherry &
C«., organized about a year and a half
ago, have incorporated with a capital
stock of .$15,000. Charles J. Cherry,
Laverne C. Miller and A. Emmett
Hickey, directors.

COMPLAINT has been made by potato
dealers to the State Public Utilities
Commission of Illinois against various
railroads that the companies have re-
fused to return stoves used as warm-
ers in shipping potatoes.

St. Louis, Mo. — The St. Louis Seed
Company has obtained a ten-year lease
on the four-story-and-basement build-
ing to be erected at 411-413 Washing-
ton avenue. The site is the one occu-
pied by the seed company last winter,
when the building was destroyed by
fire.

European grass seed houses in many
cases decline to quote, saying samples
are not yet ready. It is believed that
the Scotch houses are in the best shape
at present. The German prices are at
present most favorable, but the diffi-
culty and risk of getting stock out
complicates the situation.

Free Seeds.

Washington, D. C, Oct. 19.— All is
ready for starting the annual distribu-
tion of free seeds, which members of
congress send to their constituents to
the number of nearly 75,000,000 pack-
ages a year. During the busy season
180 persons are employed in the work
of filling the seed envelopes, pasting
on the mailing franks of congressmen,
jfiid sending out the packets. Although
many attempts have been made to
abolish the free seed distribution by
members of congress, none has suc-
ceeded. Uncle Sam will spend $257,000
for free seed distribution by congress-
men this year, against $296,000, which
■was given for the same purpose last
year.

Senary Novelties.

AVe have received from Ernst Sen-
ary, Erfurt, Germany, a list of novel-
ties for the season of 1914-15, his de-
scriptions being as follows :

Begonia White Pearl.— The pure
white blooms of this new variety
measure quite 1x2% inches across and
appear in large, loose clusters, well
above the bright pale green foliage,
forming a beautiful contrast to it.'
In habit, size and freedom of bloom
White Pearl closely resembles the
beautiful Prima Donna, a recent in-
troduction of mine, and one which has
already gained great popularity every-
where. A white-blooming begonia has
hitherto been lacking in- the gracilis
section, my new variety will therefore
doubtless prove very valuable for all
kinds of decorative bedding. B. White
Peart has besides the advantage of
coming true from seed and I feel confi-
dent that it will establish itself as a
valuable standard variety.

Campanula Medium Praecox. — It will
no doubt be found an advantage to
have such a valuable and popular
class of plants as the canterbury bell,
in bloom' earlier than hitherto. This
new race raised on my grounds may
fairly be named praecox, as when sown
at the usual time with the old sorts it
blooms two to threfe weeks earlier, that
is, at a date when there is still a scar-
city of free-blooming plants producing
such beautiful and decorative flgwers
and equally handsome for cutting as
do these campanulas. I offer them in
white, rose, blue and striped.

Cyclamen Persicum Giganteum Vic-
toria Perfecta. — This new cyclamen,
the result of a cross between Sunray
and the fringed, blooming Victoria,
shows a remarkable improvement on
the latter variety. Not only have the
markings of the leaf and the tints of
the flower gained in beauty, but the
blooms are borne on very strong stalks
and much exceed in size those of the
old Victoria, measuring as they do
about 2% inches in width and 1%
inches from top to bottom. The
ground color is either delicate rose or
lilac rose. In each case the hue of the
eye and that of the deeply fringed edge
are identical, being in the delicate rose
flowers of a bright carmine red and in
the lilac rose flowers a dark profusion
and when in full flower present a sur-
passingly charming appearance.

Lobelia. Hybrida Pendula Angelina.—
As a companion to the charming series
of trailing lobelias of my own intro-
duction— Amanda. Miranda and Sap-

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers oJ
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

phire— of which the latter especially
has attained a rapid popularity, I now
have pleasure in offering a variety of
equal merit with snowy white flowers.
These flowers surpass those of its
predecessors in size, attaining a
diameter of three-quarter-inch, thus ap-
proaching the dimensions of Lobelia
ramcsa, the largest flowering annual
lobelia. A remarkable feature of my
new Lobelia Angelina is its extraordi-
nary profusion of bloom, a well devel-
oped specimen often bearing as many
as COO to 700 flowers at one time, which
thickly stud the very long rambling
branches and contrast most effectively
with the light green foliage. It would
indeed be difficult to find among easily
grown annual plants anything nearly
as graceful and effective for windows
and hanging baskets as this new trail-
ing lobelia, which continues to bloom
for a very long period.

Salvia Patens Alba. — Salvia patens
alba is not, strictly speaking, a novel-
ty, for one finds i* quoted in old cata-
logues. It has, however, not been
offered for a very long time, and as
two years ago a white flowering seed-
ling appeared in my plantations of
the standard blue Salvia patens,
which proved to come true from seed,
I have decided to reintroduce this
pretty white blooming variety.

Aster Hercules.— In this splendid
class of asters, with its magnificent
flowers of gigantic proportions, the
only existing colors showing thfe true
characteristics were white, rosy lilac
and brilliant rose. By my present in-
troduction a fine shade of blue will be
added, which I can recommend as in
every respect the equal of its predeces-
sors.

Primula Forbesii Ruby. — From the
pretty little Primula Forbesii, appro-
priately called the Baby Primrose, the
seedlings of which bloom within three
or four months and which makes a
most graceful plant for pots, I have
obtained this charming variety, bear-
ing numerous small, deep ruby red
flowers with golden yellow eye.

EstabUshed 1810.

Dcnaiff 6 & Son, Northern France.

The Premier Seed Growers of the World.

The Greatest Acreage. Over 900 Employes.

Motto: The Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet, Cabbarie, Carrot. Celery, Lettuce, Mangel
Wurtzel, Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Radish, Ruta-
baga, Turnip. For special pricis surplus crop, 1914,
address. Charles Johnson, Marietta, Pa.,

Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada.

Trade Directory

— OF THE -

United States and Canada

PRICE: $3.00, Postpaid.

American Florist Company

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the following California Soeciailies only:

ONION, lehuce, carro'. radish, parsnip, parsley. caERY.

ENDIVE. LEEK. SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

.Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

I9I4.

The American Florist.

733

Wholesale
Seed Growers

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card t rinL:s a Cntalogue.

THE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.
SANTA CLARA, CAL.

Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

'^'"sSifcit'ed:"" Swedesboro, New Jersey

THE G. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Sguash and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn.

Nothing will pay better to plant after the 'Mums
than my

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and in^ide Sweet Peas.

ANT. G. 2V0LANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.
NANN*S

Lily of the Valley

I are the finest in existence and their flowers
bring the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting
ONION SETS.

SchilderBros.,^n\liT^^
TOMATO SEED

Best Stocks.

AU Varieties.

Tiie Haven Seed Co.

Growerstor the Wholdsale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Mention the Aynerican Florist when writing

•—

j^UliUiiUiiiiiiiiiiitmAHiiiiiinnutniiii^

I BURPEE'S SEEDS |

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists E

^ and Marlcet Gardeners. :-: P

^mrmnmmTTTimmTmTmTTmiTmmi^

ilentlon the American FloHat tohen wrttinj;

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Order From England Now. Kelways Quote and Can Deliver

Anise Carrot Kale Mustard

Beet Cauliflower Kohl Rabi Pepper

Cabbage Celery Lucerne Radish

And Flower Seeds Rape

Rutabaga
Spinach
Turnip
Vetch

Those who have (ormtTly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once while stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract lor next fall. British sailings continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON, r^rr Langport, England

3EANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

una all uaraen &eeas _ ^^ «^

LEONARE^ff-oo

CO.

226-230

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

EIJCALYPriS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. B0I8S7, MELBOURKE.AUSTRAtIA

Mention the American Florist when writing

AT 69 CENTS PER POUND

F. O. B. TENERIFFE. Packing Extra.

YELLOW AND RED BERMUDA ONION SEED

FOR ONION SETS

Several small growers in Teneritte have given
me the commission to otter andclear their surplus
stock of 1914 Onion Seed crop at the above low
price, subject to being unsold. Terms. C O D.
Cable orders to FEDERICO VARELA, TENERIFFE,
and sign your fullname.

This offer is open to seedsmen only.

Contract Seed Growers

Cnapialtiac Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato,
d|ieiildme). vine seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandifloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER S SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNLA.

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com; Cucnmber,

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Souash.

FREMONT NEBRASKA

■f T 7K often have an overstock
' ' of popular seeds and bulbs
which we are able to supply below
the market.

Ask us about it and watch for
our column announcements.

J.M.TH0RBURN6C0.

In business since 1802
53 Barclay Street, New York

Cold Storage

Valley

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market Brand,

$2U.ai per 1000; $10.50 per 500;
5.50 per 250; 2.50 per 100.
CUT VALLEY, best quality always on hand.

H. N. BRUNS

3032 Madison Street, CHICAGO

FOR

SEEDS

OF AU KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson £c Son, Limited

Boston, England

J.G.ROBIN$ONSEEDCO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

Mention the American Florist when writing

734

The American Florist.

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very hkely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Oct. 24,

Cabbage Enkhuizen Gloiy.

Introduced Several Yenrs Ago b^ Our Finn.

GROW PAPER WHITES

$8.50 per case of 1000 choice bulbs.
Also TULIPS, DAFFODILS, FREESIAS, are money makers at our surplus prices.

Get our Bulb Price List.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

Mention the Atnrricau Florist vhcn writing

Waldo Rohnert

GILROV, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties; Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster.

Cosmos. Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write lor our low prices.

Blfto'tn"".'"'' Baltimore. Md.

Mention the American Florist when writing

L. FORMOSUIVI

7-9 in.. 9 in in.. 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, H and H in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Mention the American Florist when writing

S. M. IsbeU & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cacumber, Tomato, Muskmelon.
Squasti, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

Mention the American Florist when writing
Get Quotatloni From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Bloomsdale
Farm.

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOV'ER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when writing

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

8EXD FOR 0*TAI,(>OrK

ARTHUR T. BODDINOTON

14* W»«l 14th St.. K«» lork.

"SttDS"

I am headquarters for the celebrated
Sudan Grass Seed, Rescue, Johnson
S Bermuda Grass, Cane Seed,
Cotton Seed, Egyptian Wlieat Cow
Peas, Feterita, Kaffir Corn, Mllo
Maize, Big German and Pearl
Millet, Spanish Peanuts.
Fancy selected Cantaloupe and Water-
melon, Bermuda Onion Seed.

Send me a listofyour wants for prices.

ROBERT NICHOLSON

Wholesale Seeds
DALLAS. - - TEXAS

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co-

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE f

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Ttxrnip

Radish, Beet,

Branches Michigan. Ull cnpn nnyil

Wisconsin and Idaho. BIILrUnU, UUBII.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Henry

Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the t
Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Mention the American Florist when writing

X9I4.

The American Florist.

735

Ernst Denary,

Seed Merchant,
ERFURT, - - GERMANY,

Begs to inform his customers
in the United States that their

Orders for Seeds of Every Description

Will be executed with the usual care and attention.

As long as the goods cannot be shipped from Hamburg
or Bremen they will be forwarded from neutral ports.

Early orders will be greatly appreciated.

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per 1000.

Alyssum, Giant Double, 2in.. $2.00 per 100.

Geraniums. S. \. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2 in.. SI. 75 per 100, in any quantity.

Good stock and tiood packing.

Elmer RawIiiigs,^o°a^S'.T"
Special on Roses

We have a nice lot of roses which we will close
out at unusually low prices, stock is A-No. 1.
Bridesmaids, Uncle Jotm and Ivory, 2V2 in., at
$1.50; 3 in., at 1^2.50; American Beauties, 2H in..

$2 50; 3 in.. $5.00 per 100. These are special prices
and good only for orders received within 10 days.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower. Pekln, HI.

J. E. Meredith, Prss. C. W Stout, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE ILLINOIS

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.

LaFayette,

Indiana

SM I L A X

strong plants, 2V2 inch, $1.26 per 100;
$10.00 per 10(10.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong Wi inch,
$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
on many items. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of Items named below:

Hydrangeas

All the Eood French sorts pot-grown. 4-in.
pot plants. 120.00 per 100; 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Otaksa

Field srrown plants 4 to 6 shoots, $15.00 per
100; 6 to 8 shoots, $20.00 per 100. Short and
clean stock.

Cibotium Sciiiedei

Splendid stock at a real reduction, 5-in. pot
plants at 75c; 6-in. pot plants. $1.00.

Bird's Nest Ferns

4-in. pot plants. ..$3 50 per doz.
5 in. pot plants. .. 7.00 per doz.

$25.00 per 100
50-00 per 100

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped.

.$10.00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordreclit

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Flumosus

Short and bushy. 2'* in.. $3.00 per 100: $25.00
per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns

Best varieties, including Aspidium. Cyr-
tomium, Wilsoni and Mayi, $3.00 per 100:
$25.00 per 1000.

Primula Sinensis

A splendid strain in red and white. $3,00 per
100; $25.00 per IIXX).

Azaleas

Adiantum Croweanum

4-in. pot plants $15-00 per 100

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

Early and late plants, arrived in fine condi-
tion. Good values. 12 to 14 in., at 55c; 14 to
Id in., at 70c; 16 to IS in., at $1.00: 18 to 20 in.,
at $1.50.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geranlnms, Nutt. Buchner. Ricard. Perkins.
Poitevine, 2-in.. $2.00 per 100; 3-in.. $5.00 per 100.

Boston and WUtmanl Ferns; 3-in., 10c; 4 in., ISc;

S-in„25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3in., $5.00; 4 in., $10.00; 5-in.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2M'in., $5.00 per 100.

Cash with order.
GEO. M. EMMANS, Newton, N. J.

Primroses.

Chinese, Forbesl, Malacoides, Obconlca

Alba aiul Rosea, $1.76 per 100; $16.00

per lOliO.
ObC. Glgantea, giant flowering, all 2^4 in.

pots. $2,0(1 per 100; «18 00 per 1000.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengerl, 214 in.

pots, $2.0(1 per 100; $18 00 per 1000.
Vinca Varlegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. 10th, $2.50 per 1000.
CASH or C. O. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

736

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Oct. 24,

The Nursery Trade

American Assodatioii of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase. Chase, Ala., President.
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la.. A^ice-Presi-
dent; John Hall, 204 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er. N. Y.. Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Mich.. June 1915.

HousTox. T EX. — The Waxahachie
Nunsery Company has filed an amend-
ment increasing its capital stock from
.■jliO.OOO to .$30,000.

MORBISVILLE N. J. — A barn, wagon
house and two out buildings were de-
stroyed by fire at the Morrisvilli'
Nursery. September 2.5.

Stillwatee, Okla. — A. S. Holmberg
& Son. of Guthrie, haye completed ar-
rangements for the establishment of a
nursery on the Tolmer place, one mile
east of Stillwater.

Fresno. Calif. — County Horticul-
tural Inspector Roullard suggested to
the board of supervisors. October 7.
that an ordinance be drafted for the
registration of all growers of nursery
stock in the county.

MINKEAPOLIS, Minn. — A warning to
purchasers of nursery stock to beware
of trees from Michigan has been is-
sued by F. L. Washburn, state en-
tomologist, as a result of San Jose
sc*le being discoyered on trees in that
state.

"WAsniXGTOX. D. C. — The Forman's
Forestry Co. has opened an office in
the Commercial National Bank build-
ing. Among contracts recently taken
was the cavity work at Mt. Vernon
as laid out by Prof. Sargent of the
Arnold Arboretum.

Tampa, Fla. — Governor Trammell
has issued a proclamation to the citi-
zens of the state calling their atten-
tion to the menace of the latest foe
of the citrus growing industry, the
citrus canker, and informing them of
what has been done and is necessary
to be done in order to check its spread
and prevent its ravages.

October weather has been favoraljle
for digging and handling outdoor stock,
but all growers and nurserymen should
remember that we are nearing the date
when all such operations are attended
with freezing risks and will do well to
provide nightly against damage from
stiff freezes and arrange for warm re-
frigerator cars for transportation.

Neosha, Mo.— The William P. Stark
Nurseries have entered the buy-a-bale
movement by offering to take cotton
at 10 cents a pound in payment for
nursery stock. For those who want to
put out their trees this fall they will
agree to furnish them all kinds of
nursery stock at the lowest net prices
and to take cotton at 10 cents a pound
in exchange.

Ass'n of American Cemetery Supts.

ST. I.0UI.3 CONVENTION.

Members of the Association of
American Cemetery Superintendents
and their families, numbering about
1.50, and representing 22 states, the
District of Columbia and Canada, at-
tended the twenty-eighth annual con-
vention of the association at St. Loui?,
Mo., October i>S. The programme, ex-

ceptionally interesting, included educa-
tional features and opportunity for dis-
cu.'^sion. At the election of ofiicers, the
following were chosen for the ensuing
year :

Thomas Wallis, Rose Hill Cemetery,
Cliicago. president; James Warren, Jr.,
North Burial Ground. Providence , R.
I., vice president; Bellett Lawson, Jr.,
Elmwood. River Grove, 111., secretary-
treasurer. Th^ following comprise the
executive committee : J. A. Reed. West
Lawn. Canton. O.; H. S. Adams. Forest
Hills. Boston. Mass.; W. E. Jones,
Highwood, Pittsburgh, Pa. Minneapo-
lis. Minn., was chosen as the meeting
jilaee for 1915.

Asparagus, PoinsettJas, Vincas

Asparagus PlumoSUS. 2Vt\n.. $3.(X) per lUO: 3 m..
$5.00 per 100. Asp. Hatcherll, 3 in.. $5.00 per 100.

Poinsettias, 2 in.. S4.00 per 100; 3 in.. $8.00 per
100; 4 in.. $15.00 per 100.

Vincas. field grown, for October delivery. $5.00

ids, Iowa.

per 100.

I. N. KRAMER & SON. Cedar

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3-inch pots. Chrysanthemums

Carnations for fall delivery. Smllaz, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers, '^f^f^k

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Peniu.

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

Bench Carnation Plants

3500 Rainbow Seedling

Winner of American Carnation Society Medal,

We are suspending business for the
winter and will ship these splendid plants
direct from our greenhouse benches.
Plants are in full production with 15 to
25 flowering sterns^

Tomove quickly we offer these splendid
novelties at $6.60 per 100; $50.00 per
lOiiO. Cash with order.

WANOKA GREENHOUSES

BARNEVELD, NEW YORK.

Hill's Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Evergreen Specialists Largest Growers In Ameria

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

August Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

.address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and age. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUE.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

JWeHf'on the Atnerican Florist when writinff

PAEONIES

Kelway & Son hold a large
stock of their own and other
varieties. If the trade find
it difficult to obtain Paeonies
in usual quarters Kelway &
i-on will be pleased to quote.

KELWAY & SON,

SEED GROWERS,
Langport, Somerset, England.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

JBolblbink <& iVtkln«i

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,
CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

-READY NOW

Ficus Elastica

INSPECTION INVITED.

15-18 in $8.60 per doz.; $26.00 per 100

18-24 in 4.60perdoz.; 36.00 per 100

Ask For Our Wholesaic,4?atalofl.

Nurserymen and Florists,

Rutherford, N. J.

igr^.

The American Florist.

737

DREER'S ARAICARIAS

The chances are that there will be no imports of Araucarias from Belgium this fall, which is certain to
result in a scarcity of this plant for the holidays. We are carrying our usual large stock of spring imported
plants, and we would advise you to cover your requirements. There has been no advance in price, and the
plants are of the usual good quality.

Araucaria Excelsa

5 inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, 3 tiers % .60 each

6 inch pots, 12 to 16 inches high, 3 to 4 tiers 76 "

6 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high, 4 tiers 1.00 "

7 inch pots, 18 to 20 inches high, 4 to 6 tiers 1.26 "

Araucaria Excelsa Glauca

6 inch pots, 8 inches high, 2 tiers $ .76 each

6 inch pots, 12 inches high, 3 tiers 1.00 "

Araucaria Robusta Compacta

6 inch pots, 10 inches high, 2 tiers $ .76 each

6 inch pots, 12 to \^ inches high, 3 tiers 1.26 "

7 inch pots, 14 to l6 inches high, 3 tiers 1.60 "

Ficus Elastica

A splendid lot of 4 inch pots, 10 to 12 inches high, $3.60 per dozen;
$25.00 per 100.

Pandanus Veitchi

A grand lot of well colored plants, 6 inch pots, exceptional good values.

For the most Complete List of Decorative Plants and other Seasonable Stock see our current wholesale list.

HTMDV A nDrPD 714-716 chestnut street,
IlLlllKl \. UKLLK, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The above prices are intended for the trade only.

^K, nV:>

1

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F^-

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-16.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL,

CONN.

RAHN & HERBERT

1 10 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong Englisb Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet high per 100, $25.00

Erica Meditenana, 4 inch pots 1500

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots 15.00

Gtranlums, out of 2 inch pots " 3,00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5,00
FalmB, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Pric es on appliction.

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants for the coming autumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to oflfer are :

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year W'l to 2 feet

Two years IV2 to 2 feet

Two years 2 X.o'2Vi feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

All are well branched, bright and clean
have been cut back one or more times.

Two years 2^2 to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

The two and three year grades

Very attractive prices — especially in car lots.
Correspondence solicited.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH

LITTLE SILVER, N. J

NURSERY

Orchids

If you want Orchids for any purpose whatever
we solicit your inquiries and orders for same.
We do not grow or handle anything else but
Orchids. Special lists on application.

LAGER 6 HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin, N. J. Williamstown June, N. J.

738

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Oct.

24,

/!==

\

Market Gardeners j

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton, Ind., Pres
ident; H. J. Thompson, Attleboro, Mass..
Vice-President; S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky., Secretary; M. L. Ruetenilc. Cleveland,
O.. Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition.
Philadelphia, Pa , Octobers 9, 1914.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vesretables.

Chicago, October 20.— Mushrooms, GO
cents per pound; lettuce, 10 cents per
box; radishes, 75 cents to $1.00 per
100 bunches.

New York, October 20. — Cucumbers,
50 cents to $1.00 per basket; mush-
rooms, 60 cents to $1.75 per 4-pound
basket; tomatoes, 50 cents to .$1.00 per
box.

Market Notes.

We have at this writing an almost
unprecedented glut of vegetables upon
our markets. There is no question that
on one side we Rave slow buying
caused by the generally unsettled con-
ditions and on the other side there is an
enormous production owing to favor-
able weather. Following a dry summer
we have recently had copious rains and
continued warm weather, which has
forced all vegetation to do its best at
the last moment. This fine weather
is not such a blessing to the grower
as it would seem to be as prices have
gone to the bottom, in many instances
below the cost of marketing. One of
the queerest features of the situation
is that with each corresponding de-
cline in price goes a decrease in de-
mand and consumption until a price
is reached at which marketing means
a loss, when that article is unsalable.
It would seem that with the constant
cry about the high cost of living some
people would take advantage of such
conditions as these, but that is not
the case. The buying public prefers
to follow up scarce items, thereby driv-
ing them still higher. An example of
this can be seen in the fact that one
<iuart of green lima beans at present
is worth as much as two bushels of
tomatoes, or one barrel lettuce, or two
bushels of turnips, or one bushel of
onions, etc. Nor is the quality at
fault, as never was there anything
finer than the present output.

That the demand decreases directly
with the downward tendency of the
price can be seen by the sales of one
market bench with which we are well
acquainted. A month ago, when tur-
nips sold for %\ per bushel, tomatoes .f 1,
lettuce eight cents per pound, the daily
sales amounted to about four bushels
of turnips, fifteen bushels of tomatoes,
and several barrels of lettuce. Now
sales have declined to a fraction of a
bushel of each, while the scarce items
are away ahead. This condition may
be reversed in a very short while, as
a severe frost would change things in
a hurry. The wise grower must make
arrangements in time to carry along
^me of the crops. To this end we
store head lettuce, turnips, bleached
celery in cold storage. We have leaf
lettuce in the greenhouse and rad-
ishes under sashes outdoors. Head let-
tuce can also be protected from frosts
by covering with old fertilizer or grain
sacks, of which we have a heavy stock.
We have been using the rainy days
to can tomatoes and have been able

to pack away every good tomato on
the place. Canning machinery is solv-
ing the glut problem on some items
and storage on others. Marketing is
more serious than growing, and each
season seems to intensify this old truth.
Marketman.

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists.

Alonzo J. Bryan, J^SSir^

Washington, New Jersey.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in AraucariaExcelsawillyield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into the future and invest
your money now, AH florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucarla Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are ofierinK now.

Araacaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old, 3-4-5 tiers.
5V2-6-in, pots, 40c 50c. 60c, 75c, $1.00, $1.2S"to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5^-6-7 in. pots,
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

ASDidistras. variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants, 6-in. pots, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Watch for our Trade Mark stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawo

Substitution of cheaper eradei \%
thus easily exposed. Fresh Bamplt
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by manufacturers upon re
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addrett

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co..St. Paul, Minn

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids,2 -ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids, 2H-ft 1.50 each

Pyramids,3 ft 2.0Ceach

Pyramids, 3H.ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes, 2-ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F.O FRANZEN«3>cVica£?''

1-yr.

2-yr.
4-li,

ROSES

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN HOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pages.— Price $1.00—29 Illastrations.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERT LARGEST SCALE of aU
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

^PFRIAI TIF^' ^^^°3> Beets. Cabbages. Carrots, Kobl Rabi, Leek. Lettuces. OnioDs, Peas.
or LUIHL I ILwi Radisbes, Spinach. Turnips Swedes. Asters. Balsams. Beg^onias. CarnatioDs
Cinerarias, Gloxinias. Larkspur. Nasturtiums, Pansies. Petunias, Pbloxes, Primulas, Scabioui,
Stocks, Verbenas. Zincias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE*S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz.. or $1.75 per H oz., $1.00 per )i oz.. postage paid,
Casb with order.

All seeds oSered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, aod
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best QualitT.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

Special Offer

Asparagus Plumosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vaughan's Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

I9I4.

The American Florist.

739

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

PALMS AND FERNS

6-in. pot.

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. high

..5 to 6 28 to 30

Each Per doz.
.$1.00 $12.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7 in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 3fi in. high $ 2.S0

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.00

12 in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 5 to 5W (t 10.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5H to 6ft 12.50

12-in. ceda tub. 4 plants in tub, 6 ft, high, heavy 15.00

12 in, cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

' Phoenix Roebelenii Each

S-in. pot, nicely characterized $1.00

7-in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

In. high
.. 8 to 10.,

12
.15
,18
,24

Each Per doz.

$1.50
2.00
4.50
6.00

12.00

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Leaves

2H-in. pot 4

3 in, pot 5

4-in. pot 5 to 6.

S-in, pot 5 to6,

6-in. pot 6 to 7.

Leaves In, high

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

9in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-in. tub, 4 ft. spread each, $4.0

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

.$0.40

. .50

. 1,00
Each Perdoi
30.00
36.00
48.00

Wyncote* Pa.

Hydrangea Otaksa

Extra strong short bushy plants, field-
grown, 4 to 6 shoots, ;$15. 00 a hundred.
Also 6 to 8 shoots, at $20.00 a hundred.

Also Dracaena Indivisa

strong pot-bound plants, 3-in. pots,
$6,U0 per hundred.

Cash with order, please.

LEONARD UTZINGER,

800 Lake View Road, Cleveland, Ohio

Mention the American Florist when loriting

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul-
ture for the past 25 ye Jirs. The best worli on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture lor both amateur and
florist. 10b pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH fi CO., Adrian, Mich.

Mention the American Florist when writing

GERANIUMS ^"%r,^isK.

They must reach you in good growing condition,
otherwise you can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
and very good.

S. A. Nutt. $12. .Sn per 1000.
Poltevine and Ricard, $15.00 per 1000
Asparagus Pliunosus, $25 00 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCiSTEfl, PA

FIELD-GROWN

CARNATION PLANTS

THE USUAL FINE C. C. C. QUALITY

Conquest

Beautifuloverlaid pink, sells for the
highest price. Good producer, good
stem, fine large flowers, $6.00 per 100;
$60.00 per 1000.

White Enchantress

$6.00 per 100; $60,00 per 1000.

Herald

(Large Plants— Scarlet)

$7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

Bonfire

$7.W» per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

Victory

$5.00 per 100.

Chicago Carnation Co.,

A. T. PYFER, Mgr.

30 E. Randolph St., Chicago, 111.

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Robert Craig Co...

2/^ PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49th Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.

740

The American Florist.

Oct. 34,

L[QUID -"NICO-FUME"=F>APER

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING - FUMIGATING

I*i?ioo«»

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisviUe, Ky.

Agricultural Experiment
Stations

are favoring 40% nicotine solutions in their
recommendations for fumigating and spray-
ing. To meet ttie demand this has created
we now offer

"40 NICOTINE"

$13.00 GaHon-$3.75 Quart-$2.00 Pint.

Compare these prices with what you now pay.

NIKOTIANA

A 1296 nicotine solution properly diluted for
vaporizing and fumigating.

$4.50 Gallon-$1.50 Quait.

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

For green, black, white Hy» red spider, thrips.
mealy bug and soft scale. Can be used on
tender plants.

$2.50 Gallon— $1.00 Qaart.

FUNGINE

For mildew, rust and other blights. It is
perfectly safe to apply to fruitsandvegetables,
as it is non-poisonous. An infallible remedy
for rose mildew, carnation and chrysanthe-
mum rust. $2.00 Gallon— 75c Quart.

VERMINE

For eel, cut and wire worms working in the
soil. It can be applied to all vegetation.
$3.00 Gallon— $1.00 Quart.

SCALINE

For San Jose, Oyster Shell and all scale on
trees and hardy stock. An effective remedy
for red spider on evprirreens,

$1.50 Gallon— 75c Quart.

If you cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order with
remittance and we will ship immediately
through our nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Manufacturers of Asrlcultural Chemicals.
MADISON. N. J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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NICOTINE

Thrips and most other plant Hce can be destroyed
by fumigating or spraying with Free Nicotine or by
spraying with Sulphate of Nicotine.

Our products are guaranteed to contain 40% Nicotine

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ABUTILONS.

ABI'TILON LAVITZII Variegated. 2-iDcli. S3
per 100: 3-iiich. $0 per 100. Extra strong.
Casb please. ERXEST liOBER. Willmette. 111.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araiiearias excelsa. 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers.
5^;»-0 iueb. 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and compacta. SiA-G-T inch. .?1. $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Asobmanu, 1012 W. Ontario St.. Thila-
delphia.

Araucarias. Booking orders now at the fol-
lowing prices: Excelsa. 50c, 75c and $1 each.
Robusta Compacta. large plants, $1.50 to $2
each. Poehlniann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Arancaria excelsa. Gin., G5c each. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St.. Milwaukee,
Wis.

ASPARAGUS PLl'MOSUS and SPRENGKRI,
3-in.. .$5 per 100. IIEXRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids. Mich.

Araucarias in sorts. .\ugust Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus. 3-in.. $7; 4-in.. $12;
5-in., $2i» and $25 per 100. Sprengeri. 2i4-in.,
$3 per UK); 3-in.. $5 per 100. Poehlmanu Bros.
Co.. Slorton Grove. III.

250 4-inch Asparagus Sprengeri, very strong,
same size plants used for basket planting in
spring, $7 per 100. Boone Greenhouses, Boone,
Iowa.

Asparagus pluniosns. strong seedlings, $6 per
1,000: 5,(X)0 for $25; 10.000 for $45. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York. „^^

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2ii-in.,
$2 per 10*1; $18 per 1.000. Jos. H. Cunning-
ham. Delaware, O.

Asparagus plumosus, short and bushy. 2U-iD.,
$3 per 101); $25 per l.ono. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co.. Painesville,_OhIo^ ___^^_

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, exceptionally fine
strong 2 '^ -inch plants. $3 per 100 ; $25 per
1,000. PYFER & OLSEM. Wilmette. III.

Asparagus Sprengeri, baskets. $1 to $2.50
eac-h. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Asparagus plumosus. .$25 per 1,000. A, M.
Herr. Lancaster. Pa.

Asparagus Sprengeri. 2U-inch. $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, variegated. 5-in., 10 to 12 leaves,
$1.5n each; Green. 5-in.. 12 leaves. $1 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. III.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, early and late plants. 12 to 14
inches. 55c: 14 to 16 inches. 70c; 16 to 18
inches. $1; 18 to 20 inches. $1.50. The Storrs
& Harrison Co., PainesvJlle. O.

Azaleas, all the leading Christmas Varieties,

from 75c to $2.50. in bloom. Large Specimen.

$2.50 and up to .$5 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co..
Morton Grove. 111.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford. N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons. 51 Barclay St.. New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEIJONIA CINCINNATI, 2W-in.. $15 per
100: .3-in., .?30 per ll«: 4-in.. $45. per 100.
GLOIRE DE CHATELAINE, with matiy florists
takes the place of Lorraine, blooms all the
.year around. 2-in.. $5 per 100; ,1-iu.. ,$8 per
100; 4-in.. $15 per 10(1. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wilmette, 111.

BEGONIA LORRAINE. Extra Fine.
21,4-inch at 15c; 3-inch at 18c; 4ineh at 22c;
5-inch. 40c. Cash or C. O. D.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSE. Denver, Colo.

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-in.. ,fl.50 i)er doz. ; $10
per ioO. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Rex Begonia, 2U-iD.. $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, iu
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft.. $1 each; 214 ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft., ,$2; 3V. ft.. $2.5iJ. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, ,$2.50 each. Globe, 14x14
inch, $3. Heavy bushes. 2 ft.. $1..50; nice
bushes, 15-in., 35c each. F. O. Frauzen. 5319
.N. Clark St., Chicago.

BULBS.

Bulbs. French Romans: 1112 ctms., $24 per
1.000; 12-13 ctms., $29; 12 ctms. and up, $35.
French Narcissus: Paper Whites, fancy, $8.50
per 1,<IOO; Star Brand, $11; Trumpet Majors.
$13; Emperor, $20. Dutch Narcissus: Golden
Spur, fancy, $13 per 1.000; Victoria, fancy,
$12; Empress, fancy, $13; Princeps, fancy, $6;
Sir Watkin, fancv. $12; Von Sion, fancy,
$13..''i0; Von Sion, dbl. nose, $22. Dutch hya-
cinths: Dutch Romans, named, $17.50 per
l.OfiO; hyacinths. 1st size, $00; 2d size, $37;
bedding grade, $25. Tulips: Artus, $6.50 per
1,000; Couleur Cardinal. $16; Cramoise Bril-
liant. $9; Dusart. $9; La Reine. $6; Princess
Marie Anne, .?7.50: Cottage Maid. $7; Proser-
pine. .?22; Rose Gris de Lin. $6; Chrysolora,
$7.50; Yellow Prince, $7.50; Keizerskroon, $13;
single, mixed, $6; dbl., mixed, $6.50; La Can-
deur. $8: Crown of Roses, $21; Salvator Rose.
$1.''..50; Crown d'Or. $17; Tournesol. red and
.vel.. $17.50; BoutoD d'Or, $11. Callas; 114
to I'/S. ,$45 per 1,000; IWj to 2, $75; 2 to 2%,
$100. Freesias: French Mammoth, ^ to %,
$9 per 1.000; Purity, 14 to %, $12 per 1,000.
Lillum Formosum. 6-8. $40 per 1.000; 7-9
$60; 8-9, $70; 8-10. $80. Lilium Giganteum,
7-9. $50 per 1.000; 8-9. $75; 8-10. $80; 9-10,
$95. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York,

Bulbs, L. Formosum, 7-9-in.. 9-10-in.. 10-11-
in.. 11-13-in.: also Japan grown freesias, y^
and "i-iu. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd."
Wo4,^lwortb Bldg., New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See arlvertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kasting Co.. 3S3-387
Elllcott St.. Buffalo. N. Y.

Bulbs. Paper Whites. $8.50 per case of 1,000
bulbs; also tulips, daffodils, freesias, C, C,
PoUworth Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1004 Betz
Bldg., Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Schwake & Co.,
90-92 W. Broadway, New York.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington, New
York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your _order in early for this flue stock
before it is too late. Send it in today.

„ , . Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantre.ss $6.00 $50.00

"„'';;'' '"'"SOU 5.00 40,00

^■,"-t" J,'''''''l"'h 6.00 50,00

White I'-ncIuintress 6.1X)

Victory 5'oo 45.00

Bonflre 5.00 45.00

WIBTOR BROS.,
162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago.

Bench carnation plants, 3,500 Rainbow seed-
lings, winner of American Carnation Society
medal. We are suspending business for the
winter and will ship these splendid plants direct
from our greenhouse benches. Plants are in full
production, with 15 to 25 flowering stems To
move quickly we offer these splendid novelties
at $6.50 per 100; $50 per 1.000. Cash with
order. Wanoka Greenhouses. Barneveld, N, Y.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS^
Enchantress, Pink $6.00 per lOO

?''5™"„ ■••■;.■; 6.00 per 100

Lady Bountitul 6.00 per 100

Enchantress, White 6.09 per 100

R. O. LOMMATZSCH,
R- ^'o- 1- La Grange, 111.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY
MADISON. N. J.

Carnation Aviator, R. c, ready Jan. 1, 1915
$12 per 100; $100 per 1,000, Chicago Carnation
Co., 30 East Randolph St., Chicago,

2,000 Mrs. C. W. Ward, fleld-grown carna-
tions, $4.50 per 100; $40 per 1,000. ELITCH-
LONG GREENHODSES. Denver. Colorado.

Carnation plants, $40 per 1,000. Ward. Scar-
let Glow and Rosette. Poehlmann Bros. Co..
Morton Grove. 111.

CARNATIONS — White Perfection, to close
out. $4 per lOU. CRABB & HUNTER FLORAL
CO.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Carnations, fleld-grown. Ward and White Per-
fection. $4. .50 per 100; $40 per 1,000. Peter
Reinberg, 30 E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLING, and fine
variety to grow. $5 per 100. C. C. Pollworth
Co.. Milwaukee.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear bluab pink.
Peter Fisher. Ellis, Mass.

Carnations. J D. Thompson Carnation Co..

Jollet, 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros,. FlshklU, N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2%-inch pots;
Vellow Eaton, White Eaton, McNiece. Ramapo,
O. H. Kabn. Chrysolora, October Frost, Touset,
Chas. Razor, Comoletta, Golden Glow, Pacific
Supreme, Unaka, Pocketts' Crimson and Scbrimp-
ton, $2 per 100. Extra fine stock, order quick.
Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CABNATION CO..
Jollet. ni.

Our early variety Unaka 'Mums brought $2 to
$2.50 per doz. They were fully two weeks ear-
lier than the type. Stock plants (limited). $1
per doz. ; $6 per 100. Cash with order. ROSE
HILL NURSERIES. New Rochelle. N. Y.
CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS. Best Varletlea.

5-lnch. at 25c: e-inch, at 38c.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo,

if You Do Not Find Wha) You Need In Our Ready Reference Deparfmenf, Wiife Us About If,

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CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

COLEUS.

Coleus. — VerscbafEeUi, Golden Bedder and
Queen Victoria, strong plants out of 2 incli
pots. ?1.50 per 100; $12.50 per l.UOO. W. E.
KING. Box 1360, Little Silver, N. J.

COLBUS, 20 varieties. Including Trailing
Queen, E. C. 70c per 100; $6 per 1,000. Ex-
press prepaid. C. HtJMFELD, Clay Center,

Kans.

Coleus, 2-ln.. $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1.000;
3-I11., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. R. Vincent,
Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Ind.

CROTONS

Crotons, 4-ln., 50c; 6-ln., 75c. Poehlmann
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, lU.

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN. The Very Best Obtainable.
4-inch at 15c; 5-lnch at 40c.
Cash with order. •
BLITOH-LONG GREENH0OSE&, Denver. Colo.

Cyclamens, 5-lii., 50c each; $5 per doz.; 6-ln.,
75c each; $9 per doz.; 7-ln., $1 to $1.50 each;
$12 to $18 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, IlL

Cyclamens, 4-inch at 15e; 5-inch at 40c;
6-inch at 60c each. The Geo. Wittbold Co.,
737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Cyclamen, 5 colors, 3-ln., doz., J1.50; per 100.
$10; 4-in., doz.. $2.50; per 100, $18. Vaughan'i
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

DAISIES. J

DAISIES— Mrs. Sanders, R. C, $1 per 100;
$8 per 1,000. Express prepaid. 0. HUMFELD,
Clay Center, Kans.

DAISIES. Fine 2H-lnch stock, Btoile d'Or,
best yellow forcing daisy, $4 per 100. Cash.
A. B. HDNT & CO., 56 East Randolph street,
Chicago.

DEUTZIAS.

Deutzla gracilis, 8-lneh, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz., $4; per 100. $30. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

DRACAENAS.

Dracajnas, Termlnalls, highly colored, 4-ln.,
25c each; $2.50 per doz.; 5-ln., 60c each; $6
per doz.; ein., 75c to »1 each. Dracajna
Godsefflana, 2-ln., $1 per doz.; S-ln., $1.50 per
■aoz. Indlvisa, 4-ln., 15c and 20c each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Dracrona Indlvisa. 3-ln. pots, $5 per 100. Leon-
ard Utzlnger5_800J>ake_view^d^^_Cleveland^^

Dracaena Indlvisa, 3-ln., $5; 4-ln., $10; 5-ln.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

FERNS..

Boston, 2-lnch * I'SS "" ?™

Boston, 3-lnch ,S-22 P*' }"R

Rnatnn 4-lnch 12-00 per 100

KS: 5-ScS :::::: 20.00 per loo

Boston, 7-inch nm «^S

Boston 8-lnch 1.00 each

Boston! out of bench, $10, $15 and $20 per 100
Roosevelt, out of bench, $15 and $20 per 100

Pterls, out of flats ^J'SS »" ^m

Smithli (new), 2-in 5.00 per 100

Pern and Sprengeri baskets, 75c to $2.50 each

Cash Please.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMBTTB, ILL.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties, 2%-
m., $3.50 per 100. BOSTON PERNS big stock
of strong dwarf plants; 2V4-ln., $4 Pef 100;
3-in., $7 per 100; 4-ln.. $15 per 100: 7-ln.. $6
per doz.; 7-ln.. extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-ln.,
$12 per doz.; 10-ln.. $15 per doz. Large Bpert-
men plants from $1.60 to »2 each WHIT-
MANI. 2V4-ln., $5 per 100; 3-ln.. $10 per 100;
i-ln $25 per 100; extra heavy 8-ln., $15 per
doz • C C. POLLWORTH CO.. MILWAUKEE.

Ferns, Nephrolepls mucosa. 3%-lnch. 25c; 5-
in 50c. N. Elegantlssima. 6-in., 50c; 8-ln., $1;
10-in., $2 each. N. Elegantlssima compacta,
SMjln.. 25c; 6-ln., 50c; 8-ln $1 each. N.
Superblsslma, 6-inch., 50c each N. Magnlflca.
5-in., 50c each. N. Piersonl, 6-ln.. 50c; 8-ln
$l,each. Dwarf Boston. 8-ln., $1 each Harrlsll.
6-ln., 50c; 10-ln.. $2 to $3 each; 12-ln., very
large, $5 each. P. R. Plerson Co., Tarrytown-
on-Hudson, N. Y.

Boston. Whltmani and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 5-lnch pots, $2.25 per doz.; $16
per 100. C. Humfeld, Clay Center, Kans.

Ferns. — Whitmaui. pot-grown, 5-inch, 20c;
6-lnch, 40c. Boston. 5-inch, 20c; 6-inch. 30c;
7-inch, 50c; specimens in larger sizes, 8-inch, $1;
9-inch. $1.50; larger sizes, $2, $2.50 and $3.
Cyrtomiums, 4-inch, $1.50 per doz.; 6-inch, $5
per doz. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buck-
ipgbam Place, Chicago. __^

Clbotlum Scheidel, 6-ln.. 75c; 6-ln.. $1. Bird's
nest fern, 4-inch, $3.50 per doz.; $25 per 100;
5-ln., $7 per doz; $50 per 100. Adiantnm
Croweanom, 4-ln., $15 per 100. Glory of Mord-
recht." 4-in., $25 per 100. Ferns for dishes. $3
per 100; $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Harrison
Co.. Palnesvllle. Ohio. .■

Ferns, Boston, Whltmani and Roosevelt, 5-in.,
25c each; $3 per doz.; 6-in.. 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 7-ln., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 81n., $1
each; $12 per doz.; 10-ln., $2.50 each; 12-in.,
$3.50 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove. 111.

Ferns. Boston and Roosevelt, 3-in., $7.50 per
100; 4-in., $15; 6-lD., $25; 6-ln., $50; 7-in., $75.
A. Henderson & Co., 369 River St. Chicago.

Boston ferns, 5-lnch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adlantum Croweanum, 3-ln.. tS per 100; $70
per 1,000. A. N. Plerson, Inc'Cromwell, Conn.

Boston hanging baskets, $1.50. $2 and $2.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, IIL

Ferns. Boston and Whltmani, 3-ln., 10c; 4-in.,
15c; 5-ln., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

Ferns. Bobblnk & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

FEVERFEW.

FEVERFEW, R. C. $1.25 per 100; $10 per
1,000. Express prepaid. C. HDMFELD, Clay
Center, Kans.

FICUS.

Ficus elastlca, 15-18 Ins., $3.50 per doz.; $25
per 100; 18-24 Ins., $4.50 per doz.; $35 per 100.
Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford. N. J.

FREESIAS.

Freeslas, Purity (true), % to 1-in., $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1.000; % to %-ln.. $1.76 per
100; $16 per 1.000; %-ln. and over. $1.50 per
100; $12 per 1,000; % to H-ln., $1.25 per 100;
$10 per 1.000. Vaughan's Improved Purity, %-
in. and up, $2.25 per 100; $20 per 1.000; V4 to
%-ln.. $1.75 per 100; $16 per 1,000; % to %-
In., $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1,000. French
grown. Jumbo, $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000.
Mammoth, $1 per 100; $9.50 per 1.000; Vaugh-
an's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Freesia Purity, 1st size, $14 per 1.000. Large
2 to 21^-inch calla bulbs, $12 per 100. C. C.
Pollwortb Co.. Milwaukee.

GERANIUMS.

GERANIOMS. ROOTED CUTTINGS.
Best varieties, including Rlcard. S. A. Nutt,
Vlaud, Sam Sloan. Poltevine. Jaulin. M. E.
Long. Perillon, single and double white, $12.50
per 1,000.
BLITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver. Col».

GERANIUMS, Variegated Nutt, 2%-ln., $5
per 100. Nutt, Perkins, La Favorite, Rose
geraniums, 2H-ln., $3 per 100; $25 per 1000.
Cash please. ERNEST ROBER, Wllmette,

111;

Geraniums, 2-ln., $2 per 100; |18.60 per 1,000;
3-ln., $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000 in lots of not
less than 1,0()0. 1,000 In 20 distinct varieties,
our selection from 2-ln. pots, $18.50; 3-ln., $28.
R, Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3y.-ln. pots, $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE, Mlnot,
N. D.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. DbL Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner, 2-ln., $1.76 per 100. Elmer
RawUngs. Olean. N. Y.

Geraniums, 2-ln., $3 per 100. Hall Cain*
and Mary Barton, 2-ln., $6. Rahn & Herbert,
110 B. 49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Geraniums, Nutt, Buchner, Rlcard, Perkins,
Poltevine, 2-ln., $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

GERANIUMS— Strong 2"4-lnch S, A. Nntt
and double white, $20 per 1,000. CRABB &
HU^'TER FLORAL CO., Grand Rapids, Mich,

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, $12.50 per 1,000.
Poltevine and Rlcard, $15 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr. Lancaster, Pa. *

GLADIOLUS.

GLADIOLUS NANUS In 12 leading varieties;
TULIPS. NARCISSI, etc. Send for list. W.
W. WILMORE, JR.. Wheatrldge, Colo.

MRS. FRANK PENDLETON. I am head-
quarters for pure stock of this grand pink
(jladiolus. \yrite for quotations on all sizes.
Also Pink Augusta, Glory, Meadowvale, Snow-
bank, The King, etc. Prices right. L. MER-
TON GAGE, Natick, Mass.

IRRIGATION GROWN "gladioli for forc-
ing; the best on the market; every corm a
bloomer. Send for trade list. W. W. WIL-
MORE. JR., Wheatrldge. Colo.

GREENS.

Greens, dagger and fancy ferns. 80c pec
1,000; case of 5,000, $3.50. Green galax, 60c
1,000; case of 10.000. $4. Green leucothoe. long,
$2 per 1.000. Green leucothoe. short, $1 per
1,000. Elk Galax & Fern Co., Banners Elk,
N. 0.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natnral
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Ever-
green. Ala.

Greens, choice case holly, holly wreaths and
laurel roping. H. B. Conwell, Milton, Delaware.

HOLLYHOCK.

HOLLYHOCKS, 7 double varieties, all lead-
era. Also Allegheny, the fringed single, $3 pet
100; $20 per 1,000. Fall delivery. W. W.
WILMORE, JR., Wheatrldge, Colo.

HELIOTROPE.

HELIOTROPE— R. C, $1 per 100; $8 pet
1.000. Express prepaid. C. HOMFELD, Clay
Center, Kans.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorta, pot-
grown, 4-in.. $20 per 100; 5-in., $25 per 100.
Otaksa field-grown. 4 to 6 shoots. $15 per 100;
6 to 8 shoots. $20 per 100. The Storra &
Harrison Co.. Palnesvllle. Ohio.

Hydranspn Otaksa. 2oc. 30c and 40c sizes.
The Geo. 'Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chicago. _^___

Hydrangea Otaksa. field-grown, 4 to 6 shoots,
$15 per 100; 6 to 8 shoots, $20 per 100. Leon-
ard Utzinger, 800 Lake View Rd., Cleveland, O.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, S-ln. pots, $5 pet
100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

IRISES.

GERMAN IRIS, fine named sorts, $1 »et
100; clumps, $3 per 100. HEISER NURSBBY
AND FLORAL CO.. Hamilton, O.

IVIES.

English ivy, out of 6-in, pots, up to 6 ft.
high. $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 B.
49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Hardy English ivy, 2-ln., $2 per 100; $18.60
per 1.000; 3-ln., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. E.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh. Md.

English Ivy from field, 20 to 30 Inches. $3;
from pots. 30 to 40 Inches. $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST. Kenllworth, N. J. .

ENGLISH IVY. strong 4-lnch, $10 per 100.
HARRY HBINL, West Toledo, Ohio.

English Ivy, 20c and 35c each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

German Ivy, 2%-in., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls. Iowa.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert. Wandsbck, nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken, 17 Bat-
tery PI., New York.

From Storage.

Cold Storage Valley. Brnn's Celebrated Chi-
cago Market Brand, $20 per 1.000; $10.50 per
500; $5.50 per 250; $2.50 per 100. Cut yalley,
best quality always on hand. H. N. BcoD'a,
3032 W. Madison St.. Chicago.

I

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pore Culture.
American Spawn Co.. St. Paul, Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits, W. & T.
Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

if You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reterence Department, Write Us About It

1914.

The American Florist.

743

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees,
blnk & Atfclna. Rutherford. N. J.

Evergreen. The D. HIU Nursery Co.. Dundee.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and aeml-
established. Lager & Hurrell. Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KBNTIA BBLMOEBANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lnch pots, 5 to 6. 18 $0.35

6-lnch pots. 6 to 7, 28 to 30 ... . 1.50

6-lnch pots. 6 to 7. 32 to 34 .... 2.00

8-lnch tubs. 6 to 7. 36 .... 3.00

81nch tubs, 6 to 7. 42 to 44 4.00

glnch tubs, 6 to 7» 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens. $16.00 to $25.00.

KBNTIA FOBSTERIANA.

Single Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 ....$0.35

6-lnch pots. 5 to 6. 34 to 36 ... . 1.60

6-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 38 to 42 2.00

8-lnch tubs. 6 to 7, 46 to 48 ... . 3.50

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 50 to 54 5.00

10-lnch tubs. 6 to 7. 5 to 5% ft. . 8.00

10-lnch tubs. 6 to 7. 6 to 6% ft.. 10.00

KBNTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

61nch pots. 3 plants in a pot, 28 ..$1.25

7-lnch pots. 5 plants In a pot. 34 to 38. . 2.00
7-lnch tubs. 4 plants In a tub. 38 . . 3.00

8-lnch tubs. 3 plants In a tub. 38 to 42.. 3.50
Slnch tubs. 3 plants In a tub. 48 to 54. . 5.00
8-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 52 to 66.. 6.00
10-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub. 6 ft. high. 8.00
12-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 5 to 5^4 ft.10.00
12-lnch tubs. 4 plants In a tub. 6 ft. hlgh.12.00
Very strong specimens. 12 and 15-lnch tubs, 7
plants, $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBBLBNIl.

tt-lnch pots 20 In. high, 26 in. spread $1.60

7-lnch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 In. spread. 2.50
8'lncta tubs. line specimens 3.60

POEHLMANN BROS. CO..
MORTON GROVE. ILL.

Kentia Fovsteriana. single plants. 5-lnch, 60c;
made-up. 6-iuch, $1.25; 7-inch, $2 each. The
Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chicago. !_:

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, e-ln.. 6-7 leaves.
22 Ins.. high. $1 each; $12" per doz. Ph(Knlx
Roebelenii. 8-in. pots. 24 Ins. high. 26-inch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-ineh tubs. 24 Inches high.
30-lnch spread. $4 each. A. N. Plerson, Inc..
Cromwell. Conn.

Phoenix Canarlensls, fine large plants, $7.60
to $35 each. Julius Eoehra Co., Rutherford.
N. J.

PALMS. DECORATIVE PLANTS. RARITIES.
Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Fla.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veitchll, 4-ln.. 50c; 5-ln., 75c; 6-
in., $1.25 and $1.50; 7-ln.. $2 and $2.50. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

PANSIES.

Peonies, large stock of our own and other
varieties. Kelway & Son. Langport, Somerset,
England.

PEPPERS.

New cluster peppers. 2-1b., $2 per 100; 3-ln.,
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers, 8-ln.. $4 per 100.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvlnll, 2-ln.. $3 per 100;
3in.. $5 per 100. Cash. ERNEST EOBBR.
Wllmette. 111.

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES. 4-
In., $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland. Ore-
gon, offer an Immense stock of superb MASTO-
DON MIXED SEEDLINGS, sizes and prices as
follows: Large, l.noO. $5; 5.000. $22.50; 10.000.
$44. Medium. 1.000. $4; 5,000, $17.50; 10,000,
$33. Standard. 1,000. $3; 5.000. $13.50; lO.OOO.
$26. All prepaid. No shipments standard size
east of Omaha or south of Denver. Color plate
catalog free. Seed prices: % oz.. $1; oz.. $7.

PANSIES— ROMEK'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain that has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection. 50c per
100; $3.50 per 1.000. Express prepaid. 0.
HCMFBLD. CTay Center. Kans.

PANSY. Best Show Mixture, strong plants,
$2.25 per 1,000. DAISY BELLIS, pink, white,
red; strong plants. $2 per 1,000, J. A.
KEBNEY. Monogahela, Pa.

PANSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTB. ILL.

Pansy plants. $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
ningham. Delaware, O.

PEONIES.

PEONIES — Fine cut flower varieties, named.
3 to 5 eyes. $5 per 100; 2-year clumps. $8.
HEISER NURSERY AND FLORAL CO.. Ham-
ilton. O.

Peppers. Chinese and cluster, 4-ln., $10 per
100. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton GroTe. 111.

PERENNIALS.

PERENNIALS, Strong August Seedlings, |1
per 100; $8 per 1000: Aqullegla, 3 vara.,
ADthemis Kelwayl. aster, coreopsis grfl..
Chrysanthemum Triumph, Shasta daisy Alaska,
Campanula, 3 vara.. Delphinium Chlnense, Del-
phinium Gold Medal. Dlanthus lattfolius. gall-
lardla grfl.. Gypsophlla, hollyhocks, 4 vrs..
dbl. and single; pentstemon, mixed; Pyreth-
rum roseum, Papaver Orlentalis, Sweet Will-
iam. 4 vars., Lychnis. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wllmette, 111.

l\-reuuials. — Strong plants from field or pots.
Write for prices on what you need. W. B.
KINU. Eo.'i 1360, Little Silver, N. J.

PETUNIAS. ^_^

Petunias, double fringed, mixed. 2-ln.. $2 per
100; $18 per 1,000. Elmer Bawllngs. Clean.
N. Y.

Petunias, dbL mixed. 2-ln., $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1,000; 3-ln., $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. R.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh, Md.

POmSETTIAS.

Roses, 1-yr.. 2>^-ln.; 2-yr., 4-in. LeedU
Floral Co.. Sprlpgfleld, 0.

Roses.
Holland.

Gratama Bros, k, Co., HoofeTMa,

Roses.

W. & T. Smith Co., Genera, N. Y.

SEEDS.

Seeds. Sudan grass. Rescue, Johnson and Ber-
muda grass, cane, cotton. Egyptian wheat, cow
peas, Feterlta, Kaffir corn, MUo maize, big Ger-
man and Pearl millet, Spanish peanuts, fancy
cantaloupe and watermelon, Bermuda onioB.
Bobert Nicholson, Dallas, Texas.

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce. Mangel-Wurtzel, onion, parsley,
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Denalffe
& Son. Carignan. Northern France.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.

True type, short stocky plants, 2%-lDch.

$4.50 per 100; $40 per 1,000; 3-lnch, $8 per

100; 4-ln.. $15 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST

ROBER, Wllmette, 111.

Poinsettias, true type, the large Bract kind,
shipped you in 2%-in. paper pots. $5.50 per
100; $50 per 1.000. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St.. Chicago.

Poinsettias, choice stock In pans, with good
bracts, according to value, 60c to $2.60 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1,000 2%-lnch; fine
stock, $5 per 100; $20 for 600. HESS & SWO
BODA. Omaha. Neb.

PRIMULAS.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES 2V4-lnch, $2.50 per
100; 3-lnch, $5 per 100. Obconlca Grandlflora
Gig., 2%-lnch, $3 per 100; 3-lncb. $6 per 100;
4-lnch. $8 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wllmette, 111.

Primroses. Chinese, Forbesi, Malacoldes. Ob-
conlca, alba and rosea. $1.75 per 100; $15 per
1.000. Obconlca glgantea, giant flowering, all
2!4-lnch pots, $2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Joa.
H. Cunningham. Delaware. O.

Primula Sinensis, red and white, $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Harrison Co..
Painesville. Ohio.

Primula obconlca. giants, Grandlflora. largest
flowering, big 3-lnch stock, $4 per 100. Chinese
largest flowering, flne plants. 3-lnch. $4; 2-lnch.
$2 per 100. Cash, please. J. W. Miller, Shire-
manstown. Pa.

Primula obconlca, 3-lnch, $6 per 100. Mala
coldes, 2%-lnch. $4 per 100; $35 per 1.000.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIMROSES— Malacoldes. 2-lnch, $2 per 100;
$15 per 1,000. HEISER NURSERY AND
FLORAL CO.. Hamilton. Ohio.

Primula obconlca grandlflora and glgantea
strain, 4-lnch. 8c. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Mor-
ton Grove. 111.

PRIVET.

PANSY SEED Giant strain, new crop, $4

per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTB. ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers. Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin. Sweet. Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co.. Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co.. Arroyo Grande. Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hurff. Swedesboro. N. J.

Seeds. Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrlck &
Son. contract seed growers. Pedrlcktown. N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon. squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbeil & Co.. Jackson. Mleh.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport. Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers. Musk
and Watermelons. Pumpkins and Squash. West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co.. Fremont. Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta
loupe, watermelon, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and fleld corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co.. Waterloo, Neb. .

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras. etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles. Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.. Mllford. Conn.

Seeds, wholesale fleld and garden seeds. J.
Bolglano & Son. Light, Pratt and BlUcott Sta..
Baltimore. Md^

Seed, yellow and red Bermuda onion seed for
sets. 69c per lb. Federlco Varela. Tenerlge.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant. C.
Zrolanek. Lompoc. Calif.

Seeds, wholesale growers. The Klmberlln
Seed Co.. Santa Clara. Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Joa.
H. Cunningham. Delaware. O.

Seeds eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnlngs. P.

O. Box 857. Melbourne. Australia. .

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton. New York.

Tomato seed. Wm. Redcay. Lancaster Pa. R6.

SMILAX.

Smllax. 2H-lnch. $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nnrsery Co., Baltimore. Md.

CaUfornia privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett. Little Silver. N. J.

ROSES.

ROSES. Kalserln. My Maryland and KlUar
ney. 3-ln.. pots $6; 4-ln. pots. $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Roses on canlna stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros.' & Co..
Hoogeveen, Holland.

SPIREA.

Splrea Van Houttel. 3 to 4 ft.. $8 per 100;
$75 per 1.000. Louis B. Bastburn. Kennett
Square. Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown,
wine. Early Ozark. Gaudy,
mltage. Hundred Dollar,
Star. Myrtle Murrejl, Silver
Success. Three W's, U. S.
Belt. $2 per 100: $16 per
Fendall. Pearl. $2.25 per
Everbearing (Progressive,
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1
Monmouth Nursery. Little

Barrymore. Brandy-
Golden Gate. Her-

McKlnley, Morning

Coin. Steven's Late.

King Edward, Wm.
1.000. Chesapeake,
100; $18 per 1.000.
Productive. Superb),
.000. J. T. Lovett.
Silver. N. J.

STEVIA.

STEVIA. Very Large and Strong Stock.

5-lnch at 20c; 6-lnch at 35c.

Cash with order.

ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo.

Stevta. 2-in.. $20 per 1.000. Poehlmann Bros.

Co.. Morton Grove. HI.

STEVIA. Strong fleld-grown. $12.60 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

If You Do Not Find Wtiat You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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The American Florist.

Oct. 24,

SWAINSONA.

iSwalnsona. wbite and pink, 2-1q.. $2 per
100; I18.5U per 1.000; 3-lnch, $3 per 100; J25
per l.OuO. v.: Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co.. White
Marsh. Md.

SWAINSONA. 4-lnch plants. $12.50 per 100.
HENEY SMITH. Grand Raplda. Mich.

VEGETABLE .PLANTS.

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rnp-
ids esijeciall.v selected for greenhouse forcing,
seedlings. $l' per 1.000. Strong parsley roots.
100 for .?1. Shipment dav order received.

DANVILLK FLORAL CO., Danville, 111.

"grand rapids ^LETTOCB plants. Very
strong seedlings, 90c per 1,000; 214-ln. pot
plants, can furnish a crop In 20 days with
them, $1.25 per 100. J. A. KEENBY, Mononga-
hela, Pa.

VERBENAS.

VERBENAS. 20 varieties. R. C, 70c per
100; $6 per 1,000. Express prepaid. C. HOM-
FELD, Clay Center, Kans.

vmcAs.

VINCAS, 25.000 lleld-grown plants. Varlegata.
$4 per 100. 300,000 rooted tips, Varlegata, $1
per 100. Extra fine plants. Ready for de-
livery. Dept. B. THE RBESER PLANT COM-

PANY, Sprlngfleld. Ohio.

VINCAS — Green and Variegated.

20,000 field-grown. $4 per luO; $35 per 1,000;
250 plants at 1,000 rate.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo.

VINCA VAR.. strong field-grown clumps, $4
per 100; $35 per 1,000. Cash, please. FBANCB
& VANDEGRIFT. Monroe. Mich.

Vlnca varlegata, field-grown, $5 per 100.
Jos. H. Cunningham. Delaware. O.

VIOLETS.

VIOLETS — Large clumps of Callfomia, $6
per 100; $50 per 1.000. CRABB & HUNTER
FLORAL CO., Grand Raplda, Mich.

400 Governor Herrlck Violets, fleld-grown, very
strong. $4 per 100. Boone Greenhouses, Boone,
Iowa.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfleld Ave.. Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co.. 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

The Kroescheli greenhouse boiler, best of
all for hot water heating. Kroescheli Bros,
Co.. 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heat-
Ing. Superior Machine and Boiler Works. 848
W. Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers, GIblln standard greenhouse. GibUn
& Co.. 901 Broad St.. Utica. N. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-inch. 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St.. Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far. 60c for
1,000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices.
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Sharp, Part-

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Baton. Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Spragne,
Smith Co.. 164-166 Randolph St.. Chicago.

GREEHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co.. 2340 Wabansia

Ave.. Chicago. 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-

Inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

* Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dletsch
Co.. 2642 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Bstlmatea on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., Slat and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago.

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KING CONSTRUCTION GO. I

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Greenhouse coustructlon. We furnish every-
tUitig fur tbe greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co.. Pes Plalnes. 111.

Greenhouse cuustructlon and equipment. King
Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

Greenhouse lumber, hotbed easb. pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lom-
ber Co., Lockland. O.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid— NICO-FUME — Paper, for thrips, apbU.
Spraying vaporizing, fumigating. Tbe Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc.. Louisville,
Ky^

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son. Stratford. London. England.

Nicotine. The Grasseli Chemical Co., Cleve-
land, Pittsburgh. St. Louis. New York, Cin-
cinnati. St. Paul, Boston. Detroit, Birmingham,
Chicago, Milwaukee. New Orleans.

Pexto Pruning Shoars. The Peck. Stow &
Wilcox Company, Southingtou, Conn., and Cleve-
land^^

Natural color flower illustrations are our spe-
cialty. Manx Engraving Co., 400l Uavenswood
Ave., Chicago.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. Mc€ray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. KendallvlUe. Ind

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen. 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet,
per mo. 85c; 500, $3: $5.50 per 1,000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100, 60c; per
1.000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago.

Plllsbury Carnation Staples, 1.000 for S5c;
3,000 for $1. 1. L. Plllsbury. Galesburg. 111.

WIRE WORK.

Floral design, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shade
frames. Eagle Wire Works. 2338 Ontario St.,
Cleveland. Ohio.

Florist's' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros., 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
tbeworld's larg^est Building Material Department.
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overhauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, bose. etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experta to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock.
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, si7e
138 x2Vj 100 running ft t 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
I'jxZH. 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in.stock.perlOOOft.. bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44— No. 1 Cypress. I in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash, IH-in. x 3 ft.
X 6 ft., without glass. 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47-Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to ISgauge wire; per
roll $1.90 to 1.13

XJ-48— First class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

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We Farnish Everyttiing for the Greenhoase

Write for prices and estimates. Do it now.

GARLtND MANUFACTURING CO:. Pes Plaines. III.

If You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

19^4'

The American Florist.

745

Incorporated 1904

Established 1765 p^j. i^pOT LUCK" UsC

HEWS ™»*«» POTS

and Red Earthenware Specialties.

Pot Makers for a Century and a Half. World's Largest Manufacturers.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Long island CUy.N.Y

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price per
crate:

2000 134 In., crate, $6.00

1500 2 •• 4.88

1500 IVt •• 5.25

1500 2H •■ 6.00

1000 3 ■■ 5.00

800 34 " 5.80

500 4 '■ 4.50

HILFIHGER BROS. POTTERY, ^^^^^iit

Andnst Rolker a Sons, 51 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Onr Specialty: Long Distance and Export trade.

456 4H-in., crate, $5.24
320 5 •■ 4.51

210 5!4 •' 378

144 6 •■ 3.16

120 7 " 4.20

60 8 " 3.00

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes from 2 in. to 6 in.

Ask your dealer for them.

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM. MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discouDts on larK'e orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breitschwenh, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Full size and wide bottoms,
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY, Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagner Plant Boxes

I are the best and cheapect in the

I market for palms, borwood.baT

I trees, etc. They are attractive in

I desiffD, strong and dnrable suit-

I able for either indoor or outdoor

use. Made of cypress which

rives them a lastiDsr quality.

We manufacture Tarious styles

and sizes. Write for prices.

WaAdot Park Canterratorles. Sidney, Ohio

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a firstclass pot at a popular price. All goods are careluUy selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that worth considering? „ j, j „ , . , ,

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots, Hanging Baskets and other
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous MOSS Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVIUE, O.

Chicago Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST,
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

"Cedar Plant Tubs

No, Diam. Ea, Doz. 100

10 20 in. $1.45 $16.00 $130.00

20 18 in. 1.30 14.00 115.00

30 16 in. 1.00 11.25 92.00

40 14 in. .65 7.00 56.00

50 12 in, ,45 5,00 40.00

60 10 in. .38 4.00 32.00

70 8 in. .30 3.50 28.00

Manufactured for us exclusively. The best tub ever introduced; the neatest, lightest and
cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have drop handle.

Henry A. Dreer, Seeds. Plants, Bulbs and Supplies, 714-716 Chcstnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Wharton St.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA,; Branch, Long Island City, N. Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write for Prices and New Catalogue.

Kramer's Pot Bangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmen, Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample

dozen by mail. SI. 25.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

NEPONSET

Flower. Vegetable Waterproof

PAPER POTS

Waterproof. Don't Brealc, Cost

Little, Shippers may use them
and save tlieir customers many
dollars in expresscharges.
Vanghan's Seed Store, Agents
Chicago and New York.

Standard Flower Pots

Porosity and Strength
Unsurpassed,

Write tor prices.

A. F.~KOHR

2S34-a«-3« N. LeaTitt St..

CHKAOO

Bay Your
Pots Here

Tlie Best Pot

The Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

Send (or Price List

C. C. Pollworth Co.,

MaWADKEE,
WISCONSIN

GEO. KELLER & SON,

Maanfictnrers of

Red Pots

Befora buyini write for »ric«a,

2«14-2a22 Herndai K..

CHICAGO

Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD

OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS, ; :

We solicit your inquiries.

THE CAMP CONDUIT Ca

Manufacturers, CIEVBLANIX,

746

The American Florist.

Oct. 2^1.,

I L

l_L

llention the American Florist when toriting

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

%if^

You Need '•'^"^o^rr"''^"

fiadctoBoiler t>
SYSTEM

I

Don't waste the condensation in your steam apparatus. Return it to the boiler
witli its full heat content. Voti can do it with ttie Morehead System and with your
boiler on the grcruod level. Install a Morehead System in your greenhouse
and see how quickly the "Morehead" will show a saving in your coal hills,
maintain a steady, even temperature, not to mention the great improvement in
your heating si^tem There is a Morehead System to fit yOUT needs. Just
state your conditions and ask for our proposition.

Write Dept. "N** for Interesting and 135

complete information. Do it today.

MOREHEAD MFG. COMPANY, Detroit, Mich.

The Only Practical Way to Gut Your Greeniiouse Glass Is With This

Florists everywhere
are using it in
ference to any
Good hardware
everywhere sell
Devil" Glass Cutters
as well as some of th

1 pre- CC * /f Ji^f l>evil*

Red Devil Glass Cutter No. 024

other 3.000 tools we make

It you are not usinji **Red

5f Devil" Glass Cutters, we

give you an oppor-

to try them. Send

ree 2c stamps and

one sample only will be

sent you postpaid.

SMITH 5 HEMENWAY CO., 151 Chambers St., New York Cily.N. Y

Superior Machine
and Boiler Works,

846-848 W. Superior St., Chicago, 111.

ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaraateed

in every respect. Send for
our cataloirue today.

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL
HOTBED SASH

Best Grades. Prompt Delivery.

Low Prices.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE. ( near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO, ILL.

Telephone Humboldt 11.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

SHEAR-KLEAN

GRATES ARE CHEAPEST

When you consider their efficiency.

SHEAR-KLEAN GRATE COMPANY,

CHICAGO. ILL.

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OF HIGH
GRADE..

See Our Catalogue.

iteam and
act Water

6IBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y

igi4.

The American Florist.

747

SEND FOR
CATALOGUE.

WHAT THE USERS SAY

GET STARTED RIGHT

Nour No. 14 boiler is heating my house 30 ft. wide by 200 (t. long and I tliink
It would take care of six houses the size of mine. Have no trouble to keep up
temperatures in coldest weather. The boiler has given perfect satisfaction and
more too. 1 never saw such a heater. This is the first boiler I ever owned
and I am thankful that 1 got the right kind in tbe start, for I know I will
never have any other kind now. I do not know how you could improve on it. for
it is a "Daisy." I have put in your piping system according to your plans and
also the Generator. Well, the Generator is the best thing anyone can ha/e
around a greenhouse or any other hot water system. It is the best thing I ever
spent my money tor. and I would not do without one now for five times the cost.

S. K, GREEN. Paris. Ills.

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 452 West Erie St., Chicago, III.

Siebart'a Zinc
Glasina Pointa.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust.
easy to drive, H and H
inch. Perlb. 40c.5-lbs.
$1.85. 20-lbs., $7.00

Vaughan's
Seed Store
Chicago New York

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place. CHICAGO.

Mention tlic Amrrimn Florist ichcn writing

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

— Send For Prices —

404-412 East 34ib St , NEW YORK

Mention the Americcni Florist when writing

PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, Billheads. Statements.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels.

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate Making and Color Work.

fiorham & Gtiaplins Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

A Record To Be Proud Of

nie Florists' Hail Association has paid 2000
lasses amounting to a total of $282,000.00.
For fall particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J

Toothpicks

10.000 $1.75; 50,000 $7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. CO WEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Sample free. For sale bv dealers.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Sunlight Double Glass Sash is the
Standard Everywhere

These sash have become the standard sash, cutting out half the labor and
cost and doubling the net profits of early gardening wherever used. This
superior efHciency is due to these facts! The two layers of glass enclose
an air space — a transparent blanket — through which the sun's rays pass freely
to the beds, carrying heat and light, but through which the cold from with-
out and the sfored heat from within pass very slowly.

The result is Ihc eliminaiion ot mats and shutters saving half the labor of covering and
uncoverine. As these extra covers, used on single layer sash, need never be bought or renewed,
thus half the expense of hot-bed gardening is saved.

The Sunligfht Greenhouse on which the sash are also used is inexpensive, attractive
and a highly profitable addition to any garden. See the catalog.

Write today for the Free Catalog and enclose, if you wish it, four cents in stamps fo;
Professor Masscy's helptul booklet on the use of cold-frames, hot-beds and small greenhouses

Sunlight Double Glass Sash Company

934 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky.

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. h. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 s. Dearborn St. Clilca|0

748

The American Florist.

Oct. 24,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The,... 746

Allen J K 725

Alpha Floral Co.... 727
American Spawn Co 73S

Amlins E C Co 721

Anderson S A 727

Angermueller G H. 722

Aphine Mfg Co 740

Archias Floral Co.. 730
.^schmann Godfrey. 738
Atlanta Floral Co... 728
Bassett&Wasbburn 716
Batavia Greenhouse

Co 720

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Bauscherjohn 730

Beaven £ A 726

Begerow's 728

Benary Ernst 735

BergerBros 723

Bernine H G 722

Blackistone Z D... 72y
Bobbink & Atkins.. 736
Boddineton AT.... 734
Bodger J & Sons Co 733

Boland J B Co 727

Bolsiano J& Sons... 734

BraKir Ross 727

Bramley&Son 73U

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 732

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 728
Brown Bros & Co.. 730

Brunning F H 733

Bruns H N 733

Bryan Alonzo J 738

Buchbinder Bros... 718

Buckbee H W 730

Budlong] A 715 721

Burpee W A & Co.. 733
Caldwell theWoods

man Co 726

California Florists.. 730
Camp Conduit Co .. 745
Chicago Carn Co

1 720 739

Chicago Flower

Growers .'Vssn II

Cbicago House

Wrecking Co 744

Clark E B Seed Co. 734
Clarke's Sons Dayid 729

Clay & Son 740

Cleveland Cut

. Flower Co 729

Conard & Jones Co. 736

Conwell HE 726

Cooke Geo H 727

Cowee W J 747

Coy H C Seed Co... 733

Craig RobtCo 7.^9

CritchellC E 723

Cunningham Jos H. 735

DardsChas 728

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 736

Deamud J B Co 721

Denaifle&Son 732

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg Co 745

Dietscb A & Co IV

Diller Caskey&

Keen IV

Dorner F&Sons

Co 735

Dreer HA... 737 744 745

Duerr Chas A 730

Duluth Floral Co... 730

Dunlop JohnH 729

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box, 748
Elastic LykeCo... 748
Elk Galax & Fern

„Co 726

EmmansGeo M.... 735

Erne & Klingel 721

Eyres H G 7^9

Fish Henry Seed Co 734

Fisher Peter 737

Florists' Hail Assn 747
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 725

Ford William P.... 724
Frank Floral Co.... 721

Franzen F 0 7.38

Freeman Mrs J B... 730

Frcy & Frey 730

Friedman 727

Froment H E 725

Furrow & Co 730

Galvin Thos F 729

Gardiner Alex C ... 729
Garland Mfg Co.... 744

Gasser J M Co 729

Giblin & Co 741.

Gorham & Chaoline 747
Graham A & Son... 727
Grand Kapids

Floral Co 730

Grasselli The Chem-
ical Co 740

Gratama Bros & Co 1M>

Gude Bros 728

Gunterberg M C 7 6

Guttman & Kaynor

(Inc) 725

Hardesty & Co 727

Harley Pottery Co.. 745

Hart GeorgeB 725

Haven Seed Co The 733

Heacock Jos Co 739

Heinl John G & Son 7,^n
Henderson. "V&Co. .. I
Henderson Lewis.. 730

Herr Albert M 739

Herrmann A 747

Hess & Swoboda ... 730
Hews A H &Co.... 745

Hilfinger Bros 745

Hill D Nursery Co.. 736

Hoerber Bros 719

HoHmeisterFlo Co. 723

Holm & Olson 728

Holton &HunkelCo

712 722

Home Cor School... 744
Horticultural

Advertiser 726

Hurff Edgar F 733

Ickes-Braun Mill Co 746

Igoe Bros 748

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 748
Isbell S M & Co... 734
Jackson & Perkins.. 7.%
Johnson WW&Son 7.«

Jones Percy 717

Joy Floral Co 730

Kasting W F Co ... I
Keller Geo & Sons. 745

Keller Sons J B 730

Kellogg Geo M.. . 729
.Kelway & Son... 733 736
Kennicott Bros Co.. 721
Kentucky Totjacco

Product Co 740

Kervan Co The 725

Kessler Wm 725

Kift Robt 729

Kimberlin Seed Co. 733
King Construct Co. 744

Kohr A F 745

Komada Bros 748

Kramer I N & Son

736 745

Kroeschell BrosCo. 747

Kruchten John 721

Kuehn C A 722

Kuhl Geo A 735

Kyle & Foerster 721

LaCrosse Floral Co. 728
Lager & Hurrell.... 737
Landretb Seed Co. . 734
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co 730

Lange A 727

LeboriusJJ 729

Leedle Floral Co ... 738
Leonard Seed Co... 733
Lockland Lumber

Co 746

London Flower Shp 728
Lord& Burnham Co 74*.

Lovett J T 737

Mann Otto 733

McCallum Co 723

McConnell Alex 727

McCray Refrigera-
tor Co 718

McGee WaltcrS.... 740
McKenna P & Son. 727
McNctf-Swenson Co 72h
Manx Engraving Co 726

MatthewsonJ E 728

May & Co L L 727

Meconi Paul 725

Memphis Flo Shop. 730
Meredith The Flow-
er & Veg Co 735

Metairie Ridge Nurs 727

Mette Henry 738

Montreal Floral
Exchange Ltd 724

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS
Are positively the best. Last forever. Over
30.000 pounds now in use. A sure preventative of
glass slipping. Effective ou large or small glass.
EasT to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. H and
54. 400 perlb.. by mail 16c extra; 7 lbs. for$2.SO
tSlba. forfS.OO, by express. For sale by tbetr'ide

RANDOLPH & McCLEMKNTS, FlorUts.
5»3e Peiui Ave., near Highland. Plttalnrfth.Pa.

Moore, Hentz &

Nash

Morehead Mfg Co...

Murray Samuel

Myers Florist

Nat Flo B of Trade.
N y Cut Flower Kx.
Nicholson Robert..

Nicotine Mfg Co

Niessen Leo Co

Ostertag Bros ... .

Palez Paul M

Palmer W J & Son .
Park Floral Co...'..
Peacock Dahlia

Farms

Peck. S10W& Wi;-

cox Co The

Pedrick G R& Son.

Peirce E Allan

Penn the Florist....
Peters & Reed Poty

Phillips Bros

Pierce F O Co

Pierson A N (Inc)..

Pierson F R Co

Pieters- Wheeler

Seed Co

Pikes Peak Flo Co..

Pillsbury I L

Podesta&Baldocchi
Poehlmann Bros Co
Pollworth C C Co

I 722 729 734

Portland Flower

Store

Pulveriz<;rd Manure

Co

QuakerCity Machine

Works

Raedlein Basket Co

Rahn & Herbert

Randall A L Co....
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 727

Rawlings Elmer

Ready Reference...

Reed & Keller

Regan Ptg House ..

Reid Edw

Reinberg Geo

Reinberg Peter

Renter's

Rice Bros

Rice Co. M

Robinson ] C Seed

Co

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co

Rohnert Waldo

Rolker ."Vug & Sons.
Routzahn Seed Co .

Rusch G &Co

Schilder Bros

Schiller, the Florist.
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co

Schlatter W & Son.
Schling Max

Schmidt J C 735

Schwake Chas & Co 724

Sefton Mfg Co 718

Sharp Partridge &

Co 744

Shear-Klean Grate

Co 746

Sheridan Walter F. 725
Siebrecht George C 725

Simmons & Son 730

Situation & Wants.. 711
SkidelskySS&Co... 7.?3
Sluis & Groot ..... 7.34.
Small J H &Sons... 730
Smith A W &Co... 729

SmithE D&Co 739

Smith & Hemenway 746

Smith Henry 730

Smith Wm C Flo Co 722
Smith W & T Co. I

South Park FloralCo II
Storrs & Harrison.. 735
Stumpp GEM .... 729
Sunlight Dble Glass

Sash Co 747

Supertor Machine

& Boiler Works.. 746
Syracuse Pottery

Co 745

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 738

Thorburn J M & Co 733

TottyChasH 739

Traendly&Schenck 725
United Cut Flower

.Co 725

Ctzinger Leonard. . 739

VarelaFederico 733

Vaughan A L&Co. 7i9
Vaughan's Seed Store

I 731 738 745 747
Vick's Sons James.. 734
Vincent R Jr &Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons. 745

Waite F W 748

WallaceFD W

Wanoka Grnhs 73f)

Weber F H 728

Weiland & Risch... 721

Welch BrosCo 723

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 733

WhiUdin Pottery Co 745
Whitted Floral Co.. 727

Wietoj Bros 718 721

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 722

Wittbold G Co.. 713 727
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 730

Wood Bros 736

Yokohama Nurs Co 734
Voung A L&Co... 725

Young John 724

Young & Nugent. . 727
Zech & Mann. ..719 721

Ziska Jos 7'^

Zvolanek .^nton C 7.^3

KOMADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Work

SPECIAL DESIGNS TO ORDER

Send for our illustrated catalogue.

1008 Vine St., Philadelplxia, Pa.

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run
in hot nor heave in cold weather.
E. C. Primer, Mgr. THE ELAS'nC-LlfKE CO.
<Not Inc.) 30 East Randolph St.. Chicago.

Boiler Tubes 61

cents per foot.
. New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell Us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE 5 MFG. CO.,

2117 S. Jeflerson Street CHICAGO, nx.

REED & KELLER,

122 W. 25th St., NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
and Novelties, and are dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

m

I

0

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made with two or
three circles. En-
dorsed by all the
Leading Carnation
Growersasthe Best
support on market

Pat. July 27. '97. May 17. '98

GALVANIZED WIRE

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices before
ordering elsewhere.

Prompt ShiptDent Gnai^iiteed

IGOE BROS.

266 N. 9th St.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.

i

/ \

*

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

1

\ \ /

Ik

r\0 not let the accounts owing you re-
■^ main longer unpaid. Send them to
08 at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
In the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Trado

66 PINE STREET

NEW YORK

No loss ityou
mend your
split carna-
tions with

Superior

Carnation

STAPLES
50c per 1000

postpaid.

Wm. Schlatter
& Son,

EKFOKH "" ' AFTER

422 Main St., Sprln^leld, Mass.

Split Carnations

Easily Mended with

Pillsbury Carnation Staple

We find it very satisfac-
tory. J. L. Dillon.

Can't get along without
them. J. L. JOHNSON

1000 for 35c; 30(X1 for $1.00

I. L. PILLSBURY

Galesburg. HI.

SUPERIOR gJKR

CARNATION STAPLES

ascrtjib

3000 for m ■% g\i\
Postpaid *pl«UU

For Rt^pairirik' Split Carnations. Samples Free.

F.W. WAITE. 85 Belmont Ave.. Springtield. Mass.
EVANS' bnproved

Challenge

Ventilating

Apparatus

Write for Illustrated Catalog

Quaker City Machine Workt

Richmond, Ind.

Bmsrica is "the Prnw of the I/essel; there may be mare comfort Rmidships, but we are the Srst to touch Unknown Seas.

Vol. XLHI.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 31, 1914.

No. 1378

TheMerican Florist

Established 1885.
Copyrig^ht. 1914. by American Florist Company
Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11, 1891,
at the Post OfSce at Chicaeo Illinois,
under act of March 3. 1879.
Published Every Saturday by
AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,
440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
Long Distance Phone: Harrison 7405.
Registered Cable Address : Ameno. Chicago.
Suoscription. United States and Mexico, $1.00 a
year: Canada' $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union, $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from the trade. Vol-
umes half yearly from August 3. 1901.

Address all correspondence, subscriptions etc._
.American Florist Co.. 440 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago'

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth Minneapolis,
Minn., President; P.Welch. Boscon. Mass.. Vice-
President; John Young. 53 W. 2Mh St.. New
York. Secretary: Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y,,
Treasurer.

Officers Elf.ct— P. Welch, Boston. Mass.,
President; Dan MacKorie. ■•an Francisco. Calif.,
Vice-Pr>-»ident; Iohn Young, New York. Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y., Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19, 1915.

SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANT GROWERS.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual convention and exhibition at Indianap-
olis. Ind.. NcvembHr 6-8. 1914 Wm Kleinhunz,
Ogontz. Pa. President; C. W. Johnson, Morgan
Park, Chicago. Secretary.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo. N. Y., 1915. S. J. Goddard. Framing-
ham, Mass., President; A. F. J. Baur. Thirty-
eighth St. and Rockwood Ave., Indianapolis,
Ind., Secretary.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY,

Annual convention and exhibition at Newport
R. 1.. — 1915 L. L Morse Sao Francisco. Calif.
President; Harry \. Bunvard, 342 W. Four.
teenth street. New York Secretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS,

Next annual meeting, San Francisco Calif.,
1915. Gustave X .^mrhvn, New Haven. Conn.,
President; Koland Coterill. Seattle, \Vash.,
Secretary-Treasurer.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY,

Wallace R Pierson. Cromwell. Conn.. Presi-
dent: Robt. Pyle. Westgrove. Pa. Vice President.
Benjamin Hammond. Fishkill on Hudson. N. Y.
Secretary.

Outdoor Roses.

The hybrid perpetual roses should
now be made ready for the winter.
Many growers lay the canes down
and cover them with earth. While
this may be necessary in extremely
cold sections, yet in tlie majority of
places in the country it will not be
required. Under no circumstances
cut the canes back, but leave all the
wood tliat has been made on the
plant, for it will winter kill to some
extent, and it is but six or eight inches
at the base that is wanted for next
year's growth. This six or eight
inches should be well protected from
the freezing weather. If the bushes
are planted in rows, the earth should
be spaded out between them and
thrown around the bushes, making
ridges about 10 inches above the level
of the soil. This will make a trench
between the rows about 18 inches
deep, which should be filled with ma-
nure. The manure should be barn-
yard manure with more or less straw
in it, and will make a fine covering
for the ground. Where the bushes
are planted individually the soil
should be banked around them in a
similar manner and the trench around
the bush filled with manure, allow-
ing some of the manure to come up
around the bush. In the spring the
manure will have almost all disap-
peared and the soil can be spaded
back into the trenches and the re-
maining manure spaded in. This will
carry the rose bushes through almost
any winter and give them a good ma-
nuring for the next season's growth.

Violets.

The temperatures of both night and
day have now become settled enough
to keep the violet houses in the best
growing condition, and the plants
should have made a strong healthy
growth, and be producing blooms of
good quality. The first sign of dis-
ease will sometimes make its appear-
ance as early as the first of Novem-
ber, yet it ordinarily does not show
up until later in the year during the

dark, dull weather. All leaves which
show disease should be picked off at
once, and if there should be any
great amount making its appearance,
run the plant a little dry, and under
no circumstances allow moisture to re-
main on the foliage over night. Wa-
ter only on bright days and then early
in the morning. Give all the air pos-
sible during the day, and if the disease
continues raise the temperature a lit-
tle at night and do not open the
houses quite as much or as early in
the morning. A little warmer tem-
perature will induce a new root action,
and if this takes place the plant will
begin to make a new growth and the
disease will disappear. The disease
only makes any great headway while
the plants are not growing, for when
"the elegant spring," as one grower
always used to express it, comes, the
plants take on new vigor and the dis-
ease is no more. As soon as the plants
begin to grow the temperature can
be dropped to normal for the culture
of these plants, which should be about
40° at night. Be careful in removing
the leaves not to disturb the plants
any more than necessary. Do not pull
them off carelessly, but pinch them off
with the thumb and forefinger.

Ferns.

A good stock of small ferns is a
necessity at this season of the year
to the florist having a retail trade, for
the fern dishes will now be coming in
to be refilled and this has become
(luite a feature of the business. While
this branch of the trade is in many
cases very unsatisfactory, yet it is
greatly the fault of the dealer that it
is so, and with a little care and
method can be made very remunera-
tive and satisfactory to himself and
his customers. In the first place a
book should be kept giving the date
when such customer's dish was filled,
and above all things do not endeavor
to buoy the customer up with any
false hopes as to how long the dish will
keep in good condition. In many
cases the dish is placed on the center
of the table 1-5 to 20 feet away from

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any light, the care left to domestics,
and it may never be watered from the
time it reaches the house until it is
returned to lie filled, and ofttimes the
customers will say it was only a week
or two since it was filled, when by ref-
erence to the book it will be found to
have been two months. When the dish
is returned make a note as to what
varieties seem to have succeeded the
best and use these in refilling. It is
wonderful to note the effect on the
different varieties in different houses.
What will live and thrive in one house
will often be the first to die in an-
other. Have a few dishes put up ready
for sale. It is often possible to make
a sale when the customer sees them
all ready, though he might not wait to
have one made up or would never
think of it unless his attention was
drawn to it. Beside the ferns, have
a good stock of Asparagus plumosus
and Sprengeri in small pots; these will
often grow where ferns will not live
at all. And also a fine lot of small
palms, cocos and kentias, and small
dracaenas for the centers of the fern
dishes.

Azaleas.

The imported plants of azaleas will
soon be received, and preparations
.should be made to pot and care for
them upon their arrival^ The plants
have been out of the soil now for four
or more weeks, and although all the
attention possible is given in the pack-
ing and shipping, yet the plants suffer
considerably and should be handled
at once upon their receipt. Have a
stock of azalea pots on hand of the
different sizes to meet all requirements.
The full-sized pot is no lon^r used
to grow azaleas, the plant making a
much better appearance in the azalea
or half-size pot. Any kind of soil will
do, but if the plant is to grow on after
blooming a fibrous peat is to be pre-
ferred. When the plants are unpacked
they should be immediately carried to
the potting shed. Some will probably
have too large a ball for pots that
will look best with the size plant. The
roots can be cut off with a sharp
hatchet to fit the pot. Have a tub of
water in which the ball of earth can
be stood until thoroughly soaked. Many
growers neg'.ect this, deeming it un-
necessary, but in our experience if not
done the water runs down the outside
of the pot in the new soil and it takes
many waterings and considerable time
to soak up the old ball, and the plants
are meantime suffering for moisture.
Pot very firmly, ramming the soil down
hard and after potting the soil should
be thoroughly watered until all the
soil in the pot has become saturated.
The inclination is to place the early
varieties immediately into the heat,
but six weeks in a house at 05° or 70°
will bring them into bloom for Christ-
mas and if the plants are received by
November 1 ten days in a cool house
will enable them to recover from the
effects of the long shipment and be-
come re-established and they will
force much more readily and .success-
fully. The dropping off of buds is
^ften attributed to this placing them
in the very hot houses before they
have become settled in the new soil.
Frequent syringings will be required
after being placed in the warm house.
The later varieties should be placed
in cool houses or pits until the time
to bring them in to the warmer tem-
perature.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Bobt. KUt, Pbiladelpbia, Pa.

Cut Flowers by Mail,

With the advent of the parcels post
there has been an added impetus to
this method of delivery for boxes of
cut flowers, that have nearly . always
heretofore gone by express. After the
first few months the service has been
quite as good as the best the express
could do. and has the additional advan-
tage of being much cheaper. The spe-
cial delivery stamp is an excellent
feature, and as this charge is only 10
cents all packages of flowers should
bear this speed accelerator.

The box in which the flowers are to
be carried should have extra
strength and made of either light
wood or strong cardboard. In every
large city there are factories who
make a specialty ■ of mailing boxes.

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The cardboard box should have a
coating inside of parafBne to make it
water-proof. Flowers in such a box
do not require much sprinkling. Just
before the box is closed it should be
turned up to run off all surplus water.
A good way to pack flowers for such
a journey is to lay them closely to-
gether in a bundle, selecting only tight
buds; these are then rolled together
In strong wax paper and afterward
in manilla tissue and then placed in
the box. If the package does not fit
snug, put in enough tissue paper so
there is ■ not room for it to move
about. Corsage bunches and other
small sprays will carry safely for quite
long distances. A good plan is to tie
the flowers t6 the bottom of the box,
then they cannot shift. When the
flowers are tied in and there is a
space to fill up, take a sheet or two
of wax paper, fold it together several
times and pulling it with the grain,
tear it into small strips, which will
make a soft, fluffy filling without crush-
ing the flowers, and gives the box a
finished appearance when opened.
Quite large clusters and sprays can be
sent in this way, as the postal regu-
lations allow a box that will measure
four feet in length by twenty-four
inches in circumference, 72 inches in
all. A short time before or not later
than the same mail in which the
order goes out, a letter should also
be sent informing the addressee, that
the flowers are coming by parcels post
and they will be on the lookout for
them, and in case of delay an inquiry
will sometimes find the trouble to be
an inc6rrect street address, such as

south instead of north, or east for
west.

Immediately on the opening of the
parcels post service, William Leonard
of Lansdowne, Pa., started a mail or-
der business in cut flowers, advertising
quite extensively in the newspapers.
His business grew satisfactorily, but
was discontinued on account of many
delays in delivery owing to the crude-
ness of the service. He demon-
strated, however, that a mail order
business in cut flowers was feasible
and might be made stable and profit-
able when the postal service was per-
fected and deliveries were regularly
made. K.

Expert Knowledge.

The florist who wants to expand his
business, who is not satisfied to sit
down and be thankful with what comes
along, will when he pushes out, find an
open field and very tillable ground on
which great crops can lie grown if he
is expert enough to cultivate them and
reap the fruits of his labor. Where to
find this field and how to work the
fertile ground, what crops pay the best
and how to handle them to get the
best results all depend on his expert
knowledge of the question, to the
thought he has given it. his former
experience, his meeting and overcom-
ing this or that difliculty as it appears,
all of which finally results in his la-ing-
ing home the sheaves.

IjMTeixigent effort.

There is no business that cannot be
enlarged if intelligent effort is made
to do so. A concern going along un-
der good, alert, active management will
increase its volume of trade, gaining
gradually with more or less rapidity in
keeping with its enterprise. Careful
forethought, looking ahead and a gen-
eral preparedness for everything that
turns up, and being ready to take ad-
vantage of the opportunities as they
appear is one of the cornerstones of
success. One cannot study the differ-
ent phases of the business too much,
there are so many situations, so many
different branches that require careful
thought and expert knowledge. Take
the show windows, for instance; the
best work has to be done here, as the
individuality of the store s expressed
by these displays. The returns, the
reaping, as it were, of the crop is great-
er from this effort than almost any
other branch. The inside appearance
of the store is another problem that
requires expert knowledge. Like the
windows the best is not too good for
it; it is the home of the business, and
if well kept, inspires confidence in the
firm.

COMPETITION.

When one goes afield, however, and
comes in competition with otlier trained
minds bent on the same mission, then
comes the test — then is when the expert
knowledge counts. An opportunity is
presented to estimate for a wedding;
study the situation, the circumstances
of the family, if the ceremony is to be
at the church see the building; some
florists in large cities keep on hand
photos of interiors of all the fashion-
able churches, which are a great help
when the matter is under discussion.
The expert will have a plan outlined
in his mind as to how the decorations
should be done, the flowers and plants
to be used, and the cost. He will find
out if possible, about how much has
been set aside or determined upon as
the cost, and will by picturing the ad-
vantages of this or that addition add

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Azalea Firefly.

Azalea Htnodegiri.

DWARF-GROWING AZALEAS IN 5-INCH POTS.

to this according to lii.s aliility as a
salesman. His knowledge will enable
him to give the price of the whole
work on the spot without study-
ing over it for a day and necessitating
line or two more calls or perhaps invit-
ing other competition. The time to
clinch an order is at the very earliest
opportunity. Delays are dangerous in
that others may be recommended by
personal friends, which competition is
hard at times to overcome. It is the
same at the house. He is prepared to
say at once what is best here or there
in this room or that, there is no hesi-
tancy, he answers questions at once,
and by his suggestions gradually pro-
vides for that which is seasonable, is
abundant in the market and most
profitable. He is prepared to at once
quote prices, the graduated lump sum,
that being established determines the
character of the work. The expert now
goes after the bouquets and with the
other work in hand, has a powerful
lever to work on and in many cases
makes a clean sweep. His confidence
and forceful manner, his undoulited
knowledge of the work, were all con-
vincing factors in the case.

HANDLING COMMITTEES.
When a committee having in charge
the ordering of a .large design or deco-
rations for a ball or society function or
dinner, the salesman who is up on tlu-st-
subjects knows how to handle men who
do not know just what they want, have
been, or are apparently going elsewhere.
He has studied the situation; he tries
them out, as it were, gets if possible
some idea of the price they want to
pay, shows his knowledge of the sub-
ject and in his convincing manner tells
them what is the best thing they should
have. They may have come in wanting
some impossible trade emblem, but by
suggestion and a careful putting for-
ward other choice work the committee

are won over one after another and the
expert has triumphed.

OTHER BRANCHES.

There are many other branches of
the business, the sale of plants for con-
servatories or halls, the furnishing and
filling of window boxes or vases; there
is so much satisfaction to the customer
if they are at once told what is best
for the situation, the kind and size of
plants and the cost. When it comes to
window boxes the expert is just as
much at home, he measures the space,
knows the per foot price for the plain
painted or the bark covered, or if the
more expensive terra cotta are required
he can give the figures at once. He
knows just how many plants it will
take to fill them and is often told to go
ahead without further ado. The gen-
eral opinion of such a. man expressed
in the minds of the customers is that
he thoroughly understands his business
and that an order entrusted to him or
his house will receive careful attention.
To be able to instill such confidence
is a trait well w-orth studying: it can-
not be gained l)y wishing, it must be
won by hard and intelligent work, day
in and day out, until the result so
much desired is at last attained. K.

Kerr's Opening, Houston, Texas.

The formal opening of the new con-
servatory and flower garden of R. C.
Kerr at the corner of Main street and
McKinney avenue was held October 2.3,
when hundreds of people accepted the
invitation to pay a visit to this artis-
tic home of plants and cut flowers.
Souvenirs consisting of ferns and cut
flowers were distributed to over 2,500
visitors during the opening, which
lasted from four o'clock in the after-
noon until 10 o'clock in the evening.
During the evening Lewis' orchestra
rendered a programme of delightful

music, and altogether the affair was
very successful. The conservatory
is a novel idea in flower emporiums in
this city, the upper part of the build-
ing having been converted into a glass-
covered garden surroimded by a wide
veranda or balcony. Here are kept
a large variety of fern dishes, flower-
ing plants and other seasonable stock.
Along the walks are placed bay trees,
pa'ms and shrubbery. Elaborate dec-
orations made up of various kinds of
cut flowers were especially arranged for
the opening. In one of the double
show windows at the entrance to the
store was the figure of a bride, daint-
ily gowned, bedecked with blossoms
and bearing a bouqet of roses. In a
corner stood a sheperd's crook berib-
boned and decorated with flowers.
In the opposite window was a repre-
sentation of the "old oaken bucket."
covered with moss and partially hid-
den by yellow chrysanthemums. In-
doors a dinner table arranged for six
was appropriately decorated with Kil-
larney roses, the centerpiece being a
corsage of pink roses and lily of the
valley. Pink chrysanthemums adorned
the mantel and the stairway leading to
the conservatory was set with palms,
chrysanthemums and American Beauty
roses.

The first fall exhibition of the Texas
State Florists' Association wi'I be held
in this city, November 12-14. The
final premium list is now ready and
copies may be had on application to
R. C. Kerr, corner Main street and Mc-
Kinney avenue, this city, or T. J.
Wolfe, Waco, Tex.

MANITOWOC, Wis. — Henry Leven-
hagen, who recently returned to the
city to engage in the florist business,
has secured a downtown oflice and
display window with the George
Eros. Company on South Eighth
street.

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Chrysanthemum Novelties.

The illustrations herewith show
some of Elmer D. Smith & Co.'s new
chrysanthemums and the firm's de-
scriptions of these varieties follow :

Marigold is the the most phenome-
nal early yellow ever offered. Brighter
than Golden Wedding, equal to Golden
Age and Golden Robin in color, ma-
turing October 15, with intensity of
color unsurpassed, stem and foliage
perfect, are the qualities which will
make it a peer for mid October flow-
ering. Very short jointed, stock
planted May 5. attained five feet in
height. Buds secured August 15 to
25, g-ive best blooms. Average score

from two committees, 92V4 points.

Crystal Gem is an early white of
special merit. In considering all its
good qualities we believe it is the best
white to follow Smith's Advance.
Large in size, nearlj' pure white, very
artistic in form, good stem and fo-
liage, maturing October 15. In
growth resembles Comoleta (from
which it is a- seedling) only somewhat
taller. Best bud August 15. Averaged
8G 2-3 points before three committees.

Niza is an advance in the early
flowering section for commercial use.
Those desiring an early light pink
pompon should not overlook this prom-
ising variety.

HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS.

Protection of Border Plants.

Rarely do we see such a season as
the present, when dahlias and cosmos
are cut to the finish outdoors, and
hardy chrysanthemums are blooming
in fine condition outside. This to
the average cultivator is a boon, and
a stimulus to better things iii years
to come, but there will soon be a time
of frost and we must count forward,
as ever, in gardening.

The matter of protection is one of
the hardest things to explain or pre-
pare for, so much depending on the
climatic conditions, soils, and the
plants themselves. It is a principle
well established, that it is unwise to
protect until necessary. If mulching
is done before the ground freezes some
vermin have a great time among the
plants, delving among the roots, and
faring sumptuously every day through
the winter. And again, if we cover
with manure that contains some grain,
and most of it does, there will be nests
made of field mice among the mulch
that makes for them a happy hunting
ground for their season of scarcity.
The principle involved in mulching
plants is to keep the roots from freez-
ing and thawing with the consequent
upheaval of the soil and the plants
with it. If we had a plentiful snow-
fall assured, there would be no need
for other protection, snow being an
ideal blanket, but there are few sec-
tions where snow is prevalent through
the worst winter months. We are ever
attempting the impossible, gathering
plants the world over, planting same
under like conditions, and hoping to
see them succeed, and the hardest we
have to deal with are those from Al-
pine regions where the cold is much
more intense than with us, but we
do not have their natural winter pro-
tection of snow, and the gradual
awakening of spring that is prolonged
into May and June in their own hab-
itat.

The autumn cleaning up of the bor-
ders is a rite better observed by its
omission, and the same is true of the
raking of fallen leaves or other gen-
eral cleaning up where possible to
avoid it. If we pull up the dead flower
s(>6ms of lilies, there is a direct con-
duit for water to the base of the bulbs;
if the tops of other border plants are
cut off. the vital growing points are ex-
posed. There is no protection to thp
borders for the reason that snow blows
off, especially in exposed situations

where it is most needed, when there
is no herbage to hold it.

New-ly planted bulbs . intended for
spring display really need some help
to get roothold in the soil, and there
is no better cover than tree leaves as
they fall. If lawns must be raked,
pile the leaves on the borders of bulbs
and perennial plants; these, if put on
dry, shed moisture as shingles, and
the lower ones are found dry in spring.
The raking of lawns, especially under
trees, is becoming less of a burden
than in the past; labor can be much
better employed, and the owners get

the benefit of the real autumn effects
of bright colors on the neutral green
grass. How few of us stop to think,
by the way, that in the scheme of crea-
tion green is the best color for us all
to look at; even the Mediterranean
blue, so much vaunted, palls quickly
in comparison.

For years we have used all lawn clip-
pings as a summer mulch. These
are put in bags on the lawn, and car-
ried off to be loaded and made use of
along drives, among shrubs, to the
nurseries as a protection to small
plants, often seedlings, and in this way
none are lost even by fermentation;
but all vegetable matter is made avail-
able to the soil again. A man can
carry a bag of grass on his shoulder,
and spill it as he walks. This cover-
ing is also a help towards winter pro-
tection. There is also a great saving
of labor in handling by loading first
in bags. Another material available
for winter mulch is the mowings of
grass unsuitable for hay, gathered be-
fore any seeds are ripened. This is
piled in a stack and used in preference
to any other material, stable manure
bringing a crop of white clover that
is the most distressful of all weeds to
eradicate from the borders. "A weed
is a plant out of place."

As a last word, do not mulch until
there is some frost in the ground.
Use leaves if they can be had, cover
all borders or beds, leave all the sum-
mer foliage on the plants, and have
a general spring cleaning as soon as

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possible after the soil is dry enough
to walk on.

E. O. Orpet.

Gaillardias.

A feature of these showy and de-
servedly popular perennials is their
blooming capacity under the most try-
ing meteorological conditions. They
are gayest in color when in the blaz-
ing sunshine, and in an exceptionally
dry season will, in the matter of flow-
ering, outlast the majority of the other
inhabitants of the herbaceous border.
Similarly, when cut the blooms will
keep fresh for a longer period of time
than most other flowers; for this rea-
son, therefor'e, they are invaluable as
decorative subjects for the house. To
obtain the best results in water the
blooms ought to be gathered just pre-
vious to attaining maturity, viz., while
the shape of the flower is slightly in-
curved— staleness is indicated by the
shape gradually becoming convex.

Gaillardias are extremely useful flow-
ers for exhibition purposes, and
though after a journey in a box the
petals may be found to be somewhat
disarranged, yet if given reasonable
time for recovery in water, they in-
variably do so well. Plants more than
a year old possess a peculiar tendency
to go "blind" for a season, no flower-
ing stems accompanying the otherwise
quite healthy ground growth. In or-
der to obviate this, and to increase
one's stock of plants, the present time
is opportune to dig up and divide all
nonflowering clumps, planting the sep-
arate shoots out in a light soil about
six inches apart, with the assistance
of soot or lime to keep away slugs.

Shoots emanating from plants in
bloom may, of course, be similarly
treated. Though the leaves will prob-
ably die down so that little trace of
the plants is left, signs of life will
manifest themselves in due course.
Practically no further attention is nec-
essary until early spring, when a re-
moval to permanent quarters may be
made. Gaillardias give an effective
and bold display planted in clumps of
several roots together. — The Journal of
Horticulture.

Paeonia Moutan.

The department of agriculture, ac-
cording to a recent bulletin (P. I. No.
37) has received from Tsao-chou fu.
Shantung, China : "Twelve rare va-
rieties of tree peonies, among which
are said to be yellow, blue, green and
black flowered ones. The soil best
suited to these tree peonies is a loose
porous sandy loam, with perfect drain-
age and of great depth. In the dis-
trict to the northwest of Tsao-chou one
finds such soil and climatic conditions
as seem to suit this peony to perfec-
tion, and the plants are grown there
on fields as regular crops and are sent
all over eastern China, going as far
south as Canton, and as far north as
Mukden, to be used mainly for forcing
purposes. There are said to be more
than 300 varieties in cultivation here.
The best time for transplanting is con-
sidered to be September, while propa-
gation is effected through division. The
plants require three and one-half feet
distance in all directions to develop to
perfection, while older plants need even
four to six feet distance apart. At the
approach of winter these peonies are
covered over with some soil, which is
taken away again in early March. This
saves the flower buds from being win-
ter killed and reduces danger of dam-
age by men or beasts, as the wood of

NE'W CHRYSANTHEMUM MARIGOLD.

the tree peony is quite brittle. It is
thought that possibly an industry could
be established in some suitable section
of the semi-arid southwestern United
States, where the tree peony could be
grown in large quantities, to supply
florists with one of the most decora-
tive flowers for winter forcing pur-
poses."

New Carnation Aviator.

The new Carnation Aviator is at-
tracting considerable attention from
the growers in the vicinity of Chicago,
who are very much interested in this
variety. Aviator, an intense scarlet,
and just the Christmas color, is a cross
between, Maceo and a red seedling
and appears to be freer than most red
varieties. It was first seen at the Chi-
cago Carnation Co.'s greenhouses at
Joliet and many of the growers from
Chicago and vicinity had the pleasure
of seeing it growing last December,
when the annual excursion to the
greenhouses was held. Since Pyfer &
Olsem took over the Schuttler green-
houses at Wilmette a number of plants
of this variety have been grown in
these greenhouses and are doing ex-
ceptionally well. The accompanying

Illustration shows a bench of Aviators
which were planted on July 20, and
shows how the crop appears now and
after having been cut from for six
weeks. Peter Olsem. the originator of
this carnation, when he was superin-
tendent of the Chicago Carnation Co.'s
greenhouses, says that this bench will
be in just as good crop next Christmas
as it is now, and is willing to make a
wager to that effect. That this variety
is a good producer is readily seen and
all one has to do to believe this is to
visit this establishment at different
periods. Aviator will be distributed
the coming season. See page 755.

Illinois University Notes.

Professor Dorner and Mr. Peltier
were guests at the quarter-centennial
celebration of the organization of the
board of trustees of the Missouri Bot-
anical Garden, which was held held
in St. Louis, November 15-16. Both
have returned and report having had
a fine time.

There are a large number of chys-
anthemums grown at the university
this year. One house 30x100 feet Is
devoted almost entirely to seedlings
and pompons. The plants look good

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and some are already in flower. Be-
sides the seedlings and pompons, there
are a number of excellent single stem-
med chrysanthemums, both in pots
and in the bench, a great many ex-
hibition plants, and some fine speci-
ment plants. The department is
lilanning to stage a chrysanthemum
show November l.j. A large number
of visiters are expected, as it will be
the first time this year that the
greenhouses have been open on Sun-
day,

The enrollment in the floricultural
course has increased nearly lOD per
cent over last year. Nineteen students
are now working for their degree in
floriculture. Two out of this number
are young ladies. One member of last
year's class graduated, and another
has failed to return, leaving nine old
members and ten new members.

The Flol'icultural Club has resumed
its meetings for this year. The offi-
cers of the club are as follows : K. G.
Lauterbach, president; H. Ingalls,
vice-president; K. A. Bebb, secretary
and treasurer. The club meets every
other Wednesday evening for the pur-
pose of discussing topics which might
be of interest to the florist.

rtJCCINI.^ ANTIRBHINI ON ANTIRKHINUMS.
C. C. Rees, assistant in pathological
research, is conducting an investiga-
tion on the rust which is attacking the
snapdragon. This disease is of con-
siderable economic importance. A
number of growers in the vicinity of
(Chicago have stopped growing snap-
dragons on account of this rust. The
disease has been reported but once in
the United States prior to 19Te!, wheu
it was reported from the region north
of Chicago. The only report prior Uj
191.3 came from California in 100.").
^Vithin the past month the rust has
made its appearance in the vicinity
of Cleveland, O. Mr. Rees would ap-
preciate any assistance that growers
can give in the way of observations
and diseased specimens.

A. G. H.

Boston.

LARGE CUTS AND LOW PRICES.
The past week has been one of the
most discouraging that Boston florists
have ever passed through. Quantities
of flowers of the highest quality could
not be sold at any figure. Every
grower seems to have an unusually
large cut of flowers at present, and as
the business is very quiet, it has been
rather trying. Carnations were espe-
cially plentiful, and quantities found
no market at all, those that were
moved, being sold at ridiculously low
figures. Chrysanthemums found a lit-
tle better market, as did roses, but
conditions for selling them are far be-
low preceding years and has made the
margin of profit on them very small.
The shipping Ijusiness is practically
the only line doing anything at all.
Nearly everybody connected with the
trade is feeling discouraged, but as one
prominent florist said : "The best thing
to do is to make up our minds that the
business will be good, and to do our
best to prepare for it."

CLUB MEETING.

At the October meeting of the Gar-
deners' and Florists' Club the lecture
".\dvertising, the Spark Plug of Busi-
ness," by W. C. Tuthill, of New York,
proved to be very interesting and in-
structive. During his lecture he rec-
ommended as a method to specialize '\n
one particular product, to advertise
the line extensively, each advertisement

being different and catchy, Florists
as a rule, he said, are apt to pay too
little attention to advertising properly.
Instead of using new and original ad-
vertisements that would attract and
hold attention, the florist is liable to
use the same form continuously and to
wrongly consider advertising as an un-
important part of his busiriess. An-
other suggestion he made was to have
the retail flqrists unite in keeping be-
fore the public the different flowers
in their season.

Vice-President Welch, of the Society
of American Florists, thanked the
members of the club for their cor-
dial support during convention week,
describing the salient features of one
of the most successful meetings in the
history of .the national society. A
resolution of thanks w^ received from
the S. A. F. for the part the club
took in entertaining the visitors during
the convention and for the splendid
service from the city and state. An-
other letter from the S. A. F. was re-

New Chrysanthemum Niza.

ceived offering a representation from
the club on the board of directors if
more than 100 members belonged to
the S. A. .P,

A question arose as to W'hether or
not the severe drought under which
Massachusetts has been suffering
would have any effect on the ever-
greens this winter. Robert Cameron,
of the Harvard Botanical Gardens, ex-
pressed his opinion that evergreens
would have difficulty in wintering.

Wm. Edgar, of Waverley, had a fall
flowering hydrangea on exhibition and
Peter Fisher, of Ellis, exhibited a
very fine vase of his new seedling
carnation, Alice.

The report of the committee on land-
scape gardening was given and the
classes will be resumed at an early
date.

NOTES.

Plftnting carnations direct from flats
or pots into benches in May or June is
not popular in Massachusetts as it is
in New York. This year A. A. Pem-
broke, of Beverly, Mass., planted his
entire stock from boxes direct into
his beds in the later part of May and
the first part of June and the result
is that on some of the taller varieties.
White Wonder, for instance, the fifth
supporting wire has been put on and
stems are protruding a foot above it.
The stems average in length from 30

to 42 inches and the heads are re-
markable in size and substance for the
season. As an experiment, the writer
planted a few White Wonder carna-
tions direct into a bed just after Mem-
orial Day and found that they are the
farthest advanced and most promising
looking plants in the establishment.
Saturday evening, October 2-t, the
stockholders of the Boston Flower Ex-
change held their annual meeting and
banquet at Young's hotel. After the
banquet, which was heartily enjoyed
by all present, the meeting was called
to order and the report of last year's
meeting was read. Votes were then
cast for directors for the ensuing year
and while the committee, appointed to
count them was absent, several speak-
ers were heard from. The directors
for the ensuing year were announced
as follows : W. C. Stickel, president;
S, J. Goddard, A. S. Parker, E. S.
Holmes, A. Christensen, George Cart-
wright, L. Mann, C. S. Paine and A.
A. Pembroke.

Michael J. Barrett, well known to
Boston florists for years, died at his
home in AUston, Friday October 23.
He was born in New Rochelle, N. Y.,
.■^l years ago. He started in the flor-
ist business with Siebrecht & Wadley
at New Rochelle, N. Y. Later he came
to Boston and was employed by W. E.
Doyle, the retail florist. After a few
years he went with Thos. F. Galvin
and when E. MacMulkin commenced
business, went with him. where he
stayed until his death. He leaves a
wife and three children.

McAlpine & McDonald are receiving
from S. A. Reuter very fiae chrysan-
themums. Chrysalora, Early Snow,
Kalb and Solomon's Gold are the best
\arieties received from him. One hun-
dred and ten different varieties of
pompons are being grown by Frank
Putnam, of Tewksbury, Mass., and the
early varieties which are now being
shipped find a ready market in spite
of the dull conditions.

F. W. Fletcher, of Auburndale,
Mass., has built concrete foundations
under his greenhouses and has built an
office as wejl as making other improve-
ments. This year he has 120,000 of
his special strain Freesia Purity
planted. His Snapdragon Nelrose
which was disseminated last year
brought good returns. Next year, ten
distinct varieties of Nelrose blood will
l)e exhibited.

Nathan Lerner, formerly with Mc-
Alpine & McDonald Co., aid now a
salesman at the Boston Flower Ex-
change, is receiving from C. S. Andem,
of Putnam, Conn., good chrysanthe-
mums and carnations. Polly Rose and
Pacific Supreme chrysanthemums are
especially good. Among the carnations
that are doing particularly well are
Matchless, Philadelphia, Enchantress
Supreme and White Wonder.

Perry Green, of Quincy, Mass., is cut-
ting good pompons .and batchelor but-
tons. He also has a good crop of yel-
low Marguerites under cultivation.
Mr. Green's position as overseer of the
poor and his steadily increasing re-
tail business is keeping him busy at
present.

M. Sutermeister, of Readville, Mass.,
has a large variety of bulbs planted.
All told there are about 800,000 in the
soil, many of which are in pans. At
present he is ready to market chrysan-
themums. Bonnaffon is his leading
variety.

Thomas Capers, at Wellesley Hills.
Mass., is cutting some very good car-
nations. White Wonder, Benora, Bea-
con, White Enchantrees and Pink De-
light are the leading varieties. Mig-
nonette is also doing well with him.

Thomas Cox, of Dorchester, Mass.,
is shipping Primula obconica in 7-inch
pots. The lieds which have been de-

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NEW CARNATION AVIATOR AT PYFER & OLSEM'S, \A/ILMETTE, ILL See Page 753.

voted to October Frost chrysanthe-
mums are being planted with longi-
florum lilies for February cutting.

Peter Boll, of Woburn, Mass.. has
his wliole establishment devoted to
Asparagus plumosus, Sprengerii and
Adiantum croweanum. He is shipping
a good supply to the Boston Co-opera-
ative Market at present.

W. C. Stickel, of Lexington. Mass.,
has nearly his entire plant devoted to
White Wonder and Pink Delight car-
nations. At present he is cutting
about 10,000 flowers per week.

R. E. Wadsworth & Co., of North-
boro, Mass., in addition to carnations
is cutting good spikes of Silver Pink
snapdragon. His mignonette is also
of very good quality.

In addition to well grown carnations,
John Foote & Co. of Reading, Mass.,
are sending to the Co-operative Market
some very fine Bouvardia Humboldtii.

E. J. MacMulkin and J. F. Carney,
florists, have incorporated for .$30,0(X*,
and will trade as MacMulkin, Inc.

F. L. W.

Milwaukee.

HEAVY SUPPLY CAUSED BY" WEATHER.

The past week found the market
loaded with > stock of all kinds. The
exceptionally fine weather brought in
heavy cuts of chrysanthemums, which
did not move on account of an over
supply of carnations and roses. Chrys-
anthemums have not been up to their
usual standard, being deficient in color
and quality. Pacific Supreme has been
exceptionally poor, showing a yellow
center and off color otherwise. It has
been a drug on the market. Carna-
tions have been selling at very low
figures. The dark weather a few
weeks ago has had its effect on Kil-
larney roses and they are somewhat
off color. Dahlias continue to arrive
in large quantities and more slowly.
Roses are in good supply and greens
are plentiful.

NOTES.

Wm. Manke & Co.'s houses of car-
nations look better than they have for
several years, although they are not
cutting heavily at the present time.
They will be fortunate in having a fine
crop in a short time, which will easily
carry through the holidays.

The Cudahy Floral Co., are off crop
on roses at the present time but will
have an exceptionally fine cut in about
two weeks. The stock is in fine con-
dition and W. G. Scott, the manager,
is well pleased with the results ob-
tained up to the present time.

H. W. Koerner's dahlias are bloom-
ing in abundance. Fully six acres of
the finest varieties are grown at this
place and surely is an interesting sight.
He has cut many thousand blooms this
season for the local markets both in
gladioli and dahlias.

Fred N. Manke has his two new
houses stocked with chrysanthemums
from which he is cutting a good num-
ber of blooms. He also has a large
amount of sweet peas which will be in
fine condition in a short time.

Rudolph Preuss has consigned his
first carnations to the local market
from his new North Milwaukee plant.
The stock is in fine condition, but he
expects a much larger crop in the near
future.

Currie Bros. Co. will soon occupy
their new quarters on East Water
street, which will give them ample
room to take care of their large seed
business. This firm reports business
good.

Kamp-Spinti Co., are filling up their
two new houses, recently completed by
the John C. Moninger Co., Chicago,
with cut plants and other miscella-
neous stock.

Grunewald Bros., with their two new
houses 26x300 feet planted with car-
nations, are cutting some fine stock at
the present time.

Holton & Hunkel Co. is still cutting
a good supply of fancy Mrs. Chas. Rus-
sell roses that are in brisk demand.

Nic Zweifel has a large cut of chrys-
anthemums which are of a fine quality.
His carnations are also in first class
condition.

C. C. Pollworth Co. will as usual have
a large supply of blooming and decora-
tive plants for its holiday trade.

Fox Point Floral Co., is consigning
some very fine pompons to Gust. Rusch
& Co.. which find ready sale.

Gust. Rusch & Co. are preparing for
a busy season which should open soon.

R.

Pittsburgn.

FHOST NEEDED TO STOP GLUT.

The weather has turned quite cool
here within the past week, but up to
the present writing we have had no
killing frosts. A good frost would be
very welcome here, as it would put a
decided end to the tail-end varieties of
outside flowers, thereby affording sales
for the heavy cuts of inside stock
which now prevail. Carnations and
roses are glutting the market and
prices are down to the lowest level, as
they could hardly go much lower than
they are at present. Quantities of
choice stock are disposed of to the
street men every day, as this is the
chief outlet for the ovestocked whole-
salers. Chrysanthemums are in heavy
supply, but do not bring nearly what
they are really worth. It is certainly
a shame to see the most fancy varie-
ties go to waste, while the less
expensive grades get the calling, but
the tempting prices of other stock hav»
brought sales on chrysanthemums,
American Beauties and fancy roses
away down. Some of the most excel-
lent Killarney and Richmond roses
ever seen here can be procured at
about half usual prices. A good sup-
ply of lily of the valley can always be
found, also fine lilies. The supply of
green goods is ample. The retailers,
a? a rule, report trade as being very
slow, due mainly to the closing down
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works. Of course the European war
disturbances are at the bottom of the
main causes of this.

NOTES.

The McCallum Co. are cutting some
excellent Killarney and Richmond
roses at their plant in Allison Park.
^yjtin Bubach, of this firm, returned
to Pittsburgh October 19, after a very
successful road trip through the west-
ern section.

The McCulIoch Drug Co., our latest
acquisition to the retail flower busi-
ness, report a steady, brisk business.
Joseph Paquette, who has been con-
nected with the flower business in
many other western cities, is in charge.

G. P. Weaklen & Co. executed an
order in Philadelphia recently which
required a special trip to that city by
Mr. Weaklen. The order was for a
large blanket containing .5,000 violets.

The fixtures of the Wilkinsburg
store of Wm. Drewes were disposed of
at a constable's sale last week. The
goods were appraised at .$3.3.

A 10 pound baby boy was born to
Mr. and Mrs. John Sisley, Saturday
last. This makes the second (both
sons) for "father John."

W. M. Deyoe & Co., of Oil City, Pa.,
are cutting heavily on a nice lot of
chrysanthemums of fine quality.

Recent visitors : Frank Parney, of
M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Milton
Alexander, Lion & Co., New York;
Julius Dilhoff, Schloss Bros., New
York: J. N. Spanabel, East Palestine,
O.; J. W. Glenn, Kittanning, Pa.

The A. W. Smith Co. was defeated
by the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., in
a bowling match last week. The score :

Pgh. Cut F. Co. A. W. Smith Co.

AsrHcraft.. 99 109 98 Tipton ...113 95 112

Gotte 84 114 111 Lempp ...112 114 9.'S

Gerwig ...115 130 10G Keller ...105 02 99

298 353 315

330^01 304
J.

Buffalo.

TEADE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT.

The business of the past week opened
rather quiet, but became more active
toward the last, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday being very good, weddings,
receptions and debutantes making the
trade good, while funeral orders gave an
additional amount of work, more es-
pecially on Sunday. Chrysanthemums
are improving daily, yellow and pink
now coming in large and good. Ameri-
can Beauty roses are fine and the de-
mand the past week was good. Pink
Killarney, Maryland, Ward and Mi-
lady roses are unusually fine and sell
readily at $2.00 per dozen. Tatt roses
are fine and bring a good price. Dahlias
have been better owing to cooler
weather. Carnations are more plen-
tiful and of a good quality and the
price of 75 cents and $1.00 per dozen
prevails.

NOTES.

On Sunday, October 25, notwithstand-
ing that it was about as unpleasant a
day as one could look for, about 50 of
the members of the Buffalo Florists'
Club met at their rooms and took an
automobile trip to the plant of the
King Construction Co. at North Tona-
wanda, N. Y. The trip was pleasant,
all being comfortably placed in automo-
biles, and upon arrival were met by
Mr. King and his able corps of em-
ployes, who conducted the delegation
through the plant and explained the
cofistruction so accurately that even
the man who never sees glass other
than that in his house or at the store
where he is employed went away with
a broader knowledge of the work en-
tailed in the construction of modern
greenhouses and could without diffi-
culty tell you that a flue and a TJ-bar
were several feet apart in a greenhouse.
After the plant had been visited they

were then served with a fine collation,
and all journeyed home much en-
lightened on the extensive plant so
near home.

John Schweigler, who hns a range
of glass at Tonowanda, N. Y., suffered
a loss by fire last week. The fire
started from some unknown cause in
the potting shed and extended about
half way down the length of his
houses. The loss is about .$4,000 with
an insurance of about $1,500 arid also
the additional loss of his stock. It
is a hard knock for Mr. Schweigler,
as his stock was in fine shape and all
ready for fall sales.

The "czar" of the Chippewa market,
J. B. Wiese, is riot satisfied with his
title. He now has it augmented with
a new addition, "Czar and calendula
king."

Miss Ruth Barry, who Ijas been with
the R. M. Rebstock Co., as head
saleslady, is now with Joseph Sang-
ster. Bison.

Washiftgfton.

NO CHANGE IN CONDITIONS.

The market this last week has not
shown any increase, in fact everything
is about- the same as last week except
that chrysanthemums are more plenti-
ful, as the prices are now about as low
as you can expect. Good chrysanthe-
mums bring from $2 to .$8 per hundred
to the very best at $1.50 to $2 per
dozen, which are extra fine. Roses are
plentiful and sell at a moderate figure,
while American Beauty roses can be
had at from $6 to $20 per hundred.
Carnations are extra good for this
time of the year and bring a fair
price, while pompons are coming in
plentifully and are just about as good
as we have had for some time.

O. A. Oehmler, the G street florist,
has turned his shop over to the Red
Cross Society for October 28, and will
have his place decorated with oak
leaves and southern smilax. Then to
cap the climax, he will have the Roli
Players sell roses over the counter. He
will have a large red cross made of
white and red carnations, which will be
five feet square.

Washington has got to be the city
of special sales not only in palms and
ferns, but now we have sales of every
kind. In some of the stores you can
get chrysanthemums at from 50 cents
per dozen up, while you can get roses
from 25 cents per dozen, and carna-
tions and dahlias sell for 15 cents per
dozen.

J. R. Freeman is sending in some
extra fine American Beauty roses;
also some fine chrysanthemums, which
find a ready sale. He has gone into
the wholesale &s well as the retail
trade.

Well, still they come. Another new
florist, P. Lacharnie, has opened a
stand in the Ebbetts hotel, and claims
he is doing a nice buiness.

Sam Everett has accepted a position
with George C Shaffer.

Visitors : M. Cohn, of New York.
G. C. D.

Toledo.

GENERAL BUSINESS DEPRESSION.

All kinds of business in this city has
been depressed during the last few
weeks. The florists have perhaps been
harder hit than others because their
business depends to a ^eat extent on
the weather. The weather has been
very warm the majority of the time,
Just like summer in fact. However^ a
great change for the better came about
October 24. when cold and chilling
winds swept over the city accompanied
by a heavy frost. The reaction on
business was startling and florists re-
ported a.1\ immediate increase on
Sunday. Despite everything, re-

tailers here are very cheerful and
seem to be quite busy. Funeral work
has been brisk with many weddings
thrown in. Frosts have driven out the
outdoor flowers, such as dahlias, and
cold weather has improved the tone
of the market considerably. All stock
is very plentiful, more than the mar-
ket can absorb. Chrysanthemums are
now coming in very plentifully and
their quality is splendid all around.
They are beginning to sell also. Mod-
erate receipts of pompons are coming
in and are selling fairly well. Carna-
tions are coming in good quantities
but are not meeting with a ready sale.
Roses, too, are plentiful and of good
quality but are not in demand as much
as usual.

NOTES.

After remaining closed during the
summer months, retail florists are now
open again on Sunday afternoons. The
whole movement went to smash on ac-
count of the desire of one man to put
one over on his competitors. This
florist had agreed with the rest to close
his store on Sunday afternoons but
violated his agreement on the very
first day. Hence, the other downtown
retailers, after sticking it out all
summer, finally came to the conclu-
sion to open up again. Much good,
however, has resulted from the Sun-
day closing agitation. A start has
been made and it is altogether prob-
able that in the future, florists will
close their shops on Sunday during
July, August and September.

Schramm Bros., Cherry street flor-
ists, have had quite a few rushes late-
ly. When it isn't funeral work, it is a
wedding. For the past week or so,
they have managed to average one
wedding decoration a day. Many im-
provements have been made in their
houses and everything is spick and
span for a large Thanksgiving and
Christmas business.

Max Spanner had quite an effective
window display last week. In order
to call the attention of passersby to
his supply of bulbs, he made a splen-
did miniature steamer with a streamer
on it reading, "Just Arrived From
Abroad." This window attracted a lot
of favorable attention.

Metz and Bateman express them-
selves as well pleased with the way
trade is coming and state that they
had no complaint to make. This firm
has certainly made good and has had
a lot of funeral work of late.

George Bayer, Toledo's famous
grower of Bonnaffons, is getting ready
to market one of the finest growths
of these lovely and popular chrys-
anthemums that he has ever had. He
says business is good. K.

Wilmette, Ul.

Pyfer & Olsem have worked won-
ders with the Schuttler greenhouses
since they bought them last winter,
and now own about as nice an estab-
lishment of 140.000 feet of glass as one
would care to have. Roses, carnations
and chrysanthemums are mostly
grown and the stock throughout the
houses is in fine, healthy condition and
promises large cuts. A large ice-plant
is now being installed and when this
is completed the firm will be all set for
the fall and winter seasons. The new
carnation Aviator is attracting many
visitors to this range and from what
the writer has heard from nearby
growers it will be grown quite heavily
in this vicinity next season. Other va-
rieties that are grown at this establish-
ment are Enchantress, White Enchant-
ress, White Wonder, Peerless Pink,
Benora, Herald, Conquest, Gloriosa,
Champion, Yellow Prince. Enchant-
ress Supreme, Pink Delight and Vic-
tory. In roses Mrs. Chas. Russell,

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Killarney, White Killarney, Killar-
ney Brilliant, Sunburst and Rich-
mond are grown. The present pro-
prietors took possession last Feb-
ruary and people who saw the
place before they had it and see it now
can hardly believe that such a change
fur the better could take place in so
short a time. This firm is planning to
open a new retail store in the near
future, and if the deal goes through
this town will have a modern store in
every respect. Peter Olsem attends to
affairs at the greenhouses and A. T.
Pyfer disposes of the output at the Chi-
cago Carnation Co.'s store in the great
central market.

V. Bezdek is cutting a large supply
of chrysanthemum and pompons now,
which are about as nice as any that
have been shipped itrto the Chicago
market this season. Some of the pom-
pons are grown in miniature houses
ISxtiOxtJ feet high; there are four
of these on the place, and the stock is
doing mighty well in all of them.
After the stock is all cut the proprietor
uses these houses for propagating car-
nations, and as they are equipped
with four steam pipes he keeps the
stock in until Decoration Day and then
transplants it direct to the benches.
All told, Mr. Bezdek has about 60,000
feet of glass devoted chiefiy to chrys-
anthemums, carnations and sweet
peas. Carnations are grown on a
large scale, but sweet peas of the or-
chid flowering type will follow the
chrysanthemums. Some sweet peas
have already been planted and with
the planting that is to follow he will
have a pretty steady cut throughout
the season. Everything is looking fine
in the place and Mr. Bezdek says that
if business is at all good this coming
season he will invest in a touring car.
He seems to be pretty optimistic, for
a building that greatly resembles a
garage now adorns his premises.

James Psenicka has a range of about
50,000 feet of glass devoted exclusive-
Iv fo carnations and chrysanthe-
mums, but the latter are only grown
on a small scale. In carnations he is
growing Herald, Victory, Champion,
White Wonder, Peerless Pink, White
Enchantress, Pink Enchantress and
Gloriosa. Victory has done well with
him, but he says that Herald has done
better and that he will grow it more
heavily in the future. The stock
throughout the greenhouses is looking
fine and the proprietor is due for a
very prosperous season. If trade is
what one might call good, this fall and
winter, he will add four new houses
next spring. He has heating capacity
enough to take care of the addition for
one of the two boilers he has installed
has never been used, and to help mat-
ters he has a good supply of glass on
hand. So far this season he has not
done any firing at all, which is rather
unusual for so late a date as October
24. He will grow the new carnation
Aviator next season, for he has seen it
growing several times and believes that
it will be a fine variety for him to
grow.

Ernest Rober is, a pretty busy man
these days, and while he complains of
business being quiet, one can notice
that he is filling and shipping out or-
ders everj' day. He is recognized as
one of the leading poinsettia growers
in the west, and the first thing that
comes to one's mind when he buys
poinsettias is Rober. Mr. Rober be-
lieves in publicity, and his ready refer-
ence advertisements in the columns of
The ."^jiFRicAx Florist have always
brought him a nice lot of orders.
His stock at present is large and con-
sists of 214-inch, 3-inch and 4-inch
plants.

Frank Pelke is cutting some fancy
chrysanthemums now and takes his
stock in every day to the Chicago mar-

ket in his new auto truck, which he
recently purchased. In addition to
chrysanthemums he grows sweet peas
quite heavily. He feels quite proud of
the three new houses that his range
consists of and takes great pleasure in
showing the visitors about.

Anton Felke has a nice crop of
chrysanthemums coming on, and while
they are a little later than usual this
year, they will be in line for better
prices. This establishment is one of
the oldest in this vicinity and the pro-
prietor is enjoying a good, steady
trade.

.H. P. Gerhardt does quite a business
in the bedding plant line, especially
geraniums, for which he always has
an increasing demand. He does a good
retail business, but the largest part of
his bedding plants are sold at whole-
sale.

Wi^mette is supposed to be^ dry.

Knoxville, Tenn.

WABM WEATHER UNFAVORABLE TO TBADE.

The weather here is still very warm,
and we are having an unusually late
fall. We have not had any frost and
probably will not have for a few days
yet. This is very unusual as we gen-
erally have frost by October 15. This
is rather against the florists as out-
of-door flowers are still plentiful, and
the demand for greenhouse stock is
not as great as it might be under more
favorable conditions. Flowers of all
kinds are plentiful, especially chrysan-
themums, which are in profusion and
are very fine. Dahlias are still bloom-
ing, but it seems that chrysanthe-
mums have taken their place, as there
is not much demand for the former.

NOTES.

Chas. L. Baum reports business fair
and does not expect a real rushing
trade until cold weather comes and
takes away the out-door stock; how-
ever the store force have been busy
with wedding and funeral work of
late. He is cutting a large crop of
handsome chrysanthemums, which
never have been finer; also some nice
carnations, and fair roses. He has
made several wholesale shipments, but
nothing like enough to take up the sur-
plus; however, he is booking orders for
regular shipments to points in the
south, and no doubt will soon have a
market for his entire output.

A. H. Dailey is very well pleased
with trade, and is doing a rushing busi-
ness in the bulb line and is also having
a great deal of funeral work, but noth-
ing like enough to take up the stock
grown. He has been, and still is, wish-
ing for a frost to come and kill off the
inferior out-door stock, which is
brought to our local market on Satur-
days by the farmers and truck grow-
ers. This would naturally create a
greater demand for in-door stock, such
as chrysanthemums, carnations, etc.
He has plenty of stock, especially
chrysanthemums and roses.

Charles W. Crouch has been very
busy the past week with a great many
decorations for the numerous parties
and luncheons that have been given.
On October 23 the Girls' Cotillion Club
gave a "cotton ball" using cotton bolls
for boutonnieres for their gentlemen
escorts, which was quite a novel fea-
ture. Crouch furnished numerous cor-
sage bouquets for this occasion. He
has had a great deal of funeral work
and taken as a whole business has
been good.

Howell Nursery Co., is too busy to
send any notes. They have added a
new automobile delivery truck, which
is enough evidence that they must be
having good business. Although the
truck will be of great advantage in
making deliveries, it was rather a dis-
adxantage to Bruce Howell. He was

doing something about the engine when
his hand was caught in the fan and
badly disfigured, although not seriously
hurt, and he is again able to make use
of it.

The Knoxville Florists' Society
through a committee has set aside
Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and
8, as "Chrysanthemum Days," and
they will be observed by all the ceme-
teries in and about Knoxville. This
feature will be advertised through the
local papers in a co-operative way, as
it has been found that better results
are obtained by this method of adver-
tising.

Mrs. Rosa Hall Ryno reports busi-
ness very good, and is having consid-
erable funeral work. She is cutting
some very fine chrysanthemums and
fairly good carnations. The prospects
for future business and plenty of stock
are fine.

The following salesmen called on the
trade in the last few days : Mr.
Cheesman, representing Ralph M.
Ward & Co., New York; Mr. Koontz,
representing McGregor Brothers Co..
Springfield, O. Both report a very fine
southern business.

Addison J. McNutt reports business
as good as could be expected, consider-
ing the fact that the market is still
crowded with flowers. October sales
will probably fall short of a year ago.

Karl P. Baum, manager for Chas. L.
Baum, has been on the sick list, but is
better now, and able to attend to busi-
ness again. K. F. S.

Oregon Dahlia Society Exliibition.

Over 6,000 dahlia blooms in seven
hundred and fifty varieties were on
exhibition in the library at the second
annual show of the Oregon Dahlia
Society at Portland, Ore., October 9-
10. The entire north side of the third
floor of the library was devoted to the
exhibits, which represented one of the
most beautiful flower shows ever seen
in the city. Only two professional
growers, the Gill Seed Company and
the Willamette Dahlia Company, had
displays.

Of the amateur displays, Mrs. Helen
Ladd Corbett's table, with its 17 tall
vases of seedlings, received much com-
ment from enthusiasts who thronged
the hall. The most noticeable one
in the display was a variety not
yet named by E. Watkins, Mrs.
Corbett's gardener, who grew the
dahlias. It was a pale pink seedling,
with broad, almost rose-like petals.
Four other new varieties of seedlings
grown by Mr. Watkins and as yet un-
named were in the display. The larg-
est individual amateur display was
that of Mrs. C. S. Mastick, who had
more than 12.5 varieties on her table.
Nearly every flower was different in
color from its neighbor and all were
exceptionally large. S. Pennisten, of
Ashland, Ore., had 2.5 entries, and
there was a large exhibit from Mrs
E. T. Hockaday, of Tacoma, Wash.

Syracuse, N. Y.

The Syracuse florists and private
gardeners will hold a show of chrysan-
themums and other flowers, November
.5-7. This is the first show to be
held in nearly twenty years. Every
florist will take part, by making an ex-
hibit and the indications are that the
show will prove a great success. Flow-
ers, new varieties of roses, chrysanthe-
mums or carnations will be greatly ap-
preciated and properly staged. Full
particulars may be obtained by ad-
dressing Henry Youell, secretary, 533
Cedar street, Syracuse, N. Y.

ASHTABULA, O. — The Lake Shore
Greenhouse Company has been incor-
porated with a capital stock of $20,000.

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Oct. 31,

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Established 1885.

Subscription. United States and Mexico. $1.00 a

year; Canada $2.00; Europe and Countries

in Postal Union, $2.50. Subscriptions

accepted only from those in the trade.

When sending us change of address always send
the old address at the same time.

Advertising rates on application.

From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade adyertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as vfe go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
opinions ot our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Suggestions ior plant growevs 740

■ — Outdoor roses 749

—Violets 74i)

— Ferns 740

— Azaleas (illus.) 750

The retail trade 750

— Cut flowers by mail 750

— E.vpert knowledge 750

— Kerr's opening, Houston. Tex 751

Chrysanthemum novelties (illus.) 752

Hardy herbaceous perennials 752

— Gaillai-dias 753

— Paeouia Moutau 753

New Carnation Aviator (illus.) 758

Illinois University notes 75;j

Boston 754

Milwaukee 755

Pittsburgh 755

Buffalo •. 756

Washington 756

Toledo 756

Wllmette, lU 756

I*»ioxviIIo. Tenn 757

Oregon Dahlia .Society exhibition 757

Syracuse. N. Y 7,'^7

Chrysanthemum Society of Americn 758

The hard luck story 758

Texas and the south * 758

Coming exhibitions 758

Cleveland 760

Oklahoma City ~ 762

Menlo Park Hort. Society 762

Chicago 764

Petor Uoinberg (portrait) 7G6

Chicago to Indianapolis .' 76S

St. I.ouis 76S

Pbiladelribia 770

Cincinnati. 0 \\ "771

New York ! . . . ! 772

.Mrs. Paul Meconi (portrait) 772

Houston. Tex 77;;

New' Orleaus \ *774

Trenton, N. J [774

The seed trade ' .tri

— Senary novelties 780

— J. C. Vaughnn (portrait) !!..7S0

— Amer. potasli about to be produced 7.so

The nursery trade 784

— California Ass'n of Nurserymen 784

— Dead arm disease of grapes 7,H4

— Cold storage advised for apple growers.. 784

Market gardeners 786

— I'lices of indoor fruits and vegetables. .. .786
— Tubor moth infects California potatoes ... 7,86
— The soil supply 786

Chicago and Cleveland are candi-
dates for the twenty-fifth anniversary
meeting and exhibition of the Chrysan-
themum Society of America to be held
in November, 1915.

The title of a timely bulletin just is-
sued by the college of agriculture, of
the University of California, at Berke-
ley, is "Some Things the Prospective
Settler Should Know."

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

liKl'OBT.S UF CO.MAIITTEBS.

Chicago, October 17. — Crystal Gem.
white. Japanese incurved, scored 86
•points commercial, exhibited by Elmer
D. Smith vV; Co., Adrian, Mich.

Boston, Mass., October 17. — Anti-
gone, white, Japanese, scored 90 com-
mercial. ,S7 exhibition, exhibited by
Chas. H. Totty. Madison. N. J.

Philadflphia, Pa., October 17. — Anti-
gone, white, Japanese incurved, scored
S7 commercial, 89 exhibition, exhil^ited
by Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.

Cincinnati, O., October 17. — Crystal
Gem, white, Japanese incurved, scored
,SS points commercial, exhibited by El-
mer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian, Mich.

Cincinnati. O., October 17. — Marigold,
deep yellow, Japanese incurved, scored
93 points commercial, exhibited by El-
mer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Philadelphia, Pa., October 17. — Crys-
tal Gem, white, Japanese ipcuirved,.
scored ,S6 points commercial, exhibited
by Elmer D. Smitli & Co., Adrian,
Mich.

Cincinnati. O.. October 17. — 3-54-12.
pink, incurved, gcored 81 points com-
mercial, exhibited by Elmer D. .Smith
kV: Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chicago, October 17. — Marigold, yel-
low. Japanese incurved, scored 92
points commercial. exhilfSted by Elmer
D. Smith <.*c Co.. Adrian. Mich.

Cincinnati. O., October 17. — Niza,
delicate pink, pompon, scored 86
points, exhibited by Elmer D. Smith
& Co.. Adrian, Mich.

Chicago. October 17. — Niza. light
pink, pompon, scored 88 points, ex-
hibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Ad-
rian. Mich.

Philadelphia, Pa.. October 17. — Niza.
white shaded to delicate pink, pom-
pon, scored 90 points, exhibited by
Elmer D. Smith &, Co., Adrian. Mich.
C. W. JOHNSON, Sec'y.

The Hard Luck Story

AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

We reproduce herewith a letter re-
cently received by one of our patrons
and his reply thereto. Our friend has
the happy faculty of hitting the nail
square on the head, as all will agree
who read these communications, only
the locations and names being omit-
ted.

October 8. 1014.
Gentelmen

in -A-nswer to Your Enquerr I wil Say
I am trying to Run a Greenhouse on a
Small Scale But it is a uphil Busnes

Heare in So many Flowers ar

Raised Heare it is Almost impossebls
to Keep it up I Don't No Wat to Do I
Sometimes Hav a Notion to Give up
.Altogetre But the Way it Has been
Going this Last Year I Hav Run Be-
hind a Gut Deel the Greenhouse

is Supplying the Whole County and
Man Wed Small Meens Cant Do Any-
thing I Woldt Like to Stay Wed it the
Ballance of My Life For I Can Not tak
any oder Work at My age this Last
Year Haz Been unusel Dul and Last
Winter One of my House- War Ruined
Ba Harz Fall of Snow an I Lost Many
Hundre Dollars and I Hav not Ben
able to Build it up again For I am
-Alone About the Busnes and No Mens
I Can No See the Future I Don't No
Wat to Do I Hav No Mens to Do any-
ting Wed I Will Hav to Do the Best
I Can I am Encline to Woory When
tings Dont Go Write and Get Notting
But Breaking Downe Healt I am at
Loos to No Wat to Do I Woldt Lik tn
Do Somtink and Cant a Person Might
Just as Wei Be Out Of the World.

October 12, 1914.
Dear Sir :

I have your letter of October 8 and
I am ver.v sorry to learn that you feel
very much discouraged over the out-
look. I would very much like to be of
some help to you and at the risk of
offending you, I am going to suggest
that your own mental attitude has
very much to do with your lack of suc-
cess.

People like to do business with "
cheerful people. Most of us have
troubles of our own and we like to
meet a man who makes us laugh with
him so as to lighten our troubles in-
stead of adding to them. It is a pretty
cold blooded world and if you pour
out such a tale of woe to your custom-
ers as you wrote to me, it is not sur-
prising if they take their trade to your
competitor who acts cheerful.

No man is ever whipped until he
stops fighting. Your letter sounds as
though you had stopped, and if you
do stop, you are a failure, and what is
more, you deserve to fail.

You know how to grow good stuff
just as well as you ever did. You
probably started into business with
less glass than you have got now and
you probably had no customers when
you began.

If you will just go at it again with
the same energy you put into It to
start with and will wear a smile so
that' customers will say that you are
;i pleasant fellow to do business with.
I am willing to bet dollars to dough-
nuts that j'ou will make the

greenhouses sit up and take notice
of you.

Texas and the South.

The first fall exhibition of the Texas
State Florists' Association will be held
at Houston. November 12-14. The
final premium list is now ready and
copies may lie had on application to
R. C. Kerr, corner Main street and Mc-
Kinney avenue, Houston, or T. J.
Wolfe, Waco.

Comlns: Exhibitions.

[Secretaries are roquested to supply any
omissions from this list, and to correct any
dates that may have been altered since the
last advices.]

October 30-31-November 1.— Mt. Klsco. N. T.
— Twelfth annual exhibition. Northern West-
chester Couuty Horticultural and .\giicultural
Society, St. Francis Hall. M. J. O'Brien, sec-
retary. Uplands. Mt. Kisco, N. Y.

October 30-November 3, New York. — Annual
fall show, Horticultural Society of New York.
American Museum of Natural History. Geo. V.
Nash, secretary. New York Botanical Garden.
Bronx Park. New York.

November 3-5, Asbury Park, N. J. — Annual
chrysanthemum show. Elberon Horticultural
Society. George Masson, Oakhurst. N. J..
secretary: C. O. Duncan. Klheron, N. J., ex-
hibition manager.

November 3-6, Philadelphia, Pa. — Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society, Horticultural hall. David
Rust, secretary. Broad street, below Locust
street. Philadelphia.

November 4-6, New Rochelle. N. Y. — West
Chester and Fairfield Hortioulfnral Society. J.
B. Mc.\rdle. secrotaiy, IJreenwicb. Conn.

November 4-6, Tarrytown, N. Y, — Annual ex-
hibition of the Tarr.vlirwn Horticultural Society.
Music Hall. v.. W. .Nctibrnnd. secretary. Tarry
town.

November 4-6, New York. — Gxhlbition ot flow-
ers, plants, fruits and vegetables. American
Institute of New York. 25-,'!.'! West Thirty
ninth street. W. A. Kagleson. secretary board
of managers. 324 West Twenty-third " street.
New York.

November 6-6, Worcester. Mass. — Cbrysantbe-
miun exliiltition. Worcester Couuty Horticul-
tural Society. Horticultural hall. L. C. Midg-
ley. secretary. 18 Front street. Worcester.

November 6-7, Syracuse. N. Y.— lOvhll)!!!!!!! of
chrysanthemums and other llnwers. The Syrn
cuse Florists and Private Gardeners. Henrv
Youcll. secretary. .W8 Cedar street Sv'a""'!''

November 5-8. Boston, Mass, — Annual exhibi-
tion of tlie Massacbnsctts Horticultural So-
ciety, Horticultural hall. Wm. P. Rich, secre-
tary. SnO Massaclnisotfs avenue. Boston.

November 6-7, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y, — Annual
fall show, D.ildis Kerry Horticultural Assocla
ttou, 'I'l.wn hall. II. Harms, Dohhs Ferry, N.
Y.. secretary.

November 6-7. Lake Geneva, Wis. — Chrysanthe
mum cxliiliitioii. I.aUo Geneva Gardeners' &
F.m-i"... ■ .\ss. Illation. Hovtlcnllural hall. Wni.
H. Griffiths, secretary. Lake Geneva.

November 6-8, Indianapolis, Ind. — Annual con-
vention and oxbibltion, Chrysantbemimi Society
of America in conjunction with the State Flof
ists' Association of Indiana. The (iei-man House
O. K, Stelnkanip, secretary, 3800 Roekwood ave-
nue. Iniliiinapolis. Ind.

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p]ant giower; private or commercial. .'Xddress
Key 464. care American Florist.

Situation Wantcd-By tirst-class grower of cut

flowers and pat plants 3u years' practical ex-
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-Situation Wanted— Scotchman seeks situation
asBardf-ner; ^ood experience on roses carnations.

fruit and pot plants; aee 25: excellent references.

Address. Key 471. care Amirican Florist,

Situation Wanted^By youne woman in flower
store seed store, or Kreenhouse. near Pittsbuigh.
with obiect of learning more of the trade. Ad-
dress. Key 472. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young lady thoroughly
exptrienced in all lines of retail work. Chicago
or vicinity preferable. Address

Key 477. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— As florist and landscape
gardener. Life experience. German, middle age;
wishes Dosition in state institution or private place.
Best references. Address

Key 463. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Bv young man: first class
storeman. go d salesman; understands business
methods; would I ke to branch out into landscape
work if good proposition is offered. Address.
Key 475. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a first-class storeman
and designer. Firs.i-class ref* rences as to ability
and character. State full particulars and salary
in first letter. Geo E. Lindfman.

336 Jefferson St.. Fall River. Mass.

Situation Wanted — Bv first-class gardener
German, married, with 30 years' experience in
all Branches on prwate estate. Honest, tober
and reliable. Address

Key 476. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By landscape gardener, age
29. married. H yeais experience in Europe and U.
S. Grower of flowers, vegetables and fruit under
glass and outdoors. Trustworthy and well recom-
mended. Private or commercial. Address

loNASH. P^rk Ridee. 111.

Sltaation Wanted— As foreman by a man of
unusual ability as a grower of cut flowers and
plants. 30 years experience; single; commercial or
institution; first-class references. Address.
Florist.
59 W. Ontario St.. Chicago.

Situation Wanted— By A-l florist and landscape
gardener, 8 years' European and South Ameican
experience in landscape gardening, conservatory,
designing and decorating. Winner of pri2e
medals and diplomas. 25 years of age. single.
Excellent references. State wages.
Stephen Bekczik. 3*i2 Broadway. Buffalo. N. V.

Situation Wanted -If you are in need of an
all around florist one with years of practical
experience in growing all varieties of plants lor
pro6t. and a good designer, get in touch with me
Married, no children and now at liberty. Will
take caie of vour business the same as if it was
mv own. Make roe an offur. For further pani-
culars. address

Key 474. care American Florist.

For Sale— A No. 4 Morehead and receiver trap,
nearly new. will take care of 35.0(i0 feel of glass
For sale at a bargain. Enquire of

Joy Floral Co.. Nashville, Tonn.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
SlOfK) 00 cash, an exceptional good deal on green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Imp'l Co.. Brady. Mont.

For Sale— Practically new greenhouse boi'er,
steam. 65 h. p.: $^00 cash. F. O. B. Chicaeo. Big
bargain. 'Phone Edgewat**r 2560 or address,
D. Lahey,
5832 Wayne Ave.. Chicago.

For Sale— Good paying retail sto c in Chicago
on south side, at very reasonable price. Bargain.
Owner engaged in othpr bus n^ss. Address

Key 478. care American Florist.

For Sale— A fine Mercury auto-truck for $250.
This car has been used only for three monthsand
is in wood condition. For further paiticulars. ad-
dress. Key 4b8. care American Florist.

For Sale— A panel top florist delivery wagon-
new wheels, tires, axles, glass wind shield, shafts.
and just newly painted, in first-class condition.
W'ill send photograph on request. S6.S.00

N B. & C E. Stover,
U8So. bthbt., Terre Haute. Ind.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. Wright, Newtown. Bucks Co., Pa.

For Sale— I have 85fO feet glass. 65 hotbed sash.
5 acres good land. 4 greenhouses well stocked with
carnations 'mums, violets and bedding plants.
G -od dwelling housu. barn, out house. Coal
enough for winter. Four blocks from street car
lin.-. railroad right in city. Price $1:^.000 cash.
Address Key 479. care .'Xmerican Florist.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead. So. Dak., excel-
lent for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. High pressure city water or well on place.
Population. 10,000. Monthly payroll. $225,000. No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with right party.

H. E. BILLINGS,
Box 675. LEAD. SO. DAK.

FOR SALE.

Florists" retail store, greenhouses, twocottages.
IH acres of land in growing stock, everything
complete in first-class condition. The only flower
store in the fastest growing city in Southern Cali'
fornia. $3,000 down will handle this deal— balance
on easv terms. Owner retiring from business.

Address. Key 469, care .'Vmerican Florist.

Working Foreman.

Working foreman for general commer-
cial establishment. Must know how to
handle general line of cut flower and pot
stock as well as outdoor work. State
age and experience. Address,

Key 465, care American Florist.

FOREIVIAN

Rose grower with extensive experience
in leading commercial places is open to
engagement as fireman. State salary
and full particulars.

Robert Hand, Edgebrook, Chicago, 111.

LET ME

Do Your Buying on the
Chicago Market.

I am engaged in the florist business
myself and am on the market everyday.
I know the game from A to Z, and can
save you money. Give me a trial and
I will show you. For further particu-
lars, address

Key 473, care American Florist.

WANTED

A large and progressive seed house wants a
man with a general knowledge of the seed
business. Ke must be a good correspondent,
possess a knowledye of adverli^ing, also account
ing; must be a thoroughly up-to-date business
man, possessing a got d executive and iniiiaiive.
Ho must be capable of running a large branch
house if necessary He must be well equipped.
It is a high grade man that is wanted. The roan
who is well up but cannot get any higher where
he is. and desires advancement should apply.
Prefer a man under 38 years of age as the posi-
tion is permanent. Give full particulars as to
experience, qualifications and salary desired.

Address.

Key 470,

Care American Florist.

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WE GROW THE KIND YOU NEED
TO BUILD UP A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.

Try us on Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Mrs. Taft, Ophelia, Killarney, White Killafney,
Richmond and Prima Donna. We are now cutting heavily in these varieties and can supply you
with all the stock that you need at prices that will enable you to make a good margin of profit.
Send us your next order and you will be more than satisfied with the stock that you receive for the
prices that you pay. Our prices are low considering the exceptionally high quality of the stock
that we are offermg. Try us today. You will never regret it.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS-CARNATIONS

Large quantities of both in all the leading varieties that the best growers in Milwaukee and vicinity
can produce. Our Carnations and Chrysanthemums are of the same high quality as our Roses, so
to make a long story short, we have got the goods, you need them, our prices are right, so let's get
together. Send in your order today and when ordering bear in mind we have everything that is
seasonable in Cut Flowers and Greens. Our Lily of the Valley and Lilies are fine and so are our
home-grown Wisconsin Violets, the Violets with the genuine. Violet fragrance.

Our Mrs. Chas. Russell Roses are Selling Fine

Try a few today at 5 to 15 cents each. They arfe better than Beauties, sell 100 per cent quicker
and make and bring you new customers. Get in the Band Wagon, handle this 'live wire rose"
and ride to prosperity. Do it now.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,

Producers of Quantity-Quality Flowers, 462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Cleveland.

WEATHER WARM . AND STOCK PLENTIFUL.

The most conservative will admit
that stock is very plentiful. The
weather continues very warm, bring-
ing in loads of stock. Chrysanthe-
mums are now in sufficient supply to
meet all demands but pompons are as
yet a little scarce. Carnations are in
fine condition and the supply equal to
the demand. Some of the eastern vio-
lets are still pale in color, and have
"dropsy," although a few good ones
arrive and clean up daily. Valley is
plentiful. Gladioli and dahlias, as good
stock as ever came in, continue to ar-
rive, but the demand has dropped since
the chrysanthemums arrived. Cosmos,
snapdragons, larkspurs and daisies are
plentiful, with a limited call. There
will be a good supply of all seasonable
stock for Hallowe'en. American Beau-
ty, Ward, Sunburst, Shawyer, Russell
and Killarney roses are in fine shape
and the supply good. Greens of all
kinds are plentiful. The weather on
October 24 and 2.5 turned considerably
cooler after an all day rain October 24.

NOTES.

The membership committee of the
Cleveland Florists' Club has been busy
taking applications from new and
prospective members. All who desire
to join can communicate with H. B.
Jones, of the Jones Russell Co.; Mr.
Potter, of the McCallum Co., or
Charles F. Bastian of the Cleveland
Blorists' Exchange. Now is the time
to join; dues only .$4 per year, payable
quarterly. Andrew Von Quirem of the
Cleveland Florists' Exchange was mar-
ried to Miss Victoria Ropas about two
months ago, but succeeded in keeping
it quiet until lately. Congratulations.

Mrs. Jos. Nosek. 5307 Broadway, has
an automobile delivery wagon.

About a dozen chorus girls from one

Gladiolus Bulbs

How to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of Gladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

of the local playhouses sold flowers on
the streets here this week, to raise
money for war sufferers in Europe.

Charles A. Woodman has , been on
the sick list for several days with
rheumatism. ' C. F. B.

CoLERAiNE, Minn. — The contract for
the building of a greenhouse in con-
nection with the high school has been
awarded to Martin Christensen. The
structure will cost about ?8,0l)0. The
plans were prepared by W. A. Hunt,
architect.

MOLiNE, III. — On account of the
damage done to the stock of Julius
Staack & Sons, who conduct green-
houses at Twenty-seventh street and
Sixth avenue, the city has agreed to
repair Sixth avenue paving and make
the storm drain at that place capable
of carrying off the great excess of
water which always comes at that
place in the time of a heavy rain
storm. It is said that the firm has
lost hundreds of dollars worth of stock
during hard storms of the past sum-
mer.

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TO BE ISSUED

JUST RIGHT FOR THE

THANKSGIVINQ AND HOLIDAY TRADE

^The Best Paid

CIRCILATION

To the Trade in tlie Trade-

Many consumers of Stock and Supplies have
delayed placing large orders on account of
the war and, busmess having continued quite
good over the greater part of the country,
stocks in all lines are well used up.

Rates as usual, $1.00 per inch, single column width; $30. OO
' per page of thirty inches. Usual discounts on time contracts.

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Please mail advertisements early.

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Oct. u,

Dreer's Pandanus Veitchii

Having a larger stock of Pandanus Veitchii
than we can conveniently find room for we
of^er an exceptionally good lot of four and six
inch pots, well colored, well furnished, at special
low prices on orders received on or before
November 15th, after which date our regular
list prices will again be enforced.

4-inch pots, nicely colored, well furnished plants,

35 cents each.

6-inch pots, nicely colored, well furnished plants,

75 cents each.

For a full and complete line of Decorative
Plants see our current Wholesale List.

HENRY 3. DREER

^14-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are intended tor the trade only.

Oklahoma City.

TRADE UOOI) IN MA, BRANCHES.

The iiower trade is keeping up quite
lively along all lines. Weddings are
numerous, social events of importance
are happening almost daily, and the
call for funeral flowers has heen heav-
ier than is usually the rule in this com-
munity.

NOTES.

The principal event of the week was
the annual ball of the Joie de Vie
club. The demand for corsage bouquets
for this dance was far greater than
had ever been known for any previous
social event, American Beauty roses
lieing in special demand. Dreamland
hall, where the ball was given, was
decorated most beautifully. The ceil-
ing, sidewulls, pillars, orchestra grot-
to and punch room, were all draped
with smilax: baskets of red roses were
attached to the pillars, each basket be-
ing tied with broad red ribbon. Groups
of palms and ferns were placed at the
base of each pillar. The decorators.
Stiles & Co.. received many compli-
ments through the daily press for the
excellent manner in which the decora-
tive scheme was planned and exe-
cuted.

Furrow & Company are receiving
from their Guthrie greenhouses a nice
variety of first class chrysanthemums.
Their glass area at Guthrie covers
,S."),000 square feet, quite a large plant
for such a young state as ours. The
firm, however, has plans laid for even a
larger plant than the one at Guthrie,
which is to be erected in this city dur-
ing 1915. Such an addition to our
glass in the city will, without doubt,
^ give an added impetus to the fiower
business here .and prove a good invest-
ment to the owners.

The State Society of Florists meets
November 2 in the Lee Huckins hotel
at 8 p. m. Vice-president A. S. Gray.
Chickash;i, Okla., will read a paper on
"How to Increase Business."

The women's clubs are doing a lot of
good work in distributing bulbs in an
endeavor to get everybody interested
in having pretty gardens next spring.

BOXWOODS

BUSH SHAPED.

10-inch $ .25

12-inch 30

12 inch, extra heavy, 10-in. wide, .40

15-inch .50

18-inch $ .75 to 1.00

24-inch 1.25

PYRAMIDS.

30-inch 2.00

36-inch .,. 3.00

34 feet 3.50

4 feet 4.00

STANDARDS.

2 foot stems, 12 to 15-inch crown,
each 2.00

BOXES EXTRA.

The Geo. Wiftbold Co.,

L. D. Phone, Graceland 1112

737-39 Buckingham Place,

CHICAGO.

Menlo Park Horticultural Socie'y.

The Menlo Park Horticultural So-
ciety held its annual fall flower show
at Palo Alto. Calif.. October 23-25.
Not only were all members of the so-

also wt-U represented. The display
was generally considered the finest of
the kind in California's history.
Eighty-six prizes were offered for ex-
hibits ranging from single specimens

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763

Poehlmann Bros. Co.

7H4 E. Randolph St.,

Long Distance Phone
Randolph 35

CHICAGO, ILL.

CUT FLOWERS-PLANTS-SUPPLIES

'MUMS, POMPONS

Large Supply of Unusually Fine Stock, Whlte"Plnk--Yellow

FANCY ORCHIDS

CATTLEYAS, DENDROBIUMS, ONCIDIUMS

We grow more Orchids than any other concern in the west and can fill all orders
promptly at a moment's notice.

ROSES, BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS

VALLEY, VIOLETS, LILIES, GARDENIAS

Can supply you at all times with choice stock in any of the above as well as in
Boxwood, Wild Smilax, Leucothoe, Adiantum,, Galax, Ferns.

Red and Green Ruscus

Mammoth supply of the finest E Extra RuSCUS. Write for prices. Special
quotations on large lots.

Order Some of Our Ruscus Baskets

Especially adapted for all kinds of foliage and just what you need to carry out a fine
autumn effect. Try a sample order.

Give us your order for anything you need in supplies and it will be filled promptly
the way you want it filled and what you want it filled with.

Boston Ferns, Whitman! and Roosevelt, strong stock.
5 inch at 25 cdnts; 6 inch at 60 cents; 7 inch at 76 cents;
10 inch at $2.60; 12 inch at $3.50.

Peppers, several varieties, strong 4-in. pots, $8 per 100.

Araucaria Excelsa, fine stock, 60c, 76c and $1.00 each.

Araucarla Compacta, large plants, $1.60 to $2.50 each.

Place your orders for December delivery for our choice
stock of Brgonla Lorraine and Cincinnati None better to
be had. In all sizes from 60 cents to $2.00 each.

Poinsettlas, in plants well finished in all sizes from
60 cents to $2.00 each.
Pandanus Veitctlii, from 60 cents to $2. .50 each.

Azaleas, in all popular Christmas varieties from 75 cents
to $3.00. Specimens $3.00 to $8.00.

Dracaena Terminalis, 4 inch, 25 cents; 6 inch, 50 cents;
6 inch, 75 cents to $1.00 each.

Crotons, well colored all varieties, extra tineSOcto 76c ea.

Send All Plant Orders Direct to Morton Grove, 111.

704

The American Florist.

Oct, 31,

SPECIAL SALE OF YELLOW

POMPONS

Only 25c per bunch of 25 or more flowers. We are cutting a large quantity of
these Yellow Pompons and make the price very low to move them quickly.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Chrysolora for yellow, and Alice Salomon
for white, all grown to only one flower to a plant.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. We take special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and a fair supply of Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

CURRENT PRICE LIST. fn"m^artet"'"'"^'

American Beauties per Dozen

Extra long stems $3.00

36-inth stems 2.50

3n-inc h stems 2.00

^ 24-iDch stems 1.50

" 18-inch stems 1.25

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarie,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Milady

Pec lUO

Long $8.00 to tlO.fO

Medium 5.00 to 6.00

Short ; 3.00to 4,00

Extra Fine White and Fink
Killarney, Richmond Pefioo

Extra Select $3.00 to $6.00

Medium 3.00 to 4.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $2.00

Roses our selection, in lots ol 500 or more
at the rate of i;25.0u per 1000.

Carnations Per loo

Fancy Red. Pink and White $3.(0

Short Rtd, Pink and White 2.00

Clirysanthemums

Yellow. White, Pink, large, doz., $3.00

Vellow, White. Pink, medium. " 2.00

White and Yellow, small " 1.00 to 150

Pompons, all colors. . per bunch. .25

Per 100

Lily Of the Valley $4 00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri $2.00 to 3.00

Eastern Ferns, per 1000 $2.00

Galax, bronze and green, $1.00
per 1000.

All Seasonable Flo'wers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, 111.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicag'o. ■

COLDER WEATHER.

The weather has been quite cold the
past week and the first frost of the
season was reported October 25, and
was followed by another on October
26. Stock has shortened up consider-
ably as a consequence, especially roses,
which at times were none too plenti-
ful. American Beauty roses especially
are scarce and are now bringing good
prices. Mrs. Chas. Russell roses are
in fair supply, but clean up as usual
each day before the stores close at
night. Roses in general have improved
considerably in quality and are now
arriving in exceptionally fine condition.
They are very good property for prices
have advanced considerably the past
few days. Carnations are also arriv-
insr In better condition and are slowly
aa\'ancing in price. While they are
not exactly scarce they are none too
plentiful and a few brisk days would
find the market pretty well cleaned up.
Chrysanthemums of exceptionally fine
quality in all the seasonable varieties
are arriving in large quantities and
while they are moving fairly well the
better grades are not bringing the
jirlces that they should in comparison

with other years and at times are sold
in large lots at low prices to keep the
supply from accumulating too much.
Pompons are also seen in large quan-
tities now. but are moving fairly well.
Sweet peas have made their appear-
ance, but in no great quantities yet.
Orchids are still plentiful, but the sup-
ply of lily of the valley does not ap-
pear to be any too large. Violets are
arriving in better condition and in
large quantities and are selling a trifle
better. Lilies seem to clean up fairly
well. Gardenias, which are arriving
in small quantities, are sold before
they reach the store. Gladioli, dahlias,
cosmos, cannas, and other outdoor
stock is still seen, but the supply
since the frost set in has rapidly
shortened up and another week will
find their stock missing on the mar-
ket. While the dealers would like to
see the growers get all they can out
of this stock they will be mighty glad
wlien it is gone, for nobody really
wants it now, and all that it has done
so far the past few weeks was to keep
the prices in other stock down. A
great improvement in trade may be
expected from now on and while Oc-
tober so far has not been as good as
the corresponding month last year.

business has shown a steady improve-
ment whicii is indeed encouraging
when one stops to consider that last
year we had an early frost and
weather conditions up to this time
were more favorable to all concerned.
The supply houses report a big im-
provement in l:iusiness during the past
week and tlie real buying is only just
starting to commence.

GOOD ROADS.

The Associated Roads Organizations
of Cook County is requesting voters,
November 3, to "Help Pull Cook
County out of the mud. Every vote
for this good roads bond issue is a
vote to reduce the high cost of living.
Hard roads will save the housewives
of the city three to four million dol-
lars annually in the cost of foodstuffs.
This is the estimate of a leading truck
farmer of Cook County. The work on
these roads will be done according to
the specifications of the State High-
way Commissioner. The call for labor
will help to solve the pressing prob-
lem of the unemployed. The cost of
the bond issue will be extremely small,
only 25 cents a year for a person
taxed on valaution of .$3,000, and only
for a period of 10 years."

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765

A RAPID GROWTH

1912 ■■ I .^M I 1914

JOHN ZECH.

Interior View of Our Wholesale Store in 1912.

This illustratiou shows the store that we occupied two years
ago when we were then located on North Wabash Avenue.

M. H. MANN.

interior View of Our Present Large Wholesale Establishment at 30 East Randolph Street.

YOU will notice that our
present shipping depart-
ment is practically as large as
our former store was and that
our present establishment is
up-to-date in every respect.
We attribute our rapid growth
in business to honest business
methods which have made us a
host of friends and customers
throughout the country.

Our Leaders:

Beauties, Roses, Carrations,

Chrysanthemums, Lilies,

Valley, Sweet Peas, etc.

Interior View of Our Present Shipping Department.

OUR supply of stock has
increased with our ex-
pansion in floor space and we
we are now prepared with a
large quanlity of all season-
able Cut Flowers and Greens
to take care of all our regular
customers as well as many
new ones. If you want the
best stock available and at
all times at prices that are
rtasonable be sure that your
order goes to us.

As reliable wholesalers do-
ing a strictly wholesale busi-
ness we should be favored
with your order. Always
remember when ordering that
we handle everything in sea-
sonable Cut Flowers, Etc.

ZECH & JVIAINTIV

30 East Randolph Street,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

L. D. Phone Central 3284

Auto. 42-965

CHICAGO

766

The Am eric ax Florist.

Oct. 31,

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L D. Pbone
Bandolpti 2081

CHICAGO.

Beauties-Roses-Carnafions-^Mums

EJT.esT Oeclislin. ttf River Foresi.
■n-as : : rough the windshield of

I;-? - and on through the

: - "^ " y. street car on

- 23. in a head-
- - street far and

his machine- The aec-ideni hapf'ened
;iT p^fTv-?*=*^'»T>d ptT>*=^t ?ind *"'«">tTace

broken

and his skull tras badiy

La?T T-'' -Ts fr<'ni the hos-

: that his con-

siiion at this esiaoiishment s»:ime lime
ago to assume charge of his large farm

Mann are handling large
...... i.i.i; of fancy chBysanihemums

and pompons this •week, as well as all
other slock in season. Sweet peas are
seen at this house now. l^ut the stock
thai is arriving is sc'ld almost as soon
as it reaches the store. Violets are also
being handled in quantity here.

Erne & Klingel are ^ecei^-ing regular
shipments of violets frotn California
that are reaching here in good condi-
i:v.n. The only drawback in handMng
them according to Chas. Kme i? :r.e
heavy esjress charge from the c.isi

it is

iiieir St
sieliins ei

I wui return to nis oome ic

gain-

regular
Bjk:-

iXiTr> irES>e »t ilus liiBe in ar

• ear.

".i'j£rr.ir i Co. are " - :--

?-;;.: f fancy ■

rr-;r!e frc'rr. ... 1.. T.".

?T? ..t Rc<rkford. The

- ■ r-i:2 ims are eicep-

Tt :i: gc-cd demand.

...1: irade at his es-

DOW tO^Ji ii. oas

ordioaoce. The new
.>e of iron and three-iDct w.-
* a great iBuproveoieiit over
"'- -"'"•^ aJD tbe alterations
- firm will have

1 and re

complain oT di:

«i iiwe caiter gavie np his p<v

PrKidest Clueaso Srlinoi Bawd awl Caadidkle
for ibe Ppc~.idrscT of tte Coantr Board.

state to here, the cost on a box <rf 60

biirichep ^*einer ^5.-^*.

~' - *" ^rowers' Asso-

- fine sic>ck in

...... ..„T c-Tosists of an

i standard varieties as well as all
i-r *>^-f>s- Chr^'sanihemums are
Sgnre in the receipts at
• .ouse DOW.

-"'"■■ proprietiH' <rf

■ i jse. 39 West

-"-- .. inarch or. tis

_e was q- - --

.-.g young

- '^ .It is quite ^ I.trlf- LM

re.

hn. formerly with the

"r-j. Wiiti.»»i<i Co_ is DOW with Rons-

-^y. in the Westminster building on

' - -r - --_ Ron^ey has been do-

.i: be ofiesed up aad has

-_s T . ^ . r-. orstioos already booked

for next month.

*>>^rg» Perd-kas. proprietor of three
- business goo^ His
- je sUlC^e is a dandy

_- __.. . ;_,: proprietor always

makes his bead^jnarters.

,^^cy_J0A.^

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VBOLESALX I

ruBsn

Spirit
Netting

6-INCH

4c per yard

Best Quality

M..:i Mann has a son and daughter
quite ill with typhoid fever. This
makes three in the family that have
suffere»3 frim the same sickness within
the monih. ilr. MAnn is the junior
memt^r •:•? the iarm of Zech & Mann.

Paul Blome i Co. have a dancing
salesman on their staff in the person
of Art Chrisiianson and you have got
to take off your hat to him when it
comes to executing the latest creation.
the -KH.

Jobn Kruchten is ha%Tng a brisk de-
mand for all the Mrs. Chas. Russell
roses that he is receiving Gardenias
are arriT.^ng at this store, but not in
any large quantities yet.

A. C. Kohlbrand of the E. C. .\inling
Co. is planning on attending the joint
meeting of the IlKnois and Indiana
State Florists' -Association at Indian-
apolis, Ind„ next week.

The "'■■ "rnthly meeting of the
Chicas - Club will be held at

the E. - Hotel. West Randolph

street- Ti.uri»iay evening. Xovember 5.
rtt eight o'clock.

Rhe:- ^ ^ '-nier reports that busi-
ness, in funeral work, has
been = -d at Scfaill^s ^^est
liadisoci street store all week.

O. A. Tonner is supplying her cus-
tOBoers with snapdragons now and is
commencing to receive chrysanthe-
Bmms in larger quantities.

Harry Conn is opening a new store
at 70S 'West Sixty-third street, which
win be known as the Englewood Flo-
rist.

Hoerber Bros, will grow the new rose
OpbeSa quite heavily next season.

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767

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

'MUMS-POMPONS

A FINE CROP OF WHITE, YELLOW AND PINK.

If you could see the niagnificent condition of our stock as it is now in our greenhouSLS, you would place your
regular order with us. Be sure and send vour regular orders direct to the grower for they will be well taken care of.
Remember, we have over 2,(X)0,OUO feet of modern glass devoted exclusiv.ely to Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, etc.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stems $2 60 to $3 00

30-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 75

20-inch stems 1 50

15-inch stems 1 25

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 35 to 50

Richmond ]

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer Per 100

Klllarney select $6 00 to }8 00

White Killarney... I

My Maryland I Medium 5 00

Sunburst | Short 4 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward, j

2,000,000 Feet

Russell \ 14.00, $6.00, $8.00 and $10 00 per 100

Ophelia ( Per ion

Roses, our selection $3.00

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 3 Oo

Chrysanthemums.per doz., $1.00 to $3.00

Pompons, yellow per bunch, 60c

Harrisii 10 00 to 12 50

Valley 4 00 to 5 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum 1 00

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

Ferns (new) per 1.000, $2 00

Galax, Bronze and C7reen...$l 00 per KOO

Boxwood, per bunch 25c

Leucothoe Sprays 75c per 100

of Modern Glass

Buckbee's Big Bronze 'Mums

Can Be Had Here In Any Quantity.

Also His Fancy Big Wlilte, Pinl( and Yellow 'Mlums.

Try Us On

'Mums, Pompons, Beauties, Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Valley,
Orchids, and Greens of All Kinds.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N.Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.)

( Central 2571

TXLEPHONXS: \ " 2572

' Auto. 48-734

CHICAGO

I'oehlmann Bros. Co. are lia\ing a
good run on the fancy American
Beauty roses that it is cutting. Chrys-
antliemums are arriving in large quan-
tities in all the seasonable varieties
at this store but are all finding ready
sale. Orders for supplies are arriving
in every mail, especially for ruscus,
which is now in exceptionally large de-
mand.

Philip Schupp has recovered suffi-
ciently from his recent attack of pneu-
monia to be on duty again at the J. A.
Budlong store. This i.« the first time he

has been sick in his life, and while he
has lost about ten pounds in weight he
expects to be his old self again soon.

Sinner Bros, were probably among
the first to grow the new rose Mrs.
Chas. Russell in any quantity in this
vicinity and they are now reaping the
benefit, for this variety is the best sell-
er that they have on their list.

The J. B. Deamud Co. is again
handling southern wild smilax in large
quantities and has a good supply on
hand at present.

Kyle & Foerster are supplying their
customers with several new varieties
of pompons that V. Bezdek. of Gross
Point, one of their growers, is produc-
ing quite heavily now,

Frank Potocka, of the Frank Floral
Co,, has returned from a successful
business trip through Indiana, where
he called on several of the leading
growers.

Robert Northam says the Richmond
roses have been moving fine this fall
at Oenrge Reinberg's store.

768

The- American Florist.

Oct. 31,

L. D. Phono
Randolph 5449

176 R.liicl^gejA Ave.

CKic.es.^0

The change In the grand flower beds
in South park, which had retained
their summer-time freshness and
strong growth, was very abrupt as the
severe frost on Tuesday, October 27,
turned black and brown, for the first
time in the season, the extensive bed-
ding at one blow. The long, continued
mild weather and the sudden hard
freeze October 26, has never been
equaled in autumn weather conditions
in this vicinity in 50 years.

At Percy Jones' store the help is
pretty busy bunching a large ship-
ment of choice boxwood that reached
here this week. This firm handles
boxwood in quantity and usually has
enough on hand throughout the season
to fill all orders.

Wietor Bros, have been disposing of
a large supply of pompons and chrysan-
themums all week and the demand for
them has been quite heavy. Business
has picked up considerably at this
house and stock in all lines is now
cleaning up well.

E. E. Pieser i§ again on duty at
Kennicott Bros. Co.'s store, but is not
feeling as well as he might yet. He
was a pretty sick man the past week,
but managed somehow or other to get
back on the job.

The Geo. Wittbold Co. is disposing of
a large shipment of boxwood trees in
bush, pyramid and standard shapes.
The bush shaped trees are in largest
supply and are moving fast.

Miss M. C. Gunterberg took the lead-
ing part in the play called Divorce
which was given at a local theater on
Sunday, October 25, for the benefit of
the European war victims.

O. Johnson of the Batavia Green-
house Co. says that American Beauty
roses are in good demand this week
and that his firm is finding a quick sale
for all they can cut.

D. E. Freres is handling some choice
roses that are coming from the Adam
Zender greenhouses. The Kilarney and
White Killarney especially are fine.

George Asmus and other florists have
volunteered to aid J. C Vaughan's
candidacy for congress. An active
fight is now on.

Ernst Wienhoeber advises that he
and H. N. Bruns have collected $G02
among the local trade for the German
Red Cross.

The A. L. Randall Co. has done quite
a business in the artificial flower line
since it added this department.

Mrs. H. E. Philpott, of Winnipeg,
Can., is the guest of A. T. Pyfer and
wife at Wilmette.

Irwin Bertermann of Indianapolis,
Ind., was a visitor on October 28.

A. C. Rott of Joliet was here on a
business trip this week.

W. N. Rudd has again been on jury
service.

Visitors: A. C. Rott, Joliet; H. Hoge-
woning and wife, New York.

lilTlTZ, Pa. — C. S. Loeffler's green-
houses are nearlng completion. There
are two houses 35x100 feet, a total
frontage of 70 feet. There Is also a
good-sized building to be used for the
boiler room, office and work shop.

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolpt) St., CHICAGO

And All Other SeasoAable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wholesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Oaf New Catalog

Mention the American Florist when writing

Chlca£:o to Indianapolis.

Arrangements have been made with
the representative of the Big Four
railroad to make reservations for the
members of the Chicago Florists' Club
and others desiring to attend the In-
dianapolis meeting of the Chrysanthe-
mum Society of America, November
6-8, on the train leaving Chicago,
Thursday, November 5, at 10:15 p. m.,
arriving at Indianapolis at 3 :45 a. m.,
where the steeper may be occupied
until 7 :30 a. m. The fare is ?3.70 each
way, lower berths. ?2, upper, $1.(50.
A car will be reserved for the exclu-
sive use of the party if the number is
sufficiently large. Reservations may
be made by telephoning Wabash 4200.

St. Louis.

HEAVY SUPPLY WITH LITTLE DEMAND.

The market has been badly crowded
all week with little or no demand.
Roses, chrysanthemums and carna-
tions were loaded upon the counters
of the five wholesalers. Chrysanthe-
mums were especially plentiful and had
to be sold cheap in order to move.
At this time of writing it Is turning
much cooler and there are prospects of
frost.

-NOTES.

The publicity committee of the local
florists' club have illustrated hangers
in all the wholesale and retail stores
advertising the club soliciting new
members.

Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co.
had a fine stock in home grown
chrysanthemums and roses.

■H. G. Berning visited E. Gullett &
Sons' new greenhouses, at Lincoln, 111.,
recently.

Large stocks in all' grades of flow-
ers were seen at C. A. Kuehn's estab-
lishment.

The Mullanphy Florists had special
sales of carnations at 25 cents per
dozen.

Grimm & Gorly had a special sale of
chrysanthemums at five cents each.

The Strohmeyer Floral Co. is doing
its share of work.

NOW Is the Time

To Order Your

Christmas Baskets.

Be sure that you buy them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever offered,
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail Horist of today needs. Send lor
our new catalog, just off the press, make
up your order from the new list and Send it
to us immediately. A postal will do.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To reach our store take a Chicago Avenue.
Division Street, Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car at Stateand Randolph Streets
and pet off at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

HOERBER BROS.

S;SS.'«i Cut Flowers

Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

E. Gullett, of Lincoln, III. was a
recent visitor.

E. L. Rogers reports trade as pick-
ing up.

W. F.

EAU Claire, Wis.— A. Laurltzen,
proprietor of the Oakdale Greenhouses,
has opened a flower shop at 110 Weet
Grand avenue.

jgi4.

The American Florist.

769

Til©
I-lv©

X^K^iVIVK:

WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

179-181-183 N.Wabash Avenue,

e

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CHICAGO

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and 'Mums

and All Other Seasonable Stock Solicited.

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
30 East Randolph Street, L. D. Phone, Randolph eSIS

CHICAGO, ILL

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

liention the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Aato. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Uention the American Florist when writing

W. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOI^ESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lode Distance Phooe. Randolph 3619
Mention the American Florist when writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

so East Randolph St., - - Chicago

Telephone, Central 3284.
Mention the American Florist when writing

J. a BUDL0NG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLES AU

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS cnnwcD ftC
A Specialty BROWtH Or

VlioMe Hover MM*Kel>s

Chicago, Oct. 28.

Roses, Beauty, specials ,

36-in

30in

24 in

20-in

ISin

12-in

Perdoz,
300
250
200
150
1 25
1 00
75
Per too

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@|5 CO

" Killarney 3 00® 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

" Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

'■ Rhea Reid 3 On@ 8 00

'• My Maryland 3 00@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@15 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 OOiglO 00

■■ Milady 3 OOiglO 00

" Sunburst 3 00@10 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 Of^eiO no

■' Hadley 3 00@15 00

■■ Ophelia 3 00@15 00

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas... perdoz:.. 6 0n@7 50
Chrysanthemums. 75c. to $4 00 per doz.
Pompons, 25@50c per bunch.

Daisies 1 GO© 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@$4.00 perdoz.

Gladioli 4 00@ 8 00

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@15 00

Valley 4 00@ S 00

Violets 50® 75

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns .... " 1 S0@2 00

Galajt " 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican lTy....per lOOO, S 00(86 00
PlumosusStrings..each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00ig2 50

Sorenepri. Plumoaiis Sprays * 3 00@ 4 00

Boxwood. 2Sc per lb.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

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DEUVEBIU I

l»4 NO WABASH A^.

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

A. L. Randall Co./

^mt^^ 66 E. Randolph St., c^JH^^
i^m^ CHICAGO, ILL. e^*^9

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Relnberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White Killarney roses. All
orders eiven prompt attention. Try ns.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

WietorBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS
Grower! 01 _______^^_^^.^.^^_

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

167 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

770

The American Florist.

Oct.

31,

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

HiLWADKEE, WIS.

HOLION & nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

VSTHOLESALE FLORISTS
Botb L. D Pbo'nei, ST. LOUIS, AlO.

supplies aid ETeiyitiiig iii Season always on taid
Write, wire or see us for

Gut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310 Pine Street ST. LOUIS, MO.

fbiladelphia.

STOCK IN GOOD SUPPLY.
No frost as yet, although all signs
point to a visit from "Jack" any day.
Dahlias are plentiful and fine but are
losing their hold on the public, as the
market is so full of all kinds of in-
side stock that the dahlias, showy as
they are, are ignored for the new can-
didates. Chrysanthemums are now the
feature and will lead the market for
the next month. Already there Is an
over stock, many more coming in than
can be sold at what might be called a
fair price. Very handsome Chrysolora,
the choice of the shipments, are of-
fered as low as .$1.50 per dozen; stock
that should certainly bring $2. Many
other sorts, just a grade lower, go
abegging at 10 cents each. It is hoped
the demand will increase the coming
week, for the stock certainly will, and
it would be a pity to have to call upon
the department stores to peddle them
out at 5 cents each. Roses were never
finer for the season. They are grading
higher, but the price continues low.
Some very fair Hadley are seen. This
rose has a glorious color that capti-
vates every one who sees it. Cattleyas
are still much more plentiful than
necessary and prices rule low in large
quantities. Gardenias are improving
in quantity and quality. Carnations
are much improved, but the warm
weather experienced the past week,
tries their keeping qualities. Violets,
single, are getting better but do not
keep over the day. Some good New
V'ork doubles are offered.

NOTES.

The department store and its meth-
ods often gets a hearing these days as
^ong as only local stock Is handled. It
is all right as far as the growers and
wholesalers are concerned, but large
shipments of outside flowers at low
prices are viewed with alarm as they
close even this outlet for the time be-
ing, and the market is further de-
moralized in consequence.

President George Burton of .the
Florists' Club of Philadelphia in his

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.
Phone Main 1245.

448 MU-
waukee St.,

P.O. Box 206.

Mllwaukee,Wis.

Prompt Shipments ai
' the Right Price

N£W FANCY FERNS.
Sphagnum Moss»-Good and Clean.

CiB B^ }m I ^— > B B m [ Wholesale Florist.

• A* iVIJEllirNt 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMeHo¥erM^rKel.s

Philadelphia. Oct; 28. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@15 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 OOiglO 00

•• Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

•• White Killarney 2 00® 6 00

■' Liberty 4 00@ 6 00

" Mock 8 00(810 00

■• Bulgaria 3 00® 6 00

" Sunburst 3 00® 6 00

Kaiserin 2 000 8 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Asters 2 00® 5 00

Cattleyas 35 00®50 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00® 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas 50® I 00

Chrysanthemums 8 no®16 00

Violets .SO® 75

SnapdraKons.... 4 00® 6 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Oct. 28.

Roses, Beauty, special

'[ " fancy

" extra

No. 1.

Per 100

15 00

12 00

800

4 00

Killarneyr 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Sunburst 2 00® 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

Mrs. Mock 6 00

Carnations 1 50

Cattleyas 35 00

Dahlias 2 00® 3 00

Lilium Giganteum 8 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum 1 00

■ Yellow Daisies 50

Sweet Peas 50

Chrysanthemums, per do2..$l.S06$2 50

Asparagus Sprengeri. per. bunch, 35@40

Sprays per bunch. 35@40

.ippointment of the various committees
of the club presents many new names
of old members of the club but who
have not been thus honored before.
This is as it should be, new blood is
always desirable and will be given a
chance to carry out new ideas.

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply yotu
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Ma^olla Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

''DAISY'' RIBBON

Just Ihe right quality for Florists' use. (10 yds.
to bolt ) Can be had in white, pink, violet, purple
or yellow.

No. 22. ..per bolt, $1.10 No. 80.. per bolt. $1.65
No. 40. ..per bolt. 1.25 No. 100. . per bolt, 2.0O
No. 60. . per bolt. 1.45 vGet a sample, it's free.)

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,

Wholesale Florist. 1324 Pine St. , ST. LOUIS. MO.

Milwaukee. Oct. 28. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, per doz., I 50® 4 00

Killarneyand W.Killarney 3 00® 8 00

" Ward. Taft, Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0o®15 00

■' Ophelia 3 00®I2 00

Carnations I 00® 3 00

Chrysanthemums. per do2., 1 00® 3 00

Lilies 1000

Snapdragon, per bunch. 25c @50c

Vallev 4 00

Violets S»

19^4-

The American Florist.

771

r

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR PHILADED HLA GROWN

$1.00 fo $3.00
per dozen.

They are Beauties of uuusual quality. It's to your ad vantage to try them and make comparison.if you are not using them now.

TNE LEO NIESSEN CO., » wTo^i^'Il^^l^est.. Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

Boffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Ru.s sells. Mock .

Killarney, Sunburst and otliers.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express di.pot.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

The H. A. Dreer windows of the
Chestnut street stores fairly blaze with
the rich color of the dahlias and otlier
outside tiowers which are changed
daily. Everything: is labeled. Many
sales for future delivery are made.

The M. Rice Co. has as a leader a
new two-tone color for a line of their
baskets. It is a sort of gunmetal fin-
ish that appears to present a good
ground work for almost any color.

The Joseph Heacock Co. have a
large auction sale of large palms in
New York on Friday. They must
make room for the stock coming on
and are doing it in this way.

Chrysanthemums are leaders with
the Niessen Co. at this time, thou-
.sands of splendid flowers being
handled every day. Thora and Af-
terglow roses are features.

Quite a number of the growers have
received stock from abroad. The
azaleas, boxwood, etc., which have ar-
rived are in good shape considering un-
avoidable delays.

The Robert Craig Co. is moving
ferns and crotons in large quantitiea
at present. Their chrysanthemums are
now in; several large houses of them.

Edward Reid finds the Mrs. Shawyer
rose in demand. Splendid American
Beauties and Mrs. Russell roses are
also features. K.

Cincinnati.

BUSINESS ONLY FAIR.

The supply of flowers In the market
continues large. Heavy cuts of chrys-
anthemums are taking the place of the
cosmos and dahlias that are passing
out of the market until the next season
for them. The result is that the total
supply is as heavy as it was at the last
writing. Business last week was hard-
ly more than fair. Shipping business is
good. Roses of all kinds are plentiful
and of good quality. The receipts of
American Beauty roses are able to take
care of present requirements. Carna-
tion receipts are heavier and include
many excellent blooms. The lily cut is
sufiicient for immediate needs. Ship-
ments of chrysanthemums into the
market are very large and are causing
the market to crowd up considerably.
Most of the stock grades are of medium
quality. All colors may be had In
quantity.

NOTES.

Last week's trade representatives in-
cluded Julius Dillhof, of Schloss Bros.,

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Klllarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orctilds

.^flS'X' f XV.OX3XTC3SIX3

Z26 Devonshire Street, : BOSTON, MASS.

=^

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VlioMeHowcrMM'KeU

Boston, Oct. 28. Per lUO

Roses. Beauty 1 00@25 00

• Killarney Queen 50@ 8 GO

•■ White and Pink Killarney. 50® 5 00
Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

" Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

•■ Hadley 1 00@10 00

'■ Cardinal 1 00@12 CO

•• Mock 1 li0@ 8 00

'• Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

" Sunburst 1 OOig 8 00

■• Taft 1 00@ 8 00

" Milady 1 Oil® 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 1 00@ 6 00

•• My Maryland 50® 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00@4u 00

Gladiolus America. ...per doz., 7o@l 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas 25® 30

Violets, single 35® 50

medium 25® 50

Chrysanth.?mums. select 12 00@16 00

medium 6 00®10 00

Buffalo, Oct. 28. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00®25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

extra 10 00@12 00

No. 1 8 00@10 00

No. 2 2 00® 4 00

" Killarney 2 00® 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00® 6 00

" My Maryland 2 00® 7 00

" Killarney Queen 2 00® 6 00

'• Hillingdon 2 00® 6 00

■■ Richmond 2 00® 7 00

" Sunburst 3 00® 7 00

■ Ward 300@500

" Taft 3 00® 7 00

Lilyol the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilies 7 00®10 00

Cattleyas 35 Ofl®50 00

Gladiolus 2 00® 3 00

Carnations 1 00® 2 50

Snapdragons 2 Of® 3 00

Violets 40® 60

'Mums, pink, white and yellow. 5c®20c
Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35® 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Oct. 28.

Roses. Beauty per doz.. $1 00® $3 00

Per 100

" Killarney 2 00® 6 00

•■ My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

" Richmond 2 00® 6 00

•' Taft 2 on® 6 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 00

Asparagus Plumosus..perbcb.,25c

Carnations 1 .50® 2 00

Orchids, per doz 5 00® 6 00

Chrysanthemums, per doz.. }0.50®i;2 00

New York; Wm. Legander, of A. L.
Randall Co., Chicago; H. A. Mollers, of
the American Foil Co., New York.
Other visitors included : E. E. Schaefer,
Dayton, C; Henry Ehrhardt, Sidney,
O.; James P. Keller, Lexington, Ky.; J.

Manufacturers and Importers ol

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
rittsburgh. Pa.

BERGER BROS.

TVAXITTAC In large assortment.
Ift^t^^*-'^^ best varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional sbippiok' facilities.

1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Fa.

cTe. critchell

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Third St, CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock ol Florists' Greens and Supplies

St. Louis. Oct. 28. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 8 00@12 50

short stems 2 00® 6 00

•• Killarney 2 00@ 4 00

'■ My Maryland 2 00® 4 00

•• White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" Aaron Ward 1 SO® 4 00

•• Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

•• Ophelia 4 00® 8 00

■' Milady 3 00® 6 00

■• Hadley 3 00® 6 00

Valley 4 Or@ 5 00

Carnations 1 50® 2 50

Gladiolus 3 00

Rubrum 6 00® 8 00

'Mums 3 00ei5 00

Asparagus Sprengeri.per bu.. 25@50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..25@60

Harrisii 8 00

Ferns perlOOO. 150

R. Johnston, Middletown, O.; Joseph
Hill, Richmond, Ind.; Frank S. Miller,
Columbus, C; Chas. P. Brunner, Spring-
field, C; W. T. Phillips and wife, To-
ledo, O.

E. G. Gillett went to Maysville, Ky.,
this week to visit C. P. Dietrich's place
there. It is in fulfillment of a promise
made ten years ago and repeated an-
nually.

Hardesty & Co.'s new store front,
which is now completed, gives them an
elegant display window.

C. E. Critchell was the first in town
to offer Mexican ivy this season.

H.

772

The American Florist.

Oct. 31,

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Paper White Grdfl., 14cm. up. .case 0
French Gr. Solell d'or, pracox. . " "

French a rumpet Major '• '

LiUum Formosum. 7-9 inch. .. . " "
Llllum Multlflorum, 7-9 inch.. " "
LUlum Giganteum, 7-9 inch... "

Special discount of 5% for cash \vi

1 lOOO bulbs
12^0 ■■

isoo •'

250 ■•

300 •■

3l0 ■•

hi order.

S900
22IKI
22 00
15.00
Ift.SO
16.50

New York.

STOCK MOVING BETTER BUT PRICES LOW.

The hot wave seems to be broken, as
since October 23 the temperature has
fallen. At this writing there is no
very perceptible change in the condi-
tion of business. Throughout the week
preceding October 24, there was an im-
mense supply of stock and much of it
was sacrificed. On Saturday, October
24, there was a better movement but
everything went very cheap. In some
of the retail stores, better business is
reported which would indicate that the
wealthy people are returning to their
city homes. A feature that indicates
that no heavy buying has yet been
done by that class of people, is the
very low prices on American Beauty
roses and orchids. There were special
American Beauty roses sold during the
past week as low as $8 per 100. Very
good cattleyas went as low as $10 and
^15 per 100. The average run of chrys-
anthemums was hard to move at $1
and $1.50 per dozen and that includes
some very good stock.

October 26.— The outlook for the
week is not particularly encouraging.
Conditions seem to be about the same
as when our last notes were written;
that is, a surplus of all stocks.

THE SPRING SHOW.

Chairman F. R. Pierson, of the flow-
er show committee, has requested us
to correct a statement in last issue
that the spring flower show may be
abandoned. Mr. Pierson says there is
no foundation for the rumors and that
everything points to even a more suc-
cessful show than last year. This ex-
hibition will be held at the New Grand
Central Palace, March 17-23, 1915, un-
der the auspices of the Horticultural
Society of New York and the New
York Florists' Club. The preliminary
premium list is now ready and may be
had on application to Secretary John
Young, 53 West Twenty-eighth street,
New York.

NOTES.

John G. Esler, of Saddle River, N. J.,
was in this city on October 23, making
purchases and calling on old friends.
Mr. Esler is one of the most agreeable
and companionable of men. The only
thing that ever gives him "nerves" is a
hail storm of wide extent, but, we may
add that the Florists' Hail Association
of America, which he represents, has
always paid its losses, with something
left for a nest-egg, so there is no cause
for worry.

The Tercentenary celebration of New
York takes place this week and it is
hoped that some business will come
out of it for the florists. It is stated
that Max Schling, a prominent retailer
■of 59th street, will have in the parade,
on the night of October 28, an auto-
mobile decorated in a very elaborate
manner with natural flowers. It is be-
lieved that other florists will also be
represented.

C. C. Trepel has now a store at
Broadway and 107th street which he
states Is "Branch No. 10." It can-
not be denied that Mr. Trepel has in-
troduced new methods, created a di-
version and possibly some disturbance
in the retail business of this city. The
leading question now is, In the par-
lance of the street : "Can he get away
with it." '

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

At the store of David* Clarke's Sons
we have recently noted a number of
very pleasing features, and so far as
we can learn, they are preparing for
heavy business during the coming
months. It lias often been stated that
"If anybody can do business, it will be
the Clarkes."

Hugh H. Nelson, who for a number
of years has been connected with the
florist business of this city, has opened
a wholesale and commission store at
103 west 28th street. He has engaged

Mrs. Paul Meconi

John J. Reynolds, a well known sales-
man, as manager. They have our good
wishes.

On the morning of October 22, an am-
monia pipe burst in the cold storage
plant of the Kervan Co., extensive
dealers in greens at 119 west 28th
street. No great damage was done, but
for a time everybody was driven out
of the store and it created a small sen-
sation for the 28th street pedestrians.

Rosen & Fischer is a new firm that
has just started in the wholesale busi-
ness at 103 West 28th street. Both
these young men have had previous
experience in the business and are
highly commended by their former as-
sociates and employers and they seem
to have an encouraging future.

Richard Wenham. well and favora-
bly known in the trade, has recently ac-
cepted a position with J. G. Leikens,
Inc., Madison avenue and 55th street.
At this store Mr. Leikens states that
business is improving.

J. I. Misner, who has been long and
favorably known in the retail trade of
this city, has recently taken a position
with Hartmann's Rosary, 2654 Broad-

JOHN YOUNG

Wbolesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout tht
country that ail orders to be shipped, will receire
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5?35

way, of which John R. Hartmann la
proprietor.

From other parts of the city there
are encouraging reports from retailers.
At the store of G. E. M. Stumpp, Fifth
avenue and 58th street, it was stated
that there was an improvement In
business.

Alfred Hottmlller is now well estab-
lished in his new store, 426 Madison
avenue. He is a clever and hard work-
ing retailer and his responsibilities are
shared by a very amiable wife.

The remodeling of the Myer store,
Madison avenue and 58th street, is al-
most completed. Mr. Myer believes
that when all is finished he will have
the finest store in this city.

D. J. Pappas, Broadway and 106th
street, has been In business for a num-
ber of years. He has a good store
and keeps good stock and Is optimistic
as to the future.

In relation to the handling of bays
and boxwoods on a large scale, the
28th street firm of Woodrow and Mar-
ketos are now doing a very heavy
business.

At the store of Charles Haberman,
2668 Broadway, It was stated that
business was running along smoothly
and that there was no cause for alarm.

N. Chrlstatos, Sixth avenue and 58th
street, has recently bought two Buick

igi4:

The Amer i ca at Fl o r is t.

773

J. K. ALLEN

Established 1878

10B We:t 28th Street
New York

Wholesale Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers.
Now prepared for Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Autunin" will
600D rei^n ship mt* y ur rhrvsanth^-mums. I can also handle good dahlias.
Prompt returns and Satisfaction Gujranteed. The usual supply of roses,
lily of the valley and other gteenhouse slock
Open Bi6 a. m. every mornintr. Phones 107 and 4488 Madison Sooare.

omciAL

S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper;
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000 $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid. $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOSIST CO.. 440 S. Dearborn St. ChicafO

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J GUTTMAi), President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 2 8th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly & Schenck

Wkfesalc Rorists ud Cot FIowo^ Eidunge
131-133 W. 2dth St., NEW YORK

TelepboDes 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orctiids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
beet products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEIL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Neconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

Teteplione: 3864 Madison Sooare .

1915 automobiles, which shows that
there are yet florists who have money.

At the store of J. H. Small & Sons
there is increased activity. Charles A.
Small is a very quiet man but, when
he talks he always means business.

Leo Klein, Lexington avenue and
60th street, advises us that he Is quite
busy in handling boxwood for window
boxes and other outside work.

Herman Warendorff, whose main
store is in the Ansonia hotel, is in a
cheerful and happy mood and is ex-
pecting good business.

C. A. Ladiges, the Amsterdam
avenue florist, seems well pleased with
the outlook. A. F. F.

Mrs. Paul Meconi.

Mrs. Paul Meconi, who has been
practically a prisoner in Germany
where she had gone on a visit, since
the outbreak of the war, reached New
York on the evening of October 24 on
a steamer from Rotterdam. On be-
ing interviewed, Mrs. Meconi stated
that she witnessed many distressing
scenes of which it would be painful
for her to talk. As a tribute to Mrs.
Meconl's popularity in the trade a
large company of friends were waiting-
on the steamship dock to welcome her.

A. F. F.

Houston, Tex.

FALI, FLOWER SHOW.

President Robert C. Kerr of the
Texas State Florists' Association and
organizer of the flower show to be held
In the Auditorium, November 12-14, In

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28th St , NEW YORK

Tel. 60S and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

""ssfsal Mad. sq. 133 W. 28th Sf„ New York

All tbe NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMeHo¥crMM'KeU

New York. Oct. 28.

Roses. Beauty, special 8

extra and fancy... 5

;; ■■ No. 1 and No. 2... 1

Mrs.^Geo.Shawyer, special 4

extra... 3

]; •• •• No.l&No,2

White Killarney, special... 4

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3

;• ;; No. landNo. 2..

Queen, special.. 3

Brilliant 1

Aaron Ward

Richmond

" Sunburst

•' Taft

Milady, special 4

■■ J L Mock 1

Hadley I

Ophelia 1

Carnations

Cattleya Orchids, special

inferior erades. 8
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 2

Lily of tbe Valley 2

Chrysanthemums per doz., 1

Violets ^

Gardenias, . . . per doz.. $2.C0@$3 00
Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum

Asparagus Plumosus.... doz. bchs. 1
Smilax doz. strings.

PerlUO
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00@ 5 00
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50@ 1 50
00(8 5 00

00@ 4 00
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50@ 5 00
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000 fi 00

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750 1 50

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United Cut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones: Madison Square 594-4422.

We solicit consignments of cut flowersof all kinds

Books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS, Manager.

connection with No-Tsu-Oh week, has
announced that a large number of in-
quiries had been received from florists
in Texas and other states and that al-
ready more than 100 Texas florists had
signified their intentions of exhibiting.
Exhibits will also be sent from Chi-
cago, St. Louis, the State of Michigan,
Little Rock, Oklahoma City and a
number of other large cities in various
parts of the United States, the ex-
hibitors including some of the largest
and most widely known florists on the
continent.

Another feature of the show will be
a grand competitive display of wed-
ding bouquets, wedding decorations
and corsages, including specimens from
almost every large florist in Texas.
The prize wedding bouquet and prize
wedding display will be presented to
the first couple consenting to be mar-
ried at the show.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Snccessor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. Consiy^nments solicited

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchanp

Coogan Bldg., 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morniDg.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertisinsr.

V. s. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERQRBBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUAKB 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30$tone St., Rochester, N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 38703871 Madison Square

Ae Largest Shipper and Receiver of Fresh Ctt Flowen

I^^A complete assortment of the best in tbt

market can always be relied upon.

Phone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Rosen & Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
103 West 28th Street. NEW YORK

lohn J. Reynolds. M&r. Phone Madison Sq.4490

HUGH H. NEL«%ON

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

774

The American plorist.

Oct. 31,

QUALITY AND STYLE

IN

FLOWER BOXES

AT NO GREATER COST

Quality of material used in addition to the practical and hand-
some non-fading shades in which the boards are finished, bring
style and distinctiveness to the package.

Write for our illustrated catalog in colors, also price h'st
and samples.

THE SEFTON MFG CO., "cVAcl=:Vf •

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

New Orleans.

CLUB MEETING.

At the last meeting of the New
Orleans Horticultural Society it was
decided to hold a spring sliow the lat-
ter part of March, 1915, details of
same to be taken up by a committee
to be appointed by the president. Tlie
question of the society making an ex-
hibit at San Francisco in the same
manner as at the .St. Louis exposition
dlH not meet with much approval as
conditions are very different, although
some of the members may make indi-
vidual exhibits.

NOTES.

The general crop of chrysanthe-
mums looks a little late and in addi-
tion quite a number of out-door plants
have developed a disease new to this
.section of the country. The center of
the flower Ijecomes black and this
spreads through the heart of the
flower to the stem in short order and
the flower keels over without showing
any symptoms of trouble until the
damage is done.

The show windows of U. J. Virgin,
P. A. Chopin. Orchid Store, Metairie
Ridge Nurseries, C. W. Eichling and
Charles Eble are very attractive.

The out-door gardens are full of
flowers. The weather is ideal and the
city is full of visitors attending the
convention of firemen.

October .31, or All Saints' Day, is
the great day for florists here, and all
of them are preparing for same.

Mrs. Farley and Max .Scheinux have
fine lots of chrysanthemums that will
be in for October 31.

C. R. P.

Trenton, N. J.

Despite the exceedingly long drj^
spell which has been so detrimental
to the crops, the quality of the flowers,
fruits and vegetables shown this year
at the Tri-State Fair at Trenton, N. J.,
which closed October 2, was the best
in its history. The number of exhibits
this year exceeded last year's total of
1,6.50 by more than 500.

In the flower division there was a
most wonderful display of dahlias, one
•of the best being that of G. L. Still-
man of Westerly, R. I. The credit
for the excellence of the horticultural
department is given Prof. M. A. Blake,
of the State Experiment Station .at
New Brunswick. His untiring efforta
have placed this exhibition among the
foremost at the Fair. He started this
work three years ago and it is , now
continued most successfully, under the
direction of Prof. A. L. Farley.

Natural Color

1^1my%7^1* Illustrations

A AVrWW^>,M. Are Our Specialty

W^

'■£ have plates in stock for more
than fifty different flower sub-
jects taken from original flower poses.
We can utilize these color plates in
producing for you the highest quality
of color inserts or covers for your
catalogues, hangers, mail cards,
folders or other advertising matter at a most economical price.
We have on hand a large stock of post cards, containing these
illustrations, on which we will make very close prices in quantity.

Be sure to secure our specimens before you decide your
Spring advertising campaign, as it will be to your interest.

WRITE US TODAY

Manz Engraving Company ^

4001 Ravcnswood Avenue .:. Chicago "^

FtRNS, GREtN GALAX and LIUCOTNOE

Direct from the woods to the dealer. NEW CROP NOW READY.i
Dagger and Fajicy Ferns. . . .80c per 1000; case of S.W 0. $3 '0

Green Gala.x iOc perlOOO: case of Ui.CKX) 4.00

Green Leucothoe (long) perllOO.$2 00

Green Leucothoe (short) per 1000. 100

Khododendron Leaves per 1000. .50

ELK GALAX & FERN CO.,

TERMS CASH. BANNERS ElK, N. C. Goods GoaanmlMd.

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Choice Case Holly, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Roping. Can furnish any amount.
Xhavc any thing in greens. Better write
your requirements.

H. E. CONWELL, "'^I^^ware

Florists ! Florists !

New if you wish the best order Ferns, Fancy
and DaKcer. MOSS, Evergreen, Laurel, Spruce
and Hemlock Boughs. Xmas Trees. Etc. Finest
stock. Prices ri^'ht.

H. J. SMITH, Hinsdale, Mass.

BUCHBINDER
FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. C3 {or Catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MANUFACTURERS

518 Milwaukee Ave., - Chicago, ni.

Sheboygan, Wis. — William P. Alt-
man, proprietor of the Eighth Street
Greenhouses, has opened a downtown
flower shop.

A LL Nursery men, beedsmen and FloristswlsbiDg
^^ to do business with Europe should send for th«

"Borticnltnral Advertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, beinc read weekl,
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Anonal
•ubscription. to cover cost of postage. 7Sc.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appH-
CBOtssbould, with the subscription, send a copy o<
their catalog or other evidence that tbey belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notta.

Address EditOFS Of "H. A."
Clinwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. Knitlapd

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.
E. A. BE AVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

I9I4.

The American Florist.

775

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered for the traae In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

■stabliihed In 18B7.

^WStfd.

739 Buckingham Place.
L. D. Phone, Graceland 1112.

Send ns ronr retail orderi.
WE HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CITY

Mention the American Florist when writing

Mention the American Florist ivhen icritino

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Sncceasor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

so iCEARNEY STREET

Mentioji the Avierican Florist when ivritinfj

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHFTTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members ol The Florist Telegraph Deliyery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Cincinnati, O.

NARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPBA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wibatb Ave., Cbicado.
623 Walnut St.. Des MoLies. la.

Larcest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhonses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London, Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

West.rly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Ass'o.

— FOR —

Telegraph
Orders

You will need

The New Edition

of our

Trade
Directory

Containing the Names and
Addresses of Florists of the
United States and Canada.

Price, $3.00 Postpaid.
American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

'TELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■•■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orderi
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamshipt
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Caali must accompany all ordera
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address; Alhxconnell.
Western Union Code

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choice
Beauties, Orctllds andValley always on band.

Young ^Nugent

Telephone 2066-2O66 Madison Sooarc.
42 West 28th Street.

NEW YORK

To ont-of-town florists
Vfc are In the Heart of

And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt deliveiy and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Auditorigoi Aniei. CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockpoit,

Nia^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
io this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST
CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'b.
Mention the American Florist when loritinf

776

The American Florist.

Oct. jt.

DESI6NS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
(Inns below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

Establiahed 1 874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents In all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srivate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Kention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul. Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Lari^est
Store in America; tne larg^esl stock: the greatest
rariety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
night and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

FrcBh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries

tfaroafhout the state and to all steamship docks
Id Hoboken, N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWNFLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSm

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Nieigara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N.Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CARKTUL AITENTION TO AU ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West SStli Street

AdjolnlnK Plaza Hotel
HcBben tf die Florists' Tdcgraph MirwT.

PHILADELPHLA and VICmrTY.

iBl}e ^oniion 3\oioev ^boti. 2Jtli.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILAJ>ELPHIA, PA,

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co.. Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moloes. la.

Anderson. S. A., 440 Main. Buffalo. N. T.

Arebias Floral Co., Sedalla. Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Bauscher, John, Freeport, III.

Begerow's, Newark. N. ^.

Blaeklstone, Washington, D. C.

Boland. J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester. Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breltmeyer'B Sons, John, Detroit, Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co.. Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee. H. W., Rockford. III.

California Florists, Tacoma. Wash.

Clarke's Sons. Ltavld, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.

Couke, Geo. II., Conn. Ave. and L., Washlngtoi^

Daniels & Fisher, Denver. Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave.. New York.

Duerr, Chas. A.. Newark, O.

Duluth Floral Co.. Duluth. Minn.

Dunlop's. 96 Yonge St., Toronto. Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. T.

Freeman. Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

Ftiedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co., Guthrie, 0kl«.

Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Galvin, Tbos. F., Inc., Boston, Mass.

Oalvln. Tbos. P., Inc.. New York,

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Graham, A., & Son. Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids. Mich,

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hanlesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Helnl & Son. J. G., Terre nante, Ind.

Henderson. Lewis — Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. I'aul, Minn,

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons. J. B.. Rochester. N. Y.

Kellogg. F. & P. Co., Geo. M.. Kansas City.

Klft, Robert. 1725 Chestnut. Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co.. La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.. Dallas. Tex.

Lange. A., 25 B. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborlus, J. J., Duluth, Minn.

London Flower Shop. The. Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L,, St. I'aul. Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New York.

McKenna, Montreal, Can.

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans. La,

Murray, Samuel. Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist, New-- York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M., Little Rock, Ark.

Palmer, W. J.. & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co., The, Denver. Colo.

Penn, the Florist. 43 Bromfleld St., Boston.

Phillips Bros.. Newark. N. 3.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co.. Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchl, San Francisco.

Pollworth Co., C, C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me,

Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh. Pa.

Renter's, New London, Conn.

Renter's, Norwich, Conn.

Renter's. Westerly. R. I.

Rock. Wm. L.. Flower Qo., Kansas City,

Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madlaon St., Chgo.

Scbling, Max. 22 W. 59th St.. New York.

Simmons & Sons, Toronto, Can.

Small & Sons, J. H., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington, D. O.

Smith Co., A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa,

Smith, Henry, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stnmpp, G. H. M., New York.

Weber, F. H., St. Louis, Mo.

Whitted Floral Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

Wills & Segar. London, Bug.

Wltthold. G.. Cb., 737 Buckingham PL, Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Ooldenaon, Los Angeles.

Young & Nugent. New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadwair and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
fligiiOrade Cat Blooms.

Vfe cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Boston, Mass.

•Penn, The Tele^aph Florist"

Member of Florists' Telegraph
Delivery Ass'n.

37-43 BROMFIELD STREET
St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Both Long Distance
Pbones.

Orders taken for FIOWIRS. Delivered to ill
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph DeliverT.

Boyle and Maryland Ave.

WASHINGTON

D. C.

CUDC BROS-Oai
FLORISTS
llur 9TNV(
MAaMIM«T«MA&

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvd Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

J.A.VALENTINK. OOral VO.
President.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

igi4.

The American Florist.

m

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

WIU be delivered for the trade In other cities by ttic
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

PhUadelphia.

Robert Kift,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cuff lowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Uention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

11 22 Grand Ave. will 611 all orders for Cut

KiDSaS Gil) ind Flowers. Funeral Designs

U.^i.ot liill Uk Wedding and Birthday Gifts.

neasaninilt, ma. that mav be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SniithCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

Largesl Floral Establishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Maoaber Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER CNMPANY,

CLEYELANB)

EUCLID AVENUE

Members of The Florists' Telegraph DeliTery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPollworthCo.

Will take proper YX7i sorkn sin

care of yoar orders In »» a»*»*.»aaoaaa

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. V\ isconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders givep prompt
attention and filled with strirtiv Iresh stock.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta. Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co.. 41 Peacbtree.

Boston — Thos. F. Galvln, Inc.

Boston— Penn. the Florist, 43 Bromfleld St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. PaUner & Son. 304 Main.

Chicago— Friedman.

Cliteago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wltthold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O.— Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland. O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland. O.— A. Graham & Son.

Cleveland. 0.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs. Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Dallas. Tes. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit. Mich. — John Breltmeyer's Sons.

Duluth. Minn. — Duluth Floral Co.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborlus.

Freeport. III. — John Bauscher.

Grnnd Rapids. Mich. — Henry Smith.

Guthrie. Okla. — Fnrrow & Co.

Kansas City — Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln. Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London. Eug. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M, GoMenson.

Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKeima.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark. N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark, O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London. Conn. ^Renter's.

New Orleans, La. — Metalrie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard'a, 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — Alex McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvln, Inc.

New Y'ork- Max Schllog. 22 W. 59th St.

New York — Myer. Florist. 609 Madison Ave.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York — G. B. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young &. Nugent.

Norwich. Conn. — Renter's.

Oklahoma City, Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Ouialia, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Omaha. Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Philadelphia— Kobert Kift. 1725 Chestnut St.

Philadelphia— The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh. Pa. — A. W. Smith Co., Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, 111.— H. W. Buckhee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Mattbewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis. Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn.— Holm 4 Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalla. Mo.— Arcblas Floral Co.

Superior, Wis.— Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind. — J. G. Helnl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo. O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dunlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Toronto. Can. — Simmons & Son.

Vancouver. B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke. Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gude Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Soos.

Westerly. B. I. — Reuter's.

Establisbed 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Colnmbn*

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

324 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to ordere
from out-of-town florists.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when teritinf

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Yoar Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

B> "X^ I^ JB> ®,

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

Dunlop's

Oe Vonc0 9tr«et.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guaraDt««

safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when loriting

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

HE if TUnlW vanderbllt Hotel
126 Tremont Street
799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

BOSTON

778

The American Florist.

Oct. SI,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in otlier cities, by tlic
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sendyourorders^o'Gtiicago

and Snb-
orbs to

-^ ^M m ^ *, All order« carefully filled

^Qfl2SWMl^#v under the snpervistoD of

SSg^SS GEORGE iSMUS. Mgr

O "^^ff ^jj.^ ^j^jj ^j. Yii^^e West 822

Member Floriiti' Telegrapb Deliver;,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Soo

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in Qty.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAUL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parti
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Beinl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 627.

Special attention to Mail and Teleerapb Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegrrapb Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Famum St tklkphones

I«1J 1 arnum 3l. 1501 and l I582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegrrapb Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, ^.'SiiS;"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading
Florists

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

JxowkRS

Members Florists' Telegraph Dolivery Ass'n

69 MADISON AVENUE

Mention the Atnerican Florist lohen writing

—I - ' — — ' <

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th S H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, 111.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Projnpt
Dtlivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN, NEB.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Members of Florists Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists" Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

lUas
Texas.

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Me.\ico. No orders
too lar^e, none too small.

Mention tne American Florist when writing

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction, nill MTU MINM
Wearethecenteroftlegr.at UULUin. IHinni

Northwest. Daily deliveries to Supecior, Wis.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

Vou will need the New Edition of our

Trade Directory

Containing the Names and Addresses of
Florists of the United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID

American Florist Go , **» ''chi^go"™ *'•

Lang Fliral& Nursery Co.,?.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Vancouver, B. C.

Seeds

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'd.

PDIUrS BROS, 938 Broad St.

lEWAKI K I

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade diic
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Arciiias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short DOtict.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take (»re of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan. ""'"".Tld f^o' "y"'""'
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and RetaU Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH & SONS Will fill Tonr
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Micbif an

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegrspta DeliTcrT

I9H-

The American Florist.

779

Bulbs

For Greenhouse and
Bedding Work.

We call attention to the fact that these bulbs are imported by us from best Dutch firms; actual pro-
ducers of the bulbs, who did not commence packing until the war broke out and who knew at that time that
their export trade with Russia and Germany was closed for this season, in consequence of which we secured

The Finest Bulbs Which the Harvest Affords.

Buyers should not confound these prices with prices of stock picked up on speculation by Dutch
dealers, not growers, and sent to this country and now offered through peddlers or at auction.

Dutch Narcissus

Golden Spur, Fancy.

Empress,
Victoria.
Princeps,
Sir Waikin,
Von Sion,

Per 1000

Round Bulbs $13.00

13 00

' 12.00

" 6.00

" 12.00

" 13.50

Double Nose 22.00

Dutch Hyacinths

Per 1000

Dutch Romans, named varieties $17.50

Hyacinths, First size, 19-21 ctm 60 00

" Second size (for forcing) 17-19 ctm 37.00

*' Bedding Grade, 15 ctm. and up 25.00

French Romans p-

11-12 ctms. (2600 to case) $24.00
12-13 ctms. (2000 to case).. 29.00
12ctms.&up(1800tocase). 35.00

French Narcissus

Paper Whites, fancy , ( 1260 Per looo
to easel $ 8.50

Trumpet Majors 13.00

Emperor 20.00

Calias

m to l''2 inch,
I'i to 2 inch.,
2 to 24 inch..

$

Per 1000

45.00

75.00

100.00

Freesias

French Mammoth,

I? to ■?! inch

Purity, V2 to '^4 inch.

Per ICKXI

$ 9.00
. 12.00

TULIPS.

Per 1000

Anus $ 6.50

Couieur Cardinal 16.0O

Craraolse Brimant 9.00

Dusart 9.00

La Relne 6.00

Princess Marie Anne 7.50

Cottage Maid 7.00

Proserpine 22 00

Rose Oris de Lin 6.00

Chrysolora 7.50

Per 1000

YeUow Prince $ 7.50

Keizerskroon 13 00

Single, Fine mixed 6.00

Double, " " 6.50

La Candeur 8.00

Crown of Roses 21.00

Salvator Rosa 13.50

Crown d'Or 17 00

Tournesol. Red and Yellow.. 17.50
Bouton d'Or 1 1.00

Liiium Formosum

Per liKii)

6 to 8 in., (350 to case). .$40.00

7 to 9 in.. (250 to case).. 60 00

Per 1000

8 to 9 in., (22 i to case). .$70.00
8 to 10 in., (200 to case). 80.00

Liiium Ciganteum

(Immediate Shipment.)

Per 1((00 Per 1000

7-9 in., (300 to case) ....$50.00 | 910 in., (200 to case).... 93.00
8-10 in., (225 to case). ...$30.00 |

Write for Fall "Book for Florists."

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

780

The American Florist.

Oct. ji,

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, San Francisco, Calif.,
President: J. M. Lupton, Mattituck. L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Unntran,
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer: S. K. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tbird annual meeting, San Fran-
oisco, Calif., .lune 1915.

RocKTOBD, III. — Condon Bros., seeds-
men, liave incorporated. Capital,
$10,000.

Cincinnati, O., — Tlie J. Wilder Seed
Company has increased its capital
stock from $10,000 to $25,000.

SioTix CiTT, lA. — J. S. Michael, of the
Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co., is
democratic candidate for state repre-
sentative.

Reqabding the gladiolus season, Ohio
growers report the poorest year they
have ever experienced, on account of
drought. They have had, in northern
Ohio, almost no rain since July.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade October 28 were as
follows: Timothy, $4.00 to $5.85 per
100 pounds. — C. Hollenbach says the
onion set outlook is very encouraging.

The thermometer at Chicago went
to €4 degrees on Tuesday, October 27,
and the onion set growers had to
work fast to prevent damage to their
stock in the open air in the prates.
Growers of dahlias and cannas had to
get very busy to house their outdoor
crops.

Visited Chicago : Fred H. Bateman,
of the Bateman Mfg. Co., Grenloch, N.
J.; Frank Beach, Jr., of the L. F. Jones \
Seed Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.; Rozell
J. Bowen, representing J. Bolgiano & |
Son, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. Eldredge, rep-
resenting Rudy-Patrick Seed Co., Kan-
sas City, Mo.; Wm. A. Merscher, of the
I. W. Scott Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Dunkirk, N. Y. — The Dunkirk Seed
Co. lost its suit against the Missouri-
Pacific railroad for a consignment of
seeds valued at $2,000, destroyed when
the depot burned at Carthage, Mo.
The court ruled that the evidence
showed that the seeds had been there
more than 48 hours when the depot
burned and were therefore at the risk
of the consignee.

Seed Potatoes. — A firm in South
America has advised an American
consul that it would be glad to receive
quotations for American seed potatoes
In bags, boxes, barrels, or bulk. The
consular officer remarks that if Ameri-
can potatoes are available at satisfac-
tory prices there will be a good de-
mand in his district. Correspondence
should be in Spanish, and prices should
be quoted c. i. f. port of entry.

The bouquet green situation con-
tinues about as before, but very se-
vere frosts have occurred this week,
which will put the stock in good con-
dition. The trouble, if any, with Wis-
consin stock this year will lie with
that portion which has been picked
during the warm sunshiny, frost-free
October weather. There is a tendency
at this time toward lower prices, bpt
the late picked stock will probably
hold firm.

Benary Novelties.

In addition to the novelties described
in our issue of October 24, page 732,
Ernst Benary, of Erfurt, Germany, Is
distributing the following for the sea-
son of 1914-15 with introducer's de-
scriptions :

Balcony Petunia. — In Germany few
plants have come into general favor so
rapidly as the so-called Carlsruhe
Town-hall Petunia, which by its great
profusion and persistence of bloom, its
luxuriant growth and freely-branching
habit is indeed remarkably suited for
the decoration of windows , pergolas
and balconies. I am now in position
to offer three new colors of these popu"

J. C. Vaughan.

Progressive Business Candidate for Congress in
the Second Illinois District.

lar petunias, which possess the same
good qualities and will be found as use-
ful as the original violet-blooming sort.
Dianthus Heddewigil Fl. PI. Arch-
Duke Francis Ferdinand.' — Assiduotis
attention for a good many years has*
been necessary to get this charming
sport from the Diadem Pink true from
seed to a satisfactory percentage. Its
very double flowers are of a telling
lilac shade hitherto unknown among
annual dianthus. They are further
characterized by a deep black zone ap-
pearing at the base of each petal, the
ensemble of which when looked at

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

from above suggests the form of a
little black ring or wreath, and recalls
the markings of some of the Scotcb
Pinks. These beautiful flowers will be
found most useful for cutting. About
60 to 70 per cent of the seedlings pro-
duce flowers answering the above de-
scription.

Viola Tricolor Maxima Hiemalls. —
These new pansies may be announced
as an introduction of great import-
ance. Sown at the same time as
other pansies, they begin flowering al-
ready early in March; that is, at a
time when very few bedding plants are
in bloom. The cardinal feature of
these plants is an extreme hardiness,
which enables them to withstand quite
severe winters and to bloom right on
into the summer. They have also an
appreciable pleasant perfume. For
autumn planting on graves and for
very early bedding before the advent
of spring, as well as for early cut
flowers, this new giant blooming earli-
est class can be warmly recommended.

American Potash About to Be Produced.

American potash will be produced in
California in the next three months.
This announcement, made by Frank-
lin K. Lane, secretary of the Interior,
was received with interest by agents
of the great chemical fertilizer com-
panies. These men said, however, that
an analysis of the statement indicated
that, while salts containing potash
might be produced in this country
within a comparatively short space of
time, the quantity at best would not
begin to meet the American demand.

The initial output of the plant at
Searles Lake, Calif., will be five tons
a day, but when larger production ap-
pliances now in course of construc-
tion are completed it is expected that
it will be 120 tons a day, or, basing
the estimate on six days a week, 37,500
tons a year.

The most recent available figures
showing the amount of potash de-
manded in this country are contained
in export tables for 1911, issued in
Germany. These show that 237,453
tons — each ton of 2,240 pounds — were
imported into this country in 1911.
The imports in subsequent years have
unquestionably been greater.

EstabUshed 1810.

Denaiffe & Son, NorSTance.

The Premie' Seed Growers of the World.
The Greatest Acreage. Over 900 Employes.
Motto: The Very Best Quality. Specialties:
Beet, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Lettuce, Mangel
Wurtzel. Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Kadish, Ruta-
baga, Turnip Korspeci^i pricL^s surpluscrop, 1914.
address. Charles Johnson, Marietta, Pa.,

Sole Agent for U. S. and Canada.

Trade Directory

Price: $3.O0, postpaid

American Florist Co..

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the foliowino Caltfornta Specialties only;

ONION, LETTUCE, CARRO^. RADISH. PARSNIP, PARSLEY, CELERY.
EMDIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

J9I4:

The American Florist.

781

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again,

S. S. SKIDELSKYScCO.,

1004 Betz Bidg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card brings a Catalogue.

THE KIMBIRUN SEED CO.
SANTA CLARA, CAL.

Wholesale
Seed Growers

Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

*^'"s"fcire'd"" SwedesbDro. New Jersey

THE G. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber. Muskmelon, Squasb and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn.

Nothing will pay butter to plant after the 'Mums
than my

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. G. ZV0L4NEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip

Radish, Beet,

Branches Michiiian. uii cnpn (<niiii

Wisconsin tnd Idaho. HIILrunU, UUBB.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Onion Seed

Write us for price on both globe aud
flat varieties. We are also quotiuc;
ONION SETS.

CHILIICOTHE,
OHIO.

Schilder Bros.,

Benry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA. CALIF.

I BURPEE'S SEEDS |

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists E

^ aod Market Gardeners. ;-: E

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Order From England Now. Kelways Quote and Can Deliver

Anise Carrot Kale Mustard Rutabaga

Beet Cauliflower Kohl Rabi Pepper Spinach

Cabbage Celery Lucerne Radish Turnip

And Flower Seeds Rape Vetch

Those who have iormerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once wh le stocks last, both for present delivery and
for deli\ery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailings continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

3EANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

ana aii uaraen seeas _ ^^ ^^

LEONARD,Sjc.c.o

CO.

226-230

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write lor Prices

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[ICAlYPllS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. BtlSST, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

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TOMATO SEED

Surplus List Now Ready.
Best Stocks. All Varieties.

HAVEN SEED CO.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Contract Seed Growers

Cnapialtloc Pepper, Edg Plant, Tomato,
0|iei(iailiei. vine seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandifloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fi SONS CO.,

Contract Seed urowers
LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA.

Western Seed & Irrigation Co.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com; Cucumber,

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Souash.

FREMONT : NEBRASKA

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mvut/i!^

SEEDS AND BULBS

A RK you interested iu Freesia
-^^ Purity Bulbs (first size) at
two dollars per hundred, or twelve
dollars per thousand ?

Ask us about our "below-the-
market" specialties and watch for
our column announcements.

J.M.THORBURNSCO.

In business since 1802

53 Barclay Street, New York

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Cold Storage

Valley

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market Brand,

$20 ftl per Kmll; $10 5U per 500;

5.50 per 250: 2.50 per 100.

CUT VALLEY, best quality always on hand.

H. N. BRUNS

3032 Madison Street, CHICAGO

— FOR

SEEDS

OF ALL KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson fi Son, Limited

Boston. England

J. C.ROBINSON SEEDCO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed: Suear, Flint and Field Seed Corns.
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Oct. 31,

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very Ukely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Fnkhuizen Glory.
Iiitroiluced Sovenil ^ e;irs A'^o by Uur Firm.

GROW PAPER WHITES

$8.50 per case of 1000 choice bulbs.

Also TULIPS, DAFFODILS, FREESIAS, are money makers at our surplus prices.

Get our Bulb Price List.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.,

IVIilwaukee, Wis.

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Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas. Aster,
Cosmos. Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

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J. Bolgiano & Son

Wholesale Field and Garden Seeds.

Established 1818. Write for our low prices.

ulkottsfs..'" Baltimore, Md.

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L. PORMOSUM

7-9 in.. 9 10 in., 10-11 in., 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, M and M in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

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S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon.
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited. ^

Mention the American Florist when wrilinij

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

Get Qnotations From

LANDRETH

Bloomsdale
Farm.

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

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ROUTZAHN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOV'ER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mcntiiin the American Florist tohen writing

QUALITY I^A?

»tXD FOR OATAlAlOt K.

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

14* W»l 14th St., nmm Tnrk.

"SEEDS"

I am headquarters for the celebrated
Sudan Grass Seed, Rescue, Johnson
& Bermuda Grass, Cane Seed,
Cotton Seed, Egyptian Wheat Cow
Peas, Feterita, Kaffir Corn, Milo
Maize, Big German and Pearl
Millet, Spanish Peanuts.
Fancy selected Cantaloupe and Water-
melon, Bermuda Onion Seed.

Send me a list of your wants for prices.

ROBERT NICHOLSON

Wholesale- Seeds
DALLAS, - - TEXAS

Double Fringed Petunias

Choice mixed sorts. 2 in. $2.00 per 100; $18.00
per 1000.

Alyssum, Giant Double, 2in.. $2.00 per 100.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. Double Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2 in.,$1.75 per 100. in any Quantity.

Good stock and qood packing.

Elmer RawIiitgs,r;)°a!ST"
Special on Roses

We ha^e a nice lot of roses which we will close
out at unusually low prices, stock is A-No. 1.
Bridesmaids, Uncle Jotin and Ivory, 2 ^ in., at
$1.50; 3 in., at $2.50; American Beauties, 2^ in..
$2 50; 3 in.. $5.00 per 100. These are special prices
and good only for orders received within 10 days.

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower. Pekin. m.

J. E. Meredith. Prbs. C. W Stout. Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVU.LE ILLINOIS

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SWEET PEAS

BoIton^s Novelties for 1915

ROSINA

One of the largest Sweet Peas yet introduced. The standard and wings are a bright rosy heliotrope,
with a distinct wire edge of solferino red on a cream ground, which is particularly efiective and
distinct from anything seen in Sweet Peas. On account of its pleasing and taking color, it has been
greatly admired wherever exhibited, and is sure to be a very popular variety. Besides being such a
vigorous grower, the flowers are of extraordinary size and well frilled of the true Spencer type, with
abundance of four and five flowered sprays; will make a striking bunch for exhibition. Rosina was
the leading novelty that helped me to win the Silver Cup for new varieties at the National Sweet
Pea Society 1913 Show.

Per Packet of 10 Seeds, 1/- Retail. Wholesale, 9/- doz., 70/- 100.

BOADICEA

A giant opal pink, delicately suitused pale cattleya mauve. The flowers are of great size and sub-
stance, and beautifully waved; a very strong grower, and always abundance of four bloom sprays.
A gem for exhibition. (Very scarce).

Per Packet of 10 Seeds, 1/- Retail. Wholesale, 9/- doz„ 70/- 100.

DON ALVAR

In 1912 I had the pleasure of introducing to my friends R. F. Felton, a large and vigorous rosy
lavender, which is one of the most popular Sweet Peas today. Now in Don Alvar I have a pure
lavender with the vigor and constitution of R. F. Felton, with the flowers well placed on the stems.
Grown side by side with all the best lavenders, Don Alvar was acknowledged by experts to be the
best lavender yet seen. There is no difficulty in getting four and five flowered sprays. (Seed scarce).

Per Packet of 10 Seeds, 1/- Retail. Wholesale, 9/- doz., 70/- 100

MONTESUMA

This I consider to be a great improvement on W. R. Beaver and Senator Spencer. The flowers are
a more pleasing color, being striped with reddish maroon, the base of the standard showing a touch
of orange; a good grower, producing four flowered sprays in abundance.

Per Packet of 10 Seeds, 1/- Retail. Wholesale, 9/- doz.

New Culinary Pea—Sharpe's Comet.

An extra early, round, blue-seeded Pea, as early as Eclipse, with long, curved, pointed, dark-
green pods, borne freely in pairs; height 3 feet, quite hardy, and heavy cropper. With the present-
day tendency to make early Peas the most important crop of the season, this addition to the list of
varieties suitable for sowing for that purpose will be welcomed. The color and size of the pods give
it a much more attractive appearance in the basket than Eclipse, and as it is equally early, hardy and
prolific, there is no doubt it will be more profitable to the grower. Old varieties of inferior quality
are dying out, as it is found that it only pays to grow the best for market. The quality of "COMET"
is bound to sell it as soon as it becomes known. It is equally valuable for private cultivation, as
there is no variety in use today with so many points in its favor as a first early. It will also make a
good Pea for canning.

The above can only be obtained by the trade from

CHARLES SHARPE & CO., Ltd., Sleaford, England.

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The Nursery Trade

American Association ot Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah. la., Vice-Presi-
dent; .lohn Hall. 204 Granite hldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Mich.. .Tune 191.5.

California Association of Nurserymen

The California Association of Nur-
serymen at the closing session of the
convention at San Diego, October 17.
elected Fred H. Howard of Los An-
geles president. John Vallance. Oak-
land; T. E. Mabee. Fresno; L. H. El-
mer, San Jose: Thomas Jacob. Vis-
alia: John B. Morley, San Diego, vice-
pr?sidents; H. W. Kruckeberg, Los
Angeles, secretary-treasurer; and W.
V. Eberly, Niles; J. D. Merriweather,
Los Angeles; F. H. Wilson, Fresno,
executive committee. Committee re-
ports condemning proposed eight-hour
and prohibition laws were adopted.

Dead Arm Disease of Grapes.

The dead arm disease of grapes
which occurs in many vineyards in
New "York state, and has also been
noted to some extent in all vine-grow-
ing sections of the eastern United
States, is the subject of Bulletin No.
389, Issued by the New York Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, Geneva,
N. Y.

The most striking symptoms of the
disease, the cause of which has been
«letermined to be a fungus, are the
presence of bare arms in the spring
and the occurrence of dwarfed, crin-
kled, yellowish-colored leaves during
the early growing season. The chief
method of control lies in removing all
vines showing symptoms of the dis-
ease. Suckers originating from be-
neath the surface of the ground al-
most Invariably develop strong and
vigorous vines unless infected by
spores during the first few weeks of
their development. Those originating
above the surface of the ground de-
velop healthy plants unless the fungus
has grown down the old trunk to the
point of issuance of the shoot in
which case the renewal usually dies
in its second or third year.

Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the
interior, passed through Chicago re- |
cently on his way to the Pacific coast, |
where he will inspect, the government |
reservations. "Many of the fruit |
growers of the western slope are suf-
fering as a result of the war," he
said. "Some of the farmers in the
Yakima Valley, who raise high-grade
produce for European shipment, have
had a severe setback as a result of the
stopping of exports, demonstrating
that a country can not live by Itself
alone." Mr. Lane predicted that an
era of prosperity was coming soon.

Csld storage Advised for Apple Growers.

In view of the interference with the
European market and the large pro-
duction of American apples this sea-
son, specialists of the United States
Department of Agriculture call the at-
tention of apple growers to the ad-
vantages of cold storage for steady.-
Ing the market at harvest and for
lengthening the selling period. Glut-

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE CONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

ting of the market may result, it is
feared, in many thousands of barrels
of good apples rotting in the orchard
or being disposed of at prices which
figure a net loss to the grower.

The proper function of cold storage
is to retard the ripening processes of
the fruit and the development of de-
cay organisms and skin blemishes, and
careful and extensive investigations
have demonstrated that fruit picked
at full maturity can be held for a
longer period in storage, and is less
affected by scald and decay than that
picked when somewhat immature. By
full maturity, however, is not meant
over-maturity, which may cause fully
as heavy losses as immaturity. Each
grower should study his own fruit and
his own conditions in order to deter-
mine the proper picking stage.

Care in all handling operations is an-
other important requisite of successful
storage. A class of fungi, of which
the common blue mold is an example,
are known to be unable to attack and
cause decay of healthy, uninjured fruit, i
In spite of this fact, very serious rots
both in storage and in transit to mar-
ket are the work of fungi of this type,
and the largest contributory cause in
all cases is bruising or skin breaking
suffered by the frtjit in picking and
packing. There is a marked difference
in condition between fruit stored
promptly after picking, say not more
than two days later, and otherwise
comparable lots of which the storage
is delayed ten days or two weeks. Such
delay is especially injurious during a
period of warm, humid weather. The
importance of eliminating all avoidable
delay in storing cannot be too strong-
ly emphasized.

The standard storage temperature
for apples is 31° to 32° F., and this
has been found to be the best for long
keeping of the fruit. Higher tempera-
tures permit the ripening to advance
more rapidly than at 31° to 32° F..
with the result that the fruit at these
temperatures reaches tlif end of its
storage life much sooner. In addition
the lower temperature retards most
effectively the development of fungus
decays and skin blemishes. Apples
should be withdrawn from storage
while still firm, and in this condition
can be held on the market in satisfac-
tory shape for several days or weeks.

Mason City, Ia. — A new greenhouse
will soon be constructed by Fred
Pushee.

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. mil Nursery Co.

Evergreeo Specialists LargesI Growers in Aneria

Box 404, DIWDCE, ILL.

August Rolker& Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.BOX 752, or 5 1 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

.\ny quantity, size and age. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES .AND CAT.ALOGUE.

Fraoklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

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PAEONIES

Kelway & Son hold a large
stock of their own and other
varieties. If the trade find
it difficult to obtain Paeonies
in usual quarters Kelway &
ton will be pleased to quote.

KELWAY & SON,

SEED GROWERS,
Langport, Somerset, England.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

Bol3t>ink €& iVtkiixs

PALMS AND GENERAL DECORATIVE PLANTS,
CONIFERS, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.

-READY NOW

Ficus Elastica

INSPECTION INVITED.

16-18 in $3.60 per doz.; $26.00 per 100

Nurserymen and Florists,

A8k For Our Wholesa)e Catalog.

Rutherford, N. J.

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785

Hydrangeas

POT GROWN. FOR FORCING.

Last Call. Get Them In Before Cold Weather-

Otaksa, in 6 in. pots, with 7 to 10 flowering shoots, $25 the 100;
with 5 and 6 shoots, $20 the 100; with 4 shoots, $15 the 100.

Best of the Ncw French Introductions: Avalanche, Bouquet
Fose, La Lorraine, Mme. Emil Mouillicre, Mme. Maurice

Haniar and Radiant, in 6 inch pots, at $25 the 100.

Mr. Henry Youell, visitingf correspondent for fhe "Florists' Exchange," said in the "Exchange" of Sept. 6: "We next
came to an immense slat-house of 8:^,000 Hydrangeas in 6-in. pots, and a more healthy even lot Of plants it would be
impossible to Ilnd." ^

We GUARANTEE these are the best HYDRANGEAS we have ever had. Send that order. DO IT NOW.

JACKSON & PERKINS COMPANY, Newark, New York.

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul-
ture fnrihe past 25 years. The best work on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
florist. 10b pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO., Adrian, Mich.

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GERANIUMS '""^rms..

They must reach you in good growing condition,
otl erwise you can have ynur money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
and very erood.

S A Nutt. $12.^0 per 1000.

Poitevine and Ricard, Sl.S.OO per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, $25 00 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA.

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A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.
RAHN & HERBERT

no East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet hi«ti per 100, $25.00

Erica Meditenana, 4 incti pots " 15 00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 incfi pots " 3.00

Hail Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on aopliction

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. 0. Berlin, N. J. Williamstown June, N. J.

SM I LAX

strong plants, 2!/2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per lOiiO.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2^ inch,
$2.00 per UHl; $6.(IU tor 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

A full half million plants forttie coming autumn and next spring's shipments.

The grades I have to offer are :

One year 12 to 18 inches I Two years 214 to 3 feet

One year IH to 2 feet | Xwo years 3 to 4 feet

2;*° y^^^'^ !,^2 *;° 2 feet I ^^^^^ 3 ^^ 4 f^gj

Two years 2 to 2i4 feet ■'

Two years 2 to 3 feet | Three years 4 to 5 feet

The two and three year grades

All are well branched, bright and clean
have been cut back one or more times.

Very attractive prices— especially in car lots.
Correspondence solicited.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

Primroses.

Chinese, Forbesi, Malacoides, Obconica
Alba and Rosea, $1 76 per 100; $16.00
per 1000.

ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 2I4 in.
pots. $2. Oil per 100; $18 00 per 1000.

Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 2^4 in.

pots, «2.0(l per lOd; $18 Ou per 1000.
Vinca Varlegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100,
Pansy Plant, Oct, 10th, *2 60 per 1000.

CASH or CO. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Asparagus. Poinsettjas, Vincas

Asparagus Plumosus, zvs in , $3 OO per mo; 3 in..
$.= .0(1 per <(»>. Asp. Uatcherii, 3 in,, S5.00 per 100.

Polnsettias, 2 in., « ou per 100, 3 in,, $8,00 per
100: 4 in , <>S.IOper lOO,

Vincas. field grown, for October delivery. $5 00
per 100.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids. Iowa

SPECIALTIES

Roses, trom 3'lncti pots. Chrysanthemums

Carnations for fall delivery. Smilax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers, I'^^S^l

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt, Buchner, Ricard, Perkins,
Poitevine, 2-in,. $2.00 per 100; 3in., $5,00 per 100.

Boston and Whltmani Ferns; 3in„ 10c; 4in,, 15c:

5-in,, 25c,
Dracaena Ind., 3 in,, $5,00; 4in,, $10.00; 5-in,,

$25,00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2Vi-in„ $5,00 per 100.
Cash witti order,

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be

disseminated season 1914-15.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

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Market Gardeners

Vegetable Growers' Association
o{ America.

W. J.Ritterscamp. Princeton, Ind., Pres
ident: H. J. Thompson, Attleboro, Mass..
Vice-President; S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky.. Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O., Treasurer.

Ne-xt annual convention and exhibition.
Philadelphia. Pa . October6 9. 1914.

TOLEDO. O. — Searles Brothers, market
gardeners, will have to pay $5,094 for
the construction of a greenhouse to
Augusta Cowdrick, widow of the con-
tractor, who built the house more than
eight years ago, the state supreme
court decided October 20. They refused
payment at the time on the ground
that the completion of the greenhouse
had been delayed until so late in the
winter that they had lost a large part
of their crops.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables.

Chicago. October 27. — Mushrooms, 00
cents per pound; lettuce, 10 cents per
box; radishes, 75 cents to $1.00 per
100 bunches.

New York, October 27. — Cucumbers.
CO cents to $1.00 per dozen; mush-
rooms. .")0 cents to $1.25 per 4-pound
basket; tomatoes, $1.00 to $1.50 per
box.

Tu*er Moth Infects California Potatoes.

Los Angeles produce dealers are
afoul of local quarantine authorities,
for horticultural inspectors at "Santa
Ana have held up three carloads of po-
tatoes Vjecause they were found to be
infected with the tuber moth. The
produce merchants protested and
threatened to carry the case before
the board of supervisors, a threat that
did not seem to get anything in the
way of concessions, the horticultural
commissioner insisting that the pota-
toes be taken out of the county or de-
stroyed. The produce merchants have
asked him to send inspectors to Los
Angeles to watch the sorting there, but
the commissioner says that is imprac-
tical. However, a close watch Is being
kept on shipments into that county.

The Soil SupDly.

At this time of the year it is a last
call, for a soil supply for the green-
houses and frames. Certainly no place
should be run without making ample
provision for a good supply of proper
earth in bad weather. This should be
tended to in season, but circumstances
often jirevent proper measures at the
right time. We wish to call attention
to a fairly cheap and efficient method
that we have used. If the ground to
be piled is dry enough to work nicely,
pile it up in large A shaped piles of
sufficient length to fit any boards we
may have on hand. We generally
use It! ft. lumber. We next nail two
pieces of 2x4 together in same A shape
as our soil jjile. and by using two or
three such frames have a rack to nail
our boards to. By lapping the boards
on» inch and conimen<'ing at the bot-
tom, we can build a practical water-
tight cover that can easily be removed
when the e.arth is wanted. Sometimes
when the earth to be 'piled is too moist,,
we select a sunny, windy day and keep
ore hor.ie, man and cultivator con-

stantly at work turning the soil to dry
it until of the right condition, when it
should be piled and covered at once.
Marketman.

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyraniids,2 ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids. 2H-lt 1.50 each

Pyramids.3 ft 2. OOeach

Pyramids. J"^, ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in '..... 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN ^^^c^'hIcaS? "•

1-yr.

ROSES

2-yr.
4-io.

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER i, SONS CO.

LaFayette.

Indiana

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Watch for our Trade Mark •tsmpe4
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushrootn SpawB

Substitution of cheaper gradei li
thus easily exposed. Fresb sampli
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by manufacturers upon re
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addreii

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co..St. Paul. Bdinn

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY W^!. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pages.— Price $1.00—29 IllDStrations.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

Tbis Is Araucaria Time I A few dollars invested
in Araucaria Excelsawillyield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into the future and Invest
your money now. All florists know we are the
boss in tlie importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are otterinE now,

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers,
5V2-6-in. pots, 40c 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6-7-in. pots.

$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants, 6-in. pots. $1.00, $1.25 to $1-50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of aU
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

SPECIAL TIES' ^^^°^> Beets. Cabbages. Carrots, Rohl Rabi, Leek, Lettuces. Onions. Peas,
oi LUiHLllLUi Radishes, Spinach. Turnips Swedes. Asters. Balsams, Begonias, Carnations
Cinerarias. Gloxinias. Larkspur, Nasturtiums. Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE*S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beauiifulin the world, $6,00 per oz., or $1.75 per H oz.. $1.00 per H oz., postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds oSered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grODods, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

Special Offer

Asparagus Plumosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vaughan's Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

1914.

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JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

PALMS AND EERNS

6-in. pot.

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. high
...5 to 6 28 to 30

Each Per doz.
.$1.00 $12.00

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED

STRONG AND HEALTHY

JOSEPtt HEACOCK CO.,

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 36 in. high 5 2.50

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high S.OO

12-in, cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5 to 5H ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5H to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. ceda tub. 4 plants in tub, 6 ft. hieh. heavy 15.00

1^ in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot. nicely characterized $1.00

7in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Leaves In. high Each Per doz,

2VJ-in'. pot 4 8tol0 $1.50

3in.pot 5 12 '. 2.00

4-in.pot 5to6 15. $0.40 4.50

5-in. pot 5to6 18 50 6.00

6-in.pot 6to7 24 1,00 12.00

Leaves In. high Each Per doz

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50 30.00

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00 36.00

Sin. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00 48.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

9in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54, very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft.. very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-iD. tub. 4 ft. spread each, $4.00

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote, Pa,

Aviator-Intense Scarlet

The best Carnation that we ever offered to the trade. Watch its record.
Rooted cuttings ready January 1, 1915; $12.00 per 100; SlOO.OO per 1000.

30 East Randolph Street,
CHICAGO.

(AT, PYFER, Manager.)

Chicago Carnation Co.,

Robert Craig Co...

^^ PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49ih Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET. ILL.

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for markut at once. Send for lists.

Alonzo J. Bryan, J^SS'r"

Washington, New Jersey.

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
on many items. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas

All the Kood French sorts pot-g'owD. 4-in.
pot plants 120.00 per 100: 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Cibotium Schiedei

Splendid stock at a real reduction. 5-in. pot
plants at 75c: 6-in. pot plants, Sl.OTi.

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

Bougainvillea

4 in. pot plants $20 CO per 100

Dracaena Terminalis

ft ill. pot plants. niCL-ly colored. 75c each;
$8.00 per dozen.

Adiantum Croweanum

5-in. pot plants $20.00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

Short and bushy, l\i in.. $3.00 per 100: $25.00
per 1000.

Fern Disli Ferns

Best varieties, includtn? .Asp'dium. Cyr-
totnium, Wilsoni and Mayi, li.OO per 100:
$25.00 per 1000.

Azaleas

Early and late plants, arrived in fine condi-
tion. Good values. 14 to If> in., at 70c; 16 to I8
in., at $1.00: 18 to 20 in., at $1 .'0.

THE STORRS fit HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ABUTILONS.

ABDTILON LAVITZII Variegated, 2-lnch. S3
per 100; 3-inch, $6 per 100. Extra strong.
Casli please. ERNEST ROBER, Willmette, III.

AGERATUMS.

AGERATtlM, Blue, finest dwarf. COe per 100;
$5 per 1.000, prepaid. C. HDMFELD, Clay Cen-
ter, Kans.

ALYSSUM.

SWEET ALYSSUM, R. C, %\ per 100; $8 per
1.000. Express prepaid. C. HOMFELD, Clay
Center, Kans.

ARAUCARIAii.

Arauearias escelsa. 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
5^-6 ineb. 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and compacta, 5M!-e-7 Inch, ?1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Asehmann, 1012 W. Ontario St.. Phila-
delphia.

Arauearias. Booliins orders now at the fol-
lowing prices: Excelsa, 50c, 75c and $1 each.
Robusta Compacta. large plants, $1.50 to $2
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Araucaria excelsa, 6-in., 65c each. Holton &
Hunliel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee.
Wis.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS and SPRENGERI,
3-in., $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH. Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.

Arauearias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, extra strong,
2-inch, $2 per 100; $18 per 10:10. SPRENGERI,
extra 4-inch, $7 per 100: $65 per 1,000, 2-inch,
$1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000. THE WAGNER
PARK NDRSEBY CO., Sidney, Ohio.

Asparagus plumosus, 3-ln.. $7; 4-in., $12;
5-in., $20 and $25 per 100. Sprengeri, 2i4-in..
$3 per 100; 3-in.. $5 pep 100. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Asparagus plumosus, strong seedlings, $6 per
1,000; 5,000 for $25; 10,000 for $45. Vaaghan's
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2>4-ln..
$2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunning-
ham, Delaware, 0.

Asparagus Sprengeri. strong 3-in., $3.50 per
100. Cash please. J. W. Miller, Shiremanstown,
Pa,

Asparagus plumosus, short and bushy, 2%-in.,
$3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co.. PainesvlUe, Ohio.

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. exceptionally fine
strong 2V4-lnch plants, $3 per IflO; $25 per
1,000. PYFER & OLSEM, Wilmette, 111.

Asparagus Sprengeri, baskets, $1 to $2.50
each. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2V4-inch, $2 per 100;
15 per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, variegated, 6-ln., 10 to 12 leaves.
$1.50 each; Green. 5-ln., 12 leaves, $1 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, all the leading Christmaa Varieties,
from 75c to $2.50. in bloom. Large Speciiiien,
$2.50 and up to $5 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co..
Morton Grove. 111.

Azaleas, good values. 14 to 16 Ins., 70c; 16 to
18 ins.. $1; 18 to 20 ins.. $1.50. The Storrs &
Harrison Co., Painesville. Ohio. __^__

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St.. New Tork.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIA CINCINNATI. 2^-in., $15 per
100; 3-in., $30 per liJO; 4-in., $45 per 100.
GLOIRE DE CHATELAINE, with many florists
takes the place of Lorraine, blooms all the
year around, 2-in., $5 per 100; 3-in.. $8 per
100: 4-in., $15 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wilmette. IH.

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-in., $1.50 per doz.; $10
per loo. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Res Begonia, 2H-in., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton. N. J.

BOXWOOO.

Bos trees, standards, pyramids and bush. In
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N, J.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 each; 2^ ft..
$1.50; 3 ft.. $2; 3y. ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch. $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch, $3. Heavy bushes. 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-in., 35c each. P. 0. Fraazen. 5319
N. Clark St.. Chicago.

BULBS.

Bulbs. French Romans: 11-12 ctms., $24 per
1,000; 12-13 ctms.. $29; 12 ctms. and up, $35.
French Narcissus: Paper Whites, fancy. $8.50
per 1,000; Star Brand, $11; Trumpet Majors,
$13; Emperor, $20. Dutch Narcissus: Golden
Spur, fancy, $13 per 1.000; Victoria, fancy,
$12; Empress, fancy. $13; Princeps, fancy, $6;
Sir Watkln, fancy, $12; Von Slon. fancy,
$13.50; Von Sion, dbl. nose, $22. Dutch hya-
cinths: Dutch Romans, named, $17.60 per
1,000; hyacinths, 1st size, $60; 2d size. $37;
bedding grade. $25. Tulips: Artus, $6.50 per
1.000; Couleur Cardinal, $16; Cramoise Bril-
liant, $9; Dusart, $9: La Reine, $6; Princess
Marie Anne, $7.50; Cottage Maid. $7: Proser-
pine, $22; Rose Oris de Lin, $6; Chrysolora,
$7.50; YeUow Prince, $7.50; Keizerskroon, $13;
single, mixed. $6; dbl.. mixed. $6.50; La Can-
deur. $8; Crown of Roses. $21; Salvator Rose.
$13.50; Crown d'Or, $17; Tournesol, red and
yel., $17.50; Bonton d'Or, $11. Callas: 1(4
to 1%, $45 per 1,000; IMi to 2. $75; 2 to 2V4,
$100. Freesias: French Mammoth, % to %,
$9 per 1.000: Purity, % to %, $12 per l,ooo.
Lillum Formosum. 6-8. $40 per 1.000; 7-9,
$60; 8-9, $70; 8-10, $80. Lillum Glganteum.
7-9, $50 per 1,000; 8-9. $75; 8-10, $80: 9-10,
$95. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Bulbs, L. Formosum, 7-9-ln.. 9-10-in.. 10-11-
In., 11-13-in. ; also Japan grown freesias, %
and %-iu. The Yokohama Nursery Co.. Ltd.,
Woolworth Bldg.. New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kasting Co.. 383-387
Elllcott St.. Buffalo. N. Y.

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co.. 1004 Betz
Bldg., Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Sehwake & Co..
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington. New
York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg..
Philadelphia^

Bulbs, Paper White, case of 1,000, $S.50. C.
C. Pollworth Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS.
Get your order in early for this fine stock
before it is too late. Send it in today.

Per 100 Per 1000

Enchantress $6.00 $50.00

White Lawson 5.00 40.00

White Perfection 6.00 50.00

White Enchantress 6.00

Victory 5.00 45.00

Bonfire 5.00 45.00

WIETOR BROS.,
162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago.

Carnation cuttings, November, December and
January delivery. Philadelphia, Champion, $ft
per 100; $50 per 1,000. White Wonder, Herald,
Beacon. Rosette, Enchantress Supreme. Enchan-
tress, White Enchantress, Mrs. C. W. Ward.
May Day, $3 per loO; $25 per 1,000. A. Hen-
derson & Co., 369 River St., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON, N. J.

Carnation Aviator, R. C, ready Jan. 1. 1915.
$12 per KjO; $1uO per 1,000. Chicago Carnation
Co., 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

Carnation plants, $40 per 1,000. Ward. Scar-
let Glow and Rosette. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove. 111.

CARNATIONS — White Perfection, to close
out, $4 per 101). CRABB & HUNTER FLORAL
CO.. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLING, and flue
variety to grow. $5 per 100. C. C. Pollwortb
Co.. Milwaukee.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blusb pink.
Peter Fisher, Ellis. Mass.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

Joliet. 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros., FishkiU. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2%-lnch pots;
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton, McNIece. Bamapo,
O. H. Kahn. Chrysolora. October Frost, Touset,
Chas. Razer. Comoletta, Golden Glow, Pacific
Supreme, Unaka, Pocketts' Crimson aad Sehrlmp-
ton, $2 per 100. Extra fine stock, or<ler quick.
Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO.,
Joliet, III.

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS.
Golden Glow Pacific Supreme and Smith's Ad-
vance. $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. Chrysolora.
$4 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co.. Maywood.
lU.

Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme and Smith's
Advance, strong bushy 2-inch pot plants, $3
per 100; $25 per 1.000. Chrysolora, $4 per 100.
A. T. Hey Floral Co.. Maywood, 111.

CINERARIAS.

Cinerarias, large flowering. 2-ln., $2; 3-ln,. $4
per 100. Cash. J. W. Miller, Shiremanstown,
Pa.

If You Do Not Find Wi\ You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It,

790

The American Florist.

Oct.

31.

CLEMATIS.

Cl.jmatis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

COLEUS.

Culcus.— Vcvschotfclti, Golden Bedder au.l
Queen Victoria, strong plants out of 2-inch
pots, 51.50 per 100; $12.50 per l.OUO. ■« . H.
KING, Box 1360, Little Silver, N. J.

Coleus, 20 varieties. including Trailing
Queen, E. C. 70c per 100; |6 per 1,000 Ex-
press prepaid. C. HOMFELD, Clay Center,
Kans.

Coleus. 2-ln.. $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1,000;
3-in., $S per lOO: $25 per 1,000. R. Vincent,
Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

CROTONS

Crotons, 4-in., 50c; 6-in., 75c. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

CYCLAMEN.

CrCL.\MEN. 3-inch, $8 per 100; 4-inch. $lo
per 100; ,^)-inch. $35 per 100. SEEDLINGS,
GIG., all Wandsbek type. $3 per 100; $2o per
1.000; equally divided 10 varieties. GL. OP
WANDSBEK. dark and light, separate. $4 per
100. IMPROVED GL. OF WANDSBEK. dark
and light salmon, better grower and larger flow-
ers $5 per 100. ERNEST ROBER. Wilmette,
111. ^_

Cycl.araens. 5-in., 50c each; $5 per doz.; 6-in.,

75c each; $9 per doz. ; 7-ln., $1 to $1.50 each;

$12 to $18 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

Cyclamens. 4-inch at 15c: 5-inch at 40c;
6-iDch at (iOc each. The Geo. Wittbold Co.,
737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Cyclamen, 5 colors. 3-in., doz.. $1.50; per 100,
S10;-4-in.. doz.. $2.50; per 100. $18. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago and New Tork.

"DAISIES^

DAISIES— Mrs. Sanders, R. C. $1 per 100;
.?8 per 1,000. Express prepaid. C. HUMFELD,
Clay Center, Kans. >

DAISIES— Fine 2>A-lnch stock, Etoile d'Or,
best yellow forcing daisy. $4 per 100. Cash,
A. E. HUNT & CO., 56 East Randolph street,
Chicago.

OEUTZIAS.

Deutzia gracilis, S-inch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz., $4; per 100, $30. Vaughafl's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

DRACAENAS.

Dracaenas, Terminalis, highly colored, 4-in.,
25c each; $2.50 per doz.; 5-ln., 60c each; $5
per doz.; 6-in., 75c to $1 each. Dracffua
Oodsefliana, 2-in., $1 per doz.; 3-in., $1.50 per
doz. Indivisa, 4-in., 15c and 20c each. Pochl-
juanu Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Draca?na terminalis, 8-inch, nicely colored, 7-jc
each; $8 per doz. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Painesville. O.

Draciena Indivisa, 3-in., $5; 4-in., $10; 5-in.,
$25 p^r 100. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

FERNS.

Boston, 2-inch $ 3.00 per 100

Boston, 3-inoh 6.0;i per 100

Boston. 4-inch 12.00 per 100

B<.stou. 5-inch 20.00 per 100

Boston, 7-inch 75 each

Boston, 8-inch 1.00 each

Boston, out of bench, $10, $15 and $20 per luO
Roosevelt, out of bench, $15 and .$20 per HiO

Pteris, out of flats $1.50 per 100

Smithll (new), 2-in 5.00 per 100

Fern and Sprengeri baskets, 75c to $2.50 each

Cash Please.
ERNEST KOBEE, WILMETTE, ILL.

Ferns, Nephrolepis mucosa, 3',^-inch, 25c; 5-
in., 50c. N. Elegantissima, 6-in., JjOc; 8-in.. $1;
10-in., $2 each. N. Elegantissima compacta,
3%-in., 25c; 6-in., 50c; 8-in., $1 each. N.
Superbisslma, 6-inch, 50c each. N. Magnifica,
5-in., .50c each. N. Piersoni, 6-in., 5<Jc; 8-in.,
$1 each. Dwarf Boston, 8-in., $1 each. Harrlsll.
«-ln., 50c; 10-ln., $2 to $3 each; 12-ln.. very
large, $5 each. F. E. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-
on-nudson, N. Y.

FERNERY FERNS, flue hardy varieties. 2K-
in., $3.50 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants; 2y2-in., $4 per 100;
:j-in., .$7 per 100; 4-in.. $15 per HjO; 7-in.. $6
per doz.; 7-in., extra heavy, $0 per doz.; 8-in.,
$12 per doz.; lO-in., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MANI. 2V.-in., $5 per 100; 3in., $10 per lOO;
.Vln., $25 per luO; extra heavy 8-in., $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

Ferns. — Whitmani. pot-grown. 5-inch. 20c:
flinch, 40c. Boston, 5-inch, 20c; O-inch, 30c;
7-inch, 50c; specimens in larger sizes, 8- inch, $1;
0-inch, $1.50; larger sizes, $2, $2.50 and $3.
Cyrtomiums. 4-inch, $1.50 per doz.; 6-inch. $5
per doz. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Bucking-
liam Place, Chicago.

Ferns, Cibotium Scbiedei, 5-in., 75c; 6-iu.. $1.
.Vdiantum Croweanum. 5-in., $20 per 100. Adiajn-
tum Glory of Mordrecht, 4-in.. $25 per 100. Fern
dish ferns, best varieties. $3 per 100; $25 per
1.000. The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville.
Ohio.

Ferns Boston, Whitmani and Roosevelt, 5-in..
25c each; $3 per doz.; 6-in., 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 7 in., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-in.. $1
each; $12 per doz.; 10-in., $2.50 each; 12-in..
$3.50 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

Boston ferns. 5-inc'h, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adiantum Croweanum. 3-in., $8 per 100; $70
per 1,000. .\. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Boston hanging baskets, $1.50, .$2 and $2.."i0.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns. Boston and Whitmani, 3-in.. 10c; 4-in.,
15c; 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Ferns^ Bobbink & Atkins^Buthertord,_N._J.

Ferns. .Tulius Eoehrs Co., Kutherford, N. J.

FEVERFEW.

Boston, Whitmani and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 5-lnch pots, $2.25 per doz. ; $15
per 100. C. Humfeld, Clay Center. Kans.

FEVERFEW. R. C, $1.25 per 100; $10 per
1,000, express prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay Cen-
ter, Kans.

FICUS.

Ficus elastica, 15-18 Ins., $3.50 per doz.; .$25
per 100; 18-24 ins., $4.50 per doz.; $35 per 100.
Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

FREESIAS.

Freesi.as, Purity (true).- ^i- to i in., $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per 1,000; % to %-in., $1.75 per
]0!l; .$16 per l.OOO; l4-in. and over. $1.50 per
100; $12 per 1,000; % to '.-i-lD.. $1.25 per 100;
.$10 per 1,000. Vaughan's Impr9ved Purity, %-
in. and up, $2.23 per 100; .$20 per l,Ol;0; Vi to
•J4in.. $1.75 per 100; $16 per 1.000; % to Va-
in., $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1,000. French
grown. Jumbo, $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1,000.
Mammoth, .$1 per 100; $9.50 per l.OOO: Vaugh-
an's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums, 2-in., $2 per 100; $18..jO per 1.000;
3-in.. .$3 per 100; $23 per 1,000 in lots of not
less than 1,000. 1.000 in 2J distinct varieties,
our selection from 2-in. pots. $18.50; 3-in.* .$25.
E. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Geraniums, S. K. Nutt; flue plants out of
3i<.-in. pots, $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKBES GREEN HOUSE, Minot,
N. D.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, DM. Gen. Grant and
Mme. Buchner. 2-in.. $1.75 per 100. Elmer
Kawlings. Olean. N. Y.

Geraniums, 2-in., $3 per 100. Hall Caine
and Mary Barton. 2-in., $5. Rahn & Herbert.
110 E. 49th St., Portland, Ore.

Geraniums. Nutt. Buchner, Ricard. Perkins.
Poltovine, 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

GERANIUMS— Strong 2i/i-inch S. A. Nutt
and double white, $20 per 1,000. CEABB &
HUNTER FLORAL CO., Grand Eapids, Mich.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. $12.50 per 1,000.
Poltevine and Eicard, $15 per 1,000. A. M.
Ilerr, Lancaster. Pa.

GLADIOLUS.

GLADIOLUS NANUS in 12 leading varieties;
TULIPS. NARCISSI, etc. Send for list. W.
W. WILMORE. JR., Wheatridge, Colo.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Munsell & Harvey, Ashtabula, Ohio.

MRS. FRANK PENDLETON. I am head-
quarters for pure stock of this grand pink
Gladiolus. Write for quotations on all sizes.
Also Pink Augusta. Glory, Meadowvale, Snow-
bank, The Iving, etc. Prices right. L. MEE-
TON GAGE. Natick, Mass.

IRRIGATION GROWN GLADIOLI for forc-
ing; the best on the market; every corm a
bloomer. Send for trade list. W. W. WIL-
MORE. JR.. Wheatridge, Colo.

GREENS.

Greens, dagger and fancy ferns, 80c per
1,000; case of 5.000, $3.50. Green galax. 60c
1.000; case of 10,000, $4. Green leucothoe. long,
$2 per 1.000. Green leucothoe, short. $1 per
1,000. Elk Galax & Pern Co.. Banners Elk.
N. C.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen. Ala.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Ever-
green. Ala.

STRING SMILAX. Regular shipments. Wm.
H. Minekime. Water Valley, N. Y., near Buf-
falo.

Greens, fancy and dagger ferns, moss, ever-
green, laurel, spruce and hemlock boughs. Xmas
trees, etc. H. J. Smith, Hinsdale, Mass.

Greens, choice case holly, holly wreaths and
laurel roping. H. E. Conwell, Milton. Delaware.

Red Winter Berries, best quality. A. R. Fos-
dlck jc Co.. Dowaglac, Mich.

HOLLYHOCK.

HOLLYHOCKS, 7 double varieties, all load-
ers. Also Allegheny, the fringed single, $3 jier
1(10; $20 per 1.000. Fall delivery. W. W.
WlLMORi:, JR.._Wheatridge,_Colo^

HELIOTROPE.

HELIOTROPE— R. C, $1 per 100; $8 per
1,000. Express prepaid. C. HUMFELD, illay
Center. K.ins^

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, pot-grown, for forcing. Last call.
Get tbem in before cold weather. Otabsa, in
6-incli pots, with 7 to 10 flowering shoots, $25
the hundred: with 5 and 6 shoots, $20 the hun-
dred; witli 4 shoots, $15 the hundred. Best of
the new French introductions: Avalanche. Ron-
quet Koso, La Lorraine, Mine. Eiuil Mouilliero.
Mme. Maurice Haraar and Radiant, in G-inoli
pots, at -$25 the hundred. BIr. Henry Youell.
visiting correspondent for the Florists' Exchange,
said in tlie Exchange of Sept. 5: "We next
came to an immense slathouse of 33.000 hy-
drangeas, in fi-inch pots, and a more healthy,
even lot of plants it would be impossible to
tind." We guarantee these are the best hy-
drangeas we ever had. Send that order. Do
it now. Jackson & Perkins Company. Newark.
Now York.

nYDRAXGEA OTAKSA. Pot-grown for forc-
ing from 5-inch pots. $15 per 100; 4-inch, $l'i
per 100; ;Mnch $0 per 100. All fine healthy
stock. THE WAGNER PARK NURSERY CO.,
Sidney, Ohio.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown. 4-in.. $20 per 100; 5-in.. .$25. The Storrs
vV Harrison Co., Painesville, O.

Hydrangea Otaksa. 25c. 30c and 40c sizes.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Cliicago.

HYIiRjfNGEA OTAKSA, 3-in. pots. $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

IRISES.

GERMAN IRIS. Fine nsimed sorts tield-grown
plants, $2 per 100; $10 per 1.000. THE WAG-
NKR PARK NURSERY CO., Sidney. Ohio.

IVIES.

English ivy. out of 6-in. pots, up to 5 ft.
high, $2S per 100. Rahn & Herbert. 110 E.
40th St.. Portland, Ore.

Hardv English ivy, 2-in.. $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1.000; 3-in.. $3 per 100: $25 per 1.000. R.
Vinccut, Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh, Md.

English ivy from field. 20 to 30 Inches. $3:
from pots, 30 to 40 inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST. Kenilworth, N. J.

ENGLISH IVY. strong 4-inch. $10 per 100.
II.\RRY IIEINL, West Toledo. Ohio.

English ivy, 20c and Kx each. Poehlmann
Rros. Co.. Morton Grove. HI. .

German Ivy. 2>j-in.. $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls. Iowa.

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JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

SolauuDi Melvetii (iinpruveU Jerusalem cberrvi.
B-ln., with berries, $3 in-r iloz.: $20 per 100:
(;-iu., $3.75 per doz.; $30 per 10->. Vaughan's
Seed Store. 31-33 W. Riiiiiloli \\\ St.. Chicago.

LILY OF IHE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and e-\-
[lorter. E. Neubert, Wandsbeb, nr. Uamburg,
tJcrmany. Apply to Otto IleiDecken. 17 Bat-
ter yPi^^NewYo r k .

From Storage.

Cold Storage A'alley, Bruu's Celebrated Chi-
cago Marliet Brand, $20 per 1.000; 510.50 per
.-^10; ?).50 per 250; ?2.50 per 100. Cut valley,
l)est iiuality always on band. H. N. Brun'g,
3032 W. Madison St., Chicago.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
Auieric-in Spawn Co.. St. Paul, Minn.

NURSEKY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit and oruanieutal trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. \V. & T.
Smitii Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
blnk & Atkins, Rutherford, K. J.

Evergreen, The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,

111.

ORCHIDS.

orchids uf all kinds, established and semi-
t-slablished. Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMOUEANA.

Single

Hants.

Leaves.

Inches high

4-incb pots.

5 to 0,

IS

0-inch pots.

0 to 7,

28 to 30 .

«-incb pots.

11 to 7,

32 to 34 .

S-inch tubs.

0 to 7.

36

S-inch tubs,

0 to 7,

42 to 44 .

S-lBch tubs,

(J to 7.

45 to 48 .

4 -inch
0-inch
'Vinch
s-inch
.S-inch
lOinch
10- inch

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FORSTEKIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches higti

Each.
...$0.35
.. 1.50
. .. 2.00
, .. 3.0U
. .. 4.O0
, . . 5.00

pots,
pots,
pots,
tubs,
tubs,
tubs,
tubs,

o to 0.
3 to 0.
5 to 0,
0 to 7.
G to 7,
0 to 7,
0 to 7,

Each.
18 to 20
4 to 30 1.50

38 to 42

48 to 48

50 to 54 . . . ,
5 to 5»v. ft.
U to O'i ft.

,00

3.50

5.00

8.00

10.00

KENTIA FORSTEBIANA.
ilade-np Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each,

e-inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 ..$1.25

7-inch pots, 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38. . 2-.50
7-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 . . 3.00

8-lnch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50
S-inch tubs, 3 plants iu a tab, 48 to 54.. 5.00
s-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56. . O.oO
lO-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high. 8.00
12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 to oVj ft.lO.OO
12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 6 ft. high. 12.00
Very strong specimens, 12 and 15-inch tubs, 7
plants, $15.00. $18.00 and $25,00,

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

li-incU pots, 20 in. high, 26 in. spread $1.50

7-inch pots, 2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

S-inch tubs, tine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.,
MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Kentia Forsteriana, single plants, 5-inch, COc;
made-up, 6-inch, $1.25; 7-incb, $2 each. The
I'-eo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,
Chicago.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-in.. 6-7 leaves,
22 ins. high, $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Roebeienii, 8-in. pots, 24 ins. high, 26-inch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-inch tubs. 24 inches high,
30-inch spread, $4 each. A. N. Plerson, Inc.,
Ci-omwell, Conn.

Phoenix Canariensis, 6ne large plants, $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

PALMS. DECORATIVE PLANTS, RARITIES.
Reasoner Bros., Oneco. Fla^

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veitchii. 4-iu., 50c: 5-in.. 75c; 6-
in., $1.25 and $1.50; 7-in.. $2 and $2.50. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111,

Pandanus Veitchii, 4-incli, 35c eacb; 6-iucb,
7.'ic each. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia;

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland. Ore-
gon, offer an immense stocli of superb MASTO-
DON AIIXED SEEDLINGS, sizes and prices as
follows: Large. l.OOO. $5; 5,00.1, .$22.50; 10,000,
.$44. Medium, l.OOO. $4; 5,000. $17.50; 10,000,
$:i:i. Standard, l.OOU. $i; S.ocjo, $13..'iO; 10,000,
$20. All prepaid. No sliipmcnts standard size
cast of Omaha or south of Denver. Color plate
catalog free. Seed prices; ^i( oz., $1; oz., $7.

PANSIES— ROMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain timt has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand cuUection, 50c per
100; .$3.50 per 1,000. B.vpress prepaid. C.
HCMFELD. Clay Center. Kans.

Pansies, best show mixture; good plants, $2.50
per 1,000. Daisy Bellis, pink and white, $2 per
1000; strong plants. J. A. Kceney, Mononga-
hela. Pa.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new^ crop. .$4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
GI.4NT SEEDLINGS. $3 per 1,000. ERNEST
ROBER. Wilmctte, 111.

I'ansy plants, $2
ninghani. Delaware,

.=iO
0,

per

1,000

Jos

. H

Cun-

PEONIES.

Peonies, large
varieties. Keli\
England.

stock
ay &

of

Son

our own
Langport,

and other
Somerset,

PEPPERS.

New cluster peppers. 2-In,, $2 per 100; 3-in.,
$4 per 100. Xmas peppers, 3-in„ $4 per 100.
Jerusalem Cherries, Melvinii, 2-in., $3 per 100;
3-in.. $3 per 100. Cash. ERNEST ROBER,
\Vllmctte,_IlL

PEPPERS and JERUSALEM CHERRIES, 4-
In.. $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH. Grand
Rapids, Mich.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-inch busliy
plants, full of berries. $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey I'loral Co., Maywood, 111.

Peppers, Chinese and cluster, 4-in., $10 per
lOO. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

PERENNIALS.

PERENNIALS. Strong August Seedlings, $1
per 100; $8 per 1,000; Aquilegia, 3 vars.,
.Antbemis Kelwayi, aster, coreopsis grti.,
Chrysanthemum Triumph. .Shasta daisy Alaska,
Campanula. 3 vars.. Delphinium Chinense, Del-
phinium Gold Medal, Dianthus latlfolins, gail-
lardia grfl., Gypsopbilla, hollyhocks, 4 vars., dbl.
and single; pentstemon. mixed; Pyrethrum
roseum, Papaver Orientalis, Sweet William, 4
vars.. Lychnis. Cash please. ERNEST ROBER,
Wilmette, 111.

Perennials. — Strong plants from field or pots.
Write for prices on what you need. W. E.
KING, Box 13C0, Little Silver, N. J.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, double fringed, mixed, 2-in., $2 per
100; $18 per 1,000. Elmer Rawlings, Olean,
N. Y.

Petunias, dbl. mixed, 2-in., $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1,000; 3-in., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. R.
Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

POmSETTLAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.

True type, short stocky plants, 2'/j-inch, $4.50

per 100: $40 per l.OOO; 3inch, $8 per 100;

4-incb. $15 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST

ROBER. W'ilmette, HI.

PoLusettias, choice stock in pans, with good
bracts, according to value, 50c to $2.50 each,
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1,000 2V2-lnch; fine
stock. $5 per 100; $2o for 500. HESS & SWO-
PODA. Omaha, Neb.

PRIMULAS.

PRIJIULA MALACOIDES 2>4-inch, $2.50 per
100; 3-inch, $5 per 100. Obconica Grandiflora
Gig.. 2li-inch, .$3 per 100; 3-inch, $6 per 100;
4-inch. $8 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER. Wilmetts. 111.

Primroses, Chinese. Forbesi, Malacoldes, Ob-
conica, alba and rosea, $1.75 per 100; $15 per
1.000. Obconica gigantea, giant flowering, all
2!i-inch pots. $2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos.
H. Cunningham. Delaware. O.

Primula obconica. grandiflora and gigantea
strain. 4-inch. 8c. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Mor-
ton Grove. 111.

Primula obconica, giants, Grandiflora, largest
flowering, big 3-inch stock, $4 per 100. Chinese
largest flowering, fine plants, 3-lnch, $4; 2-inch,
$J "per lOti. Cash, please. J, W. Miller, Shire-
manstown. Pa.

Primula obconica. 3-incb, $6 per 100. Mala-
coldes. 2i-i-inch, $4 per 100; $35 per l.oOO.
Vaugban's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore, Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices,
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

ROSES, Kaiserin, My Maryland and Klllar-
ney, 3-in., pots $6; 4-in. pots. $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich^

Roses on canina stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. & Co.,
Iloogeveen, Holland.

Roses, 1-yr., 2V6-in.; 2-yr., 4-in. Leedle
Floral Co.. Springfield, O.

Roses. Gratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen,
Holland.

Roses. W. T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

SEEDS.

Seeds, Sudan grass. Rescue, Johnson and Ber-
muda grass, cane, cotton, Egyptian wheat, cow
peas, Feterita, Kaflir corn, Milo maize, big Ger-
man and Pearl millet, Spanish peanuts, fancy
cantaloupe and watermelon, Bermuda onion.
Robert Nicholson, Dallas, Texas.

Seeds, sweet peas. Bolton's novelties for
1015: Rosina, Boadicea, Don Alvar, packet of
10 seeds, one shilling; 0 shillings per doz. : 70
shillings per 100. New culinary pea Sbarpe's
Comet. Charles Sharpe & Co., Ltd., Sleaford,
England.

Seeds, growers of beet, cabbage, carrot, cel-
ery, lettuce. Mangel-Wurtzel, oniou, parsley,
parsnip, radish, rutabaga, turnip, etc. Denaiffe
& taon, Carignan, Northern France.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTE, ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet, Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and ganlen seeds.
Routzalin Sceil Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif^

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hurff, Swedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists; Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrick &
Son, contract seed growers. Pcdricktown, N._J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish.
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport. Somerset. England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet, Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash, Wcst-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of encumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co.. Waterloo. Neb.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras, etc.
.istcrs and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford,_Coim.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolgiano & Son. Light, Pratt and Ellicott StS.,
Baltimore, Md.

Seed, yellow and red Bermuda onion seed for
sets, G9c per lb. Federico Varela. Tencrlge.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.
C. Zvolanek. Lompoc, Calif.

Seeds, wholesale growers. The Kimberlln

Seed Co^, Santa Clara, Calif.

~ Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 peir oz. Jos.
n. Cunnlngh.am. Delaware, O.

Seeds, cnralyptus and acacia. Brunnlngs, P.
0. Box 857. Melbourne, Australia,

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Seerls. toinnto seerl our specialty. Haven

Seed Co., Santa^Aua, Calif.

~Sceds^ Artllur T. Boddington, New York.

Tomato seed. Wm. Bedcay, Lancaster, Pa. R6.

SMUAX.

Smilax. 2yj-incli, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Sclimidt. Bristol. Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramsburg pink Snapdragons, bushy plants
from 2 inch pots. $3 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral
Co., Maywood, 111.

Snapdragons, Silver Pink, Giant White, R. C.
$1.25 per 100; $10 per 1.000, express prepaid.
C. HDMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

Field-grown Ramsburg pink Snapdragons. Big
bushy piauts, $5 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co.,
Maywood, III.

SPIREA.

Splrea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100;
$75 per 1,U00. Louis B. Easthurn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKinley, Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late.
Success, Three W's, U. S. King Edward, Wm.
Belt $2 per 100: $16 per 1,U00. Chesapeake,
Fendall, Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1.000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb).
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000. J. T. Lovett.
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N, J,.

STEVIA.

Stevia, 2-in., $20 per 1,000. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, 111.

-STEVIA. Strong field-grown, $12.50 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

STEVIA. strong 2-inc'h. $1.50 per 100. , C.
HUMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.
y

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink, 2-in., $2 per lOO;

$18.50 per I.OLIO; 3-inch, $3 per 100; $25 per

1,0U0. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md.

SWAINSONA, 4-inoh plants. $12.60 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
Ids, especially selected for greenhouse forcing,
seedlings, $1 per l.uOO. Strong parsley roots.
100 for $1. Shipment day order received.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville, III.

Big strong Grand Rapids L,ettuce plants, $1
per 1,000. J. A. Keeney. Monongahela. Pa.

VERBENAS.

VERBENAS, 20 varieties, R. C, 70c per
100; $6 per 1,000. Express prepaid. 0. HUM-
FELD, Clay Center, Kans.

VINCAS.

VINCAS, 25,000 fleld-grown plants, Varlegata,
$4 per 100. 300.000 rooted tips, Variegata, $1
per 100. Extra line plants. Ready for de-
livery. Dept. B, THE EEESER PLANT COM-
PANY, Sprlngfleld. Ohio.

VINCA VAR., strong fleld-grown clnmps, $4
per lOii; $35 per 1,000. Cash, please. FRANCE
& VANDEGRIFT, Monroe, Mich.

VINCA Var., rooted tips, $1.10 per 100; $10
per 1,000. Strong plants, $2.25 per 100; $20
per 1,000. E. C. WAGONER, Beaver Falls, Pa.

VINCA VARIEGATED, 2V4-lnch strong. $2.50
per luo. C. HUMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

VInca variegata, fleld-grown, $5 per 100.
Jos. H. Cunplngbam, Delaware, 0.

•VIOLETS.

VIOLETS— Large clumps of California, $6 per
100; $50 per 1.000. CRABB & HDNTBK
FLORAL CO., Grand Rapids, Mich,

VIOLETS, Hardy Russian, strong field clumps.
$5 per 100. Cash. JOSEPH BANCROFT &
SON (Inc.), Cedar Falls, Iowa,

Pecky Cypress

We are SPECIALISTS

in this line, having been practically the first to sell to the trade. Get the valae
of our lon^ experience. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. Rock bottom prices.
Pecky Cypress, because of its durability, is the only wood now being used
for greenhouse benches. Will ship in any quantity, carload or less.

Drop Siding. Ship Lap, Flooring, Wliite Cedar Posts, Etc.
Evenrtlilng in Lumber. Write for prices.

ADAM SCHILLO LUMBER CO. "S'hi'S'A'gS."''

ni/nill WWlllkbW bwiiit#h.ii WW! ID Phones: Uncoln4IO and 411

Use our patent
Iron Bencli
Fittings and

Roof Supports.

^

THE JENNINGS
IRON GUTTER

IMPROVCOj

IMPROVED VAPORIZING PANS

For Tobacco Extracts, etc Send forClrcolars.

DILLER, CASKEY & KEEN,

S. W. Comer Sixth vafi Berk Streets PHILADELPHIA.

VENTILATIN6
APPARATUS.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smolie burner, self-feeding, for green-
I'ouses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Murshfield Ave., Chicago.

Koilers. pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot water beating. Kroeschell Bros..
Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heating.
Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846 W.
Superior St., Chicago.

Boilers, Giblin standard greenhouse. Giblin
& Co., 901 Broad St., Utica, K. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-inch. 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mtg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St.-. Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, 50c
for 1,0<J0, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER BXCHANGH.
38-40 Broadway. ■ Detroit, Mleh.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago. _^^_

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague,
Smith Co.. 164-166 Randolph St., Cblcago.

GREEHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansla
Ave., Chicago, 111.

• Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
inger Co., 902 Blackhawk .St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dletach
Co.. 2642 Sheffield Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., Slst and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse constrncti.^n. We furnish ever.v-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co., Des Plaines, 111.

Greenliouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanria. N. Y.

Grenbouso lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland. O.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid — NICO-FUME — I'aper^ for thrips, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville,
Ky.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London, England.

Nicotine. The Grasselli Chemical Co., Cleve-
land, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, New York. Cin-
cinnati, St. Paul, Boston, Detroit, Birmingham,
Chicago. Milwaukee, New Orleans.

■ Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck, Stow &
Wilcox Company, Southington, Conn., and
Cleveland, Ohio.

Natural color flower Illustrations are our spe-
cialty. Manz Engraving Co., 4001 Ravenswood
Ave., Chicago.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh ana
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St., Kendallville, Ind.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedleln Bas-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation enpports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn. N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenbonse flttins*.
Advance Co.. Richmond, ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikotcen, 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mtg^Co^^St^Louls5_MO;

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet,
per 100, 85c; 500, $3; $5.50 per 1,000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per luo, 60c; per
1,000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago^

Pillsbury Carnation Staples, 1,000 for 88c;
3,000 for ?1. 1. L. Pillsbury, Galesburg, Hi.

Vt^IRE WORK.

Floral design, wire window guards, ofllce
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shade
frames. Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St.,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros., 1008 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

If You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

igi4.

The American Florist.

793

SEND FOR
CAIALUGUE.

What the Users Say

Test at 12° Below Zero, with Heavy Wind

The No. 7 Kroeschell Greenhouse Boiler is heating 10,000 square feet of glass
— it will take care of 16,000 square feet. We had no trouble to keep up temperatures
when it was 12 below zero, with a heavy wind. The boiler has given entire satis"
faction, and it is certainly an up-to-date affair, and we would use no other.

Cerny & RowE, Kirkwood, Mo.

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 452 West Erie St., Chicago, IP.

Siebert'a Zinc
Glazina Point*.

Good for small or
lart;e flass. do oot rust
easy to drive, ^/a and ^
inch. Perlb. 40c. S-lbs.
$1.85. 20-lbs $7.00

Vaughan's
Seed biore
Ctiicago New York

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

UenUon the American Florist when writing

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Le^ves, Meial Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

— Send For Prices —

404-412 Eatt 34th Sf . NEW YORK

Uention the American Florist when writing

PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, Billheads. Statements.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate Making and Color Work.

eorltam & Ghapiine Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

Uention the American Florist when writing

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hall Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to p total of $282,000.00.
For full particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, H. J

Wired
Toothpicks

10.00011.75; 50 000 $7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Samolefree. For sale bv dealers.

Uantitn the American Florist when writing I

Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL
HOTBED SASH

Best Grades. Prompt Delivery.

Low Prices.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE. (near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO, ILL.

Telephone Humboldt 11.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 s. Dearborn St. Ctilcago

JUST AS USEFUL AS THE SUN IN SPRINGTIME IS THIS
"RED DEVIL" BUTTON PLIER to the Greenhouseman.

It's No. 1000 8-inch drop forged tool steel. H^s four culture; cuts and hoMs tin- win- aftL-r it is cut.
For Irnccs. wire lyins bendins;. or stretching, or all-around o'i r nurp ses "RED DEVIL" button pliers
have 110 frjiial. N our hardware store Sflls them as well as "RED DEVIL" iria-s cutters. Ask f -r and
ins St on "RED DEVH" No. 1000 plicr. II not on sale, send us 5Uc., and one only sample pair will be

JiMlfH IkMENWAY, 170 Chambars Street, New York, N. Y.

Mention the American Florist ichrn writing

794

The American Florist.

Oct, 31,

The Aphine Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Flcrists and Gardeners

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray remedy for ereon. black white fly,
red spider, thiips, mealy bug and soft bcale.

PUNCINE

An infallib'e spray r. nn dy for rose mildew,
caiDatiOD acd chrysanthemuni rust.

VERMINE

A soil sterilizer lor cut eel. wire and angle
worms.

SCALINE

A scal-cide and fungicide combined <or San
Jose and various sc Ip on tref> and hardy
stock, and various blights which affect them.

"40% NICOTINE"

A free nicotine,
-flnd vaporizing.

strength, for spraying

NIKOTIANA

A 1296 nicotine solution propefly diluted for
fumigating and vaporizing. ^

If you cennot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order and
we will ship immediately through our
nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. J.

Geo. a. BuRNisTON. M. C. Ebfl.

President. Treaj-urer.

hflNURES

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

EVERYTHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Hose, wire. Twine, Pipe. Fittings, Tools. Glass.
Stedal Atenl for Wiard Bnod Hamra and Darling's Follim.

Walter S. McGee,

Phone Hyde Park 5679
5327 «UJS AVE.. CHICAGO, ILL.

NICOTINE

Grasselli

Thrips and most other plant lice can be destroyed
by fumigating or spraying with Free Nicotine or by
spraying with Sulphate or Nicotine.

Our products are guaranteed to contain 40% Nicotine

If Your Dealer Cannot Supply You, Address

THE GRASSELLI CHEMICAL CO.

CLEVELAND
PITTSBURGH
ST. LOUIS

NEW YORK
CINCINNATI
ST. PAUL

BOSTON CHICAGO

DETROIT MILWAUKEE

BIRMINGHAfVI NEWORLEANS

NICOTINE

Mention Vie American Florist when ivriting

NIKOTEEN 30 ""lo Strength

FOR SPRAYING

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Mention the American Florist lohen writing

C-L-A-Y-&-'-S

These simple symbols spell CERTAIN SUCCESS

CLAY'S FERTILIZER, the Standa d P^ant Fo-d, is Safe.
Sure. Quick — yet Continuous — in .'Iction, and Economical.

Manufaclured by

CLAY & SON, Stratford, London, England

A STIC A

* ./ FO R S-Tf I —^

IfeenHcuseqiazin^
USE IT NOW.

F.O. PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NrW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes bard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give

satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse

Write (or prices and estimates. Do it now.

GARLAND MANUFACTURING CO:. Des )>lalnes. III.

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
tbeworld's largest Building Material Department.
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overiiauled iron pipe.
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your beating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock.
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. si/e
l38x2V2 100 running ft $2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar. size
l^Bx2V?. litOruDningfi 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, fic.l in.stock.p- rlOCtOft.bd meas. 19.00

XJ-44— No 1 Cypress. 1 in.roukbor 13-16 id.
-)2S per lOOOft.. bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45-Standard Hot Bed Sash. iH-io. x3 ft.
X h f t . without glass 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47 — Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,
35th and Iron Sts.. Chicago

American Florist Advertisements Work 24 Hours per Day.

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The American Florist. 795

REDUCTION IN PRICES

-OF

"NICO-FUME" PRODUCTS

OUR NEW SCHEDULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

^^ NICO-FUME" LIQUID.

8-poutid can $10.50

4-pound can 5.50

1-pound can 150

H-pound can .50

^^ NICO-FUME" PAPER.

Can containing 288 Sheets $7.50

Can containing 144 Sheets 4.00

Can containing 24 Sheets 85

Your Dealer Has These Schedules: See Him.

FURTHERMORE

To enable the Dealers to supply the Growers with fresh "Nico-Fume" Paper,
we have agreed to ship "Nico-Fume" Paper direct from our factory to the Dealers'
customers at the above prices, prepaying freight. Express or Parcel Post at our expense.

You know the big advantage of having your fumigating paper

FRESH

Place your order with your dealer for any number of cans you may need and
the shipment will be made direct from our factory to you, charges prepaid.

"Nico-Fume" Liquid will be delivered by your Dealer as heretofore, as it does
not lose strength with age like the Paper.

Manufactnredby THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., LoDisville, Ky.

INCORPOR/VTED

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The American Florist.

Oct.

3Iy

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The....

Aiien J K

Alpud riorai Co.. ..
Amtirican spawn Co

Amline E C Co

AndtirsoD a A

Aogerinueller G H.

Apume Mig Co

Arcnias Floral Co..
.^scbmaoD Godlrey.
Atidota f lorai Co...
Bas8c!ti& WasbDurD
Baiavia lireeobouse

Co...

Baur WiDdow Glass

Co

Bauschcr John

bcavcii C A

Bctferow's

Berber Bros

BcrniDK H G

BlacKislOQe Z U...
BobbiDft 6( .-\iRia8..

Boddu£toa A I

Bod^di J fit Sods Co

Bo rtUO J tt \^Q

Boli^iiQO J& SODS...

Bra.;K Koss

bramiey in SOQ

Braslao seed Grow-
ers oo

Bieuoieyer's J Sods.
Brown bros & Co..

bruuDiDg V H

Brun^ 11 i\

bryaD AloDzo J

BucubiDder bros...

BuLKbee H W

Budiook! J A

Burpets \N \ a. Co..
Caldwell ibeWoods

maD CO

Caiiiornia Florists..
Camp(.^oaauu Co ..
Cbtk.aKO earn Co.. I
Cbica^o Flower

Growers Assn

Chicago House

W recKlDg Co

Clark e. B seed Co.
Clarke s sods Uavid

Clay in son

CleveiaDO Cut

F lower Co

Cpoard 0£ JoDes Co.

Conwell H E

CooKe ueu n

Cowee W J

Coy ri u seed Co...

Craiu -Kobt Co

Cruchell c F.

CuoDiDgiiain Jos H.

Uarda^uas

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co

Deauiua J b uo ....

DeuaiUc tSt son

UetruiL F'.uwer Fot

Mly oo

Dietscb rt & CO ....
Uiiier ca8key&

Keen

Doroer F& tiODS

Co

Dreer H.-1...I11 lul

Duerr v^bas .\

Duluih Floral Co...

Uuuiup J juu rt

Eagle Wire Works.
Eowards Fo d box.
Elastic Lyke Co ...
Elk Gal j( & F'ero

Co

Eoiiuans oeo M....

E. DC fie rvlingel

Eyres ri G

Fisii Henry Seed Co

Fisher Peter

Florists Hail Assn
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co

Ford M C

Ford vVilliam P

Frank Floral Co....

Franzen b u

FreemaD Mrs j B...

Frey & Frey

Friedman

Fromcui H E

F'urrow & Co

Gaivio inob F

Gardiner Alex C...

Garland Mfg Co....

Gasser J M Co

Giblin & Co

'vorham & ('banline
Graham A & ion...
Grand rvapids

Floral Co

GrasselliTheChem

leal Co

Gratama Bros & Co

t.jude Bros

Guttman & Raynor

due)

Hardesty & Co

tiarley Pottery Co..

Hart George B

Haven seed Co The

Heacock Jos Co

Heibl John G & Son
Henderson AfitCo. . .
Henderson Lew.s ..

Herr .Albert M

Herrmann A

Hess & Swoboda ...
Hews A H &Co....

Hiltinger Bros

Hill D Nursery Co..

Hoerber Bros

HoSmeister F'lo Co.

Holm & Olson

Holton &HunkelCo

7o0

Home Cor School...
Horticultural

Advt rtiser

HurH Ed«ar F

Ickes Braun Mill Co

Igoe Bros >.

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co
Isbell S M & Co...
Jackson & Perkins..
Johnson WW &Son

fones Percy

Joy Floral Co

Kasting W F Co ...
K.eller Geo & Sons.

Keller Sons J B

fCellogg Geo M. . -
Xelway & Son.. 781
t^ennicott Bros Co..
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co

Kervao Co The

Kessler W m

Kift Robt...

Kimberlin Seed Co.
King Construct Co.

Kohr A F

Komada Bros

fkramer J JN fit Son

HI

Kroeschell Bros Co

Kruchten Jobn

Kuehn C A

Kuhl Geo A

Kyle & Foerster

LaCrosse Floral Co.
Landr^th Seed Co
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co

Laoge A

Leborius J J

Leedle Floral Co ...
Leonard Seed Co...
Lockland Lumber

Co

London Flower Slip
Lord& Burnham

Co

LovettJT

.vlcCallum Co

McConnell Alex...,
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co

McGee Walters....
McKenna P & Son.
McNeff-SwensoD Co
.Manz Engraving Co

MaithewsonJ E

May & Co L L

Meconi Paul

Memphis Flo Shop.
Meredith The Flow-
er & Veg Co

Metairie KidgeNurs

vlettr Henry

Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd....
Moore. Hentz £e

Nash

Morehead Mfg Co...
.Murray Samuel

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778

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7. .9
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775
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775
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782
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SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS
A" POsUlvely the best. Lust forever. Ovei
30,000 pounds now in use. sure preventative of
class slipping. EHective on large or small glass.
E««y to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. ?-b and
H. *0C per lb., by mail 16c extra; 7 lbs. for $2.50
ISlbs. for $5.00, by express. Forsale by the trade
,„, RANDOLPH a tUcCLEMENTS, Florists.
5836 Penn Ave., near Highland, rittsDargh,Pa.

Myers Florist 778

Nat Flo B of Trade. 79h
Nelson Hugh H.... 773
c»i Y cut biower ^ k 773
Nicholson Robert., lit

Nicotine Mfg Co 794

Niessen Leo Co .... 771
Ostertag Bros ... . 777

Palez Paul M 758

Palmer W J & Son . 77h

Park Floral Co 776

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 785

PedrickGR&Son. 781
Peirce E Allan..'... Ill

Penn the Florist 776

Peters & Reed Poty III

Phillips Bros 778

Pierce F O Co 7''4

Pierson k N (Inc).. 785
PiersoD F R Co.... 1
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 7*0

Pikes Peak Flo Co.. 778

Pillsbury 1 L 79f,

Podesta&Baldocchi 777
Poeblmann Bros Co 7b3
Pollwortb C C Co

I III 770 777 782

Portland Flower

Store 777

Pulverized Manure

Co 794

Quaker City Machine

Works 796

Raedlein Basket Co 7I<8
Rahn & Herbert.... 785
Randall A L Co.... 7o9
Randolph & Mc-

Clements 775 796

Rawlings Elmer 782

Ready Reference... 7ft9

Reed & Keller 796

Regan Ptg House... 793

Reid Edw 77'l

Rein berg Geo 7'.9

Reinberg Peter 767

Renter's 775

Rice Bros 77 i

Rice Co. M 773

Robinson J C Seed

Co 781

Rock Wm L Flwr

Co 778

Rohnert Waldo 782

Rolker Aug & Sons. 7X4
Rosen & Fischer... 77i
Routzahn Seed Co . 782

Kusch G SrCo 770

SchilderBros 781

Schiller, the Florist. 778
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co 792

Schlatter W & Son. 796
Schling Max 775

Schmidt J C 785

Schwake Chas & Co 772

Sefton Mfg Co 774

sharp Partridge &

Co Ill

sharpe Charles &

Co 783

Sheridan Walter F. 773
Siehrecht George C 773
Simmons & Son. .. . 778
*)iiuaiion fie Wants.. 759
■;kidelskySS&Co... 781
Sluis& Groot .... 782
Small J H &Sons... 778
Smith A W & Co... 777

Smith E D&Co 785

Smith & Hemenway 795

"imith Henry 778

Smith H J .... 771

imilb Wm C Flo Co 770
Smith W&T Co I

South Park FloralCo II
■^lorrs & Harrison.. 787

Stumpp G E M 777

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 788
Syr*use Pottery

Co Ill

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 787

rhorburn J M & Co 7"!

TcttyChasH 786

Traendly&'^chenck 773
United Cut Flower

Co 773

Vaughan AL&Co. 767
Vaugb an 's Seed Store

I III 779 786 793
Vick'sSonsJ mes.. 782
Vincent R Jr&Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons. Ill

Waite F W 795

Wallace FD W

Weber FH 776

Weiland & Riscb... 7h9

Welch Bros Co 771

Western Seed &

Irrig-atioD Co ..... 781
*hilldin PotteryCo III
Whitted FK.ral Co.. 775

vVietor Bros 766 769

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 770

Wittbold G Co.. 762 775
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris GoldensoD 77S

Wood Bros 785

Vokohama Nurs Co 782
V'oung .A L & Co.. . 773

Voung John 772

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Autumn
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Next Week.

SUOfiESTIONS FOR PLANT fiROWERS.

Send Special Advts. Early.

Rambler Roses.

Tlie wood of the several rambler
roses that are to be forced should be
well ripened up. Those that have
been grown in the open ground should
be lifted and potted. The pot-grown
stock should be subjected to some
freezing weather, but they should not
be left out until the weather becomes
severe enough to freeze the ground
so that the pots become broken. A
covering of leaves may be placed over
the pots if the wood has not been
thoroughly ripened, but they are bet-
ter stored in deep pits or sheds, where
the temperature may be kept just
above the freezing point. The small
twiggy wood should be cut out, leav-
ing the strong canes and these should
be tied to a stake and kept erect.
This will greatly reduce the labor
when moving them and allow for
closer packing when they are packed
away and besides prevent the branches
from lying on the ground and be-
coming soft or perhaps causing rot, If
too damp. The stock that is lifted
and potted should be given a rich
rose soil and potted firmly, ramming
the soil down hard with a wooden
stick. All roses require a firm soil to
get the best results. The Baby Ram-
blers can be carried into the houses
and brought into bloom for Christmas.
A temperature of CO degrees to C.5
degrees should produce plants with
bloom if started at once.

Outside Tulips.

The tulips should be planted in the
beds as soon as possible from now on.
It will do them no good to remain out
of the soil, for they will lose some of
their vitality. While we do not like
to plant them out when the soil and
weather are warm, yet October and
early November is the proper time to
get them in. There is danger now of
of the ground becoming frozen at any
time and they should all be planted
while the ground can be worked, for
it is very difiicult to set them even
after a thin crust has formed on the
soil. The covering can, however, be
left until freezing weather sets in, and,

in fact, is better, for if the ground be-
comes frozen the bulbs will not make
any top growth, which is likely to oc-
cur if covered now and kept too warm.
Do not cover too deeply. The object
of the covering is not to prevent the
soil from freezing, but to prevent the
alternate thawing and freezing that
often occurs and which will in some
cases throw the bulbs out of the soil
altogether. Leaves three or four
inches thick make the best covering,
with boughs or boards laid across to
prevent the winter winds fromi blow-
ing them away.

Glaaiolus rolvillel

The winter blooming gladioli make
a valuable addition to the late winter
and spring flowers and are very use-
ful as a cut flower or in all kinds of
floral work. The blooms are much
smaller than the Gladiolus Ganda-
vensis and kindred kinds and can be
artistically employed. The varieties
grown are The Bride, white; Blush-
ing Bride, white, tinged with pink, and
Peach Blossom, light pink. The cul-
ture of the.se is very easy and by a
succession of plantings the flowers may
be had all through early spring up to
June. The bulbs can be procured all
at once and kept dry and cool, but do
not leave them standing around in the
room over the boiler or they will rap-
idly lose their vitality. They can be
planted in deep flats and placed in an
out-of-the-way place until they begin
to grow, when they should be given a
light location in a house with a tem-
perature similar to that in which car-
nations are grown. The flowers will
be larger and have more substance if
grown cool, but it will take consid-
erably longer to get them into bloom.
Some growers plant these bulbs be-
tween the rows of the carnations or
the violets, but our experience has been
that it is far better to grow them in
boxes by themselves, for the carna-
tions will need all the nourishment in
the soil if growing well, and if not,
they as well as the violets when
through blooming had better be cleaned
out and some other crop planted and
not have a crop mixed in which would

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delay the planting or occupying of the
space. These gladioli -will be found
very useful and well appreciated by
the best trade.'

Spiraea Japonica.
i When the roots of spirasa arrive, do
not leave them lying around in a dry
state. This plant never does well if
allowed to get too dry, even in a dor-
mant stage, and every grower knows
that one of the principal things in
growing them is to keep them well
supplied with water. Those that are
to be grown for Easter are better
potted at once and kept cool until the

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Bobt. Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.

Window Boxes For Winter.

Now is the time to push the window
boxes filled with box or evergreens for
the window ledge or balcony decora-
tion. Of late years there has been a
general awakening for embellishing
the home with some feature of this
kind which has brought about a large-
ly increased demand for box, ever-
greens and similar plants.

The ordinary pine box, painted or

WINTER WINDOW BOX OF EVERGREENS.

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first of the year, but before potting
soak the clumps well in a tub of wa-
ter; then after potting water thorough-
ly and place in a cool, dark place.
Those that are to be bloomed for Me-
morial day or late in spring can be left
in the case, but turn the hose on them
and give them a good soaking and
then put them In a cool, damp cellar
until late in winter, when they can
be benched or potted as desired.

Toledo, O. — With over 125 varieties
of the most beautiful blossoms the Wal-
bridge park chrysanthemum show will
be opened formally in the second week
In November.

bark covered, thought good enough and
considered standard for a long time,
has now in competition the more or-
namental and substantial terra cotta
or cement box, which, while the first
cost is much greater, is found cheaper
in the end as, if moderate care is given
in handling, they will last practically
a lite time. They are best not made
too long; better two boxes three feet in
length than one six feet, as they are
very heavy to handle. If feet are
lacking, they should be raised from the
window sill on strips of wood at least
one inch, admitting air underneath the
box. The standard material for these
winter gardens is box. The bushes or

trees come in all sizes and shapes and
after planting, the result can be made
as formal as desired.

EVEBGEEENS.

Next to box, the various types of
arborvitae and retinispora are consid-
ered the most available. The globe
arborvitae is one of the best, which,
with others of its class, should be pro
tected from the early frost, as it will
turn the foliage a russet brown. Reti-
nispora plumosa and aurea, the golden
sort, are very good for the purpose.
Hemlocks fill up nicely but are not
much used. Dwarf pines are also
good, making a very pretty and differ-
ent filling. It is best to have a good
roomy box, so that there is plenty of
space for the roots. Flaring it out at
the top towards the front gives added
space, particularly for vines to hang
over the side.

The filling is now much more preten-
tious than formerly, when a row of
plants the same size was thought suf-
ficient. The-up-to-date plan is to
plant tall pyramids at the ends, and
then graduate in different sizes to-
wards the center where the ends meet
in low bushy formation, from the cen-
ter of which rises a standard box on
stem from twenty inches to two feet.
This with a globular head rising about
twelve inches above the lowest part of
the box, gives a formal but finished
appearance to the work.

The common hardy ivy makes a
good vine, falling down, so as at times
to cover the box almost completely.
Euonymus radicans variegata is also
very hardy and gives with its silvery
white foliage quite a distinctive ap-
pearance. Some arrangements are
very formal, the box being planted
quite full and then clipped into the
shape desired. An innovation Is a
trellis at either end of the box, to
which is trained ivies which carry the
decorations up about three feet;
the effect Is good. The ivies should be
tacked to the front of the box with
double pointed tacks. Some like the
vines to hang straight down, in which
case, short, bushy plants, without long
vines, are best. These, if planted
rather closely together, will make a
pretty effect. In the case of the terra
cotta box, ivy vines can be tied back
with a copper wire of medium size;

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this will not rust and prevents the
vines from blowing around and keeps
the work neat and shapely. This is
also the season of the pyramid box in
tubs for either side of the entrance.
These can readily be transferred to
vases or other ornamental receptacles,
which, when nicely filled, give an air
of distinction to a dwelling or apart-
ment house that cannot be obtained
in any other way.

A good display of box plants and
evergreens in various sizes is a great
help to their sale. Finished work is
sure to be admired; many persons
have to see or be shown, before they
will make up their minds. "Hav-
ing a lot coming in tomorrow,"
is not making a sale today and the
man with stock on hand will be most
likely to get the order. One man in
mind has built up quite a trade in win-
dow box work by making it a feature
of his fall and spring business. His
method is to have the work canvassed,
getting a list of those using such out-
door decorations, then writing them,
stating prices for which he would do
the work. In this way he has gained
many new customers. Other persons
having available window ledges or
balconies, have pointed out to them the
addition such decorations would add to
the beauty of the house, and at the
same time help to make the city beau-
tiful.

K.

THE CARNATION.

Cutting:, Packing and Sltipping Cut Blooms

The first thing to learn is that cut-
ting does not mean breaking or pinch-
ing. Even at the expense of some ad-
ditional time, use a good sharp knife
and cut them. A good clean cut is of
little injury to the plant, but a break
is decidedly injurious. It may not show
at once; in fact, it may not show tlais
winter, but keep on breaking and prop-
agating from the same plant contin-
uously for several years and you will
see results, but on the wrong side of
the ledger. You will get better and
far healthier results from a cut branch
than one that has been broken. Take
the flower itself; given a clean cut
stem it will last longer as a cut flower,
and it is the flower that lasts is going
to win out with the flower buying
public.

Cutting carnations at the proper time
is a study and one vt'ell worth some
experimenting and some investigation.
Each variety has certain characteris-
tics different from every other variety
and these same characteristics differ
with different growers and localities,
so that no set rule can be laid down
as perfect. Some varieties are better
cut before full development, others are
better if left on the plant until well de-
veloped and fully open. Even this rule
varies with different soils and under
different methods of culture.

There is but one way to arrive at
proper conclusions as to the best time
to cut them in your particular case,
and that is cut some at different stages
of development, and making a record
for each vase, keep them until they go
to sleep, then following up with a com-
plete record of their behavior from the
day they were cut. This can be done
about three _ times during the season
when the {lowers are not too valuable,
and you will have your experience for
the following years. Possibly you may

GLADIOLUS COLVILLEI BLUSHING BRIDE.

think this Is impractical, but let me
tell you that the time is not coming,
it is here right now, when the little
details of floriculture will have to be
practiced, if we expect success, and
this matter of cuting your flowers just
at the right stage is going to mean
something. After you have mastered
this end of the growing, do not hide
your light under a bushel; let the pub-
lic know that your flowers are as near-
ly right in every way as it is possible
to produce them, and demand a rea-
sonable profit for producing them.

After they are cut, Immerse the
stems at least one-third of their length
in water for a few hours in a cellar or
flower vault where the temperature
runs between 45° and 50°, with the
water about the same temperature.
There seems to be a general opinion
that carnations should be kept in water
about 24 hours from the time they are
cut before they are shipped to the com-
mission houses. Just why this amount
of time should be cut out of their life
as a cut flower, before even the re-
tailer gets them. Is more than I can
explain, and it seems a rather doubt-
ful rule to follow. Of course, if they
are kept by the grower, in water, and
in a cellar where the temperature is
kept close to the freezing point for 24
hours, they will probably reach the
commission house looking better than
those that were cut in the morning
and shipped in the afternoon, but nine
times out of ten the later shipment will
give better results to the final pur-
chaser (the consumer) than the one
24 hours old, and you cannot get this

too deeply Imbedded In your mind —
that on the satisfaction of the con-
sumer rests the future of your business.
Whether you keep them 24 hours or
only four hours, when you come to
pack them for shipment, do not spoil
all your previous effort by carelessness
here. If your flowers are not strictly
high class stock, bunch them into
twenty-fives. Line your box, accord-
ing to the weather, either with waxed
tissue paper only, or in cold weather,
with an additional lining of good warm
paper or cotton wadding between the
side of the box and the tissue paper.
Do not economize here; it does not pay.
Have a good box, and have it properly
prepared for your flowers. Make a roll
of soft paper, moistened, thick enough
to keep the flowers from touching the
bottom of the box when the bunch is
laid in, and do not let the flowers
touch the end of the box. After you
have your first layer in, cleat them
down just tight enough so that they
cannofmove. To do this properly you
must have a box just long enough to
hold two bunches placed with the
stems about touching each other in the
middle, and the flowers at each end of
the box, and deep enough for about
two layers, repeating the paper cush-
ion and cleating with each layer. See
that the box is good and tight, and
plainly marked, "cut flowers," and then
see that your local express employes
know how it should be handled. A
little diplomacy and a little instruction
along with it, may me-xn a lot to you
in a year in the handling of your ship-
ments.

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strictly high grade carnations should
be packed the same as roses, in rows
across the .box, with a moist paper
cushion under each row of flowers, and
each layer carefully cleated so they
cannot move in handling the box. Ex-
hibitors of carnations have found that
this is the only way to pack them and
have them arrive in exhibition shape.
If you have exhibition flowers, and
many of you have, there is no reason
why they should not reach the retailer
and the consumer in the same good
shape. A few of the high class grow-
ers are adopting the method of packing
an assortment in a box, marking on
the covering just what the box con-
tains, and selling them without being
unpacked; that is, the commission man
by looking at the cover knows what is
in the box and sells it to the retailer
just as received and without unpack-
ing. This method saves one handling
and should be more m vogue than it is.

Like a great many other subjects this
one has been dwelt upon so many times
that it is in a measure repetition, but
there are always men new to the busi-
ness, and these newcomers may get a
few points from the above. Both new
and old will have to conform more
every day to the golden rule of busi-
ness, and that is to give value for value
received. If you are going to grow car-
nations today, and handle them so that
they go to sleep almost as soon as
they reach the consumer's hands, you
are going to sleep yourself and if not
very careful will sleep into obliviion.
ALBERT M. Here.

Preparations for Winter.

Everything about the carnation
houses should now be in readiness for
the winter's campaign. The vigorous
growing plants must not be neglected
in any way; the many routine details
necessary to produce high-grade flow-
ers should be looked after from day to
day. Look well to that part of the
work of keeping the plants in the
rings, wires or strings, so that the
stems will be stiff and straight. A
very important feature, so far as first
grade blooms are concerned, medium
sized flowers with straight, stiff stems
are more useful than larger flowers
with crooked weak stems.

A steady temperature at all times is
an important factor for the best re-
sults; it is a safeguard against burst-
ing calyxes, weak stems and spotted
flowers. Firing is necessary every
night now, so it is an easy matter to
keep an even temperature. The tem-
peratures best suited to carnations are
50 to 52 degrees at night, 5G to 58 de-
grees on cloudy days with a rise of
8 to 10 degrees on very bright days.

It has not been found necessary to use
more than one line of steam pipe at a
time so far this season but do not use
the same line of pipe all the time.
Change off from one line to another so
that the benches have a chance to dry
evenly. Carnations delight in plenty of
fresh air, provided it is not accom-
panied by cold drafts blowing, directly
on to the plants; but beware of sudden
changes in the temperature, particular-
ly in the early morning. To allow the
temperature to rise above the limit
before commencing to ventilate, will
surely bring on red spider and cause
weak stems. Follow up closely the
work of disbudding to give the center
bud a good show.

"Cutting, bunching and packing the
flowers for market are .very important
parts of the work. First, there is the
cutting of the flowers; this is best done
early in the day, so that if the ship-
ment has to leave by express in the
afternoon they will have had time to
stiffen up in water before packing. If
they are to be shipped the next morn-
ing the few extra hours in water is a
help to them. The plants are now
throwing fairly long stems, but do not
be tempte'd to extend them by cutting
too low down in the plant at the sacri-
fice of some of the lower growth
shoots. Most of th'e flowers sent to mar-
ket are bunched but where they can
and will handle them packed loose in
single layer boxes, the results are de-
cidedly worth the extra cost and trou-
be, but whichever method is followed,
be sure the flowers are of an even
grade, both as to color, size and fresh-
ness. Do not allow the flowers to lay
around after being cut, but get them in
water as quickly as possible: also keep
the flowers cut up close; there is not
anything gained by allowing them to
remain on the plants after they are
ready to cut.

In a short while it will be time to
think about the propagating, and now
while the weather is fine, is the best
time to arrange for the sand; also the
soil for potting the young stock. Get
it into the shed so that it will be dry
and ready to use when needed.

C. W. Johnson.

THE ROSE.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Invitations are
out for the wedding of Stephen A.
Jamieson and Miss Eleanor Florence
Allanson, November 18.

Wilmington, Del. — The annual ex-
hibition of the Peninsula Horticultural
Society will be held here, January 12-
15, 1915. Copies of the premium list
may be had on application to Wesley
Webb, Dover, Del.

Care of the Houses.

The rose houses will require the
most careful management at this time.
As the seasons change, the plants seem
to receive a check, and a greater check
perhaps in the autumn than in the
spring, particularly the young stock,
but if one starts the fires and keeps
the fireman on regularly, there will be
little harm done. The main thing is to
equalize the temperature, as often the
houses will reach a temperature of 9L)°
to 10U° at noon and drop to 70° at sun-
down, and the following 3 a. m. the
houses may go as low as 45°. The dif-
ference of 45° to 50° is of course too
great and the thing to do is to push
the steam around and equalize this dif-
ference by running the houses at about
05° with several inches of air on, and
gradually reducing the temperature as
the weather becomes generally cooler
during the day. As soon as the day
temperature can be kept at 75° of
course the night temperature can be
dropped to 00° for most of the vari-
eties. Mrs. Aaron Ward, My Maryland
and perhaps some of the new varieties
will require a night temperature of 05°
the year around in order to have them
productive and to produce well formed
flowers, but as stated above any great
difference between the day and night
temperature must be avoided in order
to greatly reduce the chances of a se-
vere check to the growing stock as all
deciduous plants naturally look for this
winter rest and the least encourage-
ment towards the cold side will cause
a great loss of foliage, as well as black
spot, mildew, etc.

Keep the pipes at all times from now
on painted with sulphur and do not
close the vents only when fumigating;
a crack of air on the houses through,
the milder weather of the fall months-
will be of great benefit to the plants.
It is not any too soon to begin a little-
extra feeding on the carried over
plants, preferably a fairly good mulcl*
of well rotted cow manure at this time^
which will carry them along nicely un-
til December. They can then take the-
liquid manure. Usually the plants on
the south side of the beds will dry out
much more rapidly and they are gen-
erally much stronger owing to their fa-
vored position, consequently one can
apply the mulch a little heavier on
the south side of a bed or table. Octo-
ber is the month to let the flowers
come rather sparingly. Avoid crop-
ping by all means, only letting the
strongest growths bloom, and as this

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la the last month that one really has
to shape up the stock before real cold
■weather sets in, the thing to do is to
build up the plants for the heavy
strain they will be subjected to later
on.

Keep the plants tied regularly. Fum-
igate often and syringe early and thor-
oughly. Cut off the stem heads as
fioon as possible, and air the houses
gradually; do not cool the houses off
suddenly at any time, but reduce the
amount of air in the afternoon care-
fully. Keep the beds clean and the
surroundings clean, and remember the
"dry side," as we sometimes hear sug-
gested as the safe side to run the rose
beds, is the most dangerous for many
reasons, as with all other conditions
favorable the rose requires an abun-
dance of water, perfectly drained beds
being very hard to over water. By
■examining the soil frequently and not-
ing the healthy growth and the re-
sults of copious watering or the re-
verse and looking right into things is
really the only way to get at the re-
<iuirements of the rose. And the results
of careful study and untiring vigilance
■will reap its own reward — success.

E.

The Philadelphia Show.

The chrysanthemum and autumn
flower show of the Pennsylvania Hor-
ticultural Society opened with a fair
attendance on Tuesday evening, No-
vember 3. The consensus of opinion
appears to be that it was held a week
too soon, as by waiting until Novem-
"ber 9, election day would have been
avoided, and the pot chrysanthemums
-would have been in much better condi-
tion, as many of the plants carried a
lot of buds, which would have been
lull blown the week following.

Chairman William E. Graham had
a force busy decorating all day Mon-
<iay, November 2. Wild smilax and
autumn leaves were largely used to
good effect. A balcony about four feet
above the floor was erected on either
side of the large hall with a balustrade
in front, from which rose large pillars,
and on top of each pillar was a bushy
Harris fern. Choice kentias were
placed at intervals on the balcony,
■which was filled with chairs, so that
■visitors could rest and listen to the
music of the orchestra. The stage was
also decorated in much the same man-
ner. Above the stage and balcony
■were festooned Japanese lanterns, each
■containing an electric light, which
■when lighted up made a fine effect.
Chrysanthemum plants in flower were
as usual a prominent feature and oc-
cupying almost the entire center of
the hall. All the exhibitors would
have liked to have had another week,
as scarcely any of the varieties ■were
at their best.

William Bachelor, gardener, staged
some very well-grown plants, full of
Sood-sized flowers. Wm. Turner, D.
B. Crane and Dr. Enguehart were his
varieties. David Aitkin, gardener to
■Geo. H. McFadden, had a good col-
lection. Dr. Enguehard, Mrs. H.
Weeks and Mrs. Frank Thompson
■were special plants in this collection.
Mrs. Jos. F. Sinnott exhibited varie-
ties Wm. Turner, Dr. Enguehard, Mrs.
J. F. Sinnott, La Africa, Golden Age,
Rothello and Mrs. Moy, all showing
■very good culture, being well flowered.
Jos. Hurley, gardener to W. C. Hun-
ter, entered quite a variety, all well
flowered. Wm. Turner, Wm. Duckham,
Golden Age, Chrysolora, Ramapo,

Wells' Late Pink, Nerissa, Pocket's
Crimson, Miss Anna Thompson, Mrs.
Frank Thompson and Garnet Gem
were the varieties.

In the center of the hall Wm. Klein-
heinz, Ogontz, Pa., staged a fine ex-
hibit of cattleyas, oncidiums and
cypripediums in variety, a tree trunk
and branches was covered with plants
of cattleyas and oncidiums in flower,
while below on a bed of ferns were

in full flower. There was also a full
line" of garden accessories and a gen-
eral collection of bulbs. The space
was nicely illuminated with electric
light. On the opposite side of the
foyer H. A. Dreer also exhibited a
fine collection of bulbs and a nicely
arranged assortment of garden uten-
sils and greenhouse accessories.

In the rear lower hall there were
some very interesting displays. In the

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the cypripediums. This was a beau-
tiful display.

A group of large crotons, magnifi-
cent plants, six to eight feet in height,
made another very beautiful group.
They were exhibited by John Hobson,
gardener to Edward A. Schmidt.

Wm. Robertson, gardener to Wm.
Pepper, arranged a fine group cover-
ing 100 square feet. This contained
well-colored crotons, dracsenas, aloca-
sias and other foliage plants, the flow-
ering plants being single chrysanthe-
mums and a few single stalk plants
of the larger flowered sorts, each with
an immense flower. On top of this
group was a large plant of Phoenix
Roebelenii.

A group covering 50 square feet w9.s
arranged by C. Lindreth, gardener to
Rudolph Ellis. This contained single
chrysanthemums, pandanus, dracjenas,
begonias in flower, with Primula ob-
conica and ferns around the edge and
on top was a kentia palm. It was
a beautiful piece of work. The same
grower had some very fine single flow-
ered plants in six-inch pots. The va-
rieties were Wm. Duckham and Wm.
Turner.

In front of the platform H. A. Dreer,
Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., had a splendid
assortment of new and standard sorts
of palms, ferns, dracsenas, cocos, etc.
Prominent among them were varie-
gated pineapples, Sansevieria zeylan-
ica Laurentii, Adiantum gloriosa,
Pteris Childsii, Alpinia sanderse, mag-
nificent Cocos Weddeliana, etc.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co. staged a lot
of his choice hybrid gladioli, all raised
from seed sown this season. The
flowers are beautiful, of large size and
exquisite coloring.

In the lower foyer the H. F. Mich-
ell Co.. Philadelphia, Pa., had quite
an imposing booth, in which was dis-
played large photographs of gardens
in which all kinds of Holland bulbs
that had been furnished by them were

center was a series of aquariums filled
with rare and curious gold and other
fish, Japanese fringetails, lion heads,
telescopes, electric eels, walking fish
and the ladder fish of the Amazon.
This exhibit was the center of attrac-
tion at all times. These were ex-
hibited by Franklin Barrett. H. S.
Betz, Philadelphia, Pa., made a fea-
ture of window boxes covered with
birch bark and filled for interior deco-
rating with dracienas, crotons, ferns,
etc., and for outside display with
bo.x and evergreens. He staged also
a nice assortment of decorative plants
for the house.

Thos. Meehan «& Sons, Philadelphia,
Pa., had as their feature hardy chry-
santhemums, showing a fine collection
of assorted varieties. Arranged in
front were bark-covered boxes filled
with evergreens for outdoor decora-
tion of windows, balconies, etc.

The large orchid case of Louis Burk
was again a feature. It was filled
with the very choicest specimens of
this aristocratic family. Cattleyas,
oncidiums and a splendid lot of cypri-
pediums were beautifully arranged in
the case, which was always surround-
ed by an admiring throng. A gilt pic-
ture frame with a dark velvet back-
ground contained a few specimen
flowers to appear as if painted. The
effect was very good.

The center of attraction in the lower
hall was the Japanese garden exhibited
by Edward Stroud, a large Japanese
garden scene painted by his sister, an
artist, formed a background. This
was about twenty-five feet in width.
A light bamboo shelter was erected
to one side of this, continuing the
scene in the picture. Chrysanthe-
mum plants were placed under this
frame work up to the background.
Japanese screens fenced in the two
sides of the garden, while the front
was open for a good view of the
work. Cryptomeria japonica trees, a
crane and other Jap appointments

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made up this exhibit, which was the
. best arranged and most effective gar-
den ever seen in the hall.

snow NOTES.

The general consensus of opinion of
the old guard committees of arrange-
ment and those in charge of the
awards was that the exhibition as a
whole was quite up to, if not superior,
to that of the past few years. Al-
though a little too early for some of
the varieties, yet when staged they
looked very well and gave the judges
quite a task in awarding the prizes.

There were several new plants, Dra-
caena Longii, named after Thomas
Long, and exhibited by him, is a won-
der; It is on the type of D. draco, simi-
lar in habit with a broad stripe of
white down the center of the leaf, di-
vided by a light line of green. The
plant is very regular in growth and
coloring and looks more like an arti-
ficial creation than anything ever in-
troduced. Another striking plant was
a ficus with a spear-shaped leaf. This
is a strong grower and came up
amongst some orchid peat with Al-
phonse Pericat. It should be a good
plant for collections. Cyrtostachys
Renda, a new palm exhibited by
Thomas Long, was very distinct, the
stems of the leaves and trunk were an
orange red, like polished mahogany,
a great novelty.

The orchids as usual were very at-
tractive. Louis Burk won first prize
in the open to all class with a splen-
did collection; also first for the Cat-
tleya laelia hybrid; the latter plant
•shows as a picture in a frame.

Wm. Kleinheinz won first for his
beautifully arranged display of cattle-
yas and oncidiums, which were a fea-
ture of the main hall. '

John Hobson received the blue rib-
bon for his excellent group of cro-
tons.

Wm. Robertson won first for his ex-
cellent grouping of foliage and flower-
ing plants.

The cut chrysanthemums were of
very fine quality. The Wm. Turner
was a great favorite, as at least one-
fourth of the blooms shown were of
this variety. There were fourteen en-
tries for the best eight flowers of this
grand root and they made a splen-
did showing, being placed on either
side of the steps of the grand stair-
case. Mr. Kleinheinz was first and
P. Scott second.

The cut flowers were arranged along
the aisle around the balcony leading
to the foyer and were very interesting
to the visitors.

Mrs. Gilbert Drabble is another won-
derful white.

A lemon yellow sport of Wm. Tur-
ner, staged by Hartman Kuhn, at-
tracted attention, as did a white sporl
of Morton H. Plant, exhibited by J.
G. Cassatt.

Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N. J., ex-
hibited Arlington, a fine crimson of
a hardy sort.

A vase of a perfect pink anemone
was shown by Mrs. E. P. Miller. It
is a beautiful root.

The first prize for the best fifty
blooms, ten vases of five each, was
won by Wm. Kleinheinz, with John
Dodds second. Both exhibits were re-
markably fine and gave the judges
quite a task to decide which was best.
In the foyer the ornamental plant
classes were exhibited. There were a
number of groups of magnificently
colored plants showing splendid cul-
ture.

David Aiken, gardener to G. H. Mc-
Padden, won first prize for five best

foliage plants. Thos. Long won first
for eight plants with superb speci-
mens. Wm. Robertson won first for
twelve plants; they were splendid,
highly colored examples of careful
handling, groomed to the hour.

David Aiken won for the best six
warranted and Rudolph Ellis was first
for the six best ferns.

John Dodds won the blue ribbon
for twelve best palms. And was sec-
ond in the class for the twelve best
foliage.

W. W. Frazier, Jr., was first for
miniature garden with Miss Ethel
Burke second.

In the arranged vases of foliage,
grasses and choice cut chrysanthe-
mums, John Dunn won first, with
Thomas Gaynor second.-

On the lower floor Thos. Long ex-
hibited four choice specimen ferns,
magnificent plants six to eight feet
in diameter.

H. A. Dreer, Inc., had as a feature
of their exhibit a moving panoramic
series of views of plants and flowers
that was very interesting.

E. G. Hill staged a large vase of
his new rose Ophelia, in splendid con-
dition; a great rose, perfectly formed,
with- buds on long stiff stems, and
ideal as a cut flower. He also dis-
played a vase of one hundred Hoosier
Bgauty, a fine red with long stems.

K.

Menlo Park Horticultural Society.

FALL SHOW.

Every member of the Mento Park
Horticultural Society should feel proud
of the splendid fall show that has just
come to a successful close. The so-
ciety was particularly fortunate in
having for the first time a hall large
enough to accommodate all exhibitors
without crowding. The Armory was
an ideal place, being well lighted and
ventilated. The weather was all that
could be wished for; this no doubt
helped to bring out the large attend-
ance. Chrysanthemums, of course,
proved to be the most admired flow-
ers. All the novelties and standard
varieties were to be seen in great pro-
fusion.

The large exhibit of the Lynch Nur-
sery Co., Menlo Park, Calif., showed
chrysanthemums up to the usual
standard of excellence. Some grand
blooms were also staged by the Hills-
borough Nurseries, Burlingame, Calif.
Frank R. Mills, Palo Alto, Calif., also
showed some fine stock of the newer
varieties. The above three firms, to-
gether with Henry Goertzhain, were
the principal exhibitors in the com-
mercial- classes. The Hillsborough
Nurseries had the field to themselves
in roses and staged splendidly grown
stock. In carnations Nels Peterson
was the chief winner. His vase of
Gorgeous being the finest vase of car-
nations in the show.

The exhibits from the various es-
tates around Menlo Park showed how
thoroughly th-e gardeners had prepared
for this show. They were very beau-
tifully arranged and greatly admired.
The groups of Louis Stern, D. Jack
Sinclair, gardener, showed well grown
stock and the competition proved very
keen. Mr. Bassett showed some splen-
didly grown crotons, aralias and vari-
ous store plants. Jack Sinclair's group
showed crotons, orchids, caladiums
and palms, and was awarded the soci-
ety's silver cup. John A. Carbone, of
Berkeley, and David Bassett were the
only competitors in the orchid group.
Both of these made grand showings
of many fine hybrids. The competi-
tion for the gold watch presented by
the Lord & Burnham Co., of New
York, drew out some of the grandest
plants at the show. Jack Sinclair won
with some beautiful specimen crotons.
dracaenas, palms, etc. David Bassett

showed some very rare specimens, also
getting second prize. The Lynch
Nursery Co. and Frank R. Mills
showed two splendid groups not for
competition. The former showed the
different forms of the nephrolepis, adi-
antums and pot chrysanthemums. The
Mills group contained Bostons, cycla-
mens, gloxinias and seed ferns. Both
groups were artistically arranged and
came in for much favorable comment.
The tuberous begonias grown in pots
by David Bassett were a revelation.
Seldom has stock as _fine as this been
shown on this coasti The cut blooms
of dahlias and tuberous begonias occu-
pied a large table to the left of the
entrance. Wm. Kettlewell carried oft
the cup for dahlias and D. Bassett for
tuberous begonias. In ferns, S. B.
Slade, C. Ehrich, gardener, carried off
the honors with splendidly grown
specimens.

The private gardeners' showing of
cut blooms of chrysanthemums was
very extensive. This display was to
the right of the hall and filled one
very long table. C. Ehrlch's stock
was very fine, as also was that of D.
Bassett, J. Paneika, John M. Daly and
Jack Patterson. Everything good and
new was shown and every decision of
the judges was a close one.

For the first time in the history of
the society a grand display of fruits
was shown, and judging by the way
the crowds lingered around this table
the exhibit was a popular one. The
wonderful grapes shown by John M.
Daly were a revelation to most of the
visitors. The vegetable exhibit was
large and every exhibitor put up ex-
cellent stock.

On the third day of the show the
table decorations, bouquets and cor-
sages were staged. The room in
which they were placed was a trifle
small for the large number of en-
tries. Andrew McDonald carried oft
the silver cup for a very beautiful
table. The center of the table was
sunken and was filled with rocks, on
which cattleyas and crotons appeared
to be growing. Plenty of gold fish dis-
ported themselves among the rocks
and water and flowers. Frank Mills'
table was very unique, but was handi-
capped by lack of room. Mrs. John
Lee and Mrs. G. Laumeister also dec-
orated very beautiful tables.

The show was a financial success
and of course was generously patron-
ized. John M. Daly, chairman of the
exhibition, is entitled to the sincere
thanks of the society, as he proved an
indefatigable worker for its success.
Geo. Ward, manager of the show, and
P. Ellings, secretary of the society,
also proved of great value in making
the show what it proved to be.

The competition in the various
classes, which numbered over GO, was
very keen, and the general excellence
of the exhibits made the judges' task
no easy matter.

For the best exhibit of flowering
plants and foliage covering a space
of 150 square feet, Mrs. J. B. Coryell
was awarded a silver cup, and Louis
Stern won the second prize. The gold
watch offered by the Lord & Burnham
Co., New York, for best 12 decorative
plants, was also won by Mrs. Coryell,
who also captured five first prizes. L.
Stern received eight first and five sec-
ond prizes in various classes, while
S. E. Slade won nine firsts and one
second.

The Lynch Nursery Company cap-
tured nine firsts and the Hillsboro '
Nurseries were awarded six firsts and
three seconds, among a long list of
prize winners. G. N.

New Ha^ttn-. Conn.— H. p. Brooks,
president of the New Haven Horticul-
tural Society, who recently purchased
the range of A. J. Thompson, on
Campbell avenue, has three houses
filled with plants and reports business
good.

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FALL EXHIBITION.

The fall show of this society was
held in the American Museum of
Natural History, Central Park West
and 77th street, October 30-November
3. While there was a decrease, from
last year, in the quantity of stock,
there were a number of very, interest-
ing and creditable exhibits. In the
commercial line, the following firms
contributed largely for success : A. N.
Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.; F. R.
Pierson and the F. R. Pierson Co.,
Tarry town and Scarborough, N. Y. ;
Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.; Joseph
A. Manda, West Orange, N. J.; The
Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.;
Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.; Thos.
W. Head, Bergenfleld, N. J., and Ricli-
ard Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md. The private estates were
well represented by Clement Moore,
Hackensack, N. J.; Adolph Lewisohn,
Ardsley, N. Y.; Samuel Untermeyer,
Yonkers, N. Y.; Miss C. A. Bliss, New-
Canaan, Conn.; Mrs. S. Neustadt,
Chappaqua, N. Y., and a number of
others.

The exhibit of A. N. Pierson. Inc.,
was varied and very interesting; par-
ticularly so was their new pompon
chrysanthemum. Harvest Moon. A
number of other chrysanthemums and
the new roses, Hadley, Francis Scott
Key and Mrs. Moorfleld Story were in-
cluded in this exhibit. Chas. H.
Totty, Madison, N. J., made a fine dis-
play, as he always does.

The orchid exhibits of the Julius
Roehrs Co., Lager & Hurrell, Joseph
A. Manda and Clement Moore, were
particularly fine. F. R. Pierson came
out strong with ferns.

Among those prominent among the
successful contestants in the list of
awards were Charles H. Totty, with
nine first and one second prizes; F. R.
Pierson Co., silver medal, special
award, five first and two second prizes;
Julius Roehrs Co., silver medal, five,
first and one second prizes; Miss C. A^
Bliss, five first and two second prizes,
and Howard Cole, special award, two
first and one second prizes.

A. F. F.

Boston.

BUSINESS SHOWS IMPROVEMENT.

Business during the first part of the
past week continued very poor, but on
Saturday, October 31, took a change
for the better. The supply seems to be
shortening a little, very probably due
to the cold, dull weather we have been
passing through, and Hallowe'en created
more demand than the preceding
weeks. BonnafCon chrysanthemums are
making their appearance and bring
good prices. The quality of flowers for
this time of the season is remarkable.
Nearly every grower, upon being ques-
tioned as to the condition of his stock,
replies that "it never looked better,"
and the appearance of the goods com-
ing to the Boston market bears out the
statement. It seems too bad that goods
of such exceptional quality should be
sold at practically no profit. Roses are
abundant, as are carnations and. In
fact, nearly all flowers. Pansies have
made their appearance, but do not sell
as well as they 'Should. Violets are of
good quality, as the warm weather of
the first part of September forced them,
but It Is not expected that they will
bear as abundantly as they should
during the months to come. The little
spurt of trade October 31 offered en-
couragement and Boston is looking for-
ward to a change for the better.

NOTES.

Wm. Riggs, of Auburndale, Mass.. Is
shipping very fine Boston and Whit-
mani ferns as well as a good assort-
ment of cut chrysanthemums. This
year an old house was torn down and
replaced with a modern one. His poin-
settias and azaleas for Christmas are
coming along very well.

Schouler & Wilson, of Wellesley,
Mass., who occupy the range run by
Arthur Capers for the four preceding
years, are shipping to the Co-operative
Market a large supply of Chrysanthe-
mums Pacific-Supreme. They have a
crop of Bonnaffon nearly ready for cut-
ting.

John McFarland is cutting some very
fine gardenias from his greenhouses at
North Easton. His poinsettias for the
Christmas trade are coming along nice-
ly. He is about to market chrysanthe-
mums Bonnaffon and Enguehard, both
of which are looking extra fine.

The best Eaton chrysanthemums
coming to Boston are grown by J. A.
Budlong, of Auburn, R. I. The flowers
measure from seven to eight inches in
diameter and sell readily for double
the price of other varieties.

F. J. Bell, of Stoughton, Mass.,
shipped SO dozen of the finest Bonnaf-
fon chrysanthemums seen in the city
this week. He also has a gqod supply
of chrysanthemum Christmas Cheer,
which is very popular.

M. B. Dallachie, of Newton, Mass.,
is busy housing his English primroses.

The Late Godfrey Aschmann.

He also has a good crop of violets as
well as a few carnations and chrys-
anthemum grown for an established re-
tail trade.

Geo. Cartwright, treasurer of the
Boston Flower Exchange, is confined to
his home in Boston with a severe at-
tack of indigestion. His condition at
the time of writing is reported as im-
proving.

Thomas Butterworth, of So. Framing-
ham, Mass., is cutting Cattleya labiata,
which is remarkable for its size and
color. He has a good supply this year
and has no trouble in disposing of
them.

Geo. Hannon, of Dorchester, well
known grower of chrysanthemums, la
dangerously ill at his home. His
friends at the markets all wish him a
speedy recovery.

Andrew Christensen, of Stoneham.
Mass., is cutting about 1.500 carnations
a day. He thinks well of Matchless
and Philadelphia, which he is testing
this season.

A. M. Davenport, of Watertown,
Mass.. in addition to a good supply of
pot plants, has some very fine cut cos-
mos. - F. L. W.

Lancaster, Pa. — S. S. Pennock and
Leo NIessen, of Philadelphia, and H.
C. Heusman. of Reading. Pa., have
been selected as judges for the flower
show of the Lancaster County Florists'
Association. November 6-7.

OBITUARY.

Godfrey Aschmann.

Godfrey Aschmann Is dead. That
bright, animated spirit, that aggressive
personality, so full of life and vigor, is
stilled. He worked and planned to the
last, being taken away in the midst of
his activities October 28. He was sick
but a week. He injured one of his feet
last spring; nothing serious, but the
wound did not heal properly and finally
blood poisoning set in and the end' soon
came. He was (JU years of age.

Mr. Aschmann was born in Switzer-
land, near Zurich, in 1848. His father
was engaged in horticultural pursuits.
Young Aschmann took to the business,
always having a love for flowers and
studied under a good grower, and later
a landscape gardener in Zurich. In
1S(>9 he decided to cast his lot in Amer-
ica and emigrated to the United States,
arriving in New York in Marcn. He
came to Philadelphia, entering the em-
ploy of Henry A. JJreer, helping in the
direction of the first greenhouses at
Riverton, N. J. He later took up land-
scape gardening and was quite success-
ful. About IWO he built his first green-
house at the present location. Tenth
and Ontario streets. As his business
increased he added new houses, until
every available foot of ground in this
closely built up section was covered
with glass. Mr. Aschmann built up
quite a large shipping trade to all parts
of the country, making a specialty of
araucarias, azaleas and palms, all of
which he imported largely. He also
grew quantities of Easter lilies, bego-
nias and ferns, as well as many other
plants; stock he could find a market
for in quantity. He was a great econo-
mist, utilizing every foot of the room
in his houses all the time. There was
always stock coming on to fill vacant
space as fast as it was made froth
sales. He was a great believer ih
printer's ink, using large snace at all
times in the trade press. In fact, when
the size of his place is considered he
was much the largest advertiser In the
business.

Mrs. Aschmann, whom he married in
1872, died in July, 1909. He leaves
three sons and three daughters.' John,
the oldest son, worked with his father,
while Edward and Howard carry on a
business for themselves under the firm
name of Aschmann Brothers at Second
and Butler streets. The funeral, at
which there were quantities of flowers,
took place on Saturday, October 31.

K.

Christian Ackermann, Sr.

After an Illness of three years with
a complication of diseases. Christian
Ackermann, Sr., aged 58, senior mem-
ber of the Riverside Floral Company.
Columbus, O., died October 20. He had
been a resident of Columbus since 1801.
Three of his sons were engaged with
him in the floral business. He Is sur-
vived by his father, Jacob Ackerman,
aged 84, of Columbus; his widow; four
sons, G. A. Christian, Jr., and Otto
Ackerman, of Columbus, and Emll
Ackerman of Chicago; a brother, W. A.
Ackerman of Columbus, and a sister,
Mrs. Christian Gouldner of Los An-
geles, Calif.

Grand forks, N. D. — B. O. Lovell,
florist, has leased a store In the Elks'
building and will open a downtown
shop.

Hartford, Conn. — The Spear & Mo-
Manus Co., florists, marked the open-
ing of the autumn season. October 8,
with a "Rose Day" celebration. Their
flower shop was a mass of bloom and
iO.nOO roses were distributed as souve-
nirs.

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Jo^n Hartje, Indianapolis.
Second Vice-Pres. State Florists' Ass'n of Imliana

Friedley, Cleveland, O.
Judfie.

W. J. Vesiy, Jr., Ft. Wayne.
First Vice-Pres. State Florists" Ass'n of IndiMnn.

E. G. Hill, Richmond.
Show Coniuuttee.

O. £. Steinkamp, Indianapolis.
Secretary St;Ue florists' Ass'n of India n».

H. L. Wiegand, Indianapolis.
Treasurer St'iti- Florists' Ass'n of Indiana.

J. F. Ammann, Ed^^'ardsville, III. Theodore A. Dorner, Lafayette. Harry White, North Manchester.

Jud^e. - ' Show rdniniilter. Show t'oininiltee.

PROMINENT MEN IDENTIFIED WITH NATIQNAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY AND THE INDIANAPOLIS SHOW.

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William Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa.
Pres. Chrysiuilheimim Society of America.

Chas. W. Johnson, Morgan Park. Chicago.
Sec'v Chrvsruitherauin StxHetv of A!iieric:i.

Vsl. W. Coles. Kokomo.
President State Florists' Ass'n of Indian;i.

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John N. May, Summit. N. J.
Treas. ChrysanHu-inum Society of Aiiifricn

A. F. J. Baur. Indianapolis.
\'iot-'-Pres. ChrysiiiitluMiiuiii SuL-ioty of AiiHTira.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
Executive Committee.

Irwin Bertermann. Indianapolis. R. Witterstaetter, Cincinnati, O. H. W. Rteman, Indianarolis

Show Committee. .Tudue. Executive ('(mmittoe.

PROMINENT MEN IDENTIFIED WITH NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY AND THE INDIANAPOLIS SHOW.

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The American Florist.

Nov. 7,

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THE AMERICAN FLOWST,
440 s. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS. /

Suggestions for plant growers .r' JpJ

— Rnuibler roses • lAl

— Outsiile tulips I.. '•'i

— nbirtiolus CohiUel (lUuB.) ^n^

— Sitir.-va Japonica ^9°

The retail trade *^^

— Window boxes for winter (iUus.) >y^

The Carnation "^^^

— Cutting, packing and shipping cut blooms. 7ft9

— Preparations for winter 7^9

riirilne university new range (lllus.) 709

The Rose S^^

— Care of the bouses 8'Ht

The Philadelphia show 801

Menlo Park Hort. Society W2

Hurt. Society of New York 803

Itoston "03

Obituary 80S

— Godfrey Aschmann (portrait) 803

— Christian Ackermann. Sr.... 803

Prominent men at Indianapolis show. .. .804-80.5

Editorial 8 lO

— Society of American Florists p.808

— Minnesota State Florists' Asson 806

— Chrysanthemum Society of America 806

— North Carolina weather freakish 800

— Oerniany lifts potash ban 8fiG

— Coming exhibitions 806

Pittsburgh * ."iOS

San Francisco 808

Tarrrtown Hort. Society. 80S

Cleveland ; 810

St. Louis 810

Chicago .812

Chicago to Indianapolis... 811

Milwaukee 815

CInciimati 816

Philadelphia S18

Now York 820

A Ibany , 821

Tile nursery trade •" 832

— French Nursery stock 832

— American Association of Nurserymen 832

— Acanthopanax rlcinifolium 832

Market gardeners R34

— Vegetable storage 834

^-Cucumber diseases require attention 834

New Orleans 82.t

Northern Westchester Co. Hort. Society 8.30

Nashville. Tenn 842

Morris Co. Gardeners* and Florists' Societies. 822

The seed trade 828

— riiiven Seed Co S28

— Free seeds discontinued In the Philippines. 828
— Imported red clover 828

Coal Prices Advance.

Chicago.— The cold weather last week
caused a stifTening in prices In the
smokeless field. As soon as snow fell
bigger orders began to come in, with
the result that the market has ab-
sorbed about all the spot coal on hand
and prices advanced accordingly.

TlTERE is an increased demand for
winter window boxes of evergreens in
the larger cities.

Indianapolis with its big exhibition
and meeting of the Chrysanthemum
Society of America, opening Novem-
ber C, is the Mecca of chrysanthemum
growers this year.

Arrangements are under way for
trips to the Dorner establishment and
the new state university greenhouses at
LaFayette, Ind., during the Indianapo-
lis meeting of the Chrysanthemum So-
ciety of America, November G-8.

Carnation Nebraska.— C. H. Frey,
Lincoln, Neb., sends us some fine
biwjms of his new carnation Nebraska,
which is a vivid red, of good size, with
excellent stems and calyx. The flow-
ers arrived in excellent condition.
Those who have seen this variety
growing say it blooms with great free-
dom and constancy and that it should
be a moneymaker for the holiday
trade.

Society of American Florists.

N.VTIONAL snow, PniLADELPniA, 1016.

Chairman George Asm us has in-
structed me to call a meeting of the
national flower show committee at the
Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, Wednes-
day, November 11, at 10 a. m. As
very important business will be trans-
acted at this meeting every member
of the committee is reqwested to be
present.

John Young. Sec'y.

Tlie Minnesota State Florists' Association.

The Minnesota State Florists' Asso-
ciation will hold their November meet-
ing at West Hotel, Minneapolis. Minn.,
November 12. Business meeting opens
at three o'clock p. m.,, followed by a
banquet for ladies and gentlemen at
0:30 p. m.; tickets $1 per ptate. The
evening' session opeps at eight o'clock
p. m. -Essays on "Recent Introduction
of Roses" and "Perennial Plants for
Florists'.' will be read. There will be
exhibits of chrysanthemums, roses, car-
nations, etc., which will be judged and
diplomas, etc., awarded. A social en-
tertainment will be a feature. All flor-
ists are invited.

Gust Malmquist, Sec'y.

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Cincinnati, O., October 24. — Zora,
yellow, pompon, scored SO points, e.x-
iiibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
Adrian, JJicli.

Chicago; October 24.— Zora, yellow,
pompon, icoifed 89 points, exhibited by
Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Boston, Mass., October 24. — Zora,
yellow, pompon, scored 8!> points, ex-
hibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
Adrian, Mich.

Chicago, October 24.— Yellow seed-
ling, yellow, incurved, scored 80 points
commercial, exhibited by Charles H.
Totty, Madison, N. J.

Chicago. October 24. — Antigone,
white, incurved, scored 78 points com-
mercial, exhibited by Charles H. Totty,
Madison, N. J.

C. W. JOHNSON, Sec'y.

North Carolina"Weather Freakish.

As a year, 1914 has been famous for
its weather freaks in North Carolina,
according to J. B. P. Massey, co-opera-
tive observer. United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, stationed at the
North Carolina State Hospital, Mor-
ganton, N. C. Cabbages were planted
Janniary 29. There were many frosts
during the winter and spring months.
The year will be long remembered for
its many and severe dry periods and
for its long and ^eautiful autumn.
The fall weather has been one of un-
precedented mildness. Since the rains
set in all vegetation assumed a spring-
like vigor. October 20 was a fine sum-
mer-like day, which began cloudy,
nearly cl6ar at noon, and at early

evening became close and hot as any
summer day and clouding up suddenly
near night with a true summer thun-
der storm. The next day was clear,
cold and windy, with a sudd;n fall
of temperature to 32° above by 9 p. m.
The morning of October 28 came to
hand with a killing frost at a tem-
perature of 24°, and this the only and
very first frost. This is rather remark-
able.

Germany Lifts Potash Ban.

Berlin, Germany, October 28 (via
The Hague and London. 4:15 p. m.) —
James W. Gerard, the American am-
bassador tor Germany, has succeeded
in securing from the German govern-
ment the lifting of the embargo upon
1,000 tons of potash destined for
America. The exportation of potash
was forbidden after the war broke out
and the shipment this week of the pot-
ash though Holland was obtained as
the result of Mr. Gerard's interven-
tion. Goods forwarded from Switzer-
land to New York, but which were
stopped in Germany because of the
war, also liave been freed for ship-
ment.

Coming Exhibitions.

November 5-7, Syracuse, N. Y. — Exhibition of
chiysaiJllieuiuujs jiud other dowers. The Syra-
cuse Florists and Private Gardeners, lleury
Youell, secretary, 538 Cedar stieet, Syracuse.

November 5-8, Boston, Mass. — Annual exhibi-
tion of the Massachusetts. Horticultural So-
ciety, llortirultuial hull. Wm. 1'. Uicli. secre-
tary. 300 Massachusetts aveuue, Boston.

November 6-7, Dobhs Ferry, N. Y. — .\nnua]
fall show. Dubbs Ferry llurticultural Associa-
tiou. Town hall. H. Harms, Dobbs Ferry, N.
Y., secretary.

November 6-7, lake Geneva, Wis. — Chrysan-
themum exhibition. Lake tieueva Ganleuers' &
Koreuieus' Association, Horticultural hall. Wm.
U. Griftiths. secretary. Lake Geneva.

November 6-8, Indianapolis, Ind. — Annual con-
venliou aud exhibition. Chrysauthemum SoHety
of America in conjunction with the State Flor-
ists' Assuciation ol luiliaua. The Germau House.
O. E. Steiul^amp, secretary, 3800 Kockwuud ave-
nue, ludiauapolis, lud.

November 9-10. Chicago. — Chrysanthemnm dis-
play. The Horticultural Society of Chi.a;;u; Art
Institute. L. .VI. McCaiiley, 418 Saint James
i'hice. Chicago, secretary. Plants aud cut
bluums lor tuis display should be addressed to
C. W. Johnson, Art Institute, Chicago, all
charges prepaid.

November 10-11, Northampton, Mass. — Second
annual houer show given by the llolyulie aud
Northampton Florists" and Gardeners' Club.
Northamiitou City Hall. James \Vhitlug. ate
retary, .Amherst. Mass.

November 12-14. Houston, Tex.— First annual
exhibitlou of the Texas State Florists' Associa-
tion. Houston. U. C. Kerr, corner Main street
and Mc'Kiuiicy avenue, Houston.

November 16-21, Baltimore. — Maryland Week.
Filth UcKiuicut Aimoiy, Baltimore. T. B.
Symons. College Park, Md., superintendent of
horlicultuic.

December 1-3. Kalamazoo, Mich. — Annual ex-
hildtUiu. Michigan State Horticultural Socli^ty.
Kalamazoo. Itobt. A. Smyth, secretary, Beuton
Harbor, Mich.

January — , 1916, Buffalo, N, Y. — Annual con-
vention and exIiilMtlou of tlie American Cariia-
tiou Society. A. F. J. Baur, secretary, Tlilrty-
elgbth street and Rockwood aveuue. Indianap-
olis, Ind.

March 17-23, 1916, New Yorli International

Flower Show, -under the auspices of the Horti-
cultural Society of New Voi-k and the Ni'W York
Florists' Club. New Grant] t^entral Pala<-e. Forty-
si.\th street and Lexington avenue. John Yuiiug,
secretary, 53 West Twenty-eighth street, New
York.

State Fairs.

The following Is a list of coming state fain
with the names and addresses of the sniierln-
tendents of the hortlcnitnral and llorlcultura\
departments so far as obtainable,

November 3-13. Macon. — Georgia State Fair.
Harry C. Robp't. set.rptnry. >Iacnn.

November 4-11. Shreveport, — Louisiana State
Fair. Ruliert Glenk. State Museum buildings
New Orleans. La., superintendent of horticul-
ture.

November 9-14, Phoenix. — Arizona State Fair.
A. M. McOmie. Agrtenlttiral Exi>erlineut Sta-
tion. I'hopulx. superintendent of hortleuliure and
floriculture.

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Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this office

euciose 10 cents extra to cover post^pe, etc.

Situation Wanted -As rose snwer and al
arouod Kri.-enh "-se man, hest of rx ferences.
Julius Hfinfmann,
70S VV. lK«th PlacR. West Kullman Chicago.

S'tuatfon Wanted— By young lady thoroughly
expf-rienced in ail nnes nf retail work. Ctjicago
or vicinity preffrnble. .■\dd'e^s

Kev 477. ca'e \merican Florist.

Si:Uition Wanted -Bv^-xof-rienced Udy cashier
in reiail titnst store. Can fu-'ni-.h best of refer-
ences. Chicago prefpr td .Addiess

Key 48). care American Florist.

Situation Wanted -Good all around storeman.
one capable lit tikmg cbaige. State wages v^hen
-writing. Address

Key 481. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — As foreman by a man of
unu-ual ability as a grower of cut flowers and
plants. ^0 yearsexoe'if-nce; single; commercialor
institution; first-class references. Address,
Florist.
59 W, Ontario St.. Chicago.

Situation Wanted— By A-l flo'ist and landscape
gardener. 8 years' European and S jutn Ame ican
experience in landscape gardening, conservatory,
designing and decoratirg. Winner of prize
m da's and diplomas 25 years of age. single.
Exrellent references. State wages.
Stfpmen Bekczik, .^-.2 Broadwav, Buffalo. N. Y".

Situation Wanted -If you are in need of an
all around florisi one with years of practical
experience in growing all varieties of plants tor
prodt. and a good designer get in touch w.th me.
Married, no children and now at liberty. Will
take ca e of ^our business the same as if it was
mv own Make me an cfler. For further parii-
culais, address

Key 474. care American Florist.

Wanted— To Iea«e: bv man wth capital and ex-
peri ^nc. gieen houses with house ar d l^nd. (ji*'e
paniculars. Box l5i. Newmarket. N J.

For Sale— A No. 4 Morehead and receiver trap,
nearly n^w. will take care of 3i.iHjU feet of glass.
For sale at a bargain. Enquire of

J jy Flor.al Co.. Nashville. Tenn.

For Sate— Can give an experienced florist with
$10KJ CO ca-h, an exceptional good de^i on green-
house properly in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Imp'l Cu.. Brady, Mont.

For Sale— Practically new greenhouse boi'er.
steam. ^5 h. p.: i.OO CMsh. K. O. B. Chicago. Big
bargain. 'Fhone Edgewat-^r 2560 or address,

D. Ly\HEY.

5852 Wayne -iVt;.. Chicago.

For Sale— Good paying retail sto e in Chicago
on south side, at veiy reasonable price. Bartjain.
Owner cHsiaged in other bus n ss. Address

Kev 478 care .American Flurist.

For Sale— A fine Mercury auto-truck for $?50.
This car hdS been used nly f jr three months and
is in good conditiun. For further pa' ticulars ad
dress. Kev 4t>». care .American Fiurist.

For Sale— A panel top florist delivery wagon-
new wheels. I'rt s. axles, glass wind stield shaits.
and just newly painted in first-clas& condition.
Will send photograph > n request *6S 00

N B & C E. Stover.
118 ^o. 6th ^t.. Terre Haute. Ind.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
flew hut houses. H ^t water heating system
Laige Jot. Fv^ryihiug in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once,
Piice rigi t. Address

W. T. WkiGHT. Newtown. Bucks Co.. Pa.

For Sale— I have 85' 0 fed glass. 65 hotbed sash.
5 acres ijoud land. 4 green tiouses well stocked with
carnations 'mums violets and bendmi; plants.
G od dwellin.; bout-e. barn, out hoube. Coal
enough for wniter. t-our blocks from street car
line railroaa right in city. P. ice $i2 ('UO cash.
Address Key 479, care American Florist.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead. bo. Dak., excel-
lent for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. High pre^sure city water or well on place.
Popu'.ation. 10.000. Monthly p^i roll. $225 000. No
competiiii n within 4 milrs. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with right party.

H. E. MLL'NGS.
Box 675. LEAD, SO. DAK.

I-OR SALE.

Florists' retail store, greenhouses, twocottages.
IH acres of land in growing stock, everything
complete in hrst-class condition. The only flower
store in the fastest growing city in Southern Cali-
fornia. $1000 down will handle this deal -balance
on easy terms. Owner retiring from business.

Address. Kev 4*.9. care Ameriran Florist.

FOR SALE.

Second-hand tubular returi boiler, 72
inches in diameter, 16 feel long, 114 3-in.
tubes Good tor 80 lbs pressure Shell
fitted for Hawley furnace circulation.
Cheap for cash. Applv to

BIRD S SON.
East Walpole. Mass.

Working Eoreman.

Working foreman for general commer-
cial establishment. Must know how to
handle general line of cut flower and pot
stock as well as outdoor woik. State
age and experience. Address,

Key 465, care American Florist.

FOREMAN

Rose grower with extensive experience
in leading commercial places is open to
engagement as f. reman. State salary
and full particulars.

Robert Hand, Edgebrook, Chicago, 111.

I respec'.fully beg to inform the trade in general
that on N -verober l^th I wiil disconiinue my
Fiorist busint ss and tffice on (amaica .^ve..
Brooklyn, and will tftk*^ care of all luture business
at my Jamaica Establishment, where I sha.l be
prepared to execute all orders piomptly.

I have an exceptionally fine ttock of Christmas
plants this season and will take great p t-at-U'e in
ha\ing vou visit the Greenfaousej and look over
the stock.

Thanking you for all past patronage, which has
bee-n great y appreciaicd. and h'^'ping to b.. favored
with same in the future, I remain.

Respectfully yours.
P. O. Address. A. L. MILLER.

Sutphln Road and R^ckaway Boulevard,
JAM \ICA. N. Y.
Telephone— Jfimaica 505.

LET ME

Do Your Buying on the
Chicago Market.

' I am engaged in the fiorist business
myself and am on the market everyday.
I know ihe game from A to Z, and can
save you money. Give me a trial and
I will show you. For further particu-
lars, address

Key 473, care American Florist.

WANTED

A large and progressive seed house wants a
man with a general knowledge of the seed
business. He must be a good correspondt-nt.
possess a knowledge of adv' nir ing. also account-
ing: must be a thoroughly up to-daie business
man, possessing a go( d ex^cuiive and iniiaiive.
He mu-it b^ capable of running a large branch
houSf if n'Ces^ary He must te well equipped.
It is a h'gh grade mat» that is wanted. The man
who is well up but cannot get any tiigh* r where
be is and desires advancement should apply.
Prefer a man under .^8 years of a«t- as ihe pohi-
tion is pt-rm^n^nt. Give full pariicularp as to
experience, qualifications and salary desired.
Address.

Key 470,
Care American Florist.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

.\ctiial size of leaf 2?ix5M inches.

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on
t'uiiiinid i«ipi r; vour card, eic. in
blMck and leaf ado|)ti'ii bv the S. A. F.
in red. Prices: Per 500, $2.85: per 1000,
$4.nO. Samples cm request. Electro uf
leiif, posipaid, $1.25. Cash wall order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Trade directory

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
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AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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Plttsburgb.

TRADE VERY QUIET.

The cut flower market is little belter
than at a standstill this week, due.
probably, to the sudden change to
warmer weather which took place last
week. Stock has been very plentiful
and the wholesale men have had both
hands full trying to dispose of stock
advantageously. An abundance of
roses and chrysanthemums has been
evident, and the street men seemed .to
be all that could be relied upon to
"clean up." . The mild weather has
brought on a tremendous crop of flow-
ers, but a cold snap is expected soon,
which will place the market in a much
more profitable position than it is at
present. There has prevailed a great
over-supply of yellow chrysanthemums,
mainly Chrysolora, and the choicest of
these were sacrificed af prices as low
as $0 per 100. A good seller at the
present time is the small White Ivory,
and the demand always remains heavy
on these. Prices on chrysanthemums
have not been anywhere nearly equal
to those of last year, and this may be
attributed to the fact that practically
every person who owns a foot of green-
house glass plants as much 'mum stock
as they possibly can. Good blooms are
usually had by all, as it takes very
little skill to raise chry.santhemums of
a quality that will pass the commercial
test. But when they glut the market
with a lot of ordinary stock, one cannot
really expect them to bring good re-
turns considering how cheaply the bet-
ter blooms can be obtained. Some fine
pompons are finding their way to the
market and are bringing fair prices.
The most sought for of these is the
small yellow, button variety. The re-
tailers as a whole are complaining of
poos business, and this, coupled with
the money scarcity, places them in a
tough position.

FLOWEK SHOW.S.

While it's almost impossible fb say
just how many thousands of Pittsburgh
flower-lovers visited the annual chrys-
anthemum shows in Schenley and West
parks November 1, it seemed as though
half the town at least had turned out
to get all the enjoyment possible from
one of the most pleasant fall days the
weather man ever delivered. More ex-
act estimates, tabulated from the opin-
ions of the scores of extra policemen,
who handled the great line of conserva-
tory visitors in Schenley park for sev-
eral hours, place the number at about
40,000. Anyway, it was about fhe big-
gest crowd that ever inspected the an-
nual show and on the "North Side" an-
other record number appeared. The
show in Schenley park was most com-
plete. -Not only were there more flow-
ers than usual, but the number of new
varieties and perfect specimens was
greater. The immense bright pink Meu-
dons. the Daily Mail, enormous in foli-
age and Hower ( some were 7 'feet
high), and of a deep buttery yellow:
the odd Petite Marcel, of silvery purple
hue, and spread out like a dinner pail
with the short petals toward the cen-
ter; .several specimens of old varieties
wonderfully magnificent after their
growth in radioactive earth; a mound
of the W. Mease blooms, cerise in
color, and scores of other flowers in-
teresting because they were new, were
displayed. George W. Burke, superin-
tendent of the parks, and John W.
Jones, superintendent of the conserva-
tory, received many congratulations
The show will continue for two or three
weeks. Another fine display was shown
in the West yjark conservatories. H. J.
H^nze opened his private conserva-
tory at Penn and Murtland avenues,
knd hundreds examined the 200 vari-
tfties on display there.
NOTE.S.
,' The members of the Pittsburgh Flor-
ifets' and Gardeners' Club report a very
enjoyable afternoon spent Saturday.
October .31, as guests of P. S. Randolph
& Sons, at their range at Verona. anS

the hosts were very much pleased at
the appreciation shown by the visitors,
as nearly every member on the club
roll was present. The monthly meet-
ing of the club was held Tuesday even-
ing. November 3. with chrysanthe-
mums as the main topic.

Many large orders for boxwood have
been booked by the local dealers in this
article, and it is expected that sales for
this year will eclipse those of any pre-
vious. Pittsburgh is gradually being
recognized as the boxwood center of the
country.

A. C. Miller, of Homestead, is fortu-
nate in having a good stock of potted
ferns for fall and winter trade, as the
greenhouse is filled to its capacity with
several hundred plants, mostly Boston
and Whitmani.

The Landscape Floral Co. is cutting
a heavy crop of fine chrysanthemums,
which are handled by the McCallum
Company. ,

F. M. Fritcliman has taken over the
business of the Finleyville Floral Co.,
and is now cutting carnations of much
prnmise.

San Francisco.

IIE.iVY SUPPLY HARD TO MOVE.

Business opened up fairly well last
week, but along about the middle of
the week a slump happened, which is
continuing up to the present time.
There is a great abundance of every-
thing in the cut flower line. Chrysan-
themums are in over-supply, but owing
to the pool started by the Japanese
growers prices have not declined to any
appreciable extent. We have had sqme
magnificent Maud Jeffries. Wm. Turner
and Mad. O'Bertheur in white, but no
matter how fine this stock is, it rarely
exceeds .'(!1.50 per dozen blooms. Rama-
po and Roman Gold have established
themselves as good commercial yellows.
Chrysalora is about over, but from its
showing this season has come to stay.
In pink varieties Dr. Bnguehard and
May Hunter are leaders. There are
plenty of pompons in the different
colors and these meet with a fairly
steady demand. Good American Beau-
ty roses seem to be rather scarce, but
all other roses can be had in any
quantity. Mrs. Shawyef ie fine and
popular, as is also Mrs. Chas. Russell.
There are plenty of Cecile Brunners.
.\mong carnation, Georgeous is by
far the best variety coming into this
market. This sort is proving all that
was claimed for it, and owiQg to its
color, will always be popular in this
city. Good stock of all other varieties
is bringing .$2 per Hin. Short stemmed
stock is unsalable. There is plenty of
violet stock, and I might add that it is
very good. ■ There is a large stock of
Cattleya labiata coming in. Some of
it is grand and sells freely. Prices are
being maintained to the satisfaction of
the growers, (^ncidiums are also in the
market. Dahlias are about gone, as is
most outdoor stock. Lily of _the valley
holds up about the same as last re-
ported. Good sized Bostons are rather
hard to find, but "VVhitmani is in good
supply. Cyclamen are arriving, but as
.vet are rather poor. Smilax is making
its appearance and all other greens are
in large supply.

MOTES.
A very large shipmeni of Dutch
bulbs and plants have arrived in this
city for the Holland display at the
Panama-Pacific International Exposi-
tion. These are to be used in the model
bulb farm that is to he -one of the fea-
tm-es of the exiiosition next syiring. The
chief landscape gardener of Japan, ac-
companied by a score of assistants, has
also arrived in this city to do the
planting for the Japanese exhibit.
They brought with them a very large
consignment of plants and bulbs, and
the idea is to make the exhibit of this
nation one of the most interesting at

the exposition. The most of the plant-
ing at the fair grounds has now been
completed and the result is very grati-
fying to those in charge.

To any one interested in chrysanthe-
mums a visit to the greenhouses of
the Lynch Nursery Company at Menlo
Park will prove very instructive at this
season of the year. All the new varie-
ties from Europe and this coun-
try are now at their best and among
them are some varieties that have
come to stay, particularly Elmer D.
.Smith & Co.'s Nerissa, pink, and
Odessa, a splendid yellow. Flamingo
also shows up well. Chas. H. Totty's
Chieftain is going to prove a fine com-
mercial pink. All the Wells pocket
novelties show up well and all will be
tried again next season.

The new store and oflices of Smith &
Dieterich have been opened at Seventh
and Figueroa. They have fitted up
what is declared to be the most unique
and best ecpiipped place of its kind on
the Pacific Coast, and is in keeping
with their magnificent 3.5-acre nursery
at Montebello, and their plant sales
department at 1146 Wall street. The
firm is composed of Jacob Dieterich.
who has been in business for 25 years
here, and George W. Smith, one of the
founders of Howard & Smith.

At the E. W. McLellan Co.'s store
the entire force is busy every day ship-
ping violets, chrysanthemums and
roses. They are receiving a very heavy
cut every morning from their green-
houses at Burlingame. Victor Holmes,
who is in charge here, has splendid
prospects for a good cut this winter.
Their stock of Mrs. Chas. Russell
would be hard to beat. They are also
making a specialty of gardenias, with
which they have been very successful.

Quite a number of the trade in this
city made the trip to Palo Alto to the
chrysanthemum show of the Menlo
Park Horticultural Society. Among
those who attended were : Frank Peli-
cano, Dan PLaymbnd, Julius Eppstein.
Pete Ferrari. H. Plath, D. McRorie and
many others. They are agreed that the
show was a very fine one and warmly
congratulated the management.

Pelicano. Rossi & Co. had one of the
largest single orders for carnations
placed in this city, when they deliv-
ered 2.000 dozen of carnations for the
exercises in connection with the dedica-
tion of the Pioneer Mothers' Memorial
Monument in this city. The carnation
was chosen, as it is the ;mblem of
Mothers' Day.

William A. Leslie has been appointed
to take charge of the grounds of the
Massachusetts building at the exposi-
tion. The extensive grounds surround-
ing this building are to be laid out and
planted in a manner that will be a
credit to the Bay State and Mr. Leslie
is just the man to do it.

M. H. Ebel and wife, of Sacramento,
were, in town during the week, having
made the trip to see the flower show
of the Menlo Park Horticultural So-
cietv at Palo Alto.

G. N.

Tarrytown Horticultural Society.

The monthly meeting of the Tarry-
town Horticultural Society was held
Wednesday evening, October 21, Pres-
ident Elliott in the chair. The judges
awarded first prize to H. Wells, gar-
dener to Mrs. H. Draper, Dobbs Ferry.
N. T., for three heads of celery. Other
good exhibits were staged by J.
Mooney and J. Elliott. There was also
a fine exhibit of apples by S Porteous.
Wm. Williams, J. Hall. J. Grant and
S. Porteous were nominated for active
membership. A committee has been
appointed to arange for a social gath-
ering and ladies' night at the Novem-
ber meeting.

T. A. Lee. Cor. Sec'y.

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AUTUMN

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TO BE ISSUED

JUST RIGHT FOR THE

THANKSGIVING AND HOLIDAY TRADE

The Best Paid

CIRCILATION

To the Trade in the Trade

Many consumers of Stock and Supplies have
delayed placing large orders on account of
the war and, business having continued quite
good over the greater part of the country,
stocks in all lines are well used up.

Rates as usual, $1.00 per inch, single column width; $30.0O
per page of thirty inches. Usual discounts on time contracts.

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Please mail advertisements early.

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Nov. J,

Dreer's Pandanus Veitchii

.

Having a larger stock of Pandanus Veitchii
than we can conveniently find room for we
offer an exceptionally good lot of four and six
inch pots, well colored, well furnished, at special
low prices on orders received on or before
November 15th, after which date our regular
list prices will again be enforced.

4-inch pots, nicely colored, well furnished plants,

35 pents each.

6-inch pots, nicely colored, well furnished plants,

75 cents each.

For a full and complete line of Decorative
Plants see our current Wholesale List.

HENRY A. DREER

714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are intended for the trade only.

Cleveland.

STOCK PLEJITIFUI,, BUT DEMAND GOOD. '

Although stock has been very plenti-
ful throughout the entire week, on
October 31, Hallowe'en doings cleaned
up the market of about everything
there was in chrysanthemums and also
in carnations and roses. The week's
accumulation of odds and ends were
eagerly pounced upon by the "street
fakirs," to whom this day is generally
a good one, with the result that the
market on Sunday was not over-
crowded. Stock generally did not bring
the prices it did in previous years, but
conditions have been different, and out-
door stock such as gladioli, cosmos and
dahlias, was still on sale at all whole-
sale houses. A few sweet peas are
on the market, but are not in demand.
Violets are improving greatly in quali-
ty. Button chrysanthemums and pom-
pons, both indoor and outdoor stock,
are plentiful and good stock, with a
good demand. In chrysanthemums, the
pink have been short of the demand,
but there is an abundance of yellow
and white. American Beauty roses are
showing midseason form, and even in
"mum season" hold their own as stock
favorites. Russell roses are in good de-
mand. Wards and Sunburst are again
in better demand and stock is excep-
tionally fine. Richmond, Milady and
Hadley are showing good form, and
better grades are always in demand.
Pink and White Killarney, Shawyer
and Marvl.and show improvement in
quality. Calendulas, snapdragons, lilies,
valley, etc.. about complete the list of
out flowers. Greens of all kinds are
plentiful.

NOTES.

During the "Heart of Cleveland" car-
nival several florists who are located in
that district won prizes and honorable
mention. A. Graham & Son won sec-
ond prize for a handsomely decorated
delivery wagon; also honorable men-
tion for beautiful window display.
F. W. Griffin also received honorable
mention for decorated wagon. Hal-
lowe'en window disnlays all showed
proper care and effect, and crowds
gathered and admired. J. M. Gassef
Co.'s retail window display was per-

I haps the most unique, containing witch,
fire, snakes and boiling kettle, all ar-
ranged very effectively. The Jones &
Russell Co.'s window was also very
artistic, being a picture effect; a green
background of velvet with a basket of
white chrysanthemums, showing with
splendid effect. Flowers were plentiful
and several retailers had "sales" In
both chrysanthemums and roses.

A great deal of attention has re-
cently been drawn to an elaborate de-
livery wagon in the service of the
Smith & Fetters Co., in which no ex-
pense has been spared to make it one
of the finest and best equipped ve-
hicles in the country. It embodies
many new and novel features. Pro-
vision has been made for sprinkling
the flowers and an automatic device
keeps the temperature at- any point
desired.

AVith a "smile that won't come oft"
Charles Russell of the Jones & Russell
Co. announced to his friends. October
.'!!, that he had joined the "million in
1020" movement, having become the
father of a fine baby boy. Mrs. Russell
and baby are at St. Ann's and are do-
ing nicely. Hearty congratulations.

The welfare committee of the Cleve-
land Florists' Club will attend the
chrysanthemum show at Indianapolis
in a body to boost Cleveland foi* the
next show.

C. F. B.

St. Louis.

LOW PRICES PREVAIL.

The weather at this time of writing
is very warm. The past week found
the market loaded with clirysnnthe-
mums which were sold at very low
prices. Roses were not quite as plenti-
ful. The horse show this week caused
a little business, but tafving things all
around they are very quiet. After
election, with more seasonable weath-
er, better times are looked for.
NOTES.

"A Flower for the Aged Campaign"
was arranged for the week of Novem-
ber 1. with a special "Flower Day"
Saturday. .November 7. for the benefit
of the Christian Old People's Home.

Flower shops were opened in various
parts of the city and society girls and
matrons will sell flowers downtown on
"Flower Day."

Two young men visited St. Louis
October 29, and opened up on the
streets with California violets. They
stayed one day. St. Louis was too
slow for them.

H. G. Berning's supply of chrysan-
themums and other flowers has been
immense, but he always managed to
dispose of them to advantage.

Ostertag Bros, had one of the best
decorations ever put up at the horse
show last week, as well as some fine
decorations for Hallowe'en.

We regret to announce the death of
Mrs. Louise Maria Seeger, mother of
Wm. Seeger. Many beautiful floral
offerings were sent.

Fred Alver, of Geo. H. Angermuel-
ler, has been very busy moving large
consignments of carnations and chrys-
anthemums

The Windier Wholesale Floral Co
disposed of large quantities of chrys-
anthemums the past week.

C. A. Kuehn has had large quanti-
ties of- all varieties in flowers.

Otto Klinger, of the Grimm & Gorly
force, will be married soon.

Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co.
has had some fine roses.

Joseph Witek is doing a nice trade
in his new store.

W. F.

North Tonawanda, N. Y. — A green-
house, owned by John Schweichler,
Division and Christiana streets, was
destroyed by fire October 20. The
owner believes that the Are was of in-
cendiary origin. Through oversight he
had left the door unlocked at mid-
night. The loss, estimated at $4,000,
is partly covered by insurance.

BtJBLlNOTON, Wis.— The Burlington
Floral Co. has been making a num-
ber of improvements lately at the
company's range on Wilmot avenue.
It has enlarged the office room, and
the heating of the various green-
houses and other buildings is now
done from one central boi'er instead
of several, ns has been the case here-
tofore.

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Poehlmann Bros. Co.

72-74 E. Randolph St.,

Long Distance Phone
Randolph 35

CHICAGO, ILL.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS-POMPONS

White and Yellow Eaton, Major Bonnafon, Dr. Enguehard.
CATTLEYAS--DENDROBIUMS

We grow more Orchids than any other concern in the west and can fill all orders
promptly at a moment's notice.

ROSES, BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS

VALLEY, VIOLETS, EASTER LILIES, GARDENIAS

Can supply you at all times with choice stock in any of the above as well as in
Boxwood, Wild Smilax, Leucothoe, Adiantum, Galax, Ferns.

SUPPLY DEPARTMENT

Irridesccnt Pine Cones

Pleasing Rainbow EflFect.

60c per Lb.

RED AND GREEN RUSCUS

Mammoth supply of the finest E Extfa RuSCUS. Write for
prices. Special quotations on large lots.

Order Some of Our Rusciis Baskets

. Especially adapted for all kinds of foliage and just what you
need to carry out a fine autumn effect. Try a sample order.

Give us your order for anything you need in supplies and it will
be filled promptly the way you want it filled and what you want
it filled with.

PLANT DEPARTMENT

Boston Ferns, Whitman! and Roosevelt, strong stock.
5 inch at 2S cfents; 6 inch at 60 cents; 7 inch at 76 cents;
10 inch at $2 60; 12 inch at $3.60.

Peppers, several varieties, strong 4-in. pots, $8 per 100.

Araucaria Excelsa, fine stock, 60c, 75c and $1.00 each.

Araucarla Compacta, large plants, $1.60 to $2.50 each.

Place your orders for December deliver}' for our choice
stock of B^onia Lorraine and Cincinnati. None better to
be had. In all sizes from 60 cents to $2.00 each.

Poinsettias, in plants well finished in all sizes from
50 cents to $2.00 each.

Pandanus Veitchii, from 50 cents to $2.50 each.

Azaleas, in all popular Christmas varieties from 75 cents
to $3.00. Specimens %i.(!M to $8.00.

Dracaena Termlnalis, 4 inch, 25 cents; 6 inch, 50 cents;
6 inch, 75 cents to |1.00 each.

Crotons, vpell colored all varieties, extra fineSOcto 75c ea.

Send All Plant Orders Direct to Morton Grove, 111.

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Nov. 7,

SPECIAL SALE

POMPONS

All colors, 25 to 50 cents per bunch.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Chrysolora for yellow, and Alice Salomon
for white, all grown to only one flower to a plant.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. We take special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and a fair supply of Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

American Beauties

Extra long stems.

36-inch stems

30-inch stems

24-inch stems

.»18-inch stems

Per Dozen

$3.00
2., SO
2.00
1.50
1.25

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarie,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Milady

Per )U0

Long JS.OOtoJiOuO

Medium 5.00 to 6.00

Short 3.00to 4.00

CURRENT PRICE LIST. fn"Sia%^iir'""«*

Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond Perioo

Extra Select $5.00 to $6.00

Medium 3.00 to 4.00

Short 3.00

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $2.00

Roses our selection, m lots of 500 or more
at the rate ot $25.00 per 1000.

Carnations Per loo

Fancy Red. Pink and White $3.00

Short Red, Pink and White 2.00

Chrysanthemums

Yellow. White, Pink, large, doz., $3 00

Vellow. White, Pink, medium, " 2.00

White and Yellow, small " 1.00 to 1.50

Pompons, all colors. .per hunch. .25 to .50

Per 100

Lily of the Valley $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri $2.00 to 3 00
Eastern Ferns, per 1000.... $2.00
Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greg^ Station, 111.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

CtJcagfo.

BU.SINESS IS GliAlJlj.VJ.I.Y l.M I'lilA 1 .Ml.

Trade has shown a slight irnprove-
ment the past week and was espe(;ial-
ly good on Friday. Saturday and Sun-
day, October 20-30-31. It fell oft a
trifle on the following Monday, l)Ut on
Tuesday it was better again and the
outlook for the remainder of the month
is very encouraging. Chrysanthemimis
are arriving in large mimljers liut the
fancy stock is meeting with ([uick sale
at good prices. Tlie tail end of the
early crop is arriving and naturally
the stock is none too good and is being
.sold at low prices to move it. Some of
the varieties now to be seen in the
market are Major Bonnafton. Ivory.
Pink Ivory. Geo. W. Childs, Chryso-
lora. Wm. Turner. Robert Halliday.
Clementine Touset. Yellow Touset.
Col. D. Appleton. Roman (5old. Tim-
oth)^ Eaton, Yellow Eaton. Alice Saln-
moii, Christy Mathewson, Chas, Razor,
Dr. Enguehard, Snow Queen, Amovi!a
and Chieftain. Pompons are in im-
usually large supply and some \Tr.v
choice stock is now obtainable at 25
and 50 cents per bunch. American
Beaut.v roses are arriving in fairly
good supply but clean un pretty well
at prices ranging from -$1.00 to .$.3.00i
per dozen. Mrs. Chas. Russell and

Ophelia roses are good property and
are bringing fairly good prices. Kil-
larney is in good crop and the same
can be said of -Richmond. Sunburst
and Milady. White Killarney is none
too plentiful, although the supply at
present goes pretty well around. Tak-
en all in all, roses would be very
scarce if business was at all brisk.
This is due to a great extent to the
fact that many gitiwers ha\e pinched
back the stock for the holidays. Car-
nations are in large suiiply and have
sold better this week than they have
for a long time. To give the reader
a. little idea how bad the <'arnation
market has been the past month all
that is necessary is to mention that
the grower who averaged .$1..")0 to
%'1.'*\ per KHl for his stock the week
before last last year did well if he
received till cents to .$1.(10 per 100 for
his stock the same week this year.
Ot course the great drop in the aver-
age is due to the late frost and the
general depression in liusiness through-
out the country in all lines. Chrys-
anthemums probably never sold so
cheaj) before as they did last month
and in some instances stock was sold
as low as .$;->.00 per 100 in order to
keep the stock from accuinulating too
much. Of course this latter figure is

the rock bottom price on mcilium
stock, but fancy stock that in former
years easily sold for .$2..j0 to .$ 1. 0(1 i)er
dozen was sacrificed this year for .$1.00
to .$2.00 per dozen. The market this
week has been much Hrmer in all lines
of stock and the growers can expect
better averages. Lilies, callas, lily ot
the valley, orchids, sweet peas, snap-
dragons, gardenias, daisies, mignonette
and candytuft are in fairly good sup-
Iily now. Xearly all the dealers are
looking for a big increase in business
this month, for the demand for stock
is graduall.x increasing until conse-
riuently prices are much better than
they have been for some time.

NOTES.

Sullivan Bros., proprietors of the
Woodlawn Floral Shop, are making a
number of changes in their store on
Sixty-third street and Drexel boule-
vard, and when the alterations arc
completed they will have a prett>'
mity store. The Sullivan Bros.. Wil-
liam, Peter and Thomas, are hustlers
and have liuilt up a good trade in
their neighborhood.

Weiland & l^isch are growing inan,\'
of the new varieties of pompons this
year and rep(U't ,a brisk demand at the
store for same

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813

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

Good Crop of White Killarney.

Some of the flowers are carried on stems fully three feet long; order some today.

Beauties-Roses-'IVIums- Pompons -Carnations.

Plenty for everyone so let your orders come.

Current Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stems $2 50 to $3 00

30-inch stems 2 00

24-inch stems 1 76

20-inch stems 1 60

16-inch stems 1 26

12 inch stems 1 00

Short Beauties $0 36 to 60

Richmond

Mrs.Geo.Shawyer Per 100

K}U"™ey Select $6 00 to }8 00

White Killarney... \

My Maryland Medium 5 00

Sunburst short 4 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward, j

2,000,000 Feet

Russell ) $4.00, $6.00, $8.00 and $10 00 per 100

OpheUa ( per loo

Roses, our selection $3.00

Carnations, Good 1 00 to 3 00

Chrysanthemums.per doz., $1.00 to $3.00

Pompons, yellow per bunch, 60c

Harrisil 10 00 to 12 50

Valley 4 00 to 6 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum 1 00

Asparagus per bunch, 50c

Ferns (new) per 1.000, $2 (X)

Galax, Bronze and Green. ..$1 00 per ICOO

Boxwood, per bunch 26c

Leucothoe Sprays 75c per 100

of Modern Glass

Jensen Hros , George and Walter,
have remodeled and enlarged their
Lincoln avenue store and expect that
the change will result in an increase
in business. They have done well
since they started in business two
years ago and while trade has been
quiet this summer and fa.ll, they feel
that the florists have no cause to
complain when one hears how severely
other lines of business have been af-
fected.

The George Wittbold Co. is reno-
vating its store and will soon have
everything in tip-top shape for the
holidays. Business was so brisk in
the retail department last week that
Fred Nelson was obliged to call on
the oflice force for assistance. Louis
Wittbold even lent a hand and he sure
is some hustling designer.

Zeck & Mann are receiving some
fancy chrysanthemums from Wm. Am-
ling, of Maywood, and some of the
varieties seen at the store now are
Timothy Eaton, Amorita and Mc-
Niece. Allie Zech says that American
Beauty roses are good property now
and that the shipments clean up
quickly each day.

The Raedlin Basket Co. still has a
large supply of baskets on hand and
is filling all orders for every style that
it has listed in its catalogue promptly
at a moment's notice. Curtis Kindler
says that even if the supply now on
hand should become exhausted that
his Arm would be able to replace it on
short notice.

Michael Fink, of the Chicago Flower
Growers' Association, celebrated his
thirty-fifth birthday on October 28
wtih a party at his home. The em-
ployes at the store were all present
and presented him with a dandy
sweater in honor of the occasion.

Ernest Oechslin is doing nicely this
week at the Washington Park hospi-
tal and his condition is gradually im-
proving. While he is not exactly out

of danger his prospects for a perma-
nent recovery never were better than
they are now.

John Kruchten had a shipment of
chrysanthemums from California this
week that came through in good
shape, but the express charges were
so high. .$3.84, that there was not
much left when the stock was dis-
posed of.

Harry Manheim .gays that Hoerber
Bros, are in good crop with My Mary-
land roses now and that no trouble is
being experienced in disposing of the
cuts. Some fine Christy Mathewson
chrysanthemums are to be seen at this
store.

John Muno had his automobile
stolen on October 31 when he was vis-
iting at D. E. Preres, but recovered it
the next day through the police, who
located it in a West Side garage.

Dick Parker, one of Poehlmann
Bros. Co.'s traveling salesmen, is back
from a successful western trip and is
now helping out T. E. Waters for a
few days at the store.

C. L. Washburn and E. B. Wash-
burn and wife made a business trip
to Philadelphia, Pa., this week. Mrs.
C. L. Washburn is visiting at Mt.
Clemens, Mich.

The Chicago Carnation Co. is hav-
ing a good call for chrysanthemums
and pompons this week and there is a
large variety at this store to select
from now.

The Chicago Flower Growers' Asso-
ciation has installed a couple extra
telephones at their store and the new
numbers are Central 282 and Central
283.

Philip L. McKee, of the John C.
Moninger Co., has returned from Lin-
coln, where his firm has started work
on another house for Gullett & Sons.

George Perdikas received word from
his native home in Greece this week
that his mother died there recently.

VBOLESALC coii»i..h.i. rLOUSTS
caiCAoo

Boxwood

The pick of the Virginia
hedge varieties.

$7.50 per case of 50 lbs.

FERNS

Best in the country.
$1.50 per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays

Longest and Best.
$5.00 per 1000.

Hillman's department store had a
big- sale on chrysanthemum pot plants
all week and sold out completely in the
stock that was on hand.

A. I. Simmons had a big wedding
order this week that called for a large
amount of stock. Joe Bieber arranged
the decoration for him.

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Nov. 7;

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Avenue,

L. D. Phone
Randolpb 2081

CHICAGO.

Beauties-Roses- Carnations-^Mums

Wietor Bi-os.' storeman, Gus AUes,
inspected his firm's greeniiouses on
November 1 and was more tlian
pleased with the fine, "healthy condi-
tion of the stoclc throughout the
houses at the time of his visit and the
outlooli for stoclt the balance of the
season. If business is at all good he
says his firm will have a fine season,
for it will have plenty of stock to do
business with. Some exceptionally
fine Wm. Turner and Chieftain chrys-
anthemums are now seen at this store.
Sammy Bloom iipfnul up his new
store on Sixty-thinl strtet on October
31 and after the store closed for the
day he and his sister entertained the
following at the Woodlawn cafe : Miss
Margaret McNulty and Felix Reich-
ling, of the Peter Reinberg store force;
Miss O'Neil and Robert Northam, of
the Geo. Reinberg force, and Alice Mc-
Donald and Jimmy Anderson, a well
known buyer on the local market.
Sammy certainly entertained his guests
in royal style.

Olga Tonner received word from her
sisty Lillian, who is now in Georgia
looking after her pecan groves which
are proving to be a great investment.
Mrs. Thos. Fogarty, Olga Tonner,
James Novak and H. C. WuUbranfl and
wife, of the Globe Greenhouses, also
have groves there and are well pleased
with the outlook. Mr. Wullbrand re-
turned home from Georgia this week,
but his wife will remain there with
Miss Tonner for several weeks.

H. L. Keun is doing nicely at his
Wentworth avenue store and says that
he still manages to eat three squares
a day. It has just come to light
that Mr. Keun and A. L. Vaughan re-
cently made a trip to Milwaukee, Wis.,
and that the scribes did not do even
as much as mention their names in
the trade paper. The writer humbly
apologizes, but does not see how in
the world he ever missed such an im-
portant event.

Mrs. Williams, of the Atlas Floral
Co., formerly Mrs. Arends, has started
in the cloak and skirt business at 1250
Milwaukee avenue with M. Goldstein
under the firm name of Arends &
Goldstein. Mrs. Williams jokingly, re-
marks that she has been more suc-
cessful in her late business than she
was in her recent matrimonial ven-
ture.

Peter Reinberg, president of the
school V)Oard, wa& elected president
of the county board on the Democratic
ticket November ?>, finishing at the
top of the list with a plurality of ap-
proximately GO.OOO. Mr. Reinberg is
now receiving congratulations from
his many friends in the trade who
are pleased to hear of his election.

H. Simpson, Ogden avenue florist.
had a big church and home wedding
decoration this week that helped swell
the receipts considerably. C. B. Le
Mar had charge of the decoration and
usSd large quantities of wild smilax,
pompons and chrysanthemums in the
arrangements. A rainbow effect was
carried throughout.

C. A. Herr, who formerly represented
one of the express companies when the
wholesale market was still in its in-
fancy, is renewing old acquaintances
here now. He says the first packagp
of flowers that he picked up on the

local market was for J. C. Vaughan
and that was a long time ago.

Otto W. Frese says that Poehl-
mann Bros. Co. received word from
Wm. A. Seeger, of the Mullanhpy
Floral Co., of St. Louis, Mo., that his
mother died on Sunday, November 1.
Mr. Seeger is well known here and has
the sympathy of his many friends in
his most grievous loss.

Fritz Bahr sent ir) a small shipment
of the new bouvardia that he is grow-
ing to the E. F. Winterson Co. this
week. Kveryone that had the pleas-
ure of seeing some of this stock will
agree that it is extraordinarily fine and
the best that they have ever seen in
this market.

Wendland & Keimel, of Elmhurst,
certainly know how to grow the new
rose Milady, judging from the fine
stocks that they ara shipping to the
E. C. Amling Co. They grow the rose
in quantity and think that it is much
better than Richmond.

Percy Jones is handling large quan-
tities of Major Bonnaffon chrysanthe-
mums again this season Evert Broth-
ers' stock is again being disposed of
at this store as usual and the greater
part of the shipments consists of Ma-
jor Bonnaffon.

Peter Reinberg is in good crop with
White Killarney and Sunburst roses
as well as chrysanthemums and pom-
pons. Felix Reichling reports a brisk
demand for American Beauty roses at
this establishment.

Miss Amy Schultz of the J. A. Bud-
long force is on the sick list this week.
Philip Schupp is feeling much better
since his attack of pneumonia and is
again on the job regularly at the Bud-
long store.

Wm. G. Tricker and family arrived
in this city from Madison. N. J , N,.-
vember 2. Mr. Tricker, who has beeri
with Chas. H. Totty, comes to engage
in similar work at the Vaughan green-
houses.

A. L. Vaughan & Co are having a
brisk demand for the fancy chrysan-
themums that they are offering. Mr.
Vaughan says that business has
shown further improvement the past
week.

James Friedl realized iflOO from the
sale of cut flowers at a bazaar in the
Pobemian Charity Hall on October 2S
and donated the proceeds to a fund
established for the poor of the city.

Chas. Johnson has opened a new
store at 320.5 West Fullerton avenue.
He was formerly proprietor of the
Limits Floral Co. and knows the re-
tail business from A to Z.

The Frank Floral Co. has added an
-American Beauty rose grower to its
list of consignoi's. The stock is fine
and has been in good demand all week.
The Chicago Florists' Club will meet
at the Bismarck Hotel, West Ran-
dolph street. Thursday evening, No-
vember .5, at eight o'clock.

Erne & Klinael are featurine a large
sujiply of fancy Major Bonnaffon chrys-
anthemiuns this week in addition to
the regular line of stock.

The J. B. Deamud Co. is showing
some fancy chrysanthemums this week
in white, pink and yellow as well as
good pf)mnons.

Abe Irnlson bought F. C. Mendon-
za's store at .SSifi East Forty-third
street this week.

NOW Is the Time

To Order Your

Christmas Baskets.

Be sure that you buy them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever offered,
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail tlorist of today needs. Send tor
our new catalog, just otf the press make
up your order from the new list and Pend it
to us immediately. A postal will do,

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To reach our store take a Chicago .Avenue,
Division Street. Milwaukee .Avenue or Armit-
age .\venue car at Slate and Randolph Streets
and get otl at Huron Street. Ttie cars stop
right in front of our store.

John Schoepfle has a very nice rus-
tic window display at his Belmont
avenue store.

Visitors : R. G. Simmen and wife.
La Salle; R. Lutey and wife. Iron-
wood. Midi.; Miss Potter, of the Pot-
ter Floral Co.. El Paso, Tex.; J. E.
Mathewson. Sheboygan; Nic. Zweifel.
North Milwaukee; H. V. Hunkel and
W. A. Kennedy, Milwaukee, Wis.; Os-
car Herman, Council Bluffs, la ; Sam-
uel Seligman. representing Wertheimer
Bros., New York.

Chica)!:o to Indianapolis.

Arrangements have been made with
the representative of the Big Four
railroad to make reservations for the
members of the Chicago Florists' Club
and others desiring to attend the In-
dianapolis meeting of the Chrysanthe-
mum Society of America, November
(i-8, on the train leaving Chicago
Thursday, November 5, at 10:15 p. m.,
arriving at Indianapolis at 3 :45 a. m.,
where the sleeper may be occupied un-
til 7:30 a. m. The fare is $3.70 each
way, lower berths .$2, upper $1.00. A
car will be reserved for the exclusive
use of the party if the number is sufli-
ciently large. Reservations may be
m.ade by telephoning Wabash 4200.

1914.

The American Florist.

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THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

HEADQUARTERS

For Fancy Beauties, Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carnations, Lilies, Vallev,
Violets, Pomi)ons, Carnations and everything else seasonable in Cut
Flowers and Greens.

Try Our Fancy White, Pink and Yellow 'Mums,

They are fine and we have them in abundance. This stock is grovvnby
Wm. H. Amling, of Maywood, but needs no introduction to the buytr
in this market. They were exceptionally fine last year but now they are
even better and surpass any of those that he ever cut in previous >ears.
If you want the best at all times and at prices that are right send your
order direct to us. '

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

'Mums-Pompons

Beauties-Roses-Carnations

Large Supply of Extra Fancy Stock. You Can Get What You Want Here.

Boxwood, Leucothoe, Galax and all other Greens

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N, Wabash Ave., '" i^'^Ho^.s ^rJII CHICAGO |

Milwaukee.

A SLIGHT IJIPROVEMENT.
Business has shown a slight im-
provement the past week, but is not
what it should be. There is plenty
of stock of all kinds to go around and
some especially fine roses, chrysanthe-
mums, pompons and carnations are
now arriving. Lily of the valley is in
good supply and the same holds good
for lilies. Orchids and violets are ob-
tainable as is bouvardia and other
miscellaneous seasonable stock.

1 NOTES.

Holton & Hunkel Co. are cutting
from a fine crop of Mrs. Chas. Russell
roses, which are in great demand, and
are bringing good prices. H. V. Hun-
kel thinks that the new rose Ophelia
is a dandy and one cannot help but
agree with him when he inspects the
stock that this firm is cutting. He
adds that it is the coming rose in its
class and that the E. G. Hill Co., of
Richmond, Ind., picked a winner when
it placed this rose on the market.

John Rindfleisch, of Beloit, attended
the Good Roads convention here this
week, returning home on October .SI.
Mr. Rindfleisch is an alderman in his
town and represented the city council

at the convention. Beloit certainly
picked the riglit man, on which point
all his many friends will agree.

W. A. Kennedy, of the C. C. Poll-
worth Co., celebrated his wedding an-
niversary, on October 28, with an old-
fashioned party when over 100 people
were present. C. C. Pollworth was
present at the party and was the
champion tango dancer of the evening.

Gust Rusch & Co. are receiving a
large supply of pompons in several of
the leading varieties and are having
a good call for same. Some fine Mrs.
Aaron Ward roses are seen at their
house now.

Nic Zweifel is cutting some very
fancy Champion carnations now.

CLAEKSBtJBG, W. VA. — The Hayman
Greenhouse Company will open a
flower shop in the Watson hotel,
Fairmont, W. Va.

Sioux City. 1a. — Extensive improve-
ments in the greenhouse and store room
of the J. C. Rennison Co. have been
completed. About $2,000 was expended
in improving the greenhouse and about
.$500 worth of new fixtures were in-
stalled in the florist shop at 52.5 Pierce
street.

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

Silvio Rosaia Co.

COLMA, CALIF.
Wholesale Growers and Shippers of

Cut Flowers and Greens

We are Canfornia Violet Growers

Port Huron, Mich. — The city Is
ready to start the construction of the
greenhouse to be built adjoining the
waterworks. The dimensions will be
20 by 60 feet, and the house will be
used to take care of the park flowers
and shrubbery. The greenhouse will
be operated at practically no expense.
as it will be furnished with heat and
light from the waterworks.

816

The American Florist.

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WHOLESALE GDPWEDS s/:CUT FL?WEPS^^ PLANTS

L. D. Phone
Randolph 5449

176 lA.Micl\i(jej\ Ave.

CKiceK.^o

Cincinnati.

TBADE CONDITIONS SATISFACTOBY.
Monday, November 2, the wholesal-
ers started with almost a clean slate.
Very little stock was lelt over from
last week. The demand at the end of
last week was very strong and served
to clean up most all of the good offer-
ings. Prices were at about the same
level as for the several preceding
weeks. Chrysanthemums, particularly
white and pink, enjoyed a very good
call for the All Saints' and All Souls'
day demand. For the first days this
week they were rather short in the
wholesale houses, but by mid-week
they again became plentiful. Roses
are still more plentiful than is neces-
sary to take care of the demand for
them, but at that enjoy an active call.
This is particularly true of American
Beauties. Many blooms of the highest
grade are coming into the market.
Carnations are plentiful. Lilies are
selling somewhat better than at the
last writing. Both orchids and lily of
the valley were in demand for funeral
work. Green goods are easily suf-
ficient for immediate requirements.

NOTES.

The E. G. Hill Floral Co.'s exhibit
of chrysanthemums and other season-
able flowers at their store on Race
street was pretty and greatly enjoyed
by the public who attended.

Announcement of the death of Her-
man Meyers, a relative of Julius
Baer's, and who has been an employe
of the latter's for many years, is re-
ceived with regret.

C. E. Critchell reports that he
cleaned up nicely last week.

Visitors: Prank Farney, of M. Rice
& Co., Philadelphia, Pa ; W. C. Mont-
gomery, Dayton, O.; Peter Weiland,
New Castle, Ind.; Jos. Hill, Richmond,
Ind. H.

Washington.

DEMAND GOOD AND PBICES SATISFACTOBY.

Business has started now with a
rush and stock is moving; in fact,
chrysanthemums are scarce here at
present writing, and are bringing any-
where from .$12 to .$20 per hundred,
with not enough to supply the de-
mand, while roses and carnations have
taken a jump in price. Local violets
are scarce and the florists have started
to have doubles shipped from the north
to meet the demand. Snapdragon and
cornflower are plentiful.

NOTES.

Some of the members of the local
florists' club will hold a series of
chrysanthemum shows which will take
the place of the annual show this
week. Some of the stores are hand-
somely decorated with oak foliage,
southern smilax, flags and electric
lights, which at night make a very
pretty showing. Also the department
of 'agriculture chrysanthemum show
is going on, which always draws a
large crowd. The large blooms are
fine, but the pompons seem to take
the eye of everybody. Some of the
new seedlings are fine.

A petition for the dissolution of the
Florists' Exchange was filed in the Dis-
trict Supreme Court October 28 by Ar-.
thur A. Niessen, of Philadelphia, Pa.,

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

who says that he owns 42 shares of the
corporation's stock. The petition states
that the assets are about $2,000, and
that there are no debts or other in-
cumbrances. Attorney Charles F. Diggs
represents- the petitioner.

The florists at the Center Market all
report business good and with some
it has been about the best fall they
have ever experienced.

Joe Merritt, the fern and boxwood
specialist, is now shipping sorhe extra
fine boxwood, for which he always
finds a ready sale.

G. C. D.-

Prcffldence, R. I.

TBADE CONTINUES QUIET.

Business the past week has been
moderate. All work seems to stay
almost at a standstill. Flowers of all
kinds are very plentiful and of good
quality. Chrysanthemums are at pres-
ent the best seller and are excellent;
roses are still very good and carna-
tions getting better. Violets are be-
ing held back as there is very little
demand for this flower at present.

NOTES.

The Florists' and Gardeners' Club
of Rhode Island will hold its annual
election in its rooms at 9G West-
minster street the fourth Monday in
November.

Liftman, the florist, of Atlantic
City, opened his store in the Black-
stone hotel October 31, and from all
appearances he had a very good day.

•The Hampden Meadow Greenhouses
have several houses of chrysanthe-
mums that will net them several thou-
sand blooms before Thanksgiving.

William B. Hazard has been nomi-
nated by the republicans as a mem-
ber of the city council.

H. A. T.

Milwaukee, Wis.— P. Haasch -will
erect a greenhouse at 1256 Hopkins
street.

QUINCY, III. — Joseph Holtschlag.
florist, has erected a modern office
and greenhouse at lloo South Twelfth
street. The building has a ground
space of 15.000 square feet and is
modern in every respect.

Clinton, Mo.— J. M. Holmes & Son.
of Mountain View, Mo., have pur-
chased the Barnhart greenhouse prop-
erty and are making extensive repairs
to put it in first class shape for the
winter's trade.

Stbeatob, III. — Fire of unknown ori-
gin destroyed the boiler room and par-
tially destroyed three greenhouses of
the Hill Floral Company, October 22.
The boiler room was a recent addition
and fully covered by insurance. The
frreenhouses were not insured.

Preserve Cut Flowers in

BUCHBINDER

Florists' Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

518 MUwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. lU.

QUALITY AND STYLE IN
D ^^ Y k; ^ for Flowers and
UvyyVI.9 Floral Designs
At no Greater cost.

Made in 111:1 ny sizi's frodi various non-
fadiiit; shiuies of boanl. Write for
catalojjue, price list and samples.

THE SEPTON MFC CO.

1335 W. 35th St., CHICAGO, UX.

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send for Catalog No. 71
which describes fully the

Flowers McCiay Kefrigerators and
Display Cases for Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,
670 Lalie St., K£NDALLVILLE, IND.

HOERBER BROS.

KSSa Cut Flowers

Telephone Randolph 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave.,cmCAGO

Wire Designs and Wholesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Oar New Catalog

Phovide.nce. R. I.— Dimon's Flower
Store has been rented by Mrs. A. La-
mont, of the Westcott Greenhouses, on
Public street.

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The American Florist.

817

Live

Wire

irjM^ .A^ IV iiL ,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

1 79- 1 8 1 - 1 83 N. Wabash Avenue,

>
-^o.

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

CHICAGO

44-864

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and 'Mums

and All Other Seasonable Stock Solicited.

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph esis CHICAGO, III.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

Utntion the American Florist when writing

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Uention the American Florist when writing

W. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lone Distance Phone, Randolph 36IS
Mention the American Florist when writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago

Telephone, Centaral 3284.
Mention the American Florist when writing

J. a. BUDL0NG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

CUT FLOWERS

VALLEY, ROSES wnnLF<:ALK

and CARNATIONS S^ a^

A Specialty bnuWtn Ur

VlioMeRo¥crMM'Ket^j

Chicago, Nov. 4.

Roses. Beauty, specials ,

36-iD

30-in

24 in

20-in

I5in

12-in

Per doz.
300
2 50
2 00
1 50
1 25
I 00
75
Per too

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@|5 CO

Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

Richmond 3 00@ 8 00

Prince de Bulearie 3 00@10 00

■■ Rhea Raid 3 00@ 8 00

" My Maryland 3 00@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@15 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 OOglO 00

" Milady 3 00@10 00

Sunburst 3 00010 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 nr^&lO nO

'■ Hadley 3 00@15 00

;; Ophelia 3 00@15 00

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas...perdoz... 6 0007 50
Chrysanthemums. 75c. to S'4 00 per doz.
Pompons. 25@50c per bunch.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@$4.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 3n@l5 00

Valley 4 00@ 5 00

Violets 50@ 75

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns.... ■' 1 50@2 00

Galax ■' 1000125

Leucothoe 750 I 00

Mexican Ivy... .per 1000. 5 0006 00
Plumosus Strings, .each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 0002 50

*^Drpnepri. Plumosiis Sprays 3 000 4 00

Boxwood. 25c per lb.

E.C.AMLINGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 £. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'rhones Central 1978 and 1977.

—rutFLOWEP^l^

^ ''iM NO. WABASH A/eV^O ^

IIi4 NO. WABASH A/E.

i^ONECEmmSli

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

A. L. Randall Co.^

^^U|^i 66 E.Randolph St., c^Mitg^
^mt^ CHICAGO, ILL. C^inl^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Rein berg:

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White Klllamey roses. All
orders givt-n prompt attention. Try as.

162 N. Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

16? N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

818

The American Florist.

I^ov. 7,

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

HILWADKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i niNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
BotbL. oVbonei. ST. LOUIS, MO.

iipHies and EYeiyiliiiig u season always on laii
Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDLER WHOLESALE FLORAL CO.

1310 Pine Street ST. LOUIS. MO.

Philadelphia.

INCREASED UE.MAXI) HUT ALSO SUPPLY.

While there is quite an increase in
the demand for flowers the supply
keeps forging ahead at a rate .that
seems hopeless of regulating or in any
way keeping up to. There is just
about twice as much of almost every-
thing in the market than is required.
The department store demand gets
very much of this "surplus" at a price
which allows something for the grow-
ers, without which outlet they would
get nothing, so says one of the com-
mission men. With this state of af-
fairs there is no stability of prices,
buyers having things practically their
own way. The quality of the stock is
fine, roses and carnations particularly
so. Chrysanthemums are very plenti-
ful. Wm. Turner is a star sort and
Florence Harris is another. A few
Bonnaffon are offered and Chieftain is
a good pink, and so on. Prices are
fully 25 per cent below those of a year
ago. All Saints' day demand cleaned
up the white pretty well. Violets are
plentiful, but the weather is too warm
as yet. All the outside stock is done,
but even with this competition out of
the way there is not the life to busi-
ness that was expected.

CLUB MEETING.
The nietting developed into a rose
night. E. G. Hill. Riclimond, Ind.;
Myer Hellpr. New Castle, Ind.; C. L.
Washlnun, Chicago, and J. A. Carrey,
of Portland, Ore., came from the chiy-
santhemum show and each gave up-
to-date talks on the rose. Mr. Carrey
spoke of the work of Father Schoer-
ner in hybridizing and crossing roses
under great difficulty. He had, how-
ever, made great progress and was
working with new creations of his
own that showed great advance. The
wonderful growth of roses in Port-
land was touched \ipon and the great
advertisement it was to the city, and
the use they made of it in c.nrnivals.
E. G. Hill spoke of the wonderful
work of Pornet Duchet, he having
raised Mrs. Ward, Sunburst, Mrs. Taft
and others. Ho said black spot was
the great obstacle in rose growing.
with many of the otherwise great,

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

448 MU-
waukee St,

P.O. Box20a.

, Mllwaukee,Wls.

Fancy Lily of the Valley and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked,

C. A. KUEHN,

Supplies and Wire Designs.

Wholesale Florist,

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMePlowcrMArKeU

Philadelphia, Nov. 4.

Per 100

.20 00@25 00

first

. 5 00@I5 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell

" Killarney

. 5 60@10 00
. 2 00® 6 00

White Killarney

. 2 00@ 6 00

Liberty

" Mock

Bulgaria

. 4 00@ 6 00
. 8 00i8in 00
. 3 CO® 6 00

" Sunburst

. 3 on® f, 00
.-2 on® 8 00

Carnations

. 1 00® 3 00

Asters '.

. 2 00® 5 00

.35 00@50 00

. 5 00® 8 00

Lily of the Valley

. S on® 4 00

Sweet Peas

. 50® 1 00

Chrysanthemums

. 8 nn®i6 00

Violets •.

.50® 75

. 4 00® 6 00

Asparagus per bunch.

Pittsburgh, Nov. 4.

Roses, Beauty, special

" " fancy

" extra

50

Per 100
15 00
12 00
8 00

No. 1

4 00
. 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland

Sunburst

. 2 00® 6 00
. 2 00® 6 00

Mrs Aaron Ward

Mrs. Mock

Carnations

Cattleyas

Dahlias

. 2 00® 4 00

6 no

1 50

35 00

2 00® 3 00

Lilium Giganteum

8 00

Valley

4 00

Adiantum

1 00

Yellow Daisies

50

Sweet Peas

■;n

Chrysantheraums. per doz., tl.50@$2 .W

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bunch, ■ 3,S@40

Sprays per bunch. .Vi@40

roots, but thought it would be cor-
rected soon. C. L. Washburn spoke
of trade conditions in Chicago; they
had felt the general depression, sales
being twenty per cent less than last
year. Great quantities of flowers had
been thrown on the market but they
had been able to handle them all at a

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper!
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

U. G. BliKNiiVU

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

''DAISY'' RIBBON

Just the right quality lor Florists' use. (10 yds.
to bolt ) Can be had in white, pinit.- violet, purple
or yellow.

No. 22. ..per bolt, JI 10 No. 80.. per bolt. $1 65
No, 40... per bolt, 1.25 No. 100.. per bolt, 2.00
No. f.0.. per bolt. 145 (Get a sample, it's free.)

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER,
Wholesalf Florist. 1 324 Pine St., ST. LOUIS. MO.

Milwaukee, Nov, 4, Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per doz.. 1 50® 4 00

Killarney and W, Killarney 3 00® 8 00

Ward, Taft. Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0n@25 00

Ophelia 3 00@15 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Chrysanthemums. per doz., SO® 3 00

Lilies 1250

Snapdragon, per bunch, 25c @50c

Vallev 4 00

Violets 50

Bouvardia per bunch. 35c

l^^4-

The American Florist.

819

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR PHILADELfHLA GROWN

$1.00 to $3.00
per dozen.

They are Beauties of unusual quality. It'stoyouradvantage totry them and make comparison, if you are not using them now.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO., n wTori%'D.°d1f^^cst.. Philadelphia, Pa.

^

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Cboice American Beauties, Ru« sells. Mock -

KUl.rncy, Sunburst and otliers.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express depot.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, P/l.

price. He said .SunVuirst was a good
seller and that Russell is also a fine
variety and a coming standard. Both
roots had to be studied until their
requirements were known. Hadley,
Aarenberg and Killarne.v Brilliant were
on trial and would no doubt do well.
Ophelia is a good variety very prom-
ising. Myer Heller exhibited a small
yellow tea rose similar to Sweetheart.
that looks very promising at the bud
and even the full open flower being
perfect in form. After a vote of
thanks was given the speakers a col-
lation was spread to which all did am-
ple justice.

NOTES.

The low prices to which flowers have
dropped this season has taken the heart
out of the growers, as after their long
summer wait they expected to now be
able to turn their carefully grown stock
into much needed cash. How to sell
this ever-increasing supply is a prob-
lem. Roses that should bring at least
.$20 a thousand are being given away
at $4 to $5 a thousand and retailed at
a price that, while it shows a good
profit over the low figures, must have
a tendency to establish a lower range
for retail prices. Chrysanthemums are
also getting into the slaughter, being
sold in quantity at $4 to $6 a hundred
for stock for which the storekeeper
has been in the habit of paying $1.50
to $2 per dozen.

The November meeting of the club
held last Tuesday evening was a hum-
mer, the special feature being the en-
tertainment and smoker, together with
games provided by President George
Burton. His administration starts with
enthusiasm and bids fair to equal or
excel that of previous years. There
was a fine attendance, the excitement
of election night, together with the
opening of the chrysanthemum show,
making a crowded house.

The craft were much shocked at the
sudden death of Godfrey Aschmann.
He had attended the October club
meeting in his usual good health, and
was ill only a week. Blood poisoning
from a wound to one of his feet was
the cause of his death.

The Snellenberg store is making such
demands on the surplus stock that the
street men do not get a chance at it,
and will have to go out of business if
this thing keeps up, at least that is the
conclusion some of them have come to.

The chrysanthemum show is very
early this year, opening on election
night. A week later would have avoid-
ed this turbulent affair and allowed a

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, KUlarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON, MASS.

=^

J

VloMeJIoverMATKeU

Boston, Nov. 4. f er lUO

Roses, Beauty 1 00@25 00

Killaroey Queen 50(g 8 00

•• White and Fink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
" Double White Killarney... 1 00® 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

•■ Hadley 1 00(810 00

•• Cardinal 1 00@12 dO

•• Mock 1 to® 8 00

•• Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

" Sunburst 1 00® 8 00

•• Taft 1 00® 8 00

•■ Milady 1 Oi)@ 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 1 00® 6 00

■• My Maryland 50® 5 00

Cattleyas 25 nO@4u 00

Gladiolus America per doz., 7i@l 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas 25® 30

Violets single 35® 50

' roedtum 25® 50

Chrysanthemums, select 12 afi@16 no

medium 60001000

Carnaiions .5r@ 1 00

select 1 00® 1 50

Buffalo, Nov. 4. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

extra 10 00® 12 00

No. 1 8 00®10 00

No.2 2 00® 4 00

" Killarney .i 00® 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00® 7 00

" My Maryland 3 00® 7 00

Killarney Queen 3 00@ 6 00

" Hillingdon 3 00® 6 00

" Richmond 3 00® 7 00

" Sunburst 4 00® S 00

•• Ward 3 00® 5 00

" Taft SOO® 7 ro

Lilyof the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilies 8 00@IO 00

Cattleyas 35 00040 00

Carnations 1 00® 2 .SO

Snapdragons 2 Or® 3 00

Violets 50® M)

'Mums, pink, white and yellow. 5c@25c
Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35® SO

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Nov. 4.

Roses, Beauty perdoz..$l 00@$3 00

Per 100

" Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Rich mond 2 00@ fi 00

" Taft 2 on® 6 no

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilium Gieanteum 10 (X>

Asparagus Plumosus..perbch., 25c

Carnations 1 .SO® 2 00

Orchids, per doz 5 00® 6 00

Chrvsantheraums, per dnz. TO ';n@$2.00
Pompons per bunch. 50c

better selection and variety in the ex-
hibits.

The Niessen Co. are handling quanti-
ties of chrysanthemums. American
Beauties and other choice roses are

Manulacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

C'eveland.OhIo

P.tt«htlr<lh P»

BERGER BROS.

TtAUTTAC In large asi'ortment,
l^^^XaijlAO best varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shippinc facilities.

1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

CTE. CRITtHLLL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Tlllra St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock ol Florists' Greens and Sappllet

St. Louis, Nov. 4.

Roses, Beauty, medium 8

short stems 2

'' Killarney .. 2

My Maryland 2

White Killarney 2

'* Aaron Ward I

'_' Sunburst 3

Ophelia 4

■ M lady 3

" Hadley 3

Valley

Carnations I

Rubrum , f»

'Mums 3

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bu.. 25650
Asparagus Flumosus.per bu,.25®(>0

Harristi

Ferns per 1000. 1 .'0

Per 100
00®12 50
00® 6 00
00® 4 00
00® 4 00
00@4 00
50® 4 00
00® 5 00
00® 6 00

on® 6 00

00® 6 00
4 00
50® 2 50
00® 8 00
00®15 00

8 00

leaders. C. J. Watson, who was on
the sick list, is back again at his post,

H. A. Dreer's hanging baskets of ivy
and Asparagus Sprengeri have made
quite a hit. The bird's nest fern is
also a feature, there being quantities
of it in all sizes.

The M. Rice Co. received a large
<^nnsignment of goods from Europe the
past week. Everything all right but
the freight, which was very much ad-
vanced.

The Berger Market is handling choice
new sorts of chrysanthemums from H.
I. Faust at Merion. Choice valley and
Maryland roses are also features.

Orchids and valley are leaders with
Edward Reid. Choice chrysanthemums
are also a feature. K.

820

The American Florist.

Nov.

7,

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-82 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Paper 'WhUe Grdfl., 14cm. up. .case ol lOOO bulbs. J 9 00

Trench Gr. Eoleil d'or, pracox. . " '12-0 22.c«<

Trench 'irumiLet Major " "1^00 " 2'00

lilium roriEOSum, 7-9 inch ■ ■ 2=0 ' 15.00

Lilium Mult Iflorum, 7-9 inch.. " " 300 " l^.^O

L mum Glganteum, 7-9 inch... " " 31.0 ' 16.50

Special discount of 5% for cash wi'ti order.

New York.

TKADE BEMAIMS QUIET.
In the wholesale district the situa-
tion remains ' practically unchanged
since our last notes were written. To
be exact, every line of business in this
city seems dull. Quite naturally a re-
action follows on everything, including
flowers that can be classed as luxu-
ries. The election, which will take
place before these notes are in print,
may settle some matters that are now
doubtful, and as the "florists are a
hopeful lot," we are expecting better
business in the near future. It may
here be stated that a large number of
people in this country and city are
unduly excited about the war in Eu-
rope. All must agree that it is a de-
plorable affair, but we did not start
it and have nothing to do with it. It
is an old but true saying that "char-
ity begins at home." The sentimental:
Ists who are so worried over the con-
ditions in Europe may well look around
and find out the needs of our own
worthy but unfortunate people.

November 2. — November has opened
with exceptionally fine and warm
weather, which will continue to bring
in a heavy supply of stock. There is
some movement in the market this
morning, but practically all stocks are
going cheap. As an instance, special
Amerjcan Beauties have sold at the
rate of $10 per 100. Orchids continue
plentiful and very cheap. Chrysanthe-
mums are going cheap compared with
other years. The quality of violets is
rather poor, which may be accounted
lor by so much warm weather. It does
not appear that there has yet been
enough frost to kill the outdoor stock.
The society records show that many
weddings are booked for November,
which may make some slight improve-
ment, but few wedding decorations are
now on the elaborate scale of former
years.

NOTES.

The parade in honor of New York's
ter-centenary, on the night of October
28. was a very elaborate affair. A
number of the retail florists were in it,
their automobiles being decorated in
a very artistic manner with natural
flowers. Among those noted were Max
Schling. Malandre Brothers, The Co-
lonial Florist and The Massas Floral
Co. Further details of these decora-
tions will appear in a future issue. At
present it may be stated that com-
pared with other lines of business, the
florists made a fine showing.

It is a fine sight to see men in the
same line of business dwell together
in harmony. These remarks are made
on account of Traendly & Schenck,
and Walter P. Sheridan, who occupy
adjoining stores. Almost any day one
can hear Mr. Sheridan say : "Go to
Traendly & Schenck, they have good
stock," and vice versa, Traendly &
Schenck will say, "Go to Sheridan, etc ,
and all this seems to be said with good
feeling.

H. E. Froment is very well pleased
with the large number of prizes for
roses taken at the Madison, N. J.,
show by his leading grower. L. B.
Codflington of Murray Hill. N. J. If
hard work and strict attention to busi-
ness deserves .success, and we think
it does, both these men deserve all
that comes their way.

Calling recently on "Nick the
Florist," whose true name is Nicholas
Flessas. and whose store Is at 1430
Amsterdam avenue, we found him in

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
iis Best Growers

a cheerful mood, and with a very clever
arrangement of plants and "flowers in
his store. Mrs. Flessas, who is also
a florist, has recently been ill but is
now recovering.

Calling recently at the retail store
of Wm. C. Mansfield, 1184 Lexington
avenue, we found Manager Wallace in
a cheerful and optimistic mood, and
he said that they were not worrying.
The Mansfield store has been there so
long that .the people in that section
of the city feel that they Cannot do
without it.

John Lightpine, well known in the
wholesale district, recently entered a
hospital for treatment for blood poison-
ing in one of his feet.' John is a kind
and amiable man, and we are glad to
know that his case is not serious and
that he is rapidly recovering.

J. K. Allen is now receiving Arte
stock of Chrysanthemum Col. Apple-
ton. He has also, for several weeks,
been receiving good stock of paper
white narcissus as well as many fine
roses and a variety of other stock, in-
cluding dendrobium orchids.

William P. Ford. 107 West 28th
street, is one of the most cheerful op-
timists in the wholesale district. He
says in eltect : "W^hat's the use of
kicking? I have good stock of all
kinds and am doing the best I can
with it."

October 31. C. C. Trepel opened an-
other store, branch No. 11, at Broad-
way and 147th street. As previously
stated in these notes, he has intro-
duced new methods in the retail busi-
ness and he deserves credit for his
courage.

Alexander Kupperman, formerly buy-
er for Thos. Young, Jr., now occupies
a similar position with Ferdinand
Fleischman. Inc. Alex, is a good and
faithful fellow and highly esteemed
by the best men in the trade.

A. L. Young has just had the pleas-
ure of a visit from his father, whose
home is up state. We have met the
elder Mr. Young and, to reverse the
old saying, he seems to be the worthy
sire of a worthy son.

Young & Nugent, 42 West 28th
street, are now handling a very fine
line of boxwood for decorative pur-
poses. This firm reports a large in-
crease in business.-

At Walter F. Sheridan's we have
noted fine stock of the Mrs. Charles
Russell rose, as well as a variety of
other good roses, chrysanthemums and
carnations.

In addition to a good general stock
of cut flowers, James Coyle, the whole-
saler of 28th street, is now carrying
a particularly fine line of sniilax.

At ■ the wholesale store of Badgly,
Ttipilel & Mever, October .31. exception-
ally fine blooms of Chrysanthemum
Wm. Turner were noted.

The Broadway retail florists, and
there are many of them, do not seem
to be worrying over the outlook for
the coming season.

Traendly & Schenck are handling an
exceptionally fine stock of roses and
chrysanthemums.

JOHN YOUNG

vniolesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends througbout tht
country that all orders to be shipped, will receivt
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

WILUAMP.FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5W5

Peter F. McKenney, Fifth avenue
and 42nd street, states that business
is improving.

A. Sauter of the Coogan building Is
now handling a good quality of mignon-
ette.

The New York Florists' Bowling
Club will meet at Thum's alleys, Broad-
way and 31st street, every Thursday at
7 :30 p. m. The oSicers and members,
and scores of October 29, are as fol-
lows :

.T. Mlesem, Pres 182 189

J. Fenrlch, Capt ICO 178

H. C. Riedel. Sec'y 139 162

P. .Tncohsnn. Treas 152 146

A. M. Henshaw 1.37 149

A. Kokuda 150 145

C. W. Scott 142 161

.\. J. Guttman 141 168

R. J. IrwIn 139 153

J. Donaldson 185 163

W. P. Ford

W. H. Slebrecht

A. F. F.

Galena, III.— J. V. Wickler, former-
ly of Grand Forks. N. D., will open a
flower shop in the Sampson building.

Centralia, III. — The annual ex-
hibition of the Horticultural Society of
Illinois will be held here, November
24-2.'i. Copies of the premium list may
be had on application to E. G. Menden-
hall. Kinmundy, 111.

r9i4

The American Florist.

821

Established 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wholesale Commission Dealer In Cot Flowers.

Now prepared for Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Antumn" will
soon rei^rn ship me y ur -•hrysanthf mums. I can also handle Kood dahlias.
Prompt returns and Satisfaction Gujranteed. The usual supply of roses,
lily of the valley and other gieenhous; siock
Open at 6 a. m. every mornins. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping: Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500, $2.85: per 1000 $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLODIST CO.. 440 S. OearbornSt. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J GUTTMAW, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Scbenck

Traendly & Schcnck

Wbotesale Florists ud Cot Flower Eicfaange

131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids* Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Neconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street
NKW YORK CITY

Telephone: 3864 Madison Sqaare.

Albany. N. Y.

NOTES.

Five of the local florists are still
discussing their visit to Lenox, Mass.,
upon the occasion of the show there,
October 2.3. The Albanians virho at-
tended were : President Fredericli
Henlses of the Florists' club, Fred
Goldring, Edward P. Tracey, Fred A.
Danlser and Thomas F. Tracey, man-
ager of the Albany Cut Flower Ex-
change. Tliey made the trip from this
city in Henlves' automobile. While in
Lenox they visited a few of the large
estates, including those of Gerard For-
rester and .John Sloan. The party saw
in some nf the greenhouses grapes, figs,
vegetaMe.s nf all kinds, as well as
orchiSs. chrysanthemums, roses and
seasonable flowers. At the show the
display of orchids was perhaps un-
rivaled and the chrysanthemums were
of the size and character that have
made the Lenox shows notable. Some
of the chrysanthemums were sent to
this city after thp return of the visitors
and attracted attention in the windows
of one or two of the local stores.

Louis H. Schaefer, who has been em-
ployed for years in New York and Al-
bany as a seeds salesman, has em-
barked in business for himself. He
left the employ of the F. A. Sherman
Co. about two weeks ago and has taken
a place at 102 Hudson avenue, oppo-
site the market square. With him are
his two sons, Lewis and Henry. Henry
was for some time employed at the
Rosery on Steuben street. The firm
will be known as Louis H. Schaefer
& Sons. The concern will handle seeds,
bulbs, plants and trees. Louis' many

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLOPIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^Islf-issl Si; sa. 133 W. 28fli St,. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMe flower MM^KeU

New York, Nov. 4. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 8 00@l2 00

extra aodfancy... 5 00@ 6 00

No. 1 and No. 2... 1 Ofiiffi 3 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, special 4 00® 5 00

extra... 3 uu® 4 00

•■ N0.I&N0.2 50(8 1 SO

" White Killarney. special... 4 00@ 5 00

Killaroey, My Maryland...

special 3 000 4 00

No. 1 and No. 2.. 5n@ 1 OD
Queen, special.. 3 OOm 4 00

Brilliant 1 000 6 00

Aaron Ward 50@ 6 00

Richmond 50® 6 00

" Sunburst 50@ 6 00

" Taft 500 6 00

Milady, special 4 d @ 5 00

" J L Mock 1000 6 00

•• Hadley 1 000 6 00

Ophelia 1 0ii@ 6 00

CarnatioDS. 75® 2 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 20 00

inferior (trades. 8 0n@|0 00
Lilies, Loneiflorum and Harrisii.. 4 000 5 00

Lily of the Valley 2 500 3 00

Chrysanthemums per doz., 1 000 3 00

X'^'^'s 150 35

Gardenias per doz.. $2.CO@$3 00

Adiantium Croweaoum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plumosus....doz. bcbs. 1 000 2 00

Smilax doz. strings. 10ft

Paper White Narcissus 2 00

United Cut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones; Madison Square 594-4422.

We solicit consienments of cut flowers of all kinds

books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS. Manager.

friends in this locality wish him suc-
cess.

Congratulations are being extended
to W^illiam A. Lucas, an employe of
Whittle & Riggs, who was married on
October 28 at Saratogo, N. Y. The
bride was Miss Mary A. O'Rourke, a
member of the household of Yaddo, the
Saratoga Springs estate of Mrs. Spencer
Trask. Mr. Lucas worked on the Yad-
do estate up to a few months ago,
when he came to Albany. A reception
and dance followed at Yaddo. They
will reside at 42.3 Central avenue.

Thomas F. Tracey, manager of the
-Albany Cut Flower Exchange, reports
a good supply of roses and chrysanthe-
mums with an improvement in demand
as the cold weather advances.

Recent visitor : James Kairns, rep-
resenting Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Phila-
delphia. R. D.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses.
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies. Etc.

57 West 28tli St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessier Bros.
113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK-
CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. Coosignments solicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldif.. 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York

Open for Cut Flower Sales

at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. s. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERGREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material (or
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES UADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

Ik UrgesI Slipper ud Recdis of Fresb Cat Fbnn

I^T'A complete assortment of the best in tht

market can always be relied upon.

Phone Madison Sci. 44'JO Consi):;nnients Solicited

Rosen & Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

John I Reynolds. Mgr. Phone Madison Sq.4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

822

The American Florist.

Nov. 7,

Morris Co. Gardeners' and Florists' Society

The nineteenth annual flower show
of the above named society was held
in Assembly Hall, Madison, N. J., Octo-
ber 28-29. Long ago this society estab-
lished a fine record in the exhibition of
a great variety of fine stock, ana it
is keeping up with the times. While
at this time of year many in the trade
think of .shows largely as exhibitions
of chrysanthemums, at this one there
was a great variety of other fine stock.
For a flrst-class tiower show, good
stock is very important, but clever and
tasteful arrangement also looms large.
The stage of Assembly Hall was very
handsomely decorated with a variety
of single and hardy chrysanthemums
from the range of Charles H. Lotty,
Madison, N. J., the arrangement being
by his clever foreman, W. E. Tricker.
Following the line of commercial grow-
ers, there were noteworthy exhibits of
roses from C. H. Totty, the Noe inter-
ests, Madison, N. J.; L. B. Coddington,
Murray Hill, N. J., and Harry O. May,
Summit, N. J.

The exhibits of chrysanthemums from
various private estates were very fine.
Particularly noteworthy were those of
W. H. Duckham, superintendent for
Mrs. D. Wilis James, Madison, N. J.,
James Fraser, superintendent for O. H.
Kahn, Morristown, N. J., and Robert
Tyson, superintendent for Mrs. H.
McK. Twombly, Madison. N. 3. There
were also fine features from the estates
of Dr. D. H. McAlpine, Morris Plains,
N. J.; Mrs. John Crosby Brown,
Orange, N. J., and C. W. Harkness,
Madison, N. J. W. A. Manda, South
Orange, N. J., exhibited a collection of
his new dahlias. These dahlias are of
remarkable size and beauty.

Artiong many other fine exhibition
chrysanthemums, C. H. Totty exhib-
ited a new white, which he has named
Mrs. J. Purroy Mitchel, in honor of
the wife of the mayor of the city of
New York.

Guttman & Rayner, Inc., New York,
exhibited a collection of new roses and
carnations, among them being a new
double pink Killarney rose. Charles
Weber, Lynbrook, N. Y., exhibited his
pink seedling carnation, Laura Weber.
There was a very excellent display
of fruit and vegetables. One of the
very clever arrangements of vegetables
was by James Fraser of Morristown.
The vegetables were arranged on a
ground of natural grass and showed
original ideas.

The Morris county gardeners and
florists are a fine lot of men and pro-
gressive. Among them we reckon Rob-
ert M. Schultz, who though now en-
gaged in other lines, gets busy and
helps out with the shows.

In the open for all section for flow-
ers and plants, of which there were 80
classes, awards of 80 first, 77 second
and 47 third prizes were offered. Prom-
inent among the successful exhibitors
in this section were Dr. D. H. McAl-
In the open for all section for
flowers and plants, of which there
were 80 classes, awards of 80 first. 77
second and 47 third prizes were of-
fered. Prominent among the success-
ful exhibitors in this section were Dr.
D. H. McAlpine. Morris Plains, N. J.:
Mrs. D. Willis James, Madison, N. J.
(W. H. Duckham, supt.); Charles H.
Totty, Madison, N. J.; Mrs. J. Crosby
Brown, Orange, N. J.: L. B. Codding-
ton, Murray Hill, N. J.; C. W. Hark-
ness, Madison, N. J. (ID. Wilde. Gr.);
Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, Madison. N.
J-I.-O. H. Kahn, Morristown, N. J.;
Mrs. C. B. Alexander, Bernardsville,
N. .1. Several special prizes were in-
cluded in the awards in the divisions
for fruits and vegetables, of which
there were 8 classes of the former and
18 of the latter. S. M. & A. Colgate.
Orange, N. J., and R. D. Foote, Mor-
ristown, N. J., cantured the malority
of awards in the fruit exhibit. In the
classes for vegetables Mrs. D. Willife I

Delaware Holly and Holly Wreaths.

Case HoUy guaranteed as to foliage, dark green in color and well berried.

Packed in standard size cases 2x2x4 ft. at $3 00 per case
for 10 cases or more, f. o. b. shipping point.

Holly Wreaths.

Standard size wreaths are made on 10 inch
wooden rings, wire wrapped and have four good
si?e bunches of berries. 200 per case.

In lolsof 2U0 each 11?4C

In lots of 400 each llHc

Inloisof60(i each lie

In lots of 1000 each lOWc

The above size wreaths made on wire rings
packed 2 in a pa>teboard box 25 cents per box.
Terms one-haif cash with order.

Specialties.

Cedar, Pine, Laurel, and Boxwood
Wreaths, any size on wire rings.

Cedar, Pint and Boxwood in 60 and
UX) pound cases.

Laurel Roping, 314, 4 and 5 cents
per yard.

We have everytbing in Evergreens.

Write your requirements.

Delaware Everj^reen Co., Milton, Delaware.

FERNS, GREEN GALAX aoo LEUCOTHOE

Direct from the woods to the dealer. NEW CROP NOW READY.
Dagger and Fancy Ferns. . . .80c per 1000; case of 5.0(0. $3 '0 "

Grefn Galax iOc per lOOO: case of 10.000 4.a)

Green Leucothoe (long) per 1 ( 00 $2 00

Green Leucothoe (short) per 1 000. 100

Rhododendron Leaves per 1000. .50

ELK GALAX & FERN CO.,

TERMS CASH. BANNERS ELK, N. C. Conds Goaanmlted.

HOLLY, LAUREL AND MOSS,

SELECTED BOXWOOD SPRAYS.

Our Prices and Goods Will Please You.

W. Z. PURNELL,

SNOW HILL, MD.

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Choice Case Holly, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Roping. Uan turnish any a Jiouot.
Ijiave any ihioi? in greens. Better write

y^ur requirements.

H. E. CONWELL, "'ilS^wARE.

James, Mrs. C. B. Alexander and Mrs.
H. McK. Twombly led with meritorious
di.siplays. A. F. F.

Oklahoma City.

STOCK MOVES FBEELY.
The flower business continues very
gMod with plenty of trade and lots of
stock to meet the demand. Carnation
growers are complaining of a root-rot
that is decimating the greenhouse
benches. The trouble seems to develop
within a few days of planting and in a
very short time the neck of the plant
decays and the roots become rotten.
Home grown stock so far is free from
the trouble, it only occurring among
plants from outside growers. Special
Saturday sales are a regular feature at
the florists' stores. These sales are
great business bringers and an im-
men.se quantity of medium-priced stock
is disposed of every Saturday.

NOTES.

California violets are now a regular
feature. They do not have that ex-
quisite fragrance so well known of the
Marie Louise, but their keeping quali-
ties are great.

We had our first frost a few days
ago. Cannas were touched slightly,
but it was not severe enough to hurt
the hardy chrysanthemums. These are
now in their full beauty.

Furrow & Co. have placed a new
delivery automobile in commission this
week. It is quite a stylish turn-out.

Visitors : Robt. Newcomb, represent-
ing Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago;
Mr. King of the Park Floral Co., Tulsa,
Okla. • S. S. B.

Holly Xmas Holly

I have a choice lot of green heavy berried
Holly that I will deliver by freiglit to
poiniseast of the Mississippi river.

Single Case, - • ■ $4.00
5 cases or more, per case, 3.75

Heavy 14-inch Holly Wreaths with
plenty of berries, 100 $10.00

My 20 years' experience insures
you tlie right pack.

H.AUSTIN, Felton,Del.

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.
E. A. BE AVEN. Evergreen, Ala.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment $Z.50percase

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything In Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

Florists ! Florists !

Now if you wish the best order Ferns, Fancy
and Daireer. MOSS, Evergreen, Laurel, Spmce
and Hemlock Boughs, Xmas Trees. Etc. Finest
stock. Frictsricht.

H. J. SMITH, Hinsdale, Mass.

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will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

GREAT BRITAIN

WILLS £ SEGAR,

Royal Exotic Nursery,

Onslow Crescent, S. Kensington, London

FLORISTS TO HIS MftJESTY THE KING.

We shall be glad to carry out commissions from
our American confreres to deliver

Cut Flowers, Floral Baskets, Floral Designs,
Baskets of Choice Fruit, Etc.

to American visitors in any part of Great Britain.

Cablegrams -

•FLOSCULO, LONDON.'

Chicago.

UtabUmed in 1857.

^t^^

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.
L. D. Pbone. Graceland 1112.

Send 08 yonr retail orderi.
WE HAVE THE BEST FACttlTIES IN THE CITY

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F.T.O.
liention the American Florist when toriting

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

eO KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabath Ave., Cblcado.
623 Walnut St.. Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders tor hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhonses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .^ss'n.

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph Delivery.

Ginciimati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.
CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telecraph Delivery .\ss'n.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

'-TELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-*- any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all orders
from onknown correspondents.

Cable address: Alexconnell,
Western Union Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Guy Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choice
Beauties. Orchids andValley always on hand.

Young&Nugent

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Sonare.
42 West 28th street.

To ont-oftown florists TJVUT VfiRft

We are In the Heart Of «*«»» I UK A

.'\nd give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS/.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Auduorinm Aonci, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stork, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, LoCkport,

Nia^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mevtinn the American Florist when writing

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will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York. .

ErtabHshed 1 B74.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srivate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S OlsoD,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders lor any place in the Twin Cities
aod lor all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; tne largest stock: the greatest
vari^y. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
Qjgbt and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresh Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries

ttirougbout the state and to all steamship docks
In Hoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWNFLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lodcport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, otlier Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

.- Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West S9th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Habcn of tbe Florists' Tdofnpfa Ddinn.

PHILADELPHIA and VICmrrY.

wi}e bonbon Mlolan ^boti. SJlii.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Members Florists' Telegraph J^elivery.

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Anderson, S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo, N. Y.

Archlas Floral Co., Sedalla, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta. Ga.

Bauscher, John, Freeport. 111.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blacklstone, Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francf^co.

Bragg, Ross. Rochester, Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland. O.

Breltmeyer's Sons, John, Detroit, Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver. B. C.

Buckbee. H. W., Rockford, 111.

California Florists. Tacoma. Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York,

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.

Cooke, Geo, II., Conn, Ave. and L., Washlngtoi^

Drnlels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York.

Duerr, Chas. A.. Newark, O.

Duluth Floral Co.. Duluth. Minn.

Duulop's, 90 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.. Albany. N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs, J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb,

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow Sc Co., Guthrie, Okla.

Furrow ft Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Oulvln, Tbos. F., Inc., Boston, Mass.

Galvln. Thos. P., Inc, New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland. O.

Graham, A,, & Son, Cleveland, O,

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Micb.

Gude Bros., Washington,

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O,

Ilclnl & Sod. J. G., Terre Haute, Ind.

Henderson, Lewis — Omaha, Neb,

Hess ft Swoboda, Omaha, Neb,

Holm ft Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons. J. B., Rochester, N. T,

Kellogg. F. & P. Co.. Geo. M.. Kansas City.

Klft. Robert. 1725 Chestnut. PhllHdelphla.

La Crosse Floral Co.. La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral ft. Nursery Co., Dallas, Tex.

Lange. A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborlus, J. J., Duluth, Minn.

London Flower Shop. The, Philadelphia.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L.. St. Paul, Minn.

McConnell. Alex., New York,

McKenna, Montreal, Can.

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans. La.

Murray, Samuel, Kansas City, Mo.

Mycr, Florist, New Y'ork.

Ostertag Bros.. St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M.. Little Rock, Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co.. The. Denver, Colo.

Phillips Bros.. Newark. N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Pod.f'sta & BaldocchI, San Francisco.

Pollwortb Co., C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store. Portland, Me.

Randolph ft McClements. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Itotitor's, New London, Conn,

Itenter'a, Norwich, Conn,

Itenter's. Westerly. R. I.

Rock, Wm. L.. Flower Co.. Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison «t.. Chgo.

Schling. Max. 22 W. nflth St.. New York.

Simmons & Sons. Toronto, Can.

Small & Sons, J. H., New Tork.

Small ft Sons, J. H.. Washington, D. 0.

Smith Co.. A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry, Grand Rapids. Mich.

Stnmpp, G. B. M.. New York.

Weber. P. H., St. Louis. Mo.

Whitted Floral Co., Minneapolis, Minn,

Wills & Segar, London, Bug.

WIttlwdd. G.. Co.. 737 Buckingham PL. Chgo.

Wolfskin irros. ft M. Goldenson, Los Angeles.

Young ft Nugent. New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breltmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and 6ratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cnt Blooms.

We cover all Micliigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

SU Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
io this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

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St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave. """' %"o*n?i''""

Orders taken for FLOWXRS, Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist iohen writing

WASfllNfifoN

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful Atteition

Members of the Florists' Teleeraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhe Park

J.A.VAL1NTINI. floral VO.

President.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

CUDE 8ROS.C0L

riARiSTS
»i« r 9Tin<

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825

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will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kilt,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Ktntion the American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo, M. Kellogg
Flower 6t Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orderg for Cut

llRSaS City ind Flowers, Funeral Designs

Dla».ntUill U« Weddinit and Birthday Gilts.

neaSininill, mil. that mav be entrusted to them.

Uention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A. W. Smith Co.

KEENAN BLDG.

LarKCSl Floral Establishment in America,
Eitabliihed 1874. Incorporated 1909

Uention the American Florist when writing

New York.

e. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph DeliverT Association
Uention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELANID)

EUCLID AVENUE

MwBbers of The Florists' Telegraph Delifery,
Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, O. C.

14 th and H. Street.

Mtntion the American Florist when v>riting

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPolIworthCo.

WIU take proper \Vi ar><-kn ain

care of your orders In ▼» I8COI181I1

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greeohouses. Deliveries

everywhere in Minnesota. V\ isconsin. North
Dakota. South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders givpn prompt
attention and filled with strictlv ttesh stock.

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany. N. T.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston— Tho3. F. Galvln. Inc.

BuBfalo, N. y.— S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Cblt-ago — Friedman.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago— Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wlttbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati. O.— Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — A. Graham & Son.

Cleveland. O.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Dallas, Tex. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit. Mich. — John Breltmeyer's Sons.

Duliith, Minn.— Duluth Floral Co.

Diiluth, Minn, — J. J. Leborius.

Freeport, 111. — John Bauscher.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Guthrie. Okla.— Furrow & Co.

Kansas City — Geo. M. Kellogg P. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln, Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock. Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

London. Eng. — Wills & Segar.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. GoMenson.

iMllwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn.— Whitted Floral Co.

Montreal — McKemia.

Nashville, Tenn.— Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark. N. J.— Phillips Bros.

Newark, O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London, Conn. — Renter's.

New Orleans, La. — Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — Ales McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvln. Inc.

New York- Max Schllng. 22 W. 59th St.

New York — Myer, Florist. 609 Madison Ave.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York — G. B. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Nnrwlrh. Conn. — Renter's.

Oklahoma City. Okla. — Furrow & Co.

OuiMlja, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda. Farnam St.

<iniaha. Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Philadelphia— Hobert Klft. 1725 Clieatnut St.

Philadelphia— The London Flower Shop.

Plttshnrgh, Pa.— Randolph & MeClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland. Me.^Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford. 111.— H. W. Buckhee.

Sheboygan. Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B, Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalla. Mo.— Archlas Floral Co.

Superior, Wis.- Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute. Ind. — J. G. Helnl Sons.

Taooma. Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo. 0. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dunlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Toronto, Can. — Simmons & Son.

Vancouver, B. C— Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and U

Washington — Gude Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.

Westerly. R. I. — Renter's.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.

Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1653 Colnmbai

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchl

324 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orderi
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Uate Flower
Store ia Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers to

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Pbone Tour Order* to the
HOUSE or FLOWXKS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work.

DeliTcred in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order,

11 NORTH FEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable floriat.

Only
the
Beat

Dunlop's

eS Vona* Straat.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guaraots*
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

561 Fifth Ave.
Vanderbllt Hotel

NEW YORK

Q||eYA|| 126 Tremont Street
DUO I Un 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

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Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sendyourorders^o'Ctiicago

andSnb-
Drbs to

- ^ M II I „ , All orders carefully filled

^^UZSWMb^** under the BupervisioD of

Wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Roctaester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers In Qty.

Little Rock, Arl£.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of the city. Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Saccessor to Geo. A. Helnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Botli Ptiones, 627.

Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

141S Farnum St telephones

i«ij 1 arnum 3i. 1501 ^^^ ^ ,582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Plorists' Teleeraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL'S

New York.

MTfER, FLORIST, «r L"*:^"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

Ttie

Leading

Florists

60 MADISON AVENUE

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±loWers

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th & H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSGHER, Fjeeport, 111.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN, NEB;

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Members of Florists Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

D illas
Tjxas.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too large, none loo small.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction. n||| IITU MINN

We are the center of tiegr. at UULU'n. lYIinH.

Northwest. Ciily deliveries to Superior. Wis.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

Vou will need the Now Edition of our

Trade Directory

Containing the Names and Addresses of
I^'lorlsts of the United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID

American Florist Go , "*« "cmcSso""" '"•

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PniUPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

lEWARI K I

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We lolicit telegraph ordera. Regular trade disc
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Arcliias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notkt.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.
l^ifhidfln Orders win be carelnllT

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH a SONS Will fill Tont
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigan

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph DellTcrr

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Bulbs

For Greenhouse and
Bedding Work.

We call attention to the fact that these bulbs are imported by us from best Dutch firms; actual pro-
ducers of the bulbs, who did not commence packing until the war broke out and who knew at that time that
their export trade with Russia and Germany was closed for this season, in consequence of which we secured

The Finest Bulbs Which the Harvest Affords.

Buyers should not confound these prices with prices of stock picked up on speculation by Dutch
dealers, not growers, and sent to this country and now ofifered through peddlers or at auction.

Dutch Narcissus

Golden Spur, Fancy.

Empress,
Victoria,
Princeps,
SirWaikin,
Von Si on.

Per 1000

Round Bulbs $13.00

1300
12.00
6.00
12.00
1350

Double Nose 22.00

Dutch Hyacinths

Per llXIO

Calias

Per 1000

Dutch Romans, named varieties $1 7.50

Hyacinths, First size, 19-21 ctm 60 00

Second size (for forcing) 17-19 ctm 37.00

Bedding Grade, 15 ctm. and up 25.00

French Romans p^^

11-12 cttiis. (L'oUO to case). $24.00
12-13 ctms. (2000 to case).. 29.00
12ctms.&up(1800tocase). 35.00

French Narcissus

Paper Whites, fancy, (1250 PerlOOO
to case) $ 8.50

Trumpet Majors 13.00

Emperor 20.0O

1'4 to 1^2 inch $ 45.00

IH to 2 inch 75.00

2 to 2H inch 100.00

Freesias

French Mammoth,

'2 to ■li inch

Purity, V2 to 34 inch.

Per ICXX)

$ 900
. 12.00

TULIPS.

Pit 11)00

Artus $ 6.50

Couleur Cardinal 16.00

Cramoise Brilliant 9.00

Dusart 9.00

La Reine 6.00

Princess Marie Anne 7.50

Cottage Maid 7.00

Proserpine 22.00

Rose Gris de Lin 6.00

Chrysolora 7.50

Per 1000

Yellow Prince $ 7.50

Keizerslcroon 13 00

Single, Fine mixed 6.00

Double, " " 6.50

La Candeur 8.00

Crown of Roses 21.00

Salvator Rosa 13.50

Crown d'Or 17 00

Tournesol. Red and Yellow.. 17.50

Boutond'Or 11.00

Lilium Formosum

Per limo Per 1000

6 to 8 in., (350 to case). .$40.00 | 8 to 9 in., (22i to case). .$70.00

7 to 9 in., (250 to case).. 60.00 | 8 to 10 in., (200 to case). 80.00

Lilium Giganteum

( Immediate Shipment. 1

Per 1000 Per 1000

7-9 in., (300 to case) $50.00 | 9-10 in., (200 to case).... 95.00

8-10 in., (225 to case). ...$80.03 |

Write for Fall "Book for Florists."

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO
NEW YORK

^28

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The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse. .S;iii FrjiinMSfo. *';ilif.,
President: J. M. Luptoii, Mattituck. L. I.,
N. v.. First Vice-President: E. C. Duncan,
Philadelpliia, Pa.. Seeond Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer; S. K. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tliird annual meeting. San Fran-
Cisco, Oalif.. .luhe lyi.").

The Wiiolesale Seedsmen's I^eague
preliminary prices are out.

The bean crop continues to shrink,
according to latest growers' reports.

Wethersfield, Conn. — Wm. Meggat.
now in his eightieth year, is recover-
ing from a recent operation.

FARGO, N. D.— The North Dakota
Seed Growers' Association will hold
a convention in Fargo in January.

The annual meeting of the Western
Canners' Association will be held at
the Sherman House, Chicago, Novem-
ber 19-20. »

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade November 4 were
as follows: Timothy, !f4.00 to .$5.85
per 100 pounds.

FARIBAULT, MINN. — One of the large
warehouses belonging to the Farmer
Seed & Nursery Co. was destr'oyed by
fire T»ctober 21.

Holland conditions are worse than
in England, one out of every 21 of the
population having joined the <Jolors
while the figures in England are one
out of every 60.

Sioux City, Ia.— J. S. Michael, of
the Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co.,
is reported elected state representative
on the Democratic ticket by a sub-
stantial majority.

Tuberous Begonias, which are grown
in the vicinity of Ghent, Belgium, may
not be forthcoming owing to the recent
overrun of that part of the country by
the German army. Ordinarily they are
shipped abnut November 15.

CHARLES Johnson, Marietta, Pa.,
American representative of Denaiffe &
Son, Carignan, France, advises that
communication with his house has
been cut off since the Germans took
possession of this French town early
in September and that he is in the po-
sition of watchful waiting, hoping for
the best.

Holland has several large associa-
tions for promoting bulb culture. Con-
sul Murphy, of Amsterdam, states that
the General Bulb Culture Association
has 3,000 members, divided into 37
branches; the Dutch Bulb Growers'
Association, 1,400 members, in 31
branches, and the Federation of Bulb
Merchants: 200 members.

J. C. Vaughan, Progressive business
candidate in the second Illinois dis-
trict, failed to evict the present Re-
publican incumbent in Tuesday's elec-
tion, although he received more votes
than any other Progressive candidate
in the 10 Chicago districts, public sen-
timent, because of the times, evident-
ly admonishing the administration
here, as elsewhere in Ilinois, New
York, Pennsylvania and Indiana, in
favor of standpat Republicans.

Haven Seed Company.
The Haven Seed Company, of Santa
Ana, Calif., has recently incorporated
its business with a capital stock of
$25,000. Tomato seed growing is its
principle business. The incorporators
are E. M. Haven, A. B. Haven and L.
H. Haven. The business was estab-
lished in Michigan by E. M. Haven in
1875 and the tomato lias always been
the firm's specialty. The Ijusiness was
transferred to California to secure bet-
ter climatic conditions for growing and
curing the seed.

Free Seeds Discontinued in the Pliilippines

The Bureau of Agriculture has an-
nounced that as soon as its present
stock runs out it will discontinue the
practice of free distribution of seeds
which has been in vogue for the last
12 years. Local firms have advised
that they are equipped to supply the
demand for seeds in the islands.
Those engaged in producing either
seeds or plants for sale have been in-
vited to register their business ad-
dresses with the Bureau of Agricul-
ture, listing the names of varieties
they offer for sale.

Seed testing by the bureau has
passed the experimental stage, and it
is now known that a large variety of
vegetables and garjlen plants will
thrive in different parts of the islands;
in fact, tlie number is greater than
was at first believed. The practice of
distributing seeds free grew up in 1;he
early life of the bureau, when it was
necessary to ascertain just what vari-
eties of vegetables or flowers would
flourish in the islands.

PLANT SALES DISCONTINUED.

The woik was begun in 1902 under
the first American director of agri-
culture, who co-operated with the De-
partment of Agriculture of the United
States. A station was established in
Manila and all seeds were tested be-
fore being distributed. The informa-
tion obtained through this station has
now become the property of numbers
of growers in every part of the archi-
pelago, and standard varieties have
been established. In the judgment of
the Bureau of Agriculture, the work
of supplying these should b« relegated
to private seed dealers.

The Government has also arranged
to discontinue the ornamental plant
business, as soon as practicable, and
leave the field to private firms. The
city of Manila at present maintains
gardens fiom which ornamental
shrubs, plants and trees are sold.
This enterprise was begun hy the city
before there were private producers,
but private growers have established

Pieters-Wiieeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

gardens and are now prepared to sup-
ply the island demand for such prod-
ucts. The government will confine it-
self to the importation and testing
of new species and varieties which,
when proved satisfactory, will be of-
fered for sale.

Ag^§:eler & Nusser Seed Co., Los Angeles.

(Jwing to the steady growth in all
branches of the business of the Agge-
ier & Musser Seed Co., Los Angeles.
Calif., for the last few years, this firm
found it necessary to move its ware-
house, general otiices and sales depart-
ments to larger quarters. The firm
will continue its present location, 113-
115 North Main street, as a branch
principally for retail trade, but will
have a representative there who can
quote prices and receive orders for the
wholesale trade as well as the retail.

The new warehouse is at 1200-12
Produce street, on the grounds of the
Los Angeles public market, at Sixth
and Alameda streets. The 25,000
square feet of floor space is equipped
with all modern apparatus, including
cleaning mills, elevators and every-
thing necessary in an up-to-date seed
business. The size of the stock room
will make it possible to carry a large
and complete line of merchandise and
the shipping facilities are ideal, in-
cluding private switch. The offices
are large and equipped to insure ma-
chine-like accuracy and promptness. A
special department is being prepared
for market gardener customers and a
reception room for the accommoda-
tion of all patrons. Customers and
friends are invited to visit the new
establishment, which ranks with the
best in the country.

Imported Red Clover Seed.

The seed importation act of August
24, 1912, does not directly prohibit the
importation of seeds on account of
low vitality. It does, however, prohibit
the importation of tliose seeds men-
tioned in the act when they contain 3
per cent or more of weed seeds. As
red clover seed, which germinates
poorly, usually contains more than 3
per cent of weed seeds, the enforce-
ment of the act lias resulted in keeping
red clover seed of low vitality out of
the country.

During the four months preceding
April ], last, 101 lots of red clover seed,
aggregating over 3% million pounds,
have been Imported into the United
States. Germination tests of this seed
made by the seed laboratory of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture show an average of 97 per cent
of live seed, the poorest lot containing
89 per cent. This is in marked con-
trast to the condition which existed In
1906. One million pounds of the red
clover seed imported that year germi-
nated less than .59 per cent. — Dept. of
Agr. News-Letter.

Trade Directory

Price: $3.00, postpaid

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Braslan

Wholesale Growers ol the following Calitornia Speciallics ooiy:

ONION, LETTUCE, CARRO'. RADISH. PARSNIP, PARSLEY, COIRT.
ENOIVE, LEEK. SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

any

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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EUROPEAN SEEDS

Order From England Now.

Kelways Quote and Can Deliver

Anise Carrot Kale Mustard Rutabaga

Beet Cauliflower Kotil Rabi Pepper Spinach

Cabbage Celery Lucerne Radish Turnip

And Flower Seeds Rape Vetch

Those who have lormerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once while stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailings continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

3EANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

LEO

"" «rv cPED CO.

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

Wholesale
Seed Growers

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card hrinjjs a Catalogue.

THE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.
SANTA CLARA, CAL

Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISB, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

^^""oik'ire'd"" Swedesbjro. New Jersey

THE C. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucamber. Muskmelon, Squash and Pampkiii.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Corn.

Xothingwill pay better to plant after the 'Mums
than my

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

Wisconsin «nd Idaho. MILFORD. CONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cold Storage

Valley

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market Brand,

$20.00 per 1000. $10 5" per 500;
5.50 per 2=0; 2.50 per 100.
CUT VALLEY, best duality always on hand.

H. N. BRUNS

3032 Madison Street, CHICAGO

FOR

SEEDS

OF ALL KIND APPLY TO

W. W. Johnson fi Son, Liitiifed

Boston, England

' •x-xx:^ ■

J. G.ROBINSON SEED CO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandinoras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER 5 SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

Western Seed & Irrigation Co.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Corn; Cucamber,

Muslt and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Souash.

FREMONT

NEBRASKA

SEEDS AND BULBS

To the Trade:

To the Florist who depends
for his profits upon reliabil-
ity of his seeds and bulbs
a bargain is not of the first
importance.

Yet we often have an overstock
of popular seeds and bulbs which
we are able to supply below the
market.

This Month We Particularly Rec-
ommend the Following:

Freesia Purity Bulbs

H in diameter. 1V2 in. long.
Per 100 $2,00 Per 1000 $10,00
Extra Mammoth Bulbs, $3.00 per

100.

Refracta Alba

% to lain. - - per lOuO, $3.00
1^2 to 34 in. - - per 1000, 5.00
?4in.andupwards,per 1000, 8,50

Pansy Seed

Finest Strains Per oz.

Thorburn's Superb - - $4.00
Fine Large English Mixed .90
Masterpiece - - - .80

Masterpiece from Originator 3.00
Trimardeau Giant Mixed .90

Lilium Harrisii

(Bermuda Easter Lily)
5 to 7 inches in circumference
$5.50 a hundred $45 a tnousand
7 to y inches in circumference
$10 a hundred $85 a thousand

^tid ail other varieties at
teasonable prices,.

Also a few cases Cold Storage
Lily of the Valley Pips.

Cases o 250 each (or - $4.50

Cases 0 500 each for - - 8 00

Cases o 1000 each for - - 15.00

Ask for a co(>y of our Bulb Catalog
and Special Pj ices to Florists.

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

Established 1802

53 Barclay Street - New York

830

Thb American Florist.

Nov.

7.

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very hkely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Fnkhuizcn Glory.
Iiiti'oduced SL-vor;il Veais K^o by Our Firm.

GROW PAPER WHITES

$8.50 per case of 1000 choice bulbs.
Also TULIPS, DAFFODILS, FREESIAS, are money makers at our surplus prices.

Get our Bulb Price List.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

I BURPEE'S SEEDS |

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists E

3 aod Market GardeDers. :-: C

MANN*S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
bring the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig. Saiony. Germany

97th Year

J. BOLGIANO S SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes

Baltimore, Md.

Growers of
Pedigree ToniBto Seeds

Mention the American Florist when writing

Miss.— The third annual
will be held November

VICKSEUKG,

tiower show
9-10.

St. Paul, Minn.— Officers of the St.
Paul Florists' Association were elected
at the annual meeting October 1.'5,
and plans were outlined for the fall
and winter meetings of the organiza-
tion. The newly elected officers are:
A. Lauritzen, president; C. P. Vogt,
vice-president; J. W. Hoffman, secre-
tary; N. C. Hanson, treasurer. The
meeting was held at the store of O.
R. Eckhardt, Minnesota street. An
exhibit of cut flowers and pot planta
was a feature.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Get Quotations From

LANDRETH

Bloomsdale
Farm.

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOV:£R and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when writing

QUALITY :vAI

• CXD FOR OATALOOI E

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

aCALYPllS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. Box 857, MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA

TOMATO SEED

Surplus List Now Rrady.
Best StocKs. All Varieties.

HAVEN SEED CO.

Growersior the Wholesale Trade Only

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Contract Seed Growers

Cnopialtioc Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato,
SpebldlllBb. Vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Onion Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
fiat varieties. We are also quoting
ONION SETS.

SchiWer Bros./^^^'iir'^''

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JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

PALMS AND FERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

6-in. pot.

Leaves
...5 to 6..

In. high Each Per doz.

.28 to 30 $1.00 $12.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in, cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 3*S in. high $ 2.50

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.00

12 in, cedar tub. 4 plants in tub 5 to 5H ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5^ to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. ceda tub. 4 plants in tub, 6 ft. hiah. heavy l.*!.©©

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20,00

Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot. nicely charactt rized $1.00

7in. tub, 18 in. hieh. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED

STRONG AND HEALTHY

In. high

8tol0..

12

........IS

18

24

In. high

JOStPM HEACOCK CO.,

Leaves

2H-in. pot 4

3 in. pot 5

4-in. pat 5 to 6..

5-in. pot 5 to 6..

6-in. pot 6 to 7..

Leaves

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42to45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48, very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54, very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5ft., very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Scliiedei

9-in. tub. 4 ft. spread each, $4.00

Railway Station,
Jenklntown.

Each Per doz.

$1.50

2.00

..$0.40 4.50

. . .50 6.00

.. 1,00 12.00

Each Perdoz

30.00

36.00

4«.00

Wyncote. Pa.

L. FORMOSUM

7-9 in., 9 in in . in-ll in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, V, and M, in.

V\ rite for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolwonh Bldg., New York City

liention the American Florist when writing

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jacl<son, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL,

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas. Aster,

Cosmos. Mienonette. Verbena in variety.
Correspondence Solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Benry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Gladiolus Bulbs

How to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of Gladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

Fern Spores Wanted

COMMERCIAL KINDS

In Quantity.

State Prices and Varieties.

FERNERY, care American Florist.

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geranimns, Nutt. Buchner. Ricard. Perlcina
Poitevine. 2 in. $2 no per inO: 3 in.. $5.00 per 100.

Boston and Wtiitmanl Ferns; 3-in., 10c; 4in.. 15c;
Vin.. 2.SC.

Dracaena Ind., 3 in.. $5.00; 4 in.. $10.00; 5-in..
KS.iHi per 100.

"f T negnnla 2Hin.. $5.00 per 100.

Vlnca Var., 2 in , S2 CO per 100.

Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS, Newton, N. J.

Mention the American Florist when ti>riting

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Aov. 7,

The Nursery Trade I

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, (Jhase, Ala., Presifli-nt,
E S Welch, Shenandoah, la., Vice-rresi-
dent; John Hall, 304 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y. , Secreta ry.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit, Jlich., June aS-So. 191.5.

Macon. Ga. — The city council, Oc-
tober 211. granted the new park com-
mission the use of the land between
the river and the levee, running along
Central City park, for a nursery, for
the propagation of shade trees.

Fhe.sno, Calif. — "Insect Pests and
Diseases of Interest to Horticulturists
of Fresno County" is a 04-page offi-
cial county bulletin by Horticultural
Inspector Rouillard. Ftee distribution
of l.."iOO copies in the county is
planned,

FT. WoUTH, Tex. — At the convention
of the Texas Nurserymen's Association,
held October 1.5-16, the following of-
ficers were elected : Will B. Munsen
of Denison. president; J. W. Ramsey
of Austin, vice-president; H. I. Martin
of Port .Arthur, secretary and treas-
urer.

Mauisok. Wis.— The seedless rasp-
berry is a fake, according to Prof. J.
G. Sanders, nursery inspector for the
state university. The professor's state-
ment was issued after complaints
reaulied him from the southern part of
Wisconsin that alleged nursery agents
were offering seedless raspberry ))ushes
for sale.

Kan.sas City, Mo, — The sole stn-viv-
ing organizer of the Missouri Valley
Horticultural Society. Major Frank
Holsinger. of Rosedale. attended the
monthly meeting of that organization
October V2, Major Holsinger. as a
very young man, was one of a few
horticulturists who 43 years ago met
and formed the society,

Rot'KlxiHl), Il.L. — Arrangements for the
meeting of the Northern Illinois Horti-
cultural Society to be held here in De-
cember are lieing made by a commit-
tee named recently at a meeting of the
fruit and vegetable growers of the vi-
cinity. Prizes will be given for the
best exhibits made by local growers
and competition with other countie.=
will be arranged.

FrencU Nursery Stock.

E. Turbat, secretary of the Federa-
tion-Nationale des Syndicats Horti-
coles de France, advises that arrange-
ments have been completed between
his organization and the French rail-
ways to ship stock to Le Havre,
Dieppe, Honfleur, Nantes. Saint-
Nazaire and Bordeaux. No doubt in
a few days further arrangements will
be made, so thJit it is expected all e.x-
ports in this line will move satisfac-
torily within the near future.

American Association of Nurserymen .

'the lnrtii!th annual cunvintion ot
the association will be held at Detroit,
Mich,, June L'."!-2.''), l!)l.j. The last con-
vention, which was held at Cleveland.
<)., was the largest and best for some
years: the Detroit gathering, which
will mark the fortieth anniversary of
the Association, is expected to eclipse
any meeting in the history of the or-i
ganization. The committees on ar-

rangements, program and entertain-
ment have already commenced their
work. Nurserymen who are not on
the membership roll of this associa-
tion do themselves and this valuable
trade organization a great injustice in
exhibiting such a lack of interest, and
we would suggest that such place
themselves in communication imme-
diately with Secretary John Hall, 204
CiMnitv Building, Rochester. N, T.
. John Hall, Sec'y.

Acantbopanax Rlcinlfolium.

Of recent years China and Japan
have been the means of adding to our
collection of trees and shrubs many
valuable and interesting, subjects.
Among these one Of the most orna-
mental is that of Acanthoijanax ricini-
folium, a member of the araliacea^.
•Seeds of this were brought to the
.Arnold Arboretum from Japan by Pro-
fessor Sargent in l.S!)2. and may now
be seen in the form of trees over 20
feet high. Its principal beauty lies in
the large dark, green foliage, similar
in many ways to that of Ricintis com-
munis, being on the average, one foot
across and possessing extremely long
petioles, giving the tree quite a sul'-
tropical effect. The inflorescence is
produced as a large, terminal com-
pound uinliel, during August, of a
greenish color, later followed by a pro-
fusion of small black berries. The
stem and branches are beset with nti-
merous short, very stout prickles. E
H. Wilson mentions that trees of small
size are fairly common in parts of
western China, and the wood is there
considered best for the making of
drums, used on boats and in the tem-
ples, being easily worked, pliable and
resonant. The two ends of the drtim
are covered with hide. In Japan it
forms a tree 80 feet high. They ma>-
be raised from seed sown as soon as
ripe, but which usually come up ir-
regularly. A variety known as Man-
cimowicyii has leaves much more deep-
ly lobed. Wm. H. JuDii.

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE eONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

Hill's Evergreens

BKST FOR OV£R HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and large sizes supplied.
Price list now reads'.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Ereigreco Specialisis Largest Growers IQ America

Box 404, DUNDEE, aL.

August Rolker& Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds; Bulbs, Plants, etc.

.address for prices
P.O.BOX 752, or 5 1 Barclay St.. NEW YORK CITY

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and age. No better frown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUE.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

Fully half a million plants for sale.

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year V/i to 2 feet

Two years IVj to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 2V^ feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

Two years 'Z\2 to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

For screens. . 5 to 6 feet

For Screens 6 to 7 feet

All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades

have been cut back one or more times.

Especially attractive prices in car lots.

R<»rfl«»ric ThlinhArdli Transplanted, stocky plants, Vto 12 inches, 12 to 18

i:>CrDCri& inUllUCr{Jll indicsandlV? to2feetbi?esbylhel(XKI,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

J. T. LOVETT,

t9^4'

The American Florist.

833

We are Now Offering the Following Plants

In Choice Quality and Extra Good Value:

Adlantum Farleyense, 3-in pots, $20.00 and $25.00 per 100

" " 4-in. pots 60O0perl00

" " 6-in. pots 75.00 per 100

" " 6-in. pots $1.0Oeach

Asplenium Nidus Avis, 4-in. pots .60 each

" " 6-in pots, extra strong... 1.50 each

" " 7-in. pots, extra strong... 2.00 each

" " 8-in. pots, finespecimens, 3.00 each

Pandanus VeitChli, 6-in pots $1.00 and 1.60 each

" " 7and8-inpots 2.00 to 3.00 each

THE HOME OF

Winter-Flowering Begonias:

Begonia Glory of Cincinnati, strong 5 in. pots 60c each

" " " *• very sti ong 6in. pots

iil.00and$l .5^ each

Begonia Melior (new) strong, 4-in. pots 50c each

" * " " " 5-in. pots 75c and $1.00 each

" " " " 6-in. pots $1.00 '■ 1,50 each

CYCLAMEN GIGANTEIJIVI

In 6 varieties, all showing plenty of buds —

1-in. pots, good value $ 20.00 per 100

5-in. pots, very strong 50.00 per 100

6-in. pots, very strong 100 00 per IQO

Our Cyclamen are of a superior ttrain, and the plants are
extra fine.

Iris Pallida Dalmatica, beautiful lavender; now is the time
to plant— $10.00 per 100.

Let Us Ship Your Wants At An Early Date, Before Cold Weather Sets In.

Quality Our Aim. Visiting Florists Always Welcome.

J. A. Peterson & Sons, Cincinnati, Oliio.

A. N. Piersoo, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND. ORE.

Extra strong En^lsh Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet h ii:h per 100, $25.00

Erica Medlterlana, 4 inch pots 15.00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 incfi pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

Mention the American Florist when writinp

Special on Roses

We have a nice lot of roses which we will close
out at unusually low prices, stock is A-No. 1.
Bridesmaids, Uncle Jolin and Ivory, 2 v? in., at
$1.50; 3 in., at *2 50; American Beauties, 2^ in ,

$2 50; 3 in.. $5.00 per 100. These are special prices
and good only for orders received within 10 days,

GEO. A. KUHL,

Wholesale Grower. Pekin. ni.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. E. Meredith, Prbs. C. W Stoot, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE ILLINOIS

Mention the American Florist tvhen writing

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin, N. J. WiUlamstown Jnnc. N. J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SM I LAX

strong plants, 2^2 inch, $1.25 per 100:
$10.00 per lOtiO.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2H inch,
$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing
SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smitb,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul-
ture for ihe past 25 years. The best work on .Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amafeur and
florist. lOh pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH fi CO., Adrian, Mich.

Mention the American Florist when writing

GERANIUMS '"^ISVrW

They must reach you in good Krowiog condition,
otherwise you can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My slock is very large
and very eood.

S. A. Nutt. $l2..'^0perl000.
Poitevine and Ricard. $15.00 per 1000.
Asparagus f lumosus, $25 ()*) per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTEfl. PI.

Mention the American Florist lohen writing

Primroses.

Chinese, Forbesl, Malacoides, Obconica

Alba and Rosea. $1.76 per 100; $16.00

per 1000.
ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 2^ in.

pots. »2 0<t per 100; «18 00 per 1000.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengerl, 214 in.

pots, «2.0() per lOll; $18 00 per KXK).
Vlnca Varlegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. lOth, »2 50 per 1000.
CASH or C. O. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-16.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, trom j inch pota. Chrysantliemiuns

Carnations for fall deliver;. Smilax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brotliers,

FISHKUL
New York

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Nov. 7,

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp. Frmceton. Ind., Pres-
ident: H. J. Thompson. Attlcboro, Mass.,
Vice President: S. W. Severance. Louisville.
Ky.. Secretary: M. L. Kuetenik. Cleveland.
O.. Treasurer.

Next annual convpntinn and exhibition.
Philadelphia. Pa Oct. bcr 6 9. 1914

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Veiretables.

Chicago, November 3. — Mushrooms,
60 cents per pound; lettuce, 10 cents
per box; radishes, $2.00 per 100
bunches.

New York, November .3. — Cucumbers,
60 cents to $1.25 per dozen; mush-
rooms, 75 cents to $1.35 per 4-pound
basket; tomatoes, (i cents to 7% cents
per pound.

Vegetable Storage.
Following a remarkably warm month
of October in Ohio, we were visited by
an old-fashioned cold wave of extreme
severity, and without any warning.
From 70 deerees in the shade we came
down to almost 20 degrees, with a cut-
ting north wind. Even otherwise hardy
vegetation was badly damaged owing
to its tender condition. Immediately
after the frost we could see everybody
getting busy storing vegetables — cab-
bages, beets, turnips, celery, etc. Now
they're all wrong. Just after a hard
freeze all vegetation is in the poorest
condition for storage. Freezing by se-
vere expansion disarranges the cell
structure to such an extent that long
keeping is out of the question. After
the damage is done we may as well
take another chance — give the weather
a chance to repair some of the mis-
chief. Very often, following an ex-
tremely cold wave, we have a spell of
nice weather which will go a long way
in restoring the hardier crops. Also,
often a return to warmer weather
means showers. If such is the case no
time should be lost after things have
renewed growth to get them under
shelter, as repeated freezing may mean
a complete, loss. With us it has been
too warm too long to have the work
well in hand. Extra help may solve
the problem. Makketman.

Cucumber Diseases Require Attention.

An unusually large number of re-
ports of losses to cucumber growers
from blights of foliage and fruit, par-
ticularly in the north-central states.
where pickle growing is an important
Industry, have come to the United
States Department of Agriculture this
year. These injuries have proved upon
Investigation to be due to one or an-
other of several distinct troubles :
blighting of the foliage by downy mil-
dew or anthracnose, diseases which
have already proved controllable by
spraying with Bordeaux mixture; to
the bacterial wilt, a disease the cause
of which is known and for which a
remedy Is being sought; to the pickle
spot, a disease of sporadic occurrence
and not yet remediable; or in some
cases to a disease of still u iknown na-
ture called white pickle. Those troubles
not already worked out are being in-
vestigated by the state experiment sta-
tions in Wisconsin, Michigan and New
York, or by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Further details
regarding these diseases follow.

DOWNY MI1J)EW.

This Is a fungus disease affecting

the cucumber plant through the leaves.
It attacks the old leaves in the center
of the plant first, and from there pro-
gresses outward,, the young leaves at
the tips of the branches living long-
est. It causes first a yellowing of the
leaves and faintly defined angular
spots, bordered by veins. These be-
come more distinct as the disease pro-
gresses, and if the weather is moist
the under side of the spots may be
tinged with purple. The disease
spreads slowly in bright weather, but
in cloudy, humid weather often de-
velops with the greatest rapidity.

ANTEFSACNOSE.

This disease appears as brown spots
from % to V% inch in diameter ,on
leaves of cucumbers and melons. These
spots at first have white centers, but
in the later stages beconie dead and
often tear, leaving holes in the leaves.
On the stems anthracnose causes
elongated discolored and shrunken
areas, which finally lead to the death
of the plant. The fruit also is often
spotted. The destruction of such vines,
together with rotation of crops, is
recommended as a means of preven-
tion.

WILT.

When a cucumber or melon vine sud-
denly wilts throughout its length and
dies without appreciable spotting of
the leaves, the trouble is usually
caused by bacteria which enter and
clogs the water-carrying vest els of the
stem. This wilt disease is spread 'by
leaf-eating insects and probably also
by soil infection. Rotation of crops is
advised for its control, together with
the addition of a fungicide like Paris
green to the Bordeaux mixture. It is
also important to pull and burn dis-
eased vines as soon as they begin to
wilt.

PICKLE SPOT.

This disease first appears on the
young cucumber fruits as small gray,
slightly sunken spots. These unite into
irregular patches, particularly towards
the flower end. As the spots age they
darken to greenish black and a gummy
exudate often appears. Upon the leaves
where injury is more rare than upon
the fruit, the spots are at fi.rst watery,
and later the leaf wilts and rots. The
disease progresses so fast that a plant
may be practically destroyed in a few
days. Some experiments have been
made with spraying for the control of
this disease, but the results obtained
do not justify the recommendation of
this means of coiitrol,

WHITE PICKLE.

This trouble affects both the plant
and fruits of the cucumber. It causes
the leaves to turn yellow and ultimate-
ly to wilt and die. The fruits become
light in color, more or less deformed

and show light and dark blotches of

green, which often stand out as warts.
This is a new disease requiring further
investigation, and is receiving atten-
tion at the Cornell University experi-
ment station and the Michigan experi-
ment station.

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER &, SONS CO.,

Lafayette, - - Indiana

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Clirysanthemum Novelties Mv Specialty.

Watcb for our Trade Mark atampei
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spavs

SubstitutioD of cheaper grade* !•
thus easily exposed. FreBb samplt
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by manufacturers Dpoo re
ceipt of 40 cents in postasre. Addreii

Trade Mark American Spawn Cc.St. Paul Mlnii

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BV WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pages.— Price $1.00—29 Illustrations.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time 1 \ few dollars invested
in Araucaria Excelsa will yield a profit of five to
six timts its value until fall or winter, if you bave
your eyes open and look into the future and invest
your monev now. .■\ll florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are offenny now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old ,V4-5 tiers,
5h h-in. pots, Wc 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6'7'iD. pots.

$1.00. $1 25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants 6-in. pots, $1.00. $1.25 to $1 50.

Cash with order, please,

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., PhUadelphia,Pa.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany,

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE Of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (btablUhed 1 787.)

SPFCIAITIF^' Beans, Beets. Cabbages. Carrots. Kobi Rabi. Leek. Lettuces. Onions. Peat
di I.UIHLI II di Radishes. Spinach Turnips Swedes. .Asters. Balsams Begonias. Carnations
Cinerarias. Gloxinias Larkspur Nasturtiums. Pansies. Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious.
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz , or $1.75 per H oz., $1.00 per % oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

Alt seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

1914-

The American Florist.

835

Aviator-Intense Scarlet

The best Carnation that we ever offered to the trade. Watch its record.
Rooted cuttings ready January 1, 1915; |12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

30 East Randolph Street,
CHICAGO.

(A T. PYFER, Manager.)

Chicago Carnation Co.,

ALL Nurscrymen.beedsmeD and blonstswishiDk
^*- 10 do business with Europe should send for the

"lionicnltnral Advertiser"

ThiB 18 the British Trade Paper, beinfi read weekly
by all the horticultural trade: it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
•ubscription. to cover cost of postage 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appli
CBDtsshould. with the subscription, send a copy of
their atalog or other evidence that they beloosr to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders pav:iblp at Lowdham. Notts,

Address EdUOfS Of **H. A."
Chilwrll Miir*:frir'i. lOWDHAM Motts. F.ndl«rd

Homeo! Pansies.

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpas^fd, improved
annuall'. Some of the bes Hotists in .Amt-rica
ar-- r Rular cu-tomers. These plants are in extra
good sh^ue this \ t-ar ard hi-avy root''d. gr(,\vn on
hiijb I nd. Packt'd to reacli vou safe anywhere.
$2.50 per 1000. 5000 for $10.00.

Elmer RawIingS. Home of Pansies.

CLEAN, N. Y.

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists.

Alonzo J. Bryan, ^Srt.!""'

Washington, New Jersey.

Orchids

If you want Orchids for any purpose whatever
we solicit your inquines and orders for same.
We dn not grow or tiandle anytliing else but
Orcluas. Speridi lists on application.

LAGER a HURSELL. Summit, N. J.

Uention. the American Florist when writing

New Orleans.

Several thousand visitors'during the
daylight hours of Sunday. October 2'\
participated in the annual opening o£
the Metairie Ridge Nursery Companv
and came into intimate touch with the
wonders and beauties and even the
mysteries of one of the largest nurs-
eries of the South. Never before in the
history of the big floral company has
its opening day shown such a gorVeous
collection of cultivated flowers. Under
the 1(X),000 square feet of glass the
visitors saw, touched and breathed of
20,000 chrysanthemums, 40,000 roses,
and a myriad of every other flower va-
riety that is blooming naturally or
under pressure of inside cultivation at
this season of the year.

Under the direction of H. Papworth,
president of the company, and of H. B.
Dresel, the foreman, thousands of
bunches of flowers were given away.
Every visitor was treated to an im-
promptu banquet after he had passed
through the tiers of the greenhouses.
Things to eat and drink were served
In a special room with almost the same
profusion as marked the floral display
Itself. T. "

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shpments are safe
on many ittms. Have splendid slock, ready to ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas

AllthcBood French softs pot-grown. 4-iD.
pot plants t2u.0O per 100; 5 in, pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Cibotium Schiedel

Splendid stock at a real reduction, 5-in. pot
plants at 75c: fc-in. pot plants. 41.00.

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

Bougainvillea

4 in. pot plants $20 CO per 100

Dracaena Terminalis

^ in. pot p'ants, nicely colored. 75c each;
$8.00 per dozen.

Adiantum Croweanum

5-in. pot plants .$20 a per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

and bushy. 2'4 in.. $3.00 per 10

Fern Dish Ferns

Short and bushy. 2'4 in.. $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000.

Best varieties, including Asp dium. Cyr-
tom'um. Wilsoni and Mayi, $3,00 per 1(X):
$25.00 per 1000.

Azaleas

Early and late plants, arrived in fine condi-
tion. Good values. M to 16 in., at 70c; 16 to l8
in.. atSLOO: 18 to 20 in., at $1 :0.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

Special Offer

Asparagus Plumosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vaughan's Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St, CHICAGO

(l

Robert Craig Co...

I ^t^ PALMS

I and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

[^Market and 49th Sis.. Philadelphia, Pa.

J. 0. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

BOX WOODS-Mcst Beautiful Slock

Pyraroid5.2 -ft $1 OOeach

Fyfamias, 2^?tt , 1.50 each

pyramids. 3 ft 2 Qi each

Pyrara-ds. 3*^.(1 2.50 each

Standard Shape. 14x14 lo 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3. Of' each

Heavv Rusties 2-ft l.SOeach

Nice Bushes 15-in 3^c each

F. O FRANZEN "'c^hTcago *"•

1-yr.
2'^-ln.

2-yr.
4 In.

ROSES

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

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Sov. 7,

OF HIGH
GRADE.

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

See Our Catalo^e.

SSf^.fe? 6IBLIH & to., Utica, N. Y.

Northern Westchester Co. Hort. Society.

Thfe twelfth annual exhiljition of the
above named society opened in St.
Francis Hall, Mt. Kisco, N. Y., Octo-
ber yO, and continued until November
1. In Mt. Kisco and neighboring
towns of New York and Connecticut
there are many fine private estates
and a number of them made splendid
exhibits. Of these we may mention :
Hon. Seth Low, Bedford Hills, N. Y.;
Mrs. H. S. Bowen, Greenwich, Conn.;
Mrs. Lewis P. Child and Miss C. C.
Bliss, New Canaan, Conn.; Mrs. S.
Neustadt, Chappaqua, N. Y.; Mrs.
Moses Taylor, E. S. Bayer and Mrs.
Eugene Meyer. Jr., Mt. Kisco, N. Y..
and Hobart J. Parks. Portchester,
N. Y.

Commercial growers are not plenti-
ful in this section, but in Herbert A.
Spavins, of Mt. Kisco, there is one
who for enterprise and a genial dis-
position is worth a whole army of
"grouchers." While he makes no
great pretentions, in a good-natured
way he goes into competition with the
"rich folks" at the shows, and as will
be seen by the awards, he does not
get left. The awards follow :
COKYSANTnEMUMS.
Best 12 cut blooms iu uot luss thau sU
varieties — Mis. H. S. Bowen, Giceuwich, Conu.
(Jolin Watt. Gr. I, first; Mrs. Moses Taylor, Mt.
Kisco, N. Y.. (.ilex. Tliomson, Gr.) second; Mrs.
Eugene Meyer. Jr., Mt. Kisco, N. Y., (L. A.
Marshall. Gr.) third.

Best four white hloonis — Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Jr., first. *

Best four yellow blooms— H. J. Parks, Port-
chester, N. y., first; Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Jr.,
second.

Best four red blooms— Mrs. Eugene Meyer.
Jr.. first.

Best collection cut pomiions — B. S. Bayer. Mt.
Kisco. N. Y., (Arthur Rose. Gr.) first; H. J.
Parlis. second.

Best collection cut singles — M. J. O'Brien, Mt.
Kisco. N. Y., first; .Miss C. C. Bliss, second.

Best 12 plants, single stems in pot not exceed-
ing seven inches in diameter — Mrs. S. Neustadt,
Chappaqua. N. Y.. (David Gordon. Gr.) first;
Mrs. Eugene Meyer. Jr., second.

Best sfs singles in pots not exceeding eight
inches in diameter — Mrs. Eugene Meyer. Jr..
first; no second.

Best specimen of bush plant — Mrs. L. P.
Child. New Canaan. Conu.. (W. II. Maginnis.
Gr.) first; Mrs. S. Neustadt. second.
ROSES.
Best 12 red blooms— .Mrs. Eugene Meyer. Jr..
first; Mrs. L. P. Child, second.

Best 12 pinl£ blooms— .Mrs. L. P. Child, first;
Mrs. Eugene Meyer. Jr., second.

Best 12 white blooms— E. S. Bayer, first; .Mrs.
\j. P. Child, second.

Best 12 blooms, any other color— Mrs. Eugene
Meyer, Jr.. first; E. S. Bayer, second.
CARNATIONS.
Best seedling carnation not disseminated—
J. B. Garish. (David Walden. Gr.) first.

Best 12 red blooms— Miss C. C. Bliss, first.
Best 12 white blooms — Miss C. C. Bliss, first;
H. J. Parks, second.

Best 12 dark pink blooms — n. J. Parks, first;
Miss C. C. Bliss, second.

Best 12 light pink blooms— II. J. Parks, first.
Best 12 blooms any other variety — Miss C. C.
Bliss, first.

VIOLETS.
Best bunch of .10 single blooms— lion. Seth
Low. Bedford Hills. N. \., (II. Bureh. Gr.)
first; Mrs. Moses Taylor, second.
PLANTS.
Best collection of ornamental foliage plants
arranged for effect; floor space eight feet In
diameter. Special prize offered by Bobbink &
AtUns. Rutherford. N. J.— Mrs. Moses Taylor,
ttrtit; II. A. Spavins. Mt. Kisco, N. Y., second.
Best specimen pTant— U. A. Spavins, first;
H. .1. Parks, second.

Best six plants suitable for table decoration;
pots not over six Inches — H. A. Spavins, first;
.Mrs. Moses Taylor, second.

Best pair of" adiautums— Mrs. Moses Taylor,
first.

Best specimen fern — H. J. Parks, first; Mrs.
Moses Taylor, second.

Best collection of ferns- II. A. Spavins, flr^t.
Best three begonias. Lorraine type — Mrs. "S.
Neustadt. first.

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rations, (listiiift vjuiotius^Mis. Moses Taylor,
tirst.

Best sis geraniums, any variety iu pots not
exceeding seven inches in rliauieter — M. .T.
U'Brieu. first.

Best collection of orchitis — J. M. Thorhuru &
("u.'s special prize — H. J. Tarks, rtrst; H. A.
Spavin, second.

Best basket of cut flowers — M. J. O'Brien.
first: Hon. Seth Low, second.

Best bouquet of fiowers — Mrs. Moses Taylor.
first"; Hon. Setb Low, second.

PRIVATE GARDENKUS OM.Y.

Special prizi- olTcro.I bv ITnwsivd F. Bailey.
Mt. Kiscu. N. Y.. for the best 'J.\ "-Ht chrysan-
tliomnm bloiuns in nut less than 12 varieties —
Mrs. II. S. Bowen. tlrsl: H. .1. Parks, second.

Best 8 ehrysanthennun plants k''""" to single
stem and bloom, not e.\ri'C"liiii! three and one-
half feet from top of pnt. to be grown in six
inch pots, distinct varieties— Mis. Moses Tay-
lor, first: Mrs. S. Neustadt. second.

Special prize for largest chrysanthemum
blooms, open to members of so<'iety only — Mrs.
-Moses Tavlor, first.

A. F. V.

The American Florist Company's

Directory of Flofists, Nurserymen and

Seedsmen of the United States

and Canada.

(Copyrighted and Title Trade-Mark
Registered.)

DIRECTORY REVISION

We are revising our Trade Directory
of the Florists, Nurserymen, Seeds-
men, etc. , of the United States and
Canada, and as there have been many
changes in firm names and consider-
able extension of the area under glass,
nursery grounds, etc., you would
greatly oblige by supplyingthe follow-
ing information with reference to your
business:

In all cases state (1) Name of firm or pro-
prietor, with the officers ot corporations; (2)
Nameo! manager; (3) Address, giving street
and number or rural route; (4) City or town;
(5) State; (h) When business was established;
and (7) Whom present owner succeeded.

II Florists, state whether (I) Grower; (2) Re-
tail, having store only: (3) Wholesale; or (4)
Commission. If a grower, state acreage of
ground operated and give number of square
feet of glass.

To ascertain the number of feet
underglass in a given house, 12x145
feet, multiply the length (145 feet) by 145
the width (12 feet) and you have in 12

that house 1,740 feet under glass, ■

thus 1.V40

If Nurserymen, state whether T Wholesale ;
(3) Retail: (3) .Acreage of ground operaied and
area under glass as in the case of florists above

If Seedsmen, state whether (1) Dealer; (2)

Grower; (3) W hat your specialties are: (4) If a
grower, state acreage operated and area under
glass as in the case of florists above.

Inclose your printed letterhead or business
card with above details of the business.

Please send the names and addresses of new
firms in your vicinity.

Horticultural
Supply Concerns

We also list all lines of Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns, such as manufacturers of Green-
house BuildinS Materials, Boilers, Ventila-
tors Glass. Insecticides. Pots. Labels, Seed
Bags. Fertilizers, Wire Desldns. Tinfoil,
Vases. Machinery. Imolemenis, Sprayers,
Seed Cases. Flower Pots, Florists' Boxes.
Ribbons, Etc. The specialties are also listed
under these heads in the ca=e of advertisers.

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ABUTUONS.

ABDTILON LAVITZII Variegated, 2-tiicta, $3
per 100; 3-lnch, $6 per 100. Extra strong.
«ash please. ERNEST ROBER. WUlmette, 111.

AGERATCJMS.

AGERATOM, Blue, finest dwarf, 60c per 100;
*5 per 1.000, prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay Cen-
ter, Kans.

ALYSSUM.

SWEET ALYSSDM, R. C, $1 per 100; $8 per
l.OOO. Express prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay
Center, Kans.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araucarias excelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
5%-6 Inch. 50c to $1.50 eacb. Excelsa glatica
and compacta. 5%-6-7 Inch, $1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St., PUlla-
4]elpbla.

Araacarias. Booking orders now at the fol-
lowing prices: Excelsa, 50c, 75c and $1 each.
Bobusta Compacta. large plants, $1.50 to $2
«acb. Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Araucaria excelsa, 6-1d., 65c eacb. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee;
"Wis.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS and SPRENGERI,
3-in., $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
Ids, Mich.

Araucarias In sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New York,

ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, extra strong,
2-lDcb, $2 per 100; $18 per 1000. SPRENGERI,
«xtra 4-inch, $7 per 100; $65 per 1,000. 2-Inch.
41.60 per 100; $12 per 1.000. THE WAGNER
PARK NURSERY CO., Sidney, Ohio.

Asparagus plumosus, 3-in.. $7; 4-In., $12;
5-lo.. $20 and $25 per 100. Sprengeri, 2%-ln.,
43 per 100; 3-In., $5 per 100. Poeblmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove, III.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2iF4-in.,
42 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunning-
bam, Delaware, O.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 3-in., $3.50 per
100. Cash please. J. W. Miller, Sblremanstown,

Asparagus plumosus, short and bushy, 2^-ln.,
43 per lOJ; $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co., Palnesvllle, Ohio.

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, exceptionally fine
strong 2V4-incb plants, $3 per KiO; $25 per
1,006. PYFER & OLSEM. Wllmette, III.

Asparagus Sprengeri, baskets, $1 to $2.50
-each. Poeblmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000. A, M.
Herr. Lancaster, Pa.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 3-in., $6 per 100.
SPRENGERI, 3-in., $5 per 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2%-Inch, $2 per 100;
tS per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol. Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aapldtstras, varlegatPd, 5-in., 10 to 12 leaves,
■$1.5(J each; Gieen. 6-ln., 12 leaves, $1 each.
PoehLmaDD Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, Mme. Van del* Cruyssen, Ver-
vpeneaiia, Simon Mardner, Empress vof India,
Mme. Jos. Vorvaene, Erust Ecklitirte, Niobe, Ver-
v.ieneana Albn. etc.; 10 to 12 inches diameter, $G
per doz. ; ?4S per luO; 12 to 14 ins., $9 per
doz.; $60-per 100; 14 to 16 ins., $12 per doz. ;
$75 per 100; 16 to 18 ins.. $18 per doz.; $125
per 100; 18 to 20 ins., $24 per doz.; 20 to 22
ins.. $36 per doz.

Miuature: Fireflv or Hexe and Chas. Encke,
$4.80 per doz.; $35 per 100. F. R. Pierson,
Tarry town-on-HudsoD, N. Y^ _^_^^____

Azaleas, all the leading Christmas Varieties,
from 75c to $2.50. In bloom. Large Specimen,
$2.50 and np to $5 each. Poeblmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, III.

Azaleas, good valnes. 14 to 16 ins., 70c; 16 to
18 Ins.. $1; 18 to 20 ins.. $1.50. The Storrs &
Harrison Co., PaJnesville, Ohio.

BAY TREES,

Bay trees, standards and pyramids: all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies, Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 61 Barclay St., New York,

BEGONIAS.

Per 100

Begonia Lorraine, 4-incb $35.00

Cincinnati, 3 inch 25.00

4-inch 35.00

5-lnch 60.00

Chatelaine, 2\i-lncb 5.00

Erfordii. 21/4 -inch 3.00

" Prima Donna. 2H-inch 3.' 0

3- inch 6.00

Xmas Red, 2i4-inch 6.00

3- Inch 10.00

Triumph. 2V4-inch 3.00

ERNEST ROBER. Wilmette, 111.

Begonias, Glory of Cincinnati. 6-ln,, 60c each;
6-in., $1 and $1.50. Mellor (new), 4-ln., 60c
each: 5-in., 75c and $1; 6-in., $1 and $1.50.
J. A. Peterson & Sons, Cincinnati, O^

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-ln., $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100. Vaugban's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Rex Begonia, 2% -in.. $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOU.

Boxwood, bush shaped. 10-in., 25c; 12-in., 30c;
12-iD.. extra lieavy, 40c; loin., 50c; 18-ln.,
75c to $1; 24-in., $1.25. Pyramids, 30-in., $2;
36-in., $3: 31/2 ft., $3.50: 4 ft., $4. Standard?,
2 ft. stems, 12 to 15-In., crown, $2 eacb.
Tubs extra. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737-39
Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush. In
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft., $1 eacb; 2% ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; 3V. ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Glohe, 14x14
inch, $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-in., 35c each. F, 0. Franzen, 5319
N, Clark St., Chicago.

BULBS.

Bulbs, L. Formosum, 7-9-ln.. 9-10-ln,, 10-11-
in., 11-13-in. ; also Japan grown freeslas, %
and %-lu. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Woolworth Bldg., New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kasting Co., 3S3-387
Ellicott St., Bugalo, N. Y.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1004 Betz
Bldg., Philadelphia.

Bulbs, French Romans: 11-12 ctms., $24 per
1,000; 12-13 ctms., $20; 12 ctms. and up, $35.
French Narcissus; Paper Whites, fancy. $8.50
per l,i;Oil; Star Brand, $11; Trumpet Majors,
$13; Emperor, $20, Dutch Narcis.ius: Golden
Spur, fancy, $33 per l.OnO; Victoria, fancy,
$12; Empress, fancy, $13: Prlnceps, fancy, $6;
Sir Watkln, fancy. $12: Von Sion. fancy,
$13..'i0; Von §lon, dbl, nose, $22. Dutch hya-
cinths: Dutch Romans, named, $17.50 per
1,000: hyacinths. 1st size, $60; 2d size, $37;
bedding grade, $23. Tulips: Artus, $0.50 per
1,000; Couleur Cardinal. $10: Cramolse Bril-
liant. $!); Dusart. $9; La Relne. $6: Princess
Marie Anne. $7.50; Cottage Maid. $7: Proser-
pine. $22: Rose Grls de Lin, $0; Chryaolora,
$7.50; Yellow Prince, $7.50; Kelzerskroon, $13;
single, mixed, $0; dbl., mixed, $6.50; La Can-
deur. $8; Crown of Roses, $21; Salvator Rose.
$13.50; Crown dOr. $17; Tournesoi, red and
yel., $17.50; Bouton d'Or, $11. Callas: 114
to IVj, $45 per 1,000; 1 Vj to 2. 175; 2 to 2V4,
$100. Freeslas: French Mammoth, y^ to %,
$0 per 1.000: Pnrlty, % to %. $12 per l,iiOO.
Llllum Formosum. G-8. $40 per 1.000; 7-9.
$60; 8-9, $70; 8-10. $80. Llllum GIgnnteum,
7-9, $50 per 1,000: 8 9. $75; 8 10. $S0: 9 10,
$95 Vaugban's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Schwake & Co..
90 92 W. Broadway, New York.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington, New
York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg..
Philadelphia.

Bulbs. Paper White, case of 1,000, 48.50. C.
C. PoUworth Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.

CARNATIONS.

Carnation cuttings. November, December and
January delivery. Philadelphia, Champion. $6
per 100; $50 per 1.000. White Wonder, Herald,
Beacon, Rosette, Enchantress Supreme. Enchan-
tress. White Enchantress. Mrs. C. W. Ward.
May Day, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. A. Hen-
derson & Co., 369 River St., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON, N. J.

Carnation Aviator, R. C, ready Jan. 1, 1915,
$12 per KiO; $100 per l.OOO. Chicago Carnation
Co., 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

Carnation plants, $40 per l.noo. Ward, Scar-
let Glow and Rosette. Poehlmann Bros. Co..
Morton Grove. III.

CARNATIONS — White Perfection, to close
out, $4 per ion. CRABB & HUNTER FLORAL
CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLING, and flne
variety to grow, $3 per 100. C. C. Pollwortb
Co.. Mllwatikee.

Carnation Alice, beantlful clear blush pink.
Peter Fisher, Ellis. Maas.

Carnations. J. D, Thompson Carnation Co.,
JoUet, III.

Carnations. Wood Bros.. FishklU. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2Vi-lnch pott;
Yellow Eaton. White Eaton. McNIece, Rnmapo,
O. H. Kahn, Cbry.solora, October Frost, Toiinet,
Chas. Ruzer, Comuletia, Golden Glow, Pacific
Supreme. Unaka, Pocketts' Crimson and Schrlmp-
ton, $2 per luO. Extra flne stock, order gulck.
Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO.,
Joliet, 111.

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Nov. J,

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS.
Golden Gluw i*ucltle Supreme and Siultb's Ad-
TEDCB, $3 per 100; $25 per I.OOl). CUrysolora,
S4 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood.
lU.

Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme and Smith's
Advance, strong busUy 2-lucb pot plants, ?3
per luO; $25 per l.OOu. Cbrysolora, $4 per lOU.
A. T. Hey Floral Co.. Maywood, 111.

CINERARIAS.

Cinerarias, large flowering. 2-ln.. $2; 3-ln.. $4
per 100. Cash. J. W. Miller, Shlremanstown,
Pa.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

COLEUS.

Coleus. — Verschaffeltl, . Golden Bedder and
Queen Victoria, strong plants out of 2-tnch
pots, $1.50 per 100; $12.50 per 1,000. W. E.
KING, Box 1360, Little Silver, N. J.

Coleus, 20 varieties. Including Trailing
Queen, R. C, 70c per 100; $6 per 1,000. Ex-
press prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay Center,
Kans.

Coleus, 2-ln., $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1,000;
3-ln., $3 per 100: $25 per 1.000. E. Vincent,
Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

COLEUS, Brilliancy or Xmas Red, 2i^-lnch.
$4 per 100; 60c per doz. ERNEST ROBER,
Wllmette, lU.

CROTONS

Crotons, 4-ln., BOc; Bin,, 75c. Poehlmaim
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111,

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN, 3-lnch. $8 per 100; 4 Inch. $15
per 100; 6-lnch. $35 per 100. SEEDLINGS.
GIG., all Wandsbek type, $3 per lOi); $25 per
1,000; equally divided 10 varieties. GL. OP
WANDSBEK. dark and light, separate. $4 per
lt)0. IMPROVED GL. OP WANDSBEK, dark
and light salmon, better grower and larger flow-
ers, $5 per 100. ERNEST ROBER, Wllmette,
111.

My Chicago prize winning Cyclamen, 4-In. at
15c mixed; 5-ln. at 35c mixed; e-ln. at 60e
mixed. R. J. SOUTHERTON, Highland Park,
UL

Cyclamens, 5-ln., 60c each; $5 per doz.; 6-ln.,
75c each; $9 per doz.; 7-In., $1 to $1.50 each;
$12 to $18 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

Cyclamen, 5 colors, 3-in., doz., $1.50; per 100,
$10; 4-lD,, doz., $2.50; per 100. $18. Vaughan'B
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Cyclamen Glganteum, C vars., 4-ln., $20 per
100; 5 In., $50; 8-ln., $100. J. A. Peterson &
Sons, Cincinnati, O.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Mrs. Sanders, R. C, $1 per 100;
$8 per 1.000. Express prepaid. C. HUMFELD,
Clay Center, Kans.

DAISIES— Fine 2V4-lnch stock, Etolle d'Or,
best yellow forcing daisy, $4 per KiO. Cash,
A. E. BUNT & CO., 66 East Randolph street,
Chicago.

DEUTZIAS.

Deutzla gracilis, 8-lnch, pot-grown, 40 to 50
branches, per doz., $4; per lOo, $30. Vaughan'a
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

DRACAENAS.

Dracaenas, Terminalls, highly colored, 4-In.,
25c each; $2.50 per doz.; 5-in., 60c each; $5
per doz.; 6-in., 75c to $1 each, Dritcipna
GodseOlana, 2-in., $1 per doz.; 3-ln., $1.50 per
doz. ludivlsa. 4-ln., 15c and 20c each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Dracsena terminalls, G-in. pot plants, 75c
each. The Storrs & Harrison Co., I'ainesvlUe,
Ohio,

Draceena Indlvtsa, 3-ln., $5; 4-ln., $10; 6-ln.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmaos, Newton, N. J.

'ferns.

Ferns Adlantum Farleyense. 3-ln., $20 and $25
per loO; 4-ln., $50 per 100; B-lii., $75 per lilO;
6-ln., $1 each. Asplenlnm Nlitus Avis. 4-lii.,
60c each; C-ln.. $1..50 each; 7-ln., $2; 8-ln„ $3,
J. A. Peterson & Sons, Clnclnuutl, O.

Boston, 2-lnch $ 3.00 per 100

Boslon. S-inch O.Oi per 100

Boston, 4-lnch 12.00 per 100

Boston. 5 inch 2il.OO |ier liK)

Boston. 7-inch 75 each

Boston, 8-ineh 1.00 each

Boston, out of bench, $10. $15 and $2i) per KlO
Roosevelt, out of bench, $15 and $20 per lnO

Pterls, out of Bats $1..")0 per 100

Smlthll (new), 2-ln 5.00 per 100

Fern and Sprengerl baskets, 75c to $2.50 each

Cash Please.

ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTB. ILL.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy^arletles7"2l4"-
In., $3.30 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stuck
of strong dwarf plants; 2M:-in., $4 per lOU;
3-in., $7 per 100; 4-in., $15 iier HiO; 7-ln.. $6
per doz.; 7-in., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-In.,
$12 per doz.; 10-in., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WUIT-
MANI. 2V4-ln., $5 per 100; 3-ln., $10 per 100;
5-in., $25 per lliO; extra heavy 8-ln., $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

Ferns, Clbotlum Schledel, 6-ln., 75c; 6-ln.. $1.
Adtatitum Croweanum, 5-ln., $£0 per 100. Adlan-
tum Glory of Mordrecht, 4-lu., $25 per IdO. Fern
dish ferns, best varieties, $3 per 100; $25 per
1.000. The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesvllle,
Ohio.

Ferns, Boston, Whltmanl and Roosevelt, 6-In.,
25c each; $3 per doz.; 6-ln.. 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 7-ln., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-ln., $1
each; $12 per doz.; 10-ln., $2.50 each; 12-ln.,
$3.50 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

Boston, Whltmanl and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for 6-lnch pots, $2.25 per doz.; $15
per 100. C. Humfeld, Clay Center. Kans.

Boston ferns, 5-lnch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adlantum Croweanum. 3-ln., $8 per 100; $70
per l,0UO. A. N. Plerjon, Inc., Cromwell, Conn,

Boston hanging baskets, $1.60, $2 and $2.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Ferns, Boston and Whltmanl, 3-ln.. lOe; 4-ln.,
15c; 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Ferns. Bobblnk & Atklna, Rutherford, N. J.
Ferns, Julius Eoehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

FEVERFEW.

FEVERFEW, R. C, $1.25 per 100; $10 per
1,000, express prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay Cen-
ter, Kans.

FREESIAS.

Freeslas, Purity (true), % to 1 In., $2.50 per
100; $22.50 per l.Ouo; % to %-in., $1.75 per
100; $16 per l.OiiO; Mi-ln. and over, $1.50 per
100; $12 per 1,00U; % to Vj-in.. $1.25 per luO;
$10 per 1,000. Vaughan's Improved Purity. %-
in. and up. $2.25 per 100; $2U per 1,0<jO; % to
%-ln.. $1.75 per 100; $16 per l.iiOO; % to Vi-
in., $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000. French
grown. Jumbo, $1.50 per 1"0; $12 per l.iiOO.
Mammoth, $1 per 100; $9.50 per l.OOO; Vaugh-
an's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums, Maryland, the brightest scarlet,
$1 per doz.; $0 per 100; $50 per I.OUO. Stand-
ard sorts, 2-inch, $2 per lOu; $18.50 per 1,000;
novelties apd new varieties from $4 tier I'Ml to
50c each. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3^4-in. pots, $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE, Mlnot.
N. D.

Geraniums, 2-ln., $3 per 100. Hall Calne
and Mary Barton, 2-in., $5. Rubn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St., Pj)rtland, Ore.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perkins,
Poltevlne, 2-ln., $2 per 100; 3-ln., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

GERANIUMS— Strong 2V4-lnch S. A. Nntt
and double white, $20 per l.OiiO. CRABB &
HUNTER FLORAL CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Geraniums, S. A. Nntt, $12.50 pep 1,000.
Poltevlue and Ricard, $15 pec 1,000. A. U.
Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

GLADIOLUS.

GLADIOLUS NANUS In 12 leading varieties;
TULIPS. NARCISSI, etc. Send for Ust. W.
W. WILMORE, JR,, Wheatrldge, Colo.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Muusell & Harvey, Ashtabula, Ohio.

MRS. FRANK PENDLETON. I am head-
qnaiters for pure stuck of this grand pink
Gludluhis. Write for quotations on all sl/.e8.
Also Pink Augusta. Glory, Meadowvale, Snow-
bank, The King, etc. Prices right. L. MEB-
TON GAGE, Natlck, Mass,

IRRIGATION GROWN GLADIOLI for forc-
ing; the best on the market; every corm a
bloomer. Send for trade list. W. W. WIL-
MORE, JR., Wheatrldge, Colo.

GREENS.

Greens, dagger and fancy ferns, 80c per
1,0(10; case of 5.000, $3.50. Green galax. 50c
l.nOO; case of 10,000. $4. Green leucothoe. long,
$2 per 1.000. Green leucothoe, short. $1 per
1,000. Elk Galax & Fern Co., Banners Elk,
N. C,

Greens, wild smllax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen, Ala.

Greens, wild smllax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Ever-
green, Ala.

STRING SMILAX. Regular shipments. Wm.
H. Mlneklme, Water Valley, N. Y., near Buf-
falo.

Greens, fancy and dagger ferns, moss, ever-
green, laurel, spruce and hemlock boughs, Xmas
trees, etc. II. J. Smith, Hinsdale, Mass.

Greens, Delaware holly and holly wreaths,
also cedar, pine, laurel and boxwood wreaths,
any size. Delaware Evergreen Co.. Milton. Del.

Holly, heavy berried, single case, $4; 5 or
more cases. .$3.75 each. 14-inch hnlly wreaths.
$10 per 100. H. Austin, Felton, Del.

Greens, choice case holly, holly wreaths and
laurel roping. H. E. Conwell, Milton. Delaware.

Red Winter Berries, best quality. A. R. Pos-
dlck & Co., Dowaglac, Mich.

Holly, laurel, moss, boxwood sprays, W. Z.
Purnell, Snow Hill, Md.

HOLLYHOCK.

HOLLYHOCKS. 7 double varieties, all lead-
era. Also Allegheny, the fringed single, $3 pep
llK); $20 per 1,000. Pall delivery. W. W.
WILMORE, JR., Wheatrldge, Colo.

HELIOTROPE.

HELIOTROPE— R. C, $1 per 100: $8 per
1,0(jO. Express prepaid. C. HUMFELD, Clay
Center, Kans.

HYDRANGEAS.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA. Pot-grown fop forc-
ing from 5-Inch puts, $15 per 100; 4-lnch, $10
per 100; 3-Inch $6 per ino. All fine healthy
stock. THE WAGNER PARK NURSERY CO.,
Sidney, Ohio,

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown, 4-ln., $20 per lOD; 5-ln., $25, The Storrs
& Harrison Co., Painesvllle, O.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, S-ln. pots. $5 pep
100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

IRISES.

GERMAN IRIS. Fine named sorts field-grown
plants. $2 per 100; $10 per 1,000. THE WAG-
NER PARK NUBSEKY CO., Sidney, Ohio,

Iris Pallida Dalmatica, $10 pep 100. J. A.
Peterson & Sons, Cincinnati, O.

IVIES.

English Ivy. out of 6-In. pots, up to B ft.
high, $25 per 100. Rabn & Herbert, 110 B.
49th St., Portland, Ore.

Hardy English Ivy, 2-ln., $2 pep 100; $18.B0
per 1,000; 3-ln., $3 per MO; $25 per 1,000. B.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co,, White Marsh, Md.

English Ivy from field, 20 to 30 Inches. $3;
from pots, 30 to 40 Inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST, Kenllworth, N. J.

ENGLISH IVY, strong 4-Inch. $10 pep 100.
HARRY BEINL, West Toledo, Ohio.

English Ivy, 20c and 35c each. PoeblmanB
Bros. Co., Morton Grove. Ill,

German Ivy, 2H-ln., $2 pep 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

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JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

Solaoiim Melvenl (Improved Jenisnlem cherry),
8-ln., nith berries. $3 per doz. ; $J0 per 100;
6-ln., $3.75 per do^. : $.10 per lOu. Vangtiaa's
Seed Sloje, 31-33 W. Itaudolpli St., Cljicago.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neuhert, WuuUsl'ek, nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Ueluecken, 17 Bat-
tery i'l.. New York.

From Storage.

Cold Storage Valley, Brun's Celebrated Chi-
cago Market Brand, $20 per 1.<I0U; $10.50 per
BOO; $'i.DO per 25ii; $i.oU per lOi). Cut valley,
best quality always on hand. H. N. Brun's,
3u32 VV. Madison St., Chicago.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn, Lambert's Pure Culture,
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
bink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

Evergreen, The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,
111.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
established. Lager & Uurrell, Summit, N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Single

Plants.

Leaves.

Inches high

4-lnch pots,

5 to 6,

18

6-inch pots,

0 to 7,

28 to 30 .

6-luch pots,

6 to 7,

32 to 34 .

8-lncb tubs.

6 to 7,

36

8-inch tubs.

6 to 7,

42 to 44 .

8-inch tubs.

6 to 7,

45 to 48 .

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FOKSTERIANA.

Each.
,.$0.35
.. 1.50
,. 2.00
.. 3.00
.. 4.00
.. 6.00

Single Plants.

Leaves, Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots, 5 to 0, 18 to 2U $0.35

6-inch pots, 5 to 6, 34 to 36 1.50

6 Inch (Hits, 5 to 6, 38 to 42 2.00

8-iuch tubs, 6 to 7, 46 to 48 .... 3.50

8-iuch tubs, 6 to 7, 60 to 54 6.110

10-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to 5i4 ft.. 8.00

10-iuch tubs, 6 to 7, 6 to 6V4 ft.. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Marle-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

e-inch pots, 3 pluuts In a pot. 28 ..$1.25

7-lncb puts, 5 plnuts in a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-ineb tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 .. 3.00

8-lnch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-Inch tubs, 3 plauts in a tub. 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56.. 6.(K)

10-Inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 5 ft. high. 8.00

12-lucb tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 5 to 5V4 ft.10.00

12-inch tubs. 4 plants In a tub. 6 ft. blgb. 12.00

Very strong siieclmens, 12 and 15-lnch tubs, 7

plants, $15. uO, $18.00 and $25,00,

PHOENIX ROEBELENII,

8-lnch pots, 20 In. high. 26 In. spread $1.60

7-lnch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50
8-lnch tubs, fine specimens 3.60

POEHLMANN BROS, CO.,
MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-in.. 6-7 leaves,
22 Ins. hlgb, $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Roebelenll, 8-in. pots, 24 Ins. hlgb, 26 Inch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-lncb tubs. 24 Inches high,
30-tttch spread, $4 each. A. N. Plerson, Inc.,
Cromwell, Conn. '

Phoenix Canarlensls, fine large plants, $7.50
to $35 each, Julius Roebrs Co., Rutherford,
N, J.

PALMS, DECORATIVE PLANTS, RARITIES.
Reasoner Bros., Qneco, Fla.

Palms. Jullna Roebrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Voltchil. 4-In., ROc; 5-in., 75e: 6-
In., $1.25 and JL.TO; 7-ln., $2 and $2.50. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111,

Pandanus Veltcbii, 6-In., $1 and $1.50 each;
7 and 8-ln., $2 tu $3. J. A. Peterson & Sous,
Cincinnati, O.

Pandanus Vcltchli, 4-lnch. 35c each; 6-lnch,
75c each. Ilenry A, Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland. Ore-
gon, offer an immense stock of superb MASTO-
DON MIXED SEEDLINGS, sizes and prices as
follows: Large, 1.000. $5; 5.OO1). $22.50; lO.iHiO,
$44. Medium, l.llOil. $4; 6.000. $17. .iO; ln.ciOO,
$:i3. Standard, 1.000, $i; 5.000. $13.5ii; 10,000,
$26. All prepaid. No shipments standard size
east of Omaha or south of Denver. Color plate
catalog free. Seed prices; '/^ 02., $1; oz., $7.

PANSIES— ROMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain that has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection, 50c per
100; $3.50 per l.ooo. Express prepaid. C.
HUMFBLD, Clay Center, Kans,

PANSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop. $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
GUNT SEEDLINGS. $3 per 1,000. ERNEST
ROBER, WUmette, IIL

Pansles, $2.80 per 1.000; 5,000 tor $10. Elmer
Rawlings, Clean, N. Y.

Pansy plants. $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
ningham, Delaware, O.

PEPPERS.

New Cluster peppers. 3-in., $4 per 100. Xmas
peppers, 3-ln., $4 per 100. Jerusalem Cherries,
Melvlnii, 2-ln., $3 per 100; 3-ln., $5 per 100.
Cash. ERNEST ROBER. Wllmette, 111.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-lnch busby
plants, full of berries, $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey Floral Co., Maywood, lU.

Peppers, Chinese and cluster, 4-ln., $10 per
100. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton (Srove, III.

PERENNIALS.

PERENNIALS, Strong August Seedlings, $1
per lOu; $8 per 1,000; Aqullegia, 3 vars.,
Anthemis Kelwayi, aster, coreopsis grd..
Chrysanthemum Triumph. Shasta daisy Alaska,
Camrianula. 3 vars., Deltiblolum Cbluense, Del-
phinium Gold MedaL Dbintbus latlfollus, gail-
lardia grd., GypsopUiUa, hollyhocks, 4 vara., dbl.
and single; peutstemon, mixed; Pyrethrum
roseum. Papaver Orieutalls, Sweet William, 4
vars.. Lychnis. Cash please. ERNEST ROBER,
Wllmette, 111.

Perennials. — Strong plants from field or pots.
Write for prices on what you need, W. E,
KING, Box 1360, Little Silver, N. J.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, dbl. mixed, 2-ln., $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1,000; 3-ln., $3 per 100; $25 per l,0ii0. R.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

POmSETTLAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.

True type, short stocky plants, 2^-inch, $4.50
per lOu; $40 per l.OuO; 3-iuch, %i per $100;
4-lnch. $15 per 100. Larger plauts, made-up,
35c to $2.50. Cash please. ERNEST ROBER,
Wllmette, 111.

Polnsettlas, choice stock in pans, with good
bracts, according to value, 60c to $2.50 each.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1,000 2%-Iiich; fine
stock. $5 per 100: $20 for 600. HESS & SWO-
BODA, Omaha, Neb.

POINSETTIAS, 2V.-ln., $5 per lOO; 4-in.,
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Bap-
ids, Mich.

PRIMULAS.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES 2M-lnch, $2.50 per
ion; 3-lnch, $5 per 101. Ohconica Grandlflora
Gig., 2Vi-lnch. $3 per inO; 3 Inch, $6 per 100;
4 Inch. $8 per 100. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER, Wllmette, III.

Primroses, Chinese, Forbesl, Molacoldes, Ob-
conlca, alba and rosea, $1.75 per InO; $15 per
1.000. Obconlca glgantea, giant flowering, all
2^4-lnch pots. $2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos.
H. C^unningbam, Delaware, O.

Primula obconlca, grandlflora and glgantea
strain. 4-Inrb, 8c. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Mor-
ton Grove, 111.

Primula obconlca, giants, Grandlflora, largest
flowering, big 3-lnch stock, $4 per 100. Chinese
largest Howerlng. line plants, 3-lnch. $4; 2-Inch,
$2 per lOj. Cash, please. J. W. Miller, Shlre-
manstown. Pa.

Primula obconlca. 3-lncb, $6 per 100. Mala-
coldes, 2V4-lnch, $4 per lOD; $35 per 1,000.
Vaughun's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

PRIMULA M.4LAC0IDES, 2y.-in., $3 per
100; 4-ln., $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Itapids. Micb.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full Hue of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore, Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

ROSES, My Maryland and Pink Killarney,
3-ln.. $3 per 100. Kaiserin. 4-in., $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Micb.

Roses on canina stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. & Co.,
Hoogeveen, Holland.

Roses, 1-yr., 2l4-ln.; 2-yr., 4-ln, Leedle
Floral Co., Springfield, O.

Roses. Gratama Eros, & Co., Hoogeveen,
Holland.

Roses. W. T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

SEEDS.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce,
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTB, ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Musk*
melon, Squash and Pumiikin, Sweet, Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co.. Val-
ley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialtlea,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif,

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field com. Edgar F.
HurfiT, Swedesboro, N. J,

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrlck &
Son, contract seed growers. Pedricktown, N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbeil & Co., Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower, Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport, Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet, Flint and Dent Corn. Cucumbers, Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash, West-
ern Seed and irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb,

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and fleld com. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras, etc.
Asters and flower seeds In general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Augeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Conn.

Seeds, wholesale fleld and garden seeds, J.
Bolgiano & Son, Light, Pratt and ElUcott Sts.,
Baltimore. Md.

Seed, yellow and red Bermuda onion seed for
sets, 09c per lb. Federlco Varela, Tenerlflte.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.
C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calif.

Seeds, wholesale growers. The Klmberlln
Seed Co., Santa Clara, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per an. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, 0.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnlngs, P.
O. Box 857, Melbourne. Australia,

Seeds, tomato seed our specialty. Haven

Seed Co., Santa Ana. Calif.

"Seeds. Arthur T. Boddington, New York.

Tomato seed. Wm. Redcay, Lancaster, Pa. BO^

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SMIL AX.

Smilax. 2Vi-liicb, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramsburg pink Snapdragons, busby plants
from 2 Inch pots. $3 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral
■Co., May wood. 111.

Snapdragons. Silver Pink. Giant White, R. C,
$1.25 per 100; $10 per 1.000. express prepaid.
C. HCMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

Field-grown Ramsburg pink Snapdragons. Big
tushy plants. $5 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co.,
Maywood, 111.

SPIREA.

Splrea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100;
aih per l.uOO. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKinley. Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success, Three W's. U. S. King Edward. Wm.
Belt. $2 per 100; $16 per I.UOO. Chesapeake,
Fendall, Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1.000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive. Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per l.OOu. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N. J.

STEVIA.

Stevla. 2'in., $20 per 1,000. Poeblmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, 111.

STEVIA. strong 2-inch, $1.50 per 100. C.
HDMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink, 2-ln., $2 per 100;

$18.50 per I.OUO; 3-ineh, $3 per 100; $25 per

l.ouO. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
ids, especially selected for greenhouse forcing,
seedlings, $1 per l.(XIO. Strong parsley roots,
luO for $1. Shipment diiy order received.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville, III.

VERBENAS.

VERBENAS, 20 varieties, K. C, 70c per
100; $6 per 1,000. Express prepaid. 0. HUM-
FELD, Clay Center, Kans.

VINCAS.

VINCAS, 25,000 field-grown plants, Varlegata,
$4 per 100. 300.000 rooted tips, Varlegata, $1
per 100. Extra fine plants. Ready for de-
livery. Dept. B, THE REESER PLANT COM-
PANY, Springfield, Ohio.

VINCA VAR., strong field-grown clumps. $4
per lOD; $35 per l.OuO. Cash, please. FRANCE
& VANDEGRiFT, Monroe, Mich.

VINCA Var., rooted tips, $1.10 per 100; $10
per 1,000. Strong plants, $2.25 per 10:i; $20
per 1,000. E. C. WAGONER, Beaver Falls, Pa.

VINCA VARIEGATED, 2V4-lnch strong, $2.50
per 100. C. HUMI^ELD, Clay Center, Kans.

Vlnca varlegata, field-grown, $5 per 100.
Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

VIOLETS.

VIOLETS — Large clumps of California, $6 per
loO: $50 per 1.000. CBABB & HUNTER
FLORAL CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

VIOLETS. Gov. Herrick, extra fine field
■clumps from selected blooming stock. $5
per 100. Cash. W. H. Culp & Co., Wichita,
Kansas.

VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, field-grown,
strong. $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Uaplds, ^Mlch.

VIOLETS. Hardy Russian, strong field clumps,
Ifh per 100. Cash. JOSEPH BANCROFT &
SON (Inc.), Cedar Falls, Iowa.

APHIS PUNK.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nlc. Krler Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfleld Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot water beating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse beating.
Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846 W.

Superior St., Chicago.

Boilers, Giblin standard greenhouse. Giblin
& Co., 901 Broad St., Utica, N. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-lnch. B% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all ' sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co., 2117 S. Jefferson St.. Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far, 50c
for l,mtO, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Mich.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co.. Elaton, Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Sprague,
Smith Co., 164-166 Randolph St., CUcago.

rf ■

GREEHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 WabausU
Ave., Chicago. 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Tiaas and
sketches submitted on request, John C. Uon-
inger Co., 902 Blackhawk St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all
klDds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches siilimitted on request. A. Dletscb
Co., 2G42 Sheffield Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co., Des Plaines, 111.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction C<d., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Grenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts, Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Apbta Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co., St. Louis, Mo.

Liquid— NICO-FDME — Paper,, for thrips, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc., LouisTllle,
Ky^

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son. Stratford, London, England.

Nicotine. The GrasselU Chemical Co., Cleve-
land, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, New York. Cin-
cinnati. St. Paul. Boston, Detroit, Birmingham,
Chicago, Milwaukee, -New Orleans.

Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck, Stow ft
Wilcox Company, Soutblngton, Conn., and
Cleveland, Ohio.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. Kendallville, Ind.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlelu Bas-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Are.. Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. lgo«
Bros., 260 N. 9th St.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind.

Dreer's I^eerless Glazing points, 1.000, 75c,
postpaid. Uenry A. Dreer, 714 CTiestnut St.,

PbUaUelphla.

Aphlne, $1 per qt.. $2.50 per gal. Funglne,
75c per qt.. %'l per gal. Vermlne. $1 \wt qt.,
$3 per gal. Scallne. 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.; 10 guls.. $1U. Nikotlaua. $1-50 per qt..
$4.5U per gal. ApUlne Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.

Florists' suiipiies. cape Dowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Bermann,
404-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples, 60c for 1,000.
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St.,
Spriugtield. Mass.

Glazing points. % and %. 40c per lb.; 7
lbs.. $2.50; 15 lbs.. $5. Randolph & McClem-
ents. 0936 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh. Pa.

. "Elustic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner,
Mgr.. The Elastlc-Lyke Co., 30 B. Randolph
St.. Chicago.

Greeubou.'^e supplies of all kinds. Chicago
Bouse Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago.

Building material, pecky cypress, drop aid-
ing, ship lap, dooring. white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Schlllo Lumber Co.. 1560 Kingsbury St..
Chicago,

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, tb-
portzing pans, ventilating apparatus. Jennlng's
Improved Iron Gutters. Plller, Caskey & Keen.
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts.. Philadelphia.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska. 151 N. Wabash Ave..
Chicago.

Florists' refrigerators. Bucbblnder Bros., 618
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Vaughan's Perfection Points, per 1.000. 50c;
by mall. 70c: 5.0<)0 by express. $2.50.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Clilcago and New York.

Superior Carnation Staples. 35c per 1,000;
3.01MI for $1. F. W. Walte, 85 Belmont Ave..
Springfield, Mass.

Stiear-KIean grates are cheapest when yoo
consider tlieir efficiency. Shear-Klean Grate Co.,
Chicago, 111.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co.. Detroit. Mich.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying, Nico-
tine Mfg. Co.. St. Louis, Mo.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz.. by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sods, Cedar Rapids.
Iowa.

Peirce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
pot wliich does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Peirce, 4o0 Oaks St., Waltham. Mass.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co.. South Zanesville. Ohio.

Neponset, flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Standard pots, all sizes. The Whllldln Pot-
tery Co.. 7u9 Wharton St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. Ull-
flnger Bros. Pottery, Fort Edward. N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans.
Pottery Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Barley

Pots, Hews' standard. A. B. Bews & Co.,
Cambridge, Mass.

Standard flower pots. A. F. Kohr, 2934-38
Lenvttt St.. Chicago.

Red. pots. Geo. Keller & Son. 2614-22 Bern-
don St.. Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy.. Detroit. Mich.

STAKES,

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 feet,
per 100. 85c: 500. $.1: %T^.m per l.OtX).

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per l'>o, fiOc; per
1.000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

Pillshury Carnation Staples. 1.000 for S6c;
3,000 for $1. 1. L. Plllsbury, Galesburg, 111,

WIRE WORK.

Floral design, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy works. lamp shade
frames. Eacle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St..
Cleveland, Ohio.

Florists* Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros., 1008 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

If You Do Not Find What \m Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Writs Us About It.

1914-

The American Florist.

841

SEND FOR
CAIALOGUE.

What the Users Say

Test at 14" Below Zero with Heavy Wind Blowing

Ferguson Bro-.. Omah^. Neb., write as folic w«: — Tt mieht interest you to know the results ob-
tained with the KroeschcU Gnenhouse Boiler and Kroesch 11 Piping systun.

We havejusi had anight of U^ below with a s-trong wind blowinc and we carried the house at 52**
with the boiler at 170*'. Ihe house is piped for 50** and as we are using a cheap grade of slack the result
speaks for itselt.

We were told by the dealer when we ordered the coal that we could not burn it. so we brought a car
of good coal to help along if the si'ck would not givt* results, but it was not necessary. The KrOt &chcU
Generator certainly helps the circulation and the new method of piping for hot water is a surprise to
some of the greenhouse men in this vicinity.

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 452 West Erie St., Chicago, 111.

Siebert's Zinc
GlacitiB Points.

Good for small or
lar^e glass, do not rust,
easy to drive, H and \i
inch. Perlb.40c.5-lb8.
$1.85. 20-lbs.. $7.00

Vaughsn's
Seed siore
Chicago New York

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

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OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

Uention the American Florist when writing

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

— Send For Prices —

404412 East 341k Si, NEW YORK

Uention the American Florist when writing

PRINTING

letterheads Envelopes, Billbeads, Statemeols.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Piste Making and Color Work.

Gorham & Chapline Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

lltntion the American Florist when writing

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hail Association has paid 2000
losses amonntiog to a total ol $282,000.00-
For (all particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J

Wired
Toothpicks

10.000 $1.75: 50 000 $7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Sample free. For sale bv dealers.

JfCHlton the American Florist when writing

Ickes-Braun Mill Co.

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL
HOTBED SASH

Best Grades. Prompt Delivery.

Low Prices.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

2340 WABANSIA AVE. (near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO, ILL.

Telephone Humboldt 11.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
gjeenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustraUons. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. ClllCagO

Mention the American Florist when writing

OYER 5,000 FLORISTS ARE USING RED DEVIL GLASS CUTTERS

/OU need a Glass ii n . . /, » .a f 9

1 Cutter to cut your [1, fi/) .ff ff //

of C 'o "h! ^\ eel Q/t:yxJjyZn^yCh£^ ~wfiaA>

B

uine *-RED DEVIL."

the kind all ? o o d
kI a z i e r s upe? Your
local hardware store sell

"Red Devir* Glass Catter No. 024

them. Just insist on

Genuine *'Rcd Dcvll"

and take no substitute.
\Ve have eivt-n away
nearly iO" 0 samples to
florii-ts. If you did not
get one send us this adv.
and3 2c stamps and one
sample* only of the best
Glass Cutter in the world will be Bent you postpaid

SMITH & HEMENWAY CO., 170 Chtmbers St., N. Y. G

842

The American Florist.

Nov. 7,

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
deoers. Florists and
Home-makers, tauffht
by Prof. Craig and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize the growing
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners who an-
derstand ap - to - date
methods and practice
are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening is
Indispensable to those who would have
the pleasantest homes.

2S0-page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School
Deot. A. r., Springfield. Mast.

PROF. BEAL.

Nashville, Tenn.
Trade has picked up somewhat, but
has not reached flood tide yet, and
there is a great abundance of flowers
of every liind. Chrysanthemums are
very profuse and very beautiful, no
finer specimens having ever been
raised. Every one of the growers
seems to have a large supply of the
chrysanthemums, and the vifonder is
what will they do with all of them.
It is true that the annual football
game, on Dudley field, between Van-
denbilt university and Sewanee,
Thanksgiving day, will give a good
market for many thousand blossoms,
but that does not help the present glut,
if glut it may be called, where every
florist's window is filled with the most
beautiful blossoms, while within is an
abundant array of everything imagin-
able in the way of flowers. The dah-
lias are all gone, after having held
sway for a number of weeks, and that
helps some. Roses are perfection,
American Beauty roses with fine long
stems, and Killarney, Russell, and
others, everything that could be de-
sired. Violets are coming in, too, and
carnations, while they have not at-
tained their great perfection In size,
are very good indeed. The season has
been very favorable and now that we
are having fine fall days the growers
will continue to have fine flowers and
an abundant supply, and it only needs
a great run of fine trade to make
everybody supremely happy. There
has been a killing frost and outside
vegetation has suffered, but it was un-
usually late this year and so no one
ought to complain.

NOTES.

The Mclntyre Floral Co. has
branched out once more and taken
a retail department in a down town
store. Their West End avenue store,
in the heart of a fashionable residen-
tial section, has been abundantly suc-
cessful, so much so that they have
been encouraged to make a further ex-
pansion in this branch. One of the
younger Mclntyres is in charge and the
place has been fitted up very taste-
fully. It occupies a part of the store
of a stationery and book concern.
Young Mclntyre says his people have
grown 15,000 chrysanthemums.

October 23 there were used at the
Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's home, as
a table decoration, for some festivities
going on there, some very beautiful li-
lacs, cut from the Hermitage garden.
Their blossoming this time of year is
very unusual and probably may be ac-
counted for from the fact that the
blossoms were killed In the early
spring and the long summer drought
threw them out of season.

Geny Bros, have gfown a wonder-
ful supply of chrysanthemums and are
having good sales both on cut flowers
and on plants of which they have a
fine variety. Their roses are most ex-
cellent and carnations are coming on
nicely. They had a fine spurt of work
the past week in funeral orders and
have been doing a fairly satisfactory
business. M. C. D.

If you v^ant an even temperature the
year round then you want the

H^^ck to BoiteF4>
SYSTEM

There is nothing to equal the time, fuel, steam and labor-saving qualities
of the Morehead. It drains your steam apparatus perfectly — returns the pure
hot condensation to your boiler — and with the boiler on the ground level.
Maintains the even temperature so necessary to good flower growing. Our
Engineers will illustrate interesting applications of the Morehead System to
many different conditions.

Write for the inforniakiou today. It will prove a decided help.

1.^2
DETROIT

Morehed Mfg. Co.

Dept, "N"

MICHIGAN

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPKESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

Free

1

'♦.':

This Fine

BUDDING
KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

)reer'8 Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses '^

Dtjve easy aod true« becaas«
botb bevela are oo tbe same
tide. Can't twist and break
the glass io driving. Galvao*
Ized and will ooi rust. No
tiebti or lefts.

Tbe Peerless Glazing Polot
Is pateoted. Noothers like
It, Order from your dealer/!
or direct from os.
1000.75c. pofipaid.
Samples free.
BEKBTA. DKSEK.I
714 Cheitoqt 8tr««tX
ruUdslpU*.

GLASS

Wa ire leaders. Larce itock. Kood prices

SHARP, PARTRIDfiE & CO.

cmcAoo. nxmois.

ltentU>n the American Florist when ioritiny

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PAPER

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LoulsvlUe, Ky.

(ireenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks ol
theworld's largest Building Material Department,
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overnauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41— Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, sire
lHx2H 100 running ft $2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
W^V/j, 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses,etc.. 1 in. stock. p.-rlOOOft., bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44— No. 1 Cypress. 1 in. rougb or 13-16 in.
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash. l?8-in.x3ft.
x6ft.. without glass 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above.
with puttied'in glass. 12 or more, each 1,58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90 to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-band Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

A STIC A

feenttouseqiazin^
U5EITN0W>

CF.O.PIERCECO.

12 W. BROADWAY

Nrw YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes hard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give

satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse

Write for prices and Estimates. Do it now.

GiRLtND MANUFACTURINS CO:. Des Plaines, III.

EVERYTHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Bote, Wire, Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools. Glass.

Sptdal A{at for Wiard Brud Hamra ami Darling's Feitilian.

Walter S. MIcGee,

Phone Hyde Park 6679
taxi njJS AVL. CHICAGO. VUL.

NIKOTEEN For Spraying

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

A«k Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

—CLAY'S—
FERTILIZER

WILL FEED

YOUR PLANTS

And Your

BANK BALANCE

At the Same Time.
IT IS SAFE, SURE, ECONOMICAL.

Manufactured by

Clay & Son,

STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

TRADE DIRECTORY

Prlc* 93.00 Poatpald.

American Florist Co^

440 S. Dearborn St.. CBIOACO

The Aphins Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Florists and Gardeners

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray reniedy for greeD. black, white fly,
red spider, thrips, mealy b jk and soft scale.

FUNGINE

An infallible spray r< medy for rose mildew,
caination and chrysanthemum rust.

VERMINE

A soil sterilizer for cut, eel, wire and angle
worms.

SCALINE

A scaltcide and fungicide combined for San
Jose and various sc .le on trees and hardy
stock, and various blights which affect them.

"40 NICOTINE"

A free nicotine. 4096 strength, for spraying

and vaporizing.

NIKOTIANA

A \1% nicotine solution properly diluted for
fumigatiQff and vaporizingr.

If yoa cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order and
we will ship immediately through our
nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING ' COMPANY

MADISON. N. J.

Geo. a. Burniston, M. C. Ebel,

President. Treasurer.

Always

mention The American Florist
when writing. : : : : :

844

The American Florist.

Nov. 7,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... 836

Allen J K ,.... b/1

Alpna floral Co.... "iii
American Spawn Co b.54

AmliDB E CCo 817

Anderson S A ^-i

Angermueller G H. bia

Apnine Mfg Co M3

Arcbias Floral Co.. S.'b
.\scbmaon Godfrey. b34
Atlaola KloralCo... 8:4

Austin H S 2

baii.scucc Washburn 812
Baiavia Greenhouse

Co 816

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

BauscherjohD 8.6

Ucaveu t. A 8:2

Begerow's 824

BerserBros ^Vi

Bernins H G 8 8

Blackistone Z L)... 8:d
Boddijgion A T.... 830
Bodger J «£ Sons Co 8:9

Bo.and J B Co 8:3

Bolgijno J&Sons... 8«U

BraKK Koss 823

Bramie; & son 826

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 82S

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 824
Brown Bros & Co.. 8:6

BrunningF H 83u

Bruns H N 8^9

Bryan Alonzo J 835

Bucbbinder Bros... 8i6

Buckbee H W 826

Budlong J A 817

Burpee W A & Co.. 830
Caldwell the Woods-
man Co 822

Calilornia Florists.. 826
Camp Conduit Co .. Ill
Chicago Carn Co..l 835
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn.... 816
Chicago House

Wrecking Co 843

Clark E B Seed Co. 8:9
Clarke's Sons David 82:3

Clay &Son 843

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 825

Conard & Jones Co. 832

Conwell H E 822

Cooke Geo H 823

Cowee W J 841

Coy H C Seed Co... 829

Craig KobtCo Sj5

CritcbellC E Si9

Cunningham Jos H. 833

Dardsi..nas 8:4

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 832

Deamud J B Co 817

Delaware Evergreen

Co 822

Detroit Flower Fot

MIg Co Ill

Dietsch A & Co.... IV
Diller Ca8key&

Keen IV

DornerF&Sona

Co 834

DreerHA...Ill 8l0 842

Duerr Chas A 826

Duluth Floral Co... 826

Duniop Jjnu H 825

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fo.d Box. 844

Elastic LykeCo 844

Elk GaldX & Fern

Co 822

EmmansGeoM 83l

Eine & Klingel 8i7

Eyres H G 825

Fish Henry Seed Co 831

Fisher Peter 833

Florists' Hail Assn 841
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 821

Ford William P.... 8^0
Frank Floral Co.... 817

Franzen FO 835

Freeman Mrs J B... 826

Frey & Frey 826

Friedman 823

Fromei.) H E 8.1

Furrow & Co 8.'6

GalTin 1 hoa F 8:5

Gardiner Alex C ...
Garland Mfg Co. . ..

Gasser J M Co

Giblin & Co .'. ..

<Torham & ChROline
Graham A & Son. ..
Grana Kapias
Floral Co

Giatama Bros & Co

uude Bros

Guttman & Raynor
(Inc)

Hardesty & Co

Harley Pottery Co..

Hart George B

Haven seed Co The

Heacock Jos Co

HeinI John G & Son

Henderson A & Co. ..

Henderson LewiS..

Herr Albert M

Herrmann A

Hess & Swoboda...

Hews A H &Co....

Hilfinger Bros

Hill D Nursery Co..

Hoerber Bros

HoBmeisterFlo Co.

Holm & Olson

Holton &HunkelCo

Home Cor School...

Horticultural
Advr-rtiser

Hurff Edaar F

Ickes-Braun Mill Co

Igoe Bros

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co

Isbell Si M & Co...

Jackson & Perkins..

Johnson WW&Son

Jones Percy

Joy Floral Co

Kasting W F Co . . .

Keller Geo & Sons.

Keller Sons J B

Kellogg GeoM

Kelway & Son

Kennicott Bros Co..

Kentucky Tobacco
Product Co

Kervan Co The

Kessler Wm

Kift Robt

Kimberlin Seed Co.

King Construct Co,

Kohr A F

Romada Bros

Kramer I N <ScSon..

Kroeschell Bros Co.

Kruchten John

Kuehn C A

Kubl Geo A

Kyle & Foerster....

LaCrosse Floral Go.

Lager & Hurrell ...

Landrf^th Seed Co..

Lang Floral & Nurs
Co

Lange A

Leborius J J

Leedle Floral Co ...

Leonard Seed Co...

Lockland Lumber
Co

London Flower Shp

Lord& Burnham
Co

LovettJT

McCallum Co

McConnell Alex....

McCray Refrigera-
tor Co

McGee Walters....

McKenna P & Son.

McNeft-Swenson Co

Mann Otto

MatthewsonJ E ....

May &Co L L

Meconi Paul

Memphis Flo Shop.

Meredith The Flow-
er & Veg Co

Metairie Ridge Nurs

Mette Henry

Miller AL

Montreal Floral
Exchange Ltd....

Moore, Hentz &
Nash

Morehead Mfg Co...

M array Samuel

Myers Florist

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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 14, 1914.

No. 1380

TheMerican Florist

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis,
Minn., President; P.Welch. Boston. Mass.. Vice-
President; John Young, 53 W. 2Sth St.. New
York. Secretary: Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y..
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch. Boston, Mass..
President; Dan MacKorie. .-^an Francisco. Calif..
Vice-President; )ohn Yi-ung. New York, Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19. 1915.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo. N. Y.. 1915. S. J. Goddard. Fraraing-
ham. Mass., President; A. F. J. Baur. Thirty-
eighth St. and Rockwood Ave., Indianapolis.
Ind., Secretary.

The First Dead Leaf.

I saw a (lead leaf fall today

And sUivei' at my feet,
And tbns I knew that summer time

Had turned In full letipat.
In lobes emlnoidend A\itli ripe com

And crowned with yellow wheat.

I beard the wind sigh in the reeds

A niolnnclioly note
As sontli\vai'<I birds in hnnied flight

In skyward realms remote
Piped plaintive lyrics of fai'ewell

From mauy a feathered throat.

I saw a silver spider web

Swing broken In the breeze,
Where marigolds in ricli array

Were tempting dropsy bees
And purple asters, royal blooms.

Were noddiug 'neatb the trees.

I saw a dead leaf fall today —

Tlip vanguard of them all.
It fluttered Idly like a waif

Against the garilen wall
And told me snninipr time had fled

And left the fields to Fall.

—Will Reed Dunroy.

CHRYSANTBEMll SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual Convention and Exhibition, Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 6-8.
NEXT CONVENTION, CLEVELAND, O., 1915.

The National Chrysanthemum Show.

The thirteentli annual meeting and
exhibition of the Chrysanthemum So-
ciety of America, held at the German
house, Indianapolis, Ind., in conjunc-
tion with the twenty-fifth anniversary
meeting of the State Florists' Associa-
tion of Indiana, was in many respects a
great success. The specimen plants
which formed such a fine feature of
some previous exhibitions were not so
conspicuous on this occasion, although
there were some very creditable exam-
ples on hand, mostly the product of
Vaughan's Greenhouses, Western
Springs. 111., and the establishment of
the Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111. Cut blooms were exhibited
in profusion, many of them of the
highest quality. Undoubtedly the
greatest attractions of the show, Iiow-
ever, were the splendid exhibits of the
local retailers, particularly Bertermann
Bros. Co 's "Garden of Peace." Wie-
gand's Sons Co.'s superb wedding and
table decorations and the Hill Floral
Co.'s booth in which Hoosier Beauty
and other new roses were the chief
feature. The fire bMoms staged by
■Wm. Vert, superintendent of the Castle-
gould gardens, Port Washington, N. T.,
attracted much attention and the sin-
gle and pompon varieties exhibited in
larere ouantities proved quite popular
wi + h , t^e gprtpT-nl public. A v^<5e of
Mrs. Chas. Russell roses, from HoTton
& Hunkel Co.. Milwaukee. Wis., was a
revelation to both professional visitors
and the public, the magnificent qual-
ity of these flowers surprising even
the originator. Alex. Montgomery, who
was among those in attendance. Such
fine blooms are rarely seen anywhere
and taken with the splendid stems and
foliage show the rare skill of these
master growers.

The principal exhibitors of chrysan-
themums were tbe E. G. Hill Co., Rich-
mond, Ind.; Elmer D Smith & Co..
Adrian. Mich.: A. N. Pierson, Inc.,
Cromwell. Conn.; W^m. Vert. Port
Washington, N. T.; W. N. Rudd, Mor-

gan Park, 111.; Chas. H. Totty, Madi-
son, N. J.; Pahud Floral Co., Indian-
apolis, Ind.; Baur & Steinkamp, In-
dianapolis. Ind.; Bertermann Bros Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind.; Thomas Page, Great
Barrington, Mass.; Fred H. Lemon &
Co., Richmond, Ind., and Hartje &
Elder, Indianapolis, Ind.; Herman
Bros. Co., Council Bluffs, la.

The F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown,
N. Y., staged a fine vase of John Cook's
new rose, Francis Scott Key; H. N.
Bruns. Chicago, two vases of his fa-
mous lily of the valley in fine condi-
tion; Chicago Carnation Co.. Chicago,
.Aviator and other carnations; J. D
Thompson Carnation Co., Joliet, 111..
several promising seedling carnations:
Stuart «& Haugh, Anderson. Ind., group
of flowers and plants; E. C. Amling
Co., Chicago, fine group of roses and
miscellaneous cut flr>wers; P'-o'tmeyer
Floral Co., Mt. Clemens, Mich., ex-
cellent display of a good disbudded
pomoon; P. J. dinger. Newcastle. Ind,.
seedling carnations: J. A. Peterson &
Sons, Cincinnati, O.. begonias, cycla-
men and ferns; The E. G. Hill Co.,
carnations in fine form; Zech & Mann.
Chicaeo. fine vases American Beauty
and Mrs. Chas. Russell roses, also car-
nations, city market florists, miscel-
laneous display flowering and foliage
plants.

The liidges were A. F. Ammann. Ed-
wardsville. 111.; Frank A. Friedley,
Cleveland. O., and R. Witterstaetter.
Cincinnati. O.. and their work was en-
tire'v sntisfnctorv. although thev bad
a diflicult task, stagino' of the exhibits
being considernbly delayed and the hall
densely crowded the greater part of
the time the'r work was sroing on. The
attendance of the Incal public was all
that could be des'red. crnwds thmnglng
the hall every day. There was no
charee for admission, but tickets were
used for that purpose, the public being
sur'plied through the trade of the city
contributing toward the financial sup-
port of the exhibition. The trade was
well represented.

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The American Florist.

Nov. 14,

The Exhibits.

The most notable feature of the
chrysanthemum cut blooms at Indian-
apolis was the uniform high quality of
all the blooms shown. There was not
any one variety that stood out very
prominently above the others, neither
did any one particular grower's stock
have very much of an edge over the
others. The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond,
Ind.; Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian,
Mich.; A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell,
Conn.; Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis,
Ind., Wm. Vert, Castlegould, Long
Island, N. Y.; Mount Greenwood Cem-
etery Association, Morgan Park, Chi-
cago; W. W. Coles, Kokomo, Ind.; all
had grand blooms in their exhibits.

The class calling for twenty-four
varieties, short ptems, one of each,
brought out a fine array of magnifl-
eent blooms. The B. G. Hill Company
won first with a fine lot of well-fin-
ished blooms, the leaders being Men-
don (a grand reflexed pink), Wm.
Turner, Odessa, Nerissa, F. T. Quit-
tenton, Harry B. Converse, Gertrude
Peers. M. Louis Rossian and Mrs. Drab-
ble. The second prize collection of El-
mer D. Smith & Co. contained many
very promising seedlings and novelties
that have been awarded C. S. A. cer-
tificates this season. Marigold, Calu-
met and Modello being among the best
blooms in the hall. Elberon, Nakota,
Christy Matthewson, Seedling No. 47-
4-12, Seedling No. 150-G-ll and Seed-
ling No. 46-2-13 were also noted as be-
ing especially fine in this collection.

The first prize collection of 12
blooms, 12 varieties, exhibited by Wm.
Vert, head gardener, Castlegould,
Long Island, N. Y., consisted. of Queen
Mary, Wm. Vert, Alice Lemon, Wm.
Kleinheinz, M. Louis Rossian, J. Fras-
er, Glenview, Mrs. R. C. Palling, Mrs.
Wm. Tricker, Mrs. E. Wild, Wm. Turn-
er and S. A. Naceur Bey.

The E. G. Hill Company won first
on the largest bloom with a grand
specimen of Wm. Turner. B. F. Hens-

ley, Knightstown, Ind., also had a fine
bloom of the same variety.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., staged a won-
derful bloom of the variety Nakota.

In the class for 25 white The B. G.
Hill Company won with a fine bunch
of Wm. Turner.

The award for 25 yellow was won
by Wm. Vert with a grand lot of Mary
Donnellan.

In the class for best 25 pink, The
B. G. Hill Company was again first
with the variety Chieftain, A. N. Pier-
son, Inc., being a close second in this
class with a fine vase of Elberon.

In the' award for the best 25 red, the
Mount Greenwood Cemetery Associa-
tion, Morgan Park, Chicago, was first
with a well finished lot of Harvard.

In the class of the .best 25 bronze
Wm. Vert put up a fine lot of H. B.

Wm. Vert.

Converse in this class for the first
prize.

W. W. Coles, Kokomo, Ind., also had
a fine lot of Wm. Turner in the white
class, and Mount Greenwood Cemetery
a fine vase of the new variety Mount
Greenwood in the 25 pink.

The E. G. Hill Company, Mount
Greenwood Cemetery Association and
Fred H. Lemon Co., Richmond, Ind.,
were the contestants in the class of
50 assorted varieties in one vase with
the prizes awarded in the order named.

The C. S. A. cup was won by Thos.
Page, Brookside, Great Barrington,
Mass.. with ten magnificent blooms of
Mrs. J. C. Nell. Other varieties en-
tered in this class were Mrs. Gilbert
Drabble, by H. S. Firestone, Akron.
Ohio; Nakota, by A. N. Pierson, Inc.,
Cromwell, Conn.; Mount Greenwood,
by Mount Greenwood Cemetery Asso-
ciation, Morgan Park, and Wm. Turner
by The E. G. Hill Company, Rich-
mond, Ind.

Hartje & Elder and Baur & Stein-
kamp staged vases of fine Major Bon-
naffon.

The E. G. Hill Company, F. H.
Lemon Co. and Bertermann Bros. Com-
pany had very fine Chieftain.

Elmer D. Smith & Co. showed some
fine Chrysolora. which demonstrated
that this varietj- is a good keeper, its
season being the early part of Octo-
ber.

The 10 blooms of H. B. Converse,
staged by Wm. Vert for the Converse
cup. were magnificent examples of this
grower's skill, as also were the blooms
exhibited by him for the Lord & Burn-
ham gold medal, notably the vases of
Mrs. P. Mitchell and Beatrice May.

The pompon and single chrysanthe-
mums were more prominent at this
show than at any of the past C. S. A.
exhibitions, the vase of 100 sprays as-
sorted, exhibited by Baur & Steinkamp
was without a doubt as fine a vase
of pompons as has been shown any-
where. The vases of Golden Climax

GENERAL VIEW OF THE INDIANAPOLIS SHOW.

tgi4.

The American Florist.

847

THE INDIANAPOLIS BANQUET

from the Mount Greenwood Cemetery
Association and the E. G. Hill Com-
pany were also particularly fine.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., carried off the
honors in the class for the Vaughan
Seed Store cup, which called for the
best collection of pompons and singles.
This firm was also first on 10 vases,
10 varieties, pompons; the same for
10 vases of singles. Hartje & Elder,
Mount Greenwood Cemetery Associa-
tion and the E. G. Hill Company were
also contenders in these classes, Hartje
& Elder having some very promising
seedlings in their exhibit.

H. W. Rieman won a certificate and
the sweepstake cup for his new white
pompon named Peace.

A number of vases of fine roses were
exhibited, among the novelties being
Frances Scott Key from F. R. Pierson
Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., and Hoosier
Beauty, Ophelia and Lady Alice Stan-
ley from the E. G. Hill Co. This firm
also put up grand bunches of the
standard varieties of roses as well as
some particularly fine vases of the
leading carnations.

The J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.
showed their new seedlings. Superb,
Hero and Vera, three promising vari-
eties.

The Chicago Carnation Co. put up
a vase of their new variety. Aviator,
and one of the Peerless pink.

P. J. dinger,' Newcastle, Ind.,
showed a vase of very promising red
seedling.

Holton & Hunkle Co., Milwaukee,
Wis., exhibited a vase of very fine
Mrs. Chas. Russell rose.

E. C. Amling Co., Chicago, staged a
nice exhibit of cut flowers, including
roses, mignonette, lily of the valley,
etc.

J. A. Peterson & Son, Cincinnati, O..
had a nice exhibit of begonias and
other plants.

The chrysanthemum plants could not
he classed as being large specimens
but they were very well grown plants,

Fred. Lemon, Richmond, Ind.

the leading exhibitors being the Pahud
Floral Co., Bertermann Bros. Co. and
Baur & Steinkamp, all of Indianapolis.
The retail florists of Indianapolis are
to be congratulated for the grand ar-
tistic displays put up by them; they
certainly were a credit to all con-
cerned, and proved to be a great at-
traction to the public.

Retailers' Exhibits.

A home wedding decoration display
placed at one end of the hall, and oc-
cupying a space of approximately 600
square feet was a splendid exhibit
staged by the A. Wiegand's Sons Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind. The general ar-
rangement carried out in white against
a background of green, with bride and
bridesmaid in wax figures, beautifully
gowned, approaching the chancel, was

a splendid example of artistic execu-
tion. The path to the chancel was
marked by wide white ribbon connect-
ing tall baskets of Easter lilies. The
chancel and its background of green
was profusely decorated with Easter
lilies and Asparagus plumosus. The
wall decorations were baskets of white
chrysanthemums surmounting tall
white pedestals. The bride's bouquet
was a shower of lily of the valley. Two
table decorations for the wedding
breakfast were also artistically done,
the bride's table represented by a
handsome shower bouquet of Bride
roses, orchids and valley. The table of
the bridesmaids was arranged with a
center of Killarney roses and Aspara-
gus plumosus from which arose a
standard supporting a bridesmaid's
parasol tastefully draped with ribbon
to match, covered with dainty lace. The
entire exhibit was at all times the cen-
ter of an admiring throng.

The "Garden of Peace," occupying
one entire room adjoining the main ex-
hibition hall and covering a floor space
of about 4,000 square feet, was a truly
splendid display arranged by Berter-
mann Bros. Co., Indianapolis, Ind. A
colonade in white marble effect, with
palms and foliage plants at the top,
formed a striking background. In the
center of the room a miniature foun-
tain bordered with pot roses and ferns,
the water scintillating in the rays of
miniature colored el«ctric lights ar-
ranged among the plants, added ar-
tistic effect to a table decoration in the
foreground in which orchids and lily
of the valley predominated. In the cor-
ners of the room and at intervals at
the sidewalls, stately palms, splendid
specimens of boxwood and bay trees
were placed in a manner to heighten
the artistic color scheme of hundreds
of magnificent blooms of roses, chrys-
anthemums, orchids, carnations and
many other flowers. Roses in variety
arranged in baskets of various design,
chrysanthemums in pots and baskets.

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Nov.

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some surmounting tall pedestals in a
wonderfully striking effect, each ar-
rangement adding an artistic touch to
the entire general scheme, the color
heightened by the glow of a lamp
placed for effect, seemed in evidence at
every point. The entire garden was
one mass of gorgeous green and bloom,
but so artistic was the arrangement
that there was no suggestion of over-
crowding, and the first and last impres-
sion was one of artistic beauty. Need-
less to say that the "Garden of Peace"
was admired by thousands who at-
tended the show, and many returned,
doubtless in the hope of seeing the
actual message of peace suggested in
the presence of a number of live doves
encaged in the background with screen-
ing hardly visible to the spectators.

Tlie Hill Floral Co., Indianapolis,
Ind., had a very attractive booth in
which new roses and chrysanthemums
tastefully arranged in baskets, vases,
etc., were the main features, the new
rose Hoosier Beauty being given special
prominence. Other attractive booths
were arranged by the Claypool Hotel
Florist and the Pahud Floral Co., both
of Indianapolis, Ind.

Awards.

SECTION 1.— PLANTS.

Best specimen, bush form, gi-own in
not over 14-inch pot— Pahud Floral
Co., Indianapolis, Ind., first; Berter-
raann Bros. Co., Indianapolis, Ind.,
second; Claypool Hotel Florist, Indian-
apolis, Ind., third.

Six plants, bush form, grown in 8-
inch pots, assorted colors — Claypool
Hotel Florist, first; Pahud Floral Co.,
Second; Bertermann Bros. Co., third.

Plants grown to single bloom in 6-
inch pots; height shall not be over 30
inches from floor to top of biQom.

Twenty-five white, one variety—
Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, Ind.,
first.

Twenty-five yellow, one variety—
Baur & Steinkamp, first.

Twenty-five, any other color, one va-
riety— Baur & Steinkamp, second.

Group of chrysanthemum plants ar-
ranged for effect covering 100 sq. ft.
of space — Bertermann Bros. Co., first;
Pahud Floral Co., second; Hartje &
Elder, Indianapolis, Ind., third.

SECTION 2.— CUT BLOOMS.

Cut blooms may be shown with ar-
tificial supports, but when shown in
competition with blooms which are
supported by their own stems they
shall be penalized the full number of
points allowed on stem in the exhibi-
tion scale which is five points.

Fifty blooms, assorted colors, ar-
ranged for effect in one vase — The E.
G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., first; Mt.
Greenwood Cemetery Ass'n, Chicago
(Chas. W. Johnson, Supt.), second;
Fred H. Lemon & Co., Richmond, Ind.,
third.

SECTION 3!.

Twc-nty-flve blooms, white, erne va-
riety— The E. G. Hill Co., first; Baur
& Steinkamp, second; Bertermann Bros.
Co., third.

Twenty-five blooms, pink, one va-
riety— The E. G. Hill Co., first; A. N.
Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., second;
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Ass'n, third.

Twenty-five blooms, yellow, one va-
riety— Howard Gould, Castlegould, Pt
Washington, N. Y. (Wm. W. Vert,
Gr. ) first; Bertermann Bros. Co., sec-
ond; B. F. Hensley, Knightstown, Ind.,
third. '

Twenty-five blooms, bronze, one va-
riety— Howard Gould, first; Elmer D.
Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., second;
The E. G. Hill Co., third.

Twenty-five blooms, red, one variety
— Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Ass'n, first;
Elmer D. Smith & Co., second; The
E. G. Hill Co., third.

SECTION 4.

Six blooms, white, one variety — The
E. G. Hill Co., first: Mt. Greenwood
Cemetery Ass'n, second.

Six blooms, pink, one variety — The
B. G. Hill Co., first; A. N. Pier-
son, Inc., second.

Six blooms, yellow, one variety — A.
N. Pierson, Inc., first; Elmer D. Smith
& Co., second.

Six blooms, bronze, one variety —
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Ass'n, first.

Six blooms, red, one variety — Mt.
Greenwood Cemetery Ass'n, first; El-
mer D. Smith & Co., second.

SECTION 5.

Largest individual blooms — The E. G.
Hill Co., first; B. F. Hensley, second;
A. N. Pierson, Inc., third.

Si.x varieties, shown in six vases,
three blooms of each variety — The E.
G. Hill Co., first; B. F. Hensley, sec-
ond.

Twenty-tour blooms, in 24 varieties,
shown on short stems— The E. G. Hill
Co., first; Elmer D. Smith & Co., sec-
ond; Howard Gould, third.

SECTION G.

The term spray as applied to single
and pompon chrysanthemums shall
mean : The cluster of blooms produced
by a single terminal growth.

Entries in the classes for singles shall
not be confined to those varieties hav-
ing only one row of petals.

Vase of 100 sprays of pompons, as-
sorted colors, arranged for effect—
Baur & Steinkamp, first; Mt. Green-
wood Cemetery Ass'n, second; Fred H.
Lemon & Co., third.

Vase of 100 sprays, singles, assorted
colors, arranged for effect — The E. G.
Hill Co., first; Hartje & Elder, second;
Fred H. Lemon & Co., third.

Ten vases of pompons, in 10 varie-
ties, six sprays in each vase — A. N.
Pierson, Inc., first; Mt. Greenwood
Cemetery Ass'n, second; Chas. H. Tot-
ty, Madison, N. J., third.

Ten vases singles, in 10 varieties, six
sprays in each vase — A. N. Pierson,
Inc., first; Hartje & Elder, second;
Chas. H. Totty, third.

SECTION 7 — SPECI.\L PRIZES.

Chrysanthemum Society of Amer-
ica silver cup, for the best 10 blooms
chrysanthemums, long stems, any va-

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riety — Won by Thomas Page, Great
Barrington, Mass., with variety, Mrs.
J. C. Nell.

Elmer D. Smith & Co.'s prizes for
best 15 blooms considered from a com-
mercial standpoint, three varieties
shown in one vase, seedlings permissi-
ble, artificial supports prohibited — The
E. G. Hill Co., first; Elmer D. Smith
& Co., second.

A. N. Pearson, Inc., prize for best
vase of Pompon Chrysanthemum Gold-
en Climax — Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
Ass'n.

Philip J. Foley's prize for the best
10 blooms of chrysanthemums not dis-
seminated—Elmer D. Smith & Co.

Chas. H. Totty's prizes for the best
six blooms of Chrysanthemum Men-
don — Howard Gould, second.

Vaughan's Seed Store prize, silver
cup, for the best display of cut sin-
gle and pompon chrysanthemums — A.
N. Pierson, Inc.

Wm. Wells' prizes for best two
blooms, James Fraser chrysanthe-
mums—Howard Gould. first, gold
medal; The E. G. Hill Co., second, sil-
ver medal. '

Henry A. Dreer's prize for best 10
blooms chrysanthemum, one variety,
introductions of 1913 and 1914— The
E. G. Hill Co.

Lord & Burnham Co.'s prize (open
to private gardeners, or park or ceme-
tery superintendents) for the best six
vases, six varieties, three blooms to
each, on long stem; gold medal — How-
ard Gould.

President Kleinheinz's prize for best
10 blooms, one variety, white; silver
cup— Won by The E. G. Hill Co., with
variety Wm. Turner.

H. E. Converse's prize for best 10

blooms H. E. Converse; silver cup —
Howard Gould.

H. F. Michell Co.'s prizes for best 12
chrysanthemum, 12 varieties, one
flower each, short stems — Howard
Gould, first; Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
second.

Hitchings & Co.'s prize, sweepstake
for the most meritorious exhibit in
the exhibition; silver cup — Baur &
Steinkamp.

Elmer D. Smith & Co.'s prizes, best
vase of Chrysanthemum Chrysolora—
Elmer D. Smith & Co., first; Hartje &
Elder, second.

F. Dorner & Co.'s prizes for best
vase, 12 blooms Chrysanthemum Ma-
jor Bonnaffon — Hartje & Elder, first;
Baur & Steinkamp, second.

The E. G. Hill Co.'s prize for best
vase 12 blooms Chrysanthemum Chief-
tain— Fred H. Lemon & Co.

Ionia Pottery Co.'s prize for best 25
blooms, assorted colors, arranged for
effect in one vase; silver cup — The E.
G. Hill Co.

The Chrysanthemum Society of
America certificate of merit awarded
to any undisseminated seedling or
sport, scoring not less than 85 points,
six blooms to be shown of each va-
riety— H. W. Rieman, Indianapolis.
Ind., 92 points; The E. G. Hill Co., 89
points; A. N. Pierson, Inc., 88 points;
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Ass'n, 86
points.

The State Florists' Association of
Indiana awarded a silver cup as sweep-
stakes in this class.

Visitors.

.Smong the oiit-ot-town traile visitors to the
exhihItloD ilnrlDg the first two days we noted
the folIonlDg:

J. F. Aniuinnn, EdwnrdsvIUe, Ind.

E. Baker, Muncle, Ind.

Harry Balsley, Detroit, Mlcb.

L. G. Barber, Dunkirk, Ind.

M. Barker, Chicago.

Geo. Bate. Cleveland, 0.

Herbert Bate, Cleveland, O.

W. Guy Bate, Newton Falls, O.

Chas. L. Buum, KuoxvUle, Tenn.

August R. Baunier. Louisville, I\y.

Andrew Benson, Chicago.

H. G. Berulng, St. Louis. Mo.

A. C. Brown. Springaeid, 111.

Robt. T. Brown, Queens. N. Y.

H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 111.

Miss M. M. Carroll, Norwood, O.

C. C. Clark, Muncie, Ind.

L. A. Coles, Kokomo, Ind.

W. W. Coles and wife. Kokomo, Ind.

J. T. Conger, Cincinnati. O.

C. E. Crltchell. Cincinnati, O.

Eugene Dallledonze, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Paul P. Dailledouze, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Fred Domer. LaFayette. Ind.

H. B. Doruer, Champaign, 111.

Theo. A. Dorner. LaKayette, Ind.

H. A. Dubois, Danville, 111.

Geo. Dysinger, Ionia. Mich.

Jacob Eltel, Greencastle. Ind.

John A. Evans, Itlchnmud. Ind.

Frank J. Farney, Philadelphia, Pa.

Wm. Fisher, Akron. 0.

Wm. Fisher. Jr., and wife, Anderson, Ind.

Philip J. Foley. Chicago.

John R. Fotlierlngham, Tarrytovvn, N. Y.

Frank Frledley and wife, Cleveland. O.

Wm. H. Gardiner, Newcastle, Ind.

S. H. Gartmau. Cleveland. O.

G. R. Gause and wife. Richmond, Ind.

Wm. Gerlach, Jr., Piqua, O.

C. L. Gibson. Cleveland, O.

E. W. Guy, Belleville. 111.

W. H. Hack. Plainfleld, 111.

J. A. E. Haugh, Anderson, Ind.

Harry Helnl. Toledo, O.

Barbara R. Heilentbal. Columbus. O.

Sara Helienthal, Columbus. O.

O. H. Herman. Council Bluffs, la.

E. G. Hill. Richmond, Ind.

Jos. H. Hill anil wife. Richmon.l. Inil.

A. Hoffman. Louisville, Ky.

H. B. Howard. Chicago.

Simon Humfeid. Muncle. Ind.

H. V. Hiuikel, Milwaukee, Wis.

E. M. Hyatt, Auderson, Ind.

Roman J. Irwin. New York.

Geo. .Tack, Sprlngfleld, lU.

Mrs. C. A. Jpiiklus, Crawfordsville, Ind.

Chas. W. Johnson. Morgan Park, Chicago.

G. Johnson, Nnsltvllie. Tenn.

R. E. Jones. Richmond, Ind.

Robt. Karlstrom, South Orange, N. J.

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W. A, Kennedy, Milwaukee, Wis.
John Kerchner. Cleveland, 0.
• Harvey E. Kidder, Ionia, Mich,
A. D. King and wife, Mattoon, 111.
W. R. Kinyon.and wife, South Bend, Ind.
T. J. Kirchner, Cleveland, O.
\Vm. Klelnheinz, Ogontz, Pa.
H. Kleinstarink and wife. Louis\i[le. Kv.
Arthur C. Kneisel, Toledo, O.
H. P. Knoble, Cleveland, O.
A. C. Kohlbrand, Chicago.
Theo. D. Kuebler, Evansville, Ind.
P. Lautenschlager, Chicago,
('has. C. Leedle, SpringBeld. 111.
Geo. D. Leedle and wife, Springfield, 111.
Fred Lemon, Richmond. Ind.
John A. Leuschner. Cleveland, 'O.
A. F. Longren, Chicago.
R. A. McKeand, Marion, Ind.
R. A, McPheron, Litchfield, IlL
Earl Mann, Richmond, Ind.
J. E. Matthewson, Sheboygan, Wis.
H. O. Meikel, Frankfort. Ind.
Alex Montgomery, Jr., Hadley, Mass.
-ilex Montgomery, Sr., Natick, Mass.
G. F. Moore, Rushville, Ind.
Frank L. Morris. Bloomington. III.
W. L. Morris, Bloomington, 111.
Jas. Morton, Chicago.
II. C. Neubrand, Cromwell, Conn.
Robt. Newcomb. Chicago.
Geo. Pastor and wife. Huntington, Ind.
A. Peterson, Hoopeston, 111.
J. A. Peterson and wife, Cincinnati, O.
V. W. Peterson. Joliet. 111.

F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown. N. Y.
Wflrrace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.

I. L. Pillsbury and wife, Galesburg, 111.

Frank Potockaj Chicago.

Andreas Rasmussen. New Albany, Ind.

G, M. Reborn, Chicago.

Arthur C. Rett, Crawfordsville. Ind.

J. W. Rodgers, Dayton. O.

Albert 0. Rott, Joliet. 111.

W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park, Chicago.

Roy Rudolph, Cincinnati, O.

Max Rnsener, Cincinnati, O.

J. F. Sabransky, Kenton, O.

Geo. B. Schramm, Toledo, O.

Wm. R. Schroeder, Milwaukee, Wis.

Jacob Schulz, Louisville, Ky.

S. Seligman, New York.

Ed. J. Sheppard, Columbus, Ind.

S. S. Skidelsky, Philadelphia, Pa.

A. A. Smith, Princeton, Ind.

». D. Smith and wife, Adrian, Mich.

H. 0. Smith, Danville, 111.

Jos. J. Smith, Danville, 111.

I.eo C. .Smith, Marion. Ind.

R. F. Smith, Nashville. Tenn.

J. S. Stuart, Anderson, Ind. *

Paul O. Tauer, Lebanon, Ind.

John Tiplady, Chicago.

J. C. Vaughan, Chicago.

Wm. Vert, Port Washington, N. Y.

\V. J. Vesey, Jr., and wife. Ft. Wayne. Ind.

Albert Vice, Ft. Wayne, Ind.

A. J. Wagoner, Columbus City, Ind.

Chas. C. Walker, Danville, 111.

O. S. Ward, Queens. N. Y.

P. L. Washburn. Bloomington, 111.

Harry White, North Manchester, Ind.

C. 0. Wilcox, Chicago.

Jos. M. Wilkinson, Connersville. Ind.

R. Witterstaetter, Cincinnati, O.

Fred C. Witthuhn, Cleveland, 0.

R. S. Woodyard. Chicago.

S. H. Young. Columbus, Ind.

Nic Zweifel, Milwaukee, Wis.

The Business Meetlns;.

The business meeting of the Chrys-
anthemum Society of America Was held
at the German house, November 7,
with a representative attendance,
President Kleinheinz presiding. The
president delivered his address and C.
W. Johnson then presented reports of
the secretary and treasurer. Invita-
tions for the twenty-flftli anniversary
meeting were received from Cleveland,
O., Chicago, Philadelphia, Pa., and
San Francisco, Calif. Cleveland was
unanimously chosen as the place of the
next annual meeting, November, 1915.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year resulted in the re-election of Wm.
Kleinheinz, president; John N. May,
Summit, N. J., treasurer; C. W. John-
son, Morgan Park, Chicago, 111., secre-
tary, and Frank Friedl^y, Cleveland,
O., was elected vice-president. Papers
were presented as follows : "Pompon
and Single Chrysanthemums from the
Retailer's Standpoint," by Fred H. Le-
mon, Richmond, Irid.; "Cut Blooms for
Exhibition," by Wm. Vert, Port Wash-
ington, N. Y.; "Specimen Plants," by
J. Canning, superintendent Heather
Dell Farm, Ardsley, N. Y., the latter
a difficult subject, being ably presented
for Mr. Canning by J. W. H. Camp-
bell, Ardsley, N. Y., with the aid of
photographs.

President Kleinh'elnz's Address.

Fellow Members of the Chrysanthe-
mum Society of America :

Another year has passed and again
we meet as a society to pay due re-
spect to the glorious flower, the chrys-
anthemum. This convention here, in
Indianapolis, is especially remarkable
as a banner meeting, as it is held in
conjunction with the silver anniversary
of the State Florists' Association ol
Indiana, and, as we have chrysanthe-
mum specialists with us like Elmer D.
Smith, E. G. Hill, Chas. H. Totty and
others, the gathering must be a suc-
cess. I am proud to have the honor to
bid you all welcome in the name of the
society.

In the past fifteen years the improve-
ments in chrysanthemums have been
wonderful, and have surpassed all ex-
pectations. Great credit is due to the
raisers and introducers of new varie-

ties, of which a good many are certain-
ly revelations to the chrysanthemum
growers. It is not necessary to men-
tion any special varieties as our shows
prove this to the greatest extent, and
I am sure that the future will bring
out still better varieties, because we
have a lot of never-resting hybridizers
amongst us, and they will not rest un-
til the highest point of honor is
reached. The pompon and single varie-
ties have also moved up to the front;
beautiful colors and combinations have
been brought out in these effective and
decorative kinds. The specimen plants
raised for exhibition purposes in the
last few years are also eye-openers for
the public. I have seen plants exhibited
in New York City, over 14 feet in di-
ameter, carrying over 1,400 flowers per
plant, and were the chief attraction of
the show. But don't forget what skill,
time and labor it required to grow a
plant to such a perfection, and we must
feel proud that those plants are grown
by gardeners who are members of the
Chrysanthemum Society of America.

Considering the large number ol'
chrysanthemum growers in this coun-
try it is to be deplored that so few are
members of our society. The Chrysan-
themum Society of America is benefi-
cial to all chrysanthemum growers, as
we root out the poorer varieties by
having committees appointed through-
out the United States, by which the
new varieties are examined, and, when
found to be tip to the standard, a cer-
tificate is awarded. This prevents
minor sorts from being represented as
up to date; thereby the buyers of new
varieties do not run the risk of get-
ting inferior sorts. The Chrysanthe-
mum Society of America also holds a
yearly exhibition, giving a splendid op-
portunity for competition. At these
exhibitions, nothing but the best qual-
ity of flowers is shown, and by doing
this, it shows the grower what can be
done, and what a flower of the highest
standard looks like. The society also
sends to its members a copy of the pro-
ceedings of the yearly meetings, and
this alone should be inducement enough
to every chrysanthemum grower to join
us. This has been the cry for years :
"How can we increase our member-
ship?"' I appeal to every one who is
interested in these beautiful flowers to

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send his application to our secretary,
and become a member of this society.
I am sure after one year's membership
they will say : "I am glad that I joined
this able body and must get my friends
to do the same."

In regard to the scale of points, I
would say that I do not think it pos-
sible to improve on it. One suggestion
I would like to make. A few varieties
of our most wonderful exhibition flow-
ers are lacking in stiffness of stem and
need artificial supports, when staged
on long stems. This I think is a weak
point of these varieties and should be
considered. I feel that any exhibit
artificially supported, should lose at
least two points. This will not harm
these sorts, and still will give justice to
varieties with self-supporting stems,
but lacking in size.

In regard to culture and other points,
I do not intend to pass any remarks,
as every climate and soil require dif-
ferent treatments, but must say that
not everything is gold that glitters.
After all the skill, all the labor and all
the expenses, the grower in general is
proud every season to see his flowers
develop, but the growers (especially in
the east) have nearly every year more
or less to suffer under a great loss.
Warm weather sets in just at the time
the flowers should have a cool atmos-
phere. This warm weather is general-
ly accompanied by rolling fogs with a
very high humidity, and the best flow-
ers rot away within a few days, and so
far nothing is known that can prevent
this. Any suggestion or remedy would
be thankfully accepted by this body.

I hope that you will all enjoy this
convention and derive great benefit
from it; also that the Chrysanthemum
Society of America will have a larger
membership next year.

Secretary Johnson's Report.

Mr. President and members of the
Chrysanthemum Society of* America,
your secretary submits his report for
the past year as follows : We are
pleased to report progress. The
number of seedlings submitted to the
examining committees shows an in-
crease over the preceding year;
new members have been added to
our ranks and our income also
shows an advance. The reports
of the examining committee were
sent to the trade papers each week as
they were received by the secretary,
and a final summary of the season's
work was published. The trade press
very generously printed these and other
notices sent to them free of charge, for
which we owe to them our vote of
thanks. Our vice-president, A. F. J.
Baur, deserves the commendations of
this society for the great interest he
has taken for the welfare of the socie-
ty, and to make the present meeting a
success.

The routine work of the secretary's
office, consisting of sending out the
statements to the members, recording
the varieties disseminated, getting out
the report of the twelfth annual meet-
ing and the solicitation of the special
premiums was attended to in due sea-
son. Our special premium schedule is
larger for this exhibition than it has
been for any other, and to all the firms
and individuals who have helped us to
make it so we extend our thanks.

A meeting of the society was held at
New York during the time of the na-
tional flower show, President William
Kleinheinz presiding, with A. F. J. Baur
acting as secretary pro tem. One of
the important matters brought up at
this meeting was the definition for the

term spray as applied to the single and
pompon chrysanthemums, and it was
approved that the term "spray" shall
mean the cluster of blooms produced
by a single terminal growth.

As instructed at the last annual meet-
ing, the secretary sent letters of appre-
ciation to Wiliam K. Harris, Philadel-
phia, Pa., and to Fred Dorner & Sons
Company, LaFayette, Ind., the raisers
respectively of the varieties Ivory and
Major Bonnaffon, to show the apprecia-
tion of the society for the wonderful
record these two varieties have made
as money makers for the florists all
over the country.

Referring to the membership of the
society, your secretary earnestly re-
quests that each member undertake to
do some personal work to get new
members to join at this meeting. We
are entering upon the twenty-fifth
year of the Chrysanthemum Society of
America's existence, so let us celebrate
it by a big increase of members. The
badges for members winning first pre-
miums at any chrysanthemum show
have again been sent to the secreta-
ries of the different societies request-
ing them to attach one to every first
premium exhibit of a member of the
C. S. A. The secretary wishes to ac-
knowledge the kindness of Elmer D.
Smith in furnishing him with a com-
plete list of varieties disseminated in
1913, which was a great help in mak-
ing up the annual report. A detailed
report of all money received and paid
over to the treasurer accompanies
this.

Treasurer May's Report.

Treasurer John N. May submitted
his report showing the finances of the
society to be in good condition. The
receipts for the year ending Novem-

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ber 1, li)]4, were .tr.lS.!)'.): the dis-
■bursements during the same period
amounted to $364.«i5, leaving a balaiHf
on hand of $154.34.

The Banquet.

The Hoosier follv were most hospita-
ble in their entertainment of the trade
visitors. On the opening day luncheon
was served in the German house to all
those participating in the staging and
other Avork incidental tothe show and
on the evening of the snme day the In-
diana State Florists' Association ten-
dered the trade visitors in attendance a
banquet at the Claypool hotel, where,
after the discussion of an excellent
menu President Coles introduced E. G.
Hill as toastmaster. Mr. Hill filled this
office in his usual taking way, keeping
the audience in rare good humor until
a very late honr with his felicitous in-
troductions well interwoven with that
rich Indiana anecdote of which he has
become such a capable interpreter in
recent years. The speakers included
Wm. Kleinheinz. president of the Chrys-
anthemum Society of America; J. F.
Ammann, secretary of the Illinois Stale
Florists' Association; A. N. Piei-son,
president of the American Rose Socie-
ty; F. R. Pierson. C. W. Johnson and
Erwin Eertermann. This was followed
on. Saturday evening with a smoker to
which there was an abounding supply
of musical talent and refreshments.
Noti.v.

President Coles, of the State Flor-
isfs' Association of Indiana, and his
good lady were un hand early and busy
all the time providing fur the comfort
and pleasure of the^'isitors. '

Bob Newcomb says he has added an
atlas to his equijiment so as ts^be able
to discuss the European war intelli-
gently with his numerous friends in
the trade.

F. R. Pierson believes the educational
value of flower shows is far greater
than any profits which can be accu-
mulated from them and stored away in
the vault.

A. N. Pierson. Inc., Cromwell, Conn.,
has secured the stock of H. W. Hie-
man's fine new white pompon to which
the name Peace has been given.

The Bertermann Bros. Co.. Indianapo-
lis. Ind., had a fine telegraph delivery
exhibit in connection with its "Garden
of Peace" display.

A talk with Eugene and Paul Daille-
douze, keenest of observers and critics,
is a liberal education in floriculture.

The Hower shops of Indianapolis
have an air of prosperity which is quite
inspiring at this time.

That Indiana chicken has lost none
of its excellence.

Pompon and Sing'le Chrysantheiiiums.

l';r|ii'r <Ii-lhfn-.l t»y Fred l.t'iium. Kicliuioiid-,
liiil., ul tlic tliifteoatli aumiiil mt'fcting and ex-
liiliitiun liHliiiiiaiiolis, liul.. .\«t\enil>er 0 8^ lyi4.

Looking back over the interesting-
history of the Chr.vsanthemum Society
of America, a thought which occurs to
one over and over again, is the long
list of noteworthy men uho have hon-
ored this society with iiape's and lec-
tures on various sul>,iects of interest to
the members. How •paturally you
tiiink of the Chrysanthemum Society of
America when you come across such
names as Elmer D. Smith, A, Herring-
t<jn. Prof. Cowell, C. Harmon Payne,
AVm. Scott, Edwin Lonsdale, Wm.
Wells, C. W. Johnson, and on through
a long list. Men whci really know
about chrysanthemums, "nd who have
given, freely of their knowledge, first
for the benefit of the society, but al-
ways with the result of an uplift ex-
tending throughout the entire trade.
Consider also the incalculable value of
the series of articles appearing every
year in Our trade papers. Articles of
such practical merit as to constitute a
text book covering the entire .subject
of cr.vsanthemums from the cutting bed
to the customer.

Taking all these things into consid-
eration it is not possible that I should
le able to add an.\thing of permanent
value to this marvelous record. It was
therefore with great hesitation that
the invitation of your honorable secre-
tar.v was accepted, and only the reali-
zation that the mernbersof this so-
ciety would not expect anything of
ver.v' great value, made me decide to
tr.\- to write something of interest.

I del believe, however, that a condi-
tion confronts this society altogether
different from the conditicui which ex-
isted at its inception and organization,
or even the condition existing ten
years ago. In the original constitution
which was adopted a way back there in
tlie middle nineties, there were live ob-
jects named as reasons for the .so-

ciety's existence. All these five ob-
jects applied primarily to production
and improvement in culture. Only in
section three we find that one of the
objects was "to improve the methods
of culture, and to increase its use as
a decorative flower." How this last
emphasized clause happened to slip in,
I do not know, but to-day I believe
with all the strength of conviction that
that little liidden clau.se contains the
germ of the future growth and useful-
ness of the C. S. A. I believe that get-
ting the millions of Americans to know
chrysanthemums with an intelligent
familiarit.v is or ought to be the great-
est object of this society.

An.v exhibition, no matter how grand
the display, no matter how the expense
is met, is a potential failure if it does
not draw to its doors thousands of the
more cultured peojjle of the commun-
ity, and of even greater importance,
show them new and beautiful ways of
using chrysanthemums, as well as
make them marvel over the glorious
giant blooms. Throughout the entire
fabric of oiu' business the paramount
problem has changed during the past
decade from the myriad question of.
"How cpn we best produce the stock
to meet the leaping and bounding de-
mand." and has become one of reach-
ing and teaching the great American
public to appreciate our wonderful
product. This change is no less true
in chr>*santhemums than in other lines,
and I believe that in the pompons and
singles we have a class which will as-
sist us greatly in our appeal to the
public. The deep-seated conviction
that such a change has come to pass
in our business must constitute ■ the
only valid excuse for my appearing be-
fore this body of men. all of whom are
able to teach me about "brysanthe-"
mums.

As a small-town florist who grows
and sells his own flowers. I see in the
single and pompon 'mums the only sec-
tion of the chrysanthemum family
which is amenable to the Horal artist's
ever.v da.v efforts. Floral artist — how
we hate those words, and yet what can
we substitute'.' If any one here has
ever tried to obtain a soft and lovel.v
effect with Timoth.v Eaton or even
with Bonnaffon. I ask if the resultant
brain storm was not the artistic tem-

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SPECIMEN PLANT OF WM. TURNER AT THE ART INSTITUTE. CHICAGO.
Cirowii bv Win. Bhickwoocl, loirdt'iier to Mrs. .\. ('. .Vllertou, Liik<! Geneva, Wis.

perament showing forth, what was it?
But give the man who has to make a
floral basket a few sprays of Mrs.
Buckingham or Mensa and behold the
result. Or a table decoration in the
autumn leaf colors — how well it works
out when a few bunches of Inga or
("edie Mason are at hand: How beauti-
fully the strong tones of orange and
yellow and red in the Mrs. Frank Beau
sparkle in the soft light of the recep-
tion room! Even the formal little but-
tons like Baby or Skibo — how well they
lend themselves to the formal Dutch
bouquet, or stately colonial; just as the
tiny Cecile Erunner or Bon Silene roses
charm her ladyship into Viuying a cor-
sage bouquet when she only intended
to wear one rose, so will the crisp and
sprightly Minta charm the customer
into using chrysanthemums for her ta-
ble decoration in order to form a pleas-
ing contrast to the great blooms of
Wm. Turner ^n the hall.

In a word, while the gorgeous and
beautiful giant flowers of the "Queen
of Autumn" simply give the retailer
something to sell, her tiny sisters, the
pompons and singles give him ^
chance to sell his services, his train-
ing, his ability, his artistic instinct.
The average retailer of to-day would
as soon attempt to do without sweet
peas as to go through the chrysanthe-
mum season without pompons. The
singles must be kept to a few varieties
of the sturdy, crisp, outstanding kind
which will stand handling and retain
their form and beauty; when such
kinds are found they are the prettiest
of all chrysanthemums.

Among the pomi)ons the kinds with
flowers ranging from the size of a half
dollar to the size of a dollar are most
\iseful. but a few liuttons are always
desirable. So far as colors go the store
man c'an use them all, and this cannot
be said about the large flowering sec-
tion. From the retailer's standpoint I
think it is safe to say that the pom-
pons and singles form quite as impor-
tant and necessary a class as the large
flowering type — that we are just as de-
lighted to see them arrive in October
and just as ready and anxious to kick
them out in December.

We love them while the.v' are with
us. and when they are gone we mourn
them— not at all.

Chrysanthemums for Exhibition.

Papei" presciiteil by WiUiani Vei-t, Ciistk--
goulil, Port Washington. N. V.. at the thU'-
tpenth nnntinl cnnvontion of the Chrysanthemnm
Societv of .\merica. Indianapolis, Ind., Novem-
her G-8. 1914.

After the shows are over look to
your stock for the coming year. Se-
lect as many good, healthy shoots as
required, seeing that each variety is
labeled correctly; keep clean from mil-
dew and fl.v, and wlien the propagat-
ing time is at hand select the sturdy
cuttings and insert in the bench al-
read.\' prepared, watering in thorough-
l.v. This will carry them for a few
days, besides firming the cuttings.
Keep them sprayed lightly to guard
against wilting. They should be rooted
in about three weeks; then pot up in
two or two and a half with a nice
light compost, but do not firm suffi-
ciently to injure the roots. As soon
as they ale estaMisbi d give an abun-

dance of air to keep them firm and
sturdy, but never allow them to be-
come rootbound.

It is essential to have the pots thor-
oughly clean in order to transfer them
without injury. Repot into four-inch
I-ots witli a nice compost consisting of
three parts fibrous loam to one part leaf
soil and one part decomposed manure,
adding charcoal, wood ashes, sand, etc.
Place in a house or frame and keep
closed for two or three days. Many
people bench from four-inch pots,
while others prefer the pot-grown,
which latter I am strongly in favor of.
When they become nicely rooted, repot
into six-inch pots, using practically
the same compost, but coarser, besides
adding a little bone-meal. Keep a
sbarp lookout for mildew and fly; also
to the disbudding. Should they not
show a natural break at this stage, it
is policy to pinch in order to encour-
age next break.

When the pots become well filled
with roots, an occasional watering with
diluted liquid manure or soot water
may be given with advantage. A
spraying overhead with the latter is
also beneficial as an insecticide and
stimulant. See that the plants are
hardy and well-rooted before placing
into final pots (7-inch to 9-inch). Per-
fect drainage is most essential.

The soil should be well rammed, al-
lowing a space of two inches for water-
ing and top dressing. For compost use
four parts fibrous loam, one part leaf
sail, one part decomposed manure,
adding lime rubble, wood-ashes, char-
coal, .sand, soot and allowing a (i-inch
pot of bone or bonemeal to each part of

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loam. Feeding may be commenced as
soon as the roots are found to be run-
ning freely, by applying weak doses of
liquid manure water. Change the feed
sometimes as time goes on, using
chemical manure such as Clay's, Bon
Arbor, etc., which will be found most
beneficial if used witli care and ac-
cording to directions. Never apply
manure when a plant is fry.

About the middle of June some va-

inches wide and 12 inches deep. In
staging, see that all blooms are fresh,
unblemished and preserve as much
foliage as possible in the long stem
classes, as fresh blooms with good foli-
age generally capture the most points.
Make sure that each variety is corect-
ly labeled.

Horticultural Society of Chicago.

The seasonal display of chrysanthe-
mums of the Horticultural Society of

SOME OF LANGE'S BASKETS AT THE ART INSTITUTE, CHICAGO.

rietles not making natural break, such
as P. S. Vallis, Harry E. Converse,
Mrs. Lopes, etc., will need pinching to
make them produce bud early in Au-
gust. This allows about six weeks for
the last break; later varieties should
be timed accordingly. About August
10 many of the buds will be ready
for taking. After this date it is
safe to take all buds as soon as they
become large enough to handle with-
out injury. In disbudding, discretion
must be exercised by removing a few
at a time. Keep the plants nicely
staked, tied and clean. After the buds
are secured, look out for their worst
enemy, the red spider, which will give
considerable trouble if they once get
into the blooms. To avoid this, fumi-
gate once a week until buds show
color; continue spraying foliage on
bright days, avoiding the buds, which
will rot if the water is allowed to
settle in them. Also beware of the
hairy caterpillar, which will ruin the
foliage. Shade is sometimes necessary
to guard against the burning of the
petals during hot bright days, the
bronze and red varieties being more
susceptible to burning than the other
colors.

Cut blooms intended for exhibition
are greatly benefited if put in water
twenty-four hours before shipment. In
packing, the blooms travel much bet-
ter if wrapped with a full sheet of
soft tissue paper, which is quite easily
dope by slitting the paper at the fold,
inserting the stem in the slit just be-
low the bloom, then gathering the folds
and fastening at the top of the bloom
with a gentle twist. For blooms in-
tended to travel a distance, it is policy
to wrap the end of the stems with wet
moss, or use the regular Well's patent
tubes. I find the most serviceable boj:
for shipping to be six feet long, 22

Chicago was held in the Art Institute,
November 9-10, when quite a creditable
showing was made by local growers.
That the growing of stock and the ar-
rangement of same are two distinct
trades was clearly shown when the
growers called upon several of the
leading retailers to arrange their
stock and that this is to be en-
couraged in the future was plainly
indicated for the artistic arrange-
ment of the massive show blooms

attracted much more attention than
formerly and was a credit to both the
grower and the decorator. A. Lange,
Ernst Wienhoeber Floral Co., Bohan-
non Floral Co. and the Geo. Wittbold
Co. were the retail florists that donated
their services to the worthy cause and
that they reaped much benefit from the
advertising therefrom is not to be de-
nied, for after the judging was ,over
the name of the exhibitor and the name
and address of the decorator were
prominently displayed on show cards,
so that the public knew who arranged
Oie work.

The quality of the stock that was on
exhibition was unusually fine, and
magnificent blooms of Dr. Enguehard,
Wm. Turner, Mt. Greenwood, Wells'
Late Pink, W. H. Chadwick, Pure
Yellow Chadwick and Pure White
Chadwick were seen. Poehlmann Bros.
Co. had a large group of flowering
plants in the single, pompon, anemone
and the large flowering types right in
front of the main entrance, and a simi-
lar group was exhibited by Vaughan's
Seed Store in the south end of the hall,
among which were noted some splen-
did specimens Old Gold, Marion New-
ell, Garza, Pink Beauty, Harry Eriand,
Smith's Sensation and Golden Age, In
addition to the large group of chrys-
anthemum plants, Poehlmann Bros.
Co. exhibited many fancy cut blooms,
and some very choice cyclamen and
decorative plants. The Mt, Greenwood
Cemetery Association had a large ex-
hibit of cut blooms, among which were
some especially fine Wm. Turner, Har-
vard, and the new pink seedling, Mt.
Greenwood. The latter was unusually
well grown and attracted much favor-
able attention. Herman Bros. Co., of
Council Bluffs, la., had on exhibit its
new pompon Queen Marie, and Chas. L.
Hutchinson (Wm. Longland, Gdr.),
of Lake Geneva. Wis., had on display a
new white anemone, Chas. L. Hutch-
inson, that looks very promising.

Chas. H. Totty, of Madison, N. J.,
had a nice display of cut blooms of sin-
gle pompon and anemone chrysanthe-
mums that came through in fine shape
and were greatly admired by the pub-
lic. Mrs. A. C. Allerton, of Lake Ge-
neva, had a magnificent specimen

NEW ROSE MRS. MOORFIELD STOREY AT BOSTON, SHOW.

Kxhibiti'd hv Wjiltan Kuse Coiiserviitorv, NatiL'k, Mass.

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855

GENERAL VIEW OF THE BOSTON SHOW.

plant of Wm. Turner on exhiliition that
measured seven feet in diameter and
carried over 700 flowers. She also ex-
hibited some fancy cut blooms of Wm.
Turner, Dr. Enguehard and several
other varieties. Her gardener, Wm.
Blackwood, had charge of her exhibit
and was awarded a special silver
medal. W. A. Manda, Inc., of South
Orange, N. J., had on display his new
dahlia, Albert Manda, wUich is an un-
usually fine light yellow. Tnis firm al.so
had on e-xhibition several novelties in
decorative plants which were in charge
of R. Karlstrom, their traveling repre-
sentative. Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N.
J., exhibited his perpetual flowering
nymphaea, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, and
this exhibit proved to be quite a mag-
net to the visitors. Winterson's Seed
Store made a showing of decorative
plants of all descriptions which occu-
pied one corner of the hall. The E. G.
Hill Co., of Richmond, Ind., exhibited a
vase of their new rose Hoosier Beauty
and a fine new yellow No. 1000. Both
were splendid varieties and will be
heard from later. Elmer D. Smith &
Co., Adrian, Mich., sent a fine collection
of fourteen different varieties of chry.s-
anthemums, among which were several
magnificent seedlings. The shipment
did not arrive until the second day,
when it was too late to enter them
for competition. The Breitmeier Floral
Co., Mt. Clements, Mich , exhibited a
disbudded pompon that was something
out of the ordinary and attracted some
little attention.

Peter Reinberg had on display the
second day some splendidly grown
roses, including Mrs. Geo. Shawyer,
My Maryland, Sunburst, Ophelia, Rich-
mond, Killarney and White Killarney.
John Mangel, the Palmer House flor-
ist, had a nice, artistically arranged
basket of chrysanthemums on disrilay.

The Chicago Carnation Co. exhibited
a vase of its new carnations Peerless

Pink and Aviator and the J. D.
Thompson Carnation Co. had on dis-
play a vase of its new seedlings. Vera,
Hero and Superb. N. J. Wietor and
Guy W. French acted as judges and
two better men could not have been
selected, for they are well versed in
the culture of chrysanthemums, and
the fact that not a single exhibitor
made a complaint shows that they per-
formed their duties well. The so^
ciety's medals were awarded as prizes.

AWARDS.

Best group of chrysanthemum plants
— Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, first.

Best display of cut blooms, large
flowering chrysanthemums — Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., first; Mrs. A. C. Al-
lerton, Lake Geneva, Wis., second.

Best display of cut blooms, single,
pompon and anemone chrysanthemums
— Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Associa-
tion, Chicago (Chas. W. Johnson,
Sup't). first; Chas. H. Totty, Madi-
son, N. J., second.

Best Display of ten cut blooms of
seedling chrysanthemums not iJessemi-
nated — Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Asso-
ciation, first.

Best vase, basket or other arrange-
ment of cut blooms. Large flowering
chrysanthemums, with usual acces-
sories— Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago,
first and second; A. Lange, Chicago,
second.

Best vase, basket or other arrange-
ment of cut blooms, pompon, single or
anemone chrysanthemums with usual
accessories — A. Lange, first; Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., second.

SPECIAL AWARDS.

Mrs. A. C. Allerton, silver medal on
specimen chrysanthemum plant, Wm.
Turner.

Chas. L. Hutchinson, Lake Geneva,
Wis. — Bronze medal on new white ane-
mone.

Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N. J. — Cer-
tificate of merit for nymphaea, Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson.

W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J. —
Bronze medal for novelties in decora-
tive plants.

Herman Bros. Co., Council Bluffs,
la. — Bronze medal for new pompon,
Queen Marie.

J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., Joliet
— Certificate of merit for new seedling
carnations. Vera, Hero and Superb.

Chicago Carnation Co. — Certificate of
merit for new seedling carnation. Avia-
tor.

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

piiiLADELPniA snow ECnOES.

The collection of stock plants of the
Robert Craig Co. was very highly col-
ored. Dracaena Craigii is a beautiful
plant with its center leaves brilliantly
marked. The various crotons were
striking, many of them seedlings of
their own, showing improvement over
many existing sorts. The Nephrolepis
John Wanamaker is very distinct with
its rather narrow, dark green fronds,
some of them tasseled.

The festoons of Japanese lanterns
in the large hall added color and
grace, and were a strong feature in
the decorative effect.

The exhibit of Thomas Long, for
which he received a blue ribbon, in-
cluded the large specimen ferns in the
lower lobby, which were splendid
plants. The varieties were Gleichenia
flabellata, Davallia aflinis, Polypodium
sporadocarpum, Davallia Fijlensis
plumosus.

The H. F. Michell Co.'s collection of
outdoor pompons and single chrysan-
themums were interesting; they wer»
all correctly labeled.

The vegetable exhibits which were
staged on Wednesday, November 4,
were very complete, there being con-

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slderable competition for the liberal
prizes ofteretl. H. A. Dreer. Inc., tiie
H. F. Michell Co. and Hosea Waterer
offered the prizes. Each of their lists
called for a general collection and com-
petiticn in single specimens of these
of large growth, and six to a dozen of
the smaller sorts. All were nicely ar-
ranged and much admired by the vis-
itors. The cauliflower, ce'.ery, toma-
toes, lettuce, potatoes, in fact all the
garden favorites shown were of the
very best, ready to adorn the best
table in the land.

The display of roses and carnations.
November 4, while not large, showed
good quality. The prizes were very lib-
eral. Twenty-five dollars and fifteen
dollars fcr first and second prizes for
25 carnations is worth trying for. In
the rose class for amateurs and pri-
vate gardeners $2.") and .$15 were offered
for the best dozen American Beauty
roses. The Joseph Heacock Co. exhib-
ited vases of White Killarney, Pink
Killarney and Radiance, 50 blooms of
each, superb flowers they were, and
having the greater merit that they
were selections from their daily cut of
market flowers, no attempt being made
to fatten them for exhibition. John
Welsh Young also staged two vases,
one of My Maryland and another of
Lady Alice Stanley; both showed re-
markable culture and quality. A small
basket, artistically arranged, of a
new yellow baby rose, something like
Sweetheart, was much admired. It
was exhibited by the South Park Floral
C9„ of New Castle, Ind.

Two of the large arranged vases of
grasses and chrysanthemums were
placed at the first landing of the grand
staircase and made a great showing.

The collection of cut single chrysan-
themums in the foyer was very showy.
The flowers showed great culture. They
were exhibited by Mrs. E. T. Scott.
John Dunn, gardener.

Edward Stroud, of Strafford, Pa.,
has a gem in his new bronzy yellow
seedling chrysanthemum. It has a
light orange yellow body with a dis-
tinct bronze center that illuminates
the whole flower. The petals are re-
flex, while the stout stem is ample to
support the medium sized flower.

The exhibit of bulbs, garden requi-
sites and insecticides made by H.

Waterer was attractively arranged and
a credit to his house.

The vase of Ophelia roses exhibited
liy E. G. Hill Co., .Richmond, Ind.
opened up the second day and capti-
vated everyone with their beauty of
forni and coloring. It is almost sen-
sational in its striking shades of color.
Had these roses been arranged in a
basket, with .appropriate ribbons, it
would have even better shown its pos-
sibilities as a cut flower.

The composite chrysanthemum plant
made up of .S4 single stem iilants, each
with a choice bloom made a wonderful
showing. Thos. Gaynor was the exhib-
itor.

The grand prize for .50 flowers, 10
vases of five blooms e^ch, was won
by John Dodds, garderter to John
Wanamaker. The varieties were Wells
Late Pink. Morton F. Plant, Gerard
Hutton. Xacmah. Nerissa, Mrs. Gilbert
Drabble. Mrs. Wm. Duckham, Mrs.
David Lynne, Mrs. Geo. W. C. Drexel
and Glenview.

The E. G. Hill Co. staged White
Chieftain, like White Bonnaffon. a
waxy white compact flower and a
beautiful sort; also Dorothy Duggan.
a Large white daisy-like flower with a
yellow center. The flowers were 2i/2
inches in diameter, and Imrne on long
stems.

Wm. Tritker's cut water lilies, hy-
brid of Doubenyana, in shades of blue,
pearl white and purple, were very at-
tractive. They are continuous bloom-
ers, being fine for winter forcings.

The H. Betz collection of plants in
the lower hall were in every way a
credit to the exhibitor; the filled win-
dow boxes were a strong feature, as
were the highly colored draciPnas and
\ariegated pineapples.

David Aiken, gardener to Geo. H.
McFadden, is fast coming to the front.
His groups of foliage plants in the
foyer showed high culture. His chrys-
anthemum plants were also good. He
won a number of blue ribbons.

Pennock Brothers' exhibit of artistic-
ally arranged baskets was in their
usual good style and was a feature of
the cut flower display.^ they being the
only retail men taking 'interest enough
in the show to be represented. Orchids,
roses, valley. gMrdenias. violets, etc.,

gracefully arranged in baskets and
hampers, were decked with appropriate
ribbons, such work as is sent out
every day for the debutante teas.

The prizes, mostly in money, were
won by the following list of garden-
ers • Wm. Kleinhienz, 12 firsts, four
seconds; Frank Scott, four firsts, two
seconds; Thos. Gaynor, three firsts, six
seconds; John Dunn, two firsts, five
seconds; John Dodds. three firsts, one
second; Wm. Robertson, six firsts,
three seconds; Wm. Fowler-, one first;
George Ammond. one first; David In-
gram, two firsts; one second; Alexan-
der Lindroth. eight firsts, seven sec-
onds; A. Wilkie. one first; Jas. Hurley,
five firsts, .six .seconds; David Aiken,
seven firsts, two seconds; Q. Ham-
mond, two seconds; Joseph Levesly,
five firsts, two seconds; A. J. Morrow,
one first, three seconds; J. Nesbit, one
second; C. N. Walsh, three firsts, three
seconds. .

.Special prizes, certificates of merit,
cups and medals were awarded as
follows :

Coolkenny cup. for the best chrysan-
themum plant in the exhibition, award-
ed to Mrs. Thomas P. Hunter (Joseph
Hurley. Gr. ) .

Certificate of merit awarded to Al-
phonse Pericat for new ficus.

Silver medal awarded to Robt. Craig
Co. for collection of new and rare
crotons and dracicnas.

Silver medal awarded to Louis Burk
for rare anthnrium.

Silver medal awarded to George W.
Childs Drexel for new .ind rare palm,
Cyrtostachys Randa.

Silver medal awarded to Louis Burk
for collection of orchids.

Silver medal ■aw.arded to P. A. B.
Widener (William Kleinheinz, Gr. i
for display of orchids.

Silver medal awarded to George W.
Childs for new Dracaena Longil.

Silver medal awarded to H. S. Betz
for artistic display of plants and win-
dow boxes.

Silver medal awarded to Strafford
Flower Farms for Japanese bazaar.

Silver medal aw'arded to Thomas
Meehan & Sons for display of hardy
chrysanthemums and evergreens.

RtlRPEES NEW FORDHOOK GLADIOLUS AT THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW.

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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW.
Adolpli Lewisohn's Grainl Spei-imeii riniits in the Unckfiroiilld. .1. (.■;iniiin^. Supt.. Ard^ley. N. ^'. 1". il. I'io

Kr;nH-is Si/uU Key and otlier New R(>se-> m the ForeKrcuinil.

Certificate of merit awarded to E. G.
Hill Co.. Richmond, Ind., for new chrys-
anthemum, White Chieftain.

Certificate of merit awarded to C.
Hartmann Kuhn (Hugh Smith, Gr. )
for new chrysantliemum, sport from
William Turner.

Certificate of merit awarded to Mrs.
J. G. Cassatt (Thomas Holland. Gr.)
tor new chrysanthemum, sport from
Morton F. Plant.

Silver medal awarded to W^. Atlee
Burpee & Co. for seedling Gladioli,
Fordhook hybrid.

Certificat-e of merit awarded to E.
G. Hill Co.. for new rose, Hoosier
Beauty.

Silver medal awarded to William
Tricker for new Nymphea Mrs. Wood-
row Wilson.

Certificate of merit ^warded to Rob-
ert Craig Co. for new Chrysanthemum
Enchantress.

Certificate of merit for culture
awarded to J. Welsh Young for Lady
Alice Stanley ■ and My Maryland roses.

Certificate of merit for culture
awarded to Joseph Heacock Co., Phil-
adelphia, for Roses Radiance, Killar-
ney and White Killarney. K.

Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

The Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety held its annual chrysanthemum
show November .">-8 at Horticultural
hall. The exhibition was a great suc-
cess and is said to be one of the best
ever staged in Boston. Although there
was a falling off in bush and pot chrys-
anthemums, the cut blooms were extra
fine. The main hall was tastefully ar-
ranged with bush and pot chrysanthe-
mums in the center, with banks of

palms, evergreens and flowering pot
plants on the sides. Tlie lecture hall,
aside from an exhibit of palms by
.\. Leuthy. was filled with cut flowers,
and the small hall was devoted to
fruits and vegetables. Upon entering
the lecture hall, one of the first things
til nttract attention was an exhibit of
over fOU different seedling vomponi-'
from Frank Putnam, of Tewksbury.
>'ass. A vase of Chrysantlii'mum Wm.
Turner and a vase of Col. Appleton.
from E. A. Clark, Jamaica Plain,
Mass. (Aleck McKay, Gr.), was ad-
mired for their enormous size. A vase
of the new rose, Mrs. Moorfield Storey,
shown by the Waban Rose Conser\a-
tories, of Xatick. Mass.. attracted at-
tention. iJn the last day of the show
the roses retained their fresh appear-
ance and they won a silv-er medal.

Wm. Downes, gardener to E. .'5.
Webster, of Chestnut Hill, showed
some very fine specimen plants of Be-
gonia Mrs. Healand. and was awarded
a silver medal.

The exhibit of carnations was very
good. A. A. Pembroke won first prize
for six vases of ."0, .S. Goddard being
a close second. Peter Fisher had a
vase of Alice, which was awarded a
first-class certificate of merit. Little-
field & Wyman. of North Abbington,
M.nss.. showed a vase of their new rose
link seedling, called .3.3-lOA, and B;
Winkler of W^averlj', Mass.. had a vase
of his pink seedling. Morning Glow.
Both were awarded honorable mention.

The table decorations brought out
keen competitiim and were much ad-
mired. Fi'ed Palmer won first, Sydney
Hoffman .-second and Wax Bros, third.

The exhibit of the most artistic vase

of chrysanthemums, with any kind pf
foliage, was especially good. W^. W.
Edgar Co. won first and second, and
Mrs. J. C. Philips third. These two ex-
hibits were judged by three prominent
society ladies interested in floriculture.

The exhibit of orchids, as usual, at-
tracted much attention. Frank Dolan-
sky of Lynn, Mass., had an interesting
exhiliit and won first prize, J. T. But-
terworth of Framingham, Mass., being
second. The bush chrysanthemums
were good, but not as many as usual
were exhibited.

The exhibits of foliage and flowering
plants by W. W. Edgar Co., Waverly,
Mass., R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston,
Mass.. and Mrs. J. L. Gardner, were
very interesting and did much toward
making the main hall so attractive.

The vegetable and fruit exhibits were
good and brought out many competi-
tors. The table of mixed fruits by E.
McMulkin. Quincy, Mass., was very fine.
Thos. P. Grey Co. displayed a large
variety uf vegetables that also attract-
ed much attention. Following are the
awards :

I'LAXTS AND FI.OWEKS.

Best arranged group covering 300 sq.
ft. — W. W. Edgar Co., Waverley, Mass.,
first.

Best arranged group covering 150
sq. ft. — W. W. Edgar Co., first; Mrs. J.
L. Gardner, second.

Orchids, best table of orchids, both
plants and flowers, six or more genera,
accurately named — T. J. Dolansky,
first; J. T. Butterworth, second.

Best specimen orchid — F. J. Dolan-
sky. first; J. T. Butterworth, second;
F.J. Dolansky, third.

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Chrysanthemums, four specimen
plants, any color or class— J. S. Bailey,
first.

Two specimen plants, any color or
class — J. S. Bailey, first.

Twenty-five plants, commercial speci-
mens, in not less than six varieties, in
not over eight-in. pots — W. H. Klliott,
first; W. H. Elliott, second.

Twelve plants, single flowering sorts,
not less than three varieties — Mrs. J. L.
Gardner, first.

Six plants of six different varieties,
grown to six stems with one bloom to
each stem — Mrs. Lester Leland, first:
Mrs. Lester Leland. second.

white — E. A. Clark, first; E. A. Clark,
second; W. S. Russell, third.

Vase of ten blooms on long stems,
yellow — E. A. Clark, first; W. S. Rus-
sell, second; Mrs. Lathrop Brown,
third.

Collection of sprays of single chrys-
anthemums, filling twenty-five vases —
Frank P. Putnam, first; Mrs. Frederick
Ayer, second.

Six vases, fifty blooms each, six
named varieties — A. A. Pembroke, first;
S. J. Goddard, second.

One hundred blooms, mixed varie-
ties— A. A. Pembroke, first; S. J. God-
dard, second.

GENERAL VIEW OF THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW.

Kentias, two plants, eight feet high
or over — Mrs. Frederick Ayet, first;
Mrs. J. L. Gardner, second; William
Whitman, third.

Specimen Palm — William Whitman.

Arecas, one or more plants in a tub,
eight feet or over — Mrs. Frederick
Ayer, first; William Whitman, second;
William Whitman, third.

Begonias — Gloire de Lorraine, three
plants — Mrs. Lester Leland, first; E. A.
Clark, second; W. W. Edgar Co., third.

Samuel Appleton Fund, best chrys-
anthemum plant on exhibition — A. M.
Davenport, silver medal.

Josiah Bradlee Fund.— Chrysanthe-
mums— Twenty-five blooms of twenty-
five distinct varieties, named — Harr>
B. Converse, first; Mrs. Lester Leland,
second; Galen L. Stone, third.

Henry A. Gane Memorial Fund.—
Chrysanthemum, for the best vase of
blooms of the Mrs. Jerome Jones, or the
yellow Mrs. Jerome Jones — W. S. Rus-
sell, first; Charles D. Sias, second.

CUT BLOOMS.

Chrysanthemums. Twelve blooms,
Japanese named, in vases— E. A. Clark,
first; Galen L. Stone, second; Harry E.
Converse, third.

Twelve blooms, Japanese Incurved,
named— Harry E. Converse, first; Lath-
rop Brown, second.

Twelve blooms, reflexed, named-
Harry E. Converse, first; Mrs. Lathrop
Brown, second.

Twelve sprays, anemone, named —
Frank P. Putnam, first.
. Twelve sprays or branches of pom-
pon, distinct varieties — Frank P. Put-
nam, first; E. K. Butler, second.

Vase of ten blooms on long stems,
pink— Henry W. Vose, first; W. S. Rus-
sell, second; F. E. Palmer, third.

Vase of ten blooms, on long stems,
red- E. A. Clark, first; W. S. Russell,
second; W. W. Edgar Co., third. ^

Vase of ten blooms on long stems,

Fifty blooms, mixed varieties — A. A.
Pembroke, first; E. A. Strouds, second.

Twenty-five blooms, mixed varieties
(tor private gardeners only) — Mrs
Frederick Ayer, first; Charles D. Sias,
second.

Table decorations of eight covers,
chrysanthemums to be the chief fea-
ture of the decoration — F. E. Palmer,
first; Sydney Hoffman, second; Wax
Brothers, third.

Most artistic vase of chrysanthe-
mums with any foliage — W. W. Edgar
Co., first; W. W. Edgar Co., second;
Mrs. J. C. Phillips, third.-
GRATUITIES.

Frank P. Putnam, display of seed-
ling chrysanthemums; Miss Cornelia

Warren, collection of seedling chrys-
anthemums; E. J. Norman, display
of seedling chrysanthemums; Mrs.
Lester Leland, display of Begonia
Gloire de Lorraine; Breck, Robinson
Co., display of evergreen shrubs; Mrs.
Frederick Ayer, specimen palm; Wil-
liam Whitman, pair of specimen palms;
T. T. Watt, specimen plant of Platycer-
ium alcicorne; Mrs. E. M. Gill, display
of Dipladenia and AUamanda flowers;
Edward McMulkin, floral decoration.

SILVER MEDALS.

Waban Rose Conservatories, new
rose, Mrs. Moorfleld Storey; Edwin S.
Webster, three specimen plants of Be-
gonia Mrs. Heal; R. & J. Farquhar &
Co., artistic display of flowering and
other decorative plants.

First Class Certificate of Merit- Peter
Fisher. Carnation Alice.

Cultural Certificate— Eric H. Wetter-
low, gardener to Mrs. Lester Leland,
Begonia Turnford Hall.

Tarrytown Horticultural Society.

The sixteenth annual exhibition of
the Tarrytown Horticultural Society
was held in Music Hall November 4-6.
The exhibits were far superior to those
of previous years, both in quality of
flowers and plants and their arrange-
ment, the exhibition on the whole be-
ing the finest in the vicinity of New
York City, reflecting great credit on all
who helped to make it such a success-
ful show.

There was keen competition in the
class for the group of decorative
plants, and Wm. B. Thompson and
Finley J. Shepard deserve great credit
for the groups shown by them. Tht
tables of decorative plants, also, were
the finest ever shown by the society.
The table of orchids shown by Finley
J. Shepard was very beautiful. The
exhibits of roses, carnations and chrys-
anthemums were also especially fine.

F. R. Pierson Co. exhibited a fine
vase each of Ophelia and Francis Scott
Key roses, each being awarded the so-
ciety's silver medal. F. R. Pierson Co.
exhibited, also, a fine lot of roses,
chrysanthemums and ferns, which were
awarded a certificate of merit.

The table decorations the second day
of the show were particularly interest-
ing, and there was keen competition in
this class. A table for exhibition only
was put up by Mrs. James Speyer.

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This- was Neatly admired by everj'
one. It was a very artistis creation.

The allcnclance ihruughout was very
KOckI. Thf firKt day the judses were
S. ('nrl(|iiist. Tjemix, Mass.; Alexander
MacKenzie, Highland Falls, N. Y., and
George H. Penson, New Brunswick,
N. J.; the second day, James Blair,
Staat?luirsh, N. Y.. Robert Williamson.
Oreenwich, Conn., and Alexander
Thomp.snn. Mt. Kiscn, N. Y. : the third
day, \j. .\. Martin. Irvington. N. Y..
.Joseph Mooney, Hastingrs-on-Hudson.
N. Y., and John Featherstone, Tarry-
town, N. Y.

General and .special prizes, including
several silver trojihies, were made In
157 varieties and included sections in
plants and cut blooms, as well as
fruits and vegetables. Among- the
prominent successful contestants in the
long lict of prize winners were the fol-
lowing: Adolph Lewisohn (John Can-
ning, Gr.); Mrs. W. D. Guthrie (Wm.
F. Ross, supt. ) ; Finley J. Shepard
(Chas. R. Rusself! supt.); Samuel
TJntermeyer (Wm. Waite, supt.); Wm.
B. Thompson ( R. M, Johnson, supt.);
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish ( Wm. MacBean.
supt.); D. G. Reid, R. Delafield. Sam-
uel Ullman, Dr. C. C. Brace and R B.
Diila. E. W. Neubrand, Sec'y.

Massachusetts Agfricultural Collegrc

On Tuesday and Wednesday. Novem-
ber 3-4, a chrysanthemum show and
exhibition of Horal arrangements was
given by the department of floriculture-
at the Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege. A large number of exhibition
chrysanthemums, all of which were
grown in the college greenhouses, were
shown. A contest among the Junior
students in table decorations .added
.materially to the interest of the show.
■Wedding bouquets of roses, corsages
and basket and box arrangements of
■various kinds of flowers were done by
the seniors in the course. Exhibits of
new varieties of flowers, pot plants and
pottery were sent by grow-ers and peo-
ple in the trade. The entire exhibition
was much larger than any held by the
department in former years and was
visited by over a thousand people from
all parts of the state as well as from
the near vicinity.

The exhibits were prepared and ar-
ranged under the supervision of the
department staff, assisted by the stu-
dents of floriculture. The chrysanthe-
mums in more than seventy exhibition
and commercial varieties surpassed all
expectations and elicited much favor-
able comment. A feature was an ar-
rangement of palms and decorative
plants interspersed with pot plants of
large, single stem yellow- and white
chrysanthemums. Other banks and
masses of decorative plants with sin-
gle chrysanthemums in pots formed a
background for the exhibits.

The junior students showed both
taste and skill in decorating their ta-
bles. In this class were 10 entries, for
which three prizes were awarded. Miss
Esther Chase, of Holden, Mass., re-
ceived the first prize of .$5 for a very
light and dainty design of Fairy Queen
(light pink pompon) chrysanthemums
and adiantum. Miss Gertrude White
won second prize, .$3. with a low deco-
ration of Dorothy Dann (bronze sin-
gle) chrysanthemums and Asparagus
Sprengeri. A table decoration of foli-
age of Japanese maple and Dorothy
Dann chrysanthemums gained third
prize for Mr. McKechnie. Ornamental
vases and pottery, baskets and other
accessories of the florist were dis-
played. Large vases of chrysanthe-

mums and box trees were used in the
general scheme of decoration.

Interesting exhibits by growers were
sent in. Henry X. Dreer, Inc., Phila-
delphia, Pa., exhibited i)lant novelties,
crotons, adiantums. asparagus, etc.; F.
R. Pierson Co, Tarrytown, N. Y..
showed different types of nephrolepis;
Butler & Ullman. Northampton. Mass.,
had an exhibit uf accessories of the re-

Roses were very well exhibited by
John Burke, of Burke & Burns. Provi-
dnce, R. I.

Matthew Macnair had a fine dispLay
of Kentia Belmoreana and Fosteriana,
Cocos Weddelliana, and adiantums that
just arrived from Belgium. He also
displayed several varieties of chrys-
anthemums for the Holbrook prize and
took all firsts in the class. In the sin-

P. A. B. WIDENERS ORCHIDS AND FERNS AT THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW.

tail florist. Peter Fisher, Kllis. Mass.,
and the Montro.se Greenhouses. Mont-
rose, Mass.. exhibited specialties in
carnations and roses.

Tuesday evening. Ntjvember ?>, the
Hol.voke and Morthanipton Florists'
and Gardeners' <'bib met .at the college
in conjunction with the M. A. C. Flor-
ists' and Gardeners' Club. Mr. Butler.
(if Northampton, gave an interesting
talk on floral decoration.

Rhode Island Horticultural Society.

The annual exhibition of the Rhode
Island Horticultural Society, which
opened in the parlors of the Mathew-
son Street M. E. church November 3.
attracted a large number of exhibitors
and lovers of flowers, who were unani-
mous in the opinion that the show
eclipsed former " efforts. As usual,
chrysanthemums were the chief attrac-
tion and the display of these flowers,
in varied sizes and colors, attracted
many. Carnations were displayed by a
good many of the growers.

gle varieties he took .ill first prizes and
one second.

Appletbn's had a very good display
of hardy chrysanthemums, palms, co-
leus and sword ferns and took first
prize for the best display in this class.

E. E. Howard, of Auburn, R. I., ex-
hibited a fine display of hardy shrubs,
and took the Holbrook prize for the
best 12 vases of chrysanthemums.

J. A. Macrea took several firsts in
the chrysanthemum classes, and also
in carnations, he led the way.

Fred Hoffman displayed chrysanthe-
mums that took several prizes.

T. J. Johnson displayed a very fine
shower bouquet, which took first prize.
Johnson Bros, took second prize in this
class. He also took first prize in the
display of made up baskets of chrys-
anthemums. Jo'nn.soK Bros were also
second in this class.

The oflicers of the show were : E. K.
Thomas, chairman; Joshua Vose,
Arthur Sellew, Dr. W. H. Heaton,
president of the society, and Arthur
C. Miller, secretary; Harold C. Madi-
son, treasurer. H. A. T.

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Boston.

UNSEASONABLE VTEATHER HURTS TRADE.

There has not been much change in
business conditions during the past
week, sales on nearly every kind of
flowers are dragging. The unseasona-
ble weather, which we are having, has
caused an over supply of stock. It
is thought by many that this has much
to do with the dull business, and that
it cannot be wholly attributed to the
"war scare.". The appearance of Bon-

about GO ladies and gentlemen present.
Wm. Elliot acted as toastmaster and
several speakers were heard from. Mr.
Slattery, Mayor Curley's secretary,
gave a very interesting talk. The ban-
quet was a great success, surpassing
previous years by a large margin.

Thos. F. Galvin's Tremont street
store had a very attractive window
Saturday, November 7. A large tree
stump stood upright as a background
and red chrysanthemums, pompons,
roses and red ribbon were tastefully

BURK'S ORCHIDS AT THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW.

naffon chrysanthemums in quantity
has hurt the trade on other varieties
considerably, it being by far the best
seller. Roses found a little better mar-
ket the latter part of the week, the
newer varieties being the most popu-
lar. Saturdaj', November 7, there was
a good sale for all varieties of dark
red flowers on account of the Harvard-
Princeton football game. A few good
dark red chrysanthemums brought as
high as .$6 per dozen. Pompons are
more plentiful, but do not sell as well
as they should considering the high
quality and good variety of flowers.
Carnations continue to sell slowly at
.$1.50 to !}!2.00 per hundred. The qual-
ity of flowers was never better for this
time of year and nearly every grower
is cutting more than a year ago at
this time. Lilies and callas are more
plentiful, PS are snapdragons, but are
not bringing as much as they are
worth. Violets are more abundant and
are selling fairly well.

NOTES.

The stockholders of the Boston Co-
operative Flower Market held their
annual meeting at the Quincy House
.Saturday, November 7, at 9 a. m. Af-
ter the customary business was trans-
acted the new board of directors were
voted for. A letter from P. Welch was
read pertaining to co-operation in re-
lieving the congestion of the market,
«tnd it was unanimously voted to ap-
point a committee to meet the other
committee working on the matter. The
new board of directors is as follows :
R. Montgomery, president; D. Carmi-
chael, treasurer; J. McFarland, clerk;
Wm. Elliot, L. E. Small, J. Simpson, E.
Leach, J. Barr and T. Capers. The
annual banquet was held at the Quincy
House in the evening. There were

arranged with pot ferns. The whole
window was in keeping with the day of
the Harvard-Princeton game, and was
the source of much attraction.

C. Johnson, of Woburn, Mass., for-
merly of the firm of Nelson & Johnson,
of Framingham, Mass., and now oper-
ating the establishment formerly owned
by Arthur Griflin, is sending very fine
quality carnations to Welch Bros.
Their exceptional quality is a great
selling point, and no trouble is found
in disposing of them.

Ro.jert Montgomery, of Natick,

Mass., is cutting very fine BonnafCon
chrysanthemums, as well as a supply
of good roses. His Russell, Hadley,
Killarney Brilliant and Richmond are
especially worthy of note. His new
bungalow is completed and he and
Mrs. Montgomery have comfortably
settled in it.

G. Martin, an employe of Peirce
Bros., of Waltham, Mass., accidentally
poisoned himself at his home Novem-
ber 5, by drinking an insecticide. He
had a bad cough and during a fit of
coughing mistook the poison for cough
medicine. Death was nearly instan-
taneous.

Peter Fisher, of Ellis. Mass., has
booked orders for over 200,000 rooted
cuttings of his new carnation, Alice.
It is attracting much attention wher-
ever exhibited and is believed by many
to be the coming pink carnation.

Welch Bros, report that business,
considering the cutting off of many
outlets, and the over supplv of flow-
ers, is very good. Their large, well-
established shipping trade keeps their
supply well cleaned up.

Penn, the Florist, reports that de-
spite the dull conditions their business
equals that of last year. No matter
when a visitor goes to their store he
will find the whole force "•hustling."

The Houghton-Gorney Co. opened
their Tremont street store temporarily
for the Saturday business. They were
kept busy all day and are elated over
the prospects of their new location.

J. Nelson, of Framingham, Mass., is
cutting a good crop of carnations. The
variety, Harry Fenn, is the best seen
anywhere this year, being of stronger
growth than the average.

J. A. Budlong has commenced cutting
Yellow Eaton chrysanthemums of ex-
ceptional quality. The flowers are with-
out doubt the largest coming into
Boston.

John Barr, of South Natick, Mass.,
is cutting very fine carnations at pres-
ent. His Pink Delight. Matchless, Yel-
low Prince and Champion are espe-
cially fine.

F. L. W.

Qeveland.

XIARKET CONTINUES UNCHANGED

The market conditions remained
about the same as the week previously
reported; plenty of stock, with only a
fair demand. Saturday, November 7,
was about as warm as a day in June,

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861

which certainly is not jrood for grow-
ing stock at this time, nor for business.
There are loads of chrysanthemums,
roses and carnation, and while stock is
good, the prices realized are lower
than usual. Good Easter lilies are ar-
riving in quantity, as is lily of the val-
ley.

NOTES

Friday morning, November 6, there
appeared on the front page of the
"Cleveland Plain Dealer," a local
morning paper, a double column ac-
count of the state or condition of the
flower business that was an "eye open-
er." It went on to state that the
flower business was so poor that chrys-
anthemums were withering in the
greenhouses, as it didn't pay to pick
them; also, that there are not as many
flowers used for funerals as formerly,
and that the general public would
sooner buy beefsteaks if it could. While
it is true that prices are extremely low
for this time of the year, conditions are
not as bad as painted by the "Plain
Dealer"; also there are reasons for
these conditions, which growers and re-
tailers, who read the daily papers, can
readily see. However, it is poor pol-
icy to give an interview, if such it was.
to any reporter, or any one outside of
the florists' trade, who would use that
knowledge to the detriment of the
business. Cleveland florists feel keenly
the "knock" which this gives to the
flower business and will meet Monday,
November 0, to appoint a committee to
interview the editor of the "Plain Deal-
er" and demand an explanation for an
article that can do no good whatsoever,
and does untold injury to the florists'
business. There is a general depres-
sion in all lines, so' why single out the
flower business for their "knock," and
this is not the first time the flower
business has received a "black eye"
from our newspapers. This ought to
make florists see the necessity oi join-
ing the florists' club, so that we can
have a good, strong and well repre-
sented number of florists to fight for
our rights and business interests. Will
the florists and allied trades take the
hint and heed the lesson? Remember
the "Firemen" and "Tax on Growing
Plants" cases, which the florists' club
recently had on their hands. In "union
there is strength."

Shade tree planting will be placed
on the same basis, relative to assess-
ments, as sidewalks and other street
improvements, if recommendations to
be made by City Forester John Boddy
are approved by the council. Special
assessments for trees should be levied
against property owners, Boddy be-
lieves. Tree planting has been carried
on directly by the city in the past. If
planting is to be done on an extensive
scale, special assessments must be
made, in his opinion.

While visiting friends Friday even-
ins:. Novem'^er It. Oe"- 'O''. Smith of the
Cleveland Florists' Exchange, had his
automobile stolen by "joy riders," who
after wrecking a buggy and throwing
out the occupants, and otherwise run-
ning wild around the city, left his ma-
chine a wreck in a ditch out in Wood-
land Hills park, where it was found
the next morning.

Chas. A. Braml'ey has given up his
Euclid avenue store, and now has only
has Superior avenue store. As the
owners of the building where his
Euclid avenue store was located in-
tended to raise his rent, which was
already very high, and with the hard
work necessary to run both stores, he
decided to drop the downtown store.

At the meeting of the Ladies' Florist
Clilb on Monday evening, November 2,
at the club rooms in the Hollenden
hotel, the present oflicers were all re-
elected for another year.

Another flower store, running under
the name of the "New York Flower
Shop." has openod no on Euclid ave-
nue, near East 55th street.

Harris Bros, have reopened the store
at 144 Euclid avenue, formerly occu-
pied by Anderson Bros.

Paul Berkowitz, of H. Bayersdorfer
«& Co., Philadelphia, Pa., was a visitor
November 7.

C. F. B.

The Windier Wholesale Floral Co.
had large consignments of pompons re-
cently.

Robt. Newcomb, of Vaughan's Seed
Store, Chicago, was a visitor this week.

The chrysanthemum show at Shaw's
Garden was well attended.

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A. X. Piersoa's lycUanapolis Aciiiiisition.

St. Louis.

PRICES BELOW 1913 MARK.

The weather at this time of writing
is clear and cool. The wholesale houses
were crowded with chrysanthemums
during the past week, yellow and white
leading. Prices were considerably
lower than a year ago. Carnations are
coming in freely and are of good qual-
ity. Roses do not appear to be as plen-
tiful. It is to be hoped that cool
weather will help to make things more
normal. Violets are improving but
sales are not very active. Smilax and
greens are selling fairly well.

KOTES.

Foster, the florist, will open up down-
town on ttie sojtneast corner of
Seventh and Olive streets, directly op-
posite the Republic olfice and Railway
Exchange buildings, a very prominent
location.

The Mullanphy Florists have some
very pretty window displays, at their
downtown store, the arrangements be-
ing designed by Otto Sander.

Alex Siegel had a special sale of
chrysanthemums at five cents each,
last week.

Geo. H. Angermueller is getting
ready for Christmas novelties.

Plantmen are now busy delivering
chrysanthemum plants.

Paper Wliite narcissus is now seen
at the wholesalers.

F. H. Weber has a very pretty win-
dow display.

Ostertag Bros, have a very attractive
delivery car. W. F.

Buffalo.

SOCIETT EVENTS AID BUSINESS.

Ideal fall weather continues and
stock is equal to all demands and the
quality good. Chrysanthemums are
now about perfection, with roses and
other stock also good. Trade as per
last reports has been what was ex-
pected, the debutante, and only she,
holding the boards. Four debutantes
last week gave the florists about all
they could take care of. One party on
Monday, November 2, handled by W.
J. Palmer & Son was large and one
on Friday, November G, which S. A.
Anderson had, was the largest and
most elaborate of any. American
Beauty roses in unusually large quan-
tities, and orchids equally as large.

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played an important part in the dec-
oration. Other roses, valley, pompons,
and a less number of the larger mums
were used. A wall of American Beau-
ties 15x30 feet, in specially made ar-
rangements to hold them In water, can
better be imagined than described. The
largest private dining room in Buffalo
had a most elaborate table decoration
of orchids. The gift flowers were dis-
played to an unusual advantage in a
pergola made for the pui"pose and so
placed as to lend additional beauty to
the other decorations. Weddings are
quiet, but from now until Thanksgiv-
ing they will be about as plentiful as
the debutante events. Buffalo florists
will have no reason to complain until
after the holidays for amount of work;
as to prices they alone are the
masters.

NOTES.

S. A. Anderson had his twenty-third
annual chrysanthemum show Novem-
ber 3-7. It was more attractively ar-
ranged than in other years, the truly
Japanese effect being apparent. The
blooms were tine and of the best qual-
ity, as in other years. At 3 p. m. Sat-
urday, November 7, the whole stock
was put on sale at a sacrifice and in
less than two hours the store was de-
pleted of exhibition flowers. Hundreds
of people got the grandest flowers at
a price within the reach of all, and
those that could not visit Delaware,
South or Humboldt parks got one or
more flowers for their home at a very
low price, demonstrating in the strong-
est manner possible that when you can
sell a good article at a low price, more
especially flowers, you not only bright-
«i the home, but you educate the
masses and instill in them the love for
flowers.

Delaware and South parks have, and
are now having, their chrysanthemum
show. Thousands of visitors throng
these places every Sunday and many
also visit Humboldt park, where the
blooms are as beautiful but the num-
ber not as large. Bison.

Montreal.

TRADE GOOD DESPITE WAR CONDITIONS.

Business lately has been quite satis-
factory, though iTiuch quieter than the
corresponding week last year. There
are just the general daily orders, with
ah occasional order for funeral work;
nothing extraordinary in shape of a
Igtrge decoration for a wedding or ball
happens in these troublesome times.
Chrysanthemums have been good this
season, in fact never before were seen
so many wide ojjen and well developed
blooms left with the growers at one
time. It was a sight not often seen,
but all finally were sold, with the ex-
ception of some singles, but at prices
from .$.3 to .fG per hundred.

NOTES.
The annual chrysanthomum show
held November 2 in the club rooms, 140
Mansfield street, was quite a success in
every waj'. The members turned out
in great force; even those of rare and
occasional attendance formed groups.
In the chrysanthemum plant sections,
J. Luck and W. R. Whiting carried off
the prizes. In cut blooms. McKenna,
Ltd., Hall & Robinson, J. Eddy & Son
and W. R. Whiting divided honors. .1.
Theule exhibited some very fine Pri-
mula obconica and P. malacoides, for
_^ which he wa.s awarded a cultural cer-
* tificate. K. J. Hayward w^s on hand
with his new fern Pteris Walkerii. It
is a crested form of Pteris serrulata,
something like we have in Nephrolep-
is Whitmanii, the old Boston fern,
Nephrolepis Bostoniensis. McKenna,
Ltd., won out in the new introductions-
with Clifton Pink. J. Luck was there
with a collection of apples. The Dale
Estate exhibited a vase of Wm Turner
which was not for competition; these
were, as all agreed, the finest flowers
ever put up here. C. A. Smith at-

tempted to measure them, but the cor-
rectness was disputed by some — diam-
eter 9 inches, circumference 25 inches,
depth 9 inches. A certificate of merit,
the club's highest honor, was awarded
to the Dale Estate.

Several private estates are reducing
their gardeners and closing up their
greenhouses, but seem to have no in-
clination to give up any other line of
their comforts; many have subscribed,
heavily to patriotic funds and try to
get it out of the gardener.

T. Martel, our old friend from St.
Henry, has resigned the presidency of
the Canadian Snow Shoe Club after oc-
cupying it for twenty-eight years. We
hope Tim is not going to the war.

The annual dinner will, be held De-
cember 9 at the Lake View Hotel,
Lachine. L.

Detroit.

POOR BUSINESS CONDITIONS CONTINUE.

Trade conditions during the whole
fall season have been far from satis-
fying to either growers or retailers,
while of course the wholesalers share
in the general result.

The bright and mi'd weather has had
the effect of advancing the mid-season
and even some ol xh^' late varieties of
chrysanthemums and never before at
this season of the year have the grow-
ers sent in so nian>' carnations and
roses. The same^ weather conditions
.'■■ecm to greatb' diminish the deriand
for flowers, and the result is an awful
surplus, that despite the heroic efforts
of the wholesalers and retailers, can-
not be disposed of by any other wav
than the "dump." In the face of such
a situation locally is it any wonder that
the question is so often asked : "When
will the mania for greenhouse buildin;?
cease?"

NOTES.

The Schroeter-Stahelin Company is
the latest accession to the ranks of re-
tailers here. Their store at 531 Wood-
ward avenue is located. in the new re-
tail shopping district and is first-class
in all its appointments. One member
of the firm, Hugo Schroeter, will have
charge of the store. He is the eldest
son of B. Schroeter, the well-known
Broadway florist, and has been asso-
ciated with his father in business tor
the past IS years. He is popular with
the trade and well known and highly
esteemed by the man.v -patrons of the
Schroeter store. A. J. Stahelin, the
other member of the firm, is the well-

known grower at Bedford, Mich., where
his large range of glass is located. He
built the first movable greenhouses in
this country and the past season added
to his range a house 72V2x400 feet, of
the most modern type. The new firm
has the best wishes of the local trade
in their new venture.

F. S.

Albany. N. Y.

CLUB MEETING.

At the Novemlier meeting of the Al-
bany Florists' Club two ne-vv' members,
Julius Berg and Milton Selinka, were
elected. For the election in December
Frank R. Bilson, acting president,
named, two committees to prepare
tickets. The regular committee was
made up of James H. Snyder, Fred A.
Danker and Edward P. Tracey; opposi-
tion, William Newport, John J. Hag-
gerty and Samuel Hanson. The ticket
presented by the regular committee
was as follows : For president, Frank
R. Bilson; for vice president. Thomas
F. Tracey; for secretary-treasurer,
Robert Davidson; for trustees, two
years, William Christie, John J. Hag-
gerty and William Quinn. Opposition
ticket : For president. Edward P. Tra-
cey; for vice president, James H.
Snyder; for secretary-treasurer, Robert
Davidson; for trustees, Fred Henkes,
Charles Sanders and William Hannell.

Under good of the club, announcement
was made that President i'red Henkes
was in the Adirondacks enjoying a
hunting trip, and that he expected to
get some venison. On motion of Mr.
Danker a committee was named to call
upon the trustees of the Albany His-
torical Society with a view to secur-
ing the hall of the society's building
for a club flo-u'er show in 1015. Thi-
chairman named on this committee.
Fred A. Danker, Fred Goldring, Ed-
ward P. Tracey. Fred Henkes and
Louis Menand. On motion of Fred
Danker it was voted to hold a ban-
quet in January, the expense to be paid
out of the club treasury.

One of the interesting features of
the meeting w-as an exhibition of
chrysanthemums sent by A. N. Pier-
son, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., for which
the club extended a vote of thanks.
The varieties, of -which there were a
dozen or more specimens of each, in-
cluded Chieftain, Smith's Ideal, Nerissa,
Golden Mensa, Bronze Sonne d'Or.
Golden West, W. E. Buckingham.
Western Beauty, Golden Harvest, Har-

C. H. PREY'S NEW RED CARNATION NEBRASKA.

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vest Moon and Golden Climax. In con-
nection with the exhibition Mr. Danker
read a paper on the cultivation oC
modern varieties for the florists' use.
At the December meeting James H.
Snyder will read a paper on violet cul-
ture.

The retail trade here has for some
time been developing the practice of
offering something special on Satur-
days to attract new customers. In
many cases the attraction is boxes of
flowers to sell for one dollar or more.
In one or two cases special bargains in
plants are being offered. The general
effect of the practice is said to be to
stimulate a love for flowers and plants
and to create a lasting demand for the
florist's wares. R. D.

Nashville, Tenn.

CURYSANTUEMUMS I.E.M) 1)EMA:NU
The chrysanthemums in this city
this year are finer, larger and more
abundant than ever before known and
could not be surpassed anywhere.
Each and every one of the growers
has produced a wonderful supply of
these fall favorites sure of a good
sale on the football field.

NOTES.

On November 7 Vanderbilt Univer-
sity played the University of Tennes-
see and as each college had yellow
as one" of their colors the chrysanthe-
mum sale was very good. It is said
that on Thanksgiving day alone, -when
Vanderbilt and Sewanee come to-
gether, more than 20,000 blooms are
sold annually. Some of the blooms
this season measure eight inches in
diameter and are 25 inches in circum-
ference. They are of every shape,
color and size from the tiny little
pompon to the gorgeous blossom just
mentioned. The colors range from the
dark maroon to white. The white and
yellow predominate in supply and are
easily the favorites, and they are more
popular now than ever for either fu-
nerals or for weddings.

The window of Geny Bros, was also
very artistic, decorated with the yellow
and white chrysanthemums, and vases
of Aaron Ward roses, and on either
side tlie suffragist's banner of yellow
with the words "Votes for Women," all
in honor of the "National Equal Suf^
frage Convention," now in session in
this city. This will also bring a big
trade in the yellow chrysanthemums of
which there is an abundant supply.

The Joy Floral Company has a very
beautiful window which has attracted
much attention, exhibiting "57 varie-
ties" of magnificent chrysanthemums
of all sizes, shapes and colors. They
are shipping thousands of them ail
throughout the south to the retail
trade. They have such a tremendous
stock, having grown the largest crop
ever produced in this city.

The American Beauty roses now
shown by our florists are magnificent,
of fine form and color, with stems
four and even five feet long, as well as
shorter lengths. The Ki Harney and
other roses are excellent and carna-
tions are improving every day.

At a recent funeral, that of Mrs. M.
C. Goodlett, founder of the Daughters
of the Confederacy, there were quanti-
ties of flowers, a 'large number of them
used in a Confederate battle flag in
red and white; also any amount of
chrysanthemum bunches.

M. C. D.

Oklahoma City.

SPECIAL EVENTS AID BUSINESS.

The State Teachers Association
■which has been in session here and
closed November 7, has been a great
boon to the flower trade. The weather
was summer-like all the time the
teachers were here, and what with
flowers for street wear and flowers for
presentation to the various speakers

at the meetings, the florists' stores
have been deluged with orders. Sev-
eral notable weddings have also taken
place during the week. The Dean-
Scott wedding called for an elaborate
decoration in St. Paul's cathedral;
bouquets of red roses on long wands
for the several bridesmaids and a
bridal bouquet of white orchids and
valley, all^of which were supplied by
the Stiles Co. Furrow & Co. also had
a good sized wedding order, supplying
both flowers and decorations, one day
this week, besides several minor orders
of a similar nature. Chrj'santhemum
Wm. Turner is considered the best
white here and is in good demand.
Hardy chrysanthemums and dahlias
are abundant just now.

NOTES.
The State Society of Florists met
November 2. The feature of the meet-
ing was an excellent paper on "How
to Increase Business," prepared and

P. M. Read.

Representative of the Wliilldin Pottery Co.,

Philadelphia, Pa., Who Now Makes His

Trips by Auto Instead of by Rail.

read by A. S. Gray. At the December
meeting there will be an election of
officers, and Clyde Batten will read a
paper on the "Retail Florist."

George Stiles and wife had Frank
Stuppe and wife, of St. Joseph, Mo.,
as dinner guests, Sunday, November 8.
air. Stuppe informs us that his latest
built greenhouse, recently finished, is a
Lord & Burnham structure, 55 by 350
feet.

Furrow & Co. are showing nice pot
plants of chrysanthemums.

S. S. B.

KnoxTllle, Tenn.

OUTDOOR STOCK A DETEIMENT.

The w'eather remains warm, and al-
though we have had a frost, a great
supply of outdoor stock is still on the
market, especially chrysanthemums,
and trade at the various stores is not
as good as it might be under more fa-
vorable conditions. Stock of all kinds is
plentiful; chrysanthemums are fine, Ro-
man Gold, Nellie Pockett, Dr. Engue-
hard, Chas. Razer, Col. Appleton and
many other varieties are now in full
crop, and never were finer than this
season. Carnations are gradually grow-
ing better and at this time the differ-
ent growers are cutting enough nice
blooms to more than supply the local
demand. Roses are not very good.

NOTES

The Knoxville Florists' Society held
its regular meeting at Chas. L. Baum's
store, Tuesday night, November 3.
Saturday, November 7 having been set
aside as Chrysanthemum Day, final ar-
rangements were made, and a commit-
tee was appointed to get up suflicient
advertising matter in the local papers
(and otherwise as it may see fit), with
instructions to do all advertising in a
co-operative way through the society.
This mode of advertising has proven
very effective heretofore, as it reaches
the public more in the form of an an-
nouncement than an advertisement,

and does not solicit trade for any in-
dividual florist.

The following salesmen called on the
trade in the last few days: A. Zirk-
man, representing M. Rice & Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa ; Walter Mott, repre-
senting Hammond's Paint & Slug Shot
Works, Pishkill, N. Y., and several Hol-
land bulb salesmen, who have given
some very interesting reports of the
great war.

Chas. L. Baum, president of Knox-
ville Florists' Society, left November 4
for Indianapolis, Ind., where he will
attend the chrysanthemum show.

K. F. S.

Essex County Florists' Club.

The next meeting of the Essex
County Florists' Club will be held
hursday evening, November 19, and
will be exhibition night. All growers
having anything to exhibit can get
any information from J. A. Rassbach,
23 Broad street, Bloomfield, N. J. The
officers of the club are as follows : E.
Jacobi, Irvington, N. J., president; A.
C. Begerow, Newark, N. J., treasurer;
John Crossley, Newark, N. J., secre-
tary. The club meets on the third
Thursday of each month.

John Crosslet, Sec'y.

OBITUARY.

John L. Parker.

Leaving no word to explain the rea-
son for the deed, which his friends at-
tribute to ill health, John L. Parker, a
prominent citizen and business man
of Birmingham, Ala., committed suicide
at his place of business in that city
November 3. For several years he
operated a chain of drug stores and
had a large greenhouse and nursery in
the city. He was 49 years of age. He
was connected with a number of busi-
ness enterprises and had always taken
an active and leading part in civic
affairs. He served a^ president of the
board of education for the past several
years had served as president of
the board of trade and was an active
member of the Chamber of Commerce.
He was a member of the board of di-
rectors of the Business Men's League
and the Alabama state fair.

He is survived by a widow and two
children, Elizabeth, aged 14 years, and
John, aged 10 years; one sister, Mrs.
Job Going, and one brother living at
Livingston, Ala., Mr. Parker's old home.
Funeral services were held from his
late residence, Wednesday, November
4. Many beautiful floral emblems sent
by friends were in evidence.

_ Mr. Parker is reported to have left
$70,000 personal life insurance applica-
ble to his estate and $50,000 for the
benefit of Mrs. Parker. It is believed
by those most familiar with his affairs
that the assets of his business will
more than cover the liabilities.

George R. Schluraff.

George R. Schluraff, Erie county's
oldest florist, died in his garden at
Erie, Pa. October 27, being stricken
with heart failure. He was born in
Erie county and had lived there all his
life. He was 62 years of age. Be-
sides his widow he is survived by one
son, Vern L. Schluraff, engaged in the
florist business in Erie, and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. ii. B. Tozer, also of Erie.

Bristol, Tenn.— The Fairmount Gar-
dens reports that chrysanthemums are
fine and are moving off nicely, and car-
nations are in fine shape. The first
frost of the season occurred October
28, killing everything it touched, and
consequently indoor flowers are in bet-
ter demand. A new house 0.5x130 feet
has been completed and will be grown
to violets, sweet peas and chrysanthe-
mums.

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THISISSUE 76 PAGES WITH COVERS

CONTENTS.

Chrysanthemum Society of America 845

— The national chrysanthemum show (illus. ).845

— The exhibits 846

— Retailers' exhibits 847

— The awards S48

—Visitors 849

— The business meeting 850

— President Kleinheinz's address 850

— Secretary Johnson's report 851

— Treasurer May's report 851

— The banquet 852

— Pompon and single chrysanthemums 852

— Chrysanthemums for exhibition 853

Horticultural Society of Chicago (illus.) 854

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (Illus.) . .855
Massachusetts Horticultural Society (lUus.)..857

Tarrytown Horticultural Society 858

Massachusetts Agricultural Society (Illus.) . .859

Bhode Island Horticultural Society 859

Boston — Cleveland 860

St. Louis— Buffalo 861

Montreal— Detroit — Albany 862

C. H. Frey'a new red carnation Nebraska. . .862

Nashville — Knoxville 863

Obituary — John L. Parker 863

—Geo. R. ScMuraff 863

Editorial 864

— Important to greenhouse builders 864

— Society of American Florists ,,.....864

— Panama-Pacific exposition notes 864

Chicago 872

Chicago Florists' Club 8S0

Cincinnati =80

Illinois State Florists' Association 881

Philadelphia • 882

Milwaukee og*

New York |84

Providence. R. 1 888

The seed trade 894

— Free seeds 894

— French bnlbs 894

— J. S. Michael elected state representative

'portrait) |M

Washington °»o

The nursery trade 898

— Destroy moth eggs after leaves fall 898

— Gordonla Altamaha 898

— Hawaiian fruits quarantined 898

Market gardeners 9')n

^Pot grown lettuce plants 900

-Raising lettuce a mile high 900

Dayton, O 907

THE cover of this issue ■was prepared
from a photograph of seedling chrys-
anthemums raised by the veteran spe-
cialist, Elmer D. Smith, of Adrian,
Mich.

WHEN in need of stock or supplies
of any Itind in a hurry it will be a
great advantage to have a copy of
the latest edition of our Trade Direc-
tory at hand for names and addresses.
The price of the latest (1914) edition
is $3 per copy, postpaid.

Personal.

Chas, H. Totty, Madison, N. J., 'who
was operated upon for appendicitis No-
vember 5, is reported progressing fa-
vorably.

•'Henry Dailledouze, Flatbush, L.. I.,
N. Y,, who has been in poor health for
some time, is now gaining considerably.

Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich., will
celebrate his sixtieth birthday anni-
versary November 20.

Adam Graham, Cleveland, O., has
gone to the Isle of Pines for the win-
ter. '

In point of interest, strange as it
may appear, roses easily divided hoii-
ors with chrysanthemums at last
week's Indianapolis exhibition of the
national chrysanthemum society.

Important to Greenhouse Builders,

The following news item„ which ap-
peared in our issue of October 31, is
important both to greenhousemen and
greenhouse builders : "Searles Broth-
ers, market gardeners, Toledo, O , will
have to pay $5,094 for the construction
of a greenhouse to Augusta Cowdrick,
widow of the contractor who built the
house more than eight years ago, the
state supreme court decided October
20. They refused payment at the time
on the ground that the completion of
the greenhouse had been delayed until
so late in the winter that they had
lost a large part of their tirops."

Society of American Florists.

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT EEGISTRAllON

Public notice is hereby given that
J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati. Ohio, offers
for registration the begonia described
below. Any person objecting to the
registration, or to the use of the pro-
posed name, is requested to communi-
cate with the secretary at once. Fail-
ing to receive objection to the registra-
tion, the same will be made three
weeks from this daj;e.

Description — New Winter-flowering
Begonia Mrs. J. A. Peterson; seedling
from Begonia Socatrana x Gloire de
Sceaux; flowers are deep cerise-pink,
changing to dark red with age, borne
in great profusion from October till
March; at its best during December
and January; foliage similar to that
of Begonia Lorraine, but of an irides-
cent bronze-red; decidedly distinct
from all other varieties. Has been in
our possession for the past three years
and its keeping qualities are all that
could be desired. Name, Mrs. J. A.
Peterson.

John Young, Secretary.

Nov. 7. 1914.

National Association of Gardeners.

At the summer meeting of the Na-
tional Association of Gardeners, held
In Boston, August 19, 1914, a com-
mittee was appointed to draft a res-
olution conveying the sympathies of
the members of the organization to
the European horticulturists on the
terrible calamity which has befallen
them. The committee reports its res-
olution as' follows:

Whereas, Our fellowmen engaged in
the pursuit of horticulture in its va-
rious phases in the European coun-
tries are now surrounded by the hor-
rors of a terrible war, many of whom
may be suffering from sorrowing an-
guish for loss of kin on the battle-
fields; be it, therefore.

Resolved, That the members of the
National Association of Gardeners con-
vey to their brother horticulturists in
Europe afflicted by the war, their
heartfelt sympathies on the catas-
trophe which has so suddenly over-
taken them; and that our prayer be
that the Almighty God in His infinite
wisdom will guide the instigators of
the appalling conflict now raging to a
speedy termination of it, and to ever-
lasting peace; and be' it further

Resolved, That copies of these res-
olutions be forwarded to the various
national horticultural bodies in the
several countries now at war, and
spread on the records of the N. A. G.

WIT.I.IAM N. CRAIO,

Duncan Finlayson,
Mabiin C. Ebel,

Clirysantliemum Plants.

Chrysanthemum plants are now in
the market and are good stock for the
retail store, being very showy and gen-
erally salable. If for any reason they
do not move quickly and the bottom
leaves begin to get yellow, cut the flow-
ers and sell or use them up in work,
getting in new plants, as such stock
will soon fade in the dwelling and prove
unsatisfactory. Especially well flow-
ered, symmetrical plants, should be
placed in pot covers or have pots
wrapped in crepe paper with possibly
a bow of ribbon. This gives them a
distinctive touch that often makes
sales, when the plant alone would not
have been considered good enough for a
gift.

A window display of these plants, all
of one color, with a price card is at-
tractive; they should not be so crowd-
el as to lose their individuality, as they
would be sold as single plants. Often
when large plants are wanted several
can be placed together in a large pan
pot and an even better price obtained
for this than if the plants were sold
singly. Stock of this kind is very use-
ful in decorations in connection with '
palms or in pot covers, arranging sev-
eral together with autumn leaves. Many
a border bed in a city yard is much the
better for a dozen or so of these plants
set out not too fully in flower. They
will stand considerable cold weather in
these protected locations.

Panama-Pacific Exposition Notes.

During the last three weeks in Octo-
ber, the landscape gardeners of the
Panama-Pacific International Exposi-
tion at San Francisco, under the direc-
tion of Donald McLaren, will have set
out the enormous number of 704,000
golden-flowering plants in the main en-
trance plaza, facing the Tower of
Jewels and in the minor Courts of
Palms and Flowers. Work was begun
October 20 on the final transplanting
of 27,000 yellow wallflowers and an
equal number of golden Spanish iris
in the Court of Palms, which looks
out upon the Palace of Horticulture.
The Tower plaza already has been
planted to 200,000 yellow pansles,
100,000 yellow daffodils and 100,000
golden poppies. In the Court of Flowers
which opens toward Festival Hall will
be 250,000 golden poppies, 100,000
daffodils, 50,000 golden tulips. This
first planting will be replaced later
by other flowers, so as to keep
constant succession of bloom as a
carpet for the exposition. There will
be no palms in the Court of Palms, the
space being given over to acacias,
towering Italian cypress and low-grow-
ing eugenias. The balustrade surround-
ing the pool will be overhung by trail-
ing muehlenbeckia or maiden hair
vines.

The Exposition's horticultural gar-
dens became international in scope
this week when entries of roses from
Belgium and Holland were planted in
the rose gardens. These flowers are
government exhibits of these two coun-
tries and are entered in the competi-
tions, one of which has as a prize
.fl.OOO for a new, un-named rose.

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Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to bo mailed from this office
euciuse 10 cents extra to cover postage, etc.

Situation Wanted — As rose grower and al'
around greenhnuse man, best of references.
Julius Heinfmann.
7aS W. lU.th Place. West e'ullman. ChicaBO.

Situation Wanted— By youni? woman, in flower
store to learn design work. Willing to assist with
housework. Address

Key 48S, care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young lady thoroughly
experienced m all lines of retail work. Chicago
or vicinity preferable. Address

Key 477, care American Florist.

SituationWantcd— By experienced lady cashier
in retail Horist store. Can furnish best of refer-
ences. Chicago prefer-ed Address

Key 4S}, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Good all around storeman,
one capable of taking charge. State wages when
writing. Address

Key 481. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— As foreman by a man of
unusual ability as a grower of cut flowers and
plants. 30 years experience: single; commercial or
institution; first class references. Address.
Florist.
59 W. Ontario St.. Chicago.

Situation Wanted — Fl orist and gardener
single, elderly, reliable, experienced man. Would
like position in sanitarium or any institution or
gentleman's place. Competent in all branches.
Would go to any state. Best of references.
Address Key 484, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted—By A-1 florist and landscape
gardener, 8 years' European and South American
experience in landscape gardening, conservatory,
designing and decorating. Winner of prize
medals and diplomas. 25 years of age, single.
Excellent references. State wages.
Stephen Berczik. 3*^2 Broadway, Buffalo, N.V.

Situation Wanted -If you are in need of an

all around florist one with Tears of practical
experience in growing all varieties of plants tor
profit, and a good designer get in touch with me.
Married, no children and now at liberty. Will
take care of vour business the same as if it was
my own. Make me an offer. For further parti-
culars, address

Key 474. care American Florist.

Help Wanted- Good all around storeraan i^x an
eastern position. Must come well recommended.
Address Key 485. care Amt^rican Florist.

Help Wanted— Good Killarney grower as sec-
tion man under foreman for a large place in
middle west. Address

Key 486, care American Florist.

Wanted— To lease; by man with capital and ex-
perience, greenhouses with house and land. Give
particulars. Box l3fa, Newmarket. N, J.

Wanted to Rent— 5,0jU to lU.OOO feet of glass
within 200 miles of Chiiago. Must be well stocked^
Key 497. care .American Floiist.

For Sale— Can give an experienced florist with
$10U0.00 ca^h, an exceptional good deal on green-
house property in best city in Montana.

Address Brady Imp'l Co., Brady. Mont.

For Sale— Practically new greenhouse boi'er,
steam. h5 h. p.: %m cash, F. O. B. Chicago, Big
bargain. 'Phone Edgewater 2560 or address,
D. Lahey.
5832 Wayne Ave.. Chicago.

For Sale — Good paying retail sto-e in Chicago
on south side, at very reasonable price. Bargain.
Owner engaged in other business. Address

Key 478 care American Florist.

For Sale— A fine Mercury auto-truck for $?50.
This car has been used ■ nly for three months and
is in good condition. For further par ticulars. ad
dress. Key 4b8. care American Florist.

For Sale— Greenhouse material, glass, pipes
and rafters. Good as new. at one-half price.
Inquire of Mrs. Mary Brod, Niles Centre, 111.

For Sale— A panel top florist delivery wagon-
new wheels, tires, axles, glass wind shield, shafts,
and just newly painted, in first-class condition.
Will send photograph on request. *65,00.

N B. & C E. Stover.
118 So. 6th bt., Tcrre Haute. Ind.

For Sale—Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T, Wright, Newtown. Bucks Co., Pa.

For Sale- Florist plant: lot 100x200. Seven room

dwelling. All conveniences. Hot houses 177 leet

loni^. Hot water system. In first-class condition.

Town ot 2000. A bargain, good going business.

Wm. T. Wright.

Newtown, Pa.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead, So. Dak., excel-
lent for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. High pressure city water or ^ell on place.
Population, 10.000. Monthly payroll. $225,000. No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with right party.

H. E. BILLINGS,
Box 675. LEAD. SO. DAK.

FOR SALE.

Florists' retail store, greenhouses, twocottages.
\V% acres of land in growing stock, everything
complete in first-class condition. The only flower
storein the fastest growing city in Southern Cali-
fornia. $8,000 down will handle this deal — balance
on easy terms. Owner retiring from business.

Address. Key 469, care American Florist.

FOR SALE.

Second-hand tubular return boiler, 72
inches in diameter, 16 feet long, 114 3in.
tubes Good for 80 lbs pressure Shell
fitted for Hawley furnace circulation.
Cheap for cash. Applv to

UIRD a SON,
East Walpole, Mass.

Position Wanted

By a thoroughly EXPERIFNCEO FLORIST, now

employed wishes to make a change. Unquestion-
able references as to cliaracter, honesty and
ability. Age 24. 4 years' experience. Now
employed by good concern. Address
P. E. C. *V. 1312 3rd Ave.,

Highland Fk., Richmond, Va.

FOREMAN

Rose grower with extensive experience
in leading commercial places is open to
engagement as foreman. State salary
and full particulars.

Robert Hand, Edgebrook, Chicago, 111.

OFFICIAL S. A. r.

Shipping Labels

AcUi;il size of U'af 2Jix5Ji inches.

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors ou
puiUTncd p:iper; your card, etc., in
black and leaf adopted bv tlie S. A. F.
in red. Prices: Per 600, $2.85 : per 1000,
$4..S0. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

OPPORTUNITY

For A-1 Grower With Small Capital.

Will incorporate with a grower of proven ability who

can handle men and is able to show profits growing pot

plants and cut flowers. Will invest from $50,000 to $100,000.

(Middle west.) What have you to offer? For further

particulars, address „ .^^ . . „, .

Key 482, care American Florist.

Trade directory

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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Big Crops

ROSES M 'MUMS

FOR THANKSGIVING.

The stock in our large range of houses at Brown Deer is in splendid shape and we are going to have a
magnificent cut of choice stocic for Thanksgiving which will enable us to take care of all our old customers
in addition to all the new ones that we wdl hear from. If you want supreme quality stock at the right prices
place your order with us and we will see to it that your order will be filled the way you want it filled.

Carnations-Lilies-Violets- Valley-Pompons
Bouvardia and Greens of all kinds.

We have everything in Seasonable Cut Flowers and Greens that you need, so if there is anything that
you want and don t see mentioned in this ad, order it and you will get it. Be sure and place your order with
us. You cannot do any better elsewhere.

Mrs. Chas. Russell Roses

will sell like hot cakes on Turkey Day so be sure and include a few dozen in your order at prices ranging
from 5 to 20 cents each. Nine people out of ten will'buy Russell roses in preference to Beauties, so be in
the swim and get some of the Russell money by handling this rose regularly. We have a large supply daily
and can fill your order at a moment's notice. Trv 25 or 50 of them today.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.,

Producers of Quantity-Quality Flowers, 462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

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111, D. Phone

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I Roses-'Mums-Carnalions |

EOR THANKSGIVING

I Choice Pompons, Violets, Lilies, Valley, Sweet Peas, Snapdragons, Stevia, |

I Orchids, Daisies, Ferns, Smilax, Adiantum, Asparagus Plumosus, |

I Asparagus Sprengeri, Galax, Leucothoe Sprays, Boxwood, Southern |

I Wild Smilax, Mexican Ivy, Winter Berries, etc. TRY US. j

I Large supply of extra fancy stock in all the leading varieties at prices that you will |

I" consider reasonable. Place your order with us and you will never regret it for we are a |
I combination of growers wholesaling our own stock at a fair margin of profit. Our sup- |
I ply is large, our stock is extra fine, our prices are right and our service cannot be |
I surpassed, so place your order here where it will be taken care of best. |

I "Deal Direct With The Grower." |

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NEW CARNATION

AVIATOR

Most Prolific Carnation Grown

Early. Free from disease. Fine medium flowers of intense scarlet on
good wiry stems. Rooted Cuttings Ready January 1, 1915.

$12.00 per 100; $100 per 1000.

Write for list of New and Standard Varieties.

Cut Flowers for Thanksgiving

Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Pompons,
Violets, and all other Seasonable Flowers. : : • :

Best strictly fresh stock at lowest prices. Place your order with us now.

Chicago Carnation Co.

30 East Randolph St., a. T. Pyfer, Manager. CHICAGO

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Exceptional Values in the following Craig Quality Stock

GENISTA BACEMOSA

Extra lieavy stock, 3-ln., $8.00 per 100,

$70.00 per 1000; 4-in., $15.00 per 100, $125.00

per 1000; 5-in., $30.00 per 100. $250.00 per

1000; 6-in., $35.00 per 100. $300.00 per lOOO.

CYCLAMEN

4-inch pots $25 per 100; $225 per 1000

6-iDch pots $50 per 100; $450 per lOOO

6-incli pots $75 and $100 per 100

7-lnch pots $150 per 100

GARDENIA VEITOHII

2»4-lneh pots %1 per 100; $60 per 1000

4-inch pots, very heavy $20 100; $175 1000

6-inch pots, very heavy, will flower early.

$6, $9 and $12 per doz.
HYDRANGEAS
Radiant; Bouquet Rose, bright pinls; Gene de
Vibraye, bright rose; La Lorraine, bright pink;
Mme. A. Riveram. bright rose; Mme. E. Mouil-
lere, best white; Mme. Maurice Hainar, bright
pink; Mme. Renee Gaillard. large white.

6-inch pots $35 and $30 per 100

Larger plants $0.75. $1. $1.50 and $2 each

HYDRANGEA OTASKA

4-inch pots, strong $15 per 100

6-iiich pots, strong. 4 to 6 heads,

$25 and $35 per 100
6-Inch pots, strong, 6 to 7 heads.

$40 and $50 per 100
Larger plants,

$0.75, $1. $1.25, $1.50, $2 and $3 each
PANDANUS UTILIS

3-inch pots $1.50 per doz.; $12 per 100

4-inch pots $25 per 100

5-Inch pots $50 per 100

ANTHEEICUM BICHEI
A new variety of dwarf habit, forming a
dense, bushy tuft about 6 inches high, with
gracefully recurving bright green foliage about
one-half an inch wide, which is prettily edged
with creamy white. A very useful plant for
fern dishes, window boxes, Christmas baskets,
etc. i ,,«i'H

3-iuch pots, strong plants,

$2 oer doz.: $16 ner ion

NEPHBOLEPIS TODEAOIDES

2i4-inch pots $6 per 100; $50 per 1000

4-inch pots $20 per 100; $180 per 1000

6-inch pots $6 per doz.

S-inch pots $12 per doz.

a in. and lOin. tubs, $24, $30 and $36 ijer doz.
NEPHEOLEPIS ELEGANTISSIMA IMPROVED

2'..i-inch liots $6 per 100; $50 per 1000

4-ioch pots $20 per 100

6-inch pots $6 per doz. ■

8-inch pots '. $12 and $15 per doz.

Larger plants $2, $2.50. $3 and $3.50 each

NEPHEOLEPIS SCHOLZELI

li'i-iiicli pots $6 per 100; $.'50 per 1000

4-inch pots, heavy. . ,$20 per 100; $180 per WOO

6-inch pots, heavy $6 per doz.; $45 per 100

6-lnch pots, heavy...'. ..$9 per doz.; $70 per ino

8-lnch. 34 .pots $12 per doz.; $10 per 100

n-inch tubs $24 and $30 per doz.

NEPHEOLEPIS ELEGANTISSIMA CAMPACTA

2 14 -inch pots $6 per 100; $50 per 1000

4-inch pots , $20 per 100

0-inch pots '. . . . .$6 per doz.

8-inch pots $12 per doz.

NEPHROLEPIS ROBUSTA (NEW)
2Vi-inch pots, strong tdants.

$15 per 100: $125 per 1000
4-inch pots, strong plants.

$25 per 100; $200 per 1000
<;-inch pots, strong plants.. $50 and $75 per 100
s-inch Azalea pots, heavy plants,

$12 and $15 per doz.
11-in. tubs, lieavy plants. $2, $2.50 and $3 each

"TEDDY JUNIOR"
A Grand New Dwarf Fern, Better Than Scottii
Fine, young plants from 2V4-lnch pots,

$10 per ion; $90 per 1000
4-inch pots, heavy.. $25 jjer 100; $200 ijer IciOO

•i-inch pots, heavy $.50 per 100

6-inch pots, ver.v heavjr $75 per 100

8-inch pots, verv heavy $15 per doz.

11-inch tubs $2. $2.50 and $3 each

Special For One Week
Extra heavy Teddy Junior ferns, ready for
6-in. at once, pot gi'own stock, $20-00 per 100;
$180.00 per 1000.

NEPHROLEPIS SCOTTII

214-inch pots $5 per 100; $45 per 1000

4-ineh pots $20 per 100; $180 per 1000

6 inch pots $6 per doz.; $45 tier 100

6 inch pots, heavy $9 per doz.; $70 per 100

8-inch 94 pots $12 per doz.; $90 per 100

lii-inch % pots $18 per doz.

11-inch tubs $2. $2.50 and $3 each

13-inch tubs, specimen $4. $5 and $6 each

NEPHROLEPIS SMITHII

214-inch pots $10 per 100; $90 p^r 1000

4-inch pots },25 per 100

6-iDch pots $6 and $9 per doz.

S-inch pots $12 and $15 per doz.

NEPHROLEPIS TUBEROSA PLUMOSA

2W-illch pots $10 per 100; $90 per 1000

4-inch pots $25 per 100; $223 per KiOO

6lnch pots $50 per 100

6-inch pots, heavy $a per doz.

8-inch pots, heavy $15 per doz.

NEPHROLEPIS BOSTONIENSIS

Wm. K. Harris

NEPHROLEPIS BOSTONIENSIS HARRISII

2V4-inch pots $0 per 100; $50 per 1000

4-lnch pots $20 per lOl); $180 per 1000

6-inch pots $6 per doz.; $45 per 100

einch pots, heavy $9 per doz.; $70 per 100

81nch pots S12 and $15 ner doz.

11-in. tubs $2, $2.50. $3, $4. $5 and $6 each

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS

2V4-inch pots $4 per liiO; $.'i5 per lOOO

3-inch pots $7 per 100; $65 per 1000

4-ineh pots $12 per lOO; $110 per 1000

ADIANTUM HYBEIDUM
3-inch pots, heavy... $10 per 100; $90 per 1000
4-inch pots, heavy. $20 per 100; $180 per 1000
6-inch pots, heavy. .. .$6 per doz.; $45 per 100

S-inch pots $12 per doz.: .?90 per 100

11-incb tubs $24 per doz.

ASPLENIUM NIDUS AVIS

6-inch pots $12 and $l.'i per doz.

7-inch pots $24 per doz.

PTERIS PAEKEEI

6-inch pots, made up $0 and $9 per doz.

PTEEIS ALEXANDEA

2Vi-inch pots " $7 per 100; $60 per 1000

3-inch pots $10 per 100; $90 per 1000

ROBERT CRAIG COMPANY, m Market street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Catalogue Now Ready.

BRANCH: NORWOOD, PA.

'Mums -Roses -Carnations

In Full Crop For Thanksgiving

We are particularly strong on aU seasonable stock and will greatly appreciate a trial order.

HOERBER BROS.

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers

162 N, Wabash Avenue,

tons nistance Phones:
Randolph 2758. Automatic 41-770.

CHICAGO

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If you could see the condition of our stocl^as it is now in our greenhouses, you would

PLACE YOUR

Thanksgiving Orders With Us

Visitors who have been accustomed to inspecting our range each year are surprised when they
pass through our greenhouses now, for the plants are all in unusually fine healthy condition and
promise large cuts for the holidays, especially Thanksgiving. If we had the ability to picture
the true condition of our crops as they are we would be sure of your Thanksgiving order.

BEAUTIE5==RICHM0NDS

Killarney - White Killarney - Shawyer - Russell-
Ophelia-IVIy Mary land-Sunburst- Wards-Milady

Send Your Orders Direct to the Grower and They Will Be Taken Care of.

Thanksgiving Price List.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

48-inch
36-inch
30-inch
24-inch
20-inch
18-inch
12-inch

stems Per doz. $4.00

stems " 3.00

stems '■ 2.50

stems " 2.00

stems " 1.7S

stems " 1.50

stems " 1.25

Short Beauties $6.00 to $8.00 per 100

Per 100

Richmond , Specials $10.00

Killarney \ Select $6.00 to 8.00

White Killarney... ) Medium 4.00 to S.OO

My Maryland ^ Short 3.00

Mrs. Aaron Ward.. Specials $10.00

Sunburst .• \ Select $6.00 to 8.00

Ophelia ) Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Milady ' Short 3.00

Per 100

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4.00 to 15.00

Roses, our selection 4.00

Carnations 2.00 to 4.00

Chrysanthemums per doz. $2.00 to $2.50

Extra Fancy per doz. 3.00

Small per 100 10.00 to 12.50

Pompons 35c to 50c per bunch.

Harrisii per doz. 1.50 to 2.00

Valley 3.00 to 4.00

Smilax per doz. $2.00

Adiantum 1.00

Asparagus, per bunch SOc to 75c

Boxwood, per bunch 25c

Ferns, per 1,000 $2.00

Galax, bronze and green, per 1,000. 1.00
Leucothoe Sprays 7Sc to $1.00

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St ,

Long Distance Phone,
Central 2846.

CHICAGO

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POEHLMA^

72-74 E, Randolph St.

§BFN0TE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

Announcement for Thanksgiving

CHRYSANTHEMUIHIS-POMPOli

Roses-Beaufies-Carnatior

Valley-Violets-Easter Lllies-Stevla.

Fancy Cattleyas and Gardenias, White Dendrobiums,

We are Headquarters for fine Virginia Boxwood, Red Winterberries. Wild Sma
We are now booking orders for future or immediate delivery.

■

Leucothoe, Sprengeri, Plumosus, Smilax, Galax, Ferns.
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT.

Irridcsccnt Pine Cones

Pleasing Rainbow Effect.

60c per Lb.

RED AND GREEN RUSCUS

Mammoth supply of the finest E Extra RuSCUS. Write fc
prices. Special quotations on large Lots.

Order Some of Our Ruscus Baskets

Especially adapted for all kinds of foliage and just what yol
need to carry out a fine autumn effect. Try a sample order. I

Give us your order for anything you need in supplies and it wl
be filled promptly the way you want it filled and what you wai
it filled with.

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BROS. CO

I Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

loffling and Decorative Plants for Thanksgiving Day.

'ou undoubtedly will have need for the stock listed below for both Thanksgiving Day and the Xmas Holidays. Our
department is being conducted on the same big scale as our cut flower department and we now have over 100,000
: feet devoted to pot plants. However, we urge you to send in your order for present or future delivery so that it may
ivered before the cold weather sets in. Our blooming plants are in readiness for quick shipment and just right for the
Icsgiving Day trade. Let us quote you on anything you need. OKDER NOW.

Begonias.

We have the largest and best stock we
ever had of Begonias Lorraine and Cincin-
nati in 5-in., 6-in. and 7-in. pots.

6-inch 6('c to 7Bc each

6-inch $1.00 to $1.50 "

7-inch 2.00 to 2.60 "

Poinsettias.

Choice stock in pans with good brackets,
(according to value) from 60c to $2.60 each.

Chrysanthemum Pot Plants.

To make room, we offer for a short time
only, strong bus-hy stock, of late and mid-
season varieties at from 35c to $1.00 each.

Until Thanksgiving we will offer plants
in bloom, at 50c to $2.60 each.

Peppers.

Cluster, 4-in $10.00 per 100

Celestial, 4-in 10.00 per 100

t>-in. pans 40c each

Dracaena Terminalis.

Highly colored, extra fine, 4-in., $3 00
per doz., 5-in., $6.00 per doz., 6-in., 75c
to $1.00 each.

Dracaena Godseffiana.

2-in. pots $1.00 per doz.

3-in. pots 1.50 per doz.

Dracaena Massangeana.

6-in $1.00 each

Rubber Plants.

All sizes from 25c to 60c each.

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j Azaleas.

ijt supply of the leading Christmas
ts from 75 cts. to $2.60 in bloom,
t pecimens from $2 50 up to $5.00 ea.

Araucaria.

60c, 75c, $1.00 each,
large plants, $1.50

Cyclamens.

Cisa, fine stock,
tfita Compacta,
.'I each.

Cocas Weddeliana.

a $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100,
0 er 1000. Ready by January.

ei booked now for Jan. 1, 1915, and later.

jPandanus Veitchi.

?(y colored, 4-in. 50c, 5-in., 75c to

', in.., $1.60, 7-in., $2.00 to $2.50 ea.

Our Cyclamens are now coming in bloom,
We offer a fine stock. 5-in., 40c, 6-in., 65c.
7-in., $1.00.

For November or December delivery we
have over 25,000 of the best Cyclamen seen
anywhere in sizes from 6-in. to 7-in., at 60c,
y6c and $1 60 each.

English Ivy.

Strong stock, 20 cts. to 35 cts. each.

Aspidistras.

Green, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.00.
Variegated, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.50.

Crotons.

Swell colored in all varieties, extra fine,
60c to 76c each.

I^iVXvAI s .

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Kentla Belmoreana

Single Flants

5 to 6 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

18

24

in. high
in. high

28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in. high
36 in. high

42 to 44 in. high
45 to 48 in, high

Specimens, $15,00 to J25.00.

Kentia Forsteriana

Single Plants
5 to 6 leaves. 18 to 20 in, high
28 to .30 in. high
34 to 3f) in. high

Each
$0.35
1.00
1,50
2.00
3.00
4,00
5.00

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-upPlants

6 inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 in. high

7 inch pots, 4 plants in a pot,

7 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub,

8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub,
8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub,
8-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub,

lO-incb tubs, 4 plants in a tub,

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub,

12-inch tubs, 4 plantsin a tub
Very strong

Each

$1.50
high 2,50

34 to 38 in.

38 in. high 3 00

38 to 42 in, high 3,50
48 to 54 in. high 5.00
52 to 56 in. high 6 00
5 ft. high 8 00

5 to 54 ft. high 10,00

6 ft, high 12.00
specimens 12 and IS inch tubs. 7 plants.

$15.00, $18.00 and $25.00.

per doz 6 00

perdoz 9 00

per doz 12.00

5 to 6 leaves.

5 to 6 leaves

6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

46 to 48 in, high
50 to 54 in. high
5 to 5H ft. high
6to6V2 ft. high

0 35
1.00
1.50
3.,50
5,00
8,00
10.00

Phoenix Roebelenli

6 inch pots, 20 in, high. 26 in, spread 1.50

7 inch pots, 22 in high. 28 in. spread 2.00

7 inch pots. 2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

8 inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

Areca Latescens, 6-in., 3 plants, 90o each.

Boston, Whitmani. Roosevelt.
5 inch, each $0,25 perdoz $ 3.00

6 inch, each 50

7 inch, each 75

8incb. each 1,00

10inch,eacb 2 .=0

12 inch, each 3.50

Extra fine Boston and .Asparagus Hangias Baskets

$1,50 to $3.00 each.

All Freight Stiipments Travel at
Purchaser's Risk.

Send all Plant Orders Direct to Morton Grove, Illinois.

872

The American Floruit.

Nov.

I4>

FOR THANKSGIVING

POMPONS

All colors, 25 to 35 cents per bunch.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— White, Yellow, Pink,

for white, all grown to only one flower to a plant.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. We take special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

THANKSGIVING PRICE LIST. g,"m^|rker'"^**

American Beauties Per Dozen

Extra long stems $3.00 to $4 UO

36-inch stems 250to 3.00

, 30-inch stems 2.00 to 2.50

18to24-iDch stems 1.50

12inch stems 1.00

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarie,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Milady

Per )IK)

Long $8.00 to $10.00

Medium 6.00

Short 4.00

Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond Penoo

Extra Select $8.00

Medium 6.00

Short $3.00 to 4.00

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $2.00

Roses our selection per 100, $3.00

Carnations per loo

Fancy Red, Pink and White ....$3.00 to $4.00
Short Red. Pink and White...., 2.50

Chrysanthemums

Yellow. White. Pink, large, doz., $3.00

Yellow. White. Pink, medium. " $1.50 to 2.00
Pompons, all colors.. per bunch. ,25 to .35

Per 100

Lily Of the Valley $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengerl $2.00 to 3.00
Eastern Ferns, per 1000....$2.00
Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONXS,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, m., and Greggs Station, ni.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CfllCAfiO, ILL.

Chlcasfo.

NO GREAT CHANGE IN MARKET

There was no great change in the
market conditions since last week and
trade the past week was unusually
quiet. It picked up some the opening
of the present week and it appears as
if a change for the better is about to
take place. Stock of all kinds is plen-
tiful at this writing, but a few good
days would find certain items scarce.
American Beauty roses are arriving
in good condition especially in the
longer and medium grades, and are
moving fairly well at prices ranging
from $1,50 to $3.00 per dozen. There
are a number of flowers in the shorter
stemmed grades now to be had, but
this stock does not appear to be mov-
ing any too well. Some fine Mrs. Chas.
RuBsell roses are to be had and some of
tlte extra select stock is bringing as
high as 25 cents each. Richmond
roses of fine quality are now to be
had in quantity at very reasonable
prices. Choice Milady, Prince d' Arren-
berg, Hadley and Rhea Reid are also
seen. Killarney, White Killarney and
Killarney Brilliant are in good supply
and are reaching the market in fine
condition. Sunburst is also good now
and the same holds good for Mrs.

Aaron Ward and Prince de Bulgarie.
Ophelia, the new rose, is in good de-
mand and is considered a valuable
addition to the varieties now grown
in this vicinity, Mrs. Geo. Shawyer
and My Maryland are also to be had
and are moving as well as any of the
other roses. Chrysanthemums are
still to be had in large quantities, but
the supply has shortened up consid-
erably the past week. As it is there
is plenty of stock to go more than
around, and the prices are not what
they should be. Some fine Wm.
Turner, Roman Gold, Timothy Eaton,
Yellow Eaton, Major Bonnaffon and
Dr, Enguehard are seen. The large
supply of small chrysanthemums and
pompons is affecting the market on
the larger flowers to a great extent,
and is keeping the price on them down.
Carnations are seen everywhere in
large supply and of fine quality, but
are moving very slowly at low prices.
All the old standard and new varie-
ties are obtainable and the retail flor-
ist has a splendid chance now to con-
duct special sales on this flower if he
is inclined to gamble a little. Lilies,
callas, violets, valley, orchids, gar-
denias, bouvardia, daisies. Paper White
narcissus, sweet peas, snapdragons,
candytuft and mignonette are obtain-

able. Winter berries are making theif
appearance in larger quantities and
remind one that the holidays are rap-
idly approaching. The supply houses
are all set for the holiday trade and
orders for ruscus, etc., are being
booked every day. Some of the deal-
ers are inclined to think that there
will be a shortage of chysanthemums
for Thanksgiving day and if this Is
true, which is most likely, for the sea-
son has been a very early one, roses
and carnations should be good prop-
erty. Of course, it is impossible now
to tell whether stock will be scarce
for that day or not, but if business
is at all good it would not be surpris-
ing if the market would be pretty well
cleaned up. The buyers would proba-
bly do well to safeguard themselves
by placing their orders well in ad-
vance.

KOTES.

H. N. Bruns has a large display of
choice chrysanthemum plants at his
magnificent establishment at 3032 West
Madison street, as well as cyclamen
and decorative stock. His store is
certainly a peach, as everyone in the
trade will agree, especially those who
have had the pleasure of giving it a
thorough inspection.

1914-

The American Florist.

873

H. VAN GELDER, Pres.

,g.^CY_JO;V^

L. M. JONES, Secy.

^S^

Importers and Jobbers of
Florist Supplies

WHOLESALE commission FLORISTS

56 East Randolph Street
CHICAGO

Ribbons and Chiffons
Our Specialty

YOU CANNOT hire any help, or get a partner whom you can depend upon
more, or who will work as hard for you, as

PERCY JONES.

500,000

Chrysanthemums to select from, $8.00 to $25.00 per 100.

Thanksgiving Price List:

Cattleyas perdoz., $6 00 to $ 7 50

American Beauties " 1 60 to 6 00

Roses (all varieties)...- per 100, 4 00 to 12 00

Carnations " 3 00 to 6 00

Easter U lies " 10 00 to 15 00

Valley " 3 00 to 4 00

Violets, single and double " 75 to 1 60

Chrysanthemums perdoz., 1 00 to 3 00

Pompons, all colors - " bunch 35 to 60

Adiantum per 100 75

Asparagus Strings each.

Asparagus Bunches "

Sprengeri Bunches "

Smilax per doz. ,

Galax, green per 1000

" bronze " "

Ferns " "

Boxwood per bunch

Wild Smilax large case

$ EO to $ 60

25 to 60

26 to 60
1 60 to 2 50

1 25
1 60
1 60
26
6 00

VIOLETS

Is it not true that a firm who makes a specialty of New York Violets can give you the best violets? There are
no better violets than the ones we handle, and the service we give is such that only specialists can give.

Try our single and double at 75c tO $1.50 PCF 100.

BOXWOOD

Pick of the Virginia hedge and tree varieties. Most beautiful stock ever ofifered.

Tree, $6.00 per case. Hed^e, $7.50 per case.

Extra Long Green Leucothoe« $6.00 per 1000.

All these goods are guaranteed to be first-class and if not entirely to your satisfaction we shall be glad to
have you return same and we will pay express charges and ask no questions. Merely say you cannot use it.

10-inch Chiffon, Beauty, Purple and Pink 5 ccnts per yard

10-inch Valley Chiffon, Pink and White 6 cents per yard

12-inch Netting, Purple, Pink, Light Blue, Nile Green, Moss Green and Beauty 6^4 CentS per yard

6-inch Netting, any color 4 cents per yard

Medium Size Corded Top Pot Covers, all colors $4.25 per 100

Medium to Large Plain Pot Covers, all sizes $1.25 per 100

Imported Moss Green Waterproof Crepe Paper $2.00 per doz.

hire any help, or get a partner whom you can depend upon more
or who will work as hard for you, as PERCY JONES.

874

The American Florist.

Nov.

14,

ROSES-CARNATIONS

'Mums, Pompons, Beauties, Violets, Lilies, Orchids, Valley, Stevia
In Large Supply for THANKSGIVING.

We have everything that is seasonable in Cut Flowers and Greens and fill ail orders to the buyer's satis-
faction. Try us on your Thanksgiving order. If there is anything you want that is not mentioned in our
price list, order it, and we will supply you with it if it is to be had. Make up your order as soon as you can
and let us have it as early as possible. We handle nothing but strictly fresh stock and bill it out at the most
reasonable market prices.

Thanksgiving Price List:

American Beauties. Per doz.

38 to 40-inch. $1.00

24 to 30-inch 3 00

18 to 20-inch 2.50

12 to loinch %\ 50 to 2 00

Roses Per 100

Richmond $4 00 to $10.00

Killarney, white, pink 4 00 to 10 00

My Maryland 4 00 to 10 00

Sunburst 4 00 to 10 00

Ward 4 00 to 10 00

Per 100
Mrs. Chas. Russell.. ..$5 00 to $15 CO

Roses, our selection... 4 00

Carnations.
Carnations, common $2 00 to % 3 00

fancy 4 00 to 6 00

Miscellaneous.

Orchids per doz. $6 00 to $ 7 50

Mums per doz. 1 50 to 4 00

" pompons bujich 35 to 50

Raster lilies.. .per 100 10 <I0 to 12 50

Valley per 100 $3 00 to $4 00

Violets per 100

Adiantum ^er 100

Asparagus strings each
Asparagus bunches ' '

Smilax per doz.

Sprengeri bunches doz.
Galax, green per 1000

Ferns

Boxwood, 50 lb. cases
Wild Smilax, large cases.

50 to

1 00

75 to

1 SO

50 to

60

25 to

60

2 00

26 to

50

1 25

2 00

7 50

5 00

Subject to change without notice.

T^I^Bg^O ^ I^r^I^JOJBTv

'Wlxolesa.le F*lor>ists

30 East Randolph Street,

L. D. Plione 6578

CHICAGO, ILL.

Wietor Bros, are cutting heavily in
everything at present, especially in
roses, chrysanthemums and carnations.
The carnations they are receiving at
the store now are extra fine and are
in good demand considering the general
market conditions. If Wallace Pierson
could se» the fine Indian Summer
chrysanthemums that Wietor Bros, are
now cutting he would be more than
pleased, for he recommended this va-
riety to them very highly last year.
Pompons in a great many different va-
rieties are handled here during the sea-
son.

At Zech & Mann's store some fine
Mrs. Chas. Russell roses are now seen
and are always in brisk demand.
Chrysanthemums are seen in unusually
large supply at this store and the ship-
ments consist of all the seasonable
varieties. Mr. Zech returned from In-
dianapolis on November 7, when he re-
leased A. C. Rott and P. W. Peterson
of Joliet of the responsibility of look-
ing after his baggage.

The shipping trade has shown some
Improvement in the wholesale depart-
ment of the Geo. "Wittbold Co. this
week and conditions appear to be more
promising now than ever. The retail
department is having quite a call for
winter window boxes which are bein?
used more and more each day by the
larger business houses located in the
loop.

A. L. Vaughan and family made a
trjp to Rochester, Ind., this week by
Eftjto, where they spent several days
visiting friends and relatives. Miss
Paradise had charge of the clerical
work at A. L. Vaughan & Co.'s store
during the proprietor's absence, and
Wm. Johnson looked after the welfare
of the customers as usual.

A. C. Rott and P. W. Peterson, su-
perintendent of J. D. Thompson Car-
nation Co.'s greenhouses at Joliet, ac-
companied the local delegation to the
chrysanthemum show at Indianapolis

last week. They returned here to take
in the chrysanthemum show in the Art
Institute after visiting Mr. Rott's old
home in Bloomington.

Harry Manheim says that Hoerber
Bros, will be in good crop as usual for
Thanksgiving in Killarney, White Kil-
larney and Richmond roses and carna-
tions. Judging from the supply of
stock that they ars receiving now,
everyone will agree that Harry is right
and it is some pretty fine' stock, too.

A new concrete walk was laid in
front of the store of Schiller the Florist
at 2221 West Madison street this
week. This firm is now making a big
display of chrysanthemums at their
establishrnent, as well as at their new
store on the north side.

The Frank Floral Co. has quite a
complete line of stock now to do busi-
ness with and it has only been in ex-
istence for a short time. American
Beauty roses, chrysanthemums, pom-
pons and carnations are the leaders at
this store.

An adjourned- meeting of the Chi-
cago Florists' Club will be held at the
Bismarck Hotel, West Randolph street,
on Thursday evening, November 19, at
8 p. m., when the nomination of of-
ficers for the ensuing year will be
held.

The annual chrysanthemum show of
the west park commissioners opened
in the Garfield park conservatory on
November 8 and will continue until
November 22.

Philip L. McKee, of the John C.
Moninger Co., was on the sick list
for several days last week, but is back
on the job now.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion will meet at the Tavern, West
Washington street, next Thursday
evening, November 19, at 8 p. m.

Louis -Visas has opened another store
in Duluth. Minn., in one of the best
locations in the city.

POR

THANKSGIVlNIi

Large Supply

'Mums^
Pompons,
Snapdragons,
Carnations.

Strictly fresh stock at lowest
market prices. Prompt at-
tention given to all shipping
orders. Place your order
with me.

0. A. TONNER

30 East Randolph Street
CHICAGO

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876

AND POMPONS

Largest Crops in the West and Just Right

FOR THANKSGIVING.

All the leading varieties in both at prices that are low for the extraordinary
fine flowers that we are offering. You should secure your supply from us.

BEAUTIES

Magnificent stock in all lengths; Long, Medium and Short.

ROSES

Large supply of extra fancy Killarney, White Killarney, Richmond, and
Sunburst. Place your order with us and you will not be disappointed.

CARNATIONS

All the old standard and best new varieties in large quantities.
We can fill all orders and would be more than pleased to fill yours.

Our range of houses is one of three largest places in America which
enables us to fill all orders at all times. Place yours with us.

Send for our Special Thanksgiving Price List.

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Ave.,

Long Distance Phone,
Randolph 2081.

CHICAGO

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Nov. r^.

O'HE^ ]VE\^V r^IXTR A?^II«E>

Telephone: Central 42

Automatic 44-864

FRANK i>
LORAL V>0.

Will Fill All Your
Thanksgiving Orders Right

We have everything that is seasonable in both Cut
Flowers and Greens, and our prices are reasonable.

TRY US ON BEAUTIES, ROSES,

'Mums, Pompons, Carnations, Violets, Sweet
Peas, Lilies, Stevia, Wild Smilax, Cut Ferns,
Leucothoe Sprays, Galax, Boxwood, Winter Berries, Asparagus Sprengeri
or anything else. We have it if it is in the market and at prices that
you will consider reasonable. Try us on that next order NOW.

179-181-183 Nprfh Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO

FRANK J. POTOCKA. General Manager.

Bassett & Washburn are cutting a
large quantity of pompons and expect
to be in big crop with them for
Thanlisgiving. They are growing near-
ly all the recent introductions and of-
fer a nice variety to select from. Talk-
ing about American Beauty roses there
will be a big crop for Thanksgiving,
but Mr. Washburn is not expecting
the prices that they received for them
last year. Mr. Washburn returned
from Philadelphia, Pa., on November 7
and his old reliable foreman. Andrew
Benson, is back from Indianapolis,
where he attended the recent flower
show.

Poehlmann Bros. Co. has a fine lot of
cyclamen on hand at their Morton
Grove greenhouses in addition to a
complete line of all other blooming and
decorative plants. The stock through-
out the plant houses is in fine shape
and if business is at all good this sea-
son they should clean out completely
for the plants are certainly of the de-
sired quality. Their azaleas this year
are better than ever and they have a
large number to .offer.

Peter Reinberg will be a large exhibi-
tor at the first annual exhibition of the
Texas State Florists' Association, at
Houston, Tex., this week, when he will
have on display Sunburst. Mrs. Aaron
Ward. Mrs. Chas. Russell. My Mary-
land, Killarney, White Killarney. Mrs.
Geo. Shawyer and Richmond. The
Reinberg force spent last Sunday at L.
Hoeckner's farm at Crystal Lake
•where Stogie treated them to another
chicken dinner.

Erne & Klingel are showing fancy
chrysanthemums in large quantities at
their store and the proprietors expect
to have a good supply of them for
their Thanksgiving trade. Roses seem
to be in good siipply at this house also.
Percy Jones is sure handling a raft
of chrysanthemums now and some very
fine stock is reaching the store. This

CHRISTMAS GREENS

U/\l I Y The best offered in years. Throws Delaware XXX in shade.
"*^'^*-' * Cases of well-selected, well-berried branches and spraj-s,
$5.00 per case.

Br|YU//^f|r| Eunonymus, Rhododendrons, Laurel Hemlock and
MM\J/\.TW \J\Jt^ Y\nQ (^i^lj cones', Leucothoe, Mistletoe, Galax,
Ferns, MitChella, Asarum ( fragrant i. Prices moderate, considering quality

and our careful light packing.

ROSEBAY NURSERY, Garden City, N. C.

firm always handles the output of sev-
eral large growers each year and ■ th-;
greater part of the shipments now con-
sists of choice white and yellow Bon-
naffon.

The directors of the Chicago Flower
Growers' Associalion held a meeting at
their store on Michigan avenue on No-
vember 10. This firm i$ now showing
some fancy stock in roses, including
all the old standard as Veil as all the
best new varieties.

Miss Kellen and John Blameuser of
Xiles Center were married on Wednes-
day, November 11. The contracting
pa-rties are well known in the trade
and their many friends wish them suc-
cess on their voyage down the sea of
matrimony.

Fred Dietsch says that Furrow &
Co., of Guthrie. Okla., has placed an-
other order with the A. Dietsch Co.
for a couple of houses. Wm. Conrade,
of Toledo, Ohio, has also placed an or-
der with his firm for 12 houses 13.9x
160 feet. ,

Frank • Benthey's shipment of stock
from the Benthey Greenhouses Ne*

Castle, Ind., now contain some fine
Ophelia, Prince de Bulgarie, and Prince
d' Arrenberg. He disposes of all of
his stock at Zech & Mann's store.

Mrs. O. B. Hilzim. of Yazoo City,
Miss., sent the E. C. .\mling Co. a
bride's bouquet of cotton this week
with a card attached bearing the
words, "a gift from the sunny south."

It is rumored that Lubliner &,Trinz
have disposed of their South Wabash
avenue lease to Charlie Weeghman, the
lunch room man, who will take posses-
sion in the near future.

Jens Jensen will addrOs the Men's
League of the Sunday fflvening Club
next Wednesday eveninti November
IS, at the City <:Uub on Forest Pre-
serves.

Marshall Field & Co. nftve discon-
tinued their floral departltint, which
was opened about a month bgo.

At the election of Novefnber 3 the
proposition for a forest pl'eserve car-
ried by a good majority, j^

Geo. Bayer & Son. of Toledo, C, is
shipping some fine chrysdfllhemums tb
Kennicott Bro&. Co.

1914.

The American Florist.

8T7

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ENORIVIOUS SUPPLY

fancy Beauties-Roses

CARNATIONS-CHRYSANTHEMUMS-POMPONS

For Thanksgiving

Also Vioiets-Orchids-Liiies-Sweet Peas
Valiey-Stevia - Daisies - Etc.

PLACE YOIR ORDER HERE

I Our stock is all of extra fine quality and we have everything in quantity and can

I supply you with all that you need for Thanksgiving or any other time at prices that are
I reasonable. You can do no better elsewhere than you can with us so why not give us
I your order right off the reel. Make it up now and send it in as early as possible.
I Remember when ordering that we carry a complete line of Greens.

THANKSGIVING PRICE LIST. K'utn^otr^^

American Beauties

Special, long

36 to 40-inch

24 to 30-inch

18 to 20-inch

12 to IS-inch

Roses

Richmonds $4.

Killarney, white, pink 4.

My Maryland 4.

Sunburst 4.

Ward 4.

Ophelia 4.

Bulgaria 4.

Roses, our selection 3,

Carnations, common 2,

Fancy 4.

Mums , per doz., l.SO to 3.00

" Ex. Fancy per doz., 4.00

" Pompons. . .per bch., .35 to .50

Per doz.

$4.00

3.50

3.00

2.50

$1.50 to 2.00

Per 100

00 to $10.00

.00 to 10.00

00 to
.00 to
,00 to
,00 to
,00 to
,00 to
,00 to
00

10.00
15.00
15.00
IS.OO
15.00
4.00
3.00

Per 100

Miscellaneous.

Orchids per doz., $7.50 to $9.00

Violets i

Paper Whites

Stevia

Sweet Peas 75 to

Easter Lilies 12.50 to

Valley 3.00 to

Adiantum 75 to

Asparagus Strings each, 60c to 7Sc

Asparagus Bunches. .. .each, 25c to 50c
Sprengeri Bunches ....each, 25c to 50c

Smilax per doz., $1.50

Galax, green per 1,000, 1.00

bronze per 1,000, 1.25

Ferns per 1,000 1.50

Boxwood 50 lb. cases, 8.00

Wild Smilax large cases, S.OO

75 to $ 1.00
3.00
1.50
l.SO
15.00
4.00
l.SO

A. L VAUeHAN 8 CO.

NOT INC.

161 N. Wabasii Ave.,

Dnnvrc ' Central 257 1 -2572
moNLi , Automatic 48-734

CHICAGO

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Nov. 14,

Garland Iron Gutt

Read over these testimonial letters from Well-known growers whi
Garland Iron Gutters have stood the test of time and are still in i

Don't take our wordi

WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS
51 WABASH AVENUE.

Chicago, December 4. 1899.
Geo. M. Garl.and,
Dear Sir:

Having observed the workings of your Iron Gutter,
and the benefits derived therefrom, I have decided to adopt
your Iron Gutter as fast as I rebuild, or build anew. You
will certainly get my order this coming spring.

Yours respectfully, Peter Reinberg.

TtL 2844 CENTRAL

iJKCi 00 SQV ARE FEET OF Of AiS
30 E- Ranaof^li Street. Chicago

Chicago, October 24, 1914.
The Garland Mfg. Co., Des Plaines, 111.

Dear Sirs: . .

We are still using the Garland Gutters and are well
pleased with them. Some of the first gutters we installed
are still in use. Yours very truly, Peter Reinberg.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111., have over 8 miles
of Garland Gutters in actual use today and are more than pleased
with them Read what they have to say:

S'ceMmaiin ^^«A.'i&»mfiattf S."/V,-,KV,-..-S.'f."t.~.

WHOLESALE FLORtSTS

Morton Grove, III., October 24, 1914.
Garland Mfg. Co., Des. Plaines, 111.

Gentlemen: — We started using the Garland Gutters
14 years ago and have not used others since. We have 8
miles of the Garland Gutters in use. Yours truly,

Poehlmann Bros. Co.

Per August Poehlmann-

What S

IRON 01

WE MANUFS

OURi

Follow the lead ofi
experience and put founa
last forever.

Free

Our drafting department will make you a plan on any size or sik
do business with us. We have a new truss construction that is w

Garland Mfg. Com))

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fs Stand The Test

been written at different times and which clearly show that the
ly and some of them have been installed as far back as 1899.
ead the actual facts.

!l If Be

¥OOD?

ijRE BOTH.

CE.

fellows, profit by their
binder your houses that

WiETOR Brothers

Wholesale Growers of Cut flowers

Chicago, July 30, 1901.
Geo. M. Garland,

Des Plaines, 111.
Dear Sir:

It is with pleasure that we say your Iron Gutter
used on our new houses have given entire satisfaction.
They contain more valuable points of merit than you claim
for them.

It would have taken 20,000 feet of glass to cover the
extra bench space which we obtained by using your method
of construction, and furthermore, we do not think we
could have had the present showing of carnations in our
old style of construction on account of extra light we got
by using your Gutter. We shall want more Gutters this

coming season. v- ^l n

^ Yours respectfully,

WiETOR Bros.

Chicago, October 24, 1914.
Garland Mfg. Co.,

Des Plaines, 111.
Gentlemen:

In reply to your recent letter in regard to the
Garland Gutters that we are using, all we can say is that
they have given satisfaction in every way and are all that
the manufacturers claim them to be.

We now have over 20,000 feet of Garland Gutters
in use at our establishment and this ought to express our
opinion of what we think of them.

Yours respectfully,

Wietor Bros.

Iffer:

ise you intend to build and you will be under no obligation to
iach of every grower. Write us today, we can save you money.

ly. Des Plaines, III

The American Florist.

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

For Thanksgiving

Beauties, Roses, 'Mums, Pompons, Carnations, Lilies,
Valley, Violets, Sweet Peas, and everything

else in Seasonable Cut Flowers and Greens.

Our supply is exceptionally large and the stock that we are offering is
the best that you can secure in this or any other market — bar nonC.
Try our Fancy, White, Pink and Yellow 'Mums, they are magnificent
and just the kind of flowers you are looking for. Place Your Order with Us Now.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

Kroeschell Bros. Co. has had con-
siderable call for a steam boiler for a
small greenhouse for so many years
that it finally decided to place one on
the market. The new boiler is a com-
plete unit and is set up complete when
shipped, read for operation and there
is no assembling of parts and all that
the buyer has to do is to simply place
it In position and connect it with the
piping and chimney. This firm has a
strong guarantee back of this new
boiler which they claim to be better
than any heating boiler on the Inarket
of its rated capacity. If the purchaser
of the new boiler is not satisfied with
it he can return it and get hack the
price he paid for it and the manufac-
turers also agree to pay the return
freight charges.

The state civil service commission
has issued notice of examination for
vacancies now existing for florists, sal-
ary $40 to .$75 per month. No applica-
tion blanks for this examination will
be mailed from the office of the com-
mission after Thursday, November 2ti.
Applications must be on file in Spring-
field before .") p. m.. Saturday. Novem-
ber 28, 1014. For further particulars
and blanks address, State Civil Service
Commission, Springfield, 111.

The Chicago Carnation Co. is well
fixed on stock of all kinds but the
trade at this house has been so good
that the shipments have been pretty
well disposed of each day. A . large
quantity of roses and chrysanthemums
are being handled this fall in addition
to their increased supply of carnations.
The Ickes-Brown Mill Co. has just
booked an order for a private green-
house 22x100 feet and a palm house
22x40 feet for Mrs. S. B. Cochrane,
Dawson, Pa. The plans were drawn
by Henry Smith, the well known archi-
tect of Buffalo, N. Y.

Mrs. Irby, of the Memphis Flower
Shop, Memphis, Tenn., was in the city
this week and during her stay here she
arranged a basket of pompons which
was exhibited at the seasonal display
' of the Horticultural Society at the Art
Institute.

T. E. Waters was a busy man at the
<?hrysanthemum display at the Art In-
stitute on November 9-10 when he as-
sisted Chas. W. .Johnson, the manager.
In lining up the retailers to arrange the
exhibits. His missionary work was
greatly appreciated and the arrange-
ment of the exhibition stock by the
retailers was the feature of the show.
A. I-. Vaughan & Co.. . are showjng
some "fancy chrysantli'emtims ~Tibw,

Judging from winter berries that are
seen at this store one would say
the stock is the b^st in years. The
branches are just loaded with berries.

T D. Commondros, of the Golden
Rule Flower Shop. St. Paul, Minn.,
writes to Ott.i W. Frese, of the Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., that one of his cus-
tomers brought him a spray of outdoor
lilacs in bloom last week.

Chairman Asmus, of the national
llower show committee, is in Philadel-
phia this week attending a meeting of
that body.

November 11 to 24 is open season for
shooting prairie chickens in this state.

Visitors : O. H. Herman, with Her-
man Bros. Co., Council Bluffs, la.; U.
A. Snivthe, Benton Harbdr, Mich.: W.
D. Desmond, with the L. S. Donaldson
Co., Minneapolis, Minn.; B. G. Hill,
Richmond, Ind.; R. Karlstrpm. repre-
senting W. A. Manda. South Orange,
N J • K. D. Helko, Marshfleld, Wis.;
J. C. Shield, Monticello; Mrs. Irby,
Memphis Flower Shop, Memphis, Tenn.;
Alex. Montgomery, Sr., Natick, Mass.;
Alex. Montgomery, Jr., Hadley, Mass.;
A. E. Turner, Mosinee, Wis.; J. A.
Valentine, Denver, Colo.

Chlcag-0 Florists' Club.

The regular meeting of the Chicago
Florists' Club was held at the Bis-
marck hotel, November 5, President
French in the chair. Victor Young,
1.300 North Clark street, and R. J.
Parker, 72 East Randolph street, were
elected to membership and the appli-
cation of F. J. Simons, 5G East Ran-
dolph street, was read. A letter from
John Young, secretary of the S. A. P.
and O. H., in regard to affiliation with
the national society as arranged for
by the amendments of the society s
by-laws at Boston, was read and dis-
cussed, and all present were in favor
of it and the officers were instructed
to see that the club was represented
on the board of directors. A com-
munication from Mrs. W. L. Palinsky
thanking the club for its kind expres-
sion of sympathy at the recent funeral
of her husband, who was a member
of the club, was read and a commit-
tee consisting of T. E. Waters and
Michael Barker was appointed to draw
up suitable resolutions on Mr. Palin-
sky's death.

W. N. Rudd addressed the club ana

spoke on various subjects, the most

interesting of which was how he first

came to grow carnation seedlings.

The coming chrysanthemum show in

the Art Institute called for a lengthy
and interesting discussion, which was
freely indulged in by all the members.
Owing to the fact that many of the
members present had to catch an earl.\
train for Indianapolis, Ind., where they
went to attend the annual meeting of
the Chrysanthemum Society of Amer-
ica, the meeting was adjourned to No-
vember 10, when the nomination of
officers for the ensuing year will be
held.

Cincinnati.

OVER SUPPLY LOWERS PRICES.

While the demand for stock is fairly
active, still business is not any too good
because of the extremely large supply
of stock and the consequent low prices.
Shipping business is pretty fair. The
chrysanthemum supply, particularly in
the short and medium grades, is very
heavy; in fact heavier than is neces-
sary to take care of the present call
for this flower. The result is a gen-
eral crowding, that has seriously af-
fected all other cut flower lines in the
market. More good roses are obtain-
able in the market at any time during
the day than were received at the cor-
responding time in past years. Their
market is rather slow. The offerings
include all seasonable varieties and
American Beauties. The carnation sup-
ply, too, is large and is including some
very fine blooms. The lily cut has
shortened, but the supply is sufficient
for the present weak demand for them.
Other offerings include, double and sin-
gle violets, callas, lily of the valley, or-
chids and rubrum lilies. The supply of
greens is adequate.

CLUB MEETING.

The regular meeting of the Cincin-
nati Florists' Society was held on Mon-
day, evening November 9, at the Ho-
tel Gibson. The attendance was good.
President Jas. Allen, upon proper mo-
tion, duly carried, appointed a com-
mittee consistinp- of Gus Adrian, chair-
man; R. Witterstaetter, Henry Schwarz,
Max Rudolph and Chas. H. Hoff-
meister to work out and report to the
society at its next meeting, a system
of valuation for taxation purposes of
flowers and plants in greenhouses.

C. E. Critchell was the first whole-
saler to offer callas and double violets
this season.

The (Cincinnati contingent at the In-
dianapolis show included C. E. Crit-
chell, J. A. Peterson and wife, Miss
Mae Carroll, Gus Adrian, Max Rudolph
and son, Henry Schwarz, Albert Sun-

/p//.

The American Florjst.

„881

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Aato. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when loritinp

W. P. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lonr Diataoce Phone. Randolph 3619

Mention the American Florist tohen writing

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

-30 Kast Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

Violets! Violets!!

We are California Violet Growers and
we have the largest beds with flowers the
largest and finest produced. We can
send them to any place in the United
States cheaper than any one else.
1 S. ROSAIA CO., - Colma, Calif.

Smith & Young Co.

Tl-HOLESALE

Cut Flowers and Supplies

228 East Ohio Street
INDIANATOUS. iND.

derbruch. Ray Murphy, Otto Hirsch-
feld and T. J. Conger.

Among the visitors in this city dur-
ing the past fortnight were Ellis Wood-
worth, of Louisville. Ky.. representing
The Sefton Mfg. Co., Chicago: Chas.
L. Baum. KnoxvilleV Tenn., and O. D.
Bramman, of the Johnston Tin Foil &
'i Metal Co., .St. Louis, Mo.

H.

Illinois State Florists' Association.

The executive committee of the Illi-
nois State Florists' Association met at

1 Ififlianapolis, November G, with a full
attendance and decided upon Urbana

j for the next annual meeting and exhi-
bition, to he held March 2-3, 1915,

HATIIESBU8G, Miss. — Henry Myer has
openei a new greenhouse at 100 Redus
stfeat.

J. a. B13DL0NG

82-84-86 East Randolpti Street, CHICAOO.

CUT FLOWERS

WBOLESAU

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS eonu/cD nc
A Specialty bnUWtH Ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

And AU Other Seasonable Flowers gg f pg„j|Q|p|, JJ^ Q|||Q|^gQ

at Lowest Market Prices.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

¥lioMeHo¥crMM'KeU

Chicago, Nov.
Roses, Beauiy. specials ...

36-in

30in

24 in

20-in

ISin

12-in

1 Perdoz,

300

■2 50

2 00

150

1 25

1 00

75

Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@l5 CO

• Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" Richmond 3 00® 8 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

'• Rhea Reid 3 00@ 8 00

" My Maryland 3 000 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@I5 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 OOiglO 00

" Milady 3 001810 00

" Sunburst 3 nO@10 00

Mrs. .Aaron Ward 3 Of^lO 00

•■ Hadley 3 00@1S 00

" Ophelia 3 00015 00

Our selection '3 00

Cattleyas...perdoz... 6 00@7 50
Chrysanthemums. 75c. to $4 00 per doz.
Pompons, 25@50c per bunch.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@ 84.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@I5 00

Valley 4 00@ 5 00

Violets 50® 75

Adiantum Croweanum 75® 1 00

New Ferns.... " 1 50@2 00

Galax " 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75® 1 00

Mexican Ivy. ...per 1000. 5 00@6 00
FlumosusStrings..eacb. 60® 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00®2 50

Sprpneeri. Plumosns Sprays 3 00® 4 00

Boxwood. 25c per lb.

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wholesale
Florlsis' Supplies

Write for Our New Catalog

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St^ CmCACO

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'rtaones Central 1978 and 1977.

A. L. Randall Co.,

c^jms;^', 66 E.Randolph St., c^v^a
^W#^ CHICAGO, ILL. e^ll!^3

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra lancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killarney and White Killarney roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try ns.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS
Urowersoi ^^.^____^._^-^_*

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago
High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

T C)W*VERS— 'SHIPPERS '

"^^CMT FLOWERS"

^ V**|fc4 NO. WABASH AVE. *'V#

1»4 NO. WABASH AVE. "

s^ONECENraM^SL

882

The American Florist.

Nov. j^,

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

\ MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON S nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

IVHOLESALE FLORISTS
BoUi L. D. Pbonei, ST. LOUISt MO.

iipilles Mi ETeiyiliiiig U season always oi lani
Write, wire or see us for

Cut Flowers

WINDIER WHOLESALE FLORAL GO.

1310 Pine street ST. LOUIS. MO.

PhUadelphla.

TRADE SHOWS MARKED IMI>KOVEilE>T.
The supply of flowers generally has
fallen off, roses particularly have
shortened and clean up very well al-
though there is no extra demand from
the stores, yet the "job lot fellows''
who buy for the department counters,
and those who will plunge if they can
see the slightest margin of profit, ap-
pear to be on the "firing line ready for
a killing" as the opportunity presents
itself. Prices for low grades in roses
are much better; stock that a month
ago sold for $4 to 55 per thousand
now brings $15 to $20. It is indeed a
healthy sign when the low priced
gentry begin bidding against one an-
other, then the grower, after scanning
his returns, straightway goes out and
looks about for the best location on
which to erect the new house. Chrys-
anthemums are now at their height.
When Bonnaffon and Maud Dean are
in, it can be said the main army is in
the field, there being nothing left but
the reservists. It is a good while tcj
Thanksgiving Day, and it would seem
as if the supply would not hold out
until then. Wm. Turner, as grown sin-
gle stem, is an immense flower; some
grower should try this two or three to
a plant as a medium white is needed.
Easter lilies, valley and mignonette are
in full supply, while cattleyas are to
be had at buyer's prices in quantity.
Violets are not yet In form, the weather
being too warm.

NOTES.

Wm. Hansen of GOth and Chestnut
streets has purchased the large prop-
erty at 6025 Market street, which he i.s
having fitted up for a first-class shop.
He expects to open, Saturday, Novem-
ber 14. He will also retain his present
store until after the holidays. He re-
ports business very good for the sea-
son.

The Robert Craig Co.'s cyclamen are
sure to be a factor in the fioliday trade.
They are in splendid form, many now
carrying 15 and 20 open flowers. Orna-
mental zinc-lined baskets and boxes.
. fiilfid. ..WlUl -SS.oJ.ce . crotons and other

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

448 MU
waukee

P.O. Box 200.

St., Mllwaukee,Wis.

Fancy Lily of the Valky and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked. Supplies and Wire Designs.

Cj_ m^ m I ^— ■ m m ^i Wholesale Floriat.

• A* IVUtlliNf 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe flower MM"KeU

Philadelphia, Nov. U. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@15 00

" M rs. Chas. Russell 5 00@10 00

■• Killaroey 2 00@ 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

•• Liberty 4 00® 6 00

■• Mock 8 00010 00

" Bulgaria 3 00® 6 00

" Sunburst 3 00@ 6 00

Carnations 1 00@ 3 00

Cattleyas 35 00050 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00@ 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00© 4 00

Sweet Peas 50@ 1 00

Chrysanthemums 8 no@16 00

Violets 50® 75

Snapdragons.. 4 00® 6 00

Asparagus per bunch, 50

Pittsburgh. Nov.

Roses, Beauty, special

" fancy

extra.
No. 1.

11.

Per 100

15 00

12 00

8 00

4 00

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Sunburst 2 00® 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

■' ■■ 1 .SO

1 50

35 00

800

4 00

1 00

.50

50

Sweet Heart

Carnations

C attleyas

Lilium Giganteum

Valley

Adiantum

Vellow Daisies

Sweet Peas

Chrysanthemums. .per doz..$l.50@$2 50

.Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch. 35@40

Sprays lyer bunch. 35@40

plants of high-colored foliage, are also
a feature.

The retail stores report business for
November very quiet the past week.
There promises to be considerable do-
ing the next three weeks, orders for a
number of debutante teas being booked
for this period.

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipperi
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. 0. BERNING

Wliolesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

''DAISY'' RIBBON

Just the ri^ht quality for Florists' use. (10 yds.
to bolt ) Can be had in white, pink, violet, purple
or yellow.

No. 22. ..per bolt, $110 No. 80.. per bolt. $1.65
No. 40.. .per bolt. 1.25 No. 100.. per bolt. 2.00
No, 60... per bolt. 1.45 iGet a sample, it's free.)

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER.
Wholesalf Florist. 1 324 Pine St.. ST. LOUIS. MO.

Milwaukee. Nov. n. PerlOO

Koses, Beauty, per doz.. 1 SU@ 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00® 8 00

" Ward. Taft, Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00025 00

" Ophelia 3 00@t5 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Chrysanthemums. per do?., 50® 3 00

Lilies 12 50

Snapdragon, per bunch, 25c @50c

Vallev < no

Violets •. .. . 5P©J«)

Bouvardia per bunch. 3Sc

1914-

The American Florist.

883

Booking Orders Now for ^ ^7 ^ O

Per Case

Guaranteed Clean Stock, No Unnecessary Wood.

rvY'OOi>br>nJAJ:, or jpi:CiJV«^ii.»(s f»ipjk, lOc per pound.
THE LEO NIESSEN CO., n w^^o^Srifl^csu Philadelphia, Pa.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Edward Reid

WHOLESAU FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Russells, Mock,

KUlorney, Sunburst and otners.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express dipot.

1619-21 Ranstead SL, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

In referring to tlie large single stero-
med chrysanthemums, such as Wm.
Turner, Wm. K. Harris, who was one
of the most famous growers of this
flower, was wont to say. when seeing
similar stock in the market : "Very
beautiful, but they will not pay to
grow under 50 cents each." We get
two and most often three flowers to a
plant, from which we realize about this
sum. There are a dozen medium sized
blooms sold to one of these large ones.

Edward Reid is strong on American
Beauty and Sunburst roses. New
York double violets are also a feature.
A rabbit skin auto robe is in the mak-
ing from the trophies of the hunt with
his skillful gun.

Magnolia leaves, statice and other
wreath supplies are being moved in
large quantities by the M. Rice Co.
Quite a lot of goods — baskets and other
stock, arrived from abroad the past
week.

H. A. Dreer, Inc., is featuring Pan-
danus Veitchii, splendidly colored
plants, which are having a good sale.
Cocos Weddelliana, in all sizes, as seen
here in wonderfully feathered leaves.

John G. Aschmann, who was the
right hand man of his late father, God-
frey Aschmann. will continue the busi-
ness. A splendid stock of their well
known specialties fill the houses.

Secretary Rust reports the show at-
tendance to have been about the same
as last year, which considering the tur-
bulent state of affairs, he regards as
satisfactory.

The Niessen Co. are particularly
strong on chrysanthemums, both the
large flowered and pompons. American
Beauty roses are also a feature.

Select valley and violets are head-
liners at Berger Brothers' market. A
splendid stock of chrysanthemums are
also seen. ,

The Joseph Heacock Co. are cutting
some fine Killarney, both white and
pink. Cattleyas are also in full crop.
K.

Milwaukee.

GOOD STOCK PLENTIFUL.

The market condition remains prac-
tically unchanged from last week, with
plenty of stock to fill all orders. Roses
are coming in more plentiful and of
excellent quality. Carnations also are
of a better grade, and with the present
condition of the stock, a fine supply is
promised for the holidays. There are
plenty of chrysanthemums and enough
greens to fill all orders.

WELCH BROS. CO.'

American Beauty, KUlarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the VaUey, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON, MASS.

J

VlioMe Hover MM'KeU

Boston. Nov. 11. fer 100

Roses, Beauty 1 00@25 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

White and Pinli Killarney. 50® 5 00
" Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

" Hadley 1 00@10 00

Cardinal 100(812 00

" Mock 1 (jO® 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 100(812 00

" Sunburst 1 00(8 8 00

" Taft 1 00@ 8 00

" Milady 1 0U(gl 8 00

" Ward and Hillins;don 1 00(8 6 00

•■ My Maryland 50(g 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00(840 00

Gladiolus America....per doz.. 75@1 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 30

Violets, single 350 50

medium 25® 50

Chrysanthemums, select 12 00@16 00

medium 6 00(6110 00

Carnalions .■ir(® I 00

select 1 00® 1 50

Buffalo. Nov. U. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

extra 10 00012 00

No. 1 8 00(810 00

No.2 2 00(8 4 00

" Killarney 3 00(8 8 00

•• White Killarney 3 00(8 7 00

" My Maryland 3 000 7 00

Killarney Queen 3 00@ 6 00

" Hillingdon 3 000 6 00

Richmond 3 00® 7 00

Sunburst 4 000 8 00

■ Ward 3000500

" Taft 3 000 7 ro

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilies 8 00010 00

Cattleyas 35 00040 00

Carnations I 000 2 50

Snapdragons 2 OP® 3 00

Violets SO® 60

'Mums, pink, while and yellow, Sc@25c
Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35® SO

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Nov. 11.

Roses. Beauty per doz.. $1 00@$3 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

" Richmond 2 000 6 00

" Taft 2 000 6 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 00

Asparagus Plum08us..perbcb., 25c

Carnations 1 50® 2 00

Orchids, per doz 5 00© 6 00

Chrysanthemums, per doz. TO '^P@$2.00
Pompons per bunch. 50c

NOTES.

F. F. Delventhal, of Rusch & Co..

was called to his home at Peshtigo by

the sudden death of his father. Mr.

Delventhal was a civil war veteran.

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pa.

BERGER BROS.

DAHLIAS ""b^^lf-relLT"''

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Excepiional shipping facilities.

1225 Race St.. PhUadelphia, Pa.

C. E. CRITtHELL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Ttilra St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and Supplies

St. Louis. Nov. 11. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 8 00012 50

short stems 2 00® 6 00

Killarney 2 000 4 00

My Maryland 2 00© 4 00

White Killarney 2 00® 4 OO

" Aaron Ward 1 50® 4 00 '

Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

Ophelia 4 00® fi 00

■ Milady 3 000 6 00

„ , Hadley 3 000 6 00

Valley 4 00

Carnations 1 50® 2 50

Rubrum 4 oO® 6 00

'Mums 3 00015 00

Asparagus Sprengeri.per bu.. 25050
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..25@60

Harrisii g 00

Ferns per 1000. 150

and at the time of his death held the
office of mayor, having served in the
common council for many years.

Nohos & Co., have opened a branch
store in the old First National Bank
building, and report business very
good.

Wm. Manke & Co. are consigning
heavy shipments of Major Bonnaffon to
the ;ocal market, which find ready sale.

G. R.

BATTLE Creek, Mich. — Foundations
for two new greenhouses at the Bat-
tle Creek Sanitarium are being put in.
According to the present plans the
framework will not be built until
spring.

884

The American Florist.

Nov. 14^

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Paper White Grdn., I4cm. up.
French Gr. Solell d'or, pracox.

. case p
cash wi

flOOO bulbs
1250 ■■

ISOO •■

250 ••

300 ■'

300 ■■

h order.

$9.00
22.00
22 00
15.00
16.50
16.50

Llllum Formosum, 7-9 inch. . .
LUlum Multlflorum, 7-9 inch.
Llllum Glganteum, 7-9 inch..

Special discount of 596 for

New York.

BUSINESS CONTINUES POOR.

During the past weeli the flower
shows were to some extent diversions
from the hum-drum life of poor busi-
ness. That business Is poor, nobody
will deny. A leading wholesaler has
just stated : "We have about two good
days a week." The wholesalers who
handle large shipments of chrysanthe-
mums are doing the best they can with
them, but they move slowly. American
Beauties and all other roses are hard
to move at what was formerly con-
sidered fair prices, and the same may
be stated relating to orchids, lilies,
lily of the valley and carnations.

NOTES.
At New Rochelle there was a very
excellent show. The Scott Brothers of
Elmsford, Geo. E. Baldwin of Mamar-
oneck, A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell,
Conn., and a number of private grow-
ers, including P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck,
made fine exhibits. During the show
a party made a side trip to the range
of Scott Brothers, Elmsford. They
were escorted by the well-known
James Scott and his nephew, Wm.
Scott, Jr., who ran the machine. The
party included Alex. Cumming, Jr., of
A." N. Pierson, Inc., R. Beers of the
same firm; Prank Sealy of the Julius
Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., and the
writer of these notes. At the range of
the Scott Bros., we found mariy good
features.

The wedding of Miss Alice Clarke to
John Ashwell took place in St. Patrick's
church, Jersey City, on October 4. The
bridesmaid was Miss Grace Miller,
daughter of Wm. H. Miller, the well
known florist of this city. The bride
carried a shower bouquet of white roses
and lilies of the valley, the bridesmaid,
orchids and lilies of the valley. At
the wedding reception at the home of
the bride's father, a very elaborate
decoration of chrysanthemums was
noted. The decoration was arranged
by W. H. Miller of 109 West 28th
street. New York.

Charles H. Totty Madison, N. J., is
reported to be quite ill, having under-
gone an operation for appendicitis.
The latest report states that he is Im-
proving, and as he is a young and
strong man, we judge that his condi-
tion is not alarming. Mr. Totty and
family will have the best wishes of a
host of friends. He is a fine man, and
that fact cannot be too emphatically
stated.

On November 7, J. H. Small & Sons
arranged a very fine funeral work for
the funeral of the late ex-U. S. Sen-
ator, John Kean. of New Jersey. As
a resident of Washington, D. C. for
many years. Senator Kean was well
known as a liberal patron of the florist
business. His passing will be deeply
regretted by many who knew him both
as a statesman and a large hearted
citizen.

Frank Windolph, a journeyman flor-
ist, who for a number of years was em-
ployed by the Hessions, Madison ave-
nue retailers, and later by John J. Per-
kins, was burned to death in a fire in
the Waverley hotel, Righth avenue and
28th street, on the morning of Novem-
ber .5. We have learned that he was a
native of Sweden, but do not know that
he had any relatives In this country.

There are so many good chrysanthe-
mums reaching the market that it is
hard to particularize, but we have re-
cently noted at Tracndly & Schenck's

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

a quantity of very fine stock from the
range of Komitsch & Junge, Secaucus,
N. J. In the lots are included Col,
Appleton, Odesser and a number of
other fine varieties.

The show of the American Institute,
which was held during the past week
in the Engineering building on West
39th street, was a very successful af-
fair, ft has been seldom that we
have ever seen a finer display of all
seasonable stocks.

The sixth of the victims who met
death in the fire in the Waverley hotel,
352 Eighth avenufe, last week, was
identified, November 9, as Frank Lin-
dell. a florist, 50 years old employed by
Reuben Ennis of 417 West Thirtieth
street.

John Young is now very busy with
work for the spring show; New York
Florist Club matters and his whole-
sale store. Mr. Young has got to be
a real glutton for hard work.

The Tarrytown show was also very
fine. That veteran of the business,
F. R. Pierson, always looms large at
the Tarrytown shows and he was, as
usual, on hand this year.

The New York Florists' Club bowl-
ing team met at Thum's alleys Thurs-
day, November 5. The scores were as
follows : 1st 2a

Name of Plaver. Came. Game.

J. Fenrich 156 172

C. W. Scott 154 171

W. P. Fond ITO 149

H. C. Rledel 160 153

P. Jacobson 143 169

J. Miesem 187 186

A. Kakuda 146 159

A. Schanzer 130 137

A. F. P.

New York Florists' Club.

NOMINATION OF OFFICEES.

The monthly meeting of the club
was held in the club rooms in the
Grand Opera House building on the
night of November 9. As this was "la-
dies' night," there was but a brief busi-
ness session. The nominatioQ of o8i-
cers for the coming year were re-
ported and are as follows :

For presidents, W. H. Duckham of
Madison, N. J., present incumbent;
H. A. Bunyard of A. T. Boddington's
Seed Store; J. S. Hendrickson, repre-
senting John Lewis Childs, Floral Park.
N. J. For vice-presidents, John Miesem,
grower, of Elmhurst, N. Y.; Robt.
Koehne, retailer, of Fifth avenue; A.
M. Henshaw. wholesaler, of Twenty-
eighth street. For secretary. John
Young, present incumbent; L. W. C.
Guthrie, advertising man, St. James,
N. Y.; M. C. Ebel, Madison. N. J.,
manufacturer of appliances. For treas-
urer, W. C. Rickards, seedsman, pres-
ent incumbent; Chas. Schenck, of
Traendly & Schenck; Julius Roehrs,
grower, of Rutherford, N. J. Trustees,
Alex. Hogg, of Brooklyn Park Depart-
ment; W. R. Cobb, of Lord & Burnham
Co.; John H. Fiesser, of Bergen, N. J.,
grower; Oscar Bachler, Bergen. N. J.;
Emil Schloss, of Schloss Bros., Twenty-
eighth street; W. E. Maynard.

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Sonare.

I wish to assure my frieods tbrou^bout th*
country that all orders to be shipped, will receivt
my persoDal attention. Choiceit stock in America.

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

Appropriate resolutions were submit-
ted relating to the recent death of
Miss Lillian Shaw, daughter of J.
Austin Shaw, a member of the club.
It was reported to the club that
Charles H. Totty, a former president,
was seriously ill and the secretary wa&
instructed to write to Mr. Totty ex-
pressing the unanimous good wishes of
the members for his speedy recovery.
The members of the house committee,.
Alex. J. Guttman, Frank Duggan and
George Mustoe, had made elaborate ar-
rangements for the entertainment of
the ladies. The hall was handsomely
decorated with chrysanthemums and
autumn foliage and there was a fine
musical and literary program. C. L.
Stanley, Plainfield, N. J., and Chas.
Weber, Lynbrook, N. Y.. exhibited, re-
spectively, chrysanthemums and carna-
tions, for which they received votes of
thanks, A. F. F.

Bridgeport. Conn. — Carl Reck, of
John Reck & Son, and wife are r^
joicing in the arrival of an eight ana
one-half pound boy, November 5.

Boone. Ia. — J. Loehrer reports his
glass replaced and T. R. L. Walker is
helping him to carry on the work which
has become quite difficult on account
of the recent trouble with his eyes.

igi4.

The American Florist.

885

J. K. ALLEN

UtabUshed 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

Wliolesale Commission Dealer In Cnt Flowers.

Now prepared for Fall and Winter Business. The "Queen of Autumn" will
goon reign ship mf y 'ur chrysanthemums. I can also handle good dahlias.
Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed. The usual supply of roses,
lily of the valley and other greenhouse stock
Open at 6 a. m. every morninE. Pbones 167 and 4468 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FXOWKRS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000. $4.50, Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order,

AMERICAN FLOWST CO.. 440 S. OearbornSt. Chicajo

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J, GUTrMA«I, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. ZStli St., New York

Pbone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly ^ Schenck

WMcole Florists tnil Cot Rgwcr Eidunge
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square,
Orctiids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHIlADEtPHIA, PA.

Paul Neconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26tb Street

NEW YORK CITY

Telephone: 3864 Madison Square.

Wichita, Kan.

OCTOBER BUSINESS SHOWS INCREASE.
Busines.s for October will show a
nice increase over October of last year.
A good run of funeral work was large-
ly responsible and credit may also be
given to the International Soil Prod-
wets exposition, the Wichita fair and
exposition, and the International Dry-
Farming congress, all of which were
combined under one management and
into one general exhibition. This ex-
position was very successful and
brought many visitors to the city dur-
ing the ten days of its duration. The
"fashion week" display held during
this time was something new here and
quite a success. It consisted of spe-
cial window displays by practically
every store or shop in the downtown
district. The windows were screened
from public view until a given hour in
the evening. The streets were thronged
with people and the displays were
well w-orth the trouble. The florists'
shops were among the most beautiful
and attracted muc'h attention The
autumn shortage of florists' stock was
less than usual this month, but much
of the stock for the stores' supply
came from Chicago. Denver and other
' wholesale points. Chrysanthemums are
now in ample supply, and some really
good stock is shown. Violets of good
quality are also to be had from stock
blooming out of doors. The weather
is unusually mild, only one sharp
frost, October 27; none of consequence

I before or since. Moderate rainfall and
much sunshine are putting all fall
crops in excellent shape for winter,
both in and out of the greenhouses.

, Business generally promises to be at
least up to average; except for dis-

Geo. C. Sicbrecht

WHOLESALE FLOPIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^3M§'3S33 Mad. Sq. 133 W. 28tli St., Ncw Tork

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMe Flower M^KeU

New York, Nov. 11. Per 100

Roses, Beautr. special 8 00@12 00

extra and fancy , , . 5 00@ 6 00

No, land No, 2... 1 000 3 00

" Mrs. Geo, Sbawyer. special 4 00@ 5 00

extra,,, 3 OU® 4 00

•• No,l&No.2 50@ 1 50

" White Killarney. special... 4 00@ 5 00

" Killarney. My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 4 00

•; No. land No. 2.. 50@ 1 00

" Queen, special.. 3 0O'(B 4 00

Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

" Aaron Ward 50@ 5 00

" Richmond 50@ 5 00

" Sunburst 50@ 6 00

" Tail S0@ 6 00

Milady, special 4 Of® 5 00

" J L Moclc 1000 6 00

" Hadley 1 00@ 6 00

" Ophelia 1 00@ 6 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@ 6 00

Carnations 75@ 2 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 20 00

inferior grades. 8 00@I0 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 4 00

Lily of the Valley 1 50® 2 50

Chrysanthemums per doz,, 1 00@ 3 00

Violets 15@ 35

Gardenias per doz,, $2.00@$3 00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 1 00

Asparagus Plnmosus doz. bchs, 1 00@ 2 00

Smilax doz, strings, 100

Paper White Narcissus 2 00

United Gut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones; Madison Square 594-4422.

We solicit consignments of cut flowers of all kinds

books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. FOLYKRANAS, Manager.

turbed general conditions financially,
owing to the war. a record breaking
season could be looked for. Florists
are optimistic and expect a better sea-
son than that of last year.

NOTES

Chas. P, Mueller was the busy man
of the craft. He was on the board of
directors for the exposition and had a
man-size job.

Roy Hanchett, formerly with W. H.
Culp & Co., is building a greenhouse
in the southern part of the city.

M. Chessmore, of St. Joseph, Mo.,
was a recent visitor; also G. M, Re-
burn of Chicago, and Robert New-
comb of Vaughan's Seed Store, Chi-
cago, were among those present. All
report satisfactory business.

"W. I, Chita

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beanty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 220O and 2201 Madison Square.
Mention the American Florist tohen loriting

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Eveirwberc

Prompt aDd satisfactory. CoDsignments lolicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bid?., 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York

Open for Cut Flower Sales

at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertisine.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERQRBBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material (or
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES UADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

wholesale; florist

24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Square

Tk Largest Shipper am) Recerrtr of Fresb Cil FUwan

%Jff A complete assortment of the best in tbt

marlcet can always be relied upon.

Pbone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Rosen & Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
103 West 28th Street. NEW YORK

John J. Reynolds, M?r. Plione Madison Sq.4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 28th Street, NEW TORK

886

The American Florist.

ISjov. 14,

Vaughan's Bouquet Green

(Indian Picked.)

Vaughan's XXX Eastern Holly

Boxwood, Laurel, IVIistletoe, Magnolia Leaves,
Winter Berries, Immortelles, Statice, Ruscus.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, "Z^'vVk

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mHE American Florist Company's Directory saves many
times its price to every one who catalogues or circular-
■ izes even a small part of the trade. Fully revised to
•'• date of publication, it puts the mail only to live names,
avoiding waste of postage and printed matter, time
and labor. Contains 552 pages, lists of Florists, Seedsmen
and Nurserymen of the United States and Canada by states
and towns, also alphabetically; firms that issue catalogues,
foreign merchants, horticultural societies and much other
up-to-date information which makes it a reference book of
daily utility wherever a wholesale trade is done.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO.

Sent postpaid at $3.00 a copy by the publishers.

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The American Florist.

887

Special Wholesale Price List of

Decorative Plants, Etc.

CYCLAMEN.

We grow over 20.000 of these very de-
sirable plants in sepnrnte colors or mixetl;
the finest strains available.

Assorted. 5-incb ; . , .-JOc each

" 6-incb i ...... . 60c each

FERNS.

Asplenium nidus avis, 54d..

Each .? 1.00 and 1 50

Asplenium nidus avis, larger

specimens, each $2 50 and 3 00

Assorted Ferns for dishes, per 100, $3 00

BOSTON FERNS.

Doz. ino

2 Id $ an $4 <in

3In 1 00 8 00

4-in 1 50 12 00

S-ln 3 0 •

6-in 6 00

Each

7-iti $ 75

8-in 1 00

9-in 1 go

Larger specimens at $2 00, $2 50 and up

each.
Boston Fern hanging basliets at 75 cents
and Jl 00 each; ?9 00 and $12 00 per doz.
Boston Fern extra large banging basliets at

S3 110 and $4 00 each.
Boston Fern extra large hanging baskets.

Siiecimeus, $5 Oil and $6 00 each.
Cyrtomium falcatum, 4-in., at $1 50 and
$1 75 per doz.

Doz.

Whitman! Ferns, 3-ln $1 00

" " 4-in 2 OO

5-in 3 00

6-in 6 no

PALMS.

ARECA LUTESCENS.

Doz. 100

2-in $120 $9 00

3in 2 00

4-in., 3 plants in a pot 3 00

5-in.. 15-18-iD. high. 3 in a pot

at 50 cents each 6 00

6-in., lS-24-in. high 3-4 In a

pot 9 00

COCOS WEDDELLIANA.

Doz. 100

2-in $1 75 $14 00

7 and 8-in. specimens. 3 ft.

6-in. to 4 ft. high, $3 00 and

$4 OO each.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Size
2-in.
3-in,
4-in,
5-in,
6-in.
7 in.
7-in,
8-in.
9-ln,

Size

2-ln.

3-in.

4-in.

5-in.

5-iD.,

6-in,

fl-in,

7-ln.

7-iD.

8-iu,
8-ln.
9-ln.
9 In,

Leaves Ht. Each

Doz,

100

4 8-in. $1 50 $12 On

4-5 8-HI-in, 2 00 15 00

4-5 12-14-in. 4 50 35 00

5-6 15-18-in. 6 00 50 00

6-7 22-24in. $ 1 50

6-7 30-32-in. 2 50

6-7 48-in. 7 00

tubs 6-7 6ii-in. 10 no

tubs 7-8 72-in,

13 00

KENTIA FOSTERIANA.

Leaves H<, Each

4

4-5
4-5
5-6

8-in,
8-10 in.
14-16 in.
16-18-in.

Doz.

$1 50
2 00
4 50

$12 00
15 00

extra strong

5-6 18-24-in.

.50

5 0
67
6-7
6-7
C-7
fi-7
7-8
7-8

28-32-in.

30-4ll-in.

44-48-in.

6n-64-in.

64-08-in.

72-in.

8i)-84-in,

84-88-in,

1 00

1 50

2 25 to $2 50
4 00

8 50

9 00

11 00

12 00
15 00

POINSETTIAS.

Exceptionally fine stock.

Each

3-lDeh $0.15

4-incb 25

5-lnch. pans 35

6-inch, pans 50

7-incb. pans 75

8-incb. pans 1.00

BOXWOODS.

Each

10-inch Box Bush $0.25

12-ineh Box Bush 30

12-inch Bos Bush extra heavy, lO-ins.

wide 40

15-inch Box Bush 50

18-inch Bo.x Bush l.On

24-inch Box Bush 1.25

30-inch Pyramid 2.00

36-inch Pyramid 3.00

31/4-foot Pyramid 3.50

4-foot Pyramid 4.00

STANDARDS.

2-foot stem. 12 to 15-inch crown $2.00

PALMS.

KENTIA-Madc Up.

Belmoreana, 5-in.. 3-4 in a pot. 40c and
,50c each.

7-in. 24-30-in. high. $2 00 and ,$2 .50 each.

8-ln. tubs. 3G-ln. high Each. $4 00

9-in. tubs, 40-in. high " 5 00

9-in. tubs, 48-ln. high " 7 50

9-in. tubs, 52-56 In. high " 9 00

9-ln. tubs. 60-7n-ln. liigh " 12 On

9-in. tubs. 72-SO-in. high " 15 00

6-ln.. 3-4 i" a pot. 20-24-in.

high ■' 1 25

Doz.. $15 00.

6-ln., 3-4 in a pot, stronger... " 1 50

Doz.. $1S 00.

7-ln., 3-4 in a pot '• 2 50

LATANIA BORBONICA.

2-ln per 100, ,$5 0"

4-ln., made up. bushy, 25. c. each. $3 00 doz.

PHOENIX CANARIENSIS.

7-in., 24 in. high Each $1 .50

S-in., 30-in. high " 2 50

9-ln., 48-50-ln. high " Oll0to$7ii0

9-ln., 60-64-ln. high •■ 12 00

Extra large, 7-ft. and

more " In no

PHOENIX RECLINATA.

Doz.
4 In $3 00

PHOENIX ROEBELENI.

Doz. 100
3-in $1 25 $10 00

Doz.
5-ln $9 00

Each
7-in $2 50 and .$3 00

HYDRANGEAS.

We have a large, pot-grown stock of these
splendid nlants. Doz. 100

Otaksa, 4-ln., 2 leads $180

5 in.. 3-4 leads 3 00 $24 00

9 & 10-ln.. extra strong
7.5 cents & .$1 00 each.
French Hydrangeas, pink, white and blue;
6-in $ 40 7-in $ 60

Miscellaneous Plants.

ARAUCARIAS.

Excelsa — Each

4-ln., 2 and 3 tiers $ 50

5-in., 3-4 tiers 75

6-In 1 00

Excelsa Compacta —

Doz.
$ 6 00
9 00
12 00

6-in.

6-in.

Excelsa Glauca—

5-ln

1 25

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS.

Doz. 100

2-ln $3 00

3-in 6 00

4-in $150 12 00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI.

100

2-in $3 on

3-in 5 00

Baskets, extra large, at $3 OO and $4 00 each

Dracaena Fragrans, 4-ln $0 25

Dracaena Lindeni. 4-ni 50

Dracaena Massangeana, 4-iu... 50

Dracaena Indivisa, 4-in 1 25

" " 7-in., 50 & 75 cents each

" " 7-ln., extra fine plants

at $1 00 each.

Doz, 100

Ficus elastica, 5-ln $4 20

Ficus pandurata, 6-in 2 50 each

8-ln. tubs 4 .50 each

Grevillea Robusta, 4-ln $1 50 per doz.

Ivy, English, 4-ln.. 3-ln. a pot. $12 per InO
Fandanus Veitchii, 4-in,, J3 00 per doz.
" " 5-ln., 9 00 per doz.

BAY TREES.

Perfect stock for Immodiate delivery.

standard —

Stem

Crown

Pair

2 ft.

20-22-ln.

$10 OO

2 ft.

24-ln.

12 00

2 ft. 6-ln.

2 ft.

12 00

3 ft.

2 ft.

12 00

4 ft.

2 ft. 3-in.

16 00

4 ft.

2 ft. C-ln.

20 00

2 ft. 5-ln.

2 ft. 6-in.

20 00

4 ft.

3 ft.

25 00

3 ft. -3 ft. 0-ln.

ROSES.

strong pot-grown stock for forcing:

American Pillar — Doz.

6-in $2 40 and $3 60

Dorothy Perkins, 6-in 2 40

Excelsa, 5-in. and 6-ln 3 60

Flower of FairBeld, 5-in, & 6-ln. 3 60

Lady Gay. 5-ln 2 40

'< 6 in .3 60

Tausendschoen, 4-in 1 80

5-in 3 on

" 6-in 4 20

Salleroi Geraniums for stock

plants, 3-ln 5 00

HARDY VINES.

Each

Clematis Jackmaol $0.35

Aristolochia or Dutchman's pipe 40

I^nicera Scarlet Trumpet (hoiney-
suckle), white, red and yellow 50

Boston Ivy (Ampelopsis Veitfliii). pot
grown, 4-in. at $1.50 per doz.

Laiini.s Stiii>kM^nsis 75

The Geo. Wittbold Co., Tar-aVBucwn&piace, Chicago

8.88

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QUALITY AND STYLE

IN

FLOWER BOXES

AT NO GREATER COST

Quality of material used in addition to the practical and hand-
some non-fading shades in which the boards are finished, bring
style and distinctiveness to the package.

Write for our illustrated catalog in colors, also price list
and samples.

THE SEFTON MFG CO., ''f^^lK^il'

Holly Xmas Holly

I have a choice lot of green heavy berried
Holly that I will deliver by freight to
points east of the Mississippi liver.

Single Case, - - - $4.00
5 cases or more, per case, 3.75

Heavy 14-inch Holly Wreaths with
plenty of berries, 100 $10.00

My 20 years' experience insures
you the right pack.

H.AUSTIN, Felton,Del.

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEAVEN, jEvergreen, Ala.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready tor shipment $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Ctioice Case Holly, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Roping. Can furnish any amount.
I.have any thine in jjreens. Better write
your requirt-monts.

H. E. CONWELL, "'ilSJfivARE

Providence, R. I.

BETTER DEMAND ANTICIPATED.

Business? tlie past week lias not
shown any decided increase; at pres-
ent everything is quiet, but within a
week everything will be ready for
Thanksgiving, and it is hoped that
things will come a-rushing. Chrysan-
themums are still coming very good
and will not be much better.

NOTES.

Appleton, of Broadway, has finished
his new office, which he added to his
''place. It makes quite an improve-
ment over the present place.

L. L. Potter, of Conimicut, is cuting
very fine Mrs. Englehart blooms that
are excellent for color and flower.

Fred Hoffman, of Pawtucket, Is cut-
ting the Oolden Age chrysanthemum
and they are fine.

E. E. Howard, of Auburn, is cutting
very fine Ma.ior Bonnaffon. '

Delaware Holly and Holly Wreaths

Case Holly guaranteed as to foliage, dark green in color and well berried.

Packed in standard size cases 2x2x4 It. at $3.00 per case
for 10 cases or more. f. o. b. shipping point.

Holly Wreaths.

Standard size wreaths are made on 10 inch
wooden rings, wire wrapped and have four good
size bunches of berries, 2(K) per case.

In lots of 200.' each lljjc

In lots of 400 each WVin

Inlots of 6(111 each lie

In lots of 1000 each lOHc

The above size wreaths made on wire rings
packed 2 in a pasteboard box 25 cents per box.
Terms one-half cash with order.

Specialties.

Cedar, Pine, Laurel, and Boxwood
Wreaths, any size on wire rings.

Cedar, Pine and Boxwood in 60 and
100 pound cases.

Laurel Roping, SV^, 4 and 5 cents
per yard.

We have everything in Evergreens.
Write your requirements.

Delaware Evergreen Co., Milton, Delaware.

FERNS, GREEN GALAX and LEUCOTHOE

Direct from the woods to the dealer. NEW CROP NOW READY.
Dagger and Fancy Ferns. .. .80c per UXXI: case of 5.0(0. $3'0

Green Galax £0c per lOOO; case of 10,000 4.00

Green Leucothoe (long) per 1 (00 $2 00

Green Leucothoe (short) per 1 000, 100

KhododendroD Leaves per 10(X), .50

ELK GALAX & FERN CO.,

TERMS CASH. BANNERS ELK, N. C. Goods Coaarant.ei

Cemetery Wrcalhs

THE

Best on the Market

Sizes. 15 to 36 inches.

Pine Cones, 1st Size per 1000, $7.00

Pine Cones, 2rd Size " " 5.00

Spruce Cones, 1st Size " " 5.00

Spruce Cones. 2nd Size " " 3.50

W. W. WILMORE. JR , Wheatridge, Golo.

HOLLY, LAUREL AND MOSS,

SELECTED BOXWOOD SPRAYS.

Our Prices and Goods Will Please You.

W. Z. PURNELL,

SNOW HILL, MD.

Olney Williams, of Pocassett, is cut-
ting large quantities of mums this
year.

Lincoln, Neb. — The Nebraska State
Horticultural Society will hold an ex-
hibition in this city, January 18-25.

igj4.

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win be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Chicago.

IstabUmed In 18B7.

^iSeM.

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone. Graceland 1112.

Send na Tonr retail orderi.
WE HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CTFY

ifention the American Florist when writing

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Sncceaaor to Sievers & Bolaod

FLORIST

eo KEARNEY STREET

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Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist ishen icriting

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Jf«nt<oii the American Florist when vn-iting

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

1 Members of The Florist Telegraph Delirery.

I Ginciniiati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabaih Ave.. Chicago.
623 Wainat St.. Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders fiven prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block..

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Ass'n.

— FOR —

Telegraph
Orders

You will need

The New Edition

of our

Trade
Directory

Containing the Names and
Addresses of Florists of the
United States and Canada.

Price, $3.00 Postpaid.
American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

T^ELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■*• any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all order*
from onknown correspondents-
Cable address; Alexconnelc
Western Union Code.

Montreal

Cor. St. Catherine and Gay Sts.

All orders receive prompt attention. Choice
Beanties, Orchids andValley always on hand.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2oes-20e6 Madison Sonare.
42 West 28th Street.

To ontof-tovfn florists KVIU VOWK

We are in the Heart of «tW ILIIVIV

.\nd give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD.. Audilorium Annei. CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means tresb. sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Nia^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and 18 W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883.
Greenhouses and Nurseries in Riverdalo.

890

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

New York.

E»tabH«hed 18T4.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srlvate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DARSSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telejp-aph Delivery.
Uention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm & Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
and lor all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; tne largest stock: the greatest
variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
night and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

" k' — "--

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresb Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries
rtirouebout tbe state and to all steamship docks
Id Hobokec. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
— or —

"HOME GROWN FLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthew5on

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegrapb Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
tOMrns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West SStli Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel

Hemlwrs of the Florists' Tdegraph DdifliT.

PHILADELPHLA and VICINITY.

i3\\s 2JonJia« Sffjotopr Sboji, ffilb.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA,

Members Florists* TelegraiJh Delivery.

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha. Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Anderson, S. A., 440 Main. Buffalo, N. Y.

Archias Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta. Ga.

Bauscher, John, Freeport, 111.

Begeiow's, KeAvark, N. J.

BlacUistone, Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochestenj - Alinn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland. O.

Breitmeyer's Sons, John, Detroit, Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee, H. W.. Roekford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.

Duhith Floral Co.. Duluth. Minn.

Duulop's. 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N, Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B.. Toledo, O.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co., Guthrie, Okla.

Furrow .& Co., Oklahoma City. Okla.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc., Boston. Mass.

Gnivin, Thos. F.. Inc., New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland, 0.

Graham, A.. & Son. Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati. O.

Heinl & Son, J. G.. Terre Haute. Ini3.

Henderson, Lewis, Omaha, Neb,

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Mfnn.

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg. F. & P. Co.. Geo. M., Kansas City.

Klft. Robert, 1725 Chestnut. Philadelphia.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse. Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co., Dallas. Tex.

Lnnge, A.. 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius, J, J., Duluth. Minn.

London Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.

Matthews the Florist. Dayton, O.

Mattbewson, J. E., Shebovgan, Wis.

May & Co.. L. L., St. Paul, Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New York.

McKenna, Montreal, Can.

Metairle Ridge Nursery Co.. New Orleans, La.

Murray, Samuel. Kan'^as City, Mo.

Myer, Florist, New, Y'ork.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Pjilez, Paul M., Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son, Buffalo.

Park Floral Co., The. Denver. Colo.

PliilUps Bros., Newark, N. J,

Pikes Peak Flo. Co.. Colorado Springs, Cola.

Podesta & Baldocchi, San Francisco.

Pollwortb Co., C. C. Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Reuter's, New London, Conn.

Renter's, Norwich, Conn.

Reuter's. Westerly, R. I.

Rock. Wm. L., Flower Co.. Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison St., Cbge

Schling. Max, 22 W. mxh. St., New York.

Simmons & Sons, Toronto, Can.

Smnll & Sons, J. H., Ni.w York,

Small & Sons. T. H., Washington, D. C.

Smith Co.. A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stumpp, G. E. M., New York.

Weber, F. H.. St. Louis, Mo.

Wliltted Floral Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

WlttbobU G., Co., 7.17 Buckingham PI.. Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. Si. M. Goldenson, Los Angeles.

Young & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
ID this section from tbe

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

r. H. WEBER

Both iid Hirilind «... ■"" 'ftS."""

Orders takeD for FLOWIRS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Mention the American Florist when writing

WASHINGTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvcl Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Member! of the Floristi' Teleirraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

j.A.vALXNTim, riorai vo*

President.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

CUDE 8ROS.COk
rLORISTS

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Philadelphia.

Robert Kilt,

1725 Chestnut St.

Personal Attention to all Orders.
Kention tfte American Florist when writing

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Uention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orders tor Cut

KiQSaS City and Flowers. Funeral Designs

Dl......« U;il U. Wedding and Birthday Gifts,

neasaninill, mo. that mav be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SniithCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

Lareest Florsl Establishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Uention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
Meution the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

llembera o< The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

I Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

14 th and H. Street.

. Uention the American Florist when toriting

CCPolIworthCo.

wmtai^eproper^^^^^ WlSCOllSin

care of your

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. W isconsin, North
Dakota. South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan, All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly tresb^stock.

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

.Albany. N. X.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atl:!Uta. Ga.— Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston — Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.

BuCEalo, N. Y.— S. A. Antleisou. 440 Main St-

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Chicago — FriedmaD.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O. — The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — A. Graham & Sons.

Cleveland, O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo.— Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Dallas, Tex. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Dayton. O. — Matthews the Florist.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moiues, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Duhith, Minn.— Duhith Floral Co.,

Duluth. Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Freeport. 111. — John Bauscher.

Grand Kapitls, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Guthrie, Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Kansas City — Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln. Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee— C. C. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn. — Whitted Floral Co,

Montreal — McKenna.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark, O.— Chas. A. Duerr.

New London. Conn. — Renter's.

New Orleans. La. — Metairie Ridge Nursery Co,

New York — Dard's, 44th and Madison Arc.

New York— Alex McConnell, Gil 5th Ave.

New Y'ork — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.

New York— Max Schling, 22 W. 50th St.

New Y'ork — Myer, Florist, 609 Madisou Ave.

New York— J. H. Small & Sons.

New York — G. E, M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Norwich, Conn. — Renter's.

Oklahoma City, Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Omaha, Neb, — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Omaha, Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Philadelphia—Robert Kift, 1725 Chestnut St.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McClemeuts.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. W, Smith Co.. Keenan Bklg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store,

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y'. — J. B. Keller's Sons.

Roc'kford. 111.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Ostertag Bros,

St. Louis, Mo.— F, H. Weber.

St, Paul. Minn.—Holm & Olson.

St. Paul. Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland, 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchi.

Sedalia, Mo. — Archias Floral Co.

Superior, Wis — Ales. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind. — J. G. HeinI Sons,

Tacoma. Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo. O, — Mrs, J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dnnlop's. 60 Yonge St,

Toronto, Can. — Simmons & Son.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blackistone,

Washington — Geo- H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L,

Washington — Gude Bros.

WasbinKton — J. H. Small & Sons.

Westerly, R. I. — Renter's.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbai

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San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

324 Qrant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. 1 can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co,

Will fill your orders for designs and cut Bowers In

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE OF FLOWXRS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave,

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

E> ^!K" I^ E> ®,

Flowers or Design Worlc.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order,

11 NORTH PEARI, STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable SorisI,

Only
the
Beat

Dunlop's

96 Yonse Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantee
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writinsf

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

561 Fifth Ave.

Vanderbllt Hotel
nAPyAII 126 Tremont Street
DUO I U II 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points

NEW YORK

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wm be deUvered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sendyourorders^^'Ghicago

and Snb-
urbs to

^ ^ ■ m ^ */ AH orders carefully filled

^^fi&WM*'^** under the snperviaion of

wire, Write or Phone West 822
Member Plorliti' TeleErapb Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of the city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Heinl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 527.

Special attention to Mail and Telegrapb Orders

Member of The Florists' Telegrapb Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

WIS Famum St. ^^^TCllli

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Deliveiy.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAXJTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

IYER, FLORIST. ^:^?:1''

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Ass'n

69 MADISON AVENUE

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York. WasHington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1 153 Broadway. Cor. 15th 6 H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSCHER,^ Freeport, 111.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN. NEB.

WHOLESALE AND RETAn.

Members of Florists Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery .^ss'n.

D lUa s
Taxa s.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas .
Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too larg^e, none too small.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction. n||l IITH MINN
VVearethecenterofthegrtat UULUin, IHinni

Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior, Wis.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE
OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

You will need the New Edition of our

Trade Directory

Containing the Names and .Addresses of
Florists of the United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID

American Florist Go , ""^ ^h^cSgo"™ "-

Funeral I^blems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Vancouver, B. C.

Seeds

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asb'd.

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad St

NEWARI K X

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris GoldensoD

Cut Flower Merchants.

We lolicit telegrapb orders. Regular trad* dlie.
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Desi? us on short notict.
Prompt attention to telegrapb and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan.

Orders will be carefully
cared for by

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRED BANMAH 8 SONS Will fill yoni
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Micbigaa

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the norlsts' Telegraph Delivery

/p//.

The American Florist.

893

It Is Still Time To
Plant Successfully

All Dutch Bulbs

I^ook ek.t X'lsese JB^rg^a^lns

Ask For Samples.
Stock is
Choice,
Sound and
Plump.

Dutch Narcissus , .^

Golden Spur, Fancy. Round Bulbs $ 9.00

Empress, " ' " 1100

Victoria, " " " 9.00

Princeps, " " " 4.50

SirWatkin, " " " 9.00

VonSion, " " " 11.00

" " Double Nose 19.00

Dutch Hyacinths ,„,^

Dutch Romans, named varieties $12.00

Hyacinths, First size, 19-21 ctm 50.00

" Second size (for forcing) 17-19 ctm 30.00

Callas

Per 1000

IH to 2 inch $40.00

2 to 2H inch 60.00

French Romans

Per

Lilium Giganteum

(Immediate Shipment.)

Per KXIO I P,=r lOnO

7-9 in. (300 to case). $50.00 9-10in.(200 to case). $95.00
8-10 in. (225 to case) 80.00 I

11-12 ctms. {2500 to case) $20.00
12-13 ctms. (2000 to case).. 25.00
12ctms.&up(1800tocase). 30.00

Lilium Formosum

Per IflOO
6-8 in. (350 to case) $30.00
7-9 in. (260 to case). 50.00

WRITE FOR FALL "BOOK FOR FLORISTS.

Per lOOO
8-9 in. (225 to case). $60.00
8-10 in. (200 to case) 70.00

CHICAGO

VAUGHAN^S SEEP STORE

NEW YORK

A LL Nursery men, beedsm en and l^lorists wisbine
^*' to do business with Europe should send for the

"Horticnltoral Advertiser"

This is the Bntisb Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental bouses. Annual
■abscription. to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appH-
cantssbould, with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address EditOFS Of "H. A."
Ctaflwell Narseiies. LOWDHAM. Notts. Endland

Home of Pansies.

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpassed, improved
annuallv. Some of the best ftorists in America
are rpt'ular customers. These plants are in e.\tra
good shape this year and bt*avy rooted, grown on
highland. Packed to reach you safe anywhere.
$2.50 per 1000. 5000 for $10.00.

Elmer Rawlings. Home of Pansies,

GLEAN. N. Y.

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists.

Alonzo J. Bryan, ffi^',^'^'^

Washington, New Jersey.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

ROOTED CUTTINfiS.

Ageratum, fiOc per lOO,

$5.00 per 1 OU.

Alyssiun, Heliotrope.
Daisies; Mrs. ^andeIs.
Mrs .Alexander. Califor-
nis, $1.00 per 100. $8.00
per 10(0.

Coleas, 20 varieties, in-
cluding Trailins Queen.
7ec per 100. $6.00 per 1000.
Feverfew, Petunias,
named varieties, and
Snapdragons. Silver
pink, and Giant white.
$1 25 per 100, $ 0.00 per
lOOO.

Pansies— See Classified

adv. We preoav express on all rooted.cuttings

Vincas Variegated. 2i7-in. sirong. $2 50 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 inch. $2.00 per 100:

$18.00 per lOOI. 2H-inch. $<.00 per 100; $25.00 per

1000. 3-inch. $5 CO and 1(1.00 per 100.

C. HUMFELD, Clay Center, Kans,

Mention the American Florist when writing

Primroses.

Cliinese, Sanguinea, Obconica Alba and
Rosea. $1 60 per 100; $12.00 per 1000.

ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 2^ in.
pots. $2.00 per 100.

Asp. Flumosus and Sprengeri, 214 in.

pots, *2.0<» per 100; $18 OO per 1000.
Vinca Varlegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. 10th, $2.50 per 1000.

CASH or C. O. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

Mention the American Florist ichen writing Mention the American Florist when writing

Christmas Stock.

We have to offer at present time the following

fine plants.
Azaleas. E.xtra fine at 75 cents. $1.00. $1.25 and

$l..'i0each.
Begonias. Gloire de Lor'aine. 5-inch. $40.00. 6-

inch .WS.OO: CincioDati, 5-inch. $50 00. 6-inch.

$75.00; Luminosa 3 inch. $10.00, 4-inch. $15 00;

Kex. 2 inch. $5.00, 3 inch, $10.00: Blooming

varieties, 2-inch, SS.fO, 3-inch. $10 00.
Cyclamen. 4-in . $20(0. < in.. $35.00. 6-in.. $50 00.
Poinsettias. 2-inch. $5 00. 3 inch. $10 00. 4-inch,

♦ 15 0 ', 5inch pans. S?S 00. f,-inrh. »5".00.
Primroses. Chineseand Malacoides 3 in. $8.00.

4-mth $12.50; Forbesi and Obconica. 2i'2-in..

$5.(0 3-inch, $8.00; J. Cherries and C, Peppers.

2H-incb, J3.=0.

DECORATIVE PLANTS.
Araucarias. $1.25 $l.7S and $2.rO each.
Crotons. 75cenis SI .00 and $1 25 each.
Dracaenas. $1.00. JL.^O and $2..5o each.
Pandanus. $1.50. $2.00 and $2.50 each.
Palms. 5 inch, 75 cents 6 inch. $1.00 to $1.25 each
FERNS.
A]\ kinds and sizes. Write for special prices.
WREATBS FOR CEMETERY DECORATION.
Moss Wreatlts with cape fi^^wers, 10-inch. $2.00,

l-'inch, $2.50. 14-inch. $3.' 0.
Magnolia. Red or green. 12 inch. 35 cts , 14 inch.

()U cts . 16 inch. 75 cts., IS-inch. $1 .= 0 each.
Above wreaths trimmed with Rustus and other

flowers add 2t cents for each wreath. Try one

halt dozen of these; ihey will keep all winter.
Everg'een Wreaths. l2^och. $1.50, 14 inch, $2.co,

16-irch. $2 50 per dozen.
Oal( Leaves. Red or green. 12-inch, 50 cts, 14-in,.

75 cts 16-inch. $1.00 each.
Rnscus. Red or green. 12-inch, 50 cts., 14 inch.

75 cts,, 16inch. $1 OOeach.
NOVELTKS.
Indian made Birch Bark Canoes and Hanging

bafkets filled with air plants at $1.50, .$2,00

and $2.50 per dozen.
Canoes two feet long, 50 cts each, $4.00 per doz.,

3 ft. long. 75 CIS each or $8.( 0 per dozen.
These canoes filled with the celebrated Amerpohl

Ferns at 75 cents and tl.25 each.
Our Stork is complfte. Write for anything you

need. Name Fxnr^ss Company.

GEO. A. KUHL, PEKIN, ILL.

Wholesale Grower of Plants.

894

The American Florist.

Nov. /^,

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association

Lester L. Jlorse, S:in Friincisco, L'iilif.,
President: J. M. Liipl.ni, Mattitiick. L. 1.,
N. Y., First Vice-Pre^ident; E. C. Uinigaii,
Philadelpliia, V.<. , ^e■•"^d Vice-President:
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. O.. Secretary and
Treasurer: S. I . '.V illaid, Jr., Cleve.and, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tliird nnnnal meeting, San Fran-
cisco, Calif., .lune 191.i.

VISITED Chicago: Thomas M. Lan-
drum, of C. C. Morse & Co., San Fran-
cisco, Calif.

THE annual meeting of the Whole-
sale Seedsmen's League will be held at
New York, November 24.

Filer. Idaho— The Filer Seed &
Produce Co. has been incorporated by
H. G. Weaver; capital stock, $10,000.

Chicago.— Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade November 11 were
as follows : Timothy, $1.00 to $5.85 per
100 pounds.

THE seedsmen attending the recent
national chrysanthemum convention at
Indianapolis, Ind., included J. C.
Vaughan, Chicago, and H. W. Buck-
bee, Rockford, 111.

An American consular officer in South
Africa advises that he has received ap-
plications for catalogues of American
wholesale seed merchants. Only whole-
sale prices are wanted.
" Cincinnati, O.— J. Chas. McCullough
and family expect to leave for Florida
November 12. They will take a house
boat at Fort Myers, Fla., and «go down
the Gulf of Mexico for a week or so
and will then put up at the Cincinnati
Cabin, Sanibel Island.

Holly in the central south seems to
be scarce and most of the pickers claim
that they will have to go some dis-
tance from home to get their stock.
Maryland and Virginia stock is being
offered at about last year's prices, but
samples so far received are nothing
extra.

Bouquet Gbeen is reported in good
supply in Wisconsin but because the
same has been picked during the mild
weather prevailing during September
and up to October 25 there is general
belief that this stock is considerably
shriveled and faded and will not keep
well for Christmas trade. The demand,
therefore, among shrewd buyers is for
stock picked after October 25. .

Free Seeds.
Washington, November C— All is
ready for starting the annual distri-
bution of free seeds which members
of Congress send to their constituents
to the number of 75.OUO.00l) packages
a year. While the actual work of
sending out the seeds does not start
until next month, active preparations
for the work are well under way, and
big warehouses are loaded awaiting
the packing. In the work of sending
out the seeds this year a battery of
twenty-four of the fastest packing
^ machines will be in almost constant
* use for three months. Every machine
has an output of from 20,000 to 35,000
packages in each eight hours. During
the busy season 180 people are em-
ployed in the work of filling the en-
velopes, handling the seed shipments,
pasting on the addressed slips, etc.
Uncle Sam spends some $200,000^ this
year for free distribution.

French Bulbs.

Growers of Southern France report,
October 25, prospects for French bulbs
next season are good. Although the
growers were very much hindered in
their planting by inobilization all the
usual quantities are in the ground and
the supply should be normal next sea-
son. Indications are that Roman hya-
cinths will be cheaper, as there were
soine surplus bulbs left, many of the
11-ctm. remaining unsold. These were
being held at the time the war broke
out for pretty stiff prices and the mar-
ket went to pieces. This is the reason
why some of the American houses who
could not have made their contract de-
liveries another year, on war breaking
out were able to buy at second hand in

J. S. Michael, Sioux City, la.

Uecenliy Elected State Kepresenlativc of Iowa
on the Uemocnitic Ticket.

Holland at almost below first cost.
Such conditions probably will never
prevail again.

J. S. Michael Elected State Representative.

J. S. Michael, an active member of
the Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co., of
Sioux City, la., and head of the
Michael .Seed Store, also of that city,
was the successful candidate for state
representative for his district in the
recent election. He has been a staunch
democrat all his life and his election

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Growers of

High Grade
SEED

(Hlroy,
California

by a comfortable majority in a dis-
trict that normally has a republican
majority of 1,.500 to 2.000 out of a vote
of about 10,000 is evidence of the high
esteem in which he is held by his fel-
low citizens.

Mr. Michael has been closely identi-
fied with the business interests of
Sioux City for 30 years, going there as
a young man from his birthplace in
Virginia, and by his tireless energy has
helped to build up one of the most im-
portant enterprises in that section.
While yet a young man, few business
men in Sioux City and the surrounding
country are better or more favorably
known. ■•-!■'■ - (

Catalog:ues Received.

J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md.,
bulbs; A. T. Boddington, New York,
bulbs; the Conard & Jones Co., West
Grove, Pa,, bulbs; Wm. Henry Maule,
Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., bulbs; J. J.
Wilson Seed Co., Newark, N. J., bulbs;
Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York, bulbs;
Currie Bros. Co., Milwaukee, Wis.,
bulbs; S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson,
Midi., bulbs; J. D. Long. Boulder,
Colo., bulbs; W. W. Wilmore, Jr.,
Wheatridge, Colo., gladioli; Brookland
Gardens, Wpburn, Mass., gladioli;
Weeber & Don, New York, bulbs, roots
and seeds; Vaughan's Seed Store, Chi-
cago and New York, bulbs, seeds and
plants; the Fresno Nursery Co., Inc.,
Fresno, Calif., nursery stocks; Valde-
sian Nurseries, Bostic, N. C, nursery
stocks; Leesley Brothers Nurseries,
Chicago, nursery stocks; the New
England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass.,
shrubs, vines and lierbaceous peren-
nials; John Connon Co., Hamilton,
Ont., trees, shrubs, vines and peren-
nials; the Palisades Nurseries, Spar-
kill, N. Y., hardy perennials, shrubs,
roses, etc.; Leedle Floral Co., Spring-
field, C, roses; C. C. Morse & Co., San
Francisco, Calif., sweet peas; S. M. Is-
bell & Co., Jackson, Mich., potatoes;
Robt. W. King & Co., Toronto, Can-
ada, greenhouse construction and
equipment,

Sutton & Sons, Reading, Eng., bulbs;
Friedr. C. Pomrencke, Altona-Ham-
burg, Germany, bulbs; Sluis & Groot,
Enkhuizen, Holland, seeds; The Union
Nurseries, Oudenbosch, Holland, nur-
sery stocks; Vincent Lebreton's Nur-
series, La Pyramide-Trelaze, France,
nursery stocks; Robert Veitch & Son,
Exeter. Eng.. calceolarias; the Royal
Tottenham Nurseries. Ltd., Dedems-
vaart (Sluis VI.), Netherlands, hardy
perennials; Hjalmar Hartmann & Co.,
Copenhagen, Denmark, lilacs, lilies of
the valley, roses and giant flowering
pansies; Haage &; Schmidt, Erfurt,
Germany, seeds.

Trade Directory

Price: $3.00, postpaid

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St.,

CHICAGO

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the following California Specialiits only:

ONION, lEttoce, carro", radish, parsnip, parsley, celery.

ENOIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY anil SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

1914-

The American Florist.

895

BRUNS' CELEBRATED CHICAGO MARKET BRAND

Lily Of The Valley Pips

Should be ordered now for Xmas.

Immediate shipment from cold storage at Chicago at the usual
prices. Largest and finest stock in America.

$20.00 per 1000;
500 for $10.50;

$2.50 per 100;
250 for $5.50.

Place your order for Valley Pips with mc and you will be sure of ijettinp the
best. I have supplied a eood portion ol the trade f ir over 20 >ears and my stock is
recognized as the leader throughout the countrv Leadin^f retail florists tn Chicago
use imy Valley reKuhirly in their best work. "Nutt said.

FancjT Cut Valley Always on Hand.

3032 West Madison Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

mm^/i!^

SEEDS AND BULBS

A SK for a cop)' of our Bulb
-^*^ Catalog and special prices to
florists.

Also ask us about our "below-
the-market" specialties and watch
for our column announcements.

J.M.THORBURNSCO.

In business since 1802
53 Barclay Street, New York

Mention the American Florist when writing

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

•S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card brings a Catalogue.
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE KIMBERUN SEED CO.
SANTA CLARA, CAL.

Wholesale
Seed Growers

Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Contract Seed Grower

■. SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

•^"""fche'd"" Swedesbaro. New Jersey

97ih Year

J. BOLGIANO & SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Stts, Seed Potatoes

pedi8r%7om\toseeds Baltimore, Md.

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Kelways Can Quote and Deliver:

Beet

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower Lucerne

Celery Mustard

Kale Radish

And Flower Seeds

Rape Spinach

Rutabaga Turnip

Winter Tares or Vetches
Spring Tares

Those who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once wlrle stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailings continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

_ d=CD CO
LEONARD..^---

226-230

ONION SETS

GBOWERS FOR THE TRADE

Writ** irtr- PrJCfS

Mention the Americayi Florist u-he7i writing/

THE C.HERBERT COY SEED CO

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucomber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin.
Sweet. Flint and Dent Seed Corn.

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

Nothing will pay better to plant after the 'Mums
than niy

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

.Ask- lor list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

Branches Michigan. uii coDn PnUII

Wisconsin »nd Idaho. MILrUnU, UUBB.

Mrnti-ni the American Florist tchcn writing

J. C.ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rock; Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Coma.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandifloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fi SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA.

Western Seed & Irrigation Co.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com; Cucumber,

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Squash.

FREMONT

NEBRASKA

Mrntion the American Florist when writing

896

The American Florist.

Nov. 14,

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very Ukely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Fnkhuizen Glory.

Intrortufoil s,>vit:i1 'i"i>;iis Ai;>i liv Our Firm.

GROW PAPER WHITES

$8.50 per case of 1000 choice bulbs.
Also TULIPS, DAFFODILS, FREESIA'S, are money makers at our surplus prices.

Get our Bulb Price List.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

I BURPEE'S SEEDS I

Philadelphia

Wholesale Price List for Florists
and Market Gardeners. ;-: :-:

^ITf»ITTT»I"""TT»»TTTT»TTTTT'*nfTf?ff»»Tff»|^

Washmgfion.

STOCK PLENTIFXIL, DEMAND GOOD.

Trade conditions are satisfactory and
stock is more plentiful than at last
writing, with prices fair. Chrysanthe-
mums, at present writing, are bringing
from %i to %'2S) per hundred, while
bunch chrysanthemums bring from $1
to $3 per dozen for fancy varieties.
American Beauty roses range from $S
to $30 per hundred. They are very
good, both in color and in quality.
Other roses, such as Radiance, Sun-
burst, Hillingdon, Hadley, Kaiserin,
Pink and White Killarney are bringing
from %1 to $S per hundred. Carnations
sell from $1 to %2 per hundred. There
is some bouvardia coming in now, but
very little call for it. Single violets are
still scarce and will be for some time
to come.

NOTES.

With all the parks stripped of their
foliage, and the government planting
bulbs and pansies, it begins to look
like winter, but the temperature for the
last week seemed more like spring, as
the thermometer has been as high as
TO, which is not very good for stock at
Jthis time of the year.

* C. E. Brooks will move in the near
future to a new store, which he is hav-
ing remodeled, at Park road and Four-
teenth street. This looks like a good
stand, as it is in a part of the city
that is improving all the time.

Phillips, the Fourtenth street florist,
reports business good in both stores.

A. Hankey, of Hackensack, N,. J.,
has accepted position with G. H. Cooke
as decorator. G. C. D.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

Mention the American Florist when loriting

Get Quotations from

LANDRETH

Bloomsdale
Farm.

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

Mention the American Florist toAen ioriting

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOV'ER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when writing

QUALITY :vAI

• BSD FOR OATAUiorE.

ARTHUR T. BOODINQTON

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[UCALYPILS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. Box 857, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

TOMATO SEED

Surplus List Now Ready.
Best Stocks. All Varieties.

HAVEN SEED CO.

Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Contract Seed Growers

Cnorialtioc Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato,
0|li;bl(llllli5. Vine Seed and Field Com.

CorrespondeDce Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Onion feieed

Write us for price on botli globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting

ONION SETS.

CHILIICOTHE,

Schilder Bros./=^^o^^^o°.

I9I4.

The American Florist.

897

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

PALMS AND FERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves
6-in. pot 5 to 6. .

In. high
.28 to 30..

Each Per doz.
.$1.00 $12.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 36 in. high $ 2.50

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high 5.00

12in, cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to 5W ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 554 to 6 It 12.50

12-iD. ceda tub, 4 plants in tub. 6 ft. high, heavy 15.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

» Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot. nicely characterized $1,00

7-in. tub, 18 in, high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED

STRONG AND HEALTHY

Leaves In. high

2H-in. pot 4 8tol0.,

3in, pot 5 12

4-in. pot 5 to 6 15

5-in. pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot 6 to 7 24

Leaves In. high

Each Perdoz.

$1.50

2.00

,.$0.40 4.50

. . .50 6.00

,. 1,00 12.00

Each Per do J

JOSEPH HFACOCK CO.,

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50 30.00

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00 36.00

9in.cedartub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00 48.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

M-io. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 8,00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-in. tub, 4 ft, spread each. $4,00

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote, Pa.

L. FORMOSUIVI

7-9 in,, 9-10 in., 10-11 in,. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, % and M, in.

W rite for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

I Mention the American Florist when writing

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jacl<son, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED QRGWERS,

Bean, encumber. Tomato, Muskinelon,
Squash, Watermelon. Kadisn, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wliolesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. T)nion. Sweet Peas. Aster,

Cosmos. MiffDonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

I Mention the American Florist when ioriting

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Gladiolus Bulbs

flow to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of Oladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

Fern Spores Wanted

COMMERCIAL KINDS

In Quantity.

State Prices and Varieties.
FERNERY, care American Florist.

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner. Ricard, Perkins.

Poitevjne. 2-in.. S2 nO per inO: 3 in.. $5.00 per 100.
Boston and WUtmanl Ferns; 3-in., 10c: 4'iD..15c:

3-1 D.. 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in.. $5.00; 4 in., $10.00; Sin.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia 2^-in.. -tS.nOper 100.
Vinca Var., 2 in., $2 00 per 100.

Cash with order.
GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

898

The American Florist.

Nov,

H.

The Nursery Trade

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase,. Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Sheuandotth, la., Vice-Presi-
dent; .lohn Hall. 204 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Delloit, Midi., .luce a^SS, 1915.

MOBILE. Ala. — The Mobile Floral
and Horticultural Society has appealed
to the citizens of Mobile to plant oak
trees with an idea toward beautify-
ing the city streets.

H.iEElS0N, OKLA.^-The star Orchard
Company has been chartered with a
capital stock of .i;iOII,0(Xl, all of which
has been subscribed. The ofBcers are
A. L. Cock, president; W. S. Hill, vice-
president, and C. J. Chapman, secre-
tary-treasurer.

Battle Creek. Mich.— The Battle
Creek Horticultural Society will have
a floral display at the annual apple
show to be held at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms in December, if
plans now being worked out material-
ize.

Destroy Moth Egfgs After Leaves Fall.

The caterpillar of the tussock moth,
which is noticeable because of three
long black tufts of hair protruding
from its yellow body, has done con-
siderable damage to many shade trees
during the summer and fall. This in-
.sect, which extends through the east-
ern United States, as far west as
Iowa, seems to prefer x'oplars, maples,
elms, alders, birches, and willows. To
control the ravages of this *pest the
coming season, the conspicuous white-
egg-masses laid by the moth, should
be destroyed. As soon as the leaves
have fallen, egg masse.s should be
scraped from the trees and then de-
stroyed by burning. The work must
be absolutely thorough, and not an egg
mass overlooked. A better way, how-
ever, is to use applications of creosote
oil on the eggs, using a sponge at-
tached to the end of a pole for the
purpose, dipping the sponge occasion-
ally into the creosote preparation and
touching with it each egg niass found.

Gordonia Altamaha.

Among the very few shrubs to
flower at this present time of year,
one of the most noticeable is that of
Gordonia Altamaha, a very rare and
beautiful plant, and to which an in-
teresting history is attached. Al-
though not truly hardy as far north
as Boston, nevertheless the Arnold
Arboretum possesses plants eight feet
high that stand the winter very well
by being afforded a little protection
in the form of pine or spruce
branches. The shrub does not usually
flower until between three and four
feet high, and these usually appear
at the ends of the rather erect
branches. The flowers, being almost
sessile, are over one inch across, and
have large white petals, with a pro-
fusion of yellow anthers in the centre,
.and besides resembling very much a
Camellia blossom, they are also en-
dow'ed with a very agreeable odor.
Usually, they commence to open about
the middle of September and continue
in succession until the buds are de-
stroyed by frost. The leaves are
simple, obovate, almost sessile, and
usually about six inches long, .turn-
ing scarlet before they fall in" the
autumn.

It was originally discovered grow-
ing wild on the banks of the
.\ltamaha River, near Fort Barring-
ton, in Georgia, by John Bartram in
ITtjri, while on one of his botanical
excursions, who mentions the fact
that there was between two and
three acres of it. His son, William,
who was with him on this occasion,
visited the same spot eight years
later, and also in 177S collected at
the same place, seeds and routs. At
that time they named it Franklinia
as a compliment to their distinguished
friend and neighbor, Benjamin Frank-
lin. Dr. Moses Marshall also sa*
it growing in the same locality in
1790. but since that date all efforts
to again find it growing wild have
appeared to be fruitless.

The plant appears to flourish well
around the district of Philadelphia,
and also does well in the southern
part of England.. .\ specimen former-
ly growing in , the garden of John
Bartram, near Philadelphia, was de-
scribed as being .50 feet high in ISol.
It may be propogated from cuttings
or layers, and appears to be less
highly esteemed than it deserves
seeing what a valuable acquisition it
is to anyone interested in the native
plants of this country. W.\I. H. JUDii.

Hawaiian Fruits Quarantined.

The existence in tlie Territory of
Hawaii of dangerous insect infesta-
tion, namely the Mediterranean Fruit
Fly and the Melon Fly, has caused the
United States department of agricul-
ture to place quarantine restrictions,
effective on and after May 1st, 1014,
on the fruitage of Hawaii. A complete
list of items embodied in the ruling
(Notice of Quarantine No. 13) in-
cludes the following: .\lligator pears,
bananas, Chinese oranges and plums,
coffee berries, cucumbers, figs, grapes,
grape fruit, green ' peppers, melons,
limes, mangoes, oranges, peaches, per-
simmons, pineapples, as well as beans,
squashes and tomatoes. The infesta-
tion is new to, and not heretofore
widely prevalent in the United States.

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE CONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium aod large sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

E?ergreeo Specialists Laigest Growers ia Ameria

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

August Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

.\ddress for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St., NEW YORKCITTT

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

.Any quantity, size and age. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

r.ET OUR PRICES AND C.4T.^LOGUK.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

Fully half a million plants for sale.

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year \Vi to 2 feet

Two years IV2 to 2 feet

Two years '. 2 to 2^2 feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

Two years iVi to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

For screens 5 to 6 feet

For Screens 6 to 7 feet

All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades
have been cut back one or more times.

Especially attractive prices in car lots.

Berberis Thunbergii— ^■"rn,'',1^3"',;^d m^'" ■""''• '"°^''"^-'""-^' " '° "

I to I feet sizes by the 1000.

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

The American Florist.

CHRYSANTHEMyMS

The best Novelties for 1915 are those
Originated by Elmer D, Smith & Co.

Large-flowered, Pompons and Singles in all seasonable
colors. Exhibition and commercial kinds in great
variety. We are now booking orders for novelties as
well as all standard sorts.

-Send For List.-

ELMER D. SMITH & CO., Adrian, Mich,

A. N. Piersoo, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

liention, the American Florist when writing

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Eitra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 (eet hiKh per 100, $25.00

Erica Medlteriana, 4 inch pots " 15.00

Erica WUmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton. 2 in. " 5.00
Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. K, Mbkedith, Pres. C. W Stoct, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

UB£RTYVILL£

ILLINOIS

Mention the American Florist when writing

iGERANlUIVIS'"'"iSrRW

I They must reach you in good growing condition,
ptlerwiseyou can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
land very good.

S. A. Nutt. $12..=n per 1000.

Poitevlne and Ricard, $15.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, $25 00 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, PA.

jlfention the American Florist when writing

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear BlUSh
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-lB.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

SPECIALTIES

Roses. Irom 3-incb pots. Chrysanthemums

Carnations for fall delivery. Smllaz, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers. I'^^^^i

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin, N. J. Williamstown June, N. J,

SM IL A X

strong plants, 2V2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 10(10.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2V2 inch,
$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

CHRISTMAS STOCK.

We have to offer at present
time the following fine plants:

Azalees, extra tine at 75c, *l.$l.25ard Jl.SOea.

Begonias. Gloire de Lorraine. S-in.. $4n.00:6-in.,
Sdj.Oo: Cincinnati. 5-in..$5'.fKi. h-in. $75.00: Lumi-
nosa. 3-in., $10.00. 4-in., $15.(0: Kex. 2-in.. S'^.OO 3-
in.. $10,110: Blooming vars,.2-in $5.00.3 in.. $0 00

Cyclamen. 4-in.. J20 00 5 in.. $35.00. 5-in.. $50 00.

Poinscttias. 2-io.. $S0a 3 in, $10.05, 4-in., $15..
S-inrh pans. $35-10. 6 in.. $51.(0.

Primroses. Chinese and Malacoides. 3-in.
$S 00. 4-in., 112 .SO; foibisiand Ohcorica. 2V7-in.
$=i.iin. 3-in.. iS.1.0: J. Cherries and C. Peppers
2H-in..$3..'^0.

DECORATIVE PLANTS.

Araucarias. $1.25. $1 75 and $2.(0 each.
Crotons. 75cts . $1.00 and 51.25 lai h.
Dracaenas, $1 00, $1 .50 ano »2.5( eac h.
Pandanus. $1 .50. $2 CO atd i'2 .=0 i ach.
Palms. 5-in..75cts . 6-in., $1.00 to $1.25 each.

FERNS.

.All kinds and all sizes. Write for snecial prices

WREATH ■5-For Cemetery Decoration.

Moss Wreaths with cape flowers, 10-in.. $2.C0.
12-in..$2 sii. i4-in..$3 00.

Magnolia. Redori/reen. I2-in., 35 cts., 14 in.,
60cts , li-in . 75cts , 18 in..$l..=0>ach.

Above wreaths trimmed with Ruscus and other
flowers add 25 cts for each wreath. Try one-half
do7pn o( th^'SP: tbev will keep all winter.

Evergreen Wreaths. 12 in , $1 50. 14-in.. $2.00,
]6-rn.. "f i '0 per do7en .

Gale Leaves. Red or ereeo, 12-in., SO cts., 14-in..
73 CIS . Ib-in . $1 00 each.

Ruscus. Red or green. 12-in., 50 cts., 14-in„
75 cts.. 16-in., $1.00 each.

NOVELTIES.

Indian made Birch Bark Canoes and Hanging
Pa-kets filled with air plarts at il.'O, $2 00 and
$2 .=0 per dozen. Canoes 2 It lone. ,'0 ct". each,
$4 00 per do/ en; ^ ft. lone. 75 cts. or «8 00 pe' doz.
1h««e canoes filled wiih the celebrated Amer;
pohl Ferns at 75 cts.. and $1.25 each

Our stock iscompletp. Write for anything
you need. Name Express Company.

GEO. A. KUHL, Pelfin, 111.

Wholesale Grower of Plants.

I

900

The American Florist.

Nov. /^,

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J. Ritterscamp. Princeton. Ind., Pres
idenf. H. J. Thompson. Attleboro, Mass.,
Vice President; S. W. Severance, Louisville.
Ky., Secretary; M. L, Ruetenik, Cleveland,
O., Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
Philadelphia, Pa. October 6 9, IMU.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vejfetables.

Cliicago, November 10. — Mushrooms,
50 cents per pound ;' lettuce, 10 cents
per bo.x; radisiies, .$2.00 per 100
bunches.

Xew York, November 10. — Cucum-
bers, 00 cents to .$1.00 per dozen;
musiirooms. 50 cents to $1.2.1 per 4-
pound basket; tomatoes, I! cents to lH
cents per pound.

Pot-Grown Lettuce Plants.

.\t this time of the vear thcie is
some advantage in havins sood pot-
grown plants to immediately follow up
the cutting for mai-ket. for if these
plants are well grown there will be
no stop or set back from transplanting.
M'hile we have never resoi-ted to this
method to any extent, it is probable
that we have been very careful to have
strong, sturdy plants with plenty of
roots from shallow benches, and the
shifting is done with care and skill.
However, many places are operated
where much of the work is done by
less experienced hands and under such
circumstances it may pay well to have
the midwinter plants in pots. -To pro-
duce these plants cheaply we use a
shallow bench, say iy. inches deep;
clean it off entirely and set full of
empty 2V4-inch pots, interlocking. The
earth is then either screened directly
over the pots, or brought in all ready
screened, and leveled down. This
smoothing down can be done so all the
pots show their rim when they are ai
once planted w-ith nice seedlings. If
the pots are not clean inside, they can
be washed with the hose after they
are set upon the bench. They must
be allowed to dry before tilling.

M.\KKKT.\I.\N.

Raising: Lettuce a Mile High.

Several years ago, as an experiment,
I planted a bench of Bride and Brides-
maid roses on strong alkali soil, and
several volunteer plants of Blagk Seed
Simpson lettuce came up and were al-
lowed to head. They made such an
astonishing growth and were of such
splendid substance and quality, I
thought I had made a discovery, in
case I should ever want to grow let-
tuce commercially. I also planted on
the same bench later on during the
winter and following spring, plants of
Grand Rapids. Denver Market and
Black Seed Tennis Hall. They all emu-
lated the Simpson and made the finest
lettuce I had ever seen. So in lOOf! T
erected a range of houses, four in
number, 2.5x110 feet, at University
Station, where I had ten acres of land,
and was engaged in commercial gi-ow-
ing of lettuce for the market. Having
obtained some prominence as ,a grower
of lettuce and having received a num-
' ber of inquiries as to my method of
culture, etc., I will take the advantage
of your paper to answer them. Per-
haps our methods of handling the crop
do not differ materially from those of
other localities. We plant in solid beds
20 inches high, setting the plants eight
Inches apart in rows, so we can culti-

vate both w^ays. The first planting is
made about August 10, the seed being
sown thinly in rows eight inches apart.
When the plants are of suitable size,
say an inch or so high, they are
thinned out to eight inches in the row.

Future plantings are made from the
seed bed direct as a general ju\e, un-
til the last planting about April 10.
which we endeavor to make from
transplanted ' plants that have been
placed in Hats for two weeks. I find
that plants taken from seed bed, if
grown thinly and are stocky, make as
fine lettuce and save a large amount ,
of labor. .Several things are important
in planting in this heavy soil : first,
to have the soil enriched and made
light with manure; second, to have the
beds moist, but not soaiked, and third,
to be careful not to pack or press the
soil. If the beds be packed or trod
upon they will bake and become al-
kalied and the plants spoiled. The
sun is very bright and strong here,
shining almost every day in winter, so
that newly set plants need shading
for two or three days. We do the
shading with papers, and never put
any shading on the glass.

Following are a few suggestions that
will prove valuable :

We cultivate once a w"eek with small
two-inch hoes uijtil the crop covers
the ground. We are very careful in
watering and as sparing of water at all
times as possible, watering early in the
day. After the crop covers the ground
very little watering is done, except to
take care of dry spots.

We spray with nicotine solution Sat-
urday afternoons after the houses are
closed and find the solution by spray
best, as tobacco smoke will burn Den-
ver Market, Tennis Ball and Hanson.
We try to keep night temperature
about 4.5° with plenty of ventilation
on sunny days.

W'e plant for main crop. Grand Rap-
ids seed of our own raising free from
rogues. We have special demand for
Denver Market, without- doubt the
finest lettuce grown. So we have about
one-fourth of our space for this va-
riety. I have tried many kinds, in-
cluding Hanson. Tennis Ball. May
Queen and Black Seed Simpson, but
find that Grand Rapids 'averages best,
is easiest and quickest to grow, does
not burn or spot, stands shipment and
handling best, and is in fact a sure
thing. We find a good market at all
times, in our home town and in Den-
A-er. We grow two grades and get from
.'•>."( to .50 cents per dozen, the aver.age
price being about 40c.

After the season is over, in late
June, we spade- the beds as deep and
thoroughly as possible, working in ma-
nure, and keep the beds moist and in
good condition through the summer
rest. " En. Hriiti.vRO,

Boulder. Colo.

K.\>'SAS City, Mo. — Adolph D. Mohr,
Horist, has purchased sixteen lots near
Seventy-sixth street and Broadway.
The tract contains one and two-thirds
acres. He will convert it into a green-
house and nursery property.

CARNATIONS

F. CORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties Mv Specialty.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Watcblor our iraac Mark, •lamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawi

Substitution of cheaper grades It
thus easily exposed. Fresb BampU
brick, witb illustrated book, mallei
postpaid by maDufacturera upon re
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addreii

Trade Mark American Spawn Cc.St. Paul Mlnr

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. F.ALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pages.— Price $1.00—29 Illustrations.
AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time 1 A few dollars invested
in AraucariaExcelsa will vield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into the future and invest
your money now. .All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
]ust see what low prices we are otferioK now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers.
5H-b-iD. pots, 40c 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta. 5H-6-7-in. pots.

$1.00. $1 25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variei^ated and green foliage,
bushy plants. 6-in. pots. $1.00, $1.25 to $1. SO.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of aU
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

SPECIALTIES' Beans. Beets, Cabbaces. Carrots, Kohl Kabi. Leek. Lettuces. Onions. Peas,
«i uuinui iLtfi Radishes, Spinach. Turnips Swedes, .Asters. Balsams BeKonias. Carnations
Cinerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspur. Nasturtiums. Pansies. Petunias, Phloxes. Primulas. Scabious,
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalot;ue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GLANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz., or $1.75 per Vi oz., $1.00 per H oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds oSered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast groonds, aikl
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

19H-

The American Florist.

901

.

Dreer's Pandanus Veitchii

Having a larger stock of Pandanus Veitchii
than we can conveniently find room for we
offer an exceptionally good lot of four and six
inch pots, well colored, well furnished, at special
low prices on orders received on or before
November 15th, after which date our regular
list prices will again be enforced.

4-infh pots, nicely colored, well furnished plants,

' 35 certts each.

6-inch pots, nicely colored, well furnished plants,

75 cents each.

For a full and complete line of Decorative
Plants see our current Wholesale List.

HFNRY 3. DREER

714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices arc intended for the trade only.

FREE

This Fine

%:.

Budding Knife

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Go.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids,2 -ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids, 2Hft 1.50 each

Pyramids. 3 ft 2. OOeach

Pyramids. 31^. ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN ^^^'iA'?.??^'

1-yr.
2 14 -in.

ROSES

2-yr.
4-in.

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
on many it> ms. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas

.\11 the (rood French sorts pot-grown. 4-in.
pot plants 120.00 per 100: 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Cibotium Schiedei

Splendid stock at a real reduction, 5-in. pot
plants at 7Sc; 6-in. pot plants, $1.00,

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in, pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

Bougainvlllea

4in. pot plants $20 00 per 100

Dracaena Terminalis

6 in. pot p'ants, nicely colored, 75c each:
$8.00 per dozen.

Adlantum Croweanum

S-in. pot plants .$20 00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

Short and bushy, 2!-i in., $3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000.

Fern Dish Ferns

Best varieties, including Asp'dium. Cyr-
tomium, Wilsoni and Mayi, $3.00 per 100:
$25.00 per 1000.

Azaleas

Early and late plants, arrived in fine condi-
tion. Good values. 14 to 16 in., at 70c; 16 to 18
in., at $1.00: 18 to 20 in., at $1.50.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page fall list.

r

fLOflAIL COMPANY.

J>^IWCmt.D OHIO

Robert Craig Co...

^^ PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Maricet and 49th Sts„ Philadelphia, Pa.

Special Offer

Asparagus Plumosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vau^han's Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

902

The American Florist.

Nov. /^,

Books For Florists.

The following books should be in every florist's and gardener's library. A good book on any
subject in which you are specially interested is worth years of experience and should be kept con-
venient for reference at all times. Send prices quoted and we send the books.

Lawns and How to Make Them.

By Leonard Barron
A very useful and practical work. Illustrated. Price, $1.10

The Rose.

By H. B. Ellwanger.
Its cultivation,' varieties, etc. A complete guide. Price,$1.25.

How to Lay Out Suburban Homes.

By Herbert J. Kellaway.

Contains many useful hints. 112 pages, 38 halftone

illustrations and 15 plans and maps. Price, $2.

The Landscape Beautiful.

By Frank A. Waugh. '

An interesting book. 336 pages. Illustrated. Price, $2.

Window Gardening.

By Herman B. Dorner.
. An inleri ting subject. Well bound in green cloth. 153
pages and 43 iUustrations. Price, $1.25.

Vines and How to Grow Them.

By Wm. M. McCullom.

A list of varieties tor different locations is contained in this

book of 300 pages. lUustrated. Price, $1.10.

The Orchard and Fruit Garden.

By E. P. Powell.

The volume is well illustrated and the author is a practical

man who knows his subject. 321 pages. Price, $1.50.

The Garden Month by Month.

By Mabel Cabot Sedgwick.

A well classified list of hardy herbaceous and other plants

arranged for each month, niustrated. Price, $4.30

Success in Market Gardening.

By Herbert Rawson.

No one in the business tor profit can be without this latest

edition. 271 pages and 22 illustrations. Price, $1.10.

Practical Floriculture.

By Peter Henderson.

A guide to the successful propagation and cultivation of

florists' plants. Illustrated. 325 pages. Price, $1.50.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

By Elmer D. Smith.
Profusely illustrated. Price, 50 cents.

The Principles of Fruit Growing.

By L. H. BaUey.
Fruit culture is treated thoroughly. 516 pages. Price, $1.2 5.

Greenhouse Construction.

By L. R. Taft.
Howtobuild and heat a greenhouse. Illustrated. Price, $1.50.

Daffodils, Narcissus, How to Grow Them.

By A. M. Kirby.
Illustrated. 233 pages. Price, $1.21.

The Vegetable Garden.

By Vilmorin Andrieux S Co.

Most complete book published. Profusely illustrated.

782 pages. Price, $6.

Orchids: Their Culture and Management.

By W. Watson.
Eight colored plates. 544 pages. Price, $10.

The Goldfish.

By Hugo Mulertt.
160 pages, handsomely illustrated. Price, $2.

Landscape Gardening.

By Sam'l Maynard.
338 pages, 165 illustrations. Price, $1.50.

The Book of Water Gardening.

By Peter Bisset.
20O pages and 139 illustrations. Price, $2.50.

Mushrooms: How to Grow Them.

By Wm. Falconer.
Only American book on the subject. Illustrated. Price, $1.

Greenhouse Management.

By Prof. L. R. Taft.
Covers the subject completely. 382 pages. Price, $1.50.

Manual of the Trees of North America.

By Prof. C. S. Sargent.
826 pages, with over 600 illustrations. Price, $6.

The American Carnation.

By C. W. Ward.
A complete treatment. Illustrated. Price, $3.50.

Hedges, Windbreaks, Etc.

By E. P. Powell.
140 pages, with 22 illustrations. Price, 50 cents.

Cabbages, Cauliflower, Allied Vegetables.

By C. L. AUen.

Also contains chapters on seed raising, insects, pests and

fungus diseases common to these plants. Price, 50c.

House Plants.

By Parker T. Barnes.
236 pages and 30 full-page illustrations. Price, $1.20.

Insects Injurious to Vegetables.

By F. H. Chittenden.
163 illustrations in the 262 pages. Price, $1.50.

The American Flower Garden.

By Neltje Blanchan.
Well bound. 368 pages and 92 illustrations. Price, $5.35.

The American Florist Co,, 440 S. Dearborn St., Ciiicago

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903

Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ARADCARIAS.

Araucarias excelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
5%-6 Incb. 50e to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and compacta, 5V4-6-7 Inch, ?1, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St., Phila-
delphia^

.iraucarlas, excelsa, 4-In., 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 6-ln., 75c each; $9 per Aoz.: 6-ln., $1
each: $12 per doz. Excelsa Compacta, 5-ln.,
$1.25; 6 in., $1.50. Excelsa glauca, |1.25. The
Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place, Chi-
cago^

Araucarla excelsa, 6-In., 65c each. Holtoa &
Hunliel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

Araucarias. excelsa. 50c, 75c and $1 each;
Rohnsta Compacta. $1.50 to $2 each. Pochl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111^

ASPARAGDS PLUMOSOS and SPRENGERI,
3-ln., $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
Ids. Mich.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St.. New Tork.

Araucarias, $1.25 to $2 each. Geo. A. Knhl,
Pekln. lU.

ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS PI.tTMOSnS, extra strong,
2-lnoh, $2 per 100; $18 per lOnO. SPRENGERI,
extra 4-Inch, $7 per WO; $65 per 1.000. 2-inch.
$1.50 per ion; $12 per 1.000. THE WAGNER
PARK NDRSERY CO., Sidney, Ohio.

Asparagus plumosus, 2-in., $3 per 100; 3-in.,
$6; 4-in., $1.50 per doz. ; $12 per 100. Sprengert,
2-ln., $3 per 100; 3-ln., $5; baskets, extra large,
$3 and $4 each. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737
Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengerl, 2V4-ln.,
$2 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunning-
ham, Delaware, O.

Asparagus plumosus nanus, 214-ln., $4 per
lOn; $35 per l.OOU; 3-in., $7 per 100; $65 per
1,000; 4-in.. $12 per IciO; $110 per 1,000. Rob-
ert Craig Co., 4900 Market St., Philadelphia.

ASPARAGDS SPRENGEKI, fine 31n., $3.50
per 100. Cash, please. J. W. MILLER, Shire
manstown. Pa.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 3-ln., $3.50 per
100. Cash please. J. W. MlUer, Sblremanstown,
Pa^

Asparagus plumosus, short and bushy, 2V4-ln.,
$3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Har-
rlson Co., Painesviile, Ohio.

ASPARAOOS SPRENGERI, exceptionally fine
strong 2^-inch plants, $3 per KK); $25 per
1.000. PYFER & OLSEM, Wllmette, lU.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000.
Herr. Lancaster. Pa.

A. M.

ASPARAGDS PLDMOSDS. 3-ln., $6 per 100.
SPRENCERI. 3-ln.. $5 per 100. HENKT
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengerl, 2H-lnch, $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, 6-ln. pota. 10-12 leaves, $1
each; variegated, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, Mme, Van der Cruyssen, Ver-
vreneana, Simon Mardner, Empress of India,
Mme. Jos. Verva^ne, Ernst Eckhurte, NIobe, Ver-
vieneana .\lba. etc.; 10 to 12 Inches diameter, $6
per doz.; $45 per inO; 12 to 14 Ins., $9 per
doz.; $60 per 100; 14 to 16 Ins., $12 per doz.;
$75 per inO; 16 to 18 Ins., $18 per doz.; $123
per ion; 18 to 20 Ins., $24 per doz.; 20 to 22
Ins., $36 per doz.

Minature: Firefly or Hexe and Chas. Encke.
$4.80 per doz.; $35 per 100. F. E. Plerson,
Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. _

Azaleas, 75c to $1.50 each. Geo. A. Kuhl,
Pekln, m.

Azaleas, good values, 14 to 16 Ins., 70c; 16 to
18 Ins., $1; 18 to 20 Ins., $1.50. The Storrs &
Harrison Co., Palnesvllle, Ohio. v

BAY TREES.

BAY TREES.
Perfect Stock for Immediate Delivery.
.Standard — ■

Stem Crown Pair

2 ft. 20-22-ln. $10.00

2 ft. 24-ln. 12.(10

2 ft. 61n. 2 ft. 12.00

3 ft. 2 ft. 12.00

4 ft. 2 ft. 3-In. 16.00
4 ft. 2 ft. 6 In. 20.00
1; ft. 5-in. 2 ft. 6in. 20.00
4 ft. 3 ft. 25.00
4 ft. 3 ft.-3ft. 6-in. 30.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.,
737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford. N. J.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Aa-
gust Rolker & Sons. 51 Barclay St., New York.

BEGONIAS^

BEGONIAS, Lorraine, 4-ln., $35 per 100.
Cincinnati, 3-ln., $25; 4-ln., $35; 5-in., $50.
Chatelaine, 2V4-In., $3, Erfordil. 2\4-ln., $3.
Prima Donna, 2!4-In., $3; 3-ln., $6. Xmas
Red, 2M-ln.. $6; 3-In., $10. Triumph, 2^4-ln.,
$3. ERNEST EOBER, Wllmette, III.

Begonias, Glolre de Lorraine, 5-in., $40; 6-ln.,
$05. Cincinnati, 5-in., $50; 6-in., $75. Lumlnosa,
3-In., $1U; 4-ln., $15. Rex, 2-ln., $5; 3-ln., $10.
Geo. A. Kuhl, Pekln, lU.

Begonias. Lorraine and Cincinnati, 6-ln., 50c
to 75c each; 6-ln., $1 to $1.50 each; 7-ln., $2 to
$2.50. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-In.. $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Rex Begonia, 2%-ln., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwood, bash shaped, lO-ln., 25c; 12-ln., 30c;
12-In.. extra heavy, 40c; 15-ln., 50c; 18-ln.,
75c to $1; 24-ln., $1.25. Pyramids, 3n-In., $2;
36 In., $3; 314 ft., $3.50; 4 ft.. $4. Standards,
2 ft. stems, 12 to 15-ln., crown, $2 each.
Tubs extra. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737-38
Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft.. $1 each; 2% ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; 3% ft., $2.5<i. Standard
shape 14x14 Inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch, $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.60; nice
bushes. 15-ln., 35e each. P. O. Franzen, 5319
N. Clark St., Chicago.

"Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush. In
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Rnehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs. Dutch Narcissus; Golden Spur, $9 per
1.000; Empress, $11; Victoria, $9; Princeps,
$4.60; Sir Watkin. $9; Von Sion, $11; Von Sion,
dbl. nose. $19. Dutch hyacinths: Dutch Ro-
mans, $12 per l.noO: hyacinths, first size, 19-21
ctm., $50: second size, for forcing, 17-19 ctm.,
$30. Callas, IM, to 2 Ins., $40 per l.noo; 2 to
2 V. Ins., $60. French Romans. 11-12 ctms.,
2.500 to case, $20 per 1.000; 12-13 ctms., 2.000
to case. .t25 per l.dOO; 12 ctms. and up, l,8i)0
to case. $30 per l.nOO. Lllium gigantheum, 7-9-
In., 300 to case, $50 per 1,000: 8-lO-ln., 225 to
case. $80 per 1.000; 9-10-ln., 200 to case, $95
per 1,000. Lillum Formosum, 6 to 8-in., 350 to
case, $.30 per 1.000: 7 to 9-In., 250 to case, $50
per 1,000; 8 to 9-in., 225 to case, $60 per
1,000; 8 to 10-in., 2U0 to case. $70 per 1.000.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York. _
" Buih3,~Lr Formosunr~7-9-InTr9-10-ln.. 1011-
In., 11-13-ln. ; also Japan grown freesias, %
and %-in. The Yokohnma Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Woolworth Bldg., New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F, Kastlng Co., 383-38T
Elllcott St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 Beti
Bldg.. Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Scbwake & Co.,
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New
York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1218 Betz Bldg..
Philadelphia. .

Bulbs. Paper White, case of 1.000, $8.60. O.
C. Poll worth Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.

CARNATIONS.

Carnation cnttlngs, November. December and
January delivery. Philadelphia. Champion. $«
per KiO; $50 per l.non. White Wonder, Herald,
Beacon. Rosette. Enchantress Supreme. Enchan-
tress. White Enchantress. Mrs. C. W. Ward.
May Day, $3 per inO; $25 per 1,000. A. Hen-
derson & Co., 369 River St.. Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.

Best stock we have ever had of the NOVBI/-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON, N. J.

Carnation Aviator, R. C, ready Jan. 1, 191B,
$12 per liiO; $100 per 1.000. Chicago Carnation
Co.. 30 East Randolph St.. Chicago.

CARNATIONS — White Perfection, to close
out, $4 per 100. CRABB & HDNTEK FLORAL
CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLING, and fine
variety to grow, $3 per 100. C. C. PoUworth
Co.. Milwaukee.

Carnation Alice, beautlfnl clear bloah pink.

Peter Fisher, Ellis. Mass.

""Carnations. J. D. Thompson Canutlon C*.
Jollet. Ill

Carnations. Wood Broa., FlshklU, N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS^

Chrysanthemum plants from 2%-lnch poti;
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton, MeNlece, Bjinipo,
O H. Kahn. Chrysolora. October Frost. TouMt,
Chas. Razer, Comoletta, Golden Glow. Pacine
Supreme, Dnaka, Pocketts' Crimson and Schrlmp-
ton $2 per luO. Extra fine stock, order quIcK.
Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO..

Jollet. 111.

CHRYRANTHEMDM STOCK PL.ANTS.

Golden Glow Pacific Supreme and Smith's Ad-
vance, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. Chrysolora,
$4 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co.. Maywood.
111.

Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme and Smith'j
Advance, strong bushy 2-Inch pot plants. $3
per 100: $23 per 1.000. Chrysolora, $4 per 100.
A. T. Hey Floral Co.. Maywood. 111.

CINERARIAS.

Cinerarias, large flowering. 2-ln.. $2; 3-in.. $4
per 100. Cash. J. W, Miller, Shlremanstown.
Pa. .

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., GeneTa, N. t.

COLEUS.

Coleus. — Verschaffeltl. Golden Redder and
Queen Victoria, strong plants out of 2-Incll
pots. $l..'iO per 100; $12..'i<) per 1.000. W. H.
KING. Box 1.360, Little Silver, N. J.

Coleus 2-In., $2 per 100; $1.S.60 per 1.000;
3-ln., $3 per 100: $25 per 1.000. R. Vincent,
Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

COt.BDS. Brilliancy or Xmas Red, iViM\rh.
$4 per 100: 60c per doz. ERNEST BOBER,
Wllmette, 111.

if You Do Not Find mi\ You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It.

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The American Florist.

Nov. /y,

CROTONS ^

CrotoDS, swell colored in all varieties, 50o
and 75c. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove.
lU.

Crotons, 75c to $1.25 each. Geo. A. Kuhl,
Pekln, 111.

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN. 3-inch. J8 per 100; 41nch. $15
per 100; 5-iucb. $35 per 100. SEEDLINCS.
GIG., all Wandsbek type, $3 per lOJ; $25 per
1,000; equally divided 10 varieties. Gl.. OF
WANDSBEK, dark and light, separate. $4 iht
lOO. IMPROVED GL. OF WANDSBEK, dark
and light salmon, better grower and larger flow-
ers. $5 per .lOu. ER.NEST BOBEK. Wllmette,

m.

My Chicago prize winning Cyclamen, 4-in. at
15c mixed; 5-in. at 35c mixed: 6-ln. at 60c
mixed. R. 3. SODTHERTON, Highland Park,
111^

Cyclamon. 4-in.. $25 per lllO; ,$225 per 1,000;
5-in., $50 per 100; $450 per l.UOO; 6-in.. .S75
and $100 per 100; 7-in., $150 per 100. Robert
Craig Co.. 4900 Market St,, Philadelphia. _

Cyclamen, 5 colors. 3-ln., doz., $1.50; per lOfl,
$10; 4-in.. doz., J2.50; per 100. $18. Vaugban's
Seed_Store, Chicago and New York.

Cyclamen, assorted, .")-in,, 40c; C-in., 00c
each. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckinj^ham
Place. Chicago.

Cyclamen, 5-in., 40c: 6-in,, 85c: 7-in., $1.
Foeblmann Bros. Co., Morton G rove. 111.

Cyclamen, 4-in.. $20. 5in., $35; 8-ia., $5i;.
Ceo. A. Kuhl, Pekin, 11.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Fine 2%-lnch stock, Etolle d'Or,
best yellow forcing daisy, $4 per loO. Cash,
A. B. HUNT & CO., 56 East Randolph street,
Chicago,

DRACAENAS.

Draca?na fragrans. 4-in.. 25c; Lindeni. 4-in..
50c; Massangeana, 4-in,, 50 each, Indivisa,
4-Jn., $1.25 iicr doz.; 7-iu.. 50c and 75c eacli;
7-in, extra strong, $1 eucli. The Geo, Witt-
bold- Co., 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Dracaena terminalis. 4-iu., $3 per doz.; 5-iii..
$6 per doz.; G-iu., 75c to $1 eac^b. Poeblmjuui
•*Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Dracrena terminalis, 6-in. pot plants, 75c
each. The Storrs & Harrison Co.. i'ainesville,
Oblo^

Dractenas, Godseffiana. 2-in.. $r per doz.;
3-in., $1,50. Massangeana, 0-in., $1 each,
Poehlmann Bros. Co,, Morton Grove, 111,

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 3-in., $5; 4-tn., $10; C-ln..
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.
^Dracmias, $l~to ,$2.50 each.^ Geo. Ar Kubl,
I'ekiu. 111.

FERNS.

Boston, 2-Inch $ 3.00 per 100

Boston, 3-inch O.Oil per 100

Boston, 4-inch 12.00 per 100

Boston. 5-incb 20.00 per 1"0

Boston, 7-lnch 75 each

Boston, 8-inch 1.00 ea.-h

Boston, out of bench, $10, $15 and $20 per loO
Roosevelt, out of bench, ^15 and $20 per I'lO

Pteris, out of flats $1.50 per ino

Smlthii (new), 2-in 5.00 per 100

Fern and Spreugeri baskets, 75c to $2.50 each

Cash Please.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTB. ILL.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties, 2V4-
In,, $3.50 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stuck
of strong dwarf plants; 2Vi-iu,, $4 per luii;
3-ln., $7 per 100; 4in., $15 per UlO; 7-ln., $6
per doz.; 7-in,, extra heavy, $0 per doz.; 8-ln.,
$12 per doz.; 10-iu., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WUIT-
MANI. 2%-ln., $5 per 100; 3 In.. $10 per lllO;
5-ln., $25 per 100: extra heavy 8-in., $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO.. MILVVArKEE.

FEUNS, Asplenium nidus avis, 5-in.. $1 and
$1.50; specimens, $2.50 and $3. Assorted ferns
for dishes, $3 per 103, Boston, 2-in.. 50c per
doz.; $1 per 100; 3-in., $1 per doz.; $8 per 100;
4-in., $1..50 per doz.; $12 per lllO; 5-in.. $3 per
doz.; 6-in., $G per doz,; 7-in., 75c each; 8-in.,
$1 each; 9-in., $1.50 each; specimens, $2, $2,50
and up. Whitmani, 3-in,, $1 per doz.; 4-i'i..
$2; 5-in., $3: 6-iu., $6. THE GEO. WITT
BOLD CO.. 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Ferna. Cibotlum Schledel, 5-ln., 75c; e-ln.. $1.
Adiantum Croweanum. 5-ln., $20 per Ino, Adlan-
tum Glory of Mordrecht, 4-in.. $25 per MO. Fern
dish ferns, best varieties, $3 per 100; $25 per
1.000, The Storrs & Harrison Co,, Painesville,

^ Ohio,

Ferns, Boston. Whitmans and Roosevelt. Sin..
25e each; $3 per doz.: 0-in., 50c each: $6 per
doz.; 7-in., 75c each; $0 per doz.; 8-in.. $1
each; $12 per doz.; lOlu., $2.50 each; 12-ln..
$3.50 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton
Grove, III.

Ferns Adiantum Farleyense, 3-ln., $20 and $25
per loO; 4-ln., $50 per 100; S-ln.. $75 per liH);
G-ln.. $1 each. Asideuium Nidus Avis, 4-lu,,
50c each; u-iu.. $1.50 each; 7-ln., $2; 8-ln., $3.
J. A. IvtersdU & Sous. Cincinnati, O.

Ferns of all kinds. For varieties and prices
see advertisement elsewbeie in this issue.
Robert Craig Co., 4900 Market St,, Philudel-
pbia,

Boston, Whltuinnl and Ro^iseveit terns, bench
stock ready for 5-inch pots, $2.25 per doz.; $15
per 100. C. Humfehl. Clay Center, Kans.

Boston ferns, 5-inch, 35c each; $4 per doz,
Adiantum Croweanum. Sin., $8 per 100: $70
per l,OiO, A, N. Pierson. Inc., Croniwell. Conn.

Ferns. Boston and Whltnuini, 3-ln,, 10c; 4-ln,,
15c; 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton. N. J.

Ferns, all kinds and sizes. Geo. A. Kuhl,
Pekiu, III. _

Ferns. Bohhink & Atkln8j_Rutherfora,_N. I.

Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

FICUS.

Picus Elastics, 5-in., $4.20 per doz. Pmdurata.
Gin., $2 50 each; 8-in. tubs. $4.50 each. The
Ceo. Wittbold Co., 737 Bucltingham Place, Chi-
cago^ ^ .

Ficus. 25c and 50c each. Poehlmann Bros..
Co.. Morton Grove. HI.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums. Maryland, the brightest scarlet,
$1 per ihiz. : $6 ijer 100; $.i0 per l.OoO. Stand-
ard sorts, 2-iuch, $2 per lOii; $I8,.5o per 1,000;
nuvelties and new varieties from $4 per I'm to
50c each. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md.

Geraniums, S, A. Nntt; Bne plants out of
SV.-in. pots. $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE, Minot.
N. D.

Geniiilums. 2-ln., $3 per lnO. Hall Calne
and .Mary Barton, 2-Jn., $5. Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 4ath ^t., Portland, Ore.

Geraiunms, Nntt. Bnclmer, Ricard, Perkins,
Poitevine, 2-ln.. $2 per 100; 3-ln., $5 per 100.
Geo. .M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

GERANIUMS— Strong 2V4-lnch S. A. Nutt
and donlde white, $20 per l,0i0. CRABB ^k
IIFNTKH Fl.llRAL CO.. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Geriinlimjs, S, A, Nutt, $12.50 per 1,000.
I'oltevijie anil Ricard. $15 per 1,000. A. M.
Ilerr, Lancaster, Pa. -

GLADIOLUS.

~MRS. FRANK PENDLETON. I am head-
(liiarteis for pure stock of tbis grand pink
Gladiolus. Write for quotations ou all sizes.

L^ MERTON GAGE. Natick, Mass.

~Wrlte~~fnr price list HDMK-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Muusell & llarvey, Aahtatmla. Ohio.

GREENS.

Greens, dagper and fancy ' ferns, 80c per
l.Oiin: case of .t.OOO. $.'?.5<t. Green galax. 50c
LiiOO: case of lO.OdO. $4. Green iHucotboe. long,
$2 per l.OOM. Green leucotboe, short. $1 per
l.'OO. ElU Galax & Fern Co., Banners Elk,
K. C.

Greens. Vanghan*s Indian Picked Bouquet
Green; VaugUan's XXX Eastern Holly; box-
wood, laurel, mistlptoe. magnolia leaves, win-
ter berries, immortelles, statice, ruscus, etc.
Vaugliau's t-'ecrt Store, Chicago and New York.

Greens, cemetery wreaths, 15 to 3G inches.
Pine cones. 1st size, $7 per l.OnO: 2nd size, $5.
Spruce cones, 1st size, ^5 per 1,000; 2nd size.
$:j.50. W. W.Wilmore. Jr., Wheatridge, Colo.

Greens, wild smllax, $2.50 per rase. Natural
and perpetuiitt'd moss, Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen. Ala.

Greens, wild smilax, ?2..')0 per case. Natural
and perjietual muss. Edward A. Heaven, Ever-
grppn. Ala.

Greens, runcy and dagger ferns, moss, ever-
green, hmrel, spruce ami hemlock boughs, Xmas
trees, etc. H. J. Smith. Illnsdiile, Mass.

Greens. Delaware hnlly and holly wreaths,
also cellar, pine. Inure) and boxwood wreaths,
any size. Delaware Evergreen Co.. Milton, Del.

Holly, heavy berried, single case. $4; 5 or
more cases. $3.75 each. 14 inrb liollv wreaths.
$10 per 100. n._Anstin. Felton. Del.

Greens, choice case holly, holly wreaths and
laurel niplng. H. E. Conwell, Milton, Delaware.

Red Winter Berries, best quality. A. R. Fos-
dick & Co.. Dowagiac. Mich.

Holly, laurel, moss, boxwood sprays. W> Z.
Purueli. Snow niH. Md.

HOLLYHOCK.

HOLLYHOCKS. 7 double Tarletles. all lead-
ers. Also Allegbenv. the frlnpeil single, $3 per
ItiO; $1^0 per l.dOO. Pall delivery. W. W.
WlLMuUE. JR.. Wheatridge, Colo.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, Radiant, Bouquet Rose, Gene
de Vihraye, La Lorraine, Mme. A. Uiveram,
Mme, E, Mouillere, Mme. Maurice Hamar. Mme. I

Renee Guillard. 6-in., $35 and $50 per 100; ■

larger plants. 75c to $2 each. Otaksa. 4-in.,
$15 per I.JO; 6-in., 4 to 6 heads. $25 and $35
per lOU; 6-in., 6 to 7 heads, $40 and $50;
larger plants, 75c to $3 each. Robert Craig
Co., 490J Market St., Philadelphia.

Hydrangeas Otaksa, 4-in., 2 leads, $1.80 per
doz.; 5 in.. 3-4 leads. $3 per doz.; $24 per 100;
0 and lOin., 75c to $1 each. French vars., pink,
white, blue, 6-in,, 40c; 7-in., 6Jc. THE GEO.
WITTBOLD CO., 737 Buckingham Place, Chi-
^O:

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA. Pot-grown for forc-
ing from 5-iuch pots, $15 per 100; 4-Inch, $10
per 100; 3-iuch $6 per 100. All flue healthy
stock. THE WAGNER PARK NURSERY CO.,
Sulney, Ohio.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown, 4-in.. $20 per lOU; 5-in., $25. The Storra
& Harrison Co., Painesville, O.

~H y L> rang' E A~~OT A KSA, 3-ln. pots, $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mlgh.

IRISES.

Iris Pallida Dalmatica, $10 per 100. J. A,

Peterson & Sons, Ciucinnatl, O.

IVIES.

English Ivy, out of 6-ln. pots, up to 5 ft.
high. $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 B.
4'Jtb St., Portland, Ore,

Hardy English ivy, 2-in,, $2 per 100; $18,60
per 1,000; 3-in., $3 per 100: $25 per 1,000. B.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

isnglish ivy from field. 20 to 30 inches. $3;
from [lots, 30 to 40 inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST. Kenllworth, N. J.

ENGLISH IVY, strong 4-inch, $10 per 100.
HARRY HEINL, West Toledo, Ohio.

German Ivy, 2M!-In., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son. Cedar Falls. Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

Solanum Melvenl (improved Jerusalem cherry),
5-ln., with Ijerries. $3 per doz.; $20 per 100;
6-ln.. $3.75 per doz.; $30 per 100. Vaughan's
Seed Store. 31-33 W. Randolph St.. Chicago.

JERIISAlTeM cherries. Melvinii, 2-in.. $.1
per 100; 3 in.. $5 per 100. Cash. ERNKST
ROBER, Wilmette, 111. _

Ji-rnsalem cherries, 2V4-in,, $3,50, Geo. A.
Kuhl. Pekin, 111,

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert. Wandsbek, nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken. 17 Bat-
tery Pi., New York.

From Storage.

Lily of the \alley, Brun's Celebrated Cliicago
Market Brand Pips. Immediate shipment from
cold storage at Chicago at the usual prices.
Lar(T£st and finest stock in America. $20 per
l.OOO; $2.50 per 100; 5TO for $10.50; 250 for
$5.50. H. N. BRUNS, 3032 West Madison St.,
Chicago. ._

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Gultare.
Ameri<nn Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn. ^_

MURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits, W. & T.
Smith Co,, Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob*
hlnk & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J^

Evergreen, The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,

111,

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and seini-
establisbed. Lager & Hurrell. Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

Cocos Weddeliana, 2-in., $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100: $9ii per l.OOO. Poehlmann Bros. C«..
Morton Grove, 111, ^_^

Palms, Kentla Belmoreana, 6-ln,, 6-7 leavea, •!
22 Ins. high, $1 each; $12 per doz. PhoentX
Roebelenii, 8-ln, pots, 24 Ins. high, 26-llll!h
spread, $3.50 each; 9 Inch tubs, 24 Inches hlgll,
30 Inch spread, $4 each, A. N. Pierson, Inc..
Cromwell. Conn.

Phoenix Canarlensls, fine large plants, $7.B0
to .tSo each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

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ARECA LUTESCENS.

Doz. ino

2-ln $1.20 $9.00

3-ln 2.00

4-111., ;l plmits ill a pot 3.00

G-ln., 18-241I1. high. 3-4 In a pot.. 9.0U

COCOS WEDDELLIANA.

Doz. 100

Sin ?1.75 $14.00

7 Jiud S-iu. siiefiiiii'iis. 3 I't. 0 iu.
to 4 ft. high. .$:).00 and $4.00 ea.

KE.VTIA BELMORE.\NA.

Size Leaves Ht. Each. Doz. 100

2-In. 4 Sin. JL.TO %Vl.n\

3-ln. 4-5 S-lO-in, 2.il0 15.00

■Jin. 4-5 12-14-in. 4.50 3i.00

B-In- .'J-6 15-18 in. COO 50.00

6-in. 0-7 22-24.in. $1.50

7-in. (;-- aii-:!2-in. 2.5(i

7-in. 0-7 4S-in. 7.00

8-ln. tubs 0-7 60-in. in.oo

Oin. tnlis 7-S 72-ln. 13.00

KENTIA FOSTERIANA.

Size Leaves Ht. Each. Doz. Kin

2-'i>. 4 8-ln. $1.50 $12 00

3-1". 4-5 8-10-in. 2.i'0 15 00

4-ln. 4-5 14-10 in. 4..';0

B-ln. 5-C 16-lS-ln. % .50

5-in., extra strong .75

6in. 5-C 18-24-ln. 1.00

6-in. 5-6 2S .<i2-in. ^.W

"-in. 6-7 30-4O-in. 2.25 to $2. .50

7-in. 0-7 44-48-in. 4.00

8-in. 67 CO-64-in. 8.50

8-in. 6-7 fil-68-in. 9 00

fl-in- 6-7 72-i'i. 11.00

911. 7-8 8 l-84-in. 12.00

9-in. 7-8 S4-SS-in. 15.00

KENTIA— Made Up.
Belmoveana, Olu.. 3-4 in a pot. 40c and 50c

each.
Fosteriana —

7-in., 24-."!0-in. high, $2.00 and .?2.50 each.

8-in.. tubs. .SO-in. iiicrh $4 00

n-in., tubs. 4fl-in. high " goo

9-in.. tubs, 4S-in. high " 7'go

!>-in., tubs. .52 .'ifi-in. hieh 900

9-in.. tubs, 60-70-in. higli " lo'oo

9in. tubs. 72S)-in. high " 1500

6in.. 3-4 in a pot. 20-24-in. high 125

Doz., $15.00.

6-in., 3-4 ill a pot, stronger 1 go

Doz., Sis.no.

7-in., 3-4 in a pot 2. SO

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO
737 Bucliingiiam Place. Chicago.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Single Plants.

... . Leave.s. Inches high. Each.

4-lncb pots, 5 ti> 6, IS $0 'is

6-ln,li pots. 0 to 7, 28 to .30 .'.'.'. 1.50

6- nch iints, 6 to 7. 32 to 34 . . . . 2.00

8-ln<h tubs, 6 to 7, 3fi 3 00

8-Inch tubs, 6 to 7, 42 to 44 " " 400

8-Inch tubs. 6 to 7. 45 to 48 ..'.'. sioo

Specimens. S15.00 to $25.no,

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Single Plants.

. , . Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4- nch pots, 5 to 6. 18 to 20 ....$0.35

8 inib liiits, 5 to 6, 34 to 36 1.50

8-inoh tubs, 6 to 7, 4R to 48 3..50

8 inch tubs, 6 to 7, 50 to .54 BOO

10 inch tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to 5V4 ft.. 8.00

10-Inch tubs. 6 to 7. 6 to 6V4 ft.. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.
Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Indies high. Each.

6-lnch pots, 3 plants In a pot. 28 1 50

7-inch pets, 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub. 38 .. 3.00

S-lnch tubs. 3 plants in a tub. 38 to 42. . 3..50

8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub. 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-Inch tnbs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to .58.. 6.<l0

lO-iuch tubs. 4 [ilauts in a tuli. 5 ft. high. 8.0O

12-lncb tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 to SVj tt.lO.OO

12-Inch tulis, 4 idants in a tub. fi ft. high. 12.00

Very strong specimens, 12 and 15-lncb tubs, 7

plants. $15,110. $18.00 and $25,00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

S-lnch pots. 20 in. high. 20 in. spread $1.50

7-luch pots, 2 i\. high. 32 to 36 In. spread 2-.50

8-lnch tubs, floe specimeus 3.50

POEFIL.MANN' BROS. CO.,
MORTON GCOVE, ILL.

PALMS, DECORATIVE PLANTS, RARITIES.
Keasoner_Bros., Ont-co. Fla.

Palms, 5-iu.T75c: fi-in.,~$l to *1.25~eachT
Geo. A. Kuhl, Pekln, lU.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

P AND ANUS.

Pandanus, $iT5O~Fo"~$2T50 eaclL Geo. aT
Kiilil. reUin, 111.

Pandanus Veitcbiir4-in7r.$6 per doirr5-iirr$9T
The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place,

Dracmna Godsefliana, 2-ln., $1 per doz.; 3-in.,
$1.50 per doz. Massangeana, 6 in., $1 each,
roeblmuun Bros. Co., Mortou Crove. 111.

Pandanus Veltchil. 4 in.. 50c; 5-in.. 75c to
•$1; 0-iu., $1.50; 7-in.. $2 to $2. .50. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Mortou Grove. 111.

Pandanus utilis, 3-in., $1.50 per doz.; $12 per
100; 4-in., $25 per 100; 5-ln., $50 per inO.
Robert Craig Co., 4900 Market St.. Philadel-
phia^

Pandanus Veitchll. 6-ln., $1 and $1.50 each;
7 and 8-ln., $2 to $3. J. A. Peterson & Sons,
Ciminnatl. O.

Pandanus Veitchii. 4-Inch. 3.5c each; O-lnch.
75c each. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia^^

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS. PORTLAND,
OREGON, offer an imuiense crop of superb
"Private Stock" Mastodon Mixed Seedlings, our
Elite Strain. Classv stock plants, per 1.000.
$4; per 5.0011, .?16. ALL PREPAID ANY-
WHERE. ANY TIME. Mastodon Mixed Seed.
Vs oz., $1; oz., $7.

PANSIES— ROMBR'S PRIZE WINNElb (Ger-
many). The strain that has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection, 50c per
inO; $3..50 per 1,000. Express prepaid. C.
HUMFBLD. Clay Center. Kans.

Pansies, $2,150 per 1.000; 5,000 for $10. Elmer
Rawlings, Olean, N. Y.

Pansy plants. $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
ningham, Delaware, O.

PELARGONIUMS.

•■E.4STER GREETING," the everblooming
Pelargonium, Al 2%-inch plants ready to shift,
$10 per lOO; 50 at 100 rate. Cash. J. N. Spana-
liel & Sons. East Palestine, Ohio.

PEPPERS.

Cluster peppers. 4-ln., $10 per 100. Celestial
peppers, 4-in.. $10 per 100. 6-in. pans of
peppers. 40c each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Mor-
ton Grove, 111.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-Inch bushy
plants, full of berries. $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey Floral Co.. Maywood. 111.

Christmas peppers, 2y,-in., $3.50. Geo. A.
Kuld. Pekln. III.

PERENNIALS.

Perennials. — Strong plants from field or pots.
Write for prices on what you need. W. E.
KING, Box 1360, Uttle Silver, N. J.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, dbl. mixed, 2-ln., $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1,01X1; 3-ln., $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. B.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

POINSETTIAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUAHTEKS.
True type, short stocky plants, 2%4-lnch, $4.50
per lOu; $40 per 1,000; 3-luch, $S per $100;
4-inch. $15 per 100. Larger plants, made-up,
35c to $2.50. Cash please. ERNEST ROBER,
WUmette, 111.

Polnsettias, 3-in.,, 15c; 4-In., 25c; 5-in. pans,
.S,5c; 6 in., SUc; 7-in.. 75c; 8-in.. $1. The Geo.
Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1,000 2H-lnch; fine
stock. $5 per 100; $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
BODA. Omaha. Neb.

Polnsettias, 2-in., $5; 3-in.. $10; 4-in., $15;
.5-in. pans, $35; 6-in., $50. Geo. A. Kuhl, Pekin,
111.

POINSETTIAS, 2V,-in., $5 per lOf); 4-in.,
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH. Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.

Poinsettias from 50c to $2.50 each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

PRIMULAS.

THE BIG BABY.

Primula Malacoides. No florist should be
without it. "Cut and come again." Fine pot
plant. We h.ave three houses full, 214-in., $2
per 100; $1S per 1,030; 3-in. heavv. ready for
5-in., $4 per 100: $35 per 1,000. HEISEl!
NURSERY AND FLORAL CO.. Hamilton. Ohio.

PRIMULA OBCONICA GIOANTEA and
GRANDIKLORA, heavy 2U-in., ready for 4-in.,
an assortment of 9 named varieties. $1.75 per
100. KEWENSIS and MALACOIDES 2c.
SCIIIEBLE BROS.. Miamisburg, Ohio.

Primroses, Chinese and Malacoides, 3-ln., $8;
4 iu., $12.50. Forbesi and Obconica. 2V.-in., $5;
;Mu., $8. Geo. A. Kuhl . _Pekjn^ U .

Primroses, Cliinese. Forbesi, Sanguiupa, Ob-
conica alba and rosea, $1.50 per 100; $12 per
1,000,

Primula Obconica Granditlora. In bloom
ready for sale. Good 3-inch stock, $6 per 100.
Galloway Brothers & Co.. Waterloo, Iowa.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES. 2i,i-in.. 3c; 3-in.,
6c- Obconica Graudiflora. Gig., 2Vi-in.. $3 per
100; ;!-in.. .SO p.-r 100: 4-in., $8 per lOn. Cash,
please. EKNKST ROBER. Wilmctte, 111.

Primula obconica. 3-lnch. $6 per 100. Mala-
coides, 2M'-lnch, $4 per 100; $35 per 1.000.
Vaugluin's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES. 2V'-ln.. $3 per
100; 4-in., $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids. Mich.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Sbarte and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co.. Baltimore. Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett. Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

ROSES.
Strong pot-grown stock for forcing:

Anicrican Pillar — Doz.

Gin $2.40 and 3.60

Dorotln- Perkins. 6-in 2.40

Exri-lsu, 5-in. and 6-in. 3.60

Klowoi- of Fnirlit'ld. 5 and 6-in 3.60

Ladv Gay. H-iu 2.40

)i in 3.60

T:iuson.ls.*liocii. 4-iii 1.80

5 iu. 3.00

0-iii 4.20

Tin-: GEO. WITTBOLD CO..
737 Biu'kingljam Phu'e. Cliieago.

ROSES. My Maryland and Pink KlUarney,
3-ln.. $5 per 100. Kaiserin. 4-in.. $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids. Micb.

• Rosea on canina stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. & Co.,

Hoogeveen, Holland.

Roses, l-vr., 2^-iD.; 2-yr., 4-ln. Leedle
Floral Co.. Springfield, O.

Roses. Gratama Bros. & Co.. Hoogeveen.
Holland.

Roses. W. T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
SEEDS.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop. 14
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMBTTE. ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Mnsk-
melon. Squasb and Pumpkin. Sweet. Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co.. Val-
ley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzabn Seed Co.. Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field com. Edgar F.

Hurff, Swedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists : Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field com. George R. Pedrlck &
Son, contract seed growers. Pedricktown, N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radisli,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson. Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport, Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet, Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash. West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squasb and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. G. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlfloras, etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford. Conn.

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Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeda. J.
Bolglauo & Son, Light, Pratt and Glllcott Sts.,
Baltimore, Md.

SeedB> winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.
C. Zvulanek, Lompoc, Calif.

Seeds, : wholesale' growers. The Elmberlln
Seed Co., Santa Clara, Callt.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. los.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O. - .

Seeds, eacalyptus and acacia. Brannings, P.
0. Box 857, Melbourne. Australia.

Seeds, tomato seed our specialty. Haven

Seed Co., Santa Ana, Callt.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New Tork.
Tomato seed. Wm. Bedcay, Lancaster. Pa. R6.

SMILAX.

Smllax. 2<4-lncb, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
/. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramsburg pink Snapdragons, bushy plants
from 21nch pots. $3 per luO. A. T. Hey Floral
Co., May wood. 111.

Field-grown Ramsburg pink Snapdragons. Big
bushy plants, $5 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co.,
Maywood, 111,

SPIREA.

Splrea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per inO;
$75 per I.UOO. Louis B. Eastburn, Kcnnett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate, Uer-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKlnley, Morning
Star, .Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success, Three W's, U. S. King Edward, Wm.
Belt. $2 per 100; $16 per l.liOO. Chesapeake,
Fgndflll, Pearl, $2.25 per 100; $18 per l.OUO.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Sliver, N. J.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink, 2-ln., $2 per 100;

$18.60 per l.OiiO; 3inch, $3 per 100; $25 per

l.OiK). R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Bap-
Ids, especially selected for greenhouse forcing,
seedlings, $1 per l.lJOO. Strong parsley roots,
100 for $1. Sblpmeot day order received.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville, lU.

vmcAs.

VINCA VAR., strong field-grown clumps. (4
per ion; $.35 per l.dllO. Cash, please. FRANCE
& VANDEGRIFT, Monroe, Mich.

VINCA Var., rooted tips, $1.10 per inO; $10
per 1,000. Strong plants, $2.25 per lOi); $20
per 1,000. E. C. WAGONER, Beaver Falls, Pa.

Vlnca varlegata, fleld-grown, $5 per 100.
Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, 0.

VIOLETS.

VIOLETS — Large clumps of California, $8 per
100; $50 per 1.000. CRABB & HUNTER
FLORAL CO^Graud Rapld3,_Mlch^

VIOLETS. Gov. Herrick, extra fine field
clum[>s from selected blooming stock, $5
per 100. Cash. W. H. Culp & Co., Wichita,
Kansas.

VIOLETS. Princess of Wales, fleld-grown,
strong, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Rapids, Mlch^

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co.. St. Louis, Mo.

BOILERS.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nlo. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marsbfield Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, flt tings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts., Chlcngo.

The Kroesehell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot . water heating. Kroesehell Bros.
Co., 452 W. Erie St.. Chicago.

' "Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse beating.
Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846 W.

Superior St., Chicago.

Boilers, Glblin standard greenhouse. Glblin
& Co., 901 Broad St., Ctlca, N. Y.

Boiler tubes, 4-inch, 6% cents per foot. New
and- S. H. pipe, all sizes. IIUdoIs Pi|)e ft
Mfg. Co., 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago. ^

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far, 60c
for l.tXJO, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC. ,

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp. Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co.. Eaton, Ind.

Greenhouse glass. Write for prices. Spragtie.
Smith Co., 164-166 Randolph St.. Chicago.

GREEHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
bouse. Ickee-Braun Mill Co., 2340 WabansU
Ave., Chicago. III.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
Inger Co., 902 Blackhawk St.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construrtion, builders oT all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dtetach
Co., 2(i42 Sheffield Are.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spanl-
ding Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co., Des Plaines, 111.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

Grenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid— NICO-FUME— Paper, for thrlps, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co.. Inc., LoulsviUe,
Ky^

Aphine, $1 per qt.. $2.50 per gal. Fungine.
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine, %\ per qt.,
$3 per gal. Scatlne. 75c per qt.. $1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals.. $10. Ntkotiaua. |1.50 per qt..
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J,

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London. England.

Nicotine, The Grasselll Chemical Co., Cleve-
land. Pittsburgh, St. Louis. New York. Cin-
cinnati, St. Paul. Boston, Detroit, Birmingham,
Chicago, Milwaukee. New Orleans.

Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck, Stow &
Wilcox Company. -.Southlngton. Conn., and
Cleveland. Ohio.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. KendaliviUe. Ind.

Florists' baskets of alt kinds. Raedleln Bas-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhoqse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1.000, 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Cliestnut St.,
Pbiludelpbla.

FloriKts' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cyt-aH leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann.
404-412 East 34th St.. New York,

Superior carnation staples, 60c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter 4c Son, 422 Main St.,
Spriugtield, Mass.

Glazing points, % and %, 40c per lb.; T
lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs.. $5. Randolph & McCIem-'
ents, 5936 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

"Elastic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pronw.
Mgr.. The Elastlc-Lyke <^o., 30 E. Randolph
St., Chicago. ,

Greenhouse supplies of . all . kinds'. Chicago
House Wrecking Co.. 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago.

Building material, pecky cypress, drop sld-.
ing. ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Seblllo Lumber Co.. 1560 Kingsbury St..
Chicago. ' .

Iron bench fittings and roof supports. >a-i
porizlng pans, ventilating apparatus. Jennlhg's!
Improved Iron Gutters. Dlller, Caskey & 'Keen.'
S. W. Cor. Sl.xth and Berk Sts.. Philadeliifala.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave.,
Chli-ago.

Florists' refrigerators. Buchblnder Bros., 618
Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Vaugl|ian'e Perfection Points, p^r 1,000, 50c;
by mall, 70e; 5.000 by express, $2.50.
Vaughun's Seed Store, Clilcago and New York.

Superior Carnation Staples. 35c per 1.000;
3.0IM) for $1. F. W. Walte. 86 Belmont Ave.,
Springfield, Mass.

Shear-Klean grates are cheapest when yon
consider their efficiency. Shear^Klean Grate Co.,
Chicago, III.

The Morehead Return Steam Trap. More-
head Mfg. Co.. Detroit, Mich.

Florists' supplies of all kinds. Percy Jones,
56 R. Randolph St.. Chicago. '

Greenhouse windstorm Insurance. Florfiln D.
Wallace, Insurance Exchange: Bldg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red' Devil'/ , tools. 'Smith
& Ilemenway. 105 Chambers St.. New York.

NIKOTEEN. • ' ■

Nlkoteen. 30% strength for spraying. Nlc<^
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

POTS AND PANS^

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz., by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.

Pelrce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
pot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Peirce. 4o0 Oaks St.. Waltham. Mass.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co.. South Zanesville. Ohio.

Neponset, flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Standard pots, all sizes. The Whilldin Pot-
tery Co.. 709 Wharton St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. UIl-
finger Bros. Pottery, Fort Edward. N. Y,

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Harley

Pottery Co., Nashville. Tenn.

Pots. Hews* standard. A. H. Hews & Co..

Cambridge. Mass.

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son, 2614-22 Hem-
don St.. Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy., Detroit. Mich.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 0 to 8 feet,
per UK). 85c; 500. $3; $5.50 per 1.0'H).

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per l<in. eOc; per
1,000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

Plllsbury Carnation Staples, 1.000 for 86c;
3,000 for $1. 1. L. Plllsbury, Oalesburg. IIL

WIRE WORK.

Floral design, wire window guards, oflic*
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shads
frames. Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St..
Cleveland, Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros.. 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

If You Do Not Find Wtiat You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write lis About It.

rgi4.

The American Florist.

907

Dayton, Ohio.

FALL TliADK GOOD.

The business among the Horists lor
fall trade has been as good as could
be expected under the uncertain condi-
tions of weather. We have had but
one killing frost and the temperaturi-
went down to 24 degrees on the night
of October 22, thereby killing all out-
door flowers, of which there never was
such an abundance before, and which
was hard for tlie florists to compete
with the farmers. Some of them are
very successful with the undertaking;
one farmer at Bellbrook, Ohio, raised
five acres of the best asters that ever
came to this market; raised them in
the low ground in his cornfield, culti-
vated them with no special care and
harvested them by the tens of thou-
sands, selling them at %\ per hundred.
He claims they paid him better than
anything he ever planted in the
ground, and next year he says he will
plant double the amount. He also ex-
pects to plant 100,000 gladioli and has
asked the writer to procure the bulbs
for him, so you see the flower business
with the farmers is booming and only
yet in its infancy. C. H. Hoffman.
R. Ri No. l.*?, six miles from Dayton,
had si.K acres in dahlias that were also
a sight and profitable. A, C. Jenkins
has a 40-acre farm four and one-half
miles from Dayton on the Covington
pike and he devotes several acres to
gladioli, dahlias and asters and will
double his capacity another season,
and many more are planting hardy
plants for the flowers they produce and
the salvage that comes from their sale.

NOTES

The Miami Floral Co,*s fall opening
was attended largely by Dayton peo-
ple November 1, automobiles convey-
ing them from the end of the street
car line to the greenhouses. All were
high in their praise of the condition
of the stock under the new superin-
tendent.

John Boehner, the South Brown
street florist, has his greenhouses in
fine condition. His chrysanthemums
are a sight and he did a splendid busi-
ness on All Souls Day. He grows sev-
eral benches not disbudded, and for
his trade it pays, he says.

The Dayton Flora! Co. has just re-
ceived from Belgium their annual
shipment of 600 azaleas that came
through in fine shape. They also have
the Dutch and French bulbs in and
planted. This concern plants 100.000
Paper Whites.

Jos. I. Schaffer, of North Dayton,
has rebuilt his plant this season and
is specializing in cyclamen and bego-
nias. His stock looks exceedingly fine.

C. F. Mahan. of R. R. No. 8, has
Iniilt this season six modern houses for
the cultivation of cyclamen, in which
he is an expert, and finds read.v sale

Visitors : Webb Randall, of Chi-
cago; C, E. Adsit, of Jamestown, O.:
M. Karlstrom, 'of South Orange, N. J.

M.

Huron, S. D.— .-Vrticles of incorpora-
tion have been fMed for the Huron
Greenhouses; capital .S2.5,00O. Incor-
porators, R. D. Whorton. W. F,
Whorton, Mildred Cahsun.

Sheboygan, Wis.— The new green-
houses of William .\ltman, formerly
of Manitowoc, Wis., have been com-
pleted and thrown open to the public
for inspection. The main building of
his Sheboygan plant is .34 by 210 feet,
made entirely of glass and iron. At
the present time a propagating house
is being erected and in a short time
another large glass house will be
erected for handling pot plants. This
will be 14x210 and will be completed
within a few months. Next year a
large house will be erected for the ex-
clusive growing of roses.

NEW KROESCHELL

Hot Water and Steam

QUICKEST HEAT PRODUCER EVER DESIGNED.

For Cottages, Residences, Apartment Buildings,

Conservatories, Garages, Poultry Houses.

Send for Catalogue.

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 425 W. Erie St., Chicago

Mention t1xe American Florist when writing

ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

is complete and guaranteed

in every respect. Send for
our catalogue today.

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

Mentinn the American Florist when writing

KING

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and you will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION GO. I

29 King's Road, N. Tonawanda, N. Y. I

"Has Them All Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worits,

846-848 W. Superior St.. Chicago, lU.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OF HIGH
GRADE..

See Our Catalogue.

Hom.ur 6IBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y.

MentiOfi the American Florist inhen writing

908

The American Florist.

Nov.

^4,

Established 1765

FOR ••F»c>T l,lJC">t *» USE

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

POT MAKERS
FOR A CENIURY AND A HALF.

AND RED EARTHENWARE SPECIALTIES.

WORLD'S LARGEST
MANUFACTURERS.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WAREHOUSES:
Cambridge, Mass. long Island Clty.N.Y.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Price per

456 4V2-in., crate. $5.24
320 5 '• 4.51

210 5^4 " 37t

144 6 •■ 3.U

120 7 '• 4.2C

60 8 " 3.00

Can be ibipped at an hour's notice
crate:

2000134 iB., crate, $6.00

1500 2 " 4.88

1500 2H " 5.25

1500 2H " 6.00

1000 3 '■ 5.00

800 3H " S.80

500 4 ■• 4.50

HILFIHGER BROS. POTTERY, ^SrvTYcml'

Aagnst Rolker a Sons, 51 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Onr Specialty: Lode Distance and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes from 2 in. to 6 in.

Ask yrur dealer for them.

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM. MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on larne orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breltschwenh, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Fall size and wide bottoms.
BULB PANS and AZAI.EA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY, Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALKAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagner Plant Boiei

I ire the best and cheapest is tht
I market for palms, boxwood. baj
f trees, etc. TheT are attractive it
\ desifn, strong and durable suit-
I able for either indoor or outdoor
use. Made of cypress which
(rives them a lasting quality
We manufacture various styles
and size*. Write for prices.
Wagner Park Conservatories. Sidne:^. Ohio

Mention the American Florist when writing

fhat you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a firsst class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots, Banging Baskets and other
eoods used by Florists— ask for cataloy^ue.

We also make the famous "Moss Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'I Office and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

Chicago Office and Santole Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

A "RED DEVIL" PLIER ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

A little 4-inch drop forged steel tool that is far superior
to a shears for cultina bouquet wires or any fin** wire.
It is tested to cut the finest silk insulation and is a
plier you will appreciate. It's just one "Red Devil"
tool you sl'ould have Ask your hardware man for
"Red Devil," No. 622, 4-inch. He has or will get it
for you. If not send us his name and fifty cents and
one only sample pair will be sent you postpaid.

Smiiii & Hemenway Co,, "Vew"Yofk!u.'s.A.

(We make "Red Devil" Glass Cutters Tin kind you want.

•Red Devil" No. 622

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Wharton St..

PHILADELPHIA, PA.; Branch, Long Island City, N. Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write for Prices and New Catalogue.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kramer's Pot Hangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmen, Florist*

and Supply Dealers.
Price, $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample

dozen by mail. $1.25.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

Mention the American Florist when writing

NEPONSET

^'lower. Vegetable Waterproof

PAPER POTS

Waterproof, Don't Break, Cost
Little Shippers may use them
and save their customers many
dollars in exortss charges.

Vau^an's Seed Store, Agents
Chicago and New York.

Metition the American Florist when writing

Standard Flower Pots

Porosity and Strength
Unsurpassed.

Write for prices.

A. F. KOHR

Z9S4-3«-38 N. Learitt St.. CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

Buy Your

Pots Here

The Best Pot

Tlie Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

Send for Price List

MIIWADKEE
WISCONSIN

C. C. Pollworth Co.,

Flonl.t i^pecialilec.

New Brand New Style.
Bone "KITEKTONX

Furnished in lengths up
to 500 ft. vrithout seam at
ioint.

TheUOSBfortherLOKin

W-mch per ft., 15 c.

Keel cl^sooft., " I45««

a Reeb, 1000 ft., " 14 c

W-inch, " '.1 «

RetU, 500 ft., '■ "X'

Couplings furnished.

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St., ;■

PHtLADBLrHIA. Tk.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

Manufacturers of

Red Pots

Before bnyinr writ* for prk**.

2«14-2e22 Berndoa SL,

CHICAGO

tgi4.

The American Florist.

909

r ■"-■A 1- ^^4^

PYFER & OLSEM'S RANGE at WILMETTE, ILL.

The above illustration is an exteri >r view of the large plant that we built consisting of 140,000 feet of
glass and which is now devoted mostly to the growing of Roses, Carnations and Chrysanthemums.

Visit This Range and see the New Carnation Av'ator Growing
and Inspect Our Materials and Construction at the Same lime.

Wilmette is onlv a short way from Chicago and is easily reached by either the Chicago & Northwestern or the
Elevated. Dietsch material is being used year after year by discriminating buyers everywhere, because it has always
been what we have claimed it to be. Some of our material that was used in the Chicago CarnatijD Co 's greenhouses at
Joliet, is almost just as good now as it was wht-n it was first put in 20 years ago. Use Dietsch material in your next
house and you will have the pleasure of saving the same thing lO years from now.

WRITE US FOR SKETCHES AND ESTIMATE

2642 Sheffield Avenue
ILLINOIS

A. DIETSCH COMPANY, c^t^A^o

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
the world's largest Building Material Department,
Reap Ibe benefits of our low prices on lumber
caullc joint fittings, glass, overnauled iron pipe
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced r. O. B. Cblcago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. si/e
lHx2H 100 running ft $2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
lHx2V?, UK) running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
bouses, Ptc.l in. stock, p-r 1000 ft.. bd meas. 19. OC

XJ-44— No 1 Cypress. 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S, per lOOO ft., bd. me^s 27.00

XJ-45-Standard Hot Bed Sash. Ui-in, x3ft.
X 6 ft , without glass 12 or more, each 79

KJ-46~Staodard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. V\ ire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use; lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90to 1.13

JCJ- 48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.*

35th and iron Sts.. Chicago

6UCBBINDER
FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. C3 for Catalog

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MANUFACTURERS

S18 Milwaukee Ave., • Chicago, ni.

The Early Advertisement
Gets There.

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST GO,, 44o s. D.irtorn st. Chicago

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Meial Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

— Send For Prices —
404-412 Eai» S^Hh St . . NEW YORK

PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, Billheads. Statemeais.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate MalcJDg aod Color Work.

Borham & Ghapline Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

Slebsrt* ■ Zinc
Glacina Points.

Good for small or
larKe t;tass, do not rust,
easy to drive. H iind ?i
inch. Perlb. ♦Oc.S-lbs.
$1.85. 20-1 bs $7.00

Vsughan's
Seed m \. o r »
Chicago New York

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITS FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place. CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

910

The American Florist.

Nov. 14,

The Aphine Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Florists and Gardeners

Manufacturers of

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray remedy for ereen. black, while fly.
red spider, thiips. mealy bjK and soft scale.

FUNGINE

An infallible spray r.medy for rose mildew,
carnation and chrysanthemum rust.

VERMINE

A soil sterilizer for cut, eel, wire and angle
worms.

SCALINE

A scalicide and fungicide combined (or San
Jose and various sc^Ie on trees and hardy
stock, and various blights which affect them.

"40% NICOTINE"

A free nicotine. 40% strength, for spraying
and vaporizing.

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
fumigating and vaporizing.

If you cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order and
we will ship immediately through our
nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. J.

Geo. a. BuRNisTON. M. C. Ebel,

President. Treasurer.

A Record To Be Proud Of

me Florists' Hall Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00.
rer fnll particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J

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Toothpicks

laOOO $1.75; 50, 000 $7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Sample free. For sale bv dealers.

Mention the American Florist when writing

GLASS

We are leaden. Lar^e atocic, lood prkaa.

SHARP, PARTRID6E & CO.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

C-L-A-Y-&-'-S

These simple -symbols spell CERTAIN SUCCESS

CLAY'S FERTILIZER, the Standard Plant Food, is Safe.
Sure, Uuick— yet Continuous— in Action, and Economical.

Manufactured by

CLAY & SON, Stratford, London, England

NIKOTEEN For Spraying

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

'HflNifflES

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

A STIC A

FOR .2^7

FOR.ars/1 — j-

feenl)ouse glazing
USE IT NOW.

F.O. PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes bard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty.' Easy to apply.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Price 93.00 Postpaid.

CHICAOO. OUMOIS.

American Florist Go^

440 S. Dearborn St.. CfliOAGO

Our Manures are
' the direct result of many

■ years practical experiences in

'all branchesof pardenintr.

=^ Our Vine, Plant and Vegetable :=
=1 Manure is unrivaled for all fruit ■=
^ bearing foliace and flowering plants, -^

- lawns, vecetah'es etc. etc. =

- Our Special Chrysanthemum and Top- =
; dressing Manure isanexcellentstimulant :
'■ for all pot plants during the erowingr season ■
; Sold by All Leading American Seeds- .
': men; freight paid on quantities; liberal :
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H,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... 907

AllenJ K...; tS5

Alpha Floral Co. . 8»4
Americao SpawD Co V 0

Amline E C Co 881

Anderson S A 8'59

Ansermueller G H. 8»2

Apbine M(b Co 910

Archias Floral Co., 89'
.^schmaoD Godfrey. 900
Atlanta Ploral Co... 890

Austin H 8S8

Basaetl^ Washburn 87i
Batavja Greenhouse

Co 881

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Bauscherjohn 892

Beaveo fc, A 8h8

Begerow's 890

Berger Bros >-S<

Beroing H G 882

Blackistone Z D... 891
Bcddioglon AT.... 89f>
Bcdger J & Sons Co 895

Bo> = nd ] B Co 8^9

BclgiiDO J&Sons... S9i

BraKB Ross ^89

Bramley & Son 892

Braslao Seed Grow-
ers Co 891

Breitmeyer's JSons. 89(1
Brown Bros & Co.. 8^2

Brunning F H 896

BrunsH N 89i

Bryan Alonzo J 893

Buchbinder Bros... 9 9

BucltbeeH W 89;

Budlong ] A 8SI

BurD->e W A & Co.. 896
Caldwell tbeWoods

man Co 888

California Florists.. 892
CaiDp Conduit Co . IV
Ch'cago Cam Co.. I 867
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn.... 866
Chicago House

Wrecking Co 909

Clark E B Seed Co. 895
Clarke's Sons Dayid 891

Clay &Son 910

Cleyeland Cut

Flower Co 891

Conard & lones Co. 89a

CoBwell H E 88S

Cooke Geo H 889

Cowee W J 9iil

Coy H C Seed Co 89S
Craiu RobtCo...868 mui

Critchell C E S3(

Cunningham Jos H. 89i

Dardb' has 89J

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 893

neamud J B Co .... 881
Delaware Evergreen

Co 8S8

Detroit Flower Pot

Mig Co '■m

Dietscb A & Co.... 9o9
Diller Ca8key&

Keen IV

Dorner F&Pnns Co 9 0
Dreer HA... 901 903 911

Duerr t'has A 892

Duluth Floral Co... 892

Duoiop J )hn H 891

Eagle Wire Works . IV
Edwards Fo d Box. 912

Elastic Lyke Co 9i2

Elk Gal =x& Fern

Co f8^

Emmans Geo M..,. 897

Erne& Mingel 874

Eyres H G 891

Fish H.-nry Seed Co 8W

Fisher Peter 894

Florists' Hail Assn 910
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 88i

Ford William P.... 8S4
Frank Floral Co.... 876

Franzen F O 901

Freeman Mrs] B... 892

Frey & Frey 89!

Friedman 889

Froment H E SSS

Furrow & Co 89!

Galvin Thos F 891

Gardiner Alex C ... 891

rJarland Mfg Co.878 879

Gasser 1 M Co 891

Giblin & Co 90;

'Jorham & Chaoline 9 9
Graham A & Son... 889
Grand Kapids

Floral Co 892

Gratama Bros & Co 898

liude Bros 890

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc) 885

Hardesty &Co t89

Harley Pottery Co.. 903

Hart George B S'ta

Haven Seed Co The 896
Heacock Jos Co .... 897
Heinl lobn G & Son 892
Henderson A&Co. .. I
Henderson Lewis.. 892

Herr Albeit M SW

Herrmann A '09

Hess & Swoboda... 892
Hews A H &Co.... 908

Hilfinger Bros 9iiS

Hill D Nursery Co.. 898

Hoerber Bros ShS

Hoffmeister Flo Co. 8S(

Holm & Olson 890

Holton &Hunkelf"o

866 882

Home Cor School... 911
Horticultural

Adv.rtiser 893

Hum'e^d C 893

Hurtf Edtar F. 895

Ickes Braun Mill Co 911

Igoe Bros 9i2

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 912
Isbell S M & Co... 897
Iackson& Perkins.. t98

lones Percy 873

Joy Floral Co 892

Kasting W FCo ... I
Keller Geo & Sons. 9J8

Keller Sons J B 892

Kellogg Geo M 891

Kelway & Son 8'95

Kennicott Bros Co.. 881
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co

3id Special Cover

Kervan Co The SSi

Kessler Wm....... S"?!

Kift Robt 891

Kimberlih Seed Co. 89S
Kmg Construct Co. Vo7

Kohr A F 908

Komada Bros 9'2

Kramer I N &Sod.. 908
Kroeschell BrosCo 907

Kruchten John 881

Kuehn C A 88.'

Kuhl Geo A 893 891

Kvle & Foerster.. 831
LaCrosse Floral Co. 891
Landrnth Seed Co.. 89o
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co 892

Lange A 889

LeboriusJJ....:.... 891
Leedle Floral Co ... 90
Leonard Seed Co... 895
Lockland Lumber

Co 910

London Flower Shp 890
Lord & Burnham

Co 911

Lovctt JT 898

.McCallum Co 883

McConnell Alex.... 889
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co., II

McGee Walters.... 910
McKenna P& Son. 8^9
McNcff-Swenson Co 881
Matthews the Flo'st 8b9
MatthewsonJ E .... 8';0

May & Co L L 891

Meconi Paul 885

Memphis Flo Shop. 892
Meredith The Flow

er & VegCo S')9

Metairie Ridge Nurs NS9

Mette Henrv 900

Monineer J C Co

4ih Special Cover
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd.... 881
Moore, Hentz &

Nash 884

Mcrehead Mfg Co... IV
Murray Samuel 890

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RANDOLPH 6 McCLEMENTS, Florists.
5936 Penn Ave„near Highland. rittsbiirftli,Pa.

Myers Florist

892

Schwake Chas & Co

884

Nat Flo B of Trade.

912

SeftOD MIg Co

833

Nelson Hugh H....

88-

Sharp Partridge &

N \ Cut Flower Ex.

SS =

Co

910

Nicotine Mfg Co....

9 0

Sheridan Walter F.

831

Niessen Leo Co

8<3

^iebrecht George C 88i

Ostertag Bros ... .

891

Simmons & Son —

892

Palez Paul M

89'

situation & Wants..

865

Palmer W J & Son .

890

•^kidelskvSS&Co...

895

Park Floral Co

890

Sluis & Groot

846

Peacock Dahlia

Small J H SSons...

891

Farms

89)

Smith A W &Co...

891

Feck. Slow & Wil-

5mithE D&Co

899

cox Co The...

III

Smith & Hemenway

908

Pedrick G R&Son.

8'h

Smith Henrv

892

Peirce E Allan

9as

Smith Wm C Flo Co

882

Peters & Reed Poty 9 8

Smith W&T Co .

1

Phillips Bros

892

Smith & Young Co.

831

Pierce F 0 Co

9|i>

South Park Floral

Pierson A N (Inc)..

899

Co

n

Pierson F R Co....

■itorrs & Harrison,.

911

Pieters-Wheeler

Stumpp G EM

891

Seed Co

894

SunliL'ht DbleGlass

Pikes Peak Flo Co.

892

Sash Co

911

Plllsbury 1 L

91?

Superior Machine

Podesta&Baldocch

891

^ Boiler Works..

90/

Poehlmann Bros Cn

Syracuse Pottery

87(

871

Co

Thompson J D

918

Follworth r r Co

I 852 891 896

9 S

Carnation Co

893

Portland Kin Store.

891

Thomson Wm &

Pulverized Manure

Sons Ltd

910

Co

910

I'horhurn J M & Co

893

Puincll W Z

8-8

Tonner E A

8/4

UuakerCityMacbine

Tctty Chas H

90=1

Works

912

Traendly&'^chenck

88.-)

Raedleio Baskit Ci

United Cut Flower

• 2nd Special C

over

Co .

88'^

Rahn & Herbert...

899

Vaughan A L & Co

8,7

Randall A L Co....

881

Vaughan's SeedStoie

Randolph & Mc-

I 886 f93 901 9D8 909

Clements 889 912

Vick's sons J imes..

896

Rawlings Elmer

893

Vincent R Jr&Sona

Ready Reference.., 9. 3

Co

1

Reed & Keller

91-'

Wagner Park Cons

^m

Regan Ptg House..
Reid Edw

M(I9

Waite F W

91/

883

WallaceFD

IV

Reinberg Geo

8<1

WeberFH

890

Reinberg Peter....

8hM

Weiland & Risch...

881

Renter's

8S9

Welch BrosCo

883

832
SS5

Western Seed &
Irrigation Co

Rice Co. M

895

Robinson J C Seed

iVhilldin Pottery Co

918

Co

8'J.'^

Whitted Fli,ral Co.

889

Rock WmLFlwiCo

892

Wietor Bros 875 881

Kohnert Waldo....

897

Wilmore W WJr..

888

Rolker Aug & Sons

8V8

Windier Wholesale

Rosdia >ilvio Co...

8S1

Floral Co

832

Rosen & Fischer..

88-.

Wittbold G Co. .887 889

Kosebay Nursery ..

8Vn

Wolfskin Bros &

Routzahn Seed Co

8'i.

Morris Goldenson

8M2

Rusrh G&Co

882.

Wood Bros

899

Schilder Bros

89(>

Vokohama Nurs Cc

89/

Schiller, the Florist

892

Young A L&Co..

885

Schillo Adam

Young John

884

Lumber Co

IV

VouQg & Nugent

88')

Schlatter W & Son

912

Zecb & Mann. .. 880 8'<1

Schling Max

840

Ziska Jos

881

Schmidt 1 C

899

Zvolanek .'\nton C.

89)

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CMICAQO AND NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 21, 1914.

No. 1381

TheMerican Florist

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President; John Young. 53 W. 28th St.. New
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Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch, Boston, Mass.,
President; Dan MAcKoRiE,3an Francisco, Calif.,
Vice-President; lOHN Young, New York, Secre-
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Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19, 1915.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Next annual convention and exhibition at
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SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANT GROWERS.

Heaths.

All the ericas will require a cool
temperature to get tile best results.
Erica melanthera can be had in flower
for Christmas and early winter, but
under no circumstances will it pay to
try to force it into bloom by giving it
artificial heat, for it will immediately
spring into a soft growth. They will
give the best results in a house where
the night temperature is kept at from
40 to 45 degrees with plenty of ventila-
tion throughout the day. When com-
ing into bloom the plants should never
suffer for want of water; in fact, these
plants should be kept well watered
throughout their growth. The propa-
gation of the young stock for the suc-
ceeding year should now commence,
the soft tender shoots that protrude be-
yond the flowering wood being the best
for this purpose. A cool propagating
bed is to be preferred for they do not
need bottom heat, but the soft cuttings
will need to be well shaded and kept
well watered, and if enclosed in glass
the cuttings will strike more readily.
As soon as rooted they should be pot-
ted and the selection of soil is im-
portant. A light peaty soil mixed with
a good proportion of sand is what they
desire. Give the plants all the air pos-
sible throughout their growth, in a
cool temperature and in a bright sunny
location.

Genistas.

If the genistas are grown in warm
greenhouses they invariably come into
bloom before Easter, unless that day is
at its earliest in March, so the plants
that are to be at their best for that
day should be retarded by being grown
cool until late winter. These plants
are much better under cool treatment
at all times, but by bringing into gen-
tle heat they can be had in succession
from February to April. Plants that
are being grown into special forms will
have to be kept pinched back to con-
form to the shape until the flower buds
set. The cuttings for next year's grow-
ing should be propagated during No-
vember and early December. The top

shoots which are pinched off to keep
the plants shapely make fine stock for
propagation and they root readily in a
bench with a little bottom heat. They
should be shaded for a few days when
first placed in the sand. Pot in small
pots as soon as rooted and shift into
larger sizes as required. When growth
commences pinch, back to keep the
plants shapely.

Acalyphas.

One of the plants that is not ordi-
narily grown as well as it ought to be
and which makes a beautiful showy
plant is the acalypha, especially A.
Godsefliana and A. Sanderi, which
bears long spikes of red flowers, some-
times called the chenille plant, from
the flowers which resemble large pieces
of red chenille. The plants should be
well hardened off in the fall and cut-
tings of the new growth can be taken
during the winter, in November and
December, if fine specimens are want-
ed. The cuttings are taken preferably
with a heel and root easily in a warm
propagating bench. When rooted they
should be potted in a good rich soil
and placed in a warm greenhouse until
they have made roots and commenced
to grow, when they can be removed
to slightly cooler quarters. The great
mistake made by many growers is to
place them in a cool house immediate-
ly after they have been taken from the
propagating bed and they stand half
dormant, and if too cool frequently
lose much of their foliage, and get
stunted. To have fine plants they
should be kept moving all winter and
potted into large-sized pots as soon
as necessary, and a few of these showy
plants well grown will attract atten-
tion and redound to the credit of tiie
grower. Aphis and mealy bug are the
two insect enemies of these plants, and
should be kept in check continually or
the plants will be ruined. The bedding
aca)i"ihas should be handled in a simi-
lar manner but the first of the year is
early enough to start the cuttings o£
these unless there are signs of a short-
age of stock, in which case early prop-

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The American Florist.

Nov. 21.

agation is to be recommended, and it
is seldom one has too many of these
plants if they are well grown.

Beg:onia Rex.

With the advent of steady firing and
a warm propagating bench the cuttings
of Begonia rex should be started at
once if good plants are desired for
spring and summer growing. These
plants are very ornamental when well
grown and the leaves can be used in
much floral work. These plants are
raised from either shoot or leaf cut-
tings but where many are propagated
the latter method is generally em-
ployed. Well matured leaves that are
healthy and vigorous are selected and
two methods can be adopted. The
leaf can be cut several times through
the midrib and its branches and then
placed on the propagating bed and the
cuts pegged down to the sand. A wire
In the shape of a hair pin will do this.
Or the leaf may be cut into triangular
pieces, with the rib as the apex, and
these cuttings inserted in the sand as
other cuttings are with the point down.
Another method sometime.s adopted is
to cut the leaf in two parts lengthwise
and the two halves are stood erect in
the .sand. The cutting bench should be
shaded and if covered with glass and
kept close the propagation will be more
rapid and successful. The small leaves
' will shortly protrude from the sand
and when the roots have attained a
length of half an inch or more they
can be potted in soil consisting of two
parts loam, one part leaf-molij, one
part well-rotted manure, and one part
sand. They will require a warm tem-
perature, and when watering be care-
ful not to wet the foliage, especially
where the sun shines upon them, or
holes in the leaves will be the result.
They should be shifted. into larger pots
as required and as the plants grow
coarser soil may be used in the pot-
ting. They make much handsomer
plants when grown in shady locations
rather than in the full .sunlight.

Otaheite Oranges

The fruits of the Otaheite oranges
are now fully formed and of good size,
but to be at their best stage at Christ-
mas, when the plant is most desired;
they should be well colored. They
should be given a light location, hav-
ing plenty of sun, but not too warm.
If grown too warm, the fruit colors
up slowly: a temperature of 55 to CO
degrees at night, with good ventila-
tion during the day from this time on
will bring good results. Keep the
plants free from scale, which rapidly
■covers them if once fully established
and not kept off. Where they are
seen constant washing will be re-
■quired, and a weak kerosene emulsion
is efficacious in keeping them down
When well fruited and the ' fruits
nicely colored, these small orange
trees make one of the finest Christ-
mas plants,

Manitowoc, Wis.— H. Levenhagen
has returned to the city and re-entered
the florist business. H. Rudolph has
opened a down town branch On South
Eighth street, in .■uldifinn to his green-
houses.

^Frankfort, Ky.— Flans are being
made for the establishment of a nur-
sery at the Kentucky Normal and In-
dustrial School in the city. Twelve
beds will be planted containing 100,000
seeds. The state nursery at the fair
grounds will also be enlarged.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Condacted by Robt. Klft, rtilladelphla, ra.

Chrysanthemum Wedding: Decoration.

The Joy Floral Co., Nashville. Tenn..
has recently had a very elaborate and
beautiful wedding decoration at Christ
church, this city. The colors were
pink and gold and pink and yellow
chrysanthemums were used. The
chancel was very elaborate with
sweeps of pink chry.santhemums ex-
tending up the pulpit on either side.
Arching overhead were garlands of
southern smilax, while from an arch
was suspended a wedding bell. Every
pew down the central aisle was deco-
rated with a bunch of pink and yel-
low chrysanthemums, six in number,
and all the bracket li&hts were simi-
larly decorated. The bride's bouquet
was of orchids and lily of the valley,
dropping in chatelaine to the hem of
the white satin, skirt. The maid of
honor carried yellow orchids and lily
of the valley made into a very artistic
bouquet. The bridesmaids " carried
muffs with a bunch of yellow orchids
and lily of the valley. . The reception
at the home was characterized by the
same elaborate decorations. There
have been many other brilliant wed-
dings and many more are announced
which bring a gobd demand for flow-
ers. M. C. D.

LooltiDgf Ahead for the Holidays.

It is not too soon to' get ready for
this important (to the retailer) period
of the year; being well prepared, hav-
ing everything in readiness when the
rush comes, is a great step forward,
meeting the business half way instead
.if having to hurry to catch up at the
last moment.

There is always a demand for
wreaths for cemetery and house deco-
rations. Magnolia leaves are the foun-
dation for many of these, particularly
those for decorating the grave. A
large assortment of these' should be
gotten ready as far in advance as pos-
sible, with the magnolia leaves, sta-
tice, ruscus, immortelles, cones, etc.
Many wreaths made entirely of magno-
lias or prepared oak leaves should be
made up to be finished at' the last with
fresh cut flowers or other decorations,
as required. Having to get this class
of work up during the rush period at
the last shows very poor management
and takes too much out of the already
overworked assistants.

DECORATIVE PIECE.S.

There is time now to make up some
show pieces which will add much to
the decorative features of the store,
and very often find customers who
would not ask for such elaborate work.
hut buy it because it is shown. Have
a lot of wreath frames mossed up. It
is much easier to have them at hand
when wanted than have to lose valu-
able time waiting and taking some one
from other work to do it.

How about the holly? How much is
wanted? Was there enough last year?
liet in touch with your man: don't wait
until it comes on the market and lose
valuable time looking it up. . Orders
ahead from reliable men are always
best and don't forget the wreaths. Your
man will make them the way you want
them if you let him know in advance.
The store man should not undertake
this work. He will never get paid for
his time.

BASKETS ANU PLANT BOXES.

Go over the stock of baskets, ham
p6rs and plant boxes. See that there

is a sufficient quantity of these neces-
sary receptacles. Get in touch with
your plant men. Time was when the
filling of these had to be done in the
store in the last day or two, but now
man^■ plant men make a specialty of
this work, taking your baskets and fill-
ing them to order, a couple of weeks
ahead, where in the greenhouses they
get over the disturbance to the roots
and become symmetrical in appearance.
They are then in much better condition
to stand exposure in the store and the
doubtful after-treajtment in the house.
In this way there are no plants left
over, no waste, and nothing to do ex-
cept attach the ribbons, or possibly cut
flowers in tubes, to give some of the
baskets a more attractive finish. Have
your supply man get up a moderate
priced pan cover for the poinsettia
pans: crepe paper and mats are all
right in a way, but a neat, cheap
basket cover is better and there is no
after trouble from mussing in delivery.

K.4INCY FOLDING BOXES.

Christmas boxes are now made in
almost any size desired. Those with
their holly branch paper covering and
fancy design are most appropriate for
the season. A stock should be on hand,
to use from December 15 on until after
the holidays. In a blank space in the
center is printed the name of the firm.
Such features are greatly appreciated
by customers. It marks the store as
being up to date.

PLANTS THAT ARE SCARCE.

Special flowering and berried plants
such as heather, ardisias, well flowered
cyclamen, aucubas, azaleas, etc., should
be ordered at once, or the first selec-
tions will be gone. Many a florist has
had occasion to regret the postponing
this important detail of looking after
these special plants, as there is hardly
ever enough to supply the demand for
this high grade stock. Feeling bitter
at the grower for selling out when "he
might have known you wanted some"
and not sparing you even "half a
dozen" from some other fellow's block
set aside that looks so fine, only makes
matters worse. Now is the time — get
busy, send in your order at once, and
save vain regrets later.

ADVERTISING.

Are you getting out a circular or
booklet? If so, get bvisy in the matter
at once. Several firms make a specialty
of this work, preparing a large edition
of an elaborate brochure that is sup-
plied to one firm in each city. It is
expensively gotten up in colors and
supplied at a very moderate price to
each dealer by reason of the large
number sold. Such literature is very
desirable in presenting your case, and
being gotten up by men skilled in their
line, is generally very effective. A leaf-
let calling attention to any special
thing you may desire can be inserted
in addition before mailing. There is
much else that can be done that will
suggest itself as one plans out the
work. The amount of the various kinds
of stock that should be ordered, judg-
ing from the sales of last season, a
strict record of which should be at
hand for reference. To know, as the
busy time approaches, that everything
is provided for is a great source of sat-
isfaction. It takes a weight from the
mind and gives time for many little
ideas that suggest themselves and that
may then be carried out which would
otherwise be impossible.

K.

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THE ROSE.

Care ot the Plants.

The rose grower should not forget
that there should be a certain amount
of pinching done right along, and that
good stock coming in about the latter
part of January to the first of Feb-
ruary finds a ready sale, as a rule, at
top-notch prices, and we And it quite
good business to be doing a little pinch-
ing every few days throughout the sea-
son, instead of the heavy cropping (all
on and all off) way of handling the
plants. The above method is perfectly
all right in the big wholesale range
when there are enough houses to have
one or more follow the other with a
crop, but for the little fellows we advo-
cate the method of pinching with the
end in view of having a fairly good
cut daily, and of course this can only
be done by removing a certain amount
of buds frequently. Many of the very
short stemmed buds can be pinched,
throwing them into one or more grades
higher, according to the strength of the
shoots that are pinched, care being
taken to pinch back to a good plump
eye instead of a spur on a spear-shaped
eye, usually found very near the top
of the shoot.

So, from now on all the time devoted
to careful pinching will be time well
spent. At the same time there are
other details to be looked after. From
now on the plants should have liquid
manure water at least every ten days,
a rather weak solution at first, espe-
ci^ly on the young plants; whereas the
carried over stock can stand it full
strength from the start, provided just
the plain green cow manure is used in
the tank, which is about the best ma-
nure that can be used. Sheep manure
is good for a change now and then, but
care must be exercised not to have it
too strong; a little less than half a
peck to 50 gallons of water will not
injure the roots unless applied when
the soil is dry. A half bushel of cow
manure to 50 gallons of water will
make about the normal liquid for the
cow manure. The capacity of the tank
being known, the proportions can be
readily figured as regards to the above
manures. We do not advise or give
any rules for using chemicals, as we
consider them, rather dangerous, unless
most carefully handled, but for experi-
mental work the grower can try some
of the many commercial fertilizers and
chemicals that are being tested by the
nearest agricultural testing grounds to
his range, or apply to the Department
of Agriculture at Washington, D. C,
for data along these lines, and then go
very slow. For all practical purposes
cow manure will be found efficient in
any way it can be used, with now and
then a little pure ground bone or high-
grade bone meal, as a light top-dress-
ing under a mulch or in combination
with soil and manure. Used sometimes
to fill up a settled bed, or an old run
down bed, it sure reaches the spot. Re-
member, a good-sized manure tank,
one large enough to draw from with-
out stint, located where it will not be
affected by frosts, easily filled and emp-
tied, and with a good pumping outfit
u«ing electric or gasoline power, is one
of the real money makers around any
greenhouse establishment, and an up-
to-date outfit will more than pay for
itself the first season.

Ventilating must now be done care-
fully, avoiding a rush of cold air on
the plants by the gradual raising and
lowering of the ventilators, and furrti-

gate frequently. Make the sun do the
work instead of the boilers whenever
practicable, and keep on testing and
cleaning and keep the sulphur fumes
in evidence all the time. E.

Club Root on Roses.

ED. AJIEEICAX FLOlilST :

Do you know of any remedy for the
club root on roses? Ours seem' to be
affected with it. They are planted in
benches ranging in age from two to
three years, the majority of them be-
ing grafted. The varieties are Killar-
nev, White Killarney and Richmonds.

L. L,. M.
Replying to L.' L. M., we will say
that we know of no cure for club root
on roses caused by eel worm in the soil,
although by keeping the soil very wet
the productiveness of th#^ plants will
Ije lengthened somewhat. L. L. M.
states that the majority of his plants
are grafted, but we feel assured that
the own root plants are the ones that
are mostly affected. We have rarely
seen the roots of the Manetti infected
with eel worm, and for that reason,
principally, grafting on the Manetti
stocks was resorted to years ago. Very
often the own root stock becomes af-
fected while yet in pots, especially if
they have been allowed to become dry
frequently, as the ell worm revels in
a dry soil. We wouJd suggest to L. L.
M. for another season to grow grafted
stock entirely and not to run the plants
on raised benches longer than two
years, but in solid borders (which' we
prefer personally). They can be car-
ried over profitably for from three to
five years. We also suggest, further,
the sterilization of his soil previous to
putting it in the houses, either by
steam or fire heat. E.

Some of Smith's New Chrysanthemums.

We reproduce herewith' illustrations
and descriptions of some of the new
chrysanthemums exhibited by Elmer
D. Smith & Co.. Adrian. Mich., this
season.

Neola (Fig. 1). — A light pink of
a sturdy, upright growth, maturing
November 15 and later. C. S. A. cer-
tificate. Pompon.

Calumet (Fig. 2).— Aii exhibition
\ariety, similar in color and form to
the once popular variety, Ethel Fitz-
roy, but is much larger and easier to
manage. A solid, incurved bloom,
color, light bronze. Admirably adapted
to exhibition use, shown either in vases
or collections. Planted early in May.
attains six feet in height. C. S. A.
certificate.

Silver King (Fig. 3). — This variety
belongs to the same class as our re-
cent introductions, namely, Nakota.
Nerissa and Odessa, being exceptional-
ly large. A strong grower and easy
to do. Creamy white. Eight feet
high from early planting. Exhibition
variety. C. S. A. certificate.

Mankato (Fig. 4). — May be briefly
described as an improved Reginald
Vallis, nearly or quite the same in
color f purplish, rose or amaranth),
with sufficiently rigid stem to per-
mit staging on long stems without the
aid of artificial supports to hold them
erect. Height five feet from early
planting. Exhibition variety. C. S. A.
certificate.

Algonac (Fig. 5). — From the same
seed head as Silver King, but more
dwarf in growth, five and one-half
feet. A high, rounded, incurved ex-
hibition variety of special merit.
White with slightly creamy tint nt
center, f. S. A. certificate.

Modello (Fig. G). — A distinct and
new color closely approaching orange.
Possibly golden bronze or golden
amber would be most correct. Com-
ing to maturity the first week of No-
vember. Commercial variety. C. S.
A. certificate.

Veta (Fig. 7). — Belongs to the small
flowering section of pompons, about
an inch in diameter, pure white and
very free flowering. C. S. A. certifi-
cate.

Zora (Fig. 8).— An early bright yel-
low maturing October 15 to 20. A
desirable early yellow pompon. C. S.
A. certificate.

Illona (Fig. 9).^A very free flow-
ering rosy lavender, maturing about
November 10. ■ C. S. " A. certificate.
Pompon.

Rodi (Fig. 10).— A very distinct
color in pompons, pui'plish, rose or
amaranth, very upright in growth. C.
S. A. certificate.

National Flower Show.

MEETING OF SHOW COMMITTEE.

The national flower show committee
held a meeting in Philadelphia, occu-
pying two days, November 11-12. There
were present : Chairman George As-
mus, Adolph Farenwald, W. P. Craig,
Thomas Roland, Secreta,ry John Young,
Treasurer ^V. F. Kasting and Presi-
dent-elect Patrick Welch.

The first session 'was called to order
at the Hotel Walton at 10 a. m. on
Wednesday, November 11. The minutes
of the previous meeting held in Cleve-
land, O., were read and approved. A.
Farenwald made a report in detail cov-
ering the efforts which had been made
to secure a suitable building in which
to hold the show and the terms under
which Convention hall, operated by the
municipality, could be engaged. Action
on the report was deferred to a later
session.

Considerable discussion took place re-
garding the premium list, the total
value of which it was arranged, should
be .$15,000. Liberal apportionments to
the different societies were made, the
same to be contingent upon the usual
conditions as to active co-operation.
The premium committee was given
authority to prepare a preliminary
.schedule on the basis thus determined,
all special prizes being considered as
part of the total valuation.

In the afternoon the committee made
an inspection of the principal public
buildings available for show purposes,
including Convention hall at Broad
street and Allegheny avenue. Later,
the committee had a second session at
the Hotel AValton. On motion, Adolph
Farenwald was appointed vice-chair-
man of the committee. A special com-
mittee on finance and appropriations
was appointed, composed of the chair-
man, vice-chairman and the treasurer,
its duties to include tlie passing upon
all appropriations. A resolution was
passed authorizing the secretary to
raise a guarantee list to amount to
$10,000. The secretary was authorized
to sell space for trade exhibits at the
show, upon the usual basis of compen-
sation for his services. The matter of
the official program was left in the
hands of the local executive committee.
Adjom'nment was taken until Thurs-
day afternoon, November 12, at 2 :.30.
when an open meeting was arranged
for in the rooms of the Florists' Club
of Philadelphia.

The meeting, November 12. was at-
tended by the committee, and there
were also present many members in
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SOME OF SMITH'S NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

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cinity. The meeting was called t"
order by the vice-president of the club,
who stated the nature of the business
before the meetingr. and introduced
Chairman George Asmus of the na-
tional flower show committee, who pre-
sided over the meeting. He made a
stirring address, in the course of which
he ajfpealed to those present and
others in the trade to give their loyal
support to the national flower show to
be held in the spring of lOKJ. He re-
viewed the worl< of the promoters of
the shows held in Chicago, Boston and
New York, and the results accruing
from the same, and emphasized the im-
oortance and value of .such shows.

Patrick Welch spoke at some length
regarding the Boston show and the
benefits of a Sunday opening, in order
that the working classes might have an
opportunity to take advantage of the
educational features of the show.

Leo Niessen spoke in favor of the
leasing of Convention hall, his view
being that if the show were properly
advertised the location of the hall
would be no detriment. For this rea-
son he gave it as his opinion the ap-
pointment of a committee on publicity
and advertising would be an important
matter.

Mr. Farenwald detailed the work al-
ready done in regard to the selection
of a suitable building for the show. If
Convention hall were selected, he said,
some provision would have to be made
for heating the building.

S. S. Pennock expressed himself as
confident of the success of the show.

Charles H. Fox spoke of the value
of publicity for the show not only dur-
ing tjie few weeks preceding the show,
but for many months in advance of the
show dates. He also suggested the ad-
visability of the selection of jurors
well in advance of the show.

Wm. Kleinheinz said he had given
much thought to the show and had
every confidence in its success. He
did not consider Convention hall too
far from the center of the city. He
promised to support the show in every
way he could, and said he would ex-
hibit on a large scale, and that every
private gardener around Philadelphia
would also exhibit.

Robert Craig spoke in favor of leas-
ing Convention hall, and was of the
opinion that no better building for the
purpose could be found in the country.
The forthcoming show, he said, would
electrify the horticultural world by its
magnificence, and would be a pro-
nounced success.

John A, Dodds expressed his con-
fidence in the success of the show,
and said that he would make a large
exhibit and lend his assistance in any
direction required,

John C, Gracey, retail florist, pre-
dicted that the show would be a suc-
ces.s, and that the members would
work harmoniously together to that
end.

J. Otto Thilow expressed himself as
lieing (>[)timistic in regard to the show.
He spoke of the value of publicity
concerning it, and intimated that his
company was already preparing for it,
and that he would seek to induce many
others to become interested.

Treasurer W. F. Kasting made a few-
remarks, in which he expressed his
pleasipre at the enthusiasm noticeable
among those present at the meeting,
which augured well for the success of
the show.

Thomas Roland spoke of his satis-
faction as regards Convention hall,
where it was proposed to hold the
show, and suggested the possibilltx- of

some firm of horticultural builders un-
dertaking to furnish a temporary heat-
ing plant.

Thomas Logan spoke for the private
growers and promised their support,
also his time and assistance in an
effort to make the show a success.

W. K. Harris, Jr., spoke of the
benefit he had received from previous
shows in the knowledge he had ac-
quired, and said that if the members
of the different branches of the trade
in Philadelphia . would eliminate all
personal feelings and work in unison
the exhibition could not fail to be suc-
cessful.

David Rust, secretary of the Horti-
cultural Society of Pennsylvania, ex-
pressed his .satisfaction with the pro-
posed location of the show,, and pre-
dicted a successful outcome. His so-
ciety, he said, was ready to^assist, and
was awciting definite information as to
arrangements before launching into
the work of preparation.

W. P. Craig also endorsed the choice
of the committee as to the location of
the show and expressed his belief that
the show would be a huge success.

Fred Michell, Harry Betz, George
Burton, Chas. E. Meehan and Robert
Kift also spoke, each expressing a be-
lief in the ultimate success of the
show.

Chairman Asmus thanked all pres-
ent for the interest they had shown in
the undertaking. Th^ national flower
show committee, he .said, would at once
appoint the chairman of the various
committees to handle the work of
preparation for the show, and the chair-
men of these committees would com-
po.se the local executive committee,
with the vice-chairman of the national
flower show committee as its chair-
man. He announced that .$15,000 had
been set apart for the premium list, a
greater sum than ever before offered
at such an exhibition.

In the evening the national flower
show committee had another session
at the Hotel Walton, at which the
names of a number of gentlemen were
considered as appointees to the chairs
of the proposed committees. A resolu-
tion was nassed directing the .secre-
tary to notify these gentlemen as to
the appointments and the power con-
ferred upon them. Acceptances of
these offices are to be obtained before
the list is available for publication.
It was also resolved that Robert Craig.
Louis Burk and John Westcott be
added to the local executive committe as
memPers-at-large with the privilege
of voting. The committee on lease and
contracts was authorized to obtain a
lease of Convention hall on the best
terms possible. Upon motion it was
decided that the chairman of the local
reception committee should also be a
member of the local' executive com-
mittee. It was also decided that the
exact dates of the show would be an-
nounced later.

Adjournment vi-as then taken to the
cajl of the chair.

John Young, Sec'y.

New Canaan, Conn.— a new flower
shop was opened by S. B. Hoyt, Octo-
ber 22. A complete line of plants,
bulbs "and general stock is carried.

ROCHESTER, Minn. — John Fuhlbrueg-
ge, who formerly conducted the Ross
Bragg flower store, is prospering in
Winona, Minn. He has found it nec-
essary to move his greenhouse to a
larger place and he will devote his time
and space to landscape gardening and
the growing of ornamental shrubbery
and lawn plants.

Jllnnesota State Florists' Association.

The fall meeting of the Minnesota
State Florists' Association was held at
the West hotel. Minneapolis, Minn., No-
vember 12. A business neeting was^
held in the afternoon followed by a
banquet, with speeches in the evening-
At the meeting presided over by Presi-
dent Olson a committee was appointed
to confer with the state fair officials
relative to making up a premium list
for another year. This meeting was.
well attended and was full of interest
from start to finish.

About 100 guests sat at the banquet
table, including members of the trade
and their ladies. At the conclusion
President Olson, presiding as toast-
master, called on August S. Swanson
and L. L. May to respond for the "Old
Timers," as this meeting was a silver
anniversary. Both related inst.T Tee's
connected with the flower business '1''
years ago. Mr. Swanson alluding to the
fact that the same secretar" was now
serving who was secretary 25 years
ago. Mr. May in his remarks spoke
of the great change of feeling that had
come about between the florists: where
formerly they did not speak or deal
with each other, now they were f:'
friends and accomodated each other
whenever it was possible to do so,
H. A. Quallich, of A. L. Randall Co..
<^hicago, was then introduced as tlie
speaker of the evening and gave a very
able talk on "Retail Store Manage-
ment," supplementing it by telling
what he knew of the new roses now on
the market. This paper was followed
by a discussion which brought out a
number of very important points in
connection with store management,
emphasizing the following essentials —
how, what and where to buy, following
collections closely, keeping up the
general appearance of the store, hav-
ing it light and neat at all times and
the windows well dressed. The speaker
thought these points were just as es-
sential as the location. He also men-
tioned the fact that good clerks were
one of the greatest assets a store
could have. In touching on methods
of increasing the business he spoke .3f
newspaper publicity as being of little
or no use. unless followed up continu-
ously.

During the meal and throjghout the
programme which followed, a colored
quintette furnished music, both instru-
mental and vocal, frequenily bringing
forth hearty applause, especially when
they sang "He"s a Devil in His Own
Home Town. Who's a Devil, Who's a
Devil, Mr. Wirth;" also the solo dedi-
cated to President Olson. Theo. Nagel
also rendered vocal solos, accompanied
by his wife on the piano.

The main feature of this meeting
was the large exhibit of chrysanthe-
mums and other cut flowers and plants-
which compared very favorably with
many of the flower shows held
throughout the country. The exhibits
were among the finest ever seen here.
Among those most worthy of mention
are the chrysanthemums exhibited by
J. A. Weber; the William Turner
shown by the Jewell Nursery Com-
pany; the general collection of the La
Crosse Floral Company; the Russell
roses exhibited by L. S. Donaldson Co.
Minneapolis, and by Holton & Hunke!
Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; the cherries and
peppers staged by Holm & Olson; the
general exhibit of Miss Whitted, and
the fine plant exhibit of the Minne-
apolis Floral Co. .-Ml exhibits received
most favorable comment from all
present, and it was the general wish
that a flower show might be held in
Minneapolis next year.

The following made exhibits : J. A.
Weber, gardener for C. G. Goodrich,
Zumbra Heights, Minn.; L. S. Donald-
son Co., Miss H. B. Whitted. Will
Bros. Company, Hans Rosacker and
Minneapolis Floral Co., Minneapolis,
Minn.; La Crosse Floral Company, La-
Cros.se. Wis.: John E. St en. Red Wing.

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Minn.; Gust Rusch & Co., and Holton
& Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.;
N. C. Hanson and Holm & Olson. St.
Paul, Minn.

The awards were as follows :

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

La Crosse Floral Company. Honor-
able mention on collection of 45 varie-
ties.

Miss H. B. Whitted. Honorable men-
tion for general collection.

Poehlmann Bros. Co . Diploma on
Chadwick and Golden Chadwick. Hon-
orable mention for Pauline.

John E. Sten. Certificate of merit
for Golden West. Honorable mention
for December Gem, Adonis and Helen
Frick.

Merriam Park Floral Co. Certificate
of merit for collection of pompon and
Jessie Miller; also honorable mention
for a sport of Shrimpton.

Will Brothers Company. Certificate
of merit for White Eaton, Yellow
Eaton, Maude Dean and Wallace G.
Nye; also honorable mention for Ro-
man Gold and Shrimpton.

Minneapolis Floral Co. Diploma on
Yellow Mercer, White Mercer and
Buckingham, each scoring 95 points;
certificate of merit for Yellow Eaton
and Golden Wedding; also honorable
mention for F. Miller, Linwood Hall
and William Turner.

Hans Rosacker. Certificate of merit
for Black Hawk.

J. A. Weber. Diploma for Dolly
Dimple and Harry Converse, both scor-
ing 95 per cent, and certificate of merit
on Wells Late Pink and Quittenton.

L. S. Donaldson Co. Certificate of
merit on Dolly Dimple and William
Turner.

Jewell Nursery Co. Diploma on
William Turner, scoring 98 points.

PLANTS.

L. S. Donaldson Co. Certificate of
merit on Begonia Glory of Cinci-'>ati.

Minneapolis Floral Co. Honorable
mention on Begonia Glory of Cincin-
nati; also diploma on collection of
stove and greenhouse plants.

CARNATIONS.

The Jewell Nursery Company, Lake
City, Minnesota. Certificate of merit
on White Enchantress; also honorable
mention for Comfort, Enchantress,
Rose Pink Enchantress, Rosette, C. W.
Ward and Victory.

Will Brothers Company. Certificate
of merit on Benora, Rosette and White
Wonder; also honorable mention for
Eureka, C. W. Ward and Delhi.

Minneapolis Floral Company. Certifi-
cate of merit on Philadelphia. Cincin-
nati and Champion; also honorable
mention for Herald and White En-
chantress.

L. S. Donaldson Co. Certificate of
merit for Windsor and White Wonder
and honorable mention for Rosette and
Philadelphia.

BOSES.

Miss H. B. Whitted. Certificate of
merit on American Beauties and Bul-
garie and honorable mention for Mrs.
Russell.

L. S. Donaldson Co. Diploma for
Mrs. Russell; certificate of merit on
Mrs. Ward and Ophelia.

EASTER' LILIES.

L. S. Donaldson Co. Diploma on
vase scoring 95 points; also certificate
of merit on basket.

A fine group of Christmas cherries
and pepper plants exhibited by Holm
& Olson was overlooked by the judges,
as well as potted ever-blooming straw-
berries in full fruit exhibited by J. A.
Weber.

The following visitors from out r~f
town were noted : Calvin Kinsman,
Austin, Minn.: C. G. Nordine, Lake
City, Minn.: John E. Sten. Red Wing,
Minn.; N. Nielsen, Mankato, Minn.; C.
E. Schafer. La Crosse, W^is.; A. L.
Miller, Chicago.

The Minnesota State Horticultural

Society will meet December 1-4 at the
State Farm School, St. Anthony Park,
Minn. The program for Tuesday even-
ing has been turned over to the State
Florists' Association, and papers will
be read by A. S. Swanson, E. Meyer
and Prof. Moore of the state school.
All florists are urged to attend this
meeting. During the week premiums
will be awarded for the best exhibits
of palms, ferns, blooming plants, roses,
chrysanthemums and carnations.

S. D. DySINGKK.

Lake Geneva Exhibition.

The tenth annual chrysanthemum ex-
hibition of the Lake Geneva Gardeners'
and Foremen's Association was held in
Horticultural hall, November (3-7, 1914.
The weather was ideal and the public
attended in greater numbers than ever
before. The principal feature of the ex-
hibition was the groups, twelve ^n num-
ber being staged, the greater number
being placed round the outside of the
room, with a group of foliage plants in
the center, and flanked by the speci-
men plants and large cut blooms. The
effect was conceded to be the pretti-
est ever seen in the hall. Strong com-
petition was seen in the class for group
of chrysanthemums with ferns and
palms, four competitors coming out for
the Livingstone prizes. The judges
awarded first prize to Mrs. F. T. A.
Junkin. While the number of cut
blooms was not as numerous as in past
years, owing to the advanced season,
some exceptionally fine flowers were
shown, J. J. Mitchell's vase of Vi
William Turner, 12 F. T. Quittenton,
Bronze Brighthurst and Colonel Apple-
ton, and Mrs. A. C. Allerton's diplay of
varieties Wm. Turner, Elberon, Lloyd
Wigg, M. Louis Rossian, F. S. Vallis
and Drabble being excellent. The as-
sociation's cup was taken by a fine
specimen plant of Wm. Turner, shown
by Mrs. Allerton. Some excellent ferns
and foliage plants were shown by N.
W. Ilarris and J. H. Moore. Groups of
anemones, pompons and singles were
exhibited by C. L. Hutchinson, a great
many being his own seedlings, con-
spicuous among them being the beau-
tiful white Anemone "C. L. Hutchin-
son," which will probably be placed on
the market next spring. Other exhibits
worthy of note were carnations from
Mrs. F. T. A. Junkin, orchids from J. J.
Mitchell, vegetables from N. W. Harris
and onions from J. H. Moore. Perpetual
flowering nymph.-vas from Wm. Tricker,
Arlington, N. J., and chrysanthemums
from Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.
The judges were Wm. Currie, of Mil-
waukee, Wis., and F. Kuehne, of Lake
Forest.

In the competition for cut blooms and
pot plants awards were made in 50
classes. A summary of the division
and prize winners follows :

Chrysanthemum cut blooms — Mrs. A.
C. Allerton (G. Blackwood, Gr.), five
first and one second prizes; J. J. Mitch-
ell (A. J. Smith, Gr.), five first and two
second prizes; Mrs. F. T. A. Junkin
(Axel Johnson, Gr.), one first and
three second prizes; Mrs. H. H. Porter
(W. Wahlstedt, Gr.), one first and one
third prize; J. H. Moore (A. Martini,
Gr. ), one third prize.

Chrysanthemum pot plants— C. L.
Hutchinson (W. P. Longland, Gr.),
three first prizes; J. J. Mitchell, one
first and one third prize; Mrs. A. C. Al-
lerton, one second prize.

Group of chrysanthemums arranged
for effect with palms and ferns (prizes
donated by James Livingstone, Milwau-
kee, Wis.) — Mrs. Junkin, first; J. H.
Moore, second; N. W. Harris, third.

Miscellaneous plants — N. W. Harris,
eight first prizes; Mrs. H. H. Porter,
one first prize; J. J. Mitchell, one first
prize; J. H. Moore, one second prize.

Specimen chrysanthemums — Mrs. A.
C. Allerton, two first prizes and the as-
sociation cup for best specimen chrys-

anthemum (Wm. Turner); J. J. Mitch-
ell, two first and two second prizes;
Mrs. F. T. A. Junkin, one first and one
second prize; N. W. Harris, one first
and one third prize.

Roses — A. B. Dick (F. G. Kuehne,
Gr.), three first prizes; Mrs. F. T. A.
Junkin, one first aod three second
prizes; J. J. Mitchell, one first prize.

Lily of valley, 25 sprays — Mrs. F. T.
A. Junkin, first; N. W. Harris (J. Kru-
pa, Gr. ), second.

Fifty violets — Mrs. F. T. A. Junkin.
first.

Best 10 flowering orchid plants,
with ferns and foliage plants, W. A.
Manda, So. Orange, N. J., prize — J. J-
Mitchell, first.

Carnations — Mrs. F. T. A. Junkin and
J. J. Mitchell were first and second re-
spectively in all classes. Mrs. Junkin
also won the award in the class of 12
blooms, new varieties of 1914.

Special Mention — Mrs. F. T. A. Jun-
kin. for vase of Carnation Benora.

Honorable Mention — Wm. Tricker,
Arlington, N. J., for perpetual flowering
Nympha-a Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; Chas.
H. Totty, Madison, N. J., for fine col-
lection of pompons and single chrys-
anthemums; J. H. Moore, for beans and
lettuce. , ^ .

In the display of vegetables, not to
exceed 20 varieties, N. W. Hams was
award'ed the Coddington medal.
Awards were also made in classes tor
celerv, potatoes, apples and onions.
W. H. Griffiths., Sec y.

Lancaster County Florists' Club Show.

Some thirty odd years ago Lancaster
had a successful flower show held un-
der the auspices and management of
William Pyfer, a young florist of this
city. The exhibit he made that time,
with the assistance of a few other
florists, was remarkable for its day.
Since then a few greenhouse shows
were held, consisting of the growers
own stock only. The Lancaster Coun-
ty Florists' Club started a flower show
pot boiling soon after its organization
and it finally bubbled over into a show
held November 6-7, this year. The
committee, consisting of Albert M.
Herr, chairman; Harry K. Rohrer,
treasurer, and Chas. Edgar and Ru-
dolph Nagle as an advisory board, pre-
sented to the people of Lancaster a
show that compared very favorably
with those of the large cities, and in
artistic effect the superior of many of
them.

On the first floor was a formal gar-
den, with geranium beds edged with
echeveria and sod, hardy chrysanthe-
mum beds edged with sod, tanbar*
paths to olTset the green edgings, ever-
green trees, rustic seats, a gazing globe
and all the accessories belonging to it.
This garden was 20 feet wide and (55
long and in walking around or through
it, the greenhouse exhibited by T. J.
Nolan for the King Construction Co.
was in constant evidence, giving the
effect of a private place. On this same
floor were plant exhibits by the vari-
ous local growers, a fine exhibit of
commercial ferns by H. S. Brandt of
York, Pa.; trade exhibits by the
Pfaltzgraff Pottery Co., York, Pa.; H.
F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.;
greenhouse sash and material from
The Lord & Burnham Co., New York,
and a fine display of ribbons from the
S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa.

On the second floor, as well as the
first, everything was arranged for
effect, the local florists being perfectly-
willing to partly bury their own ident-
ity to attain an artistic show. The
show was magnificent, and interest was
kept up by little surprises all through
the building, with the result that dur-
ing the two days that the show was
open a number of people visited It
three, four and five times, paying ad-
mission each time. Others bought

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tickets as they went out for their
friends, and we feel proud to think
that out of a city with a population
of about 50,000, we had one-tenth of
them at the show, with no compli-
mentary tickets issued to anyone.

One thing that helped the show won-
derfully was the fact that there were
no awards offered in the florists'
classes, excepting a .$25 prize by the
Lord & Burnham Co. for the best dis-
pla.v made by a florist in the building.
This was captured by H. D. Rohrer, of
this city. The retail men, three of
whom made exhibits, all worked in
harmony, H. A. Schroyer setting up a
magnificent dinner table. Geo. G. Gold-
bach a display of baskets filled and B.
F. Barr & Co. a wedding display, all
well surrounded with necessary ac-
cessories, following out the general
effect, rather than to push their own
display in competition with the other
fellow.

To mention the exhibitors in full is
beyond an article of this length; al-
most ever.v member of the club did
their honest share; the few who did
not are wearing sackcloth and ashes
today, and will no doubt be the first
to get busy when we hold another
show.

We feel especially proud of the fact
that we have made a success of a
strictly non-competiti\'e show, conduct-
ed and set up with one object only,
and that was to have the visitors feel
that they received their full value for
the quarter expended. Another point
that was strictly adhered to, and that
was that the attendance represented
cash, no complimentary tickets being
given out beyond a half dozen to each
of»,the local papers and about another
half dozen to men who helped with the
show without pay, and we not only
had the crowd, but the people wg want-
ed— the flower-buying public,

A number of trade visitors were
present and fine displays were made
by some of our friends from various
parts of this covmtry, among whom
were the Leo Niessen Co. and S. S.
Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.:
McCallum Co. and the Pittsburgh Cut
Flower Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; A. N. Pier-
son, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.; Elmer D.
Srnith Co., Adrian, Mich.; R. Vincent.
Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh. Md.;
C. H. Totty. Madison. N, J.; Peter
Fisher, Ellis, Mass.; Wm. Swayne, Jo-
seph Heacock and several others.

Albert M, Herr.

University of Illinois.

ClIItY.SANTHEMUM SHOW.

In spite of a cold rain and a driving
wind, 2,500 people ventured out to the
South Campus, Sunday afternoon, No-
vember 15, to see the chrysanthemum
show, which was held in the florlcul-
tural greenhou.ses. Most of the visit-
ors were students and town people,
but there was a large number of out-
of-town people who had come to the
university for the home-coming cele-
bration. At times the crowd in the
greenhouses was so great that it was
a difficult task to relieve the conges-
tion at the entrance to the different
houses. The gorgeous display of sin-
gles, pompons, and numerous chrysan-
themums, which occupied one house
,S0xlO0 feet, attracted the most atten-
tion. The commercial exhibition and
specimen plants were staged in an ad-
joining house and these with the dif-
ferent varieties of orchid-flowering
sweet peas also received their share of
admiration and attention, hut here the
masses of color were not as great or
varied as in the other house.

The palm, fern, rose, and carnation
houses were also open to the public
and never before have the greenhouses
been in so good condition as this year.
The rose section is making a wonder-
ful showing. In this section the differ-
ent commercial varieties are trrown.
The Hoosier Beauty roses, which were

presented to the university by the F.
Dorner & .Sons Co., of Lafayette, Indi-
ana, have made an excellent growth
and have out-topped any other rose
on _ exhibition. It received more com-
ment and praise than any other rose
and we certainly appreciate the kind-
ness of the originators of this. rose for
its presentation. The palm house with
its large variety of tropical plants
seemed as a place of recreation to the
most of the visitors. In this house
such plants as pawpaws, bananas, flcus,
dracaena, anthuriums. and Saint Paul-
ias, stood out most conspicuously.

The chrysanthemum show is an an-
nual affair at the university, but this
year the show has proven a greater
success than ever before. Favorable
comments were heard from nearly
every visitor and it is safe to say that
not a single person regretted having
come out to the greenhouses, even
though the weather was disagreeable.

FLORICULTURE CLUB GIVES RECEPTIOX.

On Friday, evening, November 13, the

The Late Emanuel E. Peiser.

Floricultural Club gave a reception to
the members of the faculty of the ITni-
versity of Illinois. The receiition was
given at the floricultural greenhouse
and about -100 members turned out. Be-
sides this' number, there were some
noted out-of-town florists. .Some of
those present were : Mr, and Mrs.
Smith, of Danville, 111.; Miss Emily
Dorner, of Lafayette. Ind.; W. N. Rudd,
Mrs. Rudd and Miss Rudd, of Morgan
Park. The greenhouses were open in
connection with the receiition and it
gave those jiresent an opportunity to
see the display of cliry.santhemums and
other flowers under artificial light.

A. G. .H.

Syracuse Clirysanthemum Show.

After a lapse of 10 years a most
successful show was held November
•^)-S. and much credit is due to all w'ho
took part and presented to the public
the largest ,and most artistically ar-
ranged show ever held in .Syracuse.
All arrangements wer^ made In less
than three weeks, which speaks vol-
umes for the enterprise of the florists
here and the thoroughness of the com-
mittee in working out the details.

There was no competition as it was
deemed best to exclude anything that
might tend to create any feeling, and
it is good to know that everything
passed off most harmoniously. Other
cities might copy .Syracuse to good
.advantage. The primary object of
holding the show w.ns to create a great-

er interest in chrysanthemums and
other flowers, and this has been ac-
complished, as those taking part have
already had abundant proof that
bringing their names so prominently
before the public has resulted in in-
creased business.

Each of the following local florists
made most artistic displays : Gus
Bartholme, Baker Floral Co., A. Ban-
nister, Bannister Bros., C. Bourne.
Werner Bultman. Peter Kay. P. R.
Quinlan & Co., Chester Harris, Pierce
Christian, G. M. Philips, H. Youell.
gladiolus bulbs. From out of town
came large exhibits, among them the
following :

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.,
who sent some exhibition blooms,
which were the talk of the town.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.,
made a splendid exhibit of singles and
pompons.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa., had a choice lot of cut flow-
ers, roses, bouvardias. orchids, vallev
and chrysanthemums being included
in the display.

Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J..
sent a splendid lot of pompon and
single chrysanthemums.

Geo. B. Hart, Rochester. N. Y., had
a fine exhibit of roses and chrysan-
themums.

A large vase of the new Alice car-
nation from Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.,
was held up and did not reach the
show in good condition.

In spite of the fact that we had
four wet days the profits, amounting
to $200. was given to the "Visiting
Nurses' association.

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society.

PALL EXHIBITION.

The fall exhibition of this society
opened in Germania hall. New Rochelle,
N. Y.. Thursday, November 4, and con-
tinued three days, closing Friday even-
ing. The quality throughout the entire
exhilntion was of a high standard of
excellence. There were a large number
of entries in nearly all of the 94 classes
provided for in the schedule, and the
competition was very keen. The first
day of the exhibition, the plants, cut
flowers, fruits and vegetables, were
staged; the feature of the second day
was the decorated dinner tables, bas-
kets and centerpieces, arranged by the
gardeners, while the third day was de-
voted to dinner table decorations and
floral baskets open to ladies only, which
added new interest each succeeding
day. It is gratifying to note the in-
creasing popularity of the floral deco-
rative art, which always adds so much
more interest to the exhibitions. There
were 14 decorated dinner tables, 12
baskets and 10 centerpieces in evi-
dence. The various combinations of
flowers, with autumn foliage branches
of berried shrubs, graSses and other fo-
liage was very interesting, and held
the interest of every visitor. The bas-
ket arranged by Miss B. Scott, daugh-
ter of Wm. Scott of Scott Bros., Elms-
ford. N. X., was undoubtedly the most
interesting and finest basket ever ex-
hibited before the society, and gained
for this young lady the first prize of a
beautiful cut glass punch bowl. Miss
Scott was also awarded a special prize
for dinner table decoration. The socie-
ty is indebted to the Judges of the ex-
hibition as follows, whose decisions
gave universal satisfaction : Wm. Tur-
ner, Oceanic, N. J.; Sam'I Bachelor,
Mamaroneck. N. Y.; James Bell. New
York; W. H. Waite, Yonkers, N. Y.;
Donald Sheppard, New Rochelle. and N.
Butterbach, New Rochelle. N. Y. Four
very fine trade exhibits were staged
that reflected great credit on the fol-
lowing enterprising firms : Scott Bros..
Elmsford, N. Y., had a large display of
cut chrysanthemums, including a large
collection of singles and pompon va-
rieties. Many novelties were noted and
a certificate of merit was awarded the

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disiplay. A cultural certificate was
awarded to an exiiibit of tiie new
Nephrolepis Klmst'ordi, featured by this
firm, wiio also secured the first prize
for 50 carnations with a grand vase of
Matchless. Geo. K. Baldwin & Co.,
Mamaroneck, N. Y., orchid specialties,
had on exliibition a \ ery fine display
of choice and rare \arieties of orchid
plants in bloom. The exhibit was taste-
fully arranged, and received a certifi-
cate of merit. Cultural certificates
were also awarded to this firm for each
of two fine specimen plants of Cattleya
labiata.

A. N. Pierson. Inc., of Cromwell,
Conn., made a very fine display of cut
flowers, single and pompon varieties of
chrysanthemums predominating. The
novelties in this class that this firm is
featuring showed up in good shape, es-
pecially the new set of pompons in
pots. A certificate of merit was award-
ed the display.

The MacMillan Co., of Greenwich,
Conn., gained a certificate of merit for
a fine display of cut flowers, foliage
plants in choice variety, pots of chrys-
anthemum plants, baskets and other
decorative work.

The prize list in the non-commercial
classes was quite an extensive one.
Prominent among the successful con-
testants, the following were noted :
Miss Georgiana Iselin, (Ewen MacKen-
zie, Gr. ) seven firsts, five seconds, two
thirds; Mrs. F. A. Constable (James
Stuart, Gr.), six firsts, three seconds;
Mrs. Nathan Strause ( Thos. Aitchison,
Gr. ), four firsts and four seconds; P.
W. Popp, three firsts and five seconds.
A most excellent exhibition of fruits
and vegetables in competition was an
interesting feature of the display. Sil-
ver cups were awarded to James Tie-
man and to Adam Patterson, gardener
to Miss M. Cockcroft for excellence in
the vegetable classes. There were also
numerous awards for individual varie-
ties in Vioth vegetables and fruits.

P. W. POPP, Cor. Sec'y.

American Institute tf New York.

The eighty-third annual fair of the
American Institute of New York was
held in the Engineering building. New
York City, November 4-G, l'J14, and
was considered to be one of the most
successful in the history of the organ-
ization. A grand chrysanthemum show
was one of the features of the fair,
valuable awards being offered in com-
petition in 52 classes for chrysanthe-
mums. There were also many prizes
offered in many other classes of other
varieties of cut blooms and plants, in-
cluding roses, carnations, orchids, vio-
lets and begonias. Additional awards
in fruits, vegetables and implements
increased the total number of classes,
commercial and non-commercial to 111.
Among the long list of successful con-
testants, the following were prominent:
Percy Chubb, Glen Cove, N. Y'., seven
first and four second prizes; Chas. H.
Totty, Madison, N. J., four first and
five second prizes; Howard Gould. Pt.
Washington, N. Y'. (Wm. Vert, Gr.),
two first and two second prizes; Mrs.
D. Willis Jamts, Madison, N. J., two
first prizes. A number of special awards
were made for meritorious exhibits.
A. F. F.

YotJNGSTOWN, O. — The greenhouse of
John Walker was damaged October 28.
when a street car jumped the track
and tore a hole in the building.

SPOiiANE, Wash. — Five thousand
chrysanthemums have been placed on
display in the new greenhouse in
Manito park for the city's annual
chrysanthemum exhibit.

Nanticoke, Pa. — H. Cornell has
placed an order for a new house 2.5x
125, King construction. He has also
opened a new and up-to-date retail
shop at 248 Main street.

OBITUARY.

William H, Cliadwicli.

Wm. H. Chadwick, former president
of the Horticultural Society of Chi-
cago, who died at Ladd, 111., was buried
at Davenport, la., November 12. Mr.
Chadwick was at one time director
of the Chicago Board of Trade.

The members of the Horticultural
Society of Chicago, florists and all flow-
er lovers, mourn the death of Wm. H.
Chadwick. For some 10 years he was
president of the Horticultural Society
and intensely interested in its suc-
cess. His untiring energy, his in-
domitable will and perseverance, aided
by such men as Willis N. Rudd. Philip
Hauswirth and others, gave to the ac-
tivities of the society an irapulse that
enabled it to give those magnificent
fall exhibitions that attracted the
growers from all sections, and filled
the Auditorium with enthusiastic vis-

The Lat: Wm. H. Chadwick.

itors. He was at home when presiding
at a banquet, and at a dinner gi\en
by the society at the time of the
world's fair to distinguished repre-
sentatives from abroad, he presided
with dignity and grace reflecting credit
upon the society and our city.

W. C. EGAN.

William H. Chadwick will be remem-
bered by the older men in the trade
in Chicago, and by many men from
other parts of the country who at-
tended the earlier flower shows. He
was one of the original incorporators
of the Horticultural Society of Chica-
go, and the great success of the early
flower shows and the leading part
played in those days by the society is
very largely due to the untiring ef-
forts of two men. William H. Chad-
wick. w-ho was its president many
years, and William C. Egan, who was
secretary at the same time.

Mr. Chadwick was an enthusiastic
amateur and at one time ow'ned the
best collection of orchids in Chicago.
Financial reverses, however, overtook
him in his business as a grain dealer
on the Board of Trade, and the col-
lection of orchids along with all his
other pronerty. even including his resi-
dence, was turned over for the bene-
fit of the firm's creditors. He never
was able to re-establish his business,
and these financial reverses caused him
necessarily to withdraw from active
work in the society.

The writer was very closely asso-
ciated wtth him in the horticultural
work through a number of years, and

came to admire and to love him for
the many admirable qualities of his
bluff, frank, outspoken nature. Those
associated with him in the flower
shows will vividly remember the mag-
nificent physique of the man, the
strong personality and the indefatiga-
ble worker that iie was. Many of us
will remember those delightful ban-
quet occasions presided over by him
with so much dignity, so much tact
and such a fund of humor.

W. N. Rudd.

Emanuel E. Pleser.

Emanuel E. Pieser, head of Kenni-
cott Bros. Co., the well-known whole-
sale commission house of Chicago, died
quite suddenly from heart disease at
his home at 1004 East Forty-second
place, Saturday evening, November 14.
at 9 o'clock, just exactly three years
later than his brother, Gabriel, whose
death occurred on November 14, 1911.
He was down to the store as usual
on the day of his death, and while he
complained of being rather ill no one
thought that he would pass away so
soon, for he has been under the doc-
tor's care for some time, and while
his condition was considered serious,
the physician himself did not believe
that the end was so near. He was
51 years old and started his career
in the florist business when he was
quite young with Watson & Craig on
.'^tate street, and was later with Chas.
Reisseig on Wabash avenue. He and
Geo. Klemm later entered into busi-
ness at 74 State street, and when
this firm discontinued he entered
the employ of Kennicott Bros., who
were located on Wabash avenue
near Van Buren street. Amasa and
Flint Kennicott occupied this location
in 1.8S.5, but shortly after moved to
27 Washington street and later to Ifi.S
North Wabash avenue. Amasa Ken-
nicott withdrew from the firm many
years before his death. April 7. 1007,
which however retained its name un-
til it was incorporated as Kennicott
I?ros. Co.

After the death of Flint Kennl-
I'ott, September 14, 1907. Mr. Pieser
took active charge, which he main-
tained up to the time of his death.
He was a man of his word and was
known for his sterling honesty by
everyone who had dealings with him.
That he had a host of friends in the
trade was well testified by the many
elaborate floral offerings sent to the
home and the large attendance at
the funeral services, which were held
at Furth's chapel at Thirty-fifth street
and Grand boulevard at 10 a. m. Tues-
day, November 17. The remains were
laid to rest in the family lot in Grace-
land cemetery. He is survived by his
wife .and one brother.

Providence, R. I.

TRADE CONTINUES QUIET.
Business the past week has not beej
quite up to the mark of the past few
weeks, very little doing in any line
of the work. Chrysanthemums are
still the main flower, and the supply
is So plentiful that the growers cannot
find a market to sell their stock in.
Violets are still poor and do not have
much call. Carnations are coming In
better than they have been and the
supply is good.

NOTES.

The annual sweet pea exhibition will
he held in the Newport, R. I., Casino
under the auspices of the Newport
Horticultural Society on July 8-9. The
exhibition will be held in connection
with the annual convention of the
American .Sweet Pea Association, and
at the same time the display of the
Newport Garden Association and the
Newport Horticultural Society will be
held.

Albert Holscher is cutting some ex-
ceptionally large Wm. Turner chrysan-
themums this year that are fine and
find a ready sale. H. A. T.

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THISISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVERS

CONTENTS.

Suggesffons for irl.nnt glowers 913

—Heaths 913

— Geoistas 913

— Acalyphas 91;;

— Begonia rex 914

— Otalieite oranges 914

The retail trade 914

— ChrysantbLinum wedding decoration (llhis. 1.914

— looking ahead (or the holidays 914

The rose MG

— Care of the iilants 91(1

— Club root on rose 91n

Line of Smith's new chrysanthemums (iUus. i.SllJ

National flower show 91(1

Minnesota State Florists' Association..' 918

Lalie <:eneva exhibition 919

I.anoaster County Florists' Club show 919

I'uiversity of lllDols 920

.S.viacuse chrysanthemum show 92('

Westchester and Fnirfleld Oort. Society... .92(1

American lustitue of New York 929

I'rovhU'nce. R. I 921

OBituary 921

— Kmanuel E. Pieser (portrait) 921

—William H. Chadn-lck (portrait) 921

Editorial .'122

— .Missouri azalea imij<irters 922

— Clii-ysaiitheuiiim Society of .\nierica.* 922

— National .\ssociation of (lai'deners 922

Pittsburg ; : 924

Clcvehm.i .924

roleclii 924

<'lncag(, 928

Cincinnati 931

St. Louis 9;i2

Ilol.vokc and Xorthamiiron Florists' Cliib.-..932

Connecticut Horticultural Society 9:12

rhiladelphia ■. 9:14

Boston 9;i5

New York 936

Xiissaii Conntv II. .rt. Society 937

KnoxvlUe, Tenn !i:iS

Krcderlcton. N. B 938

St. Paul. Minn 938

MinDeapolis, Minn. . . . ^ 042

The seed trade 944

— Louisiana seed testing station 944-

Sweet clover 044

NnshviUe. Tenn 916

The noisery trade 948

— Uniform Inspection law for Pacific coast. .948

— Ohio strictures on packlug material 948

Oklnbnma City 949

Market gardeners 950

-I'riics of indoor fruits antl vegetables. .. .950

-encumbers as u catch crop 9.10

Bending. Pa 951

Worcester County Hol't. Society •• 9.52

One of the supply houses claims tc.
lie short on material to fill orders to
the amount ot .$125,000 on account of
its inability to secure its usual stock
of European specialties. " >

Personal.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., re-
cently operated upon for appendicitis,
was much improved, November 18.

THANKSGIVING.

On account of the holiday, next
week's issue will go to press one day
earlier than usual and advertisers and
correspondents will therefore oblige
by mailing their copy so as to reach us
Monday or as much earlier as possible.

Missouri Azalea Importers.

UEALEK'S CERTini ATE NOW REQUIRED.
Some of the Missouri firms which
secure only small shipments of plants
from abroad have objected to the Mis-
.soiiri law, which requires them to se-
cure a dealer's certificate. The MT.s-
souri law defines azaleas and such
plants which come from abroad as
nursery stock, and the firms handling
such stock arfe dealers, and are re-
quired to secure .a regular dealer's cer-
tificate.

Chrysanthemum Socletv of America.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

(Cincinnati, O., October .''il. — Rodi,
magenta pompon, scored 85 points; II-
lona. deep pink pompo^, scored 85
points: Veta. white, pompon, scored 87
points: Modello. deep orange Japanese
incurved, scored SC) points commercial;
exhibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co..
Adrian, Mich.

New York, October .31. — Zora, yellow,
pompon, scored 86 points; No. 22-2-12.
magenta, pomrionj scored 82 points;
Veta, white, pompon, scored S9 points;
No. 19-.54-12. lavender, pompon, scored
8.J points: exhibited by Elmer D. Smith
& Co., Adrian, Mich.

Boston. Mass., October 31. — Vita.
white, pompon, scpred 83 points; II-
lona. pink, pompon, scored 77 points;
Rodi. magenta, pompon, scored 70
points exhibition; exhibited by Elmer
D. .'^mith & Co.. Adrian. Mich.

Philadelphia, Pa.. October 31.— Yel-
low Ivory Supreme, yellow, Japanese
incurved, scored 87 points commercial;
exhibited by Henry Eichholz, Waynes-
boro, Pa. Illona. pink, pompon, scored
85 points; No. 22-"2-12. magenta, pom-
pon, scored ,81 points; No. 2.'?-9-]2.
white pompon, scored 81 points; Zora,
yellow, pompon, scored SO points; ex-
hibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Ad-
rian. Mich.

Chicago. October 31. — Illona. white,
pompon, scored 89 points; Vita, laven-
der pink, pompon, scored '88 iioints:
Calumet, golden bronze. incurved,
scored 87 points commercial; Rodi,
magenta, pompon, scored 79 points; ex-
hiliited by Elmer D. Smith & Co.. .A.d-
rian, Mich.

Philadelphia. Pa.. November 5. —
Strafford, golden yellow. Japanese in-
curved, scored 89 points commercial,
exhibited by Edward A. Stroud, Straf-
ford. Pa.

Indianapolis. Ind.. November 7. —
Mount Greenwood, light pink. Japan-
ese incurved, scored 8(i points commer-
cial; exhibited by Mt. Greenwood Ceme-
tery Association, Morgan Park. Chi-
cago. Silver King, white, Japanese re-
flexed, scored 85 points commercial:
Neola. shell pink, pompon, scored 85
points: Cheyenne, magenta, Japanese
reflexed, scored" 74 points exhibition;
Mankato, deep magenta pink. Japan-
ese reflexed. scored SO points commer-
cial; Calumet, golden bronze, Japanese
incurved, scored 86 points exhibition;
Modello, golden bronze, Japanese re-
flexed, scored 80 points commercial; ex-
hibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Ad-
rian, Mich. Harvest Moon, yellow,
pompon, scored 88 points; exhibited by
A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.
Queen Marie, magenta, pompon, scored
70 points; exhibited by Herman Bros,
Co., Council Bluffs, la. Earl Kitchener,
deep magenta pink, Japanese reflexed,
scored 81 points; exhibited by Chas. H.
Totty, Madison, N. J. No. 135, flesh
pink, Japanese reflexed, scored 78
points commercial: No. 92, white, Jan-
anese fncurved, scored 81 pbints com-
mercial; White Chieftain, white, Jap-

anese incurved, scored 89 points com-
mercial; exhibited by the E, G. Hill
Co., Richmond. Ind. No. 8-1912, deep
pink, Japanese reflexed. scored 82
points commercial; Peace, white, pom-
pon, scored 83 points; exhibited by H.
W. Rieman, Indianapolis, Ind.
' EXAMINING COMMITTEES.

President Wm. Kleinheinz announces
the committees to examine new chrys-
anthemums for the ensuing year as
follows :

Chicago — N. J. Wietor (chairman),
George Asmus. Guy French. Ship
flowers to chairman, N. J. Wietor, 30
E. Randolph street, Chicago.

Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter (chair-
man). James Allen. Henry .Schwarz.
.Ship flowers to chairman. Jabez Elliott
Flower Market, care janitor.

Boston — Wm. Nicholson (chairman),
James Wheeler, Alex Montgomery.
Ship flowers to Boston Flower Ex-
change, care W. J. Thurston, manager.
1 Winthrop Square.

New York — Eugene Dailledouze
(chairman). Wm. H. Duckham. A.
Herrington. Ship flowers to New York
<"ut Flower Co.. 55 22d street, care of
chairman.

Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge (chair-
man), John Westcott, S. S. Pennock,
Ship flowers to A. B. Cartledge, 1514
Chestnut street.

Shipments should be made to arrive
by 2 p. m, on examination days to re-
ceive attention from the committee.
Must be prepaid to destination and an
entry fee of $2.00 should be forwarded
to the secretary not later than Tuesday
of the week they are to be examined,
or it may accompany the blooms.

Seedlings and sports are both eligi-
ble to be shown before these commit-
tees, provided the raiser has given
them two years' trial to determine
their true character. Special atten-
tion is called to the rule that sports
to receive a certificate must pass at
least three of the five committees.

The committees will be in session to
examine such exhibits as may be sub-
mitted on each Saturday during the
dates of which will be October 31 and
November 7, 14, 21 and 28.

C. W. JOHNSON, Sec'y.

National Association of Gardeners.

CONVENTION PROGRAJIME.

The annual convention of the Na-
tional Association of Gardeners will
take place in Philadelphia, Pa.. Decem-
ber 0-10. Thomas Logan, Williarn
Kleinheinz and John H. Dodds are the
coinmittee on arrangements and report
the preliminary programme as follows:

Wednesday. December 9, the general
meeting of the association will be
opened -iromptly at two o'clock p. m.
at Horticultural hall. Following the
business session several speakers prom-
inent in horticulture will address the
members on subjects interesting to the
gardeners. Wednesday evening, the
banquet will be held at one of the lo-
cal hotels to which ladies are to be in-
vited.

Thursday morning, December 10. the
bowling tournament will take place,
open to all members of the association
who register at the business session.
There will be no team bowling, but
prizes will lie offered for individual
scores. During the bowling tourna-
ment a shuttle board contest for the
ladies will be provided, for which
prizes will also be offered, Thursday
afternoon will be devoted to visiting

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923

Slime of the prominent growins estab-
lishments in the vicinity of Philadel-
phia.

The Hotel Walton, directly opposite
Horticultural hall, has been selected as
the headquarters of the association
during the convention. Accommoda-
tions can be secured there at moderate
rates.

M. C. Ebel, Secy.

Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers nre to be mailed from this office
eiiciose lUceuls extra lu cover postiige, etc.

Situation Wanted— By youriK woman, in flower
store to team dcsij-n work. Willing to assist with
housework. Address

Key 48^, care AmeriTan Florist.

Situation Wanted— By younu lady thorout^hly
experienced in all lines of retail work. Chicago
or vicinity preferable. Address

Key 477. care \merican Florist.

Situation Wanted- Bv experienced lady cashier
tn retail Horist store. Can furni»h best of refer-
ences. Chicago prefer-ed Addiess

Key 4SX care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Good all around storeman,
one capable of taking charge. State wages when
writing. Address

Key 481, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted- As foreman by a man of
unusual ability as a grower of cut flowers and
plants. 30 years experience: single; commercial or
institution; first-class references. Address.
Florist.
59 W. Ontario St.. Chicago.

Situation Wanted — Fl or ist and gardener
single, elderly, reliable, experienced man. Would
like position in sanitarium or any institution or
gentleman's place. Competent in all branches.
Would go to any state. Best of references.
Adiress K**y 484, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By A-1 florist and landscape
gardener. 8 years' European and Sjuto .\me-ican
experience in landscape gardening, conservatory,
designing and decorating. Winner of prize
mrdals and diplomas. 25 years of age. single.
Excellent references. State wages.
Stfphen Bekczik. 3^2 Broadway. Buffalo. N.V.

Situation Wanted -If you are in need of an

all around florist one with years of practical
experience in growing all varieties of plants tor
proSt. and a good designer get in touch with me.
Married, no children and now at liberty. Will
take caie of Tour business the same as if it was
mv own. Make me an offer. For further parti-
culars, address

Key 474 care American Florist.

Help Wanted— Good all around storeman f-^r an
eastern position. Mu«:t come well recommended.
Address Key 485. ca^-e Am- rican Florist.

Help Wanted— Good Killarnty grower as sec-
tion mqn under foreman for a large place in
middle west. Address

Key 486, care American Florist.

Wanted— To lease; by man with capital and ex-
perirncH, greenhouses with house ard land. Give
particulars. Box l5h, Newmaiket. N, J.

Wanted to Rent— 5.000 to lu.OOO feet of glass
within 2(XI milesof ChioKO. Must be well stocked^
Key 4SA c^re American Flo-i-t.

For Rent— Desirable location for retail florist.
Lease expiring soon. Apply
T. Ball. fW4 N, Clark St . Chicago.

For Sale — Good paying retail sto e in Chicago
on south side, at very reasonable price. Bargain.
Owner engaged in other bus ness. Address

Key 478 care American Florist.

For Sale— A fine Mercury auto-truck for $?50.
This car has been used nly for three monthsand
IS in good condition. For further pa? ticulars ad
^iress. Key 4h8. care American Florist.

For Sale— Greenhouse material, glass, pipes
and rafters. Good as new at one-half piice.
Inquire of Mrs Mary Brod Niles Centre. III.

For Sale— A panel top florist delivery wagon-
new wheels, tires, axles, glass wind stjield. sfialts.
and just newly painted, in tirst-class condition.
Will send photograph on request. *6.S.OO

N B. & C. E. Stover.
118 feo. 6thM.. Terre Haute. Ind.

For Sale — Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price rigtit. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Co., Pa.

For Sale- Florist plant; lot 100x200. Seven room

dwelling. All conveniences. Hot housts 177 eet

long. Hot water system. In first-class condition.

Town 01 2C00. A bargain, good going business.

Wm. T. Wright.

Newtown. Pa.

For Sale— In Iowa, a good paying florists"
business of 'J houses all up-to-date, also resi-
dence and 8 lots, invoices at $32, itOO at wholesale
prices. Will sell at a discount on account o! poor
health, for cash, city property or farming land.
Addres-s Key 4^8, care American Horist.

For Sale— I have 8500 feet glass, 65 ho\bed sash
5 acres good land. 4 greenhouses well stocked with
carnations, 'mums, violets and bedding plants.
Good dwellit g house, barn, out hcuse. Coal
enough for winter. Four blocks from street car
line, railroad rijbt in city. Price flZ.'^OO cash.
.'Address Key 479. care American Florist.

FOR SALE OR LEASET"

10 acres in city limits of Lead. So. Dak., excel-
lent for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. High pressure city water or well on place.
Population. 10,000. Monthly payroll. $225,000. No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with right party.

H. E. BILLINGS,
Box 675. LEAD. SO. DAK.

f OR SALE.

Florists' retail store, greenhouses, twocottages'
VA acres of land in growing stock, everything
complete in first-class condition. The only flower
store in the fastest growing city in Southern Cali-
fornia. $8,000 down will handle this deal — balance
on easy terms. Owner retiring from business.

Address. Key 469, care American Florist.

WANTED

Capable young man with a few years experience
in seed, bulb and nu'sery trade. Good eenetal
knowledge of the business essential. State age.
experience and salary cxpect^rd. ^

NORTHRUP, KING fi CO.

Seedsmen, Minneapolis, Minn.

FOREMAN

Rose grower with extensive experience
in leading commercial places is open to
engagement as fireman. State salary
and full particulars.

Robert Hand, Edgebrook, Chicago, 111.

Position Wanted

By a thoroughly EXPERIPNCEu FLORIST, now

employed wishes to make a change. Uuquestion-
able references as to character, h' nesty and
ability. Age 24. 4 years' experience. Now
employed by good concern. Address
P. E. C. *V. 1312 3rd Ave..

Highland fk., Richmond, Va.

EOR SALE

For removal. Three greenhouses, 22
feet wide and "JOO feet long, all g'azfd;
no lit ating pipes or benches, only the
glass, sash bars, ventilaters, etc Pur-
chaser to take down and remove at his
own cost and risk of breakage. Price,
$1600 for the three houses.

Ba.ssett & Washbtrn, Hinsdale, 111.

OPPORTU,\ITY

For A-1 Grower with
Small Capital. . . .

Will incorporate with a grower of
proven ability who can handle men
and is able to show profits growing
pot plants and cut flowers. Will in-
vest from $50,000.00 to $100,000.00.
(Middle west. I What have you to
offer? For further particulars, address

Key 482, care American Florist

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

Aruial si/,e of li-ar 2?4x5M inches.

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in tivo colors on
guinmc'd piipi-r; vour card, etc., in
bl.'ick and leaf adopted bv tlie S. A. F.
ill red. Prices: Per .MO. $2.85: per 1000,
$4.50. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, posipaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AIV1ERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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Nov.

21.

Plttsburgn.

TEADE VERT QUIET.

Business the past week has been any-
thing but Kood. There is absolutely
"nothins doing" in the flower business
in our town at present. Stock has been
arriving in enormous quantities, but,
good or bad. it simply cannot be
moved at any price. We have been
experiencing some more summer
weather for the past while, whose sun-
shine and warmth have forced every-
thing to bloom at once. It has a teil-
ing effect on the chrysanthemums,
which seem to get it worse than the
other flowers. It has brought roses
out also, by the thousands, and the
choicest of stock, which was considered
scarce at this time last year, is piling
up in the ice boxes day after day. The
weather has turned a little oooler. how-
ever, and we have hopes of it helping
business considerably, as a shortening-
up of the supply of stock will help to
boost prices, if nothing else.

Chrysanthemums may be had in all
colors, sizes and shapes, among the
most prominent sellers at present be-
ing Maud Dean, Enguehard, Helen,
Frick. Eaton. Nagoya, Wm. Turner,
Bonnaffon, Roman Gold. Jones and
Chadwick. There are almost enough
pompons to go around, and among
these we find the solid round-shaped
flowers to be the best sellers. Garza
is the only single variety that will sell
well, and it is useless for a grower to
invest his time and money in other
single white varieties which will not
sell.

The carnation crops are good, but
are not so overwhelming in supply as
are roses and chrysanthemums.
Some fine sweet peas are seen at the
local markets. A limited supply of
valley and lilies is prevalent. iBut, on
■the whole, the wholesale men are
worrying night and day as to what
they are going to do with the awful
supply, and, moreover, what the grow-
ers will say upon receiving tlieir sales
reports.

NOTES.
Mrs. E. A. Williams had one of the
largest and most elaborate wedding<?
of the season. November 10, both from
the social and commercial standpoint
which called for 500 large white chrys-
anthemums and 300 silver pink snap-
dragons. Her window display this week
was entirely out of the ordinary, the
feature of which was three dozen leg-
horn hats artistically arranged with
all colors of pompon 'mums, tied with
sunburst ribbon. The background was
composed entirely of crotons in all va-
rieties, some specimen plants of which
retail at .$50 each.

The A. W. .Smith Co. conducted a
gorgeous floral display last week, which
continued from Monday until Saturday
the occasion being the fortieth anni-
versary of their existence in the flower
business in Pittsburgh. The interior of
the store had been newly decorated
and painted just in time for the occa-
sion. As they changed the feature
flowers daily, a continuous round of
visitors was entertained by the firm
all week, and the executives were high-
y pleased with the appreciation shown
by the visitors.

■ 7^'. ?• Rosenbauer. a prominent flor-
ist of Sewickley. Pa., met with a rather
serious accident while driving his
truck on the Beaver road, near Car-
nnt, last week. As a result of his col-
liding with another machine, three ribs
were broken, and his chest crushed.
I he latest report is that Mr. Rosen-
bauer will not be able to be about
until Christmas.

. Randolph & McClements had a large
^t I'SoA """u ^'' recently, which called
tor l.soo chrysanthemums. The firm
has been making elaborate window dis-
plays of these flowers, which are grown
't."'S''J''.^"'°" Heights greenhou.ses.
r^ J^' ^^V^dman, of the Garland Mfg.
Co Cleveland, O.. was in Pittsburgh.
this week making arrangements with
me 4- — 2.niim Company to act as a^nt

for handling greenhouse construction
materials.

The Alpha Florists, who have con-
ducted a flower shop in the Pennsylva-
nia station in Uniontown for the past
two years, have opened a new store in
Brownsville.

Advance boxwood orders are keeping
the force of the McCallum Company
busy these days. A large quantity of
valley is being disposed of here daily,
also.

The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. are
featuring some choice chrysanthe-
mums, all of which are grown at their
own plant at Bakerstown.

Gideos and Pyros have reopened
their Oakland store at Forbes street
and Atwood, after being closed during
the summer.

George Wessenauer captured first
prize for the best decorated automobile
in the Hallowe'en parade in Sewickley,
Pa. ^

Visitors: Julius Dilh'bff, of Schloss
Bros.. New York; J. S. Crall, of Monon-
gahela. Pa.; H. P. Haas, Meadville.
Pa. . J.

deTeland.

UIPROVEMENT IN TRADE NOTED.
The past week has been a decided
improvement, day for day, over pre-
vious week's sales. The large varieties
of chrysanthemums, such as Bonnaffon.
Eaton. Chadwick. etc., are now arriv-
ing, and the smaller varieties are be-
coming less plentiful. There is a slight
stiffening of prices on 'mums. Carna-
tions, too, are bringing a little better
price and the quantity decreasing, but
stock is good. The rose crop has short-
ened up considerably. Easter' lilies
have been quite plentiful, the demand
the latter part of the week, however,
nearly cleaned them up. Valley and
violets, too, were in better demand.
Violets are improving in quality and
will soon come into their own. Amer-
ican Beauty roses, especially the longer
and medium grades, sold well this
week, the blooms being very good, con-
sidering the mild weather. Some of
the Pink Killarney look pale in color,
but otherwise good. Some of the best
boxwood ever seen is now on the mar-
ket, prices about the same as last year
Laurel wreathing is already in demand,
southern smilax is moving fairly well
and orders for statice. ruscus, Jap
chenille and moss wreaths are helping
to swell the business. Small evergreen
trees from the Minnesota woods are
good stock.

CLUB IIEETINO.

The regular meeting of the Cleveland
florists Club, Monday evening, No-
vember 9, was a grand affair. A "round
table show" was held that exceeded
the highest expectations of the officers
of the club. Eighteen new members
were taken in. which shows the mem-
bership committee was "some busy."
A vote of thanks was extended H. B.
Jones, chairman of the membership
committee, for the good work. F.
Friedley spoke at length on the Indian-
apolis show, and announced the 1015
chrysanthemum show would be held in
Cleveland. About GO members attended
the meeting and adjourned after the
meeting to the rooms upstairs, where
the entertainment committee had pro-
vided a liberal "Dutch lunch." The
growers and retailers responded very
nicely to the request of the president
at the last meeting, as will be seen by
the following account of the exhibits,
which one and all deserved honorable
mention :

A. Schmitt, table of cyclamen, excep-
tionally well grown.

E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., one
vase Hoosier Beauty and one vase of
Ophelia roses, extra fine.

Cleveland Florist Exchange, one vase
American Beauties and two vases Kil-
larney roses, one vase Mrs. Chas. Rus-
sell, one vase Milady, one vase Sun-
burst roses <»rown by The Lamborn

Floral Co., Alliance, O.; very good.
Also one vase seedling pompon, pink,
grown by Breitmeyer Floral Co., Mt.
Clemens, Mich.

McCallum Co. showed a basket of
Sweetheart roses, which .were very
pretty.

Leonard Utzinger, table of Begonia
Lorraine; good.

S. N. Pentecost, table cyclamen and
cherries; very good.

Carl Hagenberger Co., one vase snap-
dragons, Mrs. John Newel, table Glo-
ria de Lorraine, well grown.

The J. M. Gasser Co., vase of White
Wonder carnations done very well;
also vase of Pink Delight, and vases of
Herald, Gloriosa and Enchantress, the
best seen in Cleveland.

TCnoble Bros., novelty table, Japa-
nese garden arrangement, with flat
bowls of roses.

Jos. Eadie Co., table arrangement of
Ward roses and pansies.

C. Merbel & Son, one vase large
chrysanthemums, very good, also ,nlne
vases assorted pompons, some new
seedlings.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., two large
vases pompons. 28 varieties pompon
seedlings, extra fine; also one vase
Wm. Turner, extra fine, and vase of
African marigold, very good.

The Jones-Russell Co. exhibited a
miniature basket of pink pompons,
which were very good.

The judges were Wm. J. Kramer,
T. J. XircHner and W. Q. Patter.

NOTES.

The second industrial trip by the
Cleveland Florists' Club took in the
greenhouses of the J. M. Gasser Co..
Larsi Anderson. W. J. Cramer and
Claude Tyler; also the vegetable grow-
ers of Rocky River, John Hogg. Rocky
River Greenhouse Co., Western Reserve
and Goldwood Co. These industrial
trips are the best thing in the world
for retail and wholesale florists and
growers for keeping in touch with the
market. Come along next time; you
don't have to be a member of the club;
all are welcome.

Not for a long time has any funeral
used as many flowers as the one of
Mrs. Lucia Ranson Edwards, who was
buried Saturday, November 14, Mrs,
Edwards was a leader in the city's
social and philanthropic activities for
two generations. Her son. Brig.-Gen-
eral Clarance Edwards, U. S. A., is
stationed in the Hawaiian Islands.

A Cleveland man, Frank Gomp.
Vega avenue, S. W., has patented and
put on the market a frost-proof jialm
protector that does the work. Anyone
who has lost palms and nearly all who
do much funeral work have, will find
this protector the best thing on the
market.

Mrs. L. C. Chott announced the open-
ing of her new store at 5G11 Fleet ave-
nue, Thursday, November 12. The
store was beautifully decorated.

C. P. B.

loieao.

DEL\LERS ARE OPTIMIS'nC.

At this writing old King Winter is
striving with might and main to give
Autumn, with the balmy weather
which has characterized its stay, a
solar plexus. As a result the flower
business has instantly responded.
Florists here now look for good busi-
ness until after Christmas, and are go-
ing to make every effort to stimulate
the flower trade. Since the elections
are over conditions here have bright-
ened up considerably. Retailers here
have adopted the policy of talking
business, not war, working harder and
using more ingenuity to get business.
They figure that it is poor policy to
chime in with the idea that business
is going to the dogs on account of the
war or anything else. All Souls' day,
which is to Catholics what Memorial
day is to the entire nation, was a
bright spot on the retailers' map this

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925

Vaughan's Bouquet Green

(Indian Picked.)

Vaughan's XXX Eastern Holly

Boxwood, Laurel, Mistletoe, Magnolia Leaves,
Winter Berries, Immortelles^ Statice, Ruscus.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Tew%rk

year, as business on that day was very
good, better than last year, in fact.
All Ivinds of stoclc is plentiful and the
demand is normal. Chrysanthemums,
owing to the warm weather, have de-
veloped too rapidly and their appear-
ance is not up to the standard. Right
now the problem of growers is to hold
back the growth so that there will be
a good supply for Thanks<>'iving. Pom-
pons are coming in good quantities
and are of excellent quality. Bonnaf-
fons are at their best right now. Roses
are- making a good showing and are
fairly popular. Carnations while of
good quality are not much in demand.
There will be plenty of azaleas for the
Christmas trade. Florists are showing
some excellent specimens of cyclamen.

NOTES.

A new florist's shop has opened up
for business on Madison street, called
the Sign of the Rose. This store is
operated by Mrs. June and Mr. White.
Mrs. June is a well-known Toledo club
woman of a wide acquaintance, but
with no experience in the flower busi-
ness. Mr. White formerly operated a
flower store in Massillon, Ohio, and in
Niagara Falls. Mr. White says he is
disgusted the way Toledo real estate
and insurance men have treated him
and stated that business was very
quiet. The firm has a flower booth at
the Peace Carnival, which is being held
at the Woman's building, that is at-
^•acting a lot of favorable attention.
Their fixtures were purchased from
the Art Floral Co.. which went bank-
rupt some months ago.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman had a splendid
autumn trim in her display windows
I during the week that attracted a lot
\ of favorable attention. It consisted of
I a magnificent ba.«ket of chrysanthe-
mums, appropriately bedecked with
\ handsome ribbons, standing on a ped-
ji esta,l in one corner of the window. The
\ beauty of this window was its sim-

HOLLY== HOLLY

Philadelphia, Pa., November 12, 1914.

I have just completed mj' contracts for Christmas Greens for the season
of 1914. I have secured some of the finest Holly Trees to cut from this year
that I have ever had. It is all dark green swamp holly and full of berries.
I will pack as usual in the regular size, 2x2xi cases, and will take orders
during November at the same low price as former years, $3.00 per case, and
my extra fancy Gilt Edge Brand at |4.00 per case. My first car will be here
Tuesday, December 1st, and daily shipments will follow after this date.

My wreaths will be better this year than last year, as the holly is much
better and more plentiful, and has many more berries. Prices will be $10. 00,
$12.50 and $16.00 per 100, according to quality.

I have contracted for 50,000 yards of Laurel Wreathing, the best to he
had, 50 yard lengths, price 3c per yard. Lycopodlum Wreathing, 6c to 10c
per yard, according to quality. Mistletoe, Christmas Trees, lissue Wreath-
ing and all other Christmas Greens same as former years.

Send me your orders as early as possible, I will do my best for you.
Check must come with order.

F. B. WOOLEY, 152 Dock St., Philadelphia, Pa.

plicity, and the absence of other flow-
ers made the 'mums stand out in a
way that could not be missed. Mrs.
Freeman says she has enjoyed a good
business so far and expects a good
Turkey day trade.

The following went to see the flower
show at Indianapolis : Harry Heinl,
George B. Schramm and Arthur C.
Kneisel. Thev say that they were well

repaid for the time and money spent.
The "Garden of Peace," displayed and
arranged by Bertermann Bros. Co., was
the most beautiful sight that thev have
ever seen. Shows like this have an
educational value that makes it profit-
able for every florist to be present, no
matter how experienced he may be in
his work.

K.

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Nov. 21.

POEHLMAr

72^74 E, Randolph Sti

ffliF'NOTE :— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it. j

. \

Thanksgiviij

We are Headquarters for Finest Quality of Virginia Boxwood and Southern Wild Smilax.
Also Red Winter Berries Which Are All Ready For Delivery Now.

Fancy Cattleyas, White Dendrobiums and Gardenias, Stevia, Violets, Valley, Cariu

We are pu'ilishiag this price list for anyone wishing to place an ordar with us aod f jr tlioje n it receiving our regular weekly pri'

Thanksgiving.

Chrysanthemums and Pompons.

Per Uoz.
White, yel. and pink, large, $2.60 and $3.00
" " " medium 1.50 " 2.00
" " " " small,

per 100 $6.00 to $8.00 and $10 00

Bronze and maroon doz. , 2.00 and 3.00

PiiT bunch
Pompons, white, yellow and pink \nr cq
Bronze and Maroon (

Orchids and Gardenias.

Per Doz.

Cattleyas $6.00 and $7.51*

Dcndrobium 4 00 and 6 00

Gardenias 3.00 and 4 00

Cypripediums 3.00

Beauties. Per Doz.

Specials $6.00 to $6.00

3<i-in. long 4.00

30-in. long 3.00

24in. long 2.00 to 2.60

15 to 18-in 1.26 to 1.60

Per 100
$6.00 to 8.00

Short

PRICE LIST

Week of Nov. 22, 1914.
Roses.

Per 100

Russell— Specials $26 00

Long 20.00

Medium $12 60 to 16.00

Short $6.00-18,00-10.00

Shawyer
Hadley
Milady
Brilliant

Long 10 00

Medium $6.00 to 8,00

Short 4.00 to 6.00

Killarney
White Kill.
Richmond
Bulgaria
Sunburst
Aaron Wards
Kill. Queen
Cecile Brunner

Special $12.00

Long 8.00

Medium $6.00 to 6.00

Short 3.C0to 4.00

$ 2.C0

Carnations.

Per 100

Short $2.00

Medium $3.00 to 4.10

Best 5.0O

Miscellaneous. ?<

Easter Lilies $10.00

Violets, singleand double ..

Stevia

Mexican Ivy

Smilax per doz., 2.00

Sprengeri-Asparagus .> 2.00

Asparagus Plumosus, string,
60c to 60c.

Leucothoe

Adiantum 76

Galax, bronze and green per IC

Eastern Flat Ferns "

Wild Smilax per o

Boxwood per bu., 25c,' per ct

Red Winter Berries, ..per case, $1.C.

Lily of the Valley.

Extra Fancy
1st Quality....
2nd Quality...

Supply Department.

We are ready to deliver

RED AND GREEN RUSCUS, Finest Quali

Finest Quality, per lb., 75c; 2nd Quality, per lb., 65c.

ALSO RED RLSCIJS WREATHS.

Red Frieze, No. 2, per Ball 60 yds., 60c.
Red Waterproof Paper, (Genuine Westphalian) per hundred, $15.('.

Very Fine Holiday Baskets, JustJWhat You \ii

Colors, Combination Red and Green.
Red Magnolia Leaves, per Box, $1.25. Red Oak Leaves, per Box, $1.5

Red Ribbon, 3 Inches Wide, per Bolt, $1.00,
Red Chiffon, 4-inch, per yard, 2^c. Red Chiffon, 6-inch, per yai j

5846
Per Dozen $4.50

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^ BROS. CO.

i

Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

ll)oniing and Decorative Plants for Thanksgiving Day.

^ou undoubtedly will have need for the stock listed below for both Thanksgiving Day and the Xmas Holidays. Our
arjdepartment is being conducted on the same big scale as our cut flower department and we now have over 100,000
|u(e feet devoted to pot plants. However, we urge you to send in your ordtr for present or future delivery so that it may
; (livered before the cold weather sets in. Our blooming plants are in readiness for quick shipment and just right for the
h iksgiving Day trade. Let us quote you on anything you need. OtlDER NOW.

Begonias.

We have the largest and best stock we
ever had of Begonias Lorraine and Cincin-
nati in 6-in., 6-in. and 7-in. pots.

5-inch 61 c to 7Bc each

B-inch $1,00 to $1.50 "

7-inch 2.00 to 2.50 "

Poinsettias.

Choice stock in pans with good brackets,
(according to value) from 75c to $2.50 each.

Chrysanthemum Pot Plants.

To make room, we offer for a short time
only, strong bushy stock, of late and mid-
season varieties at from 3oc to $1.00 each.

Until Thanksgiving we will offer plants
in bloom, at 6Uc to $3.00 each.

Peppers.

Cluster, 4-in $10.00 per 100

Celestial, 4-in 10.00 per 100

6-in. pans, 4 plants in pan, 3.50 per doz.

Dracaena Terminalis.

Highly colored, extra fine, 4-in., $3 00
per doz., 5-in., $fi.00 per doz., 6-in., 75c
to $1.00 each.

Dracaena Godseffiana.

•.'-in. pots $1.U0 per doz.

3-in. pots 1.60 per doz.

Dracaena Massangeana.

fi-in $1.00 each

i!

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Azaleas.

Uge supply of the leading Christmas
isies from 75 cts. to $3.00 in bloom.
ir|; specimens from $3.00 up to $8.00 ea.

Araucaria.

;elsa, fine stock, 60c, 75c, $1,00 each.
R;)usta Compacta, large plants, $1.50
$00 each.

Cyclamens.

Our Cyclamens are now coming in bloom,
We offer a fine stock. 6-in., 4uc, b-in. , 65c.
7-in., «I.OO.

P'or November or December delivery we
have over 25,' 00 of the best Cyclamen seen
anywhere in sizes from 6-in. to 7-in., at 60c,
75c and $1 60 each.

Pandanus Veitchi.

H

,hly colored, 4-in.

60c, 5-in., 75c to

,(

, 6-in., $1.50, 7-in

, $2.00 to $2.50

ea.

Rubber Plants.

\

sizes from 25c to 50c each.

K^ntla Belmoreana

Single Plants

Each

a

D
D
D
D

r

'-

pots. 5 to6 leaves,
pots, 5 to 7 leaves,
pois, 6 to 7 leaves,
pots, 6 to 7 leaves,
tubs, 6 to 7 leaves,
itubs. 6 to 7 leaves,
tubs, 6 to 7 leaves.

18 in, high
24' in. high
28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in. high
36 in. high
42 to 44 in, high
45 to 48 in, high

$0.35
1,00
1.50
2,00
3.li0
4.00
5,00

English Ivy.

Strong stock, 20 cts, to 3.t cts. each.

Aspidistras.

Green, 6-in, pots, 111-12 leaves, $1,00,
Variegated, 6-m, pots, 10-12 leavts, $1,60,

Crotons.

Swell colored in all varieties, extra fine,
6uc to 76c each.

F» ivr^JM: s

Specimens, $15.00 to $25 00,

Kentia Forsteriana

Single Plants

i pots,
1 pots,
ci pots.
Ill tubs,
ri tubs
n tubs,
ti tubs,

5 to 6 leaves.
5 to 6 leaves.

5 to fi leaves

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

18 to 20 in, high
28 to ,TO in, high
34 to 36 in. high
46 to 48 in. hiuh
50 to 54 in, high
5to5H ft, high
6to6H ft. high

0 35
1,00
1,50
3,50
5,00
8,00
10,00

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-upPiants

6 inch pots. 3 plants in a pot, 28 in. high

7 inch pots, 4 plants in a pot, 34 to 38 in.

7 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 38 in, high

8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42 in.
8 inch tubs. 3 plants in a tub. 48 to 54 in,
8 inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 52to56in,

10- inch tubs. 4 plants in a tab, 5 ft, liigh
12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5' > ft,
12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 6 ft high
Very strong specimens 12 and 15 inch tub
$15.00, $18,00 and $25 00,

Phoenix Roebelenii

Each

$1.50

2,50

3 00

3.50

5.00

600

800

high 10.00

12,00

3, 7 plants.

high

high
high
high

6 inch pots, 20 in, high,

7 inch pots. 22 in hi<h.

7 inch pots. 2 ft, high,

8 inch tubs, fine specimens

26 in. spread
28 in, spread
32 to 36 in. spread

1,50
2,00
2 50
3,50

Areca Lutescens, 'i-in., 3 plnnts. 90c each.

Boston, Whitmgni. Roosevelt.

5inch, each $0.25 per doz $ 3 OO

6inch.each .^0 per doz 6.00

7inch,each 75 per doz 9,00

8Tnch,each 100 per doz 12.U0

10 inch, each 2 .=0

12 inch each 3.50

Extra hne Boston and .Asparagus Hanging Baskets
$1.50 to $3,00 each.

Cocos Weddeliana.

2-in,. $1,60 per do7en, $10,(»i) per 100,
$90,00 per 1000, Ready by January.
0 rders booked now tor Jan, 1 , 1915. and later.
All Freight Shipments Travel at
Purchaser's Riik.

Send all Plant Orders Direct to Morton Grove, Illinois.

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Nov.

21.

FOR THANKSGIVING

POMPONS

All colors, 25 to 35 cents per bunch.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS— While, Yellow, Pink,

all grown to only one flower to a plant.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our ^Mums

is well known to the trade. We take special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Ceciie
Brunner, and Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

THANKSGIVING PRICE LIST. f„"S,^a%"er'"'"^'

Chrysanthemums

Yellow. White. Pink, large, doz.. $3 00

Yellow, White. Pink, medium, ■' $1.50 to 2.00
Pompons, all colors, .per bunch. .25 to .35

Per 100

Lily Of the Valley $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri S2.00 to 3 00
Eastern Ferns, per 1000 $2.00

American Beauties per Dozen

Extra long stems $3.00 to $4 UO

36-inch stems 2 50 to 3.00

3'1-inch stems 2.00 to 2.50

,18 to 24-incb stems 1.50

12- inch stems 1.00

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarle,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Milady

Pe' UK)

Long $8.00 to $10.00

Medium 6.00

Short. ...- 4.00

■8.00
bio
4.00

Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond Penoo

Extra Select

Medium

Short $3.00 to

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $2.00

Roses our selection per 100, $3.00

Carnations per loo

Fancy Red. Pink and White .. ..$3.00 to $4.00
Short Red, Pink and White 2.50

Galax, bronze and green, $1.00
per 1000.

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUIO., 47-314.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, 111.

Clilcagfo.

COLDEB WEATHER.
There was a big change in the weath-
er conditions this, week when it sud-
denly turned colder on Sunday, Novem-
ber 15, and the thermometer registered
24 degrees above zero. Naturally the
sudden cold snap shortened up the sup-
ply considerably but at that there was
plenty of stock the opening of the
week to go around. The light buying
on the market on Monday. November
ICi. was caused by the rainy weather
that was experienced the day before
and which cut off a good portion of the
trade that the retail florists otherwise
would have enjoyed. The surplus car-
ried them over a good part of the next
day but about noon late buyers began
to show up and conditions impro\ed
considerably and the (lulloiik now ap-
pears to be more promising than it has
bce»i fur some time. Conditions
throughout the country in other lines
are also better and the opening of the
steel mills at Oary. Ind.. this week,
when .^1,000 men went back to work,
makes conditions appear still brighter.
Half of the $10,000,000 .shipment of
federal reserve notes consigned to the
Federal Reserve Bank of this city
reached the Institution an hour after'

it oiiened tor business on Monday, No-
vember 11). in the former quarters of
the Hiliernian Banking association, in
the Rector building. The balance
reached the bank" before niglit of the
same day and the opening of the new
institution which will liberate $340,-
(K 10, 000 of money and create a loaning
liower in excess of $1,000,000,000. was
attended by scant ceremony in view of
the importance of the occasion. The
first results of the mauguration of the
new system that struck home to local
business men was shown in the lower-
ing of the rate of interest on loans by
local banks from seven per cent to six
per cent. The lianking power of the
country, through this most striking act
of the Wilson administration, has been
taken out of the hands of Wall street
and .put into the hands of the entire
country. The stock that is now reach-
ing the market is of fine quality, es-
pecially American Beauty and Mrs.
Chas. Russell roses. Roses in general
are also of good quality and some
mighty fine stock in all varieties is ob-
tainable. Chrysanthemums are still
seen in large quantities and the same
holds good for pompons. Carnations
are arriving in large numbers and in
better condition and are moving at bet-
ter prices than they have been for

Violets

-FOR-

THANKSGIVING

75c to $1.00 per 100.

Best stock available.

M. C. Gunterberg,

56 East Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

some time. Lilies are plentiful. Vio-
lets are reaching the market in good
condition and are now bringing better
prices. Sweet peas are improving in
(luality and some fairly good stock Is
obtainable. Paper White narcissi are
more plentiful and stevia is now mak-
ing its appearance in large supply.
Gardenias, daisies, orchids, candytuft,
feverfew and snapdragon are on the
bill of fare. The shipping trade has

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929

PETER REINBERG

30 fast Randolph St ,

Long Distance Phone,
Central 2846.

CHICAGO.

ROSES" MUMS-CARNATIONS

FOR THANKSGIVING.

Buy direct from the Grower where you will be best taken care; of . Yes, Do That, And Do It Now.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

Thanksgiving Price List.

48-inch

36-inch stems

30-inch stems

24-inch stems

20-inch stems

18-inch stems

12-inch stems

stems Per doz. $4.00

" 3.00

" 2.50

" 2.00

" 1.75

" 1.50

" 1.25

Short Beauties $6,00 to $8.00 per 100

Per 100

Richmond Specials $10.00

Killarney \ Select $6.00 to 8.00

White Killarney... \ Medium 4.00 to 5.00

My Maryland Short 3.00

Mrs. Aaron Ward.. Specials $10.00

Sunburst \ Select $6.00 to 8.00

Ophelia ) Medium 4.00 to 5.00

Milady Short 3.00

Per 100

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4.00 to 15.00

Roses, our selection 4.00

Carnations 2.00 to 4.00

Chrysanthemums per doz. $2.00 to $2.50

Extra Fancy per doz. 3.00

Small per 100 10.00 to 12.50

Pompons 35c to SOc per bunch.

Harrisii per doz. 1.50 to 2.00

Valley 3.00 to 4.00

Smilax per doz. $2.00

Adiantum 1.00

Asparagus, per bunch SOc to 75c

Boxwood, per bunch 2Sc

Ferns, per 1.000 $2.00

Galax, bronze and green, per 1,000. 1.00
Leucothoe Sprays 75c to $1.00

■been much better this week and many
orders are now being booked for
Thanksgiving. From present indica-
tions it looks as if there will be plenty
of stock to fill all order.s for that day.
but the 'out-of-town buyers as well as
the local buyers would do well to place
their orders in advance. It would not
be at all surprising if the market was
pretty well cleaned up before the
Thanksgiving trade is over.

NOTES.

Felix Reichling. manager of the
Peter Reinberg store, inspected the
stock in his firm's greenhouses on No-
vember 15. and found everything in
tip-top condition. He says that Mrs.
Chas. Russell and Richmond roses are
■coming in fine crop and will be in good
supply soon. Emil Reichling. super-
intendent of the greenhouses, has over
10,000 cuttings of the new rose Ophelia
In the sand and will replace Mrs.
Aaron Ward with this variety at the
Reinberg greenhouses next season. He
Iwlieves in having the best paying va-
rieties on the place, and grows them
in quantity as soon as he finds out
that they are good.

The John C. Moninger Co. has been
receiving numerous inquiries from
prospective builders since its annual
■offer of agreeing to pay freight charges
on all orders for greenhouses received
■up to January 20, 1015, went into effect.
Six good sized orders were booked last
■week, among which was included the
new addition to the Geo. J. Ball range
at Glen Ellyn.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. are still re-
■ceiving a large supply of fancv
chrysanthemums from the H. 'W.
Buckbee greenhouses at Rockford.
The stock is in good demand at the
store and is bringing good prices con-
sidering the present market conditions.

Harry Balsley. of Detroit. Mich., was
Biarried in that city on Wednesday.
November 18, to one of the finest
young ladies living. He is well known

here as well as elsewhere, and has
the best wishes of his many friends
in the trade on his sudden voyage on
the matrimonial sea. He is now spend-
ing his honeymoon in the east.

The Gardeners' and Florists' Union.
Xo. 10.(jl."i, will hold a dance at Wicker
Park hall. 2040 West North avenue,
on Saturday evening. November 21,
when everyone in the trade is cordial-
ly invited to attend. A. Vanderpoel
promises everyone a good time, so be
on deck. Tickets, 2.j cents each.

John Risch says that Weiland &
Risch are busy propagating at the
greenhouses and that they now have
10,000 cuttings of the new rose Mrs.
Chas. Russell in the sand. They -will
devote another range to this splendid
variety next season.

John Zech. of Zech & Mann, visited
the Holton & Hunkel Co.'s greenhouses
at Brown Deer, Wis., last week and
reports the stock in excellent condi-
tion. The Mrs. Chas. Russell roses
especially are worth going a long dis-
tance to see.

An ad.lourned meeting of the Chi-
cago Florists' Club will be held at the
Bismarck Hotel, West Randolph street,
on Thursday evening, November 19, at
S o'clock, when the nomination of offi-
cers for the ensuing year will be held.

Mrs. Geo. Manos is again on duty
at the ITnion Depot flower stand after
passing successfully through a severe
attack of diphtheria. Her many
friends are pleased to hear that she
is again able to be about.

Word was received in the market
this -week that Mrs. Arthur E. Gran-
berry, of Jackson, Miss., is seriously
ill. She is a daughter of W. J. Brown
and has charge of her father's store
there.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion will meet at the Tavern, West
Washington street, next Thursday
evening. November 10, at 8 o'clock.

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Best in the country.
$150 per 1000

Leucothoe Sprays

Longest and Best.
$500 per 1 000

John Didier's lease, at C972 North
Clark street, expires December 31,
when he expects to move across the
street.

John Bruckner has opened a new
store at 248 West Fifty-ninth street.

The Jegen Floral Co. has opened a
new store at ll.^.'j North State street.

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The American Florist.

Nov. 21,

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Largest crops in the west and just right for THANKSGIVING.

All the leading varieties in both it prices that are low for the extraordinary
fine flowers that we are offering. You should secure your supply from us.

Magnificent stock in all lengths;
Long, Medium and Short.

BEAUTIES

I DrkC^^ Large supply of extra fancy Kilkrney, White Killarney, Richmond, and

I IvOSCS Sunburst. Place your order with us and you will not be disappointed.

I Carnations ah .he oW ^ndard a„d best new varietiesin large quantities.

I We can fill all orders and would be more than pleased to fill yours.

I Our range of houses is one of three largest places in America which

I enables us to fill all orders at all times. Place yours with us.

I WF Send for our Special Thanksgiving Price List.

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Ave.,

Long Distance Phone,
Randolph 2081.

CHICAGO

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A visit to Wietor Bros.' greenhouses
ttiis weelc found tlie stock in Al con-
dition and in good crop for the Thanks-
giving day trade. A late crop of
chrysanthemums and pompons will be
just right then, and will enable the
proprietors to fill all orders in full.
Their Killarney and White Killarney
roses are doing fine and there will be
a nice large cut from now on and
into the middle of January. Sunburst.
Hadley, Killarney Brilliant, Mrs. Geo.
Shawyer and Mrs. Chas. Russell are
also in splendid shape and so were
the American Beauty roses which are
now setting buds in grand style. The
carnations never looked better and if
anyone wants to see a fine looking lot
of Washington all he has to do is in-
spect this variety at this range. In
carnations Bonfire, White Enchantress.
White Wonder, Enchantress, White
Perfection, Champion, Rosette and
Philadelphia are also grown, and will
soon be in heavy crop. A nice cut
of stock in general is reaching the
store daily, and N. J. Wietor say.«! that
if trade is anywhere at all good from
now on his firm will have a dnndy
season, for it will have a larger sup-
ply of stock than ever to do business
with.

Poehlmann Bros. Co. is doing a l)ig
business in ruscus now and is filling
all orders with fine stock from Ihc
extra large supply that it has on hand.
The supply department is oompleteh
filled up with goods and orders for
the holidays are continually arriving.
In the cut flower department a larKP
supply of choice American Beauty and
Mrs. Chas. Russell and other roses are
now to be had, as well as all other
seasonable cut flowers and greens. In
the plant department at Morton Cirine
cyclamen and begonias are to be had
in bloom for Thank.^giving, and it is
fine stock, too. August Poehlmann
.says that orders are booked for ll.fiO!)

tiot lilies for delivery next year, as
well as a large number of rose cut-
tings and plants. Orders for bedding
stock and the like have also been
booked.

Percy Jones is again featuring choice
boxwood in large tiuantities of the Vir-
ginia tree and hedge varieties. H. Van
Gelder, the manager of this firm, has a
friend that spends a great portion of
his time where his supi)l.\' comes fron"*
and it is through him tirat he always
receives his fine stock in such large
shipments. Trade was brisk at this
establishment on Monday, November
Hi. when the sales for that one day
were the best of the season.

The trade was greatly shocked on
.November 1.5 to hear of the sudden
death of E. E. Pieser, head of Ken-
nicott Bros.' Co., for many >ears. ""he
late Mr. Pieser was well and favor-
ably known throughout the country
and had a host of friends here, as well
as elsewhere. "Manny," as he was
familiarly called, was a prince, and
was known for his honesty by all who
had dealings wifti him.

The Chicago Carnation Co. is begin-
ning to book orders for carnation cut-
tings, and it is pleasing to note that
the demand for Peerless Pink and
.Vviator is quite large. A. T. Pyfer
extends a cordial invitation to the
trade to inspect Aviator e-rowing either
at Joliet or at the Pyfer & Olsem
greenhouses at Wilmette. No doubt
tlie annual excursion will be given to
either one of the places in the near
future.

Guy W. French and Richard .Salms.
of Morton Grove, have leased the Union
Grove Greenhouses at Union Grove,
Wis., for three years, and will take
possession on March -1, 191.'). The
range consists of three Lord & Burn-
ham houses 57V'.;x,''..")(.) feet, and will he
devoted exclusively to the growing of
Mrs, Chas. Russell roses.

The three Johns and their wives,
John Kruchten, John Zech and John
Reitmeier, attended the Blamemer-
Kellen wedding at Niles Center on
Wednesday, November 11, when a reg-
ular old-fashioned celebration was held.
They report having had a most en-
joyable time. Matt Mann and his wife
were also present.

C. H. Bookedis, the Claypool Hotel
florist, of Indianapolis, Ind., was in
the city renewing old acquaintances
this week as well as attending to some
business affairs. He was formerly in
the employ of John Mangel, the Palmer
House florist, but started in business
for himself in the Hoosier city about
a year ago.

Burglars broke in Lubliner & Trinz's
theater on the North Side last Sunday
night, November l.""), and made away
with .$1.") in pennies. The house was
packed all afternoon and evening and
the sum stolen was only a small part
of the total receipts for the day,

Bassett & Washburn had a good
shipping trade all week when trade
showed a big improvement. This firm
is now rutting a tine grade of Amer-
ican Beauty roses and will have a
large supply of this rose for their
Thanksgiving day trade.

A. E. Hunt & Co. say that their little
advertisement in the Re;>dy Reference
section of The Amei!IC.\.v Fr.OKl.sT is
bringing big results and cash with or-
ders. He is offering Etoile d'Or daisy
plants in 2',4-inch pots,

John Sinner says that the slock in
Sinner Bros.' greenhouses is in fine
condition now and that if business is
at all good this season they will have
no trouble disoosing of their stock.

E, B. Washburn and wife have re-
turned from a delightful trip to New
York and will leave for their home in
Pasadena, t^nlif.. next Sunday, Novem-
ber 22.

igi4.

The American Florist.

931

BEAUTIES-ROSES-'MUMS

Carnations— Pompons— Violets— Orchids— Sweet Peas-
Paper Whites--Stevia"Liiies— Valley, Etc., in large supply

FOR THANKSGIVING.

Also extra well fruited Winter Berries — Choice Boxwood — Bronze and Green
Galax — Smilax — Asparagus strings and bunches — Adiantum — Ferns —Wild Smilax

Our pricesare right, so send your orders right along. You'll get honest treatment here

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161 N.Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.)

I Central 2571

TELEPHONXS: { " 2572

' Auto. 48-734

CHICAGO

WHOLESALE GDPWEDS s/:CUT FL9WEDS*-^ PLANTS

I. D. Phone

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An individual iiassed a bad check
on Mrs. Liebermann at Fred Lieber-
mann's store on Wells street last week
when he ordered a funeral piece for
half the amount that the check called
for. and accepted the balance in cash.
He was a pretty shrewd fellow, and
had the sympathy racket down fine,
but was caught a few days after when
he attempted to work the same propo-
sition on North Clark street.

A. E. Turner, of Mosinee. Wis., called
on the trade here last week, returning
home on November 12. He writes that
he found two inches of snow had fallen
at Mosinee during his absence. Mr.
Turner will bring down a big supply
of Christmas trees for the holiday
trade.

J. C. Vaughan and W. N. Rudd are
at Champaign this week attending a
meeting of the experiment station ad-
visory board.

Chas. Johnson is doing nicely at his
new store at 320.''> West Fullerton ave-
nue, and states that the future is very
encouraging.

H. C. Blevvitt. of Des Plaines. will
soon start to cut orchid flowering sweet
peas.

Visitors : J. A. Kairns, representing
Henry A. Dreer, "Inc., Philadelphia.
Pa.; Chas. J. Reardon, Davenport. la.;
Martin Reukauf and Paul Berkowitz.
of H. Bayersdorfer & Co Philadelphia.
Pa.; P. J. Lodder. Cincinnati, C; Geo.
J. Dinkel. Springfield; C. H. Bookedis.
Indianaf^olis. Ind.; Mrs. Oberton. Ke-
nosha, Wis.

Cloclnnatl.

COI.O WE.\TIIKR mi'ROVES COXUITIO.N.S.

The first real winter weather came
upon us this week. After a rainy day
Sunday, November l.'i. the weather
turned cold enough during the night
to freeze ice at some exposed places,
and continued throughout Monday.

This cold snav> is expected to cause
a great reduction in the supply, par-
ticularly of roses and carnations. It
should, however, prove a blessing to
those who have chrysanthemums they
want to hold for Thanksgiving. Last
week's market was rather a poor one.
The active demand, apparent in the
market for some time, slowed up some-
what while the supply continued large
and steady, and caused a greater
crowding in most lines than we had
the preceding weeks. Chrysanthe-
mum receipts, including pompons, are
still heavy. Fancy offerings are not
very plentiful, but of the short and
medium grades there are more than
necessary to go around among the re-
tailers. The pompons are fine. Rose
receipts are large and generally of
a most excellent quality, with the ex-
ception of American Beauties. They
are not meeting with a very good mar-
ket. Carnations also have a rather
slow market. Some of the miscel-
laneous offerings, such as lily of the
valley, orchids, sweet peas and violets,
sell nicely, while others such as Easter
lilies, callas and rubrums move rather
indifferently. The first narci.ssi of the
season came in last week.
NOTES.

J. T. Conger, the Hartville florist,
will open on November 24 at 112 E.
First street, this city, a store in which
to handle and dispose of his pot plants
and poinsettias for the Christmas trade.

C. E. Critchell reports a good call
for orchids, lily of the valley, violets
and American Beauty roses.

L. H. Kyrk was first in the market
with Paper White narcissi.

Wm. Murphy is on the sick list.

Visitors include Robt. Newcomb. rep-
resenting Vaughan's Seed Store, Chi-
cago; R. E. Blackshaw, representing
A. L. Randall Co., Chicago; H. C. Neu-
brand. of A. N. Pierson. Inc., Crom-
well, Conn., and E. I^. .lordan, Cheng
Lane. N. C. H.

NOW Is the Time

To Order Your

Christmas Baskets.

Be sure that you buy them from us.
Our hue is the best that was ever offered.
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail fiorist of today needs. Send tor
our new cataloK. just off tbe press, make
up your order from the new list and send it
to us immediately. A postal will do.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To reach our store take a Chicajfo Avenue.
Division Street, Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car at iStateand Randolph Streets
and cet off at Huron Street, The cars stop
right in front of our store.

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The American Florist.

Nov. 21,

Wire

WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

179-181-183 N.Wabash Avenue,

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Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

CHICAGO

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and ^Mums

and All Other Seasonable Stock Solicited.

St. Louis.

COLD WEATHEE SHORTENS CROP.

The counters of the wholesalers were
crowded with all kinds of flowers dur-
ing the past week and the weather
was balmy and springlike, but at this
time of writing a cold wave is with us
which will shorten up stock, chrysan-
themums especially being less numer-
ous. The cold weather will help vio-
lets, if not severe. Paper White nar-
cissi are coming in more freely.

KOTES.

The local florists' club met November
12. A spring flower exhibition was dis-
cussed and a committee consisting of
W. C. Smith, W. S. Wells. August
Hummort. Geo. Pring and Al. Gumz
was appointed. Final discussion will
come up at the next meeting. O. C.
May and George Dengs were elected to
membership and Max Sc^eller made
application for membership. The trus-
tees of the club were instructed to give
an entertainment to members and their
families shortly after the holidays.
• In honor of the chrysanthemum ex-
hibit in Shaw's Garden near-by, the
Shaw Avenue M, E. Church, South,
held a flower service Sunday morning,
. November 15. The church was deco-
rated with flowers of every description.
and a carnation given to all who at-
tended. The musical portion of the
service was appropriate.

Jules Beneke had a special .*.'pO order
for artificial wreaths to be shipped to
London, Eng., Tuesday, November 17,
to be laid on soldiers' graves who were
killed in action on French soil,

Alex Siegel furnished 2,"i,0l»0 carna-
tions, 2.500 chrysanthemums, and '2XtW
roses which were sold for the bene-
fit of the Old Ladies' Home.

Gus Miller, one of the most promi-
nent and artistic of our landscape gar-
deners, reports trade as good with fine
prospects for the future.

The St. Louis Seed Co. will sonn
move from Broadway to Washington
avenue, their new building.

The chrysanthemum show al Shaw's
Garden is now at its best. The late
varieties are coming in

Ostertag Bros, had the decorations
at the Italian opera as well as some
large weddings.

Grimm & Gorlv's windows are beau-
tifully decorated by Henry Duren-
bergh.

The MuUanphy Florists' window i.-^
very attractive. W. F.

Holyoke and Northamptoo Florists' Club.

The second annual show of the Hol-
yoke and Northampton Florists' and
Gardeners' Club was held in Northamp-
ton City Hall, November 10-11. The
show was a success in every way and a
great encouragement to the committee
in charge of the arrangements. The
• hall was beautifully decorated with
evergreens, making a background for
the lighter !>"d more delicate blooms.

In the group of decorative and
flowering plants. Smith College was
first, Butler & Ullman second and G. H.
Sinclair. Holyoke. Mass., third.

In the chrysanthemum cla.ss the
Massachusetts Agricultural College
captured most of the iiremiums.'- In
the rose classes, Butler & Ullman won
four firsts and Massachu.setts Agricul-

tural College four seconds. In the car-
nation class the honors were equally
divided between Butler & Ullman. R.
C. Carey, George RackHffe and G. H.
Sinclair. In the plant classes F. D.
Keyes & Son and R. C.Carey were the
principal winners.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., exhibited
his new carnation, Alice, and was
awarded a certificate of merit. E, A,
Richards, of Greenfield, Mass.. also ex-
hibited several promising seedling car-
nations.

F. R. Pierson Co., Scarborough,
N. Y.. exhibited a grand vase of Amer-
ican Beauty roses.

A. N. Pierson. Inc., Cromwell, Conn.,
exhibited a fine collection of pompons
and single chrysanthemums.

Chas. H, Totty, Madison, N. J..
staged a magnificent collection of the
newer single chi'ysanthemums, which
were much admired,

Henry M, Robinson & Co., Boston,
Mass,, sent in a fine lot of roses,

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadel-
phia, Pa., sent a splendid display
of roses and orchids.

The feature of the rose exhibit was
the display of N. F. McCarthy & Co..
Boston, Mass., who exhibited 500 roses
in fourteen varieties.

James W'hiting, Sec'y,

Connecticut Horticultural Society.

The November meeting was held in
the County building, Hartford. Conn..
Friday evening. November 13, at 8
o'clock. President Huss presided.
There was an unusually fine display of
chrysanthemums, all sizes and varie-
ties being represented. In the collec-
tion exhibited by President John F.
Huss was a vase containing six large
William Turner chrysanthemums. The
size of these beauties w-as remarkable,
each being at least 24 inches in cir-
cumference. The park department had
an exhibit of large chrysanthemums,
each specimen exciting the keenest ad-
miration. Warren S. Mason, of Farm-
ington, Conn., exhibited some fine seed-
ling geraniums (Lemoines hybrids'*.
He also displayed a splendid collection
of pompon and single chrysanthemums,
with some large varieties, Alex. Cum-
ming, Jr., the rose expert with A. N,
Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, Conn., ex-
hibited the new rose Ophelia, sal-
mon color and very fragrant. This
is a beauty and no doubt will be a
record-breaker-as a seller. George W.
Eraser, of the Connecticut Agricultural
College, Storrs. had on exhibition a
handsome pink rose, Mrs. A, G. GuUey.
President Huss also exhibited two pot
plants, Mrs. Filkins and Minnesota.
Each plant had in the neighborhood
of 100 blooms. Mrs. Filkins was a yel-
low, while the Minnesota was a .scar-
let with a yellow center. The combina-
tion of color and size of the blooms at
this exhibit surpasses description.

C. H. Sierman, H, A, Pinney and
George W. Eraser were named as
judges, and they found the task a hard
one. However, they made the follow-
ing awards: A, N, Pierson, Inc, of
Cromwell, Conn,, received a certificate
of merit for his pompon chrysanthe-
mums, a first-class certificate for his
singles, and a first-class certificate for
his ne<v rose Ophelia. Warren S. Ma-
son, of Farmington, received a cul-
tural certificate for his collection of

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Our Giant Violets are unexcelled, while our
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pompons, and a certificate of merit for
his singles. Alfred Cebelius was
awarded a cultural certificate for sin-
gles, and a first-class certificate for
his large chrysanthemums. President
Huss received a certificate of merit
for his large chrysanthemums and a
certificate of merit for each pot plant.
George W. Fraser was voted a cer-
tificate of merit for his Mrs. A. G.
Gulley rose, and a cultural certificate
for his seedlings. A collection of
.$16.09 was taken up for the Belgian
relief fund. G. H. HoUister read an
article from the Gardeners' Chronicle
of America on "Propagation of Orna-
mental Trees and Shrubs," for which
he was accorded a hearty vote of
thanks,

A local co-operative committee of
the National Association of Gardeners
was appointed at this meeting, viz.:
H. A. Pinney, W, W. Hunt and C. H.
Sierman. Three new members were
added to our roster. P. A, Sears, one
of the charter members of the society,
was present, and made a few reminis-
cent remarks. There was a fine turn-
out and the society is in a splendid
condition in every particular.

Alfred Dixon. Sec'y.

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933

ERNE & KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 E. Randolph St., ^.^^:^'^,^

CHICAGO, ILL.

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lode Distance Phone, Randolph 3619
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162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

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L. D. Phone Central 466

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Rosea, Beauty, specials $5 00@t6 00

3&-in 3 0'@ 4 00

30in 2 00@ 2 50

24 in 1 50

20-iD 1 25

15in 1 00

12-in 75

Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@|5 CO

KiUarney 3 0061000

" White Killarney 3 00@lO 00

Richmond 3 00^10 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

" Rhea Reid 3 00©10 00

My Maryland 3 OOglO 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@25 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00610 00

'■ Milady 3 00010 00

Sunburst 3 00010 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 00@10 00

" Hadley 3 00015 00

.; Ophelia 3 00015 00

Our selection 3 00

Cattleyas. . . per doz. . . 6 0007 50
Chrysanthemums. 75c. to J4 00 per doz.
Pompons, 25@50c per bunch.

Daisies 1 00© 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@$4.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 50015 00

Valley 4 000 5 00

Violets 500 75

Adiantum Croweanum 750 1 00

New Ferns ..,. " 1 5002 00

Galax '■ 1 0001 25

Leucothoe 75© 1 00

Mexican Ivy... .per 1000, 5 0006 00
Plumosus Strings, .each, 60© 75

Smilax perdoz., 2 0002 50

Sprpneeri, PIumoBiis Sprays 3 000 4 00

Boxwood, 25c per lb.

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Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beaaty, Richmond,
Killarney and White Klllamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try ns.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

Wholesal. CUT FLOWERS

(rfowers ol ■

AH telegraph and telepbone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

934

The American Florist.

Nov. 21.

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, Wls.

HOLfON & niNKtL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

Artificial Holly

An ideal novelty for corsage bunch,
which can be worn during the entire
season. Can also be ustd to many ad-
vantages in Xmas decorations (6 sprays
to bunch), with 4 berries to each spray,
per doz. bunches, $1.50; wilh 3 berries
to each spray, per doz. bunches, $1.'20.

Samples of each, together with list of
other supplies, 2oc.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER
Wholes lie Horist. 1 124 Une St., St. Louis, Mo.

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Botli L. D Phonei, ST. LOUIS, MO.

Applies ind Eyeiyttiimi m season always on liaiiil
Philadelphia.

TKAUK .NOT IT TO .ST.\.M).ilU).

The past week, while better, still
lacked the .snap that is expected o£
November. There were a number of
younpr buds, members of the first fam-
ilies, who came out, and were sur-
rounded by hundreds of bouquets, bas-
kets and various floral novelties, but
even with this demand, the market
seemed full, and some days even stag-
gered a trifle under the load. All kinds
of stoclv is in fine condition, except
possibly violets, which are not up to
the standard as yet, although the New
York doubles are fast approaching it.
The chrysanthemums still lead, many
line flowers being seen, while price.«
rule low, although better this week
than last. Good pompons sell as well
as any. Snapdragons are now seen
with longer stems, and are becoming a
great favorite with flower lovers. Or-
chids, particularly cattleyas. are seen
in quantity. Valley and cardenias are
also ahead of the demand.
NOTES.

The Retail Florists' Association have
gotten out a list of undesirable cus-
tomers who do not pay bills. Its use
is, of course, only for members of the
association, and its perusal will save
them many a dollar. There are a
number of live wires in this associa-
tion, who have certainly accomplished
much to benefit and profit the organi-
zation since its inception.

Arthur Sheldon, president of the
Sheldon School of Salesmanship, will
address the club at its December meet-
• ing on "Business Building." This lec-
ture should certainly bring out a, full
house as Mr. .Sheldon is an expert in
his line and will open the eyes of the
members to the possibilities there are
in their business.

The feature of the week was the
meeting of the committee of the Inter-
national Flower Show with members
of the Florists' club. The club mem-
liers were all very optimistic and

GUST.

RUSCH & CO.

IB^I^ Wholesale Florists

^^^ST^P^

^^WM| FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

^^B^B^f^S^^^t

^SS^SS^ ^^^^ Phone Main 1245. P. O. Box 206.

^M^Su^gC^^

gPPP^ waukeeSt., MIIW3lll(ee,WISi

Fancy Lily o! the Valley and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked. Supplies and Wire Designs.

Cj_ m^ m I ^-> m ■ ^1 Wholesale Florist.

• A* IVUtniNf 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMeHowerMM-lteU

Philadelphia. Nov. 18. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

6rst 5 00@I5 00

•• Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0(i(gllO 00

" Killarney 2 00® 6 00

" Wtiite Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

■■ Liberty 4 00@ 6 00

" M ocli .■ 8 OOOIO 00

■• Bulgaria 3 OOiSi 6 00

•• Sunburst 3 00@ 6 00

Carnations 1 000 3 00

Cattleyas 35 00@50 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00© 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas 50@ 1 00

ChrysaDtJiemnms 8 nn««16 00

Violets sna 7.S

Snapdrasons..., 4 00@ 6 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Nov. 18. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 15 00

fancy 12 00

extra 8 00

No.l 4 00

Killarney^ 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 000 6 00

Sunb-irst 2 00® 6 00

Mrs Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

Sweet Heart 1 ."iO

Carnations 1 50

Cattleyas 35 00

Lilium Gigantcum 8 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum 100

Vellow Daisies .SO

Sweet Peas .SO

Chrysanthemums, per doz.,$l.50@$2 .SO

Asparagus bprengeri. per bunch, 35@40

Sprays o^r bunch, ,35@40

agreed to do all they could to make
the great show a record breaker. A
detailed account will be found in an-
other column.

Orowers are still talking about the
wonderful Fordhook hybrid gladiolus
staged- by W. Atlee Burpee & Company
at the chry.santhemum show. That

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut 0ower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. I^et us supply yotir
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

U. G. BtKNlJVG

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.85 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

'WINDLER.

HOLESALE FLORAL

1310 Pine St,STLOi;iS NO.
Central 1474 Olive

Milwaukee, Nov. )8. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per doz., I 50@ 4 00

" Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00® 8 00

" Ward. Taft. Sunburst 3 00® 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0ii®2S 00

" Ophelia 3 no®lS 00

Carnations 1 00« 3 00

Chrysanthemums. per doz.. 50® 3 00

Lilies 1250

Snapdragon, per bunch. 25c @50c

Vallev 4 00

Violets 500 100

Bouvardia per bunch. .35c

1914-

The American Florist.

935

r

Booking Orders Now for

$7.50

Per Case

Guaranteed Clean Stock, No Unnecessary Wood.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

Wholesale Florists,
N. W. Cor. 12th and Race Sts.

lOc per pound.

Philadelphia, Pa.j

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

floffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Russells, Mock,

Killjrney, Sunburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and ULIES.

One block from express di'pot.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

they should produce .such tioweis in-
side of six months from seed appeared
almost incredible. Some of the bulbs
are .said to be two inches in diameter.

\V. I-C. Harris has been to the front
with his fine trade cut chrysanthe-
mums. Florence Harris, and Grace
and Beautiful I^ady, the latter sports
of Maud Dean, haye been great sellers.

The M. Rice Co. is first in the field
\vith a special Christmas extra. They
'-•laim that now, while there is time
and a good selection, is the time to or-
der, and not wish you had later on.

The Robert Craig Co.'s cychimen.^
are the best ever for the season and a
great wealth of them is promised for
the holidays. Well fruited dwarf
oranges are also a feature.

At the Niessen Market they are
now busy handling chrysanthemums,
receiving some very large consign-
ments daily. American Beauty roses
are also very prominent.

Godfrey Aschmann left his business
to his son John, and the rest of his
estate of .$19,400 to other members of
his family by his will, admitted to pro-
hate November 11.

K.

r=^

Boston.

TRADE .SLOW .\ND PRICK.S LOW.

There is not much of an encouraging
nature to be said about business con-
ditions in Boston. Aside from the usual
spurt of business on Saturday, things
continued quiet. There is an enormous
quantity of chrysanthemums of many
varieties. Bonnaffon, Chas. Razor. John
Shrimpton and Chieftain seem to be the
leading commercial varieties. The
prices are very poor and many good
flowers do not realize over .^li or .$8 per
100. Violets have shortened up con-
siderably, and bring 7."( cents and .$1
ler 100, which seen)s to be very satis-
factory from the growers' standpoint.
Carnations were a little scarce towards
the end of the week and brought a
little better price than last week.
Roses are still plentiful and sell slow-
ly. Chrysanthemums seem to have
taken the place of other flowers and
not much advance in price is expected
until after the 'mums have passed their
-eason.

NOTES.

Gladioli, being out of the market,
seems to be forgotten, but the growers
of this great summer fiower are all
busy sorting and shipping their bulbs.
L. Merton Gage, of Natick. Mass., i.'i
busy on his stock and has as nice and

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, KlUarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the VaUey, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire street, : :

VlioMeHoYcrM&rKeU

Boston, Nov. 18. Vex luu

Roses. Beauty 1 00@25 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
■' Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

■■ Hadley 1 00@10 00

■■ Cardinal 1 00(8)12 dO

Mock I (t'@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 100^12 00

■' Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

■■ Taft 1 00@ 8 00

" Milady 1 0u@ 8 00

Ward and Hillinsdoo 1 00@ 6 00

•• My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00@4u 00

Gladiolus America per doz.. 7i@l 00

Lily of the Valley.....' 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 2S@ 30

Violets single S.S® 50

medium 25® 50

Chrysanthemums, select 12 0n@lfi no

medium 6 00a 10 00

Carnaiions 5r@ 1 00

select 1 O0@ I 50

Buffalo. Nov, 18. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00@25 00

fancy 12 00@15 00

extra 1000@12 00

No, 1 8 00® 10 00

No. 2 3 00© .5 00

" Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00® 7 00

My Maryland 3 00@ 7 00

Killarney Queen 3 00@ 6 00

" Hillingdon 3 0n@ 6 00

' " Richmond 3 00@ 7 00

Sunburst 4 00® 8 00

■ Ward 300®5n0

" Taft 3 0019 7 00

Lily of the Valley 4 n0@ 5 00

Lilies 8 00@10 00

Cattleyas 35 001240 00

Carnations 1 000 2 .50

Snapdragons 2 0P@ 3 00

Violets 50@ 60

Pomp-ns bunch. 25@50c

'Mums, pink, white and yellow, 5c@2.5c
Asparagus, per bunch.. 35@ 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35@ 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

ClNCINNATL Nov. 18.

Roses, Beauty per doz.. $1 00@$3 00

Per too

Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 6 00

Richmond 2 00@ 6 00

" Taft 2 00® 6 no

Lily of the Valley 4 00@ 5 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 00

Asparagus Plumosus..perbch.,25c

Carnations 1 ."SO® 2 00

Orchids, per doz 5 00® 6 00

Chrvsanthemums, per dnz. JO 5P@$2.00
Pompons per bunch. 50c

clean looking a lot of bulbs as one
could wish to see. This year he wa.«i
rather handicapped, not being estab-
lished, but has occupied a large cellar

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh. Pa.

BCRGER BROS.

DAHf TA6 In large assortment.
\It\iyU\.t\^ best varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Excepiional shipping facilities.

1225 Race St.,

PhUadelphia, Pa.

C. E. CRITCHELL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Thlra St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock ol Florists' Greens and Supplies

St. Louis, Nov. 18. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, medium 8 00&12 50

short stems 2 006 6 00

Killarney 2 00® 4 00

My Maryland - 2 00® 4 00

"_ White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

Aaron Ward 1 5u® 4 00

Sunburst 3 000 5 00

Ophelia 4 00® 6 00

M lady 3 (ic® 6 00

Hadley 3 00® 6 00

Valley 4 00

Carnations 1 50® 2 50

Rubrum 4 oo® 6 00

'Mums 3 00@15 00

Asparagus Sprengeri.per bu.. 25@50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..25®bO

Harrisii 8 00

Ferns perlOflO. 1 =0

of one of his neighbors and has his
boxes neatly arranged in racks for the
best storing results. Mr. Gage handles
nothing liut the very best newer vari-
eties and has a choice selection of
promising seedlings. Altogether he has
about l.'iO bushels of bulbs.

James Petros is making preparations
for his new store at 240 Huntington
avenue. This location, nearly opposite
Horticultural hall, promises to be ex-
ceptionally good as of late this locality
is becoming pop'ilar on account of the
various places of entertainment in the
vicinity. Mr. Petros says that the
store when completed will be one of
the most attractive in the city.

936

The American Florist.

Nov.

21.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc,

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

90-92 WEST BROADWAY,

NEW YORK

Paper White Grdll., I4cm. up. .case of lOOO bulbs. $ 900

French Gr. Solell d'or. pracox.. •' •■ 1250 '" 22.(in

French Trumpet Major " "1800 " 22 00

Llllum Formosum, 7-9 inch " " 250 " 15.00

LlUum Multlflorum, 7-9 inch.. " '■ 300 " 16.50

Lllium Glganteum, 7-9 inch .. . " " 300 " 16.50

Special discount of 5% for cash wi' h order.

For a well grown assortment of cut
flowers, it is hard to find any better
than those grown by Peter Hylen, of
Randolph, Mass. He is shipping chrys-
anthemums Bonnaffon and Pattee,
Babv pompons and Paper White nar-
cissi, all of which are of exceptional
quality. . .

The Boston Rose Co. are receivmg
from the Montgomery. Rose Co., at Had-
ley, Mass., some very fine Ophelia,
Hadley and Russell roses. From Paul
Pierson's Briercliff greenhouses they
are receiving American Beauty roses,
which meet with a fair sale.

Some of the best snapdragon noted
in Boston are being cut by Paul Rich-
wagen, of Needham, Mass. The spikes
are well flowered and the color is a
very pleasing shade of deep pink. It
is a variety of his own origin, named
Virginia. „,. .

The Shepard Flower Store on Winter
street had fine results from their ads in
the daily newspapers. B. H. Green,
the proprietor, expresses his opinion
that flowers may achieve a greater
popularity by eflicient advertising.

Alexander Montgomery and Alexan-
der Montgomery, Jr., left November 4
for a tour of the western cities. Tlie.-
were visitors at the convention of the
Chrysanthemum Society of America at
Indianapolis, Ind.

Wm. Turner, of Billerica, Mass.. has
tTiree houses devoted to pansies of his
own strain. He is cutting some very
good flowers at present, but they do
not sell as well as they shoul.d.

The Houghton-Gorney Co. have pur-
chased a new Ford delivery car. They
are established in their new quarters
and report business as being exception-
ally good for the dull season.

At the directors' meeting of the Bos-
ton Co-operative Flower Market Sat-
urday, November 14, the presidency was
declined by Robert Montgomery and
was given to Wm. H. Elliot.

D. F. Hutchinson & Son are cutting
very fine Bonnaffon from their range
at Lexington, Mass. They have about
20,000 plants of this variety, as well
as a house of carnations.

W. Jurgens, of Newport, R. I., in ad-
dition to lily of the valley, is cutting
some very choice pompons. The as-
sortment of colors is unusually good.
F. L. W.

New York.

TBADE EEMAINS QUIET.

During the early part of the past
week an air of gloom, which was hard
to dispel, seemed to pervade both the
wholesale and retail stores. The sea-
son had arrived when there was reason
to believe that business should im-
prove, whereas it seemed to be getting
worse. However. Friday and Satur-
day, November 1.3-14, brought a slight
improvement. This may not continue,
but it is hoped that it will. American
Beauty roses went a little better, some
specials going at the rate of $20 per
100, which all must agree Is cheap for
this season, but it is better than .$12.
which has been the too price for them
for some time past. There are dealers
who always claim that they get a
jhigher price for Beauties than are
noted in our quotations. They may get
it for a dozen or two. but our view Is
that the market is the price that the
largest amount of good stock sells for.
In previous notes we have tried to
make this plain and we repeat it be-
cause there is constant criticism in
this city of the market quotations of

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street

Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of

Its Best Growers

various florist trade papers. Violets
took an upward turn during the latter
part of the past week. No doubt the
Yale-Princeton football game at Prince-
ton, N. J., November 14, had an influ-
ence on the violet market. It has
been stated that' good violets whole-
saled as high as $1 per 100. but 75
cents is a more conservative estimate.
In orchids, tea roses, chrysanthemums,
lily of the valley and carnations, no
change in wholesale prices over our
quotations of November 14 can be
noted at this writing.

November 16. — After 24 hours of al-
most continuous rain, the weather has
turned colder. Buying is light this
morning, but it is hoped that business
will improve. Violets are selling at
from 65 cents to 75 cents per hundred
and will probably go higher.

NOTES.
Many fine floral designs were noted
at the funeral of the late Lieut.-Col.
Frederick ToUington Leigh, which was
held at the Church of the Heavenly
Rest on November 13. Col. Leigh, who
was in his 53d year, had seen over 30
years of service in the National Guard
of this state. He was also treasurer
of Harper & Bros., publishers, and a
member of many military and social
clubs. The arrangement and handling
of flowers was in the hands of David
Clarke's Sons, the well-known Broad-
way retailers, who also filled a num-
ber of large orders. Several wreaths
of orchids, lilies of the valley and
chrysanthemums, finely made up, were
from W. P. Sears, the florist of Sixth
avenue and -t2d street. Designs were
furnished by other retaiters.

It is now generally hoped that
Thanksgiving will bring a revival of
business that will continue. The pass-
ing of the chrysanthemums cannot be
much longer delayed and when they
are out the pressure on the market will
be relieved. A heavy rainstorm broke
over this city and vicinity on the morn-
ing of November 15 and continued
throughout the day. The r.rospects now
are for colder and unsettled weather,
which is likely to bring more people
to their city homes.

S. Masur. the well-known retailer of
Broo_klyn, has just removed from 236
to 256 F.ulton street, where he has a
very finely equipped store. Mr. Masur
is a clever and popular man and his
many friends are pleased at his con-
tinued success.

At J. K. Allen's wholesale store we
have recently noted very fine chrysan-
themums grown by Thos. W. Head,
Bergenfield, New Jersey. Mr. Allen
continues to receive fine stock of the
Hadley and Milady roses.

A. Farenwald, Roslyn. Pa., visited
this city, November 16. In addition to
all the other good roses he is now
prowincr Hadley. which he pronounces
"a verv fine rose."

Relating to the condition of Charles
H. Totty, we learned on the evening
of November 14 that he was resting
comfortably and is believed to be im-
proving.

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receiTe
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

At H. E. Froment's wholesale store,
very fine special American Beauties are
arriving from the range of L. B. Cod-
dington, Murray Hill, N. J.

Carl Kammann, a well known de-
signer, is now on the staff of G. E. M.
Stumpp, Fifth avenue and 5Sth street.

The United Cut Flower Co., Inc., is
now handling fine sweet peas from the
range of James Leslie, Summit, N. J.

At the rooms of Moore. Hentz &
Nash we have recently noted fine
American Beauties and other roses.

Geo. C. Siebrecht is handling fine
orchids and a good variety of other
stocks.

John Young continues to receive a
fine stock of the best varieties of tea
roses.

BOWLIXG AT NEW YORK NOVEMBER 12.

First Spcon*
Bowlers. Game. Game.

Jos. S. FemicI) 16.1 170

C. W. Scott 141 154

W. H. Siebrecht 157 184

P. Jacobson 162 182

F. Nliiuet 159 184

J. MIesem 200 inn

A. Kakiida 144 l-^S

A. J. fluttman 145 188

Paul Jlecoul 200 182

Visitors : Patrick Welch. Boston,
Mass.: W. J. .Stewart. Boston, Mass.;
E. Allan Peirce. Waltham. Mass.:
Louis J. Renter, Westerly, R. I.

A. F. F.

igi4.

The American Florist.

937

J. K. ALLEN

Eatablished 1878

10B West 28ih Sireet
New York

Wholesale Conunisilon Dealer In Cot nowera.

Now pren^'cd (or Winter Business.

The celebrated HADLEY, MILADY and other roses. LiLY OV THE VALLEY

and oiher ereonh-tuse stocks.

Prompt returns and Satisfaction Gunranteed.

Open at 6 a. m. every mornioE. Phones 167 and 44«8 Madison Sanare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOSIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J GUTTMAil, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Scbenck

Traendly & Schcnck

WMesale Florists aod CiU Flower Eidoiigs
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids. Roses, Carnations, and all the other
best products of the leading growers.
Consienments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street
NEW YORK CITY

Telephone: 3864 Madison Sanare.

John J. Reynolds, Mgr. Phone Madison Sq.4490

HUGH H. NELOSN

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 2bth Street, NEW YORK

Nassau County Hort. Society.

The tenth annual chrysanthemum
show of the Nassau County Horticul-
tural Society was held at Glen Cove
October 29-^0, and there was a fine
display of well finished chrysanthe-
mums, carnations, roses, vegetables,
etc. The classes were well contested
and brought forth some very fine
blooms. The judges were R. Angus, A.
GritEn, W. Turner and J. Bell. Among
the prominent exhibits the class for 50
varieties of hardy pompons was the
foremqst feature, as the two exhibitors
had each won the cup twice, and this
year was the deciding one. It was won
by Henry Gaut. gardener to Mrs. H. L.
Pratt, and J. W. Everitt, gardener to
Mrs. J. T. Pratt, was second. J. W.
Everitt won the cup for table decora-
tions with a pretty table of a new
single pink seedling chrysanthemum
named Ernest Westlake Jr. Henry
Gaut was second with a table of Doro-
thy Dann. Jos. Adler was third with
Peter Pan and F. Honeyman with a bi-
folor single won the fourth prize.
There were eight entries for this class.
The society's cup for 12 kinds of vege-
tables brought forth some fine clean
grown vegetables and was won by
A. G. Hodenpyle (F. Petroccia, Gr.).
Mrs. H. L. Pratt was second. A splen-
did programme of music was given
each day of the show.

Prizes, many of considerable value,
■were awarded in over 50 classes in

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLODIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Sanare
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

""Isl? 3533 Mad. sq. 133 W. 28ih St., Ncw York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

YlioMe Rower MM^KeU

New York, Nov. 18. Per lOO

Roses, Beauty, special 15 00@20 00

extra and fancy... 8 OOfelO 00

;; " No. 1 and No. 2... 1 00® 3 00

Mrs. Geo. Sbawyer, special 4 00@ 5 00

extra... 3 UU0 4 00

■' N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

"^ White Killarney. special... 4 00@ 5 00

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 4 00

No. land No. 2.. 50@ 1 00
Queen, special.. 3 OOai 5 00

Brilliant 1 00® 6 00

Aaron Ward 50@ 5 00

" Richmond 501^5 00

" Sunburst 50@ 6 00

" Taft 50® 6 00

Milady, special 4 C0@ 6 00

" J L Mock 1 00® 6 00

'■ Hadley 1 00® 7 00

Ophelia 1 0O@ 6 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00® 7 00

Carnations 75iB 2 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 20 no@25 00

inferior grades. 8 on®10 00
Lilies, Lonuiflorum and Harrisii.. 4 00® 5 00

Lily of the Valley 1 50® 2 50

Chrysanthemums per doz., 1 00® 3 00

Violets 60® 75

Gardenias per doz.. $1.50®$2.50

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 50© 75

Asparagus Flumosu8....doz. bchs. 1 00® 2 00

Smilax doz. strings. 100

Paper White Narcissus 1 00® 1 25

Sweet Peas, per doz. bunches 5f'c@75c

United Gut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

11 1 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones: Madison Square 594-4422,

We solicit consignments of cut flowers of all kinds

Books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLVKRANAS. Manager.

plants and cut blooms. Among the
successful contestants were the follow-
ing: Percy Chubb (F. Honevman,
Gr.); Mrs. H. L. Pratt (Henry Gaut,
Gr.); Harvey S. Lodew, Mrs. W. D.
Guthrie and Mrs. J. H. Ottley.

Hakey Jones, Cor. Sec'y.

Galesburo, III. — I. L. Pillsbury has
finished rebuilding one greenhouse
erected over 20 years ago. It has been
increased in width and height, giving
much needed additional space.

Berkeley. Calif. — A course of 15
lectures in landscape gardening by Pro-
fessors Gregg and Stevens of the de-
partment of landscape gardening and
floriculture of the University of Cali-
fornia will be given during the winter
at the Polytechnic High School audi-
torium.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Ulles, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Pbone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. CoDsigDments solicited

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg.. 6th av. and W. 26th St., New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent tor advertising.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT BVEROREBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material (or
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES UADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

wholesale; florist

24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

1W Urgesl Sliipper and Receiver of Fresh Cot Flowen

137 A complete assortment of the best in tbo

market can always be relied upon.

Phone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Rosen & Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
103 West 28th Street. NEW YORK

Austin, Tex.— J. P. Thompson, 59
years of age, florist at the state capl-
tol, died November 2.

938

The American Florist.

Nov. 2t,

KnoxvlUe, Tenn.

TItAUK CONDITIONS SHOW IMPHOVESIENT.

There has been a decided change in
the weather conditions in the last
week, changing from pleasant Indian
summer to told stormy weather. This
is having the desired effect on the
florist business and trade has picked
up very rapidly in the last few days.
Carnations and chrysanthemums are
plentiful and of extra good quality,
while roses, although enough to sup-
ply the demand, are not so good.
Chrysanthemum Day, which _was ob-
served Saturday. November 7. at all
cemeteries in and about Knoxville.
gave very pleasing results to the flo-
rist^ inasmuch as this was the first
time the day had been observed in
several years.

NOTES.

C. W. Crouch reports business verv
good for the entire month of Novem-
ber. He has furnished flowers for sev-
eral weddings and a number of social
affairs and has also had a great deal
of funeral work. He furnished a
number of beautiful designs for the
late J. C. Luttre'l's funeral, which oc-
curred Friday, November lo. Among
the most prominent i)ieces was a
casket cover of valley, orchids and
white roses. He is very well pleased
with the way the season has opened up.

Chas. L. Baum's store is a very busy
place; the constant flow of funeral
work and numerous weddings and re-
ceptions keep the force on the go all
the time. Although he is not doing the
\olume of wholesale business this year
that he did last, comparative state-
ments show that November is holding
its own with some increase. He is
cutting a nice lot of stock in the way
of chrysanthemums and carnations;
also some nice orchids and roses.

Addison J. McNutt has been having
good trade for the past week. Funeral
work has been very heavy and he has
also furnished flowers for several par-
ties and receptions. He is cutting a
lot of good stock in the way of chrys-
anthemums, carnations, Kaiserin roses,
snapdragons, sweet peas and sweet
alyssum.

A, H, Dailey has been doing his
part. The writer happened in his store
several times during the past week,
and found his force very busy every
time. Funeral work has been plenti-
ful and bulb business is still good. He
is cutting a good supply of chrysanthe-
mums, carnations and roses.

Mrs. Rosa Hall Ryno is doing a fine
business. She has been unusually busy
with funeral work, and has furnished
flowers for several weedings. She will
soon cut the last of her chrysanthe-
mums, but carnations are coming in
fine and will take their place.

M. Rosnosky. representing Henry F.
Michell Co., and S. S. Skidelsky, rep-
resenting S, S, Skidelsky & Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa., called upon the trade
during the past week.

Chas. L. Baum, who attended the
chrysanthemum show in Indianapolis,
Ind., has returned and reports a splen-
did trip, and having seen some very
line stock.

Mr, Speer, formerly of Columbus,
Ohio, who has been some time with
C. W. Crouch of this citv, is now with
A, H. Dailey.

Howell Nursery Company is doing a
land office business in the ornamental
shrubbery line.

K. F. S.

Frederlcton, N B.

'I'here was no war the last time I
wrote; now a general gloom and de-
pression owing to war effects. We
don't know what the winter has in
store for us, but at the present writ-
ing it looks very gloomy. We got our
liulbs from Holland all right, as th^

FERNS, GREEN GALAX and LEUCQTHOE

Direct from the woods to ttie dealer. NEW CROP NOW READY.

Dagger and Fancy Ferns.... 80c per 1000: case of S.OMX %i '0

Green Galax iOc per 1000; case of 10.000 4.00

Green Leucothoe (long) per 1 ( 00 $2 00

Green Leucothoe (short) per 1 000. 100

Rhododendron Leaves per 1000. .50

ELK GALAX & FERN CO.,

TERMS CASH BANNERS ELK, N. C. Gwds Cuaaranteei

Fancy Holly -Laurel Branches - Boxwood Sprays

$3.00 case. $2.50 case. 12c lb.

This stock is the best that can be obtained.

W. Z. PURNELL, SNOW HILL, MD.

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Choice Case Holly, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Ropirg. can turnish any amouDt.
I have any ihioe in greens. Better write
your requirements,

H. E. CONWELL, %I°^ware

Mintii'ii tin Ai'ii I if'iii l-hifist iclirn uritinu

were ordered last fall; also a case of
azaleas from Belgium. The latter
were in bad conditidn, more than half
no good owing to being on the way loo
long. The chief topic is the war, and
sending money, clothing, vegetables
and apples to Belgians. One parish in
tills county, it is said, sent two thou-
sand dollars' worth by every available
means, including balls, teas, etc.. col-
lecting from hou.se to house to a patri-
otic fund: also to support those fami-
lies left behind. All business people
are complaining, and we fear we have
not seen the worst. It is reported that
we here in New Brunswick do not feel
it as bad as western provinces and
larger cities. If it was not for the vege-
tables we combined with flowers, such
as celeryi lettuce, cabbage, etc., with
mushrooms, it would be worse. Flow-
ers are too much of a luxury.' Perhaps
the people here are extremely patriotic
and are giving away what they will
need before the spring. There has
been very good crops; apples in abund-
ance, potatoes and all vegetable crops
good. The fall has beeii extremely
open and favorable to gathering them
in. The funeral orders have been at
long intervals. It has been very easy
on fuel so far, scarcely any frost. We
hope those who are now sowing in tears
will in the near future reap in .loy.

St. Paul, Minn.

Chrysanthemums were the feature of
the fall flower display of the St. Paul
Florists' Club held at the wholesale
house of O. R. Eckhardt & Co., 31S
Minnesota street. November 10. Sev-
eral new varieties, of chrysanthemums,
roses and carnations were displayed.
The exhibitors receiving first premiums
were Holm & Olson, Warrendale Floral
Company, Snelling Floral Company, N.
C. Hanson and Merriam Park Floral
Company. The judges were H. S.
Will. Minneapolis, and F. Gustafson,
St. Paul.

The next exhibit will be a bulb dis-
play next February.

Winston-Salem, N, G.— Robert Gru-
nert, proprietor of the West Salem
greenhouses, has completed the work
of building a new house 21x80 feet,
and a new addition to the main rose
house, making this building "21x100
feet. With these new buildings the
West Salem greenhouses now have be-
tween six and seven thousand square
feet of floor space under glass.

LOOK WHO IS HERE
FROM THE WAR ZONE

Terra Cotta Grass Heads

\ In 3 Designs
and 2 Sizes.

Prices on
Application.

If interested

write for
Catalogue of

Partridge

Berry Bowls,

Fish Globes,

Imported

Tanks,

Aquaria

Ornaments,

Etc.

INicholas Wapler,

28 Warren Street,

NEW YORK.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Holly Xmas Holly

I have a choice lot of preen heavy berried
Holly that I will deliver by freight to
points east of the Mississippi tiver.

Single Case, - - - $4.00
5 cases or more, per case, 3.75

Heavy 14-Inch Holly Wreaths with
plenty of berries, 100 $10.00

My 20 years* experience insures
you the right pack.

H.AUSTIN, Felton,Del.

Mention the American Florist when writing

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

£. A. BEA VEN. Evergreen, Ala.

Mention the AmericatiJ'lnrist when writing

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens.
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

Mention the Ainerican Florist tiyhen writing

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The American Florist.

939

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

EstabUsbed In 186Z.

'wSm:.

noRisr

739 Buclclngham Place.

L. D. Phone. Graceland 1112.

Seod ufl yoor retail orderi.

WE HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CTTY

Uention the American Florist when writing

I ROSES

loRCMIOS ">«■■! -J ||«^

|viOLE.TS ^^ J W T.^^ F.T.D.

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Snccessor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

so KEARNEY STREET

Uention the American Florist when ioriting

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Uention the American Florist when ioriting

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when toriting

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av.. PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members o( The Florist Telegraph Delivery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabash Ave., CUcaAo.
623 Walnnt St.. Des Moines, la.

Lar8:e8t aod most cectrally located store in the

city. All orders sriveo orompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel B\oc)t.

Member Florists' Teleiiraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' TelegraDh Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London, Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Ass'n.

— FOR —

Telegraph
Orders

You will need

The New Edition

of our

Trade
Directory

Containing the Names and
Addresses of Florists of the
United States and Canada.

Price, $3.00 Postpaid,
American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

ALEXANDER McCONNElL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

TTELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■'■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamship*
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all orden
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address: Alexconnell.
Western Union Code.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th & H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Sqaarc.
42 West 28th Street.

To ootof town florists MTi'Til7 VrtWU

We are In the Heart of WJ!<W lUIVA

And give special attention to steamer and theater

oiders. Prompt deliveiy and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V/.

522 50. MICHIGAN BLVD.. Audiiorium Amh, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson servicf means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, LOCkport,

Nia^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and 18 W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883.
Greenhouses and Nurseries in Riverdale.

Mrfitinn the Atttcrirfn} Florist when writing

940

The American Florist.

t\ov.

21.

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
(Inns below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

EatabHshed 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents In all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srivate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DAKDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
UenUon the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place id the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; tne largest stock; the greatest
variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
night and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

rresb nowers and Best Service. Deliverlei
Itirougbout the state and to all iteamsbip docki
Id Hoboken. N. ]., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
— or —

"HOME GROWN FLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawamda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFia AlTEN'nON TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 Weat S9th Str««t

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
HmlMrs rf lie Florists' Tdesnpk Delinry.

PHILADELPHIA and VICINITY.

Wl}B Ronton 3\oiotv ^hoxs. 2Jlii.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADSLPBIA, FA.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Uleyition the American Florist when writing

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alplia Floral Co., Cliicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Anderson, S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo, N, Y.

Archlas Floral Co., Sedalia. Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta. Ga.

Eauscher, Jolin, Freeport, 111.

Begeiow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone, Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester, itfinn.

Rramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer's Sons, John, Detroit, Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co.. Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee, H. W.. Rockford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland. O.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.

Duluth Floral Co.. Duluth, Minn.

Dunlop's. 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany. N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb. ,

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co., Guthrie, Okla.

Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City. Okla.

Calvin, Thos. F., Inc., Boston, Mass.

Giilvin, Thos. P.. Inc., New York. '

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M,, Co.. Cleveland, O.

Graham, A., & Son. Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Heinl & Son, J. G.. Terre Haute. -Ind.

Henderson, Lewis, Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Joy Floral Co.. Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y,

Kellogg. F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co., Dallas, Tex.

Lange, A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius, J. J., Duluth, Minn.

London Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.

Matthews the Florist, Dayton, O,

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan. Wis.

May & Co., L. L., St. Paul, Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New York,

Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.. New Orleans, La.

Murray, Samuel. Kansas City, Mo,

Myer. Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Pnlez, Paul M.. Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son, BulTalo.

Park Floral Co., The. Denver, Colo.

Phillips Bros.. Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Col».

Podesta & Baldocchl, San Francisco.

Pollworth Co., C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store. Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Renter's, New London, Conn.

Renter's, Norwich, Conn.

Renter's. Westerly, R. I.

Rock. Wm. L.. Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison ftt.. Chg».

Schling, Mas. 22 W. Sflth St.. New York.

Simmons & Sons, Toronto, Can.

Small & Sons, J. H„ Ni-w York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington, D. C.

Smith Co., A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry. Grand Rntdds, Mich.

Stumpp, G. B. M., New York.

Weber, F. H.. St. Louis, Mo.

Whltted Floral Co., Mlnnear-olls. Minn.

Witthnld, G., Co., 7.17 Rnoklngham PI.. Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Gold^-nson, Los Angeles.

Young & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Comer Broadway and Gratiot Aviiyes.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cot Blooms.

We coyer all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave. °'>* X^n?,''*""

Orders taken for FLOWKRS. Delivered to all
parts of tbe country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph DeliTery.
Mention the American Florist iehen writing

WASfllNfiTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful Atteitkn

Members of the Florists' Telecraph DeliverT.

Denver, Colo.

he Park

J.A.VAUNTINI, floral C/0.
President.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery

OUDC BI)09.CQl
FLORISTS
lll.r 9TNM

WAftM|M«T<S.AA

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be deUvered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

iltntion the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Geo. M. Kellogg
Flower 6t Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. ^ii, g,, g[, o,j,„ (g, ^m

KtRSaS City ind Flowers. Funeral DesiEm

OlaaxnlUIII Ui> Wedding and Birthday Gifts,

rieasaninill, mo. that mav be entrusted to them,

Itention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SniithCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

LarEesl Floral Eitablishment in America,
Eftabliihed 1874, Incorporated 1909

Uention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STDMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

MtBiber Florists' Telerraph Delivery Association
Uention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Members ol The Florists' Teletraph Delivery.
Uention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

14 th and H. Street.

Uention the American Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, III.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Srcet, LINCOLN, NEB.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Members of F.'orists Telegraph Delivery.

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPollworthCo.

WIU take proper XA/i ar><-kn airk

care of your orders In »» I»^«J«1»U1

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen largre Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. \\ isconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders gtven prompt
attention and filled with strjrtlv tresh stock.

3l€ntion the American Florist ivlien writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

LAIbany, N. Y.— Eyies, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta. Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston— Tbos. F. Galvin, Inc.

Buffalo. N. v.— S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

Buffalo. N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago— Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago— Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Pi.

Cincinnati, O. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, 0. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — A. Graham & Sons,

Cleveland, 0.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Dallas, Tex. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Dayton, O. — Matthews the Florist.

Denver. Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit. Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Song.

Duluth, Minn.— Duluth Floral Co.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Freeport. 111. — John Bauscher.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Guthrie, Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln. Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock, Ark. — Paul M. Pale:;.

Los Angeles — Wolfsklll Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee— C. C. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark. O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London, Conn. — Reuter's.

New Orleans, La. — Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — Alex McConnell, Gil 5tb Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons,

New York — Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.

New York— Mas Schling, 22 W. 59th St.

New York — Myer, Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New York— J. H. Small & Sons.

New York — G. E. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Norwich, Conn. — Reuter*s.

Oklahoma City, Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Omaha. Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Piiiladelpbia — The London Flower Shop.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh. Pa.— A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland. Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, 111.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis. Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul. Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland, 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchi,

Sedalia, Mo. — Archias Floral Co.

Superior. Wis — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind.— J. G. Helnl Sons.

Tacoma. Wash.— California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dnnlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Toronto, Can. — Simmons & Son,

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blackistone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gude Bros.

Washington— J. H. Small & Sons.

Westerly, R. I. — Reuter's.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Coliunbns

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

324 Qrant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orderi
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut fiowera in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when ierUing

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Tour Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply Hoase In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

nowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity on
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best Icnown and most reliable floriit.
Only
the
Beat

Dunlop's

96 Yonsa Str««t.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guaranttte
safe arrival.

Mention the Aynerican Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

561 Fifth Ave.

Vanderbllt Hotel
BAQyAII 126 Tremont Street
DUO I UH 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Points.

NEW YORK

942

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hov. 21 ,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

WIU be deUvered for the trade In other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Sendyourorders^o'Gtiicago

and Sab -
arbs to

: », All orders carefully filled

^«Y«M«4I»**'^ under the »opervition of

^micaSS— |jEQ„5f is|||,ys_ Mgr

Wire, Write or Phone West 822
Member Floristi' TelegTspb DeliverT.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 £. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN street!

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of the city. Arkansas and the Southwest.

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Helnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 527.
Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Order-
Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivej.

Omaha, Neo.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

1415 Farnvm St. ,I^T^{ll2

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, 'S!.':^*!'"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .\ss'n

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St.,

OMAHA, KEB.

69 MADISON AVENUE

Member Florists' Teleyraph Delivery .^ss'n.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co., T^/s!

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas.
Oklahoma. Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too large, qone too small.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction. n||| IITU MINM
\Vearethecenteroltl'eKr>.at UULUIH, minn.

Northwest, Daily deliveries to Superior, Wis.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

You will need the New Edition of our

Trade Directory

Containing the Names and .Addresses of
Florists of the United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID

American Florist Go , ^^o "chuSgo"™ ""

ninneapolis, Minn.

Chrysanthemums ii£ rich colorings,
4,(10(1 in all, are on display at the Lyn-
dale Farmstead, 1-Jryant avenue S and
Thirty-eighth stt^eet, where the park
board is giving a free fiower show.
The show opened November 8 and
more than 1!.1H)I) person.s visited the ex-
hibition on the oiieiiing day. The park
board has on exhibition more than 20(1
varieties of chrysanthemums, ranging
from small pompons to the mammoth
specimen blooms. When the show
closes, the Hovvers will lie distributed
among the patients in the city's hos-
pitals and inmates of other institutions.

The chrysanthemum also began her
reign as Queen of Autumn at the
Whitted Floi'al Co.'s establishment the
previous week and splendid blooms in
many varieties were greatly admired
by visitors who thronged the shop
daily. The shows, conceded to be the
greatest display of chrysanthemums
ever seen in the northwest will con-
tinue for-t\\'o ^^■ppks.

T.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n,

PfllLIPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

NEWARK I. J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade disc
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Arcliias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notics
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic ordera.

Michigan. "'""^.Ted t'oVbT'"'"
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH 6 SONS Will fill yoar
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michiga.

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Dellverr

igi4.

The American Florist.

943

Forcing Bulbs at Bargain Prices

Regular Stocks From Best Sources.

Ask For Samples.
Stock is
Choice, Plump
and Sound.

Spiraea

Now ready, large clumps, plump eyes.

Per 100

Gladstone (white) $8.00

Queen Alexandra (pink) 9.00

Dutch Narcissus

Golden Spur, Fancy.

Empress,
Victoria,
Princeps,
Sir Watkin,
Von Sion,
" " Double

Per 1000

Round Bulbs $ 9.00

11 00

9.00

4.50

9.00

11.00

Nose 19.00

Dutch Hyacinths

Per 1(X)0

Dutch Romans, named varieties $12.00

Hyacinths, First size. 19-21 ctm 50.00

Second size (for forcing) 17-19 ctm 30.00

Cailas

^^^^^^^ Per 1000

iVz to 2 inch $40.00

2 to 2^2 inch 60.00

French Romans

Per

11-12 ctms. (2500 to case) $20.00
12-13 ctms. (2000 to case).. 25.00
12 ctms. &up( 1800 to case). 30.00

Liiium Giganteum

Lilium Formosum

(Immediate Shipment.)

7-9 in. (300 to case). $50.00 9-10 in. (200 to case). $95.00 j 6-8 in. (350 to case) $30.00
8-10 in. (226 to case) 80.00 I I 7-9 in. (250 to case). 50.00

Per lOCO
8-9 in. (225 to case). $60.00
8-10 in. ( 200 to case) 70.00

CHICAGO

WRFTE FOR FALL "BOOK FOR FLORISTS."

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE

NEW YORK

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul-
ture fori he past 25 years. The best work on .Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
Sorist. lOfi pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMFTH S CO., Adrian, Mich.

Mention the American Florist when writing

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Slock

Pyramids.2 -ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids. 2H-lt 1.50 each

Pyramids, 3 ft 2.00 each

Pyramids, 3H,ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft l.SCeachi

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN"'cmcAGo«

^■i^' D n C C C '^-l^-

2%-n. nUOIlO 4-ie.

First Aid to Buyers— 40 page faU list.
' f LOUL COMMNYA

GERANIUMS '"Vy^is..

They must reach you in good growing condition,
otberwise you can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
and very good.

S. A. Nutt. Sn^'^n per 1000.

Poltevine and Ricard. $15.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, $25 00 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LiNCASTEB, Pi.

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists.

Alonzo J. Bryan, ^X."^'

Wastiington, New Jersey.

Mention the American Florist xohen writing

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Robert Craig Co...

a*^. PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49ih Sts.. Philadelphia, Pa.

For Christmas Plants

See our ailv. in last week's
Americ-in Florist.

GEO. A. KUHL, ^^^--^^SJi'wER.

PEKIN, ILt.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Primroses.

Cliinese, Sanguinea, Obconica Alba and

Rosea. $1 60 per 100; 112.00 per 1000.
ObC. Gigantea, giant flowering, all '2Va in.

pots. *•-' 00 per 100.
Asp. Flumosus and Sprengeri, 2\i in.

pots, $2.0(1 per KTO; $18 Oo per 1000.
Vinca Variegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. 10th, $2.60 per 1000.

CASH or C. O. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE. OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ALL Nurse rymen, Seedsmen and Florists wishiDK
to do business with Europe should send for the

"Borticnitnral Advertiser"

This IB the British Trade Paper, beinsread weekly
by all the horticultural trade: it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
lobscription. to cover cost of postage 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, applt-
cantsshould. with the subscription, send a copy of
their (.atalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address Editors of "H. A."
Chllwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. EniUand

Home of Pansies.

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpas'<ed. improved
annuall'. Some of the best florists in .America
are rt k'ular cu tomers. These plants are in extra
good siisioe this vear ard boavy rooti-d. Krown on
high l--nd. Packed to reach vou safe anywhere.
$2.50 per 1000. 5000 for $10.00.

Elmer Rawlings. Home of Pansies,

CLEAN, N. Y.

944

The American Florist.

Aov. 21,

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, S;in Francisco, Calif..
President; J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Uungan,
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President:
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. O.. Secretary and
Treasurer: S. K. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting, San Fran-
cisco, Calif.. June 1915.

HOLLY at first hand is being booked
at about last year's prices.

Garden peas have not given as good
a yield as last year and the American
acreage was one-tliird less.

It is tliought American growers of
beet and carrot seed should find a good
market for all products of roots they
may set aside now for next season's
planting.

Bouquet Gkeex prices are weaker
although quality stock is still wanted
at fair prices. No one knows what
can. or will, be done with the early
picked stock.

New York. — Loechner «& Co., seeds-
men, have incorporated with a capital
stock of $10,000. M. V. Haase and C.
Loechner are the incorporators, with
headquarters at 11 Warren street.

A. L. Stone, formerly with D. M.
Fe<ry & Co.. Detroit, Mich., in the
seed growing department, is now with
the A. J. Brown Seed Co.. Grand Rap-
ids, Mich., as superintendent of crops.

Seedsmen who recall conditions after
the last Franco-German war say there
was very little seed of any kind ob-
tainable from either country during
the five or six years following that
•conflict.

AN American consular ofEcer in
France is informed by a seed dealer
in that district that he is in the market
for crimson clover seed, and wishes to
make connections with American deal-
ers who now hold large stocks of this
seed.

H.\RR1SBURG. Pa. — The Holmes Seed
Co. elected officers November 6, for the
coming year as follows : B. F. Meyers,
president: George A. Gorgas, vice-
president; David G. Claiy, treasurer;
W. H. Miller, secretary, and H. L.
Holmes, general manager.

Onion set prices at Chicago have de-
clined the past 10 days. It is thought
the difficulty in marketing the sovith-
ern cotton crop has affected the abil-
ity of southern dealers to take -^re
of their usual requirements. Dollar
sets from first hands are talked of
now.

Visited Cuk ago : A. J. Brown, of
the A. J. Brown Seed Co., Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.; Ailing Woodruff, of S. D.
. Woodruff & Sons, New York; Wm. C.
Langbridge. representing the Jerome
B. Rice Seed Co.. Cambridge. N. Y.;
Mrs. M. M. Jnhansen. secretary of the
Victor Johansen Seed Co.. Los .\ngeles,
Calif.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
tjje Board of Trade November 18 were
as follows : Timothy, .$4.25 to .$5.7.J per
100 pounds. — Vaughan's Seed Store
has received advices to the effect that
its bulb shipments, via the Panama
Canal, October "J, arrived at their des-
tination, interior California points. No-
vember 4, in good order.

While the supply of Michigan seed
beans is apparently growing smaller
and smaller every year the present
crop is the shortest since 1S98, the
year of the big shortage. Growers
claim it is becoming m^re and more
difficult each year to induce the farm-
ers to grow seed beans, due in. a large
measure to the better prices obtain-
able for cooking beans.

Cambridge, N. Y. — George Coulter,
representative of the Jerome B. Rice
Seed Co.. has the sympathy of many
friends in the trade in the loss of his
wife, who was killed in an automobile
accident here, November 7t. Miss Bes-
sie Chandler was killed the same date
and her sister. Laura, seriously in-
jured. The Misses Chandler were well
known in connection with Arthur
Cowee's trade exhibits of gladioli, hav-
ing arranged and staged flowers at
many exhibitions.

Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris,
France, write as follows. November 5 :
"We are not in a position for the
present to complete or correct our first
crop report, it being impossible to es-
timate at this date to what extent
the present crisis will affect the han-
dling and bringing in of our various
crops. We are watching conditions
very closely in all ,<3i our districts of
production and the trade may depend
upon our doing the best possible un-
der the present difficulties."

Louisiana Seed Testing' Station.

A seed testing laboratory, for the
purpose of furnishing information to
seedsmen and others, is lieing conduct-
ed by the LTnited States Department
of Agriculture, with the co-operation
of the agricultural experiment station
of Louisiana at Baton Rouge. Seeds-
men and farmers alike are urged to
make the fullest use of the laboratory.
Samples should be distinctly addressed
to the Branch Seed Laboratory. Agri-
cultural Experiment Station. Baton
Rouge. Louisiana. The sender's ad-
dress should also be on the package,
and a letter should accompany the
sample, stating if it is to be tested for
Iiurity. for germination, or -both. W. R.
Dodson is the collaborator in charge.

Sweet Clover.

The Kansas Kxperiment Station in
a recent publication makes it plain
that sweet clover, a hitherto neglected
plant, despised as a pernicious weed,
has very considerable agricultural
value. It is stated that "as a soil
Improver it is unexcelled; for pastur-
ing purposes it has considerable value;

Pieters-Wtieeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
SoUcited

and as a forage crop it can be utilized
to good advantage where alfalfa or
red clover cannot be successfully
grown."

Attention is called to the fact that
"there are several varieties of sweet
clover, of which the common white
sweet clover and the large biennial
yellow sweet clover are the most im-
portant. The white variety is gen-
erally to be preferred for farm pur-
poses, although the biennial yellow is
sometimes preferred where hay pro-
duction is desired." Sweet clover is
adapted to a wide range of soils, and
while it does best on good soils, it
will make a .satisfactory growth on
very poor soils.

Grown on good soil and properly
handled it makes a fair quality of hay
which may in many cases be sub-
stituted with advantage for the more
valuable alfalfa and clover hays. In
actual nutritive constituents it is
practically equal to these. It makes
an excellent pasture for cattle, sheep,
horses, and hogs, and for this purpose
may be profitably grown on very poor
and rough land.

For quick results in improving the
soil sweet clover is superior to most
other crops. Its ability to thrive well
on soils lacking in humus or other-
wise badly run down makes it espe-
ciall.v adapted for this purpose. Like
alfalfa, cowpeas, and other legumes.
It has the ability to obtain nitrogen
from the air by means of the nitro-
gen-gathering bacteria which live in
tubercles on the roots of the plants,
thus adding much nitrogen to the soil
in which it grows. When plowed un-
der for green manure or allowed to
remain on the land this crop is a very
efficient one in building up the humus
content of the soil. The large roots,
which penetrate deeply, break up the
lower layers of the soil and add much
humus thereto when they decay, thus
improving the physical condition of
the soil to a considerable depth below
the depth of plowing. Sandy as well
as heavy clay and hardpan soils,
which would not otherwise produce
satisfactory crops, may be so im-
proved in texture by growing sweet
clover for a few years that they be-
come quite productive.

A weed has been defined as a plant
which has not yet found its proper
use. In view of present knowledge of
its possibilities sweet clover can no
longer be regarded as a weed.

Trade Directory

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United States and Canada

PRICE: $3.00, Postpaid.

American Florist Company

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Braslan

Wholesale Growers ol the tollowina Calilornia Specialties only:

ONION, LETTUCE, CARRD''. RADISH, PARSNIP, PARSLEY, CELERT.
ENDIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Grow^ers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

1914-

The American Florist.

945

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[ICALYPIIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. Box 857, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

THE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.
SANTA CLARA, CAL.

Wholesale
Seed Growers

Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspoodence Solicited.
Mention the Americayi Florist when writing

Contract Seed flrower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

^*"Soiidt"e'd"" Swedesboro, New Jersey

97th Year

J. BOLGIANO & SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes

Pedigre'eTomato Seeds Baltimore, MO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

TOMATO SEED

Surplus List Now Ready.
Best Stocks. All Varieties.

HAVEN SEED CO.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALirORNIA

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Contract Seed Growers

^n»Pialti«C' Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato,
Speiildllie^. Vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick €c Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Mention the A^nerican Florist when writing

Onion Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting
ONION SETS.

Schilder Bros.,^°^^og"^'

I BURPEE'S SEEDS |

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists E

3 and Market Gardeners. :-: C

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Kelways Can Quote and Deliver:

Beet

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower Lucerne

Celery Mustard

Kale Radish

And Flower Seeds

Rape Spinach

Rutabaga Turnip

Winter Tares or Vetches
Spring Tares

Those who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Hlease write at once wh le stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailings continue ail the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

and all Garden Seeds _ ^m r^

CO.

226-230

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

SEEDS AND BULBS

\X /E are hard at work on our
VV 1915 Seed Catalog which
will contain some novel suggestions
and real helps.

Send us your card. We don't
want to miss you in the distribu-
tion.

J.M.THORBURNaCO.

In business since 1802
53 Barclay Street, New York

Cold Storage

Valley

Bruns' Celebrated Cliicago Market Brand,

$20 oil per 1000; $10.50 per 500;
5.50 per 250; - 2.56 Per 100.
CUT VALLEY, best quality always on hand,

H. N. BRUNS

3032 Madison Street, CHICAGO

THE C. HERBERT COY SEED CO

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squasb and Pnmitldn.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J.G. ROBINSON SEED CO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.
Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Nothing will pay better to plant after the 'Mums
than my

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. G. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, GrandiHoras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLK
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fi SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA.

The Everett B.Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

S,?s"c?nl!n'^.Jfli{'airo. MILFORO. CONN.

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Western Seed & Irrigation Co.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES:

Sweet, Flint and Dent Corn ; Cucumber,

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Squash.

FREMONT : NEBRASKA

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GARDEN SEED

Beet, Sweet Corn. Garden Beans, Onion Sets
and Seed Potatoes m vantty. Also other items
of ihe short crop of this past season, as well as a
:ull line of Garden Seeds, will be quoted you upon
applii ation to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK.

and Orange, Conn.

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card brines a Catalogue.

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Not

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Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very likely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Fnkhuizen

Introduced SovernI Ve;irs A«

Glory.

:o by Our Firm.

GROW PAPER WHITES

$8.50 per case of 1000 choice bulbs.
Also TULIPS, DAFFODILS, FREESIAS, are money makers at our surplus prices.

Get our Bulb Price List.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Mlilwaukee, Wis.

MANN'S .

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
bring the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO Mann, Leipzig, Saiony, Germany

Nashville, Tenn.

The prevailing tone of color in Nash-
ville this week has been yellow, and
the favorite flower has been the chrys-
anthemum, for the Nations- ' American
"Woman's Suffrage Association has
been holding an eight-day session here,
and everything, everywhere, has con-
formed to the prevailing color and sen-
timent. There was a barbecue given
the delegates at the historic Hermitage
and the table decorations were huge
pumpkins hollowed out and filled with
autumn leaves and yellow chrysanthe-
mums, making a very effective deco-
ration.

NOTES.

The Joy Floral Company has had a
very attractive and striking window
this week in honor of the visiting suf-
frage convention. It is decorated en-
tirely in yellow with large vases filled
with mammoth specimen chrysanthe-
mums down to the smallest pompon.
Fringing the window, top and bottom,
are the suffrage pennants bearing the
words, "Votes for Women."

The First Presbyterian Church of
this city has been celebrating the one
hundredth anniversary of its found-
ing, and this has called for not a few
flowers. There was a large reception
in the church parlors and large memo-
rial wreaths were provided for the
graves of each of the founders and
former pastors who are buried in this
city.

The Mclntyre uptown branch reports
good business since it was introduced
Into the busy uptown trade. Their
window is very attractive and some
fine specimen flowers are shown.

M. C: D.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

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Get Quotations From

LANDRETH

Bloomsdale
rarm.

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

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ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOV'ER and GARDEN SEEDS

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QUALITY :vA?S

ICKD FOR OAT*L<iorE

ARTMUR T. BOODINGTON

l«t WmI I4IK Kl.. !■•« T*rk.

L. FORMOSUIVI

7-9 in., 9 in in . 10-11 in,. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, H and H in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

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S. M. Isbell & Co„

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon.
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

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Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster,

Cosmos, Mignonette. Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

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Henry Fish Seed Co.'

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Butftxm uaym fsuou uvofustuy 3i(t uoituajl ;

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PALMS AND FERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. high Each Per doz
6-in. pot 5to6 28 to 30 $1.00 $12.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 36 in. high $ 2.50

y-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 42 to 43 in. high 5.00

12 in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5 to 5H ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5H to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. ceda tub. 4 plants in tub. 6 ft. high, heavy 15.00

12 in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

•^ Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot. nicely charactf rized $1.00

7-in. tub, 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

In, high
.. 8 to 10.,
..12

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED
STRONG AND HEALTHY

JOSEPM HEACOCK CO.,

Leaves

2H-in. pot 4

3in. pot 5

4 in. pot 5 to 6 15

5-in . pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot 6 to 7 24

Leaves In. high

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

9 in cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-in. tub. 4 ft. spread each, $4.00

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Each

Perdoz.

$1.50

2.00

$0.40

4.50

.50

6.00

1,00

12.00

Each Perdoj

5 2.50

30.00

3.00

36.00

48.00

Wyncofe, Pa.

The New Carnation

ALICE

A beautiful shade of Clear Blush
Pink, mid-way between Gloriosa,
and Enchantress.

A Marvelous Bloomer, will be
disseminated season 1914-15.

Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, trom 3-incD pots. Ctirysanthemiuns

Carnations for fall delivery. Smilax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers. Sli°?o^!:

For the Best ,New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. 0. Berlin, N. J. Williamstown June, N. J.

SM I LA X

strong plants, Wi inch, $1.26 per 100;
$10.00 per lOtiO.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2H inch,
$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Gladiolus Bulbs

^/ix

' ♦.

How to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Tfiem

See The

Book of Gladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
-^tr*^ PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

Fern Spores Wanted

COMMERCIAL KINDS

In Quantity.

State Prices and Varieties.
FERNERY, care American Florist.

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner. Ricard. Perkins.

Poitevine. 2 in., $2 Wi per IfK): 3-iD.. S5.00 per 100.
Boston and WUtmanl Fcms; 3-iD., lOc; 4'iD.. 15c:

5-in..25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3-io.. $5.00: 4rn.. $10.00: 5-in..

J25.00 per 100.
Rex Begnnia 2H in.. $5.00 per 100.
Vlnca Var., 2 in,, $2 CO per 100.

Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

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The Nursery Irade I

I. : ^^

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henrv B. Chase, (JbMsc, Ala.. I'ri'sidi'Dl .
E. S. VVelch, SheiiMiitloiili, l:i.. \'icM'-Pre.si-
dent; John Hall. 204 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secrc-tary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Mich.. .June 2:?-3.), 191.').

LINTOK, IND. — The Oregon Orchard
Co., has issued preferred stock to the
amount of $15,000.

ELDKIDGE, lA. — Henry Hansen, of
Long Grove, la., has formed a partner-
ship with R. M. C. Rohlfs, of the Alta
Vista Nurseries.

BOSTIC, N. C. — The Valdesian Nur-
series are adding a greenhouse to their
plant here, operating some 76 acres
with up-to-date ofiice.s, packing sheds,
etc.

De Kalb, III. — J. L. Johnson, pro-
prietor of The Flower Shop, announces
that the nursery department of his
business will be conducted as a distinct
feature under the name of the Odorosa
Nurseries.

Battle Cheek, Mich. — Officers for
the ensuing year have been chosen by
the Grand Trunk Horticultural Society
as follows : J. C. Garden, honorary
president; Harry Westbrook, president;
George H. Corcoran, secretary; George
Peachey, treasurer.

TIOLUMBUS, O.— The Livingston Seed
Co. held their annual chrysanthemum
show during the week of November 8.
Many splendid blooms were on« exhibi-
tion at the High street store, and were
much admired by hundreds who visited
the store during the display.

North Yakima, Wash. — District Hor-
ticultural Inspector F. E. Desellem and
his assistant have again started meet-
ings similar to those held last year for
the organization of district' associa-
tions of the Yakima Valley Fruit Pro-
tective League to fight fire blight.

HOUSTON, Tex, — Responsive to a call
by Commissioner of Agriculture Kone,
nurserymen and citrus fruit growers of
Texas met here November 10 and con-
sidered, among other things, a danger-
ous citrus fruit disease, which is caus-
ing considerable anxiety among grow-
ers.

Redlands, Calif. — The semi-annual
flower show of the Redlands Horticul-
tural Society was held November 0-7.
There was a long list of entries and
many valuable prizes were awarded.
A splendid dahlia exhibit staged by
William M. Laurie, Pasadena, Calif,,
was one of the principal features.

New Orleans, La. — An attractive
catalogue of citrus fruits, pecan trees,
grapes and other trees and shrubs has
been issued by the Naomi Nurseries,
Inc., of Plaquemines parish. The offi-
cers are: W. J. Formento, president;
Maurice M. Jones, vice-president, and
George H. Penn, secretary-treasurer.

San Benito, Te.x. — The annual meet-
ing of the Rio Grande Horticultural
Society to be held here November 27-
28, promises to be one of the most in-
teresting of any meetings the society
has previously held, A large list of
prizes have been offered, among which
is one of $100 worth of citrus fruit
trees for the best acre of citrus fruit
to be planted in 191.5. This prize has
been offered by the Griffing Nurseries.

Uniform Inspection Law for Pacific i oast.

To consider a uniform inspection law
for all Pacific coast states, a meeting
of horticultural interests will be held
at Corvallis, Ore., November 31 and
December 1. Governor West is invit-
ing the governors of all Pacific coast
states, including Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado and Arizona, to be present or
send a delegate to meet with the leg-
islative committees of the Oregon State'
Horticultural Society and state board
of horticulture to consider the plan.

Ohio Strictures on Packing Material.

The agricultural commission of Ohiu.
which recently issued sweeping in-
structions against the use of hay and
straw as packing matejials for nur-
sery stock, has now modified its rul-
ing. Ohio nurserymen were compelled
to stop operations for a few days in
consequence of these strictures, but
the new regulations in most cases prac-
tically lift the embargo. The Storrs
& Harrison Co., Painesville, says :
"After the first ruling, which prohib-
ited the shipping of stock packed in
hay or' straw, a modification was is-
sued permitting the use of packing
material cut before the first of August
and kept from contact with cattle, or
that was properly disinfected, by an
affidavit being filed" with every bill of
lading. We think this will relieve all
the nurserymen in this section as we
mostly grow our own packing . ma-
terial, and, of course, have no cattle
on our farms. We have heard nothing
about how it has worked out with the
florists in cities, as they have to buy
the material and do not know when
it was harvested. Beyond the extra
work of filing the affidavit the ruling
does not interfere with shipments of
all those who can comply with the
above requirements."

GREENSBORO, N. C— S. N. Griffith,
florist, formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa., has
accepted a position with the Greens-
boro Floral Co., as chief designer.

GENISTAS

5 inch pots, $3.50 per dozen;
$26.00 per 1(10,

JACKSON & PERKINS CO.

NEWARK, NEW YORK.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE CONARD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and lar^e sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

E?cigreeQ Specialists Largest Growers m America

Box 404, DUNDEE. ILL,

August Rtilker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

.^ddress for prices
F.O.Box 752. or 5 1 Barclay St.. NEW YORK CITT

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and age. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICKS AND CATALOGUE.

Franklin Davis Nnrsery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

Fully half a million plants for sale.

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year H^ to 2 feet

Two years IV2 to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 24 'eet

■Two j'ears 2 to 3 feet

Two years 2V2 to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

For screens 6 to 6 feet

For Screens 6 to 7 feet

All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades

have been cut back one or more times.

Especially attractive prices in car lots.

R<»l»V»<iT'1C TVlllTlVlol'rfll Transplanted, stocky olants, 9 to 12 inches, 12 to IS

DCrUCria lllUllUCr^ll inches and into 2 feet sizes by the lOOO,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

J. T. LOVETT,

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DREER'S

HARDY PERENNIALS

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
FOR HARDY PERENNIALS

Among our Specialties in this line are the following, all of
which can be supplied in immense quantities:

Anemone Japonica
Hardy Asters
Campanulas
HemerocaiUs
Hollyhocks

German Iris
Japanese Iris
Oriental Poppies
Peonies
Tritomas

Hardy Perennial Phlox, over 500,000 in stock.

For a complete list of everythirg desirable in the Perennial
Line consult our Currenv Wholesale List, or write us.

HENRY A. DREER,

714-716 CHESTNUT ST.'

Philadelphia, Pa.

Boxwoods— Cyclamens

BOXWOODS.

10-inch Bo.x Bush $0.26

12-inch Box Bush 30

12-inch Box Bush extra heavy, 10-in. wide, .40

15-inch Box Bush 50

18-inch Box Bush 1.00

24 inch Box Bush 1.25

30-inch Pyramid 2.00

38 inch Pyramid 3.00

BOXWOODS— Cont'd.

Each

3V2-foot Pyramid 3.fiO

4-loot Pyramid 4.00

CYCLAMEN

We grow over 20,000 of these very desirable
plants in sefarale colors or mixed; the finest
strains available.

Assorted, 5-inch 40c each

Assorted, 6-inch 60c each

TL r* lir'tiL IJ r* L. D. Phone, Craceland 1112 />! •

Ihe beo. Wlttbold to., 737-39 Buckingham Place, thlcagO

Oklahoma City.

TRADE IS S.\TISFACTORY.
Business continues to be quite satis-
factory along all lines, the Saturday
bargain sales being made to cover
plants now as well as cut flowers, and
this will no doubt help to stimulate
trade in plants to the same degree as
has been accomplished in the cut
flower end of the business.
NOTES.

C. J. Bickes, one of the artists of the
Stiles Co. store, has gone to make his
future home in Havre, Montana. He
has entered the employ of the Great
Northern Railroad there and incident-
ally he will homestead on a section of
government land. ,

C. W. Stiles and wife are receiving
congratulations on the birth of a
daughter November 7. Mrs. Stiles
was visiting her parents in Memphis.
Tenn., when the young lady arrived.

Barteldes' will open a retail flower
store at 309 West Main street on De-
cember 1. This will give us three re-
tail stores right in the shopping dis-
trict of the city. We are growing!

The death of the clerk of the su-
preme court brought a call for a num-
ber of very elaborate designs and
other funeral arrangements of flowers
on November 14.

Frank McCabe, representing A. L.
Randall & Co., Chicago, was a caller
thi.s week. S. S. B.

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Ageratum. dOc per KKI.
$5 Ml per 1 (JU.

Aiyssum. Heliotrope.
Daisies; Mrs. zanders.
Mrs -AJeKander. Califor-
nis, .{I.C» per 100, $8.00
per imO.

Coleus. 20 varieties, in-
cluding Trailing Oueen.
7lc per ICIO.te.OO per 1000.
Feverlew, Petunias,
named varieties, and
Snapdragons, Silver
pink, and Giant white,
SI 25 per 100. % 0.00 per
lonn.

Pansies— See Classified

adv. We preoav express on all rooted cuttings

Vincas V»rie8aled,2'';-in. strong, S2 50 per 100,

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 inch, %2 00 per 100;

$18 I'Oper iWa 2'-,-ini h. *!,00 per 100: $25.00 per

1000. 3-incn. $5 (Oand Ji.fKJper 100.

C. HUMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

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Orchids

If you want Orchids for any purpose whatever
we solicit your inquiries and orders for same.
We do not grow or handle anything else but
Orchids. Special lists on application.

LAG£R a HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

IFREE

This Fine

Budding Knife

With 2 New^
Subscriptions.

American Florist Go.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

J. E. Meredith, Prbs. C. W Stout, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVIILE :: lUINOIS

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Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.
W. J. Ritterscamp, Princeton, Ind., Pres-
ident: H. J. Thompson, Attleboro, Mass..
Vice-President; S. W, Severance. Louisville.
Ky., Secretary; M, L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O.. Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
Philadelphra. Pa . Octtberf.9, 1914.

St. Louis, Mo. — A communication
from the French Market Improvement
Association urging the passage of a
bill granting garden and farm pro-
ducers the right to market their produce
from vehicles in South St. Louis was
received by the house of delegates No-
vember 13. It asks for the continu-
ance of the South Broadway market
under the new charter by virtue of a
special prant of privilege to such hus-
bandmen to market their wares be-
tween Chouteau avenue and Rutger
street.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables.

Chicago, Xoxeinber 17, — Mushrooms.
.50 cents per pound; lettuce, 10 cents
per box; radishes, 40 cents to 50 cents
per dozen bunches.

New York. November 17. — Cucum-
bers. (iU cents to .$1.00 per dozen:
mushrooms, 7."i cents to .$1,7.1 per 4-
pound basket; tomatoes, G cents to 10
•cents per pound.

Cucumbers as a Cash Crop.

To produce cucumbers profltnbly de-
mands a location near a good sized
town or a salting station and where '
enough help to do the picking can be
secured. The crop will do well on a
variety of soils. If planted on soil tliat
is inclined to be light and also de-
ficient in humus, the yield may be
shortened unless rain is plentiful dur-
ing July, August and .'September. If
planted on heavy clay, the plants may
suffer in a wet year from the soil be-
coming hard and packed, caused by
tramping -while picking the cucumbers.
A clay loam that is well supplied with
humus or decayed vegetable matter is
very satisfactory. If it is tile drained,
so much the better, for at picking time,
one must get on the ground to pick, no
matter how wet the soil may be. A
clover sod plowed early, worked down
and harrowed occasionally until, plant-
ing time makes a good seed bed. Tim-
othy sod handled in the same way is
also suitable if it is not too badly in-
fested with cut worms. In fact, any
soil intended for cucumbers should be
plowed early and kept well worked till
planting time. Such a method of han-
dling pays tor several reasons. Cu-
cumbers are not hard on the soil but
to be a successful crop the soil should
be quite rich. They are cjuick growing
plants and have not the time to rustle
for a living, nor can the grower afford
to have them do so. The thing to ilo
is to provide them with an abundance
of plant food so that tliey may grow,
as it were, at high pressure.

When cucumbers are grown under
contract, the company usually reserves
the right to choose the variety that
shall be planted by their growers.
This is done for two reasons: (1) If
each individual grower was iiermitted
to choose the variety he should grow,
there would be a great many varieties
planted whi<'h would result in a la<4<

of uniformity in the cucumbers deliv-
ered to the salting stations. (2) Most
liickling companies market the bulk
of their small cucumbers in glass jars
i-r bottles. They have found that only
three or four varieties produce suitable
lucumliers for this purpose, Boston
Pickling, Chicago Pickling and Snow's
Perfection are the three varieties that
Mie usuall>' grown under contract. They
are prolific .\''ie'.ders, producing their
cucumbers in clusters. When cucum-
bers are grown to be sold direct to the
consumer l r to a retail g' ocer, some
strain of llie White Spine is generally
grown. This is a prolific variety which
yields fine straight cucumliers but
which are a little too large in diame-
ter to be suitable for bottling. This
is also a good variety tif-grow when it
is desired to produce early "sllcers."
Slicers are the large cucumbers suit-
able for slicing and are eaten fresh.
.Some of the Long Green strains will
produce "slicers" of better quality but
not so early in the season as the White
Spine. They are freer from seeds and
the flesh is firmer and when well
grown.- they will compare favorably
with hot house cucumbers. Varieties
suitable for hot house culture are not
adapted to be .gri,)Wn under field con-
ditions.

There are so many factors wliich in-
Huence the yield that it is unwise to
try to tell any pros-pective grower what
he will get in bushels per acre. . This
much is certain, however, one acre of
vines that is kept well picked will pro-
duce more bushels and. therefore, a
much greater net profit than will two
acres of as equally good vines which
are only indifferently picked. Two,
hundred bushels of marketable cucum-
bers is the average yield of one Mich-
igan grower over a period of nearly
twenty years. This was on a large
acreage, so any fairly intelligent grow-
er who does not plant too extensively
should be able to secure such yields.

What are some of the advantages in
raising cucumbers? If they are grown
under contract, they are a cash crop
and the grower does not have to worry
about the state of the market: each
picking is turned into cash as soon as
delivered. Picking comes after grain
harvest and before corn harvest or in
what is generally a slack time on most
farms. Unlike sugar beets, there is
very little money invested in the crop
before returns are made. Picking is
the chief item of expense and until
.picking begins, there is very little ex-
jien.se attached to the crop. LTnlike
potatoes, cucumbers are sold at a
guaranteed price and a large crop does
not depress the market. No extra
machinery is needed to handle the
crop. The implements usually found
upon the average farm are all that is

required to take care of the crop from
start to finish. ■ The cost of seed is
insignificant.

To make a success of growing pick-
les, observe the following- conditions:
Fit the ground thoroughly, use enough
well rotted manure to produce thrifty,
strong growing vines; plant intensively
rather than extensively; and aim by
clean picking to prevent the forming of
large cucumbers.

RociiKSTER, Minn, — Ross Bragg is
planning to construct a branch floral
store across from St. Mary's hospital.
It will be called "The West Rnd
Flower Stand."

WiLMiNGTOX, Del, — Arrangements
have been completed for holding the
eighth annual state corn show in this
city during the week of January 11-16.
The show this year will be held In
conjunction with the Peninsula Horti-
cultural Society, which meets in Wil-
mington during the same week.

CARNATIONS •

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Watcb for our Trade Mark stamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawi

Substitution of cheaper eradet li
thus easily exposed. Fresb sampl*
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by manufacturera upon re
ceipt of 40 cents in postagre. Addreti

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM, FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

120 PaSes.— Price $1.00—29 lUostratlons.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

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TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and UCPORTER on the VXRT LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE. FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

SPFCIAI TIFS' ^^3°B. Beets, Cabbages. Carrots, Kohl Rabi, Leek. Lettuces, OoioDS, Peat.
Ill LUIHL I IL tfi Radishes, Spinach. Turnips Swedes, Asters, Balsams. Begonias, Carnattoat
Cinerarias. Gloxinias. Larkspur. Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most peHect and
most beautiful ID the world, $6.00 per oz., or $L75 per ^ oz., $1.00 per % oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds otfered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast eroooda, and
are warranted true to name of stroni^est growth. Onest stocks and best quality.

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

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CARNATIONS

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Intense scarlet, the most prolific scarlet caruation ever
offered tci the trade. Thin wiry grower, stifif stems, perfect
flowers, no "splits " Rooted cuttings ready Januarj' 1,
1916. $12 00 per 100; $100.UU per lUOj.

PEERLESS PINK

Dark pink, the ideal carnation. Making gond with
those who bought last year. Very free bloomer, nice even
color. The money maker. Rooted cuttings f6.00 per 100;
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Matchless, white $6.00 $50.(X»

Champion, scarlet 6.00 50 00

Yellow Prince, yellow.... 6.00 60.00
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pink 6.00 50.00

Per 100 Per 1000
Gloria, medium pink ... $6.00 $60.00
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Chicago Carnation Co.,

30 East Randolph Street,
CHICAGO.

I A T. PYFER, Manager.)

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time 1 \ lew dollars invested
in Araucaria Excelsa will yield a protit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into the future and invest
your money now. All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are off enng now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old, 3-4-5 tiers.
S^rfi-in. pots. 40c 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6 7-in. pots.
Jl.UU. $1.25to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants. 6-in. pots. $1.00, $1.25 to $1 50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Reading. Pa.

The first flower show of the Retail
Florists' Association of Reading, held
at the Auditorium. November 12-13,
presented many interesting exhibits,
and will, it is expected, be made an
annual e\ent in the future. Nearly all
of the local florists liad splendid dis-
plays.

Among the exhibitors represented
were King Construction Co., No. Tona-
wanda. ISI. Y., conservatory and cold
frames, with growing vegetables; H. F.
Michell Co.. Philadelphia, Pa., bulbs,
seeds and florists' supplies; Pfalzgraft
Pottery Co., York, Pa., flower pots.

The State College agricultural de-
partment exhibited products grown at
the school, with photographs showing
method of growing and formulas of
soil mixtures.

John Stanley, of Chester, Pa., had
an exhibit of pompon chrysanthemums,
and A. N. Pierson. Inc., Cromwell.
Conn., and Chas. H. Totty, Madison.
N. J., made excellent displays of cut
Mnnms and novelties.

Peter Fisher. Ellis. Mass.. made a
noteworthy display oi his new carna-
tion, Alice.

HoRSEHEADS, N. Y. — A new green-
house of King construction, complete
with heating equipment, will be erect-
ed by P. M. Mallory.

HiBniNG. Minx. — Material for the
construction of an addition to the
municipal greenhouse has arrived and
the frame work of the annex is up.
This addition will double the present
capacity of the plant and will make
it one of the most modern in the state.
The addition when completed will cost
Rbout .$1."..000.

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
on many items. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas

All the good French sorts pot-grown, 4-in.
pot plants 120.00 per 100; 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Cibotium Schiedei

Splendid stock at a real reduction, 5-in. pot
plants at 75c: 6-in. pot plants, $1.00.

Bou^ainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

BougainvlUea

4 in. pot plants $20.00 per 100

Dracaena Terminalis

6 in. pot plants, nicely colored. 75c each;
$8.00 per dozen.

Adiantum Croweanum

5-in. pot plants .$20 00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

and bushy. 2U in.. $3.a) per 10

Fern Dish Ferns

Short and bushy. 2U in.. $3.a) per 100; $25.00
per 1000.

Best varieties, including \sp'dium. Cyr-
tomium, Wilsoni and Mayi, $3.00 per 100:
$25.00 per 1000.

Azaleas

Early and late plants, arrived in fine condi-
tion. Good values. 14 to 1*) to., at 70c; 16 to 18
in., at $1.00; 18 to 20 in., at $1 :0.

THE STORRS 6c HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

Special Offer

Asparagus Plumosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vaughan's Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, . CONN.

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St.. PORTLAND. ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy. out ot b inch pots, up

to 5 feet hiuh per 100, $25.00

Erica Medlteriana, 4 inch pots " 15 00

Erica WUmoreana, 3 inch pots.-:... " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Came and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

952

The American Florist.

i\0V. 21,

Worcester County Hort. Society.

The annual chrysantliemum show of
the Worcester County Horticultural
Society was he'd in Horticultural hall,
Worcester, Mass., November 5-6. Never
before in the history of the society
have so many viewed an exhibition,
and they were amply repaid for their
trouble by the number, beauty and
fragrance of the blooms. The hall was
arranged as a landscape garden, with
chrysanthemums in vases as a center-
piece. Five groups of plants and flow-
ers were placed in different positions
about the hall. Harry Randall had an
exceptionally fine group of ferns,
palms, crotons and chrysanthemums,
with American Beauty roses in the cen-
ter. The other grovips were exhibited by
H. F. A. Lange, the Boston store.
Worcester Conservatories and A. S.
W^allter. A table of pompon chrys-
anthemums and a very good vase of
carnations were shown by Mrs. George
N. Wells (Daniel J. Kerrigan, Gr. ),
and attracted considerable attention.
as did a table of cyclamen exhib-
ited by H. F. A. Lange. An orchestra
hidden on the stage behind a group of
bay trees, palms, ferns and other
shrubbery and chrysanthemums by
Edward W. Breed, president of the
society, furnished music for the occa-
sion. Altogether, the exhibition was
one of the most successful ever held
by the society. The awards were ;

CnRY.SANTnEMUMS. ,

Twelve blossoms — Mrs. John C.
Whitin, first; George N. Knowlton,
second; John Gunn, third.

Best blooms — Mrs. George N. Wells,
first; J. Gunn, second; G. N. Knowlton.
■^hird.

Vase of 10, white — Mrs. J. C. Whitin,
first; G. N. Knowlton, second; Mrs.
G. N. Wells, third.

Vase of 10, yellow — G. N. Knowlton,
first; Mrs. J. C. Whitin, second; J.
Gunn, third.

Vase of 20. mixed — Mrs. J. C.
Whitin, first; Mrs. George N. Knowl-
ton, second; Mrs. G. N. Wells, third.

Vase of 0 red blooms — Mrs. J. C.
Whitin, first; J. Gunn, second; Mrs. G.
N. Wells, third.

Display of pompons — Mrs. J. C.
Whitin, first; J. Gunn. second; H, F.
A. Lange. third.

Display of single vase — H. F. A.
Lange, first; Mrs. G. N. Wells, second;
J. Gunn, third.

Specimen plants — J. Gunn, first; F.
C. Midgley, second; Mrs. G. N. Wells,
third.

Display of plants and of flowers — H.
F. A. Lange.

CARNATIONS.

Vase carnations — Mrs. G. N. Wells.

Display of carnations — Forbes &
Forbes.

Display of carnations — Mrs. N. N.
Estabrook.

OTHER CLAS.SES.

Display of plants and flowers — E. W.
Breed.

I'ispliy lit jihints and Howers — H. V.
A. Lange.

Display of plants — Leonard Card, H.
F. Midgley.

Display of plants and flowers — Harry
Randall.

Display of plants and flowers — Den-
holm & McKay.
, Bay trees — H. F. A. Lange.
• Fern globes — Mrs. Henry L. Ban-
croft, Mrs. H. R. Hildreth, Mrs. A. E.
McKay, Edna R. Thayer. Mrs. Jennie
E. Delano.

M. W. R.

Wyo .MISSING, Pa. — Lee P Arnold.
florist, has completed a new house 30x
150 feet. It is to be planted to let-
tuce, followed by spring bedding stock.

BOOKS FOR FLORISTS

The following books should be in every florist's and gardener's lilrary.
A good book on any subject in which you are specially interested is -Borlh
years of experience and should be kept convenient for reference at all times.
Send prices quoted and we send the books.

Manual of the Trees of North
America (Sargent). — The most com-
plete and authentic work on the sub-
ject. The pages number 826, with over
600 illustrations. $6.00.

Chrysanthemum Manual (Smith).
— By an expert who has given his un-
divided attention for twenty years to
the improvement of the chrysanthemum
and its culture in detail. Profusely il-
lustrated. SO cents.

Greenhouse Construction (Taft).; —
It tells the whole story about how to
build and heat a greenhouse, be it large
or small, and that, too, in a plain, easily
understood, practical way. It has 118
illustrations. $1.50.

The Vegetable Garden (Vilmorin-
Andrieux). — The best and most com-
plete book on vegetables ever published
There are 782 pages and hundreds of
illustrations in this English edition, ed-
ited by Wni. Robinson, the noted Eng-
lish horticultural writer. $6.00. '

Daffodils, Narcissus and How to
Grow Them (A. M. Kirby). — Contains
all that is really worth knowing about
these most popular of spring bulbs, writ-
ten from the standpoint of American
conditions. Illustrated, 233 pages; post-
paid, $1.21.

Landscape Gardening (Maynard). —
The development of landscape art
within the past few years compels the
wide awake florist to keep posted on
this branch of the business. The many
suggestions of this book will be found
helpful every business day. It contains
538 pages, 165 illustrations. $1.50.

The Goldfish (Mulertt). — A numbei
of florists find goldfish an attractivf
and paying addition to their business
The best advice is given in every de-
partment of the subject, including con-
struction and care of the parlor aquar-
ium, in this volume of 160 pages, hand-
somelj- illustrated. $2.00.

Mushrooms : How to Grow Them
(Falconer). — The only American book
on the subject, 29 illustrations. Writ-
ten by a practical mushroom grower,
who tells the whole storv so tersely
and plainly that a child can understand
it. This book has increased mushroom
growing in this country three fold in
three years. $1.00.

Success in Market Gardening (Raw-
son). — A new edition of this well-
known work on market gardening by
. Herbert Rawson, son of the late W. W.
Rawson. Every line in the book is
worth reading and it contains the whole
story of market gardening from start
to finish. No one in the business for
profit can afford to be without this, the
latest edition. It contains 271 pages
and 22 illustrations. $1.10.

Lawns and How to Make Them
(Leonard Barron). — A very useful and
practical work, thoroughly covering the
subject of which it treats. Illustrated.
$1.10.
I The American Carnation (C. W.
Ward). — A complete treatment of all
the most modern methods of cultivating
this most important flower. Illustrated.
$3.50.

Fumigation Methods (Johnson). — A
practical treatise on cheap and effective
means of destroying insect pests. Hand-
somely bound and profusely illustrated
250 pages. $1.00.

The Rose. — Its cultivation, varieties,
etc. (H. B. Ellwanger). — A complete
guide of the cultivation of the rose, to-
gether with the classification of all the
leading varieties. $1.25.

The Principles of Fruit Growing
(Bailey). — The entire subject of fruit
culture is treated very thoroughly in
this illustrated volume of 516 pages. It
is a book that no up-to-date fruit
grower can afford to be without. $1.25.

Cabbages, Cauliflower and Allied
Vegetables (Allen). — The requirements
of the important vegetables of the cab-
bage tribe are given here very fully. The
book also contains interesting chapters
on seed raising, insects, pests and fun-
gus diseases common to these plants.
SO cents.

Window G-midening. — (Dorner.) An
excellent treatise on this interesting sub-
ject telling in plain language the best
methods of cultivating plants in rooms
and windows. The author is a well known
and practical grower. Well bound in
green cloth, 153 pages and 43 illustra-
tions, $1.25.

House Plants (Barnes). — A neat,
well bound and well printed little book
telling by means of illustrations and
simply written instructions how to grow
plants of all kinds in the house. No
one who is interested in window gar-
dening can afford to be without this ex-
cellent little work. It contains 236 pages
and 30 full-page illustrations. $1.20.

Water Lilies (Conard & Hus). — A
very instructive and interesting little
work by experts in this line of cul-
ture. The book is well written and of
great value to anyone growing aquatic
plants of any kind, indoors or out. for
trade purposes or from an amateur
standpoint. It contains 228 pages and
31 illustrations from photographs. $1.17.

Insects Injurious to Vegetables
(Chittenden). — An excellent treatise on
this important subject, written in plain
language and with abundance of excel-
lent illustrations by the author, a well-
known entomologist. The directioiis
given are clear and distinct and the
book cannot fail to be of the greatest
service to all growing vegetables. It
contains 163 illustrations in the 262
pages. $1.50.

The American Florist Co, 44o s. Dearborn st. Chicago.

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET. ::

/UtAUCARIAS.

Araucarlas escelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
5%-6 Inch, 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glatica
and compacta, 5%-6-7 Inch, %\, $1.25 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St.. Phila-
delphia^ ;

Araacarla excelsa, 6-ln., 65c each. Holton &
Hnnkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wla.

Araucarlas, excelsa, 50c, 75c and $1 each;
Robusta Compacta, $1.50 to $2 each, Poehl-
mnrni Rros. Co.. Morton Grove, III.

ASfAKAGUS PLUMOSOS and SPRBNGERI,
3-ln,, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
Ide, Mich.

Araucarlas in sorts, August Rolker & Sons,
81 Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS PLOMOSnS, extra strong,
2-lnch, $2 per 100; $18 per 1000. SPRBNGERI,
extra 4-Inch, $7 per 100; $65 per 1.000. 2-Inch.
$1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000. THE WAGNER
PARK NURSERY CO., Sidney. Ohio.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengerl. 2V4-ln..
$2 per 10<J; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H, Cunning-
ham. Delaware, O.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 3-ln,, $3.50 per
too. Cash please, J, W. Miller, Shlremanstown,
Pa^

Asparaghs plumosus, short and bushy. 2i4-ln,,
$3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co.. Palnesville, Ohio.

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI.^^xceptlonaTly line
atrong 2% -Inch plants, $3 per loO; $25 per
1.000. PYFER & OLSEM. Wllmette . 111.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000, A, M,
Herr. Tflncji'ster. Pa.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 3-ln.. $B per lOn.
SPRENGERL 3-In., $5 per 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich,

Asparagus Sprengerl, 2^-lnch. $2 per 100;
IB per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa,

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green. 6-In, pots, 10-12 leaves, $1
each; variegated, 5-ln. pots. 10-12 leaves. $1.50,
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111,

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, Mme. Van der Cruyssen, Ver-
rseneana, Simon Mardner, Empress of India,
Mme. Jos. Vervaene, Ernst Eckharte, NIobe. Ver-
Tieneana Alha. etc.; 10 to 12 Inches diameter, $8
per doz.; $45 per 100; 12 to 14 Ins.. $9 per
doz.; $60 per 100: 14 to 16 Ins,, $12 per doz,;
$75 per lOO; 16 to 18 Ins., $18 per doz.; $125
per 100; 18 to 20 ins., $24 per doz.; 20 to 22
Ins., $.S6 per doz.

Mlnatnre: Firefly or Hexe and Chas, Encke,
|4,80 per doz.; $35 per lOO. F. R. Pleraon,
Tarry town -on-Hudson. N. Y,

Azaleas, good values, 14 to 16 Ins.. 70c; 16 to
18 Ins,, $1; 18 to 2fl Ins.. $1.50. The Storrs &
Harrison Co.. Palnesville. Ohio.

Azaleas, leading Christmas varieties. 75c to
♦3 each. Larger specimens, $3 to $8 each,
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111,

BARBERRY.

Thunhergs Barberry, 4 to fi, $8; 6 to 10, $15;
12 to 18 well branched, $40; 18 to 24, heavy,
$65; 24 to 30, heavy, $70. Valdeslan Nurseries,
Bostic, N, C.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids: all sizes.
Price list on demand, Julius Roehrs Co,,
Rutherford, N. J.

Bay trpes, crowns, pyramid and ponies, Au-
gust Rolker & Sons. 51 Barclay St„ New York.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIAS, Lorraine, 4-in.. $35 per 100.
Cincinnati. 3-ln., $26; 4-ln., $35; 5-in., $50.
Chatelaine, 2Vl-ln.. $3. Ertordli, 2Vi-ln., $3.
Prima Donna, 2Vi-ln., $3; 3-in.. $6. Xmas
Red, 2H-ln., $6; 3-in., $10. Triumph. 2>4-ln.,
$3. ERNEST ROBER. Wllmette. 111.

Begonias. Lorraine and Cincinnati, 5-in., 5Uc
to 75c each; 6-in., $1 to $1.60 each; 7-ln., $2 to
$2.511. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

BEGONIA LORRAINES. all choice plants; 3-
in. at ISc; 4-in, at 25c: 5-in, at 50c; 6-in, at
7.".c. Cash with order. ELITCH-LONG GKEBN-
IlOUSES.Denver. Colo,

Begonia Chatelaine, 3-ln., $1.60 per doz.; $10
per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York,

Rex Begonia. 214-ln,, $5 per 100, Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOU.

Boxwood, bush shaped, 10-ln., 25c; 12-ln,, 30c;
12-ln.. extra heavy. 40c; 15-ln,. 60c; 18-ln.,
75c to $1; 24-ln.. $1.25. Pyramids. 30-ln„ $2;
36-ln., $3; 3V4 ft., $3.50; 4 ft., $4. Standards.
2 ft, stems, 12 to 15-ln., crown, $2 each.
Tubs extra. The Geo. Wlttbold Co,, 737-39
Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft,, $1 each; 2% ft.,
$1.60; 3 ft.. $2; 3% ft.. $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe, 14x14
inch, $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-ln., 35c each. F, O, Franzen, 5319
N, Clark St,. Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids aud bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand, Julius
Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N, J,

BULBS.

Bulbs. Dutch Narcissus: Golden Spur, $9 per
1,000: Empress, $11; Victoria, $9; Princeps.
$4.50; Sir Watkin. $9; Von Slon, $11; Von Sion,
dbl. nose. $19. Dutch hyacinths: Dutch Ro-
mans, $12 per 1.000; hyacinths, first size, 19-21
ctm., $50; second size, for forcing, 17-19 ctm..
$30. Callas, 1% to 2 Ins., $40 per I.OOO; 2 to
2% Ins., $60. French Romans, 11-12 ctma.,
2.500 to case, $20 per 1.000; 12-13 ctms., 2.000
to case, ,$25 per 1.000; 12 ctms. and up. 1.800
to case, $30 per 1.000. Lllium glgantheum, 7-9-
In., 300 to case, $50 per 1.000; 8-10-ln.. 225 to
case, $80 per 1.000; 9-10-ln., 200 to case, $95
per 1.000, Lllium Formosum, 6 to 8-ln., 350 to
case, $30 per 1,000; 7 to 9-in., 250 to case, $50
per 1,000; 8 to 9-ln., 225 to case, $60 per
1,000; 8 to 10-ln., 200 to case, $70 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York,

Bulbs, l! Formosum, 7-9-ln,. 9-lU-In., 10-11-
In., 11-13-in, ; also Japan grown freesias, ^
and %-ln. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Woolworth Bldg,, New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kastlng Co,, 383-387
Elllcott St,, Buffalo, N. Y,

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1004 Betz
Bldg.. Philadelphia,

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Schwake & Co,.
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Bulbs, ail kinds. Arthur T. Boddington. New
York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1213 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

Bulbs. Paper White, case of 1,000, $8.50, C.
C. Pollworth Co.. Milwaukee. Wis,

CARNATIONS.

Carnations. Aviator. $12 per 100: $100 per
1.000. Peerless Pink. $6 per 100; $50 per 1.000.
Matchless. Champion. Yellow Prince. Philadel-
phia. Gloria, Princess Dagmar. $6 per 100; $50
per 1.000. White Wonder. White Enchantress,
Enchantress. $3 per 100: $25 per 1.000. Herald.
Pink Delight. Enchantress Supreme, Conquest,
$4 per 100; $30 per 1,000. Chicago Carnation
Co., 30 E. Randolph St.. Chicago.

Carnation cuttings, November, December and
January delivery, Philadelphia, Champion, $6
per 100; $50 per 1,000, White Wonder. Herald.
Beacon, Rosette, Enchantress Supreme, Enchan-
tress, White Enchantress, Mrs, C, W, Ward.
May Day, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000, A, Hen-
derson & Co., 369 River St.. Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON, N. J,

CARN.AT10N ROOTED CUTTINGS, for Decem-
ber or later delivery; Enchantress, White En-
chantress, Victory, Beacon, Mrs, C. W. Ward,
etc.. price. $2u per 1,001); $2.50 per 100. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES,
Denver, Colo. ^^^

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLING, and fine
variety to grow. |5 per 100, C. 0. Pollworth
Co.. Milwaukee.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blnab pink.
Peter Fisher. Ellis. Mass.

Carnations. J. D. TtaompBon Carnation Co.,

Jollet. 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros.. FlshklU, N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2V^-lnch pots;
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton, McNlece, Bamapo,
O. H. Kahn, Chrysolora, October Frost, Touset,
Chas. Razer, Comoletta, Golden Glow, Paclfle
Supreme. Unaka, Pocketts' Crimson and Schrlmp-
ton, $2 per 100. Extra fine stock, order quick.
Cash, J, D, THOMPSON CARNATION CO.,
Jollet, 111.

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS, best
early, medium and late varieties, to be- shipped
when ready, 60c per doz. ; $4 per 100. Cash with
order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver.
Colo.

CHKYSANTHK.MUM STOCK PL.tNTS.
Golden Glow Pacific Supreme and Smith's Ad-
vance, $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. Cbrysolora,
$4 per 100. A. T, Hey Floral Co,. Maywood,
IlL

Golden Glow. Pacific Supreme and Smith*!
Advance, strong bushy 2-Inch pot plants. $3
per 100; $25 per 1.000. Chrysolora. $4 per 100.
A. T. Hey Floral Co.. Maywood. 111.

Chrysanthemums, until Thanksgiving we will
offer plants in bloom at 50c to $3 eacb, Poehl-
mann Bros. Cc^ Morton Grove, 111,

CINERARIAS.

Cinerarias, large flowering. 2-ln.. $2; 3-In., $4
per 100. Cash. J. W. Miller. Shiremangtown,
Pa.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. T.

COLEUS.

Coleus. — Verschaflfeltl. Golden Bedder and
Queen Victoria, strong plants out of 2-lncb
pots, $1.50 per 100; $12.60 per 1,000. W. B.
KING. Box 1360. Little Silver. N. J.

COLEUS. Brilliancy or Xmas Red. 2K-Incb.
$4 per 100: 60c per doz. ERNEST ROBER.
Wllmette. 111.

Coleus. 10 varieties. 2-ln., $2 per 100; 3-ln,.
S3. B. Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh.
Md.

CROTONS

CROTONS.
A fine assortment from 2^-inch pots. $4 per
hundred. $35 per thousand. Our catalog of
everything you need mailed on application.
Write for It today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.

Tbe Largest Rose Growers in the World.

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

If You Do Not Find Wha? You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write lis About It

954

The American Florist.

Nov. 2r^

Crotons, swell colored In all varieties. 50c
and 75c. Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove.

m.

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN. 3Inch, $8 per 100; 4Inch. $15
per 100; 5-inch, J35 per 100. SEEDLINGS.
GIG., all VVandsbeli type. $3 per 100; $25 per
1,000; equally divided 10 varieties. GL. OF
WANDSBBK. darl£ and light, separate. $4 per
100. IMPROVED GL. OF WANDSBEK, dark
and light salmon, better grower and larger flow-
ers, $5 per 100. EENEST KOBER, Wllmette.
IlL

My Chicago prize winning Cyclamen, 4-in. at
IBc mlied; B-ln. at 35c mixed; 6-In. at 60c
mUed. E. J. SODTHERTON, Highland Parli.
m.

CYCLAMEN, best varieties, plenty o£ reds,
pinlis. etc., 4-in. at 25c; 5-in. at 40c; 6-in. at
-5c; 7-in. at $1. Cash with order. ELITCH-

LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver, Colo.

"Cyclamen, 6 colors. 3-In., doz., $1.60; per 100.
$10; 4-ln., doz., 12.50; per 100, $18. Vaughan'a
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Cyclamen, assorted, 5-ln., 40c; C-ln., 60c
each. The Geo. WIttbold Co.. 737 Buclilnghani
Place. Chicago.

Cyclamen. 6-In.. 40c; 6-In., 65c; 7-in., $1.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

DAISIES.

DAISIES — Fine 2%-inch stock. Etolle d'Or.
best yellow forcing daisy, $4 per 100. Cash,
A. B. HUNT & CO., 66 Bast Randolph street,
Chicago.

DRACAENAS.

Dracsena termtnalls, 6-in. pot plants, 76c
each. The Storrs & Harrison Co., PalneaTlUe,
Ohio.

Dracsena Indivlsa. 3-In., $6; 4-ln., $10; B-tn.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Bmmang, Newton, N. J.

FERNS.

FERNS.
G. & R. quality ferns, 2 14 -inch pots, ready
now. FREE FROM FERN SCALE, which is a
terrible handicap to growing fine ferns. We
sold over five hundred thousand G. & R. qual-
ity ferns last spring. Try us for your nest
order of ferns.

Per looker 1000

Amerpobli. "Filigree Fern" $.5.50 $50.00

Bostoniensis, "Boston Fern" 3.50 30.00

Davillioides Furcans, "Fish Tail

Fern" 4.50 40.00

Elegantissima, "Philadelphia Lace

Fern" 4.00 35.00

Elegantissima Compacta, "Tarry-
town Fern" 4.50 40.00

Exaltata. "Original Sword Fern". 3.50 30.00

Goodii, "Baby's Breath Fern" 5.50 BO.OO

Piersoni. "Gold Medal Pern" 4.00 35.00

Boosevelt, "Roosevelt Fern" 4.50 40.00

Scholzeiii. "Crested Fern" 4.50 40.00

Scotti, "Newport Fern" 5.00 45.00

Splendida, "Big 4 Fern" 5.50 50.00

Superbissima, "Fluffy Ruffles Fern" 6.00

Teddy Junior, "Teddy Jr., Fern" Sold out at

present

Todeaoides, "London Fern" 4.50 40.00

Whltmani, "Ostrich Plume Fern". 4.00 35.00
Whitmani Compacta, "Parlor Fern" 4.50 40.00
Dwarf ferns for table dishes, fine

assortment 3.00 25.00

Our catalog of everything you need mailed
on application. Write for it today.
THE GOOD & REESE CO.
The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

SPRINGgJELD. O. .

Boston, 2-inch $ 3.00 per 100

Boston, 3-lnch 6.00 per 100

Boston, 4-lnch 12.00 per 100

Boston. B-inch 20.00 per lOO

Boston, 7-Inch 75 each

Boston, 8-Inch 1.00 each

Boston, out of benrb, $10. $15 and $20 per ino
Roosevelt, oat of bench, flS and $20 per loO

Pterls, out of flats $1.50 per 100

Bmtthll (new), 2-ln 6.00 per 100

rem and Sprengerl baskets. 75c to $2.50 each

ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTB, ILL.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties. 2V4-
In., $3.50 per loO. BOSTON FEHNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants: 2%-ln., $4 per 100;
3-ln., $7 per 100; 4-ln., $15 per 100; 7-ln.. $S
per doz.; 7-in., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-ln.,
$12 per doz.; lOln., $1B per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MANI. 2V4-ln., $5 per 100; 3-ln.. $10 per lOO;
B-In., $26 per 100: extra heavy 8-ln., $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAnKEB.

Ferns. Clbotium Schledel. Bin.. 75c; 6-in.. $1.
Adiantom Croweannm. 5-ln.. $20 per 100. Adisn-
tom Glory of Mordrecht. 4-ln.. $26 per 100. Fern
dish ferns, best varieties. $3 per 100: $25 per
l.oOO. The Storrs & Harrison Co., Palnesvllle,
Ohio.

Ferns. Boston and Whltmani, 8-ln.. lOc; 4-ln.,
16c; 6-In., 26c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Ferns, Boston. Whitmani and Roosevelt, 5-in..
25c each; $3 per doz.; O-in., 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 7-in., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-in.. $1
each; $12 per doz.; 10-ln.. $2.50 each; 12-in..
$3.50 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton
Grove, 111.

Autumn Sale Ferns for Christmas trade. Roose-
velt. Bostons. Springfleldii, ready for 6 and
6-inch pots. $10 per 100. Asparagus Sprengerl.
ready for 5-inch pots, $6 per 100. Cash or ref-
erence._ NEWELL & USTLER, Apopka. J'la.

""nePHROLEPIS ROOSEVELT runners, extra
quality stock. $2 per 100; $12 per l.CWO. Vaugh-
an's Seed_Store, 31-33 \V. Randolph St., Chicago.
~Bo8ton7Whitmanl and Roosevelt ferns, bench
stock ready for B-lnch pots, $2.25 per doz.; $16
per 100. C. Humfeld, Clay Center, Kana. ,,

Boston ferns, B-Inch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adlantum Croweanum. 3-in., $8 per 100; $70
per 1,000. A. N. Pierson. Inc., Cromwellj^Conn.
~Fems. Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford. N^ J.

Ferns. Jnllns Roehrg Co.. Huthertord, N. J.

FICUS.

Ficus. 25c and 50c each. Poehlmann Bros..
Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

GENISTAS.

GENISTAS. 5-inch pots. $3.50 per dozen; $25
per 100. Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark,
New York. _^

GERANIUMS. -■

GERANIUMS.

G. & K. quality geraniums, 2U inch pots
ready now. the kind that make you money, no
guess work about it. It taxes our capacity
to keep up with geranium orders. Now is the
time to buy to pot up for spring business. Do
not neglect this but order today. In following
varieties, $3.50 per hundred. $30 per thou-
sand:

DOUBLE— Beaute Poitevine, E. H. Trego.
Heteranthe, Jean Viaud, La Tavoite. Madame
Harney, Madam Jauiin, Marquis de Castellane,
Mrs. Lawrence. S. A. Nutt, A. Ricard.

SINGLE— Claire Fremot, Gen'l. Grant, Mrs.
E. G. Hill, Mile. Anatasie Lacarde, Madame
Mosnav, Tiffln. L. 'Aube.

IVY LEAVED— Caesar, Franck, Incompara-
ble. Joan of Are, Madame Thibaut. Mrs. Banks,
Rycrott's Surprise. Our catalog of everything
you need mailed on application. Write for it
today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.

The Largest Rose Growers in the World.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants ont of
3V4-ln. pots, $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKBRS GREEN HOUSE. MInot,
N. D.

Geraniums, good standard sorts.- from 2-incb
pots, $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1,000; 3-inch pots.
$3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. Maryland. $1 per
doz.: $6 per 100: $50 per 1,000. R. Vincent. Jr.,
& Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Geraniums, 2-ln., $3 per 100. Hall C»ln«
and Mary Barton, 2-ln., $5. Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St., Portland, Ore. .

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard. Perkins.
Poitevine, 2-ln.. $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 pet 100.
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, $12.60 per 1,000.
Poitevine and Ricard, $16 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

GLADIOLUS.

MRS. FRANK PENDLETON. I am head-
quarters for pure stock of this grand pink
Gladiolus. Write for quotations on all sizes.
L. MERTON GAGE, Natlck, Mass.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Munsell & Harvey, Ashtabala, Ohio.

GREENS.

Greens, dagger and fancy ferns, 80c per
l.OiiO; case of 6.000, $3.60. Green galax, 60c
l.nOO; case of 10.000. $4. Green leucotboe. long,
$2 per 1.000. Green leucotboe, short. $1 per
1,000. Elk Galax &. Fern Co., Banners Elk,
N. C.

Silliman's "Every Sprig Berried" MISTLETOE
costs no more and quality considered WORTH
MORE THAN DOUBLE. Now booking orders
for December shipment. A. B. SILLIMAN &
CO., Boone. Iowa.

Greens, Vnughan's Indian Picked Bonqnet
Green; Vaughan's XXX Eastern Holly; box-
wood, laurel, mistletoe, magnolia leaves, win-
ter berries, immortelles, statice, rnscna, etc.
Vaughan's Seed Store,_Chicago and New York.
"Greens. wlld*smllax, $2.60 per esse. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen. Ala.

Greens, wild smllax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Ever-
green, Ala.

Holly, extra line loaded with berries, $2.5f
per case, cash. Mistletoe and >vild smllax.
Otto H. Weiss, Summerton, S. C.

Greens, fancy and dagger ferns, moss, ever-
green, laurel, spruce and hemlock boughs, Xmas
trees, etc. H. J. Smith, Hinsdale, Mass^

Fancy holly. $3 per case. Laurel branches
$2.50 case. Boxwood Sprays, 12c lb. W. Z.
Purnell, Snow Hill, Md.

Holly, heavy berried, single case, $4; S or
more cases. $3.75 each. 14-lnch holly wreaths.
$10 per 100. H. Austin, Felton, Del.

Greens, WILD SMILAS. $2 per case. Winter
green Gardens, Marion. Ala.

Red Winter Berries, best qaallty. A. R. Fos-
dick & Co.. Dowaglac,_Mlch^

Greens, choice case holly, holly wreaths and
laurel roping. H. E. Conwell, Milton, Delaware.

HTDRANGEAS.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA. Pot-grown for forc-
ing from 6-inch pots. $15 per 100; 4-Inch, |10
per 100: 3-lnch $6 per 100. All fine healthy
stock. THE WAGNER PARK NURSERY CO.,
Sidney. Ohio.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown. 4-in.. $20 per lOO; 5-in.. $25. The Storrs
& Harrison Co., Palnesvllle. O.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, 3-in. pots. $5 per-
lOO. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

IVIES.

English Ivy, out of 6-In. pots, ap to 5 ft.
high, $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert. 110 B.
49th St., Portland, Ore. '

English ivy from field. 20 to 30 Inches. $3;
from pots, 30 to 40 Inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.

FROST, Kenllworth, N. J.

~Hard5^ English ivy. 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-ln..
$3. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh.
Md.

ENGLISH IVY. strong 4-iacb. $10 per lOO.
HARRY HEINL. West Toledo. Ohio.

German Ivy. 2H-In., $2 per 100 cash. Joaepk
Bancroft * Son. Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CBERRIES.

Solannm Melvenl (Improved Jerusalem cherry).
B-ln., with berries. $3 per doz.: |20 per 100;
6-ln., $3.75 per doz.; $30 per 100. Vaughan's
Seed Store. 31-33 W. Randolph St.. Chicago.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES, Melvlnll. 2-In.. $3
per 100; 3 In., $5 per 100. Cash. ERNEST
ROBER, Wllmette, lU.

LILT OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. B. Neuhert, Wandsbek, nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken. 17 Bat-
tery PL, New York.

From Storage.

Lily of the valley, Brun's Celebrated Chicago
Market Brand Pips. Immediate shipment from
cold storage at Chicago at the usual prices.
Largest and finest stock in America, $20 per
1.000; $2.50 per 100; BOO for $10.60; 260 for
$5.50. H. N. BRUNS, 3032 West Madison St.,
Chicago.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert'a Pure Cnltnn.
American Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. A T.
Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade snd ornamental trees. Bob-
blnk & Atkins. Bntherford, N^I;

Evergreen, The D. Hill Norsery Co., Dundee,.
lU.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and seml-
established. Lager & Hnrrell. Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

Cocos Weddeliana, 2-ln., $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100: $90 per 1.000. Poehlmann Bros. Co..
Morton Grove, lU.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-In.. 8-7 leaves,
22 Ins. higb, $1 each; $12 per doi. Phoenix
Roebelenll. 8-in. pots. 24 Ins. high. 28 Inch
spread. $3.60 eaeh; 9-Inch tubs. 24 Inches high.
30-lnch spread. $4 each. A. N. Pierson, Inc.,

Cromwell. Conn.

" Phoenix Canariensls, fine large plsnta, $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Hntherford.
N. J.

if You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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KENTIA BELMOREANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. iDcbea blgb. Eacb.

4-lDcb pots, 6 to 6, 18 (0.35

e-lDcb pots, G to 7, 28 to 30 .... 1.50

6-lui'b pots, 6 to 7, 32 to 34 .... 2.00

g-lnib tubs. 6 to 7, 36 .... 8.00

8-lntb tubs, 6 to 7. 42 to 44 ... . 4.00

8-lIlcb tubs. 6 to 7. 45 to 48 .... B.OO

Specimens, $16.00 to $25.u0.

KENTIA rUItSTERIANA.

Single Plants.

Leaves. Incbes blgb. Eacb.

4-lncb pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 ^.35

S-lncb pots, 5 to 6, 34 to 36 1.50

8-lnch tubs. 6 to 7. 46 to 48 3.50

8lDcb tubs, 6 to 7, 60 to 64 6.<l0

10-lneh tubs, 6 to 7. 5 to 5V4 ft.. 8.00

10-lDcb tubs. 6 to 7, 6 to 6% It. .lO.uO

KENTIA FORSTEKIANA.

Ma<le-Qp Plants.

Leaves. Incbes blgb. Eacb.

S-lncb pots, 3 plants In a pot, 28 1.50

7-lnpb pots, 6 plsnts In a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.60

7-lncb tubs, 4 plants In a tub. 38 .. 3.00

8-lncb tubs, 3 plants In a tub, 38 to 42.. 8.50

g-lncb tubs, 3 plants In a tub, 48 to 64.. 6.00

8-lncb tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 52 to 56.. 6.tiO

lO'lDcb tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 8 ft. high. 8.00

121ncb tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 6 to 6% ft.10.00

12-Inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 6 ft. blgh.12.00

Very strong specimens, 12 and 15-Incb tubs, 7

plants. $15.(10. $18.00 and $25,00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENil.

«-lncb pots, 20 In. high, 26 In. spread $1.60

7-lncb pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 In. spread 2.50

8-lncb tubs, flne specimens 3.60

POEIILMANN BROS. CO.,
MORTON GROVE, ILL.

PALMS, DECORATIVE PLANTS, RARITIES^
Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Fla.

Palms. Julias Roehrs Co., Rntherford, N. J.
PANDANUS.

Paniianus Veitchll. 41n., 50c; 51n.. 75c to
$1; 6-ln., $1.50; 7-ln.. $2 to $2.50. Poehlmann

Bros. Co., Morton Grove, HI. _

~Pandanu3 Veltchil, 6-tn., $1 and $1.60 each;

7 and 8-ln., $2 to $3. J. A. Peterson & Sons,
Cincinnati. O.

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, PORTLAND,
OREGON, offer an immense crop of superb
"Private Stock" Mastodon Mixed Seedlings, onr
Elite Strain. Classy stock plants, per 1.000.
$4; per 5.000, $16. ALL PREPAID ANY-
WHERE, ANY TIME. Mastodon Mixed Seed.
51^02., $1:^2., $7.

PANSIES— HOMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain that has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection, 60c per
100; $3.50 per 1,000. Express prepaid. C.
HDMrELD. Clay Center, Kana.

PANSIES, strong, stocky plants, ready for
transplanting, $4 per l.nOO. Cash with order.
ELITCH LONG GREENHODSES. Denver, Colo.

Panales, $2.50 per 1,000; 6,000 for $10. Elmer
Rawllngs. Olean, N. Y.

Pansy plants, $2.60 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cnn-
nlngham, Delaware, O.

PELARGONroMS.

PELAEGONTUMS.

From experience we know that "Easter Greet-
ing" class pelargoniums are the only ones worth
growing. You will know that only by experi-
ence. To give you this experience at a small
cost, so that you may profit by it in your spring
trade, we make this offer good to Jan. 1st: For
$3 we will send you 22 "Easter Greeting" and

8 "Lucie Becker." the pink sport. Fine plants
to make prize winners for Easter. These trial
orders mean future orders, hence thi? Special
offer. Regular price, "E. G.," 2i4-in.. |10 per
IHO: 3-in.. $12 per 100. Lucie Becker. 3-ln.,
$15 per 100. Cultural directions with each order.
S. C. TEMPLIN, "E. G." Specialist, Garrctts-
vUle, O.

"EASTER GREETING," the everblooining
Pelargonium. Al 2V.-lnch plants ready to shift,
$10 per ion; 50 at 100 rate. Cash. J. N. Spana-
bel & Sons. East Palestine, Ohio.

PEPPERS.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-lnch bnshy
plants, full of berries. $10 per 100. A. T.

Hey Floral Co.. Maywood, 111.

"Peppers. Cluster, 4-ln., $10 per 100. Celes-

: tlal. 4-ln.. $10; 6-ln. pans. 4 plants In a pan,
$3.50 per doz. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, III.

i Christmas peppers, 2V4-ln., $3.60. Geo. A.
Knhl, Pekin. III.

I ■ — —

I PERENNIALS.

Perennials. — Strong plants from field or pota.
Write for prices on what you need. W. B.
I EIKG, Box 1360, LltUe Silver, N. J.

Hiuiiy perennials: .\nomune Japonica. hardy
asters. campanulas, hemcrocalis. hollybooke.
pereunial phlox, German iris, Japanese iris.
Oriental poupies, peonies, tritomas, etc. Henry
.V. Dvcer, 714 716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

POINSETnAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.

True type, short stocky plants, 2^-lnch, $4.50
per lOo; $40 per 1,000; 3-lnch, |S per $100;
4-inch, $15 per 100. Larger plants, made-up,
3Se to $2.50. Cash please. ERNEST BOBBIt,
Wilmette, III.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1,000 2^-lnch; Bne
stock. $5 per 100; $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
BODA. Omaha, Neb.

POINSETTIAS, 214-ln., $5 per 100; 41n..
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
Ids, Mich.

Poinsettias, choice stock in pans with good
tM'ackets. 75c to $2.50 each. Poehlmann Bros.
rp., Morton Grove, III.

PRIMULAS. ,^.

THE BIG BABY.

Primula Malacoldes. No florist should be
without it. "Cut and come again." Fine pot
plant. We have three houses full, 2^-in., $2
per 100; $15 per I.OUO; 3-in. heavy, ready for
5-ln., $4 per 100; $35 per 1.000. HEISER
NURSERY_AND FLORAL CO., Hamilton, Ohio.

Primula Obconlca Grandiflora. In bloom
ready for sale. Good 3-lnch stock, $6 per 100.

Galloway Brothers &_Co.,_Waterloo, Iowa.

"HI 'aHamtlM 'HaaOH iSaNSa -asBaia
•qsBo (lOi aad 8$ "u|-f- :ooi Jad 9$ "ai-s :ooi
jsd g$ "ui-Ws "3lO •BJopipasJO BOioooqo -09

"oi-E :o£ 'ni-^z •gaaioovnvw vinMiad

Prlmnla obconlca. 3-lncb, $6 per 100. Mala-
coldes, 2!4inch, $4 per 100; $35 per 1,000.
Vaugbap's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES, 2V.-in., $3 per
100; 4-ln., $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH.
Grand Rapids. Mich.

PRIVET.

California privet, any qnanttty, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrnbs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davia Nursery Co.. Baltimore, Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write tor prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

California and^Amoor River, any size and
quantity. Valdesian Nurseries, Bostlc. N. C.

ROSES.

BOSES.

Florists and nurserymen should place orders
now for spring delivery of their needs in the
rii.sc line. We are headquarters for roses.
Send for list of varieties and prices. Our
catalogue of everything you need mailed on ap-
plieatino. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,

The Largest Rose Growers in the World.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

ROSES, My Maryland and Pink Klllarney.
3-in.. (3 per 100. Kalserin, 4-in., $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Roses on canina stock. Write for prlcea.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. & Co.,
Hoogeveen, Holland,

Roses, 1-yr., 2H-In.; 2-7r..
Floral Co., Springfield, O.

Roses.
Holland.

4-I11. Leedle

Gratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen.

Roses. W. T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.

SEEDS.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per otmce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTB. ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cncumhera, Mock.
melon. Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet, Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nastnrtinm specialties,
wholesale growers of fiower and garden seeds.
Rontzahn Seed Co.. Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field com. Edgar F.
Hurff, Swedesboro. N. J.

Seeds. Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field com. George R. Pedrlck A
Son, contract seed growers. Pedrlcktown, N. J^

Seeds, contract growers of beans, encumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet com. S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson. Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway'i
Celebrated English Strains. Eelway * Son,
Langport. Somerset. England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint and Dent Cora. Cucumbers. Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash. We»t-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, sweet peaa; Spencers, grandlfloras, etc
Asters and fiower seeds In generaL Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sona Co..
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peaa,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.. Mllford. Conn.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeda. J.
Bolglano & Son, Light, Pratt and ElUcott Sta..
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.
C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calif.

Seeds, wholesale growers. The ElmberUifc
Seed Co.. Santa Clara, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per ox. Jos^
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acaciiT BrnnningiT"?-
0. Box 857, Melbourne, Australia.

Seeds, tomato seed our specialty. Ha'

Seed Co.. Santa Ana, Calif.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York,

Tomato seed. Wm. Redcay, Lancaster. Pa. R6.

SMttAX.

Smllax, 2K-Incb, $1.25 per lOo; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramshnrg pink Snapdragons, bushy plants
from 2-lnch pots. $3 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral
Co., Maywood, III,

SPIREA.

SPIBEA VAN HODTTEI. 1 to 2 ft. well
branched, $30 per 1,000. Valdesian Nurseries,
Bostic.JJ. C.

Spirea Van Bonttel, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100;
$76 per 1,000. Louis B. Eastburn, Eennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

Strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKinley, Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success, Three W's, U. S. King Edward, Wm.
Belt. $2 per 100; $16 per 1,000. Chesapeake,
Fendall, Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1.000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb),
$2.60 per 100; $20 per 1.000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N. J.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink, 2-in., $2 per 100;
3-in.. $3. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sona Co.. White
Marsh. Md.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
ids, especially selected for greenhouse forcing,
seedlings, $1 per 1.000. Strong parsley roots,
100 for $1. Shipment day order received.
PANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville. IIL

vmcAS.

VINCA VAR., Btrong field-grown clumps. f4
per 100; $36 per 1,000. Cash, please. FBANCB
& VANDEGRIFT, Monroe, Mich.

VINCA rooted tips, green or Varlegata, $1
per 100; $9.50 per 1.000. Cash with order.
BLITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver. _Colo.

VINCA Var., rooted tips, $1.10" per 100; $10
per 1,000. Strong plants, $2.25 per 100; $20
per 1,000. E. C. WAGONER, Beaver Falls, Pa.

Vlnca varlegata, field-grown, $S per lOOl
Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

VIOLETS.

VIOLETS. (3ov. Herrlck, extra flne field
clumps from selected blooming stock, $5
per 100. Cash. W. H. Culp & Co., Wichita.
Kansas. _^

VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, field-grown,
strong, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

TO EXCHANGE.

Wanted, bean seeds, etc., in exchange for
llclrl Krown roses. Dorothy Perkins, 2-yr., 4 to
I! ft. $7 per 100. Wm. K. Nelson, Augusta,
Ga.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Ufg.

Co.. St. Louis, Mo.

ASHES.

Hardwood ashes. No. 1 Canadian nnleacbed.
Incinerator ashes. Best fertilizer to use. Geo.
Stevens, Peterborough, Ont., Canada.

If You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About 11

956

The Amer ican Fl oris t.

Nov. ^i.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, beat of aU
for hot water heating. KroescheU Broi.

Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

— ^'Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heating.
Superior Machine and BoUer Works, 846 W.
Suiicrlor St., Chicago^ _

Boilers. Glblln standard greenhouse. GlbUn

& Co.,_90I Broad St.^Otlca,N^.

^olleTtubes, 4-lnch, 6% cents per foot. New
and S H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co., 2117 S. Jefferson St.. Chicago. ,

CARNATION STAPLES^

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest "^^^
for carnation growers Introduced so far, ouc
for l,0(iO, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.

38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Jllch.

Piliabury Carnation Staples, 1.000 for 86«;
3,000 for $1. I. L. PlUsbury. Galeabnrg, HI.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC. '

Glass, large stock, good prices,
ridge & Co.. Chicago.

Sharp. Part-

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

GOLD FISH.

TRY US on Gold Fish, Aquariums and GlobM.
The J. N. McCullough's Sons Co., 316 Walnut
St., Cincinnati, O.

GREEHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write ns for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansla
Ave.. Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
Inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all

kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans

and sketches submitted on request. A. Dletach

' Co., 2642 Sheffield Ave.^^Chlcago. ^

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaal-
dlng Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction
tblpg for the greenhouse.
Ing Co., Des Plalnes. Ill

We furnish every-
Garland Manufactur-

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N, Y,

Grenhoose lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lnm-
ber Co., Lockland. 0. ,

MISCELLANEOUS.

A STIC A

feenhcaseqiazin^
USE IT NOW.

F.O.PIERGECO.

12 W. BROADWAY

I. W. BHUAUWftl
NEW YORK I

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes hard and
brittle. Broken (rlass easily removed without
breaking of other flass. as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts loneer than putty. Easy to aooly.

OF HIGH
GRADE..

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

See Our Catalogue.

I'Sf^a"? GIBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y.

Siabart's Zlne
GlasinB Points.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust,
easy to drive, H and ^
inch. Perlb. 40c.5-lbs.
$1.86. 20-lbs.. $7.00

Vaughan's
Seed ^tora
Chicago New York

Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD
OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS.
We solicit your inquiries,

THE CAMP CONDUIT CO.

Manufacturers.

CLEVELAND.

Liquid— NICO-FDMB — Paper, for tbrlps. aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville,
Ky^

Terra cotta grass heads In three designs and
two sizes. Partridge berry bowls, flsh globes.
Imported tanks, aquaria ornaments, etc. Nich-
olas Wapler. 28 Warren St., New York.

Aphlne. $1 per qt., »2.50 per gal. Funglne,
76c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermlne. *1 per qt.,
S3 per gal. Scallne. 75c per qt.. $1.00 per
gal.; 10 gals.. SIO. Nlkotlana. tl.SO per qt.,
$4..'i» per gal. Anhlne Mfg. Co.. Madlaon. N. J.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son. Stratford, London. England..

Nicotine. The Grasselll Chemical Co., Cleve-
land. Pittsburgh. St. Louis, New York. Cin-
cinnati. St. Paul. Boston, Detroit, Birmingham,
Chicago, Milwaukee, New Orleans. ,

Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck, Stow *
Wilcox Company, Southlngton, Cons., and
Cleveland, Ohio.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St., KendallvlUe, Ind.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Haedlelo Baa-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igo«
Bros.. 2»B N. Sth St.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse flttlngs.
Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind. ^

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1.000. 75e.
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer. 714 Cbeatnut St.,
Philadelphia. ^^^

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors:
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann.
404-412 Fast 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples. 60c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St..
Sprtngfleld. Mass.

Glazing points. % and %. 40c per lb.: 7
lbs.. $2.60; 16 lbs.. $5. Randolph & McCIem
ents. 5936 Penn Ave.. Plttaburgh, Pa.

"Has Them M Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

GLASS

Wa are leaders. Large stock, good prkaa.

SHARP, PARTRID6E & CO.

cmcAoo. njJNOis.

"Eiastlc-Lyke" Llguld Putty, £. C. FruDer,
Mgr.. The E:UstIc-L.yke Co.. 30 B. Randolpb
St.. Chicago.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of aU
kinds. Joseph Zlska, 151 N. Wabash Ave..
Cblrago.-

Florists' refrigerators. Buehblnder Bros.. 611
Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

tireenhuuse windstorm Insurance. Florain D.
W allace. Insurance Ex change Bldg.. Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red DevU*' tools. Smith
& llemenway. 105 Chambers St.. New York.

NIKOTEEW.

Nikoteen. S0% strength for sprayiss. Nico-
tlne Mfg. Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot bangers, $1 per doz., by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons. Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet,
per KM). 85c; 600. $3; $6.60 per l.OiX).

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
1.000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

Floral design, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy works, lamp ebade
frames. Eagle Wire Works. 2338 Ontario St..
Cleveland. Ohio.

Flortats' Wire Work at lowest prleea. Ko-
mada Bros.. 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worlds,

846-848 W. Superior St.. Chicago, 111.

Order Now

BUY DIRECT -

Factory to User Prices.

1 452 w. Erie St., - Chicago!

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Ball Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00
For fnll particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle Rim, N. 1

Wired
Toothpicks

10.000 $1.75; 50 00017.50. Manufactured bT

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Sample free. For sale by dealers.

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If You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About it

/gi4.

The American Florist.

957

Wisel
Growers--

who make a study
of their business
know-
that an even temperature
throughout the greenhouse
means a good growth of stock.
This condition can only be se-
emed tlirough having a good
steam service. And that good
steam service is absohitely as-
sured when it is controlled by
the

-M^otehead

—SYSTEM-,

The Morebead System removes til
coDd^n=ation fr ni your steam lines —
at any beat— reXuxn'fu^ it directiy to
your boil i— above g'ouad—aod thus
maiolainingr oropfr drainage and per-
fect circulation. Consequently a
steady, even temperature is a^sured.
Get the complete information from our
engineers. It's free.

Write today.

Morehead Mf^. Co.,

Dept. "N"

DETROIT,

MICH.

The Best Equipment and Labor Saving Devices

combined with strict economy, enable us to quote

the lowest prices for the best material.
Order whatever you need, either for repairs

or new houses. We will quote you the priCeS

with US paying the freight or also the Net

prices and you to pay the freight.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

Greenhouse Material, Hotbed Sash

2340 WABANSIA AVE. (near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO, ILL.

Telephone Humboldt 11.

1866-1914

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

"ALL-HEART" CYPKESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

A "RED DEVIL" GLASS CUTTER WITH 6 WHEELS.

Yes, it will cut 5.000 feet of any kind of glass. It
has a ' Red Devil" hardwood handle that will not
tire the tinneis. It is specially deslEned. Has 5
extra wheels in airtight chamber. A new wheel
alwavs ready for use. It's one of the 38 styles we

make and all hardware dealers sell. Just insist on "Red DevH" NO 6, the expert glazier's tool. Send

us fifteen 2-cent stamps and One only sample will be sent you postpaid.

"Red Devir Staple Pullers are the most per- SMITH fi HEMENWAY CO.,

feet Fence Tools made. 170 Chambers St., N. Y., U, S. A.

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your Deeds from the eoormous stocks ol
theworld's largest Building Material Department.
Reap the beuetits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittinKS, glass, overhauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock.
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. si?e
Hs x2H 100 running ft t 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
l?ix2H. 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, per 1000ft., bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44— No 1 Cypress, 1 in. rough or 13-16 m.
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45-Standard Hot Bed Sash. IH-in. z3fl.
X 6 ft., without glass. 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.: in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire: per
roll $1.90to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARKIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

The Regan Printing House

LARGK RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth PUce. CHICAGO.

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ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Send for
our catalogue today.

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

Mention the American Florist when writinif

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and you will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION GO. I

29 King's Road, N. Tonawanda. N. Y. I

958

The American Florist.

Not

V. 21.

EstabUshed 1765

FOR **JPOT X-UOIi" USE

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

POT MAKERS
FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF.

AND RED EARTHENWARE SPECIALTIES.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WORLD'S LARGEST
MANUFACTURERS.

WAREHOUSES:

Cambridge, Mass. Long Island Clty.N.T.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Price per

456 4Hin., crate, $5.24
320 5 ■■ 4.51

210 5>4 •• 3-78

144 6 " 3.16

120 7 '■ 4.20

60 8 '• 3.00

Can be ibipped at an hour's notice
crate:

iOOOl^'lD., crate. $6.00
1500 2 •■ 4.88

1500 2Vi 5.25

1500 2H 6.00

1000 3 5.00

800 3H 5.80

500 4 4.50

HILFIH6ER BROS. POTTERY, ^Sewtork*

AnguBt Rolker & Sons, SI Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

-Oar Specialty: LoDSf DistaQce and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes from 2 in. to 6 in.

Ask ycur dealer for them,

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM, MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on large orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breitschwenh, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Foil size and wide bottoms,
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY. Detroit. Mif:h.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Uention the American Florist when writing

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagner Plant Boxei

I tre the beit and cheapest in the

narket k)r palms, boxwood. bay

I trees, etc. They are attractive in

I desiirn. strong and durable suit-

t able for either indoor or outdooi

use. Made of cypreit which

ffiTes them a lasting quality.

We manufacture various styles

and sizes. Write for prtcea.

Watfna- Park Conftcrratoiiea. Sidney. Ohio

Mention the American Florist when ioritlnQ

ir?n RED POTS

«that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we hftve to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and oSer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea PotS, Hanging Baskets and other
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous "Moss AztCC" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

Chicago Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

DREER'S"Ri

"Cedar Plant Tubs

No.

Diam

Ea. Doz.

too

10

20in.

$1.45 $16.00

$130.00

20

18 in.

1.30 14 00

115.00

30

16 in.

1.00 11.25

92.00

40

14 in.

.65 7.00

56.00

50

12 in.

.45 5.00

40.00

60

10 in.

.38 4.00

32.00

70

8 in.

.30 3.50

28.00

Manufactured for us exclusively. The best tub ever introduced: the neatest, tightest aod
cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have drop handle.

Henry A. Dreer, Seeds. Pianis. Bulbs and Soppiies. 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Wharton St.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.; Branch, Long Island City, N. Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write (or Prices and -New Catalogue.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kramer's Pot Hangers

For Bale by Wholesale Seedsmen, Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample

dozen by mail. $1.25.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

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NEPONSET

Flower. Vegetable Waterproof

PAPER POTS

Waterproof, Don't Break, Cost

Little. Shippers may use them
and save their customers many
dollars in expresscharBes.
Vau^an's Seed Store, Agents
Cliicago and New York.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give

satisfaction in every way.

We Fornlsh Everything for the Greenhouse

Write lor prices and estimates. Do it now.

GARLAND MANUFACTURING CO:. Des Plaines, HI.

Buy Your

The Best Pot

The Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

Send for Price List

C. C. Pollworth Co.,

HIIWADIEE
WISCONSIN

GEO. KELLER & SON,

Mannfactnrers of

Red Pots

Beiore buying write for pricti.

2614-2622 HemdOB St.

CHICAGO

Standard Flower Pots

Porosity and SirenElli
Unsurpassed.

Write (or pricet.

A. F.~ROHR

38 N. LeaTltt St.. CHICAOO

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1914-

The American Florist.

959

LIQUID ="NICO-FUME"= PAPER

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

iV«s^k S o ed » 13:^ o j:^ for I^i^ioo

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LoulsvlUe, Ky.

The Aphine Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Florists and Gardeners

Manufacturers of

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray remedy for greeo. black, white 6y,
red spider, thrips, mealy b'jc and soft scale.

FUNGINE

Ad iofallib'e spray remedy for rose mildew,
carnatioD and cbrysanthemum rust.

VERMINE

A soil sterilizer for cut. eel. wire and angle
worms.

SCALINE

A scaticide and fungicide combined for San
Jose and various scile on trees and hardy
stock, and various blights which atfect them.

"40% NICOTINE"

A free nicotine. 4096 strength, for spraying
and vaporizing.

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
fumigatingr and vaporizing.

If yon cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order and
we will sliip immediately thTougb our
nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. J.

Geo. a. Burniston. M. C. Ebel.

President.

Treasurer.

EYERHHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

Hose, Wire, Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools. Glass.

Spedaj Asent (or Wioril Brand Mama and Darling's Fntiliicn.

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The American Florist.

Nov.

21.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... 957

AllenJ K V37

Alpha Floral Co.... 93'
American Spawn Co 9j0

Amling E C Co 9*3

Anderson S A 939

Angermueller G H. 934

AphineMfgCo 969

Archias Floral Co.. 94i
.\schmann Godfrey. 931
Atlanta PloralCo... 941)

Austin H '.Ii8

BasseiificWashburn 9.:8
Batavia Greenhouse

Co 933

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Bauscherjohn 94i

Beaven fc. A 938

Begerow's 940

BergerBros 935

Berning H G 934

Blackistone Z D... 941
Boddington AT.... 946
Bodger J & Sons Co 945

Boiand J B Co 939

Bolgiano J& Sons... 945

Brakfg Ross 9j9

Bramley & Son 942

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 944

Breitmeyer's) Sons, 940
Brown Bros & Co.. 942

Brunning F H 9*5

BrunsH N 945

Bryan Alonzo J 943

Bucbbinder Bros... 9«2

Bucltbee H W 942

BudlongJ A 933

Burpee W A & Co.. 945
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 938

California Florists.. 942
Camp Conduit Co .. 95b
Chicago Carn Co.. I 951
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 931

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 957

Clark E B Seed Co. 945
Clarke's Sons Dayid 911

■Clay & Son 9-9

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 941

Conard & Jones Co. 948

Conwell HE 938

Cooke Geo H 939

Cowee W J H-M

Coy H C Seed Co... 943

Craig RobtCo 943

CritchellC E 935

Cunningham Jos H. 943

DardsChas 940

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 948

Deamud J B Co .... 933
Detroit Flower Pot

MfgCo 958

Dietsch A & Co.... IV
Diller Caskey&

Keen IV

Dorner F & Sons Co 950
Dreer HA. ..HI 949 958

Duerr Chas A 942

Duluth Floral Co... 942

Dunlop John H 911

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fo d Box, %0

Elastic LykeCo 9'iO

Elk Galax & Fern

Co 938

Emmans Geo M.... 947

Erne & Klingel 933

Eyres H G 941

Fish Henry Seed Co 946

Fisher Peter 947

Florists' Hail Assn 956
Foley Greenhouse

MfgCo IV

Ford M C 937

Ford William P 9.%

Frank Floral Co.... 9^2

Franzen F 0 94<

Freeman Mrs] B... 942

Frey & Frey 941

Friedman 939

Froment HE 937

Furrow & Co 9 '2

Galvin Thos F 941

Gardiner Alex C ... 941
Garland 'Hlg Co.... 958
Gasser J M Co 941

Giblin & Co

Gorham & Chaoline
Graham A & Son...
Grand Kapids
Floral Co

Grasselli The Chem
leal Co

Gratama Bros & Co

ijude Bros

Gunterberg M C

Guttman & Kaynor
line)

Hardesty & Co

Harley Pottery Co..

Hart George B

Haven Seed Co The

Heacock Jos Co

Heinl John G & Son

Henderson A &Co. . .

Henderson Lewis..

Herr Albert M

Herrmann A

Hess & Swoboda...

Hews A H &Co....

Hilfinger Bros

Hill D Nursery Co..

Hoerber Bros

HoSmeisterFlo Co.

Holm & Olson

Holton &HunkelCo

Home Cor School...

Horticultural
Advertiser

HumfeldC

Hurtf Edgar F

Ickes Braun Mill Co

Igoe Bros

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co

Isbell S M & Co...

Jackson & Perkins,.

Jones Percy

Joy Floral Co

Kasting W F Co ...

K-eller Geo & Sons.

Keller Sons J B

Kellogg Geo M

Kelway & Son

Kennicott Bros Co..

Kentucky Tobacco
Product Co

Kervan Co The

Kessler Wm

Kimberlin Seed Co.

King Construct Co,

Kohr A F

Komada 6i;os.

Kramer I N &Sod,

Kroeschell Bros Co.

Kruchten John

Kuehn C A

KuhlGeo A

Kyle & Foerster

LaCrosse Floral Co,

Lager & Hurrell ...

Landrpth Seed Co..

Lang Floral & Nurs
Co

Lange A

Leborius J J

Leedle Floral Co...

Leonard Seed Co...

Lockland Lumber
Co

London Flower Shp

Lord& Burnham
Co

Lovett J T

McCallum Co

McConnell Alex

McCray Refrigera-
tor Co

McGee Walters....

McNeff-Swenson Co

Mann Otto...

Matthews the Flo'st

MattliewsonJ E

May & Co L L

Meconi Paul

Memphis Flo Shop.

Meredith The Flow-
er & Veg Co

Metairie Ridge Nurs

Mette Henry

Moninger J C Co , . .

Montreal Floral
Exchange Ltd

Moore. Hentz &
Nash

Morehead Mfg Co...

Murray Samuel

Myers Florist

Nat Flo B of Trade.

956
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939

942

959
948
940
928

937
939
9:8
937
945
945
942
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942
943
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942
958
958
948
933
935
940
934
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943
949

945
957
960
960
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942
941
945
933

959
937
937
945
957
938
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956
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934
943
933
940
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946

942
939
941
943
945

957
940

957
918

9(5
939

932
959
9(3

448
939
940
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950
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936

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957
940
942
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RANDOLPH a McCLIMENTS, Florists.

S*3e Peiui Ave., near Highland. Plttslmi^Ali.Pa.

Nelson HughH....
N V Cut Flower Ex.
Nicotine Mfg Co —
Niessen Leo Co ....
Ostertag Bros ... .

Palez Paul M

Palmer W J & Son .

Park Floral Co

Peacock Dahlia

Farms

PedrickGR&Son.

Peirce E Allan

Peters & Reed Poty

Phillips Bros

PierceFO Co

Fierson A N (Inc)..
Pierson F R Co....
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co

Pikes Peak Flo Co..

Plllsbury 1 L

Podesta&Baldoccbi
Poehlmann Bros Co

926

Pollwurth C C Co

I 934 941 946

Portland Klo Store
Pulverized Manure

Co

Purnell W Z

(JuakerCity Machine

Works

Raedlein Basket Co
Rahn & Herbert....
Randall A L Co....
Randolph & Mc

Clements 939

Rawlings Elmer....
Ready Reference...

Reed& Keller

Regan Ptg House...

Reid Edw

Reinberg Geo

Rein berg Peter

Reuter's

Rice Bros

Rice Co. M

Robinson J C Seed

Co

Rock WmLFIwrCo

Rohnert Waldo

Rolker Aug & Sons.
Rosaia Silvio Co... .
Rosen & Fischer...
Routzahn Seed Co .

Rusch G&Co

Schilder Bros

Schiller, the Florist.
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co

Schlatter W & Son.

Schling Max

Schmidt J C

Schwake Chas & Co

937
937
9^9
935
941
942
940
940

947
945
958
958
942
956
951
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944
942
9 0
941

927

95S
941

959
938

960
931
951
'«3

960
913
953
9M
957
9iS
9.?3
929
939
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937

945
942
916
948
932
')37
M46
9!4
945
942

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960
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947
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SeftonMfgCo 932

Sharp Partridge &

Co 956

Sheridan Walter F. 937
aiebrecht George C 9S7

irimnions & Son 942

Situation & Wants.. 9 3
SkidelskySS&Co... 945

Sluis & Groot 916

Small J H &Sons... 9 9
Smith A W & Co... 941

SmithE D&Co 943

Smith & Hemenway 957

Smith Henry 942

Smith Wm C Flo Co 934
Smith W&T Co... I
South Park Floral

Co II

Storrs & Harrison.. 951

StumppG EM 941

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 956
Syracuse Pottery

Co 958

Thompson J D

Carnation Co 943

Thorburn J M & Co 945

TottyCbasH 950

Traendly&Schenck 937
United Cut Flower

Co 9.^7

Vaughan A L & Co. 931
Vaughan's Seed Store

I 925 943 951 956 958
Vick's Sons Jiimes.. 946
Vincent R Jr &Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons. 9=8

Waite F W 960

Wallace FD IV

Wapler Nicholas... 938

Weber F H 940

Wetland &Ri8ch... 933

Welch Bros Co 935

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 945

Whilldin Pottery Co 9^8
Whilted Floral Co.. 939

Wietor Bros 930 933

Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 934

Wittbold GCo..939'J49
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 942
Wood Bros ... .947
Woodrult&SonsSD 945

Wjoley F B 925

Yokohama Nurs Co 916
Young A L&Co... 937

Young John 936

Young & Nugent... 939

Zech & Mann 933

7iska Jos 9?3

Zvolanek Anton C 945

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Vol. XLIII.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 28, 1914.

No. 1382

The American Florist

Established 1885.
Copyright. 1914. by .American Florist Company
Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11, 1891.
at the Post Otiice at Chicago Illinois,
underact of March 3. 1879.
Published Every Saturday by
AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,
440 S. Dearboin St., Chicago.
Long Distance Phone: Harrison 7405.
Registered Cable Address: Ameflo, Chicago.
SuDscription. United States and Mexico, $1.00 a
year; Canada. $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union, $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from the trade. Vol-
umes half yearly from August 3. 1901.

.Address all correspondence, subscriptions etc.
American Florist Co.. 440 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis,
Minn., President; P.Welch. Boston. Mass., Vice-
President; John Young, 53 W. 2><th St.. New
York, Secretary; Wm. F. Kasting, BuBalo.N. Y..
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch, Boston, Mass.,
President; Dan MacKorie, san Francisco. Calif.,
Vice-President; John Young, New York. Secre-
tary; Wm, F. Kasting. Butialo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19, 1915.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo, N. Y., 1915. S. J. Godd.ard. Framing,
bam. Mass.. President; A. F. J. Baur. Thirty-
eighth St. and Rockwood Ave., Indianapolis.
Ind., Secretary.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

.Annual convention and exhibition at Newport,
R. I.. 8- 9 191^. L. L. Morse San trancisco. Calif.,
President; Harry A. Bunyard. 342 W. Four-
teenth street. New York Secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

.Annual convention and exhibition at Cleve-
O.. November. 1915 Wm, Kleinhfinz. Ogontz,
Pa. President; C. W. Johnson. Morgan Park.
Chicago. Secretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Next annual meeting, San Francisco Calif.,
1913. Gustave X .Amrhvn, New Haven, Conn.,
President; Roland Coterill, Seattle, Wash,,
Secretary -TreaMirer,

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Wallace K Pikrsc n, Cromwell. Conn.. Presi-
dent: RoBT. Pyle, Wes t'rove. Pa. .Vice-President,
Benjami.m Hammcnd, Fishkill on Hudson, N.Y.
Secretary

SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANT GROWERS.

Catch Crops.

With the close competition that the
greenhouse man is up against at the
present day it does not pay to have
any of the bench room idle, or if a
crop shows that it is not going to suc-
ceed and be remunerative it had better
be thrown out and the room occupied
by something that will pay. The sev-
eral different plants and flowers have
their seasons, and when they are done
a succeeding crop should be all ready
prepared to take the place. It there-
fore pays to have some catch crop
ready in cases of this kind. There are
many annuals that can be grown and
carried along in small pots and if not
used and eventually discarded the loss
is small. These if planted out in the
benches will bloom in the early spring
and give a very welcome variety to
the flowers of that season. There are
many flowers grown today that were
first grown as catch crops, such as the
antirrhinum. Among others which
might be grown this way are the cen-
taureas, either bachelor's buttons or
sweet sultans, nasturtiums, lupins,
calendulas, eschschlotzias, salpiglossis
schizanthus, stocks and others. There
are also many of the early blooming
perennials which can be lifted and
heeled in where they can be easily ob-
tained during the winter and trans-
planted to the greenhouse. Among
these are Coreopsis lanceolata, Aquile-
gia ca?rulea, gaillardias, heuceras,
sweet Williams, and others which the
grower has in stock. A dealer will al-
ways find customers who appreciate
these flowers, which are often not seen
during the winter months, and by hav-
ing the stock of a few of these odd
things can often plant out a section of
a bench that otherwise would not be
returning any revenue, and thereby
prevent loss.

Primulas.

As fast as the primroses grow, space
them out so that there is a good dis-
tance between each plant, and so that
the leaves do not touch, allowing room
between the plants for a free circula-

tion of air. If the plants are placed
on a bench with a front and back
board, place boards across and set the
plants on these or stand the pots on
inverted pots so as to bring them up
into the air. Take care in watering
not to wet the foliage more than neces-
sary, or the leaves will be spotted.
Many good primulas are ruined by be-
ing overcrowded and the foliage al-
lowed to remain damp. If the plants
are not going to be in flower for the
holidays they can be placed in a tem-
perature of 60^ at night for a short
time, which will rapidly bring them
along, but do not attempt a higher
temperature than that, nor for any
great length of time. These plants are
cold-loving subjects and are more sat-
isfactory in a house that never goes
above .50° at night. Primula obconica
is now blooming freely and can be kept
in bloom until spring if grown cool.
These plants are particularly useful
in filling Christmas baskets. Care
must be taken in the handling of these
plants by persons who are at all sub-
ject to poisoning from coming in con-
tact with this, rhus, or other poisonous
plants, for they sometimes cause a
very troublesome and irritating erup-
tion of the skin.

Ardisias.

The berries of the ardisias should
now be turning a bright red and the
foliage taking on that beautiful glossy
appearance which makes this plant so
popular at the holidays. Where these
plants are grown in great heat the ber-
ries do not color as brightly, and the
leaves lack that thick, leathery tex-
ture and glossy appearance, and the
plants are not so satisfactory in the
houses. They also chill very easily,
and if this happens the berries drop
off. It is much better to finish them
from this time on in a bright, sunny
house, with good ventilation; this will
tend to color up the fruit and give the
plants a much healthier appearance,
and they will prove more satisfactory.
We have seen these plants, where
grown cool and not forced, hold their

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Nov. 28,

berries until the next year's crop was
borne. Keep a siiarp lool<out for scale
on ardisias; they quiclily get covered
with the bronn scale unless carefully
watched, and when these Insects ap-
pear constant washing is the great
remedy. Clean off the first that ap-
pear. "An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure."

Stevla.

The early stevia will now be coming
into flower, but if the plants are in
pots, and there is a good large num-
ber, they should not be brought into
flower all at once. By keeping some
of the plants in a cool location they
can be retarded so that plants may be
had in bloom up to February. A house
or deep frame where the night temper-
ature can be kept just above the freez-
ing point will hold them in check and
they can be brought in as desired.

The dwarf variety is very easily han-
dled in this manner, but the tall plants
are not so easily moved around. Keep
the plants well tied up for the joints
are very brittle and break down easily,
and the long variety should be very
carefully handled even after the sprays
are cut for they break down with their
own weight when in flower.

John McLaren.
John McLaren, world-famous land-
scape architect, who transformed the
Golden Gate park at San Francisco
from a barren waste of sand dunes
into, one of the greatest parks in the
world, has converted the grounds of
the Panama-Pacific International Ex-
position into a Garden of Eden. Hun-
dreds of thousands of rare trees and
millions of shrubs and flowers are
growing upon the exposition site as
though the ground had been cultivated
for years. There are giant tree ferns
from Australia, rhododendrons from
England, huge Creole palms from Cu-
ba in the collection. Mr. McLaren
knows the life of the plant from seed
to flower. Today the exposition is a
dream city of shimmering green
domes and red tiled roofs, set in gar-
dens such as never have been seen out-
side of California. For the great gol-
den garden of the main entrance
plaza 704,000 golden flowering plants
are growing. In the Court of Palms,
27.000 Spanish iris and 27,000 yellow
wall-flowers are set out in addition to
the 200,000 yellow pansies, 100,000 yel-
low daffodils and 100,000 yellow pop-
pies. In the Court of Flowers, .50,000 gol-
den tulips, 1.50,000 golden poppies and
50,000 daffodils meet the visitor's gaze.
One thousand staghorn ferns, 400 spe-
cies of orchids from the Philippines,
200,000 trees and flowering shrubs and
2,000,000 bulbs with thousands of
palms help to make the setting for the
palaces.

Rensselaer, Ind.— Osborne's Green-
houses opened a flower shop in the Leo-
pold building on Rensselaer street, No-
vember 21. The store will be in charge
of Feme Osborne, and a full line of cut
flowers and pot plants will be carried,
as ^ell as a line of florists' supplies.

ANN Arbor.. Mich. — W. J. & M. S
Vesey, flori.sts. Ft. Wayne, Ind., re-
ceived the largest order for flowers
ever sent from this city, enormous
numbers of yellow chrysanthemums
being called for on the occasion of the
recent Michigan-Pennsylvania foot-ball,
game.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Bobt. KUt, Philadelphia, Pa.

MixLS The Florist, Inc., Jacksonville,
Fla., had an elaborate fall opening, No-
vember 19, featuring a wedding outfit.

Anniversary Occasions. .

Supplying flowers for anniversaries
is quite an important branch of the
business of the retail florist. It is a
source of trade that as a rule is not
given the attention its possibilities de-
serve. Wedding anniversaries and
birthdays are two very fruitful occa-
sions which many people like to re-
member by sending flowers with their
messages of love and congratulation.
If a list of these dates is kept and the
customers notified a day or two ahead
of the time, that flowers are ideal mes-
sengers to carry their kind wishes,
and that a specialty is made of this
work, it is apt to call to mind the par-
ticular event and an order is perhaps
secured that might have been lost by
oversight.

TVEDDING ANNIVERSAEIES.

In keeping track of the wedding an-
niversaries one gets to know of the
larger occasions, such as the wooden,
the tin, the glass anfl the silver event,
which are ofttimes quite elaborate.

Flowers for birthday greetings are
most appropriate, as frequently . is
heard, "I send flowers as they have
everything else, and I know they will
enjoy these for the time." A nicely
worded circular, describing the beau-
tiful custom of sending flowers with
their message of congratulations, sent
to sons and daughters, or close
friends of popular or well-known per-
sons a few days before their birthdays,
is a reminder that has strong possi-
bilities for business.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY.

Anniversaries of death, ofttimes
mean much to the florist. While grief
has a firm hold, monthly orders are

given to bedeck the grave. Again,
birthdays are remembered when extra
offerings are taken out, while the an-
nual occurrence of the event generally
calls for something choice. Christmas,
Easter and feast days are also remem-
bered by many. New business can be
built up in this line by appropriate,
carefully written circulars announcing
a specialty in work of this character.
Provisions are made at times in wills
for such observance of birth and death
anniversaries. Quite a lot of this work
gets into the hands of the cemeteries
that might be better taken care of by
the trade.

OTHER OCCASIONS.

There are many anniversary occa-
sions, such as those of Sunday schools,
churches, lodges and societies, annual
events sure to occur, where decora-
tions are more or less elaborate. Keep-
ing tab on such as these means much
business. As a rule committees in
charge are glad to have suggestions
and be relieved of the trouble of look-
ing about, provided they are satisfied
that the work is in good hands at a
fair price.

SCHOOL COMMENCEMENTS.

School commencements occur an-
nually, as do class days. There is al-
ways more or less opportunity here,
sometimes the flowers required and the
decorations being quite elaborate.

A man in business has completed hla
twenty-fifth year of successful mer-
chandising. The event is noted in the
press. Here is a chance for the enter-
prising florist, as flowers are sure to
play a part in the anniversary.

There are many other occasions that
occur annually, which if looked after in
like manner are pretty sure to bring
good returns for the effort expended.

K.

Flowers Fitting Tribute at Funerals.

"Your voiceless lips, 0 flowers!
Are living preachers."

On several occasions recently burial
notices have been observed in differ-
ent papers over the country with the

IVtANTELDECORATION BY FORESTDALE NURSERIES AT THE HOUSTON SHOW.

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GENERAL VIEW OF THE HOUSTON SHOW.

words, "Please omit flowers" ap-
pended. This may have been in each
instance due to peculiar circum-
stances or individual idiosyncrasy, but
the recurrence suggests a fad or al-
tered custom that it is hoped will not
become common.

It is a touching', tender and alto-
gether appropriate tribute to the dead
to place flowers on the grave, and a
privilege that should not be denied to
those who wish in this way to express
their sorrow and respect.

It is often, too, a beautiful token of
sympathy for the bereaved, more deli-
cately expressed through these "voice-
less lips" than words would be able
to convey.

If life is to be robbed of sentiment
let it still attach to the dead. Death
Is ghastly and remorseless. It brings
the deepest grief. Whatever can be
done to lessen its gloom or make less
keen the poignancy of its wounds cer-
tainly should not be "omitted."

Human sympathy for another's
woes, and human respect for the mem-
ory of the dead are among those at-
tributes that attest the divine in hu-
man nature. Their expression is aptly
shown in a gift of flowers at a funeral.

Because some people may have the
bad taste ts be ostentatious on a sad
occasion is no reason why so beautiful
a custom should be omitted. No one
is compelled to follow the vulgarities
of fashion, but no one should be de-
prived of the privilege to give an ap-
propriate expression to genuine feel-
ing. The world should not be made
harder by abolishing this most beauti-

John McLaren.
Landscape Gardener Panama-Pacific Esposilioii.

ful, affecting and time-honored cus-
tom.— Nashville, Tenn., Banner.

Reading, Pa.— Charles Wilhelm has a
permit to erect a greenhouse 1.5x7.5
feet; estimated cost, .$2,000.

HOLLY, MlciL— Herbert Green has
erected a new greenhouse 31x100 feet.
The old greenhouse will be torn down.

The Houston Show.

A grand success characterizes ac-
curately and fittingly the result of
florists' efforts in staging in the city
auditorium the first annual flower
show of the Texas State Florists' As-
sociation, held at Houston, Tex., No-
vember 12-] G. The formal opening,
scheduled for five o'clock, Thursday
afternoon, was postponed until Friday,
on account of a heavy rain that inter-
fered with important features of the
preparations. The show, however,
opened to visitors Thursday afternoon
and in spite of the inclement weather
was visited by hundreds of enthusias-
tic flower admirers. The entire arena
of the auditorium, an area of approxi-
mately a quarter of an acre, presented
a scene of beauty. Several thousand
cut roses were staged in the center of
the hall, but these were of minor im-
portance when compared with the
wonder display of chrysanthemums
in profusion, that met the eye at every
turn. The carnation display, although
not so prominently in evidence, was
notable, and the cut flower exhibits,
of uniform excellence, ranged through
a wide list of varieties. More than
100 of the most prominent Texas flo-
rists sent exhibits in addition to the
displays of practically every florist in
Houston, and the entries of the Harris
county private gardeners were a rev-
elation. Carloads of flowers, in great
variety, were also sent by growers
from northern, eastern and western
states. The educational value of the
show was significant as evidenced by
the interest and enthusiasm displayed
by the thousands of visitors.

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The success of the show was made
possible through the large premium
list offered to attract exhibitors, in-
cluding- cash prizes aggregating- $1,51)0,
and the activities of President Robert
C. Kerr of the Texas State Florists'
Association and the committee mem-
bers who have worked with him dur-
ing the past several months.

Visiting florists from northern and
eastern cities stated that it was un-
questionably the most splendid effort
ever made in the Southland to put on
an exhibition of its kind.

the chrysanthemum cut bloom competi-
tion, was awarded first prize for the
best 15 white, one variety; also first
award for the best 15 pink, one va-
riety. In the class for out-of-town ex-
hibitors only, he took first prizes in
the classes for the best 25 blooms,
three varieties, and the class for the
best 10 blooms, white, two varieties.
In other chrysanthemum classes he
also captured first prizes for the best
10 pink blooms, two varieties; the best
10 yellow blooms, two varieties; the
best pink bloom, and the best arranged

J. F. WILCOX & SONS' EXHIBIT AT THE HOUSTON SHOW.

THE EXniBITS.

Occupying a space near t'he center
of the hall were ten platforms, upon
which were arranged competitive plant
and cut flower displays. In addition
to the entries in this section, there was
an attractive exhibition of coleus, pep-
pers, chrysanthemums and araucarias,
entered by C. L. Brock, city superin-
tendent of parks. This display also
included a miniature model of the
George Herman park as it will appear
when completed.

For the best decorated mantel for
wedding, reception or other social func-
tion, the judges awarded first prize to
Forestdale Nurseries, Houston, Tex.
The design was the work of John J.
Boyle, manager of the Forestdale re-
tail establishment, and consisted of a
backgrovmd of kentias, with a bank of
Russell roses and Begonia Lorraine.
Above the mantel was a shower with
ribbon to match and trimmed with
plumosus and a basket of Lorraines
suspended and tied with chiffon to
match. The second prize in the mantel
competition was won by the R. C. Kerr
Floral Co., Houston, Tex. This design
consisted of an arrangement of .splen-
did pink chrysanthemums, with a
shower of larger blooms hanging over
the left side, while sprays of smaller
flowers extended across the mantel
proper.

H. H. Kuhlmann, Houston, had an
excellent display of palms, cyclamen,
Lorraine begonias, chrysanthemums
, and pot plants. He was awarded first
prize in the chrysanthemum class for
the best 15 yellow blooms, one variety;
also first award for the best single
white.

The Green Floral Co., Dallas. Tex.,
had a well arranged section, showing
roses in variety, Easter lilies, chrys-
anthemums and carnations. Begonias
were also a feature.

Wolfe, the Florist, of Waco, Tex., in

vase of 10 blooms, arranged with other
foliage.

Bird Forrest, Waxahachie, Tex., was
awarded first prizes in the out-of-town
competitors class for the best and most
artistically arranged . collection of
ferns to occupy a space six by eight
feet, and for the best specimen fern.

E. E. Stone, of Dickinson, Tex., made
an attractive display of chrysanthe-
mums, asparagus plumosus, ferns, be-
gonias, and other effective decorative
plants.

A number of splendid group displays
of plants and flowers were arranged by
John Michelson, gardener to Miss Har-
riett Levy, of Houston. These included
a group of crotons, a group of Pan-
danus Veitchii, and several displays of
pot chrysanthemums.

The basket display of the R. C.
Kerr Floral Co. was excellent. Chrys-
anthemums in variety, carnations, cos-
mos and daisies were used effectively.
This firm also made a splendid exhibit
of crotons, kentias, pot chrysanthe-
mum.s, begonias, cyclamen and pan-
danus.

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, made
an excellent showing of chrysanthe-
mums, of which the pompon varieties
were a feature; also an effective dis-
play of crotons and other foliage
plants.

J. F. Wilcox & Sons, Inc., Council
Bluffs, la., exhibited American Beauty,
Sunburst, White Killarney, Taft and
Russell roses. The quality of the first
named variety was especially fine.
Blaine Wilcox was in charge of the
exhibit.

Peter Reinberg, Chicago, had an ex-
hibit, though representing a limited
number of rose varieties, was of superb
beauty and greatly admired. The dis-
play included Richmond, Sunburst,
White Killarney, Pink Killarney, Ward
and Shawyer, all of uniformly high
quality.

Pikes Peak Floral Co., Colorado
Springs, Colo., had an excellent rose
display. Among the varieties noted
were American Beauty, Maman Cochet,
Richmond and White Killarney. An
excellent showing of carnations and
valley was also a feature.

A rich display staged by the Stuppy
Floral Co. Inc., St. Joseph, Mo., was
always the center of an admiring
throng. The rose display, including
practically all of the popular varieties
vied for supremacy in popular favor
with the chrysanthemums. In the lat-
ter class were noted splendid blooms
of Major Bonnaffon, Dr. Enguehard,
Wm. Turner and others. An excellent
display of carnations, begonias, cycla-
men and other plants were an im-
portant feature in the display. Some
specimen blooms of Wm. Turner chrys-
anthemums were readily disposed of
for .$1 each, by Frank Stuppy, who was
in charge of the exhibit.

Furrow & Company, Guthrie. Okla.,
had an attractive booth and made a
fine showing of chrys.anthemum cut
blooms. A feature of the display was
also noted in a showing of Begonia
Lorraine, of fine quality.

Roses, Easter lilies, carnations and
chrysanthemums were all represented
in the display of the A. L. Randall Co.,

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Chicago. A vase of Joy was a feature
of the carnation section.

C. H. Prey, Lincoln, Neb., had an ex-
cellent representation in chrysanthe-
mums, roses, carnations and valley.
The feature pre-eminent of the display,
however, was a splendid vase of his
new red carnation, "Nebraska" which
was the largest and best exhibited in
this color, and showed good keeping
quality as they were apparently as
good at the close of the show as the
first day.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, had
an extensive exhibit of florists' sup-
plies, etc. A feature display was that
of its new wreath, "Cycrus." E. C.

Best 15 blooms, white, one variety
— Wolfe, the Florist, Waco, Tex.,
first.

Best 15 blooms, pink, one variety^
Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best 15 blooms, yellow, one variety
— H. H. Kuhlmann, first.

Best one bloom, white — H. H. Kuhl-
mann, first; Wolfe, second.

CUT FLOWERS — CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
(Out of Town — Texas Growers Only.)

Best 25 blooms, three varieties —
Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best 10 blooms, two varieties, white —
Wolfe, the Florist, first; Bii-d Forrest,
Waxahachie, Tex., second.

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Pruner was the representative in
charge.

GriSing Bros., Port Arthur, Tex.,
made an effective display of palms and
evergreen trees, which included a num-
ber of particularly fine specimens of
camphor trees, acalyphas, Cocos plum-
osus, and a pretty display of small
citrus fruit trees.

A unique exhibition was one staged
by John H. Kirby of Houston, showing
a varied asortment of princess feather
and coxcomb.

The awards were as follows :

PLANTS AND DECORATIONS — OPEN TO ALL.

Best and most artistically arranged

collection of plants, space limit IGxlll

feet (blooming chrysanthemums al-

' lowed) — Miss Harriett Levy. Houston.

Tex. (J. Michelson, Gr.), first.

Best and most artistically arranged
collection of ferns; space limit six by
eight feet — H. H. Kuhlmann. Houston,
Tex., first.

Best specimen palm — Forestdale

Nurseries, Houston, first and second.

Best specimen fern — R. C. Kerr

Floral Co., Houston, Tex., finst; Mrs.

Pi L. Cotney, second.

Best collection of 12 specimen cro-
i tons— Miss Harriett Levy, first.
! Best collection of 12 specimen Pan-
; danus Veitchii — Miss Harriett Levy,
; first.

! . PLANTS — CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Best five pompons — Miss Harriett
Levy, first.
I Best 10 pot grown, any variety —
I Miss Harriett Levy, first.

. CUT FLOWERS — CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Best 50 blooms, two varieties — H. H.
I Kuhlmann, first.

Best 10 blooms, two varieties, pink
—Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best 10 blooms, two varieties, yel-
low— Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best one bloom, pink — Wolfe, the
Florist, first.

Best arranged vase of 10 cut
blooms; other foliage allowed — Wolfe,
the Florist, first.

Best 15 blooms, white, one variety —
Wolfe, the Florist, first; Bird Forrest,
second.

Best 15 blooms, pink, one variety —

Wolfe, the Florist, first; Bird Forrest,
second.

Best 15 blooms, yellow, one variety
—Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best 15 blooms, in variety — Wolfe,
the Florist, first.

Best and most artistically arranged
collection of ferns, space limited to six
by eight feet — Bird Forrest, first.

Best specimen fern — Bird Forrest,
first.

SPECIAL CLASS A. — OPEN TO ALL.

Best decorated mantel for reception,
wedding or any other social function —
Forestdale Nurseries, first; R. C. Kerr
Floral Co., second.

Best arranged table for morning, af-
ternoon, wedding or any other social
function— H. H. Kuhlmann, first;
Wolfe, the Florist, second.

Best arranged vase of chrysanthe-
mums—Wolfe, the Florist, first; H. H.
Kuhlmann, second.

Best design in cut flowers — R. C.
Kerr Floral Co., first; Wolfe, the Flor-
ist, second.

Best original design in cut flowers —
Wolfe, the Florist, first; H. H. Kuhl-
mann, second.

Best structural design — Wolfe, the
Florist, first; R. C. Kerr Floral Co.,
second.

CUT FLOWERS — CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Best 50 blooms, three varieties —
Wolfe, the Florist, first; H. H. Kuhl-
mann, second.

Best 15 blooms, two varieties, white
—Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best 15 blooms, two varieties, pink
— Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best 15 blooms, two varieties, yel-
low—Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best one bloom, pink — Wolfe, the
Florist, first.

Best and most artistically, arranged
basket of flowers— R. C. Kerr Floral
Co., first; Wolfe, the Florist, second.

SPECIAL.

(To be exhibited by state growers
not less than 100 miles distant from
Houston.)

Best 100 blooms, any variety,
medal or cup, value $25, donor, John
C. Ray, Waco, Tex. — Won by Wolfe,
the Florist.

Best vase of red roses, with foliage,
10 blooms — Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best vase of pink roses, with foli-
age— Wolfe, the Florist, first.

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Best vase white roses, with foliage,
10 blooms — Wolfe, the Florist, first.

CARNATIONS OPEN TO ALL.

Best 25 blooms, in variety — Wolfe,
the Florist, first.

Best 12 blooms, red— Wolfe, the
Florist, first; H. H. Kuhlmann, second.

CUT FLOWERS CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Best 50 blooms chrysanthemums,
four varieties — Wolfe, the Florist,
first; H. H. Kuhlmann, second.

Best 15 chrysanthemum blooms,
white, three varieties — Wolfe, the
Florist, first; H. H. Kuhlmann, second.

Best 15 chrysanthemum blooms,
white, three varieties — Wolfe, the
Florist, first; H. H. Kuhlmann, second.

Best 15 chrysanthemum blooms,
pink, three varieties — ^Wolfe, the flor-
ist, first :

Best 15 chrysanthemums, yellow,
three varieties — Wolfe, the Florist,
first.

Best one chrj'santhemum bloom,
yellow— Wolfe, the Florist, first; H.
H. Kuhlmann, second.

Best one chrysanthemum, red or
bronze — Wolfe, the florist, first.

CLASS A— OPEN TO ALL.

Most unique design of roses— Wolfe,
the florist, first.

Most unique design in chrysanthe-
mums— Wolfe, the florist first.

Best vase of red roses, glass grown,
10 blooms — Wolfe, the Florist, first.

Best vase of pink roses, glass grown,
10 blooms— Wolfe, the Florist, first.
, Best vase of white roses, glass
grown, 10 blooms — Wolfe, the Florist,
first.

Best bride's bouquet — Forestdale
Nurseries, first; H. H. Kuhlinann, sec-
ond.

Best improvised altar for wedding,
using wedding outfits and other ma-
terial for such purposes — H. H. Kuhl-
mann, first; R. C. Kerr Floral Co.,
second.

Best and most artistically arranged
arm bouquet of roses — R. C. Kerr
Floral Co., first; Forestdale Nurseries,
second.

Best and most artistically arranged
arm bouquet of carnations — R. C.
Kerr Floral Co., first; H. H. Kuhl-
mann, second.

Best and most artistically arranged
shower bouquet of roses and valley
(ribbon may be used on all the above)
— R. C, Kerr Floral Co., first; H, H.
Kuhlmann, second.

Best corsage bouquet of valley — R.
C. Kerr Floral Co., first; H. H. Kuhl-
mann, second.

Best corsage bouquet of roses and
valley (ribbons, ties, backs and other
materials to be used at the discretion
of the exhibitor) — Wolfe, the Florist,
first; R. C. Kerr Floral Co., second.

SWEEPSTAKES — LOCAL.

Won by H. H. Kuhlmann. Cup or
medal.

SWEEPSTAKES — OUT OF TOWN.

Won by Wolfe, the Florist. Medal,
value .$25.

E. C. P.

THE CARNATION.

CANTON, O. — The A. T. Pollard Flor-
ist Shop opened in its new location in
the T. K. Harris building, November 14.

Denver, Colo. — A meeting of the
creditors of the Elitch-Long Gardens
and Greenhouses was held Thursday,
November 12, at which a committee
of 10 was appointed to work up plans
for securing the creditors and provid-
ing for 1915 business.

Bringing: Plants to Winter Standard-

The cool nights and bright days that
usually prevail during October help the
grower very much in bringing up the
carnataions to the winter standard,
such weather giving the opportunity
for plentiful ventilation and sufficient
syringing to keep down red spider.
And with these influences at work the
growth becomes stronger, and at the
same time there is less trouble from
stera-rot and other fungoid diseases. A
prolonged warm period in the autumn,
especially if it is accompanied with
much humidity, is always hard upon
the new stock after it has been planted
in, and generally results in more or
less loss in plants, while a cool and
dry atmosphere acts as a tonic every
night.

As the days grow shorter it becomes
the more necessary that all watering
and syringing be done early in the day,
thus giving a chance to get the plants
dried off before night, and while the
plants will now be sufficiently rooted
to utilize more water to advantage, yet
they should be given an opportunity to
dry out fairly well before watering,
this giving the soil a chance to keep
sweet and open' Shallow cultivation

with a weeder at frequent intervals
also helps very much, not only in keep-
ing down the weeds, but also in aerat-
ing the soil. Proper support should be
given the plants as fast as they re-
quire it, keeping the wires and strings
just a little ahead of the growth, so
that the latter will be kept straight.

At this season no extra fertilizers
will be required, for the new soil when
properly prepared, contains sufficient
nourishment to keep the plants in act-
ive growth up to the holidays at
least. Plenty of fresh air is required
at all seasons, so the ventilations
should be looked after as soon as the
sunshine runs up the temperature in
the morning, and at the same time the
steam may be cut off, for some
artificial heat may be required at
night. In November there are usually
some dark and damp days when a
little heat will be an advantage to the
flowers by drying the atmosphere and
giving an opportunity for more venti-
lation.

The red spider should be well under
control before this time, but some
thrips may appear, and these pests
seem to have an especial liking for
the red and crimson varieties, on which
the ravages of thrips are particularly
noticeable. Spraying with nicotine so-
lution is one way of overcoming thrips,
but vaporizing the same solution on

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the steam pipes is even more eflfect-
ive, and does less injury to the flowers,
the spraying affecting some of the va-
rieties quite seriously, particularly the
reds and pin]<s, although some of the
spotting will clear out from the petals
if the flower be allowed to remain on
the plant for another 24 hours. Of the
three methods of using nicotine, name-
ly, spraying, fumigating, or vaporizing
the liquid on the steam pipes, the lat-
ter is the most effective and the least
injurious to the flowers, but those
using hot water instead of steam for
heating are rather at a disadvantage
for this operation, from the fact that
the hot water pipes are seldom hot
enough to make a good job of the va-
porizing.

It is yet too soon for propagating,
but not too soon to prepare for it, and
one of the measures of preparation is
to have the propagating benches thor-
oughly cleaned, all rubbish removed
from the house and a good coat of
whitewash applied to all the bench
woodwork, and the addition of some
copper sulphate to the whitewash will
help to eradicate fungus. A supply of
clean sand, fresh from the pit, is an-
other of the requisites, and to attempt
to economize on sand for propagating
by using the same sand for successive
batches of cuttings is not the part of
wisdom, for the second lot of cuttings
in the same sand will seldom root as
well as the first lot did. besides the
greater risk of fungus appearing
among the cuttings. It is therefore
much better practice to remove the
sand after each lot of cuttings, and to
replace it with a fresh supply.

As the season advances the flowers
get in better form and color, and opin-
ions will be gradually crystallizing as-
to the value of the new varieties that
are being tested for the first time, but
this is too early a date for the expres-
sion of opinions that might be regret-
ted later in the season.

W. H. Taplin.

Carnation Leaf Spot Remedy.

Ed. American Flobist:

Please send receipt for making blue
stone solution for spraying carnations
when affected with leaf spot. Is for-
maldehyde ever used? If so, in what
proportion? J. B. A.

For spraying carnations affected
with leaf spot, it is better to use Bor-
deaux mixture than blue stone solu-
tion. Bordeaux mixture is the stand-
ard fungicide for most diseases inju-
rious to garden crops and is made
from copper sulphate and lime. The
mixture giving the best results at the
present time is one made as follows :

Four pounds copper sulfate.

Four pounds of lime.

Fifty gallons of water.

When a comparatively small area is
to be sprayed the equipment should
consist of a 50-gallon barrel, two
tubs of at least 25 gallons capacity,
I two buckets and a paddle. Arrange
I the tubs so that one is on either side
I to the barrel. Place in one of the tubs
\ 25 gallons of water and dissolve in it
four pounds of copper sulfate by sus-
pending it in a coarse sack just be-
low the surface of the water. About
one hour should be allowed for this;
but if hot water is available, the cop-
I per sulfate can be dissolved in a small
quantity in much less time, and then
diluted to 25 gallons with cold water.
In the other tub carefully slake four
pounds of stone lime, using only suffi-

cient (hot) water to have the lime,
when thoroughly slaked, in the form
of a thick paste, in which form it
should be allowed to cool. When cold,
dilute to 25 gallons. The copper sul-
fate and milk of lime are now ready
to mix, two persons being necessary
for the operation. Have the contents
of each tub well stirred; then pour a
bucket of each mixture simultaneously
into the barrel, allowing the two
streams to come together. Continue
in the same way until the entire
amount is made. Thoroughly agitate
the blue mixture in the barrel, and
transfer it through a strainer into the
spray tank. It is now ready for appli-
cation.

Under the date of April, 1913, the
agricultural experiment station of the
University of Illinois. Urban^ III., is-
sued circular No. 160, under the title
of "Some Common Spray Mixtures,"
which handles the subject of spraying
quite fully.

Formaldehyde is not used in spray-
ing carnations affected with leaf spot.
Geo. Li. Peltier.

Canterbury Bells.

There are not many subjects more
beautiful, even in the flowery month of
June, than a well-grown clump of these
old-fashioned flowers, though, unfortu-
nately, they are but a brief joy, espe-
cially if the weather is hot. Most flow-
ers are more effective when massed
together than when grown as single
specimens, but there is some justifica-
tion for regarding the Canterbury bell
as an exception, a large plant standing
by itself showing off to most effect the
graceful sprays of bell-shaped flowers,
though a whole bed of them makes a
wonderful display of color. However
they are grown, it is necessary to keep
a reserve stock of plants in order to
replenish the beds as soon as the first
crop of blossom is over. As they are
not in bloom until the first week in
July, sometimes even later, this pre-
sents rather a difficulty, according to
The Gardeners' Magazine.

Should they be in a flower bed on
the lawn, they can always be suc-
ceeded by zonal pelargoniums, which
will be in full flower at that time, and
so but little break need be made in
the summer display. Other good suc-
cessional subjects for this purpose are
fuchsias, begonias, and standard helio-
tropes, or sub-tropical plants in pots
sunk in the ground. A bed of antir-
rhinum follows on very well, too,
though it means that, even if good
plants have been grown in pots, these
will not be in flower before the begin-
ning of August.

Canterbury bells are generally sown
rather late in the spring, or even in
the early summer, but this is a mis-
take, as in this way small plants are
obtained, which only throw up one
stem, and that perhaps not a very
strong one. Seeds should be sown in
March in the open if slugs are not
troublesome, or in pans in a frame.
They should be pricked out in a
nursery bed, preferably in an open,
sunny position, though they will
do pretty well in shade. Where
there are places available, it is a
good plan to dibble in the seed-
ling plants where they are to flower.
A still better way in dry gardens is
to sow seeds in the latter part of
the summer, so that the plants will
not flower the following season, but
will make very large specimens for
flowering the second year, when the

maximum effect is produced. Such
plants are best put in their flowering
positions in the early spring following
their raising, and this is a capital way
of getting them well-established under
t£ees, in nut-walks, and similar places,
where the occupation of summer space
is not of much importance so long as
the ground is covered with greenery.

Canterbury bells will do well in al-
most any soil and position, but in full
sunshine in a hot midsummer they last
but a few days at their best, while in
a damp soil, especially if it is at all
rich, many plants may die off in the
spring, even sometimes when they are
just ready to open their flowers.

Of the various kinds and colors, the
double should be avoided, as the form
of the flower, which is its principal
charm, is almost entirely lost. The
cup-and-saucer variety is very fine
when perfectly developed, but the sau-
cers in many of the flowers are often
malformed; when that is the case it is
an open question if the simple bell is
not the more beautiful. The pink
shades are good in themselves, but for
a mixture they do not harmonize with
the dark shades of blue and mauve.
The effect of white, pink, and pale
mauve, on the contrary, is very pleas-
ing.

Child's New Celosla.

We reproduce herewith a photo of
a new celosia which will be offered
next year by John Lewis Childs
Flowerfield, L. I.. N. T. Mr. Childs
says this is an annual, the seed of
which was sent to him four years ago
from China. He has grown it three
seasons, and it is as easy to cultivate
in the garden as any of the celosias.
The blooms begin to develop in July
and continue to increase in size and
numbers until killed by the frost. None
of the blossoms fade until injured by
cold weather. The plant grows about
two feet high and branches freely.
Each plant shows 20 or more main
heads of bloom, but every stem is full
of laterals showing small bloom. So
the plant is as near a solid mass of
color as anything he has ever seen
in cultivation. It is a very shy seeder,
some plants producing no seed at all
and others only a dozen or two. It is.
in his judgment, one of the best and
most showy all round annuals in cul-
tivation. The color of the flower head
is rich crimson, and on measurement
the circumference was 13V4 inches. The
stems are half an inch thick.

OBITUARY.

David Y. Mellis.

David Y. Mellis, a prominent florist
of the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
N. y., died November 21, aged 00.
He was born in Scotland and was
reared a Presbyterian and retained the
traditions of the old faith until the
day of his death. He was prominent
in the Masonic order and the Royal
Arcanum. He was also a member of
the Society of American Florists and
the New York Florists' Club. Mr.
Mellis was highly respected by all who
knew him. He is survived by a widow
and three daughters. A. F. F.

Austin, Tex. — The flower show
scheduled for November has been
called off, according to President H.
B. Beck of the local florists' club, be-
cause of a lack of interest among the
amateur growers of flowers. It Is
hoped that m"re interest can be
aroused in another year.

968

The American Florist.

Nov. 28,

The AMERICAN Florist

Established 1885.

Subscription, United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year: Canada $2.uO; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union. $2.50. Subscr piions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sending us change ot address always send
■ the old address at the same time.
Advertising rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility tor the
opinions ot our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Suggestions for plant growers 901

— Catch crops .iJiil

— Primulas ytJl

• — Ardisias Uljl

— Stevia 9ti2

John McLaren (portrait) 0152

The retail trade 962

— Anniversary occasions 9ti2

— Flowers fitting tribute at funerals 902

The Houston show (illus. 1 963

The Carnation 960

— Bringing plants to winter standard 906

— Carnation leaf spot remedy 907

Canterbury bells 967

• — Child's new celosia (illus.) 907

Obituary ; 967

—David Y. Mellis 967

Missouri Botanical Garden 968

Personal 968

Chrysantbemura Society of America 908

American Gladiolus Society 90S

American Rose Society 968

National Association of Gardeners 968

CTub meetings next weeic 969

Lancaster County Florists' Club 970

Nashville, Tenn 970

St. Louis 9'?0

Minnesota State Horticultural Society 972

Chicago •" 9J6

Ft. Wayne, Ind 980

Washington 980

Cleveland 980

Chicago Florists' Club 980

Philadelphia 982

Boston ■Ji?

New York 98*

Brooklyn. N. Y 984

Cincinnati 98b

Providence. R. I ■■80

The seed trade 99-

— Wholesale Seedmen's League .ra^

— Wisconsin Potato Growers 992

. — Western Canners' .Association 99„

—Michigan Bean Growers' Conference 992

The nursery trade JSu

—American Association of Nurserymen 99b

—Burn shipment of satsuma trees 996

— Orange ilav in Louisiana J9b

Market gardeners ■ ■ ■ • 99S

—Prices on indoor fruits and vegetables... 998

—Notes on celery storage •_ 9-^8

Nassau County Horticultural Societ.y. 998

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. bociety lOOJ

Lily of the valley pips are due in
December and leading importers are
expecting their regular shipments, but
so far nothing can be definite'-!' stated
regarding their quality or condition.

Missouri Botanical Garden.

The twenty-fifth annual banquet
given by the Mis.-iouri Botanical Gar-
den to gardeners, florists and nursery-
men, will be held at the University
club, November 27, at 7 p. m. There
will be a reunion and organization of
former pupils at the garden the same
day.

Personal.

As noted in our last issue, Harry
'Balsley, the well-known red pot man
of Detroit, Mich., was very quietly
married November 18 to Mrs. Grace
Garrels. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Dr. Pence of the Fort Street
Presbyteri.an church at the home of
Harry's brother, George, 98 Fifteenth
street. The happy couple are spend-
ing their honevmoon visiting "New
York, Philadelphia and Boston.

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

I!EI'ORT.S OF COMMITTEE.?;

Cincinnati, O., November 14. — Kewa-
nee, light yellow, bronze shadings,
Japanese incurved, scored SO points ex-
hibition; Tekonsha, bronze, Japanese
incurved, scored 81 points commercial,
8.5 points exhiliition; exhibited by
Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chicago, November 9. — Mt. Green-,
wood, light pink, Japanese incurved,
scored 82 points commercial; exhibited
by Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Associa-
tion. Morgan Park, Chicago.

Madison, N. . J.. October 28. — B.
Pulling, yellow, Japanese reflexed,
scored 03 points exhibition; exhibited
by C. H. Totty. Madison,' N. J.

Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y.

American Gla lolus Society.

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT REGISTRATION.

Public notice is hereby given that
the anplicatien of Munsell & Harvey.
Ashtabula. Ohio, for the registration
of Hazel Harvey, and of B. Hammond
Tracy, Wenham, Mass.. for the va-
riety. Maize, is ani^roved by the com-
mittee on nomenclature.

Hazel Harvey. — Bloom medium
large, tube curved, stout, long. Seg-
ments unequal, connivent; the upper
horizontal and bijoad, the lower re-
flexed and narrower. Stamen filaments
reddish. Anthers vio'et. Color, car-
mine-red. throat amber-white, penciled
carmine-purple. A good, compact
bloom of good, clear color and good
substance. Middle to medium late
season. Spike tall, erect and a free
bloomer on both main stem and
branches. A vigorous grower and
well furnished with broad leaves.
Corms medium large, increases by di-
vision. Cormels prolific.

Maize. — Bloom medium size, tube
curved, stout, short. Segments nearly
equal, connivent; unner horizontal, the
lower nearly straight. .Stamen fila-
ments white. Anthers lavender. Color
amber-yellow with a well-defined, dull
crimson blotch on the lower lip. Sea-
son earlv to mid-season. Spike me-
dium tall, very erect and branched.
Growth vigorous with broad foliage.
Corms medium size. Cormels large
and prolific. This variety was discov-
ered by Umpleby and introduced bv
Tracy.

A. C. BEAL, Chairman.

American Rose Society.

The executive committee of the
Amercian Rose Society held a meet-
ing on November 18, at the office of
Traendly & Schenck. New York City.
Considerable business was transacted.
Treasurer May reported that the per-
manent investment of .$3,000 for three
guarantee mortgage certificates would
be due on January 15, and asked for
information in regard tore-investment;
upon motion of the secretary, it was
directed that the money be re-invested
in guaranteed mortgage certificates,
the interest thereon being 5 per cent,
■and the same was so ordered. This
security is legal New York savings
bank investment.

The matter of fixing the time and
place for the spring show was care-
fully gone over, and the various condi-
tions of expense, etc., were taken
into consideration. Letters were re-
ceived from Baltimore and Chicago,
bearing on the matter. President
Pierson had visited Chicago and had
.a conference with some of the leading
florist.s, and it was moved that action
for the present as to the time and

place for the annual meeting and ex-
hibition be deferred until later.

The matter of rose garden commit-
tees as authorized at the meeting held
in Boston during the S. A. F. conven-
tion was taken up but action thereon
was deferred until next meeting. The
test gardens at Washington, D. C,
and at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.
Y., were gotten well under way this
season. Those at Hartford, Conn., and
Minneapolis, Minn., were in prime
condition. Vice-President Pyle brought
up the desirability of general affiliation
with local rose societies. To the
members of the Syracuse Rose Society
has been sent some 300 bulletins for
1913.

Mr. Pyle had given an illustrated
lecture on roses to the Brookland, D.
C., society. The list of roses as origi-
nated in America was a subject for
consideration; the effort being to
gather together, as near a full list as
can be done, and make it a matter of
official record; this has been \mder
way for some two or three years. Last
year the official list as entered with
the Society of American Florists, was
tabulated and printed in the bulletin.
To get out a more complete list, as a
matter of historic data, it was moved
that the committee on nomenclature
be instructed to prepare and submit to
the executive committee, a list of all
roses of American origin. The annual
bulletin for 1013 was the largest edi-
tion of the society records, ever issued.
It is proposed this year to increase the
number. The bulletin goes far and
wide and will be ready about the first
of the year 191.5. Adjourned to meet
second Monday in December.

Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y.

National Association of Gardeners.

The committee on arrangements of
the convention of the National Associa-
tion of Gardeners, reports that the an-
nual banquet of the association will
be held in Horticultural Hall. Phila-
delphia, Pa., on Wednesday evening,
December 0, (following the annual
meeting which will occur in the after-
noon in the same hall), to which ladies
and all friends of the members will
1)6 welciime. Those intending to
attend the banquet will please advise
David Rust, Horticultural Hall, Phila-
deljihia. Pa., the number of tickets
they desire to have reserved. All
reservations must be made in advance
of the dinner.

The committee also invites exhibits
of novelties, specimen plants and cut
flowers from both private and com-
mercial growers. The association's cer-
tificate of merit will be awarded to
meritorious exhibits of the newer
varieties. Exhibits can be sent, (ex-
press prepaid) to the National As-
sociation of Gardeners, in care of David
Rust, Horticultural Hall. Broad and
Locust streets, Philadelphia, Pa., to
arrive on Wednesday morning, De-
cember 9.

M. C. Ebel, Sec'y.

Thanksgiving; Business.

An account of your Thanksgiving
business this season as compared with
that of previous years will be of more
than common interest owing to exist-
ing conditions. How were demand and
supply as to cut flowers and plants?
What is the outlook for the Christmas
holidays in your locality?

Please mail your report on or before
Saturday, November 28.

igi4.

The American Florist.

969

Club Meetings Next Week,

Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 1, 8 p. m.— Buffalo
FloiistM" Club. Kiisting's null, 385 Ellkott
street. Wm. Lt-jrp. Secretaiy, 889 West XJela-
WHif avciiiif, Ituffalo.

Dayton. 0.. Dec. 1. '8 p. m. — Dayton Flor-
ists' (."hilp. ^{7 E. Fifth street. Horace M.
Fi link, Sfciftary, llli South Main stieet, Day-
ton.

Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 1. — State Florists'
Assoi liiliiiii of liuliann. Oliver Steinkamp, Sec-
retary. Rockwooil avenue and Thirty -eighth
gtiert. Indianapolis.

Lake Geneva, Wis., Dec. 1. — Lake Geneva
Gardeners and Foremen's Association, Ilortl-
cultuna Hall. Wai. U. Grilhths, Secretary,
Luke Gei!e\a.

Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 1. — Los Angeles
County Horticultural Society, 237 Frauklin
B' • llL'ury \V. Kruckeberg, Secretary. Los
Angeles.

..... ttukee. Wis., Dec. 1. — The Milwaukee
Florists" Club. Quiet House. 86 Mason street.
Eugene Oe-;treloher. Se-^vptary. North avenue
and rifty-lifth street. Mihvaukee.

Minneapol's. Minn., Dec. 1. — Minneapolis
Florists' Club, Rice Bros.. 218 North Fifth
street. \Vm. J. Vasatka. Secretary, 3340 Chi-
cago avenue. Minneapolis.

Philadelphia, Pa.. D-ec. 1.— Florists' Club of
Philadelphia. Ilorticiiltural Hall. Broad street,
flbnve Spruce. David Rust, Secretary. Phila-
delphia.

Pittsburgh. Pa., Dec. 1. 8 p. m. — Pittsburgh
Florists and Gardeners' Club. Fort Pitt Hotel,
loth stiett and I'eun avenue. H. P. Joslin,
Secretary, 7202 Perrysyille avenue, Ben Avon,
Pa.

Washington, D, C, Dec. 1, S p. ni. — The
Florists' Club of Washington. D. C. 1214 F
street. N. W. C. L. Linz. Secretary, 635 lUth
street. N. E.. Washington.

Louisville. Ky., Dec, 2. — The Kentucky So-
ciety of Florists. Masonic Temple. August
Baiimer. Seeretarv, P. O. Box 205, Louisville.

Albany, N. Y., Dec. 3. 8 p. m.— Albnny Flor-
ists' Club, fill Brn.idway. Robert Davidson,
Secretary. 130 Second street, Albany.

I'acoma. Wash., Dec. 3. — Tacoma Florists'
Association. Maccabee Hnll, Eleventh and C
stippts. F. H. Atchison. Secretary. South Fif-
tieth and East F streets. Tacoma.

Lake Forest. 111.. Dec. 4. 8 p. m.— The North
Shore nortioultural Societv. City Hall. E. Bol-
lintrer. Secretary, Lake Forest.

Lenox. Iffass., Dec. 5, 7:30 p. m. — Lenox
Hotticultu'al Societv. Town Hall. Geo. H.
Instone, Secretary, Lenox.

San Francisco. Calif., Dec. 5, 8:15 p. m. —
Pacific Coast Horticultural Soc-iety. Sachem
HhU, Pedmen's Building, 240 Golden Gate ave-
nue. W. A. Hoanghoff, Secretary, 432 Phelau
Building, San Francisco.

Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this office
enciose 10 cents extra to cover postage, etc.

Sltnation Wanted— By youne woman, in flower
store to learn destyn work. Willing to assist with
housework. Address

Key 4S^, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young lady thorouuhly
experienced in all lines of retail work. Chicago
or vicinity preferable. .Address

Key 477. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — Bv experienced lady cashier
in reiail fionst store. Can furnit-h best of refer-
ences. Chicago piefer'»d Address

Key 48). care .American Florist.

Sltuati«B Wanted -Good all around storeman,
one capable of taking charge. Slate wages when
writing. Address

Key 48L care A merican Florist.

Wanted to Rent-5.000 to 10.000 feet of glass
within 200 milesof Chi> afeo. Must be well stocked^
Key 487. care American Floiist.

For Rent— Desirable location for retail florist.
Lease expiring snnn. .Apply
T. Ball. fW*N Clark St.. Chicago.

For Sale— Good paying retail store in Chicago
on south side, at very reasonable price. Bargain,
Owner engaged in oihpr business. .Address

Key 478 care .American FUirist.

For Sale— A fine Mercury auto-truck for $250.
This car has been used only for ihree monthsand
IS in good condition. For further particulars ad
dress. Key 468. care American Florist.

For Sale— Greenhouse niateiial. glass, pipes
and raficrs. Good as new at one-half piice.
Inquire of Mrs. Marv Brod Niles Centre. 111.

For Sale—The lease of a flower stand running
2W years, in a large maikt-t in the heart of New
York. A bargain Good reasons for selling.
A. F. F., care American Kiorist.

42 W. 28th St . New York.

For Sale — .A panel top florist delivery wagon-
new wheels, tircs, axles, glass wind sLield. shatts.
and just newly pamtcd. in first-class condiiiun.
Will send photograph on request- "VhSOO

N B. & C. E. Stover.
118 so. 6ihst.. Terre Hauie. Ind.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
new hoi houses. Hjt water heating system.
Large lot. Everythiug in firsi-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price rigfit. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Co., Pa.

For Sale- Florist plant: lot 100x200. Seven room

dwelling. All conveniences. HotLous(Sl77 eet

long. Hot water system. In first-class condition.

Town 01 2000. A bargain, good gning business.

V\M. T. Wright.

Newtown, Pa.

For Sale— In Iowa, a good paying florists'
business of 9 houses all up-io-daie. also resi-
dence and 8 lots, invoices at lS2.u(iO at wholesale
prices. Will sell at a discount on account oi poor
health, for cash, city property or farming land.
Address Key 4S8. care American Horist.

For Sale— I have 8.500 feet elass. 6S hotbed sash,
S acrt-s got-d land 4 gr en houses well '^ tot ked with
carnations, 'mums, violets and bedding p anis.
Good dweilir g hous**, barn, out hi use. Coal
enough for winter. Four blocks from street car
line, railroad ri^bt in city. Price t.12.' 00 cash.
Address Key 479. care American Fionst.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead, So. Dak., excel-
lent for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. High pressure city water or well on place.
Population. 10.000. Monthly payroll. $225 000. No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell, lease, or
become partner with right party.

H. E. BILLINGS,
Box 675. LEAD. SO. DAK.

FOR SALE.

Florists' retail store, greenhouses, twocottages*
VA acres of land in growing stock, everything
complete in first-class condition. The only flower
storein the fastest growing city in Southern Cali-
fornia. $8,00(] down will handle this deal — balance
on easy terms. Owner retiring from business.

Address. Key 4f)9. care .American Florist.

WANTED

Capable young man with a few years experience
in seed, bulb and nu-sery trade. Good t^eneial
knowltdgeof the business essential. State age.
experience and salaiy expected.

NORTHRUP, KING fi CO.
Seedsmen, Minneapolis, Minn.

FOREMAN

Rose grower with extensive experience
in leading commercial places is open to
engagement as U reman. State salary
and full particulars.

Robert Hand, Edgebrook, Clticago, UI.

Position Wanted

By a thorr^ughly EXPERUNXEU FLORIST, now

employed wishes to inake a change. UiiQuestion-
able references as to character, hnnet-ty and
ability. Age 24. 4 yeais' experience. Now
employed by good concern. .Address
P. E. C. *V, 1312 3rd Ave..

Highland tk., Richmond, Va.

Florists' Attention !

We have on hand ready for shipment
all material necessary for the supt-rstiuc-
ture of a Modern Iron Frame Luiton
Greenhouse. 42 ft. widex 15o ft long.
We will dispose of this material for
$1,300.00 F. O. B. our fa.tory. Re-
member everything is new and strictly
first class; just the same kir d of a house
that has made the lutton reputation We
will send you even the Galvanized Nails,
Bolts and screws for assembling the
house. Plans sent on request

William H. Lutton Company

JERSEY CITK, N. J.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

Actual size of leaf 2?i!c5Ji iuches.

FOR CUT FXOWERS: in two colors ou
rumrnril pap'*r; your card, etc., in
Am-V and If-af adopti'd bv the S. A. P.
in red. Prices: Per 500. $2.85; per 1000,
^.50. .Samples on reqnest. Electro of
leaf, postpaid, .11.85. Cash wim order.

%,

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

A IIOLLYWREATB

Red and Green

FOR HOLIDAY CIRCULARS AND
ADVERTISING.

Plates for printing this fine Holly
Wreath in two colors — green leaves
and red berries and ribbon — $3.00 prr
set of 2 plates. Larger size, 3?4x4
inches, $5 00 per set of 2 plates.

Plate shown here for one color
$1.60. The large size, one color, $2.70.

Cash with order.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

970

The American Florist.

A'oz'. 2S.

Lancaster County Florists' Club.

Our visiting committee planned a
trip for us by automobiles to points
not easily reached by trolley, and
1 .-45 p. m. found 35 of us starting out
from a central point on a visiting
trip with eight machines.

The first point visited was Ronks,
Pa., and at the establishment of El-
mer Weaver we found carnations bet-
ter than they have been at this place
for the past three years; in fact, al-
most perfect. At Charles Weaver's,
the sweet peas were just getting into
action, good, healthy looking stock,
while the calendulas and mignonette
were in the height of vigor and the
cut enormous. At Harry Weaver's, in
addition to carnations, was a house
of tomatoes in full crop, and a house
of stocks coming on for later bloom-
ing. At Jacob Weaver's, in addition
to the usual carnations, there was a
batch of seedlings, among which was
a very promising yellow and a fine
salmon pink. At Elias Lefever's, we
were treated to a look at the best batch
of Gloriosa, and by all odds the finest
house of Pink Delight we ever saw,
a peculiarity of this house being the
fact that the flowering stems were full
of good healthy cuttings, an unusual
condition with this variety. At John
Shreinef s we found the u.sual stock
grown for market, pot plants of va-
rious sorts, along with cut flowers.
By market here is meant a city mar-
ket, and that this end of the business
pays a reasonable profit, is shown by
the fact that Mr. Shreiner is con-
tinually adding to his place and his
.i>ersonal comforts, even to the lighting
of his greenhouse by acetylene gas.
At A. W. Denlinger's, Vintage, Pa., we
found several new houses of up-to-
date type and the stock up to the
quality of the houses. At Enos K.
Lefever's, Lancaster, Pa., in addition
to the carnations, there were some
very fine 'mums, among which was a
beautiful pink that will be just about
right for Thanksgiving and could even
be held until Christmass. It was of
exceptional size, grand in foliage, and
a perfectly rigid stem; just what the
name was no one seemed to know, but
one party made a guess that it was
"Patti." Wade Galey's was the last
place visited, and here were found, as
at all of the places touched, carna-
tions as the principal product and all
of them uniformly good, with some ex-
tra good. Every establishment has
one or more of the modern houses,
and others will be added as the older
types get worn out, so that eventually
Lancaster county will be up-to-date
in every way, and greenhouse builders
are keeping right with us to see that
we do not fall behind when the new
houses are put up, as witnessed by
the fact that both the Lord & Burn-
ham Co. and The King Construction
Co. had representatives with us on
this trip in the persons of Dennis Con-
nor and T. J. Nolan.

At the regular club meeting in the
evening the flower show committee
reported having had a successful show
from every point of view and having
a balance of some $375 over and
above all expenses. A. K. Rohrer
read a paper giving a list of the
most profitable chrysanthemums to
grow for the various seasons, which
. was highly appreciated and very in-
structive, lis the Rohrers do not hesi-
tate to eliminate any variety that does
not come up to their high standard.
A committee was appointed to ar-
range for a stag social to be held in
January, and an attempt was made
to put lite into the co-operative buying
committee, which through lack of en-
thusiasm on the part of the meijibers,
had about censed operations. By a
vote of 43 to 2 smoking was cut out

in the future during the business ses-
sions of the club. The meeting was
then adjourned to meet December 17.
Albert M. Here.

Nashville, Tenn.

WEIX PREPARED FOK THANKSGIVING.

Thanksgiving week is always a good
one in the floral world, as well as in
the football world in this city, and
the former is indebted to the latter
for its success. On Thanksgiving Day
the annual football game between
Vanderbilt University and Sewanee
will be played as usual on Dudley
Field. In planting time, the florists
put in an extra quantity of yellow
and white chrysanthemums, and grow
them to an extra size and quality
sure of a good clean-jip sale on the
date of th« annual game. A canvass
of the preparedness of the leading
florists shows that they are not un-
mindful of the harvest to come, and
many thousand of the favorite flowers
will pass over the counters. Neither
have the growers been unmindful of
the other stock and if preferring roses,
carnations, valley, violets, or lilies, the
customer can have anything he likes
to suit his taste or his pocket book.
The window decorations are simply
gorgeous, with chrysanthemeums, of
course, predominating.

I«)TES.

Tom Joy, of the Joy Floral Com-
pany, says he will have a whole house
for the Thanksgiving trade — a very
large house — but he has had a 'pretty
good clean up at all times, though he
has had a superabundance of fine
flowers. He has two other good orders
for Thanksgiving week; a fashion-
able party at the Hermitage club, and
the opening ball among the Jewish
people at the Standard club, either of
which means good money.

Leon Geny, of Geny Bros., in look-
ing over his stock found that he,
alone, had nearly enough to supply
the demand of yellow, white or pink
chrysanthemums, with plenty of vio-
lets, and roses of all kinds, not for-

getting carnations. He also has a
choice variety of pot plants and will
have some azaleas, cyclamen, begonias
and other seasonable plants.

The Mclntyre Company's windows
in their West End store are things of
beauty, the adjoining conservatory
furnishing a beautiful setting for the
display of plants. They say that
their new venture of a nearer uptown
store has been eminently satisfactory,
and they are catching their share of
the transient trade.

L. H. Haury & Sons are well pre-
pared to meet the Thanksgiving de-
mand. They have not only plenty of
chrysanthemums, but all the other
flowers that could possibly be called
for. They also have fine plants, and
have had a fine trade in both bridal
and funeral flowers.

M. C. D.

St. Louis.

TRADE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE.

Cooler weather and the approach
of Thanksgiving has shortened up
stock considerably and prices have ma-
terially increased. Chrysanthemums
in the late varieties will command bet-
ter prices. Yellow Bonnaffon are bring-
ing good prices Carnations brought
three cents for good stock last week.
Roses in all varieties were in better
demand. Prospects for Thanksgiving
are good unless the growers have been
holding back. Narcissi are becoming
more plentiful and sweet peas and
violets are also in better demand.

NOTES.

The chrysanthemums at Shaw's
Garden presented a magnificent sight

Otto J. Hembreiker, of Hembreiker

Otto J. Hembreiker, of Hembreicker
Bros., Lincoln, 111., and Paul Berko-
witz, of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa., visited the wholesale dis-
trict last week.

The Retail Florists' Association held
its meeting at the Washington hotel
November 10, followed by a banquet.

Foster, the florist, is making a great
display on his corner at Seventh and
Olive streets.

LIKE A PISTOL IN TEXAS—

You will need this book bad some day, and in a hurry.

Trade Directory Nam;

mes

THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY'S Tra'f^e Directory
for 1914. fully revised to date, with thousands of new
-. names and changes of address now ready for distritution
It contains 653 pages, including complete lists of the Florists,
Seedsmen and Nurserymen of the United States and Canada,
arrangrd both by states and towns and all names alphabetically.
Also lists of Foreign Merchants, Firms which issue catalogues. Hor-
ticultural Supply Concerns, Parks, Cemeteries, Landscape Archi-
tects, Experiment Station Horticulturists, Botanical Gardens, and
muraother conveniently indexed and invaluable trade information.

-PUBLISHED BY THE-

American Florist Company

440 S. Darborn St., CHICAGO, ILL.. U. S. A.

Contains 552 Pages

Price: $3.00 postpaid

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Attention Florists!

10

100

$1.CI0

% 3.00

1.50

7.00

2.00

15.00

1.25

3.00

1.50

8.00

2.00

12.00

2.50

15.00

1.50

9.00

1.25

6.00

1.50

8.00

I.IM)

5.00

1.00

8.00

1.00

5.00

1.25

6.50

1.50

9.00

1.00

6.00

1.5"

6.00

1.00

6.00

1.50

8.00

30 Days

Net.

a at 100

Eates.

Above illustration shows Window or Porcb Boxes made up. Taken fr om actual photograph. Nothing is better for winter decoration than
Evergreens. This line is proving popular with florists all over the coun try. One leading florist writes; "Send me six more 4 foot Evergreen
Boxes at onee. These arc just what my customers want." Another says: "Your stock is O. K. Enclosed find check for last shipment.'*

HilFs Evergreen Window
or Porch Boxes.

As illustrated above. Keady for delivery now. Be prepared for
you winter trade on Window or Porch Boxes. Place your order now.
We will ship at once or reserve and ship w'benever wanted.

For winter decxjration the charming foliage and color effects of
Evergreens is remarkable, adding color, warmth and cheerfulness, and
their rugged hardiness permits outdoor or indoor use all through
winterand summer. I>o not hesitate to push this trade. We
can supply you on short notice.

Price: 2-foot size, $1.25 each, $10.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

3 Norway Spruce. .12-18 inch 3 White Pine 12-18 inch

1 Am. Arbor Vitae. 12-18 inch 1 Ponderosa Pine.. 12-18 inch

1 Douglas Fir 12-18 inch 3 Scotch Pine 12-18 inch

Price: 3-foot size, $2.25 each, $20.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

4 White Pine 12-18 inch 4 Scotch Pine 12-18 inch

2 Am. Arbor Vitae. 12-18 inch 2 Ponderosa Pine.. 12-18 inch
2 Austrian Pine... 12-18 inch 4 Norway Spruce. .12-18 inch

Price: 4-foot size. $3.25 each, $30.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

6 Scotch Pine 12 18 inch 4 Ponderosa Pine.. 12-18 inch

2 Hemlock 6 10 iiiL-h 2 Douglas Fir 12-18 inch

6 Norway Spruce. .12-18 indi G White Pine 12-18 inch

Price: 6-foot size, $4.50 each, $40.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

6 Ponderosa Pine 12-18 inch

C Norway Spruce 12-18 inch

fi Austrian Pine 12-18 inch

6 Douglas Fir 12-18 inch

6 White Pine 12-18 inch

6 Am. Arbor \ itae 12-18 inch

Carefully crated for shipment F. 0. B. Dun-
dee. Boxes are Mission design, plain and
simple. l)ut strong and durable. Stained in
Flemish c-pn'' Orders for 4 boxes will be
filled at 10 rates.

On box oraers no change in assortment
can be made

Lee's Elegants Juniper.

Price of each tree includes mission plant
tox as illustrated above. The mission plant
boxes are plain and simple in design, but
strong and durable. Boxes are stained in
Flemish green which harmonizes well with
all surroundings.

Colorado Blue Spruce

Each Per 10

2-3 feet .' $2.75 $25.* 0

S-4 feet 3.50 30.0U

Lee's Elegants Juniper

2-3 feet $2.75 $25.f;0

3-4 feet 3.50 32..50

Kemlock

2-214 feet $2.50 $22.50

Place your order now. We will ship at once
or reserve them and ship whenever
wanted. F. O. B. Dundee.
If trees are wanted without tubs, de-
duct 10 per cent.
Terms: 30 Days Net. Kates: 4 Mission Tubs at 10 Rate

Hill's Assortment of Hardy
Evergreen Trees.

Suitable for Window Box Planting.

For those who prefer to make up tlieir own boxes we offer

tlie following list. Orders for tins stoeli slumld be placed at once.

PRICE LIST

Variety Size

Norway Spruce 12-18 inch

Norway Spruce 18-24 inch

Norway Spruce 2- 3 feet

White Pine 6-12 inch

White Pine 12-18 inch

White Pine IS 24 inch

White Pine 2- 3 feet

Douglas Fir 12-18 inch

.\ustrian Pine 6-12 inch

Austrian Pine 12-18 inch

Conc'olor Fir 10-12 inch

Hemlock G-10 inch

Scotch Pine 12-18 inch

Scotch Pine 18 24 inch

Scotch Pine 2- 3 feet

Ponderosa Pine 1012 inch

Ponderosa Piue 12 IS inch

J.ack Pine 12-18 inch

Jack I'ine lS-21 inch

F. 0. B. Dundee, Terms:
Rates: 6 at 10 Rates.

Hill's Evergreen in
Mission Tubs

Ready for Delivery Now

Prices include tubs. F. O. B. Dundee, 111.,
where we ship by American E.xpress and
C. & N. W. R. R. , .

MoHsurcments us given are the height of
the tree from the top of the box to the top
of the tree in its natural position. Where
formal effect is desired nothing is more
satisfactory than these specimens. They
are unexcelled for veranda or lawns and
very ai^propriate and effective for inside
decoration.

All are long lived and will withstand
frost and cold. Prices include careful crat-
ing to insure them from any injury during
transit.

Only 45 miles from Chicago.

Chicago 5 NorthwiStern R. R.,

American Express

These f rices nr= or
the Trade Only.

Lee's Elegants Juniper

D. HILL NURSERY CO, INC.

Ivergreen Specialists,
argest Growers In America.

Box 403, DUNDEE, ILLINOIS.

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Vaughan's Bouquet Green

(Indian Picked.)

Vaughan's XXX Eastern Holly

Boxwood, Laurel, IVIisfletoe, Magnolia Leaves,
Winter Berries, Immortelles, Stdtice, Ruscus.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, ''Z^'^^okk

H. G. Berning had some ."ne shin-
ments of home grown carnations which
were sold at good prices.

A bunch of flowers is always carried
on both sides of Ostertag Bros.' new
car.

Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney re-
port an increase in their trade.

M. M. Ayres Floral Co. has a fine
display of holiday goods.

Geo. H. Angermueller's new Christ-
mas catalog is out.

F. H. Weber is getting ready for
the holiday trade.

Grimm & Gorly's show windows are
very attractive.

The Mullanphy Florists are very
busy. W. F.

Minnesota State Horticultural Society.

ANND.\L MEETING. .

The forty-eighth annual meeting of
the Minnesota State Horticultural So-
ciety will bo held in the auditorium,
Main Building, at University Farm, St.
Anthony Park, Minnesota, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, De-
cember 1-4, 1914. As the opening of
this meeting occurs on the same day
as the regular meeting of the Minne-
apolis Florist Club, and as matters
of joint interest to all the florist clubs
will be considered at the various meet-
ings to be held that evening, arrange-
ments have been made to hold the
regular meeting of the Minne.apolis
Florist Club at the University Farm,
Tuesday evening, December 1, at seven
o'clock. The following p.-ipcrs will be
presented during the evening : Spring
Flowering Bulbs, by August S. Swan-
son, Crystal- B.ay, Minn.; Some Garden
Insects, by Prof. Wm. Moore, Univer-
sity Farm, St. Paul, Minn.; Perennials
for the Florist and Gardener, by
Ernest Meyer, rose grower, Minneapo-
lis Park Board, Minneapolis, Minn.

The program of the Minnesota State
Horticultural Society covering the

HOLLY== HOLLY

Philadelphia, Pa., November 12. 1914.

I have just completed my contracts for Christmas Greens for the season
of 1914. I have secured some of the finest Holly Trees to cut from this j'ear
that I have ever had. It is all dark green swamp holly and full of berries.
I will pack as usual in the regular size, '2x2x1 cases, and will take orders
during November at the same low price as former years, $3.00 per case, and
my extra fancy Gilt £d^e Brand at $1.00 per case. My first car will be here
Tuesday, December 1st, and daUy shipments will follow after this date.

My wreaths will be better this year than last year, as the holly is much
better and more plentiful, and has many more berries. Prices will be $10.00,
$12.60 and $16.00 per I'OO, according to quality.

I have contracted for 50,000 yards of Laurel Wreatlling, the best to be
had, 50 yard lengths, price 3c per yard. Lycopodium Wreathing, 6c to 10c
per yard, according to quality. Mistletoe, Christmas Trees. Tissue Wreath-
ing and all other Christmas Greens same as former years.

Send me your orders as early as possible, I will do my best for you.
Check must come with order.

F. B. WOOLEY, 152^2ck_st.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

four day session as arranged is very
comprehensive, and contains many pa-
pers, and topics for discussion, giving
promise of a meeting of interest and
instruction out of the ordinary. On
each of the days of the meeting there
will be sessions, morning, afternoon
and ■ evening. The election of oflicers
for the ensuing year will take place

Thursday afternoon, December 3, and
the annual banquet will be held Thur.s-
day evening in the main dining roon
at the State Agricultural College.

Many valuable prizes will be
awarded in the competition in the
classes of flowers, fruits and vegeta-
bles.

J. G. T.

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CHRISTMAS

tilj T itt

TO BE ISSUED
JUST RIGHT FOR THE

CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY TRADE

The Best Paid

CIRCILATION

To the Trade in the Trade

The best men in the trade say that Howers and
plants on account of their moderate prices will
be largely used the coming Holiday season for
gifts. Many consumers of Stock and Supplies
have delayed placing large orders on account of
the war and, business having continued quite
good over the greater part of the country,
stocks in all lines are well used up.

Rates as usual, $1.00 per Inch, single column width; $30.00
per page of thirty inches. Usual discounts on time contracts.

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

'Please mail advertisements early.

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POEHLMAll

72-74 E, Randolph StJ

SiF'NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS '

For Finest Quality of Virginia Boxwood, Southern Wild SnJ
and Choice Red Winter Berries, Fancy Cattleyas, A\
Dendrobiums, Gardenias, Stevia, Valley, Violets and Carnat

PRICE LIST

Pompons.

Pompons, white, )enow and pink ) „- j-p.
Bronze and Maroon )

Per bunch

Orchids and Gardenias.

Per Doz.
Cattleyas .$6.00 and $7.5o

Dendrobium 4 00 and 5 00

Gardenias 3.00 and 4.00

Cypripediums 3.00

Beauties. Per Doz.

Specials |5.00 to $6.00

36-in. long 4.00

30-in. long 3.00

24-in. long 2.00 to 2.60

15 to 18-in 1.25 to 1.50

Per 100
Short $6.00 to 8.00

V*eek of Nov. 29, 1914.

Roses.

Per 100

Russell— Specials. '.. |25 00

Long 20.00

Medium $12 50to 16.00

Short $6.00-$8.00-10 00

Shawyer
Hadiey
Milady
Brilliant

Long 10.00

Medium $6.00 to 8.00

Short 4.00 to 6.00

Killarney
White Kill.
Richmond
Bulgaria
Sunburst
Aaron Wards
Kill. Queen
Cecile Brunner

Special

Long

Medium $6.00 to

Short 8.00 to

$12.00

8.00
6.00
4.00

$ 2.C0

Carnations.

Per 100

Short $2.00

Medium $3.00 to 4.f0

Best 5 00

MlsceUaneous. p<

Easter Lilies $10.00

Violets, singleand double...

Stevia

Mexican Ivy

Smilax per doz., 2.00

Sprengeri-Asparagus 2.00

Asparagus Plumosus, string,
60c to 60c.

Leucothoe

Adiantum 75

Galax, bronze and green per 1(

Eastern Flat Ferns "

Wild Smilax per c

Boxwood perbu., 26c, per c

Red Winter Berries .per case, $1.'

Lily of the Valley.

Extra Fancy
1st Quality...,
2nd Quality...

Supply Department.

We are ready to deliver

RED AND GREEN RUSCLS, Finest QuaJi

Finest Quality, per lb., 75c; 2nd Quality, per lb., 65c.

ALSO RED RUSCUS WREATHS.

Red Frieze, No. 2, per Ball 60 yds., 60c.
Red Waterproof Crepe Paper, (Genuine Westphalian) per 100, $15

Very Fine Holiday Baskets, Just What You %

Colors, Combination Red and Green. |

Red Magnolia Leaves, per Box, $1.25. Red Oak Leaves, per Box, $1.5».

Red Ribbon, 3 Inches Wide, per Bolt, $1.00, !|

Red Chiffon, 4-inch, per yard, 2].ic. Red Chiffon, 6-inch, per yaj,

5846
Per Dozen $4.50

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I BROS. CO

Distance Phone,
landolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

loming and Decorative Plants for the Holidays

)0 000 feet of glass devoted to this stock this year. The finest line that anyone ever had the opportunity to select
:o'be seen at our establishment now. We will be able to f^ll every order in full this year so come to us for what you need

Over 25,000 of the Best Cyclamen

3wn are now coming in bloom. Some are ready for immediate use, the others will all be right for Christmas. Place
der with us now for what you need and we will set them aside for you and ship them whenever you say so.
,5-inch to 7-inch, at 50 cents, 75 cents and $1.50 each. All extra values.

I Azaleas.

supply of the leading Christmas
1 from 75 cts. to S3. 00 in bloom,
jecimens from $3 00 up to $8.00 ea.

Araucaria.,

ia, fine stock, 50c, 75c, $1,00 each,
ta Compacta, large plants, $1.50
each.

•Pandanus Veitchii.

ly colored, 4-in. 50c, 5-in., 7Bc to
Un., $1.60, 7-in., $2.00 to $2.50 ea.

I Rubber Plants.

les from 25c to 50c each.

Begonias.

We have the largest and best stock we
ever had of Begonias Lorraine and Cincin-
nati in 5-in., 6-in. and 7-in. pots.

5-inch 6('c to 75c each

6-inch $1.00 to $1.50 "

7-inch 2.00 to 2.50 "

Poinsettias.

Choice stock in pans with good brackets,
(according to value) from 75c to $2.50 each.

Dracaena Termlnalis.

Highly colored, extra fine, 4-in., $3.00
per doz , 5-in., $fi.00 per doz., 6-in., 75c
to $1.00 each.

Dracaena Godseffiana.

2-in. pots $1.00 per doz.

3-in. pots 1.60 per doz.

Dracaena Massangeana.

6-in $1.00 each

English Ivy.

Strong stock, 20 cts. to 35 cts. each.

Aspidistras.

Green, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.00.
Variegated, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.50.

Crotons.

Swell colored in all varieties, extra fine,
BOc to 75c each.

|: making up a fine line of Pans and different shaped Baskets with strong liners containing Flowering Plants — Cro-

rices, from about $2.00 up to $6.00 each.
plant orders direct to Morton Grove, III.

andanus, Dracsna Terminalis — its of extra choice stock, different sizes and pr
NOTE.— For Complete Palm List See Ready Reference Department. Send all i

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EXTRA FANCY CARNATIONS

We offer the trade the finest Carnations on market

Now that the Chrysanthemum season is ended, these extra fancy
Carnations will be in demind. Price $3.0D psr hundred.
If you have never had our carnations, we would appreciate an order to
prove their fancy quality.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our Carnations

is well known to the trade. We take special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, KUlarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

CURRENT PRICE LIST. fn"m^a"ier'"'"**

American Beauties per Dozen

Extra long stems $3 00 to $4 03

3(i-inch steins 2 5(1 to 3.00

30 inch stems 2.0O to 2 50

18 to M-inch stems l.SO

12 inch stems 1.00

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarie,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Milady

Pe- iiiO

Long S8.00 to $10.00

Medium 6.00

Short 4,00

Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond Penoo

Extra Select $8.00

Medium 6 "0

Short $3.00 to 4.03

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $2.00

Roses our selection perloo,$3.00

Carnations Perioo

Fancy Red. Pink and White $3.0 i

Short Red. Pink and White 2.50

EASTER LILIES.

Per 100, . - $12.00

Per 100

LUy of the Valley $4.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprengeri S2.00 to 3.00
Eastern Ferns, per 1000.... $2.00
Galax, bronze and green. $1.00
per 1000.

All Seasonable Flowers at Lo^rest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, lU.

Chlcagfo.

TKADE GOOD.

Trade the opening of the present
week was good and tlie outlook for a
brisk Thanksgiving trade was rather
encouraging. The shipping trade on
Monday, Noveriitaer 'l.j, was not as good
as it was first expected it would be,
but it improved the following day and
stock in certain lines cleaned up well.
American Beauty roses are in good de-
mand and the better grades are bring-
ing as high as $4 and $5 per dozen for
selected stock. Roses in general are
none too plentiful and what stock is
arriving at this writing, Tuesday, No-
vember 24, is in good demand and is
bringing good prices. Red roses had
the call and the supply of Richmond
was quickly disposed of. Milady, Had-
Jey, Prince d' Arenberg and Rhea Rcid
were good property and like the Rich-
mond were quickly cleaned up. Mrs.
Chas. Russell roses were in greater de-
mand than ever, but this variety did
not cut much figure in the receipts,
for there has hardly been a period all
.season when this rose was in over-
supply. Ophelia, Sunburst, Mrs. Aaron
Ward, Prince do Bulgaria, My Mary-
land, Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, Killarney,

At Niagara Falls.

Members <ir Western l*urty Knroutc to Boston

Convention Last August.

White Killarney, Killarney Brilliant
and Killarney Queen also sold well,
and taken all in all, roses are none
too plentiful this week and are con-
sidered good property. Chrysanthe-
mums and pompons are in good de-

mand, and it is expected that these
flowers will all be sold before the
Thanksgiving trade is over. Carna-
tions are very plentiful and while they
are in good demand some of the
houses are quoting them at rather low
prices, consequently the prices are not
as good as they might be for Thanks-
giving week. Violets are selling well,
but there are plenty to go around.
Orchids are seen in good supply, but
clean up better now than they have
for a long time. Gardenias are a trifle
more plentiful, but there are not
enough to be had yet to fill all orders.
Sweet peas are improving in quality,
but the supply is none too large as
yet. Paper White narcissus, stevia.
lily of the valley, lilies, snapdragons
and bouvardia are having their usual
good call and are pretty well disposed
of before the day's sales are over. It
is impossible to give a correct report
of the week's business at this writing,
but it appears as if stock in all lines
will be well cleaned up at good prices,
and while the shipping trade probably
will not be as large as last year, the
local trade will be heavier and will
make up the difference to a great ex-
tent. Business conditions continue to
improve throughout the country and

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Beauties-Roses-Carnations

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

48 inch siems Per doz.. $4 00

36-inch stems " 3 00

30-inch stems " 2 50

24-inch stems " 2 00

20-inch stems " 175

18-inch stems " 150

12-inch stems '* 125

Short Beauties $6 00 to $8 00 per 100

Per 100

Richmond , Specials $10 00

Killarney J Select $6 00 to 8 01

White Killarney.... i Medium 4 00 to 5 00

My Maryland ....'Short 3 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward.. Specials 10 00

Sunburst ) Select $6 00 to 8 CO

Ophelia I Medium 4 COto 5 03

Milady Short 3 00

Per 100
Mrs. Chas. Russell $4 00 to 315 oo

Roses, our selection.

Carnations 2 OOto

Chrysanthemums per doz , $2 00 to $2 50

Extra Fancy per doz.. 3 00

Small per 100. $10 00 to $12 SO

Pompons 35c to 50c per bunch

Harrisii per doz.,$l £0to$2 00

Valley 3 00 to

Smilax per doz.. $2 00

Adiantum

Asparagus, per bunch 50 to 75c

Boxwood, per bunch 25c

Ferns, p.r 1000 $2 00

Galax, bronze and green, per ICOO 1 00

Lcucothoe Sprays 75c to 1 00

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the outlook becomes brighter each
day. The local stock exchange was
opened November 23 after being idle
for 115 days, and as this was the
first exchange in any large city to re-
sume business the eyes of the world
were naturally centered upon her. The
trading speedily showed that the opti-
mists were in the saddle. There was
a general advance in prices all along
the line. Confidence was restored and
the effect of the opening was more
than could have been wished for. The
strong trend of the prices, as evi-
denced in this city in the opening day
of the exchange, was taken to mean
that the reopening of the New York
stock exchange was nearer than at
any time since the war began. The
Cleveland stock exchange also opened
this week for the first time since the
opening of the war, and to help mat-
ters still more, the Illinois Steel Com-
pany started up its huge Bessemer
converter at its South Chicago plant
this week when several thousand men
went back to work. It is reported that
the mills which normally employ in the
neighborhood of 10,000 men, will soon
be back to nearly >their full quota.
Everyone can look for better business
from now on and should get busy mak-
ing preparations for Christmas, for the
holidays are rapidly approaching. The
supply men are booking holiday orders
every day now and the wholesale plant
growers have noticed a big increase in
their sales the past week.

NOTES.

Miss H. B. Whitted and J. J. Oys,
of the Whitted Floral Co., Minneapolis,

' Minn., attended the Minneapolis-Ma-
roon football game here on November
21, when the northerners carried off
the honors. She presented her winning

• college team with a beautiful wreath
after the game, which was the big

event of the day. She visited Poehl-
mann Bros.. Co.'s greenhouses at Mor-
ton Grove on Sunday, November 26,
making the trip in John Poehlmann's
special caj, the Winton Six.

The illustration on the opposite page
was reproduced from a photograph
taken by Martha C. Gunterlierg at
Niagara Falls while the local delega-
tion was enroute to the last S. A. F.
convention, Boston. The party con-
sists of Philip J. Foley. Philip C.
Schupp. Paul Klingsporn, Geo. C. Wei-
land of this city, W. J. Baker. Ft.
Worth, Texas, and Theodore Wirth,
Minneapolis, Minn.

Paul M. Palez, of Little Rock. Ark.,
was here on business this week and
all of his many friends were very
glad to see him. He is candidate
again for alderman of the third ward,
subject to action of the democratic
primary, December 8.

The new entrance to Weiland &
Risch's store on North Wabash ave-
nue was completed this week and con-
sists of an iron stairway, plate glass
windows and three-inch tile. It is a
great improvement over the old one.

Joseph Ziska, the veteran manufac-
turer of wire designs, is called upon
occasionally to make special pieces.
This week he made a large 10-foot
bell and several other huge miscella-
neous designs.

Robert Lange has been busy with
funeral work at his establishment on
North Whipple avenue all week. His
wife does all the buying in the local
market and is a great help to him in
conducting the business.

The will of the late W. L. Palinsky
has been filed in the probate court
leaving $15,000, Mrs. Mary Palinsky
sole beneficiary and executrix.

E. F. Winterson is back on the
Job again after having been confined

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Boxwood

The pick of the Virginia
hedge varieties.

$7.50 per case of 50 lbs.

FERNS

Best in the country.
$1.50 per 1000

Leucothoe Sprays

Longest and Best.
$5.00 per 1000

Mention the American Florist when writing

to his home for several days with a
severe cold.

George Goebel and wife have bought
a nice home at 3834 South Lawndale
avenue.

978

The Amer i ca n Fl orist.

Nov. 28,

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Ave., '""Rttyio'i'r' CHICAGO

Beaufies-Roses-Carnafions-^IVIums

Louis Wittbold reports that the
Geo. Wittbold Co.'s sales for each
month of this year up to November
have been much better than the cor-
responding- month of 1913. The retail
department under the able manage-
ment of Fred. Nelson is pretty busy
at present. He remarks that this firm
has had a brisk demand for interior
window boxes as well as for winter
window boxes of evergreens. Victor
Young, manager of Wittbold's North
Clark street store, a'wavs has a mag-
nificent window display and this
establishment, like the Buckingham
place store, always presents a most
inviting appearance.

A. P. Kohr, the well-known pot
manufacturer, has been in business at
his present stand, 2934 North Leavitt
street, for over 25 years and for four
years in another location before that
time. He says that business was quiet
during the past summer, but is im-
proving now, and that he expects to
dispose of his present stock of some
,^00,000 standard pots before many
weeks roll by.

Bassett & Washburn have been busy
filling orders for Thanksgiving day all
week and report the shipping; trade as
very brisk. This firm had a large cut
of fine stock and also plenty of or-
ders on hand to clean up their supply
each day. C. L. Washburn was so busy
on Monday, November 23, that he ab-
solutely refused to see any one except
on business.

The Percy Jones establishment is
celebrating its twelfth Thanksgiving
Day in the wholesale cut flower busi-
ness this week. H. Van Gelder has
been head of the business for the past
six years, and everyone will agree that
he has made a remarkable showing
during that time and the goal in his
estimation has not yet been reached.

Victor Bergman says that O. J.
Friedman, the Michigan avenue flor-
ist, has booked several large wedding
orders for the first week in December
and that business in general so far
this season has been quite satisfac-
tory. The Friedman store presents a
most beautiful appearance since it
was remodeled a short time ago.

The Willens Construction Co. has
booked an order for a new house tor
the Nebraska State Hospital, at Nor-
folk, Neb., which is a duplicate of the
house that it built there for L. Buck-
endorf recently. The Willens Co. also
has a contract for a new house for the
Goodman estate at Noble, O , which
includes the heating system, etc.

George Perdikas who operates
three stores in the downtown district.
had a large decoration at the Con-
gress hotel on November 21 when a
country effect was carried through-
out. He reports that business is im-
proving and that as usual he will
handle blooming plants in quantity
during the holidays.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. received a
large shipment of wild smilax this
week which has been in good demand
owing to the many wedding decora-
tions that the retail florists have had
to arrange during the past few .days.
Rome fine American Beauty roses and

chrysanthemums are now reaching
this establi.shment.

It has been heard from good au-
thority that Guy Reybvirn and D. P.
Roy, of A. Henderson & Co., will soon
join the ranks of th% benedicts. It
would not be at all surprising if A.
Miller of the same firm would soon
follow suit. This likewise holds good
for F. F. Scheel, of Shermerville.

Ronsley is doing nicely in his mag-
nificent store in the Westminster build-
ing and has been very busy with wed-
ding decorations this week. He has a
big wedding job on hand for Thanks-
giving day, which calls for a house
decoration, the bridal bouquet and nine
bridesmaids' bouquets.

S. A. Jamieson and wife of Minne-
apolis, Minn., are spending their honey-
moon in the cityt and are stopping at
the Hotel La Salle. Mr. Jamieson has
a host of friends here and every one
was pleased to meet him and the
charming young bride. Congratula-
tions, Jamie!

Ernest Oechslin has improved suffi-
ciently in health to be able to be about
in his greenhouse at River Forest,
which his many friends are pleased to
hear. It will be remembered by the
trade that he was severely injured in
an automobile accident a couple of
months ago.

The Batavia Greenhouse Co. is cut-
ting from a nice crop of American
Beauty roses which O. Johnson says
are commanding high prices. He says
he had no trouble in getting $5 per
dozen for the best grade.

Miss Beulah Getzinger, formerly
with F. L. Otto, is doing nicely at her
new store at 3454 Armitage avenue.
She is a capable saleslady and de-
signer and will surely build up a good
paying business.

Hoerber Bros, have had a good call
for stock all week so far and are clear-
ing up pretty well in all lines each
day. Roses and carnations of fine
quality are the chief offerings at this
house. ■

The Art Floral Co., 7 West Mon-
roe street, Chas. A. Johnson, 3205
Fullerton avenue and M. W. Kuchnel,
734 West Seventy-ninth street, are
issuing mileage coupons with every
sale.

H. E. Elliott, who operates the Ave-
nue Flower Shop at Oak Park, does
considerable buying in the local mar-
ket even though he has about 30,000
feet of glass of his own.

J. A. Budlong is enjoying a good
Thanksgiving trade and some mighty
fine carnations are now seen at this
establishment in addition to its usual
fine line of roses.

M. C. Gunterberg is handling double
violets in quantity as usual this sea-
son and some mighty fine stock is to
be seen at her store at 56 East Ran-
dolph street.

The Chicago Carnation Co. has en-
joyed a very good shipping trade this
week, which kept A, T. Pyfer and his
able assistants on jump filling orders.

At George Reinberg's store Rich-
mond roses have been in good demand
and Robert Northern had no trouble
in disposing of the receipts each day.

NOW Is the Time

To Order Your

Christmas Baskets.

Be sure that you buy them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever offered,
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail florist of today needs. Send tor
our new catalog, just off the press, make
up your order from the newlist and Send it
to us immediately. A postal will do,

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To reach our store take a Cbicapo Avenue,
Division Street, Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car at State and Randolph Streets
and get off at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

Christmas Cards

Have you ordered yours yet?

Holly, Poinsettia or Assorted.

200 for $1.00 500 tor $2.00

1000 for $3.50

Terms; Postpaid— Cash with order.

THE

CO.

Samples free.

JOHN HENRY

Lansing, Mich.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Frank Floral Co. has added sev-
eral new carnation growers to its list
of consignors and is now offering some
choice stock at its store.

Paul Klingsporn of the Chicago
Flower Growers' Association has re-
turned from a flying business trip to
Kansas City, Mo.

Mrs. Joseph Labo, of Joliet, has re-
turned from quite an extended visit
with friends and relatives in Germany.

1914.

The American Florist.

979

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

CHRYSANTHEMUIVIS

Can supply uiagnificeut stock in late varieties so send your order to us
where you will have every assuarance of it being filled to your satisfaction.

Beauties— Roses— Carnations

We are headquarters for the kind of stock that you need and can supply
30U at all times with the best stock available in this or any other market
and at prices that you are accustomed to pay. We are also offering choice
Single and Double Violets. Paper Whites, Sweet Peas, Bouvardia, Valley,
Lilies and a full line of Greens. Place a trial order with us, we have got
the finest stock obtainable ia everything seasonable and our prices are so
reasonable that you cannot possibly afford to place your order elsewhere. We
stand ready at all times to back this up.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

Every Once In A While

We hear from people that want extra fancy stock and 99 times out of
100 they get what they want here. Some come back for more, others
don't, but those that do stick. From now on you will need a regular
supply of stock. Our line is complete and we will welcome any
opportunity to show you just what we can do.

A. L. Vaughan & Co.

161 N. Wabash Ave,

(NOT INC.i

I Central 2571

TELEPHONES:-,' " 257i!

\ Auto. 48-734

CHICAGO

Poehlmann Bros. Co. now has over
100.000 square feet of glass devoted
to blooming and decorative plants and
palms, which is quite some showiT-T
"When one stops to think that this is
•only going on the third year since it
has entered this line. August Poehl-
mann says that all orders for holiday
plants will be filled in full this year
and that business has shown a marked
improvement the past week. An order
for 3,000 baskets of decorative plants
lias just been booked and the advance
demand for bedding stock is unusually
Tirisk. Several fine houses of cyclamen
and begonias are now attracting the
attention of the visitors to this de-
partment.

Felix Reichling, of the Peter Rein-
tierg store force, in company with his
brother, Emil Reichling. superintendent
of the Reinberg greenhouses, visited
the carnation range on November 22
and were well pleased with the out-
look for Christmas. The stock never
looked better and the supply promises
to be large. Some fine roses are now
■being sold at the store and especially
fine Ophelia are to be had.

Miss Adelaide Amling, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Amling of 708
!Forest avenue. Oak Park, will be mar-

ried to the Rev. J. M. Bailey, pastor
of the Trinity Lutheran church, on
Thanksgiving day, at 5 o'clock. Miss
Amling was formerly cashier at the
E. C. Amling Co. store and has the
hest wishes of her many friends in the
trade for a pleasant future.

Miss Anna Grace Sawyer, 4044 West
Madison street, says there is great in-
terest shown in the chrysanthemum
show at Garfield Park and that it is a
helpful business factor in her neigh-
borhood, spreading the love of flowers
among the people. Miss Sawyer says
her business is good and keeps every-
liody hustling.

Zech & Mann have had a good run
on stock of all kinds this week and
have had a very brisk demand for
fancy American Beauty roses. Chrysan-
themums are still seen in large
quantities at this store and will be
for some time yet for one of this firm's
grow'ers has a late crop to be cut from.

Kennicott Bros. Co. will continue
in business under the same lines as it
has since E. E. Pieser's death, and
under the able management of N. P.
Miller and Max Ringier. Announce-
ments to this effect have been mailed
to the trade this week.

N. J. Wietor says that Richmond
roses have been in brisk demand at
Wietor Bros', store all week and that
the receipts were quickly disposed of.
This firm had a large supply of
chrysanthemums and ponpons to sup-
ply its customers with and both
cleaned up quickly.

Erne A: Klingel have had a nice
supply of roses to supply their cus-
tomers with for Thanksgiving and
have had no trouble in disposing of
them at an early hour.

Jolin Kruchten reports that the re-
ceipts of gardenias are not large enough
to supply the demand yet, but expects
that the shipments will gradually in-
crease from now on.

Pyfer & Olseni have opened an up-
to-date Hower store in the Village
Theater building, at 1150 Wilmette
avenue, Wilmette, with Will Pantley in
charge.

O. A. Tonner is receiving regular
shipments of Yellow Garza chrysan-
themums each day that are in good
demand by local buyers.

J. A. Mendel's bowling team is mak-
ing a grand showing in the city league,
and is now heading the list by a com-
fortable margin.

980

The American Florist.

Nov. 28.

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Telephone,

Central 42

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'%^rire 179-181-183 N.Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and 'Mums

and All Other Seasonable Stock Solicited.

Automatic

44-864

L. D. Phone

Ranriolph M-tD

176 N.Micl\i,qan Ave..

CKicesxio

Vaughan's Seed Store is showing,
as usual, some fine Thanksgiving holly
of its Delaware brand. This firm took
in two carloads of hardy Japanese lily
bulbs and a car of Dutch spirea this
week.

August Poehlmann and wife visited
their son Ear! at Champaign, Novem-
ber If).

Visitors : Paul M. Palez, Little
Rock, Ark.; Wm. Lubliner, Milwaukee,
Wis.; Frank Farney, representing M.
Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Samuel
Seligman, representing Wertheimer
Bros., New York; Miss H. B. "Vyhitted
and J. J. Oys, of the Whitted Floral
Co., and S. A. Jamieson and wife, of
Minneapolis, Minn.

Ft. Wayne, Ind.

taiDE INCREASES AS MERCUBT FALLS.

The flower business has responded
to the call of winter. After a cold,
penetrating rain, November 15, the
weather took a sudden turn and be-
came real wintry, with the thermome-
ter registering as low as ten degrees
above zero, and ice forming on the
streets. This had a telling effect in a
shortening up of the sea.sonable stock,
and an increase in prices, together
with a larger demand for flowers. This
has relieved the market considerably,
as it was almost glutted, particulariy
with a medium grade of chrysanthe-
mums brought on by the exceedingly
warm weather. Chrysanthemums
prove the best sellers, and bring the
biggest returns. They are past the
height of their season, but there are
still some excellent varieties on the
market, such as Chadwick, Eaton, Yel-
low Eaton, Golden Wedding and Bon-
naffon. The pompons are still of fine
quality, in both cut and pot plants.
Roses are somewhat scarce at pres-
ent, but are of very fine proportions.
Carnations are of good quality, but
do not meet with a big demand. Pa-
per Whites, stevia and sweet peas are
in.

NOTES.

The Purdue-Indiana football game
created a demand for yellow chrys-
anthemums on Friday, November 20.
A large number of these were fur-
nished by the Flick Floral Co. for the
Purdue Alumni Association who were
rooters at the game on Saturday, No-
vember 21.

A new flower shop called the Or-
pheum Floral Co. has been opened re-
cently in the Orpheum Theatre build-
ing at Calhoun and Montgomery
streets. They have excellent show

windows and are in a good location
for downtown shoppers.

Announcement was made in this
city recently of the engagement of
Judge W. J. Vesey to Cleo Freeling, a
wealthy young concert singer whom
he met in Milan, Italy. Miss Freeling
resides in St. Louis, Mo. H. K.

Washingfton.

STOCK GOOD AND BUSINESS SATISFACTORY.

With trade good and plenty of good
.<-tock on hand at fair prices, and every
florist getting his share of funeral and
decorative work, conditions seem to be
satisfactory. Chrysanthemums range
in price from $4 to $25 per hundred
with American Beauty roses selling at
from $8 to .$35 per hundred. Prices
running from $2 to $8 are brought by
the Killarneys, white and pink, Rich-
mond, Hadley, Russell, Taft, Radiance.
Ward, Sunburst and Kaiserin. The
best carnations are selling from $1 to
.?2.50 per hundred, and gardenias
bring from $2 to $3 per dozen. Violets
sell at 75 cents per hundred, both sin-
gle and double.

The Washington Florist Co. is show-
ing the first azaleas seen in this city
this season. Mr. Heatherton, the man-
ager, says that business in both
branches was better this month than
was expected in November.

William ' Henchell will open a new
flower shop on H street, N. E. This
part of the city has no establishment
of this kind so far, and we wish him
success.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. had an
excellent showing this week of Be-
gonia Glory of Cincinnati; also some
excellent plants -of Scotti and Harrisii
ferns.

The Dupont Floral Co. are attract-
ing considerable favorable comment
with some very attractive window dis-
plays. The color scheme is changed
daily. G. C. D.

Chicago Florists' Club.

At an adjourned meeting of the Chi-
cago Florists' Club, held at the Bis-
marck hotel, November 10, President
French in the chair, the following were
nominated as officers for 1915 : W. J.
Keimel for president, James Morton for
vice-president, Paul Klingsporn for
treasurer, Guy W. French, Michael
Fink and T. E. Waters for secretary,
C. L. Washburn, trustee. Election will
take place at the next regular meeting
which occurs December 10.

Violets! Violets!!

We are California Violet Growers and
we have the largest beds with Violets the
largest and finest produced. We can
send them to any place in the United
States, and cheaper than any one else.
S. ROSAIA CO., - Colma, Calif.

BUCHBINDER
FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. C3 (or Catalog

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MANUFACTURERS

518 Milwaukee Ave., - Chicago, 111.

CleTcland.

WINTER ARRIVES AND SUPPLT SHORTENS.

The most noticeable, feature of the
week was the shortening of the sup-
ply of cut flowers, and the arrival of
real winter weather, which had a ten-
dency to still further stimulate busi-
ness. With the advent of cold wea-
ther, violets have been in much better
demand and the quality is very good.
Roses and carnations have been sell-
ing up better than for some time
past, and the street fakers are idle.
American Beauty roses are beginning
to show better form and the demand
for select stock keeps the market
pretty well cleaned up. The medium
grades also are in good demand.
.Stevia has been seen in limited quan-
tities. Pompons and button chrysan-
themums sell well, with the exception
of bronze, of which color the market
seems overcrowded. Easter lilies are
not so plentiful with a fair demand.
Valley and orchids have been in good
demand. Garza and Lady Lowe
chrysanthemums are good stock.
String smilax, adiantum and Aspara-
gus plumosus are in supply equal to
the demand. Chrysanthemums are
not quite so plentiful, but those arriv-
ing are better in quality than they
have been before. Snapdragon in lim-
ited quantity is good stock. Thanks-
giving day advance orders look like a
good day's business is in store for all.

The Capperman Decorating Co.,
2.527 E. 5."th St., are manufacturers of
artificial flowers, leaves and plants.
Mr. Copperman is gradually increas-
ing his business and soon expects to
branch out in a wholesale way.

C. F. B.

igi4.

The American Florist.

981

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. pnone, Randolph 6578 CBICAfiO, ILL.

J. B. DEAMUD CO.

Wholesale
Cut Flowers

Phones:
Central 3155. Auto. 44-389.

160 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Iteniion the American Florist when writing

W. P. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lone Distance Pbooe. RsDdolph 3619
Mention the American Florist when toritinff

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES and CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., • • Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave.,cmCAG0

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Onr New Catalog

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars aad sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when icritinp

HOERBER BROS.

l^tllf^t Cut Flowers

Telephone Randolph 2768.

GreenhODses: DES PLADfES, ILL.

Store: 1 62 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American FlorUt when ieritimg

J. a. BCDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, cmCAOO.

CUT FLOWERS

VALLEY, ROSES waoLESAU

and CARNATIONS cDnu/CP nc

A Specialty BKUWtn Ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at towest Market Prices.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

WlioMe Mover MM*Ket^s

Chicago, Nov. 25. Perdoi.

Roses. Beauty, specials $5 00@$6 00

36-in 3 00@ 4 00

30in 2 00@ 2 SO

24 in 150

20-in 1 25

15-in 1 00

12-in 75

Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@15 00

" Killarney 3 OOfelO 00

" White Killarney 3 00@IO 00

" Richmond 3 OOeiO 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@10 00

" Rhea Raid 3 00@10 00

My Maryland 3 00610 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@25 00

Mrs. Geo. Sbawyer 3 00010 00

" Milady 3 00@10 00

" Sunburst 3 00@10 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 nn@IO 00

" Hadley 3 00@15 00

" Ophelia 3 00@15 00

" Our selection 3 00

Carnations 2 00® 4 00

l-attleyas...per doz... 6.00@7 50
Chrysanthemums. 75c. to $4 00 per doz.
Pompons. 25@50c per bunch.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@$4.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@I5 00

Stevia 2 00

Valley 4 00@ 5 00

Violets 50@ 1 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns.... " 1 50@2 00

Galax " 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy. ...per 1000. 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00@2 50

.Spreneeri, PIumoBiis Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Boxwood. 25c per lb.

Red Winter Berries, per case.. 1 00® 2 00

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A. L. Randall Co.,

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Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Klllamey and White KlUamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try us.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

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wh»'|»i1 CUT FLOWERS

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

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PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Deartiom St, CmCAOO

982

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Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON k nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

Artificial Holly

An ideal novelty for corsage bunch,
which can be worn during the entire
season. Can also be used to manj' ad-
vantages in Xmas decorations (6 sprays
to bunch), with 4 berries to each spray,
per doz, bunches, $1.50; with 3 berries
to each spray, per doz. bunches, $1.20.

Samples of each, together with list of
other supplies, 25c.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER

Wholesale Florist, 1)24 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Botb L. D. Pbones. ST. LOUIS« MO.

itpplies ana EveiTtliliiii in stason always on aaiii
Philadelphia.

.SOri.\L EVENTS CLE.iX TP F.\NCY STOCK.

There has l>een a better tone to the
market the past week, there having
been a number of large social events
that kept the market fairly well
cleaned of all fancy stock and the
quality is excellent for the season.
Roses are plentiful; Sunburst. Mrs.
Ward, Pink Killarney and White Kil-
larney are good sellers, and Mrs. Shaw-
yer and Mrs. Russell, as well as Had-
ley, are neck and neck in the race
with the old favorites. Mrs. Shawyer
is certainly a fine large flower and
looks as if it would hold its own with
any of them in its color. Carnations
are fast getting up to the winter
standard, but prices do not advance
much. Violets are the scarcest thing
in the market, New York doubles be-
ing in very small supply. Good sin-
gles are also scarce. There is plenty
of valley, and cattleyas are also in full
supply. Bonnaffon and Maud Dean
are leaders amongst the chrysanthe-
mums, but another week will almost
finish them. There are still quite a
number of good pompons about. There
seems to be more of a demand for box-
wood bushes this year than ever; all
the old boxes for window ledge deco-
ration are being filled and many new
ones are being put up. All the large
hotels use them lavishly, thus .setting
the pace for clubs and private house-
holders.

NOTES.

The meeting of the Retail Florists'
Aacociation on Thursd.ay evening, No-
vember 20, was full of interesting top-
ics. Great progress is being made
with the publicity fund. A number of
allied interests to the strictly cut
flower trade are contribviting liberally,
several .$100 contributions having been
received.

The M. Rice Co. Is hot after the
Christmas business, keeping at theik-

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245. P. O. Boi 206.

ruL^^t.. Milwaukee,Wls.

Fancy Lily of the Valley and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked,

C. A. KUEHN,

Supplies and Wire Designs.

Wholesale Florist,

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VloMelioverMM'KeU

Philadelphia, Nov. 25. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, extra 20 00@25 00

first 5 00@I5 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 00@10 00

" Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

•■ White Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

" Liberty 4 00@ 6 00

•• Mock 8 00@10 00

Bulgaria 3 00@ 6 00

" Sunburst 3 00@ 6 00

Carnations 1 00@ 3 00

Cattleyas 35 00@50 00

Lilium Harrisii 5 00@ 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00© 4 00

Sweet Peas 50@ I 00

Chrysanthemums 8 n0@16 00

Violets 50@ 75

Snapdragons' 4 00® 6 00

.Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Nov. 25. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 15 0C(3'2O OCI

fancy 12 0C615 00

extra 10 00

No.l 5 00

■' Killarney 2 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 6 00

Sunb'irst ^ 2 00@ 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 00@ 4 00

■■ Sweetheart 2 00

Carnations 2 00

Cattleyas 35 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 00

Valley 4 00

.Adiantum 1 00

Yellow Daisies 50

Sweet Peas 50

Chrysanthemums, per doz.,$1.50e$2 50

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bunch, 35@40

Sprays oerbunch. 3S@40

trade so that they shall be well stocked
up before the holidays, so that there
will be no worry during the last few
days. Their gunmetal finish for bas-
kets is having a great run.

The Jos. Heacock Co. has been mov-
ing palms and cibotium ferns at a fast
rate the past two weeks, there being
a great demand in all the medium

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippers
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we^ can

furnish it.

i;

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Ma^olla Leaves, $1.35 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

'WINDIER

HOLESALE FLORAL

1310 Pine SLSTLOinS MO,
Central 1474 Olive

Milwaukee, Nov. 25. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, per doz.. 1 50@ 4 00

■■ KillarneyandW. Killarney 3 00010 00

" Ward. Taft. Sunburst 3 00@10 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 On@25 00

■■ Ophelia 3 00@15 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Chrysanthemums .per doz., 50® 3 00

Lilies 12 50

Snapdragon, per bunch. 25c @50c

Valley 4 00

Violets .. 1 50® 2 00

Bouvardia per bunch. 35c

igi4.

The American Florist.

983

Booking Orders Now for ^i 7 ^ t\

JBOX:^WOO<a »I3rayS PerCase

Guaranteed Clean Stock, No Unnecessary Wood.

i-r'ircoE^oonJiME, or Pfcio^s^Stsis F»iPffS, lOc per pound.

Philadelphia, Pa.

^

THE LEO NIESSEIN CO*, N. w. cor. 12tb aim Race Sti.

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

Boffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Edward Reid

WHOLESAU FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Russells, Mocli,

Killamey, Sunburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express depot.

1619-21 Ranstiad SL, PHIUDELPHIA, PA.

Smith & Young Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut flowers and Supplies

228 East Ohio Street
INDIANArOUS, IND.

sizes. Their Killarney roses are now
very fine.

Pennock Brothers are .soon to put a
new limousine delivery car on the
street, which will mal?e No. 3. When
all these high powered cars get worli-
ing there should be something doing.

The Leo Niessen Co., will wind up
the chrysanthemum season with the
largest stock of these flowers they have
ever handled. American Beauty roses
are a leading feature.

H. A. Dreer is having a great run on
"Riverton Special" plant tubs. They
are much to be preferred to earthen
pots, particularly from the medium to
the large sizes.

Samuel Lilley is receiving some very
choice carnations from his new green-
houses. The Georgeous are particular-
ly fine. K.

Boston.

BUSINESS CONTINUES DOR.MANT.

Business still continues far below
normal, and does not show any signs
of improving as yet. Chrysanthemums
are plentiful and the choicest flowers
do not bring a good price. Carnations
and roses have shortened up consider-
ably, but the prices have not advanced
much. Other flowers are about the
same as usual with the exception of
violets, which advanced the latter part
of the week on account of the Har-
vard-Tale football 'game.

NOTES.
Henry Haas, formerly employed by
Wm. Elliot as a salesman, has com-

I menced to handle the goods shipped by
N. F. Comley, of Burlington, A. G.
Cartwright of Walham and Elijah
Cartwright of Waltham and Elijah
basis at N. F. Comley "s large stall of
the Co-operative Flower Market.

F. Dolansky, of Lynn, Mass., has
some small orange trees in pots which
find a good market. He is also ship-
ping pot chrysanthemums, valley,
longiflorum, and Cattleya labiata, all

j of which are of excellent quality.

I Some of the best and cleanest

^WELCH BROS. CO.'

American Beauty, KlUarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, Uly of the VaUey, Carnations, Orchids

^SIIS'X' PX1.033X70EIX3

226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON, MASS.

J

BOSTON, Nov. 25. Per 100

Ro«e«. Beauty 1 U0@25 00

Killarney Queen 500 8 00

White and Pink Killarney. 50© 5 00
" Double Wliite Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ (S 00

•• Hadley 1 00@I0 00

'■ Cardinal 1 00@12 00

•• Mock 1 00@ 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

'■ Sunburst 1 00® 8 00

" Taft 1 00@ 8 00

" Milady 1 00© 8 00

" Ward and Hillinndon 1 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 25 00@4o 00

Gladiolus America.. ..per doz., 75@1 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25® 30

Violets, single 350 50

medium 25® 50

Chrysanthemums, select 12 00@16 00

medium 6 00@10 00

Carnations 50® 1 00

select 1 00® 1 50

Buffalo. Nov. 25. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 30 00@35 00

fancy 20 00®25 00

extra 15 00@20 00

". No.l 1000®1200

No.2 4 00® 5 00

Killarney 3 00® 8 00

'■ White Killarney 3 00® 7 00

My Maryland 3 00® 7 00

Killarney Queen 3 00® 6 00

" Hillingdon 3 00® 6 00

" Richmond 3 00® 7 00

" Sunburst 4 00®10 00

" Ward 300® 600

Taft 3 00® 7 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilies 8 00®10 00

Cattleyas 35 00®40 00

Carnations 2 00® 3 00

Snapdragons 2 00® 3 00

Violets 7S@ 1 00

Pompons bunch. 25@50c

'Mums, pink, white and yellow. 5c@25c
Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35® 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Nov. 25.

Roses, Beauty per doz. $1 00@$4 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 000 8 00

, .," Taft 2 00® 6 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 00

Asparagus Plumosus..per bcb.,2Sc

Carnations 2 00® 3 00

Orchids, per doz 5 00® 6 00

Violets 50® 75

Narcissus (Paper Whites) 2 Of)® 3 00

Stevia 2 00® 3 00

Chrysanthemums, per doz.. I0.50®?3 00
Pompons per bunch. 35c@50c

Sprengeri and plumosus coming to Bos-
ton are grown by Mrs. J. Flood of

Manufacturers and Importers or

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pa.

BERGER BROS.

DATIT.TAS In large assortment,
l/AXll^lAiS best varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shipping facilities.

1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. L CRITCHELL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Third St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock ol Florists' Greens and Supplies

St. Louis. Nov. 25. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, medium 8 00@12 50

short stems 2 00® 6 00

" Killarney 2 00® 4 00

My Maryland 2 00® 4 00

White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" Aaron Ward 1 50® 4 00

Sunburst 3 00® 5 00

Ophelia 4 00® 6 00

Mrlady 3 00® 6 00

Hadley 3 00® 6 00

Valley 4 oo

Carnations 1 50® 2 50

Rubrum 4 00® 6 00

'Mums 3 00015 00

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bu.,25®50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..25@60

Harrisii 8 00

Ferns per 1000. 1 50

Montvale. Mass. This year, by plant-
ing closer, she has increased her sup-
ply by 100 per cent.

W. W. Edgar Co., of Waverley,
Mass., is shipping some very fine
azalea to the Boston Flower Exchange.
He also has as well a good assortment
of pot plants, some well flowered
cyclamen.

John Cummings, of Woburn. Mass.,
is shipping a good supply of violets
at present. He has 45,000 square feet
devoted to them and the stock is re-
ported as looking very promising.

It is rather a novelty to have asters
at this time of year James Tulis is
cutting some very fine pink and white
flowers from his range at So, Sudbury,
Mass.

984

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Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Paper White Grdfl., 14cm. up. .case of lOOO bulbs
French Gr. Solell d'or, pracox. . " '1250 "

French Trumpet Major " " ISOO "

Llllum Formosum, 7-9 inch " " 2-0 "

Llllum Multlflorum, 7-9 inch.. " '■ 300 "
Llllum Glganteum, 7-9 inch .. . " " 300 '

Special discount of 5% for cash wiih. order.

S9.00
tl.m
22 00
15.00
16.50
16.50

The Gardners' & Florists' Club Iield
a meeting Novemtjer 17, which proved
to be very, interesting. The tallc by
■W. N. Craig on the duties of the pri-
vate gardener was exceptionally fine
and he covered the ground so thor-
oughly that there was no room for
comment. The officers for next year
were nominated and were as follows :
H. Bartsch, president; J. Methven,
vice-president; W. N. Craig, secretary;
Peter Fisher, treasurer; executive com-
mittee, J. Kennedy, G. M. Anderson,
F. J. Rea, P. M. Miller, W. K. Rogers.
W. J. Patterson, W. J. Collins, Peter
Barker and Geo. Wyness. There were
many exhibits which were very good, a
vase of Peter Fisher's new Carnation
Alice being especially good. It was
voted to have ladies night in January.

Thomas F. Galvin, while running
after a car at Brookline, fell and re-
ceived a bad scalp wound. He also re-
ceived a severe shaking up.

At a meeting called Saturday, No-
vember 21, by the executive committee
of the Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety, it was arranged to make a few
changes in the schedule for the spring
show. It is planned to have the Amer-
ican Rose Society co-operate with the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society at
the spring show. The admission was
reduced to 25c on Sunday, the last
day, to insure a larger attendance. The
chrysanthemum shows hereafter will
go under the title of the autumn ex-
hibition of plants, flowers, fruits and
vegetables, and special days "will be
given to the different flowers.

Wm. Hannon & Son, of Dorchester,
Mass., is shipping Chrysanthemums
Golden Chadwick, Chadwick Supreme,
Chas. Razer, Solomon's Gold and Wm.
Turner. The flowers are all of good
quality, and the foliage exceptionaly
clean and thrifty looking.

Allan Sim, salesman for his father,
■William Sim of Cliftondale, Mass.,
will leave for Cuba November 30, for
a visit to his uncle's plantation there.
He will be absent six months.

Anderson Bros., of Woburn, Mass.,
are cutting a good supply of Chrysan-
themums Columford, as well as a good
supply of Pompon Diana.

F. L.. W.

New York.

' TRADE OUTLOOK GOOD.

"While business was slow during the
early part of the past week it im-
proved November 20 and 21, and with
Thanksgiving near at hand the out-
look Is more encouraging. 'Wholesale
prices on the best quality of roses
have advanced. This is noteworthy
in American Beauties, Hadley, Sun-
burst, Ward and Taft. On November
21 special American Beauties sold up
to $35 and $40 per 100, or at that rate.
There are a few very long stemmed
Hadleys on the market that whole-
sale at the rate of $15 and $20 per
100; average stems $S and $10. Spe-
cial Sunburst, Ward and Taft are $8
and upward. The past week brought
quite a flurry in violets. They held
up well throughout the week and
"touched $1.25 and $1.50 per 100 on
November 21, the day of the football
game at New Haven. It is probable,
however, that the price will now drop.
The market is yet full of chrysanthe-
mums and some very fine stock Is ar-
riving. There is also a heavy stock of
the medium-sized Bonnaffons, which
are useful In the retail trade. Thei av-

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

erage price for such stock is 75 cents
and $1 per dozen, wholesale. While
there are a few extra fine chrysanthe-
mums that wholesale up to $4 per
dozen, the average of price is low.
There seems to be a slightly better
movement in orchids but gardenias
are very slow. Good carnations are
now on the market and they will be
better appreciated when the chrys-
anthemums are out of the way.

NOTES.

The house committee of the New
York Florists' Club has requested us
to publish the names of the florists who
contributed toward'the handsome deco-
ration of the hall on "ladies' " night,
November 9. The names follow :
United Cut Flower Co., S. S. Pennock-
Meehan Co., A. H. Langjhar, Woddrow
& Marketos, Young & Nugent and Wm.
A. Hauft and Angelo R. Dentale of
their staff; Guttman & Raynor, Inc.,
The Kervan Co., Wm. Kessler, Schloss
Bros, (ribbons), N. Y. Florists' Supply
Co., J. K. Allen, H. E. Froment, E. C.
Horan, Henshaw & Fenrich, P. J.
Smith, W. P. Ford, Jas. McManus,
Gunther Bros., Bagley, Riedel & Meyer,
A. L. l''oung & Co., Clarence Shinn,
Traendly & Schenck, Walter F. Sheri-
dan, L. B. Nason and Paul Meconi.

On November 21, J. K. Allen had a
"Harvard" decoration in his show
window. He had a fine lot of the
crimson Chrysanthemum Harvard,
from the range of Thos. W. Head,
Bergenfield, N. J., the boys of the
store adding Harvard streamers. We
have also noted at this store, the first
poinsettias of the season, and they are
very fine.

Wm. G. Badgley, of the wholesale
firm of Badgley, Riedel & Myer, 34
West 28th street, was re-elected as a
councilman in Chatham, N. J., at the
late election. His majority was large.
It will thus be seen that Mr. Badgley
is as popular in his home town as he
is in the trade.

John Donaldson, who is now a resi-
dent of Patchogue, L. I., was in this
city November 19 and bowled a few
games with the team. John is a gen-
ial and companionable man as well
as a good bowler.

P. J. Smith is now receiving excep-
tionally fine Chrysanthemums Golden
and White Chadwick, from M. Ma-
theron, Baldwin, N. T.

The scores of the New York Flor-
ists' Bowling Club on Thursday, No-
bember 19, were as follows :

J. Donaldson 167 172 ...

F. Nlnuet 151 163 ...

.1. Fenrich '. 178 203 IGG

c. w. Scott 1.52 1.36 len

P. Jncobson 135 158 151

J. Xoung 131 1.10 147

H. C. Riedel 141 148 1,56

A. Kakuda 152 LIS 167

A. J. Guttman 146 1.52 154

R. J. Irwin 141 1.52 146

A. Schanzer 1.31 129 148

.John Mlesera Ifll 155 174

A. F. F.

JOHN YOUNG

wholesale Commltslon Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends tbrouehout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receivt
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America,

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5335

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Robert G. Wilson has a very attrac-
tive store at 3-5 Greene avenue near
Fulton street and another with
greenhouses attached at 339-347
Greene avenue. He is an up-to-date
florist and does a large business.

At Mallon's, 640-G42 Fulton street,
corner of Lafayette avenue, we found
an exceptionally attractive store. The
opportunities for window display are
excellent and are taken advantage of
to the fullest extent.

Hugo H. Jahn has a fine store with a
neat conservatory at 710 Nostrand
avenue. He has been busy of late fill-
ing and placing window and veranda
boxes and has used a large supply of
boxwood.

Miss Mae B. Golden, who has had
large experience in the retail business,
has a very tastefully arranged store
at 59 Lafayette avenue. Miss Golden
is an industrious worker and deserves
success.

While business has been rather slow
of late in this borough, a tour of a
number of retail stores found them all
carrying good stocks and well pre-
pared for business when it does arrive.

G. Mitras. 774 Nostrand avenue, has
a good and well kept store and hla
business seems to be improving.

1914-

The American Florist.

985

KatabUshed 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wbolesale Commtsalon Dealer In Cut Flowers.

Nowpren=ffd for Winter Business.

The celebrated HADLEY. MaADY and other rusts. LlLY OF THE VALLEY

and other trrecnhnnsp stocks.

Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guwanteed.

Open at 6 a.m. every mornine. Phones 167 ana 4488 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on summed paper:
your card. etc.. in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOWST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly & Schenck

VMenle Floristi ud Cal Flower Eidaio
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
beet products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Neconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 2eth Street
NEW YORK CITY

Telephone: 3884 Madison Sqaare.

John J. Reynolds. Mgr. Phone Madison Sq. 4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

Frank McKee, Fulton street and
Classon avenue, is an expert on ferns,
and lias prepared a leaflet whicti he
gives to customers, filled with good ad-
vice on the care of ferns.

H. Kenney, S6-04 Rochester avenue,
has an extensive factory for the man-
ufacture of florists' supplies and his
business has assumed large propor-
tions.

The great supply of chrysanthe-
mums on the market enables the flor-
ists here mentioned to make ,very
elaborate displays.

Fred Muchmore, 1104 Fulton street,
has a good store, with greenhouses at
Richmond Hill. He expects business
to improve.

Callas Brothers have a very desira-
ble corner store, Norstrand avenue
and Bergen street.'

At Wipperman's, 5.52-554 Nostrand
avenue, we found an excellent store
and a fine stock.

A. F. F.

Detroit, Mich. — The biggest and
best flower show ever held in the Belle
Isle horticultural building opened No-
vember 10, under the direction of Rob-
ert Flowerday. horticulturist for the
park and boulevard department.
Ninety varieties are on display, the
leaders in popularity being William
Turner and Black Hawk. In all there
are over 300,000 blooms on exhibit.

Geo. C. Sicbrcchl

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Sooare
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Waller F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^l^l'a^' M^ad! Sq. 133 W. 28th Sf.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

YlioMe Hover MM^KeU

New York. Nov. 25. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 35 OUg'tO 00

extra andfancy... 25 OOfeSoOO

No.l andNo. 2... 8 00I&15 00

'• Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, special 4 00@ 6 00

extra... 3 UU® 4 00

■■ N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

•' White Killarney, special... 4 00@ 5 00

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 5 00

No. 1 and No. 2.. 50@ 1 OO
" " Queen, special. . 3 OOffl ft 00

Brilliant 1 00@ 7 00

" Aaron Ward 1 00® 8 00

" Richmond 50@ 6 00

" Sunburst 1 0 i@ 8 00

*' Taft 1 00@ 8 00

Milady, special 4 CO® 6 00

'■ J L, Mock 1 000 8 00

" Hadley 2 00@10 00

" Ophelia 1 0U@ 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@ 8 00

Carnations 1 m(a 3 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 40 03@=0 00

inferior grades. 15 00ig20 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 4 00@ 5 00

Lilyof the Valley 1 50a 2 50

Chrysanthemums per doz., 1 00@ 3 00

Violets 60@ 75

Gardenias per doz.. $1.50@$2.50

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 50(3 75

Asparagus Plumosus doz. bchs. 1 000 2 00

Smilax doz. strings. 100

Paper White Narcissus 1 00@ 1 25

Sweet Peas, per doz. bunches. 50c@75c

C. C. TR[P[l

If }0u have anything in the line of
decorative plants, now is the time
to see me. Call at my store, at

BLOOMINGDALE'S

59th Street, NEW YORK

United Cut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 11 W. 28lh St., New York City

Phones: Madison Square 594-4422,

We solicit consignments of cut flowersof all kinds

Books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS, Manager.

CHAsrpAiGN, III. — John E. Yeats,
florist, has named his new rqse in honor
of his wife, and it will be known to
the trade as the Sarah Teats rose.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square,
if ention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Evenrwherc

Prompt and satisfactory. CoDsi^DmeDts lolicited

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchange

Coogan BMr., 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent (or advertisine.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERGREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

wholesale: FLORIST

24-30Ston8StJoclisster,N.Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing
121 west 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

ne Urgest SUppar and Rectiva tt Frak Cd FlMcn

|9~A complete assortment of the best in the

market can always be relied upon.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Phone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Alfred A. Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORIST
103 West 28tll Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writinif

986

The American Florist.

Nov. 28,

QUALITY AND STYLE

IN

FLOWER BOXES

AT NO GREATER COST

Quality of material used in addition to the practical and hand-
some non-fading shades in which the boards are finished, bring
Style and distinctiveness to the package.

Write for our illustrated catalog in colors, also price list
and samples.

THE SEFTON MFG CO.

1335 W. 351I1 ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL

Cincinnati.

TRADE CONTINUES SIXJW.

Last week's business was only fair.
The opening and closing- days were
good, but the balance was nothing to
cause any bragging. Toward the end
of the week the supply shortened
greatly, especially in roses and car-
nations. There will, however, prob-
ably be plenty of flowers for Thanks-
giving. The rose supply, although
somewhat smaller than before, is still
large enough to satisfy all immediate
needs. The stock is generally of a
high quality. Carnations, at the time
of this writing, are cleaning up nicely.
and the better grade of stock is bring-
ing better prices than last week.
Chrysanthemums are still the leader
as far as popularity is concerned, their
supply continuing large in all season-
abfe varieties. The medium grades
predominate in numbers. Lilies are
abundant and are able to take care
of all present needs. Both callas and
Lilium rubrum are offered by the
wholesalers. The first stevias, forget-
me-nots and wallflowers made their
appearance last week. Other offerings
include violets, lily of the valley, sweet
peas and orchids. Green goods are
abundant. The first holly and laurel
made its appearance l^st week.

NOTES.

I. T. Conger opened his Third street
store with a display of excellent Be-
gonias Glory of Cincinnati, ferns.
cyclamens and azaleas.

C. E. Critchell's supply of double
violets is again large, after a fort-
night of very light receipts.

L, H. Kyrk was the first in the mar-
ket on baby primroses, wallflowers and
forget-me-nots.

Dan Ruttle has been cutting heavily
in Lilium rubrum and callas.

Geo. Klotter is again cutting his fine
double stevia.

Visitors : Milton Alexander, repre-
senting Lion cS: Co., New York I'itv;
Wm. Weltz, Wilmington, O.; G. M.
Bird, Sidney, O.

H.

Providence, R. I.

Thanksgiving week is looked for to
be a busy one. Chrysanthemums are
still good but as it is the last of the
season the best ones have been
brought in. However, there are still
a lot of good ones to come. " Violets
are scarce, and have gone up in
price, now selling at 75c and $1.00
per 100.
* NOTES.

The Arcade Flower Stand has been
discontinued. The owners will .still
conduct their stand in the Kresge's 5
and ]0c store.

John Burke, of Burke & Burns, left
November 18, for Denver, Colo. John
Kelley will manage his business while
he is away. i

M. Stiles of the William Lake Co.,

Import Immortelles

Natural, bunches weighing 226 grammes, at 75 fcs. per 100 bunches.
Colored, bunches weighing 125 grammes, at 70 fcs. per 100 bunches.

References Required.

F. GUIGOU, Ollioules (Var.), France

Cable Address: GUIGOU, OLLIOULES.

FERHS, green GALAX aod LEUCOTHOE

Direct from the woods to the dealer. NEW CROP NOW READY.

Dagger «nd Fancy Fern? 80c per 1000; case of 5.000. $3.'0

Green Galax 50c per 1000; case of 10.000. 4.00

Green Leucothoe (long) per 1.000. $2 00

Green Leucothoe (short) per 1000. 100

Rhododendron Leaves per 1000, .50

ELK GALAX & FERN CO.,

TERMS CASH. BANNERS ELK, N. C. Conds Coawmteel

Fancy Holly -Laurel Branches - Boxwood Sprays

$3.00 case. $2.50 case. 12c lb.

This stock is the best that can be obtained.

W. Z. PURNELL,

SNOW HILL, MD.

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Choice Case HoUy, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Roping. Can furnish any amount.
IJiave any thinif in greens. Better write
your requirements.

H. E. CONWELL, "'^Ig^wARE

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment, $2.50 percase

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

Philadelphia. Pa., was a visitor No-
vember 17, booking orders.

Barney Brothers, Warren, R. I.,
have opened a retail store at 349
Weybosset street.

"A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn.,
was a visitor to this citv. November
20. ^__ H. A. T.

New York. — Miss Anna Ullmann,
for l.'i years in the employ of J. P.
Klausner, florist, 275 Columbus ave-
nue, in the capacity of bookkeeper and
cashier, will be married November 211
to Maurice S. Bibro, also of this city.
Miss Ullmann is well-known through-
out the trade, and her many friends
wish her much happiness.

Holly Xmas Holly

I have a choice lot of green heavy berried
Holly that I will deliver by freight to
points east of the Mississippi river.

Single Case, - - - $4.00
5 cases or more, per case, 3.75

Heavy 14-inch Holly Wreaths with
plenty of berries, 100 $10.00

My 20 years' experience insures
you the right pack.

H.AUSTIN, Felton,Del.

Mention the American Florist when writing

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now read7 for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEAVEN. Evergreen, Ala.

Trade Directory

Price: $3.O0, postpaid
American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

1914-

The American Florist.

987

DESIGNS OR CDT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

BsUbUthed In 1857.

'mSM.

noRisr

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone, Graceland 1112.

Send QB Tonr retail orders.

WK HA VI THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CFFY

Mention tA« American Florist when writing

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Snccenor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

so KEARNEY STREET

jr«ii«o« the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHIHED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
I delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

! Mention the American Florist when writing

I Washington, D. C.

OEO-H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

MliHon the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McGloments

Floral Experts

! 5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph DeliTery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORU CO.

146 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago.
623 Walnat St., Dea Moines, la.

Largest aod most ceotrallT located store in the
city. All orders fiven prompt attentioD.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraoh Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London, Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .\ss'd.

— FOR —

Telegraph
Orders

You will need

The New Edition

of our

Trade
Directory

Containing the Names and
Addresses of Florists of the
United States and Canada.

Price, $3.00 Postpaid,
American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

T^BLEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■*• any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Order*
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamship*
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Casb must accompany all order*
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address: Alexconnell.
Western tloioD Code.

New Yorli. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 1 5th & H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 206B-2066Madlion Sonarc.
42 West 28th Street.

'"' °,*'e «eTn°the He^ of NEW YORK

And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., AudilorioiD Annei. CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

.\nderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niagara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Teleurapb Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Ass'n.

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and 18 W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883.
Greenhouses and Nurseries in Riverdale.

Mention the American Florist when writing

988

The American Florist.

Aov. 28,

DESKiNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be deUvered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

New York.

E»tabli»hed 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has Ills own correspondents In all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srlyate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist lohen icriting

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S OI$on,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; the largest stock; the greatest
T8y'»ty- Write, wire or phone. We are alive
Dight and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

rreab nowers and Best Service. Deliverlet
ttironEhout the atate and to all steamahip docka
In Hoboken. N. ]., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWNFLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
to^vns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Feachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West 59th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Hembcn if the Florists' Tdecraph DdinrT.

PHILADELPHIA and VICINITY.

^fje Ionian 3Flohipr ^bou, %th.

1800 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Members Florists' Telegraah Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moloes. la.

Andtrson, S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo, N. T.

Arclilaa Floral Co., Sedalla, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta. Ga.

Bauscher, John, Freeport, lU.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blacklstone, Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester, ^Inn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breltmeyer's Sons, John, Detroit, Mlch.^

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee, H. W., Boekford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., Washlngtsa.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo,

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.

Duluth Floral Co., Duluth, Minn.

Dunlop's. 06 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb*.

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow &. Co., Guthrie, Okla,

Furrow & Co,, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Galvln, Thos. F., Inc., Boston, Mass.

Galvln, Thos. P., Inc., New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Graham, A., & Son, Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, MIcb.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardeaty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Helnl & Son, J. G., Terre Haute, Ind.

Henderson, Lewis, Omaha, Neb,

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb,

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Joy Floral Co., NaahvIUe, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg. F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co,, Dallas, Tex.

Lange, A., 25 B. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborlus, J. J., Dulutb. Minn.

London Flower Shop, The, Philadelphia.

Matthews the Florist, Dayton, O.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan. Wis.

May & Co., L. L., St. Paul, Minn.

McConnell, Alex., New York,

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co.. New Orleans, L«.

Murray, Samuel, Kansas City. Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. ^Louls.

Pnlez. Paul M., Little Rook, Ark.

Palmer, W. J., A Son, Buftalo.

Park Floral Co., The, Denver, Colo.

Phillips Bros.. Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co.. Colorado Springs, C»U.

Podesta & Baldocchl, San Francisco.

Pollworth Co., C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Renter's, New London, Conn.

ReT)t«^r'9, Norwich, Conn,

Renter's, Westerly, R, I.

Rock, Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas City.

Schiller, the FlorLsf, 2221 W. Madison St., Chg»-

Soiilliig. Msj, 22 W. snth St., New York.

Slninmna & Sons, Toronto, Can.

Siiinll A; Sons, J. H., N.;W York.

Small & Sons, J. H., Washington, D. C.

Smith Co., A. W., Pittsburgh, P«.

Smith, Henry, Grand Raidds, Mich.

Stumpp, a. B, M., New York.

Weber, F. II.. St. Louie, Mo.

Whitted Floral Co., Minneapolis. Minn.

Wlttbold, O., Co., 7.17 Bnrklngbam PI., Chgw.

Wolfsklir Bros. & M. QoldensoQ, Los Angeles.

Yonng & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desiji;ns.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada,

Members of Florists' Teleffraph Delivery
Mention the American Florist when u>rit<nf

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
ID this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

r. H. WEBER

■■Tie liid Ulniliid In. '^ S.S"™*

Orders taken for FLOWIRS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writinff

WASHINGTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Member! of the Floriati' Teleerapb Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

j.A.vAiM,TiN.. Floral Co.

President.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

CUDE BROS-CQi
FLORISTS
IIU r 9TNM

WA«MiN«TCMAa

igi4.

The American Florist.

989

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

M*»tion the American Florist loAen writir^g

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower 6t Plant Co,

1122 Grand Ave.

Will fill all ord«r» for Cut

Kansas City and Flowers, Funeral Designs
OJao.anlUil! Ui> WeddioK and Birthday Gifts.
rieasaniniil, mo. that mav be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Pa.

A.W.SmithCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

Largeal Floral Establishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

UtBiber Florists' Telegraph Deliverv Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M, GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELAMID

EUCLID AVENUE

Msmbers of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, m.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Dtlivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN. NEB

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Members of Florists Telegraph Deliverv

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPollworthCo.

Will take proper vxr: tu*r>n ain

care of yonr orders In »▼ 1»CC»I1»1I1

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere Id Minnesota. W isconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given p^rompt
attention and filled with strictly fresh^tock.

Mention the American Florist when writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga.— Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtre*.

Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.

Buffalo, N. Y.— S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Ctiicago — Frledmam.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago — Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham Pi.

Cincinnati, O. — Hardesty & Co,

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — A. Graham & Sons.

Cleveland. O.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo.— Pikes Peak Flo. C».

Dallas, Tex. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Dayton. O.— Matthews the Florist.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Dea Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit. Mich. — John Breltmeyer'a Soni.

Duluth, Minn. — Duluth Floral Co.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Freepoit, 111. — John Bauscher.

Grand Rapids, Mich.— Henry Smith.

Guthrie, Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F, & P. Co.

Kausas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln. Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

Loa Angeles — WoIfskiU Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee— C. C. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.

Nashville, Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J.— Phillips Broa.

Newark. O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London, Conn. — Reuter'a.

New Orleans, La, — Metairie Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — Alex McConnell. 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. GalvJn, Inc.

New York— Max Schllng. 22 W. 59th St.

New York — Myer, Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New York^J. H. Small & Sons.

New York- G. E. M. Stumpp,

New York — Young & Nugent,

Norwich, Conn. — Renter's.

Oklahoma City. Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Omaha. Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Philadelphia — The London Flower Shop,

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McCIements.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. VV. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller'i Sons.

Rockford. 111.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Mattbewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis. Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul. Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland, 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco^Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalia. Mo. — Archias Floral Co.

Superior. Wis — Ale.T. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind.— J. G. Heinl Sons.

Tacoma. Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dnnlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Toronto. Can. — Simmons & Son.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington — Blackistone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gurte Bros.

Washington— J. H. Small & Sons.

Westerly, R. 1. — Renter's.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Soos

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbus

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San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchl

324 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when loriting

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store ID Superior or Duluth. I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders (or dtsigns and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writint

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave*

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity os
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STR££T

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Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

eS Yonaa Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guaraotae
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

Dunlop's

INC.

561 Fifth Ave.
Vanderbllt Hotel

NEW YORK

B AOyAII 126 Tremont Street
DUa I Ull 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Pointft.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered (or the trade In other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sendyourorders^^Ghicago

and Snb-
urbsto

m^x-— u , All ordericarelnlly filled
jwM.iB**'*' under the inpervision of

►SmicaSS— GEORGE tSMUS, Mgr

wire. Write or Phone West 822

Member Floriiti' Telegraph Delivery.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Hochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orden carefully filled and delivered to all parti
of the city, Arkansas and the Sonthwest,

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freemaii

(Snccessor to Geo. A. Heinl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Both Phones, 627.
Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Order-
Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

1415 Pa mum St telephones

Mij 1 arnum ai. ,501 aha 1 1582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL'S

fjpur York

MYER, FLORIST, 'm^',^"

Member of The Florists' Telegrapb Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Uadinft

Florists

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI

±loWers

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

69 MADISON AVENUE

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

Lang Floral & Nursery Go.,Texa's!

Write or wire headquartersfor flowers for Texas,
Oklahoma. Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too large, none too small.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction. n||| ||TU MINN
We are the center of thegreat OUI-Uin, minn.
Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior, Wis.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

You will need the New Edition of our

Trade Directory

Containing the Names and Addresses of
Florists of the United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID

American Florist Go , **^ '^cm^rg^o^™ ^*-

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PHOENIX. ARIZ.— Newman Bros,
have opened a fiower shop in the Co-
lumbia theater building.

Wichita, Kan. — Over 1.5,000 blooms,
representing (!0 varieties of chrysanthe-
mums, were the objects of admiration
of the crowds who visited the green-
house of C. P. Mueller, florist, at his
fiower show which opened November
1.5, and continued for one week. The
Mueller flower shop down-town also
made a handsome display. Mr. Muel-
ler says this has been his best year
.for chrysanthemums.

Neoaunee, Mich. — The Cleveland-
Cliffs Iron Co., owners of the Negaunee
Greenhouses, have a most attractive
display of flowers this season. Chrys-
anthemums in variety are in splendid
condition and carnations are thriving
better than usual, 13,000 plants of the
latter being planted in four houses.
Two houses are planted to roses. Four
men are employed the year round, un-
der Wm. Helmsdorfer. superintendent.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

lEWARI N. J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris GoldensoD

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade diac
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Desicos od short notlc*.
Prompt atteDtioD to telegraph aod telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Deliver?.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Orders will be carefnlly

cared for by

Michigan.

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail norlst of GRAND RAPIDt

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALnUU) HANNAH & SONS Will fill yonr
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigu

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Tele^rapb DelWerr

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Spiraea

LARGE CLUMPS. PLUMP EYES.

Gladiolus

FOR WINTER FORCING.

Spiraea.

Gladstone (white) $8.00

Queen Alexandra (pink) 9.00

Gladiolus.

Blushing Bride $5.00

The Bride (white) 5.00

Augusta \

AmeHca"''*''"^:: [ ^"tC for PriCCS.

Chicago White )

Lilium Giganteum. ,,„

6-8 inch (400 to case) $35.00

V-9 inch (300 to case) 50.00

9-10 inch (2(X» to case) 95.00

Surplus Dutch and French Bulbs at ' 'Bargain Prices."

All from our own regular importations.

CHICAGO VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE newyork

SPIRAEA QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul-
ture for the past 25 years. The best work on Ameri-
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
Sorist. 106 pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. S.\HTH a CO., Adrian, Mich.

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BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids. 2 ft $1 00 each

Pyramids. 2H-ft 1.50 each

Pyramids,3 ft 2.00each

Pyramids, 3H, ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape. 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN "^cmbAG?^

Easter Roses

Pot our 4 inch now in 5 to 6-inch.

They must reach you in good growioe condition,
otherwise you can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
and very good.

S. A. Nutt. $12.50 per 1000.

Poltevine and Ricard, $15.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, $25.00 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, L&NCASTEIi. PA.

We trust you have all had
a fine Thanksgiving trade.

CHRISTMAS PLANTS

that will be in bloom see our adv. in

American Florist of two weeks ago.

Don't forget

Novelties and Ferns

GEO. A. KUHL, "^^"SSIi'wER

PEKIN, ILL.

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists.

Wliolesaie

Alonzo J. Bryan, lH^^t

Washington, New Jersey.

J. D. Tlioinpson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Prica 93.00 Postpaid.

American norist Co.,

4«0 S. DMrbon au.

CHOACO

Primroses.

Sanguinea, Obconlca Alba and Rosea,

$1 60 per 100; $12.00 per 1000.
Obc. Gigantea, giant flowering, all 2\4 in.

pots. $2.00 per 100.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 214 in.

pots, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000.
Vinca Variegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.
Pansy Plant, Oct. 10th, $2.50 per 1000.

CASH or C. O. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

A LLNurserymeo.beedsmen andKlorists wishing
^ to do business with Europe should send for the

"Borticnltnral Advertiser'*

This is the Bntish Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
inbscription, to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appli-
cantssbould. with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that tbey belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address EdltOrS Of "H. A."

ChtlweU Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. England

Home of Pansies.

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpassed, improved
annualU. Some of the best florists in America
are regular customers. These plants are in extra
good shape this year and heavy rooted, grown on
high land. Packed to reach you safe anywhere.
$2.50 per 1000. 5000 for $10.00.

Elmer Rawlin^s, Home of Pansies.

GLEAN. N. Y.

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The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, San Francisco. Calif,,
President; J. M. Liipton, Mattituck, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Dunjjan,
Philadelpliia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer; S. K. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Aasistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tbird annual meeting, San Fran-
Oisco, Calif.,June 1915.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.— Jesse E. North -
rup's condition remains unchanged.

It is reported that the "melon trust"
is sued for $100,000 by California
Japanese farmers.

The Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, re-
ports good demand for its Narrow
Grain Evergreen sweet corn.

California growers' representatives
are marching on to Chicago, the great
center of seed distribution, the ad-
vance guard arriving last week.

SOUTHERN seedsmen are writing their
correspondents in the north asking
that they buy a few bales of cotton
at 10 cents per pound. This seems
to be above the present cash price.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — A. J. Brown,
of the A. J. Brown Seed Co., returned
November 24, from a week's trip to
Saskatchewan. He will soon start
south and east on a contracting trip.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
tiTe Board of Trade ^November 24 were
as follows : Timothy, ?4.50 to $5.75 per
100 pounds.— Carl Cropp, of Vaughan's
Seed Store, is in New York this«week.—
Arnold Ringier, of the W. W. Barnard
Co., has returned from the bouquet
green district.

VisrrED Chicago: C. C. Massie, of
Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis,
Minn.; J. B. Agnew, Visalia, Calif.;
E. J. Sheap, of S. M. Isbell & Co.,
Jackson, Mich.; L.. M. Kimberlin, of
J. M. Kimberlin «& Co., Santa Clara,
Calif.; Thos. W. Chisholm, of the
Braslan Seed Growers' Co., San Jose,
Calif.

Bouquet Green prices at Chicago
are somewhat firmer because of snows
in the north. Ton lots of prime quality
are selling at five to six dollars per
hundred pounds, depending on the
quality. First hand prices in the
north woods, quality uncertain, are
named as low. as three and a half
cents.

Considerable excitement exists in
certain pea and bean growing districts
in Michigan where certain farmers are
reported to have sold out all or part
of their crops grown from stock seed
loaned to them by seedsmen on con-
tract. Detectives are said to be at
work to bring these offenders to
justice.

Baltimore, Md.— Chas. J. Bolgiano,
of J. Bolgiano & Son, has been critical-
ly ill at the Union Protestant Infirm-
ary since Sunday, November 8, at
which he was operated upon for ap-
pendicitis by Prof. R. H. Follis of the
Johns Hopkins University, assisted by
Dr. Austin F. Robinson. While Mr.
Bolgiano's condition was for a time ex-
tremely critical, there being grave
danger of peritonitis setting in, he has
during the past few days shown a
marked Improvement and his speedy
recovery is now looked for.

Wholesale Seedsmen's Leag:ue.

At the meeting of the Wholesale
Seedmen's League, held at New York,
November 24, the following firms were
represented : Landreth Seed Co., Bris-
tol, Pa.; Bolgiano «& Son, Baltimore,
Md.; J. M. Thorburn & Co., New
York; W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa.; Robt. Buist Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa.; Comstock, Ferre & Co.,
Wethersfield, ,Conn.; Breck &, Sons
Corp., Boston, Mass.; D. M. Ferry &
Co., Detroit, Mich.; S. D. Woodruff &
Sons, New York; C. C. Morse & Co.,
San Francisco, Calif.; The Jerome B.
Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y.;
Stokes Seed Store, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Weeber & Don, New York; Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

The officers and directors were re-
elected and the opinion prevailed that
European deliveries would be fairly
complete, but late in arrival.

Wisconsin Potato Growers.

Grand Rapids, November 19.— Over
1,000 Wisconsin growers met here to-
day. The Wisconsin potato crop this
year is 38,000,000 bushels. Two sil-
ver cups were donated by local mer-
chants for the best county collection.
W. A. Orton represented the United
States department <of agriculture and
stated that the powdery scab is the
worst disease now affecting potatoes,
but is mostly confined to the eastern
part of the country and its spread is
prevented by isolation. It is not yet
found in Wisconsin. He recommends
field inspection rather than warehouse
inspection to prevent the spread of
this disease. One potato he says may
be affected by five different diseases
at one time.

Dr. Jones claims that potato rot,
now existent in Wisconsin, is 10 times
worse than in former seasons and that
this rot was imported from South
America. J. W. Hicks, of Prentice, is
president and J. G. Milward, Madison,
secretary.

Western Canners' Association.

The semi-annual meeting of the
Western Canners' Association was
held at the Sherman House, Chicago,
November 19-20 wdth a large attend-
ance. The Leonard Seed Co., of Chi-
cago, had on exhibit a number of ears
of its new Narrow Grain Evergreen
corn which attracted much favorable
attention and for which several nice
orders were booked. S. D. Woodruff
& Sons, of New Pork, had on display
peas, beans and beets and the Wire-

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

boimds Corporation, of Chicago, ex-
hibited samples of packing cases. The
following firms were represented : S.
D. Woodruff & Sons. New York (Ailing
Woodruff); Peninsula Seed Co., Port
Huron, Mich. (B. E. Brotherton and
Wm. Eckholn) ; D. M. Ferry & Co., De-
troit, Mich. (Theo. Cobb) ; Jerome B.
Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y. (Wm.
C. Langbridge and Chas. P. Guelf ) ;
John H. Allan Seed Co., Sheboygan,
Wis. (E. M. Parmelee and W. B. Lu-
cas); The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.,
MlTford, Conn. (Alex. Mathers) : The
Leonard Seed Co., Vaughan's Seed
Store and the W. W. Barnard Co.,
Chicago. Several of the members pres-
ent signified their intention of attend-
ing the annual convention of the Wis-
consin canners, to be held in the Re-
publican House, Milwaukee, Wis., De-
cember 1-3.

Michigan Bean Growers' (onference.
Saginaw, November 20. — The Michi-
gan bean growers, at their conference
here adopted a tentative plan for a
state organization, to consist of sev-
eral county organizations, which in
turn will be made up of township or-
ganizations, in the localities where
bean growing is a prominent feature
of the farmers' work. The plan will
include the employment of a state sec-
retary, and its purpose is to so con-
trol the marketing of beans that the
farmer and consumer will benefit.

The development of the plan will__be
undertaken by a committee of five to
be appointed by President James Mc-
Bride. of the Michigan Farmers' Fed-
eration, who was. chairman of the con-
ference. Seventy per cent of the
beans produced in the United States
are grown in Michigan, and 25 per
cent in four counties, of which Sagi-
naw is one, thus making the question
a vital one for this county.

Saginaw county bean growers will
hold a meeting December 8, to organ-
ize into a sort of co-operative society,
and other counties will follow §uit dur-
! ing the winter.

A resolution was adopted favoring
a state market commission and an at-
tempt will doubtless be made by the
committee to be appointed by Mr.
Bride to get a bill introduced into the
legislature at the next session estab-
lishing the new office, which could
handle not only the bean crop sittia-
tion but also many other crops, such
as potatoes and apples. The meeting
was regarded as a success, and one of
the main questions discussed and
agreed upon was some method of get-
ting rid of the middleman.

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, Postpaid.

American Florist Company

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the following Califernia Speciilties only:

ONION. LETTUCE, C«RRO'. RADISH, PARSNIP. PARSLEY. CaERT.

ENDIVE, LEEK. SALSIFY sod SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

.Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

1914.

The American Florist.

993

"British Empire"
Flower Seed Colleclions

VERSUS

"GERMAN" COLLECTIONS

German Collections of annual and biennial Flower Seeds give no special
advantage either in quality or price.

We therefore ask the Trade to enquire for "British Empire" Flower
Seeds — Collections of choicest, showy Flower Seeds, equal in every
respect, if not superior to, those formerly offered as German.

As we have made a specialty of Flower Seeds for many years, and
can assure the Trade of satisfaction in every respect, we ask. our regular
customers in the Seed Trade, and others, to send to us for prices and
particulars of these Collections.

Our latest prices of Choice Florists' Flower Seeds of the new crop is
now being mailed to leading buyers on your side. If you have not received
a copy please ask for one.

LANGPORT, ENG.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
to the Trade Only,

TBE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.

seed Growers SANTA CLARA, CAL

Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

*^°'soikit"e'd."" Swedesbaro, New Jeisey

97th Year

J. BOLGIANO 5 SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes

pediftSeTomato' Seeds Baltimore, Md.

Mention the American Florist when writing

TOMATO SEED

Surplus List Now Ready.
Best Stocks. AU Varieties.

HAVEN SEED CO.

Growersior the Wholesale Trade Ooiy.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

»y Mention the American Florist when writing

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

ana aii uaraen seeas _ ^^ p^

CO.

226-230

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

THE G. HERBERT COY SEED CO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Souasti and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Nothing will pay better to plant after the 'Mums
than my

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. G. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Galif.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip

Radish, Beet,

Branches Michiaan, Ull cnRn nnUN

Wisconsin ind Idaho. WIILrUnU, UUBB.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandinoras,
etc., ASTKRS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO. LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER 5 SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

Western Seed & Irrigation Go.

Wholesale Seed Growers and Dealers

SPECIALTIES :

Sweet, Flint and Dent Com; Cucumber,

Musk and Watermelon; Pumpkin and

Souash.

FREMONT : NEBRASKA

Mention the American Florist when writing

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bidg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card brings a Catalogue
Mention the A^nerican Florist when writing

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Nov. 28,

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very hkely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Fnkhuizen Glory.

Introduced Sevenil Ye:irs At:o bv Our Firm.

GROW PAPER WHITES

$8.50 per case of 1000 choice bulbs.

Also TULIPS, DAFFODILS, FREESIAS, are money makers at our surplus prices.

Get our Bulb Price List.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

L. FORMOSUM

7-9 in., 9-in in.. 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, K and \ in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Mention the American Florist when tpriting

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon.
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL,

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster,

Cosmos. Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

Mention the American Florist when teriting

Benry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the
Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Mention the American Florist when writing

TT7E often have an overstock
'^ ' of popular seeds and bulbs
which we are able to supply below
the market.

Ask us aboixt it and watch for
our column announcements.

J.M.THORBURNSCO.

In business since 1802
53 Barclay Street, New York

Mention the Amei-ican Florist when writing

ROITZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wbolesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when writing

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

• CND rOR OATALdOI'E.

ARTMUR T. BODDINQTON

J«t Wm) 14th N«^ Maw T*rh.

Mention the American Florist when writing

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[ICAIYPFIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. 60x857, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Cold Storage

Valley

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market Brand,

$20,0(1 per IftK); $10.50 per 500;
5,50 per 250: 2.50 per 100.
CUT VALLEY, best quality always on hand.

H. N. BRUNS

3032 Madison Street, CHICAGO

J. C. ROBINSON SEED CO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rodcy Ford, Colorado.

Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

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JOSEPH HE/VCOCK COMPANY'S

PALMS AND FERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

6-in. pot.

Leaves
...5 to 6..

In. high Each Per doz

.28 to 30 $1.00 $12.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 36 in. high 2.50

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 42 to 48 in. high 5.00

12in, cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to 5V4 ft 10.00

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 5M to 6 ft 12.50

12-1 n. ceda- tub. 4 plants in tub, 6 ft. high, heavy 15.00

12 in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot. nicely characterized $1.00

7-in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Leaves

2H-in. pot 4

3 in. pot 5

4-in. pot 5 to 6..

In. high
. 8 to 10.,
,.12
.15

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED

STRONG AND HEALTHY

5-in. pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot 6 to 7 24

Leaves In. high

Each Per doz.

$1.50

2.00

..$0.40 4.50

.. ,50 6,00

.. 1,00 12,00

Each Perdoi

30,00
36.00
48.00

JOSEPH HCACOCK CO.,

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2,50

7 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

1 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48, very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-in. tub, 4 ft. spread each. $4.00

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote, Pa.

Contract Seed Growers

Cnopiiiltitc- Pepper, Edg Plant, Tomato,
opeiildlUti^. Vine Seed and Held Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Onion Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting

ONION SETS.

Schilder Bros.,

CHILUCOTHE,
OHIO.

^ll»l»mmtmmiillumAmintttmmHA>^

BURPEE'S SEEDS

Philadelphia

Wholesale Price List for Florists
and Market Gardeners. ; : ;-:

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GARDEN SEED

Beet, Sweet Com. Garden Beans, Onion Sets
and Seed Potatoes in variety. .Mso other items
ol th.- short croo of this past season, as well as a
full hne of Garden Seeds, will be quoted you upon
application to

S. D, WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St„ NEW YORK.

and Orange, Conn.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

Gladiolus Bulbs

How to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

\,

Book of Gladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

Dr. Van Fleet.
PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

Get QuotatiOBi From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED
Bloomsdale Brlstol, PB.

Mention the American Florist when writing

American Fiorist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard. Perkins.

Poitevine. 2-in.. $2.00 per 100; 3-io.. $5.00 per 100.
Boston and WIlitmaniFems;3 in., 10c; 4-in., 15c;

5-in.. 2.Sc.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in., $5.00; 4 in., $10.00; 5-in.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia 2^-in.. $5,00 per 100.
Vlnca Var., 2 in., $2 00 per 100,

Cash with order.
GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.
Mention the American Florist when writiiff

996

The American Florisi.

Nov. 28.

I he Nursery Irade

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henrv B. Chase, Cliiisc, Ala., PrHsident,
E. S. VVek-h, Sheiiiindimli, l:i., Vice-Presi-
dent: .lolin Hall,2U4 lilauitc bldg., Rocliest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detloit. Mich.. .luiic 8:i-3.j, 1913.

Louisiana, Mo.— Stark Bros. Nur-
sery & Orchard Company has issued
its 1915 catalogue. The book is
hig-h class, comprehensive and full of
interesting facts.

Memphis, Tenn. — Col. Robert Gal-
loway, who has been chairman of the
park commission since 1903, was
unanimously re-elected to that posi-
tion for a period of two years, No-
vember 13.

Chicago.— The state bank of Chicago
has taken title from Wm. A. Peterson
to a tract of 78 acres lying east of the
north shore of the sanitary district
channel and southwest of Lincoln ave-
nue, between Peterson and Bryn Mawr
avenues. The bank took title, it is
understood, for W. F. Kaiser & Co.,
subdivision operators. It is said the
consideration paid for the property
was in excess of $100,000. The tract
is adjacent to the Peterson nursery.

American Association of Nurserymen.

*We are now able to report that the
Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Michigan, has
been chosen by the committee on ar-
rangements, Thos. I. Ilgenfritz and Sec-
retary Hall, as convention headquar-
ters for the fortieth anniversary of this
association. The accommodations for
meetings, exhibits, committees, and for
social purposes are unexcelled, all of
which are placed at our command by
the management.

It will be our aim, from time to
time, to keep members posted of the
progress made by the various commit-
tees, and we want all to become so en-
thused that they will importune nur-
serymen who are at present in the cold
to become members before the cold
storage doors .shut them up beyond the
possibility of thawing. The June 23-25,
1915, convention will go down into his-
torj'- as a phenomenal occasion.

JOHN Hall, Secretary.

Burn Shipment of Satsuma Trees.

In accordance with a regulation of
the Louisiana State Board of Agricul-
ture and Immigration, Prof. E. S.
Tucker, associate entomologist of the
agricultural experiment station, and
H. A. Lastrapes, a .special inspector,
.seized and burned a shipment of orange
trees at the express office at Ham-
mond, La. Tho consignment consisted
of three bundles of satsuma trees and
was valued at .$1,000. Under the regu-
lation, passed by the state board Sep-
tember 25, the shipment into Louisiana
is. prohibited of all citrus plants from
other states on account of citrus
canker disease. The seizure was the
first made under the new regulation,
and was consigned to R. N. Cole of
Hammond, La., by Griffing Bros. Co.,
of Macclenny, Fla. Prof. Tucker and
Inspector Lastrapes will prefer charges
against the shipper, the express com-
pany and the consignee. The penalty

is a fine of from $25 to $500, or im-
prisonment of from 10 days to six
months, or both.

Oranjfe Day in Louisiana.

New Orleans, November 12. — Enor-
mous impetus is now being given citrus
fruit culture in southern Louisiana,
and the people of this state will cele-
brate November 19 as "Orange Day."

From the early days of tne French
and Spanish occupation southern
Louisiana has produced excellent or-
anges, but the industry is only now
being developed in a large way. Sugar
lands and the drained humus covered
lowlands are being found splendidly
adapted to orange culture.

The boll weevil and the removal of
tariff production on sugar are causing
some remarkable economic changes in
Louisiana. During generations the cot-
ton farmers of Louisiana produced
nothing but cotton and the sugar plant-
ers produced nothing but sugar, each
purchasing meats, food stuffs of all
kinds and general supplies from other
states. The boll weevil has forced the
cotton farmers into diversified farm--
ing and cattle and stock raising, and
they are finding the new method far
more profitable than the old. The
same thing is true in the sugar belt.

Throughout southern Louisiana the
citrus fruit industry is now being rap-
idly developed. Many new orange
groves are being set out. In OrJeans
parish a single grove of 7,500 acres of
oranges, through which there are 50
miles of paved highways, is being de-
veloped as a park. A seedless variety
of Louisiana sweet oranges, recently
discovered, has been awarded the
Wilder pomological medal.

On November 3, the voters of Lou-
isiana so amended the state constitu-
tion as make the laws, affecting in-
vestment capital as favorable and
friendly as any in the world.

Publicly owned river front ware-
houses and harbor facilities are being
installed and arrangements have been
made to supply many miles of water
frontage for private development of
New Orleans.

The removal of the tariff on sugar
has wiped out many fortunes in south-
ern Louisiana, but a new era of de-
velopment is bringing far more pros-
perity to Louisiana than the boll wee-
vil and tariff have taken away.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONARD& JONES COm

West Grove, Penna.

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

August Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St.. NEW YORK CITY

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and a^e. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUE.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

Headquarters For

Caliternia Privet Hedging

Fully half a million plants for sale.

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year IV2 to '^ f"?^t

Two years 1^ to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 2V'2 'eet

Two j'ears 2 to 3 feet

Two years 2V'2 to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

For screens 6 to 6 feet

For Screens 6 to 7 feet

All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades

have been cut back one or more times.

Especially attractive prices in car lots.

'Rorhoi'ic TVintiViArdii Transplanted, stoclty plants. 9to 12 inclips, 12 to 18
DcFDcria inUnOcrtJU inilicsaDdlV2to2feetsizesby thelOOO.

NURSERY

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH

LITTLE SILVER, N. J

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The American Florist.

997

DREER"S

HARDY PERENNIALS

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
FOR HARDY PERENNIALS

Among our Specialties in this line are the following, all of
which can be supplied in immense quantities:

Anemone Japonica
Hardy Asters
Campanulas
HemerocaiMs
Hollyhocks

German Iris
Japanese Iris
Oriental Poppies
Peonies
Tritomas

Hardy Perennial Phlox, over 50O,0CO in stock.

For a complete list of everything desirable in tire Perennial
Line consult our Curreni Whole&ale Li&t, or write us.

Gypsophila Panicnlata Fl. PI.

HENRY A. DREER,

714-716 CHESTNUT ST.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

BoxwoodS"Cyclamens

BOXWOODS. E,,h

10-inch Box Bush $0.25

12-inch Box Bush 30

12-inch Bo.x Bush extra heavy, 10-in. wide, .40

15-inch Box Bush 50

18-inch Box Bush 1.00

24 inch Box Bush 1.25

SOinch Pyramid 2.0O

36-inch Pyramid 3.00

BOXWOODS— Cont'd. E,ch

31/2-foot Pyramid 3.50

1-loot Pyramid 4.00

CYCLAMEN

We grow over 20,000 of these very desirable
plants in separate colors or mixed; the finest
strains available.

Assorted, 5-inch 40c each

Assorted, 6-inch 60c each

Tl r* 1ir*ii1 II t^ 1. D. Phone, Graceland 1112 />| •

Ihe UeO. Wittbold to., 737-39 Buckingham Place, thlCagO

Robert Craig Co...

2^ PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49th Sts., Philadeipliia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SPECIALTIES

loses, trom j'locD pots.
Carnations for fall delivery

Chrysanthemums
SmUax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers,

FISHKILL

New York

Worcester, Mass. — Harry I. Ran-
dall, florist, located for the past three
years at .3 Pleasant street, moved No-
vember IG to more spacious quarters
at 13 Pleasant street. The store is fit-
ted with new fixtures and is finished
in white throughout. Many people
visited the new store on the opening
day. Mr. Randall has been connected
with the retail florist trade in this
city for 27 years.

This Ought To Be OF INTEREST To YOU.

That Local Growers have placed the largest Individual Orders for my

New Carnation "Alice"

offered to the Trade this season. Some have doubled, and trebled their orders on successive
visits. The color is an exquisite shade of clear soft pink, midway bt-twe n Enchantress and
Gloriosa. Habit of plant ideal, strnni;. verv ear-y. and a coDtinuous, and without doubt the
inost productive commercial variety 1 have offered to date.

Prices; Per 100. *12.0 ': ppr 1000. Jinn, 01: per 2:00. $237.50;
per 5000. t45\oO; per lOOOJ. $81 0.00.
If you have not seen it. send for descriptive circular, and get your order in now. Over
2C0.0O0 sold.

PETER FISHER,

Ellis, Mass.

CARNATIONS

F. CORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

J. E. Meredith, Prbs. C. W Stodt, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVttLE

ILLINOIS

American Florist Advertisements Work 24 Hours per Day.

998

The American Florist.

Nov. 28,

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

W. J, Ritterscamp, Princeton, Ind., Pres-
ident; H. J. Thompson. Attleboro, Mass..
Vice-President; S. W. Severance, Louisville.
Ky., Secretary; M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland,
O,, Treasurer.

Next annual convention and exhibition,
Philadelphia, Pa . October6 9, 1914.

Lancaster, O. — M. M. Miesse, who
had some success with mushrooms last
season, is extending the crop this year.
Lettuce has been doing well this sea-
son, but the demand is light.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and VeifetaDies.

Chicago, November 24. — Mushrooms,
60 cents to G.5 cents per pound; lettuce,
10 cents to 12i^ cents per box; rad-
ishes, 2.5 cents to 50 cents per dozen
bunches; asparagus, $1.50 to $2.00 per
dozen bunches; celery, 12 stalks, 15
cents to 25 cents; cucumbers, $1.00 per
dozen.

New York, November 2-t. — Cucum-
bers, GO cents to $1.00 per dozen;
mushrooms, 50 cents to $1.50 per 4-
pound basket; tomatoes, 10 cents to 15
cents per pound.

Notes on Celery Storagpe.

Each season a great quantity of
celery is stored in trenches right in the
■field where grown. This method is so
well known that little need be said
about the management of such
trenches. It is up to the weather to
make the venture a success or a fail-
ure to a very large extent. Under fa-
vorable circumstances trench storage
fills the bill. It is cheap, convenient
and produces a fine quality, and under
bad circumstances the whole thing
may be a loss. We are troubled a
great deal by surface water in winter
and at times snow and ice obstruct
the natural channels so that our drain
tiles get flooded by backing up of the
water, hence we have gradually taken
to storing in buildings. Part of the
crop is billed and banked with earth
heavily to remain imtil marketed. This
part of the ci'op is to fill our wants up
to Christmas. After that the weather
gets too severe for .successful digging
in the open and the building storage is
depended upon. We have now at this
writing an even span shed 14x80, con-
taining 20,000 plants, as one of the
units. This shed was built from the
lumber used for bleaching earlier in
the season. It is built on the remov-
able plan. Waterproof building paper
covers the boards and over the paper
is three inches of straw, held in place
by chicken wire. On each side of the
ridge is a 10 inch hinged board, con-
tinuous for ventilation. The fact that
many failures have been made all over
the country in variously designed cel-
lars and buildings induces us to write
a little on the management of celery
in the buildings.
,• In the first place we must become
quite familiar with certain factors,
such as heat, moisture and ventilation.
Of great importance is an even tem-
perature. Every change in tempera-
ture, cither up or down, means also a
change of moisture in the air. As the
air warms, it expands and can hold
more water, which is taken where it
can be gotten — from the celery in stor-

age; the effect is wilting of the crop.
Any sudden cooling of the air works
in the opposite direction — ^^moisture
held in suspension in the air is
squeezed out by the contraction of the
air, forming dew on roof, sides, and
on the celery. This moisture is a
great enemy, causing decay, rust and
other ailments. Besides, such a vast
quantity of green matter as 20,000 cel-
ery in a building of the size given, will
speedily overcharge the air with mois-
ture unless removed. It is therefore
necessary to have ample ventilation
day and night to carry off this excess
moisture. In long wet spells it may
become necessary to use fire heat to
move the air, therefore a store house
should be equipped with heat, whether
there is danger from frost or not. The
celery should have moislure at the root,
as considerable is absorbed and passed
off. Therefore we find the conditions
necessary for success in shed storage
to be : Celery not damaged by hard
freezing in the field; foliage of celery
to be dry at time of storage, an even
temperature during storage; ample
and continuous ventilation; moisture
at the root; heat for drying the air. In
conclusion, we wish to emphasize that
successful vegetable storage depends
on low temperatures, 40° or less. This
can be accomplished at times by ad-
mitting night air only, and excluding
the higher day currents.

Maeketman.

Nassau County Horticultural Society.

The monthly meeting of the Nassau
County Horticultural Society was held
at Glen Cove, N. Y., November 11,
President Henry Gaut in the chair.
Mrs. G. F. Baker was elected to hon-
orary membership and T. Cartwright
was made an active member. The
judges for the monthly exhibits were
G. Ashworth, J. Adier and J. Macdon-
ald and first awards for chrysanthe-
mums in three classes were given to
F. Honeyman, for three pink, and J. W.
Everett for three white and three yel-
low. The thanks of the society were
given to J. W. Everett for an ex-
hibit of blooms of Mrs. Gilbert Drab-
ble, and to A. Fournier for a vase of
new French varieties. -A cultural cer-
tificate was given to F. Honeyman for
a vase of Radiance roses and certifi-
cates of merit to H. Gaut for four roses
of seedling chrysanthemums. The presi-
dent's prizes for best table decorations
were awarded to Robert Jones, assist-
ant gardener on the Percy Chubb es-
tate, first; Charles Parr, assistant gar-
dener on the "John T. Pratt estate, sec-
ond; and Arthur Cook, al.so an as-
sistant on the Pratt estate, third.

The following silver cups won at the
fall show were presented : Mrs. H. L.
Pratt cup for table decoration to J.
W. Everitt; Mrs. F. S. Smither's cup

for 50 varieties hardy chrysanthemums,
to H. Gaut (won three times), and
Mrs. F. S. Smither's prize of books for
outdoor flowers to J. F. Johnston. Mrs.
H. D. Guthrie offered a silver cup for
chrysanthemums for next fall show
which was accepted with thanks. The
John Scheeper's prize for Darwin tulips
next spring was divided as follows :
Best collection of not more than 18 va-
rieties Darwin tulips, six flowers each
vase: Firse prize, $12.00; second prize
$8, and third prize, $5.

Five classes for one vase, distinct
colors, 12 flowers in each, two prizes
in each class: First prize, $3; second
prize, $2.

The secretary was instructed to
write a letter of sympathy from this
society to J. Austin Shaw on the death
of his daughter. Exhibits for next
meeting : Vase 25 mixed carnations,
one head cauliflower and 25 brussels
sprouts. The next meeting will be held
at 2 :30 p. m. Business, election of oflS-
cers. After the meeting a very enjoy-
able smoker was held.

Harey Jones, Cor. Sec'y.

HOUSTON, Tex.— Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago, had an extensive display at
the fall exhibition of the Texas State
Florists' Association, November 12-14,
which was well staged and greatly
admired.

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthetnum Novelties My Specialty.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Watcb for our Trade Mark stamped
OD every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn

SubstitutioD of cheaper grades \%
thus easily exposed. Fresb samplt
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by maDufacturers apon re
ceiot of 40 cents in postage. Addreii

Trade M ark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paul. Minn

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ONTHE SUBJECT

170 Pages.— Price $1.00—29 Illustrations.
AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Established 1 787.)

CppniAl TIF?- Beans, Beets. Cabbages. Carrots. Kohl Kabi, Leelt. Lettuces, Onions. Peas,
giLUIHLIILOi Ridishes. Spinach Turnips Swedes. .Asters, Balsams. BegoDias, Carnations
Cinerarias. Gloxinias, Larkspur, Nasturtiums. Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes. Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalosrue free on application,

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6, IX) per oz . or $1,75 per M oz.. $1.00 per H oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grounds, and
are warranted true to name of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality,

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

igi4.

The American Florist.

999

CARNATIONS

AVIATOR

Intense scarlet, the most prolific scarlet carnation ever
offered to the trade. Thin wiry grower, stiff stems, perfect
flowers, no "splits " Rooted cuttings ready January 1,
1916. $12 00 per lUO; $100.00 per lOOi).

PEERLESS PINK

Dark pink, the ideal carnation. Making good with
those who bought last year. Very free bloomer, nice even
color. The money maker. Rooted cuttings fC.OO per 100;
$60.00 per 1000.

Per 100 Per 1000

Matchless, white $6.00 $50.(W

Champion, scarlet 6.00 50 00

Yellow Prince, yellow.... 6.00 60.00
Philadelphia, medium

pink 6.00 50.00

Per 100 Per 1000
Gloria, medium pink .... $6.00 $50.00
Princess Dagroar,crimson h.OO 60.00

White Wonder 3.00 25 00

White Enchantress 3.00 25 00

Enchantress 3.00' 25.00

ALL STOCK GUARANTEED.

Per lOO'Per 100
Herald, scarlet, very fine

flower, stiff stems $4.00 $30.00

Pinlt Delght 4.00 30 00

Enchantress Supreme 4.00 30.i'o

Conquest, overlaid pink.. 4.00 30.00

Chicago Carnation Co.,

30 East Randolph Street,
CHICAGO.

(A. T. PYFER, Manager.)

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! .A few dollars invested
ID AraucariaExcelsawillyield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyes open and look into tfie future and invest
your money now, .All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
Just see what low prices we are offering now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers.
5H-h-iD. pots. 40c 50c. 60c. 75c. $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6 7-in. pots
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, variegated and green foliage,
bushy plants. 6-in. pots. $1.00. $1.25 to $1 50.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

FREE

This Fine

Budding Knife

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Go.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin, N. J. WiUlamstown June, N. J.

SIV1 I L A X

Strong plants, 2^2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 10(K).

Asparaftus Sprengerl, strong IVi inch,
$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
on many items. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas

All the good French sorts, pot-grown. 4-in.
pot plants 120.00 per 100: 5 in. pot plants,

$25.00 per 100.

Cibotium Schiedei

Splendid stock at a real reduction, 5-in. pot
plants at 75c; 6-in. pot plants. $1.00.

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

Bougainvillea

4 in. pot plants. $20 00 per 100

Dracaena Terminalis

6 in. pot plants, niculy colored. 75c each;
$8.00 per dozen.

Adiantnm Croweanum

5-in. pot plants .$20 00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25,00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

and bushy, 2^ in., $3,00 per 10

Fern Dish Ferns

Short and bushy, 2^ in., $3,00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000.

Best varieties, including ,Asp'dium. Cyr-
tomium. Wilsoni and Mayi. $3,00 per 100;
$25.00 per 1000.

Azaleas

Early and late plants, arrived in fine condi-
tion. Good values. 14 to K. in., at 70c; 16 to IS
in., at $1.00: IS to 20 in., at $1 50.

THE STORRS S HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

Special Offer

Asparagus Plumosus

Strong seedlings at

$6.00 per 1000;

5000 for $25.00;
10,000 for $45.00.

Vaughan's Seed Store

31-33 W. Randolph St., CHICAGO

A. N. PiersoD, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, . CONN.

RAHN & HERBERT

1 10 East 49th St.. PORTLAND, ORE.

Hlxtra strong English Ivy. out ol b inch pots, up

to 5 feel hiuh per 100, $25,00

Erica Medlteriana, 4 inch pots ' 1500

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Came and Mary Barton. 2 in. " 5.00

Palais. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

1000

The American Florist.

Aov. 28,

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society.

CLUB MEETING.

There was- a very good attendance of
members at the monthly meeting of
the society held in their rooms in Dor-
an's hall, Greenwich, Conn., Friday
evening. November 13, President Rob-
ert Williamson in the chair. One life
member and one active member were
added to our membership lists. The
fall show committee made a report,
and while not complete, it showed the
society's exhibition at New Rochelle.
N. Y., to have been a financial suc-
cess, as well as an exhibition of su-
perior quality. Mayor-elect John M.
Brown, of Stamford, Conn., made the
presentation of prizes to the winners
at the show, and assured the members
of his continued hearty support, per-
sonally as well as in his official capac-
ity. A communication from the sec-
retary of the National Association of
Gardeners was read, apprising the so-
ciety of the resolutions adopted at a
recent meeting of the national co-oner-
ative committee of the N. A. G. The
W. ■& F. Horticultural Society is in
hearty accord with the co-operative
committee in its efforts toward the
betterment of conditions affecting the
gardener, and the advancement of hor-
ticulture. The local committee will en-
deavor to assist in every possible way.

During recess, our talented member.
J. E. Melcher, of Riverside. Conn., en-
tertained the "boys" with a number of
very clever sleight of hand tricks that
were appreciated and enjoyed by till
those present. Oscar Addor then' read
a very clever piece of original writing,
entitled, the "Battle of . Rve." The
piece was replete with satire and re-
ferred to the good natured rivalry be-
tween the members of Fairfield county.
Conn., and those of Westchester county,
N. Y., in their battle for supremacy, at
the annual outing and games of the so-
ciety, held at Rye Beach, N. Y., in
August last. A rising vote of thanks
was tendered to both these gentlemen
for the pleasure afforded the members.
Nominations for ofBcers of the society
for the ensuing year were next in
order. The list submitted assures the
election of enthusiastic workers, and
the society anticipates a continuation
of the remarkable progress that we
have made in the past. A choice dis-
play of cut flowers was on the ex-
hibition tables, which reflected great
credit on the exhibitors. Jas. Foster
gained a cultural certificate for a fine
vase of Chrysanthemums "W. Mease."
A cultural certificate was awarded to
Jas. Stuart for a display of hybrid
nerines, and a vase of Pancratium
speciosum grandiflora. A. Wynne was
highly commended for a fine vase of
seedling carnations, which the com-
mittee would like to see exhibited
again. P. W. Popp was highly com-
mended for a vase of Miss Rose and
Garza seedling chrysanthemums. The
thanks of the society was extended to
Thomas Ryan for a display of single
chrysanthemums, and to Robert Grun-
nert for a fine vase of Carnation
White Enchantress. The Geo. E. Bald-
win Co. of Mamaroneck. N. Y., won a
certificate of merit for a specimen
orchid plant in bloom, a very fine form
of Cattleya maxima. A vase of single
chrysanthemums was in evidence that
was purposely staged to start a dis-
cussion as to what constitutes a "ter-
minal spray." There is such a diversity
of opinion in the matter that it will be
necessary to have a ruling from the
Chrysanthemum Society of America.
The next meeting will be held Decem-
ner l.'J.

P. W. POPP, Cor. Sec'y.

BOOKS FOR FLORISTS

The following books should be in every florist's and gardener's library.
A good book oil any subject in which you are specially interested is worth
years of exptrience and should be kept convenient for reference at all limes.
Send prices quoted and we send the books.

Uniontown, Pa. — Stenson & McGrail
have opened a flower shop at 11 West
Main street, and will supply the prod-
uct of their greenhouses direct to, the
retail trade.

Manual of the Trees of North
America (Sargent). — The most com-
plete and authentic work on the sub-
ject. The pages number 826, with over
600 illustrations. $6.00.

Chrysanthemum Manual (Smith).
— By an expert who has given his un-
divided attention for twenty years to
the improvement of the chrysanthemum
and its culture in detail. Profusely il-
lustrated. 50 cents.

Greenhouse Construction (Taft). —
It tells the whole story about how to
build and heat a greenhouse, be it large
or small, and that, too, in a plain, easily
understood, practical way. It has 118
illustrations. $1.50.

The Vegetable Garden (Vilmorin-
Andrieux). — The best and most com-
plete book on vegetables ever published.
There are "82 pa^es and hundreds of
il-ustrations in this English edition, ed-
ited by Wm. Robinson, the noted Eng-
lish horticultural writer. $6.00. •

Daffodils, Narcissus and How to
Grow Them (A. M. Kirby). — Contains
all that is really worth knowing about
these most popular of spring bulbs, writ-
ten from the standpoint of American
conditions. Illustrated, 233 pages; post-
paid, $1.21.

Landscape Gardening (Maynard). —
The development of landscape art
within the past few years compels the
wide awake florist to keep posted on
this branch of the business; The many
suggestions of this book will be found
helpful every business day. It contains
338 pages, 165 illustrations. $1.50.

The Goldfish (Mulertt). — A numbel
of florists find goldfish an attractive
and paying addition to their business,
The best advice is given in every de-
partment of the subject, including con-
struction and care of the parlor aquar-
ium, i'l this volume of 166 pages, hand-
somely illustrated. $2.00.

Mushrooms : How to Grow Them
(Falconer). — The only American book
on the subject, 29 illustrations. Writ-
ten by a practical mushroom grower,
who tells the whole storv so tersely
and plainly that a child can understand
it. This book has increased mushroom
growing in this country three fold in
three years. $1.00. ,

Success in Market Gardening (Raw-
son). — A new edition of this well-
known work on market gardening by
Herbert Rawson, son of the late VV. W.
Rawson. Every line in the book is
worth reading and it contains the whole
story of market gardening from start
to finish. No one in the business for
profit can afford to be without this, the
latest edition. It contains 271 pages
and 22 illustrations. $1.10.

Lawns and How to Make Them
(Leonard Barron). — A very useful and
practical work, thoroughly covering the
subject of which it treats. Illustrated.
$1.10.

The American Carnation (C. W.
Ward). — A complete treatment of all
the most modern methods of cultivating
this most important flower. Illustrated.
$3.50.

Fumigation Methods (Johnson).— A
practical treatise on cheap and effective
means of destroying insect pests. Hand
somely bound and profusely illustrated
250 pages. $1.00

The Rose. — Its cultivation, varieties,
etc. (H. B. Ellwanger). — A complete
guide of the cultivation of the rose, to-
gether with the classification of all the
leading varieties. $1.25.

The Principles of Fruit Growing
(Bailey). — The entire subject of fruit
culture is treated very thoroughly in
this illustrated volume of 516 pages. It
is a book that no up-to-date fruit
grower can afford to be without. $1.25

Cabbages, Cauliflower and Alliei>
Vegetables (Allen).— The requirements
of the important vegetables of the cab-
bage tribe are given here very fully. The
book also contains interesting chapters
on seed raising, insects, pests and fun-
gus diseases common to these plants.
50 cents.

Window Gardening. — (Dorner.) An
excellent treatise on this interesting sub-
ject telling in plain language the best
methods of cultivating plants in rooms
and windows. The author is a well known
and practical grower. Well bound in
green cloth, 153 pages and 43 illustra-
tions, $1.25.

House Plants (Barnes). — A neat,
well bound and well printed little book
telling by means of illustrations and
simply written instructions how to grow
plants of all kinds in the house. No
one who is interested in window gar-
dening can afford to be without this ex-
cellent little work. It contains 236 pages
and 30 full-page illustrations. $1.20.

Water Lilies (Conard & Hus). — A
very instructive and interesting little
work by experts in this line of cul-
ture. The book is well written and of
great value to anyone growing aquatic
plants of any kind, indoors or out, for
trade purposes or from an amateur
standpoint. It contains 228 pages and
31 illustrations from photographs. $1.17.

Insects Injurious to Vegetables
(Chittenden). — An excellent treatise on
this important subject, written in plain
language and with aliundance of excel- ,
lent illustrations by the author, a well-
known entomologist. The directions
given are clear and distinct and the
book cannot fail to be of the greatest
service to all growing vegetables. It
contains 163 illustrations in the 262
pages. $1.50.

The American Florist Co, 440 s. Dearborn st. Chicago.

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1001

Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araucarias escelsa, 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers.
5^-6 iucb, 50c to ?1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and corapacta. 5V4-6"incli, $1. $1.23 and $1.50.
Godfre.T Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St., Pliiia-
delpbia.

Araucaria excelsa. G-in., 65c eacb. Holton &
Huuliel Co., 462 Milwauliee St., Milwauliee,
Wis.

Araucarias. excelsa. 50c, 75c and $1 each;
Robusta Corapacta. $1.5i) to $2 each. Poebl-
inann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

ASPAKAGUS PLUMOSDS and SPRBNGERI.
3-in., $3 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids, Micb.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New Tork.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus phimosus and Sprengeri, 2i4-in.,
J2 per 10 1 ; $18 per 1.000. Jos. H. Cunning-
ham. Delaware. O.

Asparagus Sprengeri. strong 3-in., $3.50 per
100. Cash please. J. W. Miller, Sbiremaus-
town. Pa.

.Asparagus i^lumosus, short and busby. 2^-in..
$3 per 100; $23 per 1.000. The Storrs & Har-
rison Co., Painesville. Ohio.

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, exceptionally fine
strong 2i.j-incb plants. $3 per 100; .$25 per
HK,0. PYFER & OLSEM, Wilmette, 111.

Asparagus Sprengeri. extra strong 4-inch. $7
per 100; $65 per 1,0 0. The Wagner Park
Nursery Co., Sidney. Ohio.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr. Lancaster. Pa,

ASPAKAGCS PLUMOSUS, 3-in,, $6 per 100,
SPRENGERI, 3-in,, $5 per 100. HENKI
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2M.-inch, •J2 per 100;
$5 per 300, J, C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa,

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1
each; variegated, 5 in. pots. 10-12 leaves, $1.50.
Poeblniaun Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas. Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Vervjpne-
ana. Simon .Mardner, Empress "of India. Mme.
Jos. Vervteue, Ernst Ec-khart, Niobe. Verviene-
ana alha. etc.. 12 to 14 Inches diameter, $9 per
doz.; $60 per 100: 14 to 16. $12 ''er doz. ; .■575
per 100; 16 to 18. $18 per doz.; $1.25 per 100;
18 to 20. $24 per doz.: 20 to 22, $36 per doz.
Dwarf or miniature. Firefly or Hexe and Chas,
Encke, $4,80 per doz,; $35 per 100, F. R.
Pierson, Tarrytown, N, Y,

Azaleas, good values. 14 to 16 ins,. 70c; 16 to
18 ins., $1; IS to 20 ins.. $1.50. The Storrs &
Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

Azaleas, leading Christmas varietie.s. 75c to
$3 f'at'b. Larger specimens. $3 to $? eacb.
Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

BARBERRY.

Tbunbergs Barberry. 4 to 6, $8; G to 10. $13;
12 to 18 well branched, $40; 18 to 24. heavy.
$55: 24 to 30, heavy, $70. Valdesian Nurseries,
Bostic. N. C.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St., New York.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIAS. Lorraine, 4-in., $35 per 100,
Cincinnati, 3-in,. .$25; 4-in.. $35; 5 in., $50.
Chatelaine, 2V4-in.. $3. Erfordii, 2i4-in,, $3,
Prima Donna. 2V4-in., $3; 3-in.. $G. Xmas
Red, 21,4-in.. $0: 31n.. .$10, Triumph, 2Vi-in.,
$3, ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette. 111.

Begonias. Lorraine and Cincinnati, 5-in,, 50c
to 75c each; G-in.. $1 to- $1.50 eacb; 7-in., $2 to
$2.50. Poeblmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111,

BEGONIA LORRAINES, all choice plants; 3-
in, at 18c; 4 in, at 23c; 5-in, at 5'ic; 6-in, at
73c, Cash with order, ELITCH-LONG GKEEN-
HOUSES, Denver, Colo.

Begonia Chatelaine. 3-in., $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New Y'ork.

Rex Begonia. 2H-ln.. $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwood, bush sliaped, 10-in,. 25c: 12-in. 30c;
12 in,, extra heavy, 40c; 15-in,, 50c; iS-in.,
7.-.C to $1; 24-in,. $1,23, Pyramids, 3 i-in,, $2;
.36 in., $3: 3U ft., .$3.50: 4 ft., $4. Standards,
2 ft. stems, 12 to 15-in.. crown. $2 each.
Tubs extra. Tlie Geo. Wittbold Co., 737-39
Buckingham Place. Chicago. ,

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 each- 2V» ft
$1.50; 3 ft.. $2; 3'i ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch. .$2 50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch, $3. Heavy buslies, 2 ft.. $l..=i(l; nice
bushes, 13 in., 35c each. F. 0. Franzen, 5319
N. Clark St., Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.,- Rutherford, N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Gladiolus: Blushing Bride. The
Bride. Augusta, Mrs. Francis King. America
Chicago White. Write for prices. Spirea •
Gladstone, $8 per 100; Queen .\lcxaudria $9
per ICO. Lilium giganteum, OS-inch (400 to
case). $35 per 1.0 ll); 7-9 inch (300 to case)
$51 per 1.000; 9-10-incb (200 to case), $93 per
1,000. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Bulbs. I,. Formosuni. 7-9-in.. 9-10 in.. 10-11-
in., 11-13-in,; also Japan grown freesias, \^
and "1-in. Tlie Vokolioma Nursery Co,. Ltd,"
Woolworth Bldg,, New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertLsement on
front cover page, Wni, F. Kasting Co,, 383-387
Eliicott St,, Buffalo, N. Y,

Bulbs, S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1004 Betz
Bldg., Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Sehwake & Co.
90-92 W. Broadway, New Y'ork.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddiugton, New
York.

Bulbs, S, S. Skidelsky & Co,, 1004 Betz Bldg
Philadelphia.

Bulbs, Paper White, case of 1.000, $8,50, C
C, Polhvortb Co,. Milwaukee, Wis.

CARNATIONS.

Large plants. WHITE SEEDLINGS, and fine
variety to grow, $5 per 100. C. C. PoUworth
Co., Milwaukee.

1 n^in 1° ',• -^ ■.'■=',°'"'. -^12 per 100: $ioo per
1000 Peeress Pink, $6 per 101; $30 per 1.000
Matchless, Champion. Yellow Prince. PbilAdell
(tbia, Gloria, Princess Dagmar S6 ner 10 1- «'Wl
,.er 1,000. Wliite Wondel White EiichantrlsT
I.ncbantiess. $3 jier 100; $23 per 1.(10,1. Herald
link Iielight Enchantress Supreme, Coniiuest

i "-.n p'°'n'''i ,'";'• o^O"- Chicago Carnation
Co., AO E. Randolph St., Chicago.

Carnation cuttings, November, December and
^n'J i'Ki''*-'''y-, ''I'iladelphia. Champion. $6
Iier 100; $50 per 1,000. White Wonder, Herald
Beacon, Rosette, Enchantress Supreme, Enchan-
tress, White Enchantress, Mrs. C. W Ward
May Day. $3 per 100; $25 per l.lioo. A Hen-
derson & Co., 369 River St., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.

5"^' ^'o'''' ^'^ '"''■« ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON, N. J.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS, for Decem-
I'er or later delivery; Enchantress. White En-
chantress, Victory. Beacon, Mrs. C. W. Ward
etc., price. $20 per 1.00 J; $2.50 per 100. Casli
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES,
Denver, Colo.

Carnation Alice. $12 per 100; $100 for 1 000-
2.500. $237.5ij; 5.000, $450; 10,000, $3,;0 Peter
Fisher. Ellis. Mass. . v "•

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush nink
Peter Fisher. Ellis, Mass.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co
Joliet, 111.

Carnations^ Wood Bros., Fishkill. N. i".

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2%-inch pots'
iellow Eaton. White Eaton. McNiece, R:imapo'
0. II. Kalin, Clirysolora, October Frost, Touset!
Chas. Razer. Comoletta. Golden Glow. I'acitic
Suiirenie. Unaka. Pocketts' Crimson anil Scbrimp-
ton. $2 per 100. Extra flne stock, order quick
Cash. J. D. THO.MPSON CARNATION CO..
•Tolict, 111.
— *_

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS, best
early, medium and late varieties, to be shipped
when ready, 6iic per doz.; $4 per 100. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES,
Denver. Colo.

CHRVS.\NTHE.MU.M STOCK PI ANTS.
Golden (Jiow. Pacific Supreme and Smith's Ad-
vance. $3 per 100; $23 per 1.0„0. Cbrysolora,
$4 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood.
111.

Golden Glow. Pacific Supreme and Smith's
Advance, strong bushy 2-inch pot plants. $3
per IIJO: $25 per 1,<00. Cbrysolora. $4 per 100.
A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood, 111.

CINERARIAS.

Cinerarias, large flowering, 2-in.. $2; 3-in.. $4
per 100. Cash. J. W. Miller, Shiremanstown,
Pa^

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

COLE US.

Coleus. — Verschaffelti. Golden Redder and
Queen Victoria, strong plants out of 2-lnch
pots. $1.50 per IpO; $12.50 per l.oOO. W. E.
KING. Box 1360, Little Silver, N. J.

COLEUS. Brilliancy or Xmas Red. 2Vj-lnch,
$4 per 100; 60c per doz. ERNEST ROBER,
Wilmette, 111.

If You Do Not Find mi\ You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write (Is About It,

1002

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Nov. 28,

Coleus, 10 varieties, 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-iE.,
$3. E. ViDcent, Jr., & Sons Co., Wliite Marsh,
Md.

CROTONS.

Crotons, swell colored In all varieties. SOc
and 7oe. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove.

Ill; J_

CYCLAMEX.

CVCLAMEN, 3-inch, $8 per 100; 4-inch $15
per 100; 6-inch. %\o per 100. SEEDLI.VGS.
GIG., all WauUsbeK type. $3 per lOU; S25 per
1.0-0: equally divided 10 varieties. GL. OF
WANDSBEIv; dark and light, seiiarate. $4 per
100. IMPROVED OL. OP WANDSBEK. dark
and light salmon, better grower and larger flow-
ers, 15 per 100. ERNEST KOBER, Wilmette,
111.

My Chicago prize winning Cyclamen, 4-In. at
15c mixed; 5-ln. at 35c mixed; 6-ln. at 60c
mixed. E. J. SODTHERTON, Highland Park,
111.

CYCLAMEN, best varieties, plenty of reds,
pinks, etc., 4-in. at 25c; 5-in. at 40c; 6-ln. at
75c; 7-in. at $1. Cash with order. ELITCH-
LONG GREENIIOOSES, Denver. Colo.

Cyclamen. 5 colors, 3-in., $1.50 per doz. ; $10
per liK); 4-in., $3 per doz.; $20 per 100.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Cyclamen, assorted, 5-iE., 40c; 6in., OOc
each. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham
Place, Chicago.

Cyclamen, 5in.. 40c; 6-in., eSc; 7-ln., $1.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Fine 2V4-inch stock, Etoile d'Or.
best yellow forcing daisy. $4 per lnO. Cash.
A. E. HUNT & CO., 56 East Randolph street,
Chicago.

DRACAENAS.

^Dracaena termlnalis, 6-ln. pot plants. 75c
each. The Storrs & Harrison Co., PalnesvlUe,
Ohio.

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 3-ln., $5; 4-in., $10; 5-in.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. EmmanB, Newton, N. J.

FERNS.

Boston, 2-inch % 3.no per 100

Boston. 3 inch 6.00 per 1(pO

Boston, 4-Inch 12.00 per 1"0

Boston, S-inch 20.U0 per 100

Boston, 7-inch 75 each

Boston, 8-inch 1.00 each

Boston, out of bench. $10. $15 and $20 per 100
Eoosevelt, out of bench, $15 and $2a per 100

Pteris. ont of flats $1.50 per 100

Smithil (newl, 2-in 5.00 per 100

Fern and Sprengerl baskets, 75c to $2.50 each

Cash Please,

ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties, 21*-
in., $3,60 per lilO. BOSTON FERNS, big stoA
of strong dwarf plants: 2V4-in., $4 per 100;
3-ln.. $7 per 100; 4-ln., $15 per 100; 7-ln., $6
per doz.; 7-ln.. e.\tra heavy, $9 per doz.; Bin.,
$12 per doz.; Kiln.. $15 per doz. Large si«cl-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. wniT-
MAXI, 21<j-ln.. $5 per 100; 3-ln., $10 per 100;
5-ln., $25 per 100; extra heavy 8-in.. $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

Ferns. Cibotlum Schiedei, 5-ln., 75c; 6-in., $1.
Adlantum Croueauum, 5-in., $20 per 100.
Adlantum Glory of Mordrecht, 4-in.. $25 i»er
100. Fern dish ferns, best varieties, $3 per
100; $2.1 per l.OoO. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
PalnesvlUe, Ohio.

Ferns, Boston. WhItmanI and Eoosevelt. 5-ln.,
25c each; $3 per doz.; 6-in.. SOc each: $6 per
doz.; 7-ln., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-ln.. $1
each; $12 per doz.; 10-ln., $2.50 each; 121n..
$3.50 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

Autumn Sale Ferns for Christmas trade. Roose-
velt. Bostons. Springfleldll, ready for 5 and
6-Inch pots. $10 per lOO. Asparagus Spreugerl.
ready for 5-lnch pots, $6 per 100. Cash or ref-
erence. NEWELL & USTLER, Apopka, Fla.

NEPHROLEPIS ROOSEVELT runners, extra
(lllallty stock. $2 per 100; $12 per l.nOO,
Vaughan's Seed Store, 31-33 W. Randolph St.,
Chicago.

Boston ferns, 5-Inch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adlantum Croweanum. 3-ln., $S per 100; $70
per 1.000. A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Ferns. Boston and Whitmani. 3 in., 10c; 4-ln.,
loc: 5-ln., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.

Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, K. J.

FICUS.

Ficus, 25c and SOc each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

GERANItTMS.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt: fine plants out of
3>,'.-in. pots, $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREEN HOUSE, Miuot,
N. D.

Geraniums, good standard sorts, from 2-Inch
pots, $2 per 100; $18.50 per 1,0 lO; 3-iuch pots,
$3 per luO; $25 per l.OtO. Maryland, $1 i>er
doz.; $6 per lOo; $30 per 1.000. B. Vincent. Jr..
& Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Geraniums, 2in., $3 per 100. Hall Calna
and Marv Barton. 2-in., $5. Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St., Portland, Ore.
•

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perkins,
Poitevine. 2-in.. $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, $12.50 per 1,000.
Poitevine and Ricard, $15 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr, Lancaster. Pa.

GLADIOLUS.

MRS. FRANK PENDLETON. I am head-

quarterS tor pure stock of this grand pink

Gladiolus. Write for quotations on all sizes.
L. MERTON GAGE. Natick, Mass.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Munsell & Harvey, Ashtabula. Ohio.

GREENS.

Greens, dagger and fancy ferns, SOc per
1,000; case of 5.000, $3.50. Greeu galax, SOc
l.OOo; case of 10,000, $4. Green leucothoe, loug,
$2 per 1.000. Green leucothoe, short, $1 per
1,000. Elk Galax & Fern Co., Banners Elk,
N. C.

Silliman'B "Every Sprig Berried" MISTLETOE
costs no more and quality considered WORTH
MORE THAN DOUBLE. Now booking orders
for Decemlier shipment. A. B. SILLIMAN &
CO., Boone, Iowa.

Greens. Vaughan's Indian Picked Bouquet
Gre^u; Vaughan's XXX Eastern Holly; box-
wood, laurel, mistletoe, magnolia leaves, win-
ter berries, immortelles, sta'tice. ruscua. etc.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and periietual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Ever-
green, Ala.

Holly, laurel wreathing, lycopodium wreath-
ing, mistletoe, Christmas trees, tissue wreath-
ing and all other Christmas greens. F. B.
Wooley, 152 Dock St.. PhUadelphia, Pa.

Holly, extra fine loaded with berries. $2.60
per case, cash. Mistletoe and wild smilax.
Otto H. Weiss, Summerton, S. C.

Greens, fancy and dagger ferns, moss, ever-
green, laurel, spruce and hemlock boughs, Xmas
trees, etc. H. J. Smith, Hinsdale, Mass.

Fancy holly. $3 per case. Laurel branches,
$2.50 case. Boxwood Sprays, 12c lb. W. Z.
Purnell, Snow Hill, Md.

Holly, heavy berried, single case, $4; 5 or
more cases. $3.75 each. 14-incb holly wreaths,
$10 per 100. H. Austin, Felton, Del.

Greens. WILD SMILAX, $2 per case. Win-
tergreen Gardens, Marlon, Ala.

Greens, choice case ho^y. holly wreaths and
laurel roping. H. E. Conwell, Milton, Delaware.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown. 4in., $20 per II1O; 6-ln. $25. The Storrs
&• Harrison Co.. PalnesvlUe. O.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, 3-ln. pots. $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

lATES.

English Ivy, out of 6-ln. pots, np to 5 ft.
high, $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 B.
49th St., Portland, Ore.

English ivy from field. 20 to 30 Incbes, $S:
from pots. 3J to 40 inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST. Kenilworth, N. J.

Hardy English ivy, 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-in.,
$3. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,
Md.

ENGLISH IVY, strong 4-inch. $10 per 100.
HARRY HEINL. West Toledo. Ohio.

German Ivy. 2^-ln., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son. Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

Solanum MelvenI (Improved Jerusalem cherry).
5-ln., with berries. $3 per doz.; $20 per 100;
6-in., $3.75 per doz.; $30 per 100. Vaughan's
Seed Store. 31-33 W. Randolph St., Chicago.

Jerusalem Cherries. 4-inch pot-grown, strong
plants and well berried. $15 per 100. Cash.
F. Sokol, College St., Worcester, Mass.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES, Melvlnl. 2 in.. $3
per 100; 3-in.. $5 per 100. Cash. ERNEST
EOBER. Wilmette, lU.

LELY OP THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert. Wandsbek. nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Heinecken, 17 Bat-
tery Pi., New York.

From Storage.

Lily of the Valley, Bruns' Celebrated Chicago
Market Brand Pips. Immediate shipment from
cold storage at Chicago at the usual prices.
Largest and finest stock In America. $20 per
1,000; $2.50 per 1<:0; 5o0 for $10.50; 250 for
$5.50. H. N. BRUNS, 3032 West Madison St.,
Chicago.

Lily of the Valley, cold storage, selected pips,
packed in cases of 250, 5o0 and 1,000 each.
F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, New York.

MUSHROOM SPAWN

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Cultnre.
American Spawn Co.. St. Paul, Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock: Hill's evergreen window or
porch boxes. Hill's assortment of bartly ever-
green trees. Evergreens in mission tubs.
Colorado blue spruce, Lee's Eleganta Juniper,
hemlock. For prices see advertisement else-
where In this issue. D. Hill Nursery Co.,
Box 403. Dundee, 111.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental

trees.

shrubs, evergieens and small fruits. W

& X.

Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees.

Bob-

bink

& Atkins, Rutherforo

, N, J.

Evergreen, The D. Hill

Nursery Co., Dundee,

111.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and

eeml-

established. Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Size

Leaves Ht.

Each. Doz.

ino

2-ln.

4 8-ln.

$l..'iO

$12.00

3-ln.

4-5 8-lOIn.

2.'i0

l.VOO

4-ln.

4-5 12-14 in.

4.50

3.'iO0

5-ln.

5 6 1518 In.

6.00

eo.uo

6-ln.

6-7 22 24-ln.

$1.60

7-ln.

6-7 30-32-in.

2.30

7-ln.

6-7 4S.ln.

7.00

8-ln.

tubs 6-7 60 In.

1(1.00

9-ln.

tubs 7-8 72 In.

13.00

KENTIA FOSTERIANA.

Size

Leaves Ht.

Each, Doi.

ino

2-ln.

4 8-ln.

$i..-.o

$12..t()

3-ln.

4-5 8- 10-ln.

2.'K)

15.00

4-ln.

4-5 14-16 In.

4.60

fi-ln.

6-6 16- 18- In.

$ .60

5 in..

extra strong

.75

6-ln.

5-6 18-24-ln.

1.00

6-ln

5-6 28 :i2-ln.

l..iO

7-ln.

6-7 36-40 In.

2.25 to $2.»

7-ln.

6-7 44 48 In.

4.00

8-ln.

6-7 60-»4-ln.

8.50

8 In.

6-7 64G81n.

11.00

9-ln.

6-7 72 In.

11.00

9-ln.

78 8"-84-ln.

I2.11O

9-ln.

7-8 84-88-ln.

15.00

THE GEO. WITTBill.D CO.,

737 Bucklugham Place, Chicago.

I

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KENTIA HELSIOREANA.
Single IMauts.
Leaves. iDcbes blgb. Each.

4-lnch potB. 5 to 6. 18 $0.35

a-lnch pots. 0 to 7. 28 to 30 1.50

8-IUiU pots, 0 to 7. 32 to 34 2.00

Slnih tubs. 6 to 7, 36 3.00

8 lliib tubs, 6 t1 7, 42 to 44 4.0O

8-lncb tubs, 6 to 7, 45 to 48 5.00

Speeimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FOItSTERIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Incbes higb. Eacb.

4-lncb pots, 5 to 0. 18 to 20 $0.3.")

6-lnob iiots, 5 to C. 34 to 36 1.50

8-Incb tubs, C to 7, 46 to 48 3.50

SInih tubs, 6 to 7. 50 to 64 5.< 0

10-lncb tubs, 6 to 7. 5 to 5% ft.. 8.00

lO'tncb tubs, 0 to 7, 6 to 614 ft. 10.00

KENTIA PORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. lucbes hlgb. Each.

6-inch pots, 3 plants In a pot. 28 ..$1.50

7-Inch pots, 5 plants In a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.."i0

7-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 38 . . S.iiO

8-lnch tubs. 3 plants In a tub. 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-lncb tubs, 3 plants In a tub, 48 to 54.. 5.0n

8-lnih tubs, 4 plants In a tub, .52 to 56.. 6.11O

lOlnch tubs. 4 plants In a tub. 5 ft. high. 8.< 0

12 Inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 to 5% ft.ln.OO

12-Inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 6 ft. higb. 12. 00

Very strong specimens, 12 and 15-Inch tubs, 7

plants. $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

6-lnch pots, 20 In. high, 26 In. spread $1..50

7-inch pots, 2 ft. hlKb, 32 to 36 In. spread 2.50

8-lnch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.
MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-ln., 6-7 leaves,
22 Ins. high, $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoeni.t
Roebelenil. 8-ln. pots, 24 Ins. high. 26-lnch
spread, $3.50 each; d-inch tubs. 24 Inches high,
30 Inch spread, $4 each, A. N. Pierson, Inc.,
Cromwell, Conn,

Cocos Weddellana, 2-in.. $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100; $90 per 1,000. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, III.

Phoenix Canariensis, fine large plants, $7.50
to $35 eacb. Julius Hoehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

PALMS. DECORATIVE PLANTS, RARITIES.
Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Fla.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.
PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veitchii, 4-in.. 50c; 5-in., 75c to
$1; 6 in., $1,511; 7-in., %l to $2.50. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

Pandanus Veitchii. 6-in., $1 and $1.50 eacb;
7 and 8-ln., $2 to $3. J. A. Peterson & Sons.
Cincinnati, O.

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, PORTLAND.
OREGON, offer an Immense crop of superb
"Private Stock" Mastodon Mised Seedlings, our
Elite Strain. Classy stock plants, per 1.000,
$4; per 5,000, $16. ALL PREPAID ANT-
WHERE, ANY TIME. Mastodon Mixed Seed,
% oz., $1; oz.. $7.

PANSIES— EOMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain that has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection. 50c per
100; $3.50 per 1.000. B.tpress prepaid. C.
HUMPELD, Clay Center, Kans.

PANSIES. strong, stocky plants, ready for
transplanting. $4 per 1.1)00. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LONG GTlEENnOOSES, Denver, Colo.

Pansles, $2.50 per 1,000; 5,000 for $10, Elmer
Kawlings, Olean, N. Y.

Pansy plants, $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
ningham, Delaware, 0.

PELARGOIVIUMS.

"EASTER GREETING," the everblooming
Pelargonium, Al 2'A-(nch plants ready to shift.
$10 per 100; 50 at 10 1 rate. Cash. J. N. Span-
abel & Sons. East Palestine, Ohio.

PEPPERS.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-inch bushy
plants, full of berries. $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey Floral Co., Maywood, 111.

PERENNIALS.

Perennials. — Strong plants from field or pots.
Write for prices on what you need. W. E.
KING, Box 1300, Little Silver, N. J.

Hardy perennials: Anemone Japonica, hardy
asters. campanulas, hemerocalis. hollyhocks,
pereuuial phlox, German iris, Japanese iris.
Oriental poppies, peonies, tiitomas. etc. Henry
A. Dreer, 714-710 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

POINSETTIAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.
True type, short stocky plants, 2y,-lnch, $4.50
per 100: $40 per 1,000; 3-inch. $8 per $100;
4. Inch. $15 per 100. Larger plants, matle-up,
35c to $2.50. Cash please. ERNEST KOBEU,
Wilmette, III.

POINSETTIAS. surplus of 1.000 2y.-inch; fine
stock, $5 per lOO; $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
BODA, Omaha, Neb.

POINSETTIAS, 2H-in., $5 per 100; 4-in.,
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids, Mich,

Poinsettlas, choice stock in pans with good
brackets, 75c' to $2.5i> each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, Hi.

PRIMULAS.

THE BIG BABY.

Primula Malacoides. No florist should be
without it. "Cut and come again." Fine pot
plant. We have three houses full, 2U-in., $2
per 100; $15 per l.OOJ; 3-in. heavy, ready for
5.in., $1 per 100; $33 per 1,000. HEISEU
NURSEKY AND FLORAL CO., Hamilton, Ohio.

Primroses, Sanguinea, Obconica alba and
rosea, $l.o0 per 100; $12 per 1,000. Ob. Gi-
gantea, 2^-iu., $2 per luO. Jos. U. Cunning-
ham, Delaware, Ohio.

Primula Obconica Grandiflora. In bloom
ready for sale. Good 3-iuch stock, $6 per 100.
Galloway Brothers & Co., Waterloo, Iowa.

PRl.MDLA MALACOIDES, 2ii-in., 3c; 3-in.,
Oc. Ubcouica Grauditiora, Gig.. 2V4-in., $3 per
100; 3-in., $U per luu; 4-in., $8 per 100. Cash,
please. ERNEST RUBER, Wilmette, III,

Primula obconica, 3-incb. $6 per 100. Mala-
coides, 214-incb, $4 per luO; $35 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES, 2y.-in., $3 per
100; 4-in., $12.50 per 100. HiSNKY SMITH,
Grand Kapids, Mich.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
.Shade and ornamental tiees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. FrauKlin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore. Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

California and Amoor River, any size and
quantity. Valdesian Nurseries, Bostic, N. C,

RED WINIER BERRIES.

Red Winter Berries, best quality. A. R,
Fosdick & Co., Dowagiac, Mich.

ROSES.

ROSES, My Maryland and Pink Killarney,
3-in., $5 per 100. ivaiserin, 4-in., $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Roses on canina stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. & Co.,
Hoogeveen, Holland.

Roses, 1-yr., 2M;-in. : 2-yr., 4-in. Leedle
Floral Co.. Springfield, O.

Roses. Gratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen,
Holland.

Roses. W. T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y. ~
SEEDS.

ASPARAGUS SEED. FRESH CROP.
Asparagus Uatcberi, $10 per lb. Asparagus
Plumosus, $8 per lb. F. P. HOSP, Riverside,
California.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Musk-
meloo, Sfjuash and Pumpkin. Sweet. Flint and
Dent corn. The C, Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
TVhoIesale growers of flower and garden seeds,
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds. beet. sweet corn, garden beans
onions sets and seed potatoes. S. D. Wood-
ruft & Sons, 82 Dey St., New York,

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant
tomato, vine seed and fleld corn. Edgar p"
HurfP, Snedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and fleld corn. George R. Pedrlck &
Son, contract seed growers, Pedricktown, N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower, Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelnay & Son
Langport. Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet, Flint aud Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremout, Neb,

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed
sugar, aint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandifloras, etc.
Asters and flower seeds In general. Tomato
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sous Co '
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Conn.

Seeds, whoiesifle fleld and garden seeds. J.
Bolgiano & Son. Light, Pratt and Ellicott Sts..
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.
C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calif.

Seeds, wholesale growers. The KimberllQ
Seed Co., Santa Clara, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos,
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnings, P;
O. Box 857. Melbourne, Australia. "

Seeds, tomato seed our specialty. Haven
Seed Co., Santa Ana. Calif.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddington, New York.

Tomato seed. Wm. Redcay, Lancaster, Pa., R6,

SMILAX.

Smilax. 2ya inch, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramsburg pink Snapdragons, bushy plants
from 2-inch pots, $3 per luu. A. T. Hey Floral
Co., Maywood, 111.

SPIREA.

SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI, 1 to 2 ft. well
branched, $30 per 1.000. Valdesian Nurseries,
Bostic, N. C.

. Spirea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100;
$75 per l,Ov0. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

Strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Gulden Gate, Her-
mitage. Hundred Dollar, McKluley, Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Sliver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success, Three VV's, U. S.. King Edward. Wm.
Beit, $2 per 100; $10 per 1.000. Chesapeake,
Fendall. Pearl, $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1,0"0.
Everbearing (I'rogiessive, Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $2u per 1,000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N. J.

SWAINSONA,

Swainsona, white and pink, 2-in., $2 per 100;
3-in., $3. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons i;o.. White
Marsh, Md.

ATEGETABLE PLANTS.,

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
Ids, especially selected for greenhouse forcing,
seedlings, $1 per 1,000. Strong parsley roots,
100 for %\. Shipment day order received.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville, lU.

VINCAS.

VINCA VAR., strong fleld-grown clumps. $4
per 100: .$35 per l.dOO. Cash, please. FRANCE
& VANDEGRIFT, Monroe, Mich.

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VINCA rooted tips, green or Variegata, $1
per 100; $9.50 pel- 1,0 0. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LONU GREENHOUSES, Denver. Colo.

VINCA Var., rooted tips. $1.10 per Urn; $:0
per 1.000. Str'ong plants, $2.2.5 per 100; $20
per I.OUO. E. C. Wagoner. Beaver J-alls, Pa.

Vinca variegata, field-grown, $5 per 100.
Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

VIOLETS.

VIOLETsl Gov. Herrick, extra fine field
clumps from selected l>looming Btuclc, so
per mo. Cash. W. H. Gulp & Co., Wichita,
Kansas.

VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, field-grown,
strong. $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Itapids, Mich.

TO EXCHANGE.

Wanted, bean seeds, etc.. in exchange for
field-gruwn roses. Dorothy Perkins, 2-yr., 4 to
6 ft. $7 per 100. Wm. - IC. Nelson, Augusta,
Ga.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating.
Co., St. Louis, Mo.

ASHES.

Nicotine Mfg

i-ia.uwoud ashes. No. 1 Canadian unleached,
incinerator ashes. Best fertilizer to use. Geo.
Stevens, Peterborough, Ont., Canada.

BOILERS.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot water beating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse beating.
Superior Machine and Boiler Works, S4G W.
Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers, Giblin standard greenhouse. Giblin
& Co.. 901 Broad St.,_Utica, N.Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-inch. 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St.. Cb i cago .

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
beuses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfleld Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35tb and
Iron Sts., Chicago. *

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far, 50c
for l.OuO. postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Mich,

Pillsbury Carnation Staples, 1,000 for 35c;
3,000 for $1. I. L. Pillsbury^ Galesburg, 111.

GLASS, PUTTY. ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co.. Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

COLD FISH.

TRY DS on Gold Fish, Aquariums and Globes.
The J. N. McCuUough's Sous Co., 316 Walnut
St., Cincinnati, O.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
Irouse. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabausla
Ave.. Chicago. 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial aud all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Green house construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on rc'iuest. A. Dletsch
Co.. 2042 Shefl.eld Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse coustruction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
ding Are.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
*tlUng for the grrenhouse. Garland Manufactur*
ing Co.. Pes Plaines, 111.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sasb. pecky cy-
press, squaie red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland. O.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co.. N. Touawanda. N. Y.

Light is Life to growing plants

But under Sunlight
Double Glass Sash they
are never darkened by
mats or shutters.

Consider this

The old style single layer sash have
but a single layer of glass which ad-
mits the sun, but cannot exclude the
cold or retain the heat unless covered
with mats and shutters. These extra
covers cost twice as much as an extia
layer of glass and they must be put on
and off daily. It takes two men or a
man and wife to lift the soggy mats
and heavy shutters.

This is pure waste of labor and ex-
pense as well as light.

Now consider that

the Sunlig:ht Double Glass Sash
have /ot'O layers of glass enclosing an
air space Js inches thick, through
which the sun's rays pass, but not the
cold from without or the stored
warmth from within.

Put the Sash on your hot-bed or
cold frame, anc^ it is complete. All
that remains to do is to prop up the
sash on bright or warm days. A
child can do this.

Try a bit of winter gardening

A small inext'ensive greenhouse made of
Sunlight Double Glass Sask

Which would you rather have?

The Sunlight Double Glass Sash of course. It will pay you to investigate these
sash for you are losing money every day you are without them.

Gel our free entalog. Enclose, if you wish it, 4c in stamp-; for Prof. Massey*s
helpful booklet on the use of cold frames aud small greenhouses.

SUNLIGHT DOUBLE GLASS SASH CO. 934 E. Broadway, Louisville, Ky.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid— NICO-FUME — Paper, for thrips, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucliy Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville,
Ky^

Terra Cotta grass heads In three designs and
two sizes. Partridge berry bowls, fish globes,
imported tanks, aquaria ornaments, etc. Nich-
olas Wapler, 28 Warren St., New York.

Aphine, $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fungine,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermiue. $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Soaiine, 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.: 10 gals., .«;10. Nikotiana, .fl.60 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nui'sery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London, England.

Nicotine. The Grasselli Chemical Co., Cleve-
land. Pittsburgh, St. Louis, New York. Cin-
cinnati. St. Paul, Boston, Detroit, Birmingham,
Cliicago. Milwaukee, New Orleans.

Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck. Stow &
Wilcox Company, Southington, Conn., and
Cleveland. Ohio.

Christmas cards, holly, poinsettias or as-
sorted. 201) for $1; 500 for $2; 1.00:i for $3.50.
The John Henry CTo., Lansing, ^Mich^

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Ilefrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. Kenrtallville. Ind .

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, l.OOO. 75c,
positi.nid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Plilladelphia^

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cvcas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St., New York.

Duo Glnzed Sash. Write for catalogue.
Cnllnhnn Ouo-Glazed Sash Co., 77 Wyandot St.,
Dayton, Ohio. .

Superior carnation staples. 50c for l.noo.
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St.,
Sp'-lntrPeld. Mass.

^lavincr points. % and T^. 40c per lb.; 7
lbs., $2.50: 15 lbs.. $5. liandnlph & McClem-
ents. 5036 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh. Pa.

Evan's Improved Challenge Ventilating Appa-
ratus. Quaker City Machine Works, Richmond,
Ind.

^^ieherts" Zinc Glazing Points, 5-S and 7-8
inch, 40e per lb.; 5 lbs., $1.85; 20 lbs.. $7.
Vnnghan'a Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

i.uij iesei\oir vases and lawn settees. The
McDonald Foundry, Columbus, Ohio.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Kaedlein Has-
ket_Co., 713 Miiw-aukee Ave.,_Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind.

"Elastic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner,
Mgr.. The Elastic-Lyke Co., 30 E. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. " Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave.,
Chicago.

Florists' refrigerators. Buchbinder Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave., Cbicttgo.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Florian D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange Bldg.. Cliicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemcnway, 105 Chambers St.,_New York.

Florists' Supplies of all kinds. Reed & Kel-
ler. 122 W. 'JStb St.. New Y'ork.

~ Mastlca for greenhouse glazing. F. O. Pierce
Co.. 12 W. Broadway, New York.

NIKOTEEN,

Nikoteen. 30% strength for spraying,
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

Nlco-

STAKES.

Cano stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet,
per 100, 85c; 500. $3; $5..50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
l.oon, $0. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

Floral designs, wire window gimrds, o^^ce
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shade
frames. Earle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St.,
Cleveland. Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros., 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

If You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write lis About It

igi4.

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1005

It Would
iVIean a Lot

to you to have the temperature in
j-our greenhouses on a si early,
even ba>-is, and to know that you
are K^tling the utmost results from
your steam apparatus. With the

II>#ackte&oae

SYSXErM

you are certain of all this — and
more. Perfect drainage — your
boiler on the ground floor — less
fuel —less trouble — and finer stock
— this is what is gained by a More-
head installation. Our engineers
will show you why.

WRITE TODAY.

Morehead Mfg. Company

Detroit, oept. '%•

The Best Equipment and Labor Saving Devices

combined with strict economy, enable us to quote the

Lowest Prices [^e ^^est Material

Order whatever you need, either for repairs

or new houses. We will quote you the prices,

we paying the freight or also the Net prices

and you to pay the freight.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

Greenhouse Materia), Hotbed Sa&h

2340 WABANSIA AVE. .(near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPKESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

This is but ONE of those famous

that the skilled glazier uses: and if the slazier uses it yOU Should also. You want to cut your ?lass as
quicklv and satisfactorily as the skilled ^'azler dees. He has no breakage because he always insists on
Red Devir* glass cutters. We want to convince you that genuine "Fed Devir* glass cuttrrs have no
equal so send us five 2c stamps and One s-mple of No. ^?^ "Rf d Devil" shown above will be sent you
postpaid. (We make over 3000 different *'Red Devil" Tools.)

SMITH e HEMENWAY CO.,

170 Chambers St., New York, U. S. A.

Greenhouse Material Soaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
the world's largest Building Material Department.
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber
caulk joint fittings, glass, overhauled iron pipe
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock.
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41~Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, size
lh^2V2 100 running ft $ 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
lHx2V?. KtO running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, per 1000 ft., bd.meas. 19.0Ct

XJ-44— No 1 Cypress, 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S. per lOOO ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash, Hg-in, x3ft.
X f) f t . without glass 12 or more, each 7S

XJ-46 — Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

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ADVANCE material is
considered ttie best
tt^at can be purchased
and our line of

Vcntllatinft

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Send for
our catalogue today .

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

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KING

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and you will see why.

KINGCONSTRUCriONCO. I

29 King's Road, N. Tonawanda. N. Y. I

1008

The American Florist.

Nov. 28,

Established 1765

FOR ••F»t>T 1 IJC^K" USE

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

POT MAKEFS
FOR A CENIURY AND A HALT.

AND RED EARTHENWARE SPECIALTIES.

WORLD'S lARGFST
MANUFACIURERS.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WAREHOUSES:
Cambridge, Mass. Long Island City.N.T.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Can be thipped at an hour'i notice. Price per

crate;
2000 l^i In.
15002
1500 2H
1500 2H
1000 3

800 34

5004

crate, $6.00
4.88
5.25
6.00
5.00
5.80
4.50

456 4l^in,. crate, $5.24

320 5
210 5H
144 6
120 7
60 8

4.51
3-78
3.16
4.20
3.00

HILFIN6ER BROS. POTTERY, ^;J£'w%7rk!

August RoUfcr a Sons, 61 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Oar Specialty: Long Distance and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes from 2 id, to 6 in.

Ask yr ur dealer for them,

Samples free.

E. Allan feirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM. MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on larye orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breltschwenh, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Fall size and wide bottoms,
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY, Detroit. Mich.

ReP' 490 Howard St.

tiention the American Florist when writing

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Magner Plant Boiei

I «re the best and cheapest in tbt
J market for palms, boxwood. bay
I trees, etc. They are attractive in
I desifD. strong and durable suit
I able for either indoor or outdooi
use. Made of cypress whicl^
Eivcs them a lasting quality
We manufacture various style»
and sizes. Write for onces
WflfinerPark ConRrrvatoiies. Sidney, dhlo

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H RED POTS

tha»you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and oSer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that woith considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots. Hanging Baskets and other
goods used by Florists— ask for cat^lowue.

We also make the famous "Moss Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen*! Office and Works
SO. ZANESVUXE, O.

New York Office, 25 W,

Chicago Office and Samole Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
BROADWAY.

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Wharton St.,

PHILADELPHIA. PA ; Branch, Long Island City, N, Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write for Prices and New Catalogue.
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Kramer's Pot Bangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmeo, Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample

dozen by mail. SI. 25.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

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NEPONSET

Flower. Vegetable Watfrproof

PAPER POTS

Waterproof. Don't Break, Cost

Little. Shippers may use them
and save their customers many
dollars in oortss charges.

Vaughan's Seed Store, Agents
Chicago and New York.

Mention the American Floriat when writing

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out, and is guranteed to give

satisfaction in every way.

We Ftimlsh Everything for the Greenhouse

Wnif for pricea and eblimates. Uo it now.

GARLAND MANUFACTURING CO:, Des Plaines. Ill

Mention the American Florist when writing

Everything for

the Greenhouse

J. C. MONINGER CO.

CH CAGO CINllNNATI NEW YORK

9D2 8j:i'ii«iSl. UiijiCfJlralLieBlilj, Ma bril't Blij.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Buy Your

Pots Here

The Best Pot

The Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

Send for Price List

C. C. Pollworth Co.,

HaWAlEEE
WISCONSIN

OR£:£:Ft s

f^ /I o IT I « n npecialtlee.

New Braffld New Style.
Uose '*HIVKKTONfi=

Furnished m lengths up
to 500 ft. without seam or
jjomt.

The HOSE fortbePLORlStr
5i-inch per ft., 15 c

Keel of^ 500ft., *' 14H'^
a Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 C.
J-inch, *' >.T c.

eels, 500 ft., " "Mc.

Couplings furnished.
HENRY A. ORE^tR,
714 Chestnut St., ■

pHILADBLrHIA, Pa.

^,

GEO. KELLER & SON,

Manufacturers of

Red Pots

Before baying write for prices.

2014-2622 Hemdon St,

CHICAGO

Standard Flower Pots

Porosity and Strentrth
Unsurpassed.

Write for price*.

A. F. KOHR

2934-30-38 N. Learitt St.. CHICAGO

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1007

LIQUID ="NICO-FUME"=>=^APER

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

iV^k Soecl«six:ionL for* I^i^ioo«

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LouisvlUe, Ky.

The Aphine Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Flcrists and Gardeners

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray remedy for jjrpen. black, white fly.
red spider, tbiips, mealy bj^ and soft bcale.

FUNGINE

An infallib'e spray remedy for rose mildew,
caioatioD aod chrysanthemum rust.

VERMINE

A soil sterilizer for cut eel. wire and angle
worms.

SCALING

A scal'cide and fun^ricide combined for San
Jose and various sc Ip on tre»-s and h^rdy
stock, and various blights which affect them.

"40% NICOTINE "

A free nicotine, 40% strength, for spraying
Bnd vaporizini:.

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
fumigating and vaporizing.

If you cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order and
we will ship immediately ttirough our
nearest a^ent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. J.
Geo. a. Burniston. M. C. Ebel,

President. Treasurer.

iVERHHIKG IN FERTILIZERS

\ GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

(ote. Wire. Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools. Glass.
Siecal Ateol f«r Wizard Brud Ibinres ud Darling's Fertili»L

Walter S. McGee,

I Phone Hyde Park 5679

1827 KILIS AVE.. CHICAGO, ILL.

Iways

mention The American Florist
wlien writing. : : : : :

C-L-A-Y-&-'-S

These simple symbols spell CERTAIN SUCCESS

CLAY'S FERTILIZER, the Standa-d Plant Fo-d, is Sale.
i)ure. Quick— yet Continuous— io .Action, and Economical.

Manufactured by

CLAY & SON, Stratford, London, England

NIKOTEEN For Spraying

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Aak Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

^^ I.. .1.. ■».... --Jw

"'•■■■• '-<,ii

'tlflmmiS

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing,

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

Mentinn the American Florist when writing

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

— Send For Prices —
404-41? East 34tli S» . NEW YORK

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PRINTING

Letterheads Envelopes, Billheads. Statements.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also ^eed Envelopes.
Plate Making and Color Work.

Borham & Ghapline Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

)reer's Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses

Drive eisy and true, becaast>
botti bevels ate on the sime
side. Can't twist aod break
tbe elass ID driving. Galvan-
ized and will DOI rust. No
tisbii or letis.
Tbe Peerless Clazine Poin
It patented. Noothers tike
it. Order from your dealejx*
Ot direct (torn ds.
1000, 7Sc. postpaid.
Simples free.
HENKT A. DREEB.I
714 Cbestant Street^
PUUdcIpbib.

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Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
deners, Florists and
Hoaie makers, taagbt
by Prof. Craig and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize tbe growing
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners who tin-
derstand up to date
methods and practice
are in demand for the
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening is
Indispensable to those wbo would har«
the pleasantest homes.

2S0-page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence Sctiool

Dent. A. F., Springfield. Mass.

PROF. BEAL.

AMERICAN FLORIST ADVERTISE VIEMS
WORK 24 HOURS PER DAY.

1008

The American Florist.

Nov. 28.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.. ..1005

Allen J K y^S

Alpba hloral Co. . 9s7
American Spawn Co ^98

Amling E C Co %■

Anderson S A 987

Angermueller G H. 982

Aphine Mlg Co 10 i?

Archias Floral Co.. 990
.\scbmaoo Uodlre;. 999
Atlanta Kloral Co... 9b8

Austin H 9-)6

BassetttX Wasbburn 976
Baiavia Greenbouse

Co 981

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Bauscherjohn 9b9

Beaven h. A 98h

Begerow's 98i

Berger Bros 983

Berning H G 98.

Blackistone Z D... 989
Boddiatton AT... 994
Bod^er J & Sons Co 993

Bo.and J B Co 987

Bolgiino J&Sons... 99?

BratE Ross 987

Bramley & Son 9:^0

Braslan Seed Grow

ers Co •. 992

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 9;S
Brown Bros & Co.. 9'»0

Brunninu F H 994

Bruns H N 994

Bryan Alonzo J... 991
Buchbinder Bros... 980

Buclcbee H W 99U

BudlooB J A 981

Burpje W A & Co.. 993
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 986

California Florists.. 9.0
Callahan Duo-

Gia2ed Sash Co . . Ill
Camp Conduit t^o . ill
Chicago Carn Co.. I 939
Chicaeo Flower

Growers Assn 930

Chicago House
- Wrecking Co.... 1005
Clark E B Seed Co. 993
Clarke's Sons David 989

Clay &Son KO/

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 989

Conard & lones Co. 99o

Conwell H E 9»b

Cooke Geo H 987

Cowee W J Ill

Coy H C Seed Co.. 993

Craig RobtCo 997

Critcbell C E 9S3

Cunningham Jos H. 99i

DardsChas 988

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 996

Deamud J B Co .... 981
Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg Co 1006

Dietsch A & Co.... IV
Diller CaBkey&

Keen IV

Dorner F&«ons Co 997
Dreer HA. 997 1006 l"i 7

Duerr Chas A 990

Dulutb Floral Co... 99u

Dunlop John H 9i9

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fo d Box 1008
Elastic LykeCo ...1008
Elk Galax & Fern

Co 986

Emmans Geo M 995

Erne & Klingel 981

Evres H G 989

Fischer Alfred C ... 9'(5
Fish Henry seed Co 994

Fisher Peter 997

Florists' Hail Assn III
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 985

Ford William P.... 98t
Frank Floral Co.... 980

Franzen F 0 9^11

Freeman Mrs J B... 99o

Frey & Frey 919

Friedman 987

Froment H E 9'i5

Furrow & Co 990

Galvin Thos F 989

Gardiner Alex C... 989

liariaod MIg Co 100)

Gassei J M Co 9»9

vjiDlin & Co I I

Gorbam & Chaolin. 1007
Graham A & ion... 9S7
Grana t^apics

Floral Co VKI

Gratama Bros & Co 99o
»juae Bros .. 988

Guigou Francois 986

Guttmau & Kaynoi

due) 935

Hardesty & Co 987

Harley lottery Co. lOOh

Hart George B 9s5

Haven beed Co The 9'»3
Heacock Jos Co ... '*^')^
rteinl John G & Son 9'iO
Henderson .^&Co. . . 1
Henderson Lew s.. 9''i-l
Heniy John & Co .. 978
nerr .AiDetl M...;. 9'*1

Herrmann h 1 07

Hess & Swoboda . . . 990
Hews A H &Co... lOub

Hilhnger Bros U06

Hill U Nursery Co.. 9.1

Hoerber Bros 981

Hotfmeister Flo Co. 9i3

Holm & Olson 983

Holton &HunkelCo '■82
Home Cor School... 1C07
Horticultural

Adv. rtiser 9'U

Hurt} Edisar F 993

IckesBraun MillCcl 05

Igoe Bros UM

Illinois Pipe Mfg Cc li OS
Isbell S M & Co... 994
Jackson & Perkins.. 99o

lones Percy 977

Joy Floral Co 9'iO

Kasting W F Co . . . 1
K.eller Geo& Sons.lOlh

(teller Sons J B 9'«i

Kellogg Geo M 9.9

.Kelway & Son 993

l&ennicott Bros Co.. 981
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co 1007

Kervan Co The 985

Kessler Wm 985

KimberlinSeed Co. 993
K.lng Construct Co. ll'05

Kohr A F*. UKj

Komada Bros UO8

Kramer I tv 4: S0D..IO1.6
Kroeschell BrosCo II

Kruchten John 981

Kuehn C A 982

KuhlGeo A 991

Kyle & Foerster... 981
LaCrosse Floral Co. 908
Landreth Seed Co.. 995
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co 990

Lange A 937

Leborius JJ 9^9

Leedle Floral Co ... 9'n
Leonard Seed Co... 9*'3
Lockland Lumber

Co 1605

London Flower Shp 988
Lord& Burnbam

Co 1015

LovettJT 996

McCallum Co 983

McConnell Alex.... 987
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co II

McDonald Fou'dry. Ill
McGee Walters... It07
McNeff-Swenson Co 931
Matthews the Flo'st 987

MatthewsonJ E 983

May & Co L L 983

Meconi Paul 9Si

Memphis Flo Shop. 9'JO
Meredith The Flow

er& VegCo 997

Metairie Ridge Nurs 9^7

.Vlette Henrv 998

Moninger J C Co...lOOh
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd.... 984
Moore. Hentz &

Nash '»34

Morehead Mfe Co...li'05

Murray Samuel 98S

Myers Florist 9'^0

Nat Flo B of Trade 1018

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS

Are positively the best. Last lorever. Over
30.000 pounds now in use. sure preventative of
glass shpping. Etiectlve on large or small glass.
Easy fj drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. H and
\%, 40c per lb., by mail l6c extra; 7 lbs. lor $2.50
15 lbs. for $5.00, by express. For sale by the trade

KAMDULPH t> IMcCLEMENTS, Flohsts.
a»3b Penn Ave.. near Uigniand, PittsDurgn.Pa.

Nelson Hugh H.... 985

IN \ cut h.owel t.> 935

Nicotine Mfg Co.. ..1007
Niessen Leo Co ... 983
Ostertag Bros ... . 9S<

Palez Paul M 9'X)

Palmer W J & Son . 988

Park Flora. Co 983

Peacock Dahlia

Farms S9'l

Pedrick G R&Son. '9

Peirce E Allan 1006

Peters & Reed Potj lonii

Phillips Bros 990

Pierce FO Co, Ill

Pierson A N (Inc).. 999
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Pikes Peak Flo Co.. 990

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Podesta&Baldocchi 989
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Pu.nell W Z 98o

UuakerCity Machine

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Raedlein Basket C- 973
Rahn & Herbert.... 999
Randall A L Co.... 931
Randolph & Mr-
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Rawlings Elmer... 99
Ready Reference.. 1001
Reed & Keller .... 1' OS
Regan Ptg House.. 100

Reid Edw 933

Keinberg Geo 981

Reinherg Peter 977

Reuter's »987

Klce Bros 0^2

Rice Co. M 985

Robinson j C Seed

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Rock WmLFlwrCo 990

Kohnert Waldo 994

Rolker Aug & Sons. 996
Rosaia Silvio Co.... 980
Routzahn Seed Co . 991

Rusch G &Co 982

SchilderBros 99^

Schiller, the Florist. 9'.*
Schillo Adam

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Schlatter W & Son 1008

Schling Max 9-8

Schmidt J C 999

Schwake Chas & Co 984
SeftonMlgCo 986

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Sheridan Walter F. 985
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SmithE D&Co 9'il

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Smith Wm C Flo Co 982
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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, DECEMBER 5, 1914.

No. 1383

TKeAmerican Florist

Established 1885.

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at the Post Oflice at Chicago. Illinois,

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis,
Minn,, President: P. Welch. Boston. Mass., Vice-
President: John Young, 53 W. 28th St.. New
York, Secretary: Wm, F, Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.,
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch, Boston, Mass.,
President: Dan MAcKoRiE.aan Francisco, Calif.,
Vice-President: John Young, New York, Secre-
tary: Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19, 1915,

Christmas
Number

Next Week.

Send Special Advts. Early

SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANT GROWERS.

Cinerarias.

As fast as these plants require it
they should be repotted and shifted to
larger-sized pots. They are growing
rapidly and should receive no checlc
or they will become stunted. Keep
them in a cool temperature, that they
may be strong and sturdy, and above
all things now do not crowd them, but
space them out often; when the leaves
begin to touch go over the bench and
space them out. These plants are
beautiful in early spring if well grown
but if they become crowded and get
drawn they are but poor specimens.
When the larger plants begin to show
their buds, if tliey are in as large pots
as can be easily handled a watering of
liquid manure will help them finish
their flowers. They are strong grow-
ers and great feeders and where the
pots are full of roots will need a little
stimulant. Constant watchfulness for
apliis is required in growing these
plants. Frequent fumigations will be
necessary or standing on tobacco
stems will keep the insect in check.

Lily of the Valley.

It is often remarked that it is sur-
prising more florists do not force lily
of the valley for the holidays. While
the forcing of this flower throughout
the season had much better be left
to those who make a specialty of it,
for the demand during the winter is
not at all steady, and for the smaller
gTOwer to attempt to grow his supply
would be hazardous and probably re-
sult in so much waste that he would
lose in the end. But well grown pots
of lily of the valley at Christmas will
always be disposed of and there is
more or less demand for the cut
blooms at that time, and a small
amount can be grown and a good
profit obtained. Well selected cold-stor-
age pips are necessary — it would not
pay to attempt to grow the freshly
imported stock — and a place in the
greenhouse where the pipes can be en-
closed and the pots kept dark with a
temperature of 80° maintained. It is

not necessary to build an enclosure of
wood, for bagging or old carpeting
may be hung under a bench and
shelves provided that will enclose a
space large enough to grow what pots
may be required. Three weeks with
cold storage pips in this kind of an en-
closure will bring it in on time, but
the inexperienced grower had better
take a little longer and if the flowers
come too early, as soon as the bells
form the pots can be moved into a
cool house and they will be much im-
proved; in fact, they should have U
few days in the light to give the foli-
age proper color. When the pips are
received the roots should be cut so
that they can be placed in the shal-
low bulb pans, and then planted in
clean sand, the tops of the pips being
just even with sand with a dozen pips
in a four-inch pan or 25 in a six-inch
pan. Water with warm water to set-
tle the sand about the pips, and if
they stand above the sand when it
settles fill in to the top of the pips,
and then place the pans in the warm
enclosure. Keep the sand wet and al-
ways water at a temperature as warm
as the enclosure. When the flowers
begin to show, care should be taken
not to wet them when watering. As
soon as the first bells begin to open
place them in a partly shady location
in a little cooler temperature and in a
day or two they can be placed in full
sunlight in a house with a tempera-
ture of CO degrees. They will then
harden up nicely and keep longer.

Azaleas.
Keep the azaleas well spaced out as
they begin to come into flower. The
buds should be swelling rapidly and
beginning to show color by early De-
cember. Never allow the plants to
suffer for water and where any are
shipped out or carried into the resi-
dences they should be well watered
before being taken out of the green-
house. All plants that are sent away
should be safely covered, and with
azaleas it must be taken into con-
sideration thit they have been grown

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In a very warm temperature, and they
chill easily. ' Plants that are forced
as hard as these are to have them for
the holidays, are damaged very quick-
ly if they get chilled, even if they do
not get frost-bitten. We have known
azalea plants to look all right when
undone, but the blooms wilted and
never came out. Six to eight, thick-
nesses of newspaper with a heavy out-
side paper should always be used in
doing up these plants and more if
the weather, is severe. If the plants
are not far advanced enough to have
them in for Christmas a little higher
temperature will be required, for to
have them in at that date is a neces-
sity in order to get the best price. Wa-
tering or syringing with warm water
will assist some, but we do not like
to do this unless absolutely necessary
to get them in on time. Plants that
are too far advanced can be moved
into a cooler house, which will greatly
benefit them for house culture.

Polnsettlas.

The plants are now forming their
showy bracts and the worries of the
grower are nearly at an end, for if they
have come through to this time in
good condition the disposal of the
plants and flowers is all that remain.
Until the highly colored leaves have
attained their full size, however, the
same equal temperature should be
maintained and then if found advisa-
ble a little drop in the temperature
can be allowed, but it is far better to
do this gradually and not subject the
plants to too sudden a variation. The
plants should now be all neatly tied to
a stake and, as before remarked, the
neater the stake the better the appear-
ance of the plant. It always has
seemed strange to us that a grower
will spend time and money in produc-
',~-l a. crop and then spoil the appear-
ance or the best sale of the plant by
using a cheap ill-looking auxiliarly in
attempting to save a penny. These
plants can be disposed of at a good
remunerative price if properly handled,
and nice-looking, painted stakes can
be afforded. The plants grown for cut
blooms should be kept tied erect that
they may have straight stems. In the
cutting and marketing of these blooms
much disappointment and failure has
been experienced by many growers,
the bracts wilting very soon after cut-
ting, and where this occurs they never
recover. Some growers place the stems
on a red hot coal immediately after
they are cut and thus seal the end.- Oth-
ers plunge the stems in hot water, and
both are said successfully to prevent
wilting. Another plan is to wrap the
blooms in wet newspapers, similiarly
to the manner of handling cut adian-
tums, and then placing the stems in
deep jars of water. It will be found
necessary to adopt one of these or
some other method to prevent the
blooms from wilting or many will be
lost.

Antigo, Wis. — Approximately 600
cases of ferns, weighing 75 pounds to
the case, were shipped from Antigo to
CSiicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Mil-
waukee and other points in the period
extending from Sept. 10 to Nov. 10, the
date of the last shipment. The ferns
were picked in the vicinity of Elton
and shipped from this city by Rosin
& Turner of Mosinee, who operated
camps and gave employment to a
large number of people.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Robt. Kllt, Philadelphia, Pa.

In the Store.

This is the time when the store
should look its best, as there is now
the dahlia, and from this time until
Thanksgiving, the chrysanthemum,
both of which gay colored flowers,
in combination with autumn leaves,
can be arranged in beautiful decora-
tive effects that are appreciated by vis-
itors and customers who cannot help
being favorably Impressed with such
artistic work.

An up to date furnishing of a store is
a great advantage; good fixtures, not
necessarily expensive, but something
different from the old straight_^cut
counters and the wall 'shelves, like
mission tables, long, round and square,
with a good broad board at the bot-
tom; some choice pieces of pottery on
pedestals and a few rugs on the floor.
Such additions as these placed about
the front of the store, with the pottery
filled with choice specimen plants, need
but the baskets and vases of season-
able flowers, nearly all of which are
available for orders, to give the store
a distinctive and beautiful appearance
that is sure to bring returns in a sub-
stantial manner. ,

EFFECTIVE CHANGES.

Any number of changes may be
made with this kind of furniture so
different from the old counters. The
different tables can be used to dis-
play articles such as ferneries, filled
and empty; flower vases, English black
and japanned holders, the single tubes
each with a rose and choice pieces
of smaller pottery on another. Tum-
bler baskets of cut flowers make a
pretty display, while large handle bas-
kets with tins of water hold chrys-
anthemums which can be sold from
them the same as from vases- Many
different combinations which will
give character to the store are pos-
sible with these movable fixtures. On
busy days there is not always time to
give this work the necessary atten-
tion. Good furniture is, however, alone
always in itself decorative. It will

soon be found profitable to have some
one to look after this branch In con-
nection with the windows, which are
becoming more and more an important
asset in bringing in new business.
Some of our best retail merchants elim-
inate the refrigerator. There may be
ice in the auxiliary case in the rear or
down stairs, but the flowers offered for
sale stand around in vases always
fresh and sold off before there appears
to be any oeed for storage.

MAKING UP IN THE STORE.

While the making up of work in
the store is tabooed by some, others
want it done where the customers can
see it, as the finished work often In-
duces sales, which would be lost if out
of sight. In addition, it gives the store
a busy appearance which is also a
large asset to any business. It is nec-
essary that all litter should be gath-
ered up at once as in many stores
where room is limited the working ta-
ble or counter is against the wall and
the makers-up stand in front instead
of behind. Every store is however a law
unto itself requiring different treat-
ment, depending somewhat on the
character of the business, its location,
and the trade to which it caters. In a
general way, however, every store is
the better for well thought out deco-
rative effects. They are sure to be
profitable if used in connection with
the special line of trade the store de-
sires. K.

The Florist's Window.

The show windows of the flower shop
are its most important asset of pub-
licity, the greatest factor in securing
new trade and holding the old. Well-
dressed or decorated windows are sure
to attract attention. If there is suf-
ficient novelty in the arrangement or
beauty of the flowers or plants them-
selves to hold the observer until an
impression is made, they are often
tempted to go inside to ask questions
as to what this or that, to them, un-
usual plant or flower is. Or, the arti-
cles may be familiar and the question
of price interests them and they de-
sire to know the cost. Whether a sale
is made or not, the display has been
successful in that a passer-by, a

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stranger, was brought into the store
and became acquainted with it, saw
other interesting things inside, and
went away probably wearing or car-
rying a souvenier blossom, and with
pleasant recollections of the visit that
would be told to others.

It is a mooted question as to wheth-
er it is best in building, to have the
entrance in the middle with a window
on either side or both windows thrown
Into one and the door on the side.
The very latest in store windows ap-
pears to be a wide but deep entrance
space, either side of which are wedge-
shaped windows, narrow in front, wid-
ened at the rear, where between two
doors Is a show window in a case-
like fitting, which fills the space, mak-
ing an entire front of glass. The idea
is that the people are drawn in to see
the display and are in the store be-
fore they know it.

Pennock Brothers' window in Chest-
nut street, Philadelphia, at one time
had an entrance on both sides; now
there is but one entrance with a much
larger window. This is one of the
best decorated florists' windows in the
country, being kept at all times not
only presentable, but reflecting the lat-
est modes in floral arrangement, the
newest in baskets and vases, choice
specimen plants, etc. Occupying one
window at present is a summer effect,
a rustic coutitry scene with a
miniature mountain which slopes down
to a pond kept filled with water lilies.
There is room beyond this for a vase
or made-up basket of flowers, the
choice of the season. The window is
not deep and is without a floor except
that of the store, a movable platform
on various sized horses bringing it up
to any level wanted. In their work here
the platform is generally covered
with plush or velveteen in various
colors or shades of blue, pink, green
or bronze. This material gives a fin-
ished appearance and style that sets
off the work much better than the tile
or painted floor.

Window decorating is really an art
in itself. It should be given careful
study, and preparations made the day
before or even looked to a week ahead.
Too often it is done on the spur of
the moment, just because it needs it,
and things are put in hit or miss
to fill up for the time being. Too
much is as bad as not enough. A
very attractive window sometimes
contains only one well-arranged vase
or basket. It is the e.Kcellence of this
that attracts attention. Chas. Henry
Pox in his beautiful Broad street store
has the art of making a window with
a few flowers elfective, to perfection. A
few filled vases or baskets of a unique
pattern with perhaps a dozen roses in
each, a few of the same baskets empty
laid about, a yard or two of velvet,
some pieces of pottery with a lettered
card and the work is done. The rear
of the window is divided from the
store with an open wooden lattice.
The whole is very effective.

It is always well to arrange special
displays for holidays such as Thanks-
giving, Washington's Birthday, Valen-
tine's and Paddy's day. Mothers' and
Decoration day. If these are looked to
ahead and preparations made when
there is time, they can be worked out
without much expense, and the store
will become famous for its windows.
I would not recommend going out-
side of the business for material
or making displays such as could
be used in other lines of trade.
While the elaborate pictures made
with painted scenery and stuffed
figures attract attention, the fact that
it is a flower store is not made the
prevailing idea, and this should be
the point to be kept in mind at all
times. We have flowers to sell. It is
Christmas time and flowers are the
best gifts. St. Valentine's day draws
near. Flowers are best to carry the
message of love. The cherry tree
branches and hatchets with red, white
and blue ribbon arranged on boxes I
suggest sales for February 22. A bust

of the great man and some flags should
always have prominence. Paddy's day
gives another chance to attract atteri-
tion with the shamrock in pots arid
pans, the Irish flags, the pipes ahd
miniature hats. Mothers' day can be
helped very materially by the window
display made a week ahead. Many
people even yet do not understand its
significance and others forget. Special
days to sell a quantity of low priced
boxes of flowers as advertised,
should be given publicity in the
window. If a dollar box, arrange
attractively as possible a lot of
empty boxes tied up, and with the
addition on some of a flower or two
outside. Fill up other boxes with the
flowers to be sold; place these in front.
Arrange the signs and then help out on
the trade that is brought in. As many
as five thousand $1.00 boxes have been
sold in one day in answer to liberal
advertising. K.

Wilmington, Del. — The Peninsula
Horticultural Society will hold its an-
nual exhibition here January 12-14.
The premium list and rules governing
awards has been issued.

Milwaukee, Wis. — Edlefsen-Leidi-
ger Co., one of the live wires in the
floral craft, have put one over, taking
advantage of the current subject of
the day in advocating "buy a bale of
cotton," and also put before the pass-
ing public an effective artistic display
in one of their windows, combining
their floral ability and a cotton display
at the same time. On both sides of the
window they have two cotton plants,
in natural form, one larger than the
other. Throughout the window, in
unique effect, are Belgian figure vases,
filled with effective bouquets of cotton,
in the centre of the window one large
Dutch bouquet holder made up of cot-
ton buds and green asparagus tied
with white maline and here and there
miniature ones. The other window, a
pretty display of crotons, cyclamens,
other foliage plants; very pretty.

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Stock Plants.

The flowering season being over, the
stock plants should receive attention.
Select those intended for stock pur-
poses and plant close toegther, either
on a bench in a cool house, or in shal-
low flats. It is just as important to
give these plants a good place to pro-
duce healthy cuttings as it is any other
plant, and it is a mistaken idea to
think that chrysanthemum stock
plants can get along under the benches
until the time comes when cuttings
are needed. They should be given a
place in a cool house," where they will
get plenty of light and air and receive
close attention as regards keeping
them clean of insects. The time be-
tween now and when cuttings are
taken should be a resting period for
these plants, water should be given
sparingly and a low temperature main-
tained at all times, so that any
growth that is made will be natural
and not forced.

The results of the past season for the
chrysanthemum grower have been dis-
appointing; prices were low and the
very warm weather hastened along
the later varieties before the others
could be got out of the way, conse-
quently the market was dead most of
the time. A very large increase in the
number of pompons and singles grown
kept the prices of these down and cut
into the sales of the larger blooms, but
we must not dwell on the poor luck of
the season that has gone, but rather
build our hopes on others yet to come.
A number of very fine varieties which
will be grown in larger quantities an-
other season have been added to the
list both in the commercial and exhibi-
tion sections.

The fine commercial pink variety.
Chieftain, from the E. G. Hill Com-
pany, Richmond, Ind., stands out as
one of the best additions to the com-
mercial section that we have had for
some time, especially of the pink
colors. It was in better shape this sea-
son than when it was shown last year.
It has fine color, good commercial
form and the best of stem and foliage.

Odessa, Nerissa and Nakota, from
Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.,
should be added to both the commer-
cial and exhibition list; they are fine
in every respect and are bound to be-
come more popular, Alice Salomon
and its yellow sport Salomon's. Gold
are another pair of good commercial
sorts.

Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis,
Ind., have a very fine thing in their
yellow sport of Chas. Razer. not large
enough for competition in the exhibi-
tion classes with Wm. Turner and the
other big fellows, but fine for com-
mercial purposes.

The exhibition section has received
several very fine additions. Mendon
is a grand reflexed pink. James Eraser,
light yellow Jap reflexed, is a big im-
provement over the old favorite, F. S.
Vallis. Wm. Vert and Wm. Klein-
Winz are two first-class crimsons.
H. E. Converse, the fine exhibition
light bronze, is still one of the best.
Ernest Wild, Mrs. R. C. Palling, Daily
Mail, Mrs. P. Mitchell and Elberon
will be in the exhibition collections for
some time.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian,
Mich., according to their usual yearly

habit, are again well to the front with
some excellent varieties submitted to
the examining committee of the Chrys-
anthemum Society of America; for the
season they are awarded sixteen cer-
tificates out of eighteen varieties sub-
mitted, a record hard to beat, some of
the varieties being scored by all of the
comrnittees.

A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell; Conn.,
have again for the coming season two .
of the best pompons in the varieties
Peace and Harvest Moon. Golden Cli-
max, Western Beauty, Golden West
and Golden Harvest, introduced by this
firm this season, have made lots of
friends and will be grown more large-
ly another year.

We did not have the opportunity to
see many of the novelties of C. H.
Totty, Madison, N. J., feut according
to the records Antigone and Bob Pull-
ing must be two fine varieties.

. C. W. Johnson.

Hardy Conifers.

Abstract of paper presented by W. T. Ma-
coun. Dominion Horticulturist, Ottawa. Can.,
at the Canadian Horticultural Association's an-
nual convention, Toronto, Ont., August 4-7.
1914.

In a country, where the native spe-
cies of conifers are numerous and
where immense areas of evergreen for-
ests exist and whpre many kinds of
beautiful conifers from other countries
can be successfully grown, it is rather
surprising that so little has yet been
done in Canada to grow conifers Under
cultivation. Perhaps it is because Ca-
nadians are so familiar with them in
the wild condition that they do not show
more interest than they do in cultivat-

fects. Hence, the great importance of
a free use of hardy conifers in this
part of Canada. But perhaps enough
has been said of the value of conifers,
in general let us see what material
there is to draw upon.

At the Central Experimental Farm.
Ottawa, more than .500 species and
varieties have been tested during the
past twenty-six years of which a very
large proportion have proved hardy,
and in the following short list the best
in our judgment have been gathered
together. If one takes the conifers in
botanical sequence the first that should
be mentioned is the maiden hair tree
(Ginkgo biloba), formerly called Sal-
isburia adiantifolia. While a conifer,
this is not an evergreen, but it is
such a striking tree that it must not
be left out. The leaves remind one of
the maiden hair fern. While not par-
ticularly graceful, it Is very pleasing
to the eye owing to its remarkable
fan-shaped foliage, and while a rather
slow grower it has been used as an
avenue tree in some places in the
United States.

The next in order are the yews. The-
yews which are so commonly met with
in Great Britain are not hardy at Ot-
tawa nor would they be satisfactory. I
fear, in many parts of Ontario. There
is, of course, the Canadian yew, Taxus
canadensis, a low growing species-
which is not to be lesuis,?'! where low
growing evergreens are desired. Tliere
is. however, the Japanese yew, Taxus
cuspidata. a splendid substitute for
the common yew of Europe. It is per-
fecti/ haidy st Ottawa and a speci-
men planted in 189G is now seven feet
in heigh", and ten feet in breadth. This

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ing these beautiful trees. With such
long winters as there are in Canada
the conifers are very useful in giving,
in. our judgment, a warmer look to the
landscape which otherwise, for more
than six long months, would present
but the bare boughs 6f the deciduous
trees with, perhaps, the withered
leaves of the beech, as a constant re-
minder of the summer that has gone.
There are few of the broad-leaved ever-
greens hardy in Eastern Canada, which,
on the west coast of Canada, and in
some other countries are used to take
the place of conifers for evergreen ef-

should prove very valuable in Canada,
both for massing, for single specimens
and for hedge purposes.

The next are the junipers and the
most satisfactory in our opinion is the
savin. Juniperus horizont.Tlis. formerly
called sabina, a native of Canada and
other countries. This is a low grow-
ing trailing species of which there are
several good varieties. It is very at-
tractive when massed, for not only has
it the narrow leaves of the junipers
which give most of the species a light
appearance, but the branchlets are long
and slender, making it particularly

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Striking:, the variety tamariscifolia is
most marked in tliis respect and lias a
somewliat different color effect from
the ordinary form. There are a num-
ber of other good junipers, but perhaps
the most attractive is the Irish juniper.
Juniperus communis fastigiata. This
is an erect form of the common Euro-
pean juniper which grows from four
to eight feet in height. The foliage is
light green above and silvery beneath
and the contrast in color makes it quite
attractive and a noticeable shrub on
the lawn. It has not been found stiff
enough for hedge purposes, the snow
breaking it down, otherwise it would
I'p quite attractive As a contrast to
tlie savin in the color of its foliage the
native variety of the common juniper,
Juniperus communis depressa, former-
l.v J. communis canadensis, or alpina.
makes a fine low growing conifer for
massing. Another hardy juniper not
often seen but which will probably be
more grown in the future is Juniperus
rigida, a Japanase species which makes
it quite attractive.

The Japanese retinosporas are very
useful hardy conifers. They come un-
der the same genus as the cypress, the
botanists calling them cupressus or
Chama ecyparis, and as evergreen
shrubs or small trees for the law-n, they
have a distinct place. Perhaps the
hardiest and most beautiful of all is
that known in the trade as the Retin-
ospora filifera. This has not been in-
jured at Ottawa in any way and has
made a remarkably graceful and beau-
tiful lawn specimen. Planted in ISOrt
this is now 12 feet in height and about
the same in width. Another good one
is Retinospora plumosa, a compact tree
and very ornamental when young.
After fifteen or twenty years it loses
its compact appearance and is much
less ornamental. There is a very beau-
tiful golden leaved variety of (this
called R. plumosa aurea. These some-
times have their tips injured in win-
ter, which makes them brown in places
until new growth starts. The little
heath-like retinospora, Retinospora eri-
coides reaches a height of about two
feet. It is a very pretty dwarf coni-

fer with fine soft, delicate green foliage
which becomes of an attractive pur-
plish tinge in winter. In exposed places
the leaves of this little shrub are some-
times injured by winter or scalded in
pots. Retinospora squarrosa would be
one of the best if it did not scald bad-
ly, rendering it unsightly at Ottawa,
except where partially shaded.

There are three species of spruce na-
tive to Kastern Canada, namely the
white, red and black, but the wliite is
much the best for ornamental purposes,
and the black spruce has not done well
under cultivation at Ottawa. It grows
naturally in swampy ground and ap-
pears stunted when grown in well
drained soil. The red spruce which is
a very prominent tree in the maritime

provinces is a good deal like the Nor-
way spruce in color of foliage, but is
not as graceful a tree as the Norway.
The white spruce is, however, a very
desirable tree. One should get the
bluest specimens that can be obtained
as individual trees vary much in color,
some being much bluer than others.
This native spruce is a more grace-
ful tree than the Colorado blue or
Rocky Mountain blue spruce, but both
are necessary. AVhere there is only
room for one the preference is given
to the Colorado blue, as one cannot get
quite as blue an effect from the white
spruce and the Colorado blue spruce
takes less room. Moreover, the white
spruce suffers from the spruce gall
louse which in recent years has in-
jured the appearance of it. The varie-
ty of Colorado blue spruce known as
Kosteriana is particularly blue. They
are obtained grafted. Well grown speci-
mens of the bluest shades are expen-
sive. This spruce is one of the hardi-
est. It succeeds well ir the prairie
provinces where the temperatures are
very low sometimes. It is rather slow
grower, but evertually reaches a good
height. One of the best spruces is a
western native species, Englemann's
spruce, which grows in the Rocky
Mountains. This does very well at
Ottawa. It has a more graceful out-
line than the Colorado blue spruce and
while the leaves are not quite so blue
they are of an attractive bluish green
shade. The Norway spruce has been
planted in private grounds in Canada,
more, perhaps, than any other species.
There are several reasons for this. It
is one of the cheapest spruces to buy;
it grows rapidly; and it is quite orna-
mental particularly for the first twen-
ty-five or thirty years. The Norway
spruce is the fastest growing spruce
of all the species which have been
tested at Ottawa. Its pendulous branch-
es make individual specimens very at-
tractive and its large cones add also
to its interest. It has been much used
for wind-breaks in the Province of On-
tario and is very desirable for this
purpose. There are large numbers of
dwarf, variegated, and weeping forms
of the Norway spruce, but none of

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them are very attractive. The Servian
spruce Picea omorica, is a beautiful
species which it was thought was go-
ing to be hardy at Ottawa, but in a
very severe winter it was Ivilled back.
Picea bicolor or Alcockiana, is a hand-
some hardy distinct species. Tiie dark
green of the upper part of the leaves
and the bluish silvery green of the low-
er surface, make it very attractive.

The larches^ are not evergreen, but
they are conifers and mixed with the
evergreen conifers they make a pleasing
contrast to them and are especially
attractive in spring, as the ■ bright
green foliage comes very early and
relieves the deeper tints of the
evergreens. The European larch Is
perhaps the best species, although
the Japanese is very attractive
also, but has not been grown
long enough in Canada to learn wheth-
er it looks as well as the European
when the trees are large. The young
trees are more attractive than the Eu-
ropean. The European larch makes
very rapid growth. It is not a wide
spreading tree, but its branches are
somewhat pendulous. The native Tam-
arack is desirable for contrast with
evergreens, but is not so attractive as
<he European or Japanese larch as in-
dividuals, as the trees are stiffer in
habit.

The silver firs include the genus
abies and pseudotsuga. of which the
best known species of abies in this part
of Canada is the balsam fir. The bal-
sam fir Is a very attractive lawn tree
when young, but after it has been

planted twenty years or so it is liable
to become scraggy. The fine firs of
tlie west coast of America and Eu-
rope, such as Abies magnifica, nobilis,
and Nordmanniana, are not hardy at
Ottawa, but there is one fir which is
quite hardy, which is as handsome or
almost as handsome as any of these;
namely, the white fir, sometimes called
silver fir, Abies concolor. This is a
native of Colorado, Utah and Arizona.
It is a very striking and beautiful spe-
cies with large, flat glaucous green
leaves.

One or more of the tall and stately
pines -should be on every ground large
enough for a few trees. We place the
native white pine, Pinus Strobus, at
the head of the list for beauty and
general desirability. It is better known
as a timber tree in Canada than as an
ornamental tree, but when it branches
from near the ground, and lias suffi-
cient space to develop symmetrically
it becomes one of the most graceful
evergreens, and the leaves which pre-
serve their color well in winter are of
a very lively green. Perhaps the next
best pine is the Austrian, which is
q'uite hardy in Eastern Canada and
makes a fine ornamental tree. The na-
tive red pine looks very much like the
-Vustrian pine, but has not made quite
so attractive lawn specimens as the
Austrian. Equal to if not superior to
the Austrian pine is the bull pine of
the dry districts of British Columbia.
The long glaucous green leaves, some-
times twisted into peculiar forms, and
its erect habit, give it a very majestic

appearance. As the tree gets older, the
bark, which is of a reddish color, is
very striking. It is one of the most
difficult to transplant and should be
planted when quite small.

The dwarf mountain pine, Pinus,
Montana Mughus, is one of the most
noticeable pines at the experimental
farm. Some trees which have been
planted twenty-five years, are now 15
feet in height and about the same
across, others are smaller as the in-
dividual specimens vary considerably.
It is more of a shrub than a tree and
makes a very attractive individual spe-
cimen on a lawn. As the trees get
older it is found that the snow which
lodges in them has a tendency to
spread them, and sometimes to break
some of the limbs, but it is one of the
most desirable of the pines. For rocky
banks or where a mass of low ever-
greens is needed this is one of the best
trees to plant. It is very hardy.

Cai,i..\, C— a. B. Sigile is rebuilding
his greenhouse.

Mobile, Ala. — Oscar Young, land-
scape gardener of Satsuma, Ala., will
make a tour of the West delivering
steriopticon illustrated lectures in the
interest of the Mobile County Land
Company.

ASHEViLLE, N. C— Allison's Flower
Shop was formally opened to the pub-
lic November 24. Over 3,500 flowers
were on display. The shop is complete
in its appointments and a great deal
of time and considerable money has
been expended in making it attractive.

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School Gardening; and Welfare Work.

Paper by Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, X. Y.,
read before the Ontario Horticultural Associa-
tion at Toronto. Canada. November 12. 1914.

Thirty years ago I crossed Ontario
for the first time from Toronto to Lake
Saint Clair and took notes by the way.
Within four weeks I have crossed On-
tario, east and west, from Ottawa to
beyond Port Artliur and Fort William
on the northwest corner of the inland
seas, and you have in Ontario, a prov-
ince, an empire in extent, and my opin-
ion is — that energy, perseverance and
patience dominates the spirit of its in-
habitants, which is the spirit that sub-
dues the earth and prospers.

Wherever I have been in frontier
settlements, there I have found the
little school house, and in the larger
towns the more modern school houses;
even at Haileybury, 100 miles or more
north of North Bay, at the headwaters
of the great Ottawa river overlooking
the lake, standing out the second most
prominent structure in the town, was
the school house with flag flying and
scores of children in attendance. In
Cobalt, the town of rocks aj^d ravines,
stands a school-house with about 400
children. It was my privilege to go
through that school while in session,
and I found the boys were writing
plainly; you could read every word of
their copy. I spoke a few words to
them, and beating in the hearts of
those young lads was the impulse of
appreciative response to the mighty
truth when I quoted Captain Smith,
of the ill fated Titanic — "Women and

Children first." The training of the
child determines the character of the
nation, and in school much is done
aside from the routine work, to bring
about the ideals which make the home
life of a people substantially happy.

With 27 years of direct touch in the
administration of local school affairs,
I can say that every fad and fancy
which comes up, may not be grafted
upon the school without damage, but
in the now common demand for steady
attendance in school until 14 years or
thereabout, there must be recognized
this fact — that every scholar is not fit-
ted especially for the clerical or pro-
fessional work. As the country fills
up and cities of concentrated popula-
tion grow, a division of occupation may
properly become a portion of modern
school instruction; the economic and
family aid, which may result from cul-
tivation of bits of home ground is no
fad. In the United States at a time of
serious depression in commercial af-
fairs, the late Governor Pingree, of
Michigan, gave a strong impulse to the
real value of cultivating for the crop
value, empty city lots. In our great
cities like New York and others, the in-
struction of school children has a de-
veloping power of great value in send-
ing young children wfth naturally in-
quiring minds, into new fields that
otherwise would lie dormant. Even
though it be but a window box of flow-
ers, teach the children in class how to
plant the seeds of flowers and vegeta-
bles, let them have a bit of garden all
their own, and the sense of proprietor-
ship is engendered, which makes chil-

dren more careful of flowers and well
kept ground. Wherever you find a
well kept door-yard, there you will find
in the house a taste and appreciation
of nice and tidy things. Teaching a
little school gardening will affect for
the better home surroundings of many
and many a dreary farm homestead,
which now lack adornment of tree,
bush or flower, and the obliteration of
barrenness around farm houses in the
United States is one of the objective
points of the work of many of the agri-
cultural colleges. Most notably this
has been done under the patronage of
Cornell Agricultural College at Ithaca,
N. Y., and the publications issued for
years to our public schools, of cleverly
illustrated nature studies in the pri-
mary and grade divisions of our schools
are of great benefit, both instructive
and stimulating. In Guelph, Ontario,
the work done there in starting teach-
ers in this class of work for the bene-
fit of the schools has been so well done
that their reputation has gone over the
line. In some of the southern states
work of this character has been done
to uplift the working children in cot-
ton mills, and to afEord an interest in
home garden work to the elders. This
bit of industrial enterprise helps for
better food supply.

As one travels about, a home be it
ever so humble, with a few flowers,
has a cheer about it. This calls to
mind the truth to mankind, that —
"There is no place like home". At the
coming Panama-Pacific exposition to be
held next year in San Francisco, it is

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planned to make a distinctive feature
of school gardening, to be seen by all
visitors. Toronto, in recent years, has
through its local horticultural society,
stirred up local pride, and if a stranger
but takes a trip over any electric line
through the city, the continuous dis-
play of door-yards, well cared for.
speaks emphatically that the citizens
of that city are caretakers of their
homes, and appreciate things — neat,
tidy and pretty.

Remember this — that no amount of
public school training cart make up for
the vital impressive leading that a child
should receive from its parents. There
are, however, exceptions to all rules,
and there are, so far as I have seen,
cases where the child from instructions
received in the public schools, has led
the parents to take interest in this
work, which they otherwise would not
have done.

Canada is a great country. Its neigh-
bor to the south is a great nation. We
speak the same language, think in the
same words, and from ocean to ocean
between our boundaries there is no
fortification. Peace and good will reign
supreme, and in all that tends to up-
build the homes of the people we are
one. May peace, industry and plenty
continue through the generations yet
to come and rest upon us both.

National Association of Gardeners.

A meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the National Association of
Gardeners, consisting of its trustees
and directors, will be held at the Ho-
tel Walton, Broad street, Philadelphia.
pa., on Wednesday forenoon, Decem-
ber 9. at 11 o'clock. Attention is di-
rected to the following resolution
adopted at the executive meeting of
the association held in Philadelphia.
April, 1914:

Whereas, it is essential that every
member of the executive board should
take an active interest in the w^elfare
of the association and should have
opportunity of doing so afforded him
to make suggestions in connection
with, and offer opinions upon the
policy of th0 association, therefore,
be it

Resolved that an invitation be ex-
tended to the members of the hoard,
that, when they cannot attend the
meeting, they submit any suggestions
they may have to offer in writing
that can properly be brought before
the meeting, and that it shall be
given the same consideration .ns
though the member offering it wero
present in person.

The bowling committee announces
that all members intending to enter
the bowling tournament at the con-
vention of the National Association
of Gardeners must register at the busi-
ness meeting in Horticultural hall on
Wednesday afternoon, December 9.
The business meeting will be called to
order promptly at two o'clock. The
bowling tournament will take place
Thursday forenoon, December 10.

The dinner committee has set the
price at .?2.50 per person for the an-
nual banquet of the association, which
will occur in Horticultural hall on
■ViJIednesday evening, December 9. Da-
vid Rust, Horticultural hall, Philadel-
phia. Pa., should be advised without
delay by those members who will at-
tend the banquet so that proper pro-
vision can be made for them.

Exhibits of novelties, specimen
plant.s ;inrl rut flcnvrrs of the newer

varieties, .should reach Horticultural
hall before noon on Wednesday. De-
cember 9. They should be sent, ex-
press prepaid, to National Association
of Gardeners, care David Rust, Horti-
cultural hall. Broad and Locust
streets, Philadelphia, Pa.

Several of the prominent horticul-
tural firms in and about Philadelphia
are arranging to entertain the visiting
members at their establishments dur-
ing the members' stay in Philadelphia.
The Hotel Walton will be the official
headquarters of the association during
the convention. M. C. Ebex, Sec'y.

Pittsfiurgb.

THANKSGIVING DEMAND VERY GOOD.

The trade experienced a very good
Thanksgiving this year, despite the
warm weather, and Wednesday night.
November 25, found the stock very low
in most of the stores. Chrysanthe-
mums cleaned up very nicely; in fact,
best of all. Roses did very well also,
and there were some carnations left on
hand Thanksgiving morning. Prices
were comparatively low this year com-
pared with other seasons past, dvie no
doubt to the enormous supply, which
the mild weather forced out. The
chrysanthemums are about fini.shed
now. Narcissi have made a pro-
nounced start and are really too com-
mon to sell at a fair price. American
Beauty roses are doing well, the qual-
ity being very fine. They are bringing
better prices than before. Killarneys
are in abundant supply and are also
returning good money. Valley ' and
lilies have found a good market here.
Cattleyas have been rather scarce of
late, but heretofore have been in over-
supply. The green goods business has
now started in earnest, and many long
distance shipments are being made by
the local dealers who make a specialty
in this line.

NOTES.

James Neuland has taken the man-
agement of the McCuIloch Drug Co.'s
flower department. He will be remem-
bered by most of the old-time trade
as being connected with J. B. and W.
B. Murdoch, who conducted a retail
store on Smithfield street about 1.~i
years ago.

George Welch and George Tierney,
both of Youngstown, O., have opened
a retail florist shop under the name of
Welch & Tierney. Both are young
men and seem determined to make
good. Mr. Welch has had experience
with Geo. W. Kay, also of Youngs-
town, O.

E. C. Ludwig was awarded one of
the prizes for the best decorated trucks
in the parade held in the North Side
last week, the occasion being the sev-
enty-fifth anniversary of the old city
of Allegheny, but now one of the main
business districts of Pittsburgh.

A busy spot these days is the Vic-
toria Flower Shop, on Seventh avenue.
Large quantities of flowers are dis-
posed of here daily at popular prices.
The business has been growing stead-
ily under the capable management of
Abe Krongold.

The Saxonwald Greenhouses have
finished one of the most successful
chrysanthemum seasons they ever ex-
perienced. Their entire product is han-
dled by the Ludwig Floral Co. and
Gallagher & Franks.

John Sisley, of the McCallum Com-
pany, is confined to his home with
tonsilitis. George Marshall, of the
same firm, is also compelled to ab-
sent himself owing to sickness.

Gidas & Pyros have reopened their
Oakland flower store, in connection
with a fruit and confectionery busi-
ness. They are located at Forbes and
Atwood streets.

Joseph Thomas, of Greensburg, Pa..
had an enormous cut of white and pink
Maud Dean chrysanthemums for
Thanksgiving.

Mrs. E. A. Williams had several
large wedding orders last week. J.

Buffalo.

NOVEMBER BUSINESS VERY SATISFACTORY.

November has been about as good
a month for trade as one could wish
for if reports of other lines of business
are as some say. Bal¥alo has had her
share of debutantes, weddings and
other festivities, not counting quite an
amount of fimeral work. "Thanksgiv-
ing business from all reports was
greater than ever before. With the
supply of stock good, chrysanthe-
mums have been plentiful and of first
quality, with prices within every per-

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son's means. Roses are g-ood and are
plentiful. Carnations in all Colors are
improving in quality. Among the
most popular flowers and great sellers
were the different varieties of pom-
pons, which were never better than
this year as to quality and pretty
colors, so adaptable for decorating of
any kind. Maude Dean and white and
yellow Jones, in the chrysanthemums,
are still good, but about another week
will see the last of them.

The different stores vied with each
other in novel arrangements for the
Thanksgiving table. Pretty baskets of
fruit and flowers were on sale, as were
also pumpkins of medium size, with a
glass or other vase inside filled with
flowers, such as pompons, roses, val-
ley, winter berries, pussy willows and
other stock used artistically and lend-
ing an added beauty to the Thanks-
giving table. The month of December
looks as if it would be more lively
than November. Many brilliant events
are scheduled between now and
Christmas, which will keep all busy.

NOTES.

The offer of one florist to loan palms
gratis to funerals may induce some
other one to advertise garlands fur-
nished for the door gratis. Trade se-
cured from offers like that does not
elevate the florist's business, which all
should strive to do. Undertakers were
never known to give chairs to get the
funeral.

"Near to Lieutenant-Governor" Ma-
honey is again with S. A. Anderson,
and is proud to sign his name as flor-
ist. Buffalo has never had a florist
that aspired to a political office that
did not accomplish it later on. The
people want them after they get to
know them.

Charles Guenther, Hamburgh, N. Y..
and the Erie Floral Co., Erie, Pa., are
sending in fine roses to the Wm.
Kasting Co.

S. A. Anderson's begonias, poinset-
tias and cyclamen are fine now, and
will be in perfect shape for the holi-
day trade.

W. J. Palmer & Son, Scott Neubeck.
Stroh's Flower Shop and Schwert &
Berner are all well stocked with choice
plants. Bison.

Detroit.

BUSINESS DEPRESSION AFFECTS TRADE.

Thanksgiving Day trade, to which
all looked forward with much expect
ancy, was in exact proportions to the
trade in general this fall, which has
been in most cases scarcely up to the
corresponding time last year. Favored
with beautiful and seasonable weather
throughout the week, the real merit of
the trade due to the event, could be
accurately measured, and those who
fell short this year, or failed to ad-
vance, as in the past, could only blame
the general conditions of depression
prevailing. The supply of chrysanthe-
mums was far in excess of the de-
mand, while plenty of roses were avail-
able, and violets seemed to fall far
short of their usual popularity, and
the limited stock, of these on the mar-
ket was sufficient for the call. Carna-
tions stiffened some in price, but the
quality was against their tise only to a
limited extent. Only the finest grades
of chrysanthemums moved with satis-
faction to the growers, and the surplus
stock of the poorer grades thrown on
the market brought the average price
of all down to a sorrowful figure.

The Schroeter-Stahelin Co. was high-
ly elated with their first Thanksgiving
trade at their new and handsome store,
531 Woodward avenue, Hugo Schroeter,
the manager, stating that no doubt
was now felt about the wisdom of lo-
cating in this new .shopping district.

J. F. S.

Washington.

SATISFACTORY THANKSGIVING BUSINESS.

With stock plentiful for Thanksgiv-
ing, everybody was satisfied with busi-
ness. Trade continues to hold up well
and the indications are for a good sea-
son's business. Prices are good,
American Beauty roses bringing from
.fS to .^30, while other stock brings good
returns.

NOTES.

Chas. Merryman, one of the largest
landscape gardeners in this vicinity
says that he is just about as busy as he
can be. He has some very fine stock.

The Washington Florists' Co. will be
advertised for sale for the interest on
the trust fund, held by Mr. Loose,
president of the company.

Manager A. Schnell of the Leo Nies-
sen Co. is mourning the loss of a val-
uable gold watch which w^s taken
from his oflice.

Witt Bros, are bringing in begonias
and cyclamen that are about the best
that are coming into the market.

Gude Bros. Co. are cutting some
very fine American Beauty and Radi-
ance roses.

Robert Bowder and Sons are sending
in some very fine azaleas which find a
ready sale.

Visitors : Walter Mott. Fishkill-on-
Hudson, N. T. G. C. D.

Providence, R. I.

NO COMPLAINT ON BUSINESS.

Thanksgiving business was very en-
couraging; all flowers sold well and no
one complained of dull business.
Chrysanthemums are about ended
now, only a few growers having them,
and the flowers are all small sizes.
Carnations are still coming better.
Roses are good. Violets are .still up
in price, but there is no demand for
them as yet. A good many of the
growers this year seem to be able to
cut plenty of stevia. and the market
is overloaded with the flower.

NOTES.

E. J. Johnson, of Edgewood, had a
flower stand in the Outlet Company
store for Thanksgiving.

Albert Holcher had some of the
largest William Turner chrysantho-
mums seen this year.

Macrea, of Smith street, is cutting
the White and Pink Killarney rose at
his place.

Tom Dolan, of T. J. Johnson Co., Is
still on the sick list. H. A. T.

Oklahoma City.

SALES STIMULATED BY ADVERTISING.

A very commendable feature of
trade conditions is the mutuality of
interests being formulated here among
the retail florists. For the recent foot-
ball game played in this city between
the state teams of Arkansas and Ok-
lahoma, the florists advertised joint-
ly in the daily press, pro-rating the
expense, and not mentioning names of
individuals. By this method a great
saving of expense resulted and the
service was efficient. Orders came in
quite satisfactorily for both cut flow-
ers and pot plants. A special fea-
ture was made November 20, when
the stores arranged window displays
of the delivery of flowers by telegraph.
Miniature telegraph offices were placed
in the center of the designs with wires
leading to cities located on large maps
placed in the background, and busi-
ness cards and labels of florists in
all parts of the country were used to
impress the public with the reliability
of the service. No doubt, an increase
in the number of telegraphic orders
will result, as the displays were uni-
formly excellent, and attracted atten-
tion by their originality. S. S. B.

OBITUARY.

Joseph F. Mallon.

Joseph F. Mallon, of the well-known
firm of James Mallon's Sons, Brooklyn,
N. Y., died at his late home, 3.54 Clin-
ton street, that city, after a week's ill-
ness with pneumonia. He was 47 years
of age. He was born and educated in
Brooklyn and reared in the florist busi-
ness by his father. He was married 26
years ago to Mary W. Cahill, who sur-
vives him. He is also survived by one
brother, John C. Mallon, his business
partner, and one sister, Mrs. M. A. Pi-
got. He was one of the best known
and highly esteemed men in Brooklyn,
with a large heart and a commanding
and genial personality. He was a
member of the Roman Catholic church.
His funeral was held at St. Paul's
church December 4, with solemn re-
quiem mass.

Franz Schramm.

Franz Schramm, a well known
grower at Park Ridge, 111., died at
his home Wednesday, November 25
from heart disease at the ripe old age
of 74. He was born in Germany but
came to this country at an early age
when he started in the florist business
and has grown cut flowers for the Chi-
cago market since the year 1890. He
was a valuable citizen and by dint of
hard work he built up quite a nice
range of greenhouses. He leaves a
widow and six children, Fred., Chas.,
Frank and three married daughters,
Mesdames Minnie Priebs, Bertha
Koehler and Pauline Hammerl. The
funeral was largely attended and was
held from the residence on November
29 and the remains were laid to rest
in the family lot in the Town of Main
cemetery.

William Kenney.

William Kenney, a retail florist of
102G Second avenue. New York, died
November 28 at the aged of 57 of an
apoplectic stroke. He was born on the
lower East Side. Years ago he worked
for the late Le Moult, then a promi-
nent florist of the Bowery. When the
old Brooklyn bridge was opened Mr.
Kenney made a reproduction of it in
flowers, which was carried on a truck
in the opening parade. He was well
known in the various city departments
and formerly received much work
through these sources. He is survived
by a widow. A. F. P.

Syracuse, N. Y.

Local florists have organized the
Syracuse Florists' Club and elected
the following officers : Henry Youell,
president; L. J. Mulhauser, secretary;
T. J. Sullivan, treasurer. The club is
the outgrowth of the recent chrys-
anthemum show which was in every
way a success and encouraged the men
who arranged it to form an organiza-
tion to promote interest in floriculture.
It is planned to hold another show
next year.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Gottlieb Bau-
man, florist, who has a range of green-
houses on South Grant Street, has
opened a new flower shop at IGS South
Main street.

Des MOINES, lA.— The Jas. S. Wilson
Floral Co. had a fine lot of chrysanthe-
mums for Thanksgiving and reports
an excellent business in these and
other flowers.

Reading, Pa.— The show committee
of the Reading Florists' Association is
already making plans for a 1915 ex-
hibition, encouraged by the success of
this year's show.

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The American Florist.

Dec.

Themerioan Florist

Established 1885.
Subscription. United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year; Canada $2.00; Europe and Countries
ID Postal Union. $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sending us change of address always send
the old address at the same time.
Advertising rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist baa
accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
opinions of our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 56 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

Sue(,'estinris for plant glowers lOOEl

— Cinerarias 1009

—Lily of the valley 10>i9

— Azaleas 1009

— Poiosettias 1010

The retail trade 1010

— In the store 1010

— The florists* window 1010

— Whitted Floral Co.'s store 1010

— Whitted Floral Co. at Minneapolis show.. 1011

The chrysanthemum 1012

— Stock plants 1012

Hardy conifers 1012

<:. H. Cooke's new store. Washington. D. C. .1013

House of hegonias at Poehlmann Bros ini4

House of cyclamen at Poehlmann Bros 1015

National Association of Gardeners 1016

Pittsburgh 1016

Buffalo 1016

T. Holgiano & Son's e.thlblt 1010

Detroit 1017

Washington 1017

VX. Wayne. Ind 1017

Providence. R. 1 1017

Oklahoma City 1017

Syracuse, N. Y 1017

Obituary ». 1017

—Joseph F. Mallon .:■. 1017

^Franz Schramm 1017

— William Kenney 1017

Editorial lOlS

— -Thanksgiving business 1018

— Society of American Florists 1018

— American Sweet Pea Society 1018

— Missouri Botanical Garden 1018

Club meetings next week 1019

Cleveland 1020

St. Louis 1020

Omaha. Neb 1022

Chicago 1026

Toledo 1030

Cincinnati lO.SO

Philadelphia 1032

Boston 1033

New York 1034

Nashville, Tenn 1040

The seed trade 1042

— Wisconsin canners 1042

— Denalffe & Son, Carlgnau. France 1042

The nursery trade 1046

— Packing material quarantine modified. .. .1046

Market gardeners 1048

— Prices on indoor fruits and vegetables. . .104S

— Notes on greenhonse tiring '. ....104S

Knoxvllle. Tenn 1048

Renew subscription promptly so that
no copies of the paper may be missed.

Die BlNDEKUNST, published at Er-
furt, Germany, says that reports from
the larger cities of that country show
improved business conditTons.

Plant and flower shippers should
prepare for the winter weather by se-
curing- a good line of wagon heaters
and have them on hand ready to use
when the cold wave strikes.

La Crosse, Wis. — Mrs. Anna Guil-
•Taume, proprietress of a florist shop at
."lOl Main street, was awarded a ver-
dict of $500 again.st the Wisconsin-
Minnesota Light and Power company,
in a special verdict case before circuit
court November 19. Mrs. Guillaurae
asked for .$1,200. She claimed that
through the negligence of the com-
pany, all the flowers and plants ini- her
greenhouse were killed.

Chicago stock yards' manure can
not be delivered on account of the foot
and mouth disease quarantine.

Thanksg:iving' Business.

From reports received from many
sections the Thanksgiving business
for 1914 was very satisfactory, espe-
cially in view of the present condi-
tions in all lines of trade. While prices
as a rule were lower than last year'
the demand was generally good, early
clean-ups of the market were not un-
usual and in many instances short-
ages of stock, especially in chrysanthe-
mums, occurred. In many localities,
especially in the central and southern
states, warm weather was responsible
for very heavy crops in nearly all sea-
sonable stocks, forcing, prices down,
but stimulating the volume of sales.
Everything considered, the trade gen-
erally seems to be well satisfied with
the returns.

Society of American Florists.

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT REGISTRATION.

Public notice is hereby given that
Charles Borrmann, 338 High street,
Buffalo, N. Y., offers for registration
the seedling geranium described be-
low. Any person objecting to the reg-
istration, or to the use of the proposed
name, is requested to communicate
with the secretary at once. Failing to
receive objection to the registration,
the same will be made three weeks
from this date. Description — Seedling
geranium. La Favorite x Detroit; color
the same shade as Bridesmaid rose;
habit, dwarf; leaves, stocky, having a
deep zone.

As no objections have been filed,
public notice is hereby given that the
registration of the Begonia Mrs. J. A.
Peterson by J. A. Peterson. Cincinnati.
Ohio, becomes complete.-

November 28. 1914.

AFFILIATION.

At the convention of this society
held in Boston last August the follow-
ing recommendation of the executive
board was adopted and added to the
constitution and by-laws of the so-
ciety :

1. That clubs, societies or kindred
organizations of professional florists,
gardeners and horticulturists, having
a paid-up membership of 100 or more
members in the S. A. F. & O. H., shall
be entitled to one representative on
the board of directors of the S. A. F.
& O. H.

2. Such representative shall be the
president of such organization and
must be a member of the S. A. F. &
O. H.

3. Any elective officer or appointed
director of the_ S. A. F. & O. H. shall
not be eligible as a representative of
such organization.

4. When the president of any such
organization is already a director, the
vice-president shall be eligible for the
office.

5. Any organization applying for
representation shall submit to the sec-
retary of the S. A. P. & O. H. a com-
plete list of its membership. It shall
be the secretary's .duty to confirm
same and submit it to the president
for final confirmation. Such list shall
be in the hands of the secretary by
December 1, of each year. Announce-
ment of such director shall be made
by the president-elect on January 1 of
each year.

Many florists' clubs and horticul-
tural societies having a membership

which would allow of their becoming
affiliated with the society, have already
made application for affiliation, and
have filed the necessary list of mem-
bership. Any eligible organization not
already affiliated should lose no time
in complying with the above rules.
JOHN Young, Sec'y.

American Sweet Pea Society.

A meeting of the executive board of
the American Sweet Pea Society was
held at the offices of Peter Henderson
& Co., New York, Tuesday afternoon,
November 24, with W. Atlee Burpee in
the chair. The principal business be-
fore the board was the arrangements
for the shows to be held during the
coming summer. It has been ar-
ranged that two shows be held; one in
San Francisco, Calif., the other in
Newport, R. I. The dates for the San
Francisco show have not yet been
fixed. The Newport show which is to
be held under the auspices of the
Newport Garden Association and the
Newport Horticultural Society, in the
Newport casino, will open on July 8,
and continue through July 9. A very
liberal preliminary premium li-st has
been prepared and issued by the New-
port organizations which includes a
large number of open cla.sses. Copies
of this preliminary schedule may be
obtained of the secretary, Harry A.
Bunyard, 342 West 14th street. New
York. The preliminary schedule of
the American Sweet Pea Society will
be issued about January 1.

Haery a. Bunyard, Sec'y.

Missouri Botanical Garden.

TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL BANQUET.

The twenty-fifth annual banquet,
provided for in the will of Henry Shaw,
to be given to nurserymen, gardeners
and florists, by the Missouri Botani-
cal Garden, was held on the even-
ing of November 27 at the Uni-
versity club. St. Louis, Mo. About
one hundred were present. In ad-
dition to the employes of the gar-
den and representatives from local
florists' and gardeners' organizations,
the occasion was a notable one be-
cause of the attendance of about
twenty former Missouri Botanical Gar-
den pupils. Because of the presence of
these pupils the speaking at the din-
ner was chiefly concerned with the
garden school. The director of the
garden. Dr. George T. Moore, presided
and Professor J. C. Whitten of the
University of Missouri, one of the first
instructors in the garden school, told
something of its early days and re-
ferred to the wonderful development of
the garden since that time. Professor
\. T. Erwin of the Iowa agricultural
experiment station discussed the new-
ly organized garden students alumni
association and pointed out how the
a.ssociation and the garden might be of
mutual advantage to each other. Ar-
thur R. Gross, superintendent of the
Mt. Greenwood 'Cemetery, Chicago,
gave some accounts of the various men t
who had gone out from the garden
school, showing how they had scat-
tered all over this country and abroad
and the success they had been able to
attain, due to the training received at
the garden. It was agreed by all pres-
ent that the banquet was one of the
most interesting and successful which
had ever been held, the programme
being particularly appropriate for the
anniversary year.

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The American Florist.

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Club Meetlng:s Next Week.

Newark, N, J., Dec. 6. 3-6 p. m.— Wein, obst
& Giirtenbau Vcri-in. 15 NewarU street. Peter
Caiilo, Secretary. Ill Avon avenue, Newark.

Montreal. Que., Dec. 7, 7:46 p, m. — Montreal
GarclL-ners" niui Floiists' Club, Montreal Floral
Excliange, 14ii MaiisHeUi struet. W. H. Horobln,
Secretary. L's:{ .Marquette street. Montreal.

Holyoke, Mass., Dec. 8, 7:46 p. m. — Holyoke &
NortUanipton Florists' aud (iardeners' Club.
James Whiting, Secretary. Freucb Hall. M. A.
C. Amberst, Mass.

Newport, H. I., Dec. 8. — Newport Horticul-
tnr:il Society. Music ball. \Vm. Gray, Secre-
tary. Itellevue avenue, Newport.

Chicago, Dec. 9.— Gardeners' and Florists'
linion Ho. 10.615. 232 North Clark street. Louis
Heidtman, Secretary, 3010 North Kichmond
street. Chicago.

Davenport. la., Dec. 10.— Tri-City Florists'
Club. Wm. Goos, Secretary, Bettendorf. Daven-
port.

Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 10. — Omaha Florists* Club.
Court !iouse. Lewis Henderson, Secretary. 1519
Fai'uam street. Omaha.

St. Louis, Mo.. Dec. 10. — St. rx)iiis Florists'
Club, Odd Fellows' hall No. 2. J. J. Beneke.
Secretary. 1216 Olive street. St. Louis.

Hartford, Conn., Dec. 11. 8 p. m.— The Con-
necticut Horticultural Society. County building.
Hartford. Alfred Dixon. Secretary. 25 Wilcox
street. Wethersfield. Conn.

Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Dec. 12.— Dobbs Ferry
Horticultural Society, Odd Fellows ball. B.
Harms. Secretary. Dobbs Ferry.

Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., Sec Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this oflBce
euciose 10 cents extra to cover postage, etc.

Situation Wanted— By youRK woman, in flower
store to learn design work. Willing to assist with
housework. Address

Key 483. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young lady thoroughly
experienced in all lines of retail work. Chicago
or vicinity preferable. Address

Key 477. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By experienced lady cashier
in retail florist store. Can furnish best of refer-
ences. Chicago preferred. Address

Key 480, care American Florist.

Situati«« Wanted— Good all around storeman.
one capable of taking ebarge. State wages when
writing. Address

Key 481, care American Florist.

Wanted to Rent— 5.000 to 10.000 feet of glass
within 200 miles of Chicago. Must be well stocked^
Key 487, care American Florist.

For Rent— Desirable location for retail florist.
Lease expiring soon. Apply

T. Ball. 6974 N. Clark St., Chicago.

For Sale— Good paying retail store in Chicago
on south side, at very reasonable price. Bargain.
Owner engaged in other business. Address

Key 478> care American Florist.

For Sale— .\ fine Mercury auto-truck for $250.
This car has been used only for three monthsand
is in good condition. For further particulars, ad
dress. Key 468. care American Florist.

For Sale— Greenhouse material, glass, pipes
and rafters. Good as new. at one-half price.
Inquire of Mrs. Mary Brod Niles Centre. III.

Situation Wanted— By young man of 25. as de'

signer or grower. Can give best of references.
-Address, Key 989, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Goad all around storeman.
Chicago or vicinity preferred. Can come well
recommended. Address

Key 991. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young gardener. 12
years' of practical experience, in greenhouse and
outdoor work. Very best references Fully com-
petent of taking charge of any private estate.
P. Back. Rdoto 7. 2757 VV. North Ave., Chicago.

Help Wanted— Seedsman. Assistant in vege-
table order filling department; with some experi-
ience. Address

Key '^/t3. care American Florist

Wanted— The address of Theodore Wagner, a
private gardener formerly in my employ.

1. N. Eisenberg. 440 Albert Street.

Long Island City, N. V.

Wanted to Rent— A reliable party w!io can
furnish the proper credentials wants to rent a
range of houses of 15 TOO feet of glass or more,
in Chicagoor within Kh) miles of it, with the privi-
ledge of buying if conditions are satisfactory.

Address Key 9^2 care American Florist,

Greenhouse For Rent An up to date Garland
Iron Frame Greenhouse. 28 lect 8 in. by 128 feet,
alt one house; wheel vents, good locality, good
market. Well stocked for Christmas and spring
trade. Immediate possession, .Apply to

P. A. Ballingal, 29 MacKenzie St., Gait, Ont

For Sale— The lease of a flower stand running'
V/i years, in a large market in the heart of New
York. A bargain. Good reasons for selling,
A. F. F., care .American Florist.

42 W. 28th St . New York.

For Sale — A panel top florist delivery wagon-
new wheels, tires, axles, glass wind shield, shafts,
and just newly painted; in first-class condition.
Will send photograph on request. S65.00.

N. B. & C. E. Stover.
118S0. 6thSt., Terre Haute, Ind.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling.
new hot houses. Hot water heatteg system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Co., Pa.

For Sale— Florist plant; lot 100x200. Seven room

dwelling. All conveniences. Hot houses 177 leet

long. Hot water system. In first-class condition.

Town ol 2000. A bargain, good going business.

Wm. T. Wright,

Newtown, Pa.

For Sale — In Iowa, a good paying florists'
business of 9 houses, all up-to-date, also resi-
dence and 8 lots, invoices at $32,000 at wholesale
prices. Will sell at a discount on account of poor
health, for cash, city property or farming land.
Address Key 488. care American Florist.

For Sale— I have 8500 feet glass. 65 hotbed sash,
5 acres good land. 4 greenhouses well stocked with
carnations, 'mums, violets and bedding plants.
Good dwellicg house, barn, out bouse. Coal
enough for winter. Four blocks from street car
line, railroad right in city. Price $12,000 cash.
Address Key 479, care American Florist.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

10 acres in city limits of Lead, So. Dak., excel-
lent for Poultry, or Greenhouse and Market Gar-
den. High pressure city water or well on place.
Population, 10.000. Monthly payroll. $225,000. No
competition within 4 miles. Will sell. lease, or
become partner with right party.

H. E. BILLINGS,
Box 675. LEAD. SO. DAK.

FOR SALE.

Florists' retail store, greenhouses, twocottages,
IVi acres of land in growing stock, everything
complete in first-class condition. The only flower
store in the fastest growing city in Southern Cali
fornia. $8,000 down will handle thisdeal— balance
on easy terms. Owner retiring from business.

Address. Key 469. care American Florist.

Position Wanted

By a thoroughly Experienced Storeman. now

employed wishes to make a change. Unquestion-
able references as to character, honesty and
ability. Age 24. 4 years' experience as designer
and decorator, Can give reference frcni present
employer,

P. E. C.-V, 1312 3rd Ave..

Highland Pk., Richmond. Va.

Situation Wanted

By a man of unusual ability, as a
grower of cut flowers and plants; single,
over 30 years' experience, commercial
institution or private. A capable super-
visor of help, etc., excellent references.
Key 990, care American Florist.

Florists' Attention!

We have on hand ready for shipment
all material necessary for the superstruc-
ture of a Modern Iron Frame Lutton
Greenhouse, 42 ft. widex 150 ft. long.
We will dispose of this material for
$1,300.00 F. O. B. our factory. Re-
member everything is new and strictly
first class; just the same kind of a house
that has made the Lutton reputation. We
will send you even the Galvanized Nails.
Bolts and screws for assembling the
house. Plans sent on request

William H. Lutton Company

JERSEY CITY, N. J.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

Actiuil size of leaf 23ix5'i iuches.

FOR COT FLOWERS: in two colors on
t^uiiiiufd papnr; .vour cjird, etc., in
bla.'k and leaf adopted bv the S. A. F.
in red. Prices: Per 500. $2.85: per lOOO,
S4..T0. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, postpaid. $1.25. Cash Willi order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

AHOLLYWREATB

Red and Green

FOR HOLIDAY CIRCULARS AND
ADVERTISING.

Plates for printing this fine Holly
Wreath in two colors — green leaves
and red berries and ribbon — $3.00 per
set of 2 plates. Larger size, 3?^x4
iuches, $6.00 per set of 2 plates.

Plate shown here for one color
$1.60. The large size, one color, $2.70.

Cash with order.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO.

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The American Florist.

Dec.

5,

HOLLY

Fancy Eastern.

Cut and packed in the swamps under the supervision of our own
men from Chicago. Absolutely the choicest stock obtainable.

Per case, $4.50; 3 cases, $13.00; 5 cases, $20.00.

2 to 3 carloads of fresh stock received daily.

BOUQUET GREEN

EVERGREEN WREATHING
CHRISTIV1AS TREES, ETC.

Why do Barnard's Xmas Decorations lead in quality? Because we send our
own men from Chicago to the different green countries to superintend the se-
lection, cutting and packing of Holly, Bouquet Green, Xmas Trees, etc. They
are men of twenty years' experience and are well acquainted with the requirements
of the most critical florists. They are instructed that "the best IS jUSt ^ood
enough" for our trade.

Our Wholesale List on all Xmas Decorations, Sundries, etc., free for the asking

The W. W. Barnard Co. Seedsmen, 23 1 -235 W. Madison St., Chicago

Cleveland.

THANKSGIVING TRADE SHOWS GAIN.

Thanksgiving week business was,
witli a few exceptions, as good as last
year. Violets did not move any too
well, perhaps on account of the
weather, which was very mild for this
time of the year. Large chrysanthe-
mums for Thanksgiving day were
scarce, especially yellow. Pompons
were very plentiful, and sold well in
nearly all colors. Carnations, too, al-
though quite plentiful, clea.ied up en-
tirely at fair prices, and stock was ex-
ceptionally fine. Roses, although not
plentiful, were in good supply with the
exception of Wards and Pink Killar-
ney. American Beauties were in good
demand, and stock was never finer
than at this time, the market being
entirely cleaned up Thanksgiving eve.
As usual, this day generally winds up
most of the chrysanthemums, with the
exception of a few stragglers. Valley
was in good demand. Easter lilies were
scarce, but the demand for them was
light. Most retailers report a gain over
last year for their Thanksgiving day
business. The street fakers, too, were
quite busy, paying a real price for the
stock.

NOTES.

The floral decorations for the Dev-
ereux-WinsIow wedding, both at the
residence of the bride's father, and at
St. Paul's Episcopal church, were per-
haps the most lavi.sh seen here in
many years. The church was deco-
rated with white chrysanthemums and
Southern smilax, and the chancel and
altar were adorned with vases of white
chrysanthemums, with palms banked
In profusion for a background and ex-
tending down at the sides into the
auditorium. At the heme, American
Beauty roses were used in the decora-
tion of the parlor, reception room and

hall, palms and yellow chrysanthe-
mums being also used in profusion.
The bridal table was decorated with
Sunburst roses and valley arranged
with bows of ribbon to match, while
the guests' tables, 45 in number, had
center pieces of yellow poreipons and
violets. The bouquets of the bride,
maid of honor and the bridesmaids
were also splendidly done. The Smith
& Fetters Co. had charge of all of the
decorations.

The Jones-Russell Co. had the deco-
rations both at the home and at the
church for the Osborn-Bruch wedding,
November 28. White and pink chrys-
anthemums, Southern smilax and
palms were used. The bride's table
had an effective arrangement of white
Eaton and Garza chrysanthemums.

Wednesday, November 25, was "Do-
nation Day," car-riders contributing to
a fund for the city's poor. Every
street car conductor wore a carnation,
the compliments of the Smith & Fet-
ters Co.

•9anin9A M9n joq ui aan^nj in^uq
■e jaq aoj jo!p9Jd_ 9^^ gnuaAt; tj3noH
OZLl 1^ doqs j9Aio[j A\au v pauado s-bij
'sau9jt ]T3J9A9S aoj ssguisnq jsijog gqj
ui U39q s-Bq oqM 'jjnO auijsijqo ssn\r

Visitors : W. E. Pennick, proprietor

of The Flower Store, Wooster, O.; A.

Weaver, Massillon, C; G. W. Fischer,

gardener to H. S. Firestone, Akron, O.

■■, .. C. F. B.

St. Louis.

HEAVY SUPPLY CAUSES PRICES TO DROP.

Thanksgiving market conditions
were vastly different November 25
when carnations which had been very
scarce came in in large quantities and
sold at .$.3 per 100. Chrysanthemums
also came in heavy. The fine varie-
ties sold well, but stock in general sold
for considerably less than last year.

Roses were somewhat scarce. There
was quite a call for American Beauty
roses, and home-grown violets were
sold at 75 cents per 100. Greens of
all kinds were in good demand.

NOTES.

George Waldbart, on leaving his
store Saturday evening, November 28,
was struck on the head with a blunt
instrument. Another man then robbed
him of $45. The highwayman over-
looked a package Waldbart was car-
rying in his hand which contained $300
in bank notes, the day's receipts.

The annual dinner given by the
Shaw estate to nurserymen and flor-
ists took place November 27 at the
University Club.

Cizkowski, the Cass avenue florist,
has put in new fixtures, and his cases
are now well filled with artificial de-
signs.

Ostertag Bros, have opened up an
annex at the corner of Washington
and Jefferson avenues.

Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co.
has a large stock of white beaded
easels and gold fish in aquariums.

Geo. H. Angermueller has the upper
floor of his building well stocked with
florists' supplies.

H. G. Berning had the largest con-
signments of chrysanthemums and
carnations here.

The opening of the new Boatsman
Bank caused demand for American
Beauty roses.

Grimm & Gorly have installed a new
ice box in their East St. Louis store.

C. A. Kuehn received violets from
the coast the past week.

Joseph Witek reports Thanksgiving
business good.

Visitors: W. J. Vesey. Ft. Wayne,
Ind.; H. P. Preese, New Haven, Ind.

W. P.

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1021

ATTENTION f

/^-"^f

FLORISrS!

■^

Above Illusti'atioii shows Window or Porch Boxes made up. Taken fr om actual pbotograpli. Nothing Is better for winter decoration than
Evergreens. This line is proving popular with florists all over the coun try. One leading florist writes: "Send me six more 4 foot Evergreen
Boxes at oni.-e. These are just whiit my cu.stomers want." Another says: "Your stock Ms O. K. Enclosed find check for last shipment."

's Evargrean Window or Porcli Boxes

As Illustrated above. Ready for delivery now. Be prepared for
you wiuter traile on Window or Porcli Boxes. I'lace your order now.
We will sbip at once or reserve and ship w^henever wanted.

For winter decoration the charming foliage and color effects of
Evergreens is remarkable, adding color, warmth and cheerfulness, and
their rugged hardiness permits outdoor or indoor use all tbroueh
wlnterand summer. Do not hesitate to push this trade. We
can supply you on short notice.

Price; 8-foot size, $1.26 each, $10.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

3 Norway Spruce. .12-18 inch 3 White Pine 12-18 inch

1 Am. Arbor Vltae. 12-18 inch 1 Ponderosa Pine.. 12-18 inch

1 Douglas Fir 12-18 Inch 3 Scotch Pine 12-18 inch

Price: 3-foot size, $2.25 each, $20.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

4 White Pine 12-18 inch 4 Scotch Pine 12-18 inch

2 Am. Arbor Vitae. 12-18 inch 2 Ponderosa Pine. .12-18 inch
2 Austrian Pine... 12-18 Inch 4 Norway Spruce. .12-18 inch

Price: 4-foot size, $3.25 each, $30.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

6 Scotch Pine 12-18 inch 4 Ponderosa Pine. .12-18 inch

2 Hemlock 6-10 inch 2 Douglas Fir 12-18 inch

6 Norway Spruce. .12-18 Inch 6 White Pine 12-18 Inch

Price: 6-foot size, $4.50 each, $40.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

0 Ponderosa Pine 12-18 inch

6 Norway Spruce 12-18 Inch

6 Austrian Pine 12-18 inch

6 Douglas Fir 12-18 Inch

6 White Pine 12-18 inch

6 Am. Arbor Vttae 12-18 inch

Carefully crated for shipment F. O. B. Dun-
dee. Boxes are Mission design, plain aud
simple, but strong and durable. Stained in
Flemish Green. Orders for 4 boxes will be
filled at 10 rates.

On 1)ox orders no change in assortment
can be made

These Prices arc
for the Trade Only.

'sAssorlmentofHariiyEvergrEEnTfEES

Suitable for Window Box Flantirg.

For those who prefer to make up their own boxes
the following list. Orders for this stock should be
PRICE LIST
Variety Size

Norway Spruce 12-18 inch

Norway Spruce 18-24 inch

Norway Spruce 2- 3 feet

Am. Arbor Vita? 12-18 Inch

White Pine 6-12 inch

White Pine 12-18 inch

White Pine 18-24 inch

White Pine 2- 3 feet

Douglas Fir 12-18 Inch

- Austrian Pine 6-12 inch

Austrian Pine 12-18 inch

Coneolor Fir 10-12 inch

Hemlock 6-10 inch

Scotch Pine 12-18 inch

Scotch Pine 18-24 inch

Scotch Pine 2- 3 feet

Ponderosa Pine 10-12 inch

Ponderosa Pine 12 18 inch

Jack Pine 12-18 inch

Jack Pine 18-24 inch

F. 0. B. Dundee, Terms; 30
Rates; 6 at 10 Rates. 50 a

HILL'S EVERGREENS IN MISSICN TUBS

Ready for Delivery Now
Prices Include tubs, F. O. B. Dundee, 111.,
where we ship by American Express and
C. & N. W. R. R.

Measurements as given are the height of
the tree from the top of the box to the top
of the tree in its natural position. Where
formal eflfect is desired nothing Is mora
satisfactory than these specimens. They
are unexcelled for veranda or lawns and
very appropriate and effective for luslUt
decoration.

All are long lived and will withstand
frost and cold. Prices include careful crat-
ing to Insure them from any injury during
transit.

Only 45 Miles from Chicago, Chfcsgo a
Noithwe&tern R. K. American Express.

boxes

we offer

laced

at once.

10

100

il.OO

$ 3.00

1.50

7.00

2.()<)

15.00

1.85

7.50

1.25

3.00

1.50

6.00

2.00

12.00

2.50

15.00

L.IO

9.00

1.25

6.00

1.50

8.00

l.(M)

6.00

i.no

8.00

1.00

B.OO

1.25

6M>

1.60

0.00

1.00

B.OO

1 ..50

6.00

1.00

6.00

1.50

8.00

Days

Net.

100

Rates.

Lee's Elegauts Jiiuiiit

/■j> 'mms^''i- '-^ -.dg&s ifa^^^SKHE^*' Price of each tree includes mission plant

'''1;%^HBr . X'ii^Si^E- V ^^fHSiWl^^r ^o^ *s illustrated ahove. The mission plant

_ boxes are plain and simple in design, but

^^ ^St^^SMfe *!&"'■■ J- strong and durable. Boxes are stained in

W^^fm^^^^^g^'- )Z'T'^Kr^^^i^ Flemish green which harmonizes well with

^^ 'i^^^^^^Hb^i'^^|EJ^UH|KE^ ^11 surroundings.

Colorado Blue Spruce

Each Pair

2-3 feet $2.75 $5.no

3-4 feet .S.50 6.50

'Mi\^^^\^''^KSK'^tKi^ Lee*s Elegants Juniper

^iS^H^^f^HMT ' 2-3 feet $2.75 $5.00

"' ^~ 3-4 feet 3.50 6.00

Hemlock

2-2;^ feet S2.50 $4.50

. j 1 Place your order now. We will ship at once

' ' or reserve them and ship whenever

wanted. F. 0, B. Dundee.
If trees are wanted without tubs, de-
duct 10 per cent.
Terms: 30 Days Net.

D. HILL NURSERY CO.. Inc.

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILLINOIS.

Colorado Blue Spruce Evergreen Specialists Largest Growers In America

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Dec

Ruscus (Red or Green, i

BoUy Wreath.

Strictly
Fancy

«-XXX Xmas Holly,

MT" Now on Hand and Rolling.
pj^p* Write or Wire.

Boxwood, Laurel, Mistletoe, Magnolia Leaves,
Winter Berries, Immortelles, Statice, Ruscus.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago and New York

%^^/^.0

Dreer's Ferns for Dishes

The Best Stock We Have Ever Offered.

2V\ inch pots,
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

HENRY A. DREER

714-716 Chestnut Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are for the Trade only.

Omaha, Neh.

BUSINESS FAR FROM SATISFACTOISY,

Business in the florist line has been
anything- but satisfactory during tht-
past two months; in fact, trade condi-
tions might be compared with those
jexistinfr during the money depression
of 1907, and as compared with last
year prices are 25 per cent lowoi-.
Thanlisgiving business Avas fair. Init
low prices held the receipts down.
Warm weather, in fact too warm, is
having a bad effect, bringing in a
more than plentiful supply, and the
stock is of good quality. Chrysanthe-
mums are about over, and their pass-
ing, is not regretted. Some of the

best Bonnaffons sold for $2 to %Z per
dozen, with Chadwick and Eaton,
especially fine stock, going at $3 to $4
a dozen. American Beauties bring
from .$2 to .fC and other roses range
in price from $1 to $1.50. Carnations
sell at from 50 cents to 75 cents. Pot
plants in bloom were very much in
demand for Thanksgiving; in fact,
cleaned \ip entirely, and more could
have been sold if they had been on
the market.

NOTES.

Theodore Wirth and wife were the
guests of J. J. Hess and family, No-
vember 14-15.

Lewis Henderson has been active
the past few months with building

operations at his establishment in
South Omaha. He has rebuilt his
residence and has also added a nice
store that is a credit.

Recent Visitors : H. A. Chapin, Lin-
coln, Neb.; Chas. V. Meyer, New York
City; Robert Newcomb, representing
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago; M.
Varney. Philadelphia, Pa.; S. Selig-
man. New York City; N. McCarty,
Boston. Mass. GRIPI'E.

Little Rock. Ark. — Governor Hays
has authorized the state commissioner
of agriculture to appoint four inspect-
ors of cottonseed meal, fertilizers and
fertilizer materials, each to receive a
saKiry of .$1011 per month and expenses.

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CHRISTMAS

,. £ $ 1 l^T W T m. /■ »_^P M^^ ■.^J f $ *

TO BE ISSUED

JUST RIGHT FOR THE

CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY TRADE

The Best Paid

CIRClLATIONi

To the Trade in the Trade

The best men in the trade say that flowers and
plants on account of their moderate prices will
be largely used the coming Holiday season for
gifts. Many consumers of Stock and Supplies
have delayed placing large orders on account of
the war and, business having continued quite
good over the greater part of the country,
stocks in all lines are well used up.

Rates as nsual, $1.00 per inch, single column width; $30.0O
per page <rf thirty Inches. Usual discounts on time contracts.

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Please mail advertisements early.

1024

The American Florist.

Dec. 5,

POEHLMAIN

72-74 E, Randolph St.

H^NOTE:— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it.

CARNATIONS-EXTRA FINE QUALIT

Superior Quality for Shipping—Plenty Fine Red
Our Selection, $3.00 per 100

2,000 Cattleyas and 3,000 Gardenias for Christmas.

Virginia Boxwood, Southern Wild Smilax, Red Winter Ben

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

Beauties. Per Uoz.

Specials $6.00 to $6.00

36-in. long 3.00 io 4.00

30-in. long 2-60

24-in. long 2.00

. 18 to kO-in 1.60

Per 100
Short stem $6.00 to 8.00

Wpek of Dec. 0. 1914.

Russell-

Roses.

-30 to 36 in. long..
26 to 28 in. long.
22 to 24 in. long..
18 to 20 in. long..

16 in

14 in

Per 100

$30.00
26 00
20.00
16 00
12.00
10.00
Short stem $6.00 to 8.00

Ophelia
Hadley
Milady
Shawyer

28 in. or over $18.00

stem 2 tin 15.00

stem 13-20 in-. 12.00

stem 14-16 in $8.00 to 10.00

stem short 4.00 to 6.00

Roses. Per

Brilliant
Killarney
White Kill.
Richmond
Bulgaria
Sunburst
Aaron Wards
Kill. Queen

Cecile Brunner

Roses, short stem, our selection

100

Special $10.00

Long 8.00

Medium $6.00 to 6.00

Short 3.00 to 4.00

$ 2.00
2.00

Carnations.

Short

Medium.
Fancy ...

Per 100

$2.00
3.00
4.00

Orchids and Gardenias.

Per Doz.

Cattleyas $6.00 and $7.60

Dendrobium 4 00 and 5 00

Gardenias. 3.00 and 4.00

Cypripediums 3.00

MisceUaneous. Per i

Easter Lilies $10.00 to

Violets, singleand double... 1,00 to

Stevia

Mexican Ivy

Smilax per doz., 2.00

Sprengeri-Asparagus 2.00 to

Asparagus Plumosus, string,
60c to 60c.

Leucothoe

Adiantum 75 to

Galax, bronze and green.„.. per lOOC

Eastern Flat Ferns "

Wild Smilax per casi

Boxwood perbu., 25c, per casf

Red Winter Berries. .per case, $1.00

Lily of the VaUey.

Extra Fancy
1st Quality....
2nd Quality...

Supply Department.

We are ready to deliver

RED AND GREEN RUSCLS, Finest Quali

Finest Quality, per lb., 75c; 2nd Quality, per lb., 65c.

ALSO RED RUSCUS WREATHS.

Red Frieze, No. 2, per Ball 60 yds., 60c.
Red Waterproof Crepe Paper, (Genuine Westphalian) per 100, $15.(

Very Fine Holiday Baskets, Just What You Wj

Colors, Combination Red and Green.
Red Magnolia Leaves, per Box, $1.25. Red Oak Leaves, per Box, $1.50

Red Ribbon, 3 Inches Wide, per Bolt, $1.00, ^

Red Chiffon, 4-inch, pec yard, 2Kc. Red Chiffon, 6-inch, per yard

5846
Per Dozen $4.50

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1025

\ BROS. CO

Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

loming and Decorative Plants for the Holidays

.00,000 feet of glass devoted to this stock this year. The finest line that anyone ever had the opportunity to select
1 to be seen at our establishment now. We will be able to fill every order in full this year so come to us for what you need.

Over 25,000 of the Best Cyclamen

own are now coming in bloom. Some are ready for immediate use, the others will all be right for Christmas. Place
rder with us now for what you need and we will set them aside for you and ship them whenever you say so.
; 5-inch to 7-inch, at 50 cents, 75 cents and $1.50 each. All extra values.

Pandanus Veitchii.

Highly colored, 4-in. 50c, 6-in., 75c to
$1.00, 6-in., $1.50, 7-in., $2.00 to .$2.50 ea.

Begonias.

We have the largest and best stock we
ever had of Begonias Lorraine and Cincin-
nati in 5-in., 6-in. and 7-in. pots.

6-inch 60c to 75c each

6-inch $1.00 to $1.60 "

7-inch 2.00 to 2.60 "

Poinsettias.

Choice stock in pans with good brackets,
(according to value) from 76c to $2.60 each.

Dracaena Terminalis.

Highly colored, extra fine, 4-in., $3.00
per doz , 5-in., $6.00 per doz., 6-in., 76c
to $1.00 each.

Dracaena Godseffiana.

2-in. pots $1.00 per doz

3-in. pots 1.60 per doz.

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I Azaleas.

( supply of the leading Christmas
s from 75 cts. to $3.00 in bloom,
pecimens from $3.00 up to $8.00 ea.

I Araucaria.

[sa, fine stock, 50c, 76c, $1.00 each.
;ta Compacta, large plants, $1.60
' each.

! Rubber Plants.

es from 25c to 60c each.

making up a fine line of Pans and
andanus, Dracaena Terminalis — its

Aspidistras.

Green, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.00.
Variegated, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.60.

Dracaena Massangeana.

6-in $1.00 each

English Ivy.

Strong stock, 20 cts. to 35 cts. each.

different shaped Baskets with strong liners containing Flowering Plants— Cro
of extra choice stock, difierent sizes and prices, from about $2.00 up to $6.00 each

Crotons.

Swell colored in all varieties, extra fine,
60c to 75c each.

Kentia Belmoreana

Single Plants

5 to 6 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

18 in.

24 in.

28 to 30 in.
32 to 34 in,
36 in.

42 to 44 in.
45 to 48 in.

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.

Kentia Forsterlana

high
high
high
high
high
high
high

Each
$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00

Single Plants

5 to 6 leaves,
5 to 6 leaves,

5 to (t leaves

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

18 to 20 in, high
28 to .30 in. high
34 to 36 in. high
46 to 48 in. high
50 to 54 in. high
5to5Hft. high
6 to 6^2 ft. high

0 35
1.00
1.50
3.50
5.00
8.00
10.00

Kentia Forsterlana

Made-upPlants

6 inch pots, 3 plants in a pot. 28 in. high

7 inch pots, 4 plants in a pot. 34 to 38 in.

7 incb tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 38 in. hi^b

8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub. 38 to 42 in.
8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54 in.
8-inch tub?, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56 in.

10-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high
12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 5 to S"-? ft.
12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high
Very strong specimens 12 and 15 inch tubs
$15.00. $18.00 and $25,00.

Phoenix Roebelenii

Each

$1.50
high 2.50

3 00

high

3 ,sn

high

son

high

6 00

8 (HI

bish 10.00

12.(K)

,7 pi

ants.

6 inch pots. 20 in. high,

7 inch pots, 22 in. high.

7 inch pots, 2 ft, high,

8 inch tubs, fine specimens

26 in. spread 1.50

28 in. spread 2.00

32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

3.S0

Areca Lutescens, 6-ln., 3 plants, 90c each.

Boston, Whitmani, Roosevelt.

5 inch, each $0.25 per doz $ 3,00

6 inch, each 50 per doz 6,00

7 inch, each 75 per doz 9,00

8inch,eacb 1.00 per doz 12,00

10inch,each 2 50

12 inch, each 3.50

Extra tine Boston and .Asparagus Hanging Baskets
$1.50 to $3.00 each.

Cocos Weddeliana.

2-in., $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100,
$90.00 per 1000. Ready by January.
Orders booked now for Jan. 1, 1915, and later.

All Freight Shipments Travel at
Purchaser's Ri&lc.

Send all Plant Orders Direct to Morton Grove, Illinois.

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Dec.

s.

EXTRA FANCY CARNATIONS

We offer the trade the finest Carnations on market

Now that the Chrysanthemum season is ended, these extra fancy
Carnations will be in demand. Price ^3.00 per hundred.
If you have never had our carnations, we would appreciate an order to
prove their fancy quality.

The Superior Shipping Quality Of Our Carnations

is well known to the trade. We take special care in packing and
guarantee their arrival in good condition.

Large supplies of Beauties, Killarney Brilliant, Pink and White
Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and Cecile
Brunner, and Fancy Carnations.

We grow all the flowers we sell, and wish to remind all buyers of
flowers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower.

CURRENT PRICE LIST. ?"S.^."!ir'""«*

American Beauties fer Dozen

Extra long'stems $5.00

36-inch stems 4.00

30-inch stems ' 3.((l

24-inch stems 2.50

'15to20inch8tems 150to 2.00

Killarney Brilliant, Bulgarie,
Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Milady

Per 1IJ0

Lone $8.00to$l000

Medium 6.00

Short 4.00

Extra Fine White and Pink
Killarney, Richmond Penoo

Extra Select $8.00

Medium 6 00

Short $3.00 to 4.00

Cecile Brunner, per 100, $2.00

Roses our selection per 100, $3.00

Carnations p^r too

Fancy Red. Pink and White $3.00

EASTER LILIES.

Per 100, - - $12.00

From new crop Formosam.

Per 100

LUy Of tbe VaUey $4.00

Narcissus 3.00

Asparagus Sprays and Sprenfteri $2.00 to 3.00

Eastern Ferns, per 1000 $2.00

Galax, bronze and sreen. $1.00
per 1000.

AH Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, Dl., and Greggs Station, Ul.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago.

THANKSGIVING TRADE VERY SATISFACTOKY.

The Thanksgiving trade this year
was very satisfactory and stock in all
lines, with the exception of carnations,
cleaned up well. The shipping trade
started in November 23, but the real
big shipping days were Tuesday and
Wednesday, November 24-25. The local
trade was good all week, and especial-
ly so on Wednesday and Thursday,
when the buyers found it necessary to
make special trips to the market, the
demand being better than they ex-
pected it would be, and they soon ran
short of stock. The prices in general
were not as high as last year, nor was
stock as plentiful, and the total
amount of business done in most cases
will not amount to that of Thanksgiv-
in^r in 1913. No one, however, 'ex-
pected that it would be. and according
to a majority of the wholesalers all of
them said that they would be pretty
well satisfied if they did 60 per cent
of the business that they did last
Thanksgiving. That the majority of
them did so, can safely be said, and
this was doing exceptionally well when
one considers the unfavorable business

conditions throughout the country dur-
ing the past six months and more, the
late frost, the early chrysanthemum
season, etc. American Beauty roses
sold exceptionally well and cleaned up
quickly at good prices. Mrs. Chas.
Russell roses sold like hot cakes, and
Richmond. Prince E. C. de Arenberg,
Milady, Hadley and Rhea Reid also
sold quickly, and the supply of Killar-
ney, Killarney Brilliant, Ophelia, Sun-
burst, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Prince de
Bulgaria, My Maryland, Mrs. Geo.
Shawyer and Killartiey Queen cleaned
up also, and several houses called for
special shipments of stock from the
greenhouses on Thanksgiving morn-
ing so that all orders could be filled in
full. Chrysanthemums were in good
supply but were all sold long before
the closing hour. Some v^ry fine
stock in this line was offered and
brought good prices. ' Pompons were
in extra large supply and were pretty
well cleaned up, but the large ship-
ments of these flowers affected the
carnation market, and taken all in all,
carnations was the only item that
was in over supply. One Of the houses
sent out special prices on Monday, No-
vember 23, offering choice stock for

.$1.50 and $2.00 per 100, which natural-
ly did considerable damage and forced
the other houses to do likewise, al-
though several absolutely refused to
let them go at those figures and held
them until after Thanksgiving when
the prices were a trifle better. Most
of the carnations were sold at prices
ranging from $1.00 to $8.00 per 100,
according to quality, but in many in-
stances selected stock brought more,
especially in the red varieties which
were in best demand. Violets never
sold better, and the best stock easily
brought from $1 to $1.50 per 100 and
the supply was cleaned up early at
that figure. Business has been good
since Thanksgiving, and stock in all
lines is now always pretty well sold
before the stores close at night. The
outlook for December is very bright
and everything ' points to a good
Christmas trade. The retail florists
in most cases have enjoyed a big
Thanksgiving business and are now
making preparations for the holidays.
Unusually well grown cyclamen and
begonia plants, as well as azaleas, are
now seen prominently displayed in the
store windows and a glance at the
calendar will show that it is only

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The American Florist.

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PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CEITTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

FANCY BEAUTIES.

Big Crop of Long, Medium and Short-Stemmed Flowers.
ROSES AND CARNATIONS.

Good suppl}- of everything listed in the price list below,
exceptionally high quality of the flowers we are offering.

Our stock. is cheap at the prices quoted considering the
Buy direct of the grower. You always get better treatment.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

48 inch stems Per doz.. $4 00

36-inch stems " 3 00

30-inch stems " 2 50

24*inch stems " 2 00

20-inch stems " 175

18-inch stems " 150

12inch stems " 125

Short Beauties $6 00 to }8 00 per 100 Per 100

Richmond , Specials $10 00

Klllamey * Select $6 00 to 801

White Klllamey.... J Medium 4 00 to 5 00

My Maryland ' Short 3 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward.. Specials 10 00

Sunburst j Select Sfi 00 to 8 00

Ophelia / Medium 4 CO to 5 00

MUady Short 3 00

Per 100
Mrs. Chas. Russell $4 00 to $15 00

Roses, our lelection 4 00

Carnations 2 00 to 4 00

Ctirysanthemums per doz., $2 00 to $2 50

Extra Fancy per doz.. 3 00

Small per 100, SIO 00 to $12 SO

Pompons 35c toSOc per bunch

Harrisii per doz.,$l 50 to $2 00

Valley 300to 4 00

Smilax per doz.. $2 00

Adiantum i oo

Asparagus, per bunch 50 to 75c

Boxwood, per bunch .".25c

Ferns, per 1000 $2 00

Galax, bronze and green, per 1000 100

Leucothoe Sprays 75c to 1 00

three more weeks to Christinas. The
supply houses have been unusually
busy of late and will be from now on.
Judging from the outlook at present
there will be a large supply of cut
Howers for the holidays, but it is al-
ways advisable for the retail florists
to place orders well in advance, for
then one is sure of getting just what
one wants.

FLOMSTS' CLUB DANCE.

The Florists' Club dance will be held
Friday evening, December 11, in the
Crystal and West Rooms at the Hotel
Sherman and will begin at 8 :30 p. m.
A cordial invitation is extended to
everyone in the trade and their friends
and a good time is promised to all who
attend. A buffet luncheon will be
served and the affair will be an Infor-

garages, chicken coops, etc., in addi-
tion to greenhouse materials and iron
gutters, which have been the chief out-
put in the past.

The Geo. Wittbold Co. had a brisk
Thanksgiving trade, and it was neces-
sary for the force to work late
Wednesday night to catch up with
all the retail orders. The wholesale
plant department is now busy shipping
out stock in all lines. This firm has a
splendid .stock of poinsettias for its
Christmas trade in all the leading
sizes.

The Raedlein Basket Co. has just re-
ceived 80 large cases of baskets from
its large factories in Germany through
Rotterdam on the steamer Sloterdye
and another shipment of 30 cases is
expected this week. This firm reports
tiitit trade has improved wonderfully
the past week and that shipping or-
ders are numerous each day.

A. L. Glaser of Dubuque, la., was in
town this week buying his Christmas
supplies and his many friends here
were pleased to see him looking so
well and to learn that he has recov-
ered from his recent attack of rheu-
matism. Mr. Glaser had a splendid
year and his sales are away ahead of
1913.

John Niednagel, of Julius Niednagel
& Sons, Evansville, Ind., and wife were
in the city on their honeymoon this
week. Mr. Niednagel is well known
here and was for a long time in the
employ of Paul Blome & Co., the North
Clark street florists.

Thos. Rogers has been renewing old
acquaintances here for several days
the past week and is now visiting his
mother at Spring Lake, Mich. He is
in the employ of Oscar E. Amundson,
the well-known florist, of Minneapolis,
Minn.

Mrs. J. E. Lord, of Lord's Flower
Room. Topeka, Kans., was here on a

^^^cy_Jo^^^

WBOUSALE c»aiii..ior. rumtn
caicAoo

Boxwood

The pick of the Virginia
hedge varieties.

$7.50 per case of 50 lbs.

mal one. Each gentleman attending
will be taxed $1.50 and all the ladies
will be admitted free.

NOTES.

The local florists have entered a
team consisting of John Huebner, Wm.
Lorman, Allie Zech, Fred. Price and
Peter Olsem in the City Bowling Tour-
nament, which is now being held at

FERNS

Best in the country.
$1.50 per 1000

Bensinger's West Randolph street al-
leys and are scheduled to roll on
Thursday eveniijg, December 10, at
7 :30 p. m. On December 11, at 6 p.
m.. the following teams, Wm. Lorman
and Allie Zech. Fred Price and John
Huebner and Peter Olsem and Wm.
Wolf, are scheduled to roll in the two-
men team race and in the individual
contest at 7 p. m. the same evening.

Leucothoe Sprays

Longest and Best.
$5.00 per 1000

The Garland Mfg. Co., of Des Plaines,
has completed work on the new Valker
Greenhouses, at Minot. N. D., this
week, and Wm. Garland, who had
charge of erecting the houses, is ex-
pected home almost any day. Louis
Wittbold, who is now president of the
new Garland Co.. says that the firm
will hereafter manufacture portable

business trip this week and had Mrs.
Horton, of the Bassett & Washburn
Co., for a guide to show her about the
city.

George Willens, of the Wlllens Con-
struction Co., is recovering from a
successful operation and will be abia
to be about again in a few days.

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Dec. 5,

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Ave.,

Long Distance Phone,
Randolph 2081.

CHICAGO

Beauties-Roses-Carnations-^Mums

At the Peter Reinberg greenhouses
Emil Reichling, the foreman, is busy
with a crew of men grafting about
50,000 Mrs. Chas. Russell roses, and
he states that 10 or 12 houses 29x285
feet •will be devoted to this variety
next season and will replace a good
share of the American Beauty, Killar-
ney and other roses now being grown
at this establishment. He is picking
the new rose Ophelia as a winner and
says that this variety will also be
grown heavily in the future. Felix
Reichling, who looks after affairs at
the Reinberg store, reports a good
Thanksgiving trade.

At Erne & Klingel's store every-
thing is going along lovely and Char-
lie and Freddie are busy getting things
in shape for the Christmas rush. Some
fine roses are now seen at this store,
especially Richmond, which are now
the call. The Thanksgiving trade was
very good at this house, and while it
was not up to last year the proprietors
are well satisfied.

C. L. Washburn reports that Bassett
& Washburn's books show that their
Thanksgiving trade in 1914 was 10 per
cent better than last year, which was
doing exceptionally well. This- firm is
cutting some magnificent American
Beauty roses and carnations noV and
among the latter are noted a large sup-
ply of the new red variety. Belle
Washburn.

A. E. Turner, of Rosen & Turner,
Mosinee, Wis., will be here this week
with a couple of carloads of Christmas
trees in all the desirable sizes ranging
from the baby size to nine feet and
will make his headquarters at the
Frank Floral Co.'s, wholesale store at
the corner of Lake street and North
Wabash avenue.

Joseph Ziska has added a new Ford
delivery car to its delivery system,
which is in charge of his son Ray-
mond, and deliveries are now being
made to all sections of the city. The
machine is kept busy all day long, for
trade at present in exceptionally good
in both the supply and wire working
departments.

Percy Jones is having a big run on
boxwood this week, which he haindles
in large quantities and of the best
quality. The Thanksgiving trade was
very good at this establishment, and as
in former years, this firm had a large
supply of chrysanthemums to supply
their many customers with.

Fred Hoerber was well pleased with
Hoerber Bros.' Thanksgiving trade
and a cleanup in all lines is reported.
Some fine roses and carnations are
now reaching the store and the out-
look for a large supply for Christmas
in both lines is very bright.

The Batavia Greenhouse Co. never
had such a fine lot of American Beau-
ty roses as it is offering now, and O.
J^nson takes great pride in calling
attention to the fact. He says that the
best grades brought as high as $5 per
dozen for Thanksgiving.

Chas. W. McKellar says that the
shortage of cattleyas helped consider-
ably to move the other varieties of
orchids during Thanksgiving week
when the demand for saraecleaned up
all the flowers that were available.-

A. L. Vaughan & Co. had an unusu-
ally good day on Tuesday, November
24, when the Thanksgiving sales were
over $20 better than last year. Trade
is keeping up in grand style and every-
thing points to a big Christmas at this
house.

The W. W. Barnard C8. will have a
large supply of Christmas trees to of-
fer in all sizes, as ttsual, this year, and
is now booking orders for same. This
flrm has supplied the trade with this
line of goods for a great many years.

The E. F. Winterson Co. is booking
orders for baby Christmas trees, which
Is one of their leaders during the holi-
days. E. F. Winterson says that busi-
ness is unusually good in tie cut flower
and supply departments.

Robert Northam says that there will
be no question but what George Rein-
berg will have his ,usual large supply
of Richmond roses for the holidays.
Bob knows, for he has handled them
for a great many years.

The Wellworth Farm Greenhouses
are shipping some fine American Beau-
ty roses to the Chicago Flower Grow-
ers' Association store on Michigan ave-
nue, where they are being quickly dis-
posed of at good prices.

John Kruchten is showing a good
supply of chrysanthemums and ex-
pects to have regular shipments of
these flowers for another week. Gar-
denias are now seen in larger supply
at this establishment.

P. N. Obertinn, of Kenosha, Wis.,
was a visitor at Kyle & Foerster's
store on Monday, November 30. He
reports business as good and his sales
so far during 1914 a trifle better than
last year.

Kyle & Foerster are handling large
shipments of fancy carnations, which
include all the old standards and best
new varieties. Roses of ' fine quality
are also seen at this hustling estab-
lishment.

F. O. Franzen, the North Clark
street florist, was sold out completely
on Turkey day, and was obliged to
make a trip to the nearby greenRouses
to get sufficient stock to fill all his late
orders.

J. A. Budlong is now offering cold
storage lily of the valley pips for sale.
Phil. Schupp says that the firm has
more than it needs on hand for its own
use and will only dispose of the sur-
plus.

Joe Sehuler, of Richmond. Ind., was
in the city on business this week when
he called on A. L. Vaughan & Co., who
have been handling, his fancy Ameri-
can Beauty roses for some time.

Bernard Schmirer of the North
Shore Floral Co. had a fine Thanksgiv-
ing trade and is busy now making
preparations for what he thinks will
be. a record breaking Christmas.

At E. C. Amling Co.'s store violets
were in brisk demand for Thanksgiv-
ing day, and the firm" had no trouble
disposing of the large shipments that
were received from the east.

M. C. Gunterberg says that the 1914
Thanksgiving violet market was the
best In years and that all of her stock
brought exceptionally good prices.

Mrs. Mazey, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
was here on business this week con-

NOW Is the Time

To Order Your

Christmas Baskets.

Be sure that you buy them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever offered,
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail florist of today needs. Send lor
our new catalog, just off the press, make
up your order from the new list and send it
to us immediately. A postal will do.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To reach onr store take a Chicago Avenue.
Division Street, Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car at State and Randolph Streets
and get otf at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

nected with the new store that she and
her husband will open in that city at
128 Eighth street, south.

The Atlas Floral Co., on East Ran-
dolph street, has installed a dandy
electric sign along the order of the
one that adorns the Schiller establish-
ment on the north side.

Geo. Perdikas had a big wedding
decoration at the Congress Hotel on
Thanksgiving day, in which a large
number of neatly arranged baskets of
cut flowers were used.

Weiland & Risch are showing some
fine Dolly Dimple chrysanthemums
which John Risch thinks are about as
nice as any that he has seen this
season.

The late Emanuel E. Pieser, former-
ly head of Kennicott Bros. Co., left
$23,000 to his wife, Helen Pieser, 1004
East Forty-second place.

The A. L. Randall Co. is pretty busy
in its supply department at present,^
and there promises to be no let-up un-
til after Christmas.

Robt. Newcomb, of Vaughan's Seed
Store, and A. F. Longren, of Poehl-
mann Bros.' Co., were both In the city
this week.

N. J. Burt, of N. J. Burt & Co., Bur-
lington, la., visited his daughter here
this week.

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BEAUTIES

Fine large heads of good color on large stems, well clothed with that beautiful dark green foliage.
Without question, these are the finest BeSUtieS that we have ofifered for a long time. Try them.

ROSES-CARNATIONS -VIOLETS-Etc.

A full line of all seasonable Cut Flowers and Greens is what we are oflfering now in the desired
quality and at the right prices, so place your order with us. Don't forget us on BoXWOOd, Wild

Smilax, Galax, Leucothoe, Adiantum, Mexican Ivy and Red Winter Berries.

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.

161 N. Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.)

(Central 2571

TELEPHONIS: \ " 2572

\ ADto. 48-734

CHICAGO

Poehlmann Bros. Co. is having a big
demand for cyclamen and begonias
now as well as azaleas and otlier
Christmas plants, and the shipping
trade has started in in earnest at the
greenhouses at Morton Grove. Their
blooming plants are exceptionally fine,
and while the supply is larger than
ever, it will be a safe wager that this
firm will clean out completily in this
line before the holiday rush is over.
In the supply department at 72-74
East Randolph street, T. E. Waters re-
ports a rattling good call for ruscus.

Wietor Bros, report a good Thanks-
giving trade with a cleanup in practi-
cally all lines. The shipping trade on
Tuesday, November 22, was fine and
this was easily the biggest day of the
week. N. J. Wietor and a party of
friends are hunting at Clifton and
while they promised to send in at least
a wagon load of rabbits not even a sin-
gle hare has arrived.

The Chicago Carnation Co. Is receiv-
ing a large supply of choice Double
White Killarney, Double Pink Killar-
ney and Killarney Brilliant roses from
the Pyfer & Olsem range at Wilmette,
which gives it a very complete line of
stock in all. H. E. Philpott, of Winni-
peg, Can., will assist A. T. Pyfer at the
store until the holiday rush is over.

The McNeff-Swenson Co. will fur-
nish Peter Reinberg with his 1915 cal-
endars this year and they certainly
are going to be dandies. The McNeff-
Swenson Co. is the same firm that
supplies the retail florists with those
beautiful holiday folders and are lo-
cated at 220 South Michigan avenue.

At Kennicott Bros. Co.'s store busi-
ness is going along uninterrupted and
will continue as in the past, and big
preparations are now being made for
the holidays. A fine line of stock is
offered and N. P. Miller and Max
Ringier are looking after the welfare
of the customers as usual.

A. Lange says that his Thanks-
giving trade W£is the best in years and
that his books show an increase in
sales of 10 per cent over those of his
best Thanksgiving which was in 1912.
American Beauty roses and violets
Were in best demand at his store.

The Retail Florists' Association will
hold its regular monthly meeting at
the Hotel LaSalle, Monday, December
7. when the election of officers will be
the principal business of the evening.

The Chicago Florists' Club will meet
at the Bismarck Hotel on Thursday,
December 10, at 8 p. m., when the

HOLLY

$2.25 per Case.

Good with us this year.

E. A. BEAVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

Flower Growers Corporation

Wholesale Only. Consignments Solicited.

118 Broadway, DETROIT, MICH.

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send for CataloB No. 71

,-, which describes fully the

Flowers McCray Kefriserators and

Display Cases for Florists.

MCCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,

670 Lake St., KENDALLVILLE. IND.

Preserve Cut Flowers in

BUCHBINDER

Florists' Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUGHBINDER BROS.

518 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. ILL.

election of officers for the ensuing year
will be held.

H. E. Philpott, of Winnipeg, Can.,
was here on important business this
week and was the guest of A. T. Pyfer
and wife, of Wilmette, on Thanksgiv-
ing Day.

Mrs. C. G. Anderson, of Morton

Grove, was called to Ohio this week by
the serious illness of her mother, whose

Mention the American Florist when writing

death is expected at any moment.

Teddy Vogel left for Minneapolis,
Minn., on November 26, to accept a
position there as storeman with the
R. M. Chapman-Basting Co.

The Chicago Flexible Shaft Co., 184
Ontario street, is offering a fine line
of truck and wagon heaters.

Manager Asmus of Schiller's re-
ports excellent Thanksgiving business
at both this firm's stores.

QUALITY AND STYLE IN
n/^ Y* F'C°'' Flowers and
DWyVlwS Floral Designs
At no Greater cost.

Made in many sizes from various non-
fading shades of board. Write for
catiilogue, price list and samples.
THE SEPTON MFC CO.
1335 W. 35th St., CHICAGO, lU.

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Dec. 5,

x^»^A.»rK:

c

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Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

1 79- 1 8 1 - 1 83 N. Wabash Avenue, CHIC AGO

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and 'Mlums

and All Other Seasonable Stock Solicited.

L. D. Phone
Rsndolch 5449

176 H.Iiicl\^8J> Ave-

CKices.^0

The experiment statinn committee of
the State Florists' Association met at
the University of Illinois last week. The
greater portion of the time was spent
in the experiment houses. The work that
is being carried on in these houses was
noted with much interest, and the imem-
bers have expressed their opinion that
it ought to bring some good results.
The members of this committee are
as follows : W. N. Rudd and J. C.
Vaughan, Chicago; H. E. Smith, Dan-
ville. J. F. Ammann. Edwardsville;
F. L. Washburn. Bloomington.

Peter Weiler of the .Superior Ma-
chine & Boiler Works reports that the
business outlook in the steel line
is more encouraging and that his firm
has. been asked for more quotations
on work in its line last week than in
any other one week for a long time.
One order, if booked, would mean over
•li^.OOO for labor alone.

George Mohn, for some time with
Vaughan's Seed Store, has accepted a
(lower store position under George Wien-
hoeber. manager of Fleischman Floral
Co., 8.3 East Jackson boulevard. It
is understood that Mr. Mohn will act
as floor man in the sales room.

Gus. Alles, Wietor Bros.' storeman,
spends his Sunday afternoons watching
the Kenmore Juniors play football of
which his two sons, Nicholas and John,
are members. The team played two
rival aggregations on November 29 and
won both of the games.

At Zech & Mann's store the Thanks-
giving trade was very satisfactory and
stock in all lines cleaned up well, espe-
cially in American Beauty roses, of
which they had a large supply. The
shipping trade as well as the local de-
mand were both good.

The wholesale commission houses
have all had to take out a license
of .$20 under the emergency tax law
which called for two-thirds pay-
ment on or before December 1, 1914.

Vaughan's Seed Store has distrib-
uted two carloads of very fancy holly
this week.

Visitors : Joe Schuler. Richmond,
Ind.; P. N. Obertinn, Kenosha, Wis.;
A. L. Glaser, Dubuque, la.; J. F. Sulli-
vart, Detroit, Mich.; N. J. Burt, Bur-
lington, la.; A. E. Turner, of Rosin &
Turner. Mosinee, Wis.; Mrs. J. E. Lord,
Topeka, Ivans.; John Niednagel and
wife, Evansville. Ind.; Mrs. Mazey,
Minneapolis, Minn.; Wm. P. Craig,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Professor H. B. Dor-
ner and Professor F. W. Muncie, Uni-
versity of Illinois. 1

loieao.

THANKSGIVING TRADE GOOD.

Another period of warm weather has
arrived, unseasonable in the extreme,
with the result that stock is coming
in too strong. There is this encourag-
ing feature, however, for the retailer,
that funerals are more numerous, and
this work is coming in handy to' fill
out the after Thanksgiving dullness.
Thanksgiving day trade with the aver-
age florist and grower, while not quite
up to the standard of last year, was
better than had been expected. Chry-
santhemums were in good .supply and
found a ready sale. Many chrysanthe-
mum plants were on the market and
moved surprisingly well, probably be-
cause they were so reasonably priced.
Carnations are much bfetter in quan-
tity and quality, while roses, not so
plentiful as heretofore, are of a bet-
ter grade and sufficient to supply the
demand. Sweet peas are beginning to
appear and are quite popular. Azaleas
.are already being shown by some flor-
ists. Weddings have been numerous,
rhere was scarcely any funeral work
on Turkey day. However, the trade is
looking up now, and the holiday busi-
ness is expected to be up to the stand-
ard.

NOTES.

The next meeting of the Toledo Flor-
ists' Club will be held Tuesday even-
ing, December 8. A large attendance
is expected as plans for boosting the
holiday trade will be discussed. The
iniblicity committee of the club is pre-
paring an active "buy-flowers-as-gifts"
campaign, the idea of which is to call
the attention of the public to the ap-
propriateness .IS gifts of flowers and
plants.

Emit Kuhnke, the W^oodville street
grower, reports that his stevia are in
splendid shape. His carnation crop,
while looking good at' the present writ-
ing, is problematical for Christmas.
The weather has been too warm. He
is looking for a splendid holiday busi-
ness, as all of his bedding stock is
in fine condition.

.Schramm Bros. report a fine
Thanksgiving daj' trade which was
ne.irly as good as last yiear. This firm
sent out a beautiful folder in colors
which brought splendid returns and
aided materially in preventing any de-
crease in business. An imusual num-
ber of weddings aided in making
things lively.

Miss Helen Patten states that her
Thanksgiving trade was good, better

Violets! Violets!!

We are California Violet Growers and
we have the largest beds with Violets the
largest and finest produced. We can
send them to any place in the United
States, and cheaper than any one else.
S. ROSALA CO., - Colma, Calif.

Holly. Wild Smilax.

$2.50 per Case.

Mistletoe, 10 cents per pound.

Perpetuated Moss.

SAM YOUNG, Spring, Tex.

than she had expected. She sold
many chrysanthemum plants. Fun-
eral work has been coming her way of
late.

Paul Timm is cheering up, now that
his business has begun to pick up in
a very encouraging manner. K.

Cincinnati.

Considering all circumstances and
business generally, Thanksgiving day
business was very good. A large sup-
ply assured plenty of stock for every-
one and reasonable prices. The prices
at first were high, but imder a heavy
pressure of the incoming receipt, they
broke quickly and came down almost
to the level of the preceding week.
Since that time there has been a good
active call for stock in the market.
Rose receipts continue strong and en-
joy a much better demand than before
Thanksgiving. The American Beauty
supply is equal to requirements. Car-
nations are coming in strong and in
excellent condition, but for some rea-
son or another have a poor sale and
market even at the lowest prices. In
chrysanthemums only a few very late
ones and some of the odds and ends
from the earlier ones are coming into
the wholesale houses. Lilies have only
an ordinary sale that is hardly strong
enough to take up .all receipts. Or-
chids sell well. The call for lily of
the valley and violets, while not very
active, is fair. Stevia enjoys a fair
sale. Other offerings include callas,
narcissi, forget-me-nots, primroses and
wallflowers.

NOTES.

C. E. Critchell has been getting a
nice lot of late 'mums from Buck's
greenhouses. Washington, Ohio.

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The American Florist.

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ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. pnone, Randolph 6578 CniCAGO, ILL

W. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

K,k S Foersler J. K BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

GUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lone Disiance Fbone. Randolph 3619
Kenfion the American Florist when toriting

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROS£Sand CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Uention the American Florist when writing

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - • Chicago
Telepbone, Central 3284.

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Our New Catalog

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Uention the American Florist when writing

HOERBER BROS.

Zltllf^t Cut Flowers

Telephone Randolpb 2758.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

Store: 162 N. Wabasb Ave., CHICAGO

Uention the American Florist when vrriting

The Hill Floral Co. have put in use
their new Pilot delivery auto. The ma-
chine is a handsome one.

Visitors : Fred Luebke, with the W.
W. Barnard Co., Chicago; B. H. Klus.
Anderson, Ind.; Paul Berkowitz, repre-
senting H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa. H.

WBOLESALX

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS ronuicD nc
A Specialty pnUWtn Ur

Pltmouth, Wis. — Dr. F. Derrwaldt,
who has conducted a florist business in
the May building the past few months,
has closed the store and will conduct
the business from his residence as
heretofore.

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And AU Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

VlioMe Wo¥erNM'Ket>s

Chicago, Dec. 2. Heraoz.

Roses. Beauty, specials @}5 00

36-in 3 0'@4 00

30iD 2 00@ 2 50

24 in 150

20-in 1 25

15in 1 00

12-in 75

Per 100

■• Killarney Brilliant 3 OOiaiO CO

Killarney 3 00^10 00

" While Killarney 3 O0@10 00

" Richmond 3 00© 10 00

Prince de Bulgarie 3 00@I0 00

Rhea Reid 3 Of glO 00

" My Maryland 3 OOglOOO

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@25 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00^10 00

" Milady 3 00@10 00

Sunburst 3 00® 10 00

Mrs Aaron Ward 3 10010 00

'■ Hadley 3 00@15 00

•' Ophelia 3 00@I5 00

Our selection < 00

Carnations 1 E0@ 4 00

caitieyas.. perdoz... 6 0007 50
Chrysanthemums. 75c. to $4 00 per doz.
Pompons 25@50c per bunch.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@S4.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@15 00

Stevia 2 00

Valley 4 00@ 5 00

Violets 50@ 1 25

Adiaotum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

New Ferns.... " 1 50@2 00

Galax " 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75® 1 00

Mexican Ivy. ...per 1000. 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz.. 2 00@2 50

Sorpnee*-! P'umnsim Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Brixwond. 25r per lb.

Red Winter Rer-ies. per case..l 00@ 2 00

E.C.AML1NGC0.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 £. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Pbones Central 1978 and 1977.

. Cft^«lfERS*" SHIPPERS __,

TUT FLOWER^''^f:^

^ lb4 NO WABASH AifE.^Vj ^

.^PNECENTTlALeiL

A. L. Randall Co.,

g^^llK^ 66 E. Randolph St., cggMli^r>
'^m^ CHICAGO, ILL. E^W^sJ

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg^

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beanty, Richmond,
KiUarne; and While KlUamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try as.

162 N.Wabash A v., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

Wholesale QUT FLOWERS
Growers of ^^^^^^.^^^^^^^

All telegraph and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 t. Dcartioni tL, CBICAOO

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The American Florist.

Dec. 5,

ccpoaeniai

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers^
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOITON S niNKEl CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

Artificial Holly

An ideal novelty for corsage bunch,
which can be worn during the entire
season. Can also be ustd to many ad-
vantages in Xmas decorations (6 sprays
to bunch), with 4 berries to each spray,
per doz. bunches, $1.60; with 3 berries
to each spray, per doz. bunches, $1.20.

Samples of each, together with list of
other supplies, 25c.

GEO. H. ANGERMUEILER
Wholesale Horist. 1 »24 fine St., St. Louis, Mo.

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
iSi."l!^Vh'one,. ST. LOUIS, MO.

HpHies and ETerytMng li season always oa liaiid
Philadelphia.

TRADE snows IXCnE.^SE.
Quite a change occurred in the
situation the first week. Beginning
with Monday, November 30, prices
jumped 25 per cent, owing partly to
the cool weather, a slight increase in
the demand, and most of all, the time
oT year. Prices always advance on
prospects, and by the time the real
interest is shown in bonafide pur-
chases, the prices are up and the
seller gets the benefit. Higher prices
should be welcomed by all, as greater
profits invariably follow. White stock
is scarcer owing to the cold nights,
the glass showing below 20 degress on
several nights recently. The stock,
however, is of very good quality, and
there is little waste. Everything ap-
pears to be improving; violets are bet-
ter, snapdragons have longer stems,
carnations are up to their winter stan-
dard, already for competition between
themselves as the chrysanthemum
makes its exit. The Thanksgiving
trade was up to expectation in some
places and lagged a trifle in others; on
the whole it is reported as satisfactory.
As usual there was a grand clean up
in chrysanthemums and a good sale
for almost everything else. All eyes
are now turned towards the holidays,
and preparations are seen on all sides
for an expected busy time. All kinds
of wreaths are in preparation, box-
wood, evergreen, magnolia, chenille,
etc., being made up for stock in all
the retail shops. The wholesale houses

^are carrying a large line of all kinds

*of green material.

CLUB MEETING.

The feature of the December meet-
ing of the florists' club was the address
of A. F. Sheldon, president of the Shel-
don School, on "Business Building
Salesmanship." The meeting was held
In the lecture room of the hall. S^ven
new members were elected and five

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.
Phone Main 1245.

P. O. Box 20a.

448 Mil-
waukee

St.. Milwaul(ee,Wls.

Fancy Lily oi the Valky and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked. Supplies and Wire Designs.

CjB B^ • I rr ■ ■ 1^1 Wholesale Florist,

• A* IVUlinrNf 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe Hover M^iKeU

Philadelphia, Dec. 2. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, extra ...25 00@35 DO

first 1UOO@25 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 8 00@15 00

•• Killarney 3 OOiglO 00

" White Killarney 3 00(810 00

" Liberty 5 OOigls 00

" Mock 10 00(820 00

" Bulgaria 6 00(510 00

" Sunburst 6 00@12 00

Carnations 2 00@ 4 00

Cattleyas 35 00(850 00

Lilium Harrisii 8 00@12 00

Lily ol the Valley 3 00© 5 00

Sweet Peas 1 00@ 1 50

Chrysanthemums 8 00016 00

Violets 1 000 1 50

Soapdragons 6 00@ 8 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Dec. 2. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00

fancy 15 00

extra 10 00

No.l 6 00

•• Killarney 2 00@ 8 00

■• My Maryland 2 00(8 8 00

" SunbMrst 2 00(8 6 00

Mrs Aaron Ward 2 000 4 00

" Sweetheart 1 50

Carnations 2 00@ 3 00

Cattleyas .' 35 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum 1 00

Yellow Daisies 50

Sweet Peas 50

. Asparagus Sprengeri. per bunch, 35@40
" Sprays per bunch. 35@40

nominated for membership, a very
good .showing. Mr. Sheldon's address
was listened to with the greatest at-
tention. It was full of new thoughts
and ideas that could be utilized by
everyone present. A synopsis will be
given in next week's issue. He received
great applause on conclusion, and the
rising thanks of the club.

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper!
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H.G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

'WINDLEU

HOLESALE FLORAL

1310 Pine St.STLOinS MO,
Central 1474 Olive

Milwaukee, Dec. 2. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, per doz.. 1 50@ 4 00

" Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00@IO 00

" Ward, Tail, Sunburst 3 OOglO 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 0i'@25 00

" Ophelia 3 00(815 00

Carnations 1 00® 3 00

Chrysanthemums .per doz., 500 3 00

Lilies .. 1250

Snapdragon, per bunch, 2Sc @50c

Vallev 4 00

Violets 75© I 25

Bouyardia per bunch, 35c

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Booking Orders Now for ^7 fZ.t\

V*rOOa {Sl>ra5rjS ?er*Case

Guaranteed Clean Stock, No Unnecessary Wood.
I^'VCOI^OOHJIVI, or PRIOJVBSS JPIKfK, lOc per pound.

Salfigest. Philadelphia, Pa. j

THE LEO NIESSEN CO., n. w.^o?S"°-^-""'

EASTER LILIES

All year round grown by

Boffmeister Floral Co.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, RusseUs, Mock,

KiU^mey, Sunburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express depot.

1619-21 RansteadSL, PHILADELPHIA, PA

XOTES.

Pennock Brothers had a very hand-
some window for the array and navy
game. Yellow chrysanthemums, vio-
lets, orchids, Sunburst and Ward roses
were worlted up in corsages of appro-
priate colors and tied with correct
ribbons, made a very attractive dis-
play. Another limousine delivery car
is in prospect.

The National Association of Garden-
ers will hold their convention in Horti-
cultural hall on December 9-10. On
Wednesday evening-, December 0, the
annual banquet will be held in the
foyer of the hall. Tickets are .f2.ij(J
and can be had of David Rust.

The Robert Craig Company's stock
of poinsettias is worth a journey to
see; in fact their whole establishment
is an inspiration. Not a Christmas
stock but what would be benefited by
selections made here.

Berger Brothers' central market has
handled quantities of the best chrys-
anthemums, the pick of the Faust nur-
series. Choice roses and new crop
pussy willows are a feature.

Choice well budded rhododendrons
are a feature of the H. A. Dreer stock.
These have carried very well this
season, notwithstanding the handicap
of the European situation.

The new Habermehl Flower Shop in
the Ritz-Carleton hotel is the last word
in point of elegance. It opened Fri-
day, November 27.

Edward Reid is featuring choice
roses, carnations and violets. His
Hudson doubles are top notchers. K.

Boston.

TRADE GOOD AND PROSPECTS BRIGHT.

The Thanksgiving business as a
whole was very satisfactory although
chrysanthemums 'did not bring any
fancy prices. Large quantities were
sold at good figures, which seemed
rather a treat, considering how they
have dragged this season. Roses and
carnations were rather scarce, owing
to the dull weather, and sold at good
prices. Violets were also scarce and
brought $1.00 to $1.50 per 100. The
plant trade was very good, although
the big demand was for cut flowers.
The market held up well after the holi-
day business, and there is a promising
outlook for the period between now
-and Christmas.

NOTES.

On Sunday, November 22, the es-

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Klllarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, LUy of the VaUey, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON. MASS.

Boston, Dec. 2. fer lUO

Roses. Beauty 1 UO@25 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

■' White and Pink Killarney. 50® 5 00
" Double White Killarney... 1 00© 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 100(8 6 00

'■ Hadley 1 00@10 00

Cardinal 1 00@12 00

Mock 1 l)0@ 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00i812 00

" Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

" Tatt 1 00® 8 00

" Milady 1 »)© 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 1 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 50@ 5 CO

Cattleyas 25 00@4u 00

Gladiolus America. ...per doz., 75@1 00

Lily ol the Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 30

Violets, single 35® 50

medium 25® 50

Chrysanthemums, select' 12 00@16 no

medium 600®10 00

Carnations 50® 1 00

select 1 00® 1 50

Buffalo, Dec. 2, Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 30 00@35 00

fancy 2U 00®25 00

extra 15 00@20 00

No. 1 10 00®12 00

No. 2 4 00® 6 00

Shawyer 4 OlVnIO 00

Klllarney 3 000 8 00

" White Killarney 3 00® 8 00

My Maryland 3 00® 7 00

Killarney Queen 3 00® 8 00

" Hillingdon 3 00® 6 00

Richmond 3 00® 7 00

Sunburst 4 00®10 00

■ Ward 3 00® 6 00

' Taft 3 00® 7 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilies 8 00@10 00

Cattleyas 35 nfl®40 00

Carnations 2 00® 3 00

Snapdragons 2 On® 3 00

Violets 7S@ 1 00

Pompons bunch. 25@50c

'Mums. pink, white and yellow. 5c®25c
Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Sprentreri... 35® 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Slevia 1 00

Cincinnati. Dec. 2.

Roses. Beauty per doz. $1 00@$5 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

Richmond 2 000 8 00

" Taft 2 on® 6 no

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilium Gicranteum 10 00

Asparagus Plumosus..perbch.,2Sc

Carnations 2 00® 3 00

Orchids, perdoz 5 00® 6 00

Violets 50® 75

Narcissus (Paper Whites) 2 OOi® 3 00

St»-via 2 00® 3 00

tablishment of B. Hammond Tracy, of
Wenham, Mass., was destroyed by Are.

Manolacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McCALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburg, Pa.

BERGER BROS.

T)Anf.F AC In large assortment.
iy.nXiriiAa best varieties. •

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shippinp facilities,

1225 Race St., PhUadelphia, ra.

C. L CRITtHtLL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Thlro St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Conslgnitients Solicited.
Complete Stock ot Florists' Greens and SuppUei

St. Lodis. Dec. 2. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 8 00@12 50

shortstema 4 00^6 00

Killarney 3 000 6 00

■■ My Maryland 3 00® 6 00

" White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

Aaron Ward 3 00® 6 00

Sunburst 3 00® 6 00

" Ophelia 4 00® 6 00

" Milady 3 00® 6 00

" Hadley 3 00® 6 00

Valley 4 00

Carnations 1 50® 2 50

Rubrum 4 00® 6 00

'Mums 3 00015 00

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bu,,2S@50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..25@60

Harrisii 10 00

Ferns per 1000. XT,

His barn, with live stock, and the
storehouses for gladiolus bulbs, togeth-
er with the bulbs, the result of 20
years' work, was completely destroyed.
The property was insured, although
the amount is not generally known.
Mr. Tracy places his loss at about
$10,000.

Kolow, the Florist, did a good
Thanksgiving business at his store on
Summer street. Since alterations have
been made, he has a very attractive
store and always carries a good sup-
ply of first-class stock. Last week he
specialized in yellow chrysanthemums,
and by using the slogan of quick sales
and small profits, disposed of a large
quantity.

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Dec.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

'dO-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto; THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Paper White Grdfl.. I4cm. up. .case of ittK) bulbs. $ 9 00

French Gr. Solell d'or. pracox.. " ' 12?0 22.ui:

French Trumpet Major " " l!;00 " 22.00

llllum Formosum, 7-9 inch " " 2-0 " 15.00

Lillum Multlfiorum, 7-9 inch.. " ' 300 " lfi.50

Llllum Glganteum. 7-9 inch... " " 300 ' 16.50

Special discount of 5% for cash wi h order.

Arthur Coolidge, of Cambridge,
Mass., is cutting very good chrysan-
themums, . Bonnaffon, Well's Pink,
White Eaton and John Shrimpton. His
carnations this year are much better
than preceding years, as he broug'ht
soil from his farm at Lexington to re-
place the run-out soil at his Cambridge
range.

Pompons seem to be more popular
this year than ever before. Consider-
ing the quantity grown and the dull
season, they sold exceptionally well.
Among the best selling varieties are
Mrs. Frank Beau, white and yellow
Menza, Diana, Jules Lagravere, Buck-
ingham and Baby.

E. Hutchinson of Lexington, Mass.,
is shipping a fine lot of Major Bon-
naffon at present. The flowers are
run three or four to a plant and are
a good commercial size.

Frank Dolansky, of Lynn, Mass., is
cutting very fine Cattleya Percivaliana
at present. They seem to be very pop-
ular and not much trouble is found in
disposing of them.

W. A. Riggs, of Auburndale, Mass.,
is suffering from neuralgia and a gen-
eral breakdown. He is improving
slowly and is anxious to get back "into
the harness."

, Sam Bornstein, who conducts a flow-
er store on Canal street, was burned
out November 25. After repairs are
made he will resume business.

P..L. W.

New York.

OVERSUPPLY CAUSES PRICE DROP.

Thanksgiving business did not bring
much encouragement to the whole-
salers. American Beauty roses, which
started at the rate of $50 per 100, fell
down to $20 on the morning of Thanks-
giving. Relating to these roses, a word
in season may be in place. There are
growers, acknowledged to be clever
and able men, who think that their
stock is the best. The wholesalers and
the buyers of this district are a pretty
well seasoned lot of men. They are
supposed to know their business, oth-
erwise they would not be here. Every
day this market undergoes a sifting
process, and the "survival of the fit-
test" is what sells for the highest
price. We have been prompted to make
these remarks by various rumors of
dissatisfaction among growers. Aside
from the fact that the wholesalers are
as fair minded as any other branch of
the trade, under present conditions,
they could not, if they would, discrimi-
nate against one grower in favor of
another. The foregoing is not writ-
ten through any particular affection
for the wholesalers, but merely as
•what seems to be a matter of plain
■justice. Returning to Thanksgiving
business, it may be stated that the re-
tailers got the best end of it. On the
night of November 25 and on Thanks-
giving morning, stock sold cheap, and
the advantage was with the retailers.
Good tea roses seemed to hold up bet-
,tcr than other stocks. When we say
good, we write In a relative sense.
There were many good roses that were
hard to move. The popular fancy now
seems to be in favor of the newer va-
rieties of roses, and the older ones
have to take chances. Carnations,
which started at $4 and $5 per 100,
went down with a thud to $2 and $.S,
where they now remain. Violets, which

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

had been keeping up fjiirly well, took
a great drop on Thanksgiving. Both
gardenias and violets are being
hawked on the street, so further com-
ment is unnecessary. It now appears
that the best stock of chrysanthemums
is pretty well cut out, many that are
now arriving have a rather ragged ap-
pearance. Farewell, Queen of Autumn!
November 30. — The market opened
very dull, with falling prices on Amer-
ican Beauty roses and carnations. The
outlook for this week is not promis-
ing.

NpiES.

The wholesale commission dealers
are now taking note of and paying the
special tax of $20, the annual tax im-
posed upon them by sections 3 and 4,
Act of Congress, October 22, 1914. The
special tax year begins on July 1 of
each year and ends on June 30 fol-
lowing. The special taxes imposed
for the tax year ending June 30, 1915,
are payable in the month of November,
1914, and are reckoned from the first
day of that month. The amount of
the tax now being paid, therefore, cov-
ers the period from November 1, 1914,
to July 1, 1915. A tax of one cent is
also imposed on express receipts.

At the retail store of Charles R.
Jaeger, 2109 Seventh avenue, we re-
cently noted an exceptionally fine stock
of large ferns from the range of Leh-
nig & Winnefeld, Hackensack, N. J.
He has also just received a fine lot of
palms from Herman Schoelzel, New
Durham, N. J. Frederick Zahn, Mr.
Jaeger's clever assistant, recently
had the misfortune to get blood-pois-
oning in the large finger of his left
hand and the finger had to be ampu-
tated at the first joint. He is now do-
ing well.

L. A. Hauser, the well-known whole-
saler of the . Coogan building, with
Mrs. Hauser, attended the army and
navy football game at Franklin field,
Philadelphia, Pa., November 28, as the
guests of their son, Lieut. J. N. Hauser,
of the Fifth United States field artil-
lery, now stationed in Oklahoma. An
interesting item in this connection is
that Lieut. Hauser was married about
a month ago to a prominent young
lady of Dayton, O.

We noted at Alfred Meyer's retail
store, Madison avenue and SOth street,
a beautiful Thanksgiving display con-
sisting of attractively made up bas-
kets, jardinieres and hampers; also a
complete stock of cut flowers. At this
store, Mrs. Meyer is in charge of the
office, and Joseph M^yer, a brother, is
active in the counter trade. Alfred
Meyer thinks that business will soon
become normal.

Harry Balsley, the well-known red-
pot man of Detroit, Mich., visited this
city during the past week. However,
he had better business on hand than
pottery, He was accompanied by his
bride, formerly Mrs. Grace Garrels.

JOHN YOUNG

wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Sauare.
I wish to assure my frieoda throughout the
country that alt orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America,

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5535

The happy couple called on Secretary
Young of the S. A. F. & O. H.

A meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the American Sweet Pea Society
was held at the store of Peter Hender-
son & Co., November 25. Further de-
tails will be found elsewhere in these
columns.

P. J. Smith, the 25th street whole-
saler, is handling exceptionally fine
Hadley roses from the Burns range.
Spring Valley, N. Y. This stock sells
at the rate of from $10 to $25 per 100.

At J. K. Allen's lOG West 28 street,
we have noted a particularly fine lot of
poinsettias in pans and pots. He will
have a large supply of similar fine
stock for the Christmas trade.

It is stated that George Penek, a
well-known retailer of Newark, N. J.,
will soon open a store on Fulton
street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Very noteworthy roses, in variety,
are now reaching Traendly & Schenck,
both from their own range and from
the range of Robert Simpson, Clifton,
N. J.

Carl Cropp of Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago, paid a short visit to this city
within the past week.

Robert Pressfreund. well known in
the retail trade of this city, has re-
cently opened a neat flower shop at
414 Fourth avenue.

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Established 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wliolesale Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers.

\owpreri='Hd (or Winter Business.

The celebrated HADLEY, MILADY and othei rosis. L LY 0» THE VALLEY

and other urt^enho'ts** st 'cks.

Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Open at 6 a. m. ever; morning. Phones 167 and 4408 Madison Sonare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:

your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000 $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN TLODIST CO.. 440 S. OearbornSt. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTIMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28tli St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Tears Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly ^ Schenck

Wbolenlc IHwistt uid Col Flomr Eidiaii{«
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.
Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
beat products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Neconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street
NEW YORK CITY

Telephone: 3864 Madison Sooare.

Mention the American Florist when writing

]obn ). Reynolds, Mgr. Phone Madison Sq.4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 2bth Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist wiien writing

Charles H. Brown, Jr., son of
Charles H. Brown, the well-known
Broadway florist, was married October
28 to Miss Ethel Goldsmith, daughter
of Joseph Goldsmith, a wealthy woolen
dealer, witli a residence at 300 West
109th street. Young Mr. Brown is
actively connected with his father's
business. Kach of the contracting par-
.ties is 19 years old.

The Colonial Florist, with stores at
1.57 and 1.37 Broadway and 8th ave-
nue and 125th street, has received from
the board of awards of the ter-centen-
ary celebration a first prize blue rib-
bon for his decorated automobile,
which appeared in the parade of Oc-
tober ;;0. He also received a letter
from the committee highly commend-
ing his work.

Charles Abrams, well known, both in
the retail trade of Brooklyn, N. Y., and
the wholesale district, has opened a
fine new store at 22 Hoyt street, Brook-
lyn. He has added to his -Staff Henry
Dirks, a very clever designer and dec-
orator, who is also well known in the
trade of this city.

Relating to the condition of Charles
H. Totty, he is believed to be rapidly
improving. Latest reports state that
for a week he has been able to sit up
occasionally and read and write.

A. F. F.

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLOPIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist
^IsI^'sjI Mad. sq. 133 W. 28tli St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMeHo¥crMM'KeU

New York, Dec. 2. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 20 00^30 00

extra and fancy.. lUOOfeliOO

No. 1 andNo. 2... 8 aifalSOO

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer, special 4 00@ 6 00

" " " extra... 3 uu© 4 00

" N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

■■ White Killarney, special... 4 0O@ 5 00

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3 00® 5 00

No. land No. 2.. 1 0 i© 2 00
" Queen special.. 3 UOa (> 00

Brilliant 1 00@ 7 00

•• Aaron Ward 10 0 5 00

Richmond I 0J@ 5 00

" Sunburst 1 0 p@ 6 00

•' Taft ... 1 0n@ b 00

Milady, special 4 10@ 6 00

•• J L .Mock 300tel5 00

" Hadley 6 00(625 00

" Ophelia 1 Co® 7 00

" Mrs. Cbas. Russell I 00@iO 00

Carnations ; 2 OOm 3 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 40 0J@=O 00

inferior grades. 20 )(l®25 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrjsii.. 4 00@ 5 00

Lily of the Valley 3 Oma 4 00

Ctirysanthemums per doz., I 00@ 3 00

Violets fcO@ 75

Gardenias per doz,, $1.50@$2.50

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 50® 75

Asi)aragu8 Plumosus doz. bcbs. 1 iMXcZ 2 00

Smilax doz. strings. 1 Or 0 1 25

Paper White Narcissus I 00@ 1 25

Sweet P^as, per doz. bunches 5"c^7^c
Spencer type.. .1.2561,50

CCTRtPtl

If you have anything in the line of
decorative plants, now is the time
to see me. Call at my store, at

BLOOMINGDAIE'S

59th Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

United Cut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 11 W. 28th St., h ew York City

Phones: Madison Square 594 4422.

We solicit consignments of cut fljwersof all kinds

books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. FOLYRRANAS, Manager.

Mention the American Florist when writing

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies. Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.
Mention the American Florist when uiritinp

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessier Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. CoDsig^DineDts solicited

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchanp

Coogan Bldg,. 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVEROKEEINS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30StoneSt.,Roclisster,N.Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing
121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

TW Ltrgesl Shipper ud Receiver of Fresh Cot Flowen

I^^A complete assortment of the best in th«

market can always be relied upon.

Mention the American Florist when writing

f

'^^^ --. Wholesale

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c5^ W£:3Te8^'ST. NtwroRK.

Phone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Alfred A. Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORIST
103 West 28tti Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Floritt when writing

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i Keep Your Wagons From Freezing. I

^"^ The ClarK ^^

Wagon
Heater

Height 9 inches. •

Diameter 8 inches.

Price $2.00.

This indestructable steel wagon heater
is admirably suited to the needs of all
who operate delivery wagons for articles

subject to freezing. The Interior Appearance of Heater. 5

OPERATION: It burns our Carbon brick Two or three of the bricks are sufficient in the coldest weather They |

yield a strong, steady heat without flame, smoke or odor and one filling is enough for ten hours use. Heater occupies S

very little space and can be hung in the top of wagon if desired. Adjustable ventilators permit perfect regulation of S

heat. Strong, safe, practical; in use bv flotists, bottlers, etc., everywh' re. 5

FUEL,: We supply our Clark or ABC Bricks for this and our other heaters. Every brick of our Clark Carbon is 5

guaranteed to yield 25 per cent more heat than any other bHck on the market. Our ABC bricks are guaranteed to equal i

any brick made, but our Clark. E

Clark Carbon, per doz. bricks in carton $ .75 I ABC Coal, per doz. bricks in carton $ .60 =

per 100 " in box 6.00 | per 100 " in box 4.80 |

Above prices are for large full size bricks. Bricks maybe had in halves or thirds if so specified. 1

I CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY, Wagon Heater Dept., CHICAGO I

I Largest Makers In the World nf Wagon, Carriage, Sldgh and Automobile Heaters. i

I U^rer 50 ),<iOO Clark Beaters Sold in the Last Filteen Years. 20 STYLES AND SIZES. |

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Prices [

Holly Xmas Holly

I have a choice lot of green heavy berried
Holly that I will deliver by freight to
points east of the Mississippi river.

Single Case, - - - $4.00
5 cases or more, per case, 3.75

Heavy 14-<nch Holly Wreaths with
plenty of berries, 100 $10.00

My 20 years' experience insures
you the right paclc.

H.AUSTIN, Feltoii,DeL

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

XMAS GREENS

ORDER NOW.

Choice Case Holly, Holly Wreaths and
Laurel Roplf>^. can furnish any amount.
I have any thioG; in greens. Better write
»• your requirements.

H. E. CONWELL, ■^';>Ig^wARE

Trade Directory

Price: $3.00, postpaid

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

SPRUCE WREATHS

CONED.

Per doz. Per 100

18 inch $4.00 $.^0.00

20 inrh... 4.75 37. 0

24 inch '.50 41. !5

30 inch S.OO 60.00

Finished with Red Ruscus at 20% above foregoing
prices, wiih Holly at 1' %.

Spruce Robing 15c yard; extra heavy. 20c. BOQghs,
$4.00 per 100 lbs, Concs, 75c per 100: $5.00 per lOCO.

Table Trees, 35c each ; $.V50 per doz.

W. W. WILMORE. JR , Wheatridge, Golo.

Import Immortelles

Natural, bunches weighing 225 grammes, at 76 fcs. per 100 bunches.

Colored, bunches weighing 126 grammes, at 70 fcs. per 100 bunches.

References Required.

F. GUIGOU, Ollioules (Var.), France

Cable Address: GUIGOU, OLLIOULES.

Fancy Holly -Laurel Branches - Boxwood Sprays

$3.00 case. $2.50 case. 12c lb.

This stock is the best that can be obtained.

W. Z. PURNELL, SNOW HILL, MD.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

iBtabllsbed tn 1867.

^wScXd,

ntuusr

739 Buckingham Place.
L. D. Phone, Graceland 1112.

Send ns yonr retail orders.
W£ HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CITY
Jf««Ho» tH< American Florist when writing

Ittntion (ha American Floritt when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Snccesaor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

60 KEARNEY STREET

Mmtion the American Floriet when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHiTTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention th4 American Floriat when writing

Washington, D. C.

GEO. B. COOKE

Fl PRIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street
Mention the American Floriot when writing

Randolph &, McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph DeliTery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabaab Ave.. Chicago.
623 Walnot St., Dea Molnea, la.

Lartreit and moat centrally located itore in the
city. All orders riven prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block. ^

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

West rly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

— FOR —

Telegraph
Orders

You will need

The New Edition

of our

Trade
Directory

Containing the Names and
Addresses of Florists of the
United States and Canada.

Price, $3.00 Postpaid.
American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

ALEXANDER McCONNElL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

yELKGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■'• any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamshipa
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash mast accompany aU orders
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address: Albxconnell,
Western Union Code.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor 15th S H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Young &Nugent

Telephone 2065-2066 Madison Square.
42 West 28tb Street.

To ontof-town florists XTCUT 'VfWB

We are in the Heart of W1!<W lUKIV

And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the marliet.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V/.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD.. Audiloiium Annei. CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stork, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, LOCkport,

Niaiara FaUs and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Fuclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telesraph Delivery Ass'n.

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and 18 W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883.
Greenhouses and Nurseries in Riverdale.

Mention the American Florist when writing

1038

The American Florist.

Dec. 5,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

E«»abH8hed 1 W74-.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Uention the American Florist loAen writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; tne largest stock; the greatest
variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
aigtit and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

Fresb Flowers and Best Service. Deliveriei
tfarontrbout tbe state and to all steamship docks
Id Hoboken, N. J., aod New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery

"HOME GROWN FLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

^ Both Phones No. 40

Long Distance No. 40

CAREFUl ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YONK

No. 22 Weat 89th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Henbers tl lie Floristi' Tdetrapb Minn.

Omaha, NeD.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS,

\kK Fnrmrm St telephones

14IJ rarnvm 31. isoiandLisaa

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpba Floral Co., Chieago.

Alpha Floral Co.. Des Molneg, la.

AndiTson, S. A., 4-10 Main, Butfalo, N. Y.

Arohias Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta. Ga.

BaiiscUer, Jobn, Freeport, 111.

Begerow's, Newark, N. ^.

Blaekistone, Washington, D. C.

Boland. J. B., Sun Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester, Alinn,

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breltmeyer'a Sons, John. Detroit, Mich. ■

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee, H. W., Rockford, III.

California Florists, Taooma, Wash,

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.

Cooke, Geo. H., Conn. Ave. and L., WashlngtM.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 4-Ith and Madison Ave., New York.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.

Duluth Floral Co., Duluth. Minn.

Dunlup's. 96 Youge St., Toronto, Can.

Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St., Albany. N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey & Frey. Lincoln, Neb.

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co.. Guthrie, Okla.

Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City. Okla.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc., Boston, Mass.

Gahin, Thos. P., Inc., New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co.. Cleveland. O.

Graham, A., & Son. CleVfland. 0.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Baplds, Mich.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Helnl & Son, J. G.. Terre Haute, Ind.

Henderson, Lewis, Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul. Minn.
Joy Floral Co.. Naalivllle, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg. F. & P. Co.. Geo. M., Kansas City.

La Crosse Floral Co.. La Crosse. Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co., Dallas, Tel.

Liinge, A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Lehorlus, J. J., Duluth, Minn.

Matthews tbe Florist, Dayton, 0.

Uattbewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co.. L. L., St. Paul, Minn.

McConneli, Alex., New York.

Metalrie Ridge Nursery Co.. New Orleans, I.«.

Murray, Samuel. Kansas City, Mo.

Myer. Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Piilez, Paul M.. Little Rook. Ark.

PBlmcr, W. J.. & Son, BulTalo.

Park Floral Co., The. Denver, Colo.

Phillips Bros., Newark, .N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co.. Colorado Springs, Col».

Podesta & Baldoccbl, San Francisco.

Pollworlh Co.. C. C. Wilwaukee.

Portland Flower Store. Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh, P».

Renter's, New London. Conn,

Ranter's, Norwich, Conn,

Renter's Westerly, R. I.

Rock. Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas City.

Scidller. the Florist. 2221 W. Madison St., Chg».

Scbllng, Max. 22 W. .imh St.. New York.

Simmiins & Sons, Toronto, Can.

Sniflli & Sons, J. H.. New York.

Small & Sons. J. FI.. Washington, D. 0.

Smith Co.. A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Suillh. Henry. Grand Ksplda, Mich.

Stumpp, O. B. M., New York.

Wchnr. F. H.. St. Louis, Mo.

Whltted Floral Co., Minneapolis. Minn.

Wlltbnid. G.. Co.. 7.S7 Rncklngbam PI., Chgo.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldi-nson, Loi Angeles.

Young & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and 6ratJot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan pointa and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada,

Memliers of Florists' Telegraph Delivery
Mention the American Florist when ioritinf

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from tbe

LEADIN6 FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

r. H. WEBER

Boill lid Mlrrllid t.i. ■"" aS"""

Orders taken for FLOWIRS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WiSfllNeiON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvcl Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful Attention

Members of tbe Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park
j.A.vALEN'nm, 1 iorai wO*

President.
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

CUDE BROS-Ca
FLORIST}
1114 r 9TNV<

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The American Florist.

1039

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities by ttic
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities liidlcat«d
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.
jr«««on tfc« American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower 6t Plant Co.

1122GruidATe. vPill fill ill orderi for Cut

KllSaS City ind Flowers. Funeral Designi

Blxu.ntUill Ui> Weddine and Birtbdar Gifts.

rreasininill, mo. that mav be entrusted to them.

Utntion the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh, Fa.

A.W.SmlthCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

Laffeit Floral Eitabliibment in America.
Ettabliabed 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mtntion the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Utmber Floriata' Telecraph DeliTerT Association
JTMtloii the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Msabsrs of The Florists' Telegraph DeliTerr.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Wuhlngton, D. C.

14 th and H. Street.

: Mtntion the American Florist when writing

, JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, m.

j 100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

I. All Orders Receive Careful .attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Srcet, LINCOLN. NEB.

WHOUSALE AND RETAIL.

Members of Florists Telegraph Deliverv

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPollwortliGo.

will take proper \Via<«#>nsin

care of jronr orders »n ''» IBdJIlIilll

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. Wisconsin, North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and filled with strictly tresh^ stock.

Mention tke American Florist when ioriting

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Jilbany, N. Y.— Hyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co., 41 PeacbtrM.

Boston — Tho«. F. Galvln, Inc.

Buffalo, N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Chicago — Fried mas,

Chicago— Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 B. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago — Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, 0. — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flowar Co.

Cleveland, O. — A. Graham & Sons.

Cleveland, O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Colorado Springs, Colo.— Pikes Peak Flo. C».

Dallas, Tex. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Dayton, O.— Matthews the Florist.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breltmeyer'g Sons.

Duluth, Minn.— Duluth Floral Co.

Duluth, Milm. — J. J. Leborlus.

Freeport. 111. — John Bauscher.

Grand Haplds, Mich.— Henry Smith.

Guthrie, Okla.— Furrow & Co.

Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse, Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln, Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock, Ark.- Paul M. Palez.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn. — Whltted Floral Co.

Nashville, Tenn. — -Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J.— PhllUps Bros.

Newark, 0. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London, Conn. — Renter's.

New Orleans, La. — Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave,

New York — Alex McConnell, 611 Bth Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvln, Inc.

New York — Mai Schllng, 22 W. 59th St.

New York — Myer, Florist, 609 Madison Ave.

New Y'ork— J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. E. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Norwich, Conn. — Renter's.

Oklahoma City, Okla. ^Furrow & Co.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda. Farnam St.

Omaha. Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randolph & McClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. W. Smith Co., Keenan Bldf.

Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford. 111.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Lonis, Mo.— Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— P. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland, 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Sedalia. Mo. — Archias Floral Co.

Superior, Wis — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind.— J. G. Hclnl Sons.

Tacoma, Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman.

Toronto, Can. — Dnnlop's. 60 Yonge St.

Toronto, Can. — Simmons & Son.

Vancouver,' B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington— Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gude Bros,

Washington — J. H. Small ft Sons.

Westerly. R. I. ^Renter's.

Kstablished 1S48

New York.

David Clarke's Soos

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Columboi

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

334 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when u>riting

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers In

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Pbone Toar Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

Tbe Largest Retail Snpply House In tbe West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

Flowers or DeslgB Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity os
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STRUT

Mention the American Florist lohen writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

sa Yonaa 8tr««t.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantss
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

RCffff lUnii VanderbUt Hotel
126 Tremont Street
799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Point*.

Dunlop's

BOSTON

1040

The American Florist.

Dec. s,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Sendyourorders^'Gtiicago

and Snb-
nrbsto

All orders carefnlly filled
under the supervision of

GEORGE &SMUS, Mgr

Wire, Write or Phone West 822
Member Florittt' Teleirapb DeliverT.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rocbester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers In City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

\11 orders carefully filled and delivered to all parti
of Ibecity, Arkansas and the Sontbwest.

IfenKon the American Florist when loritinp

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Heinl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.
Both Pbones, 527.
Special attention to Mail and Telegrapb Order-
Member of The Florists' Telegrrapb Delivey.

Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction, nill MTU MINN
Wearethecenterofthegrcat UUI-U'n, minni

Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior. Wis.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, SL"*^"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memptils, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Uading

Florists

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Famam St.,

OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

Dallas
Texas.

69 MADISON AVENOI

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.,

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too large, none too small.

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY— GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

You will need the New Edition of our

Trade Directory

Containing the Names and Addresses of
Florists of the United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID

American Florist Go , **" ^So"™ ^'••

Nashville, Tenn.

THANKSGIVINQ DEMAND HEAVY.

Thanksgiving week has come and
gone, and was not a disappointment to
the florist trade here, for it resulted in
a practical clean-up for all parties con-
cerned. The flowers were fine, and
prices realized were better than usual.
Dudley field, where the football game
was played, was one huge bouquet of
black and gold or white and purple,
and almost every one of the specta-
tors carried flowers. The social swing
is on now in full blast, and every week
there are fashionable social aflfairs
which call for decorations and gift
flowers. The American Beauty roses
now are particularly fine and so plenti-
ful that the florists can spare them
for window decorations. They are
bringing good prices. Killarney, both
pink and white, are coming in splen-
didly, and meet with a large demand.
The day following the football game
there were three large funerals of very
prominent people, and the funeral de-
mand was unusually large. Many very
elaborate and costly designs were
made, the trade seeming to be about
evenly divided among the uptown
stores. The weather has been fine, but
a rainy season has set in and there
may be some falling off in the cut,
which up to this time has been very
fine and plentiful.

M. C. D.

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PBILIPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

NEWAEI E X-

Artistic Floral Worit and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We lolicit telegraph orders. Regnlar trade dlic.
229 WSST THIRD STRXET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalia, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short Dotic*.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telepbooe

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic order*.

Micliigan. """"J.Tid f''oVb"''°"'
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Horist of GRAND RAPIDt

Member of The Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRKD HANNAH 8 SONS Will fill yonr
orders for Desi^s and Cut Flowers in Micbigaa

Rocltford, lil.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the noriitt' Telegraph DeUrery

1914-

The American Florist.

1041

Blooming and Decorative Plants

PALMS and OTHER MISCELLANEOUS STOCK

CYCLAMEN.

We grow over 20,000 of these very de-
sirable plants In separate colors or mixed;
the finest strains available.

Assorted. 5-lnch 40e each

'• 6-lncb 60c each

FERNS.

Asplenium nidus avis, 5-ln.,
Each $1.00 and 1 50

Asplenium nidus avis, larger
specimens, each $2 50 and 3 OO

Assorted Ferns for dishes, per 100, %Z 00

BOSTON FERNS.

Doz. lOO

210 % 50 $4 00

S-ln 1 00 8 00

4-ln 1 50 12 00

6-in 3 00

6-in 6 00

Each

7-tn $ 75

8-in 1 00

9-in 1 50

Larger specimens at $2 00, $2 50 and up

each.
Boston Fern hanging baskets at 75 cents
and $1 00 each; $9 00 and $12 00 per doz.
Boston Fern extra large banging baskets at

$3 00 and $4 00 each.
Boston Fern extra large banging baskets.

Specimens, $5 00 and $6 00 each.
Cyrtominm falcatum, 4-ln., at $1 60 and
$1 75 per doz,

Doz.

Whitman! Ferns, 3-ln $100

" " 4-ln 2 00

5-ln 3 00

e-ln 8 00

PALMS.

ARECA LUTESCENS.

Doz. 100

2-in $1 20 $9 00

3-ln 2 00

4-ln., 3 plants In a pot 3 00

6-ln., 15-18-ln. high. 3 in a pot

at 50 cents each 6 00

6-ln., 18-24-ln. high 3-4 In a

pot 8 00

COCOS WEDDELLIANA.

Doa. 100

2-lD $1 7B $14 00

T and 8-ln. specimens, 3 ft.

6-ln. to 4 ft. high, $3 00 and

$4 00 eacb.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

Size

Leaves Ht. Eacb Doz.

100

2-ln,

4 Sin.

$1 50

$12 00

3-ln,

4-5 8-10-ln.

2 00

15 00

4-ln.

4-5 1214-ln.

4 50

35 00

Mn.

5-6 lB-18-ln.

6 00

50 00

6-ln.

8-7 22-24-ln.

$ 1 50

7-ln.

6-7 30-32-ln.

2 50

7ln.

6-7 48-ln.

7 00

S-ln.

tnha

6-7 60-ln.

10 00

9-ln.

tubs

7-8 72-ln.

13 00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Size

Leaves Ht. Eacb Doz.

100

2-ln.

4 8-ln:

$1 50

$12 00

«-In.

4-5 8-10-ln.

2 00

16 00

4-ln.

4-5 14-16-ln.

4 50

B-ln.

B-6 16-18-ln.

$ 50

6-ln.

extra strong

75

B-ln.

5-6 18-24-ln.

1 00

Bin.

5-6 28-32-ln.

1 50

7-ln.

6-7 36-4illn.

2 25 to $2 60

7-ln.

6-7 44-48-ln.

4 00

K-ln.

6-7 eil-64ln.

8 50

8-ln.

6-7 64-68-ln.

9 00

(tin.

6-7 72-ln.

11 00

Din.

7-8 8n-84-ln.

12 00

9-ln.

7-8 84-88-ln.

15 00

POINSETTIAS.

Exceptionally fine stock. Eacb

3-Inch $0.15

4-inch 25

5-Inph. pans 35

6-Inch, pans 50

7-inch, pans 75

8-inch, pans 1,00

BOXWOODS.

Each

10-lncb Box Bush $0.26

12-lnch Box Bush 30

12-lncb Box Bush extra heavy. 10-lns.

wide 40

16-lnch Box Bush 50

18-lncb Box Bush 1.00

24-lnch Box Bush 1.25

SO-lnch Pyramid 2.00

36-lnch Pyramid 3.O0

3%-foot Pyramid 3.60

4-foot Pyramid 4.00

STANDARDS.

2-foot stem. 12 to 15-lncb crown $2.00

PALMS.

KENTIA-Made Up.

Belmoreana, 5-ln.. 3-4 In a pot, 40c and

50c eacb.
Forsteriann —

7-ln. 24-30-ln. high. $2 00 and $2 50 each.

8-ln. tubs, 36 In. bigb Each. $ 4 00

9-ln. tubs, 40-tn. high " BOO

9-ln. tubs, 48-ln. high " 7 50

9-ln. tubs, 52-56-ln. high " 9 00

9-ln. tubs. 66-7n-ln. high '• 12 00

9-ln. tubs, 72-80-ln. high " IB 00

6-ln.. 3-4 Ir a pot, 20-24-ln.

high " 1 25

Doz.. $15 00.
6-ln., 3-4 In a pot, stronger... '* 1 60

Doz.. $18 00.
7-ln., 3-4 In a pot " 2 60

LATANIA BORBONICA.

2-ln per 100. $5 00

4-ln., made up. bushy, 25 c. each. $3 00 doz.

PHOENIX CANARIENSIS.

7-ln., 24-ln. high Each fl 60

8-ln., 30-ln. high " 2 60

9-ln., 48-50-ln. high " 6 00 to $7 00

9-ln., 60-64-ln. high " 12 00

Extra large, 7-ft. and
more " 40 OO

PHOENIX RECLINATA.

Doz. 100 Doz.

3-ln $1 25 $10 00 4-ln $3 00

PHOENIX ROEBELENI.

Dol.
B-in $9 00

Bach
7-In $2 50 and $3 00

HYDRANGEAS.

We have a large, pot-grown stock of these
splendid plants. Doz. 100

Otaksa. 4-in., 2 leads $1 80

" 6-ln.. 3-4 leads 3 00 $24 00

'* 9 & 10-ln., extra strong
75 cents & $1 00 each.
French Hydrangeas, pink, white and bine:
6-ln $ 40 7-ln $ ao

Miscellaneous Plants.

ARAUCARIAS.

Excelsa — Each

4-ln., 2 and 3 tiers $ 60

5-ln., 3-4 tiers.

6 In

Excelsa Compaota-

5-ln

6-ln

Excelsa Glauoa^

B-ln

78
1 00

1 2B
1 60

Doz.
$ 6 00
9 00
12 00

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS.

Doz. 100

2-ln $3 00

3-ln e 00

4-H> $180 12 00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI.

100

2-ln $3 00

3-in 6 00

Baskets, extra large, at $3 00 and $4 00 eacb

Dracaena Fragrans, 4-ln $0 25

Dracaena Lindeni, 4-ln 50

Dracaena Massangeana, 4-ln... 80

Dracaena Indivisa, 4-ln 1 25

" " 7-ln., 60 & 76 cents each

" " 7-ln., extra fine plants

at $1 00 each.

Doz. 100

Fious elastica, B-ln $4 20

Ficus pandurata, 6-in 2 50 each

8-ln. tubs 4 50 each

Grevillea Robusta, 4-ln $1 50 per doz.

Ivy. Encllsh. 4 in., 3 In n pot. $12 per 100
Pandanus Veitohii, 4-ln., (6 00 per doz.
" " 6-ln., 8 00 per doz.

BAY TREES.

Perfect stock for Immediate delivery.

Standard-

Stem

Crown

Pair

2 ft.

20-22-in.

$10 00

2 ft.

24-ln.

12 00

2 ft. 6-ln.

2 ft.

12 00

3 ft.

2 ft.

12 00

4 ft.

2 ft. 3-ln.

18 00

4 ft.

2 ft. 6-ln.

20 00

2 ft. 5-ln.

2 ft. 6-in.

20 00

4 ft.

3 ft.

25 00

4 ft. 3 ft. -3 ft. e-ln. 80 00

ROSES.

strong pot-grown stock for forcing:
American Pillar— Doz.

6-ln $2 40 and $3 60

Dorothy Perkins, 6-ln 2 40

Ezcelsa, 5-ln. and 6-ln 3 60

Flower of Fairfield, 5-in. & 6-In. 3 60

Lady Gay, 5-ln 2 40

•' 6-ln 3 60

Tausendschoen, 4-ln 1 80

5-ln 3 OO

" 6-ln 4 20

Salleroi Geraniums for stock
plants, 3-in g oO

HARDY VINES.

Eacb

Clematis Jackmanl |0.35

Aristolochla or Dutchman's pipe 40

Lonlrera Scarlet Trumpet (honey-
suckle), white, red and yellow (SO

Boston Ivy (Ampelopsla Veltchil), pot-
grown. 4-ln. at $1.60 per doz.

Lanrus Shlpkaensifl 75

The Geo* Wittbold Co.^ 737-39BTcMni'hamPiace, Chlcago

3 042

The American Florist.

Dec.

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association

Lester L. Morse, Shq Francisco. Calif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, Mattituck. L. I.,
>. Y.. First Vice-President: E. C. Uungan.
Philadeipliia, Pa., Se<-oud Vice-President:
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer: b. • . W illard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

- Thirty-Third nnniial meeting. San Fran-
cisco, i.':ilir.. .rune 191.i,

Potatoes at Cliicago, December 1,
dropped five cents, selling at 33 cents
per busliel.

Weshaxi, MA.SS. — B. Hammond
Tracy lost his gladiolus bulb house by
Are. November 22.

THE Holland salesmen are abroad in
the land more numerous than ever,
war conditions notwitlistanding.

The Chicago Tribune war pictures
at the Studebaker theater show the
destruction of sugar-beet fields and
nurseries in Belgium.

Holly arriving at Chicago this weeli
for distant shipment has proven to be
of excellent quality. Commission
stock is not yet in.

Chas. M. Jackman. of Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago, who has been in
Europe several months, expects to
leave December 5 on the return trip.

Prices have advanced sharply on
"edible medium beans during the past
20 days and are now at about .$2.68
per bushel in Chicago, an advance of
five cents to eight cents the ^ast week.
Michigan dealers are firm in their
views on higher values.

The Association of Seed Growers, of
Erfurt. Germany, advises that crop
prospects in that district are generally
favorable and at no time was there
any disturbance of labor conditions or
suspension of work in the fields on ac-
count of the present war.

Visited Chicago: L. W. 'Wheeler, of
the Pieters-Wheeler Seed Co., Inc., Gil-
roy, Calif.; J. W. Edmundson, repre-
senting the California Seed Growers'
Co.. San Jose. Calif.; Wm. Fosgate,
Santa Clara, Calif.; Goley L. Shideler,
representing the Jerome B. Rice Seed
Co., Cambridge, N. Y.

Toledo, O. — The Henry Phillips Seed
& Implement Co., 11.5-117 No. St. Clair
street, has filed in probate court an
assignment of its real and personal
property in trust for the benefit of its
creditors. Judge O'Brien O'Donnell ap-
pointed Merton L. Bamer as assignee,
fixing Bamer's bond at $20,000.

Bouquet Green has been offered
freely by commission men and deal-
ers. The question of quality is the only
one to consider. Prices vary from
$4.50 to $6, according to the freshness
of the stock. Some very attractive
dyed wreathing has been put on the
market, hardly distinguishable from
new crop stock.

One French seed grower, writing
under date of November 4, says all
contracts wjU be delivered as hereto-
fore, perhaps a few weeks later than
usual. Threshing was then in prog-
ress and shipping to England and
America had bep-un. The fall weather
was dry and crops have not been dam-
aged by delay in harvesting. i

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade December 2 were
as follows: Timothy, .$4.50 to $6.00
per 100 pounds. — S. F. Leonard, J. C.
Leonard, Albert H. Smith, John Geary
and W. W. Hoisington, of the Leonard
.Seed Co., and Arnold Ringier and A.
H. Goodwin, of the W. W. Barnard
Co., are in Milwaukee this week at-
tending the annual convention of the
Wisconsin canners.

Wisconsin Canners.

The annual convention of the Wis-
consin canners opened at the Repub-
lican house, Milwaukee, December 1,
with a very large attendance. The
representatives of seedsmen the open-
ing day included S. P. Leonard. J. C.
Leonard, Albert H. Smith, John Geary
and W. W. Hoisingtorf of the Leonard
Seed Co., Chicago; Arnold Ringier and
A. H. Goodwin, of the "W. W. Barnard
Co.. Chicago; Ralph W. Crary, Fred
J. Strong and John J. Staub, of N. B.
Keeney & Son, LeRoy, N. Y.; E. M.
Parmelee. D. D. Rowland and W. B.
Lucas, of the John H. Allen Seed Co.,
Sheboygan. Wis.; Wm. C. Langbridge,
Goley L. Shideler, and Chas. P. Guelf,
of the Jerome B. Rice Co.. Cambridge,
N. Y.; E. F. Adams and Alex. Mathers,
of the Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mil-
ford. Conn.; J. ^. Herrbold, of the
Dorr County Seed Co., Sturgeon Bay,
Wis.; Wm. A. Davis, of the Wm. A.
Davis Seed Co., Bozeman, Mont.

Denaiffe & Son, Carignan, France.

Cliaiies Johnsun, American agent of
Denaiife «& Son, Carignan. France,
states he is contemplating a visit to
France in the near future in the in-
terest of his house with probable
headquarters in the vicinity of Paris.
Mr. Johnson writes as follows regard-
ing various members of his firm :

"John Colle Denaiffe, about 28
years of age, was killed in battle.
Maurice Denaiffe, aged about 26, is
serving as aide to one of the division
commanders of the French army in
the field, as chauffeur of that officer's
automobile. The fate of Henry Den-
aiffe, senior member of the firm, aged
52, is unknown. He remained at
Carignan, which little town has been
in possession of the Germany army
since the first week in September. It
is reported that the town was shelled
by the Germans, but the damage is
not stated, and it is surmised that
Mr. Denaiffe, being the most promi-
nent and wealthiest citizen of this

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

town, was held as a hostage by the
enemy. No information or tidings of
his family has been received by Mau-
rice Denaiffe for more than three
months. He is unaware whether his
young wife and two children, one two
years old, the other an infant of five
months, are living or dead, all com-
munication with Carignan by mail or
otherwise being cut off. George Fou-
cher, chief clerk of Denaiffe & Son, is
serving as interpreter in the British
army. He too is in suspense as to
whether his wife and four children
are alive or have perished from star-
vation, having had no word from his
family for three months."

Uncle Sam, Landscape Gardener.

In a recent issue of the official weekly
publication of the department of agri-
culture attention is called to some of the
work which the department is doing for
the general public, as follows :

"The general landscape gardening
work aims to develop an interest in
the beautiflcation of the farmstead and
embraces the preparation of plans for
the beautification of grounds, together
with the suggestion of trees, shrubs, or
flowers suitable for planting on streets,
parks and lawns.

"Among the floricultural work which
has been of practical value to the flor-
ists and gardeners of the country is
the demonstration of a method of grow-
ing Bermuda lily bulbs from seed and
of the relative value of blind and flow-
ering wood for rose cuttings as well as
the value of plants which produce
abundant bloom as parent stock from
which to take cuttings. The theory of
the stability of the first generation hy-
brid and its trueness to one parent type
has been demonstrated on a commercial
scale with carnations. Florists are in-
vited to send inquiries regarding their
problems.

"Closely allied varieties among the
cultivated fruits and vegetables may
differ widely in quality or in adapt-
ability to particular soils or climates.
It is very important, therefore, that
these varieties be defined very clearly
in order that the farmer, fruit grower.
or gardener may know that he is re-
ceiving from the nurseryman the ex-
act varieties which he has ordered."

Trade Directory

PRICE, $3.00,
POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO

440 S. Dearborn Street,
CHICAGO.

Braslan

Wholessle Growers of the following Calilornia Speciillies only:

ONION, lETTOCE. CARRO^. RilOISH. PARSNIP, PARSLEY. CEURT.
EHOIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Grow^ers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

any

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

:gi4.

The American Florist.

1043

Wholes ale
Seed Grower*

Extra long White Spine CDCiunber

790 lbs. of seed per acre.

Largest crop per acre ever grown under
irrigation by

Western Seed & Irrigation Go

FREMONT, - NEBRASKA

THE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.
SANTA CLARA, CAL.

Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.
Ueiition the American Florist when writing

TOMATO SEED

Surplus List Now Ready.
Best Stocks. All Varieties.

HAVEN SEED CO.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Mention the American Florist when writing

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSRY 6c CO.,

I 1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card brings a Catalogrue
Mention the American Florist when writing

f Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandinoraa,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER 6c SONS CO..

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

.Mention the American Ploritt when vriting

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Kelways Can Quote and Deliver:

Beet

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower Lucerne

Celery Mustard

Kale Radish

And Flower Seeds

Rape Spinach

Rutabaga Turnip

Winter Tares or Vetches
Spring Tares

Those who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once while stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailings continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

Selected Cold Storage

VALLEY PIPS

Do your own forcing. Full cases (two thousand or more) $18.00 per lOOO

1000 pips for $19.00 260 pips for $5.00

500 pips for 10.00 100 pips for 2.50

J. A. BUDLONG

82-84-86 E. Randolph St , Chicago.

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and

ltd all Garden Seeds _ ^m ^^ ^^ ^^

LEONAB.e3i-:i ■

226-230

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

SEEDS AND BULBS

ARE you interested in Freesia
Purity Bulbs (first size) at
two dollars per hundred, or twelve
dollars per thousand ?

Ask us about our "below-the-
market' ' specialties and watch for
our column announcements.

J.M.THORBURNSCO.

In business since 1802
53 Barclay Street, New York

Mention the American Florist when writing

MANN*S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
brincr the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saiony, Germany

Mention the American Florist tohen writinff

lUJOBJNSONSEEDGO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

KodfT rord, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
aeed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.
Mention the American Floriet tohen writing

Cold Storage

Valley

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market Brand,

$20.00 per 1000; $10.50 per 500:

5.50 per 250; 2.50 per 100.

CUT VALLEY, best quality always on hand.

H. N. BRUNS

3032 Madison Street, CHICAGO

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[UCALYPIIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. Box 857, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Always

mention The American Florist
when you order stock. : ;

1044

The American Florist.

Dec. 3,

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very Hkely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Enkbuizen Glory.

Introduced Several Years Ago by Our Firm.

GROW PAPER WHITES

$8.50 per case of 1000 choice bulbs.

Also TULIPS, DAFFODILS, FREESIAS, are money makers at our surplus prices.

Get our Bulb Price List.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

L. FORMOSUIVI

7-9 in., 9 10 in,. 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, M and H in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Uentlon the American Florist when writing

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, encumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited. ■

Idention the American Florist when writing

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas. Aster,

Cosmos, Mig:Donette, Verbena in variety.

CorrespondeDce Solicited.

Mention the American Florist iohen writing

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA. CALIF.

Mention the American Flori$t iohen iffriting

Nothing will pay better to plant after tbe *Mums
than my

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. G. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip

Radish, Beet,

Branches Michigan. Ull cnpn pnyii

Wisconsin »nd Idaho. MlLrUnU, UUBB.

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROUTZAHN SEED CO.

Arrc^o Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the Avierican Florist when writing

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

I4t M'Ml 14th St., Smm Toi~

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Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

'^'"sSffch"^?" Swedesbaro, New Jersey

Mention the American Florist when viriting

97tli Year

J. BOLGIANO & SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes

Baltimore, Md.

Growers of
Pedigree Tomato Seeds

Mention the American Florist when writing

THECHERBERTGOYSEEDCO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pumplda.

Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Flower Colors.

Use our Color Ctiart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AIHERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

f9H'

The American Florist.

1045

Spiraea

LARGE CLUMPS. PLUMP EYES.

Gladiolus

FOR WINTER TORCING.

Spira<

Per 100

$8.<0

9.00

ea.

Gladstone (white)

Queen Alexandra (pink)

Gladiolus. p„ ,0(0

Blushing Bride $5.00

The Bride (white) 5.00

Augusta "j

Mrs. Francis King I ^^..^^ j^^^. ^^^^^^

America i

Chicago White )

Lilium Giganteum.

Per 1000

SPIRAEA QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

6-8 inch (400 to case) $35.00

7-9 inch (.300 to case) 50.00

9-10 inch (200 to case) 95.00

Surplus Dutch and French Bulbs at "Bargain Prices/'

All from our own regular importations.

CHICAGO VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE newyork

Contract Seed Growers

Cnopialtioc ■ fewer, KM Plant, Tomato,
Opi!biaiUI!&. vine Seed and Field Corn.

CorrespoDdeDce Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Onion Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting
ONION SETS.

Schilder Bros.,^°^^og"^

I BURPEE'S SEEDS |

I Philadelphia |

3 Wholesale Price List for Florista E

3 and Market Gardeners. ;-: C

GARDEN SEED

Beet, Sweet Com. Garden Beans, Onion Sets

- and Seed Potatoes in variety. Also other items

of thf- sbort croD of this past season, as well as a

full line of Garden Seeds, will be quoted you upon

application to

! S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK.

I and Orange, Conn.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

Gladiolus Bulbs

How to Dig, Cure, Clean,
Sort and Store Them

See The

Book of Gladiolus

By Mathew Crawford

AND

_ Dr. Van Fleet.

^S^ PRICE, $1.25 POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

Get QnotatlORi From

LANDRETH

Bloomsdale
ram.

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when vjriting

American Florist Advertlse-
ments work 24 hours per day.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner. Ricard, Ferlcins.

Poitevine. 2 in.. $2 00 per 100: 3-in.. S5.00 per 100.
Boston and WUtmanl Fems; 3-in., lOc; 4-in., 15c;

5-in.. 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in., $5.00: 4'in., $10.00: 5-in.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2l^-in.. $5.00 per 100.
Vinca Var., 2 in., $2.00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.
Mention the American Florist when «»r«Mn»

1046

The American Florist.

Dec.

j>

The Nursery Trade

American Assoclatton of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la.. Vice-Presi-
dent; John Hall, 304 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit, Mich., June 23-25, 1915.

Visited Chicago: C. B, Knickman, of
McHutchison & Co., New York.

Lafayette, III. — A new heating sys-
tem has been installed in the new
propagating house of the Home Nur-
sery. The new plant was finished at
a cost of over $-l,OC)0, and is a great
addition to the establishment.

Medfohd, Ore. — The annual meeting
of the Oregon State Horticultural So-
ciety was held at Medford, Decem-
oer 2-4. A good attendance is expectea.
.Speakers will be present from Califor-
nia and Washington and a number of
the members of the Washington State
Horticultural Society are expected to
attend.

New Orleans, La. — Silver loving
cups for best decorated automobiles in
the Orange Day parade were awarded
November 20 by the special committee
of the Association of Commerce to the
Metairie Ridge Nursery Co., and to the
Orange Growers' Association. The
Metairie Ridge Nursery Co. received
the first prize for its orange tree float.

Orland, Calit. — J. H. Smith, nur-
seryman of Sacramento, Calif., and
owner of the Citrus Heights Nursery
in the Orangevale region, *has pur-
chased the forty acres which com-
prise the home site of the Murdock
ranch, and will establish a gigantic
nursery there in the early spring. He
already has a force of men at work
making preparations for the spring
planting. The new nursery will start
with 1.50,000 trees, mostly oranges,
olives and lemons, but with a good se-
lection of shade and fruit trees.

Packing: Material Quarantine Modified

Washington, D. C. — The regulations
governing the shipment of hay, straw,
and similar articles from states quar-
antined on account of the foot-and-
month disease have now been modi-
fied so that hay cut before August 1,
1913, may be moved freely without ref-
erence to the time when it was baled.
Hitherto it was required that in ad-
dition to being cut before August 1 the
hay should have been baled before Oc-
tober 1. The provision, however, that
since being cut the hay should have
been stored away from all cattle, sheep
and swine, remains in force.

In the case of hay that has been cut
since August 1, or which has not been
kept away from contact with any pos-
sible source of infection. disinfecTion
under federal supervision is required.
This disinfection should be accomp-
lished by fumigation with formalde-
hyde gas.

,*

Jackson & Perkins Company

NEWARK, NEW YORK

Wholesale growers for the trade —

trees and plants of all kinds.

SEND FOR LIST.

Auffust Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.B0X 752. or S 1 Barclay St.. NEW YORK CITT

Mention the American Florist lohcn writing

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and age. No better srrown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES ANif CAT.^LOGUE.

Franklin Davis iNursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

Mention the American Florist ichcn writing

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE 80NIRD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Peiina.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

Fully half a million plants for sale.

One year 12 to 18 inches I Two years 2V2 to 3 feet

One year IH to 2 feet | Two years 3 to 4 feet

Two years IV2 to 2 feet 1 Three years ....3 to 4 feet

Two years 2 to 2V2 f eet Three years 4 to 5 feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet | For screens 5 to 6 feet

For Screens 6 to 7 feet

All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades

have been cut back one or more times.

Especially attractive prices in car lots.

'Dai>kai»]c TViimhorrtii Transplanted, stocliy plants, 9 to 12 inches. 12 to IS

DCruCna inUllDCr^ll inclies and into 2 feet sizes by the lOOO.

J. T. LOVEH,

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

To the American Nursery and Florist Trade

Orleans. September 29. 1914.
Gentlemen:— Od account of the war. we have not printed this season any catalogue, al-
thougrh we have the best lot of Nursery and Florists* stocks we have had in hand in years.

We have not printed a catalogue because its preparation has been stopped by the
uncertainty in which we have been during the months of August and September.

We do not speak about the uncertainty of the results of the defensive war. which from the
hrst day we have believed would turn in a victory for France and her allies, but of the uncertainty
about the means of transport of our goods.

Now we are sure that the French railways, touching the seaports in connection with the
U.S. A,, are doing their work, and that the sea will be open via Havre and Bordeaux.

In these conditions, we put our service at the disposition of our American colleagues for
the following articles:

Roses. Seveial millions, deliverable in the best sorts. Old and new in splendid choice.

Our collection is one ol the greatest in the world.
Rose Slocks. Enormous lots of Manetti. MuUUIora de la Grlfferale, Mnltiflora

Polyantha. Dog Rose, etc.. etc.
Fruit Tree Stocks. Enormous lots of Apple, Mabaleb Cberry, Pear, Myrobalan Plum,

Quince, eic. etc.
Young Deciduous and Evergreen Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. Very large assort-
ment and splendid choice. Young Conifers From Outdoor and In Pots. Very
Kood. Young Forest stocks (Conifers and others). Splendid.
New, Rare, or Noticeable Trees and Shrubs. Hardy Herbaceous Plants. New.
Rare, or Noticeable: also the best in general varieties. Big assortment of Hardy
Asters ( Micha'lmas Daisies*. Peonies. Ph oxes. etc.
If you have in hand our Catalogue dated Autumn 1913. Spring 1914, please refer to it,
taking acco"nt that our new prices arc at)out the same, except those for some Fruit tree stocks.
Roses and Rose stocks which have been lowered, some ol them considerably.

We shall be pleased to quote at once on any inquiry, and the best care will be bestowed on
all orders we may receive.

Our nurseries are under the control of the Paris Phytopathological station. American
customers are requested to send with their orders the number of their import permit. {.\
permit may be obtained without difficulty from the Deparliiunt of Agriculture at Washington.)
New customers will assist in making shipment by sending French or English references
.Awaiting the favor of hearing from you in the course of the season and we trust quite early,
we remain, gentlemen. Yours faithfully. E. TURB.\T & CO.

JULES GOUCHAULT S TURBAT NURSERIES,

E. TORBAT & CO., Successors, Orleans, France.

1914-

The American Florist.

]04^

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

PALMS AND TERNS

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. hiah Each Per doz

6-in. pot 5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00 $12.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

7-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 3fi in. high 2.50

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 40 to 42 in. high 4.00

9-in cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 42 to 48 in. high 5. CO

12-in, cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to 5i< (t 10.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5H to 6 ft 12.50

12-in. ceda- tub, 4 plants in tub. ft ft. high, heavy 15.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft 20.00

' Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot, nicely characterized $1.00

7 in. tub, 18 in, high, 24 in. spread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

HOME GROWN
WELL ESTABLISHED

STRONG AND HEALTHY

In. high

StolO,,

12

15

18

24

In. high

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Leaves

2V2-in. pot 4

3-in. pot 5

4in. pot 5 to6..

S-in. pot 5 to 6..

6-in. pot 6 to 7..

Leaves

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

Vin. cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48, very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5ft., very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schledei

9-in. tub, 4 ft. spread each, $4.00

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Each Perdoz.

$1.50

2.00

. .$0.40 4.50

, , .50 6.00

. 1,00 12,00

Each Perdoz

30,00

36.00

48.00

Wyncote< Pa.

SMITH'S REVISED

Chrysanthemum Manual

(Third Edition). By Elmer D. Smith,

who has made a specialty of chrysanthemum cul
tore for the past 25 years. The best work on Ameri
can Chrysanthemum Culture for both amateur and
Borist. 106 pages. Only 50 cents, postpaid.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO., Adrian, Mich.

Mention the American Florist when writing

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stoek

Pyramids,2 ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids, 2V2-lt 1.50 each

Pyramids,3 -ft 2. OOeach

Pyramids, 3H»f t 2. 50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2-ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O FRANZEN"»cmcA"o'"

Easter Roses

Pot our 4 1ncli now in 5 to 6-inch.

lEEDLl

COHMNY*

^WHWOnCLDOHIO-

GERANIUMS '•""^rR'is..

They must reach you in good growiog condition,
otherwise you can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very larne
and very good,

S. A. Nutt, $12.50 per 1000.

PoUevine and Ricard, $15.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, $25.00 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LtNCtSTEJI, PA.

We trust you have all had
a fine Thanksgiving trade.

CHRISTMAS PLANTS

that will be in bloom see our adv. in

American Florist of two weeks ago.

Don't forget

Novelties and Ferns

GEO. A. KUHL, "'^^'^SS^'wer.

PEKIN, ILL.

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists.

Alonzo J. Bryan, J^SS^r*

Washington, New Jersey.

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Prica 93X>0 PoatVBid.

American norist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn SI.. CHOAOO

Primroses.

Sanguinea, Obconlca Alba and Rosea

$1 6U per 100; $12.00 per 1000.
ObC. Glgantea, giant flowering, all 2M in.

pots. $2.00 per 100.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengerl, 214 in.

pots, $2.00 per 100; $18 00 per 1000.
Vlnca Variegata, field plants, $6.00 per

100.

Pansy Plant, Oct. 10th, J2.50 per 1000.
CASH or C. O. D.

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

ALLNurserymen.beedsmen andh'toristswisbins
to do business with Europe should send for the

"Horticnitnral Advertiser'*

This is the British Trade Paper, being^ read weeklf
by alt the horticultural trade; it is also taken b?
over 1000 of the best continental bouses. Annual
tnbscription. to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade mediam, appli-
cantsshould. with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham. Notts.

Address EdltOFS Of "H. A."
Chllwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. England

Home of Pansies.

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpassed, improved
annuallv. Some of the best florists in America
are regular cu'-tomers. These plants are in extra
good shape this year and heavy rooted, grown on
high land. Packed to reach you safe anywhere.
$2.50 per 1000. 6000 for $10.00.

Elmer Rawlings, Home of Pansies,

GLEAN, N. Y.

1048

The American Florisi.

De

5,

ff-

Market Gardeners

> — — — — — =-%

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland, O.. President:
Daniel K Comly Philade phia. Pa.. Vice-
Presid. nt; S. W Sevtrance. Lou'sviile, Ky..
>fCieTary; E. A. Dunbar. Ashtabula, O,,
Treasurer,

==!'

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables.

Chicago, December 1. — Mushrooms,
50 cents per pound; lettuce, 10 cents
to 121/2 cents per box; radishes, 20
cents to 40 cents per dozen bunches;
asparagus, $1.50 to $2.00 per dozen
bunches; celery, 12 stalks, 15 cents to
20 cents; cucumbers, $1.00 per dozen.

New York, December 1. — Cucum-
bers, 50 cents to $1.12 per dozen;
mushrooms, 75 cents to $1.75 per 4-
pound basket; tomatoes, 10 cents to 15
cents per pound; radishes, per 100
bunches, $2,00 to $2,50; lettuce, per
strap, 50 cents to $1.00.

Notes on Greenhouse Firing.

There was a time when nearly all
efforts at improvement were made in
the direction of growing either flowers
or vegetables. This has now changed
so much that the big problem is the
selling end of the business. And it
may be said that at present the selling
end offers small chances of better-
ment. It is at such times that it pays
to look around and economize wher-
■ever possible. Probably the biggest
factor of wastefulness in a greenhouse
plant may be the boiler room. Too
often the boss shirks a clo^e inspec-
tion, as it is not a pleasant task. Hav-
ing had a wide experience, we will
point out some of the trouble, hoping
this will be of benefit.

One of the first stumbling blocks is
improper fuel for the boilers on hand.
This will necessitate close study into
local conditions. For instance, brick
set tubular boilers are not economical
with anthracite or hard coal, as the
heat is too local, being spent against
the brick walls and boiler front. These
settings require a long flame of in-
tense heat. On the other hand, a great
many patent boilers, with water sur-
rounded fire boxes, do poorly with soft
or bituminous coal, as the surfaces are
too cold, and the smoke deposited too
quickly. These softer coals gasify so
quickly that only with Are boxes of
high temperatures is good combustion
attained. To this end the red hot
bricks in a brick setting are a great
help.

The grade of coal used is of the ut-
most importance. On small places,
where one man has to fire and do
other work besides, it would often pay
well to get the best coal obtainable,
in order to reduce attention to fires.
Where steady firemen are k'^pt, it may
pay well to use a poor grade of coal.
Also on small places it is often more
desirable to have the grower do his
own night firing rather than depend
on irresponsible parties. With such
iiigh grade fuel as Pocahontas lump it
is possible to carry a steady heat for
many hours, reducing attention to the
minimum. To our mind Pocahontas
coal and hot water heating solves the
small growers' night firing. We have
seen many steam plants which were
operated at entirely too high a cost of

coal and attendance considering the
glass area heated.

Good firing is not so often encoun-
tered. Too many consider their task
as merely shoveling the coal through
the fire doors, irrespective of results.
A great source of loss is the constant
stirring of the fires, thereby working
good parts through the grates. Where
boilers are of ample capacity there is
no need of this constant agitation, and
where the capacity is too small it will
pay to remedy this. Fires should be
cleaned of clinkers at regular intervals
only as found necessary by experi-
ments and otherwise the fuel kept level
and even, preventing any air holes in
the bed. Free air through the grate
means cooling instead of heating.

Mabketman,

KnoxYllle, 7enn.

THANKSGIVING TRADE EXCELLENT,

Weather conditions have been very
favorable for the past two weeks,
with some unusually cold weather for
this season of the year, and one snow
which occurred Thursday night, No-
vember 10, and remained upon the
ground for several days. Thanksgiv-
ing sales were beyond all expectations,
the good trade to some extent being
due to the football game between the
University of Tennessee and Kentucky
State University. The University of
Tennessee colors; yellow and white,
took up all the chrysanthemums of
this color that could be obtained and
several hundred more could have been
sold. The Kentucky State col6rs be-
ing blue and white, it was impossible
to furnish both colors in flowers, and
white carnations and chrysanthe-
mums were used, tied with blue and
white ribbon. A great number of the
"blue grass" girls and boys were pres-
ent and remained loyal to their team
to the very last, although they were
beaten by the score of 23 to C. On
account of the University of Tennessee
having a winning team this year it
has made the yellow and white chrys-
anthemum very popular all season.
Chrysanthemums are on their last
legs and will be a thing of the past in
a week or ten days, but carnations
are coming into their own after the
cool weather, and the cut is growing
heavy.

NOTES. ■
Crouch's have been very busy for
the past two weeks. Weddings, fu-
nerals and the continuous round of
social affairs have made the demand
for flowers very great. Thanksgiving
trade was very gratifying, and all
stock was cleaned up, even to that
which would not be salable on ordi-
nary occasions. C. W. Crouch, who
has been va, Louisville, Ky., for some
time has returned home, and is mak-
ing arrangements to spend the winter
in Florida.

Addison J. McNutt had a fine
Thanksgiving trade and cleaned up
all stock. As his place was in the
City Market House he was forced to
close about eleven o'clock, but this did
not injure his business any, as all
stock was gone before that time. He
is cutting a fine crop of sweet peas of
the orchid variety, which he has
grown to perfection with fine long
stems. They are making a hit with
the public, and the demand is very
great.

C. L. Baum reports a very fine show
at Indianapolis, and was very much
pleased with "Dr. Sam," his white
seedling carnation at Baur & Stein-
kamp's, who are trying out a few hun-
dred plants this year. This variety
will be disseminated next year. He
was also pleased with the showing
made by his new yellow sport from
Chas, Razer, "Lena Baum," He is
cutting some fine carnations and or-
chids.

A, H. Dailey had a very fine
Thanksgiving trade. Although he is
cutting a variety of stock, roses seem
to be the mainstay and sweet peas are
also very fine. He has on display ia
his window an assortment of baskets
filled with roses, which are no doubt
finding ready sales as different bas-
kets appear in the window every day.

Mrs. Rosa Hall Ryno had a good
Thanksgiving trade; funeral work has
also been very heavy for the past two
weeks. She is cutting a fine crop o(
carnations. K. P. S.

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Watcb for our Trade Mart itampe^
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawt

Substitution of cheaper grades It
thus easily exposed. Fresh sampli
brick, with illustrated book, mailed
postpaid by manufacturers apoo re
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addreti

Trade M ark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paul Minn

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM, FALCONER,

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pades.-Price $1.00-29 lUastratlons.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE. FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (Iitablishcd 1 787.)

SPECIALTIFS' §«''">»■ B«'s. Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl Rabi. Leelc. Lettuces. Onions, Pe««,
»i i.vir.i.i ■> u. Radishes. Spinach Turnips Swedes, Asters, Balsams BeKonias, Carnations
Cinerarias. Gloxinias Larkspur Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinilias etc. Catalogue free on application.

HEN«Y METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GLANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful io the world, $6,00 per oz.. or $1,75 per Vi 02.. $1,00 per H oz,, postaee paid
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast srowids, aod
are warranted true to name of strongest growth. 6nest stocks and best quality,

ALSO GROW LARGKLT ON CONTRACT.

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The plants listed are in splendid condition and are good value, and can be shipped at any time. All
are far enough advanced to need no extra forcing and will be fine by December 15th.

Please state if you want shipped in or out of pots. We can ship 3, 4, 5 and 6-inch in paper pots if desired.

New Begonia, Glory of Cincinnati.

4-incli pots 40c to 50c each

5-inch pans f6c to $!.( 0 each

6-inch pans $1.00 to 1.26 each

Cyclamen, Giant Flowered.

4 inch pots 20c each

6-inch pots 36c each

fi-inch pots 6Bcto .$1.00 each

Primula, Giant Obconica.

4-inch pots 16 cents each

6inch pots 25 cents each

Azaleas.

12 to 16-inch heads; have 2000 fine
plants, all colors, full of buds, $1.00
to $1.60 each
Poinsettias. large bract kind.

.3-in. pots 10c each

4-in pots 20c to 25c each

5-in. pans, 3 plants. ..40c to & c each

6 in. pans, 3 plants . 60c each

7-in. pans, 3 plants, 76c to $1.00 each

8-in. pans, 3 plants, $1 to $1.25 each

10-in. pans, 5 plants $^.0U each

Ferns.
Boston, Piersonl and Whitmanl.

4-inch pots 16c each

6-inch pots 30c each

6-inch pots 40c each

Ferns— Pan Sorts.

2V2-inch $6.00 per 100

Carnations— All Colors.

4-inch pots 16c each

Begonia- Luminosa, Scarlet. ^

4-inch pots 15c each

6-inch pots 25c to 36c each

Xmas Peppers.

4-in. pots, 16c ea.; 6-in. pots, 25c ea.

Roman Hyacinths, White.

4 -inch pots 20c each

51^-inch pans 50c each

6-mch pans 75c each

Araucarla. Excelsa.

Pots Ht. Whotls Each

5-in. 18-in. 3 to 4 $100

6-in. 21-in 4 to 5 1.50

7-in. 30-36-in. 6 to 7 2.00

C. H. FREY, Florist,

Wholesale
and Retail,

Kentia Belmoreana.

4-inch pots 35c each

6-inch pots 76c each

6-inch pots $1.00 each

New Cherry Melvini.

Fine w 11 fruited stock.
6-inch, 26c each 6-inch, 50c each

Rubbers.

5-inch 35c to 50c each

Skimmia Japonlca. Each
8-in., full of red berries, $1.60 to |2.ii0
Asparagus Plumosus.

2H-inch $ 4.00 per 100

3-inch 7.00 per 100

4-inch 15.00 per 100

Asparagus Sprengeri.

2!/2-inch $ 3 00 per 100

3-inch 6 00 per 100

5-inch 16.00 per loO

Chrysanthemum— Percy Plumerldge.

Late yellow, will be sood for Xmas.
6-inch, 35c each 6-inch, 50c each

Lincoln, Neb.

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Ageratum. ftOc per 100,
JS.OO per lOUO.

Alyssuin, Daisies;

Mis. zanders, Mrs. .'\1 -x-
ander. Califjrnis. .{l.OO
per 100. SS.Oi per 10(0.

Coleus. 20 varieties, in-
cludinj; Traihny Queen.
7vc pur U.Xj.te.OO per 1000.
Feverfew, Petunias.
named vars. Lantonas
ana Snapdragons, biiver
pink, and Uiaiit white,
Jl 25 per 100, $10 00 per
lOOO.

Pansies— See Classified

adv. We prepay express on all rooted cuttings

Vincas Varlegated,2'-7-in. strong. *2 50 per lOO.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2 inch, f2.00 per 100;

$18,00 per lOOO. 2W-inih, %i 00 per 100; $25.00 per

1000. S-inch. $5(0and IfiOOper 100.

C. HUMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

Mention the American Florist when writing

FREE

tv;

This Fine

Budding Knife

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Now is a good time to cover your needs, while freight shipments are safe
OD many items. Have splendid stock, ready to ship, of items named below:

Hydrangeas Adiantum Croweanum

5-in. pot plants .$20 00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

All the good French sorts pot-grown. 4-in.
pot plants 120.00 per 100; 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Cibotium Schledei

Splendid stock at a real reduction. 5-in. pot
plants at 75c: 6-in, pot plants. $1.00.

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $IO.(X) per 100

BougalnvlUea

4 in. pot plants $20 00 per 100

Dracaena Terminalis

6 in. [lot plants, nicely colored, 75c each;
$8.03 per do^en.

Asparagus Plumosus

ind bushy. 2>4 in., $5.00 per 10

Fern Dish Ferns

Short and bushy. 2>4 in., $5.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000.

Best varieties, including Asp'dium. Cyr-
tomium. Wilsoni and Mayi. $3.00 per 100:
$25.00 per 1000.

Azaleas

Early and late plants, arrived in fine condi-
tion. Good values. 14 to Ki in., at 70c; 16 to 18
in., at $1.00: 18 to 20 in., at $1 SO.

THE STORRS ft HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

J. E. Meredith Prbs. C. W Stodt, Sec'y

The Meredith Flower
and Vegetable Co.

LIBERTYVILLE

ILLINOIS

American Florist Advertisements Work 24 Hours per Day.

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DREER'S

HARDY PERENNIALS

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
EOR HARDY PERENNIALS

Among our Specialties in this line are the following, all of
which can be supplied in immense quantities:

Anemone Japonica
Hardy Asters
Campanulas
Hemerocallis
Hollyhocks

German Iris
Japanese Iris
Oriental Poppies
Peonies
Tritomas

Hardy Perennial Phlox, over 500,000 in stock.

For a complete list of everything desirable in the Perennial
Line consult our Current Wholesale List, or write us.

Gypsophila Paniculata Fl. PI.

HENRY A. DREER,

714-716 CHESTNUT ST.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

CARNATIONS

AVIATOR

Intense scarlet, the most prolific scarlet carnation ever
offered to the trade. Thin wiry grower, stiff stems, perfect
flowers, no "splits." Rooted cuttings ready January 1,
1916. $12 00 per 100; $100.00 per lOOU.

PEERLESS PINK

Dark pink, the ideal carnation. Making good with
those who bought last year. Very free bloomer, nice even
color. The money maker. Rooted cuttings $6.00 per 100;
$60.00 per 1000.

Per too Per 1000

Matchless, white $6.00 $50.00

Champion, scarlet 6.00 50.00

Yellow Prince, yellow.... 6.00 50.00
Philadelphia, medium

pink 6.00 50.00

Per 100 Per 1000
Gloria, medium pink .... $6.00 $50.00
Princess Dagmar,crimson 6.00 60.00

White Wonder 3.00 26.00

White Enchantress 3.00 26.00

Bnchantress 3.00 25.00

ALL STOCK GUARANTEED.

Per 100 Per 1000
Herald, scarlet, very fine

flower, stiff stems $4.00 $30.00

Pink Delight 6.00 50 00

Enchantress Supreme 4.00 30.00

Conquest, overlaid pink.. 4.00 30.00

Chicago Carnation Co.,

30 East Randolph Street,
CHICAGO.

(A T. PYFER, Manager. 1

OUR NEW ROSE MRS. MOORFIELD STOREY

Has a strong uprik'ht jirowth. the wood being very stout and smooth, with large handsome dark preen foliaee practically mildew or black-SDot proof.
The flowers, which are freely produced, are of eood size and substance with abundant petals, opening freely. The color is a shell pink deepening toward
thf centre with the large smooth petals tipped deep rose. It will be a fine, yet distinct, companion for the Mrs. Charles Russell rose.

Own Root 100, JiiJ.OO 250, $70.0<i 500. $125.00 lOOiJ, f250.0U 2500. $5fi5.00 5000, $1,000.00 10.000 $1,800.00

Grafts •■ 35.00 " 82.50 " 150 00 ■' 300.00 ' 69)00 " 1250 00 " 2,S(i0.00

Eyes ■' 27.00 " 62.50 ■' 120(«1 " 22n.OJ " 440.00 " 850.0(1 " 1.500.00

Own root and Grafts delivered in March. 1915. Eses in January and February. l'M5.

WABAN ROSE CONSERVATORIES,

Natick, Mass.

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL,

CONN.

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet high per 100, $25.00

Brlca Mediterlana, 4 inch pots " 15.00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palmi, Ferns and Decorative PlantB io all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

For the Best New and Standai<d

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

P. O. Berlin. N. J. WUllamstown June, N. J.

Pansy Plants

Our PaDsies are unexcelled for size of flower
and color. Big. strong, heavy, 10 to 12 leaves.
$2.50 per 1000. Cash with order.

GLOBE GREENHOUSES

Second Avenue. Munroe and Garfield Streets
DENVER, COLO.

SM I L AX

strong plants, 2^4 inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2^ i°ch,
$2.00 per UK»; $5.00 (or 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa;

Orchids

If you want Orchids for any purpose whatever
we solicit your inquiries and orders for same
We do not grow or handle anything else bu'
Orchids. Special lists on application.

LAGER a HURKKLL, Summit, N. J

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H008IER BEAITY

The New Rose For 1915.

If you need a more profitable red rose than the one you are growing, HOOSIER BEAUTY is your variety. It is
as fragrant as Richmond; has more petals; a stifFer stem; a texture like velvet. In color, glowing crimson scarlet with
darker shadings. The bud is of good length, ships well in the closecut state, and opens into a magnificent bloom,
quite dazzling in velvety brilliance.

As soon as thoroughly established in the soil, it sends out long, stiff growths with a bud on every shoot It does
not need to be pinched like Killarney or Richmond, but produces, naturally, stems 2 to 3 feet in length; each plant keeps
up a very close succession of bloom, and again unlike Richmond it is a good summer rose.

It is a clean grower, shows very little inclination to "spot" or mildew; indeed the varietj- is quite clear of both.
It is an easy doer, grows side by side with Richmond and Killarney, and has become instantly popular and in heavy
demand in the 4 cities where blooms have been sold, flower buyers through the section calling for it by name. We are
describing the rose very fully in response to questions asked us by intend'ng purchasers.

So free in both growth and production of bloom is it that it is alreadj- recognized as having the qualities of a great
commercial cut flower variety. We have splendid own root stock propagated in September, while our grafted stock is
worked on the highest grade of British Manetti procurable.

PRICE: Own Root, $30.00 per 100; $250.00 per 1000. Grafted, $35 00 per ICO;
$300 00 per 1000 Ready March 1st.

FOR SALE BY

The E. G. Hill Co.

Richmond, Ind.

F. Dorner & Sons Co.

La Fayette, Ind.

Araucarias! Araucarias!

This Is Araucaria Time ! A few dollars invested
in Araucaria Excelsa willyield a profit of five to
six times its value until fall or winter, if you have
your eyesopen and look into the future and invest
your money now. All florists know we are the
boss in the importation of Araucaria Excelsa.
just see what low prices we are offering now.

Araucaria Excelsa, 2-3-4 years old. 3-4-5 tiers,
5H-6-in. pots. 40c 50c. 60c, 75c. Sl.OO. $1.25 to $1.50.

Excelsa Glauca and Compacta, 5H-6-7 in. pots.
$1.00. $1.25 to $1.50.

Aspidistras, varicsrated and green foliagre,
busby plants. 6-in. pots, $1.00. $1.25 to $150.

Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann

1012 West Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist lohen writing

Robert Craig Co...

a^ PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49th Sts.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Mention the American Florist when writing

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3-incb pota. Chrysantbemnms

CarnaUons for fall delivery. Smilax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Seod for list.

Wood Brothers. ?el=?i'rt

Mention the American Florist vhen writing

Vaughan's
Boston Ferns

Finest Quality
Ever Grov^rn.

Per doz. Per 100

5 inch,$ 4.50 $35.00

6 inch, 8.00 60.00

7 inch, 10.00

8 inch, 14.00

Vaughan's Seed Store,

3 1-33 W. Randolph St.,

CHICAGO.

This Ought To Be OF INTEREST To YOU.

That Local Growers have placed the largest Individual Orders for my

New Carnation "Alice"

oflered to the Trade this season. Some have doubled, and trebled their orders on successive
visits. The color is an exquisite shade of clear soft pink, midway between Enchantress and
Gloriosa. Habit of plant ideal, strong, very early, and a continuous, and without doubt the
most productive commercial variety I have ottered to date.

Prices: Per 100. *12.0 >: per 1000, JIOO.OD: per 2500. $237.50;
per 5000. M5D.00: per tO.OOO. $8tO.OO.
If you have not seen it. send for descriptive circular, and get your Order in now. Over
200Xm sold.

P£TER FISHER,

Ellis, Mass.

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BOOKS FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS

The following books should be in every florist's and gardener's library. A good book on any
subject in which you are specially interested is worth years of experience and should be kept con-
venient for reference at all times. Send prices quoted and we send the books.

Lawns and How to Make Them.

By Leonard Barron
A very useful and practical work, illustrated. Price, $1.10

The Rose.

By H. B. Ellwanger.
Its cultivation, varieties, etc. A complete guide. Price, $ 1.25.

How to Lay Out Suburban Homes.

By Herbert J. Kellaway.

Contains many useful hints. 112 pages, 38 halftone

illustrations and 15 plans and maps. Price, $2.

The Landscape Beautiful.

By Frank A. Waugh.
An interesting book. 336 pages. Illustrated. Price, $2.

Window Gardening.

By Herman B. Dorner.

An interesting subject. Well bound in green cloth. 153

pages and 43 illustrations. Price, $1.25.

Vines and How to Grow Them.

By Wm. M. McCullom.

A list of varieties for different locations is contained in this

book of 300 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.10.

The Orchard and Fruit Garden.

By E. P. Powell.

The volume is well illustrated and the author is a practical

man who knows his subject. 32 1 pages. Price, $1.50.

The Garden Month by Month.

By Mabel Cabot Sedgwick.

A well classified list of hardy herbaceous and other plants

arranged for each month. Illustrated. Price, $4.30

Success in Market Gardening.

By Herbert Rawson.

No one in the business for profit can be without this latest

edition. 271 pages and 22 illustrations. Price, $1.10.

Practical Floriculture.

By Peter Henderson.

A guide to the successful propagation and cultivation of

florists' plants. Illustrated. 325 pages. Price, $1.50.

Chrysanthemum Manual.

By Elmer D. Smith.
Profusely illustrated. Price, 50 cents.

The Principles of Fruit Growing.

By L. H. Bailey.
Fruit culture is treated thoroughly. 516 pages. Price,$1.25.

Greenhouse Construction.

By L. R. Taft.
How to build and heat a greenhouse. Illustrated. Price, $1.50.

Daffodils, Narcissus, How to Grow Them.

By A. M. Kirby.
Illustrated. 233 pages. Price, $1.21.

The Vegetable Garden.

By VUmorin-Andrieux fi Co.

Most complete book published. Profusely illustrated.

782 pages. Price, $6.

Orchids: Their Culture and Management.

By W. Watson.
Eight colored plates. 544 pages. Price, $10.

The Goldfish.

By Hugo Mulertt.
160 pages, tiandsomely illustrated. Price, $2.

Landscape Gardening.

By Sam'l Maynard.
338 pages, 165 illustrations. Price $1.50.

The Book of Water Gardening.

By Peter Bi&set.
200 pages and 139 illustrations. Price, $2.50.

Mushrooms: How to Grow Them,

By Wm. Falconer.
Only American book on the subject. Illustrated. Price, $1.

Greenhouse Management.

By Prof. L. R. Taft.
Covers the subject completely. 382 pages. Price, $1.50.

Manual of the Trees of North America.

By Prof. C. S. Sargent.
826 pages, with over 600 illustrations. Price, $6.

The American Carnation.

By C. W. Ward.
A complete treatment. Illustrated. Price, $3.50.

Hedges, Windbreaks, Etc.

by E. P. Powell.
140 pages, with 22 illustrations. Price, 50 cents.

Cabbages, Cauliflower, Allied Vegetables.

By C. L. Allen.

Also contains chapters on seed raising, insects, pests and

fungus diseases common to these plants. Price, 50c.

House Plants.

By Parker T. Barnes.
236 pages and 30 full-page illustrations, Price, $1.20.

bisects Injurious to Vegetables.

By F. H. Chittenden.
163 illustrations in the 262 pages. Price, $1.50.

The American Flower Garden.

By Neltje Blanchan.
Well bound. 368 pages and 92 illustrations. Price, $5.35.

The American Florist Co., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ALTEKNANTHERAS.

Extra fine cuttings of Alternant bera. 50c per
100. New Haven Floral Co.. New Haven, lud.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araucarias. Excelsa, 4-in.. 2 to 3 tiers. 50c
each: $6 per doz. : 5-in.. 3 to 4 tiers. 75c each;
$9 per doz.; C-in.. $1 eacb; $12 per doz. Ex-
celsa Coiiipacta, 5-in.. $1.25 each; 6-iii.. $1.50.
E.vcelsa elauca. 5-in.. .S1.25. The Geo. Wltt-
bold Co.. 737 Bucl^ingham Place. Chicago.

Araucarias excelsa, 2-3-4 years. 3-4-5 tiers,
6^6-6 inch, 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa gtauca
and compacta, 5^^-6-7-inch, $1, $1.25 and $1.5'».
Godfrey Aschmann, 1012 W. Ontario St., Phlla-
deipbia.

Araucaria Excelsa, 5-iu., 18 inches high. 3
to 4 whorls, $1; Gin.. 24 ins.. 4 to 5 whls..
$1.50; 7-in.. 30 to 30 ins.. 6 to 7 whls., $2.
C. n. Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

Araucaria excelsa, 6-ln., 65c each. Holton &
Hiinkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis^ ^^J

Araucarias. excelsa. 50c, 75c and $1 each;
Robusta Compacta. $1.51-) to %1 each. Poehl-
mnnii Pros. Co.. Morton Grove, HI.

ABi'AKAUDS I'LUMOSUS and SPRENGERI,
3-in., $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus. 2-in.. %Z per 100; 3-in..
$6; 4-in.. $1.50 per doz.; $12 per 100. Spren-
gerl, 2-in.. $3 per 100: 3-in., $5. Baskets,
extra large. $3 and $4 each. The Geo. Witt-
bold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

ASPARAGUS PLUJIDSUS. 2i/,-iu.. flue plants
.?3 per 100; ,«25 per 1.000. SPRENGERI. 4-ip.
large pl:ints. %1 per 100. Cash please. E1)G.\R
EASTERDAY. Nokomis. 111.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2Vi-in.,
$2 per lOii; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunnlng-
ham. Pelaware. O.

Asparagus Sprengeri. strong 3-Id., $3.50 per
100. Cash please. J. W. Miller, Shlremans-
town. Pa.

Asparagus plumosus, short and bushy. 2%-in..
.$3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. The Storrs & Har-
rison ^o., Painesville, Ohio.

ASPARAGUSSPRENGERI, exceptionally fine
strong 2i4inch plants. $3 per 100; $25 per
1,000. PYFER & OLSEM. JWilmette, 111.

Asparagus Sprengeri, extra strong 4-inch, $7
per 100; $05 per l.O'O. The Wagner Park
Nursery Co., Sidney. Ohio. ^^

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1.000. A.' M.
Hprr. T.flncaster. Pa.

ASPAliAlirS PLUMOSUS. 3-in., $6 per 10(].
SPRENGERI, 3-in., $5 per 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengfri, 2V>-inch. $2 per 100;
$5_pe^ 300^_ J . C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, 5-ln. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1
each; variegated. 5 in. pots. 10-12 leaves, $1.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

i -4ZALEAS.

Azaleas. Mme. Van dej" Cruyasen. Vervfene-
ana. Simon Mardner, Empress of India. Mme.
Jos. Vervrene, Ernst Eckbart. Niolie, Verviene-
:ina alba, etc.. 12 to 14 inches diameter. $9 per
doz.; $00 per 100; 14 to 10. $12 per doz.; $75
per 100: 16 to 18, $18 per doz,: $1.25 per 100;

, 18 to 20, $24 per doz. : 20 to 22. $36 per doz.
Dwarf or miniature. Fireflv or Hexe and Chas.
Encke. $4.80 per doz.; $35 per 100. F. B.
Plerson. Tarrytown, N. Y.

Azaleas, good values, 14 to 16 ins.. 70c; 16 to
18 ins.. $1; 18 to 20 Ins.. $1.50. The Storrs &
Harrison Co., Painesvllle, Ohio.

j Azaleas, leading Christmas varieties. 75c to

[$3 each. Larger specimens. $3 to $8 each.

(Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111,

Azaleas, 12 to 16 inch heads, full of buds,
$1 to $1.50 each. C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

AZALEAS, Xmas and Easter varieties. 75c
up to $2.50. ERNEST ROBER. Wilmette. HI.

BARBERRY.

k-

Thunbergs Barberry. 4 to 6, $8; 6 to 10. $15;
12 to 18 well branched, $40; 18 to 24, heavy.
$55; 24 to 30, heavy, $70. Valdesian Nurseries,
Bostic, N. C.

BAY TREES.

BAY TREES.

Perfect stock for immediate delivery.
Standard —

Stem Crown Pair

2 ft. 20-22-in. $1<1.00

2 ft. 24-in. 12.00
2 ft.. 6 in. 2 ft. 12.00

3 ft. 2 ft. 12.00

4 ft, 2 ft. 3 in. 16.00
4 ft. 2 ft. 6-in. 20.00

2 ft. 5-in. 2 ft. 6-in. 20.00

4 ft. 3 ft. 2.5.00

4 ft. ■ 3 ft.-3 ft. 6-in. 30.00

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.
37 Buckingham Place, Chicago,

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons. 51 Barclay_St.,_Ngw_rork.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all slzes^
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIA CINCINNATI, 3-inch, $25 per 100;
4-in., $.35 per 100; 5 In.. $50 per 100; O-in..
75c to $1 eacb. CHATELAINE, 2V4-ln., $5 per
100; 3-in.. $8 per 100; 5-in.. evtra strong, 50c
each. S\\ In bloom. ERNEST ROBER, Wil-
mette. 111.

Begonia Glory of Cincinnati. 4-in.. 40c to 50c
each; 5in. pons, 65c to $1; 6-in., $1 to $1.25.
Luminosa. 4-in.. 15c; 5-in., 25c to 35c. C. H.
Frey, Lincoln. Neb.

Begonias, Lorraine and Cincinnati, 6-ln.. 50c
to 75c each; 6-ln.. |1 to $1.50 each; 7-lu., $2 to
$2..50, Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

BEGONIA LORRAINES. all choice phints; 3-
in. at 18c; 4in. at 25c; 5-in. at 50c; 6-In. at
75c. Cash with order. ELITCH-LONG GREEN-
HOUSES, Denver. Colo.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, 4-in.. $5 per doz.;
:^40 per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and
New York.

Rex Begonia. 2M-ln.. $5 per 100. Geo. HL
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwood, bush shaped. 10-ln., 25c: 12-in.. 30o;
12 in., extra heavy. 40c; 15-ln., 50c; 18-in.,
75c to $1; 24-in., $1.25. Pyramids, 30-|n.. .$2;
.<!6-in., $3; 314 ft., $3.50; 4 ft.. $4. Standards,
2 ft. stems, 12 to 15-In.. crown. .$2 each.
Tubs extra. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737-39
Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 each; 2^ ft.,
$1.50: 3 ft.. .$2; 314 ft., $2.50, Standard
shape 14x14 Inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch, $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes. 15-in., 35c each. P. 0. Franzen. 5319
X. Clark St., Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush. In
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

BtXBS.

Bulbs, Gladiolus: Blushing Bride. The
Bride. Augusta, Mrs. Francis King. America,
Chicago White. Write for prices. Spirea:
Gladstone, $8 per 100; Queen Alexandria. $9
per 100. Lilium giganteum. 6-8-Inch (400 to
case). .$35 per l.OiO; 7-0 inch (.WO to easel,
$50 per 1.000; n-10-lnch (200 to case), .$95 per
l.noo. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Bulbs. Paper White, case of 1,000, $8.50. C.
C. Pollwortb Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.

Bulbs. L. Formosum, 7-9-ln., 9-10 in., 10-11-
In., 11-13-in.; also Japan grown freesias, %
and 94-in. The Yokohoma Nursery Co., Ltd..
Woolworth Bldg., New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kasting Co., 3S3-387
Ellicott St., Buffalo, N. Y^

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 BeU
Bldg., Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Schwake & Co.,
90-92 VV. Broadway. New York.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington, New

York.

~Bulbs, S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 Betz Bldg..
riiil;idelpbia.

CARNATIONS.

Carnations, Aviator. $12 per 100; $100 per
1.000. Peerless Pink. $6 per 100; $50 per 1.00<1.
Matchless. Champion. Y'eilow Prince. Philadel-
phia. Gloria, Princess Dagniar. Pink rcllgbt. $6
per 100; $.50 per 1.000. White Wonder. White
Enchantress. Enchantress. $3 per 100; $25 per
1.000. Herald. Enchantress Supreme, Conquest.
$t per 1"0: $30 per 1.000. Chicago Carnation
Co., 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

Carnation cuttings, December and January de-
livery. Philadelphia. Champion. $6 per 100; $50
per i.OOO. White Wonder. Herald. Beacon. Ro-
sette. Enchantress Supreme, Enchantress, White
Enchantress. Mrs. C. W. Ward. May Day. $3 per
100; $25 per 1.000. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St.. Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.

Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STAND. ^ROS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON. N. J.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS, for Decem-
ber or later delivery; Enchantress. White En-
chantress, Victory. Beacon. Mrs. C. W. Ward,
etc price $20 per l.OOO; $2.50 per 100. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES.

Denver, Colo^

""CaSa'tion Alice. $12 per 100: $100 for 1.000;
2.500. $2.37.50; 5,000, $450; 10,000, $300. Peter
Fisher, Ellis. Mass.

Large plants. WHITE SEEDLINGS, and fine
variety to grow, $5 per 100. C. C. PoUworth
Co.. Milwaukee.

Carnations, all colors. 4-in. pots. 15c each.
C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neh.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pink,
Peter Fisher. Ellis. Mass.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co..

Joliet, 111. :

Carnations. _Wond^Bros.. Fishkill. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysantliemum plants from 2i/4-inch pots;
Yellow Enton, White Eaton. McNiece. Riimapo,
0. H. Kabn. Clirysolora, October Frost. Touset,
Chas. Razer. Conioietta. Golden Glow. Pacitic
Supreme. Unaka, Pocketts' Crimson and Schrlmp-
ton $2 per 100. Extra fine stock, order quick.
Cash J, D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO.,
Joliet. HI.

CHRY'SANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS, best
early, medium and late varieties, to he shipped
when ready, 60c per doz.; $4 per 100. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES.

Penver, Colo. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^__^_^_^^^

' CHRVS.SNTHEMITM STOCK PLANTS.

Golden Glow, Pacll'c Supreme and Smith's Ad-
vance. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.0:iO. Chrysolora,
$4 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood.

in.

Golden Glow. Pacific Supreme and Smith's
Advance, strong bushy 2.|nch pot plants, $3
per 100: $25 per I.OOO. Cbr.ysolora. $4 per 100.
A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood, III.

CINERARIAS.

Cinerarias, large flowering. 2-In.. $2: 3-ln.. $4
per 100. Cash. J. W. Miller, Shlremanstown,
Pa.

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CJ.EMATIS.

Clemajtis. W. & T. Smith Co.,

Geneva. N. I.

COIiEUS.

Coleus. — V'erscbaffelti, Golden Beddei' and
Queen Victoria, strong piants out of 2-lnch
pots, $1.50 per IjW: 112.50 per 1,000. W. E.
KING, Bo\ 13C0. Little Siiver, N. J.

COLEUS. Brilliancy or Xmas Red, 2H-incli,
$4 per 100; 80c per doz. ERNEST ROBEK,
Wilmette, 111.

Coleus, rooted cuttings. 60c per 100; 2-ln.
pots, $1.60 per 100. New Haven Floral Co..
New Haven. Ind.

Coleus, 10 varieties, 2-ln., $2 per 100; 3-ln.,
$3. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh,
Md.

CROTONS.

CROTONS.

A fine assortment from 214-incb pots. $4 per
hundred, $35 per thousand. Our catalog of
everything you need, mailed on application.
Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.

The Largest Rose Growers in the world.
SPRINGFIELD. OHIO.

Crotons, swell colored in all varieties. 5ilc
and 75c. Poehimann Bros. Co., Morton Grove,
IlL

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN. 3-in., $S per 100; G'd Alba, 4-in..
$15 and .$20 per 100. Wandsbei! type, 5-in., $.^5
and $50 per lOu; 6-in., 75c and $1 each.
SEEDLINGS, 10 varieties, equally divided. .$2,511
per 100; $20 per 1,000. Glory of Wandsbei!. litrht
and darii. separate. $3.50 per 100; $30 per 1.00 1
IMPROVED GL. OF WANDSBEK, dark aii.l
light, larger flowers and better grower. $4..') i
per 100; $40 per 1,000. ERNEST ROBER. Wil
mette. 111.

My Chicago prize winning Cyclamen, 4-in. at
15c mixed; 5-in. at 35c raised; 6-in. at GOc
mixed. R. J. SOUTHERTON, Highland Pari;,
IlL

CYCLAMEN, best varieties, plenty of reds,
plnlss. etc., 4-in. at 25c; 5-in. at 40e; 6-ln. at
75c: 7-in. at $1. Cash with order. ELITCH-
LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver. Colo.

Cyclamen. 5 colors, 3-in., $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100; 4-ln., $3 per doz.; $20 per 100.
Vaughan'3 Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Cyclamen, assorted. 5-in., 40c; C-in., 60c
each. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham
Place, Chicago. ^

Cycliimeu. 4-iu.. 20e: 5-in., 35c; 6-in., 65c to
$1. C. H. Frcy, Lincoln. Neh.

Cyclamen, 5-in., 40c; 6-ln., 65e; 7-ln., $1.
Poehimann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. III.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Fine 21/4-inch stock. Etoile d'Or,
best yellow forcing daisy, $4 per 100. Cash.
A. E. HUNT & CO., 56 East Randolph street,
Chicago.

DRACAENAS.

Dracaena fragrans. 4-in., 25c. Lindenl. 4-in.,
60c. Massaneeana. 4-in.. 50c. Indivisa. 4-in..
$1.25 per doz.; 7-in.. 50c and 75c each: 7-in..
extra fine. $1 each. The Geo. Wittbold Co..
737 Buckingham Place. Chicago.

Dracaena terminalis, 6-in. pot plants, 75c
each. The Storrs & Hairrison Co., Painesvllle,
Ohio.

Dracsena Indivisa, 3-ln., $5; 4-ln., $10; 5-ln.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

FERNS.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties, 2%-
In., $3.50 per luO. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants; 2V4-in., $4 per 100:
3-ln., $7 per 100: 4-in., $15 per 100; 7-in., $6
per doz.; 7-in., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-!n.,
$12 per doz. ; 10-in., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MAN!, 2%-ln., $5 per 100; 3-in., $10 per 100;
C-in., $25 per 100; extra heavy 8-in.. $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

Ferns, Cibotium Schiedei, 5-ln., 75c; 6-ln., $1.
Adiantum Croweanum. 5-in., $20 per 100.
Adiantum Glory of Mordrecht, 4-in., $25 per
100. Pern dish ferns, best varieties, $3 per
100; $25 per l.OOO. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Painesvllle. Ohio.

Ferns, Boston, Whltmanl and Roosevelt, 5-In.,
25c each; $3 per doz.; 6-in.. 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 71n., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-in.. $1
each; $12 per doz.; 10-in., $2.50 each; 12-in.,
$3.60 each. Poehimann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

Autumn Sale Ferns for Christmas trade, Roose-
velt, Bostons. Springfleldll, ready for 5 and
6-lneh pots, $10 per 100. Asparagus Sprcugeri.
ready for 5-lnoh pots, $8 per 100. Cash or rcf-
erence. NEWELL & USTLER, Apopka, Fla.

Boston terns, 4-inch, fine plants, $10 per 100.
Cash please. EDGAR BASTERDAY, Nokomls. III.

FERNS.
G. & R. quality ferns. 214-inch pots, ready
now. FREE FROM FERN SCALE, which is a
terrible handicap to growing line ferns. We
sold over five hundred thousands G. & R. qual-
ity ferns last spring. Try us for your next
order of ferns.

Per 100 Per 1000

Amei-pohii. "Filigree Fern" $5.50 $50.0n

Bostonieusis, "Boston Fern" 3.50 30.00

Davillioides Furcans, "Fish Tail

Fern" 4.50 40.00

Elegantissima. "Philadelphia .Lace

Fern" 4.00 35.0U

Elegantissima Compacta, "Tarry-
town Fern" 4.50 40.00

Exaltata, "Original Sword Fern".. 3.50 30.00

Goodii, "Babv Breath Fern" 5.50 ifO.dO

Plersoni, "Gold Medal Pern" 4.00 35.00

Roosevelt, "Roosevelt Fern" 4.5i-) 40.00

Schoizelii, "Crested Fern" 4.50 40.00

Scotti. "Newport Fern" 5.00 45.00

Spiendida, "Big 4 Fern" 5.50 50.00

Superbissima. "Fluffy Ruffles Fern" 6.00

Teddy Junior, "Teddy, Jr., Fern," sold out at

present

Todeaoides, "London Fern" 4.50 40.00

Wbitmani, "Ostrich Plume. Fern". 4.00 35.00
Wliitmani Compacta. "Parlor Fern" 4.50 40. UO
Dwarf ferns for table dishes, fine

assortment »^ 3.00 23.00

Our catalog of everything you need mailed
on application. Write for it today.
THE GOOD ^ REESE CO.,
The Largest Rase Growers in the World.

SPRINGFIELD. O.

Perns. Asplenlum nidus avis. 5-in,, $1 and
$1.50 each; large, $2.50 and $3. Assorted
ferns for dishes. $3 per 100. Boston. 2-in.,
50c per doz.: $4 per loO; 3-ln.. $1 per doz.;
$S per 100; 4-in., $1.50 per doz.; $12 per 100:
5-in., $3 per doz.; 6-in.. $6 per doz.: 7-in.. 7oc
eacit: 8-in., $1; 9-in.. $1.50. Large specimens.
$2 and $2.50 each. Boston fern hanging bas-
kets. 75c and $1 each: $3 and $12 per doz.:
extra large. $3 and $4 each: specimens, $5
and $6. Cyrtominm falcatum. 4-in.. $1.50 ami
$1.75 per doz. Wbitmani. 3-in.. $1 per doz.;
4-ln., $2: 5-in.. $3: 6-in.. $6. The Geo. Witt-

hold Co., 737 Bugkingbam Place. Chicago.

Boston ferns, 5-Inch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adiantum Croweanum, 3-in., $S per 100; $70
per 1.000. 'A. N. Pierson, Inc.. Cromwell. Conn.
Boston ferns, 5-in., $4.50 per doz. ; $35 per
100; 6-in.. $8 per doz.; $60 per 100; 7-in., $10
per doz.; 8-in.. $14 per doz. Vaughau's Seed

:?tore, Chicago and New York.

Ferns. Boston. Plersoni and Whituiani. 4-in..
l."'c: 5-in.. 30c: 6-in.. 40c. Ferns, pan sorts.
2'.j-in.. $5 per 100. C. n. Prey. Lincoln. Neb. _

Perns for dishes. 211-in.. $3 per 100: $25
per l.flOO. Henry A. Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut
St.. Philadelphia,

Ferns. Boston and Wbitmani, 3-in., 10c ; 4-ln.,
15c; 5-in., 25c, Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N, J.

Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N, J.

FiCUS.

Ficus elastlca. 6-ln.. $4.?0 per doz. Pan-
duuata. 6-in.. $2.50 each; 8-in., tubs, $4.50
each. The Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Bucking-
bam Place. Chicago.

Rubbers. 5-in., 35c to 5»ic. C. H. Frey,
Lincoln. Neb.

Ficus, 25c and 50c each. Poehimann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, III.

GERANIUMS.

GERANIUMS.

O. & R. quality geraniums, 2Vi Incli pots
ready iinw. the kind that make you money. Ho
guess work about it. It taxes our capacity
to keep up with geranium orders. Now is the
time t6 buy to pot up for spring business. Do
not neglect this but order today. In following
varieties, $3.50 per hundred, $30 per thou-
sand:

DOUBLE— Beaute Poitevine, E. H. Trego,
ricteranthe. .lean Viand. La Favorite, Madame
Barney, Madam Jaulin, M.Trquis de Castellane,
Mrs. Lawrence, S. A. Nntt, A. Ricard.

SINGLE— Claire Fremot. Gen'l. Grant. Mrs.
E. G. Hill. Mile. Analasie Lacarde. Madame
Mosnay, Tiffin, L. 'Aube.

IVY LEAVICD — Caesar. Franck. Incompara-
ble. Joan of Arc, Madame Thibaut, Mrs. Banks,
Kycroft's Surprise. Our catalog of everything
you need mailed on application. Write for it
today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.

The Largest Rose Growers In the World.

SPRINGFIELD. OHIO.

Geraniums, good standard sorts, from 2-lneh
pots, $2 per 100; $18.50 per l,OiiO; 3-lnch pots,
$3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. Maryland. $1 per
doz.; $6 per !(>*»; $50 per 1,000. R. Vincent, Jr..
& Sons Co.. White Ma rsh, Md.

Geraniums. S. A, Nutt; fine plants out of
31^-in. pots, $7 per 300. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALIvERS GREEN HOUSE. Miuot.
N. D.

Geraniums. 2-ln., $3 per 100. Hall Calue
and Mary Barton, 2-ln., $5. Rahn & Herbert,
110 B. 49th St., Portland, Ore.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perkins,
Poitevine, 2-in.. $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Gerauiums, S. A. Nutt. $12^50 per l.OOCt.
Poitevine and Ricard, $15 per 1.000. A, M.
Herr, Lancaster. Pa.

Geraniums. Mme. Salleroi. 3-in.. $5 per 100.
The Geo Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place.
Chicago. ^^

GLADIOLUS.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Munseli & Harvey, Ashtabula. Ohio.

GREENS.

Spruce wreaths, coned. 18-ineh. $4 per doz ■
$30 per 100; 20-in.. $4.75 per doz.: $37.50 per
100; 2I-in.. $5.50 per doz.: $41.25 per 100-
30-in.. $8 per doz.; $60 per 100. Finished with
red ruscus. 20% above foregoing prices; with
holly. 10%. Spruce ropeing. 15c per vd.; ex-
tra heavy, 20c. Boughs. $4 per ioo lbs
Cones, 75c per 100; $5 per 1.000. Table trees,
35e each; $3.50 per doz. W. W. Wilmore
Jr., Wheatridge, Colo,

Greens, Vaughan's Indian Picked Bouquet
Green; Vaughan's XXX Eastern Holly: boi-
wood, laurel, mistletoe, magnolia leaves, win-
ter berries, imniorteiles. statice. ruscus. etc.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Greens, liolly, fancy eastern. $4.50 per case;
3 cases. $13; 5 cases, $20. Boufiuet green, ever-
green wreathing. Xmas trees, etc. The W. \V
Barnard Co.. 231-235 West .Madison St.. Chicago.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell 'The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax. .$2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual m'oss. Edward A. Beaven. Ever-
green, Ala.

Greens, fancy and dagger ferns, moss, ever-
green, laurel, spruce and hemlock boughs, Xmai
trees, etc. H, J. Smith, Hinsdale, Mass^

Fancy holly. $3 per case. Laurel branches,
$2.50 case. Bo.vwood Sprays, 12c lb. W. Z.
Purnell. Snow Hill. Md.

Holly, heavy berried, single case, $4: 5 or
more cases, $3.75 each. 14-inch holly wreaths,
$10 per 100. H. Austin, Felton, Del.

Greens. WILD SMILAX. $2 per case. Win:
tergreen Gardens, Marion. Ala.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, Otaksa. 4-ln., 2 lends. $1.80 nor
doz.: 5-in.. 3 to 4 leads. $3 per doz.; $24 per
100; 9 and 10-in.. extra strong. 75c and $1
each. French hydrangeas, pink white and
blue. 6-in.. 40c: 7-in.. 60c. The Geo. Wittbold
Co.. 737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown. 4-in., $20 per 100: 5-in., $25. The Storrs
iS: Harrison Co., Painesvllle. O.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, S-ln. pots. $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich^

IVIES.

English ivy, out of 6-ln. pots, up to 5 ft.
high, $25 per 100, Rahn & Herbert, 110 E.
49th St., Portland, Ore,

English ivy from field. 20 to 30 inches, %%:
from pots. 30 to 40 inches, $5 per 100, CHAS. ,
FROST. Kenllworth, N. J.

Hardy English ivy, 2-in., $2 per 100; 3-ln..
$3. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsb.
Md^

Ivy. English. 4 in.. 3 In a pot. $12 per 100.
The Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham Place.
Chicago-

ENGLISH IVY, strong 4-lnch, $10 per lOo.
HARRY HEINL. West Toledo, Ohlo^

German Ivy. 214-ln., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son. Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

Solanum Melveni (improved Jerusalem cherry).
5in., with berries, $3 per doz.; $20 per 100:
6in,, $3.75 per doz.; $30 per 100. Vaughan's
Seed Store, 31-33 W. Randolph St., Chicago,

Jerusalem Cherries, 4lnch pot-grown, strong
plants and well berried. $15 per 100. Casli.
P. Sokol, College St., Worcester, Mass.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ei,
porter. E. Neubert. Wandsltek. nr. Hamborg.
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken, 17 B«l
tery PL, New York.

From Storage.

Lily of the Valley, cold storage, selected pips,
packed In cases of 250, 5"0 and 1,000 each
F, R. Pierson, Tarrytown, New York.

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Lily of the Valley, Bruna' Celebrated Chicrago
Market Brand L'lps. Immediate sblpment from
ooUl storape at Cblcago at tbe usual prices.
Largest and lUiest stock In America, $20 per
1,000; $2.50 per HJO; 5o0 for $10.50; 250 for
415.50. ii. N. BKUNS, 3032 West Madison St.,
Cblcago.

Lily of the Valley pips, selected cold storage,
J'ull cases (two thousaud or more). $18 per 1,00<J;
1.000 pips for $10; 600 for $10; 250 for $5; 100
for $2.r,0. J. A. Uudlong, 82-8G E. Randolph St..
Chlongo.

MUSHROOM SPAWN

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock: Hill's evergreen window or
porch boxes. Hill's assortment of hardy ever-
green trees. Evergreens in mission tubs.
Colorado blue spruce. Lee's Eleganta Juniper,
hemlock. For prices see advertisement else-
where In this Issue. D. Hill Nursery Co.,
Boa 403, Dundee, HI.

Nursery stock, roses, rose stocks, fruit tree
stocks, youuer deciduous and everereeu orna-
mental trees and shrubs, young conifers, from
outdoor, young forest stocks, new rare trees
and shrubs, hardv herbaceous plants. E. Tur-
bat & Co.. Orleans. France.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
blnk & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.

Evergreen. Tbe D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee,

ni^

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established aud seml-
establlshed. Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots. 5 to 6, , 18 10.35

«-inch pots, 6 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

6-inch pots, 6 to 7. 32 to 34 2.00

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7. 36 3.00

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

S-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
1 KENTIA KORSTBRIANA.

i Single Plants.

f Leaves. Inches high. Each.

' 4-lnch pots, 5 to 6. 18 to 20 $0.35

6-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 34 to 36 1.50

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 46 to 48 3.50

8-lnch tubs, 0 to 7, 50 to 54 5.<X)

10-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to 5% ft.. 8.00

lO-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 6 to 6^ ft. 10.00

I KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

[, Made-up Plants.

I Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 ..$1.50

' 7-inch pots. 5 plants in a pot. 34 to 38.. 2.50
7-inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 38 . . 3.00

8-inch tubs. 3 plants In a tub. 38 to 42.. 3.50
8-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub. 48 to 54.. 5.00
8-lnch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56.. 6.00
lOinch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 ft. high. 8.00
12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 5 to 5% ft. 10.00
12-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 6 ft. high. 12.00
I Very strong specimens. 12 and 15-lnch tubs, 7
plants, $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.
PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

«-lnch pots, 20 in. high, 26 in. spread $1.50

i7-iuch pots, 2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

"S-lnch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.
MORTON GROVE. ILL.

:Size
2-in.
3-ln.
4-ln.
5-in.
6-in.
7-ln.
7-ln.
8-in.
9-in.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.

tubs
tuba

Leaves
4

4-B
4-5
5-6
6-7
6-7
6-7
6-7
7-8

Ht.

8-ln.

8-10-ln.
12-14-ln.
15-18-in.
22-24-in.
30-32-ln.
48-in.

eo-in.

72-ln.

Each.

Doz.

$1.50
2.00
4.50
6.00

100
$12.00
15.00
35.00
50.00

$1.60
2.50
7.00
10.00
13.00

KENTIA FOSTERIANA.

Each. Doz. 100
$1.50 $12.00
2.00 15.00
4.50
$ .50
.75
1.00
1.50

2.25 to $2.50
4.00
8.50
9.00
11.00
12.00
15.00
THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.,
737 Bucl£ingham Place, Chicago.

Size

Leaves

Ht. I

2-ln.

4

8-ln.

3-ln.

4-B

8-10-tn.

4-ln.

4-5

14-16-in.

5-ln.

B-6

16-18-ln.'

Sin.,

estra strong

6-ln.

5-6

18-24-ln.

6-ln

5-6

28-32-in.

7-in.

6-7

36-40-ln.

7-in.

6-7

44-48-ln.

8-in.

6-7

60-e4-ln.

8-in.

6-7

64-68-in.

9-in.

6-7

72-ln.

9-ln.

7-8

80-84-in.

.9-lD.

7-8

84-8S-ln.

Palms, Kentia Belmorenna, O-ln., 6-7 leaves,
22 ins. high, $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Roebelenli, 8-ln. pots, 24 ins. high. 26-lnch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-inch tubs, 24 Inches high,
30-luch spread, $4 each. A. N. Plerson, Inc.,
Cromwell, Conn.

Cocoa Weddeliana, 2-ln., $1.60 per doz.; $10
per 100; $90 per 1.000. Poehlmanu Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, III.

Phoenix Canarlensis, fine large "plants, $7.60
to $35 each. Julius Roebrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. Julius Roehra Co.. Rutherford, N. J.
PANDANUS.

Pandanus Velt'ehli, 4-ln., 60c; 5-in., 75c to
$1; 6-in., $1.50; 7-ln., $2 to $2.60. Poehlmana
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Pandanus Vettchil. 6-in., $1 and $1.50 each;
7 and 8-in., $2 to $3. J. A. Peterson & Sons.
Cincinnati, 0.

Pandanus Veitchli. 4-in.. $6 per doz.: 5-in..
$9 ner doz. The Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buck-
ingham Place, Chicago.

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, PORTLAND.
OREGON, offer an immense crop of superli
"Private Stock" Mastodon Mixed Seedlings, our
Elite Strain. Classy stock plants, per 1.000,
$4; per 5,000, $16. ALL PREPAID ANY-
WHERE, ANY TIME. Mastodon Mixed Seed,
'^ oz., $1; oz.. $7.

PANSIES— HOMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain that has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection, 50c per
100; $3.50 per 1,000. Express prepaid. C.
HDMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

PANSIES, strong, stocky plants, ready for
transplanting, $4 per 1.000. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver, Colo.

Pansies, $2.50 per 1,000; 5.000 for $10. Elmer
Rawlings, Glean, N. Y.

Pansy plants. 10 to 12 leaves. $2.50 per
1.000. Globe Greenhouses. Denver". _Colo. _

Pansy plants, $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
ningham, Delaware, O,

PELARGONIUMS.

"EASTER GREETING." the everbloomlng
Pelargonium, Al 2V>-Inch plants ready to shift,
$10 per 100; 50 at 100 rate. Cash. J. N. Spau-
abel & Sons. East Palestine, Ohio.

PEPPERS.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-lnch bushy
plants, full of berries, $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey Floral Co., Maywood, HI,

Christmas peppers. 4-in.. 15c each; 5-in., 25c.
C. H. Frey, Lincoln. Neb.

PERENNIALS.

Kentia Belmoreann. 4-in.
$1. C. H. Prey, Lincoln.

35c: 5-in.,
Neb.

75e; 6-ln..

Hardy perennials: Anemone Japonica, hardy
asters. campanulas, hemerocalls, hollyhocks,
perennial phlox, German iris, Japanese iris.
Oriental popples, peonies, tritomas. etc. Henry
A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

POINSETTIAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.

True type, short stocky plants, 3-inch, $8 per
100; 4-inch. $15 per 100. Larger plants, made-
up. 3.5c to $2.50 each. Cash please. ERNEST
ROBER. Wilmette. HI.

Polnsettias. 3-ln.. 15c each; 4-In.. 25c; 5-in..
pans. 35c; 6-in.. pans. 50c; 7-ln.. pans. 75c;
8-ln.. pans. $1. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737
Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Polnsettias. 3-in.. 10c each; 4-io., 20c to 25c;
5-in.. pans, 3 plants in imn, 40c to .50c; 6-in.,
6>lc; 7-ln.. 75c to %\: 8 in., .$1 to $1.25; 10-in.,
$2. C. H. Frey. Lincoln, Neb.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1.000 2Vj-lnch; fine
stock, $5 per 100; $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
BODA, Omaha, Neb.

POINSETTIAS, 2V5-in., $5 per 100; 4-ln.,
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids. Mich.

Polnsettias, choice stock in pans with good
brackets, 75c to $2.50" each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove. III.

PRIMULAS.

Primroses, Sanguioea. Obconica alba and
rosea, $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000. Ob. Gi-
gantca. 214 -in., $2 per 100. Jos. H. Cunning-
ham, Delaware. Ohio.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES, 214-in., 3c; 3-in.,
6c. Obconica Grandlflora, Gig.. 2i4-ln., $3 per
100; 3-in., $6 per 100; 4 In., $8 per 100. Cash,
please. ERNEST ROBER, Wilmette, III.

Primula obconica, 3-inch. $6 per 100. Mala-
coides, 2V4-inch, $4 per loO; $35 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York,

PRI.MULA MALACOIDES, 2M!-iD., $3 per
100; 4-in., $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Primula, giant obconica, 4-ln., 15c; 5-ln., 25c.
C. H. Frey, Lincoln. Neb.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees aud plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore. Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T, Loveti, Little Silver, N. J.

California and Amoor River, any size and
quantity. Valdeslag Nurseries, Bostic, N, 0,

REP WINTER BERRIES.

Red Winter Berries, best quality. A. R.
Fosdick & Co.. Dowagiac, Mich.

ROSES.

ROSES.
Strong pot-grown stock for forcing:
American Pillar — Doz.

6-in $2 40 and $3 60

Dorothy Perkins. 6-iu 2 40

Excelsa. 5-iu. aud 6-in 3 60

Flower of Fairfield. 5-iu. »& 6-in 3 GO

Lady Gay. 5-iu 2 40

6 in 3 60

Tausendschoen. 4-ln 1 80

" 5-in 3 00

6-iu 4 20

THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO.
737 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

ROSES.
Florists and nurserymen should place orders
now for spring delivery of their needs In the
rose line. We are headquarters for roses.
Send for list of varieties aud prices. Our
catalogue of everythiug you ueed mailed on ap-
plication. Write tor it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.,

The Largest Hose Growers in the World.

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

Rose lloosicr Beauty, own root; $30 per 100;
$2.30 per I.OJO. Grafted: $35 per 100; $300
per l.UOiJ. Ready March 1. The E. G. Hill
Co., Richmond, Ind. F. Dorner & Sons Co.,
Lafayette,_lnd.

ROSES, My Maryland and Pink Killarney,
3-ln., $5 per 100. Kalserln, 4-in., $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Roses on canina stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. & Co..
Hoogeveen, Holland.

Roses, 1-yr., 2V^-ln. ; 2-yr., 4-iD, Leedle
Floral Co.. Springfield. O.

Roses. Gratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen,

Holland.

Roses. W. T. Smith Co., Geneva, N, Y.

SEEDS.

ASPARAGUS SEED, FRESH CROP.
Asparagus Hatcheri, $10 per lb. Asparagus
Plumosus, $S per lb. F. P, HOSP, Riverside,
California.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin. Sweet, Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, beet, sweet corn, garden beans,
onions sets and seed potatoes. S. D. Wood-
rug & Sons, 82 Dey St., New York.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hurg. Swedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrlck &
Son, contract seed growers. Pedricktown, N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport. Somerset. England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash, West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

if You Do Not Find Wliat You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It.

1056

The American Florist.

Dec.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandifloras, etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Ix)8 Angeles, Calif. _^

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
Tbe Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford , Coun.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolgiano & Son. Light, Pratt and Ellicott Sts.,
Baltimore. Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.
C. Zvolanet, Lompoc, Calif. _

Seeds, wholesale growers. The Kimberlin
Seed Co., Santa Clara, Calif.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, 0.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnings, r.
O. Box 857. Melbourne, Australia.

Seeds, tomato seed our specialty. Haven
Seed Co.. Santa Ana. Calif.

Seeds. Arthur T, Boddington, New York.

Tomato seed. Wm. Redcay, Lancaster, Fa.. R6.

SMIIiAX.

Smilax. 2^-Inch. $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramsburg pink Snapdragons, bushy plants
from 2-inch pots, $3 per lou. A. T. Hey laoral
Co.. Maywood, 111.

SPIREA.

SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI. 1 to 2 ft. well
branched, $30 per I.UOO. Valdesiaa Nurseries.
Bostic, N. C.

Spirea Van Houttei, 3' to 4 ft., $8 per lOO;
$75 per l.OuO. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

Strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark. Gaudy, Golden Gate. Her-
mitage. Hundred Dollar, McKinley, Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell. Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success. Three VV's. U. S.. King Edward. Wm.
Belt, $2 per -luO; $16 per 1.000. Chesapeake,
Fendall. Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per l,0n0.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $2i> per 1,000. * J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N. J.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink. 2-in., $2 per 100;
3-in., $3. R. Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co., White
Marsh. Md.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
ids, especially selected for greenhouse forcing,
seedliugs. $1 per 1.000. Strong parsley routs,
100 for $1. Shipment day order received.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO.. Danville. 111.

VINCAS.

VINCA rooted tips, green or Variegata. $1
per 100; $9.50 per 1.0:;0. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LOXG GREENHOUSES, Denver, Colo.

VINCA Var., rooted tips, $1.10 per 100; $10
per 1.000. Strong plants, $2.25 per 100; $20
per I.OOO. E. C. WAGONER,^eaver_Falls^Pa^

Vinca variegata. field-grown, ?5 per 100.
Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, tK

VIOLETS.

VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, field-grown,
strong. $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH. Grand
Raplda, Mich.

APHIS PUNK,

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co., St. Louis. Mo. .

ASHES.

Hardwood ashes, No. 1 Canadian unleached.
Incinerator ashes. Best fertilizer to use. Geo.
Stevens, Peterborough. Ont., Canada.

BOILERS.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago. ^

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heating.
Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 840 W.
Superior St.. Chicago. .

Boilers Giblin standard greenhouse. GIblln
& Co., 901 Broad St., Dtica, N. Y.

Boiler tubes, 4-inch, C% cents per foot. New

and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
bouses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfleld Ave., Chicago. ^_

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts.. Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES;
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far, 50c
for l.OuO, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Mich.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples, 1,000 for 35c;
3.000 for $1. I. L. Pillsbury, Galesburg. 111.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, .large stock, good prices. Sharp* Part-
ridge & Co.. Ch i ca go^

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Wipdow Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

GOLD fish;

TRY US on Gold Fish, Aquariums and Globes.
The J. N. McCullough's Sons Co.. 316 Walnut
St., Cincinnati, O.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansia
Ave.. Chicago. 111^

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
iuger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Green house construction, builders of all
kiuds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on leijuest. A. Dietsch
Co.. 2G42 Sheffield Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Mauufactur-
ing Co., Des Plaines, III.

Greenhouse lumber, ■ hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid— NICO-FUME — Paper, for thrips, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville,

Ky^

Terra Cotta grass heads in three designs and
two sizes. Partridge berry bowls, fish globes,
imported tanks, aiiuaria ornaments, etc. Nich-
olas Wapler, 28 Warren St., New York.

Aphine, $1 per qt., $2-50 per gal. Fungine,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermiue. $1 per qt.,
$3 per" gal. Scaline, 75c per qt.. $1.50 per
gal.: 10 gals., $10. Niliotiana, $1.50 per qt..
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London. England.

Nicotine. The Grasselii Chemical Co., Cleve-
land. Pittsburgh. St. Louis. New York, Cin-
cinnati. St. Pajil. Boston, Detroit. Birmingham,
Chicago. Milwaukee. New Orleans. ,

Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck, Stow &
Wilcox Company, Southington, Conn., and
Cleveland, Ohio.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. Kendallville. Ind.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1.000, 75(r,
postpaid. Henry A. Dieer, 714 Chestnut St..
Philadelphia.

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann.
404-412 East 34th St.-. New York.

Duo Glazed Sash. Write for catalogue.
Callahan Duo-Glazed Sash Co., 77 Wyandot St.,
Dayton. Ohio.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St.,
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points, % and %, 40c per lb.; t
lbs., $2.50; 15 lbs., $5. Randolph & McClem
ents. 5936 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh , Pa.

Evan's Improved Challenge Ventilating Appa-
ratus. Quaker City Machine Works, Richmond
Ind.

Sieberts" Zinc Glazing Points, 5-8 and 7-8
inch. 40c per lb.; 5 lbs., $1.85; 20 lbs.. $7.
Vaughan'H Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Iroii reservoir vases and lawn settees. The
McDonald Foundry, Columbus, Ohio.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model e.^tension carnation supports. Igoe-
Bros.. 266 N. 9th St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond . I nd .

"Elastic-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner.
Mgr. . The Elastic-Lyke Co., 30 B. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds, Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave..
Chicago.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts.. Cbl
cagO;

Building material, pecky cypress, drop sid-
ing, ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam SchiUo Lumber Co.. 1560 Kingsbury St..

Chicago.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, ts-
porlztng pans, ventilating apparatus. Jenning'»
Improved Iron Gutters. Diller. Caskey & Keen,
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sta., Philadelphia.

Superior Carnation Staples. 35c per 1.000;
3.000 for $1. F. W. Walte, 85 Belmont Ave..

Sprlngfleld. Mass.

Florists' refrigerators. Buchbinder Bros., 518
Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Florlan D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange BIdg.. Chicago.

Glass cutters and *'Red Devil" tools. SmitL
& Hemenway, 105 Chambers St., New York .

Florists' Supplies of all kinds. Reed & Kel-
ler. 122 W. 25th St. . New York.

Mastica for greenhouse glazing. P. 0. Pierce
Co., 12 W. Broadway, New York.

NIKOTEEN,

Nikoteen. 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz., by d
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapid!
Iowa.

Pelrce paper flower pots, a waterproof papelF j
pot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Peirce, 4<i0 Oaks St.. Waltham. Mast.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware*
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & ReeA

Pottery Co., South ZanesvlUe. Ohio.

Neponset, flower, vegetable waterproof paper \
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and NeV*
York.

Standard pots, all sizes. Tbe Wbilldin Fofl
tery Co.. 7u9 Wharton St.. Philadelphia, Pa.^

Syracuse red pots, Syracuse Pottery C<^a

Syracuse. N. Y. ^

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. IlUt*
finger Bros. Pottery. Fort Edward. N. Y. - >

Red pots, standard azalea pans. HarleSF j
Pottery Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Pots. Hews' standard. A. H. Hews & Co.*

Cambridge. Mass.

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son. 2614-22 Heri
don St.. Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea potj
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy.. Detroit, Mich.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade, 6 to 8 feet[
per 100, 85c: 500. $3; ?5.B0 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100, 60c; PCIj1|
l.OOi). ?5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, '

WIRE WORK.

Floral designs, wire window guards, office

' railings, and all fancy worlis, lamp shade

frames. Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St., 'i|

Clereland. Ohio.

I Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Eo- J
mada Bros.. 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

If You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It]

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1057

LOOK WHO IS HERE
FROM THE WAR ZONE

Terra Cotta Grass Heads

In 3 Designs

\ and 2 Sizes.

Prices on
Application.

If interested

write ior
I- atalogue of

Partridge

Berry Bowls,

Fish c lobes.

Imported

Tanks,

Aquaria

Ornaments,

Etc.

Mcholas Wapler,

28 Warren Street,

NEW YORK.

Uenlion the American Florist when writing

FLOWER COLORS

Use our Color Chart in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

140 South Dearborn Street, CHICAGO

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give

satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhonse

Write for priceh and estimates. Do it now.

URUND MANUFiCTURINS CO:, Des Plaines, III

The best equipment and labor saving devices
combined with strict economy, enable us to quote the
lowest prices for the best material.

Order whatever you need, either for repairs

or new houses. We will quote you the prices,

We Paying The Freight or aiso the Net Prices

and you to pay the freight.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

Greenhouse Material, Hothed Sash

2340 WABANSIA AVE. (near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPKESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

lireenhonse Material Snaps

Supply your Deeds from the enormous stocks of
theworld's largest Building Material Department.
Reap the benefits ol our low prices on lumber
caulk joint fittings, glass, overhauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
TOur heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock.
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Ctiicago.

XJ-41— Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. size
l?8x2V'2 100 running ft $ 2,85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar. size
138X2V7. lOOrunningft 2,80

XJ-43— {"ecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc, 1 in,stock. per 1000ft.. bd.meas, 19.00

XJ-44— No 1 Cypress, 1 in, rough or 13-16 in,
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27,00

XJ-45-Standard Hot Bed Sash, iH-in. x3ft,
X 6 ft., without glass 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass. 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal, Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb, rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $l,90to 1,13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices,

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANT. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

3SUi and Iron Sts.. Cliicsgo

The Regan Printing House

LARGI RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

WITH THIS -RED DEVIL"

BalUiead Glass Cntter, you can cut any kind of glass
for your greenhouse. Its just one of 40 "Red Devil"
glass cutters we make and good hardware dealers
sell, li you are not using "Red Devil" glass cutters in
your greenhouse, you want to begin Now. Send us Five
2c stamps for One only sample. A sample will demon-
strate glass cutting facts.

SMITH i HEMENWAY CO., 170 Chambers St., New York.

ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

is complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Send for
our catalogue today .

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

Mention the American Florist when writinsy

KING

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and you will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION CO.

29 King's Road, N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

I

PRINTING

(^ttertieads Envelopes, Billheads, Statemeols,
Cards and Special Sliipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes,
Plate Making and Color Work.

Gorliam &, Chapllne Prlntein

542 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

I

1058

The American Florist.

Dec. 5,

Established 1765

FOR '•F'OT l-UOK'* USE

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

POT MAKERS
FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF.

AND RED EARTHENWARE SPEUALTIES.

WORLD'S LARGEST
MANUFACTURERS.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WAREHOUSES:
Cambridge, Mass. Long Island City, N.T.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Fans

Can be ibipped at an hour'i notice. Price per
crate:

2000 l^in.. crate. $6.00
1500 2 ■' 4.88

1500 IVi •• 5.25

1500 2Vi '• 6.00

1000 3 ■' 5.00

800 3H " 5.80

500 4 ■■ 4.50

HILFIN6ER BROS. POTTERY, ^S^wyork'

AndDst Rolker S Sons, 61 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Oar Specialty: Long Distance and Export trade.

456 4H-in., crate. $5.24
320 5 •• 4.51

210 5H " 3-78

144 6 " 3.16

120 7 '• 4.20

60 8 " 3.00

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shippinii Purposes.

Sizes from 2 id. to 6 in.

Ask your dealer for them.

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM. MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

rrompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on large orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breitschwenh, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, N. Y,

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Full size and wide bottoms,
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROn FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY, Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Mention the American Florist when ieriting

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagner Plant Boxes

I «re the beit and cbeapeit in the
I market for palms, boxwood, bar
I trees, etc. Tbey are ■tto'RctiTe in
I deeiam. strone and darvbla suit-
I able for either indoor or outdoor
use. Made of cypreM which
giroB them a lastinr quality.
We mftoufacture variou;! styles
d MizetL Write for prices,
WMser Pvk Conserratorteft, Sidney. Ohio

Mention the American Florist when toritinff

RED POTS

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates: isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots, Hanging Baskets and other
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous "Moss Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

Chicago Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.

DREER'S"

" Cedar MTubs

No.

Diam

Ea. Doz.

100

10

20in.

$1.45 $16.00

$130.00

20

18 in.

1.30 14.00

115.00

30

16 in.

1.00 11.25

92.00

40

14 in.

.65 7.00

56.00

50

12 in.

.45 5.00

40.00

60

10 in.

.38 4.00

32.00

70

8 in.

.30 3.50

28.00

Manufactured for us exclusively. The best tub ever introduced; tlie neatest, ligbtest and
cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have drop handle.

Henry A. Dreer, s«ds. pimu, Bnibsmd Sowiies, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Flower and Vegetable Waterproof

Vaughan's Seed Store, Agents,

waterproof. CHICAGO and NEW YORK.

Don't Break, . , , . ,, .

Cost Little. Shippers may use them and save their customers many dollarsin expresscharges.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

tlaHifactnrert af

Red Pots

Baicra barinc writ, for pric«a

3«14-3a23 Berado It,

CHICAGO

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Wharton St.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.; Branch, Long Island City, N. Y,

standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write for Prices and New Catalogue.

Standard Flower Pots

Porosity and Strenrth
Unsurpassed.

Write for prices.

A. F.~KOHR

WS4-a«-38 N. LeaTltt St.. CHKAOO

w

Buy Your

Pots Here

The Best Pot

The Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

Send for Price List

C. C. Pollworth Co., ZS

Kramer's Pot Hangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmen. Floritti

and Supply Dealers.
Price. $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample

dozen by mail. $1.25.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

igi^.

The American Florist.

1059

LIQUID =ii

40% Nicotine.

8-lb. can $10.50

4 lb. can 5.50

1 lb. can 1.50

Ulb. can 50 ■■§

NICO-FUME

}\

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

PAPER

288 sheet can $7.50

144 sheet can 4 00

24 sheet can 85

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, LoulsvlUe, Ky.

The Aphing Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Florists and Gardeners

Manufacturers of

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray remedy for sreeo. black, white fly,
red spider, thrips, mealy bjt: and soft scale.

FUNGINE

An infallible spray remedy for rose mildew,
carnation and chrysanthemum rust.

VERIVIINE

A soil sterilizer for cut, eel, wire and aog^Ie
worms.

SCALINE

A scalicide and fungicide combined <or San
}ose and various sole on trees and hardy
stock, and various blights which affect them.

"40% NICOTINE"

A free nicotine, 40% st^en^,■th. for spraying
and vaporizing.

NIKOTIANA

A 1296 nicotine solution properly diluted for
fumigating and vaporizing.

U you cannot obtain our prodncts from
your local dealer send ds your order and
we will ship immediately througli our
nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. J.

Geo. a. BuRNisTON, M. C. Ebel,

President. Treasurer.

EVERYTHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

■oie, Wire, Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools. Glass.

Stedtl IsoU r«r Winrd Brand Hamro uil Daring's Fertilizers.

Walter S. McGee,

Ptione Hyde Parli 5679
U27 ILUS AVE.. CHICAGO, ILL.

Always

mention The American Florist
wlien writing. : : : : :

NIKOTEEN For Spraying

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

'hflNURES

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

Landscape Gardening

A course for Gar-
deners. Florists and
Home-makers, taught
by Prof. Craie and
Prof. Beal of Coroell
UniTcrsity.

Progressive Floriiti
recogDize tbe growinc
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners who an-
derstand up - to - data
methods and practice
are in demand for tba
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening li
Indispensable to tbose who would have
tbe pleasantest homes.

2S0-page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School
Deot. A. F., Springfield. Mass.

PROF. BEAL.

Meyition the American Florist whe^i writing

Everything for

the Greenhouse

J. C MONINGER CO.

CHICAGO CINCINNATI NEW YORK

902 Blackhawk St. UrtioD Ceotral Life Bid;. Marbridge BIdg
Mention the American Florist when writing

—CLAY'S—
FERTILIZER

WILL FEED

YOUR PLANTS

And Your

BANK BALANCE

At the Same Time.
IT IS SATE, SURE, ECONOMICAL.

Manufactured by

Clay & Son,

STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

Mention the American Florist when writing

)reer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses '

Drive easy and true* becaos* |
both bevels are on the samo i
lide. Can't twist and bieak
the glass io driving. Galvan-
ized and wilt Dot rust. No
rigbts or lefts.

Tbe Peerless Clazine Point
Ii patented. Nooiherslike^
It, Order from yout dealer^
ot direct from de.
1000, 7Sc. postpaid, f
Samples tree,
EEKR7 A. DREEB.I
114 Cbestoat Street/*
PMUdolphlb.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

— Send For Prices —

404-412 E«t 34«i » . NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

1060

The American Florist.

Dec

5,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.. ..1057

AllenJ K lOjS

Alpha Floral Co. ...1037
American Spawn ColU48

Amlins E C Co 1031

.Anderson S A 10j7

Angermueller G H.103Z

Aphine MfgCo lOjy

Archias Floral Co.. 1040
.\scbmann Godfrey. Iu5l
Atlanta Floral Co.. .1038

Austin H 103»

Barnard VV VV Co.. 1020
Uassett& Washburn 1026
Batavia Greenhouse

Co , 1031

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Bauscher John 1039

Beaven \L A 1029

Begerow's 1038

BergerBros 10(3

BerningH G 1032

Blackistone Z D...1039-
Boddiogton AT.... 1044
Bodger J & Sons Col043

Boiand J B Co 1U37

Bolgiano]& Sons.. .1044

Bragg Ross 1037

Bramley & Son ....1040
Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 1042

Breitmeyer's J Sons. 1038
Brown Bros & Co.. 1040

Brunning F H 1043

Bruns H N 1043

Bryan Alonzo J 1047

Bucbbinder Bros. ..10^9

Bucltbee H W 1040

Budlong] A... 1031 1043
Burpee W A & Co. .1045
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 1036

California Florists. .1040
Camp Conduit Co .. Ill
Chicago Carn Co.l 1050
Chicago Flexible

Shaft Co 1036

Chicago Flower

Growers Assd 1030

. Chicago House

Wrecking Co 1057

. Clark E B Seed Co. 1044
Clarke's Sons DaTiQl039

Clay & Son Iu59

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 1039

Conard & Jones Co.l046

Conwell H E 1036

Cooke Geo H 1037

Cowee W J Ill

Coy H C Seed Co... 1044

Craig RobtCo 1051

CritchellC E 10«

Cunningham Jos H.1047

DardsChas 1038

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 1046

Detroit Flower Pot

MfgCo 1058

Dietsch A & Co.... IV
Diller Ca8lcey&

Keen IV

Dorner F & Sons Co

1049 1051

Dreer H A
....1022 1050 1058 1059

Duerr Cnas A 1040

Duluth Floral Co.. .1040
Dunlop Jjbn H.... 1039
Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box. 1060
Elastic Lyke Co. ...1060
Gmmans Geo M....1045

Erne& Klingel 1031

Eyres HG 11,39

Fischer Alfred C ...1035
Fish Henry beed Col044

fisher Peter 1051

Flower Growers

Corporation 1029

Florists' Hail Assn. Ill
Folev Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 10.?5

Ford William P.... 1034
Frank Floral Co.. ..1030

Franzen FO 1047

Kreeman Mrs J B...1040

Frey C H 1049

Frey & Frey 1039

Friedman 1037

Froment H E 1035

Furrow & Co 1040

Galvin Thos F 1039

Gardiner Alex C...10 9
Garland Mfg Co.... 1057

Gasser J M Co 1039

Giblin & Co Ill

Globe Greenhouses. 1050
Gorham & ChaDuntI057
Graham A & Son . . . 1037
Grand Kapids

Floral Co 1010

Gratama Bros & CoH)46

L.ude Bros 1038

Guigou Francois.. ..1036
Guiiman & Kaynor

doc) 1035

Hardesty & Co 1037

Harley Pottery C0..IO18

Hart GeorgeB 1035

Haven Seed Co Thel043

Heacock Jos Co 1047

HeinI John G & Son 1040
Henderson.\&Co... I
Henderson Lewis . . 1040

Herr Albert M 1047

Herrmann A 1059

Hess & Swoboda...l03S
Hews A H & Co.... 1058

Hilfinger Bros 1058

Hill E G&Co 1051

Hill D Nursery Co., 1021

Hoerber Bros 1031

HoBmeister Flo Co. 1033

Holm & Olson lu38

Holton &HunkelColo32
Home Cor School.. 1059
Horticultural Adv.. 1047

Humfeld C 1049

Hurtf Edgar F 1044

Ickes BraunMillCol057

Igoe Bros 1060

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 10()0
Isbell S M & Co... 1044
Jackson & Perkins.. 1046

Jones Percy 1027

Joy Floral Co 1040

Kasting W F Co ... I
Keller Geo & Sons. 1058

Keller Sons J B lOlO

Kellogg Geo M 1039

Kelway & Son 1043

Kennicott Bros Co.. 1031
Kentucky Tobacco

Product Co 1059

Kervan Co The 1035

Kessler \ym 1035

Kimberlin Seed Co. 1043
King Construct Co, 1057

Kohr A F 1058

Komada Bros 1060

Kramer I N & Son. .1058
Kroescbell Bros Co III

Kruchten John 1031

Kuehn C A 1032

Kuhl Geo A 1047

Kyle & Foerster....l031
LaCrosse Floral Co. 1038
Lager & Hurrell ...1050
Landretb Seed Co. 1045
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co 1040

Lange A U'37

Leborius J J lo39

Leedle Floral Co... 1047
Leonard Seed Co... 1043
Lockland Lumber

Co 1057

Lord& Burnham Col057

LovettJT 1046

McCallum Co 1033

McConnell Alex.... 1037
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co 1029

McDonald Fou'dry. Ill
McGee Walter S.... 1059
McNeff-Swenson Cclo31

Mann Otto 1043

Matthews the Flo'sllOi"

MatthewsonJE 103S

May &Co LL 10.i8

Meconi Paul 1035

Memphis Flo Shop. 1040
Meredith The Flow

er& VegCo 1019

Metairie Ridge Nursl037

Mette Henry 1048

Moninger J C Co... 1059
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd.. ..1034
Moore. Hentz &

Nash 1034

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS

Are positively the best. Last forever. Over
30,000 pounds now in use. sure preventative of
glass slipping. Effective on large or small glass.
Easy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes, M^snd
H. ^Oc per lb., by mail 16c extra: 7 lbs, for $2.50
iSlbi, for $5.00, by express. For sale by the trade

RANDOLPH 6 M<:«^LIMENTS, nori'**.
■936 Penii Ave.. near oidhland, Plttsbu' >ii.Pa.

Morehead MfgCo... Ill

Murray Samuel 1038

Myers Florist 1040

Nat Flo B of Trade. 1060
Nelson Hugh H,...1035
N V Cut Flower E» 1035
Nicotine Mfg Co.. ..1059
Niessen Leo Co ... 10^3
Ostertag Bros ... .1039

Palez Paul M 1(40

Palmer W J fifSon . 1038

Park Floral Co 1038

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 1050

PedrickG R& Son. 1045

Peirce E Allan 1058

Peters & Reed Poty 1058

Phillips Bros 1040

Pierce FO Co Ill

Pierson A N (Inc)..10:0
Pierson F R Co.... I
Pieters-Wheeler \

Seed Co 1042

Pikes Peak Flo Co., 1040

Plllsbury I L 1060

Podesta&Baldocchi 1039
Poehlmann Bros Co

1024 1025

Pollwurth C C Co

..I 1032 1039 1044 105S
Portland Flo Store. 103J
Pulverized Manure

Co 1059

Purnell W Z 1036

UuakerCity Machine

Works 1060

Raedlein Basket Co 1028
Rahn & Herbert... .1050
Randall A L Co. ...1031
Randolph & Mc-

Clements, ...1037 1060
Rawlings Elmer.... 1047
Ready Reference... 10^3

Reed & Keller lObO

Regan Ptg House. . . 1057

Reid Edw 1(83

Reinberg Geo i031

Reinberg Peter 1027

Renter's 1037

Rice Bros 1032

Rice Co. M 1035

Robinson J C Seed

Co 1C43

Rock WmLFIwrCol040

Rohnert Waldo 1044

Rolker Aug & Soos.l04fi
Rosaia Silvio Co. ...1030
Routzahn Seed Co .1044

RuschG&Co 1032

SchilderBros 1015

Schiller, the Florist. 1040
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 1060

ScblingMax 1038

Schmidt J C 1050

Schwake Chas & Col034

SeftonMlgCo 1029

Sharp Partridge &

Co HI

Sheridan Walter F. 1035
Siebrecht George CKHS

Iriminons & Son 1040

Situation & Wants.. 1019
Skidel8kySS&Co...l043

Sluis & Groot 1044

Small J H & Sons.. .1037
Smith A W & Co. ..1039

SmithE D&Co 1047

Smith & H.emenwayl057

Smith Henry 1040

Smith Wm C Flo Col032
Smith W&T Co. . I
South Park Flo'l Co II
Storrs & Harrison. .1049

StumppGEM 1039

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. Ill
Syracuse Pot'ry Co. 1058
Thompson J D

Carnation Co 1C47

rhprburn J M & Co 1043

TottyCbasH 1048

Traendly&Schenckl035

T*epel C C 1035

Turbat E & Co 1046

United Cut Flwr ColO.35
Vaughan AL&Co.l029
Vaughan'sSeed Store
I III 1022 1045 1051 1058
Vick's Sons James. .1045
Vincent R Jr &Sons

Co I

Waban Rose Cons.. 1050
Wagner Park Con8.10.'8

Waite F W 1060

Wallace FD IV

Waoler Nicholas... 1057

WeberFH 1038

Weiland& Risch...in31

Welch Bros Co 1033

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 1042

Whilldin Pottery Col058
Whitted Floral Co. .1037
Wietor Bros... 1028 lo^l
Wilmore W W Jr.. .1036
Windier Whblesale

Floral Co 1032

Wittbold G C0IO37 1041
Wolfskin Bros &
Morris GoldensoD 1040

Wood Bros 1051

Woodruff&SonsSD1045
Vokohama Nurs Cc.1044
Young A L& Co. ..1035

Young John 1034

Young Sam 10.30

Young & Nugent... 1037

Zech & Mann 1031

Ziska Jos !031

Zvolanek Anton C..1044

KOMADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Work

SPECIAL DESIGNS TO ORDER

Send for our illustrated catalogue.

1008 Vine St., Pliiladelphia, Pa.

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY

ELASTIC-LYKE

LIQUID PUTTY

Formerly sold by E. H. Hunt.
Positively will not get hard, run
in hot nor heave in cold weather,

E. C. Pruner, Mgr. THE ELAS'nC-LYKE CO.
(Not Inc.l 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

?*-lnola.

Boiler Tubes 61

cents per foot.

New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell Us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE a MFG. CO.,

2117 S. Jeflerson Street CHICAGO, ILL.

REED & KELLER,

122 W. 25th St., NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
and Novelties, and are dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

*

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made with two or
three circles. En-
dorsed by all the
Leading Carnation
Growersasthe Best
support on market

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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, DECEMBER 12. 1914.

No. 1384

TheMerican Florist

Established 1885.

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

0»»iCERS — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis,
Minn., President; P.Welch. Boston, Mass., Vice-
President; John Young, S3 W. 2>'th St.. New
York. Secretary; Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y..
Treasurer,

Officers Elect— P, Welch, Boston, Mass.,
President; Dan MacKorie. san Francisco. Calif.,
Vice-President; John Young, New York. Secre-
tary; Wm. F, Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19. 1915.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo, N, Y., January 27-28. 1915, S, J, GoD-
dard, Framingiam, Mass.. President; A. F.J.
Baur, Thirty ;ighth St. and Rockwood Ave..
Indianapolis, fnd.. Secretary.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

Annual convention and exhibition at Newport,
R, I., Ju y 8-9, 1915. L. L. Morse San Francisco,
Calif., President; Harry A. Bunyard, 342 VV.
Fourteenth street. New York. Secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual convention and exhibition at Cleve-
O.. November. 1915. Wm Klbinheinz. Ogontz.
Pa. President; C. W. Johnson. Morgan Park,
Chicago, Secretary,

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK

SUPERINTENDENTS.

Next annual meeting. San Francisco Calif.,

1915. Gustave X Amrhyn. New Haven, Conn.,

President; Roland Coterill, Seattle, Wash,,

Secretary-Treasurer.

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PLANTS.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.
Wallace R Pierson. Cromwell. Conn.. Presi-
dent; RoBT. Pyle. Westgrove. Pa. Vice President.
Benjamin Hammond. Fishkillon-Hudson. N.Y.
Secretary.

Their Use Extending: Yearly.

To the plant gruwer, preparation for
the holiday trade means a good deal
of work, much careful attention to
detail, and quite a variety of stock to
care for. Such a stock, if it is to be
complete, contains three divisions,
namely, flowering plants, berried
plants, and foliage plants, and in each
division a number of species, and
while the wholesale grower may con-
fine himself to a few specialties, if he
so desires, yet the man who retails his
own product must carry a greater
variety for he may have calls for plants
from either of the three divisions
noted. The Christmas trade of the
present day seems to be more and more
attracted toward flowering plants, and
not without reason, for a well-flowered
cyclamen, a shapely azalea, a good pan
of poinsettias, or a begonia or heath,
either will make a very attractive gift,
and one that is growing in popularity
each sea.son.

The azaleas for early forcing re-
quire well-ripened growth, and for
that reason many of those used for
this purpose are plants that left Europe
long before the war, or in other words
they are plants that have been grown
in this country for a year. This does
not mean that freshly imported stock
is not frequently used for Christmas
forcing, but it does mean that iilants
that have been grown here for a year
will often force mucli better than those
that have not had time to establish a
good root system, and will also produce
larger, and more lasting flowers. But
whether it be old or new stock that is
forced for the holidays, it is best to
begin the operation early enough that
the flowers may have time to harden
a little before the plant is put on the
market.

The cyclamens are being grown not
only in large quantities, but also in
high quality in many establishments
at the present day. and in wonderfully
fine strains, too, some of the new types
being remarkable in size, color and
form and well deserving their great
Popularity as gift plants.

Sonie conservatives are beginning to
wonder whether the market can absorb
all the pans of poinsettias that are
being prepared for it, but scarcely any-
thing else pre.sents such a blaze of
Christmas coloring as the plant in
question, and if the plants are nice,
short-pointed stock, and the pans are
filled in a tasty manner, with some
ferns or other foliage to screen the
soil, it is remarkable how many of
them will be disposed of, and at fairly
remunerative prices, too. Too much
cold air is harmful to the poinsettias-,
so it is advisable to keep them away
from the draught of a frequently
opened door, and not to submit them
to an excess of water with a low tem-
perature at the same time, or they may
lose either foliage or bracts, or both.

Begonias of the Lorraine section, of
which there are numerous varieties,
are still being used in considerable
quantities, notwithstanding the fact
that these begonias have an unfortu-
nate habit of shedding their flowers too
soon for the complete satisfaction of
the ultimate consumer. But a well-
grown begonia is a beautiful object,
and it is not to be wondered at that
such plants will continue to attract
customers, even though the plants are
fi-agile and the flowers fugacious.

Some heaths are among the select
stock for Christmas, although the ma-
jority of these beautiful plants are
spring flowering, and when selling
them it is a good plan to advise the
purchaser not to place his lieatli in the
warmest part of his dwelling, nor to
allow it to get very dry at the root at
any time.

Primulas of various species and va-
rieties come among the moderate priced
plants for retail selling, and whether
they be single plants in four or five
inch pots, or made up in pans, they
are always attractive and generally
give satisfaction.

In the section of berried plants for
the holidays, there is nothing more
beautiful than a good ardisia. There
is a certain formality about these
plants, with their regular habit and

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symmetrical arrangement of fruit, but
for all that there is something re-
freshing to the eye in the dark green
foliage and brilliant fruit, and as it
brings to mind the holly in its color-
ing, it seems especially appropriate
among the holiday stock. An ardisia
may also be safely recommended as a
house plant, for unless it be sadly
abused it will retain both berries and
foliage for a long period. Some of the
Imported hollies in tubs are fine orna-
ments for those who can handle them
to advantage, but when kept too warm
or too dry, these plants not infrequent-
ly drop their charming red berries and
also their leaves, and thus are not al-
ways satisfactory.

Nicely berried bushes of Aucuba
japonica are also among the imported
holiday stock, and add variety and
beauty to the arrangement of some of
the larger stores, these plants being
among the available material for win-
dow boxes and hall decoration. Oranges
of the Otaheite type are also included
among the select stock for the holiday
season, being used either as single
specimens in a fancy pot, or in some
of those tasty plant baskets in which
much choice material is used.

But when one's pocket-book will not
allow such luxuries as ardisias and
oranges at Christmas, there are other
members of the berried tribe that come
forward, namely the solanums, and
these, either in varieties of S. capsicas-
trum, or S. pseudo-capsicum, are de-
servedly popular and may be had in
various sizes and at much more moder-
ate prjces.

Foliage plants for the holiday trade
Include a considerable variety, so much
of this class of material being used in
those plant baskets noted above.
Something bright and striking in foli-
age is required for such work, and it is
at such a time that the dracitnas are
especially valuable. D. terminalis, with
Its red and bronze coloring, is among
the most effective, while D. Sanderiana
and D. GodselEana find a place with
the dwarf plants that are used for fill-
ing, as does also D. gracilis. Pandanus
Veitchii in various sizes, some maran-
tas and fine leaved aralias, are also to
be found in the filling stuff, to which
may be added numerous varieties of
crotons, the latter combining various
shades of red, yellow, bronze and
green that harmonize finely and con-
trast beautifully with the sober hues
of palms and ferns. Of the latter, the
kentias and cocos, the nephrolepis and
pteris, are among those that are to be
found in every retail shop of any pre-
tensions, and while we sometimes hear
that palms don't sell at Christmas, yet
there are quantities absorbed at that
season, while a certain proportion of
ferns are indispensable, not only in the
form of single specimens, but also in
many of the smaller sizes that are so
convenient as fillers.

W. H. Taplin.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Robt. Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.

Fairfield, Ia.— E. H. Montgomery is
planning to erect two additional
houses, each 34x110 feet.

JoLiET, III. — John Arter, for a num-
ber of years interested in landscape
gard«ning, has started the Riverside
Nurseries.

Cedar Rapids, Ia. — The PoUand
Floral Co. had a formal opening of
their new greenhouse November 14.
The range consists of modern build-
ings, with more than 100,000 square
feet of glass.

Christmas Wreath.

.SEE StTPPLEMENT WITH THIS ISSUE.

Perhaps there is no other form so
simple as the wreath that is adapted
to so many changes. The crescent
form is very different from the full
round, while the oblong crescent is al-
most a new design, when compared
to the round. The material of which
they can be made is endless. For
Christmas decorative work all kinds
of outside greens are suitable, a full
round wreath of laurel, with its glossy
leaves and a red bow, is always ac-
ceptable; these of large siz^ for store
window decoration, through the center
of which may be stuck choice goods,
such as umbrellas and the like, are
sure to make a hit, as also will
wreaths made of loose holly.

Fancy evergreen wreaths with
cones, touched up with statice and
holly berries, are among the best sel-
lers; they may be all round, crescent,
or oval crescent, and when ribboned
up they are very classy. Wreaths of
all one kind of evergreen are good
looking and exclusive, and all pine, or
all spruce, or retinospora, when well
arranged and with generous bows of
red ribbon of good quality (never use
cheap ribbon on good work), are good
sellers. The addition of a few cones
to the pine and spruce wreaths are
worth while.

COLOBED SPRAYS AND FLOWERS.

Colored or dyed ruscus, cape flow-
ers, immortelles, and statice are all
much used in connection with other
Christmas material. A wreath of red
ruscus is very striking; also one of
statice with red immortelles, while
cape flowers work up nicely into
smaller wreaths. The bronze mag-
nolia leaves play an important part in

the cemetery wreath; with a ground-
work of these touched up with holly
berries, immortelles, statice and rus-
cus used more or less, any number of
combinations are possible. The intro-
duction of the red Japanese frieze has
crowded out the red immortelles to a
considerable extent. Very showy
wreaths may be made of the chenille
by wrapping it around a properly pre-
pared form. It then closely resembles
the imported French wrapped immor-
telle wreath, so popular a few years
ago. These chenille wreaths, when
decorated with choice holly sprays, a
little statice, and ribbon are very chic
and salable.

The ground pine, or Lycopodium
arcoth, is still a favorite with many,
but must be made from good, fresh
stock to be presentable. One of the
best materials is the box; a full, well
made wreath of bright green boxwood,
with a rich, red ribbon bow. Is well-
nigh irresistible. No stock Is com-
plete without a good line of box
wreaths. These, also, are often seen
with combination of other Christmas
material to give color. The old moss
wreath for the cemetery florists Is
still in demand as they meet the pur-
poses of many who make an annual
pilgrimage at the holiday time.

Combination Baskets.

There is nothing that attracts so
much attention in the flower shop as
finished made-up work. A vase of
this or that flower standing around
is beautiful in itself, the roses, chry-
santhemums, carnations or other stock
may be of first quality, the result of
careful cultivation, winners in their
class, and as they stand, leave nothing
to be desired. Their simple beauty
can be enhanced however by artful ar-
rangement, the skillful combination of
colors with the addition of graceful
foliage in baskets of various shapes
and decorated with appropriate rib-
bons, produces color effects, and a
floral picture that immediately catches

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the eye, bringing forth expressions of
pleasure and delight.

ART IN ARRANGEMENT.

For store decorative purposes, bask-
ets should be of fairly good size with
zinc lining. At this season, ferns,
crotons, Pandanus Vietchil, all make
a good background for the flowers,
which are placed in vases or zinc tubes,
or glass vases pointed like paper cor-
nucopias, filled with water, which can
be pushed down among the plants out
of sight. Any number of combinations
can be made with such preparation
and changed as required in very short
time. While the frost holds off the
trltoma and the McCullough dahlias,
with a flame colored ribbon, make a
very showy effect. A basket filled with
the brilliant-hued Geisha Girl cactus
dahlia is very striking and sure to
attract attention. While autumn
leaves last they add considerably to
these combinations of colors; in fact,
they blend nicely with all the fall flow-
ers, particularly those leaves which
hold a good proportion of green, which
appears to bring out the brilliant
orange and red shades.

USEFUL BASKETS.

Large high-handled plant baskets,
with tall fiber or zinc jars in the cen-
ter, filled with choice chrysanthemums,
are much more decorative and the
flowers will attract more attention
than if displayed in the vase alone.
The addition of a ribbon bow on the
handle gives a finish and adds greatly
to the effect. Flowers can be sold
from this as well as the plain vase, but
will have a greater value on account of
the art displayed in their arrangement.
All flowers used for display about the
store should be kept in water the night
before as they are subject to drafts,
and if the water is not well up into the
flowers some are apt to wilt and spoil
the effect.

Small tumbler baskets or large
enough to hold two three-inch ferns
or other small foliage plants, with a
zinc tube or small glass vase for water
in the center, pushed well down among
the foliage will, with the addition of
a dozen or so short roses, red, pink or
yellow, and appropriate ribbons, make
an attractive and quick-selling article.
Hampers arranged in this manner add
variety; they are especially useful, be-
ing roomy and affording the necessary
space for pots and vases.

Winter Window Decoration.

There is nothing adds such an air of
finish and comfort to the outside ap-
pearance of the dwelling in winter as
nicely filled evergreen boxes for the
window ledges. This kind of ornamen-
tation is becoming the vogue, and by a
little extra work in advertising, and
keeping a line of empty and filled
boxes, many persons are persuaded to
help make the ",city beautiful" a thing
of reality rather than a prospect.

On account of its moderate cost the
wooden box, either painted a dark
green or to match the color of the win-
dow frames, or bark covered, is most
popular. While at best it will not last
more than two years, or possibly three
at the most, it generally wins out be-
fore the more substantial and expensive
terra cotta or cement receptacle. Large
or extra long boxes should be made in
sections, as two boxes of four feet are
much easier handled than one of
eight. When fitted together in place
they appear as one box. They should

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be, for evergreens or box with bulky
roots, at least 9 to 10 inches in width
and 8 to 9 inches in depth, outside
measure. This leaves a fair space for
roots and also for ivy along the front.
This latter, by the way, is a great ad-
dition as a finish; it should be fairly
thick to almost conceal the box. Where
the windows are narrow the box need
not be so wide or deep, as smaller
plants will be used, and a width of
eight and depth of seven inches, outside
measure, will be sufficient.

BOX VERSUS EVERGREENS.

There is a fair race between the ri-
vals boxwood and evergreens for this
work, the box with its glossy green
foliage, and the ease with which it
can be clipped into any shape or form
desired, is a favorite with many. The
large variety of trees from the nur-
sery rows offer a great range in fill-
ing, and many beautiful effects can be
made with the different forms and col-
oring of the spruce, retinospora, pine,
arbor vitae, hemlock and the various
firs. As an edging, Euonymus radi-
cana variegata, with its compact viny
growth and striking variegated foliage
is beautiful.

VARIETY IN FXLUNQ.

In quite a number of cases, the order
calls for a box of only one kind of
evergreen. Boxwood is nearly al-
ways used alone to produce a hedge
like effect. All hemlock, makes a

pretty filling, as does all pine, while
small Norway spruce is very satisfac-
tory. Golden retinospora is also very
striking. Variety boxes are very rich
looking when nicely filled, at times
straight across, and again made high
at the ends, curving toward the cen-
ter. The soil in all boxes should be
firmly packed with a space of at least
an inch in depth left below the top
of the box to hold water.

INDIVIDUAL PLANTS.

Larger sized evergreens in tubs and
vases or ornamental boxes, planted in-
dividually, make very acceptable
pieces at either side of the door, on the
steps, or placed at intervals along the
main path to the entrance. To fill
vases that have held plants all sum-
mer, nothing is better than a nice
stocky symmetrical Norway spruce of
the right size for the vase.

As an evidence of what business can
be done by properly presenting the
goods to the public, the D. Hill Nur-
sery Co., of Dundee, 111., who make a
specialty of ornamental evergreens,
have worked up a wonderful demand
for their products. They not only grow
an immense stock, but they prepare
it for the market, furnishing stock
sizes of boxes suitable for porch and
window decoration, filled and ready to
put up. They also have quantities of
single specimens of hemlock, juniper,
Colorado blue spruce, retinospora, etc.,
which have been planted in mission

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tubs or boxes. These present a very
stylish appearance and are an orna-
ment wherever placed. They recom-
mend the following- list as being most
suitable for window box filling: : Nor-

way spruce, white pine. American ar-
bor vitse, ponderosa pine, hemlocks,
Austrian pine, Douglas flr, Scotch pine,
concolor fir and dwarf mountain pine.

K.

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

Azaleas.

There are few plants which the
Horist handles that make so much
showing for the price demanded or
give so much satisfaction to the cus-
tomer as the azaleas. The varieties
most grown for the holiday trade are
Simon Mardner, dark pink, invariably
a nicely formed plant, full of flowers
with plenty of foliage. This variety is
probably the best for the holiday trade.
Vervieneana is a bright rose, with a
white margin, the flower being fre-
quently blotched and striped. The
blooms are much larger than Simon
Mardner and not so double, but the
plant is not so shapely. Deutsche
Perle is the white grown for early
flowering, and is very popular, but the
demand for white at this season is not
so good as for those colors that are
brighter. This variety is often Un-
gainly in form, not being so shapely
as many of the later varieties. White
Vervieneana is also grown for a white.
Mme. Petrick, pink, a shade lighter
than ^ Simon Mardner and just as
shapely in growth, is growing rapidly
in favor and is meeting with much ap-
proval by the customers.

In selling azaleas the customer
should be informed that they require
frequent waterings and a good soaking
at least every day when placed in the
dry atmosphere of the dwelling. It is
well to have a card printed advising
the customer of this and attach it to
the plant before delivery. Azaleas
need but few accessories to make them
salable or decorative in the dwelling.
x\ suitable pot cover tied with a ribbon
to match the flowers or to constrast
harmoniously with them is all that is
necessary. Large bows tied on this
plant frequently make them look over-
dressed. The matting makes one of
the best pot covers, the coarser woven
seeming to set off the beautiful shape
of the plant. In the delivery of azaleas
it should not be lost sight of that these
early blooming varieties are subjected
to much forcing and they should be
securely covered when leaving the
store or greenhouse.

Besfonias.

Of all the plants that are gi-own for
pot culture and bloomed for the holi-
days none attract the attention of the
purchaser more quickly than the Be-
gonia Gloire de Lorraine and its
kindred sorts when they are well
done. These plants, covered with their
beautiful pink flowers, are sure to find
ready sale and produce an effect in
a store or oflSce that can be done by
no other. Unfortunately they do not
do well in all dwellings, being very
quickly affected by gas or too dry an
atmosphere. No guarantee of their
adaptability to surroundings can be
maje. We have seen two plants
from the same lot go into dwellings:
one remained in bloom through the
winter and the other began to drop its
flowers in three days. We have always
thought that where this plant failed

it was the result of neglect or environ-
ment.

Gloire de Lorraine is still the favor-
ite variety with many growers. Lons-
dale is a little too light in color to
please many, and Glory of Cincinnati,
although the flowers and leaves are
much larger and the plan*, of much
stronger growth, yet to many it lacks
the gracefulness of the older variety.
We, however, like the luxuriant growth
of Glory of Cincinnati. When these
plants are shipped thc.v are of neces-
sity tied in closely and when un-
wrapped the branches should be care-
fully spread apart, to give them the
graceful appearance which they natu-
rally possess. In the preparation for
delivery a sheet of cotton batting
should be first wrapped around the
flowers to prevent them from being
bruised and then covefed with enough
paper to guard against their being in-
jured by frost. Pot covers of pink,
white or green set the plants off and
bows of gauzy ribbon if not overdone
can be used in finishing them.

Primulas.

Primula sinensis, the variety known
as the Chinese primrose, is .still the
old favorite with many at this season.

for its adaptability for house culture
is known and appreciated, but in com-
parison with some of the later plants
it has not the finished or refined ap-
Iiearance, and has been forced into the
background, yet there are many cus-
torners that desire this plant for their
windows and if well grown they will
find good sale. It is a little cheaper
in price than the finer and larger
plants and therefore appeals to a cer-
tain class of trade. With the pot cov-
ered with green waterproof crepe pa-
per tied with a bow to either match the
paper or the color of the flowers. It
makes an attractive plant and one that
is almost sure of giving satisfaction.
At this season of the year the reds,
although not quite bright enough to
be called Christmas red, find good sale,
and the pinks and whites are always
in demand. Primula obconica makes a
beautiful plant for making up baskets
and also a satisfactory house plant,
but this variety is to may poisonous to
the touch and should be handled care-
fully.

Decorative Plants.

Among the decorative plants for
Christmas one of the best is Dracfena
terminalis. its young highly colored
leaves being very attractive at this
season, and well grown plants will
always be in demand. The other dra-
ca-nas. especially Massangeana. meet
with a good sale at this time. Boston
ferns are alway.s more or less in de-
mand at this season for they make a
very acceptable gift and large plants
are more readily sold now than they
have been during the fall. Crotons are
grown extensively for the holiday
trade and their highly colored foliage

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adds i?reatly to the display and they
make fine decorative plants for the
table. While they do not retain their
beauty for any great length of time
yet they make a splendid showing
while they last, and as one of tho
largest growers of these plants says,
"They last longer than cut (lowers
and are just as beautiful." A nice
stock of the popular sizes of palms will
be called for and it is good business
to have them displayed. During the
holiday trade there will be many peo-
ple looking over the stock who do not
often visit the stores and greenhouses
and the dealer should grasp this op-
portunity to display not only his
Christmas offerings but also fine sam-
ples of the stock which he always has
on hand.

White Pine.

A green that is extensively used in
sections of the country where it grows
plentifully is the ends of the branches
of the white pine. The leaves of this
tree are soft and very decorative and
the short branches are not only of
great value in floral work as a foun-
dation in baskets but can be placed
in the pots of plants which are devoid
of foliage near the pot in the same
manner as boxwood is used. The tips
of this tree also make fine wreaths
when combined with other greens, and
some very attractive arrangements
with different sized cones fastened in
these wreaths are very popular where
they are made and displayed. These
wreaths are very unique and are not
expensive and as a rule are readily
sold to the best class of trade.

Christmas Plants.

The advance in almost everything in
the flower business has been really
wonderful, but perhaps in no particu-
lar has this been more marked than
in the production of blooming plants
for the Christmas trade, and this has
created such a demand that the im-
provement in quality and variety in
the last decade is almost phenomenal.
One does not have to look back many
years when there was but a limited
selection of plants at this season and
the specimens grown were very infe-
rior to those that are placed before
the customer today. Primula sinensis
was the stand-by, with a strain of
cyclamen that would have only two or
three flowers at the most. Begonia in-
carnata, and geraniums bearing flow-
ers enough to give a bright color to
the plant. Later the forcing of Due
von Thol tulips became quite an art
to have presentable plants for the
holidays. In looking over the beautiful
collection of flowering plants now pro-
duced at this time of the year, one can
but think with what difficulties the
grower of a generation ago contended,
and how limited the retailer was in
his offerings, to the trade.
Cyclamens.

If any plant that the florist grows
can be given a guarantee to continue
to bloom after being placed in the
dwelling it is the cyclamen, for in
almost any light location and with
good care these plants will continue to
produce flowers throughout the winter.
In very warm rooms, however the
blooms come out quickly and rapidly
grow smaller. They will grow right
beside the windows and not be affected
by the cool draughts, and continue to
push up their peculiarly shaped flowers
for some weeks. These plants are

WREATH OF SPRUCE BRANCHES AND CONES.

particularly well adapted for plant
baskets that are to be placed in the
windows of residences. The single
specimens find ready sale and with the
exception of pot covers need no ac-
cessories to set them off. the sturdy
little plants in tact look much better
without any furbelows. The foliage of
many of the varieties is beautifully
marbled and is itself an attractive
plant even if it had no flowers.

Fruited Plants.

Among the berried or fruited plants
the imported holly and aucuba are the
largest specimens and when well fruit-
ed are beautiful and decorative, but
the sale of these large plants is limited.
The two most prominent plants for
Christmas are the ardisias and Ota-
heite oranges. The former is a very
decorative plant when well grown and
the berries highly colored, and is very
.satisfactory as a house plant. Tied
with a handsome bow of red ribbon
and the pot encased in a red matting
this plant appeals very quickly to the
buyer. It can never be made a cheap
plant for the growth is slow and it
takes a long time to produce a fin-
ished plant. The Otaheite when well
fiuited and colored is also attractive
and these plants draped with golden
ribbon can be made decorative. The
solanums are also much in demand,
the Christmas peppers appealing to
many buyers and the old Jerusalem
cherry is a favorite with many looking
for a berried plant at a moderate cost.

Mistletoe.

Tin' srntiment attached to the mis-
tletoe will always cause more or less
demand for the sprays at Christmas.
While perhaps it should not be classed
among the greens, for it is the white
berries that make it a salable product,
yet it is always associated with the
holiday greens. This product must be
handled with great care and the cost
and loss figured out or it will be found
that the profit will be very small.
There will always be more or less call
for nice sprays of mistletoe for the
ancient English custom of hanging the
mistletoe and the leading of the young
damsel under it and claiming the kiss
will always have a place in the Christ-
mas festivities. While the sales of the
large bunches will be few for they are
necessarily expensive, yet there are
many who are willing to pay a good
price for nice sprays that are large
enough to make a showing in the
Christmas decorations that the festivi-
ties may be made complete. This
stock should be handled carefully and
guarded against freezing or the berries
will drop off.

Bouquet Green.

When a good harvest of this is
obtained it is one of the cheapest
greens that the florist receives and
is used largely for cheap festooning,
and to fill in in floral work. This
green is also used in making balls for
the same purpo.se and in the same

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manner as the boxwood balls, but
there will be a necessity of having
bunches of red immortelles or winter-
berries with the lycopodium to give
them a nice finish.

Polnsettlas.

The largest demand at Christmas
for all decorative materials is, of
course, in the bright red and the poin-
settia with its scarlet bracts, often
wrongfully called flowers, is particu-
larly the plant grown for the holiday
trade. It blooms at just this season
and there is but little sale for it at
any other time of the year, so it can
practically be called the Christmas
plant. When well grown either singly
or with from four to six plants in a
pot or pan, it is strikingly decorative
and produces an effect which Is
equalled by no other plant. It, how-
ever, does not adapt itself to house
culture, and lasts but a short time In
the dwellings, the leaves dropping off,
leaving the stem bare. So it is far
better for the salesman to fully im-
press upon the customers that they
are getting full value in having a
plant of this color and size for a few
days of the holiday season and hold
out no inducements for future growth
or long lasting qualities. These plants
frequently lose many of their lower
leaves with growers and where this
happens if the pot is filled with small
nephrolepis or other ferns the bare
stems can be concealed and a very
decorative plant produced. The deco-
rating of these plants should be in
red and of a shade that will har-
monize with the color of the bracts.
The Porto Rican matting or the wa-
terproof crepe paper make fine pot
coverings, and ribbons of proper shade
passed through the foliage and tied
with a handsome bow are nice decora-
tive features.

Cemetery Preparations for Christmas.

The florists at the cemeteries are
called upon to meet a heavy demand
for wreaths, crosses and bouquets for
placing on the lots at Christmas time.
Of course, as is to be expected at
Christmas, the holly wreath is the
most popular, and the outsider Is
amazed at the vast number of those
that are sold. Boxwood wreaths are
also very popular and called for in
large quantities. Wreaths made of red
magnolia leaves are also in heavy de-
mand and there is also a call for leu-
cothoe wreaths. To be alile to take care
of this business satisfactorily, a good
stock, ready made-up, should be on
hand to meet the demand as it opens
up.

Most of the customers at the ceme-
teries are not looking for the cheap
holly wreath, such as is sold for 25
cents at the corner fruit store, but
want something better and more showy
and are willing to pay 50 cents for the
plain holly wreath, and $1 when the
bow of red ribbon is attached. The
holly should be on hand, ready for mak-
ing up by December 15. See that the
stock is of the grade you want, then
set the cases in a cool place, so that
the holly will not dry out or become
frozen enough to blacken the foliage
and berries. The secret of making up
a fine holly wreath is to be able to
work in the pieces without berries
along with those that are heavily ber-
ried. Do not crowd the branches too
Close together, but work them out

loosely, so that the berries show out
as a prominent feature. After the
wreaths are finished, it is a good plan
to pack them in the holly cases and
set in a dark, cool place until needed
for sale. If exposed to the light and
air the leaves quickly dry up and
spoil.

The wreath of boxwood is also very
popular and is the most satisfactory
of all. The lowest price that these
wreaths should be made up for i,s $1
for the 10-inch size; anything cheaper
than this will cut into the sale of the
holly wreaths. With us $1, $1..50 and .f2
are the most popular prices for these
wreaths, though a number of larger
and more elaborate ones are also made
up and disposed of. Some of our cus-
tomers prefer the all grreen boxwood
wreath, while others like a bunch of
red ruscus worked in one side, which
adds greatly to its effect. The box-
wood should be thoroughly* soaked in
water before working it into the
wreaths, so that it will keep well. The
great beauty of the boxwood wreath is
when it is made up so that it does not
appear stiff. Wreaths made entirely of
red and green ruscus are sometimes
called for, but they are not as popular
as the boxwood, or nearly as pretty.
They are made up along the same lines
as the boxwood.

The red magnolia leaves are best
suited for the large size wreaths and
can be made up very elaborate. A
spray of red and green ruscus, red rus-
cus and boxwood, or red ruscus alone
worked in on one side add greatly to
the beauty of these wreaths; also 'a
few of the smaller magnolia leaves
worked in the spray of ruscus makes a
very showy combination. Wreaths
made of leucothoe sprays, with sprigs
of holly berries or winter berries
worked through them, are very choice
for the first-class trade. The call for
galax wreaths is for the cheaper sizes,
so a good stock should be on hand ta
take care of this trade.

One of the very important things to
consider in connection with this ceme-
tery trade is to always have plenty of
stock on hand when the customers
call; if not, they are very likely to go
away disappointed and not call again.
Cut flowers do not enter so much in
the business at Christmas time as they
do at other times of the year." but there
are some customers that want them,
so a good supply should be on hand.
One feature that has entered largely
into the greenhouse business at the
cemeteries in recent years is the cover-
ing of the graves in the form of blan-
ket with spruce boughs. This is fitted
on so that it has the appearance of an
evergreen mound and breaks the dis-
mal effect of a bare grave. It has be-
come a very important feature of the
work at this time of the year.

C. W. Johnson.

A Fruitful Acre.

Intensive culture of an acre of
ground will produce surprising results.
Such a comparatively small piece of
ground, if planted Intelligently and
with varieties of stock that will form
a continuation of products the entire
season from late winter until frost
sets in the following season, will be
found much more profitable than many
inside crops. The stock from this out-
door garden is best sold by a grower
who makes regular trips to town, sell-
ing personally to the retailer. Meeting
his customers every day or so. he

gets to know their business, about
what they have ahead, and very fre-
quently his mission is but to deliver,
he having orders for all he can cut for
the day.

His first offering of the season Is
pussy willow, from his rows of wil-
lows, some of which he had cut back
to produce many small twigs, and
others grown for long sorays he will
commence cutting early in January.
These branches are placed in jars of
water in a warm house, to swell the
buds which, when ready, are bunched
into lengths suitable for his trade and
find a ready market until they come
in naturally in the spring. The money
from this first crop will alone figure
much more than is ordinarily taken
from many farm crops.

The next cutting is in the spring
from the rows of spirea and duetzia,
which, while it does not last long. Is
handled in quite large quantities, be-
ing put up in bunches that readily
sell for 25 cents. Japanese snowball
should now be in, and is in demand
by all the trade while it lasts. The
rows of Hydrangea arborescens alba
are now showing color. W^hat a grand
variety, with its lonsr stems and
wealth of foliage. It is very decora-
tive and also useful for making up in
design work. It is often called for In
large quantities.

The climbing rose hedges of Dorothy
Perkins around the garden are now
commencing to glow with their beau-
tiful pink sprays. These hedges hav-
ing had the proper pruning are cov-
ered all over with long stemmed clus-
ters, which are very salable. Handled
with gloves they are easily managed,
otherwise it is a prickly job. This
should be one of the best paying por-
tions of the ground, as while the sea-
son is short, they are often wanted in
quantity for the June weddings.

There is now a chance for a try at
the weeds and some necessary prun-
ing, after which the Hydrangea pan-
iculata, with its great heads of bloom,
finds a more or less ready sale, first
for the decorative and design work
while in its virgin white, and later,
when in the cool nights of September,
it takes on its autumn hues. Together
with this, there is the fall aster with
its brilliant shades of blue. From this
bed there are cut many bunches, tut
hardly ever enough to go around.

The gay pompon chrysanthemum.s
are beginning to color up. The first
are hardly fit, but their soft pinks,
their yellows and golden reds and
browns are irresistible. One feels they
must be shown; at once the cry Is for
more and soon the full cr^o Is on.
This, the last flower of the garden,
fights it out with Jack Frost, winning
for a while, but succumbs at last to
the inevitable.

How many are there In every com-
munity who could profit by such an
acre. It is not all ease and profit;
you cannot Just stick them In and
say— "grow." They must be given
care and culture, it is necessary they
be fed and fostered. An irrigation
system is almost imperative and it will
much more than pay for its installa-
tion. The natural enemy, the weeds,
will fight for place, but such a spot Is
no place for them. It being only for
the elect.

All of the above stock should be
carefully prepared for the market, cut
In the morning or afternoon, as Is
found best, nicely bunched, placed In
deep jars of water over night. It Is
then in the best salable condition and
need have little fear of competition.

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CHURCH WEDDING DECORATION AT CLEVELAND. OHIO,
Hy Smilh it Flutters, Clnrenco Mevers, Decorjitor,

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THE ROSE.

Preparing for Winter.

There are several things of impor-
tance the rose grower must attend to
before the real winter weather sets
in, if one wants to be saved consider-
able hard work, and that is the prepa-
rations for potting up the Manetti
stocks, propagating, mulching, etc. So
to be ready to do all of these things,
now is the time to get .some good
fresh soil in; also a quantity of good
well-rotted coW manure, and suflBcient
good, clean, sharp bank sand to take
care of the cuttings for the season.
Once the snow beats you to it, it sure
is a tough job. If the manure and
soil are protected from frost there is
no need of composting it at this time,
as it can be mixed at any time in any
desired proportion. The sand should
be stored in some good clean place,
where it will be kept dry and free
from refuse of any kind, preferably
in some outside shed. As stated be-
fore, if one has a bricked-up bottom
propagating bench (which is by far
the best) with cement walls, etc.. it
is quite an easy matter to have a
cement vault built under the benches
to hold the sand, a most convenient
arrangement.

The Manetti stocks (if one is in
luck) usually arrive about the latter
part of December. Whether the war
will affect the shipping of the stocks
to the United States this season re-
mains to be seen, although at this
writing we have been assured by sev-
eral firms that handle Manetti that
they do not anticipate any trouble in
getting them across in good season.
both English and French stocks." Those
that have not ordered Manetti for thi.s
season's grafting should do so at once.
The English stocks are preferred by
most growers, as the wood is firmer
and the plants seem to make much
more rapid growth at every stage:
they usually cost more, but are well
worth the difference.

How about the Christmas prepara-
tions? Business has been extremely
dull among the rose growers univer-
sally and perhaps by Christmas things
will look more encouraging and under
the circumstances we are obliged to
have things in readiness to take care
of the business In an up-to-date man-
ner. Impress your customers with the
neat arrangement of your orders, b>-
having the facilities for packing ever\
order neatly, and insure safe arrival
by packing carefully to avoid damagv
from frost and rough handling. This
applies to the wholesaler as well a.s
the retailer, and it is of the utmost
importance that the stock should hc>
fresh.

See to it that there are plenty ol'
jars for the cut and that the cut rosc.-j
are not crowded into them; also gradr
carefully. There is nothing gained by
holding the cut over 48 hours, for in
order to do so they cannot be cut so
as to reach their full size, and they
fail to satisfy the store man or cus-
tomer, and in all probability such
stock will be kept on the shelf till the
Jast minute. The grower of experience
found this out years ago, but it is
quite natural for the small grower to
hold back his stock as long as possible.
with the mistaken idea that he will
get better returns for his roses at the
last minute. So we will repeat, let the
stock be fresh by all means.

The plants will requii'e close watch-
ing from now on, as the short days
are at hand, and we may expect ex-
tremely cold weather, as well as cloudy
weather at any time now. So be a
good guesser when selecting the days
for syringing, so that the foliage will
be well dried off by night. If it should
cloud up shortly after syringing, the
surplus water should be shaken from
the foliage. We think it was a fine
suggestion of one of the rose experts
in one of the trade journals — the
writer doesn't recall who it was — that
suggested using a short piece of hose,
tapping each plant carefully to remove
the water, but we have found nothing
better suited for the purpose and per-
sonally I owe him a vote of thanks.

Keep the night temperature right on
the dot and avoid heavy mulching
from now on. It is saf* to use the
liquid manure during the mid-winter
season for obvious reasons. About 45
degrees will be about right for the ice
box or flower cellar. E.

New Weapon Against Black Spot.

Only those who have experienced a
bad attack of this disease know hou-
disastrous is the effect of the black
spot fungus (Actinonema rosie) on
the rose, says a correspondent of the
London Gardener's Chronicle. If the
disease is at all advanced insecticides
seem to be without any practical ef-
fect in staying its ravages, the reason
probably being that the mycelium is
at work inside the tissues of the .leaf,
and that the leaf, which soon falls,
spreads the disease further by infect-
ing the ground. If the attack is
caught very early, before it is estab-
lished, a thorough drenching of the
plants and ground with lime-sulphur
compound seems .sometimes to stay
the plague, but this is unsightly, for
the deposit caused by the lime-sulphur

will cling to the foliage in spite of
the heaviest rain, and what is worse
is that it is not always effectual.
Probably it is only effective whera
growth of the fungus inside the leaf
has not yet developed to any serlovis
extent. Moreover, some of our most
beautiful roses, including particularly
the Lyons rose, some others of the
Pernetian group, and W^hite Maman
Cochet, among the teas, so rapidly fall
a prey to this fell disease that it is
most difficult to keep them free from
its ravages, and a bed of roses suffer-
ing from a bad attack in autumn, with
scarcely a healthy leaf upon the
plants, is truly a sad sight.

Practically the most effective, if not
the only means of guarding against
the recurrence of the disease when a
bad attack has occurred, has been the
wholesale removal of the surface soil
to a depth of about three inches, and
its replacement by soil brought from
an vminfected locality.

During the summer the disease is
spread by means of spores with com-
paratively thin coats which are car-
ried about by the wind, and speedily
infect new areas. In the autumn,
however, winter spores are produced.
Groups of these winter-spores are con-
tained in small globular receptacles
( perithecia) with hard envelopes,
which protect the spores during the
rigors of winter. The perithecia fall
to the ground, remain there during
the winter, and burst in the spring or
early summer, throwing out the spores
which have been stored within them,
according to some .authorities, to so
great a distance as 10 feet. These
winter spores, having not only their
own walls, but also the hard case to
protect them, seem to be practically
indestructible by ordinary fungicides,
and hence winter spraying will pro-
duce but little effect upon them.

Now the removal of the surface

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soil, though a tolerably effectual rem-
edy, is a most troublesome and labori-
ous process, and moreover it is ex-
pensive, so that it is unlikely to be
largely resorted it. I have, therefore,
for many years been endeavoring to
find some process of destroying the
spores in the ground, so as to avoid
being driven to this troublesome expe-
dient. My first idea was to devise
some method of boiling the surface
soil by the use of a portable boiler,
such as is used by caterers for large
tea parties, but the difficulties in the
wey of this method were so great, and
the area that could be dealt with at a
time so small, that it had to be aban-
doned.

A recent article, however, in the
Journal of the Royal Horticultural So-
ciety by H. E. Durham has suggested
to me exactly the weapon for which
I was in search. He has entitled his
article, "The Use of Explosives and
the Blow Lamp in the Garden," and
it is the latter part of the article,
headed "The Plumber's Blow Lamp
as a Garden Tool," for which I am
grateful, and would express my ac-
knowledgments.

At present, for working among rose
bushes, it seems to me that a fairly
small-sized lamp is the most suitable,
with a flame of six to nine inches long.
It is best to select a rather still day,
and if possible a day when the soil is
tolerably dry, and perhaps I may as-
sume that the surface has been kept
in a state of good cultivation by means
of the hoe.

Then, having got the lamp well
started, not always an easy thing to
the inexperienced, we may select some
-small tool for moving the surface soil.
Barr's daffodil hoe is useful for the
purpose, but a small hand-rake or a
garden hoe with a short handle will
do. A couple of garden forks for keep-
ing the branches away from the place
where the work is in progress are also
convenient, at least where the trees
are at all crowded.

The method of procedure is first of
all to go over the surface of the soil
with the lamp, being careful, of course,
not to let the flame play on any part
of the trees themselves. Next rake
the .soil into the spaces between the
trees, and treat it again with the flame
somewhat more thoroughly, raking it
over the while, and finally spread the
soil again and run the lamp over it
afresh. Incidentally, this method of
treatment will be found to have a
good effect in destroying weed seeds
which have fallen on the soil. No
doubt treatment of this kind ought to
have some effect in destroying the mil-
dew spores in the soil, and perhaps a
few caterpillars and other noxious
beasts, but I am not very hopeful that
it will be likely to effect anything like
a clearance of mildew from our gar-
dens. Some time ago G. L. Paul told
me he had noticed that in those parts
of France where there were no hedges
there was no mildew, while in those
parts where hedges were grown it was
as prevalent as it is with us. In a
country like England, therefore, where
hedges abound — and we need not re-
gret it, even though we be rosarians —
the final extinction of mildew on our
roses can scarcely be hoped for, unless
we confine ourselves to mildew-proof
varieties, such as Louise Catherine
Breslau promises to be. We would do
well, therefore, to resign ourselves to
fighting mildew on our roses by the
means that have been found to be
successful in the past, but possibly the
process I have suggested may be of

CHRISTMAS BASKET BY GEO. M. STUMPP. NEW YORK.

Heather. Primroses and Lilies.

some effect in lessening, or at least
retarding its onset.

Coming back to black spot, not-
withstanding the lamp treatment,
there remain three possible sources of
infection to be considered. (1) Where
plants have been attacked the soil sur-
rounding the beds is sure to have
caught some of the spores. If this
happens to be gravel or pavement it
may be treated with the lamp, which
will at the same time act as a weed-
killer. This is impossible if the beds
are surrounded with grass, and some
fungicide must be used : sulphate of
iron and lime-sulphur seem the most
promising. (2) The winter spores
may find a hiding place in the inter-
stices and cracks in the bark and the
ails of the leaves, and to guard against
this a strong wash after pruning will
be most likely to insure success. (3)
There remains the possibility that the
mycelium may remain in the tissues
of the plant more or less dormant dur-
ing winter. I believe we can not yet
say with anything approaching accu-
racy whether this takes place or not.
or, if it does occur, whether it is com-
mon or exceptional. Mycologists would
greatly assist rosarians by making and
publishing accurate anatomi/?al exami-
nations of these fungoid diseases, of
which our present information rests
more on conjecture than it should do.
We have clearly much to learn in
these matters before the royal road to
success will reveal itself.

I can as yet offer no results of the
treatment of fungoid disease by this
new weapon, and my excuse for de-
scribing it at this length must rest on
the fact that ft is a method for which
I have been long seeking, that it is fair-

ly simple, and appears to me to lie on
the right lines for progress.

In the early days of modern sur-
gery, the exclusion of disease germs
was sought for by the free use of dis-
infectants, operations took place under
a carbolic spray, and all sorts of ger-
micides were employed, but the great
triumphs of modern surgery have been
.secured by aseptic rather than by
antiseptic methods. So rosarians have
begun by the copious use of all man-
ner of fungicides, but they may ulti-
mately find the true solution of their
difliculties in preventing the access of
disease rather than in trying to cure
an epidemic that has developea.

Texas Roses.

I want to make an appeal to the
florists of Texas in behalf of the rose
display at the San Diego exposition,
[f we can send 2.000 or 3,000 rose buds
to San Diego, Calif., the horticultural
committee will see that we get a nice
space and that they will be well dis-
played. This is certainly a most eco-
nomical way of advertising Texas and
her products. Now it is not going to
tax any florist very heavily in sending,
say 50 roses of the best variety to
San Diego and prepay the express
charges, addressing them to J. C, Knox,
.San Diego Exposition, San Diego, Cali-
fornia, and the committee will do the
rest. The shipper's name will be dis-
played in his exhibit and the exhibit,
as a whole, will be marked "Texas-
Grown Roses."

It seems to me that this is certainly
an opportunity for the florists and
nurserymen of Texas to show what we
grow in this great state in the line

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of roses, and I certainly hope that this
appeal will meet with ready response.

I would like to hear from those who
expect to send something and would
like to be advised the time shipment is
made. Now don't put this off, think-
ing the other fellow will take care of
the shipments and yours may not be
necessary, for we all may be of the
same opinion' and have no display. At-
tend to this now as this is a good ship-
ping season, and by the time they
reach California and are planted they
will be in just at the right time for
the opening of the exposition.

I trust that every florist will feel
that he is under an obligation to re-
spond to this call and make shipment
promptly and that we may have a nice
display in due time.

R. C. Kerr,
Pres., Texas State Florists' Assn.

THE CARNATION.

Preparing: for the Christmas Crop.

The general report of the carnation
growers throughout the central states
is that the plants are in better shape
this year than what they were at the
same time for the past two or three
years. The weather conditions of the
past two months have been ideal for
carnations to make rapid plant growth
and put vigor into the stem and
shoots, consequently the plants at this
time (December 1) are loaded with
buds and growths, indicating good
crop (jf flowers for the Christmas holi-
days.

A big cut of flowers for the holidays
is the natural desire of every carnation
grower and a great deal of his thought
at the present time is centered in
bringing this about. To produce a good
crop for Christmas the plants at this
time must have that crop well in
sight, so that all the grower has to do
is to watch carefully the general rou-
tine work in the care of his plants,
particularly the watching of the tem-
perature in the houses. It is very im-
portant that the temperature be held
to the regular even degree of 50 to 52
degrees at night, 50 to 58 degrees dur-
ing the daytime on cloudy days, and
on bright days C5 degrees, with enough
ventilation on to insure a clear fresh
air in the houses without causing a
draught to blow on to the plants. The
degrree of temperature, as advised here
for bright days, means without the aid
of steam heat; should the weather be
bitter cold, though bright, so that the
ventilators cannot be opened very
much, do not attempt to reach this
temperature by turning on the steam,
but hold the houses to a lower degree
with a crack of ventilation on. Steam
heat, together with the bright sun-
shine when the weather is moderate,
quickly causes a dry atmosphere con-
ducive to the spread of red spider. It
is an entirely different matter when
the weather is so severe that the sun
cannot entirely clear the glass, then of
course it is necessary to use the steam
heat all the time.

Carnations delight in plenty of fresh
air, both for healthy plant growth and
good texture to the blooms. "Ventila-
tion during favorable weather should
begin as soon as the temperature rises
to 58 degrees, opening up with a small
crack at first, gradually increasing it
as the temperature demands, reducing
it in the same manner with the falling

temperature, so that when closing
down time comes in the afternoon, the
temperature in the houses is down to
within two or three degrees of the
night mark. Then be careful to have
enough steam on to hold the tempera-
ture and guard against it falling too
low.

Careful watering at this time is an-
other part of the work of the utmost
importance, and if carefully attended
to will greatly help along the Christ-
mas crop. Plants that are full of buds
and flower shoots should receive the
closest attention in this respect. Ex-
amine the soil carefully each day and
water only as they require it; heavy
waterings during a spell of dark
weather will quickly cause the flowers
to burst, as well as weaken the stems,
and they will not keep nearly as well.
Disbudding should be followed Up
close just as quickly as the buds are
large enough to handle properly. Neg-
lect in this work will throw the flow-
ers considerable later; also when dis-
budding, remove enough of the side
growths to give the flower a good long
stem.

Attend regularly to the fumigating,
so that it will not be necessary to have
to do it while the plants are in full
bloom at Christmas, and discolor the
flowers. 1. w. Johnson.

Carnation Cutting Bench.

Ed. American florist :

Please inform me in regard to the
preparation of the cutting bed for car-
nations. I must use a north side bench
which is near the glass and has bot-
tom heat. J. W. G.

New York.

J. W. G. does not state in his letter
of inquiry what other plants occupy
the rest of the house where he must
use the north side bench for carnation
propagating, so I conclude that it is
in one of the carnation houses. The
man who has to use a bench in the
growing houses for propagating is
working under a handicap compared
to those who have a house specially
fitted up for propagating purposes, but
a large number of growers have this
handicap to contend with and manage
to root the cuttings successfully.

SMITH'S NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM KEWANEE.

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POEHLMANNS NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM MRS. POEHLMANN, PURE WHITE SPORT OF CHADWICK.

The one great drawback to a propa-
gating bench situated as stated is
that you do not have the same control
over the temperature and airing as is
the case with a regular propagating
house, and as the season advances,
closer watching becomes more neces-
sary for a successful stand of cut-
tings; therefore, let me advise getting
in the cuttings as early as possible so
that the required number can be
accounted for by the middle of Feb-
ruary.

The bed should be prepared along the
following lines : construct the bench
so that there is an open air space
along the back between the back
board of the bench and the side of
the house to allow for a free circula-
tion of, heat and prevent the sand at
,the back of the bench getting too cold.
Do not make the serious mistake of
building the bench wider than what a
man can work easily; situated as such
a bench is, it should not be wider than
3% feet. The 'underneath part of the
bench can be closed in by having some
bags or a width of cloth sheeting along
the front so as to conserve the heat
underneath to give to the sand a bot-
tom heat of 5-1 to 56 degrees. The
regulation bench depth of six inches is
plenty deep enough. When providing
the sand, be sure to get the best to be
had — clean, sharp, and free from clay
as possible. For drainage to the sand
cover the bottom of the bench with
a thin layer of %-inch limestone,
then fill in with sand to the top of the
side boards, so that when pounded

down, you will have a depth of about
four inches to the sana.

The question of providing some
means of shading the cuttings now
arises. This is not of so much im-
portance during January or early in
February, because very little shading
is requited at that time, but later in
the season it becomes necessary. The
only way to shade a cutting bench
properly is to fit up a frame to stretch
muslin over, and provide a way so
that it can be opened out or closed
up as required. The frame should be
at least two feet above the cuttings
so as to give a free circulation of air.
If there is not room for a frame on
account of the bed being too close to
the glass, then a wire can be stretched
along the front, with the cloth put
on in the form of a curtain.

The greatest trouble to contend
with when propagating carnations
under these conditions is the varying
temperature which makes it necessary
to watch the cuttings very closely to
prevent wilting; also, be sure the cut-
tings are well firmed in the sand.

C. W. Johnson.

Carnation Stems.
ED. AMERICAN Florist :

What can I do to make my carna-
tions produce heavier stems?

J. E. H.
Iowa.

There are several precautions to be
taken in carnation culture, the neglect
of which will cause the production of

stems weaker than normal. The first
of these is high temperature. With
Enchantress and White Enchantress,
White Perfection, Rosette, Gloriosa,
and most other varieties now grown,
the temperature of the house during
cloudy weather should never exceed
C0°. After darkness the temperature
should gradually drop to 55° by nine
o'clock, and after midnight, two or
three degrees lower, increasing after
sunrise gradually to G0°. A tempera-
ture averaging two degrees lower
might be beneficial, while a tempera-
ture much higher tlian this will cause
a soft and weak growth. Excessive
fertilizing with dried blood, tankage or
other nitrogenous fertilizer will cause
the same kind of growth. On the other
hand, with the varieties White Perfec-
tion and particularly White Enchan-
tress and Enchantress, I have found
ample fertilization with acid phos-
phate to produce large and rigid
stems. The soil in this case was
a brown silt loam, a type that
has too little phosphate to yield the
maximum production with most crops.
In case a phosphatic fertilizer is used,
however, it should be kept in mind
that blood and bone, tankage and raw
bone meal all contain enough nitrog-
enous matter to cause overfeeding if
an excessive amount is applied. I have
never noticed injury to carnations
from overfeeding by the application of
acid phosphate. The application of
sulphate of potash has been recom-
mended as a means of stiffening the
stems of carnations. I have never no-
ticed this result on carnations grown
on a brown silt loam soil.

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Another cause of weak stems is re-
peated topping in the field, or after
planting, until a stool is produced with
so many developing shoots that the
root system cannot supply them with
sufficient nutriment. As a result a
large number of flowers, all weak
stemmed, are produced. Moderate
sized plants will yield much better
flowers. ^ ^ ^

ORCHID NOTES.

Cypripediums.

It has been almost a century since
Cypripedium insigne was first mtro-
duced; now it is as common as it is
old. The cultivation of it is compara-
tively simple or it would not survive
the very rough treatment that this
orchid often receives from commer
cial growers. Somehow C. insigne al-
ways seems to be in the way, conse-
quently, they must be moved from
place to place to make room for some
plants that are thought to be of more
importance for the time being, and
eventually they are carried out doors
to be placed in cold frames for the
summer, where, only too often, they
become infested with snails. These,
of course, will be carried with the
plants back into the houses when cold
weather is due. There certainly is
no need for treating cypripediums
roughly considering the attention they
requite and the space they occupy, as
it is quite possible for a florist to get
just as good financial returns from
C. insigne as many other things in
the plant line, providing, of cosrse,
they are looked after; any neglect of
needed attention is shown by the flow-
ers produced, only too often are they
kept in the summer quarters too long,
or placed in a very cool greenhouse for
the sole purpose of retarding the flow-
ers, which only results in securing a
crop of useless short-stemmed blooms.
There are quite a number of the green-
leaved cypripediums that are good for
florists' use, but in addition to the
above variety, C. Leeanum, C. Nitens
and C. villosum are best for winter
use, and with only ordinary watchful-
ness will thrive in a cattleya house,
and they will also succeed in a house
suitable for carnations providing they
are given sufficient shade during sum-
mer. This they need under any con-
siderations; either permanent sh&.ding
on the glass, or blinds of some .de-
scription.

These terrestrial orchids do not re-
quire repotting very often, for the fin-
est flowers are procured from pot
bound plants, but when potting does
become necessary, use a compost of
solid lumps of peat, fibrous loam and
sphagnum moss in equal parts. The
pots need to be filled quarter full of
broken crockery for drainage, and see
that the plants are not set too deep
into the pots (the base of the leaves
should be level with the top of the
pot), place the compost firmly round
the plant, water sparingly for some
time afterwards, but spray them often,
andf keep the surroundings damp to
maintain a nice growing atmosphere
at all times. The summer flowering
varieties such as C. Lawrenceanum,
C. barbatum and C. callosum, with
many others have mottled leaves and
they require a little warmer treatment
than those having green leaves, but.

the flowers have longer stems and are
found useful, sold as mixed orchids.

tymbidiums.

Cymbidiums do well grown with cool
growing cypripediums, and nothing
succeeds so well when conditions are
favorable for these orchids. There are
several varieties of them that are ad-
mirable, and useful and perhaps no
orchid keeps so well either on the plant
or cut as cymbidiums. The better
known varieties. ' C. Lowianum, C.
Tracyanum, C. eburneum (white), C.
Mastersii, and the new C. insigne, be-
sides several hybrids, which can all
be used in numerous ways by florists.
Unfortunately, they do not bloom free-
ly as a general rule; yet, with some
growers they do grow and flower like
weeds, even with little attention, but
with many they are a failure.

A naturally cool, moist house is the
best for them; they will not succeed
in hot, dry houses under any consid-
eration, as they soon become infested
with scale. All of them have thick,
fleshy roots, and need lots of pot room,
but when once established must not
be disturbed by repotting only at long
intervals. When the time comes to

pot, which is in summer for most
kinds, or when plenty of new roots are
seen, they like a heavy fibrous loam
mixed with a small quantity of peat
and sphagnum moss. Pot firmly, keep-
ing the base of the bulbs level with
the top of the pots, using little drain-
age, and water with cai'e for a time.
Afterwards, they will take water in
large quantities when in full growth.
After growth is completed, a slight
rest, by withholding water for a time,
will cause them to throw flower spikes.
To keep them wet continually makes
them send up growths instead of flow-
ers, so it is well to take notice of
these peculiarities or there will not
be any abundance of flowers to mar-
ket, and no florist will keep these big
plants around long to look at.

C. Y. Pbipede.

Denvee, Colo. — W. C. Walter will
erect a brick office for greenhouse to
cost $1,0(X).

UpPEE Sandusky, O. — Constein Bros.,
florists, celebrated the third anniver-
ary of the establishment of their
business during the week of Nov. 15-21,
Many visitors inspected the green-
houses.

VASE OF CYPRIPEDIUMS AND ASPARAGUS.

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CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE AS GROWN BY C. W. JOHNSON, MORGAN PARK, ILL.

Greenhouse Construction.

Abstract of Bulletin 224. department of agri-
culture, Ottawa, Out.

To the persons starting a new house
or range, certain points must have
careful consideration, and any point
which means a saving of labor, per-
manency of structure, increased fa-
cilities for handling materials, sup-
plies and product are considered a
good Investment.

SKLECTING THE LOCATION.
Prospective greenhouse builders,
looking for a location, should select
the best possible place from a labor-
saving point. Where the grower has
the opportunity to start his establish-
ment close to a steam or electric road,
he has a decided advantage over those
who cannot, both In bringing in his
fuel and supplies at a reasonable cost,
and in the marketing of his product.
The buying public are more and more
demanding quality, and the grower
who can deliver his crops on the mar-
ket without bruising and crushing, due
to jarring over' stones and through
ruts, has a big advantage.

FOtJNDATION AND WALLS.

In the matter of foundation and
■walls, builders of greenhouses should
bear in mind that the most important
part of any structure Is Its founda-
tion, and they should aim to have a
strong foundation of the very best ma-
terials. This should be of concrete to
secure permanency, and should as a
rule be eight inches in thickness and
set in the ground sufficient depth to
give a solid foundation and be below

the frost line. The walls should be
of concrete, wood and shingles, or sid-
ing or concrete blocks. While some
prefer a wall three feet in height and
others wish only one foot of wall, 24
inches of solid wall seems to be about
the right height, and this allows four
feet for side wall ventilation where six
feet eaves are used.

Years ago it was considered almost
necessary to have no side wall at all
running the sash bars down to the
plate which was nearly always set on
top of the ground. Advances have
been made in construction, however,
and we now find greenhouses with
eaves 10 feet from the surface of the
ground, and it is quite common to see
eaves six to seven feet in height in
large commercial plants. It is recom-
mended that In houses 30 feet or over
that the eaves be placed at least six
feet above the level of the surface soil.
This gives ample room for glass sides
and side ventilators, and also gives
head room for growing plants that
need stakes or trellis work for sup-
port. Lower eave plates cause endless
knocking against the roof members
and hamper economic handling of
plants.

WIDTH OF HOUSES

Practically all greenhouses built up
to the last 15 years have been of nar-
row widths, due largely to a mistaken
idea that plants should be located as
near the glass as possible. This Idea
has been misproven in later years, and
the prevailing width of houses now be-
ing built in the United States seems

to be 75 feet. The large greenhouse
growers are convinced that better re-
turns can be received from houses of
a wider span than from the old-fash-
ioned narrow ones. In houses having
a wider span, and of necessity higher
eaves, the volume of air is increased,
the glass surface is proportionately
increased, and the working cost of the
greenhouse is lessened. The plants
grow better in every stage, and are
not so liable to suffer so much from
the sudden lowering of temperature.
With the increased length of sashbar.
etc., the glass surface is increased,
and this admits more light and also
makes adequate ventilation easy. With
the higher eaves the ventilating ap-
paratus can be easily placed and op-
erated, taking up practically no room
in the house.

DITFEBENT FOBMS OF CONSTBUCTION.

Possibly iron frame construction is
receiving more attention at the pres-
ent time than any other. Growers In
many sections of the United States
are finding that the best is none too
good, and the iron frame greenhouse
meets with their approval better than
any other. In houses of the Iron
frame construction all possible parts
are constructed of iron. Flat iron
posts bolted together set in concrete
form the supporting members for
eaves, etc. Flat iron rafters run from
these wall supports to the ridge, be-
ing held together with angle iron pur-
lins. The sash bars are of wood and
are attached to this iron frame work.

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In a few words, this construction
simply is a frame of iron wliich sup-
ports tlie sash bars on which the glass
is laid. It lias been found tliat metal
cannot take the place of wood in
manufacturing; owing to the expan-
sion and contraction of the metal in
different weathers. These houses are
all manufactured in separate pieces
In foundries, iron parts cut required
lengths, all holes bored and the house
in many cases set up to see that every-
thing, fits before being shipped on to
the builder. ■ The parts are all prop-
erly labeled, and a blue print of the
plan of the houses showing details
which accompanies each house gives
the exact position for each member.
The advantage of iron frame green-
houses and the merits of this con-
struction may be summed up as fol-
lows :

^1) Cost of upkeep very small as
compared "with other forms of con-
struction.

(2) Solidity. The houses of this
form have been in use thirty years
and are still in good condition.

(3) Cost less to heat.

(4) Glass breakage is consider-
ably less.

(5) Lack of columns.

(6) Minimum shade.

The main objection to houses of
this construction is that of initial cost.
This is oftener higher than that of in-
ferior forms. To offset that the grow-
ers should tigure that these are per-
manent houses built to stay. For grow-
ers having limited capital or those not
destl-ing to build the first class con-
struction as described previously the
pipe frame construction is considered
as a good investment. ^

This form of construction has met
with approval in many localities dur-
ing later years and many houses of
this style are to be found in Canada.
However, the growers in the United
States who have had these houses are
now building houses using the Iron
frame construction and the majority
state they have better houses and are
more satisfied with results. In this
form of construction all the support-
ing members are made of iron pipe —
eave or gutter supports, purlins and
purlin supports. Galvanized iron pipe
is used in all cases and all supporting
members are set in concrete to a suf-
ficient depth to make them solid.
Wooden sash bars are placed on tliis
trame work and held in position by
means of a metal band or clasp which
goes around the pipe purlin and is
held to the bar by two screws.

The objection to houses of this form
of construction is that in a house of
large size there are so many support-
ing members that the ground in the
house cannot be cultivated with
horses as easily as with other forms
of construction. Horses cannot be
used with the same freedom as in
houses requiring fewer supporting
members. Pipe frame houses have
more material in them which must be
kept up thus increasing running ex-
penses. The same degree of solidity
can not be found as in houses of the
iron frame construction and there
seems to be more danger of glass
breakage in these houses than in the
iron frame houses. On the other hand
they make a very economical house
for the grower requiring only a small
house to be used with raised benches.

The form of all wood construction

is practically out of date at the pres-
ent time. It cannot be used economi-
cally because of the limited age of
wooden parts. Wooden posts, usually
i cedar, are set four feet apart to form
I the side walls and the houses made
very narrow requiring but few sup-
ports for the ridge. These have been
found to be small trees cut required
lengths, split cedar posts or two by
four inch scantling. Many gardeners
have used these houses in previous
years and know their limitations and
no gardener is advised to build one.

At the present time there is con-
siderable controversy about the mer-
its of joined pr separate houses.
Growers in the east use separate
houses almost entirely while those
around Chicago have used ranges of
joined houses. It appears on investi-
gation that where wide*' houses are
being built, separate ones are used en-
tirely. Ranges of narrow houses are
giving good satisfaction but the grow-
ers are building their new ones of
wide separate houses. The merits of
the separate houses may be given
briefly as follows :

(1) Side ventilation is recognized I
as a necessity among vegetable grow-
ers, and this can be secured amply by
having separate houses.

(2) Different temperatures may be
kept in different houses thus enabling
the growing of crops requiring several
degrees difference in temperature.

(3) Heating systems can be built
so as to shut off entirely one house if
the occasion should so demand.

(4) Disease is not so liable to
to spread from one house to another.

In regard to the heating of the two

styles of houses it is claimed by own-
ers of large ranges that there is very
little difference in cost. Of course
some claim exorbitant saving on their
particular houses but this cannot al-
ways he verified. On the whole sepa-
rate houses can be heated with prac-
tically the same cost as houses on the
connected style. Alley houses are
usually built connecting the separate
houses for convenience of carrying
supplies, etc., and the heating main is
usually carried through these mini-
mizing the loss of heat.

GREEN HOUSE GLASS.

Too much importance cannot be
given by the builder to glass and glaz-
ing. The outside surface of the green-
house is that which receives the direct
blows, and it must be strong enough
to withstand the severest storms.
There are many grades of glass on
the market which have been sold as
suitable for greenhouse building. Or-
dinary window glass will not do; a
stronger grade is necessary. A
heavier grade of glass is used for
greenhouses. The glass should be
carefully gone over and all lights hav-
ing flaws or whorls in them should
be discarded. Burning of the crops
underneath will result from the
strength of the sun's rays.

UEATINO.

The heating is the next point which
must be considered. Hot water and
steam are the two sources of heat at
present. Both systems have been im-
proved in the last 10 to 15 years and
both systems are built to give maxi-
mum service. Hot water heating is
divided into two classes; the gravity

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system and the pressure system. The
gravity system is to be recommended
(or small houses such as 30 or 40 by
100 or 150 but may be used up to
30,000 squaf* <ee< of glass. For larger
houses, and where there are several in
a range and hot water is wanted, some
form of circulator is recommended.
For long houses and for large houses
or large ranges the use of steam is ad-
vised. In these cases where the heat
has a long way to travel it can be car-
ried to a better advantage and with
a less cost of fuel by the steam sys-
tem.

A vacuum system of heating is be-
ing installed in some plants and works
on the principle of high pressure at
the boiler and by the use of reducing
valves on vacuum pumps, the steam
passes through the coils in the houses
at atmospheric pressure or under.
This form of heating for i^rcre
plants is recommended as the most
economical now, but must be properly
installed by competent men tn he
worked successfully.

The Wardian Case.

Several valuable collections of eco-
nomic plants, from all parts of the
world, among them mangosteens from
Ceylon and cycads from Australia,
have been successfully imported by the
Garden. The healthy condition in
which the plants arrived after their
long journey is to be attributed largely
to the use of Wardian cases in the
shipment. Without these cases it would
have been well nigh impossible to add
these living specimens to the Garden
collection.

This most satisfactory method of
shipping living plants long distances
we owe to Mr. N. B. Ward, F. L. S., of
London, who conceived the idea in con-
sequence of a simple incident which oc-
curred in his laboratory in 1829. He
states : "I buried the chrysalis of a
■sphinx in some moist mould contained
in a wide mouthed bottle covered with
a lid, watching the bottle from day to
day. I observed that the moisture
which diiring the heat of the day arose
from the mould, became condensed on
the internal surface of the glass, and
returned whence it came; thus keeping
the mould always in the same degree
of humidity. About a week prior to
the final change of the insect, a seed-
ling fern (prothallus) and a grass
made their appearance on the surface
of the mould." These two plants were
kept in this jar for nearly four years,
and Mr. Ward began a series of experi-
ments in his laboratory on growing
plants in closed cases.

About this time Mr. Ward's attention
was called to the loss, due apparently
to a lack of light or of water or of
both, of the entire collection of plants
made by Menzies during his trip around
the world. Thereupon Mr. Ward in-
vestigated means of conveying plants
and seeds across the ocean. He states :
"It was obvious that my new method
offered a ready means of obviating all
these difficulties, so far at least as re-
garded ferns, and plants growing in
similar situations; and in the begin-
ning of June, 1833, I filled two cases
with ferns, grasses, etc., and sent them
to Sydney in care of my zealous friend,
Capt. Mallard." The outcome of the
experiment is given in a letter from
the Captain in 1833.

"You will, I am sure, be much
pleased to hear that your experiment
for the preservation of plants alive.

WELL-FLOWERED CYCLAMEN.

Gruw 11 by Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, TIL

without the necessity of water or open
exposure to the air. has fully suc-
ceeded. The two boxes entrusted to my
care, containing ferns, mosses, grasses,
etc., are now on the poop of the ship
(where they have been all the voy-
age); and the plants I with the excep-
tion of two or three ferns which appear
to have faded), are all alive and vigor-
ous.

"During the very hot weather, near
the equator, I gave them a light sprin-
kling of water, and that is all they
have received during the passage. All
the plants have grown a great deal,
particularly the grasses, which have
been attemptinK to push the top of the
box off.

"I shall carry them forward to Syd-
ney, according to your instructions.
,tnd have no doubt of delivering them
into the hands of Mr. Cunningham in
the same flourishing state in which
they are at present.

"Allow me, in conclusion, to offer
you my warm congratulations upon
the success of this simple but beautiful
discovery for the preservation of
plants in the living state upon the
longest voyages; and I feel not a little
pride in having been the instrument
by which the truth of your new prin-
ciple has been fully proved by experi-
ment."

As confirmation of the success of the
experiment, Mr. Ward had the cases
refilled with Australian plants and
shipped from Sydney to London in
February, 1834, the temperature at the
former port ranging from 00 to 100° F.

During the eight months of the trip
various changes of temperature were
• xperienced, from 20" F., at Cape Horn
( where a severe snowstorm was en-

countered), to 100° F.. at Rio Janeiro,
and 120° F., at the equator, and finally
to 40° F., in the English Channel. The
cases were left on deck during the en-
tire voyage, and no water was supplied
to the plants, which nevertheless were
in a healthy and vigorous condition
when unpacked at their destination.
Several plants of Callicoma serrata had
even grown from seeds.

The British government readily ac-
cepted these miniature greenhouses for
use in long-distance shipments, and be-
gan sending plants to the colonies from
Kew Gardens. It was the Wardian
case which made possible the intro-
duction of the quinine plant i Cinchona
succirubra) into India from South
America. Plants and seeds were re-
ceived at Kew Gardens in 1860. and in
the following year 2,170 seedling plants
were shipped, in Wardian cases, to In-
dia. Thirty years later, in 1892, the
drug prepared from these plants was
.sold, in five-grain doses, at most of the
post offices in the province of Bengal
for the price of one pice — about half a
cent — which means that this most
beneficial medicine in the cure of the
commonest and most fatal of Indian
diseases was put within reach of the
poorest Hindu.

The Wardian case also made possible
the introduction of the Para rubber
plant (Hevia brasiliensis). into Cey-
lon. Seeds were collected in the vicin-
ity of the River Tapajos, Brazil, ship-
ped to Kew, where upwards of 1,000
seeds germinated, and the young plants
sent to Ceylon, August 12, 1876, in
thirty-eight Wardian cases, which were
especially constructed on account of
the rapid growth of the seedlings. And
90 per cent of the plants reached Cey-

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Ion in excellent condition. Without the
Wardian cases, these two introductions
would probably have shared the fate
of the many earlier ones.

The construction of a Wardian case
is a simple matter. Except that the
ends are solid, it may be compared to
a miniature even-span greenhouse, the
base representing the side walls and
floor of the greenhouse. The roof is
made of two separate frames, which fit
on the ends and meet at the top, form-
ing a ridge. These frames are glazed
and the glass is protected on the out-
side by thin pieces of wood, so placed
as to admit the maximum amount of
light. One or both of these .sash-
frames are removable for purpose of
packing and unpacking. The bottom
of the case is filled with moist peat
soil, cocoanut fiber, or light soil. The
plants are planted in this material and
held in position by narrow strips of
wood, vsfhich in turn are firmly se-
cured by cross strips nailed to the sides
of the case. With the exception of a
small plate of perforated zinc in each
«nd, the case is practically air-tight, so
that but little escape of water or
change of air can take place in transit.
Missouri Botanical Gai-deu Bulletin.

WITH THE GROWERS

Cottage Gardens Co., Inc., Queens, N. Y.

The. Cottage Gardens Co. have a
justly celebrated reputation for fine
carnations. Both as originators, and
growers of fine cut stock their reputa-
tion has been long established. The
pink carnation Mrs. C. W. Ward,
which originated there, has been in
the hands of the trade for a number
of years and its popularity instead of
waning, as that of some carnations
after a few years, seems rather to be
increasing.

A recent visit to this range elicited
the fact that Matchless, the white
carnation which they originated and
later disseminated, is even better tlian
it was first supposed to be. There are
two large houses of it at the Cottage
Gardens and a great cut of bloom is
already being made. The plants are
in fine condition and of a total of
about 75,000 cuttings now in the sand,
about half are Matchless, many of
which are now rooted. The reports
that have come in from leading car-
nation growers of the country who
have planted Matchless are most en-
couraging. One grower writes' that
this season he has already cut four
flowers to a plant.

Cottage Maid is a new one that they
intend to disseminate in 1915-1916. It
is a flesh pink sport of Mrs. C. W.
Ward, with largely the same habit of
growth. The flowers are a beautiful
shade and if anything a little larger
than those of Mrs. Ward. It has been
bringing the highest prices in the
wholesale market of New York. Man-
ager Brown thinks that when put be-
fore the trade it will add something
to their fame.

Vivid is a very handsome cerise
^ink that originated at the Gardens
and has been grown for several years,
but has not been disseminated. In its
class, wo have never seen a finer color
and we think it would be welcomed,
both by the trade and the public.
Beacon and Princess Dagmar are also
being grown with success. There is

one house devoted entirely to seed-
lings which is very interesting.

D. S. Ward, son of C. W. and Mrs.
Ward, is now foreman of the green-
houses, and as this is his first year,
he is to be congratulated on their fine
condition. Mr. Ward is a young man,
somewhere in the early twenties. He
finished his education at Cornell Uni-
versity, \i\xX is not a bit "stuck up" on
that account. The accompanying
illustration is a good likeness of him,
excepting, since the photograph was
taken, he has grown a mustache.

A. F. F.

A. L. Miller, Jamaica, L. I. N. Y.

A. L. Miller, of Jamaica, N. Y., is
one of the enterprising florists and
nurserymen whose activities we have
from time to time had occasion to
note. Formerly located ^i East New
York, his business far outgrew the op-
fortunities for enlarging his range and

D. S. Ward.

(_;n'ciiliuus»' Sui't., Cottage Gardens, (.^Uii-uns. X.Y.

nursery. He bought a large tract of
land at Jamaica, which is in reality
a suburb of the greater city. There
he has a fine range and an extensive
nursery. On a rooent \i£it we noted
a number of fine features in the
greenhouses. For the Christmas trade
he has a very fine stock of Begonias
Lorraine and Glory of Cincinnati. A
large stock of imported holly had just
arrived and it was as fine as could be
wished. Poinsettia, Otaheite oranges,
azaleas, primroses and a collection of
foliage plants were also noteworthy.
There is a large cold storage house
that is filled with azaleas and various
foliage plants. Carnations and other
cut flowers are also extensively grown.

A. F. F.

BobMnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

AVe have at various times called the
.ittention of the trade to the activities
of Bobbink & Atkins as nuvserymen.
The n\irsery is yet there, but regard-
less of remarkably mild weather at
Rutherford and vicinity, it seems to
be .a reasonable probability that winter
will soon arrive, therefore, nursery
stock will be dormant for a time. Of
course this firm has great storage
houses and no doubt you could get
trees aijd shrubs in midwinter, pro-

viding you needed them. The object
of this brief sketch is to tell the trade
of their stock under glass.

In writing of poinsettias, it may be
stated that nearly everybody is now
growing them, but some grow them
better than others. It would not do at
all to say that Bobbink & Atkins have
the best poinsettias in the United
States, or in the vicinity of New York
because there are many poinsettias
that we have not seen an i even if we
had seen all of them, our judgment
might be faulty. However, it can be
truthfully stated that they have an
exceptionally large and fine stock,
many flowers ranging from 14 to 15
inches in diameter. Most of the
plants are in eight inch pans. On the
beds good taste has been shown in
the arrangement of the stock; showing
stock to good advantage is a strong
poijit. There are many other good
features at this range, notably crotons,
Pandanus Veitchii, azaleas, palms and
ferns. As Christmas draws near, it
would Vje well for buyers to visit this
firm. A. F. F.

At College Point, N. Y.

Martin Kullman, whose range is at
14 Nineteenth street, is now nearly
73 years old, a fact that would be
hard to believe by looking at him.
There are many men of 40 who are
not as active as he is. Though ably
assisted by his son, he takes a lively
interest in the business, as well as
the trade in general. They grow a va-
riety of good stock.

Anton Schultheis has as usual a
good stock of Christmas plants, con-
sisting of heather, poinsettias, Jerusa-
lem cherries, cyclamens and many
ferns and other foliage plants. For
cutting, he grows a large stock of lily
of the valley, lilies and gardenias.

G. Golsner's Sons are bringing to the
Cut Flower Exchange a good stock of
carnations and bouvardia. This firm
has a large glass area and does a good
business. A. F. F.

PIttsUurgli.

SUPPLY FAIR WITH LIGHT DEMAND.

The flower market has changed very
little over last week, but a decrease
in the supply of stock can easily be
noticed, due, no doubt, to the dark
weather we have experienced of late.
There has been so little sunshine that
the color is little better than distin-
guishable on the Pink Killarney. And
as most of the growers will be holding
their crops back for Christmas, we
can hardly expect much of a supply
for the remaining days before Christ-
mas. Carnations have turned a little
scarcer than before, and better prices
are prevailing on them. Narcissi are
in heavy supply and are away down
in . price. American Beauties are in
splendid quality and promise to be
equally as good, if not better, for
Christmas. Sweet peas are being cut
in large lots, and their quality is also
good. Most of the supply and Christmas
goods orders are shipped by this time,
and local dealers in this line report
a banner year for 1914. Boxwood was
all that could be wished for. this arti-
cle being the leader of all in the sales
column. Good ground pine may also
be had, but it is too early for holly
and mistletoe, which will be in in a
very few days.

CLUB MEETING.

The monthly meeting of the Pitts-
burgh Florists' and Gardeners' Club
was held Tuesday, December 1, in the
Fort Pitt hotel, the feature being 'an
illustrated lecture on the preparing,
preserving and general maintenance of
the roads of Allegheny county. This

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talk was delivered by John Gillespie,
superintendent of tlie maintenance of
roads of Allegliony county, and tliat
Mr. Gillespie "hit the right spot" was
evidenced in the interest manifested by
all present. The S. S. Pennock-Meehan
Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., exhibited some
choice flowers, which attracted a lot
of attention, viz. : Prince d'Arenberg,
red; Jonker Mock, pink; Prince d'BuI-
garie, light pink; and a new rose-pink
carnation, Mrs. C. Edward Akehurst.

NOTES.

It is reported from Delray, Fla., that
Mrs. Frank Faulk will continue the
floral business established by her late
husband, formerly a member of Faulk
Bros., of Allegheny market.

The Saxonwald Greenhouses, of Cas-
tle Shannon, are cutting an excellent
lot of Lilium giganteum; also fine car-
nations.

Wm. Loew has established himself
at 15 Diamond square, where he will
conduct his annual work with "green
goods."

J.

San Francisco.

COLD WEATHER SHORTENS SUPPLY.

We are now experiencing our first
real touch of winter weather, and the
result has been a marked shortening
of stock of every description. The sup-
ply of chrysanthemums is about over
and whatever good stock is arriving is
bringing very remunerative figures.
Prices range from $1 to $2.50 per
■dozen, according to quality. Many
more could be used, but the available
supply is very short, much stock being
shipped out of the city at better prices
than our retailers are willing to pay.
The demand for roses is very good and
a visit to several of our shipping
houses show hundreds of dozen going
out daily. Beauties and Russells are
in very good demand, as also are the
Killarneys, Shawyer, Sunburst and
Richmond. Cecile Brunner is in very
limited supply, not nearly enough to
supply the demand. Carnations are
shortening up also and the demand is
very firm. The prices range from $2 to
$3 per 100. Gorgeous is still the favor-
ite in this city, and as all the florists
are loud in their praises of its color
and keeping qualities, it is very likely
that it will continue to bring top prices
among ttie carnation family. Vio-
lets are arriving in very large quan-
tities daily and prices are about
the same as those maintained in other
years. Owing to the favorable weather
the quality of this stock is excellent
and the shippers report a good trade.
The orchids have slackened up in a
very marked degree since Thanksgiving
and the supply is absorbed readily at
good prices, and the same is also true
of gardenias. Cypripediums are now
coming in and meet with ready sale.
All outdoor stock is gone since the last
visit of the frost, and that will not be
considered as a factor during the bal-
ance of the season. Valley is in usual
supply at usual prices. Greens of all
kinds are plentiful and California red
berries also can be had in great quanti-
ties. The local supply of holly comes
from the Northwest and Canada. As
yet this stock has not arrived, but
every steamer from the north is likely
to bring enough to supply the needs of
this city. Never in the history of the
plant trade have the retailers the op-
portunity to ofTer such grandly grown
cyclamen as they can this season. The
same applies to Begonia Lorraine and
Cincinnati.

NOTES.

The second annual banquet of the
Menlo Park Horticultural Society was
held on Saturday evening, November
28. Over eighty people were at the ta-
bles, all members of the trade along

the peninsula, and it was voted the
most successful affair ever held by
this hospitable society. James T.
Lynch was the toastmaster of the
evening. Henry Maier, of Burlin-
game, Calif., gave the society a splen-
did talk, which was appreciated by all
the members. President Henry Goertz-
hain responded and was listened to
very attentively, pointing out how the
society could expand and pledged him-
self to see that it would do so. Wm.
Kettlewill, of Burlingame, also praised
the society's methods of holding flower
shows. John M. Daly, vice-president
of the society, made an eloquent plea
for a larger membership, with the re-
sult that there will be quite an appre-
ciable increase next meeting. George
Nunn amused the members with rem-
iniscences of the early days of the so-
ciety and was heartily applauded. The
musical part of the program was fur-
nished by Arthur Bearsley. Owen
O'Donnell, Harry Homewood,*^Jack At-
kin, Bernard O'Donnell, Frank R.
Roach and Jack Patterson. After the
musical program President Goertzhain
presented the cups to the winners at
the last flower show. The principal
ones were David Bassett, Wm. Kettle-
will, John M. Daly, John Carbone, An-
drew McDonald, Jack Sinclair and
C. Ulrich.

Frank G. Cuthbertson, of C. C. Morse
& Co., who is also assistant secretary
of the American Sweet Pea Society, has
advised the trade that the American
Sweet Pea Society has accepted the in-
vitation of the Panama-Pacific Inter-
national Exposition to hold an exhibi-
tion during May or June, 1915. The
use of the Palace of Horticulture in
the fair grounds has been granted for
such show. They are now arranging
the schedule and a large number of
prizes have been promised.

M. H. Ebel, of Sacramento, Calif.,

Boston.

LACK OF DEMAND CONTINUES.

All the hopes held out for a good
market have fallen. The past week
was one of the poorest for this time of
the year that we have ever passed
through. There was not a great quan-
tity of . flowers in the markets, but
there was no demand for them. Chrys-
anthemums seem to have passed their
season. There are good Bonnaffon,
Enguehard and White Bonnaffon being
shipped in, but they do not bring much
money. Roses and carnations are drag-
ging, as in fact are nearly every kind
of flower or plant. It is no more than
is to be expected, as nearly every kind
of business is very quiet and money is
scarce.

NOTES.

The growers, wholesale and retail
dealers, in cut flowers have been re-
quested to attend a meeting at the
American House Saturday, December
12, at 10 o'clock a. m., to consider all
sides of the question of surplus stock
and the best means of disposing of the
same. There are many views and theo-
ries being discussed at the markets and
the meeting promises to be a lively
affair.

The new house built by Thomas Ro-
land, of Nahant, Mass., is all ready to
be planted. He is at present shipping
very fine pot plants to the Boston Co-
operative Flower Market. Among the
varieties are cyclamen, poinsettias,
oranges and begonias, which are all
thrifty looking stock. He is also cut-
ting about 1,000 roses a day.

Henry Haas, the new salesman at
the Boston Co-operative Flower Mar-
ket, is receiving from Norris Comly, of
Burlington, very good sweet peas and
violets. Elijah Cartwright of Wellesley
is sending in to him very good clean
Sprengeri.

RAISING FOOD FOR PARISIANS ON THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE.

was a visitor during the week. We re-
gret to report that Mrs. Ebel is in the
hospital, but very glad to hear that she
is recovering from the effects of a seri-
ous operation. Dan MacRorie, Frank
Roach and Mr. Ebel toured the differ-
ent peninsula nurseries during the
week.

Arthur Bearsley surprised his many
friends in the trade by quietly slip-
ping away and getting married. Ar-
thur is one of the most agreeable boys
in the trade and carries with him the
best wishes of a multitude of friends.

G. N.

A seedling cattleya grown by J.
McFarland of North Easton is attract-
ing much attention at his stall at the
co-operative market. It is a large,
light pink flower with a light yellow
center.

The Boston Cut Flower Co., 14 Brom-
fleld street, is kept busy with funeral
work. Their bargain boxes of roses
still continue to be popular.

Thomas Cox, of Dorchester, has the
finest Cypripedium insigne seen in the
markets. He also has Jerusalem cher-
ries and Boston ferns worthy of note.

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Dec. J2,

E. K. Parr of Stoneham, in addition
to carnations, is cutting very fine Pa-
per White narcissi.

F. L. W.

Albany. N. Y.

CLUB MEETING.

At tile December meeting of tlie Al-
bany Florists' Club the following of-
ficers for 1915 were elected : Frank
R. Bilson, president; Thomas F. Tra-
cey, vice president; Robert Davidson,
secretary-treasurer; trustees for two
years, Fred Henkes, John J. Hag-
gerty, and Charles Sanders. Louis H.
Schaefer, chairman of the entertain-
ment committee, reported on plans for
the banquet to be held January 7,
1915, following the installation of of-
ficers. The arrangements for the
banquet were on motion of Thomas
F. Tracey, placed in the hands of the
entertainment committee. A paper on
commercial violet growing was read
by James H. Snyder of Rhinebeck,
N. Y. He told of the troubles that
confront the growers and explained
some of the reasons why poor stock
sometimes reaches the market. Proper
shading through the summer and fall,
rich soil, and systematic methods of
picking and preparing for market are
three vital points in commercial violet
growing. The meeting was one of the
largest held in some time, 38 being
present, and several questions that
arose relative to the regulations of
the club provoked lively discussion in
Which many took part. It is this per-
sonal interest that makes any club a
live organization.

NOTES.

Five cases of fine azaleas were re-
ceived by William C. Gloeckner, No-
vemBer 22. The shipment came from
The Dutch Palm Nurseries, Lokeren,
Belgium. A few days before the plants
arrived in Albany he received the bill
for the goods. At the bottom of the
sheet was a note from the manager
of the nursery, J. Em. Goester, dated
October 22, 1914, who wrote as fol-
lows :

"This war is an awful thing for the
business. As we were ready to pack
your plants, the German army en-
tered the city and all transport was
impossible. It is now a little late but
we got them through. To make up
for the high freight we send consid-
erably larger plants. Mr. Gloeckner,
if I could tell you everything about
such a war you would say. 'This is
impossible in this age of civilization .

George N. Ostrander of the law firm
of Griffin & Ostrander, 443 Broadway,
is developing an estate on Church
street. Saratoga Springs, to be known
as Hylande. In addition to a fine
residence, barns, and garage the place
will have one or more consei-vatories.

R. D.

tion are excellent. At the "Blossom,"
another of Trepel & Bershad's stores,
we note great activity in the cut flow-
er trade.

Mrs. Delia Sperwin of 127 Sixth ave-
nue, one of the best known retailers
of Brooklyn, has recently been much
concerned over the illness of her
mother, who is now SO years old.

Joseph Levy, the well-known florist
of Fulton street and Red Hook lane,
is carrying a fine stock of cut flowers
and doing a good, business.

The funeral of the late Joseph F.
Mallon, the well-known florist, was
held at St. Paul's R. C. Church. Court
and Congress streets, on December 4.
The church was crowded with people
from every walk of life who had
known and esteemed Mr. Mallon.
Judges and legislators joined a great
throng from the lowlier walks of life

Emma Buckrucker & Sons have built
up a nice store room and improved
their place in general.

August Kuny, Jr., la,lK}5cape garden-
er, reports trade as good.

George Walbart is rapidly recovering
from his recent illness.

C. Young & Sons' windows are filled
with fine poinsettias.

Ostertag Bros, expect a big trade
for the holidays.

Visitors: Julius DillofC, of Schloss
Bros., New York; Robt. Newcomb, of
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago; Martin
Reukauf. Philadelphia. Pa.

W. F.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

In one of the show windows of
Frederick Loeser & Co., fronting on
Fulton street, we have recently noted
a very artistic Japanese garden which
was designed by Mr. Waldron. con-
nected with that firm as a designer
and decorator, the plants used being
imported and supplied by Treple &
Bershad, who have the flower and
plant department in the Loeser es-
tablishment. The scene represents a
rocky slope. On the .summit there is
a fine representation of a row of cherry
trees in full bloom. There are a large
number of dwarf plants along the
slope, they being of different varieties.
In suitable locations there are pago-
das, rustic bridges and other clever
features. In the foreground facing
the window there is a row of little
Japanese ladies, in native costume,
that if they were a little larger and
could talk, might be taken for a shop-
ping party. The design and execu*

A Missouri Florist.

Miss Ruth Aniiii Arehias, Four- Year-Old
Daughter of L. 11. Archias, Sedalia.

in paying tribute to the memory of
one who had been a friend to all of
them. After services and a solemn
requiem mass, interment took place
in Holy Cross cemetery. There were
many beautiful floral tributes.

A. F. F.

St. Louis.

Washington,

With the debutantes teas and
dances now in full swing, with plenty
of good roses, carnations, violets, or-
chids and gardenias, there is no com-
plaint from any of the stores, as every-
body claims to be getting his share of
work.

NOTES.

Geo. Shaffer had the decoration for
the debutante tea and dance of Miss
Ewing. While the decoration con-
sisted mostly of the flowers that were
sent the young lady, the decoration
was very tasty. The large reception
room was decorated with southern
smilax, palms and ferns, while the
mantel decoration consisted of .Sun-
burst roses and Farleyense feriis. The
ball room was decorated with south-
ern smilax, with large vases of Ameri-
can Beauty roses showing to good ad-
vantage.

Gude Bros, had the decoration for a
tea and dance which was one of the
events of the past week. The decora-
tion consisted of American Beauty
roses and Farleyense ferns, with
southern smilax on the walls and
screens.

Miss Ballinger, who has been with
Z. D. Blackistone for some time, has
the good fortune to be promoted to
manager of the store. We all wish
her the best of luck and Z. D. is to
be congratulated on the move.

Professor Wall of the Sheldon
school, Philadelphia, Pa., was a visi-
tor last week and while here was a
guest of Wm. Gude and gave a lec-
ture to the employes of Gude Bros, on
the retail trade.

It is beginning to look like Xmas,
with some of the stores already deco-
rated with wreaths, roping and bells.

G. C. D.

WEATHER SHOETENS SUPPLY.

The weather has been cloudy, dark
and rainy all week and stock has been
arriving in reduced quantities. Chrys-
anthemums are about over, a few
stragglers being seen here and there.
The plantmen are -busy preparing then-
Christmas orders. Carnations were
somewhat shy December 6, but at this
time of writing a fair amount of ship-
ments have arrived which sold with
fair demand. Narcissi, hyacinths and
stevias are seen on the counters.

NOTES.

The Florists' Union will meet at
Library hall. Fifteen new members
will be admitted. New by-laws, mini-
mum scale of wages,, etc., will be
brought up for adoption.

Geo. H. Angermueller has had a good
supply of cut flowers of all kinds dur-
ing the past week. The supply depart-
ment is also keeping hands busy.

David Goddes, of Scruggs, Vander-
voort & Barney, was on the sick list
but is now about again.

Cleveland.

Paper White narcissus and stevia
crowd the tables of wholesalers and
retailers, also occupying much space
at the greenhouses. Chrysanthemums
are still being sent in by one or two
growers, mostly Jerome Jones, Mauil
Dean, Golden Wedding and Bonnaffon,
and the demand has been good. Cal-
la lilies are arriving in limited quanti-
ties. Easter lilies were short of the
demand the past week. Valley is in
good supply, some real Christmas
quality stock being offered. Carna-
tions are equal to the demand. The
continued dark, rainy weather has had
its effect on the Pink Killarney roses,
which have faded to a very pale
shade of muddy pink. American Beau-
ties are cleaning up daily, all sizes be-
ing in demand. Asparagus plumosus
and Sprengeri are plentiful, as is
string smilax, which comes in about
two to three yards long. The sale of
Christmas supplies helps to swell the
day's receipts to a good average. A
few single violets (Gov. Herrick) ■ ar-
rive. New York double violets are
moving fairlv well, and stock is fine.
Red and white roses have been .short
of the demand for some time.

C. F. B.

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1079

Ft. Wayne, Ind.

IBADE WELL .SATISFIED WITH BUSINESS.

The business conditions during the
week following Thanksgiving were fair,
although the dark weather conditions
were unfavorable for both the grower
and retailer and caused the cut Bowers
to be off quality as well as off supply.
Killarneys have suffered most from the
cheerless atmosphere, and in several
other varieties of roses the supply was
cut oft. The supply of carnations is
very short and they are commanding
good prices. Narcissi, sweet peas, mar-
guerites, stevia, primroses and orchids
are in fair supply. Callas are in good
supply, but of iioor quality. Violets
are very scarce, and there is only a
fair demand for valley. The trade was
lifted into a buoyant atmosphere by
the Thanksgiving day business, and is
preparing for a good Christmas holi-
day. With the passing of the chrysan-
themum, a greater demand for the
other varieties of flowers is apparent.

NOTES.

George W. Doswell & Son are build-
ing two new greenhouses in which
roses will be grown. They have long
felt the need of more rose houses due
to their increasing business. Their
live little shop on West Main street
has some fine chrysanthemum plants
on display. They report a rushing
Thanksgiving business.

The windows of the downtown flower
shops are resplendent in their holiday
attire of bright reds and greens.
Every effort is being made by the
florists to advertise through the best
possible medium — the show window,
and to attract the people by an artistic
showing of their novelties combined
with quality flowers.

At Wolf and Dessauer's large depart-
ment store elaborate decorations are
being put up for the holiday trade,
which consist mainly of southern smi-
lax, pine-needles and Christmas greens
from the south. These are in charge
of the Flick Floral Company.

The New Haven Floral Co. had a
splendid shipping business for Thanks-
giving. Their chrysanthemums were
entirely cleaned out for the holiday.

Frank Knecbt & Co. cut some fine
BonnafEon for Thanksgiving. Their
roses are making a magnificent show-
ing.

Edgar Wenninghoff, in the Colonial
Theater building, Is showing some fine
chrysanthemums and roses.

A. J. Lanternier reports a fine busi-
ness the past week, with a heavy de-
mand for funeral work.

The Bradley Flower Shop make a
specialty of French bouquets and
baskets. H. K.

Montreal.

The Christmas trade this year is
causing the retailer a lot of worry;
judging by present sales and inquiries
it will be just about one-half of former
years. The most important question
just now Is, "How much to stock up?"
Everybody seems to agree that there
can be no increase, but how much will
the decrease amount to, if any? The
business slogan all over the country is,
"Business as usual," but in reality it is
half as much as usual. The growers
have the stock ready as usual, but the
prices are away below the average al-
ready, with liberal discount for cash.
But in spite of this discouraging outlook
preparations are already under way to
induce the best trade possible. Decora-
tions in red are commencing to go up,
and other display advertising done, and
as one retailer put it, by being able to
sell a better plant for less money, the
bulk of the trade may be just as large
as formerly, but with less profit.

Chrysanthemus are nearly over, but
some, mostly singles, are still being
slaughtered at unheard of prices, some
as low as 25 cents per dozen, and dear
at that price. Roses and carnations
are back in their own favor, where
they are likely to stay for the rest of
the season. Shipments arrive in very
good condition, which flrst-class stock
generally does. The prospect for Christ-
mas plants is good. Azaleas and all
other shipments from the other side,
after some delay, have arrived, so that
there will be no shortage in this line.
Poinsettias apparently will be the lead-
ing favorites in plants again. The
Boston fern growers are complaining
also, but their prices are still way up.
The annual dinner of the Montreal
<Jardeners' and Florists' Club was held
Wednesday, December 9, at Lake View
hotel, Lachine. C. A. Smith had full
charge of all the arrangements and a
good old time was enjoyed by all, la-
dies included. ^.

The Montreal Horticultural Society
will shortly turn over to the patriotic
fund the sum of $500. This sum was
secured from the September show by
the exhibitors donating 90 per cent of
their prize money. L.

Houston, Texas.

SHOW PLANNED FOE 1915.

The Houston Florists' Club met
Monday evening, November 16, and
discussed a proposition to make the
flower show an annual event, so suc-
cessful was the first annual show of
the Texas State Florists' Association,
given in Houston during No-Tsu-Oh
week. The show of the local florists'
club will be independent, however, of
the annual show of the state associa-
tion.

President Robert C. Kerr of the
Texas State Florists' Association de-
clared that it would be an unwise
thing to consider any other plan than
that of holding another such show at
Houston next year and each succeed-
ing year. He dwelt at some length
upon the significant results attained
by the 1914 show. Other members fa-
vored holding an annual flower show
at Houston. The date, probably, will
in the future be later In the year, as a
number of the larger Texas florists
found this date too early.

The meeting was held in the ban-
quet hall at the city auditorium fol-
lowing the close of the show. It be-
ing the annual meeting of the club,
oflicers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows : Robert C. Kerr,
president; C. L. Brock, vice-president;
A. L. Perring, secretary; R. L. Car-
roll, treasurer. The executive com-
mittee for the ensuing year is com-
posed of H. H. Kuhlmann, Jr., R. G.
Hewitt, Henry Blecker and I. M. John-
son.

Resolutions were adopted instruct-
ing the secretary to write a letter to
each of the out-of-the-state exhibitors
at the flower show thanking them for
the excellent exhibits sent and other
acts of co-operation. T.

Louisville, Ky.

NOTES.

Chas. Rayner, formerly the leading
rose grower in this section, but who
has been for several years at Van-
couver, B. C, and his son, Chas. Ray-
ner, Jr., have enlisted with a Canadian
regiment and are at Gloucester, Eng-
land. They expect shortly to be on
the firing line with the allies. Miss
Ethel, his daughter, died of pulmonary
trouble shortly after he left for Eng-
land.

The parcels post is helping the
florists. Small packages of bulbs can

be delivered in distant parts of the
city cheaper than in any ather way,
and is also taken advantage of In
sending cut flowers to smaller towns
near the city. They usually get there
all right.

H. F. Hillenmeyer, nurseryman of
Lexington, Ky., was here last week
and r^orts the sale of trees good this
fall. We have seen some of his stock
and it was as fine as could be had
anywhere.

At the last meeting of the Kentucky
Society of Florists the following ofli-
cers were elected : Jacob Schuiz,
president; J. Robert Miller, vice-presi-
dent. The other oflicers were re-
elected.

F. C. Haupt is offering carnations
at 25 cents per dozen on Saturdays.
Some of the florists are offering special
$1 boxes on the same day.

August Baumer lost his horse and
wagon in a livery stable fire. He has
replaced them with an automobile.

Chrysanthemums are now almost a
thing of the past. They did not sell
as well this year as last.

Andrew Rasmussen is cutting fine
Radiance roses. They have proved
very popular.

The Kunzman Floral Co. is growing
some splendid Lorraine begonias.

J. Schuiz is showing some Japanese
gardens in his windows.

H G. W.

Oklahoma aty. •

Business continues fairly good and
preparations for the Christmas trade
are already under way.

NOTES.

Barteldes opened their new retail
store at 309 West Main street Decem-
ber 5. This is a nicely appointed store
in all particulars. There is a good
sized show window and it was effec-
tively arranged with cut flowers and
plants. Many visitors called to see
the display on the opening day.

Furrow & Company have been show-
ing fancy carnations in yellows and
variegated colors lately.

The Stiles Co. will have an annex
for the holiday season at 106 West
Main street.

The State Society met Monday, De-
cember 7. S. S. B.

Minneapolis, Minn.

Minneapolis and St. Paul bowlers
clashed last week and with the usual
result. The match was rolled off at
the Gopher alleys in St. Paul and
there was quite a "bunch" of florists
there as there had been quite a little
special interest added for the match.
These alleys are quite popular with the
boys, not only on account of their con-
veniences, which include refreshment
facilities, but they are next door to
St. Paul's popular wholesale florist,
and who, by the way, made himself
more so than ever on this occasion.
There was lots of enthusiasm even
among some of the older bowlers who
don't like being called "has-beens" be-
cause they can't get on the teams,
and get their names into print. An-
other match is talked of, to take place
right after the holidays.

Scores as follows :

H. will ins 183 144

W. Vasatka 144 200 126

E. Meyer 141 159 136

W. Desmond 138 115 1T4

E. Farley 163 129 138

689 786 717
Total, 2.192.

Olaon 175 128 155

IIoffm«n 142 ISO 136

E. Pnrvofjel ISO 163 126

W. Swaneon 138 190 163

Sogers 137 148 190

772 769 770

Total, 2,301.

X. T. Z.

1080

The American Florist.

Dec. 12,

The AMERICAN Florist

Established 1885.
Subscription. United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year: Canada $2.U0: Europe and Countries
in Postal Union. S2.50. Subscr ptions
accepted only from tbose in tbe trade.
When sending us cbange of address always send
tbe old address at tbe same time.
Advertising rates on application.
From the first issue the .American Florist has
accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as vve eo to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility ior the
• pinions ot our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 92 PAGES WITH COVERS

CONTENTS.

The Christmas holiday plants lORl

The retail trade li'62

— Christmiis wreath (iUus.) lufiS

— Combination baskets (illus. ) 10ri2

— Winter window decoration l*'t>3

Suggestions for the holidays lOiU

— Azaleas — begonias — primulas 10fi4

— Christmas plants — cyclamens l^fiS

— White pine — fruited plants inB5

— Poinsettias l"fii>

Cemetery preparations for Christmas 1006

A fruitl'ul acre I'i66

Cleveliind wedding decoration (illus.) 1067

The rose in«8

— Preparing for winter lOfiS

— New weapon against black spot 1008

— Texas roses 1 009

The carnation 1070

— Preparing for the Christmas crop J1070

— Carnation cutting bench 1070

— Carnation stems 1071

New rhi ys^antiiemnni Kewanee (illns.> 1070

Kew Chrysanthemum Mrs. Poehlmann (illus.). 1071

Orchid notes 1072

— Cypripedlnms (illus.) 1"72

— CyrnJ)idinms 1072

Greenhouse construction 1073

Begonia Glory of Cincinnati (illus.) 1074

The Wardian case 1075

Well-flowered cyclamen (illus.) '.1075

With the growers .•.1076

— Cottage Gardens Co 1076

— D. S. Ward (portrait) 1076

—A. L. Miller 1076

— Bobhink & Atkins 1076

—At College Point. N. Y 1076

Pittsburgh 1076

San Francisco 1077

Boston 1077

Eni-iing food for Parisians (illus.) 1077

Albany, N. Y 1078

Brooklyn. N. Y 1078

St. Lo\lis 1078

Washington 1078

Cleveland Iii78

Missouri florist (portrait) 1078

Ft. Wayne, Ind 1070

Montreal 1070

Houston, Tex 1079

Louisville 107S

Oklahoma City 1079

Minneapolis 1079

California sweet pea show loso

Society of American Florists lOSO

Americin Carnation Society 1O80

Washington Florists' Co I'iSO

Chicago ions

ChirafTO Florists' Club 11"3

Milwaukee 1 104

CinclnnntI 1-104

Philadelphia 1106

New York 1108

Worcester County Hort. Society 1114

The seed trade 1120

— Rthlcs of seed growing 1120

— Washington seed regulations 1120

^Potato quarantine 1122

— Onion and cabbage shipments 1124

The nursery trade 1126

— White fly Introduction 1126

Market gardeners 1128

—Lettuce diseases 1128

The little tin soldiers of Nurem-
berg have blossomed out for the
Christmas tree this year.

Lily of the valley pips have been
arriving freely the past week via Hol-
land, Swedish and Danish ports.
«

The New York Agricultural Experi-
ment Station Bulletin, No. 300, October,
1014, gives full reports of the analyses
of samples of commercial fertilisers
tested by the commissioner of agricul-
ture during 1014. Those interested in
fortllizers shotild secure a copy.

BtiFFALO will show the pink of. per-
fection next month.

Prosperity's wings are slightly
singed by war but there is a fine
growth of new feathers showing now.

California Sweet Pea Show.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia,
Pa., offer prizes as follows for com-
petition at the sweet pea show to be
held in connection with the Paiiarua-
Pacific Internatijonal Exposition next
summer :

For the finest 12 vases of sweet peas
in 12 distinct varieties to include at
least three of the following: Burpee's
Florence Nightingale; Burpee's King
White; Burpee's Orchid; Burpee's
Wedgewood; Burpee's Illuminator and
Burpee's Mrs. Routzahn. First prize,
$25, second prize, $15, thir(^ prize, $10.

Warning.

The Washington Nursery Co., Top-
penish, Wash., writes warning the
trade against one T. F. Termer, Ger-
man, who claims to be a landscape
gardener and to have been employed
at Johnstown, Pa., and other eastern
cities, also Cripple Creek, Colo., and
Seattle, Wash. Termer is about 43
years of age, five feet, eight inches in
height, light brown hair, wears nose
glasses and is well educated, speaking
several languages fluently. He left Top-
penish August 20 for New York and
no trace of him has been obtainable
since. The Washington Nursery Go.
and the Yakima county authorities will
be glad to have information as to his
present whereabouts.

Society of American Florists.

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT REGISTRATION.

Public notice is hereby given that
the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove,
Pa., offers for registration the cannas
described below. Any person object-
ing to the registration or to the use
of the proposed name, is requested to
communicate with the secretary at
once. Failing to receive objection to
the registration, the same will be
made three weeks from this date.

Description. — The large, orient red
flowers are borne on firm, upright
stems, just enough above the foliage
to show the entire head. The foliage
itself is a dark bronze-green with em-
erald shadings, the ribs a darker
bronze. Single roots of this canna
produce from five to twelve grand
bloom-stalks • in a season, and each
stalk makes two or three bloom-heads,
with from twenty to thirty perfect
flowers on each. A truly magnificent
sort, an early and continuous bloomer.
Height, four and one-half feet. Name.
— Pocahontas (Bronze Olympic).

Description. — A 1 a r g e-flowered,
green-leaved, creara-white canna with
faint pink dots on each petal and sul-
phur-colored tongue. When a short
distance from the flowers they appear
pure white. The heads average eight
to twelve blooms on each, and each
bloom-stalk generally has three heads
of flowers, which bloom in succession,
thus keeping the plant in bloom all
the time. Height, four feet. Name. —
Flag of Truce.

Description. — If it were not for
Beacon, which we introduced in 1912,
this canna would be in a class by
itself. It blooms incessantly and keeps
sending up new bloom-stalks about
ovfiy week, until cut down by frost.
Dark ox-blood-red, and especially suit-
able for mass planting. Height, three
to four feet. Name.— Dragon.

Description. — An intense bright yel-
low flower with a decided dash of red
in the throat, extending well up on
the petals and showing on the tongue
also. Its principal value lies in its
ability to resist bleaching better than
any other yellow canna. It flowers
early. Height, three to four feet.
Name. — Princeton.

Description. — Color i s reddish
orange, mottled with carmine and
edged with yellow. The tongue is
yellow and densely spotted with car-
mine. When planted in solid beds or
rows produces a dazzling effect.
Height five feet. Name. — Gaiety.

John Young. Sec'y.

December 5, 1914.

American Tarnation Soc'ety.

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT REGISTRATION.

New carnations have been registered
by J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,
Joliet, 111., as follows :

Superb. — Gloriosa X Enchantress.
Color deep flesh pink. Size three and
one-half to four inches. Highly built
center, but not crowded. Long strong
stem. Non-splitting calyx. Easy grow-
er and splendid keeper. Very frag-
rant.

Hero. — Beacon x White Perfection.
Color deep rose pink. Size three to
three and one-half inches. Well-
formed flowers with slightly serrated
edges. Non-splitting calyx and wiry
stem. Very free bloomer and excellent
keeper.

Vera. — Beacon x Perfection. Light
pink with rosy tint. Size three to
three and one-half inches. Well-
formed flower with serrated petals.
Free grower and does not split.

Comet. — White Wonder x Wode-
nethe. Pure white. Size four inches
and over. Deeply serrated and wavy
petals. Very high center, forming half
sphere when fully developed. Very
fragrant. Free bloomer and does not
split.

Registered by E. H. Blameuser, Niles
Centre, 111.:

Cerise Winsor. — Sport from Winsor.
Cerise pink. Size three inches. Habit
like Winsor except that the foliage
is darker green and the buds are
larger.

Note — Sports can be registered only
provisionally, until blooms have been
submitted to the judges, to determine
their distinctiveness.

A. F. J. Baur, Sec'y.

WasliinsftonFlorlstsCD.,WashIrg:toD, D C.

Papers have been filed by J. Louis
Loose, president of the Washington
Florists Co., to secure $50.0(X) worth of
bonds of which he is the holder. By
this we understand the title will revert
to Mr. Loose. The company was formed
in 1005 by J. Louis Loose and Otto
Bauer, the latter being treasurer and
manager until October 1, 1014, when
his resignation was accepted. J. Louis
Loose will take care in any event of all
the obligations of said company and
also proposes to buy all the stock at
par for cash. The business is now
under the management of J. Harper,
who has been with the company for
a number of years, and will be con-
tinued without interruption.

Masters, search every garden round
And. Miss, pray tell to me

If any flower can be found
To beat the scented pea.

with rue my heart Is laden
For golden friends 1 had.

For many a rose-lipt maiden
-Ind many a lightfoot lad.

By brooks too broad for leaning
The lightfoot boys are laid:

The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
In flelds wliere roses fade.

igi4^

The American Florist.

1081

Club Meetlng:s Next Week.

New Orleans, La., Deo. 13. 2 p. m. — Garden-
ers' Mutual Protective Association, 114 Ex-
change alley. John Parr. Secretary, 4539
North Rampart street. New Orleans.

Detroit, Mich.. Dec. 14.— Detroit Florists*
Club. Bern Floral hall. 153 Bates street. R. H.
Wells. Secretary. 827 Cautield avenue, Detroit.

Montreal, Que., Deo. 14, 7:45 p, m. — Mon-
treal Gardener's and Florists* Club, Montreal
Floral Exchange. 14<) Maiistied street. W. tl.
Horobln, Secretary, 283 Marquette street, Mon-
treal.

Bochester, N. Y,, Dec. 14, 8 p. m. — Rochester
Florist's Association, 95 Main street, east.
H. B. Stringer, Secretary, 47 Stone street,
Rochester.

Baltimore, Md., Dec. 14. 8 p. m. — Gardeners'
and Florists* Club of Baltimore. Florists* Ex-
change ball. St. Paul and Franklin streets.
Noah F. Flitton, Secretary, Gwyn Falls Park,
Station F, Baltimore.

Boston, Mass., Dec. 15. — Gardeners' and
Florists' Club of Boston. Horticultural hall.
W. N. Craig, Secretary, Faulkner Farm, Brook-
Ibie, Mass.

Lake Geneva, Wis., Dec. 15, 8 p. m. — I>ake
Geneva Gardeners' and Foreman's Association,
Horticultural hall. Wm. H. Gritliths, Secretary.
Lake Geneva.

Toronto, Ont. , Dec. 16, 8 p. m. — Gardeners*
and Florists' of Ontario. St. George's hali. Elm
street. Geo. Douglas, Secretary, 189 Merton
street, Toronto.

Chicago, Dec. 17. — Cook County Florists' As-
sociation, Tavern. West Washington street.
A. T. Pyfer. Secretary, 30 East Randolph
street, Chicago.

Newark, N, J., Dec. 17, 3-5 p. m. — Essex
Couuty Florists' Club. Krenger Auditorium, 25
Belmont avenue. John Crossley, Secretary, 37
Belleville avenue. Newark.

New Orleans. La.. Dec. 17, 8 p. m.— New
Orleans Horticultural Society, Association of
Commerce building, corner St. Charles and
Common streets. C. R. Pauter, Secretary, 2320
Calhoun street. New Orleans.

Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 17. — Taroma Florists
Association. Maccabee hall. Eleventh and C
streets. F. H. A tchison. Secretary, South
Fiftieth and East F street, Tacoma.

Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this office
enciose 10 cents extra to cover postage, etc.

Situation Wanted— By young woman, in flDwer
store to learn design work. VV illing to assist with
housework. Address

Key 48^. care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young lady thoroughly
experienced in all lines of retail worlc. Chicago
or vicinity preferable. Address

Kev477.ca^e \merican Florist.

Situation Wanted - By experienced lady cashier
in retail tionsl store. Cao furnish best of refer-
ences. Chicago prefer td Address

Key 48'). care .American Florist.

Situatiom Wanted— Good all around storeman,
one capable of taking ehsTge. State wages when
writing. Address

Key 481, care American Florist.

Wanted to Rent-5.000 to 10.000 feet of glass
within 200 miles of Chi ago. Must be well stocked.
Key 487. c^re Xmeiican Flo'i t.

For Rent— Desirable location for retail fiorist.
Lease expiring soon. Aoply

T. Ball. 6974 N Clark St., Chicago.

For Sale— Good paying retail sto e in Chicago
on south side, at very reasonable price. Bargain.
Owner engaged in other bus ness. Address

Kev 4^8 care American Florist.

For Sale— A fine Mercury auto-truck for $?50.
This car has been used only for three months and
is in good condition. For further particulars ad
dress. Kev 4h8. care American Florist.

For Sale— Greenhouse- material, glass, pipes
and rafters. Good as new at one-balf price.
Inquire of MPS Mar\ Brod Niles Centre. 111.

Situation Wanted— Bv you'^g man of 25, as de

siener or grower. C»n give best of refer-'nces.
Address. Kej 9S9. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — By young gardener. 12
years' ol practical experience, in greer house and
ou'dof r work Very best referenc. s Fully com-
pet*-nt of taking rha re" ot an" private e.'-tate.

P. Back. R jom 7. 2757 W. North Ave., Chicago.

Situation Wanted— Go3d all around storeman.
Chicago or vicinity preferred. Can come well
recommended. Address
Key 991. care American Florist.^

Help Wanted— '^eed>man. Assistant in vege'
table order fil ing depaitment; with some experi-
ience. Address
Kpy 9*'^ care Amprican Florist

Wanted— The address ot Theodore Wagner, a
private gardener lormeily in uiy employ.

I. N. Eisenberg. 440 Albert S'reet,

Long Island City N. V.

Situation Wanted- By fiorist and gardpner*.

seven years' exp.ricnc** twoyeaisinhoriiculiurRl
school in Finland. Europe; 25 years of age,
single, sober; best references Address _

Uno VtUKMIO,
carp Hawthorn L'bprt*vi le. TH.

Wanted to Rent- A party wants to rent a >niall
florist place with soa^e land, in or near a small
town with the privilege of buying if terms are
satisfactory. Address

Key 99^, care American Florist.

Wanted to Rent— A reliable party who can
furnish the proper credentials wants to rent a
range of houses of 15 * 00 f- et of glass.vor mo'e,
in Chicago or within 100 miUs of it. wi'h the privi-
ledge of buying if conditions are satisfactory.

Add'ess Key 992 care American Florist,

Greenhouse For Rent- An up-to date Garland
Iron Frame Greenliou-e. 28 feet 8 in. b« 128 teet,
all one house; wheel verts, good localiiy, trod
market. V\ ell st- eked lor Christmas and spiing
trade. Immediate Drs<*ess'on, Apply m

P. \, Bat LING *L. 9 MacKenzJpst - Gal». Ont

For Sale— The ledse of a flower stand running
2''? years, in a large roaiket in the heart ol New
York. A b^^galn Good reasons for selling.

A. F. F., care Ameriran Florist.
42 W. 28th St .New York.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 rocro dwelling.
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Evpryihiue in first-class condition
and doing a 6ne business. Possession at once.
Price rig! t. Address

W. T. Wright, Newtown. Bucks Co.. Pa.

For Sale- Fiorist plant: lot 100x200. Seven room

dwelling. All conveniences. Hot iiousr s 177 eet

long. Hot water system. In first class* condition.

Town ot 2000. A bargain, good g-^ing business.

Wm. T. Wright.

Newtown. Pa.

For Sale— In Iowa, a good paying tloristb'
bus'Hess of 9 houses all up-io-date. also lesi-
d. nee and 8 lots, invoices at *32,i'O0 at wholesale
prices. Will sell at a disccunt on account cf poor
health, for cas.h. city property or farming land.
Addres-s Key 4S8. care American Horist.

For Sale- 1 have 8500 feet glass. 65 hotbed sash.
5 acres gotd land. 4 grcf en houses* well stocked with
carnations, 'mums, violets and bedding p aiiis.
Good dweilii g house, barn, out hi use. Ccal
enough for wiuter. Four blocks from street tar
line, railroad li^ht in city. Price 'H2.' 00 cash.
Address Key 479 care American Florist.

For sale

Brand new fixtures being used a few
months, consisting of up-to-date ice box,
marble counters, fancy chandeliers,
polished ed>!e mirri r-i, artistic office,
safe, etc. Price very rta-onable. Address
Kev 994, care American Flori-t.

Position Wanted

By a tborouKhly Experienced siorrman, now
employed wishes to make a change. Unquestion-
able references as to character, hi nesty and
ability. Age 24. 4 years' experience as designer
and decorator, Can give ref;renLe (rem present
employer.

P. K. C.-V, 1312 3rd Ave..

Highland tk., Richmond, Va.

Situation Wanted

By a man of urufual ability, as a
grower of cut flowers and plants; single,
over 80 years' experience, commercial
institution or private. A capable super-
visor of help, etc., excellent references.

Key 990, care American Florist.

Florists' Attention !

We have i n hand ready for shiiment
all material necessary for the superstruc-
ture < f a Modern Iron Frame Luiton
Grrenhouse. 4Z ft. Hidex 15u ft long.
We will dispose of this material for
$1,300.00 F. O. B. our f ai tory. Re-
member everything is new and s-trictly
first class; ju-t the same ki' d of a house
that has made the I Utton reputation We
will send you even the GalvanlZi d Nails,
Bolts and screws for assembling the
house. Plans sent on request

William H. Lutton Company

JERSEY CITV. N. J.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

Actual size ot leaf iXs^H inches.

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in tivo colors on
[^ihuiiI'mI pap'-r; your card, elc, in
black and leaf adopt.'J bv the S. A. P.
in red. Prices: PerMO. $2.85: per 1000,
$4..tO. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, postpaid, *1.25. Casli Willi order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Trade Directory

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

1082

The American Florist.

Dec.

12.

Holly

FANCY EASTERN.

Cut and packed in the swamps under the
supervision of our own men from Chicago.
Absolutely the choicest stock obtainable.

Per Case, $4.50

3 Cases, $13.00

5 Cases, $20.00

2 to 3 carloads of fresh stock

received daily.

Holly Wreaths

EVERGREEN WREATHING

^%i*s^

Why do Barnard's Xmas Decorations lead in quality? Because we send our own men from Chicago to the different green
countries to fuperintend the selection, cutting and packing of HoUy, Bouquet Green, Xmas Trees, etc. They are men of
twenty years' experience and are well acquainted with the requirements of the most critical florists. They are instructed
that "the best is just good enough" for our trade. ,

Our Wholesale List on all Xmas Decorations, Sundries, etc.. Free for the Asking.

THE W. W. BARNARD CO.

SEEDSMEN,

231-235 W. Madison Street, CHICAGO

XMAS GOODS IN QUANTITY

No doubt you are looking for good value in flowers, and we can assure you we are in a position to give you the best
to be had in this line. If you buy our stock we are prompted to suggest that you will have that satisfaction of getting
quality that is bound to please you and your trade. Therefore eliiniilate all possibilities of disappointments, and let us
fill your Christinas orders.

Bronze £* Jk\ /^ V Laurel, Holly, Leucothoe, Boxwood. Ferns, ready to be

Green

shipped imm. diately on receipt of order.

n^-^^C^ Beauties, Hadley, Mrs. Russell, Killarney Queen, Cardinal, Sunburst, Wards, and other leading
IC\^9L.9 varieties. Supply of the Tea Rose Hilda.

€^ ^^ I^ ^J J^ TIO^J Sk "' ''^^ most selected quality, in any quantity.
Orchids. Cypripediums, Gardenias, Valley and otht r Novelties that cannot be surpassed by any other Floral Establishment.

l^'Take no chances at this season, and order early.

WELCH BROS. CO,

Lon^ Distance
Telephones.

226 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass.

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves
6-in. pot.. 5 to 6. .

In. high
.28 to 30..

Each Per doz
,.$1.00 $12.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

S-in. cedar tub. 4 plants
9-in cedar tub. 4 plants
12in, cedar tub, 4 plants
12-!n. cedar tub, 4 plants
12-in. ceda tub, 4 plants

12-10. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft

n tub, 40 to 42 in. high $ 4.00

n tub, 42 to 48 in. high 5.00

n tub 5to5*%tt 10.00

ntub. 5H to6ft ; 12.50

n tub. f' ft. hish, heavy 1=;.00

20,00

Phoenix Roebelenii

Each

5-in, pot, nicely characterized $1.00

7-in. tub, 18 in. hieh. 24 in. snread 2.00

Kentia Belmoreana

In. hii;h

8tol0..

12

IS

18

24

In hi^b

Each Perdoz,
$1,50

,$0,40
, .50
. 1.00

2,00
4.50
6.00
12.00

Leaves

2h-in, pot 4

3 in, pot 5

4'in. pot 5 to 6,

5-in, pot 5 to 6.

6-in, pot 6 to 7,

Leaves

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50

7in. cedar tub 6 to 7 3fito38 3.00

9 in cedar tub 6 to 7 42to45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 4S to 48, very heavT 5.00

^-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54, very heavy 6 00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 8,00

Cibotium Scliiedei

9-ir. tub. 4 ft. spread each. $4,00

Each Ferdoi
30.00
36.00
48,00

HOME GROWN, WELL ESTABLISHED, STRONG AND HEALTHY.

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Railway Station,
Jenklntown.

Wyncote, Pa.

I9I4.

The American Florist.

1083

FLORISTS!

's Evergreen Window or Porcli Boxes

for

As illustrated above. Ready for delivery now. Be prepared
your wiutcr tiadc on Window nr Poroli r.o\"-s. I'la-.o yonr order now.
We will ship at once or reserve and sbip Wlienever wanted.

For winter decoration tbe charming foliage and color effects of
Evergreens is remarltable. adding color, warmth and cheerfulness. :ind
their rugged hardiness permits outdoor or indoor use ail throueh
winterand summer. Do not hesitate to push this trade. %\ e
can supply you on short notice.

Price: 2-foDt size, $1.25 each, $10.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

8 Norway Spruce. .1218 Inch 3 White Pine 12-18 inch

1 Am. Arbor Vltae. 12-18 inch 1 Ponderosa Pine.. 12-18 inch

1 Douglas Fir 12-18 Incb 3 Scotch Pine 12-18 inch

Price: 3-foot size, $2.25 each, $20.00 per 10

including following assortment of trees.

4 White Pine 12-18 Inch 4 Scotch Pine 12-18 inch

2 Am. Arbor Vitae. 12-18 inch 2 Ponderosa Pine. .12-18 inch
2 Austrian Pine. . .12-18 inch 4 Norway Spruce. .12-18 inch

Price: 4-foot size, $3.85 each, $30.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

8 Scotch Pine 12-18 inch 4 Ponderosa Pine.. 12 18 iuch

2 Hemlock 6-10 inch 2 Douglas Fir 12-18 inch

6 Norway Spruce. .12-18 inch 6 White Pine 12-18 inch

Price: 6-foot size, $4.60 each, $40.00 per 10
including following assortment of trees.

8 Ponderosa Pine 12-18 inch

6 Norway Spruce 12-18 inch

6 Austrian Pine 12-lS inch

6 Douglas Fir 12-18 inch

6 White Pine 12-18 inch

6 Am. Arbor Vltae 12-18 inch

Carefully crated for shipment F. O. B. Dun
dee. Boxes are Mission design, plain and
simple, but strong and durable. Stained in
riemish Green. Orders for 4 boxes will be
Oiled at 10 rates.

On box orders no change in assortment
can be made

Tbese Prices are
for the Trade Only.

placed

at once.

10

100

$1.00

$ 3.00

1.50

7.00

2.00

15.00

1.85

7.50

1.25

3.00

1.50

6.00

2.00

12.00

2.50

IB.OO

1.60

9.00

1.25

6.00

1.50

8.00

1.00

S.OO

1.00

8.00

1.00

5.00

1.25

6.B0

1.50

9.00

1.00

5.00

1.50

6.00

1.00

6.00

1.50

8.00

30 Says Net.

at 100

Bates.

D.H.N.CO.

Above Illustration shows Window or Porch Boxes made up. Taken from actual photograph. Nothing is better for winter decoration than
Evergreens. This line is proving popular with florists all over the coun try. One leading florist writes: "Send me six inure 4 loot Evergreen
Boxes at once. These are just what my customers want." Another says: "Yonr stock is 0. K. Enclosed find check fur last shipment."

'Hill's Assortment ot Hardy Evergreen Trees

Suitable for Window Box Planting.

For those who prefer to make up their own hoses we offer
till' following list. Order.s for this stock should be placed
PRICE LIST
Variety Size

Norway Spruce 12-18 inch

Norway Spruce 18-24 inch

-Norway Spruce 2-3 feet

Am. Arbor Vits- 12-18 Inch

White Pine 612 inch

White Pine 12-18 inch

White Pine 18-24 inch

White Pine 2- 3 feet

Douglas Fir 12-18 inch

Austrian Pine 6-12 inch

.iustrian Pine 12-18 incb

Concolor Fir 1012 incb

Hemlock 6-10 Inch

Scotch Pine 12-18 incb

Scotch Pine 18-24 incb

Scotch Pine 2- 3 feet

Ponderosa Pine 10-12 Inch

Ponderosa Pine 12-18 inch

Jack Pine 12-18 incb

Jack Pine 18-24 inch

F. 0. B. Dundee. Terms:
Rates: 6 at 10 Bates. 50

HILL'S EVERGREENS IN MISSION TUBS

Beady for Delivery Now
Prices include tubs, P. O. B. Dondee, 111..
where we ship by American Express snfl
C. & N. W. R. K.

Measurements as given are the height of
the tree from the top of the box to the top
of the tree in its natural position. Where
formal effect is desired nothing Is more
satisfactory than these specimens. They
are unexcelled for veranda or lawns and
very appropriate and effective for Inside
decoration.

All are long lived and will withstand
frost and cold. Prices Include careful crat-
ing to insure them from any Injury during
transit.
Only 45 Miles from Chicago, Chicago S
Northwestern R. R. American Express.

D. HILL.
The Evergreen Specialist.

"Give every customer more than he ex-
pects" liiis lieen my motto from the first.
Over half ii, century of experiment, careful
study and hard work have helped to bu Ida
reputHtion for qiinlity, which in turn has
helped develop the largest business of its
kind in America. 450 acres of Evergreens i«
no every day siL'ht.

We are wholesale growers and have been
supplying the florist and nursery trade for
many vears. Our assortment is complete
with all the leading varieties of Spruce. P nes.
Firs. Junipers, Cedars. .\rl>or Vila>s. Yews.
Hemlocks, etc., in small, medium and large
sizes— and prices are right. Do not hesitate
tf develop and push \onr Evergreen trade --js
we c.tn supply yon oil short noticiv

Colorado Blue Spruce
Each

2-3 feet $2.75

3-4 feet 3.50

Lee's Elegants Juniper

2-3 feet $2.7.5

3-4 feet 8.50

Hemlock

2-2V3 feet .$2.50

Place your order now. We will ship at once
or reserve them and ship whenever

wanted. F. 0. B. Dundee.
If trees are wanted without tubs, de-
duct 10 per cent.
Terms: 30 Days Net.

D. HILL NURSERY CO.. Inc.

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILLINOIS.

Evergreen Specialists Largest Growers in America

Pair

$5.no
6.60

$5.00
6.00

$4,150

Colorado Blue Spruce

1084

The American Florist.

Dec.

12.

Christmas Plants

Within a few weeks, Christmas will be with us, and for that occasion you will want some
good blooming and foliage plants. We have an exceptionally well grown lot of plants with
a good assortment. Place your order now. and tell us when to ship.

We will select your order and hold it until wanted.

POINSETTIAS

Never before have we had so large and so tine n
lot of plants. This lias always been a fine selling" plant
for Christmas, so order a ^ood assortment.
9 inch pans, containing' Poinsettias and Ferns. . $-.00 eacli

5 inch pans, containinfj Poinsettias and Ferns.. 1. HO each
7 inch pans, containing Poinsettias and Ferns. . 1.25 each
(! inch pans, containing Poinsettias and Ferns, '

or Asparagus 75c and 1.00 each

6 inch pans, containing Poinsettias and Ferns. . .65 each

6 inch pans, containing Poinsettias .iO each

5 inch pots, containing Poinsettias and Ferns.. .50 eacli
4 inch pots, containing Poinsettias. :iOc each, $3.00 per doz.
3 inch pots, containing Poinsettias. 20c each, 2.00 per do/..
FICUS ELASTICA (HflHBER PI.,.\^TS). — 50c, T.'.c and

$1.00 each.
ARALIAS.— $1.25 each.

SAN.SEVERIA ZALAIVICA. — 6 inch. 50c t-acli.
GREVILLEA ROBILSTA, — lOc and 15c.
PTEHIS TREMljI-A. — 6 inch, 25c each.

DRACENA MASSAIMGEANA. — 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 each.
DRACENA AMABILIS. — 75c.

DRACRIVA TERMINAI-IS. — 35c. 50c and 75c each.
URACEXA SAIVDERIAIMA. — 10c and 15c each.
URACKXA (iOI).SKKFIAlVA. — 15c. each.
DRACKN.V A.VKRI.IEIVSIS. — 35c each.
nuACKNA FUA<;i« \,\s. — $1,00 and $1.50 each.
CROTON.x. — In fine assortment, 2^4 inch. 20c each, $l^.lll|

per 100.

:i inch, :iOc each $20.00 per 100.

1 inch, 35c each, 25.00 per 100,

AZAL.EAS.— Our stock of Madam Pet-
rick is in beautiful condition this
year.

Lots of flowers and good foliage.
$1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 each.

PRIMULA OBCONICA. — 4 inch stock.
20c each and $2.00 per dozen.
5 inch stock. 35c each and $4.00 per
dozen.

CYCLAMEN. — ^We have eight benches.
100 feet long, full of this beautiful
Christmas plant, but when the de-
mand comes they go fast, so send
your order now. Get the plants
when you want them.
1 inch stock 25c each

5 inch stock 50c each

« inch stock 75c and $1.00 each

7 inch stock 1.50 each

BEGOM.*. CINCINNATI. — 35c, 50c and

75c each.
XMAS CHERRIES. — Pretty little stuff.

in 4 inch pots, 20c each, $2.00 per doz.

5 inch pots, 35o each, 4.00 per doz.

I.II.Y OP THE VALLEY. — In pots. 50c

and $1.00 each.

In foliage plants we have a fine

assortment for your consideration.

We want to please you. Give us a

chance.
PAND.4NIS VEITCHII. — 4 inch, 50c

each — 5 inch, 75c each — 6 inch, $1.00

each — 7 incli, $1.50 each.
FICl'S VTILIS. — 5 inch, $1.00 each —

6 inch, $2.00 each — large plants,
$3.00 to $4.00 each.

BO.STON FERNS. — 5 inch, 30c each, $3.50 per dozen.
6 inch, 60c each, 7.00 per dozen.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. — 65c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 each.

COCOS WEDDELLIANA. — $2.00 per dozen, $15.00 per 100.

KENTIA BELMOREAN.*. — Any size vou might want, 35c,
50c,. $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, $6.00, $7.50
and $10.00 each. We have a big lot of each size.

ASPIDISTRA. — Variegated $1.25 each.

PUNKIA.— Variegated, pretty stock, 4 inch, 20c each,
$2.00 per dozen.

ASPARAGUS (PLUMOSUS AND SPRENGERI). — From 3
inch pots, at $6.00 per 100.

FERNERY FERNS, — $3.50 per 100, $30.00 per 1,000. Flats
of Fernery Ferns containing about 100 good plants,
$1.50,

XMAS BASKETS. — If you want something a little dif-
ferent, then get a few of our made-up baskets —
pretty baskets of willow ware with galvanized liners
tilled with assortments of Crotons. Pandanus, Ferns,
Cocos, tastefully arranged with either Begonias,
Poinsettias, Xmas Cherries and Primula. You will
not make a mistake in ordering a liberal supply.
$1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50 each.

BOXWOOD. — 40c and 50c each.

We are positive that we have the goods this year
that will satisfy you in every respect. We want your
order and we will send you stock that will please you.
.Send that order today. Weather now too uncertain
for freight shipments, so we will ship by express, either
in or out of pots. How. do you want them? If you
telephone plant orders, call for Liiii'oln HO our green-
liouses.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., 462 Milwaukee St„ Milwaukee, Wis.

TRSDE DIRECTORY

of the United States and Canada

PRICE: $3.00, Postpaid
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago

I9I4-

The American Florist.

1085

Evergreen Wreathing.

For More Than Twenty Years

Vauehan's XXX Holly

has represented the highest standard

for selected, dark foHaged, well
berried Holly branches in all the terri-
tory west of Pittsburgh. |

The Vaughan organization institut-
ed the special inspection of this stock
at the sources of supply and our pres-
ent packers are men trained in this
service for more than a dozen years.

We have never handled a car of
Atlantic Coast rough stock.

Firms envious of the standard creat-
ed by us yearly imitate our advertising
Fine grade, not to be compared and our descriptions, and each season
with the commission stock usually while claiming"fancy"stockalwaystry
offered. 20-yard coils, light, to secure some of our trade by cutting
medium and heavy. the case prices a few cents.

•117 .1 We agree that at the prices these

— > ' competitors average to pay on their

Made in the best style of special- contracts they should be able to
ly selected stock, artistic and sub- cut prices a'doliar a case.
stantial in every way. Why don't they do so?

12-inch, 14-inch, 16-inch, 18-inch. We'll tell you why: It is because our

customers know that Holly selected,

packed and handled as is Vaughan's XXX Brand cannot be sold any
cheaper. If therefore these Price Cutters were to put the TRUE VALUE
on their product the price would give away the real quality.

And so they tail along trying to "fool part of the people all of the time"
into believing the FALSE DOCTRINE that they can equal

VAUGHAN'S XXX HOLLY

Chicago High Class retail Florists who have tried all Holly dealers for a score of years,
steadily INCREASE THEIR ORDERS WITH VAUGHAN ! !

'Carload shipments of fresh cut stock arriving regularly
and now on track at Chicago and New York.
Sample case, $5.00; 3 case lots, $4,50 per case; larger lots 10 to 20 cents lower.

Bouquet Green, Laurel Wreathing, Misfletoe, Winter
Berries, Baskets, Ruscus, Immortelles and Statice.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO: 31-33 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 43 Barclay St.

Holly

1086

The American ^Florist.

Dec. 12,

Every Cut Flower Buyer

Will Get A Square Deal

CHRISTMAS

from us and at all other times. We realize what it means to have strict
ly fresh stock to fill orders with and keep this constantly in mind, and
no matter how little or how much you buy, we give every order our
individual attention. We aim to give our customers, old and new, such
good stock for their money, and such good service that they will not
think of going elsewhere. •

BEAUTIES-ROSES
CARNATIONS

Will be our leaders, but we will have a good supply of stock in general
for Christmas, and will be able to take care of you in fine shape in both
Cut Flowers and Greens. Our supply of Richmond roses will be very
big and we also have an enormous stock of Red Carnations, yours for
a square deal.

CHRISTMAS PRICE LIST:

AMERICAN BEAUTIES.

Fer doz

Lona stems $12 (10

3(j-icch stems 10 00

30 inch ttems ') (K)

24-inch stpms 8 00

Kiclimond-E.xtra long. .
Siecial.

Per doz.

18-inch stems 36 00

15 inch stems 4 (0

IZ-inch stems 3 00

Per 100

$3500

25 00

20 00
15 00
10 00
25(0
18 00
12 (yi
8 00
600
8 (0
lUOO

Fancy $15 00 to

Medium 12 00 to

Short 800to

White Killarney , Special 20 00 to

KUlurney 'Fancy 15 00 to

ward iMidium lonoto

Sunburst Slioit 6 00 to

carnations, common 5 00 to

** fanc\

** red

Poinsettias, fancy per doz , $3 00 to $4 00

Catvleyas per doz . 112 00

Valley 4 00 to 5 00

Violets, single and double 1 .'0 to 2 00

Paper Whites 3 0 ' to 4 00

Romans 3 00 to 4 00

Stevia 150IO 2 00

Lilies per doz .$1 50 to $2 00

Callas ■■ 150to 2 00

Sw.etPeas ISOto 2 00

.Asparagus Plumosus Sprays 2 0^ to 4 00

Asparagus Sprengeri 2 U) to 4 00

."^diantum 75

Leucotljoe 'long green or bronze).. 75

Per 1000. »5 00

Galax (green or bronze) per case, $6 50;

Per 1000 $1 CO

Ferns per lOfO. 2 50

Smilax per doz.. «1 50 to 2 00

Boxwood 25c per lb.: S7 50 per case.

30 E. Randolph S^ree*, l. d. phone, Randolph 6578 CHIC/IGO, ILL*

On The Job As Usual

With a bigger than ever supply of magnificent

Beauties-Roses-Carnations-Violets-Etc.

You can get what you want here, business is going along uninterrupted, and every order will be filled properly
up to the last minute but it is always advisable to order well in a«dvance. Right now would be none too early.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES.

Per doz.

Lobe stems $12 OO

36inch stems 10 00

30-inch stems '> 00

24 inch stems 8 00

18-inch stems h 00

15-inch stems 4 CO

12-inch stems 3 00

Per 100

Richmond— Extra long $35 00

Special 2500

Fancy $15 00 to 20 00

Medium 12 00 to 15 00

Short 8 00 to 10 00

Christmas Price List.

Per 100
Ktllamey Brilliant

Mrs. Aaron Ward Special... $20 00 to $25 00
Sanburst Fancy.... 15 00 to 18 00

White Killarney 1 Medium. 10 00 to 12 00

Killamev IShort 6 00 to 8 00

My Maryland j

P. insettlas, fancy, per doz,, $ 3 00 to $ 4 00

Caitleyas per doz., 10 00 to 12 00

Per 100

Carnations, common $5 00 to $ 6 00

fancy 8 00

red 10 00

Valley 4 00 to 5 dO

Violets, single and double 1 50 to 2 00

Paper Whites 3 00

Gladioli ;.. $6 00 to 8 8,00

Per 100

Romans 3 00 10 4 00

Stevia 1 50 to 2 00

Lilies.,.per doz, $1 50 to $2 00
Calias...per do/ , 1 50 to 2 00

Sweet Peas 1 ,50 to 2 00

.Asparagus Plumosus Sprays,,. 2 00 to 4 00

.\sparagus ^prengeri 2 00 to 4 00

.Adiantum 75

Leucothie (long green or bronze). 1000, $5 7o

(short green) lOOi', $3 40

Galax (green or bronze). .case $6 50; 1000. 1 00

Ferns per 1000 2 .'^0

Smilax per doz,,'» 50 to 2 00

Boxwood 25c per lb„ $7 00 percase

Wild Smilax (50 lbs.) $4 50 per case

Red Winter Berries $1 20 to $2 00 per box

KENNICOTT BROS. CO., Wholesale Florists,

163-165 N. Wabash Ave.,

L. D. Phone 466-467

CHICAGO, ILL.

1914.

The American Florist.

3 08T

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I Good Xmas Sellers |

I for The Retail florists

I Having an immense stock of assorted Foliage

I Plants, Palms and Ferns, we are making up these

I Baskets and Boxes for the trade and can do it at a

I much cheaper price than if the customer bought the

I plants individually.

I Baskets filled with Palms, Foliage

I Plants and Poinsettias, $3.00 each.

POINSETTIA
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4 inch pots 25 cents each

5 inch, with 3 flowers 50 cents each

6 inch, with 3 and 4 flowers 75 cents each

7 inch, with 4 and 5 flowers $1 .00 each

8 inch, with 4 and 5 flowers 1.25 each

Rustic Boxes

Filled with Palms,
Ferns, Foliage Plants and

Poinsettias, 8x8 inch size,
75 cents each; 12x12 inch
size, $1.25 each.

Birch Boxes

Birch boxes, 15x6 inches,
filled with Palms, Ferns,
Foliage Plants and Poinset-
tias, $2.25 each.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS

Choice 5 inch assorted, 50 cents each. Choice 6 inch assorted, 75c each.

The Geo. Wittbold Co.

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EVERYTHING
IN READINESS

rOR CHRISTMAS

Beauties—Roses— Carnations

The best growers in the country market their stock through this store and will supply us with fine fresh (no
pickled) stock in quantity for our Christmas trade. When you place your order with us you are dealing direct
with a combination of growers who sell their own stock through their own store at prices that are most
reasonable when quality is taken into consideration. In Roses and Carnations we will have all the leading
varieties, particularly Red, and there will be no disappointment if you place your order with us early.

Grand Stock of Everything Seasonable

Orchids, Valley, Violets. Paper Wtiites, Romans, Stevia, Lilies, Cut Poinsettias, Callas, Sweet Peas,
Smllax, Adiantum, Asparagus Strings and Bunches, Ferns, Wild smiiax, Boxwood, Mistletoe,
Galax— Bronze and green, Leucothoe Sprays, Mexican Ivy, Mignonette and Red Winter Berries.

■^P'Remember, opportunity knocks once at every man's door, and it is the successful florist who

can recognize the knock and takes advantage of it. Get aboard the good boat and sail to us with a
Christmas order or two, just to learn that with our goods we always give satisfaction. Send yourorder
along, we will fill it so well that you will have the "Merriest Christmas" that ever was. Do it now.

Get Your Order In Now For

Your Holiday Supplies

Kfd and Green Ruscus, finest quality per lb., 75c

2nd quality per lb., 65c

12 inch Plain Ruscus Wreaths, red doz.. $ 3.00

14 inch. Plain Ruscus Wreaths, red doz.. 4 00

16 inch. Plain Ruscus Wreaths, red do... 5 10

18 inch. P ain Ruscus Wreaths, red doz.. 7.50

,20 inch. Plain Ruscus Wreaths, red doz.. 12.00

Red Frieze, >lo. 2 per Ball 60 yards, $ 0.60

Red Waterproof Crepe Paper (Genuine Westphalian) per lOO, 15.00

Red Magnolia Leaves per box. 1.25

Red oak Leaves per box. l.SO

Red Ribbon, 3 inches wide per bolt. 1.00

Red Chiffon, 4 inch per yard, M'li

Red Ctiiffon, 6 inch pet yard. .04

Poehlmann Bros. Co.

72^74 E. Randolph St.,

Long Distance Phone
Randolph 35

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You Can Get What You Need Here
In Large Or Small Quantities

CHRISTMAS

In Everything Seasonable And
At Prices That Are Reasonable.

FANCY BEAUTIES

Nice large supply of just the kind of flowers that you like to supply your trade with.
Perfect heads of fine color on good strong stems well laden with clean, healthy foliage.

Roses-Carnations

Enormous supply of both in all the best leading varieties. Richmond especially will be in
good supply with us, which means that we will be able to fill all orders. The same stands
good for Red Carnations. For other stock order from price list, it contains everything.

CHRISTMAS PRICE LIST:

AMERICAN BEAUTIES. Per 100

Per doz.

Long stems $12.00

36-inch stems 10.00

30-inch stems 9.00

24-inch stems 8.00

20-inch stems 6.00

18-inch stems 5.00

Per 100
Richmond — Extra long 35.00

Special 25.00

Fancy 15.00 to 20.00

Medium 12.00 to 15.00

Short 8.00 to 10.00

Cattleyas per doz., $10.00 to $12.00

Valley $ 4.00 to $ S.OO

Violets 1.50 to 2.00

Paper Whites 3.0O to 4.00

Poinsettias, fancy, per doz., $2.00 to $4.00

Romans 3.00 to 4.00

Stevia 1.50 to 2.00

Lilies per doz., $2.00

Callas per doz., 2.00

Sweet Peas 1.50 to 2.00

Smilax per doz., $2.00

Adiantum 1.00

Asparagus Strings each, 7Sc

Asparagus Plumosus, per bunch . . .

35c to 50c

Fancy Ferns per 1,000, $2.00

Wild Smilax per case, 5.00

Boxwood per lb., 25c ; SO lbs., 7.S0

Mistletoe per lb., 2Sc

_ , . o nn I " ....original case, 25 lbs., 4.50

ROSES, our selection !-9° Leucothoe Sprays .75

CARNATIONS, common 4.00 to 5.00 Mexican Ivy ■ .75

fancy 8.00 Mignonette 6.00 to 8.00

.' red 10.00 I Michigan Red Berries per case, $2.50

A.L.VAIJGHAN&CO.

White Killarney.... ^^^^^^^ $20.00 to $25.00

Ki amey .... p 15.00 to 18.00

Killarney Brilliant. . ^j^jj^^ lO.oO to 12.00

Ward. I Short 6.00 to 8.00

Sunburst

(NOT DfC.)

161 N. Wabash Ave., ™-o».j^;-3 CHICAGO

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XMaS STOCK

Beauties—Carnations
Roses-Vioiets-Valiey

Send us your orders and we will fill them properly at the right prices.

Large Quantities of Miscellaneous Stock

Paper Whites, Romans, Stevia, Lilies, Callas, Sweet
Peas, Valley, Poinsettias, Smilax, Adiantum, Box-
wood, Southern Wild Smilax, Asparagus Strings,

Asparagus Plumosus, Mexican Ivy, Mignonette, Mistletoe, Holly, etc. Everything

billed out at reasonablest Market Prices on day of shipinent.

179-181-183 North Wabash Ave., Chicago.

FRANK J. POTOCKA, General Manager.

Christmas Plants Now Ready

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine

Have a whole house of them; grown cool. 3-in. pots, 15c; 5-in., 40c;

6-in., 50c, 75c $1.00.

Azaleas for Christmas

Mme. Petrick, Vervaeneana, Simon Mardner, 60c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50.

Do Not Forget We Are tlie Leaders in Araucarias

The most popular plant; always gives satisfaction.

Nice, green, well-shaped plants.

Araucaria ExcelSa, 34-5 tiers, 5' -6-in. pots, 50c, 60c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25.

Araucaria Glauca and Compacta, 6-7 in. pots, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50.

Ferns. Have a Large Assortment

Boston Ferns, 5-in. 35c; 6 in., 40c-50c: 7-in.. 75c and $1.00. SCOttii FernS, 4-in., 15c; 5-in., 30c;
6-in., 40c, 50c; 7-in., 75c and $1.00. Whitmani FernS,5-in., 25c; 6-in., 35c, 40c; 7in., 60c, 75c.

GODFREY ASCHIVIANN

1012 Ontario St.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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SPECIAL PRICE LIST ON CHRISTMAS GREENS AND NOVELTIES.

C. E. CRITCHELL

Wholesale Commission Dealer
CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

32-34-36 EAST THIRD ST., CINCINNATI, OHIO

HOLLV. FANCY EASTERN STOCK.

Per case % 4.00

5 or more cases, per case 3.75

BOXWOOD.

The best selected stock.

Per pouud | .20

Per case of 50 pounds , 7.00

Special prices on larger quantities.

KED WINTER BERRIES.

The best northern stock, fine to mix with boxwood.
Per criite 6x14x24 % 2.00

MEXICAN MISTLETOE.

Per pound $ ,25

Per case of 25 pounds 5.00

liYCOPODlUM OR CLUB MOSS.

Per 5 lb. lot or more, per lb $ .10

Per case of 100 pounds 7.00

LAUREL FESTOONING.

Good heavy strings, fine foliage.

Per 50 yards $ 2.50

Per 100 yards 4.00

Special prices on larger quantities.

SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX.

Per 50 pound case $ 4.50

o or more cases, per case 4.00

ITALIAN RUSCUS.

AA-1 Quality.
Red, Green, Purple and Yellow.

% .75

."I'l bunches, per bunch

P^^

IMMORTELLES.

Red. Yellow, Purple, Blue, White and Pink.

Per 100 bunches

40 ftO

RED FRIEZE ROPING.

60 yards to a ball.
Medium, per Inill $ .60

Per doj'.en btills 6.60

Heavy, per ball 75

Per dozen balls S.25

VELVET POINSETTIAS.

Xo. 1, 8 petals. 2 leaves, per dozen $ .50

Per gross 5.00

No. 2. 10 petals, 2 leaves, per dozen 80

Per gross 8.50

Xo. 3, 12 petals. 2 leaves, per dozen 1.00

Per gross 11.00

No. 300-2. 12 petals, large, per dozen 1.25

Per gross 12.00

Per dozen

PAPER POINSETTIAS.

$ .75

tJiO

PAPER POPPIES.

% .75

7.50

White.

RED SILK CORDS.

Pink, Green. Purple, Violet and Yellow also in Stock.
% 25

. 2.7n

RED SILK FIBRE RIBBON.

All other colors also on hand,
bolt 50 yards

$1.00

2-inch, per

1.75

Rich Red-IJ

PARISIAN FERN.

(Natural prepared.)
rowu shade, per lb

S .35

STATICE.

1 New Crop. I

% 75

IlED CHRISTMAS RIBBON.

$ .75

No. 22 jiPi

bolt 1') yards

85

No. 40. pt-i

bolt, 10 yards

1.00

FRENCH PACKAGE MOSS.

Per one package .$ .10

Per dozen packages 1.00

GREEN FRENCH MOSS WREATHS.

10 inuh, per dozen f i.25

12-inch, per dozen 1.50

14-inch, per dozen 1.75

Per pound

AMERICAN

Cherry Red, Golden

OAK

Brown,

SPRAYS.

Natural Green.

$ 30

25 lb. lots

or more, per lb

25

I'lT carton

AMERICAN

Clicrr.y Red. <'.oldeu
t'

OAK

llrowu.

SHRUBS.

Natural Green.

....$ 1.50

AMERICAN RED OAK WREATHS.

IS inch, each % ,00

Per dozen e,00

24-inch, '•ach 70

Per dozen 7.00

MAGNOLIA LEAVES.

Red, Green, Brown and Purple.
Per carton $ i,25

ARTIFICIAL WIRED
CREPE CAPE FLOWERS.

Red, Pink, White, Purple. Yellow, Lavender.

Per quarter pound % .75

Per pound 2.25

NATURAL RED CAPE FLOWERS.

Per lb. J first quality

$ 1 25

White, per Jb.. first qualitv

1 no

PORTO RICAN MATS.

All colors, each

$ .20

1 "er dozen

94Vt

WATER-PROOF CREPE PAPER.

XW colors, per roll

. . .$ 20

2 no

CRIMPED WIRE RIXGS.

For making up Christmas Wreatbs.
10-incb, per 100 $ .80

Per 1,000 • 7.60

12 inch, per 100 90

Per 1,000 8.50

14-ineh, per 100 1.10

Per 1,000 10.60

lU-lneb, per 100 1.26

Per l.OOO 12.00

IS inch, per 100 1.35

Per 1.000 13.00

BRIGHT ANNEALED STONE WIRE.

Sold in stones of 12 pounds each.

Xo. 20. per stone $ .65

No. 22, per stone 70

No. 23. per stone 75

No. 24, per stone 75

No. 25, per stone 80

No. 26, per stone 85

No. 36, per stone 1.60

BRIGHT ANNEALED BOX WIRE.

Sold in boxes of 12 pounds each.
Cut in 12 and IS inch lengths.

No. 18, per box t .85

No. 20, per box 1.00

No. 22, per box 1.05

No. 23, per box 1.10

No. 24, per bos 1.15

METAL WREATHS.

Big assortment in white and green each 50 cents to $2.00

WIRE WREATHS.

(Double frame.)

in-inch, each ■. $ 0.05

12-incb. eai-h 06

14-incb. ea^h 08

16-inch, each 10

18-inch, each 12

20-inch, each 14

22-inch, each 16

24-inch, each 18

WAX TISSUE.

White, per ream, 24x36 % l.BO

Green, Pink and Violet, per ream 1.75

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ROSES-CARNATIONS

BEaUTIES— VIOLETS— SWPET PEAS
GARDEINIAS--VALLEY--POINSETTI/\S

Grand supply of choice stock in all lines at reasonable prices for Christmas.

Send your order to me and you can rest assured that it will be taken care of properly.

CHRISTMAS PRICE LIST— ™c\S.9

AMERICAN BEAUTIES. Per 100 P r in«

Per (loz. Richmond— Extra long 35.00 «„„.* „„„„ , , en L . o An

Ixing stems $12.00 " Special 25.00 Sweet Peas ^. .....$ l.BO to » 2.00

30-incU stems 111.00 Richmond— Pancy $15J)0 to $20.00 S>n;)lax per doz., $2.00

30 iDck stems 9.00 ■• Meilium l^liO to l.j.00 ^diantum 1.00

24-ioch stems 8.00 " Sboit 8.00 to 10. Oil Asparagus Strings, each. 75c

20-inch stems 6.00 ROSES, our selection, per 100, $6.00 to $8.00 Asparagus Plumosus, per

TuTwo f'xTjic TsTTocTTTT Camations, commou $ 5.00 to G.O.i bunch 50c

MKSj. OHAb. KUSbtLL. •■ fancy 8.<i0 Fancy Ferns, per 1,000, $2.50

,,.„,,_, tSOli " "'' !.••••• l"-"" Wild Smilax.. per case, 5.00

Seie^ CO Cattleyas . . . . per doz. . »12.00 Bo.xwood per lb., 25c

fi<!diSm-.v.v.v.:::::::-.:::;::-.$4.ooto b:o5 ^nj-iemas.per doz.. $4.uu to s«.oo. jj„„,t„, ^.^nb.. 2.^0

Short 2.00 to 3.03 XJ^^^^' yj-g,- • ^ j" aoubi^: ; ; 1.50 to 2:55 , Original case, 25 lbs.. $4.50

Per 100 Paiier Whites 3.00 to 4.00 Galax bronze and green per

White Killamey . . Special $20 no to $2.t 00 Poinsettias, fancy, per doz...$3. $4 lOO}; »l-<»

Killarney Fancv T=^nfl to is'nn Romans. .-. 3.00 to 4.00 Leucothoe sprays .76

Sunburst ) Memum lo'no to l-'OO SK-^'^ 2.00 Mexican Ivy .75

Ward I shnrt BOOtn s'oo I.iliea, per doz., $1.50 to $2.00 Mignonette 6.00 t. 8.00

KUlarney Brilliant ' '"'"'^'•■•- o-"v i" o-"" Callas, per doz., 1.50 to 2.00 Red Berries, per case. $2.00 to $3.0«

JOHN KRUCHTEN

WHOLESALE FLORIST

-162 N.Wabash Ave., l. d Phone, central e.m CHICAGO

CHRISTMAS TREES.

Two Big Carloads of the Best Stcck that ever reached the
Chicago Market. The pick of the Wisconsin woods in all
sizes at prices that will enable every florist to make a big
profit by handling them. See us in regard to your supply
and we will fix you up so well that you will be more than
satisfied both as to quality and price. Trees Now On
Exhibition at Our Store. Come down and pick out
just what you want.

THE FRANK FLORAL CO.

179-181-183 North Wabash Avenue, z^^\ri^2 CHICAGO

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I We are fortunate this year in having a large supply of red Roses and red Carnations \

I of very choice quahty. Our Beauties, Roses and Carnations this season are of exception- |

I ally fine quality and the well known fact of the advantage of buying direct from a large |

I grower should influence you to send us your orders as we only sell the flowers we grow. |

I CHRISTMAS PRICE LIST. |

I Beauties. \

I Specials, stems 48 inches and over, per dozen... $12. 00 |

I 36 inch stems per»dozen... 10.00 |

I 30 inch stems per dozen... 8.00 |

I 24 inch stems per dozen... 6.00 |

I 15 to 20 inch stems per dozen... 4.00 to % 5.00 |

Rhea Reid and Milady. |

I Specials, extra long stems per dozen. ..$5. 00 |

I Select, stems 18 to 20 inches per dozen... 3.00 to $ 4.00 I

I Mediums, stems 10 to 15 inches per dozen... 2.00 to 2.50 |

I Shorter stems per dozen... 1.50 |

Richmond, Sunburst, Bulgaria and KiHarney Brilliant.

I Specials, extra long stems per 100. ..$25. 00 |

I Selects, good length stems per 100... 20.00 |

I Medium length stems per 100... 15.00 |

I Short length stems per 100... 10.00 to $12.00 j

Pink and White Killarney and HiHingdon. |

i Specials, extra long stems per 100. ..$15. 00 |

I Medium length stems per 100... 10.00 to $12.00 |

I Short length stems per 100... 6.00 to 8.00 |

I ROSES, our selection in lots of 300 or more, per 100, $6.00 I

I Carnations. |

I Fancy red, very choice ...per 100. ..$10. 00 to $12-00 |

I Fancy dark pink, very choice per 100... 8.00 |

I Fancy light pink, very choice per 100... 6 00 I

I Fancy white, very choice per 100... 6.00 |

I Easter Lilies per 100.. .515.00 I

I Lily of the Valley per 100... 4.00 |

I Narcissus Paper Whites per 100... 3.00 |

I Asparagus and Sprengeri Sprays per 100... 2.00 to $ 3.00 |

I , Best Eastern Ferns per 1000... 2.00 |

I Galax Leaves, green or bronze per 1000... 1.00 i

I All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment. I

IbASSETT & WASHBURN!

i LONG DISTANCE PHONES, OFFICE and STORE, i

I "-^^^l.'.m: 131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. I

= Greenhouses: Hinsdale, III., and Greggs Station, 111. i

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Dec. 12.

POEHLMAN

72"74 E, Randolph St.,

Ji^r"NOTE :— We issue a Weekly Cut Flower Price List, send for it. ,

We Will Have For

2000 Caftleyas
3000 Gardenias

CHRISTMAS

Place your order N

Mistletoe
Boxwood

Red Winterberri
Wild Smilax

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

THEY WILL BE WITHOUT A DOUBT FINEST AND BEST PROCURABLE AND W
RANGE FROM 30 INCHES UP. VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF SHORTER.

Christmas Price List— Week of December 20th, 1914.

ORCHIDS AND GARDENIAS.

Per Doz.

Cattleyas % 9.00 to $12.00

Dendrobium 9.00

Gardenias 4.00 to 5.00

Cypripedlums 4.00 to 5.00

BEAUTIES. Per Doz.

Specials $10.00 to $12.00

36 in. long 10.00

30 in. long . 9.00

24 in. long 8.00

ROSES. Per Doz.

Russells— 30 to 36 in. long $6.00

26 to 28 in. long 5.00

22 to 24 in. long 4.00

18 to 20 in. long 3.00

16 in. long .... 2.50

14 in. long .... 2.00

Shorter $1.00 to 1.50

Hadley
Milady
Shawyer
Richmond

Brilliant
Killarney
White Kill.
Bulgaria
Sunbursts

128 in
I over . . .
124 to 26 in.
}20 to 22 in.

16 to 18 in.

12 to 14 in.

Short

and Per

$35-.00 to

18.00 to

Per

Aaron Wards \ Short
Kill. Queen
Cecile Brunner

Ex. Long
^Long . . .
I Medium .$15.00 to
8.00 to

100

$40.00
30.00
25.00
20.00
15.00
12.00
100

$25.00
20.00
18.00
12.00

Per Id

. . .$ 3.00 to $4.00

CARNATIONS.

Fancy Red $10.00 to $12.00

Medium Red 8.00

Fancy Pink and White. 10.00

Our selection ....:... 6.00 to 8.00

Paper Whites 4.00

Sweet Peas 2.00 to 3.00

Easter Lilies 12.00 to 15.00

Violets, Dbl. & Sgl 2.00 to 2.50

Stevia

Mexican Ivy

Smilax per doz. 2.00 to

Sprengeri-Asparagus • •
Asparagus Plumosus,

string, 50c to 60c.

Leucothoe

Adiantum 75 to

Galax, bronze and green per 1000,
Eastern Flat Ferns. ... " "

Wild Smilax per case

Boxwood per bu., 25c. . per case
Red Winter Berries, cs. 1.00 to
lilLY OF THE VALLEY. Per

Extra Fancy

1st Quality

2nd Quality

MISTLETOE.

Splendidly berried, per lb., 3oi
lbs. @ 25c, 25 lb. box @ 20c.

No question the finest ever offer

We are headquarters for Sou
Wild Smilax. Price $5.00 per cas

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES.

ROSES.

Per 100

Specials . . .
3 6-in. long . .
3 0-in. long
24-in. long .
18 to 20-in.

Short stem

Per Doz.

$5.00 to $6.00

4.00

2.50 to 3.00

2.00

1.50

Per 100

.$6.00 to 8.00

ROSES.

Per

Russell — 30 to 36 in. long
26 to 28 in. long
22 to 24 in. long
18 to 20 in. long

16 in

14 in

" Short stem ....

.28 in. or over.
Ophelia ' stem 24-26 in.
Hadley ) stem 18-20 in.
Milady I stem 14-16 in.
Shawyer \ stem 12 in. . .

' stem short . . .

100

$30.00
25.00
20.00
16.00
12.00
10.00
8.00

20.00
18.00
15.00
15.00
12.00
8.00

Brilliant
Killarney
White Kill.
Richmond
Bulgaria
Sunburst
Aaron Wards ,
Kill. Queen

Cecil Brunner . . .

Roses, short stem,

lection

Special .
Long . . .
Medium
Short ...

.$5.00
. 3.00

$10.00

8.00

J 6.00

3 4.00

$2.00

CARNATIONS.

2.00

Per 100

Short . .
Medium
Fancy .

f2.00
3.00
4.00

ORCHIDS .liND GARDENIAS.

Per Doz.

Cattleyas $6.00 and $9.00

Dendrobium 5.00 and 6.00

Gardenias 3.00 and 4.00

Cypripediums 3.00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Per 10

Easter Lilies $10,00 to $

Violets, single and

double

Stevia

Mexican ivy

Smilax. .per doz., $2.00

Sprengeri-Asparagus . .

Asparagus Plumosus.
String, 5nc to 60c.

Leucothoe

Adiantum

Galax, bronze and green per 1000
Eastern Flat Ferns. ... "

Wild Smilax per case.

Boxwood . . .per bu., 25c, per case
Red Winter Berries, .case, $1.00 t

P.

Extra fancy Valley

1st Quality Valley

2nd Quality Valley '

1.00 to
1.00 to

2.00 to

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;hristivias specials.
Cyclamen

000 of the best plants ever grown are now ready for delivery,
u need this kind of stock for your Christmas trade and should
ce your order for them with us immediately, Right Now.

oice 5-inch Stock, 50c Each; G-inch, 75c to $1.00 Each.

Begonias

ctgest and best stock we ever had of Lorraine and Cincinnati.
Iignificent plants in just the sizes you want and that sell best.

^ti., 50c to 75c Ea.; 6-in., $1 to $1.50 Ea.; 7-in., $2 to $2.50 Ea.

Azaleas

)ig lot of all the leading Christmas varieties from 75 cents to
\ each in bloom. Larger specimens from $3 up to $8 each.

lAUCARISS Excelsa, fine stock, 50c, DRSCAEN/I TERMINSLIS. '

75c, $1.00 each. Robusta Compacta, large Highly colored, extra fine, 4-in., $3.00 per

plants, SI. 50 to $2.00 each. doz. ; 5-in., $6 doz. ; 6-in., 75c to |1 each.

CINSETTI AS. Choice stock in pans with good brackets, (*?S°vami) from 75c to $2.50 each.

Pandanus Veitchii. Crotons.

Highly colored, 4-in. 50c, 6-in., 76c to Swell colored in all varieties, extra fine,

Boston. Whltmanl, Soosevelt. $1.00, 6-in., $1.60, 7-in., $2.00 to $2.50 ea. 60c to 75c each.

"each $0.25 perdoz $3.00 _ ™ , ... -, ... , ,

'ceach 50 perdoz 6 00 Dracacna Godscffiana. English Ivy.

>c each 75 perdoz 9 00

ic each 100 perdoz 1200 2-in. pots $1.00 per doz Strong stock, 20 cts. to 35 cts. each.

ic each 2 50

'ceach 3 50 AspidistrBS. Rubber Plants.

« fine Boston and Asparagus HansinK Baskets Green, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.00. All sizes from 26c to 60c each. Strong

Variegated, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.60. foliage.

^ •'"Send all Plant Orders Direct to Morton Grove, 111. For Palm List See Ready Reference Department.

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LARGE CROPS OF

Roses and Cdrnations

FOR CHRISTMAS.

Fancy Killarney, White Killarney, Richmond, My
Maryland, and All the Leading Varieties of Carnations.

Red Roses and Red Carnations in Good Supply.

More so than ever this Christmas, so send your order right along.

Hoerber Bros.

Wholesale Growers cf Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., "SffH'" Chicago

Clilcago.

BUSINESS CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
There is a gradual improvement in
business conditions and one of the
leading wholesale houses stales that
conditions are closer to normal now
than they have been at any time since
the great European war broke out.
Considering the unfavorable weather
conditions of the past two weeks this
is very encouraging news and points
to a good Christmas trade. The sun
has not shone in this city for 2G-1
hours. Since its last visit on Novem-
ber 28 it has been lost behind a thick
wall of clouds except for an instant,
last Friday morning, December 4,
when it slipped past a rain cloud for
a moment and then withdrew. The
temperature since December 2 has
kept an e\ten keel, running between 44
and 27 degrees above zero, 7 to 21 de-
grees higher than normal. With a
humidity of nearly 90 the city is
clouded with mist which absorbs the
smoke and becomes almost as dense
as a London fog. Professor Henry
Cox. in charge of the weather bureau,
says that an unsettled condition pre-
vails all over the country. Severe
rainstorms are reported on the middle
Atlantic coast and the lakes are being
swept with a stiff breeze from the
east. The rain zone spreads practical-
ly over the entire country, but while
it is steady it is not heavy. Stock is
reaching the market in very good con-
ditiofl notwithstanding, with the ex-
ception of roses, which are not of any
too good color, especially Killarney.
.American Beauty roses are in good
supply and of fine quality. The same
holds good for Richmond, Rhea Reid
and Milady. Carnations have been
plentiful but are in better demand
since pompons have not been so nu-
merous. Chrysanthemun)s are seen in

HOLLY

$2.25 per Case.

Good with us this year.

E. A. BEAVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

small quantities at several of the
stores yet but they are not cutting
much figure in the market now. Gar-
denias are arriving in larger quan-
tities and there is a good sup-
ply of orchids reaching the mar-
ket. Sweet peas are seen in larger
number but the supply is not near as
large as it was last year at this time.
Lilies, callas and lily of the valley are
plentiful enough to fill all orders and
the predicted shortage of lily of the
valley for the remainder of the season
is not likely to occur, for several ship-
ments of valley pips have reached here
this week from Germany through
Copenhagen, Denmark, and several
more large shipments are expected to
arrive at any moment. From present
Indications it appears as if there will
be a large supply of stock for Christ-
m.as this year, especially as far as
roses and carnations are concerned.
American Beauty roses will be in
larger supply than ever but a cleanup
in this flower is expected. Orchids and
gardenias will be In crop but the sup-
ply of miscellaneous flowers will prob-

Single and Double

Violets

For CHRISTMAS. Both

OUANTITV
UALIT I

Write for Prices.

M. C. GUNTERBERG

Wholesale Florist

56 East Randolph St., CHICAGO.

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H. VAN GELDER, Pres.

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Importers and Jobbers of
Florist Supplies

WHOLESALE commission FLORISTS

56 East Randolph Street
CHICAGO

L. M. JONES, Seer.

Ribbons and Chiffons
Our Specialty

XMAS PRICES

AMERICAN BEAUTIES. Per doz.

Long stems $12.00

30-36 inch stems lO.OO

24-inch stems 8.00

18-inch stems 6.00

15-inch stems 4.00

12-inch stems 3.00

RICHMOND ROSES. Per 100

Fancy 25.00

Medium $15.00 to 20.00

-Short 10.00

KILLARNEY, WHITE KILLARNEY AND MY MARYLAND

ROSES. Per 100

Fancy $20.00 to $25.00

Medium 15.00 to 18.00

Short 8.00 to 10.00

CARNATIONS. Per 100

Common $ 5.00 to $ 6.00

Fancy 8.00

Red • :.. 10.00

ORCHIDS.

Cattleyas per doz., $12.00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Poinsettias per dozen, $3.00 to $4.00

Valley 4.00 to 5.00

Violets, single and double 2.00

Paper Whites 3.00 to 4.00

Romans 3.00 to 4.00

Stevia 1.50 to 2.00

Lilies per dozen, $1.50 to $2.00

Callas per dozen, 1.50 to 2.00

Sweet peas 1.00 to 2.00

DECORATIVE.

Asparagus Plumosus Sprays 2.00 to 4.00

Asparagus Sprengeri 2.00 to 4.00

Adiantum .75

Leucothoe (long green or bronze) per 1,000, $5.00 -75

Mistletoe, choice per lb., 20 to 40 cents

Holly per case, $5.00

Galax (green or bronze), per case, $6.50; per 1,000, 1,00

Ferns per 1,000, $2.50

Smilax per dozen, $1.50 to 2.50

Extra Special Stock Billed Accordingly.

Boxwood

Pick of the Virsrinia hedge and tree varieties. Most beautiful stock
ever offered. 50 pound Case, $7.50.

Water Proof Crepe Paper

Imported Moss Green $16.00 per 100 rolls

YOU CANNOT

hire any help, or get a partner whom you can depend upon more,
or who will work as hard for you, as PERCY JONES.

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ably not be as large as in other years.
Greens of all kinds are plentiful and
some very choice stock in boxwood is
now being offered. Red winter . ber-
ries are seen in large supply and mis-
tletoe is making its appearance. A
large importation of ruscus was re-
ceived here this week by one of the
local supply houses and is moving
brisiily at good prices. All the supply
houses report a great improvement in
trade each day and all hands are kept
busy filling holiday ordei-s. The whole-
sale plantsmen are busy shipping out
stock and some fine cyclamen and be-
gonias are to be had. These appear
to be plentiful but it would not be at
all surprising to see a clean-up in this
line before the rush is over. Azaleas
and poinsettias do not seem to be any
too plentiful this year and while there
is a good supply yet on hand it will
soon be disposed of. Made up bas-
kets and boxes of palms, ferns, foliage
plants and poinsettias are playing
quite an important part in the Christ-
mas sales this year and promise to
take well. With favorable weather
from now on the Christmas trade Tvill
be very good and should be almost up
to or even better than that last year.
The retail florists would do well to
place their orders in advance, for then
they will be assured of getting the
proper kind of stock and will not have
to chase around the last minute when
they will all be too busy to give their
orders the proper attention.

NOTES.

Bassett & Washburn have had an
unusually good month and the report
at this house is that business condi-
tions have been closer to normal this
week than they have been since the
European war started. C. L. Wash-
burn is inclined to think that the
Christmas trade will be very good this
year and is busy making preparations
for same. His firm will have a good
crop of Richmond and Rhea Reid roses
for the holidays, as well as a large cut
of American Beauties and all the lead-
ing carnations.

Quite a number of the local retail
florists are featuring Colorado blue
spruce trees in mission boxes which
issue from the T>. Hill Nursery Co.,
Inc., of Dundee, 111. Wm. F. Schofleld,
the North State street florist, has a
couple of these trees in front of his
store, where they are attracting much
favorable attention.

Joseph Ztska, the veteran wire

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Now Booking Christmas Orders

At present we do not care to speak of the tremendous supply of stock that
we are going to have, because we do not like to make a holler without know-
ing just where we are at. Conditions appear as if wt- will have our usual big
holiday supply, but we are now getting in touch with every one of our many
growers and will be in a better position to tell you in our Ad. next week
just what we are going to have, and what we are going to have most of.
However, every advance order that we bjok will be filled in full in the usual
giiod manner as in past years, and at prevailing market prices. Watch for
our Ad. next week, it wlli tell the whole story. In the meantime send your
order in, yoii can lely upon us to fill it right.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for sliipment,

$2.50 per case.

Caldwell The Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens,

Evergreen, Ala.

manufacturer, moved into his new
home in Cicero this week, which is
one of the finest residences' in that
vicinity. The new auto delivery truclc
that Ziska's supply department recent-
ly brovig-ht into service is kept busy all
day long and is proving to be a good
investment. Deliveries are now being
made free of charge to all the custom-
ers anywhere in the city.

Percy Jones is filling a large number
(U' orders for choice boxwood this
week and the demand for the holidays
promises to be good. Carnations are
arriving in large quantities every day
and the supply for this Christmas at
this establishment promises to eclipse
that of all former years.

John Zech, of Zech & Mann, has re-
turned from a business trip to Milwau-
kee, Wis. This firm has had a good
shipping trade all week and the local
demand also has been good. American
Beauty roses of fine quality are seen
in large quantities at this establish-
ment.

The Geo. Wittbold Co. has made up a
large number of baskets and boxes of
palms, ferns, foliage plants and poin-
settias for the Christmas trade and is
featuring these in large numbers this
year. Quite a large number are set
aside for the wholesale trade.

The Chicago Carnation Co. is show-
ing some fine roses and carnations at
its store now, and A. T. Pyfer reports
that the crops of both will be large for
Christmas. Business has been good at
this house all week and stock in all
lines is cleaning up well.

E. C. Pruner has returned from
quite an extended business trip
through the southwestern states and

Cut Flowers

FOR XMAS

Roses

Large supply of all leading varieties
of exceptionally fine quality.

Carnations

Hest in the market at prices that
will compare favorably with any other
stock offered.

SINNER BR05.

Wholesale Florists
56 East Randolph St., CHICAGO

will remain here until after the holi-
days calling on his customers in this
vicinity in the meantime.

P. J. Foley, head of the Foley
Greenhouse Mfg. Co., is scheduled to
.uldress the St. Paul Florists' Club
this week on greenhouse construction.

The Cook County Florists' Associa-
tion will meet at the Tavern, West
Washington street, on Thursday, De-
cember 10, at 8 p. m.

Stephen Blatzer, formerly with Peter
Reinberg, is now in charge of the rose
houses at the Edgebrook plant of Geo.
Wittbold Co.

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BIG CROP OF

RICHMOND ROSES

FOR CHRISTIVIAS

Richmond will be our leader again this year as in former years, so if you
want your order filled with the choicest stock there is obtainable anywhere,
place it this year with us. We will have plenty of stock for everyone in all
lengths, so let your orders come. Our cut will be bigger and better than ever.

Large Supply of Beauties

Killarney, White Killarney, My Maryland, Sunburst, Mrs. Aaron
Ward, Ophelia, Milady and Mrs. Chas. Russell. Beautiful stock.

CARNATIONS

Largest and best supply that we have ever ofFered for Christmas, in Red,
White and Pink. Save time, trouble and worry by placing your order with
us, for we have the largest range of greenhouses in America devoted exclusively
to the growing of Cut Flowers and this enables us to fill your order best.

Christmas Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

48-inch stems 10 00

36-inch stems 9 00

30-inch stems 8 00

24-inch stems 7 00

18-inch stems $5 00 to 6 00

Per 100

Extra Special Richmond $30 00 to $35 00

Specials 26 00

Select 15 00 to 20 00

Medium „ 10 00 to 12 00

Shorts 6 00 to 8 00

KiUarney

White KiUarney...

f

Per 100
$25 00

Specials

^/nbTsr"':-;- Select $16 00 to 20 00

'Medium 10 00 to 12 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward
Ophelia

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Short 6 00 to 8 00

Per 100
1 Specials $30 00 to $36 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell ! Select 26 00

Milady 1 Medium $15 00 to 20 00

I Short 10 00 to 12 00

Roses, our selection 6 00

Carnations, red 8 00 to 10 00

Carnations, white and pink 6 00 to 8 00

Harrisii per doz., $1 50 to 2 00

Valley 4 00 to 5 00

Violets 1 50 to 2 00

Stevia 1 60 to 2 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum 1 00 to 160

Asparagus per bunch, 60c to 75c

Ferns per 1,000, *2 50

Boxwood per bunch, 25c

Galax, Bronze and Green.per 1000, $1 00

Leucothoe Sprays.. per 100, 76c to $1 00

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

Long Distance Phone,
Central 2846.

CHICAGO

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Dec. 12,

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES DELIVERED FREE

Anywhere in the City.

The addition of a new auto truck to our delivery system now enables us to make deliveries anywhere in the
city without extra cost to our customers. You don't have to lug home any bundles if you leave your order
with us nor you don't have to make a special trip to the market for supplies if you have a telephone. Just call
us up, Central 463, tell us what you want and it will be delivered right to your door in the shortest possible time.

Heavy Frieze, per Ball. 50c; Immortelles, Light Pink, Dark Pink, Green and Violet Shades, 20 Cts.per bunch. Ruscus,
Magnolia Leaves, Statice and everything else in the Florists' Supply line. Your supply order should always go to

JOSEPH ZISKA.

Wire Designs and Wholesale Florists' Supplies

30 EAST RANDOLPH ST.. CHICAGO.

Peter Reinberg will have a big' sup-
ply of Richmond roses again this
Christmas, as in former years, for the
stock in the greenhouse.s is in fine con-
dition, and Emil Reichling, the fore-
man, says that the cut will be the big-
gest since he has been on the place.
Killarney, White Killarney, My Mary-
land, Sunburst. Ophelia, Milady and
Mrs. ^aron Ward are also in grand
shape and the carnations in the green-
houses on the farm never looked bet-
etr. Taken all in all, the stock is in
raag:nificent shape under the watchful
eye of Mr. Reichling and his brother.
Felix Reichling. and his assistants at
the store will have to go some to dis-
pose of the stock Christmas wfeek.

At Wietor Bros.' greenhouses the
stock is in grand shape for the holi-
days and supply this year will be fully
as large as any previous Christmas,
with American Beauty and Richmond
roses, in largest supply. Mrs. Chas
Russell, Killarney Brilliant. Killarney.
Sunburst and White Killarney are also
in fine crop and their carnation houses
are a sight to see. With favorable
weather from now on the stock will be
in grand condition and N. J. Wietor is
inclined to think this is going to be
the best ChrLstmas ever.

The Frank Floral Co. has a big stock
of Christmas trees at its store at Lake
street and North Wabash avenue and
Is making a special price to the trade
this week. The trees came from Wis-
consin and were brought down here
by A. E. Turner, of Rosin & Turner,
of Mosinee, who have been supplying
this market with ferns for several
years. In addition to Christmas trees
the Frank Floral Co. is receiving a
nice line of roses and carnations.

John Kruchten is still showing a
good supply of fancy chrysanthemums,
in addition to his usual fine line of
other stock. He will have a nice lot
of roses and carnations for his Christ-
mas trade and is now booking shipping
orders for same. Oardenias, violets
and sweet peas promise to be in good
supply for the holidays at this estab-
lishment.

Th« Chicago Flower Growers' Asso-
ciation is having a brisk demand for
American Beauty roses and stock in
general Is moving nicely now. The out-
look Is bright for a good Christmas
trade at this establishment and the in-
dications are that stock of all kinds
win be plentiful.

Kennlcott Bros. Co. received Its first

Fadeless Sheet Mofs

$3.50 per bag delivered.

Caldwell The Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens

Evergreen, Alabama

Christmas Supplies

Best Ruscus, 75c lb.: 10 lbs, $6.50 Best Holly, per case, $4.50

Immortelles, $4.30 per dozen bunches

Statice, white 75c; lavender, $1.00 per pound

Red Frieze, 75c per large Ball

All other Supplies in stock. Get our list.

C. C. POLLWORTB CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

shipments of gladioli spikes of Mrs.
Francis King and America from Flori-
da this week and the stock came
through in very fine condition. N. P.
Miller says that the Arm will have a
large supply of this stock for its
Christmas trade.

Hoerber Bros, are going to be in good
crop with Richmond, Killarney, White
Killarney roses and all the leading car-
nations for Christmas, as in former
years. This firm always manages to
have their biggest supply of stock
when it is most needed and this year
i.s no exception.

Welland & Rlsch are booking (jrders
for own root and grafted rose stock of
the new ro.se Mrs. Chas. Russell and
expect to clean up in this line long be-
fore the season is over, for there is no
question but that this variety will be
grown very heavily in the future.

M. C. Gunterberg will have a larg'e
supply of single and double violets for
Christmas and is now booking orders
for same. She says that the demand
for violets this season has been unusu-
ally good and have increased her sales
considerably.

Phil Schupp, with J . A. Budlong,
looks for a good Christmas this year
and expects to see roses and carnations
pretty well cleaned up before the big
rush is over. Some fine carnations are
now seen at this store and are cleaning
up well.

John Sinner says that Robert Hand
has accepted a position as rose grower
with Sinner Bros, and is now in charge
at the greenhouses.

O. Johnson reports a good demand
for American Beauty roses at the Ba-
tavia Greenhouse Co.'s store and a big
crop for Christmas.

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BIG CROP OF

FOR CHRISTMAS

Extra Fine Richmond"Killarney
White Killarney"Sunburst.

BEAUTIES

Magnificent flowers in all lengths at prices that are right.
Can fill your order for a dozen, hundred or thousand.

CARNATIONS

Tremendous crops of all the old standard and best new varieties. Never before
have we had such an enormous supply for Christmas as will be the case this
year. We have got the right stock at the right prices so let's get together.
Unusually large supply of red carnations this year.

P^T' Send for our Special Christmas Price List "91

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Ave., ^"Ko^r2o'8^^^^^^ CHICAGO

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12.

Roses and Carnations

FOR THE HOLIDAYS

QUALITY is the first consideration when buying Cut Flowers. We are
growers of the best Roses and Carnations reaching this market, therefore
ofFer you the best at most reasonable prices and guarantee to deliver them
to you in good condition anywhere within 1000 miles of Chicago.

We have a full line of Roses, Carnations,
Valley, Violets, Lilies and Bulb Stock, also
Ferns, Boxwood, Asparagus Plumosus, Smilax.

Plenty of stock, order early if you can, if not send your order at the last
minute and we will take care of you; however the early orders get the best
service. Prices the lowest of any if quality is taken into consideration.

/>!• g> M* r> 30 E. Randolph St.,

tnicago Carnation to., Chicago.

A. T. PYFER, Manager.

Long Distance Phone, Central 3373.

Poehlmann Bros. Co. received a ship-
ment of loO.OOO lily of the valley pips
this week from J. JVIartens, Hamburg,
Germany, through Copenhagen, and
several other shipments are on the
way. A shipment of 131 large cases
of ruscus was received from Italy this
week and has already been dyed and
is ready for sale. John Poehlmann
says that the gardenia crop is going
to be very heavy this year for Christ-
mas and that they are ready to book
and fill orders for over 3,000 blooms or
more. American Beauty, Richmond
and all other roses will be in good crop
with them this year and the supply of
carnations will be a record breaker.
Cyclamen, begonia, azalea and poinset-
tia plants are selling like hot cakes,
but each and every order accepted will
be filled in full.

There were a large number of floral
offerings sent to the city hall on Mon-
day, December 7, when the new ofli-
cials elected on November 3 were in-
stalled in office. Peter Reinberg was
one of the shining lights at the cere-
mony and became president of the
county board on that day. The collec-
tion of designs was never so large at
any previous occasion of this kind
and helped considerably to clean up
what surplus flowers there were on the
market the early part of the week.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. are showing
some very nice American Beauty roses
in all lengths and their growers report
that the cuts for Christmas will be
large this year. Cut poinsettias will
again be a feature at this house dur-
ing tiie holidays and stock in general
will be plentiful. Mr. Vaughan says
that it is surprising how well business
keeps up and that every indication
points to a bigger and better Christmas
trade than last year.

The A. Dietsch Co. Is installing a
new Kroeschell boiler and a Corliss en-

gine at its factory on Sheffield avenue
and is gradually replacing all the old
machinery with new. This firm has
just received an order for another
house, 28x200 feet, from the C. C. Poll-
worth Co., of Milwaukee, Wis. Gust.
F. Baermann and E. Haasch of that
city have also placed an order with
this firm for one house each.

At Erne & Klingel's store business
continues to be good and the outlook
for the holidays is very encouraging.
Roses, carnations, violets and a com-
plete line of all other seasonable stock
of fine quality is now being offered at
this store and a full line of greens is
also very much in evidence. This
hustling concern is gradually building
up a nice shipping trade.

The Retail Florists' Association
met at the Hotel La Salle on Monday
evening, December 7, when the election
of officers for the ensuing year was
held. All the old officers were re-
elected as follows : George Stollery,
president, F. O. Franzen, vice-presi-
dent, Louis Wittbold, treasurer, and
A. Vanderpoel, financial secretary.

Blaine Wilcox, of Council Bluffs, la.,
was the guest of C. L. Washburn and
wife at Hinsdale on Sunday, December
C. Mr. Wilcox stopped off here on his
way back home after having spent
considerable time in the southern and
western states.

All florist growers around here are
interested in and sure to profit by the
improved travel facilities afforded by
the new state-aid roads in .Cook county
and the recently voted two million
bond issue.

Walter Holton, of the Holton &
Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis., was here
on business this week.

H. N. Bruns reports a large shipment
of his famous brand of lily of the val-
ley pips on the way.

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GLADIOLUS

THE first authorita-
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bulb evtr printed in
America, or possibly
the world, issued April
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book, written by Mat-
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Dr. Van Fleet, con-
»tains many chapters
I covering all sides of
I growing, propagating,
[storing, etc., and also
some pages of valuable
cultural notes gath-
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sources. A necessity
for both amateur and
grower. The book is
bound in cloth and
fully illustrated.

PRICK, POSTPAID, $1.25

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 So. Dearborn St.
CHICAGO.

H. Van Gelder, the man behind the
guns at the Percy Jones store, has
just bought a new six cylinder Buick
car which averaged 70 miles an hour
in a recent test.

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1103

Aviator

The greatest money maker for any one to grow.
Count more profits in six months from AviatOr
than any other scarlet, on account of its wonderful
productiveness, producing twice as many blooms as
any other carnation, and a heavy crop for Christmas.
From 2000 plants we cut 2800 blooms for Christmas,
which sold for 8c each. Will produce 30 blooms
per plant per season.

Color — Intense scarlet.

Flower — Fine full center.

Stem — Thin wiry and stifi.

Calyx — Non-bursting.

Habit — Being a cross between Red Sport of
Maceo and Red Seedling, it has the habit of Maceo.
Thin, wiry and a fast grower, no grass, every break
making a fine flower in a remarkably short time.

Price, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

Peerless Pink

Dark pink. The best and most profitable Car-
nation introduced to the trade last season. No other
new carnation can equal it in early and continuous
productiveness. The blooms command the highest
prices at all times.
Rooted Cuttings, $6,U0 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

Per 100 Per ICOO

Ctiampion, scarlet $6.00

Yellow Prince 6.00

Matchless, white 6.00

Philadelphia, pink 6.00

Princess Dagtnar, crimson 6.00

Gloria, pink, free 6.00

Pink Delight 6.00

The Herald, scarlet 4.00

Enchantress Supreme 4.00

Conquest, overlaid pink 4.00

White Wonder 3.C0

White Enchantress 3.00

Enchantress 3.00

Quality the first consideration.

30 E. Randolph St.,

$50. to
50.00
50.00
50.00
60.00
50.00
50.00
30 00
30 00
30.00
25.00
25.00
25.00

All stock guaranteed.

C*t * £> A.* £> 30 E. Randolph !

Chicago tarnation Co., Chicago.

A. T. PYFER, Manager.

Long Distance Phone, Central 3373.

Joseph Foerster, of Kyle & Foerster,
made a remarkable showing in the in-
individual contest in the city bowling
tournament now being held at Ben-
singer's West Randolph street alleys
and is one of the ten leading men with
639 pins to his credit for the three
games rolled.

Visitors : A. J. Stahelin and wife,
Redford, Mich.; Blaine Wilcox. Council
Bluffs, la.; E. A. Fetters and Robert
M. Rahaley, Detroit, Mich.; Martin
Reukauf, with H. Bayersdorfer &
Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Walter Holton,
of the Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwau-
kee, Wis.; Judson Kramer, Cedar Rap-
ids, la.; C. C. Taylor, with the Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Louisville,
Ky.

Chicago Florists' Club.

The regular meeting of the Chicago
Florists' Club will be held at the Bis-
marck hotel, December 10 at 8 p. m.
The election of officers will take place
at this meeting, the nominees being as
follows: For president, W. J. Keimel;
for vice-president, James Morton; for
treasurer, Paul Klingsporn; for secre-
tary, Guy W. French, Michael Fink
and T. E. Waters; trustee, C. L. Wash-
burn.

Ladies' night, consisting of an in-
formal dancing party and buffet lunch,
will be held in the Crystal room, Hotel
Sherman, Friday evening, December
11, at 8:30 o'clock.

RALElon, N. C— J. L. O'Quinn will
erect a greenhouse on Swain street to
cost $2,500.

McKeesport, Pa.— While opening a
bottle of hydrochloric acid November
20 at his greenhouse near East Mc-
Keesport, J. H. Orth sustained painful
burns about the face as a result of the
fumes. His eyes were not hurt.

A MIGHTY NICE

FLORISTS' RLrRIGERATOR

We Carry This Model in Stocif

And Make Over 20 Other

Different Styles.

Our Refrigerator is giving sat-
isfaction wherever it is used and

is recognized as The Leader

by every up - to - date florist.
Schiller, the Florist, and Paul
Blome & Co., are only a few of
the many florists of Chicago that
are preserving their flowers with
the Buchbinder Refrigerator.

GET OUR NEW CATALOG

and let us figure with you on your new refrigerator. One of ours will
beautify your store, keep your flowers longer and give you a better
and more magnificent display than any other make.

BUCHBINDER BROS.,

Manufacturers of Florists' Refrigerators,

518 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

1104

The American Florist.

Dec.

12.

QUALITY AND STYLE

IN

FLOWER BOXES

AT NO GREATER COST

Quality of material used in addition to the practical and hand-
some non-fading shades in which the boards are finished, bring
style and distinctiveness to the package.

Write for our illustrated catalog in colors, also price list
and samples.

THE SEFTON MFG CO.

1335 W. 35lli ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL

Milwaukee.

uusixES.s Gfion.

Business has been good .since Thank.s-
giving and stock of all kinds continues
to clean up well. Carnation.s are in
good supply, but roses are inclined to
be a little scarce. The outlook for a
supply of stock for the holidays is very
bright and there will be more flowers
offered for Christmas than in any pre-
vious year. Orders, however, .should
be placed well in advance.
NOTES.

The Holton & Hunkel Co. has a fine
line of blooming and decorative plants
for its Christmas trade, including
some of the finest cyclamen that have
been grown in this vicinity for a long
time. Poinsettias and azalea plants
are also in large supply and are mov-
ing well at good prices. Made up bas-
kets of blooming and decorative plants
will be handled on a large scale this
year.

The C. C. Pollworth Co. is still mak-
ing Its headquarters exclusively in this
city and has no branch offices else-
where. Mr. Pollworth is well satisfied
to concentrate his business in one city
and his customers should bear this in
mind when ordering in the future.
There is only one C. C. Pollworth Co.
and this firm is still located here.

Gust Rusch & Co. are mailing out a
very pretty calendar to their customers
this Christmas and are now receiving
regular shipments of fancy American
Beauty roses.

Wm. Lubliner has a grand display of
holiday wreaths at his Grand avenue
store and is making a strong bid for
this business.

John Zech, of Zech & Mann, Chicago,
was here on a business trip this weok.

Cincinnati.

DEMAND KEETS MARKET FIRM.

The general supply of stock in the
market has shortened somewhat.
Chrysanthemums are rapidly nearing
an end for the season. While in spite
of their being on crop, cloudy weather
has brought about a decrease in the
number of ro.ses and carnations com-
ing into' the market each day. The
liemand for stock is fair and is strong
enough to keep the general market
firm. Most all of the growers supply-
ing the local market with roses are
cutting heavily and as a result we are
having a sufficient and continuous sup-
ply of this flower. Although a few of
the pink varieties are slightly off color,
still the average quality is high. The
carnation supply continues strong, and
sells much better than at the last writ-
ing. The call for lilies picked up
toward the end of last week, and has
been strong since that time. Callas
m^t with a fair market, while Lilium
nibrura sell rather slowly. Both lily
of the valley and orchids are in a good
supply and the same is true of stevia
and narcissi. Violets have a fair call.
Other offerings include sweet peas,
baby primrose, wallflowers, for-get-me-
nots and antirrhinums. The supply of

Special Xmas. Price List

ITALIAN RUSCrtS.

AAl holly red. host iiuality gnarantood. por
pound. nOc Mild 60c.

VELVET POINSETTIAS.

These are made of a perfect shade of "X:
ed" Velvet of fine quality — long stems v

•Xmas
red" Velvet of fine quality — long stems with
green foliage — a sure seller for the Holiday
trade.

Per doz % 1.20

Per gross (12 doz.) 14.00

ARTIFICIAIj HOLt<y.

Six sprays to a I'nui-h — a ilandy seller — perfect
color, red berries. <'xri'lIfTit foliagf. Per dozen
Ininches. $1.20.

JAPANESE RED ROPING.

Nothing can beat this for Xmas decorative—
> 'lu'll miss it if you doti't try a sample (6ii
yards to ball*. Small. r»Oc each; medium. 75c
cai'h; large. $1.00 each iHo less per hall wlien
'ii'deri'd in dozen lots).

IMMORTELLES.

Pel- Per l>o7..

Biincb. Bunobes,

Any .■iiliu-. best quality ■liO.-'ill S,"..flll

PLAIN CARDS.

Per r.CKl Per 1000

No. 88 ?0.50 .$0.85

No. 5.') V.T 1.2.'!

Ne. 4S l.On ].50

XMAS CARDS.

Per 10:i $0.50

Per SnO 2.25

Per loot) v. .■ 4.00

CORSAGE FOIL.

(JIM t.f hail in •■itiier j;reen or violet color.

Per Ih

10 U.S. iind over .it

20 Ills, and over at 20

CREPE PAPER .\ND POT COVERS.

Per doz. Per lOil

Waterproof inllcolor.sp $1.50 $12.00

Pebbled pleated (all colors! 1.T5 12.50

Porto Riean and Faney mats - l.."" ll.iio

Complete Illustrated

GEO.

1324 Pine Street,

SATIN TAFFETA RIBRON.

Bolt of 10 Yards.
A bright Xmas red color.

.No. 9 $0.50

No. 12 05

No. 16 T.^-i

No. 22 911

No. 40 1.05

No. 60 1.20

No. SO 1.35

BABY RIBRON.

I .\ny Color. )

No. 1. per spool of .50 yds $D.30

.No. \y^, per sptM>l of 50 yds 45

"Bonton" or criokled l very handsome and
;5ood for general uses i . Per spool of 500

.Yds 1.25

No. l^/^, Holly or Poiiisettia patterns (50-
yd. Sfjoolsl 75

FANCY CHIFFONS.

(About 35 to 40 Yards to Bolt.i

Uotted and Lace Effect patterns ^10.07

Bow Knot Effect patterns 07

Lily of the Valley Effect patterns 07

Imprinted with blue forget-me nots 07

Silk Gauze Chiffon, 6 inches wide 05

Dotted Chiffon. 4 inches wide 05

Potted Chiffon. 6 inches wide Ofl

PLAIN CHIFFON.

(About 35 to 40 Y'ards to Bolt.)
Can be bad in anv color. Per yd.

Satin Edge Chiffon, 4 inches wide $0.03

Satin Edge Chiffon. 0 inches wide 04

Satin Edge Chiffon. 10 inches wide 06

CORSAGE CORDS.

(Violet, Green. Pink. Ked or White Colors.)

Per Doz. Per Gross

Large size $0.35 $4.00

Small slzB 25 3.00

CORSAGE PINS.

41,''. in. long, per doz $0.15

Cross (12 doz.) 1.25

'.K gross and over at 1-15

r» gross and over at l-(^

H» gross and over at l-f*"

List Mailed Free.

H. ANGERMUELLER,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

$0.25

•>o 1 '

HOLLY

$2.25 per Case.

Good with us this year.

E. A. BEAVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

greens is adequate for present needs.
Christmas decorative material is com-
ing: in strong.

NOTES.

The Cincinnati Florists' Society will
hold its next regular meeting Monday
night, December 14. Important busi-

ness is romlng' up and a large meeting
is expected.

C. E. Crltchell has been getting In
some very fine holly, laurel and winter
berries for his Xmas trade.

George E. Tromey has purchased
Mrs. Henry Glin's store at 1713 Vine

u)t4.

The American Florist.

1105

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 last Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

,l/e»i<(o)i the American Florist when writing

W. P. KYLE JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Long Distance Phone. Randolph 3610
Uention the American Florist when writing

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today tor full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

Violets! Violets!!

We are California
we have the largest
largest and finest
send them to any
States, and cheaper

Violet Growers and
beds with Violets the
produced. We can
place in the United
than any one else.

Colina, Calif.

S. ROSAIA CO.,

Mention the Americnn Florist when writing

Smith & Young Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers and Supplies

228 East Ohio Street
OiDIANATOUS. IND.

eu'iuai U3i{cn isijoij nniiiouiY aiit «o.i;H^/t'

B. J. Imloes. the father of Mrs. C.
E. Critchell, died December 2, at the
age of 64. He had been ill for some
time. The bereaved daughter has been
in receipt of many expressions of sym-
pathy from her friends,
street. He will operate both stores.

Frank & Sons, Portland, Ind., have
been sending some very fine roses to
I.. H. Kyrk.

Visitors were Martin Reukauf, rep-
resenting H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Phil-
adelphia, Pa.; Dean G. Warner, Akron,
Ohio; J. T. Herdigen, Aurora, Ind.; M.
Donaldson, Sparta, Ky.. and Wm.
Bertsch, Gieensburg, Ind.

H.

H.\BTFOKD, IND.— Robert M. and Henry
B. Henley, of Carthage, Ind., have pur-
chased the greenhouses of the Hartford
City Floral Co.. paying .Sll.OOO for the
property.

Kax.sas City, Mo. — John R. Hanley.
florist, bought, November 14, from Wil-
lard I. Rush, Sr., a new greenhou.'-e
property at 221.~> Jackson avenue, with
a frontage of K!2 feet. The considera-
tion was .$7„'i(10.

Washington, I a. -Following the rt-
llrement of E. C. Keck from the Keck
Wolf Floral Co. business, his interest
being purchased by Preston Wolf, the
new firm will be The Wolf Floral Co.
with Frank T. Wolf and his son, Pres-
ton, as the owners of the business.

J. K BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, cmCAOO.

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS

A Specialty

WHOLESAU

GROWER OF

GUT FLOWERS

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., GHIGA60

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

Flower Growers Corporation

Wholesale Only. Consignments Solicited.

118 Broadway, DETROIT, MICH.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

VlioMe Hover MM'Kel.s

Chicago, Dec. 9. Perdoz.

Roses. Beauty, specials @$5 00

36-in 30^@400

30-in 2 00® 2 50

24 in ISO

20-in 1 25

15-in 1 00

12-in 75

Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 3 00@l( 00

" Killarney 3 00610 00

" White Killarney 3 00@I0 00

" Richmond 3 OOglO 00

" Prince de Bulearie 3 00@10 00

•• Rhea Raid 3 00@10 00

My Maryland 3 OOglO 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@25 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 3 00610 00

" Milady 3 00@10 00

" Sunburst 3 00010 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 3 (Vi01O 00

" Hadley 3 00@I5 00

" Ophelia 3 00015 00

" Our selection .100

Carnations I 50@ 4 00

Cattieyas.. perdoz... 6 0007 50
Chrysanthemums. 75c. to $4 00 per doz.
Pompons, 25@50c per bunch.

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@$4.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@1S 00

Stevia 2 00

Valley 4 00® 5 00

Violets 50® 1 50

Adiantum Croweanum 75® 1 00

New Ferns.... •' 1 5n@2 00

Galax " 1 00®1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy. . ..per 1000, 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60® 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00®2 50

Sorpnepri. Plumnsns Sprays 3 00® 4 00

Boxwood. 25r per lb.

Red Winter Renies. per case.. 1 00@ 2 00

Hoiiy; Wild Smilax.

$2.50 per Case.

Mistletoe, 10 cents per pound.

Perpetuated Moss.

SAM YOUNG, Spring, Tex.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

Mention the American Florist when writing

A. L. Randall Co.,

tTTS^CTiL 66 E. Randolph St., ^-^y^g;^j

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinberg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beanty, Richmond,
Killarney and White Killarney roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try Q8.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

^'r^oi'.'rVi^ CUT FLOWERS

All teltgrapb and telephone orders eiveo
prompt atteDtioD,

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Oewrbora BL, CmCAfiO

1106

The American Florist.

Dec. 12.

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers^
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

\ MILWADKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i liUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

Artificial Holly

An ideal novelty for corsage bunch,
which can be worn during the entire
season. Can also be used to many ad-
vantages in Xmas decorations (6 sprays
to bunch), with 4 berries to each spray,
per doz, bunches, $1.60; with 3 berries
to each spray, per doz. bunches, $1.20.

Samples of each, together with list of
other supplies, 25c.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER
Wholesale Morist. 1 124 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both L. D Phonei, ST. LOUIS, MO.

lipphes ani ETeiytliiiiit in scasoi always on land
Philadelphia.

STJPPLT IN EXCESS OF DEMANIh

The business the past week has been.
to use the expression of one of the
retailers, very "punky." There is gen-
erally a lull at this time, and this year
has been no exception, the dull week
ending with the first few days in De-
cember, seeming, if anything, to be
even worse than the record. There
are quantities of flowers in all lines,
roses particularly being away ahead of
the demand. Carnations are almost at
their best and some particularly fine
Georgeous are seen; in fact, all varie-
ties grade high. Some of the things
that can be held on the plants like
snapdragons are a bit scarce, but they
had better be sent in to get a fair price
now rather than held to meet a large
competition later on from similar grow-
ers. The chrysanthemum has ceased
to be a factor; there are a few late
varieties, but nearly all have been cut
out. Easter lilies and valley are plen-
tiful; in fact, there are at least 50 per
cent too many flowers for the business
doing. Violets appear to be the only
exception, the supply being under the
normal. The stores are taking advan-
tage of the lull to get things in readi-
ness for the holiday rush, which it is
hoped will be along as usual. Boxwood
is in good demand and quantities of
wreaths are being made up to be deco-
rated later. There is great variety in
the construction of the wreaths. Some
use a single wire or loop of twigs and
tie the sprays on, while others prefer
the mossed frame. Red Japanese
chenille is seen everywhere and will
largely take the place of immortelles.
Th^plant men are very busy, the stock
of holiday specialties is large and
varied, and the favorable weather
bringing things forward without much
firing.

NOTES.

The Robert Craig Co. has a very
large stock, the features of which are

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245

448 Mil
waukee

p. o. Box 2oe.

St.. Milwaukee.Wis.

Fancy Lily o! the Valky and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked.

C. A. KUEHN,

Supplies and Wire Designs.

Wholesale Florist.

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMeHo¥crMM*W>s

Philadelphia, Dec. 9. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, extra 25 00@35 00

first 10 00025 00

•' Mrs. Chas. Russell 8 00@15 00

" Killarney 3 00@10 00

•■ White Killarney 3 00810 00

■• Liberty 5 OOei"; 00

■• Mock 10 00@20 00

Hadley 8 00@12 (0

Bulgaria 6 00®IO 00

" Sunburst 6 On@l2 00

Carnations 2 00@ 4 00

Cattleyas 35 00050 00

Lilium Harrisii 8 00@12 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00© 5 00

Sweet Peas 1 00@ 1 50

Chrysanthemums 8 00016 00

Violets 1 000 1 .50

Snapdragons 6 flOfii 8 00

Mieronette 4 000 5 00

Asparas:u8 per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Dec. 9. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 2S 00

fancy 20 00

extra 12 00

No.l 8 00

• Killarney 2 000 8 00

My Maryland. „ 2 000 8 00

■■ Sunb'irst 2 000 6 00

Mrs Aaron Ward 2 000 4 00

■' Sweetheart 150

Carnations 2 00@"3 00

Cattleyas 50 00

Lilium Giicanteum 10 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum 1 Ofl

V'ellow Daisies 75

Sweet Peas 50

Asparagus Spreniteri, per bunch. 35040
Spravs per hunch. 3'>04O

their made-up baskets of foliage plants.
These are exceptionally fine, being com-
posed of a great variety of very highly
colored crotons, dracsnas. marantas.
pandanus, ferns and other foliage
plants that are grown in great variety
for this work. They commence filling
the last week in November so that the
plants are .established before delivery,

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper!
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. II it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wliolesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

'WINDLER.
HOLESALE FLORAL

1310 Pine St.STLOinS MO.
Central 1474 Olive ■

Milwaukee, Dec 9. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per doz., 1 50@ 4 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00010 CO

" Ward. Tatt. Sunburst 3 00010 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 5 Of'025 00

Ophelia 3 00015 00

Carnations 1 OOw 3 OO

Lilies 1250

Snapdragon, per bunch. 2Sc @50c

Valley 4(10

Violets 7=0 1 ?S

Stevia 1 00@ 2 00

Bouvardia per bunch. 35c

19H-

The American Florist.

1107

Booking Orders Now for ^7 ^ O

:B0X:^W00C1 {Sr>ira5rS Per case

Guaranteed Clean Stock, No Unnecessary Wood.

r*^^COF»or>nj]vi, or PisiOJVBSts F»iNrfi, 10c per pound.
THE LEO NIESSEN CO., n wTo?!?l^£li^'ifi^es.. Philadelphia, Pa.

^

BERGER BROS.

T\AIJf f AC In large assortmeot.
XJt\a.lAVt\iy best varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Excepiional shipping facilities.

1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. E. CRITCHELL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Thlro St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock ol Florists' Greens and Supplies

and will last so much better than those
filled in the stores at the last hour.
Magnificently flowered cyclamens are
wonderful in their wealth of bloom.
Thousands of poinsettias from three-
inch pots to the large pots and pans
with from three to eight plants, are
georgeous in their blaze of color. Speci-
men foliage plants, crotons and dra-
cipnas in variety, exceptionally well
colored, rubbers and pandanus and
other choice things, as oranges, berried
aucubas, etc., are seen. House after
house of all the best ferns are seen
in great assortment. Altogether it
is one of the largest stocks to be found
anywhere in this country.

Rupert Kienle has added a fine Ford
delivery car to his service. It is a
beauty. Ford cars for florists use are
coming into service in this city at the
rate of one or more a week. The house
that does not boast of at least one car
appears not to be in the running these
days.

Henry A. Dreer is making a hit
with his great assortment of table
ferns. They are going out by the thou-
sand every day. A house of splendid-
ly colored ardisias are the envy of
all who were too late with their orders.

Edward Reid, who is an automobile
expert, is about to add a Ford to his
delivery service. "We must take care
of the increasing local trade and get
ready for the good times coming" is
his reason for this expenditure.

American Beauty roses, choice carna-
tions, white lilac and gardenias are the
features of the Leo Niessen Co.'s stock
at this time. Large quantities of box-
wood are handled locally and shipped
to outside points.

Berger Brothers are rushing the sea-
son with their pussy w^illow sprays.
Quantities of boxwood and other dhrist-
mas gi-eens are features.

The M. Rice Co. report a good Christ-
mas rush, their baby automobile
Christmas wreath has made a great
hit. K.

La Grange. Ind. — Charles Hissong
is building a greenhoijse at his home.

HrLLSBORO, III. — J. H. Hossman says
dahlias here were practically a failure
this season. The stock planted in
June was burnt off at the ground and
had to be replanted several times. The
plants tr-msferred to the ground late
in July made the best showing. Mr.
Hossman will not have enough roots
to supply his trade and will be in the
market for some varieties.

From now on you will need more

EASTER LILIES

Get fresh fine stock fpm The Lily Grower of the middle West.
We also have fine

Adiantum Croweanum fronds at $1.00 per 100.

HOFFMEISTER FLORAL CO.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mention the American Florist when writing

r

WELCH BROS. CO.

^

American Beauty, Klllarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the VaUey, Carnations, Orchids

H 226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON, MASS, „

VlioMe Ho¥erMM*KeU

Boston. Dec. '(. Per 100

Roues. Beauty 5 00i@35 00

Klllarney Queen 50@ 8 00

White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant I 00@ 6 00

Hadley 1 00@10 00

Cardinal 1 00@12 00

Mock 1 iiO@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

Taft 1 00@ 8 00

Milady 1 00@ 8 00

Ward and HillinEdoD 1 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 35 00@5( 00

Lilyol the Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 30

Violets, single 750 1 00

medium 50)® 75

Chrysanthemums, select 12 00@I6 no

medium 6 00(810 00

Carnations 1 000 2 00

select 1 50@ 3 0

Buffalo, Dec. 9. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 30 00@35 00

fancy 20 00@25 00

extra 15 00@20 00

No.l 1000012 00

No.2 4 000 6 00

" Shawyer 4 00(210 00

" Klllarney 3 OOig 8 00

•■ White Killarney 3 00@ 8 00

My Maryland 3 00(8 7 00

Killarney Queen 3 00@ 8 00

Hillingdon 3 00(@ 6 00

" Richmond 3 00@ 7 00

" Sunburst 4 OOiglO 00

Ward 3 00(8 6 00

•• Taft 3 00(» 7 00

Lilyof the Valley 4 00(8 5 00

Lilies 8 00(81 0 00

Cattleyas 35 00(840 00

Carnations 2 00(8 3 00

Snapdragons 2 (\r\@ 3 00

Violets 75@ 1 00

Pompons bunch. 25(850c

'Mums. pink, white and yellow, 5c@25c
Asparagus, per bunch.. 35@ 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 350 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Sinilax 15 00

Stevia 1 00

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Russells, Mock,

Killtimey, Sunburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express dupot.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Per 100
00@12 50
00(8 6 00
00® 6 00
00(8 6 00
00@ 4 00
00@ 6 00
00@ 6 00
000 6 00

on® 6 00

00® 6 00
4 00

50® 3 00
800

10 00

St. Louis, Dec. 9.

Roses, Beauty, medium 8

short 9tem8 4

" Killarney .. 3

My Maryland 3

'[ White Killarney 2

Aaron Ward 3

" Sunburst 3

" Ophelia 4

•■ Mdady 3

" Hadley 3

Valley

Carnations 2

Rubrum

Asparagus Sprengeri.per bu,, 25@50

Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..25®60

Harrisii

Ferns per 1000. 175

Leucothoe per 100, 60

Galax per lot 0. 150

Cincinnati. Dec. 9.

Roses, Beauty perdoz. $1 00@$S 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 00® 6 00

My Maryland 2 00® 6 00

" Richmond 2 00® 8 00

" Taft 2 00® 6 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 (X)

Asparagus PlumosuB,.per beta., 25c

Carnations 2 On® 3 00

Orchids, per doz 5 00® 6 00

Violets 75

Narcissus (Paper Whites) 2 00® 3 OO

Stevia per bunch, 25c

1108

The American Florist.

Dec. 12,

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Just Received

Hohmann's Famous Lily if the Valley Pips

Per iOjO from tl2.00 to $16.00.
Llllum Formosum. 7-9 inch . . per case of 2=0 bulbs, S15.00

Llllum Multiaorum, 7-9 inch 300 " Ift .W

Llllum Glganteum. 7-9 inch. .'^OO " 16 SO

New York.

TBADE CONTINUES QUIET.

As usually happens after a holiday
trade, the business of the past week
was very slow, but picked up some-
what Saturday, December 5. Nearly
every line of business in this city is
quiet and the florists feel the effects
of the depression. If business was
active the market would soon clean up
for at present the supply is not heavy.
Roses are doing as well as can be ex-
pected under present conditions. Car-
nations and violets and what chrysan-
themums that arrive seem very slow.
Orchids and gardenias also seem to
hang heavy on the hands of the deal-
ers. Both the rose and carnation stock
seems to be particularly good for this
stage of the season.

December 7. — A northeast storm of
wind and rain, which began on the
evening of December 5, continued
throughout December G and has in-
creased in violence today. This has
had a depressing effect on business,
having for the time being practically
killed counter trade. Indications point
to continued bad weather. The outlook
for business during this week is not
promising. There is some improve-
ment in lilies, quotations being from
$0 t<r$8. Lily of the valley are quoted
at from $1.50 to $2.50 with no sign
of improvement.

NOTES.

Guttman & Raynor, Inc., are now
well established in their new store,
101 West •2Sth street and -JG7-409 Sixth
avenue, there being entrances from the
street and the avenue. They took
possession December 5. This store is
in a new building and is well finished,
having a concrete floor and metal ceil-
ing. The entire floor space is about
3,500 square feet. A commodious
space across the entire Sixth avenue
end is fitted up for office room. There
are 400 square feet of ice boxes and
all the equipments of the store are up
to date.

Lecakes, formerly in business for
himself as a dealer in greens at 53
West 28th street, and later connected
with the New York Florists' Supply
Co., has severed his connection with
that firm and again gone into busi-
ness for himself at 102 West 28th
street, the store just vacated by Gutt-
man & Raynor, Inc., where he will
continue in the green goods business.
He is well and favorably known in the
trade and has the good wishes of
m.Tny friends.

The unveiling of the monument to
the memory of the late Mrs. Fannie
Warendorff took place at Mairaonides
cemetery on December G, with appro-
priate ceremonies. Mrs. Warendorff,
who died about a year ago, was one
of the oldest florists of this city, and
this monument was erected by her
devoted family, comprising six sons
and one daughter, all of whom are
florists.

We have recently noted at Walter
F. Sheridan's exceptionally fine stock
of Sunburst and other roses. Being
"on the level" has come to be rather
a stock phrase and is rather careless-
ly used by some people, but there are
yet plenty of men who are strictly on
the level and Mr. Sheridan is one of
(hem.

Among many other good features at ,

JAMES COYLE

WHOLESALE FLORIST

104 West 28th St., 74i6'KSn"^sc,uare. NEW YORK

Roses, * Carnations, Violets

and a Great Variety of OTHER STOCK.

Consignments solicited and fair dealing guaranteed.

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Cdmmisslon House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

Christmas
Plants

A Fine assortment of

Christmas Plants.

G. Messeberg,

East 39th St. and Lenox Road,
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

the retail store of G. E. M. Stumpp
ue have recently noted old fashioned
bouquets, very finely made up. There
is nothing in the flower line, new or
old, but may be had at this store on
short notice. ■

H. E. Froment is now receiving a
fine cut of American Beauty, Sunburst,
Killarney and other roses from the
range of L. B. Coddington, Murray
Hill, N. J. All this stock is note-
worthy.

At Badgley, Riedel &, Myers' we have
recently noted a great variety of fine
stock. The members of this firm are
all wide awake men and they are do-
ing business.

In anticipation of a heavy Christ-
mas trade. Young & Nugent, retailers,
are beginning to stock up with plants,
fine palms and ferns being now note-
worthy.

William P. Ford is now receiving a
good ' cut of the Spencer sweet peas,
as well as fine carnations and a great
variety of other stock.

Joseph A. Millang is handling fine
American Beauty and Killarney Bril-
liant roses from the range of A. Faren-
wald, Roslyn, Pa.

James Marketos, formerly of Wood-
row & Marketos, is now with the Endi-
cott Floral Co., 44(5 Columbus avenue.

A. F. F.

JOHN YOUNG

vniolesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout the
country that all orders to be shipped, will receive
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America,

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone Madison Sq. S^.^'i

RocKFOUD, III. — Recent additions to
the H. W. Buckbee establishment glv»
that firm a ground area of some 2S0
acres.

Rochester, Minn. — The R. Bragg
Company, recently incorporated, has
purchased the floral business of the
E. L. Lyman Co. The fixtures will be
moved into a new store opposite St.
Mary's hospital, which will be in addi-
tion to the new store recently opened
on Main street. The company expects
to be in the new store before Christ-
mas.

1914-

The American Florist.

1109

EstabUshed 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wbolesale Commission Dealer In Cut Flowers.

\iiw pf.-r..'>d for Winter Businebs.

The celebrated HADLEY. WILADY and othe. roses, LiLY OF THE VALLEY

and oiher t;reenh"i"s^ st cks.

Prompt returns and Satisfaction Gutiranteed.

Open at 6 a.m. ever? morning. Phones 167 and 44tt<i Madison Sfliiare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on Bummed paper;
your card. etc.. in black and leaf adopted by the S. K. F. in red.
Price per 500, $2.85: per 1000 $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOWST CO.. 440 S. OearbornSt, Chicago

LECAKES

WHOLESALE FLORIST

Ferns, Galax Leaves
and Leucothoe Sprays

OUR SPECIALTIES

102 West 28(h St.

Between Sixth and Seventh Avenues

NEW YORK

Telephone, 1912 Madison Square

Mention the American Florist when writing

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J GUTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.
Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly & Schenck

Wholesale Rorvts and Cot Flower Eicfaange

131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 aod 799 MadisoD Square.
Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
b&st products of the leading growers.
CoDsigbmeDts solicited.

Mention the A^nerican Florist when writing

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Paul IVIeconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

Telephone: 3SS4 Madison Saoare.

Mention the American Florist when writing

John J. Reynolds, Mgr. Phone Madison Sq. 4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLOPIST

109 West 28th St , NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Souare
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist
'^'^^ ufl Sq. 133 W, 28fh St., New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

YlioMe flower MM^KeU

New York, Dec. 9. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 30 00fe35 00

extr^ and fancy.. 20 00®. 5 00
No. 1 and No. 2... 6 00© 8 00

.Alice Stanley I'OgUOJ

Mro. Cieo.bhawyer, special 4 OOfe 6 00

extra... 3 U0(S 4 00

" N0.I&N0.2 50© 1 50

" White Killarney, special... 4 0O@ 5 00

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 5 00

No. 1 and No. 2.. 1 0 i@ 2 00
Queen, special.. 3 OOo ft 00

Brilliant 1 00® 7 00

Aaron Ward 1 0 @ 5 00

Richmond 1 0j@ 5 00

" Sunburst 1 0 i@ 6 00

•■ Talt 1000 6 00

Milady, special 4 (0@ 5 00

" J L Mock 3 00(315 00

'■ Hadley 6 00^25 00

■■ Ophelia 1011(8 7 00

■' Mrs. Chas. Russell I OOiglO 00

Carnations 1 OUig 3 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 40 00

inferior erades. 20 00i@25 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 6 00@ 8 00

Lily of the Valley 1 5(1(8 2 50

Chrysanthemums per doz.. 1 00@ 3 00

Violets 25@ 35

Gardenias per doz., $1.5Ci|8$2,£0

Adiaotium Croweanum and

Hybridum S0@ 75

Asparagus Plumosus doz. bchs, 2 00

Smilax doz. strings. 1 Or@ 1 25

Paper White Narcissus 1 00(@ 1 25

Sweet Peas, per doz. bunches S'clSyFc
Spencer type.. 1.25(51.50

C.C.TR[PEL

If you have anything in the line of
decorative plants, now is the time
to see me. Call at my store, at

BLOOMINGDAIE'S

59th Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

United Cut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 11 W. 28th St., ^ ew York City

Phones; Madison Square 594-4422,

We solicit consignments of cui flowers of all kinds

Books open (or insp»-ction.

GEORG£ J. POLYKRANAS, Manager.

Mention the American Florist when writing

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies. Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Square.
Mention the American Florist when toriting

WM. KESSLER

Successor lo Kessier Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhert

Prompt and satisfactory. Consignments solicited

ILY. Cut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg., 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. S. noRVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERGREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material lor
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

wholesale; florist

24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing
121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

The Urgesl Shipper and Receira of Fresh Cat Flowen

^P A complete assortment of the best in the

market can always be relied upon.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Phone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Alfred A. Fischer

WHOLES \LE FLORIST
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

1 10 The American Florist. du. u.

JOSEPH A. MILLANQ.

Wholesale Commission Florist.

57 West 26thL St., = NKVv^ YORK

All orders filled on short notice. The Celebrated Briarcliff American Beauty Roses
and the Leading Varieties of Tea Roses from the F. R. Pierson Co., including
Killarney Queen and many others.

The Cottage Gardens Carnations, Mrs. C. W. Ward, Matchless, Cottage Maid,

Beacon and other varieties. Also a variety of stock from other Leading Growers.

N. C. rORD,

Wholesale
Commission Dealer

121 West 28fh Street, NEW YORK

Offers for the Christmas Trade a very Select Stock of
Cut Flowers. American Beauty and the Best Varieties
of Other Roses. Exceptionally fine Carnations, Sweet
Peas, Double Violets and Other Stocks.

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For Christmas Trade

FINE LOTS OF CHOICEST CUT FLOWERS

ROSES A SPECIALTY

H. E. FROMENT

57 West 28th Street, NEW YORK.

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I 'Wl:ioleJsa^le Florist |

I 109 West 28th Street, rei. 6O8-609 Mad. square, NEW YORK i

I HEADQUARTERS FOR |

I Valley, Orchids, Violets, Gardenias. I

1 In large quantities and of the best quality. |

I Also Carnations, Sweet Peas, Roses, Lilies, Bulbous Stock, Asparagus, Stevia, Etc. |

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1914.

The American Florist.

1111

A J. GUTTMAN. PHesioeNT

GUTTMAN & RAYNOR, i«c.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
101 West 28th Street

Telephones :

Madison Square

HEADQUARTERS FOR THE

NEW SEEDLING CARNATION

"LAURA WEBER'

New York, ^^o®?'^.?.?. ..3rd. ...191 A,

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

We have arrived at the above address, where our
facilities are now tenf old'what they were at 102 West
28th Street.

There is no denying that business in general is poor.
It would be unreasonable to expect normal conditions
to prevail when nearly the whole of Europe is at war .
We are not afraid! We feel that when a firm makes
sincere effort to stop the leakages that firm is
bound to weather the storm and remain secure.
We assure you that no energy will be spared to obtain
for you the highest market prices.
The writer fully realizes (as only one can who has
been through the mill) that friendship must be
continually earned.

Give us a trial. We have twenty years' experience
behind us and now have the proper mental and physical
tools to turn out first-class work. Your consign-
ments will be greatly appreciated by

Yours very truly,
GUTTMAN & RAYNOR, Inc.

THE OLD RELIABLE

Wholesale Commission House.
J. K. ALLEN, Prop., 106 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Offers for the Christmas and Holiday trade, the usual fine stock of roses, carnations, lily of
the valley, violets, orchids and other cut flowers. Particular attention is called to our

POINSETTIAS

5 of which we will carry a very fine stock both cut and in Pans and Pots. Order early and ^

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The American Florist.

Dec. 12,

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I Keep Your Wagons From Freezing.

The ClarK
Wagon
Heater

Height 9 inches.

Diameter 8 iRches.

Price $2.00.

This indestructable steel wagon heater
is admirably suited to the needs of all
who operate delivery wagons for articles
subject to freezing.
It burns our Carbon brick

The Interior Appearance of Heater. =

OPERATION: It burns our Carbon brick Two or three of the bricks are sufficient in the coldest weather. They =

yield a strong, steady heat without flame, smoke or odor and one filling is enough for ten hours use. Heater occupies E

very little space and can be hung in the top of wagon if desired. Adjustable ventilators permit perfect regulation of =

= heat. Strong, safe, practical; in use by floiists, bottlers, etc., everywh re. I

= FUEL: We supply our Clark or ABC Bricks for this and our tther heaters. Every brick of our Clark Carbon is S

I guaranteed to yield 25 per cent more heat than any other brick on the market. Our ABC bricks are guaranteed to equal |

I any brick made, but our Clark. < =

in* ) Clark Carbon, per doz. bricks in carton $ .75 I ABC Coal, per doz. bricks in carton $ .60 |

I iflCeS f " " per 100 " in box 6.00 | " " per 100 " in box 4.80 |

i Above prices are for large full size bricks. Bricks may be bad in halves or thirds if so specified. =

I CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY, Wagon Heater Dept., CHICAGO }

i - Largest Makers In the World of Wagon, Carriage, SIfigh and Automobile Heaters. |

I Oi^er 500,000 Clark Heaters Sold in the Last Flrteen Years. 20 STYLES AND SIZES. |

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Vaughan^s Decorative and Blooming
Plants for Xmas Sales.

Shipped from our Greenhouses at Western Springs, Illinois.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA GIAUCA

5-inch. .10-12iDches.. 23.. ..

Earh
.$0.75

Doz.
$8.0O

ARAUCARIA ROBUSTA
COM PACTA

Whorls
■i DC li.. 12 inches 3-4...

Earli
.$1.25

Dnz.
$14.00

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS

Each
2H-inch pots

3 inch pots ._.______

4inch pots $0.15

1)07.

$0.60
.85
1.50

Per I no
$ 4.00
6 00
12.00

AUCUBA JAPONICA ^VARIEGATA

Each Do^.

18-inch hifrh $0.50 $5.00

24inchhieh 75 8.00

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE

Faf-h On?.

4inch pots $0.30 $3.00

Sinchpots 60 6.00

CELESTIAL PEPPERS

Each Do?.

6-inch pots $0.40 $4.00

SOLANUM MELVINI

Farh

5-inch pots

6-inch pots

CROTONS Each
4 inch pots $0.40

FERNS FOR ALL PURPOSES

Assorted Ferns for Dishes. A choice assort

nient. our selection ol varieties.
Uoz. Per 100

2!4-inch $0 50

Boston Ferns— F.»ch

3-inch pots $0.15

4 inch pits 25

5-inch pots- 40

6 inch pots 75

7-lncli pots 1.00

8-incIi pots 1.25

PANDANUS VEITCHII

...$0.35
... .50

$4 00

$3 50

Doy.

$ 1.25

2.50

4..'S0

BOO

10.00

14.00

Doz.

$3.75

5 00

Per 100
$30.00

Per irOO

$30.00
Per '00

$ 8.00
20.00
S.-i.OO
60 00
75.00

100.00

Farh Doz.

4 inch pots $0.60 $6.00

6-iDch pots 1 50

3 for $1.65

KENTIA FORSTERIANA

Size pot Leaves

6-inch ....5 6

7-inch 6-7. . . .

10-inch 6-7....

H ifht
, 30-.^2...
..36 40...
. . 60. .

Earh
..$1.50
.. 3.00
.8 00

Doz-
$17.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA— Made Up

Size pot No. of Plants Height Each

7-inch 3 28.30 in '. $ 2.B0

7-inch 3 30-34 in 3.00

g.inch 3-4 34-38 in 4.00

lO-irith 3 70-74 in 15.00

POINSETTIAS

8 in. pot. 5 plants in a pot Each $2.00; Doz., $22.00

PHOENIX CANARIENSIS

7-inch pots, 28-30 in. high Each, $1.76

CYCLAMEN

4-inch pots Doz., $3.00 5-inch pots Doz.. $5.00

Above Prices Subject to Stock Being Unsold on Receipt of Order.

Chicago

Vaughan's Seed Store

GET OUR FALL '!>'» OOK. FOR FLORISTS," IT OFFERS EVERYTHING.

New York

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The American Florist.

1113

"Used In Every Line of Business."

A Business Builder
for Florists

ABILITY to cover wide delivery territory quickly means much to the florist's business.
The Autocar, running 50 to 100 miles daily, doing the work of 4 to H horses, at a lower
operating cost than horse equipment, has proved itself the ideal florist's vehicle. Henry
Penn, 37-43 Bromfield St., Boston, says, under date of November 12, 1914:

"The service rendered by our two Autocars continues in the highest degree satisfactory. In three
years of service, we have had no trouble to speak of, with either of the cars. We use them on long
runs, making deliveries as far as 35 and 4.5 miles from Boston, but most of our deliveries are within
a radius of 6 or 7 miles from the store.

"The number of deliveries that can be made with thecar is surprising. In fact, we cover the same

ground with one Autocar as
we could with three delivery
wagons, even though the
routes are in various direc-
tions. One of our cars re-
cently made 27 stops in less
than two hours, leaving the
storeat9.30a m. and return-
ing at 11. 30 a.m., the furthest
stop being two miles from
the store.

"There is no doubt in my
mind that the Autocar is the
most practical car for deliv-
ery service. The upkeep is
surprisingly low and the
service absolutely reliable."

Max SchUng, New York.

H. H. Battles, Philadelphia.

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Chassis Price
$1850

Why not become fully informed
on tie Autocar's work for
florists? Write for our new
catalogue. Address Dept. T.

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THE AUTOCAR COMPANY, ARDMORE, PA.

Established 1897

Motor Delivery Car Specialists.

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Dec. 12,

t:ummm;'

Wishing you
A Merry Xmas and a
Prosperojis Ne7<< Year.

Small Size Green and bronze

Galax and Leucothoe

Green Galax. I inclicsup 40c per lOOO

Bronze Galax, 2 ioches ud "(Oc per 1000

Write for prices on large sizes.

Let lis have a trial order.

Mt. Mitchell Decorative Evergreen Co.

HARVARD, N. C.

Worcester County Hort. Society.

The annual meeting of the Worces-
ter County Horticultural Society was
held in Horticultural hall, Worcester,
Mass., Dec. 4, with President Edward
W. Breed of Clinton in the chair.
Secretary Leonard C. Midgley in his
annual report, stated that twelve
members of the society died during
the year. The report of the treas-
urer, Burt W. Greenwood showed the
society to be in a strong condition,
financially. Other reports were those
of the judges on fruits, flowers and
vegetables, committees on winter meet-
ings, exhibits, medals and the presi-
dent's report. In his report. President
Breed referred to the death of Hon.
Henry A. Marsh and Charles A.
Denny, who were members of the so-
ciety for sixty years. The follow-
ing officers were elected for the en-
suing year : Edward W. Breed. Clin-
ton, Mass., president; Arthur J. Mar-
ble, Charles Greenwood and Herbert
R, Kinney, all of Worcester. Mass.,
vice-presidents; Leonard C. Midgley,
Westboro, Mass., secretary; Burt W.
Greenwood, Worcester, Mass. treas-
urer: Miss Lucy M. Coulson. Worces-
ter. Mass., librarian.

Jt was voted to appropriate .$.5,500
for the expense of exhibits, meetings,
and publications for next vear.

M. W. R.

Humboldt, Kan. — Fire. starting
from an oil stove damaged the green-
houses of Wm. Watt. November 27.

SPRUCE WREATHS

CONED.

Per doz. Per 100

18 inch $4.00 $30.00

20 inch 4.75 37.50

24 inch .5.50 41.25

30 inch 8.00 60.00

Finished with Red Ruscus at 2096 above foregoing
prices, with Holly at 10%.

Sprace Robing. 1.5c yard; extra heavy, 20c. BongbS,
$4.rKI per 100 lbs. Concs, 75c per loO; $5.00 per 1000.

Table Trees, 35c each : $3.50 per doz.

W. W. WILMORE. JR , Wheatridge, Colo.

FERNS, GREEN GALAX and LEUCOTHOE

Direct from the woods to the dealer. NEW CROP NOW READY.
Dagger and Fancy Ferns. ...80c per laW; case of 5,0(iO. $3.'0

Green Galax 50c per 1000: case of 10.000, 4.00

Bronze Gala.x per case. 4.00

Green Leucothoe (long) per 1 000. 2 00

Green Leucothoe (short) per 1 000, 100

Rhododendron Leaves per 1000. .50

ELK GALAX & FERN CO.,

TERMS aSH. BANNERS ELK, N. C. Goods GnaarantoJ

Fancy Holly -Laurel Branches - Boxwood Sprays

$3.00 case. $2.50 case. 12c lb.

This stock is the best that can be obtained.

W. Z. PURNELL, SNOW HILL, MD.

The Early Advertisement Gets There.

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The American Florist.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

■itabUibed In 18B7.

^mSM.

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. PboDe, Graceland 1112.

Sead ua TOnr retail ordera.

WX HAVX THE BIST FACaiTIES IN THE CFTY

MtniKon tk« American Florist when toriting

Mtntion ttn American Floritt ufheii writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Snccestor to Sievers ft Bolaod

FLORIST

60 KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Floritt when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHIHED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHrrriD, rrop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Floritt when writing

Washington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street
Memtion the American Florist i«he» uiriting

Randolph & McClemonts

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Membera of The Floriat TeleErapb Delirery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 £. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

140 S. Wabaab Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnut St.. Des Moines, la.

Larteat and moat centrally located atore in tb«
city. All ordera eiven prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital ^ven special
attention. Operate Rochester GreenhoDses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph DeUvery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florista' Telesiaoh Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London, Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

— FOR —

Telegraph
Orders

You will need

The New Edition

of our

Trade
Directory

Containing the Names and
Addresses of Florists of the
United States and Canada.

Price, $3.00 Postpaid.
American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

ALEXANDER McCONNElL

611 FIFTH AVE., COR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

TTELBGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■•■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamshipi
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash mnst accompany all ordera
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address: Albxconnbll,
Western Union Code.

New Yorli. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th & H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 20es- 2066 Madison Sqnarc.
42 West 28th Street.

NEW YORK

To oat-oftown florists
We are in the Heart of

And give special attention to steamer and theater

ciders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.V/.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Aidilorism Auei, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niagara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist tohen toritinp

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and 18 W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883.
Greenhouses and Nurseries in Riverdale.

Mention the American Florist whtn writing

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire. Phone or Mail Orders.

New York.

Established

1R7*.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Oolonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American FXoHtt when voriting

St. Paul, Minn.

Hold & Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; tne largest stock: the greatest
variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
oisht and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newarlc, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street,
rrcsb nowers and Best Service. Dellverlei
tfaroDghont the state and to all steamihip docks
In Uoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWrTPLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo. Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Loclcport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery AMociation

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40

Long Distance No. 40

<;Aiunn. ArrwrnoN to all orders.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Fcachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West 68th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Hcnbsi tf the Fbrids' Tdemil Bcfiray.

Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

1415 Famum St. .^S^^VlUi

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
«
Mention the American Florist when writing

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

.Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines. la.

Anilerson, S. A.. 44iJ Main, Buffalo, N. Y.

Arcbias Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo.

AUanta l-loral Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Bauscber, Joho. Freeport, 111.

Begerow's. Newark, N. J.

Blackistone. WasbiDgton, D. C

Bolaod, J. B., San Francesco.

Bragg, Boss, Rochester. Minn.

Bramle.v & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer's Sons, John, Detroit, Micb.

Blown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee, H, W.. Rockford, 111.

California Florists, Tacoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.

Cooke, Geo. H,. Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisber, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44tb and Madison Ave., New York.

Deatou Floral Co.. Dcuton, Tex.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.

Dulutb Floral Co., Dulutb, Minn.

Dunlop's, 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can,

Eyres, 11 N, Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey, C. H., Lincoln, Neb.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln. Neb,

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co,. Guthrie, Okla.

Furrow & (:o., Oklahoma City, Okla,

Galvin, Tbos. F., Inc., Boston. Mass.

Galvin. Tbos. F., Inc., New i'ork. .

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J, M,, Co., Cleveland, O.

Graham, A.. & Son, Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Gude Bros.. Washington,

Hardesty & Co,, Cincinnati, O.

Heinl & Son, J. G., Terre Haute. Ind.

Henderson, Lewis, Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb,

Holm & Olson, St, Paul, Minn,

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co., Geo, M,, Kansas City.

La Crosse Floral Co,, La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co., Dallas, Tex.

Liiuge, A., 25 B. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborius, J. J.,' Dulutb, Minn.

Matthews the Florist, Dayton, O.

Matthewson, J. E,, Sheboygan, Wis,

May & Co., L. L.. St, Paul, Minn.

McConnell, Alex.. New York.

Metairie Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans, La.

Murray, Samuel, Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros,, St. Louis.

Palez. Paul M., Little Rock, Ark.

Palmer, W, J., & Son. Buffalo.

Park Floral Co.. The. Denver, Colo.

Pbllllps Bros., Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchl, San Francisco.

Pollworth Co., C. C. Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Renter's, New London, Conn.

Reuter's, Norwich, Conn.

Renter's, Westerly, R. I.

Rock, Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas city.

Rvp George. Ft. Smith, Ark.

Sdiillfrthf Florist, 2221 W. Madison St.. Chgo.

Scbllng, Max, 22 W. 5»th St., New York.

Simmons & Sons, Toronto, Can,

Small & Sons, J. H., ^'^ ,}'>'f- „ n

Small & Sons, J. H., Washington, D. C,

Smith Co., A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stumpp, G. B. M., New Y'ork.

Weher. P. H., St. Louis. MO.

Wclland, M., Evanston, 111.

Wliltted Floral Co., M'""*''.''"'^- ";,'^°- phlcnio
Wlttbold, G.. Co.. 737 Buckingham in., Chicago.
Wolfskin Bros. & M. GnUlenson, Los Angele«.
Young & Nagent, Ne-w York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadwair and 6ratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cnt Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada,

Members of Florists' Telegraph Deliverj
Mention the American Florist when writin0

St Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist tohea writing

St. Louis, Mo.

r. H. WEBER

n I J u I J 1 Both Long DlSt«BC«

Boyle and Maryland m. phonei.

Orders taken for FLOWXRS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WASHINGTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvd Murray,

913 Grand Avenne

All Orders Given Prompt and Carefnl Attentloi

Members of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

CUDC 8ROS,CaL
FLORISTS

1114 r 9Tm<

he Park
xA-vAiiNTnn. Floral Co.

President,
Members Florists' Telegraph DeliTery.

T

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The American Florist.

1117

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

wm be deUvered for the trade In other cities by tta«
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Mowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mtntion the American Florist uilien toriting

Kansas City, Mo.

Ueo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orderg for Cut

IllSaS Citjl ind Flowers. Funeral Deslgm

■u_.__i |j!i| y. Wedding and Birthday Gifts,

rKaSini mil, mo. that mav be entrusted to them.

Utntion the American Floriat tohen viritins;

Pittsbur^li. Pa.

A.W.SniitliCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

Larceat Floral Eatablishment io America.
Eatabliahed 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist wheH toriting

New Yorl£.

G. E. itt. STDMPP

761 Fiftli Avenue

Mantier Floriata' Teleerapb DeliTerr Association
Mention the American Florist when utriting

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEVELANID

EUCUD AVENUE

lluabers of The Florists' Telegraph DelirerT.
Mention the American Florist ichen tcriting

Waitiington, D. C.

14tli and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when icriting

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, 111.

lOO.OOO Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN. NEB.

WHOUSALE AND RETAU.

Members of Florists Teleeraph Delivery

Milwaukee. Wis.

CCPollwortliCo.

will taJce proper XATi «.n.^.. <.:..

care of your orders In »V ISCOIlSin

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota, V\ isconsin. North
Daiiota, South uakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and failed with strictly Iresh stock.

Mention the American Florist when writing

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St,
Atlanta, Ga. — Atlanta Floral Co,. 41 Feachtree
Boston — Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.
Buffalo. N. y. — S. A. Anderson. 440 Main St,
Buffalo, N. Y.— W, J, Palmer & Son, 304 Main.
Chicago — Friedman.
Chicago— AliJba Floral Co.
Chicago— A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St,
Chicago — Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.
Chicago— Geo. VVittbold Co., 737 Bncklngham PI,
Cincimiati. O, — Haidesty & Co.
Clevelanil, O. — Bramley & Son.
Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.
Cleveland, 0,— A. Graham & Sons.
Cleveland. O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.
Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co,
Dallas, Tex. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.
Dayton. O. — Matthews the Florist.
Denton, Tex. — Denton Floral Co.
Denver. Colo.— The Park Floral Co.
Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.
Detroit, Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.
Duluth, Minn. — Dulutb Floral Co.
Duluth. Minn. — J. J. Leborius.
Evanstou, 111. — M. Weiland.
Ft. Smith. Ark. — George Rye.
Freeport, 111. — John Bauscher.
Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.
Guthrie, Okla. — Furrow & Co.
Kansas City — Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.
Kansas City — Samuel Murray.
Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.
La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.
Lincoln, Neb. — C. H. Frey.
Lincoln. Neb. — Frey & Frey.
Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.
Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.
Milwaukee — C. C. Pollworth Co.
Minneapolis. Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.
Nashville. Tenn, — Joy Floral Co.
Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.
Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.
Newark. O. — Chas. A. Duerr.
New London, Coun. — Reuter's,
New Orleans, La. — Metaire Ridge Nursery Co.
New York — Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave.
New York— Alex McConnell. 611 5th Ave.
New York — David Clarke's Sons.
New York — Thos. F. Galvin. Inc,
New York— Max Scbllng, 22 W. 59th St,
New York — Myer, Florist. 6 i9 Madison Ave.
New York— J. H. Small & Sons.
New York — G. E. SI. Stumpp.
New York — Young & Nugent.
Norwich, Conn. — Reuter's.
Oklahoma City. Okla. — Furrow & Co.
Omaha. Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.
Omaha, Neb. — Lewis Henderson.
Pittsburgh. Pa.— Randolph & McMffClements.
Pittsburgh. Pa.— A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg,
Portland, Me. — Portland Flower Store,
Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragij.
Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller's Sons.
Rockford. 111.— H. W. Buckbee.
Sheboygan. Wis.— J. E. Matthewson.
St. Louis. Mo. — Ostertag Bros.
St. Louis, Mo. — P. H. Weber,
St. Paul. Minn.— Holm & Olson.
St. Paul. Minn. — L. L. May & Co.
San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.
San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.
Sedalla. Mo. — Archias Floral Co.
Superior. Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.
Terre Haute. Ind.— J. G. Heinl & Son.
Tacoma. Wash.— California Florists.
Toledo, 0. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman
Toronto, Can. — Dunlop's. 60 Yonge St.
Toronto. Can. — Simmons & Son.
Vancouver. B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.
Washlniton- Elackistone.

Washington— Geo. H. Cooke. Conn. Ave. and L.
Washington — Gude Bros.
Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.
Westerly, B. I.— Reuter's.

New York. Established 1848

David Clarke's Sons

2139-Z141 Broadway, cor. 7Sth St.

Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Colnmimt
Mention the American Florist when viriting

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchl

334 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist lohen writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Uate Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth I can fill yoar
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when «r«««j

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cat flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist ioke« writtng

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Tonr Orders to the
Housi or nowuts.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply Honse In Uie Waat.

Jefferson and Washington Ave«

Mention the American Florist when writint

Albany, N. Y.

O ^y^ I^ E> (SI,

nowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity oa
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STRUT

Mention the American Florist tohen writimg

Toronto, Can.

Bt known

Dunlop's

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

ee Yon** 8tr««t.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and gntrantet

safe arrival.
Mention the American Florist wAea «»r<Mii#

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC

561 Fifth Ave.

Vanderbllt Hotel
||f|eTA|l 126 Tremont Street
DUO I UH 799 Boylston Street

Deliveries to Stesiaera and all Eastern Points.

NEW YORK

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Dec. 12.

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities, by tbe
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Send yourorders^" Chicago

and Snb-
nrbsto

All orden carelnlly filled
under tbe sapervision of

'^^^^SSS— GEORGE ASMUS. Mgr

' '■' ^W^ wire. Write or Phone West 822

Member Floritte' TeleEraph DeliverT,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

RochcBter Phone 506 Long Dist. Belt Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to Ul parts
of tbe city, Arkansas and the Sonthwest.

Jf entton the American Florist when torlting

Toledo, O.

Hrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Belnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.
BoUi Pbones, S27.
Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Order-
Member of The Florists' Telegraph Deliver.

Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction, nill IITH MINN
WearethecenteroftleBr.at UULU'"- "'""'•

Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior. Wis.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Teleeraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYFR PinRKT 609-611 Madison Ave

>lemberof Tbe Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±LOWkRS

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

c.n.rR[Y,

Wholesale
aid Retail
Florist

ll33 0St., LINCOLN, NEB.

Will fill orders for the West on short notice.

Trade discounts. First class stock.

G

EORGE RYE

"Some Florist"

16
N. 6th:St.,

Ft. Smith, Ark.

Telephone 2fa56

Established 1880

69 MADISON AVENtJE

M.WEILAND

FLORIST

George C. Weiland. Proprietor.
602 Davis Street, EVANSTON, ILL.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

DENTON FLORAL CO., OFNTON TEX

Careful attention to packing for deliveries
to all Southern and Middle States.

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

Dallas
Texas.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.,

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too large, Don& too small.

SIMMONS & SON. TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FOR TELEGRAPH ORDERS

- You will need the New Edition of our

Trade Directory

Contaioinsr tbe Names and Addresses of
Florists of tbe United States and Canada.

PRICE, $3.00 POSTPAID.

American Florist Go , ""^ ^hlcSSa" ^^'

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'o
»

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad St

NEWARK E X

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goldenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We .olicit teletrrapb orders. Resrnlar trad, diic
229 WSST THIRD STRXET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Arciiias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short nolle.,
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of Tbe Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan. °"*";,Tid ("o" bV'*"""
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAFIDI

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRID HANNAH 8 SONS Will fill yoar
orders for Designs and Cat Flowers in Micbigiw

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the norlsti' Teletfrapb DeUrcrr

jgi4.

The Amer ican Fl orist.

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DECORATIVE PLANTS TOR THE HOLIDAYS

Phoenix Roebelinii

A splendid lot and exceptional values.

4-inch pots, nicely characterized

5 " " 16-in. high, 18.in. spread

6 " " l^ft. " 2 ft. "

8 " tubs 2 ft. " 2 ft. "

10 " " 2 to 21/2 ft. high, 2!^ ft. spread.

10 " " 2^2 ft. " 3 ft. " .,

12 " " 8 ft. " 4 ft. " .

Kentia Forsteriana

single Plants.

Each

$0.50
l.CO
200
3.00
5.00
7.50

10.00

Pots Leaves

6 " 6to 6
6 " 6

6 " 6

7 " 6 to 7
Tubs

7-in 6 to 7
8-" 6 to 7
8-" 6 to 7
10-" 6 to 7
11-" 6 to 7
10-" 6 to 7
12-" 6to 7 '
14-" 6 to 7 '

' 24

' 28 to 30 "

' 34 to H6 "

' 38 to 40 "

' 40 to 42 "
46 to 48 "
48

4V2 to 5 ft "

5 to 6^2"

5V4to6 "

6^2107 "

Height Each
" $ 0.76

1 00
1.60
2.00

3 00

4.00

5.10

6.00

8.00

10 00

15.00

20.00

Kentia Forsteriana

Made up Plants.

Tubs Plants

Height Each

7-in3 " inatub,36in. " $2.60

7-"3 " " " 3S " 3.00

8-"3 ' 40to42 " 4 00

8-"3 " " "42to46" 5.00

8-" 3 " " "4to44ft" 6.00

9."3 " " "44to6ft" 8.00

10-"3 " " "5to5i/2ft" 10.00

12-"3 " *' "6k2to6ft" 16.00

Heavy

13-"4 6V2tO(ft" 20 00

15." 4 " " " 7 ft. " 26.00

16-" 4 ■' " "10 It. " 36.00

Cocos Weddelliana

Our usual fine quality of these graceful plants.

Per doz. Per 100

high $1.50 $10.00

•' 2.00 15.00

.... splendid stock 76 cents each
" 2.50
" 6.t0

Large specimens, $10.00 to $15.00 each.
We.can^also supply a limited stock of tall plants, 16-inches
high in 2 inch pots, suitable for hamper work, $1 50 per doz.>
$10.00 per 100.

Kentia Belmoreana

2-inch

pots

6 to

6-in

3- "

"

8 "

12-'

6- "

"

18 "

24-"

7- "

"

34 "

36- "

9- '•

"

36-"

In. Pots. Leaves Height

Each

6 " 6 to 7 18 to 20

$ 0.76

6 " 6 24

1.00

ti " 6 to 7 28 to 30

1.50

7 in tubs 6 to 7 36 to 38

3.00

8 ■' 6 to 7 42 to 46

4.00

« ■■ 6 to 7 45 to 48

6.00

Phoenix Canariensis

In. Tubs Ft. High

Each

8 " 3

$2 50

9 " 3H

3.00

10 " 4

4.00

11 ■• 4V2

6.00

Cocos Weddelliana.

Latania Borbonica

A splendid lot of 6-inch pots of
this beautitul old-fashioned Fan
Palm, 50 cents each.

Pandanus Veitchii

Exceptionally strong well colored
plants at reduced prices.

4-inch pots 36 cents each

fi- " 75 cents "

Crotons

The finest stock and best values

we have ever furnished of this

popular Christmas Plant.

Inch pots Per doz. Per 100

4 " $4.00 $30.00

6 " 6.00 60.00

(1 " 1.00 to 1.60 each

Dracaena Terminalis

Nicely colored stock.

4-inch pots 36 cents each

5- " 50 cents "

Ananas Sativa Variegata

The Varigated Piuapple.
An especially nice Christmas Plant and something above the
ordinary. Try it this year.

4 inch pots, nicely colored $0.60 each

6 " 1.00 "

6 " • 1.60 "

Aralia Elegantissima

A splendid, graceful plant, especially edapted for making up
baskets, etc.
4inch pots, 12-iiiches high 75 cents each

Diefenbachia Leonei

Another effective foliage plant for use in baskets, etc. The
leaves are beautifully variegated 40 cents each

Araucaria Excelsa

Exceptional values in the following sizes.

Inch Pots Inches High 'J iers Each

6 " 16 " 3 to 4 " $0.75

6 " 18 " 4 " 1.00

7 " 20 " 5 " 1.26

Specials in Ferns

Adiantum Farleyense.

Elegant 3-inch pots 26 cents each

" 5- " " 76cents "

Adiantum Gloriosum.
The Glory Fern.

3-inch pots $ .16 cents each

7 " " 1.00

Adiantum Cuneatum.

3-iai^ pots $6.00 per 10(i

Blechnum Braziliensls.

4-inch pots Ul cents each

Pterls Wimsetti.

3V2-inch pots 10 cents each

6 " pans 35 cents

Pteris Parkeri.
4-inch pots 15 cents each

Pteris Major.

6-inch pans 35cents each

Cyrtomium Rochfordianum.
4 inch pots : 15 cents each

Boston Ferns.

6-in(di pots $ .60 cents each

8- " pans l.QJ

Send your Order Now and have the stock on hand for your Holiday Trade.

HENRY A. DREER 714-716 t)hestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are intended ]l^#*he Trade only.

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The American Florist.

Dec. 12,

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, S;iu Fninciseo, Calif.,
President; J. M. Luptoii, Mattituulc, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Dunpan,
Philadelpliia, Pa., Seeoud Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.. Secretary and
Treasurer: S. H. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting. San Fran-
Cisco, Calif., .lune 191.5.

Visited Chicago : R. H. Sliumway,
Rockford, 111.

J. M. Thorbubn & Co.'S preliminary
trade price list was issued December 5.

Continued demand is reported for
medium eating beans, dry, for export,
with prices firm.

The value of the pea crop in Wis-
consin is said to be .second only to
that of potatoes.

The tuberose crop of this season is
reported looking good, but the weather
is damp and unfavorable for shipping.

GERM.4NY has usually supplied the
United States with cyclamen bulbs.
These will hardly come across this
year.

Seedsmen attending the recent con-
ventions of eanners report very light
demand for canning specialties in their
lines.

Bouquet Green of doubtful quality,
earlV picked, is being .iobbed by South
Water street, Chicago, commission men
at lower rates.

The seed potato market throughout
the west seems to be pretty well de-
moralized, present figures being the
lowest of the season.

Mail order seed houses centrally lo-
cated fare much better than those on
the seaboard when offering their wares,
prepaid, in adjacent zones, say Nos. 1-4.

onion Set de.^lkhs at i^hicagu havr
had recent inquiry for quotations on
this item from sources usually sup-
plied by Austrian .ind Hungarian
growers.

Milwaukee, Wis. — There has been
exceedingly heavy export demand for
green, Scotch and the ordinary white
field peas, advancing prices on these
items very materially.

Some experienced onitpn .set gi-owers
about Chicago are pn-dicting over-pro-
duction in the annual crop of this stock
in the near future, increased acreage
during recent years being noticeable.

Des Moines, Ia. — Chas. N. Page, of
the Iowa Seed Co., continues to super-
vise business details although his
health remains poorly, and is planning
another trip to California at an early
date.

A. H. Goodwin, of Chicago, contem-
plates a winter trip to Paris, to which
city Mrs. Goodwin has lately returned
from London. They will probably
open their Paris apartments on Mr.
Goodwin's arrival.

BALTIMORE, Md. — Chas. J. Bolgiano,
of J. Bolgiano & Son, whose recent ill-
ness was noted in our issue of No-
vember 28, has so far recovered as to
leave the infirmary for his home and
expects to return to bu.siness in about
two weeks. ...

Sioux City, Ia. — G. W. Cumraings,
of the Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co.,
a nephew of G. H. Cummings, secre-
tary, was married Thanksgiving day.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade December 9 were
as follows: Timothy, .$4.50 to $6.00
per 100 pounds. — The seed potato mar-
ket is easier, a drop of five cents or
more occurred last week.

Gladiolus Chicago White, intro-
duced by Vaughan's Seed Store, was
awarded a certificate of merit by the
National Gladiolus Society of Eng-
land last July with the comment :
"Eight flowers are open at one time,
strong variety, very useful for cut
Hower work."

Indications are that soij^e holly oper-
ators, like green buyers, liave begun
their work too soon and that the lack
of hard frosts in mid-autumn has failed
to put some of the Maryland and Dela-
ware holly in ideal shipping condition
at an early date. December cut stock
should be better.

Birmingham, Aia. — The McVay Seed
Co., of this city, filed a voluntary peti-
tion in bankruptcy, November .30. De-
cember 1, on petition of the Jefferson
county savings bank and 20 more of
the largest creditors. Dr. R. V. Mobley
was appointed receiver. There are over
100 creditors, with debts exceeding
.$16,500.

.\t the eanners' convention last
week in Milwaukee attention was
called to the possibility of increasing
South American trade. The statement
was made that Wisconsin had packed
200,000 cases of canned vegetables and
the demand is hardly for more than
.50,000 cases. President Leitsch point-
ed out specially the necessity of corh-
plying exactly with the needs and con-
ditions of the South American trade
in order to make such export business
permanent.

One of the well-known onion seed
growers says there are about 3,000
acres planted with onion seed bulbs in
California this season, aggregating
120,000 sacks of bulbs. One-third of
this area is in the Santa Clara district
and the remaining two-thirds in other
districts, mainly the Sacramento val-
ley. The Santa Clara newspaper man
who gives his locality 80,000 bulbs this
season is probably writing for the ex-
position year visitors with the pro-
moter's eye to business.

Pieters-Wtieeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Ethics Of Seed Growing.

.Some questionable methods of seed
growing under contract come to light
almost every year.

Seedsmen who have novelties for in-
troduction and entrust them to con-
tract growers who have a general job-
bing trade throughout the country,
it becomes evident, stipulate that every
seed produced, and screenings from the
seed produced, be delivered to the
.seedsman so contracting, and that all
volunteer crops following such contract,
if expired, should be subject to the
order of the owner of the novelty, and
shall, if the owner so decides in case
such volunteer crops are harvested, be
destroyed and not offered to other seed
growers or dealers.

It is my observation in at least three
cases of contract crops, that seed grow-
ers have, through one of the above
methods, "acquired" stocks of valuable
novelties and after a year or two years
have offered them commercially to
others in the trade, depriving the origi-
nal owner of the stock seed of rights
and profits that .should apparently ac-
crue to him for several years.

Mr. Seedsman, are you protecting
your seed novelties by prohibiting your
contract grower to own or control per-
sonally any part of the crop, whether
volunteer or otherwise?

J. C. Vaughan.

Washington State Seed PacVtet Regulation

The seed analyst of the department
of agriculture of the state of Washing-
ton has issued the following notice to
seedsmen and others interested :

"Olympia. — A recent state wide in-
vestigation by this department has
disclosed that large quantities of seed
are being sold contrary to section 113,
chapter seven of the laws and regu-
lation of the department of agricul-

Alfred J. Brown Seed Co.

Growers of

Peas and

Beans

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Trade Directory

Price $3.00 Postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Brsislan

Wholesale Growers of the foilowino California bpeciallies onty:

ONION, LETTUCE, CARRO', RADISH, PARSNIP, PARSI^, COERT.
ENDtVE. LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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The American Florist.

1121

California Seed Growers Association, Inc.

GROWERS rOR WHOLESALE DEALERS
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Beet Carrot ONION Lettuce Radish

Parsley Parsnip

Celery Salsify

Endive Mustard

Mixed Sweet Peas

Gretn Prolific Cucumber

grown under irrigation by

Western Seed & Irrigation Go

Seed Growers and Dealers. Sppcialties:
Cucumber, Musk and Wfiternielon.
Pumpkin, Squash. Sweet and Field Corn.

FREMONT,

NEBRASKA

THE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.
SANTA CLARA, CAL

Wholesale
Seed Growers

Growers of
ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.

TOMATO SEED

Surplus List Now Ready.
Best Stoclcs. All Varieties.

HAVEN SEED CO.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

ovelties in

Flowers and Vegetables

Jas, Carter & Co., of Raynes Park. England,
have originated or introduced a large proportion of
all new varieties in the last 50 years. Tnat is whv Carter's repu-
tation is worldwide and experienced ^ardcneis keep in close
touch with Carter productions.

>tudy the new Carter Cataloff for 1915. Among the Flower
Se< d Specialties you will find our new strains. Many varieties of
Asiers, Marigolds, Snapdragons. Primroses, sweet Peas, Petunias
and others are livted.

In the Vegetable List are novelties of Beans, Beets. Carrots.
Radishes. Cabbages. Celery, Cucumbers. Lettuce, Peas, Toraa
toes. o'c.

This new Catalog— Carter's "Garden and Lawn"— Ins many
wondeiful photographic illustrations and valuable culture direc-
tions. >end us your name and address now so wi^ may mail you
a complimentary copy

CARTER'S TESTED SEEDS, Inc.

125 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.. Boston, Mass.

In Canada, 133 King St. E., Toronto.

Branch of JAS. CARTER 5 CO., RAVNES PARK. ENGLAND

Tested

lis MAJESTY KINCOeOROEV.

Mention me Ami

BEANS, PEAS, PADISP

and all Garden Seer '

Mention the American Florist when writing

PADISP

LEONARD,SfcfcE

*- ^ 226-230 ^-^^^ GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

ONION SETS Write for Frices

I, th.p. 47n/>rinan Plnrifit i"*-"-* .nw*,*../.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSKY 6c CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card brings a Catalogue
Mention the American Florist when writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, GrandiHoras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLl
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER 6 SONS CO.,

Contract Seed orowers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

Mention the American Floritt ichen leritinp

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The American Florist.

Dec. 12,

BRUNS' CELEBRATED CHICAGO MARKET BRAND

Cold Storage Valley Pips

Give Best Results All Year Round

Order Now for January and February.

$20.00 per 1000; $2.50 per 100;
500 for $10.50; 250 for $5.50.

Florists' Money Maker, $18.00 per 1000

IMPORT — Place your order for Valley pips with me and you will
be sure of getting the best at lowest prices.

Choicest Cut Valley for Christmas.

3032 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL.

mmm!5

SEEDS AND BULBS

ASK for a copy of our Bulb
Catalog and special prices to
florists.

Also ask us about our "below-
the-market" specialties and watch
for our column announcements.

J.M.THORBURNSCO.

In business since 180Z
53 Barciay Street, New York

ture. (Section 3055, R. & B.) This
section reads as follows : Packages —
Contents Must Be Plainly Marked
On.— Section 113. Any person or per-
sons doing business in this state who
shall knowingly sell seed, or offer for
sale any vegetable seed that are not
plainly marked upon each package or
bag containing such seed, the year in
which said seed were grown, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not
more than $50, or imprisoned not
more than 30 days for each and every
offense.

"This situation requires immediate
remedy and in our efforts to improve
seed conditions in the state of Wash-
ington, it is the intention of this de-
partment to enforce the section above
quoted and your co-operation is re-
quested."

[This, as we understand it, applies
only to agricultural or field seeds sold
within the state of Washington, and
n"ot to garden seed. — Ed.]

Potato Powdery Scab Quarantine.

In compliance with regulation U of
the rules and regulations promul-
gated June 2C, 1914, by tlie secretary
of agriculture to govern the interstate
movement of potatoes from areas
quarantined on account of powdery
scab, the following areas within the
^ate of New York are designated as
infected with said disease : The coun-
ties of Clinton and Franklin.

Until otherwise ordered potatoes
grown in these areas may be shipped
in interstate commerce only if they
are handled and transported in com-
plia(nce . with . the . ','rules and regula-

Selected Cold Storage

VALLEY PIPS

Do your own forcing. Full cases (two thousand or more) $18.00 per lOOO
1000 pips for $19.00 250 pips for $5.00

600 pips for 10.00

100 pips for 2.50

J. A. BUDLONG

82-84-86 E. Randolph St , Chicago.

Mention the Atyierican Florist when writing

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Kelways Can Quote and Deliver:

Beet

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower Lucerne

Celery Mustard

Kale Radish

And Flower Seeds

Rape Spinach

Rutabaga Turnip

Winter Tares or Vetches
Spring Tares

Those who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once while stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailings continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

Nothing will pay better to pUot after the 'Mums
than my

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. G. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

Branches Michirtan. |1|| cnDII nnHII

Wisconsin ind Idaho. miUrUnU, UUHH.

Mention tjie American Floriat when wHMnff

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

'^°sSint"ed:"" SwedesbKo, New Jersjy

Mention the American Florist when viritinf

97th Year

J. BOLGIANO & SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes

Baltimore, Md.

Growers of
Pedl^ee Tomato Seeds

igi-f.

The American Florist.

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Burpee's

Seeds

Grow

Co,

Burpee Idea of Quality First,-

Confidence

? Is the one thing that makes possible the
commerce of the world. It is the greatest
factor that enters into the purchase of seed,
because you are not buying a finished product
but only the means by which your garden may
be either a success or a failure. Seeds — good or
bad — may look the same, but their resulting
crops, — Never! You cannot afFord to risk a sea-
.son's effort with seeds of unknown quality. When
you buy Burpee's Seeds the clement of doubt is ab-
sent. The confidence of many thousands of pleased
and permanent customers has been secured by the
"to give rather than to get all that is possible."

The House of Burpee

has introduced more distinct new varieties of vegetable and flower seeds that are now
in general cultivation than have any three other American firms, but never have we
catalogued any one of these new varieties until it had passed all the exacting require-
ments of the Burpee Standard. This Burpee Standard is maintained by rigid tests at
Fordhook Farms, America's largest and most complete trial grounds. These tests
are made each year for the purpose of strengthening this Bond of Confidence be-
tween our customers and ourselves.

We Are Specialists In Seeds

Our entire time is devoted to producing and distributing seeds, — seeds only, and only
seeds of the best quality. We aim to do this one thing well.

Florists and Maricet Gardeners

should write for our "Blue List." This is our wholesale price list for those who
plant for profit.

Burpee's Annual for 1915

The Leading American Seed Catalog, is a bright new book of 182 pages. It is a Safe
Guide to success and of real value to everyone who plants seeds either for pleasure
or profit. Write for these catalogs today. A postcard will bring them both.

W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO.

BimPEE BUILDINGS,

PHILADELPHIA.

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The American Florist.

Dec.

12.

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very hkely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Fnkhnizen Glory.

Introdri-od ScviT:il Yerirs A20 by Our Firm.

tions under the plant quarantine act;
interstate movement of potatoes from
areas quarantined for powdery scab,"
June 20, 1914, and amendments
thereto.

Signed at Washington, this 16th day
of November, 1914.

C. L. Marlatt,
Chairman Federal Horticultural Board.

Onions and Cabbas:e Shipments Increase

According to the United States de-
partment of agriculture, reports re-
ceived from 290 shipping points in 10
principal late onion producing states
show that approximately 18,934 car-
loads of onions were shipped from
these^ stations in 1913. Of this num-
ber, about 12,239 cars were moved dur-
ing harvest time, and 6,(i95 carloads
were held in storage at those points
for later sale. From these reports> the
estimated commercial onion crop for
the year 1914 at the same points is
21,623 carloads, and the estimated
quantity going into storage at those
points, 7,879 carloads. These 16 states
produce about 75 per cent of the an-
nual crop.

Reports received from 32S shipping
points in 10 principal late cabbage
producing states show that approxi-
mately 18,694 carloads of cabbage were
shipped from these stations in 1913.
Of this number, about 14,465 were
moved during harvest time, and 4,229
carloads were held in storage at those
points for later sale. From these re-
ports, the estimated commercial cab-
bage crop for the year 1914 at the
same points is 20,390 carloads, of
which number around 15,745 cars are
being moved during harvest and about
4,(^45 cars put into storage. These 10
states produce about two-thirds of the
annual crop.

French Bitlbs. — French growers say
that because of the mobilization bulb
planting has been done by the wives
and children of the men called to arms
with less care and attention than
usual, and some planting stock has
been lost because of lack of time,
money and help to do the work. There
is a possibility, therefore, of a shorter
crop for next season. If the war does
not end before June the export busi-
ness will be, of course, practically cut
off again next year. Planting stocks
of bulbs sent from Holland to the
South of Franch have in some cases
not, reached destination.

Fargo. N. D.— Prof. H. L. Bollev. of
the North Dakota agricultural college,
has sent out announcements for the
North Dakota Improved Seed Dealers'
contest which will he held in Fargo,
January 19-22, during the Tri-State
Grain Growers' convention.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

GeraniDms, Nutt, Buchner, Ricard. Perkim.

Poitevine. 2in. $2 no per inO; 3-in.. $5.00 per 100.
Boston and WUtnani Ferns; Sin., 10c: 4'in., 15c:

5-in.. 25c. -
Dracaena bid.. Sin.. S5.00: 4 in.. $10.00: Sin.,

t25.0(] per 100.
Rex Begonia 2H-in.. $5.00 per 100.
Vlnca Var., 2 in , $2 00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS, ' Newton, N. J.

THE G. HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

CncnmbcT. Maskmelon, Squasb and Pnmpltln.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEFDS

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

COD FOB CiTAUlOrK

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

I4I WmI I4lh Ml., Maw Tnrli.

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Get Quotationi From

LANDRETH

Bloomsdale
Farm.

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED

Bristol, Pa.

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[ICALYPIUS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. Box 857, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Growers and Specialists

CROP CONTRACT

Peas, Beans and Sweet Corn.

Peas and Beans, Michigan Grown.

Sweet Corn, Iowa Grown.

Correspondence solicited.

Micnigan Office: MILLINGTOV.
Home Off.ce; SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

.Vsk for prices now, 1915 crop.

Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co.

Established 1883.

ruilNMNSEEDCO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

Mention the American Florist when writing

GARDEN SEED

Beet, Sweet Corn. Garden Beans, Onion Sets
and Seed Potatoes id vant-ty. Also other items
ol thi short crou of ihis past season, as well as a
full line of Garden Seeds, will be quoted you upon
apptiration to

S. D. WOODRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK.

and Orange, Conn.

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L. FORMOSUIVI

7-9 in., 9 10 in . 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, H and M in.

W rite lot prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New Yoik City

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The American Florist.

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Spiraea

LARGE CLUMPS. PLUMP EYES.

Gladiolus

FOR WINTER FORCING.

Spi

raea.

Gladstone (white)

Queen Alexandra (pink)

P.T 100

$8.00
. 9.00

Gladiolus.

BlushiBg Bride $5.00

The Bride (white) 5.00

Augusta \

Amerur'*'.'""^.::::: \ wme for pnces.

Chicago White )

Lilium Giganteum.

Per 1000

SPIRAEA QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

6-8 inch (400 to case) $35.00

7-9 inch (300 to case) 50.00

9-10 inch (2%) to case) 95.00

Surplus Dutch and French Bulbs at "Bargain Prices/'

All from our own regular importations.

CHICAGO VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE newyork

S. M. Isbell & Co,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, encumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,

S<niasli, Watermelon, Kadisn, Sweet Corn.

Correspoodencc solicited,

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Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion, Sweet Peas. Aster.

Cosmos, Mignoneite. Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

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Benry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

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Contract Seed Growers

Cnopialtiac Pepper, Eflg Plant, Tomato,
Opeiiinmiib. vine Seed and Field Com.

CorrespoDdencp Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Carnation Cuttings

Extra line stock ready for immediate shipment.
Reinberg's stock is known for its supreme quality every-
where and is the stock for you to buy. Order today.

Per 100 Per 1000
White Enchantress .... $2.50 $20.00

Pink Enchantress 2.50

Rose Pink Enchantress . . . 2 50

Mrs. Ward 2.50

Beacon ...... 2.50

White Perfection 2.50

Herald, extra fine variety
Josie Merle, fine pink seedling .

20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
27.50
27.50

Peter Relnberg

30 E. Randolph Street^ Chicago^ 111.

Onion feieed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting

ONION SETS.

Schilder Bros.,

CHILIICOTHE,
OHIO.

For Forcing. For Forcing.

Witloof Chicory Roots,

Giant 6- Year Asparagus Roots,

10 Found Rhubarb Roots.

I am the on y partv carrjinv lorcinK rools of
Chicoi y or AKpa aeu* for sale in this country The
biyeest season I have Hv r h^d (o' f 'tidk roots.
Wri pme. W\RREN SHINN.

Forcing Root Specialist, WoOdbury, N. J

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The American Florist.

Dec. 12

I The Nursery Irade

American Association of Nursennnen.

Henry B. Chase. Cliase, Ala., President.
E. S. Welch. Shenandoah, Xa.. Vice-Presi-
dent; John Hall, 204 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y. , Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit, Mich.. June 2.3-25, 1915.

ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia State
Horticultural Society will meet here
January 19-20.

NOEMAL, ILL. — There will be a re-
ceiver's sale of personal property of
the Phoenix Nursery Co. on the firm's
packing grounds here. December 12, at
10 o'cloclc

CENTBALL4, ILL.— E. G. Mendenhall
was elected secretary-treasurer of the
Southern Illinois Horticultural Society
for the twenty-fifth year at the forty-
first annual meeting held November
24-25.

St. Louis. Mo. — Students at the
ilissouri Botanical Garden have organ-
ized a club in which the following
officers have been elected: Fred Gros-
sart, president; Carl Giebel, vice-
president: Paul A Kohl, secretary and
treasurer.

Madison, Wis.— The annual meeting
of the Wisconsin State Horticultural
Society will be held here December
15-17. A feature of the meeting will
be discussions on gladiolus culture,
Holland and other bulbs, the farm
doyer garden, and six flowering shrubs
and perennials for every home.

Dundee, III — The D. Hill Nursery
Co. has enormous stocks of evergreen
seedlings, so that there need be no
fear of shortage in these lines usually
supplied by French and German
nurserymen. This firm has recently
added a magnificent new packing shed
fully equipped with every modern con-
venience. The size of the shed is 75x
200 feet, with trussed roof construc-
tion.

LiOUiSLiNA, Mo. — In an effort to en-
courage the immigration of homeless
Belgians to the Ozarks of Missouri and
Arkansas, the Stark Bros. Nurseries
and Orchard Co., December 2, offered
nursery stock valued at $10,OiOO as a
"stake" to settlers. Experts from the
company's nurseries and experiment
stations would supervise the planting
and act as advisers to the Belgians in
caring for the orchards.

White Fly Introduced By Parcels Post.

Notwithstanding the rigorous quaran-
tine that has been established by Cali-
fornia against the introduction of in-
sects, fungse and scabs, deleterious to
the fruit interests of the state. Dr. A,
J. Cook, state horticultural commis-
sioner, has discovered a leak in the
state quarantine which permits the in-
troduction of every pest the world pro-
duces into the state, and the orchard-
Ists and producers are helpless.

The parcels post is charged with in-
troducing to the fruit growers of Cali-
fornia the white fly pest. An effort is
l)^lng made to keep out the cotton boll
and alfalfa weevils, which if ever gain-
ing a foothold in the state, will do
irreparable damage to the orchard and
farming interests. Strict censorship is
being kept on mail carrying cotton
seed. The Imperial valley cotton is
no-w flourishing, but has barely escaped

the cotton weevil, coming via parcels
post in seed consignments. Dr. Cook
has recommended that Congress take
some action toward making an inspec-
tion of all trees, shrubs, plants and
seeds introduced into California or
other states of the Union via parcels
post.

August Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or S 1 Barclay St., NEW TOKK CITT

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Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any qusintity. size and age. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUE.

Fraoklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MO.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GOIIARD& JONES CO.,

Weit Grove, Penna.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

Hydrangea Otaksa

.Moderate cost; sell prolitably at a moderate price; easily brought into bloom; popular, salable, staple
Pot-^rown outdoors all summer; strong branches: good (lower buds.

With 7 to lObriinches .... ....$25.00 per 100 With 4 branches $l5.00perl00

With 5 and fi branches 20.i0perl00 New French viirieties 35.00 per 100

.\]| from 6-inch pots. Send that order! Send It today!

JACKSON & PERKINS C0MP4NY, Newark, New Ytrk

NEW ROSE BOOK

The Practical Book of

Outdoor Rose Growing For The Home Garden

By George C. Thomas, Jr.

GENERAL SCOPE:

The Propagation of Roses. Location and Preparation. Orderint;.

The Best Varieties with their Characteristics. Plan>ing. Pruning.

Some General Information and Hints of Hybridization. Climbers Cultivation.

Elaborately illustrated' with 96 reproductions in full color of leading vaiieties of roses

and a few halftone plates Handsome cloth binding, in slip case. Price, $4.00. postage or
expressage extra.

American Florist Co., 440 South Dearborn Street, Chicago

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

Fully half a million plants for sale.

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year IV2 to 2 feet

Two years IV2 to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 2^2 <eet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

Two years 214 to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 8 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 6 feet

For screens B to 6 feet

For Screens 6 to 7 feet

All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades

have been cut back one or more times.

Especially attractive prices in car lots.

RAfliAric ThnnllArdii Transplanted, stocky plants, 9tol2inches, 12 to 18

CcrueriS l nunuergll inches and m to 2 teet sizes by the 1000. i

NURSERY

J. T. LOVEH,

MONMOUTH

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

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Order Craig's Quality Stock

To insure big profits at Christmas. We are better prepared this year
to offer you a complete Hne of Craig Specialties.

PliANT BASKETS. CROTONS. DRACAENA CRAIGII.

Our Plant Baskets have been so well re-
ceived tliat thfj are now a very imi>ortant
feature of our Christmas business. Last year
we offered ouly one style in three sizes. This
year we have about twenty-five dififerent num-
bers, some being herein illustrated. All are
first-class, botli as to style of basket and fill-
ing.

Nothing but highly-colored, well-grown stock
is used, such as Dracaenas in variety, Crotons.
Pandanus, Ferns, etc. On account of being
filled early and becoming established, they are
bound to give you and your customer satisfac-
tion. We cannot recommend them too highly.

Many of the baskets and window boxes are
in two-tone effect.

All baskets have zinc (not tin) liners.
Window bos shape, 18 ins. long,

6 ins. wide, 6 ins. deep.. each, $3.50 and $4.00
Window box shape, 12 ins. long,

6 ins. wide. 6 ins. deep.. each, 2.50 and 2.75
Handle baskets in variety,

each $3.60, 4.00 and 6.00

POINSETTIAS (30,000).

We grow none of the pink variety, all of our
stock being of the selected bright red sort.
The bracts are unusually large in all sizes.
We have 30.000 plants and can fill orders of
any quantity.

3-in. pots per 100. $15.00

4-in. pots per loO. 25.00

5-in. pots, heavy per 100, 60.00

7-in. pans, 3 plants with ferns, per doz.. $15.00
8-in. pans, 3 plants with ferns, per doz.. 18,00
9-ln. pans, 3 plants with ferns, per doz.. 24.00
8-in. low pans, 5 plants with ferns, per

dozen $15.00 and 18.00

10-in. low pans, 5 plants with ferns, per

dozen $24.00 and 30.00

CYCIiAMEN (15,000).

This has been one of our specialties for over
twenty years. This year we grew upwards of
75,000 plants. At this time our stock is bet-
ter than ever before and sure to be a money-
maker for anyone buying now.
Plants in all sizes, exceptionallv well flowered.

4-in. pots, heavy per 100, $25.00 and $35.00

5-in. pots, very heavy. per doz., 9.00 and 12.00
6-in. pots, very heavv-per doz.

$12.00, 16.00, 18.00 and 24.00

7-in. pots. 22 to 34 inches di-
ameter each,

7-in., very heavy each,

2.00 and
3.00 and

2.50
3.60

BEGONIA GTX)IRE DE LORRAINE

(20,000).

The largest and finest stock of this beautiful
plant in the country. The plants have been
grown cool and are sure to give satisfaction.

2-in. pots per lOD, $12.00

2%-in. pots per lOfi, 16.00

3-in. pots per 100, $20.00 and 25.00

4-in. pots per 100, 35.00

5-in, pots per doz.. $7.50; per l<tO. 50.00

6-in. pots, heavy.. per doz.. $9.00: ner 100, 70.00

7-in. pots, heavy per doz., $15.00 and 18.00

8-in. pots, heavy per doz.. 18.00 and 24.00

BEGONIA LONSDALE.

We have a large stock of this light sport at
the same prices as quoted for Begonia Glorie de
Lorraine. This variety is considered far su-
perior to the original type, making a finer shape
plant and holding the flowers much better. The
color Is a little lighter than the original Be-
gonia Gloire de Lorraine.

BEGONIA GLORY OF CINCINNATI.

This variety is endorsed by all the leading
retail florists. It will hold the flowers much
better than the Begonia Glorie de Lorraine.
We are particularly strong on sizes to be used
in baskets and hampers.
4-in., heavy per 100. $50.00

BEGONIA FLORENCE DAVENPORT
Introduced June, 1914.

This variety, we believe, \Yill displace Be-
gonia Cincinnati. It is a great improvement
over Cincinnati; freer flowering, more sym-
metrical and holds its flowers much longer.

2%-in. pota per 100. $25.00

4-in. pote per doz.. $7.50: ner mo. 50.00

5-iD. pots per doz.. $9.00 and 12.00

Special Croton Combinations, made up in
very attractive birch bark boxes, with

handles each. $7.50 and $10.00

The Croton, with its highly colored foliage,
is indispensable during fall and winter. We
have the largest and most complete collection
of Crotons in the world, carrying at the present
time for Christmas sales over 50,0ii0 plants in
over 400 varieties, all of the very highest qual-
ity and brilliantly colored.
3-in. pots, strong plants,

per 100. $25.00; per 1,000, $225.00

4-in. pots, strong plants,

per 100, $30.00; per 1,000, $275.00

5-in. pots, strong plants, i-

per 100. $50.00, $75.00 and $100.00

6-in. pots, strong plants,

per doz., $12.00, $15.00, $18.00 and $24.00

8-in. pots, made up beautiful plants,

per doz.. $24.00. $30.00 and $36.00

10-in. pots, made up beautiful plants,

each, $5.00, $6.00 and $7.50

12- and 14-in. tubs, made up beautiful

plants $10.00, $15,00. $20.00 and $25.00

Every retail store and grower should feature
Crotons this fall and winter. We know our
stock will please you and your customers.

CROTON PUNCTATA.

One of the finest and most satisfactory va-
rieties for basket work and centers of ferneries.
Per 100 Per 1000
2 V'-lnch pots $ 8 00 $ 75.00

3- inch pots 20.00 150.00

4- inch pots 25.00 225.00

DRACAENAS.

There is no variety of foliage as attractive
as the highly-colored Dracaena.

DRACAENA MASSANGEANA.

The variety with the golden stripe down the
center of the leaf. This"" handsome plant is the
best of all Dracaenas for the house. We have
an exceptionally large stock, well colored, and
of the very highest quality.

4-in. pots per doz.. $7.50: per 100. $50.00

Gin. pots per doz.. $15.00 and 18.00

8-in. pots, very fine.. per doz.. 24.00 and 30.00
10-in. tubs each. 4.00 and 5.00

DRACAENA LORD WOLSELEY.

One of the very finest varieties for Christ-
mas, being bright red in color.

4-in. pots, heavy each. $0.35 and $ 0.50

5-in. pots each. .75

6in. pots per doz.. 12.00 and 15.00

DRACAENA STRICTA GRANDIS.

Carmine red leaves.

4-in. pots per 100. $60.00

oin. pots, heavy per doz., $9.00 and 12.00

6-in. pots per doz., 15.00

DRACAENA AMABtLIS.

Green and pinliisb white: one of the finest
varieties.

4-ln. pots ner 100, $50.00

5-ln. pots per doz., $ 9,00 and 12.00

6in. pots per doz.. 15.00 and 18.00

DRACAENA SHEPHERDH.

Carmine and green leaves.

4-in. pots per 100. $60,00

.5 In. pots per doz.. 9.00

6-in. pots per doz.. $12.00 and 16.00

DRACAENA TERMINALIS.

Exceptlonall.v well colored.

3-in. pots, strong plants per 10(J, $26,00

.n-in. pots, heavy each. $0.60 and .76

6-in. pots, heavy each, $1.00, $1.25 and 1.50

DRACAENA FRAGRANS.

Plain green leaf,
n-in.
8-ln.
10-in.

pots per doz., $6,00 and $ 9,00

tuhs per doz.. 18,00

tubs each, $2,00 and 2.60

DRACAENA MANDAIANA.

Large, bright red leaf, beautifully colored.

.5-in, pots per 100, $75,00

6-in. pots per doz.. $12.00 and 16,00

Robert Craig Co.

4900 Market St.,

BRANCH:

NORWOOD,' PA.

The first time offered. We consider this va-
riety the most beautiful pinl; Dracaesa ever
offered to the trade and one of the most strik-
ing in existence.

4-in. pots, strong plants each, $1.00

5-In. pots each. 1.60

6-ln. pots each. 2.50

DRACAENA BAPTISTII.

Long, broad foliage; cream, red and orangi-.

4-in. pots each, $0.50

5-in. pots each, .75

6-ln. pots each. $1.00, $1.25 and 1.50

DRACAENA KELLERIAN A (NEW).

The greatly improved Godseffiana. One of the
finest foliage plants for combination hoses or
basliets.

214-iuch pots per 100. $10.00

.3 -inch pots per 100. 20.00

4 -inch pots per 100. 30.00

7 -inch pots, made up. very handsome,
each $1.25 and 1.50

DRACAENA IMPERLILIS (RARE).

One of the very best of the bright-colored
varieties.

4-inch pots per 100, $50.00

.0-inch pots, heavy per doz., 12.00

G-inch pots, heavy per doz.. 18.00

DRACAENA GODSEFFIANA.

Green and white leaf, very hardy; fine for
baskets.
2^-iuch pots per 100, $10.00

3 -inch pots per 100. $15.00 and 20.00

4 -inch pots per 100. 26.00

FICUS PANDURATA.

The plant of the century. Positively the best
porch and house plant to date. Our stock of
this wonderful plant this year is finer than vpe
have heretofore offered. It will surely give
satisfaction.

e-inch pots. 21.^ feet tall each. $2.00

7-inch pots, 3 feet tall each. 2.50

10-inch and 11-inch tubs, 5 feet tall.

each $4.00 and 5.00

The larger plants are unusually fin*>.

PHOENIX ROEBELENn.

This is unquestionably one of the great palms
of the future, combining the grace of a Coco?
Weddelliana with the hardiness of a Kentia. It
will prove an invalual>le plant for the bouse.
Our stock in the followiog sizes is unusual iv
fine:
10-inch and 12-inch tubs, specimen plants,

each $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 and $20.00

ARECA LVTESCENS.

Perfect plants with rich, dark-green foliage.
Our stock has been grown cool and hard. It is
in splendid condition and will surely give satis-
faction.

4-in. pots, single, heavy per 100, $25.00

."-in. pots, single per doz., $5.00 and 6.00

8-in. pots, made up, very heavy. 42 ins.

to 48 ins. tall each. $2.00 and 2.50

14-in. tubs, made up. verv heavv. 7 feet

tall each, $10.00. $12.50 and 15.00

150,000 NEPHROLEPIS.

(In Variety.)

We are the largest growers of XepUrolt^pis
Ferns in the country in the following varieties;
in fact, we are the headquarters for them. The
demand increases each year, and it is our aim
to have every variety of Xephrolepis. in e \ery
size, every day in the year:

NEPHROLEPIS TODEAOIDES.

London Fern. A good, strong grower nud
one we think of very highly.

214-incb pots.. per 100, $ 6.00; per 1.000, $ 50.00

4 -inch pots.. per 100. 20.00; per 1.000. 180.00

6 -inch pots per doz.. 6.00

8 -inch pots per doz., 12.00

f» -inch and lO-Inch tubs,

per doz $24.00, $30.00 aud 36.00

NEPHROLEPIS ELEGANTISSIMA
IMPROVED.

This vjuiety is a greatly improved Ele^'antis-
sima and shows a tendency to revert to the
Boston. This will prove a valuable addition to
the crested varieties.

214-inch pots per 100. $6.00; per 1.0(X>. $50.00

4-inch pots per 100. 20.00

e-inch pots per doz.. 6.00

Philadelphia, Pa.

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The American Floris'i.

Dec. ic.

Vegetable Growers' Association
o( America.

M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland. O.. President;
Daniel R. Comly Philade pbia. Pa., Vice-
Presidt nt: S. W. Severance. Lou s vide, Ky.,
>icieiary: E. A. Dunbar. .'Xsbtabula, U.,
Treasurer.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vejfetables.

Chicago, December 8. — Mushrooms,
.50 cents per pound; lettuce, 7 cents
to 12 cents per box; radishes, 20
cents to 40 cents per dozen bunches;
asparagus, $1.50 to $2.00 per dozen
bunches; celery, 12 stalks, 10 cents to
25 cents; cucumbers, $1.00 per dozen.

New York, December 8. — Cucum-
bers, 75 cents to $1.00 per dozen;
mushrooms, 50 cents to $1.50 per 4-
pound basket; tomatoes, 7 cents to 15
cents per pound; radishes, per 100
bunches, $1.50 to $2.00; lettuce, per
strap, 75 cents to $1.50.

Lettuce Diseases.

In our vicinity lettuce diseases have
been more common this fall than for-
merly. No doubt the warm and rainy
weather in October had as much to
do with the trouble as anything else.
Cloudy and rainy weather with little
air movement and high temperatures
make a bad combination for lettuce
either out-doors or in-doors, and when
such weather is of long duration the
trial is great. Some of our successful
growers have lost the first crop en-
tirely. The trouble is no doubt the
much-dreaded rosette or rhizoctonia,
against which sterilization by either
steam or formalin is generally em-
ployed. "We moved a thousand nice
Grand Rapids plants from the field
into the greenhouse in September, and
while the plants were in fine health,
came from new fields and went into
new ground, they were a bad bunch
a month later; while plants started in-
side at about the same time in the
same house produced a fine crop. We
believe that this disease is not fully
understood by our experiment stations.
Our own experience is that the trouble
is acute in the early fall and dimin-
ishes with the advance of the season,
being almost negligible in the spring
without any treatment except the early
destruction of any alfected plants.
We do not practice sterilization as a
rule, but we are very careful to use
new ground for seed sewing and trans-
planting. Good strong plants in good
health is more than half the battle
won.

Another serious malady at this time
is mildew. This attacks the young
plants more than the mature lettuce.
It is caused by excessive moisture over
night and sluggish air movement. For
this reason seedlings, and young plants
should be on benches where the air is
drier and water should be withheld as
much as possible. Sprinkling and syr-
inging is disastrous; if watering is
necessary water thoroughly early in
the day and carry enough heat and
atr to dry them as soon as possible.
There is no recovery for mildewed
plants. However, the trouble is be-
lieved to be held in check by sulphur.
The common way is to paint a sulphur
mixture on the heating pipes if steam
is used; .say a dash of sulphur every six

or eight feet on each side of the house.
This needs occasional renewing. Where
hot-water is employed this method is
not effective. By using either gasoline,
or oil stoves sulphur may be evapo-
rated by placing a quantity in a ket-
tle and heating it sufficiently to pro-
duce the gases. Great caution is
needed, however, to prevent the sul-
phur itself catching fire as this is
disastrous in short order. Whenever
this method is employed the operator
should stay in the neighborhood and
watch results. Whatever a man can
stand is also safe for the plants and
no more. If by accident the sulphur
should catch fire a dash of water will
kill it, hence have water at hand.

Mabketman.

San Angelo, Tejas.

A city like this, situated we might
say, a thousand miles from nowhere,
with barely enough flower buying peo-
ple to support one florist, is not a trade
newsy burg. The Nussbaumer Floral
Co. busy themselves nursing new
benched carnations and the few hun-
dred roses, water the pot plants twice
a day and spray the lean-to filled with
orchids. Such is the routine of the
summer and fall months. Not very
often is this long stretch punctuated
by a wedding or funeral, but when
such occasions happen, they are thank-
fully received. Easter lilies and valley
are planted at intervals so that we
have a supply on hand at all times.
To these are added out-door roses,
snapdragons, vincas, tuberoses, da.h-
lias, Shasta daisies and crinums, which
fill in nicely in design work. People
who buy flowers out here, have plants
in their yard from which they cut bou-
quets for the table, and at times tie
them up in bunches, and take them
to a sick or a dead Mexican, and even
to negro folks. Take it as a whole
the summer months are very slow for
us; they give us a chance to wear
overalls and learn to use the hoes. Then
fall comes, bringing a heavy frost,
and a demand for chrysanthemums.

On November 18, W. A. Guthrie, a
pioneer of the enterprises of San An-
gelo and west Texas, committed
suicide. To his funeral we sent more
than fifty sprays and designs. These
were made principally of white and
pink chrysanthemums. For the occa-
sion we had a good crop of violets and
roses and they all went. The place got
a thorough cleaning. We cut down
many croton plants, which were
about to be thrown out for w.ant of
space, for plants that would yield a
sooner and better revenue; these were
used with white chrysanthemums in
some of the best designs. I believe
we cut at least 550 chrysanthemums
on that and the following day.

A recent heavy frost has cut down
all out-door flowers and business is

picking up fine. We look for a good
Christmas trade. It is the day in
which we make up for all the days
flowers are in demand in large cities.

J. M. Nussbaumer has been out on
a deer hunt for two weeks. We will
not be surprised to see him drive in
with more bucks (?) than his "Cole
60" can hold. However, he and his
friends took a young pointer along,
and on a card he dropped at Ozena,
he stated the dog was doing fine, and
that they were having lots of birds for
their meals.

N.

Ol-EAN, N. Y. — Klmer Rawlings has
purchased the Fred A. Hamm green-
houses and land at Allegany to which
location the greenhouses at West State
street will be moved. These, when
completed, will form an up-to-date
establishment in every respect. Mr.
Rawlings has built up a large whole-
sale trade in plants and needs more
room. The new location ie an ideal
place, only a few minutes' walk from
the trolley line and the Erie depot.

FOR ANYTHING I CAN USE.
Stock 'Mum Plants:

Clirysolora. Ivory. Dr. Eneuehard, Timothy
Eaton, Alice Salomon. Ciras. Kazer, Smith's
.Advance Unaka. Wni. Turner. lroro$3.00 per
100 up.

W. W. Coles, Kokomo, Ind.

CHAS. H. TOTH

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties Mv Specialty.

Watch for our Trade Mark stampd
oD every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawi

Substitution of cheaper grades la
tbus easily exposed. Fresb sampU
brick, with illustrated boolt. mailed
postpaid by manufacturers upon re
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addreii

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co..St. Paul MlnD

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pages.— Price $1.00—29 lUastratlons.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANT

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (EatabUlticO 1 787.)

cpCP|A|T|[C> Beans. Beets. Cabbages. Carrots. Kohl Kabi. Leek. Lettuces. Onions. Peai
OrculHLIIKOi Radishes. Spinach Turnips Swedes. Asters. Balsams. BeKonias. Carnatiooi
Cinerarias. Gloxinias. Larkspur. Nasturtiums, Pansies. Petunias. Phloxes. Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalosrue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OP THE GLANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz.. or $1,75 per Vi oi.. $1,00 per M 02., DOstage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast rroHida, and
are warranted true to name of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

19H-

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Chrysanthemum Novelties For 191 i

COMIVIERCI/IL SECTION.
Gulden Queen,
Crystal Gem,
Marigold,
IVIodello,

Tekonsha.

EXHIBITION SECTION.
Calumet,

Silver King,
Mankato,
AFgonac,
Kewanee.

POMPONS

Niza, Zora, Rodi, Veta, lllona, Neola.

As usual our n&v^ creations have eclipsed all rivals, so that our novelties stand beyond
competition. More important however is the high standard of excellence they possess.

The most meritorious collection we have ever distributed and out rank any previous
offerings from any source.

All our novelties have been fully indorsed by the Chrysanthemum Society of America.
Complete discriptions with prices on application.

The Best of the 1914 Novelties for Florists' use are the two pinks:

Chieftain (Midseason), Edwin Seidewifz (Late)

And the two whites:

Oconto, (Early) Smitil^S Ideal, (Midseason.)

Those interested in exhibitions should not overlook

NERISSA.

Incurved deep pink. Not only
a bouncer when grown to single
stem, but fine for specimen
plants. Was awarded $50.00
Cup as best plant out of 54 plants
in 14 inch pots at Philadelphia.

ODESSA.

Incurved bright yellow.

A tine

grower and produces an enor-

mous

bloom. It eclipsed all

other

yellows for size an

d finish

at the

American Institute Show.

New

York.

We also have the other good ones. Now is the time to decide on what to grow
next year. Why not discard some of the old unsalable kinds and try the newer ones? If
you have not received our preliminary list ask for one.

ELM[R D. SMim & CO., ADRUN, MICH.

lioO

The American Florist.

Dec. 12,

The plants listed are in splendid condition and are good value, and can be shipped at any time. All
are far enough advanced to need no extra forcing and will be fine by December 15th.

Please state if you want shipped in or out of pots. We can ship 3, 4, 5 and 6-inch in paper pots if desired.

New Begonia, Glory of Cincinnati.

4-inch pots 40c to 50c each

5-inch pans foe to $1.(0 each

6-inch pans $1.00 to 1.26 each

Cyclamen, Giant Flowered.

4-inch pots 20c each

B-inch pots 35c each

6-inch pots 65c to $1.00 each

Primula, Giant Obcotiica.

4-inch pots 15 cents each

6-inch pots 26 cents each

Azaleas.

12 to 16-inch heads; have 2000 fine
plants, all colors, full of buds, $1.00
to $1.60 each.
Polnsettias. large bract kind.

3-in. pots 10c each

4-in. pots 20c to 25c each

6-in. pans, 3 plants... 40c to 61 'c each

6-in. pans, 8 plants 60c each

7-in. pans, 8 plants, 75c to $1.00 each

8-in. pans, 3 plants, $1 to $1.25 each

10-in. pans, 5 plants $2.00 each

Ferns.
Boston, Fiersonl and Whitmanl.

4-inch pots 16c each

5-inch pots 30c each

6-inch pots 40c each

Ferns— Pan Sorts.

"iVi-inch. $5.00 per 100

Carnations— All Colors.

4-inch pots .•..16c each

Begonia— Luminosa, Scarlet.

4-inch pots 16c each

5-inch pots 2Bc to 86c each

Xmas Peppers.

4-in. pots, 15c ea.; 6-in. pots, 25c ea.

Roman Hyacinths, White.

4-iDch pots 20c each

6V2-inch pans 60c each

6-inch pans 76c each

Araucaria, Xxcelsa.

Ht. Whorls - Each

18-in. 8 to 4 $100

24-in. 4 to 5 1.50

30-36-in. 6 to 7 2.00

Pots
5-in.
6-in.
7-in.

Kentla Belmoreana.

4-inch pots 3Sc each

6-inch pots 76c each

6-inch pots $1.00 each

New Cherry Melvlni.

Fine we llfruited slock.
6-inch, 26c each 6-inch, 60c each

Rubbers.

5-inch 35c to 50c each

Skimmla Japonlca. £acb
8-in., full of red berries, $1.50 to $2.00
Asparagus Plumosus.

2V2-inch $ 4.00 per 100

3-inch : 7.00 per 100

4-inch 16.0t)per 100

Asparagus Sprengeri.

2k2.inch $ 3.00 per 100

3-inch 6 00 per 100

6-inch 15.00 per 100

Chrysanthemum— Percy Plumerldge.

Late yellow, will be tjood lor Xmas.
5-inch, 35c each 6-inch, 50c each

C. H. FREY, Florist,

Wholesale
and Retail,

Lincoln, Neb.

Order Now for Christmas.

I am offering the following very fine assort-
ment of Christmas flowering and foliage plants,
which are in the finest condition and are strong,
healthy plants.

ABSISIA Crenolata. $1.50, $2, $2.50 to $3 each.
AZALEAS. Best varieties, from 50c to $5 each.
BEGONIA Lorraine. $6 and $9 a doz.
CYCLAMEN Pers. Gig. Prom $4 to $1S per doz.
CAMELLIA Chandleri. $15 to $30 per doz.
DEACAENA TenninaUs. $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50

each.
DEACAENA Lord Wolaeley. $1.50. $1,25 each.
EEICA Frag. Melanth. 75c to $4 each.
EEICA President Camot. $9. $12, $15 per doz.
JEEU8ALEM CHEEEIES. $4, $6, $9, $12 doz.
OEANGES. $1.50 up.
POINSETTIA Pulcherrima. Single, $4 and $5

a doz.: pans, $1 to $4 each.
SKIMMIA Japonica. $12 to $24 a doz.
AUrnU CPUIIITUCIC 31 e Nineteenth St.

ANlun obnuLinciOi college point, li.n.y.

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.
RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St.. PORTLAND. ORS.

Extra strong En^sh Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet high per 100, $25,00

Brlca Mediteriana, 4 inch pots " 1500

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palmi. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

S M I L A X

strong plants, 2H inch, $1.25 per 100;
$10.00 ptr 1000.

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 2V^ inch,
$2.00 per UKl; $6 00 for 300.

i. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Storrs & Harrison's Specialties

Hydrangeas

.\\\ the good French sorts pot-^rowD. 4-in.
pot plants 120.00 per 100: 5 in. pot plants,
$25.00 per 100.

Cibotium Schledei

Splendid stock at a real reduction. 5-in. pot
plants at 75c: 6-in. pot plants. Sl.lXt.

Bougainvillea Glabra
Sanderiana

3-in. pot plants, well shaped $10.00 per 100

Bougainvlllea

4 in. pot plants. $20 00 per 100

Dracaena Terminalls

6 in. pot plants, nicely colored, 75c each;
SS.'iC) per dozen.

Adiantum Croweanum

5-in. pot plants 520 00 per 100

Adiantum Glory of
Mordrecht

4-in. pot plants $25.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus

ind bushy. 2H in.. .S3.00 per 10

Fern Dish Ferns

Short and bushy. 2H in.. .S3.00 per 100: $25.0C
per 1000.

Best varieties, including .^spidium. Cyr-
tomium, Wilsoni and Mayi. 13.00 per 100:
$25.00 per 1000.

THE STORRS a HARRISON CO., Fainesville, Ohio

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3 inch pots. Chrysanthemams

Carnations for fall deliver; , Smllax. Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers. lE."5St

Trade Directory

Prlc* 93.00 Poatmld.

American Florist COm

440 S Dearborn 8«.. CHOAOO

American Florist Advertisements Work 24 Hours per Day.

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1131

MATCHLESS

A GREAT SUCCESS

This remarkable new white carnation lias made good every prediction that we
made when we disseminated it last year.

Reports that come to us from all over the co^jntry are all to the effect that
MATCHLESS, because of its vigorous constitution, freedom of growth, earliness and
wonderful production, is the greatest advance obtained in carnations in many years.

Many of the growers commenced cutting high-class flowers as early as August
20th. One large grower up to November 1st had cut five flowers per plant and reports
that his benches are now carrying a large crop of the highest quality of bloom.

Our own experience with MATCHLESS during the four years we have been
growing it for the New York market, has proved to us that MATCHLESS is as pro-
ductive as any existing variety and can be grown to perfection by the ordinary grower.
These characteristics, together with the high quality of flowers and the fact that
MATCHLESS is non-bursting, making it possible to market 100% of the blooms,
make MATCHLESS one of the most profitable varieties to grow.

Consensus of opinion is that MATCHLESS has taken its place as the leading
white carnation in all respects.

Recognizing that there will be an enormous demand for MATCHLESS this
year, we have devoted two houses entirely to stock plants and will be in position to
fill every order that comes to us with cuttings of the highest quality.

Rooted Cuttings for December and January delivery.

$ 6.00 per 100 $ 50.00 per 1000

112.50 per 2500 200.00 per 5000

Prices on larger quantities will be quoted on application.

Mrs. C. W. WARD

The Standard Dark Pink

Since we disseminated MRS. C. W. WARD in 1909, every year has added to its
popularity and today it stands easily at the top of the list in its color. Its high quality
of bloom and wonderful kecpinj,' qualities have became a byword with the trade.

Owing to the incrcasin;: demands made upon us for stock of this variety, with
which we have often heretofore been unable to keep pace, we have planted more
WARD than ever this year and have also improved our propagating facilities so that
we are now in position to care for a largely increased trade.

Rooted Cuttings for December and January delivery.

$3.00 per 100 $25.00 per 1000

WE ALSO O FFER BEACON (COTTAGE GARDEN STRAIN)

Rooted Cuttings for December and January delivery.

$3.00 per 100 $25.00 per 1000

COTTAGE GARDENS CO., Inc.

QUEENS, N. Y.

1132

The American Florist.

Dec

12.

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Drccr's Ferns for Dishes

The Best Stock We Have Ever Offered.

2^ inch pots,
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

HENRY A. DREER

«

714-716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are for the Trade only.

Our Hew Hose Mrs. Woorfield Storey

r

Has a strong upright growth, the wood being very stout and smooth, with large handsome dark green foliage prac-
tically mildew or black-spot proof. The flowers, which are freely produced, are of good size and substance with
abundant petals, opening freely. The color is a shell pink deepening "toward the centre with the large smooth
pej,als tipped deep rose. It will be a fine, yet distinct companion for the Mrs. Charles Russell Rose.

Own Root 100, $30.00 250, $70.00 500, $125 1,000, $250 2,500, $565 5,000, $1,000 10,000 $1,800

Grafts " 35.00 ." 82.50 " 150 " 300 " 690 " 1,250 " 2,300

Eyes " 27.00 " 62.50 " 120 " 220 " 490 " 850 " 1.500

Own root and grafts delivered in March, 1915. Eyes in January and February, 1915.

WSBSN ROSE CONSERVATORIES Natick, Mass.

FREE

This Fine

Budding Knife

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Go.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Easter Roses

Pot our 4 -Inch now in 5 to 6-lnch.

Mention the American Florist when writing

AMERICAN FLORIST ADVERTISEMENTS
WORK 24 HOURS PER DAY.

We trust you have all had
a fine Thanksgiving trade.

CHRISTMAS PLANTS

that will be in bloom see our adv. in

American Florist of two weeks ago.

Don't forget

Novelties and Ferns

GEO. A. KUHL, "'^^"SS^wer.

PEKIN, ILL.

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids.2 ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids, 2H-(t 1.50 each

Pyramids, 3 ft 2.0Ceach

Pyramids, 3H,ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1 .50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 3.Sc each

F. O. FRANZEN °"c°hVa'S!?'"

Pansy Plants

Our Pansies are unexcelled for size of fiower
and color. Big. strong, heavy. 10 to 12 leaves.
$2.50 per lOOO. Cash with order.

GLOBE GREENHOUSES

Second Avenue. Munroe and Garlleld Streets
DENVER. COLO.

PRIMROSES.

Obconlca Alba Rosea and Sanguinea,

214 in. pots, $1.60 per 100; $12.0() per

1000.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 2Vi in.

pots, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000.
Vlnca Variegata, SxSH-in. pots, $5,00

pei 100.
Pansy Plant, Giant flowering, $2.50 per

KW.

Cannas, dry bulbs, 1 to 3 eyes of Alle-
mania, Burbank, Italia, Gray, Penn-
sylvania, Beauty, Bedder, Vaughan,
Henderson, Charlotte, Harum, Patry,
Hose, etc., at $1.25 per 100.

CASH -

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE. OHIO.

For the Best New and Standanl

DAHLIAS

Addreas

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin. N. J. WiUiamstown June., N. J

'9'-i-

The America n Fl orist.

1133

PORNER'5 NOVELTIES FOR 1915

New Crimson Forcing Rose.

MOOSIER BEAUTY — Color a bright crimson with darker shadings. A long bud opening to a large full
flower. A texture like velvet. Very fragrant. Keeping qualities are exceptionally good. A free easy grow-
ing variety throwing two to three foot steins; requires no pinching. Perfectly healthy, is not susceptible to
mildew or black spot. Equal to any forcing rose in productiveness. We invite inspection of our stock.
Price: Own Root, $jo.oo per loo, $2^0. ou per woo.
Grafts, j^. 00 per 100, joo.oo pej 1000.

Two New Carnaiions.

PINK SENSATfOlV— An exceedingly large flower. A well dfefined pink in color. Size 4 to 4'-' inches.
Keeping qualities unsurpassed. Has a stocky growth, a heavier foliage than ordinary and throws good long
flower stems. A high grade commercial carnation.

OOOD CHkEk — Color, pink darker than Gloriosa. Size 3 inches and over. Good keeping qualities.
Extra long stems. Early and continuous flowering — a great producer.

Price: $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000.

New Wiiite Chrysantiiemum.

EARLV FROST — A good commercial white 'mum for very early. A cross between Golden Glow and
October Frost. Height. 3 feet. Pure white with an incurved petal, perfect form and full to the center. Has
the Golden Glow habit to set early buds which develop into perfect blooms.

Rooted cuttings or tzvo inch pot ptatits, $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000.

F. DORNER & SONS CO., La Fayette, Ind.

R

MRS. CHARLES

IS SELL

ROSE

PLANTS

Grafted and Own Root.

Extra fine stock for Early Spring
Delivery.

WRITE FOR PRICES.

We also offer
Milady, Shawyer, Ward, Taft, d'Aren-
berg. KichmoDd, Hadley, tbe Killarneys

c«^ CROWERS"»SHIPPERS

™™"'"i UT FLOWEwx"

^!]^ V IS4 NO WABASH AVE Aw

GERANIUMS '"^".srRis..

They must reach you in good growing coodition.
otherwise you can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
and very eood.

S. A. Nutt. %n.S^ per 1000.

Poltevine and Ricard. $15.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, $2>.00 per 1000.

ALB£RT M. HERR, L&NCiSTEJ), Pi

This Ought To Be OF INTEREST To YOU.

That Local Growers have placed the Largest Individual Orders for my

New Carnation "Alice"

offered to the Trade this season. Some have doubled, and trebled their orders on successive
visits. The colnr is an exquisite shade of clear soft pink, midway between Enchantress and
Gloriosa. Habit of plant ideal, strong, verv early, and a continuous, and without doubt the
most productive commercial variety I have offered to date.

Prices: Per 100. *12.0i: per 1000. $100.00: per 2500. $237.50:
per 5000. $453.00: per 10.000. $8C0.OO.
If you have not seen it, send for descriptive circular, and get your ordcr in nOW. Over

Ellis, Mass.

200.000 sold.

PETER FISHER,

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists.

Alonzo J. Bryan, ffiVi^'"'

Washington, New Jersey.

J. 0. Thompson Carnation Co.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

Trade Directory

Price: $3.O0, postpaid

y^merican Florist Co..

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

A LLNurserymen.beedsmeD and florists wishiDS
^^ to do business with Europe should send for the

"Borticnltnral Advertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
sabscription, to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium. appU-
cantsshould, with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address EditOFS Of "H. A."
ChUwcU Nurseries. LOWDHAM. Notts. England

Home of Pansies.

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpassed, improved
annuallv. Some of the best Horists in .America
are Tf-gular cu-tomers. These plants are in extra
good shaoe this year and heavy rooted, grown on
high land. Packed to reach vou safe anywhere.
$2.50 per 1000. 5000 for $10.00.

Elmer Rawlin^s, Home of Pansies,

CLEAN, N. Y.

1134

The American Florist.

Dec. 12.

BOOKS FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS

The following books should be in every florist's and gardener's library. A good book on any
subject in which you are specially interested is worth years of experience and should be kept con-
venient for reference at all times. Send prices quoted and we send the books.

Lawns and How to Make Them.

By Leonard Barron
A very useful and practical work. Illustrated. Price, $1.10

The Rose.

By H. B. Ellwanger.
Its cultivation, varieties, etc. A complete guide. Price,$1.25.

How to Lay Out Suburban Homes.

By Herbert J. Kellaway.

Contains many useful hints. 112 pages, 38 halftone

illustrations and 15 plans and maps. Price, $2.

The Landscape BeautifuL

By Frank A. Waugh.
An interesting book. 336 pages, niustrated. Price, $2.

Window Gardening.

By Herman B. Dorner.

An interesting subject. Well bound in green cloth. 153

pages and 43 illustrations. Price, $1.25.

Vines and How to Grow Them.

By Wm. M. McCullom.

A list of varieties for different locations is contained in this

book of 300 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.10.

The Orchard and Fruit Garden.

By E. P. Powell.

The volume is well illustrated and the author is a practical

man who knows his subject. 32 1 pages. Price, $1.50.

The Garden Month by Month.

By Mabel Cabot Sedgwick.

A well classified list of hardy herbaceous and other plants

arranged for each month. Illustrated. Price, $4.30

Success in Market Gardening.

By Herbert Rawson.

No one in the business for profit can be without this latest

edition. 271 pages and 22 illustrations. Price, $1.10.

Practical Floriculture.

By Peter Henderson.

A guide to the successful propagation and cultivation of

florists' plants. Illustrated. 325 pages. Price, $1.50.

Chrysanthemum ManuaL

By Elmer D. Smith.
Profusely iUustrated. Price, 50 cents.

The Principles of Fruit Growing.

By L. H. Bailey.
Fruit culture is treated thoroughly. 516 pages. Price,$1.25.

Greenhouse Construction.

• By L. R. Taft.

How to build and heat a greenhouse. Illustrated. Price, $ 1.50.

Daffodils, Narcissus, How to Grow Them.

By A. M. Kirby.
Illustrated. 233 pages. Price, $1.21.

The Vegetable Garden.

By Vilmorin-Andrieux 5 Co.

Most complete book published. Profusely illustrated.

782 pages. Price, $6.

Orchids: Their Culture and Management.

By W. Watson.
Eight colored plates. 544 pages. Price, $10.

The Goldfish.

By Hugo Mulertt.
160 pages, handsomely illustrated. Price, $2.

Landscape Gardening.

By Sam'l Maynard.
338 pages, 165 illustrations. Price, $1.50.

The Book of Water Gardening.

By Peter Bisset.
200 pages and 139 illustrations. Price, $2.50.

Mushrooms: How to Grow Them.

By Wm. Falconer.
Only American book on the subject. Illustrated. Price, $1.

Greenhouse Management.

By Prof. L. R. Taft.
Covers the subject completely. 382 pages. Price, $1.50.

Manual of the Trees of North America.

By Prof. C. S. Sargent.
826 pages, with over 600 illustrations. Price, $6.

The American Carnation.

By C. W. Ward.
A complete treatment. Illustrated. Price. $3.50.

Hedges, Windbreaks, Etc.

By E. P. Powell.
140 pages, with 22 illustrations. Price, 50 cents.

Cabbages, Cauliflower, Allied Vegetables.

By C. L. Allen.

Also contains chapters on seed raising, insects, pests and

fungus diseases common to these plants. Price, 50c.

House Plants.

By Parker T. Barnes.
236 pages and 30 full-page illustrations. Price, $1.20.

Insects Injurious to Vegetables.

By F. H. Chittenden.
163 illustrations in the 262 pages. Price, $1.50.

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By Neltje Blanchan.
Well bound. 368 pages and 92 illustrations. Price, $5.35.

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1135

Ready Reference Section

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ALTERNANTHERAS.

Extra fine cuttiogs of Alternantbera, BOc per
100. New Haven Floral Co.. New Haven, Ind.

ARAUCARIAS,

Araucarlas excelsa. 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
6?.4-6 Inch, 50c to $1.50 each. Excelsa glauca
and compacta, 5%-6-7-inch, ?1, $1.25 and $1.5iJ.
Godfrey Aschmann. 1012 W. Ontario St., Phila-
delphia,

Araucaiia Excelsa. 5-in., IS inches high. 3
to 4 whorls, ?1; 6-in.. 24 Ins., 4 to 5 whls..
$1.50; 7-in., 30 to 36 Ins., 6 to 7 whls., $2.
C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

Araucaria excelsa. G-In., 65c each. Holton &
Hunkcl Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis. _^

Araucarlas. excelsa. 50c, 75c and $1 each;
Robusta Compacta, $1.50 to $2 each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

ASFAKAGUS PLUMOSUS and SPBENGERI,
3-ln., $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
Ids, MIcb.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSDS, 2V,in., fine plants,
.$3 per 100; .525 per 1.000. SPRENGERI. 4-in.
large plants. $7 per 100. Cash please. EDGAR

EASTRRDAY. Nokomis. 111.

Asparagus nlumosus and Sprengeri, 2Vi-in.,
: $2 per 100: $1S per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunning-
ham. Delaware, Ohio.

ASPARAGUS SPBENGERI. exceptionally fine
I strong 2M!-inch plants. $3 per 100; $25 per
1,000. PYFER & OLSEM, Wllmette, 111.

Asparagus Sprengeri. extra strong. 214-inch.
3-inoh and 4-inoh. $2.50. $3 and $7 per 100.

I HENRY MUELLER. LIMA. OHIO.

Asparagus Sprengeri, extra strong 4-inch. $7
:■ per inO; $65 per 1.000. The Wagner Park

Nursery Co., Sidney. Ohio.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000. A. M.

Herr. Lancaster. Pa.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 3-ln.. $6 per 100.
SPRENGERI. 3-in., $5 per 100. HENRY

, SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 2^-inch, $2 per 100;
; $5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol. Pa,

I ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1
each; variegated. 5-in. pots. 10-12 leaves, $1.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. HI.

I AZALEAS.

Azaleas, Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Vervjene-
ana. Simon Mardner, Empress of India. Mme.
■ Jos. Verviene, Ernst Eckhart. Niobe. Vervsene-
ana alba, etc., 12 to 14 Inches diameter, $9 per
doz.; $60 per 100; 14 to 16. $12 per doz.; $75
per 100: 16 to 18. $18 per doz.: $1.25 per 100;
18 to 20. $24 per doz.: 20 to 22. $36 per doz.
Dwarf or miniatTire. Fireflv or Hexe and Chas.
Encke. $4.80 per doz.; $35 per 100. P. R.

I Plerson. Tarrytown, N. Y^

AZ.4LRAS~F0R~CHR1STMAS.

Shapely, well-flowered plants in finished con-
dition, including Petrlck. Mardner, Varvrenenna.
White Vervseneana. at ,75c. $1. .$1.25. $1.50
and $2 each. Some very pretty Miniatures at
60c.

GULLETT & SONS. LINCOLN, ILLINOIS.

Azaleas, good values. 14 to 16 Ins.. 70c: 16 to
18 Ins.. $1: 18 to 20 Ins., $1.50. The Storrs &

• Harrison Co., Painesvllle, Ohio.

Azaleas, leading Chrisstmas vnrietle."?. 75c to
$3 each. Larger specimens, $3 to $3 each.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

AZALEAS^ red. white and pink, blooming
plants for Xmna. $1. $1.25. $1,150, up to $2.50

[ each. ERNEST ROBER. Wllmette, 111.

[ Azaleas, best varieties. .^Oc to $5 each. Anton
Schnltheis, College Point, L. I., N, Y.

Azaleas, Mme. Petrlck, $1.25 to $2 each.
Holton & Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Mil-
waukee, Wis.

Azaleas. 12 to 18 inch heads, full of buds,
$1 to $1.50 each. C. H. Frey, Lincoln. Ijeb,

BARBERRY.

Thunbergs Barberry, 4 to 6, $8; 6 to 10. $15;
12 to IS well branched, $40; 18 to 24. heavy.
$55; 24 to 30, heavy, $70. Vaidesian Nurseries,
Bostic, N, C.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sous, 51 Barclay St., New York.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

BEGONIAS.

Begonias. Gloire de Lorraine, 2-in , $12; 2V>-
in., $15: 3-in., $20 and $25; 4-in., $35 per 100;
5-in., $7.50 per doz.: $50 per 100; 6-in., $9 per
doz.; $70 per 100: 7-in., $15 and $18 per doz.;
Sin., $18 and $24 per doz. Lonsdale, prices
same as Gloire de Lorraine. Glory of Cincin-
cinnati. 4-in.. heavy, $50 per 100. Florence
Davenport, 2!4-in., $25 per 100: 4-in.. $7.50 per
doz.; $50 per 100; 5-in., $9 and .$12 per doz.
Robert Craig Co., 4900 Market St., Philadel-
phia.

BEGONIA LORRAINE. 3-in., 20c. Cincin-
nati. 3-in., $25 per 100: 4-ln.. $35 per loO;
5-in.. $50 per 100; 6-in., 75c to $1 each. Chat-
elaine, 21^ -in.. .$5 per 100; 3-in., $8 per 100;
6-in.. extra strong. 50c fach. All in bloom.
Ernest Rober. Wllmette. 111.

Begonia Glory of Cincinnati. 4-in., 40c to 50c
each; 51n. pans, 65c to $1; Oln., $1 to $1.25.
Luminosa. 4-ln.. 15c; 5 in.. 25c to 35c. C. H.
Frey^ Lincoln, Neb.

Begonias, Lorraine and Cincinnati, 5-in., 50c
to 75c each; e-In., fl to $1.50 each; 7-ln., $2 to
$2.50. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Begonia Cincinnati, 35c, 50c and 75c each.
Holton & Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Mil-
waukee. Wis.

BEGONIA LORRAINES. all choice plants; 3-
in. at 18c; 4-in. at 25c; 5-In. at 50c; 6-in. at
75c. Cash with order. ELITCH-LONG GREEN-
HOUSES, Denver, Colo.

Begonia Lorraine, $6 to $9 per doz, Anton
Schultheis, College Point, L. I.. N. Y.

Rex Begonia, 2Vl-ln„ $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 each; 2% ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft.. $2; 3y<. ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft.. $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-in., 35c each. P. O. Franzen, 5319
N. Clark St., Chicago.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

BITLBS.

Bulbs, Gladiolus: Blushing Bride, The
Bride, Augusta, Mrs. Francis King, America,
Chicago White. Write for prices. Spirea:
Gladstone, $8 per 100; Queen Alexandria. $9
per 100. Lillum giganteum. 6-8-Inch (400 to
case). $35 per l.Ooo; 7-9 inch (300 to case),
$50 per 1.000; 9-10-Inch (200 to case). $95 per
1,000. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New
York,

Bulbs. L. Formosum, 7-9-ln.. 9-10-in.. 10-11-
In.. 11-13-in.: also Japan grown freesias. H
and %-In. The Yokohoma Nursery Co.. Ltd.,
Woolwortb Bldg., New York.

Bidbs. special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Easting Co., 383-387
Ellicott St., BuCTalo, N. y^

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1004 BetJ
Bldg., Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Schwake k Co..
90-92 W, Broadway, New York,

Bulbs, all kinds, Arthur T. Boddington, New-
York^

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1004 Betz Bldg..
Philudeipbia. '

CARNATIONS.

Carnation Cuttings. Matchless. $8 per 100;
$50 per 1.000; White Wonder. White Enchan-
tress, Philadelphia. $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000.
Gloriosa. $3.50 per 100; $30 per 1.000. Enchan-
tress, $3 per loo; $25 per 1.000. Pink Sensa-
tion, $12 per 100; $100 per 1.000. Champion,
$6 per 100; $50 per 1,0 lO. Herald, $3.50 per
100; $30 per 1.000. Rosette, $3 per 100; $25-
per l.Ono. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Carnations, Aviator. $12 per 100; $100 per
1,000. Peerless Pink. $6 per 100; $50 per
1,000. Champion, Yellow Prince. Matchless,
Philadelphia, Princess Dagmar, Gloria. Pink
Delight, $J per 100; $50 per 1.000. The Her-
ald, Encliantress Supreme, Conquest, $4 per
100; $:w per 1,000. White Wonder. White
Enchantress, Enchantress, $3 per 100; $25 per
1,000. Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph.
St., Chicago.

EXTRA FINE CARNATION CUTTINGS.
The best in the land. Big value for your
money.

Enchantress $20.00 per l.OOO

White Enchantress 20.00 per 1,000

White Wonder 20.00 per 1,00»

SINNER BROS.,
56 East Randolph St., Chicago, 111.

Carnations. Matchless, rooted cuttings for
December and January delivery, $6 per 100; $50
per l.iiOO; $112.50 per 2,600: $2o0 per 5,000.
Mrs. C. W. Ward, rooted cuttings. $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000. Also Beacon, $3 per luO; $25
per l.OOO. Cottage Gardens Co., Inc., Queens.
N. Y. ^^

Carnation cuttings, December and January de-
livery. Philadelphia. Champion. $6 per 100; $50
per l.OOO. White Wonder. Herald. Beacon. Ro-
sette. Enchantress Supreme. Enchantress, Whit©
Enchantress, Mrs, C. W. Ward. May Day. $3 per
100; $25 per 1,000. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIBS and STAND.ARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON. N. J.

Carnations, White Enchantress, Pink En-
chautress. Rose Pink Enchantress, Mrs, Ward
Beacon. White Perfection. $2.50 per 100; $20
per 1.000. Herald. .$27.50 per l.ono. Josie
Merle, $27.50 per 1.000. Peter Reinberg, 30 B.
Randolph St., Chicago.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS, for Decem-
ber or later delivery; Enchantress, White En-
chantress, Victory. Beacon, Mrs. C. W. Ward,
etc price $20 per l.OOO; $2.50 per loO. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES,
Denver, C^olo.

Carnation Alice. $12 per 100: $100 for 1,000;
2.,500, $237.50; 5.000, $450; 10,000, |3oO. Peter
Fisher, Ellis. Mass. ^

Carnations. Pink Sensation. Good Cheer, $12
per loO; $100 per 1.000. F. Dorner & Sons
Co.. La Fayette, Ind.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLINGS, and fine
variety to grow, $5 per 100. C. C. PoUwortb
Co., Milwaukee.

Carnations, all colors. 4-in. pots. 15c each.
C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pink,
Peter Fisher. Ellla. Mass.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co..
Jollet, 111. .

Carnations. Wood Bros., FIshklll. N. Y.

If You Do Not Find Wha) You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It.

1136

The American Florist.

Dec. 12,

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum novelties for 1915. Commer-
cial section: Golden Queen, Crystal Gem,
Marigold. Modello. Tekonsha. Exbibition sec-
tion; Calumet. Silver King, Mankato, Algonac.
Ivewanee- Pon^pons: Niza, Zora, Rodi. Veta.
Illona. Neola. The best of the 1914 novelties
top florists' use are the two pinks. Chieftain
and Edwin Seidewitz, and the two whites.
Oconto and Smith's Ideal. Those interested
in exhibitions should not overlook Nerissa and
Odessa.

ELMER D. SMITH & CO.,
Adrian, Mich.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2%-lnch pots;
Yellow Eaton, White Eaton, McNiece, Ramapo,
O. H. Kabn, Chrysolora, October Frost. Touset.
Ohas. Razer, Comoletta, Gold&n Glow, t'acitic
Supreme. Unaka, Pocketts' Crimson and Schrimp-
ton, $2 per 100. Extra fine stock, order quick.
Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO.,
Jollet,_Ill;

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS, best
early, medium and late varieties, to be shipped
when ready, tK'c per doz. ; $4 per 100. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES,
Denver. Colo.

CHRiSANTHEMUMS. stock plants of WeUs'
Late Pink and White BonnaBon, $3 per luO.
WERICK BROS. CO., Pine Ridge, Bnffalo,

y. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS.

Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme and Smith's Ad-
vance, $3 per 100; $25 per l,OuO. Chrysolora.
$4 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood.
111.

Chrysanthemum Early Frost, rooted cuttings
or 2-ln. pot plants. $12 per 100; $100 per
1,000. F. Domer & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.
""Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme and Smith's
Advance, strong bushy 2-lnch pot plants, S3
per 100; $25 per 1.000. Chrysolora, $4 per 100.
A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood, 111.

CINERARIAS.

Cinerarias, large flowering, 3-in.. $4 per 100.
Cash. J. W. Miller. Shiremanstown, Pa.

CliEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva, N. Y.

COIiEUS.

Coleus Verschaffelti, Golden Bedder, strong
[itents out of 2-in. pots, $1.50 per 100; $12.50
ler 1,000. W. E. KING, Box 1360 Uttle Sil-
ver. N. J.

COLEUS. BrllUancy or Xmas Red, 2V6inch,
$4 per 100; 60c per doz. ERNES't ROBER,
Wilmette, 111.

Coleus, rooted cuttings, 60c per 100: 2-in.
pots. $1.50 per 100. New Haven Floral Co..
New Haven, Ind.

Coleus, 10 varieties, 2-ln., $2 per 100; 3-in.,
$3. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh.
Md.

CROTONS.

Crotons. 4-in.. $4 per doz.; $30 per 100:
5-in., $6 per doz.; $60 per 100; 6-ln.. $1 to
SI. 50 each. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

Crotons. fine assortment, 2%-in., 20c each;
S18 per 100: 3-in., 30c each; $20 100; 4-in.,
:;5c each; .$25 per 100. Holton & Hunkel Co..
462 Milwaukee St.. Milwaukee. Wis.

Crotons. swell colored in all varieties. 50c
and 75c. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove,
UL

Crotons. For sizes and prices see advertise-
ment elsewhere in this issue. Robert Craig
I'o., 4900 Market St.. Philadelphia.

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN. 3-ln., $8 per 100; G'd Alba, 4-In..
$15 and $20 per 100. Wandshek type. 5-ln., $35
and $50 per 100; 6-ln., 75c and $1 each.
SEEDLINGS. 10 varieties, equallv divided. $2.50
per 100; $20 per 1.000. Glorv of Wnndsbek. light
and dark, separate, $3.50 per 100: $30 iier l.OOn
IMPROVED GL. OF WANDSBEK, dark and
light, larger flowers and better grower. $4.50
per 100; $40 per 1,000. ERNEST ROBER. Wil-
mette. 111.

CYCLAMEN FOR CHRISTMAS.
Fancy Stock In Full Bloom.

Beautifully grown cyclamen in full bloom
for Christmas at 25c, 35c. 40c, 50c, 75c,
$1, $1.50 and $2 each. Shipment of larger
sizes in clay pots. Smaller sizes may be
shipped in paper pots. Fine stock, which will
command immediate sale. Some smaller plants
not so well flowered, for basket work or small
gifts, at 15c. 20c and 25c.

GDLLETT & SONS, LINCOLN. ILLINOIS.

Cyclamen, 4-in., $25 and $35 per 100; 5-!n..
49 and $12 per doz.; 6-in., verv heavy, $12 to
S24 per doz.: 7-ln., 22 to 24 inches diam.. $2
and $2.50 each: 7-ln., very heavy. $3 and $3.50
each. Robert Craig Co.. 4900 Market St.,
Philadelphia.

My Chicago prize winning Cyclamen, 4-ln. at
15c mixed; 5-ln. at 35c mixed; 6-in, at 60c
mixed. R. J. SOUTHERTON, Highland Park,
UL

CYCLAMEN, best varieties, plenty of reds,
pinks, etc., 4-ln. at 25c; 5-in. at 40c; 6-In. at
75c; 7-in. at $1. Cash with order. BLITCH-
LONG GREENH PUSES. Denver. Colo.

Cyclamen, 4-in., 25c; 5-in.. 50c; 6-In., 75c
to $1 each; 7-in., $1.50 each. Holton & Hunkel
<-'o., 462 Milwaukee St.. Milwaukee, Wis. _

Cyclamen plants, 5-in., 50c each; 6-in., 75c
each. The Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham
Place, Chicago. ;

Cyclamen Per. Gig., $4 to $18 per doz. Anton
Schultlieis. College Point. L. I., N. Y.

Cyclamen, 4-in'., 20e: 5-iu.. 35c; 6-in.. 65c to
$1. C. H. Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Fine 2%-lnch stock, Etoile d'Or,
best yellow forcing daisy, $4 per 1<jO. Cash.
A. E. BUNT & CO., S6 East Randolph street,
Chicago.

DRACAENAS.

Dracaenas. For varieties aad prices see page
advertisement elsewhere in this issue. Robert
Craig Co.. 4900 Market St.. Philadelphia.

Dracasna terminalis. $1 to $2.50 each. Lord
Wolseley, $1.50 to $1.25 each. Anton Schul-
theis, College Point, L. I., N. Y.

Dracaenas, all kinds and sizes. Holton &
Hunkel Co.. 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

Dracsena terminalis, 6-in. pot plants, 7Sc
each. The Storrs & Harrison Co., PalnesylUe,
Ohio.

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 3-ln., $5; 4-in., $10; S-ln.,
$25 per 100. Geo. H. Emmana, Newton. N, J.

FERNS.

FERNERY FERNS. ,flne hardy varieties, 2%-
In., $3.50 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants; 2%-ln., $4 per 100;
3-ln., $7 per 100; 4-ln., $15 per 100: 7-in., $6
per doz.; 7-ln., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-ln.,
$12 per doz.; 10-in., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MANI, 2%-ln., $5 per 100; 3-in., $10 per 100;
5-ln., $25 per 100; extra heavy 8-in.. $15 per
doz. C. C, POLLWOKTH CO.. MILWAUKEE.

FERNS FOR CHRISTMAS.
Well flnlsbed — Pot-grown.
Choice Whltmani, 4-in., 20c; 5-ln., SOc; 7-ln.,
75c. Scholzelei. 4-in., 20c; 5-ln., 30e; 9-ln..
$2. Scottli, 5-in., 30c; Boston and Roosevelt,
4-in., 15c; 5-in., 25c; ein., SOc; 7-ln., 75c;
10-ln. and 12-in., handsome specimens, $2.50
and $3 each.
GULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN, ILLINOIS.

Ferns, Clbotlum Scbledel, 5-ln., 75c; 6-ln.. $1.
Adlantum Croweanum, 5-ln., $20 per 100.
Adlantum Glory of Mordrecbt, 4-ln., $25 per
100. Fern dish ferns, best varieties, $3 per
100; $25 per 1.000. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Palnesvllle, Ohio.

Ferns, Boston, Whltmani and Roosevelt, C-ln.,
25c each; $3 per doz.; 6-ln.. SOc each; $6 per
doz.; 7-ln., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-ln., $1
each; $12 per doz.; lO-ln., $2.50 each; 12-ln..
$3,60 each. Poehlmann Bros, Co., Morton
Grove, III.

Autumn Sale Ferns for Christmas trade, Roose-
velt, Bostons, Sprlngfleldll, ready for S and
6-inch pots, $10 per 100. Asparagus Sprengeri,
ready for 5-inch pots, $6 per 100, Cash or ref-
erence. NEWELL & USTLER, Apopka, Fla.

Boston ferns, 5-lnch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adlantum Croweanum. 3-ln., $3 per 100; $70
per 1.000. A. N. Plerson, Inc.. Cromwell. Conn.

Boston ferns, 5-in.. $4.50 per doz.: $35 per
100; 6-ln., $8 per' doz.; $60 per 100; 7-in.. $10
per doz.; 8-in.. $14 per doz. Vaughan's Seed
Store. Chicago and New Yorl;.

Ferns. Boston. Piersoni and Whltmani, 4-in..
Ific: 5-in.. SOc: 6-in., 40c. Ferns, pan sorts.
2V.-in.. $5 per 100. C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

Ferns tor dishes. 214-ln.. $3 per 100: $25
per l.nOO. Hpnry_ A. Dreer. 714-716 Chestnut
St.. Philadelphia.

Ferns. Boston and Whltmani, 3-ln., lOc; 4-in.,
15c; 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton. N. J.

Boston ferns. 4-inch, fine plants. $10 per 100.
Cash please. Enc.M! E.VSTERPAY. Nokomls. 111.

Ferns. Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. .1.

FICUS.

•Flcus pandurata, 6-ln., 2% ft., $2 each;
7-ln., 3 ft., $2.50 each; 10-in. and 11-ln. tubs.
.■) ft., $4 and $5 each. Robert Crailg Co., 4900

Market St., Philadelphia. .

Rubbers. 5-ln.. 35c to SOc. C. H. Frey,

Lincoln. Neb.

Flcus, 25c and SOc each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, III.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums, good standard sorts, from 2-inch
pots, $2 per 100; $18.50 per l,OiK); 3-lnch pots.
$3 per 100; $25 per 1,0<>0. Maryland, $1 p«t
doz.; $6 per lOo; $50 per 1,000. R. Vincent, Jr..
& Sons Co,, White Marsh, Md.

Geraniums, S, A. Nutt; fine plants out of
SH-in. pots, $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALUERS GREEN HOUSE, Mlnot,
N, D.

Geraniums, 2-in., $3 per 100. Hall Caine
and Mary Barton, 2-ln., $S. Rabn & Herbert.
110 E. 49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Geranium S. A. Nutt, 2-inch, strong stock, $2
per 100. HENRY MUELLER. Lima. Ohio.

Geraniums, Nutt, Buchner, Ricard, Perkins.
Poltevine, 2-in., $2 per lOU: 3-ln., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, $12.50 per 1,000.
Poitevine and Ricard. $16 per 1,000. A. M.
Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

GLADIOLUS.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Munsell & Harvey, Ashtabula. Ohio.

GREENS.

Greens, Vaughan's Indian Picked Bonqnet
Green; Vaughan's XXX Eastern Holly; box-
wood, laurel, mistletoe, magnolia leaves, win-
ter berries, immortelles, statlce. ruscua, etc.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Greens, dagger and fancy ferns, SOc per
1.000; case of 5.O00. $3.50. Green galax, SOc
per 1,000; case of 10,000, $4. Bronze galax, $4
per case. Green leucothoe, long, $2 per 1,000;
short, $1 per 1,000. Elk Galax & Fern Co..
Banners Elk, N. C.

Greens of all kinds. For prices see page
advertisement elsewhere In this issue. C. E.
Critchell, 32-34-36 East Third St., Cincinnati,
Ohio.

Greens, wild smllax, $2.S0 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen, Ala,

Greens, wild smllax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual m'oss, Edward A. Heaven, Ever-
green, Ala.

Fancy holly. $3 per case. Laurel branctaei,
$2.50 case. Boxwood Sprays, 12c lb. W. Z.
Purnell. Snow Hill, Md.

Greens, WILD SMILAX, $2 per case. Wlii-
tergreen Gardens, Marion, Ala.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangea Otaksa. Mmlerate cost: sell prof-
itably at a moderate price; easily brought Into
bloom; popular, salable, staple. Pot-grown
out-doors all summer; strong branches; good
flower-buds. With 7 to 10 branches. $25 per
100; 5 and 6 branches, $20 per 100; 4 branches,
$15 per 100. New French varieties. $25 per
100. All 6-in. pots. Send that order! Send It
Today! Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark,
New York.

Hydrangeas, all the good French sorts, pot-
grown. 4-ln., $20 per 100; 6-ln. $25. The Stom
& Harrison Co., Palnesvllle. O.

Hydrangea Otaksa, 6 and 7-Inch pot-grown
strong plants, 40c and SOc each. Ernest Rober,
Wilmette, 111.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, 3-ln. pots, $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

IVIES.

English Ivy. ont of 6-ln. pots, np to B ft.
high, $2S per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 B.
49th St., Portland, Ore.

English ivy from field. 20 to 30 inches, (3;
from pots. 30 to 40 Inches, $5 per 100. OHAS.
FROST, Kenilworth, N, J.

Hardy English ivy, 2-ln., $2 per 100; 3-ln.,
$3.. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh.
Md.

ENGLISH IVY. strong 4-lnch. $10 per 100.
HARRY HEINL. West Toledo, Ohio. .

German Ivy, 2V4-ln., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES, fine 4-lnch etock
in full fruit, $10 per 100; $1.50 per doz. Cash,
.70SEPH BANCROFT & SON, Inc.. Cedar Falls,
Iowa. ,

Jerusalem Cherries, 4-lnch pot-grown, strong
plants and well berried. $15 per 100. Cash.
F. Sokol. College St.. Worcester, Mass.

Xmas Cherries, 4-ln., 20c each: $2 per doz.;
3-ln., 35c each; $4 per doz. Holton & Houkel
Co., 462 Milwaukee^ jt.,Mllwankee,_WiB,

Jerusalem cherries. $4 to $12 per ioz. Anton
Schulthels, College Point, L. I., N. T.

<f You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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liHiY OF THE VAIXEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-

gwter. E. Neubert, Waudsbek, nr. Hamburg,
ermany. Apply to Otto Ueinecken, 17 Bal-
tery PI., New York.

From Storage.

Lily of the valley^ Brun's Celebrated Chl-
cago Market Brand. Cold Storage Valley pips
give best results all year round. Order now
for January and February. $20 per l.oixl; 500
for $10.50; 250 for $5.50; $2.50 for 100. Flo-
rists' Money Maker, $18 per l.uOO. Place your
order for valley pips with me and you will be
sure of getting the best at lowest prices.
Choicest cut valley for Christmas. H. N.
Bnina. .^0.^2 W. Madison St.. Chicago.

Lily of the Valley pips, selected cold storage,
full cases (two thousaud or more). $18 per l.Oou;
1.000 pips for $19; 500 for $10; 250 for $5; KiO
for $2.50. J. A. Budlong, 82-86 E. Randolph St.,
Chicago.

Lily of the Valley, cold storage, selected pips,
packed in cases of 250, 5U0 and 1,000 each.
F. B. Plerson, Tarrytown, New York.

Lily of the valley, cold storage, $1.75 per
100; $16 per 1.000. C. C. PoUworth Co.. MU-
waukee. Wis.

MUSHROOM SPAWN

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn.

XTTRSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock: Hill's evergreen window or
porch boxes. Hill's assortment of hardy ever
green trees. Evergreens in mission tubs
Colorado blue spruce. Lee's Eleganta Juniper,
hemlock. For prices see advertisement else
where In this issue. D. Hill Nursery Co,
Box 403, Dundee. 111.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees
slirubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co.M3eneva,_N._Y^

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
blnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

Evergreen. The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee.
m.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
eatabllshed. Lager St, Hurrell, Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

0 to 6. 18 $0.35

6 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

6 to 7. 32 to 34 2.00

6 to 7. 36 3.00

6 to 7. 42 to 44 4.00

6 to 7, 45 to 48.... 5.00
Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FORSTBRIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.
5 to 6. 18 to 20 $0.35

5 to 6. 34 to 36 1.50

6 to 7. 46 to 48 3.50

6 to 7. .50 to 54 5.<iO

6 to 7, 5 to 6y. ft.. 8.00

6 to 7, 6 to 614 ft. 10.00

KENTIA FOESTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-lnch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 . .$1.50

7-lneh pots. 5 plants in a pot. 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-lneh tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 . . 3.00

8-lnch tubs. 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-lnch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-lnch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56.. C.oO

10-lnch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high. 8.<i0

12-lnch tubs. 4 plants In a tub, 5 to 5% ft.10.00

12-lnch tubs. 4 plants In a tub, 6 ft. high. 12.00

Very strong specimens, 12 and 15-inch tubs. 7

plants. $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

6-inch pots, 20 In. high, 26 In. spread $1.50

7-lnch pots, 2 ft. hitib, 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

8-lnch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.
MORTON GROVE. ILL,

4-lnch pots.
d-lnch pots.
^Inch pots.
S-lnch tubs.
8-Inch tubs,
8-inch tubs.

. 4-inch pots.

<J-Inch pots.

8-lnch tubs.

S-inch tubs.

10-lnch tubs.

10-tneh tubs.

Kentla Belmoreana, 4-in.. 35c; 5-In., 75e; 6-in..
tl. C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

Palms, Kentla Bejmoreana. any size you
want. 35c to $10 each. Holton & Hunkel Co.,
462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue. Henry A.
Dreer, 714-716 Chistnut St.. Philadelphia. _Pa.

Palms, Kentla Belmoreana, 6-in., 6-7 leaves,
22 ins. high. $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Eoebelenii. 8-in. pots, 24 ins. high. 26-Inch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-lnch tubs. 24 inches high,
30-lnch spread, $4 each. A. N. Plerson. Inc.,
Cromwell. Conn-

Cocos Weddellana. 2-in.. $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100; $90 per 1.000. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, HI.

Phoenix Canariensis, flne large plants, $7.60
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. Julloa Boehra Co., Rntheri^ord, N. J.

FANDANUS.

Pandanus Veltchll, 4-in., 50c each; 5-in., 75c
each; 6-in., $1 each; 7-in., $1.50. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 482 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee.
Wis.

Pandanus Veltchll, 4-ln.. SOc; 5-ln., 75c to
$1; 6-ln., $1.60; 7-ln., $2 to $2.50. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Pandanus Vcitchii, 4-ln., 35c each; 6-ln.,
73c. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, PORTLAND,
OREGON, offer an Immense crop of superb
"Private Stock" Mastodon Mixed Seedlings, our
Elite Strain. Classy stock plants, per 1,000,
$4; per 5,000, $16. ALL PREPAID ANY-
WHERE, ANY TIME. Mastodon Mixed Seed,
Vi oz., $1; oz.. $7.

PANSIES— ROMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strata that has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection, SOc per
100; $3.50 per 1,000. Express prepaid. C.
HDMFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

Giant Trimardeau Pansies

mixed

colors, fine

plants

$2.50

per

1,00(1;

5.000

for

$10.

Cash.

J. H.

Krone,

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Ark.

PANSIES. strong, stocky plants, ready for
transplanting, $4 per l.ooo. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LONG gREENHODSES, Denver, Colo.

Pansies, $2.50 per 1,000; 5,000 for $10. Elmer
Rawlings. Clean, N. Y.

Pansy plants, $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
niugham. Delaware, O.

Pansy plants. 10 to 12 leaves. $2.50 per
1.000. Globe Greenhouses. Denver. Colo.

PEI/ARGONIUMS.

"EASTER GREETING," the everblooming
Pelargonium, Al 2%-lnch plants ready to shift,
$10 per 100; 50 at lOO rate. Cash. J. N. Span-
abel & Sons, East Palestine, Ohio.

PEPPERS.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-lnch bushy
plants, full of berries. $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey Floral Co., Maywood, 111.

Christmas peppers, 4-in.. 15c each; 6-ln., 25c.
C. H. Frey, Lincoln. Neb.

PERENNIAIiS,

Hardy perennials: Anemone Japonica, hardy
asters, campanulas, hemerocalls. hollyhocks,
perennial phlox, German Iris, Japanese iris.
Oriental poppies, peonies, trltomas. etc. Henry
A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnot St., Philadelphia.

POINSETTIAS.

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS.

3-in., $8 and $10 per 100; 4-ln.. $15, $20 and
$25 per 100. Made-up: 5-in., 35c and SOc;
6-in.. SOc and 7Sc; 7-io., 75c and $1; 8-in..
$1.50 and $2. Cut poinsettlas. $1.50. $2 and
$3 per doz. Ernest Rober. Wllmette, III.

Poinsettlas, pans, 4-in., 25c each; 5-in.. 3
flowers, SOc; 6-in., 3 to 4 flowers, 75c; 7-in.,
4 to 5 flowers. $1: 8-in.. 4 to 5 flowers, $1.25.
The Geo. Wlttbold Co., 737 Buckingham Place.
Chicago.

Poinsettlas. 3-in,. 10c each; 4-ln., 20c to 25c;
5-in.. pans, 3 plants in pan, 40c to SOc; 6-in..
60c; 7-in.. 75c to $1; 8-in., $1 to $1.25; 10-in..
$2. C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1.000 2%-lnch; flne
stock. $5 per 100; $20 for 600. HESS & SWO-
BODA, Omaha, Neb.

Poinsettia Pulcberrima. single, $4 and $5 per
doz.; pans. $1 to $4 each. Anton Schulthels,
College Point. L. I.. N. Y.

POINSETTIAS, 2^4-In., $6 per 100; 4-ln.,
$12.60 per 100. HENRY SMITH. Grand Kap-
i^s^ M Ich^

Polnsettias, choice stock In pans with good
brackets. 75c to $2.50' each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Poinsettlas, full supply of all sizes and com-
binations. Holton & Hunkel Co., 462 Milwau-
kee St.. Milwaukee. Wis.

PRIMULAS.

Primroses: Obconica alba rosea and san-
gulnea, 214-in., $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1.000.
Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware. O.

Primula Obconica, 4-in.. 20c; .?2 per doz.:
5-in., 3.5c each; $1 per doz. Holton & Hunkel
Co.. 4R2 Milwaukee St.. Milwaukee. Wis.

Primula Obconica, 5-in.. in bloom, $25 per
100; 3 in., $6 per 100; 2M-in.. $3 per 100.
Chinensls. 5-in.. in bloom. $25 per 100; 214-in..
$4 per 100: 2-in.. $3 per 100. Malacoides. 3-in..
$6 per liiO: 2-in.. $3 per 100. Ernest Rober,
Wllmette, lU.

Primula obconica, 3-inch. $6 per 100. Mala-
coides, 2!^-inch, $4 per 100; $35 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES, 2V4-ln., $3 per
100; 4-in., $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Primula, giant obconica, 4-ln., 15c; &-ln.. 25c.
C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore. Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett. Little Silver, N. J.

California and Amoor River, any size and
quantity. Valdesian Nurseries. Bostlc, N. C.

RED \VINTER BERRIES.

Red Winter Berries, best quality. A. R.
Fosdick & Co.. Dowaglac, Mich.

ROSES.

Rose Mrs. Moorfield Storey. Own root: $30
per 100; 250, $70; 500, $125; 1,000, $250; 2.500,
$565; 5.000. $1,000; 10,000, $1.8u0. Grafts:
$35 per 100; 250. $82.50; 500. $150; 1,000,
$300; 2,5<10, $690; 5.000. $1,250; 10,000, $2,300.
Eyes: $27 per 100; 250. $62.50; 600, $120;
1.000, $220; 2.500, $490; 5,000, $850; 10,000.
?1,500.

Wabag Rose Conservatories. Natlck, Mass.

Rose Hoosier Beauty, own root: $30 per 100;
.$2.50 per 1,000. Grafted: $35 per 100; $300
per 1,000. Ready March 1. The E. G. Hill
Co., Richmond, Ind. F. Dorner & Sons Co..
Lafayette. Ind.

JRoses, dormant budded, strong plants. Baby
Rambler. $15 per 100; $2 per doz. Tausend-
schon, $15 per lOO; $2 per doz. Bma Teshen-
dorf, $18 per 100; $2.50 per doz. Ellen Paul-
son, new. $25 per 100; $3.50 per doz. Ernest
Rober. Wllmette, 111.

ROSES, My Maryland and Pink KiUarney,
3-ln.. $5 per 100. Kalserln, 4-in., $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Roses on canlna stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries. Gratama Bros. & Co.,
Hoogeveen, Holland. ^

Roses, 1-yr.. 2V4-ln.; 2-yr., 4-in.
Floral Co.. Springfleld. O.

Leedle

Roses. Gratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen,

Holland.

Roses. W. T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

SEEDS.

PANSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin. Sweet, Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif,

Seeds, beet, sweet com, garden beans,
onions sets and seed potatoes. S. D. Wood-
rug & Sons, 82 Dey St., New York.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field com. Edgar F.
Hurff. Swedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field com. George R. Pedrlck &
Son, contract seed growers. Pedricktown. N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish.
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son.
Langport. Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet Flint and Dent Cora, Cucumbers. Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash, West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co.. Waterloo. Neb.

Seeds, peas and beans. Alfred J. Brown Seed
Co.. Grand Rapids. Mich. .

Seeds novelties in flowers and vegetables.
Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc., 125 Chamber o.

Commerce Bldg.._Boston, Mass.

"Seeds, sweet peas: Spencers, grandifloras, etc.
Asters and flower seeds In general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles. Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolelano & Son. Light. Pratt and Elllcott Sts.,
Baltimore. Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.
C. Zvolanek. Lompoc. Callf^ „^__

Seeds, wholesale growers. The KImberlln
i Seed Co., Santa Clara, Calif.

If You Do Not Find wnat You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It,

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The American Florist.

Dec.

12^

Seed, pansy, giant floTvering, $4 per oz. Joa.
H. Cunningham. Delaware, O.

.Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brunnings, P.
O. Box 857. Melbourne, Australia.

Seeds, tomato . seed our specialty.
Seed Co., Santa Ana, Calif.

Baren

Seeds, peas, beans and sweet corn. Sioux
City Seed and Nursery Co. , Sioux City. Iowa.
Seeds. Arthur T. Boddington, New Yorls.
Tomato seed. Wm. Redcay, Lancaster, Fa., R6,

SMIIyAX.

Smilax, 2V4-lnch, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt, Bristol. Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramsburg pinis Snapdragons, bushy plants
from 2-inch pots, $3 per 100. A. T. Hey Moral
Co.. Maywood, 111.

SPIREA.

Spireie Gladstone, white, strong clumps, $1.;^
per doz. ; $8 per 100. Queen Alexandra, pink,
strong clumps. $1.50 per doz.; $10 per luO.
Ernest Rober. Wilmette, 111.

Spirea Gladstone, large clumps. Sc each.
Alexandra, large clumps, 10c. C. C. PoUworth.

Co., Miiwauicee, Wis.

'SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI. 1 to 2 ft. well
branched, $30 per 1.000. Valdesian Nurseries,
Bostlc, N. C.

Spirea Van Houttei, 3 to 4 ft., $8 per 100;
$75 per 1,000. Louis B. Eastburn, Kennett
Square. Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore. Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark. Gaudy, Golden Gate. Her-
mitage. Hundred Dollar, McKlnley, Morning
star. Myrtle Murrell. Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success. Three Ws, U. S.. King Edward, Wm.
Belt, $2 per 100: $16 per 1.000. Chesapeake,
Fendall. Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per l.OiiO.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N. J.

SWAINSONA.

Swalusona, white and plnli, 2in.. $2 per 100;
3-in., $3. R. Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co., White
Manh, Md.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
ids, especially selected for greenhouse * forcing,
seedlings, $1 per 1,000. Strong parsley roots,
100 for $1. Shipment day order received.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO.. Danville. IH.

VINCAS.

VINCA rooted tips, green or Variegata, $1
per 100; $9.50 per l.OiiO. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver. Colo.

Vinca variegata, 3x3% pot, $5 per 100. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

VIOLETS.

VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, fleld-grown,
strong, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Rapids. Mich.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co., St. Louis, Mo.

ASHES.

Hardwood ashes. No. 1 Canadian unleached.
incinerator ashes. Best fertilizer to use. Geo.
Stevens, Peterborough, Ont.. Canada.

BOILERS.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot water beating. Kroeschell Bros,
Co., AWl W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse beating.
Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846 W,
Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers, Giblin standard greenhouse. Giblin
& Co., 901 Broad St., Dtica. N. Y. _

Boiler tubes, 4-inch. 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St.. Chicago.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, (or green-
houses. Nlc. Krier Boiler Works, 2725 N.
Marshfleld Ave.. Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co.. 36th and
Iron Sts.. Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far. 50c
for 1,000, postage paid.

Greenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. CtlJCagO

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.

38-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

Pillsbury Carnation Staples. 1,000 for 35c;
3,000 for $1. I. L. Piiisbury. Gaiesburg, 111.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co.. Chicago^

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton. Ind.

FLOWER COLOBINQ.

THE NATURAL CYACEINE. flower coloring,
yellow, blue, orange, pink, green or American
Beauty, 20c per qt. Sent to you by mail.
C. K. Cranston, 148 Orchard St., Auburn. H. I.

GOLD FISH.

TRY US on Gold Fish, Aquariums and Globes.
The J. N. McCullough'3 Sons Co., 316 Walnut
St., Cincinnati, O.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansla
Ave.. CbicagOt 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Green house construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dietscb
Co.. 2642 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spaul-
ding Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
Ing Co.. Pes Plaines. III.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sasb. pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O*

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid — N I CO-FUME— Paper, for thrips, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc., LouisvlHe,

Ky^

Terra Cotta grass heads in three designs and
two sizes. Partridge berry bowls, fish globes.
Imported tanks, aquaria ornaments, etc. Nlch-

olas Wapler. 28 Warren St., New York.

"AphTue, $1 per qt.^ $2.50 per gal. Fungine,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine. $1 per qt..
$3 per gal. Scallne, 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.: 10 gals., $10. Nikotiana. $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. C0j^,_Madisqn, N. J.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay

& Son, Stratford. London. England.

~Nicotine. The GrasselU Chemical Co., Cleve-
land. Pittsburgh, St. Louis. New York. Cin-
cinnati. St. Paul. Boston, Detroit. Birmingham,

Chicago. Milwaukee. New Orleans. .

^Pesto Pruning Shears. The Peck. Stow &
Wilcox Company, Southlngton, Conn., and
Cleveland. Ohio. ^ L

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St., KcDd a 1 Iville. Ind.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond, Ind.

Ireer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses ^

Drive easy and true, becaasb
both bevels are oa the same
tide. Can't twist and break
the elass ia drivine. Galvan-
ized and will not rust. No
rlgbts or lefts.
The Peerless Glazing Poii
It patented. Noothers like
ll. Order from your deale^
or diiect from □$.
1000, 7Sc. postpaid. {
Simples free.
EENRT A. DREEB.I
714 CbeBtnot Btreet^

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hall Association has paid 2000
losses amoanting to a total of $282,000.00
For fall particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER. Saddle Rivef. ». i

PRINTING

Letterbeads Envelopes, Billheads, StatemHti.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed EDvelopes,
Plate Making and Color Work.

Bortiam & Gtiapline Printery

542 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

NTKOTEEN.

Nikotccn, 30% strength for spraying. Nlco-
tlne Mtg. Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers, $1 per doz., by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids.
Iowa.

STAKES.

Cane staUes. standard grade, 6 to 8 feet,
per 100, 85c; 500, $3; $5.60 per l.OOO.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
1,000, ?5, Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

Floral designs, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy works, lamp ahad*
frames. Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St..
Cleveland. Ohio.

Florists' Wire Worl! at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros., 1008 Vine St., Philadelphia, P«.

If You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

jgi4.

The American Florist.

1139

''Has Them AU Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worlds,

846-848 W. Superior St.. Chicago, lU.

Iron Reservoir Vases

and

Lawn Settees

The McDonald Foundry

Columbus, Ohio.

WRFTE FOR CATALOG AND PRICES

Siabart's Zinc
GlasinB Poiata.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust.
ea87 to drive, H and \
inch. Perlb. 40c.5-lbt.
$1.85. 20-lbs.. $7.00

Vaughan's
Seed Stora
Chicago New York
Jlention the American Florist when ujrUIng
[..

Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD
OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS.

We solicit your inquiries.

THE CAMP CONDUIT Ca

liannlacturers, CLEVELAND.

Mention the American Florist when writing

GLASS

W« are Uaderi. Larra stock, rood prka*.

SflARP, PARTRID6E & CO.

CmcAOO. ILLINOIS.

I

NEW KROESCHELL

Hot Water and Steam

QUICKEST HEAT PRODUCER EVER DESIGNED.

For Cottages, Residences, Apartment Buildings,

Conservatories, Garages, Poultry Houses.

Send for Catalogue.

Kroeschell Bros. Co., 425 W. Erie St., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when loritlng

Greenhouse Glass

Try our "Columbus Brand" of
GLASS on your next house.

HEAVY in thickness
GOOD QUALITY

No Breakage
LOW PRICES

THE WM. GLENNY GLASS CO.,

16 W. Commerce St., CINCINNATI, OHIO.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPKESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

1140

The American Florist.

Dec.

12,

Established 1765

FOR ••F»OTr i-UOi«»» USE

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

POT MAKERS
FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF.

AND RED EARTHENWARE SPECIALTIES.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WORLD'S LARGEST
MANUFACTURERS.

WAREHOUSES:
Cambridge, Mass. Long Island City.N.T.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

456 4H-in., crate, $5.24
320 5 '■ 4.51

210 5>4 ■' 3.78

144 6 •■ 3.16

120 7 " 4.20

60 8 " 3.00

Cao be ibipped at an hour'a Dotice. Price per
crate: „, „

2000 IH In., crate, $6.00
1500 2 •■ 4.88

1500 2Vi ■• 5.25

1500 2H ■• 6.00

10003 •; 5.00

HILFIH6ER BROS. POTTERY, Tw^tork?

Andnst Rolker a Sons, 51 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Oar SpecialtT: Long Distance and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes from 2 m. to 6 in.

Ask your dealer for them.

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM. MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on large orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breitschwenh, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Full size and wide bottoms,
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT MT'Y
HARRY BALSLEY, Detroit. MIch.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Uvntion th,e A-merlcan Florist when wrlUng

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagner Plant Boxei

I ire the best and cbeapeit io the

I market for palms, boxwood. bay

I trees, etc. They are attractive io

I desiffD, strcne and durable suit-

I able for either iadoor or outdoor

use. Made of cypress wbicb

srives them a laatiDg quality.

We mauufacture Tarioui siylei

sod sizes. Write (or prices.

Wailncr Fark Concervatortcft. Sidney. Ohio

Mention the American Flori9t when toriting

iSSi RED POTS

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea PotS, Han^inft Baskets and other
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous "Moss AztCC" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co,

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVUJ.E, O.

New York Office, 25 W,

Chicago Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
BROADWAY.

Flower and Vegetable Waterproof

Vaughan's Seed Store, Agents,

waterproof. CHICAGO and NEW YORK.

Don't Break, ,, .u j »u . a u ■

Cost Little. Miippers may use ttiem and save ttieir customers many dollars in express charges.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

Manafactnrera ot

Red Pots

Before boyinr write for price*

2«14-2022 Heradoa St„

CHICAGO

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Wharton St.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.; Branch, Long Island City, N. Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write for Prices and New CataloEUe.

Standard Flower Pots

PorositT and Strength
Unaurpassed.

Write (or pricea.

A. F."ROHR

2934-39-38 N. Lcavltt St..

CHKAOO

FLOWER COLORS

I'st- (>ur

COLOR CHART

in describing them.
PRICE, $1.00, POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

Buy Your

Pots Here

The Best Pot

The Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

Send for Price List

C. C. Poll worth Co., Tcir

Florlat !!<pecialtln

New Braad New Style.

Hose "RIVERTON'

Furnished in lengths op

to 500 ft. without team a

joint.

TheUOSBfortkeFLOUn

^-inch per ft., 15 c.

Keel of^ 500ft., " I4X*

a ReeU, 1000 ft., " 14 '

K-inch, " '^ «

ReeU, 500 ft., " "»«

Couplings furnished.

HENRY A. OREER,

714 Chestnut St.,

PHIL.ADBLPHIA. 1*4.

Kramer's Pot Hangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmen. Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. $l.f)0 per dozen by express. Ssmpli

dozen by mail, $1.25.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

i9'-i-

The American Florist.

1141

fireenhonse Materials
Louslana Cypress

Washington Red Cedar ig—

Hotbed Sash
HaveVog Seen Onr Best?
Once Tried==Always Used

SANTA Q

Will be very good to you at Christmas, 1915, if you place this season's order for your ranire
with us. Our houses are modern convenient and lasting and are recognized as the
best houses to build by conservative growers everywhere. There are many of our ranees
stretched out all over the country that were built many years ago and that are still in the
best of condition, and are the best advertisements that we have today Nine times out of
ten the growers who first had our houses invariably order our materials when adding to

SFRV^CF^'nd' niFTSPH Mf^^^^^ 'p'^ '"■" perfectly satisfied with DIETSCH

SERVICE and DIETSCH MATERIAL. Remember we said Santa Claus would be
good to you at Christmas, 1915. if you use our materials in your next building.
WRITE US TO-DAY FOR SKETCHES AND ESTIMATE

A. DIETSCH COMPANY, ^StcMTom^SI

Mention the American Florist when icriting

ADVANCE material is
considered the best
that can be purchased
and our line of

Ventilating

Apparatus and
Greenhouse
Fittings

IS complete and guaranteed
in every respect. Send for
our catalogue today .

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

puopazed Sash

Mention the Ametican Florist when writing

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and you will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION GO. I

29 King's Road, N. Tonawanda. N. Y. I

ttmtion the American FlnHst when writinp

Mean Earlier Planting
"And Surer Crops.

For the gardener, the farmer or the borne owner.
Plant a month or six weeks earlier. Get well-grown
plants into the ground when others are only planting
seeds. Raise vegetables all winter.

Double Glass Forms Air Chamber— Keeps Out Frost.

otects your plants same as double wall protects your house.
Frost cannot penetrate even on coldest days. No covering required.
Saves J ou all the labor and expense of covering boards and admits
all possible liaht. Made of genuine Louisiana Red Cypress. 1?j inches
Top panes are lapped and secured

lifetime

thick, with exf!* heavv tenons

ir place with Duo-Glaze Lock Strip'. Will last

putlv. sorik'S or sp'ing«. Pov can install.

Write (or Special Catalog. Shnws how Duo-Glazed Sash
are made and proves that it will PAY YOU to h^ve them

Callahan Duo-Glazed Sash Co,, 7/ Wyandot St., Daylon.O.

Mention the American tlorist when writing

k. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

— Send For Prices —

404-412 Eati 34tk Si . NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when loriting

EAGLE WIRE WORKS

Manufacturers of

Floral Designs, Wire Window

Guards. Office Railings,

and all Fancy Works

2338 Ontario St., Cleveland, Ohio

Mention the American Florist when writing

1142

The American Florist.

Dec.

I2l

The Aphini Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Florists and Gardeners

Manufacturers of

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray remedy for green, black, white fly,
red spider, thiips, mealy b'jp and soft scale.

FUNGINE

An infallib'e spray remedy for rose mildew,
carnation and chrysanthemum rust.

VERMINE

A soil sterilizer (or cut. eei. wire and angle
worms.

SCALINE

A scalicide and fungicide combined for San
Jose and various so -le on trees and hardy
stock, and various bliehts which affect them.

"40% NICOTINE"

A free nicotine, 4056 strength, for spraying

and vaporizing.

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
fumigating and vaporizing.

If you cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order and
we will ship immediately througb our
nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. J.

M. C. Ebel.
Treasurer.

Geo. a. BuRNisTON.
President.

(

^iSiiB^ia:

i

tlflNURES

-^ ::>

i

Unequa
lar

THE PULV

32 UNior

led for greenhc
idscape fertillzi

ERIZED MANURE
1 STOCK YARDS,

use and
ng.

. COMPANY
CHICAGO

EVERYTHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

■ote. Wire, Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools, Glass.
Spcdl] Agent f«r Winrd Brand Majnres and Duibg's FertiBvt.

Walter S. McGee,

Phone Hyde Parli 5679
•327 nXIS AVE.. CHICAaO, ILL.

The best equipment and labor saving devices
combined with strict economy, enable us to quote the
lowest prices for the best material.

Order whatever you need, either for repairs

or new houses. We will quote you the prices,

We Paying The Freight or aUo the Net Prices

and you to pay the freight.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

Greenhouse Material, Hotbed Sash

2340 WABANSIA AVE. (near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO.

C-L-A-Y-&-'-S

These simple symbols spell CERTAIN SUCCESS

CLAY'S FERTILIZER, the Standard Plant Fo"d. is Safe.
Sure, Quick — yet Continuous— in .Action, and Economical.

Manufactured by

CLAY & SON, Stratford, London, England

NIKOTEEN For Spraying

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating {

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.j

Our Manures are

the direct result of many

■ years practical experiences in '-

~all branches of pardenintr. "^ ~

^E^ Our Vine, Plant and Vegetable ^^

^ Manure is unrivaled for all truit =

— bearin^-^ foliage and HowerinK plants, ■^
r lawns. veiretabVs etc. etc. r:

- Our Special Chrysanthemnm and Top- =
: dressing Manure is an excellent stimulant ':
' for all pot plants during the Brewing: season ■
: Sold by All Leading American Seeds- :
: men; freij;rlfl paid on quantiti»'s: liberal :
E terms to retailers: write for our Special £
= offer tothe American trade;apent'scir- £
=. culars. pamphlets, etc, to sole ~
=- makers: — j=

Wm. Thomson & Sons,

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, Postpaid.

American Florist Company

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

fireenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stoclts of
tbeworld's largest Building Material Uepartment.
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittinKS, glass, overnauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of out
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Clllcago.

XJ-41— Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. sire ]

lHx2H 100 running ft t 2.15 1

XJ-42 — Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
lHx2H. 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber tor green-
houses, etc.. 1 in.stock.ptr 1000ft.. bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44 — No. 1 Cypress, 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S. per 1000 ft.. bd, meas 27.00 ,

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash. IH-in. 1 3 ft. 1

x6ft., without glass. 12 or more, each n i

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above. «

with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each 1.SB s

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports 1

and all purpose use: lengths from SO to 200 '.

ft.; in 1001b. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boileri
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owner)

Cliicago House Wreddng Co.,

3Bth and Iron Sts., Chicatfo

Mention the American Florist when iorltlnff

The Regan Printing House

LARGI RUNS Or

CATALOGUES!

OUR SPECIALTY ^

WRITB FOR PRICKS.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO. 1

Mention the American Florltt iohen vrltlnt '\

The American Florist.

1143

Save 10% to 20% on Your Greenhouse

We have acquired more business through recommendations from thoroughly sat-
isfied customers than through our advertising. We thrive on repeat orders. We

have tripled our business in one year. We have received
absolutely no correspondence expressing dissatisfaction
on price, delivery or quality of construction.

WILLENS CONSTRUCTION CO.

There's a Reason

If you contemplate building,
let us send a capable repre-
sentative to see you without
cost to yoa. We make this
•ff er because of our implicit
confidence in our material
and service. Write us today.

I "We Understand Our Business Thoroughly" |

Long Distance Phones:
Lawndale 7S7-Harrlson 7073

1527 S. Spaulding Ave., Chicago

A STIC A

USE IT wow.

F.O.PiERGECO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW VORK

astica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
>n and contractiOD. Putty becomes bard and
'ittle. Brolcen glass easily removed witbout
eakinfir of other glass, as occurs with hard putty.
i«ts Innee'- than outtv Kasv to aoolv

Soilers

For GREENHOUSES

OFBIOH
ORADEi.

M The principle — Two layers of glass with a ^s-irKh layer of dry still air

Get ready for your winter garden

Glass must be used whether you garden for profit or simply to enjoy

nai/incT V j^(T*>tn r\l#«c ^TiH t1 <-\iii7<»t-c tMjri»>n thdr nt-t* n liiviir»r nn/l c«*ll nirrn

Glass must be used whether you garden for profit or simply to enjoy
having vegetables and flowers when they are a luxury and sell high.

And you must have Sunlight Double Glass Sash if you want to g;ct the
best results at the least cost of money and labor. They have become the
standard throughout the best and largest gardens in the country for very
good reasons: — •

Three reasons why

1 The air space enclosed belween the two
layers of glass makes a transparent cover
that affords better protection than the mats
and shiitiers on the old single sash. And,
it never has to be put on and otT. It is
always there though invisible.

2 This air space saves more than one half the
labor.

3 It makes far earlier and stronger plants.

Our inexpensive greenhouse

A handy man can set it up in a few hours.

It is framed of cypress and covered (op and
sides with Sunlight Double Glass Sash which
can be removed at will for use elsewhere or
for repairs.

Get our free catalogue

// gives full Particulars. If Professor
Massey's booklet on hot-beds, cold frames
and a small greenhouse is wanted send 4c in
stamps.

Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co<
934 £■ Broadway Louisville* Ky.

Mention the American Florist when writing

See Our Catalogue.

?^,?«; GIBLIN & bO., Utiea, N. Y.

Wired
Tootiipicks

10.000 S1.75: 50 000 $7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

Samole free. For sale br dealers.

ilwaUC mention The American Florist
AlWdjO when writing.

A "RED DEVIL" WITH SEVEN WHEELS

A magazine cutter with a hardwood handle in
which are si.\ extra steel wfeels. A reserve »beel
always ready in case ol accident A "Red Devil"
Bla«s cutter you should have in your greenhouse
for cuttine any kind of glass— your local hardware
roan sells them. Ask for "Red Devil " No. 5. but
get the genuine. Send us ten 2c stamps and we
will send vou ONE only as a sample.

SMITH S HEMENWAY CO.,
170 Chambers Street, NEW YORK.

Mention the American Florist when writins;

1144

The Americai\ Florist.

Dec.

12.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The. ..1141

Allen J K; 1109 1111

Alpha Kloral Co. . 1115
.^mencan Spawn Coll28

Amlins E C Co 1105

.Anderson S A 1115

.Angermueller G H

1104 1106

Aphine Mfg Co 1142

Archias Floral Co.. 1118
.Aschmann Godfrey. 1* W
Atlanta Floral Co... 1 116

Auto Car Co 1113

Barnard VV W Co..lUSi
.Ba8sett& Wash burn 1093
Batavia Greenhouse

Co 1105

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Bauscher John 1117

Beaven t, A. ..1096 11 4

Begerow's 1110

BersrerBros 11U7

BerninK H G 1106

Blackistone Z D...11I7

Boddiogion AT 1124

Bodger ] & Sons Coll21

Boiand J B Co Ills

BolKMnoJ&Son8...1l22

BratK Ross IIH

Bramley & Son 1118

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 1120

Breitmeyer's I Sons.lllh
Brown .Alfred J Seed

Co 1120

Brown Bros & Co. .11 8

Brunning F H 1124

Bruns H N 1122

Bryan Alonzo J... 1H3
Buchbinder Bros... 1103
Buckbee H W ..1118
Budlont: J A. ..1105 1122
Burpee W A & i^o ,1123
Caldwell theWooH.

man Co. 1(98 1100

California Florists. II 18
Cat Seed Growers .. 1121
Callahan Duo-

G.azedSash Co ..1141
CamD Conduit C" 1139
Carter'sTestedSds.UJl
Chicago Cam Co

11102 1103
Chicago Flexible

ShaftCo 1112

Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 1088

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 1142

Clark E B Seed Co 1122
Clarke's Sons Davioll i7

Clay & Son 1142

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 1117

Coles WW 11.8

conard & Jones Co. 1126

Cooke Geo H 1115

Cottage Gardens... 1131

Cowee W J 1143

Coy H C Seed Co.. 1U4

Coyle Jas UO^j

Craig K.oot Co 11^7

CritchellC E..1091 II 07
Cunningham Jos H.11^2

DardsChas 1116

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 1126

Denton Floral Co. .1118
Detroit Fiower f ot

Mfg Co 1140

Dietsch A & Co.... 1141
Diller CaBkey&

Keen IV

DornerF& Sons Co 1133
Dreer H \
....1119 1132 1138 1140

Duerr i.has A 1118

Duluth Floral Co. ..Ills
Dunlop John H.... 1117
Eagle Wire Works 1141
Edwards Fo d Box. 1144
Elk Galax & Fern

Co Ill*

Emmans Geo M... 11 4
Erne & Klingel.... 1036

Evres H G ..1117

Fischer Alfred C ...11 9
Fish Henry Seed Ctll25

Fisher Peter 1133

Flower Growers
Corporation 1105

Florists' Hail .Assn. 1138
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 1109 1110

Ford William P....llu8
Frank Floral

Co 1090 1092

Franzen FO 1132

freeman Mrs J B . 1118

Frey C H 1118 lliO

Frey & Frey 1117

Friedman 1115

Froment H E..1109 1 10

Furrow & Co 1118

Galvin Xhos F 1117

Gardiner Alex C .. .1117

Garland Mfg Co Ill

Gasser J M Co 1117

liiblin & Co.. 1143

Glenny Wm Glass

Co.... 1119

Globe Greenhouses 1132
lorbam & Cbaonm 1158
Graham A & Son. ..1115
Grand Kapids

Floral Co 1118

Gratama Bros & Col 126

■ ude Bros 1116

GunterbergM C lu96

Guttman & Kaynnr

„IInc) 1109 nil

Hardesty & Co 1115

Harley Pottery Co. .1140

Hart George B 1109

Haven Seed CoThe1121
Heacock Jos Co ... li S2
Heinl John G&Sonlll8
HendersonA&Co... I
Henderson Lewis.. 11 18

Herr Albert M 1133

Herrmann A IHI

Hess & Swoboda...l1l6
Hews A H &CO....1140

Hilfinger Bros 1140

Hill D Nursery Co..lo83

Hoerber Bros 1096

HoBmeisterFlo Co 1107

Holm & Olson UK,

Holton & Hunkel

,S-° 1084 1105

Home Cor School.. IV
Horticultural Adv. .1133

Hurft Edgar F 1122

Ickes-Braun MillColl42

Igoe Bros 1 144

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 1144
Isbell S.M & Co. ..1125
Jackson & Perkins. .1126

Jones Percy 10'7

Joy Floral Co 1118

Kasting W FCo ... I
Keller Geo & Sons. 11 40

Keller Sons J B I1I8

Kellogg Geo M 1117

Xelway & Son 1122

Kennicott Bros

Co 1086 1105

Ky Tobacco Pro Co

3rd Special Co\ er

Kervan Co The 1109

Kessler Wm UoV

KimberlinSeed Co. 1121
King Construct Co. 11*1

Kohr A F 1140

Komada Bros 1144

Kramer 1 N & Son. .1140
Kroeschell Bros Co. 1 159

Kruchten John 1092

Kuebn C A I106

Kubl Geo A 1132

Kyle & Foerster. . 1105
LaCrosse Floral Co 1116
Landreth Seed Co. 1124
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co : 1118

Lange A 1115

LeboriusJJ 1117

Lecakes N & Co.... 1109
Leedle Floral 1,0 ...1132
Leonard Seed Co... 1121
Lockland Lum Co ,1I.-9
Lord& Burnham C0II43

Lovett J T 11 '6

McCallum Co Ii07

McConnell Alex. ...1115
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co II

McDonald Fou'dry.1139
McGee Walters... 1142
McNelf-Swenson Ct 1 .05
Matthews the Flo'stI115
MatlhewsonJ E 1116

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May &Co LL 1116

Meconi Paul 1109

Memphis Flo Shop, li 18

MestbergG 1108

Metaine KidgeNursllH

Mette Henry 1128

MillansJos A 1110

Moninger J C Co

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Exchange Ltd.... 1108
Moore, Hentz &

Nash 1108

Murehead Mfe Co... IV
Ml Mitchell Dec
Evergreen Co .... 1114

Murray SamOel 1110

Myers Florist Ills

Nat Flo B of Trade. 1144
Nelson Hugh H....1109
N Y L-ut blower tx 1109
Nicotine Mfg Co. ...1142
Niessen Leo Co ... 1107
Ostertag Bros ... .1117

Palez Paul M IIH

Palmer W J & Son .1116

Park Floral Co Ulb

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 1132

Peck-Mow Wil Co.. Ill
Pedrick Ij K«£ son. 1125

Peirce E Allan IHO

Peters & Reed Poty 1140

Phillips Bros 1118

Pierce FO Co IM*

Pierson A N (Inc)..1130
Pierson F R Co.... 1
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 1120

Pil^es Peak Flo Co.. 1118

Pillsbury 1 L 1144

Podesta&Baldoccbilll?
Poehlmann Bros Co

1088 1094 1095

PoUworth I, C Co

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Portland Flo Stor^. 1117
Pulverized Manure

Co 1142

Purnell W Z 1114

uuaker City Machine

Works 1144

Raedlein Basket C-<

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Rahn & Herbert..., 1130
Randall A L Co, ...1105
Randolph & Mr-
Clements. .. ,1115 1144

Rawlings Elmer 1133

Ready Reference... 1135

Reed & Keller 1144

Regan Ptg House.. 1142

Reid Edw 1107

Reinberg Geo 1105

Reinberg Peter 1099 1125

Renter's 1115

Kice Bros 1106

Rice Co. M 1109

Robinson J C Seed

Co 1124

Rock WmLFIwrColUS
Rohnert Waldo.... 1125
Rolker Aug & Sons,1126

Rosaia Silvio Co 1105

Koutzahn Seed Co .1124

Rusch G&Co 1106

Rye George 1118

Schilder Bros 1123

Schiller, the Florist. 1118
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son 1144

Scbling Max 1116

-;chmidt J C 11.50

Schulthiis Anton ..1150
scbwake Chas fit Col 105

Sefton Mfg Co 1104

sharp Partridge &

Co 1159

Sheridan Walter F.l 09

Shinn Warren 1125

jiebrecht George r

XI09 1110

-immons & Son 1118

Sinner Bros li.98

Sioux City Seed &

Nursery C(.i - . . .- .1124
Situation & Wants, nt-l
SkidelskySS&Co.-. 1121

Sluis&Groot 1124

Small J H &Sons...lll5
smith A W &Co..,in7

smithE D&Co 1129

Smith & Hemenway 114 5

Smith Henry 1118

Smith Wm C Flo

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Smith W&T Co I

Smith & Young Co, 1105
%outh Park Flo'l Co II
Storrs & Harri8nn..1150
StumppGEM 1114 1117
Sunliyht DbleGiass

sash Co 1143

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. 11 59
Syracuse Pot'ry Co. 1140
Thompson J D

Carnation Co 1133

Thomson Wm &

Sons 1142

fhorburn J M & Coll22

TottyChasH 1128

Traendlv&SchencklK)9

Trepel C C Ii09

United Cut Flwr CoU'fl
Vaughan A L & Co 1089
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Vlck's Sods J imes..ll24
Vincent R Jr&Sons

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Waban Rose Cons. .1132
Wagner Park Cons 1140

WaiteF W 1144

Wallace FD IV

Weber F H 1116

Weiland M 1118

Weiland & Risrh 1133
Welch Bro8Col082 1107
Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 1121

Whilldin Pottery ColHO
Whitted Floral Co. .111=;
Wietor Bros... 1 101 1105
Willens Cons Co. ..1143
Wilmore W W Jr.. .1114
Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 1106

Wiftbold GCol087 1115
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 1118
Wood Bros ... 110
Woodruff SSonsSD1 124
Yokohama Nurs Ci 1124
Young A L&Co..,11'9

Young John 1108

Young Sam 11 '15

voung & Nugent,. 1115
/tech & Mann. 1098 1105

Ziska Jos HOI

Zvolanek Anton C..1122

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Vol. XLlll.

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No. 1385

[heAmerican Florist

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis,
Minn., President: P. Welch. Boston. Mass., Vice-
President; John Young. 53 W. 2Hth St.. New
York, Secretary; Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y..
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch. Boston, Mass.,
President; Dan MacKosie. san Francisco. Calif.,
Vice-President; Iohn Young, New York'. Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo. N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19. 1915.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo. N. v.. January .'7 28. 1915. S. J. God-
dard, Framingnam, Mass.. President; A. F. J.
Baur, Thirty ;ighth St. and Rockwood Ave.,
Indianapolis, (nd.. Secretary.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

.Annual convention and exhibition at Newport,
R. I., Ju y 8 9. 1915. L. L. Morse San Francisco,
Calif., President; Harry A. Bunyard. 342 W.
Fourteenth street. New York. Secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
Annual convention and, exhibition at Cleve-
0., November. 1915 Wm. Klbinheinz, Ogontz,
Pa. President; C. W. Johnson, Morgan Park.
Chir.ago. Secretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Next annual meeting. San Francisco Calif.,
1915. GusTAVE X. Amrhvn. New Haven. Conn.,
President; Roland Coterill. Seattle. Wash.,
Secretary-Treasurer.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Wallace R. Pierson. Cromwell. Conn.. Presi-
lent: Robt. Pyle. Westgrove. Pa.. Vice-President.
Benjamin Hammond. Fishkill on Hudson. NY.
5ecretarv.

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

Selling the Stock.

The plants and flowers for ihe holi-
day sales have been raised or procured
and upon their being properly sold and
delivered depends the succe.ss of all
the labor which has been expended.
Every dealer during the three days
before Christmas will do as much
business as is ordinarily done in a
month. It is therefore necessary that
this should be done in a systematic
manner in order that the business may
be successful. Poor business methods
at this time will often result in the
loss of some steady customers or pros-
pective business on account of the dis-
satisfaction that will result unless the
smallest details are looked after. The
question of help is one of the first
matters. It may be possible in some
places to procure extra efficient help,
but in the majority of cases the en-
tire selling will fall upon the regular
force. Where extra help is employed,
every plant and other article possible
should have a tag with the price
plainly marked, so that the salesman
can immediately tell the customers the
price, or much time will be lost by
running back and forth and interrupt-
ing the proprietor with questions re-
garding the value. The booking and
filing of orders must be strictly and
accurately attended to. The handling
of stock should receive the most care-
ful attention, and the manner of plac-
ing it before the customers is often
the making or losing of a sale. Many
salesmen will complete the sale of a
plant by properly showing it to the
customers. There is always a better
side to a plant and the salesman who
knows how will always keep this side
toward the customer's view, and a
plant always looks larger when placed
alone, so that taking it from the
bench or collection and setting by
itself will show it off much more ad-
vantageously. When a plant is sold
it should be immediately marked and
set aside, for it is poor business to
allow the customer to think that he
will not get the plant he has bought
or that the same plant may be sold to
another. The proprietor must keep a
watchful eye all the time upon the

salesman and other employes and see
that every customer is properly served.
Many customers prefer to buy of the
one with whom they have always dealt,
and in this case extra help will some-
times become insistent to wait upon
them. This should be guarded against,
for if the customer is willing to wait
for the one he prefers to have serve
him it is good business policy to see
that his wishes are gratified.

Packlnjf and Wrapping:.

So many of the flowers and plants
sold at Christmas are presents made
by one person to another that it is
necessary that great care should be
taken in having them packed and done
up safely and in a proper manner.
Nice boxes, well lined with paralEne
paper, are the first necessity in all up-
to-date stores. The arranging of the
cut flowers in the box should be done
in an artistic manner, for the first im-
pression on opening the box is very
lasting, and a well arranged box, even
of poorer stock, is preferable to one
containing the highest grade carelessly
put up. Under no circumstances for-
get the card. This has caused more
trouble and lost more good customers
than any one small detail, for it is a
piece of carelessness that cannot be
explained and is not easily forgiven.
A sprig of mistletoe or a spray of
holly placed on the top of the flowers
is always appreciated, and a pansy or
one or two violets or other small
flowers tied on the card with a gold
cord or baby ribbon is very attract-
ive and made a great feature by many
progressive dealers. The box should be
wrapped in enough thicknesses of pa-
per to insure its delivery safe from
frost. There is nothing more unsatis-
factory than to receive a box of cut
flowers in a frozen condition or to hear
that the present arrived in that shape.
This is easily guarded against and a
thing that should never occur. Above
all things, do not ship any flowers that
are not fresh. As a rule, the custom-
ers have paid good prices and are en-
titled to first-class stock, and it Is
nothing short of robbery to take their
money and send them worthless goods.

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The plants should be wrapped neatly
and with paper enough to be sure
that they, will not be touched by frost.
A little practice, with care, will soon
teach one how to do this and make
a neat package. Too often plants are
so carelessly wrapped that they make
a disgraceful package when left at the
door. Six to eight thicknesses of news-
paper, with a clean, plain paper out-
side, are none too mucji during the
cold weather and more if the tempera-
ture is at all low. The dealer must
remember that most of the plants
brought into flower for the holidays
are grown in a very warm tempera-
ture and chill easily. Plants with
fibwers that are easily bruised should
be first wrapped with a sheet of cot-
ton batting before being wrapped with
paper. The delivery bo.vs should be
cautioned not to place the plants on
tite frozen ground or snow. Many
fine plants are ruined by this thought-
less act of the men or boys delivering
them. These small details are neces-
sary and should be carefully watched
during the holiday trade.

Business Systems.

During the holiday rush it is neces-
.sary that some system should be
adopted that -wJ'l be sure to fulfill the
wants of tl / customer. While the
business in siuall places may be car-
ried on during much of the year de-
pending a great deal on the memory
of those in charge, at this time this
should not be attempted, but every-
thing written down and so placed that
any one of the force can immediately
find it. One of the best methods that
has come to our attention is adopted
by many stores, the details being
changed more or less to suit the pro-
prietor's fancy. A supply of large en-
velopes is secured, and when an order
is received and properly written on
the order blank, it is passed to one
who has charge of this work, and the
order copied in the order book. It is
best to have a I>ook for each day. The
order is then placed in one of the enve-
lopes, with the tag with the address
written theret)n, and if there is a card
or a ril)bon to be used with the order
this is also placed in the envelope.
These envelopes are then placed in a
pigeon-hole or hung on a hook that is
labeled for the day of delivery. Any
order that is to be delivered at a spe-
cial hour should have a distinguishing
mark that will surely attract the at-
tention of the one that is to put the
order up or the one who has charge of
the delivery. This system ban be so
modified as to be applied to a small or
large business and will result in recti-
fying many mistakes that are often
made during this busy season. These
envelopes can be handed to those who
put up the flowers or wrap the plants.
The matter of delivery should also be
systematized, and one should be placed
in charge of this important iiart. Un-
less this is done the delivery will be
very expensive. The placing together
tif all iiuikages going in the same di-
rection when wrapped will save many
'journeys and facilitate the work.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Condncted by Robt. Kilt, Philadelphia, Pa.

Faribault, Minn. — Carl Holquist has
opened a greenhouse on Second street.

RocilKSTKU. N. Y. — More than 50
members of the horticultural class of
Cornell University were tendered a
banquet December II at the Osburn
House, by the Rochester Florists' As-
-sociation. The banquet followed an
all-day inspection of the park flower
and the truck gardening sectiVms of
Irondequoit.

The Pillow,

SEE SUPPLEMENT WITH THIS ISSUE.

One Of the formal designs to stand
the test of time is the pillow. Every
cutflower store that carries a line of
frames is sure to include this emblem
in its various sizes. From 16 to 24
inches are most used, as the price
agrees with the majority of purses.
The frame should be open top, so that
the moss can be easily laid in and
the frame mossed high or low as de-
sired, using a bobbin of light wire to
tie it on. It is well to have a line of
frames with folding, feet, they being
so much easier to pack when shipped
out of town. The pillow is often se-
lected on account of its broad, flat
surface, which makes a good back-
ground for ah inscription. Very often
the words desired are too numerous for
the space and gummed letters are at-
tached to ribbon streamers which are
fastened to the upper left corner, and
spread out over the flowers. Letters
are often required to be made of nat-
ural flowers, which is always tedious
work. Some stem each floret and work
the letters out* as they put them in,
but one must judge the distance nicely
or the work has all to be done over.
The best way is to twist wire letters
of 21 wire, with feet, and 'bind the
flowers on with fine hair wire. Violets

and heliotrope in , winter, and aster
flowers in summer, these latter taken
apart, can be made into very fair
letters. A little trimming with the
scissors will sharpen up the edges and
make them more legible. The coral,
the block immortelle and twisted
chenille are the standard artificial let-
ters. Very good work can he made
of chenille, there being several thick-
nesses for large or small script. It is
not diflicult when one ohce gets the
knack of it.

As to the arrangement of the flowers
in the design, there are innumerable
ways and effects that can be worked
out. As a rule the frame should be
mossed rather high, as then the flow-
ers stand out better. Probably one
pillow out of four has a calla or Easter
lily at each corner. Well, if four such
flowers must be used here, let them be
drawn in a little and place below them
a spray of three or more roses or the
same in carnations, one behind the
other, or a pendant spray of other
flowers that will carry out the corners
to a curved and tapering point, and
the effect will be much better. The lines
of the curves of the top and bottom
and ends should always be worked out.
as a square effect often gi\es a clumsy
appearance- Where there is to be an
inscription a good space should be left
for It. This can be in the center or
to the right or left, and a good plan
is to start it a little to the left of
the center and continue to the right.
In this case a raised garland across

NEW ROSE MRS. MOORFIELD STOREY.

I'hc Color is u Shell I'Ink Deepening Towatd the Center Wilh the Laree Smooth I'e tals Tippc'l
Dc-ep Koae. Olferi'd hv the VViihiin Rose ('iins..pvHl.ories, Nntinlf, Muss.

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_ne end and extending also across
the top and bottom with the flat
ground containing the inscription
fills out the other side. When
there are plenty of snowballs, carna-

'tions, or hydrangeas, a solid white
foundation with the exception of a
■curved space to be filled in with gar-

I lands, permits of ornamentation in

imany ways. With a frame mossed
high, two wide garlands made on the
white ground running from the top
high across the center to the bottom

lon the one side and the same on the

Jother makes one of the handsomest

iof pillows. The same treatment
lengthways is good if the frame in
effect can be shortened. AH white is
often ordered, but a touch of color
sometimes saves an otherwise mediocre
piece of worlc. The addition of a few
cattleyas, or lavender peas, or pur-
ple asters in their season, nearly al-

iways in one place, and not scattered

iall over, is sure to heighten the effect.

ilvy leaves in combination are very
good. First make a well-shaped de-
sign of ivy leaves showing plainly the
outline of the pillow, on which is
placed a spray of cattleyas and val-
ley, or a cross of violets or of valley.

;Such a piece will be noticed in any
collection. Prepared magnolia or oak

'leaves are good for the purpose, as a
well-made piece can always be on hand
for show, and with the addition of
flowers of the season, the effect of a
made-up piece, is conveyed at once

■to the customer. When flowers are a
bit scarce and, in fact, at all times
one must not forget the rent. The
artist who can get the best effect with
the least material is building for the

;future. It is best to first select all
the flowers for the piece, then on the
back of the order sheet put down the

.quantity and list price, and if this

Idoes not work out and more stock has
to be used, the frame is too large or
the arrangement is at fault. One

[flower should never cover up another.
Some roust be high and others low, but
all sho-.d be seen and help In the
general effect. If all makers-up would
take the precaution to count up the
stock used in their work, many of them
would find a leak that they never sus-
pected. A fault of some is the use
f too much adiantum or other green.
A touch of this here or there does add

Iconsiderably to the piece and often
a Bpray of maidenhair fern will take
the place of a flower, but to cover
up flowers is only a waste of money
without adding anything to the beauty
of the work. Always finish off by

Icovering the foot or stand with green,
as no portion of the frame should
show. K.

Associated Retail Florists, Inc.

t A number of the prominent retail
[florists of New York City have formed
and incorporated a' new association
called the Associated Retail Florists,
Inc. The first meeting was held at
the Hotel Woodward December 8, at
, which the following officers were elect-
;ed: Michael A. Bowe, president: Max
1 Schling, vice-president: George E. M.
Stumpp, treasurer, and William H. .Sie-
brecht, Jr., secretary. The directors
; are Marshall Clarke, Max Schling,
George E. M. Stumpp, Michael A. Bowe
>and William Burns. At the first meet-
ing resolutions were adopted, appeal-
ing to the commissioner of labor for
his approval for the exemption of the
florists in the city of New York and
their employes from the operation of

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the rest clause of the labor law, which
requires them to give employes twen-
ty-four consecutive hours' rest each
week; and also appealing to the in-
dustrial board for an order exempting
florists from the provisions of the said
law.

The following resolutions showing
the spirit of the association toward
other organizations, was tinanimous-
ly adopted :

Whereas. It is one of the purposes
of this organization to promote a more
enlarged and friendly intercouse be-
tween retail florists and horticultur-
ists, as set forth in the first article of
the certificate of incorporation, and
more fully set forth in the by-laws.

And whereas. The members of this
corporation believe that the true in-
terests of all branches of the trade,
including the retail florists, the wk:ole-
.sale florists and the growers are iden-
tical.

Harry A. Bunyard.

I'resident-Elect New York Florists' C'luli.

Whereas, The corporation believes
that whatever is for the true benefit
of any one branch of the flower busi-
ness will be for the genefit of all.

Therefore, be it resolved. That this
corporation shall, and hereby expresses
its intention, to work in complete har-
mony with the other branches of the
Hdwer business, namely, the wholesal-
ers and the growers. And further be it

Resolved. That no important action
for the benefit of the trade generally
shall be consummated until the plan
thereof shall have been submitted to
the other two branches of the trade,
as represented by their organizations,
and the results of their deliberations
can be placed before this corporation.

A committee consisting of Messrs.
Stumpp. Schling and Kottmiller was
appointed to confer with the New York
and New Jersey Association of Plant
Growers, the Wholesale Florists' Pro-
tective Association and the New York
Florists' Club, and to obtain their co-
operation for the passage of an amend-
ment to the section of the labor law
above mentioned and to exempt flor-
its from the operation thereof. The
matter of closing hours on evenings
and Sundays, steamship rates, and
many other items came up for discus-
sion and action.

This new association which is being

promoted by the Or-Man Corporation,

already has over thirty members and

new applications are coming in daily.

Wm. H. Siebbecht, Jr., Sec'y.

New York Florists' Club.

The club met in its rooms in the
Grand Opera House building on the
evening of December 14, President
Duckham in the chair. The election of
ofBcers took up a large part of the
session and resulted as follows : Harry
Bunyard, president; Robert Koehne,
vice-president: John Young, secretary;
Wm. Rickards, treasurer. The vote
was 85 for Bunyard and 40 for Hen-
drickson. Trustees are W. R. Cobb,
of the Lord & Burnham Co.; J. H.
Fiesser, of N. Bergen, N. J., and
Emil Schloss, of Schloss Bros. Reso-
lutions of the Associated Retail Flor-
ists, Inc., which will be found on an-
other page, were read by W. H. Sie-
brecht, Jr.

There were exhibits of the Rose
Prince E. C. d'Arenberg by S. J. Reuter
& Son, Westerly, R. I.; also the Rose
Francis Scott Key by the F. R. Pier-
son Co., Tarrytown, N. Y. Both ex-
hibits were awarded cultural certifi-
cates. Max Schling made a brief
speech.

A. F. F.

Harry 0. May.

.SUCCES.SOR TO JOHN N. MAY.

It is about two years since John N.
May, whose name had been long and
favorably known in the horticultural
world, retired from the active manage-
ment of his range at Summit, N. J., in
favor of his son, Harry O. May. Al-
though the elder Mr. May has retired,
that does not mean that he lives in
idleness. He is yet a rugged appear-
ing man and his mind is occupied with
\arious activities. As treasurer of the
American Rose Society, Harry O. May
has for a number of years been well
and favorably known to the trade. As
a rose grower he is well sustaining the
reputation established by his father,
and a brief sketch of his present activ-
ities are here admissable.

We found at his range, which com-
prises about 150,000 square feet, a very
fine stock of roses. Particularly note-
worthy are his Killarney Brilliant and
Sunburst. Of Killarney Brilliant there
are about 10,000 plants: there is also a
large area of Sunburst. Both these
roses are doing finely. There is an
abundance of buds and bloom and the
prospects for a heavy Christmas crop
are very promising. Although for a
week previous to our visit, the weather
had been particularly unfavorable, we
have never seen cleaner foliage, which
speaks for intelligent and unremitting
care in grow-ing, Mrs. Aaron Ward,
Killarney, White Killarney and Rich-
mond are also grown with success. In
carnations. Enchantress Supreme, Pink
Delight and White Enchantress are
being very successfuly grown. Some
growers in this vicinity have been
rather shy of Pink Delight, but at this
range it is prolific and showing up in
fine form. Enchantress Supreme is also
doing well. An innovation just com-
pleted at this range is a concrete
swimming pool, 20x70 feet and of good
depth. It is covered by glass in an
iron frame, and the water can be
heated, also pumped out when neces-
sary. Having touched on some of the
most interesting features of this range,
wp may add that it is a good place to
visit. A. F. F,

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The American Florist.

Dec.

'9,

National Association of Gardeners.

This association held its annual con-
vention in Philadelphia, Pa., Wednes-
day and Thursday, December 9-10.
There .was but one business session
Wednesday afternoon, the balance of
the time being taken up with a bowl-
ing- match and sight seeing trips to
points of interest about the city. There
was quite a large attendance, most of
the prominent gardeners of the large
estates of the country being present.
Wm. Kleinheinz, John Dodds and
Thomas Logan were the committee on
reception, being on hand to greet the
delegates and make them feel perfect-
ly at home.

At the opening of the business ses-
sion, J. Otto Thilow made an address
of welcome in his very best style, be-
ing full of enthusiasm and genuine
spirit of the craft. He presented on
behalf of G. W. Hess, superintendent of
the botanic gardens, Washington, D. C,
a handsome gavel, made of wood, from
a cedar of Lebanon, imbedded in which
were pieces of metal from the battle-
ship Maine.

The officers elected for 1915 were :
J. W. Everitt, Glen Cove, N. Y., presi-
dent; W. J. Rennie, San Francisco,
Calif., vice-president; M. C. Ebel, Madi-
son, N. J., secretary; James Stuart,
Mamaroneck, N. Y., treasurer. The
place of meeting for the next conven-
tion was not decided on at this time,
being left open for action by the execu-
tive committee.

The feature of the session was an ad-
dress by W. F. Therkildson, of the
W. Atlee Burpee Co., on "Horticultural
and Agricultural Progress in the United
States." He declared this country
leads the nations of the world in agri-
cultural and horticultural progrress.
Here was found the greatest commer-
cial growing under glass, while the seed
growing industry was most important,
with Philadelphia the headquarters of
the seed business in this country. He
said gardening was not a business, it
was a profession. The public should be
educated up to this standard, the un-
learned man should be eliminated —
there should be no poor gardeners.
Growing farm crops and vegetables had
reached the greatest perfection in Lan-
caster county. Pa. He had traveled
the country over, but had seen nothing
to equal the perfection shown there.

Robert Pyle. of West Grove, Pa.,
gave an illustrated lecture on the rose,
which was very interesting and full of
information of all the new varieties.
He was given a great round of ap-
plause. In the rear of the hall there
was a display of cut flowers, plants
and bulbs. Henry A. Dreer staged a
quantity of medium .sized choice stock
of greenhouse plants, ferns and those
with fancy foliage. Peter Fisher sent
vases of his new pink carnation Alice.
S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. exhibited for
the grower the Large pink carnation
Mrs. C. Edward Akehurst. H. Waterer
made an exhibit of bulbs.

The banquet on Wednesday evening,
December 9, was a fine affair. Over one
hundred sat down to a beautifully deco-
rated table, many handsome flowers
being brought in by the local men. The
Messrs. Habermehl decorated the room
as a compliment to the association.
There was good music from a concert
grand, the company joining lustily in
the popular airs to words of songs on
sheets served with their menus. J.
Otto Thilow was toastmaster and in his
usual bright, cheery manner kept the
ball rolling. Very good speeches were

made by Philadelphia's orator, Robert
Craig, Mendelson Meehan, Henry F.
Michell, Wm. H. Waite, Wm. McMa-
hon, Thos. Logan and others. After
the dinner a pleasant hour was spent
in the club rooms of the florist club.

The bowling match was rolled Thurs-
day morning, December 10, and some
very good scores were made. Cham-
pions William Robertson and John
Dodds found a worthy opponent in
President-elect Everitt. whose total of
538 in three games captured the. presi-
dent's cup for the highest score. "There
were seven prizes offered, almost
enough to give each contestant a souve-
nir. The scores follow :

Jolin W. Everitt IB" 191 18J

John H. Dodds 210 148 177

Wm. Robertson 178 176 151

Sam'l Batchelor 171 154 179

Chas. Seybold 179 167 132

James Stuart 1.57 142 1.54

Thos. Aitcbison IDl 118 168

John P. Jobnston ». 147 123 101

Joseph Manda 14.-1 122 144

L. Ottmaim 122 140 103

On Thursday afternoon the delegates
were organized into divisions, visiting
the Widener estate, at the invitation of
Wm. Kleinheinz, the Wannamaker and
the Newbold estates; the H. A. Dreer
nurseries at Riverton, N. J.; the An-
dorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, Pa., and
the trial grounds of the H. F. Michell
Co., Andalusia, Pa. Most of the dele-
gates left for their homes on Tliursday
night, much pleased with their visit to
Philadelphia.^ K.

Chicag:o Florists' club.

The regular meeting of the Chicago
Florists' Club was held at the Bismarck
hotel, December 10, President French
in the chair, and there was a good at-
tendance, the principal business of the
meeting Ijeing the election of officers,
which resulted as follows : W. J. Kei-
mel, president; James Morton, vice-
president; Guy W. French, secretary;
Paul Klingsporn, treasurer; W. L.
Washburn, trustee, the hold-over trus-
tees being H. N. Bruns and George
Asmus. The installation of officers will
take place at the next meeting, Janu-
ary 7, and there has been some talk
of an exhibition of cariiation and other
novelties at the same time. F. Simons,
56 East Randolph street, was elected
to membership, and Wm. E. Tricker,
of Vaughan's Greenhouses, Western
Springs, and C. E. Pinney, local repre-
sentative of the Kentucky Tobacco
Products Co.. Louisville. Ky., were
nominated for membership.

C. W. Johnson, of Mt. Greenwood
cemetery, made a fine display of carna-
tion seedlings, which were scored as
follows: No. 112B — Bright rose pink,
fine .color and form, strong stilt stem,
St! points; No. 21 2E — Bright red, large
flower with long stiff stems, extra good
color, 86 points; No. 3612C— Scarlet,
large flower, good on color and form,
strong wiry stem, 85 points; No.
3112B — Scarlet, fine color, form and
stem, lacking a little in size, 82 points;
No. 2412A — Scarlet, a Beacon seedling,
color and "form extra good, long stiff
stems, flower a little under size, 84
points; No. 2012A — Not scored. All va-
rieties scoring 85 or more points were
awarded the club certificate and Mr.
Johnson was given a standing vote of
thanks for his splendid exhibit.

C. E. Pinney, local representative of
the Kentucky Tobacco Products Co..
made a brief address and intimated
that he would be gl.ad to as.sist mem-
bers when in need of services in his
line. Mr. Pinney also called attention
to the reduced prices his firm is now
making on its nicotine preparations,
these reductions having been made pos-
sible by the installation of greatly im-
proved methods of manufacture.

The club's dance in the Crystal room
of the Sherman house. December 11,

was a great success, all those who par-
ticipated voting the occasion one of the
most enjoyable in the long list of club

successes.

Milwaukee Florists* Club.

At the monthly meeting of the Mil-
waukee Florist Club the following of-
ficers were elected : William C, Schroe-
der, president; Henry W. Kummer,
vice-president; James Livingstone,
treasurer; Eugene Oestreicher, secre-
tary; Richard Leitz, trustee for thre«
years; Arthur Leidiger, trustee for two
years. Reports showed that the cluh
consists of 60 members.

OBITUARY.

Mrs. Nancy Ann Gullett.

Mrs. Nancy Ann Gullett, widow of
the late William H. Gullett, founder oJ
the well-known firm of W. H. Gullett
& Sons, Lincoln, 111., florists, died very
suddenly at her home in that city
Wednesday, December 9, at the age of
75 years. Mrs. Gullett has been in un-
usually good health since recovering
from an attack of illness last April,
and was stricken without warning and
died within a very short time. She
had been a life long resident of Logan|
county. Illinois, and came of one of the'
most prominent families in the county.'
In 1861 she was married to William H.|
Gullett at Lincoln, 111., and the couple
reared one of the best known families
in Logan county. William H. Gullett,
who died August 10, 1909, leaving one,
of the largest florists' business in thei
central part of the state to his sons,;
who have made the name of GuUettj
synonymous with quality in flowers inl
many states. Mrs. Gullett always tooki
an active interest in church and civicj
afftiirs and the welfare of Lincoln, and
was a prominent member of the Lin-
coln Women's Club. Her sudden demise
came as a shock to a host of friends,
to whom her kindliness and happy dis-|
position endeared her. Her death isl
also mourned by the following chil-.
dren : Charles Edward, Wilbur J-.
Anna M,. Frank E, and Eugene, of
Lincoln, 111,; W. F. of Deer Lodge,
Mont,, and Ida B„ of Columbus, 0.
Funeral services were held at the First
M. E. church. Friday, December 11.
the Rev. W. N. Tobie ofliciating. Many
beautiful floral tributes sent by friends
both in and out of the trade marked
the high esteem in which she was held.

John J. Connelly.

John J. Connelly, the Main Line flor-
ist, born in Philadelphia, Pa., 61 years
ago, died at Rosemont, Pa,. December
4, 1914. Moving to Bryn Mawr some
40 years ago, he started the florist
business in the old style 10-foot house
heated by furnace and brick flue. In
1886 he moved to Rosemont, enlarged
his place, and became the leading flor-
ist in the Main Line district. Like al^
the pioneers of the business, he passed
away just about the time he couU-
afford to enjoy a rest from business
details. He was the first to grow car
nations in quantity in that section
starting off with Heinzie's White, anc
Lamborn, which he said "required 3
can opener to open the flowers, ' anc
another variety which was "best foi
fl.shing poles." Being a lover of car
nations, he gradually took up the new
er ones as they came along. Until lat<
years he w.as a member of the Societj
of American Florists. Leading an hom
est. simple life in thought, word anc
deed was his style. Also being a tota
abstainer for 40 years, his loss, as ar
example, will be felt by the community
to both the younger element and busi
ness interests. His business will hi
conducted in the future on the sarn(
conservative lines by Mrs. Connelij
and his sons and daughters.

A, A. C,

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C. L. Washburn, Trustee.

H. N. Bruns, Trustee.

Paul Klingsporn, Treasurer.

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The American Florist.

Dec.

'9.

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THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVERS

CONTENTS.

Suggestions for tbe holidays 114.'>

—Selling the stock IW.'i

— Packing and wrapping 1145

— Business systems 114f>

New rose Mrs. Moorlield Storey (illus.) 114li

The retail trade 114''

—The pillow (Illus.) 11411

— Associated Retail Florists. Inc^ 1147

New York Florists' Club ....' 1147

— Harry A. Bunyard (portrait) 1147

Harry O. May ;.. ....:; 1147

National Association ol: Gardeners 1148

Chicago -Florists' (jlilb -.-.-.-.-. ,v^-.,-^"-^t„1148

Milwaukee Florists' Club 114S

Obituary IMS

^Mrs. Nancy Ann Gullett 1148

^John J. Connelly 1148

Officers Chicago Florists' Club 1148

Editorial 1150

Chrysanthemum .Society ot America 1150

University ot Illinois 1150

Panama-Pacific Hort. Exposition 1150

CJas destroyed stock wins verdict 1160

St. Louis 1152

Cleveland 1152

Oklahoma City 1152

Chicago 1158

Cook County Florists' AssociatioB 11(>3

Philadelphia 1164

Boston 1165

New York 1166

Knoxville. Tenn 1168

The seed trade 1174

— Taxes bother seed dealers 1174

— Catalogues received 1174

The nursery trade 1178

— Tree crickets injurious to fruits 1178

Market gardeners 1180

— Prices of Indoor fruits and vegetables 1180

— Notes on intensive gardening 1180

Ft. Wayne. Ind 1180

Providence. R. I ~ .' 118 >

Cincinnati 1184

Oregon State Horticultural Society 1184

The women -sitig when the bias are full
And the men are at work on the farms.

Women can't sing among empty bins,

And the men who would, fill them in arms.

It is an encouraging sign of im-
proved conditions that growers of holi-
day plants, particularly flowering sub-
.jects, report stocks well sold out.

Some of the large commefijial green-
housemen who installed concrete
benches a few years ago are now re-
moving these to replace them with
wooden benches.

We are in receipt of Vauglian's vest
pocket "Calendar for Gardeners," for
1915, with the usual excellent tables
and reference matter, compactly ar-
ranged and subfitantially bound in limp
leather.

When in need of stock or supplies
of any kind in a hurry it will be a
great advantage to have a copy o£
the latest edition of our Trade Direc-
tory at hand for names and addresses.
The price of the latest (1914) edition
is $3 per copy, postpaid.

Personal.

Commodore Westcott, Philadelphia,
Pa., celebrated another birthday anni-
versary December 16.

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

lilil'oiris UK COMMlTTKK.'.i.

Cliicago, November 14, — Miss Mar-
vella French, i>ure white sport of W. H.
Chadwick, Japanese incurved, scored '.14
points commercial; Miss Pauline An-
derson, pure yellow sport from Yellow
Chadwick. Japanese incurved, scored 94
point.s commercial. Kxhibited by Poohl-
mann llro.s. Co.. Mortem (Jrove. 111.
Chas. W. JollN.so.v, Sec'v.

University of Illinois

Professor A. H. Nehrling, of Am-
herst College, was a visitor at the
university last week. Professor Nehr-
ling attended the twenty-fifth annual
banquet of the Missouri Botanical
(harden, which was held in St. Louis
November 27, and on his return to the
east stopped off at 'Urbana to call on
his old friends and to visit the flori-
cultural greenhouses.

J. W. Vogt, a florist of Sturgis,
Mich., spent part of his honeymoon
trip vi.siting the floricultural green-
houses. That the "honery" fellows get
the most beautiful brides proved no
exception in the case of Mr. Vogt.

A. G. H.

Panama-Pacific International Exposition

Three carloads of rare varieties of
rhododendrons^ for the decoration of
tlie Panama-Pacific International Ex-
position grounds were received De-
cember 7 from the famous' Gill Nur-
series in England. Among .them are
1,000 rhododendron cormuia, originally
transplanted to England from the Ni-
malya mountains, which comprise the
largest shipment of the kind ever sent
to this counti-y. Tte plants of this
variety are over six feet in height and.
have a brilliant red flower that blos-
soms early in February. For this
reason they are to be used as the first
of the series of floral decorations that
are to keep the exposition grounds in
continual bloom throughout the ten
months of its existence. The past
few days have been marked by the
influx of great quantities of exhibits
and shipments of various kinds to the
exposition grounds.

Pacific Coast Horticultural Society.

The Pacific Coast Horticultural So-
ciety's members attended the field day
outing- at the invitation of the Mac-
Rorie-McLaren Co. to view their Christ-
mas display, and to accept their hospi-
tality; alst) to view the various houses
containing thousands of plants, grown
to perfection under the supervision of
Wilham Brown. He is an expert with
anything under glass. Two thousand
Begonias Lorraine and Cincinnati are
worthy of special comment. They are
grown in eight-inch pans, every plant
being of the very best quality and
.5.000 cyclamen grown in eight-inch
pans in the various shades and types,
and of the very best quality, are well
worth a trip of miles to see. No other
place on the Pacific coast can boast of
such a display, and one cannot comment
too favorably on the quality of the
plants, each bristling with 1."* to 30 flow-
ers. The most gorgeous display is the
two houses devoted to Poinsettia pulch-
errima. There are 8,000 of these plants,
of the members ' expressed themselves
well repad for their trip from San
Francisco. The nursery is situated in
the beautiful San Mateo valley, paral-
lel to the Southern Pacific railroad,
and the state highway. The MacRorie-
McLaren Co. has made great strides
sinpe commencing business about four

years ago. The system and cleanliness
of the place is worthy of special com-
meiit. There were 200_ visitors, wive.?
and" sweethearts, including William
Poss, with his three months' old daugh-
ter, who seemed one of the attractions
of the afternoon. Mr. Poss is a grower
worthy of mention, from the establish-
ment of Henry Maier, of Burllngame,
Calif. The visitors represented every
branch of the profession. The display
of young stock of erica is a revelation
on the Pacific coast, consistng of (if'
varieties, including 30.000 plants.
There are 1,000 melacanthia plants in
tubs, making a great display, the rare
varieties, including Lord Cavendish and
King Edward VII.. attracting special
interest. The lath house contains thou-
sands of plants, of every variety, in-
cluding 1.000 rhododendrons, set with
buds, comprising the very best hybrids,
The box and other trained trees, in the
latest arts of tapestry; also the housf
of phalffinopsis, containing thousands of
plants, covered with lovely sprays.
After feasting our eyes on the various
displays, -we were invited to partak<
of a sumptuous luncheon. Many witty
remarks helped to pass the afternoon,
which will long be remembered. The
inclemency of the weather had no ef
feet on the little "wee drop" that was
ever ready to warm those in need. The
visitors left after wishing the firm a
successful holiday season, and con-
gratulating Dan and W^ill (m their
matrimonial voyage. Menlo.

Gas Destroyed Stock Wins Verdict.

As announced in the issue of Decem-
ber 5, 1914, of THE AMERICAN FLORIST.

page 1018, Mrs. Anna Guillaurae, flor-
ist. La Crosse, Wis., was awarded a
verdict of .$500 against the Wisconsin-
Minnesota Light & Power Co. for the
destruction of her greenhouse stock.
It was alleged that two employes of
the company were negligent in allow-
ing gas to escape in making repairs,
and refuse from the gas pipes after
cleaning was left under the bench. In
describing her loss iMrs. Gulllaume
says :

"The second day we noticed all the
geranium leaves were yellow and fall-
ing, the fourth and fifth day the rub-
ber plants and English ivy leaves were
yellow and dropped off when touched.
The gas company's attorneys tried to
.show that the plants were killed from
coal gas from the boiler, but as this
same boiler, same coal being used for
five years, and in same location, we
could prove that this was not the
cause. The jury awarded me a verdict
for ?500, but I had almost $900 worth
of plants, besides had to take out all
the ground and put new ground in the
benches." E.

Our Supplements.

Subscribers should see that they get
copies of the fine supplementary illus-
trations showing high-i rade design
and decorative work. These fine sup-
plements should be carefully preserved,
as they mean much to the retail
florists in dealing with their custom-
ers, illustrating as they do the varloiK,
kinds of work that the every-day flor-
ist is called upon to perform.

The papers in which the supplements
appear should be likewise preserved,
as they contain much valuable data
with regard to these special Illustra-
tions. Subscribers should see that
they get every issue, as otherwise:
they may miss some of this high-grade-
work.

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ience. Address

Key 993, care American Florist.

Help Wanted- Experienced man to take care
of foliage and blooming plants, fill fern dishes
and assist with flower work and whatever may
come up. J. W. Niesen.

304 East ^7th Street. Chicago.

Wanted to Rent— 5.000 to lO.OOO feet of glass
within 200 miles of Chi'' ago. Must be well stocked.
Key 487. cire American Florist.

For Rent— Ddsirable location for retail florist.
Lease expiring soon. Apply

T. Ball. 6974 N. Clark St.. Chicago.

For Sale — Good paying* retail sto*e in Chicago
CD south side, at very reasonable price. Bargain.
Owner engaged in other business. Address

Key 478 care American Florist.

For Sale— A fine Mercury auto-truck for $250.
This car has been used only for three months and
Is in good condition. For further particulars ad
dress. Key 468. care .American Florist.

For Sale— Greenhouse material, glass, pipes
and rafters. Good as new at one-half price.
Inquire of Mrs Marv Brod Niles Centre. III.

Wanted — Lowest wholesale cash orires "n
vegetable and flower gppds in large qu!»ntiTies.
Answer quick. I. W. Heinly, Roycrsford, Fa.

Wanted— The address of Theodore Wagner, a
private gard-ner for met ly in Qjy employ.

I. N. Eisenberg 440 .Albert Street,

Long Island City N. V.

Wanted to Rent— A party wants to rent a small
ttorist place with sooie land, in or near a small
town with the privilege of buying if terms are
satisfactory. Address

Key 995. care American Florist.

Wanted to Rent— A reliable party who can
furnish the proper credentials wants to rent a
range of houses of 15*00 ft el of glass or more.
in Cbicagoor within 100 milf s of it. wi'h the privi-
ledge of buying if conditions ate satisfactory.

Address Key 992 care American Florist,

Greenhouse For Rent- An up-to date Garland
Iron FrameGreenhou^e. 38 feet 8 in. bv 128 feet,
all one house: wheel ventc good locality, liood
market, \V ell st' eked tor Christmas and spring
trade, immediate possess'on, .Apply to

P. \, Bat ling*l, '^9 MacKen/io st . GaU. Ont

lor Sale— Well stocked general nursery; best
and wealthiest cIdSb of people as patrons: doing
good business: located in Southern California:
38.0jOcash will hand e. Address.

Key 9%. caie American Florist,

For Sale— The lease of a flower stand running
2W years, in a large maiket in the heart of New
York. A bargain Good reasons for selling.

-A. F. F., care American Florist.
42 W. 28th St ■ New York.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Co.. Pa.

For Sale- Florist plant; lot 100x200. Seven room
dwelling. All conveniences. Hot houst s 177 -eet
long. Hot watersystem. In firsi-class condition.
Town ol 2000. A bargain, good gf^ing business.

Wm. T. Wright,
Newtown. Pa.

For Sale— In Iowa, a good paying florists'
business of 9 houses all up-to-date, also resi-
dence and 8 lots, invoices at <32.iiO0 at wholesale
prices. Will sell at a discount on account of poor
health, for cash, city property or farming land.
Address Key 4S8, care American Florist.

ForSale-I have 8500 feet glass. 6S hotbed sash.
5 acres gocd land. 4 greenhouses well -tocked with
carnations, 'mums, violets and bedding plants.
Good dwellii g house, barn, out h( use. Coal
enough for winter. Four blocks from street car
line, railroad riuht in city. Price 'H2,'00cash.
Address Key 479 care American Florist.

FOR SALE

Brand new fixtures being used a few
months, consisting of up-to-date ice box,
marble counters, fancy chandeliers,
polished edge mim r-j, artistic office,
safe, etc. Price very ^ea^onabIe. Address
Kev 994, care American Flori-t.

STOREMAN

Al Designer and Salesman is open for
engagement. State salary when writing.

Key XXX, care American Florist.

Position Wanted

By a thoroughly Experienced Storeman. now
employed wishes to make a change. Unquestion-
able refeiences as to character, honesty and
ability. Age 24. 4 years' experience as desicner
and decorator. Can give reference from present
employer,

P. E. C.-V. 1312 3rd Ave..

Highland fk., Richmond, Vs.

Situation Wanted

By a man of unusual ability, as a
grower of cut flowers and plants; single,
over 80 years' experience, commercial
institution or private. A capable super-
visor of help, etc., excellent references.

Key 990, care American Florist.

Florists' Attention!

We have on hand ready for shipment
all material necessary for the superstruc-
ture of a Modern Iron Frame Luiton
Greenhouse. 42 ft. widexlSO ft. long.
We will dispose of this material for
$1,300.00 F. O. B. our factory. Re-
member everything is new and strictly
first class; ju^t the same kind of a house
that has made the Lutton reputation. We
will send you even the Galvanized NailS.
Bolts and screws for assembling the
house. Plans sent on request

William H. Lutton Company

JERSEY CITY. N. J.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

Aclnal size of leaf 2Jis5>< inches.

FOR CUT FLOWERS: iu two colors on
;;iirimitMi pjiper; your card, etc., in
hl;ii-k and leaf adopted bv the S. A. F.
in ri'd. Prices: Per500,$2.85: per 1000,
^H^. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Trade directory

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

n

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid,

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

1152

The Abi erica n Floris2\

Dec.

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^PJT'Of Special Interest to the Critical Florist.

Holly

FANCY EASTERN.

Cut and packed in the swamps under the
supervision of our own men from Chicago.
Absolutely the choicest stock obtainable.

Per Case, $4.50
3 Cases, $13.00
5 Cases, $20.00

2 to 3 carloads of fresh stock
received daily.

Holly Wreaths

EVERGREEN WREATHING

IV

Why do Ban.ard'S Xmas Decorations lead in quality? Because we send our own men from Chicago to the different green
countries to superintend the selection, cutting and packing of HoUy, Bouquet Green, Xmas Trees, etc. They are men of
twenty years' experience and are well acquainted with the 'requirements of the most critical florists. Thev are instructed
that "the best Is just good enough" for our trade.

Our Wholesale List on all Xmas Decorations, Sundries, etc.. Free for the Asking.

THE W. W. BARNARD COMPANY

SEEDSMEN.

231-235 W. Madison Street, Chicago.

St. Louis.

TRADE IS GOOD.

The weather during the past week
•was cloudy and rainy, but at this time
of writing it is clearer and colder. The
demand during the week was good and
stock cleared up at reasonable prices.
Roses in general showed the effects of
the dark weather. There was good call
for carnations in white and light
colors. American Beauty roses in
many instances showed bull heads and
poor color. Christmas supplies are
seen everywhere and are selling well.

NOTES.

The local florists' club held their
meeting December 10 at the Odd Fel-
lows' hall, 33 members being present.
The committee reported on the spring
flower show and requested another
month's time before final action be
taken. The trustees reported they had
engaged Westminster hall for the en-
tertainment to be held January 24.
Max Schiller was elected a member and
Julius Erdman made application for
membership. Professor Gisk, a mem-
ber of the state board of horticulture,
proposed $10,000 be set aside for two
years for floriculture in answer to the
question, "What new workings for the
club could be offered?"

Some of the finest carnations are
seen at George H. Angerraueller's. His
supply department has been very busy
the past week, working nights packing
and shipping supply orders.

Clarence J. Watson of the Leo

Niessen Co., Philadelphia, Pa., has been

booking orders for American Beauty

oroses and gardenias for Christmas

trade.

Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney's
floral department, under management
of Dave Geddes, will have a fine display
of plants and cut flowers for Christ-
mas.

The Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral
Co. is receiving some extra fancy roses
from the W. J. Pilcher greenhouses.

Miss Newman's flower shop is always
very attractive and patronized by the
best people in the city.

C. A. Kuehn has a fine stock of
roses. Carnations and all other varieties
of flowers.

Frank Gorly visited Chicago last
week, looking up market conditions.

Florists' Union met December 7 and
had a very enthusiastic meeting.

The Wfindler Wholesale Floral Co. is
showing some fine sweet peas.

E. J. Loyet is building a small green-
house for retail purposes.

H. G. Berning's stock of roses and
carnations is good.

Alex. Siegel is making a fine Christ-
mas display.

W. F.

Qeveland.

CHRISTMAS PROSPECTS GOOD.

Everything points to a good Christ-
mas business, even the weather, which
has been dark and wet, has turned to
brisk cold andljrighter days, and with
a little sunshine ought to bring in a
good supply of quality stock for
Christmas. Killarney roses already
show a marked improvement in color
and will be in the "pink" of condition
for the holidays. American Beauties
are going to be plentiful enough for all
orders and prices are not going to be
prohibitive. Richmond roses will be In
good supply, but as everybody knows,
there are never enough to fill all orders
for red roses in full: Red carnations
and deep pink, mostly in demand for
the holidays, will be plentiful, but
early orders are advisable. Cut point-
settias in all grades and exceptionally
fine stock are on the market. Violets
and valley are going to be good this
year, but not overplentiful. Aaron

Ward and Sunburst roses are usually
short of the demand. There will be an
abundance of stevia and Paper White
narcissus and prices will remain about
the same on these; also asparagus and
adiantum. Good holly is cheaper this
year than ever, and stock is very good.
Ground pine wreathing, laurel, mistle-
toe and southern smilax are being of-
fered in quantity. Made up red che-
nille wreaths can be had at almost
cost prices at wholesale bouses.

NOTES.

Two of Cleveland's oldest and best
known florists, Adam H. Graham, of A.
Graham & Son, 12319 Euclid avenue,
and Jas. Eadie, also of East Cleveland,
bought about 20 acres of land in Eu-
clid, Ohio. This section was recently
admitted to the city and is worth about
$3,000 per acre. Both properties were
purchased as an investment, and both
have frontages on Euclid avenue.

Cleveland's commission house district
resembles a forest of evergreen trees.
There are about 100.000 of the Christ-
mas trees on the market. Most of them
come from the nurseries at Painesvllle
and Peninsula, Ohio, besides many
from Maine, Massachusetts, Wisconsin
and Canada.

The A. C. Kendel seed store on On-
tario street is doing a tremendous
business in Christmas wreaths, box-
wood, immortelles, holly and ground
pine wreaths, besides winterberrles and
other novelties for the holidays.

C. P. B.

Oklahoma City.

IN READINESS FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE.

Winter has reached us at last. On
several nights recently, the thermome-
ter has shown ten or twelve degrees
of frost, though there has been no
snowfall as yet. Flower stores are
showing splendid lines of flowering
plants now, azaleas and cyclamen be-

2gi4-

The Amer ican Fl oris t.

1153

DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Phoenix Roebelinii

A splendid lot and exceptional values.

4-inch pots, nicely characterized

6

R

8

10 "
10 "
12 "

tubs

15-in. high, 18.in. spread

\Vll\.. " 2 ft. "

2 ft. " 2 ft. •■

2 to 21/2 ft. high, 21/2 ft. spread..
2^2 ft. " 3 ft. '■ ..

ft.

ft.

Each
$0.60
1.(0
2.00
3.00
6.00
7.60
10.00

Kentia Forsteriana

single Plants.

Pots Leaves Height Bach

6 " 5to 6 '

'24 " i 0.76

6 " 6 '

' 28 to 30 " 100

6 " 6 " 34 to 36 •• 1.60

7 '■ 6 to 7 '

38 to 40 " 2.0(1

Tubs

7-in 6 to 7 '

40 to 42 ' ■ 3 00

8-'" 6 to 7 "

45 to 48 ■' 4.00

8-" 6 to 7 "

48 •■ 5.(0

10-" 6 to 7 "

41/2 to 6 ft" 6.00

ll-"6to7 "

5 to 5^2 " 8 00

10-" 6 10 7 "

bVitoG " 10 00

12-"6to7 "

6i4to7 " 15.00

14-" 6 to 7 "

7 • ■ 20.00

Kentia Forsteriana

Made up Plants.

Tubs Plants

Heigfht Each

7-in 3 " in

atub,36in. " $ 2.60

7-"3 " "

" 3S " 3.00

8-"3 " "

" 40to42 " 4 00

8."3 " "

"42to4o" 6()l)

8."3 " "

"4to44ft" 6.00

9-"3 " "

"44to6ft" 8.00

10-"3 " '

"etoSH't" 10.00

12-" 3 " "

"6k2to6ft" 15.00

Heavy

13-"4 " '

"eVjtoiff 20 00

15-"4 " "

"7 ft. •■ 26.00

15-"4 " "

"10 It. " 35.00

Cocos Weddelliana

Our usual fine quality of these graceful plants.

Perdoz. Per 100

2-inch pots, 6 to 6-in. high $1.60 $10.00

3- _•' "_ 8 '_] 12-'| _•• 2 00 I 15.00

6- " " 18 " 24-" " splendid stock 76 cents each

7- " " 34 " 36-" " " " 2.60
9- " " 36-" " " " 5.(0

Large specimens, $10.00 to $16.00 each.
We, can also supply a limited stock of tall plants, 15-inches
high in 2 indh pots, suitable for hamper work, $1 60 per doz.,

$10.00 per 100.

Kentia Belmoreana

111. Pots. Leaves Height

Each

5 " H to 7 18 to 20

$ 0.76

6 " 6 24

1.00

6 " 6 to 7 28 to 30

1.60

7 in tubs 6 to 7 36 to 38

3.00

8 " 6lo7 42 to 45

4.00

S •• 6 to 7 46 to 48

6.00

Ptioenix Canariensis

In. Tubs Ft. His:h

Each

8 " 3

$2 60

9 " 3^2

3.00

10 " 4

4.00

11 " 41,

6.00

Dracaena Terminalis

Nicely colored slock.

4-inch pots 36

6- " 60

Ananas Sativa Variegata

The Varigated Pinapple.
An especiallj' nice Christmas Plant and something
ordinary. Try it this year.

4 inch pots, nicely colored

5 " " " "

6 " " " "

Aralia Elegantissima

A splendid, graceful plant, especially edapted for
baskets, etc.
4 inch pots, 12-inclies high 1^:

Diefenbacliia Leonei

Another effective foliage plant for use in baskets
leaves are beautifully variegated 40

Araucaria Excelsa

Exceptional values in the lollovving sizes.
Inch Pots Inches High 'Jiers

6 " 16 " .Sto4 "

6 " 18 " 4 "

7 " 20 " 5 "

Cocos Weddelliana.

cents each

cents "

above the

$0.60 each
1.00 "
1.60 "

making up
cents each

, etc. The
cents each

Each

}0.75

1.00

1.26

Latania Borbonica

A splendid lot of 6-inch pots of
this lieautitul old-fashioned Fan
Pahn, 60 cents each.

Fandanus Veitchii

Exceptionally strong well colored
plants at reduced prices.

4-inch pots 36 cents each

6- " 75 cents "

Crotons

The finest stock and best values
we have ever furnished of this
popular Christmas Plant.
Inch pots Perdoz. Per 100

fe,4 •■ $4.00 $30.(0

6 " 6.00 60.00

(> " 1.00 tot 1.50 each

Specials in Ferns

Adiantum Farleyense.

Elegant 3-inch pots 26 cents each

6- " " 76 cents "

Adiantum Gloriosum.
The Glory Fern.

3-inch pots $ .15 cents each

7 " " 1.00

Adiantum Cuneatum.

3-inch pots .$6.00 per loo

Blechnum Brazillensls.

4-inch pots 10 cents each

Pterls Wimsetti.

3!'2-inch pots 10 cents each

6 " pans 35 cents "

Pteris Parkeri.

4-inch pots 15 cents each

Pteris Major.

6-inch pans 35 cents each

Cyrtomium Rochfordianum.

4 inch pots 16 cents each

Boston Ferns.

6-inch pots $ .60 cents each

8- " pans l.Oj

Send your Order Now and have the * tock on hand for your Holiday Trade.

HENRY A. DREER 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are intended for the Trade only.

1154

The American Florist.

Dec. /p.

On The Job As Usual

With a bigger than ever supply of magnificent

Beauties-Roses-Carnations-Violets-Etc.

You can get what you want here, business is going along uninterrupted, and every order will be filled properly
up to the last minute but it is always advisable to order well in advance. Right now would be none too early.

Christmas Price List.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES.

Per doz.

LoBB stems $12 00

^6 inch stems 10 00

0 inch stems 9 00

24 inch stems 8 00

IS-inch stems 6 00

15-inch stems 4 00

12- inch stems 3 00

Per ino

Richmond— Extra long $.?S 00

i'pecial 25 00

Fancy $1^ (X) to 2ii 00

Medium 12 00 to 1? 00

Short 8 00 to 10 tO

Per 100
Killamey Brilliant 1

Mrs. Aaron Ward Special... $20 00 to $25 00
Sunburst 'Fancy.... 15 00 to 18 00

White Killarney ) Medium.. 10 00 to 12 00

K llarnev | Short 6 00 to 8 00

My Maryland J

Pyinsettias, fancy, per doz,. $ :? 00 to $ 4 OO

Caitlejas per duz., 10 00 to 12 00

Per 100

Carnations, common $5 00 to $ 6 00

fancy 8 00

red 10 00

Valley 4 00 to 5 00

Violets, single and double 1 50 to 2 00

Paper Whites < 3 00

Gladioli $6 00 to $ 8.00

Per 100

4 on
2 00

2 00

4 (0

4 10

75

Romans 3 00 to

Stevia 1 50 to

Lilies...per doz., $1 .= 0 to $2 00
Callas.-.perdoz , 1 £0 to 2 00

Sweet Pe s 1 .^0 to

.'\sparagus Plumosus Sprays... 2 00 to

Asnarauus sprengeri 2 00 to

.^diantum

Leurothie (long green or bronze). 1000, $5 75

(short green) 10("', $3 40

Galax (green or bronze). .case $6 £0; iflf«. 1 00

Ferns per 1000 2=0

Smilax per doz.. *1 50 to 2 00

Boxwood 25c per lb., $7 00 per case

Wild Smilax (50 lbs.) $4 50 per case

Red Winter Berries $1 20 to $2 00 per box

KENNICOTT BROS. CO., Wholesale Florists,

163-165 N. Wabash Ave.,

L. D. Phone 466-467

CHICAGO, ILL.

184? Our 66th Christmas i^ii

An unusual display of Flowering and Decorative Plants for the Holidays will be on sale, commencing December 13th.

FANCY BASKETS OF GROWING PLANTS TRIMMED OR UNTRIMMED.

The Choicest of FRESH CUT FLOWERS for Christinas Delivery.

Azaleas Begon'as Dracaenas Heather Poin^ettias Ardisias

Primroses Araucarias Boston Ferns Cyclamen Orange Plants Palms

Holy, Mistletoe, Princess Pine and Laurel Ropirg, Pine and Holly Wreaths.

Out-of-town orders for delivery to vour friends in New Vork carefully and promptly filled at reasonable prices.

DAVID CLARKE'S SONS

2139-2141 Broadway, Cor. 75th St., NEW YORK

Telephones,
1552 and 1553 Coluinbus.

ingr the principal features. Business on
tiie average is fairly good, witii large
expectations for the approaching holi-
day trade.

NOTES.

At the December meeting of the State
Florists' Society the following were
elected officers for 1015: Geo. W.
Stiles, president; E. R. Griggs, vice-
president; Clyde Batten, secretary; Lon
Foster, treasurer. It was also decided
to hold meetings quarterly instead of
monthly, to be lield the first Mondays
in the months of March, June, Septem-
ber and December. Mr. Stiles gave no-
tice of a motion to change the name
of the society, cutting off the "Orna-
mental Horticulturist" part of the
name. This motion will be acted on
at the March meeting. A flower show
will be held in lOU'i; the committee to
manage the show will be appointed in
the near future.

FADELtSS
SHEET

MOSS

$3.50 per bag delivered.

Caldwell The Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southern Evergreens

Evergreen, Alabama.

C. J. Bickes, who left here a few I weather is uncomfortable; Oklahoma Is
weeks ago to make his home in Hon- good enough, both climatically and
tana, is back again. He says the zero otherwise. S. S. B.

igi4.

The American Florist.

1155

Evergreen Wreathing.

Fine grade not to be compared with
the commission stock usually offered.
20-yard coils, li^ht, medium and heavy.

Holly Wreaths.

12-inch, 14-inch, 16-inch, 18-inch.

For More ThanJjTwenty Years

Vaiii's~XXX Holly

has represented the highest standard

for selected, dark foHaged, well
berried Holly branches in all the
territory west of Pittsburgh.

Firms envious of the standard created by us
yearly imitate our advertising and our descrip-
tions, and e^ch season while claiming "fancy"
stock always try to secure some of our trade
by cutting the case prices a few cents.

We agree that at the prices these competi-
tors average to pay on their contracts they

should be able to cut prices a dollar a case.

Why don't they do so?

We'll tell you why: It is because our cus-
tomers know that Holly selected, packed and
handled as is Vaughan's XXX Brand cannot
be sold an}' cheaper. If therefore these Price
Cutters were to put the TRUE VALUE on
their product the price would ^ive away the

real quality.

And so they tail along trying to "fool part of the people all of the time"
into believing the FALSE DOCTRINE that they can equal

VAUGHAN'S XXX HOLLY

Chicago High Class retail Florists who have tried all Holly dealers for a score of years,
steadily INCREASE THEIR ORDERS WITH VAUGHAN ! !

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO: 3 1 -33 Randolph St. NEW YORK: 43 Barclay St.

ARE YOUR PLANTS MOVING?

If you are looking for a quick market, I am reac'y for your of?er in quantity — indoor or outdoor stock,
if it is seasonable and of right quality. Quote lowest price and state quantity. CaSh ready.

Our chain of stores covers the two cities — NEW YORK and BROOKLYN.

If you have any orders to be delivered for Christmas depend on me. I will not disappoint you.
We are the Largest Distributors to the People in the United States.

C. C. TREPEL

LOESER'S, Brookryn, N. Y.
BLOOMINGDALE'S, N. Y. City
QIMBEL'S, New York City.

Trade Directory of the United States and Canada, Price $3

1156 The American Florist.

Dec.

^9,

POEHLMA

72-74 E. Randolph St.

CHRISTMAS

BUY HOME-GROWN

ANERIC/IN BEAUTIES

THEY WILL BE WITHOUT A DOUBT FINEST AND BEST PROCURABLE ANDl^I
RANGE FROM 24 INCHES UP. VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF SHORTER
GARDENIAS, MISTLETOE, WINTERBERRIES, WILD SMILAX.

Christmas Price List— Week of December 20th, 1914.

ORCHIDS AND GARDENIAS.

Per Doz.

Cattleyas $12.00

Dendrobium 9.00

Gardenias 4.00 to 5.00

Cypripediums 4.00 to 5.00

BEAUTIES. Per Doz.

Specials $10.00 to $12.00

I 28

and

Per 100

Hadley
Milady
Shawyer
Richmond

36 in. long
30 in. long .
24 in. long .

ROSES.

Russells— 30 to 36 in. long
26 to 28 in. long
22 to 24 in. long
18 to 20 in. long •
16 in. long ....
14 in. long ....
Shorter ...:.. .$1.00

10.00
9.00
8.00

Per Doz.

$6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.50
2.00
to 1.50

over . . . ..135.00 to $40.00

124 to 26 in. . 30.00

,20 to 22 in. . 25.00

16 to 18 in. . 18.00 to 20.00

12 to 14 In. . 15.00

Short 12.00

Brilliant Per 100

Killarney I

White Kill. lEx. Long $25.00

Bulgaria /Long ... 20.00

Sunbursts I Medium . $15.00 to 18.00

Aaron WardsX Short ... 8.00 to 12.00

Kill. Queen '

Cecile Brunner $ 3.00 to $4.00

CARNATIONS.

Fancy Red $10.00 to $12.00

Medium Red 8.00

Fancy Pink and White. 10.00

Our selection 6.00 to 8.00

Paper Whites . ; 4.00

Sweet Peas 2.00 to 3.00

Easter Lilies 12.00 to 15.00

Violets, Dbl. & Sgl. . . . 2.00 to 2.50

PelOO

Stevia

Mexican Ivy

Smilax per doz. 2.00

Sprengeri-Asparagus . .

Asparagus Plumosus.

.string, 50c to 60c.

Leucothoe

Adiantum 75 ,

Galax, bronze and green per 10', .'
Eastern Flat Ferns. ... " "\ '.

Wild Smilax perca

Boxwood per bu., 25c. . perca
Red Winter Berries, cs. 1.00 ! '.
LILY OF THE VALLEY. !r 1

Extra Fancy |i

1st Quality '

2nd Quality

MISTLETOE.
Splendidly berried, per lb., it
lbs. @ 25c, 25 lb. box @ 20c.
No question the finest ever o«d
We are headquarters for uth
Wild Smilax. Price $5.00 perp

Supplies.

Order from us at the 11th hour and you
will be sure to have your wants filled.

RUSCUS, red and green,

A No. 1, per lb., 7S cents

IVfagnolia Leaves,

Per box, - - $1.25

Red Frieze, 60 yds., 60 cents

Ruscus Wreaths D(

12-inch, plain, red - - '•

14-inch, plain, red - - - _ ^•

16-inch, plain, red

18-inch, plain, red - - -

20-inch, plain, red - - '

Red Immortelles, good supply.

igi4.

The American Florist.

1157

BROS. CO.

Mstance Phone,
ndolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

IRISTMAS SPECIALS,

egonias

licent stock in Lorrainc and Cincin-

'one or wire in your order immediately.
0 to $1.50 ea.; 7 in., $2.00 to $2.50 ea.

i

l^clamen

Icent stock in 6 in., 75c to $1.00 ea.
le only size in bloom for Christmas
lave left.

Ikzaleas

Leading Christmas varieties, from $1.50
I'lich in bloom. Larger specimens from
-o $8.00 each.

[CAENA TERMINALIS

^colored, extra fine, 4 in., $3.00 per
ill $6.00 doz.; 6 in., 75c to $1.00 each.

. ARAUCARIAS

ih, fine stock. 50c, 75c, $1.00 each.
UlCompaCta, large plants, $1.50 to

Pndanus Veitchii.

i

^'lored, 4-in. 60c, 6-iii., 75c to
\\ $1.60, 7-in., $2.00 to $2.60 ea.

aaena Godseffiana.

ot $1.00 per doz.

Aspidistras.

Green, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.00.
Variegated, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.60.

Rubber Plants.

All sizes from 26c to 50c ea. Strong foliage.

Crotons.

Swell colored in all varieties, extra fine,
60c to 76c each.

English Ivy.

Strong stock, 20 cts. to 36 cts. each.

j^entia Belmoreana

Single Plants
to 6 leaves,
to 7 leaves,
to 7 leaves,
to 7 leaves,
to 7 leaves,
to 7 leaves,
to 7 leaves

18 in. high

24 in. high

28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in.liigh

3f) in. high

42 to 44 in. high

45 to 48 in. high

Each
$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3.i'0
4.00
5.00

'ecimens. $15.00 to $2500.

[Kentla Forsteriana

Single Plants

to 6 leaves, 18 to 20 in. high 0 35

to 6 leaves. 28 to .30 in. high 1.00

loftleaves 34 to 3f) in. high 1.50

to 7 leaves. 46 to 48 in. hiKh 3.50

to 7 leaves, 50 to 54 in. high 5.00

to71eaves. 5to5Hft. high 8.00

to 7 leaves. 6to6Hlt. high 10.00

6 inch pots,

7 inch pots,

7 inch tubs,

8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs,
8'inch tubs,

10-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs.
12-inch tubs.
Very strong

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-up Plants

3 plants in a pot, 2S in. high

4 plants in a pot,
4 plants In a tub,
3 plants in a tub,

3 plants in a tub,

4 plants in a tub,
4 plants in a lub,
4 plants in a tub,
4 plants in a tub.

Each
$1.50
34 to 38 in. high 2.50
38 in. high 3 00

38 to 42 in. high 3.50
48 to 54 in. high 5 00
52 to 50 in. high 6 OC

5 It, high 8 00
5to5L'2 It. high 10.00

6 ft high 12.00
specimens 12 and 1.5 inch tubs, 7 plants,

$15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

Phoenix Roebelenli

per doz 6 00

perdoz 9 00

per doz 12.00

6 inch pots. 20 in. high,

7 inch pots. 22 in. high.

7 inch pots, 2 ft. high,

8 inch tubs, fine specimens

26 in. spread 1.50

28 in. spread 2.00

32 to 36 in. spread 2 50

3.50

Areca Lutescens, 6-in., 3 plants, 90c eiich.

Boston, Whitmani, Roosevelt.

5 inch, each $u.2.T per doz $ 3.00

6inch.each 50

7inch.each 75

8 inch, each 1 00

lOinch, each 2 .=^0

12 inch, each 3..'^0

E.xtra tine Boston and .Asparagus Hanging Baskets
$1.50 to $3.00 each.

Cocos Weddelliana

2-in., $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100,
$90.00 per lOOO. Ready by January.
Orders booked now for Jan. 1, 1915, and later.

All Freight Shipments Travel at
Purchaser's Ri&k.

Send all Plant Orders Direct to Morton Grove, Illinois.

1158

The American Florist.

Dec.

^9,

Christmas Flowers.

We are fortunate this year in having a large Supply of red Roses and red Carnations

of very choice quaUty. Our Beauties, Roses and Carnations this season are of exception-
ally fine quality and the well known fact of the advantage of buying direct from a large
grower should influence you to send us your orders as we only sell the flowers we grow.

— CHRISTMAS PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES. Pedo.

Specials, stems 48 in. and over $12.00

36 in. stems 10.00

30 in. stems 8.00

24 in. stems 6.00

15 to 20 in. stems $4.00 to 5.00

Rhea Reid and Milady.

Specials, extra long stems $5.00

Select, stems J8 to 20 in $3.00 to 4.00

Mediums, stems 10 to 15 in.. 2-00 to 2.50
Shorter stems 1.5j0

Richmond, Sunburst, Bul-
garia and Kiliarney Brilliant.

Per 100

Specials, extra long stems. $25.00

Selects, good length stems 20.00

Medium length stems 15.00

Short length stems $10.00 to 12.00

Pink and ^hite Kiliarney
and Hillingdon* perKw

specials, extra long stems. $15.00

Medium length stems $10.00 to 12.00

Short length stems 6.00 to 8.00

ROSES, our selection in lots

of 300 or more 6.00

Carnations. perico

Fancy red, very choice $10.00 to $12.00

Fancy dark pink, very choice 8.00

Fancy light pink, very choice 6 00

Fancy white, very choice 6.00

Easter Lilies 15.00

Lily of the Valley 4.00

Narcissus Paper Whites 3.00

Asp. and Sprengeri Sprays.... $2. 00 to 3.00

Best Eastern Ferns per 1000, 2.00

Galax Leaves, green or bronze " 1.00

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
Aino., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, ni., and Greggs Station, 111.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL

Oilcasro.

CHKISTMAS TRADE PROMISES TO BE OOOD.

The outlook for a good Christmas
trade at present is very encouraging
and a cleanup in all lines of cut flow-
ers at good prices may be expected.
The unfavorable weather of the past
Aveek took a change for the better on
December 13, when it suddenly turned
colder, and the temperature dropped
to a few degrees below zero. While
the cold weather will check the crops
somewhat, the bright sunshine will do
wonders as far as the quality is con-
cerned, and the dealers would all rather
have a little less stock than a lot of
inferior flowers, which will not stand
shipment, and would as a whole do
more harm than good. A great im-
provement in s\;ock Is already notice-
able and by Vcie time most of the
Christmas flowers are cut it should be
in grand condition. Some of the deal-
ers are inclined to think there will be
plenty of stock to go around, while
others do not. but it would not be at
all surprising to the writer to see a
grand clean-up in all lines before the
Christmas demand is actually over.
American Beauty roses will be in
larger supply than last year, but local

HOLLY

$2.25 PER CaSE.

Good with us this year.

E. A. BEAVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

grown stock will clean-up quickly.
Some eastern American Beauty roses
will be received but these flowers do
not cut much figure in the local mar-
ket, and it is generally a retailer who
buys them direct at a cheaper figure
than he can buy them for here who
handles them. It is understood that
one of the loop florists placed quite
an order for some eastern stock at
prices much less than local quotations,
but this price will not have any bear-

ing on the home-grown flowers, which
should easily bring $10 and $12 per
dozen for extra select stock. There
will be a fairly good supply of the new
rose Mrs. Chas. Russell, but this va-
riety will also be in good demand and
there will be no surplus. Richmond,
Rhea Reid, Milady and Hadley will
also be in good supply, but there Is
hardly ever a Christmas that red roses
are not scarce. Kiliarney, White Kil-
iarney, Kiliarney Brilliant, Prince de

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1159

BIG CROP OF

RICHMOND ROSES

FOR CHRISTMAS

Richmond will be our leader again this year as in former years, so if you
want your order filled with the choicest stock there is obtainable anywhere,
place it this year with us. We will have plenty of stock for everyone in all
lengths, so let your orders come. Our cut will be bigger and better than ever.

LARGE SUPPLY OF

Beauties- Russell

Killarney, White Killarney, My Maryland, Sunburst, Mrs. Aaron
Ward, Ophelia, and Milady. Most beautiful stock ever offered.

CARNATIONS

Largest and best supply that we have ever offered for Christmas, in Red,
White and Pink. Save time, trouble and worry by placing your order with
us, for we have the largest range of greenhouses in America devoted exclusively
to the growing of Cut Flowers and this enables us to fill your order best.

— Christmas Price List

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.

3B-inch stems 10 00

30-inch stems 9 00

24-inch stems 8 00

18-inch stems $B 00 to 6 00

12-inch stems 2 00 to 3 00

Per 100

Extra Special Richmond $30 00 to $35 00

Specials 26 00

Select 16 00 to 20 00

Medium _ 10 00 to 12 00

Shorts 6 00 to 8 00

Killarney

White Killarney.

Per 100

Specials $26 00

20 00
Medium 10 00 to 12 00

^K'^"'::;;;:- \ ^^^-t $15 00 to

Mrs. Aaron Ward

Ophelia Short

6 00 to 8 00

Per 100

r Specials $30 00 to $36 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell I Select 25 00

Milady \ Medium $16 00 to 20 tO

I. Short 10 00 to 12 00

Roses, our selection.. 6 00

Carnations, red 8 00 to 10 Ou

Carnations, white and pink, select 6 00 to 8 00

Carnaiions, white and pink 6 00

Harrlsil per doz., $1 50 to 2 00

Valley 4 00 to 6 00

Violets 1 60 to 2 00

Stevia 1 60 to 2 00

Smilax per doz., $2 00

Adiantum 1 00 to 150

Asparagus per bunch, 50c to 75c

Ferns per 1.000, $2 50

Boxwood per bunch, 25c

Galax, Bronze and Green per 1( 00, »1 00
Leucothoe Sprays... per 100, 75c to $1 00

PETER REINBERG

30 Cast Randolph St.,

Long Distance Phone,
Central 2846.

CHICAGO.

Member Wholesale Florists* Credit Asssoclat'on.

1160

The American Florist.

Dec. ig.

BIG CROP or ROSES fOR CHRISIMAS

Extra Fancy Richmond, Killarney, White Killarney, Sunburst.

BEAUTIES.

MAGNIFICENT FLOWERS IN ALL
LENGTHS at PRICES That Are RIGHT.

Can fill your order for a Dozen, Hundred or Thousand.
l®°Send for our Special Christmas Price Lisf^S

CARNATIONS.

Tremendous crops of all the old standard and best new-
varieties Never before have we had such an enormous
supply for Christmas as will be the case this jear. We
have got the right stock at the right prices so let's gej
together. Unusually large supply of RED CARNATIONS
THIS lEAR.

^wr I E> or o i« :b le o

162 N. Wabash Ave.,

Long Distance Phone, Randolph 2081.

•9

CHICAGO

Bulgarif. ..Sunlmr.sl. Ophelia. IMr.s.
Aaron Ward. My Maryland. Killarne>
Queen. Hillingdon. Cecile Brunner and
Mrs. Geo. Shawyei; ^viU be in fairly
good crop, but should also clean up
well. Carnations will be quite plenti-
ful, but will also be in good demand,
especially red, and even the pink va-
rieties. Orchids and gardenias will be
in good supply. Sweet peas will not be
as plentiful as last year and the same
holds good for miscellaneous stock in
f!eneral. Paper White narcissi, Ro-
man hyacinths, cut poinsettias and
gladioli will as usual be among the
offerings, but not in as large a sup-
ply as last year. Violets should clean
up well at good prices. Lily of the
valley and lilies are never seen in
large supply at Christmas, and there
is usually a good demand for what
little stock reaches the market.
Some fine stevia is being offered and
the same holds good for greens of all
kinds. Red winter berries are in large
supply and so is mistletoe, but the
quality of both appears to be much
better than last year. Boxwood in the
fancy grades is bringing as high as
$7.50 per case of 50 pounds, and there
is not any too much choice around at
that figure. Holly is seen everywhere
in large supply, but fancy stock is
none too plentiful and the price re-
mains firm. Southern wild smilax is
bringing $5.00 per case. The supply
houses are busy filling orders and all
report good business. Ruseus and red
frieze are in good demand, as are all
other items generally used for the holi-
days. The wholesale plantsmen are all
pretty well sold out. which was pre-
dicted in last week's market report.
Cyclamen, with the exception • of one
or two sizes, arc sold; poinsettias are
practically all sold, and only a few
begonias and azaleas in the larger sizes
remain to Vie disposed of, but these
will not remain unsold long. The re-
tail florists who placed their orders for
stock early will find that they did the
right thing, especially as far as plants
and cut flowers are concerned, for
there is going to be a grand clean up
in these two lines if the weather is
anyway at all favorable.
NOTES.
Bassett & Washbvu-n report business
•as continuing to Ise very good, with a
fine Christmas trade in sight. As far
as red roses are concerned, this firm
-Will be well fixed in their old standby
^hea Reid, and Richmond and Milady.
C. Ij. Washburn received word this
week from his partner. O. P. Bassett.
and wife, who are -in Pasadena, Calif-,
that they have .iust returned from a
l.OOO-mile auto trip through the moun-
tains, where at times the snow was so
deep that it was almost impossible to

SOUTHERN ffILD SMILAX

New Crop now ready for shipment,
$2.50 per case.

Caldwell The Woodsman Co., sou^Eiyeens

EVERGREEN, ALA.

see in front of the machine. Mr. Bas-
sett is now eighty years old and his
many friends here are pleased to learn
that he is enjoying perfect health and
having such a lovely time in the Golden
State.

Weiland & Risch have a nice lot of
grafted and own root stock of the new
rose Mrs. Chas. Russell on hand and
are booking orders for early spring
delivery. This firm was one of the first
to realize the sterling merits of this
popular variety .and grew it very heav-
ily the first year. If. the writer re-
members riglit, this firm was also the
first to plant Killarney on a large
scale when it was first introduced.
You simply have got to hand it to John
Risch when it comes to picking out a
winner.

The do.nce given by the Chicago Flor-
ists' Club in the Crystal room. Hotel
Sherman, last Friday evening, Decem-
ber 11. was a great social success and
everyone present had one of the best
times of their lives. Miss Virginia Poehl-
mann and Bernie Clintenberg enter-
tained those present with a number
of fancy dances, and Wm. Mailander,
Jr., gave a number of recitations. The
committee in charge of arrangements
left nothing imdone to make the affair
as pleasant a one as possible.

The Geo. Wittbold Co. sent out a
very fine holiday circular in three
colors last week in baskets filled with
palms, ferns, foliage plants and poin-
settias. It was very appropriate for
the occasion and was full of Christmas
spirit thi-oughout.

Harry Nicholson, with H. W. Buckbee,
Rockford. was the guest of A. T. Pyfer
and Peter Olsem at Wilmette, Sunday,
December 1.3.

B. Schmirer of the North Shore
Floral Co. placed an order this week
for a new refrigerator case.

Edwin A. Kanst was reappointed su-
perintendent of Lincoln Park Decem-
ber 9. .

BUY NOW

Christmas Baskets.

Be sure that you get theoi from us.
Our line is the best that was ever ofiered.
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail Horist ot today needs. Send tor
our new catalog, just off the press, make
up your order from the new list and send it
to us immediately. A postal will do,

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To react! our store take a Chicatro ."Avenue.
Division Slreel. Milwaukee ."V venue or Armil-
age Avenue car at Slate and Randolph Streets
and get off at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

19H-

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1161

A.L.VAIGHAN&CO.

161 N. Wabash Ave.,

(NOT INC.)

TELEPHONZS:

H

Central 2571

2572

ADtO. 48-734

CHICAGO

Everything in Large Supply for Christmas. Late Orders Will Be Filled in Full.

Long stems .
36-inch stems
30-inch stems
24-inch stems
20-inch stems
18-inch stems

Richmond-

CHRISTMAS

AMERICAN BEAUTIES.

Per doz.

PRICE LIST:

long

-Extra

" Special

Fancy 15.00 to

Medium 12.00 to

Short 8.00 to

White Killarney.... 1 ^ . .

Killamey | ^^^^^

Killarney Brilliant..

$12.00
10.00
9.00
8.00
6.00
S.OO
Per 100

35.00

25.00
20.00
15.00
10.00

$20.00 to $25.00

Fancy 15.00 to 18.00

w3"^'^ """"""■■■ i Medium 10.00 to 12.00

Sunburst;:::::;::::! Short e.ooto 8.00

ROSES, our selection 8.00

CARNATIONS, common 4.0O to 5.00

fancy 8.00

red 10.00

Cattleyas per doz., $10.00 to $12.00

Valley $

Violets

Paper Whites

Poinsettias, fancy, per doz., $2.00 to $4.00

Romans . .^

Stevia

Lilies per doz., $2.00

Callas per doz., 2.00

Sweet Peas

Smilax per doz., $2.00

Adiantum

Asparagus Strings each, 75c

Asparagus Plumosus, per bunch...

35c to 50c

Fancy Ferns per 1.000, $2.00

Wild Smilax per case, 5.00

Boxwood per lb., 25c; 50 lbs., 7.50

Mistletoe per lb., 25c

....original case, 25 lbs., 4.50

Leucothoe Sprays

Mexican Ivy

Mignonette

Michigan Red Berries per case, $2.50

Per 100

4.00 to $ 5.00
1.50 to 2.00
3.00 to 4.00

3.00 to
1.50 to

4.00
2.00

1.50 to 2.00
1.00

.75

.75

6.00 to 8.00

N. J. Wietor says that Wietor Bros,
never had such a largre crop of Rich-
mond roses for Christmas before as
they will have this year and this also
holds for American Beauties. The car-
nation crops are in splendid shape, he
adds, and the bright cool weather of
the present should leave the blooms in
fine shape for shipping. Several large
orders have already been booked by
this house and the outlook for a brisk
demand for the holidays is most en-
couraging.

John Zech made a trip among Zech
& Mann's growers this week and says
that his firm will have a large supply
of Richmond roses for their holiday
trade. The old reliable war horse and
his son Allie Zech will participate in
the father and son bowling tourna-
ment at Bensinger's West Randolph
street alleys next Sunday afternoon,
December 20. There is no doubt but
what they will make a very creditable
showing.

Miss Marvella French, daughter of
Guy W. French, and Miss Pauline An-
derson, daughter of C. G. Anderson,
were greatly honored last week when
the Poehlmann Bros. Co. named its
new pure white sport and yellow sport
of W. H. Chadwick and Yellow Chad-
wick chrysanthemums after them. The
white was named after Miss Marvella
and the yellow aftfer Miss Pauline.

Percy Jones had a big demand all
week for choice boxwood which he is
handling in quantity, as in former
years, and in addition to supplying
the retail trade he is supplying several
of the wholesalers with their needs.
Manager H. Van Gelder is having a
fine time with his new Buick and gave
it a good test last Sunday when he
made a record trip to Des Plaines
and back.

The Frank Floral Co. is particularly
strong on red winter berries for the

holidays and the stock is some of the
best that has been seen in this market
for years. Frank Potocka and A. E.
Turner are pretty busy at this estab-
lishment right now filling orders for
Christmas trees, the demand the last
few days being exceptionally good.

A. Li. Vaughan & Co. are all ready
for the big Christmas rush with a com-
plete line of all seasonable cut flowers
and greens and from present indica-
tions business promises to be fully as
good or even better than last year.
Orders are arriving freely and it is still
another week to the big day.

Harry Manheim made his annual trip
to Hoerber Bros.' greenhouses at Des
Plaines this week and brings back the
welcome news that his firm will have
nice cuts of Richmond and Killarney
roses and all the leading carnations
for Christmas.

Joseph Ziska's new auto is kept
pretty busy on local deliveries and
Raymond Ziska is on the job early and
late attending to same. The supply
business at this store is as brisk as can
be expected and much better than last
season.

Michael P. Simon, 23 years old, 2434
Princeton avenue, a carpenter con-
tractor, was arrested on a warrant
charging him with obtaining ?1.000
under false pretenses. Oscar Metz,
5.")2.'5 Harper avenue, is the complain-
ant.

N. P. Miller, of Kennicott Bros. Co.,
expects to see a shortage of red flowers
before the Christmas rush is over. His
firm will have its usual large supply
of stock for the big day, including a
nice supply of gladioli which it is now
handling in quantity.

Erne & Klingel are enjoying as good
a business as can be expected and the
outlook for Christmas is very bright.
They will have plenty of stock of all
kinds, including all greens, to fill their
orders, w-hich are now being booked.

WHOLESALE comii.«ioii rioBisn

Double
VIOLETS

Grandest Stock
Obtainable

QUANTITY

large with regular shipments
daily. Your Christmas order
should be placed with us. Prices
are right.

Paul Klingsporn reports a brisk de-
mand for American Beauty roses at the
Chicago Flower Growers' Association
store, where stock in this line is find-
ing ready buyers.

At John Kruchten's store the supply
of gardenias is very large at present
and the outlook is that there will be
plenty to fill all Christmas orders.

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The American Florist.

Dei.

19.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES DELIVERED FREE

Anywhere in the City.

The addition of a new auto truck to our delivery system now enables us to make deliveries anywhere in the
city without extra cost to our customers. You doo't have to lug home any bundles if you leave your order
with us nor you don't have to make a special trip to the market for supplies if you have a telephone. Just call
us up, Central 463, tell us what you want and it will be delivered right to your door in the shortest possible time.

Heavy Frieze, per Ball. 50c; Immortelles, Light Pink, Dark Pink, Green and Violet Shades, 20 Cts.per bunch. Ruscus,
Magnolia Leaves, Statice and everything else in the Florists' Supply line. Your supply order should always go to

JOSEPH ZISKA.

Wire Designs and Wholesale Florists' Supplies

151-153 N. WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

Live

tcm«a.jmk:

LrORivrv

c

WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

179-181-183 N.Wabash Avenue,

o.

CHICAGO

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

Consignments of Roses, Carnations, Violets

and All Other Seasonable Slock Solicited.

m WHOLESALE GDPWEDS s/^CUT FL9WEPS^^ PLANTS

L. D. Phone

Randolph M4»

176 lA.Michvkjem Ave-.

CKic©.^o

Peter Reinbergr, Miss Margaret Mc-
Nulty, Felix Reichling, Herbert Hansen
and Henry Zender made a trip tlirough
the Peter Reinberg greenhouses last
Sunday, December 13, to see how the
stock looks for Christmas and were
well pleased with the outlook, espe-
cially as far as Richmond and Mrs.
Chas. Russell roses are concerned.
After a thorough inspection of the
greenhouses on North Robey street
they visited- the carnation range on
the farm, Foreman Emil Reichling
making the trip with them. Mr. Rein-
berg was well iileased with the stock
there an4, stated that he never saw
things in such splendid Shape since the
range was built.

Poehlmann Bros." Co. is having a tre-
mendous demand for plants this sea-
son and is already pretty well sold out
in poinsettias, cyclamen and the small-
er sizes in azaleas. Some fine begonia
plants are still being offered, but a
clean-up in all blooming stock is ex-
pected long before the big rush is actu-
ally over. The cut of roses, carnations
and orchids for Christmas will be large
and some fine stock in all lines will be
obtainable. The cut of American
Beauty roses and gardenias will be un-
usually good.

A. T. Pyfer says that the out'ook for
a fine Christmas trade at the Chicago
Carnation Co.'s store is very bright.

and that out-of-town oiders for stock
are arriving each day. The demand for
carnation cuttings of the new variety
Aviator is brisk, and the firm is well
satisfied with the large number of or-
ders that have already been booked
for January 1 delivery and later.

L. Hoeckner of the Peter Reinberg
force has the .s.vmpathy of the trade
in the loss of his brother Otto, whose
death occurred last week. The funeral
was held Sunday, December l.S, and
was well attended by relatives and
friends.

E. J. Fancourjt. with S. S. Pennock-
Meehan Co.. Philadelphia, Pa., spent
Sunday, December 1.'!, with C. L. Wash-
burn and wife at Hinsdale, when a visit
was also paid to Bassett & Washburn's
new range at Greggs Station.

Richard Jjietz, of Milwaukee. Wis.,
was here on business on December 14.
He has been doing nicely in the Cream
City since he opened up a retail .store
there a few years ago, and now enjoys
•A well-paying busine.ss.

Peter Olsem's home jn Wilmette was
visited by fire early on Sunday morn-
ing, December 13, but the blaze was
extinguished before any great damage
was done.

Harry Rowe is after the holiday busi-
ness in grand style and has his store
so neatly decorated with Christmas
goods so artistically arranged .and dis-

played that the public cannot help but
step in and buy.

A. C. Brown, of Springfield, visited
several of the large greenhouse estab-
lishments here this week and also the
Holton & Hunkel Company's range at
Brown Deer, Wis., on December 13.

Vaughan's Seed Store, Uje W. W.
Barnard Co. and the Albert Dickinson
Co. have exhibits at the poultry show
at the Coliseum this week.

Frank Gorly, with Grimm & Gorly,
St. Louis, Mo., was in the city this
week buying stock for his firm's holi-
day trade.

Vaughan's Seed Store is beginning to
take in their farm lots of gladiolus
bulbs in carloads.

Miss Amy Schultz of the J. A. Bud-
long force is wearing a liandy diamond
engagement ring.

Visitors : Clarence .1. Watson, with
the Leo Niessen Co., Philadelphia, Pa.;
Kdw. Amerpohl, ,Tanesville, Wis.; A. 0.
Brown, Springfield; Frank Gorly, with
Grimm & Gorly, St. Louis, Mo.; S. S.
Skidelsky. of S. S. Skidelsky & Co..
Philadelphia, Pa.; Richard Lietz, Mil-
waukee, Wis.; Harry Nicholson, with
H. W. Buckbee, Rockford; C. E. Pin-
ney, with the Kentucky Tobacco Prod-
uct Co., Louisville, Ky.; Walter H.
Demmler, Eau Claire, Wis.; E. J. Fan-
court, with S. S. fennock-Meehan Co.,
Philadeljihia. Pa. '

igi4.

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1163

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578
Kennicott Bros. Co.

CniCAfiO, ILL.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers

163-165 N. Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO

L. D. Phone Central 466

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

W. p. KYLE JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

LoDg Distance Phone. Raadolph 3619
Mention the American Florist when writing

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Violets! Violets!!

We are Califurnia Violet Growers and
we have the largest beds with Violets the
largest and finest produced. We can
send them t > any place in the United
States, and cheaper than any one else.

S. ROSAIA CO., - Colma, Calif.

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

KOSi£S and CAKNATIONS

Our Specialties.

Cook County Florists' Association.

The Cook County Flori.sts' Associa-
tion met at the Tavern, West Wash-
In^on street, Thursday evening, De-
cember 10. when atEliation with the
S. A. F. & O. H. and selection of a
route to the IMl.'j San Francisco Con-
vention were discus.sed. Pyfer & OI-
sem, of Wilmette, staged a magnifl-
lent va.se of Killarney Brilliant roses
which attracted much favorable atten-
tion and were of tine color, notwith-
standing the unusually cloudy weather
that has prevailed in this vicinity the
past fpw weeks.

J. a BDDL0NG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLES AU

VALLEY, ROSES
and CARNATIONS cDnutcD AC
A Specialty onllntn ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., GHICA60

And AU Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Marlfct Prices.

Flower Growers Corporation

Wholesale Only. Consignments Solicited.

118 Broadway, DETROIT, MICH.

VlioMe HowerMM-Ket^s

Xmas Prices. Etiec live Dec.
Koaei. Beauty, specials

36-in

30-in

24 in

20-in

15in

12-in

19

Per doz.

SI2 00

I" 00

9 00

8 0)

7 00

6 no

W@ 5 l»

l-er 100

Killarney Brilliant 5 00® '5 CO

Killarney 500625 00

White Killarney 5 00® 25 00

■ Richmond 5 00^35 00

Prince de Bulnarie 5 nO@25 00

•• Rhea Reid 5 0O@35 00

■■ My Maryland 5 00@2i 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell i. 00@50 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 5 00625 00

Milady 5 00@S=; 00

•■ Sunburst '^ no©25 00

Mrs. .'\aron Ward 5 <y@iS I'O

•■ Hadley .5 00@«5 00

•■ Ophelia 5 00@35 00

Our selection 6 10

Carnations 3 00@12 00

^.attleyas. . .per doz 12 00

Daisies I 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $4 00@$f..00 per doz.

Lilium Harrlaii 12 S0@I5 00

PaperWhites 4 CO

Romans 4 00

Stevia : 2 00

Sweet Peas 2 (»@ 2 .=0

Valley 4 (X)@ 5 00

Violets 1 .50® 2 50

Adiantum Croweanum.. .. 75® 1 00

Ferns " 2 00@2 50

Galax 1 00@1 25

Leucolhoe

Mexican Ivy. . ..per 1000. 5 0O@fi 0(1
Plumosus Strings.. each. f^0@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00@2 50

'^orenppri. PIuotosiib Sprays 3 OOto 4 00

Boxwood. 25c per lb.

Red Winter Berries, per case 2 00

HOERBER BROS.

SSS;.".', cm Flowers

Telephone Randolph 2768.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINES. aL.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave CHICAGO

7'® 1 00

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

A. L. Randall Co.,

(^lltl^Q 66 E.Randolph St., Cj^^^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

(jeorge Keinberg

Wholesnie Florist

Kxira fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Klllamey and While Killarney roses. All
orders Kiven prompt attention. Try OS.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

WietorBros.

Wholesale CUT FLOWERS
Growertol ^^^^^^.^^^^^^^^^_

All teietfraph and telephooe orders Kiveo
prompt atteniioD.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

1164

The American Florist.

DeQ. ig.

EverjTthing in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists*
Supplies.

MILWiCKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i HVNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

For Xmas and New Year

ITALIAN RUSCUS.

AA-l holly red. best quality guaranteed, per
pouud, 50r and 60c.

VELVET POINSETTIAS.

These are made of a perfect shade of "Xmns
red'* Velvet of fine quality — lung stems with
green foliage — a sure seller for the Holiday
trade.

Per doz $ 1.20

Per gross (12 doz.) 14.00

ARTIFICIAL HOLLY.

six sprays to a bunch — a diindy seller — perfect
color, rerl berries, excellent foliage. Per dozen
bunches. $1.20.

JAPANESE RED ROPING.

Nothing can t)eat this for Xmas decorntlve —
you'll miss it If you don't try a sample (00
yards to halH. Small, 50c each; medium. 75c
each; large. $1.00 each (5c less per bail when
ordered In dgzen lots).

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER

Wholesale Florist. 1324 Pine St., St. Louis. Mo.

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both I. D Phones, ST. LOUIS, MO.

siDiiies and Eveirtliine in season aiwarson band
Philadelphia.

PRE-nOLIDAY DULLNESS MANIFEST.

There is the usual dull time before
the holidays, although the past week
showed a better demand than the week
before. There were several important
"coming out" teas and some weddings,
which helped out considerably. The
very dull weather, fully a week with-
out a single ray of sunshine, has been
very hard on the color of the roses,
particularly the Pink Killarney. which
are so pale as to be almost unsalable.
Crops of all kinds have shortened up
very noticeably, in consequence of
which prices have advanced all along
the line, with possibly one or two ex-
ceptions. Gardenias, for instance, are
held at two dollars per dozen for spe-
cials, that is to the stores, but to the
fakers it is another story. Chrysanthe-
mums are out of it. although there are
still a few stragglers. The outlook for
the Christmas supply is good; the pres-
ent weather conditions are very bad,
but it is confidently expected that there
will be some good clear weather this
week that will bring the color out in
the roses and help along the crops that
are so much desired. The green mar-
ket looks very promising; the advance
shipments of holly show this staple to
be very well berried, together with
very good foliage. Lycopodium is seen
in quantity, laurel wreathing is coming
•jn freely: in fact all lines are full with
quality the feature.

NOTES.

All the plant* men are busy at the
Robert Crais Co. Their choice cycla-
men are nearly all roped off, the lots
set aside for the first selections being

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

448 Mil-
waukee

p. O. Box 206.

St., Milwaukee.Wis.

Fancy Lily of the Valley and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked.

C. A. KUEHN,

Supplies and Wire Designs.

Wholesale Florist.

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe Hover MM"KetsS

Philadelphia, Dec. 16. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, extra ; 25 00@35 00

first lU00i825 00

•• Mrs. Chas. Russell 8 00@15 00

•• Killarney 3 00@10 00

•■ White Killarney ;. 3 OOiglO 00

■■ Liberty 5 00(glS 00

•• Mock 10 00(820 00

Hadl^y 8 00@I2 (0

Bulsana 6 00010 00

■' Sunburst 6 00(312 00

Carnations 2 00® 4 00

Cattleyas .....35 00(850 00

Lilium Harrisii 8 00@l2 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00@ 5 00

Sweet Peas 1 00@ 1 50

Chrysanthemums 8 00(816 00

Violets I 00® 1 50

Snapdragons 6 OOiB) 8 00

Mienonette 4 00® 5 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Dec. 16. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 30 00

fancy 25 00

extra IS 00

No.l 1000

• Killarney 2 00(8 8 00

My Maryland 2 000 8 00

Sunb'irst 2 00® 6 00

Mrs Aaron Ward 2 00® 4 00

Sweethearr. 1 50

Carnations 2 0C@ 3 00

Cattleyas 50 00

Lilium Gieanteum 10 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum 1 on

Vellow Daisies 75® 1 00

Sweet Peas 50

Violets 50® 75

Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35@40
Sprays oer bunch. .35@40

really superb, as good as any ever seen
anywhere. Orders for all kinds of
Christmas stock have been coming in
very fast the past week. It is the
same with other growers, some of
whom had complained of dull business
before, but who now say that things
are moving with a rush.

On Saturday, December 12, some

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper!
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H.G. BEKNIJVG

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.86 per box.

1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

'WINDLER

HOLESALE FLORAL

UlOPineSt.STLOmSMO.
Central 1474 Olive

MlLWAUKEh, Dec Iti fer lUO

Roses. Beauty, per doz.. 2 0 I® 10 OO

•• Killarney and W. Killarney 8 00@25 00

Ward. Taft. Sunburst 10 00(825 00

■• Mrs. Chas Russell 20 On® =0 00

Ophelia 8 no®25 00

■• Richmond SlOg-'iOO

Carnations 5 OOe 10 00

Lilies 12 50

Snapdragon, per bunch, 25c @50c

Valley *-f^

Violets I 500 2 .50

Stevia 1 Co© 2 OO

Bouvardia per bunch. 35c

igi^.

The American Florist.

1165

For the Holidays We Offer You a

LARGE SUPPLY OF BEAUTIES

Of the Finest Quality.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

12th and Race Streets,
PdlLADELPHIA.

Centre Street,
BALTIMORE.

1214 H Street,
WASHINGTON.

BERGER BROS.

Id larpe assortment,

best varieties.

DAHLIAS

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valiey, Lilies.

Send us a trial order,
Excepiional shippintr facilities.

1225 Race St.. PhUadelphia, Pa.

C. E. CRITtHLLL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East TMra St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stocltol Klorists' Greens and Supplies

really good long stemmed gardenias
were offered by the street men at 5
cents each, six for a quarter. It is
things like this that rile the store-
keepers. They are aslied $1.50 to %'-
per dozen for such Howers, possibly
24 hours before, and these street gen-
try get the same stock at a price that
shows them a profit at six for a quar-
ter. It looks like downright stupidity
to spoil the market for such choice
flowers in this way.

The Leo Niessen Co. say it will be
better able to fill American Beauty rose
orders this season than ever, for the
holidays. Carnations are exceptional-
ly fine, also gardenia'! and violets; in
fact, there will be no scarcity of the
standard stock for the season.

The M. Rice Co. is experiencing a
heavy demand for all kinds of Christ-
mas grasses and flowers, for the minia-
ture baskets. Their miniature auto
wreath, made of the red Jap chenille,
has had a great sale.

Berger Brothers' Central Market of-
fers a great Christmas stock. They
claim there will be no scarcity of flow-
ers, all staple lines being pretty sure
to be ample. A lot of very fine holly
Is offered here.

Henry A. Dreer has the holiday fe-
ver and offers a fine line of ornamental
foliage plants, made up in combination,
in pots of various sizes. They are cer-
tainly very showy. K.

Boston.

TEADE snows lilPIiOVEilENT.

Business during the past week
started rather poorly, but took a great
change for the better during the last
two days. The supply of chrysanthe-
mums shortened and created a demand
for other Lowers, and as there is but
a short supply on account of the dull
weather and holding back for Christ-
mas, the prices on nearly every kind
of stock went up to a good figure. Car-
nations were scarce and sold readily
at $3 to $5 per lUO. The price on roses
did not advance as rapidly, but are sell-
ing well. It is not expected that there
will be a very large supply of cut
, flowers for Christmas, and consequent-
j ly the prices are expected to be very
good. The poinsettias and other Christ-
mas pot plants shown at the markets
for samples are extra good this year.
There is a good supply, and from the
present outlook not much difficulty will
be found iu. disposing of them.

>'OTES.

A meeting of the wholesalers, retail-
ers and gtowers of flowers was held

From now on you will need more

EASTER LILIES

Get fresh fine stock from The Lily Grower of the middle West.
We also have fine

Adiantum Croweanum fronds at $1.00 per 100.

HOFFMEISTER FLORAL CO.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Menlinn the American Florist when writing

r

\

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Killarney, Rictimond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON, MASS,

=\

J

VlioMe Hover MatKcU

Boston, Dec. 16.

Rosei, Beauty 5

Killarney Queen

White and Pink Killarney.
Double White Killarney... 1

Killarney Brilliant 1

•• Hadley I

Cardinal 1

•• Mock 1

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1

Sunburst 1

• Taft 1

Milady 1

" Ward and HillinKdon 1

My Maryland

Cattleyas 35

Lily of the Valley 3

Sweet Peas

Violets, single

' medium

Chrysanthemums, select 12

medium 6

Carnations 1

select I

Buffalo, Dec. 16.

Per 100

00@35 00
S0@ 8 00
50® 5 00
00© 6 00
00® 6 00
OOiglO 00
00@12 dO
00@ 8 00
00@12 00
00@ 8 00
00© 8 00
0(i@ 8 00
00® 6 00
50® 5 00
00@5' 00
0(.@ 4 00
2S@ 30

750 1 on

500 75
00@16 no
noaiooo
on® 2 00
50® 3 00

Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 30 00@35 00

fancy 20 00@25 00

extra 15 00® 20 00

No. 1 10 00012 00

No. 2 4 000 6 00

•■ Shawyer 5 00@IO 00

Killarney 3 00® 8 00

■' White Killarney 3 000 8 00

'• My Maryland 3 000 7 00

■ Killarney Queen 4 00® 7 00

■' HillinRdon 3 000 6 00

'■ Richmond 40001000

•• Sunburst 6 0061000

Ward 4 00® 8 00

•• Taft 3 0(i«? 7 no

Lily of the Valley 4 000 .S 00

Lilies 8 00010 00

Cattleyas 35 00040 00

Carnations 2 000 4 00

Snapdragons 2 Of-0 ?. 00

Violets 75@ 1 00

Pomo-ns bunch. 2.=^05Oc

'Mums, pink, white and yi How, 5c@25c
Asparajfus. per bunch.. 350 50
Asparagus SpreoReri... J'i© 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Sn-ilqx 15 no

Stevia 1 00

Manufacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM GO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Edward Reid

WBOL£SALE FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Russells, Mock,

Killarney. Sunburst and otners.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express depot.

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA. PA.

St. Louis, Dec. 16. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, medium 8 00@12 50

short stems 4 000 6 00

" Killarney 3 00© 6 00

My Maryland 3 00® 6 00

•■ White Killarney 2 00® 4 00

" Aaron Ward 3 000 6 00

■■ Sunburst 3 000 6 00

" Ophelia 4 000 6 00

■ M lady 3 00® 6 OO

" Hadley 3 00© 6 00

Valley 4 00

Carnations 3 00© 9 CO

Rubrum 8 00

AsparaKus Spreneeri.per bu., 25@50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu..25®60

Harrisii 10 00

Ferns perinnO. 175

Leucothoe per inn, 60

Galax per lO'O. 1 50

Cincinnati. Dec. 16.

Roses. Beauty perdoz..$l 00@$10 00

Per 100

Killarney 3 00^ 10 00

My Maryland 3 00^ lO 00

■■ Richmond 3 0(1615 00

" Taft. 3 006 8 00

Lily of the Valley 4 (00 ^ 00

Lilium Guanteum 10 Oi 612 50

Asparaeus Plumoso8..per bch..2Sc

Catnotions 6 000 8 00

Orchids, perdoz 10 no

Violets 1 .=00 2 OO

NarcisMis 'Paper V hilP5> 3 CO© 4 (0

Poinsettias per doz.. 75c@$3 CO

Sweet Peas 1 50

Stevia per bunch, 25c

1166

The American Florist.

Dec. ig.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Just Received

Hohminn's Famous Lily if ihe Valley Pips

Per lOjO fiom $12.00 to $16.00.
LlUum Formosum, 7-9 inch. . per case of 2-0 bulbs, $15.00

Llllum MuUlflorum, 7-9 inch 300 16.50

LlUum Glganteum. 7-9 inch. .^00 " 16.50

at the American House, Saturday, De-
cember 12, to discuss means of dispos-
ing of surplus stock. Although not
nluch was directly done in the matter,
a start was made which promises to
aid in clearing the markets of goods,
which lately have not found any out
let. The majority seemed to think thai
the best method would be to allow the
boys to sell on the streets. Wm. Penn
gave an interesting talk in which he
bitterly scored some of the present
methods of selling goods. As he said,
it seems to be the growers of a poor
grade of tiowers. and those who do not
get too cents on the dollar, that are
doing most of the grumbling.

Thomas Capers, of Wellesley, Mass..
has nearly every nook and corner of
his carnation houses filled with Jerusa-
lem cherries. They are very good
plants and are selling fast. He finds
this a very good way to use the space
needed after Christmas for his young
stock.

One of the best selling carnations
coming to the market is "Alice,"
grown by Peter Fisher, of Ellis, Mass.
Its clear color, a beautiful shade of
blush i>ink, and its exceptional keep-
ing qualities make it very popular.

N. M. Silverman, the prominent Win-
ter street florist, is confined to his
home on account of sickness. He is
..gaining rapidly and expects to be able
to personally care for his Christmas
trade.

S. J. Goddard, of Framingham,
Mass.. is cutting very fine earnations
at present. His Gloriosa is especially
worthy of note. Yellow Prince also
does well with him.

J. W. Foote, of Reading, Mass., has
for Christmas a few Beacon carnations
in six-inch pots. They are nice, bushy
plants, with five or six blooms each.

Some of the finest lily of the valley
seen in Boston come from Wm. Jur-
geri's, of Newport, R. I. He is at pres-
ent shipping about 5.000 per week.

Welch Bros, report a steadily in-
creasing business. It is no more than
is to be expected considering the high
qualitv of stock they handle.

F. L,. W.

New York.

TRADE snows SLIGHT GAIN.

As fore.shadowed in our last notes,
the business of the past week was very
dull, with some slight improvement
toward the end. There was a horse
show at Madison Square garden, but
it was a charity affair and did not
seem to bring much business to the flor-
ist*. The thoughts of the entire trade
are now centered on Christmas. Even
the seedsmen are active in the prepa-
ratioi^ of wreaths, stars, etc., and in
deckjjif their phow windows. Indica-
tions poirff to a heavy supply of fresh
plants for Christmas. If cut flower
prices reach a very high figure, plants
will have the preference. This is not
prophecy, but will be a repetition of
what has happened in previous years.

December 14. — Business continues
quiet. The supply of stock is light,
but there is more than enough to sup-
ply the demand. Carnations are mov-
' ing rather slowly, and while $4.00 per
100 is being asked for the best, they
are hard to move at that price. As
usually happens so near to Christmas,
this week is likely to continue quiet.

NOTES.

Nearly everybody, whether they

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfleld Street

Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
Its Best Growers

travel out of town or not, now visits
the Pennsylvania R. JR. station. The
new post office is just in its rear on
Eighth avenue, and it is a short cut
through the station. It may be possi-
ble that none of the railroad people
care w-hat the florists or the florists'
trade papers say aliout them. Doubt-
less there are other good railroads but
it is impossible for any of them to Ise
better than the Pennsylvania. The
stores along the concourse of the sta-
tion in this city are inodels of neat-
ness and efiiciency: they have to be,
and one of the most attractive as
Christmas draws near, is the flower
store of Alexandfir M. Westwood.

Cliarles H. Totty had so far recov-
ered, December 11, that lie was able to
leave the Overlook Hospital, Summit,
N. J., and return to his home in Madi-
.son, N. J. He had been confined to
the hospital for five weeks. Calling on
him a few days before he left the hos-
pital we found him looking much better
than we expected. Though for a time
he was a very sick man, his recovery
has been rapid and his many friends
will I'ejoice that it has been so.

Robert Perkins, son of John J. Per-
kins, the well-known retailer, died De-
cember 11. of tuberculosis, from which
he had long suffered. He had at times
been associated with his father in the
wholesale business, but of late had been
in the insurance business. He was
about 34 years old and is survived by
a w'ife and children.

Charles Haberman. 2608 Broadway,
was very busy during the past week
with funeral work. Mr. and Mrs.
Haberman have the sympathy of the
trade in the death of Mrs. Haberman's
mother, December 7. aged 79 years.
The funeral took place December 9, and
there were many beautiful floral trib-
utes from friends.

Oliver J. Rice, wlio was sentenced
to the New Jersey state prison Decem-
ber 9, mention of which will be found
elsewhere, was at one time employed
in this city. We understand, however,
that at the time he committed the of-
fense he was doing business for him-
self and was not connected with any
other firm.

John J. Foley, for many years a flor-
ist of the Bowery, has purchased the
store formerly conducted by tiie late
Stephen Meagher at Amsterdam avenue
and 142d street. Miss Meagher, who
was associated with her brother, con-
tinues with Mr. Foley, who still retains
his store at 230 Bow^ery.

Alfred A. Fischer, a clever young
man who recently went into the whole-
.sale business on his own account at
103 West 28th street, was married, De-
cember 9, to Miss Julia Obst, an at-
tractive young lady of Winfield, N. Y.
The happy couple are enjoying their
honeymoon in Bermuda.

In anticipation of a heavy holiday
business C. C. Trepel has purchased
two new automobiles for delivery.
These cars are of the most modern con-
struction, an innovation being side in-

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Maoison Sauare.

I wish to assure my friends throu£bout tha
country that all orders to be shipped, will receivt
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America.

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone Madison Sq. 5^.1S

Stead of end doors. They are of a
guaranteed capacity of 1,500 pounds.

S. J. Kracke, who recently established
a retail business at 3587 Broadway, has
been very successful and his store
shows many good features. He expects
a brother and sister, who are now at-
tending agricultural schools in Switzer-
land, to join him at an early date.

Alexander Donaldson, who succeeded
his father, John Donaldson, retired, as
a grower at Elmhurst, L. I., is making
a success. He is now sending in fine
lilies and callas.

Charles F. Meyer, 97 Warren street^
the well-known dealer in bulbs, has
been absent for some time on a busi-
ness trip throughout the south and
west.

Louis A. Miller, of the Noe depart-
ment of the New York Cut Flower Co.,
is the proud father of another son, born
December 9. This is entry number 4.
Matty Sampson, manager of the Noe
department, will be godfather to the
child.

C. Albert Small and Joseph A. Mll-
lang attended the Gridiron Club dinner
at Washington, D. C, December 12,
They were accompanied by W. H.
Egan, an official of the Pennsylvania
railroad, with an office in this city.

I. Stein, a retail florist of 342 Grore
street, Jersey City, and well known
in the wholesale district of this city.

19H-

The American Florist.

1167

Eatabllshed 1878

106 West 28th Street
New York

J. K. ALLEN

wholesale Commlsiion Dealer In Cut Flowers.

\owprcn'"Hd lor Winter BuslnebS.

The celebrated HADLEY. MILADT and othei roses. L LY OF THE VALLEY

and oiher «r('rnh'>''S'» st cks.

Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guorantced.

Open It 6 a.m. every morninE. Phones 167 and 44at> Madison Sanare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
rour card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.&5: per 1000 $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Casb with order.

AMERICAN FLOfilST CO.. 440 S. Dearborn St. Chica]to

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J GUTTMAV. President.

Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. 28th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Sanare.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H, Traendly

Charles Scbenck

Traendly ^ Schenck

WUleaJfl FWists ud Cnt Flower Eichaogt
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.

Orcbids. Roses, Carnations, and all the other

be«t products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEU

m. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK cnr

Telephone: 3864 Madison Sauart.

John J. Reynolds, Mgr. Phone Madison Sq, 4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

died, December 9, after an illness of
two days of appendicitis. He was
about 30 years old.

At the retail store of C. A. Liadiges.
17i)2 Amsterdam avenue, we have re-
cently noted active preparations for the
Christmas trade. Charles A. Bird, a
clever young man, well known in the
trade, has recently joined Mr. Ladiges'
staff.

The Claremont Florists, 3185 Broad-
way, is a Arm of enterprising young
men, whose activities we have recent-
ly noted. They have a good store and
are doing a good business.

M. A. Bowe, the well-lcnown retailer
of 12 West 33d street, was recently
elected president of the retailers' as-
sociation. W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., is sec-
retary. ,

George C. Siebrecht, 109 West 28th
street, continues to receive fine stock
of orchids, lily of the valley and gar-
denias.

C. C. Trepel has opened a store at
40 West 28th street as a headquarters
and distributing point for his buyers.

We have noted at Vaughan's Seed
Store a very fine window display of
Christmas goods.

Guttman & Raynor, Inc., report good
business since moving into their new
5tore.

A. F. F.

Geo. C. Siebrecht

WHOLESALE FLOPIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. A08 and 609 Madison Sanare
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

'"Isl^'ala Mad. Sq. 133 W, 28tli St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMe flower MM'KeU

New York, Dec. If.. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 35 00(840 00

extra and fancy... 25 OOiS 3u 00
No. 1 and No. 2... 8 OOfelO 00

.^lice Stanley ii'Oigl^OJ

Mrs. tieo.Sbawyer. special 4 00@ 8 UO

extra... 3 OU(gi 4 00

" N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

White Killaroey, special... 4 0O@ 5 00

Killarney. My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 5 00

No. 1 and No. 2.. 1 U '© 2 00
Queen special.. 3 OOn S 00

Brilliant 1 00@ 8 00

Aaron Ward 1 0 @ i, 00

" Richmond 1 0J@ 5 00

Sunburst 1 0 @ 8 00

" Taft 1 00(3 b 00

Milady, special 4 fO0 5 00

■■ J L Mock 3011(812 00

Hadley 6 00(820 00

Ophelia 1 0(1(8 7 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell I OOiglO 00

Carnations I 0<i«7 3 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 40 Oi (850 00

inferior (jrades. 20 inig.'S 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 8 (10® 1(1 00

Lily of the Valley 2 ^0(8 3 00

Chrysanthemums per doz,, 1 OOi® 3 00

X"''i''s 2.S(@ 35

Oardenias per doz.,$l 50@.$2.50

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 50@ 75

Asparagus Plumosus... doz bchs. 2 00

Smilax doz. strings. I Or® 1 25

Paper White Narcissus I noig 1 25

Sweet Peas, per doz. bunches 7^c01 iy\
Spencer type. .. 1.50(82.00

C. C. TRfPEl

If you have anything in the line of
decorative plants, now is the time
to see me. Call at my store, at

BLOOMINGDALE'S

59th Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

United Gut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones: Madison Square 594-4422.

We solicit consienments of cut floweis of all kinds

Books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYRRANAS, Manager.

Mention the American Ptoriat when writino

HORACE E. FRONENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beanty Roses a specialty, Roses.
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 220O and Z201 Madison Square.
Mention the American Floritt when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Brok.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Pbone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhere

Prompt and satisfactory. CoosigDmeDts solicited

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldtj.. 6th av. and W. 26th St., New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. s DOKVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERQRBENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

1 19 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

wholesale; florist

24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Mention the American Florist when toriting
121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Square '
IW Urgcsl Sbkttt ud Recens tt Freik Crt Flnm
1^ A complete assortment of the best in tb«
market can always be relied upon.

Mention the American Florist when writing

. WHOLESALE

7J^^^

c?^ WcjreS'-'ST.Ncivrom.

Phone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Alfred A. Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORIST
103 West 28tll Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when ior4tino

1168

The American Florist.

Dec. ig.

Christmas Decorations

HoUy, select, per case, $4.50; 5 cases $21.25

Holly, fancy, per case, 4.00; 5 cases 19.00

LyCOpodium, per 100 lb. crate 7.00

Lycopodium Wreathing, heavy, 20-yd. coils .80

LyCOpodium Wreathing, medium, 20-yd. coils .60
Immortelles, red, purple, pink and yellow, doz. 4.75

ST. LOUIS

408 North Broadway,

Wreaths, Holly, Delaware, 10-in. rings, doz $1.50

Wreaths, Lycopodium with Holly, 10-in. rings, doz 90

Jap. Red Roping, No. l, light, 60 yds 45

Jap. Red Roping, No. 2, medium, 60 yds 75

Jap Red Roping, No. 3, extra heavy, 60 yds. 1.20
RUSCUS, Red, best grade, per lb 75

SEED CO.

ST. LOUIS, MO.

LOOK WHO IS HERE

FROM THE WAR ZONE

Terra Cottafirass Heads

In 3 Designs
and 2 Sizes.

E^KKs'

Prices on
Application.

If interested

write for
Cataloj;ue of

Partridge

Berry Bowls,

FUh I lobes.

Imported

Tanks,

Aguaria

Ornaments,

MC.

Nicholas Wapler,

28 Warren Street, NtW YORK.

Knoxvllle, lenn,

INCLEMENT WEATHER DELAYS CROP.

The present bad weather is a record-
brealter, according to reports from the
weather bureau foi- Knoxville and vi-
cinity, it having been cloudy for 18
consecutive days, and out of this num-
ber it has rained 1-1 days. This is hard
on stocli and everything is blooming
slow. Carnations, roses, narcissi and
hyacinths are the main crops at pres-
ent.

NOTES.
The Knoxville Florists' Society on In-
vitation met Monday, December 7, at
the Board of Commerce rooms with a
committee from the Knoxville Board of
Trade. This being the last meeting
night of the year, officers were elected
for the ensuing year as follows : Chas.
L. Baum, president; Mrs. Kdith Crouch,
vice president; A. J. McNutt. secretary
and treasurer. The meeting time of the
society was changed from the first
Tuesday night to the second Monday
night of each month, on account of the
former date coming so close to the (Irst
of the month. The first year of the
organization has been a very successful
one, and the coming year has the
promise of being much better.

Chas. L. Baum has a very attractive
Florists' Telegraph Delivery window,
which brings out the idea to the public
that flowers can be delivered to any
part of the United States or Canada on
very short notice, and with the assur-
ance that the order will receive the
same care and attention as if It were
to be delivered In Knoxville.

Mrs. Rosa Hall nyno is having very
good bu.siness at present, and Is mnk-
ing preparations to handle a, large

Christmas Supplies

BestRuscus, 75c lb.: lO lbs, $6.50 Best HoUy, per case, $4.50

Immortel es, $4.50 per dozen bunches

Statice, white 75c; lavender, $1.00 per pound

Red Frieze, 75c per large Ball

All other Supplies in stock. Get our list.

C. C POLIWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

HOLLY

$2.25 per Case.

Good with us this year.

E. A. BEAVEN, Evergreen, Ala.

QUALITY AND STYLE IN
D f\ ^ fZ ^ for Flowers and
Dvr.^1^9 Floral Designs
At no Greatrr cost.

Mnde in many sizes from various non-
fading siiades of board. Write for
catalogue, price list and samples.

THE SEFTON MfG CO.

1335 W. 35th St., CHICAGO, ILL.

Christmas trade. Poinsettia and other
stock looks very fine.

Addison J. McNutt reports business
only fair. He is somewhat discouraged
about his crop of sweet peas, which lias
been practically ruined by the recent
cloudy weather.

Crouch's are very busy making prep-
arations for Christmas trade, which in
all probabilities will be good. The re-
cent cloudy weather has made stock
rather scarce.

A. H. Dailey has been very busy. He
already has some orders booked and ex-
pects a very heavy Christmas trade.
He has put up several nice decorations

recently. K- F. S.

Siu-ER CREEK, N. Y. — J. E. Gascon
Is erecting a greenhouse on his larm.
Hot water heating, electric liglit and
overhead irrigation will be Installed.

Preserve Cut Flowers in

BlCHBINDtR

Florists' Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

518 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO. lU.

llenli'in the Aineririnl Fliirlst whtn wriling

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your fend Icr CataloB No. 71
whit h desc'ibes fully the

Flowers M Ciav l<efri>;erators and
Di-piay C;.ses for Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,

670 Lake St., KENDALLVILLE. IND.

igi4.

The American Florist.

1169

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

SatabUibed In 18S7.

'wSm.

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone. Graceland 1112.

Send HI your retail orders.

Wl HAVK THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CITY

Uvktion <*« Amvriean Florist when toriting

F.T.D.
I Utntion tk0 American FloriMt when *Britino

San Francisco, Calif.

i J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

60 KEARNEY STREET

Ktntlon tXt American FloriMt vitien v>riting

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTEO FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

lf««t«oii tin American Floriit whew writing

Wasliington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

I WkHou the American Flori t teheii vriting

landolph & McCiements

Floral Experts

1936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

I Members of The Florist Telegraph Delivery.

icinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabath Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnut St., Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Uention the American Floriet when writing

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

West rly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

Ohio.

The Smith & Fetters Co.,

LEADING FLORISTS.
735 Euclid Ave. CLEVELAND

Kokomo, Ind.

W.W.COLES

Wholesale and Retail

Prompt attention given to telegraph. tel*»phoDe
and mail orders for HoTal desiwnii, cut Sowers,
etc.. to be delivered in this section.
Telephone 125.

Seattle, Washington.

Hollywood Gardens

Flowers for all Occasions.

1536 Second Avenue.

Mpmbers of Florists' Telot;raph Delivery.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

AUGUST R. BAUMER,

MASONIC TEMPLE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n
Mention the American Florist when writing

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

*■ ,„dali T J. JOHNSTON S CO.

NEW ENGLAND POINTS. 171 WEYBOSSET SI.. PROVIDENCE

ALEXANDER McCONNElL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

qpELBGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-'■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamship*
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany aU order*
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address: Alexconnell,
Western Union Code.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th a H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Young ^Nugent

Telephone 2066-2066 Madison Sonare.
42 West 28th Street.

NEW YORK

To ODt-of-town florists
We are in the Heart of

And give special attention to steamer and theater

oiders. Frompt delivery and best

stock iu the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Auditoiium Aiuei, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stork, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Nla^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Fuclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telenraph Delivery Ass'n.

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and 18 W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883.
Greenhouses and Nurseries in RiTerdale,

Mention the American rtorist wh«ii «»rit<ai>

1170

The American Florist.

Dec.

t9.

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents In all the
large cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srivate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad'
ress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
UenUon iKe American Florist when tariting

St. Paul. Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders (or any place in the Twin CitiPS
and for all points in the Northwest. The Laryest
Store in America; tne largest stock; the greatest
Tarit>ty. VVrite, wire or phone. We are alive
night and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newarli, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

rresli nowers and Best Service. Deliverlea
Itiroaghont the state and to all ateamabip docka
Id Hoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWrTPLOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

MeiDber of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Fails, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
other Western New
Yoric cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members FlorisU' Telegraph Delivery Auociatioa

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CAXmn. ATTKNTION TO AU ORDIRS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West 69th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel

■cabcri tf llic Fliriiti' Tde(ra)k Ddinn.

umatib. Net).

Hess & Swoboda

TLORISTS.

141S Pamum St telephones

i«ij 1 arnvm Ji. ,50, ^^^ ^ ,532

Vlembera of Thp Florists' T.plperaoh I^eltvptv

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co.. Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., LJes Aluines. la.

Aiiilerson. S. A., 44u Jlaiu, Buffalo. N. y.

Airhias Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo.

Alluuta Moral Co., Atlauta, Ga.

B.iumer. August It.. Louisville, Ky.

BausL-her, Jobu. Freeport. 111.

liegeiow's, ^e\va^k. N. J.

BlacUistoue. Washiugton, D. C.

Boland, J. B., Sau Francisco.

Bragg. Ross. Rochester. Miun.

Biaajley & Sou, Cleveland. O.

Breitujeyer's Sons, JuUu, Detroit. Micb.

Blown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. O.

B\lcUbee, H. W.. Rockford, 111.

Califoruia Florists, Tacouia, Wash.

Clai-be's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flouer Co.. Cleveland. O.

Coles, W. W., Kokomo, Ind.

Cuoke. Geo. H.. Couu. Ave. and L., Washington.

Dauiels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th aud Madison Ave.. New York.

Denton Floral Co., Deutou. Tex.

Duerr. Cbas. A., Newark, 0.

Duluth Floral Co.. Duluth. Minn.

Duulop's, 90 Yonge St.. Toronto, Can.

Eadie Co.. The James, Cleveland, O.

Eyres. II N. I'earl St., Albauy, N. Y.

Freeman. Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey, C. II.. Lincoln, Neb.

Fiey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

F'l iedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co., Uuthrle, Okla.

Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Galvin, Thos. F.. Inc., Boston. Mass.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc.. Newr York.

Gardiner, Alex, C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co.. Cleveland, O.

Graham, A.. & Son, Cleveland, 0.

Grand Rapids Fhu-al Co., Graijd Rapids, Mich.

Ouile Bros., Washington.

Ilardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Ileinl & Son, J. G., Terre Haute, Ind.

Henderson. Lewis, Omaha, Neh.

Hess & Swoboila. OniHlin. Neb.

Hollywood Gardens. Seattle, Wash.

Holm & Olsou, St. Paul. Minn.

Johnston & Co., T, J., Providence, R. I.

Jov Floral Co., Nashville. Ti-nn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg. F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

La Crosse Floral Co.. La Crosse. Wla.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.. Dallas. Tex.

Lange. A., 25 E. Madlaon St„ Chicago.

Lehorlns, J. J.. Duluth, Minn.

Matthews the Florist, Dayton, O.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L.. St. Paul. Minn.

McConnell. Alex., New York.

Metalrie Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans. La.

Murray. Samuel. Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros.. St. Louis.

Palez. Paul M.. Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son. Buffalo.

Park Floral Co., The. Denver, Colo.

Phillips Bros.. Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. -Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

PiMiesta & Baldocchl. San Franclsc-o.

Polhvorth Co.. C. C. Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portlnnil, Me.

Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Keuter's, New Louilon, Conn.

Renter's. Norwich, Conn.

Renter's. Westerly. R. I.

Rock. Wm. L,, Flower Co., Kansas City.

Rve. George. Ft. Smith. Ark.

Schiller the Florist. 2221 W. Marttson St.. Chgo.

Rchllng, Max. 22 W. .liUh St.. New York.

Simmons & Sous, Tornntn. Can.

Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, O.

Small & Sons. J. II., New York.

Small & Sons. .1. 11. , Washington. D. C.

Smith Co., A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stumpp, G. B. M., New York.

Webrr. P. II., St. Louis. Mo.

Welland. M., Evanaton. III.

Wbltteil Floral Co., .MlMUeapollH, Minn.

Wliibnirt. G., Co., 7.17 nucklngham PL, Cniraea.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Ooldenson. Los Angels*.

Young & Nugent. New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadwair and Gratiot Annues.

Artistic Desije[ns.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and gtxxl
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Dellverj
Mention the American Florist when lorttiilf

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this sectioD from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when *»ritinf

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave. ^""^ "fSLei"""

Orders taken for FLOWKRS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writtaf

WASHINGTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Member Florists' Telegraph Deliyery
Mention tht American Florist lohe* terWMf

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Garefnl Atteitio'

Members of the Florists' Teleirapb DeliTsrTl

Denver, Colo.

yhc Park

J.A.VALINnNI. Floral V)s
Fretldent.

Members Florists' Telesrraph Deli^

CUDE BR09.Ctt

ri^Risra

1>I4 r ST.NM
MABMlMCTOnAA

igi4.

The American Florist.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Mowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

W»n«on (h« American Florist when virUing

Kansas Git;. Mo.

Geo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will 611 all orders for Cut

(laSaS City and Flowers. Funeral DesiBns

n jU'li U WeddiDK and Birthday Gifts.

rleaSanlniM, mO, that mav be entrusted to ttiem.

ir«««aii the American Florist when toritins;

Pittsburgh. Pa.

A.W.Smitl)Co.

KEENAN BLDG.

Largest Floral Establishmem in America.
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Htntion the American Floriat when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

U«Ba6er Florists' Telegraph Deliverv Association

Mtntion the American Floriit when writing

I

I THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

I CLEVELAND

EUCLID AVENUE
ll : Musbara of The Florists' Telegraph DeliTcrT.
Utntiou the American Floritt when *eriting

I Washington, D.C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

14 th and H. Street.

Ktmtt^n thw Amtrican Floritt «she« tvHtlMir

JOHH BAUSCHER, Freeport, Dl.

100 000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Cari-lul Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

i 1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN. NEB.

' WBOLESALK AND RETAIL.

Members of Florists Telegraph Deliverv

C.G.PollwoftliCo.

WIU take proper AVi ««*rkn SI rt

care of your orders In »» ll»t*Jn»Ml

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota, U isconsin. North

Dakota. South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigran. All orders given proiupt
attention and hlled with strictly tresh stock

Established 1840

City Index to Retail florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. i.'.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.
Atluuta, Ga. — Atlauta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.
Bostuu — Tbos. F. Galvin, luc.
Buffalo. N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.
Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son. 3U4 .Main.
Cbkago — Friedman.
Cbk-ago — Alpba Floral Co.
Chicago — A. Lange. 25 E. Madison St.
Cblcugo — Scbiller. the Florist, 2221 \V. Madison.
Chicago — Geo. VVittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.
Cluciuuati, O. — Ilardesty tfc Co.
Cleveland. O. — Biamley & Son.
Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.
CleM-land. O. — James Eadle Co.
Cleveland. O. — A. Graham A: Sons.
Cliveland. O.— The J. M. (Jasser Co.
Cleveland. O. — Smith & Fetters.
Colorado Springs, Colo. — I'ilies Peak Flo. Co.
Dallas, Tex. — l.ang Floral & Nursery Co.
Dayton. U. — Matthews the Florist.
Deiituu, Tex. — Denton Floral Co.
Denver. Colo.— The Park Floral Co.
Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.
Detroit. Mich. — .lohn Breitiueyer's Sons.
Dulutb, Minn. — Duluth Floral Co.
Dniutb. Minn. — J. J. Lehorius.
Evanston, 111. — M. Wellan<i.
Ft. Smith, .\rk. — George Bye.
Free[iort. HI. — John Banscber.
Grand Rapids. Mich. — lieiirv Smith.
Guthrie. Okla.— Furrow & Co.
Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.
Kansas City — Samuel Murray.
Kansas City. Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.
La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.
Ivokomo, Ind.— VV. W. Coles.
Lincoln. Neb. — C. H. Frey.
Lincoln, Neb. — Frey & Frey.
Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.
Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.
I.rniisville. Kv. — August R. Banmer.
Milwankee — C. C. Polhvorth Co.
Minneapwlis. Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.
Nashville. Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.
Newark, N, J. — Begerow's.
Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.
New-ark. O. — Chas. A. Diierr.
New London. Conn. — Renter's.
New Orleans. La. — Metaire Ridge Nursery Co.
New Y'ork — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.
New Y'ork — Alex McConnell. 611 5th Ave.
New York — David Clarke's Sons.
New York — Thos. F. Galvin. Inc.
New York— Max Schllng. 22 W. Bflth St.
New York — Myer. Florist. 0 '9 Madison Ave.
New Y'ork-J. H. Small & Sons.
New York— G. E. M. Stnmpp.
New York — Y'oung & Nugent.
Norwich. Conn. — Reuter'a.
Oklahoma City. Okla.— Furrow & Co.
Omaha. Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.
Omaha, Neb. — Lewis Henderson.
Pittsburgh. Pa. — Randolph & McMcTlements.
Pittsburgh, Pa. — A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.
Portland. Me. — Portland Flower Store.
Providence. R. I. — T. J. Johnston & Co.
Rochester, Minn.— Ross Bragg.
Rochester, N, Y. — J. B. Keller's Sons.
Rnckforrt, 111.— n. W. Buckbee.
Sbebo.vgan, Wis. — J. E. Mattbewson.
St. Louis. Mo.— Ostertag Bros.
St. Louis, Mo.— F. II. Weber.
St. Paul. Minn.— Holm & Olson.
St. Paul. Minn.- 1.. L. May & Co.
San Francisco — J. B. Bolnnd. Rf> Kearney St.
San Francisco — Pndcsta & Rnldncchl.
Seattle. Wash. — Hollywood Gardens.
Sertalla. Mo. — Arcblas Floral Co.
Superior. Wis. — Alex. C. Oarrtlner.
Terre Haute. Ind.— J. 0. Relnl & Son.
Tacnma. Wash. — California Florists.
Toledo, 0.— Mrs. J. B. Freeman
Toronto. Can.— Punlop's. 60 Yonge St.
Toronto, Can. — Simmons & Son.
Vancouver. B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.
Washington— Elacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke. Conn. Ave. and I..
Washington— Oude Bros.
Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.
Westerly, R. I.— Renter's.

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.

Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1653 ColumbDi
Mention the American Florist when writinf

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

224 Qrant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
mention the American Florist wHeii writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Uate Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock a'ways.

Mentinn the American Florist when writxng

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for dcsit^ns and cut flowers in

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when wHdn*

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Your Orders to the
BOUSE OF FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

nowen or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity ob
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when iiiiHw»

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Be

, Dunlop's

ea Yosi«« Strait.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and gnarsnts*
sale arrival.

Mention the American Florist lohsti writimg

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

561 Fifth Av»
Vanderbilt Ho(^

NEW YORK

nAeynil 126 Tremont Street
DUO I U II 799 Boylston Stree^

Deliveries to Stesmers and all Eastern Poiols

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The American Florist.

Dec. /J),

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by tht
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Send yourorders^" Chicago

and Sub-
urbs to

— .jw J— - -, All orderacarefnUy filled

~'if8WMt^**** under the anpervisioD of

Wire, Write or Phone West 822
Member Floriits' TeleErapb Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 £. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in City.

Little Rock, Arl£.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders csrelully filled and delivered to all parti
of tbe city. Arkansas and the Sdntbwest.

Kention the American Florist when writing

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Belnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.
Both Phones, 527.
Special attention to Mail and Telet;rapb Order-
Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Mention the American Florist when writing

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction. n||| MTU MIUU
Wearethecenteroftlesriat UULUIO. miiin.

Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior, Wis.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Teleerapb Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New Yorlt.

MYER, FLORIST, ZUl^fiZl"

Member of The Florists* Telegraph Delivery.

Memptiis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±LOWkRS

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery .Ass'n

llention the American Florist when writing

C. n. f REV,

ll33 0St., LINCOLN, NEB.

Will fill orders for Ihc West on short notice.

Trade discounts. First class stock.

Whslesale
and Retail
Florist

G

16

N. 6th St.,

EORGE RYE

"Some Florist"

Ft. Smith, Ark.

Telephone 2656

Established 1880

M.WEILAND

FLORIST

George C. Weiland, Proprietor.
602 Davis Street, EVANSTON, ILL.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O.

The JAMES EADIE CO.

store— 927 Euclid Avenue.

Frank J. Schoen. Frank R. Friedley.

Gre< nhouses— 95 Shaw Avenue.

We Aim to Pleiise Our Customers.

DENTON FLORAL CO, DENTON TEX

P.W. KAVADY. Mgr. l"-« I Ull, i LAi

Careful attention to packine for deliveries
to all Southern and Middle Stales.

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Teleerapb Delivery Ass'n.

Dallas
Texas.

LangFlora^&NursefyCo.

Write or wire headquartersfor flowers for Texas.
Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too large, none too small.

SIMMONS & SON. TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS
F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

FURROW S COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowen

Brown Bros. & Co..

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds Vancouvcr, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad St

lEWAEI E J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trade dlic
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Arcliias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short ootlct.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephooe

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic order.,

Michigan. °"'";,td Mr";"""'
HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIM

Member of The Florists' Teletirapb DeliverT>

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH 5 SONS Will fill yoai
orders (or Designs and Cut Flowers in MicbiKU

Rockford, IlL

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the Florists' Telegratih DeUvtfT

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The plants listed are in splendid condition and are good value, and can be shipped at any time. All
are far enough advanced to need no extra forcing and will be fine by December 15th.

Please state if you w^ant shipped in or out of pots. We can ship 3, 4, 5 and 6-inch in paper pots if desired.

New Begonia, Glory of Cincinnati.

4-inch pots 40c to 50c each

6-inch pans f 6c to $1.( 0 each

6-inch pans $1.00 to 1.26 each

Cyclamen, Giant Flowered.

4inch pots 20c each

5-inch pots 36c each

6-inch pots 65c to $1.00 each

Primula, Giant Obconlca.

4-inch pots 16 cents each

5-inch pots 25 cents each

Azaleas.

12 to 16-inch heads; have 2000 fine
plants, all colors, full of buds, $1.00
to $1.60 each.
Poinsettlas, large bract kind.

3-in . pots 10c each

4-in. pots 20c to 26c each

6-in. pans, 3 plants. ..40c to 6i'c each

6 in. pans, 3 plants 60c each

7-in. pans, 3 plants, 76c to $1.00 each

8-in. pans, 3 plants, $1 to $1.26 each

10-in. pans, 5 plants $2.00 each

Ferns.
Boston, Plersoni and Whltmanl.

4-inch pots 15c each

5-inch pots 30c each

6-inch pots 40c each

Ferns— Pan Sorts.

2^^-inch $6.00 per 100

Carnations— All Colors.

4-inch pots 15c each

Begonla-Lumlnosa, Scarlet.

4-inch pots 1 5c each

5-inch pots 26c to 35c each

Xmas Peppers.
4-in. pots, 16c ea.; 6-in. pots, 26c ea.

Roman Hyacinths, White.

4-inch pots 20c each

6V2-'nch pans 50c each

6-inch pans 76c each

Araucarla. Excelsa.

Ht. Whorls Each

18-in. 3 to 4 $1 00

Pots
5-in.
6-in.
7-in.

21-in. 4 to 5
30-36-in. 6 to 7

1.50
2.00

Kentla Belmoreana.

4-inch pots 35c each

5-inch pots 76c each

6-inch pots $1.0U each

New Cherry Melvlnl.

Fine wt 11 fruited stock.
5-inch, 25c each 6-inch, 50c each

Rubbers.

5-inch 36c to 50c each

Sklmmla Japonica. Eacti
8-in., full of red berries, $1.50 to $2.00
Asparagus Plumosus.

2'/2-inch $ 4.00 per 100

3-inch 7.00 per 100

4-inch 16.00 per 100

Asparagus Sprengeri.

2V2-inch $ 3 00 per 100

3-inch 6 00 per 100

5-inch 15.00 per luO

Chrysanthemum— Percy Plumerldge.

Late yellow, will be good (or Xmas.
6-inch, 35c each 6-inch, 60c each

C. H. FREY, Florist,

Wholesale
and Retail,

Lincoln, Neb.

Rooted

Carnation Cuttings

1 At Following Prices:

1 ion loon
Matchless $6 00 $60.00

Seasonable Stock Ready Now.

Fern Dish Ferns, best varieties, including Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Falcatum,
Pteris Mayi, Wilsoni, etc , $3 00 per 100, $26 00 per lUOO.

iOorgeous 6.00 60.00

Philadelphia 6.00 50.00

lEnchantress Supreme 6.00 40.00

Pink Delight 5.00 40.00

Benora o.50 30.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward 3.00 25.00

iiWhite Wonder 3.00 25.00

Adiantum Croweanum, 6 in. pots, very bushy, 20 cents.

Afliantum Glory of Mordrecht, 5-in. cots, bushy, 3oc: 4-in. pot, 25c.

Asparagus Plumo&us, 2»/4-in., $3 Ou per UO; $26.00 per KiOO.

Cibotlum Schledei, 6-in. pot plants, 76 cents; 6-in., $1.00.

Cyrtomium Ri cktordianum, 4-in. pots, lOc; 6-in , 20c; 6. in., 35c.

Bougainvillea Glabra Sanderlana, 4-in. pots, $15.00 per 100.

Hydrangea, pot erown, French sorts, including La Lorraine, Mad. E. Mouil-

here, Mad. Miurice, Hamar, Mad. Gaillard, Mad. Chantard, 5-in. pot

plants, ready for 6-in., at $26.00 per 100.

White Perfection 3.00 25.00

Hydrangea Otaksa, 6-in , 4 to 6 shoots, $35.00 per 100.

White Enchantress 3.fO 25.00

Beacon 3 00 25 00

Enchantress 3 00 25.00

lAMOHAT GREENHOUSES,

MAMARONECK

Samuki, J, Batchelor new YORK

Manager

" '• 8-in., 6 to 8 shoots, 60.00 per 100.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

Mention the American Florist when writing

If you are short of Blorming Plants, sucb as

Azaleas. Lorraine,

Cincinnati, Cyclamen,
Poinsettias, Primroses,

Wire your order to

'GEO. A. KUHL, "^o^S^^Ur.
pekin, ill.

Smith's Chrysanthemums

FOR 1915

Have you read over our Novelty List ? We hope you have and
will mail us your order early for the ones that interest you most, from
either Commercial, Exhibition or Pompons.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

1174

The American Florist.

Dec

'9r

The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association

Lester L. Morse, Sun Francis<"o, I'alif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, L. 1.,
>>'. v.. First Vice-President: E. C. Dunj^an,
Philadelpliia, Pa., Serond Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer; S. H . VVillard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tbird annual meeting, San Fran-
OiBco, Calif., .Pune 191.5.

TUBEROSE bulbs are curing in season
for early shipment.

LANDEETH's retail catalogue jiist re-
ceived is in its 13lst year.

Pe.\ beans have advanced again, be-
ing now quoted at ^'2..1?> per bushel,
Chicago.

Fakoo, N. D. — The newlj' organized
Missouri Slope Seed Co., at Garrison.
N. D., is now in operation.

Veky stiff weather at Chicago has
checked potato, onion set and bulb
shipments on account of freezing risks.

Bouquet Gkeen is selling out very
well but at very low prices. Con-
siderable poor dried stock will probably
be carried over as usual,

VI.SITED CHICAGO : A. E. McKenzie,
of A. E. McKenzie & Co., Brandon,
Manitoba; B. Eldredge, of the Rudy-
Patrick Seed Co., Kansas City, Mo.

J. Chas. McCullough, of Cincinnati,

.O., and party, on a month's shooting

and fishing trip in Florida, landed '-.)

varieties of fish and 14 kinds of birds.

The Hague, December 7.— ^^ govern-
ment report states that millions of
Dutch bulbs are rotting on the hands
of the growers becavxse there are no
buyers.

New York, — Chas, M. Jackman, of
Vaughan's Seed Store, who has spent
the summer and fall on the continent,
arrived on the Cunard S. S. Transyl-
vania this week.

We have received two of the 1915
catalogues this week, Landreth's from
Bristol, Simon's from Philadelphia.
Maule's, likewise of Philadelphia, is be-
ing mailed this week, we understand.

E. C. Duncan, of the Wm. H. Maule
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., spent last week
in Chicago, bringing Mrs. Dungan with
him. . The Maule catalogue is printed
near Chicago and mailing of the 1915
edition has begun.

John T. Buckbee, of Rockford, 111.,
delivered an address, December IC,
before the .fifty-ninth annual conven-
tion of the Illinois State Horticultural
Society, at Urbana, on "Seeds, Modern
Methods of Growing. Testing and Han-
dling." ,i

Chicago. — Prices, for grass seed on
the Board of Trade December 16 were
as follows; Timothy, $4.50 to $6.25
per 100 pounds, having advanced 50
cents per bushel within the past 10
days. — Alfalfa has been firm the past
six weeks and is still steady.

, Holly in carload lots has come for-
ward freely but this late stock has not
in many cases been given as good in-
spection as raid-season shipments. Dur-
ing the past five days nearly all of the
stock arrived frozen solid, and care
has to be used in thawing out such
shipments.

Taxes Bother Commission Seed Dealers.

Austin, Tex., December 7.— Garden
seed merchants are worried about the
$20 revenue tax required nf them by
the new law cm the ground that they
are commission merchants.

One dealer who handles garden seed
in the usual small store way, that is,
sells from a box of assorted seed sent
out by the wholesaler to be sold on
a commission basis, visited Collector
AValker Saturday and asked to be in-
formed as • to just what a merchant
of the sort should do to avoid payment
of what seems, when the amount of
the profit from the sale of the seeds
is taken into consideration, an ex-
orbitant tax. The man said that dur-
ing the whole year he hardly sold more
than $2(1 worth of the seed and his
profit was about 25 per cent of that.

LANDRETHS'

GARDEAL SEEDS

Juu„JeiJ

(' tifii/odui'

COLONIAL BOV ^

landretJis' ^eeds

Cover of Landreths' Catalogue.
In Its 13)st Year.

Collector Walker said that he saw no
way in which to avoid the tax though
he said he was going to make an ef-
fort to get the government to rescind
the tax in tliat particular or at least
rearrange the law so that the small
merchant will not be forced to come
out at the small end of the horn as the
result of the revenue tax.

Pieters-Wlieeler Seed Company

Grower* of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

Although the collector said that he
would make an effort to have a change
effected in the reading of the law, he
told his visitor that he did not wish
the small merchants to base any of
their actions upon the promise for he
did not know what the result would
be. -

Catalogues Received.

J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md..
seeds; the L. D. Waller Seed Co.,
Guadaloupe, Calif., seeds (sweet peas
and nasturtiums); VVinterson's Seed
Store, (^hicago, seeds; C. C. Hoy,
Brooklyn. N. Y.. seeds; Robert Nichol-
son, Dallas, Tex., seeds; Henry F.
Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa., .seeds;
the Conard & Jones I'o., West Grove,
Pa., shrvilis and hedge plants; .\lonzo
J. Bryan, Washington, N. J., plants;
W. Atlee Burpee & I'o.. Philadelphia,
Pa., sweet peas; J. K. Alexander, East
Bridgewater, Mass., dahlias; German
Kali Works, Chicago, "Profits in Peo-
nies;" W. K. Nelson, Augusta, Ga.,
roses; Sunnyside Gladiolus Garden, L.
Merton Gage, Natick, Mass., gladiolus;
John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, L. I..
N. Y., gladiolus; Vaughan's Seed Store,.
Chicago and New York, holly, bouquet
green and plants; the North Forestry
Co.. Cheshire, Conn., tree seeds and
nursery stock; Valdesian Nurseries.
Bostic, N. C, nursery stock; Fraser
Nursery Co., Huntsville, Ala., nursery
stock; Wellesley Nurseries, Wellesley
Hills, Mass., iris, peonies and phlox;
H. F. Hillenmeyer & Sons, Lexington,
Kv., fruit trees, flowering plants. Vines
and shrubs; F. W. Kelsey Nursery Co..
New York, nursery stock; Raedleln
Basket Co., Chicago, baskets.

The East End Nurseries Co., Bos-
koop, Holland, nursery stock; Ernst
Senary, Erfurt, Germany, novelties for
1914-]5; Hjalmar Hartmann & Co..
Copenhagen, Denmark, seeds, lilacs,
lily of the valley, roses and pansies;
Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co.. Paris, France,
seeds: Sakata Takeo, Sakata, Japan,
plants.

Alfred J. Brown Seed Go.

Growers of

Peas and

Beans

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Blackman & Griffin Co.

Of OGDEN, UTAH,

Are extensive dealers in

ALFALFA SEED ,i

Write Them

Braslan

Wholesale Grawers oi the loliowing California bpecialiies only:

ONION, uETTUCE. C«RRO'. RADISH, PARSNIP. PARSLEY, CELIRT.
ENDIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

CompEuiy

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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1175

California Seed Growers Association, Inc.

GROWERS FOR WHOLESALE DEALERS
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Beet Carrot ONION Lettuce Radish

Parsley Parsnip

Celery Salsify

Endive Mustard

Mixed Sweet Peas

New Davis Perfect Cucumber,

grown under irrigation by

Western Seed & Irrigation Go

Seed Growers and Dealers, Specialties:
Cucumber. Musk'and Waieiinelon.
Pumpkin. Squash. Sweet and Fiela Corn.

FREMONT,

N£BRA<!KA

TBE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.
;^°'So^„ SANTA CURA,CAL

I Growers of

^' ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.
Mention the Ametican Florist when writififf

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Kelways Can Quote and Deliver:

Beet

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower Lucerne

Celery Mustard

Kale Radish

And Flower Seeds

Rape Spinach

Rutabaga Turnip

Winter Tares or Vetches
Spring Tares

Those who have formerly pUced their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once wh le stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailings continue ail the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Laiigport, England

Brunts Celebrated Chicago ]\larket Brand
Cold Storage Valley Pips

Give Best Results All Year Round. Order Now for January and February.
$20.00 per 1000; 500 for $10.50; $2.50 per 100; 250 for $5 50

$18 OO per 1000
500 for $9 50
25u for $5.00

IMPORT — Place your order for \'alloy pips with me and you will be sure of gettine the host at

lowest prices.

Florists' Money Maker,

Choicest Cvit VaUey for Christmas.

3032 W. M8(
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

'■"■' T^T "11^ Ti^ I T T^r ^Sl ^^^^ ^' ^^*'*^°" ^^•

BEANS, PEAS, PADISP

and all Garden Seer

and all Garden sec ' ^^ ^^ b"^

LEONAR0,Sf..e.o

CO.

226-230

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSRY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

("ard brines a Catalogue

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandifloras,
etc.. ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO. LIMA and POLl
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fi SONS CO..

Contract Seed orowers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNLA.

1176

The American Florist.

Dec. /p.

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very Ukely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Fnkhuizen Glory.

Introduced Sevor;il Ve:irs At:" by Our Firm.

I BURPEE'S SEEDS |

I Philadelphia I

3 Wholesale Price List for Florists E

3 and Market Gardeners. ;-: C

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper. Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

*^'*s"fdt"e'd"" SwedesbDro, New Jersey

97th Year

J. BOLGIANO S SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes

Baltimore, Md.

Growers of
Pedl^ee Tomato Seeds

Nothing will pay better to plant after the 'Mums

than my

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. C. ZVOL&NEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radisli, Beet,

MILFORD. CONN.

Branches Mlchlftar.
Wisconsin ind Idaho.

L. FORMOSUiVI

7-9 in., 9 in in . 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, H and Vt in.

W rile foi prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Wool worth Bldg., New York City

TOMATOSEED

Surplus List Now Ready.
Best Stocks. All Varieties.

HAVEN SEED CO.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only.

SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA

Selected Cold Storage

VALLEY PIPS

Do your own forcing. Full cases (two thousand or more) $18.00 per 1000
1000 pips for $19 00 250 pips for $5.00

500 pips for 10.00

100 pips for 2.50

J. A. BUDLONG

82-84-86 E. Randclph St , Chicago.

Growers and Specialists

CROP CONTRACT

Peas, Beans and Sweet Corn.

Peas and Beans, Michigan Grown.

Sweet Corn, Iowa Grown.

Correspondence solicited.

Michigan Office: MILLINGTON.

Home Off.ce: SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

.\sk for prices now, 1915 crop.

Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co.

Established 1883.

IcSiin'sonseedgo;

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rock; Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumplcin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.
Mention the American Florist when writing

GARDEN SEED

Beet, Sweet Com. Garden Beans. Onion Sets
and Seed Potatoes m varnrty. Also other ittms
oi ih.- sbort crou of this past season, as well as a
full line of Garden Seeds, will be quoted you upon

To. WOODRUFF & SONS. 82 Dey St., NEW YORK.

and Orange, Conn.
Mention the American Florist when writing

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[UCALYPIIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O.eoi857, MELBOURNE. AUSTR«U«

QUALITY :vAIS

• END rOR 0AT4L(lOri:.

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

'••( l«tH K(., !■■« Tark.

mmzn^

SEEDS AND BULBS

WE are hard at work on our
1915 Seed Catalog which
will contain some novel suggestions
and real helps.

Send us your card. We don't
want to miss you in the distribu-
tion.

J.M.THORBURNfiCO.

In business since 1802
53 Barclay Street, New York

MANN'S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowen
bring the best prices on the London mar-
ket, Fnr quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany;

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1177

Spiraea

LARGE CLUMPS.

PLUMP EYES.

GSadiolus

FOR WINTER FORCING.

Spiraea.

Gladstone (white) $8.00

Queen Alexandra (pink) 9.00

Gladiolus.

Blushing Bride $5.00

The Bride (white) 5.00

Augusta \

Mrs. Francis King (

America [

Chicago White )

Write for Prices.

SPIRAEA QireEN ALEXANDRA.

Lilium Giganteum. ,„,„

6-8 inch (100 to case) $35.00

7-9 inch (300 to case) 50.00

9-10 inch (2nO to case) 95.00

Surplus Dutch and French Bulbs at "Bargain Prices."

All from our own regular importations.

CHICAGO VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE newyork

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS, i
Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon.
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspoodence solicited.

1 Utntion the American Florist when ariting

I Waldo Rohnert

! GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

I Specialties: Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster,
j Cosmos. Mipnonette, Verbena in variety.

' Correspondence Solicited.

i Mention the American Florist lohen writing

\ Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the
Wholesale Seed Trade

; CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

^ Onion Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting
ONION SETS.

Schilder Bros.,'^''o'^r^''

THEG.HERBERTCOYSEEDGO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cocamber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when writing
Get Quotationa From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED
moomsdale BrlstOl, PO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Bucbner. Ricard. Perkins.

Poitevine. 2 id. $2 00 per 100; Sin.. $5.00 per 100.
Boston and WUtmanl Ferns; Sin., 10c: 4'io.. 15c:

5-in.. 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in., S5.00: 4 in.. $10.00: S-in..

S25.0O per 100.
Rex Begonia 2Vi in.. $5.00 per 100.
Vinca Var., 2 in., $2 00 per 100.
Cash witb order.

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

Robert Craig Co...

a*^ PALMS

and Novelties In Decorative Plants.

Market and 49th Sis., Philadelphia, Pa.

CHOICE

German Flower Seeds

Catalogue Free on Application

Fredrick Roemer, gr^o^w"er,

QUEDUNBURG, GERMANY.

Contract Seed Growers

?nopialfie«' Pepper.Eflg Plant Tomato,
opBGIdllllib. Vine Seed and Field Com.

Correapoodence Solicited.

George R. Fedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

1178

The American Florist.

Dec. ig

I he Nursery Irade

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la,., Vice-Presi-
dent: .lohn Hall. 204 Unmite hldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Mich.. .luiie 23-2.i, 191.S.

■ FT. PAYNE, ALA. — The Wills Valley
Nursery Co. has increased its capital
stock from $100,000 to $110,000.

Muskegon, Mich. — The Michigan
State Horticultural Society will have
its next meeting in this city, Febru-
ary, 1915.

Dk. S. a. Forbes, state entomologist,
delivered an address, December IG,
before the fifty-ninth annual conven-
tion of the Illinois State Horticultural
Society, at Urbana, on "Insect and
Fungus Pests of the Nursery That
Should Be Classed as Dangerous."

Houston, Tex. — Special Judge Woods
of the Eleventh district court denied a
motion to terminate the receivership
of the Alvin-Japanese Nursery Com-
pany December 5, made by the Hart-
Parr Company, one of the creditors
having a judgment. The Hart-Parr
Company claimed that the appointing
of S. B. Brown receiver by Judge
Hamblen on September 10 was un-
necessary.

Medford, Ore. — The Oregon State
Horticultural Society, at its annual
' convention here December 3, adopted
resolutions favoring uniform legisla-
tion by all states west of the Rocky
mountains governing spraying, quality
of nursery stock and other important
fruit topics. A committee was ap-
pointed to devise a plan to get the
subject of uniform legislation before
horticultural societies of the other
western states.

Tree Crickets Injurious to Fruits.

The more common and injurious spe-
cies of tree crickets that affect plant-
ings of garden and tree fruits aL this
season of the year are the subjects cov-
ered by Bulletin No. 388 recently is-
sued by the New York Agricultural
Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y. The
habits of the crickets as well as pre-
ventive and remedial measures, result-
ing from experimental work with this
pest will be of interest to fruit grow-
ers generally.

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Smalt, medium and targe sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

ETcrgrca SpcciiJists largest Growtrs in Amcria

Box 404. DUNDEE. ILL.

ROSES, CANNAS

Shrubbery
THE G0N1RD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

August R6lker& Sons

NEW YORK,

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752. or 5 1 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITT

Mention the American Florist when writing

ROSES

Rose Stocks, Fruit Tree Stocks, Youur
Evergreen and Deciduous Ornamental
Treesand Shrubs. Young Poorest Stocks,
new, rare or noticeable Trees and Shrubs,
Hardy Herbaceous Plants, etc.
Write for prices to

F. H. MICHAUD,

CENTRAL PARK, B. C.

Agent for

£. Turbat & Co., Orleans, France

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and ase. No better ffrnwo.

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUE.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

Hydrangea Otaksa

Moderate cost; sell proBtubly at a modcr,ate price: easily brought iulo bloom; popular, salable, staple
Pot-grown outdoors all summer; strong branches; good flower buds.

With 7 to 10 branches $25.00 per 100 With 4 branches Jl.5.00 per 100

With Sand 6 branches 20.i0perl00 New Krench varieties 25.00 per 100

All from 6-inch pots. Send that order! Send it today!

JACKSON & PERKINS COMPANY, Newark, New York

NEW ROSE BOOK

The Practical Book of

Outdoor Rose Growing For The Home Garden

By George C. Thomas, Jr.

GENERAL SCOPE:

The Propagation of Kosis. Location and Preparation. Ordering.

The Besc Varieties wiih their Characteristics. Planing. Pruning.

Some General Information and Hints of Hybridization. Climbers. Cultivation.

Elaboraiely illustrated with 96 reproductions in full color of leading vaiieties of roses
and a few halfione plates. Handsome cloth binding, in slip case. Price, $4.00. postage or

440 South Dearborn Street, CWcagO

expressaue extra.

American Florist Co.,

Jfention tht American Floriat when voriting

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

Fully half a million plants for sale.

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year IV2 to 2 feet

Two years IH to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 24 feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

Two years 2^4 to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

For screens 5 to 6 feet

For Screens 6 to 7 feet

All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades
have been cut back one or more times.

Especially attractive prices in car lots.

'RarVkO-ric TViiiTlV><»l»dli Transplanted, stocky plants, 9 to 12 inches, 12 to 18

CerDeriS iniinuergll inches and into 2 feet sizes by the lOOO.

MONMOUTH NURSERY

LITTLE SILVER, N. J.

J. T. LOVETT,

tgi4.

The American Florist.

1179

Christmas Plants Now Ready

Begonia G!oire de Lorraine

Have a whole house of them; grown cool. 3 in. pots, 15c: 5-in., 40c-

6-in., 50c, 75c $1.00.

Azaleas for Christmas

Mme. Petrick, Vervaeneana, Simon Mardner, 63c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50.

Do Not Forget We Sre the Leaders in Araucarias

The most popular plant;' always gives satisfaction.
Nice, green, well-shaped plants.

Araucaria Excelsa, 3-4-5 tiers, 5'2-6-in.pots. 50c, 60c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25.
Araucaria Glauca and Compacta, 6-7 in. pots, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50.

Ferns. Have a Large Assortment

Boston Ferns, 5-in. 35c; 6 in., 40c-50c: 7-in.. 75c and $1.00. SCOttii FcmS, 4-in., 15c; 5-in. 30c-
6 in., 40c, 50c; 7-in., 75c and $1.00. Whitmani FcrnS, 5in., 25c; 6-in., 35c, 40c; 7-in., 60c, 75c.

GODFREY ASCHIVIANN

1012 Ontario St.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Vaughan^s Decorative and Blooming
Plants for Xmas Sales.

Shipped from our Greenhouses at Western Springs, Illinois.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA GIAUCA

\Vli-.rls
.10-l2iDches..2 3.. .,

Earli
$0.75

Dnz.

$8.0O

ARAUCARIA ROBUSTA
COMPACTA

jf"" S-inch.

Whorls
12 inches 3-4...

Farli
..$1.25

D07.

$14.00

KENTIA

Size pot No. of Plants

7inch 3

7-inch 3

S.inch 3-4

10-inch 3

FORSTERIANA-Made

Height

.28-30 in

.30-34 in

.34-38 in

.70-74 in

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS

Each L)n7. Per 100

2V?-inch pots $0.60 $4.00

3 inch pots .85 6 00

4-inch pots $0.15 1.50 12.00

AUCUBA JAPONICA ^VARIEGATA

Ea. h no/.

ll-inch high $0.50 $5.00

24 inch high 75 8.00

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE

Fa^h 0^7.

4 inch pots $0.30 $3.00

.5 inch pots 60 6.00

CELESTIAL PEPPERS

Fach Do?,

h-inch pots $0.40 $4.00

SOLANUM MELVINI

Fich

5-inch pots $0.35

(.-inch pots 50

CROTONS Each n...
4 inch pots $0.40 $4.00

FERNS FOR ALL PURPOSES

Assorted Ferns for Dishes. .\ choice assort-
ment, our selection ot variettes.

Do?. Per ino

2H-inch $0 50 $3 50

Boston Ferns— Each Do?

3-inch pots $0.15 $1.25

4 inch pots 25 2.50

5-inch pots 40 4.60

6inchpols 75 8.00

7-1 nch pots 1.00 10.00

8-inch pots 1.25 14.00

PANDANUS VEITCHII

Doz

$3.7 5

5 00

Pe'lOO
$30.00

PerKOO

$30.00
P,-r TIO

S 8.00
20 00
3.S.0O
60 00
75.00

100.00

Farh noz.

4 inch pots $0.60 $6.00

6-inch pots 1.50

3 for $1.65

KENTIA FORSTERIANA

Size pot
6-inch ..
7-inch. .,

Kl inch...

Leaves
..56....
..6-7....
..6-7....

H itht
.30-32....

,36 40....

.. 60....

F.arh
$1.50
. 3.00
. 800

Dn7.
$17.00

Each

$ 2.B0

. 3.00

. 4.00

. 15.00

POINSETTIAS

8-in. pot. 5 plants in a pot Each $2.00; Doz.. $22.0O

PHOENIX CANARIENSIS

7-inch pots, 28-30 in. high Each. $1.75

CYCLAMEN
4 inch pots Doz.. $3 00 5-inch pots Doz.. SS.OO

Above Prices Subject to Stoclf Being Unsold on Receipt of Order.

Chicago Yauirhan's Seed Store New York

GET OUR FALL "BOOK FOK FLORISTS," TT OFFERS EVERYTHING.

1180

The American Florisi.

Dec. I

9>

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland. O.. President:
Daniel K. Lomly Philade ptiia. Pa., Vice-
Presid. nl; S. W. Severance. Lou svi.le, Ky..
>icieiary; E. A. Dunbar. Asbtabuta, U..
Treasu'er.

PORTL.^ND. Ore. — Plans for a, large
range of greenhouses and necessary
equipment for Walla Walla Hot House
Vegetable Comijany are lieing prepared
hy Gordon Turnbull. engineer, Cham-
ber of Commerce building. The esti-
mated cost is $40,000. A grayity steam
heating system and overhead system
of irrigation will be installed.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vesretabies.

Chicago, December 1.5. — Mushrooms.
50 cents per pound; lettuce. 10 cents
to 15 cents per box; radishes, 30
cents to 40 cents per dozen bunches;
asparagus, $2.00 to $2.50 per dozen
bunches; celery, 12 stalks, 10 cents to
25 cents; cucumbers, $1,25 per dozen.

New York, December 15, — Cucum-
bers, 75 cents to $1.00 per dozen;
mushrooms, 75 cents to .$1.75 per 4-
pound basket; tomatoes. S cents to 16
cents per pound: radishes, per 100
bimches. $1.25 to $1.50; lettuce, per
.strap. 50 cents to 75 cents.

Notes on Intensive viardeningf.

These days, when we read so much
about intensive gardening, we refer to
raising two, three and even four crops
on the same land in one ye'ar, it must
be interesting to hear something about
the unfavorable aspect of this business.
Old readers of these notes will have no-
ticed that we are not so enthusiastic
as some writers on this subject. The
fact remains that in actual practice
serious difficulties arise which offset
any apparent gain. If gardening could
be conducted along an exact schedule,
like operating a railroad, things would
be different. As examples, we will re-
port on two acres of ground upon
which we had decided to produce the
utmost possible results in our section.

One acre was drilled to onions, 14
inches apart, early in April. These
onions were well fertilized, cultivated,
weeded and watered by Skimer lines.
The stand was excellent. Late in June
every eighth row was removed and sold
as green onions and the spaces planted
to Giant Paschal celery. The irriga-
tion necessary to start the celery "f
course helped the onions immen.seb.
We obtained a perfect stand of celer.v.
By August 1 the onions started to fall
over and the whole field was planted
to turnips, broad casting the seed. The
irrigation produced a heavy stand of
turnips. As soon as I ho onions were
ripe enough they were removed by
crating. The wheel hoes were at once
started, destroying two-thi7-ds of the
turnips, thereby reducing the turnips
to narrow rows 14 inches apart and
cutting out all of them within 20
inches of the celery.

The turnips made a wonderful
growth and li,\' September 20 many
were ready to pull. Under ordinary
circumstances there would have been
a good market and the whole scheme
' would have been a success. As it was.
our markets were demoralized and
waiting for an improvement, we held
too long onto the turnips, neglbcting

the celery and the result is a damage
to the celery crop; enough so to offset
the entire turnip crop.

On the second acre we planted early
beets. These were pushed from start
to finish and we sueceded in having the
market to ourselves for 10 days. This
crop paid handsomely. The beets were
all sold by June 20. The land was
cleared and planted to \\lnter Queen
celery in rows three feet apart. . Im-
mediately ■ after the celery was in, a
row of Black Seed Simpson lettuce was
drilled down each center. The irriga-
tion for starting the celery .sprouted
the lettuce and a perfect stand of both
wa.s secured. Wheel hoes did the culti-
vation necessary. In September we had
the most perfect crop -of field grown let-
tuce we ever saw, clean, straight and
partly bleached and j^ach one weighing
close to a pound. A year ago at that
date the crop of lettuce w'ould have
been worth more than the celery, as
lettiue was 10 cents per pound, but
this year the market failed, and wait-
ing for a betterment, the lettuce col-
lapsed in a rainy spell and decayed,
transmitting disease to the celery. At
this time we are paying the penalty by
throwing out rotten celery from storage
as affected in that field. There is no
loss from the other fields. Had the
market been good, we could have sold
all this lettuce'in time to prevent any
harm. It is an old maxim that over-
crowding does not pay. Maeketm.\n.

Ft. Wayne, Ind.

SUPPLY .\KD DEM.\^D BALANCE.

Business the past week just about
balanced the supply. With the excep-
tion of the early Cshristmas shoppers,
and a demand for funeral work, trade
has been quiet. Most varieties of stock
are gradually improving in quality, so
that with a few days of bright weather
a record crop is expected for the holi-
days. Some quality roses are appear-
ing, notably the Russell, Shawyer. Rhea
Reids and some fine Aaj'on Wards.
Valley is assuming fine proportions, and
viofets are large, long-stemmed and
fragrant. Carnations are keeping bet-
ter, but need stiffer stems. Stevia and
narcissi are abtindant.

NOTE.S.

Basket and novelties are even more
in evidence this holiday than ever. The
Flick Floral Company are showing
pleasing combinations of heather,
statice and "cat- tails" in yellow, pink
and blue, as a departure from the
orthod.ox greens and reds. They are
also showing how ruscus. statice and
boxwood may be made effective in wall-
pockets for home decoration, as well as
the conventional wreath.

The Bradley Flower Shop is featur-
ing poinsettia plants, and a large
basket with a Christmas tree arrange-
ment in their show windows.

Miss Doswell has a line showing of
ruscus and statice wreaths and red
and green roping in her shop on West
Main street.

Mrs. Cecil Max, of Mobile, Ala., is
spending the winter with her father.
Judge W. J, Vesey, and family.

W. J. and M. S, Vesey will have
some tine orchids for the Christinas
trade.

Markey Bros., on East Wayne street,
are .showing some splendid pot plants.
H. K.

Providence, R. I.

Business is still very quiet — very
little doing. Every one is getting ready
for the Christmas trade. Fancy bas-
kets of artificial grasses will be a
leader this Christmas, while berry
globes will be sold again this year, and
should sell well.

JiOTES.

The Florists' & Gardeners' Club of
Rhode Island held their annual elec-
tion Monday, November ;;0. The offi-
cers who held the chair last year were
re-elected.

Carbone, the florist, of Boston, Mass..
had the decorations for the Aldrich
wedding in Warwick, R. I.. Decem-
ber 10.

Miss O'Connor, for several years lo-
cated with T. O'Connor, and Smith, the
florist, is now with Eugene McCarron.

Barney Brothers, who opened a
store on Weybosset street, have gone
out of business.

A new flower shop has been opened
in the Kingslev building b5' Frederick
Bohl.

A new greenhouse has been erected
in Grevstone by a Mr. Northup.

H. A. T.

CHAS. H. TOTH

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties Mv Specraltv.

Watcb tor oar Trade Mart •tamped
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Span

Substitution of cheaper eradei U

^^^ thus easily exposed. Fresh sampU

,^1%^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed

^Q^"^ postpaid by maoufacturers opoo re

cetDt of 40 cents io postage. Addreti

Trade Mark. American Spawn Co.. St. Paal Minn

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT
. 170 Pages.— Price $1.00—29 lUastratlons.
AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY
440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (EstabUlhed 1 787.)

SPECIALTIES' Beans, Beets. Cabbages. Carrots, Kohl Rabi. Leek. Lettuces. Onions. Pen,
Radishes. Spinach Turnips Swedes, Asters, Balsams. BeKonlas, Carnatiooi
Cinerarias, Gloxinias Larkspur Nasturtiums. Pansies. Petunias. Phloxes. Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
mosi beautiful in the world. $6.00 per oz., or $1.75 per M oz., $1.00 per H oz., postaee paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are trrown under my personal supervision on my own vast f roHOds, aod
are warranted true to name of strongest growth, hnest stocks and best guality

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

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The American Florist.

1181

DORNER^S NOVELTIES FOR 1915

New Crimson Forcing Rose.

nOOSIER BEAUTY — Color a bright crimson with darker shadings. A long bud opening to a large full
flower. A texture like velvet. Very fragrant. Keeping qualities are exceptionally good. A free easy grow-
ing variety throwing two to three foot stems; requires no pinching. Perfectly healthy, is not susceptible to
mildew or black spot. Equal to any forcing rose in productiveness. We invite inspection of our stock.
Price: Own Root, $jo.oo per loo, %2^o.ou per looo.
Grafts, j^.oo per loo, joo.oo pet looo.

Two New^ CarnaHons.

PI^K SEN5ATIO^ — An exceedingly large flower. A well defined pink in color. Size4 to 4''2 inches-
Keeping qualities unsurpassed. Has a stocky growth, a heavier foliage than ordinary and throws good long
flower stems. A high grade commercial carnation.

tiCOD CiilEI' — Color, pink darker than Gloriosa. Size 3 inches and over. Good keeping qualities.
Extra long stems. Early and continuous flowering — a great producer.

Price: $12.00 per 100, %ioo.oo per 1000.

New^ Wiiife Cfirysanthemum.

EARLY FROST — A good commercial white 'mum for very early. A cross between Golden Glow and
October Frost. Height. 3 feet. Pure white with an incurved petal, perfect form and full to the center. Has
the Golden Glow habit to set early buds which develop into perfect blooms.

Rooted cuttings or two itich pot plants, $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000.

F. DORNER & SONS CO., La Fayette, Ind.

JOSEPH HE/VCOCK COMPANY'S

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. high Each Per doz

Wn. pot 5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00 $12.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana Each

y-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high $ 4.00

9-in cedar tub. 4 plants in lub. 42 to 4S in. high 5.00

12 in, cedar tuh. 4 plants in tub 5 to 5h It 10.00

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5H to fi ft 12.50

12-10. ceda tul. 4 plants in tub f. ft. hith. heavy I'^.OO

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub. 7 to S (t 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii Each

5-in. pot. nicely characterized $1.00

7-in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread 2 00

Kentia Belmoreana

Leaves In. high

2*^-in. pot 4 StolO..

5 in. pot 5 12

4 in. p It 5 to 6 15

5-in. pot 5to6 18

6-in. pot 6 to 7 24

Leaves In high

Each Perdoz.
$1.50

.$0.40

. .50

1.00

2.00
4.50
600
12.00

Each Per dot

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 M to 36 $ 2.50 30.00

7in. cedar tub 6 to 7 3(. to .^ 3.00 36.00

9 in cpdnr tub.... 6to 7 42 to 45 4.00 48.00

9 in, cedar tub fi to 7 4S to 48. very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6 00

9-iD. cedar tub 6 to 7 5 ft., very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-in. tub. 4 ft. spread each, $4.00

HOME GROWN, WELL ESTABLISHED, STFO^G A^D EEALTHY.

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Railway Statton,
Jenklntown.

Wyncote, Pa,

Daytox, O. — Referee McConnaughey
December 4 filed in the United States
district court his final record in the

; matter of Herman Ritter, bankrupt
florist, closing the case. The liabilities
amounted to $27,22.S.!>(). Assets realized
were .$22,202.50. Secured creditors re-
ceived )i;i8,393.50, in full of their
claims. Unsecured creditors received

, $953 on claims aggregating nearlv

1 $9,000.

I

Sea Bright. N. J.— The great storm
which raged along the Atlantic coast
December G and i, with accompanying
high tides, wrought great havoc in this
vicinity, where there are many fine

' cottages of summer residents. It is
stated that the fine Italian gardens of
W. Nelson Cromwell appear to be
ruined. In other instances gardens

•were literally washed away, leaving
nothing but beds of sand.

Home of Pansies.

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpassed, improved
annualh. Some of tfie bes' florists in America
are r> grular cu tomers. These plants are in extra
good sh^oe tfiis vear and heavy root'*d. trrown on
fiigb l--nd. Packed to reach vou safe anywhere.
$2.50 per 1000. 5000 for $10.00.

Elmer Rawlings. Home of Pansies.

GLEAN. N. Y.

BOXWOODS-Mosf Beautiful Stock

Pyramids. 2 ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids. lV,\t , 1.50 each

Pyramids, 3 ft 2 0( each

Pyramids, 3H, ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape. 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 ID 3. on each

Heavv Bushes 2ft L.SOeach

Nice Bushes 15-in 3^c each

F. O. FRANZEN =^'c\1ca"o^ ^

FREE

This Fine

^?

^:

Budding Knife

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Plofist Go.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

1182

The American Florist.

Dec.

'9.

Dreer'8 Ferns tor Dishes

The Best Stock We Have Ever Offered.

2^ inch pots,
13.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

HENRY A. DREER

714-716 -Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are for the Trade only.

RMRS. CHARLES
USSELL

ROSE

PLANTS

Grafted and Own Root

Extra fine stock for Early Spring
Delivery

WRITE FOR PRICES
We also offt-r: Milady, Shawj'er,
Ward, Taft, d'Arenber>{, Richmond

Hadley, the Killarneys.

WIELAND & RISCH

Wholesale Growers

154 N. Wabash Ave.
CHICAGO, ILL.

Orchids

If you want Orchids for any purpose whatever
we solicit your inquiries and orders for same.
We do not grow or handle anyihin}; else but
Orchids. Special lists on application.

LAGER a HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

PiilLADELPniA, Pa. — E. Woodman
will erect a greenhouse at 2424 Bryn
Mawr avenue to cost $300.

Kalamazoo, Mich. — The old munici-
pal greenhouse located at Riverside
cemetery, equipped with steam heat-
ing plant is for sale. City Clerk Clar-
ence Miller has advertised for bids.

Sedalia, Mo.— The Archias Floral Co.
reports business improved and fully
equal to that of last year, if not better.
The weather the past few weeks has
been smoky and cloudy, but stock is
coming along in good shape for the
holidays.

IMPORTED STOCK OF QUALITY.

Fresh Importations Just Arrived in Fine Cordition.

Boxwood, Bush shape, 12-in JO;

IS in 5Uc

'• 24-in $1.00

" ' " 30 in 1 5P

Pyramids, .^i.-in.' 2.2i

42-in 3 '0

JS in 3 5'

.S4 in 4 lO

Globes, 18 by lb in 3. .SO

Rhododendr* ns. uooA forclngvaneties. bright
C'■iof^. cl' an (oi^ue. i* to 12 buds, bCc each;
12 to 1^ hu Is *l, 00 each.
Bhododerdrons, ha'dy soti^for outside rlant-
ii ^r i8 to ^4-in , 8 to i2 hiids. 7x each; 24 to
30-in . 12 to In buds. $1 00 e»ch.
Azalea Mollis. l.S to IS-m . bushy. 40c each:
*4 2i per doz.; $35 00 pei 100

Magnolia Soulangeana, Speclo^a and Lennei!

4 to 5 leei, luO oi buas. balled and bur

laooed jl.SOpach.
Magnolia Hailiana. (Stpllata) 2H in. to3(t,

veiy bijsh\ and lull oi buds, balled and bur-

l-PDed }1 50 e-cn.
Japanese Maples, Blood Leaved, beautiful

plants. 3 to ih icel high, well branched.

il.'O each.
Azalea Bine degiri, 15 to 18-in., very bushy,

$1 50 tath,
Acuba Japonica Punctata, beauti'ully spotted

foliage. 18 to 24-in hi^.b. Lushy. 75c each.
Rhododendron, Pink Pearl, one of the finest

forcing; propus tions fine plants, b^rautiful

foliajje and nicely budded. $1.25 each

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, - CONN.

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin. N. J. Willlamstown June, N. J.

SM I L A X

strong plants, 2V2 inch, $1.25 per 100;
till. 00 per lOi'O.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2^ inch,
^2.00 per K)0; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT, Bristol, Pa.

Easter Roses

Pot our 4 Inch now in 5 to 6-lnch.

iTTriT^f 1^**4 compahya

L U L U I. L, ^»'^>imK.'H\.:> chip J

PRIMROSES.

Obconlca Alba Rosea and Sanguinea,

2^ in. pots, $1.50 per 100; $12.0ti per

10<30.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 2Vi in.

pots, .$2,011 per UXt; $18 Ou per 1000.
Vlnca Varlegata, 3x3'/2-in. pots, $5.00

pel 100.

Pansy Plant, Giant flowering, $2.50 per

101 10.
Cannas, dry bulbs, 1 to H eyes of Alle-
Diania, Burbank, Italia, Grav, Penn-
sylvania, Beau'y, Bedder, Vaughan,
Henderson, Charlotte, Harum, Patry,
Hose, etc., at $1.25 per 100.

CASH-

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

RAHN & HERBFRT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND, ORE.

Extra strong English Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet liii;h per loO, $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots " IS 00

Erica Wilmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out ol 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Came and Mary Barton, 2 in. " 5.00
Palms. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction

Mention the American Florist when writing

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The American Florisi.

1183

Aviator

The greatest money maker for any one to grow. Count
more profits in six months from Aviator than any other
scarlet, on account of its wonderful productiveness, pro-
ducing twice as many blooms as any other carnation, and a
heavy crop for Christmas. From 2000 plants we cut 2800
blooms for Christmas, which sold for 8c each. Will produce
30 blooms per plant per season.

Color— Intense scarlet. Flower— Fine full center.
Stem-Thin wiry and stiff. Calyx — Non-bursting. Habll—
Being a cross between Red Sport of Maceoand Red Seedling,
it has the habit of Maceo. Thin, wiry and a fast grower,
no grass, every break making a fine flower in a remarkably
short time.

Price, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

Chicago Carnation Co.,

Peerless Pink

Dark pink. The best and most profitable Carnation
introduced to the trade last season. No other new carnation
can equal it in early and continuous productiveness. The
blooms command the highest prices at all times.

Rooted Cuttings, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

Chsmoion, scarlet.

Per 100 1000
.$^,10 $50 00

Yellow t rince 6.00 5" Oii

Mauhles white 6.110 50(0

Philadelphia, nink. ...6.10 50 CO
Prince:>& ua^mar.criin-

son 601 .''OOO

Gloria, pink, free 6.10 50.00

Per 100 ICOO

Pink Delight $6.0;) J50.(0

Tne Herald, scarlet.... 4 00 .^ooi

Enchantress Supreme. 4 oo 3ii.00

Conqu-st . verlaidpink 4 00 30.(0

whiieWonder .SOO 25.10

Wni'e Enctinntress.... 3,1 0 25.00

Enchantress 3.0O 25.0O

All stock guaranteed. Quality the first consideration.

A. T. PYFER, Manager.

30 East Randolph St.
CHICAGO.

Long Distance Phone, Central 3373.

Our New Rose Mrs. Moorfield Storey

Has a strong upright growth, the wood being very stout and smooth, with large handsome dark green foliage prac-
tically mildew or black-spot proof. The flowers, which are freely produced, are of good size and substance with
abundant petals, opening freely. The color is a shell pink deepening toward the centre with the large smooth
petals tipped deep rose. It will be a fine, yet distinct companion for the Mrs. Charles Russell Rose.

Own Root 100, J30 CO 250, $70.00 500, $125 1,000, $250 2,500, $565 5,000, $1,000 10,000 $1,800

Grafts " 35.00 " 8250 " 150 " 300 " 690 " 1,250 " 2,300

Eyes " 27.00 " 62.50 " 120 " 220 " 490 " 850 " 1,500

Own root and grafts delivered in March, 1915. Eyes in January and February, 1915.

WXBSN ROSE CONSERVATORIES Natick, Mass.

200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists.

Alonzo J. Bryan, ffi^r*

Waslilngton, New Jersey.

Mention the American Florist when writing

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists

JOLIET,

ILL.

GERANIUMS '""^rRisR.

They must reach you in good growing conditioo.
otlerwiseyou can have y^ur money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
aod vcrv eood

S. A Nutt *12 '^O per 1000.

Poitevine and Ricard, $lS 00 per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosas, *3S 00 per KlOO.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER. PA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

This Ought To Be OF INTEREST To YOU.

That Local Growers have placed the Largest Individual Orders for my

New Carnation "Alice"

offered to the Trade this season. Some have doubled, and trebled their orde'S on successive
visits. The col'ir is an exquisite shade of clear soft pink, midway bitwe n Ench=intress and
Gloriosa. Habit of plant ideal, sirnng. verv ear'y. and a continuous, and without doubt the
most productive commercial varitty I have offered to date.

Prices: Per IJO. *12.0': ppt 1000. tim.O)- per 2500. $237.50:
per 5001). M5>.n0; per lO.OOU. $81 0.00.
If you have not seen it. send for descriptive circular, and get your order in now. Over
200.000 sold.

PtTER FISHER, - Ellis, Mass.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3-incb pots.
Carnations for fall delivery.

Chrysantbemams
SmUax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers. S'el^^^^i

AMERICAN FLORIST ADVERTISE VIENTS
WORK 24 HOURS PER DAY.

ALL Nurserymen. Seedsmen and Kloristswishing
to do business with Europe should send for tbe

"Horticnitnral Advertiser"

This IS the British Trade Paper, being read weeicly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over lUOO of the best continental houses. Aaaual
■ ubscription. to cover cost of postage 75c.

.As the H. .\. 15 a purely trade medium, appll
cantsshould. with the subscription, send a copy of
tbeir atalog or other evidence that they belong to
[he nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham. Notts.

Address EditOrS Of "H. A."

ChUwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM. N Jtts. En^and

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p

Dec. ig.

Cincinnati.

BUSINESS FAIR WITH DEMAND STEADY.
Winter came with a rush the first
part of this week. From Sunday after-
noon until Monday morning there was
a drop in the temperature of about 30°
from somewhat above the freezing
point down to near zero. The cold
weather, however, brought with it sun-
shine, with the exception of a few hours
last Friday, the first we have had in
nearly two weeks. Business is fair,
but not any too brisk. The demand
for stock i.s steady and there are re-
ceipts enough to take care of it. Roses,
including American Beauties, are in a
good supply and meet with a good re-
quest. The carnation supply, too, is
large, but at times they clean up rather
indifferently. Lilies are plentiful. Of-
ferings in lily of the valley, violets,
both double and single, orchids and
sweet peas are excellent in quality and
have a pretty fair market. Stevia sells
well. Poinsettia offerings are excellent
and narcissi are coming in heavy.
Other offerings include callas and Ro-
man hyacinths. Business in supplies
for Christmas is very good.

NOTES.

The E. G. Hill Floral Co. recently
had a smoldering fire in their base-
ment. Fortunately no serious damage
was done.

Otto Walke. who has been laid up
with rheumatism for a time, is again
back at his store.

C. E. Critchell has been gettinjsr in
some very fine cyclamen plants from
the Rosebank Co.

P. J. Olinger went to New Castle.
Ind.. December 14.

Visitors : F. W. Romer, Scarbor-
ough, N. Y.; Julius Dilhoff, represent-
ing Schloss Bros., New York; Sam
Seligman, rppresenting Werthheimer
Bros.. New Tork; and Mrs. Johns+on,
Middletown, O. H.

Oregon State HorticulturaJ Society.

With the selection of Corvallis for
the meeting place in 1015, the election
of new officers and the passing of a
resolution recommending the uniform
horticultural laws to be presented to
the different legislatures of the Pacific
Coast and Rocky Mountain states,
with such changes as may be found
necessary to cover local conditions,
the twenty-ninth annual convention
of the Oregon State Horticultural So-
ciety closed its three days' session in
Medford December 4. Colonel R. C.
Washburn, of Medford, was elected
president: B. W. Johnson, of Corvallis.
vice-president, and C. D. Minter, of
Portland, secretary and treasurer.

HrLLSBORO, IND. — George Connell is
erecting a new greenhouse near his
home.

Allentown, Pa. — Louis S. Baker,
florist, has remodeled his establish-
ment, and installed a complete heating
system.

Peoria, lix.— C. F. Becker, formerly
of Springfield, 111., is now engaged in
the florist business with his brother,
L. J. Becker.

Hou.STON, TEX. — Florists of South
and .Southeast Texas will be invited to
a conference and banquet that will be
given by the Houston Florists' Club the
first Monday night in February, 101.5,
for the purpose of launching a spring
pretty yards contest and a fall flower
show.

COLUMBUS, O. — T. J. Ludwig, for
many years manager of the Livingston
Seed Co., has severed his connection
with that firm and will go into busi-
ness for himself. He will open a flor-
ist's store on High street after Janu-
ary 1. and Vieing thoroughly posted in
his line should make a success of the
venture.

Books for Holiday Gifts,

The following books should be in every florist's and gardener's library.
A good book on any subject in which you are specially interested is worth
years of exptrience and should be kept convenient for reference at all times.
Send prices quoted and we send the books.

Manual of the Trees' of North
America (Sargent). — The most com-
plete and authentic work on the sub-
ject. The pages number 826, with over
600 illustrations. $6.00.

Chrysanthemum Manual (Smith).
— By an expert who has given his un-
divided attention for twenty years to
the improvement of the chrysanthemum
and its culture in detail. Profusely il-
lustrated. SO cents. •

Greenhouse Construction (Taft). —
It tells the whole story about how to
build and heat a greenhouse, be it large
or small, and that, too, in a plain, easily
understood, practical way. It has 118
illustrations. $1.50.

.The 'Vegetable Garden CVilmorin-
Andrieux). — The best and most com-
plete book on vegetables ever published.
There are 782 pages^ and hundreds of
il'ustrations in this English edition, ed-
ited by 'Wm. Robinson, the noted Eng-
lish horticultural writer. $6.00.

Daffodils, Narcissus and How to
Grow Them (A. M. Kirby). -^Contains
all that is really worth knowing about
these most popular of spring bulbs, writ-
ten from the standpoint of American
conditions. Illustrated, 233 pages; post-
paid, $1.21.

Landscape Gardening (Maynard). —
The development of landscape art
within the past few years compels the
wide awake florist to keep posted on
this branch of the business. The many
suggestions of this book will be found
helpful every business day. It contains
338 pages, 16s illustrations. $1.50.

The Goldfish (Mulertt). — A numbe!
of florists find goldfish an attractive
and paying addition .to their business.
The best advice is given in every de-
partment of the subject, incKiding con-
struction and care of the parlor aquar-
ium, in this volume of 160 pages, hand-
somely illustrated. $2.00.

Mushrooms : How to Grow Them
(Falconer). — The only American book
on the subject, 29 illustrations. 'Writ-
ten by a practical mushroom grower,
who tells the whole storv so tersely
and plainly that a child can understand
it. This book has increased mushroom
growing in_this country three fold in
three years. $1.00.

Success in Market Gardening (Raw-
son). — A new edition of this well-
known work on market gardening by
Herbert Ravvson, son of the late W. W.
Rawson. Every line in the book is
worth reading and it contains the whole
story of market gardening from start
to finish. No one in the business for
profit can afford to be without this, the
latest edition. It contains 271 pages
and 22 illustrations. $1.10.

Lawns and How to Make Them
(Leonard Barron). — A very useful and
practical work, thoroughly covering the
subject of which it treats. Illustrated
$1.10.

The American Carnation (C. W.
Ward). — A complete treatment of all
the most modern methods of cultivating
this most important flower. Illustrated
$3.50.

Fumigation Methods (Johnson).— A
practical treatise on cheap and effective
means of destroying insect pests. Hand-
somely bound and profusely illustrated.
250 pages. $1.00.

The Rose. — Its cultivation, varieties,
etc. (H. B. Ellwanger). — A complete
guide of the cultivation of the rose, to-
gether with the classification of all the
leading varieties. $1.25.

The Principles of Fruit Growing
(Bailey). — The entire subject of fruit
culture is treated very thoroughly m
this illustrated volume of 516 pages. It
is a book that no up-to-date fruit
grower can afford to be without. $1.25

Cabbages, Cauliflower and Allied
Vegetables (Allen).— The requirements
of the important vegetables of the cab-
bage tribe are given here very fully. The
book also contains interesting chapters
on seed raising, insects, pests and fun-
dus diseases common to these olants.
SO cents.

'Window Gardening. — (Dorner.) An
excellent treatise on this interesting sub-
ject telling in plain language the best
methods of cultivating plants in rooms
and windows. The author is a well k-nown
and practical grower. Well bound in
green cloth, 153 pages and 43 illustra-
tions, $1.25.

House Plants (Barnes). — A neat,
well bound and well printed little book
telling by means of illustrations an<J
simply written instructions how to grow
plants of all kinds in the house. No
one who is interested in window gar-
dening can afford to be without this ex-
cellent little work. It contains 236 pages
and 30 full-page illustrations. $1.20.

'Water Lilies (Conard & Hus). — A
very instructive and interesting little
work by experts in this line of cul-
ture. The book is well written and of
great value to anyone growing aquatic
plants of any kind, indoors or out. for
trade purposes or from an amateur
standpoint. It contains 228 pages and
31 illustrations from pliotographs. $1.17.

Insects Injurious to Vegetables
(Chittenden). — An excellent treatise on
this important subject, written in plain
language and with abundance of excel-
lent illustrations by the author, a well-
known entomologist. 1 he directions
given are clear and distinct and the'
book cannot fail to be of the greatest
service to all growing vegetables. It
contains 163 illustrations in the 262
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ALTERNANTHERAS.

Extra fine cuttings of Alternjinthera, 5rtc per
100. New Havep Floral Co.. New Haven. Inn.

Alternantheras, 8 vars., 2-in., $2 per 100;
118.60 per 1,000; 3-in., $3 per 100. E. Vincent,
Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsb, Md.

ARACCARIAS.

Araucarias excelsa. 2-3-4 years, 3-4-5 tiers,
514-8 inch, 50c to $1.B0 each. Gxcelsa glauca
and compacta, 6^-6-7-ipcb, $1. $1.23 and $1.50.
Godfrey Aschmano, 1012 W. Ontario St., Pblla-
delphla.

Araucaria Excelsa, 5-in., 18 inches high. 3
to 4 whorls, $1; 6-in.. 24 Ins., 4 to 5 whis.,
J1.50; 7-ln., 30 to 30 ins., 6 to 7 whls., $2.
C. H. Frcy. Lincoln, Neb.

Araucaria excelsa, 6-in., €5c each. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Mllwauliee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

Araucarias. excelsa. 60c, 75c and $1 each;
Bobusta Compacta. $1.50 to $2 each. Poebl-
mnnn Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS and SPRENGERI,
3-in., $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
Ids, Mich.

Araucarias In sorts. August Bollser & Sons,
51 Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, 2%-ln., fine plants,
{3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. SPRENGERI. 4-ln.
large plants. $7 per 100. Cash please. EDGAR
EASTERDAY. Nokomls. 111.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2\4-in.,
12 per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunning-
ham. Delaware. Ohio.

Asparagus Sprengeri. extra strong, 214-Inch,
3-inch and 4-tnch. $2.50. $3 and $7 per 100.
HENRY MUELLER. LIMA. OHIO.

Asparagus Sprengeri. 3-in.. $4 per 100. R.
Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh. Md.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1.000. A. M.
Herr. Lancaster. Pa.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 3-ln.. $6 per 100.
SPRENGERI, 3-ln., $5 per 100. HENRY
SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri, 216-incb. $2 per 100;
$5 per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, 6-In. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1
eacb; variegated. 5-ln. pots. 10-12 leaves, $1.60.
Poeblmang Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, III.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, Mme. Van der Crnyssen, Verviene-
ana. Simon Mardner, Empress of India, Mme.
Jos. Vervsene, Ernst Eckhart, Niobe, Vervtene-
ana alba, etc., 12 to 14 inches diameter, $9 per
doi.; $60 per 100; 14 to 10, $12 per doz.; $75
per 100: 16 to 18, $18 per doz.; $1.25 per 100;
18 to 20. $24 per doz.; 20 to 22. $36 per doz.
Dwarf or miniature, Firedv or Ilexe and Cbas.
Encke. $4.80 per doz.; $35 per 100. P. R.
Plerson. Tarrytown, N. Y.

AZALEAS FOB CHRISTMAS.
SPLENDID PLANTS. WELL «XOWERED.
2,000 Superb azaleas, beautifully done, not too
far advanced. Petrick. Mardner. Vervseneana
and large White, e.xtra values at $1, $1.25. $1.50
and $2 eacb. On request, shipped out of pots;
well mossed.
GULLETT & SONS. LINCOLN, Illinois.

Azalea Mollis. 15 to 18 Ins., hnshy, 40c each;
t4.25 per doz.: .$35 per 100. ninodeglrl. 16 to
18 Ins., $1.50 each. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Palnesville, O.

Azaleas, good values, 14 to 16 Ins.. 70c; 16 to
18 Ins.. $1; 18 to 20 Ins., $1.50. The Starrs &
Harrison Co., Painesvi 1 le, Ohio.

Azaleas, leading Christmas varieties. 75c to
$3 each. Larger speeimeus, $3 to $3 each.
PoehimaPD Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

AZALEAS, red, white and pink, blooming
plants for Xmas, $1, $1.25. $1.50. up to $2.60
each. ERNEST RUBER. Wllmette, 111.

Azaleas, best varieties. 50c to $5 eacb. Anton
Schulthels. College Point, L. 1., N. Y.

Azaleas. Mme. Petrick. $1.25 to $2 each.
Holton & Hunkel Co., 402 Milwaukee St., Mil-
waukee. Wis. ^

Azaleas. 12 to 16 inch beads, full of buds,
$1 to $1.50 each. C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

BARBERRY.

Tbunbergs Barberry. 4 to 6, $8; 6 to 10. $15;
12 to 18 well branched, $40; 18 to 24. heavy.
$55; 24 to 30, heavy, $70. Valdesian Nurseries,
Bostic, N. C.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramid and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons. 51 Barclay St., New York.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roebrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

BEGONIAS.

BEGONIA LORRAINE. 3-in., 20c. Cincin-
nati, 3-ln., $25 per 100; 4-ln.. $35 per 100;
5-in.. $50 per 100; 6-ln., 75c to $1 each. Chat-
elaine, 214-ln., $5 per 100; 3-ln.. $8 per 100;
5-in., extra strong, 50c eacb. All In bloom.
Ernest Rober. Wllmette, III.

GLORY OF CINCINNATI.

Choice cool-grown plants of this lovely
Christmas Begonia, not too far advanced. 4-ln.
to 6-in., at 35c. 40c, 50c, 75c and $1.
GULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN, Illinois.

Begonia Glory of Cincinnati. 4-in.. 40c to 50c
each; 5-in. pans, C5c to $1; S-ln., $1 to $1.25.
Luminosa. 4-ln.. 15c; 5 in.. 25c to 35c. C. H.
Frey, Lincoln. Neb.

Begonias, Lorraine and Cincinnati, 6-ln.. 60c
to 75c eacb; 6-ln., (1 to $1.50 each; 7-in., $2 to
$2.50. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Begonia Cincinnati, 35c, 50c and 75c each.
Holton & Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Mil-
waukee. Wis.

BEGONIA LOKRAINES, all choice plants; 3-
in. at 18c; 4-ln. at 25c; 6-ln. at 60c; B-in. at
75e. Cash with order. ELITCH-LONG GREEN-
HOnSRS. Denver. Colo.

Begonia Glorie de Chatelaine. 2-in., $4 per
lOil; $35 per 1.000; 3-in.. $6 per 100. R. Vin-
cent. Jr., & Sons Co.. White Marsh, Md.

Rex Begonia, 214-ln., $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans. Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 eacb; 214 ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft.. $2; 314 ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 Inch, $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft.. $1.50; nice
bushes. 15-in., 36c each. ' F. O. Franzen, 6319
N. Clark St.. Chicago.

Bo.xwood, bush sh.npe, 32-in.. 30c; 18-ln.. 60c;
24-in., $1; 30 in., $1.50. Pyramids. 36-ln.. $2.25;
42-ln., $3; 48-ln., $3.50; 54-ln., $4. Globes. 18
by 18 Ins.. $3.50. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Palnesville. O.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bosh. In
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roebrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Gladiolus: Blushing Bride, The
Bride, Augusta, Mrs. Francis King, America,
Chicago White. Write for prices. Spirea-
Gladstone, $8 per 100; Queen Alexandria $9
per loO. Liiium giganteum, 6-8-lnch (400 to
case). $35 per l.oiii); 7-9 inch (300 to case),
$50 per 1.000; 9-10-inch (200 to case), $05 per
1,000. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Bulbs, L. Formosum, 7-9-in., 9-10-ln., 10-11-
In., H-13-ln. ; also Japan grown frees'ias, y*
and %-in. The Yokohoma Nursery Co., Ltd.
Woolwortb Bldg.. New York. '

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kaating Co., 383-387
Ellicott St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 Beti
Bldg.. Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Cbas. Schwake & Co.
90-92 W. Broadway, New York. _■

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddlngton New
York.

Bulbs, S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 Betz Bide

Philadelphia. \ "'"i.-.

CARNATIONS.

Carnation Cuttings. Matchless, $6 per 100-
$50 per I.OOO; White Wonder. White Enchan-
tress, PhiliKlelpbia. $3 per 100; $25 per 1 000
Gloriosa, $3.50 per 100; $30 per 1,000. Enchau'
tress, $3 per lOo; $25 per 1.000. Pink Sensa-
tion, $12 per 100; $100 per 1,000. Champion,
$6 per 100; $50 per 1,0 lO. Herald. $3.50 per
100; $30 per 1.000. Rosette, $3 per 100; $25
per 1,000. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Carnations, Aviator. $12 per 100; $100 per
1,000. Peerless Pink. $0 per 100; $50 per
1.000. Champion, Yellow I'rince. Matchless
Philadelphia, Princess Dagmar, Gloria Pink
Delight. $3 per 100; $50 per 1,000. The Uer-
ald. Enchantress Supreme. Conquest, $4 per
100; $30 per l,noo. White Wonder. White
Enchantress. Enchantress, $3 per 100; $25 per
1.000. Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph
St., Chicago.

EXTRA FINE CARNATION CUTTINGS.
The best In the land. Big value for yoor
money.

Enchantress $20.00 per 1.000

White Enchantress 20.00 per 1,000

White Wonder 20.00 per 1,000

SINNER BROS.,
56 East Randolph St.. Chicago. III.

Carnations, Matchless, Gorgeous, Philadelphia,
$6 per 100; $50 per I.OOO. Enchantress Su-
prenie. Pink Delight. $5 per 100; $40 per 1,000.
Benora, $3.50 per 100; $30 per l.OllO. C. W.
Ward, White Wonder. White Perfection, White
Enchantress, Beacon, Enchantress. $3 per 100;
$25 per l.oOO. Amohat Greenhouses, Mamaro-
ncck. N. Y.

Carnation cuttings. Philadelphia, Champion
Peerless Pink. Matchless. Pink Delight. $0 per
100; $50 per l.OOO. Aviator. $12 per 100: $100
per 1,000. White Wonder. Beacon, Encliantress
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Rosette, White Enchantress'
$3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. Herald. $4 per 100;
$23 per l,Oi)0. Enchantress Supreme, $4 per
loO; $27 per 1,000. A. Henderson & Co.. 368
River St.. Chicago.

Carnation cuttings, December and January de-
livery. Philadeliihifl. Champion. $6 per 100; $50
per l.OOn. White Wonder. Herald, Beacon. Ro-
sette. Enchantress Supreme, Enchantress, White
Enchantress. BIrs. C, W. Ward. May Day. $3 per
100; $25 per 1.000. A. Henderson & Co., 369
River St.. Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Rest stork we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STAND.* RDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON, N. J.

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Carnations, White Enchantress, Pink En-
I'hantress. Rose Pink Enchantress, Mrs. Ward
Beacon. White Perfection. $2.50 per luO; $20
uer 1.000. Heraid. $27.50 per l.OuO. Josle
Merie. $27.50 per 1.000. Peter Reinberg, 30 E.
Randolph St.. Chicago.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS, for Decem-
ber or later delivery; Enchantress, White En-
chantress. Victory. Beacon, Mrs. C. W. Ward,
etc. price. $20 per 1.000; $2.50 per loO. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENUODSES.
Denver, Colo.

Carnation Alice, $12 per 100; $100 for 1,000;
2,500, $237.50; 6.000, $450; 10,000, »8U0. Peter
Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Carnations. Pink Sensation, Good Cheer, $12
per loO; $100 per 1,000. ' F, Dorner & Sons
Co.. La E'ayette, Ind.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLINGS, and fine
variety to grow, $5 per lUO. C. C. Pollworth
Co., Milwaukee.

Carnations, all colors. 4-in. pots. 15c each.
C. H. Frey. Lincoln. .Neb.

Carnation Alice, beautiful clear blush pink,
Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co..

Jollet, 111. ^^

Carnations. Wood Bros., FlshklU. N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemum plants from 2'^-inch pots;
Yellow Baton, White Eaton. McNiece, Ramapo,
0. H. Kahn, Chrysolora, October Frost, Touset,
Chas. Razer, Comoletta, Golden Glow. I'acitlc
Supreme. Cnaka, Pocketts' Crimson and Schiimp-
ton. \i per 100. Extra flue stuck, order quick.
Cash. J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO.,
Jollet, 111. _^ .

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS, best
early, medium and late varieties, to be shipped
when ready, 6oc per doz. ; $4 per 100. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES,
Denver. Colo. ■

CHRYSANTHEMUMS, stock plants of Wells'
Late Pink and White BonnaEEon, $3 per KiO.
WEBICK BROS. CO., Pine Ridge, Buffalo,
N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS.

Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme and Smith's Ad-

' vance, $3 per 100; $25 per l.OuO. Chrysolora,

$4 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood.

HL

Chrysanthemum Early Frost, rooted cuttings
or 2-ln. pot plants. $12 per 100; $100 per
1,000. F. Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.

Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme and Smith's
Advance, strong bushy 2-Inch pot plants, $3
per luO; $25 per l,li00. Chrysolora. $4 per 100.
A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood, 111.

Chrysanthemums, novelties, commercial, exhi-
bition or pompons. Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
Adrian, Mich.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

COLECS.

Coleus Verschaffelti, GoWen Bedder, strong
plants out of 2-in. pots. $1.50 per 100: $12.50
per I.llOO. W. B. KING. Box 1360 Little Sil-
ver. N. J.

Coleus. 12 varieties, 2-ln., $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1,000; 3-ln., $3 per 100. R. Vincent, Jr., &
Sons Co.. White Marsh, Md.

COLEUS. Brllllan<ry or Xmas Red, 2H-lnch,
$4 per 100; 60c per doz. ERNEST ROBER,
WUmette, III.

Coleus, rooted cuttings, 60c per- 100; 2-in.
pots, $1.50 per 100. New Haven Floral Co.,
New Haven, Ind.

CROTONS.

Crotons. 4-in., $4 per doz.; $30 per 100;
Bin., $6 per doz.; $50 per inO; 6-ln., $1 to
$1.50 each. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

Crotons, swell colored in all varieties. 60c
and 75c. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove,
UK

CYCIiAMEX.

CYCLAMEN. 3-ln., $8 per 100; G'd Alba, 4-ln..
t15 and $20 per 100. Wandsbek type, 5-in., $35
and $50 per 100; 6-ln., T5c and $1 eacb.
SEEDLINGS. 10 varieties, equallv divided. $2.60
per UK); $20 per 1.000. Glory of Wandsbek. light
and dark, separate. $3.60 per 100: $10 per 1,00')
IMPROVED GL. OF WANDSBEK. dark and
-»* Hght, larger flowers and better grower. $4.50
per 100: $40 per 1.000. ERNEST ROBER, WU-
mette. 111.

My Chicago prize winning Cyclamen, 4-in. at
15c mixed; 5-ln. at 35c mixed; 6-ln. at 60c
mixed. R. J. SOUTHERTON, Highland Park,
IlL

CYCLAMEN, best varieties, plenty of reds,
pinks, etc.. 4-ln. at 25c; 6-in. at 40c; 6-tn. at
75c; 7-in. at $1. Cash with order. BLITCH-
LONG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo.

Cveianicu seedlings, best strain, .$2.50 per 100;
.$20 per l.llOU. A. Henderson & Co.. 369 River
.Streft. Chicago, 111. *

Cyclamen. 4-ln.. 25c; 5-in., 50c; 6-ln., 75c
lo $1 each: 7-in., $1.60 each. Holton & Hunkel
Co.. 462 Milwaukee St.. Milwaukee, Wis.

Cyclamen, 4-in., 20c; 5-in., 35c; 6-ln., 66c to
$1. C. H. Frey, Lincoln, Neb. ■

DAISIES.

DAISIES — Fine 2H-lncli stock. Etolle d'Or.
best yellow forcing daisy. $4 per l"i0. Cash.
A. E. HUNT & CO.. 66 East Randolph street.
Chicago.

DRACAENAS.

Dracaena Indlvlsa. 3-in., $6; 4-ln., $10; Bin.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Enynana. Newton. N. J.

FERNS.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties. 2V4-
In., $3.50 per UK). BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants; 2%-ln.. $4 per 100;
3-ln.. $7 per 100; 4-ln.. $16 per 100; 7-ln.. $6
per doz.; 7-In., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-ln..
$12 per doz.; 10-ln., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.60 to $2 each. WHIT-
MANI, 2%-ln., $5 per luO; 3-ln., $10 per 100;
6-in., $25 per 100; extra heavy 8 in.. $16 per
doz, C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

FERNS FOR CHRISTMAS.
Weil finished — Pot-grown.
Choice Whitmanl, 4-ln., 20c; 6-in., 30c; 7-in.,
75c. Scholzelei. 4-ln., 20c; 5-in., 30c; 9-ln..
$2. Scottii, 6-ln., ^Oc; Boston and Roosevelt,
4-in.. 15c; 5-in.. 25c; 6-in., 50c; 7-ln., i5c;
10-in. and 12-in., handsome specimens, $2.60
and $3 each.
GULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN. ILLINOIS.

Ferns for dishes, including aspidium, cyrto-
mium fulcatum. Pteris Mayi. Wllsoni, etc.. $3
per 100: $25 per 1.000. Adiantum Croweanum.
.'■-in., 2nc. Glory of Mordrecht, 5-in.. 35c; 4-in.,
25c. C'ihotlum Scheldei, 5-in., 75c: 6-in., $1.
Crrtomium Rockfordianum, 4-in., 10c; 5-in., 20c;
ci-'in. .-Wo. The Storrs & Harrison Co.. Paines-
vllle. O.

Ferns, Boston, Whitmanl and Roosevelt. 5-ln.,
25e each; $3 per doz.; 6-in.. 60c each; $6 per
doz.; 7 In., 7Bc eacb: $9 per doz.; 8-ln.. $1
each; $12 per doz.; 10-ln., $2.50 each; 12-ln.,
$3.50 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove. 111. ^^

Choice Boston ferns. 2y2-inch. at $4 per 100;
S3.", per 1.0(10. wniitmani. $1.50 per 100: S40
per 1.000. Roosevelt. $4.50 per 100; .$40 per
l.OOO. Roosevelt. Jr., $7 per TOO; $6.) per 1. 000.
Clbotiuui Schiedci. J-Inch. "He: 6-inch, $1. A.
Henderson & Co., 369 River Street. Chicago. lU.

Boston ferns. 6-lncb, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adiantum Croweanum. 3-ln., |S per 100; $70
per 1.000. A. N. Pierson. Inc., Cromwell. Conn.

Ferns. Boston, Plersoni a"nd Whitmanl, 4-ln.,
15c: 5-in., 30c: 6-in.. 40c. Ferns, pan sorts.
2U-ln.. $5 per 100. C. H. Frey. Lincoln, Neb.

Ferns for dishes. 2%-ln.. $3 per 100; $26
per l.iiOO. Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut
St.. Philadelphia.

Ferns. Boston and Whitmanl, 3-in., 10c; 4-ln.,
15c; 6-ln-., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

Boston ferns. 4-lnch, tine plants. $10 per 100.
Cash please. EDGAR EASTERDAY. Nokomls. Hi.

Ferns. Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

Ficrs.

Rubbers. 5-ln., 35c to 50e. C. H. Frey,

Lincoln. Neb. - ,

Flrus, 25c and 60c each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove. IlL

GERANITTMS.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3% In. pots, $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VAUvERS GREEN HOUSE. Mlnot,
N. D.

Geraniums, largest collection and finest stock
in America at prices from $2 per 100 up. R.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co. White Marsh. Md.

Geraniums. 2 In., $3 per 100. Hall Cains
and Mary Barton. 2-ln., $6. Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49tb St., Portland, Ore.

Geranium S. A. Nutt, 2-lnch. strong stock ta-
per 100. HENRY_MUELLER, Lima, Ohio.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Rlcard. Perklm.
Poltevine. 2-ln., $2 per lOii; 3-ln.. $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N. J.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt, $12.50 per 1,000.
Poltevine and Rlcard, $lb per 1,000. A. U.
Herr, Lancaster. Pa.

GLADIOLUS.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI
OLI. Munsell & Harvey. Ashtabula. Ohio.

GREENS.

Greens, Vaugban's Indian Picked Bouquet
Green; Vaugban's XXX Eastern Holly; box
wood, laurel, mistletoe, magnolia leaves, win
ter berries. Immortelles, statlce. ruscus, etc-
Vaugban's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natnrtl
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The WoodsmiB
Co.._Evergreen,__Ala.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natnrtl
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven. Bver-
green. Ala.

Fancy holly. $3 per case. Laurel branche».
$2.5U case. Boxwood Sprays. 12c lb. W. Z.
Purnell. Snow Hill. Md.

Christmas greens of all kinds. St. Louis Seed
Co.. 40S X. Broadway. St. l^>uis. Mo.

Greens. WILD SMILAX. $2 per case. Win-
tergreen Gardens, Marlon. Ala.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, pot-grown. French sorts. La Lor-
raine. Mme. E. -Mouillere, Mnie. Maurice Hamar.
Mme. Gailiard. Mme. Chantard. 5-in.. $25 per
1110. Otaksa. 6-in.. 4 to (J shoots. $35 per 100;
Sin.. G to 8 shoots. $50 per 100. The Storts
iS: Harrison Co.. Painesville, O.

Hydrangea Otaksa, 6 and 7-lncb pot-grows
strong plants, 40c and 50c each. Ernest Rober,
Wilmette, 111.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, 3-ln. pots. $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

IVIES.

English ivy, out of 6-in. pots, up to 6 ft.
bigb, $26 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 ■.
49th St., Portland, Ore. _^

English Ivy from field. 20 to 30 Incbes, I!);
from pots. 30 to 40 Inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST, Kenllworth, S. J.

Hardv English ivy. 2 in., $2 per 100; $18.5«
per 1.0)0; 3-ln.. $3 per mo. R. Vincent. Jr., &

Sons Co.. White Marsh. Md ._

ENGLISH IVY. strong 4-ln<rh, $10 per 100.
HARRY HEINL. West Toledo, Ohio,

German Ivy. 2K-ln., $2 per 100 cash. Jompb
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES.

JERUSALEM CHERRIES, fine 4-Inch stock
in full fruit, $10 per 100; $1.50 per doz. Cash.
.lOSEPH BANCROFT & SON, Inc.. Cedar F«ll«,

Iowa.

Jerusalem Cherries, 4-lnch pot-grown, strong '
plants and well berried. $16 per 100. Cash.
F. Sokol, College St.. Worcester, Mass.

LILY OP THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and M-
porter. E. Neubert. Wandsbek. nr. Bsuhurf,
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken, 17 B»t-
tery PL, New York.

From Storage.

Lily of the valley. Brun's Celebrated Chi-
cago "Market Brand. Cold Storage Valley pips
give best results all year round. Order now
for January and Februai-y. $20 per l.OuO; 600
for $10.50; 250 for $5.5i); $2.50 for 100. Flo-
rists' Monev Maker, $18 per 1.000; 500, $9.60;
250, $5. Place your order for valley pips wlt»
me and vou will be sure of getting the best at
lowest prices. Choicest cut valley for Christmas.
H. N. Bruns, 3032 W. Madison St. ,_Chicago.

Lily of the vmiey pips, selected cold "torage,
full cases (two thousand or more). $18 per looo;
l.OOO pips for $19; 600 for $10; 250 for $6: l'K»
for $2.50. J. A. Budlong, 82-86 E. Randolph St.,
Chicago. _,

Lily of the Valley, onid storage, selected pip*,
packed in cases of 250. 6<)0 and 1.000 each.
F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown. New York.

Lily of the valley, cold storage, $1.76 per
100; $16 per 1.000. C. C. Pollworth Co.. Mll-
wankee. Wis.

if You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reterence Department, Write Us About It

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MUSHROOM SPAWN

MoRbroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co.. St. Paul, Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

Nursery stock, roses, fruit trees, youug ever-
grecu and ileciduous ornumental trees and
shrubs; youiiR forest stocks, new, rare or no-
ticeable trees and shrubs, hardy herbaceous
Illants. etc. T. H. & F. H. Michaud, Central
Park, B. C, agent for E. Turbot & C!o.. Or-
leans, France.

B. TUUBAT & CO.. Nurserymen. ORLEANS,
France, ^rows all outdoor Nurseries stocks;
FRUIT. Ornaniontal and Forest. Wholesale list
on demand.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
■brubs. evergreens and small fruits. W. Sc T.
Smith Co., GeneTa. N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
blnt A Atkins. Rutherford, N. J.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
established. Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N, J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lncb pots. 5 to 6, 18 $0.35

6-ineh pots, 6 to T, 28 to 30 1.60

6-lncb pots, 6 to 7, 32 to 34 2.00

8-lncb tubs, 6 to 7, 36 3.00

8-tnch tubs, 6 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

8-lIlcb tubs, 6 to 7, 45 to 48 5.0D

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.U0.
KENTIA FORSTERIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lnch pots. 5 to 6. 18 to 20 $0.35

6-lsch pots, 5 to 6, 34 to 36 1.50

8-lncb tubs, 6 to 7, 46 to 48 3.50

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 50 to 54 6.<iO

10-lDch tubs. 6 to 7, 5 to 514 ft.. 8.00

lO-lncb tubs, 6 to 7, 6 to 6!^ ft. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

t-lncb pots, 3 plants In a pot, 28 . .$1.50

7-lnch pots. 5 plants In a pot, 34 to 38.. 2.50

7-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 38 .. 3."0

8-lttch tubs, 3 plants In a tub, 38 to 42.. 3.50

8-lncb tubs, 3 plants In a tub, 48 to 54.. 5.00

8-lncb tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 52 to 56.. 6.(J0

10-Inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub. 5 ft. high. S.'K)

12-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub. 5 to 5% ft. 10.00

12-inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 6 ft. high. 12.00

Very strong specimens, 12 and 15-Inch tubs, 7

plants. $15.00. $18.ilO and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

•-Inch pots. 20 In. high, 28 In. spread $1.50

7-lncb pots, 2 ft. hich, 32 to 36 In. spread 2.60

8-incb tnbs. fine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANK BROS. CO.
MORTON GROVE. ILL.

Kentia Belmoreana, 4-in.. 35c: 5-ln., 75c: 6-ln.,
tl. C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

Palms. For varieties and prices see adver-
tisement elsewhere In this Issue. Henry A.
Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana, 6-ln., 6-7 leaves,
22 Ins. high. $1 each: $12 per doz. Phoenix
Boebelenli. 8-ln. pots, 24 Ins. high. 26-lncb
spread, $3.60 each: 9-lnch tubs. 24 Inches high,
SOInch spread. $4 each. A. N. Plerson, Inc.,
Cromwell, Conn.__

Cocos Weddellana, 2-In.. $1.60 per doz.; $10
per 100: $»» per 1,000. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove. III.

Phoenix Canariensis, Une large plants. $7.60
to $35 each. JuUos Koehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palme. Julius Roebrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

PAVDAXrS.

Pandanns Veltohll, 4-ln.. 60c: 6-ln., 75c to
$1; 6-ln.. $1.50: 7-ln., %1 to $2.60. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.

Pandanns Veitchll. 4-ln., 35c each: 6-ln.,
75c. Henry .4. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St..
Philadelphia^

PANSIES.

STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS. PORTLAND.
OREGON, offer an Immense crop of superb
"Private Stock" Mastodon Mixed Seedlings, our
Elite Strain. daisy stock plants, tier 1.000,
»4: per 5,000, $1«. AT.L PREPAID ANY-
WHERE, ANY TI.ME. Mastodon Mixed Seed,
^ 01.. $1; ox.. $7.

PANSIKS— ROMER'R PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain that has proved worthy of
the Dftme. Snrelv fl grand collection. 50c per
100: $."1.50 per 1.000. Express prepaid. C.
HUMPELD, Clay Center, Hans.

Giant Trimardeau Pansles. mixed colors, fine
plants, $2.50 per 1,001; 5,000 for $10. Cash.
J. H. Krone, Jr.. R. F. D. No. 1. Fort Smith.
■4rk.

PA.NSIBS. strong, stocky plants, ready for
transplanting, $4 per l.iioO. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LUNG GREENHOUSES, Denver, Colo.

Pansles, $2.50 per 1,000; 5.000 for $10. Elmer
Rawllngs, Olean, N. Y.

Pansy plants, $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
nlngham. Delaware, O.

PEPPERS.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-Inch bnsby
plants, full of berries. $10 per 100. A, T.
Hey Floral Co., Maywood, III.

Christmas peppers, 4-ln.. 16c each; 5-In., 26c,
C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

PERENNIALS.

Hardy perennials: Anemone Japonica, hardy
asters, campanulas, hemerocalls. hollyhocks,
perennial pblox, German Iris, Japanese Iris,
Oriental poppies, peonies, tritomas. etc. Henry
A. Dreer, 714-716 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia.

POINSETTIAS. ^___

POINSETTIA HEADQUARTERS."
3-in.. $8 and $10 per 100; 4in.. $15. $20 and
$25 per lUO. Made-up: 5-in., 35c and 50c:
61n.. 50c and 75e; 7-ln., 75c and $1; S-in..
$1.50 and $2. Cut polnsettlas, $1.50. $2 and
$3 per doz. Ernest Rober. Wilmette, ill.

Polnsettlas, 3-ln.. 10c each; 4-ln.. 20c to 25c;
5-ln.. pans, 3 plants in pan. 40c to 50c; 6-in..
6'ic; 7-ln.. 75c to $1: 8-ln., $1 to $1.25; 10-in..
$2. C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1,000 2%-lnch; fine
stock, $5 per 100; $20 for 600. HESS & SWO-
BODA, Omaha, Neb.

POINSETTIAS, 2%-In., $6 per 100; 4-ln.,
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
Ids, Mich.

Polnsettlas, choice stock In pans with good
brackets. 75c to $2.50 each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove. III.

PRIMULAS.

Primroses: Obconica alba rosea and san-
gulnea, 2M-in., $1.50 per UK); $12 per 1,000.
Jos. 11. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Primula Obconica, 4-ln.. 20c: $2 per doz.:
5-in.. 35c each; $1 per doz. Holton & Hunkel
Co.. 462 Milwaukee St.. Milwaukee. Wis.

Primula Obconica, 5-ln., in bloom, $25 per
lOip; 3 in., $6 per 100; 2>4-ln.. $3 per 100.
Chlnensls. 6-ln.. In bloom. $25 per 100; m,-\Ti.,
$4 per 100; 2-ln.. $3 per loO. Malacolrtes. 3-tn.,
$6 per luO; 2-ln., $3 per 100. Ernest Hober,
Wilmette, 111.

Primula obconica. 3-lnch. $6 per 100. Mnla-
coides, 2\4-lnch, $4 per loO: $35 per l.OOO.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

PRIMULA MALACOIDRS, 2l4-in., $3 per
100; 4-ln.. $12..'iO per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Primula, giant obconica, 4-ln.. 15c: 5-1d., 25c.
C. H. Frey. Lincoln. Neb.

PRIA'ET.

California privet, any quantity, size and ace.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore. Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

California and Amoor River, any size and
quantity. Yaldeslan Nurseries. Bostic, N. C.

REP WINTER BERRIES.

Red Winter Berries, best quality. A. B.
Posdick & Co.. Dowaglac. Mich.

ROSES.

Rose Mrs. Moorfield Storey. Own root: $.10
per 100: 2.10. *7n; 600. $125; 1.000. $250; 2.5-10,
.•j;.'ifi5; 5.000. $1,000; lO.OOO, $1.8ii0. Grafts:
$35 per 100: 260. $82.50; BOO. $l."iO: 1.000,
.?300; 2,500, $690; 5.000. $1.2S0: 10,(iOO. $2,300.
Eves: $27 per 100; 2.50. $62.60; 500. $120;
l.OOn, $220; 2.500, $490; 5,000, $850; 10,000,
.? 1.500.

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick. Mass.

Rose Hoosler Beauty, own root; $30 per 100;
$2.50 per l.ono. Grafted: $35 per 100; $300
per 1.000. Beady March 1. The E. G. Hill
Co.. Richmond. Ind. F. Domer & Sons Co.,

Lafayette. Ind.

~ E. TURBAT & CO., Orleans. France. Enor-
mous stock of Rose Trees, old and new varieties.
Wholesale list on demand.

Roses, dormant budded, strong plants. Baby
Rambler. $15 per lOo; $2 per doz. Tausend-
schon, $15 iier 10;l; $2 per duz. Erna Teshen-
dorf, $18 per 100; $2.50 ijer doz. Ellen Paul-
son, new. $25 per 100; $3.50 per doz. Ernest
Ruber. Wilmette. 111.

ROSES, My Maryland and Pink Klllarney.
3-ln., $5 per 100. Kalserin, 4-ln., $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Roses on canlna stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. A Co..
Hoogeveen, Holland,

Roses, 1-yr., 2V6-ln.; 2-yr., 4-ln,
Floral Co.. Springfield, O.

Leedle

Roses. Qratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen
Holland.

Roses. W. T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

SEEDS.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties. $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Mosk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin. Sweet, Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co.. Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, beet, sweet com, garden beans
onions sets and seed potatoes. S. D. Wood-
ruff & Sons. 82 Dey St., New York.

Seeds, contract grower pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar P.
HurfF. Swedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seed and field corn. George R. Pedrick it
Son, contract seed growers. Pedricktown, N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, encumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish.
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mlcb.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Reiway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport. Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet, Flint and Dent Com, Cucumbers. Mask
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash, West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co.. Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field com. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co.. Waterloo. Neb.

Seeds, peas and beans. Alfred J. Brown Seed
Co.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Seeds, novelties in flowers and vegetables.
Carter's Tested Seeds. Inc.. 125 Chamber o.
Commerce Bldg.. Boston, Mass.

Seeds, sweet peas: Spencers, grandlfloras, etc.
Asters and flower seeds In general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co..
Los Angeles. Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolgiano & Son. Light, Pratt and Elllcott Sts.,
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. AnL
C. Zvolanek, Lompoc. Calif.

Seeds, wholesale growers. The EimberUn
Seed Co., Santa Clara, Calif. __^

Seeds, alfalfa. Blackman & Griffin Co..
Ogden, Utah.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Brnnnlngs, P.
O. Box 857. Melbourne. Australia.

Seeds, tomato seed onr specialty. Haven
Seed Co., Santa Ana, Calif.

Seeds, peas, beans and sweet com. Slonx
City Seed and Nursery Co.. Sioux j^lty.Iowa.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.

Tomato seed. Wm. Redcay, Lancaster, Pa.. R6.

SMILA^.

Smilflx. 21^-inch. $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramshnrg pink Snapdragons, bnshy plantt
from 2-incb pots. $3 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral
Co.. Maywood, III.

SPIREA.

Spirete Gladstone, white, strong clnmpa, $1.25
per doz.: $8 per TOO. Queen Alexandra, pink,
strong clumps. $1.50 per doz.; $10 per loO,
Ernest Rober. Wilmette, III.

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SPIREA VAN HODTTBI. 1 to 2 ft. well
brauclied, $30 per I.UOO. Valdeslan Nurseries,
Boallc, N. C.

STRAWBERRIES.

Strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Braody-
wiue. Early Ozark. Gaudy, Gulden Gate. Her-
mitage. Hundred Dollar, McKluley, Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success, Three W's, U. S.. King Edward. Wm.
Belt, $2 per 100: $16 per 1.000. Cliesapeake,
Fendall. Pearl, $2.25 per 100; $13 per 1,0()0.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive. Superb »,
$2.50 per 100; $2U per 1.000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver. N. J.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona. white and pink, 2-in., $2 per 100;
118.50 per I'.OOO; 3-in., $3 per 100. K. Vincent.
Jr., &. Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTDCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
Ids, especially selected tor greenhouse forcing,
seedlings, $1 per 1,000.. Strong parsley roots,
100 for $1. Shipment day order received.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville. 111.

VINCAS.

VINCA rooted tips, green or Varlegata, $1
per 100; $9.60 per l.ffiiO. Cash with order,
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver, Colo.

Vlnca varlegata. 3x3% Pot. $5 per 100. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, 0.

VIOLETS.

VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, field-grown,
strong, $5 per 100. HENEY SMITH, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumlgatlog. Nicotine Mfg.
Co.. St. Louis, Mo.

ASHES.

Hardwood ashes. No. 1 Canadian unleached.
incinerator ashes. Best fertilizer to use. Geo.
Stevens, Peterborough, Ont., Canada,

BOILERS.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co., 4.i2 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhoMse heating.
Snperlor Machine and Boiler Works, 846 W.
Superior St.. Chicago. .

Boilers, Gibiin standard greenhouse. Glblln
& Co.. 901 Broad St„ Utlca.N^^

Boiler tubes, 4-lncb, 6^% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co., 2117 S. JeCrerson St.. Chicago.

Boilers, smoke bomer. self-feeding, for green-
houses. NIC. Krier BoUer Worka, 2725 N.
MarshBeld Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, Talves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 85tli and
Iron Sta., Chicago. .^__

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, 60c
for l.OiK). postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCn.^NGB.
83-40 Broadway. Detroit. Mich.

Plllsbury Carnation Staples. 1.000 for 85c;
3.000 for $1. I. L. Plllshury. Galeabnrg. lU.

GLASS. PUTTY, ETci

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co.. Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co.. Eaton. Ind.

FLOWER COLORING.

~ THE NATURAL CYACEINB. flower coloring.
yellow, blue, orange, pink, green or American
Beauty. 20c per qt. Sent to you by mall.
C. R. Cranston. 148 Orchard -St., Auburn, R, I.

GOLD FISH.

TRY US on Gold Fish. Aquariums and Globes.
The J. N. McCuliough's Sons Co., 816 Walnut
St., Cincinnati, O,

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

. Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
•estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. IckeaBrnun Mill Co., 2340 Wabauala
Ave.. Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof ma-
terial and all greenhouse flttiugs. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John G. Mon-
iuger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Green house construction, builders of all
kinds of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans
and sketches submitted on request. A. Dletsch
Co.. 2042 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co.. 31st and Spaul-
dipg Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Mauufactur-
Ipg Co.. Des Plalnes, 111.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co., Lockland, O.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

ftUSCELLANEOUS.

Liquid— NICO-FDME— Paper, for thrlps, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co... Inc., Louisville

Ky.

Terra Cotta grass heads In three designs and
two sizes. Partridge berry bonis, fish globes.
Imported tanks, aijuaria ornaments, etc. Nlch-
oias Wapler, 28 Warren St.. New York.

Aphine, $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fungine,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine. $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Scallne, 75c per qt., |1.50 per
gal.; 10 gals., $10. Ntkotlana, $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co.. Madison. N. J.

Building material, pecky cypress, drop aid-
ing, ship lap. flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Schlllo Lumber Co., 1560 Kingsbury St..
Chicago.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford, London, England,

Nicotine. The Grasselll Chemical Co., Cleve-
land, Pittsburgh, St.' Louis, New York, Cin-
cinnati. St. Paul. Boston, Detroit, Birmingham,
Chicago. Milwaukee. New Orleans.

Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck, Stow &
Wilcox Company, Southlngton, Conn,, and
Cleveland, Ohio. "^

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co., 670 Lake
St., Kendallvllle. Ind.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1,000, 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St..
Philadelphia. '

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St., New York.

Duo Glazed Sash. Write for catalogue.
Callahan Duo-Glazed Sash Co., 77 Wyandot St.,
Dayton. Ohio.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1,000.
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St.,

Springfield. Mass.

Glazing points. % and %. 40c per lb.; 7
Ihs., $2..')0; 15 Iba.. $5. Randolph & McClem-
ents. 59.36 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Evan's Improved Challenge Ventilating Appa-
ratus. Quaker City Machine Works, Richmond,
Ind.

Sleberts' Zinc Glazing Points, 6-8 and 7-8
Inch. 40c per lb.; 5 lbs., $1.85; 20 lbs., $7.
Vflughan'a Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 85th and Iron Sta., Chl-
cago.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Zlska, 151 N. Wabash Ave.,
Chicago.

"Elastlc-Lyke" Liquid Putty. E. C. Pruner,
Mgr.. The Elastlc-Lyke Co., 30 B. Randolph
St., Chicago.

Iron reservoir vases and lawn settees. The
McDonald Foundry, Columbus, Ohio.

Florists' basketa'of all kinds. Raedleln Bas-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros.. 2RB N. 9th St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co.. Richmond. Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength (or spraying. Mleo-
tlne Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers. $1 per doz., by «x-
{ press. R. N. Kramer & Sons. Cedar Rapids.
Iowa,

Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
theworld's largest Building Material Department.
Reap tbe benefits of our low prices on lumber,
cauilc joint fittintes, glass, overnauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc Take advantage of oui
engineering service. We employ experts to soWe
your beating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot jjo. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar. size
lHx2V2 100 running ft S 2.85

XJ-42 — Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
1^x2^7. 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, pc-r 1000 ft., bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44— No. 1 Cypress, 1 in, rough or 13-16 in.
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-45-Standard Hot Bed Sash, lH-in.x3ft.
X 6 ft., without glass. 12 or more, each W

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use : lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANT. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,
35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

Mention the American Florist when toriting

GLASS

We are leader*. Large stock, good price*.

SHARP, PARTRID6E & CO.

CHICAGO. aLINOIS.

Mention the American Florist when ioriting

Th6 Regan Printing House

LARGI RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

Mention the American Florist when torlMHff

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fero pans, vases, etc. Tbe Peters &. Beed
Pottery Co., South ZanesTllle, Ohio.

Neponset, flow-er, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Standard pots, all sizes. Tbe WhllldlD Pot-
ter; Co., 7U9 Wharton St., Pblladelpbia. Pa.

Syracuse red pots, Sytacose Pottery Co..

Syracuse. N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. Hll-
finger Bros. Pottery. Fort Edward. N. T.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Barley
Pottery Co.. Nasbviile. Tenn.

Pots. Bews' standard. A. H. Bews & Co..

Cambridge. Mass.

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Son. 2614-22 Bem-
don St.. Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pota.
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy., Detroit. Mich.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, atandard grade. 6 to 8 feet,
per 100, 85c; BOO. $3; S-I.SO per l.OOO.

Pipe stems, about 0 feet, jier 100, 60c; per
1,000, $5. Vaugbiin's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

Floral designs, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancT works, lamp abad*
frames. Eagle Wire Worka. 2338 Ootarlo St..
Cleveland. Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. K»-
mada Bros.. 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia. P«.

if You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write lis About it

J9I4.

The American Florist.

1189

Mention the American Florist when writing

Iron Reservoir Vases

and —

Lawn Settees

The McDonald Foundry

Columbus, Ohio.

WRITE FOR CATALOG AND PRICES

Mention the American Florist when writing

Slabart'a Zinc
Glacina Points.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust,
easy to drive, H and %
inch. Perlb. 40c.5-lbi.
$1.85. 20-1 bs.. $7.00

Vaughan's
Seed Store
Chicago * New York

mention the American Florist when writing

Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD
OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS. :
We solicit your inquiries.

THE CAMP CONDUIT Ca

Manafactiirers, CIEVELAND.

Mention the American Florist when writing

The best equipment and labor saving devices
combined with strict economy, enable us to quote the
lowest prices for the best material.

Order whatever you need, either for repairs

or new houses. We will quote you the prices,

We Paying The Freight or also the Net Prices

and you to pay the freight.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

Greenhouse Material, Hotbed Sash

2340 WABANSIA AVE. (near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPKESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

SAVE lOVo to 2OV0 on YOUR GREENHOUSE

We have jicquired more business through recommendations from thoroughly
satisfied customers than throuj;h our advertising. We thrive on repeat orders.
We have tripled our business in one year. We have received absolutely no

correspondence expressing dissatisfaction on price,

delivery or quality of construction.

WILLENS CONSTRUCTIOM CO.

"We Understand Our Business Thoroughly"
1527 S. Spauldlng Avenue, CHICAGO

Long Distance Phones: Lawodale 757— Harrison 7i 73-2217

If yuu contemplate building,
let us send a capable repre-
sentative to see you without
cost to you.

There's a Reason

A "RED DEVIL" PLIER ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

A little 4 inch drop fory^ed steel tool that is far superior
to a shears for cutting bouquet wires or any fine wire.
It is tested to cut the finest silk insulation and is a
pher you will appreciate. It's just one "Red DcvU**
tool you should have Ask your hardware man for
"Red Devil,** No. 622, 4-inch. He has or will get it
for you. If ncn send us his name and fifty cents aod
one only sample parr will be sent you postpaid.

"Red Devil** NO. 622

170 Chambers St..
New York, U. S.
(We make "Red Devil*' Glass Cutters Th* kind you want.;

Smith & Hemenway Co.,

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hail Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00
For fall particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J

feenhcuseqia^

T.O.PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes hard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with hard putty.
Lasts loneer than putty. Easy to aooly.

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OF HIGH
ORADB..

Steam and
dot Water

See Our Catalogue.

6IBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y.

1190

The American Florist.

Dec. ip.

Established 1765

FOR ••F»*>T 1 iit^K" USE

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

POT MAKGPS
FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF.

AND RED EARTHENWARE SPECIALTIES.

WORLD'S LARGEST
MANUFACTURERS.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge. i^ts^^^^New York. n.t.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Price per

456 44-in., crate. SS.24
320 5 •• 4.51

210 5« ■• 378

144 6 •■ 3.16

120 7 ■• 4.20

60 8 •• 3.00

Can be ibipped at an hour's notice
crate:

2000 1^ In., crate. $6.00

1500 2 " 4.88

1500 2H •■ 5.25

1500 2H ■• 6.00

1000 3 ■■ 5.00

800 Hi •• 5.80

500 4 4.50

HILFIH8ER BROS. POTTERY, ^^rw^Y^-kT

Angast Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

OarSpecialtT: Long Distance and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes from 2 in to 6 id.

Ask yrur dealer for them,
Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM. MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Sendee Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on large orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breltscbwerth, Prop.

Snccessor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

fTRACUSE, N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Fall size and wide bottomi,
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT M'F'Y
■AJtRY BALSLBY, Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

JVantton (he American Floritt token viriUng

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALKAS

PANS

BARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

.Ragnsr Plant Bo«6<

CgPm^^^^BH are the beit and cheapest lo tht
H^^^^^^HS market for palms, boxwood. baj
^^^^^^H^^V trees, etc. They are attractive
^^^^^^^^^H desieo, strong and durable
^^^^^^^^^H able either indoor or outdoor
~^^^^^^^^^F °*c> Made CTpress wbict
P^^^^^^^V rives them a lasting quality
^^^^^^V We manufacture various style»
^ and sizes. Write for prices.
Wailii«rPmii(COMcrvatortes. Sklner. 0!ik»

Mention th€ American FlorUt when writinp

n RED POTS

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a 6r!>t class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that woith consideringP

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots, Hanging Baskets and other
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous "Moss Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

Ctiicago Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

DREER'S"RJvertonSpicial"Ge(larPlantTul)SNo o,a. Ea do. .oo

• 10 20in. $1.45 $16.00 $130.00

20 18 in. 1.30 14 00 USXD

30 16 in. 1.00 11.25 92.00

40 14 in. .65 7.00 56.00

50 12 in. .45 5.00 40.00

60 10 in. .38 4 00 32.00

70 8 in. .30 3.50 28.00

Manufactured for us exclusively. The best tub ever introduced; the neatest, lightest and
cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have drop handle.

Henry A. Dreer, SwJs. pimis, BoHj wd Soppiits. 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Flower and Vegetable Waterproof

Vaughan's Seed Store, Agents,

wateroroof. CHICAGO and NEW YORK.

Dun't Break, „, . ^ j ... j ,,

Cost Little, c* nippers may use them and save their customers many dollars in ex press charges.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

Mannfactiirers M

Red Pots

Before bnying writ* for price*

2«14-2e22 HemdOB SU

CHICAGO

THE WHILLOIN POTTERY CO.,

709-L9 Wharton St.,

PHILADELPHIA. PA ; Branch, Long Island Ciiy, N. Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write (or Prices and New Catalogue.

Standard Flower Pots

Porosity and Strength
Uniurpassed.

Write (or prices.

A. F. KOHR

MS4-S«-aS N. Uavltt St..

CHKAOO

H

Buy Your

Pots Here

The Best Pot
The B

Sen

C. C. Polli

est Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

d (or Price List

vortn 10., wlsco^slIl

Kramer's Pot Hangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmeo. Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. Sl.OO per dozen by express. Sampl*

dozen by mail. $1.25.

\. N, KRAMER & SON, C8dar Raplds, It.

igi4.

The American Florist.

1191

LIQUID =<i

40% Nicotine.

8 1b. can $10 .SO

41b. can .S 50

1 lb. can 1.50

ij lb. can 50

NICO-FUME

M=PAPER

288 sheet can $7.50

144 sheet can 4 00

24 sheet can 85

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, Louisville, Ky.

The Aphins Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Florists and Gardeners

Manufacturers of

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray remedy for Kreeo. black, white fly.
red spider, thiips. mealy hujj and soft t.cale.

FUNGINE

An infalltb'e spray remedy for rose mildew,
carnation and chrysanthemum rust.

VERMIINE

A soil sterilizer for cut. eel. wire and angle
worms.

SCALINE

A scalicide and fungicide combined for San
]o8e and various sc le on treen and hardy
stock, and various blights which affect them.

"40% NICOTINE"

A free nicotine. 40% strength, for spraying
and vaporizing.

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
(ami^atine and vaporizing.

II yon cannot obtain our products from
your local dealer send us your order and
we will ship Immediately Uirougb our
nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. J.

Geo. a. BuRNisTON. M. C. Ebel,

President. Treasurer.

mention the American Florist when writing

EVERYTHING IN FERTILIZERS

GREENHOUSE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

■ose. Wire. Twine, Pipe, Fittings, Tools. Glass.
Siecal Ital br Wmi Biud Hanira ud DuWi Fatlun.

Walter S. McGee,

\ Phone Hyde Park 5679

U27 BLUS AVK.. CHICAGO. ILL.

Mention the American Florist ivhcn writing

NICOTINE

Thrips and most other plant lice can be destroyed
by fumigating or spraying with Free Nicotine or by
spraying \\'ith Sulphate of Nicotine.
Our products are guaranteed to con tai n 40 % Nicotine

If Your Dealer Cannot Supply You, Address

THE GRASSELLI CHEMICAL CO.

CLEVELAND
PITTSBURGH
ST. LOUIS

NEW YORK
C I N CI N N AT I
ST. PAUL

BOSTON CHICAGO

DETROIT MILWAUKEE

BIRMINGHAM NEWORLEANS

NICOTINE

Grasselli

NIKOTEEN For Spraying

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

A«k Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

^,=a===^

;¥izflRb.

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

Trade Directory

Price: $3.O0, postpaid
American Florist Co..

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

—CLAY'S—
FERTILIZER

WILL FEED

YOUR PLANTS

And Your

BANK BALANCE

At the Same Time.
IT IS SAFE, SURE, ECONOMICAL.

Manufactured by

Clay & Son,

STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

Always

mention The American Florist
when writing. : : : : :

1192

The Amer icajn Fl orist.

Dec.

19

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... lU

Allen J K tit?

Alpna Viorai Co....ll(,9
.American Spawn C0II8O

Amlins E C Co Ilh3

Amohat Grhs 1173

Anderson's A 1109

Angermueller G H.llb4

Apnine MfgCo 1191

Archias Floral Co.. 1172
Aschmann Uodfre; . 1179
Atlanta Floral Co...ll7U
Barnard VV VV Co.. 115^
BasseitiScWasbDurn ll:S

Butavia GrhsCo ^\b^

Baumer Aub R llo9

Baur Window Glass

Co.... IV

Bauscber John 1171

Beaven t A. ..1158 11.8

Begerow's 117u

Berber Bros 1165

Bernine H G UM

Blackistone Z P 1171
Biackman & Gnftin

Co 1174

Boddiogton AT... 1176
Bodger J & Sons Coll75

Boiand J B Co 1|69

BolBianoJ&Sons...ll76

Braiig Ross 1169

Bramley & Son 1172

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 1174

Breitmeyer's J Sons li7(l
Brown Alfred J Seed

Co 1174

Brown Bros & Co. .1172

Brunning F H Il7h

Bruns H N 1175

Bryan Alonzo J... 1185
Bucbbinder Bros. ..1168

Buckbee H W 117i

Budlong J A. ..1163 1176
Burpee W A «t U0..1176
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 1154 1160

California Florists. Ii72
Cal Setd Growers .. 1175
CampConduit Co ..1189
Chicago Cam Co. I 11»3
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 1162

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 1188

Clark E B Seed Co ll7b
Clarke'sSonsDlI541Ul

Clay & Son 1191

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 1171

Coles WW Ilb9

Canard & Jones Co. 1178

Cooke Geo H 11ij9

Cowee W J 1. 1

Coy H C Seed Co.. 1177

Craig RobtCo 1177

Critchell C E 11(.5

Cunningham Jos H.I182

Uardscnas 1170

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 1178

Denton Floral Co ..1172
Detroit Fiower l-ot

Mfg Co 1190

Dietscb A & Co IV

Diller Caskey&

Keen IV

Dorner F&SonsCollSl
Dreer H A

....1153 1182 1189 1190

Duerr cnas A 1172

Duluth Floral Co.. .1172

DunlopJjDnH 1171

Eadie )as Co 1172

Eagie Wire Works. iV
Edwards Fold Box. 1192
Emmans Geo M... 1177
Eine & Klingel.... II61

Evres H G 1171

Fischer Alfred C...11-.7
FlSQ Henry aeed Co 1177

Fisher Peter 1183

Flower Growers

Corporation 1163

Florists' Hall Assn.lls9
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 1167

Ford William P 11^6

Frank Floral Co.. ..II 2

Franzen F O IHl

Freeman Mrs J B...1172

Frey C H 1172 1173

Frey & Frey 1171

Friedman Ilb9

Froment H E 167

Furrow & Co 1172

Gaivin Idos F 1171

Gardiner Alex C...1171

Garland Mfg Co 1192

Gasser J M Co 1171

Giblin & Co Ils9

Gorham & Chanline HI
Graham A & 5on...n69
Grand Kapids

Floral Co n72

Grassell' The Chem-
ical Co 1191

Giaiama Bros & Coll78

tjufle Bros 1170

Guttman & Raynor

, (Inc) 1167

Hardesty & Co 1169

Harley Pottery Co. .1190

Hart George B 1167

Haven seed Co Thell76

Heacock Jos Co 1181

Heinl John G& Sonll72
Henderson.A&Co... 1
Henderson Lewis. .1172

Herr Albert M 1183

Herrmann A ill

Hess & Swoboda ...1170
Hews A H &CO....1190

Hilfinger Bros 1190

Hill D Nursery Co..ll7ii

Hoerber Bros 1163

HoSmeister Flo Co llhS
Hollywood Gardensll>.9

tloim & Ulson 1170

Holton & Hunkel

, Co 1164

Home Cor School... Ill
Horticultural Adv. .1183

HurS Edtar F 1176

Ickes Braun MillColl89

Igoe Bros 119.'

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 1 192
Isbell S M & Co. ..1177
lackson & Perkins. .1178
Johnston & Co T J..1169

lones Percy 1161

Joy Floral Co 1172

Kasting W FCo ... 1
Keller Geo & Sons. 1190

Keller Sons J B 1172

Kellogg Geo M 1171

.Kelway & Son 1175

Kennicott Bros

Co 1154 1163

Ky Tobacco Pro Coll91

Kervan Co The 1167

Kessler Wm 1167

Kimberlin Seed Co. 1175
King Construct Co. HI

Kohr A F .1190

Komada Bros 1192

Kramer I IM & Son. .1190
KroeschellBrosCo. Ill

Kruchten John 1163

Kuehn C A 1164

Kuhl Geo A 1173

Kvle & Foerster... Ilf3
LaCrosse Floral Co li;0
Lager & Hurrell ...1182
Landr<"th Seed Co. 1177
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co 1172

Lange A II1.9

LeboriusJJ 1171

Leedle FlorSl Co ...1182
Leonard Seed Co. .. 1 175
Lockland Lum Co. .11*9
Lord& BurnhamColl89

Lovett JT 1178

McCallum Co Ii65

McConnell Alex....ll69
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co . i 1168

McDonald Fou'dry.1'89
McGee Walters... 1191
McNeff-Swenson C&1'63

Mann Otto I17r>

Matthews the Flo'stll69

MatthewsonJ E 1170

May &Co L L 11 0

Meconi Paul 1167

Memphis Flo Shop 1172
Metairle Ridge NurslU>9

Mflle Henrv IISO

Michaud F H 117j

Moningei J C Co.... HI
Montreal Floral
Exchange Ltd. ...1166

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS

Arc positively the best. Last forever. Over
30.000 pounds now in use. sure preventative of
glass slipping. Etifective on large or small glass.
fiasy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes, H and
l|, 40c per lb., by mail 16c extra; 7 lbs. forSZ.SO
15 lbs. for$5.00» by express. For sale by the trade

RANDOLPH 6 McCLIMENTS, Florists.
S»36 Peiui Ave.. near Highland. Pittsburg i.Pa.

Moore, Hentz &

Nash 1166

Morehead Mfg Co... Ill

Murray Samuel 1170

Myers Florist 1172

Nat Flo B of Trade. 1192
Nelson Hugh H....1167
N Y Cut Flower Ex 1167
Nicotine Mfg Co.. ..1191
Niessen Leo Co ... 1165
Ostertag Bros ... .1171

Palez Paul M 1172

Palmer W J & Son. 11 70

Park Floral Co 1170

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 1IS2

PedrickG R&Son 1177

Peirce E Allan 1190

Peters & Reed Pots ll'X)

Phillips Bros 117-'

Pierce FO Co 1 89

Pierson A N (Inc).. 1182
Pierson F R Co.... 1
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co .. 1174

Pikes Peak Flo Co.. 1172

Plllsbury I L 119.'

Podesta&Baldocchiini
Poehlmann Bros Co

1156 1157

Pollworth C C Co

..I 1164 1168 1171 1190
Portland Flo Store. 1171
Pulverized Manure

Co ...1191

QuakerCity Machine

Works 1192

Raedlein Basket Co I16O
Rahn & Herbert....! 18.'
Randall A L Co. ...1163
Randolph & Mr-
Clements. ...1169 11">2

Rawlings Elmer I18I

Ready Reference... 1185

Reed& Keller 119.'

Regan Ptg House.. 1188

Reid Edw 1165

Reinberg Geo , 116.S

Rein berg Peter 1 1 59

Reuter's 1169

Rice Bros 1164

Rice Co. M 1167

Robinson J C Seed

Co 1176

Rock Wm LFIwrCcll72

Roemer Fred'k Ii7'

Kohnert Waldo.... 1177
Rolker Aug & Sons.li;8
Rosaia Silvio Co. ... 1 1^3
Routzahn Seed Co 1177

Rusch G &Co 1164

Rye George 1172

St Louis Seed Co. . . 1 lf8

Schilder Bros 1177

Schiller, the Florist. Il72
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 1192

Schling Max 1170

Schmidt J C 1182

SchwakeChas & C0II66

Sefton Mfg Co 1168

Sharp Partridge &

Co 1188

Sheridan Walter F. 1167
Siebrecht George C 1107
■^immons & Son ...1172
Sioux City Seed &

Nursery Co .11/6

Situation & Wants.. 11^1
SkidelskySS&Co.. 1175

Sluis & Groot 11'6

Small J H & Sons.. .1169
Smith A W & Co. ..1171
SmithF D&Co.... 1173
Smith & Fetters Coll 9
Smith & Hemenwayll'-9

Smith Henrv ...1172

Smith Wm C Flo

Co 1164

Smith W&T Co. . I
South Park Flo'I Co II
Storrs & Harrison

1173 1182

StumppGEM 1171

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. Ill
Syracuse Pot'ry Co. 1190
Thompson J D

Carnation Co 1183

Thorburn J M & Coll76

TotlyChasH II8O

Traendlv& Schenck 1 167
Trepel C C....1155 li67
United Cut Flwr Collh7
Vaughan A L &Co 1161
Vfliighan's Seed Stoi e
I 1155 1177117911891190
Vi.-n's sons J ^mes..l^/7
Viicent R Jr &Sons

Co I

Waban Rose Cons..llN3
Wagner Park Cons. 1190

Waite F W 1192

Wallace FD IV

Waoler Nicholas. ..1168

Weber F H 1170

Weiland M II "

Weiland& Ri8cb...n82

Welch Bros Co 1165

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 1175

WhilldinP6tteryColl9t)
Whitted Floral Co. .1169
Wietor Bros.. .1160 1163
Willens Cons Co. . .1169
Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 1164

WittboldGCo ...1169
Wolfskin Bros &

MorrisGoldensoD 1172

Wood Bros 1183

Woodrufl&SonssDll76
Yokohama Nurs Ci 1176
Young A L& Co... 1167

■Young lohn 1166

Young & Nugent. ..1U9

7ech & Mann 1I(i3

7iska Jos 1162

Zvojanek Anton C..1176

KOMADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Worls

SPECIAL DESIGNS TO ORDER

Send for our illustrated catalogue.

1008 Vine St., Philadelohia. Pa.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give

satisfaction in every way.

We Famish Everything for the Greenhouse

Write for prices and estimates. Do it now.

mvm MANUFACTURING CO:. Pes Plaines. HI.

Boiler Tubes 61

cents per foot.

New and S. H. Pipe, AU Sizes.

Tell Us Tour Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE 6 MFG, CO.,

Z 1 1 7 S. Jellerson Street CHICAGO. ILL.

REED & KELLER,

122 W 26th St.. NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal DesWns, Baskets, Wire Work,
and Novelties, and dre dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

0 » 0

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made with two oi
three circles. En-
dorsed by all the
Leading Carnatior
Growersasthe Best
support on market

I'al. Iuly27. '97. Mayl7.'9f

GALVANIZED WIR£

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices before
ordering elsewhere.

Prompt Shipment GoaraDlecd

IGOE BROS.

266 N. 9tll St.
BROOKLYN, N. T.

i

^}

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

i

/ ►

I\0 not let the accounts owing you re-
^ main longer unpaid. Send them to
us at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
In the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Trade ;

66 PINK STREET

NEW YORK:

No lossityou
mend your
split carna-
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CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, DECEMBER 26, 1914.

No. 1386

TKe American Florist

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers — Theodore Wirth. Minneapolis,
Minn., President; P.Welch. Boston. Mass,, Vice-
President; John Young. S3 W, 2xth St.. New
York, Secretary: Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.,
Treasurer.

Officers Elect— P. Welch. Boston. Mass.,
President; Dan MacKorib. san Francisco, Calif.,
Vice-President; John Young. New York, Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Hasting. BuEfalo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco, Calif.
August 17-19, 1915.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Next annual convention and exhibition at

BuBalo. N. Y.. January 27-28. 1915. S. J. GOD-
DARD. Framingiam. Mass., President; A. F. J.
Baur. Thirty jighth St. and Rockwood Ave..
Indianapolis, tnd,. Secretary.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual convention and exhibition. Boston.
Mass. March 18-21. 1415. Wallace R Pierson.
Cromwell. Conn.. President: Robt. Pvle. West-
Grove, Pa., Vice-President, Benjamin Ham.mond,
Fishkill-on-Hudson. N. Y , -secretary.

Christmas.

White is the frost upon the fU*.

And white the rime \ipon the thorn;
An ashen cloud, with threat of snow,

Has veiled the eyes of mom.

The wind Is like a burdened heart
That may not still its plaintive moan.

And sobs behind the wooded hills
In eerie undertone.

And yet within the chimney's throat
The back-log sings with lyric glee.

And there is sound of children's mirth,
And buoyant minstrelsy.

And down the spacious aisles of air
Triumphant music sinks and swells;

Their "peace on earth, good will to men!"
Peal out the Christmas bells.

—Clinton Scollard.

SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANT GROWFRS.

Cleaning Up After Christmas.

The Christmas saies will give the
plantsman an opportunity to give the
houses a thorough overhauling and
begin preparations for the Easter
stock, and also more room for the
plants that are to produce flowers dur-
ing the winter. The probabilities are
that the best plants have been dis-
posed of, and the demand for the bal-
ance will slacken up considerably for
the next two or three weeks. Any
plants that will not be salable in the
middle of the next month, especially
if they are not of the best quality,
had better be thrown away, and not
allowed to remain taking up valuable,
space for a month or more, only to
be discarded later. The stock plants
should all be selected and preparations
for next season's propagation begun.
The old favorite Begonia incarnata is
still grown by many. The old plants
never make good stock for another
year, so select enough to produce all
the stock wanted, and discard the bal-
ance. It will be busy times where
many plants are grown, but the quick-
er and earlier the work is done the
better will be the resultant crops.
The bulb stock is now ready to be
brought in and all the room should
be immediately filled up with stock
that can be grown into plants that
will find ready sale. It sometimes
takes courage to throw away plants
that look as if they would bring in
something, but it is far better to do
this, even if a plant is thrown out
that might be sold, than to carry
along a lot of stock that never turns
in a cent to the money drawer.

Poinsettias.

This is a Christmas plant pure and
simple. It is to the midwinter holi-
days what the lily is to Easter and
the sale of plants or flowers after the
new year is very small and hardly re-
munerative. The plants that are left
should at once be treated for stock
plants. It is the custom of some grow-
ers to immediately place the pots un-
der a bench and water them no long-
er. It is much better, however, to
block them up closely in a warm house

and gradually dry them off until the
wood ripens and then store them away
where they will be kept dry. When
the plants are treated by the former
method the green wood often dies
down more than half the length, but
by a slower ripening off many more
and much better cuttings can be ob-
tained. They can be laid down on
their sides under a carnation bench
where they will not receive any water,
or if the pots are needed they can be
heeled-in in such a location, and here
they can remain until April, when they
should be started for propagation, us-
ing either the old growth or starting
the plants into growth and making
the cuttings from the young shoots as
they break from the old wood. With
these it is better to make the cuttings
with a heel and in a warm location
they root quite easily.

Tulips and Narcissi.

The Dutch bulbs are now In con-
dition to bring into the houses, for
they should be well rooted, and will
force readily, and from the first of
the year on the grower should regu-
late the culture of these so that there
will be a continuous supply. The best
way to accomplish this is to have one
day in the week which is bulb day.
that is, on this day the succeeding lots
will be brought from where they are
stored and placed in the greenhouses.
The demand will, of course, fluctuate
to some extent, but by looking back
two or three years it will be found
that the call for this stock is about
in the same proportion every year,
and a basis on which to figure about
how many pots or boxes should be
brought up can be obtained. If it Is
found that the stock is accumulating
at any time, those that are not quite
in bloom can be removed to a cooler
house and retarded, and those that are
almost in bloom, if moved into a shed
where it is dark and quite cool, will
last in splendid condition for a week
or ten days longer. For the present
it will be necessary to put the pans
and pots in a shaded position In order
to get the proper length of stem.
Those forced early if allowed to stand
in a warm house in full sunlight, will

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Dec. 26.

open their flowers before they have at-
tained good height, so it is well to
place them under a bench or provide
a place where they can be kept rather
dark for g, week. In cutting the flow-
ers endeavor to cut them from the
pans or boxes that have been in the
houses the longest. A thoughtless man
will cut into a box that is just open-
ing and which would be good for a
week or more, when there are plenty
that could be cut that will not last
nearly so long. There is always a
great waste in growing bulbs and ev-
erythng that is possible should be
done to prevent it. On bulb day when
the fresh lot is put on the bench those
that were brought up three or four
weeks before and are in full flower
will be ready to be thrown out. Any
flowers that may be on these boxes,
it they are well in bloom, should be
cut and placed in water. They will
last much longer if cut and kept cool
than they will if left on the bulbs in
the greenhouses.

Fuchsla.s.

It is a good time now to start tlie
ojd stock plants of fuchsias, for there
is plenty of room in the propagating
bench and it is the early struck cut-
tings that make the fine plants for
vases and boxes, and if cuttings are
taken in spring they immediately pro-
duce a flower and it is diflicult to get
a good growth, the plant often remain-
ing short with a stunted appearance
yet bearing flowers. If the old plants
have been thoroughly ripened, shake
the soil off and pot in a good new
loam, cut back the wood and place
them in a warm house and syringe
plentifully. The young growths will
shortly appear and should be made
into cuttings as soon as they have at-
tained a length of an inch ^nd a half
or two inches. As soon as rooted pot
in 2-inch pots and give the young
stock a warm temperature. When
growth commences the top can be
talcen off and another cutting made,
and the plants shifted to 3-inch pots.
Another stopping will be necessary in
late winter to make nice, bushy plants
that will be full of bloom in early
spring. Keep them clean from mealy
bug by constant spraying.

Vlnca Rosea.

A plant that is often lost sight of
by many for summer bedding is Vinca
rosea, and it makes a most beautiful
plant, being covered with flowers all
through the summer until frost. The
great cause of there not being much
stock of these is that the seed is not
sown early enough. December or early
January is the time to plant- the seeds
of these plants to have them in fine
shape for bedding out in June. Plants
started early and grown in a warm
house will be in flower at the time of
planting and continue a mass of bloom
throughout the season. The seed
.should he sown in flats which should
be placed in a house having a tem-
perature C5° to 70°. When the second
leaf forms they should be pricked out
into other flats about an inch apart
and when they have five or six leaves
potted in 2-inch pots, later being shift-
ed into the 3-inch size. The soil should
be of a sandy nature both in the pot- '
ling and in the bed, if possible, but
they will grow well outside in a heavy
loam. They can be had in white, rose
pink and pink with white eye, and
come very true to color from seed.

Thompson, O.— Mrs. J. C. Scott is
adding another greenhouse to her
establishment.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Conducted by Robt. KUt, Philadelphia, Pa.

Double Casket Spray.

SEE SUPPLEMENI WITH THIS ISStJE.

When the order is for a spray of
large dimensions, it is best to propose
that it be made double or in two
parts, with a ribbon tie in the center.
When appropriate, as for an elderly
person, palm leaves should be used as
a background or foundation, project-
ing from either end, adding to the sta-
bility as well as the size of the piece.
Almost all long-stemmed flowers are
appropriate for such arrangements.

These double sprays are not un-
wieldy when made up to a length of
six feet, at which dimensions they are
available for casket covers. For this

Christmas Basket by Geo. M. Stumpp, New York

purpose they should not be too formal
but rather loosely tied and shaped at
the ends so as practically to cover the
space on which they are to be laid.
Lilac, snapdragon, long-stemmed tea
and American Beauty roses are all fine
for such work, but they should all be
at their very best when ready for de-
livery.' Much work is seen made of
half blown blooms or spikes that do
not begin to reveal the beauty of the
flower so that much of the effect is
lost. Economy should be the watch-
word in every workshop; two dozen
roses at their best make as good an
effect as three dozen buds, and one-
third of the price is saved. The same
may be said of open lilac and snap-
dragon. Lily buds, as a rule, do not
add to the effectiveness of a bunch,
so quite a saving is realized by de-
taching the open flowers from stems
with buds, allowing these to come on
later.

These flowers are tied to other stems
hearing open flowers and as nearly all
the blooms can he arranged to show
in one direction the decorative effect
is much better. In arranging these
large sprays they should be kept flat
on the table and the bobbin of wire or
spool of thread — a bobbin of No. 23
wire is best — wrapped, around as addi-
tions, not of one but of several flow-

ers, are made. Some makers-up tie In
one flower at a time and in doing so
twist the bunch several times in the
air, until finally they are obliged to
lay it down to relieve the cramp in
their hands. A loose effect is pro-
duced if several of the flowers used are
first tied together, five dozen roses
being made into twenty small sprays
of three each. Short stemmed stock
can sometimes be used up in connec-
tion with the longer stems in this way.
The large spray is now quickly put
together.

Christmas in tlie Fiower Sliop.

One of the most important holiday
seasons of the year to the flower in-
dustry is that of Christmas. There is
a great opportunity offered at this
time to advertise and extend one's
trade, and if the business is well man-
aged, to clean up a good profit. Many
new faces are seen at this time, pur-
chasers who go from store to store,
looking for something they have in
mind, and such shoppers naturally
compare one store with another, the
place having its best foot forward,
making the greatest impression. It Is
of course a time of rush and hurry, apt
to try even the best of systems, still
service counts for a lot in business,
and carefully planned methods, while
they may not be perfect, will likely
produce the best results. One of the
essentials is a good stock, quality
rather than quantity, even in low
priced stock, is to be preferred; better
pay a trifle more for the choice, than
take the whole lot at a reduction, for
the culls lower the quality and are apt
to be left.

VABIETT.

There should be a good variety, but
only a quantity in staple lines. In
flowering plants, poinsettias, azaleas,
cyclamens, begonias, primulas and
heather are the favorites, with ardis-
ias, English hollies, aucubas and Jeru-
salem cherries standing first as berried
stock. Dwarf oranges are also good.
In the foliage section, the Boston fern
and its numerous family are leaders;
dracsenas, rubbers, crotons and palms
are also good stock to carry. |

ADDING TO EFFECTIVENESS.

How best to present this stock, so
that it shall command the best atten-
tion and sale is a problem. Much de-
pends on the character of the business,
the stock bought for high class shops
in central districts, or for those who
do a medium business in a residential
section is very different, but each will
be benefited by forethought in prepar-
ing the stock for sale. A red or other
suitable colored ribbon bow on all
plants that will afford it, will aften
add much more to the price than the
cost of the ornamentation. Very often
the addition of gilt or antique pot
cover will make a plant so much more
attractive, that it can be sold for more
than a profit on the cover. A band of
ribbon around the basket with some
holly where the bow is tied is an at-
tractive addition.

ABRANGED BASKETS.

The made up basket with zinc pans
are now a staple in all the best stores.
Some large growers have in the past few
years gone quite- extensively into sup-
plying the latest up-to-date baskets,
filled with choice assortments of foli-
age plants such as crotons, dracsenas.
marantas and ferns, which, when
decked at the store with suitable rib-

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1195

l)ons, and at times, cut flower addi-
tions, are very salable. To be able to
get this made up work is a great re-
lief to the retail florist. A varied stoclt
•of plant basltets in the latest coloring,
with zinc linings, are essential, as even
with a good line of filled baskets, some
particular customers who are worth ca-
tering to will want selected stock ar-
ranged in this way.

CHRISTMAS OBEENS AS A FACTOR.

Christmas greens are an important
^factor of the business at this time.
Fancy holly is a staple of the highest
importance. Choice wreaths of holly
are always in demand and these are
best furnished by the men who make
a business of this class of work. There
are many ways of handling holly other
than just selling it from the box. At-
tractive bunches, with a red bow, at
once become more than a few branches.
Hampers of selected sprays tied
around with a red bow make a timely
and suitable present. Mistletoe clusters
in square boxes, nicely tied with
sprigs of holly outside, are made
doubly attractive. Holly branches,
well filled with berries, can be
clipped of their leaves, the berries
then all show to advantage in color-
ing up combination wreaths and
other Christmas arrangements.

Lycopodium, or bouquet green,
when bright and fresh, is a most use-
ful decorative green; it is used in large
quantities as wreathing, it being softer
and more pliable than the laurel, al-
though the latter is a great favorite
•with its glossy green foliage.

K.

The Collection of Accounts.

Here is one of the problems of the
■business. How to get needed funds
when the books show a large amount
charged, but a relatively small sum
coming in, and that traveling very
slowly? In these days of combination
the general business of the country is
fast assuming a spot cash basis. The
chain grocery stores, all of which sell
for spot cash, have crowded out the old-
fashioned "corner grocery" which used
to give trust, mostly to its sorrow. The
coal supply is now controlled by syndi-
cates in all the large cities and in con-
sequence when the coal arrives, the
hand is held out for the price. Some
iorists are prone to allow credit
to persons of very little acquaintance
or known credit, the excuse being that
they would not have done so but for
the reason that the flowers would

I T)robably have gone to waste anyhow.
There are a hundred and one ways
to collect bills. Collection agencies in-
trude themselves almost daily in all of
the large cities; some will handle the

I delinquents for straight 10 per cent
•on the dollar, others demand that you
subscribe to their system, pay $25 to
?50 annually for the privilege and a
small percentage. Standard form let-
ters are given the subscribers, who
work out their own salvation for a
while, and if this does not produce re-
sults within reasonable time, then the
associaion takes up the burden. Rub-

' ber stamps are first aids — "Past due,"

■ "Has this escaped your notice?"
"Please remit," "Kindly remit," and
many other such phrases are used to
call the customer's attention to the

ji overdue account.

\ USING UNCLE SAM.

The generally accepted plan is to
send out a batch of bills some day

when trade is dull, with one of the
clerks, which results at times in sat-
isfactor.v returns, while at others the
trip has been in vain. After many
methods have been tried out it is gen-
erally found that "Uncle Sam" is the
best in the business. He offends no
one, does not talk back, simply states
his case, getting a respectful hearing.
The party is generally home to him,
which is not always the case to others.
When it is desired to be sure about
the hearing, a plain envelope is best.
Many a communication is recognized
by the firm's name on the corner which
without opening is torn in pieces to
nestle in the wastebasket. while in an
undertone is heard the expression,
"My, I must pay that bill of Smith's
some of these days soon." "When the
matter is important a special delivery
stamp is a good investment, or better
still, have it registered, and then the
j-eceipt given shows that it has .been
received by the proper party. If custo-
mers hold back bills simply from neg-
lect or forgetfulness, or waiting for
some day when they will be going by,
a letter worded after this fashion will
generally stir them to activity :
Mrs. John Smith,

Dear Mrs. Smith :

Having a large obligation to pay on
Wednesday next we are drawing on
our resources to be prepared to meet
it, and ask if you will not kindly favor
us with a check for the enclosed ac-
count. Hoping this will be convenient,
we remain,

Tours very truly,

The H. Jones Co.

If the customer is disposed to pay
and has only been careless, such a
letter as the above will generally pro-
duce results; if not the first time, then
the second some two weeks or a month
later, and made a little stronger along
the same lines is very apt to. No one

can take offense at such a request. It
is sure to find the party at home, if in
town, and will be found to be effective.

BAD EGGS.

There is one pretty sure way to "get"
a "bad egg." I have known it to work
when accounts have been returned
from the agencies marked "bad,"
"worthless," "would not advise suit," or
"no responsibility." The conditions
must prevail that flowers purchased
were sent to some one else with card.
Here is a powerful lever that gen-
erally moves them to action. A let-
ter is sent stating that if this bill is
not paid by such a date then col-
lection will be demanded from thq
party to whom the flowers were sent.
Try this on some of the out of town
brethren of the trade whose orders
you have filled and delivered in your
city and who have since forgotten
all about you, and see how quickly
they get the amount together. This
acts as well with the regular store
trade. Such methods are of course
used only in extreme cases when it
is evident the party has no intention
of paying and is an undesirable cus-
tomer.

If promises are made to pay on a
certain day, and are not fulfilled, get
on the job at once and get another
promise. By strictly holding them to
their word they are shamed into pay-
ing and the bill is soon out of the
way. K.

St. Paul., Minn. — Gust. A. Colberg
and Ida B. Collins, formerly with L. L.
May & Co., have opened a flower shop
in the St. Paul Arcade building.

Alton, III. — George Madsen, pro-
prietor of the Alton Floral Co., has
purchased 10 acres of land and will
increase his range. A 'new green-
house will be built.

JOHN RECK & SONS FLORIST KSTABLISHMENT, BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

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Dec, 26

Ernest F. Coe.
President The Elm City Nursery Co.

Elm City Nursery Co., Wew Haven, Conn.

The Elm City Nursery Company is
well and favorably known throughout
New England, the middle states and to
the trade generally, having built up a
large retail trade and reputation for
reliability and high grade of stock.
Their present nursery areas are becom-
ing too restricted for the rapidly in-
creasing business requirements, and a
very careful search for a new site cul-
minated in the recent purchase of
several adjoining farms at Woodmont,
Conn., but a few miles from the nur-
sery's present office and grounds. The
new purchase adjoins the New Haven
Railroad Co.'s station at "Woodmont,
and will serve every economy from a
transportation standpoint. The char-
acter of the ground is mostly a level
plain, being part of a section which for
many years has produced a high grade
of seed corn and onion seed. The
character of the soil, together with the
transportation facilities, makes the lo-
cation one hard to beat. Heavy plant-
ings, mostly of popular ornamental
stock, will be established in the spring,
much of the ground having already
been prepared. It will be two years
ibefore the nursery business will be
moved to the new location at 'Wood-
mont, in the meantime, up-to-date of-
fices, packing and storage buildings
and a propagating plant will be built
near the railroad station on. a tract of
■ground of some twenty-five acres which
will be set apart for the purpose and
developed into an attractive commer-
cial park, where the nursery's prod-
ucts can be displayed to good advan-
tage. The railroad company is to co-
operate with the nursery in laying out
the station grounds at Woodmont in a
park-like style.

At a recent stockholders' meeting,
Ernest F. Coe was again elected presi-
dent; W. W. McCartney, treasurer and
general manager, and Walter E. Camp-
bell, secretary. Ernest F. Coe has
been president of the company since
its incorporation in 1901, and his per-
sonal enthusiasm and business fore-
sight has been a factor in the com-
pany's success. Wesley W. McCartney
has been with the company for many
years, previously having been with a
number of the largest nurseries. He is
a splendid organizer and popular both

with the working force and customers.
Walter E. Campbell has been with the
company for several years, previously
having had a wide training along
nursery lines. He is a live wire and a
business getter.

THE ROSE.

Packing Cut Blooms.

There is one mistake that is some-
times made a few days previous to
Xmas that does a great amount of
damage to the plants, and that is rais-
ing the temperature above normal, in
order to force in a retarded crop for
the holidays. This should never be
done, for no matter how gradually
one may try to bring others back
to normal conditioris, they will have
received a jolt that will be sure to
put them out of the running for
weeks to come, and if they have been
overforced, they may never get over
it. Therefore, let the crop take care
of itself under normal conditions, and
the results will be far and away more
profitable.

W. W. McCartney.

Treasurer and General Manager The Elm
City Nursery Oo.

It may not be amiss at this time to
offer a few suggestions in reference
to packing the cut roses for shipment.
For local delivery, that is where the
wholesale shipments are delivered by
wagon, auto, or other means, so the
shipments are comparatively near-by,
we have found packing 25 roses in a
bundle the best method by far that
we have ever tried. And, I think the
writer was about the lirst grower to
establish this method of packing.
During a" conversation with two of
our largest commission cut flower
men, they both stated that it was the
most practical, as well as the most
satisfactory way they had ever re-
ceived their stock. The paper can be
kept on a roll at one end of the pack-
ing table, and torn of in lengths cor-
responding with the different grades
and kept separate, tearing off a
quantity of each size arid placing them
within easy reacli on a shelf above the
packing table. A rubber stamp for
each grade should be used and stamped
on the corner that will be on the out-
side of the bundle, after the bundle
has been wrapped. The method of
wrapping Is as follows : Lay a sheet

of paper on the table with the roses
on the right hand side for a right-
handed person; begin by laying sever
roses on the paper in a row, ther
six, five, four, three, etc., which will
run up to 26 buds, (one for good
measure). See that the heads are
all even, then draw the paper on the
side next to you over the pile and roll
firmly, but not too tight, leaving ths
buds far enough back in the roll 01
paper to protect them; then make a
tie at each end. You now have a
bundle of roses labeled and held
firmly, and when packing in the ship-
ping cases, the shorter grades should
be at the bottom of the box, and the
longer ones at the top. The advant
age of packing in this way may bs
summed up as follows : More flowers
can be shipped in the cases with less
danger of a shaking up; no handlinf
or pawing over at the comraissior
house, the bundles simply being placed
in jars without removing the wrapper
(which is open at each end). By
grading and selecting carefully, youi
goods will soon make sales for them-
selves, and when a customer knows
he is receiving 25 flowers of each
grade, carefully selected, he selects
so many bundles, places them in his
baskets and is gone, long before his
order could be counted out am
wrapped up. It saves time all arounc
and protects the flowers in every waj
by doing away with much unnecessarj
handling. Give it a trial and see hoTi
your store man likes the change.

For long shipments by railroad
most of the rose stock is packed ir
layers in strong cases, using waxeci
paper between each row of buds, anc
held in position by sticks wrappec
with tissue paper pressed down ovei
the stems. These sticks should fll]
tight across the box, and for extn;
long journeys cracked ice should bu
placed between the stems, the stemij
coming together in the center of th(
case, as the flowers are packed at each'
end, or the heads rather. All casesi
should be packed full and severa'
sizes should be on hand. The casei
should be made strong, but as light ir'
weight as possible. They should alsi
be lined with plenty of newspapers
and in zero weather, with sheet cottor
in addition to the papers, and th<

Walter E. Campbell.

Secretary and Salesniana<?er TheElm City
Nursery Co.

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! boxes tied firmly with half inch

I manilla rope, with a caution label to
"keep from extreme heat and frost,"

• for the benefit of the expressmen.

; The cases should always be kept in

' readiness for immediate packing, and
there should be a system employed
in the packing department — a place
for everything and everything in its
place — hammer and nails, twine, la-
bels, a pot of glue and brush, stencil,
an assortment of knock-down card-
board boxes, and anything that will

■ reduce time and labor in handling
your cut flowers. Many of the small
growers haven't the means to get
around to some of the up-to-date
places, where the handling of a large
cut daily would open their eyes and
be of great benefit to them, and for
this reason we are often obliged to
go over the same old ground in these
columns to help the beginners ovsr
some of the rough places, in plain
every day language, devoted to prac-
tical suggestions, and we trust that
through these little rose "talks" that
many of the small growers will derive

, some benefit if ever so little.

E.

1

THE CARNATION.

Propagating:.

This very important work must now
receive our attention. The first thing
on the programme is to map out our
plan, and then make every preparation
for carrying on the work. The weather
is still favorable for getting in the
sand and the other necessary materi-
als and the first thing that comes to
our thoughts when starting in on the
propagating is that of the sand for the
cutting bed, and right now, before it
, is taken into the house, is the time
;, to be sure that you have made every
effort to get the best sand obtainable,
then if it does not turn out right no-
body is to blame, for sometimes the
judgment in the selection of the sand
by the most expert propagators does
not prove to be of the best. We have
seen good stands of cuttings turned
out from so many different kinds of
sand that we are of the opinion that
the action of the water is one of the
iprincipal factors that enter into the
"success or failure of any certain grade
of sand. Some growers have the best
of success with lake sand, but on other
places a green scum will form on the
surface, almost directly after the first
watering, and the same can be said
of the torpedo and bank sands. A
sand containing any great amoimt of
clay or gravel should not be used. It
is an easy matter to find out how much
jof this material there is in any sand
'by washing a little of it and the clay
or dirt will quickly turn into mud.
After the sand has been provided for,
then our attention should be turned
to getting the propagating house in
shape. A number of growers use their
propagating houses to turn out a crop
of chrysanthemums before starting in
on the carnation propagating. "Where
this has been done the benches should
be thoroughly cleaned out and the in-
side given a good coat of lime wash.
Good drainage is one of the essential
parts of a propagating bed, and a ma-
terial should be used for this purpose
from which there will not be any
danger of fungus. We are using
?4-inch lime stone by spreading a thin
layer over the bottom of the bench;
3ut the sand and this limestone are
both very heavy materials so that it

SMITH'S NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM TEKONSHA.

requires a well built bench to carry
it. The depth of the sand in the
propagating bed, after it has been
pounded down ready for the cuttings,
should be four inches.

After everything connected with
the propagating bed itself has been
attended to, the next thing that re-
quires attention is to provide some
means of shading the cuttings; the
first batches put in during December,
January or February will not require
very much shade, but later in the sea-
son, when the sun has greater power,
then it becomes necessary. The shad-
ing also acts as a guard against strong
draughts blowing on to the cuttings,
causing them to wilt. The best method
we have found for shading the cut-
ting bench is to fit up cross supports
made of %-inch pipe, about 30 inches
above the cuttings, then stretch wires
lengthwise of the bench. We then
take some common cloth sheeting,
attaching wire rings all along the
sides. These rings are then fastened
on to the wires and the cloth can then
be slid backward or forward as re-
quired, and when not in use, can be
pushed to the end of the bench. This

answers the purpose as well as any-
thing that can be fitted up, and also
permits of a free circulation of air be-
tween the cuttings and the cloth.

After everything has been attended
to in getting the propagating house
ready, the work of putting in the cut-
tings can go forward. December is
not any too early to start propagating
most of the standard varieties of to-
day, provided tliey can be properly
cared for after they become rooted
by giving a good place to grow in,
and pot them along as they require
it. When this can be done the early
propagated stock will return the best
results, but if there is any danger of
the young stock getting hard from
neglect, then it is best to put off the
propagating for another month.

There is a great deal to be said in
the favor of selecting the best shoots
obtainable for the cuttings. After
this has been carried out for a year
or two the results obtained will plainly
show that it has been worth while.
Do not allow the cuttings to lay around
before or after making, but get them
into the sand in as short a time as
possible after they have been taken

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Rust on Antirrhinum.

Fi^. 1.— Rust Pustules on Under Side or

Antirrhiuuni Leaf.

from the plants. An even temperature
at all times is of the greatest im-
portance. Aim to keep the sand as
near to 50 degrees and the overhead
54 to 56 degrees as is possible to keep
it. After the first watering in at the
time of putting in the cuttings, very
• little watering will he necessary; a
light spraying once in a while during
the first week will give them moisturt
enough. Of course if some parts of
the sand dries out faster than others,
these parts must be kept moist.

C. W. Johnson.

Rust on Antirrhinum.

By Chas. C. Rees, Florlcnltnral Pathologist,
Agrlenltnral Experiment Station, Dnlverslty of
Illinois, Urbnna, 111.

During the summer of 1913 the at-
tention of the floriculture department
of the University of Illinois was first
called to a rust on the antirrhinum
growing in the region north of Chicago.
This rust, although it was, at the time,
thought to be of little or no economic
importance, has since, by virtue of its
having spread into two other states,
affecting seriously the snapdragon crops
of quite a number of growers, come to
be regarded as a serious pest by all
florists who depend upon the popular
antirrhinum for a part of their rev-
enue.

HISTORY AND DISTRIBUTION.

Prior to the summer of 1913 the rust
had been reported but from two west-
ern coast states, California and Ore-
gon. In 1895 it was determined as a
new species by Holway, an American
botanist, and named Puccinia antlr-
rhini (Diet, and Holw.). However,
as has already been mentioned, the
station was apprised of the presence
of the rust in the region north of Chi-
cago about 14 months ago, and within
a month from that time four new areas
of infection had been located within
a radius of 50 miles from the point at
which the disease was first reported.
Then in September, 1914, the writer
learned that the snapdragons growing
on a private estate in northern Ohio
were suffering an attack of the disease.
The report was substantiated by the

receipt of a quantity of diseased ma-
terial from that locality at the station
only a few days ago. Ten days ago
two new areas of infection were lo-
cated, one about a mile from the in-
fection just mentioned in Ohio and
the other in the western part of cen-
tral Indiana. From all that could be
learned the rust in Indiana and Ohio
was noticed on the antirrhinum for the
first time during the latter part of last
August, One grower in the northern
part of Indiana has recently reported
the loss of 6,000 cuttings. The loss,
however, occurred three years ago. It
has also been recently reported that a
rust quite similar to, if not the same
as, Puccinia antirrhini has been found
on the wild Linaria vulgaris, commonly
known as butter-and-ege';. This linaria
is quite closely related to the An-
tirrhinum majus.

DESCRIPTION.

The disease is easiiy recognized and
each grower of antirrhinum owes it to
himself as well as to neighboring grow-
ers to examine his plants and cuttings

Rust on Antirrhinum.

Fij;- 2.— Antirrhinum Plant Badiv Infected
With Rust.

thoroughly for any traces of infection.
Within 10 to 13 days after a plant has
been exposed to the rust, numerous
grayish, white areas, the size of a pin's
head, will appear on the under sides of
the lower leaves. From three to five
days later characteristic rusty, brown
pustules begin to replace these spots.
(See Fig. 1.) These pustules continue
to increase in numbers until practical-
ly every leaf of the plant is attacked.
The stem also furnishes a foothold for
the disease. At this stage the plant
begins to wiH, its period of usefulness
has passed and in a very short time it
is dead. Figure 2 shows well the con-
dition of a plant two weeks after the
infection had established itself. The
plant was taken from the house.

Cuttings have also proven them-
selves to be quite susceptible to at-
tacks of the disease. Taken at a time
when their vitality is at its lowest
point the cuttings fall an easy prey
to the rust. The .disease appears on
the cuttings as it does on the older
plants, grayish, white spots appearing
first followed by the rusty brown pus-
tules. However, where the cuttings
were taken from diseased plants in the
field, the pustules may show up on the

upper leaves as soon as they do on the
lower ones. The reason for this is
obvious as the disease was already es-
tablished on the plants in the field
from which the cuttings were taken.

AS TO CAUSE OF SPREADING.

Two theories have been advanced to-
account for the presence of the rust in
these widely separated localities. One
is that the rust spores might have been
introduced on cuttings shipped in from.
an infected territory. The other is,
since the rust has recently been re-
ported on linaria (butter-and-eggs)
that the disease might easily be car-
ried over from year to year on this
wild host which is so common in the
United States and which is closely re-
lated to the antirrhinum. Under these
conditions the linaria, growing wild,
would furnish an excellent medium for
the transportation of the infection to
the extreme limits of its habitat. The
recent discovery of the teleutospore or
winter stage of the rust on the ma-
terial from Indiana permits of the con-
clusion that the disease is carried over
from year to year in the field by these
spores which establish themselves dur-
ing the early fall on the stalks of the
snapdragon. (See Fig. 3.)

A WARNING.

It is hoped that this article will
serve to place every grower of antir-
rhinum on his guard against the rav-
ages of the rust, which gives every in-
dication of causing alarming loss if
allowed to go unchecked. Owing to
the fact that experimental work on
the disease is just being commenced,
the writer is unable at this time to ad-
vance any definite methods of control.
However, after studying this problem
for the past six weeks and after hav-
ing observed the infection in a number
of localities it would seem advisable
to observe the following precautions :

(1) Cover with straw and burn all
dead plants that were left in the field.
Even though these plants show no
signs of the disease, this precaution
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(2) Examine carefully the cuttings
and plants growing in the house. Pay
particular attention to the lower leaves
of the older plants, as the heavy mois-
ture on these leaves makes conditions
ideal for the germination of rust
spores. Remove at once and burn all
plants showing the slightest signs of
Infection, keeping well in mind the
description of the rust as given in this
article. Diseased plants should tiQ re-
moved, roots and all, and burned with
great care as the snores will "f3y" upon
the slightest provocation and in this
way neighboring plants are infected.

(3) As heavy moisture on the leaves
makes germination easy for all rust
spores it would seem advisable to dis-
continue all over-head watering. Water
only from below and should the soil
dry out too rapidly mulch the bench
well.

(4) Do not propagate from a plant
showing the slightest signs of the rust
or from a plant that has in any way
been exposed to the disease. The se-
lection of cuttings from diseased plants
has already played too active a part
in the spread of the infection.

If every grower of antirrhinum will
take these precautions the chances of
artificial as well as natural infection
will be greatly reduced. By so doing,
the spread of the disease can at least
be checked until definite control meas-
ures can be advanced.

A REQUEST.

In order that the writer may be ap-
prised of the location of this rust
wherever it is present, it is asked that
any information regarding the location
of any infection not mentioned in this
article, as well as specimens of the
same be sent to him at once at the
Agricultural Experiment Station, Ur-
bana. 111.

Buffalo.

NOTES.

The Buffalo trade was somewhat sur-
prised when it was announced that
S. A. Anderson had bought out the
R. M. Rebstock store, and more so
when Mrs. Johnson <nee Miss Reb-
stock) was again at the old number
and meeting her friends. Mr. Ander-
son was fortunate in getting Mrs.
Johnson to return. But once a florist,
always one. There is an infatuation
with the florists for working Christ-
mas, New Year's, Easter and all holi-
days.

The Florists' Bowling Club are put-
ting up a very fast game in the busi-
ness men's league. Chas. Sandiford has
the alley record for this year with a
score of 278. With the Buffalo boys in
good trim, how about that game with
Rochester? Mr. Bates and George
Hart, we are awaiting a trip to Roch-
ester in January. It would be pleas-
ant even if we did lose. There is al-
ways a good time with Charlie Vick,
Allie Salter and the rest of the boys.

Wm. F. Kasting and family had a
narrow escape from a serious accident
December 6 while returning from their
Akron home. A small car ran into
their limousine from behind and caught
his rear wheel, turning the car over.
Had it not been for the size and
weight of Mr. Kasting's car, all would
have been seriously injured. As it was,
they got off with a shaking up and a
few cuts from the broken glass.

S. A. Anderson has a fine new Lip-
pard-Stewart car, which is a beauty.
White in color, with the chassis and
trimmings a pretty shade of green,
which makes it very attractive.

Emil Wohlers, the hustling manager
of the Harvey Seed Co., and president
of the Buffalo Turn-Verein, has been
busy lately tracing up what country
"yodlers" hail from. Bison.

SHOWER BOUQUET OF ORCHIDS AND LILY OF THE VALLEY.
U.v .1. Spiro, New York.

Pittsburgh.

PROSPECTS GOOD FOR CHHISTMAS.

The market has stood up very well
the past week, very good prices hav-
ing been realized on stock of nearly
all kinds. We have experienced a
goodly amount of dark and rainy
weather lately, this being responsible
for the scarcity that has prevailed for
some time. Most of the growers are
reserving their heavy crops for Christ-
mas, also, so between these two causes,
the wholesale man is, at times up
against it to supply his trade. The
only flowers that might be termed
"plentiful" are narcissi, valley and
sweet peas. Lilies, especially, have been
very scarce. Roses, American Beauties
and carnations could have been used
in double quantities. Prospects are good
for Christmas, although many doubt
if it will be as good as last year, and
the opinion of the majority is that
it will not be such "easy sailing" this
year. The green goods and especially
the supply business were very good this
year. Many new novelties were in-
troduced by the supply men which
were taken to very well. The quality

of boxwood was surpassing this sea-
son. Ground pine and holly were also
good. Mistletoe could have been
better.

NOTES.

Among the Allegheny market stand-
holders, who are pushing the Christmas
green business are Mrs. Fred Bartch,
George Hallam, Oscar Held and Walter
Faulk. The Ludwig Floral Co. also
have a gorgeous display of Christmas
material, which covers their store from
end to end.

Joseph Thomas has been kept very
busy with his annual heavy Christ-
mas plant trade. His azaleas and
Primula obconica, especially, show up
very well this year. He makes all dje-
liveries in his auto truck, which means
a fifty mile drive on each trip to the
city.

The Braddock Floral Co. has a new
30 horse power I^ H. C. truck in serv-
ice, having disposed of their original
machine. Manager Bucheler reports a
steady increase in business from month
to month, and anticipates his steadily
increasing business to prosper on.

The McCallum Company have just

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Dec. 26,

ended a record-breaking year in the
supply business, having made wonder-
ful strides over the volume of business
done other years in this line.

Considerable praise must be given
Edward Weaver of Randolph & Mc-
Clements, (or many new and striking
novelties that he originated in Christ-
mas pieces this year. The Christmas
window display was elegant.

Carl Voelker has entered the employ
of G. P. Weaklen & Co., on South
Hiland avenue, formerly bMng identi-
fied with the A. W. Smith Co.

Albert Lash, of Wheeling, W. Va.,
has just completed another new green-
house of concrete and steel.

Peter Hopman and W. F. Lauch, of
New Galilee, Pa., were in town Decem-
ber 21.

J.

New Orleans Horticultural Society.

The regular meeting of the New
Orleans Horticultural Society was held
November 19, P. A. Chopin, president;
C. R. Panter, secretary and a quorum
present. After routitle business had
been transacted, Glenn Flemming was
Introduced to the members of the so-
ciety, as a member of the Panama-
Pacific exposition committee in charge
of the Louisiana section. Mr. Flem-
ming spoke of the exposition buildings
as they are at the present time, invit-
ing the society to take charge of the
horticultural and floricultural part of
the Louisiana exhibit, both the mem-
bers of the association and others wish-
ing to exhibit, giving them authority
to engage a man to take charge of
exhibits, and guaranteeing free trans-
portation to and from the exposition.

The effect of Mr. Pleraming's address
impressed the members to the extent
that the following members present
signified their intentions of sending ex-
Hibits : H. Kraak, H. Doescher, B. M.
Wicher, Abele Bros., and P. A. Chopin,
providing the state of California per-
mitted the importation of plants Into
their state. The secretary was in-
structed to call on the members in the
florist trade and ascertain who would
exhibit at San Francisco and the ap-
proximate space required.

A general discussion was entered into
regarding inspection tags, their cost,
and quarantine regulations; one mem-
ber stating that he had occasion to
send a plant worth $1.50 into a neigh-
boring state and found he had to pay
$5 to the state before said plant could
be brought into the state. The secre-
tary was instructed to get in touch
with the commissioner of agriculture
for the state, and Mr. Dodson of the
state experimental station, in reference
to the above inspection laws, rules and
regulations. P. A. Chopin announced
that the Armour Packing Co. would
give free use of their cold storage to
any member of the society who wished
to use the plant for experimental pur-
poses.

W^e have just experienced the first
touch of winter, the thermometer fall-
ing just below freezing point in ex-
posed parts.

CHAS. R. Panteb.

Fremont, Neb.

An important deal has just been
made on Main street property, where-
by C. H. Green, the florist, comes into
possession of the J. Rex Henry building
at 414 North Main. This property is
now occupied by the Glasgow Tailor
company. The building is a two-story
brick, 22 by 80 feet in size and the lot
of the same width is 132 feet deep. The
price paid by Mr. Green was $10,000.
■Mr. Green said today that the need for
his getting out of his present location
in the Keene-Sampter building between
Fifth and Sixth led to the purchase of
the Henry property. He will take pos-
session on January 1, though It Is not

known just when he will transfer his
sales department to the building, that
depending upon what terms, if any, he
makes with the Glasgow Tailor Com-
pany. Mr. Green has been making a
success of his greenhouse business and
the latest evidence of it is the occasion
for renewed congratulations from his
friends.

Minnesota State Florists' Association.

A special meeting of the Minnesota
State Florists' Association was held De-
cember 10 for the purpose of discussing
the matter of affiliation of the Minne-
apolis and St. Paul local clubs with the
state association. The matter of affilia-
tion with the Society of American Flor-
ists, whereby representation can be se-
cured on the board of directors of the
S. A. F. by bringing 100 members in
good standing into that body, as de-
cided under the affiliation amendment

Herman H. Bartsch.
Fres.-Elec.t Boston Giirdeners' and Florists' Club.

adopted at th6 Boston convention, Au-
gust, 1914, was also discussed. Several
suggestions and plans were discussed,
which finally developed' into a motion
presented by Theodore Wirth, whereby
each of the local clubs will have its
members enroll as members of the state
association, upon the payment of one
dollar per member. The motion was
unanimously carried, and will be taken
up at the next meeting of each club,
at which time favorable, if not unani-
mous, action is hoped for.

It is coming to be recognized that
there is need of a strong state organi-
zation, as there are matters, affecting
the trade in general, that only such
an organization can cope with success-
fully. Among- others might be men-
tioned the state fair exhibits and pre-
mium lists. The state association has
worked on these details, and while
some improvement is manifest, there is
much more to be accomplished.

Our genial friend, Phil Foley, of Chi-
cago, was "in our midst" and gave us
many valuable pointers on how to at-
tain our needs, especially in the state
legislature, based on experiences he
had encountered with legislative com-
mittees in the state of Illinois. He also
strongly urged co-operation as helpful
to all lines of the trade and urged all
present to work hard for the success
of the Minnesota State Florists' Asso-
ciation.

H. T. F.

Olilahoma aty.

CHRISTMAS TRADE GRATIFYING.

Flower stores here outdid themselves
in their preparations (or the Christ-
mas trade; every window was a mar-
vel of beauty, with tastily arranged
baskets of flowering and decorative
plants, gayly bedecked with appro-
priate tinted ribbons and chiffons. Fre-
quent and extensive advertising in the
local papers was resorted to, and by
the immense crowds seen thronging
the florists' places of business it is
safe to say that the florists enjoyed
a fair share of the public patronage
as compared with any other line of
trade. Judicious advertising works
wonders when applied to any business.
Christmas trees brought from the far
north were plentiful and they sold
very well. Mistletoe dealers say the
crop was very good this year, but in
this immediate vicinity, judging from
personal observation, it was not near
so plentiful as usual. It was cut out
too severely last year and large heads
of mistletoe are not produced by a
single season's growth. Pi-ices of
flowers for Christmas showed no varia-
tion from other years. The general run
of business (or several days during the
pre-holiday season was augmented ma-
terially by out-of-town calls for funeral
desipms.

S. S. B.

Nassau County Horticultural Society.

The annual meeting of the Nassau
County Horticultural Society was held
in Pembroke hall. Glen Cove, N. Y.,
December 9, President Gaut in the
chair. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morgan
were elected to honorary membership
and two petitions were received lor
active membership. A communica-
tion was read from A. Fournier, Glen
Cove, offering a prize of $10 to be com-
peted for at our fall show, 1915. The
president then presented the Stumpp &
Walter Co.'s and the Nassau County
Horticultural Society's cups (won at
the dahlia and chrysanthemum shows)
to F. Petroccia. It was decided to
hold our annual dinner January 25,
1915. The judges for monthly exhibits
were Messrs. Lewenden, Fogarty and
Gladstone and ' awards as follows :
Vase of 25 mixed carnations, F.
Honeyman; 25 brussels sprouts, T.
Twigg; one cauliflower, F. Petroccia.
For exhibition, three heads of cauli-
flower. F. Petroccia read the financial
report, which was very favorable.
Election of officers being next in or-
der, the president called upon James
Duthie to take the chair and conduct
the election and installation. The re-
sult of the election was as follows:
Ernest Westlake, president; James Mc-
Carthy, vice-president; Ernest J.
Brown, treasurer; Harry Jones, record-
ing secretary; James Gladstone, corre-
sponding secretary; James Duthie,
trustee for three years. The executive
committee consists of Wm. Gray,
James McDonald. Angus McGregor,
Geo. Ashworth, Jos. Adler, John Fo-
garty and Robt. Jones. Exhibits for
next meeting: Three poinsettias (cut),
three lettuce and three celery.

James Gladstone, Cor. Secy.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Louis Landgraf
will erect a greenhouse 16x50 feet at
Bridge and Walker streets; cost $i^5.

San Diego, Calif. — Mrs. Jessie C.
Knox, formerly well known to the trade
when located at Butte, Mont., is now
here for the exposition season.

Nevada. Mo.— The engine room and
the pot plant house of the Nevada
Greenhouses were destroyed by fire
Thursday. December 17. F. R. Roe,
the proprietor, estimates the total loss
at $2,000. There was no insurance.
The fire started in the engine room,
presumably by a defective flue.

1914

The American Florist.

120^.

If You Want Business, Go After It

G. H. FREY Ip

W H O L E 9 A

I, E AND RETAIL ,lf 1.U4-IJJ4-

LINCOLN. NEBRASKA

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Houston, Texas.

A new feature in future work will be
the co-operation of the city parks with
the Houston florists along a plan out-
lined by Park Commissioner C. L.
Brock, who made an offer to the club
that all florists would be given bed-
ding: space in the parks where they
could plant such stock as they desired.
and the park gardeners would cultivate
it for the additional beautiftcation of
the parks. The stock would remain
the property of the florists who put it
there, with the understanding that in
the fall they could take cuttings from
the plants useful to them in propa-
gating during the winter in their green-
houses. It is understood several of the
members of the club will avail them-
selves of this offer.

A third establishment will be added
to the string of floral shops of the Gulf
Florists when their new establishment
will be opened in the Foster building.
The Gulf Florists have a shop in the
Sid Westheimer building and also oper-
ate the flower department at W. ('.
Munn Company. They have recently
made exclusive contracts with large
growers that will give them exclusive
retailing privileges for their flowers in
Houston. ,

The first meeting of the new year of
the Houston Florists' Club was held
December 7, at the Chamber of Com-
merce, and the newly elected oflicers
of the club took hold of the reigns of
business with a determination to ac-
complish even better results, and along
wider lines than has ever been under-
taken by the club before.

The success of the flower show has
resulted that Houston will have one
every year, conducted by the florists.
in which amateur growers of the city
will be offered most liberal terms by

which they can commence early in the
year and grow plants and flowers for
the show in competition for premiums.
T.

North Bergen, New Jersey.

On July 1, North Bergen reached the
dignity of having a free delivery post-
ofiice, and so far as postal matters are
concerned, has absorbed New Durham.
However, the New Durham florists, of
whom there are a goodly number, are
all there, but should hereafter be ad-
dressed North Bergen, N. J.

At the range of Herman Scholzel we
found a fine stock of plants, in great
variety. A large stock of azaleas will
be just right for Christmas. In palms,
ferns, ivies, primulas and other plants
the range shows a fine stock.

At the John Rieckert range we noted
a fine stock of plants and Easter lilies.
At this range they were just finishing
the chrysanthemums. Paul Rieckert is
the clever and able manager of this
range.

Henry Schmidt, who now owns the
range in Church lane, formerly the
property of the late Chas. Zarembo,
has made many improvements and has
a fine stock of plants.

At the range of Edward Tschupp
preparations are betng made to start
the large stock of Ulrich Brunner and
other roses. These roses are grown in
the natural soil in sash houses, the
sashes which were removed when the
season was sufficiently advanced, being
now replaced. In this line of rose
growing Mr. Tschupp has been very
successful.

At the ranges of Charles and August
Menne, Church lane, good stocks of
plants were noted. A. F. F.

Allentown, Pa. — A municipal green-
house to cost .$1,200 will be erected at
Fountain Park.

OBITUARY.

Joseph G. Harrison.

Joseph G. Harrison, founder of the
Harrison Nurseries, Berlin, Md., and
one of the most prominent citizens in
that segtion, died at his home in that
city December 12, at the age of 74
years. He was born in Sussex County.
Delaware. In 1SS3 he and his family
moved to North Carolina and there he
engaged in the lumber business. He
went to Berlin in 1884, and engaged
in fruit growing; he was one of the
pioneer orchardists of the peninsula
and has succeeded in developing the
business of fruit growing to a high
degree. Five years later, he and his
.sons. Orlando and George A. Harrison,
started a small nursery, which has
been enlarged from year to year and
now is of international reputation.
Mr. Harrison had been in poor health
for the past 12 years and the active
management of the business was in the
hands of his two sons, who will con-
tinue as heretofore.

Mrs. Jessie S. Moss.

Mrs. Jessie S. Mess, founder of the
Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries, Hunts-
ville. Ala., one of the pioneers in that
.section, died at her home in Hunts-
ville. December 7. She was 79 years
of age. With the late Maj. W. F.
Heikes as a partner, she built up one
of the largest nursery establishments
in the United States. One son. Mil-
ton Moss, survives.

Marshfield, Wis. — Theo. D. Hefko,
florist, has added a new and larger
heating systern to his greenhouse.

1202

The American Florist.

Dec. 26^

The AMERICAN Florist

Established 1885.
SubscriptioD. United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year: Canada $2.U0: Europe and Countries
ID Postal Union. $2.50. Subscrptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sending us change of address always seod
the old address at the same time.
Adrertising rates on application.
From the Brst issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade adyertisements.

Adyertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if poisible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibilily for the
•ploioos of our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. Deartorn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 FACES WITH COVERS

CONTENTS.

Christmas 1193

Suggestions for plant growers 1193

The retail trade 1194

— Double casket spraj- (illus. ) 1194

— Christmas basket by Geo. M. Stumpp 1194

— Christmas in the flower shop 1194

— The collection of accounts 1195

— John Reck & Son's establishment (illus.) .1195

Elm City Nursery Co 1196

— Ernest F. Coe (portrait) 1196

— W. W. McCartney (portrait) 1196

—Walter B. Campbell (portrait) 1196

The rose 1196

— Packing cut blooms 1196

Carnations 1197

— Propagating 1197

Smith's Chrysanthemum Tekonsha (illus.) .. .1197

Rust on antirrhinum (illus.) 1198

Shower bouquet (Illus.) 1199

Pittsburgh 1199

Buffalo 1199

New Orleans Horticultural Society 1200

Fremont. Neb 1200

Minnesota State Florists' Association 1200

Oklahoma City 1200

Nassau County Horticultural Society 1200

Herman H. Bartsch (portrait) ". 1200

Houston, Texas 1201

iforth Bergen, N. J 1201

Obituary 1201

. — Joseph G. Harrison 1201

— Mrs. Jessie S. Moss 1201

Editorial 1202

— To prevent frosting of windows...*. 1202

— American Rose Society 1202

— Chicago novelty show 1202

— War causes great distress 12'i2

— Sweet pea diseases 1202

— Belgian and French plant shipments 1202

Club meetings next week 1203

Chicago 1206

St. Louis 1210

Cincinnati '.!!!!!] !l210

Philadelphia ! !l212

Boston .'.'."!!,'!! 1213

New York .'.*!!!!!.*'' 1214

Providence. R. 1 .Vi.\(S

Nashville, Tenn : . . . . .1216

The seed trade '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'. 1222

— Conditions In France '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 1222

— French bulbs ! i i !!!!!.'." ] 1224

— -British trading In German seeds. ..,...! 1224

The nursery trade 1226

—Washington State Uort. Association. .".! .1226

— Western Association of Nurserymen 1226

Market gardeners 1228

— Prices of indoor fruits and vegetables. ! !l22S

— Marketing lettu(-e 1228

Lancaster County Florists' Association.' .'.'.' .1228

Gerriiantown Horticultural Society 1228

St. Joseph, Mo 1232

Renew subscription promptly so tliat
no copies of the paper may be missed.

We are in receipt of Bulletin No. 157
of tlie Massacliusetts Agricultural Col-
lege, Amherst, on "The Marguerite
Fly," by M. T. Smulyan, B. S., with
three plate.s.

To our many friends at home and
abroad we take this opportunity to
extend Christmas greetings, heartily
wishing them increased prosperity dur-
ing the coming year.

Christmas Trade.

We shall be pleased to have Christ-
mas trade reports from all readers
.Covering the supply and demand of
holiday plants, cut flowers, greens,
etc. These reports should be mailed as
soon as possible after the Christmas
holiday to The American Florlst,
440 South Dearborn street, Chicago.

To Prevent Frosting; of Windows.

The following recipe for preventing
the frosting of shop windows may be
given in good time, so as to be at
hand when needed : Paint them with a
solution of glycerine in 63 per cent
spirits of wine. Glycerine, like chlo-
ride of lime, has the property of ab-
sorbing water, and this action serves
to entirely overcome the difficulty.

American Rose Society.

At a meeting of the executive com-
mittee of the American Rose Society,
held at New York, December 14, it wa.s
decided to hold the annual meeting and
exhibition in Boston, Mass., March
lS-21, with the co-operation of the Mas-
sachusetts Horticultural Society. Full
report of the meeting with partial list
of the prizes will appear later.

Chicago Novelty Show.

At the next meeting of the Chicago
Florists' Club, to be held January 7,
there will be an exhibition of novelties.
The club invites all growers of new
varieties of roses, carnations, etc., to
send a display for that date to the Chi-
cago Florists' Club, care of Bassett &
Washburn, 131 North Wabash avenue,
Chicago, 111., all charges prepaid. The
stock will be judged and varieties scor-
ing 8.5 or more points will be entitled to
the club certificate.

War Causes Great Distress.

EXTRACT FROM A BELGIAN LETTER.
"How long, O Lord, is this situation
going to last here? Our lower class
people are suffering awfully, the
weather is very cold, no heat because
coal is too scarce and dear. The au-
thorities of the city (because our gov-
ernment does not exist now) collect
money from others to give them
soup and some coal, but only
just enough to prevent starva-
tion, everything is so dear. "Very
little news about the war, news-
papers are mostly suppressed and those
which come out say only what the au-
thorities like, but once I bought "The
London Times" in Holland; it is very
risky, though, so we get very little
news. Here on the North Sea the Ger-
mans themselves say they are going to
their grave. If this situation continues
two months more (and no food is com-
ing in) we must all die from hunger.
We commence to see now that the war
will last for a long time."

Sweet Pea Diseases.

We are in receipt of an exhaustive
and well illustrated bulletin on "The
Diseases of the Sweet Pea," by J. J.
Taubenhaus, of the Delaware College
Agricultural Experiment Station, New-
ark. The bulletin occupies about 90
pages, the contents including the fol-
lowing titles : "The Host." "Taxonomy
and Botany," "History of the Sweet
Pea," "Economic Importance," "Culti-
vation and Care," "Sweet Peas Under
Glass," "Diseases of the Sweet Pea,"
"Fungous Diseases," "Bacterial Dis-
eases," "Physiological Diseases," "Root
Diseases," "Diseases of the Aerial
Parts of the Plants," "Diseased Seeds."
"Root Rot (Thielavia basicola Zopf),"
"Rhizoctonia Root Rot (Corticum va-
gum B and C)," "Chietomium Root Rot
(Chsetomium spirochseto Patt)," "Fu-
sarium Root Rot (Fusarium lathyri
Taub)," "Root Knot (Heterodera radi-
cicola [Greef] Muller)," "Stem or
Collar Rot (S. Libertiana Fckl)."

"Powdery Mildew (Oiduim sp.)," "An-
thracnose (Glomerella ruf omaculans ) ,"
"Mosaic Disease," "Diseases Not
Known to be Present in This Country,"
"Pea Blight (Peronospora trifoliorum
De By)," "Pea Spot (Ascochyta pisi
Lib)," "Diseased Seeds," "Streak Dis-
ease (Bacillus lathyri M and T),"
"Bud Drop," "Arrested Development,"
"Methods of Control," "Resistant Vari-
eties," "Seed Treatment," "Treatment
of Soil with Chemicals," "Studies of the
Fungicidial Value of Some Chemical
Poisons," "Soil Treatment in the Green-
house," "Summary," "References."

Belg^lan and French Plant Shipments.

Shipments from Belgium of orna-
mental plants containing from two to
three plants to one thousand plants in
each shipment, have been coming into
the United States at the rate of about
50 a day, according to the federal hor-
ticultural board. While France sends
us more nursery stock during the year
than all the other European countries
combined, during October and Novem-
ber more ornamental plants have come
from Belgium than from all the others
combined. The Belgian shipments come
via Holland, the territory where they
originate, being on the Dutch border.
The shipments come largely to brokers
in New York, who distribute them to
individuals.

France, which sends us much of our
imported fruit stock as well as orna-
mental trees, also continues to ship,
the territory where these stocks orig- I
inate being west of the war zone. The 1
federal horticultural board has cabled
the French government regarding the
maintenance of the inspection service \
and has received through the French
ambassador information that the serv-
ice is being maintained. Large im-
porters of French stock have since con-
firmed this advice.

Under the existing European condi-
tions there may naturally be expected
some irregularity in compliance with
our own regulations, and certain len-
iency may occasionally be necessary,
especially where safety can be fully In-
sured by adequate inspection on this
side. Among the plants that need espe-
cial attention in this line are azaleas,
which come in great numbers from
Belgium. Gipsy-moth egg-masses are
occasionally found in these plants, but
in all cases the plants are rigidly in-
spected and affected plants are de-
stroyed. Azaleas and similar plants are
often set out in gardens after their
house use is over, or they are thrown
out in yards or vacant lots. If such
azaleas harbor eggs of the gipsy-moth,
the hatching larvae may easily gain ac-
cess to surrounding vegetation.

Our Supplements.

Subscribers should see that they get
copies of the fine supplementary illus-
trations showing high-grade desigrn
and decorative work. These fine sup-
plements should be carefully preserved,
as they mean much to the retail
florists in dealing with their custom-
ers, illustrating as they do the various
kinds of work that the every-day flor-
ist is called upon to perform.

The papers in which the supplements
appear should be likewise preserved,
as they contain much valuable data
with regard to these special illustra-
tions. Subscribers should see that
they get every issue, as otherwise
they may miss some of this high-grade
work.

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The American Florist.

1203

Club Meetings Next Week.

I Baltimore, Md., December 28, 8 p. m. — Gar-
' deners' and Florists' Club of Baltimore, Flo-
• rlsts' Ex-L-hangc hall, St. Paul and Franklin
, streets. Noah F. PUtton, secretary, Gwyn
J Falls Park, Station F, Baltimore.

Korwich, Coim., December 28, at 8 p. m. —
New London Horticultural Society, Buckingham
Memorial. Frank H. Allen, secretary, 321 Main
street, Norwich.

Providence, R. I., December 28, 8 p. m. —

Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island,

Swartz hall, 96 Westminster street. Wm. E.

! Chappell, secretary, 333 Branch avenue, Provl-

1 dence.

Wants, For SalcEtc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.

|i nnr Plant AdTs.» See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this office
enciose 10 cents extra to cover postage, etc.

Situation Wanted— By youns man of 25, as de-
siener or grower. Can give best of references.
Address. Key 989. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By an experienced growerin
every branch, pood on landscape work. Add'ess
Key 402 care American Florist.

'Situation Wanted— GoDd all around storeroan.
Chicago or vicinity preferred. Can come well
recommended. Addr^^ss

Key 991. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Bv first class grower of
roies and carnations. Expert on carnation cut-
tines. Can handle men. Well recommended.
Address. Key 997. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — By young woman, in flower
store to learn design work. Willing to assist with
housework. Address

Key 48.^. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By younp lady thoroutrhly
experienced in all lines of retail work. Chicago
or vicinity preferable. Address

Key 477. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — By experienced lady cashier
in retail tlorist store. Can furnish best of refer-
ences. Chicago preferred. Address

Key 480. care American Florist.

SltaatioK Wanted— Good all around storeman.
one capable of taking charge. State wages when
writing. Address

Key 481. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — By young gardener, 12
years' of practical experience, in greenhouse and
outdoor work Very best references Fully com-
petent of taking charge of any private estate.
P. Back Room 7. 2757 VV. North Ave.. Chicago.

Situation Wanted -Good all around grower of
roses carnations and pot plants. Ten years with
leading Chicago firms Address

Wm. Schmidt, care American Florist.

44u S. Dearborn Street. Chicago.

Situation Wanted— By young man of 26: four
years' experience in general greenhouse work.
Can give good reference. Address

L. E. MCCUFLRY, Box St."^.

Agricultural College, Miss.

Situation Wanted— By florist and gardener:
seven years' experience two years in horticultural
school in Finland. Europe; 25 years of age.
single, sober; best references Address

Uno Murmio,
care Hawthorn, Lihertyville. 111.

Stuatlon Wanted— By middle aged man as
working foreman on commercial place. Well
posted on roses and carn^^tions. Carnation cut
tings a specialty. Good landscape gardener and
all around man Address

Kf y 401 care .American Florist.

For Sale— First-class retail flower store, plants
and cut flowers, in vicinity of Univf rsity of Chica-
go: well established: ill health reason for selling.
Address. Key 998 care American Florist.

Wanted to Rent- A party wants to rent a small
florist place with some land, in or near a small
town, with the privilege of buying if terms are
satisfactory. Address

Key 995, care American Florist.

Wanted to Rent— A reliable party who can
furnish the proper credentials wants to rent a

range of houses of 15 000 feet of glass or more,
in Cbicagoor within 100 miles of it. wirh the privi-
ledge of buying if conditions are satisfactory.
Address Key 992 care American Florist,

Greenhouse For Rent — An up-to date Garland
Iron Frame Greenhouse. 28 feet Sin. bv 128 feet,
all one house: wheel venls. good locality, good
market. Well slocked for Christmas and spring
trade. Immediate possession, Apply to

P. A. Bat LiNGAL. 39 MacKen7ie st . Gait. Ont

For Sale— Well stocked general nursery: best
and wealthiest class o( people as patrons: doing
good business: located in Southern California:
$8,000 cash will hand'e. Address.

Key 9%. cate American Florist.

For Sale— The lease of a flower stand rnnning
2H years, in a large market in the heart of New
York. A bargain Good reasons for selling.
A. F. F., care American Florist,
42 W. 28th St . New York.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling,
new hot houses. Hot water heating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Cov, Pa.

For Sale- Florist plant; lot 100x200. Seven room

dwelling. All conveniences. Hot houses 177 leet

long. Hot water system. In first-class condition.

Town of 2000. A bargain, good going business.

Wm. T. Wright.

Newtown. Pa.

For Sale— In Iowa, a good paying florists'
business of 9 houses, all up-to-date, also resi-
dence and 8 lots, invoices at $32.UO0 at wholesale
prices. Will sell at a discount on account of poor
health, for cash, city property or farming land.
Address Key 488, care American Florist.

For Sale— I have 8500 feet glass, 65 hotbed sash.
5 acres good land. 4 greenhouses well stocked with
carnations, 'mums, violets and bedding plants.
Good dwelling house, barn, out house. Coal
enough for winter. Four blocks from street car
line, railroad right in city. Price $12,000 cash.
Address Key 479 care American Florist.

rOR SALE

Modern range of 20.000 feet of glass in first-class
shape. Fully stocked and doing a good retail and
wholesale business. Located in a good city in
northern Indiana. Must be sold at once on account
of poor health. Will sell for part cash and balance
on long time if taken at once at ' 3 ol actual cost.
Address Rcy 999. care American Florist.

FUR SALE

Brand new fixtures being used a few
months, consisting of up-to-date ice box,
marble counters, fancy chandeliers,
polished edge mirrors, artistic ofBce,
safe, etc. Price very reasonable. Address
Kev 994, care American Florist.

STOREMAN

Al Designer and Salesman is open for

engagement. State salary when writing.

Key XXX, care American Florist.

Position Wanted

By a thoroughly Experienced Storeman. now
employed wishes to make a change. Unquestion-
able references as to character, honesty and
ability. Age 24. 4 years' experience as designer
and decorator. Can give reference from present
employer,

P. E- C.-V , 1312 3rd Ave..

Highland Fk., Richmond, Va.

Situation Wanted

By a man of unusual ability, as a
grower of cut flowers and plants; single,
over 30 years' experience, commercial
institution or private. A capable super-
visor of help, etc., excellent references.

Key 990, care American Florist.

Florists' Attention !

We have on hand ready for shipment
all material necessary for the superstruc-
ture of a Modern Iron Frame Lutton
Greenhouse. 42 ft. wldex 150 ft. long.
We will dispose of this material for
$1,300.00 F. O. B. our factory. Re-
member everything is new and strictly
first class; just the same kind of a house
that has made the Lutton reputation. We
will send you even the Galvanized NallS,
BoitS and screws for assembling the
house. Plans sent on request.

William H. Lutton Company

JERSEY CITY. N. J.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

Actual size of leaf 23ix5)i inches.

FOit CUT FIOWERS: in two colors on
giifiimHti papiT; your card, etc., in
black and leaf adopted bv the S. A. F.
in red. Prices: Per .'SOO. $2.85: per 1000,
$4.50. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, poslpaid, ll.So. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

1204 The American Florist. Dec. 26^ ^

POEHLMAft

FOR NEW YEAR'S

Roses and Beautie;

Finest Quality and Big Supply.

Prices Reduced On All Stock.

CARNATIONS--Fine Qualify, Superior Siiipping Stock.
VALLEY-C/ITTLEYAS-GARDENIAS-CYPRIPEDIUIVIS

KILLARNEYS, HADLEY, MILADY, RICHMOND, RUSSELL-SHORT, LONG AND MDI

We are mailing our Price List. If you don't receive it send us your order and
stock will be billed at our reduced price much lower than for Christmas.

STEVIA, ROMANS, PAPER WHITES, VIOLETS, LILIS

Supplies.

Irridescent Ruscus and Static

For New Year Decorations

$1.00 Per Pound.

A beautiful sparkling pink effect that can be used to
good advantage on table decorations for all occasions.
Order a sample lot today. You will never regret it.

Special on 2-incli Waterproof Ciiiff)

2K cents per yard. All CoFors. This Week Only.

Bargain In Green Bamboo Baskets; Five in a ^a

4 to S-lnches, $1.00 per Nest.

igi4.

The American Florist.

1205

BROS. CO

Mstance Phone,
indolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

HOLIDAY SPECIALS.

Begonias

icent stock in LorrainC and
lti« Phone or wire in your
liediately. 6 in., $1.00 to $1.50
i $2.00 to $2.50 ea.

Boston, Whitmanl. Roosevelt.

per doz $ 3.00

per doz 6.00

perdoz 9.00

per doz 12.00

Cyclamen

iiicent stock in 6 in., 75c to
j. This is the only size in
lit we have left.

Azaleas

Sinch, each $0.25

6 iDch. each 50

7inch,each 75

Sinch. each 1 00

lOinch.each 2 50

12 inch, each 3.50

Extra fine Boston and Asparagus HaneriDE Baslcets
$1.50 to $3.00 each.

Dracaena Terminalis

Highly colored, extra fine, 4 in., $3.00
per doz.; 5 in., $6.00 doz.; 6 in., 75c
to $1.00 each.

pleading varieties, from $1.50
I'iach in bloom. Larger speci-
]h$3.00 up to $8.00 each.

andanus Veitchii.

;olored, 4-in. 50c, 6-in., 7Bc to
-ii., $1.50, 7-in., $2.00 to $2.50 ea.

rjcaena Godseffiana.

Araucarias

Excelsa, fine stock 50c, 75c, $1.00
each. RobUSta CompaCta, large
plants, $1.50 to $2.00 each.

Aspidistras.

Green, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.00.
Variegated, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.60.

Rubber Plants.

Crotons.

Swell colored in all varieties, extra fine ,
50c to 76c each.

English Ivy.

.$1.00 per doz. All sizes from 25c to 50c ea. Strong foliage. Strong stock, 20 cts. to 36 cts. each.

Western Palm Headquarters

[it supply of choice Kentias we have ever offered. Both single and made-up

Kentla Belmoreana

Single Plants

4 inch pots.
.-, 6 inch pots.
6 inch pots.
6 inch pots,
8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs.

5 to6 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

18 in. high

24 in, high

28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in. high

36 in, high

42 to 44 in. high

45 to 48 in. high

Specimens. $15.00 to $25.00,

Kentia Forsteriana

Each
$0.35
1,00
1.50
2.00
3-00
4.00
5.00

tul^
1 tub.

Single Plants

28 in. high
34 to 38 in,
38 in, high
38 to 42 in,
48 to 54 in,
52 to 56 in,
5 ft. high

5 to 5^2 ft.

6 ft. high

high

high
high
high

4 inch pots,
6 inch pots,
6 inch pots,
8 inch tubs,
8 inch tubs.
10 inch tubs,
10 inch tubs.

5 to 6 leaves,
5 to 6 leaves,

5 to 6 leaves

6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves.

18 to 20 in, high
28 to .30 in. high
34 to 36 in, high
46 to 48 in. high
50 to 54 in, high

5 to 5H ft. high

6 to 6H ft, high

Phoenix Roebelenli

6 inch pots, 20 in, high, 26 in. spread

7 inch pots. 22 in high. 28 in, spread

7 inch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread
S inch tubs, fine specimens

Areca LUtescens, 6-in., 3 plants, 90c each.

0 35
1.00
1.50
3.50
5.00
8.00
10.00

1.50
2.00
2,50
3.50

Kentia Forsteriana

Made-up Plants

6 inch pots. 3 plants in a pot,

7 inch pots, 4 plants in a pot.

7 inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub,

8 inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub.
8 inch tubs. 3 plants in a tub
8-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tu

10-inch tubs, 4 plants in a
12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub,
12-inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub.
Very strong specimens 12 and 15 inch tub
$15,00, $18.00 and $25.00.

Cocos Weddelliana

2-in.. $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100,
$90.00 per 1000. Ready by January.

All Freight Shipments Travel at
Purchaser's Risk.

Send all Plant Orders Direct to
Morton Grove, Illinois.

Each

$1.50

2.50

3.00

3.50

5.00

6.00

8.00

high 10.00

12.00

J, 7 plants.

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Dec. 26.

New Year's Flowers.

We are fortunate this year in having a large Supply of red Roses and red Carnations

of very choice quahty. Our Beauties, Roses and Carnations this seasonare of exception-
ally fine quality and the well known fact of the advantage of buying direct from a large
grower should influence you to send us your orders as we only seU the flOwers we grow

NEW YEAR'S PRICE LIST. '-

BEAUTIES. Pedoz

Specials, stems 48 in. and over $ 8.00

36 in. stems 6.00

30 in. stems 5.00

24 in. stems 4.00

15 to 20 in. stems $2.00 to 3.00

Rhea Reid and Milady.

Specials, extra long stems $3.00

Select, stems 18 to 20 in 2.00

Mediums, stems 10 to 15 in.. 1.50

Shorter stems 1.00

Richmond, Sunburst, Bul-
garia and Killarney Brilliant.

Per 100

Specials, extra long stems. $15.00 to $18.00
Selects, good length stems 12.00

Medium length stems 10.00

Short length stems-v 6.00 to 8.00

Pink and White Killarney
and Hillingdon* Perioo

Specials, extra long stems. $10. 00 to $12.00

Medium length stems 8.00

Short length stems 4.00 to 5.00

ROSES, our selection in lots

of 300 or more 4.00

Carnations. per loo

Fancy red, very choice $8.00

Fancy dark pink, very choice 6.00

Fancy light pink, very choice 4 00

Fancy white, very choice 4.00

Easter Lilies 15.00

Lily of the Valley 4.0U

Narcissus Paper Whites 3. 00

Asp. and Sprengeri Sprays — $2.00 to 3.00

Best Eastern Ferns per 1000, 2-00

Galax Leaves, green or bronze " l.OU

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES.
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, m.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL

Clticagfo.

CHRISTMAS WEEK.

It is impossible to write a true ac-
count of the Christmas business at this
writing-, Tuesday, December 22, but
stoclc in all lines will very likely clean
up well, although at much lower' prices
than in former years. The shipping
trade the early part of the week was
quite good and while orders were as
numerous as last year they were not
as large, consequently prices were not
as firm in some cases as they might
be. The local demand has not yet set
in, but with favorable weather in sight
it promises to be good. There was the
usual supply of pickled stock seen
early in the week, but it is encourag-
ing to note that the growers in most
instances are getting away from this
practice more and more each year and
it is no more than right that they
should, for some of the stock that
reached the wholesale houses this week
was so far gone that the dealers were
♦nclined to refuse it rather than
disappoint their customers. Of course
these instances were rare, but it is
iust as well that it be mentioned, for
it will not do any harm and may do a
world of good. The large supply of

American Beauty roses from the east
affected the prices on home grown
stock more than any one thought it
would, but at that they may clean up
yet at fairly good prices. So far there
has been plenty of stock of all kinds to
go around, although red flowers in
some instances have been none too
plentiful. Boxwood was scarce this
week and easily sold for .$7..50 per case,
but even at that figure there was hard-
ly any to be had. The wholesale piaut
dealers are practically cleaned out in
most lines and -the supply houses are
all pretty busy now. The Christmas
trade may be as good as last year if
the local demand is brisk, but at this
writing it is impossible to tell, but a
true and full account will be published
next week.

NOTES.
E. H. Blameuser, of Niles Center, is
shipping quite a number of his new
carnation. Cerise Wonder, to Zech &
Mann's store, where it is attracting
much rittention, especially amons the
growers. It is a sport from Winsor
and has a habit like Winsor, except
that the foliage is a darker green and
the buds are larger. The stock that he
is shipping in now is fine and is in good
demand by the local retail florists.

Ronsley had the misfortune of hav-
ing the large display window broken in
his Westminster building store while
the porter was cleaning up, Friday,
December 18. Temporary repairs were
quickly made and a new window was
placed in the following day, but his
was not a very pleasant experience, for
zero weather prevailed at the time.

Herbert Stone, formerly with A.
Lange and later with the Bohannon
Floral Co., is now with the Atlas Flor-
al Co., in Bast Randolph street. His
Christmas window display this week is
certainly a dandy.

A. Lange has taken a 5-year lease of
quarters for an elaborate flower stand
in the Chas. A. Stevens & Bros.' store,
near the State street entrance, which
will be occupied early in 1915.

John Poehlmann, Jr., who is attend-
ing the Culver Military Academy, Cul-
ver, Ind., is home for the holidays. He
is captain of the Quiver track team
this year.

George Manos, the Union Depot Flor-
ist, has returned from a delightful visit
with his brother, Louis Manos, of No-
hos & Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

Kyle & Foerster received a carload of
southern wild smilax this week to sup-
ply their many customers.

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1207

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

LARGE SUPPLY

BE41TIES--R0SES--CARNATI0NS

Our 2,000,000 feet of glass enables us to offer a .great variety of splendid stock to
select from. Buy direct from us and get fresh stock at all times. 'Nuff said.

Christmas Price List.

AMERICAN BEAimXS

Extra long

36inch stems

30-inch stems

24-iDch stems

18-iocb stems

Per do2.
$8 00
b 00
S 00
4 00
3 00

f2inch stems $ 2 00 to 2 50

Per 100

Extra Special Richmond IS 00

Specials lOOOto 12 00

Select 8 00

Medium 6 00

Shoits 5 OU

KiUarney

White Klllarney. . . .

My Maryland

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward..
OpheUa

Mrs. Chas. Russell
MUady

Roses, our selection.

Per 100

Specials $15 00

Select- -$10 00 to 12 00
Medium 6 00 to 8 00
Short... 5 00

Per 100
Specials $20 00
Select... 18 00
Medium $12 00 to 15 00
Short... 6 00 to 8 00
5 00

Per 100

Carnations, red i8 oo

" white and pink, select 6 00

$4 00 to 5 00

Sweet Peas l sOto 2 00

Harrlsil..perdoz.,$l 50 to $2 00

VBlley 3 00 to 4 00

Violets 1 25 to 1 SO

Stevia 1 SOto 2 00

Smilax perdo2..$2 00

Adianium 1 00 to 1 50

Asparagus, per bunch.. 50 to 75c

Ferns, per lOOO $2 50

Boxwood, per bunch 25c

Galax, bron7e and green, per ICOO SI 00
Leucothoe Sprays, per 100 7?c to 1 00

L. D. Phone

LlTp;5449l76K.Miclxi0ej>Ava,

CKicGw^o

Always In Good Supply

Beauties-Roses-Carnations

Thcdesirablequality at most reasonable prices. Fresh stock daily enables
us to supply you the kind of stock your customers expect to receive.

Mignonette

Finest in the City.

Orchids

Gardenias

Beautiful Cattleyas in Regular Supply. Choice Stock at All Times.

A Few More Of Our Regular Offerings

violets - Paper Whites - Romans - Lilies - Valley - Sweet Peas - Callas - Stevia
Smilax - Adiantum - Asparagus Strings and Bunches - Ferns - Wild Smilax - Boxwood
Bronze and Green Galax - Leucothoe Sprays • Mexican Ivy - In Fact, Everything.

1208

The American Florist.

Dec. 26.

Place Your Order Here

NEW YEAR'S

BEAUTIES-ROSES
CARNATIONS

Nicest Supply of Stock That We Have Ever Had To Offer For This Occasion.
OUR PRICES ARE VERY REASONABLE SO SEND YOUR ORDER TO US.

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Ave.,

Long Distance Phone,
Randolph Z081.

CHICAGO

Pochlniann Bros. Co. is cutting a
large supply of fancy Americap Beau-
ty roses as well as all other season-
able stock, including: orchids and gar-
denias. The quality of the stock in
general that this firm supplied their
customers with this Christmas was of
the usual high quality. This firm
speaks very highly of the new carna-
tions Champion and Philadelphia and
will grow them both on a larger scale
next season. In the supply department
T. E. Waters has a nice lot of irides-
cent ruscus and statice ready for the
New Year decorations and is making a
special offer in 2-incli waterproof chif-
fon for this week only.

Wietor Bros, are pretty well satis-
fled with their Christmas trade so far
and expect to clean up in all lines be-
fore the rush is over. In spite of the
fact that a lot of American Beauty
roses were received from the east, they
cleaned up their cuts each day. N, J.
Wietor speaks very well of Bonfire and
Champion carnations and thinks that
they are both fine Christmas varieties.

J. F. Kidwell & Co. are featuring
poinsettias and azaleas at their south
side store, where C. G. EUworth and
J. P. Kidwell, Jr., ably preside. The
plants came from the J. F. Kidwell &
Co.'s greenhouses at Downers Grove.
J. P. Kidwell is helping the regular
staff out during the Christmas rush.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. are showing
some fine cut poinsettias in addition
to the regular line of stock. This firm
had its share of the Christmas trade
this year as far as the out-of-town de-
mand was concerned and filled a large
number of nice orders.

Percy Jones had a big call for box-
WQod this week and supplied several
wholesale houses with stock in addi-
tion to his regular list of customers.
The force is very busy now filling
Christmas orders for both cut flowers
and .supplies. '

Peter Reinberg had a nice supply of
Mrs. Chas. Russell and Richmond roses
for his Christmas trade as well as car-
nations. Felix Reichling says that so
far Christmas trade has lieen good at
this store and that he has no cause
whatever to complain. '

Erne & Klingel are enjoying a pretty
good Christmas trade and have a nice
line of stock to supply their customers
with. The proprietors are always to
be found on the job early and late and
are paying strict attention to business.

Kennicott Bros. Co. received a large
shipment of choice boxwood on Decem-
ber 22, which was disposed of almost
as soon as it reached the store. N. P.
Miller says that the demand for this
stock was unusually good this season.

Paul Klingsporn, of the Chicago
Flower Growers' Association store, is
having his second taste of the Christ-
mas wholesale trade in this city this
week. He is beginning to like the
"Windy City" and its people more and
more each day.

StoUery Bros, had over 1,200 Roman
hyacinths in pots for their Christmas
trade this year, and while white is
never a popular holiday color, they sold
well, because redpaper pot covers were
used on all the plants.

Julius Zschau, of W^est Pullman,
has enjoyed a much better business
since he moved into his new store on
December 1. He disposes of his output
from 20,000 feet of glass almost en-
tirely at retail.

The Art Floral Co. is enjoying a nice
transient trade at 7 West Monroe
street, under the able management of
.Sam Graff, who is ably assisted by Irv-
ing Friedman.

"Weiland & Risch."' in large red,
green and blue letters, now adorns the
north wall of the firm's store.

The Frank Floral Co. is celebrating
its first Christmas in the wholesale
business this year.

,^tvCY_JOjv^

«

WBOIXSALt coMiiwiow noaisTs

CBICAOO

Merry Christmas

and

Happy New Year

to

Everybody

The Flower Shop, in Wells street, of
which Fred Liebermann is proprietor, is
presenting each of its regular custom-
ers with a handsome 1915 calendar.

Harry Blewitt, of Blewitt & Prickett.
Des Plaines, was in to see his old
friend, A. T. Pyfer, of the Chicago Car-
nation Co., this week.

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1209

A MERRY CHRISTMAS

We wish to extend to the trade at large our sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year, and at the same time to thank our many customers for their kind and liberal patronage, and our growers
for their kind co-operation and the splendid stock that they have supplied us with. Here's hoping that the
year 1915 will be the best ever.

Give Us A Share Of Your 1915 Business.

Our line will be as complete as ever but in larger supply and of better quality. Careful attention to
all orders means much to the buyer. The buyer gets all that is coming to him when he deals with us. Let
us prove this to you on your New Year's order. Send it in now.

K^e^w- ^ITear's P^rloe IL^lsl:.

MERICAN BEAUl

riES Pe

r doz.

L,ong stems

.$8 00

36-incli stems

6 00

30-inch stems

6 00

24-inch stems

4 GO

20-inch stems

3 00

18-inch stems

2 60

16-itich stems

P

2 00

erlOO

Iclunond, Special..

$15 00

Fancy

..$10 00 to

12 00

Medium

.. 6 00 to

8 00

Short

6 00

W.Klllarney ! Per loo

Killarney I Special $16 00

" Brilliant ' Fancy $10 00 to 12 00

Ward I Med.... 6 00 to t.8 00

Sunburst | Short.. 6 00

ROSES, our selection. 6 00

Carnations, common.. 4 00 to 6 00

Fancy....: 6 00

Red 800

Cattleyas per doz.. 7 60 to 9 00

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Violets 1 25 to 160

Paper Wliites 3 00 to 4 00

Romans SOOto 4 00

Stevia per 100,

Lilies per doz.,

Callas per doz.,

Sweet Peas per 100,

Smilax per doz.,

Adiantum per 100,

Asparagus Strings ea.,
Asp. PlumosuS bunch.
Fancy Ferns . per 1000,
Wild Smilax.. per case.
Boxwood ..per lb., 26c;

Leucothoe Sprays

Mexican Ivy

Mignonette per 100,

$1 50 to
1 50 to
1 60 to
1 60 tb

36 to
2 00 to

; 60 lbs. ,
per 100,

per 100,
$6 00 to

$2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00

1 00
75
50

2 60

6 00

7 60
75
75

8 00

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.,

/ WQT INC )

161 N. Wabash Ave., ^'-^^irMi CHICAGO

Z M

ErA

H N

Nic Kruchten's entire crop of car-
nations was destroyed this week by
gas which escaped from a street main
and entered the greenhouses and total-
ly destroyed all the blooms as well
as damaging- all the plants. His range
consists of .50.000 feet of glass and is
devoted exclusively to carnations and
sweet peas and the latter appear to
have suffered almost as much as the
carnation plants. The loss is very
large, coming as it does just before
Christmas, but the proprietor is unable
to state just now how large it will be.
John Kruchten handles his stock at
his wholesale commission store and

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

FOR NEW YEAR'S

BEAUTIES, ROSES, CARNATIONS,
VIOLETS, SWEET PEAS, VALLEY, Etc.

.\11 extra choice stock, the usual high grade Z. & M. flowers. In roses we
have everything but Milady and in carnations every variety that is worth
handling. Up to December 23, we have received a number of flattering
testimonial letters and telegrams from satisfied customers who placed their
Christmas orders with us. This is the "House of no disappointments," so
place your New Year's order here. Chances are that we will receive a testi-
monial from you then. We are always ready to take unusually good care of
you. Try us.

We Are Wltolesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

while the loss of his father's stock
cuts some hole in his daily receipts,
he is filling all orders in full and will
continue to do so. Mr. Kruchten also
came near losing the output of Krowka
Bros, range in Bowmanville last week
when fire broke out in the boiler shed,
which was partly destroyed, but repairs
were quickly made and the 30,000 lily
plants in the greenhouses at the time
escaped without any injury whatever.

The A. A. Arnold Paper Box Co.
will have its supply of folding Valen-
tine boxes ready for delivery on Jan-
uary 20. The box Is made from white
glazed stock with an embossed red

heart in the center and an arrow of
gold piercing it. Sample of this box
can be had for the asking. S. Freund
says that his firm filled every rush
order for Christmas almost as soon as
it was received and the opening of the
week found every order delivered.

Chas. Zapfe met with an accident on
the evening of December 16 when a
rope that was trailing behind an ex-
press wagon wound around his ankle
as he was crossing the street behind
it and upset him and dragged him a
distance of over twenty feet before the
driver's attention was called to the
fact. He was badly shaken up, but

1210

The American Florist.

Dec. 26.

'Wire

WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

1 79- 1 8 1 - 1 83 N. Wabash Avenue,

c

o.

CHICAGO

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

Consignments of Roses, Carnations, Violets

and All Other Seasonable Slock Solicited.

managed to remain on the job, al-
though he was suffering much pain for
several days.

Bassett & Washburn had their share
of the Christmas trade this year from
both the local and out-of-town florists,
and in many instances the demand for
certain lines of stock was so heavy that
orders were refused. Mr. Washburn
was well pleased with the quality of
the stock that Andrew Benson shipped
in from the firm's grenhouses, for the
quality was all that could be desired.

The McNeff-Swenson Co. had an un-
usually brisk demand for their Christ-
mas folder this year and are sold out
completely in this edition. They had
over 2(X) customers on their list before
the war started and since then have
had only one cancellation. They are
now at work on their Valentine edition.

Prank Benthey is showing some very
fine Ophelia roses at Zech & Mann's
store and says that it is one of the
best varieties in its class that has yet
been placed on the market. The stock
is coming from the Benthey green-
houses at New Castle, Ind.

Zech & Mann are issuing a very
pretty 1915 calendar, which is one of
the best that has been seen this
>ear. "Wild Roses" is the title under
the picture and the calendar itself is
a very appropriate one for a wholesale
house to send out.

J. Kolar & Son are now conlfortably
located in their new stoi-e at 5136 West
Twenty-fifth street, which they moved
into about a month ago. James Kolar
is in charge and is proving to be a
very able manager.

A. T. Pyfer says that the Chicago
Carnation Co. had as big a Christmas
business as last year, but prices were
much lower, orders smaller and more
stock had to be handled to make it so.

J. E. Lapes, of Cedar Rapids, la.,
was a welcome visitor December 21.
He is looking fine and says that he is
as well as he looks and that is going
some.

The Chicago Floral Co. on West Ran-
dolph street has been busy with tran-
sient trade all week and the outlook
for Christmas is very bright.

M. C. Gunterberg supplied all her
customers with choice violets this
week and will again feature them in
quantity for New Year's.

An out-of-town florist would like to
know what red violets are like. He
claims that he has seen blue and white
ones, but never any red.

H. J. Peterson, of Chicago Heights,
has no complaint to make in regard to
business this year, which has been
quite good with him.

M. Rocklin, of Rocklin & Lehman.
Sioux City, la., was here this week buy-
ing stock for his firm's Christmas
trade.

Frank Krai reports business as good
at his South Halsted street store, with
the demand principally for funeral
work.

The Florists will resume bowling in
tbe North Chicago League on Janu-
ary 1.

Visitoxs : J. E. Lapes, Cedar Rapids,
and M. Rocklin. with Rocklin & Leh-
man, Sioux City, la.; H. A. Fischer.
Kalamazoo. Mich.

St. Louis.

There was considerable shortage of
flowers the past week, especially in
carnations, which stiffened in price.
Roses have improved a little in color.
Holly, mistletoe, ruscus, boxwood, moss
and air plants are seen everywhere.
Violets are not very plentful and good
sweet peas are scarce.

NOTES.

Geo. B. Windler's greenhouses and
sheds were on fire last week and con-
siderable damage was done to plants.

Paddy Padden. of Wm. C. Smith
Wholesale Floral Co., has been busy
fixing up aeroplanes of Japanese frieze.

Frank McCabe, of A. L. Randall
Co., Chicago, and Sprinkle Proof Sam
were vistors the past week.

Eggling Floral Co. have opened up a
west end branch at Berlin avenue and
Kinkder road.

C. Young & Sons had very elegant
decorations at the St. Louis Club the
past week.

F. H. Weber's store is well stocked
with Christmas novelties.

F. C. Weber's windows are attrac-
tively decorated.

Mrs. Schonle's store is very beauti-
fully decorated.

H. G. Berning's Christmas sales have
been large.

Ostertag Bros, report good business.

W. F

Cincinnati.

SUPPLY GOOD BUT TRADE DULL.
The usual pre-yuletide dullness hit
the market last week as far as flowers
were concerned. Business in supplies
and decorative material was fair, but
the flower market was not at all active.
The supply was good, but the demand
for stock has failed to vise all of the
receipts. Poinsettias are in a good
supply for Christmas, and are of the
usual high quality. They are meeting
with a good demand and should clean
up readily the cut of other red flowers
in roses and carnations, though it
promises to be good, still will hardly
come up to expectations. A very re-
deeming feature of the anticipated cut
for Christmas is the extremely large
cut of Pink Killarney that is coming
into the wholesale houses. This cut is
apparently the largest we have had for
Christmas in some years and should
make up for any deficiency in red.
Carnations are in a fair supply. The
receipts in violets, orchids and lily of
the valley should easily take care of
all needs in tTiese lines. Stevia re-
ceipts, too. are large. Other offerings
include Easter lilies, narcissi, callas. a
few belated chrysanthemums, wall-
flowers, primroses and forget-me-nots.
Greens are plentiful.

NOTES.

Joseph Hill, Richmond, Ind,, was in
town last week, as usual, to look after
the Hill store here.

C. E. Critchell has been in receipt
of some very good ,Iate chrysanthe-
mums.

Visitors include E. Fancourt. of the
S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa., and Miss Fannie White, Lex-
ington, Kv.

H.

BASKETS

Be sure that you get them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever offered,
to the trade and consists, of every style that
the retail florist of today needs. Send tor
our new catalog, just off the press, make
up your order from the new list and send it
to us immediately. A postal will do,

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

To reach our store take a Chicago Avenue.
Division Street. Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car at State and Randolph Streets
and get off at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

Smith & Young Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers and Supplies

228 East Ohio Street
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Bellefonte, Pa. — Fire caused con-
siderable damage to the greenhouse of
Furst Crider, November 19.

Philadelphia, Pa. — George W. Mac-
kenzie, of Somerton, Pa., is erecting
a conservatory and greenhouse.

RociiELLE. III. — Miss Clara B.
Weaver will occupy a store in the old
post office block. The establishment
will be known as the "Palms Flower
Shop."

Muskegon, Mich. — The Michigan
State Horticultural Society will hold
its next regular meeting, to occur some
time between February 1 and 10, 1915,
in this city.

Allentown, Pa, — Bids for the pro-
posed municipal greenhouse were re-
ceived and opened December 8. The
bids only call for the equipment, such
as the iron work and the glass.

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1211

ERNE&KLINGEL

^pmm, WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAfiO, III.

HENNICOTT BROS. COMPAHY

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Our reputation has always been that we fill orders when others fail. All stock in season at Lowest Market Rates.

163-165 N. Wabash Ave.,

L. D. Phone 466

CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Win Designs and Wliolesalt
Florists' Supplies

Write for Oar New Catalog

WietorBros.

w^^'-i- CUT FLOWERS

All teltgraph and telepbooe orders sriveo
prompt attentioD.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

HOERBtR BROS.

Wholesale (Jjjt FlOWCrS
Growers of ^"^ -^ xvtttwi a

Telephone Randolph 27S8.

Greenhouses: DES PLAIN£S, ILL.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave CHICAGO

A. L. Randall Co.,

66 E.Randolph St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Rein berg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Killamey and White KlUamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try us.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Violets! Violets!!

We are California Violet Growers and
we have the largest beds with Violets the
largest and finest produced. We can
send them to any place in the United
States, and cheaper than any one else.

S. ROSAIA CO., - Colma, Calif.

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES aad CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

J. a. BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

GUT FLOWERS

VALLEY, RO^S WBOLESALB

and CARNAHONS cpnuicQ nc

A Specialty bnUntn Ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

Flower Growers Corporation

Wholesale Only.

118 Broad w^ay,

Consignments Solicited.

DETROIT, MICH.

WlioMe Flower M^rKel^J

New Year's Prices

Rose>, Beauty, specials ,

36-in....

30in

24 in.. ..
20-in.. ..
15-in. ...
12-in

Per doz.
$800
6 00
S 00
4 00
3 00
2 00
1 50
Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 4 OOigU 00

Killarney 4 00@12 00

" White Killarney 4 00@|2 00

" Richmond 4 00^18 00

Prince de Bulgarie 4 00@I8 00

•• RheaReid 4 00@18 00

My Maryland 4 00@12 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@30 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 4 00@18 00

■• Milady 4 00@18 00

Sunburst 4 00@18 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 4 flO@)8 00

" Hadley 4 00@18 00

" Ophelia 4 00@18 00

Our selection 4 00

Carnations 4 00@ 8 00

Cattleyas...per doz 10 00

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $4.00(8$6.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@15 00

Paper Whites 3 00@ 4 00

Romans 3 00@ 4 00

Stevia 2 00

Sweet Peas 2 0^@ 2 50

Valley 3 OP® 4 00

Violets 1 50@ 2 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

Ferns " 2 00@2 50

Galax " 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican ivy... .per 1000,5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each. 60@ 75

Smilax per doz.. 2 00@2 50

Spreneeri. Plumosus Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Boxwood, 25c per lb.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'Phones Central 1978 and 1977.

ZECH&MANN

Wholesale Florists

JO last Randolph St., - - Chicago

Telephone, Central 3284.

W. P. KYLK

JOSEPH FOERSTBR

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Loar Distance Phooe, Raodolpb 3010

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The American Florist.

Dec. 26.

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers^
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

V.V.I VLLIIVIVI

I i Wa MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

For Xmas and New Year

ITALIAN RUSCUS.

AA-1 bolly red, best quality guaraDteed. per
poUDd, 50c and 60c.

VELVET POINSETTIAS.

These are made of a perfect shade of "Xmas
red" Velvet of fine quality — loug stems with
green foliage — a sure seller for the Holiday
trade.

Per doz $ 1.20

Per gross (12 doz.) 14.00

ARTIFICIAIi HOLLY.

Six sprays to a bunch — a dandy seller — perfect
color, red berries, excellent foliage. Per dozen
bunches. $1.20.

JAPANESE RED ROPING.

Nothing can beat this for Xmas decorative —
you'll miss it if you don't try a sample (60
yards to ball). Small. 50c each; medium. 75c
each; large. $1.00 each (5c less per ball whea
ordered io dozen lots).

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER

Wholesale Florist, 1324 Pine St.. St. Louis, Mo.

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Botb L. D Plionef , ST. LOUIS. MO.

Jipplies and £TeiTtliui2 in stasoi always on band

Philadelphia.

The past week has been unevent-
ful in the local retail trade, there being
plenty of spare time to get everything
in readiness for the expected holiday
rush. If present prices are any indica-
tion, it is evident that flowers all along
the lino will sell at a lower level than
ever before for the Christmas season.
As an instance, some of the finest
Richmond roses tliat have ever graced
this market were turned down by at
least three of the best stores at 20
cents and finally found a buyer at 15
cents. Surely a low figure for the
season. The dull stormy weather of
the past 10 days took the color out of
the pink Killarneys and mildewed the
Mrs. Shawyer roses. Other roses held
their own as to good quality, but the
supply was curtailed. There were
plenty for the demand, however, with
but little, if any, advance in the price,
which usually occurs about December
15, a stepping stone, as it were, to the
final boost for Christmas delivery. Very
excellent cut poinsettias are seen with
the promise of plenty for the Christ-
mas demand. Stevia, that dainty spray
that is loved by all flower buyers, is
seen in quantity.

NOTp^S.

The extreme cold weather of the
early part of the past week was very
bad for the growers of Christmas stock
*ith out of town orders. The Robert
Craig Co., H. A. Dreer, Godfrey
Aschmann and others who do such a
large shipping trade have been holding
off for almost a week, the thermometer
showing below twenty for three days.

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES,

Phone Main 1 245. P. O. Box ZOS.

448 Mil-
waukee St..

Milwaukee,Wis.

Fancy Ljly o! the Valley and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked. Supplies and Wire Designs.

^^ j_ m^ m I j-> m m 1^1 Wholesale Florist.

C A. IVUtinlN, 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe Rower MM*KeU

f er 100

00@35 DO
00025 00
00@15 00
00@10 00
00@10 00
00@1S00
00(820 00
00@I2 00
00@10 00
00@12 00
00@ 4 00
00@50 00
00@12 00
00© 5 00
00® 1 50

no@i6 00

00@ 1 50

ooas no

00@ 5 00

Per 100
50 00
40 00
20 00
15 00

Killarney 4 00@12 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 8 00

SuDb'irst 2 00@ 6 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 4 00® S 00

Sweetheart 3 00

Carnations 4 00® 6 00

" ■ 75 00

12 00
4 00

1 on

2 00
75

I 1 25

Philadelphia, Dec. 23

Roses, Beauty, extra 25

first ........10

Mrs. Chas. Russell 8

" Killarney 3

" White Killarney 3

Liberty - 5

•• Mock 10

" Hadley 8

Bulgiria 6

Sunburst 6

Carnations 2

Cattteyas 35

Lilium Harrisii ,

Lily of the Valley 3

Sweet Peas 1

Chrysanthemums 8

Violets 1

Snapdragons 6

Mignonette 4

Asparagus per buacb. 50

Pittsburgh, Dec

Roses, Beauty, special

" " fancy

** extra

No. 1

23.

Cattleyas

Liliu m Gigan teu m

Valley

Adiantum

Yellow Daisies

Sweet Peas

Violets 1 00(g

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bunch. 35@40
Sprays oer bunch. 35®40

Some mornings the glass read down
to six above zero. Very unusual
weather for the season.

E. J. Berlett, of Maxwell & Berlett,
jewelers, a live business man. will de-
liver an address on publicity on Jan-
uary 5. Charles Henry Fox brought
this good luck to the club. Mr. Shel-
don and Mr. Berlett in succession is

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper!
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply youi
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BEKNliVG

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

^NDLER
HOLESALE FLORAL

1310 Pine Sl,STLOnS MO.
Central 1474 Olive

Milwaukee, Dec. 2i. Per JOG

Roses, Beauty, per doz.. 2 0J@ 1000

" Killarney and W. Killarney 8 00«25 00

'• Ward. Tad, Sunburst 10 00025 00

■' Mrs. Chas. Russell 20 0O®.=0 00

Ophelia 8 0O@25 00

Richmond S n(l@25 00

Carnations 5 00@10 00

Lilies 12 50

Snapdragon, per bunch. 25c @S0c

Valley 4 00

Violets 1 .500 250

Stevia I 00© 2 00

Bouvardia per bunch, 35c

I9I4.

The American Florist.

1213

For the Holidays We Offer You a

LARGE SUPPLY OF BEAUTIES

Of the Finest Quality.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

12th and Race Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.

Centre Street,
BALTIMORE.

1214 H Street,
WASHINGTON.

BERGER BROS.

TVAXJTTAC In lar^e assortment,
l//\Xlljlr&0 best varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shipping facilities.

1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

cTe. critchell

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Third St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and Supplies

doing pretty -well. Hats off to Chas.
Henry.

A few Ophelia roses are being sent
to the market by local growers. It is a
very pretty thing. It is said a large
grower, who is noted for his good
judgment of new things, has planted
20.000. entirely replacing Killarney
with this sort.

Pennock Brothers hope to have their
new Buick and Ford delivery cars
finished and on the street for Christ-
mas. This makes four cars which
surely should keep the orders moving
out on time.

The Leo Niessen Co. are receiving
a splendid lot of American Beauty
roses. Carnations of splendid quality
are also a feature. A very full stock
of everything is the prediction for this
week.

J. F. Leary will manage the new
Habermehl .shon in the Ritz-Carleton
hotel, while George Faulkner will suc-
ceed him in the Orchid shop at Kug-
ler's restaurant.

The M. Rice Co. are proud of their
quick service. Orders go out at this
time within the hour if they can be
filled from stock on hand.

K.

Boston.

STOCK PLE>TirUL BUT TK.\DE LIGHT.

During the first part of the past
week the market held up very well,
but the last few days were rather
quiet. Roses did not sell as well as
usual for the week before Christmas.
There was no oversupply of stock; it
was merely a case of no business. Car-
nations also fell off in price. Violets
sold well at $1 and $1.2.5. there being
a scarcity of flowers. Bulbous stock
has made its appearance, but does not
sell e.Ktra well as yet. Chrysanthemums
are quite scarce, but there is not much
demand for them and the quality is
very poor as a whole. Pot plants are
selling well, and growers will not have
much difficulty in cleaning up their
stock. ,

NOTES.

On Tuesday evening, December 15,
the florists' club held its monthly meet-
ing at Horticultural Hall. The annual
election of otacers took place and were
elected as follows ; Herman Bartch, "Wa-
verley. Mass.. president: James Meth-
ven, Readville. Mass.. vice-president;
W. W. Craig. Brookline, Mass., secre-
tary; Peter Fisher. Ellis, Mass., treas-
urer; executive committee, Wm. Ken-
nedy, Peter Miller, Geo. Anderson. An-
drew K. Rogers and Wm. J. Patter.son;
chairman for landscape gardening

From now on you will need more

EASTER LILIES

Get fresh fine stock from The Lily Grower of the middle West.
We also have fine

Adiantum Croweanum fronds at $1.00 per 100.

HOFFMEISTER FLORAL CO.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mtiit'ion the American Florist icJien writing

r

\

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Killarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the VaUey, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire street, : :

BOSTON, MASS.

Jl

VlioMeHowerMM'KeU

Boston, Dec. 23. Per 100

Rotei, Beauty 5 00@35 00

•• Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

'• White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
" Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

" Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

•• Hadley 1 00@10 00

'• Cardinal 1 00@I2 00

■• Mock 1 00@ 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Ru««ell 1 00@12 00

■• Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

" Taft 1 00@ 8 00

•' Milady 1 00@ 8 00

" Ward and HillinedoD 1 00@ 6 00

" My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 35 00@5(i00

Lily of the Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 30

Violets, single 750 1 00

medium 50@ 75

Chrysanthemums, select 12 00@16 nO

medium 6 00@10 00

Carnations 1 00@ 2 00

select 1 50@ 3 00

Buffalo, Dec. 23.

Roses, Beauty, special, doz., $9 00

fancy. • 7 00

extra ' 6 00

No. 1, ■' 4 00

No. 2. ■■ $1 00@ 1 50

Per 100

'■ Shawyer 8 00@I5 00

" Killarney <- 00@I5 00

■• White Killarney 6 00@15 00

My Maryland 6 00@15 00

Killarney Queen 6 00@I5 00

" Richmond 10 00020 00

" Sunburst 8 00@15 00

• Ward 600@1500

•• Taft 6 00015 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00@ 5 00

Lilies 10 00015 00

Cattleyas 50 00075 00

Carnations 4 00010 00

Snapdragons 5 00010 00

Violets 1 SO© 2 00

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35@ 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 350 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax IS 00

Stevia 1 00

Manofactorers and Importers ot

Florists'
Supplies

THE MgGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
ritUburgb, Pa.

Edward Reid

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, RusseUs, Mock,

KiUomey, Sunburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express depot.

1619-21 Ranstead St.. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

St. Louis, Dec. 23 Per 100

Roses. Beauty, medium 8 00012 50

short stems 4 000 6 00

Killarney 3 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 3 00© 6 00

White Killarney 2 00© 4 OO

'■ Aaron Ward 3 00© 6 00

" Sunburst 3 00© 6 00

•• Ophelia 4 000 6 00

" Milady 3 000 6 00

•■ Hadley 3 00© 6 00

Valley 4 00

Carnations 4 00© 5 OO

Rubrum 8 00

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bu., 2S@50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu., 25060

Harrisii 12 50

Ferns perlOOO. 1 75

Leucothoe per 100, 60

Galax per 10 0. 1 ."0

Cincinnati. Dec. 23.

Roses, Beauty per doz. . $1 00©$8 00

Per 100

Killarney 3 00@I0 00

My Maryland 3 00010 00

Richmond 3 00015 00

■■ Taft 3 00© 8 00

Lily of the Valley 4 000 5 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 0(012 50

Asparagus Plumosu8..per bch., 2Sc

Carnations 3 000 6 09

Orchids, perdoz 5 000 7 50

Violets 1 500 2 00

Narcissus (Paper Whites) 3 00

Poinsettias per doz., 75c@$3.00

Sweet Peas I SO

Stevia per bunch. 25c@50c

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The American Florist.

Dec. 26,

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Just Received

Hohmann's Famous Lily of the Valley Pips

Per 1000 from $12.00 to $16.00.
LUlum Formosum, 7-9 inch, .per case of 250 bulbs, $15.00

Llllum Multiaorum, 7-9 inch 300 " 16.50

LlUutu Glganteum. 7-9 inch. 300 " 16.50

class, J. J. Van Lenwan, of Mount
Auburn cemetery. An interesting ste-
reopticon lecture on greenhouse con-
struction was given by W. R. Cobb of
the Lord & Burnham Co. Interesting
exhibits were made by Patten & Co.,
S. J. Goddard, Littlefield & Wyman,
A. H. Stevens and Fletcher & Co. of
Auburndale.

Wm. Elliot of Madbury, N. H.. is
marlveting rather a novelty in the 'wa.y
of roses. He has about a dozen good
varieties of Irish single roses and has
them attractively bunched in mixtures.
They sell very well. Killarney Queen
is selling very well with him at pres-
ent. Ophelia, Hadley and Richmonds
also are selling well.

March 18-21, 1915, the American
Rose Society will hold its annual
convention in connection with the
spring show at Horticultural Hall. Spe-
cial prizes for roses have been offered
by the Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety and it is expected that the show
will be a great success.

Kameyama & Seranda of North Cam-
bridge have something new in the line
of pot plant mixtures. Bougainvilleas
and ferns are arranged in pots. They
also have camellias, begonias and ferns
in pots.

Welch Bros, are rushed with Christ-
mas orders. They expect this to be one
of the best years they have had, as
their shipping business has greatly in-
creased.

Mann Bros., of Randolph, Mass., are
marketing tulips in pans as well as hya-
cinths. They have some very fine holly
plants in tubs that are selling good.

Norris Comley, of Burlington, Mass.,
is still cutting heavily of Bonnaffon
chrysanthemums. He also has a good
supply of violets and sweet peas.

F. L. W.

New York.

aOOD XMAS TR.\DE ANTICIP.\TED.

At this writing, December 19, there
does not seem to be any cause for
alarm relating to Christmas business,
neither is there any particular reason
for rejoicing in advance. The cut
flower market has been very quiet dur-
ing the past week, and the movement
in nearly every stock has been slow.
There is an effort to push up wholesale
prices, but the results, to the whole-
salers, have not been very satisfactory.
Red carnations are bringing $4 per
100, with $5 and a possible $6 for
some of the fancies, but nobody can
with accuracy predict what prices will
be by December 24. Special Richmond
and Milady roses are quoted at $10
and $12 per hundred and special
orchids have advanced to $60 and $80.
There is a great stock of plants
in sight, and plants were never
better, therefore it is a safe con-
clusion that the tr.ade in plants will
be heavy. The weather has moderated,
but is cloudy, with drizzling rain,
which has a depressing effect, particu-
larly on the fellows who have bought
new overcoats and neglected to buy
umbrellas. The various features that
usually precede Christmas are much in
evidence. As already outlined, the
ptantsmen are active, as are the dealers
in green. Holly seems very plentiful.
It I is peddled on the streets, sold at
auction, and can be bought in a variety
of places. In the market districts, down
town, Christmas trees, holly and cheap
wreaths are very much in evidence.

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of
its Best Growers

Everybody seems to want to make
some money out of the Christmas busi-
ness, which is quite right, as according
to our best information, everybody in
the trade needs it.

Robert Koehne.
Vice-President Elect New York Florists' Club.

December 21. — After a clear and cool
day, December 20. this morning brought
pouring rain, which is likely to con-
tinue throughout the day and has a
depressing effect. Tlie dealers in green
are the only men that seem to be really
busy. No forecast of Christmas busi-
ness can be made at this writing.

NOTES.

Chas. M. Jackman, of Vaughan's
Seed Stores, who recently arrived here
from Europe on the Cunard liner Tran-
sylvania, met with some exciting and
interesting incidents. When off the
coast of Ireland, the Transylvania
struck two of those devilish inventions
of modern warfare, sea mines, and had
a narrow escape from destruction, but
was able to continue on her voyage.
While in Holland Mr. Jackman met and
talked with many of the Belgian refu-
gees. He describes the condition of
these unfortunate people as pitiable in
the extreme. After spending a few
days at the New York store Mr. Jack-
man left for Chicago, December 19.

Louis J. Reuter, of ,S. J. Renter &
Son, Westerly, R. I., spent several days
in this city during the past week. He
attended the meeting of the executive
committee of the American Rose So-
ciety, the New York Florists' Club
meeting and went to Madison, N. J., to
call on his friend, Chas. H. Totty, who

JOHN YOUNG

vniolesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout th«
country that all orders to be shipped, will recetTt
my personal attentioD. Choicest stock in America.

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone. Madison Sq. 5^

he reports is doing finely. Mr. Reuter
states that his father, S. J. Reuter, is
now in good health. Incidentally this
firm is now shipping to John Young. 53
West 28th street, exceptionally fine
stock of the roses Prince E. C. de Aren-
berg and Francis Scott Key, as well as
much other good stock.

One of the busiest places in the
wholesale district is the store of the
Kervan Co., 119 West 28th street. Their
store is headquarters for all kinds of
green, and it seems to go out as fast as
it comes in.

For the holiday trade. Young &
Nugent, 42 West 28th street, have put
in a fine lot of poinsettias in pans; the
stock is finely flowered and asparagus
is neatly arranged with the plants.

On the night of December 19 the
weather cleared and turned much
colder, but indications point to more
moderate weather for the Christmas
business.

The carnations now reaching Joseph
A. Millang, .57 West 2Cth street, from
the Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y., are
of an exceptionally fine quality.

While Wm. Kessler, 113 West 28th
street, has of late devoted his energies
largely to cut flowers, he put in a good
stock of Christmas plants.

At J. H. Small & Sons' we have
noted an exceptionally fine display of

igi^.

The American Florist.

1215

J. K. ALLEN

UtabUshed 1878

106 Weti 28ih Sireei
New York

Wholesale Commisilon Dealer tn Cut Flowers.

Now prepared for Winter Business.

The celebrated HADLEY. MILADY and other roses. LILY OV THE VALLEY

and ottier RreenhouSL- stocks.

Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Open at6a. m. every moroinE. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on gummed paper:
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500, $2.85: per 1000, $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1,25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN riOfilST CO.. 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.
Wholesale Florists.

Removed to 102 W. Z8th St., New York

Phone 1912 and 7983 Madison Square.

18 Years Experience.

Frank H. Traendly

Charles Schenck

Traendly & Schenck

WUcsalc FUnits aod Cd Fhwer Eickogt
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.

Orchids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
bMt products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

IZZO Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Neconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West zeth Street

NEW YORK CITY

TeleDhone: 3864 Madison Sonare.

John J. Reynolds, Mgr. Phone Madison Sq. 4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

boxwood wreatlis, decorated with red
ribbon and berberis.

In addition to a good stocit of cut
flowers, James Coyle, 104 West 28th
street, had a good stock of heather,
which sold well.

J. K. Allen, 106 West 28th street, ad-
vises us that his poinsettias in pans are
already sold out.

The scores of the members of the
New York Florists' Bowling Club,
Thunsday, December 17, were as fol-
lows :

C. W. Scott< 159 169 162

W. H. Sieblecbt 145 152 157

J. Miesem 172 181 168

P. Jacobson 156 147 152

H. C. Riedel 163 188 193

A. Kakuda 164 Va 149

A. J. Guttman 169

A. F. F.

Reading, Pa. — ]^t. Penn Floral Co.
have placed an order with the King
Construction Co., North Tonawanda,
N. Y., for a new house 25x100 feet.

RACINE, Wis. — The Racine Floral
Company, whicli has had under con-
struction for some time its new three-
story building at 219 Sixth street, held
its opening Saturday afternoon and
evening, December 12. The new home
of the company is probably one of the
finest occupied by a similar business in
the state and constitutes a decided ad-
dition to the business houses on Sixth
street.

Geo. C. Siebrecht

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28ttl St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist «

^3a?-35!l Sad. s.,. 133 W. 28th St., New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

VlioMeHo¥crMM'KeU

New York, Dec. 23. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 35 00@50 00

extra and fancy... 25 00630 00
No. 1 and No. 2... 8 00® 10 00

■■ .'Mice Stanley 1 u0i&12 00

" Mrs. Geo.Shawyer.special 4 00@ 8 UO

extra... 3 00® 4 00

" N0.I&N0.2 50(8 1 50

" White Killarney, special... 4 00@ 5 00

Killarney. My Maryland...

special 3 00@ 5 00

No. land No. 2.. 1 00@ 2 00
Queen, special.. 3 OOra 8 00

Brilliant 1 00@I0 00

Aaron Ward 1 Ol @ 8 00

" Richmond, special 10 00@12 DO

■' Sunburst 1 0J@ 8 00

" Taft 1 00© 8 00

Milady, special 10 C0@12 00

" J L Mock 3 00012 00

'• Hadley 6 00@20 00

" Ophelia 1 00@ 7 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@10 00

Carnations 2 50«r 4 00

Cattleya Orchids, special f 0 0(^80 00

inferior grades. 20 00@25 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 8 OOgin 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00

Chrysanthemums per doz., 1 00@ 3 00

Violets 50® 75

Gardenias per doz., $1.50@$2.50

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 50@ 75

Asparagus Plumosu8....doz. bchs. 2 00

Smilax doz. strings. 1 00® 1 25

Paper White Narcissus 1 00@ 1 25

Sweet Peas, per doz. bunches. 75c@t 00

Spencer type 1.50®2.00

Poinsettias per doz., 1.25@4 00

C. C. TR[P[l

If you have anything in the line of
decorative plants, now is the time
to see me. Call at my store, at

BLOOMINGDALFS

59th Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

United Cut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones; Madison Square 594-4422.

We solicit consiRnmentsof cut flowers of all kinds

books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS. Manager

BORAGE E. FRONENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beaut; Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK GIH

TelepboDes; 2200 and 2201 Madisoo Square,

Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywberf

Prompt and satisfactory. CoDsignments lolicite^

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg.. 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertisiof.

V. S. DORVAL. Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT EVERQREENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for f
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing
121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Square

Tlw Largest Sbippor and Receiver cf Fresb tA Fbiren

%iB A complete assortment of the best in tbt

market can always be relied upon.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Phone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Alfred A. Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORIST
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

1216

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Dec. 20.

QUALITY AND STYLE

IN

FLOWER BOXES

AT NO GREATER COST

Quality of material used in addition to the practical and hand-
some non-fading shades in which the boards are finished, bring
style and distinctiveness to the package.

Write for our illustrated catalog in colors, also price list
and samples.

THE SEFTON MFG CO., ''ll^k^^^;■'

Providence, R. I.

TRADE NOT UP TO AVERAGE.

Christmas business at this writing-
promises to be about two-thirds the
usual receipts. All plant stock is un-
usually fine and azaleas were never
better, but there is a strong surplus
that will tend towards lower prices.
No holiday novelties are seen in plants
or flowers, although two or three of the
local florists have made big prepera-
tions in unique arrangements of the
dried fancy grasses. The call for
Christmas evergreens thus far has been
poor. In fact in all florists lines the
public has taken very little interest.
NOTES.

The Hoxie Nui'series was incor-
porated and granted a charter by
Secretary of State J. Fred Parker last
week. The concern is to engage in a
general nursery business at Hoxie in
the town of Warwick, R. I., and is
capitalized at .$10,000. The incorpora-
tors are Ralph M. Grenlaw, Charles E.
Tilley and Edward J. Moons, all of
Providence. R.I.

This season quite a few of the trade
stocked up in Japanese basket ware
3lt the prevailing wholesale prices, only
to find the 5 and 10 cent stores featur-
ing them at less than cost to the florist
under the rate the florist bought, even
some of the large department stores
have been caught "long" on this Japa-
nese ware.

Hardly any of the trade will handle
holly this Christmas, although the
quality is unusualy good, but it can-
not be sold at a profit. Too much com-
pitition in the past has killed the holly
trade.

Smith, the florist, is making a fea-
ture of baskets filled with fancy plants
to sell at $5 each, although he states
that Providence absorbs only a limited
quantity of these.

John Lindbloom, who has been with
Miss Willard a good many years, and
left to take a position out west, has
returned and is back at the old place
again.

Albert Holcher will have the largest
cut of pointsettia blossoms, and Hoff-
man of Pawtucket will claim most of
the cyclamen trade this* year.

T. J. Johnson & Company received
an out of town shipment of Petrick
azaleas to sell for $2.50 to $5 each.
They are the best in town.

Henry Patrie, of Johnson Brothers,
has been spending much time in the
making of large boxwood wreaths to
sell at $3 to .$5 each.

O'Connor, the florist, is specializing
on window tins filled with laurel and
expensive ferneries.

At this writing it will appear that
there will be no pronounced shortage of
any cut flowers.

.•John Burke has returned from his
trip to Denver, Colorado after a stay
of a few weeks.

Con Sullivan who has been with J.
Kopleman is back with T. O'Connor
again.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment. $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetilated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Southem Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

Barney Biothers, of Warren have re-
opened there store for the Christmas
trade.

H. A. T.

Nashville, Tenn.

TliAllE eO.NDITIONti SA TISFACTOKV.
Trade has been Very good in this city
for the past week and stock imusually
fine. The florists, by common consent,
seem to have decided to make a run on
the poinsettias for the holidayfe and
there is an abundance of them on the
market of specially fine specimen flow-
ers. There does not seem to be an over-
flow of azaleas, though they are not
altogether wanting in the stores and
window displays. Roses continue to be
fine, and will be better still as the sea-
son advances. The holly and cedar have
made their appearance on our streets,
the former very fresh and well berried.
This is sold on the streets, and not to
any extent by the florists. The holly,
which was once very abundant in the
neai-by woodlands, has now to be
brought fi-om a distance, and the outer
counties are foraged for the very de-
sirable holiday product, for no one
seems to feel that he has had a gift,
unless a piece of holly is tied on the
outside. The cedar, too, is very abun-
dant and inexhaustible in supply, and
very pretty and attractive for many
kinds of holiday festivities. As a
Christmas tree it is unsurpassed and
sells at a vei-y reasonable price. A
very nice one may be bought for
twenty-five cents, and from that on
up to five dollars. Wreaths made from
either holly or cedar, or both, com-
V)ined are very much used for the
Christmas window decoration, and all
over the city one may see the attrac-
tive wreaths in the windows of resi-
dences. The plant supply seems to be
very plentifiU and attractive and there
will no doubt he a good sale on all
kinds of plants. In view of the "hard
times," there is no doubt that many
will send flowers this season in place
of more expensive gifts.

NOTES.

The Joy Floral Company had a most
attractive window decoration all in
Christmas red. In the background
there was a cedar tree with Christmas
ornaments and tiny electric bulbs.
Crimson frieze hung in festoons above,
combined with one large red bell and
many small ones, made an overhead
decoration, while the floor of the win-
dow had an artistic arrangement of
poinsettias. The window was very
attractive in the day time, but when

Folding Valentine Boxes

This box is made from White Glazed
Stock has an Embossed Red Heart in
center and an Arrow of Gold piercing
the Heart.

Boxes ready for delivery Jan. 20.

Order early to insure prompt delivery.

We also manufacture a complete line of
various colors and sizes of Florist Boxes.

Write for samples and prices.

PerlOO Per 100

10x6x61 > $6.50 30x6x3H $6.60

12x8x6>, 6.50 24x8x4 7.26

24x5x3l2 6.76 28x8x4 8.00

A. A. Arnold Paper Box Co.

16-18-20-22 Soulh Peoria St., CHICAGO

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now readjr for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.
£. A. BEAVEN. Everi^reen, Ala.

lighted up at night it was truly beau-
tiful. The following explanatory his-
tory of the poinsettia is used as an
advertisement by the Joy Floral Com-
pany : "Poinsettia, the crimson flower
of war," as a yuletide decoration has
a double meaning for us this 1914
Christmas. It was brought to us from
Mexico by the American patriot, Joel
Roberts Poin.sett, and his fellow bot-
anists gave it the name of Poinsettia.
We no longer associate it with the
early Aztec, but regard it as a plant
indigenous to this country. Orders are
coming in satisfactorily and the out-
look is for a fine trade and a fine
supply.

M. C. D.

Mt. Stebling, Ky. — The Corbett
Greenhouses have been leased to David
Harris, who will continue them.

MrLTO^^ Del. — H. E. Conwell, holly
dealer, has consigned more than 50,000
wreaths so far this season for the
Christmas trade, besides a large quan-
tity in boxes.

Kalamazoo, Mich. — One of the most
successful conventions ever held by
the Michigan State Horticultural So-
ciety came to a close December 10.
Muskegon was chosen as the next
meeting place.

I9H-

The American Florist.

1217

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

■sUbUtlied In 1S57.

^wSm;.

noRMsr

739 Bncklngham Place.

L. D. Phone, Graceland 1112.

Send as yoar retail orders.
m HAVE THE BEST FACIUTIES IN THE CFFY

Mention the Atiierican Florist when \criting

TO
IV HARRY PAPWORTH

"Hie Metoirte Rid^c Nurscrjj G L'-5.

STORE
J35 CarondeletSr.

I DOSK '

loRCHItlS'

IviOLETS

F.T.O.

Mention the AnKi'trun Florist alien writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Successor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST

60 KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Florist whe^i writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHIHED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTSO, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

m. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the Amerlran Florist when writing

Randolph & McGlements

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph DeliTerr,

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & CO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPBA FLORAL CO.

140 S. Wabam Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnat St.. Des Moines, la.

Larsest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders eiven prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital eiven special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' TeleKraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist icheit- writing

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .'\ss'n.

Ohio.

The Smith & Fetters Co.,

LEADING FLORISTS.

735 Euclid Ave. CLEVELAND
Kokomo, Ind.

W.W.COLES

Wholesale and Retail

Prompt attention given to telejrrapb. telephone
and mail orders for floral designs, cut flowers,
etc., to be delivered in this section.
Telephone 125.

Seattle, Washington.

Hollywood Gardens

Flowers for all Occasions.

1536 Second Avenue.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

AUGUST R. eAUMER,

MASONIC TEMPLE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'd
Mention the American Florist when writing

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

* >t,d>ll T. J. JOHNSTON 5 CO.

NEW ENGUND POINTS.

171 WEYBOSSET ST.. PROVIDENCE

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

T^ELBGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■'■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Ordera
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamship*
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all orders
from onknown correspondenta.

Cable address: Albxconnell,
Western Union Code.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. C«r . 1 5th & H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 20as-20fl6 Madison Sqnare.
42 West 28th Street.

NEW YORK

To oat-of-town florists
We are in the Heart of

And give special attention to steamer and theftt«r
orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.\V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., Auditorium Amei. CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Nia^ra Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists* Telejiraph Delivery.

Mention the A)neric(in Florist ivhcn writing

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and IB W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883.
Greenhouses and Nurseries in Riverdale.

Mention the American Florist when writing

1218

The American Florist.

Dec. 26.

DESIfiNS OR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered for the trade In other cities by tht
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire. Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

EatabHahed 1874-.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Haa his own correspoudenta in all the
iM-ge dtiea of Burope and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DAKDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Panl, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place id the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Largest
Store in America: the largest stock; the greatest
variety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
Dight and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

rreab Flowers and Best Service. Deliverlei
Kironghoat the state and to all steamship docki
Id Hoboken. N. J., and New Vork.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWN>LOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists* Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CARXrUI. ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West S8th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Henlm rf llw FIoriiK' Tdctnpl Bdmr.

Omalia, NeD.

Hess & Swoboda

1415 Famvm St.

rLORISTS.

TELEPHONES
1501 andL 1682

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co.. Des Moines, la.

Anderson, S. A., 44U Main, Buffalo, N. Y

Archias Floral Co., Sedalia. Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Baumer. August R., Louisville, Ky.

Bauscher, John. Freeport. 111.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone. Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco, ■

Bragg, Eoss, Rochester. Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer's Sons; John, Detroit. Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee. H. W., Rocktord, 111.

California Florists, Tac^ma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons. David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co.. Cleveland, 0.

Coles, W. W., Kokomo, Ind.

Cooke, Geo. H.. Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 4-lth and Madison Ave., New Tork.

Denton Floral Co., Denton, Tex.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.

Duluth Floral Co., Duluth, Minn.

Dunlop's, 96 Yonge St.. Torouto, Can.

Eadie Co., The James, Cleveland, O.

Byres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Prey, C. H.. Lincoln, Neb.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co., Guthrie, Okla.

Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc., Boston. Mass.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc., New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser. J. M., Co.. Cleveland, O.

Graham, A.. & Son, Cleveland, 0.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Micb.

Gude Bros.. Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Heinl & Son, J. G.. Terre Haute. Ind.

Henderson, Lewis, Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda. Omaha. Neb.

Hollywood Gardens, Seattle, Wash.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn.

Johnston & Co., T. J., Providence, R. I.

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co.. Geo. M., Kansas City.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co., Dallas, Tex.

Lange, A., 25 B. Madison St., Chicago,

Leborius, J. J., Duluth, Minn.

Matthews the Florist, Dayton, O.

Matthewson, -J. B., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L.. St. Paul. Minn.

McConnell, Alex.. New York.

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans, La.

Murray. Samuel. Kansas City, Mo.

Myer, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez. Paul M., Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son. Buffalo.

I'ark Floral Co., The, Denver, Colo.

Phillips Bros., Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co.r Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchl. San Francisco.

Pollworth Co., C. C. Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClements. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Renter's, New London, Conn,

Renter's, Norwich, Conn.

Renter's. Westerly, R. I.

Rock. Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas City.

Hve. George. Ft. Smith, Ark.

Schiller the Florist. 2221 W. Madison St.. Chgo.

Schling. Max. 22 W. 5!>th St., New York.

Simmons & Sons, Toronto. Can.

Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, 0,

Small & Sons, J. H., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. Washington, D. C.

Smith Co., A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry, Grand Raplda, Mich.

Stumpp, G. B. M., New York.

Wplicr, F. H., St. Louis, Mo.

Wetland, M., Bvanston, 111.

Whltted Floral Co., Minneapolis, Minn.

WItthoId. G.. Co.. 737 Bncklnghnm PL, Chicago.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Golilenson, Los Angelea.

Young & Nugent, New York.

Detroit, Mien.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and 6ratiot Aveiues.

Artistic Desips.
High Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Micliigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telejfraph Deliver;

Mention tlic American Florist when writinQ

St. Panl, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when writinff

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boile inl Hirilailll lie. ■°°' KS'""'

Orders' taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

WiSHINGTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.
Mention the American Florist token writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray,

913 Grand Avenue

All Orders Given Prompt and Careful Alteitloi

Membt-T of Florists' Teleernith UeUvery.

Denver, Colo.

yhe Park

J A VALENTINE, Horal Co.

President.

Meiirbers of Florists' Telesraph Delivery.

CUDE BROS.Cai
rLORISTS

1314 r srimt

igi4.

The American Florist.

1219

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

WIU be deUvered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Mowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention fhe A'inerican Florist ivhen writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Geo. M. Kellogg
Flower 6t Plant Co.

112ZGrimdATe. will fill all ordtrs for Cut

KiDSaS City ind Flowers, Funeral DestSDi

ni.....tu:il U. WeddiDS and Birthday Gifts.

rWaSininill, mo. that ma? be entrusted to them.

Mention the A7tierican Florist when writing

Pittsburgh. Pa.

A.W.SmithCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

luvcett Floral Eitablishment in America.
Eatabliihed 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

I U«Di>er Florists' Telegraph DeliTcrv Association

Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEVELANID

I EUCLID AVENUE

j Munben of The Florists' Teleeraph Delivery

Mention the Americaji Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American, Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, HI.

100.000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receiye Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN, NEB.

WHOLESALE AND RETAa.

Members of Florists Telegraph Delivety

CCPollworthCo.

will take proper AVitt<*rknsin

care of your orders In ~~ *o^****o«*J

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. W isconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula o( Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and tilled with strictly Iresh stock.

Cleveland.
Cleveland,

Co,

P. Co,

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y,— Eyres, 11 N, Pearl St,

Atlanta, Ga,— Atlanta Floral Co,, 41 Peachtree.

Bostou — Tbos, K, Galvin, Inc,

Buffalo. N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N, Y.— W. J, Palmer & Son, 304 Main,

Chicago — Friedman,

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co,

Chicago— A, Lange, 25 E. Madison St,

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist, 2221 W, Madison.

Chicago — Geo. Wittbold Co., 737 Buckingham PI.

Cincinnati, O, — Hardesty & Co,

Cleveland, O, — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co,

Cleveland. O. — James Kadie Co,

O. — A, Graham & Sons,
O.— The J, M. Gasser Co,
Cleveland. 0.— Smith & Fetters,
Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo.
Dallas, Tex, — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.
Dayton. O. — Matthews the Florist.
Denton, Tex. — Deuton Floral Co,
Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.
Des Moines, la, — Alpha Floral Co,
Detroit, Mich, — John Breitmeyer's Sons.
Duluth, Minn, — Duluth Floral Co.
Duluth. Minn. — J, J, Leborius,

Evanston, 111,— M. Welland,
Ft, Smith, Ark, — George Rye,
Freeport, 111. — John Bauscher.
Grand Rapids, Mich, — Henry Smith.
Guthrie, Okla.— Furrow & Co.
Kansas City — Geo. M, Kellogg P, &
Kansas City — Samuel Murray.
Kansas City, Mo. — \Vm, L. Rock Flower Co.
La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co,
Kokomo, Ind. — W, W. Coles,
Lincoln, Neb.— C, H, Frey,
Lincoln, Neb. — Frey & Frey.
Little Rock, Ark. — Paul M. Palez.
Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson,
Louisville, Ky. — August R. Baumer.
Milwaukee — C. C, Pollworth Co,
Minneapolis, Minn. — Whitted Floral Co.
Nashville. Tenn. — Joy Floral Co,
Newark, N, J, — Begerow's,
Newark, N, J. — Phillips Bros,

Newark, O, — Chas. A, Duerr.

New London, Conn, — Renter's.

New Orleans, La. — Metaire Ridge Nursery Co,

New York — Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave.

New York — Alei McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons,

New York— Tbos, F. Galvin, Inc,

New York— Max Schllng, 22 W. 69th St,

New York — Myer, Florist, 6il9 Madison Ave,

New York — J, H, Small & Sons.

New York — G, E. M, Stumpp,

New York — Young & Nugent.

Norwich, Conn, — Renter's,

Oklahoma City, Okla,— Furrow & Co,

Omaha, Neb.— Hess & Swoboda, Farnam St.

Omaha, Neb. — Lewis Henderson,

Pittsburgh, Pa. — Randollih & McMcClementa,

Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. W, Smith Co., Keenan Bldg,

Portland, Me.— Portland Flower Store,

Providence, R. I. — T, J. Johnston & Co.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y, — J, B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, 111.— e. W, Buckbee,

Sheboygan, Wis,— J, E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo.— Ostertag Bros,

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn. — Holm & Olson,

St, Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco— J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Seattle, Wash, — Hollywood Gardens.

Sedalia, Mo.— Archlas Floral Co,

Superior, Wis.— Alex, C, Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind,— ,1. G. Helnl & Son,

Tacoma Wash. — California Florists.

Toledo, 0.— Mrs, J. B. Freeman

Toronto, Can, — Dnnlop's, 60 Yonge St,

Toronto, Can. — Simmons & Son.

Vancouver, B. C— Brown Bros. & Co.

Washlnsfon — Blacklstone,

Washington— iGeo. H. Cooke,

Washington— Gude Bros,

Washington— J. H. Small &

Westerly, R. I.— Renter's.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Colombat

Mention the America^i Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

334 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowera is

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Your Orders to the
HOUSE or rLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Snpply Honse in the We*t

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

riowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity oa
telegrraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Dunlop's

Conn. Ave. and L.
Sons.

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable floriit.

Only
the
Best

96 Yonge Street,

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantac

safe arrival.
Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

561 Fifth Avt
Vanderbilt Holcil
||Af»YA|| 126 Tremont Street

NEW YORK

799 Boylston Streev

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Point*

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Dec. 26.

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by tbe
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicates!
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Sendyourordersfo'Ghicago

indSnb-
arbs to

-^ ,^ ,, , All order! carefally filled

^^"t&IWMB^** under tbe snpervisioD of

wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Florists' Teleerapb DeliverT.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Hochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 E. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers in Oty.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefatly filled and delivered to all partt
of tbe city, Arkansas and the Southwest.

Mention t)>€ Amcricun Florist when writing

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Snccessor to Geo. A. Belnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.
Both Phones, 527.
Special attention to Mail and Teleerapb Order-
Member of Tbe Florists' Telegraph Delive,.

Mention the AmeHcan Florist when loriting

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200llliles in any direction, nill MTU MIHII
Wearethecenterofthegreat "ULUIH, minili

Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior. Wis.

Newark, Ohio.

GHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegrapb Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL'S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, Eri"^"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Leading

Florists

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±LO\ilERS

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

Mention the American Florist when writing

c. n. f REY,

60 MADISON AVENUE

Wholesale
and Retail
Florist

1133 0 St., LINCOLN, NEB.

WiU fill orders (or the West on short notice.

Trade discounts. First class stock.

G

EORGE RYE

"Some Florist"

16

N. 6th St.,

Ft. Smith, Ark.

Telephone 2656

Established 1880

M.WEILAND

FLORIST

George C. Weiland. Proprietor.
602 Davis Street, EVANSTON, ILL.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O.

The JAMES EADIE CO.

Store— 927 Euclid Avenue.

Frank J. Schoen. Frank R. Friedley.

Greenhouses— 95 Shaw Avenue.

We Aim to Please Our Customers.

DENTON FioRAL CO., DENTON TEX

Careful attention to packing for deliveries
to all Southern and Middle States.

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Teleerapb Delivery Ass'n.

Dallas
Texas.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Write or wire headquarters for flowersfor Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too large. Done too small,

SIMMONS & SON. TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY— GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention tfte American Florist ivhen irriting

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowera

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Seeds VancouvcF, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Aas'n.

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

MEWAEI E J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Sten
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.
Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We lolicit telegrapb orders. Regular trad* dtoc
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Deliierr.

Sedalla, Missouri

Archias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short Dotka.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telepbooe

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph DeUverr

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic order..

Order, will be ctrefnllT
cared (or by

Michigan.

HENRY SMITH,

Wbolesole and Retail rioriat of GRAND RATtM

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Deliverr.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALFRED HANNAH a SONS Will fiU yosi
orders lor DesigDS and Cut Flower, in Mkhic.a

Rockford, 111.

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the norlati' Telegraph DeUvwT

igih

The American Florist.

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A Bappy New Year by'oZg Vaughan's Flower Seeds

10 per cent Special Cash Discount— On orders over $2.00 for Flower Seeds if the cash
is enclosf<l. This discount does not Jipply to Asparagus Seed. Cash discount on this is 296.

Our prelimitiary Flower Seed List for Ilorists is ready; if you have not received a copy
ph*ase write for it.

PANSY

PANSY—Vaughan's International Mixture.

Vaughan's Seed Store,

Vaughan's International Mixture.

The world's best. Oz.,$10 00;i4oz.,$2 50; ' ^ oz. , $1 50; trade pkt. ,50c.

Vaughan's Giant Mixture.

Oz., $4 00; 1 4 oz., $1 00; 's oz., 60c; trade packet, 25c.

New Early Flowering Giant Pansies.

This new strain produces its giant flowers about Six weeks earlier
than other known types. In the early part of March last year, when the
old type Pansies hardl)' showed an)' buds, the plants of this new strain
bore from three to five of thfeir giant flowers.

By special arrangement with the originators we are in position to offer
seed of this splendid novelty in bulk.

Early Flowering Giant White, Yellow, Light Blue, Dark Blue or Mixed.

Per trade packet, (600 seeds) 65c; per ^s oz., $2 50.

Asparagus — Plumosus Nanus

We handle this Asparagus both in seed and plants of all sizes, in very
large quantities and make very close prices on larger amounts on application.
Our seed is pure, fresh, of best germinating quality and vitality.

Per 100 seeds, 50c; 260 seeds, $1 00; 1,000 seeds, $3 50; 5,000 to 10,000
seeds at $3 25 per thousand

43 Barclay Street,
NEW YORK

31-33 W.Randolph St.,
803 W. Randolph St.,

Chicago

Rooted

Carnation Cuttings

At Following Prices:

100 1000
Matchless $6.00 |60 00

Seasonable Stock Ready Now.

Fern Dish Ferns, best varieties, including Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Falcatum,
Pteris Mayi, Wilsoni, etc., $3.00 per 100, $25 00 per 1000.

Adiantum Croweanum, 6-in. pots, very bushy, 20 cents,

Adiantum Glory of Mordrecht, 5-in. pots, bushy, 35c; 4-in. pot, 25c.

Asparagus Plumosus, 214-in., $3 00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000.

ClbOtium Schiedel, 6-in. pot plants, 76 cents; 6-in., $1.00.

Cyrtomium Rockfordianum, 4-in. pots, 10c; 5-in , 20c; 6. in., 36c.

Bougainvlllea Glabra Sanderiana, 4-in. pots, $16.00 per 100.

Hydrangea, pot grown, French sorts, including La Lorraine, Mad. E. Mouil-
liere. Mad. Maurice, Hamar, Mad. Gaillard, Mad. Chantard, 5-in. pot
plants, ready for 6-in., at $26.00 per 100.

Hydrangea Otaksa. 6-in., 4 to 6 shoots, $35.00 per 100.
" '• 8-in., 6 to 8 shoots, 50.00 per 100.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

Gorgeous 6.00 50.00

Philadelphia 6.00 50.00

Enchantress Supreme 5.00 40.00

Pink Delight 6.00 40.00

Benora o.60 30 00

Mrs. C. W. Ward 3.00 26.00

White Wonder 3.00 25 00

White Perfection 8.00 26.00

White Enchantress 3 CO 26 00

Beacon 3.00 25 00

Enchantress 3.00 25.00

AMOHAT GREENHOUSES,

MAMA Rnitf FriT

Mention the American Florist when writing

Samuel J, Batchelor NEW YORK

Manager

Smith's Chrysanthemums

FOR 1915

Have you read over our Novelty List ? We hope you have and
will mail us your order early for the ones that interest you most, from
either Commercial, Exhibition or Pompons.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

If you are short of Blooming Plants, such as

Azaleas, Lorraine,

Cincinnati, Cyclamen,
Poinsettias, Primroses,

Wire your order to

GEO. A. KUHL, "^^^^SS^^wer.

PEKIN, ILL

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 «. Devtan St.. CmCAOO

Mention the American Florist vjhen writing

1222

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Dec. 26.

The Seed Trade )

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, San Francisco. Calif.,
President'; J. M. Lupton. Mattituck, L. I.,
N. Y.. First Vice-President: K. C. JJungan,
Philadelphia, Pa.. Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland. O., Secretary and
Treasurer; S. P. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tbird annual meeting, San Fran-
cisco. Calif., ,Iune 1915.

Vaughan's green trade wholesale list
for seedsmen and dealers will be mailed
next week.

Onions are down a little. There is,
however, a very healthy demand for
onion seed.

Garden seed beans were probably
never scarcer and few dealers offer
them except as part of a general order.

Bean dehveries are still being cut
down due to the fact that the late
threshing returns are even worse than
those made earlier.

Catalogue seedsmen find it difficult
to reduce the size of their books and
those centrally located are mostly in-
clined to retain their former size.

Japanese lily bulbs to the number of
800 cases are said to have been lost in
one of the steamers sunk by the Ger-
man war ship Emden in the Indian
ocean.

There will be a meeting of the exec-
utive committee of the American Seed
■a"rade Association at the Hotel Sher-
man, Chicago, Wednesday evening,
January 20.

THE catalogues received tliis week
include those of The Livingston Seed
Co., Columbus, O.; Chris Reuter, New
Orleans, La.; Oscar H. Will & Co., Bis-
marck, N. D.

AS IS well known, canners are accept-
ing their pea deliveries with wry faces
and are booking new orders very
slowly at from $2.75 to $3 per bushel.
There is likely to be quite a carry-over
of this season's crop.

Jackson, Miss. — One of the most at-
tractive and most crowded of the many
places of amusement in the city De-
cember 2 was the new store of the
Swep Taylor Seed Co., where a formal
opening was in progress, the artistic
decorations seeming rather to resem-
ble an elegant private function than a
business house.

CHICAGO stocks of bouquet green and
bulk holly have been worked down
pretty well, especially the former,
which has this year shown a greater
range in quality than for many years.
The holly carried over is mostly of
doubtful quality and scant packing,
although this market has been over-
stocked and good quality holly has sold
below cost.

Butte, Mont. — The suit of Ralph O.
Brown and William E Choisser
against the Northein Pure Seed Co.,
for damages alleged to have been
sustained by Russian thistle accumu-
lating on the seed company's land and
a blowing onto the land of the plain-
tiffs, was decided by a jury Novem-
ber 19 in favor of the defendants.
Each plaintiff had sued for $3,000
damages.

Pomona, Calif. — With the fear of
seed shortage removed by the receipt
of 400 sacks from Rotterdam, Nether-
lands, and the ample rains to aid the
preparation of the ground, Karl Rudolf,
chief agriculturist at the American
Beet Sugar plant at Chino, states that
the acreage next season will be larger
than ever before. Two-thirds of the
contracts for the acreage have already
been signed and the outlook is very
bright.

CHICAGO. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade December 23 were
as follows; Timothy, $5.50 to $7.00
per 100 pounds. Alfalfa was quoted
as follows ; Fancy, domestic, $15.50;
choice, domestic, $14.00; Dakota grown,
$16.50; Montana grown, $17.50 per 100
pounds. — A. H. Goodwin, of the W. W.
Barnard Co., will spend the Christmas
holidays in Indiana. — J. W. Edmund-
son, of the California Seed Grower's
Co., San Jose, Calif., 'was in the city
this week east bound.

Conditions in France.

We take the following from a private
letter from a member of the staff of
Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., dated Paris,
November 13 :

"Nearly two-thirds of our staff have
been mobilized and every day a few
more leave for the front. Those em-
ployes who are too old or too young
to join the colors have consequently to
work double in brder to make up for
the deficiency, but everybody is doing
his utmost to make the business go on
as smoothly as possible under the pres-
ent trying circumstances. Several seed
houses here are closed, their heads for
the present being with the army. Our
establishment has never suffered, al-
though five of the late Henri Vilmorin's
sons, of whom two are interested in the
seed business, namely Philippe and
Louis, well known to the American
seed trade, are serving in the army.
So far five casualties among the em-
ployes, a little over 1 per cent, have
been reported to the firm. A score of
clerks have been injured, none of them
dangerously, and a few are missing,
not having sent any news for sev-
eral Tveeks. We venture to hope that
no more deaths will be added to our
roll of honor and that most of our
employes will come back unharmed.
Mr. Emerich has so far not been
called out and attends to the Ameri-
can business as usual.

"Seeds are being delivered to us in
pretty good order at present. Earlier
the deliveries were delayed in con-
sequence of the mobilization but the

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers of
Hlgli Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radisti,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

work is now^ going forward more
steadily. It goes without saying that
a very large number of our growers,
ranging in age between 19 and 45,
belong to the army, but their parents,
wives and children who are such
good helpmates in case of peace, have
spared neither pains nor trouble to
bring in most of the crops and take
good care of them. In some parts of
the country the railroads being main-
ly used for military purposes some of
the crops may be a little delayed,
but no efforts will be spared on our
part to give American friends entire M
satisfaction. We must rely upon '
their indulgence if some seeds do not
reach them quite as early as custo-
mary and if the cleaning in a few
cases is not quite up to our normal
high standard, owing to a great de-
pletion of labor, but we are sure our
friends will make due allowance for
the hardships under which we are
working this season. They will also
consider that on one of our seed farms
near Paris we have had to afford
lodgings ever since the beginning of
the war to 250 soldiers and that some
of our other farms have also been
more or less taken up by the troops.
Another great drawback to business
this season is that no grower, or
other dealer, be it in bags, fuel, or
any other commodity, will part with
his goods without having first re-
ceived spot cash in payment. Consid-
ering that invoices can not be col-
lected in a large part of Europe held
by the armies so may business men
having joined the colors, and consid-
ering on the other hand that it is im-
possible for bankers to afford busi-
ness men the help which they give
them in years of peace, you can judge
how much cash is needed by certain
firms who maintain a staff of em-
ployes and help the families of their

Alfred J. Brown Seed Go.

Growers of

Peas and

Beans

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Blackman & Griffin Co.

Of OGDEN, UTAH,

Are extensive dealers in

ALFALFA SEED

Write Them

Braislan

Wholesale Growers of the tollowino California Specialties only;

ONION, LfmiCE, CARRO^. RADISH, PARSNIP, PARSI£Y, CELERY.
ENOIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

-Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

19^4'

The American Florist.

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California Seed Growers Association, Inc.

GROWERS rOR WHOLESALE DEALERS
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Beet— Carrot ONION— Lettuce— Radish

Parsley Parsnip

Celery Salsify

Endive Mustard

Mixed Sweet Peas

Brun's Celebrated Chicago Market Brand
Cold Storage Valley Pips

Give Best Results All Year Round. Order Now for January and February.
$20.00 per 1000; 500 for $10.50; $2.50 per 100; 250 (or $5.50

Florists' Money Maker,

$18.00 per 1000
500 for $9 50
250 for $5.00

IMPORT— Place your older for Valley pips with me and you will be sure of letting tlie best at

lowest prices.

Choicest Cvit Valley for Christmas.

3032 W. Mai
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

H. :n. :bi«u:]VS ^«^^^-^«'*^-"^*

I, Boston Pickling encumber.

grown under irrigation by

Western Seed & Irrigation Go

Seed Growers and Dealers. Specialties;
Cucumber. Musk and Watermelon.
Pumpkin. Squash, Sweet and Field Corn.

1 FREMONT, - - NEBRASKA

THE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.
,; r^wer. SANTA CLARA, CAL.

I Growers of

ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.

I Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

[ 1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card brines a Catalogue

FLOWER SEEDS

For Early Sowing

Complete List for the Asking.
10 per cent discount lor Casti.

THEY'RE FRESH T. P. Oz.

A gerat um, blue iO.OS $0.20

Alyssum Little Gem .10 .45

Aster Oueen of Market 10 .50

Begonia Krfnrdii 25

Cobaea Scandcns, purple 10

Dracaena Indivisa 10 .25

Forget-Me-Not Victoria 15 .80

Mignonette Machet 10 .50

Petunia, Caliiotnia Giants 25

Salvia Splendens 15 1.00

Salvia Fireball ?5

Wholesale List maih d as soon as ready.

THE W. W. BARNARD CO., 231 2lPwXs'o:'s,r„.

CROP OF 1914 T P.

Lobelia Speciosa $0.10

Lobelia Crystal P. Comp... 15

Pyrelhrum Aureum 05

Smilax 10

Snapdragon Giant 10

Stoclt, Cut and Come Again 25

Stock, Ten Weeks, mixed 25

Stokesia Cyanea 15

Thnrbergia 10

Verbenas, Mammoth IS

Vinca. mixed colors 10

Oz
S0.50
1.25
.25
.25
.25

.40

1.00

.40

CHICAGO

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

and all Garden Seeds ^^ ^ p^

lEONABO SfcBtcAoo

I- ^ 226-230 W. KBi"^ „„»,

CO.

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

!«• Waal nth St.. »•• Tark.

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandlfloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO. LIMA and POLl
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER 5 SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

12.24

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Dec. 26.

Sluis & Groot

Seed Growers and Merchants,

Enkhuizen, Holland,

Beg to inform the trade that their country is
very hkely to escape present European war and
will be glad to mail their prices of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds on application to the

Wholesale Trade Only.

Cabbage Enkhnizen Glory.

Introduced Severn! Yenrs Ae'> by Onr Firm.

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

EUCALYPrUS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O.BOI857, MELBOURKE. AUSTRALIA

employes who have been called to
■army service. Neutral countries
which have not been drawn into' the
war may not be aware of the great
favor they would bestow upon their
friends in this country by' availing
themselves of the discount in paying
their bills at the earliest possible
convenience. It would certainly be
a great accommodation and help to
smooth things here. We are hopeful
that after the terrible struggle Vil-
morin's business may be resumed in
the old, reliable way in which it has
been carried on by the same family
for upwards of 150 years.

"In other respects we are not
greatly affected by the war. Up to
the present time vegetables, fruit and
even fish were cheaper in Paris than
in normal years. Flowers sold well
only during the week of All Saints'
Day."

French Bulbs.

It is reported that the planting of
Paper White narcissus in Southern
Prance will be less than usual because
there will be no opportunity to sell the
flowers which make up a percentage of
the profit in grrowing these. The flow-
ers in previous years have been shipped
to the large cities of northern Europe,
but there will be little, if any, demand
for them the coming spring. It is
thought that fair-sized plantings of
white Roman hyacinths have been
made.

British Trading: In German Seeds.

Evidence exists that seedsmen in Ger-
many are endeavoring to introduce
their seed into this country through
indirect channels. It is necessary,
therefore, to warn all seedsmen and
other horticulturists that the purchase
.jOf such goods is contrary to law. In
the event of any attempt being made
to pass oft upon them seeds of Ger-
man origin they should communicate
at once with the board of trade. —
London Gardener's Chronicle.

ovelties in

Flowers and Vegetables

Jas. Carter & Co.. of Raynes Park, England,
liave origiDated or introduced a large Droportion of
all new varieties in the last 50 years. Ttiat is why Carter's repu-
tation is world wide and experienced gardeners keep in close
touch with Carter productions.

study the new Carter Cataloe for 1915. Among the Flower
Sepd Specialties you will find our new strains. Many varieties of
.Asters, Marigolds. Snapdragons, Primroses. Sweet Peas, Petunias
and others are listed.

In the Vegetable List are novelties of Beans, Beets. Carrots,
Radishes, Cahbages, Celery. Cucumbers, Lettuce, Peas. Toma-
toes, etc.

This new Catalog— Carter's "Garden and Lawn" — has many
wonderful photographic illustrations and valuable culture direc-
tions, send us your name and address now so we may mail you
a complimentary copy.

CARTER'S TESTED SEEDS, Inc.

125 Chamber of Commerce Bld^.. Boston, Mass

In Canada, 133 King St. E., Toronto.

Branch of JAS. CARTER S CO., RATiNES PARK, ENGLAND

Tested

HIS MAJESTY K°NGGeORCev.

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Kelways Can Quote and Deliver:

Beet

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower Lucerne

Celery Mustard

Kale Radish

And Flower Seeds

Rape Spinach

Rutabaga Turnip

Winter Tares or Vetches
Spring Tares

Those who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Please write at once while stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailings continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

Growers and Specialists

CROP CONTRACT

Peas, Beans and Sweet Corn.

Peas and Beans, Michigan Grown.

Sweet Corn, Iowa Grown.

Correspondence solicited.

Michigan Office: MtLLINGTON.
Home Of lice: SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

.\sk for prices now, 1915 crop.

Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co.
Established 1883.

TRADE DIRECTORY

PRICE, $3.00,
POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn Street,
CHICAGO.

igi4.

The American Florist.

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Spiraea

LARGE CLUMPS. PLUMP EYES.

Gladiolus

FOR WINTER FORCING.

Spiraea.

Gladstone (white) $8.00

Queen Alexandra (pink) 9.00

Gladiolus.

Blushing Bride $5.00

The Bride (white) 5.00

Augusta ^

'^ST''^:""''::::: \ wnte for pnces.

Chicago White J

Lilium Giganteum. p^ ,o^

6-8 inch (400 to case) $35.00

7-9 inch (300 to case) 50.00

9-10 inch (200 to case) 95.00

Surplus Dutch and French Bulbs at "Bargain Prices/'

All from our own regular importations.

CHICAGO VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE newyork

SPIRAEA QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

S. M. Isbell & Co.,

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cacumber, Tomato, Muskntelon,
Sanasli, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

i Mention the American Florist when icritinp

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

I Wholesale Seed Grower.

! Specialties: Lettuce, Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster,
Cosmos. Mignonette. Verbena in variety.
CorrespoDdence Solicited.

i' Mention the American Florist lohen icritiiig

I

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

carpenteria. calif.

L,

Onion Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting
ONION SETS.

^SchilderBros.,^^^'o^ir^'

THEG.HERBERTGOYSEEDGQ.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

encumber, Mnskmelon, Squasb and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist tc/ieii writing
Get QnotatiOHi From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED
Bloomsdale Bfistol, PB.

iIe>ition the American Florist when writing

Fresh Lily-of-the- Valley
pips, either Berlin or
Hamburg, superior quality,
long roots and strong shoul-
ders.

Cases of 3000 pips, |40.00
" " 1000 " 14.00
" " 500 " 7.50

J. M. THORBURN & CO.,

53 Barclay Street,
New York.

CHOICE

German Flower Seeds

Catalogue Free on Application

Fredrick Roemer, gr^o^wer

QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY.

Contract Seed Growers

Cna<iii|tip«' Pepper.Edg Plant, Tomato,
OpeiiJdlllBi. vine Seed and Field Com.

CorrespoDdence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick & Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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The American Florist.

Dec.'Zd.

The Nursery Trade

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A nerlcan Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la., Vice-Presi-
dent; John Hall, 204 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit, Mich.. June 23-2.i, 1915.

RHINELANBER, Wis.— Gjestrum and
Hanford have opened a nursery.

Odessa, N. Y.— The Elmer Sherwood
Nursery Co. has incorporated for $40,-
000.

Sacramento, Calif. — J. C. Scroggs &
Co. will open a nursery at 28th and L.
streets, January 1.

Cedar Rapids, Ia.— W. H. Baird has
sold his interest in the Highland Nur-
sery Co., to his brother, J. E. Baird,
who has been in charge of the com-
pany's nursery at North Liberty, la.

Peter Lambert, the well-known rose
grower of Trier, Germany, says ship-
ments of stock in his line are now
made via Rotterdam and Copenhagen
instead of through Bremen and Ham-
burg.

SALT LAKE City, Utah.— The state
horticultural commission and the Utah
experiment station at Logan have co-
operated in sending a commission to
the northwestern states and to Cali-
fornia to make a scientific survey of
fruit and by-products with the view
ahead of assuaging the immense waste
. of fruit in Utah.

MiLFORD, Del. — Lester Lovett, pro-
prietor of the Diamond State Nur-
series, announces that he wiy move his
nurseries to New Jersey the first of
the year. Mr. Lovett is not doing this
because of dissatisfaction with Dela-
ware, but because his father's large
nurseries at Little Silver, N. J., need
the attention of himself and his father.

Washington State Hort. Association.

Spokane was chosen as the meeting
place for 1915 of the Washington State
Horticultural Association, at its con-
vention at Wenatchee, December 11.
The following officers for the ensuing
year were elected: A. G. Craig, Deer
Park, president; J. Howard Wright,
North Yakima, vice-president; J. W.
Langdon, Walla Walla, second vice-
president; R. Edward Trumble, We-
natchee, secretary; M. Horan, We-
natchee, treasurer.

Western Ass'n. of Nurserymen.

Officers were elected for the ensuing
year and Kansas City, Mo., was selected
as the place for holding the 1915 con-
vention of the Western Association of
Nurserymen at the twenty-fifth an-
nual convention of that organization,
which opened at Kansas City, Decem-
ber 9. A letter from James A. Barr,
director of congresses of the Panama-
Pacific Exposition, was received in-
viting the association to meet next
year in San Francisco. This invita-
tion was turned down in favor of Kan-
sas City. About 150 delegates, repre-
senting the nursery business in all of
the Middle Western states, are attend-
ing the convention.

E. J. Holman of Leavenworth, Kas.,
was elected secretary-treasurer of the
association for the fourteenth succes-
sive term. C. C. Mayhew of Sherman,
Tex., was elected president and Lloyd
C. Stark of Louisiana, Mo., was elect-
ed vice-president.

August Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752. or 6 1 Barclay St.. NEW YORK CITT

HUl's Evergreens

BIST rOR OVER HALF A CINTURT

Small, medium and taree sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Irffsrea Speciilists Lviesl Grawcrt ■ Aairks

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONARD& JONES GO.,

West Grovt, Peniia.

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any qunntity. size and age. No better growo.

Shade and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs and Vines.

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUB.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOG£V££N, HOLLAND

Hydrangea Otaksa

Moderate cost ; sell profitably at a moderate price; easily brought iuto bloom ; popular, salable, staple

Pot-grown outdoors all summer; strong branches; good flower buds. 1

With 7 to 10 branches $25.00 per 100

With 5 and 6 branches.... 20.10 per 100

With 4 branches $l5.00peiIOO

New French varieties 25.00 per 100

All from 6-iDch pots. Send that order! Send it today!

JACKSON & PERKINS COMPitNY, Newark, New York

NEW ROSE BOOK

The Practical Book of

Outdoor Rose Growing For The Home Garden

By George c. Thomas, Jr.

GENERAL SCOPE:

The Propagation of Roses. Location and Preparation. Ordering.

The Best Varieties wiih their Characteristics. Plan'ing. Pruning.

Some General Information and Hints of Hybridization. Climbers, Cultivation.

Elaborately illustrated with % reproductions in full color of leading varieties of roses
and a few halfione plates. Handsome cloth binding, in slip case. Price, $4.00. postage or

440 South Dearborn Street, ChiCagO

expressage extra.

American Florist Co.,

Headquarters For

California Privet Hedging

Fully half a million plants for sale.

One year 12 to 18 inches

One year Wi to 2 feet

Two years Wi to 2 feet

Two years 2 to 2^ feet

Two years 2 to 3 feet

Two years 2V2 to 3 feet

Two years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 3 to 4 feet

Three years 4 to 5 feet

For screens 6 to 6 feet

For Screens 6 to 7 feet

All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades
have been cut back one or more times.

Especially attractive prices in car lots.

Transplanted, stocky plants, 9 to 12 inches, 12 to 18
inches and IH to 2 feet sizes by the 1000.

NURSERY

Berberis Thunber^ii—

J. T. LOVETT,

MONMOUTH

LITTLE SILVER, N. J

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The American Florist.

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Aviator

The greatest money maker for any one to grow. Count
more profits in six months from Aviator than any other
scarlet, on account of its wonderful productiveness, pro-
ducing twice as many blooms as any other carnation, and a
heavy crop for Christmas. From 2000 plants we cut 2800
blooms for Christmas, which sold for 8c each. Will produce
30 blooms per plant per season.

Color— Intense scarlet. Flower— Fine full center.
Stem— Thin wiry and stiff. Calyx— Non-bursting. Habit-
Being a cross between Red Sport of Maceo and Red Seedling,
it has the habit of Maceo. Thin, wiry and a fast grower,
no grass, every break making a fine flower in a remarkably
short time.

Price, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

Chicago Carnation Co.,

Peerless Pink

Dark pink. The best and most profitable Carnation
introduced to the trade last season. No other new carnation
can equal it in early and continuous productiveness. The
blooms command the highest prices at all times.

Rooted Cuttings, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

Per 100 1000

Chamcion. scarlet $6 00 $50 00

Yellow l-rince 6 oo 50 oo

Matchless white 6 00 50 00

Philaaelphia. pink 6 00 50 00

Princess Dajinar.criin-

son 600 5000

Gloria, pink, tree 6 00 50 00

Per 100 1000

Pink Delljht $6 00 $50 00

The Herald, scarlet.... 4 00 .%00

Enchantress Supreme. 4 00 30 00

Conquest, ovrrlaid pink 4 00 3000

WhiieWonder 300 2300

White Enchantress ... . 3 00 25 00

Enchantress 3 00 25 00

All stock guaranteed. Quality the first consideration.

30 East Randolph St,
CHICAGO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager.

Long Distance Ftione, Central 3373.

jiinnmiimiiiiitiinniittiinniHituiimi^^

BURPEE'S SEEDS

PhUadelphia

Wholesile Price List for Floriiti
and Market Gardeners.

Contract Seed firower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

Swedesboro. New Jersey

Correspondence
Solicited.

97th Year

J. BOLGIANO & SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes
Growers of RjltimnrB Md

redi^ee Tomato Seeds DaimilUHi mu.

Nothing will pay better to plant after the 'Mums
than my

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. G. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

Branches Mlchiftan. Mil FRRD P.nNN

WUconsln ind Idaho. BIILrunU, bUBB.

lTFormosUm

7-9 in.. 9 in in . 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, M and Vi in.

W rite foi prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Mention the American Florist ichen writing

DAHLIA POT ROOTS

20,000 grand pot roots of CaCtUS Dahlias from the finest collection

in Britain. Awarded 13 gold medals at principal shows in 1913.

Included in our collection are the following:

H. W. Sillem

Frederick Wenham

Aviator

Rev. A. Bridge

Marathon

Indomitable

John Woolman

Tokio

Prima Donna

Pride of Essex

Mrs. Douglas

Fleming
Prices

Janet

Glory of Wilts

The Imp

Golden Crown

Stormer

Gwendoline

Tucker

Nellie Riding

Mrs. Wyatt

Harold Peerman

Conquest

Nantwich (191.3)
Customers selection, 3/- per dozen; 21/- per 100.
Our selection, 2/6 per dozen; 18/- per 100.

Miss Stredwick
Yellow Hammer
Lady Muriel
Wm. Marshall
H L. Brousson
Florabella
Irresistible
Miss Hills
Rev.T.W.Jamieson
Mrs. Dyer
John Riding (1913)
Richard Box

Empress
Signal
Jupiter

T. A. Havemeyer
Brigadier
Red Admiral
Dr. Roy Appleton
Golden Plover
Snowstorm
Thos. Wilson
and many other
varieties.

GEORGE EAIRBAIRN & SONS,

Dahlia Specialists, BOTCHERBY, CARLISLE, ENGLAND.

J.G. ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.
Kocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
■eed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

Mention the American Florist when writing

GARDEN SEED

Beet, Sweet Corn. Garden Beans, Onion Sets

and Seed Potatoes Id variety. Also other items
ol thr Short croo of this past season, as well as a
full line of Garden Seeds, will be quoted you upon
application to

S. D. WOODRUFF i SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK.

and Orange, Conn.

Mention the American Florist when writing

TOMATO SEED

Surplus List Now Ready.
Best Stocks. AU Varieties.

HAVEN SEED CO.

Growersfor the Wholesale Trade Only

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

Geraniums by the Thousands

(From 2 and 2^-in. Pots)

Alplionse Bicaid, Beaateand Jenn^ssePoite-

vlne s A. Nutt, General Grant, Montmort Mme.

fiuchner, Mtnc. Roselear. La Favorite. Mibs F.

Peiklns, etc. Fine A No. 1 sand t< oted cuttings,
t ansplanted to pots. $2.50 pe» HO. y2.'.50 per KOO.
Paul Campbell. $5 25 pi r lOO $30.00 per 1000. We
grow 28 varieties of Geraniums. Send for com-
plete list and special ptices on what quantity you
will need.

Eight best varieties of IVY GERANIUMS, $3.00
per IJO. $28,00 per 1000.

30 varieties of Canna Bulbs by the thousands.
Send for prices.

Also abundance of other stock.

Correspondence Solicited.

Alonzo J. Bryan

WHOLESALE FLORIST

Washington, New Jersey

Godfrey Aschmann

Importer, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of

SPECIALTIES Azalea Indies, Araucarla Excelsa
and Kentia Palms.

1012 W. Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa

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Market Gardeners J

Vegetable Growers' Association
ot America.

M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland. O.. President;
Daniel R. Comly Philadelphia. Pa.. Vice-
President; S. W. Severance, Louisville. Ky..
Secretary; E. A. Dunbar, Ashtabula, O.,
Treasurer.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegetables.

Chicago, December 22. — Mushroom.s.
55 cents per pound; lettuce, 15 cents
to 17 cents per box; radishes, 30
cents to 50 cents per dozen bunches;
asparagus, $2.00 per dozen bunches;
celery, 12 stalks, 15 cents to 25 cents;
cucumbers, $1.25 per dozen.

New York, December 22. — Cucum-
bers, $1.00 to $1.25 per dozen; mush-
rooms, 75 cents to .$1.75 per 4-pound
basket; tomatoes, 8 cents to 15 cents
per pound; radishes, per 100 bunches.
$1.00 to $2.00; lettuce, per strap, 50
cents to 75 cents.

Marketing Lettuce.

Different growers have different opin-
ions in regard to marketing lettuce.
Some contend that the best policy in the
long run is to mature a house to its
maximum weight and sell the whole
cut to some commission man or jobber
at one clip. This gives an opportunity
to replant the house at once, losing no
time. Just the opposite is practiced
by others— they supply a regular gro-
cery or hotel trade and cut small lots
continuously. They argue they get a
wiuch higher price; but there is no
doubt much of its higher price is offset
by difficulties encountered which are
aiaout as follows : Often lettuce has
to be cut in mature at a loss; some-
times lettuce must be lield too long to
bridge over in impending shortage, or
on account of slowness of demand, it
is very difficult to have small lots of
plants coming on in time to reset t^o
vacancies.

There is no doubt that lettuce adds
the most weight as it approaches ma-
turity, hence a heavy crop can be sold
at a lower price and still be more
profitable. We once talked to a feeder
of beef-cattle about his methods. He
showed us a fine lot of fat steers. We
remarked that no doubt he watches the
market closely for an opportunity to
sell to good advantage, to which he
replied he watches the scales only —
the moment the animals mature — they
are sold regardless of market as he
said they could not be fed any longer
at a profit. This is sound advice in
other lines of business. Marketman.

Milwaukee, Wis. — A loss of $200 was
sustained by William Bdelson, florist.
December 14, when a joist caught fire
from an overheated furnace.

Mobile, Ala. — Officers of the Mobile
Floral and Horticultural Society were
re-elected at the monthly meeting of
the society held December 3. They
are: H. P. Loding, president; John
Douglas, vice president; Hardy A. De-
meranville, recording secretary; G. C.
Kittle, secretary and treasurer.

Marion, S. C. — A movement which
the Marion boosters have for some
^■4ime worked upon came to a head No-
vember 29, when a large number of
farmers met at the county court house
and formed the Marion County Potato
Growers' Association, pledging them-
selves to buy, grow and market a
spring crop of Irish potatoes co-opera-
tively.

Lancaster County Florists' Association.

An unusual thing happened in Lan-
caster December 17; there was a meet-
ing of the above association and only
half the members were in attendance.
This was explained by the fact that it
was the coldest night of the season, and
many of our members do their own fir-
ing, and a few others, when inter-
viewed, pleaded the mad rush for dol-
lars just preceding Christmas.

After the usual routine of business
M. T. Brinton, of Christiana, Pa., read
a paper on lilies and other bulbs for
n inter blooming. Mr. Rosnosky, of the
H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,
nearly fell from his chair when Mr.
Brinton began to quote figures as to the
quantity of bulbs he planted; over a
million lilies, and other bulbs by the
half million and hundred thousand.
Mr. Brinton is a man of affairs in his
town, a keen business man, and gave
us a practical business paper of much
value, but preferred it 'not being print-
ed on account of some personal allu-
sions it contained. In the discussion
that followed Mr. Rosnosky gave us
some very interesting and instructive
ideas on the lily question. This was
followed by a paper by Chas. B. Herr,
of Strasburg, Pa., Lancaster county's
king in the carnation field, and the
paper naturally was on carnations from
the field to the present time. In the
discussion of Mr. Herr's paper the
growers present all seemed very favor-
ably impressed with Gorgeous on ac-
count of its remarkable keeping quali-
ties. A number 'are on the fence be-
tween Matchless and White Wonder,
the latter having made good to such an
extent in this section, that it will take
considerable time for any othei' to re-
place it. Beacon had but two strong
advocates, the writer and the reader of
the paper. One of the growers present
could not say enough in favor of
Champion, as a scarlet or red. We ex-
pected some of the novelties on exhibi-
tion, but they ■were sidetracked some-
where en route and did not arrive.
There seemed to be a general inclina-
tion to try out Alice and Mrs. Ake-
hurst pretty extensively.

Under nominations for officers, Mr.
B. F. Barr was nominated for presi-
dent. Lemon Landis for secretary and
Harry K. Rohrer for treasurer. One of
the visitors made the remark that
"Penrose had nothing on this club
when it came to nominations." We ar-
gue on the principle that when you
have a good secretary and treasurer it
does not pay to make "a change, and
that the president does not have time
enough in one year to work out his
theories and ideas, so we give him two
years, but look out for the steam roller
if he tries for a three-year term. Den-
nis Connor was on hand to see that no
building' got past the Lord & Burnham
people.

The next meeting will be an informal
social (stag^ at a cost not to exceed
$1.50 per. There will be plenty to eat,
plenty of water to drink, duck pin con-

tests and other sports from 6 :30 p. m.
to ??? Previous to this at one p. m.
we will take the Strasburg car for a
trip to see Chas. B. Herr and Amos
Rohrer. This will be a good time for
visitors to get acquainted with us, and
we will not embarrass them by insist-
ing on paying their expenses, having
adopted what we call "a dutch treat."
The writer, a member of the Lancaster
Advertisers' Club, invited the members
to attend the pure food show they are
arranging.

Albert M. Herb.

Germantown Horticultural Society.

An exhibition of plants and cut
blooms was given December 14, by the
Germantown Horticultural Society in
the assembly room of the Carnegie Free
Library, Vernon Park. The display in-
cluded poinsettias, begonias, ferns and
cut blooms. Cash prizes were awarded
the winners. George Redles, secretary,
gave a talk on "The Wardian Case,"
and Mrs. Elizabeth Powell Bond dis-
coursed on the historic "Medlar Tree,"
at the same time exhibiting fruit of the
tree. An address was also delivered by
Edwin C. Jellett. president of the so-
ciety.

RAHN & HERBERT

1 10 East 49th St., PORTLAND, OKI.

Eitra stroncf En^Sh Ivy, out of 6 inch poti, up

to 5 feet high per 100, $25.00

Erica Mediteriana, 4 inch pots 15.00

Erica WUmoreana, 3 inch pots " 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.00

Hall Caine and Mary Barton. 2 in. " 5.00
Palmt. Ferni and Decorative Plants in all tizet.
Prices on appliction.

CHAS. H. TOTH

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties Mv Specialty.

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HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONHR,

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pa^es.— Price $1.00—29 lUnstratlons.
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440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERT LARGEST SCALE of aU
CHOICE VEGETABLE. FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (EttabUlbed 1 787.)

cpcpill TICCi Beans. Beets. Cabbases. Carrots. Kohl Rabi. Leek. Lettuces. Onions, Peas,
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Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Cataloe^ue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S TRIUMPH OF THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect aod
most beautiful in the world. $6.00 per oz., or $1.75 per M oz., SI. 00 per H oz,, postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are rrown under my personal supervision on my own vast groaods, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest i^ruwth. finest stocks and best quality

ALSO GROW LARGELT ON CONTRACT.

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The American Florist.

1229

JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

6-in. pot.

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. hi^h Each Pe

. . .5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana

9-iD. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high.

9-in cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high.

12-in, cedartub. 4 plantsin tub. 5 to 5H ft

12-in. cedar tub. 4 olants in tub. 554 to 6 ft

12-in. ceda tuh. 4 plants in tub. 6 ft. hieh. heavy,
12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants intub.7to8ft

r doz
$12.00

Each
.$ 4.00
. 5.00
. 10.00
. 12.50
. 15.00
. 20.00

Plioenix Roebelenii

5-in. pot. nicely characterized

7in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread.

Each
..$1.00
.. 2,no

Leaves In. high

2Vi-in. pot 4 8tolO

Jin. pot 5 12

4-in. pot 5 to 6 15

5-in. pot 5 to 6 18

6-in. pot 6 to 7 24

Leaves In. high

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $2.50

7in.cedartub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

9in.cedartub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00 48.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5ft., very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-in. tub. 4 ft. spread each. $4.00

Each Per doz.

$1.50

2.00

.$0.40 4.50

. .50 6.00

. 1.00 12.00

Each Perdoi

30.00

36.00

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\ growing , propagating,
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fully illustrated.

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tMERICAH FLORIST CO.

440 So. Dearborn St.
CHICAGO.

Home of Pansies •

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpassed, improved
annually. Some of the best florists in America
are regular cu-tomers. These plants are in extra
good shape this year and heavy rooted, grown on
high land. Packed to reach you safe anywhere.
$2.60 per 1000. SOOO for $10.00.

Elmer RawIin^S. Home of Pansies,

CLEAN, N. Y.

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

PTramids,2 ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids, 2H-ft 1.50 each

Pyramids.3 ft 2. OOeach

Pyramids. 3H,f t 2.50 each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes 2ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O. FRANZEN ^^^lii^^^

Champaign, III. — W. H. Bedwell. for-
merly assistant chief gardener for the
Illinois Central railroad, has a position
in the J. E. Yate-s greenhouse.

Carnation Cuttings

Extra fine stock ready for immediate shipment.
Reinberg's stock is known for its supreme quality every-
where and is the stock for you to buy. Order today.

Per 100 Per 1000
White Enchantress .... $2.50 $20.00
Pink Enchantress ..... 2.50
Rose Pink Enchantress . . . 2.50

Mrs. Ward 2.50

Beacon ....•• 2.50

White Perfection ..... 2.50
Herald, extra fine variety
Josie Merle, fine pink seedling .

20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
27.50
27.50

Peter Reinberg

30 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, 111.

MATCHLESS A GREAT SUCCESS

MATCHLESS is the best and most profitable white carnation to grow,
having no equal in earliness, vigor of growth and production. It is superior
in size, fragrance and keeping quahties and is non-bursling. It is a continuous
bloomer and is handled with ease by any gn.wer.

rine Rooted Cuttings for Immediate Delivery,

$6.00 per 100; $6<X0(i per 1000; $112.50 per 2600: $200.00 per 6000.

We also offer MRS. C. W. WARD and BEACON,

$3.00 per 100; $26.00 per lOOd.

Cottage Gardens Co., Inc. Queens, New York

"Mrntion tlir American Florist iihcn irritino

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER &. SONS CO.,

LaTayette, - - Indiana

Robert Craig Co...

S/S: PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Planta.

Market tnd 49th Stt.. Philadelphia, Pa.

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Dec. 26.

Our Hew Rose Mrs, Moortield Storey

Has a strong upright growth, the wood being very stout ^nd smooth, with large handsome dark green foliage prac-
tically mildew or black-spot proof. The flowers, which are freely produced, are of good size and substance with
abundant petals, opening freely. The color is a shell pink deepening toward the centre with the large smooth
petals tipped deep rose. It will be a fine, yet distinct companion for the Mrs. Charles Russell Rose.

Own Root 100, $30.00 250, $70.00 500, $125 1,000, $250 2,500, $565 5,000, $1,000 10,000 $1,800

Grafts " 35.00 " 82.50 " 150 " 300 " 690 " 1,250 " 2,300

Eyes " 27.00 . " 62.50 " 120 " 220 " 490 " 850 " 1,500

Own root and grafts delivered in March, 1915. Eyes in January and February, 1915.

WABSN ROSE CONSERVATORIES Natick, Mass.

SN I L A X

strong plants, 2V2 inch, $1.26 per 100;
$10.00 per 10(10.
Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2V2 inch,

$2.00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

i. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Easter Roses

Pot our 4 -inch now in 5 to 6-inch.

SPECIALTIES

Roses, from 3-incb pots.
Carnations for fall delivery.

Chrysanthemnms
SmUax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for list.

Wood Brothers, ?ci=?St

.ALLENTOWN. PA. — The Contract for
the municipal greenhouse was award-
ed to the Lord & Burnham Co., of
Philadelphia. Pa., December 11, as
follows : Greenhouse superstructure,
.$4G0.17; greenhouse glass, $124.20;
glazing material. $10.94.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Gcranlnms, Nutt. Bucbner. Ricard, Perkins.

PoiteTioe. 2-iD.. $2.00 per 100: 3 in.. $5.00 per 100.
Boston and Whltmani Ferns; Sin., 10c: 4'in.. ISc;

5-iD.. 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in.. $5.00: 4 in., $10.00: 5-in.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia 2^in.. $5.00 per 100.
Vlnca Var., 2 in.. $2.00 per 100.
Cash with order,

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

A. N. Piersoo, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL,

CONN.

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For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. BerUn, N. J. WUIlamstown June, N. J.

Mention the American Florist when ivriting

PRIMROSES.

Obconica Alba Rosea and Sangulnea,

2V4 in. pots, $1.60 per 100; $12.00 per
1000.

Asp. Plumosus and Sprengerl, 2^ in.
pots, $2.0(^1 per 100; $18.00 pet 1000.

Vlnca Varlegata, SxSH-in- pots, $6.00
pel 100.

Pansy Plant, Giant flowering, $2.60 per
1000.

Cannas, dry bulbs, 1 to 3 eyes of Alle-
mania, Burbank, Italia, Gray, Penn-
sylvania, Beauty, Bcdder, Vaughan,
Henderson, Charlotte, Harum, Patry,
Hose, etc., at $1.26 per 100.

CASH

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

GERANIUMS '"-"isrms.^.

They must reach you in good growing: condilioD.
otherwise you can have your money refunded or
the shipment replaced. My stock is very large
and vpry eood.

S. A. Nutt, $12.50 per 1000.

Poltevlne and Rlcard, Sl.S.OO per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, $2^ 00 por 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTEJl, Pi

1914.

The American Florist.

1231

Vaughan's Decorative Plants

1^ ;. ^ ^ ARAUCARIA EXCELSA GIAUCA KENTIA FORSTERIANA

vSl' V ^ ^- ■;,„.(, ini7i„ h.^'^"^'^ .n^TK «PAJi Size pot Leaves Hiight Each Doi.

V-^fii — ^-^Skjsoc vW 5-inch...i0-j2 inches 23 $0.75 $8 OO ^ _^ ^._**

m '^^^ ^ ASPARAGUS PLUMosus NANUS ,l^^^■;;;.t^•::::r«::::::'1.15 *"-~

^•^^-'^. "^^gBI^^^^/f ^jlg^i^ 4inchpotl'. •.•■•■•.•.•■•■•.• 'saiS 1:50 12.00 KENTIA FORSTERIANA-Madc Up
'"^ '■'■'■ "^•'^^^^^^^^ AUCUBA JAPONICA VARIEGAJA g,,, ^„, ^o^^of Height Each Doz.
^,,rmT»>^_.^^M|^^^^PB^^^^^^ 24"iDchhigh '""Is *8'00 '""='' 3°!!. .28 30 in.. ..$2.80 $27.50

■ttV'^f«A( '^ ' r iW^^^j^^aMJ^^ik^^^ CROTONS Each Doz, PerlOO S.i'nch .'.".".' 3-4 ..'.'.34 38 in. ... 4.00 45.00

y^'" ^S■j7|j^M■^WiiBfcS^iglig^>, '''1^*^ 4inchDots $0.40 $400 $30.00 lo-inch.... 3 70-74 in.... 15.00

^!^ -^'^.kgfipH^^^P^^^ifefex'^ FERNS FOR ALL PURPOSES

^ j^WJ»^^^?-»S^ L^^^ ^8E^ Assorted Ferns for Dishes. .•\ choice assort- PHOENIX CANARIENSIS

vA^ ^^ ■^^^-^Si^M^^V S A 2^-inch $0.50 $3.50 $30.00 ^.-^^^^ 28-'30in $1.50

'aVi^ ->1 •S^^^^hSbHp^S ^k "f/f' \ > Boston Ferns— Each Doz, Per 100

f ^ '^ ^'^BaSlF^^ \ X- ^ 3-.nchpots $0.15 $ 1.2s $8.00 PANDANUS VEITCHn

^ -^ ^-^P^i^F ^^'r=^ f <^'? 4 inch pots 25 2.50 20.00

K '^ "^3^ '^W '^ %. 5-inch pots 40 4.50 3f>.00 Each Doz.

i T 'm M ^ tiS^li^S!^;:;;:::: 1:^0 iS:88 fg.88 4 inch pots $o.6o $6.00 3for$i.«5

S V III -^r 8-inihpots 1.25 14.00 100.00 6-inch pots 150

Above Prices Subject to Stock Being Unsold on Receipt of Order.

Chicago Yauffhan's Seed Store New York

GET OUR FALL "BOOK FOR FLORISTS." IT OFFERS EVERYTHING.

RMRS. CHARLES
USSELL

ROSE

PLANTS

Grafted and Own Root

Extra fine stock for Early Spring
Delivery

WRITE FOR PRICES
We also offrr: Milady, Shawyer,
Ward, Taft, d' Arenberg, Richmond

Hadley, the Killarneys.

WIELAND & RISCH

Wholesale Oroners

154 N. Wabash Ave.
CHICAGO, ILL.

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A LL Nursery men, Seedsmen and florists wisbing
'^ to do business with Europe should send for the

"florticnitnral Advertiser"

This Is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all the horticultural trade: it is also taken by
oyer 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
•tibscription. to cover cost of postai;e 75c,

As the H. A. IS a purely trade medium, appll
^■titsshould, with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address EdltOFS Of "H. A."

Chllwell Norserles. LOWDHAM, Notts. England

Mention thr A mprican Florist lohrn writinrj

IMPORTED STOCK OF QUALITY.

Fresli Importations Just

Boxwood, Bush shape, 12-in 30:

■• 18 in 50c

•• 24-in $1.00

•• 30in 1 Si)

Pyramids. 36-in 2. 25

42-in 3 >0

48 in 3 5i

" 54 in 4 ro

Globes, 18 by 18 in - 3.50

Rhododendrons, eood forcingvarieties, bright
colors, clean foiiaye, 8 to 12 buds. 60c each;
12 to I'. Suds. tLOO each.
Rliododendrons, liaMy sotts for outside plant-
int;. 18 to 24-in . 8 to 12 huds. 75c each; 24 to
30-in.. 12 to Ih huds. $1 00 each.
Azalea Mollis, is to l8-in . bushy. 40c each:
$4 25 per doz.: $35.00 per 100

Arrived In Fine Condition.

Magnolia Soulangeana, Speciosa and Lennel'

4 to 5 feel, lull of buds, balled and bur

lapped *1.50»ach.
Ma^olia Halliana. (Stellata) 2H in. to3 ft..

very bushy and full of buds, balled and bur-
lapped $1 50 each.
Japanese Maples, Blood Leaved, beautiful

plants. 3 to iVi feet high, well branched.

$1. SO each.
Azalea Hincdegirl, 15 to 18-in., very bushy.

$1 .'0 each.
Acuba Japonica Pimctata, heauti'ully spotted

foliage, 18 to 24-in, hikh. bushy, 75c each.
Rhododendron, Pink Pearl, one of the finest

forcine propositions fine otants, beautiful

foliage and nicely budded, $1.25 each.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

This Ought To Be OF INTEREST To YOU.

That Local Growers have placed the Largest Individual Orders for my

New Carnation ''Alice"

offered to the Trade this season. Some have doubled, and trebled their orders on successive
visits. The color is an exquisite sh;^de of clear soft pink, midway between Enchantress and
Gloriosa. Habit of plant ideal, strone. verv early, and a continuous, and without doubt the
most productive commercial variety I have offered to date.

Prices: Per 100. tJ2.0 »: per 1000. ¥100.00: per 2500. $237.50;
per 5000. t45XOO; per 10.000. $8(0.00.
If you have not seen it. send for descriptive circular, and get your order in now. Ovcr
200.000 sold.

PETER FISHER,

Ellis, Mass.

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

J. D. Thompson Carnation Go.

Carnation Specialists
JOLIET, ILL.

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200,000 Pot Plants

Ready for market at once. Send for lists,

Alonzo J. Bryan, KSSl^r'

Washington, New Jersey.

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Dec. 26,

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440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

St. Joseph, Mo.

One of the best greenhouse establish-
ments in the south-west, a range of
170,000 square feet of glass on the out-
skirts of St. Joseph, is owned and
operated by the Stuppy Floral Co., Inc.
The greenhouses are all practically
new and up-to-date, the newest house,
50 by 300 feet of Lord & Burnham
construction, was erected last summer;
the other houses are Dietsch construc-
tion. A model heating plant consist-
mg of three tubular boilers of 1.50
horse-power each is a feature. The
entire range is devoted to American
Beauty, the leading varieties of tea
roses and carnations. Needless to add
that all of the stock is in splendid con-
dition. Frank Stuppy's palatial resi-
dence adjoins the range. A separate
range of 30.000 square feet of glass,
located a short distance from the city,
is devoted to cut pot plants, bulbous
stock, palms, ferns and a fine collec-
tion of orchids. The Stuppy reputa-
tion for excellent cyclamen and be-
gonias is well known, and a splendid
supply is on hand for the Christmas
trade. The company also operates a
wholesale and retail store in one of
the busy down town streets, and their
window displays reflect the skill of
clever artists, and always command
attention.

Another credit to this city is the
establishment of E. Mueller, located
two miles from the center of town,
and comprising 40 acres devoted to
vegetable growing. He started in the
business 12 years ago, and now has an
up-to-date range of ,57,000 feet of glass
in fine condition and heated by a hot
water system. His crops include cu-
cumbers, cauliflower, radishes and let-
tuce and his houses are full of salable
stock for the Christmas market. Mr.
Mueller finds a ready sale for his
■jiroduct, selling all his stock to the
wholesale houses. Two trucks, one a
four ton and the other a two ton, carry
the stock to market. He also has a
fine car for the use of his family.
A feature of interest is three acres of

The principle — Two layers 0/ glass with a ^A-inch layer of dry still air

Get ready for your winter garden

Glass must be used whether you garden for profit or simply to enjoy
having vegetables and flowers when they are a luxury and sell high.

And you must have Sunlight Double Glass Sash if you want to get the
best results at the least cost of money and labor. They have become the
standard throughout the best and largest gardens in the country for very
good reasons: —

Three reasons why

1 The air space enclosed between the two
layers of glass makes a transparent cover
that affords better protection than the mats
and shutters on (he old single sash. And,
it never has to be put on and oif. It is
always there though invisible.

2 This air space saves more than one half the
labor.

3 It makes far earlier and stronger plants.

Our inexpensive greenhouse

A handy man can set it up in a few hours.

It is framed of cypress and covered top and
side3 with Sunlight Double Glass Sash which
can be removed at will for use elsewhere or
for repairs.

Get our free catalogue

U gives full particulars. If Professor
Massey's booklet on hot-beds, cold frames
and a small greenhouse is wayitea send 4c m
stamps.

Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co.
934 E* Broadway Louisville, Ky.

BUCHBINDER
FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. 03 for Catalog

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MAmjTACTURXBS

518 Milwaukee Ave., - Chicago, ni.

land under overhead irrigation, sup-
plied by the establishment's own water
^orks system. Mr. Mueller's success
in bringing his range to its present
excellent condition is an example of
what a man can accomplish with a
good head and hard work.

J. J. H.

Galena, III.— J. V. Wickler has
opened a flower shop in the Sampson
building.

)reer'8 Peerless!
Glazing Points

For Greenhoases ^

Drive easy and true« becaosb |
botb beveti are on the tame
side. Can't twist and break
the etasi in drivioe. Galvan-
ized and will oot rust. No
rlgbti or lefts.

The PeerleuGlazine Point
Iipaieoted. Nootherstlke
It. Order from your deale^
Of direct from oi.
1000.75c. postpaid.
Samples free.
HENRY A. DREEB.I
714 CbestDQt Btr«ev
ruiAdttlpbift.

GEORUETOWX, MO. — H. H. Meier
Son are erecting- a greenhouse.

igi^f.

The American Florist.

1233

Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

AliTERNANTHERAS.

Extra fine cuttings o% Alternaathera, 50c per
100. New Haven Floral Co., New Haven. Ind.

Alternantheras. 8 vars., 2-tn., ?2 per 100;
118.60 per l.uOO; 3-in.. $3 per 100. K. Vincent,
Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araucarla escelsa glauca, 5-inch pots, 10 to
12 inches. 2-3 whorls, 75c each; $8 per doz.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Araucarla excelsa. 6-ln., 65c each. Holton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

Araucarla excelsa, 50c. 75c and $1 each;
Kobusta Compacta. $1.50 to $2 each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS and SPBENGERl,
3-ln.. $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.

Araucarias In sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
51 Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, 2%-in.. fine plants,
• $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. SPRENGERI. 4-in.,
i large plants. $7 per 100. Cash please. EDGAR

I EASTEKDAY, Nokomls, 111.

Asparagus plumosus nanus, 2^-ln., 60c per

doz.; $4 per 100; 3-in., 85c per doz.; $6 per

100; 4-in.. 15c each; $1.50 per doz.; $12 per

! 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New

York.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengerf, 2^-in., $2
'l per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunningham,

II Delaware, Ohio.

Asparagus Sprengeri, extra strong, 2^-in(rh,
: 3-lnch and 4-inch, $2.50, $3 and $7 per 100.
HENRY MUELLER. LIMA, OHIO.

Asparagus Sprengeri. 3-in., $4 per 100. R.
Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Asparagus plumosus, $25 per 1,000. A. M.
ll Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, 3-in., $6 per 100.
SPRENGERI. 3-ln., $5 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus Sprengeri. 2iA-lnch, $2 per 100; $5
I per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

A8PIDISTKAS.

Aspidistras, green, 5-in. pots. 10-12 leaves, $1
each; variegated, 5-ln. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. lU.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Verviene-
ana, Simon Mardner, Empress of India, Mme.
Jos. Vervaene, Ernst Eckhart. Niobe. Vervsene-
ana alba, etc., 12 to 14 Inches diameter, $9 per
doz.; $60 per 100; 14 to 16. $12 per doz.; $75
per 100; 16 to 18, $18 per doz.; $125 per 100;
18 to 20; $24 per doz.; 20 to 22, $36 per doz.
Dwarf or miniature. Firellv or Hexe and Cbas.
Encke, $4.80 per doz.; $35 per 100. F. R.
Plerson, Tarrytown, N. Y.

Azalea Mollis. 15 to 18 Ins., bushy, 40e each;
$4.25 per doz. ; $35 per 100. Hinodeglri. 15 to
18 Ins., $1.50 each. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Palnesvllle, O.

Azaleas, good values, 14 to 16 Ins.. 70c: 16 to
18 Ins., $1; 18 to 20 Ins., $1.50. The Storrs &
Harrison Co., PainesviUe, Ohio.

Azaleas, leading Christmas varieties. 75c to $3
each. Larger specimens. $3 to $8 each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Azaleas, best varieties. 50c to $5 eachj^Anton
Schultheis, College Point, L. I., N. Y.

BARRERRY.

Thunbcrgs Barberry, 4 to 6. $8; 6 to 10, $15;
12 to 18 well branched, $40; 18 to 24, heavy,
.$55; 24 to 30. lueavy, $70. Valdesian Nurseries,
Bostlc, N. C.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramids and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St.. New York.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Boehrs Co.,
Rutherford. N. J.

BEGONIAS.

Begonias, Lorraine and Cincinnati, 5-ln.. 50c
to 75c each; O-in.. $1 to $1.50 each; 7-in.. $2 to
$2.50. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Begonia Glolre de Chatelaine. 2-in., $4 per
100; $35 per 1,000; 3-in.. $6 per 100. R. Vin-
cent. Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Hex Begonia, 2yi-in.. $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 each; 2i^ ft.,
$1.50; 3 ft.. $2; 3% ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe, 14x14
inch. $3. Heavv bushes, 2 ft.. $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-ln., 35c each, F. O. Franzen, 5319
N. Clark St., Chicago.

Boxwood, bush shape, 12-in., 30c; I8-ln., 60c;
24-in., $1; 30-ln.. $1.50. Pyramids. 36-ln.. $2.25;
42-ln.. $3: 48-in.. $3.50; 54-ln., .$4. Globes, 18
by 18 Ins., $3.50. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
PainesviUe, O.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bnsb, in
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Gladiolus: Blushing Bride. The Bride.
Augusta, Mrs. Francis King. America. Chicago
White. Write for prices. Splrea: Gladstone,
$8 per ino: Queen Alexandra. .$9 per 100. Lll-
lum giganteum, 6-8-lneh (400 to case), $35 per
1.000; 7-9-lnch (300 to case). $50 per 1.000;
9-10-inch (200 to case), $95 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Bulbs. L. Formosum, 7-9-ln.. 9-10-ln., 10-11-
in.. 11-13-in.: also Japan grown freesias. Vi
and %-in. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Woolworth Bldg., New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kasting Co., 383-387
Ellicott St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1004 Betz
Bldg.. Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Cbas. Schwake & Co.,
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington, New
York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 1004 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

CARNATIONS.

CARNATION CUTTINGS, January Delivery.

Per 100 Per 1000

White Wonder $3.00 $25.00

White Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Hose Pink Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward 2.511 20.00

Northport 2.50 20.00

Champion 6.00 50.00

Commodore 2.50 20.00

Beacon 3.(K> 25.00

Princess Dagmar 6.00 50.00

Guaranteed first-class stock. Can fill orders
by the one hundred and one hundred thousand.

J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO..
JOLIET. ILL.

Carnation Cuttings. Matchless. $6 per 100;
$50 per 1,000; White Wonder, White Enchan-
tress, Philadelphia, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000.
Gloriosa, $3.50 per 100; $30 per 1.000. Enchan-
tress, $3 per lOU; $25 per 1.000. Pink Sensa-
tion, $12 per 100; $100 per 1,000. Champion, $6
per 100; .$50 per l.OOO. Herald. $3.50 per 100;
$30 per 1,000. Rosette. $3 per 100; J25 per
1,000. Vaughan's Seed .Store, Chicago and New
York,

Carnations, Aviator, $12 per 100; $100 per
1,000. Peerless Pink, $0 per 100; $50 per 1,000,
Champion, Yellow Prince. Matchless, Phila-
delphia, Princess Dagmar, Gloria. Pink Delight,
$6 per 100; $50 per 1,000. The Herald. En-
chantress Supreme, Conquest. $4 per 100; $30
per l.OuO. White Wonder. White Enchantress,
Enchantress, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. Chi-
cago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St., Chi-
cago.

EXTRA FINE CARNATION CUTTINGS.
The best in the land. Big value for your
money.

Enchantress $20.00 per 1,000

White Enchantress 20.00 per 1.000

White Wonder 20.00 per 1,000

SINNER BROS..
56 East Randolph St., Chicago, lU.

Carnations, Matchless, Gorgeous, Philadelphia,
$6 per 100; $50 per 1,000, Enchantress Su-
preme, Pink Delight, $5 per 100; $40 per 1,000.
Benora. $i.50 per 100; .$30 per 1,000. C. W.
Ward, White Wonder, White Perfection, White
Enchantress, Beacon, Enchantress, $3 per 100;
?25 per 1,000. Amohat Greenhouses, Mamaro-
Deck, N. Y.

Carnation cuttings. Philadelphia, Champion,
Peerless Pink. Matchless. Pink Delight. $6 per
100; $50 per 1,000. Aviator $12 per 100; $100
per 1 000. White Wonder. Beacon, Enchantress,
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Rosette. White Enchantress,
$3 per 100; $25 per l.OiXi. Herald, $4 per 100;
$25 per 1.000. Enchantress Supreme, $4 per
100; $27 per 1.000. A Henderson & Co., 369
River St., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON, N. J.

Carnations. White Enchantress, Pink Enchan-
tress Rose Pink Enchantress, Mrs. Ward, Bea-
con, White Perfection, $2.50 per 100; $20 per
1 (100. Herald. $27. .50 per 1.000. Josle Merle.
$27.50 per 1.000. Peter Reinberg, 30 E. Kan-
dolph St., Chicago.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS, for Decem-
ber or later delivery; Enchantress, White En-
chantress, Victory, Beacon, Mrs. C. W. Ward,
etc price. $20 per 1,000; $2.50 per 100. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES,
Denver. Colo. .

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLINGS, and fine
varietv to grow, $5 per 100. C. C. PoUworth
Co., Milwaukee.

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Dec. 26^

Carnation Matchless, rooted cuttings, $6 per
100; $50 per 1.00); ?112.50 per 2,500; $200 per
5.000. Mrs. 0. W. Ward and Beacon, $3 per
10,1; $25 per 1,0!0. Cottage Gardens Co., Inc.,
Queens, New York.

Carnations. Pink Sensation. Good Cheer, $12
per 100; $100 per 1,000. F. Dorner & Sons Co.,
La Fayette, Ind.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,
roUet, 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMrMS.

ROOTED CHRYSANTHEMUM CDTTINGS.
January, February and March Delivery.

WHITE: Smith's Advance, $2.50 per 100;
Wm. Turner, $3 per 100; Chadwick Improved,
$3 per 100; December Gem. $3 per 100; White
Bonnaffon, $2.50 per 100; Alice Salomon. $4 per
100; White Perfection, $3 per 100. YELLOW:
Golden Glow, $2 per 100; Yellow Eaton, $2.50
per 100; Ramapo. $3 per 100; Chrysolora, $2.50
per 100; Yellow Bonnaffon. $2.50 per 100;
Golden Wedding, $3 per 100. PINK: Chief-
tain, best pink, $4 per 100; Pink Gem, $2.50
per 100.

POMPON CDTTINGS. '

Fairy Queen, Baby. Diana and Newberry,
$2.75 per 100. New 1914 varieties, Golden
Harvest. Golden Climax. Golden West and
Western Beauty, $6 per 100.

A. HENDERSON & CO.,

River Street,

Chicago, III.

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS, best
early, medium and late varieties, to be shipped
when ready, 60c per doz. ; $4 per 10H>. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES,
Denver, Colo.

CHRY'SANTHEMDM STOCK PLANTS.
Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme and Smith's Ad-
vance, $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. Chrysolora.
ft per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood,
111.

Chrysanthemum Early Frost, rooted cuttings
or 2-in. pot plants, $12 per 100; $100 per
1,000. F. Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.

Golden Glow. Pacific Supreme and Smith's
Advance, strong bushy 2-inch pot plants, $3
per 100; $25 per 1,000. Chrysolora. $4 per 100.
A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood, 111.

Chrysanthemums, novelties, commercial, exhi-
bition or pompons. Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
Adrian, Mich.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

COLEUS.

Coleus, 12 varieties. 2-ln., $2 per 100: $18.50
per 1,000; 3-in., $3 per 100. R. Vincent, Jr., &
Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Coleus, rooted cuttings, 00c per 100; 2-in.
pots, $1.50 per 100. New Haven Floral Co.,
New Haven, Ind.

CROTONS.

Crotons, 4-inch, 40c each; $4 per doz.; $30
per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York,

Crotons, swell colored in all varieties, 50c
and 75c. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove,
01.

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN, 3-in., $8 per 100; G'd Alba, 4-in.,
»15 and $20 per 100. Wandsbek type, 5-in., ,$35
and $50 per 100; 8-in., 75c and $1 each.
SEEDLINGS, 10 varieties, equally divided. $2.50
per 100; $20 per 1.000. Glorv of Wandsbek. llcht
and dark, separate, $3.50 per 100; $.'iO per 1,000.
IMPROVED GL. OF WANDSBEK, dark and
light, large flowers and better grower. $4.50
per 100; $40 per 1.000. ERNEST ROBER, WU-
mette, lU.

My Chicago prize winning Cyclamen, 4-ln. at
15c mixed; Bin. at 3.5c mixed: 6-tn. at 60c
mixed. R. J. SOUTHERTON, Highland Park,

111;

Cyclamen seedlings, best strain, $2.50 per 100;
$20 per 1.000. A. Henderson & Co., 369 River
Street, Chicago, HI.

DAHLIAS.

Dahlias, pot roots. For varieties and prices
see advertisement elsewhere In this issue.
<Seorge Fairbairn & Sons, Botcherby, Carlisle,
England.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Fine 2M!-inch stock, Etoile d'Or.
best yellow forcing daisy. $4 per 100. Cash.
A. E. HUNT & CO., 56 East Randolph Street,
Chicago.

DRACAENAS.

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 3-in., $5; 4-in.. $10; 5-in..
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton. N. J.

FERNS.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties, 2%-
in., $!.50 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants, 2^-in., .?4 per lUO;
3-in.. $7 per IQO: 4 in.. $15 per 100; 7-ln.. $6
per doz.; 7-ln., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-in..
$12 per doz.; 10-in., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MAN!, 2Mi-in., $5 per 100; 3-in.. $10 per 100;
5-in.. $25 per 100 extra heavy 8-in.. $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO., MILWAUKEE.

Ferns, assorted for dishes, our selection of
varieties, 2V4-in., BOc per doz.; $3.50 per 100;
$30 per l.nOO. Boston, 3-in.; 15c each; $1.25
per doz.; $8 per 100; 4-ln., 25c each; $2.50 per
doz.; $20 per 100; 6-in., 40c each; $4.50 per
doz.; $35 per 100; 6-in., 75c«each; $8 per doz.;
$60 per 100; 7-in., $1 each; .$10 per doj. ; $75
per 100; 8-in.. $1.25 each; $14 per doz.; $100
per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Ferns for dishes, including aspidium oryto-
mium falcatum. Pteris Mayi, Wilsoni, etc.. $3
per 100; $25 per 1.000. Adiantum Croweanum,
5-in., 20c. Glorv of Mordrecht. 5-in.. 35c; 4-in..
25c. Cibotlum Schiedei, 5-ln., 75c.: 6-ln., $1.
Crytomium Rockfordianum, 4-in., 10c: 5-in.. 20c;
e-in., 35c. The Storrs & Harrison Co., Paines-
ville. 0.

Boston ferns, 2-ln $3.00 per 100

Boston ferns, 3-In- 6.00 per 100

Roosevelt out of bench, strong plants, $15.00
and $20.00 per 100.

Boston out of bench.' $10.00 and $15.00 per 100.

Pteris out of flats, $1.50 per 100 clumps;
shipped in flats, $1.50 per flat. Cash.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTB, ILL.

Ferns. Boston, Whitmanl and RooseveTt, 5-in.,
25c each; $3 per doz.; 6-in., 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 7-in., 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-ln.. $1
each; $12 per doz.; 10-in., $2.50 each; 12-in..
$3.50 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., .Morton
Grove. 111.

Choice Boston ferns, 2V>-inch. at $4 per 100;
$35 per 1.000. Whitmanl. $4.50 per HXi; $40
per 1,000. Roosevelt, $4.50 per lOl); $40 per
1.000. Roosevelt. Jr., $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
Cibotlum Schiedei. 5-inch. 75c: 6-inch, $1. A.
Henderson & Co.. 369 River Street, Chicago, 111.

Boston ferns. 5-inch.. 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adiantum Croweanum. 3-in., $8 per 100: $70
per 1,000. A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Ferns. Boston and Whitman!, 3-in., 4-in.,
15c: 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Boston ferns, 4-inch, fine plants, $10 per 100.
Cash please. EDGAR EASTERDAY, Nokomis, 111.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J.

FICUS.

Flcus. 25c and 50c each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, 111.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums. 2 and 2^^-inch pots: Alphonse
Ricard, Beaute and Jeunesse Poitevine. .S. A.
Nutt. Gen. Grant. Montniort. Mme. Buchner,
Mme. Roselear, La Favorite, F. Perkins, etc.,
$2.50 per 100; .$22.50 per 1,000. Paul Camp-
bell, $3.25 per 100; $30 per 1,000. Ivy gera-
niums. $3 per 100; $28 per 1.000. Alonzo J.
Bryan, Washington, N. J.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3V.-in. pots, $7 peT 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREENHOUSE, Minot,
N. D.

Geraniums, largest collection and finest stock
In America at prices from $2 per 100 up. R.
Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh. Md.

Geraniums, 2-In.. $3 per 100. Hall Calne
and Marv Barton. 2-ln.. J."). Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St., Portland, Ore.

'Geranium S. A. Nutt. 2-inch, strong stock, $2
per 100. HENRY MUELLER, Lima. Ohio.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard. Perkins,
Poitevine. 2in.. $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Geraniums. S. A. Nutt. $12.50 per 1,000..
Poitevine and Ricard. $15 per 1,000. A. M..
Herr. Lancaster, Fa.

GLADIOLUS.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Munsell & Harvey, Ashtabula. Ohio.

GREENS.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural*
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsmai^
Co., Evergreen, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Ever-
green, Ala.

Fancy holly, $3 per case. Laurel branches..
$2.50 case. Boxwood Sprays, 12c lb. W. Z.
Purnell, Snow Hill, Md.

Christmas greens of all kinds. St. Louis See*
Co., 408 N. Broadway, St. Louis, Mo.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, pot-grown. French sorts, La Lor-
raine, Mme. E. Moulliere. Mme. Maurice llamar.
Mme. Gaillard. Mme. Chantard. 5-in., $25 per-
100. Otaksa. 0-in.. 4 to 0 shoots. $35 per 100;
8-in., 6 to 8 shoots, $30 per 100. The Storrs
& Harrison Co., Painesville, O.

Hydrangea Otaksa, 6 and 7-inch pot-grown,
strong plants, 40c and 50c each. Ernest Rober,
Wilmette, 111.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, 3-in. pots, $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

rviEs.

English ivy, out of 6-in. pots, up to 5 ft.,
high, $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 K.
49th St., Portland, Ore.

English ivv from field. 20 to 30 inches, $3;
from pots, 30 to 40 Inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST, Kenilworth. N. J.

Hardy English ivy, 2-in., $2 per 100; $18.5»
per 1,000; 3-in.. $3 per 100. R. Vincent, Jr., &
Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

ENGLISH IVY', strong 4-inch. $10 per 100.
HAREY HEINL, West Toledo, Ohio.

German Ivy, 2^-in., $2 per 100 cash. Josepl^
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Fails, Iowa.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley. largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert, Wandsbek, nr. Hamburg,
(Tormany. Apply to Otto Helnecken, 17 Bat-
tery PI.. NewYork,

Lily of the valley pips, Berlin or Hamburg,
cases of 3,000 pips, $40; 1,000. $14; BtiO, $7.50.
J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St., New
York.

From Storage.

Lily of the valley. Brun's Celebrated Chi-
cago Market Brand. Cold Storage Valley pips-
give best results all year around. Order now
for January and February. $20 per l.OoO; 500
for $10.50; 250 for $5.50; $2.50 for 100. Flo-
rists' Money Maker. $18 per 1,000; 500. $9.50:
250, $5. Place your order Tor valley pips wlth-
me and you will be sure of getting the best at
lowest prices. Choicest cut valley for Christmas,
H. N. Bruns, 3032 W. Madison St., Chicago.

Lily of the Valley pips, selected cold storage,
full cases (two thousand or morel. $18 per
1.000; 1,000 pips for $19; 500 for $10; 250 for
$5; 100 for $2.50. J. A. Budlong, 82-86 B,
Randolph St., Chicago.

Lily of the Valley, cold storage, selected pips,,
packed In cases of 250. 500 and I.OOO each,
P. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, New York.

Lily of the valley, cold storage, $1.75 pcf
100; $16 per 1,000. C. C. PoUworth Co., Mil-
waukee, Wis.

IVnJSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Cultnre.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn,

NURSERY STOCK.

E. TURBAT & Co., Nurserymen, ORLEANS..
France, grow all outdoor Nurseries stocks:
FRUIT, Ornamental and Forest. Wholesale list
on demand.

if You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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Nursery stock, fi'uit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees,
blnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N, J.

Bob-

PEPPERS.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and semi-
eetablislied. Lager & Hurrell. Summit, N. J.

PAIiMS.

KENTIA BELMOKBANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 18 $0,35

6-inch pots, 6 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

6inch pots, 6 to 7, 32 to 34 2.00

8inch tubs, 6 to 7, 36 3.00

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

8-inch tuba, 6 to 7. 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FORSTEKIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. E.ioh.

4-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 $0.35

6-inch pots, 5 to 6, 34 to 36 1.50

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 46 to 48 3.50

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 50 to 54 5.00

10-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to SM- ft. 8.00

10-lnch tubs, 6 to 7. 6 to eVj ft. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTEBIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-inch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 ...$1.50

7-inrh pots. 5 plants in a pot. 34 to 38... 2. .50

7-lni-h tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 38 ... 3.00

8-iroh tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42. . . 3..W

8-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54... 5.00

8-lnch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56. . . 6.0O

10-inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 5 ft. high. 8.00

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 to 5H ft.lO.OO

12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high. 12.00

Very strong specimens. 12 and 15-lnch tubs, 7

plants. $15.00, $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

6-inch pots, 20 in. high. 20 in. spread $1.50

7-Inch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

8-inch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.,
MORTON GROVE. ILL.

Palms. Kentia Forsterlana. 6-ln.. 5-6 leaves,
30-32 inches, $1.50 each; $17 per doz.; 7-in.,
6-7 leaves, 36-40 ins.. $3.25 each; 10-in., 6-7
leaves, 60 ins., $S each. Made-up: 7-ln.. 3
plants in a pot, 28-30 Ins., $2.50 each; $27.50
per doz.; 7-in.. 30-34 ins., $3 each; $32.50 per
doz.; 8-in., 3 to -1 plants. 34-38 Ins., $4 each;
$45 per doz.; 10-in.. 3 plants. 70-74 ins., $15
each. Phoenix Canariensis. 7-in., 28-30 Ins.,
$1.50 each. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Palms, Kentia Belmoreana. 6-in.. 6-7 leaves.
22 ins. high. $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Roebelenii, 8-in. pots. 24 ins. high. 26-inch
spread, $3.50 each; 9-lnch tubs. 24 inches high,
30-inch spread. $4 each. A. N. Plerson, Inc.,
Cromwell, Conn.

Cocos Weddelliana. 2-in.. $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100; $90 per 1.000. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

Phoenix Canariensis. fine large plants. $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. 3.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.
PANDANUS.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-inch bushy
plants, full of berries, $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey Floral Co., Maywood, 111.

Christmas peppers, 4-in., 15c each; 5-1d., 25c.
C. H. Frey. Lincoln, Net).

Seeds, beet, sweet corn, garden beans, onloa
sets and seed potatoes. S. D. Woodruff & Sons^
82 Dey St., New YorK.

POINSETTIAS.

POINSETTIAS. surplus of 1,000 2H-lnch; fine
stock, $5 per 100; $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
BODA, Omaha, Neb,

POINSETTIAS, 2y2-in., $5 per 100; 4-in.,
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Bap-
ids, Mich.

Polnsettias, choice stock In pans with good
brackets, 75c to $2.50 each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

PRIMTJIiAS.

Primroses: Obconica alba rosea and san-
guinea. 2y4-in., $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1,000.
Jos. H. Cunningham. Delaware, O.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES, 2l4-in., $3 per
100; 4-in., $12.50 per 100. HENKY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mich. V

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines:
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore, Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett. Little Silver, N. J.

California and Amoor River, any size and
quantity. Valdesian Nurseries. Bostic. N. C.

RED WINTER BERRIES.

Red Winter Berries, best quaUty. A. R.
Fosdick & Co., Dowagiac, Mich.

ROSES.

Rose Mrs. Moorfleld Storey. Own root: $30
per 100; 250, $70; .500, $125; 1.000. $250; 2.500.
$565; 5,00<i, $1,000; 10.000 $1,800. Grafts;
$35 per 100; 250, $82.50; 500. $150; ,1.000,
$300; 2,500. $69u; 6.000. $1,250; 10.000. $2,300.
Eyes: $27 per 100: 250, $62.50; 500, $120;
1,000. $220; 2,500, $490; 5,000. $850; 10,000,

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, Mass.

Rose Hoosier Beauty, own root: $30 per 100;
$250 per 1,000. Grafted: $35 per 100; $300
per 1.000. Ready March 1. The E. G. Hill
Co., Richmond, Ind. F. Dorner & hons Co.,
LaFayette, Ind.

E. TURBAT & CO., Orleans, France. Enor-
mous stock of Rose Trees, old and new varieties.
Wholesale list on demand.

ROSES. My Maryland and Pink Killarney,
3-in. $5 per 100. Kalserln, 4-in.. $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Roses on canina itock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. & Co.,
Hoogeveen, Holland.

Pandanus Veitchii. 4-in.. 50c; 5-in., 75c to
$1; 6in.. $1.50; 7-in.. $2 to $2.50. Poehlmann
Bros. Co.. Morton Grflve. 111.

Pandanus Veitchii, 4-In., 60c each; $6 per
doz.; 6-in.. $1.50 ench. Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago and New York.

PANSDES.

PANSIES— ROMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection. 50c per
100; $3.50 per 1.000. Express prepaid. C.
HD.MFELD, Clay Center, Kans.

Giant Trimardeau Pansles, mixed colors, fine
plants, $2.50 per 1,(100; 5.000 for $10. Cash.
J. H. Krone, Jr., R. P. D. No. 1, Fort Smith,
Ark.

PANSIES. strong, stocky plants, ready for
transplanting, $4 per l.n(X>. Caph with order.
BLITCH-LONG GREENHODSES. Denver. Colo.

Pansles. $2.50 per 1.000; 5,000 for $10. Elmer
Rawllngs. Olean. N. Y.

Pansy plants. $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Con-
nlngham, Delaware, cy.

Roses, 1-yr., 2%-ln.. 2-yr., 4i-ln, Leedle
Floral Co., Springfield. O.

Roses. Gratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen,
Holland.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.
SEEDS.

Flower seeds for early sowing. (3ompletfr
list for the asking. The W .W. Barnard Co.,
231-235 W. Madison St., Chicago.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hurff, Swedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seeds and field corn. George R. Pedrlck &
Son, contract seed growers, Pedrlcktown, N. J,

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet com. S. M. Isbell & Ck)., Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's-
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport, Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash. West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont, Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, fiint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co.. Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, peas and beans. Alfred J. Brown Seed)
Co.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Seeds, novelties in flowers and vegetables.
Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc.. 125 Chamber of
Ck)mmerce Bldg., Boston, Mass.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlflora. etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds Pansy: Vaughan's International mix-
ture, $10 per oz. ; $2.50 per Vt oz.; $1.50 per
% oz.; trade packet, 50c. Giant mixture. $4
per oz.; $1 per Vt oz.; 60c per 14 oz.; trade
packet, 25c. Early flowering giant pansles,
white, yellow, light blue, dark blue, mixed,
trade packet 500 seeds. 65c; % oz., $2.50. As-
paragus Plumosus. per 100 seeds. 50c; 250
seeds. $1; 1.000 seeds, $3.50; 5,000 seeds, to
10.000, $3.25 per 1.000. Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago and New York.

PANSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop. $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTE, ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin. Sweet. Flint and
Dent com. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea' and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford. Conn.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J..
Bolgiano & Son, Light, Pratt and Bllicott Sts„
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.
C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calif.

Seeds, wholesale growers. The KlmberllD'
Seed Co., Santa Clara, Calif.

Seeds, alfalfa. Blackman & Griffin Co.,
Ogden. Utah.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Seeds, eucalyptus and acacia. Bnumings, P.
0. Box 857. Melbourne, Australia.

Seeds, tomato seed our specialty. Haven.
Seed Co., Santa Ana. Calif.

Seeds, peas, beans and sweet corn. Sioux
City Seed and Nursery Co., Sionx JHty,_Iowa.
Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.

Tomato seed. Wm. Redcay, Lancaster, Pa,, R.6..
SMILAX.

Smilax. 2V4-inch. $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000..
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramsburg pink Snapdragons, bushy plants
from 2-inch pots. $3 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral:
Co., Maywood, 111.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Earlv Ozark. Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage. Hundred Dollar. McKlnley. Morning-
Star. Myrtle Murreil, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success. Three W's. U. S., King Edward, Wm.
Beit. $2 per 100; $16 per 1,000. Chesapeake,
Fendall. Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1.000.
Everbearing (Progressive. Productive, Superb),
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Sliver, N. J.

SWAINSONA.

Swainsona, white and pink, 2-in., $2 per 100;
$18.50 per 1,000; 3-in., $3 per 100. B. Vincent,.
Jr.. & Sons Co.. White Marsh. Md.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
ids, especially selected for greenhouse forcing,,
seedlings, $1 per 1.000. Strong parsley roots,.
100 for $1. Shipment day order received..
DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville, 111.

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vrvcAs.

VInca rooted tips, green or Variepata. $1
per 100; $9.50 per 1.000. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES. Denver. Colo.

Vlnca varlegata. 3x3^ pot, $5 per 100. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

VIOIiETS.

VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, field-grown,
strong, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH. Grand
Rapids. Mich.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co., St. Louis. Mo. , _^

ASHES.

Hardwood ashes. No. 1 Canadian unleached.
Incinerator ashes. Best fertilizer to use. Geo.
Stevens. Peterborough, Out., Canada.

BOILERS.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co.. 452 W. Erie St.. Chicago.

'•Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse hentlne.
Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846 W.
Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers, Giblln standard greenhouse. Giblin
& Co.. 901 Broad St., Utlca, N. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-inch. 6=J4 cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co., 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, f.or green-
houses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works. 2725 N.
Marshfield Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler times, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts.. Chlcrago.

CARXATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, 50c
for 1,000. postage paid.

^IICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE,
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Mich.

PillBburv Carnation Staples. 1.000 for 35c ;
3,000 for $1. I. L. Pillsbury. Galesburg. III.

GLASS, PXJTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price, Baur Window Glass Co.. Eaton. Ind.

GOLD FISH.

TRY US on Gold Fish. Aquariums and Globes.
The J. N. McCullough's Sons Co., 316 Walnut
St., Cincinnati. O.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co.. 2340 Wabansla
Ave., Chicago, III.

Greenhouse Construction. Save 10% to 20%
on your greenhouse. Willens Construction Co.,
1527 S. Spauldlng Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof mate-
rial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans' and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
inger Co., 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all kinds
of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. A. Dietsch Co.,
2642 Sheffield Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., Slat and Spauldlng
Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co.. Des Plaines. 111.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lum-
ber Co.. Lockland. O.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid— NICOFUMB— Paper, for thrlps, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co.. Inc., Louisville,
Ky.

Aphlne. $1 per qt.. $2. SO per gal. Fungine,
75c per qt.. $2 per gal. Vermine. $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Scaline, 7nc per qt.. $1.50 per
gal.: 10 gals.. $10. Nikotiana, $1.50 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphine Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.

Building material, pecky cypress, drop sid-
ing, ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Schlllo Lumber Co.. 1560 Kingsbury St.,
Chicago.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed flcms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford. London, England.

Nicotine. The Grasselll Chemical Co., Cleve-
land. Pittsburgh, St. Louis, New York. Cin-
cinnati, St. Paul, Boston, Detroit, Birmingham,
Chicago, Milwaukee. New Orleans.

Pesto Pruning Shears. The Peck. Stow &
Wilcox Company, Southington. Conn., and
Cleveland, Ohio.

McCray Refrigerators beep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Befrlgerator Co., 670 Lake
St.. Kendallville. Ind.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points. 1,000. 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cvcas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples. 50c for 1.000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St..
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points. % and "'k, 40c per lb.; 7
lbs.. $2.50; 15 lbs.. $5. Rnnrtolpb & McClem-
ents. 5936 Penn Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa.

Evan's Improved Challenge Ventilating Appa-
ratus. Quaker City Machine Works, Richmond,
Ind.

Folding Valentine boxes: also a complete
line of various colors and sizes of florist boxes.
Write for samples and prices. A. A. Arnold
Paper Bos Co., 16-22 South Peoria St., Chicago.

Sieberts' Zinc Glazing Points, % and 7^
inch. 40c per lb.; 5 lbs.. $1.85; 20 lbs.. $7.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York .

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago^;

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska. 151 N. Wabash Ave.,
Chicago.

Iron reservoir vases and lawn settees. The
McDonald Foundry, Columbus, Ohio.

Florists* baskets of all kinds. Raedleln Has-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Model extension carnation pupports.
Bros.. 266 N. 9th St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Igoe

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

NIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers. $1 per doz.. by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids.
Iowa. ^ .

Florists* red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co.. South ZanesvUle. Ohio.

Neponset, flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Standard pots, all sizes. The Whllldin Pot-
tpr-v On.. 709 Wharton St.. Philadelphia, Pa. __

:Syracuse red pots. Syracuse Pottery Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb nan*?. Hil*
finger Bros. Pottery, Fort Edward, N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Harley
Pottery Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Pots. Hews* standard. A. H. Hews & Co.,
Cambridge. Mass.

Red pots. Geo. Keller & Sons, 2S14-22 Hern-
don St.. Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pots.
Detroit Flower Pof Mfy.. Detroit. Mich.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 feet.
per 100. 85c: 500. $3; $5.50 per 1.000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per I10. 60c; per
1.000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

Floral designs, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shnde
frames. Eaffle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St.,
Cleveland. Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros.. 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

For Names

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The American : :
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■ " TRADE ■ ■
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Contains 552 Pages
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THE AMERICAN
FLORIST COM-
PANY'S Trade Di-
rectory for 1914, fully revised
to date, with thousands of
new names and changes of
address, is now ready for dis-
tribution It contains 552
pages, including complete
lists of the Florists, Seeds-
men and Nurserymen of the
United States, Canada, Cen-
tral and South America, ar-
ranged both by states and
towns and all names alpha-
betically. Also lists of For-
eign Merchants, Firms
which Issue Catalogues,
Horticultural Supply Con,
cerns, Parks, Cemeteries,
Landscape Architects, Exper-
iment Station Horticultur-
ists, Botanical Gardens, Seed
Growers, and much other
conveniently indexed and in-
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PUBLISHTD BY THE

Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St.
CHICAGO

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Save 10% to 20% on Your Greenhouse

We have acquired more business through recommendations from thoroughly sat-
isfied customers than through our advertising. We thrive on repeat orders. We

have tripled our business in one year. We have received
absolutely no correspondence expressing dissatisfaction
on price, delivery or quality of construction.

WILLENS CONSTRUCTION CO.

There's a Reason

If you contemplate building,
let us send a capable repre-
sentative to see you without
cost to you. We make this
•ffer because of our implicit
confidence in our material
and service. Write us today.

'We Understand Our Business Thoroughly"

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Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your Deeds from the enormous stocks oi
the world's largest Building Material Department.
Reap tbe benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, frtass, overbauted iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc* Take advantage of our
eBgineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41 — Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, size
lHx2V2 100 running ft $2.85

XJ-42 — Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
lHx2h. 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, pt-rlOOOft.. bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44~No, 1 Cypress, 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, lH-in.x3ft,
X 6 ft., without glass. 12 or more, each W

XJ-46 — Standard Hot Bed Sasb, as above,
with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
rol 1 $1.90 to 1 .13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecldng Co.,

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

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GLASS

W* are Uaders. Lares stock, (ood pries*.

SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO.

CBICAOO. OUNOIS.

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The Regan Printing House

LAKGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

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VnftlTE FOR PRICKS.

527 Plymouth Place. CHICAGO.

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Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, Postpaid.

American Florist Company

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

The best equipment and labor saving devices
combined with strict economy, enable us to quote the
lowest prices for the best material.

Order whatever you need, either for repairs

or new houses. We will quote you the prices,

We Paying The Freight or auo the Net Prices

and you to pay the freight.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

Greenhouse Material, Hotbed Sash

2340 WABANSIA AVE. (near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

A Record To Be Proud Of

The Florists' Hall Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00
For Inll particolars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J.

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'Red D^vlt" IVo. Oa^

The glazier's standard toot for cuttini? alt kmds of
glass. The "Red Devil'' glass cutter that is used by
all. Known and recognized throughout the world as
THE BEST cutter ever made. Sold everywhere by the
hardware trade. Ask your local dealer for "Red Devil"
No. 024, Send us three 2c stamps for One only free
sample.

SMITH & HEMENWAY CO.,1 70 Chambers St., New York.

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Siabart'a Zlne
Glasina Point*.

Good for small or
larsre elass, do not rust,
easy to drive, H and H
inch. Perlb.40c.5-lba.
$1.8S. 20-lbs. $7.00

Vaughsn'a
Seed t*«ore
Chicago New York

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Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD

OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS. ; :

We solicit your ioQuiries.

THE CAMP CONDUIT Ca

Manufacturers,

CLEVELAND.

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EstabUshed 1765

FOR ••r*OT l^XJOK" USE

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

rOT MAKERS
FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF.

AND RED EARTHENWARE SPECIALTIES.

WORLD'S LARGEST
MANUFACTURERS.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WAREHOUSES:
Cambridge, Mass. New York, N. T.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Cm b* ihipped at an honr'i ootice. Price per
crate:

2000 IH'U.. crate, $6.00 456 4H-ln.. crate, S5.24

1500 2 •• 4.88 320 5 " 4.51

1500 2W •* 5.25 210 5H " 3-78

150024 " 6.00 144 6 " 3.16

1000 3 '■ 5.00 120 7 " 4.20

8003H •• 5.80 60 8 " 3.00

500 4 •• 4.50

HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY, 'srw^YORK*

Aotfnst Kolker 6 Sons, 61 Barclay St.,
New York City Adentt.

Onr Specialty: Lont Distance and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes frono 2 in. to 6 in.

Ask your dealer for them.

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM, MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Frompt Service Reliable Gocxls.

Special discounts on large orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breitschwerth, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Full size and wide bottoms.
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROrr FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEV. Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

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RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagner Plant Boxes

' >re tbe best and cheapest in the
' market for palms, boxwood, bay
trees, etc. Tber are attractiTe io
design, stronc: and darable suit-
able for either indoor or outdoor
use. Made of cypreas which
ives them a lastioc quality.
^e manufacture Tarioua styles
and size*. Writs for prices.
WadBcr Parte OmMcrratortea. Sidney, Ohio

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m

RED POTS

that Tou will be proud to hare on your benches is the kind we have t*
offer We use Dothing but tbe best material and skilled labor and offer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All g^oods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
tho^ worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots, Hanging Baskets and othar
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous **Moss Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l orncc and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

Chicado onice and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
New York Ottlce, 25 W. BROADWAY.

Flower and Vegetable Waterproof

Vaughan's Seed Store, Agents,

waterproof, CHICAGO and NEW YORK.

Don't Break,

Cost Uttle. Shippers may use them and save their customers many dollarsin expresscharges.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

Mannfactnrers o(

Red Pots

Before bnyinr write for pric«a.

M14-2022 Hemdoa St,

CHICAGO

THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO.,

709-19 Wharton St.,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.; Branch, Long Island City, N, Y.

Standard Flower Pots

Make Plants Grow.

Write (or Prices and New Catalogue.

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Standard Flower Pots

Porosity and Strenrth
Unsurpassed.

Write tor prices.

A. F. KOHR

30a4-a«-38 N. Le«Tltt St. CHICAOO

Mcntioii the American Florist whc^i xoriting

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OFBIOH
GRADE..

See Our Catalo^e.

a^wau? 6IBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y.

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Pots Here

The Best Pot
TheB(

Sen

C. C. Polh

;st Price
Properly Packed

No Breakage
I for Price List

vorth Co., rr

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Florist SFeelalitos.

New Biud New Styk.
Bo.e "KITERTON*'

Furnished in kogtlis of
to yio ft. without team m
joint.

Tke U08I fortkt nOUH
M-inch, per ft., 15 c.

Reel oi^ 500 ft-. " "45<«-

a ReeU, 1000 ft., " 14 c.

" ;-inch, " 13 «•

eels, soo ft., " >«5<«.

Couplings fiimUhed.
HENRY A. DREER,
714 Chestnut St., n
Philadklfhia. Fa.

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Kramer's Pot Hangers

For sale by Wbolesale Seedsmen, Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. Sl.fXI per dozen by express. Sample

dozen bT mail. SI. 25.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

19H'

The American Florist.

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A scalicide and fungicide combined (or San
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APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. i.

Geo. a. BuRNisTON,
President.

M. C. Ebel,
Treasurer.

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The American Florist.

Dec. 26,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.... Ill

Allen J K 121S

Alpha Floral Co... 1217
Amencan Spawn Col228

Amlins E C Co 1211

."Vmohat Grhs 1221

Anderson S A 1217

AnKermueller G H.1212

Aphine Mlg Co 1239

Archias Floral Co.. 1220
Arnold A A Paper

Box Co 1216

Agchmann Godfrey. 1227
Atlanta Floral Co.. .1218
Barnard W W Co.. 1223
Bassett&WaahburnUOh
RMaiia Grh8Co....l211

Baumer Aug R 1217

Baur Window Glasa

Co IV

Bauscher John 1219

Beaven E A 1216

Begerow's 1218

Berber Bros 1213

Bernintr H G 1212

Blackistone Z P 1219
Blackmao & Griffin

Co 1222

Boddinston AT... 1223
Bodeer J & Sons Col22?

Boland J B Co 12i7

BolKiinoJ& Sons.. .1^27

Bragg Ross 1217

Bramley & Son 1220

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 1222

Rreitmeyer's I Sons 12l8
Brown Alfred J Seed

Co 1222

BrowD Bros& Co. .1221

BrunningFH 1224

Bruns H N 1223

Bryan AlonzoJ1227 1231
Buchbinder Bros.. 12^2

Buclrbee H W 1220

Budlone I A 1211

Burpee W A & Co. .1227
Caldwell theWoods

man Co 1216

California Florists. 1220
CalSeed Growers ..1223
Camo Conduit Cn 12?7
Carter's Tested Sds.l2.'4
Chicago Carn Co. I 1227
SbicaKO Flower

Growers Assn....l207
Chicago House

Wreckini! Co 1237

Clark E B Seed Co. 1227

Clarke'sSonsD 1.19

Clay &Son 1239

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 1219

Coles WW 1217

Conard & Jones Co.l226

Cooke Geo H 12i7

Cottaee Gardens Col229

Cowee W J Ill

Coy H C Seed Co.. 1225

Craig RobtCo 1229

Critchell C E 1213

Cunningham Jos H.I230

DardsThas 1218

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 1226

Denton Floral Co ..1220
Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg Co 1238

Dietsch A & Co IV

Diller Caskey&

Keen IV

Dorner F& Sons Crl226
DreerH A1230 1232 1238

Duerr Chas A 122li

Duluth Floral Co.. .122(1

DunlopJihoH 1219

Eadie las Co 1220

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box. 1240
limmans Geo M... 1210

Erne & Klingel 1211

F.vres H G 1219

Fairbairn George

&Sons 1227

Fischer Alfred C ...1215
Fish Henry Seed Ccl225

Fisher Peter 1231

Flower Growers

Corporation 1211

Florists' Hail Assn. 1237
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 1215

Ford William P. ...1204
Frank Floral Co.. ..121)

Franzen FO 1229

freeman Mrs J B...1220

Frey CH 1220

Frey & Frey Iil9

Friedman 1217

Froment H E 1215

Furrow & Co 1220

Galvin Thos F 1219

Gardiner Alex C ...1219

Garland Mfg Co 1240

Gasser J M Co 1219

Giblin & Co 1238

Gorham & Chaoline 111
Graham A & son. ..1217
Grand Kapids

Floral Co 1220

Gratama Bros & Col22h

Gude Bros 1218

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc) 1215

Hardesty & Co 1217

Harley Pottery Co. 1238

Hart George B 1215

Haven Seed Co Thel227

Heacock Jos Co 1229

Heinl John G& Sonl220
HendersonA&Co... 1
Henderson Lewis ..1220

Herr Albert M 1230

Herrmann A Ill

Hess &Swoboda...l218
Hews A H & Co.... 1238

Hilfinger Bros 12.38

Hill D Nursery Co.. 1226

Hoerber Bros 1211

HoHmeisterFlo Co 1213
Hollywood Gardensl217

Holm & Olson 1218

Holton & Hunkel

, Co 1212

Home Cor School... Ill
Horticultural Adv. .1231

Hurff Edgar F 1227

Ickes Braun MillCol237

Igoe Bros 1210

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co I2411
Isbell S M & Co... 1225
lackson& Perkins. .U26
Johnston & Co T J. .1217

lones Percy 12i8

Joy Floral Co 1220

Kasting W F Co ... 1
Keller Geo & Sons. 12.38

Keller Sons J B 1220

Kellogg Geo M I2l9

Kelway & Son 1224

Kennicott Bros Co. 1211
Ky Tobacco Pro Col2>2

Kervan Co The 1215

Kessler Wm 1215

Kimberlin Seed Co. 1223
King Construct Co. Ill

Kohr A F 1218

Komada Bros 1240

Kramer I N & Son. .12-8
Kroeschell Bros Co 111

Kruchten John 1211

Kuehn C A 1212

Kuhl Geo A 1221

Kvie & Foerster... 1211
LaCrosse Floral Co 1218
Landreth Seed Co. 1225
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co 1220

Lange A 1217

LeboriusJJ 1219

Leedle Floral Co ...1230
Leonard Seed Co... 1223
Lockland Lum Co. .12-7
Lord& Burnham CoI23y

LovettJT 1226

McCallum Co 121?

McConnell Alex... .1217
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co IV

McDonald Fou'dry.1259
McGee Walters.. ..1239
McNefi-Swenson

Co 1216

Matthews the Flo'sll217
MatlhewsonJE ....1218

■Way & Co L L I 18

Meconi Paul 1215

Memphis Flo Shop 1220
Metairie RidgeNursl 17

Mette Henrv 122S

Moninger J C Co.... Ill
Montreal Floral
Exchange Ltd.... 1204

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rast
GLAZING POINTS
Are posUively the best. Last lorever. Over
^.000 pounds now in use. sure preventative of
class slipping. Effective on large or small glass.
Basy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes, n^nd
h, 40c per lb., by mail 16c extra: 7 lbs. for$2.SO
151b«. for $5.00, by express For sale by the trade

RANDOLPH 6 McCLIMENTS, n<»^l^ts
nee renn Avcnev UlghlMul, ntt(bar0it.Pi.

Moore, Hentz &

Nash 1204

Morehead Mfg Co... Ill

Murray Samuel 1218

Myers Florist 1220

Nat Flo B of Trade. 1240
Nelson Hugh H....1215
N Y Cut Flower Ex 1215
Nicotine Mfg Co....l2^9
Niessen Leo Co ... 1213

Ostertag Bros 1 19

Palez Paul M. ...... 1220

Palmer W J & Son. 1218

Park Floral Co 1218

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 1230

PedrickG R&Son.l22S

Peirce E Allan 12.^8

Peters & Reed Potyl238

Phillips Bros 122'

Pierce FO Co......l2.-9

Pierson A N (Inc). .1230
Pierson F R Co.... 1

Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co ..1222

Pikes Peak Flo Co.. 1220

Plllsbury I L 1240

Podesta&Baldocchil219
Poehlmann Bros Co

1204 1205

Pollwurth C C Co

I 1212 1219 12'8

Portland Flo Store. 1219
Pulverized Manure

Co 1239

QuakerCity Machine

Works 1240

Raedlein Basket Co 1210
Rahn& Herbert.. ..1228
Randall A L Co. ...1211
Randolph & Mc-

Cleroents. ...1217 1240
Rawlings Elmer... .1229
Ready Reference... 1233

Reed & Keller 1240

Regan Ptg House... 1237

Reid Edw 1213

Reinberg Geo.. 1211
RelnbergPeteil207 1229

Renter's 1217

Rice Bros 1212

Rice Co. M 1215

Robinson J C Seed

Co 1227

RockWmLFlwrCol220

Roemer Fred'k 1225

Kohnert Waldo.... 1225
Rolker Aug & Sons. 1226
Rosaia Silvio Co... .1211
Routzahn Seed Co .1225

Rusch G&Co 1212

Rye George 1220

SchilderBros 1225

Schiller, the Florist. 1220
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 1240

SchliagMax 1218

Schmidt J C 1230

SchwakeChas& Col204

SeftonMfgCo 1216

Sharp Partridge &

Co. 1237

Sheridan Walter F. 1215
Siebrecht George C1215
"-immons & Son. ...1220
Sioux City Seed &

Nursery Co 1224

Situation & Wants.. 12o3
SkidelskySS&Co...l223

SIUIS& Groot 1224

Small J H&Sons...l217
Smith A W & Co. ..1219

SmithE D&Co 1221

Smith & Fetters Col2l7
Smith & Hemenwayl237

Smith Henry 1220

Smith Wm C Flo Col212
Smith W&T Co... I
Smith & VoungCo.1210
South Park Flo'l Co II
Storrs & Harrison

1221 1231

StumppGEM 1219

Sunliuht DbleGlass

Sash Co 1232

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. Ill
Syracuse Pot'ry Co. 1238
Thompson J D

Carnation Co 12?1

Thorburn J M & Col225

TottyChasH 1228

Traendly&Schencklil5

Trepel CC 1215

United Cut Flwr Col.'15
Vaughan AL&Co.l209
Vaughan's Seed Store
11221 12251231123712.38
Vick's Sons J-tmes..l225
Vincent R Jr & Sons

Co I

Waban Rose Cons..l2.'0
Wagner Park Cons. 1238

Waite F W 1240

Wallace FD IV

Weber FH 1218

Weiland M 1220

Weiland& Risch...l231

Welch Bros Co 1213

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 1223

Whilldin Pottery Col238
Whitted Floral Co. .1217
Wietor Bros... 1208 1211
Willens Cons Co. ..1237
Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 1212

Wittbold GCo ....1217
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 1220

Wood Bros 12.^0

Woodruff&Son5SD1227
Yokohama Nurs Ccl227
Young A L& Co.. .1215

Young John 1204

Young & Nugent. . . 1217
7ech & Mann.l2C9 1211

Ziska Jos 1211

Zvolanek Anton C..1227

KOMADA BROTHERS

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Send for our illustrated catalogue.

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Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out, and is ^uranteed to givo

satisfaction in every way.

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Write for prices and estimates. Uo it now.

GARUND MANUFACTURING CD:. Pes Plaines. III.

Boiler Tubes 61

cents per toot.

New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell Os Your Wants.

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FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
and Novelties, and are dealers in Glass-
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support on market

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GALVANIZED WIRE

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us at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
in the United States and Canada.

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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JANUARY 2. 1915.

INO. 1387

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers— Patrick Welch. Boston, Mass.,
President; Dan MacKorie, aan Francisco. Calif..
Vice-President; John Young. New York. Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting. Bufialo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19. 1915.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Next annual convention and exhibition at
Bufialo. N. Y.. January 27-28. 1915. S. J. GoD-
DARD, Framingiam, Mass.. President; A. F. J.
Baur, Thirty- jighth St. and Rockwood Ave..
Indianapolis, fnd.. Secretary.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY,

Ann'jal convention and exhibition, Boston.
Mass . March 18-21, 1915. Wallace R. Pierson,
Cromwell, Conn., President: Robt. Pyle. West-
Grove, Pa.. Vice-President, Benjamin Hammond.
Fishkill on-Hudson. N. Y., secretary.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

.\nnual convention and exhibition at Newport,
R.I., July 8-9 1915. L. L. Morse San Francisco,
Calif., President; Harry A. Bunyard, 342 W.
Fourieenth street. New York, Secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

• Annual convention and exhibition at Cleve-
0„ November. 1915. Wm. Kleinheinz. Ogontz.
Pa. President; C. W. Johnson, Morgan Park.
Chicago. Secretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Next annual meeting, San Francisco Calif.,
1915. Gustave X. Amrhvn. New Haven, Conn.,
President; Roland Coterill. Seattle, Wash.
Secretary-Treasurer.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS

Affiliated Organizations and Officers for 1915.

The President's Messagfe.

One of the privileges as well as one
of the very pleasant duties of the presi-
dent of the Society of American Flor-
ists and Ornamental Horticulturists, is
to wish each and every member of the
society and his family a very happy
and prosperous New Year.

While we are just now emerging
from a period of dullness, I believe in
the very near future that times will
change very much for the better. Al-
ready we see grain shipments becoming
extensive, shoe and textile manufac-
turers report increasing business, the
automobile and steel industries are
showing immense improvement and
best of all, the banks of the country
are giving more confidence for the near
future.

Thomas Reed once said that "the
alteration of good and bad times ante-
dates the pyramids," and that certainly
ought to give us courage as we know
it is extremely true. Commercial hor-
ticulturists, together with the other
great business interests of our country,
have shared the losses for the past sea-
son, and although we are apt to think
that our particular business has been
hit the hardest, we know that this is
not the case. But, howevei that may
be, the dominant note of the commer-
cial horticulturists throughout the
United States must be that good times
are coming, and soon will be here.

Once more, I wish to express to you
my grratitude and appreciation for the
honors our society has conferred upon
me. I know with these honors I have
increased responsibility and intend,
with your support, to shoulder this re-
sponsibility and to carry it successfully
throughout the year. At the beginning
of the year, when we all make good
resolutions, I want one of the resolu-
tions of this society to be that it will
work to increase our membership. Of
the ten thousand firms engaged in flori-
culture and horticulture in the United

States, but 20 per cent of them are
members of our society. This ought to
be and must be corrected. We must
impress upon the minds of those who
are not members, that while there are
many local clubs and other national or-
ganizations, organized for the advance-
ment of floriculture and horticulture,
still we are the most important society
in America, whose aim and purpose
have accomplished much in the past,
and with their co-operation, will extend
the field of their operations materially
in the future,

I hope that the gentlemen appointed
to the board of directors and perma-
nent committees with our state vice-
presidents will prove themselves lead-
ers in the new crusade to increase our
membership. We are now living in an
age of co-operation, and what was for-
merly done by individuals, is now done
by organizations, consequently the
members of our society in each state
must work with the vice-presidents to
insure an increased membei 3hip.

An increased membership will have
its influence at Washington, with Con-
gress, and at the capitols of the differ-
ent states, with the legislators both at
home and in the national capital.

An increased membership will better
enable us to continue our campaign of
education, at our national flower shows
and at our annual convention garden.
Many of our young men, traveling
through the country, were some suf-
ficent stimulant offered, could assist in
increasing the membership, and I am
willing to offer the stimulant — a watch
and chain not to cost less than $150,
the funds for which I will raise from
my friends, to be awarded to the mem-
ber who will send to the secretary, Mr.
John Young, 53 West 28th street. New
York, the largest number of names of
new members between January 1 and
July 31, 1915.

Again, I wish you all the joys and
blessings of the season,

PATRICK Welch.

1242

The American Florist.

Jan. 2,

President Welch's Appointments.

Board of Directors for a term of
three years — William R. Nicholson,
Framingham, Mass.; Robert C. Kerr,
Houston, Tex.

Additional members of the Board of
Directors, complying with the amend-
ment adopted at the Boston convention,
to serve one year — Wallace R. Pierson,
Cromwell, Conn., President American
Rose Society; S. J. Goddard, Framing-
ham, Mass., President American Car-
nation Society; Irwin Bertermann, In-
dianapolis, Ind., President Florists'
Telegraph Delivery; Harry A. Bunyard,
New York, President New York Flo-
rists' Club; George Burton, Philadel-
phia, Pa., President Florists' Club of
Philadelphia.

National Flower Show Committee —
William P. Craig, Philadelphia, reap-
pointed member for the full term of six
years.

Washington Representative — William
F. Gude, Washingrton, D. C.

Tariff and Legislative Committee —
William F. Gude, Washington, D. C.
chairman; James McHutchinson, New
York; Wm. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.;
R. M. Ward, New York; Julius Roehrs,
Rutherford, N. J.; Wm. H. Siebrecht,
Jr., Long Island City, N. Y.

Committee on School Gardens — Ben-
jamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y., chair-
man; Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis,
Ind.; Gust. X. Amrhyn, superintendent
of parks, New Haven, Conn.; Michael
Barker, Chicago, III.; Leonard Barron,
Garden City, N. Y.

• Botanist — Prof. J. F. Cowell, Buf-
falo Botanic Gardens, Buffalo, N. Y.

Pathologist— Prof. H. H. Whetzel,
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

Entomologist — Prof. W. E. Britton,
state entomologist, New Haven, Conn.

Chairman Committee on Sports — C.
E. Critchell. Cincinnati, O.

STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Alabama — W. B. Paterson, Jr., Mont-
gomery.

Arkansas — Lawrence Thomas Shel-
ton, Fayetteville.

California (North)— H. Plath, San
Francisco.

California (South) — Edwin Lonsdale,
Lompoc.

Colorado — John Edw. Johnson, Col-
orado Springs.

Connecticut — John F. Huss, Hart-
ford.

Delaware — Wm. Turnavec, Wilming-
ton.

District of Columbia— Elmer C. May-
berry, Washington.

Florida— C. D. Mills, Jacksonville.

Georgia — A. C. Oelschig, Savannah.

Idaho— J. W. C. Deake, Twin Falls.

Illinois (North)— W. J. Keimel, Elm-
hurst.

Illinois ( South 1 — J. F. Ammann, Ed-
wardsville.

. Indiana (North) — W. J. Vesey, Jr.,
Ft. Wayne.

Indiana (South) — Geo. R. Gause,
Richmond.

Iowa — Roy F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs.

Kansas — Charles P. Mueller, Wichita.

Kentucky — Geo. E. Schultz, Louis-
ville.

Louisiana- — Harry Papworth, New
Orleans.

Maine — A. E. Thatcher, Bar Har-
bor.

Maryland — George Morrison, Balti-
more.

Massachusetts (East) — Wm. J. Ken-
nedy, Boston.

Massachusetts (West) — Alfred J.
Loveless.

Michigan (East) — Frank Danzer, De-
troit.

Michigan (West) — Henry Smith,
Grand Rapids.

Minnesota — C. F. Rice, Minneapolis.

Mississippi — S. W. Crowell, Rose-
acres.

Missouri (East) — Robert J. Windier,
St. Louis.

Missouri (West) — W. L. Rock, Kan-
sas City.

Montana — John P. Ring', Helena.

Nebraska — Irwin F. Frey, Lincoln.

New Hampshire — Donald McLeod,
Concord.

New Jersey — Joseph A. Manda, West
Orange.

New York (East) — Max Schling,
New York City.

New York (West) — S. A. Anderson,
Buffalo.

North Carolina— Wm. Rehder, Wil-
mington. •,

President Welch.
Society of AinericHU Florists.

North Dakota — T. D. Smedley, Far-
go.

Ohio (North)— H. P. Knoble, Cleve-
land.

Ohio (South) — C. E. Critchell, Cin-
cinnati.

Oklahoma — George Stiles, Oklahoma
City.

Oregon — F. A. Van Kirk, Portland.

Peansylvania (East) — Harry S. Betz,
Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania (West) — W. A. Clarke,
Pittsburgh.

Rhode Island — Fred C. Green, Provi-
dence.

South Carolina — C. A. Moss, Spar-
tanburg.

South Dakota — W. T. March, Mitch-
ell.

Tennessee — C. L. Baum, Knoxville.

Texas — Henry F. Greve, Dallas.

Utah — A. J. Alt, Salt Lake City.

Vermont — W. E. Peters, Burlington.

Virginia — F. A. Whelan, Mt. Vernon.

Washington — J. W. Duncan, Spo-
kane.

West Virginia — C. P. Dudley, Park-
ersburg.

Wisconsin — F. H. Holton, Milwau-
kee.

CANADA.

Alberta — A. M. Terrill, Calgary.
Manitoba — H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg.
Ontario — H. Dillemuth, Toronto.
Quebec — George A. Robinson, Mon-
treal.

THE RETAIL TRADE

eondncted by Robt. KUt. PhUadelphia, Pa.

The Open Book.

SEE SUPPLEMENT WITH THIS ISSUE.

This is one of the designs requir-
ing careful handling, the shape having
to be sharply outlined. White carna-
tions are the best flower for the body
and they should be stemmed carefully
and placed closely together to give
the even surface required. Some art-
ists imitate the cover or back where
It would show around the edge, with
small purple flowers, single violets,
heliotrope or petals of purple asters
all stemmed in small pieces, and placed
close together when they are trimmed
to a straight edge with a pair of scis-
sors. A book mark of maidenhair fern
with a fringe of small Ward rosebuds
Is an addition. This must be made
flat and like one which would be used
In a book of the size made. An open
book should always be placed on a
plateau or foundation of green with
the flowers loosely arranged. They
should not come up above the set
piece, but if nicely placed are a great
addition to the piece as a whole, mak-
ing it look much larger and more im-
pressive.

The closed book is also quite often
used and can be made up with carna-
tions to represent edges of the white
leaves, while the cover and back can
be made of violets, asters or heliotrope
according to the season. A design can
be traced on the cover, also an inscrip-
tion, but it must be small, generally
initials. A ribbon book mark can
carry any inscription either of paint-
ed or the adhesive letters. K.

Christmas in New York Retail Stores.

Before going into the matter of the
volume of business, it will be appro-
priate to say something of the stock
offered. As early as Saturday, Decem-
ber 19, plants were being delivered at
some of the stores, and by Decem-
ber 22 most of the stores were well
stocked. In relation to quality, we
think the plants were never better, and
along some lines were an improvement
over other years.

There was in nearly every store an
excellent display of poinsettias, well
grown and well flowered, generally In
pans of various sizes. The ardisias
were also very prominent, one leading
retailer having made them almost an
exclusive feature in his Fifth avenue i
show windows. The plants were very I
finely berried and decorated with red
ribbon and made a showy display.

Other berried plants, aucubas. Im-
ported holly, solanums, Skimmia japon-
icas and celestial peppers were also
noteworthy. There were very fine dis-
plays of crotons, some of the plants
being of unusually large size and fine
coloring. In heather there were fine j
displays in both large and medium
sized pots; the smaller sized plants
were much used in basket and hamper
combinations, as were many other flow-
ering and foliage plants.

An excellent feature was the large :
stock of Dracaena terrainalis, which was j
also used extensively in combinations.
In some stores the araucarias were
featured and decorated with red rib-
bon and they were very handsome.
Relating to ribbon, we have never seen
it more profusely used and certainly i
our friends the ribbon men have no j
cause for complaint. While red was

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the predominating color, there was a
shade of ribbon to match any flower.

Returning to the plants, good camel-
lias, begonias of the Lorraine type,
and primroses were noted. The cycla-
mens deserve special mention, for many
of them were exceptionally large and
well flowered. There were some excel-
lent combinations of orchids with other
plants, and in several stores we noted
good cypripediums exhibited as single
plants. Good stock of Otaheite
oranges were seen, and these were to
some extent used in combinations. The
smaller ferns, generally spoken of as
the table varieties, were much used in
small combinations. Much use was
made of the red berried cut stock as a
decoration, which is known in various
localities by different names, such as
elderberry and deciduous holly, but
which we believe is a variety of the
berberis, or barberry. In one store these
were used with fine effect on boxwood
wreaths. The azaleas were not as
prominent in some stores as the heath-
er, poinsettias and some other plants
previously mentioned, but there were
plenty of them, and of good quality.

While many large single plants were
seen it did not appear that there were
as many laige combination baskets and
hampers made up as in some previous
seasons, and we believe that as a mat-
ter of taste, and satisfaction to custom-
ers, this is a move in the right direc-
tion.

What is a novelty to one person may
not be so to another, but to the writer
there were both interesting and amus-
I ing novelties. At the store of G. E. M.
Stumpp, Fifth avenue and Fifty-eighth
street, in addition to many fine combi-
nations of all plants previously men-
tioned, there were a number of what
we would call amusing novelties. These
were grotesque little China images of
men. On their backs was a small
receptacle in which a little plant, a
spray of red berries or a few flowers
might be placed. They are called
"Louis Wain Lucky Mascots."

A. T. Bunyard, 413 Madison avenue,
exhibited "The London Tango Basket."
These were large sized handle baskets
filled with a combination of plants. We
did not quite catch the connection be-
tween them and the tango, having
' never seen the tango. However, one
notable difference between them and
the average basket was that they were
entirely covered with red or blue rib-
bon, with the figure of a parrot perched
J on the handle, and made a very gay
appearance. There was the usual fine
display of plants at this store.

At Alexander McConnell's, Fifth ave-
nue and Forty-ninth street, we noted a
collection of clever imported novelties
in the shape of miniature birds and
animals, a space for a small plant, ber-
ries or flowers being attached to each
figure. At this store there were also
fine imported hollies; heathers of large
size, Otaheite oranges and many other
good features.

One of the finest combinations noted
was at Ralph Armstrong's, Madison
avenue and Forty-seventh street. The
centerpiece, so to speak, was an oncid-
ium, the panicles being supported by
la lattice attached to the hamper; white
lilac and A. farleyense were included in
the combination.

A. Kottmiller, 426 Madison avenue,
had a fine collection of plants. In his
new store he has much larger space,
which he utilized to the best advan-
' tage. He had a large number of hand-
.somely decorated pots, his own work,
and other clever features.

At Charles A. Dard's, Madison ave-
nue and Forty-fourth street, we found
an immense stock of fine heather, cro-
tons and other plants. There was also
at this store a collection of baskets
with metal frames, shaped to hang on
a wall. Some of the baskets were dec-
orated with pine cones. The contents
were of the non-wilting order, such as
barberries and other suitable features.
They make pretty ornaments and we
were advised that they sold well.

At J. H. Small & Sons', 1153 Broad-
way, in addition to a magnificent stock
of heather, there was the finest collec-
tion of boxwood wreaths we have seen.
These were decorated with the red ber-
ries and red ribbon. There were many
other good features at this store.

F. Fleischman, Inc., Fifth avenue
and Forty-second street, exhibited
unique features in his show window,
these being a collection of globular
shaped bird cages, with canaries, in
them. Outside the cage proper, leav-
ing several inches of space between,
there was a strong wire frame to which
suitable decorations were attached. The
store was well filled with good plants.

Max Schling, 22 West Fifty-ninth
street, had a great stock of plants and
there were many pleasing features.
From December 21 throughout the
week there was great activity in this
store.

In his remodeled store, Madison ave-
nue and Fifty-eighth street, Myer made
a fine exhibit of plants and his store
was artistically decorated in red. Red
shading covered the electric lights,
with an excellent night effect.

Herman Kuhn, 896 Sixth avenue, had
a very fine collection of plants, which
were shown to good advantage, he hav-
ing in addition to his store on the
grround floor, a conservatory and per-
manent show room. Heather, aucubas,
poinsettias and other good stocks were
noteworthy.

At the store of Thos. F. Galvin, Inc.,
Fifth avenue and Forty-seventh street,
many good features were noted, includ-
ing heather, camellias, orchids and ex-
ceptionally fine cyclamens.

J. G. Leikens, Inc., Madison avenue
and Fifty-fifth street, made a fine ex-
hibit of all seasonable plants, he hav-
ing space on two floors.

J. W. Hauser, 571 Madison avenue,
had his usual good supply of stock. As
a man of long experience in the busi-
ness, and of a very genial tempera-
ment, Mr. Hauser has many friends
and good customers.

P. L. Bogart, 970 Sixth avenue, ex-
hibited a very fine line of stock, includ-
ing about everything in the plant line.

At Fred Stewig's, 940 Sixth avenue,
a good line of plants of good quality
was noted.

W. P. Sears, Sixth avenue and Forty-
second street, had an exceptionally fine
display of novelty baskets and all very

tastefully filled.

A. F. F.

Christmas in Cliicago Retail Stores.

The retail trade in Chicago during
Christmas week was quite brisk but
not as good as last year's in most
cases which was partly due to the ex-
treme cold weather that prevailed for
several days before and the unsettled
business conditions throughout the
country during the past six months
and more. Many of the retail florists
have received complaints from custo-
mers in regard to stock being frozen
during the period of delivery but this
was to be expected when the weather
was twelve degrees below zero no

matter how carefully one wrapped the
orders, but taken as a whole, every-
one seems to be pretty well satisfied
and very few complaints are heard.
The quality of the cut flowers in gen-
eral was unusually fine, especially
American Beauty, Killarney, Rich-
mond, Mrs. Chas. Russell and in fact
all the other roses. Violets were
cheap and sold well but plants sold
best with azaleas, begonias, cyclamen,
poinsettias and primroses having the
call. The demand did not set in as
early in the week as it did last year,
consequently everyone that bought
heavily in plants held off from buy-
ing cut flowers until the last day and
even then the majority were satisfied
to sell out what stock there was
on hand before a trip was made to
the market. There was practically
nothing doing in the sale of cut flow-
ers until Thursday, the day before
Christmas, when there was plenty of
stock obtainable at reasonable prices
to fill all the orders. Azaleas and
cyclamen plants sold exceptionally
good this year, but the demand for
poinsettias was none too brisk. Bas-
kets and boxes of palms, ferns, poin-
settias and foliage plants took well
and played an important part in the
Christmas sales this year. Ruscus did
not sell as well as last year but holly
and red winter berries were largely
used, especially the berries in basket
work. Red frieze sold well also and
the supply houses all disposed of what
stock they had to offer at an early
hour. Artificial flowers, such as poin-
settias, etc., never had such a big call
as they did this year and while the
florist as a rule dislikes to handle this
line of goods, he sometimes finds It
necessary to do so, because if he does
not carry it in stock his customers
will buy it in the department stores,
consequently he figures, that he might
as well have the profit as they. Of
course the larger florists will not han-
dle artificial flowers under any circum-
stances but the smaller stores are glad
to pick up a little extra change in this
way, but they are nearly all inclined
to think that they would be better off
if they followed the example of others
and would let such stock alone. Car-
nations were very reasonably priced
this year and it has been a long time
since the buyer has had such a splen-
did opportunity to select from such a
complete line of stock as he had this
Christmas and the chances are that
he will never have the same oppor-
tunity again for many years even
though a few are inclined to believe
that the Christmas of high prices is
a thing of the past. Some figure that
the wholesaler is encouraging the plant
grower by quoting high prices that he
really never expects to get and that
unless he lowers his prices, plants will
be sold on a larger scale than ever In
the future. On the other hand the
same retail florist says you cannot
blame the dealer for getting as high
prices as he can for his stock for
some of us do not give him a square
deal when you take into consideration
that we buy from other sources when
we can get just what we want in our
own market at practically the same
prices for much better and fresher
stock.

W. J. Smyth says that trade at his
South Michigan avenue store was fully
as good as last year and that artistic-
ally arranged baskets were in excellent
demand and practically every plant on
hand was sold before the rush was
over. Conditions on Wednesday were
rather bad and for a time it appeared
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Chas. E. Critchell.
Chairman Committee on Sports.

W. P. Craig.

Natiomil Flower Show Committee.

Prof. H. H.Whetzel.
Pathologist.

Wm. H. Siebrecht,

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Tariff :iiid Legislative Committee.

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R. M. Ward

Tariff and Letiislative Cuiiimittee.

S J. Goddard.
Director lioi)resentiii'r Am. ( 'iiniation Society.

Harry A. Bjnyard. Irwin C. Bertermann. R C. Kerr.

Director Reproseiitinj; New Yorl; Florists' Club. Director Kciin^senting Florists' Tflcgli Delivery. Direc-lor.

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James McHutchinson
Tiritr and Legislativp Committee.

W. F Gude.

Chnirmaii Tariff and Lcjislative Committee and

Wasliington R''i'rpsentative.

Wm. R. Nicholson.
Director.

Wallace R. Pierson.
Director Representing American Rose Society.

Julius Roehrs.
Tariff and Legislative Committee.

Wm. F. Kasting.

Tariff and Legislative Committee.

Prof. J. F. Cowell. Benjamin Hammond. Leonard Barron.

Botanist. Chairman School Gardens Committee. Member of Committee on School Gardens.

SOME OF PRESIDENT WELCH'S S. A. F. APPOINTEES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS.

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all for Christmas, but towards evening
business began to improve so fast that
the help had all they could do to fill
the orders that were booked for Thurs-
day and Friday delivery. Smyth's win-
dow display, arranged by Arthur
Weatherwax, was a beauty, especially
at night, when the entire front of the
store appeared to be one blaze of com-
bination colors which harmonized won-
derfully with all the plants that were
on display. This store did not suffer
from any broken window this year,
but had a close call, for an auto went
completely through the window of the
store across the street. However, a
miss is as good as a mile, and taken
all in all Mr. Smythe was well pleased
with the Christmas trade.

The Alpha Floral Co. experienced a
brisk demand for cut flowers at its
South Wabash avenue store, but the
biggest part of its Christmas business
resulted from the sale of blooming
plants in neatly arranged baskets,
with azaleas the principal offering.
George Economopolus, the proprietor,
remarked that he has never known a
Christmas when American Beauty
roses were obtainable at such low
prices as they were this year.

J. F. Kidwell & Co. did splendidly
at their South Michigan avenue store
and sold large quantities of both cut
flowers and blooming plants. The de-
mand for plants was principally for
poinsettias, azaleas and baskets and
boxes of foliage plants in the $3.00
and $5.00 sizes. "Business was much
better than we expected," said J. F.
Kidwell, "and we have no cause what-
ever to complain." All the blooming
plants that were sold came from this
firm's greenhouses at Downer's Grove.

A. Lange, the East Madison street
., florist, was busy as a bee for several
days before Christmas and did a large
business in both cut flowers and
plants. He had about as complete a
line of stock to offer his trade as one
would care to see, but featured Ameri-
can Beauty roses, orchids and violets.
He had several extra machines busy
on deliveries on Thursday and even
Friday morning and seemed to have
practically all the trade that he could
conveniently handle.

O. J. Friedman had the best Christ-
mas trade at his South Michigan ave-
nue store that he has experienced in
years and reports the demand excep-
tionally brisk for both cut flowers and
blooming plants. He had extra space
on Wabash avenue, where most of his
plants were kept and the orders filled.
On top of the big Christmas trade sev-
eral extra designers were engaged to
make up funeral work which came in
on Thursday and kept the regular
force and extra help busy all that
night.

The Fleischman Floral Co. had a
good Christmas trade at its Jackson
boulevard store and featured both
blooming plants and cut flowers. Amer-
ican Beauty roses were in brisk de-
mand and a splendid showing of all
kinds of stock was made the whole
week. Killarney roses also had a fine
call and trade was so good that the
entire force was obliged to work very
late nights so that all orders could be
delivered on time.

Mangel, the Palmer House Florist,
had about as pretty a window display
as there was in the city during Christ-
mas week and both cut flowers and
plants were handled at this store In
<• large supply. The new rose Mrs. Chas.
Russell was featured largely at this
store, as were gardenias, orchids and
lily of the valley. The Bohannon
Floral Co.'s store on Monroe street
was completely filled with both cut

flowers and plants during Christmas
week and while both were in good de-
mand blooming plants artistically
arranged in baskets had the call. Nor-
man Stewart and our old friend Kel-
logg M. Patterson proved to be of great
assistance as salesmen at this hustling
store during the rush. Lubliner &
Trinz, on South Wabash avenue, did a
good business in both cut flowers and
plants, but the latter were in best de-
mand and a clean-up in this line was
experienced.

Chas. A. Samuelson, South Michigan
avenue, was well satisfied with his
Christmas business and says that

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plants were in best demand, especially
azaleas and begonias in neatly ar-
ranged baskets. Cut flowers were also
handled in good isupply, but did not
sell as readily as last year, although
practically all the stock on hand was
sold and special trips for more flowers
were made to the market. Mr. Sam-
uelson is of the opinion that the

Christmas of high prices is a thing of
the past and that the sooner the
grower and the wholesalers realize this
the better it will be for all concerned.
He also did much to educate the buyer
that red flowers were not absolutely
necessary at Christmas, although it
seems to be the popular color, and the
result was that as many pink roses
and carnations were sold here as were
red. The cyclamen and begonia plants
that he handled this year were" un-
usually fine and he was more than'
pleased with their excellent color.

H. N. Brun's beautiful store on
West Madison street was a pretty
busy place just before Christmas,
when trade was exceedingly brisk.
Plants were featured in large supply
and had a good call at this establish-
ment, but cut flowers were also in good
demand and large quantities were sold.

Stollery Bros, had a splendid line of
plants to offer at their Wilson avenue
store with azaleas, cyclamen and Ro-
man hyacinths the principal offerings.
The latter sold well, which was due
largely to the way they were done up
in red paper covers, baskets, etc.
Prices were not as high as last year,
but the extra business done will prob-
ably bring the total amount of busi-
ness up to that of 1913.

J. F. Kidwell & Brother report a
good Christmas trade at their Went-
worth avenue store and did nicely in
both cut flowers and blooming plants.
This store always enjoys a nice busi-
ness, which is probably due to the fact
that Mr. Kidwell gives his customers
the right kind of stock at all times at
the right prices.

Anna Grace Sa'svyer had a very
Merry Christmas at her store in West
Madison street and her window was
beautifully decorated as well as her
automobile. She says that business
was fully as good as last year, with
a good demand for both cut flowers
and plants. The cold weather was the
only drawback to trade, otherwise
everything went along nicely and a
very satisfactory trade was enjoyed.

Schiller the Florist was well pleased
with the trade at both of his stores,
the one on West Madison street, where
Geo. Asmus is in charge, and the
other on the North Side, where Her-
man Schiller presides. Plants sold best
at the West Side store, and taken all
in all Mr. Asmus was well pleased
with the result, and while he is unr
able to state just yet how the sales
compare with last year, the chances
are that the total amount of business
done will be larger. Stock had to be
wrapped more carefully this year on
account of the extreme cold weather,
but everything went along lovely and
all orders were delivered on time.

Conrad Frauenfelder had an excep-
tionally good demand for azaleas and
cyclamen at his West Madison street
store, and business during Christmas
week will compare most favorably with
last year. Prices were cheaper and
more business had to be done to bring
the sales up to what they were. Plants
sold best arranged in baskets at prices
from $1.50 to $10.00 each, and prac-
tically everything in azaleas, cyclamen
and poinsettias were disposed of. Mr.
Frauenfelder says that people 'who
used to spend quite a great deal for
flowers on Chlstmas cut their orders
down to practically one-half, but that '
his new customers easily made up the
difference. What stock in cut flowers
he had left over was used right after
Christmas in funeral work, which was
plentiful with him then.

The George Wittbold Co. had a heavy
Christmas trade at both the Bucking-
ham place and North Clark street

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stores, where baskets of palms, ferns,

foliage plants and poinsettias were

featured in large numbers. Cut flowers

. were also sold in large numbers, and

I from what can be heard at the two

• stores it would not be at all surprising

if this year's Christmas business was

fully as good or even better than that

of 1913.

Muir's Conservatories on Grand

boulevard had a fine line of blooming

' plants of every description for the

I Christmas trade. John Muir says that

; azaleas, cyclamen and poinsettias sold

very good and that ne was pretty well

■ satisfied with the result, which was

much better than he expected, since

he has concentrated all his business at

this one establishment.

The Ernst Wienhoeber Floral Co. had
its usual fine line of plants and cut
flowers to offer its trade at Christmas,
and according to reports from this
establishment business was very good.
Large quantities of home-grown Amer-
ican Beauty roses were sold at this
store and the stock was all that any-
one could desire as far as quality was
concerned.

Walter W. Adams did better than
. he expected at Christmas and is
well satisfied with the amount of busi-
ness he did. Cut flowers were in
good demand and so were plants, but
the proprietor was too busy for us to
talk to at the time the writer was
around.

Paul Blome & Co. had their usual

good Christmas trade at their North

Clark street store, and sold a large

,: number of blooming plants as well as

I! cut flowers of all kinds.

CHRISTMAS TRADE.

' The Christmas trade for 1914 was
' satisfactory. While in general, prices
1 perhaps ruled lower than a year ago,
with few exceptions the volume of busi-
ness was equal to previous correspond-
ing periods. Stock was plentiful and
as a rule of excellent quality. Inclem-
ent weather in some sections, especially
in the South, made delivery difficult,
but damage to stock was at a mini-
mum. Roses, carnations and violets
led in popularity in cut blooms, with
' American Beauty, as usual, in big ile-
mand. Poinsettias as a rule did not
, get their usual call and bulbous flowers
were not in favor. Flowering plants
again demonstrated that they are gain-
ing each year in popularity as Christ-
mas gifts, and general reports from all
sections show a marked increase in
sales, especially in moderately priced
single plants and baskets. In the plant
section azaleas, poinsettias, cyclamen
and Begonia Lorraine sold well, and in
some cases any plant of good quality
found a ready buyer. Individual pur-
chases were not as large as in pre-
vious years, but the number of sales
made a favorable cash comparison.
Sales and prices in the large cities of
i the country seemed to be unsatisfac-
tory, but a resume of the country-wide
reports indicate that, conditions con-
sidered, the trade has no complaint to
offer. Some of the condensed reports
follow :
Lincoln, Neb. — Frey & Frey report-
\ ed an increase on the Christmas trade
• of about 15 per cent. Prices were
about the same, but the demand was
unusually good. In roses there were
just about enough to fill orders, but
carnations and violets sold out about 5
1 p. m.. Thursday, December 24. Bulb-
ous flowers were in large supply, but
the demand was unusually heavy.
FTprything in the way of stock was
above par compared with a year ago.
White stock of all varieties cleaned up
with red without an effort to push
sales. Azaleas and ferns went equally
as well as poinsettias and gladioli.
Baskets had the call, especially as far
as azaleas and poinsettias were con-

cerned. Tall gothic baskets went as
fast as they could be arranged, espe-
cially where cut poinsettias in the ar-
rangement were a feature.

Washington, D. C. — According to
Gude Bros. Co., prices for the 1914
Christmas trade were about the same
as for the corresponding period of
1913. The volume of business, how-
ever, showed an increase of about
three per cent. K3ses, carnations and
violets were in good supply; in fact
in excess of demand. In bulbous flow-
ers there were enough to fill all or-
ders. Paper Whites were practically
unsalable and not wanted at any
price. The quality of the stock gen-
erally was better than last year, and
there was no marked increase in the
call for any special flower. In the
plant division anything that was good
found ready sale. Eighty men in the
.store and 10 automobiles and four
horses and wagons were required to
handle the trade.

New Orleans, La. — Christmas trade
this year exceeded all expectations.
Prices as compared with a yeaiv ago
were slightly reduced, but advertising
brought good results and a gain in
amount of sales of 20 per cent was
noted. The stock received was excel-
lent, and was sold out by 10 o'clock
Christmas morning and more could
have been disposed of if available, is
the report of the Avenue Floral Co.
The call was about evenly divided, no
special choice among flowers being no-
ticed. There was an increase in the
sales of flowering plants. Palms and
ferns had small call except in the very
choice varieties. There were only a
few hyacinths and narcissi on the
market and they sold readily. We
have every reason to be satisfied.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda re-
port that business was fully as good
as last year, in fact, better than ex-
pected, even with prices below the 1913
mark. As a comparison American
Beauties that listed last year at $18
per dozen, were discounted this year
by better stock at $15. Carnations
were 50 cents cheaper this year, and
plants in baskets this year ranged 20
per cent under 1913 prices. In fact
prices this year averaged 10 per cent
less on the general run of stock. There
was an especially heacvy demand on
artificial flowers in baskets and calls
exceeded amount of stock on hand.
Plants of all kinds in baskets, made
up, sold better than ever before. Holly
and mistletoe, as well as greens,
showed a decrease in sales.

Cleveland, O. — Business was just a
little below the average of the past
three years, says the J. M. Gasser Co.
Prices were the same as last year, with
roses In much larger supply; in fact
more than the trade called for. Vio-
lets and carnations vied in popularity.
In bulbous flowers Paper Whites had a
fair call and sales on lily of the valley
were brisk. As far as quality was
concerned, flowers were better than in
former years, but there was no special
call for any particular variety — -all sold
well. In plant sales, the increased
call served to prove that the demand
increases every year. Business was
confined to two days — it is impossible
to passably serve the crowds that
surge in at the "eleventh hour."

Kansas City, Mo. — "From the looks
of things, much greater," is the way
Samuel Murray sums up the 1914
Christmas trade in comparison with
the 1913 season's business. "Prices
were as good as last year, with plenty
of all kinds of stock, of a quality that
never was better. In cut blooms the
demand was generally divided, with an
especially heavy call on American
Beauty roses. Flowering plants showed
increased popularity in heavy sales and
foliage varieties went splendidly. Hard
to tell the exact Increase, but from
Monday, December 21, to the evening
of December 23, was the hardest week
in the history of the establishment.
We never dreamed of such business."

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. — The Saltford
Flower Shop reports as follows:
"Christmas trade for 1914 was one of
the best in the history of the shop. We
had an elegant lot of azaleas, begonias,
cyclamen, and could hardly bring them
from the greenhouses fast enough, but
poinsettias and roses were in demand
and the stock was fine. Among the
novelties were the teasil baskets and
pine cone wreaths. Another novelty
was a good sized cone holding a bay-
berry candle and used for table dec-
orations. Good holly sold well, but the
poorer grades could not be given
away."

Dallas, Tex. — Flowers were scarce,
higher in price and the volume of
Christmas receipts was less than 1913
business, is the report of the Lang
Floral & Nursery Co. Roses and car-
nations were soft and did not ship,
violets were scarce owing to dark
weather, but bulbous flowers were in
good supply and sold well. In plant
sales the demand was very good.
Baskets and boxes were sold in end-
less quantities, and the greenhouse
force was kept busy day and night. A
marked increase was noted in the call
for cyclamen, azaleas, aucubas and
imported holly trees.

Toronto, Ont. — Christmas sales for
1914 fell "short" about 10 per cent as
estimated by H. G. Dillemuth, with
prices lower on most lines. Stock was
plentiful and never of better grade. In
bulbous stock the demand for tulips
was good but the supply limited. The
demand for stock of all kinds, includ-
ing plants was better, and in the lat-
ter class there was a good demand for
azaleas and made-up baskets. The
number of sales this year was greater,
V)ut "hard times" and "poverty cries"
were prevalent, and high priced stock
\vas hard to move.

Springfield, Mass. — Prices were a
trifle lower than last year, but sales
showed an increase of 10 per cent, ac-
cording to Wm. Schlatter & Son. Roses,
carnations and violets were in good
supply, and in bulbous flowers Paper
Whites and Easter lilies were the only
olterings, but the supply was plentiful.
Quality was about on a par with last
year's offerings. Artificial stock was
in big demand. There was a note-
worthy increase in the call for plants,
especially azaleas, Begonia Cincinnati
and Jerusalem cherries.

Spokane, Wash. — Hoyt Bros. Co.,
say that prices for the Christmas trade
this year were lower than a year ago,
but the volume of business was about
15 per cent better. The supply ot
roses, carnations and violets was equal
to the call and the quality of the
stock was better. Bulbous stock had
small call and the demand for plants
was about even with the sales of a
year ago. There was a good feeling?
in Christmas buying, no complaining;
a harbinger of better times coming
soon.

KoKOMO, INB. — There was an in-
creased demand for roses, which were
of higher quality than a year ago, with
violets short of supply, and about a
20 per cent increase in sales, according
to W^. W^. Coles. Roses and carnations
were both in very heavy crop, all of
excellent quality, and a clean sell-out
resulted. There was very little demand
for bulbous stock, but a slight increase
in the call for blooming plants was
noted. The call generally was for
the cheaper class of stock.

Evansvtlle, Ind. — The Wm. Black-
man Floral Co. reports the Christmas
business for 1914 as good, if not a
little better than tj;e 1913 period.
Prices were about me same. The
quality was about the same. Roses
and violets were short of supply, with
carnations equal to call. American
Beauty roses showed a marked In-
crease in popularity, and flowering
plants in large variety were much
sought. There was a good demand for
bulbous flowers.

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Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith
says the 1914 Christmas sales showed
somewhat of an increase over last
year's corresponding period. Prices
were about the same, with plenty of
stock in good condition. There was not
much call for bulbous stock. Roses
were in good demand, but carnations
were somewhat neglected. An increas-
ing demand for flowering plants was
noted.

WINONA, Minn. — John Fuhlbruegge
reports that prices were about the same
as last year, but the 1914 Christmas
trade was less by 40 per cent. There
was a decreased demand for every-
thing, with plenty of stock on hand.

Boston.

CHRISTMAS TRADE DISAPPOINTING.

The Christmas business was a great
disappointment this year. All the
vigor and life which usually charac-
terizes it was missing and consequent-
ly prices dropped far below previous
years. It is practically a new thing to
have to throw away first-class goods
during Christmas week, but It was
done this season. Carnations seemed
to be the most unpopular flower. The
prices dropped down to $2 per hundred
in some cases, and many were left un-
sold. Beacons were the most popular
and ranged in price from $4 to $10 per
hundred. Roses sold better, but did not
come up to the standard. Beauties
brought ?50 to $65 per hundred and
others ranged from $25 to $2 per hun-
dred. Violets were below last year's
price, as in fact were nearly every
flower. Freezias sold well, as there
were but a few on the market. The plant
trade was the only redeeming feature
of the business. Plants were bought
at the retailers, while cut flowers
seemed to drag, and the result was
that the plant growers cleaned up their
..stock at good figures.

NOTES.

Robert Montgomery, of Natick,
Mass., did well with his foses this
year. He had a good out of town trade
that helped out a grreat deal. His
Richmond and Hadleys were very fine
and brought above average prices.

O. Ralph, of South Weymouth, had a
large cut of carnations for the holiday
trade. He has most of his place de-
voted to Enchantress, which he be-
lieves is one of the most profitable
varieties grown.

L. Bernstein, operating two stores in
the South End, seemed to be an excep-
tion to the centrally located stores. He
had a large demand for cut flowers,
and could not dispose of all his plants.

J. McFarland had 4.000 very fine
poinsettias. They were quickly dis-
posed of, as the quality of plants
brought a heavy demand for them. He
also had a big cut of lily of the valley.

E. Sutermeister, of Hyde Park, is
cutting Paper White narcissus, Roman
hyacinths and Preesia Purity. Freesias
are selling very well with him and he
had a large supply for Christinas.

John Foote, of Reading, Mass., had a
cut of 0,000 carnations for Christmas,
3,000 of which were Beacons. They
were all very fine flowers and most of
them sold at the first price.

E. Winkler, of Wakefield, is doing
well with his new seedling. Morning
Glow. It is very popular on account of
its keeping qualities and color, which is
a soft shade of rose pink.

J. Kopelmari, of Providence, R. I.,
reports business as being below last
year, but he says it is no more than is
^o be expected on account of the gen-
eral depression.

J. A. Budlong, of Auburn, R. I., dis-
posed of 60.000 roses on December 24.
American Beauties, Prince d' Arenberg,
Cardinal. Hadley and Ophelia were the
best sellers.

Thos. Roland, of Nahant, Mass., had
the best Christmas he ever had this
year on plants. Cyclamen, begonia,
orange."! and ardisias were the best
sellers.

John Barr of South Natick out 15,000
carnations December 23-24. They were
exceptionally fine flowers and nearly
all went to a well established trade.

During the cold spell, Wednesday
and Thursday, December 23-24, a few
growers had their flowers frozen while
bringing them to the market.

Welch Bros, report a good business
for the holiday trade. Green goods
were in great demand this year.

F. L,. W.

PlttsDurgti.

CHRISTMAS TRADE A DISAPPOINTMENT.

We regret to say that Christmas
trade was, this year, quite a disap-
pointment to our florists in general, but
it was foreseen that business would be
dull, and we were prepared for it to
some extent. The goodly amount of
sunshine we had during the week of
December 20 seemed to help the bloom-
ing of flowers very well, with a result
that much more was on hand the two
days before Christmas than was really
expected. The oversupply was mainly
on carnations and roses. American
Beauties were plentiful in the longer
grades, but the supply of shorter and
medium stemmed stock was limited.
Richmonds were fine and in quantity
enough to satisfy all who needed them.
The over-supply of carnations brought
prices down to as low as $4.00 per 100.
but quotations before Christmas placed
them at $6.00 and $8.00 per 100. The
trains bearing the violets were all late
and practically all the violets arrived
on Christmas morning, too late for
most orders, with a result that they
will all be thro'rfn away. Some of the
shipments were from 24 to 48 hours
arriving in Pittsburgh. The plant trade
was exceptionally good this year, the
retailers say. It seems that 'a great
majority of the buyers turn to pot
plants in order to evade the high prices
of cut flowers. The carnation growers
will no doubt be disappointed upon re-
ceiving their sales report, as many
thousands were thrown away "the day
after." There was also an over-supply
of lily of the valley. Boxwood was
sold up entirely, while many cases of
mistletoe were left over to be thrown
away. Holly was excellent this year,
and, seemingly, could not have been
better.

NOTES.

Mrs. E. A. W^illiams reports a large
Christmas business also. The stacks
of flower boxes piled up in the front
of the store ready for delivery resem-
bled a row of large stone walls in-
stead.

The A. W. Smith Co. report their best
Christmas business for this year. "It
was a steady rush from the start," says
Earl Tipton, "and we cleaned up every-
thing in sight."

For Christmas, the McCallum Com-
pany had fi large variety of novelty
roses, including Shawyer, Taft, Mrs.
Mock, Prince d'Arenberg, Russell and
Hadley.

Two small flower stands opened on
Smithfield street last week, loaded with
Christmas stock, but it is not expected
they will last very long.

Arthur James had a large supply of
poinsettias mostly in medium sizes,
which sold readily at good prices.

Julius LiUdwig reports a cleanup in
everything at the Xiudwig Floral Co.'s
store on FederaP street.

J.

Detroit.

Christmas trade was greater in vol-
,ume than ever before experienced by
the florists of this city. With some it
was by far the most successful in all
respects, while with' others the severity
of the weather was a factor that op-
erated to their great disadvantage and
detracted much from the business,
which otherwise was most satisfactory.
Zero weather prevailed much of the
time, and .tU week the ground was

covered deeply with snow, making the
deliveries of flowers a serious problem
and very frequently entailed consid-
erable loss. Early in the week indica-
tions pointed to a spirited demand; this
was shown by the heavy purchases of
artificial baskets, wreaths and other
effects, and plants, too, moved rapidly
in the earlier days to considerable ex-
tent, all indicating the unprecedented
demand that followed Thursday, De-
cember 24. On that day all the stores
were thronged with eager buyers, and
the most extensive preparations made
in advance to care for them was found
inadequate. Artificial flowers lost none
of their former popularity and many
moderate priced, and also expensive
examples, were disposed of.

In the plants azaleas, cyclamen,
poinsettias and ferns had the lead,
though many begonias, araucarias,
Jerusalem cherries and primulas were
sold. Plant baskets, with some of the
florists, were a feature, and the mod-
erate priced ones sold well. Araucarias,
that in former years moved slowly,
came into considerable favor this year
and, trimmed as they were with bows
of red fibre and ribbon, made a very
acceptable and pretty gift. Poinsettia
plants were not maintained in popu-
larity, but perhaps this was because
the stock shown was not as good as in
former years, and yet some nice well-
grown plants were seen.

In cut flowers, roses seemed the most
popular. Poinsettias did not seem to
meet the same favor as in former
years, though many were sold. Carna-
tions did not sell freely, except those
of the better grades, and the inferior
stock, of which there was plenty, was
left to adorn the tables of the whole-
salers. Some Paper Whites were sold
through their use in. made-up work and
assorted boxes. Violets sold fairly well,
but a diminution in their popularity
was noted, though the stock was of
excellent quality. Many sales, too,
were missed because of the late ar-
rival of shipments from the East.
There was an immense stock of valley
on the market and at a reduced price
it was fairly well used up. Holly and
ground pine was little handled by
most florists, as each recurring year
these items find an outlet through
grocers, butchers and sidewalk vendors.
The supply of stock of all kinds, in
plants and cut flowers, was ample to
meet the demand, and in some cases
a great surplus was noted, and the
prices on all were considerable less
than in former years except, perhaps,
in the case of the better grades of
plants, which brought good prices.

American Beauty roses were fine and
never before so cheap on this market.
Some of the Killarney roses were quite
pale and unattractive — and correspond-
ingly cheap. The white roses were
good, but met with slow sale. A sat-
isfactory feature of the trade of the
week was the easily discernible inter-
est of the public in flowers, notwith-
standing the universally acknowledged
depression in most lines. This interest
was manifested by all classes and few
complaints were heard about the prices
asked, and sales were readily made.

J. F. S.

Providence, R. I.

CHRISTMAS TRADE GOOD.

Business this Christmas was very
good, considering the way business has
been during the last year; although It
was not as great as in former years. It
was good. All stock was in first-class
shape, and of first quality. Fancy
baskets of artificial grasses and ferns
sold well. Azaleas met a ready sale
and ardisias sold well, as did cycla-
mens and primulas. Poinsettias sold
very well. Violets did not have their
usual call this year. Carnations were
excellent and sold for $1 to $1.50 per
dozen. Roses sold well at prices from

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ilSl.oO to $3 and .$4 per dozen; all were
plentiful, except the red roses, which
were very scarce and at a premium.
Every one cleaned up well in all cut
flowers, but a good many of the local
men had a good many plants left on
their hands.

NOTES.

Holly and evergreens were sold on
the streets Vjy the street men this year
more than ever, and the florists han-
dled very little of this stock.

The green men at the Bridge had an
exceptionally good year, selling out In
almost everything, and the prices were
higher than usual this year.

Albert Holcher had the finest Begonia
Cincinnati that have been seen this
year.

Westminster Greenhouses had a good
stock of pot plants that sold well.

Hoffman, Of Pawtucket, had excel-
lent cyclamen. H. A. T.

Montreal.

COOD INORKASE IN CHRISTMAS TRADE.

The unexpected has happened and
Christmas business has been better
than last year, in spite of all expecta-
tions to the contrary. An average of
about 10 per cent incre;xse is reported.
Preparation had been made very care-
fully on account of the uncertainty
of the expected trade and as a conse-
quence some growers were left with
considerable stock on hand until two
days before, when business took a de-
cided jump which certainly relieved
the growers of all their available
stock. All flowering plants sold well,
of course, as usual. Poinsettias took
the lead, with azaleas a close second,
of which Mme. Petrick was the best.
There were many complaints about
azaleas not being properly budded or
shipped too early, or being damaged
on the way, but their condition at the
stores did not justify any of these
complaints. Cyclamen were not such
splendid specimens as in former years
but were of moderate size and more
even. Begonia Lorraine was very
fine, well grown and of better color,
which accounts for a cooler treatment
and makes them a more lasting house
plant. A big lot of Jerusalem cherries
were sold and a few odd lines of be-
gonias, especially the old Begonia In-
carnata were prominent.

Bulbous stock and lily of the val-
ley were not seen in such large quan-
tities, and hyacinths in pots were
noted by their absence. There were
a lot of Romans and Paper Whites,
but few daffodils or tulips to be seen.
In foliage plants araucarias sold best,
and were sold out in most places. Cut
flowers, although much lower in price,
were not nearly so much in demand.
One retailer stated that the high price
asked in former years by the growers
has killed the demand. The supply
was suflicient with the exception of
red carnations, which is always the
case. The quality was good, but the
plant from one to Ave dollars was the
favorite buy. No twenty-five or forty
dollar baskets were sold this year, but
a good lot were disposed of at from
live to twelve dollars.

To sum up, the prices were not as
high, but the amount totaled ahead of
last year.

NOTES.

At McKenna's, Ltd., everyone was
as busy as a bee. Jas. McKenna re-
ported the best business ever, of which
he never had any doubt and accord-
ingly made preparations for it. He
sold out of everything.

The weather was very cold, sixteen
below, at night, with from zero to ten
below every day, which made delivery
very diflicult. There was good sleigh-
ing and splendid roads.

S. S. Bain found his stock getting
low early, and got busy buying fresh
•supplies, which were available at the
growers. His delivery system was
very eflicient.

Hall & Robinson .sold out of plants,
and found that their customers only

want good plants. They also did a
large busine.ss in fine madeup bas-
kets.

Miss Cairns was too busy to report
but by the crowded store and empty
shelves one could read a good report.

John Eddy iV: Son had a fine show all
week, especially poinsettias of well
grown, salable size. L.

Knoxvlllc, Tenn.

Christmas weather was tlie worst
ever experienced. It rained all day
December 24 and the morning follow-
ing, tapering off on the afternoon of
the 2.5th with snow and freezing
weather; nevertheless trade was very
good and practically everything was
sold out, and on comparing statements
business shows a nice increase over
Christmas of lOli!. On account of the
cloudy weather for the past month or
six weeks, flowers did not bloom as
freely as they should, and it was neces-
sary to buy a few cut flowers from
other markets. Plants of all kinds

The Late John Monson.

were good and plentiful and seemed to
be more in demand than heretofore.
Medium size azaleas and cyclamen
seemed to be the best sellers, while
l)()insettias and begonias sold fairly
well.

NOTES.

C. L. Baum's trade was 20 per cent
better than that of any previous
t'hristmas. He had a fine stock of cut
flowers and plants which were all con-
sumed by retail trade, with the excep-
tion of some valley and azaleas, which
he sold on the wholesale market. He
contends that cyclamen and azaleas of
medium size are more in demand than
any other plants, while poinsettias and
begonias find very slow sales and are
unsatisfactory to both florist and cus-
tomer. He had a large amount of
funeral work during the week, which
with the large Christmas trade, kept
his force busy both day and night, and
at closing time Christmas every one
was ready for rest and sleep. He re-
ceived a large amount of business from
his agents which are located in all the
nearby towns; he al.so received and
sent a large number of telegraph or-
ders, which was no doubt the result of
a recent F. T. D. window.

A. H. Dailey reports optimistically in
regard to Christmas trade. He had a
good supply of stock this year and
was ready for the rush when it came.
He finds that inexpensive pot plants
are greatly in demand and .are better
sellers at Christmas time than cut
flowers.

Addi.son J. McNutt had a good trade
and although he has not yet compared
statements, he feels sure of a nice in-
crease over Christmas of 1913. He finds
that plants of medium size are far
better sellers than large expensive
ones.

Mrs. Rosa Hall,Ryno had a very
fine trade, with an increase of 25 per
cent over that of last Christmas. She
had a large supply of fine poinsettias,
which found ready sales at good prices.

C. W. Crouch had a very fine trade
and sold out everything clean. They
were compelled to work several nights
until after midnight in order to get
everything out on time. K. F. S.

OBITUARY.

Frank D. Hunter.

Frank U. Hunter, for many years
well known in the florist and seed trade
of New York, died at his home, 66 East
177th street, that city, on December 28,
aged 65 years. Several years ago Mr.
Hunter was run down by an automo-
bile, and though he eventually recov-
ered sufficiently to attend to .business,
he was never in perfect health there-
after. He was a native of New York
state, both his parents being natives of
."Scotland. His father was at one time
gardener on the estate of the late Au-
gust Belmont, at Newport, R. I. Frank
wa.'i educated in the public .schools of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y'., later taking a
course in a business college. He
learned the seed business in Pough-
keepsie and was for a time in the seed
business at Passaic, N. J. In Septem-
iier, 1S82, he formed a partnership with
James A. Hammond, under the firm
name of Hunter & Hammond, to con-
duct a wholesale cut flower business, at
."iO West .30th street. New York. After
two years they removed to a larger
store at 51 West .30th street. This
partnership continued for ten years.
After the New York Cut Flower Co.
was organized he was for a time its
manager. After leaving that position
he engaged with J. H. Small & Sons as
a bookkeeper, where he remained for
,[l)c)ut 12 years. It was while in the
employ of this firm that he met with
the accident previously mentioned. His
last active work was managing a
branch seed store in the Hudson Ter-
minal Building for J. F. Noll & Co.. of
Newark, N. J. Mr. Hunter was a man
of a genial and warm-hearted tempera-
ment and had many friends. He is
survived by a wife and one daughter.

A. F. F.

Thomas J. O'Dea.

Thomas J. O'Dea, one of the older
generation of florists of Long Island
City, New York, was found dead in
front of his greenhouse on Christmas
day. So far as we are aware, the ex-
act cause of his death was not de-
termined. It was first reported that
he froze to death, but though the day
was cold it did not seem plausible that
a man in ordinary health would freeze
to death with shelter so near. The
more probable theory is that he was
first stricken with heart trouble or faint-
ing, and he was not found for several
hours. He was a grower in Long
Island City nearly, if not altogether,
41) years ago, and grew the roses then
in vogue. Of late, we believe, he has
divided his time between a small green-
house, and cemetery work in summer.
He was 69 years ola. A. F. F.

John I*Ionson.

John Monson, the well known head of
the Minneapolis Floral Co.. Minneap-
olis, Minn., died at his residence, De-
cember 28, after a very brief illness,
having attended to his usual business
as late as Friday, December 25. Mr.
Monson was the foimder of the firm
with which he was identified, and it Is
only about three months since he be-
came its sole proprietor. He leaves a
wife and one daughter.

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Jan.

Theamerigan Florist

Established 18S5.
Subscription, United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year: Canada $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union, $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sending us change of address always send
the old address at the same time.
Advertising rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
• piaioos of our correspondents!

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. DeaiDorn St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 52 PAGES WITH COVERS

CONTENTS.

Society of Americau Florists 1241

— The president's message 1241

— President Welch's appointments 1242

- — President Welch (portrait) 1242

— Some appointees 1244-1245

The retail trade 1242

— The open book (illus.) 1242

— Christmas in New York stores 1242

— Christmas in Chicago stores 1242

Trustees New York norists' Club 1246

— W. R. Cobb— Emit Schloss (portraitsi 1240

Christmas trade - 1247

Boston 1248

Pittsburgh 1248

Detroit 1248

Providence, R. 1 1248

Montreal ; 1248

Knoxville Tenn. , 1248

Obituary 1249

—Frank D. Hunter 1249

—Thomas J. O'Dea 1249

— John Mou.son (portrait) 1249

Society of American Florists 1250

American Sweet Pea Society 1250

Siebrecht secures exposition, contract 1250

Chicago 1254

(Chicago novelty show 1257

Cincinnati 1258

XV^sbington 1258

.St. I.ouis 1258

Philadelphia 1260

New York 1262

Oklahoma Cit.v 1269

The seed trade > 1270

— Seed crop in the south of France 1270

— Braslan's Nt'w Year's card 1270

— Seed and plant postage 1270

The nursery trade 1274

— Southeastern Iowa Hort. Society 1274

— Imported nursery stock distribution 1274

.Market gardeners 1276

— Do not mix turnip with horseradish 1276

— Prices of indooi' fruits and vegetables. .. .1276

—Hollow celorv 1276

Nasbvillf. Ti-nn 1276

.Vnstin. Texas 1278

Write it 1915, please.

There are many reports of plants
.and cut tlo-wers frozen in transit dur-
ing Christmas week.

THE Texas State Florists' Associa-
tion is making plans for a publication
to be issued in the interest of the
southern trade.

Paunch manure, now used to some
extent by greenhouses, should be tried
on the stock in small doses before it is
applied in any large quantity. We
understand a house of healthy roses re-
cently lost their foliage through an
overdose of this fertilizer,

GAS damage to greenhouse plants is
very liable to occur in hard, frosty
weather if there are any leaky gas
pipes in the streets or ground nearby,
the gas escaping through the soft
earth below the frostline outdoors to
the ground that is protected by the
fjreenhouse.

Society of American Florists.

LiEPARTMENT of PLANT REGISTRATION.

Public notice is hereby given that
P. W. Fletcher, Auburndale, Mass., of-
fers for registration the asparagus de-
scribed below. Any person objecting to
the registration or to the use of the
proposed name is requested to com-
municate with the secretary at once.
Failing to receive objection to the reg-
istration, the same will be made three
weeks from this date. Description —
Origin : A hybrid seedling, raised in
llUl. parentage, Hatcheri x Deflexus
scandens. This variety is as free-bloom-
ing as A. Hatcheri and the cut sprays
are as durable and long-keeping as D.
scandens. It is absolutely thornless.
Not as heavy in growth as plumosa,
but very dainty and graceful. Espe-
cially valuable for decorative work
when in bloom. Name — Asparagus hy-
brida Gracilis. •

As no objections have been filed,
public notice is hereby given that the
registration by the Conard & Jones
("o.. West Grove, Pa., of the Cannas
Pocahontas (Bronze Olympic), Flag of
Truce, Dragon, Princeton and Gaiety
becomes complete.

REGISTRATION COMPLETED.

.4s no objections have been filed, pub-
lic notice is hereby given that the reg-
istration of the Seedling Geranium by
Charles Borrman, 338 High St., Buffalo,
N. Y., becomes complete.

JOHN YOUNG, Sec'y.

Dec. 19, 1914.

After Yuletlde.

"Well, the holly has all been taken
down."

"Yes, and the janitor sassed me to-
day ^7hen I wanted something done."
—Louisville Courier-Journal.

American Sweet Pea Society.

I am pleased to report that the pre-
liminary schedule is now in the hands
of the printer and will be ready for
members and applicants the first week
in January. The Newport Horticul-
tural Society is offering prizes to the
value of $2(X). The Newport Garden
Association, .$100; the Newport Garden
Club, .$100. W. B. Scott .& Co., and the
Broadway Hardware Company of New-
port. R. I., are also offering prizes for
children. The following special prizes
have been received by the American
Sweet Pea Society which will be added
to the preliminary schedule and are
as follows :

Peter Henderson & Co.'s prizes for
the best 12 vases, 20 sprays to a vase,
of 12 distinct varieties of Spencer sweet
peas. First prize, $25; second prize,
.$15; third prize, $10.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co.'s prizes for the
finest 12 vases sweet peas in 12 distinct
varieties correctly named. First prize,
silver cup, value $25, and $10 cash;
second prize, $10; third prize, $5.

The Arthur T. Boddington prizes.
Challenge silver cup, value $50, for a
collection of sweet peas, 25 varieties,
not less than 25 stems to a vase, to be
shown with sweet pea foliage only. To
be won twice by the same exhibitor.
There will also be awarded to the win-
ner of this cup (each time won) a cash
prize of $25; second prize, $15; third
prize, $10.

The Stumpp & Walter Co.'s prizes for
the best six vases of sweet peas, six
distinct Spencer varieties, 20 sprays to
a vase. First prize, $15; second prize,
$10; third prize, $5.

The C. C. Morse & Co.'s prize. A
silver cup, value $25, for the finest dis-
play of sweet peas (open to the seed
trade only).

The Henry F. Michell Co.'s prizes.
The "Michell Seed House" silver medal
for six vases, 25 sprays each, six dis-
tinct Spencer varieties sweet peas. The

"Michell Seed House" bronze medal for
best 25 blooms "Illuminator" sweet
peas. The "Michell Seed House" silver
medal for best vase Spencer varieties
mixed, not less than 100 blooms, sweet
peas. The "Michell Seed House" bronze
medal for the best vase "mixed sweet
peas," not less than 100 blooms. The
"Michell Seed House" bronze medal for
the best two vases of 12 sprays each,
white, and 12 sprays pink sweet peas.

The Thomas J. Grey Co.'s prize. A
cut glass bowl.

The Burnett Brothers' prize for the
best vase of white sweet peas (Spencer
variety), 50 sprays to the vase; gyp-
sophila or foliage other than sweet pea
can be used. First prize, $10.

The Weeber & Don prize for the best
vase of 100 sprays mixed sweet peas,
arranged for effect; gypsophila and
foliage other than sweet pea can be
used. First prize, $5.

The Mount Desert Nurseries prizes
for the best vase of sweet peas, one
variety, any color, 25 stems, arranged
for effect; any other foliage than sweet
pea may be used. First prize, $7.50;
second prize, $2,50.

Joseph Breck & Sons' prize, $10,00.

The John Lewis Childs' prizes for the
best vase of mixed sweet peas, not more
than 25 sprays. First prize, $5; second
prize, $3; third prize, $2.

Hitchings & Co.'s prize. A silver cup.

The Henry A. Dreer prizes for best
vase of Spencer Sweet Pea, Royal Pur-
ple; first prize, $5; second prize, $2.50.
For best vase of Spencer Sweet Pea,
Margaret Madison Improved; first
prize, $5; second prize, $2,50.

The Jerome B. Rice Seed Co.'s prizes.
First prize, $5; second prize, $3; third
prize, $2.

The Sutton & Sons' prize. A silver
cup, value $25.00, for the best table of
sweet peas, covering 12 square feet,
and not to exceed three feet in height.
Gypsophila and foliage other than
sweet pea may be used.

The R. & J. Farquhar & Co.'s prizes
for the best Spencer sweet peas, six
distinct varieties, one vase of twenty
sprays of each variety, open to private
growers only. First prize, $12; second
l)rize, $8.

The F. R. Pierson Co.'s prize. A sil-
ver cup.

In addition to the above prizes, the
American Sweet Pea Society will offer
their usual cash prizes, gold, silver and
bronze medals. There is still oppor-
tunity for the trade and others to offer
prizes at this time. Meanwhile, would
extend thanks to those who have so
generously contributed prizes to what
we hope will be the most successful
exhibition ever held by our society.
Harry A. Bunyard, Sec'y.

Siebreclit Secures Exposition Contract.

Siebrecht & Son, of the Rose Hill
Nurseries, New Rochelle, N. Y., have
been awarded the contract by the com-
mission of the state of New York for
the landscape work, furnishing and
planting of evergreens, bay trees, etc.,
for the grounds about the New York
state building at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition; also furnishing palms, ferns
and bay trees for the interior of the
buildings. Three refrigerator cars of
stock have already gone forward. Sie-
Ijrecht & Son had the state contracts
at the Chicago and St. Louis exposi-
tions.

Henry A. Siebrecht, Sr., has left for
the exposition city to personally super-
vise the work.

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The Amer i ca n Fl o r i s t.

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Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
for Plant Advs., Sec Ready Reference Section.

Where answers nre to be mailed from this office
-..CiOse lOceuts extra to cover posUipe, etc.

Situation Wanted-By all around florist. A 1
rose and carnation prower. desigrner. etc. .Address
Key 403. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By yount' man of 25. as de-
signer or grower. Can jjive best of references.
Address. Key VS'*. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By an experienced grower in
every branch, good on landscape work. Address
Key 402. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— Good all around storeman.
Chicago or vicinity preferred. Can come well
recommended. Address

Key 991. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By firstclass grower of
roses and carnations. Expert on carnation cut-
tings. Can handle men. Well recommended.
Address. Key 997, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young woman, in flower
store to learn design work. Willing to assist with
housework. Address.

Key 48.^. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young lady thoroughly
experienced in all lines of retail work. Chicago
or vicinity preferable. Address

Key 477. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By experienced lady cashier
in retail florist store. Can furnish best of refer-
ences. Chicago preferred. Address

Key 480. care American Florist.

SituatiOM Wanted— Good all around storeman,
one capable of taking charge. State wages when
writing. Address

Key 481. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted — By young gardener. 12
years' of practical experience, in greenhouse and
outdoor work. Very best references Fully com-
petent of taking charge of any private estate.
P. B.-^CK. Room 7,2757 W. North Ave., Chicago.

Situation Wanted -Good all around grower of
roses carnations and pot plants. Ten years with
leading Chicago firms. Address

Wm. Schmidt, care American Florist-

440 S. Dearborn Street. Chicago.

Situation Wanted— Private gardener with 10

years' of experience on private place. Good

grower. Would take a temporary position on

commercial place in Chicago or vicinity. Address

Key 500. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By young man of 26: four
years* experience in general greenhouse work.
Can give good reference. Address

L. E. McCuRLEY. Box 513.

Agricultural College. Miss.

Situation Wanted— By florist and gardener:
seven years' experience two years in horticultural
school in Finland, Europe: 25 years of age.
single, sober: best references. Address

Uno Murmio,
care Hawthorn, Libertyville. 111.

Situation Wanted— By middle aged man as
workmg foreman on commercial place. Well
posted on roses and carnations. Carnation cut-
tings a specialt\ . Good landscape gardener and
all around man. Address

Key 401. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By competent florist and
landscape gardener, age 2S. married, no children.
Experience in Europe and United States. Grad
uated from a horticultural college. A man who
understands his business in anything pertaining
to gardening culture, wants position on private
estate from the first of February or any time after.
Excellent references. Address

Gardener, care 521 Wells St..

Milwaukee. Wis.

Help Wanted- An experienced nursery sales
man, accustomed to soliciting and taking care of
large contracts: must have had wide experience:
best of references required.

The Elizabeth Nursery Co..

Elizabeth, N. J.

Help Wanted— A man thoronghly posted in the
nursery business, accustomed to handling men,
filling orders, grading stock and competent to
wait on customers at nursery; one who is engaged
in the business at the present time: a good
position for the right man; best of references
required. Thk Elizabkth Nursery Co..

Elizabeth. N. J.

Wanted to Rent— A party wants to rent a small
florist place with some land, in or near a small
town, with the privilege of buying if terms are
satisfactory. Address

Key 995, care American Florist.

Wanted to Rent— A reliable party who can
furnish the proper credentials wants to rent a
range of houses of 15.000 feet of glass or more,
in Chicagoor within 100 miles of it, with the privi-
ledge of buying if conditions are satisfactory.

Address Key 992 care American Florist.

Greenhouse For Rent -An up*to date Garland
Iron Frame Greenhouse, 28 feet 8 in. bv 128 feet,
all one house; wheel vents, good locality, good
market. Well stocked for Christmas and spring
trade. Immediate possession. Apply lo
P. A, Ballingal, 29 MacKenzie St., Gait. Ont

For Sale— First-class retail flower etore, plants
and cut flowers, in vicinity of University of Chica-
go: well established; ill health reason for selling.
Address, Key 998 care American Florist.

For Sale— Well stocked general nursery; best
and wealthiest class of people as patrons: doing
good business: located in Southern California:
$8,000 cash will handle. Address,

Key 99fi. care American Florist.

For Sale- Florist plant: lot 100x200. Seven room

dwelling. All conveniences. Hot houses 177 feet

lony. Hot watersystem. In firstclass condition.

Town of 2000. A bargain, good going business.

Wm. T. Wright,

Newtown, Pa.

For Sale— Florist plant. New 7 room dwelling.
new hot houses. Hot water beating system.
Large lot. Everything in first-class condition
and doing a fine business. Possession at once.
Price right. Address

W. T. Wright. Newtown. Bucks Co., Pa.

For Sale— In Iowa, a good paying florists'
business of 9 houses, all up-to-date, also resi-
dence and 8 lots, invoices at $32.000 at wholesale
prices. Will sell at a discount on account of i oor
health, for cash, city property or farming latd.
Address Key 488, care American Florist.

For Sale- 1 have 8500 feet glass. 65 hotbed sash.
5 acres good land. 4 greenhouses well stocked with
carnations, 'mums, violets and bedding plants.
Good dwelling house, barn, out house. Coal
enough for winter. Four blocks from street car
line, railroad right in city. Price $12,000 cash.
Address Key 479. care American Florist.

STOREMANj

Al Designer and Salesman is open for

engagement. State salary when writing.

Key XXX, care American Florist.

FOR SALE

Modern range of JO. 000 feet of glass in first-class
shape. Fully stockud and doing a good retail and
wholesale business. Located in a good city in
northern Indiana. Must be sold at once on account
of poor liealth. Will sell for part cash and balance
on long time if taken at once at \i of actual cost.
Address Rgy 999. care American Florist.

FOR SALE

Brand new fixtures being used a few
months, consisting of up-to-date ice box,
marble counters, fancy chandeliers,
polished edge mirrors, artistic office,
safe, etc. Price very reasonable. Address
Key 994, care American Florist.

Florists' Attention !

We have on hand ready for shipment
all material necessary for the superstruc-
ture of a Modern Iron Frame Lutton
Greenhouse, 42 ft. widex 150 ft. long.
We will dispose of this material for
$1,300.00 F. O. B. our factory. Re-
member everything is new and strictly
first class; just the same kind of a house
that has madethe Lutton reputation. We
will send you even the Galvanized Nails,

Bolts and screws for assembling the
house. Plans sent on request.

William H. Lutton Company

JERSEY CITT. N. J.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

Actiiiil size of leaf 23!ix5J4 inchei.

FOK CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on
giiTiimiMl iKipi-r; your card, etc., lu
black :ind leaf adopted bv the S. A. F.
in red. Prices: Per 500, $2.85: per 1000,
W.SO. SamplPS on request. Electro of
leaf, puslpiud, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FIORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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The American Florist.

Jan. 2,

POEHLMA

72-74 E> Randolph St,

We Wish You A Happy and Prosperous New Yii

We will continue to have a big supply of Roses, Beauties, Carnations, and
extra fancy Gardenias. We can now supply all demands for Cattleyas.

Current Price List in Effect January 2nd, 1915.

Orchids and Gardenias.

Per Doz.

Cattleyas $7.60 and $9.00

Dendrobiums 6 GO and 6.00

Gardenias 3.00 and 4.00

Cypripediums 2.00 and 3.00

Beauties. Per doz.

Specials $4.00

36-in. long 3.00

30-iu. long 2.5D

24-in. long 2.00

18 to 20-in 1.50

Per 100

Short $8 00

(28 in. or over $16.00

24-26 in 12.00

20-22 in 10,00

16-18 in 8 00

12-14 in 6.00

short 4.00

Carnations. '

^ ,- P<=r 100

Split $1.50

Medium 2.00

Fancy .$3.00 to 4 00

Killarney
White Kill.
Bulgaria
Sunburst
Aaron Wards
Kill. Queen

Ex. long $10.00 to $12.00

Ivong 8.00

Medium 4.00 to 6.00

Short 2.00 to 3.00

I

Perfl

Extra Special Roses charged accordingly.
Cecile Brunner

Russell— 30 to 36 in. long..
" 26 to 28 in. long.

22 to 24 in. long..

18 to 20 in. long..

16in

14 in

" Short stem

Per

Roses. Per 100 Misceiianeous.

Jonquils

Romans

Paper Whites

Sweet Peas $1.00t

Freesia

Easter Lilies

Violets, singleand double... 0.76 1

Stevia 1.00 t«

Mexican Ivy

$ 2.00 Smilax '..per doz., $2.00

jQQ Sprengeri-Asparagus '

$20.00 Asparagus Plumosus, string,
1800 ^Pc.

15 00 Leucothoe

12.00 Adiantum 75 t(

10.00 Galax, bronze and green per 100

8 00 Eastern Ferns " "i

6.0O Boxwood per bu., 25c, percasj

LUy of the Valley. I

Pet
Extra Fancy

1st Quality I

2nd Quality $2.00 t!

Hadley— Ex. long 18.00

Ivong 15.00

Medium $10.00 to 12.00

Short....;... 6 00

=Supplles, =]

SPECIAL JANUARY SAL

35% CASH DISCOUNT

On all orders for Wire Designs over $10.00. Look up your stock, make up your ordei
get what you need while this offer lasts.

ANOTHER BIG BARGAIN

Special \S^ / q discount on Wheat Sheaves for a short time only.

SPECIAL PRICES ON CVCAS LEAVES

In quantity lots. Buy what you want while this offer is good.

Iridescent Ruscus and Statice

$K00 Per Pound.

A beautiful sparkling pink effect that can be used to good advantage on table decoration
all occasions. Order a sample lot today. You will never regret it.

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BROS. CO.

Mstance Phone, £>WM^£^ JKt^ £\ III

indoiph 35. v>niv>A%Uvr9 ILL.«

Western Palm Headquarters

>t supply of choice Kentias we have ever offered. Both single and made-up

Kentla Belmoreana

Single Plants

18 in. high

24 in. high

28 to 30 in. high
32 to 34 in. high

36 in. high

42 to 44 in. high

45 to 48 in. high

Each
$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3-00
4.00
5.00

5 to 6 leaves.

6 to 7 leaves-
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

Specimens. $15.00 to $25.00,

Kentia Forsteriana

Single Plants

5 to 6 leaves, 18 to 20 in. high 0 35

5 to 6 leaves. 28 to 30 in. high 1.00

5 to 6 leaves 34 to 36 in, high 1.50

6 to 7 leaves. 46 to 48 in. high 3.50
6 to 7 leaves. 50 to 54 in. high 5.00
6 to 7 leaves, 5 to 5H ft. high 8.00
6 to 7 leaves, 6to6Hft. high 10.00

I Phoenix Roebelenli

20 in. high, 26 in, spread 1.50

22 in. high. 28 in. spread 2.00

2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in, spread 2.50

fine specimens 3.50

uens, 6-in., 3 plants, 90c each.

I Kentia Forsteriana

Made-upPlants
' 3 plants in a pot, 28 in, high
4 plants in a pot, 34 to 38 in.
4 plants in a tub,

3 plants in a tub,
' 3 plants in a tub,

4 plants in a tub,
I 4 plants in a tub,

4 plants in a tub,
< 4 plants in a tub.

high
38 in. high
38 to 42 in, high
48 to 54 in, high
52 to 56 in. high
5 ft. high

5 to 5H ft. high 10.00

6 ft. high 12.00
specimens 12 and 15 inch tubs. 7 plants.

$15,00, $18.00 and .$25.00.

Each
$1.50
2.50
3.00
3.50
5.00

6.oe

8.00

Boston. Whitmanl, Roosevelt.

5 inch, each $0.25 per doz $3.00

6inch.each 50 per doz 6.00

7inch.each 75 per doz 9.00

8 inch, each 1.00 per doz 12.00

lOinch. each 2.50

12 inch, each 3.50

E.>;tra fine Boston and Asparagus Hanging Baskets

$1.50 to $3.00 each.

Azaleas

All the leading varieties, from $1.50
to $3.00 each in bloom. Larger speci-
mens from $3.00 up to $8.00 each.

Pandanus Veitchii.

Highly colored, 4-iii. 60c, 6-in., 76c to
$1.00, 6-in., $1.50, 7-in., $2.00 to $2.60 ea.

Dracaena Godseffiana.

2-in. pots $1.00 per doz.

Dracaena Terminalis

Highly colored, extra fine, 4 in., $3.00
per doz.; 5 in., $6.00 doz.; 6 in., 75c
to $1.00 each.

Araucarias

ExcelSa, fine stock 50c, 75c, $1.00
each. RobUSta CompaCtS, large
plants, $1.50 to $2.00 each.

Aspidistras.

Green, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.00.
Variegated, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.60.

Rubber Plants.

All sizes from 26c to 50c ea. Strong foliage.

Crotons.

Well colored in all varieties, extra fine,
60c to 76c each.

English Ivy.

Strong stock, 20 cts. to 35 cts. each.

Cocos Weddelliana

2-in., $1.60 per dozen, $10.00 per 100,
$90.00 p^r 1000. Ready by January.

All Freigtit Shipments Travel at
Purctiaser's Rislc.

drafted and Own Root Rose Plants

jadimarters lor f^rafted and Own Root Rose Plants of the most popular varieties. For conmiercial growers only. Booking orders now for future delivery.

i-inch. Per lOOli Per 5000

$130 00 J600 00

130 00 600 00

12000 55000

lawyer 110 00 500 00

IIOOO 50000

110 00 500 00

•ney 110 00 500 0(1

■illiant 110 0(J 500 00

•raft 11000 500 00

ler 100 00

h grafted plants add $40.00 per 1000 to prices quoted above.

Own Root, 2H-inch. Per ICOO Per 5000

White Killarney $60 00 $275 00

Pink Killarnev 60 00 275 00

Richmond 55 00 260 00

BulgarieorTaft 60 CO 275 00

.^aron Ward 60 00 275 00

Sunburst 60 00 275 00

Milady 60 00 275 00

Killarney Brilliant 60 CO 275 00

Hadley 70 OO 300 00

Prince d'Arenberg 60 00 275 00

CHRYSANTHEMUIVIS

List includes only such

uarters forthe best commercial varieties of Chrysanthemums; 2V4-inch and rooted cuttings, for commercial growers only
varieties as are grown in large quantities. Booking orders now. Shipped when wanted.

THE TWO BEST VARIETIES EVER OFFERED.

irvella French, late white $8 00 per lOn; $70 00 per 1000 Miss Pauline Anderson, late yellow $8 .00 per 100; $70 OOperlOGC)

these varieties scored 94 points by judges of the Chrysanthemum Society of America, at Chicago, and both scored 95 points by the judges of the
, Minnesota State Florists' Association, at Minneapolis.

R. C. per 2V!-inch per
PINK— 100 lOOO

McNiece «2 50 $22 00

R C. per
I 100 1000

Ivance $2 50 $22 00

rost 2 50 22 00

ioehlmann 2 50 22 00

Jizer 2 50 22 fO

i'orth 2 50 22 00

Idwick 2 50 22 00

i.aton 2 50 22 00

1 Hall 2 50 22 00

2 50 22 00

leal 2 50

2 50 22 00

jnon 2 50 22 00

2H-inch per
100 1000

$3 00 $2; 00
3 00 27 00

100 1000

$3 00 $27 00

3 00 27 00

Enguehard 2 50 22 00

300 27 00 MaudDean 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

3 00 27 00 R. E. Loeben 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

3 00 27 00 PattT 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

3 00 27 00 Wells' Late Pink 2 50 22 03 3 (JO 27 00

3 01 27 00 Chieftain 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

3 00 27 00 R. C, per 2H-inch per

3 00 27 00 YELLOW— 100 1000 100 inoO

3 CO Golden Glow $2 50 $22 00 $3 00 $27 00

3 00 27 00 Chrysolora 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

3 00 27 00 Bonnaffon 2 50 22 00 3(0 27 00

100 1000
$3 00 $27 00
3 00 27 00

YELLOW- 100 1000

Yellow Eaton $2 50 $22 00

Yellow Salomon 2 50 22 00

BRONZE—

O. H Kahn 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

RED—

Scbrimpton 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

Here are two of last years introductions that we be-
lieve to be good commercial varieties, and we will
grow these in quantities ourselves:

Champion, red, $6 00 per 100; $5C 00 per lOOO,

Philadelphia, light pink, $6.00 per 100; $50 00 per
1000.

SEND ALL PLANT ORDERS DIRECT TO MORTON GROVE, ILL.

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Jan.

BEAUTIES -CARNATIONS

WHITE— ROSCS--PINK

Finest stock grown in this vicinity in quantity. You need this stock to please your
trade. Buy direct from the grower and you will always be best taken care of.
We sell only the flowers we grow and guarantee them to arrive in good condition.

CURRENT PRICE LIST—

BEAUTIES. Perdoz

Specials, stems 48 in. and over % 4.00

36 in. stems 3.00

30 in. stems 2.50

24 in. stems 2.00

12 to 18 in. stems $1.00 to 1.50

Richmond-Killarney Bril-
liant-Pink and White
Killarney.

Specials, extra long stems.

Medium length stems

Short length stems

ROSES, our selection in lots
of 300 or more

Per 100

$8.00 to $10.00
6.00
4.00

Per 100

$3.00

Rhea Reid-Milady-Bulgaria-
Sunburst. per loo

Specials, extra long stems, $10.00 to $12.00
Mediums, stems 10 to 15 in.. 8.00

Shorter stems 5.00

Carnations* perico

Fancy red, very choice $4.00

Fancy dark pink, very choice 4.00

Fancylightpink, very choice, $3.00 to 4. 00
, Fancy white, very choice 3.00 to 4.00

Easter Lilies 15.00

Lily of the Valley $3.00 to 4.00

Narcissus Paper Whites 3.00

Asp. and Sprengeri Sprays.... $2. 00 to 3.00

Best Eastern Ferns, per 1000, $2-00 to 2.50

Galax Leaves, green or bronze, 1000, 1.00

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, 111., and Greggs Station, 111.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chlcag:o.

TEADE NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS.

The Christmas trade was not as
good as was expected it would be, but
this is due mostly to the slump in the
local demand and the shipping busi-
ness, which was not as good as it was
last year. Shipping orders were as
plentiful as ever, but they were not as
large, and the local demand was the
most quiet that has been experienced
in this market at Christmas for a great
many years and probably will not be
experienced again for many years to
come. Some attribute the falling off
in demand of cut flowers to the fact
that the majority of the retail florists
handled more plants than ever this
year, and while this is true to a cer-
tain extent, the general business con-
ditions throughout the country had
something to do with it as well as the
extreme cold weather that prevailed in
this vicinity during Christmas week,
when the thermometer was down to
12 degrees below zero the most of the
time, which naturally kept people in-
dqprs more than usual. From a trip
around the city where the writer
called on nearly all the leading florists
just before Christmas, the general re-
port received is to the effect that
practically everyone ordered quite a
large supply of plants which they

really expected to dispose of before the
heaviest Christmas demand set in, and
when cut flowers are usually the prin-
cipal offerings. As it was in most
cases, the demand did not set in until
Wednesday- afternoon and evening,
and even as late as Thursday, and the
retail florists naturally pushed plants
which they had on hand and did not
stock up with cut flowers as they did
in previous years. Some of them were
afraid to buy on account of the high
prices that were quoted before Christ-
mas and which they felt they
could not afford "to pay because they
would have to charge accordingly and
which the greater number of them
were afraid they would not get. Trade
was good up to Wednesday night and
prices held firm, but on Thursday
there was a gradual weakening and by
noon the local buyers were able to
set stock very reasonable. The houses
that had a good shipping trade did
not' suffer as heavily as the stores that
depended on the local demand or on
supplying the larger growers as they
did in former years, but who had
plenty of stock this year to convenient-
ly fill all their orders. There was
never such a large collection of stock
to select from Christmas week as
there was this year and it is a ques-
tion if there was anything at all

^ Budlong's

EBlue Ribbon Valley.

scarce, with the exception of red
roses and carnations. A lot of Amer-
ican Beauty roses were shipped in
from the east which affected the prices
on local grown stock to a great ex-
tent, which was more plentiful than
usual this year. Just how the dealers
came out that handled the stock from
the east would be an easy matter to
explain, but that they did not get
what they expected to is a sure thing
,ind in some instances this stock was
refused because it did not arrive in
any too good a condition. Orchids,
gardenias, roses, carnations and prac-
tically everything in cut flowers were
plentiful, including violets, although
home-grown singles cleaned up at good
prices. Lily of the valley was more
plentiful than ever, but cleaned up as
good as could be expected. Nearly
every one of the dealers were somewhat

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PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

LARGE SUPPLY

BEAITIES-ROSES-CARNAI IONS

Our 2,000,000 feet of glass enables us to offer a j^reat variety of splendid stock to
select from. Buy direct from us and get fresh stock at all times. 'Nuff said.

Current Price List.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

Extra long

30-36-inch stems. ...

24-inch stems

20-iDch stems

Short stems ,

t'er doz.
$5 1)0
4 00
3 00
2 50
1 CO

RICHMOND AND MILADY.

Per 100

Extra special 12 00

Specials 10 00

Select 8 00

Medium 5 00 to 6 00

Shorts 4 00

Killarney

White Kill arney...

My Maryland

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward..
Ophelia

Mrs. Chas. Russell

Specia
Select
Medium
Short...

Per 100

$10 00
8 00
6 00
4 00

Per Doz

Specials $3 00

Select ;... 2 50

Medium 1 50

Short... 75 to 1 00

Roses, our selection, per 100.

■t 00

Per 100

$4 00
on to 3 00

Carnations, fancy

** select

Sweet Peas

Harrlsii..perdoz.,$l 50 to $2 00

Valley 3 00 to

Violets 1 00 to

Stevla

Smilax per doz.. $2 00

Adlanium

Asparagus, per bunch.. 50 to 75c

Ferns, per 1000 $2 50

Boxwood, per bunch 25c

Galax, bronze and green, per 1000 $1 OO

Leucothoe Sprays, per 100 75c to l 00

1 50

4 00
1 50
1 50

1 00

disappointed in regard to their Christ-
mas business, but look for better busi-
ness in the future. Fuixeral worlc
seems to be plentiful just now, but
there is plenty of stock in all lines to
go around now at seasonable prices.
Trade has shown some improvement
since Christmas, but just what to ex-
pect for New Year's day is a question
that can be best answered next week.

NOTES.

George Wienhoeber has resigned his
position as manager of the Fleisch-
mann Floral Co., on Jackson boulevard,
and bought the Lubliner & Trinz store
on South Wabash avenue and will take
possession on January 1, 1915. Mr.
Wienhoeber was with the Fleischmann
Floral Co. for over 12 years, during
which time he acted as manager, and
the sudden turn of affairs was a com-
plete surprise to everyone in the trade.
No one doubts but what he will make
good in the Lubliner & Trinz store
and build up a big paying business.
Geo. Mohn will be with him at his
new location.

Moninger Greenhouse News, Vol. 1.
No. 1. is at hand, the contents includ-
ing: "Editor's Chat," by P. L. McKee;
"Is Vacuum Heating Economical?" by
Engineer; "Getting Together," by The
Company; "Greenhouses in Europe," by
E. F. Kurowski; "The Best Width of
Bench," by Builder; "What Style of
Greenhouse Shall I Build?" by R. E.
Kurowski.

Peter Reinberg has had no com-
plaints from his customers, according
to Felix Reichling, in regard to the
stock that was shipped out Christmas
week, but many testimonial letters are
being received. The J. U. McKays of
Jackson, Miss., one of Reinberg's cus-
tomers, write that they had a splendid
holiday trade and were more than
satisfied.

The Chicago Carnation Co. and
Pyfer & Olsem will make an exhibit at

H. VAN GELDER. Pres.

L. M. JONES, Secy

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*

WHOLESALE commission FLORISTS

— J . .... . 56 East Randolph Street „.. ,. ^ „..•..

Importers and Jobbers of '^ Ribbons and Chiffons

Florist Supplies

CHICAGO

Our Specialty

IIIY Of THE VAllEY

SELECT STOCK

$3.00 to $4.00
Per 100.

the next meeting of the Chicago Flo-
rists' Club, to be held at the Bismarck
Hotel, West Randolph street, Janu-
ary 7, when there will be quite an ex-
hibit of new roses, carnations, etc.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. have no com-
plaint to make in regard to their
Christmas business, which was as good
as could be expected. Their shipping

trade was large and as usual the firm
took care of all their customers in fine
shape.

The Fleischman Floral Co. has not
made any official announcement as
to who will succeed George Wienhoe-
ber as manager, but it is very likely
that Mr. Rubel will take charge him-
self.

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Jan. 2,

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Ave.,

Long Distance Phone,
Randolph 2081.

CHICAGO

Large Supply of Exceptionally Fine Stock. Prices Right.

Beauties-Roses

The Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co. is
closing' a highly satisfactory year's
business this week, including all lines
of their work, private, public and com-
mercial greenhouse building. The
Arm's manufacturing plant and offices
at Thirty-first street and Spaulding
avenue, have been found inadequate
the past year and elaborate extensions
and additions are almost completed,
affording indoor accommodation for
many cars of lumber and manufac-
tured materials of wood, steel and iron
with inward and outgoing tracks, load-
ing and unloading under cover. The
lumber yard space has been greatly
increased and the up-to-date appli-
ances and improvements make the es-
tablishment one of the most complete
and efficient of its kind in the coun-
try. The capacity of the plant in
1915 will be almost three times as large
as the 1914 capacity.

Sol Garland's greenhouses at Des
Plains were partly destroyed by fire
early Wednesday morning, December
23, when one house was destroyed and
the boiler shed completely burned
down. The houses are used by the
Geo. Wittbold Co. for growing plants.
Louis Wittbold was notified as soon
as the fire was discovered and as
soon as he arrived everything was
done to extinguish the fire and make
temporary repairs to prevent the stock
from freezing. WTiile there was some
loss by fire the plants suffered little
or no damage from freezing. Louis
Wittbold had a temporary boiler shed
made of heavy wrapping paper which
served the purpose well, but a new-
steel boiler shed is now under way.

Wm. F. Schofield, the North State
street florist, had a big call for aza-
leas, begonias, cyclamen and poinset-
tias at Christmas and sold out almost
completely in this line. He also had
several large decorations that week
which kept him busy as a bee, but he had
Henry Dunn to look after the store, so
things went along very smoothly.' The
only thing that went wrong was -when
one of the young ladies moved about
a dozen palms out in the street from
one of the places that he had deco-
rated. She saw a couple of Hill's
hardy evergreens out on the porch and
didn't see what difference it would
make if she put the palms out there
too — even if the temperature regis-
tered eight below zero.

C. L. Washburn, of Bassett & Wash-
biun, played Santa Claus to the chil-
dren of the employes at the green-
houses on Christmas eve and had quite
an unpleasant experience in making
his trips to the various homes with
the temperature below zero. While he
was taking in a basket to one of the
fajiBilies his horse started off and he
had to chase him down the road for a
quarter of a mile before he could catch
him. A couple of baskets and a robe
had dropped out of the buggy in the
meantime and he had to go back after

them, consequently he was pretty
nearly frozen before he reached home.
Mr. Washburn's Christmas present
was marked "chilblains."

Poehlmann Bros. Co. now have a
direct line to its greenhouses at Mor-
ton Grove and can call up the green-
hou.ses from the store without first
calling central, or can call up the store
fi'om the greenhouses, or whichever
way one desires. Anyone that has a
paid telephone in the city can talk
direct to Morton Grove without charge
by asking for Rogers Park 684, which
is the new number and the one that
must be asked for 'to get a direct con-
nection. This firm is cutting a fine line
of stock now, especially American
Beauty roses, gardenias and orchids.
The supply department is having a
special sale on wire designs and
cycas leaves now.

George Perdikas did a land office
business at his three stores in the
loop, especially at Jackson boulevard
and at the South Wabash avenvie
store, where he makes his headquar-
ters. He had a splendid window dis-
play of plants and succeeded in mov-
ing every one at his advertised price.
Mr. Perdikas never expected to do as
well as he did. which means that this
has been the best Christmas business
that he has ever experienced.

G. C. Steftens, who conducts the
florist store in the Rienzi building, 2813
Broadway, was well satisfied with his
Christmas trade and says that plants
«ere in best demand, although cut
flowers also sold well. Mr. Steffens
has not been very long in this location,
but will very- likely rema'in for some
time, for he is gradually building up
a nice, steady business.

Wietor Bros, are cutting some fine
American Beauty roses as well as all
other stock, which is cleaning up well
each day. Christmas trade was very
satisfactory with them this year and
they look for a continuation of good
business. Their carnations are unusu-
ally good this season and always are
in good demand.

Percy Jones is receiving regular
shipments of choice lily of the valley
and a large supply can be seen at his
establishment now. H. Van Gelder is
busy making arrangements for a ban-
ner year in 1915 and with the bunch
of hustlers that he has about him he
cannot help but succeed.

James Novak sent a nice box of
pecans to the writer this week that
came from his grove which he bought
in Georgia from the Jackson Pecan
Groves Co., who is represented by
Miss L. A. Tonner. formerly of the
A. L. Randall Co. They certainly were
fine. Thanks, Mr. Novak.

A. T. Pyfer says that Pyfer &
Olsem had a splendid Christmas trade
at their new store in Wilmette, 'which
was opened recently and that H. E.
Philpott, of Winnipeg, is some florist
when he gets down to actual work.
He made up nearly all the holiday

^ Budlong's

eBIub Ribbon Valley.

Mention the American Florist Khen writing

wreaths, which were in good demand.

.S. Freund, of the A. A. Arnold Pa-
per Box Co., will call on his out-of-
town customers right after the first
of the year. His firm has a dandy
Valentine box which will be ready for
delivery on January 20, and many of
the florists have already placed their
orders for same.

Dan Simons, proprietor of the Ogden
Floral Co., 1917 West Harrison street,
celebrated Christmas this year by
again renewing his subscription to
THK AjMebic.\n Florist. Mr. Simons
does a nice business out his way and
always does his own buying in the lo-
cal market.

Harry C. Rowe made a grand show-
ing at his store on North W^abash ave-
nue during Christmas week and one
could not help but admire the artistic-
ally arranged baskets of plants and cut
flowers that he had on display.

H. Simpson had a fine Christmas
trade at his Ogden avenue store and
sold a good supply of both cut flowers
and plants. Cyclamen sold unusually
well this year, is the report at this es-
tablishment.

J. F. Kidwell, of the J. F. Kidwell
Co., Downers Grove, was greatly hon-
ored recently when he was elected as
one of the directors of the First Na-
tional Bank and alderman of that
town.

Joseph Ziska's supply department
had a tremendous call for red frieze
for the holidays which made quite a
hit with the retail trade this year and
was- disposed of at an early hour.

The Atlas Floral Co. had a nice
Christmas trade and Mrs. Williams
was fortunate in having such an able
assistant in her employ as Herbert
Stone during the holiday rush.

Tim Matchen did better than he
expected at his new store at Indiana
Harbor during Christmas week and Is
pretty well satisfied with his venture
in the retail business so far.

A. F. Longren will leave on an ex-
tended business trip right after Ne'W
Year's and expects to be away (or
several months before returning home.

O. A. Tonner says that snapdragons
and single violets were the best sellers
on her list Christmas week.

The Retail Florists' Association will
meet at the Hotel La Salle next Mon-
day. January 4. at 8 o'clock.

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1257

Fancy Beauties

ROSES-CARNATIONS

Bulbous Stock And All Other IVIIscellaneous Flowers.

You can get the kind of stock that you want here in any quantity at any
time. Place your order with us and we will do the rest. Try us today.

Cvirreiat I*rloe JLrlst:.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz.
Long stems $6 00

36-inch stems

24 to 30-inch stems.

20-inch stems

18-inch stems

12 to 15-inch stems. $1 00 to

4 00
3 00
2 60
2 00

1 50
Per 100

Richmond, Special $12 00

Fancy 10 00

Medium $6 00 to 8 00

Short 4 00

W.Killarney 1 Perioo

Killarney ... Special $12 00

" Brilliant ' Fancy.. 10 00

Ward Med.... $6 00 to 8 00

Sunburst | Short. . 4 CO

ROSES, our selection. 4 00

Carnations, common.. 3 00

Fancy 4 00

Splits 2 00

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Violets 1 00 to 150

Paper Whites 3 00 to 4 00

Romans 300to 4 00

Stevia per 100,

Lilies per doz.,

Callas per doz..

Sweet Peas per lOO,

Smiiax per doz.,

Adiantum .per 100,
Asparagus Strings ea. ,

Asp. PlumoSUS bunch,
Fancy Ferns . per 1000,
Wild Smllax..per case.
Boxwood ..per lb., 25c; 60 lbs.,

Leucothoe Sprays per 100,

Mexican Ivy per 100,

Mignonette per 100, $6 00 to

$1 50 to
1 50 to
1 50 to

36 to

$150

200

2 00

2 00

200

100

76

50

2 50

6 00

760

76

76

800

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.,

161 N. Wabash Ave., "°'^.»»*)S:3n CHICAGO

m}sitiA\\MimiimA<ak*i\^im

L. D. Phone

Randolph M4!)

176 N.NicbyiqesJN Ave-. =^ ^^^

CKice>.^o

C. E. Gullett, of Lincoln, was a vis-
itor this week, returning from New
Castle and Richmond, Ind. Mr. Gullet
reports the new roses at Hill's and the
South Park Floral Co.'s looking well.
Hoosier Beauty, he says, is producing
extra heavy canes, somewhat out of
proportion to the flowers in comparison
with Mrs. Chas. Russell, in which the
stems and flowers are well balanced.

C. P. Rogers says that the Stewart
Floral Co. and the Washington Flower
Market, which he manages and of
which Johnson Bros. & Alexander are
the proprietors, both had the best
Christmas trade ever.

Zech & Mann had a nice shipping
trade all last week, and She out-of-
town demand after Christmas is keep-
ing up well. Lbcal trade is always
good at this house.

The Batavia Greenhouse Co. is cut-
ting some fine American Beauty roses
which O. Johnson delights to show his
customers.

Fleischman had a .$600 advertisement
of "Flowers for New Year's" in the
Tribune, December 30.

New London, Wis. — Guy Blondey
has purchased a half interest in the
Guelson Floral Co., and will be active-
ly identified with the business.

Chicago Novelty Show.

At tlie next meeting of the Chicago
Florists' Club, to be held January 7,
there will be an exhibition of novelties.
The club invites all growers of new
varieties of roses, carnations, etc., to
send a display for that date to the Chi-
cago Florists' Club, care of Bassett &
Washburn. 1.31 North Wabash avenue,
Chicago. 111., all charges prepaid. The
stock will be judged and varieties
scoring 85 or more points will be en-
titled to the club certificate.

Minneapolis, Minn.

The Florists' Club has been making
time during the summer months, wait-
ing for the forward movement which
will now start. The various commit-
tees are making preparations for a vig-
orous campaign during the coming year
and having in mind the high standards
set by other committees in other years,
they realize that much time and care
must be given their plans.

Under the head of ''How's Business
in Minneapolis?" the Tribune of De-
cember 27 devotes a page to portraits
of prominent retail merchants, includ-
ing Miss H. B. Whitted, who says,
"Business has been the best it has been
in years, and if the weather here had
been a little warmer there is no doubt

that it should have been again as
good."

W. D. Desmond, of the L. .S. Donal-
son Co., has the record, having worked
so hard that he is laid up in bed. It
is reported that he will enter business
on his own account January 1.

Oscar Swanson sold everything and
could have greatly increased his busi-
ness if he had the stock.

John Monson, of the Minneapolis
Floral Co., died December 28. G. T. O.

Norfolk, Va. — Prices were the same
as during the Christmas season of
lOlM, but trade showed a decrease of
'lit per cent this year. Rain hurt busi-
ness conditions, according to Blick. the
florist. There was plenty of stock to
supply all demands and stock com-
pared with last year's offerings in
quality.

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Jan.

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I^OKiVIv

e

WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

179-181-183 N.Wabash Avenue,

o.

CHICAGO

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

Consignments of Roses, Carnations, Violets

and Ail Other Seasonable Stock Solicited.

Cincinnati.

BUSINESS NOT UP TO STANDAED.

The supply for Christmas was the
largest we have had for that day in
quite a number of years. As a whole
it met with a poorer demand than any
other year. A large part of the re-
ceipts in roses, and especially in car-
nations, were so soft when they came
in, that they were utterly unfit for use
and of course found no sale whatever.
The good ones left, however, were in
such large quantities that they were
more than sufficient to go round. The
result was that the prevailing prices
were the lowest this market has ever
known for Christmas. Still the sales
ran into money and the wholesalers'
business was very satisfactory when
general business conditions are taken
into consideration. The only flowers
that sold readily were double and single
violets and red roses. More of each of
these might easily have been utilized.
Poinsettias sold fairly well. American
Beauties dragged and failed to come
anywhere near * cleaning up on the
Christmas business. Lilies did not sell
very well. Lily of the valley and or-
chids met with a fair call. Other of-
ferings that had only a fair market
were narcissi, stevia and Roman hya-
cijiths.

NOTES.

Buyers in the market from nearby
points who made personal calls last
week were Walter Gray, H. Lodder and
Karl Heiser, Hamilton, O.; J. T. Her-
degen, Aurora, Ind.; F. Rupp, Law-
renceberg, Ind.

M. A. Bauck, Seymour, Ind., stopped
in this city on the way to Sandusky,
Ohio, where he was going to attend his
mother's funeral.

Miss Edith P. Kyrk reports that she
had a very good call for plants for
Christmas.

C. E. Critchell is getting in some
very fine long stevia. H.

Washington.

CHRISTMAS TRADE GOOD.

With stock plentiful and of excellent
quality, and prices about the same as
last year, the florists put in a busy
Christmas season. American Beauty
roses brought .$5 to $12 per dozen and
orchids ranged from $7.50 to $9 per
dozen. Gardenias Tvere not at their
best and could be had for $3 per dozen.
Carnations sold at from $4 to $12 per
hundred. Spencer sweet peas of extra
good quality brought $2 per hundred,
while other varieties were oftiered at $1
and $1.50. Without exception every
florist tried to outdo the other in re-
gard to window decorations. Taking
them all in all, there was some of the
finest baskets and combinations that
have been seen in this city for some
time.

NOTES.

As a rule after Christmas everything
is very slow, but this year it was an
exception, as some of the stores w^ere
Just as busy on Saturday as they were
on Christmas, and in fact, some of the
stores had to work into the small
hjurs of Sunday to get the orders out.
It seems that everybody wanted flow-
ers, if nothing else.

Z. D. Blackistone, G. W. Cooke, The
Dupont Florist Co. and G. C. Shaffer
all had extra stores, as their stores

were not large enough to carry their
large stock.

Visitors : J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati,
Ohio. G. C. D.

St. Louis.

CHRISTMAS TRADE GOOD.

The wholesale market of 1914 will be
remembered as a market influenced by
conditions. Eastern influences in many
instances lowered prices. In one in-
stance a representative from one of the
largest wholesale houses in the east vis-
ited this city to dispose of American
Beauty roses and other flowers. The
market broke Wednesday. Carnations
of good grade sold at good prices but
second and third grades fared badly.
The same may be said of roses. Holly
%vas sold very cheap and was plentiful.
Good mistletoe was scarce. Ruscus did
not sell as well as last year. Boxwood,
statice, smilax and plumosus sold well.
In plants cyclamen, poinsettias in pans
and pots sold well but those cut found
poor sale. The i^tailers report good
trade especially in pot plants. Buyers
did not give big orders and total re-
ceipts were much less. Retailers in
general did not overstock themselves.

NOTES.

The M. M. Ayres Floral Co. is now
under the management of Richard A.
Tubbessing, who has been in the em-
ploy of Mrs. M. Ayres for several years.
Mrs. Ayres is retiring from active serv-
ice after 39 years. She is well known
as one of the best lady florists in this
city. Charles F. Tubbessing is also con-
nected with his brother as a member of
the Ayres Floral Co.

The St. Louis Seed Co. had some of
the best berried holly in the city and
disposed of it to good advantage. They
will move into their new store shortly.

The opening of the German-American
bank December 28 caused quite a de-
mand for American Beauty roses and
high grade flowers.

David Geddes of Scruggs, Vander-
voort & Barney, reports very heavy
sales in pot plants and Christmas nov-
elties.

Al. Gumz and Frank Windier han-
dled the trade of the Windier Whole-
sale Floral Co. with general satisfac-
tion.

Joseph Witck found trade good. He
is a beginner and a fine florist, for
m.any years employed by F. C. Weber.

Young & Sons report immense sales
in plants and a fair sale in cut flow-
ers owing to more reasonable prices.

Wm. Smith & Bill Osseck assisted by
comedian Paddy Patton had their
hands full with Christmas trade.

George Waldbart's stock in cut flow-
ers was of the finest, and he reports
heavy sales.

Geo. H. Angermueller unloaded a
large amount of Christmas supplies and
novelties.

Mrs. Rosie Schoenle's store was well
stocked and she reports large plant
sales.

Miss Mary Ostertag has opened up a
small store on North Grand avenue.

Otto Bruning, of H. G. Berning's re-
ported a scarcity in fancy stocks.

Arthur Klinger of H. G. Berning's
stnff is indi-sposed.

Ostertag Bros, report good trade in
all departments.

F. H. Weber had a splendid stock in
blooming plants.

BASKETS

Be sure that you get them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever oflfered.
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail florist of today needs. Send tor
our new catalog, just off the press, make
upyourorderfrom the new list and send it
to us immediately. A postal will do.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

Toreactl our store take a Chicago Avenue,
Division Street. Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car at State and Randolph Streets
and get off at Huron Street. The cars stop
right in front of our store.

^Budlong's

Blue Ribbon Valley.

s

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WILD SMILAX

$2.00 per case: half case. $1.25.

Eight 50-lb. cases $15.00

Check with order. 5% off.
Anyquantity. Freshstock. Prompt. Wireorwrite.

S. S. BRANTLEY, - Pine Apple, Ala.

Alex. W^aldbart & Sons report good
sales in plants.

W. F.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — The county com-
missioners are planning the erection of
a greenhouse.

CATLIN, III. — The greenhouse of Mrs.
Floy Terpening was almost totally de-
stroyed by fire. December 16.

19' 5-

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1259

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAOO, III

HENHICOTT BROS. COMPANY

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Our reputation has always been that we fill orders when others fail. All stock in season at Lowest Market Rates.

163-165 N. Wabash Ave., L. D. Phone 466 CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska

151-153 N.Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Win Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Oar New Catalog

WietorBros.

r'X'r'.'il CUT FLOWERS

All teltgraph and telephone orders giveo
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

HOLKBLR BROS.

KSS';, cm Flowers

Telepbone Randolph 2768.

Greenliouses: DES PLAINES, ILL.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave CHICAGO

A. L. Randall Co.,

66 E.Randolph St., ,
CHICAGO, UL.

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Rein berg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
Klllarney and White KlUamey roses. All
orders eiven proinpt attention. Try UB.

162 N.Wabash A v.. CHICAGO

Violets! Violets!!

We are California
we have the largest
largest and finest
send them to any
States, and cheaper

S. ROSAIA CO.,

Violet Growers and
beds with Violets the
produced. We can
place in the United
than any one else.

Colma, Calif.

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES a ad CAKNATIONS

Our Specialties.

J. a BUDLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, CHICAOO.

^-iS^ arw^i^ CUT FLOWERS

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

Flower Growers Corporation

Wholesale Only.

118 Broadway,

Consignments Solicited.

DETROIT, MICH.

WlloMeHoYcrMM'KeU

Current Price List.
RoBei, Beauty, specials ...

36-in

30iQ

24 in

20-in

15-in

12-in

Per doz,
$4 00

300

2 50

. 200

1 50

I 00

75

Per too

Killarney Brilliant 4 00@I3 00

Killarney 2 00@12 00

•' White Killarney 2 00@|2 00

Richmond 40061500

Prince de Bulgarie 4 00@12 CO

Rhea Reid 4 00@l5 00

My Maryland 2 00@12 00

■■ , Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 0O@3O 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 4 00@15 00

" Milady 4 00@15 00

" Sunburst 2 00@12 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 nn@12 (10

■■ Hadley 4 00015 00

'■ Ophelia 4 00@15 00

" Our selection 3 00

Carnations 2 00® 4 00

Cattleyas. ..per doz 7 50 to 9 00

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@J4.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@15 00

Paper Whites 3 00

Romans 3 00

Stevia 1 50

Sweet Peas 1 S"© 2 00

Valiey 3 Or@ 4 00

Violets 75@ 1 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

Ferns " 2 SO

Galax '■ 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75® 1 00

Mexican Ivy. ...per 1000. 5 00@5 00
PlumosusStrinf8..each. 60@ 75

Smilax per doz.. 2 00@2 50

Snrensreri. Plumosiis Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Boxwood, 25c per lb.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. 'rhones Central 1978 and 1977.

ZEcn & MANN

Wholesale Florists

so East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

W. P. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

LoDK Distance Pbone. Randolph 3619

1260

The American Florist.

Jan.

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

\ HILWADKEE, WIS.

HOLION & ItlNKtL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

Florists' Greening Pins

No fiorist should be without a box of Greeointr
Pins, considetin^ their small price, convenience
and amount of labor saved One box contains 10
lbs. (about 10,0 lO to 11 000 pins,)

Price, per box, $1.50: 5 boxes for $7,00,

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER

Wholesale Florist, 1324 Pine St., St. Louis. Mo.

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both L. D, Pbonei, ST. LOUIS, MO.

imiiet and ETerrtliiiig a stasoi always on \ni
Philadelphia.

"They're working hard as beavers,
And piling up the cash.
But every season down it roraes,
And all goes iuto sash,"

* Ctiristmas of 191-t is past, but
wliether it is a pleasant memory, as it
iias been in so many years before, is
a question. Tlie large demanij of the
holiday trade has been loolced to so
often to average up a poor fall which
it usually did, that much was ex-
pected of it to offset the record break-
ing low prices of October and Novem-
ber, but instead of joy all is turned
to gloom, as the low price record con-
tinued and the final results are little
short of disasterous. Prices averaged
from 25 to 35 per cent less than last
year, while it is thought by good
judges, that about one-third of the
stock was not moved. This will bring
general average prices very low, very
much lower than ever before for the
Christmas holidays. The hardest
stocks to move were the Killarney
roses and carnations. Everybody's
Killarney roses appeared to be in full
crop, while many growers who had
gone into the fancies, such as Killar-
ney Brilliant, Sunburst, Mock, Ward,
Hadley, Ophelia, Shawyer, Radiance,
Fireflame, Sweetheart, etc., appeared
to have also maneuvered for big cuts,
and in the main the novelties got the
best of it. It is the first time the Kil-
larney has been decisively beaten, and
it looks as if there will be a change in
the rose lists of a number of the grow-
ers for next season. The bright spots
in the list of roses were Beauty and
Richmond; these cleared up well at
prices less than last season, but rela-
tively as much above the others as
ever. Beauties did not average of
quite as high quality as usual, there
being too many Bull-heads. Richmond
sold out clean at from .$2.") to $35 for
the highest grade. Carnations ap-
peared much more plentiful than
usual; every grower sent in a record
shipment. The quality was fine, very
lUtle sleepy stock being seen, in fact
oils was the case all along the line,
nearly all stock fresh and salable.
Prices of carnations ruled low, $8,00
was high for prices, very good stock
going for $6, and in many cases they
sold as loT/ as $3 to .$4 for what

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

448 MU
waukee

P.O. BozZM.

St.. Milwaul(ee,Wis.

Fancy Lily of the Valley and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked. Supplies and Wire Designs.

C- -^ ■ I iC U lk.1 Wholesale Florist.

• A. IV U tl tl INy 1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe Hover MM^KeU

Philadelphia, Dec, 30.

Roses, Beauty, extra 25

6rst 10

" Mrs, Chas, Russell 8

" Killarney 3

■■ White Killarney 3

" Liberty i. 5

'• Mock 10

• Hadley 8

Bulgaria 6

Sunburst 6

Carnations 2

Cattleyas 35

Liliu m Harrisii -. . . . 8

Lily of the Valley 3

Sweet Peas 1

Chrysanthemums 8

Violets 1

Snapdragons 6

Mignonette 4

Asparasrus per bunch, 50

Pittsburgh, Dec. 30.

Roses, Beauty, special

*' " fancy

extra.
No. 1.

Per 100
00@35 00
00@25 00
00@I5 00
00@IO 00
00@10 00
00@1,S 00
00@20 00
00@I2 00
00@10 00
00@12 00
00® 4 00
00050 00
00@12 00
00© 5 00
00© 1 50

no@i6 00

000 1 50

nna 8 00

00@ 5 00

Per 100
50 00
40 00
20 00
15 00

Killarney 4 00® 1 2 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 8 00

" Sunb'irst 2 00@ 6 00

Mrs Aaron Ward 4 00@ 8 00

Sweetheart 3 00

Carnations -. 4 0C@ f> 00

Cattleyas 75 00

Liliu tn Giganteum 12 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum 1 00

Yellow Daisies 2 00

Sweet Peas 75

Violets 1 00@ 1 25

Asparagus Spreneeri, per bunch, 35@40
Sprays per bunch, ,3.S@4fl

last year would have easily gone for $6
to $S. There appeared to be a good
demand for all smajl stock. Sweet
peas sold very well, as did snapdrag-
ons, bouvardias, wall flowers, stevias
and mignonette. Cattleyas and other
orchids found a demand at good prices.
.Single violets brought top prices while
New York doubles sold as low as .$10
per thousand.

RI6E BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shippera
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. II it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

U.G. HbKNINO

Wholesale Florist,

Ma^olla Leaves, $1.86 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

WINDIER

HOLESALE FLORAL

IJ10PineSt,STUIUISM0.
Central 1474 Olive

Milwaukee. Dec 30 Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per doz,, 2 00@ 1000

" Killarney and W, Killarney 8 00©?5 00

Ward, Talt, Sunburst 10 00025 00

Mrs, Chas, Russell 20 00050 00

■' Ophelia 8 00025 00

■• Richmond 8 (X)@25 00

Carnations 5 00010 00

Lilies 1250

Snapdragon, per bunch, 25c @50c

Valley 4 00

Violets 1 ,'00 250

Stevia 1 00© 2 00

Bouvardia per bunch, ,^c

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1261

r

As Usual We Carry The Largest Supply Of Beauties In This Market.

TO PLACE YOUR ORDERS WITH US. INSURES YOU
THE BEST QUALITY AND A REASONABLE PRICE.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

IZth and Race Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.

Centre Street,
BALTIMORE.

1214 H Street,
WASHINGTON.

BERGER BROS.

Tt A HIT AC In large assortment,
l^AXlIjlAO best varielJes.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shippin^^ facilities.

1225 Race St.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

C. L CRITCHELL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-S4-36 East TlUra St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignmeitts Solicited.
Complete Stock ol florists' Greens and Supplies

NOTES.

Although the above is all true, there
was a large volume of business, all the
stores appearing to have enough to
keep everybody going under pressure
night and day. Pennock Brothers did
an immense business in arranged plant
baskets, their specialty. Blooming
plants sold well, cyclamen and poin-
settias leading; azaleas were also in
good demand as were heather and ar-
disias. For some reason there was not
so much done in boxes of cut flowers,
they may have been considered too
much of a luxury in the light of so
much want here and in Europe. The
demand was so light that the com-
mission men were in despair; they kept
calling up the stores on the 'phone
with special offers at low prices that
in former years would have seemed
ridiculous. Fancy, fine, long stemmed
Killarney being offered at $tj to $8 a
hundred, perfectly fresh stock. Choice
carnations at .$4 to $6; select double
violets at $1 per hundred; nothing like
this ever happened before in this burg
at Christmas time. The weather at
first was fine, but clouded up with
snow. Thursday, December 24, it
turned very cold; on Friday and on
Saturday the mercury dropped to zero.

Arthur Niessen thinks there was at
least 25 per cent more stock in the
market than last season, with about
the same reduction in the general av-
erage prices obtained. There was not
the same cleanup as last season, quite
a lot of stock not finding a market at
all. Beauties sold well with them at
about 2.5 per cent less than last sea-
son. Red roses sold as well as last
year and at about the same price.
There were too many Killarneys. This
rose will never again be the factor it
once was, it had the field almost to
itself for a long time but some of the
new roses are pusliing it hard for a
place. All small Bowers sold well.
Sweet peas, lilac, bouvardia and snap-
dragon brought good prices and cleaned
up well. Violets did not move so fast.
If Thursday had .been a good day the
results in this line would have been
better. Out of town customers all
showed up but with lighter demands.
It appears as if every small city or
town is beginning to relv more on it-
self.

One third more stock, particularly in
roses and carnations than ever before,
and a noticeable smaller demand was
the way Alfred E. Campbell put it.
Entirely too many Killarneys or at
least too much competition from the
newer, fancy sorts, which affected the
sale of the Killarney very materially
Very choice stock sold for .$8 to .$10,
which was about half of last year's

From now on you will need more

EASTER LILIES

Get fresh fine stock from The Lily Grower of the middle West.
We also have fine

Adiantum Croweanum fronds at $1.00 per 100.

HOFFMEISTER FLORAL CO.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mention the A mcrican Floi'ist n ji.u irrili)}ij

r

K

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Killarney, Richmond, Maryland and aU the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

226 Devonshire Street, : : BOSTON. MASS.

VlioMeHo¥crM(\rKeU

Boston. Dec. 30. Per 100

Rotei, Beauty 5 00@3S 00

•■ Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

" White and Pink Killarney. 50@ S 00
" Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

" Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

'• Hadley 1 00@10 00

" Cardinal 100(812 00

•■ Mock 1 00@ 8 00

" Mrs. Cha». Ruaaell 1 00@12 00

" Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

" Taft 1 00@ 8 00

•■ Milady 1 00@ 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 1 00@ 6 00

" My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyaa 35 OOiglSf 00

Lily of the Valley 3 0C@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 25@ 30

Violets, single 750 1 00

medium 500 75

Chrysanthemutns, select 12 00@16 no

medium 6 00610 00

Carnations 1 00© 2 00

select 1500 3 00

Buffalo, Dec. 30.

Roles, Beauty, special, do2., $5 00

fancy. 4 00

extra ' 3 00

No. 1. 2 00

Per 100

No. 2 S3 00@5 00

" Killarney 3 00010 00

■' White Killarney 3 00010 00

•• My Maryland 4 00010 00

Killarney Queen 4 000 8 00

" Hillingdon 4 000 6 00

" Richmond 50001200

•• Sunburst 6 00012 00

• Ward 4 000 8 00

'• Taft 4 000 8 00

Lilyof the Valley 4 000 5 00

Lilies 8 00010 00

Cattleyas 40 OOSfiO 00

Carnations 2 000 4 00

Snapdragons 4 000 6 00

Violets 7'0 1 25

Daffodils 5 Kvit' 6 00

Freesia 3 00© 4 00

Stevia 1 00

Asparagus, per bunch.. 3.5© 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 350 50

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Muiafactnrers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Edward Reid

WHOLXSAU FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Russells, Mock,

KUlnmey, Sunburst and otners.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LUOS.

One block from express depot.

1619-21 Ranst»adSL. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

St. Louis. Dec. 30. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 8 00012 50

short stems 4 000 6 00

" Killarney 3 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 3 000 6 00

White Killarney 2 000 4 00

" Aaron Ward 3 000 6 00

" Sunburst 3 00© 6 00

" Ophelia 4 000 6 00

" Milady 3 000 6 00

" Hadley 3 00© 6 00

Valley 4 00

Carnations 4 00© 5 00

Rubrum 8 00

Asparagus Sprengeri.per bu., 25050
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu.. 25060

Harrisii 12 50

Fern» per 1000. 175

Leucothoe per 100, fo

Galax per 10 0. 1 .=0

Cincinnati. Dec. 30.

Roses. Beauty perdoz. $1 OO0J8 00

Per 100

Killarney 3 00@10 00

My Maryland 3 00010 00

'■ Richmond 30001500

" Taft 3 on© 8 00

Lily of the Valley 4 000 5 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 0( 012 50

Asparagus Plumo8U8..perbch..25c

Carnations 3 000 6 00

Orchids, perdoz 5 000 7 .50

Violets 1 50© 2 00

Narcispus (Paper Whites) 3 00

Poinsettias per doz., 75c@$3.0O

Sweet Peas ISO

Stevia per bunch, 25c@50c

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The American Florist.

Jan.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Just Received

Hohmann's Famous Lily of the Valley Pips

Per lOOO from $12.00 to $16.00.
LUlum rormosum, 7-9 inch . . per case of 250 bulbs. $15.00

LiUum Multlflorum, 7-9 inch 300 " 16.50

LlUum Glganteum, 7-9 Inch. 300 " 16.50

prices. Sunday, coming so soon after
the holiday, the stores would not stoclt
up, which made the Saturday's busi-
ness very light. Another bad feature
was that much stoclt could not be
moved at all, which will make general
average prices rule low.

Edward Reid, "the sage of Ranstead
street," gave it as his opinion that
there was entirely too much stock for
the demand. He laid the blame on
the growers who were too anxious;
when they made a thousand, up would
go another house, to make the gain two
thousand and so on and on. Let pro-
duction await consumption, and when
things were evened up it would be
time enough for more greenhouses.
Prices in consequence of this overpro-
duction, were at least one-third lower
with much stock left over to reduce
the average. His shipping trade was
good, but local conditions were bad.

Chas E. Meehan summed it up as
"Too much stock and not enough de-
mand. There was no snap to it; it
took too much force to move things,
which made prices rule low. The
volume of business Tvas large; as great
as last year, but much more stock had
to be moved and there was probably
one-fourth left over. Prices averaged
one-fourth to one-third less than last
season. Still, in spite of all these han-
dicaps, we feel very lucky to have come
out as we did in the fact that we deal
in«luxuries, while those who sold sta-
ples fared as bad, if not worse."

K.

New York.

MEDIOCRE TRADE FOLLOWS CHRISTMAS.

Considering the vast amount of cut
stock that reached this market within
the two days preceding Christmas, and
further, considering a general dullness
that prevails in many lines of business,
it cannot be said that business in the
wholesale district was altogether bad,
neither was it good. It is not our duty
or purpose to criticize anybody, but to
state the facts as we have seen them.
With some of the growers, and partic-
ularly some of the carnation growers,
there seems to have been a grave mis-
conception of the visible supply as well
as of what the market could stand.
While a large amount of stock was dis-
posed of, much of it went at falling
prices and excepting American Beauty
roses, which came nearer to it than any
other stock, there was no clean-up.

Good red roses started well, but in
the end hung fire. American Beauties
kept pretty steady at .$75.00 per 100.
There were sales of very special stock
of red roses at the rate of $40.00 and
$50.00 per 100, but that must not be
taken as the average price, which was
probably $12.00 to $15.00 per 100. A
large stock of pink roses was disposed
of at prices that did not exceed our
quotations of the past week. White
and yellow roses became a drug and
many were left over. Again referring
to the carnations, the market was lit-
erally swamped with them. The reds
started better than the others, say
about $6.00 and $8.00 per 100. but they
too went down in the general crash.
On the night before Christmas carna-
tions could be bought for $2.00 per 100.
in*'fact, they might have been bought
for less, but very few wanted them. A
sidelight may be thrown on this situa-
tion when it is stated that one grower
sent in for Christmas more carnations
than he had ever previously sent In a
week since the season opened. There

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of

its Best Growers

may have been others who made simi-
lar shipments. Taking Jthe above into
consideration, and the fact that the crop
was generally heavy, what happened to
the carnations is no mystery. It had
been reported that orchids w^ould be
.scarce, but there were plenty of them.
A few of the special varieties whole-
saled at the rate of $100 per 100, but
many of the inferior grades were left
over. Cut poinsettias, and some of
them were very fine, moved slowly.
The special stock was started at $4.00
per dozen, but quickly fell to $3.00 and
less. Violets started at 75 cents and
$1.00 per 100, but on Christmas Eve
heavy shipments arrived and they
quickly fell to 50 cents. On Christmas
morning there were many boxes of vio-
lets in the wholesale district that had
not been opened and could not be. sold.
Gardenias were not prominent, but
some of the best brought $3.00 to $5.00
per dozen. The stock of lilies, lily of
the valley and minor stocks accumu-
lated, with little or no movement.

An unusual feature was the almost
entire absence of buyers in the whole-
sale district on the forenoon of Christ-
mas. It has always been the custom
of the wholesalers to keep open all
night of Christmas eve, and it was
again followed, but in former years
there usually was some buying on
Christmas day. In a round of the
wholesale district on the forenoon of
Christmas, we did not see .$5.00 worth
of stock sold, and our observations
were confirmed by others. A light snow
fell, beginning about noon of December
24, which hampered deliveries to some
extent. What is here written is an
outline of the wholesale business; the
retail features will be treated else-
where. As intimated in the beginning,
this is not a tale of woe; a criticism of
the growers or a plea for the whole-
salers. If there is grave disappoint-
ment in some quarters over results, it
may be said that possibly too much
was expected. The historian of an un-
fortunate battle of the Civil War.
wrote : "It is the American way, to
bury the dead and say that nobody
w,as to blame."

December 28. — Business is rather
quiet. There is no surplus of American
Beauty roses and- wholesale prices are
steady at $50.00 and $00.00 per 100. In
all other stocks there is an abundant
supply and it cannot be said what the
week may develop. No violets had ar-
rived today, but doubtless a heavy
shipment will arrive this evening. There
are yet thousands of violets about, that
came over from Christmas and they
are looking sad. The cold wave which
reached here on Christmas Day, seems
to have spent its force and the weather
is clear and moderate.

NOTES.

The tenth annual turkey raffle took
place in the Cut Flower Exchange on
the morning of December 24 under the
direction of Manager Thomas Jackson.
The event was interesting and amus-
ing. There were two turkeys and the

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Sqnare.

I wish to assure my friends throughout tbi
country that all orders to be shipped, will receiTt
my personal attention. Choicest stock in America

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone, Madison Sq. 5335

Mention the American Florist when writing

lucky winners were Alexander Donald-
son and Charles Beckman, Jr., both of
Elmhurst, L. I.

The transportation committee of the
New York Florists' Club to the Amer-
ican Carnation convention at Buffalo,
January 27-28, is composed as follows:
John Young, 53 West 28th street;
Thomas Boothe De Forest, care Lord
& Burnham Co., 42d Street Building;
R. T. Brown, Cottage Gardens Co.,
Queens. N. Y.

Frank McKee, who at one time had
a retail store at Sixth avenue and 14th
street, died in Bellevue Hospital, De-
cember 21. The name should not be
confused with that of a well known
Brooklyn florist.

Robert Jackson of A. H. Langjhar's
staff was operated on in the New York
Hospital, December 21, for appendi-
citis. He is now reported to be doing
well.

Following their annual custom.
Traendly & Schenck served a turkey
supper on Christmas eve to employes
and friends who dropped in.

Chas. Weathered, the well known
greenhouse builder, has been confined
to his home for several weeks with
rheumatism.

Chas. H. Totty had so far recovered
December 23 as to be able to visit the
wholesale district in this city.

igiS.

The American Florist.

1263

J. K. ALLEN

Batabllsbed 1878

101 West 28ih Street
New York

Wholesale Conunlsslon Dealer In Cnt Flowers.

i Now ptfpar.-d for Winter Business.

The celebrated HADLEY, MILADY and other roses, LILY OF THE VALLEY

and other greenhouse stocks.

Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Opeo Rt 6 a.m. every mornine. Pliones 167 and 4488 Madison Souare.

OFFICIAL
S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors en eummed paper:
your card, etc., in black and leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Price per 500. $2.85: per 1000. $4.50. Samples on request.
Electro of leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLOWST CO., 440 S. Dearborn St. Chicago

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

}i A. J. GUTTMAN, President.

!, Wholesale Florists.

Uoi West 28th Street, NEW YORK
Phone 896 and 897 Madison Square.
20 Years' Experience.

Frank H, Traendly

Charles Scbenck

Traendly & Schenck

WUcali FlnU uJ Cil Fbim Eidaagi
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.

Orcbids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
be«t products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, FA.

Paul MIeconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street

NEW YORK CITY

TtlcphoBc: 3864 Madison Square.

John J. Reynolds, Mgr. Phone Madison Sq. 4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Cominission Florist
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

H. J. Anderson, connected with A. N.
Pierson Inc., Cromwell, Conn., spent
tlie early part of the past week in this
city, going home to spend Christmas.
A quantity of very fine stock of the
Hadley rose, from his firm, was han-
dled by W. S. Allen.

One reason for the slump in carna-
tions was the large number of chrysan-
themums on the market. The hotels
which generally decorate for Christmas
used them as more showy than the car-
nations.

In addition to a good store business
during the past week, I. H. Eisenberg,
the well known florist of 916 Sixth ave-
nue, arranged an elaborate decoration
at Rector's famous restaurant.

F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y., spent
some time in the rooms of the New
York Cut Flower, Co. on Christmas eve
and was well pleased to see American
Beauties holding their own.

Escaping gas from a nearby main re-
cently damaged two houses of lilies at
the range of Alexander Donaldson,
Elmhurst, L. I.

H. E. Froment had his usual large
stock of pink and red roses. He says
that business fell off considerably from
last year, but it's no use worrying.

While he agreed that business fell off
this year, Frank Traendly said : "It
wasn't so awful bad."

Pine stock of various red and other
roses was noted at John Young's.

Geo. C. Sicbrcchl

WHOLESALE FLOPIST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Souare
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^3^?'3«l Mad. Sq. 133 W. 28th St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

YlioMefioverMM'KeU

New York, Dec. 30. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 50 00660 00

extra and fancy. ..25 00e30 00
No. land No. 2... 5 00610 00

■ AliceStanley 1 u0(812 00

" Prince d'Arenberg. special. 10 00@12 00

" Francis scoit Key, special. 10 0(J4sl2 W)

'■ Mrs. Geo, Sbawyer, special 4 00(B 8 UO

extra,.. 3 000 4 00

" N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50

" White Killarney, special... 4 00@ 5 00

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 5 00@ 6 00

No. 1 and No. 2.. 1 OT@ 2 00
Queen, special,. 3 00a 8 00

Brilliant 1 00@ 8 00

•• Aaron Ward 1 O @ 8 00

'■ Richmond, special 8 O0@10 00

•• Sunburst 1 0 )@ 8 00

" Taft 100@800

■• Milady, special 8 C0(810 00

■' J L Mock 300012 00

■■ Hadley 6 00@20 00

■• Ophelia 1 00@ 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00© 10 00

Carnations 2 OOSu 3 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 50 0(060 00

inferior grades, 20 00@25 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 5 000 6 00

Lily of the Valley 2 50@ 3 00

Violets 60@ 75

Gardenias per doz,, $2.50@$3.00

Adiaotium Croweanum and

Hybridum 50@ 75

Asparagus PlumosuB doz. bcbs, 2 00

Smilax doz. strings. 1 Or@ 1 25

Paper White Narcissus 1 00@ 1 25

Sweet Peas, per doz. bunches, 75c01 00

Spencer type 1.5n«?.00

Poinsettias per doz., 1.0002 50

CCTREPfl

If you have anything in the line o£
decorative plants, now is the time
to see me. Call at my store, at

BLOOMINGDALE'S

59th Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

United Gut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 1 1 W. 28ih St., New York City

Phones; Madison Square 594-4422.

We solicit consignments of cut fiowersof all kinds

books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS, Manager.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beauty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th SL, NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Squara.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywhen

Prompt and satisfactory. CoDsigDmenti tolicitetf

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchange

Coogao BIdgr.. 6tb av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL, Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT BVERQRBBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material (or
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

1 19 West 28tb Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30Ston8 St., Rochester, N.Y.

Mention the American Florist when tcritini;
121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870 3871 Madison Square

ne Lirgesl Shvfar and Receiver rf Frcsb Cil Fkmn

|^~A complete assortmeDt of the best in tb«

market can always be relied upon.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Phone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Alfred A. Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORIST
103 West 28tll Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist when writing

1264

The American Florist.

Jan. 2,

Drccr's
Double Petunias

75c per

Our Usual Celebrated Strain.

15 varieties, 3 inch pots,
dozen; $6.00 per 100; the set of 15 sorts, $1.00.

Seeds of Our Own Sowing.

Superb Double Fringed, 75c per 500 seeds:

$1.50 per 1000 seeds.

Superb Single Fringed, 50c per trade packet.

Henry A, Dreer

714-716 Chestnut St.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Tbe above prices are intended (or the trade only.

Dreer's Double Fringed Petunia.

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today forfuU particulars aod sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Mrntiini thr Ameriro7i Florist ^ch en ^writing

Thomas Martin, of Traendly &
Schenk's staff, one of the best known
and popular young men of the whole-
sale district, was struck by a skidding:
automobile at a crossing a few days
before Christmas. He made light of
his injuries at the time and continued
at work throughout the Christmas rush,
but has since been confined to his home
by various bad sprains and bruises.

It was fortunate for the plantsmen
that the cold wave held off until noon
of Christmas Day. Zero weather was
reported from various Long Island
points on the morning of December 26.

The next meeting of the New York
Florists' Club will be held on the night
of January 11, 1915. As this will be
"inauguration" night, there should be
a good attendance.

Philip P. Kessler, .55 West 26th
street, was in Vermont, December 26,
and experienced the novelty of seeing
the thermometer register 53 degrees
below zero.

Gardenias are pushing up, special
stock now wholesaling at .?3 to $5 per
dozen; inferior grades, .$1.50 and $2.50.
Violets are quoted at 60 and 75 cents.

Various retailers speak highly of the
quality of the carnation stock handled
by M. C. Ford for Christmas.

At the rooms of Moore, Hentz &
Nash clean and fresh stock of Ameri-
can Beauties were noted.

The scores of the New York Flor-
ists' Bowling Club. Wednesday, Decem-
ber 23, were as follows :

1st 2nfl
Game. Game.

P. Jacol)son 140 152

.T.*Mii-BCm 189 212

U. .1. Irwin ir,i 1S2

r. W. Scott li)S 104

W. I'. I'Vml 140 170,

A. Kakuila 147 Ti2

11. C. liioilel 178 1SS

A. F. F.

KORAL SCRIPT LETTERS AND EMBLEMS

ARE THE MOST ARTISTIC ON THE MARKET.
For Sale By All First-Class Supply Houses.

^y"" KORAL MFG. CO., 26 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass.

Liberal Discounts To Wholesale Houses.

QUALITY AND STYLE IN
■>^~W^ p^ for Flowers and
DU^CcS Floral Designs
At no Greater cost.

Made in many sizes from various non-
fading shades of board. Write for
catalogue, price list and samples.
THE SEFTON MFC CO .
1335 W. 35th St., CHICAGO, ILL.

New Crop Wild Sfflilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

E. A. BEA VEN, Evergreen, Ala.

Mention the American Floi-ist ivhen xvriting

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send for Catalog No. 71
which describes fully the

Flowers McCray Kefrigeralors and
Display Cases for Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,
670 Lake St., KENDALLVILLE, IND.

Mention the American Florist ichcn writing

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Souttieni Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

Mention th( American Florist irhrn rvritinrj

Folding Valentine Boxes

This box is made from Wliite Glazed
Stock has an Embossed Red Heart in
center and an Arrow of Gold piercing
the Heart.

Boxes ready for delivery Jan. 20.

Order early to insure prompt delivery.

We also manufacture a complete line of
various colors and sizes of Florist Boxes.

Write for samples and prices.

Per 100 Per 100

10x6x51, $6.60 30x6x31/2 $6.60

12x8x6!'2 6.60 24x8x4 7.26

24x6x31/2 5.76 28x8x4 8.00

A. A. Arnold Paper Box Co.

16-18-20-22 South Peoria St., CHICAGO

Preserve Cut Flowers in

BUCIIBINDtR

Florists' Refrigerators

Write to Dept. 63 for
illustrated catalog.

BUCHBINDER BROS.

5 18 Milwaukee Ave.,CHlCAG0. ILL.

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St.. CHICAGO

19' S

The American Florist.

1265

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

WUl be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
(Inns below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

bUblUhcd In 1*57.

^wSm:.

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone, Graceland 1112.

Sendai yonr retail orders.

«n HA VI THE BIST FACUITIES IN THE CITY

Mention the American Florist when xoriting

F.T.D.

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Sncceuor to Sievers & Boland

FLORIST
60 KEARNEY STREET

Mention the Aynerican Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHIHED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Wasliington, D. C.

QEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when loriting

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

S936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of The Florist Tele^rapb DeliTery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150 £. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabiih Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnut St.. Des Moines. la.

Largest and most centrally located store In the
city. All orders ^ven prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhoases.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly. R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery .Ass'n.

Ohio.

The Smith & Fetters Co.,

LEADING FLORISTS.
735 Euclid Ave. CLEVELAND

Seattle, Washington.

Hollywood Gardens

Flowers for all Occasions.

1536 Second Avenue.

Members of Florists' Teleu'r.aph Delivery.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

AUGUST R. BAUMER,

MASONIC TEMPLE

Member Florists' Telegr.iph Delivery .-Vss'n
Mention the American Florist when writing

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

* and all T. J. JOHNSTON 6 CO.

NEW ENGLAND POINTS. 171 WEVBOSSET ST.. PROVIDENCE

Trade Directory

Price: $3.00, postpaid

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

-pELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-*- any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamship*
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash mast accompany aU orders
from onknown correspondents.

Cable address; Alexconnell.
Western Union Code.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1 153 Broadway. Cor. 15th 8 H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 206B- 2066 Madison Sobwc.
42 West 28th Street.

NEW YORK

To ont-of'town florists
We are In the Heart of

And give special attention to steamer and theatsf

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.•.V.FLOWERS.-.V.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD.. Audifgriam Ainci, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. T.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, Lockport,

Niaiara Falls and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Deliverj.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ase'n.

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and 18 W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883.
Greenhouses and Nurseries in Riverdale.

Mention the American Florist when writing

1266

The American Florist.

i

Jan. 2,

DESI6NS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be dellTered for the trade In other cities by tbc
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New Tork.

E»tBbH»hed 1 BT4.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Haa his own correspondents in all the
karge cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
dress, DARDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Uention the American Florist when writing

St. Panl. Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The LarRcst
Store in America; the largest stock: the greatest
rariety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
Dight and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

> rretb Flowers and Best Service. Deliverlea
ctirongbout the state and to all ateamship docks
Id HobokeD, N, ]„ and New York.

for Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWN>LOWERS"

Get In touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CARXFUL ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtrec Street

Max Schling

NEW YOKK

No. 22 We*t 69th Street

Adjoinini; Plaza Hotel
1hmim tl tie Floriiti' Tderapl MinfT.

Omalia, Net).

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

1415 Famum ^t telephones

i«ij rarnvm 3i. ,501 and l 1682

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Alpha Floral Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines. la.

Anderson, S. A., 441) Main, Buffalo. N. T.

Archias Floral Co., Sedalla, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta, Ga,

Baumer, August R., Louisville, Ky.

Bauscher, John. Freeport, 111.

Begerow's, Kewark, N. J.

Blackistone, Washington, D. C.

Boland. J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester. Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer's Sons, John, Detroit. Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

Buckbee, H. W.. RocWord, 111.

California Florists, Taeoma, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland. O.

Cooke, Geo. H.. Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York.

Denton Floral Co.. Denton, Tex.

Duerr, Chaa. A., Newark, O.

Duluth Floral Co., Duluth, Minn.

Dunlop's. 96 Yonge St.. Toronto, Can.

Eadle Co., The James, Cleveland, O.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey, C. H., Lincoln, Neb.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co., Guthrie, Okla.

Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Galvln, Thos. F., Inc., Boston; Mass.

Galvln, Thos. F., Inc., New York.

Gardiner, Alex. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasaer. J. M.. Co.. Cleveland, O.

Graham, A.. & Son. Cleveland. O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Rapids, Mlcb.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., Cindnnatl, O.

Heinl & Son, J. G.. Terre Haute, Ind.

Henderson. Lewis, Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda. Omaha. Neb.

Hollywood Gardens, Seattle, Wash.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul, Minn..

Johnston & Co.. T. J.. Providence, B. I.
Joy Floral Co., Nashville. Tenn.

Keller's Sons. J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co., Geo. M., Kansas City.

La Crosse Floral Co.. La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.. Dallas. Tex.

Lange. A., 25 E. Madison St.. Chicago.

Leborlns, J. J., Duluth, Minn.

Matthews the Florist. Dayton, 0.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L.. St. Paul, Mian.

McConnell. Alex.. New York.

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans. La,

Murray, Samuel, Kansas City, Mo.

Myer. Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louts.

Palez. Paul M., Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer. W. J., & Son. Buffalo.

Park Floral Co.. The. Denver, Colo.

Phillips Bros., Newark, N, J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchl. San Francisco.

Pollwortb Co.. C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store. Portland, Me.

Randolph & McCIements. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Renter's, New London, Conn.

Renter's, Norwich, Conn.

Renter's, Westerly, R. I.

Rock. Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas City.

Rye, George, Ft. Smith, Ark.

Schiller the Florist. 2221 W. Madison St.. Chgo.

Schling. Max, 22 W. ."inth St., New York.

Simmons & Sons. Toronto. Can.

Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, O.

Small & Sons. J. H., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H.. Washfngton, D. C.

Smith Co.. A. W.. Plttshnrgh. Pa.

Smith, Henry. Grand Raplrla. Mich.

Stumpp. G. B. M.. New York.

Weber. F. H., St. I.011I8. Mo.

Welland. M., Evanston, 111.

Whltted Floral Co.. Minneapolis. Minn.

WItthold, G.. Co., 7.37 Buckingham PL, Chicago.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Golrtenson, Los Angels*.

'foung & Nogent, New York.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Gorier Broadway and Gratiot Avsnues.

Artistic Desips.
Hifii Grade Cat Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Teleifraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

SU Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for deliverT
in tbis section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Buile ind M«yM In. ~" 'fflS.Sf™'

Orders taken for FLOWXRS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the Americun Florist when writing

WASHlNfiTON

D. C.

OUDC BROS.Ca
FLORISTS

1,14 mine

Gudes'

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvel Murray,

913 Grand Avenne

AllOrders GIvsb Prompt and Careful Attsitloi

Membnr of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

y he Park

J.A.VALINTINK. Floral Co»

President.

Members of Florists' Telegr.apb Delivery.

19^5-

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1267

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

WUl be deUvered for the trade in other cities by tli*
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut Mowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention tfte American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Ueo. M. Kellogg
Flower 6t Plant Co.

II 22 Grand Ave. will fill all ordtn for Cut

KaRSaS City and Flowen. Funeral Desiect

ni 1 U'li U WeddiDK and BirthdaT Gifts,

rwasantnill, mo. that mav be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh. Fa.

A.W.$mlthCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

Larceat Floral Eatablisbment in America,
Ettablisbed 1874, Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

e. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fiftli Avenue

M«Bi)er Florists' Telegraph DeliverT Association

Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELANB

EUCLID AVENUE
Maabera of The Florists' Telegraph DeliTcrj.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, HI.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Sreet, LINCOLN. NEB

WHOLESALE AND RETAa.

Members of Florists Telegraph Delivery

Milwaukee. Wis.

C.CPollworthCo.

will take proper Vl/^i sr>rkn «i n

care of your orders In ▼» llfWlUiin

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota, V\ isconsin, North
Dakota. South uakola and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and hlled with strictly tresh stock.

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y,— Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta, Ga,— Atlanta Floral Co,, 41 Peacbtrec.

Boston — Tbos. F. Galvin, Inc.

Buffalo. N. y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Chicago — Friedman.

Chicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Chicago — A. Lange, 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago— SchUler, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago — Geo. VVitthold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Clncimiati, O, — Hardesty & Co.

Cleveland, O. — Bi-umley & Son.

Cleveland, O. — The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — James Eadie Co.

Cleveland, O. — A. Graham & Sons.

Cleveland, O.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Cleveland. O.— Smith & Fetters.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Dallas, Tex, — Lung Floral & Nursery Co.

Dayton. O. — Matthews the Florist.

Denton, Tex. — Denton Floral Co.

Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines. la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Duluth, Minn.— Duluth Floral Co.

Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Leborlus.

Bvanston. 111.- M. Welland.
Ft. Smith, Ark. — George Bye.
Freeport, 111. — John Bauscher.
Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.
Guthrie, Okla. — Furrow & Co.
Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.
Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — VVm. L. Bock Flower Co.

La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln, Neb. — C. H. Frey.

Lincoln, Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Louisville, Ky.— August R. Baumer.

Milwaukee — C. C. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn. — Wbltted Floral Co.

Nashville. Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J.— Phillips Bros.

Newark, 0. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London, Conn. — Renter's.

New Orleans, La.— Metalre Kldge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's, 44tb and Madison Ave.

New York — Aler McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Tbos. F. Galvin, Inc.

New York— Max Scbling, 22 W. 59tb St.

New York — Myer. Florist, 61 19 Madison Ave.

New York— J. H. Small & Sons.

New York — G. E. M, Stumpp.

New York— Young & Nugent.

Norwich, Conn. — Renter's.

Oklahoma City, Okla.— Furrow & Co.

Omaha. Neb.— Hess & Swoboda, Famam St

Omaha, Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— Randolph & McMcClements.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me.— Portland Flower Store.

Providence. R. I. — T. J. Johnston & Co.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.^. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, III.— H. W. Bnckhee.

Sheboygan. Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis. Mo.— Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldorchi,

Seattle, Wash. — Hollywood Gardens.

Sedalla, Mo. — Archlas Floral Co.

Superior. Wis.- Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terrc Haute. Ind.— J. G. Helnl & Son.

Tacoma Wash.— California Florists.

Toledo, C— Mrs. J. B. Freeman

Toronto, Can. — Dunlop's, 60 Yonge St.

Toronto, Can.— Simmons & Son.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washlnston- Blacklstone.

Washington— Geo. H. Cooke. Conn. Ave. and U

Washington— Gude Bros.

Washington— J. H. Small & Sons.

Westerly, R. I.— Renter's.

Established 1849

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.

Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1553 Colnmbos

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchi

334 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers Id

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Tonr Orders to the
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the West.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

B> "^ I« BJ S,

nowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity OD
teletrrapbic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

Dunlop's

96 Yonge Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guartntM

safe arrival.
Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

INC.

561 Fifth At»
Vanderbilt Ho4«I
n||»yA|J 126 Tremont Street
DUw I Ull 799 Boylston Streev

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern FoiaU

NEW YORK

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

wm be deUvered for the trade In other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Sendyourorders^o'CliiGago

andSnb'
orbs to

All ordertcarefally filled
under the inperviBioD of

GEORGE ISMUS, Mgr

Wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Ploriitf' Telegraph Deliverr.

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 £. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers In City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAlL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

Ml orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of the city, Arkansas and the Soathwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Successor to Geo. A. Heinl)

336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.

Botb Pbones, 527.

Special attention to Mail and Telegraph Order-
Member of The Florists' Telegraph Deliver.

Mention the American Florist when ieritina

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction, nill MTU MIUU
We are the center olthegrtat UULUin, minili
Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior, Wis.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of FloristB' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL^S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, 'ZUlt'Zt"

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

Tbe

Leading

Florists

69 MADISON AVENUE

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±L01/ilERS

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

Mention the American Florist when writing

C. tl. f REY,

Wholesale
and Retail
Florist

1133 0 St., LINCOLN, NEB.

WiU fUl orders for the West on short notice.

Trade discounts. First class stock.

G

EORGE RYE

"Some Florist"

N. 6th St., Ft. Smith, Ark.

Telephone 2656

Established 1880

M.WEILAND

FLORIST

George C. Weiland. Proprietor.
602 Davis Street, EVANSTON, ILL.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O.

The JAMES EADIE CO.

Store— 927 Euclid Avenue.

Frank J. Schoen. Frank R. Friedley.

Greenhouses 95 Shaw Avenue.

We Aim to Please Our Customers.

DENTON FLORAL CO., QENTON TEX

Careful attention to packing for deliveries
to all Southern and Middle States.

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

Dallas
Texas.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.,

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas.
Oklahoma. Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too large, none too small.

SIMMONS & SON. TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS
F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY-GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowera

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., E.,

Vancouver, B. C.

Seeds

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asi'd.

PBIUPS BROS, 938 Broad SL

lEWARI E I

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stea
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.
Wolfskin Bros, and

Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We lolicit telegraph orders. Regular trade dlac
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Arctiias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on short notlca.
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic ordera.

Michigan. °"*'",Ted llfr bV'""'
HENRY SMITH,

Wliolesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRED HANNAH 8 SONS Will fiU T<HI>
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in MichigM

Rockford, 111.
H. W. BUCKBCE.

Member of the Florist.' Telegraph DeltT«r»

19^5'

The American Florist.

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Vaughan's Quality Palms

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Kentia Belmoreana.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA GIAUCA

Whirls Eacli Dnz.

5 incli... 10-12 inches 23 $0.75 $8 00

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS

Each Un7. Per 100
2H-inch pots $0.60 $4.00

3 inch pots .85 6 00

4 inch pots $0.15 1.50 12.00

AUCUBA JAPONICA VARIEGATA

Each Do?.

18-inch high $0.50 $5.00

24 inch high 75 8.00

CROTONS Each Doz. Per 100

4 inch pots $0.40 $4 00 $30.00

FERNS FOR ALL PURPOSES

Assorted Ferns for Dishes. A choice assort-
ment, our selection of varieties.

Doz. Per 100 Per 1000
2H-inch $0.50 $3.50 $30.00

Boston Ferns— Each

3-inch pots $0.15

4 inch pots 25

5-inch pots 40

6-inch pots 75

7-lnch pots 1.00

8-inch pots 1.25

Doz.

Psr 100

$ 1.25

$ 8.00

2.50

20.00

4.60

35.00

8.00

60 00

10.00

75.00

14.00

100.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA

Size pot Leaves Htigbt

6-inch .5-6 30-32...

7-inch 6-7 36 40...

10-inch 6-7 60...

Each Doz,

.$1.50 $17.0O
. 3.25
. 8 00

KENTIA

FORSTERIANA

M4DE UP

Size pot No of Height Each Doz.
Plants

7 inch 3 28 30 in ... .$2 10

7inch.... 3 30-34 in.... 3.00

8.inch.... 3-4 ....3438in.... 4.00

10-inch..

.70-74 in.. ..15.00

$27.50
32.50
45.00

PHOENIX CANARIENSIS

Height Each

7inch 28-30 in $1.50

PANDANUS VEITCHII

Each Doz.

4 inch pots $0.60 $6.0O 3for$1.65

6-incb pots l.SO

Chicago VaUghail's Seed Store New York

GET OUR FALL "BOOK FOR FLORISTS," IT OFFERS EVERYTHING.

Rooted

Carnation Cuttings

At Following Prices:

100 1000

Matchless $6.00 $60.00

Gorgeous 6.00 50.00

Philadelphia 6.00 50.00

Enchantress Supreme 5.00 40.00

Pink Delight 5.00 40.00

Benora a.50 30.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward 3.00 25.00

WhiteWonder 3.00 25.00

White Perfection 3.00 25.00

White Enchantress 3.00 26.00

Beacon 3.00 25.00

Enchantress 3.00 25.00

AMOHAT GREENHOUSES,

MAMARONECK

Samuei, J, Batchei,or new YORK

Manager

Oklahoma City.

CHRISTMAS TEADE BEST EVER.

Weather conditions were such as
have been hitherto unKnown in this
locality for Christmas time; a heavy
downfall of snow, thawing tempera-
ture during the daytime and severe
frost during the nights, together with
the fact that snow and slush are so
rare that the city authorities malie no
attempts at cleaning off the streets,
gave us conditions for traffic along the
thoroughfares during December 24 and
25 that were simt)ly wretched and in-
describable. Motor vehicles and horses
and wagons were all sadly handicap-
ped, messenger service was little bet-
ter, and the florists certainly were hard
pressed in making deliveries. It was
surely one severe time to all con-
cerned but the end came at last and
all were glad. The business was ex-
cellent. Kverything in cut flowers sold
out well and at prices varying but lit-
tle from those of other years. The ex-
treme price reached for roses was
$24 a dozen for American Beauty
roses. Flowering plants sold well, both

Seasonable Stock Ready Now.

Fern Disll Ferns, best varieties, including Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Falcatum,
Pteris Mayi, Wilsoni, etc , $3 00 per 100, $26 00 per 1000.

Adiantum Croweanum, 5-in. pots, very bushy, 20 cents.

Adiantum Glory of Mordrecht, 5-in. pots, bushy, 35c; 4-in. pot, 26c.

Asparagus Plumosus, 2i4-in., $3 Ou per K.O; $26.00 per 1000.

Clbotium Schledei, 6-in. pot plants, 76 cents; 6-in., $1.00.

Cyrtomium Ruckfordianum, 4-in. pots, 10c; 5-in , 20c; 6.in., 36c.

Bougainvillea Glabra Sanderiana, 4-in. pots, $16.00 per 100.

Hydrangea, pot grown, French sorts, including La Lorraine, Mad. E. Mouil-
liere. Mad. Maurice, Hamar, Mad. Gaillard, Mad. Chantard, 5-in. pot
plants, ready for 6-in., at $26.00 per 100.

Hydrangea Otaksa, R-iu., 4 to 6 shoots, $36.00 per 100.
" '• 8-in., 6 to8 shoots, 50.00 per 100.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

Smith's Chrysanthemums

FOR 1915

Have you read over our Novelty List ? We hope you have and
will mail us your order early for the ones that interest you most, from
either Commercial, Exhibition or Pompons.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

as specimens and in made up baskets.
There was a splendid call for made up
wreaths of evergreen, Christmas trees
and other green. Diana grass was
freely used in some of the wreaths and
proved a great favorite. All the store
men concede this to be the best Christ-
mas ever experienced. S. S. B.

BUNCETON, Mo. — The State Fair
Floral Co., of Sedalia, Mo., has es-
tablished a branch here with Mrs. B.
Miller as representative.

If you are short of Bloomiog: Plants, sach as

Azaleas, Lorraine,

Cincinnati, Cyclamen,
Poinsettias, Primroses,

Wire your order to

GEO. A. KUHL, "'^^^SS^Uk.

PEKIN, ILL.

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The Seed Trade

A

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Morse, San Fruncisco. Calif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, L. I.,
>'. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Duncan,
Philadelptiia, Pa., Set'oud Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer: S. K. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Aisistant Secretary.

Thirty-Tbird annual meeting, San Fran-
oiBco, Calif., .lune 1915.

The daily newspapers of December
30 report the suicide by hanging of
Andrew Ostberg, Chicago seed dealer,
at Minneapolis, Minn.

Los ANGELES, Calif.— John C. Bod-
ger, Jr., is the latest addition to the
seed growing industry, arriving De-
cember 22. Mrs. Bodger and baby are
reported doing nicely.

When in need of stock or supplies
of any kind in a hurry it will be a
great advantage to have a copy of
the latest edition of our Trade Direc-
tory at hand for names and addresses.
The price of the latest (1914) edition
is $3 per copy, postpaid.

Fabgo, N. D. — During the Grain
Growers' convention in Fargo in Jan-
uary, the horticulturists of the state
will hold their annual convention,
Thursday, January 21. A full program
on the growing of trees, fruits and veg-
etables will be presented.

American importers of various seed,
bulb and plant stocks from Europe who
anticipate the reduction in European
demand from local producing districts
Will result in an oversupply should give
further consideration to war conditions
remembering that these conditions
make a great shortage of labor and
shortage of money and that the final
result will be actual advance rather
than decline in prices.

The Memphis, Tenn., Commercial Ap-
peal quotes local seed houses as report-
ing trade increase on farm seeds more
than 300 per cent over last year.
Southern farmers in that territory,
they say, will not only raise their own
seed of wheat, oats, corn and hay, but
will have surplus to sell. The cotton
acreage will be greatly reduced. An in-
crease is also reported in this section
in planting of potatoes and garden
truck.

CHICAGO. — Leesley Bros., at West
Chicago, suffered the loss of their
onion set warehouse by fire last week.
Damage, $60,000, mostly covered by in-
surance. Prices for grass seed on the
Board of Trade December 30 were as
follows: Timothy, $G.00 to $7.25 per
100 pounds. Arnold Ringier, of the
W. W. Barnard Co., who will leave
this week on a brief vacation, reports
the Christmas business highly satis-
factory, green, holly and the sundry
holiday specialties cleaning up well.

Toulon, France, advices of Decem-
ber 12 say : "In regard to the bulb
situation would say that we can not
foretell at present whether we shall be
in position to ship bulbs next season.
If the war is not ended in May ex-
porters of southern France will be
quite unable to make shipment because
o% lack of labor and money. In addi-
tion the growers themselves will not
be able to harvest or bring in the bulbs
and therefore under present conditions
no idea of price can be given."

Seed Crops In the South of France.

The proximity of the seed growing
districts of St. Remy, Orange and Val-
ence to the bulb producing centers ena-
bles one to visit both without much in-
convenience. In the seed district I in-
spected the vegetable trial grounds
as well as some of the standing crops
at the establishment of one of the lead-
ing growers of mangel and sugar beet.
This firm desires to improve existing
strains of these stock roots. Each year
the plots are carefully gone over and
only two or three of the best stocks
are retained, for the following year's ex-
periments. Laboratory tests are made,
as the firm recognizes that the yielding
capacity of a variety is useless unless
the root possesses high nutritive value.

The carrot trials are possibly the sec-
ond in importance in the grounds. I
observed that all the varieties grown
here are familiar to the trade of Amer-
ica and noticed an improved strain of
Forcing Carrot.

The writer then visited the extensive
seed grounds at Valence. The crops, at
the time of my visit, were sufficiently
advanced to permit of an estimate. My
report though late may still be inter-
esting. Carrot, almost a failure, as the
umbels were attacked by a grub which
has practically devastated the crops in
this locality; onion, good in patches.
Should judge the percentage small, as
the poor lots exceed the good ones; rad-
ish crops appear to be good. All the
growers require for a favorable har-
vest being good leather; sugar beets
and mangel, an average crop, and the
same applies to garden beets. Flower
seeds are not extensively grown g,round
Valence. The sweet pea crop was
short.

At Orange, which is situated mid-
way between Valence and St. Remy, I
found the seed industry was in the
hands of the thrifty French peasants,
growing on contract for the various
growers of St. Remy, who pay frequent
visits throughout the growing season
to inspect and rogue the crops. Judg-
ing by the large Acreage devoted to
seed growing within 50 miles of St.
Remy, the value of the exported seed
from this center must amount to a
very large sum each year. Several
years having elapsed since my previous
visit, the first thing that impressed me
was the increased acreage devoted to
flowers. St. Remy still retains its repu-
tation as a rendezvous for the repre-
sentatives of the seed trade. Each
year seedsmen from all - parts of the
globe meet at the Hotel de Provence
and make daily tours of the various
seed farms. To see most of the flowers
at their best and at the same time to
admire the beauties of the surround-
ings, a visit from the middle of July
to the middle of August would be the

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers ol
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited

most propitious time. The chief crops
around St. Remy in addition to flowers
are beet, pepper, parsnip, egg plant,
endive, leek and turnip-rooted celery.
Carro, cabbage and turnips are also
grown, but from past experience 1
would not advise purchasing seed of
these three vegetables from this local-
ity, as the climate is not adapted to
their best development. The onion seed
harvested here is confined to varieties
intended for the English market.

The crop estimates last July were as
follows for the districts in the extreme
south of France : Carrot, 15 per cent;
onion, 10 per cent; celery, early varie-
ties, poor; celery, late varieties, 50 per
cent; leek, average crop, less acreage
planted this year on account of poor
prices paid to growers; endive, 50 per
cent; pepper and egg plant, average
crop; beet and mangel, 50 to 70 per
cent; kohlrabi, 50 per cent; parsley, 50
per cent; parsnip, 90 per cent.

The principal flower seed crops,
whch occupy a large acreage, are As-
ters, Queen of the Market and Branch-
ing, grown chiefly for the German
trade; Ten-Week Stocks, verbena, Car-
tion Chabands and Margaret, holly-
hock, portulaca, zinnia, cockscomb. Pe-
tunia grandiflora. Marvel of Peru, Oen-
otheras, etc. These were all at their
best at the time of my visit with the
exception of the stocks, which were
over.

One could easily spend weeks to ad-
vantage in this charming center, so
popular with all admirers of the poet
Mistral, who was born in a village on
the outskirts of St. Remy and who
helped to create a vogue in France for
the provencial ballads. J.

H

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Braslan's New Year's Card.

ERES lo you fellow SEEDSMAN -esteemed genial Eriaid;

May prosperity, on you, at all times attend.

May your GERM of good health every blighting resent.

May it show daily TEST of ONE HUNDRED PER CENT

May your Ti'PE of contentnienl PROVE TRUE TO the NAME;

May the TRIALS you meet only add to your fame.

May your mind, from all worries, be BOGUED g.wd and clear;
ERES. with BRASLAN'S beA wishes. A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

AlfredJ. Brown Seed Co.

Growers of

Peas and

Beans

Grand Rapids, Mich,

Blackman & Griffin Co.

Of OGDEN, UTAH,

Are extensive dealers in

ALFALFA SEED

Write Them

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the folfowino Calitornia ^pecialiies only:

ONION, LETTUCE. CARRO', RADISH. PARSNIP, PIRSLEY, CELERY.
ENDIVE. LEEK, SALSIFV and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Grow^ers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

19^5-

The American Florist.

1271

California Seed Growers Association, Inc.

GROWERS FOR WHOLESALE DEALERS
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Beet Carrot ONION— Lettuce^Radish

Parsley Parsnip

Celery Salsify

Endive Mustard

Mixed Sweet Peas

Reduces cost of Valley Pips,
imports now ready.

New

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market

BEST VALLEY IN EXISTENCE.

$14.00 per 1000. $7.50 per 500.

4.00 per 250. 1.75 per lOO.

COLD STORAGE VALLEY for January and February

$18.00 per 1000. $9.50 per 500. $5.00 per 2 50.

3032 W. Madison St.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

H. I^. BI^UIS^S

Early Frame Cucumber.

growD under irrigation by

Western Seed & Irrigation Go

Seed Growers and Dealers. Specialties:
Cucumber. Musk and Watermelon.
Pumpkin, Squash, Sweet and Field Corn.

FREMONT, - . NEBRASKA

Mention the AineTican Florist when writing

TOMATO SEED

Grown For The Wholesale Seed Trade.

Contract orders now being booked for delivery

after harvest, 1915.

HAVEN SEED CO.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

Me7ition the Americhn Florist ivhen writing

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSRY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Caril brings a Catalogue
Mention the American Florist when writing

FLOWER SEEDS

For Early Sowing

Complete List for the Asking.
10 per cent discount for Cash.

THEY'RE FRESH T. P. Oz.

Ageratum, blue iO.lO $0.25

Alyssum Littlp Gem 10 .45

Aster (Jueen of Market, Mixed... .10 .50

Begonia t;rf"rdii 25

Cobaea Scandrns, purple 10

I>racaena Indivlsa 10 .25

Forrtet-Me-Not Vicioiia 15 .80

Mignonette Machet 10 .50

Petunia, Caliloi oia Giants 25

Salvia Splendens 15 1.00

Salvia Fireball ?5

Wholesale List mai

CROP OF 1914 T. P.

Lobelia Speciosa JO 10

Lobelia Crystal F. Comp 15

Pyrethrum .\ureuni 05

SmilBX 10

Snapdragon, Giant 10

Stock, cut and Come Again 25

Stock, Tph Weeks, mixed 25

Stokesia Cyanea 15

Thunbergia 10

Verbenas, Mammoth 15

Vinca, mixed colors 10

led as sooD as ready.

Oz

$0.E0

1.25

.25

.25

.30

.40

100

.40

THE W. W. BARNARD CO.,

SEEDSMEN.

231-235 W. Madison S'reel,

CHICAGO

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

and all Garden Seeds ^^ ^ |-^

1 E O N A B D S f cBrc«o

CO.

226-230

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

QUALITY I^AIS

»IND FOR 0*T*I.(IOIK

ARTHUR T BODDINGTON

I4t WmI I4|I< Kt., K*a T

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandlfloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO. LIMA and POU
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER Cc SONS CO.,

Contract Seed orowers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

1272

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Jan.

S. M. Isbell & Co^

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, encumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Waldo Rohnert

GILROT, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster,

Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Henry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the
Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA, CALIF.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Onion Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting
ONION SETS.

Schilder Bros.,^"^o^^T°^'

Contract Seed Growers

Cnopialtlac Pepper,EAd Plant, Tomato,
0|ieiilimiE&. vine Seed and Field Com.

CorrespoDdence Solicited.

George R. Pedrlck £c Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N. J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

MANN'S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
brine the best prices on the London mar-
ket. Fnr quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saiony. Germany

Seed and Plant Postage.

Mail order s6ed catalogues for 1915
show a remarkable difference in the
attitude of their makers with re-
gard to the prepayment of seeds,
bulbs, plants and supplies which they
offer, no two of them agreeing as
to quantities which tney will prepay,
nor the distance by zones which their
prepayment will cover. Taking them
all in all, the seed and plant buyer
this year is going to have troubles of
his own to figure out who pays the
freight and how far it is paid. The
horticultural mail order trade certainly
have few thanks to extend to those
who invented and put into operation
the present zone parcel post system.
The intricacies of the system certainly
appear to favor the business of the ex-
press companies, in fact, a prominent
seed house openly recommends that all
packages exceeding 15 pounds in weight
be forwarded by express.

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Kelways Can Quote and Deliver:

Beet

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower Lucerne

Celery Mustard

Kale Radish

And Flower Seeds

Rape Spinach

Rutabaga Turnip

Winter Tares or Vetches
Spring Tares

Those who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances, our prices. Pieast write at once while stocks last, both for present delivery and
lor delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailini;s continue ail the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

NOTICE

C. PH. FRERIKS of P. VAN DEURSEN.

SaSSenbeim, Holland, wishes toaunounce
that he has arrived in the U. S. A.,
for his annual trip. From now on all
correspondence should be addressed

P. VAN DEURSEN

Care of P. C. Kuyper fi Co.
10=12 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY

THE G.HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.

CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cncnmber, Muskmelon, Squasb and PiimpiHn
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

ROUTZAHN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full liit of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Mention the American Florist when writing
Get Qnotations From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED
moomadale Brlstol, PO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CHOICE

German Flower Seeds

Catalogue Free on Application

Fredrick Roemer, gr''o*^wer

OUEDUNBURG, GERMANY.

Fresh Lily-of-the-Valley
pips, either BerHn or
Hamburg, superior quaUty,
long roots and strong shoul-
ders.

Cases of 3000 pips, $40.00
" " 1000 " 14.00
" " 500 " 7.50

J. M. THORBURN & CO.,

53 Barclay Street,
New York.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Giant Pansy Seed

Kenilworth Mixture

KenUworth bhuvi

Bronze Shades

Mastrrpiece, curled, wavy

Orch d-flowered, mixed
5CO0.$l.UO- Vj oz .$1.25; 1 oz..$S.OO.
Giant Koyal Purple
Giant Emperor William
Giant King of the Blacks
Giant Lord Beaconsfield
Giant Veliow, dark eye
(,iani Yellow
Giant White, dark eye
Giant White

25c:

1000 seeds.
Giant Red
Giant Light Blue
Giant Dark Blue
Giant Zebra
Giant McKinley
Giant Adonis
Giant Psyche
Giant Mme. Perret

For fuller description send for catalogue.
ICOO seeds. 25c; 5C0O $1.00;
'4 oz..$1.25, or.. $5X0.
Princess (new, upright).
Pansy.
500 seeds, 25c:
1000,50c:
07., $10.00.

Mention the Atnerican Florist when writing

Growers and Specialists

CROP CONTRACT

Peas, Beans and Sweet Corn.

Peas and Beans, Michigan Grown.

Sweet Corn, Iowa Grown.

Correspondence solicited.

Michigan Offlce: MILLINGTON.

Home Office: SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

.\sk for prices now. 1915 crop.

Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co.

Established 1883.

Trade Directory

PRICE: $3.00, Postpaid.

American Florist Company

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

The Amer ica n Fl o r / s t.

1273

Fill Your Empty
Benches Now With

GLADIOLUS

"^ IIT'E are Growers of this stock in quantity

^"f IjwS^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ bulbs we send out for forcing

under glass are especially selected for this

^^^ \immt purpose.

A ii^BH^^'^P^^ -^'^P Besides the following standard kinds, most of

> which we can offer in two sizes (both flowering),
^ji-^ we carry nearly all standard kinds and many

'> vUff * fancy imported novelties secured by our Mr.

■^-^ ^ Vaughan last year in Europe.

^ Per 1000

Mrs. Francis King, First size $10.00

,^ ^ Mrs. Francis King, Medium size 8.00

^ V Augusta, First size 12.00

"^V* /^^^^ Augusta, Medium size 10.00

^'k / fii^' Chicago White, First size 30.00

^ J Chicago White, Medium size 25.00

\ '-"-^ America, First size 12.00

^^-^^ ^ America, Medium size 10.00

i y Florist XXX, mixed 15.00

4 " llUil^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ position to quote all Florists, Seedsmen

' \,, jBWIw ""^"^^ ^nd amateurs who are interested in Gladiolus, either

^ N w,^r^ for counter trade, for outdoor planting, or for the

IL \ home garden.

\ ^ ■\'^\ '
r^^jfcjjjk *j ^ Of several leading kinds we can supply planting stock,

l^^^W s white bulbs under one inch and small black bulblets by

the bushel.

1915 Prices on all leading kinds are ready.
N wL '^P^"^^ Flower Seed Price List— all Early Stocks. Ask for it.

^^ VAUGHAN SEED STORE, gg{,"^^RK

1274

The American Florist.

Jan.

The Nursery Trade

American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President,
E. S. Weloh, Shenandoah, la., Vice-Presi-
dent; John Hall, 304 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit, Mich., June 23-3.5, 191.^

MISSOULA, Mont.— The annual meet-
ing of the Montana State Horticultural
Society will be held in this city the lat-
ter part of January, 1915.

NUESEBYMEN in the middle west are
looking forward to heavy losses this
winter, especially in their evergreen
stocks, owing to the dry conditiors of
the soil and the hard freezing weather.

FKESNO, Calif. — Olives, prunes and
peaches are in big demand with winter
planters, according to a statement is-
sued by Fred P. RouUard, in his No-
vember report to the board of super-
visors. Roullard is county horticul-
tural inspector.

Southeastern Iowa Hort. Society.

Cedar Rapids was chosen as the 1915
meeting place of the Southeastern Iowa
Horticultural Society, which closed its
sessions at Burlington, December 18.
The sessions were of the best ever held
by the society and all those who were
in attendance found much instruction
and profit in the papers which were
given by some of the leading horticul-
turists of the country. Among the top-
ics discussed were preservation of or-
chards, proper systems of grafting,
fruit culture and grafting, budding and
cultivation in general.

Imported Nursery Stock DistrlBution.

The following table indicates the dis-
tribution, by states, of nursery stock
imported during the fiscal year 191-i-ld

and 1913-14:

Number or cases

1913-14 1912-13

Alabama 125 278

Arizona J J

Arkansas A}: ,..7.

Callforaia 1.929 !■!**

Colorado 152 "4

Connecticut l.*32 1,177

Delaware „38 29

District of Columbia 562 774

Florida 56 57

Georgia 196 160

Hawaii 4 •••■■

nds-:;;:::::;;:::;;:::::::. 3,942 2,977
fS^"*.. :;;:::::::::::::::::::: ttt "2

Kansas (north) 48 1 ogg

Kansas (south) ^oo )

Kentucky 352 204

Louisiana «6 329

Maine 51 29

Maryland 553 404

Massachusetts 5,115 3,6(i2

Michigan 1.232 851

Minnesota 528 314

Mississippi 35 25

Missouri 676 451

Montana 26 12

Nebraska 149 100

Nevada 2 • • ' ii

New Hampshire 57 63

New Jersey 10.458 7,966

New Mexico 1 1

New York 12.363 11.521

North Carolina 162 167

North Dakota ,8 1

Ohio 3,068 2,475

Oklahoma 13 7

Oregon 560 244

Pennsylvania 9.309 6,540

Rhode Island 606 404

South Carolina 41 15

South Dakota 16 9

Tennessee 200 124

Texas 184 109

Utah 35 8

Vermont 20 36

Virginia 338 153

Washington 482 200

West Virginia 102 248

Wisconsin 334 221

Total 57,525 44.781

August Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.BOX 752. or 5 1 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY

HilFs Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Small, medium and lar^e sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

ETCrgreen Specialists Largest Growers in Aacria

Box 404, DUNDEE, ILL.

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

.'\ny quantity, size and age. No better grown.

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Stirubs and Vines.
Full Line o{ Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUB,

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE CONARD& JONES GO.,

West Grove, Penna.

ROSES

ON CANINA STOCKS

Write for prices.

Royal Rose Nurseries

Gratama Bros. & Co.

HOOGEVEEN, HOLLAND

Hydrangea Otaksa

llotleratft ccst; sell profitably nt a moderate price: easily brought into bloom; popular, salable, staple
I*ot-grown outdoors all summer; strong branches; good flower buds.

With 7 to 10 branches ....$25.00 per 100 With 4 branches $15.00 per 100

With 5 anil fi branches... 20.(0pcrl00 New French varieties 25.00 per 100

.Ml from 6- inch pots. Send that order! Send it today:

JACKSON & PERKINS COMPANY, Newarii, New York

'yjF'nfion thr AvTcrican Florist whr)i writino

NEW ROSE BOOK

The Practical Book of

Outdoor Rose Growing For The Home Garden

By George C. Thomas, Jr,

GENERAL SCOPE:

The Propagation of Roses. Location and Preparation. Ordering,

The Best Varieties with their Characteristics. Planting. Pruning.

Some General Information and Hints of Hybridization. Climbers. Cultivation.

Elaborately illustrated with % reproductions in full color of leading varieties of roses

and a few halftone plates Handsome cloth binding, in slip case. Price, $4.00. postage or

exprcssage extra.

American Florist Co., 440 South Dearborn Street, Chicago

Mention the America7i Florist when writing

Headquarters For

California Privet

AND OTHER HEDGE PLANTS

CALIFORNIA PRIVET. One year. 12 to 18 inches: Ih to 2 (eet. Two years. 12 to IS
inches; Ih to 2 feet; 2 to 3 feet; 3 to 4 feet. Three years. .5 to 4 feet; 4 to 5 feet.

.\n well branched, brieht and clean. The two and three year grades have been cut back
one or more times. Very attractive prices for car lots for prompt acceptance. Prices will be
advanced February first.

I otter a lot of l.SO.OOO, 2 years, 12 to 18 inches well rooted and with good tops, at a
"great bargain

AMOOR RIVER PRIVET. One year, extra fine. 12 to 18 inches. Two years. lHto2
feet; 2 to ?, feet.

BERBERIS TBUNBERGII. Transplanted, stocky plants. 6 to 9 inches; <» to 12 inches;
12 to lb inches; Wi to 2 feet sizes by the 1000.

J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J.

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1275

Aviator

The greatest money maker for any one to grow. Count
more profits in six months from Aviator than any other
scarlet, on account of its wonderful productiveness, pro-
ducing twice as many blooms as any other carnation, and a
heavy crop for Christmas. From 2000 plants we cut 2800
blooms for Christmas, which sold for 8c each. Will produce
30 blooms per plant per season.

Color— Intense scarlet. Flower— Fine full center.
Stem— Thin wiry and stiff. Calyx— Non-bursting. Habit-
Being a cross between Red Sport of Maceoand Red Seedling,
it has the habit of Maceo. Thin, wiry and a fast grower,
no grass, every break making a fine flower in a remarkably
short time.

Price, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

Chicago Carnation Co.,

Peerless Pink

Dark pink. The best and most profitable Carnation
introduced to the trade last season. No other new carnation
can equal it in early and continuous productiveness. The
blooms command the highest prices at all times.

Rooted Cuttings, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

Per 100 1000

Chamcion. scarlet $6 00 $50 00

Yellow Prince 6 00 50 00

Matchless, white 600 5000

Philadelphia, pink 6 00 50 CO

Princess Dagmar.crim-

son 600 5000

Gloria, pink, free 6 00 50 00

Per 100 lOOO

Pink Delight $6 00 $50 00

The Herald, scarlet.... 4 00 30 00

Enchantress Supreme. 4 00 30 00

Conquest, nvrrlaid pink 4 00 3000

White Wonder 3 00 2300

White Enchantress 3 00 25 00

Enchantress 300 25 00

All stock guaranteed. Quality the first consideration.

30 East Randolph St,
CHICAGO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager.

Long Distance Phone, Central 3373.

BURPEE'S SEEDS I

Philadelphia |

Wholesale Price List for Florists E

and Market Gardeners. ^

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

Swedesboro, New Jersey

Correspondence

•P'
lie

Solicited.

97th Year

J. BOLGIANO S SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes

rc<iig?e''eTo'ma.°o'seeds Baltimore. Md.

Nothing will pay better to plant after the 'Mums
than mv

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. G. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Ttirnip
Radish, Beet,

MILFORD, CONN.

Branches Michigan.
Wisconsin and Idaho,

L. FORMOSUM

7-9 in., 9 10 in.. 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, Vt and \ in.

Write for prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Mention the American Florist ichen writing

DAHLIA POT ROOTS

•-'0,000 grand pot roots of CactUS Dahlias from the finest collection

in Britain. Awarded 13 gold medals at principal shows in 1913.

Included in our collection are the following:

H. W. Sillem Miss Stredwick Janet Empress

Frederick Wenham Yellow Hammer Glory of Wilts Signal

Aviator Lady Muriel The Imp . Jupiter

Rev. A. Bridge Wm. Marshall Golden Crown T. A. Havemeyer

Marathon H. L,. Brousson Stormer Brigadier

Indomitable Florabella Gwendoline Red Admiral

John Woolman Irresistible Tucker Dr. Roy Appleton

Tokio Miss Hills Nellie Riding Golden Plover

Prima Donna Rev.T.W.Jamieson Mrs. Wyatt Snowstorm

Pride of Essex Mrs. Dyer Harold Peerman Thos. Wilson

Mrs. Douglas John Riding (1913) Conquest and many other

Fleming Richard Box Nantwich (1913) varieties.

Prices: Customers selection, 3/- per dozen; 21/- per lOO.
Our selection, 2/6 per dozen; 18/- per 100.

GEORGE FAIRBAIRN & SONS,

Dahlia Specialists,

BOTCHERBY, CARLISLE, ENGLAND.

J.G. ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Kocky Ford. Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and Field Seed Corns.

Mention the American Florist when writing

GARDEN SEED

Beet, Sweet Corn, Garden Beans. Onion Sets
and Seed Potatoes in variety. Also other items
of the short crop of this past season, as weil as a
full line of Garden Seeds, will be quoted you upon

s!"d! WOtlDRUFF & SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK.

and Orange, Conn.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Orchids

If you want OrchldS for any purpose whatever
we solicit your inquiries and orders for same.
We do not grow or handle anything else but
Orchids. Special lists on application.

LAG£R a HURRELL, Summit, N. J.

Geraniums by the Thousands

From 3 and Jl/jin. Fol^)

Alphonse Ricaid, Beante and Jeunrsse Poite-
»ine. s. A. Nutt, General Grant, Montmort Mme.
Buctiner, Mme. Roselear. La Favorite. Miss C
Perkins, etc. Fine A No. 1 sand rioted cuttings,
transplanted to pots. $2.50 per mo. $2^.50 per 1000
Paul Campbell, $3 25 per 100 J30.C0 per 1000. We
grow 28 varieiies of Geraniums. Send for com
plete list and special prices on what nuantity you
will need.

Eight best varieties of IVY GERANIUMS, $3.00
per 100, $28.00 per 1000.

30 varieties of Canna Bulbs by the thousands.
Send for prices.

.Mso abundance of other stock.

Correspondence Solicited.

Alonzo J. Bryan

WHOLESALE FLORIST

Washington, New Jersey

Godfrey Aschmann

Importer, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of

SPECIALTIES - Azalea Indica, Araucaria Ezcelsa
and Kentia Palms.

1012 W. Ontario St., PhiladelphU, ^.

1276

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Jan.

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

M. L. R'uetenik, Cleveland. O., President;
Daniel R. Comly. Pliiladelpbia. Pa.. Vice-
President; S. W. Severance, Louisville. Ky..
Secretary; E. \. Dunbar, .Ashtabula. O..
Treasurer.

Columbus, O. — Plans have been com-
pleted by Architect J. N. Bradford of
Ohio State University, approved and
are on file at the builders' exchange,
for a new' greenhouse for the uni-
versity, to cost in the neighborhood of
$7,000. Bids will close January 5. The
new greenhouse will be utilized for the
growing of commercial vegetables. It
will be connected with the university
heating plant.

Do Not Mix Turnip with Horseradish.

In the service and regulatory an-
nouncements of the bvtreau of chemis-
try of the department of agriculture a
statement is published that the addi-
tion of turnip to prepared liorseradish
will be considered an adulteration un-
der the food and drugs act vtnless the
product is labeled as a compound, with
a plain statement of its ingredients.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vesretabies.

Chicago. December 29. — Mushrooms,
60 cents per pound; lettuce, 15 cents
to 17 cents per box: radishes, 50
cents to 75 cents per dozen bunches;
asparagus, .$2.00 per dozen bunches;
celery. 12 stalks, 10 cents to 20 cents;
cucumbers. ,$1.25 per dozen.
" New York, December 29. — Cucum-
bers, $1.25 to $1.75 per dozen; mush-
rooms, $1.00 to $1.75 per 4-pound bas-
ket; tomatoes, S cents to 15 cents per
pound; radishes, per 100 bunches. $1.00
to $2.00; lettuce, per strap. 60 cents
to 75 cents.

Hollow L'elery.

Prom far and wide come complaints
this year of hollow celery. Years ago
the belief was general that either the
weather, the land itself or the fer-
tilizers used were responsible for hol-
low or pithy stalks. Lately, however,
it has been conclusively proven that
the source is directly in the seed —
careless seed growing. When we buy
seed, we do not know where it is
grown — it may come from France,
Denmark or California. While the
climate is a factor in seed production —
the men behind the guns are more im-
portant. Our own experience this year
shows the straight line of the trouble.
In one of our fields we had ' 20,000
Golden Self Bleaching. 10.000 Giant
Paschal, and 30,000 Winter Queen.
Our Self Bleaching and Paschal were
all grown from old seed we had proven
ourselves; but the Winter Queen was
new seed from three prominent seeds-
men, allowing about 10,000 to each lot.
Having had trouble with Winter
Queen for several years, we changed
source each year, with the result that
all the stacks were identical. This
shows that five seedsmen all got their
Winter Queen from the same grower,
and that this grower is careless. He
evidently is after the money regard-
less of consequences — hence the entire
crop is allowed to seed and no rogu-
ieg or selecting is practiced. This is
proven by our Winter Queen lots this
year, which ran less than 5 per cent
true, 75 per cent variable and about
20 per cent completely hollow — in-
Hated.

Under exactly the same conditions
and in the same field and at the same
time, our old Paschal and Golden Self
Bleaching stocks not only came true
from start to finish, but not a hollow
stalk was found in the entire lot. As
far as we know these two lots were
produced in France and we have rea-
son to believe the Winter Queen to be
a California product. Our own pro-
cedure for the coming year will be to
discard our green celeries entirely and
depend on Golden Self Bleaching and
Paschal for the entire crop.

For a number of years we have been
growing in 'a small way Columbia, an
improved Paschal. This has given us
the smoothest, whitest and most ten-
der celery; this year new seed from
the same seed house, as formerly, pro-
duced a worthless lot altogether.
There was not one plant true, nor was
there a single solid steih in a thousand
plants. The rows of this inferior
celery grew almost waist-high and the
first frost collapsed them completely.
This entire lot of Columbia was worth-
less and a total loss. We believe this
seedsman transferred his business from
M careful French grower to some reck-
less American farmer. Seed growing
can not be conducted from the office
imly. nor by riding a tractor plow or
oi>orating a threshing machine.

Marketm.vn.

Nashville, Tenn.

ZERO WEATHER* BUT HE.WY TRADE.

Not for a decade has such a "nasty"
spell of weather struck this city as
showed up the day before Christmas.
In the early morning it began fo rain,
an uncompromising "drizzle" that grew
colder and more disagreeable as the
day advanced. Christmas morning the
rain, which had continued in a down-
pour all night, turned into sleet and
snow — a regular blizzard. Shopping
was disagreeable but the streets were
full of people and the flower shops
were crowded with buyers in a rush to
get something to relieve the depres-
sion caused by the dreary weather. De-
livery was terrible. The florists here
encounter such weather only once in a
while, and the conserjuence was that
many fine plants were frozen in tran-
sit and the next day foimd them re-
turned, and on the florist's hands. This
was particularly true of the azaleas
which seemed to suffer most. But in
spite of all drawbacks, the hard times,
high prices and the bad weather, the
trade was unprecedented and every
body cleaned up In a most satisfactory
manner. Prices were some better than
last year and good on all kinds of
flowers. Cvit flowers were not more
popular than plants and baskets.

NOTES.

The Mclntyre Floral Company had a
gnrgeous supply of holiday flowers,
among them poinsettias, azaleas. Be-
gonia Lorraine, cyclamen, and the bulb-
ous stock in great abundance. They
h.ad a larger sale on the higher priced

TO THE TRADE

HENRY MIETTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and CXPORTER on the VIRY LARGEST SCALE of aU
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (tltabUabed 1 787.)

^PFRIAI TIF^' Beans. Beets. Cabbages. Carrots. Kobl Rabi, Leek. Lettuces, Onions, Pets,
OiLUIHLIILOi Radishes, Spinach. Turnips Swedes, Asters. Balsams. Begonias, Carnationi
Cinerarias. Gloxinias, Larkspur. Nasturtiums, Pansies, Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application.

HENRY METTE'S 'HtlUMPH OT THE GIANT PANSIES (mixed), tbe most perfect and
most beautiful in the world. $6.00 per oz., or $1.75 per M oz., $1.00 per H oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast groaads, and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

stock than on the cheaper. A fine sup-
ply of the most beautiful and elegant
orchids were in great demand and al-
though they had a large supply, sold
all of them out. Their experience was
that a larger amount of cut flowers
were sold than plants this year. They
had a fine clean up and were emi-
nently satisfied.

Geny Bros, had fine flowers and a
magnificent trade. One peculiarity
they noticed was that the credit busi-
ness was much larger this year than .
last but the bulk of the trade was equal I
to, if not surpassing, that of a year
ago. They had an abundance of azalea:9
but not as many narcissi in bloom as
usual. They had an abundance of vio-
lets, and as there was a great call for
them, they were sold out at a good
profit. Their baskets and plants were
abundant and sold well.

L. H. Haury & Sons had a splendid
trade, even surpassing their expecta-
tions. They had a fine supply of flow-
ers of all the popular kinds and were
pretty well cleaned out. They had no
losses from the freezing weather but
succeeded in delivering without acci-
dent.

The Joy Floral Company made a
special run on poinsettias, and .showed
some superb blossoms. They had many
splendid Beauties, and an abundance of
other roses. Their stock was sold out.

M. C. D.

RAHN & HERBERT

1 10 East 4gth St.. PORTLAND. ORE.

Extra strong En^ish Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet high per 100, $25,00

Erica Meditcriana, 4 inch pots 15.00

Erica Wllmoreana, 3 inch pots 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.0D

Hall Caine and Mary Barton, 2 in, " 5.06
Palms. Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties My Specialty.

Watcb for our Trade Mark itampit
on every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroom Spawi

Substitution of cheaper sradet li
thus easily exposed. Fresh sampl*
^fk^^^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed
^0^"^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re-
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Addreii
Trade Mark. American Spawn Co., St. Paul. Minn

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pages.— Price $1.0O— 29 Ulnstratlons.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANT

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

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JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

6-iD. pot.

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. hi^h Each Pe

,,.5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00

Kentia Belmoreana

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana

9-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 40 to 42 in. high.

9-iD cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high.

12-in, cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 5 to 5H ft

12-in. cedar tub. 4i>lantsintub. 5H to 6 ft

12-in. ceda tub. 4 plants in tub. ft ft. high, heavy.
i2-in. cedar tub.4plantsintub.7to8ft

Plioenix Roebelenii

5-in. pot, nicely characterized

7in. tub. 18 in. high. 24 in. spread.

doz
$12.0«

Each
.$ 4.00
. 5.00
. 10.00
. 12.50
. IS.OO
. 20.00

Each
..$1.00
.. 2.00

Leaves

ZH-in. pot 4

3 in. pot 5

4-in. pot 5 to 6..

5-in. pot 5 to 6..

6-in. pot 6 to 7..

Leaves

In. high

8to 10..

12

15

18

24

In. high

Each Perdoz.
$1.50

.$0.40
. .50
. 1.00

2.00
4.50
6.00
12.00

7-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36

7in. cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00

9in. cedar tub 6 to 7 42to45 4.00

9 in. cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

9-in. cedar tub 6 to 7 5ft.. very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-in. tub, 4 ft. spread

Each Perdoz
$ 2.50 30.00

36.00
48.00

.each. $4.08

HOME GROWN, WELL ESTABLISHED, STRONG AND HEALTHY.

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote, Pa,

'^'^

THE BOOK OF I
GLAOIOLUS

THE first authorita-
tive book on this
bulb ever printed in
America, or possibly
the world, issued April
1,1911. This 120- page
book, vmtten by Mat-
thew Crawford and
Dr. Van Fleet, con-
. tains many chapters
I covering all sides of
L growing, propagating,
(storing, etc., and also
some pages of valuable
cultural notes gath-
ered from reliable
sources. A necessity
for both amateur and
grower. The book is
bound in cloth and
fully illustrated.

PRICE, rOSTPAID, $1.25

&MERIC&K FLORIST CO.

440 So. Dearborn St.
CHICAGO.

Home of Pansies •

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpassed, improved
annuallv. Some of the best florists in America
are regular customers. These plants are m extra
good shape this year and heavy rooted, grown on
high land. Packed to reach you safe anywhere.
$Z.50 per 1000. 5000 for $10.00.

Elmer Rawlin^S, Home of Pansies,

OLEAN. N. Y.

BOX WOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids. 2 ft $1 00 each

Pyramids. 2H-ft 1.50 each

Pyramids.3 -ft 2.00each

Pyramids. 3H,ft 2.50 each

Standard Shape. 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1 .50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O. FRANZEN ^^'c^b^ica^o "*

American Florist Advertise-
ments work 24 hours per day.

Carnation Cuttings

Extra fine stock ready for immediate shipment.
Reinberg's stock is known for its supreme quality every-
where and is the stock for you to buy. Order today.

Per 100 Per 1000
White Enchantress .... $2.50 $20.00
Pink Enchantress ..... 2.50
Rose Pink Enchantress . . . 2.50

Mrs. Ward 2.50

Beacon ...... 2.50

White Perfection 2.50

Herald, extra fine variety
Josie Merle, fine pink seedling .

20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
27.50
27.50

Peter Reinberg

30 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, III.

MATCHLESS A GREAT SUCCESS

MATCHLESS is the best and most profitable white carnation to grow,
having no equal in earliness, vigor of growth and production. It is siiperior
in size, fragrance and keeping qualities and is non-bursting. It is a continuous
bloomer and is handled with ease by any grower.

Fine Rooted Cuttings for Immediate Delivery,

$6.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000; $112.60 per 2600; $200. (»0 per 6ti("i.

We also offer MRS. C. W. WARD and BEACON,

$3.00 per 100; $26.00 per lOOd.

Cottage Gardens Co., Inc. Queens, New York

Mention the American Florist irhen wrilitiii

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

Robert Craig Co...

g/S: PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Plants.

Market and 49ih Sis., Philadelphia, Pa.

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Jan. 2,

Drccr's Ferns for Dishes

The Best Stock We Have Ever Offered.

2% inch pots,
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

HENRY A. DREER

714-716 Chestnut Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are for the Trade only.

SM I L AX

strong plants, 2i^ inch, $1.26 per 100;
$10.00 per 10<)0.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2H inch,
$2.00 per 100; $5.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Easter Roses

Pot onr 4-tach now in 5 to 6-inch.

SPECIALTIES

ROBM. from 3-iDch pots.
CamatlonB for fall delivery.

Chrysanthemnmi
Smllax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Pricei low. Send lor lilt.

Wood Brothers. Sg??^rt

Austin. Tex.

A number of Austin's representative
florists met at the range of the Hyde
Park Floral Co., December 14, and as
they were a live set of growers, a num-
ber of problems came up for discus-
sion, principally as to stock, and what
could be grown profitably here, and
what lines it would be to an advantage
to buy outside. Tarnations, it is con-
ceded, are not a successful crop, as we
are too far south for the stems to at-
tain any degree of excellence, and the
blooms do not develop in size to com-
pare with northern grown stock. The
rose, so far as has been tried, succeeds
better, as the climate is favorable to
it, with plenty of heat and sunshine
and an even temperature as a rule.
Trade is good and fair prices main-
tained. The cotton growers have of
course been hard hit, but the farmers
who raise mixed crops are in good
shape as all food and animal products
are in good demand at advanced prices.
Pecans and turkeys are two of our
principal products and both enjoy a
very active market just now. Local
florists anticipate a big Christmas de-
mand and are making ample prepara-
^.tions to take care of the business.

H. B. B.

PiTTSBUBOH, Pa. — The Pittsburgh Flo-
rists' Exchange & Supply Co. has been
incorporated; capital stock, $5,000.

CARNATION CUTTINGS

For Immediate Delivery

Per 100 Per 1000

White 'wonder $3.00 $25 00

White Enchantress 2.50 2O.00

Enchantress ., 2.50 20.00

Rose Pink Enchantress 2.50 2000

Mrs. C. W. Ward 2.50 20.00

Northport 2.50 20.00

Champion 6.00 50 00

Commodore 2.50 20.00

Beacon 3.00 25.00

For February Delivery

Per 100 Per 1000

Matchless $6.00 50.00

Princess Dagmar 6.00 50.00

J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

k Few Good Things
You Want.

Geraniums, Nutt. Buchner, Ricard, Perkins.

Poitevine, 2 in.. $2.00 per 100; 3-in., $5.00 per 100.
Boston and WUtmani Ferns; 3-Jn., 10c: 4'in.. 15c:

5-in.. 25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3 in., $5.00: 4 in., $10.00: 5-in..

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2H''m.. $5.00 per 100.
Vinca Var., 2 in., $2.00 per 100.
Casb with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS, Newton, N. J.

Mention the American Florist when ivriting

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, . CONN.

Mevtion the American Florist ichen toriting

PRIMROSES.

Obconica Alba Rosea and Sangulnea,

214 in. pots, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per
1000.

Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 2V4 in.

pots, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000.

VInca Variegata, 3x3i/2-in. pots, $5.00
pel 100.

Pansy Plant, Giant flowering, $2.50 per
1000.

Cannas, dry bulbs, 1 to 3 eyes of Alle-
mania, Burbank, Italia, Gray, Penn-
sylvania, Beauty, Bedder, Vaughan,
Henderson, Charlotte, Harum, Patry,
Hose, etc., at $1.25 per 100.

- — CASH

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE. OHIO.

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Tuberous Rooted

Begonias

Splendid imported bulbs now on hand.
Grown from the finest large flowering strains.

Single Sorts. Doz. 100 1000

White, scarlet, yellow, pink. 40c $2.50 $20.00

Double Sorts.

White, scarlet, yellow, pink. 50c 3.50 30.00

Seedsmen write us for mailing size samples and prices.

SPIRAEA

Large Clumps. Plump Eye's.

Special prices to close out to make
room for our spring bulbs. per loo

Gladstone (white) $6.00

Queen Alexandra (pink") 7.00

GLOXINIAS

Grassifolia Grandiflora

All the spotted and Tigered variations
in sound bulbs. Per 100 Per 1000

Separate colors $3.50 $30.00

Mixed colors 3.00 28.00

CHICAGO

Write For Our Special Flower Seed List For Early Sowing.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE

NEW YORK

RMRS. CHARLES
USSELL

ROSE

PLANTS

Grafted and Own Root

Kxtra fine stock for Early Spring
Delivery

WRITE FOR PRICES
We also offer: Milady, Shawyer,
Ward, Taft.d'Arenberg, Richmond

Hadley, the Killarneys.

WIELAND & RISCH

Wholesale Qron ers

154 N. Wabash Ave.
CHICAGO, ILL.

A LL Nursery men, beedsmen and Klorists wlshiDg
^^ to do businesB witbsEurope should send for the

"Horticnltnral Advertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, beine read weeJEly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
OTer 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
subicription. to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade mediam, appli-
ctDtsshould, with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade,
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address EditOFS Of "H. A."

ChUweU Nurseries. LOWDHAM, Notts. England

Mention the American Florist when writing

IMPORTED STOCK OF QUALITY.

Fresh Importations Just Arrived in Fine Condition.

Boxwood, Bush shape, 12-m 30;

■ 18-in 50c

•■ 24-in $1.00

" ■ ■■ 30-in 1.50

Pyramids. S.in 2. 25

42-ir 3.W

4S in 3.50

54 in 4 00

Globes, IS bv ISin 3.50

Rhododendrons, good forcint' varieties, bright
colors, clean [oliaue, 8 to 12 buds. 60c each;
12 to l*^ buds. {1.00 each.
Rhododendrons, hardy sorts lor outside plant-
inu. 18 to 24-in . 8 to 12 buds, 75c each: 24 to
30-in . 12 to Ih buds. $1 0(1 each.
Azalea Mollis. 15 to IS-in . busby. 40c each;
$4 25 per doz.: $35.00 per 100.

Magnolia Soulangeana, Spectosa and Lennel

4 to 5 feet, full of buds, balled aad bur-

laoped. $J. 50 each.
Magnolia Halliana, (Stellata) 2H in. to 3 ft.

very bushy and full of buds, balled and bur-
lapped $1.50 each.
Japanese Maples, Blood Leaved, beautiful

plants, 3 to 3^2 feet hiKh, well branched,

$1.50 each.
Azalea Hinodegiri, 15 to I8-in., very bushy.

$1.50 each.

Acuba Japonica Punctata, beautifully spotted
foliage. 18 to 24-in. bifch. bushy, 75c each.

Rhododendron, Pink Pearl, one of the finest
forcinL; propositions, fine plants, beautiful
foliace and nicely budded, $1.25 each.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

This Ought To Be OF INTEREST To YOU.

That Local Growers have placed the Largest Individual Orders for my

New Carnation "Alice"

offered to the Tra<ie this season. S^ome have doubted, and trebled their orders on successive
visits. The color is an exquisite shade of clear soft pink, midway between Enchantress and
Glorrosa. Habit of plant ideal, strong, very early, and a continuous, and without donbt the
most productive commercial variety I have offered to date.

Prices: Per 100, $12,01; per 1000, $100.05; per 2500, $237.50:
per 5000. $45X00; per 10.000. $800.00.
If you have not seen it. send for descriptive circular, and get your order in now. Over
200,000 sold.

PETER FISHER,

Ellis, IVIass.

Mention the American Florist ichen tvriting

For the Best New and Standawd

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. BerUn. N, J. Wiulamstown June.. N. J.

Mention the Ainierican Florist when writing

GERANIUMS

\\\ sold until the latter part of February.
March delivery guaranteed to reach any point
east of the Mississippi River in good growing
condition. Nutt, $12.50 per 1000. Ricard and
Pottevine, $15.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Plumosus, line lot ready now al
$2 50 per 100: $25,00 per KXKI.

ALBERT M. HERR, LtNCASTEfl, PA

Mention the American Florist when writing

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Jan. 2,

Price $3,00
Postpaid,

I

T-^HE AMERICAN FLORIST COM
pany's Trade Directory for 1 9 14, fully

^^M revised to date, with thousands of new
' names and c^ianges of address, is now
ready for distribution. It contains 552 pages,
including complete lists of the Florists, Seeds-
men and Nurserymen of the United States and
Canada, arranged both by states and towns and
all names alphabetically. Also lists of Foreign
Merchants, Firms which issue catalogues. Horti-
cultural Supply Concerns, Parks, Cemeteries,
Landscape Architects, Experiment Station Hor-
ticulturists, Botanical Gardens, and much other
conveniently indexed and invaluable trade infor-
mation. Published by the

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dsartorn St., Chicago, III., U. S. A '

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LDJE, NET.

ALTERNANTHERAS.

Alternantheras, 8 vara., 2-ln., $2 per 100;
$18.50 per 1,100; 3-In., $3 per 100. R. Vincent,
Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

BAY TREES.

ARACCARLAS.

Araucaria excelsa glauca, 5-lnch pots, 10 to
12 inches, 2-3 whorls, 75c each; $8 per doz,
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Araucaria excelsa, 6-in., 65c each. Helton &
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

Araucaria excelsa, 50c. 75c and %\ each;
Bobusta Compacta. $1.50 to ?2 each. Poehl-
miinn Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

ASPAKAUUS PLUMO.SCS and SPRENGERl,
3-ln.. $0 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.

Araucarias In sorts. August Rolker & Sons.
61 Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS PLCMOSDS, 2%-in., fine plants,
$3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. SPRENGERl. 4-ln.,
large plants. $7 per 100. Cash please. EDGAK
EASTERDAY. Nokomis, 111.

Asparagus plumosus nanus, 2^-In,, 60c per
doz.; $4 per lOo; 3-ln., 85c per doz.; $6 per
100; 4-ln.. 15c each; $1.50 per doz.; $12 per
lOO. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengerl, 2^-ln., $2
per lOfJ; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunningham,
Delaware, Ohio.

Asparagus Sprengerl. 3-in., $1 per 100. R.
Vincent, Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, 3-in., $6 per 100.
SPRENGERl. 3-in., $5 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Baplds, Mich.

Asparagus plumosus, $2.50 per 100; $25 per
1.000. A. M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

Asparagus Sprengerl, 2V>-Inch, $2 per 100; $5
per 30O. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1
each; variegated. 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.60.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

AZALEAS.

Azaleas, Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Vervsene-
ana, Simon Mardner, Empress of India, Mme.
Jos. Verviene, Ernst Ecknart, Niobe. Vervsene-
ana alba, etc., 12 to 14 inches diameter, $9 per
doz.; $60 per liiO; 14 to 16. $12 tier doz.: $75
per 100; 16 to 18, $18 per doz.; $125 per 100;
18 to 20; $24 per doz.; 20 to 22, $36 per doz.
Dwarf or miniature. Firedy or Hexe and Chas.
Gncke, $4.80 per doz.; $35 per 100. F. R.
Plerson, Tarrytown. N. Y.

Azalea Mollis. 15 to 18 Ins., bushy. 40c each;
$4.25 per doz.; $35 per 100. Hinoileglri, 15 to
18 Ins.. $1.50 each. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Painesville, O.

Azaleas, good values, 14 to 16 Ins., 70(r; 16 to
IS Ins.. $1; 18 to 20 iris., $1.50. The Storrs &
Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

Azaleas, leading varieties. 75c to $*? each.
Larger specimens, $3 to $8 each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramids and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St„ New York.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

BEGONIAS.

Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine. 2-in., $4 per
100; $35 per 1,000; 3-in., $6 per 100. B. Vin-
cent. Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

Rex Begonia, 2>4-ln.. $5 per lOO. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J^

BOXWOOD.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 each; 2^4 ft.,
$1.5<J; 3 ft., $2; 3% ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe, 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft.. $1.50; nice
bushes. 15-in., 35c each. F. O. Franzen, 6319
N. Clark St., Chicago.

Boxwood, bush shape. 12-in., 30c; 18-in., 50c;
24-in., $1; 30-in., $1.50. Pyramids, 36-in., $2.25;
42-in.. $3; 48-in.. $3.50; 54-ln., $4. Globes, 18
by 18 Ins., $3.50. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Painesville, O.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush. In
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Boehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J.

BUIiBS,

Bulbs, Gladiolus, Mrs. Francis King, 1st size,
$10 per 1.000; medium, $8. Augusta, 1st size,
$12 per l.llOO; medium. $10. Chicago White,
1st size, $30 per l,0l)<i; medium. $25. Amer-
ica. 1st size. $12 per 1.000; medium, $10. Flo-
rist XXS mixed. $15 per 1,000. Vaughan's
Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Bulbs. L. Formosum, 7-9-in.. 9-10-!n., lO-lT-
in.. 11-13-in.: also Japan grown freeslas. %
and %-ln. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Woolworth Bldg., New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Easting Co., 383-387
Elllcott St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Bulbs, cold storage Gigantums, $7 per 100;
ease of 300, $18. C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwau-
kee. Wis.

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 Betz
Bldg., Philadelphia.

Bulbs of ail kinds. Chas. Schwake & Co.,
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Bulbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington, New
York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 BcU Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

CARNATIONS.

CARNATION CUTTINGS, January Delivery.

Per 100 Per 1000

White Wonder $3.00 $25.no

White Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Ro.se Pink Enchantress 2..50 20.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward 2.5n 20.00

Northport 2.50 20.0(1

Champion 6.00 50.00

Commodore 2.50 20.00

Beacon 3.00 25.00

Princess Dagmar 6.00 50.00

Gnsranteed first-class stock. Can fill orders

by the one hundred and one hundred thousand.

J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO..
JOLIET. ILL.

Carnation Cuttings. Matchless. $6 per 100-
$50 per 1,1100; White Wonder, White Enchan-
tress, Philadelphia. $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000.
Gioriosa, $3.50 per KiO; $.-50 per 1.000. Enchan-
tress, $3 per lOu; $25 per l,iiO0. Pink Sensa-
tion, $12 per 100; $liiO per 1,000. Champion, $6
per 100; $50 per 1.000. Herald, $3.50 per 100;
$30 per 1,0(10. Rosette, $3 per 100; $25 per
1,000. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
Y'ork.

Carnations. Aviator, $12 per inO: $100 per
1,000. Peerless Pink. $8 per 100; $50 per l.OOO.
Champion. Yellow Prince, Matchless, Phila-
delphia, Princess Dagmar. Gloria. Pink Delight
$6 per 100; $50 per l.OHO. The Herald En-
chantress Supreme, Conquest. $4 per 100; $30
per 1,0:10, White Wonder. White Enchantress,
Enchantress, $3 per 100; $23 per 1,000, Chi-
cago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph St., Chi-
cago.

EXTRA FINE CARNATION CUTTINGS.

The best In the land. Big value for yonr
money.

Enchantress $20.00 per 1.000

White Enchantress 20.00 per 1.000

White Wonder 20.00 per 1,000

SINNER BROS.,

56 East Randolph St., Chicago, III.

Carnations, Matchless, Gorgeous, Philadelphia,
$6 per 100; $50 per l.OiK). Enchantress Su-
preme, Pink Delight. $5 per 100; $40 per 1.000.
Benora. $ !.50 per 100; $30 per 1.000. C. W.
Ward, White Wonder, White Perfection, White
Enchantress, Beacon, Enchantress, $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000. Amohat Greenhouses, Mamaro-
Deck, N. Y.

Carnation cuttings, Philadelphia, Champion,
Peerless Pink. Matchless. Pink Delight. $6 per
100; $.50 per 1,000. Aviator $12 per 100; $100
per 1,000. White Wonder. Beacon, Enchantress,
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Rosette, White Enchantress,
$3 per 100; $25 per l.Ooo. Herald. $4 per 100;
$25 per 1.000. Enchantress Supreme, $4 per
100; $27 per 1.000. A Henderson & Co., 868
River St., Chicago.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEI/-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON. N. J.

Carnations, White Enchantress, Pink Enchan-
tress, Rose Pink Enchantress, Mrs. Ward, Bea-
con. White Perfection. $2.50 per 100; $20 per
l.OOO. Herald. $27.60 per 1.000. Josie Merle.
$27.60 per 1.000. Peter Belnberg, 30 E. Ran-
dolph St.. Chicago.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS, for Decem-
ber or later delivery; Enchantress, White En-
chantress, Victory, Bearon. Mrs. C. W. Ward,
etc., price. $20 per 1.000; $2.50 per 100. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSBa,
Denver, Colo.

Carnation Mntchless. rooted cuttings. $6 per
100: $50 per 1.000; $112.50 per 2..500: $2O0 per
6 000. Mrs. C. W. Ward and Beacon. $3 per
101; $25 per LO^O. Cottage Gardens Co., Inc.,
Queens, New York.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLINGS, and fine
variety to grow, $6 per 100. C. C. Pollworth
Co., Milwaukee,

Carnations. Pink Sensation. Good Cheer, $12
per 100: $100 per 1,000. F. Domer & Sons Co.,
La Fayette. Ind.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,
loliet. 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros., FIshklll, N. Y.

If You Do Not Find Wha? You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It.

VZ82

The American Florist.

Jan.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

BOOTED CHRYSANTHEMUM C0TTINGS.
January, February and March Delivery.

WHITE: Smltli's Advance, $2.50 per 100;
Wm. Turner. $3 per IfiO; Chadwlck Improved,
$3 per 100; December Gem, |3 per 100; White
Bonnaffon, $2.50 per 100; Alice Salomon. $4 per
100; White Perfection, $3 per lOO. YELLOW:
Golden Glow, $2 per luO; Yellow Eaton. $2.50
per lOn; Bamapo, $3 per 100; Chrysolora, $2.60
per 1()0; Yellow Bonnaffon, |2.50 per 100;
Golden Wedding, $3 per li)0. PINK: Chief-
tain, best pink, $4 per 100; Pink Gem, $2.50
per 100.

POMPON CUTTINGS.

Fairy Queen, Baby, Diana and Newberry,
$2.75 per 100. New 1914 varieties. Golden
Harvest, Golden Climax. Golden West and
Western Beauty, $6 per 100.

A. HENDBESON & CO.,
369 Elver Street. Chicago, 111.

CHBYSANTHEMDM STOCK PLANTS, best
early, medium and late varieties, to be shipped
when ready, 60c per doz. ; $4 per loo. Cash
with order. ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES,
Denver. Colo.

CIIUYSANTIIKMUM STOCK PLANTS.
Golden Glow, Pacltic Supreme and Smith's Ad-
vance, $3 per 100; $25 per I.CWO. Chrysolora,
|4 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood,
IlL

Chrysanthemum Early Frost, rooted cuttings
or 21n. pot plants. $12 per 100; $100 per
1,000. F. Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.

Golden Glow. PaclBc Supreme and Smith's
Advance, strong bushy 2-lnch pot plants, $3
per KK); $25 per l.nOO. Chrysolora. $4 per 100
A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood, III.

Chrysanthemums. For varieties and prices see
adveiti^enieut elsewhere in this issue. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Chrysanthemums, novelties, commercial, eshl-
bition or pompons. Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
Adrian, Mich.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva, N. T.

COLEU8.

Coleus, 12 varieties, 2-tn., $2 per 100; $18.50
per 1.000; 3-ln., $3 per 100. R. Vincent, Jr., ft
Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

5

Coleus, rooted cuttings, 00c per 100; 2-ln.
pots, $1.50 per 100. New Haven Floral Co.,
New Haven, Ind,

CROTONS.

Crotons. 4-lnch, 40c each; $4 per doz.; $30
per 100. Vaughan'B Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Crotons. well colored in all varieties. 50c and
75c. Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

CYCLAJHEN.

CYCLAMEN — GIGANTBDM. WANDSBEK
TYPE, in bloom, 3-ln., $10 per 100; 4-ln., $20
and $25 per 100; 5-ln., $35 and $50 per 100.
In hud. 3-in.. $3 per infl; 4-ln.. $15 and $2n per
100; 6-ln., $35 and $40 per 100. SEEDLINGS,
transplanted, ail Wandsbek type, finest In e.xist-
ence. innlnding Glory of Wnndsbek and Rose
of Wandsbek, 10 separate varieties equally di-
vided. $25 |ier 1.000; $3 per 100. IMPROVED
GLORY OF WANDSBEK. dark and light; bet-
ter grower than any salmon and larger flowers,
$5 per 100; $40 per 1,000. GLORY OF WANDS-
BEK and ROSE OF WANDSBEK, separate, $4
per 10<); $.35 per 1,000. Seedlings not trans-
planted. 10 varieties equally divided. $20 per
1.000; $2.50 per 100; 500 at 1.000 rate. Have
Immense stock on hand. All healthy and clean.
I supply a number of the largest cyclamen
growers In and around Chicago with Seed and
Seedlings. Cash with order, please. ERNEST
ROBER. Wllmette. III.

Cyclamen seedlings, best strain, $2.60 per 100;
$20 per l.noo. A. Henderson & Co., 369 Blver
Street, Chicago, IIL

DAHLIAS.

Dahlias, pot roots. For varieties and prices
see advertisement elsewhere In this Issue.
George Falrbalm & Sons, Botcherby, Carlisle,
England.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Fine 214-lneh stock, Etolle d'Or.
best yellow forcing daisy. $4 per 100. Cash.
A. B. HUNT & CO., 68 East Randolph Street,
Chicago.

DRACAENAS.

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 3-ln., $5; 4-in., $10; 6-ln.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton. N. J.

FERNS.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties. 2%-
In., $1.50 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants, 2V4-in., $4 per luO;
3-ln., $7 per 100; 4-ln.. $13 per lOiJ; 7-ln.. $6
per doz.; 7-ln., estra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-ln..-
$12 per doz.; 10-tn., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MANI. 2H-ln., $5 per 100; 3-ln., $10 per 100;
5-ln.. $25 per 100 estra heavy 8in.. $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO.. MILWAUKEE.

Ferns, assorted fqr dishes, our selection of
varieties, 2!^-ln., 50c per doz.; $3.50 per 100;
$30 per 1.1100. Boston, 3in., 15c each; $1.25
per doz.; $8 per loO; 4-ln., 25c each; $2. .TO per
doz.; $20 per 100; Bin., 40c each; $4.50 per
doz.; $35 per 100; 6-ln., 75c each; $8 per doz.;
$61) per 1(10; 7-ln., $1 each; $10 per doz.; $76
per 100; 8-ln.. $1.25 each; $14 per doz.; $100
per 100. Vanghan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Ferns for dishes, including aspldlum cryto-
mlum falcntum, Pterls Mayl, Wllsonl. etc., $3
per 100; $25 per l.OoO. idiantum Croweanum,
5ln.. 20c. Glory of Mordrecht. 5-ln.. 35c: 4ln.,
25c. Clbotlum Scbledel, 5-ln., 75c.; 6-ln., $1.
Crytomium Rockfordianum, 4-ln., 10c; 5-ln.. 2"c;
6-in., 35c. The Storrs & Harrison Co., Palnes-
vllle, O.

Boston ferns, 2-ln .$3.00 per 100

Boston ferns, 3-ln- 6.00 per 100

Roosevelt out of bench, strong plants, $16.00
and $20.00 per 100.

Boston out of bench, $10.00 and $1,'S.00 per 100.

Pterls out of flats. |1.50 per 100 clumps;
shipped in flats, $1.50 per flat. Cash.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTB, ILL.

If you have never had our SPRINGFIEI.DI
FERN plants, you are missing a good thing.
Guaranteed to live and stand rougher usage than
any fern known. Large 4 and 5'lnch. $7 per
100; 6 and 7-inch. $10 per 100. A trial will
couvince you. NEWELL & USTLEE, Apopka,
Florida.

Ferns. Boston, Whltmanl and Roosevelt, 6-ln.,
25c each; $;! per doz.; 6-ln., 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 7-in., 75c each: $9 per doz.; 8-in., $1
each; $12 per doz.: 10-in., $2.50 each; 12-ln..
$3.50 each. Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

Choice Boston ferns. 2>^-inch, -at $4 per 100;
$35 per 1,000. Whltmanl. $4.50 per 100; $40
per 1,000. Roosevelt, $4.50 per 100; $40 per
1.000. Roosevelt. Jr.. $7 per 100; $60 per 1.000.
Clbotlum Scbledel. S-lnch. 75c; 6-lnch. $1. A.
Henderson & Co., 369 River Street. Chicago, 111.

Boston ferns, B-lnch.. 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adlantum Croweanum, 3-ln., $8 per 100; $70
per 1,000. A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Ferns. Boston and Whltmanl, 3-ln., 4.1n.,
15c; 5-ln., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Boston ferns. 4-lnch. fine plants. $10 per 100.
Cash please. EDGAR EASTERDAY, Nokomla, III.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins,

Rutherford, N. J.

Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co.,

Rutherford, N. J.

FICUS.

Flcns. 26e and SOc each.
Co., Morton Grove, III.

Poeblmann Bros.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums. 2 and 2H-lnch pots: Alphonse
RIcard. Beaute and Jennesse Poltevine. S. A.
Nntt, Gen. Grant. Montmort. Mnip. Ruchner,
Mme. Roselear, I.a Favorite. F. Perkins, etc.,
$2.50 per lilO; $22.60 per 1,000. Paul Camp-
bell. $3.25 per 100; $30 per 1.000. Ivy gera-
niums, $3 per 101); $28 per l.OuO. Alonzo J.
Bryan, Washington, N. J.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3H-ln. pots. $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREENHOUSE, MInot,
N. D.

Geraniums, largest collection and flnest stock
In America at prices from $2 per 100 up. R.
Vincent. Jr., & Rons Co.. White Marsh. Md.

Geraniums, 21n., $3 per 100. Hall Calne
and Mary Barton. 2ln.. $5. Rahn & Herbert.
110 E. 49th St.. Portland, Ore.

Geraniums, Nutt, Bnchner, RIcard, Perkins,
Poltevine, 2-ln.. $2 per lOi); 3-ln., $S per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Geraniums, Feb. and March delivery. Nutt
$12.50 per 1,000. RIcard and Poltevine, $15 per
1.000. A. M. Herr, Lancaster. Pa.

GLADIOLUS.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Munsell & Harvey, Ashtabula, Ohio.

GREENS.

Wild smilax. $2 per case; halt case. $1.25;
eight 50 lb. cases, $15. S. S. Brantley, Pine
Apple, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and periietuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax. $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Bver-
green, Ala.

Fancy holly, $3 per case. Laurel branches,
$2.50 case. Boxwood Sprays, 12c lb. W. Z.
Purnell. Snow Hill, Md.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, pot-grown, French sorts. La Lor-
raine. Mme. E. Muulllere, Mme. Maurice llamar.
Mme. Galllard, Mme. Chantard. 5-in., $25 per
100. Otaksa. 6-ln., 4 to 6 shoots, $35 per liiO;
8-ln., 6 to 8 shoots, $.")0 per 100. The Storrs
& Harrison Co., Palnesvllle, O.

Hydrangea Otaksa, 6 and 7-lnch pot-grown
strong plants, 40c and 50c each. Ernest Rober,
Wllmette, III.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, 3-ln. pots, $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

IVIES.

English Ivy. out of 6-in. pots, up to 6 ft.
high. $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 B.
49th St., Portland, Ore.

English Ivy from field. 20 to 30 Inches. $3;
from pots. 30 to 40 inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST. Kenllworth. N. J.

Hardy English Ivy, 2-ln., $2 per 100; $18.60
per 1.000; 3-ln., $3 per 100. R. Vincent, Jr., *
Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

ENGLISH IVY, strong 4-inch. $10 per 100.
HARRY HEINL, West Toledo. Ohio.

German Ivy, 2%-ln., $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son. Cedar Falls, Iowa.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. B. Neubert, Wandsbek, nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken, 17 Bat-
tery PL. New York.

Lily of the valley pips, Berlin or Hamburg,
cases of 3.000 pips, $40; 1.000, $14; 600, $7.60.
J. M. Thorburn & Co., 63 Barclay St., New
York.

From Storage.

War reduces cost of Valley pips, new Imports,
now ready. Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market.
best Vallev in pxistenne. $14 per 1.000; $7.50
per 500; $4 per 250; $1.75 per 100. ColiI storage
Valley for January and February, $18 per 1,000;
$9.50 per 500; $5 per 250. H. N. Bruns, 3032
Madison St., Chicago.

Lily of the Valley pips, selected cold storage,
full cases (tw-o thousand or more). $18 per
1.000; l.OOO pips for $19; 600 for $10; 250 for
$5; 100 for $2..'i0. J. A. Budlong, 82-86 B.
Randolph St., Chicago.

Lily of the Valley, cold storage, selected pips,
packed In cases of 250, 600 and l.OoO eaclk
F. R. Plerson, Tarrytown, New York.

Lily of the valley, cold storage, $1.75 per
100; $16 per 1,000. C. C. Pollworth Co., Mll-
waukee. Wis.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Musbroom spawn. Lamhert'a Pure CaltDM.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Mtnn.

NURSERY STOCK.

E. TURBAT & Co.. Nurserymen. ORLEANS,
F*ran''e, prow all outdoor Nurseries stocks;
FRLUT, Ornamental and Forest. Wholesale list
on demand.

if You Do Not Find What You Need In Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It,

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Nurspry etock, fruit end orDamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees.

Bob-

btnk &

Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of

all kinds, established and

seml-

establls

hed.

Lager & HurreU, Summit, N

J.

PALMS,

KENTIA BELMORBANA.

Single Plants.

Leaves. Inches high.

Each.

41nch

pots.

5 to 6, 18

.$(1.35

6-lnoh

pots.

6 to 7, 28 to 30. . .

. 1.50

6-Ineb

pots.

6 to 7, 32 to 3-1...

. 2.00

8'lnch

tubs,

6 to 7. 36

. 3.00

8'iDch

tubs.

6 to 7, 42 to 44...

. 4.00

8-lnch

tubs.

6 to 7. 45 to 48. . .

. 5.00

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Single Plants.

Leaves. Inches high.

Each.

■i-Inch

pots,

5 to 6, 18 to 20...

.$0.35

einoh

pots.

5 to 6, 34 to 36...

. 1.50

Slnoh

tulis.

6 to 7, 46 to 48...

. 3.50

8-lnob

tubs.

6 to 7, 50 to 54...

. 5.00

10-lnob

tubs.

6 to 7, 5 to 5% ft

. 8.110

10-lnch

tubs.

6 to 7. 6 to 61^ ft

.10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.
Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-incb pots, 3 plants in a pot, 23 ...$1.50

7-inch pots. 5 plants in a pot, 34 to 38. . . 2..'i0

7inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 38 ... 3.00

8-lnch tubs. 3 plants in a tub. 38 to 42... .^..-io

8-inch tubs, 3 plants In a tub, 48 to 54... 5.00

8-lnch tubs. 4 plants in a tub. 52 to 56... 6.00

10-Inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 5 ft. high. 8.00

12inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 6V4 ft. 10.00

12-Inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high. 12.00

Very strong specimens, 12 and 15-Inch tubs, 7

plants, $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENIl.

6-inch pots, 20 In. high. 20 in. spread $1.50

7-inch pots, 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 In. spread 2.60

S-lncb tubs, line specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.,
MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Palms. Kentia Forsteriana. 6-ln., 5-6 leaves,
30-32 inches, $1.50 each: $17 per doz.; 7-ln.,
6-7 leaves, 36-40 Ins.. $3.25 each: 10-ln., 6-7
leaves, 60 Ins., $8 each. Made-up: 7-in.. 3
plants In a pot, 28-30 Ins., $2.50 each; $27.50
per doz. : 7-in., 30-34 Ins., $3 each; $32.50 per
doz.; 8-in., 3 to 4 plants, 34-38 Ins., $4 each;
$45 per doz.: 10-ln.. 3 plants. 70-74 Ins., $15
each. Phoenix Panariensis, 7-in., 28-30 Ins.,
$1.50 each. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Palms. Kentia Belmoreana. 6-ln.. 6-7 leaven.
22 ins. high. $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Roehelenil, 8-in. pots. 24 ins. high. 26'lnch
spread. $3.50 each; 9-inch tubs. 24 Inches high,
30-Inch spread. $4 each. A. N. PlersoD, Inc.,
Cromwell, Conn.

Cocos Weddelllana, 2-ln., $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100; $00 per 1,000. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

Phoenix Canarlensis. fine large plants. $7.60
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford.
N. J.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

PANDAPTUS.

Pandanus Veltchil, 4-in., 60c: 5-In., 75c to
$1: 6-in., $1.50; 7-ln., $2 to $2.50. PoehlmanD
Bros, Co., Morton Gro.Ye, III.

Pandanus Veltchil, 4-ln., eOc each; $6 per
doz,; 6-ln.. $1..')0 each. Vanghan's Seed Store,
Chicago and New York.

PANSIES.

PANSIES— ROMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
man.vl. The strain has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection, 50c per
100; $3.50 per 1.000. Express prepaid. C.
HDMFELD. Clay Center, Kana.

Giant Trimardeau Pansles. mixed colors, fine
plants, $2..'50 per 1.000; 5.000 for $10. Cash.
J. H. Krone, Jr., R. P. D. No. 1, Ftort Smith,
Ark.

PANSIES, strong, stocky plants, ready for
transplanting, $4 per 1.000. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES. Denver, Colo.

Pansles. $2..'i0 per 1.000; 6,000 for $10. Elmer
Rawllngs. Clean, N. Y.

Pansy plants. $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cnn-
ningham, Delaware, o.

PEPPERS.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-incb bushy
plants, full of berries, $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey Floral Co., Maywood, III.

Christmas peppers, 4-la., 16c eacb; 6-in., 26c.
C. H. Frey. Lincoln, Net).

PETUNIAS.

Dreer's double petunias, 15 varieties, 3-inch
pots, 75e per doz.; $0 per 100; the set of 15
sorts for $1. Seeds of Superb double fringed.
75c per 500 seeds. $1.50 per l.ooo. Superb
single, 50c per trade packet. Henry A. Dreer,
714-71G Chestnut St.. Pblladelpbia, Pa.

POINSETTIAS.

POINSETTIAS, surplus of 1,000 214-ineh; fine
stock, $5 per ItJO; $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
BODA. Omaha, Neb.

POINSETTIAS, 2y.-ln., $5 per 100; 4-in.,
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
Ids. Mich.

Poinsettlas, choice stock In pans with good
brackets. 75c to $2.50 each. Poehlmann Bros.
Co., Morton Grove, 111.

PRIMULAS.

Primroses; Obconica alba rosea and san-
guinea, 2V4-in., $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1,000.
Jos. H. Cunningham. Delaware, O.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES, 2iA-in., $3 per
100; 4-ln.. $12.50 per lUO. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids, Mlcb.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore, Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices.
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

Rose Hoosier Beauty, own root; $30 per 100;
$250 per 1,000. Grafted: $35 per 100; $300
per 1.000. Ready March 1. The E. G. Hill
Co.. Richmond, Ind. F. Dorner & Sons Co.,
LaFayette, Ind.

B. TDRBAT & CO., Orleans, France. Enor-
mous stock of Rose Trees, old and new varieties.
Wholesale list on demand.

ROSES. My Maryland and Pink Killarney,
3'in., $5 per 100. Kalserin, 4-in., $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Rose plants, grafted and own root. For va-
rieties and prices see advertisement elsewhere
in this issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

Roses on canina stock. Write for prices.
Royal Rose Nurseries, Gratama Bros. & Co.,
Hoogeveen, Holland.

Roses, l-yr., 2V4-ln., 2-yr., A-ln. liCedle
Floral Co.. Springfield. O.

Roses. Gratama Bros. & Co., Hoogeveen,

Holland.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

SEEDS.

Seeds. Pansy: Vaughan's International mix-
ture, $10 per oz. ; $2.50 per V4 oz. ; $1.60 per
>4 oz. ; trade packet, 60c. Giant mixture, |4
per oz. ; $1 per V4 oz. ; 60c per % oz.; trade
packet, 25c. Early flowering giant pansles,
white, yellow, light blue, dark blue, mixed,
trade packet 500 seeds, 65c; % oz., $2.50. As-
paragus Plumosus, per 100 seeds, 50c; 250
seeds, $1; 1,000 seeds, $3.50; 5.000 seeds, to
10,000. $3.25 per 1.000. Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago and New York.

REMEMBER!! I am the ORIGINATOR of
the celebrated SAWYER ASTERM0M. Descrip-
tive circular on application. Four colors: White,
pink, lavender and purple. Price, $5 per oz.
ALBERT A. SAWYER. Forest Park. 111.

PANSY SEED — Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMBTTB, ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Musk,
melon. Squash and Pumpkin. Sweet. Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, beet, sweet corn, garden beans, onion
sets and seed potatoes. S. D. Woodruff & Sons.
82 Dey St., New YorK.

Flower seeds for early sowing. Complete
list for the asking. The W .W. Barnard Co.,
231-235 W. Madison St., Chicago.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field com. Edgar F.
Hurff, Swedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists; Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seeds and field corn. George R. Pedrick &
Son, contract seed growers, PedrlcUtown, N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, encumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, raillsh.
sweet corn. S. M. Ishell & Co.. Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport, Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Musk
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash. West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co., Fremont. Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and fleld corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, giant pansy. 1,000 seeds, 25c; 5,000,
$1; H oz., $1.25; oz., $5. Princess. 500 seeds.
25c; 1,000. 50c; oz., $10. Chas. Frost, Kenll-
worth, N. J.

Seeds, novelties in flowers and vegetables.
Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc., 125 Chamber of
Commerce Bldg,, Boston. Mass.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlBora. etc.
Asters and flower seeds In general. Tomato,
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn.

Seeds, peas and beans. Alfred J. Brown Seed
Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolgiano & Son. Light, Pratt and Blllcott Sts.,
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant,
C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calif.

Seeds, alfalfa. Blackman & Grlflln Co..
Ogden, Utah.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Seeds, tomato seed our specialty. Haven
Seed Co., Santa Ana, Calif.

Seeds, peas, beans and sweet com. Sioax
City Seed and Nursery Co., Sioux City, Iowa.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.

SMILAX.

Smllax, 2V4-lnch. $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

SNAPDRAGONS.

Ramsburg pink Snapdragons, bushy plnnta
from 2-Inch pots. $3 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral
Co., Maywood, IlL

STRAWBERRIES.

Strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine, Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKinley. Momlnj
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven'a Ijite,
Success, Three W's, U. S., King Edward, Wm.
Belt. $2 per 100; $16 per 1.000. Chesapeake,
Fendall. Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per I.iiOO.
Everbearing (Progressive. Productive, Superb).
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1,000. J. T. Lovett.
Monmouth Nursery, Little Sliver, N. J,

SWAINSONA.

Swalnsona, white and pink, 2-ln., $2 per 100;
$18.50 per 1,000; 3-ln., $3 per 100. S. VlnceoL
Jr.. & Sons Co., White Marsb, Md.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTUCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
ids, especially selected for greenhouse forcing,
seedlings, $1 per 1.000. Strong parsley roots,
100 for $1. Shipment day order recelvad.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville. lU.

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VINCAS.

Vinca rooted tips, green or Variegata, $1
per 100: *y.50 per 1.000. Cash with order.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES, Denver, Colo.

Vinca varlegata, 3s3V& pot, $5 per 100. Jos.
H. CuunlDgham, Delaware, O. ^

VIOLETS.

VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, field-grown,
strong, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Rapids, Mich^

APiaS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co.. St. Loula, Mo.

ASHES.

Hardwood ashes, No. 1 Canadian unleached.
Incinerator ashes. Best fertilizer to use. Geo.
Stevens, Peterborough, Ont., Canada.

BOILERS.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot water beatlug. Kroeschell Bros.
Co.» 452 W. Erie St.. Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat'* for greenhouse heatine.
Superior Machine aud Boiler Works, 846 W.
Superior St., Chicago.

Boilers, Giblln standard greenhouse. Giblln
& Co.. 901 Broad St., Utlca. N. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-Inch, 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works. 2725 N.
Marshfield Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co.. 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your spilt carnations. Ernest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, 50c
for J, 000. postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE,
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Mich.

Plllsbury Carnation Staples, 1.000 fbr 35c;
3.000 for $1. I. L. PlUshury, Galesburg, 111.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp. Part*
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co.. Eaton, Ind.

GOLD FISH.

TRY US on Gold Fish, Aquariums and Globes.
The J. N. McCuUough's Sons Co., 316 Walnut
St.. Cincinnati. O.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co.. 2340 Wabausla
Ave., Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse Construction. Save 10% to 20%
on your greenhouse. Wlllens Construction Co.,
1527 S. Spauldlng Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof mate-
rial and all greenhouse fittings. Plana and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
Inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all kinds
of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. A. Dletscb Co.,
2042 Sheffield Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., Slst and Spauldlng
Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co.. Des Plalnes, 111.

Greenhouse lumber, hot -bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts. Lockland Lam-
her Co., Lockland. O.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Consffuction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid — NICOFUMB — Paper, for thrlps, aphis.
Sprayiug. vapurizlug, fumlgatlug. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville,
Ky^

Koral Script letters and emblems are the most
artistic on the market. For sale by all fivst-
class supply houses. Made by Koral Mfg. Co..
2t) Hawley St.. Boston, Mass.

Aphlne. $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Fungine,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermlne. $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Scallne, 73c per gt.. ^1.5i) per
gal.; 10 gals.. $10. Nikotlana. $1.50 per qt..
$4.60 per gal. Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madlsun. N. J.

Building material, pecky cypress, drop sid-
ing, ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Schillo Lumber Co.. 1560 Kingsbury St.,
Chicago.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and se<d firms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son. Stratford. London, England.

Nicotine. The Grasselll Chemical Co., Cleve-
land. Pittsburgh, St. Louis, New York, Cin-
cinnati, St. Paul. Boston. Detflalt. Birmingham,
Chicago, Milwaukee. New Orleans.

Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck. Stow &

Wilcox Company, Southington. Conn., and
Cleveland, Ohio.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Uefrlgerator Co., 670 Lake

St., KendallvIIIe. Ind.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1,000. 75c,
postpaid. ' Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

Florists* supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St.. N^w York.

Superior carnation staples, 50c for 1.000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St.,
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points. % and %, 40c per lb. ; 7
lbs.. $2.50: 15 lbs.. $5. Rnnrlolpb & McCIem-
ents, 5y36 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh. Pa.

Evan's Improved Challenge Ventilating Appa-
ratus. Quaker City Machine Works, Richmond.
Ind.

Folding Valentine boxes; also a complete
line of various colors and sizes of florist boxes.
Write for samples and prices. A. A. Arnold
Paper Box Co., 16-22 South Peoria St., Chicago.

Sleberts' Zinc Glazing Points. % and %
Inch. 40c per lb.; 5 lbs., $1.85; 20 lbs.. $7.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co.. 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago.

Florists* supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Zlska. 151 N. Wabash Ave.,
Chicago.

Iron reservoir vases and lawn settees. The
McDonald Foundry, Columbus. Ohio.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co., 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co., Richmond. Ind.

Superior Carnation Staples. 35c per 1,000;
3.0IK) for $1. F. W. Walte. 86 Belmont Ave..
Springfield, Mass.

Florists' refrigerators. Buchblnder Bros., 618
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm Insurance. Florlan D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway, 105 Chambers St., New York.

Florists* Supplies of all kinds. Reed & Kel-
ler. 122 W. 25th St., New York.

Greenhouse glass. The Wm. Glenny Glass
Co.. 16 W. Commerce St., Cincinnati, O.

Mastlca for greenhouse glaring. F. O. Pierce
Co.. 12 W. Broadway, New York.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus. Jennlng't
Improved iron Gutters. Plller. Caskey A Keen,
S. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts.. Philadelphia.

Free

This Fine

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WA

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BUDDING
KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

A Record To Be Proud Of

The norlsts' Hall Association has paid 2000
losses amonntlng to a total of $282,000.00
For (all particulars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J.

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NIKOTEBN.

Nlkoteen, 30% strength for spraylD?. Nlco-
tlDe Mfg. Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

POTS AND PANS,

Kramer's pot bangers, $1 per doz.. by ex-
press. E. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Baplds,
Iowa.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Beed
Pottery Co.. South ZanesTille. Ohio.

Neponset, flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Standard pots, all sizes. The WhlUdln Pot-
tery Co.. 709 Wharton St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Syracuse red pots. Syracuse Pottery Co.,
Syracuse. N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. HU-
flnger Bros. Pottery. Fort Edward, N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans. Barley
Pottery Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Pots. Hews' standard. A. H. Hews & Co.,

Cambridge, Mass.

Eed pots. Geo. Keller & Sons, 2614-22 Hem-
don St., Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea poll.
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy.. Detroit. Mich.

Pelrce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
pot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Pelrce. 400 Oaks St.. Waltbam, Masa.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 feet.
per 100. 85c; 600, $3: $5.50 per l,noO.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per l(i0. 60c; per
l.OOO. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

Floral designs, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy • works, lamp shade
frames. Eagle Wire Works. 2338 Ontario St.,
Cleveland. Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros.. 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

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Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your needs from the enormous stocks of
the world's largest Building Material Department.
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber
caulk joint fittings, glass, overhauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc Take advantage of out
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
tot No. Priced F. O. B. Chicago.

XJ-41— Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, size
lHx2Vi 100 running ft t 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sasii Bar, size
lHx2V?, lOOrunningft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in. stock, per 1000 ft.,bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44 — No. 1 Cypress, 1 in. rough or 13-16 in,
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27,00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash. I?i-in.x3ft.
I 6 ft., without glass. 12 or more, each W

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each l.St

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.; in 100 lb. rolls; 9 to 18 gauge wire; per
roll $1.90to 1,13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANT. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

36th and Iron Sts., Chicago

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GLASS

Wt ire leaden. Large ttock, good price*.

SHARP, PARTRIDfiE & CO.

CBICAOO. ILLINOIS.

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The Regan Printing House

LARGI RUNS Or

CATALOGUES

OUR SPBCIALTY

WRIT! FOR PRICES.

S27 Plymouth Place, CHICAGO.

The best equipment and labor saving devices
combined with strict economy, enable us to quote the
lowest prices for the best material.

Order whatever you need, either for repairs

or new houses. We will quote you the prices,

We Paying The Freight or aiso the Net Prices

and you to pay the freight.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

Greenhouse Material, Hotbed Sash

2340 WABANSIA AVE. (near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPKESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

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ARE YOU USING THIS *'RED DEVIL" GLASS CUTTER?

Red Devil Glass Cutter No. 024.

WE have given away free to all the alert tioiistswho appHed oneol these "Red De»il" Glass Cutters
A Kood tnanv thousand Hi^risls are now using it to cut their greenhouse glass. II you are not
using (ienuioe "Red Devil" Gl ss Cutters, vou are not using the best, the kind all glaziers use.
Ask any hardware dealer tor "Red Devil" Glass Cutters. They all sell them. Send us 3 2c stamps
and one sample only will be sent you postpaid.

SMITH 6 HEMENWAY CO., 170 Chambers Street, New York City, N. Y.

Makers of "Red Devil" Glass Cutters and 3000 Other "Red Devil" Tools.

SAVE lOVo to 20Vo on YOUR GREENHOUSE

We have acquired more business through recommendations from thoroughly
satisfied customers than ihroujih our advertising. We thrive on repeat orders.
We have tripled our business in one year. We have received absolutely no

correspondence expressing dissatisfaction on price,
delivery or quality of construction.

WILLENS CONSTRUCTIOV CO.

"We Understand Our Business Thorougltlj"
1527 S. Spauldlng Avenue, CHICAGO

Long Distance Phones: Lawndale 757— Harrison 7L73-2J17

If yun contemplate building,
let us send a capable repre-
sentative to see you without
cust to you.

There's a Reason

Siabart** Zinc
Glamina Polnta.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rust,
easy to drive, H and H
inch. Perlb, 40c.5-lbi.
$1.85. 20-1 bi $7.00

Vaughan's
S«ed »tor*
Chicago New York

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Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD

OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS. : :

We solicit your inquiries.

THE CAMP CONDUIT Ca

Manufacturers,

CLEVELAND.

)reer'8 Peerless^
Glazing Points

For Greenhouses

Drive eisy and true« becmsb
botb bevels aie oo the same
side. Caa't twist and break
the elass in driving. Galvao-
Ized and will oot rust. No
ilebia 01 lefts.

Tbe Peerless Glaztne Point
Is paieoted. Nooihers lik©^
It, Order from your dealejx
or direct from ns.
1000,75c. postpaid, f
Samples free.
BEKBT A. DRCEB.I
714 CbestDot Street^
FUUdelpblA.

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Established 1765

FOR ••F»OT J XJt^K»» USE

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

POT MAKERS
FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF.

AND RED EARTHENWARE SPECIALTIES.

WORLD'S LARGEST
MANUFACTURERS.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WAREHOUSES:
Cambridge, Mass. New York, N. T.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Cu bt ibipped it ao honr'i notice. Price per
crite:

2000 1^'lB., crtte, $6.00 456 4H-in.. crate. S5.24

1500 2 '• 4.88 320 5 " 4.51

1500 21i •• 5.25 210 5>4 •' 3-78

I50O2H " 6.00 144 6 " 3.16

10003 •• 5.00 120 7 " 4.20

800 3H " 5.80 60 8 " 3.00

500 4 •■ 4.50

HILFIN6ER BROS. POTTERY, 'Sewyork!

Andnst Kolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Oar Speciiltr: LoncDistaoce and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Pnrposes.

Sizes from 2 id. to 6 in.

Ask your dealer for them,

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM, MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts od large orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breltschwerth, Prop.

Successor to Syracnse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N, Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Fall size and wide bottoma.
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY, Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

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RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagner Plant Boiai

I are the bett and cheapest io the
I market for palms, boxwood, ba;
r trees, etc. They are attractive io
[ desisro. stroD? and durable suit
I able for either indoor or outdoor
use. Made of cypreaa which
rives them a tasting quality.
Ne manufacture Tarious styles
and aizes. Writa for pricca.
Warner FarkOoiMerratorieft. Sidney. Ohio

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RED POTS

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we have to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All g:oods are carefully selected
and <}acked, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates: isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea PotS, Hanging Baskets and otbar
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous **M0S8 Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'! omce and Works
SO. ZANISVILLE, O.

Chlcario Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

DREER'S "Riverton Special" Cedar Plant Tubs

Diam. Ea. Doz. 100

20in. $1.45 $16.00 $130.00

18 in. 1.30 14 00 115.00

11.25 92.00

7.00 56.00

5.00 40.00

4.00 32.00

3.50 28.00

Manufactured for us exclusively. Tbe best tub ever introduced: the neatest, ligbtest and
cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have drop handle.

Henry A. Dreer, Steds. pimis. BnibsMd Soppfoj. 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Flower and Vegetable Waterproof

I^^jjor* IPot®

Vaughan's Seed Store, Agents,

waterproof. CHICAGO and NEW YORK.

Don't Break, ^, . , j , . ^ ,, .

Cost Little. Shippers may use them and save their customers many dollars in express charges.

GEO. KELLER & SON.

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Advance Co The.... Ill

Allen J K 12oi

Alpha Floral Co... 12h5
Amencan Spawn Co 1276

Amiint E C Co 1259

Amohal Grhs 1269

Anderson s A 12f.5

Angermueller G H.1260

Aphjne Mfg Co 1287

.Archias Floral Co.. 1268
Arnold A A Paper

Box Co 1264

Aschmann Godfrey 1275
Atlanta Floral Co... 1266
Barnard W W Co. .1271
Ba88eii& Washburn 1254
Batavia GrhsCo....l259

Baumer Aug R 1265

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Bauscher John 1267

Beaveo fc, A 1.64

Begerow's 1266

BergerBros 1261

Berning H G 12tO

Blackistone Z D 1267
Blackman & Griffin

Co 1270

Boddington AT... 1271
Bodger] & Sons Ccl2;i

Boland J B Co 1265

BolKianoJ& Sons... 1^75

BratgRoss 1265

Bramley & Son ...1268

Brantley SS 1258

Braslan Seed Grow

ers Co 1270

Breitmeyer'sJSons 1266
Brown Alfred J Seed

„Co 12T0

Brown Bros & Co..l26S

Bruns H N 1271

Bryan .'\lonzoJ 127o

Buchbinder Bros.. 1264

Buckbee H W 12(8

BudlongJ A... 1254 1256
1257 1258 1259
Burpee WAS Co. .1275
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 1264

California Florists. 126S
CalSeed Growers .. (271
Camp Conduit Co 1285
Chicago Carn Co. I 1275
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 1257

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 1285

Clark E B Seed Co. 12,5

Clarke'sSonsD 1.67

Clay & Son I2a7

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 1267

Conard & Jones Co. 1274

Cooke Geo H lz6S

Cottage Gardens Col277

Cjwee W J Ill

Coy H C Seed Co.. 1272

Craig RobtCo 1277

Critchell C E I2hl

Cunningham Jos M.1278

Dardscbas 1266

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co.... 1274

Denton Floral Co ..1268
Detroit Flower hot

„M'e Co 1286

Dietscb A & Co... IV
Diller Caskey&

Keen JV

DornerF&Son8Ccl277

DreerHA 1264 1278

P, ^^ 1285 12-6

DuerrChasA 1268

Duluth Floral Co... 1268
Dunlop JohoH.... 1267

fcadie las Co 1268

tagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box. 1288

Emmans Geo M 12/8

Erne & Klingel.... 1259

I're'HG 1267

rairbairn George

^.''Sons 1275

Fischer Alfred C... 126?
Fish Henry Seed Co 1272

Fisher Peter 1279

Flower Growers

Corporation 1259

Florists' Hail Assn. 1284
Foley Greenhouse
Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 1263

Ford William P....li62
Frank Floral Co.... 1258

Franzen F O 1277

freeman Mrs J B...1268

Frey C H 1268

frey & Krey 1.67

Friedman 1265

Froment H E 1.'63

Frost Chas 1272

Furrow & Co 12i.8

Galvin Ibos F 1267

Gardiner Alex C...1267
Garland Mfg Co.. ..1288

Gasser J M Co 1267

Giblin & Co 1287

Gorham & Chapline 111
Graha-m A & Son... 1265
Grand Kapins

Floral Co 1268

Gratama Bros & Col274

Gude Bros 1266

Guttman & Raynor

„(lnc) 1263

Hardesty & Co Iz65

Harley Pottery Co. .1266

Hart George B l.:63

Haven Seed Co TheU71
Heacock Jos Co ... 1277
Heinl John G& Sonl2bS
Henderson A&Co... 1
Henderson Lewis ..1268

Herr Albert M 1279

Herrmann A ill

Hess & Swoboda ... 126b
Hews A H & Co.... 128b

Hilfinger Bros 12S6

Hill D Nursery Co.. 1214

Hoerber Bros 1259

Ho£fmeisterFlo Co 12i.l
Hollywood Gardensl2r,5

tlolm &Ul8on 12d6

Holton & Hunkel

„Co.. i2,,o

Home Cor School... Ill
Horticultural Adv. .12/9

Hurii Edgar F 1275

Ickes-BraunMillCol285

Igoe Bros 1288

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 1288
Isbell S M & Co.. 1272
lackson & PerkinB..1274
Johnston & Co T J. .1265

jones Percy i2o5

Joy Floral Co 1268

Kasting W FCo ... 1
Keller Geo & Sons. 1286

Keller Sons J B 1268

Kellogg Geo M 1267

Kelway & Son" 1272

Kennicott Bros Co. 1259
Ky Tobacco Pro Col287

Kervan Co The 1263

Kessler Wm 1263

King Construct Co. Ill

Kohr A F 1286

Komada Bros 1288

Koial Mfg Co 12b4

Kramer 1 fg & Son. .1286
Kroeschell Bros Co III

Kruchten John 1259

Kuehn C A 1260

Kuhl Geo A 1269

Kyle & Foerster... 1259
LaCrosse Floral Co 1266
Lager & Hurrell ...1275
Landr^th Seed Co. 1272
Lang Floral & Nurs

Co 1268

Lange A 1265

LeboriusJJ 1267

Leedle Floral Co ... 1278
Leonard Seed Co. ..1271
Lockland Lum Co. .1285
Lord & Burnham Col285

Lovett J T 1274

McCallum Co 1261

McConnell Alex 1265

McCray Refrigera-
tor Co 1264

McDonald Fou'dry.1287
McGee Walter S.... 1287
McNeff-Swenson

Co 1264

Mann Otto 1272

Matthews the Flo'stl265

MatthewsonJE 1266

May&CoLL 1 266

Meconi Paul 1263

Memphis Flo Shop 1268
MetairieRidgeNursl 65
Mette Henry 1276

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H. 40c Perlb , by mail 16c extra; 7 lbs. for $2.50
I31b«. for»5.00, by express. For sale by the trade

^RANDOLPH a McCUMENTS. FlorUts

•aa« Penn Ave^ncM- Highland. PlttilwrSa.p».

Moninger JCCo.... Ill
Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd 1262

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 1262

Morehead Mfg Co... Ill

Murray Samuel 12(6

Myers Florist 1268

Nat Flo B of Trade 12b8
Nelson Hugh H....1263
N Y Cut Flower E» 1263
Nicotine Mfg Co.... 1287
Niessen Leo Co ... 1261
Ostertag Bros ... .1 67

Palez Paul M 1268

Palmer W J & Son 1266

Park Floral Co 12b6

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 1279

Pedrick G R&Son 1272

Peirce E Allan 1286

Peters & Reed Pots 1286

Phillips Bros 1268

PierceFOCo 1287

Pierson A N (Inc). 1278

Pierson F R Co 1

Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 1270

Pikes Peak Flo Co.. 12' 8

Plllsbury 1 L i;SS

Podesta&Baldocchi 12o7
Poehlmano Bros Co

1252 1253

PoUworth C C Co

I 1260 1267 1286

Portland Flo Store. 1267
Pulverized Manure

Co 1287

Quaker City Machine

Works 1288

Raedlein Basket Co 1258
Rahn& Herbert.. ..1276
RandallA L Co. ...1259
Randolph & Mc-

Clements....l265 1288
Rawlings Elmer.... 1277
Ready Reference.. 1281
Reed & Keller .... 1268
Regan Ptg House.. 1285"

Reid Edw 1261

Reinberg Geo.. . 12.'9
RelnbergPeteil255 1277

Renter's 1265

Rice Bros 1260

Rice Co. M 1263

Robinson J C Seed

Co 1275

Rock WmLFIwrCol268

Roemer Fred'k 1272

Rohnert Waldo.... 1272
Rolker Aug & Sons. 1274
RosaiaSilvio Co.. ..1259
Routzahn Seed Co 1272

Rusch G &Co 1260

Rye George 1268

SchilderBros 1272

Schiller, the Florist. 1268
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 1288

Schling Max 1266

Schmidt J C 1278

SchwakeChas & CoI262

Sefton Mfg Co 1264

Sharp Partridge &

^Co 1285

Sheridan Walter F. 1263
siehrecht George CI 263
-immons&Son ..1268
Sioux City Seed &

Nursery Co .1272

Situation & Wants. 1251
SkidelskvPS&Co.. 1271
Small J H &Sons...l265
Smith A W & Co.. 1267
SmithE D&Co.... 12d9
Smith & Fetters Col265
Smith & Hemenwasl285

Smith Henrv 12'.8

Smith Wm C Flo Col260
Smith W& T Co. . I
South Park Flo'l Co II
Storrs & Harrisfin

1269 1279

StumppGEM 1267

Superior Machine

& Boiler Works.. Ill
Syracuse Pot'ry Co. 1286
Thompson J D

Carnation Co 1278

Thorburn J M & Col272

TottyChasH 127n

Traendly&SchencH263

TrepelCC 126?

United Cut Flwr Col.63

Van Deursen P 1272

Vaughan AL & Co. 1257
Vaughan's Seed Store
I II 1269 1273 1279
1285 1286
Vlck's Sons James. .1272
Vincent R Jr&Sons

Co.. I

Wagner Park Cons. 1286

Waite F W 1288

Wallace FD IV

Weber F H 1266

Weiland M 12-8

Wetland & Risch.. 1279

Welch Bros Co 1261

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 1271

Whilldin Pottery Col-'«6
Whitted Floral Co,.126S
Wietor Bros.. .1256 1.'59
Willens Cons Co. ..1265
Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 12'0

Wittbold GCo .. .1265
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 1268
Wood Bros ... 1278
Woodruf{&SoDsSD1275
Vokohama Nurs Ci 127,5
Young A L&Co...l2"3

Young John 1262

Young & Nugent... 126s

Zech & Mann 12 9

Ziska Jos 1259

Zvolanek Anton C..127s

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Vol. XLIII.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JANUARY 9, 1915.

No. 1388

IHeMerican Florist

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under act of March 3, 1879.

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers— Patrick Welch. Boston. Mass..
President: Dan M.'^cKorie, San Francisco. Calif.,
Vice-President; John Young, New York, Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19. 1915.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Next annual convention and exhibition at
Bufialo, N. Y., January 27-28. 1915. S. J. GoD-
dard, Framinubam, Mass.. President; A. F. J.
Baur. Thirty-iighth St. and Rockwood Ave..
Indianapolis. Ind.. Secretary.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

.Annual convention and exhibition, Boston,
Mass , March 18-21, 1915. Wallace R. Pierson,
Cromwell, Conn., President; Robt. Pyle. West-
Grove. Pa.. Vice President. Benjamin Hammond.
Fishkill-on-Hudson. N. Y.. Secretary.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

Annual convention and exhibition at Newport.
R. I.. July 8-9. 1915. L. L. Morse. San Francisco.
Calif., President; Hahry A. Bunyard, 342 W.
Fourteenth street. New York, Secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
Annual convention and exhibition at Cleve-
O., November. 1915. Wm. Kleinheinz. Ogontz.
Pa.. President; C. W. Johnson, Morgan Park,
Chicago, l^ecretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Next annual meeting, San Francisco. Calif.,
1915. Gustave X. .^mrhyn. New Haven, Conn.,
President; Roland Coterill, Seattle, Wash.,
Secretary-Treasurer.

THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION

Notes of the Horticultural Features.

The gates will be opened February
20, 1915, and will disclose a veritable
California golden jubilee, no othier
color being used in tlie soutli gardens
of tlie Alameda. Plants and bulbs to
the number of 704,000 are already in
jilace, or in readiness, and test beds
which were maintained throughout
1914 have demonstrated the practica-
bility of the plan, which includes three
complete seasonal changes. The yel-
low tulips, poppies, pansies, iris, ranun-
culus, calciolaria, daffodils and others
which malce up the first show are
planted so that the ground is covered
with a low growing plant which flowers
freely, with another sort with longer
flower stalks to blossom above it, like
raised figures in a tapestry pattern. A
bed of poppies may have tulips flaunt-
ing their yellow skirts over the gorge-
ous carpet of gold and green. Before
the yellow shows the least bit tar-
nished a change will be made over-
night to a crimson setting. To accom-
plish this the scarlet flowers are
brought to perfection in the green-
houses, and all the workmen from the
24 gardens which checker the exposi-
tion site will be mobilized and new
flowers substituted for old between sun-
set and sunrise. A third change to
summer flowering sorts will carry
through to the close of the exposition
on December 4.

The gardens to surround the Jap-
anese pavilion have been transplanted
entire from the temple gardens of
Nippon. In a shipment of material
which reached the exposition October
29, were 200 tons of moss-grown rocks,
rolls of turf and shrubbery which will
be placed at the exposition exactly as
they were originally arranged.

The Hawaiian tree ferns were one of
the first consignments of exhibits to
reach the exposition grounds. One of
the greenhouses was arranged for their
reception, and now that the pavilion is
complete they will be given their per-
manent setting and may then be photo-
graphed as part of the tropical setting
of this beautiful pavilion.

One of the greenhouses is given over

to bougainvillas, and a stranger of rare
beauty that requires considerable space
in one of the lath houses is the Lasi-
andrum, from Guatamala, which has
foliage of silver green, buds of pink
which unfold into a flower of royal
purple, most splendid to behold.

One of the unusual landscape effects
devised by Donald McLaren, acting
chief of the department of landscape
engineering, is a floral wall four city
blocks long. 20 feet high and 6 feet
thick, now completed. It is built of
shallow boxes of mesembryanthemum
vine, covered with wire netting and
fastened to a framework. The vine
quickly overgrows the seams, and the
effect of a solid wall is produced.
Water pipes along the top of the frame-
work permit spraying by fine needle
streams so that the wall ma.v be
gemmed with dew-drops to catch the
search-lights when they are turned onto
the Alameda at night.

A number of contests of interest to
gardeners and agriculturalists are be-
ing arranged for the exposition 'period.
Collections of roses have already been
received or are en route from special-
ists, among whom may be mentioned
the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.;
John Cook, of Baltimore, Md.; Soupert
& Netting, Luxembourg, Germany;
Pernet-Ducher, Lyons, France; Samuel
McGrady, Royal Nurseries, Potadown,
Ireland; Hugh Dickson, Royal Gar-
dens, Belfast, Ireland, and Charles H.
Totty, Madison, N. J. Valuable tro-
phies will be awarded, and for the new
unnamed rose never before exhibited
which the committee shall select, the
exposition offers a prize of $1,000.

The dominating feature in the Pal-
ace of Horticulture will be the Cuban
terraced garden, which occupies the
place of honor beneath the great dome.
Eleven carloads of trees, shrubs and
flowers for this display reached the ex-
position November 15, after encounter-
ing stormy weather and a temperature
of 27 degrees in New Orleans, from
the rigors of which they quickly re-
cuperated in the kind California sun-
shine. Royal palms 70 feet high are
interspersed with 50-foot Creole palms.

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Jan, p.

Tropic fruit trees will be grouped
around these. The varieties include
the luscious but little known Mammee,
sapota. sweet sop, plantain and the
avovado, or alligator pear. There are
guanabana trees 20 feet tall, which
bear the fruit from which Havana
makes her most delicious soft drink;
the nispero and cacao trees; banana,
granada, lime, grape fruit, pomarasa,
caimito, coffee trees and pine apples.
In addition to their displays in the
various exhibit palaces the following
participating countries are making ar-

restricted to growers who have pro-
duced 100 bushels of corn on acre of
ground.

'Exhibits are pouring into the Pal-
ace of Horticulture with sUch rapidity
that it now looks as if the vast floor
area (it is 672 feet long and 320 feet
wide) will soon be completely filled,
with the exception of the central nave
and the side aisles. The task of un-
packing the consignments and put-
ting them in place occupies many men
and makes a very bustling scene. The
trade firms who have already sent in
exhibits are as follows :

PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION.
.\vemie of Palms and tlio Palace of Manufactures.

rangements for typical gardeps to sur-
round their pavilions on the Avenue
of Nations : Japan, for which even
the grass and rocks have been brought
from the temple garden, after which
the exposition gardens are modeled;
Holland, which already has an expert
arranging the two acres reserved in
front of her pavilion for a floral dis-
play; Argentina, China, Hawaii, the
Philippines, Turkey, Java and Brazil,
and even far-north Sweden, which has
a beautiful floral forecourt.

Delay in installing exhibits from a
distance is obviated by having the
quarantine station and fumigation
sheds located on the exposition
ground, with boat and train terminals
also on the grounds. The U. S.
Bureau of Plant Introduction and ex-
ecutive ofiicers of practically all
American floral and horticultural as-
sociations are sparing no effort to
meet every reasonable wish, co-operat-
ing in assembling the vast displays,
and assisting in the selection of inter-
national juries of award.

Of the 300 congresses and conven-
tions already scheduled to hold 1915
sessions in the exposition city, 42 are
devoted to agricultural and horticul-
tural activities. Among these the Top
Notch Farmers' Club, which holds Its
convention in July, is most interesting,
for it is made up entirely of junior
corn-growers, boys and girls, of whom
there will be nearly 9,000 in attend-
ance. Three delegates from each coun-
•ty of the 33 states where corn-grow-
ing is an important industry are ap-
pointed by the governors of the states.
Membership in the club, which is un-
der the supervision of the United
States Department of Agriculture, is

Hugh Dickson, Belfast, Ireland, 13
varieties of new roses.

Samuel McGredy, Portadown, Ire-
land, roses, in 11 varieties.

S. Bide & Son, Farnham, Surrey,
England, new rose varieties.

Dobbie & Son, Edinburgh, Scotland.
exhibit of roses.

E. Pernet-Ducher, Venissieux, Lyons.
Prance, roses in variety.

C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco.

Calif., exhibit of sweet peas and
method of culture.

B. J. Farquhar, Boston. Mass.. ex-
hibit of plants from China.

Sander & Sons, St. Albans, Eng., dis-
play of 10,000 tuberous begonias from
Belgium.

PLANT NOTES.

Lilies.

The lilies for Easter should be
brought into warm temperature right
after the first of the year. A house
of 60° at night should bring them into
perfect condition for Easter when it
occurs at the time it does this year.
Those that are in 4-inch pots should
be potted in 6-inch, and we have
found the best way to do this was to
first place a crock in the bottom of the
pot and cover with about an inch of
soil, then place the 4-inch plant on this,
filling in around the stem above the
old ball. The lily always throws out
roots at the base of the stem when the
buds form, and if potted in this man-
ner these , roots will be in soil and
materially aid the plant in perfecting
the bloom. With these roots covered
with soil the plant also makes a much
better appearance. The soil in which
they are potted should be a rich com-
post of about the same composition as
is used in rose culture, and the plant
should be firmly potted and well
watered and placed in good light loca-
tion where the plants will not get
drawn. A plant 18 to 24 inches high
when in bloom with the foliage thickly
studded along the stem is the one most
desired at Easter. Keep the aphis down
all the time by constant fumigation.
These little insects are the worst plague
to the lily grower, for if they once get
established on lilies they are very dif-
ficult to dislodge, so it is much better
to give the plants a fumigation every
week and thus guard against them
than to wait until their presence is
manifest and try to kill them. This
is one of the most pronounced cases
where "An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure."

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Geraniums.

After the holiday trade there will be
room enough to space out the gerani-
ums and other bedding stock. The
cuttings that were placed in flats, and
the young stock in 2-inch pots, should
be shifted to the 3-inch size and
spaced on the benches so that a good
growth is encouraged. As soon as
well established in these pots the top
can be cut off and another cutting ob-
tained. All the young stock possible
should be taken from the plants se-
lected in the fall for propagatmg pur-
poses, for all the cuttings from which
it Is expected to produce good sized
plants should be in the propagating
bench bv February 1. Any rooted after
March 1 will make small plants for
bedding purposes. The best stock for
• late May and early June planting
should be in 4-inch pots by April, that
they may be well enough established
by the middle of May to begin to
flower, and should have at that time
three or four good branches so that a
succession of bloom is assured.
Rambler Roses.
Of all the exhibits made at the
flower show in Boston a year ago last
spring, the Rambler roses attracted
the most attention. The varieties of
these beautiful plants have increased
rapidly and they can now be had in
all the shades of red and pink and
also white. The single varieties have
also been greatly improved and many

of these make most beautiful plants.
Every grower should have a few of
these for Easter, and even if they do
not sell they can be grown on for
next year when a finer and larger
plant will be had and the wood grown
this year can be propagated and if
planted outside will make nice plants.
Plants gi-own in the field and lifted
this fall will have to be started the
first of the year to have them in bloom
for Easter; pot-grown plants can be
started two weeks later. They should
be firmly potted in good rose soil, and
placed in a cool house, one not run-
ning higher than 45° at night, and
syringed often to soften the wood. Be-
fore the eyes start into growth the
plants should be tied out into the
shape they are to be grown. These
plants can by a little ingenuity and
care be trained into any shape desired.
Many fancy as well as grotesque
forms are now seen every year. To
the inexperienced the round spreading
plant should be the first attempted.
Five or six stakes at the edge of the
pot with the stems wound around and
two or three arching over the center
is the simplest form. Experienced
growers have them in the shape of
umbrellas, large balls, ships, and any
form they desire. When the growths
have got well started the plants
should be moved into a temperature
of 55° at night, and the syringing on
bright days should be kept up to pre-
vent insects from getting a foothold.

By the middle of March the flowers
should begin to show color and if they
do not a little warmer temperature will
be required to have them well in bloom
for the first week in April. A regular
rose temperature of 60° at night will
be necessary, but the flowers are not
of as good color nor do they last as
well if they are unduly forced. A fine
assortment of these includes Crim.son
Rambler, Philadelphia Rambler, Dor-
othy Perkins, White Dorothy Perkins,
Tausendschon, Lady Gay, Hiawatha
and American Pillar, and in the Baby
Ramblers, Crimson Baby, Jessie, Phyl-
lis and Orleans.

Seeds For Present Sowing.

There are a number of plants that
in order to obtain the best stock it is
necessary that the seeds be sown dur-
ing January. Centurea gymnocarpa is
slow in making its growth and to have
nice plants for edging the beds of
geraniums and other plants an early
start is required. Vinca rosea should
be sown in January to obtain a good
blooming stock at planting time. Lo-
belias should be sown by February 1
that fine stock plants may be had. It
it is proposed to reset the smilax beds
next year this is the time to get the
seed "started. Begonia Vernon and
the other summer blooming varieties,
if sown early, make fine plants by
May, full of flowers. Gloxinias and
tuberous begonias can be sown at
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the coming summer. Many growers
have given up the propagation of ver-
benas from cuttings and depend upon
seedlings and to have a nicely
branched plant by June 1 the seed
should be sown the last of January.
Another useful border plant is Pyreth-
rum aureuin (golden feverfew) and
this should be sown early to get good
sized plants at bedding out time.
There are not many cannas these
days, grown from seed, but anyone in-
tending to grow them in that man-
ner should sow the seeds in January.
These seeds will germinate much more
readily and evenly if soaked in water
for 24 hours before planting. Aspara-
gus plumosus and A. Sprengeri should
be sown now when there is good heat
in the greenhouses, and these seeds,
like the cannas, start much more even-
ly if soaked.

Spiraeas.

The spineas are always a very use-
ful plant at Easter, but they are
classed among the cheaper plants at
that time, so should be grown in such
a way that they do not occupy valu-
able space any more than necessary.
They should be brought into a cool
house by the middle of January and
until the foliage begins to grow can
be placed along the edge of the walks
if room is not available, but they must
not be left standing in this location
too long, for when the leaves begin
to unfold they quickly draw toward
the light and a plant growing to one
side of the pot will be the result. So
as soon as growth starts they should
be placed on the bench in full light.
They can be grown quite close to-
gether for some time, but when the
foliage begins to touch that of the
plants beside it they should be spaced
out and given room enough for the
plants to grow shapely. Spir^seas re-
quire a large quantity of water during
their entire culture, especially those
that are potted in as small a pot as
possible, which is the general custom
with all growers. To make the large
specimens, two or three clumps are
planted in the same pot when started.
These will make large plants for
church decorations at Easter. If the
plants are grown in a house which is
to be fumigated by tobacco smoke
they should either be removed from
the house or well covered with pa-
pers; the foliage quickly burns when
subjected to tobacco smoke and the
plants are blemished.

Cyclamens.

"What can we do with the old cy-
clamen plants?" is a question often
asked by inany growers. As a rule
the answer is, "Throw them away,"
for a plant can be grown to a 6-inch
or 7-inch pot size in 16 months. That
is, seed sown in September will pro-
duce such a plant for Christmas the
following year, and it is uncertain
how the old plants will carry through
the spring and summer. There is a
limited demand for cyclamen plants
in larger sizes than 7-inch pots and
they must of necessity bring a good
figure to make them remunerative.
After they are through blooming the
best way to handle them is to shake the
old soil out and pot them up in fresh
soil, two parts loam, one part well
rotted manure and one part leaf
n\j»ld, with a good sprinkling of sharp
sand. If the soil is inclined to be
heavy and sticky add more sand.
They can frequently be potted in a
pot a size smaller than that in which

they have been growing. Place them
in a cool temperature, that is, in a
house from 45° to 50° at night, so as
to encourage root action and slow
growth. It used to be the custom to
dry the bulbs off so that they lost all
their foliage, and start them in the
spring, but growers have found that
our springs and summers are too hot
and dry and it is often difficult to
make the bulb, after it has been dried
off, break a good luxuriant foliage, and
it is far better to keep tlie plant grow-
ing all the time. As the warm, sunny
days of spring come on, the plants
should be slightly shaded and as early
as possible placed in cold frames and
the glass shaded. The shade should
not be made too heavy or the leaves
will become drawn and an unshapely
plant be the result. After the plants
have begun to grow care should be
taken that they do not become pot
bound, but shifted into large sizes as
soon as necessary. THe watering of
this stock will require constant study
and attention. They should never be-
come too dry and it is very easy to
over-water, so they will require look-
ing after very closely until a good
growth has been encouraged.

Begonia Glolre De Lorraine,
For the large plants for next win-

ter's flowering we are placing the cut-
tings in the propagating bench now.
The plants were selected before Christ-
mas and strong, healthy specimens-
taken for propagation. The flowers
were removed and the plants given a
warm location that the best vigor
might be maintained. Any leaf show-
ing blemish is discarded, only clean,
healthy leaves being used from which
to raise the young stock. A warm-
propagating bed is chosen for these-
plants and the stems are inserted in
the sand deep enough so that about
half an inch of the leaf is below the
surface. They are kept moist and
warm until they are rooted, when they
are potted in 2%-inch pots and placed
in a warm house and shifted along
as required. This may seem a trifle
early by many growers to start the-
propagating of these plants, but there
is always demand for some large
specimens and fine leaves are obtain-
able at this time and they root easily
during January and February when
the propagating bench is warm. The
plants will require considerable care
and attention during the heated speir
of July and August, but with plenty
of ventilation and a light shade, they
are easily kept moving and make fine
plants for the holidays.

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Condncted by Robt. Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.

Crescent Wreath.

SEE SUPPLEMENT WITH THIS ISSUE.

Here is a crescent wreath upside
down as it were, and yet who is to
say whether it is or not. Generally
the full side is considered the bottom
of the design, yet in this placing we
get a beautiful effect. The lines
of the design are well carried out,
being in good proportion to the size
of the piece. There are quantities of
roses used, yet each seems to have
a place either in being prominent or
placed a shade below to allow the
others to stand out. I do not exactly
like the regularity of the three cycas,
but as a whole the design can be said
to be very satisfactory.

K.

Christmas In New York Stores.

By Wednesday, December 23, the day
being clear and cool, there was real ac-
tivity in the retail stores. Plants had
the call, though there were also orders
for cut flowers. As in the early morn-
ing hours there had been a tendency to
advance the wholesale prices of cut
flowers, it was noted that some of the
retailers visited during the day were
pushing plants. While it has frequently
been stated in these late years that
there is seldom a scarcity of anything
in the cut flower line in this market, the
amount that is being held back for a
great holiday like Christmas is an un-
known quantity, likewise the demand.
There are retailers who do a large busi-
ness imder ordinary circumstances that
cannot afford to take the risk of wait-
ing till the last day, but place their
orders in advance; but there are others
who will pursue a policy of "watchful
waiting." It was stated at several lead-
ing stores, on December 23, that all
plants were going well and that in the
aggregate the buyers were showing no
great preference. At a number of
stores visited very clever features were
noted.

At the store of David Clarke's Sons,
2139-2141 Broadway, we found an im-
mense stock of fine plants, some of
which were grown at their own range
at Fordham Heights. This firm has a
long established family trade and or-
ders came in steadily throughout the
week.

Malandre Brothers, Broadway and
72d street, had an exceptionally fine
stock and much good work had been
done in displaying it, particularly on
their show window, in which there were
a variety of features. Hanging bas-
kets of begonias of the Lorraine type
were noteworthy, also a very clever ar-
rangement of Otaheite oranges, heather
and other plants. There was also a
miniature Japanese garden.

The geranium is not a novelty, as
plant novelties are generally under-
stood, but Wedley & Smythe, 491 Fifth
avenue, had a novel exhibit of gera-
niums in their show window. These
were standard plants of a pink variety
grown to a height of five, six and pos-
sibly seven feet. They were well flow-
ered and the standards were covered
with pink ribbon. This exhibit attract-
ed much attention. Standard helio-
tropes of about the same height were
also noted.

Craig Muir, 62 West 40th street, had
a fine stock of plants and plant com-
binations. His wreaths were note-
worthy for the clever and novel ar-
rangement.

We doubt if any decorator ever ar-
ranged a window that pleased every-
body, but as Christmas fashions go, it
must be acknowledged that a red win-
dow is appropriate. At the store of
Herman WarendorlT, in the Ansonia ho-
tel, there was a great display of poin-
settias in the show window, the back-
ground being a row of red lamps on
red posts.

As a final review, it can be stated
that, considering the general depression
in many lines, the business of the retail
florists was surprisingly good. An edi-
torial writer of the New York World,
December 26, said : "Nor was it the
hard-times Christmas predicted by the
calamity squad. The well-to-do shopped
more freely than the merchants had
anticipated. Even the florists were
amazed at the size of their orders." All
this is in line with our own observa-
tions. Some of the older and more ex-
perienced retailers having in mind the
general depression in business, were
cautious in buying plants and a^ a re-
sult were sold out before Christmas and
had to send hurry orders for more.
The plant trade in the leading stores
was excellent and most of them like-
wise had good business in cut flowers.
It is true that there were sections of
the city where the business depression
has borne heavily, where business fell
off. The views of a number of retail-
ers follow :

At J. H. Small & Sons it was stated
that considering general conditions,
Christmas business was surprisingly
good.

At G. E. M. Stumpp's there was an
excellent business both in plants and
cut flowers, which continued through-
out Saturday.

Myer, Madison avenue and 58th
street, stated that he had fine business,
particularly in plants.

Max Schling was sold out of plants
by December 23 and had to order more.
He also had a heavy business in cut
flowers.

N. Christatos, Sixth avenue and 58th
street, stated that he was sold out of
plants before Christmas and had to or-
der a fresh supply. He stated that his
cut flower business was better than
that of last year.

Henry Hart, lOOU Madison avenue,
had better business, both in plants and
cut flowers, than last year.

-Alexander WarendorfE, 1193 Broad-
way, sold out well and was well
pleased.

W. A. Blaisdel's Sons, 492 West 23d
street, had an excellent business.

Haupt Brothers, Madison avenue and
62d street, enjoyed good business.

E. L. Lang, Lexington avenue and
71st street, had good business both in
plants and cut flowers.

F. Pollatchek, the Lenox Hill Florist,
1177 Third avenue, had a very fine
business both in flowering and foliage
plants; cut flower business also good.

Chas. Haberman, 2668 Broadway,
was very busy and sold out well.

Herman Kuhn, 896 Sixth avenue, had
good business both in plants and cut
flowers.

Wm. Burns, 840 Sixth avenue, had
good business, particularly in plants.

Wernze & Koehne, 61 Fifth avenue,
report business very satisfactory.

At both the Madison avenue and the
72d street stores of Chas. A. Dards, it
was stated that business was satisfac-
tory and that they sold out well.

Alexander McConnell had an excel-
lent business, both in plants and cut
flowers.

These interviews from retailers in
different sections of the city will show
that the retail business in general was
satisfactory. The people, as a rule,
"shopped early," and in many stores
there was little doing on the morning
of Christmas.

E. Hession, Madison avenue and 7Gth
street, very fair business.

Samuel Snyder, 1115 Second avenue,
satisfactory bu.siness.

Rosary Flower Co., 24 East 34th
street, had a fine business, both in
plants and cut flowers.

A. T. Bunyard, 413 Madison avenue,
sold out well, both in plants and cut
flowers.

A. Ehmann, 2112 Broadway, had good
Inisiness.

S. Masur, Fulton street, Brooklyn,
said business was better than last year.

Miss Golden, Brooklyn, reports good
Ijusiness.

Weir's, Brooklyn, "Excellent busi-
ne.ss."

George Smith, E. Orange, N. J. — The
best Christmas business he ever had.

Mrs. F. Milliott, Yonkers, N. T., re-
ports trade good, considering the gen-
eral condition of business.

A. F. F.

Notes on Trees and Shrubs

In spite of the severity of the past
winter and the injury which it caused,
and of the drought of September and
October which has been of exceptional
length, the Arboretum on the whole
does not look bad, and for lovers of
plants there is much of Interest to be
seen here this year in the early weeks
of November. The conifers, with few
exceptions, are in good condition, al-
though the leading shoots of a few
species have been destroyed by a borer,
the white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi).
The species which are injured by this
pest nearly every year in the Arbore-
tum are the Himalayan white pine
(Pinus excelsa), the white pine of
western China (Pinus Armandi), the
oriental spruce (Picea orientalis), and
the Balkan spruce (Plcea omorika).
The Balkan spruce is the last European
tree brought into cultivation; it is a
beautiful, fast-growing and perfectly
hardy tree which on the mountains of
southwestern Europe sometimes grows
to a large size and is highly valued as
a timber tree. In this country, or at
least in the Arboretum, it does not
promise to become valuable as an or-
namental tree unless the ravages of
the white pine weevil can be stopped.
There is no indication yet that many
of the new Chinese conifers, especially
the pines and spruces, will not flourish
in this climate. The larches are per-
haps less promising, and the firs, al-
though some of them may prove hardy,
grow badly in the nursery and do not
give promise of much value here.

A few of the conifers in the pinetum
which are particularly interesting just
now are the Colorado white fir (Abies
concolor), the Japanese Abies brachy-
phylla and A. homolepis, the Carolina
hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana), and
three Japanese pines, Pinus parvlflora,
P. Thunbergii, and P. densiflora. There
are good plants of a dwarf form of the
last in the collection of dwarf conifers
to which attention is called. This
dwarf is a common plant in Japanese
gardens and should be better known
in this country, for it is one of the
handsomest of all dwarf conifers
among which are many decorative gar-
den plants. Among other conifers
which should be studied at this time
are Engelmann's spruce (Plcea Engel-

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mannii), the Colorado form of the
Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga mucronata),
the Siberian spruce (Picea obovata),
the western white pine (Pinus monti-
cola), the different forms of the black
pine of Europe (Pinus nigra, laricio,
etc.). and some the eastern North
American pines, notably Pinus resinosa,
P. virginiana, and P. Banksiana.

The few broad-leaved evergreens
which can be grown successfully in
this climate are in good condition, and
laurels (Kalmia) and all rhododen-
drons now promise abundant flowers
for next year. The evergreen hollies
are beautiful now. Ilex opaca is cov-
ered with its large red berries and is
interesting because it is the only broad-
leaved evergreen tree which is hardy in
the Arboretum. Although less beauti-
ful than the European holly with its
lustrous leaves, it should be more
often seen in eastern American col-
lections in which north of Washington
the European tree is not hardy. The
native inkberry (Ilex glabra) is one
of the most valuable of the evergreen
shrubs which can be grown in this
climate. It is a round-topped plant,
occasionally five or six feet tall, and
is very common in the neighborhood of
the coast from New England to Texas.
As an ornamental plant it is chiefly
valuable for its small shining leaves
which nearly completely hide the small
black fruits which remain on the
branches during the winter. A large
mass of this holly can be seen on the
Bussey Hill road opposite the laurels
at the northern base of Hemlock hill.
Only one other holly with evergreen
leaves has proved hardy in the Ar-
boretum. This is the Japanese Ilex
crenata, which is a taller growing and
narrower plant than Ilex glabra, with
darker green leaves and larger black
fruits. There are several of these
hollies on the lower side of Azalea
path.

Several shrubs are more beautiful
now than at any other season of the
year, especially those with showy
fruits which retain their leaves late
into the autumn with little -or no
change of color. Among such plants
not one perhaps is more beautiful than
the common European privet (Ligus-
trum vulgare) which has been culti-
vated for centuries and has become
naturalized in the eastern United
States. This plant bears at the ends
of the branches large clusters of shin-
ing black berries which now make a
fine contrast with the dark green
leaves. The European privets are in
the shrub collection where they are
planted with a number of Asiatic de-
ciduous-leaved species, to all of which
they are superior as decorative plants
at this season of the year.

There are few more beautiful shrubs
in the Arboretum at this time than
the variety (var. podocarpa) of the
eastern Asiatic Lonicera Maackii which
was discovered by Wilson in western
China, for its leaves are still green
and perfectly fresh, and its branches
are covered with bright red fruits.
This is a large, vigorous, fast-grow-
ing, and perfectly hardy shrub with
wide-spreading branches and requires
a good deal of space in which to
show its real beauty. From the
northern Lonicera Maackii, a native of
the Amoor region, the leaves have
mostly fallen, but the erect growing
branches are covered with scarlet
fruits. The flowers of the northern
plant are pure white and larger than
those of any other bush honeysuckle.

Photinia is a genus of the rose fam-
ily related to the apples, with a few
species of small Asiatic trees. Two of
these plants, Photinia villosa and its
variety laevis, thrive in the Arboretum
and may now he seen in the shrub col-
lecfSon covered with their small red
fruits. These little trees succeed per-
fectly in this climate; their small white
flowers are freely produced in spring
in many-flowered clusters, and their

fruit remains a long time on the
branches, especially that of the va-
riety, from which it sometimes does
not entirely disappear until the end of
winter. This plant has been largely
planted in the Boston parks, and sev-
eral good specimens can be seen along
the borders of the Francis Parkman
road.

The trees and shrubs of Japan usual-
ly retain their leaves later than the
related American species, and as the
leaves of many Japanese plants take
on brilliant colors in the autumn they
are valuable for prolonging the beauty
of the autumn garden. It is interest-
ing to find that this late changing of
color is common also among many of
the plants of western China. This is
particularly noticeable in the new
species of cotoneaster discovered by
Wilson. The leaves of nearly all these
plants are stiil perfectly green, and
probably by the middle of November
they will be bright scarlet, or in some
species scarlet and orange. These
plants have late ripening, red or black
fruits which greatly add to their
beauty, and among them are certainly
some of the most valuable shrubs of
recent introduction. There are now
many good specimens of these coton-
easters on Bussey hill and they deserve
the attention of all lovers of hardy
plants, especially Cotoneaster divari-
cata, C. foveolata and C. Dielsiana,
the leaves of which turn brilliant
colors, ■ and the different forms of C.
horizontalis, low shrubs with wide-
spreading nearly prostrate branches.
lliese have small lustrous leaves which
in this climate do not fall before Christ-
mas, and small red' berries. No shrubs
are better suited for the decoration of
the rock garden.

Among the American hawtljorns
which show their greatest beauty in
November may be mentioned Cratae-
gus cordata, C. nitida and C. persistens.
The first of these plants, the so-called
Washington thorn, is a narrow, slender
tree, which sometinies attains the
height of twenty or thirty feet. The
flowers are small, creamy white, and
do not open here until nearly the mid-
dle of June, and the small, scarlet,
shining fruits, which ripen late in Oc-
tober, remain on the trees without
much change of color until the spring.
As the fruit begins to show its bright
color the small triangular leaves turn
to shades of orange and scarlet. Cra-
taegus nitida is a native of the bot-
tom-lands of the Mississippi opposite
the city of St. Louis; it is a large tree
with slightly spreading pendulous
branches forming a large, open, round-
topped head. The leaves are narrow,
long-pointed and very lustrous; the
flowers are pure white, of medium size,
and produced in numerous clusters
which cover the upper side of the
branches. The scarlet drooping fruit,
which is also of medium size, ripens
late just as' the leaves turn orange and
scarlet. This is one of the handsomest
of the American hawthorns and has
grown to a large size in the Arboretum.
Crataegus persistens retains its leaves,
which are now as green as they were
in mid-summer, after those of all other
hawthorns have fallen, and the crim-
son fruit remains-On the branches un-
til spring, making this tree in winter
the most conspicuous of the deciduous-
leaved plants hardy in New England,
[t resembles in the shape and in gen-
eral appearance of the leaves some of
the cockspur thorns of eastern North
America. Kaised many years ago at
the Arboretum from seeds received
from the Paris museum, its native
country is still unknown. The largest
plant of this tree in the country, and
the type of the species, can be seen
among several large hawthorns at the
foot of the bank on the pathway near
the Forest hills entrance to the Ar-
boretum, where it is now the only
plant with perfectly green leaves.
The only shrub now in flower in the

Arboretum is tlis witch hazel of the
northern states (Hamamelis virginica)
which is covered with its yellow
flowers. — Arnold Arboretum Bulletin.

American Rose Society.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.

The executive committee of the
American Rose Society had a full meet-
ing at the oflice of Traendley &
Schenck, New York, December 14, 1914.
Thomas Roland, on behalf of the Mas-
sachusetts Horticultural Society, ex-
tended an invitation to the American
Rose Society to hold their annual meet-
ing and exhibition at Boston, Mass.,
March 18-21, 1915, the same being ac-
cepted.

The exhibit in pots and tubs is to
be made Thursday March IS, and cut
roses to be staged Friday, March 19.
■"The committee to act with the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society in pre-
paring a premium list are : Louis J.
Renter, Westerly, R. I.; Thomas Ro-
land, Nahant, Mass.; Alex. Mont-
gomery, Natick, Mass. A special com-
mittee was appointed to solicit pre-
miums, and is composed of the follow-
ing: Louis J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I.;
E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, Mass.; Eber
Holmes, Montrose, Mass.; S. S. Pen-
nock, Philadelphia, Pa.; Wallace R.
Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; Frank Tra-
endly. New York; Patrick Welsh, Bos-
ton, Mass.; E. G. Hill Richmond, Ind.;
August F. Pochlmann, Morton Grove,
111.; William F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. T.
Vice-President Pyle moved the con-
sideration of the appointment of com-
mittees for governing rose test gar-
dens, and the following committees
were appointed :

Central rose garden committee — ^Alex.
Cummins, Jr., Cromwell, Conn., chair
man; Thomas N. Cook, Watertown,
Mass., and W^allace R. Pierson, Crom-
well, Conn.

Washington test garden committee —
Robert Pyle, W^est Grove, Pa., chair-
man; Admiral Aaron Ward, Roslyn, N.
Y., and C. F. Tansill, Washington, D. C.
Cornell test garden committee — A. C.
Beal, Ithaca, N. Y.; John Watson, New-
ark, N. Y.; Rev. Dr. E. A. Mills, Syra-
cuse, N. Y.

Hartford test garden committee —

John Huss, Hartford, Conn., chairman.

Minneapolis test garden committee —

Theo. Wirth, superintendent of parks,

Minneapolis, Minn.

The annual bulletin has been started,
and the intent is to get out the best
annual report that has yet been issued.
The secretary reported this work well
under way.

The number of members of the Amer-
ican Rose Society who belong to the
Society of American Florists and Orna-
mental Horticulturists is 104, and this
number entitles the American Rose So-
ciety to appoint one of its number as
a director on the board of the S. A. F.,
and who in this case would be the
president of the American Rose Society,
Wallace R. Pierson.

Upon motion it was resolved that in
recognition of the action of the Syra-
cuse Rose Society in becoming affili-
ated with the American Rose Society
with its over 300 members, the presi-
dent of the Syracuse society. Rev. Dr.
E. A. Mills, be chosen an honorary vice-
president of the American Rose Society.
Carried.

The schedule committee of the Amer-
ican Rose Society at a meeting held in
Boston, December 18. adopted the fol-
lowing list of prizes for roses in pots or
tubs. The classes for cut blooms will
be arranged later.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY PLANT SCHEDULE.

Specimen plant. Crimson Rambler,
two prizes — $10, $5.

Specimen plant. Pink Rambler, two
prizes— $10. $5.

Specimen plant, Hiawatha, two
prizes— $10, $5.

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OFFICERS OF THE LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS.

Mrs. Albert M. Heir, Treasurer.

Mrs. W. F. Gude, President

Mrs. C. H. Maynard, Secretary.

Display in pots or tubs, any or all
classes, arranged for effect, to occupy
not less than 200 sq. ft., two prizes —
$100, $65.

Collection of hybrid perpetuals, teas,
hybrid teas, polyanthus, and other
classes, twenty-five plants, not less than
six varieties, arranged for effect, two
prizes— $25, $15.

Best display of hardy outdoor roses
in pots or tubs, two prizes — $20, $15.

MASSACHUSETTS HOKT. SOCIETY PRIZES.

Rambler roses, three plants, distinct
varieties, two prizes — $15, $10.

Group of roses, not less than twelve
plants, all classes admissible, two prizes
—$50, $40.

Best specimen rambler, any variety
in pot or tub, one prize — Silver medal.

Best specimen plant, any variety oth-
er than rambler, one prize — Silver
medal.

Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y-

HOLIDAY TRADE.

Satisfactory Business.

In addition to the Christmas trade
reports in The Amebican Florist of
January 2. other reports since re-
ceived from florists throughout the
country confirm the fact that the 1914
season was, as a rule, satisfactory, as
will be noted from the following con-
densed statements given below :

Toronto, Ont. — Severe weather was
responsible for a considerable loss to
all local florists, is the opinion of
George M. Geraghty, manager for Dun-
lop's, in analyzing the Christmas trade.
Cash sales showed an increase, and
credits were less than for the corre-
sponding period of 1913, with retail
prices about 25 per cent less. Roses,
carnations and vi,olets were sufficient
in supply to meet all requirements and
the quantity of stock was far better
than in any other year. Very little call
was noted for bulbous flowers. Owing
to the small variety of plants offered,
cut flower sales predominated. Large
orders from the wealthy class were not
forthcoming, and the large increase in
cash sales can be attributed to smaller
orders and a greater number of sales.

Dayton, O. — Matthews, the Florist,
says trade was about the same as last
year, with prices about the same.
Roses, carnations and violets were in
good supply, as were bulbous flowers.

Mrs. Geo. Asmus, First Vice-President.

with a fair demand, with violets ex-
cepted, being in small demand. The
stock was in better condition than last
year. Azaleas, poinsettias, cyclamen
and primroses sold best. Blooming
plants were most in demand, and
winter berries sold well in basket ar-
rangements and in wreaths. The de-
mand for palms, ferns and auricarias
was not as good as last year. Medium
priced hampers and baskets, ranging
from $1 to $7.50 sold best. Higher
priced plant arrangements did not sell
well.

San Francisco, Calif. — Christmas
sales better by 10 per cent is the re-
port of T. F. Taylor, as compared with
the 1913 corresponding period. Prices
were on a par, but profits were greater,
as wholesale prices ranged lower.
The supply of roses, carnations and
violets was excellent, and the quality
as good if not better than a year ago.
In bulbous flowers, freesias were
scarce and valley was plentiful, and
the demand was good. An increasing
call was noted for flowering plants
and Bostons, and cyclamens are now
the popular Christmas plant. Azaleas
were plentiful but backward in flower.
Fine weather assisted sales and de-
livery.

Omaha, Neb. — Lewis Henderson says
that with prices about the same, the
volume of sales was about the same
as last year's Christmas trade, which
was the best in 25 years. Roses, car-
nations and violets were in abundant
supply and the sales in roses and car-
nations of the better grades showed a
marked increase. The quality as com-
pared with last year was better. The
trade in bulbous stock was good. In
plants azaleas and Begonia Lorraine
had a good sale. Holly, mistletoe and
wreaths had little cjill. Snow, and
weather a little too cold, made delivery
hard, but taken all in all conditions
were satisfactory.

Cincinnati, O. — The Christmas trade
for 1915 is summed up by A. H. Hoff-
meister as being less than the previous
year's sales by 25 per cent. Prices
were also below the average, and qual-
ity of stock about on the usual basis.
Roses were in oversupply, violets about
equal to demand, and carnations very
poor in quality, weak stemmed and
soft. Narcissi and valley were about
equal to the demand. Lilies were in
an oversupply. There was no marked
demand for any special flower and
plants did not sell as well as a year
ago, there being a decrease in the call
for both flowering and decorative.

Lincoln Neb. — C. H. Frey reports
trade during the Christmas season
just passed as about the same as a
year ago. Cut flowers were better in
quality and brought more money. The
supply, also, was good. Bulbous flow-
ers were not a factor in the sales.
Roses were especially fine in quality
and stock generally ranged 50 per cent
better in grade than a year ago.
Plants sold ahead of 1913, especially
azaleas, which outsold everything
else. Poinsettias and other blooming
plants all sold well. Madame Petrick
azaleas, of which we had hundreds,
sold out clean.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The volume of the
1914 Christmas trade was equal to that
of last year, but prices were lowered
by the growers quite 25 per cent.
Roses, with the exception of American
Beauties, were in good supply, but
there were only about one-third enough
carnations for requirements, is the re-
port of W. G. Peacock, of the Dale Es-
tate. Generally speaking, the stock was
of better quality than a year ago. Or-
chids were in greater demand than ever
before. The weather was clear and
very cold and much stock was frozen
in making city deliveries.

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POBTLAND, Ore. — Clark Bros., in re-
gard to 1914 Christmas business, state
that trade was slightly less than a
year previous, with prices the same,
with but few exceptions. Cut flowers
were plentiful and the quality was
never better, as clear weather main-
tained all during December. Plants
entered largely into the volume of
business done, being reasonable in
price and of good quality. There was
a surplus of these, also. Results were ,
satisfactory considering general busi-
ness conditions during the past few
months.

Louisville, Kt.— Sales were about 10
per cent better this year as compared
with the Christmas season sales of last
year, says August R. Baumer. Prices
were about the same, except on Amer-
ican Beauty roses, which ranged high-
er. Roses and carnations were in
good supply. Violets were scarce. In
bulbous flowers, there was nothing but
narcissi on the market, and the de-
mand was good owing to their cheap-
ness. There was a slight increase in
all lines, especially in variegated foli-
age plants and arrangements of the
same.

Feedericton, N. B. — J. Bebbington &
Son report a small increase in salt-s
and prices much better than the
Christmas season of 1913. Roses were
in good supply, but there was a short-
age of carnations and violets. There
was an over supply of Paper Whites.
There was a special demand for aza-
leas, Chinese primroses, cyclamen,
cherries and pans of Romans. Ex-
treme cold weather (25° below zero)
interfered somewhat with delivery, but
there were few complaints. The Christ-
mas trade exceeded expectations.

Sedalia, Mo. — Sales were of greater
volume and prices better than a year
ago is the report the Archias Floral
So. gives of the 191-4 Christmas trade.
Roses, carnations and violets cleaned
up, and there was a shortage in
American Beauties. The demand for
bulbous flowers was not as good.
American Beauties and poinsettias
showed a gain in popularity, and in
plant sales Begonia Lorraine proved a
big favorite. Advertising helped stim-
ulate the sales of better quality of
stock more than in previous years.

Pueblo, Colo. — Business was about
the same as for the 1913 season, with
prices about the same, is the report of
G. Fleischer on the 1914 Christmas
sales. Red roses were in short supply
and carnations were scarce. Violets
were ample to meet the demand. The
stock was better in quality than last
year. More plants than ever were sold
at prices ranging from 85 cents to
.$2.50. Poinsettias in pans sold well
and the demand was noticed to be on
the increase for flowering plants.
Decorative plants met little favor.

Kansas City, MO. — An increase of
two and one-half per cent in Christmas
sales this year as compared with the
191.S period is reported by the Alpha
Floral Co. Prices on plants showed an
increase, while cut flowers sold lower
than a year ago, and the supply was
plentiful and of excellent quality.
There was no demand in the bulbous
class, and little call for green goods,
but there was a well balanced trade in
cut flowers and plants. There was an
increase in sales of both fancy baskpt
and flowering plants.

TACOMA, Wash. — The volume of busi-
ness was about equal to that of last
year with prices about the s.ame.
Roses, carnations and violets were in
good supply and there was a plentiful
supply and better call for bulbous
lowers. Orchids also came in for a
good sale. Quality of all stock w.as
better than a year ago. Flowering
plants were popular and more poin-
settias and chrysanthemums were .sold
than usual is the report of the Cali-
fornia Florists.

Bangor, Me. — Plant sales were
larger, stock was much better, prices
were higher, and the result was an
increase of 25 per cent this year as
compared with the Christmas trade of
1913. There was no call for bulbous
flowers. Plenty of roses and carna-
tions were on hand, but violets were
short, according to Adam Sekinger.
There seemed to be a larger call for
small plants and the supply did not
meet the demand. Roses led in popu-
larity, but everything this year
brought good money.

Colorado Springs, Colo.— Pikes Peak
Floral Co., report Christmas trade for
1914 as showing a 20 per cent gain
over the previous year's business for
the period. Prices were practically the
same, there were jiist about enough
flowers to supply the demand, and the
quality was better than usual. No
marked preference was . shown for any
special flower. There was an increased
call for flowering plants, poinsettia
plants selling better tlian in the past
two or three seasons.

Hartford, Conn.— Twenty per cent
increase is the estimate of John
Coomts. of the comparison of the 1915
rhri.sstmas sales with those of a year
I re\ious. Prices ranged about the
same as a year ago, with quality good
and stock in good supply, with the ex-
ception of carnations. No bulbous
flowers were to be had except Romans
and Paper Whites, and they met with
a fair demand. There was an increase
in the call for flowering plants, espe-
cially in baskets.

Fremont, Neb. — With prices the same
as for the preceding Christmas period,
the 1914 trade was 10 per cent better.
Roses and carnations were in good
supply, with roses better than usual in
quality and carnations good. The sup-
ply of violets was not suflicient to fill
orders. Both supply and demand for
bulbous flowers were good. There was
a nice, satisfactory run of business
that cleaned up the stock, reports
Green's Greenhouses, giving everybody
about what they wanted.

Canal Dover, O. — With local indus-
trial plants operating on one-half and
one-third time, and every one com-
plaining of business depression, 1914
Christmas sales naturally showed a
"slump," is the report of C. Betscher.
Carnations had the first call, with
roses in good demand and pot plants
increasing in popularity. Boxwood
and holly in wreaths were freely called
for. We look for the biggest Valen-
tine's Day, Easter, and- Mother's Day
in our history.

Milwaukee, Wis. — According to
Gust. Rusch & Co., the volume of
business was about equal to the 193.3
Christmas trade, but prices were much
more reasonable. There was plenty of
stock of all kinds and quality was
good. Paper Whites glutted the mar-
ket. There was an exceptionally good
demand for Mrs. Chas. Russell rose. In
the plant sales azaleas, poinsettias and
cyclamen were leaders. Carnations
sold at half price, compared with pre-
vious years.

Kansas City, Mo. — Geo. M. Kellogg
reports Christmas business as being
better than last year, although prices
were not quite as good. The quality
of stock was not as good as last year,
being soft. Carnations were short of
demand, but there was no special call
for any flower. Plants ranging in
price from .$1 to $2 each were good
sellers; large plants did not sell as
fast. The demand for wreaths was
much heavier than last year.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — W^ith stock in
supply ample to meet all requirements,
and prices about the same as com-
pared with the Christmas trade of
1913, sales this year show a drop in
volume of about 10 per cent, is the
report of A. Whitcomb &• Ron. All

flowering plants sold well and the
quality of stock was generally good.
Paper White Narcissi sold well, but
there was no marked increase in the
call for any special flower.

Columbus, O. — The 1914 Christmas
trade was the best ever, reports J. R.
Hellenthal. Prices were about as
usual. The supply of flowers was
adequate. Carnations were good in
quality, but roses showed the effect of
cloudy weather. There was a notice-
able increase in the demand for large
poinsettias, both cut and in pans.
Flowering plants showed an increase
in popularity over a year ago. The
shipping trade was especially good.

Portland, Me. — Christmas business
for 1914 was practically crowded into
the two last days and there was not
much difference in the amount of sales
as compared with trade of 1913, re-
ports L. C. Goddard. Prices were about
10 per cent lower than usual. Cut
blooms were plentiful, and there was
a good supply of bulbous flowers, but
these meet little call. Flowering plant
sales showed an increase and there was
a good sale in basket arrangements.

Bloomington, III. — A small increase
in volume of business, with prices prac-
tically the same as last year, is re-
ported by Washburn & Sons for the
1914 Christmas season. Roses, carna-
tions and violets were in good supply
Yellow and white narcissi had a good
call as prices were not advanced. The
cut flower stock this year was of better
quality than last year's offerings.
There was comparatively little call for
decorative plants.

Montreal, QuE.^Prices about the
same in plants, but a decrease in prices
on cut blooms, and with a sales in-
crease of about 10 per cent is reported
by Julius Luck, in comparing 1914
Christmas trade with that of a year
ago. The quality of stock compared
favorably with last year's supply, and
there was a special demand for aza-
leas. All flowering plants sold excep-
tionally well.

Tampa, Fla. — Retail prices ranged
lower than 1913, but sales for 1914
Christmas trade were 30 per cent bet-
ter. The flowers were all in good con-
dition and the supply was exhausted
before Christmas afternoon, with the
exception of bulbous flowers, for which
there was not much demand, is the re-
port of Tampa Floral Co. There was
an increased demand for ornamental
plants.

Pomona, Calif. — A 10 per cent in-
crease, with prices the same, is the re-
port of O. Roessner on the 1914 Christ-
mas business. The supply of roses, car-
nations and violets was sufficient
to meet the demand, but quality not
as good as usual. There was no marked
increase in the call for any special
flower, and the call for bulbous flowers
was light. Both flowering and decora-
tive plants sold well.

Peoria, ill. — B. Juerjens, of Spring-
dale Cemetery, reports 1914 Christmas
sales heavier than anticipated, and
some retailers claim to have done more
business in than in years, especially In
all kinds of plants and made-up
baskets. The weather was mild and
there was no trouble with deliveries.
Christmas day afternoon, however, the
mercury dropped to 19 degrees below
zero.

Washington, D. C— G. C. Dalglish
describes the results of the 1914
Christmas sales as being on a par with
the previous year's trade. There was
no increase in prices and the market
was a little overstocked on cut blooms,
with stock of about the usual quality.
Violets and gardenias sold well, and
the call for azaleas and poinsettias ex-
ceeded last year's demand. Plant prices
were lower.

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Terre Haute, Ind. — There was no
change in volume of business or prices
compared with tlie 1913 trade is the
report of Heinl's on the 1914 Christmas
business. The stock of cut flowers was
adequate to meet all orders, with
quality higher than last year. Plants
in baskets and boxes sold well and the
demand showed an increase over a year
ago.

BUFF.\LO, N. T.— A 10 per cent in-
crease over 1913 Christmas trade, with
prices ranging lower, is reported by
C. A. Anderson. The supply of cut
flowers was good and the quality bet-
ter than a year ago, and good stock
was in demand. The demand for bulb-
ous flowers was poor. Plant sales
showed an increase, the call for bas-
kets being especially good.

WILMINGTON, Del. — In summing up
1914 Christmas trade conditions as
compared Avith 1913 sales for the
same period, H. P. Potter states there
was a decrease of about four per cent,
with prices about the same. All stock
was in ample supply, the quality about
the same as a year ago, and no spe-
cial call noted for any particular fiower
or plant. All consider trade was slow.

Iowa City, Ia. — According to Jas.
Aldous & Son there was little difference
in volume of business and prices this
year as compared with 1913 Christmas
trade. There were a greater number of
sales, but the amounts purchased were
smaller. Roses, carnations and violets
were in good supply and sold well, and
the sale of plants showed an increase
over the Christmas trade last year.

Nashville, Tenn. — With cut flowers
and plants in good supply and better
in quality than last year, and prices
ranging higher, the Christmas trade
for 1914 showed an increase of about
18 per cent, according to the Joy
Floral Co. A marked increase in the
demand for pot plants was noticeable.
The call for wreaths, etc., for ceme-
teries also showed an increase.

Meridian, Miss. — The war and "hard
times" had very little effect on the
1914 Christmas sales, says N. G. Mc-
Kinney. Stock was in ample supply
and in quality the best he ever saw.
Prices were about the same as a year
ago; everything in the way of a plant
or flower was in demand, with the re-
sult that sales were about 25 per cent
better than the 1913 period.

Jackson. Miss. — The R. U. McKays
reported Christmas business for the
1914 season as being especially good.
Stock was plentiful and a noteworthy
feature, one that attracted much
favorable comment, was the splendid
display of cut blooms and plants, which
attracted hundreds of visitors to their
establishment, and undoubtedly stimu-
lated sales.

Ft. Smttti. Ark. — There were more
credit and less cash sales this year as
compared with the Christmas period
of 1913. is the report of Geo. Rye.
Prices ranged about the same as in
previous years, but volume of business
was not as good. The supply was plen-
tiful and the quality of stock good.
There was a slight increase in plant
sales.

Nashua, N. H. — Aug. Gaedeke & Co.
say sales for Christmas were about
equal to the 1913 trade, with prices
lower and supply equal to demand.
Bulbous flowers had little call except
for funeral work. Carnations led in
popularity. In the plant section cycla-
men, azaleas and poinsettias sold well.
Orders were smaller this year than
last.

Salt Lake City, Utah. — According to
D. E. Law Christmas trade for 1914
was about 10 per cent under 1913 sales
for the corresponding period. Roses
and violets were in good supply, but
carnations were short of demand. Car-
nations and roses were favorites.
Plants did not sell as well. Bulbous
flowers were not much of a factor.

New Yoek. — Chas. Dards says sales
were less than last year, prices lower,
stock plentiful and better in quality.
There were very few bulbous flowers
on hand and no demand for them. The
demand for plants was about equal to
previous years, but the call was for
smaller sorts. Buying was very con-
servative.

Nashville, Tenn. — M. C. Davis says
Christmas trade was the best experi-
enced for years, showing a gain of
about IS per cent over the 1913 period.
Prices were better, and the supply,
equal to the demand, was of high qual-
ity. There was a good supply of
bulbous flowers and the sale was equal-
ly good.

Havekhill, Mass. — Christmas trade
for 1914 was not up to the standard,
according to W. F. Abrams. Sales
showed a decrease; prices were very
much higher. Roses, carnations and
violets, of usual quality, were in good
supply, but trade fell off the day be-
fore Christmas. There was, however,
an increase in the call for flowering
plants. ^■

Watertown, N. Y. — With an ample
supply of good quality and prices
about the same as a year ago, hard
times seemed to be the reason for a
decrease in the Christmas sales. Flow-
ering plants were in good demand, and
there was a good sale of baskets of
evergreens, as reported by Fred E.
Avery.

New Orleans, La.— Abele Bros., in
reporting on the 1914 Christmas trade,
say prices were the same as last year,
but sales not quite as heavy. The
supply was plentiful and the quality
about the same as a year ago. There
was an increased demand for inexpen-
sive plants, mostly flowering. Cycla-
men and begonias were in the lead.

Little rock. Ark. — Tipton & Hurst
advise that the worst weather they
ever had failed to stop the best Christ-
mas trade in their history. More cash
sales than usual were made and the
supply of roses, carnations and violets
was liot equal to the demand. An in-
creased call was noted for flowering
plants.

Oakland, Calif. — Clarke Bros, re-
port a 10 per cent increase, with retail
prices up to the mark. There was an
ample supply of stock of all kinds of
first grade of flowers. Poinsettias took
the lead, followed by cyclamen, bego-
nias, hyacinths, etc. The weather was
perfect.

Newark, O. — With the exception of
an increase in flowering plants and a
poor sale of holly and other greens,
the 1914 Christmas trade showed little
change in any respect as compared
with last year, according to Chas. A.
Duerr.

Denver. Colo. — The Park Floral Co.
reports an increase of 20 'oer cent over
the Christmas period of 1913 in com-
paring this year's business. Prices
were just the same, stock plentiful and
quality excellent. There was no ap-
parent increase in plant sales.

East Santa Cruz , Calif.— W. E.
King savs that Christmas trade for
1914 was about on the average, with
an increased demand for carnation cut
1-looms and flowering plants. Perns
did not sell as well as usual.

Centraha, III. — J. W. Ross Co. re-
ports the 1914 Christmas trade as vew
s.itisfactorv. There was a better grade
of cut flowers and pot plants than the
previous year's corresponding period.

Rockville, Ind. — Christmas trade
was good, reports H. B. Brubeck. The
sales increase was 20 per cent over
last year; there was plenty of good
stock and good prices prevailed.

Ogden, Utah. — Christmas supply was
short for the 1914 trade, says F. J.
Hendershot & Son. Prices were good
and there was an increase in sales of
flowering plants.

Newark, N. J.— Philips Brothers stat-
ed that they had excellent business and
were sold out of plants before Christ-
mas and had to order more.

Jersey City, N. J. — Wm. Elliot re-
ports excellent business. May F. Ken-
dall had satisfactory business.

Cleveland, O.— Practically no change
in conditions of the Christmas trade,
says A. Graham & Son.

OBITUARY.

The Late John Monson.
John MoiiKon, whose portrait and a
notice of whose demise was printed on
page 1249 of the issue of January 2,

lyiU, of THE AMERICAN FLORIST, the

genial wholesaler and well-known pro-
prietor of the Minneapolis Floral Com-
pany, passed away at his home on the
evening of December 28, after only a
short illness. He was taken sick a few
days before the holidays but was re-
ported better about Christmas day,
when suddenly the report of his death
came as a distinct shock to liis many
friends. Mr. Monson, tliough well
known to the trade, was still a young
man, just turned 48.

He came to this country 22 years ago
from Sweden, his native country, in
which except for a short stay in Den-
mark he learned and practiced his pro-
fession, in which he was remarkably
skilful; so mucli so that after having
worked only a short time for Aug. S.
Swanson of St. Paul, Minn., the Smith
Floral Co., of Minneapolis, Minn., ten-
dered hini a position as foreman and
manager of tlieir extensive plant,
which, after three years of success, he
left and embarked himself as proprie-
tor of the Minneapolis Floral Company,
17 years ago. During this time his re-
markable results showed indisputably
what may be accomplished when skill,
energy, perseverance and thrift are as-
sociated and properly directed. He
built up a business from nothing to
one of the largest of its kind in the
state of Minnesota.

Mr. Monson was first of all a practi-
cal man, and a very hard worker, still
he took time and great pleasure in
raising roses from seed, and he was
never happier than when he had a new
seedling in bloom to show an inter-
ested spectator, and he would never
tire in discussing the merits and
fine points of this child of his. The
expectations and results were ever a
great source of joy and pride. He
brought out a great many locally
known new roses, and at least two are
well known to the trade — his Kate
Moulton and Minnetonka. At our local
shows he was always an aggressive
and persistent exhibitor, and always
pu.shing hard for first place.

Being such a very busy man, and
constantly absorbed in his work, he
did not seem to have found time or
thought about choosing a partner for
life to share his successes and divide
his disappointments, until about four
years ago. He left no family except
the widow and an adopted daughter.

The funeral took place at the beauti-
ful Lake wood cemetery chapel on the
last day of the year 1914. The esteem
and regard in which he was held
among those that knew him best, was
amply testified to by the wealth of
floral tributes and the great outpour-
ing of the fraternity, who in spite of
the inconvenience because of the busy
holiday season, nevertheless gathered
about his bier, almost to a man.

Enjoy your well earned rest, old frlenrl,
.And may your memory be an Inspiration to
many.

August S. Swanson.

Frank C. Landers.

Frank C. Landers, one of the best
I-nown florists of northern Delaware,
died at the home of his brother, Sam-
uel C. Landers, in New Castle, Decem-
ber 19. He was ."19 years old.

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The American Florist.

Jan. 9,

Theamerican Florist

Established 1885.
Subscription, United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
Tear: Canada $2.00; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union, $2.30. Subscriptions
Accepted only from those in the trade.
When sending us change of address always send
the old address at the same time.
Adrertising rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade advertisements.

Advertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility for the
• piaiocs ot our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. Deait)om St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 56 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

The Pauama-Paciflc Exposition (lllus.) 12S9

— Notes ot the horticultural features 1289

Plaut notes 1290

— Geraniums 1291

— Ramhler roses 1291

— Seeds lor present sowing 1291

— SpiriTiis 1292

— Cyclamens 1292

— Begonia Glorie de Lorraine 1292

The retail trade 1293

— Crescent wreath (illus.) 1293

— Christmas in New York stores 1293

— Notes on trees and shrubs 1293

Auu-rican Kuse Society 1294

Officers ot Ladles' S. A. r. (portraits) 1295

Holiday trade 1295

Obituary 129T

— The late John Monson 1297

— Frank C. Landers 1297

Editorial 1298

— Floods cause damage suit 1298

— ^American Carnation Society 1298

— Society ot American Florists .1298

—Horticulture at Ohio State University 1298

—University of Illinois 1298

— State Florists' Association of Indiana. .. .1298

Pittsburgh 1300

Tacoma, Wash 1300

Florists' and Gardeners' Club of R. 1 1300

Chicago 1304

ClD«lluiatl 1308

Cleveland 1308

Ft. Wayne. Ind 1308

Detroit 1308

Philadelphia , . . .1310

Boston 1311

Buffalo 1312

New York 1313

Horticultural Society of New York 1313

St. Louis 1314

Nashville. Tenn 1314

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society 1314

Wisconsin State Horticultural Society 1310

The seed trade 1320

— Ethics of seed growing 1320

— American Seed Trade .Association 1320

— Japanese lily bulbs 1320

— Flower seed shortages 1320

^Catalogues received 1322

The nursery trade 1324

— Dtah State Horticultural Society 1324

Market gardeners 1326

— Advertising vegetables 1326

Washington 1328

Providence, R. 1 1328

Wichita, Kan 1330

Radiator heat efficiency 1336

Terra Haute. Ind 1336

Easter falls on April 4 this year,
one week earlier than in 1914.

The year began on Friday and will
close on the same day of the week.

Floods Cause Dama§:e Suit.

Julius Staack, Moline, 111., florist, en-
tered suit against the city of Moline
for $20,000 damages and the munici-
pality is made joint defendant with
the Tri-City Railway company in an-
other suit, both being filed December
24 by Attorney G. A. Shallberg.

It is charged in the declaration that
storm water flooded his property and
destroyed plants in his greenhouses.
The date given in the case in which
the Tri-City Railway company is in-
volved is in June, when the street car
company was laying tracks on Twenty-
seventh street. Action against the city
individually is based on the flood which
occurred in October. It is alleged that
the conditions are due to improper
grading.

American Carnation Society.

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BEGISTEATION.

The following carnation is offered
for registration by Littlefleld & Wy-
man. North Abington, Mass. Name —
Miss Theo; parentage, Winsor x Win-
ona. Habit and general description —
Well built up, calyx nearly perfect,
seldom splitting, stem strong, holding
the flower up at all times; plant of
robust growth, color, rose pink; size
of flower in inches, three inchgs.

A. F. J. Baub, Sec'y.

Society of American Florists.

President Welch has appointed H. H.
Bartsch, president of the Gardeners'
and Florists' Club of Boston, an af-
filiation director of the board of di-
rectors to serve one year.

CONTEST RULES FOR MEMBERSHIP PRIZE.

1. Any S. A. F. member desiring to
enter the contest shall ffrst register by
sending his name and .address to the
national secretary. John Young, 53
West 28th street. New York, on or be-
fore March 1, 101.5. who will return
application blanks immediately.

2. The contestants shall forward to
the secretary at least once a month a
list of new members secured, accom-
panied with fee, five dollars for each
annual member and thirty dollars for
each new life member. Each annual
member shall count one, but each life
member shall count five in the con-
test. '

3. The secretary shall publish a list
of the new members thus secured and
accredit the contestants securing them
in a notice in the trade papers month-
ly. No one shall be considered as en-
titled to the prize unless at least fifty
memberships have been accredited to
him.

4. The prize shall be selected by a
committee of three, two of whom shall
be appointed by the president and one
by the winning contestant.

JOHN Young, Sec'y.

UnlTersity of Illinois.

The carnation section in which nu-
merous varieties and seedlings are
tested out is attracting a great deal
of attention. The varieties Princess
Dagmar, Gorgeous, and Matchless are
making a good showing. Of these,
Matchless stands out on top. Philadel-
phia, so far, has produced but a very
small number of flowers and some of
the plants have been attacked by the
"yellows." Good Cheer and Pink Sen-
.sation, two other new varieties, have
already proven their value as commer-
cial varieties. It is very difiicult to
find a carnation . that will produce a
continuous crop of large pink flowers
on long stiff stems like Good Cheer.
Pink Sensation also deserves a great
deal of credit, as for size and stem it
is hard to beat.

The floricultural division also has
some good seedlings which have been
produced during the past few years.
Out of the 1912 lot there are several
that are very good. One of these pro-
duces a large light pink, well formed
flower measuring about 4% inches
■across. It is a continuous bloomer and
the flowers are produced on long stiff
stems. From all standpoints it points
towards a winner over all light pinks.
A few others of this lot also look very
promising. The seedlings' of 1913 stand
out conspicuously and some good ma-
terial is expected from this lot. but at
the present time it is impossible to say
much about them. The work in the
crossing of these seedlings is a part of

the floricultural course and is carried
on by the students taking up floricul-
ture.

A. G. H.

Horticulture at Ohio State University.

A magnificent building for the de-
partment of horticulture and forestry
has just been completed and is now
occupied. It is located just south of
the main building of the college of ag-
riculture, and is of the same general
style of architecture. It is 60x250 feet,
three stories high and contains approx-
imately an acre of floor space. The
outer walls are made of light grey
pressed brick and the building is fire-
proof throughout. The division of
horticulture occupies the south half of
the building, which is divided into a
series of fine class rooms, laboratories
and oflices. Among the special fea-
tures of the building may be men-
tioned an assembly room with a seat-
ing capacity of 400. This room will
be used not only for the larger classes,
but as a meeting place for students
and for local and state societies of
fruit growers, gardeners, florists, for-
esters and farmers. It will also be
used for flower displays. The building
also contains a large drafting room, a
four-room cold storage, a canning lab-
oratory, a spray laboratory, a fruit and
vegetable grading and packing room,
and a propagation laboratory. Two
new greenhouses are being constructed
which will have an area of over 8,000
square feet of glass. This is the be-
ginning of a range of glass houses
which when completed will cover an
acre of space.

Increased facilities call for better in-
struction and make such instruction
possible. Accordingly, four complete
courses in horticulture are to be of-
fered next year. The new courses of
study will include vegetable garden-
ing, fruit growing, floriculture, and
landscape architecture. The new build-
ing, greenhouses and equipment, to-
gether with the new and enlarged
courses of study, place horticulture at
Ohio State University on a par with
the best that the country affords.

State Florists' Ass'n of Indiana.

The annual meeting of the State-
Florists' Association of Indiana will
be held at the Claypool hotel, Tuesday,
January 12. The business session will
commence promptly at 1:30 p. m., fol-
lowed by a supper in the evening, which
will cost each member $1.25 per plate.
The secretary has written the grow-
ers and disseminators of novelties to
send sample blooms for this exhibition
and he also requests that the members
bring along something in the way of a
plant or cut flower to add to the ex-
hibition. In order to create more in-
terest in the annual meeting and a
good attendance the society appropri-
ated $50 for the purchase of two silver
trophies to be competed for from year
to year. The following committee was
appointed to draw up rules to govern
competition in the above classes : A. F.
J. Baur, chairman, John Hartje and
Herman Junge. Send your entries to
the secretary, two days before th&
meeting and write him for any further-
information regarding the meeting.

O. E. Steinkamp,

Len Elder,

Homer Wiegand,

Committee.
O. E. Steinkamp, Sec'y.,
3800 Rockwood Ave..
Indianapolis, Ind.

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Club Meetlng-s Next Week.

Newark. N. J.. January 10. -Weln, Obst &
<3artcnbau Verein. 15 Newark street. Peter
Callle secretary. Ill Avon avenue, Newark.

New Orleans, La., January 10. 2 p. m.—
•Gardeners' Mutual Protective Association. 114
|.'\, Inut-'c alley. John I'arr, secretary, 4539
North Rampart street, New Orleans.

Baltimore. Md., January 11, 8 p. m.— dar-
deners' and Florists' Club of lialtimore. Flor-
ists' ExcljivnKe hall. St. Paul and Franklin
streets Xoiih V. Flitton. secretary. Gwyn
Falls Park. Station F. Baltimore.

Cincinnati, O., January 11, 8 p. m^Cln-
clnnutl Florists' Society. Jabez Elliott Flower
Market. Alex Osdendarp. secretary. 24 East
Third street. Cincinnati.

Cleveland. 0.. January 11, 8 p. m.— Cleveland
Florists' Club. Hotel HoUenden, Club Room B.
Frank Friedley, secretary. 95 Shaw avenue.
East Cleveland, O. .. _ „„ xt„„

New York. January 11. 7:SD p. m — New
York Florists' Club. Grand Opera House build-
Ine Elshth avenue and Twenty-third street.
John Young, secretary, S3 W. 28th street. New

"Norwich, Conn.. January 11.— New London
County Horticultural Society, Buckingham Me-
morial. Frank H. Allen, secretary, 321 Main
street. Norwich. ,, o _ „

Rochester, N. Y.. January 11. 8 p. m.—
Rochester Florists' Association, 95 Main street
east. H. B. Stringer, secretary. 47 Stone street,
Rochester. ,o .» ^ic „ „

Holyoke, Mass., January IS, 7:45 p. m.—
Holvoke and Northampton Florists' and Gar-
deners' Club. James Whiting, secretary. French
hall, M. A. C. Amherst. Mass.

Newport, R. I.. January 12. 8 p. m.— New-
port Horticultural Society. Music hall. wm.
Gray secretary. Bellevue avenue, Newport.

Chicaso, January 13, 8 p. m.— Gardeners and
Florists' Union No. 10615. 232 North Clark
street. Louis Heidtman. secretary. 3610 North
Richmond street Chicago. ,, = „ „

Morristown. N. J., January 13. 8 p. m.—
Morris Countv Gardeners' and Florists Society,
Masonic hall. Edward Regan, secretary. 139
Madison avenue. Morristown.

Davenport, la., January 14, 8 p. m.— m-
Clty Florists' Club. Wm. Goos. secretary. Bet-
tendorf. Davenport. ,« o _ „

New London. Conn.. January 14. 8 p. m.--
The New London Horticultural Society. 38 Main
street. J. M. Humphrey, secretary. New Lon-

"o'maha. Neh., January 14. 8 p. m.— Omaha
Florists' Cluh. Court House. Lewis Henderson,
secretary. 1519 Farnam street Omaha.

St. Louis. Mo.. January 14, 8 p. >?•— St.
Louis Florists' Club. Odd Fellows hall No. 2.
J. J. Beneke. secretary. 1216 Olive street. St.

Hartford, Conn.. January IB. 8 p. m.— The
Connecticut Horticultural Society. County boi'd-
Ing Hartford. Alfred Dixon, secretary. 25
Wilcox street, Wethersfleld, Conn

Dobbs Ferry. N. Y.. January 16. 8 p. m.—
Dobbs Ferry Horticultural Society. Odd Fel-
lows' hall. B. Harms, secretary. Dobbs Ferry.

Wants,ForSale,Etc.|

Help Wanted— Grower tor carnations and
'mums Good bouse. Married man desijed.

MvFRS Bros.. Eldorado. Blair Co.. Fa.

Help Wanted— Grower and designer; carnations
and (■eneral pot plants: must be sober, A Kood
place lor party wtio can produce results, btate
wages expected Address c-i • .

Key 405. care American Horist.

Help Wanted— Position open lor all around
florist. Have a good trade in bedding plants but
have a good location and desires to build up a cut
flow'er business. Built new iiouse last year 2V by
Un for carnations but lack experience. Ihis is a
place of about 5.000. 62 miles from Chicago. J12.00
to start but will pay more to competent patty who
will take interest. No one but strictly sober need
apply, T. Nelson. Morris. 111.

Help Wanted— .\ man thoroughly posted in the
nursery business, accustomed to handling men,
filling orders, grading stock and competent to
wait on customers at nursery; one who is engaged
in the business at the present time; a good
position for the right man: best of references
reauired. The Eliz.\iieth Nursery Co..

Elizabeth. N. ].

Wanted— Thoroughly experienced florist of neat
appearance to buy an interest io one of the best
florist stores in the heart of Chicago, fine op-
portunity for the right man. Stale full particulars
when writing and do not answer unless you mean
business. Key 410. care American Florist.

Wanted, Boiler— Style saddle shape, or Kroe"
schell. Size and condition.

MvHRS Bros , Eldorado. Blair Co.. Fa.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.
For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this office
enclose 10 cents extra to cover postage, etc.

Situation Wanted — By first class carnation
grower where I can grov\' stock in ao up-to date
manner. Expect full charge and good wages.

Address Key 406. care ■'Vroeriran Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a practical carnation
grower; as working foreman. Single, sober and
can produce first-class goods. Nothing under
$18.00 per week. Address .

Key 407. care American Florist.

TSitnation Wanted— By A-l designer and decor
ator combination man and salesman and a good
manager; age 32. 16 years' experience. Can give
reference from present employer. State salary
when writing. .Address, ,-, ■ .

Key 404. care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted— As a grower in a first class
retail place, southern states preferred: liteexpe-
rienceinthe growing bf cut flowers and potted
plants, etc ; also funeral work making up. Cap-
able of handling men; only steady position wanted
with fair wages. German, single man. sober and
honest. Please statefull particulars in first letter
when writing. Address. t-, .

Key 408. care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted-By competent florist and
landscape gardener, age 28. married, no children.
Experience in Europe and United States. Grad
uated from a horticultural college. A man who
understands his business in anything pertaining
to gardening culture, wants position on private
estate from the first of February or any time after.
Excellent references. Address

Gardener, care 521 Wells St..

Milwaukee. Wis.

WANTED

A competent grower to take entire charge of a
small place in the south, making a specialty of
cut flowers and plants for retail trade. Married
man who can handle trade and telephone. House
furnished. Apply stating wages and references.
Key 411, care American Florist.

FOR SALE

Brand new fixtures being used a few
months, consisting of up-to-date ice box,
marble counters, fancy chandeliers,
polished edge mirrors, artistic office,
safe, etc. Price very reasonable. Address
Key 994, care American Florist.

Wanted to Rent— A party wants to rent a sma 1
florist place with some land, in or near a small
town, with the privilege of buying if terms are
satisfactory. .'Vddress

Key 995. care American Florist.

Wanted to Rent— A reliable party who can
furnish the proper credentials wants to rent a
range of houses of 15.000 feet of glass or more,
in Chicagoor within 100 miles of it. with the privi-
ledge of buying if conditions are satisfactory.

Address Key 992 care American Florist.

GreenhonseFor Rent — An up-to date Garland
Iron Frame Greenhouse. 28 feet 8 in. by 128 feet,
all one house; wheel vents, good locality, good
market. Well stocked for Christmas and spring
trade. Immediate possession, .Apply to

P. A, Ballingal, 29 MacKenzie St., Gait, Ont.

For Sale— Good paying retail store in Chicago.
Good reason for selline. For further particulars
address Key 409. care American Florist.

For Sale— First-class retail flower store, plants
and cut flowers, in vicinity of University of Chica-
go- well established; ill health reason for selling.
Address. Key 998 care American Florist.

STOREMAN

Al Designer and Salesman is open for

engagement. State salary when writing.

Key XXX, care American Florist.

Florists' Attention!

We have on hand ready for shipment
all material necessary for the superstruc-
ture of a Modern Iron Frame Lutton
Greenhouse, 42 ft. widex 150 ft. long.
We will dispose of this material for
$1,300.00 F. O. B. our factory. Re-
member everything is new and strictly
first class; just the same kind of a house
that has madethe Lutton reputation. We
win send you even the Galvanized Nails,
Bolts and screws for assembling the
house. Plans sent on request

William H. Lutton Company

JERSEY CITY. N. J.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

Actual size ol leaf 2?ix5M inches.

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in two colors on
gummed paper; your card, etc., m
black and leaf adopted bv the S. A. *.
in red. Prices: Per 500, $2.85: per 1000,
$4 M. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, postpaid, S1.25. Cash with order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

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Drccr's
Double Petunias

Our Usual Celebrated Strain.

15 varieties, 3 inch pots.
75c per dozen; $6.00 per 100; the set of 15 sorts, $1.00.

Seeds of Our Own Sowing.

Superb Double Fringed, 75c per 500 seeds;

$1.50 per 1000 seeds.

Superb Single Fringed, 50c per trade packet.

Henry A, Dreer

714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are intended for the trade only.

Dreer's Double FringedJPetunia

PlttsDurgn.

TRADE GETTING BETTER.

Flowers of all kinds are still plen-
tiful here, but prices remain good in
spite of this fact. Trade for New
Year's day was very good also, but
could not be classed as a flower holi-
day, as the volume of business done
did not exceed that of any ordinarily
good Saturday. Plenty of -sunshine
predominates at present, and it is a
certainty that prices will take a heavy
tumble within the next few days. The
mild fall weather we experienced
throughout the month of November
seems to have returned again. The
local growers have all given notice to
expect heavy cuts within the next two
weeks. The supply of carnations is
over abundant, as is also the rose
end. American Beauty roses are plen-
tiful, in the longer grades especially.
Lilies are still quite scarce and good
stock commands good prices. White
lilac is getting to be very' common,
and it is quite hard to realize the
prices that the growers expect on this
stock. Sweet peas and violets are ex-
cellent and clean up daily. On the
whole, we cannot complain as to busi-
ness being poor, but the opinion of all
is that it is getting better dally, and
the optimists have the right idea.

NOTES.

A feature at G. P. Weaklen & Co.'s
la.st week was a military wedding deco-
ration at Clarion, Pa. As this is Jack
Frarapton's home town, he made a
special trip there and took complete
charge of the affair. Oh, no! It
iWfisn't Jack's wedding.
■; John Harris. Michael Kronis and a
party of friends are in Chicago at-
tending the wedding celebration of one
of their old associates.

The McCuUoch Drug Co. has dis-
continued the cut flower department
they established in their Federal street
store last spring.

Ross Adgate, of the McCallum Com-
pany, is off on his Allegheny valley
trip, covering a period of about two
9r three months.

Theodore Verscharen, of Mt. Oliver,
Pa., is the proud father of a pair of
twins — two girls. His greatest Christ-
mas gift.

George Franks is visiting friends In
New York City.

Visitors in town recently include :
O. O. Williams, of Forrest's Green-
houses, Washington, Pa.; M. Alexan-
der, of Lion & Co., New York; Julius
Dilhoff, of Schloss Bros., New York;
Frank J. Farney, of M. Rice Co., Phil-
adelphia, Pa.

J.

Tacoma, Wash.

Bright, clear sunshine tor nearly two
weeks before Christmas assured a
bountiful supply of good flowers of all
the kinds grown locally, which may in-
clude all except roses.

Never before was there such a sup-
ply of chrysanthemums and the quality
was generally first class! A lot of
them were sold as the prices were low
and they made a big show for little
money. Carnations were good in qual-
ity and liberal in supply; possibly more
good red ones would have found ready
sale at prices that were asked by the
retailers. Most sales were made at
about regular prices and large supplies
moved out with returns that were
about the same in total volume as last
year. Violets are not grown locally to
any extent, but a good lot was re-
ceived from California that sold fairly
well.

Only a few good roses were to be
had and they found ready sale at good
prices. Bulbous stock was not much
in evidence. Paper Whites were most
plentiful, but rather slow in selling.
Every one had a good variety of pot
plants. The brighter in color had ready i
call where not priced too high, but
nothing fancy in the way of prices
would go. Cyclamen, primulas and be-
gonias were most plentiful, generally in
smaller sizes than formerly, and they
proved to be just right to sell quickly.
At several places a good supply of me-
dium and small ferns went out rapidly.
Asparagus and palms had the call in
medium and smaller sizes. Only a few
good azaleas were in the city and prac-
tically all sold. A larger amount of
English holly was used than ever be-
fore. Many good sales of wreathing
and a lot of wreaths of all kinds were
also sold. Taken all in all. the busi-
ness was about as good as any one ex-
pected when we consider the scarcity
of money.

KOTES.

Davis & Goldsack have had a lot of
flowers — good ones, too — of carnations
and mums, but without an assured
market have had a most unusual per
cent to cast out. Acme Floral Co.
have had much the same experience,
but lately are supplying a "stand" in
the public market.

S. L. Harper has put the "cukes" out
on the "dump" and is filling his space
with roses. Several of the later stand-
ard varieties will fill the house 20x120
and well grown dormant plants are be-
ing used so that a cut for Easter is
expected.

California Florists were entirely sold
out of both cut flowers and pot plants
with a small total money value in-
crease over last year.

H. H. Hing reports a business just
equal to that of last year — a slight in-
crease in sales of small pot plants.

Some good decorative jobs are going
to make a holiday total above last
year of about 15 per cent.

H. W. Manike says about equal to
last year, but not certain for total holi-
days— probably better.

Northwestern Floral Co. were entire-
ly sold out of cut flowers and had good
calls for pot plants.

Hayden-Watson Co. have handled a
large volume of trade and report a
good business.

Smith Floral Co. kept the whole
family busy and the autos on full
speed.

S. L. H.

Florists' and Gardeners' Club of R. I.

The Florists' and Gardeners' Club
of Rhode Island will celebrate its
eighteenth anniversary with a banquet
January 2.5 at its headquarters in
Swarts Lodge Hall. The affair will be
held in connection with the installa-
tion of officers.

The officers who will be installed at
that time are : Cornelius Harstra,
president; James Dillon, vice-president;
William E. Chappell, secretary; James
Hockey, treasurer; William Steele,
John Marshall and Owen McManus,
executive committee; E. K. Thomas,
librarian. President Harstra appointed
Alexander Macrae and Robert John-
ston as the committee to arrange for
the event.

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1301

Autocars Quickly Build Up New and Valu=
able Trade for The George Wittbold Co.

Average 50 miles a day each, making deliveries to South Chicago,
Chicago Heights, Lake Forest, Highland Park and Des Plaines

RAPID and economical business expansion — this is
a result which makes itself apparent almost
immediately to those who iadopt the Autocar
Delivery Vehicle. It is not so much the lower
costs of motor delivery (though these soon prove
themselves less than horse equipment) as it is the
increased business and ability to talce care
of it that make the Autocar a wise investment.

Take the case of The Geo.
Wittbold Co., florists, who
have an extensive trade in
all parts of Chicago. In dis-
cussing the advantages of
motor delivery at his place
of business, 73V Buckingham
Place, Mr. Wittbold said,

" We bought our first Autocar nearly two years ago
and it gave such splendid results that another was
added five months later. The two cars have been a
revelation in quick and reliable service. They aver-
age BO miles a day each and carry not only heavy
plants and other decorative products, but cut flowers
and lighter goods as well.

"With our Autocars we reach South Chicago and
Chicago Heights (2(1 miles south), I.,ake Forest and

Used in Every Line of Business.

Highland Park (18 miles north), and Des Plaines (22
miles west) without any difficulty at all. Before we
had motor trucks it was very hard to develop busi-
ness in those places.

"Formerly to go to South Chicago on a decorating
contract we would have to go a day ahead with a
team, and bring the team back the next day. Or
else we would send the goods 'by express.' Now one
of our Autocars starts about
7o'clock in the morning, get-
ting to South Chicago by 9
o'clock and getting back at
noon, ready to make another
similar trip in the afternoon.
"We have had no repair
expense at all on the cars.
Some previous motor trucks we had were not satis-
factory. They were stalled all the time. The
Autocars are never held up and we always know they
are on the job. It is no exaggeration to say that our
Autocars Iiave widened our territory and are build-
ing up our business every day. They reach custo-
mers we never reached before and by taking advantage
of their greater delivery possibilities we are looking
forward to continuous business expansion "

What the Autocar is doing for The Geo. Wittbold Co. it
can do for YOUR delivery system. There are more
than 1700 Autocar owners to testify to this

WRITE FOR NEW CATALOGUE. ADDRESS DEPT. T.

THE AUTOCAR COMPANY, ARDMORE, PA.

Established 1897. Motor Delivery Car Specialists

1302

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Jan. g.

POEHLMAT)

72-74 E, Randolph Si.

Big January Supply Fine Roses and Carnatio^
Cattleyas, Gardenias, Cypripediums.

We will continue to have a big supply of Roses, Beauties, Carnations, and

extra fancy Gardenias and Cdttleyas. We

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

can now supply all demands.

Orchids and Gardenias.

Cattleyas $7.60 ana $9.00

Gardenias 3.00 and 4.00

Cypripediums 2.00 and 3.00

Roses.

Per 100

Beauties.

Per Doz.

Specials |4.00

36-in. long 3_00

30-in. long 2.50

24-in. long 9 (jo

18 to 20-in l.'bO

Short per 100, $6.00 to 1000

Killarne)'
White Kill.
Bulgaria
Sunburst
Aaron Wards
Kill. Queen

Ex. long -tlO.OOto $12.00

I/ong 8.00

Medium 4.00 to 6.00

Short 2.00 to 3.00

Cecile Brunner

i28 in. or over.

.Brilliant 124-26 in

Milady \20-22 in

Shawyer /I6-I8 in

Richmond 112-14 in

)short

Carnations.

Per 100

$15.00

12.00

10.00

8.00

6.00

4.00

E.xtra Special Roses charged accordingly,

$ 2.00

Per 100

$20.00
18.00
15.00
12.00
10.00
8.00
6.00

Russell— 30 to 36 in. long..
26 to 28 in. long..
22 to 24 in. long..
18 to 20 in. long..

16 in

14 in

Short stem

Miscellaneous. Peio

Jonquils $4.0(1 t J

Romans 2.00 t 3

Paper Whites ;^

Sweet Peas 1..50t :

Freesia \

Easter Lilies 10.00 t( 12

Violets, singleand double... 0.75 ti i

Stevia 1.00 tc 2

Mexican Ivy

Smilax per doz., $2.00

Sprengeri-Asparagus 13

Asparagus Plumosus, string,

50c. j

Leucothoe [

Adiantum 75 to 1

Galax, bronze and green per 100(1

Eastern Ferns " " 2

Boxwood perbu., 25c, per cast 7

Split

Medium.
Fancy ...

Per 100

$1.00
2.00
3.00

Hadley— Ex. long.... 18.00

Long 16.00

Medium $10.00 to 12.00

Short 6 00

LUy of the Valley.

Extra Fancy
1st Quality....
2nd Quality...

PeiJ)

4

.$2.00 1 3

Supplies.

SPECIAL JANUARY SAL:

35% CASH DISCOUNT

On all orders for Wire Designs over $10.00. Look up your stock, make up your order r
get what you need while this ofFer lasts.

ANOTHER BIG BARGAIN

Special 15°/o discount on Wheat Sheaves for a short time only.

SPECIAL PRICES ON CYCAS LEAVES

In quantity lots. Buy what you want while this offer is good.

2 INCH WATERPROOF CHIFFON.

Specially adapted for corsage and basket work, per yard, 2 cents.

COLONIAL BOUQUET HOLDERS

All sizes. Buy ChlHon whUe prices are right. 4 in., per yd., 3c; 6 in., per yd., 4c. All col:

n

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1303

BROS. CO

|Distance Phone,
lindolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

Western Palm Headquarters

Kentia Belmoreana

Single Plants

5 to6 leaves
b to 7 leaves,

6 to 7 leaves.
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves,
6 to 7 leaves.

Specimens. $15.00 to $25 00,

Kentia Forsterlana

18 in. higrh

24 in. high

28 to 30 in. high

.?2 to 34 in. high

36 in. high

42 to 44 in. high

45 to 48 in. high

Each
$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00

^!st supply of choice Kentias we have ever offered. Both single and made-up

Araucarias

Excelsa, fine stock, 50c, 75c, $1.00
each. RobUSta CompaCta, large
plants, $1.50 to $2.00 each.

Aspidistras.

Boston, Whitmani, Roosevelt.

per doz $ 3.00

per doz 6.00

perdoz 9.00

per doz 12.00

Single Plants

s, 5 to 6 leaves, 18 to 20 in. high

s, 5 to 6 leaves. 28 to .30 in, high

s, 5 to 6 leaves 34 to 36 in. high

s, 6 to 7 leaves. 46 to 48 in. high

IS. 6 to 7 leaves, 50 to 54 in. high

s. 6 to 7 leaves. 5 to 5H ft. high

,g, 6 to 7 leaves, 6 to 6H ft. high

Phoenix Roebelenli

s, 20 in. high. 26 in. spread

s, 22 in. high. 28 in. spread

s. 2 ft. high, 32 to 36 in. spread

<s, fine specimens

jscens, 6-in,, 3 plants, 90c each.

Kentia Forsterlana

Made-up Plants
s, 3 plants in a pot. 28 in. high
s, 4 plants in a pot. 34 to 38 in. high
s, 4 plants in a tub, 38 in. high
s. 3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42 in, high
s, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54 in. high
s. 4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56 in. high
4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high
4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5^2 ft. high
4 plantsin a tub. 6 ft. high
igapeciroens 12 and 15 inch tubs. 7 pt
$15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

>s.

)8,

0 35
1.00
1.50
3.50
5.00
8.00
10.00

1.50
2.00
2.50
3.50

Each

$1.50

2.50

3,00

3.50

5.00

6.0C

8.00

10.00

12.00

ants.

Sinch, each $0.25

6inch. each 50

7 inch, each 75

8inch. each 1.00

lOinch.each 2 50

12 inch, each 3.50

Extra fine Boston and Asparagus Hangine Baskets
$1.50 to $3.00 each.

Azaleas

All the leading varieties, from $1.50
to $3.00 each in bloom. Larger speci-
mens from $3.00 up to $8.00 each.

Pandanus Veitchii.

Highly colored, 4-in. 50c, 6-in., 75c to
$1,00, 6-iti., $1.50, 7-iii., $2.00 to $2.60 ea.

Dracaena Godseffiana.

2-in. pots $1.00 per doz.

Dracaena Terminalis

Highly colored, extra fine, 4 in., $3.00
per doz.; 5 in., $5.00 per doz.; 6 in.,
$7.50 per doz.

Green, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.00.
Variegated, 6-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.60.

Rubber Plants.

All sizes from 25c to 50c ea. Strong foliage.

Crotons.

Well colored in all varieties, extra fine,
5tic to 75c each.

English Ivy.

Strong stock, 20 cts. to 36 cts. each.

Cocos Weddelliana

2-in., $1.60 per dozen, $10.00 per 100,
$90.00 per 1000. Ready by January.

All Freight Shipments Travel at
Purchaser's Risk.

Grafted and Own Root Rose Plants

headquarters for Grafted and Own Root Rose Plants of the most popular varieties. For commercial growers only. Booking orders now for future delivery.

2V2-inch. Per lOOO Per 5000

$130 00 $600 00

130 00 600 00

120 00 550 00

Shawyer ... 110 00 500 00

rd IIOOO 50000

11000 500 00

larney Hi) CO 5f 0 00

Brilliant 110 00 500 00

irTaft 11000 500 00

inner 100 nO

nch grafted plants add $40 00 per 1000 to prices quoted above.

Own Root, 2H-inch, Per 1 COO PerSOOO

White Killarney $60 00 $275 00

Pink Killarney 60 00 275 00

Richmond 55 00 260 00

Bulgane orTaft 60 CO 275 00

.-Varon Ward 60 00 275 00

Sunburst 60 00 275 00

Milady 60 00 275 00

Killarney Brilliant 60(0 275 00

Hadley 70 00 .300 00

Prince d'Arenberg 60 00 275 00

CHRYSANTHEIVIUIVIS

dquarters for the best commercial varieties of Chrysanthemums; 2V4-inch and rooted cuttings, for commercial growers only,
varieties as are grown in lariie quantities. Booking orders now. Shipped when wanted.

List includes only such

THE TWO BEST VARIETIES EVER OFFERED.

Marvella French, late white $8

tth these varieties scored 94 points by judges

R C. per 2H-inch per

100 1000 100 1000

Advance $2 50 $22 00 $3 00 $27 CO

Frost 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

Poehlmann 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

Razer 2 50 22 CO 3 00 27 00

Pworth 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

hadwick 2,50 22 00 3 00 27 00

■Eaton 2 50 22 00 3 01 27 00

od Hall 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

•,■• 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

Ideal 2 50 3 CO ....

2.50 22 00 3 00 27 00

lomon 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 CO

OO per 100; $70 00 per 1000 MIss Pauline Anderson,

of the Chrysanthemum Society of .America, at Chicago, an
Minnesota Stale Florists' Association, at Minneapolis.
R. C. per 2V'9-inch per
PINK- 100 inoo

McNiece $2 50 $22 00

100 lOCO
$3 00 $27 00
3 00 27 00

Enguehard. 2 50 22 00

MaudDean 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

R. E. Loeben 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

Patty 250 22 00 3 00 27 00

Wells' Late Pink 2.50 22 01 3 00 27 00

Chieftain 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 CO

R. C. per 2H-inch per

YELLOW- 100 1000 100 1(^00

Golden Glow $2 50 $22 00 $3 00 $27 00

Chrysolora 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

Bonnaffon 2 50 22 00 3(0 27 03

, late yellow $8 00 per 100; $70 00 per lOCO

d both scored 95 points by the judges of the

YELLOW- 100 1000 100 lOflO

Yellow Eaton $2 50 $22 00 $3 00 $27 00

YellowSalomon 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

BRONZE—

O H Kahn 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 CO

RED-

Schrimpton 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

Here are two of last year's introductions that we be-
lieve to be good commercial varieties, and we will
grow these in quantities ourselves:

Chamoion.red. $6 00 per 100; $SC 00 per 1010.

Philadelphia, light pink, $6.00 per 100; $;0 00 per
1000,

SEND ALL PLANT ORDERS DIRECT TO MORTON GROVE, ILL.

1304

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>«• 9.

BEAUTIES ROSES

Our Beauties are the finest coming to this Killarney BriUiant, Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Killar-

market. The very short stem Beauties we co not ney, White Killarney, Richmond, etc. Exceptionally
advise handling at this time of year.

fine flowers in all lengths of stems.

LILIES

Large flowers on very long stems.

CARNATIONS

Our carnation houses are the wonder of the
trade, for the flowers are so large and strong.

PS'We solicit orders and asli lor a comparison In quality witli any flowers In this market. Growing
all the flowers we sell, our customers are getting the benefit of the best methods and careful handling
in a large modern range of glass. The advantage ot buying direct of the grower are Immense.

CURRENT PRICE LIST

Per doz.

BEAUTIES.

Specials, stems 48 in. and over $4,00

86 in. stems , 3.00

30 in. stems 2.60

24 in. stems > 2.00

12 to 18 in. stems $1.00 to 1.50

Richmond-Killarney Brilliant-Pink and
White Killarney. Per loo

Specials, extra long stems $8.00 to $10.00

^edium length stems 6.00

Short length stems 8 00 to 4.00

ROSES, our selection 8.00

ROSES, our selection pef 1000, $26.00

Rhea Reid-Milady-Bulgaria-Sunburst.

Per 100

Specials, extra long stems $10.00

Mediums, stems 10 to 16 in $6.00 to 8.00

Shorter stems 4.00 to 5.00

Carnations. Per loo

'Fancy red, very choice $4.00

Fancy dark pink, very choice $3 00 to 4.00

Fancy light pink, very choice 3.00 to 4.00

Fancy white. Very choice 3.00 to 4.00

Easter Lilies 15 00

Lily of the Valley 3.00 to 4.00

Narcissus Paper Whites 3.00

Asparagus and Sprengeri Sprays 2.00 to 3.00

Best Eastern Ferns per 1000, $2.60

Galax Leaves, green or bronze per 1000, 1.00

All Seasonable Flowers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, lU., and Greggs Station, 111.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Chicago.

STOCK PLEM'IFUL.
Stock of all kinds has been plentiful
the past week and trade as usual after
the holidays has been quiet. While
stock in general is in good supply now
a few brisk days would find certain
items scarce and the market pretty
well cleaned up. Some fine American
Beauty roses are arriving, but are not
bringing the prices that they should,
which also holds good for roses and all
other stock. Killarney, Killarney Bril-
liant and White Killarney are in large
supply and are to be had in large
<iuantities at low prices. Carnations
are seen at all the stores in unusually
large quantities and are meeting with
little or no call. Sweet peas are seen
in larger supply and have improved
wonderfully in quality, but fancy stock
is none too plentiful. Violets, both
single and double, are available, with
the home-grown singles in best de-
mand. Lily of the valley, lilies, free-
sias, Paper White narcissi, Roman
hyacinths, tulips, gladioli, stevia, bou-
vardia, jonquils, orchids and gar-
denias are obtainable .at many of the
stores and the retail florists now have
a great variety of stock to select from.
■Greens of all kinrls arc to be had. Sev-
eral of the Incal wholesalo houses that

have stored ferns in quantity this year
have already lost a very large number
of them, so another advance in prices
will most likely take place soon. The
.supply houses are all busy taking in-
ventory now and everybody is ready to
tackle whatever 1915 has in store for
them.

NOTES.

"Heating equipment for a large
greenhouse plant" by George W. Loe-
ber is the title of a lengthy article
in the January -issue of the Metal
Worker, Plumber and Steam Fitter.
The article refers to the new heating
system that the author installed at
Hoerber Bros.' greenhouses at Des
Plaines last summer, and is well illus-
trated with interior and exterior views
of the plant. Fred Hoerber .says that
the new system is all that the article
repi-esents it to be, and that a great
saving in coal has already been no-
ticed by the firm since the new system
has been in operation compared with
iither years.

The Retail Florists' Association met
at Fraternity hall, 10 West Adams
street, on January 4, when election of
officers for 1015 resulted as follows :
George Stollery. president; George
Walther, vice-president; Louis Witt-
bold, treasurer: A. Vanderpoel, finan-

cial secretary, and George Davis, ser-
geant-at-arms. A special meeting will
be held in the Blue room at the Bis-
marck hotel, West Randolph street,
next Monday, January 11, for the pur-
pose of selecting and appointing a sala-
lied secretary.

D. S. Musser has resigned his posi-
tion as manager of Rosen bach's shoe
store in the Masonic Temple and will
hereafter devote his entire time at the
Frank Floral Co.'s wholesale store, of
which he is part owner. Fi-ank Po-
locka was obliged to do a little extra
work at this store this week during
the illness of his assistant. Jack
Henich.

.\nnouncement is made of the wed-
ding of Fred Lautenschlager. well-
known representative of the Kroeschell
Bros. Co., and Miss Margaret Marie
Bemus. at. Erie. Pa.. August 29, 1014.
At home after January 10. 3500 North
Hcrndon street.

John Kimesh. formerly with the
Meredith Flower it Vegetable Co.,
Lil5ertyville, has opened a new store
at 6328 South Racine avenue.

H. K. Philpott has returned to his
home in Winnipeg after helping out
Pyfer & Olsem at Wilmette with their
holiday rush.

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1305

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

ooor> c:ROi*

PINK KILLARNEY ROSES

Magnificent stock in all grades in large supply. We can fill your order
for any amount but small orders are as welcome as the large ones.

You can get them here in all lengths at prices ranging from $1.00 to $4.00 per dozen. Remember, when you buy
from us that the output of 2,000,000 feet of glass enables us to fill your order the way you want it filled. Order now.

Current Price List,

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

30-36-inch stems

24-inch stems

20-inch stems

Short stems

Per doz.

$4 00

3 00

2 50

1 00

RICHMOND AND MILADY.

Klllarney

White Klllamey....

My Maryland

Sunbarst

Mrs. Aaron Ward.
Ophelia

Specials
Select..
Medium
Short...

Specials

Select

Medium 5

Shorts

Per 100

$10 00

8 00

00 to 6 00

4 00

Specials..

Select....
Mrs. Chas. Russell ) Medium..

Short...
Roses, our selection, per 100

Per 100

$10 00
8 00
6 00
4 00

Per Doz.

$2 50

2 00

1 50

75 to 1 00
4 00

Per 100
Carnations, fancy $3 00 to $4 00

" select 2 00 to 3 00

SweetPeas l 50

HarrisU..perdoz.,$l 50 to $2 00

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Violets lOOto 1 25

Stevia i 50

Smilax per doz.. $2 00

Adiantum 1 00

Asparagus, per bunch. .50 to 75c

Ferns, per 1000 $2 50

Boxwood, per bunch 25c

Galax, bronze and green, per 1000 $1 00
Leucothoe Sprays, per 100 75c to 1 00

C. L. Washburn, of Bassett & Wash-
burn, in speaking of business condi-
tions during 191-1 compared with 1913,
finds tlie situation at the close of the
year as follows : January was a good
month and good prices were main-
tained, the same holds good for Feb-
ruary, but March was not quite as
good. April was better but March and
April must be taken together for Easter
in 1913 was in March and in 1914 in
April. May was a very good month
and so was June, but business began
to recede about July 1, when the stock
from the new glass began to reach the
market and affected prices considerably.
Business dropped much below the aver-
age of the summer months. August
was affected by the war in Europe
and tlie sales dropped about .33 1-3 per
cent. September was 25 per cent less
than the year before, but in October
business began to improve, but was
still 15 per cent behind. November
was fairly good and was almost nor-
mal. The December business repre-
sented a larger quantity of flowers than
the previous year, and naturally the
sales in dollars and cents were larger.

H. Van Gelder. of Percy Jones, re-
ceived a Christmas present last week
from John Metcalfe, of Hopkinsville.
Ky., a son of T. L. Metcalfe, in the
shape of a large quantity of tobacco
as it came out .of the drying room.
The tobacco came from the same ter-
ritory that was the scene of so much
trouble to the night riders several
years ago. and is proving to be of
great interest at the store, for some
of the florists never saw tobacco in
that stage before.

Peter Reinburg is in crop with Kil-
larney and American Beauty roses and
a nice supply of choice stock is now-
seen at this store. According to Felix
Reichling his brother. Emil Reichling.
superintendent of the Reinlierg green-
houses, will have his rose plants ready
for distribution next week.

The Chicasro Flower Growers' As-

H. VAN GELDER, Pres.

L. M. JONES, Secy.

Importers and Jobbers of
Florist Sopplies

WHOLESALE commission FLORISTS

56 East Randolph Street

Ribbons and Chiffons
CHICAGO Our Specialty

VIOLETS

SINGLE-DOUBLE

Cents to $1.00
Per 100.

sociation is showing some fine Killar-
ney. White Killarney and American
Beauty roses at its Michigan avenue
store, where Paul Klingsporn is in
charge.

H. Wilkerson, of the Botanical Deco-
rating Co., made a Ijusiness trip to
Kalamazoo, Mich., this week. He was

formerly with Henry Wittbold and
later with the A. L. Randall Co.

Nick Monson was well pleased with
the holiday business at his store at
3310 Fullerton avenue. «

Herbert Gross, of the Peter Reinberg
.store force, was married last week at
Finley.

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The American Florist.

Jan. 9,

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Ave.,

Long Distance Phone,
Kandolph 2081.

CHICAGO

Large Supply of Exceptionally Fine Stock. Prices Right.

Beauties-Roses

The new buildings ut Vaughau's
greenhouses for storing and packing
are almost completed and will afford
greatly increased accommodation for
the large variety of outdoor stocks re-
quired to fill orders from the earlier
sections of the country. The new pack-
ing shed will afford every moUern con-
venience for the prompt handling and
shipment of greenhouse and hardy
plants in all lines. Preparations for
the spring work are well advanced and
the greenhouse benches so recently
cleared of holiday plants are now be-
ing filled with rambler and other roses,
hydrangeas, azaleas, etc.. for the Easter
business. There is a large variety of
palms, ferns, crotons and other foliage
plants constantly on hand in the best
shipping sizes and Western Springs be-
i»g headquarters for cannas the propa-
gation of the leading varieties is well
started, also the grafting of roses and
Manetti in the new and standard va-
rieties. "

Poehlmann Bros. Co. is booking or-
ders in great shape for grafted and
own-root rose plants, chrysanthemum
cuttings and plants and carnation cut-
tings, of which they have a larger
supply than ever before. Fancy Amer-
ican Beauty roses, orchids and gar-
denias as well as a large supply of
all other miscellaneous stock is avail-
able at the store. The supply depart-
ment is having special sales this month,
the most important of which is proba-
bly a special ]0 per cent cash discount
on all orders for wire designs for .$10
or over.

George Wienhoeber had his grand
opening at his store on South Wabash
avenue, which he bought last week
from Lubliner & Trinz on Monday,
January 4. and is well pleased with
the outlook for the future. Peter
Miller, who was formerly with him at
the Fleishmann Floral Co.'s store on
East Jackson boulevard, resigned his
position there this week so as to be
with him in his new location.

Julius Zschau, of West Pullman,
says that his holiday business was
above all expectations and much better
than last year's. He had a good cut of
r'hadwick. W. H. Chadwick and Dr
Enguehart chrysanthemums which sold
well at retail. Poinsettias and other
flowering plants had their usual good
call at his establishment this year.

N. J. Wietor says that the help at
Wietor Bros.' greenhouses are now
busy potting Sunburst roses, which will
be grown on a larger scale than ever
in the future. He reports a good de-
mand for American Beauty roses.
which they are cutting in quantity.
Carnations of fine quality are seen in
gT)od supply al.so at this store.

Louis Levenson closed his store this
week on North Clark street, known as
the Palace Floral Co.. and is thinking
seriously of opening up another store
somewhere on the north side. The
store just closed was one of the oldest

lluiisL .sluit'.'i ill the city, and many of
the leading florists in the loop today
got their start there.

John Zech was all smiles at Zech &
Mann's store this week, and all over
the arrival of a little grandson at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. John P.
Cunningham, on January 2. This is
the fourth time he has been grand-
father in the same family, but the
first time to a grandson, naturally he
is as happy as can be.

Wm. Kotsonis. of the White House
Florist, has been fenjoying a nice busi-
ness right along at his South Wabash
avenue store, and reports a record
holiday trade. Mrs. Kotsonis is a very
artistic designer and treated her cus-
tomers with something new in the line
of wreaths during the holidays.

A. T. Pyfer does not believe that
business conditions in the trade are
as bad as some think they are, judg-
ing from the way orders for cuttings
are coming in from Jack Byers. who
is now representing the Chicago Car-
nation Co. on a western trip.

A. L. Vaughan & Co.'s leaders this
week are a large sup.ply of choice
American Beauty roses and lily of the
valley. The shipping trade at this
house is keeping up well but the local
demand the past week has been rather
quiet.

Wm. F. Schofield had several large
designs for the funeral of Alderman
Frank F. Gazzolo. which was held on
January 4. One of the designs was a
large wreath of American- Beauty roses,
carnations, violets and lily of the val-
ley.

Louis Wittbold says that the total
damage to the Sol Garland greenhouses
at Des Plaines, which the Geo. Witt-
bold Co. leased some time ago, and
which were partly destroyed by fire
recently, will not be more than .$i300.

H. C. Blewitt of Des Plaines is offer-
ing some of the finest sweet peas of
the season at his stand at .50 Bast
Randolph street. So far he has had
no trouble at all in disposing of all the
stock that he has cut.

J. A. Budlong is showing a good
supply of lily of the valley at his store,
and while trade in general is rather
quiet at present, this stock has been
in good demand at this establishment.

E. C. Pruner. A. P. Longren and
Dick Parker, Poehlmann Bros. Co.'s
well-known traveling representatives,
started out this week to call on their
many out-of-town customers.

A. Lange reports that his Christmas
business was at least 10 per cent better
than it was in lOl.S and that his New
Year's trade was not a"s good as in for-
mer years.

Erne & Klingel are showing a nice
supply of Paper White narcissi and
freesias this week in addition to their
usual fine line of all other seasonable
stock.

At Chas. "W. McKellar's store orchids

BASKETS

Be sure that you get them from us.
Our line is the best that was ever offered,
to the trade and consists of every style that
the retail florist of today needs. Send for
our new catalog, just off tbe press, make
up your order from the new list and send it
to us immediately. A postal will do.

Raedlein Basket Co.

713 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO

Toreacb our store take a Chicago .Avenue,
Division Street, Milwaukee Avenue or Armit-
age Avenue car at State and Randolph Streets
and Ket oB at Huron Street. Tbe cars stop
right in iront of our store.

are seen in good supply, but a few
brisk days would find the market
pretty well cleaned up in this line.

Joseph Ziska has changed his firm
name to Joseph Ziska & Sons, the
change taking place. January 1, 1915.

The Adam Schillo Lumber Co.. well
known dealers in pecky cypress, is
mailing its 101.1 calendar to the trade.

Henry Wittbold had a big decora-
tion in the tourist department at Mar-
shall Field & Co.'s store this week.

H. A. Simpson made •'. B. LeMer a
partner at Simpson's 3G.5(i Ogden av-
nue store, .Tanuary 1, 101,1.

Sinner Bros, are cutting from a nice
crop of Killarney and White Killai'ney
roses.

A. I. Simmons, 242 West Sixty-third
street, has invested in a new delivery
car.

19' 5-

The American Florist.

1307

Beauties=Roses

CARNATIONS-VIOLETS

Bulbous Stock And All Other Miscellaneous Flowers.

You can get the kind of stock that you want here in any quantity at any
time. Place your order with us and we will do the rest. Try us today.

Cti.rreix't- I^rloe Urist;.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

Long stems

36-inch stems

24 to 30-inch stems.

20-inch stems

18-inch stems

Richmond, Specials

Medium

Short

Perdoz.

$4 00

3 50

3 00

2 50

2 00

00 to 1 50

Per 100

$10 00

00 to 8 00

4 00

W.Killarney i Perioo

Ki|larney Fancy.. $10 00

Ward^^ ^""' jMed.... $6 00 to 8 00

Sunburst.'.".'."" j Short.. ,4 00

ROSES, our selection. 4 00

Carnations, cpmmon.. 3 00

Fancy 4 00

Splits 2 00

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Violets 100 to 150

Paper Whites 3 00

Romans 3 00to 4 00

Stevia per 100,

Lilies per doz.,

Callas per doz.,

Sweet Peas per 100,

Smilax per doz.,

Adiantum . .per 100,
Asparagus Strings. ea.,
Asp. Plumosus bunch.
Fancy Ferns . per 1000,
Wild Smilax.. per case.
Boxwood ..per lb., 25c; 50 lbs.,

Leucothoe Sprays per 100,

Mexican Ivy per 100,

Mignonette per 100, $6 GO to

$1 60 to
1 60 to
1 50 to

35 to

$1 60
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
100
75
50
2 60
5 00

7 50
75
75

8 00

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.,

(NOT INC.)

161 N. Wabash Ave., ^^^^^^^^ CHICAGO

THE ALWAYS RELIABLE
WHOLESALE FLORISTS

We have what you want in all lengths of stems — long, medium and short in
the desired quality at reasonable prices.

EXTRA FINE BULGARIA ROSES

in large supply. This variety is without question about as nice a rose any
retail florist would care to handle. Leading florists everywhere are using this
rose regularly. Try a sample order if you have not already had some and you
will be more than satisfied. Also everything else in roses, especially Kiilar-

ney, White Killarney, Richmond, Ward, Sunburst, Killarney Brilliant, etc.

Carnations, Violets, Valley. Lilies, Bulbous Flowers, Stevia and complete
line of Green Goods. You can always get what you want from us because
if it Is in the market we have it. Try us and we will prove It.

We Are Wholesalers Doing a Strictly Wholesale Business.

30 E. Randolph St.,

Mention the Atuci'ican Florist irJirn icritiiuf

L. D. Phone
Central 3284.

Chicago

The Chicago Florists' Club will hold
its regular meeting in the Hotel Bis-
marck. 17.^1 West Randolph street,
Thursday evening, January 7, at 8
o'clock. Growers who have novelties
in roses, carnations, etc.. have been
invited to exhibit their stock at this
meeting. The good of the club com-
mittee has arranged for accommoda-
tions for the members and their
friends.

Herman Schau. of Morgan Park, in-
stalled n new boiler recently, besides

making a few minor changes about the
place, and now has his range of 20,000
feet of glass in splendid condition. He
experienced a good holiday business
with principally a plant demand.

Weiland & Risch are booking many
nice orders for grafted and own-root
rose plants of Mrs. Chas. Russell for
early spring delivery.

DES MOINES, I.\. — The new green-
house at Union Park is now in full
operation.

Winchester, Ind. — Philip Pflasterer.
pioneer florist, and Mrs. Pflasterer ob-
served the fiftieth anniversary of their
marriage. Christmas day, 1014. A
number of years ago. they opened a
greenhouse 12x25 feet, and have been
so successful that they at present, un-
aided, operate six houses of good di-
mensions. The home was beautifully
decorated, yellow chrysanthemums and
roses being prominent in the floral ar-
rangements.

I. J. B.

1308

The American Florist.

Jan. p.

L. D. Phone

Randolph 5449

176 r\.Mict\i(j8J\ Ave-. -^

CKic^^o

'Wire

WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

179-181-183 N. Wabash Avenue,

e

o.

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

CHICAGO

Consignments of Roses, Carnations, Violets

and All Other Seasonable Stock Solicited.

Cincinnati.

LOW PRICES A>D MARKET GLUTTED.

The market is glutted with stock
and low prices are again the rule.
The demand is steady and takes up
quite a large quantity of flowers, but
not enough to cause any material
tightening of the market. New Year's
business was just fair, and not up
to what it should have been. The
rose supply continues large in every
seasonable variety, and is more than
able to take care of immediate needs.
The stock is generally of a pretty good
quality. Carnations are in an over
supply. The real good ones are rather
linnrtted in quantity, while there is so
much of the inferior stock that prices
are hammered down to a low point.
Lilies are plentiful, but do not, enjoy
a very active market. Callas are ex-
cellent and come in stronger than be-
fore. Violets have a fair market. The
offerings in both lily of the valley and
orchids are suflicient for immediate
needs. Paper "Whites are very plenti-
ful and in excess of requirements.
Other offerings include stevias, poin-
settias and Roman hyacinths.
NOTES.

Between two large decorations and
the general business last week C. J.
Jones of the Walnut Hills Floral Ba-
zaar had a very busy week.

The Cincinnati Florists' Society's
regular meeting will be held on Janu-
ary 11.

C. E. Critchell has been getting in
some very fine lily of the valley.

E. G. Gillett reports a good New
Year's business. H.

Cleveland.

TRADE PROSPECTS GOOD.

Old 1914 gave us some as good as
the best of them, and some as bad
as the worst of them. The new year
began with trade about normal, stock
plentiful and of good quality. As
crops were all pretty well timed to
arrive for the holidays, a few more
days ought to see a shorter market in
most lines. Carnations still arrive in
quantities in excess of the demand,
but the quality is excellent. Roses of
all kinds are still plentiful, with the
exception of long American Beauties,
which have been cleaning up nicely.
Violets and valley are in good de-
mand. Sweet peas arrive daily, and
have a good call. Paper White nar-
cissi and stevia are plentiful. Callas
arg arriving in sufficient quantity to
meet all demands. A few short
stemmed Easter lilies are on the mar-
ket. Poin.settias were not in as good
demand this year as in former years.

Adiantum is scarce, and what corpes
in is so short as to be almost useless.
Asparagus plumosus is also short of
the demand.

NOTES.

The florists of Cleveland report good
business generally, due somewhat to
the advertising done in the papers by
the club. ,

Smith & Fetters nad an automobile
load of plants freeze during the
Christmas rush.

Wm. Naumann has a new Ford
auto delivery wagon.

Chas. Schmitt has a new automobile
touring car. C. P. B.

Ft. Wayne, Ind.

CHRISTMAS TRADE SATISFACTORY.

Tlie snappy atmosphere contributed
much to a brisk Christmas business.
It was a white Christmas, with the
thermometer registering below zero,
"Old Sol" shining his brightest for the
week previous and the true spirit of
giving seemed to pervade the fiower-
buying public. The retailers give bet-
ter reports than either the growers or
wholesalers, many retail florists report-
ing an increase in the volume of busi-
ness this year over the Christmas of
1913. The dissatisfaction among the
wholesalers was that prices were not
so good as in former years, although
the quality of flowers was much in the
ascendancy. Cut flowers retailed at
splendid prices, and brought satisfac-
tory returns. Carnations were none
too plentiful, especially red. and
brought good prices. Roses were in
heavier demand than any other
flower, principally Richmond and Rhea
Reid and the better grades sold
rapidly. American Beauties sold very
slowly. Violets were in big demand.

But all florists agree that, notwith-
standing the volume of business done
in cut flowers that this was a plant
holiday. Plants were sold for Christ-
mas at a great _speed, and were in
heavy demand for New Year's day as
well. Wreaths and Christmas goods
sold extremely well. H. K.

Detroit.

BUSINESS IS GOOD.

New Year's day trade was fully
equal to and, in some cases, exceeded
that of the same period a year ago.
Some florists report a decided gain
and very few admit having fall6n short
of the total reached last year. There
was plenty of stock in all lines except
flowering plants, the stock of which
was entirely consumed for Christmas
trade. Some items in the cut flower
line was greatly in excess of the de-
mand, .nnd consequent low prices pre-

BUCHBINDER
FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS

Write to Dept. C3 for Catalog

BUCHBINDER BROS.

MAmJTACTUR£RS

518 Milwaukee Ave., • Chicago, lU

WILD SNILAX

$2.00 per case: half case. $1.25.

Eight 50-lb. cases $15.00-

Check with order. 596 otf.
Anyquantity. Fresh stock. Prompt. Wireorwrite.

S. S. BRANTLEY, - Pine Apple, Ala,

Smith & Young Co.

WHOLESALE

Cut Flowers and Supplies

228 East Ohio Street
INDIAMArOUS, m.

vailed. Echoes of the holiday trade
are still heard in some stores in the
shape of bitter complaints from those
who received plants and flowers in a
frozen or otherwise injured condition,
and the satisfactory adjustment of
these is an experience that no one
wants to have occasion to repeat.

CLUB MEETING.

The club meeting Monday evening,
January 4, was fairly well attended
and was most interesting to those pres-
ent. Sam Seligman, of New York,
passed the cigars and related his ob-
servation of trade conditions in other
cities recently visited. Plans were
outlined for co-operative advertising
for Valentine's day and spring trade.
It was thought that it the city hall
had elegant window boxes to adorn
its walls it would be an incentive to
others to similarly treat public build-
ings and homes, and to that end a
committee was appointed consisting of
A. Pochelon and E. H. Scribner to con-
sult with the mayor and park commis-
sion, and bring about if possible the
effect suggested. A review of the
Christmas trade took up considerable
time of the club, and many were the
grievances related by the retailers who
received from the growers unsalable
plants. President Ifrank Danzer re-
ceived congratulations upon his ap-
pointment of state vice-president of
the S. A. F. J. F. S.

I9J5-

The American Florist.

1309

ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph 6578 CHICAfiO, III.

KENNICOTT BROS. COMPANY

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Our reputation has always been that we fill orders when others fail. All stock in season at Lowest Market Rates.

163-165 N. Wabash Ave., L. D. Phone 466 CHICAGO

Joseph Ziska & Sons

151-153 N.Wabash Ave, CHICAGO

Wire Designs and Wliolesale
Florists' Supplies

Write for Onr New Catalog

WietorBros.

Gr^erVil CUT FLOWERS

All teltsrapb and telephone orders given
prompt attention.

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

HOERBER BROS.

SJSSa Cut Flowers

Telephone Randolph 2768.

Greenhouses: DES PLAINZS, ILL.

Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave CHICAGO

A. L. Randall Co.,

e^^m^ 66 E.Randolph St., c^MK^ga
^9W™ CHICAGO, ILL. 5^,^^

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Reinbers:

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
KiUamey and White KlUamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try US.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

Violets! Violets!!

We are California Violet Growers and
we have the largest beds with Violets the
largest and finest produced. We can
send them to any place in the United
States, and cheaper than any one else.

S. ROSALA CO., • Colma, Calif.

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

ROSES aad CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

J. a. BODLONG

82-84-86 East Randolph Street, cmCAOO.

GUT FLOWERS

VALLEY, ROSES wmmvcAiK

and CARNATIONS S"^*-.^

A Specialty tinUntn Ur

Batavia Greenhouse Co.

KILLARNEYS BEAUTIES CARNATIONS

30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO

And All Other Seasonable Flowers
at Lowest Market Prices.

Flower Growers Corporation

Wholesale Only. Consignments Solicited.

118 Broadway, DETROIT, MICH.

VlioMeHo¥erM&rKet^s

Current Price List
Roses. Beauty, specials ...

36-in

30in

24 in

20-in

15-in

12-in

Perdoz.

S4 00

3 00

2 50

2 00

I 50

1 00

75

Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 4 00@15 CO

KiUamey 2 00@12 00

" White Killarney 2 00@12 00

Richmond 4 00@IS 00

Prince de Bulgarie 4 00@12 CO

" Rhea Reid 4 00@15 00

My Maryland 2 00@12 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 D0@30 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 4 00@15 00

•■ Milady 4 00@1S 00

Sunburst 2 00@12 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 2 nn@12 00

" Hadley 4 00@15 00

■• Ophelia 4 00@I5 00

Our selection 3 00

Carnations 2 00@ 4 00

Cattleyas...per doz 7 50 to 9 00

Daisies 1 00@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@I4.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@1S 00

Paper Whites 3 00

Romans 3 00

Stevia 1 50

Sweet Peas 1 50@ 2 00

Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Violets 75@ 1 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

Ferns ■' 2 50

Galax '• 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 75@ 1 00

Mexican Ivy. ...per 1000. 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings.. each, 60@ 75

Smilax perdoz., 2 00@2 50

Soreneeri. Plumosus Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

boxwood. 25c per lb.

E.C.AMUNGCO.

THE LARGEST,

BEST EQUIPPED,

MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWER HOUSE

IN CHICAGO.

68-70 E. Randolph Street
CHICAGO.

L. D. Thones Central 1978 and 1977.

ZECH&MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 East Randolph St., - - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284.

w. p. KYLE

JOSEPH FOERSTER

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Lent Distance Phone, Randolph 361B

1310

The American Florist.

Jan. g.

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

\ MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTON i nUNKEL CO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

Florists' Greening Pins

No florist should be without a box of Greening
Pins, considering their small price, convenience
and amount of labor saved! One box contains 10
lbs. (about lO.OuO to U 0()0 pinsj

Price, per box, $1.50; 5 boxes for $7.00.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER

Wholesale Florist, 1324 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.

Mention the American Florist when ivritinfj

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
aoUi L. D. rbonea, ST. LOUIS, MO.

siPDlies iU lumim ii season always oi ini

Mention the American Florist when writing

Philadelphia.

T1:AUE CJLIET AFTEU HOLIDAYS.

Thei-c has been little if any improve-
ment" in the situation the past week.
As is usual after the holidays, busi-
ness has been quiet, except for those
who cater to the large affairs, .and
who had several holiday balls at
which decorations were quite elabor-
ate, the Coxe ball at the Bellevue-Strat-
ford cared for by the Habermehls, be-
ing quite iin important decoration.
Stock continues to crowd the market
much in excess of the demand, in con-
sequence of which prices rule low,
that is, as compared with those of
the same period last season. Four to
six dollars will buy very good roses —
stock that .grades high enough for the
great bulk of the trade. There are
fancies that sell as high as eight to
twelve dollars but they have to be
very choice to command this money.
Carnations are very plentiful at buy-
ers' prices and the stock is fine. There
is scarcely an article on the list that
sells up clean, excepting possibly snap-
dragons and sweet peas, which seem
1o be in demand. Single violets also
generally sell out early. Paper Whites
have sold at .'SI. 50 per hundred. A fe.w
Romans have made their api)ear.anre.
CLUB MEETIKG.

The January meeting of the cluli
was well attended, the feature being
the address of E. J. Bei-lett, a prfimi-
nent business man, on publicity. His
remarks were very practical and of
great value if followed out. A sum-
mary will be fotmd in these columns
next week. A disposition to throw
cold water on Convention Hall as the
place for the international show next
year was shown in the discussion of
Mr. Bcrlett's address. A vote. 10 for
and 10 against the hall, showed much
division on the subject. Bassett &
Washburn, of Chicago, exhibited .sev-
eral seedling carnations, there being
four va.ses of well-grown blooms. E.
G. Hfll Co.. Richmond, Tnd.. sent a
vase of Hoosier Beauty, and a vase
of magnificent flowers of Mrs. Moor-
field Storey was sent by the Waban
Rose Conservatories. Xatick. Mass.

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1 245. P. O. Box 206.

wruLfs\-., Mllwaul(ee,Wis.

fancy Lily o! the Valley and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Fancy Ferns, special picked,

C. A. KUEHN,

Supplies and Wire Designs.

Wholeaale Florist.

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

VlioMe Flower MM'KeU

fHiLADKLTHiA, Jan. 6. fer lUU

KOBCB. Beauty, extra 25 00@50 0(J

first 1UOO@25 00

■■ Mrs. Chas. Russell 8 00@15 00

Killarney 3 00@10 00

• .White Killarney 3 OOiglO 00

■ Liberty 5 00@15 00

•• Mocli (. 00@15 00

" Hadley 8 00012 CO

Bulgaria 6 00@10 00

■■ Sunburst 600@12 00

Carnations 2 00@ 4 00

Cattleyas 35 00@50 00

Lilium Harrisii 8 00@lO 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00@ 5 00

Sweet Peas 1 00@ 1 50

Violets 1 00@ 1 50

Snapdragons 6 00®t0 00

.Mignonette 4 00@ 5 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Jan. f.. PerlO

Koses. Beauty, special 40^00

fancy 30 00

extra 15 00

No.l 10 00

Killarney 2 00@ 8 00

My Maryland 2 00® 8 00

" Sunb'irst 2 00@ S 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 4 00

Sweetheart 3 00

Carnations 2 00

Cattleyas 75 00

Lilium Giganteum 12 00

Valley ^ 4 00

Adiantum 1 00

Yellow Daisies 1 00

Sweet Peas 75

Violets 1 00

White Lilac per bunch, $1.25

Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 35@40
Sprays nerbunch. .35040

NOTES,

Leo Xicssen says that it was not
such .a bad Christmas after all — a
great deal of stock was sold at lower
than usual prices to be sure, but take

all in all he was satisfied. Asked

it

if the prevailing low prices would af-
fect future greenhouse building he said
he thought not. as the successful
grower is pretty sure to go on ex-
imnding as of yore.

RI6E BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper«
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply youi
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

HOLESALE FLORAL

131OPineSt,STL0UISMO.
Central 1474 Olive

Milwaukee. Jan. 6. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, per dot.. 2 00@ 1000

•■ Killarney and W. Killarney 3 00@10 00

■■ Ward, Taft, Sunburst 3 00@10 00

■' Mrs, Chas. Russell 10 0O@25 00

" Ophelia 5 00@1S 00

Richmond 3 00@10 00

Carnations 2 00@ 4 00

Lilies 12 50

Snapdragon, per bunch, 2Sc @SOc

Valley 2 00® 4 00

Violets 1 OO'm 1 50

Stevia I 00® 2 00

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The American Florist.

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As Usual We Carry The Largest Supply Of Beauties In This Market.

TO PLACE YOUR ORDERS WITH US, INSURES YOU
THE BEST QUALITY AND A REASONABLE PRICE.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

12th and Race Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.

Centre Street,
BALTIMORE.

1214 H Street,
WASHINGTON.

BERGER BROS.

T^AXJTTAC Id large assortment.
^t^^^^^t^^ best varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valley, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shipping facilities.

1225 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa.

C. E. CRITCHELL

"The" Wholesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Thlra St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock ot Florists' Greens and Supplies

The very low prices induced the
Wanamalter store to open a "bargain
rose table" in the basement, where
they offered four g-rades of Killarney
roses at 25, 50, 75 cents and $1 per
dozen and asi^ed the customers to
carry their purchases in this depart-
ment home with them. Sucli a sacri-
fice of roses might at the holiday sea-
son appear almost suicidal. Would
it not be better to throw them out
than demoralize prices in this manner?

Henry A. Dreer is much pleased
with their Christmas trade. The com-
liination baskets made up for the holi-
day trade, sold out to the last one.
John Ruppert, their city salesman, is
to do his canvassing in an auto car,
carrying stock for immediate delivery.
He feels sure he can make it pay.

The Robert Craig Co. is busy rear-
ranging their stock, getting the roses
in shape for the race against time, for
Easter. A splendid lot of well flow-
ered four inch pot cyclamen are a
feature.

The fakirs are reaping a harvest. A
large wagon load of carnations, very
fair stock, were offered 15 for 25 cents
on New Tear's day. A slightly infer-
ior grade went 25 for 15 cents.

Sweetheart roses are in good de-
mand. No stock is now complete
without them. The single roses. Fire-
flame and Afterglow, are also favor-
ites with flower buyers.

Berger Brothers are keeping things
moving, having an excellent stock and
with prices to suit the market con-
ditions. They manage to keep things
fairly evenly balanced.

The Florex gardens had a splendid
cut of Snapdragon Silver Pink at
Christmas. It was the finest ever
.seen in this market at this season.

The Joseph Heacock Co are cutting
."splendid Killarneys & Richmond. Carl
Corts has his hands full handling the
immense stock.

The Leo Niessen Co. are handling
quantities of American Beauties. Fine
snapdragon is also a feature.

Edward Reid has a splendid stock
of special Beauties. Mock and Sun-
burst roses are also features. K.

Boston.

TRADE IS LIFELESS.
Business continues quiet. There is
an ample supply of nearly every kind
of seasonable stock coming in. but
the demand is very light. Roses and
carnations move slowly at prices far
below normal. Bulbous stock is more
plentiful and seems to drag as well as
other stock. Marguerites and English
primroses are bringing good prices as

From now on you will need more

EASTER LILIES

Get fresh fine stock from The Lily Grower of the middle West.
We also have fine

Adiantum CroWeanum fronds at $1.00 per 100.

HOFFIVIEISTER FLORAL CO.

Licknin, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mention the Avierican Flo7-ist when wi-iting

r

\

WELCH BROS. CO.

American Beauty, Killarney, Richmond, Maryland and all the
Superior Roses, Lily of the Valley, Carnations, Orchids

^SIS'T' Z>X«.OX>XTC7XIZ3

226 Devonshire Street, : BOSTON, MASS.

=%

J

VlioMeHo¥crMwKeU

Boston. Jan. 6. Per 100

Roses. Beauty 5 00@35 00

Killarney Queen 50@ 8 00

White and Pink Killarney. 50@ 5 00
Double Wliite Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

Hadley 1 00@10 00

Cardinal 1 00@12 00

Mock 1 00@ 8 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

Sunburst 1 00© 8 00

Taft 1 00® 8 00

Milady 1 00@ 8 00

Ward and HillinEdon 1 00@ 6 00

My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 35 00@5f' 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00@ 4 00

Sweet Peas 50® 1 (0

Violets, single 75© 1 00

medium 50® 75

Carnations 1 00® 2 00

select 1 50® 3 00

Buffalo. Jan. ii.

Roses. Beauty, special, doz., $4 00

fancy, " 3 00

extra " 2 00

No. 1. " 1 50

Per 100

No. 2 $3 00® 5 00

Killarney 3 00@10 00

White Killarney 3 00@12 00

My Maryland 4 00@10 00

Killarney Queen 4 00® 8 00

" Hillingdon 4 00® 6 00

" Richmond 5 00®12 00

Sunburst 6 00®12 00

■' Ward 4 00® 8 00

" Taft 4 00® 8 00

Lily of the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilies 8 00@10 00

Cattleyas 40 00®60 00

Carnations 2 00® 4 00

Snapdragons 4 00@ 6 00

Violets 75® 1 00

Daffodils 4 00® 5 00

Freesia 3 00@ 4 00

Stevia 1 00

Asparagus, per bunch. . 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 35@ SO

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Manofacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McGALLUM CO.,

Cleveland, Oldo
Pittsburg, Pa.

Edward Reid

WHOLXSALI FLORIST.

Choice American Beauties, Russells, Mock,
Killarney, Sunburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and ULIES.

One block froin express dopot,

1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

St. Louis, Jan. 6. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, medium 8 00@12 50

short stems 4 00® h 00

•• Killarney 3 00@10 00

'• My Maryland 3 00® h 00

'• White Killarney 2 00® 6 00

" Aaron Ward 3 00610 06

•• Sunburst 3 00® 10 00

•• Milady 3 00® 6 00

•■ Hadley 3 00010 00

Valley 4 00

Carnations 4 00® 5 00

Rubrum 8 00

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bu.. 25@50
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu.,25®60

Harrisii '2 50

Ferns per 1000. I 75

Leucothoe per lOf). 60

Galax per lOfO. 1 50

Cincinnati. Jan. (>.
Roses. Beauty perdoz..$l 00@$5 00

•■ Killarney 2 00® 8 00

" My Maryland 2 00® 8 00

■ Richmond 2 00® 8 00

■' Taft 2 00® 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 5 00

Litium Giganteum 10 (X)

Asparagus Plumosu8..perbcb.,25c

Carnations 2 00® 3 00

Orchids, per doz 5 00® 6 00

Violets 75® 1 00

Narcissus (Paper Whites) 2 00

Poinsettias per doz.. 75c@$3.00

Sweet Peas 50® 7.o

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The American Florist.

fan. 9,

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

90-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Jnst Received

Hohmann's Famous Lily of the Valley Pips

Per 1000 from $12.00 to $16.00.
Llltum Formoium, 7-9 Inch, .per case of 250 bulbs. $15.00

LlUum Slulttflorum, 7-9 Inch 300 " 16.50

UUum Gleanteum, 7-9 Inch. 300 16.50

they are very scarce. A few winter
flowering: Spencer sweet peas also
bring good money. The sale on or-
chids is fair, but not up to standard.
Violets fell off a little in price, as did
lily of the valley. To sum up the
business conditions it may be said that
the business is very poor and seems to
have no life.

NOTES.

N. A. Hudson, of Natick, Mass.,
never had his Marguerites in better
condition than this season. He is al-
ready cutting a good supply from his
two-year-old plants. He also has two
beds of wallflowers, which are far
ahead of any seen in the city.

Penn, the Florist, had a few big fu-
nerals last week, which kept him busy.
Two truckloads of standing designs
were sent to the funeral of a promi-
nent club man in Belmont, Dec. 31,
all of which showed that his design-
ers are masters of their art.

W. R. Nicholson, of Framiugham,
Mass., is cutting a good supply of car-
nations, mignonette, stevia and mar-
guerites. He grows the new Carna-
tions Matchless, Champion and Phila-
delphia, all of which he believes are
leaders for their colors .

Fred L. Sly, of South Stoughton,
Mass., is cutting a good supply of dou-
ble and single violets. For years he
has specialized in double violets, and
now he is the largest shipper of them
in'the vicinity.

The carnations of Lively & Bond,
Holbrook, Mass., are better than ever
this year. They grow Ward, .Match-
less, Lady Bountiful, Beacon and
White Wonder, all of which are good
clean stock.

Thos. Roland, of Nahant, Mass., has
commenced cutting winter flowering
Spencers from his 60xG00 foot house.
The flowers find a good market, as
they are far ahead of any pea seen in
the city.

Elijah Cartwright, of Wellesley,
Mass., has his entire establishment
devoted to Asparagus Sprengeri this
year. He is at present cutting a large
supply of good clean stock.

R. Tobias, employed by Herman Ko-
low, the florist,, on Summer street, has
the sympathy of his many friends at
the markets for the loss of his three
months old boy.

On account of the poor business con-
ditions, A. Roper, of Tewksbury,
Mass., has canceled all orders for his
new seedling, Alice Coombs, until next
year.

Congratulations are in order for
Arthur Carr, salesman at the Boston
Flower Exchange, for the arrival of an
eight and three-quarter pound boy.

F. L. W.

Buffalo.

HOLIDAT TRADE GOOD.

The holidays have come and gone
.-ind the florists in this city, notwith-
standing war clouds and other world-
ly things that the daily papers put in
"cap type", are well satisfied with
their business. Weather conditions
were ideal for Christmas, but disas-
trous to the florists — a white Christ-
mas, with snow flurries, is a poor in-
dication of what the thermometer reg-
i-stfers, consequently some plants were
frozen, but all Buffalo florists are up
to date — "what was the plant, we will
replace it." "pleased to have you let
us know." That holds good until
about January 9, then the conversa-
tion changes. It Is safe to say that
all in the trade had a business up to

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of

Its Best Growers

tlieir expectations. Stock was good
and supply equal to , the demand.
Roses, carnations, violets, lily of the
valley and orchids sold in their re-
spective places at prices that were in
keeping with Christmas. Roses from
$3 to $7, the latter for Hadley and
Francis Scott Key. Killarney, Mary-
land, Taft, Ward and Richmond
brought from $3 to $5, according to
quality. Carnations were good in qual-
ity, limited in supply and sold from
$1 to $2.50 per dozen. Violets were
corsages of violets and other flowers
$1.50 per bunch of 50, with corsages
of violets and other flowers from $2
up to $10, or as customer might
choose. Lily of the valley, orchids
and gardenias were in their usual de-
mand. American Beauty roses ranged
from $12 to $24 per dozen, $18 being
the price generally paid.

NOTES.

The banquet room, decoration was
carried out in American Beauty roses.
Artistically arranged bunches in vases
were arranged around the room, while
a massive tree of American Beauties,
springing from a bed of lily of the val-
ley was the arrangement on the serv-
ing table. Small tables around the
room were resplendent with Francis
Scott Key roses and white lilac in
handsome cut glass vases, the size in
keeping with the table. The grand
stairway, from the first floor to the
banquet room, was a marvel of beauty.
southern smilax being effectively used
and lightened with pink roses and be-
gonias, the stairs, owing to their width
and arrangement, allowing the planning
and carrying out of an exact represen-
tation of a Scotch castle, with rookery
and other decorations, making it real
and attractive, the winding of the
stairs allowing a very beautiful effect
of a summer garden with coach and
vines making It most realistic. The
interior decorations of the club were
completely- changed from the vivid red
of the hangings and draperies to an
arrangement of green and pink car-
ried out with begonias, roses and
southern smilax. Even the upholstery
and all draperies being changed to
conform with the general color scheme
of pink, thus completely changing the
general appearance of the beautiful
building and decorating it as it never
was before. The decorations were
done In their entirety by S. A. Ander-
son.

Society in Buffalo has been very ac-
tive this season, from the debutante,
who had the first reception, and there
were 26, not counting the brides,
whose decorations were both moder-
ate and elaborate, to the climax of the
early fall and holiday ball, which was
given at the Twentieth Century club.
Buffalo's most exclusive place for all
festive occasions. What is conceded
to be the most brilliant effect in deco-
rations In Buffalo in many years, still
not gaudy, but artistic from every
point of view, from the humble palm
or fern, to the most elaborate flower,
were blended most harmoniously. The
ball room proper decoration was car-

JOHN YOUNG

vrholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throuE^hout tbt
country that all orders to be shipped, will receJTc
D3y personal attention. Choicest stock in America

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone, Madison Sq. 5335

ried out in a garden effect, southern
smilax and pink roses making the
overhead arrangement. The walls and
other parts of the room having pink
begonias in arrangements that only
photographs can describe, as the effect
cannot be written, the electric lighting
lending its aid to the general beauty
of the decoration. The music room
was also effectively decorated with
begonias and Killarney Brilliant rosea
at their most beautiful time, as to size
and beauty, while the reception room
was a dream with Pink Killarney roses
and hanging baskets of begonias. The
banquet room was treated as if in a
separate building, while the Christmas
decorations were entirely eliminated
from the ball room, reception and
music rooms.

W. J. Palmer and Son. Stroh's Flower
Shop. Rebstock Co., and all the florists
were more elaborate in window deco-
rations this year and all had displays
that did credit to the city from a flor-
ist's point of view. Bison.

Dallas. Tex.— At a recent meeting of
the local florists' club it was decided to
begin a campaign to beautify the
homes and streets of the city. The
present plan Is to furnish the news-
papers with articles outlining methods
of building gardens and boulevards.

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The American Florist.

1313

KatabUshed 1878

106 West 28th Sirtet
New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wholesale Commisalon Dealer In Cat riowen.

Now prfparpd (or Winter Business.

She celebrated HADLEY. MaADY and other roses, LILY OV THE VALLEY

and other greenhouse stocks.

Prompt returns and Satisfaction Gnaranteed.

Open at6 a. m.ever; mornine. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Square.

Badgley, Riedel & Meyer

"<»":iSII;Krr 34 W. 28th St., New York

Receivers and Distributors of

Choicest Cut Flowers

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GUTTMAN, President.
Wholesale Florists.

101 West 28th Street, NEW TOKK

Phone 896 and 897 Madison Sqnare.

20 Years' Experience.

Frank H. Traeodly

Charles Schencic

Tracndly & Schcnck

WWesik FWnts aad Ctf FUmr Excfciii«>
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 and 799 Madison Square.

Orchids, Roses. Carnations, and all the other
beet products of the leading growers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

M. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26th Street
NEW TORK CIT7

Telephone: 3864 Madison Sqaare.

John J. Reynolds. Mgrr. Phone Madison Sq.4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Commission Florist
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

New York.

The New Year business, up to tlie
time of writing these notes, has not
been very encouraging-, but in line with
the optimistic address of President
Welch of the S. A. F. we must continue
to hope for the best.

Scores of the New Yorlc Florists'
Bowling Club are as follows :

1st 2d 3d
Game. Gaiue. Game.

W. H. Slebrecht 183 167 154

J. Penrlch 181 172 163

J. Mlesera 194 178 182

H. C. niedcl 200 187 207

P. Jacobson 153 149 162

C. W. Scott 162 159 170

A. KakuUa 156 108 169

.r DoualdsoD 177 ig.? ]«4

A. F. P.

Horticultural Society of New Yorls.

An exhibition will be held Wednes-
day, January 20, at the American Mu-
seum of Natural History, 77th street
and Columbus avenue. New York.
Premiums for cut orchid blooms, car-
nations, sweet peas, antirrhinums and
schizanthus are offered. Prizes can
also be awarded for meritorious ex-
hibits not provided for in the sched-
ule, and such exhibits are solicited. So
if you have an interesting or unusual
plant or flower, or a specimen show-
ing unusual skill in cultivation, bring
it along, for it may win a prize.

Geo. C. Sicbrccht

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Sonare
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Florist

^Isl^isjl Mad. sq. 133 W. 28ih SI.", New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

¥lioMeHo¥erMM'KeU

New York, Jan. 6. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, special 30 00@35 00

extra and fancy... 15 000^0 00
No. land No. 2... 3 00@ 5 00

AliceStanley 1 U0@12 00

Piinced'Arenberg. special.lO 00012 00
Francisacott Key, special. 10 00(ai2 00
Mrs. Ueo.bbawyer.special 4 00«3) 8 UO
extra... 3 OU® 4 00
■' N0.I&N0.2 50@ 1 50
White Killarney. special... 4 00@ 5 00
KiltarDey. My Maryland...

special 5 00® 6 00

No. 1 and No. 2.. 1 03® 2 00
Queen, special.. 3 OO19 8 00

Brilliant 1 00® 8 00

Aaron Ward 1 Ol® 8 00

" Richmond, special 5 00® 6 00

" Sunburst 1 0J@ 5 00

■• Talt 100® 6 00

Milady, special 5 00® 6 00

" J L. Mock 3 00®10 00

'■ Hadley 6 00@20 00

" Ophelia 1 00® 8 00

" M rs. Chas. Russell 1 00® 10 00

Carnations 2 00® 2 50

Cattleya Orchids, special 35 00

inferior grades. 20 00®25 00
Lilies, Longiflorum and Harrisii.. 5 CO® 6 00

Lily of the Valley 2 50® 3 00

Violets 25® 35

Gardenias per doz.. $2.50@$3.00

Adiantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 50® 75

Asparagus Plumosus doz. bchs. 2 00

Smilax doz. strings. 1 00® 1 25

Paper White Narcissus 75® 1 00

Sweet Peas, per doz. bunches. 75c®l 00
Spencer type 1.50@2.00

United Gut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

1 1 1 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones; Madison Square 594-4422,

We solicit consignments of cut flowers of all kinds

Books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS, Manager.

Schedules are now ready for distribu-
tion, and will be sent upon applica-
tion to the secretary, George V.
Nash, New York Botanical Garden,
Bronx Park, New York. A meeting of
the society will be held at 4 p. m. at
which a lecture will be delivered by
William M. Craig, on "The Home Vege-
table Garden."

Geobqe V. NASH, Secretary.

FOBT Smith, Abk.— George Duey has
plans for larger and more modern
greenhouses to replace three destroyed
by Are at Electric park. He will also
add a fourth building.

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beaaty Roses a specialty. Rose*.
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 220O and 2201 Madison Square.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK.

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSMEN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Everywher«
Prompt and satisfactory. CoasienmeDti lolicited

N.Y. Gut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldf ., 6tb av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent for advertising.

V. S. DORVAL, Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT BVBRORBENS

and Mosses. Decorating Material for
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SODARE 1519-5893

119 West 28th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30Stone St., Rochester, N.Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing
121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Sqnare

Ik Largeat S^m tad Rectirir af Frok Cil T\mm%

|J A complete assortment of the best in tba

market can always be relied upon.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Phone Madison Sq. +490 Consignments Solicited

Alfred A. Fischer

WHOLESALE nORIST
103 West 28tb Street, NEW TORK

Mention the American Florist tchen tfrtting

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The American Florist.

Jan. 9,

QUALITY AND STYLE

IN

FLOWER BOXES

AT NO GREATER COST

Quality of material used in addition to the practical and hand-
some non-fading shades in which the boards are finished, bring
style and distinctiveness to the package.

Write for ouv illustrated catalog in colors, also price list
and samples.

THE SEFTON MFG CO., '^^k^^S-

St. Louis.

TRADE FAIR AT LOW PEICES.

The market between Christmas and
New Year showed flowers plentiful
with but few exceptions and demand
limited. Carnations and roses were
about in the same supply, also lilies.
The only stock in any scarcity con-
sisting- of sweet peas, violets and
plumosus, the latter being in good de-
mand. There was little extra demand
for New Year's day. The plant men
sold stock fairly well but prices were
lower than before.

NOTES.

Henry Ostertag is suffering from a
carbuncle on his neck, which although
painful does not prevent him from at-
tending to business.

A. Jablonsky had a fine batch of
carnations for Christmas, and Andres
Myer, Jr., a fine batch of azaleas.

Geo. H. Angermueller has been do-
ing nice business right along, his
stock being of fine quality.

H. G. Berning was presented with a
box of cigars by his employes which
was much appreciated.

J.'Beyers visited here the past week
in the interests of the Chicago Carna-
tion Co., Chicago.

The Flower Shop conducted by P.
J. Herman and wife reports Christ-
mas trade good.

Tickets are being mailed for the
dance to be given by the St. Louis
Florists' Club.

C. Young & Sons had an immense
sale of plants, clearing out almost en-
tirely.

Foster, the Florist, reported good
trade at his new downtown location.

Tom Carr, at the Union Market, did
a nice business during the holidays.

Arthur J. Ellison has left the em-
ploy of the O'Leary Floral Co.

C. C. Sanders is up and around
again attending to business.

Alexander Waldbart & Sons report
' good Christmas trade.

Grimm & Gorly were busy with New
Year's decorations.

Mullanphy Florists report good
Christmas trade.

Riessen Floral Co. reports good holi-
d.iy business.

O'Leary the florist had a splendid
trade.

Growers will hold their meeting this
week. W. F.

Nashville, Tenn.

NEW YEAR'S TRADE OPENS UP WELL.

New Year's Day was observed to
some extent in this city, many per-
sons keeping open house and having
brilliant receptions. This called for
quite a nice lot of flowers and trade
was quite good. There was not such
a glut of flowers as existed before
Christmas, the plants especially, be-
ing slow in flowering to take the place
of the large stock sold out during the
holiday rush. Cut flowers, however,
are coming on pretty well, and there
is a«"teufliciency to supply all demands.
Violets are unusually good, as are
valley, and the combination is very
popular. Carnations are coming In
nicely and roses are blooming well.

The past few days there has been fine
sunshine and both plants and flowers
will benefit by the change in the
weather. Some sweet peas are coming
in, and bulbous stock is ever abun-
dant. • .

NOTES.

The Joy Floral Company has a fine
cut of poinsettias from the stock
plants, for which there is a good de-
mand. Their American Beauties are
especially good, as are the other
rosea.

The Mclntyre Floral Company are
making a run on fine orchids and
sweet peas, which are just beginning
to come in.

Geny Bros, still have some good
azaleas and ofher flowering plants;
also a fine crop of violets. M. C. D.

Westchester and Fairfield Hort. Society.

President Robt. Williamson presided
at the monthly meeting held in the so-
ciety's rooms in Doran's hall, Green-
wich, Conn., Friday evening, December
11. The president finished his twenty-
fourth consecutive monthly meeting in
his term of two years, and was ac-
corded a hearty vote of thanks for his
unfailing courtesy and interest in the
society. Officers were elected for the
ensuing year, who are all enthusiasts
and hustlers, and we anticipate a con-
tinuation of the successes of the past.
The financial report for the past year
■n'as read, showing the society to be in
a very . flourishing condition. Two
proposals for membership were re-
ceived and filed. This meeting-was also
the occasion of the fourth anniversary
of the society. A brief resume is in
order at this time. The society was
organized December 14. 1010, starting
with a membership of 14 names; to
date we have a membership consisting
of 280 active members, eight life
members and 20 honorary members,
and the quality of our membership is
reflected by the high honors enjoyed
by our members at all of the important
local and national exhibitions of flow-
ers, fruits and vegetables. During the
general depression prevalent nearly
everywhere the past year, we have in-
creased our membership lists by the ad-
dition of 21 active members and one
life and one honorary member.

During recess the members were en-
tertained by several accounts of the
convention of the National Association
of Gardeners, held Tn Philadelphia, Pa..
December 9-10, at which our society
was well represented. The monthly ex-
hibition was of marked quality, for
which great credit is due to the ex-
hibitors. The awards of the judges are
as follows : Cultural certificate to An-
ton Peterson for Roses Mrs. Geo. Shaw-
yer. and vote of thanks for vase of
Carnation Matchless; cultural certifi-
cate to Thos. Ryan for vase of poin-
settias and vote of thanks for vase of
assorted carnations. Ro"bt. Grimnert
was awarded a vote of thanks for vase
of Carnation 'Vi'^hite Enchantress; vote
of thanks to A. "Wynne for a vase- of
carnations, a fine sport of Harlowar-
den. James Foster, vase of poinsettias,

Folding Valentine Boxes

This box is made from White Glazed
Stock has an Embossed Red Heart in
center and an Arrow of Gold piercing
the Heart.

Boxes ready for delivery Jan. 20.

Order early to insure prompt delivery.

We also manufacture a complete line of
various colors and sizes of Florist Boxes.

Write for samples and prices.

Per 100 Per 100

10x6x51, $6.50 30x5x35/2 $6.60

12x8x51, 6.50 24x8x4 7.26

24x5x31-2 5.75

A. A. Arnold Paper Box Co.

16-18-20-22 South Peoria St., CHICAGO

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.
£. A. BE AVEN, Ever^een, Ala.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment $2.50 per case

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything in Sonthem Evergreens,
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars aod sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Nice Sphagnum Moss

5 Barrel bale, $1.25 cash with order.
Also Laurel and otbcr Greens for Decoration,

50 cents per bale.
S. O. LAMSON. MAYETTA, N. J.

vote of thanks; also for a fine display
of potato Camean No. 3 and green-
house grapes Gros. Colmar. P. W.
Popp was awarded a vote of thanks
for Narcissus Grand Soliel d'Or.

A feature of the next meeting will
be an illustrated lecture by an emi-
nent authority on the subject of the
protection and conservation of the
migratory birds and their relative value
to the horticulturist and others. The
subject is an interesting one and
worthy of consideration. There will
also be a competitive exhibition of car-
nations. Cash prizes will be ofCered for
18 blooms of carnations, in three va-
rieties, six blooms of each. The next
meeting will be held January 8, 1915.
P. W. Popr, Cor. Sec'y.

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WUl be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated,
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Chicago.

■sUklished In 1887.

'miM.

nMusr

739 Buckingham Place.

L. D. Phone. Gracelaod 1112.

Send ns yonr retail ordeii.

WI HAVE THE BEST FACttlTIES IN THE CITY

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San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

SnccesMr to Sierers ft Boland

FLORIST
so KEARNEY STREET

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Minneapolis, Minn.

WHITTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED, Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. G.

m. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McClements

Floral Experts

S936 Penn Av., PITTSBURQH, PA.

Members of The Florist Telegraph DeliTery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

TH£ BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

1 50 E. Fourth St.

Chicago.

Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabiili Atc. ChlcaAo.
623 Walnnt St., Des Moines, la.

Largest and most centrally located store in the
city. All orders given prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist who^ ivriting

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwicb, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery -Ass'n.

Ohio.

The Smith & Fetters Co.,

LEADING FLORISTS.

735 EucUd Ave. CLEVELAND
Seattle, Washington.

Hollywood Gardens

Flowers for all Occasions.

1536 Second Avenue.

.Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

AUGUST R. BtUMER,

MASONIC TEMPLE

Member Florists' Telegr.iph Delivery Ass'n
Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

VIDENCE, R.I.

„a,ll T. J. JOHNSTON 5 CO.

NEW ENGLAND POINTS. 171 WEYBOSSET ST., PROVIDENCE

Trade Directory

Price: $3.00, postpaid

American Florist Co.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

pRO

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AYE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

"pELEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
■*■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamship!
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Casb most accompany aU orden
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address: Alexconnell,
Western Union Code.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th S H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 2O6S-2O06 Madison Sonarc.
42 West 2ath Street.

To ont-of'town florists
We are in tbe Heart of

NEW YORK

And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock in the market.

.V.-.FLOWERS.V.-.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD.. Audilorinni Aimei, CHICAGO.

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. T.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo, LOCkport,

Nia^raFaUs and Western New York.

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Mention the American Florist when writing

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and IS W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883.
Greenhouses and Nurseries in Riverdale,

Mention the American Florist when writing

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

New York.

EatabHshed 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
targe cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by
private code. Telegraph and Cable Ad'
dress, DAKDSFLOR.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Uention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders (or any place ia the Twin Cities
and for all points in the Northwest. The Lars^est
Store in America; the largest stock; the greatest
fftriety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
Bight and day.

Uembers Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow^s

946 Broad Street.

rresb nowera and Best Service. Deliverlei
ibroaghont the state and to all tteamihip docki
Id HoDoken. N. J., and New York,

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWrTPLOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Nizigara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
, other Western New
York cities and
towns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

La Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CARXrUL ATTINTION TO ALL ORDIRS.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West BSth Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
HenlMn tl Ibe Fkrisls' Tdctrapt DeCray.

Omalia, NeD.

Hess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

1415 Farnum St telephones

i4» rarnvm 31. i5oiandLi582

Members ot The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

N. Y.

Alpha noral Co., Chicago.

Alplia Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Auderson, S. A., 440 Main, Buffalo.

Archias Floral Co., Sedulla, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Baumer, August U., Louisville. Ky.

Bauscber, John. Freeport, 111.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistope, Washiugton, D. C.

Bolaod, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg, Ross, Rochester. Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breltmeyer's Sons, John, Detroit. Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

Buekbee, H. W., Rockford, 111.

California Florists, Taconia, Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland, O.

Cooke, Geo. H.. Conn, Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Card's, 44th and Madison Ave., New Yotk.

Deuton Floral Co.. Deuton, Tex.

Duerr, Chas. A., Newark, O.

Duluth Floral Co., Duluth, Minn.

Duulop's, 9U Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Eadie Co., The James, Cleveland, O.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey, 0. H., Lincoln, Neb.

Prey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

Friedman, Chicago.

Furrow & Co., Guthrie, Okla.

Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Gah'in, Thos. F., Inc.. Boston. Mass.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc.. New York.

Gardiner, Ales. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland, O.

Graham, A.. & Son, Cleveland, O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co., Grand Raplda, Ulch.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Hardesty & Co., CInelunatI, 0.

Helnl & Son, J. G., Terre Haute.

UeuUerson, Lewis, Omaha, Neb.

Uess & Swoboda. Omalia, Neb.

Hollywood Gardens, Seattle. Wash.

Holm & Olson, St. I'aul, Minn.

JobDflton & Co., T. J.. Providence,

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.'

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co., Geo. M.. Kansas City.

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co., Dallas, Tex.

Lange. A., 25 E. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborlus, J. J., Duluth, Minn.

Matthews the Florist, Dayton, O.

Matthewson, J. E,, Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. U, St. Paul, Minn.

WcConnell, Alex,. New York.

Metairie Ridge Nursery Co., New Orleans. Lm.

Klurray, Samuel, Kansas City, Uo.

Myer. Florist, New York.

Oslertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez. Paul M., Little Rock. Ark.

Palmer, W. J., & Son. BuBTalo.

Park Floral Co., The. Denver, Colo.

Phillips Bros., Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs. Colo.

Podesta & Baldocchl, San Francisco.

Pullworth Co., C. C. Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portlaud, Me.

Randolph & McClemeota. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Renter's, New Loudon, Coiui.

Reuter's, Norwich, Conn.

Reuter's, Westerly, R. I,

Rock, Wm. L., Flower Co., Kansas City.

Rye. George, Ft. Smith. Ark.

Schiller the Florist, 2221 W. Madison St., Cbgo.

Schling, Max, 22 W. 5Uth St., New York.

Simmons & Sons, Toronto, Can.

Smith & Fetters, Cleveland, O.

Small & Sons, J. II., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H., Washington, D. C.

Smith Co., A. W., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stunipp, G. B. M.. New York.

Wetirr. F. H., St. Louis. Mo.

Welland, M., Evanston, 111.

Wlilited Floral Co.. Minneapolis, Minn.

WIttbold, O.. Co.. 737 Buckingham PL, Chicago.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson, Lo. AngcUs.

X*uc <k Mocuit N*« Twk.

Ind.

B. I.

Detroit, Micta.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Comer Broadway and Gratiot AvoByes.

Artistic Desiie:ns.
High Grade Cut Blooms.

We cover all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Dellverj

Mention the American Florist when writing

SL Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for delivery
in this section from the

LEADING FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

F. H. WEBER

Boyle and Maryland Ave. "^"^ "fSLt^'*^

Orders taken for FLOWEKS. Delivered to all
parts of the country. Special care, select and
artistic work.

Member ot Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Mention the American Florist when writing

CUDZ BROS-COl
rLORtSTS

III. r rttnt

WASfllNfiTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samvcl Murray,

913 Grand Avenne

All Orders Givea Prompt and Garafal AtteiUoi

Member ot Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

he Park

Floral Co.

T

J. A. VALENTINE,
Prealdent

Momlwrs of Florisu' Telegraph DellTeiy

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WUl be delivered for the trade in other cities by the
firms below, the Leading RetaUers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Portiand, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo, M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand ATe. will fill all orders (or Cut

Kansas Cliy and Flowers, Funeral Design*

m lU'll II. WeddiDK and Birthday Gifts,

rKaSani mil, mo. that mav be entrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgh. Pa.

A.W.SniithCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

LMgest Floral Establishment in America
Established 1874. Incorporated 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

e. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fifth Avenue

Mtnber Florists' Telegraph DeliTerT Association

• Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEVELANB

EUCLID AVENUE

Mtmbers of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery,
Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, 111.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prompt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Srcet, LINCOLN. NEB

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Members of Florists Telegraph Delivery

CCPollworthCo.

Will take proper

care of year orders In

Wisconsin

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota, U isconsin. North
Dakota, South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michig^an. All orders given prompt
attention and tilled with strictly Iresh stock.

EsUbllsbed 184B

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders*

Albany, N. X.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlauta, Ga.— Atluuta Floral Co., 41 Peacbtree.

Bostun — Tbos. K. Ualvln, luc.

Buffalo. N. v.— S. A. Audeison, 440 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y. — W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Cbicugo — Friedman.

CUicago — Alpha Floral Co.

Cblcogo— A. Lange, 25 E. MadiSon St.

CbicMgo— Scblller, the Florist, 2221 W. Madison.

Cbli-ago— Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

Clucliiuatl, O.— llardeaty & Co.

Cleveiuud, O. — Brauitey & Son.

Clevelaud, 0.— The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveiuud, O. — James Eadle Co.

Cleveland. O. — A. Grabum & Sons.

Clevelaud, O. — The J. M. Gasser Co.

Cleveiuud. O.— Smith & Fetters.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — I'lkes Peak Flo. Co.

DallHs, Tex. — Lung Floral & Nursery Co.

Dayton. O.— Mattbcws the Florist.

Deutun, Tex.^Deutoo Floral Co.

Deuver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit, Mich. — John lireitmeyer's Sons.

Dulutb, Mlun.— Dulutb Floral Co.

Dulutb, Minn. — J. J. Leborius.

Evauston, III.— M. Wellaud.
Ft. Smith, Ark.— George Rye.
Freeport. III. — John Bauscber.
Graud liaplds, Mich. — Ueury Smith.
Guthrie, Okla.— Furrow & Co.
Kansas City— Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.
KaosuB City — Samuel Murray.
Kansas City, Mo. — VVm. L. Rock Flower Co.
La Crosse, Wis.— La Crosse Floral Co.
LlDcoln, Neb.— C. H. Frey.
Liueoln, Keb. — Frey & Frey.
Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

Los Angeles— Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenaon.

Louisville, Ky.— August R. Baumer.
Mlhvaukie — C. C. Pollnortb Co.

MluneaiwUs, Minn. — Wbltted Floral Co.

Nashville. Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Nenark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J.— Phillips Bros.

Newark. O. — Chas. A, Duerr.

New London, Coun.— Renter's.

New Orleans, La.— Metalre Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's, 44tb and Madison Ave.

New York— Alei McCounell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York— Tbos. F. Galvln. Inc,

New York— Max Schllng, 22 W. 69th St.

New Y"ork— Myer. Florist. 6ii9 Madison Ave.

New Y'ork — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. E. M. Stumpp.

New York— Young & Nugent.

Norwich, Conn.— Renter's.

Oklahoma City, Okla.— Furrow & Co.

Omaha. Neb. — Hess & Snoboda, Farnam St.

Omiiha, Neb.— Lewis rlenderson.

Pittsburgh, Pa.— Randolph & McMcCIements.

Pittsburgh Pa.— A. W. Smith Co.. Keenan Bldg.

Portland, Me.— Portland Flower Store.

Providence. R. I. — T. J. Johnston & Co.

Rochester. Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y.— J. B. Keller s Sons

Rockford, 111.— O. W. Buckhee.

Sheboygan, Wis.— J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, JIo.— Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo.— F. H. Weber.

St Paul. Minn. — Holm & Olson.

St. Paul, Minn.— L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco— J. B. Boland. 80 Kearney St.

Son Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Seattle. Wash. — Hollywood Gardens.

Sedalla. Mo.— Arcblas Horal Co.

Superior, Wis.— Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute. Ind.— J. G. Helnl & Son.

Tacoma. Wash.— California Florists.

Toledo. O.— Mrs. J. B. Freeman

Toronto. Can.— nunlop's. 60 ^ ongc St

Toronto. Can.— Simmons & Son.

Vancouver. B. C— Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington— Blacklatone.

Wasblniton— Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Wnshlngton— Gude Bros.

Washington— J. H. Small & Sons.

Westerly, E. I. — Rentsr-s.

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.

Orders By Telegraph Promptly Filled

Phones, 1552-1653 Colominis

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San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchl

334 Grant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Dulutb I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers In

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

wire or Phone Tour Orders to th<
HOUSE or FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply Hoose in the Wcat.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

E> "X^ I« E> ®,

Flowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity eo
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARI STKIET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florist.

Only
the
Best

9e 'Yonge Street.

We deliver anywhere in Canada and gnarsniaa

safe arrival.
Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

Dunlops

INC.

561 Fifth ATk
Vanderbilt Holct

NEW YORK

||||0YAy 126 Tremont Street
DUw I Ull 799 Boylston Stree.

Deliveries to Steamers and all Eastern Pouita

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered for the trade in other cities, by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Sendyourorders^o'Chicago

and Sab -
orbs to

All orders carefnlly filled
under the •npervision of

GEORGE ASMUS. Mgr

wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Floriitt' Xeleeraph DeliverT.

Rochester, N. T.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 £. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers In City.

LitUe Rock, Arlt.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

409 MAIN STREET.

Ml orders carefnlly filled and delivered to all parts
of tbe city, Arkansas and tbe Southwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toledo, O.

Mrs. J. B. Freeman

(Snccessor to Geo. A. Heinl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.
Both Pbones, 527.
Special attention to Mail and Telesrapb Order-
Member of The Florists' Telegraph Deliver.

Uention the American Floriat token tDriting

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction. n||| ||TU MINN
We are the center of the great UUI-O'n, minili
Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior, Wis.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL'S

New York

MYFR FinRKT 609-611 Madison Ave

Mem ber of The Florists' Telecraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

Tbe

Uadinft

Florists

69 MADISON AVKNUS

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

±loWers

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery .'Xss'n

Mention the American Florist when writing

c. n. rREY.i

Wholesale
and Retail
Florist

1133 0 St., LINCOLN, NEB.

Will (ill orders for the West on short notice.

Trade discounts. First class stock.

GEORGE RYE
"Some Florist"

Ft. Smith, Ark.

16
N. 6th St.,

Telephone 2656

Established 1880

M.WEILAND

FLORIST

George C. Weiland, E^oprietor.
602 Davis Street, EVANSTON, ILL.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O.

The JAMES EADIE CO.

Store-927 Euclid Avenue.

Fraitk J. Schoen. Frank R. Frledley.

Greenhouses— 95 Shaw Avenue.

We Aim tn !'li';ist.' Our Customers.

DENTON FLORAL CO., DENTON TEX

Careful attention to packing for deliveries
to all Southern and Middle States.

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery ,^ss'n.

Dallas
Texas.

Lang Floral & Nursery Go.

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas.
Oklahoma. Louisiana. New Mexico. No orders
too large, none too small.

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS

F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

FURROW S COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY— GUTHRIE
OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery,
Mention the American Florist when writing

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., £.,

Seeds Vancouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

PHILIPS BROS, 938 Broad SI.

NEWARI E J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trad, dtec
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph DeliTery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Arciiias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Designs on ibort notlc*
Prompt attention to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.
IV^Irhfdnn 'Orders will be carefnlly

HENRY SMITH,

Wholesale and Retail Florist of GRAND RAPIDS

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRXD HANNAH 6 SONS Will fiU yo«i
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michigas

Rockford, ill.
H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the noriatt' Tele^rapb DeUwy

191 5-

The Amer i ca n Fl o r i s r.

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Vaugfhan's Quality Palms

Kentia Belmoreana.

ARAUCARIA EXCELSA GIAUCA

Whorls Each Doz.

5 inch...l012 inches. .2-3 $0.75 $8.00

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS

Each Unz. Plt 100
2H-inch pots $0.60 $4.00

3 inch pots .85 6 00

4 inch pots $0.15 1.50 12.00

AUCUBA JAPONICA VARIEGATA

Each Do7.

18-inch liidh $0.50 $5.00

24 inch his;h 75 8.00

CROTONS Each Doz Perino

4 inch pots $0.40 $4.00 $30.00

FERNS FOR ALL PURPOSES

Assorted Ferns for Dishes. A choice assort-
ment, our selection of varieties.

Doz. Per 100 Per 1000
2M-inch $0.50 $3.50 $30.00

Boston Ferns— Each Do?. Per lai

3-inch pots $0.15 $ 1.25 $ 8.00

4 inch pots 25 2.50 20.00

5-inch pots 40 4.50 S.'i.OO

6 inch pots 75 8.00 60 00

7-lnch pots 1.00 10.00 75.00

8-inch pots 1.25 14.00 100.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA

Size pot Leaves Height

6-inch 5-6

7-inch 6-7

10-inch 6-7....

Each

Doz.

.30-32 $1.50 $17.00

3640 3.25

. 60 800

KENTIA

FORSTERIANA

MADE UP

Size pot No of
Plants

7-inch 3 28-30 in.

7-inch.... 3 30-34 in.

8. inch 3-4 343Sin.

10-inch 70-74 in.

Height Each Doz.

..$2. BO
. 3.00
. 4.00
..15.00

$27.50
32.50
45.00

PHOENIX CANARIENSIS

Height Each

7-inch 28-30 in $1.50

PANDANUS VEITCHII

Each Doz.

4 inch pots $0.60 $6.00 3(or$1.65

6-inch pots 1.50

Chicago Vaughan's Seed Store New York

GET OUR FAU •'BOOK FOR FLORISTS." IT OFFERS EVERYTHING.

Wisconsin Horticultural Society.

With more than l.jO men and women
prominent in flower and fruit growing
in attendance, the Wisconsin State
Horticultural Society opened their an-
nual session in the assembly chamber
of the Capitol at Madison, December
16. President Palmer in his address to
the convention urged the members to
go in for quality of product. He also
spoke of the introduction of the San
Jose scale in Wisconsin this year
through western trees and recommend-
ed that the matter of its extermination
be put before the legislature before it
became too prevalent. A recommenda-
tion to the society that the association
take an active hand in the marketing
and distribution problem was also made
by President Palmer.

Secretary Frederic Cranefield pre-
sented the work done by the society
during the past year to further horti-
cultural work in the state. This is Mr.
Cranefield's eleventh year as secretary
of the association and he said tliat dur-
ing tliat time he had seen it grow from
100 members to more than 1,01)0 mem-
bers and the orcliard area of the state
increased from l.tXJO acres to 2.5,000
acres. He emphasized the value to tlie
state of fruit shows and representation
at all of the exhibits and conventions
held in the country on the subject.
Probably the most interesting thing in
connection with the convention was the
display of Wisconsin fruits and vegeta-
bles on exhibit in the corridors of the
chambers.

The following were elected as officers
for the ensuing year ; N. A. Rasmus-
son. Oshkosh. president; D. E. Bing-
ham, Sturgeon Ba;.-, vice-president; L.
G. Kellogg, Ripon, treasurer.

The first paper was read by C. A.
Hoffman of Baraboo, who discussed the
culture of bulbs. Gladiolus and their
culture was the subject of a paper by
C. R. Hinkle of Madison. F. J. Hauser
of Bayfield then read a paper on the
subject of "Some Flowers of Merit Not
Generally Known." W. A. Toole. Jr..
took "Six Flowering Shrubs and a
Dozen Perennials for Every Home" as
his subject, after which an informal
disctission was taken up.

Seasonable Stock Ready Now.

Fern Disll Ferns, best varieties, including Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Falcatum,
Pteris Mayi, Wilsoni, etc , .$3.00 per 100, $26 00 per 1000.

Adiantum Croweanum, 6in. pots, very bushy, 20 cents,

Adlantum Glory of Mordrecht, 6-in. pots, bushy, 35c; 4-in. pot, 25c.

Asparagus PlumoSUS, 2ii-in., $3 OU per 100; $26.00 per 1000.

Clbotium Schiedei, 5-iu. pot plants, 76 cents; 6-in., $1.00.

Cyrtomium Rockfordianum, 4-in. pots, 10c; 5-in , 20c; 6. in., 35c.

Bougainvillea Glabra Sanderlana, 4-in. pots, $15.00 per 100.

Hydrangea, pot grown, French sorts, including La Lorraine, Mad. E. Mouil-
liere, Mad. Maurice, Hamar, Mad. Gaillard, Mad. Chantard, 6-in. pot
plants, ready for 6-in., at $26.00 per 100.

Hydrangea Otaksa, 6-in., 4 to 6 shoots, $26.00 per 100.
" '■ S-in., 6 to S shoots, 50.00 per 100.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

SMITH'S NOVELTIES

For 1915 like those of the past are the best
CHRYSANTHEMUMS produced in America.

Our Standard list of Exhibition and Commercial varieties is the

most complete, including Poitipons, Singles and Anemones

A list of your requirements will bring our best terms.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian,

Home of Pansies .

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpassed, improved
annuall?. Some of the best florists in .America
are regular customers. These plants are in extra
good shape this year and heavy rooted, grown on
high land. Packed to reach you safe anyvihere.
$2.50 per 1000. 5000 for $10.00.

Elmer RawlingS. Hotnc of Pansies,

CLEAN, N. Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing

If you are short of Blooming Plants, such as

Azaleas, Lorraine,

Cincinnati, Cyclamen,
Poinsettias, Primroses,

\\ Jre your order to

GEO. A. KUHL, ^^^'^IS'o'wer.

PEKIN, ILL.

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The Seed Trade

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. ■ Morse, San Francisco. Calif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Dungan,
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President:
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., ,Secretarv and
Treasurer; S. F. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Alsistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting, Sp,n Fran-
Oilco, Calif., June 1915.

THE market for Chinese narcissus is
usually established at Amoy in Febru-
ary.

Milwaukee, Wis.— Adam Cuvrie, of
A. Currie & Co., celebrated his sixtieth
birthday anniversary December 26.

THE Blue Earth County Pure Seed
Association, of Minnesota, is planning
a seed show to be held at Kata next
month.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade January 6 were as
follows: Timothy, $6.00 to .$7.2.5 per
100 pounds.

The annual convention of the Na-
tional Canners' Association will be'
held at the Hotel Astor, New York,
February 8-12.

New York.— Vaughan's Seed Store
had a large consignment of lily of the
valley pips on the Netherlands-Amer-
ican line this week.

»Geand Forks, N. D. — The North Da-
kota corn and clover convention and
mid-winter fair will be held in this
city the first week in February.

Ernst Benart, of Erfurt, Germany,
states that the export of beans, lentils,
Unseed, lupins, maize, maw, millet, peas
and tares is prohibited during the war.

Visited Chicago : L. W. Wheeler,
of the Pieters-Wheeler Seed Co., Gil-
roy, Calif., returning to the Pacific
Coast, and Fred H. Hunter and wife,
San Francisco,. Calif., going east.

Fargo, N. D.— Prof. H. L. Bolley of
the agricultural college and secretary
of the North Dakota Improved Seed
Growers' Association, has the premium
lists for the annual seed contest, which
is to be held here on January 19-2.3
inclusive, ready for distribution. There
will be approximately $2,000 worth of
premiums offered.

THE Van Camp Canning Co. has
shipped two carloads of seed peas from
its plant at Algoma, Wis., to Belgium.
Owing to the stocked condition of the
canned pea market the Van Camp Co.'s
plant at Algoma will not operate dur-
ing the coming season. During the
course of a normal canning season
about $100,000 were paid out at the
Algoma office of this company.

Exporters of Chinese narcissus
bulbs from the Amoy district are re-
ported to be guessing at the crop and
making lower prices than ever before
in wholesaling this article, taking a
speculator's chance. The European
markets being practically out of it,
America must buy these narcissus
lower than ever before. This is quite
an opposite line of talk from trade
paper predictions mentioned else-
where on this page regarding Japa-
nese lily bulbs.

Ethics of Seed Growing:.

Some questionable methods of seed growing
under contract come to light almost every .year.

Seedsmen who have novelties for Introduction
and entrust them to contract growers who have
a general jobbing trade throughout the country,
it becomes evident, should stipulate that every
seed produced, and screenings from the Beed
produced, be delivered to the seedsman so con-
tracting, and that all volunteer crops follow-
ing such contract, if expired, should be subject
to the order of the owner of the novelty, and
shall, if the owner so decides in case such vol-
unteer crops are harvested, be destroyed nnd
not offered to other seed growers or dealers.

It is my observation in at least three cases
of contract crops, that seed growers have,
through one of the above methods, "acquired"
stocks of valuable novelties and after a year
or two .vears have offered them commercially to
others in the trade, depriving the original
owner of the stock seed of rights and profits
that should apparently accrue to him for sev-
eral years.

Mr, Seedsman. Sre you protecting your seed
novelties by prohibiting your contract grower
to own or control personally any part of the
crop, whether volunteer or -otherwise? — J. C.
Vaughan In the American Florist of December 12.

The question raised l»y Mr. Vaughan
is not a common one, and there need
be little, if any, dispute over the de-
livery of the entire product of a nov-
elty. A seed dealer very frequently
sends to his grower a parcel of stock
seed unnamed except for a number.
He even rarely explains its compara-
tive characteristics and most of the
seed growers, in California at least,
are continually growing a special
strain or a novelty at a decided loss.
Of course, if the order reads "entire
product," the grower must deliver the
entire product so ,far as he is able to
make it merchantable and the tailings,
or screenings, should either be offered
to the dealer gratis or destroyed, un-
less some other plan is mutually agreed
upon. In climates like California,
where most crops volunteer readily, the
grower must destroy the volunteer
plants unless the dealer consents that
the grower leave them. This applies
to the following season.

It is possible to distrust a grower
unjustly, however, since no dealer can
hope to control the novelty of an an-
nual more than one year or a biennial
more than two years. An attractive
novelty is bought freely by large num-
bers of the trade, either direct or
through dummies, and usually used as
stock seed which is sent to the grower
under number and in changed pack-
ages. Very often a grower gets a
specialty to grow which, to his sur-
prise, proves to be th.e novelty he
grew for his customer the previous
season and whom he would be only
too glad to protect.

The relations between grower and
dealer must always be one of infinite
confidence and a novelty should never

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

be entrusted to a grower who is not
absolutely above suspicion.

Lester L. Morse.

Growers ol
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited.

American Seed Trade Association.

executive committee meeting.
The executive committee of the
American Seed Trade Association,.
which is to meet in Chicago, January
20, as noted in our issue of Decem-
ber 26, will consider plans for the
June convention trip to California, and
an all rail or auto tour over Lincoln
Highway will be two of the alterna-
tives placed before the committee.
Local seedsmen have been invited to
call on the members of the committee
at their headquarters in the Hotel
Sherman, and it is hoped President
Morse may be able to attend the gath-
ering.

Japanese Lily Bulbs.

This is the time of year that inter-
ested lily bulb retailers and jobbers
predict short crops of Japanese bulbs
and a scarcity of the larger sizes.
Only vitally interested dealers can tell
the American buyers this year whether
or not Japanese lily bulbs will be
scarce. Think over the situation.
England and all of Europe have in
former years been very liberal users
of these bulbs. Now the past autumn
the English demand was reduced to
the minimum and the European de-
mand cut to nothing. The largest
Japanese exporters of these bulbs
complained bitterly in early autumn
of lack of export business. Now, al-
though Japanese growers and dealers
have been unable to export millions
of these bulbs that they formerly ex-
ported, still some one in America ven-
tures to predict a shortage. On the
face of it this prediction is absurd
and we shall have to be shown a great
deal more than we have yet seen to
satisfy us that there is likely to be
any scarcity of Japanese lily bulbs for
export.

Alfred J. Brown Seed Co.

Growers of

Peas and

Beans

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Blackman & Griffin Co.

Of OGDEN, UTAH,

Are extensive dealers in

ALFALFA SEED

Write Them

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the following Calitornia Speciihies oaly:

ONION. LETTUCE. CARRO'^, RADISH, PARSNIP, PARSLEY, GEURT.
ENDIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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The American Florist.

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California Seed Growers Association, Inc.

GROWERS FOR WHOLESALE DEALERS
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Beet Carrot ONION— Lettuce Radish

Parsley Parsnip

Celery Salsify

Endive Mustard

Mixed Sweet Peas

Reduces cost of Valley
imports now ready.

Pips. New

Bruns' Celebrated Chicago Market

BEST VALLEY IN EXISTENCE.

$14.00 per 1000. $7.50 per 500.

4.00 per 250. 1.75 per 100.

COLD STORAGE VALLEY for January and February

$18.00 per 1000. $9.50 per 500. $5.00 per 250.

H-i^r 1I»lK>XT'^T'^2i 3032 W. Madison St.
• -^^^ • -■-> ■■^'C. -*_> X^k «^^ CHICAGO, ILUNOIS.

Early anster Cacumber.

growD under irrigation by

Western Seed & Irrigation Co

Seed Growers and Dealers. Specialties:
Cucumber. Musk and Watermelon.
PumpkiD. Squash. Sweet and Field Corn.

FREMONT,

NEBRASKA

TBE KIMBERUN SEED CO.

seed Growers SANTA CLARA, CAL.

Growers of
ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspopdence Solicited.
M^ntiontlie American Florist when loriting

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card brings a Catalogue
Mention the American Florist when writing

FLOWER SEEDS

For Early Sowing

Complete List for the Asking.
10 per cent discount for Cash.

THEY'RE FRESH

Ageratum, blue

Alyssum Little Gem

Aster (Jueen of Market,
Begonia lirfnrdii.

T. P.

$0.10

10

Mixed .. ,10
,25

07,

$0,25
,45
,50

Cobaea Scandens, purple 10

Dracaena Indivisa 10

Forget-Me-Not Victoria IS

Mignonette Machet 10

Petunia, California Giants 25

Salvia Splendens 15

Salvia Fi rebal 1 25

Wholesale List mailed as soon as ready,

THE W. W. BARNARD CO., 23ii!'w''g3Z»''s,r„,

,25
,80
,50

1,00

CROP OF 1914 T, P,

Lobelia Speciosa $0,10

Lobelia Crystal P, Comp 15

Pyrethrum Aureum 05

Smilax 10

Snapdragon, Giant 10

Stock, Cut and Come Again 2^

Stock, Ten Weelts. mixed 25

Stokesia Cyanea 15

Thnrbergia 10

Verbenas, Mammoth 15

Vinca. mixed colors 10

Oz

$o,;o

1,25
,25
,25
,30

,40
1,00
,40

CHICAGO

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds _ ^ |^ ^^ ^^

LEONABDJ- —

IJI>mjPI aJ!iia wnte for prices

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandinoras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLE
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER fi SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

QUALITY

SEED
BULB
PLANT

HCSD FOR 04TAI,(>OIK

ARTHUR T. BODDINQTON

1322

The American Florist.

Jan. 9,

L. FORMOSUN

7-9 in.. 9 10 in.. 10-11 in.. 11-13 in.
Also Japan Grown FREESIA, H and Vt in.

Write (or prices.

YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd.,

Woolworth Bldg., New York City

Contract Seed Grower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

^""soildrelf."" Swedesboro. New Jersey

Flower Seea Shortages.

While the tleliveries of (tower .seed.s
from abroad appear to be better than
last year, there are still .some very
short items this year. Among- them
are the following :

Carnation Marguerite.

Centaurea candidissima.

Centaurea Cyanvis. double ))lue.

Cypress vine.

Four o'clock.

Hollyhock, double, most varieties,
especially white.

Hunnemanniu.

Lemon verbena.

Morning glory (ordinary).

Phlox Drummondi.

Portulaca, single, mix.

Ricinus Zanzibariensis.

Salvia splendens, vars.

Sweet peas, grandiflora varieties.

Vinca alba.

Vinca rosea.

Zttinia.

There seems to be but little doubt
that flower seeds will come through
from the various seed growing sections
in Europe, but deliveries will be con-
siderably later than last year.

Further shortages may develop as
shipments arrive. It is exceedingly
difficult this year to get advices from
European growers as to probable de-
li verir\^-.

Catalogues Received.

J. M. Thorburn & Co.. New York,
seeds; W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Phila-
delphia. Pa., seeds; Henry F. Michell
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., seeds, plants and
bulbs, etc.; Ratekin's Seed House, Shen-
andoah, la., seeds; Peter Henderson &~
Co., New York, seeds, plants, etc.; Wm.
H. Elliott & Sons, New York, seeds;
D. Landreth .Seed Co., Bristol, Pa.,
seeds; The Livingston Seed Co., Co-
Uimbus, O., seeds; Chris. Reuter,
New Orleans, La., seeds; Oscar. H.
Will & Co., Bismarck, N. D., seeds;
Knight & Struck Co., New York,
plants and seeds; I. N. Simon & Son,
Philadelphia, Pa., seeds; J. Bolgiano &
Son. Baltimore. Md.. tomato seed; The
L. D. Waller Seed Co., Guadaloupe,
Calif., seeds: California Nursery Co..
Inc.. Niles. Calif., nursery stock; Har-
rison's Nurseries, Berlin. Md., nursery
stock; Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian,
Mich., novelties for 1015; Clark W.
Brown, Ashland, Mass., gladiolus;
Henry Youell. Syracuse, N. Y., gladio-
lus; A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, Ind.,
gladiolus; Alfred Mitting. .Santa Cruz,
Calif., berries.

Tlberto Hillehrand. Pallanza, Ger-
many, seeds; R. Wallace & Co., Col-
chester, Eng., hardy plants; Gebr. Gra-
tama & Co., Hoogeveen. Holland,
nursery stock, V. Lemoino Et Fils.
Nancy, France, .gladiolus; Vilmorin-
Andrieiix & Co., Paris, France, tree
seeds.

DAHLIA POT ROOTS

20,000 grand pot roots of CactUS Dahlias from the finest collection

in Britain. Awarded 13 gold medals at principal shows in 1913.

Included in our collection are the following:

II. W. Sillem Miss Stredwick

Frederick Wenham Yellow Hammer

Aviator Lady Muriel

Rev. A. Bridge Wm. Marshall

Marathon H. L. Brousson

Indomitable Florabella

John Woolman Irresistible

Tokio Miss Hills

Prima Donna Rev.T. W.Jamieson

Pride of Essex Mrs. Dyer

Mrs. Douglas John Riding (1913)

Fleming Richard Box
Prices: Customers selection, 3
Our selection, 2

Janet

Glory of Wilts

The Imp

Golden Crown

Stormer

Gwendoline

Tucker
Nellie Riding
Mrs. Wyatt
Harold Peerman
Conquest
Nantwich (1913)
/- per dozen; 21/
/6 per dozen; 18/

Empress
Signal
Jupiter

T. A. Havemeyer
Brigadier
Red Admiral
Dr. Roy Appleton
Golden Plover
Snowstorm
Thos. Wilson
and many other
varieties.

- per 100.

- per 100.

GEORGE- FAIRBAIRN & SONS,

Dahlia Specialists,

BOTCHERBY, CARLISLE, ENGLAND.

J. G. ROBINSON SEED GO.

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Contract growers of Cucumber, Canta-
loupe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
seed; Sugar, Flint and^ Field Seed Corns.

GARDEN SEED

Beet, Sweet Corn. Garden Deans, Onion Sets
and Seed Potatoes in variety. Also other items
of the short crop of this past season, as well as a
full line of Garden Seeds, will be quoted you upon
application to

S. D. WOODRUFF k SONS, 82 Dey St., NEW YORK.

and Orange, Conn.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Contract Seed Growers

^nppnltioc- Pepper. Egg Plant, Tomato,
i|JKbldlUli;>, vine Seed and Field Com.

Correspondence Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Mention the America7i Florist ivhen writing

97th Year

J. BOLGIANO & SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes

Growers of
Pedigree Tomato Seeds

Baltimore, Md.

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. G. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

Mention the Amvfican J-lorLst irhcn jcritiiiff

TheEverettB. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip

Radish, Beet,

Branches Michigan. Ull CnPD PnilU

Wisconsin and Idaho. BIILrUnU, bURH.

RAFFIA

Natural— Four standard grades.
Colored— Twenty colors
We are headquarters— always carry
several hundred bales in stock. Can
ship any grade in any quantity at a
moment's notice.

Bale (226 lbs ) lots or less.
Write for prices and terms.

Mc Hutchison & Co.

The Import House
17 Murray Street, NEW YORK

Mention the Atncritfui Florifit trhcn ivriting
Get Qnotationi From

LANDRETH

SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED
moomsdale Bristoi, PO,

Moitian thr American Florist vhcn writing

CHOICE

German Flower Seeds

Catalogue Free on Application

Fredrick Roemer, gr^o^wer

QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY.

Mention the A}itcrican Florist when writing

TOMATO SEED

Grown For The Wholesale Seed Trade.

Contract orders now being booked for delivery

after harvest, 1915.

HAVEN SEED CO.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

^UkkkkUUtkUUUlkkktiiikkUkktkUUkiiikiU^

f BURPEE'S seeds!

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Growers and Specialists

CROP CONTRACT

Peas, Beans and Sweet Corn.

Peas and Beans, Michigan Grown.

Sweet Corn, Iowa Grown.

Correspondence solicited.

Micnigan 0«ice: MILLINGTON.

Home Ollice: SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

.Ask for prices now. lyi.^i crop.

Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co.

Established 1883.

S. M. Isbell & Co^

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucomber, Tomato, Muslonelon,
Squash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas. Aster,

CoBmos, Mignooette, Verbena in variety.

Correspondence Solicited.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THE C.HERBERT COY SEED GO.

VALLEY, Douglas County, NEB.
CONTRACT GROWERS OF

HIGH GRADE SEEDS

Cncamber, Mnikmelon, Squaab and Pumpkin.
Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Com.

James Vick's Sons
Seedsmen

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

Send for Wholesale Fall Catalogue.

ROUTZABN SEED CO.

Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Sweet Pea and Nasturtium Specialists.

Wholesale Growers of full list of

FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS

Benry Fish Seed Co.

Bean Growers for the

Wholesale Seed Trade

CARPENTERIA. CALIF.

Seed

Write us for price on both globe and
flat varieties. We are also quoting
ONION SETS.

CHILLICOTHE,
OHIO.

Schilder Bros.,

ALL VARIETIES
THOROUGHLY TESTED

It is tlie policy of Jas. Carter & Co., to thoroughly
test every strain of flower or vegetable. Not until
satisfactory results are shown by actual growing aie they
listed in the Carter Catalog.

That is why Carter's Tested Seeds are so reliable
and true to description.

If you have not examined the 1915 Carter Catalog-
American Edition— write at once for your copy.

CARTER'S TESTED SEEDS, Inc.

125 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.. Boston, Mass.

Branch at Seattle, Wash.

In Canada. 133 King St. E., Toronto.

Branch of JAS. CARTER a CO., RAYNtS PARK. ENGLAND

Tested

S MAJESTY rHNC CtOnCC V

"The Seeds with a Pedigree"

Special Offer

Begonia and Gloxinia Bulbs at Cheap Prices.

Thoroughly reliable. First quality from whatever point of view.
N. B.— Notwithstanding the war we can dispatch; having conveyed the bulbs to
Holland, .\sk prices and conditions.

A. COLLE, Hanworth Road,, HANWORTH, ENGLAND.

A^^l f 17 jP C/^MQ Wholesale Growers,

. KAJLtLiJut OL iD^iNO, DESTELBERGEN, GHENT, BELGUIM.

EUROPEAN SEEDS

Kelways Can Quote and Deliver:

Beet

Cabbage
Carrot

Cauliflower Lucerne

Celery Mustard

Kale Radish

And Flower Seeds

Rape Spinach

Rutabaga Turnip

Winter Tares or Vetches
Spring Tares

Those who have formerly placed their orders in other quarters will like, under present
circumstances our prices. Please write at once while stocks last, both for present delivery and
for delivery later, and on contract for next fall. British sailint's continue all the time.

KELWAY & SON,

Seed Growers
To The Trade.

Langport, England

lOCX) seeds.

Giant Red
Giant Light Blue
Giant Dark Blue
Giant Zebra
Giant McKinley
Giant Adonis
Giant Psyche
Giant Mme. Perret

Giant Pansy Seed

Kenilworth Mixture
Kenilworth Show
Bronze Shades
Masterpiece, curled, wavy
Orchid-flowered, miied
:5c; 5C00.$1.00: Vioz..$l.25; 1 oz.,$5.00.

Giant Royal Purple
Giant Emperor William
Giant King of the Blacks
Giant Lord Beaconstield
Giant Yellow, dark eye
Giant Yellow
Giant White, dark eye
Giant White

For fuller description send for catalogue.
ICOO seeds. 25c; 5C00, Sl.OO;
'i oz..$1.25; oz.,$5.C0.
Princess (new. upright),
Pansy.
500 seeds. 25c;
1000.50c:
oz., $10.00.

WE often have an overstoclc
of popular seeds and bulbs
which we are able to supply below
the market.

Ask us about it and watch for
our column announcements.

J.M.THORBURNfiCO.

In business since 1802
53 Barclay Street, New Yorlt

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The Nursery Trade

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American Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. ChUse, Chase, Ala., President,
E. S. Welch, .Shenandoah, la., Vice-Presi-
dent; John Hall, 204 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit, Mich., June 23-25, 1915.

Carbondalk, III.— Bradley Bros, have
decided to move their nurseries from
Makanda, IIJ., to this city.

The annual convention of the Nur-
•serymen and Fruit Growers of the
State of Tennessee will be held at
Nashville, January 27-29.

AITKI^-, Minn. — Charles B. Peterson,
who has been a successful nurseryman
for many years, will open a nursery
next spring on the East Mille Lac road,
where he owns land.

Mobile, Ala. — One of the most at-
tractive places in this city this 'winter,
which is attracting: great attention
from visitors and tourists, is the ex-
hibit of decorative plants and shrubs
of Griffing Brothers Nursery Company
in the Alba building on North Royal
street.

NAPEasviLLE, III. — Frederick W. von
Oven, manager of the Naperville Nur-
series, who was seriously injured re-
cently in an automobile accident, while
still feeling some bad effects, is able
to be about and attend to business.
He is congratulating himself, that with
a defective part in the machine, he was
fortunate enough to come through
alive.

San Diego, C-^lif. — A delegation of
prominent citrus fruit growers of San
Diego coimty waited upon the board of
supervisors December 21 and through
Horticultural Commissioner H. A.
Weinland presented the matter of the
enactment of a more stringent ordi-
nance for the spraying of trees and
especially to prevent the shipment of
infected fruit to other portions of the
state and country.

Nevada City, Calif.

Orders for thousands of trees have
been placed with the different home and
outside nurseries for the spring plant-
ing, which will commence soon.
Already several consignments have
arrived and passed the inspection of
the horticultural commissioner, which
is unusually severe this season. The
largest purchases are of Bartlett pears,
with apples a close second. Hundreds
■of acres of land are being cleared and
made ready for the planting.

Utah State Horticultural Society.

The annual convention of the Utah
State Horticultural Society will be held
in Salt Lake City January 1.3-14, ac-
cording to a decision reached by the
executive board of the organization.
By reason of the fact that several sub-
jects of great interest to the fruitgrow-
ers of the state will come up for dis-
cussion, this year's conventioir will be
of unusual importance. The principal
topic will be "The Handling of Fruit
By-products." A number of prominent
speakers will address the convention.
The report of the commission sent by
Governor William Spry to California
and the northwest to investigate the
horticultural conditions in those sec-
tion* will have been prepared before
the convention assembles and probably
will be a factor in decisions made by
the delegates. The commission, now
in Oregon, is composed of Dr. L, D.
Batchelor of the Utah Agricultui-al col-
lege and C. M. Smith of Centerville.

Auffust Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

Supply the Horticultural trade with

Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
P.O.Box 752, or 5 1 Barclay St.. NEW YORK CITt

Hill's Evergreens

BEST FOR OVER HALF A CINTURT

Small, medium and largre sizes supplied.
Price list now ready.

The D. Hill Nursery Co.

Evergreeo Specialisls Largest Growers in Ameria

Box 404, DUNDEE, lU.

ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONIRD& JONES GO.,

West Grove, Penna.

Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

Any quantity, size and age. No better growD,

Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines,

Full Line of Fruit Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUB.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

ROSES

Rose Stocks, Fruit Tree Stocks, Young
Evergreen and Deciduous Ornamental
Trees and Shrubs. Young Forest Stocks,
new, rare or noticeable Trees and Shrubs,
Hariiy Herbaceous Plants, etc.

Write for prices to

F. H. MICHAUD,

CENTRAL PARK, B. C.

Agent for

E. Turbat & Co., Orleans, France

Hydrangea Otaksa

Moderate cost; sell profitably nt ft moderate price; easil,v brought into bloom; popular, salable, staple
Pot-grown outdoors all summer; strong branches; good flower buds.

With 7 to 10 branches $85.00 par 100 With 4 branches $15.00 per 100

With 5 and 6 branches 2O.(0perl00 New French varieties 25.00 per 100

.\n from 6-inch pots. Send that order! Send It today!

JACKSON & PERKINS COMPANY, Newark, New York

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NEW ROSE BOOK

The Practical Book of

Outdoor Rose Growing For The Home Garden

By George C. Thomas, Jr,

GENERAL SCOPE:

The Propagation o( Roses. Location and Preparation. Ordering.

The Best Varieties with their Characteristics. Planting. Pruning.

Some General Information and Hints of Hybridization. Climbers. Cultivation.

Elaborately illustrated with 96 reproductions in full color of leading varieties of roses
and a few halftone plates Handsome cloth binding, in slip case. Price, $4.00. postage or

expressage extra.

American Florist Co.,

440 South Dearborn Street, Chicago

Mention the American Florist when writing

Headquarters For

California Privet

AND OTHER HEDGE PLANTS

CALIFORNIA PRIVET. One year. 12 to 18 inches: IH to 2 feet. Two years. 12 to IS
inches; 1^ to 2 feet; 2 to 3 feet; 3 to 4 feet. Three years. 3 to 4 feet; 4 to 5 feet.

All well branched, bright and clean. The two and three year grades have been cut back
ore or more times. Very attractive prices for car lots for prompt acceptance. Prices will be
advanced February first.

I ofter a lot of 150.000. 2 years* 12 to 18 inches, well rooted and with good tops, at a
great bargain

AMOOR RIVER PRIVET. One year, extra fine. 12 to 18 inches. Two years. IH to 2
feet; 2 to 3 feet.

BERBERIS THUNBERGIl. Transplanted, stocky plants, f^ to 9 inches; 'Ho 12 inches;
12 to 18 inches: \^2 to 2 feet sizes by the 1000.

J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J.

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Fill Your Empty
Benches Now With

GLADIOLUS

IITE are Growers of this stock in quantity

j|i '^^ and the bulbs we send out for forcing

• ' 'f' V ' under glass are especially selected for this

^^JM _ purpose.

'i / iflfBlLn'i' "m* "^ ' Besides the following standard kinds, most of

I' ^B^B^^,i|||||^ which we can offer in two sizes (both flowering),

:'^l3(|x we carry nearly all standard kinds and many

^sssr'Tjrf .^^''' fancy imported novelties secured by our Mr.

J Vaughan last year in Europe.

,^ , ^' Per 1000

j Mrs. Francis King, Firstsize $10.00

'A Mrs. Francis King, Medium size 8.00

_ \ Augusta, First size 12.00

,^ i«v, 1':^ \ Augusta, Medium size 10.00

v'^^ llPP^ Chicago White, First size 30.00

f^ J Chicago White, Medium size 25.00

jJ^'-'X \ America, First size 12.00

^;^-^~*^ "^ America, Medium size 10.00

,y Florist XXX, mixed 15.00

"' V*^ ''^^^ ^^ "^^^ ^^ position to quote all Florists, Seedsmen

\ ^V. JRP^i'lSillfei ^^^ amateurs who are interested in Gladiolus, either
"^ ^^i|v '■'' ^o'' counter trade, for outdoor planting, or for the

^^^- ^ home garden.

v1 Of several leading kinds we can supply planting stock,

V.N^- ^ white bulbs under one inch and small black bulblets by
the bushel.

) 1915 Prices on all leading kinds are ready.

V I Special Flower Seed Price List— all Early Stocks. Ask for it.

Y^ VALGHAN SEED STORE, ggJ^^K

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1 Market Gardeners j

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

M. L. Ruetenik, Cleveland, O.. President :
Daniel R. Comly PhiladelDhia. Pa.. Vice-
President: S. W. Severance. Louisville, Ky.,
Secretary: E, \, Dunbar, .Ashtabula. O.,
Treasurer.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Vegretables

Chicago,- January 5. — Mushiooin.s, GO
cents per pound; lettuce, 15 cents to
17 cents per box; radlslies, 25 cents to
40 cents per dozen bunches; asparagus,
■$2.00 per dozen bunches; celery, 12
stalks, 10 cents to 20 cents; cucumbers,
$1.50 per dozen.

New York, January 5. — Cucumbers,
00 cents to .$1.50 per dozen; mush-
rooms, 75 cents to $1.50 per 4-pound
basket; tomatoes. 10 cents to 25 cents
per pound; radisTies, per 100 bunches,
$2.00 to .$3.00; lettuce, per strap, $1.50
to $2.00.

Advertising: Vegetables.

The suggestion has recently been
made to induce the National Associa-
tion of Market Growers to start an
advertising campaign to increase the
consumption of vegetables. While we
believe the present use of vegetables
is not one-tenth what it should be, we
doubt very much if advertising alone
will produce the desired results,
coupled with our present marketing
methods. If advertising could be
backed up with a distribution of uni-
fo^-mly superior goods, progress would
be speedy. As it is, there are great
obstacles.

In the first place, growing of in-
ferior varieties is a stumbling* block;
second, many gardeners are totally
ignorant as to the proper condition
when to market their goods; third,
a greater proportion are indifferent in
regard to the quality of the goods they
sell — they believe whatever they can
get out of inferior lot is clear gain;
fourth, the middlemen, by careless
handling and ignorance, reduce the
finest product into an indifferent one
in short order. Further, the middle-
men, by exorbitant prices, limit con-
sumption on one hand, and on the
other hand by beating the grower
down to an unprofitable level, discour-
age his best efforts. The problem is
of enormous importance, as besides af-
fecting the profits of a wide-spread in-
dustry it affects directly the public
health and the economic side — the
high cost of living. If more vegeta-
bles and less meat were consumed in
the United States, the average of
health would be much better.

We have had some ideas of our own
on this marketing problem and they
are that .is long as the present indi-
vidual selling continues, progress must
be difficult. If the growers in any
locality could get together, organize,
and hire a competent .sales manager
to handle the entire output, things
would soon improve in both directions
— decreased cost of production and dis-
tribution and better service to the
consumers. As an example of the re-
sults of proper co-operation, we wish
to call attention to the creamery in-
dustry in Minncsot.-i. Less than 20
y*,rs ago each farmer churned hi.s
own cream and sold the inferior but-
ter to the country merchant for a
small price, and then for trade only.
The merchant again had a hard time
to dispose of the mixed lots of butter

and the buyer finally received a poor
article. When the co-operative cream-
eries were started things changed. The
milk was hauled daily to the creamery,
always six farmers forming a club,
thereby reducing the hauling to a
minimum as each farmer would haul
1 day each week only; the fresh and
uniform butter soon attracted atten-
tion and prices improved with in-
creased demand. Methods of manu-
facture improved also. The- business
soon boomed. The writer being per-
sonally acquainted with the manager
of a big supply company, well remem-
bers his remarks. He said : "We are
manufacturing an engine per day for
[Southern Minnesota for creameries —
it will only be, a few years when the
business will be so overdone that but-
ter will be practically worthless!"
Short-sighted man! Instead of worth-
less, the market increased and also
the price climbed up aftd ever up, un-
til the farmer received within two
cents of the New York city market
price. Minnesota is not only known
as the "bread state;" it also is the
"butter state," thanks to co-operation.
The object lesson is plain — the same
methods would help the vegetable
business. Marketman.

Value and Preservation of Hen Manure.

A recent bulletin of the M.iine .Agri-
cultural Experiment station shows that
the poultryman ow farmer can mate-
rially add to the profits of his busi-
ness by properly caring for the drop-
pings of his fowls. For examp.le, it
Is shown that the droppings from 1,000
fowls if preserved without needless loss
are worth nt least .$300 per annum,
and this estimate is based on the as-
sumption that less than half of the
droppings, or only 30 pounds per hen
per year, can be collected.

According to the Maine station, the
droppings should be collected daily and
mixed with substances which will (1)
prevent loss of nitrogen, (2 1 add suf-
ficient potash and phosphoric acid to
make a better-balanced fertilizer, and
(3) improve the mechanical condition
of the manure so that it can be ap-
plied to the land with a manure
spreader.

This can lie done as follows: To
each 30 pounds of the manure add 10
pounds of sawdust, good dried loam,
or peat, 10 pounds of acid phosphate,
and 8 pounds of kainit. .Such a mix-
ture will contain .Tliiiut 1.2."> per cent
of nitrogen. 4.5 per cent of phosphoric
acid, and 2 per cent of potash, which,
used at the rate of 2 tons per acre,
would furnish ."lO pounds of nitrogen,
185 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 80
pounds of potash, and at the present
price of fertilizing ingredients is worth
about $10 per ton. The mixture would

furnish a well-balanced stat)Ie fertilizer,
which, although not fine enough to
work well in drills, can be successfully
applied with a manure spreader. The
treated manure should be well shel-
tered until time to .'ipply to the land
—that is, shortly before plowing.

The Fatal Garden.

Whenever the beans I endeavor to please.

The carrots grow jealous and wither awjiy:
And if I devote any time to the pens.

The eirg-plaut gets peevnl ■.\w\ refuses to lay.
Till- union ohji-rts to the sliphti-st atteution

I pay to the beets or early tomatoes,
,\Ti(l the cabbage gets riled as a petulant child

Whenever I hoe the potatoes.

The celery sulks it' I water the corn.

The sensitive strawherr.y tlushes and pouts
If I sprinkle the shives. anil the radishes mourn

Wiienever they see me at work on the sprouts.
The spinach is lashe<t t'l a lather of fury

When the grape vine is pruned or the curiants
are sprayed.
.\nd I don't care to ^^■a^h any hugs oft the
squash.

I.est the turnip tops hnijjuisii and fade.

.\ud so, when the tinn- of irniti.m arri\es

And I seek some return I'in- niv sunnuer of
toil.
I have neither onions uor spiuju-li nor shives

Nor cabbage nor celery: nothing hut soil,
(lone, gone are the.v all, the unfortunate victims
Of jealousies, hatreds and vaulting ambitions:
For by some lilack mischance my partictdar
plants
Had frightfully mean dis|)osltions.

— James J. Montague.

RAHN & HERBERT

110 East 49th St., PORTLAND. ORK.

Extra strong En^sh Ivy, out of 6 inch pots, up

to 5 feet hiuh per 100, $25.00

Erica Medlteriana, 4 inch pots " 15.00

Erica Wllmoreana, 3 inch pots 15.00

Geraniums, out of 2 inch pots " 3.0O

Hall Caine and Mary Barton. 2 in. " 5.00
Palms, Ferns and Decorative Plants in all sizes.
Prices on appliction.

CHAS. H. TOTTY

MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

Wholesale Florist

Chrysanthemum Novelties Mv Specialty.

Wstcb tor our Trade Marie stamped
OD every brick of

Pure Culture Mushrootn Spawi

SubstitutioD of cheaper grades is
thus easily exposed. Fresb sample
^^^^"^^ brick, with illustrated book, mailed
^Q,^*^ postpaid by manufacturers upon re-
ceipt of 40 cents in postasre. Address
Trade Mark. American Spawn Cc.St.Paal. Minn

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pages.— Price $1.00—29 Illustrations.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERY LARGEST SCALE of all
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (EstablUhed 1787.)

SPECIALTIFS' Beans, Beets. Cabbages. Carrots. Kobl Rabi. Leek. Lettuces, Onions, Pen,
.dl I.UIHLI ILdi Radishes. Spinach. Turnips Swedes, .Asters. Balsams. BeKOoias, Carnations
Cinerarias, Gloxinias. Larkspur, Nasturtiums, Pansies. Petunias, Phloxes, Primulas, Scabious,
Stocks, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Catalogue free on application,

HENRY METTE'S TRtUMPH OF THE GLANT PANSIES (mixed), the most perfect and
most beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz . or $1.75 per H oz., $1.00 per H oz,. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast grooods, sod
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality

ALSO GROW LARGELY ON CONTRACT.

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JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

6-in. pot.

Kentia Forsteriana

Leaves In. hich Each Pe

...5 to 6 28 to 30 $1.00

A.]VI>

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana

9-iD. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 40 to 42 in. high.

9-in cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 42 to 48 in. high.

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5 to 5H ft

12-in. cedar tub, 4 plants in tub, 5H to 6 ft

12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 6 ft. high, heavy.
12-in. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 7 to 8 ft

Piioenix Roebelenii

5-in. pot. nicely characterized

7-in. tub. 18 in. hii:h. 24 in. spread .

r doz

$12.00

Each
.$ 4.00
. 5.00
. 10.00
. 12.50
. 15.00
. 20.00

Each
..$1.00
.. 2.00

O 15

2H-in. pot

tub.,
tub.,
tub.,
tub.,
tub.,
tub..

ft. sp

Kentia Belmoreana

Leaves In. hiuh

...4 8 tn in

Each Per doz.
SI 50

...5

...5 to 6....
...5to6....
...6 to 7....

Leaves
...6 to 7....
...6to7....
...6to7....
...6to7....
...6 to 7....
...6to7....

Ciboti

read

12

200

15

. . .$0.40 4.50

5-in. pot...

18

... .50 600

6-iD. pot...

24

... 1.00 12 00

7-in. cedar

In. high
..34 to 36

Each Perd02
..$ 2.50 30 00

..36 to 38

.. 3.00 36.00

9 in. cedar
9 in. cedar
9-in. cedar
9-in. cedar

9-in. tub, 4

..42 to 45

..45 to 48, very heavy...
. .48 to 54, very heavy . . .
..5 ft., very heavy

urn Schiedei

.. 4.00 48.00
.. 5.00
.. 6.00
.. 8.00

each. $4.00

HOME GROWN, WELL ESTABLISHED, STRONG AND HEALTHY.

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Railway Station,
Jenkintown.

Wyncote, Pa,

RMRS. CHARLES
USSELL

ROSE

PLANTS

Grafted and Own Root

Extra fine stock for Early Spring
Delivery

WRITE FOR PRICES
We also offer: Milady, Shawyer,
Ward,Taft,d'Arenberg, Richmond

Hadley, the Killarneys.

WEILAND & RISCH

Wholesale Oroners

154 N. Wabasli Ave.
CHICAGO, ILL.

Geraniums

2>/2 inch pots at .$26.00 per 1000. S. A.
Nutt, G. Grant, J. Doyle, B. Poitevlne,
La Favorite.

Whitmani Ferns

■Good healthy stock at $26.00 per 100.

Goleus

:Rooted cuttings, 14 varieties, 60c per 100.
Ready for shipping.
I r"! . MCKEESPORT,

Jos. thontos, PA.

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stoek

Pyramids. 2 ft $1 00 each

Pyramids, 2H-ft 1.50 each

Pyramids.3 ft 2.0Deach

Pyramids. 3H,ft ?-52^^'=^

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes, 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2 ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

!F. O. FRANZEN "'c^elcA^o "*

Carnation Cullings

Extra line stock ready for immediate shipment.
Reinberg's stock is known for its supreme quality every-
where and is the stock for you to buy. Order today.

Per 100 Per 1000
White Enchantress .... $2.50 $20.00
Pink Enchantress ..... 2.50
Rose Pink Enchantress . . 2.50

Mrs. Ward 2.50

Beacon ...... 2.50

White Perfection 2.50

Herald, extra fine variety
Josie Merle, fine pink seedling .

20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
27.50
27.50

Peter Reinberg

30 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, III.

MATCHLESS A GREAT SUCCESS

MATCHLESS is the best and most profitable white carnation to grow,
having no equal in earliness, vigor of growth and production. It is superior
in size, fragrance and keeping qualities and is non-bursting. It is a continuous
bloomer and is handled with ease by any grower.

Fine Rooted Cuttings for Immediate Delivery,

$6.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000; $112.50 per 2500; $200.00 per 60ai.

We also offer MRS. C. W. WARD and BEACON,

$3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000.

Cottage Gardens Co., Inc. Queens, New York

Mention the Ainerican Florist when writino

CARNATIONS

F. DORNER & SONS CO.,

LaTayette, - - Indiana

Robert Craig Co...

S'J* PALMS

and Novelties in Decorative Planti.

Market and 49tb Sts.. Philadelphia, Pa.

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Jan. p,

Dreer's Ferns for Dishes

The Best Stock We Have Ever Offered.

2/4! inch pots,
13.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

HENRY A. DREER

714-716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are for the Trade only.

Washington.

BUSINESS CONTINUES GOOD.

With the holidays past, trade is keep-
ing up well, and general satisfaction
prevails. Stock is plentiful and prices
are reasonable. American Beauty roses
sell at from $12 to $40 per hundred,
and are extra fine, while other roses
range in price from $3 to $12 per hun-
dred. Carnations are quoted at $2 to
$4 and orchids can be had $50 to $75
for the specials. Gardenias were a lit-
tle scarce around the holidays, but are
more plentiful now, and sell at $3 per
dozen for the best. Jonquils, not very
large, have made their appearance and
fl6d ready sale at fair prices.

NOTES.

J. H. Small & Sons had the decora-
tions for the charity ball. Southern
smilax was used on the walls, and
palms, ferns and flowering plants were
arranged throughout the ball room.

Ed Niedomanski is the proud father
of a son that arrived January 4.
"Grandpa" George H. Cook should be
happy now.

George H. Cook and wife attended
the funeral of an old friend at Buf-
falo. N. Y., January 4.

All the florists were busy January
4, the occasion being the date of the
annual charity ball.

Gude Bros. Co. are cutting extra fine
Killarney roses. Their Radiance are
also splendid.

Wm. Clark & Son are sending in fine
double poinsettias which find ready
sale.

G. C. D.

Providence, R. I.

Everything is quiet, very little do-
ing in any line of the work. The usual
flurry of work that the city and state
inaugurations generally brings to the
florists will not be noticed this year,
as the majority voted that all money
should be sent to the city clerk, and be
distributed to some charitable organi-
zation instead of for the usual flowers,
thus leaving the florists out of the
work this year.

NOTES.

The coming of the continuation of
Empire street may see a new flower
store there very soon after the street
is finished, so the many rumors go.

F. B. Pierce of Elmwood avenue has
removed his flower store to 117 Elm-
wood avenue.
• H. A. T.

Cheyenne. "R'^yo.— The dedication of
the new agricultural building at the
Wyoming university at Laramie will
occur January 15-lfi

CARNATION CUTTINGS

For Immediate Delivery

Per 100 Per 1000

White Wonder $3.00 $25 00

White Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Rose Plnlc Enchantress." 2.50 2000

Mrs. C. W. Ward 2.50 20.00

Northport 2.50 20.00

Champion 6.00 50.00

Commodore 2.50 20.00

Beacon 3.00 25.00

For February Delivery

Per 100 Per 1000

Matchless $6.00 50.00

Princess Dagmar 6.00 50.00

J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

YOUNG STOCK

ROSES, CARNATIONS

We are booking orders now. Delivery of rooted cuttings of
carnations at once or when you are ready. We have all the
new and standard varieties.

CARNATIONS

Order early of the following:

Enchantress Supreme,
Matchless and Champion.

ROSES

Ophelia, Prince Arenberg,

Francis Scott Key and

Killarney Brilliant.

Let Us Know What Tfou Want and We Will Quote You Prices To Fit.
We Give Particular Attention to Careful Paclclng.

S. J. Reuter & Son, Inc.

Westerly, R. I.

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Tuberous Roofed

Begonias

Splendid imported bulbs now on hand.
Grown from the finest large flowering strains.

Single Sorts. Doz. 100 1000

White, scarlet, yellow, pink. 40c $2.50 $20.00

Double Sorts.

White, scarlet, yellow, pink. 50c 3.50 30.00
Seedsmen write us for mailing size samples and prices.

SPIRAEA

Large Clumps. Plump Ejes.

Special prices to close out to make
room for our spring bulbs. per loo

Gladstone (white) $6.00

Queen Alexandra (pink) 7.00

GLOXINIAS

Grassifolia Grandiflora

All the spotted and Tigered variations
in sound bulbs. Per lOO Per 1000

Separate colors $3.50 $30.00

Mixed colors 3.00 28.00

CHICAGO

Write For Our Special Flower Seed List For Early Sowing.

VALGHAN'S SEED STORE

NEW YORK

PRIMROSES.

Obconica Alba Rosea and Sanguinea,

214 in. pots, $1.60 per 100; $12.00 per
1000.

Asp. Plumosus and Sprengeri, 2^ in.
pots, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000.

Vlnca Varlegata, 3x3!/2-in. pots, $5.00
pel 100.

Pansy Plant, Giant flowering, $2.50 per
1000.

CannaS, dry bulbs, 1 to 3 eyes of Alle-
mania, Burbank, Italia, Gray, Penn-
sylvania, Beauty, Bedder, Vaughan,
Henderson, Charlotte, Harum, Patry,
Hose, etc., at $1.25 per 100.
CASH

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE, OHIO.

ALL NurserymeD, Seedsmen and Klorists wlshias
to do business with Europe should send for the

"Horticnltaral idvertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, beio? read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken by
over 1000 of the best continental houses. Annual
■obscription. to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appli
cantssbould, with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address EdltOrS Of "H. A."

CbUwell Nurseries. LOWDHAM, Notts, England

Mention the American Florist when writing

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, . CONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

IMPORTED STOCK OF QUALITY.

Fresh Importations Just Arrived in Fine Condition.

Boxwood, Bush shape, 12-in 30c

18-in 50c

" " " 24-in $1.00

30in 1.50

Pyramldl. 36-in 2. 25

42-in 3.(«

48 in 3.5f'

54-in 4 CO

Globes, 18 by 18-in 3.50

Rhododendrons, good forcing varieties, bright
colors, clean foliau'e, 8 to 12 buds, 6Cc each:
12 to IS buds. $1.00 each.
Rhododendrons, hardy sorts for outside plant-
inu. 18 to 24-in , 8 to 12 buds, 75c each; 24 to
30-in.. 12 to Ih huds. $1.00 each.
Azalea Mollis. 15 to 18-in , bushy. 40c each;
$4 25 per doz.: $35.00 per 100.

Magnolia Soulangeana, Species a and Lennei

4 to 5 feet, full of buds, balled and bur"
lapped. 11.50 each,

Ma^olia Halliana, (Stellata) 2H in. to 3 ft.,
very bushy and full of buds, balled and bur-
lapped $1.50 each.

Japanese Maples, Blood Leaved, beautiful
plants. 3 to 3h feet high, well branched.
$1.50 each.

Azalea Hinodegiri, 15 to 18-in., very bushy

$1.50 each,

Acuba Japonica Punctata, beautifully spotted

foliage, 18 to 24-in, h[th, bushy, 75c each.
Rhododendron, Pink Pearl, one of the finest
forcing propositions, fine plants, beautiful
foliage and nicely budded, $1.25 each.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

This Ought To Be OF INTEREST To YOU.

That Local Growers have placed the Largest Individual Orders for my

New Carnation "Alice"

offered to the Trade this season. Some have doubled, and trebled their orders on successive
visits. The color is an exquisite shade of clear soft pink, midway between Enchantress and
Gloriosa, Habit of plant ideal, strong, very early, and a continuous, and without doubt the
most productive commercial variety I have offered to date.

Prices: Per 100, $12,01; per 1000, $100.80: per 2500, $237,50;
per 5000, $450.00; per 10,000, $800.00,
If you have not seen it, send for descriptive circular, and get your order in now. Over
200,000 sold.

P£TER FISHER,

Ellis, Mass.

Mention the American Florist irheii writing

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. BerUn. N. J. WUliamstown Jrnic.. N. J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

GERANIUMS

.\ll sold until the latter part of February,
March delivery guaranteed to reach any point
east of the Mississippi River in good growing
condiiion. Nutt, $12,50 per 1000, Ricard and
Poitevlne, $15,00 per 1000,

Asparagus Plumosus, fine lot ready now at
$2 50 per 100: $25,00 per 1000,

ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTEJ], H.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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Aviator

The greatest money maker for any one to grow. Count
more profits in six months from Aviator than any other
scarlet, on account of its wonderful productiveness, pro-
ducing twice as many blooms as any other carnation, and a
heavy crop for Christmas. From 2(100 plants we cut 2800
blooms for Christmas, which sold for 8c each. Will produce
30 blooms per plant per season.

Color— Intense scarlet. Flower— Fine full center.
Stem— Thin wiry and stiff. Calyx— Non-bursting. Habit-
Being a cross between Red Sport of Maceo and Red Seedling,
it has the habit of Maceo. Thin, wiry and a fast grower,
no grass, every break making a fine flower in a remarkably
short time.

Price, $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

Chicago

A. T. PYFER, Manager.

Peerless Pink

Dark pink. The best and most profitable Carnation
introduced to the trade last season. No other new carnation
can equal .it in early and continuous productiveness. The
blooms command the highest prices at all times.

Rooted Cuttings, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

Per 100 1000

Champion, scarlet $6 00 $50 00

Yellow Prince 6 00 50 00

Matchless, white 600 5000

Philadelphia, pink 6 00 50 00

Princess Da^ar.crim-

son., 600 5000

Gloria, pink, free 6 00 50 00

Per 100 1000

Pink DelUht $6 00 $50 00

The Herald, scarlet.... 4 00 3000

Enchantress Supreme. 4 00 30 00

Conquest, overlaid pink 4 00 3000

White Wonder 3 00 23 00

White Enchantress .... 3 00 25 00

Enchantress 3 00 25 00

Ay stock guaranteed. Quality the first consideration.

Co.,

30 East Randolph St.,
CHICAGO.

Long Distance Phone, Central 3373.

Wichita, Kan.

WEATHER HURTS HOLIDAY TRADE.

December just past will stand in
memory for its miserable, raw, cloudy
weather, spoiling production of cut
flowers, and no doubt checking sales
considerably. The holiday season
showed nothing unusual over previous
years; volume of business and prices
about the same. With unpleasant
weather interfering with sales and
making trouble for the delivery force.
Cut flower sales were hardly the
usixal volume, the high prices seem to
be gradually checking the demand and
supply generally equal to require-
ments. Much of the stock was shipped
in, the local supply being much 'short-
ened by four weeks of almost totally
cloudy, raw weather.

Green goods for store decorating are
almost a thing of the past, especially
green rope. The usual Christmas
plants were in good supply and sold
freely. Plants with pots, well dressed
with covers and ribbons, met with in-
creased favor and brought prices which
paid well for the extra fixings. Some
fine basket arrangements were shown
— and sold. In spite of the cloudy
weather the plants shown were of real-
ly good quality.

NOTES.

"Billy" Dugan, recently of Texas,
but formerly of Wichita, is again in
Kansas, having taken a position with
the Vaughan Greenhouses at Winfield,
in place of Adolph Konecny, who was
obliged to seek a change of climate to
benefit the health of his wife.

W. H. Culp & Co. showed probably
the finest azaleas ever offered on this
market and sold out close. Their Cin-
cinnati begonias were also extra good.

The store and window displays made
by the florists were unusually attrac-
tive and caused much favorable com-
ment.

Herrman Springer, of Detroit. Mich.,
is now foreman at the greenhouses of
W. H. Culp & Co.

C. A. Rose reports good plant sales.
as well as a fine trade in holly and
wreath!?.

Cb-is. P. Mueller showed fine poin-
spttins. Lorraines, cyclamen, etc.

W. I. CHITA.

RICHMOND, MD. — The Quaker Cit>-
Maghine Co. changed its name to the
John A. Kvans Co.. January 1. lOl."?.

HoPKiNSVii.LE. Kt. — Fire did about
$300 worth of damage to one of the
large greenhouses of T. L. Metcalfe.
December .SO.

Geraniums by the Thousands

(From 2 and 2k-in. Pots)

Alphonse Ricard, Beante and JeunessePoite-
vine. S. A. Nutt, General Grant, Montmort. Mme.
Buchner, Mme. Roseiea/, La Favorite, Miss f.
Perkins, etc. Fine A No. 1 sand rooted cuttings,
transplanted to pots. $2.50 per 100. $22.50 per 1000.
Paul Campbell, $3. 25 per 100. $30.00 per 1000. We
grow 28 varieties of Geraniums. Send for com
plete list and special prices on what quantity you
will need.

Eight best varieties of IVY GERANIUMS, $3.00
per 100. 528.00 per 1000.

30 varieties of Canna Bulbs by the thousands.
Send for prices.

Also abundance of other stock.

Correspondence Solicited.

Alonzo J. Bryan

WHOLESALE FLOKIST

Washington, New Jersey

A Few Good Things
You Want.

GeraniBBH, Nutt, Buchner, Ricard, Ferkioi.

Poitevine. 2in.. $2.00 per 100; 3 in., $5.00 per 100.
Boston and Wliitmanl Ferns; 3-in., 10c: 4'iD.,15c:

5-in.,25c.
Dracaena bid., 3'in.. $5.00: 4'in., $10.00: 5-in.,

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia. 2H'in.. $5.00 per 100.
Vinca Var., 2 in., $2 00 per 100.
Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS. Newton, N. J.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Godfrey Aschmann

Importer, Wholesale.Grower and Shipper of

SPECIALTIES— Azalea Indlca, Araucaria Excelsa
and Kentia Palms.

1012 W. Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa.

SPECIALTIES

Rosea, from 3-inch pot>.
Carnations for fall delivery.

Chrysantliemnma
Smilax, Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Prices low. Send for liit.

Wood Brothers, V^^^A

THE BOOK OF
GLADIOLUS

THE first authorita-
tive book on this
bulb ever printed in
America, or possibly
the world, issued April
1,1911. This 120- page
book, written by Mat-
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Dr. Van Fleet, con-
stains many chapters
i covering all sides of
I growing, propagating,
|.storing, etc., and also
some pages of valuable
cultural notes gath-
ered from reliable
sources. A necessity
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grower. The book is
bound in cloth and
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PRICE, POSTPAID, $1.25

&MERICAH aORIST CO.

440 So. Dearborn St.
CHICAGO.

SMILAX

strong plants, 2H inch, $1.26 per 100;
$10.00 per 1000.

Asparagus Sprengerl, strong 2^ inch,
$2,00 per 100; $6.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol, Pa.

Mc7ition the American Florist tvhen ivriti7ip

Easter Roses

Pot our 4-lnch now in 5 to 6-inch.

-r^fifi rrni r floral coMPANYei

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10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araucaria escelsa glauca, 5-lnch pots, 10 to
12 inches, 2-3 whorls, 75c each; $8 per doz,
Vaugban'6 Seed Store, Chicago and New Tork.

Araucaria eicelsa, 6-In., 65c each. Helton &
Hunliel Co.. 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis.

.4raucarla escelsa, 50c. 76c and $1 each;
Robusta Compacta. J1.50 to $2 each. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons,
Bl Barclay St., New York.

ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus plumosus nanus, 2%-1q., 60c per
doz.; $4 per lOU; 3-in., 85c per doz.; $6 per
100; 4-ln., 15c each; $1.50 per doz.; $12 per
100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Extra fine, strong, healthy ASP.\RAGrs
SPRENGERI. 3-inch, ready for a shift. 5c
each. Try these and see for yourself that they
are good. Cash. PRANK CLUFF, 831 Indiana
avenue. Wichita, Kans.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri, 2K-ln., $2
per 100: $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunningham,
Delaware, Ohio.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS and SPRENGERI,
3-in., $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, 3-in., $6 per 100.
SPRENGERI, 3 in.. $5 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Asparagus plumosus, $2.50 per 100; $25 per
1,000. A. M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

Asparagus Sprengeri. 21^-lnch, $2 per 100; $S
per 300. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green. 5-ln. pots, 10-12 leaves, |1
each; variegated, 5-ln. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.50,
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

AZAIiEAS.

Azaleas, Mme. Van der Cruyssen. Verviene-
ana, Simon Mardner, Empress of India, Mme.
Jos. Vervaene, Ernst Eckhart, Niobe, Vervaene-
ana alba, etc., 12 to 14 inches diameter, $9 per
doz.; $60 per luO; 14 to 16, $12 per doz.; $75
per 100; 16 to 18, $18 per doz.; $125 per 100;
18 to 20; $24 per doz.; 20 to 22, $36 per doi.
Dwarf or miniature. Firefly or Hexe and Chas,
Encke, $4.80 per doz.; $35 per 100. P. R.
Pierson, Tarrytown. N. Y.

Azalea Mollis. 15 to 18 ins., bushy. 40c each;
$4.25 per doz.; $35 per 100. Hinodegiri, 15 to
18 ins.. $1.50 each. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Palnesville, O.

Azaleas, good values, 14 to 16 Ins., 70c; 18 to
18 ins., $1; 18 to 20 ins., $1.50. The Storrs &
Harrison Co.. Painesville, Ohio.

Azaleas, leading varieties. 7oc to $3 each.
Larger specimens. $3 to .$8 each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramids and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St., New York.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all sizes.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs Co.,
Rutherford, N. J.

BEGONIAS,

Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine, 2-in.. $4;
3-in.. $7; 4-in., .?12; 5-in.. $20 per 100. These
are an extra choice lot of plants; if not
used for sale, they make good stock plants at
a bargain price. CHRIST WINTERICH, Cy-
ciamen Specialist. Defiance. O. .

Rex Begonia, 2V4-in.. $5 per 100. Geo, M,
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwoods, pyramid. 2 ft., $1 each; 2V4 't.,
$1.50; 3 ft., $2; 3^4 ft., $2.50. Standard
shape 14x14 inch, $2.50 each. Globe, 14x14
inch. $3. Heavy bushes, 2 ft., $1.50; nice
bushes, 15-in., 35c each. F. O. Franzen, 5319
N. Clark St., Chicago,

Boxwood, bush shape, 12-in., 30c; 18-ln., 60c;
24-in., $1; 30-in., $1.60. Pyramids, 36-in., $2.25;
42-in.. $3; 48-in.. $3.50; 54-ln., $4. Globes, 18
by 18 Ins., $3.50. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Painesville, O.

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush. In
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

BULBS.

Bulbs, Gladiolus, Mrs. Francis King, 1st size,
$10 per 1,000: medium, $8. Augusta, 1st size.
$12 per l.noo; medium, $10. Chicago White,
1st size. $30 per l.OCK): medium. $25. Amer-
ica. 1st size, $12 per 1,000; medium, $10. Flo-
rist XXX mixed, $15 per 1,000. Vaughan's
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Bulbs, l! Formosum, 7-9-ln.. 9-10-ln., lO^lS
In., 11-13-in.; also Japan grown freesias. Vt
and %-ln. The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.,
Woolworth Bldg.. New York.

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kasting Co., 383-387
Ellicott St., Buffalo. N. Y.

Bulbs, cold storage Gigantums, $7 per 100;
case of 300, $18. C. C. Pollworth Co,, Milwau-
kee, Wis.

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 BeU
Bldg., Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Schwake & Co..
90-92 W. Broadway. New York.

Bnlbs, all kinds. Arthur T. Boddington. New
York.

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co., 1004 Betz Bldg.,
Philadelphia.

CARNATIONS.

CARNATION CUTTINGS, January DeUvery.

Per 100 Per 1000

White Wonder $3.00 $25.00

White Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Rose Pink Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward 2.60 20.00

Northport 2.50 20.00

Champion 6.00 60.00

rommodore 2.50 20.00

Beacon 3.00 25.00

Princess Dagmar 6.00 60.00

Guaranteed first-class stock. Can fill orders
by the one hundred and one hundred thousand.

J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO.,
JOLIET. ILL.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
BEADY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and ST.1NDARDS. Write for prices,

CHARLES H. TOTTY,
MADISON, N. J.

Carnations. Aviator, $12 per ino: $100 per
1,000. Peerless Pink, $B per 100; $50 per 1,000.
Champion, Yellow Prince, Matchless, Phila-
delphia, Princess Dagmar. Gloria, Pink Delight.
$6 per 100; $50 per 1,000. The Herald. En-
chantress Supreme. Conquest. $4 per 100; $30'
per 1,000. White Wonder. White Enchantresi,
Enchantress, $3 per 100; $25 per 1,000. Chi-
cago Carnation Co.. 30 E. Randolph St., Chi-
cago.

EXTRA FINE CARNATION CUTTINGS,

The best in the land. Big value for your
money.

Enchantress $20.00 per 1,000

White Enchantress 20.00 per l.OOO

White Wonder 20.00 per 1,000

SINNER BROS.,

56 East Randolph St., Chicago, 111.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS.
For January or later delivery of the fol-
lowing varieties: Enchantress. White En-
chantress and Mrs. C. W. Ward. Price, $3
per 100 or $25 per 1.000. 500 at the 1,000
rate. Deduct 10 per cent if bank draft ac-
companies order.

ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES.
DENVER, COLO.

Carnation cuttings, Philadelphia, Champion,
Peerless Pink. Matchless. Pink Delight, $6 per
100; $50 per 1,000. Aviator $12 per 100; $100
per 1,000. White Wonder. Beacon, Enchantress,
Mrs. C. W. Ward, Rosette, White Enchantresa,
$3 per 100; $25 per l.OOO. Herald, $4 per 100;
$25 per 1,000. Enchantress Supreme, $4 per
100: $27 per 1,000. A Henderson & Co., 3W
River St., Chicago.

Carnation cuttings, quality and satisfaction
guaranteed. Good Cheer and Pink Sensation.
.•512 per 100; $100 per 1,000. Matchless and
Champion. $6 per 100; $50 per 1.000. White
Wonder, W. Enchantress. Philadelphia. Glori-
osa. Enchantress, Rosette, $3 per 100; $25 per
1.000. Herald. $3.50 per 100; $30 per 1,000.
Vaughan's Seed Store, 31-33 W. Randolph St..
Chicago.

Carnations, White Enchantress, Pink Enchan-
tress. Rose Pink Enchantress, Mrs. Ward, Bea-
con, White Perfection, $2.50 per 100; $20 per
1.000. Herald. $27.50 per 1,000. Josie Merle.
$27.50 per 1.000. Peter Reinberg, 30 E. Ran-
dolph St., Chicago.

Carnation Matchless, rooted cuttings, $6 per
100; $50 per 1.000; $112.60 per 2,500; $200 per
5.000. Mrs. C. W. Ward and Beacon, $3 per
lOii; $25 per 1,000. Cottage Gardens Co., Inc..
Queens, New York.

Carnation cuttings. Champion and Philadel-
phia, $6 per 100; .$50 per 1.000. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLINGS, and fine
variety to grow, $5 per 100. C. C. PoUwortb
Co., Milwaukee.

Carnations. Pink Sensation, Good Cheer, $U
per 100; $100 per 1,000, F. Dorner & Sons Co.,
La Fayette, Ind.

Cajnations, new and standard varieties. S.
J. Renter & Son, Inc., Westerly, R. I.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

loliet. 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros., Flshklll, N. Y.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS.
Golden Glow, Pacific Supreme and Smith's Ad-
vance, $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. Chrysolora,
$4 per 100. A. T. Hey Floral Co., May wood,
111.

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ROOTED C9RTSANTHEMUM CUTTINGS.
January, February and March Delivery.
WHITE: Smith's Advance, $2.50 per 100;
Wm. Turner, %Z per 100; Chadwlck Improved,
$3 per 100; December Gem, $3 per 100; White
Bonnaffon, $2.50 per 100; Alice Salomon, $4 per
100; White Perfection, J3 per 100. YELLOW:
Golden Glow, $2 per 100; Yellow Eaton, $2.50
per 100; Ramapo, $3 per 100; Chrysolora, $2.50
per 100; Yellow Bonnaffon. |2.50 per 100;
Golden Wedding. $3 per 100. PINK: Chief-
tain, best plnl£, $4 per 100; Pink Gem, $2.50
per 100.

POMPON CDTTINGS.
Fairy Queen, Baby, Diana and Newberry.
$2.75 per 100. New 1914 varieties. Golden
Harvest. Golden Climax. Golden West and
Western Beauty, $6 per 100.

A. HENDERSON & CO.,
369 Biver Street, Chicago, III.

Chrysanthemum Early Frost, rooted cuttings
or 2-in. pot plants. $12 per 100: $100 per
1.000. F. Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.

Golden Glow. Pacific Supreme and Smith's
Advance, strong busby 2-lnch pot plants, $3
per inO; $25 per 1,000. Chrysolora, $4 per 100
A. T. Hey Floral Co., Maywood, 111.

Chrysanthemums. For varieties and prices see
advertisement elsewhere in this issue. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Chrysanthemums, novelties, commercial, exhi-
bition or pompons. Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
Adrian, Micb.

CLEMATIS.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co.. Geneva. N. Y.

COLEUS.

Colens, rooted cuttings, 10 varieties, 70c
per 100 postpaid; $5 per 1,000 by express, not
prepaid. R. Vincent, Jr.. & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md.

Coleus. rooted cuttings, tJOc per 100; 2-ln.
pots, $1.60 per 100. New Haven Floral Co.,
New Haven, Ind.

Coleus, rooted cuttings. 14 varieties, 60c per
100. Jos. Chontos, McKeesport, Pa.

CBOTONS.

Crotons, 4-lnch, 40c each; $4 per doz.; $30
per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York. ,

Crotons, well colored in all varieties. 50c and
75c. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

CYCIiAMEN,

CYCLAMEN — GIGANTEDM, WANDSBEK
TYPE, in bloom, 3-in., $10 per lOO; 4-ln.. $20
and $25 per 100; 5-lu.. $35 and $50 per 100.
In bud, 3-in., $8 per 100; 4-ln., $15 and $20 per
100; 5.in., $35 and $40 per 100. SEEDLINGS,
transplanted, all Wandsbek type, finest in exist-
ence, including Glory of Wandsbek and Rose
of Wandsbek, 10 separate varieties equally di-
vided, $25 per 1.000; $3 per 100. IMPROVED
GLORY OF WANDSBEK, dark and light; bet-
ter grower than any salmon and larger flowers.
$5 per 100; $40 per 1,000. GLORY OF WANDS-
BEK and ROSE OF WANDSBEK, separate, $4
per 100; $35 per 1,000. Seedlings not trans-
planted. 10 varieties equally divided, $20 per
1,000; $2.50 per 100; 500 at 1,000 rate. Have
immense stock on hand. All healthy and clean.
I supply a number of the largest cyclamen
growers In and around Chicago with Seed and
Seedlings. Cash with order, please. ERNEST
ROBER. Wllmette. III.

A great bargain in blooming cyclamen', full
of blooms and well set with buds, every plant
a specimen, mostly light shades. 2%-in., $5:
4in.. $10; and $15: 5in., $25 and $35: 6-ln..
$50 and $75 per 100. We have received a
good many letters similar to this one: "Tbank
you very much for the beautiful cyclamen
plants. It does not take a salesman to sell
them." — Colonial B^lower Shop, Goshen, Ind.
CYCLAMEN SEEDLINGS, once transplanted, of
our well-known strain, only the best sent
out, with cultural directions; in separate
colors, $3.50 per 100; $.30 per 1.000. These
are strong, once transplanted stock, not to be
compared with seedlings. 250,000 grown this
season. CHRIST WINTERICH. Cyclamen
Specialist. Defiance, O.

CLCLAMEN GIGANTEDM in full bloom. 4^
in,, red, white red eye, pink. 12c: 4-in.. Sal-
mon, 15c; 5-in.. mixed colors. 35c. R. J.
Southerton._ Highland Park. 111.

Cyclamen seedlings, best strain. $2.50 per 100;
$20 per l.liOO. A. Henderson & Co., 369 Blver
Stwet, Chicago, III.

DAHLIAS.

Dahlias, pot roots. For varieties and prices
see advertisement elsewhere in this issue.
George Palrbalro & Sons, Botcherby, Carlisle,
England.

Dahlias, whole field clumps, $5 per 100. up.
R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Fine 2%-Inoh stock, Etoile d'Or.
l)est yellow forcing daisy, $4 per 100. Cash.
A. B. HUNT & CO., 66 East Randolph Street,
Chicago.

DRACAENAS.

Dracaenas, Godsefflana, 2-in., $1 per doz.
Terminalis. 4-in., $3 per doz.: 5-in., $5; C-in.,
$7.50. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Dracaena indivisa, 3-in., $5; 4-ln., $10; Bin.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton. N. J.

FERNS.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties, 2%-
In., $-1.50 per 100. BOSTON FERNS, big stock
of strong dwarf plants, 2H-In., $4 per 100;
3-in., $7 per 100; 4-in.. $13 per 100; 7-in., $6
per doz.; 7-in., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-in.,
$12 per doz.; 10-in., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHIT-
MAN!, 2yj-ln., $5 per 100; 3-in., $10 per 100;
5-in., $25 per lOii ex'tra heavy gin., $15 per
doz. C. C. POLLWORTH CO.. MILWAUKEE.

Ferns, assorted for dishes, our selection of
varieties, 214-ln., 50c per doz.; $3.50 per 100;
$30 per 1.000. Boston, 3in., 15c each; $1.25
per doz.;- $8 per loO; 4-in., 25c each; $2.50 per
doz.; $20 per 100; E-in., 40c each: $4.50 per
doz.; $35 per 100; 6-in., 75c each; $8 per doz.;
$60 per loO; 7-ln., $1 each; $10 per doz.; $75
per 100; 8-ln.. $1.25 each; $14 per doz.; $100
per 100. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Ferns for dishes, including aspidium cryto-
mium falcatum. Pterls Mayi, Wilsonl, etc., $3
per 100; $25 per 1,000, Adiantum Croweanum,
5-ln,, 20o. Glory of Mordrecht. 5-ln.. 35c: .4-ln.,
25c. Cibotlum Schledel, 5-in., 75c.; 6-ln., $1.
Crytomlum Rockfordlanum, 4-in., 10c; 6-ln., 2oc;
6-ln., 35c. The Storrs & Harrison Co.. Paines-
ville, O.

Boston ferns, 2-ln $3.00 per 100

Boston ferns, 3-ln- 6.00 per 100

Roosevelt out of bench, strong plants, $15.00
and $20.00 per 100.

Boston out of bench, $10.00 and $15.00 per 100.

Pterls out of flats, $1,50 per 100 clumps;
shipped in flats, $1.50 per flat. Cash.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILL.

If you have never had our SPRINGFIELDI
FERN plants, you are missing a good thing.
Guaranteed to live and stand rougher usage than
any fern known. Large 4 and B-lncb, $7 per
100; 6 and 7-lnch, $10 per 100. A trial will
convince you. NEWELL & USTLER, Apopka,
Florida.

Ferns. Boston, Whltmanl and Roosevelt, B-ln.,
25c each; f3 per doz.; 6-In., 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 7-in.. 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-ln., $1
each; $12 per doz.: 10-ln., $2.50 each; 12-ln..
$3.50 each. Poehlmainn Bros. Co., Alorton
Grove. III.

Choice Boston ferns, 2V^-lnch, at $4 per 100;
$35 per 1,000. Wbitmani, $4.80 per 100; $40
per 1,000. Roosevelt, $4.50 per 100; $40 per
1.000. Roosevelt. Jr., $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
Cibotlum Schledel, 6-lnch. 75c; 6-Inch, $1, A.
Henderson & Co.. 369 River Street, Chicago, 111.

Boston ferns, 5-inch., 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adiantum Croweanum, 3-in., $8 per 100; $70
per 1,000. A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn.

Ferns. Boston and Whltmanl. 3-in.. 4-ln.,
15c: 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Ferns. Wbitmani, good healthy stock, $25 per
100. Jos. Chontos. McKeesport, Pa.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.
Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford. N. J.

FICUS.

Flcus, 25c and 60c each. Poehlmann Bnw.
Co., Morton Grove, 111.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3^4-in. pots. $7 per 100. Only 800 left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREENHOUSE, Mlnot,
N. D.

GERANIUMS.

G. & R. quality geraniums, early fall propa-
gated, trrowii cool, and in fine condition for a
shift: 2'i-ii:ch pots ready now. The kind that
make .vm monoy. no guess work about it. It
taxes our cap;.<-ity to keep up with Geranium
orders. Now is the time to buv to put np
for spring business. Do not neglect this, but
order today. In the following varieties. $3.50
per hundred; $30 per thousand:

Beaute Polntevine. E. H. Trego. Heteranthe,
Jean Viaud, La Favorite, Madame Barney.
Madame Jaulin, Marquis de Castellane. Mrs.
Lawrence. S. A. Nutt. A. Ricard. Mrs. E. G.
Hill. Countess de Harcourt.

Our catalogue of everything you need mailed
on application. Write for it today.

THE GOOD & REESE CO.

The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

Springfield, Ohio.

Geraniums, in such varieties as S. A. Nutt,
Berthe de Presilly, Col. Thomas. Edmond Blanc,
Jean Oberlee. Jules Vasseur, La Favorite,
Mar<iuise de Castellane. Mme. Bucbner, Mrac.
Recamier. Onella, etc., $2 per loil; $18.50 per
1,000 from 2-in. pots; $3 per loO: $25 per
1.000, from 3-inch pots. R. Vincent, Jr. L
Sons Co.. White Marsh, Md.

Geraniums, 2 and 2^-lnch pots: Alphonse
Ricard, Beaute and Jeunesse Poitevine. S. A.
Nutt, Gen. Grant. Montmort, Mme. Bucbner.
Mme. Roselear, La Favorite, F. Perkins, etc.,
$2.50 per luO; $22.50 per 1,000. Paul Camp-
bell, 53.25 per 100; $3o per 1.000. Ivy gera-
niums, $3 per 100; $28 per l.OoO. Alonzo J.
Biytin. Washington, N. J.

Geraniums, 2-ln., $3 per 100. Hall Calne
and Mary Barton. 2-ln., $5. Kahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St.. Portland. Ore.

Geraniums. 2lA-in. at $26 per 1,000: S. A.
Nutt. Gen. Grant, J. Doyle. Beaute Pointevine.
La Favorite. Jos. Chontos. McKeesport, Pa.

Geraniums, Nutt, Bucbner, Ricard, Perkins,
Poitevine, 2-ln,, $2 per 100; 3-ln., $6 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton. N. J.

Geraniums. Feb. and March delivery. Nutt,
$12.60 per 1,000. Ricard and Poitevine, $15 per
1.000. A. M. Herr, Lancaster. Pa.

GLADIOLUS.

Write for price list HOME-GROWN GLADI-
OLI. Munsell & Harvey, Ashtabula, Ohio.

GREENS.

Wild smilax. $2 per case; half case, $1.25;
eight 50 lb. cases, $15. S. S. Brantley, Pine

Appie,_Ala.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetual moss. Edward A. Beaven, Bver*
green, Ala.

Fancy holly, $3 per case. Laurel branches,
$2.50 case. Boxwood Sprays, 12e Ih. W. Z,
Purnell. Snow Hill. Md.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, pot-grown. French sorts. La
Lorraine, Mme. E. MouUiere, Mme. Maurice
Hamar, Mme. Guillard. Mme. Chantard. 5-ln..
$25 per 100. Otaska, 6-in., 4 to 6 shoots, $25
per 100; Sin., fl to 8 shoots, $50 per 100.
The Storrs & Harrison Co., Palnesvllle. Ohio.

Hydrangea Otaksa, 6 and 7-inch pot-grown
strong plants, 40c and 50c each, Ernest Rober.
Wilmette, IlL

HYllRANGEA OTAKSA, 3-ln. pots, $6 per
1(10. IlENKY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

IVIES.

English Ivy, out of 6-ln. pots, np to 6 ft.
high, $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 B.
49th St., Portland. Ore.

English Ivy from field. 20 to 30 Inches. $3:
from pots. 30 to 40 Inches, $6 per 100. CHAS.
FROST. Kenllworth. N. J.

German Ivy, 214-ln.. $2 per 100 cash. Joseph
Bancroft & Son, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

English ivy, 20c to 35c each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

LILY OF THE VALLEY. '

To Import.

Lilly of the Valley, largest grower mid ex-
porter, E. Neubert, Wandsbek, nr. Huiiihury.
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken. 17 Bat-
tery PI.. New York.

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Lily of the valley pips, Berlin or Hambnrc,
cases of 8.000 pips, $40; 1.000, $14; BOO, I7.B0.
J. M. Thorburn & Co., 63 Barclay St., New
York.

From Storage.

War reduces cost of Valley pips, new Imports,
DOW ready. Eruns' Celebrated Chicago Market,
best Valley in existence. $14 per 1,000; $7.50
' per BOO; $4 per 250; $1.75 per 100. Cold storage
Valley for January and February, $18 per 1,000;
$9.50 per 500; $5 per 250. H. N. Bruns, 3032
Madison St., Chicago.

Lily of the Valley, cold storage, selected pips,
packed In cases of 250, 500 and 1,000 each.
F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, New York.

Lily of the valley, cold storage, $1.75 per
100; $16 per 1,000. 0, C. Pollworth Co., Mil-
waukee. Wis.

MOSS.

SPHAGNUM MOSS.
GOOD CLEAN STOCK.

Per bale. $1.00. 10 bales. $9.00.

WILLIAM MURPHY.

Wholesale Commission Florist.

329 MAIN .ST. CINCINNATI. 0.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn.

NURSERY STOCK.

E. TURBAT & Co., Nurserymen, ORLEANS,
France, grow all outdoor Nurseries stocks;
FRUIT. Ornamental and Forest. Wholesale list
on demand.

Nursery stock: Roses, fruit trees, young
evergreen and deciduous ornamental trees and
shrubs. Young forest stocks, hardy herbaceous
plants. F. H. iMichaud. Central Park. B. C.
agent for E. Turbat & Co.. Orleans. France.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees.
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
blnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

ORCHIDS.

Orchids of all kinds, established and seml-
established. Lager & Hurrell. Summit, N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMORBANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-Inch pots, 5 to 6, 18 $0.35

6-inch pots, 6 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

6-inch pots. 6 to 7, 32 to 34 2.00

8inch tubs, 6 to 7, 36 3.00

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7. 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA PORSTBRIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-lnch pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 $0.35

6-Inch pots. 5 to 6, 34 to 36 1.50

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 46 to 48 3.50

8-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 50 to 54 6.00

10-lnch tubs, 6 to 7, 5 to 51^ ft. 8.00

10-lnch tubs, 6 to 7. 6 to 6% ft. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each.

6-lnch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 ...$1.50

7-Inch pots, 5 plants in a pot, .34 to 38... 2.li0
7-inch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 38 ... 3.00

8-lnch tubs. 3 plants in a tub. 38 to 42... 3..W
8-lnch tubs, 3 plants In a tub, 48 to 54... B.OO
8-lnch tubs. 4 plants In a tub. 52 to 56. . . 6.00
10-lnch tubs, 4 plants In a tub, 5 ft. high. 8.00
12-inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 5 to 5% ft. 10.00
12-lnch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. high. 12.00
Very strong specimens, 12 and 15-inch tubs, 7
plants, $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.
PHOENIX ROEBELENIl.

6-lnch pots, 20 in. high. 20 in. spread $1.50

7-Inch pots. 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

8-lnch tubs, fine specimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO.,
MORTok GROVE, ILL.

Palms, Kentla Forsterlana. 6-ln., 5-6 leaves.
30-32 Inches, $1.B0 each; $17 per doz.; 7-ln.,
6-7 leaves, 36-40 Ins., $3.25 each; 10-ln., 6-7
leaves, 60 Ins., $8 each. Made-up: 7-ln.. 3
plants In a pot, 28-30 Ins., $2.50 each; $27.50
per doz.; 7-ln., 30-34 ins., $3 each; $32.50 per
doz.; 8-ln., 3 to 4 plants, 34-38 Ins., $4 each:
$45 per doz.; 10-in.. 3 plants. 70-74 Ins., $15
each. Phoenix Canarlensls. 7-ln., 28-30 Ins.,
$1.50 each. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and
New York.

Palms. Kentla Belmoreana, e-ln., 6-7 leaves,
22 Ins. high. $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Roebelenli, 8-ln. pots, 24 Ins. high. 26-lneh
spread, $3.50 each; 9-lncb tubs, 24 Inches bigh,
30 Inch spread. $4 each. A. N. Pierson, Inc..
Cromwell, Conn.

Cocos Weddelliana. 2-in., $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100; $90 per 1.000. Poehlmann Bros. Co.,
Morton Grove, 111.

PhoenU Canarlensls. flue large plants, $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford.
N. J.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.
PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veitchil. 4-in.. 5flc; 5-ln., 75c to
$1: 6-ln., $1.50; 7-in.. $2 to $2.50. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Groye, 111.

Pandanus Veitchil, 4-ln., 60c each; $6 per
doz.; 6-ln.. $1.5n each. Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago and New York.

PANSIES.

PANSIES— ROMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain has proved worthy of
the name. Surely a grand collection. 50c per
100; $3..')0 per 1,000. Express prepaid. C.
HUMFELD. Clay Center, Kans. .

PANSY PLANTS, large flowering varieties,
strong, stocky plants at $4 per 1.000; less
10 per cent if cash with order.

ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES.
DENVER. COLO.

Pansies, $2.50 per 1.000; 5,000 for $10. Elmer
[Tawlings. Olean, N. Y.

Pansy plants. $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
nlnirham. Delaware. CJ.

PEPPERS.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-lncb bushy
plants, full of berries, $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey Floral Co.. Maywood, ni.

PETUNIAS.

Dreer's double petunias. 15 varieties. 3-inch
pots, 75c per doz.; $6 per 100; the set of 15
sorts for $1. Seeds of Superb double fringed.
75c per 500 seeds. $1.50 per l.ooo. Superb
single, 50c per trade packet. Henry A. Dreer,
714-71fi Chestnut St.. Philadelrhia, Pa.

Petunias, dbl., mixed colors, 2-lnch, $2 per
lOO: 3-inch. $3. R. Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co..
White Marsh. Md.

POINSETTIAS.

POINSETTIAS. surplus of 1,000 2H-lnch; fine
stock. $5 per 100; $20 for 500. HESS & SWO-
RODA, Omaha. Neb.

POINSETTIAS, 2H-ln.. $5 per 100; 4-ln.,
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand Rap-
ids. Mich.

PRIMULAS.

Primroses: Obconica alba rosea and san-
EUinea. 2U-ln., $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1,000.
Jos. H. Cunningham. Delaware, 0.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES, 2;4-ln., $3 pet
100; 4-ln.. $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

PRIVET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines:
full line of fruit trees and pl.nnts. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co., Baltimore, Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write (or prices.
J. T. Lovett. Little Silver. N. J.

ROSES.

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.
Pink Klllarney. White Killarney and Rich-
mond. $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000. Extra
fine stock. Ready now. Satisfaction guar-
anteed.

GEORGE REINBERG,
162 North Wabash Ave., Chicago. 111.

Roses. Ophelia, Prince Arenberg, Francis
Scott Key, Killarney Brilliant. Let us know
what you want and we will quote you prices
to fit. S. J. Renter & Son, Inc.. Westerly.
R. I.

Rose Hoosler Beauty, own root: $30 per 100;

$250 per 1,000. Grafted: $35 per 100; $300

per 1.000. Ready March 1. The E. G. Hill

Co., Richmond, Ind. F. Domer & Sons Co.,

' LaFayette, Ind.

Rose Mrs. Charles Russell, grafted and own
root. We also offer Milady, Shawyer, Ward,
Taft. d'Arenberg. Richmond, Hadley, the Kll-
larneys. Write for prices. Weiland & Risch.
154 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago.

E. TURBAT & CO., Orleans, Prance, Enor-
mous stock of Rose Trees, old and new varieties.
Wholesale list on demand.

ROSES. My Maryland and Pink Killarney,
3 In., $5 per 100. Kaiserin, 4-ln.. $8 per 100.
UENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Rose plants, grafted and ovm root. For va-
rieties and prices see advertisement elsewhere
In this Issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111,

Roses, 1-yr., 2^4-ln., 2-yr., 4-ln.
Floral Co., Springfield. 0.

Leedle

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva,

N. Y.

SEEDS.

Seeds, Pansy: Vaughan's International mix-
ture, $10 per oz.; $2.50 per % oz.; $1.50 per
% oz. ; trade packet. 50c. Giant mixture, $4
per oz.; $1 per Vi oz.; COc per ^ oz.: trade
packet, 25c. Early flowering giant pansies,
wbite, vellow. light blue, dark blue, mixed,
trade pa"ckot 500 seeds. 65c; ^. oz.. $2.50. As-
paragus Plumosns, per 100 seeds. 50c; 250
seeds. $1; 1.000 seeds, $3.50; 5,000 seeds, to
10,000. $3-25 per 1.000. Vaughan's Seed Storet
Chicago and New York.

REMEMBER!! I am the ORIGINATOR of
the celebrated SAWYER ASTERMUM. Descrip-
tive circular on application. Four colors: White,
pink, lavender and purple. Price. $5 per oz.

Cash with order.
ALBERT A. SAWYER. Forest Park. 111.

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER. WILMETTE. ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Musk-
melon, Squash and Pumpkin. Sweet, Flint and
Dent com. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co.. Val-
ley, Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co.. Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, beet, sweet corn, garden beans, onion
sets and seed potatoes. S. D. Woodruff & Sons,
82 Dey St.. New YorK.

Flower seeds for early sowing. Complete
list for the asking. The W .W. Barnard Co.,
231-235 W. Madison St.. Chicago.

seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hurff, Swedesboro. N. J.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato,
vine seeds and field corn. George R. Pedrick &
Son, contract seed growers, Pedrlcktown, N. J.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet com. S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and flower. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport, Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers, Mask
and Watermelons. Pumpkins and Squash. West-
ern Seed and Irrigation Co.. Fremont. Neb.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin seed,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. C. Robinson Seed
Co.. Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, giant pansy. 1.000 seeds, 25c: 5.000,
$1; 14 oz., $1.25; oz., $5. Princess. 500 seeds.
25c: 1,000. 50c; oz.. $10. Chas. Frost, Kenil-

worth. N. J.

Seeds, novelties in flowers and vegetables.
Carter's Tested Seeds. Inc.. 125 Chamber of
Commerce Bldg., Boston, Mass.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlflora. etc.
Asters and flower seeds In general. Tomato.
lima and pole beans. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles. Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet, etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Mllford, Conn.

Seeds, peas and beans. Alfred J. Brown Seed
Co.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Seeds, wholesale field anrt garden seeds. J.
Bolglano & Son, Light, Pratt and Elllcott Sis.,
Baltimore. Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.

C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Calir.

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Seeds, alfalfa. Blackman & Griffio Co.,
Ogden. Utah.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, $4 per oz. Job.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Seeds, tomato seed our specialty. Haren
Seed Co.. Santa Ana, Calif.

Seeds, peas, beans and sweet com. Sloax
City Seed and Nursery Co., Sioux City, Iowa.

Seeds. Artbnr T. Boddlngton, New York.
SMILAX.

Smilai. 2^4 -inch. $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1,000.
J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

strawberries, pot-grown. Barrymore. Brandy-
wine. Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate. Her-
mitage. Hundred Dollar. McKlniey. Morning
star. Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success, Three W's. D. S., King Edward, Wm.
Belt. $2 per 100; $16 per 1.000. Chesapeake,
Pendall. Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per 1.000.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb).
$2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000. J. T. Lovett,
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N. J.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTOCE PLANTS, strong stocky Grand Rap-
ids, especially selected for greenhouse forcing,
seedlings, $1 per 1.000. Strong parsley roots,
100 for $1, Shipment day order received.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO., DanvUle. ML

VINCAS.

VINCAS. strong rooted tips of green or
variegated at $1 per 100 or $9.50 per 1,000.
Cash please.

ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES.
DENVER. COLO.

Vinca varlegata, 3x3>4 pot, $S per 100. Jos.
H, Cunningham, Delaware, O.

VIOLETS.

•VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, fleld-grown,
strong, $5 per 100. HENRY SMITH, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

TO EXCHANGE.

TO EXCHANGE— 2%-ln. Plumosus $3 and
4-in. Sprengeri at $7 tor unrooted carnation
cuttings. Enchantress preferred. EDGAR
EASTERDAY. Nokomls. 111.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfe.
Co., St. Louis. Mo.

ASHES.

Hardwood ashes. No. 1 Canadian nnleachtd.
Incinerator ashes. Best fertilizer to use. Geo.
Stevens, Peterborough, Ont., Canada,

BOILERS.

The Kroeschell greenhouse boiler, best of all
for hot water heating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co., 452 W. Erie St., Chicago.

"Has Them All Beat" for greenhouse heating.
Superior Machine and Bailer Works, 848 W.
Superior St., Chicago.

Boilers, Giblln standard greenhouse. Gitalin
4 Co.. 901 Broad St., Ctica, N. Y.

Boiler tubes. 4-lnch, 6% cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St., Chicago,

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. NIC. Krier Boiler Works. 2725 N.
Marshfield Ave., Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

J'iilsbury Carnation Staples, 1.000 for 35c;
3,000 for $1. I. L. PlUsbury, Galesburg, la

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers Introduced so far, 50c
for 1,000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
38-40 Broadway. Detroit, Mich.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, good prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago,

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co.. Eaton, Ind.

GOLD FISH.

TRY CS on Gold Fish. Aquariums and Globes.
The J. N. McCuliough's Sons Co., 316 Walnat
St., Cincinnati, O.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on your proposed green-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill Co., 2340 Wabansla
Ave., Chicago, 111.

Greenhouse Construction. «Save 10% to 20%
on your greenhouse. Wlllens Construction Co.,
1527 S. Spaulding Are., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof mate-
rial and all greenhouse fittings. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
Inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all kinds
of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. A, Dietsch Co.,
2642 Sheffield Ave., Chicago,

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 3l8t and Spaulding
Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Manufactur-
ing Co.. Des Plaines. 111.

Greenhouse lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky cy-
press, square red cedar posts, Lockland Lum-
ber Co.. Lockland, O.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid— NICO-FUMB— Paper, for thrlps, aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co., Inc., Louisville,
Ky^

Aphlne, $1 per qt., $2.60 per gal. Funglne,
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermlne. $1 per qt.,
$3 per gal. Scaline. 75c per qt., $1.50 per
gal.: 10 gals.. $10. Nikotiana, $1.60 per qt.,
$4.50 per gal. Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J.

Building material, pecky cypress, drop sid-
ing, ship lap, flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Schlllo Lumber Co.. 1560 Kingsbury St.,
Chicago.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed flrms. Manufactured by Clay
& Son, Stratford. London, England.

Nicotine. The Grasselll Chemical Co., Cleve-
land. Pittsburgh, St. Louis, New York, Cin-
cinnati, St. Paul, Boston. Detroit, Birmingham,
Chicago, Milwaukee. New Orleans.

Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck, Stow ft
Wilcox Company. Southlngton, Conn., and
Cleveland, Ohio.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray ttefrlgerator Co., 670 Lake
St., Kendallville. Ind.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points, 1.000. 75c,
postpaid. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia.

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A, Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St., New York.

Superior carnation staples, 50c for 1,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Son, 422 Main St.,
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points. % and %. 40c per lb.; 7
lbs.. $2.r,0; 15 lbs.. $5. Randolph & McClem-
ents, 5936 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh. Pa.

Evan's Improved Challenge Ventilating Appa-
ratus. Quaker City Machine Works, Richmond,
Ind.'

Folding Valentine boxes;, also a complete
line of various colors and sizes of florist boxes.
Write for samples and prices. A. A. Arnold
Paper Box Co., 16-22 South Peoria St.. Chicago.

Sieberts' Zinc Glazing Points, % and %
Inch, 40c per lb.; 5 lbs., $1.85; 20 lbs.. $7.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts., Chi-
cago.

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Ave..
Chicago.

Iron reservoir vases and lawn settees. The
McDonald Foundry, Columbus, Ohio.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedletn Bu-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago,

Model extension carnation supports. Igo*
Bros., 266 N. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse flttlngl.
Advance Co., Richmond, Ind.

Autocars used iir every line of business.
The Autocar Co., Ardmore, Pa.

Superior Carnation Staples. 35c per 1,000;
3.0(X) for $1. F. W. Waite, 85 Belmont Ave.,
Springfield, Mass.

Florists' refrigerators. Buchblnder Bros., 618
Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Florlan D.
Wallace. Insurance Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Bed Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway, 105 Chambers St., New York.

Florists' Supplies of all kinds. Reed ft Kel-
ler. 122 W. 25th St.. New York.

Hastica tor greenhouse glazing. F. O. Pierce
Co., 12 W. Broadway, New York.

Iron bench fittings and roof supports, va-
porizing pans, ventilating apparatus. Jennlng's
Improved Iron Gutters. DiUer, Caskey ft Keen.
s. W. Cor. Sixth and Berk Sts.. Philadelphia.

XIKOTEEN.

Nikoteen, 30% strength for spraying. Nico-
tine Mfg. Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

POTS AND PANS.

Kramer's pot hangers. $1 per doz.. by ex-
press. R. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.

Florists' red pots, all sizes, moss aztec ware,
fern pans, vases, etc. The Peters & Reed
Pottery Co.. South Zanesville. Ohio.

Neponset. flower, vegetable waterproof paper
pots. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New
York.

Standard pots, all sizes. The WtalUdln Pot-
tery Co.. 709 Wharton St., Philadelphia, Pa,

Syracuse red pots. Syracuse Pottery Co..
Syracuse, N. Y.

Standard flower pots and bulb pans. Hil-
^nger Bros. Pottery. Fort Edward, N. Y.

Red pots, standard azalea pans, Harley
Pottery Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Pots. Hews' standard. A. H. Hewe ft Co..
Cambridge, Mass.

Red pots. Geo. Keller ft Sons, 2614-22 Hera-
don St., Chicago.

Standard red pots, bulb pans, azalea pot*.
Detroit Flower Pot Mfy.. Detroit, Mich.

Peirce paper flower pots, a waterproof paper
pot which does not fold up or come apart.
E. Allan Peirce, 400 Oaks St.. Waltham. Mast.

STAKES,

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 feet.
per 100. 85c; 500, $3; $5.50 per 1,000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per 100. 60c; per
1,00*1. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

Floral designs, wire window guards, olSce
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shade
frames. Eagle Wire Works. 2338 Ontario St.,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Florists' Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
maila Bros.. 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

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Get ready for your winter garden

Glass must be used whether you g^arden for profit or simply to enjoy
having vegetables and flovpcrs when they are a luxury and sell high.

And you must have Sunlight Double Glass Sash if you want to get the
best results at the least cost of money and labor. They have become the
standard throughout the best and largest gardens in the country for very
good reasons: —

Three reasons why

1 The air space enclosed between the two
layers of glass makes a transparent cover
that affords better protection than the mats
and shutters on the old single sash. And,
it never has to be put on and off. It is
always there though invisible.

2 This air space saves more than one halfthe
labor.

3 It makes far earlier and stronger plants.

Our inexpensive greenhouse

A handy man can set it up in a few hours.

It is framed of cypress and covered top and
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Radiator Heat Efficiency.

Ed. AMERICAN Flobist:

Could you tell me if a radiator would
heat up good, being about SO feet from
the hot water heater, and the radiator
standing almost level with the heater
so the returh pipe would have but very
little fall to the heater? Can I run
the flow pipe about 10 feet above
heater to radiator by doing this, and
would I get a good circulation? Would
it be a benefit to use a large flow pipe?
If you could give me this information
I would be very much obliged, indeed,
as I would like to get the work done
before winter sets in.

J. W.

Ohio.

Unless the system is under pressure
the circulation would be very sluggish
if the bottom of the radiator is on a
level with the bottom of the heater,
and the flow pipe is carried no higher
than the top of the radiator. If the
flow pipe can be carried to the height
of ten feet above the boiler, and more
would be better, and if it is given a
downward slope of one inch in ten feet,
until a point above the radiator is
reached, the circulation would be ma-
terially improved. The flow pipe should
be connected with the top of the radi-
ator.

In determining the size of the flow
and return pipes, we should consider
the radiating surface of these pipes, as
well as that of the radiator itself.
Unless the radiator contains more than
75 square feet of radiation, we would
not think it necessary to use anything
larger than 1%-inch pipes for the flow
and return, but above that amount we
would use 2-inch pipes. The use of an
exceptionally large pipe for the flow in
a down-hill system is objectionable, as
the water will cool faster in a small
pipe and this improves the circulation.
On the other hand, a large pipe for
the flow is helpful in an up-hill system.
The use of a mercury generator, by
furnishing a closed system, would im-
prove the circulation and make it pos-
sible to use smaller flow and return
pipes.

Terre Haute, Ind.

TRADE BETTEB THAN EXPECTED.

Christmas trade, this year, was not
a disappointment, as we predicted that
this year Chritmas business would be
much lower than other years, from the
general depression all over the country,
and in all lines of business. We had
zero weather, and a thick coat of ice
everywhere made it almost impossible
to get out. It warmed up a little on
December 24, but was down again to
near zero Christmas day. Delivery
was very diflicult, and everything had
to be wrapped securely, and with all
of this precaution a few orders were
frozen. Retail prices were about the
same as last year. Carnations assorted,
except red, $1.25 per dozen; red, $2
per dozen; roses, pink and white, $2 to
$3 per dozen; violets, $1.25, bunch of
50. Narcissi, sold at $1 per dozen.
Very few American Beauties were sold;
they were $12 per dozen. There did
not seem to be any get-up to this
Christmas; people were indifferent.
Plants were better than ever, and
many people who usually bought good
plants were hunting small plants.

Taking the volume of business as a
whole, and from general reports, it
was about 25 per cent less than last
year, and in our case, credit sales were
much larger than other years. This
indicated to us, that money was scarce
and people depended upon the coming
months to help them out.

John G. Heinl & Son sold 1,500 poln-
settias Christmas week.
• Cemetery wreaths and flowers were
not used very much this year on
account of the snow and ice.

B. S.

Wauwatosa, Wis.— L. R. Schultz has
erected a greenhouse on Galena street.

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iHxlVi 100 running ft t 2.85

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XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses,etc.. 1 in. stock. perlOOOft.. bd.meas. 19.00

XJ-44— No. 1 Cypress, 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S. per 1000 ft., bd. meas 27.00

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TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD

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WHO MAKE A STUDY
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KNOW

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can only be secured through having
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good steam service is absolutely
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the

The Morebead System removes all con-
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2000 iH'ln., crate. $6.00 456 4H'in.. crate, $5.24

1500 2 " 4.88 320 5 " 4.51

1500 2Vi •' 5.25 210 5H " 3-78

1500 24 ■■ 6.00 144 6 " 3.16

10003 " 5.00 120 7 '■ 4.20

800 3H " 5.80 60 8 " 3.00

500 4 " 4.50

HILFINGER BROS. POTTERY, ^SIW"york"

Andnst Rolker & Sons, SI Barclay St.,
New York City Agents.

Onr Specialty: Long Distance and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes from 2 in. to 6 in.

Aslc your dealer for them.

Samples free.

£. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM. MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discounts on lar^e orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breltschwerth, Prop.

Snccessor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Fnll size and wide bottoms.
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEV, Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Mention the American Florist when writing

m RED POTS

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the kind we hare to
offer. We use nothing but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a first class pot at a popular price. All goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea Pots, Hanging Baskets and other
goods used by Florists— ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous **M0SS Aztec** Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

Chicago Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEAKBORN ST.
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

RED POTS

STANDARD AZALEAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Was;nar Plant Boxss

I tre the best and cheapest ia the

I market for palms, borwood.bay

I trees, etc. They are attrsctive in

deeivD, strong and darmbU suit-

' able for either indcwr or outdoor

use. Made of cypress which

giTOs them a Iftstiag quality.

We Baaonfacture varioos styles

and si2es. Writs for pnccs,

Wa^Bcr Parte GamcrvatortM. Sidney. Oblo

Flov«rer and Vegetable ^Vaterproof

Vaughan's Seed Store, Agents,

Waterproof. CHICAGO and NEW YORK.

Don t Break,

Cost Little. Shippers may use them and save their customers many dollarsin expresscharges.

SAeWHlLLDlN PoTTERY COMPANY
FLOWER POTS

MADE IN

PHILADELPHIA

WAREHOUSE IN

LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

MaBMfactnrers of

Red Pots

Before bayiac write for prices

2«14-3«22 Hemdoe St..

CHICAGO

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Standard Flowerpots

Porosity and Strenrth
Unsurpassed.

Write tor pricea.

A. F.~KOHR

aSS4-S«-38 N. Learltt St.. CHKAOO

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Kramer's Pot Hangers

For sale by Wholesale Seedsmen, Florists
and Supply Dealers.

Price. $1.00 per dozen by express. Sample
dozen by mail. $1.25.

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

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Buy Your

Pots Here

The Best Pot

The Best Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

Send for Price List

C. C. Poll worth Co., w™

Ft or let Specialdea.
New Brand Vew Style.
Hone "BlVBRTON»'
Funii.hed in ksfths Kp
to 500 ft. without team or
joint.

Ik* U08B ferUt nOUR

Ji^inch, per ft., 15 e.

Redof'iooft., " mH*-

3 Reeb, loo. ft-i " "4 «•

Ji-inch, " «J ,«•

Reds, 500 «»., •' "Ht

Couplinft fumiahed.

HENRY A. DRCCR,

714 Chestnut St., ;

PVILADU.P8IA. Pa.

jgi5-

The American Florist.

1339

LIQUID =ii

40% NicotiDe,

8-lb. can $10.50

41b. can .S.50

Mb. can 1.50

Vi-Xh. can 50 ^^

NICO-FUME

M

PAPER

288 sheet can $7.50

144 sheet can 4.00

24 sheet can 85

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, Louisville, Ky.

The Apliine Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Florists and Gardeners

Manufacturers of

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray remedy for green, black, white fly,
red spider, thrips, mealy bug and soft scale.

FUNGINE

An infallible spray remedy for rose mildew,
carnation and chrysanthemum rust.

VERIV1INE

A soil sterilizer for cut. eel, wire and angle
worms.

SCALINE

A scalicide and fungicide combined for San
Jose and various scale on trees and hardy
stock, and various blights which affect them.

"40% NICOTINE"

A free nicotine, 40% strength, for spraying

and vaporizing.

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
fumigating and vaporizing.

If you cannot obtain our products from
yonr local dealer send us your order and
we will ship Immediately through our
nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. J.

Geo. a. BuRNisTON, M. C. Ebel,

President. Treasurer.

Mention the American Florist when writing

OF HIGH
GRADE.,

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

See Our Catalogue.

V^^Zi GIBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y.

Always

mention The American Florist
when writing. : : :

NIKOTEEN For Spraying

I APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Ask Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

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C-L-A-Y-&-'-S

These simple symbols spell CERTAIN SUCCESS

CLAY'S FERTILIZER, the Standard Plant Fond, is Safe,
Sure, Quick — yet Continuous— in .'\ction, and Economical,

Manufactured by

CLAY & SON, Stratford, London, England

Mention the American Florist when writing

itlflWIRES

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

A STIC A

feenhojse glazing
USE IT NOW,

CF.O.PIERCEGO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes tiard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs with bard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.

Iron Reservoir Vases

— - and —

Lawn Settees

The McDonald Foundry

Columbus, Ohio.

WRITE FOR CAT\LOG AND PRICES

Mention the Ainerican Florist when writing

A Record To Be Proud Of

Tbe Florists' Hall Association has paid 2000
losses amounting to a total of $282,000.00
For (mU particolars address

JOHN G. ESLER, Saddle River, N. J.

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1340

The American Florist.

./'"'• 9.

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The.. ..1337

Allen J K 1313

.\lpha Floral Co.... 1315
.'Vmencan Spawn Col326

.Amlins E C Co 1309

Anderson S A 1315

AnEermueller G H.13I0

Aphine Mfg Co 1339

Archias Floral Co. .1318
Arnold K A Paper

Box Co 1314

.^scbmann Godfrey. 1330
Atlanta Floral Co... 1316

Autocar Co 1301

Badgley, Riedel &

Meyer 1313

Barnard W W Co.. 1321
Ba8sett&Washburnl304
Batavia GrhsCo....l309

Baumer .^ug R 1315

Baur Window Glass

Co IV

Bauscber John 1317

Beaven E A 1314

Begerow's 1316

BergerBros 1311

Bernine H G 1310

Blackistone Z D ..1317
Blackman & Griffin

Co 1320

Boddington AT....1321
Bodger J & Sons Col321

Boland] B Co 13iS

Boleiano J & Sons... 1322

Bragg Ross 1315

Bramley & Son ....1318

Brantley SS 1308

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 1320

Breitmeyer's] Sons. 1.316
Brown A J Seed Co. 1320
Brown Bros & Co. .1318

BrunsHN 1321

Bryan Alonzo] 1330

Bucbbinder Bros... 1308

Buckbee H W 1318

BudlongJ A 1309

Burpee W A & Co. .1322
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 1314

California Florists.. 13l8
Cal Seed Growers .. 1321
Camp Conduit Co . .1337
Carter's Tested Sds.1323
Chicago Carn Co. I 1330
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 1308

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 1337

Cbontos Jos 1327

Clark E B Seed Co. 1322
Clarke'sSonsD ....1317

Clay &Son 1339

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 1317

Colle A &Sons 1323

Conard & Jones Co. 1324

Cooke Geo H 1315

Cottage Gardens Col327

Cowee W J Ill

Coy H C Seed Co... 1323

Craig RobtCo 1327

Critcbell C E 1311

Cunningham Jos H.1329

DardsChas 1316

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 1324

Denton Floral Co ..1318
Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg Co 1338

Dietscb A & Co.... IV
Diller Ca8key&

Keen IV

DornerF&SonsCol327

DreerH A 1300 1328

1337 1338

Duerr Chas A 1318

Duluth Floral Co. ..1318

Dunlop JohnH 1317

Eadie Jas Co 1318

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box. 1340
Emmans Geo M....1330

Erne & Klingel 1309

Evans Co The J A. .1340

Eyres H G 1317

FairbairnG& Sons. 1322
Fischer Alfred C...13l3
Fish Henry Seed Col323

Fisher Peter 1329

Flower Growers
Corporation 13C9

Florists' Hail Assn. 1339
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

Ford M C 1313

Ford William P.. ..1312
Frank Floral Co.... 1308

Franzen FO 1327

Freeman Mrs J B...1318

Frey C H 1318

Frey & Frey 1317

Friedman 1315

Froment H E 1313

Frost Chas 1323

Furrow & Co 1318

Galvin Thos F 1317

Gardiner Alex C...1317
Garland Mfg Co. ...1340

Gasser J M Co 1317

Giblin&Co 1339

Gorham & Chaoline 111
Graham A & Son. ..1315
Grand Kapids

Floral Co 1318

-GudeBros 1316

Guttman & Raynor

(Inc) 1313

Hardesty & Co 1315

Harley Pottery Co. .1338

Hart George B 1313

Haven Seed Co Thel322

Heacock Jos Co 13^7

Heinl John G & Sonl3l8
Henderson A&Co. .. I
Henderson Lewis.. 1318

Herr Albert M 13i9

Herrmann A 1335

Hess & Swoboda . . . 131(i
Hews A H & Co.... 1338

Hilfinger Bros 1338

Hill D Nursery Co.. 1324

Hoerber Bros 1309

Hoflmeister Flo Co. I3l 1
Hollywood Gardensl315

Holm & Olson 1316

Holton & Hunkel

Co 1310

Home Cor School... 1333
Horticultural Adv. .1329

Hurtt Edgar F 1322

Ickes-BraunMillCol337

Igoe Bros 1340

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 1340
Isbell S M & Co... 1323
Jackson & Perkins. .1324
Johnston & Co T J. .1315

Jones Percy 1305

Joy Floral Co 1318

Kasting W F Co ... I
Keller Geo & Sons. 1338

Keller Sons J B 1318

Kellogg Geo M 1317

Kelway & Son 1323

Kennicott Bros Co. 1309
Ky Tobacco Pro Col339

Kervan Co The 1313

Kessler Wm 1313

Kimberlin Seed Co. 1321
King Construct Co. Ill

Kohr A F 1338

Komada Bros 1340

Kramer I N & Son. .1338
Kroeschell Bros Co. Ill

Kruchten John 1309

Kuehn C A 1310

Kuhl Geo A 1319

Kyle & Foer8ter....l309
LaCrosse Floral Co. 1316

Lamson SO 1314

Landretb Seed Co.. 1322
Lang Flo & Nur Co.l318

Lange A 1315

Leborius J J 1317

Leedle Floral Co ...1330
Leonard Seed Co. ..1321
Lockland Lum Co. .1335

LovettJT....'. 1324

McCallum Co 1311

McConnell Alex. ...1315
McCray Refrigera

tor Co 11

McDonald Fou'dry.1339
McHutchison & Co. 1322
McNeff-Swenson Col314
Matthews the Flo'stl3l5

MatthewsonJE 1316

May & Co L L 1316

Meconi Paul 1313

Memphis Flo Shop. 1318
Metairie Ridge Nursl315

Metre Henry 1326

MIchaud F H 1324

Moninger J C Co.. ..1337

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rust
GLAZING POINTS

Are positively the best. Last forever. Over
90,(X)0 pounds now in use. sure preventative of
sUsB slipping. Elective on targe or small glase.
Easy to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. ^ and
M, 40c per lb., by mail 16c extra: 7 lbs. for $2.60
t51b«. for $6.00, by express. For sale by the trade

RANDOLPH a McCLKMENTS, Florists.
MSe Penn Ave., near iUAtiland, nttstNirgii,Pa.

Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd 1312

Moore. Hentz &

Nash 1312

Morebead Mfg Co... 1337

Murray Samuel 1316

Myers Florist 1318

Nat Flo B of Trade. 1340
Nelson Hugh H....1313
N Y Cut Flower Ex.1313
Nicotine Mfg Co.. ..1339

Niessen Leo Co 1 ^1 1

Ostertag Bros 1317

Palez Paul M 1.318

Palmer W J & Son. 1316

Park Floral Co 1316

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 1329

Peck-Stow Wil Co.. Ill
PedrickG R& Son. 1322

Peirce E Allan 1338

Peters & Reed Poty 1338

Phillips Bros 1318

Pierce FO Co .1339

Pierson A N (Inc). .1329
Pierson F R Co.... 1
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 1320

Pikes Peak Flo Co.. 1318

Pillsbury I L 1340

Podesta&Baldocchil317
Poehlmann Bros Co

1302 1303

PoUworth C C Co

.1 1310 1317 1338

Portland Flo Store. 1317
Pulverized Manure

Co 1339

Raedlein Basket Co 1306
Rahn & Herbert.. ..1326
Randall A L Co. ...1309
Randolph & Mc-

Clements. ...1315 1340
Rawlings Elmer.... 1319
Ready Reference... 1331

Reed & Keller 1340

Regan Ptg House... 1335

Reid Edw 1311

Reinberg Geo 1309

ReinbergPetetl305 1327

Renter's 1315

Renter & Son Inc S J 1328

Rice Bros 1310

Rice Co. M 1313

Robinson J C Seed

Co 1322

Rock WmLFlwrCol318

RoemerFred'k 1322

Rohnert Waldo 1323

Rolker Aug & Sons. 1324
RosaiaSilvio Co.. ..1309
Routzahn Seed Co .1323

Rusch G&Co 1310

Rye George 1318

SchilderBros 1323

Schiller, the Florist. 1318
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 1340
Schling Max 1316

Schmidt J C 1.330

Schwake Chas & Col312
SeftonMfgCo......l314

Sharp Partridge &

Co 1335

Sheridan Walter F. 1313
Siebrecht George C1313

Simmons & Son 1318

Sioux City Seed &

Nursery Co 1323

Situation & Wants.. 1299
SkidelskySS&Co... 1.321
Small J H & Sons... 1315
Smith A W S Co. ..1317

SmithE D&Co 1319

Smith & Fetters Col315
Smith & Hemenway III

Smith Henry 1318

Smith Wm C Flo Col310
Smith -W&T Co... I
Smith & Young Co. 1308
South Park Flo'l Co II
Storrs & Harrison

1319 1329

StumppGEM 1317

Sunli>iht Dble Glass

Sash Co 1335

Superior Machine

fcBoiler Works.. 1337
Syracuse Pot'ry Co. 1338
Thompson J D

Carnation Co 1328

Thorburn J M & Col323

TottyChasH 1326

Traendly&Schenckl313
United Cut Flwr Col313
Vaughan AL&Co.l307
Vau gh an 's Seed Store
I 1319 1325 1329 1337
1338
Vick's Sons James.. 1323
Vincent R Jr&Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons. 1338

Waite F W 1340

Wallace FD IV

Weber F H 1316

Weiland M 1318

Weiland& Risch...l327

Welch Bros Co 1311

Western Seed &

Irrigation Co : 1321

Whilldin Pottery Col338
Whitted Floral Co..13l5
Wietor Bros... 1306 1109
Willens Cons Co... 1335
Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 1310

WittholdGCo ...1315
Wolfskin Bros &
Morris Goldenson 1318

Wood Bros 1.330

Woodru£(&SonsSD1322
Yokohama Nurs Col322
Young A L& Co. ..1313

Young John 1312

Young & Nugent. ..1315
Zech & Mann. 1307 1309

Ziska Jos 1309

Zvolanek Anton C..1322

KOMADA BROTHERS

Florists' Wire Work

SPECIAL DESIGNS TO ORDER

Send for our illustrated catalogue.

1008 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

_E

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to give

satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhouse

Write for prices and estimates. Do it now.

G&RLAND MANUFACTURING CO:. Des Plaines. III.

t-lxiols^

Boiler Tubes 61

cents per foot.
New and S. H. Pipe, All Sizes.

Tell Us Your Wants.

ILUNOIS PIPE 5 MTG. CO.,

2117 S. Jefferson Street CHICAGO, OL.

REED & KELLER^

122 W. 25th St;, NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPUES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baslcets, Wire Work,
and Novelties, and are dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Requisites.

\ ^ \

Model
Extension
Garnation
Support

Made with two or
three circles. En-
dorsed by all the
Leading Carnation
Growersasthe Best
support on market

Pat. July 27, '97. May 17, '98

GALVANIZED WIRE

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices before
ordering elsewhere.

Prompt Shipment GnaruIccJ

IGO£ BROS.

266 N. 9th St.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

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CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURCRS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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IXO not let the accounts owing you re-
^ main longer unpaid. Send them to
us at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
in the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Trade

S6 PINE STREET

NEW YORK

No loss ilyou
mend your
split c a r n a-
tions with

Superior

Carnation

STAPLES
3^c per 1000:
30<X) for $1.00.

Postpaid.

Wm. Schlailer

BEFORE 4 Son, AFTER

422 Main St., Springfield. Mass.

Split Carnations

easily Mended with

Pillsbury Carnatiiui Staple

We find it very satisfK-
tory. J. L. Dillon.

Can't ret along withont
them. J. L. Johnson.
1000 for 3Sc; 3000 for $1.00

I. L. PILLSBUKT

Galesborg. m.

SUPREME ffiSSu

GARNATION STAPLES

35c ^"

1000

3000 for CI r\r\
Postpaid «>1.UU

For R«pairinB Split Carnations. Samples Free.

F.W. WAITE. 85 Belmont Ave,, Springfield, Mass.

Change of Name

-OF-

Quaksr City Machine Go.

— TO-

THE JOHN A. EVANS GO.

RICHMOND, IND.

Write for catalog.

Supplement to The American Florist, No. 1388, January 9, 19IS.

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Vol. XLIII.

CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, JANUARY 16, 1915.

No. 1389

TheMerican Florist

Established 1885.

Copyright, 1914. by American Florist Company

Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 11, 1891,

at the Post Office at Chicago. Illinois,

under act of March 3, 1879.

POBLiSHKD Every Saturday by

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

Umi Distance Phone: Harrison 7465.

Retf stered Cable Address : Ameno, Ctiicago.

Sub»cription, United States and Mexico, $1.00 a
year; Canada, $2.00; Europe and Countries
io Postal Union, $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from the trade. Vol-
umes half yearly from August 3. 1901.

Address all correspondence, subscriptions etc..
American Florist Co.. 440 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Officers— Patrick Welch, Boston, Mass.,
President; Dan MacKorie. San Francisco. Calif.,
Vice-President; John Young. New York. Secre-
tary; Wm. F. Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y.. Treasurer.
Next annual convention at San Francisco. Calif.
August 17-19, 1915.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.
Next annual convention and exhibition at
Buffalo, N. Y., January 27-28. 1915. S. J. GoD-
DARD, Framingham. Mass.. President: A. F. J.
Baur, Thirty sighth St. and Rockwood Ave..
Indianapolis, fnd., Secretary.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual convention and exhibition. Boston,
Mass , March 18-21, 1915. Wallace R. Pierson,
Cromwell, Conn.. President: Robt. Pvle. West-
Grove. Pa.. Vice President. Benjamin Hammond.
Fishkill-on Hudson. N. Y.. Secretary.

AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

Annual convention and exhibition at Newport.
R. I., July 8-9. 1915. L. L. Morse San Francisco,
Calif., President: Harry A. Bunyard, 342 W.
Fourieenth street. Nev^ York, Secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual convention and exhibition at Cleve-
O., November. 1915. Wm. Kleinheinz. Ogontz,
Pa. President; C. W. Johnson, Morgan Park,
Chicago, Secretary.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS.

Next annual meeting. San Francisco. Calif.,
1915. GusTAVE X. Amrhvn. New Haven, Conn.,
President: Roland Coterill. Seattle, Wash.,
Secretary-Treasurer.

THE CHICAGO NOVELTY SHOW

A Fine Exhibition.

Tlie annual novelty exhibition of the
Chicago Florists' Club, held at the Ho-
tel Bismarck, January 7, was a great
success and attracted a large attend-
ance of the outside public as well as
an unusually big crowd of the trade.
The exhibits were quite numerous and
of high quality, especially noticeable
Ijeing the Poehlmann Bros. Co.'s Mrs.
Chas. Russell roses, a fine exhibit of
carnations from F. Corner & Sons Co.,
LaFayette, Ind., roses and carnations
from the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond,
Ind., and new carnations from Bassett
& Washburn. The exhibits included
the following :

F. Dorner & Sons Co., LaFayette,
Ind. — Eleven vases of carnations, in-
cluding Pink Sensation, Good Cheer,
Champion. Salmon Pink Gloriosa, No.
271 (light pink) No. .31-08 (cerise),
No. .5.3-11 (pink), No. 34-09 (maroon).
No. 10-12 (red). No. 58 (pale pink),
No. 31-08 (cerise). Pink Sensation,
Good Cheer and No. .53-11 were
awarded a certificate of merit.

E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. — A
vase each of carnations, Yellow Prince,
Alice Coombs, Pocahontas, Benora,
Gorgeous, Champion, Enchantress Su-
preme and roses, Hoosier Beauty,
Oplielia and an unnamed yellow seed-
ling. Hoosier Beauty and Ophelia both
attracted much attention and were
each awarded a certificate of merit.

South Park Floral Co., New Castle,
Ind. — Vase of baby yellow rose Geo.
Elgar and new rose Sam D. Guillard.
The baby rose Geo. Elgar made quite a
hit with those present and received
special mention as a novelty. The new
rose Sam D. Guillard looks very prom-
ising and was awarded a certificate of
nierit.

Mount Greenwood Cemetery Associa-
tion. Morgan Park — Several vases of
seedling carnations, Nos. 39-12a (ce-
rise). 2-12b (maroon), 31-12e (ma-
roon), 140-0!>a (white), 12b (cerise).
The variety .31-12e was awarded a cer-
tificate of merit.

J. A. Peterson & Sons, Cincinnati, O.—
Several fine plants of Begonia Mrs.
J. A. Peterson, B. Melior and cyclamen.

The two begonias received a certificate
of merit and special mention was made
of the cyclamen.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove — •
A magnificent vase of Mrs. Chas.
Russell roses and a vase each of Phila-
delphia, Gorgeous and Champion car-
nations. The Mrs. Chas. Russell roses
received special mention.

Bassett & Washburn — Vases four
new seedling carnations. Belle W^ash-
burn, Helen Washburn, No. 2 and No. 4
Belle Washburn, scarlet and Helen
Washburn, cerise, received certificates
of merit.

Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet — Vase
of Aviator, intense scarlet carnation
and Peerless Pink. Aviator was
awarded a certificate of merit.

S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa. — Vase of pink carnation,
Mrs. C. Edward Akehurst, grown by
C. Akehurst & Son, White Marsh, Md.

Pyfer & Olsem, Wilmette — Vase of
Killarney Brilliant, Double White Kil-
larney. White Killarney and Killarney
roses. Special mention.

Iowa State College, Ames, la. — Vase
of new daik-red carnation Keokuk, a
cross between Harry Fenn and Vic-
tory.

J. D. Thompson Carnation Co..
Joliet — Vase of new pink seedling car-
nation Superb, very promising varietv.

C. H. Frey, Lincoln, Neb. — Vase of
his new red seedling Carnation Ne-
braska and pink seedling, Mrs. C. B.
Tawle.

Vaughan's Seed Store had a fine dis-
play of cut blooms of cattleyas, Itelias
and oncidiums.

P. J. Ollinger, New Castle, Ind. —
Vase of his bright red seedling Carna-
tion Radium.

E. C. Amling Co. — Vase of Mrs. Chas.
Russell roses grown by Ernst Amling,
Maywood.

Arvid Anderson, Moline — ^Vase of his
new white .seedling Cai-nation No. 100.

The I'udges were John Poehlmann,
H. N. Bruns and Geo. Schuman, roses;
Geo. Asmus. C. W. Johnson and Wm.
Tricker, carnations, and Frank J.
Pasternik. AV. Allen and A. Erickson,
plants.

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Jan. i6.

The Club Meetinsr.

The installation of officers and the
novelty show combined to make a big
meeting, January 7. President French
in the chair. The various officers pre-
sented their reports and E. F. Winter-
son, the retiring treasurer, was given
a standing vote of thanks for the ex-
cellent manner in which his accounts
had been kept during the many years
he held that office. Turning over to
his successor the books and property
in his custody, Mr. Winterson sur-
prised many of the younger members
with the large number of club trophies
and prizes- in silver which he has had
in his possession.

The president introduced President-
elect Keimel and the other new officers
were duly installed. "W. E. Tricker,
Western Springs, and E. E. Pinney,
Louisville, Ky., ^vere elected to mem-
bership and the following were nomi-
nated for membership : J. W^. Fink,
2644 Herndon street; A. Fuhrman,
2242 San Jose avenue; Peter Bowman,
704 Garfield avenue; Edward Hunt,
.5934 Winchester street; Abe Iralson,
.3.56 East 43d street; Joe Einweck, 131
North Wabash avenue.

The transportation committee re-
ported the selection of the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railroad for the
trip to Buffalo, N. T., on the occasion
of the annual convention and exhibi-
tion of the American Carnation So-
ciety, to be held at the Iroquois hotel,
January 27-28. taking the Lake Shore
Ltd., leaving the LaSalle street station.
Van Buren street, January 26, at 5 :30
p. m., due in Buffalo the morning of
January 27 at 6 :45 a. m., central time.
7 :45 a. m., eastern time. There Is a
party rate for 10 or more people travel-
ing together on the same ticket of
810.50. Pullman rates are as follows :
Lowers, $3; tippers, .$2.40; ^rawing
rooms, .$11. For reservations on this
train address or call up G. K. Thomp-
son, 100 South Clark street, Chicago.
Telephone Randolph 5300.

President-elect Keimel announced the
following committees : Michael Fink.
Tony Gabel and E. A. Ollinger, good-
of-the-club committee; Guy French, M.
Barker and P. L. McKee, transporta-
tion committee.

The visitors, all of whom made brief
addresses, included Earl Mann, of the
E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.; Harry
Balsley. Detroit, Mich., and R. A.
Peterson of J. A. Peterson & Sons, Cin-
cinnati, O.

Notes ana Comments on the Exhibits.

This show proved to be by far the
most successful, both as regards the
number of exhibits and attendance,
that the Chicago Florist Club has had
in recent years, and while novelty and
standard varieties of roses and carna-
tions predominated, the exhibit of Be-
gonias Mrs. J. A. Peterson and Melior,
from J. A. Peterson «& .Son, Cincinnati,
O., and the display of cut orchids shown
by Vaughan's Greenhouses, Western
Springs, 111., were fine and attracted a
great deal of attention as a part of the
orchid exhibit. Cattleya Triane, C. Har-
risonii, C. Percvaliana, Oncidium spen-
dens and Laelia autumnalis were es-
pecially fine.

The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.,
staged fine vases of Rose Hoosier
Beauty, the fine new red which they
are sending out this spring; also a
splendid bunch of Ophelia and a yellow
seedling. Their carnation exhibit con-
sisted of well grown flowers of the fol-
lowing varieties : Champion, Benora,

Enchantress Supreme, Georgeous, Poca-
hontas, Miss Alice Coombes and Yel-
low Prince.

Fred Corner «& Sons Co., LaFayette,
Ind., staged Carnation Pink Sensation,
an extra fine, large pink, which the
judges scored 90 points; Good Cheer, a
promising looking commercial rose
Ijink; seedling No. 53 (11), flesh pink,
very fine and strongly fragrant; No.
270 (10), light pink, also good; No.
68 (11) variegated; No. 34 (09), crim-
son; No. 8 (11) variegated; No. 58
(10), light pink, and No. 19 (12),
scarlet, fine color and form of flower.

The Mount Greenwood Cemetary As-
sociation, Morgan Park, Chicago, showr
ed a fine bunch of White Seedling No.
14009 A; Deep Pink Seedlings No. 112
A and 3912 Ar also crimson No. 3112
A and 212 B, all exhibition flowers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, ex-
hibited extra fine roses and carnations,
their Mrs. Chas. Ru^ell roses the
growers present claimed to be as fine

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Iroquois Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.

Headquarters of the American Carnation

Society, January 27-38.

specimens of this variety as have been
seen in this part of the country. Car-
nations Gorgeous, Philadelphia and
Champion were also in fine form from
the Poehlmann Bros. Co.'

Bassett and Washburn, Chicago,
showed a vase of seedling Carnation
Belle Washburn, a very large cerise
pink; Helen Washburn, a promising
commercial red, with fine color and
strong stiff stems; also two other seed-
lings, all promising looking varieties.

Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago,
showed a vase of Aviator, a fine red,
extra good in color and form of flower
with strong wirey stem; also a vase of
Peerless Pink, their introduction of
1914.

Pyfer & Olsemr Willmette, 111., staged
some fine roses of the Killarney
family, which were all particularly well
grown.

Carnation, Mrs. Akehurst, a new rose
pink, was shown by S. S. Pennock-
Meehan Co., Philidelphia, Pa. This is
a fine rose pink, which is being sent
out this year.

South Park Floral Co., New Castle.
Ind., exhibited a vase of the pretty
polyanthe rose, Geo. El-gar, of the same
type as Mme. Cecile Brunner; also a
vase of rose Sam D. Guillard, some-
what on the order of Sunburst.

The J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,
Joliet, exhibited a vase of their seed-

ling, named Superb, a flesh pink of
good color, form, size, and strong stem. j

C. H. Frey, Lincoln, Neb., sent a fine
exhibit of the new red carnation, Ne-
braska, which suffered .somewhat on its
long journey so that it did not show
up as well as it might have done.

A vase of deep cerise seedling carna-
tion from P. J. dinger. New Castle,
Ind., also suffered in travel, and was
not in good condition when the judges
got to it.

A few blooms of a very large white
seedling carnation, from A. Anderson.
Moline, 111., was shown but not enough
flowers to tell very much about it.

Iowa State College staged a crimson
seedling, named Keokuk, but not in a
very good condition, as some of the ,
flowers had suffered in transit.

C. W. Johnson.

American Carnation Society.

I would like to call attention of the
members of the American Carnation
Society to the central location of
the city of Buffalo, where we hold
our twenty-fourth convention January
27-28. While we are in the midst of
business depression that affects all.
let us not forget that better times are
in store for us, and every one that can
possibly spare the time should endeavor
to attend this year from east to west.
No one can say that it is too far away
this year. We are expecting a fine dis-
play of carnations, both novelties and
standard varieties. Reports from every
section indicate that quality was never
better. Come join with us, see how
we conduct our business and exhibi-
tions. Give encouragement to the
officers, show them that you appreciate
their endeavors in trying to make this
the best floricultural society in this
country. S. J. GoijD.iRD, President.

Members : Do you feel kindly to-
ward the secretary? Well, you can
lighten his work at the convention con-
siderably by sending in your annual
dues before he starts for the place of
meeting. It might also save yourself
more or less inconvenience and delay in
not having to wait to be waited on at
the desk. The time for filing entries
free of charge will be up January 17.
That date falling on Sunday, no charge
will be made for entries reaching the
secretary by Monday, January 18. Two
dollars will be charged for each entry
made after that date. Indications point
to a large gathering and one of the
best exhibitions ever staged. All mem-
bers are urged to make every effort to
attend. A large attendance promotes
enthusiasm. A member asks for a dis-
cussion on the relative merits of cut-
tings taken from the flower stems and
those taken from the short blooming
shoot.s. Give the matter a little thought
and let us have the benefit of your ex-
perience. There will be other matters
up for discussion, too.

A, F. J. BAUR, Sec'y.

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT REGISTRATION.

The following carnations are offered
for registration by Albert Roper,
Tewksbury, Mass. :

No. 316 — Parentage unnamed seed-
lings; color, light pink; size, two to
three inches; tall, fine grower with a
long stiff stem; free bloomer.

No. 326 — Parentage unnamed seed-
lings; color, flesh pink; size, three to
three and one-half inches; tall grower,
with stiff stems.

No. 360 — Parentage unnamed seed-
lings; color dark pink; size, two to
three inches; very tall grower, with
strong stems and very clear color.

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Offered tor registration by Richard
Diener & Co., Mountain View, Calif. :

Chief Dennison — Seedling crosses;
color, scarlet; size, four inches; vigor-
ous RTOwer, producing strong four-foot
stems. Non-splitting calyx; very fra-
frant. Will make fine commercial va-
riety.

Chamoise — White seedling Sunset;
color chamois yellow striped with
pink; size, three inches; vigorous grow-
er and free bloomer; wiry and upright.
Does not split under glass; very fra-
grant.

BUFFALO COMMITTEES.

Finance committee — Wm. F. Kast-
ing, chairman; W. J. Palmer. S. A.
Anderson. W. H. Eiss, L. H. Neubeck.

Banquet committee — W. A. Adams,
chairman; Charles Schoenhut. Charles
Sandiford. Joseph Streit, W. H. Sievers.

Decorating and table committee —
William Greever, chairman; Felix Al-
berts. Edward Slattery, Charles Felton.

Ticket committee — Robert Scott,
chairman; Edward Stroh, E. C.
Brucker, W. J. Peake, "William Legg.

Entertainment committee — J. Benson
Stafford, chairman; Albert Keitsch.

Reception committee — J. F. Cowell,
chairman; J. J. Albright, C. T. Guen-
ther, Barnard Myers, R. E. Boettger.
Charles Hewson, L. C. Wilkie, Charles
Keitsch, George Urban. David Sey-
mour, F. P. Kull, H. B. Filer, William
Donaldson, Henry Elbers, W. C. Stroh,
R. O. King.

Executive committee — S. A. Ander-
son, chairman; Wm. F. Kasting, W. A.
Adams. William Grever. Robert Scott,
J. Benson Stafford, J. F. Cowell.

Cactus Solution in Arsenical Sprays.

VALUABLE A.S AN ADHESIVE.

An entomologist of the United States
department of agriculture, as the re-
sult of a series of experiments witli
the ordinary "prickly pear," which is
plentiful in the Southwest, has found
that if sliced prickly pears or any other
cactus of sutticient size are added to
the water before the zinc arsenite or
Paris green and the lime are put in, the
mixture will stick to the plants much
better and be effective for a much
longer period.

The method used was as follows :
The spines were first burne<i from the
prickly pears, then sliced at right
angles to the spine or in cases of large
pears, cut both ways. The sliced cac-
tus was then put in water and allowed
to soak over night, 15 pounds of spiny
cactus to .50 gallons of water being
about the proper proportion. Where too
much cactus is used it interferes with
the spray. The water draws out the
mucilaginous substance from the cac-
tus which makes the adhesive for the
poisonous substances.

The water was drawn oft, and with
it in one set of experiments, were mixed
three pounds of zinc ar.senite with 50
gallons of wate|-. This was vised in
sprays on sugar beet plants infested
with the striped cucumber beetle.
Check experiments showed that in
about six days after spraying all the
beetles were dead. In another experi-
ment one-half pound of Paris green
and two pounds of lime were used with
.50 gallons of the water of the cactus
solution. Again the spray, within a
few days, killed all the beetles.

Experiments were then made with
lead arsenate and this, it was found,
did not make a satisfactory combina-
tion with the cactus solution as it

produced precipitation and coagulation,
which interfered with spraying.

In the Southwest, where all insec-
ticide material must be shipped in from
a great distance, the expense of trans-
porting this material is often more
than the cost of the insecticide itself,
so that material of a poor quality is
often used instead. For some years
arsenicals in paste form have been ex-
tensively used by growers on account
of their better adherence and lasting
qualities, but where a good adhesive is
used arsenicals in powder form are
preferred. In conducting experiments at
no time have the powdered arsenicals
proved less effective, and at times the
mortality would be considerably above
that shown in another experiment
conducted at the same time with ar-
senicals in paste form. Better results
have been obtained in using one pound
of zinc arsenite in powder form with
cactus than by the use of three pounds
in the paste form to the same amount
of water.

THE RETAIL TRADE

Condncted by Robt. Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.

The Standing: Wreath.

SEE SUPPLEME:>iT WITH THIS ISSUE.

For a large piece, the standing
wreath is perhaps the most popular of
all funeral designs. It is effective in
almost any size. The wreath on easel
is often seen, and while it is satis-
factory in a degree, it is not to be
compared with the more stately and
perfect design of the wreath, supported
on a stand or base of its own, a part
of itself.

In arranging a piece of this kind
the artist has great leeway; nowadays
there is little restriction as to color,
while there is also great range as to
quality. A well made bronze or green
magnolia or galax leaf, either made
loose or with leaves laid on to make
the formal design, is perhaps the
simplest and costs least for material.
Yet well made examples of this kind,
even without the addition of flowers,
but nicely ribboned, often command a
good price. There is scarcely a flower
that is standard in the market at any
season but what can be worked up
effectively; a very striking piece was
shown last summer made out of the
yellow and orange calendulas. Wreaths
of daffodils have also been made that
were much admired.

A feature of a large piece, where
the wreath form stands considerably
above the base or foot, is the spray
or shower effect, which if nicely made
adds very much to the appearance of
the design as a whole. It relieves the
plain roundness of the wreath, adding
variety here, and fills up the space,
which at times is too pronounced be-
tween the bottom of the wreath and
the base. This foundation plays an
important part — it must be large and
heavy enough to support the upper
design and it must also have its share
of decoration, oft times in long stem-
med flowers, which in a measure hide
the supporting rod and also add to the
floral value. Very often a base of
tall slender plants is most effectively
used, making a contrast to the wealth
of color above. When the order calls
for an elaborate arrangement, orchids
and lilies of the valley generally have
preference, as in the very elegant
piece shown in the accompanying
supplement. This is executed in a
masterly manner, there not being

an artist in the land who would
object to having it called a specimen
of his work. The ribbon for the in-
scription is an important factor; it is
here properly placed giving full
prominence to the wording and fall-
ing down where it hides nothing but
the iron support. Too often it is seen
attached to the top in the center,
where it cannot help but cover and
hide many of the best flowers, inter-
fering also with the lines of the de-
sign.

If for an out of town order, the trans-
portation of such a large piece is quite
a job. The frame should be made in
three parts. The foot should contain
an iron pipe about 12 to 18 inches in
length, according to the height of de-
sign, and a piece of the same should
be attached to the center of the wreath
A supporting rod or pipe of the proper
length, that will nt inside of the other
two pieces, is all that is necessary to
complete and connect the top and base.
With this division, two boxes of moder-
ate size will accommodate the whole de-
sign, which can be set up in a few
minutes at its destination. At least
one such set of boxes should always
be on hand as orders for this work
may come for almost immediate de-
livery at a closing hour, when it would
be very hard to get the boxes from an
outside quarter. ^

A New Year's Ball.

A very elaborate as well as artistic
floral arrangement was made by using
Southern laurel for garlands, made
very full and round with full cluster
effects of berries in the lower center,
for they were draped up and caught
up at various intervals. At these in-
tersections large flat wall baskets were
arranged with poinsettias tied with
immense rosettes of red satin ribbon
to match the poinsettias. From these
baskets showers of laurel interspersed
with red berries were suspended. Im-
mense balls of southern laurel, in
which sprigs of red berries were pro-
fusely used were placed at convenient
intervals throughout the ballroom.
From the center of the room a very
large dome made of red carnations
was suspended. From this red satin
streamers were extended, reaching to
the corners of the room. Around this
satin ribbon heavy rich strings of as-
paragus vines were encircled.

In the farthest section of the ball-
room an artistic arrangement of palms,
araucarias and the new Pierson ferns
was made and so arranged that an im-
mense light arranged by the electric
company could be seen back of this
green, rising as the New Year was
sounded. Tall Christmas trees were
arranged at the back of this to make
it appear as realistic as possible.
This in turn was shaded with a veil
effect made of gauze and decorated
with red berries. Curtains were hung
over the doorways. These were of
southern laurel and tied back with a
garland drape of red berries. In the
dining room small araucarias orna-
mented the individual tables. These
were decorated with red berries and
red satin ribbons and were covered
with tiny electric lights which were
covered with red catgut. A full rich
garland of red carnations was used as
a finish at the base. A. E. K.

Savannah, Ga.— John Wolf, florist,
observed the twentieth anniversary of
the establishment of his business
January 1.

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WITH THE GROWERS

The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.

The writer is much interested in the
new red rose, Hoosier Beauty, and has
watched it for the past three years,
having- seen a few plants in 1912 at
the range of F. Corner & Sons Co., La-
Fayette, Ind., the originators. The
E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., has a
very large stock of this peerless va-
riety, both in blooming plants from
benches and young stock in two-inch
pots. My main object in visiting this
interesting plant at this time was
to size up the qualities of Hoosier
Beauty after the heavy cut for Christ-
mas. I saw this variety the first week
in December; also, in August on my
return from the Boston convention and
must say at each time it showed a
remarkable growth, and every shoot
produces a fine bud. The writer, with-
out question, regards this crimson scar-
let forcer (after watching it carefully
for three years) as the best and most
profitable variety in its color to date.
It is not only an extra fine forcing
variety in winter, but a profitable red
rose for summer. The florists who saw
the magnificent vase of Hoosier Beauty
that The E. G. Hill Co. showed at
Winona, Ind., last July can vouch for
its being a first class summer rose.

Next of interest in the rose line was
Ophelia. This firm has 10 half
benches 250 feet long of this beautiful
(pink suffused) yellow variety. I con-
sider this the most wonderful win-
ter blooming rose, everything con-
sidered, that we have today. It is an
easy one for anyone to do that can
grow' roses at all. A vigorous, strong,
grower and comes into crop quicker
than any variety we grow today. I
did not get the records of the cut of
this variety from Jos. Hill, but it may
be of interest to your readers to record
the cut from this sort at my rose farm
in Kokomo, Ind. I bought 500 plants
the last week in June from 2V2-inch
pots and they took hold of our soil,
and grew like weeds from the start.
We cut the following from August 1
to December 31 :

August, 1,715; September, 1,590; Oc-
tober, 1,465; November 1.205; Decem-
ber, 1,865. Those cut in December
were stems from 21 to 30 inches. Our
plants today are five feet high. In
addition to its most beautiful and
charming color, it is a wonderful
keeper and I predict a large planting
of Ophelia in 1915. The E. G. Hill
Co. has a bench of a new yellow rose
under a number, imported I think from
England. That looks very promising.
However, they will grow it another
year to give it further trial.

As a matter of course Killarneys,
both pink and white, are grown in large
quantities and in my judgment have
never looked as well as this year.
Every bench is in full cut, or break-
ing away strong for another crop. On
the day of my visit a force of 10 or
12 were busy grafting roses. It will
surely keep them busy for the next
three months as this firm has 200,000
Manettis and will use them all for
grafting roses. This, in addition to
several hundred thousand roses on
their own roots will surely keep this
firm busy shipping orders later on.

After my visit of several hours with
the roses, I was escorted across the
street to plant "B," the carnation
range. This is the third year for car-
nations in these well built, flat rafter,

iron houses. These houses were built
in 1912 by the Foley Greenhouse Mfg.
Co.. of Chicago, and for ridge and fur-
row houses they seem to me to be as
near perfection as possible and I doubt
very much if there is a range of car-
nations anywhere in this country that
is in better condition then these; every
bench is full of flowers and buds, and
the plants are healthy and vigorous.
I asked Mr. Hill how he accounted for
such wonderful success three years in
succession — if it were brains, the
houses or soil. He just smiled and
said that it might be a combination
of all. White Wonder, White Perfec-
tion and White Enchantress are the
principal whites, "Wards, in the pinks
are a great favorite, although large
numbers of Enchantress, Pink Delight,
Gloriosa, Philadelphia and Gorgeous
are grown. In bright red, fieacon and
Champion were in the best of condition.
The latter will be planted Aore largely
next year, and Beacon, somewhat less.
A whole bench, 250 feet of Yellow
Prince, was a sheet of gold; nothing
on the place was fuller of buds and
blooms than this yellow. Wherever
there is a demand for yellow carna-
tions, it would seem advisable to plant
this variety.

The range known as the Graves
place is planted wholly to carnations
for cuttings only. It seems to me to
be impossible to see plants healthiei-
than these. This firm contemplates
rooting over 1,125,000 carnation cut-
tings in 1915.

Fred Lemon & Co.'s place was also
visited. Mr. Lemon is a son-in-law
of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Hill and was
foreman of the Hill establishment for a
number of years. His place shows the
right kind of training he has had in
the past, as his roses were about on
a par with the Hill product. Mr.
Lemon has an up-to-date flower shop
on Main street and grows a variety
suitable for store work. Aside from
a good stock of roses and. carnations, a
grand lot of pot plants, such as be-
gonias, cyclamen, azaleas, primulas,
ferns, etc. Altogether my visit to
Richmond was very pleasant. '

"SV. W. Coles.

State Florists' Association of Indiana.

ANNUAL MEETING. ■

The annual meeting of the association
was called to order by President W. W.
Coles at the Claypool hotel, Tuesday,
January 12, at 2 p. m. The reports of
the secretary, treasurer and auditing
committee were read and approved and
Clarence Thomas was elected to mem-
bership. A motion to amend the rules
governing the awarding of the Indiana
rose and carnation trophies so that the
person who won three times could re-
tain it. was defeated. John Hartje, C.
Pahud and G. D. Conner, Jr., were ap-
pointed a committee' to revise the state
fair premium list.

At the election of oiEcers for the en-
suing year the following were chosen :

W. J. Vesey, Jr., Ft. Wayne, presi-
dent; John Hartje, Indianapolis, first
vice-president; G. D. Conner, Jr., Wa-
bash, second vice-president; O. E.
Steinkamp. Indianapolis, secretary;
Homer Wiegand, Indianapolis, trea-
surer.

THE exhibits:

W. Frank & Sons, Portland, Ind.,
captured the Indian.a rose trophy with
their splendid exhibit of vases of 25
each. Pink Killarney, White Killarney
and Shawyer.

The Indiana carnation trophy was
awarded to Baur & Steinkamp, Indian-
apolis, for a vase of .50 blooms, with
the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, a close
second. The latter received a certifi-
cate for a fine vase of Carnation Mrs.
Akehurst. Certificates of merit were
also given to the following : P. J. Ol-
inger & Co., Cincinnati, O., for a fine
red seedling; R. Witterstaetter, Cin-
cmnati, O., deep pink seedling. Car-
nation Winsor scored SI points in the
competition.

The J. D. Thompson Carnation Co..
Joliet, 111., sent a display of supei-b
carnations, but the entry arrived too
late, being delayed, and was not in con-
dition for judging, but it made a good
showing.

R. Witterstaetter also showed a vase
of Pres. Valentine, in extra good form.
This is a light pink variety, and holds
a certificate from the American Carna-
tion Society.

F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y.,
showed a fine \'ase of new deep rose,
colored rose, Francis Scott Key, which
was much admired.

A. D. Ruble, Bridgeport, Ind., showed
a vase of fine bright pink orchid flow-
ering sweet peas. The variety origi-
nated with him.

Al. Pettit exhibited a vase of mixed
colors of orchid flowering sweet peas,
among same two wonderful shades of
blue.

F. Dorner and Sons Co., La Fayette,
displayed Hoosier Beauty, finer than
ever, and a vase of mixed seedling car-
nations; also vase of Good Cheer, a
vase of Champion, and a vase of Pink
Sensation, all of which hold certificates.
Their light pink seedling, No. 271, re-
ceived honorable mention, but was
overshadowed by Pink Sensation.

Baur & Steinkamp. Indianapolis,
showed a vase of flowers of Buddeia
Asiatica, a new shrub from Japan.

Bertermann Bros. Co., Indianapolis,
showed fine specimens of cyclamen.
Bostons and Adiantum Farleyense glo-
riosa.

Stuart & Haugh, Anderson, showed
well grown sniall Bostons.

Dinner was served at 6 :30 to about
M5 members. Everybody had a nice
time — speeches, etc., until late. G. D.
Conner, Jr.. of Wabash, is one of the
best speakers in the association.
VISITOR.?.

The following were seen among the
trade visitors: W. W. Coles, Kokomo;
Harry White, North Manchester; J. S.
Stuart and J. A. E. Haugh, Anderson:
W. J. Vesey, Jr., Fort Wayne; Paul O.
Tauer, Lebanon; G. R. Gause, John
Evans, R. E. Jones, Sr., and R. E.
Jones. Jr., Richmond; Thos. Woodward.
Edenburg; G. D. Conner, Jr., Wabash;
A. Bitler, Kokomo; Frank Bros., Port-
land; A. W. Herre, Chicago; J. M. Wil-
kinson, Connersville; T. Dorner, LaFay-
ette; J. E. Hitz. Franklin; Warren
Huckleberry, North Vernon; Chas. S.
Barnaby, Columbus; P. J. Olinger, Cin-
cinnati. O.; 'Wxa.. Gardner, New Castle;
A. L. Pett, Cr.awfordsville; L. A. Coles,
Kokomo; E. Mann, Richmond; F. L.
Morris, Bloomington; R. Camm, Cin-
cinnati, O. ; E. J. Shepperd, Colvmibus.
H. J.

Muskegon, Mich. — About $500 dam-
age was done to the Lakeside Green-
house, of which George M. Morrisette
is proprietor, January 1, when flre
broke out above the boiler room.
The cause of the blaze is unknown.
The boiler plant is not damaged. The
principal loss was to wire trays for
handling flowers and other equipment.

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OFFICERS STATE FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA.

\Vm. J. Vesey, Jr.. President.

John Hartje, First Vice-President.

O. E. Steinkamp, Secretary.

National Flower Show Publicity.

The address of E. J. Berlet on "Pub-
licity" before the Florists' Club of
Philadelphia at its January meeting
was full of interesting points and
brought out considerable discussion.
Mr. Berlet is a successful business
man, a jeweler and takes great interest
in civic movements; anything that
promi.ses to elevate his or other
branches of business, street improve-
ments such as paving and lighting for
his locality, and other municipal ad-
vancements receive his hearty support.
He is especially successful in "getting
next" to the newspapers and winning
their support to boost whatever is in
hand. The most essential thing, he
finds, is to stick on the job all the time.
What is needed is a live leader with
good working committees, men who
are not afraid of work.

Start well ahead; it is none too soon
to commence with the press work of
the big .show. Stick to the truth, but
enlarge upon it. Work with a lively
imagination; certain things may not
work out, but "it is proposed" saves
the day. To attract attention there
must be high lights — the papers are
hungry for such matter. He said he
had found that a small advertisement,
with a* prospect or promise of more
conditional that the reading matter
"goes in" was a great help. A good,
hard working publicity committee, who
got "next" to tlie papers, could accom-
plish wonders. Make the people see
the show before it opens. The way
Billy Sunday had been boosted was an
example. There had been columns of
matter for the past six months, so that
when he did arrive, the people re-
sponded and packed his 15,000-seat
tabernacle at every meeting. It had
been his experience that it was very
hard to draw the crowd to anything
educational — people want to be amused.
They will go a long way to a circus or
a ball game, but to anything educa-
tional, only those interested in the sub-
ject are apt to be attracted. Speak-
ing particularly of the flower show, as
many features of one kind or another
that would give the reporters, live
themes for their copy should be
thought out w'ell in advance. He be-
lieved it a great thing for all in the
trade to encourage the various corn-

Homer Wiegand, Treasurer.

munity flower shows. Each small lo-
cal center in the neighborhood of a
large city would take part and pride
in such an exhibition if the idea was
presented by a good bright organizer,
who could easily get the assistance of
the local flower lovers. Such displays
would be a great help in increasing in-
terest and love for flowers and create a
demand particularly for new things.
The national show could not help but
be benefited; also by the interest cre-
ated in these minor displays.

It was, he said, a great thing for
men in any line of business to get to-
gether and work to boost their par-
ticular product. So much more could
be accomplished by a body than was
possible for the individual. To inter-
est the man who is not interested is
the problem. The way to get ahead is
to get together. The man who gives
the world the best that he has is sure
to have the best come back to him.

In speaking of a community adver-
tisement which contained the names
of a long list of florists he thought
people would go to their florist when
they wanted anything and the space
thus occupied should contain informa-

tion about flowers which would encour-
age their sale. He doubted the loca-
tion of the show as proposed in Con-
vention hall, but could not suggest a
better place.

Mr. Berlet is a forceful speaker and
his remarks were an inspiration to
many of those present who are inter-
ested in the success of the show. K.

Boston.

TRADE BELOW NORMAL.

Business during the past week was
far below normal. There seems to be
an over supply of nearly every kind of
flower with tlie exception of novelties.
Roses are about tlie only kind of stan-
dard flower that meets with a fair sale.
The newer varieties seem to clean up
better than the old ones, Ophelia, Sun-
burst, Hadley, Russell and Richmond
being the best sellers. Carnations are
very plentiful, and consequently the
prices are far from satisfactory. Only
the best of the new novelties reach $3
per 100. Lilies are selling fair, owing
to a shortage, as are orchids. Lily
of the valley and violets are plentiful
and are moving slowly. Sweet peas
are more plentiful and are selling fairly
well. The Spencer types are the most
popular. Paper White narcissi are
abundant and sell slowly. Stevia is in
fair demand and the supply seems to
be shortening. The plant trade is
fairly active.

NOTES.

The inaugural meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society was held
at Horticultural hall, Saturday, Jan-
uary 0, at 11 o'clock. The reports of
the various committees were read and
two new committees appointed, one in
regard to changing the interior of the
hall and the other to gain the co-
operation of the retail florists in mak-
ing the exhibitions more attractive.
President John K. M. L. Farquhar
gave a very interesting inaugural ad-
dress in which he pointed out the great
work being done by the society for the
advancement of horticulture. One of
the points brought out by him was the
influence over the people of Boston
made by the Fenway gardens. The re-
port of the trustees showed 1.30 new
members on the roll of the society for
the past year, making a total of 937
members. The expenses ran a little>
above the receipts. .?6,000 in prizes
are offered for the present year.
The American Peony Society has been
invited to hold their convention in Bos-
ton in 1915.

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Jan. i6.

An informal meeting- for the purpose
of establishing a credit system was
held at the Co-operative Market Satur-
day, January 9. A general outline of
the plan was given and a meeting of
all growers will be held at a later date,
notices of which will be mailed to all
florists in the -vicinity. Boston cer-
tainly needs such a system and it
would be of benefit to the growers if
they give their earnest co-operation.

Mavor Curley has under considera-
tion the building of a $500,000 green-
house at the Fenway gardens. The
proposed building will be 150x700 feet.
It is hoped that the proposition will
be carried through as it will be another
great stride in the advancement of
horticulture in this vicinity.

A new seedling carnation has been
registered with the American Carna-
tion Society by Littlefleld & Wyman,
of No. Ablngton, Mass. It is a clear
rose pink and is said to be a good
commercial variety. It is a cross be-
tween Winsor and Winona.

John Barr, of So. Natick, is at pres-
ent cutting about 15,000 high grade
carnations per week. His Yellow
Prince, Matchless, Mrs. B. P. Cheney
and his dark pink seedling are es-
peciallv fine.

The demand for yellow marguerites
is very noticable at the markets at
present. No matter how bad a glut
there may be or at what season, this
little flower always finds a good mar-
ket.

In addition to high grade carnations
and mignonette, the R. A. Wadsworth
Co., of Northboro, Mass., are cutting
very fine Spencer sweet peas. They
also have very fine forget-me-nots.

The stork visited the home of Wm.
Tailly at Wellesley, Mass.. Monday,
Januarv 4. with a baby boy.

F. L,. "^\

Washington.

TRADE COXDITIOXS UNCHANGEP.
Trade in general is just about ,the
same as last week with plenty of good
stock to be had and moderate prices
prevail, excepting for carnations, which
you can buy from .$1..50 to $4.00 for
the very best and some of the retail
stores are displaying large signs in
their window — "Carnations 35 cents
per dozen." This is about as low as
they get here in the summer.

NOTES.

Pruning of the rose -was explained
to the Brookland Rose Society at its
meeting February 20, at the home of
Dr. R. W. Frischkorn, 1242 Newton
street northeast, by F. L. Mulford, in
charge of the Government rose garden
at Arlington. The following officers
were re-elected : C. F. Tansill, presi-
dent: Dr. William Turner, vice presi-
dent; Miss Margaret B. Dowing, secre-
tary, and Miss Carrie Harrison, treas-
urer.

Otto Baur. manager for S. S. Pen-
nock-Meehan Co., claims to be well
satisfied with business to date. He
claims it far exceeds last year. This
firm is handling some of the finest
Hadley roses that have ever been in
this city. As some of the retailers say
they are better than American
Beauties; large flowers and good stiff
stems.

Marche & Go's, store looks like it
was starting in for another Christ-
mas trade, but as Mr. Marche says
you have got to show the public, and
that is what he has always tried to do.

A. Herold one of the clerks at G. C.
Shaffer's is back on the job after a
week's illness with grippe.

Al. Esch is sending in to the Leo
Niesssn Co., some extra good yellow
narcissi, but as Al says the demand is
greater than the cut, as there is not
enough to go around.

Jenkins and Son are sending in a
few bunches of larkspur. G. C. D.

OBITUARY.

Charles McTaggrart.

Charles McTaggart, 46 years old, a
well-known salesman for the seed firm
of W. E. Marshall & Co., New York,
whose home was in Kearny, N. J., was
instantly killed at the Erie Railroad
station of that town, January 10.
He had walked along the track from
his home intending to board the train
for New York. Because of repairs on
the eastbound track the train ap-
proached the station on the westbound
track, and behind' him. Women on the
station platform shouted warnings, but
he heard them too lat^. His body was
literally cut in two. He was a native
of Scotland and came to this country
about 20 years ago. He was with
Weeber & Don, New York, about eight
years, later with J. M. Thorburn & Co..
and for a short time in business for
himself. As above stated, his last posi-
tion was with W. E. Mar^all & Co.
Mr. McTaggart was a genial and
kindly man and well liked by his asso-
ciates. He was a member of the New
York Florists' Club and had a wide ac-
quaintance among private gardeners.
He was unmarried, having lived with
his widowed mother, who is now 65
years old. A. F. F.

R. W. Allen.

One of the most prominent florists
in eastern New York died Sunday after-
noon, January 10, at Hudson, Colum-
bia county, in the person of Richard
W. Allen. Born in Eagland on April
10. 1848, the son of John Allen, who
for nearly 70 years was gardener for
Lord Falmouth, young Allen at 15 took
up the trade of his father. From No-
vember, 1SG7, to October. 1S69. he was
in London at the Lion house gardens.
He left there to work in the Royal gar-
dens at W^indsor. In April. 1S72, he
sailed for New York, where he worked
a short time with John Henderson. Ho
accepted an offer from David "SVoolford
to go to Catskill and later went to
Hudson to work for James Clarke, a
florist. He remained with Clarke until
the latter sold out to R. L. Monell and
continued with Monell for three years,
and then went into partnership with
William Brocksbank. who owned the
Prospect Hill Nurseries. September .3.
1877. Mr. Allen married Miss Ida C.
Brocksbank, his partner's daughter,
who died in 188.". In 1888 he bought
out his father-in-law and continued the
business. The nursery was transferred
some years ago for a cemetery site.
He then bought the Charles E. But-
ler place at Hudson, where he erected
his greenhouses. Mr. Allen was also
the owner of one of the best orchards
in the Columbia county fruit belt at
Claverack. He was a member of the
Baptist church and served as a trustee
of the organization. He is survived by
a daughter. Miss Edna, two brothers
and two sisters. R. D.

Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

FREE HOUTICLLTURAL LECTURES.

The lecture committee of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society has is-
sued the programme of lectures and
discussions on horticultural subjects to
be given at Horticultural hall on Satur-
days during January, February and
March. These lectures are free, and the
various topics will be treated by recog-
nized authorities in the different lines.
The programme is as follows :

January 16 — "Selection and Care of
House Plants," by Frederick E. Palmer,
Brookline.

January 30 — "Conference on Garden
Planning and Planting," conducted by
the staff of the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College; 10 a. m., "Trees and
Shrubs for Home Grounds." Prof. A. K.
Harrison; 10:45 a. m., "Garden Plan-

ning," P. H. EUwood, Jr.; 11:30 a. m.,
"Garden Furnishing," Prof. F. A.
Waugh; 1:30 p. m., "Practical Man-
agement of the Home Flower Garden,"
Prof. A. H. Nehrling; 2 :30 p. m., "Her-
baceous Annuals and Perennials," A. S.
Thurston.

February 6 — "The Home Vegetable
Garden," by H. F. Tompson, Amherst.

February 13 — "Conference on Fruit
Growing," arranged by the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College; 10 a. m.,
"Grafting and Budding." Prof. W. W.
Chenoweth; 11 a. m.. "Pruning," Prof.
F. C. Sears; 1 :30 p. m., "Spraying,"
Prof. R. W. Rees; 2:45 p. m., "Small
Fruits," Hon. Wilfrid Wheeler.

February 27 — "The Culture of Hardy
.Shrubs," by Arthur E. Thatcher, Bar
Harbor, Me.

March 6— "The Insect Outlook for
New England," by Dr. H. T. Fernald,
Amherst.

March 13 — "Hardy Herbaceous Flow-
ers," by AV. A. Manda, South Orange,
X. J.

March 27 — "Diseases of the Peony,"
illustrated, by Prof. H. H. Whetzel,
Ithaca, N. Y.

The John Lewis Russel Lecture.

Tarrytown Horticultural Society.

The annual meeting of the Tarry-
town Horticultural Society was held
at Tarrytown, Thursday evening, De-
cember 31, President Elliott in the
chair. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year : W. Jami-
son, president; J. Featherstone, vice-
president; E. W. Neubrand, secretary;
C. J. Weeks, treasurer; Thomas A.
Lee, press secretary. This being car-
nation night a fine display of cut
blooms were exhibited and the first
prize ^vas awarded to A. Golding, su-
perintendent for D. G. Reid, who also
received a, certificate of merit for a
vase of Princess Dagmar and also a
cultural certificate for a vase of mig-
nonette. Honorable mention was given
to J. AV. Smith, Scott Bros., A. Weeks
and W. F. Ross for other exhibits of
carnations. A fine vase of euphorbia
was staged by A. Weeks, who was
given a cultural certificate. Many
valuable points were brought out on
the cultivation of carnations in the
discussion which followed the judging.
The exhibit for the next meeting will
be flowering plants in not more than
seven-inch pots. The annual dinner
was held at Florence Inn. January 12.
T. A. LEE, Press Sec'y.

Albany, N. Y.

Members of the Albany Florists'
Club turned out in unusual numbers
for the January meeting, which was
one of the best held in some time. The
gathering was called to order by the
retiring president, Fred Henkes, who
appointed Frederick Goldring and
Thomas F. Tracey a committee to es-
cort Frank R. Bilson. the new presi-
dent, to the chair. President Bilson
announced the appointment of finance,
entertainment, and sick visitation com-
mittees for the year. Earl Halm and
Harry Nelson, both of this city, were
elected members. Fred A. Danker re-
ported on a visit to Ledyard Cogswell,
of the board of trustees of the Albany
Institute, with a view to getting the
use of the Institute building next fall
for a flower show. Mr. Cogswell thought
well of the plan and said he would do
what he could to influence the other
trustees to favorable action. William
W. Hannell proposed two members
and Thomas P. Tracey one. The report
of Robert Davidson, secretary-treas-
urer, showed that the club took in 14
members during 1914, three resigned,
and one died, making the net member-
ship in good standing, 70. Louis H.
.Schaefer, chairman of the entertain-
ment committee, announced that ar-
rangements had been completed for the
annual banquet that night and invited

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all to Keeler's, State street, after the
meetingr. To the invitation of the so-
cial committee chairman, 49 responded
and soon all were seated in the grill
room of the restaurant. The menu,
selected from an a la carte service,
was excellent. The entertainment pro-
gramme included songs by W. B. Cook,
with Stumpp & Walter Co., New York.
He was accompanied by Stephen
Green, with H. H. Bayersdorfer & Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa. Those who have not
heard Green at the piano are in for a
surprise, because he can make the
instrument do all but talk. In addi-
tion to his songs Cook was able to give
two excellent impromptu speeches in
one of which he urged the members
at their meetings to cultivate one an-
other's acquaintance and not to be
afraid to extend the "glad hand." Cook
from his long experiences as a travel-
ing man showed the value of cordiality
both at club meetings and in business.
H. J. Anderson, with A. R. Pierson,
Inc., Cromwell, Conn., in his short ad-
dress spoke of the orders the concern
has for two new carnations and of

plans to grow some novelties In chrys-
anthemums. He invited the members
to Cromwell next fall to see the plants
in bloom. L. "Wood, Fishkill, tele-
phoned during the evening that he was
not able to be on hand on account of
having some trouble with his boilers.
One of the graceful acts of the even-
ing was the presentation by Chairman
Schaefer, on behalf of the members,
of a luncheon set for four persons to
Fred Henkes, the retiring president.
The articles were contained in a suit-
able case, the whole intended for an
automobile party. Mr. Henkes managed
to thank the members for their gift.
Some excellent advice on the basis
for computing profits in the retail
business was given by Mr. Cook. He
said it is not uncommon for the supply
houses to find that the retailer has
great diflBculty in meeting his bills.
An investigation of his accounts shows
that he has not made a careful calcula-
tion as to the actual cost to him of
transacting business and as a result
finds his margin of profit %o have well
nigh vanished.

The Rosery, Edward F. Meany and
E. P. Tracey, had the decorations of
the assembly chamber at the state
capitol upon the occasion of the in-
auguration of Governor Charles S.
Whitman. Flowers and foliage plants
were used in abundance. The arrange-
ments for the inauguration were in
charge of Mitchell May, the retiring
secretary of state.

The Albany Cut Flower Exchange,
Thomas F. Tracey, manager, has is-
sued a little poem, "Let's Get Ac-
quainted," for distribution among Its
customers. The thought in the verses
is that a personal acquaintance be-
tween the wholesaler and the retailer
would do much to remove friction that
sometimes arises in business transac-
tions.

Mayor Joseph W. Stevens has named
Calvin J. Huson, state commissioner of
agriculture, and Clifford R. Pettis,
chief forester in the conservation com-
mission, to represent Albany at the
third annual convention of the New
York State Forestry Association at
Rochester this week. R. D.

ChLrysanthiermjim Society of America.

Review of the Work of the Examining Committees for the Season of 1914.

Name^ofJVariety

Golden Queen

Marigold ...
Crystal Gem

N0.3-S4-12.

.ygonac

No. 50-4-12.
Calumet . . .

Silver King..
Mankato .. .
Modello ....
Kewanee . . .
Tekonsha - .

Niza

Rodi

Illona

Veta

Zora

Neola

Antigone.. . .

Yellow Seedling

Bob Pulling

Earl Kitctiener

Strafford .'. .

Yellow Ivory Supreme

Mt. Greenwood

Mt. Greenwood

No. 135

No. 92

White Chieftain

Peace

No. 8-1912

Queen Marie

Harvest Moon

Mias Marliella French .
Misa Pauline Anderson.

Wher«
shown

Dat«

Chicago

Cincinnati _

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Chicago

Cincinnati

Philadelphia

Cincinnati

Chicago

Cincinnati

Cincinnati _

Indianapolis

Chicago

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Philadelphia

Chicago

Cincinnati

Boston

New York

Chicago

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

New York

Boston

Chicago

Cincinnati

Philadelphia

Cincinnati

Chicago

Boston

New York

New York

Boston

Cincinnati

Chicago

Philadelphia

Indianapolis.

New York

New York

Boston

Boston

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Chicago

Chicago

Madison, N. J

Indianapolis

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Indianapolis

Chicago

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Chicago

Chicago

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Oct. 10
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Oct. 17
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Oct. 17
Oct. 31
Nov. 7
Oct. 31
Nov. 7
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Nov. 14
Nov. 14
Nov. 17
Nov. 17
Nov. 17
Nov. 31
Nov. 31
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Oct. 31
Oct. 31
Oct. 31
Oct. 31
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Oct. 31
Oct. 31
Oct. 31
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Oct. 24
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Oct. 10
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Oct. Z\
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Nov. 7
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Nov. 14

Exhibited by

Elmer D. Smith k Co., Adrian, Mich.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.

Edward A. Stroud, Strafford. Pa
Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa
Mt. Greenwood Cem. Assn., Morgan Pk., lU
Mt. Greenwood Cem Assn., Morgan Pk., Ill
The E. G. Hill Co.. Richmond, Ind
The E. G. Hill Co.. Richmond, Ind.
The E. G. Hill Co.. Richmond. Ind.
H. W. Rieman, Indianapolis, Ind.
H. W. Rieman, Indianapolis, Ind.
Herman Bros. Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa
A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. Conn.
Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, HI.
Poeblmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

Color

Yellow

White

Pink
White
Magenta
Bronze

White

Deep Magenta Pink

Golden Bronze

Yellow and Bronze

Bronze

Delicate Pink

Magenta

Rosy Lavender

Type

Inc.

Ref. Jap.
Inc.

Ref. Jap.

Inc.
Inc.

Pompon

White

YeUow

Shell Pink
White

Yellow

Magenta Pink
Deep Yellow
Yellow
Pink

Flesh Pink
White

Deep Pink

Magenta

Yellow

White

Yellow

Jap. Inc.

Inc.

Jap. Reflex

Jap. Inc.

Jap. Reflex
Jap. Inc.

Pompon
Jap. Reflex
Pompon

Jap. Inc.

Com.

Ex.
Com.

Ex.

Com.

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Com.

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Pom.

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1348

The American Florist.

Jan, i6.

The AMERICAN Florist

Established 1885.
Subscription, United States and Mexico. $1.00 a
year: Canada $2.60; Europe and Countries
in Postal Union. $2.50. Subscriptions
accepted only from those in the trade.
When sending us change of address always send
the old address at the same time.
Adrertising rates on application.
From the first issue the American Florist has
accepted only trade advertisements.

Adrertisements must reach us Tuesday (earlier
if possible), as we go to press Wednesday.

We do not assume any responsibility tor the
spinions ot our correspondents.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST,
440 S. Dearbom St.. CHICAGO

THIS ISSUE 56 PAGES WITH COVER

CONTENTS.

The Chicago novelty show 1341

— A fine eshibltion 13-41

— The club meeting 1342

— Notes and comments on exhibits 1342

Amei-ican Caraation Society 1342

— lioquols hotel (iUus. ) 1342

Cactus solution in arsenical sprays 1343

The retail trade 1343

— The standing wreath (illus.) 1343

— A New Year's ball 1343

With the growers 1344

— E. G. Hill Co.. Richmond. Ind 1344

State Florists' Association of Indiana 1.344

Boston 1345

Washington 1340

Obituary 1346

— Chas. McTaggart 134()

— R. W. Allen 1346

Massachusetts Horticultural Society 1346

Tarrytown Horticultural Society 1346

Albany 1346

Chrysanthemum Society of America 1347

Editorial 1348

— American Sweet Pea Society 1348

— Ladles' Society ot American Florists 1348

— American Gladiolus Society 1348

— Gardeners' and Florists' annual 1348

—Chicago to Buffalo 1348

— Plants show symptoms of death 1348

Cleveland 1350

Minneapolis. Minn 1350

Knoxville, Tenn 1350

Chicago 1354

Providence »1357

Pittsburgh 1358

St. Louis 1358

Ft. Wayne, Ind 1358

PbiladelT>hia 1360

Cincinnati 1361

Hoitlcultural Society of New York 1361

New York 1362

New York Florists' Club 1362

The seed trade 1370

— Seed packet growth dates not needed. . .1370

— Nebraska seed act unconstitutional 1370

— Sepdmen quote on government contract. 1370
— Bnckbee-Hohenadel decision reversed .... 1.370

— War affects seed crops 1372

The nursery trade 1374

— Horticultural code standardizes fruit ... .1374

— Apple crop largest on record 1374

Market gardeners 1376

— Hollow and pithy celery 1.376

National Association of Gardeners 1376

Roman hyacinth roots decaying 1370

New Jersey Florlcultural Society 1380

t*w Bedford Horticultural Society 1382

McKlNLEY DAY Is January 29.

VAUGHAN's Seed Store has issued a
fine colored plate of Canna Firefly, the
new variety pronounced by many ex-
perts the best red canna today.

Our Supplements.

Subscribers should see that they get
copies of the fine supplementary illus-
trations showing high-grade design
and decorative work. These fine sup-
plements should be carefully preserved,
as they mean much to the retail
florists in dealing with their custom-
ers, illustrating as they do the various
kinds of work that the every-day florist
is called upon to perform.

The papers in which the supplements
appear should be likewise preserved,
as tljey contain much valuable data
with regard to these special illustra-
tions. Subscribers should see that
they get every issue, as otherwise
they may miss some of the high-grade
work.

American Sweet Pea Society.

We are in receipt of the premium
list of the sweet pea exhibition, to be
held under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Sweet Pea Society, at the Palace
of Horticulture, Panama-Pacific Expo-
sition grounds, San Francisco, Calif.,
June 4. Premiums are offered by the
following: W. Atlee Burpee & Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Peter Henderson &
Co., New York; American National
Sweet Pea Society; Waldo Rohnert, Gil-
roy, Calif.; Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc,
Calif.; C. C. Morse & Co., San Fran-
cisco, Calif.; Hallawell Seed Co., Inc.,
San Francisco, Calif.; Braslan Seed
Growers' Co., San Jose, Calif.

Seedsmen and growers are invited to
make exhibits for advertising purposes,
for which medals will be awarded.
Notification must be sent to the assist-
ant secretary, and staging required will
be arranged for, to be paid, for by ex-
hibitor.

For copies of the premium list and
all further information pertaining to
this exhibition, address Frank G. Cuth-
bertson, Assistant Secretary, American
Sweet Pea Society, Palace of Horticul-
ture, P. P. I. E., San Francisco, Calif.

Ladies' Society of American Florists.

Mrs. Wra. F. Gude, president, 1915,
has made the following appointments :

Directors for two years — Mrs. Jos.
Manda, New Jersey; Mrs. J. F. Wilcox,
Iowa; Mrs. Geo. H. Co5ke, Washington,
D. C.

Introduction Committee, 1915 — Mrs.
Julius Eppstein, San Francisco, Calif.,
chairman; Miss Bertha Meinhardt,
Missouri; Miss Marie Erbe, New jer-
sey; Mrs. John Poehlmann, Illinois;
Mrs. Fred Breitmeyer, Michigan.

MRS. CHAS. H. Maynabd, Seo'y.

American Gladiolus Society.

Since the organization of the Ameri-
can Gladiolus Society, the annual
shows have been held in conjunction
with the conventions of the Society of
American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists. As the convention this
year will be held at San Francisco, and
this is too great a distance from the
majority of the growers, it has been
deemed best to hold our annual show
at Newport, R. I., August 18-19, upon
invitation of the Florists' and Garden-
ers' Club of Rhode Island.

H. YouELL, Sec'y-

"Gardeners' and Florists' Annual."

We are in receipt of the Gardeners
and Florists' Annual for 1915, a book
of upwards of 200 pages containing a
digest of the events of the horticultural
year at home and abroad, a business
section devoted to banking, insurance,
exporting, important, special articles
of current interest, men prominent dur-
ing the year, rules,_hints and recipes,
etc. The annual is published by the
A. T. De La Mare Ptg. & Pub. Co.,
New York, price, 50 cents.

Chicago to Buffalo.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY MEETING.

The transportation committee of the
Chicago Florists' Club has selected the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail-
road for the trip to Buffalo, N. Y., on
the occasion of the annual convention
and exhibition of the American Carna-
tion Society, to be held at the Iroquois
hotel, January 27-28, taking the Lake
Shore Limited, leaving the LaSalle
street station. Van Biiren street, Janu-

ary 20 at 5 :30 p. m., due in Buffalo the
morning of January 27 at 6 :45 a. m.,
central time, 7.45 a. m., eastern time.
There is a party rate for 10 or more
people traveling together on the same
ticket of $10.50. Pullman rates are as
follows: Lowers, $3; uppers, $2.40;
drawings rooms, $11. For reservations
on this train address or call up G. K.
Thompson, 100 South Clark street, Chi-
cago. Telephone Randolph 5300.

Plants Show Symptoms of Death.

That plants, like animals, respond
to anesthetics, drugs and other stimu-
lants, and exhibit all the symptoms of
death agonies, wns demonstrated to a
large audience ot scientists in a lec-
ture at the Cosmo i club, Washington,
D. C, January 6, by Prof. J. Chun-
der Bose, a native of Calcutta, India,
one of the world 's authorities in the
field of electrical p lysiology. The lec-
ture was given under the auspices of
the Washington Academy of Sciences
and the Botanical Society of Washing-
ton. It attracted an audience which
packed the assembly hall of the Cos-
mos club, while many persons were un-
able to obtain even standing room.

Prof. Bose, who has had conferred
upon him by the British government
the high distinctions of the decoration
of the Companionships of the Star of
India and of the Indian Empire, speaks
English fluently and for more than an
hour entertained his audience with an
account of his principal discoveries of
plant life phenomena. These discov-
eries show that there is not a single
physiological phenomenon in the ani-
mal which is not duplicated in the
plant.

The Bengalese scientist conducted an
experiment with an apparatus invented
by him which enables the plant to
show on the screen that it feels or re-
sponds to all kinds of mechanical and
chemical injuries much as animals do,
and that at the moment of death con-
vulsive movements take place.

By pinching a cauliflower plant with
this apparatus the sensation experi-
enced by the plant was thrown on the
screen in the form of a light wave.

Prof. Bose exhibited diagrams show-
ing how it is possible to measure the
speed of plants' nervous impulses and
demonstrating the existence of throb-
bing, pulsating organs.

He stated that he would announce
this month, through the royal society
at London, a discovery he has just
made which will enable one to so con-
trol vegetable nerves as to make the
results of a stimulus positive or nega-
tive at will.

No longer does the gentle rose, In palsied,
pallid fear, avoid the deadly pruning knife
or clumsy garden shear. No longer does she
hide her head as she is tidied up: nor wall to
weeping heavens above, alike an injured wip.
Instead she blandly smiles a smile that's cheer-
ful, wise and warm. Then takes long, refresh-
ing sniff of good old chloroform.

But yesterday the dogwood's leaves were
racked with growing pains. He yapped and
howled and bit and growled like forty-sU
great danes. "Go get a doctor, quick." he
said. "I am not afraid. For he can fix me
right away with ether's artful aid."

And thus It goes. The tulip's nose Is fast
becoming red. He likes bis beer. Its gentle
cheer does not affect his head. The modest,
blushing violet has organized a club. The
leek's gone in for surgery and he's no clumsy
dub. The good, old-fashioned days are gone;
the modern times have come, and flowers,
flowers, the dear sweet flowers, are going
to make things hum.

Important to Subscribers.

The date on the yellow address label on your
copy of THE AMERICAN FLORIST will show
when your subscription expires. Please renew
subscriptions promptly on expiration to make
certain of receiving your copy of each Issue.

^9^5^

The American Florist.

1349

Club Meetings Next Week.

Detroit, Mich., January 18, 8 p. m. — Detroit
BloHsta' Ciub, Benih Floral ball, 153 Bates
street. U. II. Wells, secretary, 827 Canfield
avenue. Detroit.

Montreal, Que., January 18, 8 p. m. — Montreal
Gaideners' nnd Florists' Club, Montreal Floral
Exobange, 140 Mansfield street. W. H. Horobln,
secretary, 283 Marquette street, Montreal.

Boston, Mass., January 19, 8 p. m. — Garden-
ers' and Florists' Club of Boston. Horticultural
hall. VV. N. Craig, secretary, Faulkner Farm,
Brookllne, Mass.

Lake Geneva, Wis., January 18, 8 p. m. — Lake
Geneva Gardeners' and Foremen's Association,
Horticultural ball. Wm. H. GrilHtbs, secretary.
Lake Geneva.

Minneapolis, Minn.. January 19, 8 p. m. — Min-
nesota State Florists' Association. Gust Malm-
quist, secretary. Fair Oaks. Minneapolis.

Toronto. Ont., January 19, 8 p. m. — Garden-
ers and Florists of Ontario, St. George's hall.
Elm street. Geo. Douglas, secretary, 189 Mer-
lon street, Toronto.

Chicago, January 21. 8 p, m. — Cook County
Florists' Association. Tavern. West Washing-
ton street. A. T. Pyfer, secretary, 30 East
Randolph street, Chicago.

Newark, N. J., January 21, 8 p. m. — Esspx
County Florists' Club, Kreuger Auditorium. 25
Belmont avenue. John Crossley, secretary, 37
Belleville avenue, Newark.

New Orleans, January 21. 8 p. m. — New
Orleans Horticultural Society. Association of
Ccnimerre building, corner St. Charles and Com-
mon streets. C. R. Panter, secretary, 2320 Cal-
houn street. New Orleans.

Tacoma, Wash., January 21, 8 p. m. — Tacoma
Florists' Association, Maccitbee hall. Eleventh
and C streets. F. H. Atchison, secretary. South
Fiftieth and East F streets. Tacoma.

Wants, For Salc,Etc.

One Cent Per Word, Cash with Adv.

For Plant Advs., See Ready Reference Section.

Where answers are to be mailed from this oflSce
enciose 10 cents extra to cover postage, etc.

Sitaation Wanted— By firstclass carnation
grow r where I can grow stock in an up-to date
manner. Expect full charge and good wages.

Address Key 406, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By a practical carnation
grower ; as working foreman. Single, sober and
can produce 6rst-class goods. Nothing under
$18.00 per week. Address

Key 407. care .'\merican Florist.

Situation Wanted-By gardener, single, age 32
Will be at liberty hebruary 1. 16 years' practica'
experience on some of the largest private estates
in America. No trifle wanted. Address

Key 413. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By A-l designer and decor-
ator, combination man and salesman and a good
manager; age 32. 16 yeais" experience. Can give
reference fiom present employer. Statesalary
when writing. Address,

Key 404, care American Florist.

Situation Wanted— By foreman gardener on a
large private estate or university. Familar with
the culture and management of all the leading
and various branches of ihe business. First-class
estate required. Address

Key 412 care .American Florist.

Situation Wanted— As a grower in a first class
retail place, southefn states preferred: lifeexpe-
rien:einthe growing of cut flowers and potted
plants, etc ; also funeral work making up. Cap-
able of handling men; only steady position wanted
with fair wages. Ge/man, single man. sober and
honest Please state full particulars in first letter
when writing. Address.

Key 40S. care American Florist.

Situation Wanted-By competent florist and
landscape gardener, age 28. married, no children.
Experience in Europe and United Slates. Grad-
uated from a hortioultural college. A man who
understands bis business in anything pertaining
to gardening culture, wants position on private
estate from the first of February or any time after.
Excellent references. Address

Gardener, care 521 Wells St.,

Milwaukee. Wis.

Wanted— Lowest wliolesale cash prices on
vegetable and Hower seeds in large quantities
Answer quick. I. W. Heinly. Royersford, Pa.

Wanted to Rent— A reliable party who can
furnish the proper credentials wants to rent a
range of houses of 15 000 feet of glass or more,
in Chicagoor within 100 miles of it. with the privi-
ledge of buying if conditions are satisfactory.

Address Key 992 care American Florist,

Greenhouse For Rent — An up-to-date Gar-
land Iron Frame Greenhouse. 28 feet 8 in. by
lliS feet, all one house; wheel vents, good
locality, good nuuket. Well slocked for
spring trade. Immediate possession. Apply to
P. A. Ballingul, 29 MacKenzIe St., Gait. Ont.

For Sale -Good paying retail store in Chicago-
Good reason for scllint;. For further particulars
address Key ■109. care -American Florist.

or Sale— First-class retail flower store, plants
and cui flowers, in vicinity of University of Chica-
go; well established: ill health reason for selling.
Address. Key 998 care American Florist.

WANTED

A competent grower to take entire charge of a
small place in the south, making a specially of
cut flowers and plants for retail trade. Married
man who can handle trade and telephone. House
furnished. Apply slating wages and references.

Key 411, care American Florist.

Help Wanted

For wholesale store, good, careful
packer and designer with speed.

THE J. M. GASSER CO.

1035 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

Help Wanted

Civil Service Commissioners Lincoln Park. N.
Clark and Center Sis., will t old an examination
for position of Hardener on February ,^rd. 1915.
Examinalion open to men 28 to 50 years of age.
Further information supplied at the office of
Lincoln Park. N. Clark and Center Sts.. Chicago.
Phone Lincoln 241^1

JOHN C. CANNON, Supt. of Imployment.

FOR SALE

CONSERVATORY, situated in thf Town of Owen
Sound in (he County of Grey, and Province of
Ontario, Containing 5 acres of land, 3 green-
houses 22^2 ft. X ISO ft., fully equipped and in a
spK ndid location. There is only one other florist
in the lown which has a population of 12.000.

For terms, appiv to

W. H. SMITH. Owen Sound, Ontario.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Practical landscape gardener and nurseryman
with college i fining; experienced in drawing,
surveying, laying out, grading, road construe'
tion, planting, natural wood work, etc.. etc;
best experience in nursery and perennial garden ;
wishes steady position with city, cemetery or
leading landscape firm; able to handle help and
take full charge of department: state full parti"
culars in first letter. Address

Key 414, care American Florist.

For Sale.

Florist shop in good location. (Four
living rooms in rear of store.) Good
reason for retiring. Will sell cheap.
Inquire 5736 W. Madison St.,

Telephone, Austin 1075.

FOR SALE

Brand new fixtures being used a few
months, consisting of up-to-date ice box,
marble counters, fancy chandeliers,
polished edge mirrors, artistic office,
safe, etc. Price very reasonable. Address
Key 994, care American Florist.

Florists' Attention!

We have on hand ready for shipment
all material necessary for the superstruc-
ture of a Modern Iron Frame Lutton
Greenhouse, 42 ft. wldex 150 ft. long.
We will dispose of this material for
$1,300.00 F. O. B. our factory. Re-
member everything is new and strictly
first class; just the same kind of a house
that has made the Lutton reputation. We
will send you even the Galvanized Nails,
Bolts and screws for assembling the
house. Plans sent on request.

William H. Lutton Company

JERSEY CITY, N. J.

OFFICIAL S. A. F.

Shipping Labels

.\ftunl si/.e of leaf 2-!ix5i< inches.

FOR CUT FLOWERS: in tivo colors on
truninied jmper; your card, etc., in
bl.'ick iind leaf adopted bv the S, A, P.
in red. Priee.is: Per 500. $2.85: per 1000,
^.50. Samples on request. Electro of
leaf, postpaid, $1.25. Cash Willi order.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

TRADE DIRECTORY

Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen

OF THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
New 1914 Edition. Price $3.00, Postpaid.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

1350

The American Florist.

Jan. i6,

Cleveland.

TKADE IS QUIET.

Business has been rather slow the
past week. Stock still arrives in suffi-
cient quantity to meet all demands.
Short stemmed roses are shortening in
supply, somewhat, but plenty of good
long stock still arrives. Carnations are
about the same as last week, and
January 9 half dozen or more stores
ran sales on carnations. American
Beauty roses are in good demand, and
stock is fairly good. The Dr. D. P.
Allen funeral on Saturday created
quite a demand for violets, lily of the
valley, orchids, American Beauty roses
and the better grades of Killarney.
Good Easter lilies are still very scarce
and callas are not plentiful. Lily of
the valley is less plentiful. Paper
White narcissi are a glut on the mar-
ket and there seem to be an unusually
large number of split carnations.
Sweet peas, snapdragons, stocks, dai-
sies, Freesia Purity and calandula are
a part of the daily offerings.

NOTES.

Gordon Grey, florist, 6605 Quincy
avenue, kicked up his heels January IJ
and acted as kittenish as his 74 years
would allow. He had just received
word there was plenty of good ice at
Rockefeller park and that the curling
tournament for the Bell trophy would
be resumed that afternoon. Grey, a
member of the Cassell team, is the old-
est curler in Cleveland. He has played
the game for 40 years.

George Davis, a florist, at 5108
Euclid avenue, doing business as "The
New York Florist," moved his Stock
and fixtures out one night shortly after
Christmas and left for parts unknown.
He also left a number of unpaid bills
behind him. The store was opened
only a short time before Christmas.

Tlie estate of Henry Bender, a mar-
ket gardener, who died recently, has
been sold to a real estate firm for
about $70,000. The estate consisted of
10 acres off Euclid avenue, between
Elsinore, Amherst and Hayden ave-
nues, in East Cleveland.

Deeds filed January 11 with the
county recorder reveal the sale of 21
feet of Euclid avenue property, just
east of East 6th street, bv Catherine F.
Gasser for the sum of $110,000. This
includes the two-story building on the
site.

At the opening of the January term
of common pleas court, the court room
was profusely banked with flowers in
baskets, and designs and vases, sent
by admiring friends of the newly
elected iudges.

Wm. A. Smith, florist, at 14315 "West
Madison avenue, Lakewood, narrowly
escaped serious injury when a large
truck ran into and completely smashed
his light delivery wagon January 8.

Fred Brown, of the Gasser Co.'s re-
tail store force, was laid up several
days with a cold and an ulcerated
tooth.

Visitors : Julius Dilhoff, of Schloss
Bros., New York; Harry Bayersdorfer
Bros., New York; Harry Beyersdorfer
and wife, Philadelphia. Pa.; D. Alex-
ander, of Lion & Co., New York.

C. T. B.

Minneapolis, Minn.

The local florists' club held their reg-
ular meeting January 5, at Rice
Brothers, and two new members were
elected, Cargill and Jensen. Phil Foley,
of the Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co., Chi-
cago, dropped in and spoke on state
organization as best means to get legis-
lation for the interest of floriculture.
He E»lso told one of his funny stories.
The club is going to hold its fourth
annual ball at the Royal Arcanum
hall, 3011 First avenue, south, Tues-
day, January 9. Mr. Desmond is chair-
man of the committee.

We Offer For Immediate Delivery

Good, strong, well-established plants in 2!4-inch pots of the exceedingly

Valuable New Roses

Ophelia, Francis Scott Key, and Prince E.C. D'Arenberg.

Growers will find all of these valuable additions to the list of standard
varietie.s. They have been tested thoroughly, and have been found to have
exceptional value.

OPBELIA. No fancy rose ever introduced possesBes so raany escdlent qualities. It is a
splendid grower, a very free bloomer, and has fine stems. It sells on sight. The demand un-
doubtedly will exceed the supjily. Anticipating the large demand, wo have |inij)ai!atfa it ex-
tensively. Strong plants on own roots, 2H-in- pots. now ready. 116.00 per 100; $120,(10 per 1000,

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. This variety, raised by Mr, John Cook, is very distinct, being en-
tirely different from :iny of the indoor roses grown today. Flowers are rosy red, and are unus-
ually large and double, resembling very much a very full, double hardy garden rose. Coupled
with its large size and double- form, it is an exceedingly free bloomer. It promises to be
exceedingly valuable, especially for spring, summer, and fall flowering, when other less double
roses are diflRcult to handle. Its keeping qualities are remarkable.

Strong plants on own rooA, 3!if-in, pots, now ready. $15.00 per 100: 1120,00 per lOCO,

ERINCE E. C. D'ARENBERG. This variety might well have been termed Red Killornev,
as it^jossesses so raany nf the good qualides of the Killarneys, In color, the flowers are simi-
lar to Richmond, but they are much more double, and it should prove a very much more
proHtable rose. Flowers have flue straight stems on all the grades— from the shortest to the
longest. It has flue foliage, comes away quickly, and is even a freer bloomer than the Killar-
neys, We believe it is the best all-round red rose that we have todav,

" Strong plants on own roots, 3X-in, pois, now ready, $12.00 per 100; $90.00 per 1000.

\Vc will be glad to quote on application prices on all the newer and standard varieties-
strong grafted plants ready in March.

F.R.PIERSON, Tarrytown, New York

NOTES.

W. D. Desmond of Donaldson's reports
business as 10 per cent better than
last year and still continues after the
holidays. His carnations and freesias
were in full crop and certainly were
fine. He left January 11 for a fishing
trip, and will bring back some fish,
even though he has to use a silver
hook.

Phil Foley has donated one dozen of
his hot-bed sash to be given to the
one guessing the nearest to his weight
on the night of the ball. He will
telegraph his weight from Chicago that
night.

Oscar Amundson had a green goods
store for the holidays at 706 Hennepin
avenue. Tom Rogers was in charge
and reports everything sold out in that
line.

Rice Brothers cleaned up on holiday
goods, everything selling well, but
were a little short on long American
Beauty roses and violets.

Ralph Latham has been busy since
the holidays with several large decora-
tions and says business was very good
all around.

Will Brothers had a general clean-
up on holiday goods, everything selling
well and their violets were extra fine.

All hands . are still very busy at
both of the H. B. Whitted stores.

T. R.

Knoxville, Tenn.

STOCK IS IN GOOD SUPPLY.

Owing to unusually favorable weath-
er conditions for the past two or three
weeks, stock is blooming fine, and the
market is slightly overstocked at pres-
ent, but not to a very great extent.
and nothing so far has been lost, with
the exception of possibly a few nar-
cissi. Carnations and roses are extra
good. Trade for the past week has
been rather quiet, nothing much doing
except funeral work; this, however, has.
been pleasing to everyone, as it has
been possible to get a little rest from
the holiday rush.

NOTES.

The New Year started off with a rush
at Crouch's, but things have quieted
down some the last day or two. There
has been a scarcity of flowers since
Christmas, but from now on they will
have a heavy crop of carnations, roses
and peas. They are also cutting a

POINSETTiaS

Good strong two year old plants

$5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000,

or will exchange for 2i^-inch

Whitmani Ferns.

F. F. CRUMP, Florist, Colorado Springs.Col.

good many orchids, which are very
fine, but on many occasions the cut is
not sufficient to fill the demand. Dur-
ing the past two weeks they have fur-
nished flowers for numerous social func-
tions, and made a number of decora-
tions for dances.

Chas. Li. Baum is cutting some very
fine stock in the way of carnations,
roses, narcissi, lily of the valley and
orchids, all of which his retail trade
will not consume, and he has been
shipping some to other markets.

The New Year brought good trade
for Addison J. McNutt which has last-
ed until the present time. Funeral
work, although no rushes, has been
constant. He has plenty of nice stock.

A. H. Dailey reports business fair.
He has had considerable funeral work,
and has disposed of a large number of
pot plants.

Mrs. Rosa Hall Ryno had a splendid
New Year's business, and has been
very busy with funeral work ever since.

Visitors: E. G. Hill, of Richmond.
Indiana; Arthur Zirkman, representing
M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Gun-
nar Teilmann, Jr., of Johnson City,
Tenn. K. F. S.

St. LOUIS, Mo. — The fifth meeting of
the Missouri Botanical Garden Stu-
dents' Club was held January 7. The
papers of the evening were "Planning
for a Practical and Aesthetic Develop-
ment of the Twin Falls Country,
Idaho," by L. P. Jensen, and "Improve-
ment of St. Louis Streets," by P. A.
Kohl.

McMlNNViiXE, Oke. — Business in
both the flower and vegetable trade has
been good all summer and fall, and es-
pecially good during the holidays, is the
report of S. H. Maris. This being a
farming and fruit growing district. It
has not been affected by the war to any
noticeable extent, as have the large
cities.

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The Amer i ca n Fl o r/st. 1 3 5 1

ANNOUNCEMENT

We wish to inform our many friends and the trade in
general, that the entire capital stock of this company, has
again passed into the hands of the original Kennicott
family.

A continuance of the honorable treatment that made the
name of Kennicott one of the best known and most respected
in the trade is certain. The policy and details of the busi-
ness will, in future, be controlled by the following officers:

President and Treasurer, H. B. KENNICOTT

Son of Flint Kennicott, founder of the business and
pioneer wholesale florist of Chicago.

Vice-President, F. KENNICOTT REILLY

Nephew of Flint Kennicott, and president of the pub-
lishing house of Reilly & Britton Co.

Secretary, MAX RINGIER

Who has devoted practically all his life to the cut

flower business in Chicago, most of it with

the House of Kennicott.

Kennicott Bros. Co.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

Bstabll5bed 1883 Incorporated 1893

163 North Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL.

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Jan. i6,

POEHLMAIN

72-74 E, Randolph St

Big January Supply Fine Roses and Garnationi
Gattleyas, Gardenias, Gypripediums.

We will continue
extra fancy Garde

Orchids and Gardenias.

Per Doz.

Cattleyas $4.00 and $6

Gardenias 3.00 and 4

Gypripediums 2

to have a big supply of Roses, Beauties, Carnations, and
nias and Cattleyas. We can now supply all demands.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

Roses.

Beauties.

Doz

Specials

36-in. long..
30-in. long..
24-in. long..
18 to 20-in..

$5.
4
3
2
2,

Short per 100, $6.00 to 12

Per 100

(28 in. or over $15,
24-26 in 12
20-22 in 10
16-18 in 8

6,

Brilliant
Milady
Shawyer
Richmond I 12-14 in.
\ short.

Carnations.

Split

Medium.
Fancy ...

Per 100
$1
2.
$3.00 to 4.

00
00
00

00
00
00
50
00
00

00
00
0)
00
00
Oo

50
00
00

Killarney
White Kill.
Bulgaria
Sunburst
Aaron Wards
Kill. Queen

Per 100

Ex. long $10.00 to $12.00

Long 8.00

Medium 6.00

Short 8.00 to 4.00

Per 1(

Extra Special Roses charged accordingly.

Cecile Brunner.

Russell— 30 to 36 in. long..

26 to 28 in. long.

" 22 to 24 in. long..

18 to 20 in. long..

16 in

14 in

Short stem

$ 3.0O

Per 100

$20.00
18 00
15.00
12.00
10.00
8 00
6.00

Miscellaneous.

Jonquils

Romans 2.00 to

Paper Whites

Sweet Peas 1.50 to

Freesia

Easter Lilies 10.00 to

Violets, single and double... 0.75 to

Stevia 1.00 tof

Mexican Ivy

Smilax per doz., $2.00

Sprengeri-Asparagus

Asparagus Plumosus, string,
50c.

Leucothoe

Adiantum 75 to|

Galax, bronze and green per 10

Eastern Ferns

Boxwood per bu., 25c, per casi

Hadley— Ex. long 18.00

'" Long 15.00

Medium $10.00 to 12.00

Short 6 00

Lily of the Valley.

Per:

Extra Fancy

1st Quality

2nd Quality $2.00 toj

Accessories for

St. Valentine Da

m

You will find a complete line fully illustrated in our circular which was mailed this week and wH
you should have by this time. If for any reason you have not received this circular drop us a pd
and we will see to it that you will get it.

CORSAGE SHIELDS

Chiffon, $2.00 doz.; Transparent, 50c doz.

SPECIAL CORSAGE TIE

No. 5 ribbon with tassels, $1.25 per doz.

4-INCH PINS, PEARL-HEADED

All colors, $1.00 per gross.

HUGHES' VALENTINE BOX

24x5x3 5^ inches, $2.00 for ten.

ARNOLD'S VALENTINE BO

White glazed with red heart and arrow on co'

Per 100 P«!

10x6x5K, - $5.50 30x5x35^, - $<'
12x8x5, - - 6.50 24x8x4, - - ?•
24x5x3 K - - S.7S

Don't forget our special 35 per cent cash disco <'
on wire design orders for $10 or more this moH

Prompt Delivery On All Orders.

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1353

A BROS. CO

ig Distance Phone,
Randolph 35.

CHICAGO, ILL.

Western Palm Headquarters

rgest supply of choice Kentias we have ever offered. Both single and made-up

h pots,
h pots,
b pots,
b pots,
b tubs,
b tubs,
h tubs.

Kentia Belmoreana

Single Plants

5 to6 leaves, 18 in. bigh

6 to 7 leaves, 24 in. higb
6 to 7 leaves, 28 to 30 in, bigh
6 to 7 leaves, 32 to 34 in. high
6 to 7 leaves, 36 in, high
6 to 7 leaves, 42 to 44 in. high
6 to 7 leaves, 45 to 48 in. high

Specimens. $15.00 to $25.00.

Kentia Forsterlana

Single Plants

5 to 6 leaves, 18 to 20 in. high

5 to 6 leaves, 28 to 30 in. bigh

5 to 6 leaves 34 to 36 in. high

6 to 7 leaves, 46 to 48 in. high
6 to 7 leaves. 50 to 54 in. high
6 to 7 leaves. 5 to 5H ft. high
6 to 7 leaves, 6 to 6H ft. high

Phoenix Roebelenli

20 in. high, 26 in. spread
22 in. high. 28 in, spread
2 ft. bigh, 32 to 36 in. spread

:b tubs, fine specimens

B Lutescens, 6-in., 3 plants, 90c each,

Kentia Forsterlana

Each
$0.35
1.00
1.50
2.00
3-00
4.00
5.00

FERNS

per doz 6 00

perdoz 9 00

per doz 12.00

h pots,
b pots,
h pots,
b tubs,
h tubs,
b tubs,
b tubs.

b pots,
h pots,
h pots.

035
1.00
1.50
3.50
5.00
8.00
10.00

1.50
2.00
2.50
3.50

b pots,
b pots,
b tubs,
b tubs,
b tubs,
htubs.
h tubs,
b tubs,
h tubs,
strong

Made-up Plants

3 plants in a pot, 28 in. high

4 plants in a pot, 34 to 38 in, high
4 plants in a tub, 38 in, high
3 plants in a tub, 38 to 42 in.

3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54 in.

4 plants in a tub, 52 to 56 in.
4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high
4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5^? ft.
4 plants in a tub. 6 ft. bigh

specimens 12 and 15 inch tub:
$15.00, $18.00 and $25.00.

Each

$1.50
2.50
300
3.50
5.00
6.00
8.00

high 10.00
12.00

i. 7 plants,

high
high
bigh

.Boston. Whitman!.
Roosevelt.

5 inch, each $0.25 perdoz t. .$ 3,00

6inch.each 50

7inch.each 75

8inch, each 1.00

lOinch.eacb 2 50

12 inch, each 3.50

Extra fine Boston and .Asparagus Hanginf Baskets
$1,50 to $3.00 each.

Azaleas

All the leading varieties, from $1.50
to $3.00 each in bloom. Larger speci-
mens from $3.00 up to $8.00 each.

Pandanus Veitchii.

Highly colored, 4-in. 60c, 6-in., 75c to
$1.00, 6-in., $1.60, 7-in., $2.00 to $2.60 ea.

Cyclamen.

In bloom, mostly light colored stock buta
limited supply of dark colored and salmon
colored plants, 5 in. $6.00; 6-in. $7.50 per
doz.; 7-in. $1.25 each.

Dracaena Godseffiana.

2-in. pots $1.00 per doz.

Dracaena Terminalis

Highlg colored, extra fine, 4-in., $3.00
per doz.; 5-in., $6.00 per doz.; 6-in., $7.60
per doz.

Araucarlas

ExcelSa, fine stock. 50c, 75c, $1.00
each. RobUSta CompaCta, large
plants, $1.50 to $2.00 each.

Aspidistras.

Green, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.00.
Variegated, 5-in. pots, 10-12 leaves, $1.50.

Rubber Plants.

All sizes from 26c to 50c ea. Strong foliage.

Crotons.

Well colored in all varieties, extra fine,
50c to 75c each.

English Ivy.

Strong stock, 20 cts. to 36 cts. each.

Cocos Weddelliana

2-in., $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100,
$90.00 per 1000.

Shamrock Plants

FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

1-inch and 2-iDch plants, $3.00 per 100;
$25 00 per 1000. Larger lots, prices on ap-
plication. Either Februaryor March delivery.
All Freight Sliipments Travel at
Purctiaser's Risk.

Grafted and Own Root Rose Plants

stern headquarters for Grafted and Own Root Rose Plants of the raost popular varieties. For commercial growers only. Booking orders now for future delivery.

fted, 2H-inch,

Per 1010

$130 00

lia 130 00

T 120 00

jeo. Shawyer 110 00

iWard no 00

■nev 110 00

jKillarney 11 I CO

iney Brilliant 110 00

(rieor Taft 110 00

\: Btunner 100 00

iSH-inch grafted plants add $40.00 per 1000 to prices quoted abo

Per 5000

$600 00
600 00
550 00
500 00
500 00
500 00
S'OOO
500 00
500 00

ve.

Own Root, 2H-inch. Per ICOO

Wbite Killarney $60 00

Fink Killarney 60 00

Richmond 55 00

BulgarieorTaft 60 fO

Aaron Ward 60 00

Sunburst 60 00

Milady.

Killarney Brilliant.

Hadley

Prince d'Arenberg..

60 00
60(0
70 00
60 00

Per 5000
$275 00
275 00
260 00
275 00
275 00
275 00
275 00
275 (10
300 00
275 00

CHRYSANTHENUIVIS

iHeadquarters forthe best commercial varieties of Chrysanthemums: 2W-iDch and rooted cuttings, for commercial growers only
varieties as are grown in large quantities. Booking orders now. Shipped when wanted.

List includes only such

THE TWO BEST VARIETIES EVER OFFERED.

iss Marvella French, late white $8 00 per 100; $70 00 per 1000 Miss Pauline Anderson, late yellow $8 00 per 100; $70 00 per lOCO

Both these varieties scored 94 points by judges of the Chrysanthemum Society of .America, at Chicago, and both scored 95 points by the judges of the

Minnesota State Florists' .Association, at Minneapolis,
R. C. per 2V7-inch per

PINK— 100 moo

McNiece J2 50 $22 00

R. C, per

'E— 100 1000

h's Advance $2 50 $22 00

ber Frost 2 50

iinia Poeblmann 2 50

1 les Razer 2 50

•Papworth 2 50

' [ Chadwick... 2 50

thv Eaton 2 50

2 50
2 50

2K-inch per
100 1000

$3 00 $27 CO
3 00 27 00

100 1000
$3 00 $27 00
3 00 27 00

od Hall
I deal.'.'!

2 50
2 50
2 50

22 00 3 00 27 00 Enguehard 2 50 22 00

22 00 300 27 00 Maud Dean 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

22(0 3 00 27 00 R. E, Loeben 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

22 00 3 00 27 00 Pattv 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

22 00 3 00 27 00 Wells' Late Pink 2.50 22 OO 3 00 27 00

22 00 3 00 27 00 Chieftain 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

22 00 3 00 27 00 R. C. per 2K-inch per

22 00 3 00 27 00 YELLOW— 100 1000 100 l^OO

3 ro Golden Glow $2 50 $22 00 $3 00 $27 00

22 00 3 00 27 00 Chrysolora 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

22 00 3 00 27 00 Bonnaffon 2 50 22 00 3(0 27 00

100 inoo
$3 00 $27 00
3 00 27 00

YELLOW- 100 1000

Yellow Eaton $2 50 $22 00

Yellow Salomon 2 50 22 00

BRONZE—

O H Kahn 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

RED—

Schrimpton 2 50 22 00 3 00 27 00

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

Here are two of last year's introductions that we be-
lieve to be good commercial varieties, and we will
grow these in quantities ourselves:

Champion. red. $6 00 per 100; $5C 00 per 1000.

Philadelphia, light pink. $6.00 per 100: $50 00 per

SEND All FIANT ORDERS DIRECT TO MORTON GROVE, HI.

1354

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Jan. i6.

BEAUTIES ROSES

Our Beauties are the finest coming to this Killarney Brilliant, Rhea Reid, Sunburst, Killar-

market. The very short stem Beauties we do not ney, White Killarney, Richmond, etc. Exceptionally
advise handling at this time of year. fine flowers in all lengths of stems.

LILIES

Large flowers on very long stems.

CARNATIONS

Our carnation houses are the wonder of the
trade, for the flowers are so large and strong.

t^'We solicit orders and ask for a comparison in quality with any flowers in this market. Growing
all the flowers we sell, our customers are getting the benefit of the best methods and careful handling
in a large modern range of glass. The advantage ot buying direct of the grower are Immense.

CURRENT PRICE LIST

BEAUTIES. Per doz.

Specials, stems 48 in. and over $6,00

36 in. stems 4.00

30 in. stems 3.00

24 in. stems 2.00

12 to 18 in. stems $1.00 to 1.50

Richmond-Killarney Brilliant-Pink and
White Killarney. Per loo

Specials, extra long stems $8.00 to $10.00

Medium length stems 6.00

Short length stems 3.00 to 4.00

ROSES, our selection B.OO

Rhea Reld-Milady-Bulgaria-Sunburst. Per loo

Specials, extra long stems $10.00

Mediums, stems 10 to 16 in $6.00 to 8.00

Shorter stems 4.00

Carnations. per loo

Fancy red, very choice $4.00

Fancy dark pink, very choice 3.00

Fancy white and light pink, very choice 3.00

Easter Lilies per doz., $2.00 12 00

Lily of the Valley 3.00 to 4.00

Narcissus Paper Whites 3.00

Tulips 2.00 to 4.00

Jonquils 4.00

Sweet Peas 1.00 to 2.00

Asparagus and Sprengeri Sprays 2.00to 3.00

Best Eastern Ferns per 1000, $2.50

Galax Leaves, green or bronze per lOOO, 1.00

All Seasonable Flow^ers at Lowest Market Prices on Day of Shipment.

BASSETT & WASHBURN

LONG DISTANCE PHONES,
CENTRAL 1457.
AUTO., 47-314.

OFFICE and STORE,

131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Greenhouses: Hinsdale, ni., and Greggs Station, m.

I

CSilcago.

ROSES ISrOT AS PLENTIFUL AS LAST WEEK.

Roses are not as plentiful as they
were last week and this is especially
true in the shorter stemmed grades,
which are scarce at this writing. The
longer stemmed roses have advanced
somewhat in price, and taken all in all,
there is a much healthier tone in the
general market conditions. Richmond
and Mrs. Aaron Ward roses have been
in somewhat short supply the past
week and are bringing better prices.
American Beauty roses are good prop-
erty and the best grades are now sell-
ing for $4 and $5 per dozen. Carna-
tions are having a better call, but are
not yet bringing the prices that they
should, but a further advance may be
expected at any moment. Orchids and
gardenias are in fair supply. Sweet
peas continue to improve in quality
with the supply slowly increasing, but
fancy stock is none too plentiful as
yet. ^.Tulips are seen in larger num-
bers and the same holds good for jon-
quils, freesias and Paper "White narcis-
sus. Violets are arriving in fine condi-
tion and both the New York doubles
and home grown singles are to be had
in good supply. Lilies seem to be

plentiful and so does lily of the valley,
although the supply of the latter is not
as large as last week. Some fine white
lilac and stevia are obtainable, as well
as mignonette. Greens are in good
supply. A few brisk days would find
the market pretty well cleaned up in
nearly all lines and somehow or other
nearly every one has got a hunch that
trade is going to show a good improve-
ment soon. Funeral work has been
quite plentiful with the retail florists
the past week, but so far there has
been nothing real startling doing as far
as the demand for social functions is
concerned.

NOTES.

Miss Mae Golden, who formerly con-
ducted a flower stand in the Royal In-
surance Building, died about a week
ago from cancer of the stomach. She
was well known locally, especially in
the wholesale market, and her many
friends are grieved to hear of her
death. She was a very industrious
woman and for a long time the main
support of two younger sisters.

Miss Carrie Zech, a daughter of
John Zech, of Zech & Mann, is again
confined to the Presbyterian hospital.
She has been troubled with neuritis for

some time and has been in the hospi-
tal on several different occasions and
her many friends regret to hear that
she is obliged to go again. Every one
hopes for an early and permanent re-
covery.

H. V. Hunkel, of the Holton &
Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis., stopped
off here on his way home on Janu-
ary 12 from Richmond, Ind., where he
inspected all the novelties at the E. G.
Hill Co.'s greenhouses. His firm picked
two prize winners in the recent intro-
duction in roses, Mrs. Chas. Russell
and Ophelia.

A. T. Pyfer says that the Chicago
Carnation Co. will not place its new
Carnation Aviator on the market this
season, but will wait until next year
instead, or until the trade is notified
to the contrary. He thinks that the
time is not ripe for such a splendid
variety to make as successful a flight
as it deserves.

The Retail Florists' Association held
a special meeting at the Bismarck ho-
tel last Monday evening, January 11,
when important business was trans-
acted. A dinner will be held on Mon-
day evening, February 1, and it Is
hoped that all the members will be
Ifresent.

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1355

PETER REINBERG

30 East Randolph St.,

LONG DISTANCE PHONE
CENTRAL 2846.

CHICAGO.

BEAUTIES-ROSES
CARNATIONS

Large Crops of All. Place your order direct with the grower.
Over 2,000,000 feet of glass enables us to fill your order right. 'Nuff sed.
Current Price List.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

30-36-inch stems

24-inch stems

20*iDch stems

Short stems

Per doz.

$4 00
3 00
2 50
1 10

Klllarney

White Klllamey...

My Maryland

Sunburst

Mrs. Aaron Ward. .

Specials
Select..
Medium
Short...

Per 100

$10 00
8 00
6 00
4 00

RICHMOND AND MILADY.

Per 100

Specials $10 00

Select 8 00

Medium 5 00 to 6 00

Shorts 4 00

Per Doz.

Specials $2 50

Select 2 00

Mrs. Chas. Russell ) Medium l 50

Short... 75 to 1 00
Roses, our selection, per 100 4 00

Per 100

Carnations, fancy $3 00

select 2 OOto 3 00

Sweet Peas l 00 to 150

Harrisii. . per doz., $1 50 to $2 00

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Violets 1 OOto 1 ?S

Stevia 1 50

Smilax per doz,. $2 00

Adianium l 00

Asparagus, per bunch.. 50 to 75c

Ferns, per 1000 $2 50

Boxwood, per bunch 25c

Galax, bronze and green, per 1000 $1 00
Leucottioe Sprays, per 100 75c to 1 00

Poehlmann Bros. Co. has received
many compliments for the fine vase of
Mrs. Chas. Russell roses that it had on
exhibit at the novelty sliow of the Chi-
cago Florists' Club last week. Tlie
stoclt certainly was fine and deserved
all the attention that it received. This
firm is growing this variety on a large
scale and will devote still more space
to it the coming year. The supply de-
partment is making a strong bid for
the St. Valentine Day trade, and a spe-
cial folder illustrating all the offerings
for this occasion has already been
mailed to the trade.

The team representing the florists in
the Nortli Chicago league and consist-
ing of John Huebner, Wm. Lorman,
AUie Zech, Peter Olsem and Fred. Price,
will bowl a picked team at Maywood
on Friday evenin"-. January 15. The
boys will leave the Northwestern de-
pot about 7 p. m. and any one wishing
to make the trip with them are wel-
come to do so. This team finished in
fifth place in the first half of the
North Chicago league schedule, which
is a pretty good showing, indeed.

Earl Mann, with the E. G. Hill Co.,
Richmond, Ind,, was here this week
with two dandy rose companions,
Ophelia and Hoosier Beauty. Ophelia
has made good and needs no introduc-
tion, and as far as Hoosier Beauty is
concerned it .looks fine and will be
grown by many of the local growers.
Mr. Mann spent several days here call-
ing on the gi'owers and was well
pleased with the number of sales that
he made.

Peter Reinberg received a nice order
from the United States Department of
Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry,
Washington, D. C. for carnation cut-
tings this week. Sweet peas are seen
in large supply at this st^re now and
the same holds good for Klllarney roses.
American Beauty roses are in good
supply, but clean up well each day.

H. VAN GELDER, Fres.

L. M. JONES, Secy.

■?

^^CY JOiv^^

Importers and Jobbers of
Florist Supplies

WHOLESALE commission FLORISTS

56 East Randolph Street
CHICAGO

Ribbons and Chiffons
Our Specialty

Leucothoe Sprays

$4.00 per 1000

Selected Stock

Percy Jones is having a special sale
on leucothoe sprays this week, and is
offering some unusually fine stock in
this line. This firm has been handling
green goods of all kinds in large sup-
ply.of late.

Harry Balsley, of Detroit, Mich., and

his charming young wife were in tbe
city sever.T.1 days this week on business
and pleasure combined and received a
royal reception from the local people.

Frank Garland of Des Plaines .says
that he has devoted several of hia
houses to tomatoes this year.

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Jan. i6.

WIETOR BROS.

162 N. Wabash Ave.,

Long Distance Phone,
Randolph 2081.

CHICAGO

Large Supply of Exceptionally Fine Stock. Prices Right.

Beauties-Roses

A change took place this week at
Kennicott Bros. Co.'s store when the
entire capital stock of this company
again passed into the hands of the
original Kennicott family. The deal
was satisfactory to all parties con-
cerned for it was the late E. E. Pieser's
wish that if his wife ever disposed of
the Pieser .shares after he died that
H. B. Kennicott, a son of Flint Ken-
nicott, should be given first chance to
purchase same. His wish was carried
out and the policy and details of the
business will in the future be controlled
by the following officers : H. B. Ken-
nicott, son of Flint Kennicott, founder
of the business and pioneer wholesale
florist of this city; P. Kennicott Reilly,
vice-president, nephew of Flint Ken-
nicott, and president of the publishing
house of Reilly & Britton Co.. and Max
Ringier. secretary, who has devoted
practically all his life to the cut flower
business in the great central market,
and a good portion of it with this firm.
H. B. Kennicott says that the entire
.store will be remodeled and a new lease
for three years will be signed in the
near future. E. Franke will continue
in his present position as cashier and
oSice man, and Geo. Goebel will assist
Max Ringier on the floor. The Kenni-
cott Bros. Co. needs no introduction
to the trade for it has occupied a most
prominent position in the local market
and the present officers promise a con-
tinuance of the honorable treatment
that has made the firm what it is to-
day.

This city is actually within sight of
the proposed .$05,000,000 freight and
pa.ssenger terminals and a partial solu-
tion of its unemployment problem as a
result of January 12 developments. The
directors of the Union Station company
announced, after a four hours' session,
that they were practically ready to
make an early start on the Pennsylva-
nia freight terminals and that work on
the union station itself would begin
soon thereafter. The action of the di-
rectors can be taken as an optimistic
sign, said one of the officials after the
railway officials' meeting. It shows that
l>usiness conditions have righted them-
selves; that the directors have confi-
dence in the market and that they will
be able to proceed with their work
upon money borrowed on a reasonable
basis.

A. L. Vaughan & Co. have increased
their store force this week in the per-
.son of N. P. Miller, who will hereafter
take care of the wants of the local
customers. Mr. Miller is well and fa-
vorably known to both the local and
out-of-town trade through his connec-
tions with .several other houses on the
local market, and his many friends
wish him well in his new home. Wil-
liam ,Iohn.son will look after the ship-
ping trade at this house as in the past,
and Peter Hoefelder will continue to do

the buying. No change will be made
as far as the regular force is con-
cerned and the addition of Mr. Miller
to the staff meets with the approval of
all.

Philip L. McKee, of the John C.
Moninger Co., made a business trip to
Crown Point, Ind., this week, and while
he was there he received an order from
Chas. Abbott for a new vacuum sys-
tem. The Moninger Co. is busy taking
inventory right now, so it is no wonder
that N. J. Rupp thinks that he is for-
tunate because he ,was excused from
jury service in the circuit court this
week.

George Gobel resigned his position
with the American Express Co. on -Jan-
uary 9 to accept a position as sales-
man with Kennicott Bros. Co. on Jan-
uary 11. Mr. Gobel has represented
the American Express Co. on the local
wholesale market for the past 10 years
.nnd his many friends wish him every
success in his new undertaking.

The board of directors of the Chi-
cago Flower Growers' Association held
a meeting at its Mehigan avenue store
last Tuesday, January 12. Fred Stre-
low of Niles Center is shipping some
fine Mrs. Aaron Ward roses to this
establishment now and appears to be
in good crop with this variety.

Wietor Bros, are disposing of their
shipments of choice roses each day at
an early hour, both their local and
shipping trade keeping up well. Carna-
tions which are arriving in large sup-
ply at this establishment are in better
demand this week than they have been
since the holidays.

George Wienhoeber is enjoying a
splendid business at his new store at
41 South Wabash avenue. The place
has been repainted since he took
charge and a number of other changes
have been made, all of which add great-
ly to the general appearance of the
store.

The Atlas Floral Co.'s window dis-
l)lays on East Randolph street continue
to attract the attention of the public.
Herbert Stone deserves the credit for
the fine work and if one watches the
window very closely it will be noticed
that he has a new di.splay nearly every
day.

P. W. Peterson, superintendent of
the .1. D. Thompson Carnation Co.'s
greenhouses at Joliet. was a welcome
visitor in the market this week. He
reports trade as good and his firm's
holiday business much better than it
was- at first expected it woidd be.

Joe Ersinger of the Zech & Mann
store force celebrated his twentieth
birthday with a little party in the ship-
ping department on Monday, January
11. Fred Liebermann of this establish-
ment is doing jmy service in the cir-
ctiit court for two weeks.

(\ L. Washburn, of Bassett & Wash-
burn, is suffering from a touch of the

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Mention the American Florist %chen writing

grippe this week, but is attending to
busine.ss as usual. His firm is receiv-
ing a large quantity of tulip.s this week
as well as a fairly good supply of
sweet peas.

Wm. Lubliner, of Milwaukee, W^is.,
is here on a business trip and is seri-
ously thinking of opening up another
store providing he can find a suitable
location.

ttarry Rowe is fitting up the rear Oi'
his store on North Wabash avenue
with the expectation of renting it to
one or two growers for wholesale i>ur-
poses.

Miss Ludlow, of Vaughan's Seed
Store, who spent the New Year holi-
days at St. Louis, has returned, re-
porting a very enjoyable outing.

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Fancy Beauties

ROSES-CARNATIONS-VIOLETS
VALLEY- LILIES-SWEET PEAS.

Everything else in season that you need. Greens of all kinds in quantity.

Ctirrent I^rloe I^ist:.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

Per doz.

Long stems $4 00 to $5 00

36-inch stems 3 50

24 to 30-inch stems. 3 00

20-inch stems 2 60

18-inch stems 2 00

12 to 15-inch stems. 1 00 to 1 60

Per 100
Richmond, Specials....$10 00 to $12 00

Medium 6 00 to 8 00

Short 4 00

W.Klllarney

KlUarney

" Brilliant
Ward

Fancy.. '.
Med.... .$6 00 to

Sunburst Short.

Per 100
$10 00
8 00
4 00

ROSES, our selection. 4 00

Carnations, common.. 3 00

Fancy 4 00

Splits 2 00

Valley 3 00 to 4 00

Violets 1 00 to 150

Paper Whites 3 00

Romans 3 00 to 4 00

Stevia per 100,

Lilies per doz., $1 60 to

Callas per doz., 1 60 to

Sweet Peas per 100, 1 00 to

Smilax per doz.,

Adiantum per 100,

Asparagus Strings ea..
Asp. Plumosus bunch, 35 to
Fancy Ferns . per 1000,
Wild Smilax.. per case.
Boxwood. ..per lb., 25c; 50 lbs.,

Leucothoe Sprays per 100,

Mexican Ivy per 100,

Mignonette per 100, $6 00 to

$1 50

2 00

2 00

2 00

2 00

100

75

60

2 60

5 00

7 50

76

75

800

A. L. VAUGHAN & CO.,

(NOT INC.)

161 N. Wabash Ave., r^^^^^z:^ CHICAGO

tion will meet at the Tavern, West
Washing-ton street, next Thursday
evening, January 21, at 8 p. m.

The A. L. Randall Co. is having a
new ceiling put in its supply depart-
ment, but business i.s going along as
usual during the alterations.

Kyle & Foerster are pleasing their
■customers with a fancy grade of sweet
peas which are none too plentiful on
the market at present.

Lrouis Wittbold .says that the George
Wittbold Co. has the order to decorate
the Coliseum tor the cement show to
be held next month.

John Kruchten is featuring a nice
supply of Mrs. Chas. Russell roses
regularly at his store, as well as some
fancy sweet peas.

Mrs. H. Clifton reports that outside
of funeral work business has been
rather quiet in her neighborhood since
the holidays.

Joseph Michal, G414 South Halsted
street, is mailing a very pretty calen-
<Ier to all of his regular customers.

James Anderson has returned from
a business trip to Terre Haute and Ft.
Wayne, Ind., and Pittsburgh, Pa.

D. S. Musser. of the Frank Floral
Co., has been confined to his home for
several days with a severe cold.

H. L. Keum t)847 Wentworth ave-
nue, has invested in a new touring car.

The E. C. Amiing Co. is showing cut
white lilac at its store this week.

Fritz Bahr will leave soon for a
short stay in California.

Visitors : H. Bayersdorfer and wife,
Philadelphia, Pa.: P. W. Peterson, su-
perintendent of the J. D. Thompson
■Carnation Co.'s greenhouses, and Frank
Fischer, superintendent of the Chicago
Carnation Co.'s greenhouse, Joliet; R.
A. Peterson, with J. A. Peterson & Sons
Co., Westwood, O.; Earl Mann, with
the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.;
Harry Ealsley and wife, Detroit, Mich.;

Miss R. M. Irby, with the Flower Shop,
Memphis, Tenn.; H. V. Hunkel, of the
Holton & Hunkel Co., and Wm. Lub-
liner. Milwaukee, Wis.

Horticultural Society of Chicago.

At the annual meeting of the Horti-
cultural Society, held at the Art In-
stitute, January 12, resolutions were
adopted denouncing the proposed erec-
tion of a state armory in Lincoln Park,
as lately suggested in the daily news-
papers and elsewhere, and protesting
generally against the giving over of
any park lands in Cook county for
such purposes, some of the members
in attendance holding that the public
grounds should be held for all the
people rather than for one or more
classes or sections. The election of
officers was postponed to January 26.

Providence, R. I.

SUK1'LU.S STOCK AND PRICES DROP.
All kinds of stock is very plentiful.
Carnations are very good and dropped
in price considerably. Paper White
narcissus is holding the markets at a
low price. A good many of the grow-
ers have grown large quantities of
stevia this year and find trouble selling
it on account of the surplus stock car-
ried by every one of this flower. Roses
of all grades are in abundance. Vio-
lets have had as yet no demand, as
sweet peas are just coming in in larger
quantities now and the demand is
slowly increasing. Easter lilies are
very good, and the calla lilies never
were better. In the plant line cycla-
men and primulas take the lead. There
are few azaleas to be seen anywhere.
Begonias are still being shown and are
good. Business is very quiet, with no
chance to use the abundance of stock
that could be moved with every one.

FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS— *'-J-p'kVcks.

BUCHBINDER BROS.,

618 MllwankeeAve., Dept. F, CHICAGO.

James E. Burke and William J. Pear-
son of the Warwick Greenhouses
risked their lives at the fire in the
Paine Block, Warwick, January 8, in
an attempt to save the property of the
Shawmut Lodge of Moose, of 'Which
they are members. They rushed into
the smoke in the hall only to be driven
out bv the dense smoke. The damage
was about $20,000. H. A. T.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. &
Co. say the holiday trade was less this
year than for the season of 1913, with
prices ahout 2!") per cent lower. Roses
were limited in supply and the quality
was poor, but carnations and violets
were more plentiful and of good qual-
ity. There were no la!rge orders this
year, and in plant sales there was an
increased demand for cheap basket ar-
rangements.

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Jan. i6.

L. D. Phone

L~ M«176 n.^licl^i^8J^^ Ave. —

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or lie
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WHOLESALE FLORISTS,

1 79- 1 8 1 - 1 83 N. Wabash Avenue,

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o.

CHICAGO

Telephone,

Central 42

Automatic

44-864

Consignments of Roses, Carnations, Violets

and All Other Seasonable Stock Solicited.

Pittsburgh.

CUT HEA\'Y AKD I'lUCES IX)W.

There is not much of an encourag-
ing report to give as to business im-
proving the past weeli, but contin-
uous warm weather and sunshine have
had a lot to do with holding prices
down, as flowers are still being cut by
the swarms. Carnations, particularly,
have suffered lately, being sold, in
some instances, as low as $7.50 and
$10 per thousand. Lily of the valley
has also flunked as being a sales fac-
tor, as there is little sale for it while
otlver flowers are so cheap. Violets and
.sweet peas have found good sale, there
being hardly enough of these to sup-
ply all. Daffodils are offered in limited
supply at $4 per hundred. Anierican
Beauty roses abound in both quality
and quantity, but prices have taken
quite a decline. Some chrysanthemums
held out until Saturday, January 9,
which is quite a record. There is a
shortage in all kinds of green goods,
especially asparagus, and we could use
much more of this stock.
CLUB MEETING.

The subject for discussion at the
last meeting of the Pittsburgh Florists'
and Gardeners' Club was "Artificial
Flowers." This subject was never
brought up before, but it proved to be
the means of a lively and interesting
meeting. Naturally, some were against
artificial flowers in every way, shape
and form, while others defended them.
After much discussion, the outcome of
the meeting was that lovers of natural
flowers would not be buyers of artifi-
cial stock, and the flower trade would
therefore not lose on this account. It
was also made clear that practically
all the consumers of artificial stock
were the foreign trade, who brought
with them the desire for these goods.
E. J. McCallum had a display of artifi-
cial flowers suitable for florists' funeral
work and Mr. Alder of Chicago ex-
hibited some decorative artificial flow-
ers in great variety. Nominations of
oflicers resulted in what some called a
"Penrose State," as all the former ofli-
cials were nominated for the ensuing
year in about three seconds' time. Mr.
Crookshank, of Boston, had a new
Japanese azalea, which he exhibited to
the liking of all. Primula malacoides
was shown, grown at the conservato-
ries at Dixmont.

*• NOTES.

The Mischler Produce Co. of Johns-
town, Pa., had the misfortune of losing
a large amount of carnations, which
were frozen on account of a two-hour
shutdown. The loss totaled $2,000, in-
cluding- also a lot of lettuce.

H. D. Rohrer is marketing a potted
lot of Primula malacoides. The quality
of these is very fine, and he has dis-
posed of nearly all his crop.

John Sisley has purchased a new
Victrola, so with the two babies at
home, also, there will always be some-
thing doing at his home.

Peter Hopman, of New Galilee, con-
tinues to cut the same excellent quali-
ty of carnations. His roses are also
fine.

L. Holland, of Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago, was in town calling on his
trade the latter part of the week.

Welsh & Hall have opened a retail
business in Sharon, Pa., and are having
a good trade. J.

St. Louis.

TRADE IS QUIET.

The past week, especially the early
part of it, showed very dull business,
and it was not until Saturday, Janu-
ary 9, that any improvement was
shown. Carnations at this time of
writing have stiffened somewhat. Roses
are not so plentiful, in fact where there
is any amount of business there would
hardly be enough.

NOTES.

The St. Louis wholesale' market has
built up wonderfully within the last 10
years. There are now five wholesale
houses in the city all doing a good
business and shipping trade is also
very good, especially through Texas.

Fred Ude, Jr., and his son Emil have
left for Florida, where they are to take
charge of orange gi'oves. Fred will re-
turn after he has located his son.

Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co.
showed some extra fancy double vio-
lets, exnressly bunched 100 in a bunch,
recently.

The florists' dance, which Is to take
place January 27, is much talked of,
and all the wholesalers have tickets
for sale.

The Vandervoort Floral Co. has been
very successful this season with wed-
ding decorations and debutante recep-
tions.

H. G. Berning made heavy sales of
carnations and roses at clean-up prices
to several of the prominent retailers.

George Angermueller disposed of sev-
eral thousands of good first-class car-
nations during the past week.

Young & Sons had the decorations
for the Imperial ball, over 10,000 Amer-
ican Beauty roses being used.

Grimm & Gorly furnished the flowers
and decorations at the wedding taking
place at the Planter's hotel.

.Schoenle Floral Co. has a .very fine

assortment of cut flowers and bloom-
ing plants.

Ostertag Bros, were very busy with
funeral work and decorations the past
week.

The growers met last week and dis-
cussed the Christmas business.

The downtown stores had special
sales on carnations last week.

Windier Wholesale Floral Co. had
some choice sweet peas.

The florists' club will meet Janu-
ary 14. W. F.

Ft, Wayne, Ind.

TRADE IS EXCELLENT.

The cut flower market last week was
almost as rushed as during holiday
week, and the florists all seem well
pleased with the returns. January has
opened up with sunny skies, causing
the cut flowers to increase in quantity
and improve in quality, and a strenu-
ous demand for the florists' products
caused by many weddings, dinners,
dances and funerals. The supply has
been at all times equal to the demand.
American Beauties, which are plen-
tiful and of extra good quality, are
in constant demand. Roses are very
popular for social affairs, particularly
.Sunburst, Aaron Ward and Lady Hill-
ingdon. The Carnation Philadelphia
is meeting with much public favor
here.

NOTES.

Miss Marguerite Flick, of Guerin
Hall, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College,
gave a dinner of charming appoint-
ments Saturday evening, January 2, to
announce the engagement of her sister,
Miss Ruth R. Flick, to Richard I. Blos-
som. Corsages of Sunburst and Kil-
larney roses, arranged in a group of
three straw lace hats, formed the table
decorations. The hats were of colonial
design and were tied with Killarney
ribbon. At the end of the menu each
guest received a corsage with the an-
nouncement hidden among the flowers.

The Doswell Floral Co. are prepar-
ing their two new rose houses for early
planting. They are now being benched
and piped, and they expect to have
them in readiness by March 1. A new
80-horsepower boiler has been installed
instead of two smaller ones previously
used. Mr. Doswell reports splendid re-
sults from their first season's growing
of roses.

Decorations for the annual ball given
by the Country club in the ball room
of the Commercial club, January 6,
were made very attractive by the deco-
rating staff of the Flick Floral Com-
pany. Southern srailax was used to

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ERNE&KLINGEL

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

30 East Randolph Street, l. d. Phone, Randolph esia

CHICAGO, ILL.

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Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave

CHICAGO

A. L. Randall Co.,

66 E.Randolph St., ,
CHICAGO, ILL. '

Wholesale Cut Flowers,
Florists' Supplies.

Qeorge Rein berg

Wholesale Florist

Extra fancy American Beauty, Richmond,
KUlamey and Wlilte Klliamey roses. All
orders given prompt attention. Try OB.

162 N.Wabash Av., CHICAGO

ZECH & MANN

Wholesale Florists

30 Saat Randolph St., • - Chicago
Telephone, Central 3284

JOSEPH FOBRSTER

W. P. KYI.E

Kyle & Foerster

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago

Loni Diatancc Phone Randolph 3010

John Kruchten,

Wholesale Cut Flowers

162 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago
ROSES aad CARNATIONS

Our Specialties.

WILD SMILAX

$2.00 per case: hall case. $1.25.

Eight 501b. cases $15.00

Check with order. 5% off.
Any quantity. Fresh stock. Prompt. Wireorwrite.

S. S. BRANTLEY, - Pine Apple, Ala.

a great extent and Japanese lights gave
a weird effect. Roses were used also in
great quantity.

The annual banquet of S. F. Bowser
& Company was held January 4. The
table decorations were very lavish and
were executed by W. J. and M. S.
Vesey. A feature was the French bou-
tonnieres, which were given as favors
to each of the several hundred guests.

A big call for funeral work is re-
ported by the Auger Flower Shop.

Visitors : John Van Zonnevelt, of
Sassenhejm, Holland, and A. W. Herre
of A. L. Randall & Co., Chicago.

H. K.

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82-84-86 East Randolph Street, cmCAOO.

GUT FLOWERS

WHOLES ALX

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VlioMe FIoYcrMM'Kel.J

Current Price List

Roses, Beauty, specials . . .

36-in

30-in

24 in

20-in

15in

12-in

Perdoz.

$4 00@5 00

3 50

30)

20.<S; 50

1 50

I 00

75

Per 100

Killarney Brilliant 4 00@15 00

" Killarney 2 00©I2 00

" White Killarney 2 00@I2 00

" Richmond 4 00615 00

" Prince de Bulearie 4 00@I2 CO

Rhea Reid 4 00@I5 00

" My Maryland 400@1200

Mrs. Chas. Russell 4 00@?0 00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 4 00@15 00

" Milady 4 00@15 00

" Sunburst 4 00@12 00

" . Mrs. Aaron Ward 4 nn@l2 no

" Hadley 4 00@1S 00

■• Ophelia 4 00@I5 00

Our selection 3 00

Carnations 1 50@ 4 00

uattieyas...perdoz 7 50 to 9 00

Daisies I tx)@ 1 50

Gardenias $2.00@$4.00 per doz.

Lilium Harrisii 12 50@I5 00

Paper Whites 3 00

Romans 3 00

Stevia 1 .SO

Sweet Peas I TO® 2 00

Valiey I W® 4 00

Violets 75@ 1 00

Adiantum Croweanum 75@ 1 00

Ferns " 2 50

Galax •• 1 00@1 25

Leucothoe 750 1 00

Mexican Ivy... .per 1000, 5 00@6 00
Plumosus Strings, .each, 60@ 75

Smilax per doz., 2 00@2 50

Sorpneeri. Plumostis Sprays 3 00@ 4 00

Boxwood. 25c per lb.
Tulips, $4 00 per 100.

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Jan. i6.

Everything in the
line of Cut Flowers,
Plants and Florists'
Supplies.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

HOLTONtnUNKELCO.

462 Milwaukee St.,

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wholesalers and Growers of

Choice Cut Flowers
and Greens

Florists* Greening Pins

No florist should be without a box of Greenins,-
Pins, consideriiiij their small price, convenience
and amount of labor saved. One box contains 10
lbs. (about lO.OuO to II 000 pins.)

Price, per box. $1.50; 5 boxes for $7.00.

GEO. H. ANGERMUELLER
Wbolesale Florist, 1324 pine St., St. Louis, Mo.

Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. C. SMITH

Wholesale Floral Co.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
Both L. D. Phonei, ST. LOUIS, MO.

sipplles aid EmTlMiiiE in season always on nand
Philadelphia.

M.\RKET OVERSTOCKED.

Slow, very slow, is the word in the
retail stores, while the market con-
tinues much overstoclied and prices
rule very low. The quality of the
stoclv is fine, it has never been better
at this season, nor has there ever iDeen
a better a.ssortment. American Beauty
roses are a bit scarce, or at least the
price holds better in proportion than
for anything else in the list of roses.
Killarney is very plentiful, the white
gets a show for the funeral demand,
but of the pink there is enough left
over to go into the department stores
to be sold for 2.5 cents a dozen and
"please carry them home." Generally
the market shortens up at this time,
but from the over-supply in sight, it
would seem as if there will be a "con-
tinuous performance" from now until
spring. One of the bright spots is the
supply of sweet peas — the orchids are
now to be had in moderate quantities
and find a ready sale. Daffodils are
in daily supply and will be a factor as
they become more plentiful. Cattleyas
are much in excess of the demand and
prices rule low in quantity lots. Carna-
tions continue very plentiful, and good
Howers are sold in quantity at $10 to $15
a thousand, and the quality was never
better. Freesia is now a regular, its
lovely fragrance making it a great fa-
vorite. The question uppermost in the
minds of the rose growers is, which of
the new varieties of roses that are bid-
ding for public favor are going to fin-
ish in the flr.st three? One thing seems
to be certain and that is that Pink
Killarney is to be discarded to a
greater or less extent, not because of
.any failure of the variety, but people
have tired of it, and seem to prefer, or
at least try some of the new ones for
change. Sunburst is a good seller,
Thora is another, Killarney Brilliant is
coming fine and is undoubtedly a good
one.,.' Mrs. Shawyer is a beautiful
flower and appears to sell very •well.
Some of the buds are as large as
American Be.auty. Ophelia, while not
much in evidence, looks like a comer,
and Hadley with some growers is very

GUST. RUSCH & CO.

Wholesale Florists

Jobbers in
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Phone Main 1245.

448 MU
waukee

p. O. Box 200.

St., Milwaukee.Wis.

Fancy Lily of the Valley and Orchids
Roses and Carnations.

Supplies and Wire Designs.

Wholesale Florist.

1312 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Fancy Ferns, special picked.

C. A. KUEHN,

VlioMeFIo¥crMM'Kel>s

Philadelfhia, Jan. 13. Per 100

Rosea. Beauty, extra 25 00@50 00

first 1000@25 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell........ 8 00@15 00

Killarney 3 00@10 00

" White Killarney 3 00@10 00

" Liberty 5 OOOl.S 00

" Mock 600@1500

Hadley 8 00@12 CO

" Bulgaria 6 00@10 00

" Sunburst 6 00(312 00

Carnations 2 00@ 4 00

Cattleyas 35 00@50 00

Lilium Harrisii 8 00@10 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00© 5 00

Sweet Peas 1 00@ 1 SO

Violets 1 00@ 1 50

Snapdragons 6 00010 00

Mignonette 4 00@ 5 00

Asparagus per bunch. 50

Pittsburgh, Jan. 13. PerlOO

Roses. Beauty, special ,30 00

•fancy 20 00

extra 12 00

No.l 8 00

■■ Killarney 2 00@ 8 00

My Maryland 2 00@ 8 00

" Sunburst 2 00© S 00

Mrs. Aaron Ward 4 00

Sweetheart 2 00

Carnations 2 00

Cattleyas 75 00

Lilium Giganteum r. 12 00

Valley 4 00

Adiantum 1 00

Yellow Daisies 1 OO

Sweet Peas 75

Violets 1 00

White Lilac per bunch, $1.25

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bunch, 35@40
Sprays per bunch, 35@40

good. . Mrs. Russell is also pretty sure
of a place. The singles, like Pire-
flame. and the little Sweetheart, are in
fair demand. The Mock is thought by
some to be worth a whole house. Who
can pick the three that will be first by
this time next year?
NOTES.
The Killarney roses, pink and white,

RIGE BROTHERS

Wholesale Florists and
Florists' Supplies

We are the largest cut flower shipper*
in MINNEAPOLIS. Let us supply your
wants. If it is on the market we can
furnish it.

Florists' Supplies

Get our prices before placing
order. Guarantee satisfaction.

H. G. BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

Magnolia Leaves, $1.35 per box.
1402 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

IVINDLER- '

HOLESALE FLORAL

1310 Pine SUSTLOUIS MO.
Central 1474 Olive

Milwaukee. Jan. 13. PerlOO

Roses. Beauty, per doz.. 2 00@ 5 00

Killarney and W. Killarney 3 OOeiO 00

" Ward. Talt. Sunburst 3 00@10 00

" Mrs. Cbas. Russell 10 00^25 00

" Ophelia 5 00@15 00

Richmond 3 00@10 00

Carnations 2 00@ 3 00

Lilies per doz.. t2 00

Snapdragon, per bunch, 25c @50c

Valley 2 00® 4 flC

Violets 750 1 SO

Stevia 1 00© 2 00

jg^s-

The American Florist.

1361

As Usual We Carry The Largest Supply Of Beauties In This Market.

TO PLACE YOUR ORDERS WITH US, INSURES YOU
THE BEST QUALITY AND A REASONABLE PRICE.

THE LEO NIESSEN CO.,

12 th and Race Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.

Centre Street,
BALTIMORE.

1214 H Street,
WASHINGTON.

of the Jos. Heacock Co. are superb
flowers. Orders for 100 or 1,000 are
filled at once. Extra well grown cibo-
tiuni ferns are a feature in this de-
partment.

Extra fine cattleyas were a feature
at Edward Reid's the past week.
American Beauty roses, the special
Reid brand, were also seen in quantity.

The M. Rice Co. are featuring a new
iridescent pure raw silk ribbon for cor-
sage ties that is a beauty. They are
having quite a run on it.

Burton Beauties are the leaders with
the Niessen Co. The stock is extra
fine. Rooted carnations are also a
feature.

Henry A. Dreer is sending out quan-
tities of their 2>4-inch table ferns for
fern dishes. They are great value.

Calla lilies, select lily of the valley
and pussy-willows are leaders with the
Berger Brothers central market. K.

Cincinnati.

CALL FOR STOCK IS LIGHT.

Last week's market shows a decided
falling off in business. There was
plenty of stock, in fact more than
enough for needs, but the call for stock
was small compaied to that of the
previous week, and excluding New
Year's bu.siness. Roses continue in
heavy supply and are all of a uni-
form excellence. The American Beau-
ties offered are very fine. The nar-
cissus market is heavily crowded.
Many more than can possibly be used
are coming into the wholesale houses.
Carnations, too, are in a heavy supply.
They, however, are improving in qual-
ity, and if there was any kind of busi-
ness at all would clean up pretty well.
There are plenty of lilies and callas to
take care of present needs. The cut
of violets, lily of the valley and orchids
is easily more than able to take care
of the pre.=;ent demand for each of
them.

NOTES.

The florists' club's regular meeting
was held Monday evening, January 11,
at the Hotel Gibson, President James
Allen in the chair. The report of the
committee on taxation was read, and
discussion upon it and questions cou-
eerning it were made the siiecial order
of business for the next meeting.

Cincinnati was again honored by the
S. A. P. when C. E. Critchell was re-
appointed state vice-president for Ohio
(south) and chairman of the sports
committee.

P. J. dinger went to Indianapolis,
Ind., on a business trip January 12.

Gus Brunner has been very ill for
the past several days. H.

Horticultural Society of New York.

There will be an exhibition of plants
and flowers Wednesday, January 20, at
the American Museum of Natural His-
tory, 77th street and Columbus ave-
nue. New York. The exhibition is open
to all exhibitors, whether members of
the society or not. The day of the ex-
hibitions has been changed to Wednes-
day, as it was thought this would be
more convenient to the gardeners than
Saturday, the day upon which former
exhibitions have been held. Schedules
are now ready for distribution, and will
be sent on application to the secretary,
George V. Nash, New York Botanical
Garden, Bronx Park, New York City.
GEORGE v. N.\SH, Sec'y.

From now on you will need more

EASTER LILIES

Get fresh fine stock from The Lily Grower of the middle West.
We also have fine

Adiantum Croweanum fronds at $1.00 per 100.

HOFFMEISTER FLORAL CO.

Lickrun, Cincinnati, Oliio.

Mention the Atnerican Florist when writing

VltoMe Hover MwKeU

Boston. Jan. 13. Per 100

Roses. Beauty 5 00@35 00

Killarney Queeo 50(8 8 00

" White and Pink Killarney. 50@ S 00
'• Double White Killarney... 1 00@ 6 00

Killarney Brilliant 1 00@ 6 00

■■ Hadley 1 OOiglO 00

" Cardinal 1 00@12 00

•■ Mocl£ 1 00@ 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@12 00

" Sunburst 1 00@ 8 00

•' Taft 1 00@ 8 00

•■ Milady 1 00@ 8 00

" Ward and Hillingdon 1 00® 6 00

" My Maryland 50@ 5 00

Cattleyas 35 00@50 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4 00

Sweet Peas 50@ 1 CO

Violets, single 750 1 00

medium 50@ 75

Carnations 1 000 2 00

select 150@300

Buffalo, Jan. 13.

Roses, Beauty, special,
'.'. ..' fancy,

extra
No. 1.

doz.. $4 00

3 00
200
1 50
Per 100

No.2 $300@500

Killarney 3 00@10 00

'• White Killarney 3 00@10 00

" My Maryland 4 00@10 00

Killarney Queen 4 000 8 00

HillinsdoD 4 00® f. 00

Richmond 3 00010 00

Sunburst 4 00010 00

Ward 4 000 8 00

" Taft 4 000 8 00

Lilyol the Valley 4 00® 5 00

Lilies 8 00010 00

Cattleyas « 40 00060 00

Carnations 1 50® 3 00

Snapdragons 4 000 6 00

Violets hOe 75

Daffodils 2 000 3 00

Freesia 3 00® 4 00

Stevia 1 00

Asparagus, per bunch.. 35® 50
Asparagus Sprengeri... 350 SO

Ferns per 1000. 2 00

Smilax 15 00

Cincinnati. Jan. 13.

Roses. Beauty perd02..$l OO0$5 00

Per 100

Killarney 2 000 8 00

'• My Maryland 2 000 8 00

" Richmond 2 00® 8 00

■' Taft 2 00® 8 00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 5 00

Lilium Giganteum 10 00

Asparagus PlumaBUs..perbcb.,25c

Carnations 2 000 3 00

Orchids, perdoz 5 000 6 00

Violets 50© 75

Narcissus fPaper Whites) 2 00

Sweet Peas 50@ 75

BERGER BROS.

T^AXJTTAC Id large assortment,
U£\a.ljLt\i3 best varieties.

Choice Roses, Orchids, Valiey, Lilies.

Send us a trial order.
Exceptional shipping facilities.

1225 Race St.,

Philadelphia, Fa.

Mention the Atnerican Florist when writing

C. E. CRITCHELL

"The" Wliolesale Florist
of Cincinnati

32-34-36 East Third St. CINCINNATI, OHIO

Consignments Solicited.
Complete Stock of Florists' Greens and SappUes

Mention the American Florist ivhen writing

Manafacturers and Importers of

Florists'
Supplies

THE McCALLUM CO., ?}f,|»°p."!

Mention the American Florist when loritini}

Edward Reid

WHOUSALI FLORIST.

Choice American Beaaties, Russells, Mock,

Killarney, Simburst and others.

CATTLEYAS, CARNATIONS and LILIES.

One block from express depot.

1619-21 Ranstiad St., PHIUDELPHIA, PA.

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Jan. l.i. Per 100

Roses. Beauty, medium 8 00012 50

short stems 4 000 6 00

•• Killarney ...3 00010 00

'■ My Maryland 3 000 6 00

" White Killarney 2 OOg 6 00

•• Aaron Ward 3 000 6 00

" Sunburst 3 000 6 00

• Mdady 3 00© 6 OO

'• Hadley 3 00010 OO

Valley 4 00

Carnations 1 50© 2 OO

Rubrum 8 OO

Asparagus Sprengeri. per bu., 25050
Asparagus Plumosus.per bu., 25060

Harrisii 8 00010 001

Ferns perlOOO. 175

Leucothoe per 100. 60

Galax per lOCO. 1 SO

1362

The American Florist.

fan. i6.

Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc.

Horticultural Importers and Exporters

dO-eZ WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.

Just Received

Hitimann's Famous Lily of the Valley Pips

Per lOOJ from J12.00 to $16.00.
Llllum Formosum, 7-0 inch. . per case of 250 bulbs. $15.00

Llllum MulMflorum, 7-9 inch 300 •' 16 50

LUium Glganteum. 7-9 inch. 300 " 16.50

New York.

POOR BUSINESS CONDITIONS.

For this season of the year, the busi-
ness of the past weeli was extremely
dull. When special American Beauty
roses wholesale as low as $10 to S30
per 100, that is a fair index to dull
business. As an eminent authority has
recently stated, it mu-y be nothing but
"a state of mind," but it is hard to
believe that thousands of men, hither-
to progressive and optimistic, are in
the same state of mind without a
cause. Passing on to the prices of
various stocks, what is written above
relating to American Beauties, will ap-
ply in a general way to all other roses.
There is usually some special stock
that is scarce and brings fair prices,
but as a rule, everything is cheap.
There are more orchids in this market
than can be handled at any profit.
About the best for carnations is $2
per 100. Paper "White narcissi are a
drug, 80 cents to $1 per 100 is the
very best price, and there are plenty
about that will probably go at from 40
to 75 cents per 100. The yellow nar-
cissi are now arriving in considerable
quantity and going cheap. Violets are
more of a nuisance than otherwise, as
there is little or no sale for them. Pos-
sibly a few bring 50 cents per 100,
while the remainder go for whatever
is offered. Lily of the valley has been
very» cheap during the past week, $2
and $2.50 per 100 being the best price,
with much left over at that.

January 10. — The market has op.ened
quiet, with a surplus of stock, going
cheap. The various entertainments
and decorations make little improve-
ment for the wholesalers, though they
must help the retailers, as they are
buying so cheap.

NOTES.

The transportation committee of the
New York Florists' Club makes the
following announcement :

American Carnation Society's Meet-
ing and Exhibition — "Put me off at
Buffalo!" January 27-28, 1915. Your
transportation committee has made the
following arrangements : Leave Grand
Central Terminal, New York Central
Railroad, Tuesday, January 26, 8 :02 p.
m., train No. 29, arriving Buffalo 7:15
a. m. Wednesday. January 27. Fare
$9.25 one way, $8.25 if we secure party
of ten or more. Lower berths $2. Up-
per $1.60. Arrangements have been
made to take flowers intended for the
exhibition on the same train, thus as-
suring their safe arrival. It is neces-
sary that the committee should be in
possession at once of any information
as to your intention. If you intend to
go, mail postal at once to Thos. Boothe
de Forest, secretary of the committee,
who will make the necessary reserva-
tions. His address is care of Lord &
Burnham Co., Forty-second Street
building. New York.

Se.;retary John Young of the inter-
national flower show, which it may be
added, is now only ten weeks in ad-
vance, reports an increasing demand
for schedules within the past week
which shows that much interest is be-
ing taking by exhibitors in the com-
peti*lve sections. He also reports the
guarantee list as over $6,000; space
sold in trade section, about $6,000;
with orders coming in daily; orders
for space in the program, about $1,200.
Those who intend to exhibit at the
show, which now looks like an assured

THE MONTREAL FLORAL EXCHANGE, Ltd.

140 Manfield Street - Montreal

The Wholesale Commission House of Canada, Featuring the Products of

its Best Growers

success, should at once communicate
with him.

A meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the American Rose Society was
held in the office of Traendly & Schenck
on the afternoon of January 11. The
following were present : W. R. Pier-
son, Cromwell, Conn.; H. O. May, Sum-
mit, N. J.; Benj. Hammond, Beacon,
N. Y.; L. J. Reuter. Westerly, R. I.;
S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia, Pa.; Robt.
Pj'le, West Grove, Pa.; Robert Simp-
son, Clifton, N. J.

A fire, which created considerable ex-
citement in the wholesale district,
started in the rooms of a furrier in the
building of Young & Nugent, 42 West
28th street, on the ^vening of Janu-
ary 5. Fortunately no damage was
done to the store or apartments of
Young & Nugent, or to the local office
of The American Florist, which is. in
the same building.

Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass.; A.
Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa., and Charles
H. Totty, Madison, N. J., met with
Secretary Young at his office, January
5, for the purpose of preparing the
preliminary schedule of the flower
show to be held in Philadelphia, Pa.,
in the spring of 1916.

S. J. Reuter & Son. Westerly, R. I.,
are sending in to John Young, heavy
shipments of their fine varieties of
roses, among which are Francis Scott
Key, and Prince E. C. de Arenberg.
This firm reports an increased call for
young plants of these two last men-
tioned novelties.

The enterprising W. A. Hanft of
Young & Nugent's staff, 42 West 28th
street, is preparing a paste for polish-
ing silver and wjU give the recipe to
any of his friends, free of charge.

At Traendly & Schenck's we have
noted, in addition to their regular stock
of fine roses and orchids, very good yel-
low tulips, for this season.

We have noted at Philip F. Kessler's,
in the Coogan building, fine lilies from
Fred. Smith, Woodside, N. Y"., which
bring top prices.

Leo Klein, Lexington avenue and
Sixtieth street, says he has been quite
busy of late with decorations and fu-
neral work. *

At the store of Young & Nugent
there has been great activity in funeral
work since the new year came in.

Visitors : W. F. Kasting, Buffalo,
N. Y.. attending a convention of post-
masters of the State of New York; A.
N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; F. R.
Pierson, Tarry town, N. Y.; Thos. Ro-
land, Nahant, Mass.; A. Farenwald,
Roslyn, Pa.; C. H. Totty, Madison, N.
J.; Frank Abrams, Blue Point, N. Y.;
Julius Chevalley, Blue Point, N. Y.

A. F. F.

Waterloo, Ia. — Damage, estimated
at $1,200, fully covered by insurance,
resulted from a fire at the greenhouses
of Charles Sherwood, December 27. An
auto delivery car and garage were
destroyed, and the roof of the boiler
room collapsed. The greenhouses
proper were not damaged.

JOHN YOUNG

Wholesale Commission Florist

53 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephone 7362 Madison Square.

I wish to assure my friends throughout th«
country that all orders to be shipped, will receiT*
my personal attention. Choicest stock in Americi,

WILLIAM P. FORD

WHOLESALE FLORIST

107 W. 28th St., New York

Telephone, Madison Sq. 5335

New York Florists' Club.

The florists' club met in its rooms at
8 :30 p. m. January 11, President Duck-
ham in the chair. In his farewell ad-
dress he spoke with earnestness and
feeling, and in a felicitous manner
handed over the gavel to President
Bunyard, who then read his address,
which was received with great ap-
plause. A committee was appointed
to consider the recommendations there-
in at the next meeting. Vice-president
Koehne, Secretary Young, Treasurer
Richards and Trustees Fiesser and
Schloss were in turn called to the plat-
form, and all made remarks.

Included in the many important
points covered by President Bunyard
in his address was the suggestion that
the organization should have a home
of its own and suggested the issuance
of bonds at $.50 each, secured by a
second mortgage, the first mortgage to
be held by a trust company, and sug-
gested the appointment of a committee
to submit a plan of campaign. Aflilia-
tion with the S. A. F. & O. H. was now
a concrete fact, he said, and pledged
himself to give his efforts to the best
interests of the dual societies. In
speaking of florists and the trade gen-
erally. President Bunyard expressed re-
I gret that proper advantage was not

I9I5-

The American Florist.

1363

Established 187a

106 West 28tk Street

New York

J. K. ALLEN

Wholesale Connnlssion Dealer In Cut Flowers.

Now prepared for Winter Business.

The celebrated HADLEY, MILADT and other roses. LILY Of THE VALLEY

and other ^rret-nhouse stocks.

Prompt returns and Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Open at 6 a. m. ever; morning. Phones 167 and 4468 Madison Sauare.

Badgley, Riedel & Meyer

"""«•; llltigSS" 3* W. 28th St., New York

Receivers and Distributors of

Choicest Cut Flowers

T. R. SNYDER

RHINEBECK,

Grower of

N. Y.

"Marie Louise" Double

VIOLETS

Best stock. Prompt service.
Reasonable prices.
Send your orders.

Guttman & Raynor, Inc.

A. J. GOTTMAN, President.

Wholesale Florists.

101 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

Phone 896 and 897 Madison Square.

ZO Years' Experience.

Frank H, Traendly

Charles Scbeock

Traendly ^ Schenck

Wkknb FUrnti tid Cat Fkwer Eidangt
131-133 W. 28th St., NEW YORK

Telephones 798 aod 799 Madison Square.

Orcbids, Roses, Carnations, and all the other
beet products of the leading g:rowers.
Consignments solicited.

Florists' Supplies

THAT EXCEL.

m. RICE CO.

1220 Race St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Paul Meconi

Wholesale Florist

55-57 West 26tta Street

NEW YORK CITY

Tdephene: 3864 Madison Sonare.

John J. Reynolds, Mgr. Phone Madison Sq. 4490

HUGH H. NELSON

Wholesale and Conunlssion Florist
103 West Z8th street, NEW YORK

taken of the trade organizations, as the
work accomplished horticulturally by
these clubs and societies was incalcu-
lable. The international flower show
next March was dwelt upon, and he
made a strong plea for all to take part
in the enterprise and give all the moral
and financial support possible. In clos-
ing, he stated the membership, which
is now 464, would, he hoped, be in-
creased to 500 or more during 1915.

President Bunyard announced his
committees. There was some discus-
sion of the committee question, but
they stand as here given. Prof. White,

Geo. C. Sicbrecht

WHOLESALE FLOMST

109 West 28th St., NEW YORK

Tel. 608 and 609 Madison Square
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED

Walter F.Sheridan

WhcHesale Florist

"■3532.3533 Mad. Sq. 133 W. 28th St.. New York

All the NEW ROSES, CARNATIONS and
Seasonable Flowers.

¥lioMefio¥crM&rKeU

New York, Jan. 13. Per 100

Roses, Beauty, special 25 00@30 00

extra and fancy ... 15 00@20 00
No. land No. 2... 3 00@ 5 00

'■ Alice Stanley I 00@12 00

" Piince d'Arenberg, special. 10 00@12 00

" Francis Scott Key, special. 10 00^12 00

" Mr«. Geo. Sbawyer, special 4 00@ 8 00

extra... 3 00® 4 00

■• N0.I&N0.2 50® 1 50

" White Killarney, special... 4 00(8 5 00

Killarney, My Maryland...

special 5 00© 6 00

No. 1 andNo. 2.. 1 00@ 2 00
Queen, special.. 3 00@ 8 00

Brilliant 1 00@ 8 00

Aaron Ward 1 0U@ 8 00

" Richmond, special 5 00® 8 00

" Sunburst 1 0J@ 5 00

" Taft 100® 600

Milady, special 5 00@ 6 00

" J L. Mock 3 00@10 00

■■ Hadley 6 00i820 00

" Ophelia 1 00® 8 00

" Mrs. Chas. Russell 1 00@10 00

Carnations I 50® 2 00

Cattleya Orchids, special 25 00

inferior grades. 8 00@15 00
Lilies, LongiSorum and Harriaii.. 3 00® 6 00

Lily of the Valley 2 00® 2 50

Violets 25® 35

Gardenias per doz., $1.00@$2.00

.\diantium Croweanum and

Hybridum 50® 75

.Asparagus Plumosus doz. bcbs. 2 00

Smilax doz. strings, 1 OP® 1 25

Paper White Narcissus 75® 1 00

SNveet Peas, per doz. bunches. 75c@l 00
Spencer type 1.50®2.00

United Gut Flower Co., Inc.

WHOLESALERS

111 W. 28th St., New York City

Phones; Madison Square 594-4422,

We solicit consignments of cut flowersof all kinds

Books open for inspection.

GEORGE J. POLYKRANAS, Manager.

of Cornell University, made an extend-
ed address on horticultural matters.
J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, spoke
briefly, as did B. Tadema, P. W. Popp
and S. G. Batcheler, newly elected
members.

The exhibits were very fine. J. A.
Peterson exhibited the new Begonia
Mrs. J. A. Peterson, the darkest pink
yet brought out, which is very beau-
tiful. He also exhibited Glory of Cin-
cinnati and Melior, a lighter shade
than the former, for which he received
certificates of merit. W. P. Ford, New
York, exhibited for Geo. F. Schuene-
man, of Baldwin, L. I., N. Y., a splen-

HORACE E. FROMENT

WHOLESALE COMMISSION

American Beanty Roses a specialty, Roses,
Violets, Carnations, Valley, Lilies, Etc.

57 West 28tll St., NEW YORK CITY

Telephones: 2200 and 2201 Madison Sauare.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WM. KESSLER

Successor to Kessler Bros.

113 W. 28th St., NEW YORK,

CUT FLOWERS

WHOLESALE PLANTSf^EN AND FLORISTS

Phone 2336 Madison. Shipments Evenrwhen

Prompt and satisfactory. Consignments solicited

N.Y. Cut Flower Exchange

Coogan Bldg., 6th av. and W. 26th St.. New York
Open for Cut Flower Sales
at 6 o'clock every morning.

Desirable wall space to rent (or advertisins.

V. S. DORVAL, Secretary.

The Kervan Company

FRESH CUT BVERQRBBNS

and Mosses. Decorating Material (or
Florist Trade, at Wholesale.

TELEPHONES MADISON SQUARE 1519-5893

119 West Z8th Street NEW YORK

George B. Hart

WHOLESALE FLORIST

24-30StoneSt.,Rocliester,N.Y.

Mention the American Florist when writing
121 WEST 28th STREET

NEW YORK

Tel. 3870-3871 Madison Square

Ik largest Sbipper and Receiier tf Fresh Cil Fbwcri

|9~A complete assortment of the best in tbt

market can always be relied upon.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Phone Madison Sq. 4490 Consignments Solicited

Alfred A. Fischer

WHOLESALE FLORIST
103 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

Mention the American Florist whett vriHng

1364

The American Florist.

Jan. l6.

Tuberous Rooted

Begonias

Splendid imported bulbs now on hand.
Grown from the finest large flowering strains.

Single Sorts. Doz. lOO 1000

White, scarlet,. yellow, pink. 40c $2.50 $20.00

Double Sorts.

White, scarlet, yellow, pink. 50C 3.50 30.00

Seedsmen write us for mailing size samples and prices.

SPIRAEA

Large Clumps. PlumjS Eyes.

Special prices to close out to make
room for our spring bulbs. per loo

Gladstone (white) $6.00

Queen Alexandra (pink) 7.00

GLOXINIAS

Grasslfolia Grandiflora

All the spotted and Tigered variations
in sound bulbs. Per 100 Per 1000

Separate colors $3.50 $30.00

Mixed colors 3.00 28.00

CHICAGO

Write For Our Special Flower Seed List For Early Sowing.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE

NEW YORK

did vase of Spencer type of sweet peas,
also a vase of grandiflora Pink Beauty,
and one of G. Wallacea, being awarded
for the first named certificate of merit,
the others, vote of thanks. S. S. Pen-
nock-Meehan Co. exhibited the new
pink seedling carnation Mrs. C. Ed-
ward Akehurst, grown by C. Akehurst
& Soa, White Marsh, Md.

Certificates were given to Springfield
Floral Co., Springfield, N. J., for vase
of orchid flowering sweet peas; P^ W.
Popp, Mamaroneck, N. Y., for vase of
Buddleia Asiatica; Guttman & Ray nor,
New York, for carnation Laura Weber;
Jos. G. Leikens, New York; David S.
Ward, Queens, N. Y., and Herman
Weiss, New York, were elected mem-
bers. The transportation committee to
Buffalo reported. Appropriate resolu-
tions on the death of D. Y. Mellis, a
member, were read and approved.

President Bunyard appointed the fol-
lowing committees :

Legislative.
W. P. Sheridan, chairman,
P. O'Mara. F. R. Plerson.

W. O. Slebrecht. Sr., Jas. McHutchinson.

John Donaldson, J. G. Esler.

Essay and Lecture.
Leonai'd Barron, chairman,
J. Harrison Dick, John^ H^ Pepper,

J. Austin Shaw,

M. C. Ebel.
Exliibition.

Max Schling, chairman.
Joseph A. Manda, John Birnie.

Jas. Bell. J. K. Allen,

A. N. Kinney, J. A. MuUer.

HoQse.

Philip Kessler, chairman,

Geo. Mustoe. Meyer Othlle.

Annual Dinner.

Chas. Schenck, chairman.

J. B. Nugent,
Geo. E. M. Stumpp,
W. P. Sheridan.

Thos. Boothe de Forest,
A. L. Miller.
W. E. Maynard.

Outing.
F. W. Armitage, chairman.

LoDls Schmutz, Jr.,

A. J. Guttuian,

B. W. Doit,
Vlctor,^^. .Morgan.
J. W, Wagenfohr,
A. M. Beushaw,
J. Uauck,

A. T. Burns, Jr.,
Peter Denyse, Jr.,
Jos. J. Lane,

L. W. Tuthlli,
K. G. Wilson,
Alf. Demusey, Jr.,
E. A. Uiiuila.
Samuel Redstone,
Jr A. Buerieln,
Emil Sibloss.
J. W. Beimels,
A. H. Donaldson,
Victor Dorral.

QUALITY AND STYLE IN
D g\ Y e; ^ fbr Flowers and
iJvVyVE-.^ Floral Designs

At no Greater cost.

Made in many sizes from various non-
fading shades of board. Write for
catalogue, price list and samples.

THE SEFTON MFC CO .

1335 W. 35th St., CHICAGO, ILL.

McCRAY Refrigerators

Display Your Send for Catalog No. 71

__, which describes fully the

Flowers MtCray Refrigerators and

Display Cases lor Florists.

McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO.,
670 Lake St.. KKNDAU.VILLE. IND.

Wholesaler in Ferns

Quality dagger ferns 90c per 1000

Fancy ferns $1.25 per 1000

Galax leaves, laurel and all kinds of evergreens.

Order in advance.

Write, wire or phone No. 2498.

PETER GIANOPULAS,

50 Church St., SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

Committee on Awards.
W. H. Duckham, chairman,
Hose Section.
Frank II. Traendly,
P. R. Plerson,
Robert Simpson,
Wallace Pierson,
Chas. H. Brown,
W. P. Ford.
L. B. Coddlngton.

Carnation Section.
R. T. Brown.
Eugene liallledonze,
Frank Nlnuet,
Louis Uenler,
Chas. Wel>er,
H. E. Froment,
JuUus Chevnlley.
Chrysanthemum
Section.
Charles H. Totty.
Jas. E. Scott,
Peter Duff,
Tbos. Ifiad,
J. Canning.
F. n. Wllshlre,
WllUam Trlcker.

W. A. Manda,
Philip Cox,
Antun Scbulthels, Jr.,
Fritz Dressel,

Gladiolus Section.
I. S. Hendrickson
Arthur Cowee.
H. C. Reldel.
A. R. Kennedy,
W. e. Long.
J. A. Rasshacb,
Ed. Sceery.
- Sweet Pea Section.
Geo. T. Schnneman,
Henry We.ston,
Chas. Knight.
W. A. Srierllng,
A. E. Hogg,
H. Mamltch,
P. W. Popp.

Orchid Section.
Joserih A. Manda.
Henry Ilurrell,
August Junge,
John E. Lager,
Jas. Mc.Mnnus. '
Julius Ruebra,
Geo. Baldwin.
Plant Section.

F. L. Atkins,
Anthony Manda,
H. O. Darlington.

A. F. P.

Folding Valentine Boxes

Thiis box is made from White Glazed
Stock has an Embossed Red Heart in
center and an Arrow of Gold piercing
the Heart.

Boxes ready for delivery Jan. 20.

Order early to insure prompt delivery.

We also manufacture a complete line of
various colors and sizes of Florist Boxes.

Write for samples and prices.

Per 100 Per 100

10x6x6^2 15.60 30x6x35/2 $6-60

12x8x61/2 6.60 24x8x4 7.25

24x6x3^2 5.75

A. A. Arnold Paper Box Co.

16-18-20-22 South Peoria St.,

CHICAGO

New Crop Wild Smilax

Now ready for shipment,

$2.50 per case.

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.
E. A. BEAVEN, Everjjreen, Ala.

Southern Wild Smilax

New Crop now ready for shipment $2.50percase

Natural and Perpetuated Moss.

Caldwell the Woodsman Co.

Everything In Soathem Evergreens.
EVERGREEN, ALABAMA.

High Grade Floral Publicity

Write today for full particulars and sample

McNeff-Swenson Co.

220 So. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO

Mention the American Florist when writing

Columbus, O. — The Fifth Avenue
Floral Co. have added a new rose
house, 3(Jx400 feet, and have 9,000
plants under the most favorable condi-
tions.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS S

will be delivered for the trade In other cities by the
below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated,
Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

Chicago.

■sUblitbed In 18S7.

^wSm:.

ncMMsr

739 Buckingham Place.
L. D. Phone. Graceland 11 12.

Send ns your retail orderi.
WK HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CTTY

Mention the American Florist when writing

I ROSES

■ orchids "^iUM I J 'J ■ VU^
IviOLCTS ^"^^^^J^^^^ F.T.D.

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco, Calif.

J. B. BOLAND

Sncces>ar to Sievers & BoUnd

FLORIST
eo KEARNEY STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Minneapolis, Minn.

WHiTTED FLORAL CO.,

H. B. WHITTED. Prop.

Careful attention given to all orders for
delivery in the Twin Cities or the
Northwest.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Wastiington, D. C.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

Mention the American Florist when writing

Randolph & McGloments

Floral Experts

5936 Penn Av., PITTSBURGH, PA.

Members o( The Florist Telegraph Deliyery.

Cincinnati, O.

HARDESTY & GO.,

THE BEST THAT GROWS
Experts to Arrange Them.

150E. FourtliSt.

Chicago. Des Moines

ALPHA FLORAL CO.

146 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago.
623 Walnnt St.. Dea Moines. la.

Lareest and most centrallT located store in the
citT. All orders given prompt attention.

Rochester, Minn.

Wire and Mail Orders for hospital given special
attention. Operate Rochester Greenhouses.

ROSS BRAGG, Florist,

Zumbro Hotel Block.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Chicago.

A. LANGE,

25 E. MADISON ST.

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

REUTER'S

For Rhode Island and Connecticut

STORES

New London. Conn., Norwich, Conn, and

Westerly, R. I.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Ohio.

The Smith & Fetters Co.,

LEADING FLORISTS.

735 Euclid Ave. CLEVELAND

Mention the American Florist when writing

Seattle, Washington.

Hollywood Gardens

Flowers for all Occasions.

1536 Second Avenue.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

AUGUST R. BAUMER,

MASONIC TEMPLE

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

CLEVELAND, OHIO

A. Graham & Son

5523 Euclid Ave.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

* and all T. J. JOHNSTON a CO.

NEW ENGUND POINTS. 171 WEYBOSSET ST., PROVIDENCE
Mention the American Florist when writing

ALEXANDER McCONNELL

611 FIFTH AVE., GOR. 49TH STREET.

NEW YORK CITY.

-pEIyEGRAPH ORDERS forwarded to
-'■ any part of the United States, Canada
and all principal cities in Europe. Ordera
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steamships
or elsewhere receive special attention.

Reference or Cash must accompany all orders
from unknown correspondents.

Cable address; Alkxconnell,
Western Union Code.

New York. Washington, D. C.

J. H. SMALL & SONS,

FLORISTS

NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D. C,

1153 Broadway. Cor. 15th 6 H. Sts.

AND WALDORF-ASTORIA.

Young & Nugent

Telephone 206S-ZOe6Madlaon Sonare.
42 West 28th Street.

NEW YORK

To ont-of-towD florists
We arc In the Heart of

And give special attention to steamer and theater

orders. Prompt delivery and best

stock ID the market.

.V.-.FLOWERS.V/.

522 SO. MICHIGAN BLVD., AuditorlDm Annei, CHICAGO.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

THE F. WALKER CO.

310-312 West Chestnut Street

LARGEST FLOWER STORE IN THE CITV

Buffalo, N. Y.

S. A. ANDERSON

440 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Anderson service means fresh, sturdy stock, and

prompt deliveries in Buffalo. Lockport.

Niagara Falls and Western New York,

Member of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Mention the American Florist when writing

DAYTON, OHIO

16 and 18 W. 3rd St.

Matthews the Florist

Established in 1883,
Greenhouses and Nurseries in Riverdale.

Mention the American Florist when writing

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Jan. i6,

DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

Will be delivered lor the trade In other cities by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mail Orders.

New York.

Establiahed 1874.

DARDS

N. E. Corner 44th St.
and Madison Ave.

Has his own correspondents in all the
laarge cities of Europe and the British
Colonies. Cable orders forwarded by

Srlvate code. Telegraph and Cable Ad-
ress, DARDSFLOR.

Metnt)er Florists' Telefraph Delivery.

Uention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

Holm S Olson,

20-22-24 West Fifth Street.

We fill orders for any place in the Twin Cities
and for all points in tlie Northwest. The Largest
Store in America; the largest stock; the greatest
»ariety. Write, wire or phone. We are alive
night and day.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Newark, N. J.

Begerow's

946 Broad Street.

rresb Flowers and Best Service. Deliveries

ttirongbout the state and to all steamship docks
lo Hoboken. N. J., and New York.

For Wisconsin Delivery
"HOME GROWN>LOWERS"

Get in touch with

J. E. Matthewson

SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

FLOWERS delivered promptly in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, East Aurora,
Lockport, Tonawanda, Lancaster and
other Western New
York cities and
to^vns.

304 Main Street
BUFFALO, N.Y.

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association

La Crosse, Wis.

la Crosse Floral Co.

Both Phones No. 40
Long Distance No. 40

CARirUI, AITKN'nON TO AIX ORDIKS.

^

Atlanta, Ga.

AOanta Floral Co.

41 Peachtree Street

Max Schling

NEW YORK

No. 22 West B9th Street

Adjoining Plaza Hotel
Ueahtn of the Florists' Tdccnph DdinrT.

Omaha, NeD.

Bess & Swoboda

FLORISTS.

I&15 Farnum St tklephones

i«ij rarnvm m. 1501 andL 1582

Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Name Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

AliiLtt i-'lorul Co., Chicago.

Alpha Floral Co., Des Moines, la.

Anderson, S. A.. 440 Main, Buffalo, N. Y.

Archias Floral Co., Sedalia, Mo.

Atlanta Floral Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Baumer, August R., Louisville, Ky.

Bauscher, John. Freeport, 111.

Begerow's, Newark, N. J.

Blackistone. Washington, D. C.

Boland, J. B., San Francisco.

Bragg. Ross, Rochester, Minn.

Bramley & Son, Cleveland, O.

Breitmeyer's Song, John, Detroit. Mich.

Brown Bros. & Co., Vancouver, B. C.

Buekbee, H. W., Bockford, 111.

California Florists, Taconi^ Wash.

Clarke's Sons, David, New York.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleveland. O.

Cooke, Geo. H.. Conn. Ave. and L., Washington.

Daniels & Fisher, Denver, Colo.

Dard's, 44th and Madison Ave., New York. .

Denton Floral Co., Denton, Tes.

Duerr. Chas. A., Newark, O.

Dniuth Floral Co., Duluth, Minn.

Dunlop's, 96 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.

Budle Co., The James, Cleveland, O.

Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.

Freeman, Mrs. J. B., Toledo, O.

Frey, C. H., Lincoln, Neb.

Frey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.

Friedman. Chicago.

Furrow & Co., Guthrie. Okla.

Furrow & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Galvin. Thos. F.. Inc., Boston. Mass.

Galvin, Thos. F., Inc., New York.

Gardiner, Ales. C, Superior, Wis.

Gasser, J. M., Co., Cleveland. O.

Graham, A.. & Son, Cleveland. O.

Grand Rapids Floral Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Gude Bros., Washington.

Haidesty & Co., Cincinnati, O.

Helnl & Son, J. G., Terre Haute,

Henderson, Lewis. Omaha, Neb.

Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb.

Hollywood Gardens. Seattle, Wash.

Holm & Olson, St. Paul. Minn.

Johnston & Co., T. J.. Providence,

Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.

Keller's Sons, J. B., Rochester, N. Y.

Kellogg, F. & P. Co., Geo. M,, Kansas City

La Crosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Lang Floral & Nursery Co.. Dallas, Tci.

Lange, A., 25 B. Madison St., Chicago.

Leborlus, J. J.. Duluth, Minn.

Matthews the Florist, Dayton, O.

Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.

May & Co., L. L.. St. Paul. Minn.

McConnell, Alex.. New York.

Metalrle Ridge Nursery Co.. New Orleans. L«.

Murray. Samuel. Kansas City, Mo.

Mycr, Florist, New York.

Ostertag Bros., St. Louis.

Palez, Paul M., Little Bock. Ark.

Palmer, W. J.. & Son. Buffalo.

Park Floral Co., The, Denver, Colo.

Phillips Bros., Newark, N. J.

Pikes Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Springs.

Podesta & Baldocchl, San Francisco.

Pollworth Co., C. C, Milwaukee.

Portland Flower Store, Portland, Me.

Randolph & McClemcnts. Pittsburgh, Pa

Reuter's, New London, Conn.

Renter's. Norwich, Conn.

Reuter's, Westerly, B. I.

Rock, Wm. L.. Flower Co., Kansas City.

Rye. George, Ft. Smith, Ark.

Schiller the Florist. 2221 W. Madison St.. Chgo.

Sohling, Max. 22 W. B9th St., New York.

Simmons & Sons, Toronto, Can.

Smith & Fetters, Cleveland. O.

Small & Sons. J. H., New York.

Small & Sons, J. H., Washington, D. C.

Smith Co., A. W.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Smith, Henry. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Stumpp, G. B. M.. New York.

Walker Co.. The P., Louisville, Ky.

Weber. F. H.. St. Lonis, Mo.

Welland, M., Bvanston, 111.

Whltted Floral Co., Minneapolis, Minn,

Wlttbold, G., Co,, 737 Buckingham PL, Chicago.

Wolfskin Bros. & M. Qoldenson. Los AngcUs.

T«uif & Nnftnt, N»w Twk.

Ind.

R. 1.

Colo.

Detroit, Mich.

John Breitmeyer's Sons

Corner Broadway and Gratiot Avenues.

Artistic Desije^ns.
Higii Grade Cat Blooms.

We coyer all Michigan points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Paul, Minn.

L L. MAY & CO.

Order Your Flowers for deliTery
Id this section from the

LEADIN6 FLORISTS OF THE NORTHWEST

Mention the American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

r. H. WEBER

Boile ■■d MiirM Ive. ""^ fSSJT^

Ordera taken for FLOWERS. Delivered to ill
parts of the country. Special care, aelect and
artistic work.

Member of Florists' Telegriiph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

WASHINGTON

D. C.

Gudes'

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asp'n.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Samuel Murray,

913 Grand Avenne

AllOrders Given Prompt and Careful Atteitloi

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Denver, Colo.

CUDC BROS.Cai
FLORiaTS
1114 r ST.NM
WAaMlN«T<MAA

T

he Park
Floral Co.

J. A-TALDCriNK,
rresident.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

win be delivered (or the trade In other cities . by the
firms below, the Leading Retailers in the cities indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Portland, Maine.

Floral Designs and
Choice Cut flowers

Portland Flower Store

631 Congress St.

Mentionfhe American Florist wlien writing

Kansas City, Mo.

Qeo. M. Kellogg
Flower & Plant Co.

1122 Grand Ave. will fill all orders for Cut

KiRSaS City and Flowers, Funeral Designs

DL.....t Uill U. Wedding and Birthday Gifts.

rwasani nill, mo. that may beentrusted to them.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Pittsburgli, Pa.

A.W.SniitliCo.

KEENAN BLDG.

Largeit Floral Establishment in America.
Established 1874. Incorporate! 1909

Mention the American Florist when writing

New York.

G. E. M. STUMPP

761 Fiftli Avenue

Manner Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association
Mention the American Florist when writing

THE J. M. GASSER COMPANY,

CLEYELANi

EUCLID AVENUE

Member* of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Washington, D. C.

Milwaukee. Wis.

14 th and H. Street.

Mention the American Florist when writing

JOHN BAUSCHER, Freeport, Dl.

100,000 Square Feet of Glass.

All Orders Receive Careful Attention and Prooapt
Delivery.

FREY & FREY,

1338 O Street, LINCOLN. NEB,

WHOLISALE AND RETAU.
Members of Florists Telegraph Delivery

CCPollworthCo.

Will take proper Wi ttorkn sin

care of yonr orders In ~~ *o^*^»»o«M<

DULUTH, MINN.

J. J. LeBORIOUS

Seventeen large Greenhouses. Deliveries
everywhere in Minnesota. W isconsin. North
Dakota. South Dakota and the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan. All orders given prompt
attention and hlled with strictly Iresh stock.

Established 1848

City Index to Retail Florists
Filling Telegraph Orders.

Albany, N. Y.— Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St.

Atlanta. Ga.— Atlanta Floral Co., 41 Peachtree.

Boston— Tbos. F. Galvin, Inc.

Buffalo. N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 410 Main St.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. J. Palmer & Son, 304 Main.

Chicago — Friedman.

Clilcago— AlpUa Floral Co.

Cljlcago— A. Lauge. 25 E. Madison St.

Chicago — Schiller, the Florist. 2221 W. Madison.

Chicago — Geo. Wittbold Co.. 737 Buckingham PI.

CinciUDatl, O.— llardesty & Co.

Clevelaud, 0. — Bramley & Son.

Cleveland, O. — The Cleveland Cut Flower Co.

Cleveland, O. — James Eadie Co.

Clevelaud. 0. — A. Graham & Sons.

Clevelaud, O.— The J. M. Gasser Co.

Clevelaud. 0.— Smith & Fetters.

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Pikes Peak Flo. Co.

Dallas, Tei. — Lang Floral & Nursery Co.

Dayton. 0. — Matthews the Florist.

Denton, Tex. — Denton Floral Co.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Co.

Des Moines, la. — Alpha Floral Co.

Detroit. Mich. — John Breitmeyer's Sons.

Duluth, Mlun. — Dulutb Floral Co.

Duluth, Mlun. — J. J. Leborlus.

Bvanston, 111. — M. Weiland.

Ft. Smith, Ark. — George Kye.

Freeport, 111. — John Bauscher.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith.

Guthrie, Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Kansas City — Geo. M. Kellogg F. & P. Co.

Kansas City — Samuel Murray.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower Co.

La Crosse. Wis. — La Crosse Floral Co.

Lincoln, Neb. — C. H. Frey.

Lincoln, Neb. — Frey & Frey.

Little Rock, Ark.— Paul M. Palez.

Los Angeles — Wolfskin Bros. & M. Goldenson.

Louisville, Ky. — August R. Baumer.

Louisville, Ky.— The F. Walker Co.

Milwaukee — C. 0. PoUworth Co.

Minneapolis. Minn. — Whltted Floral Co.

Nashville. "Tenn. — Joy Floral Co.

Newark, N. J. — Begerow's.

Newark, N. J. — Phillips Bros.

Newark. O. — Chas. A. Duerr.

New London, Conn. — Reuter's.

New Orleans, La. — Metaire Ridge Nursery Co.

New York — Dard's. 44th and Madison Ave.

New York— Alex McConnell, 611 5th Ave.

New York — David Clarke's Sons.

New York — Thos. F. Galvln, Inc.

New York— Max Schllng, 22 W. B9th St.

New York — Myer. Florist, 6<i9 Madison Ave.

New York — J. H. Small & Sons.

New York— G. B. M. Stumpp.

New York — Young & Nugent.

Norwich, Conn. — Reuter's.

Okloboma City. Okla. — Furrow & Co.

Omaha. Neb. — Hess & Swobwla, Famam St.

Omaha, Neb. — Lewis Henderson.

Pittsburgh. Pa.— Randolph & McMcClements.

Pittsburgh. Pa.— A. W. Smith Co., Kcenan BIdg.

Portland. Me. — Portland Flower Store.

Providence. R. 1. — T. J. Johnston & Co.

Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg.

Rochester, N. Y. — J. B. Keller's Sons.

Rockford, 111.— H. W. Buckbee.

Sheboygan, Wis. — J. E. Matthewson.

St. Louis, Mo. — Ostertag Bros.

St. Louis, Mo. — F. H. Weber.

St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson.

St. Paul. Minn. — L. L. May & Co.

San Francisco — J. B. Boland. 60 Kearney St.

San Francisco — Podesta & Baldocchl.

Seattle. Wash. — Hollywood Gardens.

Sedalia, Mo. — Archlas Floral Co.

Superior. Wis. — Alex. C. Gardiner.

Terre Haute, Ind. — J. G. Helnl & Son.

Tacoma. Wash.— California Florists.

Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman

Toronto. Can. — Dunlop's, 80 Yongc St.

Toronto, Can. — Simmons & Son.

Vancouver, B. C. — Brown Bros. & Co.

Washington— Blacklstone.

Washington — Geo. H. Cooke, Conn. Ave. and L.

Washington — Gude Bros.

Washington — J. H. Small & Sons.

Westerly, R. I. — Reuter's.

New York.

David Clarke's Sons

2139-2141 Broadway, cor. 75th St.
Orders By Telegraph Promptly Fllleii

Phones, 1552-1553 Columbns

Mention the American Florist when writing

San Francisco

Podesta & Baldocchl

334 Orant Avenue

Prompt and careful attention to orders
from out-of-town florists.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Superior, Wis.

Alex C. Gardiner,

1418 Tower Ave., Superior, Wis.

The Largest and most Up-to-Date Flower
Store in Superior or Duluth I can fill your
orders for anywhere in Wisconsin or Minne-
sota. Fresh quality stock always.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Cleveland, O.

The Cleveland Cut
Flower Co.

Will fill your orders for designs and cut flowers In

NORTHERN OHIO.

Mention tlie American Florist when writing

St. Louis, Mo.

Wire or Phone Tour Orders to the
HOUSE OF FLOWERS.

Ostertag Bros.

The Largest Retail Supply House In the Wcat.

Jefferson and Washington Ave.

Mention the American Florist when writing

Albany, N. Y.

nowers or Design Work.

Delivered in Albany and vicinity 00
telegraphic order.

11 NORTH PEARL STREET

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toronto, Can.

Canada's best known and most reliable florin.
Only
the
Best

96 'Vonge Street,

We deliver anywhere in Canada and guarantee
safe arrival.

Mention the American Florist when writing

THOS. F. GALVIN

Dunlop's

INC.

561 Fifth Av»
Vanderbilt Hold

NEW YORK

n||eyA|| 126 Tremont Street
DU« I UH 799 Boylston Strees

Deliveries to Steamerg and all Elastern Poiatk

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DESIGNS OR CUT FLOWERS

will be delivered for the trade In other cities, by tbe
firms below, the Leading Retailers In the cities Indicated
on Wire, Phone or Mall Orders.

Send yourorders^o^ Chicago

and Sab-
orbs to

All orders carefully filled
under the sapervision of

GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr

wire, Write or Phone West 822

Member Florlitt' Teleerapb Delivery,

Rochester, N. Y.

J. B. KELLER SONS,

FLORISTS
25 Clinton Avenue, N.

Rochester Phone 506 Long Dist. Bell Phone 2189
Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O., and Vicinity.

Bramley & Son

1181 £. 71st St.

The Largest Growers of Flowers In City.

Little Rock, Ark.

PAIL M. PALEZ,

FLORIST,

' 409 MAIN STREET.

All orders carefully filled and delivered to all parts
of tbe city, Arkansas and tbe Southwest,

Mention the American Florist when writing

Toledo, O.

Hrs. J. B. Freemao

(Successor to Geo. A. Belnl)
336 Superior St„ Toledo, O.
Both Phones, 527.
Special attention to Mail and Telecrapb Order-
Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivey.

Mention the American Floriat when writing

DULUTH FLORAL CO.

200 miles in any direction, nil! MTU MINN
We arethecenter ofthegreat OULUIn, iniillli

Northwest. Daily deliveries to Superior, Wis.

Newark, Ohio.

CHAS. A. DUERR.

Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THINK OF HEINL'S

New York.

MYER, FLORIST, ?S;i'L".*l'."

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Memphis, Tenn.

The Flower Shop

The

Uadlntf

Florists

69 MADISON AVKNUI

KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI.

J-iowkus

Members Florists Telegraph Delivery Ass'n

Mention the American Florist when writing

Wholesale
and Retail
Florist

C. n. tREY,

1133 0 St., LINCOLN, NEB.

Will fill orders for the West on short notice.

Trade discounts. Firstclass stock.

EORGE RYE

"Some Florist"

N. 6th St.. Ft. Smith, Ark

G

Telephone 2656

Established 1880

M. WEILAND

FLORIST

George C. Weiland, Proprietor.
602 Davis Street, EVANSTON, ILL.

Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Cleveland, O.

The JAMES EADIE CO.

Store— 927 Euclid Avenue.

Frank J. Schoen. Frank R. Friedley.

Greenhouses— 95 Shaw Avenue.

We Aim to Please Our Customers.

Careful attention to packing for deliveries
to all Southern and Middle States.

LEWIS HENDERSON, Florist

1519 Farnam St., OMAHA, NEB.

Mepiber Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'n.

Lang Floral &. Nursery Co., Te^a^'

Write or wire headquarters for flowers for Texas.
Olclahoma. Louisiana, New Mexico. No orders
too lar^e, none too small.

SIMMONS & SON, TORONTO

CANADA'S LEADING FLORISTS
F. T. D. Members 266 Yonge St.

FURROW & COMPANY

OKLAHOMA CITY— GUTHRIE

OKLAHOMA.

Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery.
Mention the American Floriat when writing

Funeral Emblems

Cut Flowers

Brown Bros. & Co.,

Ltd.

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
AND SEEDSMEN

Bulbs 48 Hastings St., £.,

Seeds Vaiicouver, B. C.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

JOY FLORAL COMPANY

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery Ass'o,

POILIPS BROS, 938 Broad St

NEWARI E J.

Artistic Floral Work and Long Stem
Beauties Our Specialty.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Wolfskin Bros, and
Morris Goidenson

Cut Flower Merchants.

We solicit telegraph orders. Regular trad, dlic
229 WEST THIRD STREET

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Orders Carefully Executed

Pikes Peak Floral Co.

Wholesale and Retail

Members Florists' Telegraph Delivery.

Sedalla, Missouri

Arctiias Floral Co.

Choice Cut Flowers and Desigas on short notlc.
Prompt attentioD to telegraph and telephone

orders.
Members of The Florists' Telegraph Delivery,

Tacoma, Wash.

California Florists

will take care of all telegraphic orders.

Michigan. """""sTed ?»' ""''"'
HENRY SMITH,

Wliolesale and Retail Horist of GRAND RAPID!

Member of The Florists' Telegraph Etelivery.

Grand Rapids, Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS FLORAL CO.

ALTRKD HANNAH 8 SONS Will fill roar
orders for Designs and Cut Flowers in Michiga.

Rockford, UL

H. W. BUCKBEE.

Member of the norUts' Telediapk D«Um*

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Samples Free.

Fill Your Empty
Benches Now With

OLADIOLyS

117E are Growers of this stock in quantity

and the bulbs we send out for forcing

under glass are especially selected for this purpose.

Of some sorts we have a first extra grade.

Besides the following standard kinds, most of

which we can offer in twosizes(both flowering),

we carry nearly all standard kinds and many

fancy imported novelties secured by our Mr.

Vaughan last year in Europe.

Per 1000

Mrs. Francis King, First size $10.00

Mrs. Francis King, Medium size . 8. 00

Augusta, First size 12.00

Augusta, Medium size 10.00

Chicago White, First size 30.00

Chicago White, Medium size 25.00

..^ America, First size 12.00

America, Medium size 10.00

Florist XXX, mixed 15.00

Special

Prices

will be

Made on

Larger

Lots.

Write Us.

We are in position to quote all Florists, Seedsmen
and amateurs who are interested in Gladiolus, either
for counter trade, for outdoor planting, or for the
home garden from extra sizes to planting stock.

PLANTING STOCK. Of several leading kinds we can
supply planting stock, white bulbs under one inch and
small black bulblets by the bushel.

Ask for Book for Florists. A Complete List.
Special Flower Seed Price List— all Early Stocks. Ask for it.

I regard Mrs Francis King as the best florists' variety of its color. Its wonderful
profusion of bloom and firmness of its petals makes it a great favorite all along the
New Jersey Coast with the cottage people as a cut flower.

Edmund, G. Comey, Dealer in Cut Flowers.
Long Branch, N. J.

VAUGHAN SEED STORE, gg{v"y«oV

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The Seed Trade

<^

American Seed Trade Association.

Lester L. Worse, San Francisco, Calif.,
President; J. M. Lupton, JIattituck, L. I.,
N. Y., First Vice-President; E. C. Dungan,
Philadelphia, Pa., Second Vice-President;
C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O., Secretary and
Treasurer; .S. F. Willard, Jr., Cleveland, O.,
Assistant Secretary.

Thirty-Third annual meeting, San Fran-
oiico. Calif., June 1915.

Some growers claim to be disposing
of ttieir stock seed of beans at the
fancy prices now going.

F. H. Henby, of Henry ■& Lee, New
Yorlc, and family were at Chicago
.January 1.3, returning from Japan.

Potatoes at Chicago made a further
advance of two cents per bushel last
week, ranging up to 50 cents on track.

Contract prices on beans have been
advanced about 15 to 20 per cent, and
peas, canners' varieties, reduced 10 per
cent.

Chicago. — Prices for grass seed on
the Board of Trade January 13 were as
follows: Timothy, $6.00 to $7.25 per
100 pounds.

Onion Sets in a jobbing way are
rather unsettled with not much change
in price. The weather is a little mild
for .good keeping.

All the sons of both Frederick and
John Benary, Erfurt, Germany, are at
the front. Dr. Frederick Benary, son
of John Benary, has fallen.

The executive committee meeting of
the American Seed Trade Association
will be held next Wednesday, Janujfry
20, at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago.

St. Louis, Mo. — The St. Louis Seed
Company is back at its old location,
411-13 Washington avenue, in a four-
story building, which replaces the one
destroyed by fire last March.

John C. Bodgek, of the John Bodger
& Sons Co., Los Angeles, Calif., advises
it is possible he may be unable to make
his usual eastern trip this season, but
hopes to meet his numerous friends in
the seed trade at the San Francisco
convention next June.

Visited Chicago : Hon. J. S. Mich-
ael, of the Sioux City Seed & Nursery
Co., Sioux City, la., returning from the
east; Edgar F. Hurff, Swedesboro, N.
J.; H. W. Buckbee, Rockford; W. E.
Marshall, of W. E. Marshall & Co.,
New York; A. L. Rogers, of Rogers
Bros., Alpena, Mich.; C. N. Keeney. of
N. B. Keeney & Son, Le Rov, N. T.

Seed Packet Growth Dates Not Needed.

ICatherine G. Stone, of the depart-
ment of agriculture, of the state of
Washington, has issued the following:

"Olympia, January 5. — Reference is
made to a recent circular by this of-
fice relating to the labeling of vege-
table seeds with the year in which
the seed was grown.

"Further investigation by the de-
partment, together with advices re- .
ceived through seed firms and officials
in charge of seed analysis work, has
established tlie impracticaljility of such
a procedure; therefore you are advised
that circular order of November 14,
1014, is hereby repealed, and until the
preSfent law is amended no attempt will
be made to enforce Section 3055, R.
and B. code.

"While the purity and strength of
vegetable seeds is important, we feel
that it would be sufficient to amend
the law requiring the date of year in
which the seed was packed rather than
the year of growth, which, in our
opinion, cannot be successfully ascer-
tained."

Nebraska Seed Act Unconstitutional.

Judge Cornish of the district coiirt
of the state of Nebraska has recently
decided that the 'Nebraska so-called
pure seed act of 1911 is unconstitu-
tional for the reason, among others,
that it contains more than one subject,
contrary to the constitution of Ne-
braska. Of course the decision of the
supreme court of Nebraska will be
needed if the case is appealed, to throw
this seed law out of use. This would,
indeed, be a serviceable thing'to do, as
the law is very iinsatisfactory and un-
intelligent legislation.

If this decision is upheld by the Su-
preme court of Nebraska it will go a
considerable way in affecting the con-
stitutionality of several other state
seed laws, like Iowa, Maine, etc., be-
cause those laws are drawn on the
same principle of codification of the
commercial feeding stuffs and agricul-
tural seed laws under one law.

CURTIS Nye Smith.

Seedsmen Quote on Goverftment Contracts.

Washington, January 12. — Bids were
opened this afternoon by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture board of awards'
from 103 proposed sellers in answer
to invitations sent to 250 to furnish
the seed distribution office with stand-
ard vegetable and flower seeds for free
public use during the seasons of 1915-
16.

Eight or nine representatives of seed
dealers were present, a much smaller
number than usual. In advance of the
tabulation of bids, which will require
two weeks before awards are made, it
was noted that 103 bidders were about
■the same in personnel as last, year,
and the prices bid were about the same
as last year.

Wide variances were noted in some
cases, showing the supplies dealers
have on hand and qualities, but the
quantities dealers offered to supply
were not read publicly, in accordance
with the policy of the government to
safeguard the seed industry and pro-
tect information from competitors.

Squash ranged from 3% cents to 40
cents per pound, watermelon from 9
cents to §1 per quarter pound, and
pansy from $1.60 to $30 per pound.

Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company

Growers of
High Grade

SEED

Gilroy,
California

Onion,
Lettuce,
Radish,
Sweet Peas
Etc.

Correspondence
Solicited.

Compared with last year's 80 per
cent of American bidders, this year 90
per cent were American. There were
no bids from Germany and none from
Belgium. There were bids from one
jobber each in Denmark, France and
Holland. All foreign bids were f. o. b.
and at buyer's risk abroad.

There were no bids received on en-
tire requirements, which ranged from
1,200 ijushels each pole and lima beans
to 25,000 pounds beet, 30,000 pounds
cucumber, 50,000 pounds muskmelon,
50,000 pounds turnip, 60,000 pounds
onion, 80,000 pounds lettuce and 150,-
000 pounds radish, among vegetables,
besides others, including corn, 3,000
bushels.

Among flowers the requirements
ranged from 100 pounds pansy to 500
pounds flowering Balsam, 900 pounds
coreopsis, 200 pounds petunias, 200
pounds portulaca to 3,000 pounds
candytuft, 1,S00 pounds each Shirley
poppy and peony-flowered poppy. 3,000
pounds mignonette, 6.000 pounds each
nasturtium, tall and dwarfed, and 6,000
pounds sweet peas.

Before opening the bids today in-
formation as to the requirements of
the seed distribution office for the com-
ing year was refused the general pub-
lic because the board of awards, head-
ed by Chief Clerk Reese, of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, did not want ir-
responsible bidders to compete.

R. A. Oakley, agronomist in charge
of the seed distribution office, and As-
sistant Tracey, informed the corre-
spondent of The American Florist
here tonight that the government may
not take all the quantities of seed list-
ed as "requirements" this year, but
will probably take some of each, vary-
ing according to the way the variety
packets are to be made up, which is
not yet decided.

On the whole, about the same total
quantities as last year will be pur-
chased, and judging from the way the
bids read today, from about the same
bidders at about the same prices.

Buckbee-Hohenadel Decision Reversed.

Attention was again drawn to the
Buckbee-Hohenadel cucumber case,
which has been in litigation in the fed-
eral courts for the past 12 years, when

Alfred J. Brown Seed Co.

Growers of

Peas and

Beans

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Braslan

Wholesale Growers of the following California Specialties only:

ONION, I.ETTUCE, CARRO', RADISH. PARSNIP, PARSLEY, CELERT.
ENDIVE, LEEK, SALSIFY and SWEET PEAS.

Seed Growers

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Company

Write for 1915 Contracting Prices.

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the United States Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, for the seventh circuit, sitting at
Chicago, rendered a decision January
5, 1915, reversing the judgment of the
lower court as reported in brief in
THE American Florist of Dec. 27, 1013,
the P. Hohenadel, Jr., Co., of Janesville,
Wis., at that time being awarded dam-
ages to the amount of .$12,021.40, it be-
ing alleged that H. W. Buclibee, of
Rockford, the defendant, sold to the
Hohenadel Co. 3,800 pounds of seeds
which did not produce true type of the
varieties, namely Improved Chicago
Pickling. The seeds were resold by the
Hohenadel Co. to P. A. Marsh, of Chi-
cago, who owned or controlled several
pickling stations, the seeds being sown
and a crop grown. Marsh alleged that
the crop was not what he called Chica-
go Pickling cucumbers, and as a result
filed a bill against the Hohenadel Co.
for $17,000, claiming he lost money on
his contracts.

The court of appeals, composed of
Judges Baker, Seaman and Kohlsaat,
in reversing the decision and setting
aside the judgment of the lower tribu-
nal, sustained all of the important
points raised by H. W. Buckbee in
oral argument. It held, that while a
purchaser of seeds is entitled to dam-
ages for the difference in value of two
crops, and that when he buys to sell
to a grower, he is also entitled to such
damages, the rule does not apply when
the vendor has no knowledge that the
purchaser intends to resell for the pur-
pose of planting. But, in such case the
ordinary measure of damages, consist-
ing of the difference in the market
value of the two kinds of seeds is the
proper measure of damages. The
court held that there should be this lim-
itation of damages, so that a person,
selling seeds, may be in a position to
decide, after having knowledge of the
fact that the purchaser intends to re-
sell, whether he will take the risk of
making such sale. The court also de-
cided that in this case it was competent
to show what seeds were intended to
be sold and bought at the time the con-
tract was made, if as a matter of fact
there was any question at all as to
whether the name. Improved Chicago
Pickling, as used in the contract, had
a fixed and definite meaning among the
trade. Since, if it had no such mean-
ing, it was proper for the parties to
agree as to what kind of seeds
should be delivered under that name.
The evidence showed there was a seri-
ous question as to whether the term.
Improved Chicago Pickling, had at the
time of sale, any such fixed meaning,
and the lower court was in error in re-
fusing to allow John T. Buckbee,
brother of the defendant, who made
the contract, to testify as to what was
said at the time relative to what kind
of seeds were to be delivered under the
contract, and that the evidence of John
T. Buckbee was competent in any
event for showing that the Hohenadel
Co. had notice of the kind of seeds that
would in fact be delivered. This was
held by the court as an important
point, because the law forbids a pur-
chaser of any article, who has knowl-
edge that what is being delivered to
him is not what he bought, to sell
what he actually received as something
different, and hold the original seller
for special damages, such for instance
as the value of the crops, and in case
of such knowledge limits the purchaser
to ordinary damages, consisting of the
difference in value between the thing
bought and thing delivered.

The decision was a sweeping one,
reversing as it did, the entire case, the
court specincally holding, that there
should be a new trial on every is-
sue in the case, and is the first
time that a court in the United
States has passed upon the point
as to whether difference in crop
damages can be recovered when seeds

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Cucumbers

grown under irrigation by

Western Seed k Irrigation Go

Seed Growers and Dealers. Specialties:
Cucumber. Musk and Watermelon.
Pumpkin. Squash, Sweet and Field Corn.

FREMONT, - - NEBRASKA

No. 1— New Davis Perfect.

No. 2— Rawson's Arlington White Spine.

No. 3— Cool and Crisp.

No. 4— Cumberland.

No. 5— Improved White.

No. 6— Fordhook Famous.

FLOWER SEEDS

For Early Sowing

Complete List for the Asking.
10 per cent discount for Cash.

THEY'RE FRESH T. P. Oz.

Ageratum, blue SO.IO $0.25

Alyssum LittlH Gem 10 .45

Aster (Jueen of Market. Mixed .. .10 .50

Begonia ttrf rdii 25

Cobaea Scandrns, purple 10

liracaena Indivisa 10 .25

Forget-Me-Not \icioria 15 .80

Mignonette Machet 10 .50

Petunia, Calitomia Giants 25

Salvia ^plendens 15 1.00

Salvia Fireball ?5

Wholesale List mailed as soon as ready.

THE W. W. BARNARD CO., ^^.^^^r^X,..

CROP OF 1914 T. P.

Lobelia Speciosa JO 10

Lobelia Crystal P. Comp 15

Pyrelhrum Aureum 05

Smilax 10

Snapdragon, Giant 10

Stock, Lut and Come Again 25

Stock. Ten Weeks, mixed 25

Stokesia Cyanea 15

Thunbergia 10

Verbenas, Mammoth 15

Vinca. mixed colors 10

Oz.

$0.£0

1.25

.25

.25

.30

.40

1.00

.40

CHICAGO

BEANS, PEAS, RADISH

and all Garden Seeds

ana aii uaraen seeas _ ^^ «^

LEONARDjIcetc-

CO.

226-230

ONION SETS

GROWERS FOR THE TRADE

Write for Prices

THE KIMBERLIN SEED CO.

seed Growers SANTA CLARA, CAL

Growers of
ONION, LETTUCE, RADISH, ETC.

Correspondence Solicited.
Mention the American Florist when writing

Bulbs, Seeds, Plants

Try us once and you will come again.

S. S. SKIDELSKY&CO.,

1004 Betz Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.

Card brings a Catalogue

MANN*S

Lily of the Valley

are the finest in existence and their flowers
brinsr the best prices on the London mar-
ket. For quotations please apply to

OTTO MANN, Leipzig, Saiony, Germanji

BRUNNINGS

Leading Suppliers of

[ICAIYFIIS

and Acacia Seeds

P.O. B0IBS7, MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA

Mention the American Florist lohen writing

Before Placing Orders for

SWEET PEAS, Spencers, Grandifloras,
etc., ASTERS and FLOWER SEEDS in
general; TOMATO, LIMA and POLl
BEANS, write

JOHN BODGER 6 SONS CO.,

Contract Seed Growers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Jan. i6.

are resold by the purchaser, and
planted without notice to the seller,
and is a question of vital importance
to seedsmen generally, as in this case
while 3,800 pounds were contracted for,
action was based on 565 pounds only,
and the difference in crops as allowed
by the lower court, would have
amounted to nearly $100,000 if proof
of the whole invoice were made, on a
sale that cost the purchaser originally
a total of only $2,600, while the differ-
ence in value of the seeds would not be
in excess of $1,300 to $1,400 for the en-
tire purchase.

James G. Elsdon, of Carnahan, Els-
don and Slusser, 1200 Westminster
building, Chicago, was counsel for
Buckbee, and made the oral argument
before the court of appeals.

War Affects Seed Crops.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia,
Pa., in their seed catalogue for 1915,
just received, have the following on the
effects of the war on seed crops :

"To secure the best seeds that can be
grown, we have for years had planted
in Europe those varieties which mature
there in the highest state of perfection.
Thus, large quantities of flower seeds
have come from France, Germany,
England, Holland, and Italy, as also
beets, carrots, radishes, Italian onions,
etc., Tvhile several varieties of cabbage
and cauliflower have been grown in
Denmark.

"Arrangements for 1914 crops had
been made, as usual, and until August
we had no cause to question their ful-
filment.

"Then came the outburst!

"Nearly all available men were
called from the fields to fight — and just
at the height of harvest time.

"With stunning suddenness, trade
and transportation were paralyzed by
the unprecedented crises. All of which
compels us to omit for 1915 a few
varieties of vegetables and quite a
number of flowers which could not pos-
sibly be secured under such abrliptly
changed conditions.

"This is a state of affairs beyond our
control. We regret deeply that in this
day and age so terrible a war could
have come to pass, and that it should
deprive us of certain seeds desired by
our customers. The situation is so un-
like any with which men have had to
deal in modern times that as yet none
can forecast ultimate effects."

Catalogfues Received.

Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis,
Minn., seeds; Wm. Henry Maule, Inc.,
seeds; Barteldes Seed Co., Lawrence,
Kans., seeds; W. Atlee Burpee & Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa., seeds; Barteldes
Seed Co., Lawrence, Kans., seeds;
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa., wholesale seeds; Henry
F. Michell Co., Philadelphia. Pa.,
seeds; S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson,
Mich., seeds; El Paso Seed Co., El Paso,
Tex., seeds; Weeber & Don, New York,
seeds, plants and supplies; Wood
Stubbs & Co., Louisville, Ky., seeds; G.
H. Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis., seeds;
Henry Field Seed Co., Shenandoah, la.,
seeds, plants and trees; Griswold Seed
Co.. Lincoln, Neb., seeds and plants;
J. M. Thorburn & Co.. New York, seeds;
Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.,
seeds, plants, supplies, etc.; The Rate-
kin Nursery Co., Shenandoah, la., nurs-
ery stock; E. E. Stewart, Brooklyn,
Mich., gladioli; Heller Bros. Co., New
Castle, Ind., roses; W. Atlee Burpee &
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., sweet peas; Dole
Floral Co.. Beatrice, Neb., bedding
plants, bulbs, etc.; John C. Moninger
Co., Chicago, "Greenhouse News."

Dobbie & Co., Edinburgh, Scotland,
seeds and plants; Watkins & Simpson,
Ltd., London, Eng., seeds.

ULY OF THE VALLEY PIPS

Extra tine qualities. New crop.

Danish and German.

Ask for quotations.

LOECHNER & CO., II Warren Street, NEW YORK

97th Year

J. BOLGIANO & SON,

Wholesale Garden and Field Seeds,
Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes

Baltimore, Md.

Growers of
Fedlgree Tomato Seeds

Winter-Flowering
Spencer Sweet Pea

Ask for list of outdoor and inside Sweet Peas.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, - Lompoc, Calif.

The Everett B. Clark Seed Co.

GROWERS FOR, THE TRADE

Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Onion, Turnip
Radish, Beet,

Brandies Michigan. uii cnQn Pnllll

Wisconsin <nd Idaho. WILrUnU, UUWW.

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BURPEE'S SEEDS

Philadelphia

Wholesale Price List for Florisla
and Marlcet Gardeners. :-:

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GARDEN SEED

BEET. CARROT, PARSNIP, RADISH and
GARDEN PEA SEED in variety; also other items
of the short crop of this past season, as well as a
full line of Garden Seeds, will be quoted you
upon application to

S. D. WQODRUFF & SONS. 82 Dey St., NEW YORK.

and Orange, Conn.

J.G. ROBINSON SEW

WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

Kocky Ford, Colorado.
Contract growers of Cucumber, CantA-
lonpe, Watermelon, Squash and Pumpkin
ieed; Sugar .Flint and Field Seed Corns.

S. M. IsbeU & Cc

Jackson, Mich.

CONTRACT SEED GROWERS,

Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Muskmelon,
Sauash, Watermelon, Radish, Sweet Corn.

Correspondence solicited.

Contract Seed firower

SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant,
Tomato, Vine Seed and Field Corn.

EDGAR F. HURFF,

^"""iXd'"" Swedesboro, New Jersey

Giant Pansy Seed

Kenilwortb Mixture
Kenilwonh iihow
Bronze Shades
Masterpiece, curled, waw
Orchid-Ilowered, miied
1000 seeds. 25c: 50OO,$l.OO; V, 02 .$1.25: 1 oz..$S.OO

Giant Red
Giant Light Blue
Giant Dark Blue
Giant Zebra
Giant McKinley
Giant Adonis
Giant Psyche
Giant Mme. Perret

Giant Royal Purple
Giant Emperor William
(-•iant King of the Blacks
Giant Lord Beaconsfield
Giant Yellow, dark eye
(iiant Yellow
Giant White, dark eye
Giant White

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1000 seeds, 25c; 5C0O $1.00;
M oz.,$1.25: oz.,$5.C0.
Princess (new, uprisht).
Pansy.
500 seeds, 25c;
1000,50c:
o/., $10.00.

Growers and Specialists

CROP CONTRACT

Peas, Beans and Sweet Corn.

Peas and Beans, Michigan Grown.

Sweet Corn, Iowa Grown.

Correspondence solicited.

Michigan Office: MILLINGTON.

Home Office: SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

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Sioux City Seed & Nursery Co.

Established 1883.

Contract Seed Growers

Specialties: ^fnTs'effaSi''"rleLTo'JS:

CorrespoDdeDce Solicited.

George R. Pedrick fi Son,

PEDRICKTOWN, N.J.

Waldo Rohnert

GILROY, CAL.

Wholesale Seed Grower.

Specialties: Lettuce. Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster,

Cosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety.

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[The Nursery Trade j

Aaerican Association of Nurserymen.

Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala., President.
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, Xa., Vice-Presi-
dent; John Hall, 204 Granite bldg., Rochest-
er, N. Y., Secretary.

Fortieth annual convention will be held
at Detroit. Mich., June 23-25, 191.'i.

Toledo, O. — A. M. Dorgan, landscape
architect and wholesale nurseryman,
has talten offices with R. G. Burner,
628 Nicholas building.

YANKTON, S. D. — The twenty-sixth
annual meeting of the South Dakota
Agricultural Society will be held in
this city on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, January 19-21.

Lincoln, Neb.— Commercial grape
growing in Nebraska will be discussed
in detail at the session of the Ne-
braska State Horticultural Society
Thursday morning, January 21.

GEAND Rapids, Wis. — The twenty-
eighth annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin State Cranberry Growers' Asso-
ciation was held here January 12.
This association has joined the Wis-
consin State Horticultural Society.

MILES CITY, MONT. — Prof. W. S.
Thornber, of Lewiston, Idaho, will fill
a three weeks' engagement with Mon-
tana farmers' institutes, January 18 to
February 5, 1915. Beginning with the
state horticultural meeting at Kalispell,
January 18-19, Prof. Thornber will
speak in the more important fruit-
growing sections of the state.

Horticultural Code Standardizes Fruit.

Olympia, Wash., December 30.— With
all the members of the advisory board
of the state department of agriculture
present, together with representatives
of the legislative committee of the
Washington State Horticultural Asso-
ciation, that body approved the draft
of the horticultural code as prepared
by Commissioner T. O. Morrison and
added to it a provision for grading
and standardizing all fruits offered for
sale in the state. Another vital fea-
ture in the proposed code is the crea-
tion of an insecticide and fungicide
board to regulate the sale and use of
preparations for destroying insects or
fungus pests. State Senator D. S.
Troy, of Chimacum, father of the de-
partment of agriculture bill, was pres-
ent at the conference, though not a
member of the commission.

Apple Crop Largest on Record.

The apple crop of 1914 is probably
the largest ever produced in the United
States, being estimated at 259,000.000
bushels, as compared with 145,000,000
bushels in 1913; about 235,000i,000
bushels in 1912; 214,000,000 in 1911;
142,000,000 in 1910; and 146,000,000 in
1909, as reported by the census. These
figures represent the total "agricultur-
al" crop and should not be confused
with figures representing estimates of
the "commercial" crop, which com-
prises only the marketed portion of the
total production. In 1913 the commer-
cial crop was estimated at 40 per cent
of the total agricultural production.
"The census report of 146,000,000 bush-
els ifi 1909 is the basis of yearly esti-
mates of total production, being used
in connection with crop reporters' esti-
mates of percentage of a full crop pro-
duced each year.

August Rolker & Sons

NEW YORK.

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Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, etc.

Address for prices
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Hill's Evergreens

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ROSES, CANNAS
Shrubbery

THE GONIRD& JONES CO.,

West Grove, Penna.

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Baltimore Nurseries
California Privet

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Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vine*.

Full Line of Fmlt Trees and Plants.

GET OUR PRICES AND CATALOGUB.

Franklin Davis Nursery Co.

BALTIMORE, MD.

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ROSES

Rose Stocks, Fruit Tree Stocks, Young
Evergreen and Deciduous Ornamental
Trees and Shrubs. Young Forest Stocks,
new, rare or noticeable Trees and Shrubs,
Hardy Herbaceous Plants, etc.

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MANETTI,

Grafting size, 3-5 m/m, not "as they run," but re-graded here, culls thrown
out; shrinkage eliminated; all good, at $9.50 the 1000, while they last,

Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, New York

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NEW ROSE BOOK

The Practical Book of

Outdoor Rose Growing For The Home Garden

By George C. Thomas, Jr.

GENERAL SCOPE:

The Propagation of Roses, Location and Preparation. Ordering.

The Best Varieties wiih their Characteristics. Plan'ing. Pruning.

Some General Information and Hints of Hybridization. Climbers. Cultivation.

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AND OTHER HEDGE PLANTS

CALIFORNIA PRIVET. One year. 12 to IS inches: IH to 2 feet. Two years, 12 to IS
inches; IV? to 2 feet: 2 to 3 feet: 3 to 4 feet. Three years. 3 to 4 feet: 4 to 5 feet.

Ail well branched, bright and cteao. The two and three year srades have been cut back
one or more times. Very attractive prices for car lots for prompt acceptance. Prices will be
advanced February first.

1 otter a lot of 150.000. 2 years. 12 to 18 inches, well rooted and with Erood lops, at a
great bargain

AMOOR RIVER PRIVET. One year, extra fine, 12 to 18 inches. Two years. IH to 2
feet: 2 to 3 feet.

BERDERIS THUNBERGIl. Transplanted, stocky plants, 6 to 9 inches; 9 to 12 inches;
12 to 18 inches; Wi to 2 feet sizes by the 1000.

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Vaughan's Cannas

HEADQUARTERS

for all
Leading Varieties.

NEW CANNA FIREBIRD, The best red-nowered, green leaved canna, Doz., $6.50; 100, $50.00

Per 100 Per 1000

Allemania % 2.50 $20.00

Benute I'oltevlne 3.50 30.00

Burbuuk 2.50 20.00

Buttercup 5.00 40.00

Chns. Henderson .... 2.50 20.00

Comte de Sachs 2.50 20.00

DoTid Harum 3.50 30.00

Egandale 3.50 30.00

Florence Vnuehan.... 3. SO 30.00

Per 100 PerlOOO

Frederick Benary....$ 3.50 ?30.00
Hungaria, $2 per doz. 18.00

Improved Mont Blanc 7.00 65.00

King Humbert 4.00 35.00

Long Branch 5.00 45.00

Louisiana 2.50 20.00

i»Iad. froiy 3.00 25.00

Milnaiikee 3.50 30.00

Mrs. Alfred Conard. . . 12.00 100.00

Per 100

Mrs. Karl Kelsey % 3.50

New Chicago 10.00

Niagara 2.50

Prince WIed
Queen Charlotte . ..
Souv. de A. Croasy..

The ICxpress

Venus

AV ni. Snuders

AVyoming

2.50
3.50
3.50
5.00
3.50
5.00
3.00

Per 1000
$30.00
90.00
20.00
20.00
30.00
30.00
40.00
30.00
45.00
25.00

FIELD-GROWN ROSE STOCK

2 yr. 3 yr.

CLIMBING ROSES — Per 100 Per 100

Alberic Barbler $14.00 $16.00

Crimson Rambler 15.00 18.00

(Desire Bergera 15.00

Delight 15.00 18.00

Dorothy Perkins 15.00 18.00

Excelsa 18.00 20.00

Flower of Fairfield... 16.00 1&.00

Lady Gay 15.00 18.00

Tnusendschon 16.00 18.00

White Dorothy Perkins 16.00 18.00

BABY RAMBLER ROSES —

Crimson Baby Rambler 14.00 16.00

Erna Teschendorff. . . . 18.00 22.00

Jessie 18.00 20.00

Mad. J. Gouchault 35.00

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES —

2 yr. Per 100

Alfred Colomb $14.00

American Beauty 15.00

Baroness Rothschild 14.00

Fisher Holmes .k. . . . 15.00

Frau K. Druschki 14.00

Gen. Jacqueminot 14.00

John Hopper 14.00

Mabel Morrison 15.00

Magna Charta $14.00

Marshall P. Wilder 15.00

Mrs. J. Laing 14.00

Paul Neyron 14.00

Prince C. de Rohan 14.00

lllrich Brunner 14.00

Victor Verdler 15.00

HYBRID TEA ROSES —

2 yr. Per 100

Avoca 18.00

Capt. Christy 15.00

Caroline Testout 15.00

Gruss an Tepliti 15.00

J. B. Clark 16.00

Jonkherr J. L. Mock 18.00

Kaiserin A. Victoria 16.00

Klllarney 18.00

Lady Ashtown 18.00

La France 15.00

Mrs. Aaron AVard 18.00

White Klllarney 20.00

VARIOUS ROSES —

Rngosa Alba 15.00

Rubra 14.00

All the Leading Novelties in Rose Stock

Book Orders No^v For March Delivery.

Prices per 100 Prices per 100

O. R. Grafted Mrs. F. F. Thompson — Shell Pinlt, Sport of O. R. Grafted

George Elgar — New Yellow Cecile Brunner . $15.00 $25.00 Shawver 30.00 35.00

Hoosier Beauty — The New Red Rose 35.00 New White Shawyer 30,00 35.00

Quality Carnation Cuttings

For Immediate Delivery.

Grafted and Own Root Stock

For March Delivery.

2 1,2 -inch — Prices per 1000
Own Root Grafted

Ophelia $100.00 $150.00

Hadley 100.00 150.00

Prince C. de Arenberg 65.00 120.00

Mllndy 65.00 120.00

Mrs. Geo. Shawyer 65.00 120.00

Klllarney Brilliant 100.00 150.00

Sunburst 100.00 100.00

Francis Scott Key 100.00 100.00

Mrs. Chas. Russell 150.00

Rooted Cutting-s — Per 100 Per 1000

Alice $12.00 $100.00

Champion 6.00 50.00

Enchantress 3.00 25.00

Gloriosa 3.00 25.00

Good Cheer 12.00 100.00

Herald 3.50 30.00

Matchless 6.00 50.00

Pink Sensation 12.00 100.00

Philadelphia 3.00 25.00

Rosette 3.00 25.00

W hite Enchantress 3.00 25.00

White \Vonder 3.00 25.00

DECORATIVE PLANTS

Araucaria Excelsa — Whorls

9 inches 3

12 inches 3

15 inches 3

Arauearta Glauca^

10-12 inches
Asparagus Plumosus —
Seedlinss ready Feb. 15.
T^-inch

Doz.
.$ 5.00
. 7.50
. 10.00

Per 100

$40.00

60.00

75.00

2-3.

i.OO

Per 100 Per 1000
$ 6.00

$ 3.00 25.00

4 -inch 12.00

Asparagus Sprengeri —

Seedlings from flats. 2-ineh 4.00

Crotons — Doz. Per 100

4-inch $ 4.00 $30.00

5-inch 6.00

FERNS for aU Purposes.

= Assorted Ferns for Dishes—

A choice assortment,
tion of 'varieties, 2Va
Boston Ferns —
3-inch pots

pots

pots

pots

pots

pots

4-inch
5-inch
6-inch
7-inch
8-inch

our selec-

-inch $0.50

Each

$0.15

25

40

75

1.00

1.25

Doz. Per 100 PerlOOO

$ 3.00

Doz.

$ 1.25

2.50

4.50

8.00

10.00

14.00

$25.00
Per 100

$ S.OO
20.00
35.00
60.00
75.00

100.00

Kentla Fosteriana^

Size pot Leaves Height

6-inch pots 5-6 30-32 ins.

7-inch pots 6-7 36-40 ins.

10-inch pots 6-7 60 ins.

Kentia Fosterlana — Made up.

No. of plants Height

Each
.$ 1.50
. 3.25
. 8.00

7-inch 3

7-inch 3

S-inch 3-4

10-inch

Phoenix Canariensis —
7-inch

Pandanus Veitchii —
4-inch pots — 3 for

28-30
30-34
34-3&

70-74

28-30 ins

2.50

3.00

4.00

ns 15.00

1.50

ins.
ins.
ins.

$1.65.

.60

6-inch pots 1.50

Doz.

$17.00

27.50
32.50
45.00

6.00

BEGONIAS.

Glory de Chatelaine, March delivery. 2-in.

Glory of Cincinnati, May delivery, 2-in...

Glorie de Lorraine — May delivery. 2-inch

HARDY CLIMBERS.

3 years

Doz. Per 100

Ampelopsis Veitchii $1.75

Clematis — Henryii ^

Jackmani \- 3.00
Mad. B. Viellard J
I'aniculata 1.50 10.00

Per 100 PerlOOO =

6.00
IS. 00
14.00

50.00
160.00
120.00

3 years
Doz. Per 100

$12.00 $2.00 $15.00

20.00

4.20
2.00

30.00 =
15.00 =

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Market Gardeners

Vegetable Growers' Association
of America.

M. L. Ruetenik. Cleveland. O.. President;
Daniel R. Comly Philadelphia. Pa., Vice-
President: S. W. Severance. Louisville. Ky.,
Secretary: E. .\. Dunbar. .Ashtabula. ()..
Treasurer.

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Plainview, Tex. — The Plainview
Floral Co. have about half an acre
of celery planted on the. syndicate
demonstration farm and the yield has
been very good.

FAYETTEVIIXE, Ark. — Prof. W. H.
Wicks, of the horticultural department
of the Arkansas College of Agriculture
and the experiment station, went to
Little Rock, December 30. where, as a
member of the committee appointed on
the final day of the Arkan.sas profit-
.able farming campaign, he will con-
fer with Governor George W. Hays on
ways and means of studying Arkansas
marketing conditions. After the com-
mittee meeting. Prof. Wicks will leave
for the north to make an extensive
investigation of marketing conditions
there.

Prices of Indoor Fruits and Veifetables.

Chicago. January 12. — Mushrooms, 60
cents per pound; lettuce, 20 cents to
2.^» cents per box: radishes, 25 cents to
-to cents per dozen bimches; asparagus.
$2.00 per dozen bunches; celery, 12
stalks, 12y2 cents to 2.5 cents; cucum-
l)ers, ,|1.25 per dozen.

New York. January 12. — Cucumbers,
$1.00^to $1.50 per dozen; mushrooms,
75 cents to $1.50 per 4-pound basket;
tomatoes, 15 cents to 22 cents per
pound; radishes, per 100 bunches, $2.00
to $.S.O0; lettuce, per strap, 75 cents to
$1.25.

Hollow and Pithy Celery.

El). Ameuican Florist :

We took notice in the issue of
THE American Florist of January 2,
1915, what "Marketman" says about
hollow and pithy celery.

We do not agree with him as to the
cause of it being entirely in the seed
or the seedman's fault. We have been
growing celery for more than 20 years,
and do not know why that sometimes
we have a block that will be hollow
and the rest of the crop fine and solid.
This summer we grew Golden Self
Blanching exclusively from high priced
French seed. We planted three blocks
all inside of two weeks. All had the
.same treatment as to fertilizers, water
and soil as far as we could tell. Two
blocks were as fine celery as we ever
raised, while the other block was so
hollow that it was worthless. Our
<elery was grown on ground that has
been heavily fertilized for years with
stable manure and had two applica-
tions of nitrate of soda during the sea-
son, was matured by trench system
and its needs looked after as closely as
we knew how. These blocks were in
long strips not over 20 feet apart and
in single rows three feet apart. Now
we have no explanation to offer, but it
may interest "Marketman" and others
In hear of our experience.

- S. H. Maris.

Elizabeth, N. J.— J. E. and A. G.
Hutchinson report business good, about
the s.ame .ts last year.

National Association of Gardeners.

The following appointments are an-
nounced by President John W. Everitt
of the National Association of Gar-
deners for the year 1915 :

To serve as directors for three years,
until January 1, 1918: William H.
Waite, Yonkers, N. Y.; W^illlam N.
Craig, Brookline, Mass; Edward Kirk,
Bar Harbor, Me.; John W. Johnston,
Glen Cove. N. Y.; Carl N. Fohn, Colo-
rado Springs, Colo.; Peter Johnson,
Dallas, Texas; Thomas Proctor, Lenox,
Mass.

Committee oa essays and horticul-
tural instruction : William H. Waite,
Yonkers, N. Y.; Edwin Jenkins, Lenox,
Mass.; Arthur Smith. Reading, Pa.;
William N. Craig, Brookline, Mass.;
Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis, Minn.

Committee on meritorious exhibits :
William Kleinheinz, Ogontz. Pa.; Alex-
ander Mackenzie, Highland Falls, N.
Y.; William Hertrick, Sjin Gabriel,
Calif.; Albin Martini, Lake Geneva,
Wis.; James Bell, New York.

National Co-operative Committee :
John W. Everitt, Glen Cove. N. Y.;
William S. Rennie, Ross, Calif., James
i^tuart, Mamaroneck, N. Y. ; Martin C.
Ebel, Madison. N. .1.

President Everitt also announces
that he offers $100 in gold for compe-
tition to instill a greater interest on the
part of profe.ssional gardeners towards
the horticultural press, the prizes to be
awarded for the best essays on horti-
cultural subjects submitted during the
year by a head gardener and by an as-
sistant gardener, a member of the N.
A. G. The plans of competition are to
be arranged by the essay committee,
to be annoimced at an early date.

The national co-operative committee
expects to make an announcement at
an early date of its completion of ar-
rangements for correspondence classes
in landscaping, forestry and green-
house management for members of the
association. This committee requests
that all local societies, which have
acted favorably on the co-operative
plan between the national association
and local societies, but which have not
yet officially advised the secretary of
the N. A. G. of their action, will do so
at once, so that they may be placed
on the list to regularly receive the bul-
letins to be issued by the national co-
operative committee.

M. C. Ebel, Sec'y.

Roman Hyacinth Roots Decaying:.

Ed. American Florist :

Can you inform one through the col-
umns of your paper as to the cause of
the roots of Roman hyacinths, or other
bulbs, decaying after seemingly being
in good shape? We had the same
trouble last year with nearly all our
Holland bulbs and .ittributed it to va-
rious causes, namely, too much manure

in soil, alkali in soil, etc., but taking
the greatest care in those matters this
year we are likely to have the same
results. The roots of those planted in
wooden boxes or flats seem to remain
quite healthy, only those in pots appa-
rently turning brown and decaying.
Possibly some of your readers may
have had the same trouble and can
give their experiences and if possible a
remedy.

Canada. G. W.

The exact cause of the trouble is
hard to determine. I can only suggest
precautionary measures, and I have
found it of great value to soak all
bulbs of every description in a solution
of nicotine products, especially bulbs
that have a loose outer skin, or cover-
ing. For convenience sake, I use a so-
lution of Aphine, slightly stronger than
that recommended for spraying for
aphis, soaking the bulbs for 15 or 20
minutes in the solution. This soaking
answers a double purpose, inasmuch as
it promotes quick root action, destroys
insect life in the bulb, and further,
acts as a repellant to any parasites in
the soil that would be likely to attack
the roots before being strong enough to
withstand the ravages of insects in the
soil or fertilizer used in the compost.
As a further precautionary measure we
use a solution of the newer product of
the Aphine Co., "Vermine," after the
active growth has commenced. One
watering is usually sufficient. Lime
water may be used to advantage if
there is any likelihood of the soil hav-
ing become soured. For outdoor plant-
ing we find a good sprinkling of to-
bacco dust on the surface before the
drills are opened to be of great benefit.
The opening of the drills, and subse-
quent covering, mixes the tobacco dust
in lust about the right proportion.

P. W. P.

Godfrey Aschmann

Importer, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of

SPECIALTIES— Azalea Indica, Araacaria Excelsa

and Kentia Palms.
1012 W. Ontario St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Watch tor our Trade Mark stamptd
OD every brick of

Pure Culture Mushroam Span

SubstitutioD of cheaper eradet \%
thus easily exposed. Fresh sampU
^fi^^^^ brick, with illustrated book, maU«J
^"Q^^ postpaid by manufacturers npoo re-
ceipt of 40 cents in postage. Address
Trade Mark. American Spawn Co.. St. Panl Minn

Mushrooms

HOW TO GROW THEM

BY WM. FALCONER.

THE BEST AMERICAN BOOK ON THE SUBJECT

170 Pages.-Prlce $1.0O-29 lUastratlons.

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY

440 S. Dearborn Street, Chlcatfo.

TO THE TRADE

HENRY METTE, Quedlinburg, Germany.

GROWER and EXPORTER on the VERT LARGEST SCALE of aU
CHOICE VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS. (UtablUhed 1 787.)

SPECiALTIFS' B<^°'' Becta. Cabbages. Carrots. Kobl Rabi. Leek. Lettuces. Oniona. Peas,
«l LUini.1 IL«I, Radishes. Spinach, Turnips Swedes. Asters. Balsams. BegoDias. Carnations
Cinerarias. Gloiiniaa. Larkspur. Nasturtiums. Pansies. Fetuniaa, Fbloies. Primulas. Scabtoua,
Stocks. Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. Catalogue Iree on application.

HENRY METTS'S TRIUMPH OF THE GLANT PANSIES (mixed), the moat perfect and
moat beautiful in the world, $6.00 per oz., or $1.7S per \i oz., $1.00 per M oz.. postage paid.
Cash with order.

All seeds otfered are grown under my personal aupervision on my own vast froaods. and
are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best qualitT

ALSO GROW LAKGELT ON CONTRACT.

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JOSEPH HEACOCK COMPANY'S

Kentia Forsteriana

6-in. pot.

Leaves
...5 to6..

In. high Each Pe

.28 to 30 $1.00

Made-up Kentia Forsteriana

9-m. cedar tub. 4 plants in tub, 40 to 42 in. high

9-in cedar tub. 4 plants in tub. 42 to 48 in. high

12-iD. cedar tub. 4plantsintub.5to 5H ft

l2-in. cedar tub. 4 plantsin tub. 5H to6ft

I2-in. ceda tub. 4 plants in tub. f» ft. high, heavy

12-iD. cedar tub. 4 plants intub.TtoSft

r doz
$12.00

Each
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. 5.00
. 10.00
. 12.50
. 15.00
. 20.00

Phoenix Roebelenii

5-in. pot, nicely characterized

7-iB. tub, 18 m. high. 24 in. spread.

Each
..$1.00
.. 2.00

2H-i
3 in.
4-in.
5-in.
6-in.

7-in.
7-in.
9 in.
Sin.
9-in.
9-in.

Kentia Belmoreana

Leaves In. high

a. pot 4 8tol0

pot 5 12

pot Sto6 15

pot 5 to 6 18

pot 6to7 24

Leaves In. high

Each Ferdoz.
$1.50

.$0.40

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1.00

2.00
4.50
6.00
12.00

Each Perdoi

cedar tub 6 to 7 34 to 36 $ 2.50 30.00

cedar tub 6 to 7 36 to 38 3.00 36.00

cedar tub 6 to 7 42 to 45 4.00 48.00

cedar tub 6 to 7 45 to 48. very heavy 5.00

cedar tub 6 to 7 48 to 54. very heavy 6.00

cedar tub 6 to 7 5ft.. very heavy 8.00

Cibotium Schiedei

9-in. tub, 4 ft. spread each. $4.00

HOME GROWN, W£LL ESTABLISHED, STRONG AND HEALTHY.

JOSEPH HEACOCK CO.,

Railway Station,
Jenklntown.

Wyncote, Pa.

RMRS. CHARLES
USSELL

ROSE

PLANTS

Grafted and Own Root

Extra fine stock for Early Spring
Delivery

WRITE FOR PRICES
We also offer: Milady, Shawyer,
Ward, Taft.d'Arenberg, Ricbmontj

Hadley, the Killarneys.

WEILAND & RISCH

Wholesale Orofters

154 N. Wabash Ave.
CHICAGO, ILL.

BOXWOODS-Most Beautiful Stock

Pyramids,2 -ft $1 OOeach

Pyramids. 2V5-ft 1.50 each

Fyramids.3 -ft 2. OOeach

Pyramids, 3H,ft 2.50each

Standard Shape, 14x14 in 2.50 each

Globes. 14x14 in 3.00 each

Heavy Bushes. 2-ft 1.50 each

Nice Bushes. 15-in 35c each

F. O. FRANZEN "^'EA'^jH^^''

Orchids

If you want Orchids for any purpose whatever
we solicit your inquiries and orders for same.
We do not grow or handle anything else but
<^chid8. Special lists on application.

LAGCK 8 HURR£LL. Summit, N. J.

Home of Pansies.

Our strain of Pansies is unsurpasied, improved
annuaUf. Some of the best florists in America
are regular cu-tomers. These plants are in extra
good shape this year and heavy rooted, grown on
high land. Packed to reach you safe anywhere.
$2JS0 per 1000. 5000 for $10.00.

Elmer Rawlin^s, Home of Pansies,

CLEAN. N. T.

4 GOOD NEW VARIETIES of ROSES

Our Set of 1914
For immediate delivery In strong dwarf plants from open ground.

Climber

f miic ^fllivndp (E. Turbat & Co.) Very interiistinK variety, with stroDK erowth
**''^** iJaUVafjC yp,y early and of long staodinK. Flowers of Eood size, in hie
corymbs: color deep daik garnet red. which does not fade nor turn to purple.
Per 100. $100.00; per 10. $11.00; each. $1.20.

Dwarf Perennial Polyanthas (Babys)

AhnnHnnt <E. Turbat & Co. > Variety e.\ceedinEly vigorous. Wood nearly spineless

*»^'*'-^'*^**-^"' with Blowing Klistening foliage. Enormous upright bouquets of IS to 20

large (lowers, rather full, bright rose carmine passing to bright flesh rose and blush pink

with clear center. Flowers as large as those of "Tausendschon" o< long keeping qualities.

Per 100. $85.00; per 10. $9.00; each. $1 00.

IV/fmiVP 'E- Turbat & Co.) Vigorous variety, wood smooth, glistening foliage. Big
iTlaUVb umbels of large double bright mauve rose. New tint, very interesting.
Per 100, $85.00; per 10, $9.00; each, $1.00.

<E. Turbat & Co.) Variety exceedingly vigorous. Enormous corymbs
of 25 to 40 large flowers. Double peony f orm color tender rose salmon

of long keeping dualities. Bright glistening foliage on erect branches, wood strong.

nearly spineless.

Per 100, $85.00; per 10. $9.00; each. $1.00.

Wc do a big specialty in Rose Novelties of our own and from the
best raisers, lie bare many interesting seeilings in trial for
future. Inspection of them will be wclcomed-

J. GOUCHAULT 5 TURBAT NURSERIES

E. TURBAT & CO., Successors, Orleans, (France)

Tante Julie

Mention the American Florist when writing

MATCHLESS A GREAT SUCCESS

MATCHLESS is the best and most profitable white carnation to grow,
having no equal in earliness, vigor of growth and production. It is superior
in size, fragrance and keeping qualities and is non-bursting. It is a continuous
bloomer and is handled with ease by any grower.

Fine Rooted Cnttings for Immediate Delivery,

$6.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000; $112.50 per -JoOO; $200.(K» per BOOti.

We also offer MRS. C. W. WARD and BEACON,

$3.00 per 100; $26.(J0 per lOUO.

Cottage Gardens Co., Inc. Queens, New York

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CARNATIONS

F. OORNER & SONS CO.,

LaFayette, - - Indiana

Robert Craig Co...

S'JS: PALMS

and Novelties In Decorative Plant*.

Market and 49th Stt.. Philadelphia, Pa.

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Jan. i6.

The E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.

Send For Our Trade Lis!

We are headquarters for the
very popular new rose

OPHELIA

No rose-grower can afford
to be without it.

—Also —

Hoosier
Beauty.

We have grand stocks of

Grafted and Own-root:

-New Rose Ophelia

Killarney, White Killarney, Brilliant Killarney, Mrs. Shawyer, Mrs. Aaron Ward,

Hadley, Richmond, Bon Silene.

Mrs. Russell, (grafted only) and Sweetheart.

Our roses are unsurpassed; the grafts, exceptionally high grade.

THE E. Q. HILL CO., RICHMOND, IND.

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PRIMROSES.

Obconica Alba Rosea and Sanguinea,

2Vi in. pots, $1.60 per 100; $12.00 per

1000.
Asp. Plumosus and Sprengerl, 214 in.

pots, $2.00 per 10(,t; $18.00 per 1000.
VInca Variegata, 3x3H-in. pots, $6.00

pel 100,
Pansy Plant, Giant flowering, $2.60 per

1000.

Cannas, dry bulbs, 1 to 3 eyes of Alle-
mania, Burbank, Italia, Gray, Penn-
sylvania, Beauty, Bedder, Vaughan,
Henderson, Charlotte, Harum, Patry,
Hose, etc., at $1.25 per 100.

This Ought To Be OF INTEREST To YOU.

That Local Growers have placed the Largest Individual Orders for my

New Carnation "Alice"

offered to the Trade this season. Some have doubled, and trebled their orders on successive
visits. The color is an exquisite shade of clear soft pink, midway between Enchantress and
Gloriosa. Habit of plant ideal, stronu. verv early, and a continuous, and without doubt the
most productive commercial variety 1 have offered to date.

Prices: Per 100, *12.0 ': per 1000. $100.00: per 2500, $237.50;
per 5000. $453.00: per 10.000, $8(0.00.
If you have not seen it. send for descriptive circular, and get your order in now. Over
200.000 sold.

PtTER FISHER,

Ellis, Mass.

CASH -

Jos. H. Cunningham

DELAWARE. OHIO.

For the Best New and Standard

DAHLIAS

Address

Peacock Dahlia Farms,

p. O. Berlin. N. J. WUIiamstowir Jimc., N. J.

GERANIUMS

All sold until the latter part of February.
March delivery guaranteed to reach any point
east of the Mississippi River in good growing
condi'ion Nutt, $12.50 per 1000. Ricard and
Poltevlne, $15 00 per lOOO.

Asparagus Plumosus. fine lot ready now at
$2 5U per 100; $25 00 per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, liNCASTEB, PA.

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Own Root, $30.00 per 100;

$250.00 per 1000.

Grafted, $35.00 per 100;

$300.00 per 1000.

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La Fayette, Ind.

A LLNurserymen.beedsmeo and i^lorists wlsbins
^^ to do busiDess with Europe should send for the

"Horticaltaral Advertiser"

This is the British Trade Paper, beiog read weekly
by all the horticultural trade; it is also taken b;
over 1000 ot the best continental houses. Annual
sabscription. to cover cost of postage. 75c.

As the H. A. is a purely trade medium, appll-
cantsshould, with the subscription, send a copy of
their catalog or other evidence that they belong to
the nursery or seed trade.
Money orders payable at Lowdham, Notts.

Address Editors of "H. A."
ChilweU Nnrserles, LOWDHAM, Notts, Entfand

Mention the American Florist when writing

A. N. Pierson, Inc.

Wholesale Florists

CROMWELL, • CONN.

Mention the American Florist when writing

YOUNG STOCK

ROSES, CARNATIONS

We are booking orders now. Delivery of rooted cuttings of
carnations at once or when you are ready. We have all the
new and standard varieties.

CARNATIONS

Order early of the following:

Enchantress Supreme,
Matchless and Champion.

ROSES

Ophelia, Prince Arenberg,

Francis Scott Key and

Killarney Brilliant.

Let Us Know What You Want and We Will Quote You Prices To Fit.
We Give Particular Attention to Careful Packing.

S. J. Reuter & Son, Inc.

Westerly, R. I.

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Jan. i6.

Rooted Carnation Cuttingfs

Peerless Pink,

Dark pink. The best and most profitable Carnation introduced to the trade last season. No other
nation can equal it in early and continuous productiveness. The blooms command the highest prices at

Rooted Cuttings, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

Per 100 Per lOCO

Champion, scarlet $6 00 $50 00

50.00
50 00
50 00
50.00
50.00

Yellow Prince... 6.00

Matchless, white 6.00

Piiiladelpliia, pink 6.00

Princess Dagmar, crimson 6 00

Gloria, pink, free 6.00

Per 100

Pink Deliglit ... $6.00

The Herald, scarlet 4.00

Enchantress Supreme 4.00

Conquest, overlaid pink 4.00

White Wonder ... . 3.00

White Enchantress 3 00

Enchantress 3.00

new car-
all times.

Per 1000

$50.00
30.00
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All stock guaranteed. Quality the first consideration.

Chicago Carnation Co.,

30 East Randolph St.,
CHICAGO.

A. T. PYFER, Manager.

Long Distance Phone, Central 3373.

New Jersey Floricultural Society.

The monthly meeting of the New
Jersey Floricultural Society was held
in the J. O. U. A. M. hall, Orange,
Monday evening, January 4, IJIO.
Election of officers took place and the
following members were elected :
Henry Halbig, president; Arthur W.
Jackson, vice-president; Fritz Berge-
lund, treasurer; Geo. W. Strange, sec-
retary. Executive committee : Henry
Halbig, Arthur Jackson, Fritz Berge-
lund, Geo. W. Strange, Edwin Thomas,
Wm. Reid, Chas. Ashmead, Frank C.
Drews, George Wraight, Max Schneider.

The society decided not to hold its
annual dinner. It was also decided
best for the society to adopt fpr the
coming year the following schedule of
awards :

Class 1. Best orchid plant in flower
—First prize, $7; second prize, $5;
third prize, $2.

Class 2. Best vase of 12 roses, one
or more varieties — First prize, $7; sec-
ond prize, $5; third prize, $2.

Class 3. Best vase of 12 carnations,
one or more varieties — First prize, $7;
second prize, $5; third prize, $2.

Class 4. Best foliage or flowering
plant — First prize, $5; second prize,
if 3; third prize, $2.

Class 5. Best vase of cut blooms,
other than above — First prize, $5; sec-
ond prize, $3; thir4 prize, $2.

Class 6. Best bunch of 50 violets
or sweet peas — First prize, $5; second
prize, $3; third prize, .$2.

The contestant scoring the highest
number of points for the eight month-
ly competitions to receive the prize.
In the awards for this meeting, Peter
Hauck, Jr., gardener to Max .Schnei-
der, was given first award in the
third, fourth, fifth and sixth classes.
A. J. Moulton. gardener to Arthur
Jackson, and William Barr, gardener
to Emil Panuska, also made excellent
showing in the fourth and sixth classes
and scored 65 and 60 respectively. A.
J. Moulton received high recommenda-
tion for a plate of mushrooms.

George W. Strange, Sec'y.

Vancotjver, B. C. — Trade was about
15 per cent below the 1913 mark, dur-
ing the 1914 holiday season, is the re-
port of C. Weller. Prices were about
as "Usual but there was a shortage of
cut flowers, some of the growers not
being able to fill their orders, which
was responsible in a measure for the
decrease In sales.

EXTRA FINE

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINBS

$ 3.00 per 100
25.00 per 1000

500 at 1000 Rate— Immediate Delivery.

Milady White Killarney

IVIy Maryland Pink Killarney

Order Now.

GEO. WITTBOLD CO.,

L. D. PHONE, GRACELAND 1112

739 Buckingham Place,

Chicago, 111.

IMPORTED STOCK OF QUALITY.

Fresh Importations Just Arrived in Fine Condition.

Boxwood, Bush shape, 12-in 30c

18in 5Uc

" •■ •■ 24-in $1.00

30-in 1 50

Pyramids. 36-in 2 . 25

42-in 3.10

48 in 3.50

" 54 in 4 CO

Globes, 18 by 18 in ■ 3.50

Rliododendrons, eood forcin;rvarieties, bright
colors, clean foliak'e, 8 to 12 buds. 60c each;
12 to IS buds. $1.00 each.
Rhododendrons, hardy sorts for outside plant-
inc. 18 to 24-in . 8 to 12 buds. 75c each; 24 to
30-in., 12 to 16 huds. $1 00 each.
Azalea Mollis, 15 to l8-in.'. bushv. 40c each:
$4 25 per doz. : $35.00 per 100.

Magnolia Soulangeana, Speclosa and Lennei

4 to 5 feet, full of buds, balled and bur-
lapped. 11.50 each.

Magnolia Halliana, (Stellata) 2H in. to 3 ft.,
very bushy and full of buds, balled and bur
lapped JI 50 each.

Japanese Maples, Blood Leaved, beautiful
plants, 3 to 3H feet high, well branched,
$1.50 each.

Azalea Hinode^i, is to ISin., very bushy

$1.50 each.
Acuba Japonica Pimctata, beautifully spotted

foliage, 18 to 24-in. hith, bushy, 75c each.
Rhododendron, Pink Pearl, one of the finest

lorcinL' propositions, fine plants, beautiful

foliage and nicely budded, $1.25 each.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

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The Best Stock We Have Ever Offered.

2]/i inch pots,
$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

HENRY A. DREER

714-716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

The above prices are for the Trade only.

Geraniums by the Thousands

(From 2 and 2^-in. Pots)

Alphonse Ricaid, Beaute and Jeunrsse Poite-

vlne. S A. Nutt.tiencralGrant.Montmort Mme.

Buchner, Mme. Roselear, La Favorite, Miss f.

Perkins, etc. Fine A No. 1 sand rooted cuttings,
transplanted to pots. fZ.SO per ino. $22.50 per 1000.
Paul Campbell, S3 25 per 100 J30.00 per 1000. We
ffrow 28 varieties of Geraniums. Send for com
plete list and special prices on what quantity you
will need.

Eight best varieties of IVY GERANIUMS, $3.00
per UO, $28.00 per 1000.

30 varieties of Canna Bulbs by the thousands.
Send for prices.

Also abundance of other stock.

ROSE PLANTS

Extra fine 2^2 inch stock for immediate delivery. You can get
what you want here in any quantity and at prices that are cheap
considering the unusually fine quality. Order today.

Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000

Richmond $3.00 $26.00 Sunburst $4.00 $35.00

Ktllarney 4.00 35.00 Ward 4.00 36.00

While Killarney 4.00 35.00 Maryland 4 oo 36 oo

Correspondence Solicited.

Alonzo J. Bryan

WHOIESALE FLORIST

Washington, New Jersey

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Mrs. Shawyer 4.00 35.00 Milady 4.00 36.00

Carnation Cuttings

25,000 Ready for Immediate Shipment.

Finest rooted cuttings obtainable at remarkably low prices until we
are sold out. Reinberg's stock is known for its supreme quality every-
where and is the stock for you to buy. Place your order right away.

P.r 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per lO'O

White Enchantress $2.(j0 $17.50 Beacon (red) $2 00 $17.50

Pinic Enchantress 2.00 17.50 ^"S^ T"'^""fi°"---.^\- .^nn ^.^'^^

o T.IIT.I.. „„„ ,»„ Herald (extra fine red). :..00 27.50
Rose Pink Enchantress. 2.00 17.50 josie Merle (fine pink

Mrs. Ward (dark pink). 2.00 17.50 seedling) 3.00 27.50

Specify Plants When Ordering.

Peter Reinberg

30 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, III.

A Few Good Things
You Want.

Geranloms, Nutt. Buchner. Ricard, Ferkini.

Poitevine. 2 in.. $2,00 per 100; 3-in.. $5.00 per 100.
Boston and Wbitmani Ferns; 3'in., 10c: 4'in.. ISc:

5-in..25c.
Dracaena Ind., 3-in., $5.00; 4-in., $10.00: 5 in..

$25.00 per 100.
Rex Begonia 2Vi-in.. $5.00 per 100.
Vlnca Var., 2 in., $2.00 per 100.

Cash with order.

GEO. M. EMMANS, Newton, N. J.

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SM 1 L AX

strong plants, iVi inch, $1.25 per 100;

Asparagus Sprengeri, strong 214 inch,
«2.00 per 100; $5.00 for 300.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

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SMITH'S NOVELTIES

For 1915 like those of the past are the best
CHRYSANTHEMUMS produced in America.

Our Standard list of Exhibition and Commercial varieties is the

most complete, including Pompons, Singles and Anemones.

A list of your requirements will bring our best terms.

Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich.

Easter Roses

Pot our 4-lnch now in 5 to 6-lnch.

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Jan. 10,

NEW ROSES

FOR

SPRING DELIVERY

MRS. F, F. THOMPSON-Beautlful Shell Pink.
WHITE SHAWYER-Pure White.

Both sports of Mrs. Geo. Shawyer. If you handle the
parent successfully, you certainly must investigate
these two Roses. Just as good! Just as free growing
and just as remunerative !

SEPTEMBER MORN— (Turner).

Light pink Rose from California. "A Rose by any other
name might smell as sweet," but this is the sweetest
Rose we have ever grown.
HOOSIER BEAUTY.

Dorner's crimson; seems to be the King in its color.

Now grafting all the above. Place your order for early delivery.
Grafted Stock, $36. OO per 100; $300.00 per 1000. Own Root Stock, $30.00 per 100; $250.00 per 1000.

mi/l %/yi Dl PTIF Ck* OPHELIA. HADLEY, PRINCE D'ARENBERG, KILLARNEY BRILLIANT. MAD\ME HERRIOT.
I^I4< TA%KIL-III- 3» Grafted, J17.50 per KKi; $150 00 per 1000. Own Root, $12.50 per 100; $120.00 per 1000.

These varieties, with a full list of Novelty 'Mums and Carnations, fully described in our Catalogue, which will be mailed for the asking.

CHARLES H. TOTTY,

MADISON, N. J.

New Bedford Horticultural Society.

At the annual meeting of the New
Bedford Horticultural Society, held
January 4, officers were elected as fol-
lows: David F. Roy, president; Frank
C. Barrows, vice-president; Walter K.
Smith, financial secretary; Walter A.
Luce, treasurer; Jeremiah M. Taber,
secretary. Executive committee — Frank
G. Tripp, chairman; C. W. Young,
Jas. H. McVicker, Jos. W. Webster,
A. E. Griffin, Jas. Gathby, L. J. Hatha-
way, Jr.

The executive committee rendered
the following report : "We have within
the past year run four free flower
shows — a peony show and a rose show
in June, dahlia show in September,
and a chrysanthemum show in No-
vember. All the shows were very
successful and were much appreciated.
We gave a large number of prizes,
which were in most cases donated by
friends of the society and tradesmen.
The total expense of the four shows
to the society was about $99.47. The
president, David F. Roy, gave a silver
cup for professionals, and Williani F.
Turner gave a silver cup for amateurs.
These cups were awarded to the mem-
bers scoring the highest number of
points for exhibits at the monthly
meetings during the outdoor season,
and had the effect of bringing out some
very pretty displays of flowers at our
meetings.

"The entertainment committee fur-
nished a number of able speakers at
the meetings, who spoke on different
subjects interesting to horticulturists.
A large number of new members were
added to the society. The matter of
home gardens and distributing seeds to
the schools was very ably taken care of
by George H. Reynolds of the com-
mittee and was attended with fine suc-
cess. Ten ' new members were elected
at the meeting."

ROCHESTER, MINN. — Ross Bragg,
president of the R. Bragg Company has
been confined to his home on account of
illness since December 21. but is im-
proving rapidly at present. However,
he will not be able to return to his du-
ties for another week.

St. Paul, Minn. — During the holiday
seEison of 1914, the number of sales
compared favorably with the corres-
ponding period in 1913, but customers
did not buy as extensively or in the ex-
pensive varieties, and as a result there
was a. decrease of about 14 per cent
in comparative sales, reports L. L. May
& Co. There was a generous supply of
flowers in all varieties, equal in every
way in quality with stock of previous
years and prices ranged about the
same. Bulbous flowers met with lim-
ited demand. There was a general in-
crease in the call for roses. Plants of
all kinds showed by the sales, that
there was a decrease in their popular-
ity this year.

CARNATION CUTTINGS

For Immediate Delivery

Per 100 Per 1000

White Wonder $3.00 $25.00

White Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Rose Pink Enchantress 2.50 2000

Mrs. C. W. Ward 2.50 20.00

Northport '. 2.50 20.00

Ctiampion 6.00 50.00

Commodore 2.50 20.00

Beacon 3.00 25.00

For February Delivery

Per 100 Per 1000

Matchless $6.00 50.00

Princess Dagmar 6.00 50.00

J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.,

JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

Seasonable Stock Ready Now.

Fern Dish Ferns, best varieties, including Aspidium, Cyrtomium, Falcatum,
Pteris Mayi, Wilsoni, etc , $3.00 per 100, |2B 00 per 1000.

Adiantum Croweanum, 5-in. pots, very bushy, 20 cents.

Adiantum Glory of Mordrecht, 6-in. oots, bushy, o5c; 4-in. pot, 25c.

Asparagus Piumosus, 214-in., $3 00 per luO; $26.00 per 1000.

Clbotium Schledei, 5-in. pot plants, 76 cents; 6-in., $1.00.

Cyrtomium Rockfardianum, 4-in. pots, 10c; B-in., 20c; 6. in., 35c.

Bougainviilea Glabra Sanderiana, 4-in. pots, $15.00 per 100.

Hydrangea, pot grown, French sorts, including Ija Lorraine, Mad. E. Mouil-
liere. Mad. Maurice, Hamar, Mad. Gaillard, Mad. Chantard, 5-in. pot
plants, ready for 6-in. , at $25.00 per 100.

Hydrangea Otaksa, 6-in., 4 to 6 shoots, $25.00 per 100.
" " 8-iu., 6 to8 shoots, 50.00 per 100.

The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.

SPECIALTIES

Roies, from 3'incb poti.
Carnations for fall delivery.

Chrysantlieinama
Smilax. Violets

IN BEST VARIETIES.

Pricei low. Send for lilt.

Wood Brothers. ?^"?5S

If you are short of Bloorains Plants, such as

Azaleas. Lorraine,

Cincinnati, Cyclamen,
Poinsettias, Primroses,

Wire your order to

GEO. A. KUHL, «'=°"|S^wik.

PEKIN, ILL.

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Ready Reference Section.

10 CENTS PER LINE, NET.

AMPELOPSIS.

Ampelopsis Veltchli. 2-year. $1.75 per doz.;
$12 per 100; 3-year, $2 per doz.; |16 per 100.
Vanghan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

ARAUCARIAS.

Araucarias, Excelsa, 9 inches. 3 whorls. $5
per doz.; $40 per 100; 12 Ins.. 3 whorls, $7.50
per doz.; $60 per 100; 15 Ins.. 3 whorls. $10
per doz.; $75 per 100. Glauca. 10-12 Ins..
2-3 whorls, $8 per doz. Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago and New York.

Araucaria excelsa. G-in., 65c each. Holton «t
Hunkel Co., 462 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Wis,

Araucaria excelsa. 50e. 75c and $1 each;
Robusta Compaota. $1.50 to $2 each. Poehl-
Tpnnn Rrpq. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Araucarias in sorts. August Rolker & Sons.
51 Barclay St.. New York.

ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSDS NANUS. Good
strong healthy plants from 3-inch pots, $4,50
per 100. SPRENGERI. 3-inch, $3.50 per 100:
4-inch, extra heavy and long sprays. $5 per
101. THE WAGNER PARK NURSERY CO.,
Sidney, O,

Extra fine, strong, healthy ASPARAGUS
SPRENGERI. 3-inch, ready for a shift. Re
each. Try these and see for vonrself that thev
are good. Cash. FRANK CLUFF, 831 Indiana
avenue. Wichita, Kans.

Asparagus plumosus, seedlings, ready Feb,
15. $6 per 1,000; 2>A-in. pots, $3 per inO:
$25 per 1.000; 4-ln.. $12 per 100. Sprengeri,
seedlings from flats, $4 per l,OiX), Vaugban's
Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri. 2i4-ln-, S2
per 100; $18 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cunningham,
Delaware, Ohio.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSDS. 3-in.. $6 per 100.
SPRENGERI. 3 in.. $5 per 100. HENRY
SMITH. Grand Rapids. Mich.

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. 2-in., $1.50 per
100 cash. Brill Celery Gardens. Kalamazoo,
Mich,

Asparagus plumosus, $2.50 per 100; $25 per
l.nOO. A. M. Herr. Lancaster. Fa.

Asparagus Sprengeri. 2%-inch. $2 per 100; $5
per 300. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol. Pa.

ASPIDISTRAS.

Aspidistras, green. 5-ln. pots, 10-12 leaves. T.l
each: variegated, 5-in. pots. 10-12 leaves. $1.50.
Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

ASTERS.

REMEMBER!! I am the ORIGINATOR of
the celebrated SAWYER ASTERMU.M. Descrip-
tive circular on application. Four colors: White,
pink, lavender and purple. Price. $5 per oz.

Cash with order.
ALBERT A. SAWYER. Forest Park, 111.

AZALEAS.

Azalea Mollis, 15 to 18 ins., bushy. 4nc each;
$4.25 per doz.; $.35 per 100. Hlnodegirl. 15 to
18 ins.. .$1.50 each. The Stores & Harrison Co..
Palnesvllle. 0. .

Azaleas, leading varieties. 75c to $3 each.
Larger specimens, $3 to $8 each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

BAY TREES.

Bay trees, crowns, pyramids and ponies. Au-
gust Rolker & Sons. 51 Barclay St.. New York.

Bay trees, standards and pyramids; all bIzfs.
Price list on demand. Julius Roehrs to.,
Rutherford, N. J.

BEGONIAS.

Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine, 2-in., $4; 3-in.,
$7; 4-in.. $12; 5-in., $20 per 100. These are nn
extra choice lot of plants; if not used for sale,
they make good stock plants at a bargain price.
CHRIST WINTERICH, Cyclamen Specialist. De-
fiance, 0.

Begonias. Glory de Chatelaine, March de-
livery. 2-inch, $6 per 100; $50 per 1,000. Glory
of Cincinnati, May delivery, 2-Inch. $18 per
100; $160 per 1,000. Gloire de Lorraine, May
delivery, 2-in.. $14 per 100; $120 per 1.000.
Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago and New York.

Res Begonia, 2i4-in.. $5 per 100. Geo. M.
Emmans, Newton, N. J.

BOXWOOD.

Boxwoods, pyramid, 2 ft., $1 each; 2H ft..
$1.50; 3 ft., $2: 3% ft., $2.50. Standard shape
14x14 inch. $2.50 each. Globe. 14x14 inch. $3.
Heavy bushes, 2 ft.. $1.50; nice bushes, 15-ln.,
35c each. F. O. Franzen, 5319 N. Clark St.,
Chicago.

Boxwood, bush shape, 12-in.. 30c; 18-ln., 60c;
24-in.. $1; 30-in., $1.50. Pyramids, 36-ln., $2.25;
42-ln., $3; 48-in., $3.50; 54-in.. $4. Globes. 18
by 18 ins., $3.50. The Storrs & Harrison Co.,
Painesville, O. ,

Box trees, standards, pyramids and bush. In
various sizes. Price list on demand. Julius
Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. .T.

BUIiBS.

Bulbs, Gladiolus, Mrs. Francis King, 1st size.
$10 per 1,000; medium, $8. Augusta, 1st size,
$12 per 1.000; medium. $10. Chicago White,
1st size, $30 per 1.000; medium, $25. America,
1st size. $12 per l.OHO: medium. $10. Florist
XXX mixed. $15 per 1.000. Vaugban's Seed
Store, Chicago and New York.

Bulbs. L. Formosum, 7-9-in., 9-10-in.. 10-11-
in.. 11-13-in. : also Japan grown freesias. %
and %-in. The Yokohama Nursery Co.. Ltd.,
Woolworth Bldg.. New Y'ork. ^_^

Bulbs, special offer. See advertisement on
front cover page. Wm. F. Kastlng Co., 383-387
Ellicott St.. BntTalo. N. Y.

Bulbs, cold storage Glganteums, $7 per 100;
case of 300, $18. C. C. PoUworth Co.. Milwau-
kee. Wis.

Bulbs. S. S. Skldelsky & Co.. 1004 Betz
Bldg.. Philadelphia.

Bulbs of all kinds. Chas. Schwake & Co.,
90-92 W, Broadway, New York.

Bulbs, all kinds, Arthur T. Boddington, New
York,

Bulbs, S, S, Skldelsky & Co., 1004 Betz Bldg..
Philadelphia.

CANNAS.

Cannas. headquarters for all leading vari-
eties. For prices see advertisement elsewhere
in this issue. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago

and New York.^

~~CANNAS. tubers 3 to 5 eyes, mixed colors.
$1 per 100; $5 per 1,000. THE WAGNER
PARK NURSERY CO., Sidney, Ohio.

CARNATIONS.

FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS.
READY NOW.
Best stock we have ever had of the NOVEL-
TIES and STANDARDS. Write for prices.

CHARLES H. TOTTY.
MADISON. N. J.

ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS. Beacon.
White Enchantress. Enchantress, Rose Pink
and Herald, $25 per 1,000.

WILLIAM MURPHY.

Wholesale Commission Florist.

329 Main St.. Cincinnati. O.

CARNATION CUTTINGS. January Delivery.

Per 100 Per 1000

White Wonder $.5,110 $25.00

White Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Enchantress 2.50 20.00

Rose Pink Enchantress 2.5i) 20.00

Mrs. C. W. Ward 2..50 20.00

Northport 2.50 20.00

Champion COO 50.00

Commodore 2.50 20.00

Beacon 3.00 25.00

Princess Dagmar 6.(10 60.00

Guaranteed flrst-class stock. Can fill orders
by the one hundred and one hundred thousand.

J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO.,
JOLIET. ILL.

EXTRA FINE CARNATION CUTTINGS.
The best In the land. Big value for your
monev.

Enchantress $20.00 per l.OOO

White Enchantress 20.00 per 1,000

White Wonder 20.00 per l.OOu

SINNER BROS.,
56 Bast Randolph St., Chicago. 111.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS.
For January or later delivery of the follow-
ing varieties: Enchantress. White Enchantress
and Mrs. C. W. Ward. Price. $3 per lOiJ or
$25 per 1,000. 500 at the l.OUO rate. Deduct
10 per cent If bank draft accompanies order.
ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES.
DENVER, COLO.

Carnation cuttings, Philadelphia, Champion.
Peerless Pink. M.ltcbless. Pink Delight. $6 per
lOO; $50 per I.OOO. Aviator $12 per 100; $100
per 1.000. White Wonder. Beacon, Enchantress,
Mrs. C. W. Ward. Rosette. White Enchantress.
$3 per 100; $25 per 1.000. Herald, $4 per 100;
5:25 per 1,000. Enchantress Supreme, $4 per
100; $27 per 1,000. A. Henderson & Co.. 369
River St., Chicago.

Carnations, Peerless Pink, $6 per 100; $50
per 1,000. Champion, Yellow Prince, Match-
less, Philadelphia, Princess Dagmar. Gloria,
Pink Delight. $6 per 100; $50 per 1,000. The
Herald. Enchantress Supreme, Conquest, $4
per 100; $30 per l.OOO, White Wonder, White
Enchantress, Enchantress, $3 per 100; $25 per
1,000. Chicago Carnation Co., 30 E. Randolph
St.. Chicago.

Carnations. Alice. Good Cheer. Pink Sensa-
tion. $12 per 100; $10 J per 1.000. Champion.
Matchless, $6 per 100; $50 per 1,000. En-
chantress. Gloriosa, Philadelphia, Rosette.
White. Enchantress, White Wonder, $3 per
100; $25 per 1,000, Herald. $3.50 per 100;
$30 per 1.000. Vaughan's Seed Store, Chi-
cago and New York.

Carnations, White Enchantress, Pink En-
chantress. Rose Pink Enchantress. Mrs. Ward,
Beacon, White Perfection, $2 per lll<>; $17.50
per 1,000. Herald, $3 per 100; $27.50 per
1.000. Josle Merle, $3 per 100; $27.50 per
1,000. Peter Beinberg, 30 East Randolph St.,
Chicago.

Carnation Matchless, rooted cuttings. $6 per
100; $50 per 1.00"); $112.50 per 2.5ii0: $200 per
5,000. Mrs. C. W. Ward and Beacon, $3 per
100; $25 per l.OOO. Cottage Gardens Co.. Inc..
Queens, New York. ^ .

Carnation cuttings. Champion and Philadel-
phia, $6 per 100; $50 per 1,000. Poehlmann
Bros. Co.. Morton Grove. 111.

Large plants, WHITE SEEDLINGS, and flnc
variety to grow, $5 per 100. C. C, PoUworth
Co,, Milwaukee.

Carnations. Pink Sensation. Good Cheer, $12
per 100; $100 per 1,000. F. Dorner & Sons Co.,
La Fayette. Ind.

Carnations, new and standard varieties. S. J.
Renter & Son, Inc.. Westerly, R, I.

Carnations. J. D. Thompson Carnation Co..
Jollet, 111.

Carnations. Wood Bros.. FIshklll. N. Y.

If You Do No! Find Wha? You Need In Our Ready Reference Oepartment, Write Us About it,

1384

The American Florist.

Jan. 16^

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

BOOTED CHRYSANTHEMUM CDTTINGS.
January, February and March Delivery.

WHITE: Smith's Advance, $2.50 per 100;
Wm. Turaer. $3 per 100: Chadwlck Improved.
$3 per luu; Deeemher Gem, $3 per 100; White
Bonnatfon, $2.50 per 100: Alice Salomon. $4 per
100; White Perfection, $3 per 100. YELLOW:
Golden Glow. $2 per IcO; Yellow Eaton. $2.50
per 100; Ramapo. $3 per 100; Chrysolora, $2.50
per 100: Yellow Bounaffon, $2.50 per 100;
Golden Wedding, $3 per luO. PINK: Chief-
tain, best pink, $4 per 100; Pink Gem, ^2.50
per 100.

POMPON CUTTINGS.

Fairy Queen, Baby, Diana and Newberry,
$2.75 per 100. New 1914 varieties. Golden Har-
vest, Golden Climax, Golden West and Western
Beauty, $6 per 100.

A. HENDERSON & CO..
369 River Street, Chicago, 111.

Chrysanthemum Early Frost, rooted cuttings
or 2-in., pot plants. $12 per lnO; $100 per 1,000.
F. Dorner & Sons Co.. La Fayette, Ind.

Chrysanthemums. For varieties and prices see
advertisement elsewhere in this issue. Poehl-
mann Bros. Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Chrysanthemums, novelties, commercial, exhi-
bition or pompons. Elmer D. Smith & Co.,
Adrian, Mich.

CLEMATIS,

Clematis, Henryii. JackmanI, Mme. B. Viel-
lard. 2-year, $3 per doz. ; $20 per 100; 3-year,
$4.20 per doz. ; $30 per lOO. Paniculata, 2-
year, $1.50 per doz.; $10 per 100; 3-year, $2
per doz.; $15 per 100. Vaughan'a Seed Store,
Chicago and New York.

Clematis. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.

COLEUS.

Coleus, rooted cuttings, 10 varieties, 70c per
100 postpaid; $5 per 1,000 by express, not pre-
paid. R. Vincent, Jr.. & Sons Co., White
Marsh, Md.

Coleus. rooted euttings. COc per 100; 2-in.
pots. $1.50 per 100. New Haven Floral Co..
New Haven, Ind. ^

Coleus. rooted cuttings, 14 varieties, 60c per
100. Jos. Cbontos. McKeesport. Fa.

CROTONS.

CfiOtons, 4-in., $4 per doz.; $30 per 100;
5-in., $6 per doz. Vaugbau's Seed Store, Ctai-
oago and New York.

Crotous, well colored in all varieties. 50c and
75c. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Motton Grov^, 111.

CYCLAMEN.

CYCLAMEN — GIGANTEUM, WANDSBEK
TYPE, in hloom, 3-in., $10 per 100: 4-ln., $20
and $25 per loO; 6-in.. $35 and $50 per 100.
In bud. 3-in.. $8 per 100; 4-in., $15 and $20 per
100; 5-ln., $35 and $40 per 100. SEEDLINGS,
transplanted, all Wandsbek type, iiuest in exist-
ence, including Glory of Wandsbek and Rose
of Wandsliek. 10 separate varieties equally di-
vided. $25 per 1.000: $3 per 100. IMPROVED
GLORY OF WANDSBEK, dark and light; bet-
ter grower than anv salmon and larger tlowers,
$5 per 100; $4<1 per 1,000. GLORY OF WANDS-
BEK and ROSE OF WANDSBEK. separate. $4
per 100; $35 per 1.000. Seedlings not trans-
planted. 10 varieties equally divided, $20 per
l.OOO; $2.50 per 100; 500 at 1.000 rate. Have
immense stock on baud. All healthy and clean.
I supply a number of the largest cyclamen
growers in and around Chicago with Seed and
Seedlings. Cash with order, please. ERNEST
ROBER. Wilmette. 111.

A great bargain in blooming cyclamen, full
of blooms and well set with buds, every plant
a specimen, mostly light sliades. 2y.-in.. $5;
4-in., $10: and $15; 5-in.. $25 and $35; Gin.,
.$50 aud $75 per 100. We have recei^-^d a
good many letters similar to this one; "Thank
you very much for the beautiful cyclamen
plants. It does not take a salesman to sell
them." — Colonial l-'lower Shop, Goslien, Ind.
CYCLAMEN SEEDLINGS, once transplanted, of
our well-known strain, only the best sent out,
with cultural dii-ections; in separate colors,
$3.50 per 100: $.30 per 1.000. These are strong.
once transplanted stock, not to be compared
with seedlings. 2ri0.000 grown this season.
CHRIST WINTERICH, Cyclamen Specialis.1,
Defiance, O.

CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM in full bloom. 4-
In.. red. white red eye, pink. 12c: 4-in., Sal-
mon, 15c; 5-in.. mixed colors, 35c. R. J.
Soutberton, Highland Park, 111.

Cyclamens, in bloom, mostly light colored
stock, 5-inch, $5; 6-inch. $7.50 per dozen: 7-
Inch. $1.25 each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Mor-
ton Grove. 111.

Cyclamen seedlings, best strain, $2.50 per 100;
$20 per l.OOO. A. Henderson & Co., 369 Biv.-.
Straet, Chicago, II.

DAHLIAS.

100.000 choicest cut-flower DAHLIAS, strong
field-grown roots, absolutely true to name:
Delice, $5 per 100. White Swan, $4 per 100.
Bonton, Eiegans, Princess Victoria. Penelope,
Queen Victoria. Kriemhilde. Mrs. Geo. Steven-
son, Perlehiide. Prince of Yellows, The Pilot.
Admiral Togo, Jumbo, Kinds Pink. Lyndhnrst,
Evelyn Century, Eckford Century. Golden Cen-
tury, Wildfire, Cardinal, Fr. 20tb Century,
Gladys, Rose Pink, 2iitb Century, $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000. Arabella, Red Hussar, Jack
Rose. Sylvia, $2.50 per 100: $20 per 1,000.
Reference, Peoples' National Bank. JAS.
WELLER, Hammonton, N. J.

Dahlias, whole field clumps. $5 per' 100, up.
R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.

DAISIES.

DAISIES— Fine 21^-inch stock. Etoile d'Or,
best yellow forcing daisy. $4 per 100. Cash.
A. E. HUNT & CO., 56 East Randolph Street,
Chicago. ,

DRACAENAS.

Dracwnas, Godseffiana. 2-in..' $1 per doz.
Termioalis. 4-in.. $3 per doz.; 5-in., $j; 6-in.,
$7.50. Poehlmann Bros. Co., t^orton Grove, 111.

DRACAENA INDIVISA. good 2-ln., $1.50
per 100 cash. Brill Celery Gardens, Kala-
mazoo, Mich.

Dracaena indlvisa, 3-in., $5; 4-in., $10; 5-ln.,
$25 per 100. Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

FERNS.

FERNERY FERNS, fine hardy varieties. 2%-
in., $3.50 per 100. BOSTON PERNS, big stock
of strong, dwarf plants. 2y2-in., $4 per 100;
3-in.. $7 per 100: 4-in.. $15 pei- 100; 7-in., $6
per doz.; 7-in., extra heavy, $9 per doz.; 8-in..
$12 per doz.; lO-in., $15 per doz. Large speci-
men plants from $1.50 to $2 each. WHITMANI,
2V.-in.. $5 per 10:); 3-in., $10 per 100; 5-in., $25
per 100 extra heavy 8-ln.. $15 per doz. C. C.
POLLWOBTH CO.. MILWAUKEE.

Ferns for all purposes. Assorted ferns for
dishes. A choice assortment, our selection of
varieties. 2\4-in.. 50c per doz.; $3 per , 100;
$25 per 1.000. Boston, 3-in., 15c each; $1.25
per doz.; $8 per 100; 4-in., 25c each; $2.50
per doz.; .$20 per 100; 5-in.. 40c each: $4.50
per doz.: .$35 per KiO; 6-ln.. 75c each; $8 per
doz.; $60 per lOO; 7-1n.. $1 each; $10 per doz.;
$75 per 100; 8-in.. $1.25 each; $14 per doz.;
$100 per 100. Vaugban's Seed Store, Chicago
and New York.

BOSTON FERNS.
Pine, healthy stock in large quantities.

2-inch $1.00 per 100

3-inch 6.no per 100

4-inch '. . 1.50 per doz.

5-incb 3.00 per doz.

6-inch 6.00 per doz.

7-inch 9.00 per doz.

GEO. WITTBOLD CO.
739 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Ferns for dishes, including aspidium cryto-
mium falcatum, Pteris Mayl. Wilsoni, etc., $3
per 100; $25 per 1,000. Adiantnm Croweannm,
5-in., 20c. Glory of Mordrecht, 5-ln., Slic: 4-in..
25c. Cibotlum Scbiedel, 5-in., 7.5c; 6-ln., $1.
Crytominm Rockfordianum, 4-in., 10c: 5-in.. 20c;
6-ln., 35c. The Storrs & Harrison Co.. Palnes-
ville. O.

FERNS FOR FERN DISHES.
Fine stock: 2-inch pots, $2.50 per 100; 3-
inch pots, $5 per 100.

WILLIAM MURPHY,

Wholesale Commission Florist.

329 Main St.,. Cincinnati, 0.

Boston ferns. 2 in $3.00 per loO

Boston ferns. 3-in 6.00 per 100

Roosevelt out nf bench, strong plants, $15.00
and $211.00 per 100.

Boston out of bench, $10.00 and $15.00 per 100.

Pteris out of flats, .1:1.50 per 100 clumps;
shipped in flats, $1.50 per flat. Cash.
ERNEST ROBER, WILMETTE, ILIu

If you have never -had our SPRINGFIELDI
FERN plants, you are missing a good thing.
Guaranteed to live and stand rougher usage than
any fern known. Large 4 and 5-incb. $7 per
1110; 6 and 7-inch, $10 per 100. A trial will
convince you. NEWELL & ULSTER, Apopka.
Florida.

Ferns. Boston, Whitmani and Roosevelt. 51n..
25c ea<h; $3 per doz.; 6-in.. 50c each; $6 per
doz.; 7-in.. 75c each; $9 per doz.; 8-ln.. $1
each: $12 per doz.; 10-ln., $2.50 each; 12-lu.,
$3. ,50. each. Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton
Grove, 111.

Boston ferns, 5-lnch, 35c each; $4 per doz.
Adiantnm Croweannm, 3-in., ' $8 per 100; $70
per 1,000. A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.

Choice Boston ferns. 2V^-inch. at $4 per 100;
$35 per 1,000. Whitmani. $4.50 per 100; $40
per 1.000. Roosevelt, $4.50 per 100; $40 per
l.OiiO. Roosevelt, Jr., $7 per 100; $60 per 1,000.
Cibotlum Sehiedei, 5-inch, 75c; 6-inch. $1. A.
Henderson & Co.. 369 River Street. Chicago. 111.

Ferns. Boston and Whitmani, 3-in., 4-ln.,
15c; 5-in., 25c. Geo. M. Emmans. Newton, N, J.

Ferns. Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

Ferns. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J,

FICUS.

Ficus, 25c and 50c each.
Co.. Morton Grove, 111.

Poehlmann Bros.

FUCHSIAS.

FUCHSIAS in good assortment, 2-in.. $2 per
100 cash. Brill Celery Gardens, Kalamazoo.
Mich.

GERANIUMS.

Geraniums, S. A. Nutt; fine plants out of
3%-in. pots, $7 per 100. Oolv 8no left. Cash
with order. VALKERS GREENHOUSE, Mlnot,
N. P.

Geraniums, in sucli varieties as S. A. Nutt,
Berthe de Presilly. Col. Thomas, Edmond Blanc,
Jean Oberlce, Jules Vasseur, La Favorite,
Marquise de Castellane. Mme. Buchner. Mme.
Recamier Onella, etc.. $2 per 100; $18.50 per
l.OOii from 2 in. pots: $3 per 100; $25 per
1,000, from 3-inch pots. R. Vincent, Jr., &
Sons Co., White Marsh. Md.

Geraniums. 2 and 2i^-inch pots: Alphonse
Ricard, Beaute and Jennesse Poitevlne, S. A.
Nutt, Gen. Grant, Montmort, Mme. Buchner,
Mme. Roselear. T.a Favorite. F. Perkins, etc.,
$2.50 per lOn; $22.50 per 1,000. Paul Camp-
bell. $3.25 per 100; $30 per 1.000. Ivy gera-
nlums. $3 per 100; $28 per 1,000. Alonzo J.
Bryan, Washington, N. J.

Geraniums. 2-ln., $3 per 100. Hall Caine
and Mary Barton, 2-in.. $5. Rahn & Herbert,
110 E. 49th St., Portland, Ore.

Geraniums. Nutt, Buchner, Ricard. Perkins.
Poitevlne, 2-in.. $2 per 100; 3-in., $5 per 100.
Geo. M. Emmans, Newton, N. J.

Geraniums. Feb. and March delivery. Nutt,
$12.50 per 1.000. Ricard and Poitevlne, $15 per
1,000. A. M. Herr. Lancaster, Pa.

GREENS.

Wild smilax, $2 per case; half case. $1.25;
eight 50 lb. cases. $15. S. S. Brantley. Pine
Apple, Ala.

Greens, fancy ferns, $1.25 per 1.000; dagger
ferns. 90c per 1,000. Galax and laurel, etc.
I'eter Gianopulas, Springfield, Mass.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Caldwell The Woodsman
Co., Evergreen, Ala.

Greens, wild smilax, $2.50 per case. Natural
and perpetuated moss. Edward A. Beaven. Ever-
green, Ala.

HYDRANGEAS.

Hydrangeas, pot-grown. French sorts. La
Lorraine, Mme. E. Moulllere, Mme. Maurice
Hamar. Mme. Guillard. Mme. Chontard, 5-in.,
$25 Tier 100. Otaksa. 6-in.. 4 to 6 shoots. $25
per 100; 8-in.. 6 to 8 shoots, $50 per 100.
The Storrs & Harrison Co., PainesviUe, Ohio.

Hydrangea Otaksa. 6 and 7-inch pot-grown
strong plants, 40c and 50c each. Ernest Rober,
Wilmette, 111.

HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, 3-in. pots, $5 per
100. HENRY SMITH. Grand Rapids, Mich.

IVIES.

English ivy. out of 6-ln. pots, up to 5 ft.
high, $25 per 100. Rahn & Herbert, 110 E.
49th St.. Portland, Ore.

English Ivy from field, 20 to 30 inches. $3;
from pots. 30 to 40 Inches, $5 per 100. CHAS.
FROST, Kenilworth, N. J.

English ivy. 20c to 35c each. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove. III.

LIIiY OF THE VALLEY.

To Import.

Lily of the Valley, largest grower and ex-
porter. E. Neubert, Wandsbek, nr. Hamburg,
Germany. Apply to Otto Helnecken, 17 Bat-
tery PI., New Y'ork.

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ORDER NOW Valley Pips for St. Valen-
tine's Day. Brun'8 Celebrated Cblcago Mar-
ket, best valley la existence, $14 per l,<tnO;
$7.60 per 500; ?4 per 2S0; $1.75 per 100. Cold
Storage Valley for .lanuary and February. $18
per 1.000; $9.50 per SiiO; $5 per 250. H. N.
BRUNS, 3032 W. Madiaon St.. Chicago.

Lily of tbe valley pips. Berlin or liiimbiii-g,
cases of S.DCW pips. $40; l.OOl). $14; 500, $7.50.
J. M. Thorburn & Co., 53 Barclay St., New
Yorlt.

From Storage.

Lily of the Valley, cold storage, selected pips,
packed lo cases of 250, 50i) and l.OUO each.
F. R. Plerson, Tarrytowo, New York.

Lily of the valley, cold storage. $1.75 per
100; $16 per 1,000. C. C. PoUwortb Co., Mil-
waukee. Wis.

MANETTI.

Manetti. on hand. Best Bcagllsb stocks,
grafting size, 3-5 m/m, not "as they run",
but RE-GRADED HERE, culls thrown out;
shrinkage elluiinated ; all good, at $9.50 the
thousand, while they last. J.iCKSON & PBK-
KINS CO.. Newark. Kew York.

MOSS.

SPHAGNUM MOSS.

GOOD CLEAN STOCK.

Per bale, $1.00. 10 bales, $9.00

WILLIAM MURPHY,

Wholesale Commission Florist.

329 MAIN ST. CINCINNATI, O.

MUSHROOM SPAWN.

Mushroom spawn. Lambert's Pure Culture.
American Spawn Co., St. Paul. Mian.

NURSERY STOCK.

E. TURBAT & CO., Nurserymen, ORLEANS,
France, grow all outdoor Nurseries stocks;
FRUIT, Ornamental and Forest. Wholesale list
on demand.

Nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees,
shrubs, evergreens and small fruits. W. & T.
Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y.

Conifers, shade and ornamental trees. Bob-
bink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.

ORCHIDS.

Orchiils of all kinds, established and seml-
establlshed. Lager & Hurrell, Summit. N. J.

PALMS.

KENTIA BELMOREANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots. 5 to 6. 18 $0.35

6-lnch pots, 6 to 7, 28 to 30 1.50

6-lnch pots, 6 to 7, 32 to 34 2.00

8-incb tubs, 6 to 7, 36 .... 3.00

8-inch tubs, 6 to 7, 42 to 44 4.00

S-inch tubs. 6 to 7. 45 to 48 5.00

Specimens, $15.00 to $25.00.
KENTIA FORSTERIANA.
Single Plants.
Leaves. Inches high. Each.

4-inch pots, 5 to 6, 18 to 20 $0.35

6-lnch pots. 5 to 6. 34 to 36 1.50

8-inch tubs. 6 to 7, 46 to 48 3.50

8 inch tubs, 6 to 7, 50 to 54 5.00

10 inch tubs, 6 to 7. 5 to 5i/- ft. S.OO

10-inch tubs. 6 to 7. 6 to 614 ft. 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.

Made-up Plants.

Leaves. Inches high. Each,

6-lnch pots, 3 plants in a pot, 28 ...$1.50

7-lneh pots. 5 plants in a pot. 34 to 38... 2.50

7-inch tubs, 4 pliints in a tub. 38 ... 3.00

S-inch tubs, 3 plants in a tub. 38 to 42... 3.50

8-lnch tubs, 3 plants in a tub, 48 to 54... 5.00

8-luch tubs, 4 plants in a tub. 52 to 56... 6.00

10-Inch tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 5 ft. high. 8.00

12-Inch tubs, 4 plants in a tub, 5 to 5V. ft.10.00

12-incb tubs. 4 plants in a tub, 6 ft. high. 12. 00

Very strong specimens. 12 and 15-inch tubs, 7

plants, $15.00. $18.00 and $25.00.

PHOENIX ROEBELENII.

6-inch pots, 20 In. hicb. 28 In. spread $1..')0

7-inch pots. 2 ft. high. 32 to 36 in. spread 2.50

8-inch tubs, fine siiecimens 3.50

POEHLMANN BROS. CO..
MORTON GROVE, ILL.

Cooos Weddelliana. 2-ln.. $1.50 per doz.; $10
per 100; $90 per 1.000. Poehlmann Broa. Co..
Morton Grove. 111.

Phoenix Canariensis. fine large plants. $7.50
to $35 each. Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford,
N. J.

Palms. Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J.

Palms. Kentia Forsterlana. 6-in.. 5-6
leaves. 30-32 Ins., $1.50 each; $17 per doJ.;
7-in., 6-7 leaves, 36-40 Ins.. $3.25 each; 10-
inch. 6-7 leaves, 60 Ins.. $8 each. Made-up
plants: 7-ln., 3 plants. 28-30 Ins., $2.50 each;
$27.50 per doz. ; 7-ln., 3 plants, 30-34 Ins., t3
each; $32.50 per doz.; 8-in., 3-4 plants, 34-38
Ins., $4 each; $45 per doz.; 10-in.. 70-74 Ins..
$15 each. Pheonlx Cauarlensis. 7-ln.. 28-30
Ins., $1.50 each. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chl-
cago and New York.

Palms. Kentia Belmoreana, 6-ln.. 6-7 leaves.
22 Ins. high. $1 each; $12 per doz. Phoenix
Rocbelenil, 8-ln. pots. 24 ins. high. 2C-ln.
spread. $3.50 each; 9-in. tubs. 24 inches high,
30-in. spread. $4 each. A. N. Plerson, Inc.,
Cromwell, Conn.

PANDANUS.

Pandanus Veltchll. 4-in.. 50c; 5-in., 75c to
$1; 6-ln., $1.50; 7-in., $2 to $2.50. Poehlmann
Bros. Co., Morton Grove. 111.

Pandanus Veltchll, 4-lnch pots, 6flo each;
$6 per doz.; 3 for $1.65; 6-inch. $1.50 each.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

PANSIES.

PANSIES— ROMER'S PRIZE WINNERS (Ger-
many). The strain has proved worthy of tbe
name. Surely a grand collection, 50c per 100;
$3.50 per 1.000. Express prepaid. ».C. HUM-
PELD, Clay Center, Kans.

PANSY PLANTS, large flowering varieties,
strong stocky plants at $4 per l.oOO; less 10
per cent if cash with order.

ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES.
DENVER, COLO.

Pansies, .?2.50 per 1.000; 5,000 for $10. Elmer
Rawlings. Olean, N. Y.

Pansy plants. $2.50 per 1,000. Jos. H. Cun-
ningham. Delaware. O.

PEPPERS.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERS, strong 4-lnch bushy
plants, full of berries, $10 per 100. A. T.
Hey Floral Co., May wood. III.

PETUNIAS.

Petunias, dbl., mixed colors, 2-inch. $2 per
100; 3 Inch. $3. R. Vincent. Jr., & Sons Co.,
White Marsh, Md.

POINSETTIAS.

POINSETTIAS, 2V4-ln.. $5 per 100; 4-in.,
$12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH. Grand Rap-
ids, Mich.

PRIMULAS.

PRIMULA OBCONICA. 214-in.. $2 per 100.
MAL-ACOIDES. 3-in., in bud and bloom, $3
per 100 cash. This is fine stock and will
please. Brill Celery Gardens. Kalamazoo.
Mich.

Primroses: Obconica alba rosea and san-
gulnea, 214-in.. $1.50 per 100; $12 per 1,000.
Jos. H. Cunningham. Delaware. O.

PRIMULA MALACOIDES, 2M!-ln.. $3 per
100; 4-ln., $12.50 per 100. HENRY SMITH,
Grand Rapids. Mich.

PRI\TET.

California privet, any quantity, size and age.
Shade and ornameutal trees, shrubs and vines;
full line of fruit trees and plants. Franklin
Davis Nursery Co.. Baltimore. Md.

California privet, all sizes. Write for prices,
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.

ROSES.

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.
Pink Killarney, White Klliarney and Rich-
mond. $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1.000. Extra
fine stock. Ready now. Satisfaction guaran-
teed.

GEORGE REINBERG,
162 North Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111.

Roses, all the leading varieties. For prices
see advertisement elsewhere in this Issue.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Roses, Ophelia. Prince Arenberg, Francis
Scott Key. Killarney Brililant. Let ns know
what you want and we will quote you prices
to at. S. J. Renter & Son. Inc., Westerly,
R. 1.

Rose Hoosier Beauty, own root: $30 per 100;
$250 per 1.000. Grafted: $35 per lOo; $300
per 1.000. Ready March 1. The E. G. Hill
Co.. Richmond. lud. F. Dorner & Sons Co.,
LaFayette, Ind.

Rose Hoosier Beauty, the new red rose.
Ready March I. Own root. $30 per 100; $250
per 1,000. Grafted, $35 per 100; $300 per
1,000. Also .Mrs. Russell and Sweetheart;
Ophelia. Grafted and own root. Killarney,
White Killarney, Brililant Killarney, Mrs.
Shawyer, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Hadlev. Rich-
mond, Bon Sllene. THE E. G. HILL CO.,
Richmond. Ind.

Roses. 2%-inch stock. Richmond, S3 per
100; $25 per 1,000. Killarney. White Killar-
ney, Mrs. Shawyer, Sunburst, Ward, Maryland,
Milady, $4 per lOn; $35 per 1,000. Peter Rein-
berg, 30 East Randolph St., Chicago.

Roses. Louis Sauvage. per 100. $100: I'cr 10.
$11; each, $1.20. Abondant, per 100, $85; per
10. $9; each, $1. Mauve per 100. $85; per
10. $9; each, $1. Tante Julie, per 100, $86;
per 10. $9; each, $1. E. Turbat & Co., Or-
leans, France.

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS. good stock.
Richmond, White and Pink Killarney, $25 per
1,000.

WILLIAM MURPHY,

Wholesale Commission Florist.

329 Main St., Cincinnati. 0.

Rose Mrs. Charles Russell, grafted and own
root. We also offer Milady, Shawyer, Ward,
Taft, d'Arenberg. Richmond, Hadley, the Kil-
larneys. Write for prices. Weiland & Risch.
154 N. Wabash .\ve., Chicago.

Extra fine rooted Rose Cuttings, $3 per 100;
$25 per 1,000; 500 at 1,000 rate; immediate
delivery: Milady, White Killarney. My Mary-
land, Pink Killarney. Order now. Geo. Witt-
bold Co., 739 Buckingham Place, Chicago.

Roses, 2%-inch pots. Ophelia, $15 per 100;
$120 per 1,000. Francis Scott Key, $15 per
lOO; $120 per l.OOO. Prince B. C. d'Arenberg.
$12 per 100; $90 per 1,000. F. R. Plerson,
Tarrytown, New York.

E. TURBAT & CO., Orleans, France. Enor-
mous stock of Rose Trees, old and new varie-
ties^^

ROSES. My Maryland and Pink Killarney,
3-in., $5 per 100. Kaiserln, 4-in., $8 per 100.
HENRY SMITH, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Rose plants, grafted and own root. For va-
rieties and prices see advertisement elsewhere
In this issue. Poehlmann Bros. Co.. Morton
Grove, 111.

Roses. 1-yr., 2i/4-in.. 2-yr., 4-ln. Leedle
Floral Co.. Springfield, 0.

Roses. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y.
SEEDS.

Seeds, Pansy: Vaughan's International mix-
ture, $10 per oz.; $2.50 per % oz.; $1.60 per
% oz. ; trade packet. 50c. Giant mixture. $4
per oz. ; $1 per 14 oz. ; 60c per V^ oz. ; trade
packet. 25c. Early flowering giant pansies,
white, yellow, light blue, dark blue, mixed,
trade packet 500 seeds, 65c; % oz., $2.50. As-
pai-agus Plumosus, per 100 seeds, 50c; 250
seeds, $1; 1,000 seeds, $3.50; 5.000 seeds, to
10,000, $3.25 iier 1,000. Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago and New York. ^

PANSY SEED— Giant strain, new crop, $4
per ounce. Common varieties, $2 per ounce.
ERNEST ROBER, WII.METTE. ILL.

Seeds, contract growers of Cucumbers, Mnsk-
melon. Squash and Pumpkin, Sweet. Flint and
Dent corn. The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co., Val-
ley. Neb.

Seeds, sweet pea and nasturtium specialties,
wholesale growers of flower and garden seeds.
Routzahn Seed Co.. Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Seeds, beet, sweet corn, garden beans, onion
sets and seed potatoes. S. D. Woodruff & Sons,
82 Dey St.. New York.

Flower seeds for early sowing. Complete
list for the asking. The W. W. Barnard Co..
231-235 W. Madison St., Chicago. ^

Seeds, beet, carrot, parsnip, radish and gar-
den peas. S. D. Woodruff & Sons, 82 Dey
St., New York and Orange, Conn.

Seeds, contract grower, pepper, egg plant,
tomato, vine seed and field corn. Edgar F.
Hnrff. Swedesboro, N. J.

Seeds, Specialists: Pepper, egg plant, tomato.
Tine seeds and field corn. George R. Pedrick &
Son. contract seed growers, Pedrlcktown, N. i.

Seeds, contract growers of beans, cucumber,
tomato, muskmelon, squash, watermelon, radish,
sweet corn. S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich.

Seed, garden, vegetable and fiowcr. Kelway's
Celebrated English Strains. Kelway & Son,
Langport. Somerset, England.

Seeds, wholesale growers and dealers of
Sweet. Flint and Dent Corn, Cucumbers. Mask
and Watermelons, Pumpkins and Squash. West-
ernSecdland_Irrlgation_Co^j_Fremont^ Neb;

Seeds, eucnlvptus and acacia. Brunnings,
P. O. Box 857, Melbourne. Australia.

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PANSY SEED— MILE HIGH STRAIN.
We claim that this strain is not excelled as
a florist's mixture by any strain offered any-
where. Trade packets, $1; ounce, $10. THE
PARK FLORAL CO.. DENVER, COLO.

Seeds, contract growers of cucumbers, canta-
loupe, watermelons, squash and pumpkin need,
sugar, flint and field corn. J. 0. Robinson Seed
Co., Waterloo, Neb.

Seeds, giant' pansy. 1,000 seeds, 25c; 6,000,
$1; Vt oz., $1.25; oz.. $5. Princess, 500 seeds,
25c: 1,000, 50c; oz., $10. Chas. Frost. Kenil-
worth, N. J.

Seeds, novelties in flowers and vegetables.
Carter's Tested Seeds. Inc.. 125 Chamber oi
Commerce Bldg.. Boston, Mass.

Seeds, sweet peas; Spencers, grandlflora, etc.
Asters and flower seeds in general. Tomato,
lima and pole beams. John Bodger & Sons Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif.

Seeds, growers for the trade, beans, peas,
sweet corn, onion, turnip, radish, beet. etc.
The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford, Conn.

Seeds, peas and beans. Alfred J. Brown Seed
Co.. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Seeds, wholesale field and garden seeds. J.
Bolgiano & Son. Light, Pratt and Ellicott Sts.,
Baltimore, Md.

Seeds, winter Spencer sweet pea seed. Ant.
C. Zvolanek. Lompoc. Calif.

Seeds, alfalfa. Blackman & Griffin Co.,
Ogden, Dtah.

Seed, pansy, giant flowering, %i per oz. Jos.
H. Cunningham, Delaware, O.

Seeds, tomato seed our specialty. Haven
Seed Co.. Santa Ana, Calif.

Seeds, peas, beans and sweet corn. Sioux
City Seed and Nursery Co., Sioux City, Iowa.

Seeds. Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York.

SHAMKOCKS.

Shamrock plants for St Patrick's day 1^
Inch and 2-inch, $3 per 100; $25 per 1.000.
Feb. and March delivery. Poehlmann Bros.
Co.. Morton Grove, HI.

SMILAX.

Smilax, 2%-lnch, $1.25 per 100; $10 per 1.000.
J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

STRAWBERRIES.

Strawberries, pot-grown, Barrymore, Brandy-
wine. Early Ozark, Gaudy, Golden Gate, Her-
mitage, Hundred Dollar, McKlnley. Morning
Star, Myrtle Murrell, Silver Coin, Steven's Late,
Success. Three W's, U. S.. King Edward. Wm.
Belt, $2 per 100; $16 per 1,000. Chesapeake,
Fendall. Pearl. $2.25 per 100; $18 per l.OOO.
Everbearing (Progressive, Productive, Superb I,
$2.50 per lOO; $20 per l.OOO. J. T. Lovett.
Monmouth Nursery, Little Silver, N. J.

I'EGETABLE PLANTS.

LETTUCE Plants, strong stocky Grand Rap-
Ids, especially selected tor greenhouse forcing
seedlings, $1 per 1.000. Strong parsley roots,
100 for $1. Shipment day order received.
DANVILLE FLORAL CO., Danville, 111.

VINCAS.

VINCAS, strong rooted tips of green or
variegated at $1 per lOO or $9.50 per 1,000.
Cash please.

ELITCH-LONG GREENHOUSES
DENVER. COLO.

Vinca variegata, 3x3% pot, $5 per 100. Jos.
H. Cunningham. Delaware, O.

VIOIiETS. '

VIOLETS, Princess of Wales, fleld-grown.
strong. $5 per 100. HENRY S.MITH. Grand
Rapids. Mich.

TO EXCHANGE.

TO EXCHANGE— 2V4-in. Plumosus S3 and

4-in. Spreogeri at $7 for unrooted carnation

cuttings. Enchantress preferred. EDGAR
EASTERDAY, Nokomis, 111.

APHIS PUNK.

Aphis Punk for fumigating. Nicotine Mfg.
Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

BOILERS.

The Kroeschell greeniiouse boiler, best of all
for hot water beating. Kroeschell Bros.
Co„ 452 W, Erie St.. Chicago.

1866-1914

"ALL-HEART" CYPRESS
WORKED TO SHAPES.
HOTBED SASH.
PECKY CYPRESS.
SQUARE RED CEDAR POSTS.

GREENHOUSE
LUMBER

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., Lockland, 0.

"Has Them AH Beat" for greenhouse heating.
Superior Machine and Boiler Works, 846 W.
Superior St.. Chicago.

Boilers. Glblin standard greenhouse. Glblin
& Co., 901 Broad St.. Utica. N. Y.

Boiler tubes, 4-inch, 6=^4 cents per foot. New
and S. H. pipe, all sizes. Illinois Pipe &
Mfg. Co.. 2117 S. Jefferson St.. Chicago.

Boilers, smoke burner, self-feeding, for green-
houses. Nic. Krier Boiler Works. 2725 N.
Marshfield Ave.. Chicago.

Boilers, pipe, boiler tubes, ' valves, fittings,
etc. Chicago House Wrecking Co., 35th and
Iron Sts., Chicago.

CARNATION STAPLES.

SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES.
Mend your split carnations. Finest article
for carnation growers introduced so far. BOc
for 1.000, postage paid.

MICHIGAN CUT-FLOWER EXCHANGE.
3S-40 Brpadway. ■ Detroit, Mich.

PlUsbury Carnation Staples. 1.000 for 35o:
3.00O for gl. I. L. Fillsbury. Galesburg. 111.

GLASS, PUTTY, ETC.

Glass, large stock, grfod prices. Sharp, Part-
ridge & Co., Chicago.

Greenhouse glass. Superior quality and right
price. Baur Window Glass Co., Eaton, Ind.

GOLD FISH.

TRY US on Gold Fish, Aquariums and Globes.
The J. N. McCullough's Sons Co.. 316 Walnut
St.. Cincinnati. 0.

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Greenhouse construction. Write us for an
estimate and sketch on vour proposed trreen-
house. Ickes-Braun Mill " Co., 2340 Wabansia
Ave.. Chicago. 111.

Greenhouse construction. 'Sate 10% to 20%
on your greenhouse. Willens Construction Co..
1527 S. Spauldlng Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, cypress roof mate-
rial and all greenhouse fittings. ' Plans au.i
sketches submitted on request. John C. Mon-
inger Co.. 902 Blackhawk St., Chicago.

Greenhouse construction, builders of all kinds
of greenhouses and conservatories. Plans and
sketches submitted on request. A. Dietsch Co..
•ZQi2 Sheffield Aye.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. Estimates on re-
quest. The Foley Mfg. Co., 31st and Spauldlng
Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse construction. We furnish every-
thing for the greenhouse. Garland Mauufactur-
ipg Co.. Pes Flaines, 111.

Greenhouse . lumber, hot-bed sash, pecky vy
[iress, square red cedar posts. Lockland Luiii-
ber Co.. Lockland. O.

Greenhouse construction and equipment. King
Construction Co.. N. Tonawanda. N. Y.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Liquid— NICO-FUME— Paper, for tbrips. aphis.
Spraying, vaporizing, fumigating. The Ken-
tucky Tobacco Product Co.. Inc., Louisville.
Ky:

Aphlne, $1 per qt., $2.50 per gal. Funginc.
75c per qt., $2 per gal. Vermine, $1 per qt..
.$3 per gal. Scaline, 75c per qt., $1.50 per
sal.; 10 gals!, $li). Nikotiana. $1.50 per qt.,
■1^4.50 per gal. Aphlne Mfg. Co.. Madison, N. J .

Building material, pecky cypress, drop Pld-
ing. ship lap. flooring, white cedar posts, etc.
Adam Schlllo Lumber Co., 1560 Kingsbury St..
Chicago.

Nicotine. The Grasselll Chemical Co.. Cleve-
land, Pittsburgh. St. Louis. New York. Cln-
I'iiiiiatl, St. Paul, Boston, Detroit. Birmingham.
Chicago, Milwaukee. New Orleans.

Boilers

For GREENHOUSES

OF HIGH
GRADE....

Steam and
aot Water

See Our Catalo^e.

6IBLIN & CO., Utica, N. Y.

Clay's fertilizer. Supplied by the leading
nursery and seed firms. Manufactured by Clay
Sc Son, Stratford, London, England.

Pexto Pruning Shears. The Peck, Stow &-
Wilcox Company, Southlngton, Conn., and
Cleveland, Ohio.

McCray Refrigerators keep flowers fresh and
salable. McCray Refrigerator Co.. 670 Lake
St., Kendallville. Ind.

Dreer's Peerless Glazing points. l.OOO, 75e,
postpaid, Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia^^

Florists' supplies, cape flowers, all colors;
cycas leaves, metal designs, etc. A. Hermann,
404-412 East 34th St.. New York.

Superior carnation staples, 50c for 1 ,000,
postpaid. Wm. Schlatter & Sons, 422 Main St.,
Springfield, Mass.

Glazing points, % and %, 40c per lb.; 7
lbs.. $2.50; 15 lbs., $5. Randolph & McClem-
ents. 5936 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Evan's Improved Challenge Ventilating Appa-
ratus. Quaker City Machine Works, Richmond,
Ind.

Folding Valentine boxes ; also a complete
line of various colors and sizes of florist boxes.
Write for samples and prices. A. A. Arnold
Paper Box Co., 16-22 South Peoria St., Chicago.

Sieherts' Zinc Glazing Points, % and %
inch. 40c per lb.; 5 lbs.. $1.85; 20 lbs.. $7.
Vaughan'a Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

Greenhouse supplies of all kinds. Chicago
House Wrecking Co., 35th and Iron Sts.. Chi-
cago. ^

Florists' supplies and wire designs of all
kinds. Joseph Ziska, 151 N. Wabash Are.,
Chicago. _^

Iron reservoir vases and lawn settees. The
MpPnnahl Foundry. Columbus. Ohio.

Florists' baskets of all kinds. Raedlein Bas-
ket Co.. 713 Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Model extension carnation supports. Igoe
Bros.. 266 N. 9th St.. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ventilating apparatus and greenhouse fittings.
Advance Co., Richmond. Ind.

Autocars used in every line of business.
Tlie Autocar Co.. Ardmore. Pa.

Superior Carnation Staples. 35c per 1,000;
3,000 for $1. F. W. Waite. 85 Belmont Ave.,
Springfield. Mass. ^

Florists' refrigerators. Buchbinder Bros.. 618
Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago.

Greenhouse windstorm insurance. Florlan D,
Wallace. Insurance^xchange Bldg., Chicago.

Glass cutters and "Red Devil" tools. Smith
& Hemenway. 105 Chambers St., New York.

Florists' Supplies of all kinds. Reed & Kel-
ler. 1-22 W. 25th St., New York.

NIKOTEEN.

Nlkoteen. 30% strength for spraying. Nlco-
tine Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

STAKES.

Cane stakes, standard grade. 6 to 8 feet,
per K)0. S5c: 500. $3; $5.50 per 1,000.

Pipe stems, about 6 feet, per lOO. 60c; per
1.000. $5. Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago.

WIRE WORK.

Floral designs, wire window guards, office
railings, and all fancy works, lamp shade
frames. Eagle Wire Works, 2338 Ontario St..
Cleveland, Ohio.

Florists* Wire Work at lowest prices. Ko-
mada Bros.. 1008 Vine St.. Philadelphia. Pa.

if You Do Not Find What You Need in Our Ready Reference Department, Write Us About It

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1387

KROESCNELL

BOILER

Made of Fire Box Flange Plate
Can Not Crack

Water Space in Front, Sides and Back

The Most Popular Boiler Made

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

Kroeschell Bros. Co.

452 W. Erie street, CHICAGO

A STIC A

Jreenho^eqiazin^
USE IT NOW,

C F.O.PIERCE CO.

12 W. BROADWAY

NEW YORK

Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of expan-
sion and contraction. Putty becomes hard and
brittle. Broken glass easily removed without
breaking of other glass, as occurs yvith hard putty.
Lasts longer than putty. Easy to apply.
Mention the American Florist when writing

The name that assures "the
most for the money" in

GREENHOUSES

Write for Bulletin No. 47
and vou will see why.

KING CONSTRUCTION GO.

29 King's Road, N. Tonawanda, N. Y;

I

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Wired
Toothpicks

iaOOO»1.7S; 50.000 $7.50. Manufactured by

W. J. COWEE, Berlin, N. Y.

StttDDle free. For sale bv dealers.

PRINTING

LCttCriieadS biTClopes, Billhead!. Statements.
Cards and Special Shipping Labels,

also Seed Envelopes.
Plate Making and Color Work.

Gortiam & Ghapline Prlntery

542 S. DeartMrn St., CHICAGO

The best equipment and labor saving devices
combined with strict economy, enable us to quote the
lowest prices for the best material.

Order whatever you need, either for repairs

or new houses. We will quote you the prices.

We Paying The Freight or aiso the Net Prices

and you to pay the freight.

ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO.

Greenhouse Material, Hotbed Sash

2340 WABANSIA AVE. (near Western and North Aves.), CHICAGO.

Free

1

This Fine

BUDDING
KNIFE

With 2 New
Subscriptions.

American Florist Co.

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

No

)lQt

)reer's Peerlessi
Glazing Points

For Greenbouses ^

Drive easy ood true, becaasa
botb beveli are oo the same
tide. CaD't twist and break
the glass io drivine* GaWao*
Ized aod will DOC rust,
liehts or lefts.
The Peerless Glazlne Poiq
Is patented. Noothera like
it. Order (rom your dealej/-
or direct from os.
1000.75c. postpaid.
Samples free.
EEintT A. DREEB.I
714 CbestDnt 8trflet)\
FhiUdslpbiA.

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A Record To Be Proud Of

nie norlstt' Hail Asaodatlon has paid 20O0
loasei amonntinA to a total o( $282,000.00
ror fall particnlars address

JOHN G. ESL£R, Saddle Rim, R. J.

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Iron Reservoir Vases

and

Lawn Settees

The

McDonald Foundry

Columbus, Ohio.

WRITE FOR CATALOG AND PRICES

All Greenhouse Men Know

That the Only Way to Cut Glass
Is with a Steel Wheel

"Red Devil"
Glass Cutter.

over forty st\Ie.s

of glass. They

iers in all

because

nothing:

ity or

ers

We make
for all grades
are used byglaz
parts of the world
they know there is
better, either in qual-
price. All hardware deal-
sell them. Ask yours for
"Red Devil," No. 5, as shown.
It has six extra wheels in the hardwood
handle. It's a practical lool for you. 20c
in stamps brings you one only sample.

Smith & Hemenway Co.,

1 70 Chambers Street, NEW YORK, N. Y.

Siabart's Zlne
GlaBina Pointa.

Good for small or
large glass, do not rast,
easy to drire. H and H
inch. Perlb. 40c.S-lbs.
$1.85. 20-lbs.. $7.00

Vauehan'a
8 s e d Stora
Chicago New York

1388

The American Florist.

fan. 16,

"Has Them AU Beat"
For Greenhouse Heating

Superior Machine
and Boiler Worlds,

846-848 W. Superior St.. Chicago, 111.

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Greenhouse Material Snaps

Supply your Deeds from the enormous stocks o\
the world's largest Buitdtng Material Department.
Reap the benefits of our low prices on lumber,
caulk joint fittings, glass, overhauled iron pipe,
boiler tubes, hose, etc- Take advantage of our
engineering service. We employ experts to solve
your heating problems.

Specimen Offerings from Our Bargain Stock,
Lot No. Priced F. O. B. Ctiicago.

XJ-41— Greenhouse Inside Sash Bar, size
\Hx2Vi 100 running ft S 2.85

XJ-42— Greenhouse End Sash Bar, size
r^x2H. 100 running ft 2.80

XJ-43— Pecky Cypress Lumber for green-
houses, etc.. 1 in.stock, per 1000ft.. bd.meas. 19.00

XJ*44— No. 1 Cypress, 1 in. rough or 13-16 in.
S2S, per 1000 ft., bd. meas *.... 27.00

XJ-45— Standard Hot Bed Sash, lH-in.x3ft.
X 6 ft.. without glass. 12 or more, each 79

XJ-46— Standard Hot Bed Sash, as above,
with puttied-in glass, 12 or more, each 1.58

XJ-47— Gal. Wire Shorts for Vine Supports
and all purpose use: lengths from 50 to 200
ft.: in 100 lb. rolls: 9 to 18 gauge wire: per
roll $1.90to 1.13

XJ-48— First-class second-hand Heating Boilers
in any desired size. Very lowest prices.

HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY. Owners

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,
35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

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Necessity

IS a wonderful thouj,'ht.
Just think of the many
things that you know "Ne-
cessity" has done. Right
around you '"Necessity"
has accomplished a lot of
things.

Constant enertiy combin-
ed with "Necessity" has
made the "'Dollar for Dol-
lar Values" alwavsfound in
the Advance Ventilating
Equipment and Green-
house Fittings. Ask for
(.atalog and prices today.

Advance Co.,

Richmond, Ind.

Greenhouse Tile Benches

TILE FURNISHED IN CARLOAD
* OR LESS CARLOAD LOTS. : :
We solicit your inquiries,

THE CAMP CONDUIT CO.

Manalacturers, CLEVKLAND.

LIKE A

Pistol in Texas

You will need it bad some
day, and in a hurry

For Names

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D

HE AMERICAN FLORIST
COMPANY'S Trade
Directory for 1914, fully
revised to date, with thous-
ands of new' names and changes of
address now ready for distribution. It
contains 552 pages, including complete
lists of the Florists, Seedsmen and
Nurserymen of the United States
and Canada, arranged both by states
and towns and all names alphabetically.
Also lists of Foreign Merchants, Firms
which issue catalogues. Horticultural
Supply Concerns, Parks, Cemeteries,
Landscape Architects, Experiment Sta-
tion Horticulturists, Botanical Gardens,
and rnuch other conveniently indexed
and invaluable trade information.

Price: $3.00
Postpaid

Contains 552 Pages

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PUBLISHED BY THE

American Florist Co<

440 South Dearborn Street
CHICAGO

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The American Florist.

1889

Our Manures are

the direct result of many

_ 'years practical experiences in

==•" all branchesof pardenine.

^ Our Vine, Plant and Vegetable ^
=■ Manure is unrivalid for all (ruit ■=
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-- Our Special Chrysanthemum and Top- :
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(Ltd.)

CLOVENFORDS,

SCOTLAND.

Landscape Gardening

A coarse for G«r-
denert, Floriitt and
Home-makers, taurbt
by Prof. Craig and
Prof. Beal of Cornell
University.

Progressive Florists
recognize the growing
importance of a knowl-
edge of Landscape Art.
Gardeners who un-
derstand up - to ■ date
methods and practice
PROF. B£AL. are in demand for tbt
best positions.
A knowledge of Landscape Gardening is
Indispensable to those who would have
the pleasantest homes,

2S0-page Catalog free. Write today.

The Home Correspondence School
Deot. A. F., Springfield, Mass.

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A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all colors, Cycas
Leaves, Metal Designs and all
Florist Supplies.

— Send For Prices —

404-412 East 34th St., NEW YORK

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GLASS

W* are leaders. Larga stock, good pricu.

SHARP, PARTRID6E & CO.

CmCAOO. ILLINOIS.

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The Regan Printing House

LARGE RUNS OF

CATALOGUES

OUR SPECIALTY

WRITE FOR PRICES.

527 Plymouth Place, CHICA

SYSTEM

Solves the condensation problem in the greenhouse. Con
dcnsation in the steam apparatus means a slu Offish steam
system — and wasted heat units. Greenhouses, where the
temperature is not uniform, produce imperfect stock.
Correct both these conditions by installinjj a Morehead
Svstem. It puts the condensation back into the boilers—
hot. That not only means a saving in heat but it pro-
tects you aeainst poor steam circulation, leaks and repair
expenses. Have our engrineers tell you why. Write today.

MOREHEAD MFG. COMPANY

^^im^m^^mmm^

New York

New ( )rleans

DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Dept. "N"

Chicag^ Philadelphia

Made in Canada by

The Canadian Morehead Mfg. Co.. Woodstock. Ont.

San Francisco
Wichita. Kan.

133

4,£3
PlyTrvoutK Cb

PKones
Horrisorx 4588

CHICAQO

Qreenhouse Construction

BY PROF. L. R. TAFT.

It tells the whole story about how to build and heat a
greenhouse, be it large or small, and that, too, in a plain,
easily understood, practical way. It has 210 pages and
118 illustrations. PRICE, $1.50.

Greenhouse Management

By the same author. Covers the subject completely. 382
pages. PRICE, $1.50.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 44o s. Dearborn St. Ghlcago

SAVE lOVo to 20Vo on YOUR GREENHOUSE

We have acquired more business through recommendations from thoroughly
satisfied customers than through our advertising. We thrive on repeat orders.
We have tripled our business in one year. We have received absolutely no

correspondence expressing dissatisfaction on price,
delivery or quality of construction.

WILLENS CONSTRUCTION CO.

"We Understand Our Business Thoroughly"
1527 S. Spaulding Avenue, CHICAGO

Long Distance Phones: Lavvndale 757— Harrison 7073-2217

If yuu contemplate building,
let us send a capable repre-
sentative to see you without
cost to you.

There's a Reason

1390

The American Florist.

[an. i6.

Established 1765

FOR ••JPOT I-,UOI«.»' USE

Incorporated 1904

HEWS

STANDARD

POTS

POT MAKERS
FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF.

A.ND RED EARTHENWARE SPECIALTIES.

WORLD'S LARGEST
MANUFACTURERS.

A. H. HEWS & Co., Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

WAREHOUSES:
Cambridge, Mass. New York, N. T.

1000 Ready Packed Crates

Standard Flower Pots
and Bulb Pans

Can be ihipped at an honr'i notice. Price per
crate:

2000 l4i'in., crate, $6.00 456 4H'in., crate, $5.24

1500 2 " 4.88 320 5 " 4.51

1500 2^ ■' 5.25 210 5^4 ■' 3-78

1500 2Vi " 6.00 144 6 " 3.16

10003 " 5.00 120 7 " 4.20

800 3H ■■ 5.80 60 8 " 3.00

500 4 •■ 4.50

HILFIH6ER BROS. POTTERY, ^l^^^ilt

Andast Rolker 8 Sons, 51 Barclay St.,
New York City Agenti.

Oar Specialty: Lone Distance and Export trade.

The Best
Paper Pot

For Shipping Purposes.

Sizes from 2 in. to 6 in.

Ask your dealer for them.

Samples free.

E. Allan Peirce,

402 Oaks St.,
WALTHAM, MASS.

SYRACUSE RED POTS

Prompt Service Reliable Goods.

Special discouDts on large orders.

SYRACUSE POTTERY,

C. Breitschwertli, Prop.

Successor to Syracuse Pottery Co..

SYRACUSE, - N. Y.

Those Red Pots

"STANDARDS"

Fall size and wide bottoms,
BULB PANS and AZALEA POTS

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y
HARRY BALSLEY, Detroit. Mich.

Rep. 490 Howard St.

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RED POTS

STANDARD AZALKAS

PANS

HARLEY POTTERY CO.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Wagnsr Plant Boxes

I ire the beet and cbeapeat in the
I marlcet for palms, boxwood, bar
I trees, etc. Tbey are attracti'e in
I desisn, atrone and darabU suit-
able for either indooror outdoor
uae. Made of CTprees which
ives them a lastinr quality.
Vc manniacturc Tarioas stTles
I si^ea. Write for price*.
WaAnrParkOoBMrTalarica. Sidney, dilo

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w:

1 RED POTS

that you will be proud to have on your benches is the klndwehftTeto
ofier. We use notbing^ but the best material and skilled labor and offer
you a first class pot at a popular price. AH goods are carefully selected
and packed, thus insuring full count upon opening your crates; isn't
that worth considering?

We also have a full line of Azalea PotS, Hanglnd Baskets and other
goods used by Florists — ask for catalogue.

We also make the famous **MOSS Aztec" Ware.

The Peters & Reed Pottery Co.

Gen'l Office and Works
SO. ZANESVILLE, O.

Chicago Office and Sample Room
180 NO. DEARBORN ST.
New York Office, 25 W. BROADWAY.

DREER'S"Ri

"Cedar Plant Tubs

Vo.

Diam

Ea. Do2.

100

10

20in.

$1.45 $16.00

$130.00

20

18 in.

1.30 14.00

115.00

30

16 in.

1.00 11.25

92.00

40

14 in.

.65 7.00

56.00

50

12 in.

.45 5.00

40.00

60

10 in.

.38 4.00

32.00

70

8 in.

.30 3.50

28.00

Manufactured for us exclusively. The best tub ever introduced: the neatest, lightest and
cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have drop handle.

Henry A. Dreer, S«eJs, Pimis, Bulbs aid Supplies, 714-716 Chestnut St., PhiladelpMa, Pa.

Flower and Vegetable ^Vaterproof

Vaughan's Seed Store, Agents,

waterproof CHICAGO and NEW YORK.

Don't Break, ^, . , , , . ., -

* Cost Little. Snippers may use them and save their customers many dollars in express charges.

S/?eWHILLDlN PoTTERY COMPANY
FLOWER POTS

MADE IN

PHILADELPHIA

WAREHOUSE IN

LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

Uaaafactwen «t

Red Pots

Before bayinr writ* for pricoa

M14-2823 Heradoa at,

CHICAGO

Standard Flowerpots

PoroaitT and Strenrth
Unanrpaaaed.

Write for prices.

A. F.~kOHR

US4>8«-SS N. Learltt St.. CBKAOO

w

Buy Your

Pots Here

The Best Pot
TheB

Sen

C. C. Polh

;st Price

Properly Packed

No Breakage

a for Price List

vorth Co., '^^

igiS.

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1391

LIQUID =«

40% Nicotine.

81b. can $10.50

4 1b. can .S.50

Mb. can 1.50

■•4 lb. can 50

NICO-FUME

M=PAPER

288 sheet can '. $7.50

144 sheet can 4.00

24 sheet can 85

SPRAYING — VAPORIZING — FUMIGATING

Manufactured by THE KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO., Incorporated, Louisville, Ky.

The Aphini Manufacturing Company

Caterers to

Florists and Gardeners

Manufacturers of

The Recognized Standard Insecticide

A spray remedy for ereeo. black, white fly,
red spider, thrips. mealy bug and soft scale.

FUNGINE

An infallible spray remedy for rose mildew,
carnation and chrysanthemum rust.

VERMINE

A soil sterilizer for cut, eel. wire and angle
worms.

SCALINE

A scalicide and fungicide combined for San
Jofie and various scale on trees and hardy
stock, and various blights which aSect them.

"40% NICOTINE"

A free nicoline, 40% strength, for spraying
and vaporizing.

NIKOTIANA

A 12% nicotine solution properly diluted for
iumisatinK and vaporizing.

If you cannot obtain our prodncts from
your local dealer send ns your order and
we will ship immediately tlirooftli our
nearest agent.

APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

MADISON. N. i.

Geo. a. BoRNisTON. M. C. Ebel,

President. Treasurer.

Uentioti the American Florist when writing

Kramer's Pot Hangers

For tale by Wholesale Seedsmen, Florists

and Supply Dealers.
Price. $1.00 per dozen by express. Sampls

dozen by mail. $1.25.

I. N. KRAMER k SON, Cedar Rapids, la.

Always

mention The American Flr>rist
wlien writing. : : :

Grasselli

NICOTINE

Thrips and most other plant lice can be destroyed
by fumigating or spraying with Free Nicotine or by
spraying with Sulphate of Nicotine.

Our products are guaranteed to contai n 40% Nicotine

If Your Dealer Cannot Supply You, Address

THE GRASSELLI CHEMICAL CO.

CLEVELAND
PITTSBURGH
ST. LOUIS

NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO

CINCINNATI DETROIT MILWAUKEE

ST. PAUL BIRMINGHAM NEWORLEANS

NICOTINE

NIKOTEEN For Spraying

APHIS PUNK for Fumigating

Aak Your Dealer for It.

NICOTINE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

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hflNyRES

Unequaled for greenhouse and
landscape fertilizing.

THE PULVERIZED MANURE COMPANY
32 UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO

Trade Directory

Price $3.00 Postpaid.
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

440 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO

—CLAY'S—
FERTILIZER

WILL FEED

YOUR PLANTS

And Your

BANK BALANCE

At the Same Time.
IT IS SAFE, SURE, ECONOMICAL.

Manufactured by

Clay & Son,

STRATFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

Mention the American Florist leben writing

1392

The America a^ Florist.

Jan. i6,

Index to Advertisers

Advance Co The... .1388

Allen J K Ii63

Alpha Floral Co.... 1365
Amencan Spawn Col37()

Amlins E C Co 1359

Anderson S A 1365

AnKermueller G H.1360

Aphine Mfg Co 1391

Archias Floral Co..l3(.8
Arnold A A Paper

Box Co 1364

Aschmann Godfrey. 1376
Atlanta Floral Co ..1366
Badgley, Riedel &

Meyer 1363

Barnard W W Co. .1371
Wassett&Wash burn 1354

Baumer Aug R 1365

Uaur Window Glass

Co. IV

Bauscher John 1367

Heaven E A 1364

Begerow's 1366

BergerBros 13t1

Berning H G 1360

Blackistone Z D...I367
Boddington AT. ...1373
Bodger ] & Sons CoH71

Boland J B Co 13(i5

Bolgianoja Sons.. .1372

Bragg Ross 1365

Bramley & Son ....1368

Brantley SS 1359

Braslan Seed Grow-
ers Co 1370

Breitmeyer's J Sons.l36(>
Brown A J Seed Co. 1370
Brown Bros & Co.. 1368

Bruns H N 1373

Brunnings 1371

Bryan Alonzo] 1381

Buchbinder Bros. ..13.57

Buckbee H W 1368

Budlong J A 1,359

Burpee W A & Co. .1372
Caldwell the Woods

man Co 1364

California Florists.. 13^8
Camp Conduit Co ..l,i88
Chicago Carn Co. I 13S0
Chicago Flower

Growers Assn 1358

Chicago House

Wrecking Co 138S

Clark E B Seed Co. 1372
Clarke's Sons D ....H67

Clas,&Son 1391

Cleveland Cut

Flower Co 1367

Conard & Jones Co. 1374

Cooke Geo H 13h5

Cottage Gardens Col377

Cowee W J 1387

Coy M C Seed Co... 1372

Craig RobtCo 1377

Critchell C E H61

Crump F F 1350

Cunningham Jos H.I37S

DardsChas 1365

Davis Franklin Nurs

Co 1374

Denton Floral Co.. 1368
Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg Co 1390

Dietsch A & Co IV

Diller CaBkey&

Keen IV

DornerF&SonsCo

1.377 1379

DreerH A II 1381

1387 1390

Duerr Chas A l.W

Duluth Floral Co. ..1368

Dunlop John H 1367

Eadie )as Co 1368

Eagle Wire Works. IV
Edwards Fold Box. 1392

Emmans Geo M 1381

Erne & Klingel 13i9

Evans Co The J A. .1392

Evres H G 1367

Fischer Alfred C ...1.'6!
Fish Henry Seed C0I373

Fisher Peter 1378

Flower Growers

Corporation 1359

Florists' Hail Assn. 1387
Foley Greenhouse

Mfg Co IV

FordM C 1363

Ford William P. ...1362
Frank Floral Co.... 1358

Franzen F 0 137^

Freeman Mrs J B...1368

Frey CH 1368

Frey & Frey 1367

Friedman 1365

Froment H E 1363

Frost Chas 1372

Furrow & Co 1368

Galvin Thos F 1367

Gardiner Alex C ...13b7
Garland Mfg Co. ...1392

Gasser J M Co 1367

Gianopulas Peter ..1364

Giblin & Co 1386

Rorham & Chaoline 1,387
Graham A & Son . . . 1365
Grand Rapids

Floral Co 1368

Grasselli Chemical

Co 1391

Gude Bros 1366

Guttman & Raynor

, (Inc) 1363

Hardesty & Co 1365

Harley Pottery Co. .1390

Hart GeorgeB l.%3

Haven Seed Co Thel373

Heacock Jos Co 1377

Heinl John G & Son 1368
Henderson.A&Co... I
Henderson Lewis.. 1368

Herr Albert M 1378

Herrmann A 1389

Hess & Swoboda . . . 13'i6
Hews A H & Co.... 1390

Hilfinger Bros 1390

Hill EG & Co. 1378 1379
Hill D Nursery Co.. 1374

Hoerber Bros i3i9

HoamelsterFlo Co 1361
Hollywood Gardensl365

Holm & Ulson 1,566

Holton & Hunkel

Co 1360

Home Cor School. ..1389
Horticultural Adv.. 1379

Hurff Edgar F 1372

Ickes-Braun Mill Col3S7

Igoe Bros 1392

Illinois Pipe Mfg Co 1392
Isbell S M & Co... 1372
1ackson& Perkins. .1374
Johnston &CoTJ..13(.5

lones Percy 13S5

Joy Floral Co 1368

Kasting W F Co ... I
Keller Geo & Sons. 1390

Keller Sons J B 13h8

Kellogg Geo M 13h7

Kelway & Son 1373

Kennicott Bros,Co.l351
Ky Tobacco Pro Col391

Kervan Co The 13b3

Kessler Wm 1,363

Kimberlin Seed Co. 1371
King Construct Co. 1387

Kohr A F 1390

Komada Bros 139'

Kramer I N & Son. .1391
KroeschellBrosCo 1387

Kruchten John 1359

Kuehn C A 1360

Kuhl Geo A 1382

Kyle & Foerster 1.359

LaCrosse Floral Co.l3h6
Lager & Hurrell ...1377
Landretb Seed Co. 1373
Lang Flo & Nur Co.l.'fB

Lange A 1365

Leborius J J 1.567

Leedle Floral Co ...1381
Leonard Seed Co... 1371
Lockland Lum Co.. 1386

Loechner & Co 1372

Lovett JT 1,574

McCallum Co 1361

McConnell Alex....l365
McCray Refrigera-
tor Co ...1364

McDonald Fou'dry.1387
McHutclnson & Co 1.573
McNeff-Swenson Col364

Mann Otto 1371

Matthews the Flo'stl365

MatthewsonJE 1.566

May & Co L L 1.366

Meconi Paul 1363

Memphis Flo Shop 1.568
Metairie RidgeNursl365

Mette Henrr 1,576

Michaud F H 1374

Moninger J C Co III

SIEBERT'S ZINC

Never Rast
GLAZING POINTS
Are posUlvely the best. Last forever. Over
30.000 pounds now in use. sure preventative of
elasa slipping. Effective on large or small glas6.
KatY to drive. Easy to extract Two sizes. Hand
J|. 40cperlb,.by mail 16c extra: 7 lbs. for $2.60
tSlbt. for $5.00«by express. For sale by the trade
RANDOLPH a McCLEMENTS, Florists.
~1 Penn Ave.. near Highland, Pittsborga.Ps.

Montreal Floral

Exchange Ltd 1362

Moore, Hentz &

Nash 1362

Morehead Mfg Co... 1389

Murray Samuel 1366

Myers Florist 1368

Nat Flo B of Trade. 1392
Nelson Hugh H....1363
N Y Cut Flower Ex.1365
Nicotine Mfg Co.... 1391
Niessen Leo Co .... 1 561

Ostertag Bros 1367

Palez Paul M 1,568

Palmer W J & Son. 1366

Park Floral Co 1366

Peacock Dahlia

Farms 1378

PedrickG R& Son. 1372
Peerlees EngCo.,.13S9

Peirce E Allan 1390

Peters & Reed Poty 1390

Phillips Bros 1368

Pierce FO Co 1387

Pierson A N (Inc). 1379
Pierson F R Co.. I 1350
Pieters-Wheeler

Seed Co 1370

Pikes Peak Flo Co.. 1368

Pillsbury I L 1592

Podesta&Baldocchil367
Poehlmann Bros Co

1352 1.353

Pollworth C C Co

I 1360 1367 1390

Portland Flo Store. 1367
Pulverized Manure

Co 1391

Raedlein Basket Co 1356
Randall A L Co.... 1359
Randolph & Mc-

Clements. ...1365 1392
Rawlings Elmer, ...1377
Ready Reference... l.*83

Reed & Keller 1392

Regan Ptg House... 1389

Reid Edw 1361

Rein berg Geo 1359

ReinbergPeteil355 1381

Reuter's 13t>5

Keuter&SonIncSJ1379

Rice Bros 1360

Rice Co. M 1363

Robinson J C Seed

Co 1372

RockWmLFIwrCol368

Roemer Fred'k 1373

Rohnert Waldo 1372

Rolker Aug & Sons. 1374
Routzahn Seed Co .1373

Rusch G&Co 1360

K ye George 1368

SchilderBros 1373

Schiller, the Florist. 1368
Schillo Adam

Lumber Co IV

Schlatter W & Son. 1392

Schling Max 1366

Schmidt J C 1,3S1

Schwake Chas & Col362

SeftonMfgCo 1364

Sharp Partridge &

Co 1389

Sheridan Walter F.1363
Siebrecht George C1363

Simmons & Son 1368

Sioux City Seed &

Nursery Co 1372

Situation & Wants.. 1249
SkidelskySS&Co...l371
Small J H& Sons.. .1.365
Smith A W& Co... 1367

SmithE D&Co 1381

Smith & Fetters Col -65
Smith & Hemenway 1387

Smith Henry 1368

Smith Wm C Flo

Co 13 0

Smith W&T Co... 61

Snyder FR 1363

South Park Flo'l Co II
Storrs & Harrison

1380 1382

StumppGEM 1367

Superior Machine
_& Boiler Works. .1388
Syracuse Pot'ry Co. 1390
Thompson J D

Carnation Co 1382

Thomson Wm &

Sons 1389

Tborhurn J M & Col373

TottyChasH 13S2

Traendly&5chenckl.563

Turbat E & Co 1377

United Cut Flwr Col363
Vaughan AL&Co.l357
Vaughan's Seed Store
I 1364 1359 1375 1387
1390
Vick's Sons James. .1373
Vincent R Jr &Sons

Co I

Wagner Park Cons. 1390

WaiteF W 1392

Walker F Co 1365

Wallace F D IV

Weber F H 1366

Weiland M 1368

,Weiland& Risch...l377
Western Seed &

Irrigation Co 1371

Whilldin Pottery C0I39O
Whitted Floral Co.. 1365
Wietor Bros... 1356 U59
Willens Cons Co.. .1389
Windier Wholesale

Floral Co 1360

Wittbold G Col365 1380
Wolfskin Bros &

Morris Goldenson 1368

Wood Bros I.'82

Woodruff &SonsSD1372
Yokohama Nurs Ccl372
Young A L& Co. ..1363

Young John 1.362

Young & Nugent... 1365
Zecb & Mann. 1307 13=9

Ziska Jos 13.=9

Zvolanek Anton C..1372

KOMADA BROTBERS

Florists' Wire Work

SPECIAL DESIGNS TO ORDER

Send for our illustrated catalogue.

1 008 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Garland Cast Iron Gutter

Will not rust out. and is guranteed to g^ive

satisfaction in every way.

We Furnish Everything for the Greenhonse

Write for prices and estimates. Do it now.

GiRHHD HIHNUFACTURINB CO:. Pes Plaints. III.

Boiler Tubes 6!

cents per foot.
New and S. H. Pipe, ^11 Sizes.

Tell Us Your Wants.

ILLINOIS PIPE 5 MFG. CO.,

2 1 1 7 S. JeHerson Street CHICAGO, m.

REED & KELLER,

122 W. 26tb St., NEW YORK.

FLORISTS' SUPPUES

We manufacture all our

Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work,
and Novelties, and are dealers in Glass-
ware, Pottery, Decorative Greens and
all Florists' Re<Tulsltes.

Model
Extension
Carnation
Support

Made with two or
three circles. En-
dorsed by all the
Leading Carnation
Growersasthe Best
support on market

Pat. July 27, '97. May 17, '98

GALVANIZED WIRE

ROSE STAKES.

Write for prices before
ordering elsewhere.

Prompt ShqraieDl Giurutced

IGOE BROS.

266 N. gth St.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.

CUT FLOWER BOXES

EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO

MANUFACTURERS

PHILADELPHIA. PA.

¥\0 not let the accounts owing yon re-
^ main longer unpaid. Send them to
us at once. We are prompt, energetic
and reasonable, and can reach any point
In the United States and Canada.

National Florists' Board of Trade

56 PINX STREET

NEW YORK

No lossityou

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mend your

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split carna

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Superior

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saw for $1.0(1.

Postpaid.

Wm. Schlatter

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BEFORE

422 Main St.

i Son,

SDrlngfield, Mass.

Split Carnations

Easily Mended wltk

Pillsbury CarnatiM Stapli

We find it very aatisfac-
tory. ]. L. Dillon.

Can't get alone without
them. ]. L. Johnson.
1000 for 35c: 3000 for $1.00

I. L. PILLSBUKT

Galesbor^ HI.

O SUPREME SKSffi

11 CARNATION STAPLES

OCri per 3000 for « i f\f\

«30C 1000 Postpaid ^l.UU

For Repairing Split Carnations. Samples Free.

F. W. WAITE, 85 Belmont Ave., Springfield, NIass.

Change of Name

-OF-

Quaker City Machine Go.

-TO

THE JOHN A. EVANS GO.

RICHMOND, IND.

Write for catalog.

Supplement to The American Florist, No. 1389, January 16, 19IS.

STANDING WREATH.

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